A sidebar event at the Beijing International Film Festival dedicated exclusively to French cinema, this year's French Film Panorama will present ten recent French productions, with screenings held in the presence of Benoit Jacquot and the actress Alice Isaaz, who will present Come What May.

Also programmed at the event is a tribute to the director and screenwriter Arnaud Desplechin, with the screening of his first two films, Life of the Dead and The Sentinel.

After their presentation in Beijing, the selection of films will travel to six cities around China, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Xi’an, until the end of June.

Film Selection

• Looking for Her by Ounie Lecomte
• Stop Me Here by Gilles Bannier
• Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot
• April and the Extraordinary World by Franck Ekinci, Christian Desmares
• Lolo by Julie Delpy
• Diary of a Chambermaid by Benoit Jacquot
• The Measure of a Man by Stéphane Brizé
• Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Bis by Dominique Farrugia
• Come What May by Christian Carion