The 8th Beijing International Film Festival was held in Beijing, China by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group. The film festival opened on April 15 and lasts until April 22, 2018. The closing ceremony was held in Beijing on April 22, 2018.

Operation Red Sea is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. The film is loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War. According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of Operation Mekong.