Chinese Mainland Film Panorama 2026: "Escape from the 21st Century"

Chinese Mainland Film Panorama 2026: "Escape from the 21st Century" at the Space Museum

One of the screenings in the Chinese Mainland Film Panorama 2026 is Li Yang's "Escape from the 21st Century", showing on 8 November (Sunday) at 3pm in the Hong Kong Space Museum Lecture Hall, with tickets at $75.

The 2024 film runs 98 minutes in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles, starring Zhang Ruoyun, Zhong Chuxi, Song Yang and Wu Xiaoliang. It follows three high-school students who gain the power to travel between the present and the future, slipping twenty years through time with a sneeze, while some fight scenes switch into animation.

It won the New Director award in the Media Attention Unit at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival, and Best Debut at the 20th China Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Awards. Check booking arrangements if you plan to go.

Editor’s noteA single Space Museum Lecture Hall screening at $75, with a clear award record; it runs for one day only, so plan ahead if you want to go.

This guide draws on public sources and does not claim a first-hand visit. Reviews and arrangements may change.