Celebrating its ninth edition this year, Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF), founded by Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke , has become a key event for promoting Chinese cinema at home and overseas, as well as bringing international cinema to Chinese audiences.

Held at Pingyao Festival Palace – a purpose-built screening complex in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi province – the festival has been hosting packed screenings over the past week for international films including One Battle After Another , The Secret Agent , Sentimental Value , My Father’s Shadow and The President’s Cake .

Chinese films drawing attention in the festival include Cai Shangjun’s The Sun Rises On Us All , which screened as the ‘Pingyao Surprise’ after its Venice

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