Focusing in particular on European cinema, this international event will screen over 100 feature films attended by a wealth of guests. Almost 38,000 spectators are expected over this ten-day period, there to discover a rich selection of new releases, sneak previews and classics, all screened in a convivial and celebratory atmosphere.
The spotlight will focus in particular on European cinema and its talents in the competition, reserved for non-national fiction features screened for the first time in France, and also in the Visions of the East and Discoveries section. In these sections, priority will be given to films from Northern and Eastern Europe. All the directors will be invited. 170 French and Belgian cinema operators will gather in Arras for three days, during which time they will have the opportunity to discover new films and meet the distributors.
The 2015 edition will also offer 40 sneak previews in the presence of the film-making teams, tributes to the great names in cinema and two thematic retrospectives (Ireland, from one conflict to the next, Heists of all kinds) in addition to a special programme for children