Tehran to host China Film Week

Iran’s capital Tehran is to host the third edition of the China Film Week.

The prestigious event will be inaugurated by screening five movies made by the new generation of Chinese filmmakers.

Tehran-based Abbas Kiarostami Hall of the Farabi Cinema Foundation will be hosting the attendees, including Chinese Ambassador Chang Hua, Cinema Organization of Iran director Mohammad Khazaei, a number of Iranian filmmakers and Chinese film students.

The Chinese film festival will open at 5 pm with a screening of the disaster-adventure film ‘The Captain’ by Andrew Lau.

‘The Captain’ was released in China on September 30, 2019 and received generally positive reviews.

The festival will continue the following day with a screening of the drama ‘Ala Changso’ by Gyal Sonthar.

The action and adventure film ‘The Climber’ will be shown the next day.

‘The Wandering Earth’, a science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo, will be screened on May 9.

The film week will end the next day with a screening of Jia Zhangke’s drama ‘Ash Is Purest White’.

The first edition of the China Film Week was held in September 2017 at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and the second edition was organized at Tehran’s Art and Experience Cinemas in October 2021.

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