Best of Festivals section

Updated: 2017-11-02
( chinadaily.com.cn)

The Best of Festivals section will showcase a selection of the finest films from 2017's major international film festivals, giving them their Asian premieres in Pingyao.

A Gentle Night

Director: Qiu Yang

Scriptwriter: Qiu Yang

Starring: Li Shuxian

Category: Short film

Country: China

Language: dialect of Changzhou in Jiangsu province, China

Length: 15min

In a small town in China, a girl disappears after school and her parents call the police for help. The father is no longer worried as the police say that his daughter has just run away from home in a fit of rage, but the mother gets more and more worried as dusk falls. She then sets out to find her missing daughter...

Angels Wear White

Director: Vivian Qu

Scriptwriter: Vivian Qu

Starring: Wen Qi/Zhou Meijun/Shi Ke/Geng Le/Liu Weiwei

Category: Drama

Country: China

Language: Mandarin

Length: 107min

Xiaomi, a casual worker in a seaside hotel, happens to discover information about a crime. She decides to keep silent to hold down the low-paying job. She finally tells the truth after a period of inner turmoil.