21/11/2018 - The selection includes 20 projects by the likes of Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Boudewijn Koole, Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Peter Monsaert, Anne Zohra Berrached, Carla Simón and Meritxell Colell

After revealing its programme (read the article here), Les Arcs Film Festival (the 10^th edition runs from 15 to 22 December) unveiled a component of its highly-acclaimed Industry Village with a list of 20 projects in development at the Village des Coproductions and the eight winners of its brand new Talent Village (read the news here). The Work in Progress selection will be announced soon.

At the Village des Coproductions, a team led by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Jérémy Zelnik selected 20 projects (mixing talented and promising filmmakers) from 12 European countries, including 11 first feature films, with six projectsby women directors and €4,000 in prize money up for grabs – to be awarded by ArteKino Festival.

Among the selected projects (see the complete list below) are those by the Greek Spiros Stathoulopoulos (in competition at Berlin in 2012 with Meteora [+see also:
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interview: Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen
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interview: Dawid Ogrodnik
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interview: Jagoda Szelc
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interview: Reinout Scholten van Aschat
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interview: Boudewijn Koole
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interview: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
interview: Thorvaldur Kristjánsson
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interview: Peter Monsaert
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Q&A: Anne Zohra Berrached
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interview: Carla Simón
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Launched this year to encourage the emergence of a new generation of ambitious European filmmakers, the Talent Village has selected eight young filmmakers (listed below) with their feature film projects. Sponsored by the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, who will also be giving a masterclass, the lucky winners will participate in a development workshop at La Cinéfabrique school in Lyon, during the week preceding the festival, before joining Les Arcs to present their projects at the Village des Coproductions. A jury will award the Talent Village BNP Paribas Award to the best project with a cash prize of €5,000.

List of Village des Coproduction projects:

Armand - Halfdan Ullman Tøndel (Ape&Bjørn/Norway)
Ashes and Snow - Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen (Oslo Pictures/Norway)
Capturing Sami - Adi Voicu (Axel Film Echipamente/Romania)
Chien noir - Marylise Dumont (Shellac)
Each of Us - Anne Zohra Berrached, Carla Simón, Meritxell Colell (Alhena Production/Spain)
Godard Knows The Truth - Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Neda Films/Greece)
Heart’s Ease - Igor Poplauhin (Kinokult Producers Center/Russia)
I Feel Blood - Dean Puckett (Grasp The Nettle Films/UK)
I Never Cry [+see also:
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Illusion - Marta Minorowicz (Alter Ego Pictures/Poland)
Les magnétiques  - Vincent Cardona (Easy Tiger and SRAB Films/France)
Meis - Boudewijn Koole (Witfilm/the Netherlands)
Mister Sirocco et le royaume des courants d’air - Benoît Chieux (Sacrebleu Productions/France)
Other People [+see also:
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interview: Aleksandra Terpińska
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Pantylover(dot)com - Niclas Larsson (MostFilm/Sweden)
Reply to a Letter from Helga - Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (Zik Zak Filmworks/Iceland)
The Delicate Balancer of Terror - Jagoda Szelc (Nur/Poland)
Thierry - Peter Monsaert (Lunanime/Belgium)
Rascal [+see also:
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interview: Peter Dourountzis
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Woken - Alan Friel (Fantastic Films/Ireland)

Talent Village selection:

Dawid Bodzak (Poland)
Alexandra Brodski (UK)
Monica Lima (Portugal)
Renato Muro (Italy)
Hania Ourabah (France)
Joan Vives Lozano (Spain)
Bernhard Wenger (Austria)
Miki Polonski (Israel) – selected for the T-Port Prize – Les Arcs

(Translated from French)