The 2025 Russian Film Festival, jointly organized by China Film Administration and the Russian Ministry of Culture, kicked off in Beijing on Monday.
Running from Sept. 1 to 12, the festival will be held across three cities - Beijing, Xining and Lanzhou - while presenting eight Russian films of diverse themes and genres to Chinese audiences.
As part of the China-Russia Years of Culture in 2024-2025, the film festival serves as yet another vivid demonstration of the two countries' close cultural exchanges.
In May, a Chinese Film Festival was successfully held in Moscow, Kazan and St. Petersburg in Russia, screening eight acclaimed Chinese films including "Detective Chinatown 1900" and "The Sinking of Lisbon Maru".
In recent years, China and Russia have carried out extensive and in-depth exchanges in the filming industry, ranging from hosting film festivals and introducing each other's films, to promoting joint productions, strengthening the training of young film talents, and exchanging archival materials on the film history.
These efforts have yielded fruitful results and further deepened cultural ties between the two peoples.
Russian Film Festival kicks off across three Chinese cities
