28/11/2025 - The online festival of European cinema returns to 32 countries across the continent from 1-31 December, with 12 features on show

Films hailing from Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, France and Ireland: launched in 2016 with the aim of forging a new bond between the works, their makers — often first-time feature directors — and a wide audience eager to discover fresh outlooks, the ArteKino Festival is back for its tenth edition, running from 1-31 December. On the menu are 12 films that viewers can access via arte.tv and on ARTE’s YouTube cinema channel. The programme is available free of charge in 32 countries.

Standing out on the bill are two titles that screened in Toronto’s Discovery section (the German production Arthur & Diana [+see also:
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interview: Sara Summa
film profile] by Italian-born French helmer Sara Summa and Light as Feathers [+see also:
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interview: Rosanne Pel
film profile] by Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel), one unveiled in competition at IFFR (Notes on a Summer [+see also:
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film profile] by Spaniard Diego Llorente), one discovered in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week (Have You Seen This Woman? [+see also:
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interview: Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluš…
film profile] by Serbia’s Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević), one presented at Locarno (Fréwaka [+see also:
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interview: Aislinn Clarke
film profile] by Ireland’s Aislínn Clarke) and one from the Berlinale Forum (Cidade Rabat [+see also:
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film profile] by Portugal’s Susana Nobre).

Also being showcased are the documentary I Have Already Died Three Times by France’s Maxence Vassilyevitch (launched at Cinéma du Réel) and Remember to Blink [+see also:
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interview: Austėja Urbaitė
film profile] by Lithuania’s Austèja Urbaitè (presented at Tallinn Black Nights, a winner at Wiesbaden’s goEast and the recipient of the Audience Award at IndieLisboa), Yo la busco [+see also:
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film profile] by Spain’s Sara Gutiérrez Galve, Off the Beaten Track by Portugal’s Hugo Vieira da Silva, Maoussi by Denmark’s Charlotte Schiøler and Who if Not Us? by Ukraine’s Nicole Medvecka.

Two awards (worth €20,000 and €10,000, respectively) will be handed out : viewers can vote for the recipient of the European Audience Award, while the Young Jury Award will be handed out by 12 Europeans aged from 18-25. The ArteKino Festival is supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA, Chanel and Goossens.

(Translated from French)