Intimate Scene Selected for Les Arcs Coproduction
Ukrainian director Zhanna Ozirna's veteran-focused feature is the only Ukrainian project among 17 European films picked for 2026.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Arthouse
Les Arcs Coproduction Village has selected Intimate Scene, a Ukrainian feature directed by Zhanna Ozirna, for its 2026 program, alongside 16 other European feature-film projects drawn from 496 submissions. The film, currently in development, follows a veteran who has undergone an amputation and his partner as they work on a practical sex guide for veterans with different injuries.
Why it matters
The selection gives an in-development Ukrainian project access to potential international co-producers at a major European market. It also places a film about intimacy and relationships after combat-related injury in front of an international industry audience.
The selection committee chose 17 projects from 496 submissions, including 8 feature-film debuts, 5 second features, and 4 projects by established European directors. The film's full financing and completion timeline have not been disclosed.
The players
Zhanna Ozirna
Ukrainian filmmaker and director of Intimate Scene, whose work addresses intimacy and relationships among veterans after serious injury.
Les Arcs Coproduction Village
A co-production market held in the French Alps that connects in-development European feature films with potential international partners.
The details
The project will be presented at Les Arcs Coproduction Village, which connects in-development feature films with potential international partners. The team produced a first teaser with support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, featuring a test scene filmed as an extended improvisation within a creative framework set by the director.
Timeline
April 2026: Veteran Hub released the 'Love Yourself' guide on sexuality after injury.
December 12-15, 2026: Intimate Scene is scheduled for presentation at Les Arcs Coproduction Village in France.
Season Trajectory
Les Arcs Coproduction Village's 2026 lineup, with only one Ukrainian project among 17, reflects how early-stage European cinema reaches international financiers through curated markets. Intimate Scene's inclusion adds a wartime-related theme to a program that otherwise spans debuts, second features, and established directors' work.
For now, the film is only in development and has no announced release window, platform, or theatrical distributor. Viewers can expect to see it only after the co-production stage concludes and a distribution arrangement is made.
The takeaway
Projects at the development stage often depend on market selections like this one to find co-producers before they can move toward production. Readers following independent cinema can track Intimate Scene as it moves from presentation to financing.
What happens next
Intimate Scene is scheduled for presentation at Les Arcs Coproduction Village from December 12 to 15, 2026.
Further reading
For more on the international festival circuit for independent cinema, see Arthouse.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Rubryka.
