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FEATURE FILM JURY

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Roschdy Zem - President of the jury of the 14th edition of the Arcs Film Festival

Roschdy Zem made his debut in 1991 in André Téchiné's I Don’t Kiss. Four years later, he played a leading role in Don't Forget You're Going to Die by Xavier Beauvois (winner of the Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival).
Since then, he has starred in many acclaimed films including Gérard Lauzier's The Best Job in the World, Laetitia Masson's To Have (Or Not), and Patrice Chéreau's Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train. His choice of roles ranges from auteur films to popular comedies, psychological dramas and thrillers.

In 2006, he was among the recipients of a special ensemble Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his work in Days of Glory, by Rachid Bouchareb.
The same year, he made his directorial debut with Bad Faith, in which he co-starred with Cécile de France. His sophomore film, 2011’s Omar Killed Me, was inspired by the Omar Raddad case. It was followed by Bodybuilder in 2014 and Chocolat in 2016.
In Persona non grata (2019), his fifth film as Director, he brought together beloved French actors Nicolas Duvauchelle and Raphaël Personnaz.

In parallel, Roschdy Zem continued to pursue his career as an actor. He has collaborated — among others — with Rebecca Zlotowski in the miniseries Savages, Sylvie Verheyde in Madame Claude, Pierre Jolivet (six times!), Xavier Beauvois, and Rachid Bouchareb. He was awarded the César for Best Actor for his role in Arnaud Desplechin’s Oh Mercy!, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

2022: a very prolific year! His feature film, Our Ties, received four nominations at the Venice Film Festival. Rebecca Zlotowski's Other People’s Children, in which he stars alongside Virginie Efira, was also presented at the Biennale. He has also starred in Thierry de Peretti's Undercover, Louis Garrel's The Innocent and in the Netflix series Notre-Dame. His latest role is in the upcoming Le Principal by Chad Chenouga, with Marina Hands.

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Jeanne Balibar

After graduating from the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Jeanne Balibar entered the Comédie-Française and then acted under the direction of Stanislas Nordey in Par les villages at the Avignon Festival, Frank Castorf in La cousine Bette by Balzac or Die Kabale der Scheinheiligen after Mikhail Bulgakov at the Volksbühne in Berlin.
In the cinema, she has acted in nearly forty films, directed by Mathieu Amalric (Mange ta soupe, Le Stade de Wimbledon), Olivier Assayas (Trois ponts sur la rivière, Clean), Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (J'ai horreur de l'amour), Maïwenn (Le Bal des actrices), Arnaud Desplechin, Christophe Honoré, Benoît Jacquot, Diane Kurys, Bruno Podalydès, Jacques Rivette or Raul Ruiz. In 2018, she received the César for Best Actress for her interpretation of the title role in the film Barbara by Mathieu Amalric.
Jeanne Balibar has recorded two albums: Paramour (Dernière bande, 2003) and Slalom Dame (Naïve, 2006).

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Florencia Di Concilio

Acclaimed by the international press, Florencia Di Concilio is one of the most prolific and versatile artists of the new generation of music composers. She composed the original music for Les Années Super 8, by David and Annie Ernaux and Les Cinq Diables, by Léa Mysius, both selected for the Directors' Fortnight. She also signed the original music of No Hay Camino by Heddy Honigmann, Maestro(s) by Bruno Chiche, De Grandes Espérances by Sylvain Desclous and is currently working on the original score of Toutes pour Une by Houda Benyamina, and Madame de Sévigné by Isabelle Brocard.

She also signed the original music for Dark Blood, a posthumous film by River Phoenix, Ava by Léa Mysius, Just Kids by Christophe Blanc and Calamity: une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary, by Rémi Chayé, for which she won the prize for the best music at the Bucheon Festival in South Korea, as well as the very first Michel Legrand Prize.

