Les Arcs Film Festival, 16th edition: which gems won the jury this year?

A successful 16th edition

Since its launch in 2009, Les Arcs Film Festival Gradually, it established itself as an unmissable moment in the calendar of moviegoers. Its last edition, held in the Les Arcs area from December 14 to 21, confirmed an upward trend with an increase in attendance of no less than 15%. Thus, more than 24,000 festival attendees had the opportunity to participate in festive events, discussions and cinematic discoveries, all in an absolutely unforgettable snowy panorama.

Cécile de France, Marina Foys, William Lebghill and even Cédric Kahn… wonderful people met the public and discovered the latest pearls of European cinema next to them. But despite the presence of these distinguished guests, all eyes were drawn to the jury of the festival, waiting for their verdict.

Pio Marmay, Delphine de Wigan, Peter Kerekes, Celine Salet, Sofiane Zerman and Herdis Staffansdottir made up the feature film jury, both talented and eclectic, and awarded no fewer than six prizes to the films in competition.

Prize for the best photography: Vytautas Catcus for Toxic Saule Bliwwaite

Prize for Best Original Music (in partnership with SACEM Dotation): Michael Assante for Rich Peppiatt’s knee cap

Interpretation Prize: Helga Gueren for Lila Ingolfsdottir’s Loveable and Marilena Amato for Alessandro Casigoli and Casey Kaufman’s Vittoria.

Grand Jury Prize: Loved by Lilia Ingolfsdottir

Flèche de Cristal for Best Film (in partnership with France Télévisions): Kneecap by Rich Peppiatt

So it’s the knee cap that gets the prestigious Crystal Arrow, and then Marija Kavtaradze gets the Slow. Also awarded the Youth Jury Prize by eight high school students, Kneecap will not fail to impress the festival goers.

In theaters June 18, Rich Peppiatt’s feature film tells the story of the struggle of three young Irish rappers who are willing to do anything to preserve their native language. A nugget, both funny and rebellious, that will allow viewers to find the great Michael Fassbender in the casting.

The short film jury, made up of Camille Chamoy, Lina El Arabi, Beranger McNeese, Christophe Todier and Sébastien Wanicek, wanted to distinguish two completely different works: therefore Karin Franz Korloff’s Death of a Hero received a special mention, while Jan Buinowski’s Angle of Dance won the prestigious prize for best short film .

And so the 16th edition of Arcs Film Festival closes on a note of success and, as always, discovery and sharing.