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LES ARCS 2021

Il Festival di Les Arcs accoglie il meglio del cinema europeo

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- Il festival ha svelato l'interessante programma della sua 13ma edizione che si svolgerà dall'11 al 18 dicembre con Michel Hazanavicius presidente di giuria

Il Festival di Les Arcs accoglie il meglio del cinema europeo
Il buco di Michelangelo Frammartino

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After a 2020 edition which reinvented itself online as a hybrid event, on account of the pandemic, the Les Arcs Film Festival is returning to the Savoyard mountains with a 13th edition set to unfurl between 11 and 18 December, whose highly appealing programme has just been revealed.

Standing tall among the festival’s guests of honour, we find French filmmaker Laurent Cantet (Arthur Rambo [+leggi anche:
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) and Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts, both of whom are scheduled to deliver masterclasses, much like director Audrey Diwan (Happening [+leggi anche:
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) within the context of the Femmes de Cinéma lab.

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The 10 feature films battling it out for the 2021 Crystal Arrow will be evaluated by a jury led by Michel Hazanavicius and further composed of Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen, her French counterpart Laetitia Dosch, writer Tania de Montaigne, musician Camille, and actor and director Éric Judor.

The competition assembled by artistic director Frédéric Boyer includes five feature films discovered in Venice: Il buco [+leggi anche:
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by Italy’s Michelangelo Frammartino (awarded the Special Jury Prize in Venice), the competitor Captain Volkonogov Escaped [+leggi anche:
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by the Russian duo composed of Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov, Full Time [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eric Gravel
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by France’s Éric Gravel (Orizzonti prizes for Best Direction and Best Actress), 107 Mothers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Peter Kerekes
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by Slovakia’s Peter Kerekes (Orizzonti Prize for Best Screenplay) and True Things [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Harry Wootliff
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by British director Harry Wootlif. Jostling alongside them are two titles from Cannes, namely Caméra d’Or-winner Murina [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
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by Croatia’s Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and A Chiara [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonas Carpignano
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by Italy’s Jonas Capignano (awarded the Europa Cinemas Label at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight), in addition to The Fam [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fred Baillif
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by Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif (who won the Generation 14Plus Grand Prize in Berlin), Hive [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Blerta Basholli
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by Kosovo’s Blerta Basholli (which triumphed at Sundance) and Brighton 4th [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Levan Koguashvili
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by Georgia’s Levan Koguashvili (which won three awards in Tribeca).

Stealing focus in the Playtime section are two films discovered in Cannes, in the form of Ali & Ava [+leggi anche:
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by English director Clio Barnard and Lamb [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valdimar Jóhannsson
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by Iceland’s Valdimar Jóhannsson (which won the award for originality within the Un Certain Regard section), two screened in Venice (competitor Leave No Traces [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jan P. Matuszyński
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by Poland’s Jan P. Matuszynski and Rhino [+leggi anche:
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by Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov) and two seen in Berlin, in the form of Ninjababy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kristine Kujath Thorp
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by Norway’s Yngvild Sve Flikke (which earned a Special Mention within the Generation 14plus line-up) and Persian Lessons [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Leonie Benesch
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by Russian-American filmmaker Vadim Perelman. Likewise set for the showcase are Nobody Has To Know [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bouli Lanners
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by Belgium’s Bouli Lanners (unveiled in Toronto), the animated documentary Flee [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
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by Denmark’s Jonas Poher Rasmussen (which triumphed in Annecy and at Sundance), Wild Men [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thomas Daneskov
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by his compatriot Thomas Daneskov (previously in competition in Tribeca) and the documentary For A Fistful of Fries [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean Libon e Yves Hinant
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by Belgian duo Jean Libon and Yves Hinant.

The Hauteurs section is scheduled to offer up Brotherhood [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Francesco Montagner
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by Italy’s Francesco Montagner (which scooped the Golden Leopard within Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente section), Cannes titles Clara Sola [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
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by Swedish-Costa Rican director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Great Freedom [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sebastian Meise
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by Austria’s Sebastian Meise (awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize), Venetian competitor Reflection [+leggi anche:
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by Ukrainian filmmaker Valentyn Vasyanovych, the documentary Dark Rider by Belgium’s Eva Küpper and the Irish-Polish production Wolf by Italy’s Nathalie Biancheri (coming to us via Toronto).

Eye-catching French premières, meanwhile, include À l’ombre des filles [+leggi anche:
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by Étienne Comar, Beautiful Minds [+leggi anche:
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by Bernard Campan and Alexandre Jollien, Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï [+leggi anche:
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by François Desagnat and La vraie famille [+leggi anche:
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by Fabien Gorgeart.

The festival line-up also features a Focus section, dedicated to Alpine cinema, screening, among other works, Atlas [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Niccolò Castelli
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by Niccolò Castelli, and two feature films which took their first bow in Cannes: Small Body [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Samani
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by Laura Samani and Patrick Imbert’s animated film The Summit of the Gods [+leggi anche:
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. A school programme is also set to grace the agenda, notably showcasing the Cannes title Playground [+leggi anche:
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by Belgium’s Laura Wandel.

Last but not least, the short films jury will be presided over by director Rachel Lang (flanked by her sister-in-arms Zoé Wittock, actors Hugo Becker and Sandor Funtek, and actresses Christa Theret and Alma Jodorowsky), while the Industry Village event is set to welcome industry professionals from 11 to 14 December (hosting the Co-Production Village, the Work in Progress section and the Talent Village) before giving way, between 14 and 18 December, to the Les Arcs Summit (preceded online, between 10 and 25 November, by a dozen or so films for professional eyes only, including Le monde d’hier by France’s Diastème, the documentary Empire of Silence [+leggi anche:
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by Belgium’s Thierry Michel and the animated feature Unicorn Wars [+leggi anche:
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by Spain’s Alberto Vázquez). And that’s without forgetting the Music Village, the Femmes de Cinéma lab, the ecological awareness Moving Mountains programme, conferences, workshops and the Off Piste Cinema initiative (initiated last year to allow French cinemas to organise screenings of films drawn from a selection of ten feature-length works offered up by the Les Arcs Film Festival).

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