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2. 12th French Film Panorama, one of Feng Xiaogang's three favorites

For the 12th edition of the French Film Panorama, UniFrance films, in partnership with the French Embassy in China, will take Panorama on tour to the cities of Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang and Xi'an. This year's Panorama includes ten feature-length films and a selection of short French films, selected to offer Chinese filmgoers an eclectic range of new films, reflecting the diversity of cinematographic genres of French cinema. Well-known French film stars, such as Juliette Binoche, Sophie Marceau, François Damiens and Patrick Bruel will star, but so will up-and-coming stars like Vincent Lacoste, Louane Emera and Reda Kateb.

Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Xi'an:  May 1 - June 31