Organized by Unifrance, in collaboration with the Ambassade de France in China, the 22nd French Film Panorama in China will open first in Beijing on March 25, 2026, and then in Shanghai on March 27, featuring the film That Summer in Paris, with director Valentine Cadic in attendance.
The opening ceremony will also be attended by Sophie Marceau and Jiang Wen, the event’s honorary patrons, as the festival makes its way through ten cities across the country.
Jiang Wen, this year’s Chinese patron, is one of China’s leading contemporary filmmakers, having begun his career as an actor under Xie Jin and Zhang Yimou. He successfully transitioned to directing, notably with his debut feature In the Heat of the Sun. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with some of the greatest stars of Chinese cinema: Ge You, Chow Yun-Fat, Shu Qi, Gong Li, Xu Jinglei, Liu Xiaoqing, and Zhang Ziyi.
Sophie Marceau rose to fame at a very young age thanks to the films The Party / La Boum (1980) and its sequel La Boum 2 (1982), both massive box-office hits. Her career then took off in France—notably with Alain Corneau's Fort Saganne (1984), Maurice Pialat's Police (1985), Lisa Azuelos' LOL (Laughing Out Loud)(2008), and François Ozon's Everything Went Fine (2021)—but also internationally, with numerous memorable films such as Braveheart (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), in which she played a James Bond girl. One of the most famous French actresses of her generation, Marceau has also directed several films: Speak to Me of Love (2002), Trivial (2007), and Mrs. Mills (2018).
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The selection
This year’s selection consists of 10 recent feature films, as well as a tribute film to Sophie Marceau (L'Homme de Chevet (Cartagena)), all of which have garnered acclaim at the Cannes, Berlin, and Annecy film festivals, as well as at the César Awards. These films were selected by the Chinese distributors themselves. This selection showcases the diversity of talent in French cinema, highlighting established directors, emerging filmmakers, and renowned actors.
- This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières
- In-I in Motion by Juliette Binoche
- L'Aventura by Sophie Letourneur
- The Piano Accident by Quentin Dupieux
- Summer Beats by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret
- Nino by Pauline Loquès
- Wild Foxes by Valéry Carnoy
- A Boat In The Garden by Jean-François Laguionie
- L'Homme de Chevet (Cartagena) by Alain Monne
- Case 137 by Dominik Moll
- That Summer in Paris by Valentine Cadic
These films come from four Chinese distributors (DDDream, Hugoeast, Blue Media, and Edko).
They will be screened in succession in ten cities across the country (Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Xi'an), with three screenings per film in each city.
The French Film Panorama is organized with support from the Ambassade de France in China, Institut Français, CNC, PROCIREP, Alliance Française, Groupama, TitraFilm, and the Chinese Cinémathèque.
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