Life of Guangzhou - The 7th Annual French Film Panorama

From April 1st to 11th, twenty-five new French Films will be shown at Guangzhou Jin Yi International Cinema and China Plaza Theatre and this for only 40RMB per film. Half of the income from these screenings at Guangzhou Jin Yi International Cinema shall be donated to the drought-stricken areas of southwest China.

Organized by Unifrance – an organization promoting French cinema worldwide – and the French Embassy in China, the film panorama will start in Guangzhou before later heading to Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan and Shanghai.

These thirteen features films and twelve shorts will be screened in French with Chinese subtitles. Each screening shall be followed by a Q&A session with a delegation of French artists composed of 15 worldwide renowned directors, actors and producers.

This is the 5th time "The Annual French Films Panorama in China" comes to Guangzhou. It aims to promote newly produced French films to local distributors, media and audience.

Films list

(Feature Films)

Alternate weeks (and half the vacation) directed by Ivan Calbérac
Eleonore's dream directed by Dominique Monféry
The father of my children directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
The hedgehog directed by Mona Achache
Hidden diary directed by Julie Lopes Curval
L’homme de chevet directed by Alain Monne
In the beginning directed by Xavier Giannoli
Little Nicholas directed by Laurent Tirard
Mademoiselle Chambon directed by Stéphane Brizé
Park benches directed by Bruno Podalydès
Please please me directed by Emmanuel Mouret
Tomorrow at dawn directed by Denis Dercourt
Welcome to the sticks directed by Dany Boon

(Short Films)

Program 1

7.57 am-pm directed by Simon Lelouch
Allons-y ! Alonzo ! directed by Camille Moulin-Dupré
The Holy Feast directed by Annelaure Daffis & Léo Marchand
L'homme qui dort directed by Inès Sedan
My Name is Dominic directed by Nicolas Sihol
Self defense directed by Thomas Gayrard

Program 2

The Bed By the Window directed by Michaël Barocas
French roast directed by Fabrice O. Joubert
The Little Dragon directed by Bruno Collet
Lost days office directed by Jean-François Fontanel
Masques directed by Jérôme Boulbès
The story of my life directed by Pierre Ferriere

Delegation list (subject to change)

Mona Achache - director "The Hedgedog"
Josiane Balasko - actress "The Hedgedog", "Park Benches"
Stéphane Brizé - director "Mademoiselle Chambon"
Ivan Calbérac - director " Alternate weeks (and half the vacation) "
Julie Lopes Curval - director "Hidden Diary"
Denis Dercourt - director "Tomorrow at Dawn"
Alice de Lencquesaing - actress "The father of my children"
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing - actress "The father of my children"
Emmanuel Mouret – director and actor "Please please me"
Vincent Perez - actor "Tomorrow at dawn"
Bruno Podalydès - director "Park benches"
Laurent Tirard – director "Little Nicholas"
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre – Unifrance President
Régine Hatchondo – Unifrance Executive Director
René Bonnel - producer
Laurent Jullier – research director at Sorbonne Nouvelle
Charles Tesson – journalist for Cahiers du Cinéma
Martine Vidalenc – short film producer

(Reported by Shanna Chu and David Keyton)

中文版 Chinese version