{"id":98846,"date":"2026-08-13T10:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/?p=98846"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:11:22","slug":"300-short-project-a-cross-section-of-the-world-in-this-very-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/download-media-en\/300-short-project-a-cross-section-of-the-world-in-this-very-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"300 SHORT PROJECT | A Cross-Section of the World in This Very Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line old-record-id-BdOtd7OweojJy0xSdKpcynsDnrg\">\n<p>In *The Brush of Legend*, Chen Chuncheng described the following dream:<\/p>\n<p>Ye Shuhua, a writer from a county town, encountered an old man in a pavilion and received a brush that was \u201cblunt at one end and pointed at the other, yet seemed to have a rainbow swirling endlessly within it.\u201d The price was \u201cto write a work of absolute greatness on a cosmic scale, but one that only you yourself can appreciate; neither in life nor in death will anyone ever know of your greatness.\u201d Ye Shuhua nodded and accepted the brush. From then on, whenever he reached out, a beam of light would emerge, allowing him to capture a cross-section of a second or a cubic meter of history; yet the moment his manuscript was met with another\u2019s gaze, every word and phrase vanished. He endured several years of the ecstasy and suffocation that came with \u201cknowing this triumph only to himself,\u201d before finally passing the brush to a little girl in the dream who was willing to receive it. When he awoke, not a single word remained.<\/p>\n<p>This is the writer\u2019s most poignant allegory: a flash of inspiration once truly descended, yet because of the curse of \u201cnot being seen,\u201d all that remained was \u201ca stack of blank white paper,\u201d as his son put it.<\/p>\n<p>That curse is now being lifted, bit by bit.<\/p>\n<p>Open a social media platform in 2026, scroll down two screens, and you\u2019ll see the \u201cnew generation\u201d\u2014contemporary digital natives\u2014sharing stories of how they\u2019ve grown from mere viewers to nominees in the FIRST Ultra-Short Film category, and ultimately into enduring creators. The so-called \u201cmoments of inspiration\u201d have never sounded less mysterious in this era. Fueled by technology and the decentralized tide of individual media, five-minute videos have become the new native language that forces these moments to materialize. Every rough draft of a memo born of a sudden flash of insight, every back of a napkin snapped on a train, every daydream by the sink, and every whisper at a gravestone\u2014all are imprints where the muse has lingered.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the 2026 \u201c300 Shots\u201d Ultra-Short Film Development Program officially opened on July 23. Click<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>\u201c<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/portal\/form\/shortProject300s\/info\">300 SHORT PROJECT<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/span>to view the detailed guidelines. We revisited several \u201c300 Shots\u201d creators from the past two years and discovered that those 5-minute films that ultimately made it to the big screen in Xining all began with nothing more than a single thought\u2014<\/p>\n<p>and then they turned it into 300 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-T2JTd66HboHqFgxGt5OcxojnnAh\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">00 Before Submission: When that thought is still just a jumble of frantic brainwaves<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line old-record-id-JHPBdsR9XoK3VfxCGm2c8YT8nod\">\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line 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data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-OzBadeVf2otzlQx33V2c3yvCnzd\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">01\u00a0 In Production: 300 Seconds\u2014A Behind-the-Scenes Glimpse of a Real Film Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line old-record-id-O7rZdGHI1oUdfJxunqoc87YTn7g\">\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>Wang GeCi, Director of *Dinner\u2019s Ready, Mom*<\/strong><br \/>\nSince many of the actors are my own relatives, I sometimes found that during this shoot, it felt as though we were sharing a \u201cmeal\u201d together\u2014just in a different way. My mother is usually very busy; she only comes to visit when I\u2019m filming. In a way, isn\u2019t this a kind of \u201cfamily dinner\u201d? I hope time would slow down a little, so that the memories I share with my family can remain forever captured in light and shadow, preserved in the passage of time. May Alzheimer\u2019s never erode our memories.<br \/>\n<strong>Pan Xiaojun, Director of *The Auspicious Hour Has Come*<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cinematographer for *The Auspicious Hour Has Come*, Chao Chao, was once a finalist in the FIRST Training Camp; I also met the actress playing the bride through the FIRST ONE Actors\u2019 Lab. A group of people who originally came from different places were brought together by FIRST. We hit it off immediately, and the entire creative process went very smoothly as a result. Looking back now, I think this may be the greatest benefit FIRST\u2014and 300 Shots\u2014has given me.