Seven excellent Chinese films will be screened in Iran, as the 2nd Chinese Cinema at a Glance event, opened in Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday night.

The event, jointly organised by the Chinese Embassy and the Art and Experience Institute of Iranians Cinema, is scheduled to be held until Oct 22, in both online and offline modes.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Iran, Fu Lihua, said, the cultural exchanges between these two ancient civilisations have contributed to the development and burgeoning of global civilisation.

The Chinese side, she said, stands ready to take the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Iran, as an opportunity to enhance exchanges between the two civilisations and understanding between the two peoples through cinema.

For his part, Jafar Sanei Moqaddam, managing director of the Art and Experience Institute of Iranians Cinema, said, this cultural week will serve to promote cultural bonds between the two ancient civilisations, with the purpose of developing the cinema industry and augmentation of investments, production and screening.

According to the organisers, the selected films to be presented during the event include: Coming Home and Shadow by Zhang Yimou, The Assassin by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Song of the Phoenix by Wu Tianming, Anima by Cao Jinling, Fly with the Crane by Li Ruijun, and I am Somebody by Derek Tung-Shing Yee.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK