Five short films by world renowned directors, about preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games are headed for television sets world wide.

A project named Vision Beijing aims to promote the Olympic host city, Beijing.

The municipality invited Italy's Giuseppe Tornatore Majid Majidi from Iran, Patrice Leconte of France, Daryl Goodrich of Britain and Andrew Lau from Hong Kong, each to direct a short film about preparations for the 29th Olympiad.

The five films will be screened on CCTV-2 on Feb. 28. They also are scheduled for Beijing TV and the national TV stations of Italy, France and Iran. Sohu.com will upload the films to the World Wide Web, for global viewing.