2019“看中国·外国青年影像计划·重庆行”在西南大学启动。

文化共通，理想同行。2019“看中国·外国青年影像计划·重庆行”于4月在重庆举行，来自意大利、西班牙、斯洛伐克、波兰、罗马尼亚、巴勒斯坦的10位外国青年导演经过17天的潜心创作，深入了解重庆的历史文化、风土人情，完成了10部纪录短片，以镜头阐释“时刻·时节·时光”主题下的中国之美、重庆之美，让世界了解重庆文化。

“看中国·外国青年影像计划”是由北京师范大学会林文化基金和中国文化国际传播研究院主办的一项中国文化体验项目，自2011年启动以来已成功举办8届。此项目旨在通过外国青年电影人的独特视角展现中国文化，加强中外青年的跨文化沟通、交流与合作。2018“看中国·外国青年影像计划”首次落户重庆，2019“看中国”项目再次走进重庆，由西南大学新闻传媒学院承办。

Shared culture nurtures common ideal. Ten foreign young directors met in Chongqing for the“2019 Looking China·Youth Film Project” in the past 17 days, these directors from Italy,Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, and Palestine have committed themselves to make 10 documentary short films, based on their deep understanding of Chongqing's history, culture, customs. With the theme on “Moments, Seasons and Times”, they interpreted the beauty of Chongqing and wider China to help bring the Chongqing culture to all corners of the world.

此次活动将来自世界各地共同热爱电影文化的追梦人连结在一起，为各国青年提供深入了解重庆的机会，也为中外青年搭建友谊桥梁。每部短片由外国青年担任导演，西南大学新闻传媒学院的学生担任制片人，在合作拍摄过程中，不同的文化思想交流碰撞出新的火花。他们前往解放碑、洪崖洞、人民广场、李子坝轻轨站、千厮门大桥、长江索道、北碚博物馆、重庆自然博物馆，了解巴渝历史，品味建筑魅力和人文风情，感受山城魔幻交通和迷人夜景，体验非遗文化。

为期17天的文化体验之旅，外国青年用眼睛看重庆，用心灵感受重庆，用镜头记录重庆。他们分别在金刚碑、鹅岭二厂、交通茶馆、弹子石老街等地留下足迹，以不同的采访对象和故事，不同的镜头语言，完成了《辣椒意中人》《光阴使者》《双程》《墨与石》《观茶》《追逐》《本氏精酿》《一眼万年》《米语田言》《傅榆翔的外星人——从此未来》10部纪录短片，记录下巴渝文化的深厚内涵。

外方指导老师、意大利马切拉塔大学教授弗朗西斯科·卡赫提纳里表示，这是他第三次参加该活动，“我去过深圳、珠海，这是第一次来到重庆。”拍摄期间，他考察了主题中所有的拍摄地点。重庆的故事、风景、建筑和文化氛围，还有美食征服了他。他认为，该活动为一群外国青年了解中国、了解重庆提供了契机，并加强了中外青年之间的跨文化沟通、交流与合作。

和重庆艺术家交流。

The Looking China Youth Film Project is a Chinese cultural experience program sponsored by the Beijing Normal University Huilin Foundation and China Culture International Communication Research Institute(AICCC). Since its launch in 2011, the project has been successfully held for 8 rounds. It aims to showcase Chinese culture through the unique perspectives of foreign young filmmakers to strengthen cross-cultural exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign youth. In 2018, the event was first launched in Chongqing. It was hosted in Chongqing again this year, organized by the School of Journalism and Communication of Southwest University.

By bringing together dream-seekers worldwide who love film culture, this event provided young people with a great opportunity to have an in-depth understanding of Chongqing, and built a bridge of friendship for Chinese and foreign youth. Each short film is directed by a foreign youth, and produced by students of the School of Journalism and Communication of Southwest University. During the filming of documentaries, creativity was sparked by the collision of different cultural and ideological visited in Jiefangbei CBD, Hongyadong, People's Square, Liziba Light Rail Station, Qianximen Bridge,Yangtze River Cableway, Beibei Museum, Chongqing Natural Museum, to appreciate the history, unique architecture, humanities, magical traffic, charming night view and intangible cultural heritage of the city.

During their 17-day tour, foreign youth have savored the beauty of Chongqing with their eyes and souls, and recorded it with their camera lens. After visiting Jingangbei, TESTBED 2, Jiaotong Tea House,and Danzishi Old Street, they made 10 documentary short films to present the rich cultural heritage of Chongqing with different interviewees, stories and lens languages. They are Spicity, Platform No.3,Coexistence, Ink and Stone, Jiaotong Tea House,Chase, Brewing New Life, Hello, Chongqing!, Rice-ing Sun, Fu Yuxiang's Aliens: From Future and On.