"True friends always feel close to each other, no matter the distance between them." Recently, at the World Youth Conference for Peace hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), the official call for submissions to the "So Far, So Close" China-Latin America Youth Short Video Competition was issued to young people across five continents.

Co-hosted by CPAFFC and China Youth Daily, the Competition features five sub-themes: Living Comparisons, Creative Cuisine, City Interactions, Cultural Heritage, and Achievements in Cooperation. With the vision of "finding common ground amid differences and creating resonance through exchange", the event aims to highlight vivid stories of shared destiny and people-to-people ties between China and Latin America. It also seeks to convey the aspirations of young people from both regions to pursue development and revitalization together, and to jointly build a China-Latin America community with a shared future. Participants at home and abroad are encouraged to draw on personal experiences and submit works in creative formats such as Vlogs and micro-short dramas, presenting multidimensional stories of Chinese and Latin American people-to-people connectivity and the fruitful results of cooperation across various fields.

Submissions will be accepted until the end of October 2025. The Competition will present 5 First Prizes, 10 Second Prizes, 20 Third Prizes, and several Excellence Awards. Young creators from China, Latin America, and the Caribbean are warmly invited to take part.

We look forward to seeing young filmmakers capture the most touching moments of interaction between the peoples of China and Latin America!

(Call for Submissions of Entries in Chinese of the Competition)

(Call for Submissions of Entries in English of the Competition)

(Call for Submissions of Entries in Spanish of the Competition)

(Call for Submissions of Entries in Portuguese of the Competition)