EFM 2020 a BENH ZEITLIN picture Wendy
“Wildly fresh and imaginative … every frame of the film is a BENH ZEITLIN picture excitingly alive and freshly conceived … one of a kind » - TODD MCCARTHY, THE FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN HOLLYWOOD REPORTER WILD.
« A gorgeous reinvention of Peter The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic. Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to Pan, a spellbinding follow-up » save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of - INDIEWIRE growing up.
« Magical, unruly and WRITERS Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin otherworldly ... exhilarating and MUSIC Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin PRODUCERS Becky Glupczynski, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey, Josh Penn deeply moving » EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Michael Gottwald, Nathan Harrison - THE WRAP CAST Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage, Krzysztof « Magnificent eye … takes your Meyn, Romyri Ross breath away » USA / 2020 / 112’ / English - THE PLAYLIST IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES “Overflows with imagination, constantly enchanting and beguiling” - COLLIDER VENICE COMPETITION
a VÁCLAV MARHOUL picture
Based on the famous novel by Jerry Kosinski, THE PAINTED BIRD follows the journey SPECIAL of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old PRESENTATIONS woman soon dies and the Boy is on his own, wandering through the country-side, from village to farmhouse. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers through extraordinary “A monumental piece of work” brutality meted out by the ignorant, superstitious peasants and he witnesses the terrifying violence of the efficient, ruthless soldiers, both Russian and German. When - THE GUARDIAN the war ends, The Boy has been changed, forever. “Inarguably effective and THE PAINTED BIRD was one of the 10 out of 94 movies to be shortlisted for Best immersive” International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards® - VARIETY WRITER, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER Václav Marhoul (Tobruk) PRODUCTION COMPANY Silver Screen “Ravishingly shot” CO-PRODUCERS Czech Televison, Eduard & Milada Kucera, Directory Films, PubRes, - SCREEN INTERNATIONAL Radio and Televison Slovakia, Certicon Group, innogy, Richard Kaucky, Alexander Kushaev “Brilliant, mesmerizing” Czech Republic - Slovakia - Ukraine / 2019 / 2:49 / 169’ / 35mm / Cinemascope - LITTLE WHITE LIES 1:2,35 / Dolby Atmos Czech, Russian, German, Slavic Esperanto / B&W “An unforgettable experience” - SIGHT AND SOUND WINNER CINEMA FOR UNICEF AWARD VENICE
WINNER BEST
CINEMATOGRPAHY ° CHIGAGO Stellan Skarsgard Harvey Keitel Barry Pepper (Chernobyl, Dune, (The Irishman, (Kill The Messenger, Nymphomaniac, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Saving Private Ryan, True Grit, Thor, The Avengers) Pulp Fiction) The Green Mile) WINNER BEST DIRECTOR KOLKATA
WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY WARSAW JEWISH FF
CRITICS’ PRIZE and introducing the amazing MIAMI Julian Sands Udo Kier boy actor (The Girl with Dragon Tattoo, (Downsizing, Melancholia, JEWISH FF Oceans 13, Dexter, Bacurau, American Animals) Petr Kotlár Room with a View) VENICE COMPETITION a SHANNON MURPHY picture “An arresting feature debut” - VARIETY A perfect blend of comedy and drama, Babyteeth is a magnificent portrayal of “Funny, affecting” love, life, death and everything in between. - SCREEN INTERNATIONAL When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it’s her parents’ worst nightmare. But as Milla’s first brush with love brings “Vibrant and touching ... her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit - her parents, Moses, a sensitive music honest and moving” teacher, a budding child violinist, and a disarmingly honest pregnant neighbour - - INDIEWIRE how to live like you have nothing to lose. What might have been a disaster for the Finlay family instead leads to letting go and finding grace in the glorious chaos of life. Babyteeth joyously explores how good it is not to be dead yet and how far “A masterful script” we will go for love. - AWARDS WATCH WRITER Rita Kalnejais “A film we can all lovingly PRODUCER Alex White - White Falk Films embrace” EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jan Chapman (Winner of 3 Academy Awards & Palme - FIRST SHOWING d’Or for The Piano, Nominated Academy Award & Palme d’Or for Bright Star, Winner Camera d’Or for Love Serenade).
