The spring breeze is vast and the light and shadow are thick. The opening ceremony of the 15th Beijing International Film Festival will be held tonight at the Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center in Huairou. Chinese and foreign filmmakers gather together to kick off the light and shadow feast in spring.

　　The guest lineup of the opening ceremony is full of stars

　　The chairman of the International Award Committee of the "Tao of Heaven Award" of the 15th Beijing Film Festival, Chinese director and actor Jiang Wen will appear with six judges including Chinese director and actor Chen Chong, British director David Yetz, Chinese actor Ni Ni, Finnish director Temu Nicki, Swiss director and actor Vincent Perez, and Hong Kong art director Ye Jintian.

　　The Chinese film crew, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Temple of Heaven Awards, the new film "The Stage" directed by Chen Peisi, the new film "Catching the Spy" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and the film "Dunting Queen" starring Ma Li, will appear on the red carpet ceremony. Actors such as Yu Shaoqun, Ouyang Nana, Gillian Chung, and Zhang Yuqi will appear in the opening ceremony to pay tribute. Na Ying, Sun Nan, He Junlin and others will appear as performers and give wonderful performances to the guests present.

　　The red carpet ceremony of the opening ceremony of this Beijing International Film Festival will be broadcast at 15:35 on April 18, and the TV will be broadcast at 21:30 that night. The opening ceremony will be broadcast at 19:35 on April 18 on both the Internet and TV. People's Daily Client, Beijing Radio and Television Station, Beijing Daily Client, "Beijing Live" and other broadcast platforms will broadcast live simultaneously.

　　More than 300 excellent films were screened in 34 theaters

　　2025 is not only the 130th anniversary of the birth of world films, but also the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films. This year's "Beijing Screening" will be screened in 33 theaters in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and 1 immersive theater from April 18 to 27, bringing together more than 300 films, covering a variety of exciting works such as global masterpieces, classic restoration, and Chinese-language newcomers.

　　At 12 noon on April 14, the Beijing Film Festival screening unit was issued on the Maoyan Film Platform. The two-hour battle report on sale shows that the fastest ticket is the movie "Love Before Dawn", which won the first place with 5 games of 3,183 votes, which shows its popularity. In addition, "Love at Sunset and Dusk", "Northwest" 4K, "Another of the Sky"

　　Many classic works such as "Face" 4K, "Summer of Paris", "Seven Deadly Sins" (IMAX, 4K), "Pink Freud: Live Recording Documentary of Pompeii" (IMAX, 4K), "Destruction of the Empire" 4K, "Millennium Mambo" 4K and other classic works are very popular, reflecting the audience's pursuit of high-quality films.

　　The distribution of ticket-purchasing users' portraits has also added rich dimensions to the invoice craze. In terms of gender ratio, women account for 65% and men account for 35%, the same as the previous session, showing the wide appeal of the Beijing Film Festival among audiences of different genders. In terms of urban distribution, local movie fans in Beijing account for 70.7%, an increase of 2.7% over the previous session, indicating that the enthusiasm of local audiences continues to heat up. In addition, Shanghai fans, who account for 3.8%, came to participate. Fans in Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other places also actively purchased tickets. The farthest audience is Shenzhen fans, 2,162 kilometers away from Beijing, fully demonstrating the national influence of the Beijing Film Festival.

　　Beijing Film Festival activities extend to the whole city

　　At the opening ceremony of the film festival, the State Film Administration, China Central Radio and Television and other units will jointly launch the "China Film Consumption Year" event. Beijing takes the Beijing International Film Festival as an opportunity to further innovate forms, integrate resources, and use film activities as a carrier and traction to hold the Beijing Film Life Festival. The Beijing Film Festival is themed "Watching movies and loving life", and widely mobilizes market entities to participate and expands the activities of the Beijing Film Festival to the whole city. Create a "second scene", leverage the "ticket economy", and plan and launch four major sector activities, including "follow the movie to taste delicious food", "follow the movie to travel", "spring to benefit the people in movies", and "movie cultural and creative carnival", and work together to create a new scenario for the integration of culture, business, tourism and sports.

　　Among them, the "Spring Scenery Film" film market opened today at Langyuan Station, the main venue of the Beijing Film Festival. The event deeply integrates film culture and consumption experience, and gathers 30 cultural and museum units, more than 150 cultural and creative art brands and 70 catering and food brands on site to create a movie theme park integrating exhibitions, markets and interactive experiences. The movie market consists of six major theme blocks, including Douyin Heart List Market, Classic Retro Market Market, Museum Cultural and Creative Floor Gallery, Love Maze Film Market, Ancient Style Fantasy Cultural and Creative Workshop, and Beijing Film Festival Fan Food Street.

　　This Beijing Film Festival is not only a spring appointment for filmmakers around the world, but also an artistic dialogue across culture, language and region. Beijing, a city with a thousand-year cultural heritage, is welcoming filmmakers from all over the world with an open and inclusive attitude. ( Beijing Daily reporter Wang Jinyue)

[Editor in charge: Tang Wei]