How far can a film take you?
This week in Shanghai, the answer is everywhere.
The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival is a global exchange of memory,
culture, and imagination.
Storytellers from across five continents join in.
We are witnessing cinema as its most powerful, a shared language that speaks straight to the heart.
Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm He Yang.
For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherley and Yu Shun in the studio.
First on today's show.
When the lights go down and the screen lights up, borders blur.
At this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, cinema becomes a vessel for culture,
memory, and imagination, traveling far beyond where passports take us.
This edition brings together voices from 119 countries and regions from Southeast Asia to the European Union and spotlights Italian cinema in a moving tribute to 55...
years of China and Italy diplomatic ties.
Yesterday on the show,
we rolled out the red carpet and stepped into the dazzling world of the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival held from June the 13th to 22nd.
We talked about the scale of this year's event, over 400 films,
a record-breaking number of submissions, and an impressingly global jury.
But what's really making this year's film festival shine is its deep cultural significance,