<br \/>\nMy favorite behind-the-scenes photo from the set is also connected to this feeling. At that time, we had actually already finished shooting the final scene, but the actress playing the bride suddenly suggested, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we shoot one more shot where everyone lifts her up as the ending?\u201d So everyone stepped back in front of the camera. That shot didn\u2019t actually make it into the final cut, but I\u2019ve always loved that behind-the-scenes photo\u2014everyone is smiling, and the tension from the formal shoot has completely vanished. That impromptu moment felt like we were all putting an exclamation point on the film together as the shoot came to a close.<br \/>\n<strong>Helen Tu, Director of *The Most Expensive Noodles*<\/strong><br \/>\nThe noodle shop couldn\u2019t close during filming, so we had to shoot the movie while continuing to serve noodles. The next day, Xiao Shu and his wife overslept, and calls from over a dozen restaurants demanding their noodles came one after another, instantly throwing the entire set into chaos. What could we do? Let\u2019s just go for it! I helped weigh the noodles, producer Xiao Bo helped greet the customers, and cinematographer Siwei led the crew in filming their noodle-making process as if we were shooting a documentary. After finally loading the noodles onto the electric tricycle, we realized the battery wasn\u2019t installed, so everyone had to put down what they were doing and lift the tricycle together. After filming, we were worried that Xiao Shu and his wife might be mad at me, but thankfully, they ended up treating us to a meal.<br \/>\nThe noodle shop was very small, and during filming, they had to continue making and selling noodles as usual, while phone calls and customers kept coming in nonstop. The smartphone was very portable, making it easy to adjust the camera angle. Especially when things got completely chaotic on the second day, it didn\u2019t interrupt Xiao Shu and his wife\u2019s work and still allowed us to capture the shot transitions we originally intended for the film.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-LDIqdSDMfoYGgWxly8Dcb4uAnYg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">02\u00a0 Selected for Screening: 300 Seconds of My First Breath in Xining<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image-uploaded gallery old-record-id-X7PPdwzrLovnFFx0qgvc7zw3nbh\" data-type=\"image\" data-ace-gallery-json=\"{&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;70e4c6ed-463b-41aa-8317-ba2f906738d5&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:188.49827575683594,&quot;width&quot;:251.33682250976562,&quot;currHeight&quot;:188.49827575683594,&quot;currWidth&quot;:251.33682250976562,&quot;natrualHeight&quot;:1366,&quot;natrualWidth&quot;:1820,&quot;pluginName&quot;:&quot;imageUpload&quot;,&quot;scale&quot;:0.4010989010989011,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https%3A%2F%2Finternal-api-drive-stream.feishu.cn%2Fspace%2Fapi%2Fbox%2Fstream%2Fdownload%2Fpreview%2FJsEHbbyWrocnUlxBBJ7cEadGnBc%2F%3Fpreview_type%3D16&quot;,&quot;file_token&quot;:&quot;JsEHbbyWrocnUlxBBJ7cEadGnBc&quot;,&quot;image_type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1306367,&quot;comments&quot;:[]}]}\">\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line old-record-id-Hj30dKmdMoTomGxUHvHc7nTrnYc\"><strong>Wang GeCi, Director of *Dinner\u2019s Ready, Mom*<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve been following Douban closely, and seeing the countless positive reviews and heartfelt comments\u2014including those that moved people to tears\u2014has made me feel that this project is truly meaningful. I believe film should change society. The viewers who watched the short film\u2014those who cried and were moved\u2014will, at some point, look at their own mothers in a new light and reflect on their families. If 1.3 billion people could see this, perhaps they would all come to appreciate the importance of family dinners and the love a mother has poured out over the years. Wouldn\u2019t society become a better place then? That\u2019s why I\u2019m committed to creating works that can change society. Even if my influence is small, that remains my creative ideal.<br \/>\nThis is my favorite photo, taken during an interview at the cinema. Our micro-short had just premiered, and I felt deeply gratified at the time. Thanks to this nomination, I was able to take my family\u2014including my mother\u2014on a trip again, and we even met some celebrities. My mom was overjoyed. Thank you to FIRST and vivo for making my dream come true.<br \/>\n<strong>Pan Xiaojun, Director of *The Auspicious Hour Has Arrived*<\/strong><br \/>\nSeeing my own film on the big screen in Xining for the first time was a truly joyful experience, especially since *The Auspicious Hour Has Arrived* is a comedy. Comedy is perhaps the genre that most needs an audience.