AMERICAN FILM MARKET 2016 / THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD (Working Title) NEW – IN PRODUCTION – SCRIPT AVAILABLE The producers of the acclaimed hit series THE RETURNED are back with a new tale of survival amongst zombies, putting together an international cast which recently starred in many Cannes titles, and surrounding a talented upcoming director with an experienced FX crew. One morning, waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: he is now alone and the living dead have infested the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his survival. But is he really the sole survivor? Directed by Dominique Rocher (Recipient Short Film Audi Talent Awards 2011) Written by Guillaume Lemans (Anything for Her, A Perfect Man), Jérémie Guez (Yves Saint Laurent), Dominique Rocher Based on the book The Night Has Devoured the World by Pit Agarmen, ©Editions Robert Lafont Starring Anders Danielsen Lie (Personal Shopper, Oslo, August 31st, Reprise), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson, Eden, Exodus Gods and Kings), Denis Lavant (Holy Motors, A Very Long Engagement), Sigrid Bouaziz (Personal Shopper, Eden), David Kammenos (A Gang Story, Transporter 3) Produced by Haut & Court (The Returned, The Young Pope, The Lobster) Sound designer Nicolas Becker (Arrival, 28 Weeks Later, Gravity) VFX Supervisor Sébastien Rame (Jackie, The Returned, Rust and Bone, Transporter 3, 2046) SFX Supervisor Atelier 69 - Olivier Alfonso (Raw, The Connection, Taken 3) In English 2 3 GOING TO BRAZIL EXCLUSIVE PROMO REEL – COMEDY – IN POST-PRODUCTION A crazy comedy in the vein of THE HANGOVER, BRIDESMAIDS and VERY BAD THINGS. Four childhood girlfriends are reunited at a wedding in Rio. But when they acciden- tally kill a young man during a party that gets out of hand, they are forced to flee the city in a crazy adventure that takes them from the favelas to the posh embassies, from the beaches to the rainforest, and filled with caipirinhas, guns and bikinis. Directed by Patrick Mille (Bad Girl) Written by Sabrina Amara (Anything for Alice, The Grad Job), Julien Lambroschini (Breathe), Patrick Mille Produced by Dimitri Rassam (Playmobil, The Little Prince, Daddy or Mommy, What’s in a Name), Benjamin Elalouf (Smart Ass) Starring Alison Wheeler (My Way), Vanessa Guide (Josephine pregnant & fabulous, The New Adventures of Aladdin, Daddy or Mommy, The Love Punch), Margot Bancilhon (Five, All Three of Us), Philippine Stindel, Patrick Mille (3 Hearts, Love Crime) In French 4 5 THE EAVESDROPPER (La Mécanique de l’Ombre) THRILLER – COMPLETED SCREENING THURSDAY NOV 3rd - 3:30 PM - AMC Santa Monica 6 “A taut, elegant and intelligent conspiracy thriller. François Cluzet pulls of a master class in studied anonymity and vulnerability. Thomas Kruithof announces himself as a force to be reckoned with.” CINEOUTSIDER “If you like TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, then THE EAVESDROPPER will suit your film palate like a 3 Michelin Star meal” THE 405 From the producers of A PERFECT MAN. A burned-out man gets hired by a mysterious employer to transcribe phone con- versations. Soon he spirals down a large-scale political plot and gets trapped in the espionage underworld. Directed by Thomas Kruithof (Retention (Undocumented), winner of Unifrance’s best short film prize in Cannes) Writtten by Thomas Kruithof & Yann Gozlan (A Perfect Man) Starring François Cluzet (The Intouchables, Tell No One), Alba Rohrwacher (Tale of Tales, Taj Mahal, I Am Love), Denis Podalydès (Hidden, The Da Vinci Code), Sami Bouajila (The Crew, Beautiful Lies, Days of Glory), Simon Abkarian (Overdrive, The Cut, Zero Dark Thirty, Casino Royale) 90 min., in French / Theatrical release in France by Océan Distribution 6 7 DON’T HANG UP NEW – MARKET PREMIERE SCREENING WEDNESDAY NOV 2nd - 11:30 AM Broadway Cineplex 2 Ofcial Selection A slasher in the tradition of SCREAM, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, and SAW. An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them with deadly consequences. When two teenagers spend an evening making drunken prank calls and posting the results online to humiliate their victims, they soon find themselves targeted by a vengeful stranger who turns their own sadistic game against them. Using the same tools and technology the teens rely on to reach out anonymously and abuse others, the mysterious caller twists their lives into a nightmare, pitting the teens against one another and forcing each to choose between his own survival, or that of his loved ones. Directed by Alexis Wasjsbrot & Damien Macé Written by Joe Johnson (The Skulls III) Produced by Jason Newmark (Triangle, Severance, Creep), Laurie Cook (Pressure, Alien Outpost) Starring Gregg Sulkin (Faking It, Pretty Little