15/11/2022 - Projects by Oleh Sentsov, Sandra Wollner, Dušan Kasalica, Júlia de Paz Solvas, Vania Leturcq, Mees Peijnenburg, Henry Blake and Faraz Shariat will be in the spotlight

Director Oleh Sentsov, whose new project Kai has been selected (© Gabor Kovacs/European Union 2019 – Source EP)

Following the revelation of the programme (read the article) of its 14th edition (from 10 to 17 December), Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled a large part of its Industry Village (which gathers every year more than 550 participants from all over Europe) with the list of the 18 European projects in development (from 13 countries) of the Co-Production Village which will take place from 10 to 13 December. It should be noted that 311 projects applied this year (+40%).

Among the 18 selected projects (including nine first features and six second features, but also seven titles by female directors) competing for the ArteKino International prize (worth 6,000€) are several filmmakers who have already made a name for themselves with their first feature films. Among them are Montenegrin director Dušan Kasalica (his country’s candidate for the next Oscar for Best International Film with The Elegy of Laurel [+see also:
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interview: Dušan Kasalica
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interview: Bilal Wahib
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Also worth mentioning are the third feature projects by Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov (in the running at Venice Orizzonti in 2021 with Rhino [+see also:
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The Industry Village (which includes the Co-production Village) had unveiled at the beginning of November the eight emerging filmmakers selected for the 5th edition of the Talent Village, which will be sponsored by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen (Compartment n°6 [+see also:
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Finally, it is worth noting that the selection for the coveted Work in Progress will be announced in late November or early December.

The list of the selected projects:

Co-Production Village

Projects

A Good Day Out - Francesco Mattuzzi (Italy)
Production : Planck Films

Amerika - Davide Maldi (Italy)
Production : Ring Film

Blueprints - Josza Anjembe (France)
Production : Yukunkun Productions

Les filles désir (Boys Only) - Prïncia Car (France)
Production : After Hours Production

Everytime - Sandra Wollner (Austria/Germany)
Production : Panama Film KG, The Barricades

Fed Up - Júlia De Paz Solvas (Spain)
Production : Mayo Films

Flood - Martin Gonda (Slovakia)
Production : Silverart

Le jour qui vient (The Golden Age) - Bérenger Thouin (France)
Production : GoGoGo Films

The Golden Radiance of a Beetle - Henry Blake (United Kingdom)
Production : Two Birds Entertainment, Bosena

Juliette - Vania Leturcq (Belgium)
Production : Hélicotronc

Kai - Oleh Sentsov (Ukraine)
Production : Arthouse Traffic

Motherhood - Johanna Moder (Austria/Germany/Switzerland)
Production : FreibeuterFilm, Match Factory Productions, tellfilm

Obsession - Tadeusz Łysiak (Poland)
Production : Film Produkcja

Primavera - Dušan Kasalica (Montenegro)
Production : Meander Film

Le jour qui vient (Songs of the Fallen Mountains) - Manon Coubia (France/Belgium)
Production : El Films, The Blue Raincoat

The Visitor - Vytautas Katkus (Lithuania)
Production : M-Films

Volcano - Mees Peijnenburg (Netherlands)
Production : Juliet

Welwitschia - Faraz Shariat (Germany)
Production : Jünglinge Film

Talent Village

Filmmakers

Angelika Abralovitch (Sweden)
Ghiath Al Mhitawi (Germany)
Alica Bednarikova (Slovakia)
Siiri Halko (Finland)
Lora Mure-Ravaud (Switzerland)
Kalman Nagy (Hungary)
Job Antoni Schellekens (Netherlands)
Pascal Schuh (Germany)

Composers

Isis Prager (France)
Sergio Bachelet (Italy)
Leonie Fleuret (France)
Dougal Kemp (France)

(Translated from French)