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Fanny Herrero

A screenwriter, Fanny Herrero has collaborated on the writing of numerous series - Les Bleus, Odysseus, Fais pas ci fais pas ça, Un village français, and Kaboul Kitchen.
She is the creator of the series Call My Agent! ("Dix pour cent"), a comedy about the life of a prestigious Parisian art agency, which she directed from 2012 to 2018. A true international success, the series was awarded Best Series and Best Screenplay in 2016 by the Association of Series Critics (ACS), a Crystal Globe for Best Series in 2018 and 2019, Best 52' Series at the 2018 La Rochelle Festival, and an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series in 2021.
She then created and directed the series Drôle, currently on Netflix.

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Filippo Meneghetti

Italian director born in Padua, Filippo Meneghetti made his first experiences working in the independent film circuit in New York. He then directed the short films Undici (co-directed with Piero Tomaselli), L'Intruso and The Beast, selected and awarded in dozens of international festivals.
In 2019, he directed his first feature film, Two of Us, noticed in more than eighty festivals around the world and sold in more than thirty countries. Two of Us received more than twenty-five awards in France and internationally, including the César for best first film and two Lumière awards (best first film and best actresses for Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa). The film was nominated at the Golden Globes as best Foreign Film and chosen by France as a candidate for the 2021 Oscars.

SHORT FILM JURY

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Léa Mysuis - Présidente

Léa Mysius graduated from La Femis in 2014. She directed three short films selected and awarded in festivals: Cadavre exquis, Les Oiseaux-tonnerre and L'Ile jaune co-directed with Paul Guilhaume.
Her first feature film, Ava, was presented in numerous festivals, including La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, before being released in theaters in 2017.
Les Cinq Diables, her second feature, selected for the Directors' Fortnight, was released last September.
She is also a screenwriter and writes for other directors such as Arnaud Desplechin, André Téchiné, Stefano Savona, Claire Denis or Jacques Audiard.

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Shirine Boutella

Shirine Boutella grew up in Algiers before moving to France. Very active on social networks, she first became known as an influencer, totaling more than 3 million followers to date.
In 2019, she shot in Mounia Meddour's first feature film, Papicha, which won the César for best first film. She then plays in the drama Mention particulière and in season 2 of the series Validé. In 2021, she played opposite Omar Sy in the popular series Lupin and Michaël Youn in the series Fugueuse. We also find her on the big screen in Les Fantasmes by David and Stéphane Foenkinos. She lands the lead role in Christmas Flow, the Netflix miniseries, and a supporting role in Miskina, la pauvre, available on Amazon Prime.

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Céleste Brunnquell

Born in Paris in 2002, Céleste Brunnquell began acting at the age of eleven. In 2018, she was spotted during a class at the Théâtre de l'Atelier by director Sarah Suco, who chose her for the lead role in her first film, Les Eblouis (2019). Following her performance, she received the award for best actress, the Golden Salamander, awarded by the Youth Jury of the Sarlat Film Festival and was nominated for a César in 2020 in the category of best female hopeful.
She then plays in the Arte series En Thérapie, show-run by the duo Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. In 2021, she turns under the direction of Sebastien Marnier in L'Origine du Mal. She recently finished shooting Erwan Le Duc's new film, La fille de son père, alongside Nahuel Pérez-Biscayart, as well as Céline Rouzet's first feature film, En attendant la nuit.

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Jacques Kermabon

A man of many hats, Jacques Kermabon is editor-in-chief of the animation film magazine Blink Blank, programmer at the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, correspondent for the Quebec magazine 24 Images and lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Former editor-in-chief of the magazine Bref, former member of the short film selection committee of the Cannes Film Festival and former short film selector at the Arcs Film Festival, Jacques Kermabon is also the author of Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1988) and Madame de... (2019), published by Yellow Now.
Finally, CinémAction n°47, " Les Théories du cinéma aujourd'hui ", 1988 ; Pathé premier empire du cinéma, Centre Pompidou, 1994 ; Parcours du cinéma en Ile-de-France, 1995 ; Une encyclopédie du court métrage français (with Jacky Evrard), 2003 ; Du praxinoscope au cellulo, un demi siècle de cinéma d'animation en France, 2007 have been published under his direction.

