07/04/2011

Organised by Unifrance Films, the 8th French Film Panorama in China will run from April 5-May 30 in the cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. The event, which opened on Tuesday, has a line-up including 12 shorts and ten features, two of which have already been acquired by local distributor Champs Lis: François Ozon’s Potiche [+see also:
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The following films will also be screened in their original version subtitled in Chinese: Eric Lartigau’s The Big Picture [+see also:
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film profile], Alix Delaporte’s Angèle and Tony [+see also:
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In 2010, seven French films were distributed in Chinese theatres, one highlight being Luc Besson’s The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec [+see also:
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(Translated from French)