Orphans in adversity

Disney has lighted upon a bear as adorable as Winnie the Pooh. The mouse house's second cooperation with Chinese filmmakers since its 2007 hit The Secret of the Magic Gourd (Baohulu De Mimi), is about a panda and his boy sidekick.

Named Touch of the Panda (Xiongmao Huijialu), the film tells the story of a panda cub who becomes separated from its mother and is rescued by a boy orphan. The boy does his utmost to protect the cub from those he believes would hurt it, and the two form a strong bond. But the boy soon realizes that the best thing he could ever do for his friend is to help it find its way home.

The film was shot in the town of Wolong, Sichuan under the cooperation and supervision of Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve, the world's foremost research and preservation facilities for the endangered species.