Ten feature length films and two short film programmes will be presented in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen and, for the first time, Shenyang. A rare opportunity to discover recent successes in French cinema on the big screen - and to meet a few French stars of the 'seventh art'!

From April 11 to 17, a delegation of French directors and actors will be in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou to meet lovers of French cinema and give film lessons. The Panorama will be an opportunity to discover a short film made by one of French cinema's first magicians, LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (A TRIP TO THE MOON) by George Melies. The programming for this, the ninth Panorama of French Cinema, is defined by its diversity.

Movies :

- Mon pire cauchemar (My Worst Nightmare), 2011, romantic comedy by Anne Fontaine, with Isabelle Hupert and Benoit Poelvoorde. Two parents living in completely different worlds are destined to meet thanks to their children's friendship. An unexpected Franco-Belgian encounter, full of humour thanks to the acting of Isabelle Hupert and Benoit Poelvoorde.

- From April 12, Frederic Berthe's latest film will be showing in cinemas: RTT, an amusing road movie in which Kad Merad finds himself drawn despite himself into the adventures of a beautiful professional thief, played by Melanie Doutey.

- Un heureux evenement (A Happy Event), 2011, comedy-drama by Remi Bezan?on, with Louise Bourgoin and Josiane Balasko. A Happy Event is an intimate portrait of a pregnancy, sincere and without taboos. By the director of 'The First Day of the Rest of my Life'.

- La guerre est declaree (Declaration of War), 2011, comedy-drama by and starring Valerie Donzelli. The story is relatively simple but very intense. A couple and a child. A battle, illness. And above all, a great love story, which is their own.

- L'Art d'aimer (The Art of Love), 2011, comedie by Emmanuel Mouret, with Fran?ois Cluzet and Julie Depardieu. This film, as its name indicates, is about love. It examines both lightly and profoundly the click that takes place when one falls in love, this music that makes itself heard in unexpected ways.

- Ici-bas, 2011, historic drama by Jean-Pierre Denis, with Celine Sallette. During the Second World War, a nun of exemplary devotion and dedication meets a man whose faith has been broken and who will turn her life upside down. Between faith and passion, this is the story of absolute love.

- De bon matin (Early in the Morning), 2010, drama by Jean-Marc Moutout, with Jean-Pierre Darroussin. A man living a normal life travels as he does every morning to the bank where he works. He pulls out a revolver and shoots two of his bosses. He locks himself in his office waiting for the police and looks back at the events in his life that have led him to do what he has done.

- La Fee (The Fairy), 2011, comedy by and starring Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. Dom is a night watchman at a small hotel in Le Havre. One evening, a woman arrives at the counter with bare feet and no bags. Her name is Fiona. She tells Dom that she is a fairy and gives him three wishes. The next day, two of the wishes come true and Fiona is gone. But Dom has fallen in love with the fairy Fiona and wants to find her.

- Les Hommes libres (Free Men), 2010, drama by Ismael Ferroukhi, with Tahar Rahim. The action takes place against the background of the Second World War in Paris. The story of Younes, an uneducated immigrant labourer who turns progressively into a militant for freedom.

- Des Vents contraires (Headwinds), 2011, drama by Jalil Lespert, with Benoit Magimel and Isabelle Carre. Paul's life is shaken to its core the day his wife suddenly disappears. After failing to find her he decides to start a new life and moves to Saint-Malo with his two children. But a series of unexpected encounters mean his departure takes a turn that he had not foreseen.

Beijing, April 11-22, MOMA, Oriental Plaza, Jinbao Hui

Chengdu, from April 16, Xinan Yingdu

Shenzhen, from April 16, Huanle Haian cinema

Shanghai, April 14-18, Film Art center, Guotai, UME Xintiandi

Shenyang

Organisers

uniFrance Films

Supported by

Embassy of France in China, Institut Francais, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs