Viewers can have 'Love Affair' at Beijing film festival

Movie buffs will soon be able to celebrate with a visual feast at the Beijing International Film Festival, where nearly 500 high quality films will be shown - the largest selection this year in the Chinese capital.

The movies were selected from more than 2,000 titles from 100 countries and will be screened in 30 cinemas and colleges around Beijing from April 8 to April 23, Zhang Xiaoguang, deputy head of China Film Archive, said Thursday.

As this year marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's death, up to 13 of his classics - from his debut feature Story of a Love Affair to the 1995 romance Beyond the Clouds - will be screened as an homage to the master.