PRODUCTPRODUCT GUIDEGUIDE CANNES 2007 111 PICTURES x 2.5’ Budget: $ 1.3M LA CENA PER FARLI CONOSCERE Language: English Year of Production: 2005, Country of (A DINNER FOR THEM TO MEET) 111 Pictures, 1st Floor 111, Wardour Producer: Marilyn Higgins Origin: Turkey Sentimental Comedy (99’) Street, London, W1F OUH United Cast: A range of celebrities including 90 years ago the Gallipoli legend was Language: Italian With English Subtitles Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.758.0690. Fax: Johnny Depp, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, written in blood on the shores of Turkey. Director: Pupi Avati 44.207.734.2819. Will Smith and Jennifer Aniston. Not all the blood was Australian. Tolga Production: DUEA FILM in http://www.111pictures.com Delivery Status: Completed Ornek attempts to explain Gallipoli from collaboration with MEDUSA FILM and At Cannes: Alki David (President), Tony Year of Production: 2007, Country of all sides. SKY Lytle (Director of Sales), Eroulla Origin: USA THE HITTITES (THE EMPIRE THAT Cast: Diego Abatantuomo, Francesca Constatine (Vice President of Sales) Featuring Hollywood’s most talked about CHANGED THE ANCIENT WORLD) Neri, Inés sastre Office: 45 la Croisette, Tel: 0493.68.7193 film, music and television stars, Documentary (120 min) Status: Screening FISHTALES including Nicole Kidman, Orlando Language: English Country of Origin: Italy Family Comedy (95 min) Bloom, Halle Berry, Daniel Craig and Director: Tolga Ornek A man, four women and a dinner, to Language: English Scarlet Johansson; Superstars is the Writer: Tolga Ornek discover love, and rediscover the family. Director: Alki David must-see collection of celebrity profiles. Producer: Tolga Ornek LAST MINUTE MOROCCO Key Cast: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Alki JAMES BLUNT LIVE IN KOSOVO Co-production partners: Peter Hankwitz, Teenager Comedy (90’) David, Amber Savva Documentary, 50’ Rob Kirk and Rob Lihani Language: Italian with English subtitles Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Sanem Celik, Director: Francesco Falaschi Budget 15,000.000 Cast: James Blunt Burak Sergen, Yesim Alic Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Maria Grazia Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Narrator: Jeremy Irons Cucinotta, Kesia Elwin Origin: United Kingdom Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production: an Italian Dreams Oxford University Professor (Zane), Origin: UK Budget: $ 1.2M Factory and Rai Cinema production, an travels to Greece and with the help of his A unique documentary following Brit Year of Production: 2003, Country of Italian-French co- production in daughter meets mermaid (Brook), who Award winner James Blunt during his Origin: Turkey collaboration with SBS France helps him to unravel ancient love spells. emotional return to the place where he The Hittites: the most powerful people in Status: Screening OPA! served as a soldier. the Near East of their time. Highlights Country of origin: Italy Romantic Comedy (100 min) include the recreation of the controversial There is no place nor age for the Language: English battle of Kadesh that decimated the discovery of tenderness, first kisses and Director: Udayan Prasad 8 STAR armies of Pharaoh Ramesses II. falling in love. Key Cast: Matthew Modine, Agni Scott, ROSSO MALPELO (LITTLE BOY Richard Griffiths, Alki David ENTERTAINMENT RED) Delivery Status: Completed 8 STAR Entertainment, 4647 Kingswell Drama (90’) Budget 5,000.000 Ave., Suite 129, Los Angeles, CA 90027, A Language: Italian with English subtitles Year of Production: 2005, Country of USA. Tel: 323.665.4898. Fax: Director: Pasquale Scimeca Origin: United Kingdom 323.665.4898. ADRIANA CHIESA Production: Arbash Film in collaboration Archeologist (Modine) arrives on Greek www.8starentertainment.com, email: with European Union, P.O.R. Sicilia, island in search of an artifact. He falls in [email protected] ENTERPRISES Ente Parco Minerario Di Floristella love with a woman who owns the village Distributor, Sales Agent Adriana Chiesa Enterprises s.r.l., Via Grottacalda and Regione Sicilia Taverna, under which the artifact may be At Cannes: Cida Goncalves (President) Barnaba Oriani 24/A 00197 Rome, Italy. Status: Screening buried. Acquisition Executive: Cida Goncalves Tel: 39.0680.86052. Country of origin: Italy Office: 119.01, Tel: 323.992.7890 Fax: 39.0680.687855. What is described here could have BLOOD & WINE (A BRAZILIAN [email protected] happened today, anywhere in the world 3DD STORY) At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma where there are children abandoned, ENTERTAINMENT Drama (100 min) (President), Rossella Gori (Head of exploited, mistreated. Language: Portuguese w/English International Sales) CABIRIA 3DD Entertainment, 190 Camden High Subtitles Office: Hotel Carlton, Salon du Bridge, Director: Giovanni Pastrone Street, London, NW1 8QP UK. Tel: Director: Joao Batista de Andrade 1st Floor, Tel: 33.4.9306.4100. Production: Presented By Martin 44.0207.428.1800. Fax: Writer: Joao Batista de Andrade Fax: 33.4.9306.4101. Scorsese; a Restoration by the Museo 44.0207.428.1818. www.3ddgroup.com, Producer: Fernando Andrade Mobile: 39.335.8265.984 Nazionale Del Cinema – Turin, in email: [email protected] Cast: Leonardo Vieira, Simone Distributor Spoladore, Ailton Graca, Jose Dumont, During Cannes: Dominic Saville (CEO), Eva Wilma Adam Wakeling (Deputy Head of Sales), Delivery Status: Completed James Anderson (Sales Manager) Budget: $ 1.1M Office: Tel: 44.207.428.1800 Year of Production: 2006, Country of ROBBIE’S SHORTS Origin: Brazil Short films, 30’ (6 films) The tragedy of a simple family caught up Language: English in the political life of Brazil of the 50s Director: Various and 60s, an unsolved murder, a terrifying Cast: A range of actors including Steve story. Furst GALLIPOLI (THE FRONTLINE Delivery Status: Completed EXPERIENCE) Year of Production: 2006, Country of www.gallipoli-film.com Origin: UK Documentary (110 min) Slick filming, original ideas and a wide Language: English range of messages - all with the backdrop Director: Tolga Ornek of tracks from Robbie Williams’ latest Writer: Tolga Ornek album Rudebox. Producer: Tolga Ornek SUPERSTARS Cast/Narrator: Jeremy Irons and Sam Documentary, 26 x 30’ Neil Also available: mobile/web package 130 Delivery Status: Completed FISHTALES –111 PICTURES The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Association with Prestech Film Film Auschwitz concentration camp. It took MAGIC STONE Laboratories Ltd. - London Status: Screening him ten months to get back to his home www.magicstonethemovie.com Year of production: 1914: Restored Country of origin: Italy in Italy. The filmmaker travels the Family adventure (90’) Silent Version; 1931: Restored Version A contemporary, emotional, vibrant, itinerary today. Director: English With Music, Country of origin: Italy refined thriller with Nordic lights and BACIAMI PICCINA (THREE ON Language: Jowita Gondek An historical masterpiece. In the history southern passions, mysterious deaths, an THE ROAD) Co-Production Partners: Oliver Shiflish of Italian silent films, no movie can avalanche of ambiguities. Rhythms that Comedy (111’) Producer: Dariusz Zawislak equal Cabiria in importance and success. explode at every shock with lacerations Language: Italian with English subtitles Delivery Status: In Development MEMORIAS CUBANAS (CUBAN punctuated by Ennio Morricone’s music. Director: Roberto Cimpanelli Year of Production: end of 2007, Country MEMORIES) VIAGGIO SEGRETO (SECRET Cast: Vincenzo Salemme, Neri Marcore’, of Origin: PL, HU, USA Documentaries JOURNEY) Elena Russo Based on the Maria Kruger novel Language: Spanish, English Romantic Mystery (107’) Production: Rodeo Drive and Medusa “Caroline and The Magic Pen” is the Seven Documentaries: Language: Italian with English subtitles Film amazing story, full of spectacular A DAY WITH FIDEL Based on the novel “The Status: screening adventures and surprising situations. (90 minutes) Reconstructionist” by Josephine Hart Country of origin: Italy CUBA 30 YEARS AFTER Director: Roberto Ando’ On the road to Venice…Luisa is (90 minutes) Production: Medusa Film, Rodeo Drive dreaming of marriage…Umberto of his ALLIED POPE JOHN PAUL II AND FIDEL and Manigolda big chance…the crook has no more ENTERTAINMENT, Part 1, part 2 (90 minutes each) Cast: Emir Kusturica, Alessio Boni, dreams… CHE 40 YEARS LATER Donatella Finocchiaro JIMMY DELLA COLLINA (JIMMY INC. (90 minutes) Status: Screening ON THE HILL) Allied Entertainment, Inc., 8899 Beverly FIDEL REVEALS CHE Country of origin: Italy Drama (90’) Blvd. Suite 911, West Hollywood, CA (90 minutes) A psychological mystery story, set in Language: Italian with English subtitles 90048 USA. Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax: THE LONG MARCH OF THE MAYA sunny Sicily, intensely passionate, Director: Enrico Pau 310.271.0706. (90 minutes) erotically obsessive, sensual, a rare kind Production: X Film s.r.l. www.alliedentertainment.com, email: Director: Gianni Mina’ of love that goes beyond the bonds of Cast: Nicola Adamo, Valentina [email protected] Production: G.M.E. Produzioni flesh and blood… Carnelutti, Francesco Origo, At Cannes: James Moder (Chairman), Country of origin: Italy MARE NERO (DARK SEA) Massimiliano Medda Janet Y. Liu (VP - Sales Consultant, Asia) An extraordinary unique collection of Thriller (83’) Status: Screening Office: Riviera, F17, Tel: 310.271.0703 / seven documentaries, unreleased images, Language: Italian with English subtitles Country of origin: Italy 33(0)4.9299.3305. Fax: 310.271.0706 impressive reportages, live interviews, Director: Roberta Torre Based on the Novel Jimmy Della Collina SAW BLADE exclusive declarations tracing the Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Anna Mouglalis by Massimo Carlotto. A modern parable Horror (90 minutes) tormented destiny of Cuba. Production: Rai Cinema and Cattleya of a young man’s search for love and Language: English LE ROSE DEL DESERTO (ROSES Country of origin: Italy life. Director: Dennis Devine FROM THE DESERT) A murder, an investigation, a journey Co-Production Partners: Allied Satirical Comedy (102’) through a male world of desire where Entertainment, Inc. Language: Italian with English subtitles real figures fuse and superimpose with ADYTON Producer: David Sterling Director: Mario Monicelli fantasies. INTERNATIONAL Key Cast: Reggie Bannister Production: Luna Rossa Cinematografica ROSSO COME IL CIELO (RED Delivery Status: In Production Cast: Michele Placido, Alessandro Haber LIKE THE SKY) Adyton International, ul. Wittiga 5/16, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: Screening Drama (96’) Warsaw, 03-188 Poland. Tel: Origin: USA Country of origin: Italy Language: Italian with English subtitles 48.609.981.429. Fax: 48.22.614.90.32. A vengeful and evil butcher killed in a A satirical comedy about war and love. Director: Christian Bortone www.adyton.eu, email: [email protected] slaughterhouse returns from the dead ten DYING IN ATHENS Cast: Luca Capriotti, Paolo Sassanelli At Cannes: Dariusz Zawislak (CEO), years later to systematically slice up Musical Comedy (105’) Production: Orisa Produzioni Sylwia Kochaniec (Sales Executive), members of a Heavy Metal Band. Language: Greek with English subtitles Country of origin: Italy Monika Blachnio (Sales Executive) JOHNNY SLADE’S GREATEST Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos A moving, true story. The saga of a blind Office: C/O Media Umbrella Stand H4. 35 HITS Production: Accelere s.a., Greek Film child who fights to reach out for his GENERATION JOHN PAUL II. Comedy (94 minutes) Center, ERT, P.C.V. s.a., Marianna Films, dreams and his freedom. CROSSROADS. Language: English Nova GHOST SON Documentary (1x94’ or 2x50’) Director: John Fiore Status: Screening Horror (100’) Language: English Producer: John Fiore Country of origin: Greece Language: English Director: Jowita Gondek Key Cast: John Fiore, Vincent Curatola, A musical comedy on life, death, sex and Director: Lamberto Bava Producer: Dariusz Zawislak Richard Portnow love. Cast: Laura Harring, John Hannah, Pete Key Cast: Biography of John Paul II. Delivery Status: Completed PER NON DIMENTICARTI Postlethwaite Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2005, Country of (FORGET YOU NOT) Production: An Italian-British-Spanish Budget 0,6 M Euro Origin: USA Period Humour-Drama (94’) and South African co-production: Star Year of Production: 2007, Country of A struggling lounge singer who gets Language: Italian with English subtitles Edizioni Cinematografiche SRL in Origin: Poland, USA hired to open a hot new nightclub, Director: Mariantonia Avati association with C.R.C. Srl and A.E. This movie is based on the biography of singing a new song each night, soon Cast: Anita Caprioli – Ettore Bassi Media Corporation SRL, Ghost Son Karol Wojtyla, and tells the stories of realizes that whenever he sings a song a Production: Matteo Cinematografica (UK) Films Ltd, Camarote Films SL and young people born when the popular new crime is committed. Status: Screening Moviworld (Pty) Ltd Polish priest become a pope for the world. TOWER OF BLOOD (HIGH RISE) Country of origin: Italy Country of origin: Italy, Spain, UK and FROM SOLIDARITY TO LIBERTY Horror (90 minutes) Nine women, nine lives, nine intimate South Africa Documentary (1x90’ or 2x 50’) Director: English portraits that go straight to the heart with A breathless paranormal thriller on the Language: English Language: Corbin Timbrook humour and drama. Excellent debut by edge of suspense from beginning to end. Director: Jowita Gondek Producer: David Sterling & Corbin the daughter of Pupi Avati. LA STRADA DI LEVI (PRIMO Producer: Dariusz Zawislak Timbrook LA SCONOSCIUTA (THE LEVI’S JOURNEY) Delivery Status: In Development Key Cast: Chris Todd, Desire Varona, UNKNOWN) Documentary (92’) Budget 0,6 M Euro J.T. Thomas Noir - Thriller (118’) Language: Various Languages with Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Language: Italian with English subtitles English subtitles Origin: Poland Year of Production: 2005, Country of Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Director: Davide Ferrario More than twenty-five years ago Origin: USA Music: Ennio Morricone Production: Rossofuoco and Rai Cinema something remarkable happenen at the Three couples attending a party in an Cast: Ksenia Rappoport, Michele Country of origin: Italy Gdansk abandoned 30-story High Rise building Placido, Claudia Gerini, Margherita Buy, On January 27th, 1945, Primo Levi, Shipyard, now in different era we are still not knowing that an escaped mental Alessandro Haber author of the worldwide famous novel “if trying to understand the meaning of patient is on the loose who starts killing Production: Medusa Film and Manigolda this is a man”, was liberated from the events that took place in 1980. them one by one, hacking up the victims.

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AMERICA VIDEO Producer: Brett A. Hart, Chad Stalcup, Janssen Origin: USA Greg Hughs, Richard Saied Delivery Status: Completed A down-and-out ex-mercenary stumbles FILMS SA Cast: Luke Goss, Lance Henrikson, Dee Country of Origin: USA into the seedy world of underground America Video Films SA, Virrey Loreto Wallace-Stone Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ultimate fighting, where he climbs the 2426–1426, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Country of Origin: USA ten commandments. ranks, loses his illusions, and in the Tel: 5411.47879098. Eddie finds himself forced at gunpoint by process redeems himself. Fax: 5411.47879094. Website: Jimmy , an unseen assailant, on a dark ARRAMIS FILMS, www.americavideofilms.com, email: and brutal journey through the harsh [email protected] terrains of the Mojave desert. INC. ARRI MEDIA DEVILS DOMINOS Distributor Arramis Films, Inc., 8619 - 17th Ave. NE, WORLDSALES At Cannes: Enrique Maya (President), Thriller (90 min) Seattle, WA 98115-3203 USA. Tel: ARRI Media Worldsales (Worldsales Maria Fernanda F. Vila (Business Director: Scott Prestin 323.654.4965. Fax: 206.782.8351. Company), Türkenstr. 89, 80799 Munich, Affairs), Utako Niimi (Japan Consultant). Producer: John Bosher, Scott Prestin, www.arramisfilms.com, email: Germany. Tel: 49.89.38.09.1288. Fax: Acquisition Executive: Claudio William Maursky [email protected] 49.89.38.09.1619. www.arri- Braslavsky Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Vincent Pastore At Cannes: Rafael Primorac (President) mediaworldsales.de Office: Carlton 225 & 226, Country of Origin: USA Office: Riviera Booth F11, Tel: At Cannes: Antonio Exacoustos (Head of Tel: 334.93064225 Sopranos meets Very Bad. A fatal car 323.302.2710 Worldsales) LUCID accident with a mob bosses son turns a ULTIMATE FORCE - DIRECTOR’S Office: Int’l Village, German Pavilion Mystery (89 min.) weekend hunting trip into an ever- CUT HEIMAT – FRAGMENTE DIE Director: Sean Garrity escalating whirlwind of deception, Action/Fighting (90 minutes) FRAUEN (HEIMAT-FRAGMENTS Key Cast: Jonas Chernick, Callum Keith backstabbing and murder for four long- Language: English THE WOMEN) Rennie time friends. Director: Mark Burson Feature (145 min) Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Rafael Primorac; John S. Language: German When a young psychotherapist starts to ARCLIGHT FILMS Hicks Director: Edgar Reitz learn about his patient’s dark secrets he Key Cast: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Producer: Edgar Reitz, Christian Reitz Arclight Films, 9229 Sunset Boulevard, begins to uncover the mystery of his own Ruza Madjarevic, Igor Galo Cast: Nicola Schoessler, Henry Arnold, Suite 705, Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA. existence. Delivery Status: Completed Salome Kammer, a.o. Tel: 1.310.777.8855. Fax: SWEENY TODD Budget: $1 million Delivery Status: Completed; 1.310.777.8882. www.arclightfilms.com, Horror (91 min.) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2006 email: [email protected] Director: Dave Moore Origin: USA HEIMAT-FRAGMENTS is the story of Sales Agent Key Cast: Ray Winstone, Tom Hardy In the tradition of Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Lulu, the 35-year-old daughter of the At Cannes: Gary Hamilton (Managing Delivery Status: Completed Dragon” and Luc Besson’s “The musician Hermann Simon. Director), Ian Gibbins (General The demon barber of Fleet street comes Professional”, “Ultimate Force” is a AUFTAUCHEN (AMOUR FOU) Manager), Jonathan Deckter (President, to life in this new retelling of the classic spy/martial arts/action adventure Erotic Drama International Sales), Lina Marrone (VP, story introducing the new dynamic action- Language: German International Sales), Harrison Kordestani THE NEXT PREMONITION hero, ultimate fighting champion Mirko Director: Felicitas Korn Supernatural, Thriller (90 min.) (Production & Financing), Nigel O’Dell “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Producer: Judith Erber, Bernhard Koch Director: Nicolas Cuche (Production & Acquisitions, Australia GIALLO Cast: Henriette Heinze, Golo Euler, Key Cast: Frederic Diefenthal Office: Lerins S3, Horror (92 minutes) Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Packhaeuser, Till Delivery Status: Completed Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.29. Language: English Trenkel, Patrick Gueldenberg, Juergen After killing an old fortune-teller in a car Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.32.30 Director: Jim Agnew Lehmann, Claire Oelkers accident, a man’s premonitory visions THE BANK JOB Producer: Rafael Primorac, John S. Hicks Delivery Status: Completed dictate his fate. Thriller Key Cast: TBD Year of Production: 2006 Language: English Delivery Status: Pre-Production A desperate fight between love and Director: Roger Donaldson Budget: $1.2 million passion begins into which Nadja dives AMERICAN WORLD Writer: Dick Clements, Ian La Frenais, George Year of Production: 2007, Country of headfirst and which threatens to PICTURES McIndoe (Story), Aaron Shuster (Story) Origin: USA overwhelm Darius……. Producer: Charles Roven, Steve A beautiful American supermodel in FILM: DER ROTE ELVIS (THE RED American World Pictures, 16027 Ventura Chasman Milano teams up with a tough cop with a ELVIS) Blvd, Suite 320, Encino, CA 91436 USA. Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows mysterious past to rescue her visiting Documentary Tel: 818.380.9100. Fax: 818.380.0050. Delivery Status: Production sister from a deranged serial killer. Language: Original Version with English http://www.americanworldpictures.com Country of Origin: UK BRUTAL subtitles At Cannes: Mark L. Lester (President) The Bank Job tells how one of the Action/Fighting (92 minutes) Director: Leopold Grün (Buying/Selling), Dana Dubovsky biggest robberies in British history took Director: English Producer: Thomas Janze (President of Production), Martin K. place with no arrests ever made, nor Language: Mark Burson Delivery Status: Completed Marab (President of International money ever recovered. Producer: Rafael Primorac, John S. Hicks Year of Production: 2007 Production and Distribution), Terese BROOKLYN RULES Key Cast: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic As a young man from a small town in Linden Kohn (Executive Vice President Thriller/Drama (99 Minutes) Delivery Status: In Development Colorado, he moved to Hollywood. His of Distribution) (Selling) Language: English Budget: $1.5 million songs conquered the South American charts. Office: Riviera F-6, Tel:001.323.363.9872 Director: Michael Corrente Year of Production: 2007, Country of THE LAST SIN EATER Writer: Terence Winter Family (118 min) Producer: Terence Winter, Marisa Director: Michael Landon Jr. Polvino, Richard B. Lewis Producer: Brian Bird, Michael Landon Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena Suvari, Jr., Robert Gros and Alec Baldwin Cast: Henry Thomas, Liana Liberato, Delivery Status: Completed Peter Wingfield, Elizabeth Lackey, Country of Origin: USA Louise Fletcher Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a Country of Origin: USA backdrop, three life-long friends struggle 10-year-old Cadi Forbes is wracked with with questions of love, loss and loyalty. guilt over the death of her sister. She THE TEN feels responsible for the loss and sets out Comedy (93 minutes) to find the only man, known as The Sin Language: English Eater, who can take away her guilt. Director: David Wain BONE DRY Producer: Jonathan Stern, Ken Marino, Thriller (100 min) David Wain Director: Brett A. Hart Cast: Winona Ryder, Jessica Alba, Famke LE GRAND CHEF – SHOW EAST

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ARSENAL PICTURES Hues, Katherine Hawkes Writer: Leigh Scott Ossorio, a.o. Year of Production: 2007 Producer: David Rimawi, David Michael Producer: various Arsenal Pictures, 6363 Wilshire Blvd, A sleepy town turns to a place of evil Latt, Paul Bales Key Cast: Paul Naschy, o.a. Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA, 90025, USA. unrest when a covenant of vampires Key Cast: Matt Wolf, Amy Weber, Griff Delivery Status: Completed Tel: 323.852.0011. Fax: 323.852.0013. starts to feed there. Furst Country of Origin: Spain www.arsenal-pictures.com, email: STRIKING RANGE Delivery Status: Postproduction A prestigious package of 18 timeless [email protected] Action Thriller (95 min) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Spanish Horror classics, of which 10 star Sales agent, Distributor, Production Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Yancy Origin: USA Spain’s genre icon Paul Naschy. Company Butler, Jeff Speakman, Glenn A race of alien robots invades the Earth. Available for the first time restored and At Cannes: Yarek Danielak (Managing Morshower, Tom Wright THE APOCALYPSE remastered on state of the art High Director), Chuck Speed, William J. Year of Production: 2006 (90 Minutes) Definition. MacDonald Eugene “Vash” Vasher (Lou Diamond Language: English HEAD TRAUMA Acquisition Executive: Yarek Danielak Phillips) and his mercenary team is Director: Justin Jones http://myspace.com/headtraumamovie Office: Riviera M3/N4, Tel: called in to protect an arms dealer after Writer: David Michael Latt Horror 33(0)4.92.99.33.27 he double crosses a terrorist group Producer: David Rimawi, David Michael Director: English TIMBER FALLS purchasing a next generation weapon. Latt, Paul Bales Language: Lance Weiler Thriller Key Cast: Rhett Giles, Jill Staple Key Cast: Vince Mola, Jamil A.C. Producers: Arnold Rifkin (Die Hard 4.0, , Kristen Quintrall Mangan, Mary Monahan, Jim Sullivan, Tears of the Sun), Christopher Eberts ASIA ANIMATION Delivery Status: Completed Meryl Lynn Brown (Lord of War, Lucky Number Slevin) LTD. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Origin: USA Year of Production: 2006, Country of Searcy, Beth Broderick Asia Animation Ltd., Unit 816, Peninsula A giant asteroid headed for Earth setsff a Origin: USA Status: Ready for delivery Centre, 67 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui series of apocalyptic events. After a 20 year absence, drifter, George A young couple camping in the East, Kowloon Hong Kong. Tel: DRAGON Walker, returns home to settle his mountains is hunted down and kidnapped 852.2728.3738. Fax: 852.2311.3611. (85 Minutes) grandmother’s estate. As if awakening by a deranged cult in need of a newborn www.asiaanimation.net, email: Language: English from a long dream, he finds his child. [email protected] Director: Leigh Scott childhood home condemned and littered TOXIC At Cannes: Charlie Wong (Distribution Writer: Leigh Scott with the remnants of squatters. Supernatural Thriller Consultant), Leslie Chin (Distribution Producer: David Rimawi, David Michael Cast: Dominique Swain (Face/Off, Manager) Latt, Paul Bales Lolita), Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk SPARKLING RED STAR Key Cast: Amelia Jackon-Gray, Matt ATRIX FILMS / SOLA Down, Saving Private Ryan), Ling Bai http://sparklingredstarmovie.com/ Wolf, Eliza Swenson (Sky Captain and the World of Animation (90 Min) Delivery Status: Completed MEDIA Tomorrow), Master P, C. Thomas Language: Mandarin Year of Production: 2006, Country of Atrix Films / Sola Media, Howell, Susan Ward Director: Dante Lam Origin: USA Aggensteinstrasse 13 a, 81545 München, Status: Ready for delivery Co-Production Partners: August First A princess must pass through a forest Germany. Tel: 49.89.64282611. Bounty hunters tracking a fugitive Film Studio Ltd. guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. Fax: 49.89.64957349. www.atrix- through her seedy underworld uncover a Producer: Chin Yiu Tong, Ming Zhen films.com, email: [email protected] supernatural curse and a trail of dead Jiang Sales Agent, Film Financing, Distributor bodies. Delivery Status: Post Production ATLAS At Cannes: Beatrix Wesle (CEO), LOADED Budget US 3 million INTERNATIONAL Solveig Langeland (CEO), Thomas Action/Thriller Country of Origin: China Woodward (Sales) Cast: Jesse Metcalfe (John Tucker Must It is the adventure story in 1937 of a FILM GMBH Office: Riviera J 2, Palais de Festival), Die, “Desperate Housewives”), Nicole child, little Pan Dongzi and his friends to Atlas International Film GmbH, Tel: 49.1704113766 Eggert, Monica Keena, Corey Large, fight againse the invader, Hu, of the Candidplatz 11, Munich, 81543 BATHORY Jimmy Jean-Louis vlillage Germany. Tel: 49(0)89.210.97.50. Fax: www.bathorythefilm.com Status: Ready for delivery STORM RIDER CLASH OF THE 49(0)89.22.43.32. www.atlasfilm.com, Thriller (137 min) A wealthy country club kid descends into EVILS email: [email protected] Language: English an out-of-control world of drugs, sex and Animation (110 min) At Cannes: Philipp MENZ (President Director: Juraj Jakobisko violence, only to discover he is the center Language: Mandarin Sales & Acquisition) Writer: Juraj Jakobisko of a Machiavellian revenge plot. Director: Dante Lam Office: M11/N12, Tel: Producer: Mike Downey, Deana Co-Production Partners: ShangHai Media 33(0)4.92.99.32.06. Fax: Jakobikova, Sam Taylor Group ARTIST VIEW 33(0)4.92.99.32.07. Philipp Menz cell: Cast: Anna Friel, Vincent Regan, Producer: Chin Yiu Tong, Li Rui Gang 49(0)172.9606400 Karel Roden - Delivery Status: completed ENTERTAINMENT Delivery Status: In Production THE DEVIL’S GATEWAY Budget: $ 14 Mio. Artist View Entertainment, 4425 Irvine Budget US 8 million (MAITLAND) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Avenue, Studio City, CA 91602 USA. Tel: Country of Origin: China www.atlasfilm.com Origin: UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 818.752.2480. Fax: 818.752.9339 A martial Arts animation adapted from Horror Hungary At Cannes: Scott J. Jones (President), Jay the famous Comic, “The Storm Rider” in Language: English Bathory is based on the legends E. Joyce (Vice President), Jennifer Dillon Hong Kong Director: Alexander HERGET surrounding the life and deeds of (Director, Distribution Services) Producer: Alexander HERGET & Anne Countess Elizabeth Bathory, known as Office: Stand J 10, Tel: MASON the greatest murderess in the history of 33(0)4.92.99.32.08 THE ASYLUM Key Cast: Holly Brisley, Michael mankind. ILLEGAL ALIENS The Asylum, 1012 N. Sycamore Avenue, Piccirilli, Rob Flanagan, Paul Moxey, HOW TO COOK YOUR LIFE Comedy (90 min) Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA. Stephen Adamson Documentary (93 min) Cast: Anna Nicole Smith, Joanie Laurer, Tel: 323.850.1214. Fax: 323.850.1218. Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Gladise Jimenez, www.theasylum.cc, email: Year of Production: 2006, Country of Director: Doris Doerrie Year of Production: 2007 [email protected] Origin: Australia Writer: Doris Doerrie “Charlie’s Angels” goes sci-fi, with a Producer/Distributor February 14th 1973, a prison warden Producer: Fidelis Mager, Franz Gernstel touch of “Men In Black”. Three aliens At Cannes: David Rimawi (CEO), Paul goes on a murderous rampage in one of Cast: Edward Brown morph into super-hot babes and arrive to Bales (COO) Australia’s most notorious of prisons. Delivery Status: completed protect the earth from the intergalactic Office: Riviera Stand D7, Tel: THE VICTORY MEDIA LIBRARY Year of Production: 2007, Country of forces of evil. 323.633.8454 (THE PAUL NASCHY Origin: Germany IMMORTALLY YOURS TRANSMORPHERS COLLECTION) Here comes Zen and the Art of a Good Thriller (97 min) (90 Minutes) Horror Meal! Filmmaker Doris Doerrie turns her Cast: Tony Daniel Goddard, Gary Language: English Language: English attention to Buddhism and that age-old Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Matthias Director: Leigh Scott Director: Leon Klimovsky, Amando de saying, you are what you eat. The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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THE TURTLE’S SONG BAVARIA FILM Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller, Documentary (95 min) B Itay Turgeman, Arthur Faradjev, Language: English INTERNATIONAL Itai Szor Director: Nick Stringer BANANA FILMS Bavaria Film International, Scriptwriter: Ron Leshem and Writer: Nick Stringer Joseph Cedar Banana Films, 83-85 Rue Philomène, Bavariafilmplatz 8, 82031 Geiselgasteig, Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Status: Completed. Screening 1030 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: Germany. Tel: 49.89.6499.2686. Nick Stringer, Helmut Grasser Year of Production: 2007, Country 322.219.9190. Fax: 322.219.9410. Fax: 49.89.6499.3720. www.bavaria- Cast: Animal Documentary of Origin: Israel www.bananafilms.be, film-international.com, email: Delivery Status: in Production Liraz Liberti, a young Israeli [email protected] [email protected] Budget: $ 5 commander is defending the Company Type: Producer At Cannes: Thorsten Schaumann Year of Production: 2008, Country of Beaufort Castle in southern At Cannes: Jean-Luc VAN DAMME (Head of Bavaria Film International, Origin: UK, Austria, Finland Lebanon against invisible enemies. (President) Sales & Acquisitions), Thorsten Ritter A feature length documentary that Office: Tel: 06.73.83.01.92 (Head of Bavaria Film International, follows the epic journey of a baby ANGELS’ CHOICE Marketing & Acquisitions), Stefanie loggerhead turtle. Directed by Emmy- www.angelschoice.net Zeitler (Sales Manager), Klaus BECKER award winning Nick Stringer. Drama (110 minutes) Rasmussen (Sales Manager), Sebastian Kiesmüller INTERNATIONAL Language: English Becker International, Level 1, 11 Director: Maria RIPOLL (Sales & Marketing Manager), Anegret AURORA Waltham Street, Artarmon, NSW 2064 Writer: Marie-Laure Berthelin Eckl (Sales Manager), Olaf Aichinger Australia. Tel: 61.2.9438.3377 . ENTERTAINMENT (screenplay) – Greg LATTER (adaptation (Acquisitions Manager), Christine Reitz Fax: 61.2.9439.1827. & dialogue) (Team Assistant) CORPORATION www.beckerinternational.com.au, email: Producer: Jean-Luc VAN DAMME Acquisition Executive: Olaf Aichinger, Aurora Entertainment Corporation, 9454 [email protected] Co-production partners: FUTURE cell: 49.172.8111.759 Wilshire Blvd, Suite M-11, Beverly Hills, Sales agent FILMS – ALQUIMIA CINEMA - Office: Marché du Film, Booth Number 9, CA 90212 USA. Tel: 310.858.1005. At Cannes: Iain Canning (Head of Sales LIBRISFILMS Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.19. Fax: 310.858.1050. & Acquisitions), Jonathan Page (Head Delivery Status: Pre-production Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.32.20. www.returnofthelivingdead4and5.com of Finance & Operations), Joyce Layton Budget: 12 M $ email: [email protected] Producer/Production (Sales Executive & Operations Year of Production: 2007, Country of AND ALONG COME TOURISTS At Cannes: Anatoly Fradis (President), Manager), Ali Yap (Sales & Event Origin: Belgium International Market Premiere Michail Gugin (Vice President) Coordinator) Piled up in a raft of two square meters, Drama (85 min) Office: DDA Business Center, without any food and only 5 liters of Language: German, Polish, English Acquisition Executive: Iain Canning Tel: 04.97.06.8563, Fax: 04.97.06.8589 water, Kate, Sean and their little daughter Producers: Britta Knöller, Hans-Christian Office: Hotel Majestic, Suite 128, BABI YAR Emily hope for a rescue that does not Schmid Tel: 33.04.92.98.77.00, Fax: Drama come. Director: Robert Thalheim 33.04.93.38.97.90 Language: English Scriptwriter: Robert Thalheim CONTROL Director: Harold Becker Production companies: 23|5 Drama (120 minutes) Writer: Greg Melott BAUER MARTINEZ Filmproduktion GmbH in co-production Language: English Producer: Anatoly Fradis with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel Director: Anton Corbijn Delivery Status: Preproduction, Presales INTERNATIONAL Key cast: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Producer: Orian Williams, Todd Eckert, Budget: $25 million Bauer Martinez International, 9701 Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka Anton Corbijn Year of Production: 2007, Country of Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, Delivery Status: completed/Screening Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Origin: USA CA 90212 USA. Tel: 310.860.6113. Fax: Country of Origin: Germany Alexandra Maria Lara Story of a young Christian boy living in 310.860.6114. www.bauermartinez.com Sven arrives in Auschwitz to fulfill his Delivery Status: Completed/Screening the Ukraine during Nazi invasion and At Cannes: Philippe Martinez, Karinne civil service. One of his duties is to look Year of Production: 2007, Country of witnessing the Holocaust. Behr, Robin Cohen after the concentration camp survivor Origin: UK OFF CENTER: THE PAUL LYNDE Office: Noga Hilton, Suite 305, Tel: Krzeminski, a stubborn and taciturn old Real life drama about Ian Curtis, Joy STORY 33(0)4.92.99.70.00 man. Division and his very personal and Drama WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE WILD CHICKS IN LOVE troubled events that lead to his tragic Language: English Written and Directed by Jonathan International Market Premiere suicide. Director: William Butler Hensleigh. Produced by Gale Anne Hurd Family Entertainment (108 min) NIGHT Writer: William Butler, Aaron Strongoni Delivery Status: Completed Language: German Documentary (80 minutes) Producer: Anatoly Fradis, James Two young couples try to escape with Director: Vivian Naefe Language: English Rosenthal, Michael Airington their lives when they venture into the Scriptwriter: Marie Graf, Uschi Reich, Director: Lawrence Johnston Delivery Status: Preproduction, Presales remote jungles of New Guinea in search Vivian Naefe, based on the novel by Producer: Lawrence Johnston, Lizzette Budget: $6 million of Michael Rockefeller, the wealthy Cornelia Funke Atkins Year of Production: 2007, Country of scion of the famed Rockefeller family. Producers: Uschi Reich, Peter Zenk Delivery Status: Completed/Screening Origin: USA THE WAITING ROOM Production companies: Bavaria Year of Production: 2007, Country of An aging gay TV icon struggles with life Horror, Thriller Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH in Origin: Australia in the 70’s, spiraling downward into the Delivery Status: Pre-Production coproduction with Lunaris Film, NIGHT is a stunning and cinematic big depths of alcoholism. EX GAMES Constantin Film and ZDF screen event documentary which CHRONIC Year of Production: 2007 Cast: Michelle von Treuberg, Lucie explores the universal nature of night and Horror, Sci-Fi Delivery Status: Pre-Production Hollmann, Paula Riemann how we experience it. Language: English Comedy Status: Completed/screeing FORBIDDEN LIE$ Director: John Vulich Three recent divorcees scheme to marry Country of Origin: Germany Documentary (109 minutes) Writer: William Butler, Aaron Strongoni off their ex-wives to avoid paying Love sure is a tough nut to crack, Language: English Producer: Anatoly Fradis, William alimony and the girl gang ‘Wild Chicks’ can Director: Anna Broinowski Butler, James Rosenthal tell you a thing or two about it. Producer: Sally Regan, Anna Broinowski Delivery Status: Preproduction, Presales BEAUFORT Delivery Status: Completed/Screening Drama (124,5 min) Budget: $4 million Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: Hebrew Year of Production: 2007, Country of During Cannes Contact Origin: Australia Director: Joseph Cedar Origin: USA Investigative documentary feature about Producers: David Silber, David Troubled teens transform into The Business of Film Norma Khouri (author of the Mandil killers after encountering a controversial novel FORBIDDEN Production: Metro Communications, plane-wreck full of chemically tainted Carlton Hotel Office 149 LOVE) about her alleged friend’s honour Movie plus productions, United marijuana. killing. Tel 04 93 06 41 49 king Films Cast: Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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BETA CINEMA Resinaro Director: Sharon Maguire set in the high octane world of Brighton’s Producer: Pete Maggi (Blue Star Movies Production Company: Archer Street custom-car cruisers and Indie Punks. Beta Cinema, Gruenwalder Weg 28 d, Ltd.) Producers: Andy Paterson, Anand Quadrophenia meets West Side Story by 82041 Oberhaching, Munich, Germany. Delivery Status: Pre-production (early) Tucker, Adrienne Maguire way of the Fast and the Furious! Tel: 49.89.67.34.69.80. Budget: $ 4,000,000 Writer: Sharon Maguire RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER Fax: 49.89.67.34.69.888. Year of Production: 2007 Leading Cast: Michelle Williams, Ewan www.riseofthefootsoldier.com www.betacinema.com, email: When fun and friendship take an McGregor, Matthew Macfadyen Director: English [email protected] unexpected turn and you don’t know who Status: Shooting (promo reel premiere) Language: Julian Gilbey At Cannes: Dirk Schuerhoff (Managing the enemy is…the game is survival, it’s Production Country: UK Co-Production Partners: Carnaby Director), Andreas Rothbauer (Head of deadly serious and exhilarating. From the director of Bridget Jones’s International and Flakjacket Films Theatrical Sales & Acquisitions), FROST FLOWERS Diary, and the producer of Girl With a Producer: Michael Loveday Delphine Eon Super-natural love drama Pearl Earring comes Incendiary; part Key Cast: Ricci Harnett, Craig Fairbrass, (Assistant International Sales) Language: English thriller and part multi layered character Billy Murray, Frank Harper, Terry Stone, Office: R20, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32, Director: Andrea Vecchiato study set in the aftermath of a dramatic Ian Virgo, Roland Manookian, Neil mobile phones: Dirk Schuerhoff Producer: Pete Maggi (Blue Star Movies terrorist attack. Maskell, Coralie Rose, Dave Legeno 49.170.638.48.06. Andreas Rothbauer Ltd.) BLACK WATER TRANSIT Delivery Status: Post Production 49.160.906.64.35.7. Cast: Holly Hunter Action Thriller Year of Production: 2007, Country of NOTHING BUT GHOSTS MARKET Delivery Status: In Development Language: English Origin: UK Drama (100 minutes) Budget: $ 5,000,000 Director: Tony Kaye Follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Language: German with English Year of Production: 2007 Production Company: Capitol Films Leach from one of the most feared subtitles What happens when love crosses the Producers: Robert Katz, Kia Jam generals of the football terraces to Director: Martin Gypkens divide between the real and spirit worlds. Writer: Matthew Chapman becoming a member of a notorious gang Cast: August Diehl, Maria Simon, Jessica STAND BY LOVE Leading Cast: Samuel L. Jackson of criminals who rampaged their way Schwarz Romantic Comedy Status: Shooting through London and Essex. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Production Country: US Origin: Germany Director: Simon Wells When Jack tries to set up a gun-runner in CDI-CHRISDAVIS Judith Herrmann sends her characters out Producer: Pete Maggi, Blue Star Movies order to protect his son, he finds that the into the world in five episodes dealing Ltd. man he has chosen to betray is playing a INTERNATIONAL with her favorite themes: star-crossed Co-production partners: Wendy Winks deadly game of his own. CDI-chrisdavisinternational, 4612 love and the general rootlessness of the (A Wink and A Nod Productions), Mark Cartwright Ave., Toluca Lake, CA. 91602 Generation X. Kaplan and Harriet Greenspan (Atypical USA. Tel: 818.753.8950. FATA MORGANA (WT) MARKET Entertainment, LLC) CARNABY Fax: 818.753.8960. [email protected] Thriller (90 minutes) Cast: Eric McCormack, Sienna Miller At Cannes: Chris Davis Language: German with English subtitles Delivery Status: Pre-production INTERNATIONAL Offices: Carlton Hotel, Director: Simon Groß Budget: $ 5,000,000 Carnaby International, New London Tel: 0493.64006, Cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Matthias Year of Production: 2007 House, 172 Drury Lane, London, WC2B Mobile: 323.899.5465 Schweighoefer, Marie Zielcke Love takes off again for ex-lovers 5QR UK. Tel: 44(0)207.074.1273. Fax: TEN INCH HERO Year of Production: 2007, Country of unexpectedly seated next to each other in 44(0)207.074.1203. Romantic Comedy Origin: Germany first class on a red-eye flight from LA to www.carnabyfilms.com Director: David McKay Laura and Daniel, a young European London. At Cannes: Will Machin (Head of Sales), Producer: Mark Witsken couple, are traveling in the Moroccan Ian Hall (Head of Distribution) Cast: Elisabeth Harnois, Clea Duvall, desert when their car suddenly breaks Office: The Grand Hotel, Cormorran II Sean Patrick Flanery down. DADDY’S GIRL Delivery Status: Screening THE THREE INVESTIGATORS AND C www.daddysgirlthemovie.com 5 friends find love and sex in a funky THE SECRET OF SKELETON Psychological horror (90 minutes) Santa Cruz Sandwich Shop. ISLAND CAPITOL FILMS Language: English LEFT FOR DEAD Adventure (90 minutes) Capitol Films, Bridge House, 2nd Floor, Director: D. J. Evans Horror/Action Language: English 63-65 North Wharf Road, London W2 Co-Production Partners: Carnaby Director Albert Pyun Director: Florian Baxmeyer 1LA UK. Tel: 44.207.298.6200. Fax: Internation and Boda Producer Michael Najjar, Gary Schmoller Cast: Chancellor Miller, Nick Price, 44.207.298.6201. www.capitolfilms.com, Producer: Nerys Lloyd Cast: Victoria Maurette, Michelle Black, Cameron Monaghan, James Faulkner [email protected] Key Cast: Richard Harrington, Jaime Javier De La Vega Year of Production: 2006, Country of At Cannes: Jane Barclay (Managing Winstone, louise delamere and Mark Delivery Status: Screening Origin: Germany Director), Nick Hill (Managing Director), Lewis Jones “SAW“ meets the Spaghetti Western in Based on the international bestseller, James Norrie (Head of Sales), Sofia Delivery Status: Completed this heart pumping joy ride. published in more than 30 countries… Neves (Sales Director) Year of Production: 2007, Country of COMMANDO KIDS Office: 63 La Croisette, 1st Floor, 06400 Origin: UK Family Cannes A psychological horror film set within a Director: Paul Lynch BLUE STAR MOVIES THE BEST TIME OF OUR LIVES modern reconstructed family. A grief- Producer Martin Guinness, Rosanne Blue Star Movies, 175-185 Gray’s Inn (WORKING TITLE) stricken Doctor makes a fatal error when Milliken Road, London WC1X 8UE, UK. Romance / Drama he diagnoses a troubled teenager’s Cast: Daryl Sabarra, Norm MacDonald, Tel: 44.207.812.0700. Language: English obsession for blood as a passing phase of Tom Green, Nick Mancuso Fax: 44.207.812.0650. Director: John Maybury teenage angst. Delivery Status: In Pre-Production www.bluestarmovies.com, email: Producers: Rebekah Gilbertson, Sarah DOLPHINS (Production commences May) [email protected] Radclyffe www.dolphinsthemovie.com A group of tweens go on a mission to Sales agent, producer, distributor Writer: Sharman Macdonald Teenage action romance (90 minutes) rescue three cheetah cubs from the owner At Cannes: Pete Maggi (Chairman), Leading Cast: Keira Knightley, Cillian Language: English of a run-down zoo. Bernardo Fonseca (Sales and Distribution Murphy, Matthew Rhys Director: Mark Jay Manager) Status: Shooting Co-Production Partners: Carnaby Films Acquisition Executive: Pete Maggi, Production Country: UK and Full on Films Bernardo Da Fonseca Two feisty, free-spirited women are Producer: Christopher Figg During Cannes Contact Office: Agarttha Yacht, Jetee Albert connected by the brilliant, charismatic Key Cast: Karl Davies, Lauren Edouard - Vieux Port – Cannes, Tel: poet who loves them both. A passionate, Steventon, Layke Anderson, Frank The Business of Film 35.1913.465.447 sexy true story about a remarkable, Harper and Roots Manuva MY FAVOURITE GAME turbulent friendship. Delivery Status: Post Production Carlton Hotel Office 149 Thriller – Horror INCENDIARY Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Political Thriller Origin: UK Tel 04 93 06 41 49 Director: Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Language: English DOLPHINS is a teenage action romance The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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CELESTIAL Origin: USA Producer: CHO Sung-kyu, CHO Eun-un, ultimate love affair. In the tradition of Cat People and MIN Jin-soo DRILLER PICTURES LTD. Species, the half cat/humans must Key Cast: LEE Se-young, CHU Sang-mi, www.drillermovie.com Celestial Pictures Ltd., Shaw reproduce before they become extinct. KIM Yuna Sci-Fi, Horror (100 minutes) Administration Building, Lot 220, Clear THE ABOMINABLE Delivery Status: Completed Director: English Water Bay Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Sci-fi (90 min) Budget US$ 1million Language: Jason Kartalian Tel: 852.2927.1111. Fax: 852.2243.0099. Director: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Jason Kartalian www.celestialpictures.com. email: Language: Patrick Donahue Origin: Korea Key Cast: Tanya Dempsey, Ivy [email protected] Producer: David Huey A 13-year-old girl believes a popular Gullickson, Matt Lewis At Cannes: William Pfeiffer (CEO), Key Cast: Heather DeVan, Jason DeVan, singer is her real mother. So she leaves Delivery Status: Completed Gordon Cheung (EVP Acquisitions & Nick Orafice home to meet her mom but. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Distribution), Soon En Wong (VP Delivery Status: Completed Origin: USA Acquisition & Marketing), Yvonne Year of Production: 2006, Country of CINEMA ARTS An ordinary man is abducted by Chuang (VP Distribution) Origin: USA malevolent aliens and turned into a Office: Room 118 (Carlton Hotel), The captive 60’ abominable snowman is ENTERTAINMENT - drilling and killing machine! Tel: 04.93.06.41.18. unleashed in San Francisco. ARTEDIS S.A. Fax: 04.93.06.81.18 Cinema Arts Entertainment - Artedis FIVE DEADLY VENOMS CINEMA LIBRE CINECLICK ASIA S.A., 6310 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 540, Martial Arts Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA. Tel: STUDIO Director: Kirk Wong (FANTOM., LTD.) 323.937.1085. Fax: 323.937.1186. Cinema Libre Studio, 8328 De Soto Delivery Status: Pre-Production Cineclick Asia (Fantom., Ltd.), 3F www.cinemaartsent.com, Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91304 USA. Director: Kirk Wong’s (Jackie Chan’s Incline Bldg., 891-37, Daechi-dong, www.artedisfilms.com, email: Tel: 818.349.8822. Fax: 818.349.9922. Crime Story) updated take on the classic Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-280 Korea. Tel: [email protected] www.cinemalibrestudio.com, email: sees the return of the five characters so 822 538 0211. Fax: 822 538 0479, At Cannes: Pierre-Richard Muller [email protected] beloved by martial arts fans. www.cineclickasia.com, email: (Chairman), Chantal Lam (President) At Cannes: Philippe Diaz (Chairman), FLYING GUILLOTINE [email protected] Office: Les Residences Du Grand Hotel, Beth Portello (VP Production), Andrew Martial Arts At Cannes: Young-joo SUH (Managing Studio 3B - Le Cormoran II, Tel: Schreiber (Head of Int’l Sales and Home Director: Teddy Chen Director), Sang-eun CHI (Head of Int’l 04.93.99.56.67 Entertainment), Cristian Bettler Delivery Status: In Development Sales), Yun-jeong KIM (Senior Manager, SHOOTING SILVIO (International Sales) Director: Teddy Chan(Jackie Chan’s The Sales & Marketing), Ina PARK www.shootingsilvio.com Office: Hotel Carlton, Suite 264, Tel: Accidental Spy) injects new excitement (Manager, Festival & Marketing), Jenny Drama (90 minutes) 33(0)4.93.06.42.64 into this heart-pounding remake set against J.Y. HAN (Sales & Marketing) Language: Italian NOW & LATER a background of ruthless political intrigue. Office: Riviera K9/L12, Tel: Director: Berardo Carboni www.nowandlaterthemovie.com 33(04).92.99.33.11 Key Cast: Federico Rosati, Drama (97 minutes) BREATH Delivery Status: Completed Language: English CINE EXCEL Drama (84 min) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Philippe Diaz Language: Korean Origin: Italy Co-Production Partners: Imago Creata ENTERTAINMENT, Director: KIM Ki-duk A young, rich, outlandish orphan decides Productions - Producer: Beth Portello INC Co-Production Partners: KIM Ki-duk to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Key Cast: Shari Solanis, Keller Wortham Film, Cineclick Asia, Sponge Silvio Berlusconi. Delivery Status: Completed Cine Excel Entertainment, Inc, 1219 W. Producer: KIM Ki-duk(EP), SUH Young- CHARITON’S CHOIR Budget: $750, 000 El Segundo Blvd., Gardena, CA 90247 joo(Co-P), SONG Myung-chul(Co-P) Comedy, Romance (100 minutes) Year of Production: 2007, Country of USA. Tel: 323.754.5500. Fax: Key Cast: CHANG Chen, ZIA, HA Jung- Language: Greek Origin: USA 818.848.1590. www.cineexcel.com, woo Director: Grigoris Karantinakis Angela, an illegal Latina, teaches Bill, a email: [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: CL Productions, disgraced banker how to embrace life At Cannes: David Huey (President & Budget US$ 0.5million Safe Company again through passionate sex, soul- CEO), Ray Guthire (President Alpha Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Elena Hatzialexandrou searching conversations, and other Film Group), Vada Ryerson (Marketing Origin: Korea Key Cast: Georges Corraface, Akilas worldly pleasures. Associate), Ed Tillman (VP Marketing), Yeon, a wife who just found out her Karazisis, Maria Nafpliotou, Christos RAISING FLAGG Yoko Suenaga (VP International husband’s infidelity, and Jin, a Stergioglou, Stefanos Karadinakis, Fotini www.raisingflagg Servicing) condemned criminal, fall for each other Baxevani, Anthi Andreopoulou Comedy (102 minutes) Office: Riviera F17, Tel: 818.679.2994. inevitably. Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Fax: 818.848.1590 LUCKY MILES Year of Production: 2006, Country of Director: Neal Miller CARNEVIL Comedy (105 min) Origin: Greece Co-Production Partners: Rubicon Horror Thriller (90 minutes) Language: English, Khmer, Arabic and For Chariton, the school master in a Productions, LTD and Oregon Creative, Language: English Indonesian small town on the island of Corfu during LLC Director: David Huey Director: Michael James ROWLAND a time of Greek dictatorship, life is the - Producer: Neal Miller Co-Production Partners: Alpha Film Co-Production Partners: Short of Easy Group Producer: Jo DYER, Lesley DYER, Producer: Ray Guthrie Michael BOURCHIER(EP) Key Cast: Amanda Earl, Matt Felton, Key Cast: Kenneth MORALEDA, “Barefoot” Bill Pacer Rodney AFIF, Srisacd Delivery Status: Post Production SACDPRASEUTH Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Origin: USA Budget US$ 2.64million A sadistic killer binds, tortures and kills Year of Production: 2007, Country of his captives in his secret Carnival Origin: Australia WILDCATS Three mismatched blokes, a Cambodian Sci-fi (90 minutes) man, iraqi refugee and an Indonesian Language: English fisherman, are isolated in the Australian Director: Mark Polonia, John Polonia desert and stranded to get out of the Producer: Mark Polonia, John Polonia, black land. David Huey THE WONDER YEARS Key Cast: Leslie Culton, Rebecca Children/Teen, Drama (95 min) Ferratti Director: Korean Delivery Status: Completed Language: KIM Jee-jung Year of Production: 2007, Country of Co-Production Partners: Soo Film RUDY, THE RETURN OF THE RACING PIG – BAVARIA FILM SALES The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Key Cast: Alan Arkin, Lauren Holly, CINEMAVAULT Key Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti CINEXPORT Glenne Headly, Autin Pendleton, Barbara Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda Cinexport, 78 av des Champs-Elysées, Dana RELEASING Richardson, James Rebhorn, Victor 75008 Paris, France. Tel: Delivery Status: Completed Rasuk 33.1.45.62.49.45. Fax: 33.1.45.63.85.26. Budget: $ 2 million usd INTERNATIONAL Delivery Status: Completed, Screening tvfrance-intl.com / unifrance.org, email: Year of Production: 2006, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of INC. [email protected] Origin: USA Origin: USA Cinemavault Releasing International Sales agent Academy Award winner ®Alan Arkin Sarah Jessica Parker plays a college Inc., 175 Bloor Street East, South Tower, At Cannes: Anne-Marie ROMBOURG- stars as Flagg Purdy, a stubborn father of Dean whose attitude is under fire after a Suite 1011, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3R8, CARACO six who’s dying to live a little. racial crime is committed on campus. Canada. Tel: 416.363.6060. Fax: Office: Market Place umbrella, Tel: 416.363.2305. www.cinemavault.com, 06.07.54.33.33 CINEMA [email protected] CINEPHIL EDITH PIAF, L’HYMNE À Sales Agent L’AMOUR MANAGEMENT At Cannes: Nick Stiliadis (CEO), Steve Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel Aviv, Documentary (52 minutes) Arroyave (VP, General Manager), Natalie 65112 Israel. Tel: 972.3.566.4129. Fax: Language: French GROUP Kampelmacher (VP, International 972.3.560.1436. www.cinephil.co.il, Director: Armand Isnard Cinema Management Group, 9056 Santa Distribution), Paco Alvarez (VP, Sales & email: [email protected] Producer: Cat Productions Monica Blvd. #204, West Hollywood, CA Acquisitions), Ruby Rondina (Festivals At Cannes; Philippa Kowarsky Delivery status: completed 90069 USA. Tel: 310.300.9959. Fax: & Publicity Manager), Michael Paszt (Managing Director) The life of the well know singer, a small 310.300.9960. (VP Acquisitions), Acquisition Office: Philippa Kowarsky cell: woman with a big heart. www.cinemamanagementgroup.com Executive: Michael Paszt 972.54.4961114 L’OCCITANIENNE At Cannes: Edward Noeltner (President), Office: Riviera Booth # M7/N8, Tel: SOMEONE TO RUN WITH TV fiction (90 minutes) Jacqui Barcos (V.P. Acquisitions) 33(0)4.92.99.3238 (MISHEHU LARUTZ ITO) Language: French Office: 25 rue des Etats-Unis, 3rd Floor, BLIND DATE www.someonetorunwith.com Director: Jean Perisse Tel: 1.310.402.7110, Fax: Drama Drama (118 min) Producer: Clair Sud 1.310.300.9960 Language: English Language: Hebrew Delivery status: completed LA MUJER DE MI HERMANO (MY Director: Stanley Tucci Director: Oded Davidoff CHATEAUBRIAND is seduced by a BROTHER’S WIFE) Writer: David Schechter, Stanley Tucci Co-Production Partners: B&K young woman who offers him a love Erotic/Adult (90 minutes) Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs van de Productions, JCS Productions, HOT night. Language: Spanish Westelaken Producer: Andrew Braunsberg, Philippa LA BELLE ET LE SAUVAGE Director: Ricardo de Montreuil Key Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Kowarsky TV fiction (90 minutes) Producer: Stan Jakubowicz Tucci Key Cast: Bar Belfer, Yonatan Bar-Or, Language: French Key Cast: Barbara Mori, Christian Meier, Delivery Status: In Production Yuval Mendelson, Tzahi Grad, Rinat Director: Bertrand Althuys Manolo Cardona Year of Production: 2007, Country of Matatov, Dani Steg Producer: LM Les Films Delivery Status: Completed Origin: USA/The Netherlands Delivery Status: Completed Delivery status: completed Year of Production: 2005, Country of A couple desperately trying to reconcile Year of Production: 2006, Country of A fifty years old ethnologist, living a Origin: Mexico after the tragic loss of their young Origin: Israel solitary life in the South of France, meets With simmering eroticism, this sensual daughter. Based on the best selling novel by David a strange woman who has a twin. tale of love, seduction and betrayal SCAR 3D Grossman, the film captures the follows a beautiful woman whose Horror original’s unrelenting pace, suspense and unraveling marriage lands her in the arms Language: English heartfelt drama as it sends viewers on a CJ ENTERTAINMENT of a sexy, roguish young painter: her Director: Jed Weintrob riveting ride through the streets of CJ Entertainment, 2nd Fl., 602, brother-in-law. Writer: Zack Ford Jerusalem at the end of a Labrador’s Sinsa-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135- I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN YOU: Producer: Jamie Gordon, Courtney Potts, leash. 893, Korea. Tel: 82.2.2017.1192. THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF Norman Twain A HEBREW LESSON (HA’ULPAN) Fax: 82.2.2017.1240. www.cjent.co.kr SIMON WIESENTHAL Key Cast: Angela Bettis, Kirby Bliss Documentary (122 min) Sales agent/ distributor Documentary (105 minutes) Blanton, Devon Graye, Ben Cotton, Language: English, Hebrew, Chinese, At Cannes: David SHIN (Executive VP Language: English, German Christopher Titus Russian, Spanish, German of Int’l Business), Tom OH (Senior VP Director: Richard Trank Delivery Status: Completed, Screening Director: David Ofek of Int’l Sales), Kini KIM (VP of Int’l Producer: Marvin Hier, Richard Trank Year of Production: 2007, Country of Co-Production Partners: Channel 2 Sales – Europe, USA), Josh LEE (VP of Key Cast: Narrated by Nicole Kidman Origin: USA Israel, Yes Docu Int’l Sales – Asia), Kwan LEE (Director: Delivery Status: Completed Brace yourself for an entirely new Producer: Edna Kowarsky, Elinor of Int’l Sales), Michelle CHAE Year of Production: 2006, Country of dimension in larger-than-life horror shot Kowarsky - Eden Productions (Director: of Int’l Sales) Origin: USA entirely in 3D: Scar. Delivery Status: Completed Office: E17/F20 The definitive portrait of Simon LITTLE BLACK SAMBO Year of Production: 2006, Country of VOICE OF A MURDERER Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, who Drama Origin: Israel Drama (122 min) lost 89 family members, helped track Language: English A film following one year in the lives of Language: Korean, Subtitles English down more than 1100 Nazi war criminals Director: Mark Brokaw five immigrants to Israel, students in an Director: PARK Jin-pyo following World War II and spent six Writer: Rebecca Gilman, Doug Atchison adult Language: school. Scriptwriter: Park jin pyo decades fighting anti-Semitism and Producer: Norman Twain, Lou Pitt, Sarah THE CEMETERY CLUB (MOADON Production company: CJ Entertainment prejudice against all people. Jessica Parker BEIT HAKVAROT) Inc. HEAVEN AND EARTH Documentary (90 min) Producer: Eugene LEE, AHN Soo-hyun Drama (90 minutes) Director: Hebrew, Polish Key cast: SOL Kyung-gu, KIM Nam-joo, Director: English The Business Of Film Language: Tali Shemesh KANG Dong-won Language: Marleen Gorris Producer: Assaf Amir, Guy Lavie - Status: Completed/Screening Producer: David Pupkewitz Cannes 2007 Norma Productions Country of origin: Korea Key Cast: Rachel Weisz, Sean Bean Delivery Status: Completed Based on the true story of a 1991 Delivery Status: Pre-Production Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 Year of Production: 2006, Country of kidnapper who is still at large today. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Israel SOO Origin: U.K. Email your press For over two decades, a group of women Action/adventure (122 min) This sweeping British epic set in S. and men have been meeting weekly at Language: Korean, Subtitles English Africa in the early 1800’s tells the true releases only Israel’s National Cemetery, where they Director: CHOI Yang-il (a.k.a. Yoichi life story of Dr. James Miranda Barry, a during Cannes to: debate philosophy, read poetry, eat lunch SAI) dashing and charismatic young army and determine the fate of the Jewish Production company: CJ Entertainment Inc. [email protected] doctor who only after death was nation. Producer: HWANG In-tae, discovered to be a woman. SHIN Bum-soo The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Scriptwriter: LEE Seung-Hwan, LEE abandoned WWII bunker. Jun-il LAST MAN Key cast: JI Jin-hee, KANG Sung-yeon War Epic MIDEM • MIPTV • CANNES • MIPCOM Status: Completed/Screening Language: English/ Vietnamese Country of origin: Korea Director: Fred Schepisi O P E N A L L Y E A R R O U N D Soo is in the business of solving Producers: Martin Brown, George (Tented & Heated) problems and when his twin brother is Mannix, Warwick Young killed by a gang, he takes his brother’s Cast: Guy Pearce, David Wenham, identity to seek revenge. Simon Baker, Martin Henderson, Joel Lunch on the beach A DAY WITH MY SON Edgerton, Sam Worthington, Aden Drama (107 min) Young, Vince Colosimo Whatever the weather Language: Korean, Subtitles English Delivery Status: Pre-production Director: JANG Jin Year of Production: 2007, Country of Scriptwriter: JANG Jin Origin: Australia Production company: CJ Entertainment Aussie SAS soldiers on a final desperate Inc. mission in Vietnam become trapped. Producer: LEE Byung-hyuk Trained to survive they do whatever it Key cast: CHA Seung-won, RYU Deok- takes. 12 years on, they and those close hwan to them are still paying the price. Status: Completed/Screening Country of origin: Korea A man who sentenced to life for THE CORE STUDIO committing murder was granted one day leave. And he went back home to see his CO., LTD. son for the first time in 15 years. The Core Studio Co., Ltd., 5F. Luxway Bldg., Nonhyun-dong 99-7, Kangnam-gu, Seoul 135-819, Korea. Tel: CONTENTFILM 82.2.545.6610. Fax: 82.2.545.8813. www.thecorestudio.net, Email: INTERNATIONAL [email protected] ContentFilm International, 19 Heddon Financier, Producer, Sales, Acquisitions Street, London, W1B 4BG UK. At Cannes: E J Cho (Director-Int’l Tel: 44.207.851.6500. Fax: 44.207 Business), Jay Kim (VP-Int’l Business), 851.6506. www.contentfilm.com, email: Jamie Lee (Manager-Int’l Business) [email protected] Acquisition Executive: E J Cho Sales agent (Director-Int’l Business) At Cannes: Jamie Carmichael Office: Riviera J 16, Tel: (President), Harry White (Senior Sales 33.4.92.99.33.06 Manager) Kristian Brodie (Sales UNTOLD BEAUTY Executive), Judith Baugin (Head of Horror International Marketing), Beatrice Language: Chinese Neumann (Acquisitions Manager), John Director: Roy Lim Schmidt (CEO, ContentFilm) Writer: Roy Lim Acquisitions Executive: Beatrice Producer: Loh Eng Leong Neumann – Acquisitions Manager Key Cast: TBC Office: 3rd Floor, 2 La Croisette, Tel: Delivery Status: Pre production 33.4.93.38.58.88. Fax: 33.4.93.99.46.55 Budget: US$1 million KEEP COMING BACK Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Origin: Singapore Director: William H. Macy An eerie and poignant film which Producers: Rachel Rothman, Tucker follows the life of an embalmer and his Tooley, Dan Keston encounter with hauntings of restless Cast: William H. Macy, Mos Def, Steve spirits. Buscemi, Victor Rasuk ZIG ZAG LOVE Delivery Status: Pre-production Romantic Comedy Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: Korean Origin: USA Director: Han Seunglim William H. Macy makes his directorial Writer: Kim Jungku debut with KEEP COMING BACK, a Producer: Kim Hyungjun, Lee highly original coming of age story with Kwangmin comedy and heart in all the right places. Key Cast: Jae Hee, Park Siyeon, Shinee OUTPOST Delivery Status: Post-production Action Horror Budget: US$3 million Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Steve Barker Origin: Korea The Restaurant Producers: Arabella Croft, Kieran Parker, Twenty something self-confident EP: Nigel Thomas charming girl, Layoung, meets a man of on the beach Cat: Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham, her dream on the day she’s got proposed Richard Brake, Michael Smiley, Enoch by her boyfriend. Cupid’s arrows at them (Between Miramar & Martinez) Frost, Paul Blair, Julian Rivett, Brett miss one another and take them into a Fancy, Johnny Meres. situation of zig zag love. Contact Olivier Delivery Status: Post-production NO MERCY FOR THE RUDE Year of Production: 2007, Country of Black Comedy Action (113 min) Tel. (33) 4 93 94 20 68 Fax. (33) 4 93 43 60 91 Origin: UK Language: Korean In a war-torn corner of Eastern Europe, a Director: Park Chulhee site address: http://www.rado-plage.fr world-weary group of mercenaries Writer: Park Chulhee notre e-mail: [email protected] discover a long-hidden secret in an Producer: Hwang Woohyun

