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Children visit an exhibition of filmmaking in Zhengzhou, Henan province. XINHUA An Shanxuan and her 8-year-old son arrived at the theater 40 minutes early, and yet it was already packed with enthusiastic moviegoers. It was the third movie An had watched at the Beijing International Film Festival that concluded on Aug 20. An, a regular attendee at Beijing movie festivals, says she bought 12 tickets this year, spending more than 700 yuan ($102). "The festival is so popular that I had to set an alarm to buy tickets," she says. Tickets for the weeklong film festival sold out as soon...
