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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olmo Omerzu
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pawel Maslona
scheda film] by Poland’s Pawel Maslona and Jumpman [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan I. Tverdovsky
scheda film] by Russia’s Ivan I Tverdovsky. Also vying for the top prize will be Mothers’ Instinct [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olivier Masset-Depasse
scheda film] by Belgium’s Olivier Masset-Depasse (popular recently at Toronto), Genesis [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán, Andrea Tasch…
scheda film] by Hungary’s Bogdan Arpad (unveiled in the Berlinale Panorama), One Step Behind the Seraphim [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Daniel Sandu
scheda film] by Daniel Sandu (the winner of eight Gopo Awards in 2018, including Best Romanian Film of the Year), The Eternal Road [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antti-Jussi Annila
scheda film] by Antti Jussi Annila (crowned with six Jussi Awards in 2018, including Best Finnish Film of the Year), The Most Beautiful Couple [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sven Taddicken
scheda film] by Germany’s Sven Taddicken (premiered at Toronto) and Take It or Leave It [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo (the Estonian Oscar candidate).

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

The Visions of the East section is also particularly tantalising, with Sunset [+leggi anche:
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intervista: László Nemes
scheda film] by Hungary’s László Nemes, Alice T [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Radu Muntean
scheda film] by Romania’s Radu Muntean, Secret Ingredient [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Blagoj Veselinov
intervista: Gjorce Stavreski
scheda film] by Macedonia’s Gjorce Stavreski, The Interpreter [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Martin Šulík
scheda film] by Slovakia’s Martin Šulík, Leto (The Summer) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ilya Stewart
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
scheda film] by Agnieszka Smoczynska, The Man with the Magic Box [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Bodo Kox, Once Upon a Time in November [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrzej Jakimowski
scheda film] by Andrzej Jakimowski and Back Home [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz. 

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