Poster of The 4th Annual French Film Panorama

From April 26 till May 7, 2007, Unifrance - the organization promoting French cinema worldwide - and the French Embassy, are organizing the fourth edition of the French Film Panorama in China in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing.

A French artistic delegation - presided by Jér?me Seydoux (CEO of Pathé) and composed of a dozen worldwide renowned directors and actors as well as distributors/producers - will be traveling to China. The artistic delegation will be promoting the films, meeting the press and the Chinese audience via interviews, tv shows and internet chat sessions.

The selection of twelve recently released feature films and twelve short films, established in cooperation with the Chinese Film authorities, will be presented to viewers in commercial multiplexes in each of the four cities. The films will screen in their original versions with Chinese subtitles and will be followed by Q&A sessions with the public.

The Panorama will start on Thursday, April 26 in Beijing, and the opening ceremony will take place on the 27th at the CCPPC.It will then move to Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing where the delegation will be presenting the films until May 1st. A ceremony will take place in Shanghai on May 1st in the presence of the entire artistic delegation however the films will continue to be screened in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu until May 7th.