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Sofian Khammes

A graduate of the Conservatory, Sofian Khammes made his debut in Le Convoi by Frédéric Schoendoerffer, with Benoît Magimel. The same year, he turns for Karim Dridi in Chouf, presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. We find him in Le Monde est à toi by Romain Gavras, selected at the Directors' Fortnight in 2018. He chains short films and projects: Poissonsexe by Olivier Babinet, La Nuée by Just Philippot or even Un Triomphe by Emmanuel Courcol, with Kad Merad. This role earned him the Valois for best actor at the Angoulême Festival.
This year, he could be seen in Mes Frères et moi by Yohan Manca (presented at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section), Sentinelle sud by Mathieu Gérault, Enquête sur un scandale d'État by Thierry de Peretti and Novembre by Cédric Jimenez.
In 2023, he will play the lead role in the police series BRI.


Winners' list

Vera

Vera

Tizza COVI and Rainer FRIMMEL

L'Homme le plus heureux du monde

L'Homme le plus heureux du monde

Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA

Un petit frère

Un petit frère

Léonor SERRAILLE

Ghost Night

Ghost Night

Fulvio RISULEO

Eismayer

Eismayer

David WAGNER

Saules aveugles, femme endormie

Saules aveugles, femme endormie

Pierre FÖLDES

A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

Un petit frère

Un petit frère

Léonor SERRAILLE

Skin Deep

Skin Deep

Alex SCHAAD

At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything.

L'Homme le plus heureux du monde

L'Homme le plus heureux du monde

Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA

Skin Deep

Skin Deep

Alex SCHAAD

At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything.

Scale

Scale

Joseph PIERCE

AirHostess-737

AirHostess-737

Thanasis NEOFOTISTOS

Eismayer

Eismayer

David WAGNER

Programme

Official Competition – feature film
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Pierre FÖLDES 

