Still going strong and a veritable magnet for artists and professionals from the European film world who flock to the Alpine resort each and every year, the Les Arcs Film Festival has revealed the delightfully high calibre line-up of its 17th edition, which will unspool between 13 and 20 December with Isabelle Adjani, Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh (who’ll be delivering a masterclass) and German actor Daniel Brühl attending as guests of honour.

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The eight feature films battling it out for the Crystal Arrow will be assessed by a jury led by Dominik Moll and further composed of Damien Bonnard, Monia Chokri and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. The competition concocted by artistic director Frédéric Boyer includes eight feature films previously well-received in Venice (Silent Friend [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ildikó Enyedi
scheda film] by Hungary’s Ildikó Enyedi, which was selected in competition and which earned Luna Wedler a Best Young Film Talent award, and Father [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tereza Nvotová
scheda film] by Slovakia’s Terea Nvotová gracing in the Orizzonti section), Berlin (Little Trouble Girls [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Urška Djukić
scheda film] by Slovenia’s Urška Djukić, discovered in the Perspectives section), Toronto (I Swear by English director Kirk Jones and Three Goodbyes [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spain’s Isabel Coixet), Locarno (Solomamma [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Janicke Askevold
scheda film] by Norway’s Janicke Askevold), San Sebastian (Maspalomas [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Aitor Arregi e José Mari G…
scheda film] by Spanish duo Aitor Arregi and José Maria Goenaga, which scooped Best Actor for José Ramon Soroiz in the Basque city’s event) and Sundance (the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the American director based in Denmark David Borenstein, which walked away with a Special Jury Prize from Park City).

Stealing focus in the Playtime section’s enticing line-up are Hen [+leggi anche:
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intervista: György Pálfi
scheda film] by Hungary’s György Pálfy, My Tennis Maestro [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrea Di Stefano
scheda film] by Italy’s Andrea Di Stefano, Primavera [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by fellow Italian Damiano Michieletto, Deaf [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eva Libertad
scheda film] by Spain’s Eva Libertad, Los Tigres [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by another Spaniard, Alberto Rodríguez, Hysteria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Devrim Lingnau
intervista: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
scheda film] by German-Turkish director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Receptions by Greece’s Filippos Tsitos, Paradise [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the Netherlands’ Bobbie Koek, What Marielle Knows [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Frédéric Hambalek
scheda film] by Germany’s Frédéric Hambalek, The Last Viking [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anders Thomas Jensen
scheda film] by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen, My Uncle Jens [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Brwa Vahabpour, Peiman Azi…
scheda film] by Norwegian-Kurdish filmmaker Brwa Vahabpour and Calle Málaga [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maryam Touzani
scheda film] by Morocco’s Maryam Touzani.

The Hauteurs section, meanwhile, will showcase Christy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Brendan Canty
scheda film] by Ireland’s Brendan Canty (awarded the Generation 14Plus Grand Prize in Berlin), Strange River [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jaume Claret Muxart
scheda film] by Spain’s Jaume Claret Muxart (screened in Venice’s Orizzonti line-up), The Good Sister [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sarah Miro Fischer e Marie…
scheda film] by Germany’s Sarah Miro Fischer (screened in the Berlinale’s Panorama section), The Visitor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vytautas Katkus
intervista: Vytautas Katkus
scheda film] by Lithuania’s Vytautas Katkus (who won Best Director in Karlovy Vary) and White Snail [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elsa Kremser e Levin Peter
scheda film] by Austrians Elsa Kremser and Peter Levin (scooping the Special Jury Prize and Best Performance in Locarno).

The Oscar on Skis section will offer up five European contenders for the famous Best International Film trophy, including Sound of Falling [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mascha Schilinski
scheda film] by Germany’s Mascha Schilinski and Orphan [+leggi anche:
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intervista: László Nemes
scheda film] by Hungary’s László Nemes. Stand-out French premieres on the agenda revolve around At Work [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valérie Donzelli
scheda film] by Valérie Donzelli, Couture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel
scheda film] by Alice Winocour and The Wizard of the Kremlin [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Olivier Assayas, alongside the documentaries Whispers in the Wood [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]  and D’un monde à l’autre by Vincent Munier and Jérémie Renier respectively, and La maison des femmes by Mélisa Godet (who’ll be receiving the Moving Mountains Prize).

The festival line-up also includes a Focus dedicated to Greece (in partnership with the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center) consisting of eight feature films and seven shorts, special screenings and a Youth programme notably showcasing DJ Ahmet [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Georgi M. Unkovski
scheda film] by Macedonia’s Georgi M Unkovski and the animated movies Dandelion’s Odyssey [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Momoko Seto
scheda film] by Japan’s Momoko Seto and Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake [+leggi anche:
intervista: Irene Iborra
scheda film] by Spain’s Irene Iborra.

Last but not least, the Short Films Competition jury will be presided over by Jessica Palud, while the Industry Village is set to welcome industry professionals between 13 and 16 December (by way of the Co-Production Village – read our article -, the Work in Progress sidebar and the Talent Village) before making room for the Summit between 16 and 20 December which is geared towards distributors and exhibitors (with 11 films for professional eyes only on the agenda). That’s without forgetting the Music Village, the Women in Film Lab, conferences, workshops, and the awareness-raising Moving Mountains line-up which will revolve around the theme of "Film and democracy: to Les Arcs, citizens!".