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First International Film Festival (First Iff) is dedicated to preserving the diverse voice of young filmmakers in Chinese-language cinema and offering an effective and fair evaluation standard. From the perspective of industry and art, First Iff aspires to provide the explorers of cinematic art with forward-looking guidance, encouragement and companionship.

The Official Selections for Xining’s Competition 2022 can be found here and three curated programmes are presented: Narrative, Short Films and Documentary.

Competition Selected – Narrative

Summer Diary (World Premiere)

Wu Shuang | 2022 | China | 90min | Fiction

During a summer holiday, Xiaohai, who lives alone in the desert with his father, becomes sick of his monotonous lifestyle and decides to go into town to find his mother and finish his composition. However, the road into town is not very smooth and the traffic is a nightmare, making his hometown a forgotten place in the world. A strange encounter with Yuanyuan reveals Xiaohai’s...