The 16th first youth film exhibition opened in Xining City, Qinghai Province on the 27th. At 14:30, the opening ceremony of the film exhibition was held and the opening film band of seven was screened. The predecessor of first Youth Film Festival is the College Student Film Festival. It was founded in Communication University of China in 2006 and settled in Xining in 2011, officially renamed Xining first Youth Film Festival. Its original intention is to continuously discover and select the first works and early film works of young filmmakers, so as to stimulate the creative courage and artistic confidence of young people. This year's Film Festival is chaired by actor Zhang Ziyi, and the members of the jury include Cao Yu, Liu Qiang, Mei Feng, Yang Hongyu, Zhang Jialu and other filmmakers. They will review the 41 films that have been shortlisted, and determine the best feature film, best director, best actor and other 10 main unit promotion honors. It is understood that this film festival has set up the unit honor "first frame" annual image for the first time to provide more help to young filmmakers committed to equal and diversified creation from the perspective of evaluation of the competition unit. The first "first frame" annual film invited actor Haiqing, film producer Nai'an, film critic and Film Festival curator Benjamin ELOS to form an independent jury to provide forward-looking suggestions for young creators from multiple perspectives such as film planning and review, film production and distribution, and film performance. Many new forces in the Chinese film industry have come to the fore in first. In 2013, the young director Wen Muye won the special honor of the jury of the 7th first youth film exhibition with his short film battle. In July 2018, I am not the God of medicine directed by Wen Muye was released, and the box office of the film exceeded 3 billion yuan. In 2014, the young director Xin Yukun won the best feature film and best director of the 8th first for his heart labyrinth. Four years later, Xin Yukun's new film breaking silence was officially released. The film exhibition will last until August 4, and the first Youth Film Festival will be held on that day. During the film festival, 41 shortlisted films will be shown in cinemas and open-air cinemas in Xining. (news agency)