After a 2020 edition which was cancelled on account of the pandemic and re-arranged into a pared down version for the juries’ eyes only in Paris (news), the team behind the Arras Film Festival, steered by Nadia Paschetto and Éric Miot, will soon be reunited with their loyal and extensive public (having drawn in upwards of 50,000 viewers in 2019) on the occasion of a 22nd edition scheduled to unfold between 5 and 14 November. This year’s guests of honour will be Fanny Ardant (set to deliver a film masterclass, as well as toplining Carine Tardieu’s The Young Lovers [+leggi anche:
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Nine feature films yet to be seen in France will be fighting for the 2021 Golden Atlas: the Dutch-Belgian co-production Becoming Mona [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sabine Lubbe Bakker e Niel…
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intervista: Fred Baillif
scheda film] by Swiss director Fred Baillif (which nabbed the Generation 14Plus Grand Prize in Berlin), Erna at War [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Henrik Ruben Genz
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intervista: Jan P. Matuszyński
scheda film] by Poland’s Jan P. Matuszynski, which screened in competition, Vera Dreams of the Sea [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kaltrina Krasniqi
scheda film] by Kosovar director Kaltrina Krasniqi and Miracle [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bogdan George Apetri
scheda film] by Romania’s Bogdan George Apetri, which graced the Orizzonti line-up, and The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Teemu Nikki e Jani Pösö
intervista: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö e P…
scheda film] by Finland’s Teemu Nikki, which walked away with the Orizzonti Extra Audience Award) and two titles discovered in San Sebastián’s New Directors section: Inventory [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Darko Sinko
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intervista: Selman Nacar
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Screening within the Eastern selection are three films unveiled in Cannes (the mind-blowing Evolution [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kornél Mundruczó e Kata Wé…
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scheda film] by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov and the Swiss-French production Olga [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elie Grappe
scheda film] by Elie Grappe), alongside In the Dusk [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sharunas Bartas
scheda film] by Lithuania’s Sharunas Bartas and three Ukrainian feature films: My Thoughts Are Silent [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Antonio Lukich (awarded the Special Jury Prize within Karlovy Vary’s East of the West line-up), Blindfold by Taras Dron and The Forgotten by Daria Onyshchenko. Added to these works are six films hailing from last year’s competition which will be screened in the presence of their directors, battling it out for an audience award: Spiral [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Hungary’s Cecilia Felméri, Rounds [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stephan Komandarev
scheda film] by Bulgarian director Stefan Komandarev, Tereza37 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Croatia’s Danilo Serbedzija, Shadow Country [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Czech filmmaker Bohdan Slama, I Never Cry [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Piotr Domalewski
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intervista: Marian Crişan
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Stealing focus in the European Discoveries category are Ali & Ava [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by English helmer Clio Barnard, Adventures of a Mathematician [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Germany’s Thorsten Klein, Nobody Has To Know [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bouli Lanners
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intervista: Jean Libon e Yves Hinant
scheda film] by his compatriots Jean Libon and Yves Hinant, Luzzu [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alex Camilleri
scheda film] by Maltese director Alex Camilleri, Besties [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by France’s Marion Desseigne Ravel, The Castle [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Lithuanian filmmaker Lina Luzyte, Apples [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christos Nikou
scheda film] by Greece’s Christos Nikou, The Racer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kieron J. Walsh
scheda film] by British director Kieron J. Walsh, three titles from Cannes (Small Body [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Samani
scheda film] by Italy’s Laura Samani, La Traviata, My Brothers and I [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French filmmaker Yohan Manca and Mi iubita mon amour [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by his compatriot Noémie Merlant), My Heart Goes Boom [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nacho Álvarez
scheda film] by Spain’s Nacho Alvarez, The Best Years [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italy’s Gabriele Muccino and Nowhere Special [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Uberto Pasolini
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Finally, among the 100-plus films gracing the programme (of which 80 are brand-new), stand-out movies will include those gracing the World Cinema section, multiple French premières (including that of Clovis Cornillac’s C’est magnifique [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anamaria Vartolomei
scheda film] by Audrey Diwan, Undercover [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thierry de Peretti
scheda film] by Thierry de Peretti, The Kitchen Brigade [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Louis-Julien Petit, Arthur Rambo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laurent Cantet
scheda film] by Laurent Cantet, La vraie famille [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Fabien Gorgeart, Lifelines [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Fabienne Godet, Her Way [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Cécile Ducrocq and Cyril Dion’s documentary Animal [+leggi anche:
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Also worth a mention are the professional Rencontres du Nord meetings (running 9 – 11 November) and the pitching sessions linked to Arras Days’ Development Grant, scheduled for 13 and 14 November.