Ethnic film event concluded in Guangxi
China DailyKong and Jigme, a movie set in Tibet, was among the 17 films screened during the 3rd Sanyuesan Ethnic Groups Film Culture Week. The third Sanyuesan Ethnic Groups Film Culture Week, a six-day event which aimed to bring the limelight to silver screen stories about ethnic groups, drew the curtain in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Wednesday. Receiving more than 100 submissions from across China, the event, which kicked off on April 28, had screened a total of 17 movies, including the biographic drama Huang Wenxiu, the Tibet-set flick Kong and Jigme as well as Why Are the Flowers So Red, adapted from the true story of an ethnic Tajik border patroller. Ouyang Wenfeng, a professor at Central South University, said that Guangxi has played a crucial role in Chinese cinema history, with some of the country's most renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige beginning their careers at the region's largest studio, Guangxi Film Group.
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Film exhibition draws the curtain in Guangxi
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