September 20, 2025, Tanko Park, Beijing – Italian luxury brand GIADA renews its strategic partnership with the FIRST Fantastic Film Festival. For one week, fashion and cinema converge, as the collaboration turns its gaze to the voices of Chinese women in film — voices both resilient and luminous, carrying strength in their stillness.

At opening ceremony of the FIRST Fantastic Film Festival, the FIRST Fantastic Selection | 2025 Annual Report on Genre Film was officially released. As a strategic partner, GIADA joined FIRST in presenting this year's Fantastic Selection • Female Filmmaker Recognition. This year's selection introduced a new segment dedicated to highlighting female perspectives in filmmaking and behind-the-scenes roles, building on the three-year partnership launched in 2024 to spotlight the formidable creative force of Chinese female-led storytelling.

This evening, a distinguished gathering of female filmmakers came together to witness the unveiling of FIRST Fantastic Selection • Female Filmmaker 2025, an honor celebrating outstanding contributions to cinema.

The recipients announced on this special occasion were:

Shao Yihui, Director of Her Story

Yu Jingping, Director of Photography of Girl on Edge

Ah Mei, Screenwriter of Like a Rolling Stone

You Xiaoying, Screenwriter of Big World

Liang Lin, Producer of The Hedgehog

Li Yaping, Producer of The Litchi Road

Long Xiaozhu, Director of Sound of Her Story

Through their remarkable works and creative vision, these women have expanded the possibilities of storytelling and exemplified the vitality of female voices in contemporary cinema.