“One of the positive surprises Australia / 2019 / 117’ / 1:66:1 / 5.1 / English / Comedy – Drama in the competition of Venice” - MOVIE PLOT WINNER WINNER WINNER WINNER BEST YOUNG AUDIENCE JURY PRIZE SPECIAL BEST ACTOR ACTOR AWARD NEW COMPETITION MENTION TOBY WALLACE VENICE PINGYAO SAO PAOLO ZURICH MARRAKECH
Essie Davis Ben Mendelsohn (Game of Thrones, Best Actress (The King, Ready Player One, Animal Kingdom, at Sitges for The Babadook) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Toby Wallace Eliza Scanlen (Romper Stomper, (Sharp Objects, Acute Misfortune) Little Women d. Greta Gerwig) TRAILER
WINNER BEST FILM a ZABOU BREITMAN & ANGOULEME ELÉA GOBBE-MÉVELLEC picture
WINNER Based on the best seller and award winning novel by Yasmina Khadra. AUDIENCE AWARD Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in VALETTA love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
PRODUCER Reginald de Guillebon - Multi-Academy Award® nominated WINNER Animation Studio LES ARMATEURS (Belleville Rendez-Vous, The Kirikou Trilogy, The BEST FILM Secret of Kells, Ernest & Celestine) FRIESTADT CO-PRODUCERS Stéphan Roelants - Mélusine Productions / Joëlle Bertossa - Close Up Films / Michel Merkt - KNM / RTS / Olivier Père - ARTE France Cinéma
France - Luxembourg - Switzerland / 2019 / 2D Animation / 82 Min WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD THESSALONIKI “Completely gorgeous” LA TIMES
“This film threads an undying hope for the future through every shade of its tragedy and sacrifice” ROGER EBERT.COM
“Visually arresting and emotionally engaging” EYE FOR FILM
“Graphically rich...dramatically and poetically right” VARIETY
“Artistry on display” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL UPCOMING POST-PRODUCTION Death of a
FEATURING SONGS BY LEONARD COHEN Ladies’ Man a MATTHEW BISSONNETTE picture MEMORIES BIRD ON THE WIRE from the producers of BROOKLYN, ONCE and CHICAGO THE LOST CANADIAN Samuel O’Shea, a university professor of poetry, exuberant womanizer and enthusiastic WHY DON’T YOU TRY drinker has seen better days. His second marriage is ending, and his wife and children are HALLELUJAH at their wits’ end with him. More disturbingly, he has begun seeing things: Frankenstein sidles up to the bar and strangers sing and dance to Leonard Cohen tunes. His much- DID I EVER LOVE YOU missed father, who died when Samuel was just a boy, pops up for chats.
HEART WITH NO COMPANION At first Samuel thinks it could be the drink, or perhaps he’s just crazy or over-imaginative, but then learns he is gravely ill. Reflecting on the life he has lived, Samuel retreats to his family shack in remote Ireland, where he begins work on that great novel he always meant to write, and generally take stock. Surprisingly, or not, he meets and falls in love with a woman, who is full the unexpected. All this leads Samuel to an utterly unforeseeable happy ending. PRODUCERS Corey Marr - Corey Marr Productions (Passenger Side) / Marie- Claude Poulin - MCP Productions (Brooklyn, Café de Flore) / Martina Niland - Cosmo Films (Once, Sing Street) / Don Carmody - Don Carmody Productions (Chicago, Good Will Hunting) / Alexander Kushaev - Monte Rosso Production Canada - Ireland / 2020 / English DISTRIBUTION Mongrel Media (Canada) Gabriel Byrne Brian Gleeson Jessica Paré (Hereditary, Zerozerozero Amazon series, (Phantom Thread, (Mad Men, Seal Team, Standby) Maniac series, Miller’s Crossing, Mother!, Logan Lucky) The Usual Suspects)
