China has made its first IMAX 3-D film in cooperation with US specialists.

Titled Legend of Daming Palace, the film is a 30-minute love tale set in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). It was filmed in Daming Palace theme park, a replica of the Tang palace in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

Director Jin Tiemu teamed up with Reed Philip Smoot, a senior cinematographer with rich experience in making IMAX films, and Peter William Anderson, director of cinematography for a number of 3-D films.

The box office triumph of Avatar, especially its IMAX 3-D version, has inspired many local filmmakers in China to try the new film form.

China had only 300 3-D screens in 2009, but by March it boasted 1,100 3D screens and will have 2,000 by October. About 15 Chinese 3-D films including animation, kungfu and disaster genres will hit screens this year. But Jin's work is the first Chinese film to combine the technologies of 3D and IMAX.

The film will premiere on Oct 1.

Editor: Xie Fang