Donnie Yen is featured in the poster of the film The Lost Bladesman (MTIME.COM)

The Beijing Film Panorama of the First Beijing International Film Festival kicked off on April 20.

Russian movie Brestskaya Krepost and Chinese movie The Lost Bladesman were screened as the opening films.

As one of the most important sections of the BJIFF, the 15th Beijing Screenings announced at the event that actress Xu Qing would be the image ambassador for the event.

The organizing committee said about 160 foreign and domestic movies would be screened during the Beijing Film Panorama. Sixty-two Chinese movies will be screened during the Beijing Screenings, including If You Are the One II, Shaolin, The Law of Attraction and My Own Swordsman.

(CRIENGLISH.com April 21, 2011)