<br \/>\nWe were very lucky that the audience\u2019s reaction to the jokes and punchlines we crafted for the film was excellent. In particular, there\u2019s a punchline created through montage editing that appears about two minutes into the film\u2014almost every time it plays, the audience bursts into laughter. Sitting in the audience and hearing that laughter gave me a sense of fulfillment that\u2019s hard to describe. A few hundred words that originally existed only in my phone\u2019s notes\u2014a minor mishap that happened at a friend\u2019s wedding a few years ago\u2014went through the process of scriptwriting, filming, and editing to finally become an image on the screen. And hundreds of people who knew absolutely nothing about this story laughed at the exact same moment because of it. In that instant, I suddenly felt that making short films and movies had become meaningful to me.<br \/>\nMy favorite photo from the FIRST festival shows the giant screen in the square playing a scene where someone is filming with a vivo phone\u2014while in the real-life audience, there\u2019s just a single spectator sitting all alone. Even more coincidentally, the camera angle in the film is pointing directly toward the real-life audience. It felt like an echo between two different times and spaces.<br \/>\n<strong>Helen Tu, Director of *The Most Expensive Noodles*<\/strong><br \/>\nThe film has no dialogue, and the pace in the first half is relatively slow. We were initially a bit worried that it might take the audience a long time to get into it. But from the laughter and the quiet in the theater, we could sense that everyone understood the unspoken chemistry between the two characters and enjoyed our simple little story. Later, the film also received recognition from Professor Wang Yu, who joined us as executive producer and provided invaluable assistance with color grading. During the screening of the FIRST promotional reel, we were surprised to see our 2024 feature film, *The Timid \u201cDragon,\u201d* which we\u2019d brought to the festival. In the footage, we were still wearing the crew uniforms from *The Timid \u201cDragon\u201d*, but by 2025, we had returned to Xining with a new film. That moment felt just like meeting our past selves from a year ago on the big screen. We suddenly realized that over the past few years, we\u2019ve been making films, and FIRST has been running the film festival. We\u2019ve each been filming and busy with our own projects, and meeting again in Xining gave us a sense of passing the torch and an unending cycle of creativity.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<h3 class=\"heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-PFS4dAYANourc7xq3pdcDBnInT7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">03 Right now \u2014 after 300 PROJECT<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"ace-line ace-line old-record-id-Zfe2dSUVMoSP9ex0YicczUoanNf\"><strong>Director Wang Ge Ci of *Dinner\u2019s Ready, Mom*<\/strong><br \/>\nThe extended version was selected for the Market Screenings section of the Hainan Island International Film Festival and was screened there. It moved some audience members to tears once again. This ultra-short film holds great significance for my creative career. I\u2019ve previously written a large number of online novels and 15 feature-length screenplays. Since my work always draws from the present moment, I could never decide which one should be my debut. But after filming *Let\u2019s Eat, Mom*, I realized that all these years, the emotional anchor in my heart has always been my family. So I wanted to experiment with a wilder narrative\u2014one with greater narrative ambition. From this, the idea for a film emerged\u2014one that spans decades of my family\u2019s history, weaving together themes of meals, the dining table, emotions, family, hometown, kinship, society, and migration, all carrying the weight of a profound family epic. I look forward to seeing it come to fruition soon.<br \/>\nAs for the collaboration, vivo was incredibly supportive and provided ample resources. FIRST also doesn\u2019t interfere with your creative process\u2014it\u2019s truly refreshing. They even offer insights and constructive suggestions. Thanks to Wen Hui.<br \/>\n<strong>Pan Xiaojun, Director of *The Auspicious Hour Has Arrived*<\/strong><br \/>\nSince leaving Xining, *The Auspicious Hour Has Arrived* has continued to be submitted to other film festivals. The results haven\u2019t been announced yet, so so far, the only place it has actually been shown is Xining. But for me, *The Auspicious Hour Has Arrived* has, to some extent, opened up a new creative theme for me; I\u2019ve begun to focus more and more on the marriage values of our generation of young people. Many people actually harbor a fear of marriage\u2014or even of weddings themselves. Later, I realized that this fear exists within me as well.