Les Arcs Film Festival is an annual European film festival held every December in
Les Arcs in the
French Alps
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Profile
Les Arcs was co-founded in 2009 by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin (CEO), Guillaume Calop (general manager), and Jérémy Zelnik (head of industry), on the grounds of the ski resort of the same name.
The
mountain location dictated the overall atmosphere of the event, despite aiming to be of international importance, Les Arcs does not split the audience from the professionals and maintains an open and equal environment. By 2018, the event's budget reached €1 m.
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The festival's main award is the Crystal Arrow.][ In 2018, the ''Talent Village'' was established for training of future cinema professionals. Along with Norwegian International Film Festival, ]Karlovy Vary
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, and Thessaloniki
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, Les Arcs participates in the Eurimages Lab Project Award that offers its winner a 50,000 euros cash prize.
Editions
The 10th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival took place on 15–22 December 2018.
The 12th edition of Les Arcs took place on 12–19 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic
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and was organized in a hybrid mode. Titled ''Off-Piste'', the 12th edition made 80% of the screening online, while some professional events took place on site, and the Industry Village was relocated to Paris
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The 15th edition took place on 16–23 December 2023, at the Savoyard resort. The jury, presided by director Asghar Farhadi, included actress Rebecca Marder, actor Vincent Lacoste, composer Irène Drésel and novelist Christine Angot. The Swedish director Ruben Östlund became the Talent Village tutor. The 15th edition hosted a lot of high guests, including Isabelle Huppert, Jonathan Cohen, Vincent Macaigne, Joachim Lafosse, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Michel Hazanavicius.[ The Crystal Arrow went to ]Lithuania
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n director Marija Kavtaradze for her feature ''Slow''.[ The TitraFilm award was won by '' Little Trouble Girls'', a debut feature by Urška Djukić.
The 16th edition took place on 14-21 December, 2024. ''Happy Days'' by Dutch director Floor Van Der Meulen won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Prize.]
References
Film festivals in France
Film festivals established in 2009
2009 establishments in France
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