[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-62627":3},{"festival":4,"years":22,"news":26,"about":27},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":14,"logoAppearance":15,"logoOg":20,"about":21,"isManaged":18},62627,"first-international-film-festival","open","FIRST International Film Festival","西宁FIRST青年电影展",[11,12,13],"FIRST IFF","Xining FIRST International Film Festival","FIRST影展","\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002F0i19v11l.png",{"mode":16,"edge":17,"edgeLight":18,"plateLight":19,"plateDark":19,"crop":17,"og":17},"mono-light",null,false,"none","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F71007.jpg?v=be71cc66","FIRST International Film Festival (FIRST IFF) in Xining, Qinghai Province, concentrates on debut and early works by emerging Chinese-language filmmakers. It began in 2006 in Beijing as the Chinese College Students Film Festival and moved to Xining in 2011, where it took the name Xining FIRST International Film Festival. Feature-length films have been part of the Main Competition since 2012, and a Shortlist Committee selects the finalists before the juries decide the awards. The festival runs three competitions: the Main Competition for features and shorts, with ten awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary and Best Animated Short Film; FIRST FRAME, for films that examine gender and identity through the lives of women and diverse people; and FIRST PIONEER, for formally inventive short films. A separate Short Short Film competition, launched in 2020, is for works of up to five minutes. The dates of the 20th edition are 17–25 July 2026.",[23],{"year":24,"hasAwards":18,"hasSelection":25},"2021",true,[],{"aboutHtml":28,"countries":29,"focus":31,"categories":32,"nextDates":17,"awardsPrizes":37,"rules":38,"website":39,"contacts":40,"editDate":59},"\u003Cp>FIRST International Film Festival (FIRST IFF) in Xining, Qinghai Province, concentrates on debut and early works by emerging Chinese-language filmmakers. It began in 2006 in Beijing as the Chinese College Students Film Festival and moved to Xining in 2011, where it took the name Xining FIRST International Film Festival. Feature-length films have been part of the Main Competition since 2012, and a Shortlist Committee selects the finalists before the juries decide the awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The festival runs three competitions: the Main Competition for features and shorts, with ten awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary and Best Animated Short Film; FIRST FRAME, for films that examine gender and identity through the lives of women and diverse people; and FIRST PIONEER, for formally inventive short films. A separate Short Short Film competition, launched in 2020, is for works of up to five minutes. The dates of the 20th edition are 17–25 July 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>",[30],"China",[],[33,34,35,36],"Animation","Documentary","Feature","Short","Awards of the 20th edition (2026).\nMain Competition: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film, Best Animated Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Performance, Best Artistic Originality (for a breakthrough in cinematography, editing, sound or production design of a narrative feature) and Spirit of Freedom.\nFIRST FRAME: Best Feature Film (RMB 100,000) and Best Short Film (RMB 10,000), decided by an independent jury.\nFIRST PIONEER: Best Short Film (RMB 50,000), decided by an independent jury.\nOther awards: Audience Award, decided by audience votes during the festival, with a cash prize; Outstanding Filmmaker of the Year, for an industry professional who advances filmmaking for emerging, independent and arthouse filmmakers.","Rules of the 20th edition (2026).\nCompetition sections: Main Competition (features and shorts), FIRST FRAME (feature and short films on gender and identity) and FIRST PIONEER (short films).\nFeatures must run at least 60 minutes; short films at most 30 minutes including credits. Films must be completed after 1 January 2025. World premieres are prioritised, but no minimum premiere status is required.\nNarrative features must be among the director's first three independently directed narrative features; for co-directed work every director must meet this condition.\nA film must meet one of these conditions: the director is a citizen of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan); most of the dialogue is in Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese or other dialects; dubbed foreign-language films are not eligible); at least 50% of the filming locations are in China; or at least 50% of the key cast and crew are Chinese citizens.\nFilms already released in cinemas or online in mainland China, or scheduled for release before the festival, are not eligible. Films previously submitted to or screened at FIRST IFF, including updated versions, may not be accepted again.\nSubmission is online only, through the festival website, and requires a processing fee that depends on the deadline and film type. The preview screener must be MOV or MP4 (H.264, up to 5 GB) with embedded Chinese and English subtitles. Picture-locked work-in-progress copies are accepted.\nSelected films need a DCP screening copy; the festival pays no screening fees. Each selected film can be screened up to three times in Xining. The festival subsidises travel and accommodation for key cast and crew of shortlisted films.\nThe Short Short Film competition, for works of up to five minutes, has its own regulations.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.firstfilm.org.cn\u002F",[41,45,48,51,55],{"type":42,"value":43,"note":44},"Email","info@firstfilm.org.cn","General enquiries",{"type":42,"value":46,"note":47},"submission@firstfilm.org.cn","Film submissions and submission materials",{"type":42,"value":49,"note":50},"shortshortfilm@firstfilm.org.cn","Short Short Film competition",{"type":52,"value":53,"note":54},"Phone","+86 10 8556 4221","Festival committee office, Beijing",{"type":56,"value":57,"note":58},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.firstfilm.org.cn\u002Fportal\u002Fform\u002Fsubmission\u002Finfo","Online film submission",1791975295]