Russians turn to China for fresh films

As part of the domestic film industry's latest efforts to seek overseas market, a marathon screening of 70 movies was held in downtown Beijing for nine Russian distribution companies.

The event was held by the China Film Group Corporation between Oct 23 and 25, and screened six movies in their entirety for Russian buyers, with the others shown in the form of trailers.

Most were releases from recent years, including the epic anthology My Country, My Parents (2021);actor-turned-filmmaker Deng Chao's directorial Ping Pong: The Triumph; director Lu Chuan's Beijing 2022, a documentary about the Winter Olympics; and the animated blockbuster Chang'an, chronicling the lifelong friendship of Tang Dynasty (618-907) poets Li Bai and Gao Shi.