What is the level of Pingyao International Film Festival?

An influential national film festival.

Pingyao International Photography Exhibition was founded on 200 1. With the support of China Ministry of Culture, the State Council Press Office, Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, Pingyao International Photography Festival was founded for the first time. It operates in full accordance with international norms, and is in line with international standards. Tradition and modernity interact, so that the unique features, simple folk customs and various forms of photography activities of Pingyao ancient city complement each other.

Pingyao International Film Festival was founded by director Jia He and artistic director Marco Muller. It is held every year in Pingyao ancient city with a history of 2700 years. Screening of non-Western (China, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa) films.

The film festival aims to strengthen the contact and cooperation between China films and non-western and developing countries' film practitioners, and form a dialogue between non-western films and western films. At the same time, the film festival aims to praise past film achievements, promote young directors' new works, strive to promote film culture, boost the growth of young directors, and strive to provide China audiences with opportunities to enjoy world-class film works.

Pingyao International Film Festival is the fifth international film festival approved by the state after Shanghai International Film Festival, Changchun International Film Festival, China International Film Festival and Silk Road International Film Festival. The 5th Pingyao International Film Exhibition was held in Pingyao Ancient City from 20021,10, 12 to 10, 19.