Dongfang.com, May 2 news: The FIRST Documentary Lab, the sixth phase of the FIRST Youth Film Festival, has recently opened a call for cases. MLB (Major League Baseball) will fully support more potential documentarians and directors, from multiple perspectives. Explore documentaries about sports, and use the power of documentary images to let more people understand sportsmanship and encourage baseball-related creations. The solicitation will close on May 31.
MLB and FIRST Youth Film Festival have a long-standing relationship. At the 14th FIRST Youth Film Festival in 2020, the documentary “Fantastic! “Youth” won two awards, “Best Documentary” and “Audience Choice Honor”. As one of the few baseball-themed films in China, “Stick! “Youth” won the highest score of 9.42, and became the “strongest dark horse” of the film festival. In 2021, the two sides will again “Fantastic! The “Youth” documentary drama version was brought to the open-air screening site.
Qi Dong, Managing Director of MLB China, said, “We have been encouraging content creation, and we hope that through emerging content creators, baseball projects will be brought into the public eye and new forces will get more attention. We also encourage content in the field of sports film and television. Create, support film and television creators including directors concerned by the FIRST Film Festival, and will have more in-depth collaboration with the film and television industry in the future to tell more stories about Chinese baseball and Chinese sports.”
