China to Host Eighth College Students' Film Festival

The Eighth College Students' Film Festival, with the theme of "Youth, Art and Culture," will be hosted here on April 15.

During the two-week festival, dozens of domestic films including the Treatment, the Purple Sun and the Warm Summer, will be shown at universities nationwide and compete for various awards such as the best film, best director, best actor and actress.

The film festival is jointly sponsored by the Beijing Normal University, a video program center under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China Film Foundation, Beijing Students' Union and two film companies. All the awards will be nominated by a committee composed of college students and young critics.

Cai Yuan, an official of the organizing committee, said a series of seminars on China's film industry and film shows will be held during the festival.






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