RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- This year's Rio
International Film Festival, the largest of its kind in Latin America, has
chosen China as its annual select of focus country, organizers of the event told
Xinhua.
A total of 12 latest Chinese films
and eight classic productions from the 1930s and the 1940s will be shown to the
Rio audience at the festival, which will take place from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.
Every year, organizers of the Rio festival will
select a country to focus on. A number of movies from that country will be shown
to the local audience.
"We have been working on this China Focus for the
past three years. China is a very important country for Brazil in terms of
international film co-productions." said the Programming Director of the event,
Ilda Santiago, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.
The first Chinese movie to be screened will be "The
Knot" by director Yin Li, who is also expected to attend the festival, said
Santiago.
Other Chinese movies also to be shown include
"Getting Home" by Zhang Yang, "The Postmodern Life of My Aunt" by Ann Hui and
"Curse of the Golden Flower" by Zhang Yimou.
Rio International Festival 2007 will feature a total
of 300 films, which will be shown in tents and on the Copacabana Beach, apart
from normal displaying at theaters.
