Harbin Ice and Snow Film Festival is an artistic activity that skillfully uses the advantages of ice and snow to expand the influence of movies, improve the social and economic benefits of movies and enrich the cultural life of the masses. Founded by Harbin Film Company 1989, it opened on10.6, and nearly 20 Chinese and foreign new films are shown in 70 cinemas and clubs in the city/kloc-0.7 a month. During this period, the seminar on urban film criticism and the writing of papers on mass film criticism were also held. Later, the organizers of the Ice and Snow Film Art Festival added China Film Distribution and Projection Company, China Film Import and Export Company and Heilongjiang Film Company, which lasted for many years. After the 14th session, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Cultural Bureau also joined the ranks of hosts. In June 2004, the 16th session was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Bureau of Culture, and undertaken by the Municipal Film Company and the Municipal Film and Television Artists Association.