Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan's latest film premiered in Beijing on Sunday at an event.
Screenwriter Carnival gathered around 5,000 writers of film scripts, producers and critics in Beijing on Saturday.
The King of Guns, a TV series loosely based on the Communist Party-led guerrilla force who fought against Japanese invaders in northeastern China between the 1930s and 1940s, has run on the Beijing Satellite TV since Sept 19.
Director Feng Xiaogang once served in the army in early 1980s. In a recent Beijing event, Feng recalls his military days, which he reckons as one of his best memories to inspire the upcoming coming-of-age romance Youth.
The China Women's Film Festival opened in Beijing on Saturday, with dozens of female filmmakers from home and abroad prepared to screen their work over the next few days at different venues in the city, including on university campuses. In its fifth year, the annual event aims to provide a platform for independent cinema on women.
Despite the overwhelming numbers of Japanese troops invading Baoshan, a county in Shanghai, in September 1937, the Kuomintang commander Yao Ziqing led his 600 soldiers into battle. When Yao was killed in the fighting on Sept 7 that year, he was only 28 years old.
The recent lineup of Tencent Pictures features four new sci-fi movies, which are either set in China or feature Chinese heroes. Xu Fan reports.
The martial arts genre also offers not-to-be-missed productions as this type of movie has a firm foothold in the city. Jumping to the front of the line is "The Master", scripted and directed by Xu Haofeng. The film depicts the increasing influence of warlords in martial arts societies, triggering disunion in the martial world.
He Saifei has been named a jury member of the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, announced in Beijing on Sept 14. Along with the Chinese actress, Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. and Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov are the first three confirmed international jury members for the awards that are annually held in the Australian city.
Cross-talk star Gao Xiaopan announced in a Beijing event that his directorial debut Trouble Makers will open across the Chinese mainland on Nov 10.
Colin Maki, an American violin dealer, is trying to develop a market for old rare violins in China.
The success of The Founding of a Republic is leading to more patriotic films in China. Xu Fan reports.