Award-winning Chinese director Diao Yinan is for the first time competing for top honours at the Cannes Film Festival this year with his crime thriller The Wild Goose Lake – or “Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui” in Chinese.

Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s new film Shadow has premiered in Venice. Set in ancient China, the film focuses on a character that has rarely been explored in Chinese cinema – a body double. Zhang’s previous directing credits include The Great Wall, House of Flying Daggers, Raise the Red Lantern and Hero.