FIRST Financing Forum (创投会)
FIRST International Film Festival Xining, China
Project market at the FIRST festival where young Chinese filmmakers pitch original feature projects to industry companies, with script development funds and one-on-one meetings.
Free to start · no account needed
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Script development funds for selected projects.
Also: public pitch sessions; one-on-one industry meetings; workshops.
Who can apply: Original Chinese-language feature projects; the 2026 edition also invited screenwriter-led projects without an attached director.
Annual call ahead of the summer festival (20th edition call closed).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: synopsis, script, director statement.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “第二十届FIRST青年电影展 · 创投会征案已截止”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers, founders
- Original Chinese-language feature projects; the 2026 edition also invited screenwriter-led projects without an attached director.
What you will need
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Artist statementOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to FIRST International Film Festival without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.