Beijing Int'l Film Festival panorama presents all-time classics to movie fans

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Beijing Int'l Film Festival panorama presents all-time classics to movie fans

2025-04-20 11:19 Last Updated At：18:57

The widely expected "Beijing Film Panorama" of the 15th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) was launched on Friday, featuring nearly 300 selected classic works from various countries.

At the China Film Archive, one of the biggest screening venues of the film panorama, fans had been waiting in the lobby an hour before the first screening of the event. With many all-time classics to be screened, the event offers a chance for movie fans to re-watch their favorites on the big screen.

One of the featured exhibitions of the event, the Hong Kong Films Exhibition co-held by the BJIFF organizing committee and the China Media Group (CMG) Beijing Station, attracted wide attention, with all the screening tickets nearly sold out within three hours.

"(The Hong Kong Film Exhibition) presents six classic Hong Kong movies, with four of them being brand-new 4K restorations. Movies receiving the most attention should be the 'A Chinese Odyssey' series released in 1995, starring Stephen Chow and directed by Andrew Lau. The series includes two parts: Part I - Pandora's Box, and Part II - Cinderella," said Jiang Yi, curator of the BJIFF film panorama.

From April 18 to 27, the selected films for the 2025 "Beijing Film Panorama" are being screened at 34 cooperating cinemas and venues, including the debuts of all entries for the Tiantan Award, the official competition of BJIFF.

Venezuelan acting president calls for national unity amid complex situation

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said on Sunday that the country is at a critical stage and must achieve national unity, emphasizing that maintaining internal cohesion is of utmost importance.

In a televised address, Rodriguez called on the public to continue trusting the government under the current highly complex political circumstances.

Her statement comes in the wake of a January 3 military operation conducted by the United States, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were taken into custody and flown out of the country.

The operation resulted in at least 100 fatalities.

Rodriguez, who was sworn in as acting president two days later on January 5, framed her appeal for unity against this backdrop of external intervention.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez denounced the U.S. actions as a "war crime of the 21st century" when speaking at an international cultural event on Sunday.

Nanez condemned not only the January 3 airstrikes but also the associated cyber and electromagnetic attacks.

He accused the United States of violating international law through the forced removal of President Maduro and his wife, while attacks on civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, represent a flagrant breach of humanitarian norms.

He reiterated that the stigmatization and military attacks against Venezuela are driven by economic interests, particularly the desire to control its abundant natural resources.