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Malaysian official sees film as fertile common ground for Malaysia-China collaboration

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16 Sep 2022 12:02 PM GMT
Malaysian official sees film as fertile common ground for Malaysia-China collaboration
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Zahidi said the film festival would become an important platform for both sides to enhance people-to-people understanding and friendship between Malaysia and China.

Film collaboration is a fertile common ground to enhance bilateral relations between Malaysia and China by strengthening people-to-people exchanges, Malaysia's Communications and Multimedia Deputy Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin has said.

In his remarks at the opening ceremony of the 2022 China Film Festival in Malaysia on Thursday evening.

Zahidi said the film festival would become an important platform for both sides to enhance people-to-people understanding and friendship between Malaysia and China.

"I am hopeful that the film festival will not only provide a glimpse of quality entertainment to the audience but also pave the way for further cooperation between film industries of our two countries,'' he said.

"This film festival is also part of ongoing efforts to strengthen ties between the film industries of Malaysia and China.

"It provides an opportunity for filmmakers and producers from both countries to exchange ideas, learn from each other, and hopefully identify opportunities for collaboration,'' he added.

For his part, Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing said there was a longstanding tradition of film collaboration between China and Malaysia.

People have become more approachable and closer to each other thanks to films. Films help enormously to increase mutual understanding between people.

They also help to strengthen ties and consolidate friendship between countries and societies, he said.

These works to be screened will provide a window for people to learn the extraordinary history and achievements of Chinese films in the past 100 years.

They themselves stand as good evidence of the world of strong ties and close connections between China and Malaysia.

These films will definitely bring a unique cultural experience to the Malaysian people, the ambassador said.

This year's festival, with the theme of China Film Centennial "The Inheritance of Films'', will run through Sept. 18.

Eighteen excellent Chinese films and two Malaysian films will be presented to the audience, which includes both newly produced ones and the classics restored.

Some of the Chinese films to be screened include Cliff Walkers, Hi, Mom, A Writer's Odyssey, Leap, and The Wandering Earth.

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