EXCLUSIVE: Former ACE general manager Sophie Bourdon and Paris Project organizer Vanya Kaludjercic join Les Arcs festival.

The Les Arcs European Film Festival has added new staff to its professional events team in former ACE general manager Sophie Bourdon and Paris Project organizer Vanya Kaludjercic.

Kaludjercic will coordinate the Coproduction Village, Bourdon will organise conferences and public relations.

This year’s festival, which runs December 15th to 22nd, will feature a focus on Belgian cinema. Artistic director Frederic Boyer returns and will again run the successful Work In Progress sidebar.

The deadline for applications for the festival’s Coproduction Village and Work in Progress event is September 21.