Nine pretenders to battle it out for the Golden Atlas at the Arras Film Festival
- French director Dominik Moll is presiding over the competition jury at the event’s 24th edition, unspooling 3 – 12 November
The Arras Film Festival (steered by Nadia Paschetto and Éric Miot) has revealed the nine feature films - previously unreleased in France - which are battling it out for the 2023 Golden Atlas, a trophy due to be awarded at the end of the event’s 24th edition (running 3 – 12 November). The jury will be led by German-born French filmmaker Dominik Moll.
Dedicated to European cinema, the competition will pit Venetian competitor Holly [+see also:
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interview: Fien Troch
film profile] by Belgium’s Fien Troch against Blaga's Lessons [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile] by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev (awarded the Crystal Globe for Best Film, as well as the Best Actress trophy for Eli Skorcheva in Karlovy Vary, and the winner of the Development Grant at Arras Days back in 2020 – read our news), Slow [+see also:
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interview: Marija Kavtaradze
film profile] by Lithuania’s Marija Kavtaradze (named Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival) and Hesitation Wound [+see also:
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interview: Selman Nacar
film profile] by Turkey’s Selman Nacar (well-received in Venice’s Orizzonti line-up and likewise acclaimed at Arras Days in 2021 – read our news).
Other movies topping the bill are Stella. A Life [+see also:
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interview: Kilian Riedhof
film profile] by Germany’s Kilian Riedhof (toplined by Paula Beer and due for release in his homeland on 17 January 2024), Let the River Flow [+see also:
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interview: Ole Giæver
film profile] by Ole Giaever (scooping Best Film and Best Norwegian Director at the 2023 Amandas), Libertate [+see also:
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interview: Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Ste…
film profile] by Romania’s Tudor Giurgiu (the winner of the CICAE Prize in Sarajevo) and two films unveiled in the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival: Solitude [+see also:
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interview: Ninna Pálmadóttir
film profile] by Iceland’s Ninna Pálmadottir and Without Air [+see also:
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interview: Katalin Moldovai
film profile] by Hungary’s Katalin Moldovai. The remainder of the festival’s impressively ample programme will be revealed at a later date.
(Translated from French)
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