1st edition
May 8th 2025
Panda Vision Film Festival organising committee
15 Apr 2025
We are thrilled to officially announce the shortlist for the first edition of the Panda Vision Film Festival!
Our organizing committee received over 100 short films submitted by talented high school students from 7 different countries. The eligible categories included Narrative Films, Documentary Films, and Experimental Films.
The creativity, originality, and technical skill shown across submissions truly impressed our judges. It has been a challenging but rewarding process to select the shortlist.
COGDEL SCHOOL CHENGDU - 成都康禮學校
PANDA VISION FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - 熊猫视觉电影节
SHORTLIST - 入围名单
Category: Experimental films / 电影类别：实验电影
Film title/电影名称 | Directors/导演 | Country of Origin/出品国家 |
|---|---|---|
1. 《What's up》 - 《你有病吧》 | 王子琪/Genevieve | China/中国 |
2. FILM - 胶片 | 刘梧桐/Jason | China/中国 |
3. Candidate 33 - 候选人33 | Abhigyan Ravichandran | Malaysia/马来西亚 |
4. Эй, ты как? (How are you?) - 嘿，你怎么样？ | Fokina Yulia, Stepanova Kristina, Mogilin Daniil, Molod Ilya, Kapshuk Alexander | Russia/俄罗斯 |
5. Забытая - The Forgotten One - 被遗忘的人 | Volkova Vladislava | Russia/俄罗斯 |
6. Regain what is lost - 回南天 | 柴静雯/Celestu Chai | China/中国 |
Category: Documentary films / 电影类别：纪录片
Film title/电影名称 | Directors/导演 | Country of Origin/出品国家 |
|---|---|---|
1. Regretless Inheritage - 奔赴 | 乔瀚樟/Qiao Hanzhang | China/中国 |
2. Whence the wind blows - 风从哪里来 | 何宣逸/Frank、李婉泽/Hannah | China-UK/中国-英国 |
3. Senior Citizen Street - 《等死一条街》 | 戴博伦/Baro Dai、赵民军/Nerik Zhao | China/中国 |
4. Growing Up with Chinese Egrets - 小白鹭的故事 | 欧阳瑞肖/Ouyang Ruixiao | China/中国 |
5. The opposite Hong Kong - 雙面香港 | 刘梧桐/Jason | China/中国 |
Category: Narrative films / 电影类别：叙事电影
Film title/电影名称 | Directors/导演 | Country of Origin/出品国家 |
|---|---|---|
1. The Hider - 隐匿 | 张佑臣/Anthony | China/中国 |
2. Lie - 谎 | 杨曾焯/Yang Zengzhuo | China/中国 |
3. Oatmeal - 麦片 | 周子亮/Jay Zhou | China/中国 |
4. 辣椒除三害 / Nerve Chili | 朱玺可/Jessica Zhu | China/中国 |
5. Now Or Never - 此刻，或永远失去 | Xinti Lim | Malaysia/马来西亚 |
6. DING - 叮 | Xinti Lim | Malaysia/马来西亚 |
7. Buffoonery of Chris and Ostar – 《克里斯与奥斯塔的愚弄》 | Alexander Dubovik, Rukha Kudaibergenova, Sergei Dubovik | Kazakhstan/哈萨克斯坦 |
8. Pomegranate - 石榴 | Chloe Chan & Cindy Zhang | China/中国 |
9. Sacrifice - 牺牲 | Kaitlyn Wang, Le Miller Li | China/中国 |
10. The Photographer - 摄影师 | Tanya Wu, Cooper Sare-Pierce, Cindy Zhang. | China/中国 |
11. Turbocharged Brain / 心域迷航 | 张珂郡/Kejun Zhang | China/中国 |
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all shortlisted filmmakers — your work stood out among a global pool of young storytellers!
A huge thank you to every participant, teacher, and supporter who helped make this possible. We can’t wait to celebrate these films with you on May 8th, 2025 in Chengdu!