Since 2021, the hall has also invited artists to give experiential courses in fields like vocal and instrumental music, dancing, drama and sculpture.
Film screenings are an important part of events organized by the hall. During this April's Beijing International Film Festival, five films up for the Tiantan Award, the official competition section of the festival, were screened.
On April 30, film critic Dai Jinhua, who is also a professor at the university's Department of Chinese Language and Literature, conducted her 50th guided film screening in the past three years. This series of events has become one of the university's most influential cultural brands.
According to Zhang Yong, deputy director of the Peking University Convention Center, which oversees the hall, more than 100,000 people have attended Dai's series.
Dong Zhenting, who graduated from the university's Law School, says she has regularly attended since the first screening — Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso — in 2022, and still returns.
Zheng Muhan, an undergraduate of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, says Dai's interpretations have made her realize for the first time the public value of film as a form of expression.
"These great films empower me with the confidence and courage to face life, and feed my curiosity and imagination," she says.
