Beijing holds 2017 "Looking China" screening ceremony

2017-07-23

The 2017 Looking China Youth Film Project screening ceremony was held at Beijing Normal University on Friday, July 21. Six movies debuted in the ceremony. Huang Huilin, Dean of the Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture, the founder of "Looking China" project; Zhang Kai ,Vice President of Beijing Normal University; and embassies' representatives attended.

Between April and July, 103 young filmmakers from 37 countries made 103 documentaries in 12 regions in China, based on the theme "Craftsmanship, Inheritance, Innovation".

The six films presented in the ceremony are Desert Combater, A New Spring, The Bridge Between Us, Watch People, The King of Ice and Tea Mountains.

More documentaries under the theme "Craftsmanship, Inheritance, Innovation" are going to be shown in the future.

"Looking China Youth Film Project" invites young foreign filmmakers to make a 10-minute documentary with the help of Chinese teammates. The program focuses on the young participants' personal experiences of Chinese culture and encourages them to discover and tell Chinese stories from their own perspectives. There have been seven editions since 2011, producing 404 movies.

CCTV