Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi
Art house star Zhao Tao, holding a seat on this year's SIFF jury, swept into town after serving as producer on her husband, Jia Zhangke's latest feature.
Taiwanese-Canadian actor, singer and model Peng (The Great Wall) was all smiles in Shanghai. He will next be seen in the big 2020 Chinese release The Rescue.
Taiwanese actress and model Quinlivan, who featured with Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper, walked the Shanghai carpet in style.
The Chinese TV star (The Disguiser, Nirvana in Fire) most recently made a splash as the breakout lead of Cannes competition film The Wild Goose Lake, directed by Diao Yinan.
Taiwan's Kwai starred in Chinese drama
Black Coal, Thin Ice, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival in 2014. She recently returned to Cannes opposite Hu Ge in
The Wild Goose Lake.
Nick Cheung added a dash of Hong Kong flair, and some big smiles, to the opening night of the Shanghai festival.
Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and model Shu, whose husband is director Stephen Fung, struck a pose for the photographers on the Shanghai carpet.
The Chinese actress, co-star of Monster Hunt and the Finding Mr. Right franchise, got a warm welcome from the crowd at the Shanghai opening ceremony.
Hong Kong director Tsui Hark, was in town to promote The Climbers, starring Wu Jing and Jackie Chan, and his latest work as a producer.
Lu Han and Shu Qi, who starred together in upcoming sci-fi adventure Fortress Shanghai, introduced the trailers for some of the Shanghai festival competition films during the opening ceremony.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter