China Night sits at the heart of the country’s Cannes presence this year — a single gala evening at the Marché du Film Beach that aims to capture both where Chinese cinema currently stands and where it intends to go. Guests can expect trips into the worlds of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR), cameo appearances from some of the Magic Lab robots that have captured China’s imagination (think robotic people, puppies and pandas). Co-hosted by the China Film Administration, China Film Group Corporation, the China Film Producers Association and the Chinese acquisition, investment and production house Wing Sight, the May 14 event will feature some of the country’s biggest stars parading down its red carpet. Attention will then turn to previews of up-coming Chinese movies, displays that tap into the country’s vast artistic traditions, and examples of the new technology that is altering the way Chinese audience see cinema and how Chinese creators produce their content.…