26/11/2014 - The French director is one of the many well-known figures who will be making the trip to the ski resort for the sixth edition of the European Film Festival

Director Cédric Kahn (© Alexandra Fleurantin)

There will be some first-rate attendees at Les Arcs for the sixth edition of the European Film Festival (13-20 December 2014), which has already unveiled its selection (read the article), as well as the projects accepted for the Coproduction Village, the Work-in-Progress section and the Low Budget Film Forum (see the news).

The 12 titles in competition for the Crystal Arrow 2014 will be judged by a jury chaired by French director Cédric Kahn, who will be assisted by actresses Virginie Ledoyen and Linh Dan Pham, Irish actor Jack Reynor, actor and comedian Gaspard Proust, DoP Agnès Godard, and Oscar-winning English composer Stephen Warbeck.

Some of the directors of the films in competition will be in attendance at Les Arcs: these include Norway’s Bent Hamer (1001 Grams [+see also:
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interview: Bent Hamer
film profile]); Swedish filmmaker Ronnie Sandahl (Underdog [+see also:
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interview: Ronnie Sandahl
film profile]), along with his actress Bianca Kronlof; Croatian director Ognjen Svilicic; Germany’s Giulio Ricciarelli (Labyrinth of Lies [+see also:
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interview: Giulio Ricciarelli
interview: Giulio Ricciarelli
film profile]); Belgian filmmaker Pieter Van Hees (Waste Land [+see also:
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interview: Pieter Van Hees
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interview: Gerard Johnson
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interview: Lucie Borleteau
film profile]). Also expected to attend are actress Chiara d'Anna (The Duke of Burgundy [+see also:
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film profile] by British filmmaker Peter Strickland) and Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (A Second Chance [+see also:
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Bertrand Tavernier will be the guest of honour at this edition, which will also welcome such big names as Mia Hansen-Love, US actress Greta Gerwig and Felix de Givry (Eden [+see also:
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Mia Hansen-Løve
film profile]), Swedish director Ruben Ostlund (Force Majeure [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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film profile]), Britain’s Morgan Matthews (for X+Y [+see also:
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film profile], which will open the festival), Gilles Lellouche and Charles Berling for L'Enquête by Vincent Garenq (which will take care of closing the gathering), Kad Merad, Géraldine Pailhas, Pascal Thomas, Marie Gillain and Vincent Rottiers. Finally, as part of the Focus dedicated to Irish cinema, Jim Sheridan, John Carney, John Crowley, Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn, Terry McMahon and John Butler will also be present at the event, among others.

(Translated from French)