Industry

Talent Village

EIGHT EMERGING TALENTS ARE SELECTED FROM ACROSS EUROPE, TO PARTICIPATE IN 3 DAYS OF WORKSHOP WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS BEFORE PRESENTING THEIR FIRST FEATURE PROJECT AT THE COPRODUCTION VILLAGE

 

The Talent Village aims at encouraging the rise of a new generation of daring and ambitious film directors, as well as accompanying them in the journey of their first feature film.

The selected talents have the opportunity of attending a 3-day workshop and presenting their first feature project to industry professionnals within the frame of the Coproduction Village at Les Arcs Film Festival. In 2023 the tutors will be: Katrin Pors (producer at Snowglobe), Olivier Barbier (Head of Acquisitions at mk2 Films), Gaia Furrer (artistic director, Giornate degli Autori) and Laura Gentile (music supervisor from Schmooze).

Every year, a renowned figure of the European cinema is invited to be the Ambassador of the Talent Village. 

There is no open call for submissions for the Talent Village selection. The Talent Village is entirely curated by the Industry Village team.
The selection process involves European film schools and short films from different film festivals.

Through our partnership with T-Port, all T-Port Lighthouse Selection filmmakers are eligible for consideration for the Talent Village.

For more information, please get in touch : industry@lesarcs-filmfest.com

2023 TALENT VILLAGE SELECTION

 

The 2023 talents selected to present their first feature film project are :

EMMA BRANDERHORST - The Netherlands
director of the short films Ma mère et moi (Berlinale Generation) and Spotless (Nederlands IFF, Berlinale Generation)

ALMA BUDDECKE - Germany
director of the short films Handbook for a privileged European Woman (Warsaw IFF), Hot Dog (Sundance)

JOSEPHINE DARCY HOPKINS - France
director of the short Sweet Tooth (Clermont-Ferrand FF)

MARLENE EMILIE LYNGSTAD - Denmark
director of the short Norwegian Offspring (Cinef Cannes)

ISABELLA MARGARA - Greece
director of the short Nothing holier than a dolphin (Clermont-Ferrand IFF, Sarajevo FF)

LISA SALLUSTIO - Belgium
director of the short films The pushpins (FIFF Namur, Contis IFF, Angoulême FF), The water cooler war (Interfilm FF Berlin, War on Screen FF)

RINALDAS TOMAŠEVIČIUS - Lithuania
director of the short films Last Time (Clermont-Ferrand IFF, Vilnius IFF), -15 (Karlovy Vary IFF)

ANNA WOWRA - Poland / Czech Republic
director of the short film Stuck Together (Karlovy Vary IFF)

2023 TALENT VILLAGE AMBASSADOR: RUBEN ÖSTLUND

© Alexandra Fleurantin

 

This year, the Swedish director and two-time Palme d'Or winner Ruben Östlund has honored us by accepting our invitation as the Talent Village Ambassador, and will also be honored by the festival, holding a masterclass on this occasion.


Ruben Östlund will be in Les Arcs to meet the selected talents and share his experience with them. The director continues his great relationship with Les Arcs after having notably shot scenes from Force Majeure (2014) in the resort.

 

 

Latest ambassadors were :

- Juho Kuosmanen (Compartment no.6, The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki) in 2022, 
–Nadav Lapid (Ahed's Knee, Synonyms, The Kindergarten Teacher, Policeman) in 2021,
–French actress Isabelle Huppert in 2019,
–Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Festen,The Hunt, Kursk, Drunk) in 2018.

 

 

2023 COMPOSERS

 

This year again, the directors of the Talent Village will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with four emerging film music composers, selected in the frame of the Music Village, and in partnership with la Sacem. In the frame of the 2023 focus on The Netherlands, BMIM (BUMA Music in Motion) has participated in the selection of the Dutch composer. In this impulse towards the making of a feature-length film, the original music composition for the projects is encouraged, during workshops between the filmmakers and composers. 

 

The 2023 film composers selected are :


NIKI DEMILLER - France 

JAC VAN EXTER - The Netherlands

JULIETTE SEDES - France 

OVIDIU ZIMCEA - Romania  

AWARD & JURY 2023

 

The 1500€ Talent Village Award, endowed by the Festival was awarded to Marlene Emilie Lyngstad and her project Cute. A special mention was awarded to Joséphine Darcy Hopkins for her project Docile.

The jury was composed of Susan Wendt, Managing Director of TrustNordisk (Denmark), Roxanna Richters, producer at Chromosom Films (Germany), and Giacomo Abbruzzese, director of Disco Boy, Silver Bear at Berlinale 2022 (Italy).

 

CONTACT

Nina Benoit
Talent Village Coordinator
nbenoit@lesarcs-filmfest.com

Lison Hervé
Industry Village Program Manager
lherve@lesarcs-filmfest.com

Jérémy Zelnik  
Head of Industry
jzelnik@lesarcs-filmfest.com

Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin
CEO

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