Festival aims to promote China-US cultural relations

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood is playing host to the star-studded 15th Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American Television Festival that kicked off in California last week.

Over one month, hundreds of films and television works from both countries will be unveiled at the event and around 100 will be screened in mainstream theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities in the United States. Founded by EDI Media Inc in 2005, the festival aims to promote film and television industry exchanges and cooperation between China and the US.

US Congresswoman Judy Chu said at the opening ceremony that the festival has become what it is today because of the efforts of the organizers "to grow this festival bigger and bigger every year".