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Michael Douglas Set As Guest Of Honor Of 50th Deauville Film Festival Michael Douglas will be guest of honor at the 50th Deauville American Film Festival. It will be the actor’s fifth trip to the fall festival unfolding in the swanky northern French beach resort. The organisers suggested Douglas has…

Mountain thriller Kingdom Of The Blind and ground-breaking Guadeloupe-set feature Zion were among the in-development feature projects and works-in-progress picking up prizes at Les Arcs Film Festival's 15th Industry Village on Monday. Around 700 cinema professionals from across Europe are attending…

The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 13 upcoming features selected for its Work-in Progress showcase. The selection includes respected French, New York-based artist and filmmaker Marie Losier's bio-doc Peaches Goes Bananas about Canadian electronic musician Merrill Beth Nisker, aka Peaches…

The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European film projects selected for its Les Arcs Coproduction, running from December 16 to 19 within the framework of the Alpine event's 15th edition. The selection, chosen from 269 submitted projects hailing from 15 different countries, has achieved…

Swedish director Ruben Östlund has been announced as a guest of honor at the 15th edition of France's Les Arcs Film Festival, in the role of its Talent Village Ambassador. The two-time Cannes d'Or winner has a strong connection with the festival's Alpine setting, having shot his breakthrough 2014…

The Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps kicked off its 14th edition last weekend amid sub-zero temperatures and freshly laid snow, to run from December 10 to 17   Some 600 film professionals from across Europe headed to its four-day industry program, unfolding December 10 to 13, to check out pro…

Former enfant terrible of British rock Peter Doherty and keyboard-playing producer-filmmaker wife Katia de Vidas gave a surprise private concert at the Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps on Monday evening. The couple – who perform under the Pete Doherty and The Puta Madres banner – took to the…

Lithuanian filmmaker Vytautas Katkus’s debut feature project The Visitor won the top €6,000 Artekino International Award at the Les Arcs Coproduction Village on Tuesday. The award, decided by Rémi Burah, President of ArteKino Foundation and CEO of Arte France Cinéma, is granted to support the…

France's Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 14 European feature film projects that will be presented in its Works in Progress showcase as part of its industry program, running December 1-10. The selected projects were picked out of 160 submissions this year. The line-up includes Rossosperanz…

France’s Les Arcs Film Festival 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…

The Les Arcs Film Festival will launch a new sidebar showcasing this year's European entries to the Best International Feature Film Oscar category at its 14th edition, running December 10 to 17 in its namesake French Alps skiing resort home of Les Arcs. The dates of the European cinema-focused…

The 11th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival's Industry Village program, which highlights film projects in development and work-in-progress stage, has crowned its winners. The event, held in a French ski resort near the Swiss and Italian borders, has grown in reputation in recent years. Among the graduates of its…