Recently, Yang Hao, a graduate student of Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU), won the Honorary Promotion of the Best Documentary Feature at the 16th FIRST Youth Film Festival in 2022 for his self-directed documentary "Long Live the Soul."

FIRST Youth Film Festival is a domestic film festival form service platform, which focuses on exploring and promoting young filmmakers and their works. Through screening and encouraging high-quality film works every year, FIRST restores the spirit of film and provides the industry with a multi-meaning sample of Chinese youth films.

"Long Live the Soul" focuses on the e-commerce town named Beixiazhu in Yiwu City, and tells the story of short video entrepreneurs represented by Yuantou, who has been struggling in the e-commerce era.

This year, the film appeared on the FIRST Youth Film Exhibition as a feature for the first time. Yang Hao said that this is not only an affirmation of "the soul of Yiwu," but also a kind of support for the documentary creation. The teachers of ZJNU, classmates, and friends gave him full support and encouragement while he was making the film. It is a collective honor. "In the future, I will go back to Yiwu to devote continuous attention to these hardworking ordinary people."

近日，浙江师范大学研究生杨皓自拍自导的纪录片《义乌闯客》，荣获2022第十六届FIRST青年电影展最佳纪录长片荣誉推介。

FIRST青年电影展是国内一个专注发掘、推广青年电影人及其作品的电影节形态服务平台，通过筛选、鼓励每年度呈现的优质电影作品，复归电影精神，为业界提供中国青年电影的多义样本。

今年，该影片首次以长片形式登上FIRST青年电影展。杨皓表示，这个奖项是对《义乌闯客》的肯定，同时也是对纪录片创作的一种支持，浙师大老师们对这部纪录片鼎力相助，同窗好友也给予鼓励，它是属于集体的荣誉。“今后还会回义乌看看，持续关注这群为生活努力的普通人。”