<br \/>\nSo, influenced by these feelings, I created another animated short film generated entirely by AI, which also tells a wedding story. And in the second half of this year, another good friend of mine is getting married. This time, I want to actually pick up the camera and document their wedding. For me, this has actually created a very interesting cycle: the starting point for *The Auspicious Hour* was precisely because I didn\u2019t pick up the camera in time during that real wedding a few years ago, which is why I later recreated that moment through a narrative film; and now, I\u2019ve returned to the scene of a real wedding once again. I hope to gradually collect these images and bring together *The Auspicious Hour*\u2014a pseudo-documentary with narrative elements\u2014the animation that was later generated entirely by AI, and the real wedding documentary I plan to shoot next. These three completely different cinematic approaches\u2014one recreating reality, one creating a world that doesn\u2019t exist at all, and one confronting reality head-on\u2014allow me to continue exploring myself and the concept of marriage that our generation is facing.<br \/>\n<strong>Helen Tu, Director of *The Most Expensive Noodles*<\/strong><br \/>\nIt earned us a nomination for the 2025 \u201cSee\u00b7New Forces\u201d Beijing Film Short Film Week, but while it hasn\u2019t yet taken us to more cities, it has directly led us to the starting point of an entire series of short films.<br \/>\nWhen I\u2019m scrolling through videos in my daily life, for some reason, those moments accidentally captured by surveillance footage\u2014especially moments of kindness\u2014always move me the most and make me linger the longest. We want to use narrative techniques typical of various film genres\u2014in a vivid and entertaining way\u2014to adapt these true stories of kindness into a wide range of films, including wuxia, fantasy, thrillers, comedies, and horror, generously celebrating these moments of kindness. *The Most Expensive Noodles* is the first film in the *Chronicles of Good People* series. As a popular online saying goes: \u201cThe world may be in tatters, but there are always people mending it.\u201d By finding these kind-hearted \u201ctailors\u201d and telling their stories, perhaps more people will be inspired to become \u201ctailors\u201d themselves.<br \/>\nThis journey has just begun\u2014we welcome anyone interested in this story to join us!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-page-id=\"JQgldnfDTobH1gx7nnOcqDLPnPb\" data-lark-html-role=\"root\" data-docx-has-block-data=\"false\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arendt said that human birth has both a horizontal and a vertical dimension: the horizontal dimension is the physical journey from birth to death, while the vertical dimension consists of those ritualistic milestones\u2014for a creator, completing the first \u201cfive minutes that are seen\u201d is a form of vertical birth.<\/p>\n<p>Those few hundred words that had originally lain dormant in a phone\u2019s notes app, the door lock that jammed at a wedding, and the faces that gradually came into focus as the ferry approached the shore\u2014none of these ultimately remained stuck in that stage of \u201cit\u2019s wonderful but I can\u2019t quite put it into words.\u201d They were written, submitted, selected, and ultimately transformed into film, shining on the screen in Xining\u2014with hundreds of strangers seated below, some weeping uncontrollably, others standing to applaud. Film technology has brought about evolution and creation; when technology liberates the privilege of creation, everything returns to its origin. As for me and my inspiration, have I truly achieved unity of knowledge and action?<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2020, the 5-Minute Creative Initiative has journeyed through FIRST for seven years, forming a unique and distinct collective portrait of creators. Beyond the film festival, the 5-Minute Creative Initiative looks forward to expanding into broader horizons\u2014just as the previous generation grew up with books and newspapers, and the generation before that matured through traditional opera and storytelling, we now live in the world of mobile devices, shaping 5-minute blocks of creation and viewing in line with new habits.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s \u201c300 Shots\u201d Ultra-Short Film Development Program opened its call for screenplays online on July 23, with the deadline set for October 15. Bring your fresh, native voice and let your inspiration embark on a lush journey through the realm of 300 seconds. 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We\u2019re waiting for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In *The Brush of Legend*, Chen Chuncheng described the following dream: Ye Shuhua, a writer from a county town, encountered an old man in a pavilion and received a brush that was \u201cblunt at one end and pointed at the other, yet seemed to have a rainbow swirling endlessly within it.\u201d The price was \u201cto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":98820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,35],"tags":[],"acf":{"file":false,"slug":"300 SHORT PROJECT","times":"20260813","time":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98847,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98846\/revisions\/98847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfilm.org.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}