Beijing International Film Festival set to open in April

The 15th Beijing International Film Festival is set to be held in the Chinese capital from April 18 to 26 this year.

The year 2025 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of world cinema, the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema, and also the 15th anniversary of the Beijing International Film Festival. Over the past fifteen years, the Beijing International Film Festival has been striving to build a platform for Chinese cinema to engage in a dialogue with the world and promote the prosperous development of the film industry.

From the first Beijing International Film Festival, to the establishment of the main competition, the "Tiantan Award," in its third session to the present day, the Beijing International Film Festival has grown exponentially and witnessed countless wonderful moments. Beijing is the city where Chinese cinema began, and the Beijing International Film Festival has taken up the torch of cinema, so that the wave of cinema in the city continues to rise with passion.