08/10/2018 - The 19th edition of the event dedicated to European cinema will take place from 2-11 November, and will boast a barrage of premiere screenings and films as yet unreleased in France

Simultaneously a mainstream gathering (with more than 45,000 viewers) and a highly demanding event on the artistic level, the Arras Film Festival, whose programme is almost entirely devoted to European cinema, has unveiled the scintillating line-up for its 2018 edition, which will unspool from 2-11 November. 

Nine films that have not yet been released in France will be battling it out for the 2019 Golden Atlas, which will be handed out by a jury chaired by French filmmaker Emmanuel Finkiel. Standing out among them are three features that were unveiled in competition at Karlovy Vary: Winter Flies [+see also:
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interview: Olmo Omerzu
film profile] by Slovenia’s Olmo Omerzu, which won the Best Director Award at the Czech festival (and which has been chosen as the Czech candidate for the 2019 Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film), Panic Attack [+see also:
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interview: Pawel Maslona
film profile] by Poland’s Pawel Maslona and Jumpman [+see also:
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interview: Ivan I Tverdovsky
film profile] by Russia’s Ivan I Tverdovsky. Also vying for the top prize will be Mothers’ Instinct [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
film profile] by Belgium’s Olivier Masset-Depasse (popular recently at Toronto), Genesis [+see also:
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interview: Árpád Bogdán, Andrea Taschler
film profile] by Hungary’s Bogdan Arpad (unveiled in the Berlinale Panorama), One Step Behind the Seraphim [+see also:
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interview: Daniel Sandu
film profile] by Daniel Sandu (the winner of eight Gopo Awards in 2018, including Best Romanian Film of the Year), The Eternal Road [+see also:
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interview: Antti-Jussi Annila
film profile] by Antti Jussi Annila (crowned with six Jussi Awards in 2018, including Best Finnish Film of the Year), The Most Beautiful Couple [+see also:
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interview: Sven Taddicken
film profile] by Germany’s Sven Taddicken (premiered at Toronto) and Take It or Leave It [+see also:
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film profile] by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo (the Estonian Oscar candidate).

The juicy European Discoveries menu includes pictures such as Amanda [+see also:
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interview: Mikhaël Hers
film profile] by France’s Mikhaël Hers (very popular at Venice, in the Orizzonti section), Border [+see also:
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interview: Ali Abbasi
film profile] by Denmark’s Ali Abbasi (Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes), Boys Cry [+see also:
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interview: Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo
film profile] by Italy’s Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (a real revelation in the Berlinale Panorama), Sibel [+see also:
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interview: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaum…
film profile] by Turkey’s Cagla Zencirci and France’s Guillaume Giovanetti (revealed in competition at Locarno) and Styx [+see also:
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interview: Wolfgang Fischer
film profile] by Germany’s Wolfgang Fischer (Europa Cinemas Label in the Berlinale Panorama). Other movies in the showcase include Emma Peeters [+see also:
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interview: Nicole Palo
film profile] by Belgian-American director Nicole Palo (which brought the Giornate degli Autori to a close at Venice), U – July 22 [+see also:
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interview: Erik Poppe
film profile] by Norway’s Erik Poppe (presented in competition at Berlin), Sámi Blood [+see also:
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interview: Amanda Kernell
interview: Lars Lindstrom
film profile] by Sweden’s Amanda Kernell (thus wrapping a long festival run that has been ongoing since its premiere at Venice in 2016), the fascism comedy I’m Back [+see also:
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film profile] by Italy’s Luca Miniero and Heavy Trip [+see also:
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film profile] by Finnish duo Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren. Also of note is a Focus on Flanders (including Don’t Shoot [+see also:
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film profile] by Stijn Coninx, King of the Belgians [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Woodworth, Peter Br…
film profile] by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, and Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
film profile] by Gilles Coulier) plus a Focus on Animation (boasting the Cannes titles Chris the Swiss [+see also:
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interview: Anja Kofmel
film profile] by Anja Kofmel and Another Day of Life [+see also:
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interview: Raul de la Fuente
film profile] by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow, in addition to Funan [+see also:
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interview: Denis Do
film profile] by Denis Do, which was triumphant at Annecy). 

The Visions of the East section is also particularly tantalising, with Sunset [+see also:
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interview: László Nemes
film profile] by Hungary’s László Nemes, Alice T [+see also:
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interview: Radu Muntean
film profile] by Romania’s Radu Muntean, Secret Ingredient [+see also:
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interview: Blagoj Veselinov
interview: Gjorce Stavreski
film profile] by Macedonia’s Gjorce Stavreski, The Interpreter [+see also:
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interview: Martin Šulík
film profile] by Slovakia’s Martin Šulík, Leto (The Summer) [+see also:
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interview: Ilya Stewart
film profile] by Russia’s Kirill Serebrennikov, The Little Comrade by Estonia’s Moonika Siimets and Miss Hanoi by Czech filmmaker Zdenek Viktora, not to mention a Focus on Poland comprising four films: Fugue [+see also:
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interview: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
film profile] by Agnieszka Smoczynska, The Man with the Magic Box [+see also:
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film profile] by Bodo Kox, Once Upon a Time in November [+see also:
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interview: Andrzej Jakimowski
film profile] by Andrzej Jakimowski and Back Home [+see also:
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film profile] by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz. 

Lastly, the World Cinema programme will offer several top-drawer European co-productions, such as Tel Aviv on Fire [+see also:
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interview: Sameh Zoabi
film profile] by Israeli-Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi, A Twelve-Year Night [+see also:
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interview: Álvaro Brechner
film profile] by Uruguay’s Alvaro Brechner, Ága [+see also:
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interview: Milko Lazarov
film profile] by Bulgaria’s Milko Lazarov, Birds of Passage [+see also:
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film profile] by Colombia’s Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem [+see also:
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film profile] by Palestine’s Muayad Alayan, The Heiresses [+see also:
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film profile] by Paraguay’s Marcelo Martinessi, The Testament [+see also:
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interview: Amichai Greenberg
film profile] by Israel’s Amichai Greenberg and Ash Is Purest White [+see also:
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film profile] by China’s Jia Zhang-ke.

A slew of almost 30 premiere screenings, including myriad French movies (which Cineuropa will cover in more detail at a later date), accompanied by their cast and crew, round off the programme of this mouth-watering 19th edition of the Arras Film Festival, with the world premiere of The Emperor of Paris [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-François Richet, among others.

(Translated from French)