The China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing hosted the opening of the sixteenth Beijing International Film Festival Science and Technology Section and its annual Popular Science Film Panorama on April 20.
Organizers and company launch the sixteenth Beijing International Film Festival Science and Technology Section and the Popular Science Film Panorama on the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, April 20, 2026. [Photo courtesy of China Science and Technology Museum]
Co-organized by the China Science and Technology Museum and the Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums, the section promotes the deep integration of tradition and expertise, aiming to construct a platform for the trade and show of science film expertise, collect innovation sources and share trade info. Representatives from science museums and expertise film enterprises in addition to in style science specialists attended the occasion.
Bi Jiang, vice chairman of Beijing Radio and Television Station, mentioned the Science and Technology Section, established in 2018, has turn out to be an indispensable a part of the film pageant and a well-liked public science model. This 12 months’s section demonstrates the distinctive worth of film in science communication, he mentioned.
Xue Li, president of the Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums, highlighted a well-liked touring program combining science and revolutionary movies that’s returning in 2026.
The program has been upgraded to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the Long March victory, that includes three sections — science movies, revolutionary movies and digital actuality experiences — together with a particular “VR Technology Long March” exercise permitting the general public to retrace the route.
Last 12 months’s marketing campaign reached 143 establishments throughout 30 provincial-level areas, with over 120,000 screenings drawing practically 1.75 million viewers and protecting all 15 provincial-level areas alongside the Long March route.
The Long March was a strategic operation by China’s Red Army whereas being pursued by hordes of Kuomintang troops between 1934 and 1936.
A 48-hour film creation camp launched on the occasion, with over 20 groups utilizing AI-generated content material instruments to discover the theme “My BCI Dog 2045,” guided by scientists, administrators and AI specialists.
The occasion additionally screened an idea trailer for a well-liked science film on the profession of Liu Dongsheng, an earth environmental science skilled and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guo Zhe, director of the China Science and Technology Museum, outlined the development trajectory of China’s science movies and the longer term route of the trade on the occasion. He additionally issued a name to film and tv enterprises and science museums to collectively construct a nationwide science film library.
The Popular Science Film Panorama runs from April 20 to May 17, that includes movies from 13 international locations on matters together with aerospace, wildlife safety, prehistoric life and the setting. Seven movies might be screened freed from cost, alongside trade salons, astronomy lessons and parent-child occasions.