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Key Cast: Shin Hakyun, Yoon Jihye, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Gary Hamilton, Pete Ford Baaitjies Kim Minjun Origin: USA Cast: Nadia Fares, Robert Taylor Producers: Anant Singh, Helena Spring Delivery Status: Completed Sometimes what happens at Spring Break Delivery Status: Postproduction Principal Cast: Clint Brink, Joey Budget: US$3.5 million doesn’t stay at Spring Break.it follows Country of Origin: Australia Rasdien, Jonathan Pienaar, Kevin Smith Year of Production: 2006 you home. A yuppie couple lost in a swamp seek Status: Complete Country of Origin: Korea QUARTER LIFE CRISIS refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to Based on the true life story of Bernard He has his own rule to kill; only to kill Romantic Comedy (90 min) discover they’ve jumped out of the frying Baaitjies who grew up in the gangland those with scary faces or bad manners! Language: English pan into the fire. culture of the ghettoes of Cape Town. Director: Kiran Merchant Co-Production Partners: Signs of Love CREAM VEST FILMS, Productions DISTANT HORIZON DORO LLC Producer: Kiran Merchant, Genevieve Distant Horizon, 8282 Sunset Boulevard, FILMPRODUKTIONS Castelino Suite A, Los Angeles, Ca 90046 USA. 1412 Butler Avenue, Suite 6, Los Key Cast: Maulik Pancholy, Lisa Ray Tel: 323.848.4140. Fax: 323.848.4144. GMBH Angeles, CA 90025 USA. Tel: Delivery Status: Completed [email protected] DoRo Filmproduktions GmbH, 323.697.8154. Fax: 310.496.0302. Year of Production: 2006, Country of At Cannes: Anant Singh (Producer), Türkenschanzplatz 7 / 7, Wien, 1180, http://www.sinnerthemovie.com Origin: USA Sanjeev Singh (Director of Acquisitions), Austria. Tel: 001.1.876.8888. Fax: Producer & Sales Agent Dumped on his 27th birthday by his Richard Jeffery (Acquisitions Executive, 001.1.876.5500. www.doro.net, email: At Cannes: Steven Sills (Producer), Marc college sweetheart for being indecisive, Asia) [email protected] Benardout (Producer), George Rheault Neil makes a silly bet that takes him on a Office: Ascenseur A, Apartment 1A, First Film- and TV production (Producer) wild ride through New York’s single Floor, Palais D’Orsay, 62 La Croissette, At Cannes: Katharina Amport Acquisition Executive: Steven Sills scene. Cannes. Tel: 04.93.43.80.24. Fax: Office: Tel: 001.323.697.8154. Fax: 04.93.43.80.53 001.310.496.0302 AMERICAN EAST DREAMACHINE SINNER Drama dreamachine, London Office: 24 Hanway Drama (94 minutes) D Director: Hesham Issawi (The Street, London, W1T 1UH, UK. Tel: Language: English Interrogation, T For Terrorist) 44.207.290.0750. Fax: 44.207.290.0751. Director: Marc Benardout DARCLIGHT Writers: Hesham Issawi, Sayed Badreya, Paris Office: 2 rue Turgot, 75009, Paris, Producer: Steven Sills & Marc Benardout Darclight, 9229 Sunset Boulevard, Suite Brian Cox France. Tel: 33.1.49.70.03.70. Fax: Cast: Nick Chinlund, Georgina Cates, 705, Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA. Tel: Producers: Anant Singh, Brian Cox, 33.1.49.70.03.71. www.hanwayfilms.com/ Brad Dourif, Michael E. Rodgers, Tom 1.310.777.8855. Fax: 1.310.777.8882. Ahmad Zahra www.celluloid-dreams.com, email: Wright www.arclightfilms.com, email: Principal Cast: Tony Shalhoub (Hit TV [email protected]/ info@celluloid- Delivery Status: Completed [email protected] series, Monk), Sayed Badreya (Three dreams.com Year of Production: 2006, Country of Sales Agent Kings, The Insider, The West Wing), Sales Agent Origin: USA At Cannes: Gary Hamilton (Managing Kais Nashif (Oscar Nominee, Paradise At Cannes: Hengameh Panahi (Co- In a world of Catholic church closures, Director), Ian Gibbins (General Now), Alfre Woodard Chairman), Jeremy Thomas (Co- bankrupt dioceses and scandalized clergy, Manager), Jonathan Deckter (President, Status: In Post-Production Chairman), Tim Haslam (CEO), one priest attempts to redeem his International Sales), Lina Marrone (VP, AmericanEast is a timely, poignant Charlotte Mickie (Director, North vocation and regain his integrity through International Sales), Harrison Kordestani drama about Arab-Americans living in American Operations), Thorsten an inconvenient muse, a prostitute named (Production & Financing), Nigel O’Dell post-9/11 Los Angeles. Schumacher (Manager, International Lil. (Production & Acquisitions, Australia SPOON Sales), Delphyne Besse (Manager, Office: Lerins S3, Tel: Sci-fi Thriller International Sales), Chinlin Hsieh CURB 33(0)4.92.99.32.29. Fax: Director: Sharlto Copley And Simon (Manager, International Sales), 33(0)4.92.99.32.30 Hansen Alessandro Raja (Director, Internatonal ENTERTAINMENT THE OBJECTIVE Writers: Sharlto Copley And Simon Sales, Catalogue), Bérénice Vincent Curb Entertainment, 3907 West Alameda Thriller Hansen (Manager, International Sales, Catalogue) Ave., Burbank, CA 91505 USA. Tel: Language: English Producers: Sharlto Copley And Simon Office: 2 La Croisette, Cannes 818.843.8580. Fax: 818.566.1719. Director: Daniel Myrick Hansen BRIDESHEAD REVISITED www.curbentertainment.com Writer: Daniel Myrick, Mark A. Patton, Executive Producers: Anant Singh, Director: Julian Jarrold At Cannes: Carole Curb (President), Wesley Clark Helena Spring, Hannelie Bekker Producer: Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein Kimberly Healy (Head of Sales) Producer: Jeremy Wall, Zev Guber Principal Cast: Rutger Hauer, Darren Cast: Emma Thompson, Michael Office: Riviera N2, Tel: 44.7956.576.628 Delivery Status: In Production or Boyd, Edwina Elek, Dale Jackson, Jason Gambon, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, LOST SIGNAL Completed Cope Hayley Atwell Thriller (90 min) Country of Origin: USA Status: In Post- Production Delivery Status: Pre- Production Language: English A group of soldiers on a mission in Daniel Spoon suffers from a medical Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Brian McNamara Afghanistan find themselves lost in a condition which causes him to black out Origin: UK Co-Production Partners: Lock it Up Middle Eastern ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of during moments of extreme stress and A gorgeously evocative story of Productions evil. subsequently undergoes a journey to forbidden love and the loss of innocence Producer: Robert Egan, Graham Silver SURVEILLANCE discover his destiny while finding out the set in a pre-Second World War era when Key Cast: Al Santos, Sandra Mc Coy Thriller cause of his medical condition. privileged aristocracy fell into decline. Delivery Status: Completed Language: English MAMA JACK DIRT MUSIC Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Jennifer Lynch Director: Gray Hofmeyr Director: Phillip Noyce Origin: USA Writer: Jennifer Lynch, Kent Harper Writers: Leon Schuster, Gray Hofmeyr, Producer: Phillip Noyce, Miranda Culley Based on a true story, after leaving a Producer: Marco Mehlitz with Kent Greg Latter Cast: Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell New Years Eve party, Kevin and Tiffany Harper and David Michaels Producers: Anant Singh, Helena Spring find themselves lost deep in the forest Cast: Julia Ormond, Jeremy Northam, Principal Cast: Leon Schuster (Mr The Business Of Film while losing their cell phone reception. Ryan Simpkins Bones) SUCCUBUS Delivery Status: In Production Status: Complete Cannes 2007 Thriller (95 min) Country of Origin: USA Following Mr Bones, South Africa’s Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 Language: English Somewhere, deep inside the Santa Fe most successful film ever, comes Mama Director: Kim Bass dessert, there have been a number of Jack, the story of Jack Theron, an Co-Production Partners: V1 Cut blood curdling murders… a real killing ordinary person, working on a film set, Email your press Productions spree. however, his movie director boss hates releases only Producer: Deanna Shapiro STORM WARNING his guts. Key Cast: Gary Busey, David Keith, Language: English DOLLARS AND WHITE PIPES during Cannes to: Lorenzo Lamas Director: Jamie Blanks Director: Donovan Marsh [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Everett De Roche Writers: Donovan Marsh, Bernard The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Delivery Status: Pre- Production EASTERNLIGHT DeAnna Joy Brooks THE MINX Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed http://www.theminxthemovie.com/ Origin: Australia FILMS Year of Production: 2006, Country of Action/Thriller/Martial Arts (86 min) A Film of Simmering, brooding Easternlight Films, 9229 Sunset Origin: USA Language: English intensity- an intimate romance that Boulevard, Suite 705, Los Angeles, CA Nothing bad could ever happen on quiet, Director: Michael Smith escalates into an epic and thrilling quest. 90069 USA. Tel: 1.310.777.8855. Fax: tree lined Wormwood Drive . at least Producer: Michael Smith EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC 1.310.777.8882. www.arclightfilms.com, that’s what Bob and Wendi Petersen Key Cast: Mia Park, Circus-Szalewski, Director: Paolo Barzman email: [email protected] thought, before they met their new Duane Sharp, Manny Toro Producer: Anna Stratton Sales Agent neighbor. Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Susan Sarandon, Christopher At Cannes: Gary Hamilton (Managing THE CELESTINE PROPHECY Year of Production: 2006, Country of Plummer, Gabriel Byrne Director), Ying Ye (Company Director), Drama (1 hr 39 min) Origin: USA Delivery Status: Post-Production Laura Wu (Sales and Acquisitions Language: English A modern-day Robin Hood, Linnea Year of Production: 2007, Country of consultant) Director: Armand Mastroianni Chiang disguises herself as “The Minx” Origin: Canada Office: Lerins S3, Producer: James Redfield and robs major corporations by night. A story of redemption healing and Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.29. Key Cast: Hector Elizondo, Joaquim THE LEGENDARY SCRIPT reconciliation. Friends gather for a Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.32.30 Almeida, Matthew Settle Martial Arts/ Action (105 min) celebratory dinner where memories and SHAMO Delivery Status: Completed Language: Hmong long suppressed love are rekindled. Action Year of Production: 2005, Country of Director: Wells Yengtha Her Language: Chinese Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Imagination Director: Soi Cheang Based on James Redfield’s worldwide Entertainment best-selling novel, The Celestine Producer: Wells Yengtha Her Writer: Izo Hashimoto, Szeto Kam yuen Prophecy is a spiritual adventure film Key Cast: Wells Yengtha Her, Yingy Her, E Producer: Junichi Matsushita, Shin chronicling the discovery of ancient Seng Vang, Tao Li, Ishia Her Yoneyama, Sam Leong scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. Delivery Status: Completed EALING STUDIOS Co-production partners: BROKEN GLASS (VIDRIO ROTO) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Cast: Shawn Yue, Dylan Kuo, Masato INTERNATIONAL Pschological Thriller (85 min) Origin: China Delivery Status: Postproduction Ealing Studios International, Ealing Director: English The appearance of a script detailing Country of Origin: Hong Kong Studios, Ealing Green, London, Language: Gustavo Camelot flawless fighting techniques triggers an A psychotic ex-con’s rise through the W5 5EP UK. Tel: 44.208.567.6655. Producer: Gustavo Camelot endless search and bloodshed. Unknown brutal world of underground no rules Fax: 44.208.758.8658. Key Cast: Mariela Santos, Jasper Wood, to everyone is a curse that comes with fighting competition. www.ealingstudios.com Gustavo Camelont the script and the secret to break it. SASORI At Cannes: Barnaby Thompson (Head of Delivery Status: Completed ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Action Studios, Ealing Studios), James Spring Year of Production: 2006, Country of Horror/ Thriller (90 min) Language: Chinese (Managing Director, Ealing Studios), Origin: Uruguay Language: English Director: Joe Ma Natalie Brenner (International Sales and Through seven bottles of magical wine, Director: Vinson Pike Distribution Consultant, Ealing Studios Writer: Joe Ma, Lee Fire we follow the journey of Valentina, a Key Cast: David Watkins, Posy Bremer International), Sophie Meyer (Head of Producer: Junichi Matsushita, Shin beautiful artist living in Berlin Delivery Status: Completed Development, Ealing Studios), Tabitha Yoneyama, Sam Leong Year of Production: 2006, Country of Jenkins (Production Executive, Ealing Cast: Miki Mizuno, Dylan Kuo, Emme Origin: Studios) Wong ECHELON STUDIOS Jakob Kelser is a man with a horrific, Country of Origin: Hong Kong/Japan Office: Relais de la Reine. 4th Floor, Echelon Studios, 1725 Victory Blvd., troubled past. Finally, he’s pushed over SHANGHAI BABY Tel: 04.93.06.70.08. Fax: 04.93.06.70.28 Glendale, CA 91201 USA. Tel: the edge, and he plans his revenge. Drama ST TRINIANS 818.500.1640. Fax: 818.500.1644. Language: English, Chinese Comedy www.echelonent.com, email: Director: Berengar Pfahl Language: English [email protected] ECHO BRIDGE Writer: Wei Hui Director: Oliver Parker and Barnaby At Cannes: Eric Louzil (President & Cast: Bai Long, Luke goss, Katja ENTERTAINMENT Thompson CEO/President of Distribution), Gloria Riemann Producer: Barnaby Thompson Morrison (Co-CEO/President of Echo Bridge Entertainment, 75 Second Country of Origin: Germany/China Key Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Development & Acquisitions), Matthew Avenue, Suite 500, Needham, MA 02494 In rain drenched Berlin, the passionate, Russel Brand Mueller (Senior VP of Acquisitions), USA. Tel: 781.444.6767. Fax: fun loving young writer Coco is caught Delivery Status: In Production Alfredo Correa (VP of International 781.444.6472. www.ebellc.com, email: between Far Eastern traditions and Budget 15 million Sales), Tim Kelly (VP of International [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of Western lifestyles, between romantic love Sales) At Cannes: Mr. Daniel March (Head of Origin: UK and unbridled lust. Office: Riviera E 16 International Sales), Mr. Michael St. Trinian’s school for ‘young ladies’ brings together a motley crew of pranksters who plan a heist to save the EBS WORLD school from bankruptcy ENTERTAINMENT I WANT CANDY EBS World Entertainment, 3000 W. Comedy Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, Language: English 90404 USA. Tel: 310.449.4065. Fax: Director: Steve Surjik 310.449.4061. www.ebsla.com, email: Producer: Barnaby Thompson and Piers [email protected] Thompson At Cannes: Richard Cooper (Chief Key Cast: Carmen Electra, Tom Riley, Executive Officer), Wayne Wong Tom Burke, McKenzie Crook, Jimmy (President), Rick Jordan (Vice President - Carr Production), Chad Dowdy (Assistant Delivery Status: Completed Vice President – Acquisitions), Josh Budget $6 million Plaza (Acquisitions Assistant) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Office: Riviera E-14, Tel: Origin: UK 33.0.4.92.99.32.13 This saucy teen comedy follows the trials NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH and tribulations of two naive wannabe Horror (84 minutes) filmmakers who stumble upon the Language: English opportunity of a lifetime Director: Graeme Whifler Producer: Jeff Kirshbaum FLAGG PURDY - CINEMA LIBRE Key Cast: Terry Becker; Randall Bosley, The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Rosenblatt (Managing Partner, Director: Carlos Martin Ferrera Schaberg, Tobin Armbrust, Alex Brunner ENTERTAINMENT 7 Acquisitions), Mr. Lenny Shapiro Producer: Raul Suárez Status: Pre Production Entertainment 7, 15030 Ventura Blvd., (Acquisitions) Cast: Eduard Fernandez, Belen Rueda, Year of Prod: 2007 Suite 762, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Office: Lerins - R15, Tel: Delivery Status: In development A con man, just out of prison, is drawn USA. Tel: 818.709.9595. Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.32.25 Budget: $ 2.5 M back into the world of crime when his 818.709.9597. www.ent7.com, email: HATCHET Country of Origin: Spain older brother blackmails him into [email protected] www.hatchetmovie.com Marcel’s life changes when he finds out stealing an artifact representing the “Soul At Cannes: Emilio Ferrari (Consultant), Horror (93 minutes) his wife is cheating on him with one of of China.” Bill Wilder (Sales Executive), Anastasia Language: English his best friends. He comes up with a MR. BROOKS Samorodskaya (Acquisition Executive) Director: Adam Green sordid plan to find out who it is… And Thriller Office: Palais 22.03 Co-Production Partners: Will Barratt and kill him Director: Bruce A. Evans XTREME PLAYERS Adam Green CLOSENESS (CERCANIA) Screenplay: Bruce A. Evans, Raynold www.xtremeplayersthemovie.com Producer: Scott Altomare, Sarah Elbert, Drama (84 min) Gideon Action/Thriller (90 Minutes) Cory Neal Language: Spanish Producers: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner, Language: English Key Cast: Joel David Moore, Robert Director: Rolando Díaz Raynold Gideon Director: Emilio Ferrari Englund, Kane Hodder, Deon Richmond, Producer: Rolando Díaz Exec. Producers: Sam Nazarian, Adam Co-Production Partners: Seven Mercedes McNab Cast: Reinaldo Miravalles, Carlos Cruz, Rosenfelt, Marc Schaberg, Thomas Entertainment Ltd. Delivery Status: Completed Ana Viñas Augsberger Producer: Emilio Ferrari Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: completed Cast: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Delivery Status: Completed Origin: USA Year of Production: 2006, Country of Cook, William Hurt Budget: $2 Million In the swamps of the Louisiana bayou, a Origin: Spain/US Status: Completed Year of Production: 2007, Country of terrifying legend is about to come to life, After over 10 years, a Cuban father and Year of Prod: 2006 Origin: USA and horror is about to be re-christened son get back together in Miami. Aside A compulsive killer about to retire is Four friends enter the worlds biggest Victor Crowley. from their conflictive relationship lies the urged to continue by his alter ego and a BEER LEAGUE father’s obsession to find the love of his extreme sports contest and find blackmailing witness while being hunted themselves competing for more than just www.beerleaguethemovie.com life, of whom he has not heard from in by a relentless detective. Comedy (86 minutes) 40 years. the prize money. Language: English CHILDREN (NIÑ@S) DOWN BY LOVE Director: Frank Sebastiano Drama (84 min) ELEVEN ARTS, INC. Drama (90 Minutes) Co-Production Partners: Brian Bell Language: Hungarian, English Language: Spanish Eleven Arts, Inc., 2932 Wilshire Blvd., Producer: Artie Lange, Anthony Director: Tamas Sas Director: Alfredo Montero #204 Santa Monica, CA 90403 USA. Tel: Mastromauro Producer: Alfredo Montero and Marcos Co-Production Partners: RTL 1.310.264.0818. Fax: 1.310.264.0868. Key Cast: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Ortiz Producer: Denes Szekeres www.elevenarts.net, email: Laurie Metcalf Cast: Adolfo Fernandez, Marcos Ortiz Delivery Status: Completed [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: completed Budget: $2 Million Sales agent Year of Production: 2006, Country of Year of Production: 2006, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Kana Aida (Executive Origin: USA Origin: Spain Origin: Hungary, USA Manager) Unemployed slacker Artie DeVanzo 4 intertwined stories that denounce the An intriguing story of a young Hungarian Office: Riviera H8/G3 inspires his team to improve their game horror of children who suffer sexual girl and her slow mental breakdown as THE VANISHED so they won’t get kicked out of the local abuse she reconsiders her long relationship with league. Horror (95 min) her lover and foster father and how her MEMORY Language: Japanese inner turmoil begins to unravel her www.ebellc.com/memory ELEMENT FILMS Director: Makoto Tanaka world. Thriller (98 minutes) Producer: Tsuyoshi Matsuura DIAMOND ZERO Director: English INTERNATIONAL Key Cast: Soko Wada Action (90 minutes) Language: Bennett Davlin Element Films International, 7966 Delivery Status: completed Director: English Producer: Anthony Badalucco, Bennett Beverly Boulevard, Third Floor, Los Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: David Gaz Davlin, Jesse Newhouse Angeles, CA 90048 USA. Tel: Origin: Japan Producer: David Gaz Key Cast: Billy Zane, Dennis Hopper, 323.330.8000. Fax: 323.330.8001. 35 years ago, mysterious disappearance Key Cast: Bronson Pinchot, Leo Rossi, Ann-Margret www.elementfilmsintl.com of children, a dead body with missing Tippi Hedren Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Marc Schaberg (COO), Jim organ, a secret kept by a small village. Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Harvey (Vice President) THE GENIUS CLUB Budget: $3 Million Origin: USA Office: Riviera Stand N1, Tel: Drama, Thriller (104 min) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Imagine if you had the power to access 33(0)4.92.99.32.14. Fax: Language: English Origin: USA someone else’s memories and you 33(0)4.92.99.32.17 Director: Tim Chey One of history’s greatest inventions is became haunted by visions of a shadowy SOMETHING BORROWED Producer: Arch Bobbema discovered when the authorities unravel a predator.a predator who abducts young Romantic Comedy Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Stephan scheme where the remains of the world’s girls. Director: Hank Nelken Bladwin, Paula Jai Parker greatest personalities are turned into Screenplay: Hank Nelken Delivery Status: complete priceless diamonds and sold to the ELDORADO Producers: Adam Rosenfelt, Dylan Year of Production: 2006, Country of highest bidder Sellers Origin: USA INTERNACIONAL Exec. Producers: Sam Nazarian, Marc Seven geniuses, with IQ’s over 200, are Eldorado Internacional, Av. de Burgos 14 Schaberg plucked from their lives on Christmas ESSENTIAL 10º G, Madrid, Madrid, 28036, Spain. Cast: Anna Faris Eve to try to solve the world’s problems Tel: 34.91.767.11.04. Fax: Status: Pre Production in one night. ENTERTAINMENT 34.91.767.11.04. email: Year of Prod: 2007 DELUSION Essential Entertainment, 9000 Sunset [email protected] Days before their wedding, a family Drama, Horror (80 min) Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90069 Sales agent and Finance Seeking for Co- curse causes the bride and groom to Language: Japanese USA. Tel: 310.550.9100. Fax: production projects switch bodies in order to test their true Director: Shugo Fujii 310.550.9101. www.essential-ent.com At Cannes: Mocha Aguilar (Sales love. Producer: Tomoko Hagio, Aya Sasaki At Cannes: John Fremes (President), Jere Director), Jesus Moreno (Sales SHANGHAI Key Cast: Shunsuke Kubozuka, Kimika Hausfater (CEO), Mark Padilla (Director, Executive) Action Yoshino Sales & Distribution), Randy Hermann Office: CINEMA FROM SPAIN, Tel: Director: Jon Amiel Delivery Status: completed (COO/CFO), Neil Kaplan (Cheif 34.625.15.95.05 / 34.615.537.207 Screenplay: Karl Gajdusek Year of Production: 2005 Business Development Officer) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Producers: Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, Country of Origin: Japan Office: Majestic Hotel Suite 110, Drama (90 min) Adam Rosenfelt When his delusion hits the limit, he Tel: 33(0)4.97.06.85.01. Language: Spanish Exec. Producers: Sam Nazarian, Marc becomes a monster. Fax: 33(0)4.97.06.85.03 The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN SPIRIT OF THE FOREST In the not too distant future, a young boy Producer: Bob Hubar, Denis Wigman, Drama Animation travels to an alien world to find his faster Executive Producer: Terry Glinwood Language: English Language: English and fulfill his destiny. Co-Producer: Jimmy De Erabant Director: Dennis Lee Director: David Rubin, Juan C. Pena TAKEN BY FORCE Cast: Sienna Guillory, Charlotte Producer: Marco Weber, Vanessa Producer: Manolo Gomez Martial Arts Rampling, Alice Krige Coifman, Sukee Chew Cast: voiceovers tba Delivery Status: Language: English Delivery Status: Complete Key Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Post - Production Director: Ron Althoff Year of Production: 2000, Country of Dafoe, Julia Roberts Budget: $25M Producer: Ron Althoff Origin: Great Britain & Belgium Delivery Status: In Production Year of Production: 2007, Country of Co-production partners: Fred deWysocki British nanny working in Italy is accused Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Spain Cast: Jeff Osterhage, James Lew, of attempted murder. Origin: USA A new and scary adventure from the Branscombe Richmond, Frank Stallone, TO KILL A KING An unexpected tragedy threatens to rip creators of “The Living Forest” and James Russo Drama (98 min) an emotionally fragile family apart.” “Midsummer Dream”. Delivery Status: Post- Production, Fall Language: English SOLOMON KANE MEDIUM RAW 2006 delivery Director: Mike Barker Action-Adventure Horror Budget: $2M Writer: Jenny Mayhew Language: English Language: English Year of Production: 2006, Country of Cast: Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Director: Michael J. Bassett Director: Andrew Cymek Origin: USA Williams, Rupert Everett Producer: Samuel Hadida Producer: Brigitte Kingsley, Fred When a San Francisco detective goes Delivery Status: Complete Delivery Status: Pre-Production deWysocki hunting for the cruel Asian crime figure Year of Production: 2002, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Cast: Mercedes McNabb, Andrew who killed his partner, he finds himself Origin: Great Britain, Germany Origin: USA Martin, Walter Alza thrown into the center of a violent plot to A man is torn between loyalty to his wife A mercenary who owes his life to the Delivery Status: Filming steal a terrorist weapon. and his king. devil redeems himself by fighting evil Budget: $5M BOOK OF SWORDS BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS KILLING SUKI FLOOD Year of Production: 2007, Country of Martial Arts (87 min) Drama (102 min) Action-Thriller Origin: Canada Language: English Language: English Director: English Rookie cop Johnny Morgan is declared a Director: Peter J. Allen Director: Stephen Fry Language: Louis-Pascal Couvelaire local hero as he escorts the legendary Producer: Richard Isaac, Jin Kyu Pak Writer: Stephen Fry Producer: Samuel Hadida serial killer “The Wolf” into the care of Co-production partners: Helena Son Producer: Gina Carter, Miranda Davis Delivery Status: Pre-Production Parker’s Asylum for the Criminally Cast: Ho-Sung Pak, Liesel Guinto, Cast: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Insane. Triumph turns into terror when Richard Divizio Emily Mortimer, Peter O’Toole Origin: Johnny realizes that he just helped this Delivery Status: completed Delivery Status: Complete Frank’s life is turned upside down when monster orchestrate the ultimate Year of Production: 2004, Country of Year of Production: 2002, Country of he picks up the sexy Suki Flood. massacre… Origin: USA Origin: Great Britain, USA THE SNOW PRINCE Budget: $ 2,000,000 A portrait of a fast, furious, and decadent Action / adventure, pre-production Martial arts at its spectacular best - open era that follows the exploits of a group of Language: English the “Book of Swords” and be prepared to young aristocrats, slavishly followed by F Director: John Henderson witness a spectacular fight for Earth’s the tabloid press, who refer to them as Producer: Peter Watson-Wood salvation! Starring Ho-Sung Pak (Mortal the “bright young things.” FANTASTIC FILMS Co-production partners: Fred deWysocki Kombat). INTERNATIONAL, Cast: Adrian Paul, Sir Richard FILM MESSENGER Attenborough, Gabriel Byrne, Greta FIERCE Film Messenger, 504, E-Starville 1, LLC Scacchi 1480-5, Kayang-dong Gangseo-gu Seoul Fantastic Films International, LLC, 3854 Delivery Status: Spring 2007 delivery ENTERTAINMENT 157-807, Korea. Tel: 82.2.3661.4429. Budget: $18M Clayton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, Fierce Entertainment, 8306 Wilshire Fax: 82.2.2659.8676. Year of Production: 2006, Country of USA. Tel: 323.661.7088. Blvd. #904 Los Angeles, CA 90211 USA. www.filmmessenger.com Origin: United Kingdom Fax: 323.661.7188. Tel: 310.860.1174. Fax: 310.860.9446. Sales agent, Distributor, Acquisition An enchanted tale of sorcery, romance www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com www.fierce-entertainment.com, email: At Cannes: Yoonhee Choi (Managing and heroic swordplay, this is a beautiful Sales Agent / Producer [email protected] Director), Ahreum Jun (Marketing Team) tale for the entire family – a timeless At Cannes: Roxane Barbat (President), Sales Agent Acquisition Executive: Yoonhee Choi Fred deWysocki III (Partner), Claudiu “Evergreen” sure to be a Christmas At Cannes: Christopher Petzel (CEO) (Managing Director) Dobre (sales) classic for years to come. Acquisition Executive: Steve Emmerson Office: RIVIERA Stand H15, Tel: Acquisition Executive: Fred de VIP PASSPORT (TV SERIES0 Office: Tel: Christopher Petzel Cell: 82.11.381.3661 Wysocki III Reality 33.6.68.61.21.68 BEFORE THE SUMMER PASSES Office: Carlton Intercontinental Hotel, Language: English SUPERSTITION AWAY Suite #134, Tel: 04.93.06.41 34 / Director: Julien Lecomte Thriller (90 min) Romantic Drama (78min) 04.93.06.81 34 Producer: Julien Lecomte Language: English Language: Korean AGENT C.R.U.S.H. Cast: Rachel Sterling, Jacqlyn Paige, Director: Kenneth Hope Director: Sung Ji-hae Animation Trishelle Cannatella Writer: Paul Hoffman, Kate Dennis, Writer: Sung Ji-hae Language: English Delivery Status: Filming Stephen Volk Producer: Cho Sung-woo Director: Sean Robinson Budget: $13M Producer: Tony Ludwig, Fred Year of Production: 2007, Country of deWysocki, Sean Robinson Origin: United States Cast: TBA VIP Passport is a new television series Delivery Status: Pre-Production, Winter that takes viewers behind the velvet 2006 delivery ropes. Budget: $15M THRU THE MOEBIUS STRIP Year of Production: 2006, Country of Animation (87 minutes) Origin: United Kingdom Language: English From Oscar Winner PETER LAMONT Director: Glenn Chaika (“Titanic”, 20 “James Bond” movies, Producer: Raymond Neoh, Anthony “Aliens”, etc.) and Producer TONY Neoh, David Kirschner, Frank Foster LUDWIG (“Starsky and Hutch”, Cast: Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, Jean “Tomcats”, “The Family Man”, etc.) Simmons comes the future of law enforcement: Delivery Status: Completed AGENT C.R.U.S.H. Budget: $25M Year of Production: 2005, Country of Origin: Hong Kong PUFFY CHAIR – CINEMAVAULT The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Cast: Lee Hyun-woo, Kim Bo-kyung, Year of Production: 2006, Country of FINANCIERS: Director: Dito Montiel Kwon Min Origin: Italy Producer: Charlie Corwin, Clara Delivery Status: Completed A crew are shipwrecked on an island that ICB Markowicz, Trudie Styler Year of Production: 2006, Country of isn’t marked out on a map. It would seem Key Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Rosario Origin: South Korea to be a desert island but they are not ENTERTAINMENT Dawson, Shia LaBeouf I have TWO men. One who loves me and alone. FINANCE Delivery Status: Completed one who I love - ZOMBIES, THE BEGINNING ICB Entertainment Finance, 1840 Year of Production: 2006, Country of Entangled desire everybody could Horror (90’) Century Park East, Suite 1000, Los Origin: USA experience! This is the story of a pivotal summer on Language: English, Angeles, CA 90067, USA. Tel: PRUNING THE GRAPEVINE the hot, sweaty violent streets of Astoria, Director: Vincent Dawn 310.275.7171. Fax: 310.275.0855 Drama (115min) Queens. Producer: Diamonds International Film Financier Language: Korean Key Cast: Y. Yzon, A. Anson, P. Holme At Cannes: David Hutkin (1st VP. Director: Min Boung-hun Delivery Status: completed Deputy Managing Director) Writer: Min Boung-hun FIVE STAR Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: Cell: 310.985.1283 Producer: Sohn Hyun-wook Origin: Italy PRODUCTION CO., Cast: Seo Jang-won, Lee Min-jung, Key An expedition team sent to rescue a Joo-bong scientific crew on an island will FIRST LOOK LTD. (THAILAND) Delivery Status: Completed encounter a new generation of First Look, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, 4th Five Star Production Co., Ltd. (Thailand), Year of Production: 2006, Country of zombies…. Floor, Century City, CA 90067 USA. Tel: 61/1 Soi Thaweemitr2, Rama 9 Road, Origin: South Korea 424.202.5000. Fax: 424.202.5001. Huaykwang Bangkok 10320 Thailand. Tel: This film is about a Catholic student who www.firstlookinternational.com, email: 662.246.9029. Fax: 662.246.2105. is reluctant to cut the relationship with FILMSHARKS [email protected] www.fivestarent.com, email: his ex-love. INTERNATIONAL At Cannes: Avi Lerner (Co-Chairman), [email protected] BOYS OF TOMORROW Danny Dimbort (Co-Chairman), Production and Distribution Company Drama (93min) SRL Christian Mercuri (VP), John Vista Neis At Cannes: Mr. Tian Ponvanit Language: Korean Filmsharks International Srl, Soler 4845, (Exec. Director) (International Sales Director), Ms. Director: Noh Dong-seok Buenos Aires, BA 1425 Argentina. Tel: Office: Hilton Cannes - Suite 302, Tel: Aphiradee Iamphungphorn (International Writer: Noh Dong-seok 54.11.4774.5044. Fax: 54.11.4774.5044. 33(0)4.92.99.70.00. Fax: Sales Executive), Ms. Arthita Producer: Peter Kim www.filmsharks.com, email: 33(0)4.92.99.70.11 Lertsethtakarn (Sales Coordinator), Mrs. Cast: Kim Byeong-seok, Yu A-in, Choi [email protected] DEDICATION Somjai Lertsethtakarn (Senior Executive Jae-sung At Cannes: Guido Rud (Director) Romantic Comedy (111 min) Director), Mr. Kiattikul Iamphungporn Delivery Status: Completed Office: TBA Language: English (Executive Director) Year of Production: 2006, Country of BEYZA’NIN KADINLARI Director: Justin Theroux Office: 661.934.8190, Tel: 661.934.8190 Origin: South Korea (SHATTERD SOUL) Co-Production Partners: Plum Pictures HAUNTING ME Two boys on the outskirts of town Thriller (120 minutes) Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Galt Horror believe that their life is elsewhere but Language: Turkish with inglish subtitles Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray Language: Thai (with English Subtitle) they have no means to pursue their Director: Mustafa Altioklar Key Cast: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Director: Wisit Sasanatieng dreams. Can a gun be their hope? Key Cast: Tamer Karadagli, Demet Tom Wilkinson Producer: Five Star Production Co., Ltd. Edgar & Levent Üzümcü Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed FILMEXPORT Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA Origin: Thailand GROUP Origin: Turkey An author of children’s books loses his The energetic life of young men, the Filmexport Group, Via Del Pianeta A number of mutilated legs found around beloved illustrator and must team with an innocence of love, results in death and Urano, 60 – Rome – Italy. Tel: Istanbul push the city into the terror of a anxious and untested replacement. vengeance that spread throughout the 06.52207432. Fax: 06.52278416. serial murderer. Doruk, The Police SMILEY FACE dorm. A ghoulish female spirit begins her www.filmexport.com, email: Lieutenant Faith investigates the Comedy (88 min) haunting. A tale of fright unfolds. [email protected] gruesome murders with his new expert Language: English THE UNSEEABLE Sales agent partner. Director: Gregg Araki Ex-rotic Horror At Cannes: Roberto Di Girolamo EL SEGUNDO Producer: Henry Winterstern and Steve Language: Thai (with English Subtitle) (President), Laura Maurano (Sales Thriller (90 minutes) Golin Director: Wisit Sasanatieng Manager), Elisa D’Amico (Sales Language: Spanish / Inglish Key Cast: Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Producer: Five Star Production Co., Ltd. Manager) Director: Hank Jacobs Adam Brody Cast: Siraphan Wattanajinda / Suporntip Office: Hotel Hilton, I-Club, 1st Floor, Key Cast: Pedro Armendariz, Alana De Delivery Status: Completed Choungrangsee Tel: 04.92995278. Fax: 04.92995278 La Garza, Carlos Guzman & Hank Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed NOAH’S ARK (EL ARCA) Jacobs Origin: USA Year of Production: 2006, Country of http://www.el-arca.com/ Delivery Status: Completed An actress/slacker’s day goes seriously Origin: Thailand Animation (90’) Year of Production: 2006, Country of out-of-control when she tries to balance A tale of love and horror that brings Language: Spanish, Italian, English, Origin: United States of America competing agendas to get all the items in together two unsuspecting ladies. Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini El Segundo is known as an ancient jewel her “to-do” list done. BLACKNIGHT Producer: Production Group, Patagonik which brings eternal life to the possessor. AN AMERICAN CRIME Horror Film Group A wealthy Tejano rancher is seeking El Drama (92 min) Language: Thai (with English Subtitle) Delivery Status: completed Segundo, and his quest threatens to tear Director: English Director: Patrick Leung/ Thanit Jitnukul/ Year of Production: 2007, Country of apart the community that depends on Language: Tommy O’Haver takahiko Akiyama Origin: Argentina, Italy him. Producer: Henry Winterstern, Christine Producer: Five Star Production Co., Ltd. A classic animated film that tackles an DESPUÉS DEL MAR (AFTER THE Vachon, Kevin Turen Cast: Dylan Guo/ Annie Liu/ Pichanart absolutely universal subject, in a context SEA) Key Cast: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, Sakhakorn/ Kajonsak Ratananisai/ Takashi of adventures and humour, in which the Drama (70 minutes) James Franco Kashiwabara/ Asaka Seto animals are the main characters. Language: Spanish Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed ISLAND OF THE LIVING DEAD Director: Israel Adrian Caetano Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2006, Country of (L’ISOLA DEI MORTI VIVENTI) Key Cast: Victoria Carreras & Facundo Origin: USA Origin: Thailand Horror (91’) Ramirez A seemingly ordinary housewife Next Door (Hong Kong) Language: English, Delivery Status: Completed imprisons and tortures a beautiful Horrific incidents take place one after Director: Vincent Dawn Year of Production: 2005, Country of teenager in the basement of her house. another. One fateful night when a Producer: La Perla Nera Origin: Argentina A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR Taiwanese girl, returned to look for her Key Cast: Yvette Yzon, Alvin Anson, Something unexplainable has happened SAINTS policeman boyfriend, only to discover that Ronald Russo at the end of the world. Drama (98 min) he has already started a new affair with his Delivery Status: completed Language: English beautiful neighbor from mainland China. The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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FOCUS FEATURES Producers: Kourosh Esmailzadeh FRIES FILM GROUP, Six suicidal “contestants” play a series of (“Living Luminaries: on the Serious Russian Roulette style games in an effort INTERNATIONAL Business of Happiness”, “Red Soil”, INC. to win one million dollars a year for life. Focus Features International, New York “Succeed!”), Oleg Harencar Fries Film Group, Inc., 22817 Ventura ROUGH CUT Office: 65 Bleecker Street, 3rd Floor, (“Bloodlines”) Blvd. #909, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Documentary (87 minutes) New York, NY 10012 USA. Tel: Status: In Pre-Production. Credits not USA. Tel: 818.888.3052. Fax: Language: English 1.212.539.4000. Fax: 1.212.539.4099. Contractual 818.888.3042. Director: Todd Klick UK Office: Fourth Floor, Oxford House, Based on a true story, VENUS IN FURS Distributor Writer: Sean Gaston and Todd Klick 76 Oxford Street, London W1D 1BS UK. is the twisted love story of famous At Cannes: Charles M. Fries (President), Producer: Todd Shill, Todd Klick and Tel: 44.207.307.1300. Fax: Austrian author, Leopold von Sacher- Adam Welles (VP of Worldwide Sales) Sean Gaston 44.207.307.1301. Masoch (who is known for having lent Office: Riviera F.5, Tel: Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Alison Thompson (President, his name to the term “masochism”), and 3306.82.31.07.34 Year of Production: 2006, Country of International Sales and Distribution), his beautiful wife, Wanda, a former NUMB Origin: USA Heta Paarte (SVP, International washerwoman. Romantic Comedy (2007) Would you kill to make a movie? Rough Marketing and Distribution), Tim LIVING LUMINARIES Director: Harris Goldberg Cut explores the twisted tale of two Spencer (SVP, International Sales), Peter ON THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF Cast: Mathew Perry, Lynn Collins, Mary young filmmakers who had a dream of Kujawski, (VP, International Sales) HAPPINESS Steenburgen making a horror movie – and the bizarre Office: Focus Features International, Docudrama / Self Help Status: Post-Production. Scheduled to events that followed. Résidence du Gray d’Albion, 12, la Director: Larry Kurnarsky screen at Cannes Film Festival and Croisette, 2nd Floor, 06400 Cannes, Writers: Larry Kurnarsky and S. A. Tribeca Film Festival. France. Tel: 04.93.99.07.61. Fax: Mulvihill When a writer falls in love with his soul 04.93.99.10.29 Producer: Michael J. Lasky mate, her love cures him of his neurotic G BURN AFTER READING Exec. Producers: Kourosh Esmailzadeh personality. Written and Directed by: Joel Coen and (“Venus in Furs” – from the writer of ALIEN AGENT GAUMONT Ethan Coen “The Libertine”, “Red Soil”, Action (2007) 30 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Produced by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “Succeed!”), Dawn Olmstead, Gene Cast: Mark Dacascos, Billy Zane, Amelia Neuilly Sur Seine, France. Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Sloan, Bo Linten Cooke Tel: 33.1.46.43.21.80. Fax: Fellner Cast: Best selling authors: Eckhart Tolle Status: Post Production. Ready for 33.1.46.43.20.33. www.gaumont.fr Cast: Frances McDormand, George (himself); Marianne Williamson delivery by May 2007. Scheduled to At Cannes: Christophe RIANDÉE Clooney (herself); Gary R. Renard (himself); Don screen at the Cannes Film Festival (C.E.O.), Loïc TROCMÉ (Head of Sales Status: In Pre Production Miguel Ruiz (himself); Matthew Kelly A lawman from another Galaxy must and Acquisitions), Yves CHEVALIER A Working Title Production (himself); Sean Mulvihill stop an invading force from building a (Acquisitions Consultant), Cécile A Focus Features Release Status: Recently Completed / Screeners gateway to our world. GAGET (Sales & Acquisitions), MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A Available. THE COVENANT Dorothée GROSJEAN (Sales), Virginie DAY A powerful new motion picture featuring Thriller (2006) ROYER (Sales) Director: Bharat Nalluri the “Cultural Creative A-list”, NY Cast: Eddie Furlong, Michael Madsen, Office: 2 La Croisette, 5th Floor, Tel: 33 Times/multi-million best sellers. Screenplay: David Magee and Simon Chandra West 4 93 68 90 20 RED SOIL: CHOCOLATE & CHILD Beaufoy, based on the novel of the same Status: Completed and Ready for CHRYSALIS SLAVERY (Working Title) title by Winifred Watson delivery Thriller / Science Fiction Drama / Thriller / Philanthropic Producers: Nellie Bellflower, Stephen David Faustian’s life spirals downward Director: Julien Leclercq Producer: Leila Djansi (“Grass Between Garrett and out of control after a mugger blinds Production: GAUMONT My Lips” - made for the African Women Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams him. Six months later a mysterious Cast: Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Development Commission, “Together Status: In Production stranger offers David a bargain to restore Marthe Keller, Mélanie Thierry, Estelle Forever”, “The Sisterhood”, “Fespasco”), A Kudos Film/Keylight Entertainment his sight. Lefébure Stratton Leopold (“Star Trek XI”, Production Status: Private screening “Mission: Impossible III”, “Red Thread”, A Focus Features Release When truth is lodged in the heart of brain, “Paycheck”, “The Sum of All Fears”, FRONTAL LOBE BLINDNESS memories become a precious and highly “Bless the Child”, “The General’s Director: Fernando Meirelles FILMS coveted commodity. And some of them Daughter”, “Bound by Honor”, “Born Screenplay: Don McKellar adapted from never fade away. Yesterday”) Frontal Lobe Films, 1700 N. 7th Ave the novel by José Saragamo THE BRØKEN – ORIGINAL Exec. Producers: Kourosh Esmailzadeh Suite 240, Phoenix, AZ, 85007, United Producers: Niv Fichman, Sonoko Sakai, ENGLISH VERSION (“Venus in Furs” – from the writer of States. Tel: 602.476.1630. Fax: Andrea Barata Ribeiro Psychological Thriller “The Libertine”, “Living Luminaries: on 602.476.1631. www.frontallobefilms.com, Co-Producer: Bel Berlinck Director: Sean Ellis the Serious Business of Happiness”, Email: [email protected] Executive Producers: Simon Channing Production: GAUMONT / LEFT TURN “Succeed!”) Sales Agent, Distributor, Producer Williams, Gail Egan FILMS Cast: Kimberly Elise (Lionsgate’s At Cannes: Thomas Henager (President), Cast: Daniel Craig, Julianne Moore Cast: Lena Headey “Pride”, “The Manchurian Candidate”, Kevin Palmer (VP) Status: In Pre Production Office: Tel: 623.698.5925 Status: Post-production “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”, “John On a busy London street, Gina thinks she Q”, “Bait”) SIXES AND THE ONE EYED KING Thriller (95 minutes) sees herself drive past in her own car. FORTUNE Status: Principal Photography Scheduled MR 73 for July 2007. Language: English FEATURES, INC. Director: Ray Nomoto Robison Thriller Credits not Contractual Director: Olivier Marchal Fortune Features, Inc., 127 Broadway, In a land of corruption and war, children Writer: Ray Nomoto Robison and Suite 221, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Patricia Snyder Production: GAUMONT / LGM Cinéma struggle to survive a life of forced labor Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy USA. Tel: 310.601.8346. Fax: on an isolated cocoa farm nestled in the Producer: Ray Nomoto Robison 435.604.8346. www.fortunefeatures.com, Key Cast: Grace Thorsen and Scott Ford Status: Shooting small forgotten village of Abame, in In Marseille, particularly savage and email: [email protected] West Africa. Among them is OKAI, a 13 Delivery Status: Completed Worldwide Sales, Production and Year of Production: 2006, Country of vicious murders remain without year old boy sold into slavery by his explanation, casting discredit on the police. Financing of Motion Pictures. father. Origin: USA At Cannes: Kourosh Esmailzadeh (CEO), Anthony Pupatello (Associate) Office: TBA, Tel: 1.310.601.8346, email: [email protected] Email your press releases only during Cannes to: VENUS IN FURS Romantic Drama Writer: Stephen Jeffreys (“The [email protected] Libertine”, “Lost Lands”)

