The curtain lifted on the 3rd Hainan Island International Film Festival on Saturday with stars walking a blue "red carpet" at the opening ceremony in the coastal city of Sanya.
The stage of the main venue of the 3rd Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF), which will be held in Sanya from Dec 5 to 12, has been set up and is ready for providing an audio-visual feast for the audience on the festival's opening day.
Famous Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers, was announced Nov 23 as an ambassador to the Third Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF).
Peng Yuchang, a young Chinese actor known for his roles in Go Princess Go and An Elephant Sitting Still, was announced as the ambassador for volunteers of the third Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) on Nov 29.
The third Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) released its main poster on Nov 28 in Sanya.
From Nov 13 to 20, the third Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) released the full screening lists for its eight major programmes: Gala, World Cinema, Asian Spectrum, China Vista, Reality Matters, Possibilities, Spotlight and Cinema Regained.