The Francophonie Film Festival will take place in Beijing from March 4 to March 30, 2010.
The festival will present 30 films from various members: France, Senegal, Switzerland, Quebec, Serbia, Vietnam, Tunisia, Belgium etc...
A large selection of feature films and shorts films, recent or older and popular films will be shown to the Chinese audience to let them discover the eclectic worlds of la Francophonie.
Each film will be screened in Beijing, once in the French cultural center and once in the Canadian International School of Beijing (with more than 350 seats), in their original version with Chinese subtitles. Some of them will also have French or English subtitles.
A delegation of directors and artists will be travelling to Beijing to introduce their movies, conduct master classes and meet the press: From Tunis, Férid Boughedir with ‘’A summer in la Goulette’’ From Belgium, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar with ‘’A town called panic'' (special screening Cannes film festival 2009) From Senegal, Mansour Sora wade with ''The price of forgiveness''
OIF is an organisation that gathers countries and regions around the French language and/or the same values (cultural diversity, peace, democratic governance, consolidation of the State under the rule of law, environmental protection). It includes more than 56 members and about 14 observer countries, 870 millions people in all 5 continents in total.
The name of the festival, 法话影展, was created to underline that French is the main or second language of the countries showcasing their films.
A competition is organised on http://ent.cri.cn during the whole festival. The audience can vote on line for the best film of the festival. The best film will be shown one more time on March 29, at the French Cultural center.
The film festival is financed by TV5 World Asia, Sinohydro, the French Embassy in China, the Canadian Embassy in China, the Québec Bureau in China, the Wallonia – Brussels Delegation in China, and supported by the International Organisation of la Francophonie, and the Francophone embassies in China.
Feature films :
Austria: Hold up, by Florian Flicker, comedy, crime, 85min Belgium: A town called panic, by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, animation, 75min Benin: The valse of the big bottoms, by Jean Odoutan, drama, 88min Bulgaria: Monkeys in winter, by Milena Andonova, drama, 111min Canada: Sticky fingers, by Ken Scott, comedy, 180 min Cyprius: Akamas, by Panikos Chrisanthou, drama, 124 min Croatia: Slow days, by Matija Klukovic, drama, 102min France: Cartagena, by Alain Monne, with Sophie Marceau and Christophe Lambert, drama, 93min Greece: Dying in Athens, by Nikos Panayotopoulos, drama, musical, 100min Hungaria: SOS Love, by Tamás Sas, comedy, 96min Luxembourg: Réfractaire, by Nicolas Steil, drama, 100min Québec: Necessities of life, by Benoît Pilon, drama, 102min Czech republic: Mazany Filip, by Václav Marhoul, comedy, crime, 95min Roumania: Americain fiancees, by Nicolae Margineanu, drama, 80min Serbia: Technotise-Edit and I, by Aleksa Gajic, animation, 100min Senegal: The price of forgiveness, by Mansour Sora Wade, drama, 2001, 90min Switzerland: Home, by Ursula Meier, drama, 98min Tunisia: A summer in la Goulette, by Férid Boughedir, drama, 100min Vietnam: Vertige, by Chuyên Bui Thac, drama, 2009, 110min
Short films: Belgium:Slow Motion, by Pascal Adant, animation, 6 min KWIZ, by Renaud Callebaut, 5min50 Bulgaria: Cirque Sofia, by Pencho Kunchev, animation, 4 min28s Canada: The necktie, by Jean-François Lévesque, animation, 12min Diner for two, animation, 7min Slepping Betty, de Oliver Jones, animation, 09 min Black soul, de Oliver Jones, animation, 09 min France: Oktapodi, de Julien BOCABEILLE, François-Xavier CHANIOUX, Olivier DELABARRE, Thierry MARCHAND, Quentin MARMIER, Emud MOKHBERI, 2min25s. Même les pigeons vont au paradis, de Samuel Tourneux, 8min40s. Niger : La course au cadeau, by Marc AYEE, animation,19min
Informations : All screenings are free and on a first come first seated basis. Doors will open 30minutes before each screening. No advance registration. Please note the specific security requirements for each location :
• Canadian International School of Beijing (28 Liangmaqiao Lu) 350 places For more informations : www.cisb.com.cn A passport or Id will be required to enter.
• French cultural center (18, Gongti xi lu) 81 places For more informations : http://www.ccfpekin.org/