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GOALPOST FILM Producer: Juichi SHIRAUCHI, Kimiko partners after the latter makes a A dreamer and adventurer in Siam’s first ISHII mysterious return from the grave. Air Force. Goalpost Film, 54 Lynette Avenue, Cast: Masayuki SHIONOYA, Mariko IN A DAY THE POSTMODERN LIFE OF MY London SW4 9HD, United Kingdom. Tel: TAKAHASHI Romance/Comedy AUNT (YI MA DE HOU XIAN DAI 44.20.8673.6114. Delivery Status: Completed Director: Evan Richards SHENG HUO) Sales Agent Budget: 2.3 M US$ Producer: Rowan Athale, Evan Richards Drama (110 mins) At Cannes: Tristan Whalley (Managing Year of Production: 2006, Country of Cast: Lorraine Pilkington, Finlay Language: Mandarin Director), Nicki Parfitt (Co-Managing Origin: Japan Robertson Director: Ann Hui Director) A road movie of a piano tuner who looks Production Status: Completed. Screening Writer: Li Qiang Office: Résidences Grand Hôtel, for a beach that his deceased wife wanted in Market Producer: Yuan Mei Entrance Cormoran 2, Bell 53, 5th floor, her ashes to be scattered. A disturbing encounter throws two Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Siqin Gaowa, Vicky 47 La Croisette, 06400 Cannes, Tel: BAKUSHI-THE INCREDIBLE strangers together on the path of love, Zhao Wei 334.93.39.76.29 LIVES OF ROPE-MASTERS but all is not what it seems. In A Day so Delivery Status: Completed CLUBLAND (BAKUSHI) much can happen. Budget: USD 5M Dramatic Comedy (108 minutes) Documentary (94 min) 39 POUNDS OF LOVE Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: English Language: Japanese Documentary Origin: China Director: Cherie Nowlan Director: Ryuichi HIROKI Director & Producer: Dani Menkin In the autumn of her life, a woman learns Producer: Rosemary Blight Producer: Yoshiyasu IKEZAKI (At Cast: Ami Ankilewitz the value of love. Co-production partners: Essential Entertainment), Naoya NARITA (Archim Production Status: Completed. Screening Viewing Pictures Boldo) in Market Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Cast: Chimuo NUREKI, Haruki The uplifting true story of one man’s GOLDEN SUN FILM Emma Booth, Richard Wilson and YUKIMURA, Go ARISUE courageous journey to show the world Frankie. J. Holden Delivery Status: Completed (Feature) - that anything is possible. CO LTD Delivery Status: Completed Market Debut LIBRARY Golden Sun Film Co Ltd, 11/F Hong Lok Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget: 0.8 M US$ Goldcrest Films International’s library House, 477 Nathan Road, Yaumatei, Origin: Australia Year of Production: 2006, Country of also has over 80 titles available to license Kln., Hong Kong. Tel: 852.23855939. Tim has a new girlfriend. It should be the Origin: Japan world-wide for Television and DVD Fax: 852.23683873. email: perfect romance but something is holding The word “BAKUSHI” is in the western rights, including many award winning [email protected], him back. His parents are entertainers.! term the rope master or rope artist for the features. We are also buying All Rights www.goldensunfilm.com There are never just two people in a Japanese bondage. It is a documentary Worldwide. Sales agent, producer, distributor, agent family love story. about the lives of such peculiar At Cannes: Ketsarinh Lan (Distribution THE ESCAPIST professional, known in Japanese GOLDEN NETWORK Director), William Lan(President), Thriller “KINBAKU”. Cherina Sze(Sales Manager) Language: English CRICKETS ASIA LIMITED Acquisition Executive: William Lan Director: Rupert Wyatt Drama (102 min) (President) Producer: Adrian Sturges and Alan Golden Network Asia Limited, Room Language: Japanese 2003, Futura Plaza, 111-113 How Ming DRAGON TREASURE Moloney Director: Shinji AOYAMA St., Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Tel: Action (approx 90 min) Co-production partners: A Picture Writer: Ryo IWAMATSU 852.2751.1886. Fax: 852.2750.4862. Language: Chinese & Mardarin Farm/Parallel Films production Producer: Atsushi KATAYANAGI [email protected] Director: Tso Wing Cast: Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Damian Cast: Kyoka SUZUKI, Tsutomu Sales Agent Writer: Cheng Shing Mao Lewis and Seu Jorge YAMAZAKI At Cannes: Carrie Wong (Managing Producer: Lan Tien Hong, Lai Tsun Kei Delivery Status: Post-production Delivery Status: Completed Director), Clarence Tang (Head of Sales Cast: Kwok Chun On, To Lai Man, Tam Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget: 1.0 M US$ & Acquisitions), Feron Lau (Project On Yip, Lo Wai Kwong, Sze Lik Ka, Pak Origin: U.K. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Director), Lammy Li (Sales and Bin, Cheung Yim Bing, Cheung Chi Wai A prison escape thriller with a twist set in Origin: Japan Marketing Manager), Elise Wong (Senior Delivery Status: Postproduction the subterranean tunnels beneath London. The story portrays a strange relationship Sales and Marketing Assistant) Budget: $1,000,000.00 ELISE between an old blind and dumb man and Acquisition Executive: Clarence Tang Year of Production: 2006, Country of Drama middle aged beautiful woman. Office: LERINS – P1, Tel: Origin: Hong Kong Language: English 04.92.99.32.46 There is a secret hidden in the national Director: James Bogle MID ROAD GANG treasure “the ancient cup”. The secret is Producer: Ben Grant GOLDCREST FILMS Family/Comedy (95 mins) related to the wealth. Co-production partners: Essential Language: Thai KUNG FU MONKEY Viewing Pictures INTERNATIONAL Director: Pantham Thongsang, Somkiat Action (approx 90 min) Cast: Natalie Imbruglia Goldcrest Films International, 65/66 Vithuranich Language: Chinese & Mardarin Delivery Status: Pre-production Dean Street, London W1D 4PL, United Writer: Somkiat Vithuranich Director: Tin Chun Country of Origin: Australia Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)20.7437.8696. Fax: Producer: Pantham Thongsang Producer: Lan Tien Hong, Lai Tsun Kei At the beach one summer day a little girl 44(0)20.7437.4448. Cast: Pitisak Yaowananont, Pavarisa Cast: Liang Xio Long, Gordon Lau Kar goes missing. Twenty years on her sister [email protected] Phenjati, Chalermpol Fai, Micheal Tam finds the courage to rearrange the pieces At Cannes: John Quested (Chairman), Thikamporntheerawong Delivery Status: Completed of her broken life . and invent a new Stephen Johnston (President, Goldcrest Delivery Status: Completed Budget: $1,000,000.00 beginning. Films Inc.), Nick Quested (Director), Budget: USD 1.5M Year of Production: 2005, Country of Laura Murphy (Sales & Marketing), Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Hong Kong Wayne Godfrey (Acquisitions & Origin: Thailand Sap Yee Siu, the young owner of Chinese GOLD VIEW CO. LTD. Development) An inspiring comedy about the medicine shop, is fond of Kung Fu. He Gold View Co. Ltd., Entopia Ogikubo #1201, Office: 25 La Croisette, Bagatelle, Tel: friendship, courage and the loyalty tries to ask Tin Kiu San one of the 3-50-5 Asagaya-minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 04.93.99.01.84. Fax: 04.93.99.04.69. between a pack of stray mutts. Guangdong Ten Tigers to be his Kung Fu 166-0004 Japan. Tel: 81.3.5347.2501. Fax: ELVIS & ANABELLE FIRST FLIGHT master but is rejected by Tin. 81.3.5347.2505. http://www.goldview.co.jp/ Drama/ Romance Drama (95 mins) SNAKE CURSE Sales agent Director: Will Geiger Language: Thai Horror (approx 90 min) At Cannes: Kiyo JOO (Managing Dir.), Producer: Nick Quested Director: Thanit Jitnukul Language: Chinese & Mardarin Alberto CORELO LUGO (Consultant) Cast: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Producer: Thanit Jitnukul, Saharat Director: Chiang Kwok Kuen Office: Mary Steenburgen, Joe Mantegna, Keith Vilainet Producer: Lan Tien Hong, Lai Tsun Kei ARIA Carradine Cast: Sornram Theppitak, Songporn Cast: Steven Ma, Gordon Lau Kar Fai, Drama (105 min) Production Status: Completed. Market Thongmark, Tom Claytor Tsui Man, Yip Wah Language: Japanese Debut Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed Director: Takushi TSUBOKAWA A young mortician and a small-town Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget: $1,000,000.00 Writer: Takushi TSUBOKAWA beauty queen become unlikely romantic Origin: Thailand Year of Production: 2004, Country of The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Origin: Hong Kong GREENESTREET LAW OFFICES OF HALCYON A highly educated expert, a selfish and money-oriented person, did a secret and FILMS GREG S. BERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL illegal experiment and created a snake- INTERNATIONAL Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein, 9601 PICTURES, LLC man by combining the DNA of a human Wilshire Blvd., Suite 240, Beverly Hills, being and produced a miracle drug for GreeneStreet Films International, 275 S. California, USA. Tel: 1.310.247.2790. Halcyon International Pictures, LLC, saving life. Beverly Drive, Suite 210, Beverly Hills, Fax: 1.310.247.2791. 1785 E. Sahara Drive, Suite 490, Las CA 90212 USA. Tel: 310.860.1113. Fax: www.thefilmlaw.com. E-mail: Vegas, NV 89104 USA. Tel: 310.860.1311. GORILLA PICTURES [email protected] 310.388.6087. Fax: 310.388.0481. www.greenestreetfilms.com Entertainment and Film Finance Law, www.halcyonpix.com, email: Gorilla Pictures, 2000 W. Olive Avenue, International Sales Arm for GreeneStreet Producer Representative [email protected] Burbank, CA 91506 USA. Tel: Films At Cannes: Greg S. Bernstein At Cannes: Ray Haboush (Partner), Brian 818.848.2198. Fax: 818.848.2232. At Cannes: John Penotti (President, (Entertainment Attorney, Producer Yuzna (Partner) www.gorillapictures.net, email: GreeneStreet Films), Ariel Veneziano Representative) Office: Riviera L3/M4 [email protected] (President, GreeneStreet Films Office: Novotel Montfleury Cannes, Tel: AMPHIBIOUS At Cannes: Bill J. Gottlieb (President), International), Crystal Bourbeau 06.18.87.68.86 Creature (90 min) Don Wilson (Executive VP, (Manager, GreeneStreet Films Language: Indonesian / English Development) International), Marlene Neubauer (Sales Producer: Brian Yuzna Office: Riviera, N16 Consultant) Delivery Status: Pre-Production THE LAST SENTINEL Office: Palais des Arcades, 4ème étage, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sci-Fi / Action (94 minutes) 32, rue du Commandant André 06400 H Origin: Indonesia Language: English Cannes, Tel: 04.86.68.70.80. A prehistoric Sea Scorpion rises from the Director: Jesse Johnson THE NINES depth of “THE RING OF FIRE”, Co-Production Partners: World Films, www.lookforthenines.com H2O MOTION wreaking havoc on S.E. Asia Inc. Drama / Language: English PICTURES PRIMAL Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb Director: John August H2O Motion Pictures, Third Floor, 23 Creature (88 min) Key Cast: Don Wilson, Katee Sackhoff, Writer: John August Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NH Language: English Bokeem Woodbine, Keith David, Steven Producer: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Dan UK. Tel: 44.207.240.5656. Director: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen Bauer Etheridge Fax: 44.207.240.5647 Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed Co-production partners: Jinks/Cohen Co. At Cannes: Mark Horowitz, Andras Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2006, Country of Key Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Hamori Origin: US Origin: United States Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning Office: Apt. 2E, Albatros, Residence du Environmentalists on a survey mission In a not to distant future, those sworn to Delivery Status: Completed Grand Hotel, La Croisette are led astray into the uncharted regions serve and protect are driving the Year of Production: 2006, Country of FEEL of a secluded wilderness preserve where population to extinction. Now humanity Origin: U.S.A. Drama they fall victim to a vicious predator. must unite to survive the final battle for Mixing reality with mysterious sci-fi and Language: US HOOLIGAN mankind’s existence. fantasy elements, THE NINES is the Directed by: Matt Mahurin Thriller (90 min) THE LEGEND OF SASQUATCH directorial debut for the writer of GO, Produced by: Andrew Fierberg, Christina Director: English / Japanese Animation / Family (74 minutes) BIG FISH and CORPSE BRIDE. Weiss Lurie, Tim Chambers Language: Marc Freshman Language: English LAWS OF MOTION Cast: William Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan, Producer: Eric Sheretz Director: Thomas Callicoat Drama Clayne Crawford Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb Language: English Country of Origin: US Year of Production: 2006, Country of Key Cast: William Hurt, John Rhys- Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld Over the course of a single day, four men Origin: US Davies, Jewel and Blaire Restaneo Writer: Elyse Friedman going through major life changes visit an After a powerful Yakuza boss is killed, Delivery Status: Completed Producers: Daniela Taplin, Celine Asian massage parlor in New York his two disgraced bodyguards will stop at Year of Production: 2006, Country of Rattray, Jana Edelbaum, Hilary Swank, searching for some kind of human nothing to get revenge. Origin: United States Galt Niederhoffer, Eden Wurmfeld connection. John Davis moves his family to the Co-production partners: Plum Pictures OPIUM mountains above Seattle - where they and Ideal Partners Film Fund Drama HANNIBAL discover a family of Bigfoot living Key Cast: Matthew Perry, Ben Foster, Language: English/Hungarian nearby who need their help. PICTURES Hilary Swank Directed by: János Szász SOFT TARGET (CROOKED) Delivery Status: Pre-production Written by: János Szász, András Szekér, Hannibal Pictures, 8265 Sunset Action (93 minutes) Year of Production: 2007, Country of based on the diaries of Géza Csáth Boulevard, Suite 107, Director: English Origin: U.S.A. Produced by: Andras Hamori and Pál West Hollywood, CA 90046 USA. Tel: Language: Art Camacho Three sibling reunite and impact each Sándor 323.848.2945. Co-Production Partners: World Films, other’s lives in more than one way. A Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Kirsti Stubo Fax: 323.848.2946. Inc. satirical comedy in the vein of Status: Post-production www.hannibalpictures.com, Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb SIDEWAYS and LITTLE MISS Country of Origin: Hungary/Germany email: [email protected] Key Cast: Don Wilson, Gary Busey, SUNSHINE. Psychiatrist Josef Brenne’s breakthrough Producer, Distributor and Sales agent Olivier Gruner, Fred Williamson GARY THE TENNIS COACH approach to working with the mentally ill Office: 001.323.848.2945 Delivery Status: Completed Comedy is overtaken by his morphine addiction UNTITLED WESLEY SNIPES Year of Production: 2005, Country of Language: English and his captivation with an asylum PROJECT Origin: United States Director: Danny Leiner patient leading to a destructive meeting (WORKING TITLE) A gorgeous call girl is the sole witness to Writers: Rick Stempson, Andy Stock of mind and body. Action a brutal murder. Now two cops at odds Producers: John Penotti, Michael G. PEOPLE WHO KNOCK Language: English must become partners to take her Nathanson, Seann William Scott ON THE DOOR Director: Russell Mulcahy undercover if she is to survive. Key Cast: Seann William Scott, Randy Drama Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, W. Quaid, Leonor Varela Language: English Peter Iliff, Wallis Nicita Delivery Status: Post-production Directed by: Karl Golden Cast: Wesley Snipes Year of Production: 2006, Country of Written by: Doug Taylor, based on a Delivery Status: Pre-Production Origin: U.S.A. novel by Patricia Highsmith Budget: $20 million The Business Of Film An overzealous high school janitor who Status: Pre-production Country of Origin: Thailand, has not recovered from his failed career Country of Origin: Ireland/Germany Los Angeles Cannes 2006 as a tennis pro, begins coaching his A troubled teen is pulled between with “Untitled Wesley Snipes Project” is full beloved sport to a group of misfits and his father’s religious hysteria a coma blast action-adventure about a heroic FBI Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 somehow leads them to the Nebraska brings his family into a local church agent and his relentless pursuit of a state championship. group.. ruthless Asian drug lord. 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MESSAGES live taping of the hit reality crime show HERE! FILMS Thriller MURDER ONE. Language: English THE QUARTERBACK HDNET FILMS here! Films, 10990 Wilshire Blvd., Director: David Fairman Action Penthouse, Los Angeles, California HDNET Films, 122 Hudson Street, 5TH 90024 USA. Tel: 310.806.4298. Producer: David Fairman, Jon Morrey Language: English Floor, New York, NY 10013 USA. Tel: Cast: Jeff Fahey, Kim Thomson, Martin Director: TBD Fax: 310.806.4268. 1.212.255.0626. Fax: 1.212.255.0602. www.regententertainment.com/herefilms. Kove Cast: TBD www.hdnetfilms.com Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre-Production html At Cannes: Laird Adamson (Head of Producer and Distributor Budget: $4 million Country of Origin: Europe International Sales) Country of Origin: UK The football is a leather case containing At Cannes: Mark Reinhart (Executive Office: Bagatelle, 25 La Croisette, 4th VP, Distribution & Acquisitions) A recently widowed forensic pathologist the U.S. nuclear launch codes. It has Floor, Tel: 1.917.601.4771 (Jeff Fahey) believes the victims of a fallen into the hands of Kit, a Chinese Office: Tel: Mark Reinhart’s Cell REDACTED 323.791.8094 brutal serial killer are sending him immigrant stuck in Moscow because of War Drama bureaucratic red tape. SHELTER messages that will lead to the killer. But Language: English ADRIFT IN MANHATTAN Drama Feature (94 minutes) mounting evidence.leads to him. Director: Brian De Palma CARMEN’S KISS Drama Language: English Co-Production Partners: The Film Farm Action/Thriller Language: English Director: Jonah Markowitz Producer: Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Language: English Director: Alfredo De Villa Producer: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Producer: Steve Brown Colichman, J.D. Disalvatore Key Cast: Kel O’neil, Izzy Diaz, Patrick David Fairman, Jon-Paul Gates Cast: Heather Graham, Billy Baldwin, Cast: Brad Rowe,Tina Holmes, Trevor Carroll, Ty Jones Budget: $7 Million Victor Rasuk Wright Delivery Status: In Production Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: April 2007 Delivery Status: Completed Budget $5M Country of Origin: UK Budget: $4 million Zach has always put the needs of others Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sexy, cool retelling of Bizet’s opera Year of Production: 2006, Country of above his own; but when he begins Origin: USA “Carmen” updated to the criminal Origin: USA falling for his best friend’s older brother, Through a video collage of stories, underworld of modern London. Joe is a The complicated and sometimes tragic he struggles to reconcile his own dreams REDACTED examines the events disgraced London detective who finds lives of four New Yorkers intersect in with the demands of his family. himself drawn to Carmen, a sexy, miraculous ways in “Adrift in leading up to and the aftermath of an KISS THE BRIDE scheming Eastern European with Manhattan”, the daring new drama from horrific crime committed by a group of Comedy dangerous underworld connections. the makers of “Washington Heights”. US soldiers in Iraq. Feature BAJA NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD Language: English Action Documentary Director: C. Jay Cox Language: English HBO ENTERPRISES Language: English Producer: C. Jay Cox, Richard Santilena, Director: Terry Leonard HBO Enterprises, 1100 Avenue of the Director: Mark Hartley Bob Schuck Producer: Richard Rionda and Tom Americas, New York, NY 10036 USA. Producer: Craig Griffin, Michael Lynch Cast: Tori Spelling, James O’Shea, Elliott Tel: 212.512.1000. Fax: 212.512.5698. Key Cast: Quentin Tarrantino Philipp Karner, Amber Benson, Joanna Budget: $15 Million www.hbo.com Delivery Status: In Production Cassidy Delivery Status: Pre-Production Theatrical Distributor Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Post-Production Country of Origin: USA At Cannes: Charles Schreger (President, Origin: Australia In high school, Matt and Ryan were best Seth and his brothers go to Baja Programming Sales), Amy Beecroft The wild, untold story of “ozploitation;” friends. But in the ensuing ten years, California, Mexico for a weekend of fun (Director of International Theatrical the first-ever detailed examination and they’ve lost contact. So when Matt and motorcycle racing, but the weekend Distribution), Brian Roth (Director of celebration of Australian genre cinema receives an invitation to Ryan’s wedding takes a nasty turn when Seth’s girlfriend International Theatrical Distribution), and the undervalued auteurs who brought he’s surprised! Eden is kidnapped. Heather McVicar (Vice President, it to life. THE DL CHRONICLES NO TIME FOR HEROES Marketing) FAY GRIM Drama (4 x ? hour) Action Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite #134, Tel: http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx Language: English Language: English 04.97.06.85.34. Fax: 04.97.06.85.36 ?id=f775cfc8-4d77-4be3-8baf- Director: Quincy LeNear, Deondray Director: James Fargo ROCKET SCIENCE e6377cd9d096 Gossett Budget: $10 Million Comedy (101 min) Drama (115 min) Producer: Quincy LeNear, Deondray Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English Director: English Gossett Country of Origin: USA Director: Jeffrey Blitz Language: Hal Hartley Cast: Damian T. Raven Three ex-Army buddies thwart the Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch Co-Production Partners: Zero Fiction, Delivery Status: Completed hijacking of a commercial flight, but Cast: Reece Daniel Thompson This Is That The “DL Chronicles” tells the stories of instead of receiving a hero’s welcome, Delivery Status: Completed (Screening) Producer: Ted Hope, Martin Hagemann, men of color who by consequence and by their actions are met with derision and Year of Production: 2006, Country of Mike Ryan choice, live sexually duplicitous and hostility. Worse, the terrorist behind the origin: US Key Cast: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, secret lifestyles. hijacking comes after them. From Jeffrey Blitz, director of Saffron Burrows ESCOBAR Spellbound, a wry comedy of adolescent Delivery Status: Completed Action-Adventure angst set in the world of New Jersey high Year of Production: 2006, Country of HOLLAND FILM Language: English school policy debate. Origin: USA / Germany Holland Film, Jan Luykenstraat 2, 1071 Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Years after her husband’s apparent death, CM Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Tel: Jose Ludlow ABOUT TIME TRAVEL Fay Grim discovers that several 31.20.570.7575. Fax: 31.20.570.7570. Delivery Status: Pre-Production Comedy intelligence agencies as well as a couple www.hollandfilm.nl, E-mail: Budget: $35 million Language: English of terrorist organizations are looking for [email protected] Country of Origin: Spain - Mexico Director: Gareth Carrivick Henry Fool’s infamous Confessions. Holland Film is the official marketing & Pablo Escobar’s political aspirations lead Producers: Neil Peplow, Justin Smith promotion agency for Dutch film abroad. him into a full-fledged war against his Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Marc Wootton, At Cannes: Claudia Landsberger own country and the United States. Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris (managing director) cell: 31.6.5437.4077 MURDER 1 Delivery Status: Post Production Office: 106, Holland Film Pavilion, Action Year of Production: 2007, Country of The Business Of Film Village International, Tel: Language: English origin: UK 33(0)493.998.570 Director: Giorgio Serafini A clueless trio of friends in a British pub KICKS Delivery Status: Pre-Production accidentally time travel every time they Cannes 2007 Drama (90’) Budget: $20 million go to the bathroom and have to find ways Language, subtitles: Dutch/Arabic. Country of Origin: Puerto Rico to get back to the bar to finish their Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 English subtitles. The Fugitive meets Network when an drinks and undo the mess their time- Directors: Albert ter Heerdt (Shouf Shouf accused, deranged killer takes over the traveling creates. Habibi!) The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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Producers/sales: Parnassus Film Director: English Key Cast: Mimoun Oaïssa (Schnitzel Language: Peter Brook Paradise), Roeland Fernhout (Phileine Delivery Status: In Development Says Sorry), Hadewych Minis (Phileine Year of Production: 1963, Country of Says Sorry) Origin: UK Delivery Status: completed One of the films in the Janus Films Country of origin/co-production: The library now represented by Hollywood Netherlands Classics. A heart-warming film that notes the differences between people, but mostly emphasises their similarities. HOLLYWOOD DENNIS P Tragi-comedy (90’) WIZARD Language, subtitles: Dutch. English Hollywood Wizard, 8918 Amestoy Ave., subtitles Northridge, CA 91325 USA. Tel: Director: Pieter Kuijpers (The Horror 818.461.9349. Fax: 818.461.9143. Bus) http://www.hollywoodwizard.com, email: NL Producer: Pupkin Film [email protected] Key Cast: Edo Brunner, Nadja Hüpscher At Cannes: Tony Kandah (President & (Simon) CEO), Mirna Kandah (Vice President), Delivery Status: completed Diana Scott (Sales Assistant), Brigitte Country of origin/co-production: NL/BE Rossbandt (Sales Assistant) True-crime biopic about Holland’s most Office: E3 / F4, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.21 audacious diamond robber. PIRANHA PARK PAID http://hollywoodwizard.com/movie.php? Thriller (91’) mid=85&sc=2 Language, subtitles: English Creature/Sci-Fi Director: Laurence Lamers (debut Language: English feature film) Director: Gary Jones Producer: Slavenburg Films Producer: Tony Kandah, Gary Jones, Jeff Key Cast: Murilo Benicio (Orfeu), Anne Miller Charrier, Tom Conti (Merry Christmas Delivery Status: Pre-Production Mr. Lawrence) Budget: $2 million Delivery Status: completed Country of Origin: USA Country of origin/co-production: The “Piranha in a water park.” Teens Netherlands breaking into a water park for Senior A gangster movie based on the French Skip Day are attacked by killer piranha ‘film noir’ of the late sixties. and must get out of the park before the military’s F16 fighters blow it up. HOLLYWOOD KILLMELEON http://hollywoodwizard.com/movie.php? CLASSICS mid=88&sc=2 Hollywood Classics, Linton House, 39- Creature/Sci-Fi 51 Highgate Road, London NW5 1RS Language: English UK. Tel: 44.20.7424.7280. Fax: Director: Gary Jones 44.20.7428.8936. Producer: Tony Kandah, Gary Jones, Jeff www.hollywoodclassics.com, email: Miller [email protected] Delivery Status: Pre-Production At Cannes: Joe Dreier (Director), Budget: $1.5 million Melanie Tebb (Sales Coordinator), David Country of Origin: USA Llewellyn Jones (TV Sales), Petra A giant 30-foot chameleon escapes from Sumser (German Representative) a plane crash while being smuggled into Office: 63 la Croisette, Le Lerina, 4th the United States. floor, Tel: 04.93.94.00.09 SCARABAEUS WISE BLOOD http://hollywoodwizard.com/movie.php? Drama (108 min) mid=87&sc=2 Language: English Creature/Sci-Fi Director: John Huston Director: English Key Cast: Brad Dourif Language: Gary Jones Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Tony Kandah, Gary Jones, Jeff Year of Production: 1979, Country of Miller Origin: USA Delivery Status: Pre-Production A young American southerner decides to Budget: $1.5 million make his mark by inventing his own Country of Origin: USA church. Satire by Flannery O’Connor A small band of Confederate soldiers TIME BANDITS desert the battle in search of buried Fantasy (116 min) treasure. Bitten by an ancient golden Language: English beetle one of the men transforms into a Director: Terry Gilliam giant mythological insect-hellbent on Key Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery protecting the gold. Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 1981, Country of Origin: UK Key in the Handmade Films library, now represented by Hollywood Classics. LORD OF THE FLIES Drama (92 mins) The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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HORIZON MOTION John Goodman as Bones Director: James Ivory FLAWLESS Nick Hume is a mild mannered executive Writer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on Director: Michael Radford (IL PICTURES with a perfect life, until one gruesome the novel by Peter Cameron POSTINO, MERCHANT OF VENICE) Horizon Motion Pictures, Suite 237, night he witnesses the brutal murder of Producer: Richard Hawley Screenplay by: Edward Anderson 1271 Howe Street Vancouver BC Canada his oldest son in a gang initiation rite. Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj Producer: Michael Pierce/Mark Williams V6Z 1R3. Tel: 604.632.1707. Fax: ASYLUM Cast: Anthony Hopkins as Adam, Laura Cast: Michael Caine, Demi Moore, 604.632.1711. Director: David R Ellis (FINAL Linney as Caroline, Hiro Sanada as Pete, Lambert Wilson www.horizonmotionpictures.com, email: DESTINATION 2, SNAKES ON A Charlotte Gainsbourg as Arden, Omar A female executive for the world’s [email protected] PLANE) Metwally as Omar, Norma Aleandro as largest diamond cartel finds herself Sales agent, Producer Writer: Ethan Lawrence Mrs Van Euwen, Kate Burton as Lucy embroiled in a disaster that could ruin the At Cannes: Rob Straight (President) Producer: Ashok Amritraj. THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI free-world’s economy when someone Caroline Stern (VP, Sales, Acquisitions Executive Producer: Jessika Borsiczky, Director :Roger Spottiswoode cleans out the company’s vault. and Development) Patrick Aiello, George Parra Writer: Jane Hawksley from the original KETTLE OF FISH Acquisition Executive: Rob Straight Cast: Mark Rolston (THE DEPARTED), screenplay “The Bitter Sea” by James Director: Claudia Meyers (President) Caroline Stern (VP, Sales, Sarah Roemer (GRUDGE 2, Macmanus Screenplay by : Claudia Meyers Acquisitions and Development) DISTURBIA), Travis Van Winkle Producer: Arthur Cohn, Wieland Schulz- Producer: Michael Mailer Office: Riviera H10, Tel: (TRANSFORMERS), Carolina Garcia Keil Cast: Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon 33.04.92.99.88.19 (COACH CARTER), Jake Muxworthy (I Cast: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Radha A life long bachelor meets the woman of SUPER AMIGOS (PREMIERE) HEART HUCKABEES) Mitchell, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh his dreams when he is hired to play the Feature Documentary (82 min) A group of teens are housed in the new George Hogg, a young Englishman, leads saxophone at her wedding. After the Language: English/Spanish wing of their college, which was sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary marriage, he pursues her relentlessly, (Canada/Mexico) formerly an asylum, and find it is journey of almost a thousand perilous despite the fact he is living with someone Directed by Arturo Perez Torres haunted by the spirit of the evil doctor miles through war ravaged China, across else! Screenplay by Arturo Perez Torres who performed barbaric experiments on snow bound mountains, to safety in DREAMER Produced by Heather Haynes and Arturo his patients there. Mongolia. Director: John Gatins Perez Torres PENELOPE BATTLE IN SEATTLE Writer: John Gatins Starring Super Barrio, Fray Tormenta, Director: Mark Palansky (Second Unit Director: Stuart Townsend Producer: Michael Tollin, Brian Robbins Super Gay, Super Animal, Ecologista Director THE ISLAND, THE Writer: Stuart Townsend Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Jon Jashni, Bill Johnson, Stacy Cohen, Universal AMITYVILLE HORROR) Producer: Kirk Shaw, Mary Alou Caitlin Scanlon Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Leslie Caveny (Emmy Award for Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Kris Year of Production: 2007, Country of EVEYBODY LOVES RAYMOND) Cast: Charlize Theron as ELLA, Woody Kristofferson, Elizabeth Shue Origin: Canada/Mexico Producer: Jennifer Simpson, Scott Harrelson as DALE, Martin Henderson Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzman Five modern day super heroes, dressed as Steindorff, Reese Witherspoon (THE RING, BRIDE & PREJUDICE, A trainer and his daughter nurse an “Lucha libre” wrestlers, fight for social Cast: Christina Ricci (MONSTER), FLYBOYS) as JAY, Michelle Rodriguez injured horse back to health, with an eye justice and human rights in Mexico City. Reese Witherspoon, James McAvoy (FAST AND THE FURIOUS, on racing him in the Breeders’ Cup. THE ENTRANCE A modern-day fairy tale about a woman RESIDENT EVIL) as LOU, Ray Liotta Supernatural Thriller (81 min) under a curse who tries to end a lifelong as THE MAYOR, Channing Tatum Language: English (Canada) string of bad luck. (STEP UP) as JOHNSON, Connie Directed by Damon Vignale TRADE (WELCOME TO AMERICA) Nielson (GLADIATOR) as Jean, Andre Screenplay by Damon Vignale Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner Benjamin as DJANGO and Isaach de Produced by Andrew Hamilton, Damon (SOMMERSTURM) Benkole (MIAMI VICE, CASINO I Vignale Story by: Roland Emmerich based on ROYALE) as Abasi. Starring Sarah Jane Redmond, Michael New York Times Magazine cover story Based on actual events which took place ICON Eklund, Ron Sauve, Jerry Wasserman by Peter Landesman during the World Trade Organisation Delivery Status: Completed Screenplay by: Jose Rivera summit in Seattle in November 1999. ENTERTAINMENT Budget $US 1 Million (MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) PREMONITION INTERNATIONAL Year of Production: 2006, Country of Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Thriller Origin: Canada Lars Sylvest Director: Mennan Yapo (SOUNDLESS) Icon Entertainment International, Solar A detective battles the occult when a Producer: Roland Emmerich Writer: Bill Kelly (“Blast from the Past”, House, 1st Floor, 915 High Road, demon forces men to play games of Cast: Kevin Kline, Alicia Bachleda- “Enchanted”) London N12 8QJ UK. Tel: chance for their lives. Curus Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Jon Jashni, 44(0)20.8492.6300. Fax: Status: Delivery Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Sunil 44(0)20.8492.6301. www.iconmovies.net A pair of girls are kidnapped and forced Perkash Sales and Distribution HYDE PARK into the sex slave trade. A burnt out cop Cast: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon At Cannes: Anthony Buckner (Senior and brother set out to enter the network Status: Delivery Sales Manager), Hannah Rothman (Sales INTERNATIONAL and find their family members. A Midwestern housewife is told her Manager) Hyde Park International, 14958 Ventura STREET FIGHTER husband has died in a car crash — only Acquisition Executive: Mark Gooder Blvd, # 100, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Writer: Justin Marks (VOLTRON) to discover him the next morning alive (President Acquisitions/Development, USA. Tel: 818.783.6060. Fax: Producer: Ashok Amritraj and well. IEI), Toby Hill – Acquisitions Manager 818.783.6319. Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom CHAOS THEORY (WORKING (Icon Film Distribution) At Cannes: Ashok Amritraj, Lisa Wilson bring you a major, live action motion TITLE) Office: 57 La Croisette, Rosemary Office: Carlton Hotel #140/141, Lisa picture based on Capcom’s most popular Director: Marcos Siega (PRETTY Entrance – rue F.Einesy, 1st Floor, 06400 Wilson cell 1.818.516.4746 videogame franchise, “Street Fighter® .” PERSUASION) Cannes DEATH SENTENCE ON THE OTHER END OF THE Writer: Daniel Taplitz Tel: 33(0)4.97.06.56.70. Fax: Director: James Wan (writer/director LINE Executive Producer: Michael Andreen, 33(0)4.97.06.56.71 SAW, producer SAW 2) Director: Clare Kilner (THE WEDDING Mark Gill, Liz Glotzer, Martin Shafer INFESTATION Writer: Ian Mackenzie Jeffers DATE) Producer: Frederic Golchan, Erica Sci-fi Horror Based on the novel, Death Sentence, by Writer: Tracey Jackson (THE GURU) Westheimer Language: English Brian Garfield (DEATH WISH). Producer: Ashok Amritraj Cast: Emily Mortimer (MATCH POINT, Director: Kyle Rankin Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Howard Cast: Jesse Metcalfe (JOHN TUCKER PINK PANTHER), Ryan Reynolds Producers: Jeff Balis, Rhoades Rader, TJ Baldwin, Karen Baldwin MUST DIE, TOWN CREEK) (JUST FRIENDS), Stuart Townsend Sakasegawa Cast: Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, A beautiful young Indian woman and an (LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY Delivery Status: In Pre- Production Garrett Hedlund (FOUR BROTHERS, American businessman cross cultural GENTLEMEN) Year of Production: 2007, Country of ERAGON) as Billy, Kelly Preston as barriers in this uplifting romantic comedy Status: post production – promo in office Origin: USA Helen, Aisha Tyler (.45, GHOST in the vein of PRETTY WOMAN. 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Co-production partners: Eun-un Cho, Origin: Israel Delivery Status: Completed move.htm Qu-duk Hwang An American Jewish businessman travels Year of Production: 2006, Country of Thriller (92mins) Cast: Kyung-Ho Choung, Soo-Yeon Cha, to Israel for the funeral of his father. Origin: United States of America Language: English Min-Sun Kim While there, he is persuaded to do a brief Interweaving plots involving a psychotic Director: Joey Travolta Delivery Status: Post Production reconnaissance for the Israeli Secret mother, a cheating husband and an insane Producer: David Shoshan Budget: $1.5 Mil Service inside the city of Ramallah. young man, end in a psychological Cast: Matt Schulze, Lochlyn Munro, Year of Production: 2007, Country of PLANE DEAD climax that will leave you breathless. Rachel Hunter, Amanda Detmer with Origin: Korean www.imageworksentertainment.com/Plan MOTHER GHOST Daniel Baldwin and David Carradin Could You follow your love to death? eDead.htm www.imageworksentertainment.com Delivery Status: Completed An ordinary college boy Su-young meets Sci-Fi (90mins) Drama (90mins) Year of Production: 2005, Country of an extraordinary girl named Pippi at the Language: English Language: English Origin: United States of America campus. Ever since he witnessed pippi Director: Scott Thomas Director: Rich THORNE The “Chess Piece Murders” have started commits a suicide, bizarre things begin Producer: David Shoshan Writer: Mark Thompson again. Dan Marlowe, a clairvoyant to happen… Cast: Kevin J. O’connor, with Erick Producer: Fred CHANDLER, Rodney detective who thought he had captured MEET MR. DADDY Avari and Richard Tyson. MONTAGUE the right man, comes out of retirement to http://www.shinyday2007.co.kr/ Delivery Status: Completed Cast: James FRANCO, Charles put an end to the game that he thought Drama Year of Production: 2005, Country of DURNING, Dana DELANY, Gary was already won. Language: Korean Origin: United States of America MARSHALL, Jere BURNS, Joe DARK HEART Director: Kwang-su Park Ominous thunderstorms trigger the MANTEGNA, Kevin POLLAK, Mark www.imageworksentertainment.com/Dar Producer: Hoon-tack Jung, Ki-Min Oh release of an undead, flesh hungry THOMPSON kHeart.htm Cast: Shin-yang Park, Ji-won Yea, Sin-ae scientist who was secretly smuggled into Delivery Status: Completed Drama (103 min) Seo the cargo-hold of 747 Jetliner. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: English Delivery Status: Complete GUARDING EDDY Origin: USA Director: Kevin Lewis Budget: $4 Mil Family Drama (93min) Keith Bennet’s mother passed away a Producer: Steven Nash Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English year ago, but one morning his mother’s Cast: Greg Joelson, Darcy Halsey, R.D. Origin: Korea Director: Scott MCKINSEY jewelry shows up on the bathroom sink, Call, Nick Cornish, Brian Howe, William A selfish health freak who only cares Writer: Paul DAVIDSON the same jewelry she was buried in. Dennis, Hurley Huntley about himself, that’s WOO Jong-dae. But Producer: Brian PRESLEY TRUCE Delivery Status: Completed one day, out of nowhere, a young girl, Cast: Brian PRESLEY, Kiko Ellsworth www.imageworksentertainment.com Year of Production: 2005, Country of Joon, appears in front of him, claiming to Delivery Status: Completed Family Western (96mins) Origin: United States of America be his daughter. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: English Upon returning from the Iraq War, Matt AMERICAN ZOMBIE Origin: USA Director: Matthew MARCONI Taylor is unable to recognize the www.americanzombiemovie.com An autistic young man gets kicked out of Writer: Matthew MARCONI hometown he left behind. Leaving one Dark Horror Comedy (91min) his parents house and sent to Los Producer: Dennis TROMBLY, James R. war for another, he is forced to conquer Language: English Angeles to survive. He is forced to find DOBBS, Matthew MARCONI his own inner demons, as well as those Director: Grace Lee shelter and covers his pain with dreams Cast: Buck TAYLOR, Samantha DROKE of his countrymen. Producer: Teddy Hoon-tack Jung of playing professional basketball. Delivery Status: Completed TOLLBOOTH Co-production partners: Lee-lee Films BOSTON STRANGLER Year of Production: 2005, Country of Drama (95mins) Cast: Austin Basis, Suzy Nakamura, Al Horror (92mins) Origin: USA Language: English Vicente, Jane Edith Wilson, John Language: English This modern-day western revolves Director: Debra KIRSCHNER Solomon, Grace Lee Director: Keith Walley around Harry Dobbs, who is raising his Writer: Debra KIRSCHNER Delivery Status: completed Writer: Aaron Pope granddaughter after her mother dies. Producer: Alex KOPIT, Lynn Ann Budget: $1 Mil Producer: Jason Van VLEET, Keith LYCANTHROPY KLOTZ Year of Production: 2007, Country of WALLEY www.imageworksentertainment.com/lyca Cast: Marla SOKOLOFF, Ronald Origin: Korea Cast: Jason DAVID, Mauro LANNINI nthropy.htm GUTTMAN, Idina MENZEL, Tovah Two filmmakers team up to document a Delivery Status: Completed Thriller (90mins) FELDSHUH group of zombies in Los Angeles and Year of Production: 2005, Country of Language: English Delivery Status: Completed their struggle to gain acceptance in the Origin: USA Director: Kevin McDonagh Year of Production: 2004, Country of human community. Boston, Massachusetts, 1962. the dawn Producer: Kevin McDonagh Origin: USA of the serial killer was at hand. Cast: George Calil, David Bradley, Freya Tollbooth comically explores a Jewish IMAGEWORKS ONE OF OUR OWN Archard family from Brooklyn through the eyes Film Delivery Status: Completed of Sarabeth Cohen, a struggling painter ENTERTAINMENT http://www.imageworksentertainment.co Year of Production: 2005, Country of in her first year out of art school. In this m/ooo.html Origin: United Kingdom heart warming film, Sarabeth and her INT’L INC. Drama (90mins) Investigating a murder, Detective Alex older sisters come of age and question Imageworks Entertainment Int’l Inc., Language: English Taylor infiltrates a club and discovers the values of their traditional parents. 6140 Variel Ave / Woodland Hills, CA Director: Abe Levy that people are being slipped a drug that MIRACLE AT SAGE CREEK 91367 USA. Tel: 818.716.1670. Fax: Producer: Jack Robinson, Silver Tree, makes them think they are werewolves. Family/Western (90mins) 818.716.8004. Terry Chase Chenowith NAILED Language: English www.imageworksentertainment.com, Cast: Josh Randall, Claire Rankin, www.imageworksentertainment.com Director: James INTVELD Email: Mathew Lillard, Kate Beahan Thriller (90mins) Writer: Thadd TURNER [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Producer: Thadd TURNER At Cannes: David Shoshan, Ingrid Year of Production: 2006, Country of Director: Adrian O’Connell Cast: David CARRADINE, Irene Raines, Joanna Burish Origin: United States of America Writer: Stephen MCANENA BEDARD, Michael PARKS, Wes Acquisition Executive: David Shoshan Desperate to have a baby against all Producer: Ben KATZ, Stephen STUDI, Buck TAYLOR Office: Booth: E11 / F12, Tel: odds, a thirty something couple engage a MCANENA, Wilson Jermaine Delivery Status: Completed 33(0)4.92.99.32.35 young woman to bear their child. HEREDIA Year of Production: 2005, Country of A HOUSE DIVIDED THINGS YOU DON’T TELL Cast: Charles F. PORTER, Sam Origin: USA Action / Drama (90min) www.imageworksentertainment.com/tydt. SARPONG, Wilson Jermaine HEREDIA When disaster strikes, two families will Language: English htm Delivery Status: Completed be forced to confront their many Director: Mitch Davis Thriller (90mins) Year of Production: 2005, Country of differences as lives hang in the balance. Writer: Mitch Davis Language: English Origin: USA THE 7TH COIN Producer: Jim Abrams Director: Alex Melli Nailed is a psycho-thriller following two Family/Adventure (93mins) Cast: Eion Bailey, Linda Hardy, F. Producer: Bibi Ong-VanZandt, Alex street-smart hoodlums embarking on a Language: English Murray Abraham Melli straightforward drug deal that turns bad. Director: Dror Soref Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Ryan Reyes, Amanda Bauman, FINAL MOVE Writer: Dror SOREF, Michael LEWIS Year of Production: 2006, Country of Noel Thurman www.imageworksentertainment.com/final Producer: Lee NELSON, Omri MARON

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Cast: Peter O’TOOLE, Alexandra Office: Hotel Carlton, Tel: Written by: Jeff Celentano, Kenneth Status: Completed and Screening in POWERS, John RHYS-DAVIES 33(0)4.93.06.42.21. Fax: Eade, Agata Gotova, Larry Gross Market Delivery Status: Completed 33(0)4.93.06.42.20 Produced by: Jefferson Richard, James Country of origin: UK Year of Production: 1993, Country of FIVE ACROSS THE EYES Hergott Life-long friends Shane Gulliver and Origin: Israel Horror (91 min) Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Steven Brand, Mark “Treacle” Tate are on their first Driven by his obsession to possess the Language: English Agata Gotova, Steven Berkoff, Faye tour of duty in the British Army. Facing legendary Seventh Coing of King Herod Director: Greg Swinson, Ryan Thiessen Dunaway Status: post-production, the dangerous reality of soldiering, these the Great, the manically powerful Emil Writer: Marshall Hicks, Greg Swinson available July 2006 inexperienced young men play a part in a Saber (Peter O’Toole) has left a trail of Producer: Ryan Thiessen, Greg Swinson Budget: 10 million $ terrible act. death across three continents. Cast: Angela Brunda, Danielle Lilley, Country: USA / France Sandra Paduch Andrew meets a young Russian girl, Delivery Status: Post-Production Daria, while on vacation in Europe and INDIESTORY INC. IMAGI SERVICES Year of Production: 2006, Country of falls in love. He goes to Moscow, where Indiestory Inc., 4FL., BaekAk B/D, 135- (USA) LIMITED Origin: USA he meets Daria’s father, a rich Russian 4, TongIn-dong, JongRoh-gu, Seoul 110- Five innocent girls are trying to make mafia oligarch, and becomes entwined 043 Korea. Tel: 82.2.722.6051. Fax: Imagi Services (USA) Limited, 15301 their way home. They’ll have to go with his situation, which places them 82.2.722.6055. www.indiestory.com, Ventura Blvd., Building D, Suite 210, through hell to get there. both in grave danger. email: [email protected] Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. DEAD AT 17 Production & distribution company Tel: 818.986.3988. Fax: 818.986.3288. Thriller IF YOU WERE ME 3 www.imagi.com.hk Language: English INDEPENDENT http://www.indiestory.com/English/html/ Sales, production Director: Douglas Jackson Independent, 32 Tavistock Street, main-e.asp At Cannes: Thomas K. Gray (President Writer: Christine Conradt London, WC2E 7PB UK. Tel: Drama, Human rights, Omnibus (106 and CEO), Michael J. Arnold (Director Producer: Pierre David, Tom Berry, 44.207.257.8734. Fax: 44.207.240.9029. min) of Foreign Distribution), Kris Zhai (Sales Stefan Wodoslawsky www.independentfilmcompany.com, Language: Korean Manager), Asia Ireton (Director of Delivery Status: Pre-Production [email protected] Director: CHUNG Yoon-chul, KIM Marketing), Howard Ho (Marketing Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Luc Roeg (CEO), Michael Hyeon-phil, LEE Mi-yeon, NOH Dong- Administrator) Origin: CANADA Robinson, Andrew Orr (Managing seok, KIM Gok, KIM Sun, HONG Ki- Office: Hilton Cannes, Salon Attempting to prove who is responsible Director of Film Sales), Abigail Walsh seon Tramontane, Tel: 33.(0)4.9299.7000. for the death of her sister 15 years ago, a (Head of Sales), Sarah Goodwin (Head Writer: CHUNG Yoon-chul, KIM Fax: 33.(0)4.9299.7011 woman soon puts her life in danger. of Marketing) Hyeon-phil, LEE Mi-yeon, NOH Dong- HIGHLANDER: THE SEARCH FOR MY DAUGHTER’S SECRET Office: 54 La Croisette, 2nd Floor, seok, KIM Gok, KIM Sun, HONG Ki- VENGEANCE Thriller Cannes seon www.highlandersearchforvengeance.com Language: English IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS Producer: LEE Hyeon-seung, NAM Kyu- Action/Adventure (86 minutes) Director: Douglas Jackson (AKA IN SEARCH OF DIEGO) sun, PARK Mi-kyoung Language: English Writer: Christine Conradt Documentary Cast: JUNG Jin-young, KIM Tae-woo, Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri Producer: Pierre David, Tom Berry, Language: English JEON Hye-jin Writer: David Abramowitz Stefan Wodoslawsky Director: Benjamin Turner and Gabe Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Peter Davis, Bill Panzer, Cast: Jennifer Grant, Catherine Mary Turner Year of Production: 2006, Country of Thomas K. Gray, H. Galen Walker Stewart, Steve Byers Production companies: A Green Wolf Origin: South Korea Co-production partners: Imagi Animation Delivery Status: Post-Production Film and Fulwell 73 Production This is the third omnibus project Studios, Davis-Panzer Productions Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Leo Pearlman, Ben Winston describing the theme, human rights. The Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Canada and Rebecca Green third project is comprised of six short Year of Production: 2006, Country of When the jewelry store where Denise Key cast: Mike Fisher, Sami Hall films made by seven directors. Origin: Japan/USA works is robbed and her colleague shot, Bassam, Jeremy Lynch WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY In the first animated Highlander feature she has no idea that one of the young Status: First market screening of DOOR? film, Colin MacLeod hunts the immortal men behind it is the boyfriend of her completed film http://www.indiestory.com/English/html/ who killed his lover through the ages and teenage daughter— and she’s an Country of origin: UK main-e.asp discovers his enemy ruling over a virus- accomplice to the crime. The true story of five boys in pursuit of Drama, coming of age (84min) infested New York. their dreams, on a voyage of self- Language: Korean IMPERIA discovery that will change their lives Director: YANG Hea-hoon IMAGINATION forever. Writer: YANG Hea-hoon ENTERTAINMENT HALLAM FOE Producer: CHOI Sang-mun WORLDWIDE, LLC Imperia Entertainment, 190 N. Canon Drama Cast: IM Ji-gyu, PYO Sang-u, YUN So- Imagination Worldwide, LLC, 9107 Dr., # 420, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA. Language: English si Wilshire Blvd., Suite 625, Beverly Hills, Tel: 1.310.275.0089. Fax: Director: David Mackenzie Delivery Status: Completed CA 90210 USA. Tel: 310.888.3494. Fax: 1.310.275.3105. Scriptwriter: Ed Whitmore and Davis Year of Production: 2007, Country of 310.859.7173. www.imagination-llc.com [email protected] Mackenzie Origin: South Korea Sales Agent / Distributor At Cannes: Patrick de Bokay Production company: Sigma One day, a dead woman who took her At Cannes: Pierre David (Chairman & Office: Hotel Select, 16 rue Helene Producer: Gillian Berrie own life by jumping from an apartment CEO), Tom Berry (Co-Chairman), Vagliano, Cannes, 06400. Tel: Key cast: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, suddenly appears in front of them. Lawrence Goebel (President), Kendall 04.93.99.51.00. Fax: 04.92.98.03.12. Ciaran Hinds A SHARK Nowlin (Marketing Coordinator), Travis Mobile: 06.19.58.54.13 Status: Completed and Screening in http://www.indiestory.com/English/html/ Stevens (Acquisitions & Contracts SAY IT IN RUSSIAN Market main-e.asp Coordinator) Drama / Romance / Thriller Country of origin: UK Drama (109 min) Acquisition Executive: Travis Stevens Directed by: Jeff Celentano Hallam’s talent for spying on people Language: Korean reveals his darkest fears—and his most Director: KIM Dong-hyun peculiar desires. Writer: KIM Dong-hyun MARK OF CAIN Cast: HONG Sueng-il, KIM Mi-ya, GU During Cannes Contact Drama (90 min) Sung-hwan Language: English Delivery Status: Completed The Business Of Film Director: Marc Munden Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: South Korea Scriptwriter: Tony Marchant Fisherman, Young-chul, who lives in on Carlton Hotel Office 149 Production companies: Red Production the island, arrives at a city in the hot Company and Film 4 summer to show a white shark to his Tel 04 • 93 • 06 • 41 • 49 Producer: Lynn Horsford friend, Jun-gu. Key cast: Matthew McNulty, Gerard Kearns and Shaun Dooley

