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Les Arcs: 26 projects selected for the Co-production Village

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- A great line-up for fourth Les Arcs European Film Festival with projects by Placido, Kari, Kalev, and the Brosen – Woodworth duo

Twenty-six European co-production projects from 14 countries have been selected (from 150 applications compared to 80 in 2011) for the Co-production Village at the fourth Les Arcs European Film Festival (from December 15 to 22 – read more about the competition’s programme), showing clear growth for the market.

This 2012 edition of the market is to bring together over 200 professionals (producers, sales agents, distributors, directors, regional funds, and financiers). Its great programme is to include film projects by Italian filmmakers Michele Placido (Romanzo criminale [+see also:
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interview: Michele Placido
film profile
]
, The Lookout [+see also:
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) and Alice Rohrwacher (Corpo celeste [+see also:
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interview: Alice Rohrwacher
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]
- Directors’ Fortnight in 2011), by Belgo-American duo Peter Brosen - Jessica Woodworth (The Fith Season [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile
]
, in the competition in Venice in 2012), by Icelandic filmmaker Dagur Kari (Noi Albinoi, Dark Horse [+see also:
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), and by Bulgarian filmmakers Kamen Kalev (Eastern Plays [+see also:
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interview: Kamen Kalev
film profile
]
and The Island [+see also:
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at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2009 and 2011) and Konstantin Bojanov (Avé [+see also:
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interview: Konstantin Bojanov
film profile
]
at the Cannes Critics’ Week in 2011).

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Also selected are projects by French filmmakers Julien Maury - Alexandre Bustillo (Inside [+see also:
trailer
film profile
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at the Cannes Critics’ Week in 2007) and Lucile Hadzihalilovic (great reviews for Innocence), Greek filmmaker Syllas Tzoumerkas (Homeland [+see also:
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film profile
]
at the Venice Critics’ Week in 2010), Slovenian filmmaker Olmo Omerzu (A Night Too Young [+see also:
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interview: Jiří Konečný
film profile
]
at the Berlinale Forum in 2012), and Croatian filmmaker Zvonimir Juric (The Blacks).


List of projects :

A Blast by Syllas Tzoumerkas - produced by Pan Entertainment(Greece) in co-production with Unafilm (Germany)

All Panthers are Pink - Unafilms (Germany) in co-production with Arts&Popcorn (Serbia)

Among the Living by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo - Metaluna Productions (France)

Blinded by the Sun by Konstantin Bojanov - Kinoelektron (France) in co-production with Camera Ltd (Bulgaria)

Butterflies by Tolga Karaçelik - Bulut Films (Turkey) in co-production with Mantar Film

Docteur Kaas Prophecy by Olivier Ringer - Ringprod (Belgium) in co-production with Caramel films (Canada)

Evolution [+see also:
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 by Lucile Hadzihalilovic - Les Films du Worso (France) in co-production with Noodles Production

Face Down [+see also:
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by Kamen Kalev - produced by Waterfront Films (Bulgaria) in co-production with Le Pacte (France)

Family Film by Olmo Omerzu - Endorfilms (Czech Republic) in co-production with Arsmedia (Slovenia) and Studio Dim (Croatia)

Flora 63 by Stéphane Robelin - Les films d’Ici et là (France)

Gold Mine by Ben Russel - Kinoelektron (France) in co-production with Fischer films (Denmark)

Kebab Royal by Peter Brosen and Jessica Woodworth - Unlimited (France) in co-production with Bo Films (Belgium) and Art Fest (Bulgaria)

Kessels by Jan Eilander - CTMLev (Netherlands)

Kids from the Port by Alberto Morais - Olivo Films S.L. (Spain)

Light Years [+see also:
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 by Esther May Campbell - Third Films Ltd

Paradise Trips by Raf Reyntjens - Caviar Films (Belgium)

Pilgrimage by Jamie Hannigan - SPFilms (Ireland)

Rabbits by Olivier Tollet and Jean-Julien Collette - Helicotronc (Belgium)

Rocketman by Dagur Kari - Blueeyes Films (Iceland) in co-production with Nimbus Films (Denmark)

Sexperience - transmedia project - Sacrebleu Productions (France)

The Benefit of the Doubt by Samuel Tilman - Eklektic Productions (Belgium)

The Choice by Michele Placido - Nolita Cinema (France) in co-production with Michele Placido Productions

The Charlatan by Giovanni Sportiello- 1.85 Films (France)

The Reaper by Zvonimir Juric - Kinorama (Croatia)

The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher - Tempesta Films (Italy)

Yaeli by Hagar Ben Asher (Israel) - Rohfilm (Germany) in co-production with Petit Film (France)

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(Translated from Spanish)

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