has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects due to be presented in the 14th edition of its Les Arcs Coproduction Village, running December 10 to 13 against the backdrop of the French Alps.
The meeting, aimed at connecting projects with co-producers, financiers, sales agents and distributors, received 311 submissions this year, 40% more than in 2021. Hailing from 13 territories, seven of the projects are helmed by female filmmakers, and 11 by men, a proportion equal to the applications received for the Coproduction Village.Nine of them are first features, six are second features and three are by more established filmmakers.e, his second feature after buzzy debut. The 1919-set drama follows an English woman who falls in love with a Chinese docker and then metamorphosizes into a beetle due to societal hatred.
The program which hosts some 550 cinema professionals every year will also feature panel discussions and three workshops with sustainability as a common thread., aimed at nurturing eight emerging filmmakers and the Works in Progress day, the selection for which has yet to be announced.