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE INDUSTRYWORKS Producer: Edward Pressman, Gary Delivery Status: In Development Year of Production: 2006, Country of Burden, Bill Johnson Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: UK DISTRIBUTION INC. Delivery Status: Principal Photography Origin: Germany The adaptation of Blake Morrison’s best Industryworks Distribution Inc., 325 planned for summer 2007 A no-holds-barred assault on good taste selling and award-winning memoir; an West 7TH Ave., Vancouver, Budget: > $30M and bourgeois convention. incredibly moving and candid story of State/Province: BC, V5Y 1M2 Canada. Year of Production: 2007 love and loss in a father-son relationship Tel: 604.876.0547. Fax: 6048760541. A group of 4 environmental activists HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND www.industry-works.com fight the over-development of the United INITIAL ALIENATE PEOPLE At Cannes: Evan Tylor (President), Craig States. ENTERTAINMENT Comedy Adlard (VP Sales), Jennifer Chow THE HEAVEN PROJECT Director: English (International Sales), John Curtis Psychological Thriller GROUP Language: Robert Weide (Production Executive) Language: English Initial Entertainment Group, 3000 W. Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Office: Riviera Booth #H10, Tel: Director: John Glenn Olympic Blvd., Suite 1550, Santa Karlsen 44.793.608.7921 Writer: John Glenn Monica, CA 90404 USA. Tel: Key Cast: Simon Pegg WALK ALL OVER ME Producer: David Hoberman, Todd 310.315.1722. Fax: 310.315.1723. Delivery Status: Pre-Production www.industry-works.com Lieberman, Matt Milich, Bill Johnson Email: [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of Thriller Cast: Paul Walker At Cannes: Eric Christenson (President Origin: UK Language: English Delivery Status: Pre Production of Sales & Distribution), Maxine An adaptation of Toby Young’s hilarious Director: Robert Cuffley Budget: $ 10M Leonard (SVP Marketing and Publicity) memoir charting his successes and Producer: Carolyn McMaster, Colin Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: 24, La Croisette 3rd floor, Tel: failures as an English journalist in New Neale, Kyle Irving Origin: USA 334.93.39.89.87 York. Key Cast: Lele Sobieski, Tricia Helfer, A man who loses everything he’s ever BANGKOK DANGEROUS Lothier Bluteau loved and is being held in an indefinable Action-Adventure Delivery Status: Pre-Production place that might be Purgatory – or is it Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang INTRAMOVIES Year of Production: 2007, Country of reality? Producers: Graham King, William Intramovies, Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Origin: Canada HACHIKO Sherak, Jason Shuman, Norm Golightly Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06.8076157. Fax: A girl running from her past joins forces Family/Drama Principal Cast: Nicolas Cage 39.06.8076156. www.intramovies.com - with a dominatrix to recover millions of Language: English Production Status: Post production www.intramovies.org, mail@intramovies stolen mob money. Writer: Stephen P. Lindsey Country of Origin: USA .com WILD CHERRY Producer: Paul Mason, Bill Johnson A cold blooded hitman goes to Bangkok At Cannes: Paola Corvino (C.E.O) Comedy Delivery Status: Pre Production to pull four jobs; he ends up developing a mobile: 39.335.84.10.149, Jef Nuyts Language: English Budget: $ 10 Million conscience as he falls for a local girl and (Director: of International Sales) mobile: Director: TBD Year of Production: 2007, Country of bonds with his errand boy. 39.348.540.13.97, Micaela Fusco (VP Producer: Gavin Wilding Origin: USA International Sales) mobile: Key Cast: TBD Hachiko is the riveting saga of a faithful 39.335.604.39.15, Federica Mei Delivery Status: Pre-Production dog that loyally waits for his master’s INTANDEM FILMS (Director: of Tv Sales) mobile: return at the same train station day by Year of Production: 2007, Country of Intandem Films, 22 Soho Square, London 39.333.75.44.926, Marco Valerio Fusco day refusing to accept his sudden Origin: Canada W1D 4NS UK. Tel: 44(0)207.851.3800. (Sales coordinator) mobile: passing. A group of female co-eds make a pledge Fax: +44 (0) 207.851.3830. 39.335.7052982 NOT to have sex for a summer… www.intandemfilms.com, email: Office: “I-CLUB”– Hilton Hotel, First THE CYCLE INFRAME [email protected] Floor, 50 Boulevard De La Croisette Thriller At Cannes: Gary Smith (CEO), Andrew NIGHT BUS (NOTTURNO BUS) Director: English InFrame, Linton House, 39/51 Highgate Brown (Company Director), Billly Comedy/Action (120min) Language: Michael Bafaro Road, London NW5 1RS England. Tel: Hurman (Company Director) Language: Italian with English subtitles Producer: Evan Tylor 44.207.424.7280. Fax: 44.207.428.8936. Office: Majestic Hotel Suite 138, Tel: Director: Davide Marengo Key Cast: TBD www.inframe.net, email: 33(0)4.92.98.77.00. Tel: Writer: Fabio Bonifacci and Giampiero Delivery Status: Pre-Production [email protected] 33(0)4.93.38.97.90 Rigosi Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: ildi Toth Davy (Sales and GALLOWWALKER Producer: Maura Vespini & Sandro Origin: Canada Acquisitions), Steven Mackler Supernatural Horror set in the Old-West Silvestri for EMME Produzione A psychotic killer runs rampant (Acquisitions), Emese Nemeth Language: English Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Giovanna terrorizing a group of archeology (Marketing Coordinator) Director: Andrew Goth Mezzogiorno students who inadvertently uncover his Office: Lerins, R4, Tel: 33.6.78.53.79.75 Producer: Joanne Reay, Michael Gebauer An absurd twist of fate makes paths dark secret. THE RIDDLE Key Cast: Wesley Snipes, Riley Smith meet, and from then on lives will never Thriller (118 minutes) Delivery Status: Post Production be the same…. Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of ON EVIL GROUNDS (AUF BÖSEM INFERNO Director: Brendan Foley Origin: UK BODEN) DISTRIBUTION Producer: Brendan Foley, Lars Hermann, Live by the gun, die by the gun, come Thriller (82 min) Peter Burrell and Mark Moriarty back for more. Language: German with English subtitles Inferno Distribution, 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Key Cast: Vinnie Jones, Derek Jacobi, WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR Director: Peter Koller Ste 900. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA. Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Cox, Mel Smith, FATHER? Writer: Peter Koller Tel: 323.848.8973. Fax: 323.848.8963. Jason Flemyng, PH Moriarty, Vera Day, Drama Producer: Franz Novotny www.infernodistribution.com Mark Asante Language: English Cast: Birgit Stauber, Aleksandar Petrovic Sales agent, producer, financier Delivery Status: Completed Director: Anand Tucker Too bad Romeo and Juliet are everything At Cannes: Jim Seibel (Partner) Bill Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen but docile victims. Johnson (Partner) James MacLean (VP Origin: England Woolley ALL THE INVISIBLE THINGS Int’l Sales) Jana Toepfer (Int’l Sales and THE RIDDLE is a compelling mystery Key Cast: Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, (HEILE WELT) Acquisitions Executive) thriller with a supernatural twist. Juliet Stevenson Drama (90 min) Acquisition Executive: Jana Toepfer BLACK SHEEP (SCHWARZE Delivery Status: Completed Language: German with English Office: The Majestic Suites 115, 116, SCHAFE) Tel: 334.92.98.77.00. Fax: www.blacksheep.com 334.93.38.97.90 Black Comedy (94 minutes) THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG Language: German During Cannes Contact Action/Comedy/Crime Director: Oliver Rihs Language: English Producer: Oliver Rihs & Olivier Kolb The Business Of Film Director: Catherine Hardwicke Key Cast: Marc Hosemann, Bruno Writer: William Goldman, Christian Cathomas, Jule Böwe, Milan Peschel, Carlton Hotel Office 149 Tel 04 • 93 • 06 • 41 • 49 Forte Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling,

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Subtitles works as a sports journalist for a small Budget: £1,000,000 they are confronted by an unknown Director: Jakob M. Erwa newspaper. A friend dies of a heart Year of Production: 2007, Country of force. Writer: Jakob M. Erwa attack. Unexpectedly, Paolo finds out that Origin: UK PHANTOM LOVE Producer: Franz Novotny his friend’s life wasn’t as straight- Six kids held captive in the woods are Art (87 min) Cast: Michael Sauseng, Simon Mostl, forward as he thought. forced to confront the dark side of human Language: English Angelika Scheider nature if they are going to survive the Director: Nina Menkes MAD WORLD shows a relentlessly and ordeal. Producer: Kevin Ragsdale honest insight in the tight enmeshed, ITN DISTRIBUTION ZERO Key Cast: Marina Shoif, Juliette human destinies of 3 anchorless and ITN Distribution, 505 E. Windmill Lane, Thriller (83 Minutes) Marquis, Yelena Apartseva rebellious teenagers in the caught Suite 1B-102, Las Vegas, NV 89123 USA. Language: Lithuanian (English Subs) Delivery Status: Completed between childhood and adolescence. Tel: 702.361.1430. Fax: 702.361.6309. Director: Emilis Welyvis Year of Production: 2007, Country of www.itndistribution.com Co-Production Partners: Axx Films Origin: USA Distributor Producer: Mindaugus Vosilius, Donatas A woman trapped within an enmeshed ISTITUTO LUCE SPA At Cannes: Stuart Alson (President), Zvalionis family struggles to release herself from Istituto Luce SpA, Via Tuscolana 1055, Nicole Holland (Vice-President), Key Cast: Andrius Paulavicius, Adomas her own psychic prisons and descend into 00173 Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06.72992213. Annalisa San Juan (Director of Stancikas, Saulius Siparis herself. Fax: 39.06.7222493. www.luce.it, Programming), Rebecca Romero-Vega Delivery Status: Completed [email protected] (Director of Sales/Acquisitions) Budget: $1,000,000 Documentary and Film Office: Riviera F-11, Tel: 917.690.1539, Year of Production: 2006, Country of KATHY MORGAN Producer/Distributor Fax: 702.361.6309 Origin: Lithuania At Cannes: Cristina Cassano THE LAST REQUEST The misadventures of a gambling addict INTERNATIONAL (International Sales Executive) Comedy (90 minutes) struggling to prevent himself being Kathy Morgan International, 12250 Sky Office: Palais du Festival – Italian Language: English dismembered by gangsters. Lane, Los Angeles CA 90049 USA. Tel: Pavillon Anica at Riviera D1 – E10 – C5 Director: John DeBellis 39: EPITAPH FOR A SERIAL 310.472.6300. Fax: 310.472.6304. Kathy – D2, Mobile: 39.320.7678.693 Producer: Buddy Mantia, Alexander KILLER Morgan Mobile: 310.593.3808. E-Mail: LETTERS FROM THE SAHARA Murphy www.39themovie.com [email protected] Drama (125 min) Cast: Danny Aiello, Frank Vincent, Horror (90 Minutes) Sales Agent Language: Italian/Italian with English Vincent Pastore Director: English At Cannes: Kathy Morgan (President), subtitles/Italian with French subtitles Delivery Status: Completed Language: Gary Sherman Veronica Hool (Sales), James McKenney Director: Vittorio De Seta Year of Production: 2006, Country of Co-Production Partners: Real Films Inc (Acquisitions) Writer: Vittorio De Seta Origin: USA Producer: Gary Sherman, Matthew Loze, Office: Le Grand Hotel Residences, 45 Producer: Donatella Palermo for A.S.P. Pop’s last request is for his son to Geoffrey Brandt La Croisette, Cormoran II 5th Floor, Tel: and Meta Film continue the family name. When his Key Cast: Martin Cummins, Lawrence 04.92.59.00.50. Tel: 04.93.38.94.49. Fax: Key Cast: Djibril Kebe, Paola Ajmone brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the MacGowan, Nicole Weisner 04.92.59.00.14 Rondo, Stefano Saccottelli, Madawass seminary and encounters crazy women Delivery Status: Completed CAMILLE Kebe, Fifi Cisse, Tihierno Ndiaye, Luca and odd ball characters. Budget: $1,000,000 Director: Gregory MacKenzie Barbeni ULTIMATE FORCE Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producer: Albert S. Ruddy Year of Production: 2006, Country of Action (90 minutes) Origin: USA Cast: Sienna Miller, James Franco, David Origin: Italy Language: English Carroll McKane’s DVcams have Carradine and Scott Glenn It’s the story of Assane, a young Director: Mark Burson recorded the deaths 38 victims but will CAMILLE is a magical tale about two Senegalese Muslim, who interrupts his Producer: Mirko Cro-Cop Filipovic, his biographer, a forensic psychiatrist, be lost souls, a wedding gone awry and a studies and emigrates to Italy following Rafael Primorac, Zvonimir Lucic his 39th victim? love that was always meant to be. the death of his father. Cast: Bodizar Smilianic, Igor Gallo, COVER-BOY (THE LAST Mirko Cro-Cop Filipovic, Ruza KEYSTONE REVOLUTION) Madarevic Drama (97 min) Delivery Status: Completed ENTERTAINMENT Language: Italian/Italian with English Year of Production: 2006, Country of K INC. subtitles Origin: USA and Croatia Director: Carmine Amoroso A plot is formulated to assassinate the Keystone Entertainment Inc., 2339 Writer: Carmine Amoroso and Filippo Director - the outcome of which will KATAPULT FILM Columbia Street - 3rd Floor, Vancouver, Ascione decide who wields the ultimate force. SALES B.C. V6H 3Y9 Canada. Tel: Producer: Filand S.r.l. 604.873.9739. Fax: 604.873.5919. Katapult Film Sales, 228 Main St. Suite www.keypics.com, Email: Key Cast: Eduard Gabia, Luca Lionello, C, Venice, CA 90291 United States. Tel: Chiara Caselli, Francesco Dominedo, [email protected] 1.310.399.2080. Fax: 1.310.399.2199. At Cannes: Mr. Tim Brown (VP Gabriel Spahiou, Luciana Littizzetto www.katapultfilms.com Year of Production: 2006, Country of J Worldwide Sales & Distribution) Mobile: At Cannes: Joni Sighvatsson (partner), 1.604.351.1537, Mr. Nolan Pielak Origin: Italy David Jourdan (sales agent), Jenn Davis It’s is the story of the friendship between (Executive Sales Consultant) JINGA FILMS (sales assistant), Monique R. Nayard 1.778.829.8424 Ioan and Michele respectively Romanian Jinga Films, 22 Carnaby Street, London (sales consultant) Office: M6 and Italian. W1F 7DB UK. Tel: 44.207.287.0050. Office: Riviera K3, Tel: APNEA Fax: 44.207.287.0050. 33(0)6.27.67.56.46 Drama (93 min) www.jingafilms.com, email: THE LAST WINTER Language : Italian/Italian with English [email protected] Thriller (101’) subtitles/Italian with French subtitles At Cannes: Rosana Coutinho (Head Of Language: English Director: Roberto Dordit Sales), Julian Richards (Sales Executive) Director: Larry Fessenden Writer: Roberto Dordit with the Office: c/o MEDIA - European Pavillion, Co-Production Partners: Zik Zak Film collaboration of Serena Brugnolo Tel: 44.7765.398742 Works Producer: Indigo Film in collaboration SUMMER SCARS Producer: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Larry with RAI Cinema and Friuli Venezia Thriller (75 Minutes) Fessenden Giulia Film Commission Language: English Key Cast: Ron Perlman, Connie Britton, Key Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Fabrizia Director: Julian Richards James Legros Sacchi, Michela Noonan, Diego Ribon, Co-Production Partners: Prolific Films Delivery Status: Completed Emilio De Marchi, Giuseppe Battiston, Producer: Sabina Sattar Year of Production: 2006, Country of Elio De Capitani Key Cast: Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Origin: USA Year of Production: 2005, Country of Amy Harvey A group of oil researchers go to Alaska Origin: Italy to explore drilling possibilities where PETER GREENAWAY'S NIGHTWATCHING - Delivery Status: Completed CONTENT FILM After a brilliant career as a fencer, Paolo

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AIR BUDDIES Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, Charlie Kaufman Budget 1 Mio Family (80 minutes) Executive Producers: William Horberg, Year of Production: 2007, Country of L Language: English Bruce Toll Origin: USA, Germany Director: Robert Vince Status: Pre-Production Documentary about a Maasai Village in Writer: Robert Vince, Anna McRoberts Synecdoche, New York concerns a New Tanzania by Percy Adlon who lived for LAKESHORE and Phil Hanley York theater director who struggles with several weeks with the villagers. ENTERTAINMENT Producer: Robert Vince, Anna his art, the women in his life and his own THE ASTERIX TV & DVD McRoberts mortality. COLLECTION Lakeshore Entertainment, 9268 West Cast: Patrick Cranshaw, Richard Karn UNTHINKABLE Animation Third Street, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 and Cynthia Stevenson Thriller Director: various USA. www.lakeshoreentertainment.com, Delivery Status: Complete Writer: Peter Woodward Language: René Goscinny, Albert [email protected] Country of Origin: Canada, Year of Director: Tarsem Singh Uderzo At Cannes: David Dinerstein (President, Production: 2006 Producers: Sidney Kimmel, Caldecot Producer: Georges Dargaud Worldwide Marketing and Distribution), They Shoot! They Score! They Talk! Chubb, William Horberg Delivery Status: Completed Eric Reid (COO, Lakeshore This newest adventure finds Air Bud’s Executive Producer: Bruce Toll, Vince Year of Production: various, Country of Entertainment), Virginia Longmuir puppies on a mission to save their mom Cirrincione Origin: France (Executive Vice President, International and dad from dognappers. Status: Pre-Production The Gauls Asterix and Obelix fear Business and Legal Affairs and SPYMATE A contemporary political thriller set to nothing and nobody and experience Operations), Robert Burke (Sr. Vice Family (87 minutes) redefine your perceptions of good and many adventures together. President, Worldwide Marketing), Language: English evil…victim and perpetrator. Get ready Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose Director: Robert Vince to reconsider your moral values, and to (Vice President, International Sales), Writer: Anne Vince, Robert Vince, Anna face the “unthinkable”. KWA – KEVIN Acacia Matheson (Manager, Worldwide McRoberts MARRIED LIFE WILLIAMS Marketing), Rebecca Baker (Coordinator, Producer: Robert Vince, Anna Suspense Drama International Sales), Johnathan Deckter McRoberts Director: Ira Sachs ASSOCIATES (Sr. Vice President, International Sales) Cast: Chris Potter, Emma Roberts, Screenplay: Ira Sachs & Oren Moverman KWA – Kevin Williams Associates, C/ Office: Residence du Grand Hotel, Richard Kind, Pat Morita Based on the book “Five Roundabouts to Galeon nº32 Bajo A , 28042 Madrid, Cormoran II, 7th Floor, 45 Boulevard de Delivery status: Post-Production Heaven” by John Bingham Spain. Tel: 34 91.747.31.00. Fax: 34 la Croisette 06400 Cannes, FRANCE. Country of Origin: Canada, Year of Producers: Sidney Kimmel, Ira Sachs, 91.747.70.00. www.kevinwa.com, Email: Tel: 33(0)4.93.99.01.06. Fax: Production: 2003 Jawal Nga, Steve Golin [email protected] 33(0)4.93.99.09.85 Minkey, the highly trained super spy Executive Producers: William Horberg, Sales Agent UNTITLED ADAPTATION OF chimp, must team up with his ex-partner David Nicksay, Geoff Stier, Adam At Cannes: Kevin Williams (President) PHILIP ROTH NOVEL “DYING Mike in this high action comedy to Shulman, Matt Littin, Alix Madigan- Acquisition Executive: Kevin Williams ANIMAL” rescue Mike’s daughter from the clutches Yorkin, Bruce Toll Office: Riviera F1, Tel: 34.667.540.547 Drama of the evil Dr. Farley. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, PRESUMPTES IMPLICATS Director: Isabel Coixet CHESTNUT Patricia Clarkson and Rachel McAdams Comedy (90 min) Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Family (87 minutes) Status: Post-Production Language: Catalan Lucchesi Language: English A suspenseful and sultry study of love, Director: Enric Folch Cast: Penelope Cruz, Sir Ben Kingsley, Director: Robert Vince seduction and betrayal among the tangled Producer: ZIP FILMS Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson Writer: Anne Vince, Anna McRoberts lives of four friends. Cast: Xavi Mira, William Miller, Pau Status: In Production Producer: Robert Vince, Anna Durá Country of Origin: USA McRoberts Delivery Status: completed A sophisticated student gets tangled up in Cast: Christine Tucci, Justin Louis, Barry KINOWELT Year of Production: 2007, Country of an erotic affair with her hedonistic Bostwick INTERNATIONAL Origin: Spain professor, a cultural critic obsessed with Delivery Status: Post-Production All of a sudden, Santi loses his job, female beauty. Several years after their Country of Origin: Canada, Year of GMBH girlfriend and car. All is Victor and his heartbreaking end, she returns with a Production 2003 Kinowelt International GmbH, Karl- friends’ fault, but they don’t dare to face shocking revelation that forever changes Chestnut is arguably the most lovable Tauchnitz-Str. 10, Leipzig, 04107 the consequences of confessing it. his life. Great Dane in New York City – but Germany. Tel: 49.341.355.960. Fax: EL BRASSIER DE EMMA (EMMA’S PATHOLOGY trying to hide him in a small high-rise 49.341.355.96419. www.kinowelt- BRASSIER) Thriller apartment proves to be a very BIG international.de, email: Comedy - Drama (100 min) Director: Marc Schoelermann problem for sisters Sal and Ray. [email protected] Language: Spanish Producers: Skip Williamson, Brian At Cannes: Stelios Ziannis (Head of Director: Maryse Systach Taylor, Mark Neveldine, Tom Rosenberg, KIMMEL World Sales), Anja Uecker (Directo TV Producer: Tragaluz Producciones Gary Lucchesi Sales GSE), Rainer Kölmel (Buyer), Cast: Sofía Espinosa, Arcelia Ramírez, Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren Lee INTERNATIONAL Daniel Guckau (SVP Acquisition), Marco Treviño Smith, Alyssa Milano, Johnny Whitworth Kimmel International, 250 Hudson Michael Kölmel (Buyer) Delivery Status: completed Status: In Production Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013 Office: Rivièra L13 Year of Production: 2007, Country of Country of Origin: USA USA. Tel: 212.431.5550. Fax: OBSESSION Origin: Mexico A group of medical students devise a 212.431.5822 Drama (100’) It was 1962 when I became 12 years old deadly game to see which one of them Croisette, Cannes, France 06400. Tel: 04 Language: English and my breasts began to grow! can commit the perfect murder. 93 38 10 53. Fax: 04 93 38 00 91 Director: Peter Sehr LA NIÑA EN LA PIEDRA (THE UNTRACEABLE At Cannes: Mark Lindsay (President, Producer: Wolfgang Esterer GIRL IN THE STONE) Thriller Kimmel International), Stefan Zorich Key Cast: Daniel Craig, Heike Makatsch, Drama (100 min) Director: Gregory Hoblit (Vice President, Marketing & Servicing), Charles Berling Language: Spanish Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Marcello Paolillo (Vice President, Sales Delivery Status: Completed Director: Maryse Systach Lucchesi, Andy Cohen, Steven Pearl and Acquisitions, Kimmel International), Year of Production: 1997, Country of Producer: Tragaluz Producciones Cast: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Joann Andres (Manager, Sales and Origin: Germany, France Cast: Sofía Espinosa, Arcelia Ramírez, Burke, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt Administration, Kimmel International) Daniel Craig and Heike Makatsch in a Gabino Rodríguez Status: In Production Office: Residence du Grand Hotel, Le thrilling combination of romance, drama Delivery Status: completed Country of Origin: USA Dauphin, 10th Floor, Apt 11D, 45 and obsessive love affairs. Year of Production: 2006, Country of FBI agent Jennifer Marsh races against Boulevard de La ORBELLA’S PEOPLE Origin: Mexico time to track down a ruthless online SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK Documentary In a small town near Mexico City, predator. Comedy Language: Swahili, English Gabino, a backward junior high school THE FEAST OF LOVE Writer: Charlie Kaufman Director: Percy Adlon student, falls in love with Maty, his Dramatic Comedy Director: Charlie Kaufman Producer: Leora Films & Stage charming schoolmate, who rejects him Director: Robert Benton Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Delivery Status: Post Production because he comes on to her so clumsily. Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Lucchesi, Richard Wright LIGHTNING THE BURROWERS KAIDAN Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Horror/Thriller Horror Radha Mitchell, Selma Blair, Alexa ENTERTAINMENT Language: English Language: Japanese Davalos, Toby Hemingway, Billy Burke Lightning Entertainment, 301 Arizona Directed by: J.T. Petty Directed by: Hideo Nakata with Jane Alexander and Fred Ward Avenue, Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA Written by: J.T. Petty Produced by: Taka Ichise Status: Post Production 90401 United States. Tel: 310.255.7999. Produced by: William Sherak, Jason Original Story by: Encho Sanyutei Country of Origin: USA Fax: 310.255.7998. http://www.lightning- Shuman Screenplay by: Satoko Okudera The Feast of Love is a story about ent.com, email: [email protected] Delivery Status: Pre-Production Cast: Kikunosuke Onoe, Hitomi Kuroki, ordinary people and the extraordinary At Cannes: Richard S. Guardian Country of Origin: US Mao Inoue, Kumiko Aso, Tae Kimura, transformations they experience as they (President), Mathilde Aupetit (Director of The Burrowers tells the story of a band Asaka Seto search for love. International Sales) of courageous men who set out to find Delivery Status: Post-Production Office: S6R7, Tel: 001.310.770.7472 and recover a family of settlers that has Country of Origin: Japan COUGAR CLUB mysteriously vanished from their home. When Toyoshiga dies from a mysterious LATIDO FILMS Comedy DAYBREAKERS disease, Shinkichi finds that he is unable Latido Films, c/ Veneras 9, 6, Madrid Language: English Horror/Thriller to avoid the mysterious fatality of the 28013 Spain. Tel: 34.91.548.8877. Fax: Director: Christopher Duddy Language: English past and Toyoshiga’s tenacious love for 34.91.548.8878. www.latidofilms.com, Key Cast: Joe Mantegna, Faye Dunaway, Directed by: Michael Spierig, Peter him. email: [email protected] Loretta Devine, Warren Cole, Jason Spierig WAR Sales agent Jurman Written by: Michael Spierig, Peter Action At Cannes: Massimo Saidel Delivery Status: Completed Spierig Language: English (International Sales Director), David Year of Production: 2006, Country of Produced by: Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Directed by: Philip Atwell Castellanos (International Sales), Silvia Origin: United States Chris Brown Written by: Lee Anthony Smith & Iturbe (Managing Director), Oscar Two young college graduates start a club Delivery Status: Pre-Production Gregory J. Bradley Alonso (Festival coordinator) for young men devoted to pleasuring Country of Origin: US Produced by: Steven Chasman, Office: Spanish Stand E3, Tel: sexy, older women, known as “Cougars.” It is 2017, and it has been 10 years since Christopher Petzel, Jim Thompson 0034675526497 The Cougar Club teaches the friends the plague transformed ordinary people Executive Producers: Mike Elliott, FADOS life’s lessons of live, respect and into Vampires dependent on human blood Michael Paseornek, Peter Block, John Musical (90 min) comradeship. for survival. Sacchi Language: portugese THE DARK HOUR (LA HORA FRIA) REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Director: Carlos Saura Science-Fiction/ Horror (93 minutes) Rock Opera Devon Aoki, Ryo Ishibashi Co-Production Partners: Zebra, Fado Language: Spanish Language: English Delivery Status: Post-Production Filmes Director: Elio Quiroga Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman Country of Origin: US Producer: Luis Galvao, Antonio Saura Key Cast: Omar Munoz, Jorge Written by: Darren Smith and Terrance After his partner and family are killed Key Cast: Caetano Veloso, Mariza, Chico Casalduero, Julio Perillan, Nadia de Zdunich apparently by the infamous and elusive Buarque Santiago, Marco Gonzalez, Carola Produced by: Mark Burg, Oren Koules, assassin Rogue, FBI agent Jack Crawford Delivery Status: Post Production Manzanares, Pepo Oliva, Pablo Scola, Carl Mazzocone (Statham) becomes obsessed with Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sergio Villanueva Delivery Status: Pre-Production revenge as his world unravels into a Origin: Spain Delivery Status: Completed Country of Origin: US vortex of guilt and betrayal. A portrait of Fado, the Portuguese music. Year of Production: 2006, Country of The not-so-distant future. An epidemic of THE CONDEMNED CIUDAD EN CELO (CITY IN HEAT) Origin: Spain organ failures devastates the planet, Action/Thriller Comedy (104 min) A group of eight people live isolated in killing tens of millions. Panic erupts and Language: English Language: Spanish crumbling installations. They cannot scientists feverishly make plans for a Directed by: Scott Wiper Director: Hernán Gaffet abandon the complex, living in a massive organ harvest. Out of the Screenplay by: Scott Wiper and Rob Co-Production Partners: Zona constant state of vigilance. In order to get tragedy, a savior emerges. Hedden audiovisual, Haddock Films, Tornasol food and medicines, they need to SAW IV Story by: Rob Hedden & Andy Hedden Films abandon the secure area they inhabit. Horror/Thriller and Scott Wiper Producer: Vanessa Ragone, Mariela KENNY Language: English Produced by: Joel Simon Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero Comedy (103 minutes) Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman Cast: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones Key Cast: Daniel Kuzniecka, Adrián Director: English Written by: Patrick Melton and Marcus Delivery Status: Completed Navarro, Dolores Solá Language: Clayton Jacobson Dunstan Country of Origin: US Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Shane Jacobson, Eve von Produced by: Oren Koules, Mark Burg, An adrenalin-charged action thriller, Year of Production: 2006, Country of Bibra, Ronald Jacobson Gregg Hoffman “The Condemned” tells the story of Jack Origin: Spain, Argentina Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Tobin Bell Conrad, who is awaiting the death A group of friends meet always in a bar Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: Pre-Production penalty in a corrupt Central American in Buenos Aires , where they speak about Origin: Australia From the biggest Country of Origin: US prison. changing the world and women. festival to the smallest social church, The fourth installment of the box-office DELIVER US FROM EVIL RUNNING WITH ARNOLD Kenny delivers porta-loos to them all. franchise phenomenon SAW. Documentary www.runningwitharnold.com THE EYE Language: English Documental (72 min) Horror/Thriller Directed by: Amy Berg Director: English LIONSGATE Language: English Written by: Amy Berg Language: Dan Cox Lionsgate, 2700 Colorado Blvd, 2nd Directed by: David Moreau, Xavier Producers: Amy Berg, Frank Donner, Co-Production Partners: Endless World Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA. Palud Hermas Lassalle, Matthew Cooke Entertainment Tel: 310.255.3700. Fax: 310.255.3770. Screenplay by: Sebastian Gutierrez Cast: Thomas Doyle, Oliver O’Grady Producer: Mike Gabrawy, Jennifer www.lionsgatefilms.com, Email: Produced by: Tom Cruise and Paula Delivery Status: Completed Hughes [email protected] Wagner Country of Origin: US Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Stephanie Denton (President, Executive Producers: Michael Paseornek, Juxtaposing an extended, deeply Year of Production: 2006, Country of International), Shyama Friedenson Peter Block, Tom Ortenberg, Mike unsettling interview with O’Grady Origin: USA (Senior Vice President, International Elliott, Don Granger, Michelle Manning, himself with the tragic stories of his A documentary on Arnold Marketing), Elizabeth Kim (Senior Vice Peter Chan, Roy Lee and Doug Davison victims, filmmaker Amy Berg bravely Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial President, International Sales), Adam Cast: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, exposes the deep corruption of the campaign in California Bialow (Senior Vice President, Parker Posey Catholic Church and the troubled mind International Business & Legal Affairs), Delivery Status: Post-Production of the man they sheltered. Anne Marie Boysen (Vice President, Country of Origin: US FUERA DEL CIELO International Sales), Joey Monteiro Sydney, a young, blind violinist is given Drama (Director, International Marketing) the chance to see for the first time since Language: Spanish Office: The Riviera M1 childhood through a miraculous corneal Directed by: Javier Patrón Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.88.29 transplant. Written by: Guillermo Ríos and Vicente

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Leñero Producer: Jens Meurer, Chris Curling Key Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay MISSING (WORKING TITLE) Produced by: Epigmenio Ibarra, Carlos Key Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Dutt,Suniel Shetty Language: Chinese Payán, Inna Payán Streep Delivery Status: Completed Director: Tsui Hark Cast: Demián Bichir, Armando Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2005, Country of Producer: Tsui Hark Hernández, Damián Alcázar, Dolores Country of Origin: Germany/ United Origin: India Cast: Lee Sin-je, Isabella Leong Heredia, Kingdom A crack team of anti-terror specialists Delivery Status: Pre-production Martha Higareda, Rafael Inclán, Leo Tolstoy has wealth and prestige. His have only ten days to stop an airstrike Budget: $8M Elizabeth Cervantes, Ricardo Blume wife, Sofya, is determined to preserve his over Canada that will claim thousands of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed wealth whereas Chertkov, his devoted innocent lives. Origin: Hong Kong Country of Origin: Mexico but underhanded disciple, is equally RUNT FUERA DEL CIELO begins at 6am determined that Tolstoy give his wealth Drama (80’) when Marlboro gets out of prison. to the people. Director: English MANDATE PICTURES RETRIBUTION SKIN Language: Michael Phillip Edwards Mandate Pictures, Address: 8750 Horror Drama Producer: Michael Phillip Edwards Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 East, Language: Japanese Language: English Key Cast: Michael Phillip Edwards, Carl Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA. Tel: Written and Directed by: Kiyoshi Director: Anthony Fabian Bradshaw, Nadege Auguste 310.360.1441. Fax: 310.360.1447 Kurosawa Producer: Margaret Matheson Delivery Status: In Development At Cannes: Joe Drake (President), Brian Producer: Taka Ichise Key Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Tom Year of Production: 2005, Country of Goldsmith (CFO & EVP of Operations), Cast: Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Wilkinson Origin: U.S. Mali Kinberg (EVP, Head of Int’l Sales Tsuyoshi Ihara, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Delivery Status: Pre-Production When his helpless rage tears his family & Distribution), Helen Lee Kim (VP, Joe Odagiri, Ryo Kase Country of Origin: United Kingdom apart, a father travels to his native International Sales), Brent Jack (SVP, Delivery Status: Completed Apartheid South Africa - Sandra Laing Jamaica to quite literally exorcise Marketing), John Biondo (VP, Business Country of Origin: Japan entered the world a beautiful baby but no generations of fear, wrath, and & Legal Affairs) Detective Yoshioka is haunted by the one, not the hospital staff, her mother, resentment. Office: The Penthouse, Villa d’Estelle, 12 image of a woman in a red dress and father or neighbors would admit the - 14 Rue des Belges, 06400 Cannes. Tel: caught in a terror that he himself might obvious. 33.4.92.98.33.35. Email: be a killer of the serial killer case he PROTEGE [email protected] chases after. http://www.protegethemovie.com PASSENGERS SKINWALKERS Thriller M Thriller Action-Horror Director: Cantonese Language: English Language: English Language: Derek Yee Director: Rodrigo Garcia Directed by: Jim Isaac Producer: Peter Chan MANDARIN FILMS Writer: Ronnie Christensen Written by: James DeMonaco & Todd Key Cast: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Zhang DISTRIBUTION CO. Producers: Keri Selig, Judd Payne, Harthan & James Roday Jingchu, Louis Koo Matthew Rhodes, Julie Lynn Produced by: Don Carmody, Dennis Delivery Status: Post Production LTD. Exec Producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Berardi Country of Origin: Hong Kong Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd., Kahane Executive Producers: Robert Kulzer, Special Agent Nick is deep undercover in Room 1801-2 Westlands Centre, 20 Cast: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Brian Gilbert the hear of Asia’s lucrative crime trade as Westlands Road, Quarry Bay,Hong Kong. David Morse, Andre Braugher, Dianne Cast: Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona he plays protégé to one of the key Tel: 852.25791718. Fax: 852.25791712. Wiest, Clea Duvall Mitra, Natassia Malthe, Sarah Carter, players in the game, Banker (Andy Lau.) www.mandarinfilms.com, email Status: Post production Kim Coates, Matthew Knight [email protected] Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed Producer/ distributor Following a plane crash, a grief Country of Origin: Canada LONGTALE LLC At Cannes: Raymond Wong (Chairman), counselor is assigned to help the six A 12-year-old boy and his mother LongTale LLC, 3699 Wilshire Blvd., Suite Nansun Shi (Producer), Virginia Leung survivors and in the process, develops a become the center of an ancient war 850, Los Angeles, CA 90010 U.S. Tel: (Head of Distribution), Christy Choi special connection with one of them. between two warring werewolf tribes. 323.733.1000. Fax: 323.230.7408. (Senior Distribution Ex.), Tony Chan HORSEMEN www.longtale.com, email: (Distribution Ex.) Crime Thriller [email protected] Office: Hong Kong Pavilion, Riviera Language: English THE LITTLE FILM At Cannes Omar Kaczmarczyk FLASH POINT Director: Jonas Akerlund COMPANY (Managing Director), Keith Selin Language: Chinese Writer: David Callaham (Executive Vice President of Sales) Director: Yip Wai-shun Producers: Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, The Little Film Company, 12930 Ventura Office: Le Zoute, 23 allée du Parc St Writer: Szeto Kam-yuen Andrew Form Blvd. #822, Studio City, CA 91604 Jean 06400 Cannes, Tel: Omar Producer: Nansun Shi, Donnie Yen, Exec Producers: Joe Drake, Nathan United States. Tel: 818.762.6999. Fax: Kaczmarczyk cell: 33.06.306.70663 Shan Dong-bing Kahane 818.301.2186. SARKAR Cast: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou http://www.thelittlefilmcompany.com, Crime Drama (120’) Chou Taylor Pucci, Clifton Collins, Jr., Barry email: [email protected] Language: Hindi with multiple sub Delivery Status: post-production Shabaka Henley, Neil McDonough, At Cannes: Robbie Little (President), options Budget: $10M Patrick Fugit, Peter Stormare Clay Epstein (VP Sales and Acquisitions) Director: Ram Gopal Varma Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: Post production Office: N.R1 (Lerin Level in the Producer: Ram Gopal Varma Origin: Hong Kong Country of Origin: USA Riviera), Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.88.42 / Key Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Pre-1997, a hero’s story about a detective Seasoned detective and absent father 44.7730.396.260 Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon, Supriya sergeant who truly believes that the only Aiden Breslin is thrust into an THE LAST STATION Pathak way to fight crime is “The Road of No investigation of perverse serial killings Drama Delivery Status: Completed Return”. rooted in the prophecy of the Four Language: English Year of Production: 2005, Country of WONDER WOMAN Hosemen of the Apocalypse. Director: Michael Hoffman Origin: India Language: Chinese JUNO A wildly powerful patriarch struggles Director: Barbara Wong Comedy with his two aspirant sons in India’s Producer: Raymond Wong Language: English annswer to THE GODFATHER, Cast: Gigi Leung, Fiona Sit, George Lam Director: Jason Reitman featuring legendary superstar Amitabh Delivery Status: In-production Writer: Diablo Cody The Business Of Film Bachchan. Budget: 1.3M Producers: Mason Novick, John Cannes 2006 DUS (TEN) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Malkovich, Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith Action (146) Origin: Hong Kong Exec Producers: Joe Drake, Nathan Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 Language: Hindi with Ebglish subs The survival handbook for career Kahane, Dan Dubieki Director: Anubhav Sinha women-from those who experienced the Cast: Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner, Jason Producer: Nitin Manmohan, Sohail ups and downs in past 10 years in HK Bateman, Michael Cera, JK Simmons, Maklai history. Allison Janney

