Chinese films shine on the 67th Venice International Film Festival

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The 67th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run 1st to 11th September 2010 at Venice Lido.

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. The Festival includes retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema.

Marco Müller is the Director of the 67th edition. He has been heading the Venice Biennale's Cinema section since 2004.

 

A total of 35 countries participate the festival with their latest film works. China brings 7 movies: Huang Wenhai's Qiao (Crust) and Xifang qu ci bu yuan (Reconstructing Faith), Stanley Kwan's Yongxin tiao (Showtime), Xun Sun's 21 ke (21 Grams), Tsui Hark's Di Renjie zhi Tongtian diguo (Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame), John Woo and Su Chao-Pin's Jianyu (Reign of Assassins) and Zhang Yuan's Taikong xia (Space Guy).

 

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