Venues: London, Beijing, Oxford

Films: more than 20 feature films, shorts and music videos


Beijing Press Conference: 2007-09-15

Venue: Prime Hotel, Beijing

Thank to media representatives and organisations: Xinhua News, People's Daily, Phoenix, Guang Ming Daily, QQ.com, POP DV, Beijing Youth Daily, China Business Press, SDTV, SCTV-1, HEBTV, China Radio Film and Television, CCTV-6, IFLAIR, GuangZhou Daily, TimeOut Beijing, CETV,China News (Beijing), CCWB, China Youth Daily, TCTC, HUNANTV, TKS, CCTV-9 Culture Express, Beijing Review, CRI, Tom.com, The Beijing News, Entertainment Live, Daily Telegraph, BTV


London Special Event at Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London


Oxford: Ultimate Opening Day / Screening Week / Keble Day 2007-10-27 / Award-Giving Ceremony


Honorary Guest: John Tanner (Lord Mayor of Oxford)

Opening Film: Ten Years by Director: JIA Zhangke / Fiction Short /10 mins / 35mm / 2006

Closing Film: Only Child by Cui Zien


One Minute Award Winners: Zhang Fan


Festival Jury:

  • Chris Berry (Professor of Film and Television Studies and Co-Director of the Goldsmiths Media Research Programme)
  • John Quick (Co-ordinator of MA in Documentary by Practice, Director of Graduate Studies, Royal Holloway University of London)
  • Dr. Wang Tao (Senior Lecturer in Chinese Archaeology, SOAS University of London)
  • Gideon Koppel (award-winning director of Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival)
  • Hugh Purcell (Consultant, One World Broadcasting Trust)

Thanks to: renowned Chinese painter WANG WANGWANG for designing the FEF poster


Introduce: in cooperation with The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, FEF recommended film goers the Chinese films: Lust, Caution, Ma Wu Jia and Mid-afternoon Barks


Of Note: the first meeting of the Festival committee was on August 18th at the University of Westminster


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