Eismayer

David WAGNER 

Ghost Night

Fulvio RISULEO 

Mother and Son

Léonor SERRAILLE 

Pink Moon

Floor VAN DER MEULEN 

Skin Deep

Alex SCHAAD 

The Happiest Man in the World

Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA 

Vera

Tizza COVI, Rainer FRIMMEL 

Official Competition – short film
AirHostess-737

Thanasis NEOFOTISTOS 

Censor Of Dreams

Léo BERNE, Raphaël RODRIGUEZ 

Cherries

Vytautas KATKUS 

Claudio's Song

Andreas NILSSON 

Martingale

Marthe VERDET 

One F*cking Wish

Piotr JASINSKI 

Pentola

Leo ČERNIC 

Reckless

Pella KÅGERMAN 

Scale

Joseph PIERCE 

Son

Marta NIETO 

Sweet Little Despair

Carolina PETRO 

The Diamond

Vedran RUPIC 

The Garbage Man

Laura GONÇALVES 

Tina's Problem

Radovan PETROVIC 

Focus – feature film
Alpenland

Robert SCHABUS 

Goodnight Mommy

Severin FIALA, Veronika FRANZ 

Grand Expectations

Sylvain DESCLOUS 

Houria

Mounia MEDDOUR 

Macondo

Sudabeh MORTEZAI 

The Eight Mountains

Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH, Felix VAN GROENINGEN 

The Mountain

Thomas SALVADOR 

The Valley

Nuno ESCUDEIRO 

The White Ribbon

Michael HANEKE 

White Paradise

Guillaume RENUSSON 

Focus – short film
Discussion animée entre entendeurs de voix

Tristan THIL 

Fish Like Us

Raphaela SCHMID 

Guy proposes to his girlfriend on a mountain

Bernhard WENGER 

In the Valley

Marie LE HIR 

Like Snails

Margherita PANIZON 

Monologhes

Andrea FRANCESCHINI 

RIAFN

Hannes LANG 

Youth screenings
Girl Gang

Susanne Regina MEURES 

No Dogs or Italians Allowed

Alain UGHETTO 

Pompon Ours, petites balades et grandes aventures

Matthieu GAILLARD 

Raise the Bar

Guðjón RAGNARSSON 

Ride Above

Christian DUGUAY 

Titina

Kajsa NÆSS 

School
A memori

Job ANTONI 

Catcave Hysteria

Angelika ABRAMOVITCH 

Euridice, Euridice

Lora MURE-RAVAUD 

Liquid Bread

Alica BEDNÁRIKOVÁ 

Nesting

Siiri HALKO 

Paein

Ghiath AL MHITAWI 

Songs of a Caretaker

Pascal SCHUH 

The Other End of the Street

Kálmán NAGY 

Summit
À mon seul désir

Lucie BORLETEAU 

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Pierre FÖLDES 

El agua

Elena LÓPEZ RIERA 

Emily

Frances O’CONNOR 

Empire of Light

Sam MENDES 

Habib

Benoît MARIAGE 

Junkyard Dog

Jean-Baptiste DURAND 

Normale

Olivier BABINET 

Polaris

Ainara VERA 

Ramona

Andrea BAGNEY 

Sick of Myself

Kristoffer BORGLI 

Slumlord

Steve ACHIEPO 

The Great Magic

Noémie LVOVSKY 

The Sitting Duck

Jean-Paul SALOMÉ 

Frayeurs
Goodnight Mommy

Severin FIALA, Veronika FRANZ 

Playtime
Empire of Light

Sam MENDES 

Into the Ice

Lars Henrik OSTENFELD 

L'immensità

Emanuele CRIALESE 

Last Dance

Delphine LEHERICEY 

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Antonio LUKICH 

My Love Affair with Marriage

Signe BAUMANE 

Sick of Myself

Kristoffer BORGLI 

The Banshees of Inisherin

Martin MCDONAGH 

The Line

Ursula MEIER 

The Ordinaries

Sophie LINNENBAUM 

Preview
À mon seul désir

Lucie BORLETEAU 

Amore mio

Guillaume GOUIX 

Divertimento

Marie-Castille MENTION-SCHAAR 

Lie with Me

Olivier PEYON 

Ride Above

Christian DUGUAY 

The Blaze

Quentin REYNAUD 

The Great Magic

Noémie LVOVSKY 

The Peace and Love Process

Ilan KLIPPER 

The Sitting Duck

Jean-Paul SALOMÉ 

Toi non plus tu n'as rien vu

Béatrice POLLET 

Top Dogs

Julien GUETTA 

Two Tickets to Greece

Marc FITOUSSI 

Youssef Salem a du succès

Baya KASMI 

Special screening – feature film
Back to Burgundy

Cédric KLAPISCH 

Borsch. The Secret Ingredient

Dmytro KOCHNEV 

Family Resemblances

Cédric KLAPISCH 

Good Old Daze

Cédric KLAPISCH 

Green City Life

Manon TURINA, François MARQUES 

Innocence – Little Veronica

Robert LAND 

Italia K2

Marcello BALDI 

Mothers’ Instinct

Olivier MASSET-DEPASSE 

The Broken Circle Breakdown

Felix VAN GROENINGEN 

Why We Fight

Camille ÉTIENNE, Solal MOISAN 

Special screening – short film
Feed the Swans

Christophe IDÉAL 

Hauteur
Blue Jean

Georgia OAKLEY 

Godland

Hlynur PÁLMASON 

I Have Electric Dreams

Valentina MAUREL 

Moja Vesna

Sara KERN 

Serviam - I Will Serve

Ruth MADER 

Oscar on skis
Alcarràs

Carla SIMÓN 

Alma viva

Cristèle ALVES MEIRA 

Beautiful Beings

Gudmundur Arnar GUDMUNDSSON 

Corsage

Marie KREUTZER 

Girl Picture

Alli HAAPASALO 

January

Viesturs KAIRIŠS 

Klondike

Maryna ER GORBACH 

The Quiet Girl

Colm BAIRÉAD 

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