The poster from Polish movie Rewers by Borys Lankosz (AVAXHOME)

EU member states will showcase recent, popular and successful European films in Beijing, Chengdu and Xi'an from November 1-30 as part of the third annual European Union Film Festival in China.

Under the motto "United in Diversity" the festival is financed by the Delegation of the European Union to China and supported by the Embassy of Belgium, current holder of the EU presidency. The festival aims to offer a wide variety of feature and short films from all over Europe to Chinese audiences.

Half of the films will be screened in commercial theaters including Star City Cinema and Broadway Cinemathèque MOMA in Beijing; Stellar Yingdu Multiplex in Chengdu, Sichuan Province; and Bona New Horizon International Cineplex in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

Other films and two short film programs will be screened in Beijing at the French Cultural Centre, Cervantes Institute, German Embassy School, the Italian Institute of Culture, and Polish Embassy screening rooms.

Each film will be screened in their original language with English and Chinese subtitles.