Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, who won the Cannes Grand Prize forin 2021, will be guest of honor at the fifth Talent Village of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival, running December 10-17 in the French Alps.
The three-day meeting running within the festival’s industry program will support eight emerging European directors and consists of workshops and one-on-one meetings aimed at advancing their short and feature-length works.The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,Related Story Former Heyday President Tom Winchester's Pure Fiction Staffs Up; BAFTA Peter Capaldi; American French Film Festival Awards; Kelly Webb-Lamb Hire; 'Couples Therapy' New Zealand - Global Briefs
Other industry professionals acting as tutors will include Danish producer Katrin Pors of Copenhagen-based production company Snowglobe; Olivier Barbier, Head of Acquisitions at France’s mk2 films, Locarno Film Festival programmer and Festival Scope co-founder Mathilde Henrot and music supervisor Martin Caraux from French film music company Bande Originale.
One of the talents will receive the Talent Village Award, with the jury composed of Susan Wendt, managing director at Danish sales powerhouse TrustNordisk, French producer Julie Billy at June Films and Georges Goldenstern, former director of the Cannes Cinéfondation.