{"id":2529,"date":"2026-07-17T09:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/index.php\/program-meet-youth-eu-china-youth-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:55:45","slug":"program-meet-youth-eu-china-youth-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/index.php\/program-meet-youth-eu-china-youth-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"China-EU Youth Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"eucnff-program\" id=\"top\">\n        <header class=\"eucnff-program-header\">\n            <a class=\"eucnff-program-logo\" href=\"\/\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/logo\/festival-logo-white.png\" alt=\"China-EU Film Festival\">\n            <\/a>\n            <nav>\n                <a href=\"\/#program\">Program<\/a>\n                <a href=\"\/#films\">Films<\/a>\n                <a href=\"\/#schedule\">Schedule<\/a>\n                <a href=\"\/#gallery\">Gallery<\/a>\n            <\/nav>\n            <div class=\"eucnff-program-lang\"><span>EN<\/span><span>FR<\/span><span>\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><\/div>\n        <\/header>\n\n        <main>\n            <section class=\"eucnff-program-hero\">\n                <div class=\"eucnff-program-hero-copy\">\n                    <p class=\"eucnff-kicker\">Program 02<\/p>\n                    <h1>Youth originality, revealed.<\/h1>\n                    <p>The 12th China-EU Youth Film Festival Youth Unit received 1,472 submissions. These works arrive with different speeds and textures, carrying unfinished farewells, oblique gazes, precise dialogue and frames still marked by the noise of reality.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/section>\n\n            <section class=\"eucnff-program-overview\">\n                <div>\n                    <p class=\"eucnff-kicker\">China-EU Youth Film Festival<\/p>\n                    <h2>Young filmmakers, short films and future-facing exchange.<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n                <aside>\n                    <span>02<\/span>\n                    <p>2026 highlight: Youth awards ceremony \u00b7 26 September \u00b7 MAISON DE LA POSTE, Brussels<\/p>\n                <\/aside>\n            <\/section>\n\n                            <section class=\"eucnff-youth-editorial\">\n                    <div class=\"eucnff-section-title\">\n                        <p class=\"eucnff-kicker\" data-youth-editorial-kicker>12th Youth Unit \u00b7 2026<\/p>\n                        <h2 data-youth-editorial-title>Youth originality, revealed.<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"eucnff-youth-editorial-copy\">\n                        <p data-youth-editorial-copy>The 12th China-EU Youth Film Festival Youth Unit received 1,472 submissions. Bright, dark, out of focus, overexposed, silent, sharp, light and humid: these works arrive with different speeds and textures, carrying unfinished farewells, oblique gazes, suddenly precise dialogue and frames still marked by the noise of reality. Their colours have not yet been corrected, their sound has not yet been polished, and their feelings still have edges. They are still growing, but they already have their own direction.<\/p>\n                        <p data-youth-editorial-shortlist>The shortlisted works of the 12th China-EU Youth Film Festival Youth Unit are presented below.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"eucnff-youth-poster-grid\">\n                                                    <figure>\n                                <button type=\"button\" class=\"eucnff-youth-poster-button\" aria-label=\"View Digital Image Section poster\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/youth-2026\/01-digital-image.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Image Section\">\n                                <\/button>\n                                <figcaption>Digital Image Section<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/figure>\n                                                    <figure>\n                                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aria-label=\"View Best Animated Short Film poster\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/youth-2026\/07-animation.png\" alt=\"Best Animated Short Film\">\n                                <\/button>\n                                <figcaption>Best Animated Short Film<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/figure>\n                                                    <figure>\n                                <button type=\"button\" class=\"eucnff-youth-poster-button\" aria-label=\"View Best Fiction Short Film poster\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/youth-2026\/08-fiction.png\" alt=\"Best Fiction Short Film\">\n                                <\/button>\n                                <figcaption>Best Fiction Short Film<\/figcaption>\n                            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src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/youth-2026\/10-digital-narrative.png\" alt=\"Digital Narrative Exploration\">\n                                <\/button>\n                                <figcaption>Digital Narrative Exploration<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/figure>\n                                                    <figure>\n                                <button type=\"button\" class=\"eucnff-youth-poster-button\" aria-label=\"View Best Screenplay poster\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eucnff.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/eucnff-program-pages\/assets\/youth-2026\/11-screenplay.png\" alt=\"Best Screenplay\">\n                                <\/button>\n                                <figcaption>Best Screenplay<\/figcaption>\n                            <\/figure>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/section>\n                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