Chongqing hosts first sci-tech film week

The opening ceremony of the first China Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week was held on Wednesday night in Chongqing's Yongchuan district.

The six-day film week starting, on Tuesday, themed "Science and Film Coexist, Illuminating the Future", focuses on the cutting-edge film science and technologies. Experts, academics and leaders in the film and TV industry from home and abroad are participating in the event.

The film week is co-hosted by China Film Association, the Publicity Department of Chongqing Municipal Government, Chongqing Municipal Film Administration, Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology, Chongqing Administration of Culture, Radio and Television and the Yongchuan government.

On Wednesday night, the Western China Film Science and Technology Innovation Center, and the Science and Technology Film and Television Digital Assets Platform — China's first digital technology and service platform for sci-tech films, both co-created by the Yongchuan government and China Research Institute of Film Science and Technology, were unveiled and launched.

Notably, during the ceremony, a delegation representative from the International Terra di Siena Film Festival of Italy signed an agreement with the local government — establishing a sister festival partnership with the China Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week.