The three-day Seventh Changchun China Film Festival opened in
the capital of northeast China's Jilin
Province on Monday. This year, the event is dedicated to
celebration of the centenary of China's film industry.
The biennial national festival trains the spotlight on Chinese
feature films. This year, 176 movies are scheduled to participate,
twice the number of the last festival. Eighty-seven films from the
mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been selected to compete for
eight final awards.
Film fans, especially those from Changchun, will be able to
catch glimpses of many of their favorite actors and actresses live
as well as to view many of the nation's best films.
Forums on 100 years of development within the film industry and
on the Changchun Film Studio's future will also be held.
Time to Love, directed by Huo Jianqi and starring Lu Yi
and Zhao Wei, was screened at the opening ceremony.
Established in 1992, the biennial Changchun Film Festival is
co-sponsored by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and
Television, the provincial government of Jilin and the Changchun
municipal government.
(China Daily, China.org.cn January 11, 2005)