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china news service, toronto, september 5 (yu ruidong and li zijuan) the 49th toronto international film festival will be held from september 5 to 15. many chinese films and chinese-language films will be screened during this film festival.

the 11-day film festival will screen nearly 300 films of different genres from around the world. at the same time, the film festival also provides a platform for many filmmakers from all over the world to interact with their peers and fans, and for film practitioners to communicate and trade.

the toronto international film festival has recently announced that it will award chinese actress zhao tao the "special contribution award". zhao tao has thus become the first chinese female filmmaker to receive this honor. the new film "the gentlemen" starring zhao tao and directed by her husband jia zhangke will have its north american premiere in the "special screening" section of this year's film festival.

mainland chinese films such as "safe evacuation from the 21st century" directed by li yang, "bound to heaven" written and directed by huo xin, and taiwanese director huang xi's new work "daughter's daughter" were selected for different screening units.

on september 4, local time, in toronto, canada, the 49th toronto international film festival industry exhibition hall prominently posted posters of five chinese films participating in the "chinese film screening". this year's toronto international film festival was held from september 5 to 15. photo by yu ruidong, china news service reporter

as one of the industry exchange activities of this year's toronto international film festival, the "chinese film screening" will also be launched on the opening day of the film festival. this event aims to deepen the mutual learning of chinese and foreign film cultures and exchanges between filmmakers, and provide a window for overseas audiences to understand the prosperity and development of contemporary china and the diversity of chinese films.

the "chinese film screening" hosted by china film co-production corporation and organized by the north american cultural and art exchange association will bring five chinese films, "keep you safe", "hug you through the cold winter", "i love you", "the third brigade" and "let's shake the sun together", to local audiences.

the toronto international film festival was founded in 1976. with a large number of films as its main feature, it has become a well-known brand event in the canadian film industry and one of the major film festivals in the world. the american film "the nutcracker" and the australian musical comedy "the deb" became the opening and closing films of this year's film festival respectively. (end)

source: china news network