Les Arcs Movie Pageant, the European equal to the Sundance Movie Pageant, has unveiled the checklist of tasks which will probably be introduced throughout its aggressive Work-in-Progress showcase.
Curated by Tribeca and Les Arcs’ creative director Frederic Boyer and Lison Hervé, the choice will current a broad vary of flicks in post-production in search of a gross sales agent, pageant slots and worldwide distribution.
This 12 months’s roster consists of a number of titles from Scandinavia, together with “Acts of Love,” a Danish-language movie directed by Jeppe Rønde, and “The Swedish Torpedo,” a interval epic directed by Frida Kempff (“Winter Buoy”). Josefin Neldén (“Border,” “438 Days”) stars in “The Swedish Torpedo” as Sally Bauer, the primary Scandinavian to swim throughout the English Channel in 1939. The movie is produced by Momento Movie, with Amrion, Inland Movie Firm, and Velvet Movies.
“Acts of Love,” in the meantime, tells the story of a younger lady residing in a spiritual neighborhood and stars Jonas Holst Schmidt (“Copenhagen Does Not Exist”), Cecilie Lassen (“Stroll With Me”) and Ann Eleonora Jørgensen (“Italian for Freshmen”). “Acts of Love” is produced Palomar Productions (“Membership Zero”). The lineup additionally consists of “U Are The Universe,” an Ukrainian post-apocalyptic film directed by Pavlo Ostrikov and following a lonely house trucker; and “Peaches Goes Bananas,” a documentary delivering an intimate portrait of musician Peaches directed by New York-based filmmaker Marie Losier (“The Ballad of Genesis and Girl Jaye”).
The Work in Progress session is without doubt one of the common occasions hosted at Les Arcs Pageant’s trade sidebar, alongside the Coproduction and Expertise Villages. The 13 tasks had been picked out of a report 181 submissions and comprise eight debuts and 4 sophomore outings. All however one tasks will compete for 3 prizes — the TitraFilm Award, Alphapanda Viewers Engagement Award and 22D Music Award.
Many tasks introduced at Les Arcs’s Work in Progress showcase have gone on to world premiere at prestigious festivals. A current alumni, Delphine Girard, who gained the Artekino Award at Les Arcs along with her film “By means of the Night time” world premiered at Venice and performed at San Sebastian and Chicago movie festivals.
As beforehand introduced, Palme d’Or successful director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Unhappiness”) will probably be visitor of honor of the fifteenth version of the pageant.
Right here’s Les Arcs 2023 Work in Progress Choice:
“Acts Of Love,” Jeppe Ronde
“Lodge Orion,” Zoltan Moll
“Little Bother Women,” Urska Djukiv
“Paradijs,” Bobbie Koek
“Peaches Goes Bananas,” Marie Losier
“The Physician Says I’ll Be Alright However I’m Feeling Blue” (working title), Mascha Schilinksi
“The Swedish Torpedo,” Frida Kempff
“Poisonous,” Saule Bliuvaite
“U Are The Universe,” Pavlo Ostrikov
“Wind, Discuss To Me,” Stefan Djordjevic
“12 months Of The Widow,” Veronkia Liskova
“Zion,” Nelson Foix
“Younger Hearts,” Anthony Schatterman (out of competiton)
