The third selection committee for the year 2025 by Arte France Cinéma (directed by Olivier Père) has chosen to get involved in co-production and presales on four projects. Amongst those stands out Jenjira's Magnificent Dream by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the Palme d’or in Cannes in 2010 for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [+leggi anche:
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Arte France Cinéma will also support Le cabinet du docteur Albertini, the 13th feature by Emmanuel Mouret (who was notably in competition in Venice in 2024 with Three Friends [+leggi anche:
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Also emerging from the selected projects in Impunidad, which will be the second feature by Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez, who made a big impression In Cannes’s Un Certain Regard section in 2023 with The Settlers [+leggi anche:
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Finally, Arte France Cinéma will also support Corte Culebra, the debut fiction feature by Panama filmmaker  Ana Elena Tejera which will dive in the year 2000, in a crucial moment in the history of Panama: after almost a century of American presence, the country takes back complete control of the Canal zone. Leading the cast is Chilean star Alfredo Castro (Tony Manero, El Club). Produced by French outfit Fulgurance and Panama company Mestizo Cine, the film will start shooting in Panama in February 2026.

As a reminder, Arte France Cinéma is also supporting upcoming films by Andreï Zviaguintsev, Albert Serra, Kaouther Ben Hania, Pawel Pawlikowski, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Kornél Mundruczó, Mikhaël Hers, Hlynur Pálmason, Kantemir Balagov, Mia Hansen-Løve, Robert Guédiguian, Yann Gonzalez, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Blerta Basholli, Élise Girard, Justyna Tafel, Zou Jing, Chabname Zaria, Marine Atlan, Jérémy Comte, Hu Wei, Vincent Le Port, Wesley Rodrigues, Masha Kondakova and the duo Romain Renard - Fursy Teyssier.