1. UK Films for Sale TIFF 2016
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Prepared by Although great efforts have been made to present correct and up-to-date details, no warranty is made regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information in this listing. Films have been included because they match several criteria, including: Where completed, films are less than one year old (not seen at or before AFM 2015). They are represented in person by a contactable sales company at AFM in 2016. 47 Meters Down TAltitude Film Sales Cast: Claire Holt, Mandy Moore , Matthew Modine Robin Andrews +44 796 842 8658 Genre: Thriller [email protected] Director: Johannes Roberts Market Office: Loews #863 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 7478 7612 Synopsis: Twenty-something sisters Kate and Lisa are gorgeous, fun-loving and ready for the holiday of a lifetime in Mexico. When the opportunity to go cage diving to view Great White sharks presents itself, thrill-seeking Kate jumps at the chance while Lisa takes some convincing. After some not so gentle persuading, Lisa finally agrees and the girls soon find themselves two hours off the coast of Huatulco and about to come face to face with nature's fiercest predator. But what should have been the trip to end all trips soon becomes a living nightmare when the shark cage breaks free from their boat, sinks and they find themselves trapped at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left in their tanks, they must somehow work out how to get back to the boat above them through 47 meters of shark-infested waters. Aux TEvolutionary Films Cast: John Rhys-davies, Rosie Fellner , Tristam Summers, Paul Ildi Toth Davy +1 626 390 6882 Reynolds, Tanya Franks [email protected] Genre: Horror Market Office: Loews #726 Director: John Adams Home Office tel: +44 20 8215 3340 Status: Post-Production Synopsis: Two young boys discover the entrance to a secret military bunker that has been undetected since World War II. The boys awaken something so terrifying that one boy doesn’t make it out alive and the other flees for his life only to be hit by a car. A police investigation is initiated but one by one the police and forensic officers are killed in grotesque and mysterious ways. Meanwhile in the local old people’s home, an elderly WWII veteran sees all of this unfolding on the news and realises what has happened. But will anybody believe a senile old man as the devastation and destruction mounts up around them? Away T7 & 7 Producers' Sales Service Cast: Timothy Spall, Juno Temple , Matt Ryan, Hayley Squires, Terry Maura Ford +44 781 468 1335 Stone, Susan Lynch [email protected] Genre: Drama Market Office: EFP Umbrella Loews #817/#819 Director: David Blair Home Office tel: +44 781 468 1335 Status: Completed Synopsis: In order to evade her violent pursuer, a troubled girl seeking a new life forms an unlikely friendship with a middle-aged man longing for death in the coastal town where their fates intertwine. B&B T4Squarefilms Cast: Paul McGann, Tom Bateman , Sean Teale, Callum Woodhouse, Andrew Brown +44 780 296 5551 James Tratas [email protected] Genre: Thriller Market Office: UK Film Centre Loews #4 Yoga Rm Director: Joe Ahearne Home Office tel: +44 795 657 8093 Status: Completed Synopsis: Gay Londoners Mike and Fred, plan a weekend of mischief returning to bait the prosecuted Christian owner of a remote B&B. The year before they had successfully sued the owner for not allowing them to share a double bed. Events take a deadly turn when another guest, (a Russian thug), arrives who they think might have something more sinister in mind. The Banksy Job TMetro Int'l Ent. Genre: Comedy Natalie Brenner +44 7799 130 469 Director: Dylan Harvey [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: Loews #524 Home Office tel: +44 20 7396 5301 Synopsis: A heist movie, screwball comedy and documentary all rolled into one big paint splattered ball, The Banksy Job is about art, crime, authentication, ongoing feuds and a famous statue that, when it is reintroduced to the marketplace, could be worth millions. AFM 2016: UK Films for Sale 1 The Bay Of Silence TInternational Film Trust Cast: Uma Thurman, Toby Stephens , Brian Cox Alex Hundt +44 7481 962783 Genre: Thriller [email protected] Director: Antii Jokinen Market Office: Loews #617 Status: Pre-Production Home Office tel: +1 424 278 4224 Synopsis: The sudden disappearance of his wife and children after the traumatic birth of their son sends Will on a frantic search across Europe to regain his family and piece his life back together. As the mystery behind his wife’s actions slowly begins to take a dark and menacing form, Will is determined to seek out the truth—no matter the cost. The Black Prince TAmerican Cinema Int'l Cast: Jason Flemyng, Amanda Root , Satinder Sartaaj, Alexa Morden, Chevonne O'Shaughnessy +1 818 355 1083 Shabana Azmi, David