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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fien Troch
scheda film] by Belgium’s Fien Troch against Blaga's Lessons [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stephan Komandarev
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marija Kavtaradze
scheda film] by Lithuania’s Marija Kavtaradze (named Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival) and Hesitation Wound [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Selman Nacar
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kilian Riedhof
scheda film] by Germany’s Kilian Riedhof (toplined by Paula Beer and due for release in his homeland on 17 January 2024), Let the River Flow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ole Giæver
scheda film] by Ole Giaever (scooping Best Film and Best Norwegian Director at the 2023 Amandas), Libertate [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tudor Giurgiu e Cecilia St…
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ninna Pálmadóttir
scheda film] by Iceland’s Ninna Pálmadottir and Without Air [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Katalin Moldovai
scheda film] by Hungary’s Katalin Moldovai. The remainder of the festival’s impressively ample programme will be revealed at a later date.