Les Arcs Coproduction Village Picks 17 European Film Projects for 2026
Seventeen European feature film projects have been chosen for the 18th Coproduction Village at the Les Arcs Film Festival, according to Deadline, which published the list on 28 October 2026.
The village is a meeting place for films that are not finished yet. Filmmakers pitch projects still in development or financing to producers, funders and sales agents who might join as co-producers, the partners that share costs and rights across borders. The Village sits inside the festival's Industry Village programme, which runs alongside the public screenings in the French Alps.
The organisers received a record 496 submissions for this edition, Deadline reported. The 17 chosen projects include eight first fiction features, five second features and four films by more established directors. Three of them are Spanish, linked to the festival's country focus on Spain.
Several names on the list have strong links to past Les Arcs work. Róisín Burns will present Happy Hardcore, her debut feature, about a young man from Liverpool who deserts his post during the Iraq War. The film previously won the Next Step prize in Cannes Critics' Week. Bernhard Wenger brings Last Days of Summer. He first came to Les Arcs in 2017 with Peacock, which was later chosen as Austria's entry for the 2026 Oscars.
Other projects on the list come from Alexandra Makarová, who presents Fanny Is Alive and had previously pitched Perla in the festival's Work in Progress strand. Mikko Myllylahti brings Mystery of The Autumn Killer, his second film as director after The Woodcutter's Wife. Benedikt Erlingsson will present Women's Day. Deadline's report says earlier Coproduction Village alumni include Flow and Vermiglio, both shown at the project stage before reaching cinemas.
The money on offer is modest but specific. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award, a fund run by the Council of Europe, carries a prize of €20,000. The ArteKino International Award is worth €6,000. Both are competed for by projects in the Village.
Dates matter for anyone planning to attend. The Coproduction Village runs from 12 to 15 December 2026, inside an 18th edition of the festival that lasts from 12 to 19 December, the festival's own site says. On 15 December the Industry Village hosts the Spain-France Co-Production Meetings, organised by Spain's ICAA film institute and France's CNC. The call for projects closed on 29 July 2026, according to the festival's website.
The Village is one of the places where a film's financing often takes shape years before a premiere. A project chosen in December can spend a long time on the road to a screen. Whether any of these 17 reaches audiences, and when, depends on the producers, funders and sales agents who now have the chance to meet them.
