Palm Springs International Film Festival."Palm Springs, the United States (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - The 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), one of the largest in North America, featured Tuesday night Chinese director Feng Xiaogangs film "Back to 1942" .
"Its a great film in so many ways," said Theresa Hayes, an Asian film programmer at PSIFF.
Hayes was deeply impressed by the accurate presentation of the subject and the dedication of the director.
"Back to 1942", listed as Awards For Best Foreign Language Film at PSIFF, is a large-scale historic epic that tells the story of human suffering during the devastating drought in Henan, China. It is based on Liu Zhenyuns novel "Remembering 1942." Three million refugees died of natural disasters and Japanese invasion during that time.
The film, which premiered at the International Rome Film Festival, is Fengs second film as an Oscar contender following "Aftershock" in 2010.
The ten-day PSIFF will screen 46 out of 76 films that have originally been qualified in Foreign Language Film Category for the 86th Academy Awards.
A special jury of international film critics will review all of the foreign films selected at PSIFF to decide The Award for Best Foreign Language Film of The Year, Best Actor and Best Actress.
About 135,000 people from across the United States attend the festival every year.
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