What's on in Beijing (Aug 5-11)
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| A poster for the movie Crossing Hennessy starring actress Tang Wei and Jacky Cheung. [Photo/mtime.com] |
Hong Kong movie treat for Beijing
A film event is bringing some of Hong Kong's best movies to 16 Chinese mainland cities. The 6th Hong Kong Themed Film Festival, an annual show jointly held by the Hong Kong government and the Beijing art theater Broadway Cinematheque, kicked off in Beijing on Aug 1.
The screenings in the Chinese capital will run through to Aug 13, and then the festival will move to cities including Jinan, Chongqing, Tianjin, Chengdu and Shanghai.
Movies being shown range from actress Tang Wei's romance Crossing Hennessy (2010) to Maggie Cheung-starring biographical drama Center Stage (1991).
Learn more here.