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Status: Post Production Brunsmann, Eva Fisher, Demetruis MAX PICTURES A BOTHERED CONSCIENCE Country of Origin: USA Navarro, Luis Saguar, Elizabeth Bogush http://www.emaximmedia.com/inat/bigpi Max Pictures, 35 Piccadilly, London A sixteen year old girl is faced with an Delivery Status: Completed cture.php?id=7198 W1J0DW United Kingdom. Tel: unplanned pregnancy and makes the Year of Production: 2006, Country of Horror (87 Minutes) 44(0)20.7734.7282. Fax: unlikely decision to keep the baby and Origin: USA Language: English 44(0)207.734.4561. find the “perfect” adoptive parents. Sleep-deprived and strung out on speed, Director: Dennis Smithers, JR. http://www.maxpictures.net, email: Bill plunges into an all-night adventure Producer: Dennis Smithers, Sr. & Dennis [email protected] through the streets of San Francisco Smithers, Jr. At Cannes: Massimo Alvarez (CEO), MAVERICK GLOBAL before making a desperate attempt to Key Cast: Dennis Smithers Sr, Stephen Una Conway reconnect with his lost love. Martin, MacFarland Martin, Tyler Mickle Maverick Global, 1191 East Newport Office: Tel: Massimo: 44.778.595.5991 Delivery Status: Completed Center Drive, Suite 210, Deerfield or 39.339.300.0854. Una: Year of Production: 2006, Country of Beach, Florida 44.7797.728.820 MAX FILMS INC. Origin: USA 33442 USA. Tel: 1.954.422.8811. Fax: DOWNTOWN- A STREET TALE Max Films Inc., 1751, rue Richardson, Have the rotted corpses of the McGavin 1.954.429.0565. Int’l Cell: Drama (103 minutes) Suite 2.102, Montréal, Québec H3K 1G6 prey risen from the dead or are they 44.7738.843.066. Language: English Canada. Tel: 514.282.8444. Fax: simply manifestations of… A Bothered www.maverickglobal.com Director: Rafal Zielinski 514.282.9222. www.maxfilms.ca, E-mail: Conscience? Sales Agent for International DVD & Producer: Joey Dedio, Helena Cynamon, [email protected] / BLOOD LEGEND Television Rights Samuel H. Frankel, T.J. Mancini [email protected] http://www.emaximmedia.com/inat/bigpi At Cannes: Jack Campbell (Director of Key Cast: Joey Dedio, Genevieve At Cannes: Roger Frappier (President & cture.php?id=7059 International Sales), Leandra Carter Bujold, John Savage, Burt Young, Lillo Producer), Luc Vandal (Producer ), Horror (85 Minutes) (International Sales), Al Perez de la Mesa Brancato, Michael Wright, Chad Allen, Alexandra Wermester (Director, Int’l Language: English (Director of Acquisitions) Flora Martinez, James Ransone, Sales & Marketing), Félize Frappier Director: Rusty Nelson Office: Riviera H-11, Tel: Domenica Cameron-Scorsese (Coordinator, Int’l Sales & Festivals) Producer: David Sterling 33(0)4.92.99.32.39, From the US dial: Delivery Status: Completed Office: Canada Pavilion, Stand # 124, Key Cast: Randal Malone, Syn DeVil, 011.44.7738.843.066. Within Cannes Year of Production: 2004, Country of Tel: 33.04.93.99.85.55. Fax: Heather Jacobsen dial: 44.7738.843.066. Origin: United States 33.04.93.99.85.56 Delivery Status: Completed BAD REPUTATION Every city has its downtown, and every THE LITTLE BOOK OF REVENGE Year of Production: 2005, Country of Thriller (90 min) downtown has a group of young people (GUIDE DE LA PETITE Origin: USA Language: English forgotten by their family; lost from the VENGEANCE) Innocence never tasted so sweet! Director: Jim Hemphill world and has nowhere to hide from. Dark Comedy (105 min) BRAINIAC Cast: Angelique Hennessy, Jerad THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF Director: Jean-François Pouliot http://www.emaximmedia.com/inat/bigpi Anderson, Danielle Noble, Kristina DON ARONOW (KING OF cture.php?id=7068 Lauren, Dakota Ferreiro, Mark Kunzman Writer: Ken Scott POWERBOATS) Horror (92 Minutes) and Chris Basler. Producers: Roger Frappier and Luc Documentary Director: English Delivery Status: Completed Vandal Language: English Language: Terry Michael King Year of Production: 2006, Country of Cast: Marc Béland, Michel Muller, Director: Andrew Wainrib Producer: Matthew J. Bayan, Greg Bayan Origin: USA Pascale Bussières, Gabriel Gascon Producer: Donald Ranvaud, Silvio Sardi Key Cast: Greg Bayan, Lisa Nistri, Joe A pretty but quiet student, who is treated Status: Completed/screening Key Cast: Shareef Malnik, Fabio Buzzi, Hansard as an outcast at her suburban high Origin: Canada Charlie McCarthy, Greg Smith, Jerry Delivery Status: Completed school, seeks revenge on her classmates After years of cruel psychological Jacoby, Richie Power, Ken Kukec, Dohn Year of Production: 2005, Country of after being sexually assaulted at a house harassment by his boss, an accountant in Williams, Philip Lipschultz, Bob Origin: USA party. an upscale jewellery store will have the Gilmartin Brain chemistry research has produced a DISTORTION surprise of his life when he tries to fight Delivery Status: Post Production drug - Nirvana Thriller (83 min) back. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English BORDERLINE Origin: United States Director: Kirk Fogg Erotic Drama An insight to Don Aronow - King of MEDIA 8 Cast: Kirk Fogg, Sara Lahti, Jack Rubio Director: Lyne Charlebois Powerboats. and Corbin Timbrook Writer: Marie-Sissi Labrèche and Lyne SPEED KILLS ENTERTAINMENT Delivery Status: Completed Charlebois Drama Media 8 Entertainment, 1875 Century Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producers: Roger Frappier and Luc Director: English Park East, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA Origin: USA Vandal Producer: Donald Ranvaud, Silvio Sardi 90067 USA. Tel: 310 226 8300. A stylish crime thriller that trails the Cast: Isabelle Blais, Jean-Hugues Delivery Status: Pre-Production Fax: 310.226.8350. degenerate schemes of a drug-addicted Anglade, Angèle Coutu, Sylvie Drapeau Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Stewart Hall (President), former undercover cop, who is willing to Status: In Post-Production/screening Origin: United States Tannaz Anisi (Vice President, trade away almost everything, including Origin: Canada The True story of Don Aronow based on International Distribution), Kristen his lover, for his chemical dependencies. An erotic drama about a woman facing the best-seller Speed Kills written by Figeroid (Vice President, International TWEEK CITY her 30th birthday who looks back at her Arthur Jay Harris. Distribution), Audrey Delaney (Vice life growing-up with her grandmother, Arthouse (Dark Comedy) (86 min) President, Acquisitions) crazy mother and her over-indulgence Language: English Office: Lerins - Office S5, The Riviera, with men, sex and alcohol. MAXIM MEDIA Director: Eric G. Johnson Kristen Figeroid cell 323 551 8129 THE SECRET LIFE OF HAPPY Cast: Giuseppe Andrews, Keith INTERNATIONAL / LOCAL COLOR PEOPLE (LA VIE SECRÈTE DES Drama (99 min) GENS HEUREUX) BRAINDAMAGE Language: English Romantic Comedy (102 min) FILMS Director: George Gallo Director: Stéphane Lapointe Maxim Media International / Producer: David Permut, Mark Sennet, Writer: Stéphane Lapointe Braindamage Films, 5025 South Ash Av., Julie Lott Gallo, James Evangelatos Producers: Roger Frappier and Luc Building B2, Tempe, AZ 85282 USA. Key Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ray Vandal Tel: 1.480.966.4070. Liotta, Trevor Morgan, Samantha Mathis, Cast: Gilbert Sicotte, Marc Paquet, Fax: 1.480.966.4570. Charles Durning, Diana Scarwid Catherine de Léan, Marie Gignac http://www.eMaximMedia.com Delivery Status: Completed Status: Completed At Cannes: Darrin Ramage (President), Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Canada Charity Glick (Vice President of Origin: USA Thomas, a 24 year-old man, falls in love Business Affairs & International Sales) The emotional and inspirational story of with Audrey but Audrey is on a Office: PALAIS 01 Stand 19.01, Tel: a talented, but troubled 18-year-old art mission… 1.480.734.9380, 1.480.980.6069, Fax: student (Trevor Morgan) and his mentor STRANGE CULTURE - CINEMAVAULT INTERNATIONAL 1.480.966.4570 (Armin Mueller-Stahl), an elderly The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE alcoholic “Russian Master” who has the handover in 1997 is reflected through MEI AH Year of Production: 2007, Country of turned his back on not only art, but on the life of a fishmonger. Origin: Mexico life. A CHEANG POU-SOI PROJECT ENTERTAINMENT Marina wins a trip for two people to a ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING Language: CHEANG Pou-Soi paradisiacal place. However, she doesn’t Epic/Drama (123 min) Producer: Johnnie TO GROUP LIMITED have anyone to share her prize with. In Language: English Key Cast: Richie JEN, Louis KOO Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited, order not to waste it, she decides to Director: Michael O. Sajbel Delivery Status: In Development Mei Ah Centre, 28 Chun Choi Street, invite a perfect stranger to travel with Producer: Richard J. Cook, Stephan Country of Origin: Hong Kong Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, her. Blinn, Lawrence Mortorff, Matthew Kowloon, Hong Kong 852 China. Tel: ENLIGHTENED BLOOD (LA Crouch 852.2751.3311. Fax: 852.2623.9880. SANGRE ILUMINADA) Key Cast: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, MEDIA LUNA www.meiah.com, email: www.lasangreiluminada.com Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, John Noble, ENTERTAINMENT [email protected] Drama At Cannes: Mr. Li Kuo Hsing John Rhys-Davies Media Luna Entertainment, Language: Spanish Delivery Status: Completed (President), Mr. Wellington Fung Director: Iván Ávila Hochstadenstrasse 1-3, 50676 Cologne, (President - BIG Media Group Ltd.), Mr. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Germany. Tel: 0049(0)221.801.4980. Writer: Iván Ávila, José Ignacio Origin: USA Patrick Tong (Managing Director), Mr. Valenzuela Fax: 0049(0)221.801.498.21, Kenny Chau (Executive Director), Ms. Gener8Xion Entertainment presents the www.medialuna-entertainment.dem Producer: Iván Ávila epic story of Hadassah, the Jewish Sara Law (Vice President - Distribution) Cast: Gustavo Sánchez, Jostein email: info@medialuna-entertainment. Office: Tel: 852.9074.9887 orphan who becomes the biblical Esther, At Cannes: Ida Martins (Managing Roustand, Enoc Leaño, Flor Payán, Jorge Queen of Persia. BUTTERFLY LOVERS Zárate, Joaquín Cosío, Leticia Gutiérrez. Director), Andrew Chang (Senior Sales Costumed Martial Arts AIR GUITAR NATION & Acquisition Manager), Jan Kramer Delivery Status: Completed Documentary/Comedy (81 min) Language: Cantonese, Mandarin Year of Production: 2006, Country of (Sales & Acquisition Manager), Jürgen Director: Jingle Ma, Ching Siu Tung Director: English Tobisch (Sales & Acquisition Manager), Origin: Mexico Producer: Catherine Hun Language: Alexandra Lipsitz Viviana Horalek (Festival & Marketing Six characters tell us of their strange Key Cast: Louis Koo, Shawn Yuen, Liu Producer: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Manager), Helena Maser (Office & shared life. Yi Fei, Wu Jing Anna Barber Production Manager) USED PARTS (PARTES USADAS) Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Andrew Chang Drama (95 min) Budget: US$4.5m Year of Production: 2006, Country of Office: J12, Tel: 33.614.688.028 Language: Spanish Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA BOG OF BEASTS Director: Aarón Fernández Origin: Hong Kong Fueled by pure rock energy, this hilarious www.medialuna-entertainment.de Writer: Aarón Fernández Based on the classic lover story “Leung documentary chronicles the year that air Feature Film (82 min) Producer: Aarón Fernández Juk” but added with real fighting martial guitar swept America and the world. Language: portuguese, with Engl. Cast: Eduardo Granados, Alan Chávez, arts scenes designed and directed by subtitles Carlos Ceja Ching Siu Tung. Director: Claudio Assis Delivery Status: Completed THE PYE-DOG MEDIA ASIA Producer: Parabolica Brasil Year of Production: 2007, Country of www.thepyedog.com Co-production partners: REC Produtores Origin: Mexico, France, Spain. DISTRIBUTION LTD. Drama (98 min) Associados Ivan, a 14-year old boy, lives with his Director: Cantonese Media Asia Distribution Ltd., 24/F Cast: Maria Teixeira, Fernando Teixeira, uncle Jaime, a mediocre dealer of used Language: Derek Kwok Causeway Bay Plaza II, 463-483 Caio Blat - Delivery Status: completed car parts. Both of them dream with a Producer: Teddy Robin Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Year of Production: 2006, Country of better life and are stashing away their Key Cast: Eason Chan, Gia Lin, Wen Jun Kong. Tel: 852.2302.3810. Fax: Origin: Brasil money in order to emigrate illegally to Hui, Eric Tsang, George Lam 852.2314.4248. www.mediaasia.com, Ruthless edge of the life of a young Chicago shortly. Delivery Status: Completed email: [email protected] Brazilian girl growing up in a society Budget: US$1.5m At Cannes: Ricky Tse (Head of shaped by violence and sexual abuse. Distribution/Sales), Frederick Tsui THE WORLD IN TWO Year of Production: 2007, Country of MONO CO., LTD. Origin: Hong Kong (Senior Manager - Distribution & ROUNDTRIPS (THAILAND) Production), Vanessa Lo (Manager - www.medialuna-entertainment.de Three people – a mute boy, a killer and a Distribution/Sales), Cora Yim (Senior Documentary (80 min) female bodyguard, without knowing each Mono Co., Ltd. (Thailand), 200 Jasmine Manager – Acquisition & Marketing) Language: Portuguese with English other’s identity, develop a family-like Int’l Tower, 31st Fl., Moo4, Office: Tel: 852 2314 4248. Fax: subtitles relationship. Chaengwattana Road, Pakkred District, 852.2314.4288 Director: David Schürmann Nonthaburi 11120 Thailand. Tel: TRIANGLE Producer: David Schürmann MEXICAN FILM 662.502.0731. Fax: 662.584.5314. Thriller Delivery Status: completed www.mono-film.com Language: Cantonese Year of Production: 2007, Country of INSTITUTE At Cannes: Mr. Pete Bodharamik Director: TSUI Hark, Ringo LAM, Origin: Brazil Mexican Film Institute, Insurgentes Sur (Chairman), Dr. Soraj Asavaprapha Johnnie TO A documentary about the adventures of 674 Piso 2, Tel: 52.55.5448.5344. Fax: (CEO), Mr. Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai Producer: TSUI Hark, Ringo LAM, the legendary Schürmann family on a 52.55.5448.5380. http://.imcine.gob.mx, (Managing Director), Mr. Bannasit Johnnie TO round world trip, in the wake of the email: [email protected] Rakwong (Jack) (Deputy Managing Key Cast: Louis KOO, Simon YAM, pioneering route used 500 years ago by Production Company, Sales Agent Director) SUN Honglei, Kelly LIN the Portuguese Admiral Fernao de At Cannes: Marina Stavenhagen (General Office: Riviera H-1 Delivery Status: Completed Magalhaes. Director), Cristina Prado (Director THE TIGER BLADE (SUA KAAB Year of Production: 2007, Country of LOVE MADE EASY Cultural Promotion), Maru Garzón DAAB) Origin: Hong Kong www.medialuna-entertainment.de (Managing Director International www.tigerblademovie.com Three desperate friends are given the Romantic Comedy (78 min) Promotion), Pablo Briseño (Head of Action/ marital arts (88 minutes) opportunity to find buried treasure by a Language: Original language English International Sales) Language: Thai mysterious stranger. Director: Peter Luisi Office: Riviera, Stand B5 / C4, Tel: Director: Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn HOOKED ON YOU Producer: Kristin Holt, Peter Luisi 33(0)4.92.99.88.13 Producer: Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai Drama Cast: Melanie Winiger, Ralph Gassmann, BLUE EYELIDS (PÁRPADOS Key Cast: Asadawut Language: Cantonese Martin Landau, AZULES) Luangsuntorn,Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Director: LAW Wing Cheong Delivery Status: completed Drama (98 min) Pimonrat Pisolyabut, Producer: Johnnie TO Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: Spanish Sueangsuda Lawanprasert, Anan Bunnak, Key Cast: Miriam YEUNG, Eason Origin: USA Director: Ernesto Contreras Chalad Na Songkhla, Suthida CHAN Until now they have always chewed on Writer: Carlos Contreras & Ernesto Harnviset,Amonrid Seephung, Thitima Delivery Status: Post Production the short end of life. Pellini is too small, Contreras Maliwan, Apipa Kitipongsaman Year of Production: 2007, Country of Mobo a paraplegic, Bowman fat, Gilbert Cast: Cecilia Suárez, Enrique Arreola, Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Hong Kong a klutz and Gus a loser. But they are Angélica Aragón. Budget: 1.5 million USD A decade of changes in Hong Kong since about to put an end to this! Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2005, Country of

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Origin: Thailand KILTRO MORGAN CREEK MOTION PICTURE When a highly volatile case confronts the Martial Arts (93’) police, a young maverick cop with Language: Spanish INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION OF mystical powers is put on the case. Director: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Morgan Creek International, 10351 AMERICA VENGEANCE Producer: Mandrill Films Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, Los (PIREE PINAD) Key Cast: Marko Zaror, Caterina Angeles, CA 90025 USA. Tel: Motion Picture Corporation of America, www.vengeance-movie.com Jadresic, Miquel Angel De Luca 310.432.4848. Fax: 310.432.4844. 1333 Second Street, Suite 210, Santa Action/adventure (107 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed www.morgancreek.com Monica, CA 90401 USA. Tel: Language: Thai Year of Production: 2006, Country of At Cannes: James G. Robinson 310.319.9500. Fax: 310.319.9501. Director: Pleo Sirisuwan Origin: Chile (Chairman/CEO), Howard Kaplan (Chief www.mpcafilm.com, email: Producer: Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai A gangster journeys to a legendary Financial Officer), Brian Robinson (SVP, [email protected] Key Cast: Andy Tungkaprasert,Chalad martial arts master and learns the Worldwide Marketing), Greg Mielcarz At Cannes: Brad Krevoy Na Songkhla, Chirapat Wongpaisanlux, honored path of a warrior. Stylized (VP, Worldwide Publicity), Kaisa (CEO/Chairman), Francisco Gonzalez Surachai Sangagard,Chaiwat imagery inspired by anima, chambara Akerlund (International Sales) (VP, International Sales and Marketing) Chirawattanakarn, Nuttanan and spaghetti westerns! Office: Martinez Hotel, Suite 618, Tel: Office: Majestic Hotel Suite 109, Tel: Juntarawet,Puchong Pompanao APARTMENT 1303 04.92.98.73.00 04.97.06.85.33. Fax: 04.97.06.85.89 MOONDANCE ALEXANDER Delivery Status: Completed Horror (94’) GEORGIA RULE Director: Japanese www.moondancealexander.com Budget: 1.5 Million USD www.georgiarulemovie.net Language: Ataru Oikawa Family/Adventure (93 Minutes) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Drama Producer: Amuse Inc Language: English Origin: Thailand Language: English When the murder of his father brings Key Cast: Noriko Nakagoshi, Ataru Director: Michael Damian Director: Garry Marshall Producer: Michael Damia, Janeen WUT back to his hometown, painful Furuta Producer: James G. Robinson, David Damian, Brad Krevoy memories and secrets come back to Delivery Status: In Development Robinson Key Cast: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, haunt him. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Lori Loughlin, Sasha Cohen THE GIG Origin: Japan Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Delivery Status: Completed www.thegig-movie.com A modern ghost story which turns a Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund, Christine Year of Production: 2007 Romantic-comedy (100 min) love/hate relationship between mother Lakin. A young girl inspires her mother and a Director: Thai and daughter into a tale of horror. Delivery Status: Completed down-and-out trainer with her passion Language: Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn Year of Production: 2007, Country of and determination to win a horse riding Producer: Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai Origin: USA competition. Key Cast: Kittikun Sumritpunsuk, MOONSTONE Three generations of top actresses unite HOT TAMALE Primrata Det-udom, Pajit ENTERTAINMENT in a film about the power of redemption, www.hottamalethemovie.com Thomya,Apitsada Kruakongka, Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box freedom in forgiveness and unbreakable Action/Comedy (95 minutes) Nutthachart Chankan, Siripon 7400, Studio City, CA 91614 USA. Tel: bonds of motherhood. Language: English Sirininartkul, Shalaj Poonyarit,Apipa 818.985.3003. Fax: 818.985.3009 SYDNEY WHITE Director: Michael Damian Kittipongsaman, Thitinun At Cannes: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh Comedy Producer: Michael Damian, Janeen Suwannathawon,Baromvudh (CEO), Mrs. Yael Stroh (President), Mr. Language: English Damian Hiranyasthiti, Sarawadee Pirmsinthavee Michael Grant (Director Production & Director: Joe Nussbaum Key Cast: Carmen Electra, Jason Delivery Status: Completed Marketing) Producer: James G. Robinson, David Priestley, Diora Baird, Randy Spelling Budget: 1.0 million USD Robinson Office: The Carlton Intercontinental, Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Key Cast: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Suite 120/121, Tel: 04.93.06.41.21 or Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Thailand Matt Long, Jack Carpenter, John 04.93.06.68.21 Origin: This teenage romantic-comedy evolves Schneider, Crystal Hunt, Jeremy Howard, RECALL A road trip leads a young man into a wild around the chaotic love lives of a clique Samm Levine, Danny Strong, Adam Thriller maze of hit men, racy woman, jewel of university students. Hendershott Writer: Paul Schrader thieves and a salsa band. Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Harold Becker VENUS & VEGAS Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producers: Robert Katz, Etchie Stroh Comedy (93 Minutes) MONTECRISTO Origin: USA Status: Pre-Production Director: English In a modern retelling of the classic Snow INTERNATIONAL Cntry of Origin: USA Language: Demian Lichtenstein White fairytale, a plumber’s daughter Producer: Demian Lichtenstein, Eddie MonteCristo International, 459 A bizarre encounter makes a man and her merry band of misfits upset the Guerra Columbus Avenue, #334, NYC, NY 10024 question his sanity. social order at their Greek dominated Key Cast: Jaime Pressly, Eddie Kaye USA. Tel: 1.917.647.7587. THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP college. Thomas, Molly Sims, Donald Faison, Fax: 420.224.934.712. Thriller/Horror Roselyn Sanchez, Florence Henderson www.MonteCristoEntertainment.com, Director: Stuart Gordon email: Producers: Robert Katz, Etchie Stroh [email protected] Status: Pre-Production At Cannes: Michael Taverna Cntry of Origin: USA (CEO/President), A psychiatrist is seduced by an other Cindy Nelson-Mullen (Sales & worldly spirit in this film adaptation of Acquisitions Executive), Jiri Holubec the H.P. Lovecraft story. (Head of Distribution), DIAMOND DOGS Vanessa Reeder (Sales Assistant) Action Office: Riviera, Booth c-3, Tel: Director: Shimon Dotan Writer: Leopold St-Pierre 1.917.533.4162 PUNK LOVE Producers: Etchie Stroh, Shimon Dotan, Louis Liu, Barry Glasser Drama (96’) Principal Cast: Dolph Lundgren Language: English Status: Post-Production Director: Nick Lyon Cntry of Origin: Canada, China Producer: Blondie Productions In this first installment of the franchise, Key Cast: Chad Lindberg, Emma Bing, we meet Dolph Lundgren as Ronson, the Max Perlich adventurer and world traveler who is Delivery Status: Completed always short of money. A man of few Year of Production: 2007, Country of words, a gun for hire … the solution to Origin: USA/Italy your problem! A tale of two kids fighting for their dreams against society. PAID - HOLLAND FILM

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Delivery Status: Completed from the mob in an isolated Indian MULTIMEDIA THE PINK CONSPIRACY Year of Production: 2006 reservation where chilly chiefs, a www.odysseymotionpictures.com Three street-smart crooks struggle to beautiful daughter and the ultimate CORPORATION Comedy (97 minutes) keep their professional and romantic gambling await, the new “Nava-bros”. INTERNATIONAL, Director: English lives separate. THE UNDERTAKERS Language: Brian Scott Miller Black Comedy, feature INC. Producer: Marc Clebanoff Language: English Multimedia Corporation International, Key Cast: Mercedes McNab, Sarah MOVIE AVENUE Director: Kenny Snyder Inc., 101 Convention Center Dr., Suite Thompson, Bradley Snedeker, James INTERNATIONAL Producer: Desiree Jellerette 777, Las Vegas, NV 89109 USA. Russo, Chad Everett, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Status: Production Fall 2007 Tel: 702.252.3863. Fax: 818.368.1817, Lister, Dayton Callie, Mackenzie Movie Avenue International, 1675 Budget: 4 million www.mmcgroupinc.com, email: Firgens, Frank Krueger, Tricia O’Kelley Broadway, 17N-34, New York, 10019. Origin: USA [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed Tel: 646.557.4320. Fax: Year of Production: 2007, Country of The “king of coffins” and his rival At Cannes: Karin Thome (President), 212.265.9371.www.movie-avenue.com, brother compete in a funeral empire for Origin: USA Joseph Geissler (Senior Executive Vice the love of the same fatal women. Unlucky in love, Dave uncovers a plot in email: [email protected] President) (feature length, English). which all women in his life are Sales Representative, Producer Office: Villa Olivaie Du Cap, conspiring together to dive him to At Cannes: Lydia Y. Segundo (CEO, Chemin De La Garoupe, 06, Cap insanity. Sales Rep. Producer) MOVIEBANK - D’Antibes, Tel: 015116655484 Office: 61 la Croisette; Mobile: US GENGHIS KHAN: THE BOY 1.917.669.1870 QUANTUM OF IRON MYRIAD PICTURES THE SANDMAN (EL HOMBRE DE Epic MovieBank – Quantum, 209 E. Alameda Myriad Pictures, 3015 Main Street, Suite ARENA) Language: English Ave #203, Burbank, CA 91502 USA. Tel: 400, Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA. Tel: Drama (103 min) Producer: Karin Thome 818.255.9900. Fax: 818.255.9903. 310.279.4000. Fax: 310.279.4001. Language: Spanish with subtitles Delivery Status: In Development www.moviebankstudios.com www.myriadpictures.com, email: Director: José Manuel González-Berbel Budget $150 Million At Cannes: Jamie Thompson (VP, Sales [email protected] Producers: Iroko Films, Las Siete Sillas, Year of Production: 2007, Country of and Acquisitions) At Cannes: Kirk D’amico (President and Adivina Producciones Harold Sánchez, Origin: USA Office: E16 CEO), Trevor Wright (Executive Fernando Ramos, Susana Meceiras. The Epic adventure of the rise and fall of EYE OF THE DOLPHIN Director, Distribution), Pamela Rodi Cast: Hugo Silva; María Valverde; www.theeyeofthedolphin.com Genghis Khan. Samuel LeBihan, Alberto Jiménez. (EVP, Marketing), Elias Axume (VP Family (98:10) Distribution And Operations), Lisa Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Year of production 2006, Origin: Spain- MULTIVISIONNAIRE Gutberlet (Director, Sales Director: Michael D. Sellers Administration) France Producer: Susan Johnson, Michael D. Office: Gray D’Albion - 1H2, Tel: A daughter learns about the story of MEDIA Sellers 33(0)4.93.38.51.95. Fax: friendship, love and hope behind her MultiVisionnaire Media, PO Box 1477, Key Cast: Carly Schroeder, Adrian 33(0)4.93.38.48.40 birth in an asylum during 1960’s Alhambra, CA 91802-1477 USA. Tel: Dunbar, George Harris, Jane Lynch, DARK MATTER repressive Spain. 1.626.737.8357. Fax: 1.626.407.4197. Katherine Ross Language: English BRO’S AND ARROWS www.multivisionnaire.com, email: Delivery Status: Completed Director: Chen Shi-Zheng Urban comedy, feature [email protected] Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producer: Janet Yang, Mary Salter, Language: English At Cannes: Sean T. Haley (Managing Origin: USA Andrea Miller Director: Kenny Snyder When troubled 15 year old Alyssa moves Partner), Erika Kao-Haley (Managing Partner) Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Producers: Desiree Jellerette, Lydia in with her father, a dolphin researcher in Liu Ye Segundo the Bahamas, she forms a unique Office: Hotel Gray d’Albion, Tel: 372.53.17.23.16. Fax: 372.53.17.23.16 Delivery Status: Completed Status: development friendship with an orphaned wild Year of Production: 2006, Country of Budget: 4.5 million dolphin. (SMS) LADRONES Y MENTIROSOS Origin: USA Origin: USA CRYPTID A brilliant Chinese physics student Hip Hop promoter Styles Pearson hides www.cryptidthemovie.com (THIEVES & LIARS) http://www.ladronesymentirosos.com comes to odds with his American mentor Science Fiction Thriller (90:00) with tragic results. Language: English Drama (112 minutes) Language: Spanish JACK AND JILL VS THE WORLD Director: Darrell James Roodt Comedy Producer: Michael D. Sellers, Donald Director: Ricardo Mendez Matta Co-Production Partners: Ricardo Mendez Language: English Barton, Anton Ernst Director: Vanessa Parise Key Cast: Lori Petty, Nicholas Irons, Matta Key Cast: Steve Bauer, Elpidia Carrillo, Producer: Vanessa Parise, Nicholas Colin Moss, Sandra Teles, Petey Pablo Tabarrock, Roger Spottiswoode Delivery Status: Post Production Daniel Lugo, Lymari Nadal, Magda Rivera, Cesar Farrait Key Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taryn Year of Production: 2006, Country of Manning Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: Post Production Gruesome murders of South African Year of Production: 2006, Country of farmers spur reports of a possible Origin: Puerto Rico (US Province) Story of 3 Puerto Rican families Origin: USA “cryptid” - a creature previously A buttoned-up advertising executive and undiscovered by science. struggling to stay together in a society overcome by the inescapable a free spirited actress fall in love - until KARLA he realizes she has some secrets. www.karlathemovie.net corruption and drugs on the small island. JUPITER LOVE 10 ITEMS OR LESS True Crime Thriller (98:00) Comedy Psychological Thriller (80 minutes) Director: English Language: English Language: English Language: Joel Bender Director: Brad Silberling Director: Michael André Producer: Michael D. Sellers, Producer: Lori Mccreary, Hulie Lynn, Key Cast: Michael André, Nikka Marlon Parry Brad Silberling Kalashnikova Key Cast: Laura Prepon, Patrick Key Cast: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega Delivery Status: Completed Bauchau, Misha Collins, Tess Harper Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Australia Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA Part crazed road film, part acidic Origin: USA A famous actor gets abandoned in a commentary on the power struggle of the KARLA follows the true story of one of small town and an unlikely friendship sexes — Jupiter Love is a turbo-charged the most notorious crimes of Canada. develops with a grocery store sales clerk. film that grips the viewer with its twits of GARY - GREESTREET FILM sexual psychopathology.

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE NEW ZEALAND FILM finds a community that has been living in Korsgaard (PR & Marketing Manager) N fear for centuries. Office: Scandinavian Terrace first floor New Zealand Film, Level 2, The Film DARLING La croisette 55 Centre, 119 Jervois Quay, Wellington, Dark drama comedy (90 min) JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY NEW LINE CINEMA New Zealand. Tel: 64.4.382.7680. Fax: Language: Swedish (KÆRLIGHED PÅ FILM) 64.4.384.9719. [email protected] New Line Cinema, 116 North Robertson Director: Johan Kling Thriller At Cannes: Ruth Harley (CEO, New Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90048 USA. Tel: Producer: Spader Knekt Film Language: Danish Zealand Film Commission) French 310.854.5811. Fax: 310.659.4712. Key Cast: Michelle Meadows, Michael Director: Ole Bornedal Mobile 06.26.38.27.94, Kathleen Drumm www.newline.com Segerström, Richard Ulfsäter, Jenny Producer: Michael Obel (Head of Sales and Marketing) French Cassel Key Cast: Bent Mejding, Dejan Cukic, Producer/Sales Agent Mobile 06.11.93.14.22, Caroline Grose At Cannes: Rolf Mittwig (President & Delivery Status: Completed Ewa Fröling, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Rebecka (Head of Development) French Mobile Year of Production: 2007, Country of Hemse, COO, New Line Cinema), Camela 06.10.57.12.36, Sarah Cull (Head of Galano (President, International Origin: Sweden Anders W. Berthelsen, Charlotte Fich, Business Affairs) French Mobile A tragic and comic tale of beautiful and Karsten Jansfort Marketing), Nestor Nieves (EVP, 06.20.75.76.14 International Marketing), Rob Remley self-absorbed Eva, who cheats on her Delivery Status: Post Production Office: 1st Floor, Residence Gray boyfriend which becomes the starting Budget: 3,2 million (SVP, International Marketing), Craig d’Albion, 17 La Croisette/4 Rue des Alexander (SVP, Business and Legal point of a slow descent down to the life Year of Production: 2007, Country of Serbes (entrance Rue des Serbes) of ordinary people and a surprising, but Origin: Denmark Affairs), Elena Cahalan (VP, BLACK SHEEP International Contracts) doomed friendship. Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Horror Comedy SPEED DATING Substitute) directs an intense thriller, Office: Residence Croisette Miramar, 67 Directed by: Jonathan King rue la Croisette, 9th Floor, 06400 www.speeddatingthemovie.com where a stolen identity takes an Producer: Philippa Campbell Romantic Comedy (85 min) unexpected twist. Promo screening in Cannes, Tel: 33.0.4.92.59.10.39. Fax: Status: Screening 33.0.492.18.03.77 Director: English Cannes. There are 40 million sheep in New Language: Tony Herbert 3000 MILES (GUMBALL) INKHEART Zealand… and they’re pissed off! On a Action-adventure Producer: System 48 Limited Documentary (105 min) vast sheep station a reckless genetic Key Cast: Hugh O’Conor, Don Language: English Language: English engineering experiment goes horribly Director: Iain Softley Wycherley, Flora Montgomery, David Director: Maximillion Cooper wrong, turning sheep into blood thirsty Hayman Producer: Patrick Fischer Producer: Cornelia Funke, Barry Mendel killers. Cast: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn and EAGLE VS SHARK Year of Production: 2007, Country of Tony Hawk Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent Comedy Drama Origin: Ireland Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post production Directed by: Taika Waititi After a break–up with the love of his life, Budget: 250.000 Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producer: Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis James Van Der Bexton has taken up Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA Cast: Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement speed dating without much success. Origin: United Kingdom INKHEART, a fantasy family film, tells Status: Screening Hopeless he turns his attention towards a 3 Continents, 8 Days, 120 Cars and 3000 the tale of Meggie and her magical father A wry and comic tale about two misfits mysterious young woman who frequents miles of mayhem with Tony Hawk and Mo (who can bring book characters to searching for acceptance… and finding it his local pub. Bam Margera. life by reading aloud), as they search for in each other. THE SUBSTITUTE (VIKAREN) her missing mother and fight the evil OUT OF THE BLUE Family/Thriller (93 min) scoundrel Capricorn for her mother’s Drama NORDISK Director: Danish return. Directed by: Robert Sarkies Language: Ole Bornedal RENDITION INTERNATIONAL Producer: Tim White, Steven O’Meagher Producer: Michael Obel Drama Cast: Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, SALES Key Cast: Henrik Prip, Paprika Steen, Language: English Lois Lawn Nordisk International Sales, Mosedalvej Sonja Richter, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Director: Gavin Hood Status: Screening 14, Valby, DK – 2500 Denmark. Tel: Wandschneider Producer: Steve Golin The peaceful innocence of a tiny seaside 45.3618.8200. Fax: 45.3618.9550. Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, village is shattered by the actions of one www.nordiskfilmsales.com, email: Budget: 3,2 million Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard man. [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Post production At Cannes: Tine Klint (Head of Origin: Denmark Year of Production: 2006, Country of International Sales), Susan Wendt (Sales What would you do if your new Origin: USA NONSTOP SALES AB Manager, International Sales), Sanne substitute teacher was an alien? Get Rendition shows there is a fine line NonStop Sales AB, Döbelnsgatan 24, Arloe (Sales Executive) Nicolai ready for this years Family Thriller! between interrogation and torture, Stockholm, 113 52 Sweden. Tel: between working for the greater good in 46(0)8.673.99.80. Fax: a post 9/11 world and violating basic 46(0)8.673.99.88. www.nonstopsales.net, codes of decency and between fighting email: [email protected] terrorism and becoming a terrorist. At Cannes: CG Anderson (CEO), JOURNEY 3-D Michael Werner (Sales Manager), Judith 3-D Effects adventure Toth (Sales Executive), Karin Thun Language: English (Sales Executive) Director: Erik Brevig Office: The Scandinavian Film Stand (55 Producer: Walden Media, Charlotte La Croisette), Tel: 46.707.33.28.55 Higgins, Beau Flynn GHOSTWOOD Cast: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, www.ghostwoodmovie.com Anita Briem Supernatural thriller (85 min) Delivery Status: Post Production Language: English Year of Production: 2006, Country of Director: Justin O’Brien Origin: USA Producer: Maxim Pictures Tells the story of a troubled young boy Key Cast: Alan Devine, Patrick Bergin, and his uncle as they head off to explore Louise Osbourne a fantastic world where they will find Delivery Status: Completed mystery, excitement, danger and perhaps Year of Production: 2007, Country of most importantly, each other. Origin: Ireland Driven to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his father, New York psychologist Ed Hunter travels to a remote village in the West of Ireland and THE BALL LISCIO - FIM EXPORT

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE NOTRO FILMS plan to steal the millions of dollars that LETHE are being shredded every day. O Thriller Notro Films, Lincoln 11, Barcelona CLEANER Language: English 08006 Spain. Tel: 34.93.567.0505. Fax: Director: Renny Harlin Director: Dario Piana 34.93.567.0504. www.notrofilms.com Writer: Matthew Aldrich ODD LOT Co-Production Partners: Stan Winston At Cannes: Adolfo Blanco (CEO), Starring: Samuel Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Studios Eduardo Escudero (Operations Manager), INTERNATIONAL Mendes Producer: Stan Winston, Brian J. Gilbert, Manuel Monzon (Production Manager), Status: Post Production Odd Lot International, 9601 Jefferson Ralph Kamp Raquel Luque (Acquisitions & Sales) A man who specializes in cleaning up Bl., Ste. A, Culver City, CA 90232 United Delivery Status: Pre-Production Office: Riviera E3, Tel: 34.655.44.21.95 crime scenes is drawn into a mystery States of America. Tel: 310.652.0999. Year of Production: 2007, Country of BAJO LAS ESTRELLAS (UNDER when he cleans the evidence of a murder Fax: 310 650 0718. www.oddlotent.com, Origin: UK THE STARS) before it’s been reported. email: [email protected] Will Blake returns home to find his wife Drama (110’) BLONDE AMBITION At Cannes: Gigi Pritzker (Co-CEO), and two children brutally murdered. Language: Spanish Starring: Jessica Simpson and Luke Deborah Del Prete (Co-CEO), William THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE Director: Felix Viscarret Wilson Lischak (COO), Brian O’Shea (EVP Horror (92 min) Producer: Fernando Trueba Director: Scott Marshall (Keeping Up Worldwide Sales and Distribution), Language: English Key Cast: Alberto San Juan, Emma With the Steins) Delphine Perrier (Director Legal Affairs Director: Dario Piana Suarez- Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Garry Marshall Contracts and Collections) Co-Production Partners: Stan Winston Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: Post Production Office: Majestic 759/760, Tel: Studios Origin: Spain A small town girl climbs the corporate 33.0.49.70.68.493 Producer: Stan Winston, Brian J, Gilbert, When Benito Lacunza, a loser jazz ladder in the big city ARMAGEDDAGAIN: THE DAY Ralph Kamp musician, returns to his hometown to HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE TOMORROW Key Cast: Mike Vogel, Christina Cole, attend his father’s funeral, he is surprised Director: George Gallo Spoof Comedy Jamie Murray to learn that his beloved brother is about Screenplay: George Gallo Language: English Delivery Status: Completed to marry Nines, a single mother. Starring: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Director: Robert Moniot Year of Production: 2006, Country of FERMAT’S ROOM (LA Colin Hanks and Selma Blair Producer: Noah Emmerich Origin: UK HABITACION DE FERMAT) Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Pre-Production From the creator of academy award Thriller A young FBI agent discovers that his Year of Production: 2007, Country of winning special effects ‘the terminator’ Language: Spanish mother has fallen in love with a Origin: USA and ‘Jurassic Park’ comes the story of an Director: Luis Piedrahita & Rodrigo notorious art thief. Following in the footsteps of Airplane all-American kid who is murdered each Sopeña HERO WANTED and Scary Movie, Armagedddagain is a day by his horrifying pursuers. Co-Production Partners: Notro Films & Director: Brian Smrz hilarious spoof of the disaster films of AUGUST RUSH Bocaboca Writers: Chad Law and Evan Law Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay Drama (107 min) Key Cast: Federico Luppi, Luis Homar, Starring: Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ray GOOD Director: English Santi Millan Liotta Drama / War Language: Kirsten Sheridan Delivery Status: In Production Status: Pre Production Language: English Producer: Richard Barton Lewis Year of Production: 2007, Country of A small town trash collector stages a Director: Vicente Amorim Key Cast: Freddie Highmore, Robin Origin: Spain robbery so he can impress a girl by can Producer: Miriam Segal, Dan Lupovitz, Williams, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keri Four mathematicians who do not know being the hero and stopping it. Sarah Boote, Billy Dietrich, Kevin Russell each other are invited by a mysterious WAR, INC. Loader Delivery Status: Completed host on the pretext of resolving a great Director: Josh Seftel Key Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Year of Production: 2006, Country of enigma. Screenplay: Mark Keyner, Jeremy Pikser Issacs, Mark Strong, Jodie Whittaker, Origin: USA LOCO FIGHTERS (TRES CAIDAS) & John Cusack Gemma Jones This uplifting and magical modern Documentary (84’) Starring: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Delivery Status: In Production fairytale tells the story of a ten-year-old Director: Spanish, Language: Nacho Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley and Joan Year of Production: 2007, Country of orphan whose amazing musical gifts Cabana, Co-Production Partners: Notro Cusack Origin: USA serve to reunite him with his long-lost Films, Delivery Status: Completed Status: Post Production An ordinary man is thrust into the Nazi parents. Year of Production: 2006, Country of A government assassin is sent to a propaganda machine during WWII and Origin: Spain Middle-Eastern warzone where he is sees the boundaries of his conscience Mexican lucha libre is a mix of sport, assigned to kill a rogue leader while challenged and ultimately crossed. ONOMA acrobatics, and comedy that is Onoma, 4 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 tremendously popular in this Aztec posing as a chaperone for an Arab pop Paris, France. Tel: 33.1.58.18.34.90. country. star. JOHN RAMBO ODYSSEY Fax: 33.1.45.25.99.70. Director: Sylvester Stallone ENTERTAINMENT www.onomainternational.com, email: NU IMAGE / Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone [email protected] Starring: Sylvester Stallone LTD Sales agent and co-producer MILLENNIUM FILMS Status: In Production Odyssey Entertainment Ltd, 10A James At Cannes: Pascal Diot (President), Nu Image / Millennium Films, 6423 John Rambo is back in the latest action Street, London WC2E8BT UK. Tel: Fabien Westerhoff (sales executive), Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA packed installment of the popular film 44.207.520.5610. Fax: 44.207.520.5611. Marie Wintenberger (Production and 90048 USA. Tel: 310.388.6900. Fax: series. email: sales@odyssey- Sales), Carole Maddalena 310.388.6901. www.nuimage.net, email: BRILLIANT entertainment.co.uk (Festivals) [email protected] Director: Jon Amiel At Cannes: Ralph Kamp (Chairman & Office: Riviera J7/K8 At Cannes: Avi Lerner (Co-Chairman), Starring: Scarlett Johansson CEO), Louise Goodsill (President & LA FINE DEL MARE Danny Dimbort (Co-Chairman), Status: Pre Production COO), Pascal Degove (Head of Sales), Drama (108’) Christian Mercuri (Vice President), Master thief and rich playboy Charlie James Scott (Sales & Contracts Language: Italian Carole DeLosSantos (Executive VP, Int’l Beaumont recruits a beautiful young cat Executive), Libby D’Arcy (Contracts Director: Nora Hoppe Sales and Distribution) burglar to help him steal $1 billion Manager) Producer: Helge Albers Office: Hilton Cannes, Suite 302, Tel: dollars worth of diamonds in a daring Office: Motor Yacht ‘Bayview’, Co-production partners: Philippe Avril, 33.4.92.99.70.00, Fax: 33.4.92.99.70.11 heist. Tel: 492.98.71.72. Fax: 492.98.71.72 Paolo Spina MAD MONEY Director: Callie Khouri Writers: Glenn Gers The Business Of Film Cannes 2007 - Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 Starring: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah & Katie Holmes Status: In Production Email your press releases only during Cannes to: Three women who work at a federal reserve bank join together and devise a [email protected]

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Cast: Miki Manojlovic, Diana Dobreva PATHÉ LONDON OUTLAW WATCHING THE DETECTIVES Delivery Status: Completed Thriller Comedy (91’) Year of Production: 2007, Country of OFFICE Language: English Language: English Origin: Germany Pathé London Office, Kent House, 14-17 Director: Nick Love Director: Paul Soter Todor is a small-time Market Place, London W1W 8AR UK. Writer: Nick Love Writer: Paul Soter smuggler of cigarettes; one day he Tel: 44.207.462.4427. Fax: Producers: James Richardson, Allan Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Galt reluctantly accepts a commission to 44.207.436.7891. Email: Niblo Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray transport an unusually lar [email protected] Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Rupert Key Cast: Lucy Liu, Cillian Murphy ge crate and discovers that it contains the At Cannes: Mike Runagall (Head of Friend Delivery Status: Completed body of a young woman. Pathé Pictures International) Cell: Status: Completed Year of Production: 2007, Country of 44.7949.074.552, Claire Taylor Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA (Consultant) Cell: 44.7880.790.069, Origin: UK A film noir buff has his life turned on Riaya Aboul Ela (Marketing and Betrayed by their government and let end by a femme fatale with a big Publicity Manager) Cell: down by their local police—a group of adventure in mind. P 44.7977.197.411, Sarah Lucas (Sales modern-day renegades band together to IN TRANZIT Assistant) Cell: 44.7917.528.741, right the wrongs of their world in Nick Drama (100’) Gursharn Khaira (Legal Assistant) Love’s OUTLAW. Language: English PANGEA WORLD Office: Résidences du Grand Hotel, 45 Director: Tom Roberts Pangea World, 21 Rue Dautancourt La Croisette, Apt. 4A/E Ibis, 06400 PEACE ARCH Writer: Natalia Portnova, Simon van der 75017 Paris, France. Cannes, France. Tel: 33.4.93.38.49.58. Borgh Tel: 33.1.42.29.60.40. Fax: Fax: 33.4.93.38.46.43 ENTERTAINMENT Producer: Jimmy de Brabant, Michael 33.1.42.29.15.52. www.pangea- THE COTTAGE Peace Arch Entertainment, 4640 Dounaev, Kami Naghdi world.com, email: pangea- Comedy Horror Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA Key Cast: John Malkovich, Vera [email protected] Language: English 90292, USA. Tel: 310.776.7200. Fax: Farmiga, Thomas Kretschmann Worldwide Sales and Acquisitions Director: Paul Andrew Williams 310.823.7147. www.peacearch.com Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Charles Ganem (head of Screenplay: Paul Andrew Williams Sales agent Year of Production: 2006, Country of sales), Eric Leray (sales and acquisitions) Producer: Ken Marshall At Cannes: John Flock, (President, Peace Origin: USA Office: Tel: 33.6.20.09.21.99 Cast: Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Arch Entertainment Group), Berry In the chaotic aftermath of WWII, a MONKEYS IN WINTER Jennifer Ellison Meyerowitz (President, Peace Arch group of German POWs are accidentally Drama (111 min) Status: In Production Home Entertainment), Mary Herne sent to a female-run Soviet prison camp. Language: Bulgarian Year of Production: 2007, Country of (Executive VP, International TV & Home Director: Milena Andonova Origin: UK Entertainment), Suzanne Barron (Senior Producer: Proventus Film House and Set in a remote part of the countryside, a VP, International TV & Home PFG Tatfilm bungled kidnapping goes horribly awry Entertainment), Caroline Dubourg ENTERTAINMENT Cast: Bonka Ilieva-Boni, Diana Dobreva, when three inept kidnappers and their (Senior VP, Business Affairs), Paul Angelina Slavova hostage take refuge in a desolate (Bateman) Davis-Miller (Senior VP, PFG Entertainment, 429 Santa Monica Delivery Status: Completed farmhouse and cross paths with a Acquisitions & Domestic Licensing) Blvd., Suite 600, Santa Monica CA Year of Production: 2006, Country of monstrous psychopathic farmer. Office: Riviera, Lerins Hall, S7 90401 USA. Tel: 310.393.5788. Fax: Origin: Bulgaria THE DIVING BELL AND THE THE DEAL 310.393.0882, A film who examines the lives of three BUTTERFLY Comedy www.pfgentertainment.com, email: women of different origins and Drama Language: English [email protected] destinies, whose stories unfold at Language: French Director: Steven Schachter At Cannes: Ted Rosenblatt (President) different times: the desire for children Director: Julian Schnabel Writer: Steven Schachter Office: Carlton InterContinental Hotel, and the difficulties of relationships Screenplay: Ronald Harwood Producer: Irene Litinsky, Keri Nakamoto, Suite 201, Tel: 04.93.06.42.01, Fax: between men and women. Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik Michael Prupas 04.93.38.31.10 SLEEPIN DOGS Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Key Cast: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, TOOLBOX MURDERS. THE www.sleepingdogsfilm.ca Croze, Max Von Sydow LL Cool J, Elliott Gould RETURN Drama (80 min) Status: Completed Delivery Status: In Production Horror Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Director: Terrance Odette Origin: France Origin: USA Director: To be directed by Mike Mendez Producer: 1270844 Ontario Based on the Jean-Dominique Bauby’s A down-and-out film producer agrees to (The Gravedancers) Cast: Brian Stillar, Tony Adah, best-selling memoir, THE DIVING make his nephew’s film about 19th Producer: Tony DiDio Alan Sapp BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY is a century English statesman Benjamin Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Completed moving and inspiring story of the power Disraeli, but the lead actor is kidnapped Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2006, Country of of the human spirit. from the European film set. It seems that the Toolbox Murders are Origin: Canada beginning. again. A story about the unlikely acquaintance of two men. A CITY IS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT Road movie (90 min) Language: French Director: Richard Bohringer Producer: Les Films Christy’s Cast: Richard Bohringer, Romane Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: France Adapted from the best seller, the film is a journey of freedom from downtown Paris to New York, Montreal and Dakar.

