Dear Students,

       Every year the French Embassy in China offers Chinese students a chance to prove their artistic talents during a series of contests related to the promotion of French language and culture. This year, the Embassy invites you to take part to a French song contest as well as a movie-court (short film) festival.

The registrations for the various competitions are opened until January 31^st, 2013. The finales of the French song contest will be held in March in Shanghai, and the results of the competitions of movie-court will be communicated in the course of May.

You can find the rules of the competitions hereafter (in French):

- French song contest

- Movie-court competition

SONG CONTEST:

We will choose two students during a draft/pre-selection event to represent Renmin University of China at the finales of the song contest, which will eventually rewards two winners with a trip to France next Summer. The two students selected may travel to Shanghai together with one of their French teachers with the financial support of the Sino-French Institute.

The pre-selection event is planned for the January 23th (the place and the time of the meeting will be communicated to you later).

To prepare the draft/pre-selection event, you can follow the links hereafter where you can find the short-list of the songs with their lyrics and also their Karaoke mp3 version.

- Short-list

- Karaoke & mp3 (every song in its own folder)

If such an opportunity to get part of a project where you can mix learning more about French culture and having fun interests you, you may register for the draft/pre-selection event by following the link hereafter and register. You may choose only one song to perform during the draft/pre-selection event.

- Registration

MOVIE COURT COMPETITION:

The Movie-Court (short movie) competition is an individual event. The school will not intervene in the selection, and as many as 10 students may individually enlist for each of our Suzhou colleges (中法学院，威尼斯人娱乐场网址 ). Two students will be chosen among the nationwide submissions, and will be rewarded with a trip to France next summer. If you want to take part to this movie-court (short movie) competition, you will have to register by yourself on the following website.

//www.faguowenhua.com/francophonie

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If you have any questions or need any help related to this event feel free to contact us at [email protected] or come to see us at the A314 office (Kaitai Building).

Thanks, and Best of Luck,

中法学院（法方）教学事务部