30/11/2021 - Young auteur cinema in six languages and 32 European countries for free throughout December with, among other filmmakers, Ivan Ikić and Nathalie Biancheri

Cultural and linguistic diversity, fiction and documentary views on a world in full metamorphosis, travel and curiosity: launched in 2016 with the support of Creative Europe in order to promote and circulate young European auteur cinema, the ArteKino Festival is back for its 6th edition which will take place from 1 to 31 December. On the menu are 12 feature films (9 of which are by female directors) which internet users can access directly on arte.tv/artekinofestival and on the YouTube channel ARTE Cinéma. The programme is available in 32 countries and in six languages (French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Polish).

Notable in the showcase are Oasis [+see also:
film review
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interview: Ivan Ikic
film profile] by Serbian director Ivan Ikić (winner of the Europa Cinemas Label last year in Venice at the Giornate degli Autori) and five titles that passed through the Berlinale: Uppercase Print [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, When The Trees Fall [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marysia Nikitiuk
film profile] by Ukrainian Marysia Nikitiuk, Wood and Water [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by German Jonas Bak, Petit Samedi [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paloma Sermon Daï
film profile] by Belgian Paloma Sermon-Daï and the German production The Last To See Them [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by French-Italian filmmaker Sara Summa. Also worth mentioning are the British production Nocturnal [+see also:
film review
interview: Nathalie Biancheri
film profile] by Italian Nathalie Biancheri (selected in Toronto), the German title Jiyan [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Swedish filmmaker Süheyla Schwenk, the documentary Call Me Marianna [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Polish filmmaker Karolina Bielawska (presented at the Locarno Critics' Week), Sami, Joe and I [+see also:
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trailer
film profile], which marks the directorial debut of Swiss actress Karin Heberlein, LOMO: The Langage of Many Others [+see also:
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film profile] by German director Julia Langhof and the documentary Inner Mars by Ukrainian director Masha Kondakova.

Two prizes (worth €20,000 and €10,000 respectively) will be awarded: Internet users will be able to vote for the Public Prize and the Youth Jury Prize will be awarded by a panel of 15 Europeans aged between 18 and 25.

For the record, the ArteKino Foundation (which runs the festival) also supports feature film projects through the ArteKino International Prize, a development grant awarded at a dozen major film festivals. In addition, with ArteKino Sélection, a film or a cycle is offered free of charge each month on arte.tv and Arte's YouTube cinema channel. Finally, in the second half of 2022, Artekino will be enriched by a new section with ArteKino Classics, which will allow the discovery of rare or essential titles from the history of great European cinema.

The selection:

Call Me Marianna [+see also:
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Inner Mars – Masha Kondakova (Ukraine/France)
Jiyan [+see also:
trailer
film profile] – Süheyla Schwenk (Germany)
LOMO: The Langage of Many Others [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Julia Langhof (Germany)
Nocturnal [+see also:
film review
interview: Nathalie Biancheri
film profile] – Nathalie Biancheri (United Kingdom)
Oasis [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ivan Ikic
film profile] – Ivan Ikić (Serbia/Netherlands/Slovenia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/France)
Petit Samedi [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paloma Sermon Daï
film profile] – Paloma Sermon-Daï (Belgium)
Sami, Joe and I [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Karin Heberlein (Switzerland)
The Last To See Them [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Sara Summa (Germany)
Uppercase Print [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Radu Jude (Romania)
When The Trees Fall [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marysia Nikitiuk
film profile] – Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine/Poland/North Macedonia)
Wood and Water [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Jonas Bak (Germany)

(Translated from French by Manuela Lazic)