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CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE DEEPAK CHOPRA’S HOW TO HOLIDAZE: THE CHRISTMAS MAGICIANS REGENT KNOW GOD THAT ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN Comedy (90 minutes) Drama (67 min) Animated (6 x 60’) Director: English ENTERTAINMENT Language: English Director: English Language: Andrew O’Connor Regent Entertainment, 10990 Wilshire Director: Ron Frank Language: David H. Brooks Producer: Scott Kroopf, Lizzie Francke, Blvd., Penthouse, Los Angeles, Producer: Mallika Chopra, Gotham Co-Production Partners: Madison Road Ollie Madden California 90024 USA. Tel: Chopra, Ron Frank Entertainment, Bix Pix Entertainment Key Cast: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, 310.806.4288. Fax: 310.806.4271. Key Cast: Deepak Chopra Producer: Kelli Bixler, Jak Severson, Jessica Stevenson www.regententertainment.com Delivery Status: Completed Jonathan Prince Delivery Status: Completed Producer and Distributor Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Fred Savage, Dylan Sprouse, Country of Origin: United Kingdom At Cannes: Gene George (President), Based on his best-selling book, author Cole Sprouse, Emily Osment, Fred A magic double act falls out when one Meggan Kimberley (SVP Sales) Deepak Chopra embarks on an exciting, Willard, John O’Hurley, Gladys Knight, accidentally chops his assistant’s head off Office:Tel: (Gene George) 310.804.9360 insightful journey towards a better Harland Williams, Paul Rodriguez in the guillotine trick. The story follows KISS THE BRIDE understanding of one of life’s great Delivery Status: Completed the rivalry between the magicians years Comedy mysteries. Year of Production: 2006, Country of later as they enter a major international Language: English DEEPAK CHOPRA’S Origin: USA competition. Director: C. Jay Cox THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL L ‘Holidaze’ is a series of seasonal DVD Cast: Tori Spelling, James O’Shea, AWS OF SUCCESS and television specials designed to be Philipp Karner, Amber Benson, Joanna Drama (64 min) presented during select holidays, Cassidy Country of Origin: USA featuring a newly-created set of iconic R Delivery Status: Post-Production Director: English holiday characters in classic stop-motion In high school, Matt and Ryan were best Language: Ron Frank animation. friends. But in the ensuing ten years, Producer: Mallika Chopra, Gotham RAI TRADE they’ve lost contact. So when Matt Chopra, Ron Frank Rai Trade (International Sales), Via receives an invitation to Ryan’s wedding Key Cast: Deepak Chopra, Olivia Umberto Novaro 18, 00195 Rome, Italy. he’s surprised! Newton-John, Bill Duke Tel: 39.06. 374.98244. Fax: SHOW BUSINESS: THE ROAD TO Delivery Status: Completed Q 39.06.375.16222. www.raitrade.it BROADWAY Based on his best-selling book, author At Cannes: Sesto Cifola (Head of Documentary (102 minutes) Deepak Chopra offers a life-altering QED Cinema and Fiction International Sales) Language: English perspective on the attainment of success Office: Italia Pavilion, Riviera C7-C9/ D Director: Dori Borinstein through seven simple, yet profound INTERNATIONAL 2-D4 Cast: Harrison Chad, Kristin Chenoweth, principles. QED International, 9595 Wilshire Blvd., CARAVAGGIO Alan Cumming, Boy George, Susan Suite 800, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Drama (2 x 100’ Miniseries and Haskins, Jeff Marx, Idina Menzel, Rosie United States. Tel: 310.273.3004. Fax: theatrical version) O’Donnell PORCHLIGHT 310.273.3006. http://www.qedintl.com Version: Italian with English subtitles Delivery Status: Completed ENTERTAINMENT At Cannes: Bill Block (CEO), Paul /HD Follows the four high-profile productions Hanson (COO), Kimberly Fox (SVP Director: Angelo Longoni that would eventually become Tony PorchLight Entertainment, 11777 Worldwide Distribution), Tatyana Joffe Production: Rai Fiction, Titania nominees for Best Musical. Mississippi Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 (VP International Distribution), Produzioni, Institut del Cinema Català, NUCLEAR HURRICANE USA. Tel: 310.477.8400. Fax: Elliot Ferwerda (VP of Production) Eos Entertainment, GMT Productions Disaster (90 minutes) 310.477.5555. www.porchlight.com, Office: 67 la Croisette, 7th Floor, At the age of six, Caravaggio pledges Language: English email: [email protected] Tel: 04.93.45.65.88 eternal love to Costanza Colonna, Director: Fred Olen Ray At Cannes: J.D. Beaufils (Vice President, THE RETURN daughter of the powerful family for Cast: Jamie Luner, Jack Scalia, David Worldwide Sales) Drama which his own father works. Millbern, Meredith McGeachie Office: Riviera J8 Language: English THE KREUTZER SONATA – WHAT Delivery Status: Post-Production THE ULTIMATE GIFT Director: Neil Burger IS LOVE? (QUALE AMORE?) At a nuclear power plant, the cooling www.theultimategift.com Producer: Neil Burger, Feature film (100’) system becomes a problem when the Family (114 min) Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Rick Version: Italian with English subtitles “mother of all storms” is headed straight Language: English Schwartz Director: Maurizio Sciarra towards it. Director: Michael O. Sajbel Key Cast: Rachel McAdams, Tim Production: Rai Cinema and Lumiere & HOME BY CHRISTMAS Producer: Rick Eldridge, John Shepherd Robbins, Michael Pena CO. in association with AMKA FILMS Family (90 minutes) Key Cast: James Garner, Drew Fuller, Delivery Status: In Production and TSI-Swiss Television Language: English Brian Dennehy, Abigail Breslin Country of Origin: United States The Kreutzer Sonata is a novella by Leo Director: Gail Harvey Delivery Status: Completed Upon returning from Iraq, three soldiers Tostoy, published in 1889 and promptly Cast: Linda Hamilton, Rob Stewart Year of Production: 2006, taken an unexpected cross-country road censored by the Russian authorities. The Delivery Status: Completed Country of Origin: USA trip to Las Vegas. They make the long work is an argument for the ideal sexual US Broadcaster: Lifetime When his wealthy grandfather passes journey together, as three very different abstinence and an in-depth first-person Julie lives a comfortable life with two away, a young man is given 12 “gifts,” Americans find their way home. description of jealous rage. children and her husband of 21 years. tasks he must accomplish that challenge SMART PEOPLE THE TRUE LEGEND OF TONY But when her husband leaves her for a him in every way and change him Comedy VILAR (LA VERA LEGGENDA DI younger woman, she reluctantly forever. Language: English TONY VILAR) accustoms herself to a more modest MONSTER WARRIORS Director: Noam Murro Feature film (93’) lifestyle. Action-Adventure (52 x 30’) Producer: Bridget Johnston, Michael Version: Italian with English subtitles STOLEN LIFE Language: English Costigan, Michael London, Bruna Director: Giuseppe Gagliardi Thriller (95 minutes) Director: Wilson Coneybeare Papandrea Production: T.I.C.O. Film Company, Language: English Co-Production Partners: Coneybeare Key Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Avocado Pictures Director: Donald Wrye Stories Inc. Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen The film travels from Buenos Aires to Cast: Antonio Sabato Jr., Odette Producer: Wilson Coneybeare, Barbara Page New York, on the trail of Tony Vilar. One Yustman, Delivery Status: Post- Patten Delivery Status: Post Production of the main characters is an Italian singer Production US Broadcaster: Lifetime Delivery Status: Post Production Country of Origin: United States for whom the Italian-Argentine star has A young school teacher engaged to a Year of Production: 2006, Country of An uptight, pompous professor Lawrence always been a myth. handsome firefighter has the seemingly Origin: Canada Wetherhold, in the years following his perfect life until she accompanies some In this comic book come to life, four wife’s death, has become a scourge to his girlfriends on a spring break trip. clever and dynamic teenagers battle b- students and an emotionally absent father LONG LOST SON movie monsters. to his rebellious son and his perfect Thriller (90 minutes) A live-action/CGI comedy adventure preppy daughter. Language: English series. Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

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Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Craig Sheffer and WolfGang Productions Dianna Agron, Andre McCoy, Edwin Budget 2.5 Millions Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Cayden Boyd (X-Men: The Last Villa Year of Production: 2006, Country of US Broadcaster: Lifetime Stand, Mystic River), AnnaSophia Robb Delivery Status: Completed Origin: U.S.A. Many years ago, Kristen lost her son when (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Year of Production: 2006, Country of The streets of New York become home to her estranged husband took him sailing in a Because of Winn Dixie), Val Kilmer Origin: USA a group of young lost souls. dangerous storm. Today, Kristen has made (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Saint), Lara In the city where image is everything, the EL HUBRIS peace with her loss and moved on. But, Flynn Boyle (The Practice, Huff), criminal underworld holds a fight tournt Western (100 min) while watching a friend’s vacation video, Matthew Modine (Short Cuts, Pacific where legends are born, and the men Language: English she sees a glimpse of two familiar faces. Heights), Dylan McDermott (‘Til There who own them rule the streets. Director: Peter Antonijevic THE WIVES HE FORGOT Was You, The Practice), Heather Graham LENEXA, 1 MILE Producer: George Lascu/Anthony Thriller (90 minutes) (Bobby, Hope Springs) Drama Tomaska Language: English Delivery Status: Completed Director: English Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Mario Azzopardi When Cassie’s parents are killed in a Language: Jason Wiles Budget: 10 Million Cast: Molly Ringwald, Mark Humphrey, mysterious car accident, she has no Producer: Mark Koetting Year of Production: 2007, Country of Shannon Sturges choice but to be taken in by Ben’s distant Key Cast: Chris Klein, William Baldwin, Origin: U.S.A. Delivery Status: Completed and uncaring parents. Josh Stewart , Austin Nichols, Michael A retired U.S army captain pursues US Broadcaster: Lifetime HOW TO CHANGE IN NINE Rooker, Jason Ritter Pancho Villa bandits south of the border When a man stumbles into Charlotte’s WEEKS Delivery Status: Completed to rescue his kidnapped wife. law office, she discovers that he has Writer / Director: Simone North Year of Production: 2006, Country of ORDER OF ONE contracted amnesia. Producer: Liberty Films and Reliant Origin: USA Martial Arts/Action (90 min) CHRISTMAS DO-OVER Pictures International A conflict between five teenage friends Director: English Family/Holiday (90 minutes) Cast: Guy Pearce (Factory Girl, and a corrupt sheriff in the small town of Language: Kevin Woodhouse Language: English Memento, LA Confidential), Miranda Lenexa. Producer: David Findlay Director: Catherine Cyran Otto (The War of the Worlds, The Lord Key Cast: Jason Cavalier, Hyung Chul Cast: Jay Mohr, Daphne Zuniga, Ruta of the Rings trilogy), Sam Neill Kim and Melantha Black Thorne Lee, Adrienne Barbeau (Wimbledon, Jurassic Park, The Piano) REXMEDIA Delivery Status: Completed Budget: 1.5 Million Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre Production Rexmedia, 1617 Broadway, Suite C, US Broadcaster: ABC Family Based on the true story of an Australian Year of Production: 2006, Country of Santa Monica, CA 90404 U.S.A. Tel: Origin: Canada Feeling obligated to spend Christmas teenager who takes her obsession with 310.828.5060. Fax: 310.828.5160. visiting his ex-wife, young son, and her own imperfections to a shocking An escaped convict fights the mob to www.rexfilms.com, email: protect the secret of an ancient sword. former in- laws, a shallow jingle writer conclusion. [email protected] finds himself living Christmas day over MAIN STREET At Cannes: George Lascu (President), and over again. Director: Bruce Beresford (Double Cyndy Kuipers (V.P. Marketing), Silvio REZO MY SILENT PARTNER Jeopardy, Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Sardi (Producer), Liana Lascu (V.P. Thriller (90 minutes) Morant) Acquisitions) REZO, 29, rue du Faubourg Language: English Writer: Horton Foote (Of Mice and Men, Office: Noga Hilton 304, Tel: Poissonnière, Paris, 75013 France. Tel: Director: Ron Oliver To Kill a Mockingbird) 33.4.92.99.75.33 33.1.42.46.46.30. Fax: 33.1.42.46.40.82. Cast: Joanna Going, Greg Evigan, Tim Producer: Reliant Pictures International DOWNTOWN www.infosrezo.com, email: Conlon, Delivery Status: Completed and Fixed Point Films Drama (90 min) [email protected] US Broadcaster: Lifetime Delivery Status: In Development Language: English At Cannes: Jean-Michel REY (CEO), A San Francisco police inspector’s The story of a decaying small town and Director: Rafal Zielinsky Philippe LIEGEOIS (Producer), Laurent comfortable life falls apart when she its desperate hope for renewal. Producer: Joey Dedio/Silvio Sardi DANIELOU (Head of Acquisitions and discovers her husband wants a divorce. Key Cast: Genevieve Bujold, John Co-Productions), Sébastien CHESNEAU ICE SPIDERS Savage, Domenica Scorsese and Joey (Head of Int’l Sales), Nicholas KAISER Sci-Fi (90 minutes) RENEGADE Dedio (Head of Marketing and Festivals) Language: English Delivery Status: Completed Office: 45, la Croisette, 7th Floor, Tel: Director: Tibor Takács WORLDWIDE, LLC 33.4.93.39.30.70, Fax: 33.4.93.39.30.70 Cast: Patrick Muldoon, Vanessa Renegade Worldwide, LLC, 10203 Santa Williams, Thomas Calabro Monica Blvd., Fifth Floor, Los Angeles, Delivery Status: Completed CA 90067 USA. Tel: 1.310.843.0223. US Broadcaster: Sci-Fi Fax: 1.310.553.9895. www.renegade- A young ski team’s plans to train for the pictures.com, email: sales@renegade- Olympics at a remote Ski Resort are pictures.com halted when a scientist working at a At Cannes: Patrick Ewald (President), nearby government lab arrives with an Shaked Berenson (Sales and emergency: giant spiders bred at the lab Acquisitions) have escaped. Office: Inter-Continental Carlton, Suite: 222, 223 & 224, Tel: 33.4.93.06.42.23. Fax: 33.4.93.06.40.25 RELIANT PICTURES THE DEVIL’S CHAIR Horror INTERNATIONAL Language: English Reliant Pictures International, 5-11 Director: Adam Mason Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JB Producer: Nadya Brand, Steven Paul United Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.299.3727. Key Cast: Andrew Howard, Elize du Fax: 44.207.299.3728. Toit, Matt Berry, David Gant At Cannes: Penny Wolf (Managing Delivery Status: Completed Director), Lissa Lebel (VP International Year of Production: 2006, Country of Sales), Thom Mount (CEO), Morna Origin: UK Ciraki (Production Executive) URBAN ASSAULT Office: The Majestic 140, Tel: http://www.urbanassaultmovie.com/ 33.4.97.06.85.40. Fax: 33.4.97.06.85.41 Action HAVE DREAMS, WILL TRAVEL Language: English Writer /Director: Brad Isaacs (Writing Director: Declan Mulvey credits include: The Larry Sanders Show, Producer: Taylor Phillips Roseanne and Newsradio) Key Cast: Daz Crawford, Anthony Ray CLEANER - NU IMAGE Producer: Reliant Pictures International Parker, Christian Boeving, Jasper Col,

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ALEXANDRA Director: Ryan Eslinger the Hip Hop culture to the thriving trade SCALA Drama (92’) Key Cast: Sharon Stone, Timothy in blood diamonds in war-ravaged Sierra Language: Russian Hutton, Dylan Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince Leone. PRODUCTIONS LTD Director: Alexander Sokourov Delivery Status: Completed Scala Productions Ltd, 2nd Floor, 37 Co-Production Partners: Laurent Year of Production: 2007, Country of Foley Street, London W1W 7TN United Danielou Origin: Canada Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)207.637.5720. Fax: Producer: Andrey Sigle A Powerful Drama that brings together 44(0)207.637.5734. email: Key Cast: Galina Vishnevskaya four unlikely characters who manage to S [email protected] Delivery Status: Completed create meaning in their lives through At Cannes: Nik Powell (Chairman), Ian Year of Production: 2007, Country of difficult situations. Prior (Head of Production) Origin: Russia NOTHING EVER HAPPENS IN SAN SAHAMONKOLFILM Office: Tel: 0044.0.207.637.5720 A grandmother ventures out of her SABA INTERNATIONAL THE COAT homeland in search of her grandson, Drama (90’) Drama (90-120 min) posted on the war front. Director: English CO., LTD. Language: English/Cypriot Turkish ULZHAN Language: Mike Greene Sahamonkolfilm International Co., Ltd., Director: Kutlug Atarman www.ulzhan.com Key Cast: Angus MacFadyen, Elisabeth 388 S.P. Building 9th Floor Zone B Co-Production Partners: Oan Films/Zero- Drama (95’) Rohm, Sunny Mabrey, Vivica A. Fox Phaholyothin Road Samsen nai Fiction Language: Fench/Kazakh Delivery Status: Post Production Phayathai Bangkok 10400 Thailand. Tel: Producer: Julie Baines/Martin Hageman Director: Volker Schlöndorff Year of Production: 2007, Country of 662.273.0930. Fax: 662.271.0620. Key Cast: Zuhal Olcay Producer: Régis Ghezelbash, Volker Origin: USA email: [email protected] Delivery Status: Pre-Production Schlöndorff Bud wakes out of a coma and is charged Film Production and Distribution Budget US$ 2 million Key Cast: Philippe Torreton, David for a murder he doesn’t remember he At Cannes: Mr. Gilbert Lim (Executive Year of Production: 2007, Country of Bennent, Ayanat Ksenbai committed. Using his detective skills, he Vice President), Mr. Pitaya Sithi-Amnuai Origin: UK/Turkey/Germany Delivery Status: Completed uncovers the truth and a vicious (Director of International Sales), Ms. The Story of an unexpected friendship Year of Production: 2007, Country of conspiracy. Petchladda Sinarpa (Sales Executive), between young Turkish and Greek girls Origin: Germany, France, Kazakhstan Mr. Gerald Lim (Director of set just after the ethnic partitioning of Why did Charles Simon leave France for Acquisitions), Mr. Panu Aree (Director of Cyprus in 1975. the Far East? What force drove him to RIVE GAUCHE Acquisitions) JOHNNY BOLLYWOOD this beautiful and hostile land? FILMS Office: Palais 23.02/25.01, Tel: Comedy (90-120 min) 13M2 6681.822.6652 Language: English www.13m2-lefilm.com Rive Gauche Films, 15442 Ventura Blvd. TABUNFIRE Director: Gary Sinyor Thriller (84’) Suite 101, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Action (100 mins) Co-Production Partners: Daniel Director: French USA. Tel: 818.386.1035. Fax: Language: Thai with English Sub. Zuta/Bobby Bedi Language: Barthélemy Grossman 818.784.9916. www.rivegauchefilms.net, Director: Mr. Chalerm Wongpim Producer: Deepak Verma Producer: Barthélemy Grossman, email: [email protected] Producer: Mr. Somsak Key Cast: Deepak Verma, Claire Forlani, Murielle Thierrin At Cannes: Jon Kramer (President) Techaratanaprasert Paul Barber, Vijay Raaz Key Cast: Barthélemy Grossman, Office: G10 Cast: Mr. Dan Chupong, Mr. Putthipong Delivery Status: In Development Bérénice Béjo, Thierry Lhermitte EL BENNY Sriwat, Mr. Panna Rittikrai, Mr. Samart Budget US$ 6 million Delivery Status: Completed www.elbennymorethefilm.com Payakarun and Ms. Kanyaphak Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Drama (130’) Suwannakud. Origin: UK Origin: France Language: Spanish Delivery Status: completed Banished to London after refusing to A nervous urban thriller, in the like of Director: Jorge Luis Sanchez Year of Production: 2006, Country of marry a movie mogul’s daughter, and in Kassovitz’s early films, with upcoming Producer: Iohamil navarro Origin: Thailand love with English princess Charile, and confirmed French actors. Key Cast: Renny Arozarena, Enrique Action abounds in this action-packed Bollywood star Johnny’s life gets Molina, Isabel Santos comedy starring Dan Chupong (Born to increasingly complicated. Delivery Status: Completed Fight) as a modern day Robin Hood with KICKBACK (DU CANE’S BOYS) RIGEL Year of Production: 2006, Country of an evil warlock as his nemeses. Drama (90-120 min) ENTERTAINMENT Origin: Cuba ONG BAK2 Director: English An inspired biopic based upon the life of Martial Art Action Language: Kenny Glenaan Rigel Entertainment, 4201 Wilshire Blvd., one of the 20th Century’s most dynamic Language: Thai with English Sub. Producer: Julie Baines Suite 555, Los Angeles, CA 90010 USA. entertainers, Benny More. Director: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai Key Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Zenzo Tel: 323.954.8555. Fax: 323.954.8592. PAPER DOLLS Producer: Mr. Somsak Ngqobe, Wellie Nzunza www.rigel.tv, email: [email protected] Documentary (85’) Techaratanaprasert Delivery Status: In Development At Cannes: John Laing (CEO), Anja Language: Hebrew/English Cast: Tony Jaa Budget US $ 2 million Bosch (Director, Marketing and Creative Director: Tomer Heyman Delivery Status: Inproduction Year of Production: 2007, Country of Services), David Macaione (President), Producer: Cladia Levin, Stanley Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sherrie Guerrero (VP Sales), Kristie Buchthal, Tomer Heyman Origin: Thailand Smith (VP Administration and World Delivery Status: In Development Ong Bak2, the long awaited next project Wide Distribution) Office: J8 Year of Production: 2005, Country of of action-super star, Tony Jaa with his BLONDE AND BLONDER Origin: Israel/USA master Panna Rittkrai. Ong Bak2 Comedy (90’) In Paper Dolls Filipino transvestites promises to push the boundaries of Language: English living in Israel spend their daytime hours martial arts with fast paced action and Director: Dean Hamilton as compassionate care-givers to the superb fight sequences. Key Cast: Pamela Anderson, Denise elderly only to change each night into the 13- Thriller (100 mins) Richards, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Meghan engaging and flamboyant drag Language: Thai with English Sub. Ory, Kevin and John Farley performers “The Paper Dolls.” Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul. Delivery Status: Post Production BLING: A PLANET ROCK Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert Year of Production: 2007, Country of Documentary (87’) Cast: Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Saranyoo Origin: Canada Year of Production: 2006, Country of Wongkrachang, and Achita Sikamana. Dawn and Dee are two blondes who are Origin: USA Delivery Status: completed mistaken as two professional assassins Language: English Year of Production: 2006, Country of assigned to “take out” the head of the Director: Raquel Cepeda Origin: Thailand Chinese Mafia. Producer: Filippo Bozotti, Rebecca A new and very secret competition offers WHEN A MAN FALLS IN THE Chaiklin a grand prize of 100 million Baht. The FOREST Delivery Status: Completed lucky contestants are chosen from those Drama (90’) A musically charged hard hitting most afflicted with problems involving Language: English documentary linking the glittery Bling of work, money, family and love. HOMELAND SECURITY –NU IMAGE

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Origin: UK SEVEN ARTS Development) [email protected] The friendship between two young Office: 129 - Quebec Pavilion, Tel: Sales agent, producer, distributor African footballers is tested to the limit PICTURES 334.9259.0180 At Cannes: Teruki Matsumoto after they are promised success in Europe Seven Arts Pictures, 6310 San Vicente MY DAUGHTER MY ANGEL (Managing Director, Motion Picture and instead find a tough reality. Blvd. Suite 510, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Drama (86 minutes) Operations), Masaki Koga (General USA. Tel: 323.692.5003. Fax: 323-634- Language: French Manager, Licensing Business Division), 1061. www.7artspictures.com Director: Alexis Durand-Brault Kiwamu Sato (Manager, International SCREEN MEDIA At Cannes: Peter Hoffman (Chairman), Producer: Macime Remillard, Richard Sales and Licensing), Satoko Ishida VENTURES, LLC Kate Hoffman (Executive Vice Lalonde (Sales Executive), Junko Kawaguchi President), Chris Bialek (Sales Key Cast: Michel Cote, Karine Vanasse, (Sales Executive), Shion Komatsu (Sales Screen Media Ventures, LLC, 757 Third Consultant), Sandra Staggs (Sales & Dominique Leduc Executive) Avenue, New York, NY 10017 USA. Tel: Marketing Executive), Justin Kelly Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Kazunori 212.308.1790. Fax: 212.308.1791. (Business Affairs Executive) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Moriguchi, Meri Koyama, Miki www.screenmedia.net Office: M.Y. HEMILEA (Jette Albert Origin: Canada Matsumoto Distributor Edouard), Tel: 44.7917.186.853. Fax: Germain Dagenais’s world is turned Office: Albatros 1C, Residence Grand At Cannes: Almira Malyshev (Senior VP, 1.323.372.3790 upside down when pornographic images Hotel International Sales), Michael Dwyer THE WINTER QUEEN (AZAZEL) of his perfect daughter are found in a VEXILLE (Director of International Sales), Thriller murder victim’s home. http://www.shochikufilms.com/film/detail Robert Baruc (President, Screen Media Language: English POOR BOY’S GAME .php?product_code=681 Films), Suzanne Blech (Senior VP, Director: Paul Verhoeven Drama (105 minutes) Animation/Sci-Fi (109min) Sales and Acquisitions, Producer: Thomas Hedman and Alan Language: English Language: Japanese Screen Media Films) Marshall Director: Clement Virgo Director: SORI Acquisition Executives: Robert Baruc Delivery Status: Pre-Production Producer: Damon D’Oliveira, Clement Writer: Haruka Handa, SORI (President, Screen Media Films), Year of Production: 2007, Country of Virgo, Chaz Thorne Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Yumiko Suzanne Blech (Senior VP, Sales and Origin: UK/Russia Key Cast: Danny Glover, Rossif Yoshihara, Ichiro Takase Acquisitions, Screen Media Films) Based on the best-selling novel by Boris Sutherland, Flex Alexander Co-production partners: OXYBOT Office: Riviera - Stand G11, Akunin. Delivery Status: Completed Cast: (voice) Meisa Kuroki, Shosuke Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.18 AMERICAN SUMMER (POOLBOY) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Tanihara, Yasuko Matsuyuki MURDER PARTY Comedy Origin: Canada Delivery Status: Post Production / http://www.murderpartymovie.com/ Language: English On his release from prison for the brutal Screening in Cannes Horror/ Comedy (90 Minutes) Director: JB Rogers beating of a black man, a young white Budget: $10.00 million Director: Jeremy Saulnier Producer: Warren Zide boxer is coached by his victim’s father Year of Production: 2007, Country of Writer: Jeremy Saulnier Key Cast: Matthew Lillard, Efren for an upcoming fight against a vengeful Origin: Japan Producer: Skei Saulnier and Chris Sharp Ramirez, Brett Davern, Tom Arnold, opponent. From the creators of APPLESEED, Key Cast: Chris Sharp, Alex Barnett, Rachelle Lefevre, George Takei KING OF SORROW comes a full CG animated Sci-Fi action. William Lacey and Paul Goldblatt Delivery Status: In Production Thriller (94 min) 2077 - Ten years pass since Japan had Delivery Status: Complete Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: English left United Nations to go into isolation. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA Language: Damian Lee Japan’s technology becomes a threat to Origin: USA A funny, colorful and surprisingly smart Producer: Lowell Conn, Damian Lee, the world… A random invitation to a Halloween party comedy that tells the story of Alex Terence Robinson GENGHIS KHAN –TO THE ENDS leads a man into the hands of a rogue Sperling, Harvard-bound valedictorian, Key Cast: Kim Coates, Lara Daans, OF THE EARTH AND SEA (AOKI collective intent on murdering him for who loses his summer internship and Angela Asher OOKAMI – CHI HATE UMI the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath heads to Los Angeles to work for his Delivery Status: Completed TSUKIRU MADE) of mishap, mayhem and hilarity. charming and seemingly successful Year of Production: 2006, Country of http://www.shochikufilms.com/film/detail DISAPPEARENCES cousin, Roger. Origin: Canada .php?product_code=676 http://www.disappearancesmovie.com/ MERCY (AUTOPSY) Redemption and damnation share a bed Historical, Drama (136min) Action / Adventure (118 Minutes) Thriller of hope in a love story between a suicidal Language: Japanese Director: Jay Craven Director: English psychiatrist and a drug addicted Director: Shinichiro Sawai Writer: Jay Craven Language: Adam Gierasch homicidal cop. Writer: Seiichi Morimura Producer: Jay Craven and Mark Donadio Producer: Warren Zide Producer: Haruki Kadokawa Key Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Gary Key Cast: Robert Patrick, Jessica SHOCHIKU CO., LTD. Production partners: Kadokawa Haruki Corporation Farmer, Genevieve Buiold, Luis Guzman Lowndes, Ashley Schneider, Jenette Shochiku Co., Ltd., 4-1-1 Tsukiji, Togeki and William Sanderson Goldstein, Robert LaSardo, Michael Cast: Takashi Sorimachi, Rei Kikukawa, Bldg. 12th Floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,104- Mayumi Wakamura, Yoshihiko Delivery Status: Complete Bowen 8422, Japan. Tel: 81.3.5550.1623. Fax: Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: In Production Hakamada, Kenichi Matsuyama 81.3.5550.1654. Delivery Status: Completed / Screening Origin: USA Year of Production: 2007, Country of http://www.shochikufilms.com, e-mail Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt Origin: USA in Cannes to save his family, Quebec Bill (Kris Five friends on their spring break are left Kristofferson) and his son embark on an on the side of the road in a hit-and-run unforgettable trip. and end up at Charity Hospital where WALKER PAYNE they realize their lives are not about to be Drama (117 min) saved. Language: English Director: Matt Williams Writer: Matt Williams and Alex SEVILLE PICTURES Paraskevas Seville Pictures, 147 St Paul Street West, Producer: Judd Payne #200, Montreal, QC H2Y1Z5 Canada. Key Cast: Jason Patric, Drea de Matteo Tel: 1.514.841.1910. Fax: Delivery Status: Complete 1.514.841.8030, Year of Production: 2006, Country of www.sevillepictures.com, email: Origin: USA [email protected] A period drama where a small-town At Cannes: David Reckziegel (Co father is forced to make difficult, President), John Hamilton (Co heartbreaking decisions in order to save President), Pierre Brousseau (Exc VP his two daughters. Marketing, Acquisitions & Distribution), THE SCREEN MEDIA LIBRARY Anick Poirier (VP International Sales), Over 400 Feature Films of all Genres Caroline Habib (Director Acquisitions & BLINDSIGHT - THE LITTLE FILM COMPANY

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Budget: $30million Year of Production: 2007, Country of to steal their idea, they must race to save SND - M6 D.A. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Canada their reputation. Origin: Japan, Mongolia Screwball comedy of two junkies on the BACK IN BUSINESS SND - M6 D.A., 89 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92200, Genghis Khan - the man who built run from a satanic cult, a cabal of midget Comedy France. Tel: 33.(0)1.41.92.68.66. Fax: history’s greatest Empire. With a budget knights, a vengeful drug dealer, and a Director: English of US$30million, four months on mouse. Language: Chris Munro 33.(0)1.41.92.68.69. www.m6da.com, location in Mongolia, this Japan- MAN IN THE CHAIR Producer: Neil J. Gardiner Email: [email protected] Mongolia co-production reveals the Drama (107 min) Key Cast: Martin Kemp, Chris Barrie, Sales agent mystery behind his life. Language: English Joanna Taylor At Cannes: Laetitia de la Gravière KITARO (GEGEGE NO KITARO) Director: Michael Schroeder Delivery Status: Post Production (Deputy Manager), Caroline Mougey http://www.shochikufilms.com/film/detail Producer: Michael Schroeder Country of Origin: England (Head of Sales), Gregory Chambet (Int’l .php?product_code=573 Cast: Christopher Plummer, Michael A British comedy in the tradition of “The Sales & Marketing), Isabelle Drouart Action/Fantasy (103min) Angarano, and Robert Wagner Pink Panther,” finds Britain’s most (Sales France) Language: Japanese Status: Completed dashing conman about to pull off his Office: Riviera K 6, Tel: Director: Katsuhide Motoki Year of Production: 2007 biggest caper yet, while avoiding 33.(0)4.92.99.32.27. Fax: Writer: Daisuke Habara Country of Origin: USA Scotland Yard’s worst detective. 33.(0)4.92.99.32.28 Producer: Teruki Matsumoto, Chihiro Surrounding the relationship between THE KEY Kameyama Cameron, a rebellious 17 year old who Thriller (90 min) Co-production partners: Shochiku Co., aspires to be a film director, and Flash, a SHOW EAST Language: French cantankerous old man, who also happens Director: Guillaume Nicloux Ltd. Show East, 10F New Seoul B/D 618-3 to be the last living crew member from Writer: Pierre Trividic Cast: Eiji Wentz, Mao Inoue, Rena Shinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu Seoul 135- the acclaimed film “Citizen Kane.” Producer: Philippe Rousselet, Frédéric Tanaka, Yo Oizumi 894 Korea (South). Tel: 82.2.3446.9688. Bourboulon Delivery Status: Completed Fax: 82.2.3446.9620. Key Cast: Guillaume Canet, Vanessa Budget: $8million www.showeast.co.kr/eng SHOWCASE Paradis, Marie Gillain, Thierry Year of Production: 2007, Country of Distributor, Sales agent, Producer Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Jean Origin: Japan ENTERTAINMENT, At Cannes: DJ KIM (President), Rochefort A popular animation adapted into live- Michelle SON (Head of Int’l Business), Delivery Status: Postproduction action using Centro Digital Pictures INC. Luna CHOO (Assistant Manager of Int’l Budget: 8 M (“Kill Bill”). Kitaro is a half human, half Showcase Entertainment, Inc., 21800 Business) Year of Production: 2007, Country of yokai trying to save human from the evil Oxnard Street, Suite 150, Woodland Acquisition Executive: DJ KIM attacks from another world. Origin: France Hills, CA 91467 USA. Tel: 818.715.7006. (President), Michelle SON (Head of Int’l Drugs. A murder. A disappearing. Three Fax: 818.715.7009. Business) stories. One key. www.showcaseentertainment.com Office: Riviera G5 / G7, Tel: SHORELINE INTIMATE ENEMIES At Cannes: David A. Jackson (President), 33.04.92.99.33.38 War (100 min) Shauna Shapiro-Jackson (Executive Vice LE GRAND CHEF ENTERTAINMENT Language: French President), Bruce Livingston (Chief Drama Shoreline Entertainment, 1875 Century Director: Florent Siri Financial Officer), Scott Bedno (Director Language: KOREAN Park East, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA Writer: Patrick Rotman of International Sales), Leslee Jones- Director: JEON Yun-su 90067 USA. Tel: 1.310.551.2060. Fax: Producer: Les Films du Kiosque Allmon (VP-Worldwide Distribtuion Writer: SHIN Dong-ick, JEON Yun-su 1.310.201.0729. www.slefilms.com, Services) Key Cast: Benoît Magimel, Albert Producer: DJ KIM, LEE Sung-hun email: [email protected] Office: Lerins - Booth #S-1, Tel: Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing Cast: KIM Gang-woo, LIM Won-hee, Sales agent, Production 33.(0)4.92.99.32.40 Delivery Status: Completed LEE Ha-na At Cannes: Morris Ruskin (CEO), Sam MY SUICIDAL SWEETHEART Budget: 10 M Delivery Status: Post production Eigen (Director of World Wide Comedy Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget: US$ 4M Distribution), Brian Sweet (Director of Language: English Origin: France Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sales) Director: Michael Parness A young lieutenant takes command of an Origin: KOREA Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 135, Tel: Producer: G. Mac Brown, Elana Pianko, outpost in Algeria, only to see his moral The secret of royal chef and his 33.04.92.98.77.00 x 135. Fax: Ron Brown values put to the test. Based on historical knife…and the one who deserves to be 1.702.974.0707 Key Cast: David Krumholtz, Natasha facts, a war movie in the vein of Platoon. the best cook of the nation THE SIGNAL Lyonne, Tim Blake Nelson, Lorraine TRIVIAL A DESTINY (WORKING TITLE) Horror (95 min) Bracco, David Paymer, Roisanna Thriller (90 min) Action Noir Language: English Arquette, Karen Black Language: French Language: KOREAN Directors: David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Sophie Marceau Director: KIM Hae-gon and Dan Bush Year of Production: 2005, Country of Writer: Sophie Marceau, Gianguido Writer: KIM Hae-gon Producers: Alexander Motlagh and Jacob Origin: USA Spinelli, Jacques Deschamps Gentry Producer: KANG Min A young man vows to end his life until Producer: Iliade & Films Co-Producer: Shoreline Entertainment Cast: SONG Seung-heon, KWON Sang- he finds something worthwhile to live Key Cast: Sophie Marceau, Christopher Cast: AJ Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, and woo for.a girl who is more messed up than he Lambert, Robert Hossein Chadrian McKnight as Jim Parsons Delivery Status: In production is! A romantic comedy about life, death Delivery Status: Completed Status: Completed Budget: US$ 5M and the redeeming power of love. Budget: 10 M Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of BOXBOARDERS Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA Origin: KOREA Comedy Origin: France A mysterious signal, transmitted from all “I’ll not submit to the decision of Language: English The father of an important palace owner media devices in the town of Terminus, fate!”… Action Noir film about 4 Director: Rob Hedden disappears in Deauville. A troubled cop drives everyone to madness and murder, Producer: Jay Smith, George Elder, Rob friends’ faith, betrayal, love and revenge investigates and uncovers a web of but one man, who must fight the violence Hedden YACHA secrets involving a deceased actress … within himself to save the woman he Key Cast: James Immekus, Austin Basis, Horror Zombie / Martial arts looking like the mysterious woman who loves. Michelle Alexis, Michelle Pierce, Mitch Language: KOREAN tries to help him. WEIRDSVILLE Easkins, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melora Director: RYOO Seung-wan Comedy (96 min) Hardin, Erik ‘Lizardman’ Sprague, Dale Writer: RYOO Seung-wan Language: English Midkiff Producer: Syd LIM Director: Alan Moyle Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Pre production Producer: Nicholas Tabarrok Country of Origin: USA Budget: US$ 8M Co-Producer: Shoreline Entertainment This hilarious comedy follows two Year of Production: 2007, Country of Cast: Scott Speedman, Wes Bently, and unpopular high school surfers who Origin: KOREA Taryn Manning inadvertently invent a new sport – Yacha, the name of Korean Zombie. The Status: Completed boxboarding! But when someone wants night of horror and chaos has begun!

