08/11/2013 - Very rich menu with 9 titles in competition, 18 avant-premières and the sections "Visions of the East", "European Discoveries" and "World Cinemas”

A great showcase for quality European cinema, the Arras Film Festival, whose 2013 edition begins today, will propose until November 17 a rich programme featuring discoveries from Northern and Eastern Europe.  

Chasing the Wind [+see also:
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film profile] (photo) by Norwegian director Rune Denstad Langlo (read the interview) will be competing for the Golden Atlas, as well as The Priest's Children [+see also:
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interview: Vinko Bresan
film profile] by Vinko Bresan (the greatest success in the history of Croatian cinema), The Japanese Dog by Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (which premiered in San Sebastian), Miracle [+see also:
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film profile] by Slovakian filmmaker Juraj Lehotsky,West [+see also:
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film profile] by German director Christian Schwochow, The Girl from the Wardrobe [+see also:
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interview: Bodo Kox
film profile] by Polish filmmaker Bodo Kox (read the interview), Love Is Blind [+see also:
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film profile] by Estonian director Ilmar Raag and two candidates for their countries’ Best Foreign Feature Oscar nomination: The Notebook [+see also:
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interview: Janos Szász
film profile] by Hungarian director Janos Szasz (Grand Prix in Karlovy Vary) and A Disciple [+see also:
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film profile] by Finnish filmmaker Ulrika Bengts who will be represented in Arras by her cinematographer whilst all other directors will be present.

On the menu of the new section "Visions of the East", we find Dual [+see also:
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interview: Nejc Gazvoda
film profile] by Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda, In Bloom [+see also:
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interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simo…
film profile] by duo Nana Ekvtimishvili - Simon Gross, Papusza [+see also:
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interview: Joanna Kos Krauze
film profile]by Polish filmmakers Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze (watch the video interview), Circles [+see also:
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interview: Nikola Rakocevic
interview: Srdan Golubovic
film profile] by Serbian director Srdan Golubovic, the Golden Bear winner from Berlin Child's Pose [+see also:
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interview: Calin Peter Netzer
film profile] by Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer and Revival [+see also:
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interview: Alice Nellis
film profile] by Czech filmmaker Alice Nellis.

In the "European Discoveries" programme, The Selfish Giant [+see also:
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interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
film profile] by British director Clio Barnard stands out, as well as Swedish feature Monica Z by Danish filmmaker Per Fly (article), 2 Autumns, 3 Winters [+see also:
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film profile] by French director Sébastien Betbeder, Mr Morgan's Last love [+see also:
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film profile] by German filmmaker Sandra Nettelbeck, Two Lives [+see also:
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film profile] by her compatriot Georg Maas, Brasserie Romantique by Belgian director Joël Vanhoebrouck, Joy by Greek filmmaker Elias Giannakakis and Viva la Liberta [+see also:
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interview: Roberto Andò
film profile] by Italian director Roberto Andò (video interview).

To this we add six films in the “World Cinemas” section and 18 avant-premières (notably Suzanne [+see also:
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
film profile] by Katell Quillévéré, Longwave [+see also:
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interview: Lionel Baier
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film profile] by Swiss director Lionel Baier, Tonnerre [+see also:
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interview: Guillaume Brac
film profile] by Guillaume Brac, Lulu femme nue by Solveig Anspach, Before the Winter Chill [+see also:
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film profile] by Philippe Claudel, La marche by Nabil Ben Yadir and Le Weekend [+see also:
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film profile] by Roger Michell). The Arras Film Festival will also pay tribute to Patrice Leconte (Une promesse [+see also:
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interview: Yolande Moreau
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(Translated from French)