TEHRAN -- The 3rd edition of the China Film Week is currently underway at the Abbas Kiarostami Hall of the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) in Tehran.
Five movies by the new generation of Chinese filmmakers have been selected to be screened at the event
The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Chang Hua, the Chinese ambassador to Iran, Muhammad Khazaei, the head of the Cinema Organization, and a number of Iranian filmmakers and Chinese film students.
The film festival opened with a screening of ‘The Captain’ by Andrew Lau.
The organizers will also showcase ‘Ala Changso’ by Gyal Sonthar, ‘The Climber’ by Daniel Lee, ‘The Wandering Earth’ by Frant Gwo and ‘Ash Is the Purest White’ by Jia Zhangke.
According to China Film Archive director Sun Xianghui who sent a video message to the film festival, the China Film Archive has organized Chinese film festivals in 16 countries since 2022.
The China Film Week will showcase a restored edition of the film for the Iranian audience to celebrate its 100th anniversary, Sun said.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese Ambassador Chang Hua also thanked the Farabi Cinema Foundation for its contribution to the film week.
He praised the foundation for selecting the Abbas Kiarostami Hall to host the film festival and called Kiarostami a great filmmaker who visited China four times during the two final years of his life.
He said that Iranian filmmakers are frequent visitors to the Shanghai and Beijing international film festivals and have won awards at the events.
The ambassador said that works by Iranian and Chinese filmmakers have entered homes and this development can help improve cooperation between Iran and China on the film industry.
The event, which opened on Saturday, is an opportunity for movie-goers to get to know the Chinese cinema industry. It will run until May 10.