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SOONER Producer: Dan Garcia Delivery Status: In Development Co-Production Partners: Quantum Films Key Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, DMX, Due to a combination of mistaken Limited, Media One Global Limited, WORLDWIDE LLC Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leila Arcieri assessments and unwise decisions, 58 Koralis Pictures, Storm Entertainment Sooner Worldwide LLC, 9229 Sunset Delivery Status: Completed Chinese illegal immigrants suffocate in a Producer: Frank Sacks, Mohan Chopra, Blvd. Suite 215 Los Angeles, CA 90069 Budget: $2,000,000. container boarded for Dover. Based on Heath Jones USA. Tel: 310.443.7788. Fax: Year of Production: 2007, Country of “the Dover affair” Key Cast: Phil Cornwell, Caroline 310.443.7739. Origin: USA Harker, James Fleet, Nick Holder, Tony Distributor FBI officers try to take back the streets Slattery, Faye Tozer At Cannes: Peter Elson (President), Lars from gangs. STORM Delivery Status: Post Production Bjorck (Consultant), Nora Shields THE LAST ENTERTAINMENT Year of Production: 2007, Country of (Executive Assistant) http://www.thelastmovie.net Origin: U.K. Storm Entertainment, 127 Broadway, Office: Hotel Majestic Suite # 224, Tel: Horror (90 minutes) Trouble brews in Coventry. Mayor Suite #222, Santa Monica, CA 90401 33.04.9298.7700, Fax: 33.04.9338.9790 Language: English Osbourne is in debt to mobster Ray U.S.A. Tel: 310.656.2500. Fax: SEPTEMBER DAWN Director: Andy Hill Carlton, who wants permission to push 310.656.2510. Drama (120 mins) Producer: Tomas Puig through plans for a casino on one of www.stormentertainment.com, email: Language: English Key Cast: Bob Sáenz, Bruno Kanter, Coventry’s ancient municipal parks. [email protected] Director: Chris Cain Darren Bridgett KU At Cannes: H. Michael Heuser (President Writer: Carole Whang Schutter, Chris Delivery Status: Completed Action/Thriller & CEO), Francesco Juilland (Producer), Cain Budget: 1,000,000. Director: English Tony Pupatello (Administrative Producer: Scott Duthie, Chris Cain, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: Robert Golden Assistant) Kevin Matossian Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Storm Office: Majestic Hotel #107, Tel: (direct) Cast: Jon Voight, Terrence Stamp, Trent A scientist discovers an ancient object of Entertainment and Midsummer Films 04.97.06.85.17 or 33.04.92.98.77.00 Ford, Tamara Hope mysterious origins, and hidden within is Producer: Robert Golden, Chris Milburn, OUTLANDERS Delivery Status: Completed a powerful secret Matthew Kuipers, H. Michael Heuser LYCAN Action/Thriller Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: English http://www.lycanmovie.com Country of Origin: U.K. Origin: USA Director: Dominic Lees Creature feature (90 Minutes) A state assassin seeks revenge for his On September 11, 1857, in an unspoiled Co-Production Partners: Storm Director: English lover’s murder as he pursues his own Utah valley, 120 men, women and Entertainment & Sterling Pictures Language: Gregory C. Parker transcendence. The story of a flawed man children were savagely murdered – in the Producer: Michael Riley Producer: Andrew Gernhard who sought to do good by unknowingly name of God. Who was responsible? Key Cast: Jakub Tolak, Przemek Delivery Status: Completed doing evil. FOODFIGHT! Sadowski, Alex Raben, Shaun Dingwall, Budget: 1,100,000. Animation Joe Tucker Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Delivery Status: Completed STUDIO 18 Director: Lawrence Kasanoff Origin: USA Year of Production: 2007, Country of Studio 18, 402, Turf Estate, Off. Dr. E Writer: Sean Derek A creature escapes a scientific lab. Origin: U.K. Moses Road, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff, George The story of a young man’s journey into Maharashtra 400011 India. Tel: Johnsen, Joshua Wexler STACCATO FILMS the dangerous and seductive life of New 91.22.6629.1818. Fax: 91.22.2491.1418. Cast: Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Europe’s criminal underworld, Staccato Films, Sumatrakade 611, 1019 www.studio18india.com, Email: Hilary Duff OUTLANDERS is a film about fast PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: [email protected] Delivery Status: Post-production money, easy women and desperate lives. 31.20.419.04.04. Fax: 31.20.419.05.05. At Cannes: Ashoka Holla (Senior Vice Year of Production: 2007, Country of LADY GODIVA, BACK IN THE www.staccatofilms.com, Email: President – Intl Business and Home Origin: USA SADDLE [email protected] Ent.), Tanuj Garg (Country Head – Intl In the supermarket at night when the http://www.ladygodivabackinthesaddle.co Producer Business, UK and Ireland), Gayathiri lights go out, the grocery store m - Comedy At Cannes: Emjay Rechsteiner Batra (Senior Business Manager – Rest transforms into a city. Language: English (Producer), Alexandra Lodewijkx of the World) DRONE Director: Baz Taylor Office: Booth No. 25.05 / Palais Thriller/Horror (Assistant Producer)] Language: English Office: 32 Avenue des Mimosas, 06110 Director: Aaron Woodley Le Cannet, Tel: 493.694.618 Writer: Jon Felson, Rusty Gorman (short THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE story by T.C. Boyle) www.thedevilsdouble.com Producer: Joel B. Michaels, Garth H. Psychological thriller (100 min) Drabinsky Language: English Delivery Status: Pre-production Writer: Michael Thomas Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Emjay Rechsteiner Origin: CANADA Co-production partners: Michael John A childless couple who have adopted a Fedun Attila Meijs young boy gradually realize that his evil Delivery Status: In Development obsession with “bees” is a deadly threat The true story of the man forced to be to their lives. the double of Saddam Hussein’s cruel son. Based on the bestselling lifestory of Latif Yahia. SPOTLIGHT SPACE COLLECTIVE (FUBAR) Mockumentary (90 min) PICTURES Language: English Spotlight Pictures, 6671 W. Sunset Blvd., Director: René Daalder #1591, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA. Tel: Writer: René Daalder 323.871.2551. Fax: 323.871.2554, Producer: Emjay Rechsteiner www.spotlight-pictures.com, email: Co-production partners: American Scenes [email protected] Delivery Status: Preproduction At Cannes: Matthew McCombs The future of everything! (President) DOVER (CARGO) Office: C11 Political thriller (90 min) DEATH TOLL Language: English, Dutch, Chinese Action (90 minutes) Director: Jaap van Eyck Language: English Writer: Jaap van Eyck Director: Phenomenon Producer: Emjay Rechsteiner LEZIONI - MIF TF1

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LITTLE ZIZOU Director: Chris Sivertson A built-in Franchise with the four Comedy Writer: Jeff Hammond T compelling, fast-paced thrillers ANGELS Language: English Producer: Frank Mancuso, Jr. FALL, MONTANA SKY, CAROLINA Director: Sooni Taraporevala Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, MOON and BLUE SMOKE based on Producers: Studio 18, Jigri Dost Spencer Garrett TANDEM novels by Nora Roberts. Cast: Boman Irani, Mahabanoo Kotwal Production Status: Production COMMUNICATIONS Production Status: In Production Country of Origin: U.S. Country: India Is Aubrey suffering from Post Traumatic GMBH TELEPOOL GMBH A Mira Nair presentation, “Little Zizou” Stress Disorder, or is this a case of Tandem Communications GmbH, Telepool GmbH, Sonnenstrasse 21, is a comedy about faith and hope, pain mistaken identity? Sonnenstrasse 14, Munich 80331 Munich, 80331, Germany. Tel: and loss, framed around a gentle yet RED CLIFF Germany. Tel: 49.89.96.22.83.00. Fax: 49.89.558.760. Fax: 49.89.558.76.188. powerful parable of tolerance. Historical Epic 49.89.96.22.83.10. www.tandemcom.de, www.telepool.de, email: HALLA BOL Director: John Woo email: [email protected] [email protected] Drama Producers: John Woo, Terence Chang At Cannes: Bernhard Schwab Distribution and Acquisition Language: Hindi Writer: John Woo (International Sales Executive) At Cannes: Dr. Thomas Weymar (CEO), Director: Rajkumar Santoshi Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Chang Office: Marc Gabizon (Deputy Managing Producers: Studio 18, Sunrise Pictures Chen, Lin Chi-ling PAINKILLER JANE Director), Philippe van Doornick Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan, Production Status: Pre-Production Action Series (22 x 60 min) (Deputy Managing Director), Wolfram Kareena Kapoor Country of Origin: China/U.S. Language: English Skowronnek (Sales Manager), Justyna Production Status: In Production Red Cliff is one of the most famous Director: various Muesch (Assistant to Managing Country: India battles in Chinese history. Co-Production Partners: Starz Media Director/Sales & Acquisition Manager), “Halla Bol” is powerful and compelling Productions, Insight Filmstudios Irina Ignateiw, (VP International Sales), cinema from Rajkumar Santoshi – the Producer: Kirk Shaw, Gil Grant, Rob Acquisition Executives: Thomas Sierk master-maker of the biggest and most SURF FILM Word, Kristanna LØken, Rola Bauer (Acquisitions), Julia Müntefehring successful Indian dramas. Surf Film, Via Padre G. A. Filippini, 130, Key Cast: Kristanna LØken (Acquisitions), Silke Wilfinger KYA LOVE STORY HAI 00144 Rome, Italy. Tel: Delivery Status: In Production (Acquisitions) Musical (125 minutes) 0039.06.5262101. Fax: Budget: $33m US Office: Palais Riviera L1/M2, Tel: Language: Hindi 0039.06.5293816. www.surffilm.com, e- Year of Production: 2007, Country of 33(0)4.92.99.32.32. Fax: Director: Lovely Singh mail: [email protected] Origin: USA 33(0)4.92.99.32.32 Producers: N.R. Pachisia Producer, Distributor Jane is a new kind of hero; her ability to THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH 4 Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, At Cannes: Massimo Vigliar (President), overcome pain and her keen mind make (DWK 4 - DIE WILDEN KERLE) Kareena Kapoor Stefania Carnevale (Head of International her perfect for a secret mission. www.dwk4.de Production Status: Completed Family entertainment (104 min) Sales), THE COMPANY Country: India Language: German with English subtitles Elena Francot (Domestic Sales Action Thriller (3 x 90 min) “Kya Love Story Hai” is a musical Director: Joachim Masannek Manager), Menna De Villamor (Sales Language: English romantic comedy about a carefree and Producer: Ewa Karlström & Andreas Assistant) Director: Mikael Salomon wayward youth who experiences love-at- Ulmke-Smeaton Office: Palais Des Festivals – Riviera - Co-Production Partners: Sony Pictures first-sight. Television, Scott Free Production, John Cast: Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, Sarah Cannes Calley Production Kim Gries, Constantin Gastmann, Raban MARCO FERRERI – THE MAN Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, John Bieling, Claudia Michelsen, Uwe WHO CAME FROM THE FUTURE SUMMIT Calley Ochsenknecht Documentary (about 90’) Key Cast: Chris O’Donnell, Alfred Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production Language: Italian (with English and ENTERTAINMENT Molina, Michael Keaton, Alessandro or completed) French subtitles) Summit Entertainment, 77 Dean Street, Nivola, Rory Cochrane, Tom Hollander, Year of Production: 2007, Country of by Mario Canale and Annarosa Morri London W1D 3SH UK. Tel: Alexandra Maria Lara, Natascha Origin: Germany Co-Production Partners: In collaboration 44(0)207.494.1724. Fax: McElhone, Raoul Bova, Erika Marozsán, This time they must prove their mettle in with Le Orme, La 7. 44(0)207.494.1725. Los Angeles: 1630 Misel Maticevic the free-style soccer contest against “The Delivery Status: Completed Stewart Street, Suite 120, Santa Monica Delivery Status: Post Production Ragnarök Wolves”! Year of Production: 2007, Country of CA . Tel: 1.310.309.8400. Fax: Budget: $35m US TO THE LIMIT (AM LIMIT) 1.310.828.4132 Origin: Italy Year of Production: 2007, Country of www.amlimit.kinowelt.de At Cannes: Patrick Wachsberger Marco Ferreri, bearded prophet, leading Origin: USA Docu-Feature (95 min) (President & CEO), Bob Hayward filmmaker, forgotten poet. An action-packed thriller that traces the Language: German and English with (COO), David Garrett (Executive Vice MARCELLO activities of the CIA’s underground fight English subtitles President), Ralpho Borgos (Senior Vice Documentary (about 90’) with the KGB, spanning the globe from Director: Pepe Danquart President, International Sales), Erik Feig Language: Italian, English, French Moscow to Berlin, from Budapest to Producer: Kirsten Hager, Erich Lackner, (President, Production & Acquisitions), by Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri London, from Washington to Cuba. Mirjam Quinte Andrew Matosich (Executive Vice Co-Production Partners: In collaboration NORA ROBERTS COLLECTION: With: Alexander Huber, Thomas Huber President & General Counsel) with Le Orme, Acab, LA 7. ANGELS FALL/MONTANA Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: 2 la Croisette, 4th Floor, Tel: Delivery Status: Completed SKY/BLUE SMOKE/CAROLINA Origin: German 33(0)4.86.68.80.75. Fax: Year of Production: 2006, Country of MOON Features the Huber brothers in a 33(0)4.86.68.80.54 Origin: Italy Romantic Thrillers (4 x 90 min) spectacular documentary on their attempt POMPEII Ten years after his death, the name Director: English to break the speed climbing record at the Epic Thriller Mastroianni still evokes memories of an Language: Ralph Hemecker, Mike Robe, “Wall of Walls,” the El Capitan in the Director: Roman Polanski era: a world composed of talent, good David Carson, Stephen Tolkien Yosemite Valley. Writers: Robert Harris, Roman Polanski looks, charm, gentleness and seduction. Co-Production Partners: Mandalay BREAKOUT Producers: Robert Benmussa, Alain AFRICAN GAME Pictures, Stephanie Germain Productions www.breakout-film.ch Sarde, Roman Polanski Action Movie in association with Tandem Drama Cast: TBA Language: English Communications Language: Swiss German with English Production Status: Pre-Production by Michael E. Lemick Producer: Peter Guber, Stephanie subtitles Country of Origin: Europe Co-Production Partners: In collaboration Germain, Peter Strauss Director: Reto Schaerli & Lukas Hobi At the young age of twenty-seven, with Dania Film. Key Cast: Heather Locklear, John Cast: Nils Althaus, Melanie Winiger , engineer Marcus Attilus Primus has just Delivery Status: In Production Corbett, Claire Forlani, Jacqueline Max Rüdlinger, Roeland Wiesnekker been appointed aquarius of the 60-mile Year of Production: 2007, Country of Bisset, Oliver Hudson, Alicia Witt Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production aqueduct that provides water to all the Origin: Italy Delivery Status: Completed or completed) cities in the Bay of Naples. In Kenya, a killer is involved in weapons Budget: $20m US Year of Production: 2006, Country of I KNOW WHO KILLED ME trafficking. He will die trying to save a Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Switzerland Thriller girl. Origin: USA Honor is to get even without squealing

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Producer: Ben Gourley, Jason Faller, INTERNATIONAL Status: In post production Charlotte is his latest client’s sister. Kynan Griffin TF1 International, Immeuble Central A delicious romantic comedy about When they meet at the funeral, they Co-production partners: Revel Park - 9, rue Maurice Mallet , 92130 desire. And that dangerous, treacherous prove that love can flourish in the most Entertainment, Camera 40 Productions Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Tel: first kiss. unusual circumstances. Key Cast: Ben Gourley, Jon Heder, Mila 33(0)1.41.41.21.68. Fax: Kunis, Rutger Hauer 33(0)1.41.41.21. 33. Delivery Status: Completed www.tf1international.com THINKFILM THOMPSON/STARR Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Mr. Patrick Bidet THINKFilm, 23 East 22nd Street, 5th ORGANIZATION Origin: USA (Chairman), Mrs. Sara May (Executive Floor, New York, NY 10010 USA. Tel: Hilarious comedy about law intern who VP Acquisitions), Mr. Nicolas Eschbach 212.444.7900. Fax: 212.444.7901. Thompson/Starr Organization, PO Box moves boss’s gorgeous niece cross- (Executive VP International At Cannes: Jeff Sackman (Pres. & CEO), ll236, Beverly Hills. CA 90213Tel: Tel: country. They team up with oddball Distribution), Miss Adeline Fontant Randy Manis (Sr. VP, Acquisitions & 8l8.998.8126 USA. Fax: 818.773.8962. hitchhiker (Jon Heder, star of blockbuster Tessaur (Senior VP International Sales & Business Affairs), Mark Urman (Head of [email protected] “Blades of Glory”), and uproarious Acquisitions), Mr. Dimitri Stephanides US Theatrical), Eve Schoukroun (Head Company Type: Distributors and Agents adventures ensue. (International Sales Manager), Mrs. Anna of Sales), David Fenkel (VP, At Cannes: Joey Thompson (President), MY BROTHER Marsh (International Sales Manager), International), Jessica Malik (Sales Jen Starr (Sales), Chaya Finton www.mybrotherthemovie.com Mrs. Coralie Chave (International Sales Executive) (Marketing) Crime Drama (106 Minutes) Manager) Office: 4, La Croisette. 2nd Floor, Office: Hotel Mexicana, Tel: 3334 3901 Language: English Office: Riviera N3 Cannes. Tel: 33(0)4.93.38.17.88. Fax: JOHNNY CASH AT NASHVILLE Director: Anthony Lover CASH 33(0)4.93.38.19.06 CONCERT Writer: Anthony Lover Version: French MIO FRATELLO E UN FIGLIO Music Producer: Gregory Segal, Leslieann Director: Eric BESNARD UNICO (MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY The late Johnny Cash performs with all Fouche, Gingi Rochelle Cast: Jean DUJARDIN, Jean RENO, CHILD) star music greats. Co-production partners: Angel Baby Valeria GOLINO Comedy THE WACKY WORLD OF DOCTOR Entertainment, Liberty Artists, My Producers: Patrice LEDOUX - Pulsar Director: Daniele Luchetti MORGUS Brother Productions, LLC Status: shooting Producers: Marco Chimenz, Comedy Key Cast: Vanessa Williams, Nashawn LEZIONI DI VOLO (FLYING Principal Cast: Elio Germano, Riccardo Dr. Morgus and comatose Zelda in evil Kearse, Tatum O’Neal LESSONS) Scamarcio, Anna Bonaiuto plot to take over USA. Delivery Status: Completed By: Francesca Archibugi Delivery Status: Completed NORTH OF THE SUN Year of Production: 2006, Country of Version: Italian Country of Origin: Italy Documentary Origin: USA Produced by: Cattleya in collaboration Two Italian brothers, coming of age in Last great hunters in Arctic that can A mother’s (Vanessa Williams) time is with Rai Cinema in coproduction with the politically charged 1960s and 70s, never be filmed again. running short. Despite enormous Aquarius Films (UK), Khussro Films come to realize that despite their glaring obstacles her two sons prevail above a (India) and Babe Films (France) in differences, they are much more alike life of crime because they are guided by collaboration with Cinemello than they ever imagined. TRICOAST their mother’s principles. With: Giovanna Mezzogiorno (La Bestia THE OXFORD MURDERS INTERNATIONAL THE CELLAR DOOR Nel Cuore / Don’t Tell – Volpi Cup at the www.cellardoormovie.com Mystery TriCoast International, 1547 10th Street, Venice Film Festival 2005, L’Ultimo Director: Alex de la Iglesias Thriller, Horror Bacio / The Last Kiss, La Finestra di Santa Monica, California, 90401, USA. Language: English Writer: Guillermo Martinez Tel: 310.458.7707. Fax: 310.458.7701. Fronte), Andrea Miglio Risi, Tom Producers: Mariela Besuievsky, Kevin Director: Matt Zettell Karumathy, Anna Galiena, Flavio Bucci, http://www.tricoastinternational.com Writer: Christopher Nelson Loader Independent film, production, and Angela Finocchiaro (La Bestia Nel Cuore Principal Cast: John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Producer: Hilary Six / Don’t Tell, Non ti muovere / Don’t distribution company Co-production partners: Six Sense Leonor Watling At Cannes: Ami Artzi (President), Move), Roberto Citran Delivery Status: Post-Production Productions Delivery Status: Completed Strathford Hamilton (CEO), Marcy Key Cast: James DuMont, Michelle Country of Origin: UK Levitas Hamilton (CEO) Two young Italians discover life and love A new student and esteemed professor at Tomlinson, Heather Sconyers on the roads of India. Office: Riviera, Booth E4, Tel: cell: Delivery Status: Completed Oxford University team up to solve a 423.663.128715 (Ami Artzi);

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Year of Production: 2007, Country of TVE DRACULA ON THE ROAD Kieu, a beautiful young girl, who soon Origin: USA Horror comedy (90 min) after her secret engagement, returns TVE, Joaquín Costa 43, Madrid, 28002 Young woman finds herself imprisoned Language: english, romanian home to find her father is about to be Spain. Tel: 34.91.581.7992. www.rtve.es in wooden cell in the basement of a serial Director: Jean Uliczay imprisoned on trumped up charges. At Cannes: Milagros García (Head of killer. She must survive with only her Producer: Jean Uliczay PAO’S STORY Sales), Laura García (Executive Sales) wits against his insanity. Co-production partners: UBU Drama (90 min) Office: Stand Espagne Productions, Tansylvania Productions Language: Vietnamese THE CONTESTANT Delivery Status: post-production Director: NGO Quang Hai (CONCURSANTE) TROMA Budget: 3mill. US $ Producer: Dang Tat Binh Black Comedy (90’) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Key Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Ly Thanh ENTERTAINMENT Language: Spanish Origin: Germany / Romania Kha Director: Rodrigo Cortés Troma Entertainment, 733 Ninth Ave., Dr. Franckenstein as Dracula on the road Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia,Chuté New York, NY 10019 USA. Tel: in Europe. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Lera, Miryam Gallego 1.212.757.4555. Fax: 1.212.399.9885, ISLAMIC ATTACK Origin: Vietnam Delivery Status: Completed http://www.troma.com, email: Reality-based (120 min) After a family incident, Pao leaves home Year of Production: 2005, Country of [email protected] Language: english, french, german to track down her real mother. At Cannes: Lloyd Kaufman (President), Origin: Spain Director: Jean Kail Lisa Borhoum (Director of International “The Contestant” recounts the roller Producer: Jean Uliczay Sales) coaster ride of Martín Circo Martín, the Co-production partners: UBU VISION FILMS Office: Palais 22.14, Tel: 0492998030 fortunate winner of the most lucrative Productions Vision Films, 14945 Ventura Blvd. Ste. POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE game show in the history of television to Delivery Status: post production 306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel: CHICKEN DEAD the tune of three million Euros. Budget: 3 mill. US $ 818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715. http://www.poultrygeistmovie.com/ LIFE ON THE EDGE (LA VIDA Year of Production: 2006, Country of ABISMAL) www.visionfilms.net, email: Horror/Comedy (90 min) Origin: Germany, GB, F [email protected] Language: English Tragicomedy (90’) The Islamic conquest in Europe. Language: Spanish At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing Director: Lloyd Kaufman Director, Worldwide Distribution), Andre Co-Production Partners: Lloyd Kaufman, Director: Ventura Pons Key Cast: OSCAR JAENADA, JOSE Relis (Vice President Intl. Sales & Michael Herz Acquisitions), Brady Bowen (Intl. Sales Producer: Kiel Walker, Andy Deemer, SOSPEDRA, ANTONIO VALERO Delivery Status: Completed and Marketing Executive) Gabriel Friedman V Office: 21.01 Palais Key Cast: Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Spain 7EVENTY 5IVE Allyson Sereboff, Robin L. Watkins, Horror (90 min) Joshua Olatunde, Caleb Emerson, Rose 1980. In a luxurious mansion in some VIETNAM MEDIA Central European principality, a number Directed by: Deon Taylor, Brian Hooks, Ghavami, Khalid Rivera, Lloyd CORP./BHD CO., LTD. Gwendoline Yeo Kaufman, Ron Jeremy. of guests, are celebrating the New Year. NOBODY´S PERFECT Vietnam media corp./BHD Co., Ltd., 18th Starring Rutger Hauer and Brian Hooks. Delivery Status: Completed (VA A SER QUE NADIE ES Floor, Prime Center, 53 Quang Trung, Country of Origin: 2007 Year of Production: 2007, Country of PERFECTO) Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: 844.943.4133. Fax: College students are engaged in a Origin: U.S.A. Comedy (102’) 844.943.4135. harmless prank-calling contest called Mass-exterminated chickens possessed Director: Spanish http://www.vietnammediacorp.com “75” which ultimately becomes lethal. by the souls of massacred Native Language: Joaquín Oristrell Sales agent, producer, distributor CHAOS Americans, who then take revenge on Key Cast: Fernando Tejero, Santi Millán, At Cannes: Ngo Bich Hanh (Vice Horror (75 min) unsuspecting fast-food patrons and José Luis García Pérez President), Nguyen Bao Mai (Manager) Directed by: David DeFalco workers. Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Ngo Bich Hanh Starring Kevin Gage, Chantal Degroat, SPECIAL NEEDS Year of Production: 2006, Country of (Vice President), Nguyen Bao Mai Maya Barovich http://www.specialneedsthemovie.com Origin: Spain (Manager) Year of Production: 2006 Documentary/Comedy (90 min) Office: Riviera Stand H2 Nihilistic and cruel, Roger Ebert urges Language: English THE WHITE SILK DRESS viewers to avoid this most brutal shocker. Director: Isaak James www.thewhitesilkdress.com A gang of felons capture and torment 2 Co-Production Partners: Lloyd Kaufman, Drama (135 min) girls drawing them into an inescapable Michael Herz U Language: Vietnamese nightmare of carnage. Producer: Isaak James, Michael C. Director: LUU Huynh Luu SNOOP DOGG’S HOOD OF Kricfalusi, Eva James Writer: LUU Huynh Luu HORROR Key Cast: Isaak James, Eva James, UBU PRODUCTIONS Producer: Phuoc Sang Entertainment, Horror (96 min) Michael C. Kricfalusi UBU Productions, P. O. Box 40 19 65 , Co-production partners: Vietnam Studio, Starring Snoop Dogg, Billy Dee Delivery Status: Completed Munich D-80719, Germany. Tel: AVA Production Williams, Danny Trejo Year of Production: 2007, Country of 49.160.928.150.21. e-mail: Key Cast: TRUONG Ngoc Anh, QUOC Year of Production: 2006 Origin: U.S.A. [email protected] Khanh If you play with the Devil in the hood. A flamboyant Producer: creates Production, distribution Delivery Status: Completed You will end up paying with your life! “Handicaps”, a startling new reality show At Cannes: Mr. Jean Uliczay (President, Year of Production: 2006, Country of about the physically and mentally Prod., Exec. Producer), Ms. Alice Origin: Vietnam disabled. Kanterian (Acquisitions), Mr. Jean Kail This story is about a very poor family in VISION MUSIC COONS! NIGHT OF THE BANDITS (Director) Hoi An during 1960s – a beautiful Vision Music, 14945 Ventura Blvd. Ste. OF THE NIGHT Office: ancient town near the Marble Mountains 306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel: Horror (82 min) HANG HIM HIGHER of Da Nang. 818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715. Director: English Road movie (100 min) SAIGON ECLIPSE www.visionmusicinc.net, email: Language: Travis Irvine Language: english Drama (98 min) [email protected] Co-Production Partners: Lloyd Kaufman, Director: Jean Kail Language: Vietnamese - English At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing Michael Herz Producer: Jean Uliczay Director: Othello Khanh Director, Worldwide Distribution), Andre Producer: Travis Irvine Co-production partners: UBU Writer: Othello Khanh, John Board & Relis (Vice President Intl. Sales & Key Cast: Brian Kamerer, Lauren Productions Bernard Leroy Deval Acquisitions), Brady Bowen (Intl. Sales Bowman, Dan Velez Delivery Status: pre-production Producer: Othello Khanh, John Board and Marketing Executive) Delivery Status: Completed Budget: 3 mill. US $ Key Cast: TRUONG Ngoc Anh, Dustin Office: 21.01 Palais Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of Nguyen, Johny Nguyen, Marjolaine Bui ROCK THE BELLS Origin: U.S.A. Origin: USA / F / D Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (90 min) The blood flows and the fur flies as a The Hang Man needs the hanging men to Year of Production: 2006, Country of Directed by Denis Henry Hennelly, Christian Youth Camp finds itself under be satisfied. Origin: Vietnam Casey Suchan attack by a pack of ravenous raccoons! This epic poem chronicles the fate of Year of Production: 2007

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An inside look at what it took to bring London Goths. Office: Relais de la Reine la Croisette, Delivery Status: Post Production the Wu-Tang Clan together for their final PREDATORS (VAMPYRES) 42/43 La Croisette, #C-11, Tel: Year of Production: 2007, Country of performance with all the Clan members www.vampyres-themovie.com 33(0)4.93.06.70.01. Fax: Origin: US including ODB. Documentary (90) 33(0)4.93.06.70.21 A typical suburban housewife is forced to TUPAC: REVELATION Language: English THE HURT LOCKER fend for herself when she becomes Documentary (115 min) Director: Laurent Courau Action-adventure stranded in a desolate forest with four Directed by RJ Bond Producer: Emmanuel Prevost Language: English murderous thugs. Year of Production: 2007 Key Cast: Don Henrie, Fatrher Director: Kathryn Bigelow 10 Years after the assassination of Tupac Sebastiaan Producer: Greg Shapiro Shakur, this amazing new film offers Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre-Production “insider” evidence that the police have Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget $15M ignored. Origin: France USA Year of Production: 2007, Country of W PUNK’S NOT DEAD A journalist spends 4 years investigating Origin: USA Documentary (104 min) the American underground of real Forced to play a dangerous game of cat- Directed by Susan Dynner vampires, some of them consume human and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite THE WEINSTEIN Year of Production: 2007 blood for real. Army bomb squad unit must come COMPANY A celebration of 30 years of Punk Rock, A BULLET FOR PRETTY BABY together in a city where everyone is a featuring Green Day, Offspring, Social Action Comedy potential enemy and every object could The Weinstein Company, 345 Hudson Distortion, Sum 41, My Chemical Director: English be a deadly bomb. Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10014 Romance, and more! Language: 100 FEET USA. Tel: 646.862.3400. Fax: Producer: George Edde Supernatural thriller 646.368.7000 Key Cast: jackie Chan, Don Johnson Language: English At Cannes: Glen Basner (President, VISUAL FACTORY Delivery Status: In Development Director: Eric Red International), Michael Rothstein (SVP, Visual Factory, Forest Lodge, Forest Budget: 45 million US $ Producer: Jonathan Sanger, Ed Elbert and International Sales & Distribution), Road, Pyford GU 22 8NA UK. Tel: Year of Production: 2008, Country of Sarah Black Richard Baker (VP, International 44.207.499.75. www.visualfactory.co.uk, Origin: USA Key Cast: Famke Janssen and Bobby Marketing), Jonathan Kier (VP, email: [email protected] Despite a feud over the most beautiful Cannavale International Distribution & Sales), At Cannes: Igor Sekulic (Head of Sales), girl of San Francisco A small time crook Delivery Status: In Production Michal Podell (VP, International Jerome Plattner (Sales), Nina and an old style pimp team up to fight an Year of Production: 2007, Country of Business & Legal Affairs) Stoltzenberg (VP Sales), George Edde ultra violent gang lord. Origin: US Office: Residence du Gray d’Albion, 4 (Producer) After Marnie Watson kills her abusive rue des Serbes, Penthouse 7G2, 06400 Office: k7 husband in self-defense, she is Cannes, France. Tel: 04.93.38.08.27. Fax: VAMPIRE DIARY VOLTAGE PICTURES condemned to house arrest, only to 04.93.38.08.81 THE BROTHERS BLOOM Horror (90 min) Voltage Pictures, 6422 Deep Dell Place, discover that the house is possessed by Language: English the enraged and violent spirit of her dead Director: Rian Johnson Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel: Writer: Rian Johnson Director: Mark James, Phil O’Shea 323.464.8351. Fax: 323.464.8362. husband. Producer: Margaret Matheson, Michael WHILE SHE WAS OUT Executive Producer: Wendy Japhet www.voltagepictures.com, email: Producers: Ram Bergman, Jim Stern Riley [email protected] Thriller Key Cast: Anna Walton Director: English Cast: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark At Cannes: Nicolas Chartier Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Delivery Status: Completed (CEO/President), Nadine de Barros (VP, Language: Susan Montford Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Don Murphy, Mary Aloe & Coltrane, Maximilian Schell Sales & Acquisitions), Mimi Steinbauer Status: In post production Origin: England (Consultant), Jenn Lee (International Kirk Shaw A real Vampire in hiding among the Key Cast: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas The tale of the Bloom brothers, two Coordinator) young con men whose lives change

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forever upon meeting an attractive young Key Cast: Dries Vanhegen, Sam THE WORKS Delivery Status: Market Premiere heiress named Penelope (Weisz). Louwyck, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot Shot over three years in the USA, India HALLOWEEN Delivery Status: Completed INTERNATIONAL and Mexico, Garbage Warrior is a Director: Rob Zombie Year of Production: 2007, Country of The Works International, Portland feature-length documentary film telling Writer: Rob Zombie Origin: Belgium/The House, 4 Great Portland Street, London, the epic story of maverick architect Producers: Malek Akkad, Rob Zombie, Netherlands/Italy/France W1W 8QJ UK. Tel: 44(0)20.7612.1080. Michael Reynolds and his fight to Andy Gould Three handicapped musicians from a Fax: 44(0)20.7612.1081. introduce radically sustainable housing. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, William provincial rock band find their missing www.theworksmediagroup.com PARENTS Forsythe, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon drummer in the form of the arrogant and At Cannes: Joy Wong (Head of The Drama (85 mins) Zombie manipulative well-known writer Dries. Works International), Clare Crean (Sales Director: Ragnar Bragason Status: In post-production Manager), Juliette Gill (Head of Writers: Ragnar Bragason, Nanna Krístin The killer beginning to one of the most Marketing), Charlotte Brotherton (Head Magnúsdóttir, Ingvar E.Sigur∂sson, successful horror franchises of all time. WONDERPHIL of Business Affairs), Dhivya-Kate Chetty Víkingur Kristjánsson THE NANNY DIARIES (Sales Assistant) Directors: Robert Pulcini, PRODUCTIONS Producers: Ragnar Bragason, Nanna Office: 8th Floor, IBIS Entrance, Res. du Shari Springer Berman Wonderphil Productions, 4712 Admiralty Krístin Magnúsdóttir, Ingvar Grand Hotel, 45 La Croisette Writers: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Way, #324, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 E.Sigur∂sson, Víkingur Kristjánsson, CHOP SHOP - IN DIRECTORS’ Berman, based on the novel by Emma USA. Tel: 310.482.1324,26.06. Fax: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Gísli Örn FORTNIGHT McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 925.755.0131. http//www.Wonderphil.biz Gar∂arsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir Drama (84 mins) Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Dany At Cannes: Phil Gorn (President), Principal Cast: Ingvar E.Sigur∂sson, Director: Ramin Bahrani Wolf Sanders Robinson (Acquisitions Nanna Krístin Magnúsdóttir, Víkingur Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Manager/Sales) Writers: Bahareh Azimi & Ramin Kristjánsson Alicia Keys, Chris Evans, Paul Giamatti Office: 26.06 (Palais), Tel: 06.0852.8632 Bahrani Delivery Status: Market Premiere Status: In post production JANUARY 2ND Producers: Lisa Muskat, Marc Turtletaub, Set in suburban modern day Reykjavik, Spoiled, pampered, and demanding. and Comedy (95 minutes) Jeb Brody dark secrets are slowly revealed when a Principal Cast: Alejandro Polanco, that’s just the parents. Language: English desperate dentist, a successful Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Director: Matt Winn businessman and a young mother running Carlos Zapata, Ahmad Razvi Co-Production Partners: January Films away from her past meet by chance. WIDE Producer: Ivan Francis Clements Delivery Status: Market Premiere MANAGEMENT Key Cast: Josephine Butler, Andrew In this chaotic world of adults, young Clover, Rachel Fielding Alejandro struggles to make a better life WORLDWIDE FILM Wide Management, 40 rue sainte Anne, Delivery Status: Completed for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Paris, 75002 France. Budget $1.75 million Isamar. Premiering in Directors’ ENTERTAINMENT, Tel: 33.1.53.95.04.64. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Fortnight. Fax: 33.1.53.95.04.65. Origin: UK GARBAGE WARRIOR LLC www.widemanagement.com, A thirty something couple gives a New Feature documentary (84 mins) Worldwide Film Entertainment, LLC, 280 email: [email protected] Year’s weekend bash for their sorted Director: Oliver Hodge So. Beverly Drive, Suite 306, Beverly At Cannes: Loic Magneron (General friends - jealousies, tensions, battles, Producer: Rachel Wexler Hills Manager), Anais Clanet (International unexpected bonding ensue. Sales), Gilles Sousa (International Sales THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS and Business Affairs), Camille Rousselet HOPED FOR (Festival Manager), Jean Marie Chabran Drama (99 minutes) (Business Affairs Consultant) Language: English Office: Riviera F 18, Tel: 06.60.43.96.86 Director: Greg Morgan EZRA Co-Production Partners: Film Punk Films Drama (110 min) Producer: Greg Morgan, Jeanne Flynn- Language: English Morgan, Jessica Gallant Director: Newton I. ADUAKA Key Cast: Ray Wise, Vanessa Lengies Producer: Michel LORO & Gorune Delivery Status: Completed APRIKINIAN (CINEFACTO) Budget $1.5 million Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Country of Origin: – Origin: USA France/Nigeria/Austria Confronted with a diagnosis of In the year 2000, it was alleged that schizophrenia and a pregnancy she some 300,000 children were serving as neither planned nor is able to explain, soldiers in armed conflicts in more than Daphne’s desperately searches for the thirty countries around the world. past she cannot recall, the father she SHELTER (RIPARO) never had, and the child she may never Drama (100 min) know. Language: Italian RETALIATION Director: Marco Simon PUCCIONI Drama (53 minutes) Producer: Mario Mazzarotto (Intelfilm), Director: English Francesca Van Der Staay (Adesif) Language: Carl Miller Key Cast: Maria De Medeiros, Antonia Co-Production Partners: Future Films Liskova, Mounir Ouadi Producer: Carl Miller Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Michael Otis, Yasmine Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delawari Origin: Italy/France Delivery Status: Completed A couple return from a holiday abroad, Budget 300k and realize that a young Moroccan Year of Production: 2006, Country of immigrant managed to hide Origin: USA in their car in order to cross Awaiting beheading, terrorist captured the border to Italy. news reporter learns of the true reason EX DRUMMER behind the Coalition Forces infiltration Drama (104 min) into Iraq. Can he survive long enough to Language: Flemich reveal the truth? Director: Koen MORTIER TUYA SIEMPRE - KWA Producer: Eurydice Gysel (CCCP)

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Producer: Art Birzneck Origin: USA EXIT Delivery Status: Pre-Production In a world where street gangs collide Based on the comic book LATEBudget US$3.2 million with the law, neighborhood friends, by Bernard Werber. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Raymond and Gabriel, must decide A thriller in the Hitchcock tradition, LISTINGS Origin: USA which side of the battle to join. which can be described as the Fugitive A man with no identity has 48 hours to SWINGERS meets Run, Lola Run. BIRCH TREE find $100 million dollars the mob thinks www.brennfilim.com The story of a girl who has just lost her he stole. He must move like lightening Erotic Thriller (93 minutes) job and discovered that her boyfriend is ENTERTAINMENT through the crime underworld to recover Language: Dutch with English subtitles cheating on her. Distraught, she decides Birch Tree Entertainment, 10620 it or lose everything. Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer to commit suicide. Every time she makes Southern Highlands Pkwy., 110-418, ANDROMEDA Co-Production Partners: Brenn Film, an attempt, there is someone to save her. Las Vegas, NV 89141 USA. www.andromedathemovie.com Rebel Film TOMORROW BY MIDNIGHT Tel: 1.310.383.2782. Fax: Psychological Thriller Producer: Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Roel Drama/Thriller 1.323.843.9650. www.birchtreefilms.com, Director: English Reine Director: Rolfe Kanefsky email: [email protected] Language: Stephan Brenninkmeijer Key Cast: Ellen van der Koogh, Danny Cast: Alexis Arquette, Tamara Craig At Cannes: Art Birzneck (President & Co-Production Partners: Birch Tree de Kok, Nienke Brinkhuis, Joep Sertons Thomas, Jennifer Lambert CEO) Entertainment, Big Bad Wolff, Brenn Film Delivery Status: Completed Status: Completed Office: Carlton Hotel Suite #163, Producer: Art Birzneck, Gerald I. Wolff, Budget US$1.0 million Four college kids come to a video store Year of Production: 2004, Country of Tel: 04.93.06.41.63. Fax: 04.93.06.40.25. Alan McLeod near midnight, and through an unusual Origin: Holland THE PORTAL Delivery Status: Pre-Production twist become embroiled in a hostage Despite Diana’s insecure nature, she and Supernatural Horror Budget US$3.0 million situation. her husband Julian agree with the idea to Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of PRETTY COOL sexually experiment with another couple. Director: Serge Rodnunsky Origin: Netherlands / UK Fantasy Co-Production Partners: Big Bad Wolff A cartoonist hiding in his fantasy world Director: Rolfe Kanefsky Entertainment, Rogue Entertainment, is forced to enter the world he only ASP- ALAIN Cast: Will Burke, Alexis Thorpe Birch Tree Entertainment imagined, and face the bitter truth. Status: Completed Producer: Gerald I. Wolff, Serge HONOR SIRITZKY A high school senior is able to read Rodnunsky www.honorthemovie.com PRODUCTIONS people’s minds and control their Delivery Status: In Production Martial Arts Action (88 minutes) thoughts. Budget $2.8 million Language: English ASP- Alain Siritzky Productions, 6399 PRETTY COOL 2: POCKET GIRL Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: David Worth Wilshire Bl. Suite 1007, Los Angeles, CA Comedy Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Hologram 90048 USA. Tel: 1.323.655.6845. Director: Rolfe Kanefsky Investigators pursuing a bizarre Entertainment, Birch Tree Entertainment www.asproductions.net, Cast: Angela Dodson, Robert Donovan hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange Producer: Patrick Kligel, Austin Moody email: [email protected] Status: Ready for delivery black painting that they discover is a Key Cast: Russell Wong, Roddy Piper, At Cannes: Mr. Alain Siritzky Has also just wrapped production. A new portal to another dimension Jason Barry, Remy Bonjasky, Linda (president), Tel: 04.93.43.97.48. Mobile: sexy teen comedy about a high school NO MAN Park, Joanna Pacula, Don Frye, Nishi 06.08.58.16.01; Mr. George Pilzer (head senior, WALTER BUKELL, who Action / Drama / Martial Arts Delivery Status: Completed of sales) Tel: 04.93.68.44.15. receives the latest cell phone equipped Language: English / Cantonese Budget US$1.6 million Mobile: 06.08.78.35.98 Director: Mtano Loewi Year of Production: 2006, Country of Office: Riviera, Booth F 13 with his own personal female Genie.

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