Airport launches UK wide Chinese film festival

Manchester Airport is launching a Chinese film festival that will travel the length and breadth of the UK to celebrate movies and culture from China.

Starting in Manchester on Wednesday (February 22), the Chinese film festival will run until April 11 and take place in 12 UK cities.

Films being shown at venues including HOME in Manchester and FACT in Liverpool will include Hero, Operation Mekong and Call of Heroes.

Hero is a 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke’s assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC.

Operation Mekong is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong crime action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng, based on the Mekong River massacre.

Call of Heroes, previous known as The Deadly Reclaim, is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese action film produced and directed by Benny Chan, with action direction by Sammo Hung, and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Eddie Peng, Yuan Quan, Jiang Shuying, with a special appearance by Wu Jing.

Hainan Airlines started flying direct to Beijing four times a week from Manchester in June last year, and the festival has been arranged to showcase the vibrant culture of China.

The route makes Manchester the only airport outside of London with a direct service to Mainland China, taking just 10 hours.

Patrick Alexander, Head of Marketing at Manchester Airport said: We are pleased that Hainan Airlines are headline sponsors of Manchester Airport’s first ever film festival, where we will showcase Chinese culture to a range of people across the UK.

“Since the start of our direct service to Beijing, China is now within touching distance of so much more of the UK population, due to our catchment area spanning as far north as Scotland, south to the Midlands, east to Yorkshire and west to Wales and Merseyside.

Each event is free of charge, and everyone that attends will go into a competition to win a pair of flights to Beijing direct with Hainan Airlines.

 

 

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