Films hailing from Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, France and Ireland: launched in 2016 with the aim of forging a new bond between the works, their makers — often first-time feature directors — and a wide audience eager to discover fresh outlooks, the ArteKino Festival is back for its tenth edition, running from 1-31 December. On the menu are 12 films that viewers can access via arte.tv and on ARTE’s YouTube cinema channel. The programme is available free of charge in 32 countries.

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Standing out on the bill are two titles that screened in Toronto’s Discovery section (the German production Arthur & Diana [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sara Summa
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intervista: Rosanne Pel
scheda film] by Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel), one unveiled in competition at IFFR (Notes on a Summer [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spaniard Diego Llorente), one discovered in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week (Have You Seen This Woman? [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dušan Zorić e Matija Glušč…
scheda film] by Serbia’s Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević), one presented at Locarno (Fréwaka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Aislinn Clarke
scheda film] by Ireland’s Aislínn Clarke) and one from the Berlinale Forum (Cidade Rabat [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Portugal’s Susana Nobre).

Also being showcased are the documentary I Have Already Died Three Times by France’s Maxence Vassilyevitch (launched at Cinéma du Réel) and Remember to Blink [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Austėja Urbaitė
scheda film] by Lithuania’s Austèja Urbaitè (presented at Tallinn Black Nights, a winner at Wiesbaden’s goEast and the recipient of the Audience Award at IndieLisboa), Yo la busco [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spain’s Sara Gutiérrez Galve, Off the Beaten Track by Portugal’s Hugo Vieira da Silva, Maoussi by Denmark’s Charlotte Schiøler and Who if Not Us? by Ukraine’s Nicole Medvecka.

Two awards (worth €20,000 and €10,000, respectively) will be handed out : viewers can vote for the recipient of the European Audience Award, while the Young Jury Award will be handed out by 12 Europeans aged from 18-25. The ArteKino Festival is supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA, Chanel and Goossens.