Program

8 feature films will compete for the Crystal Arrow awarded by the festival’s jury. Every year, the Official Competition draws up a map of recognized European talents as well as young filmmakers and aims to promote the distribution of their works outside their country of origin.

This year, the spotlight will be on the Netherlands!

In collaboration with the French distributors, we offer previews accompanied by the film teams, for a festive and animated presentation of the films that will be released early next year. A unique opportunity to discover before everyone else the great successes of the cinema to come!

A selection of the best European short films of the year. This program, proposed within the framework of the competition dedicated to short films, is elaborated by Pascale Faure. 

A selection of films will be presented to the schoolchildren of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, from kindergarten to high school, in order to allow them to discover an original cinema and to initiate them to the pleasure of the cinephile. For any information concerning the coming of your school group, please contact Pascaline Meunier (pmeunier@lesarcs-filmfest.com).

Our selection of European films nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.

The films of our guests of honour and other surprises will be presented in this section.

Each year, great names of the cinema are honored. Retrospectives on their work but also masterclasses are organized in their presence, giving the public the opportunity to share a moment with them.

The "Femme de cinéma Sisley/Les Arcs" Award is a prize committed to the promotion of women who make European cinema today. This award aims to raise awareness among the media, professionals and the general public about the discrimination that women may still face in the world of cinema.