08/11/2024 - Second feature film projects by Sofia Alaoui, Sophie Linnenbaum, Floor Van Der Meulen, Christina Tynkevich and Behrooz Karamizade are all set to enjoy the limelight

Director Sofia Alaoui, selected with her new project Tarfaya (© Marie Rouge/Unifrance)

After revealing the line-up for its 16th edition (running 14 – 17 December – read our article) the Les Arcs Film Festival has now unveiled a significant part of its Industry Village agenda (attracting upwards of 550 participants from all over Europe) by way of a list of 18 European projects in development (hailing from 16 countries) which are taking part in the Co-Production Village, unspooling 16 to 19 December. It’s worth noting that 350 projects were submitted this year.

Standing tall amongst the filmmakers representing these 18 selected projects (which include ten first feature films, seven second feature films and, most notably, 16 titles put forth by women directors) and battling it out for the Eurimages Prize (worth 20,000 euros and up for grabs for the very first time) as well as the ArteKino International Award (worth 6,000 euros) is French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui, who won the Special Jury Prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic line-up last year thanks to Animalia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sofia Alaoui
film profile]. She also features among Unifrance’ 10 To Watch of 2024.

The showcase also includes Germany’s Sophie Linnenbaum (who competed in Karlovy Vary 2022 via The Ordinaries [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sophie Linnenbaum
film profile]), Ukraine’s Christina Tynkevich (awarded 2022’s Special Jury Prize in Locarno’s Cinéastes du Présent section via How Is Katia? [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christina Tynkevych
film profile]), German-Iranian director Behrooz Karamizade (awarded Karlovy Vary’s Special Jury Prize last year via Empty Nets [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Behrooz Karamizade
film profile]) and the Netherlands’ Floor Van Der Meulen (who scooped a Special Mention in Tribeca 2022 thanks to Pink Moon [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Floor van der Meulen
film profile]). Three Icelandic projects will also be in on the action thanks to the focus session dedicated to the country this year.

For the record, the Industry Village (which includes the Co-Production Village) revealed the participants of the Talent Village’s 7th edition at the end of October (read our news), which will boast Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi as its patron.

Last but not least, the ever-hotly anticipated Work in Progress selection is due to be announced at the beginning of December.

The list of projects is as follows:

30 Days of Summer - Anastasiia Solonevych (Ukraine)
Production: Bosonfilm (Ukraine)

All Clear - Christina Tynkevich (Ukraine)
Production: Evos Film (Ukraine), Fiction Park (Germany)

Anemone - Sarah Veltmeyer (the Netherlands)
Production: Fixy (the Netherlands)

Babette - Franziska Margarete Hoenisch (Germany)
Production: Studio Zentral (Germany), Tellfilm GmbH (Switzerland), Amour Fou (Austria)

Burning Skin - Behrooz Karamizade (Germany)
Production: Weydemann Bros. (Germany), Living Pictures Production GbR (Germany)

Clara - Agustina Macri (Italy)
Production: Ginger Film Flanders (Belgium), Maze Pictures (Germany), Mapuche Films (USA)

Discipline - Camille Degeye (France)
Production: Petit Chaos (France)

Just A Kid - Vala Ómarsdóttir (Iceland)
Production: Ursus Parvus (Iceland), BIND (the Netherlands), Alexandra Film (Estonia)

Grizzly - Sophie Galibert (France)
Production: Elementary (France)

Happy Days - Floor Van Der Meulen (the Netherlands)
Production: Keplerfilm (the Netherlands)

Rosa Candida - Clara Lemaire Anspach (France)
Production: Haut et Court (France)

Seaview - Katarina Morano (Slovenia)
Production: Vertigo (Slovenia), Eclectica (Croatia)

Seven Balconies - Erlendur Sveinsson (Iceland)
Production: Sensor (Iceland)

Tarfaya - Sofia Alaoui (Morocco/France)
Production: Wrong Films (France), Jiango Films (Morocco), Kwassa Films (Belgium)

The Nose - Sophie Linnenbaum (Germany)
Production: BandenFilm (Germany)

Toad - Claire Flower (UK)
Production: Elation Pictures (UK)

Until We Find You Name - Vaggelio Soumeli (Cyprus)
Production: AMP Filmworks (Cyprus), Graal (Greece)

Whale - Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir (Iceland)
Production: Compass Films (Iceland)

(Translated from French)