Karelle Tremblay Antoine Olivier Pilon Suzanne Clément (The Fireflies Are Gone, (Mommy) (Mommy, Versailles, Our Loved Ones) Laurence Anyways) UPCOMING POST-PRODUCTION FEATURING DOWNTOWN BOYS Miss Marx ROCK AND PUNK COVERS OF DANCER IN THE DARK a SUSANNA NICCHIARELLI picture by Bruce Spingsteen and Set in 19th Century England, MISS MARX centers on the life on Karl Marx’s youngest L’INTERNATIONALE daughter Eleanor. In her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, and a powerful political AND ELECTRONIC COVERS OF activist, a feminist ahead of her time. In her private life, however, she was vulnerable in love CHOPIN’S NOCTURNES and ultimately ruined by her long relationship with the notorious cad, Edward Aveling. CAST Romola Garai (Atonement, Vanity Fair, The Miniaturist), Patrick Kennedy (War Horse, Atonement), Philip Groening and John Gordon Sinclair PRODUCERS A Vivo film (Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa) with Rai Cinema, in association with Tarantula Production MUSIC The prestigious American punk rock band Downtown Boys (Rolling Stones, Spine, New Yorker) will do a cover of Dancer in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen and of L’Internationale plus their original songs: Waves of History and I’m Enough (I Want More) Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo (soundtrack of Nico, 1988), will do an electronic adaptation of classical music pieces, such as the Nocturnes by Chopin DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Crystel Fournier (Nico, 1988, Tomboy) COSTUME DESIGNER Massimo Cantini Parrini (Pinocchio, Dogman) EDITOR Stefano Cravero (Nico, 1988, Dafne) SUSANNA NICCHIARELLI Italy - Benelux / 2020 / English (COSMONAUT, DISCOVERY AT DAWN, NICO,1988)
UPCOMING SHOOTING SUMMER 2020 Infinity Pool
a BRANDON CRONENBERG picture
The original screenplay, written by Cronenberg, folows James Foster, an uninspired writer and his wife, Em, on their all-inclusive vacation on the picturesque island of Li Tolqa. Befriended by the glamorous Gabi and Alban, the couples enjoy a forbidden picnic in the off limits Li Tolqan countryside that takes a sinister turn: the accidental fatality of a farmer leads to a death sentence for James. James can escape the verdict of local justice, but the uncanny mechanism that will ensure his survival also reveals a perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors. PRODUCERS Film Forge - Karen Harnisch, Andrew Cividino (Sleeping Giant, Baldy), Rob Coteril (Hobo With a Shotgun) / Celluloid Dreams Production - Hengameh Panahi, Charlotte Mickie (Chicken With Plums, Funny Games US) / Hero Squared - Daniel Kresmery, Jonathan Halperyn (Ransom, Archive) Canada - France - Hungary / 2021 / English
BRANDON CRONENBERG (ANTIVIRAL at Cannes 2012, POSSESSOR at Sundance 2020) Why are We / Are We Not Creative? a HERMANN VASKE picture IN RELEASE UPCOMING Why are We DELIVERY Why are We SUMMER 2020 NOT Creative? Creative? a HERMANN VASKE picture a HERMANN VASKE picture As part of a personal quest, for over 30 years director Hermann Vaske filmed the world’s most intriguing artists and thinkers, including over 50 luminaries, among The movie is a sequel to Vaske’s “Why Are We Creative”, but while the first film them Academy Award® and Nobel Prize winners, from the fields of visual art, concentrates on the promoters and sponsors of creativity, this new film unveils the music, acting, philosophy, politics, business and science, posing the question: true killers of creativity. It’s an exploration of the toxic circumstances that act as “Why are you creative?” beta blockers to ideas in all the various creative disciplines. Vaske’s subjects include: David Bowie, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe The movie will follow director Hermann Vaske and his sidekick Michael Madsen on Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, their mission to unmask and identify the idea killers. Together they analyze what Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Quentin Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo screws up creativity in order to identify the villains, from self-censorship to anxiety, Rauch, Stephen Hawking, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, from distraction to bureaucracy. The assassins of creativity are many and they are Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, John