An undeniable success story in the European cinema event landscape, which has over the years established itself as a prominent rendezvous and a benchmark gathering for all European film professionals, the Les Arcs Film Festival will this year be celebrating its tenth birthday from 15-22 December.

The ten features (six of which will be having their French premieres) in the running for the 2018 Crystal Arrow will be judged by a jury chaired by Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund, who will be aided by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, French actresses Clémence Poésy and Charlotte Le Bon, their counterpart Alex Lutz, Polish DoP Łukasz Żal and composer Jean-Benoît Dunckel (from the group Air). The competition cooked up by artistic director Frédéric Boyer will contain at least five titles directed by women: Joy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sudabeh Mortezai
scheda film] by Austria’s Sudabeh Mortezai (Europa Cinemas Label in the Giornate degli Autori at Venice) and L’animale [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Katharina Mückstein
scheda film] by her fellow countrywoman Katharina Mückstein (popular in the Berlinale Panorama), Mug [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Małgorzata Szumowska
scheda film] by Poland’s Malgorzata Szumowska (Grand Jury Prize at Berlin), Real Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Burger
scheda film] by France’s Claire Burger (winner of the Giornate degli Autori) and ANIARA [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Sweden’s Pella Kågerman (who co-directed this Toronto-premiered movie with Hugo Lilja). Also vying for the top prize will be In Fabric [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Peter Strickland
scheda film] by Brit Peter Strickland (screened at Toronto and in competition at San Sebastián), Smuggling Hendrix [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marios Piperides
scheda film] by Cyprus’ Mario Piperides (crowned at Tribeca) and two more pictures that were unveiled at Toronto: Her Job [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nikos Labôt
scheda film] by Greece’s Nikos Labôt and The Factory [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Russia’s Yury Bykov. The final title in competition will be announced at a later date.

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Featuring on the "Playtime" programme are Mothers’ Instinct [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olivier Masset-Depasse
scheda film] by Belgium’s Olivier Masset-Depasse, Jellyfish [+leggi anche:
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intervista: James Gardner
scheda film] by Brit James Gardner and Only You [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by his fellow countryman Harry Wootliff, the Hungarian animated film Ruben Brandt, Collector [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Milorad Krstić, Lucia’s Grace [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italy’s Gianni Zanasi, That Time of Year [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Denmark’s Paprika Steen, The Saint Bernard Syndicate [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by her fellow countryman Mads Brügger and the documentary The Raft [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marcus Lindeen
scheda film] by Sweden’s Marcus Lindeen.

The "Heights" section will allow audiences to savour Our Wonderful Lives [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fabienne Godet
scheda film] by France’s Fabienne Godet, Styx [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Wolfgang Fischer
scheda film] by Germany’s Wolfgang Fischer, The Load [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ognjen Glavonić
scheda film] by Serbia’s Ognjen Glaonic and the European co-production The Mercy of the Jungle [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joël Karekezi
scheda film] by Rwanda’s Joël Karekezi.

The Focus at this year’s festival will be turned on Poland, with a dozen features from the country on the line-up, including the recent titles Another Day of Life [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Raul de la Fuente
scheda film] by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow, Fugue [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
scheda film] by Agnieszka Smoczynska, Silent Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dawid Ogrodnik
intervista: Piotr Domalewski
scheda film] by Piotr Domalewki, Tower. A Bright Day [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jagoda Szelc
scheda film] by Jagoda Szelc, Over the Limit [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Marta Prus and Wild Roses [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anna Jadowska
scheda film] by Anna Jadowska.

The French premieres include A Faithful Man [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Louis Garrel
scheda film] by Louis Garrel, which will have the honour of opening the gathering, Le Mystère Henri Pick by Rémi Bezançon, Moi, maman, ma mère et moi [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Christophe Le Masne, School’s Out [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sébastien Marnier
scheda film] by Sébastien Marnier, The Summer House [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
scheda film] by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Les Invisibles [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Liza Benguigui
scheda film] by Louis-Julien Petit and Conviction [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Antoine Raimbault.

Of particular interest on the menu aimed at school children are Funan [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Denis Do
scheda film] by France’s Denis Do, Ailo's Journey [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by his fellow countryman Guillaume Maidatchevsky, and the British productions Strike [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Trevor Hardy and Old Boys [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Toby MacDonald.

Romain Duris and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi will be the guests of honour at this edition, which will also welcome a huge number of other filmmakers and actors, who will come to celebrate the tenth birthday of an event that this year will inaugurate a “Slope of Fame” that will dot the path running through the Arc 1950 village with signs paying tribute to the great artists of European cinema.

Interestingly, the short-film jury will be chaired by French actor Ramzy Bedia (aided by Croatian filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and actor-director Félix Moati, among others).

And that’s not to mention the professional events (which will be outlined in more detail soon), including the Industry Village, which will bring together almost 500 professionals to check out the 20 projects in the Coproduction Village (15-18 December), the 14 films in Work in Progress (16 December), the new Talent Village (see the news – sponsored this year by Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg) and the Music Village, as well as the Distributors/Exhibitors Summit (18-22 December, with the screening of 12 features, various workshops and the Initiative Lab all on the agenda).