Chanel renews partnership with Chinese film festival
China’s independent film festival The First Film Festival has teamed up with Chanel for the fourth consecutive year to spotlight young Chinese filmmakers and support emerging female creators. The First Frame: Her Frame section, part of this collaboration, has featured 45 works by female filmmakers out of approximately 1,200 entries over four years. At the 18th First Youth Film Festival, awards were presented as follows: Xu Huijing’s Unstoppable won the Film of the Year, Zhang Chenxi’s Braided received the Short Film of the Year, and Yuan Yuan’s Long Winter earned a Special Mention.