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