This Friday, You Found Me by Alice Vial will open the 26th Arras Film Festival, a hugely popular film gathering (boasting 50,000 viewers last year) unspooling between 7 and 16 November and set to showcase an eye-catching array of 122 feature films accompanied by an impressive raft of film talent, notably two guests of honour in the form of French actress Léa Ducker (Case 137 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dominik Moll
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In addition to the nine European contenders for the Golden Atlas (read our article) set to be assessed by a jury led by Stéphane Demoustier, the line-up includes nine recent feature films in the Visions of the East section: Franz [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Agnieszka Holland
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intervista: László Nemes
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intervista: Urška Djukić
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intervista: Georgi M. Unkovski
scheda film] by Macedonia’s Georgi M. Unkovski, Broken Voices [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ondřej Provazník
scheda film] by Czech director Ondrej Provaznik and four titles from Poland (a country placed centre stage by this year’s festival): Chopin, A Sonata in Paris by Michal Kwiecinski, Mama by Or Sinai, Under The Grey Sky [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mara Tamkovich
scheda film] by Mara Tamkovich and Simona Kossak by Adrian Panek.

Stealing focus in the European Discoveries section are movies hailing from Spain (Sundays [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
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intervista: Eva Libertad
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intervista: Laura Samani
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scheda film] by Damiano Michieletto), Ireland (Christy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Brendan Canty
scheda film] by Brendan Canty), Belgium (We Believe You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Dufeys e Charlotte …
scheda film] by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys, Skiff [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hlynur Pálmason
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The Masterpieces line-up will notably host screenings of Los tigres [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italy’s Paolo Sorrentino and Cannes champion The Secret Agent [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho, among other works.

This celebration of European cinema in all its diversity will also shine a light on French film production, with an avalanche of premieres gracing the agenda, including for Valérie Donzelli’s Venice prize-winner At Work [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valérie Donzelli
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intervista: Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel
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intervista: Nathan Ambrosioni
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Standing tall in the selection of films shot in the Hauts-de-France region are Grand Ciel [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Akihiro Hata
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intervista: Bérangère McNeese
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scheda film] by Benoît Delépine. Another mention-worthy line-up is Perspectives of French Cinema - foregrounding L’île de la demoiselle by Micha Wald (article), La petite cuisine de Mehdi by Amine Adjina (read our article), Pieces of a Foreign Life by Gaya Jiji and N121 - Bus de nuit by Morade Aïssaoui - and the World Cinema section (showcasing seven films, notably the European co-productions Calle Malaga [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maryam Touzani
scheda film] by Maryam Touzani and A Sad and Beautiful World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cyril Aris
scheda film] by Cyril Aris).

Rounding off the rich festival agenda are two retrospectives (one dedicated to Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros and the other to the theme "Empire, Love and Tragedies – A History of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy), alongside special screenings (The Great Arch [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphane Demoustier
scheda film] by Stéphane Demoustier and Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s documentary France, une histoire d’amour), the Children’s Festival and two Cine-Concerts.

Last but not least, there’s the festival’s professional sidebar, the 19th Professional Northern Film Meetings (running 12 – 14 November), and the Arras Days Development Grant pitching sessions (on 15 November), not to mention the focus on various Polish projects taking place the following day.