Cleese, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, lurking everywhere. And oddly, our reasons for not being creative are often very Takeshi Kitano and many others. creative indeed… The answers Vaske received are as varied and intriguing as his respondents. WHY As Vaske says: “In an age of uncertainty, where only creativity can help to solve ARE WE CREATIVE? is a vibrant celebration of what makes us most human, most the problems of the world, simply encouraging creativity is not enough. Only when fulfilled. we know where the enemy stands will we be able to avoid the beta blockers of creativity.” PRODUCERS Hermann Vaske / Emotional Network Production, Charles V. Bender FEATURING: MARINA ABRAMOVIC, JEFF KOONS, MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ, Germany / 2018 / 82’ / 1:85 / 5.1 / English / Art Documentary GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, JOHN CLEESE, MALCOLM MCLAREN, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, WIM WENDERS, MIKE LEIGH, BJORK, BONO, PETER GABRIEL, OSCAR NIEMEYER, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI , WILLEM DAFOE... DISTRIBUTION Rise and Shine Cinema (Germany), I Wonder Pictures (Italy), New Select (Japan), Sky (UK ), MovieCloud (Taiwan) Germany / 2020 / English / Art Documentary / Delivery Fall 2020 Follow the project at whyareyoucreative.com TRAILER Remastered in 4K
AVENUE B PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS LAURENT LAFITTE
EMMANUELLE BERCOT
A FILM BY SÉBASTIEN MARNIER
INSPPIED BY THE NOVEL SCHOOL’S OUT by Christophe DUFOSSÉ
ORIGINAL MUSIC ZOMBIE ZOMBIE GRINGE, GRÉGORY MONTEL, LUANA BAJRAMI, VICTOR BONNEL, VÉRONIQUE RUGGIA-SAURA, THOMAS SCIMECA, ADÈLE CASTILLON, MATTEO PEREZ, THOMAS GUY, LÉOPOLD BUCHSBAUM AND WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF PASCAL GREGGORY SCÉNARIO, ADPTATION ET DIALOGUES SÉBASTIEN MARNIER PRODUIT PAR CAROLINE BONMARCHAND IMAGE ROMAIN CARCANADE MONTAGE ISABELLE MANQUILLET SON BENJAMIN LAURENT EMMANUEL CROSET DÉCORS GUILLAUME DEVIERCY COSTUMES MARITÉ COUTARD 1ER ASSISTANT RÉALISATEUR SÉBASTIEN MATUCHET DIRECTRICE DE PRODUCTION ISABELLE TILLOU DIRECTRICE DE POST-PRODUCTION XÉNIA SULYMA UNE COPRODUCTION AVENUE B PRODUCTIONS 2L PRODUCTION AVEC LA PARTICIPATIONS DE CANAL + - OCS – EN ASSOCIATION AVEC LA BANQUE POSTALE IMAGE 11 – MANON 8 – SOFITVCINE 5 – SOFICINEMA 11 DEVELOPPEMENT - AVEC LA PARTICIPATION DU CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINEMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, DE L’ANGOA – AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE LA RÉGION ILE-DE-FRANCE – EN ASSOCIATION AVEC CELLULOID DREAMS ET HAUT ET COURT DISTRIBUTION .
DACHRA US re-release by Cohen Media DIRECTOR ABDELHAMID BOUCHNAK SCHOOL’S OUT CAST Yassmine Dimassi, Aziz Jebali, Bilel Slatnia DIRECTOR SÉBASTIEN MARNIER Tunisia / 2018 / 113’ /2:35 / 5.1 / French, Arabic / Horror CAST Laurent Lafitte (Elle), Emmanuelle Bercot (My King, Polisse), France / 2018 / 103’ / Scope / 5.1 / JOAN THE MAID DIRECTOR JACQUES RIVETTE A visually rich and moodily atmospheric film with a A frightening thriller and an ecological tale. Divine... The 4K restoration of Jacques Rivette’s keen sense for the unsettling. SCREEN MAYHEM SCREENDAILY two-part 1994 feature is a major event. TRAILER TRAILER THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER TRAILER Aktan Abdykalykov Karim Aïnouz Laurie Anderson Jacques Audiard Noah Baumbach Marco Bellocchio Bertrand Bonello Laurent Cantet Eric Caravaca Katrin Gebbe The Adopted Son Love For Sale Heart of a Dog Dheepan, Rust and Bone Frances Ha Dormant Beauty Organic, The Pornographer Heading South, Time Out The Passenger Nothing Bad Can A Prophet, The Beat That Sorelle, Vincere Tiresia Human Resources Happen My Heart Skipped Wedding Director The Sanguinaires See How They Fall
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