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The Trough

Nick Cheung, a two-time winner of Hong Kong Film Awards' best actor, will see his third directorial feature The Trough open on April 28. The movie centers on an undercover police agent. Cheung previously directed two horror films, Ghost Rituals in 2014 and Keeper of Darkness in 2015. But The Trough marks his first directorial feature to get a general release on the Chinese mainland.

The film also features Cheung in an acting role, A-list actress Xu Jinglei and television host-actor He Jiong.

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs, the first animated feature selected as the opening night movie for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, will hit Chinese mainland theaters on April 20.

The movie won US director Wes Anderson the Silver Bear for best director at the festival. Featuring Anderson's simple yet in-depth style, the story is set in a near-future world where dogs are exiled to a vast garbage dump called Trash Island.