Program
Focus
Les Arcs Film Festival focuses on Finland and Baltic countries for its 11th edition!
We are proud to announce that for our 11th edition which will take place from December, 14th to 21st, 2019, we will not focus on one but four European countries by highlighting Finland and Baltic countries, for the first time gathered together within the frame of a Focus.
In partnership with the Finnish Film Foundation, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Estonian Film Institute and the National Film Centre of Latvia, this focus will combine recent feature and short films from Finland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, to discover the new generation of talents, as well as more confirmed directors.
Moreover, we are willing to explore the dynamism of this territory regarding European coproductions during Les Arcs Coproduction Village.
Autumn Ball
Veiko OUNPUU
Estonia
A film for all men with a gentle soul and bad liver. For those who stand alone in the night, in their underwear.
Le Havre
Aki KAURISMAKI
Finland
Marcel, a former author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated in Le Havre, where he lives happily when fate suddenly throws in his path an underage immigrant refugee from Africa.
Mellow Mud
Renārs VIMBA
Latvia
Loneliness, disillusionment and the experience of first love reveal the character of Raya, 17, living in rural Latvia with her grandmother and her little brother. A staggering turn of events shakes up their lives, and she must come to decisions that even a grown woman would find difficult to make.
Modris
Juris KURSIETIS
Latvia, Germany, Greece
Modris is a normal 17-year-old but his addiction to gambling makes his relationship with his mother difficult, especially since she keeps on reminding him that his father is in prison - so he must have inherited his bad genes.
Mother
Kadri KÕUSAAR
Estonia
This darkly comic, crime mystery set in small-town Estonia centers on Elsa, the full time caretaker of her comatose son, Lauri, and the locals, who are abuzz with rumors about who shot Lauri and why.
Programme de courts métrages de Priit Pärn
Priit PÄRN
Estonia
A programme of three recent short films by Estonia's most emblematic animation director, Priit Pärn: Life without Gabrielel Ferri (2008), Divers in the rain (2010), Pilots on the way home (2014).
Rocks in My Pockets
Signe BAUMANE
United States, Latvia
Signe Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.
Sasha was here
Ernestas JANKAUSKAS
Lithuania, Finland
Jurga and Tomas are about to meet the 6-year-old girl they plan to adopt. Once they arrive at the orphanage, they find out there’s been a mistake. Instead of the girl, a 12-year-old boy, called Sasha greets them.
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Juho KUOSMANEN
Finland, Germany, Sweden
Olli Mäki was the first Finn ever to fight for the world championship in featherweight boxing, but lost the match humiliatingly in the second round. He calls it the best day of his life.
Tom of Finland
Dome KARUKOSKI
Finland, Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
An intense biopic retracing the story of the cult artist Tom of Finland and the events that influenced his iconic homo-erotic drawings of muscular, uninhibited and proud men.
