Film documents an unlikely friendship during wartime

The Last Race, the unofficial sequel to the cinema classic, Chariots of Fire, has completed shooting and is set for worldwide release in March, according to director Stephen Shin.

Shin confirmed that shooting had been completed at a ceremony for the film that also marked the 70th anniversary for the liberation of the Weihsien (old name for Weifang) Concentration Camp in Weifang, Shandong province, on Monday.

Co-directed by Canadian filmmaker Michael Parker, the film focuses on the friendship between Chinese man Xu Niu played by Dou Xiao and a Scottish runner Eric Liddell played by British actor Joseph Fiennes.