Les Arcs Film Festival 18th edition programme, Digi Mart USA News (Savoy, France): The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 18th edition, which will take place from December 12 to 19 in the alpine ski resort of Les Arcs in the Savoy region. The festival is known as a popular gathering for European film artists and industry professionals.
The festival, run by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop, has announced Spanish filmmaker Oliver Laxe, French actress Léa Drucker and French actor-director Daniel Auteuil as honorary guests. The nine feature films competing for the Flèche de Cristal will be judged by a jury presided over by Kleber Mendonça Filho.
The competition includes films previously shown at major festivals. These include Woman Unknown by Danish director May el-Toukhy, which won the Golden Lion in Venice, and A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra by Greek director Jacqueline Lentzou.
Also included are Oasis by German director Jannis Lenz and My Notes on Mars by Hungarian director Lili Horvát, both from Venice.
Further selections come from Karlovy Vary, Toronto, Cannes and Berlin. Black Money for White Nights by the Bulgarian duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov premiered at Karlovy Vary, while Brace Your Heart by Swedish director Amanda Kernell received a special mention in Toronto’s Platform competition before winning best director at San Sebastián.
The Idiot(s) by Polish directors Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Engler also screened in Toronto.
Other titles include Viva by Spanish director Aina Clotet, shown at Cannes, and Pursuit by German director Faraz Shariat, which won the Panorama audience award in Berlin.
The Playtime section features films including Le Faux Soir by Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam, Cœurs affamés by Italian director Nanni Moretti, and The Last Resort by Norwegian director Maria Sødahl.
Documentaries Wider Than The Sky and Burgundy are also included.
The Hauteurs section, the Oscar au ski programme featuring six European candidates for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and a Spanish focus with eight feature films and eight shorts are also part of the lineup. Special screenings include No Good Men by Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who will receive the Femmes de Cinéma award, and the documentary Beaucastel by French director Gabin Rivoire, who will receive the Déplacer les montagnes award.
The Industry Village will host professionals from December 12 to 15, followed by the Distributors/Exhibitors Summit from December 15 to 19, which will feature 11 films reserved for industry attendees. The festival will also include a Music Village, a Lab Femmes de Cinéma with a masterclass by Léa Drucker, conferences, round tables and workshops.
The awareness programme Déplacer les montagnes will focus this year on the theme “AI, Humans and the Living,” with writer and lawyer Abel Quentin as special guest.
