Lu Chuan’s Olympic Documentary Set to Open Beijing Film Festival
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Beijing 2022,” the official documentary about the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, has been set as the opening film of the revived Beijing International Film Festival.
It is directed by noted narrative and documentary film maker Lu Chuan (“Kekexili,” “City of Life and Death” and Disney’s “Born in China”) and will have its world premiere at the festival.
The festival will run April 22-29 and be based in the Huairou district which has become an out of town hub for the film industry, as well as other venues in the Chinese capital.
For the past three editions the BJIFF has been held online due to disruptions caused by China’s strict anti-COVID measures. Organizers said that the festival will operate in nine sections including a feature competition and include some 160 film titles.
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