What defined cinema in 2025? Three CGTN culture reporters share their personal picks in a roundtable discussion that reflects the diversity and vitality of today's cinematic landscape.

Zhao Xiaofei highlights "Shanghai Wonton," a Shanghai-dialect film that uses food as an emotional thread to capture the warmth of everyday urban life. Liu Mohan turns to the China-US co-production "Detective Chinatown 1900," exploring how the story of Chinatown bridges cultures and reinterprets Chinese identity through a global lens. Min Rui recommends "Shenzhou 13," an 8K space feature that showcases both China's latest achievements in aerospace technology and breakthrough filmmaking.