Essex , James Weber Brown [email protected] Genre: True Story Market Office: Loews #521 Director: Kavi Raz Home Office tel: +1 818 907 8700 Status: Post-Production Synopsis: THE BLACK PRINCE, is based on a true story about the last King of the mighty Kingdom of Punjab. Placed on the Throne at the age of five and torn away from his mother when taken to England at the age of fifteen years by the British, who took over his Kingdom by careful maneuvers and indoctrinating him into Christianity. The British never accepted his reconversion back into Sikhism, the faith of his birth. Prince Duleep Singh’s long struggle to regain his identity and dignity took him across the world and was never allowed to set foot in his own Kingdom by the British. Maharaja Duleep Singh, died a pauper, alone in a Paris hotel. He was buried as a Christian in an English countryside, denying him his final wishes, even in death. Bliss! TGSP Studios Int'l Cast: Freya Parks, Reece Noi, Lauren Johns, Monsterrat Lombard Simon Barnes +44 7977 067948 Genre: Drama [email protected] Director: Rita Osei Market Office: Loews #770 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 7977 067948 Synopsis: Tasha, 16, is a strong-willed young girl who learns that her mother’s partner, Charlie, is not her real father. When her older sister, Jenny, tells Tasha of a man only referred to as ‘The Viking’ who appeared when Tasha was a baby, she becomes convinced this mysterious ‘Viking’ is her long-lost father and resolves to track him down. As Tasha begins her quest to find her father on the ferry to Norway, life takes unexpected turns back home. Jenny moves into her own flat, and the only son in the family, Danny, struggles with the prospect of becoming a father. Landing in Norway Tasha befriends Marta, a local girl who agrees to help her find her father. But will she find him and what will happen to her family while she is away? The Bookshop TCelsius Ent. Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy , Patricia Clarkson Calum Gray +44 7828 258 976 Genre: Drama [email protected] Director: Isabel Coixet Market Office: Loews #527 Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 20 7193 1801 Synopsis: Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel of the same name; 'The Bookshop' is set in 1959, Florence Green (Emily Mortimer), a free spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop - the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. Fighting damp, cold and considerable local apathy she struggles to establish herself but soon her fortunes change for the better. By exposing the narrow minded local townsfolk to the best literature of the day including Nabokov's scandalising "Lolita" and Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", she opens their eyes thereby causing a cultural awakening in a town which has not changed for centuries. Her activities bring her a kindred spirit and ally in the figure of Mr Brundish (Bill Nighy) who is himself sick of the town's stale atmosphere. But this mini social revolution soon brings her fierce enemies: she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers and also crosses Mrs. Gamart (Patricia Clarkson) Harborough's vengeful, embittered alpha female who is herself a wannabe doyenne of the local arts scene. When Florence refuses to bend to Gamart's will, they begin a struggle not just for the bookshop but for the very heart and soul of the town. AFM 2016: UK Films for Sale 2 Breathe TEmbankment Films Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy Sharon Lee Genre: Romance [email protected] Director: Andy Serkis Market Office: Loews #866 Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 20 7183 4739 Synopsis: Breathe….From twice Academy Award nominated writer William Nicholson (Everest, Unbroken, Les Misérables and Gladiator), Breathe is an inspirational true story of love without limits.Handsome, adventurous and brilliant, Robin (Andrew Garfield), has his whole life ahead of him when he is paralysed by Polio. Against all advice, Robin’s beautiful wife Diana (Claire Foy) brings him home; where her devotion, intimacy and witty determination transcends his disability and sets him free. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering; transforming the lives of others with their humour, courage and lust for life. Breathe is a heart-warming and highly emotional celebration of bravery and human possibility; where deep friendship is rooted in honesty and seeing the funny side of life. A love story about living every breath as though it’s your last. Brotherhood TIndependent Cast: Noel Clarke, Cornell John , Tonia Sotiropoulou, Arnold Oceng Andrew Orr +44 0 77 4896 3051 Genre: Crime [email protected] Director: Noel Clarke Market Office: Loews #622 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 7257 8734 Synopsis: A decade on from the events in Adulthood, and Sam Peel has grown up.