Purple Butterfly by Ye Lou; and A Chinese Ghost Story by Siu-Tung Ching will open the Mint Chinese Film Festival which will take place from March 6 – 8, 2026 in Kendal, UK.

Opening Gala
March 6, 2026 | Thursday | Brewery Arts (Kendal, UK)
18:00 pm – Purple Butterfly by Ye Lou
20:30 pm – A Chinese Ghost Story by Siu-Tung Ching

Purple Butterfly by Ye Lou – China, France | 2003 – 127 minutes

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.

Get your tickets here: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/mint-cff-purple-butterfly-%e7%b4%ab%e8%9d%b4%e8%9d%b6/

Trailer:

A Chinese Ghost Story by Siu-Tung Ching – Hong Kong | 1987 – 98 minutes | 4K Restoration

A debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a female ghost, whom he falls in love with. To save her soul he must work with a monk to defeat the tree demon who owns her spirit.

Get your tickets for A Chinese Ghost Story here: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/mint-cff-a-chinese-ghost-story-4k-restoration-%e5%80%a9%e5%a5%b3%e5%b9%bd%e9%ad%82-4k%e4%bf%ae%e5%a4%8d%e7%89%88/

Trailer:

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