Liars), Garrett Clayton (King Cobra, Welcome to the Willits), Bella Dayne (American Horror Story), Sienna Guillory (High Rise, Resident Evil: Retribution, Luther) 83 min, in English 8 9 HAPPY HUNTING NEW – MARKET PREMIERE SCREENING FRIDAY NOV 4th - 1:00 PM - Arclight 11 Ofcial Selection A survival in the tradition of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, DESIERTO or THE PURGE. Warren is an alcoholic, scraping by any way he can to survive. After a drug deal gone bad, on his way down to Mexico, he finds himself stranded in Bedford Flats, a small town nestled deep in the American desert. Once a prosperous hunting community, it has been reduced to an impoverished dust bowl. Unfortunately for Warren, it turns out that the town’s pastime is rounding up drifters and hunting them as part of an elaborate sporting event. To make matters worse, Warren can’t function without drinking. It all builds to a blood-soaked, live-or-die showdown in the desert. Written & Directed by Joe Dietsch & Louie Gibson Produced by Bryson Pintard, Jef Kalligheri (Submergence, Big Game, The Letter) Starring Martin Dingle Wall (Salty), Ken Lally (Heroes), Kenny Wormald (The Girl in the Photographs, Love & Mercy, Fear the Walking Dead) 91 min, in English 10 11 PLAN B ACTION/FIGHT – COMPLETED SCREENING WEDNESDAY NOV 2nd - 3:00 PM AMC Santa Monica 3 A spectacular homage to the 80’s and 90’s action flicks starring the most impressive stuntmen working in the industry today. Can Aydin, Phong Giang and Cha-lee Yoon (who star as themselves) have 24 hours to save their best friend and uncover the secret safe of the Berlin underworld kingpin. Street fights, gunfights, martial arts: these fans of Stallone and Jackie Chan take you on a non-stop ride in the vibrant capital of Germany. The Reel Deal stunt team who star in PLAN B have appeared in POINT BREAK, THE HUNGER GAMES franchise, SKYFALL, CLOUD ATLAS and HITMAN: AGENT 47. Directed by Ufuk Genç & Michael Popescu Starring Can Aydin (The Berlin File), Phong Giang, Cha-Lee Yoon, Eugene Boateng, Julia Dietze (Iron Sky, Bullet), Gedeon Burkhard (Inglorious Basterds), Heidi Moneymaker (John Wick: Chapter Two ; stunt double for Scarlet Johansson in all Marvel titles and for Michelle Rodriguez in the Fast & Furious franchise) 98 min., in German 12 13 SAM WAS HERE THRILLER – COMPLETED SCREENING THURSDAY NOV 3rd - 11:00 AM - AMC Santa Monica 3 “SAM WAS HERE, along with RAW, are the two films that rejuvenate French genre cinema” TELERAMA “An impressive, fascinating, tour de force. Like a TWILIGHT ZONE episode” CINESERIEMAG California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange red glow appears in the sky. Sam, a salesman, travels through the desert in search of clients, yet the area seems deserted. And his wife won’t answer his phone calls. It’s as if everyone was avoid- ing him. His only contact with the outside world is a local radio station. The strange host, Eddy, takes calls regarding a child killer at large, and pushes listeners to hunt the man to death. That’s when Sam realizes everybody thinks he’s the killer… Directed by Christophe Deroo / Produced by Vixens & KuroKitsu Starring Rusty Joiner (Amateur Night, Resident Evil: Extinction, Dodge Ball), Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell, Hassan Galedary Original Soundtrack: Christine 75 min., in English 14 15 AMERICAN ROMANCE THRILLER – COMPLETED SCREENING FRIDAY NOV 4th - 3:30 PM AMC Santa Monica 6 A serial killer is making headlines in Clay County by staging his victims in gruesome dioramas, triggering a FBI investigation. Meanwhile, Jef and Krissy Madison’s honeymoon had been going well until their car blew a tire. Knocking on the door of the only house for miles seemed like a good idea – after all, they weren’t to know that it’s owner, Emery Reed, was holding a loaded gun to his own head. While awaiting a tow truck, Krissy discovers the cause of Emery’s agitation: peering through a bathroom window she sees the remains of a murdered man. As Sherif Ricky and FBI Agent Denice Torres follow the Diorama serial killer’s trail, the struggle that plays out at the home of Emery Reed tests the values that lie at the very heart of relationships and romance: can true love really conquer all? Directed by Zachary Adler Produced by Cole Payne & Gary Sugarman Starring Nolan Gerard Funk (Riddick, The Canyons, House at the End of the Street), John Savage (Fort Bliss, The Thin Red Line, Deer Hunter), Daveigh Chase (Donnie Darko, The Ring, Big Love), Mark Boone Junior (The Birth of a Nation, 2 Fast 2 Furious, se7en, Memento, Sons of Anarchy) 86 min., in English 16 17 TEMPTING DEVILS (Que le Diable nous emporte) FIRST FOOTAGE – EROTIC/ARTHOUSE – IN POST-PRODUCTION The French master of erotism is back with a tale of love and transgression in 3D By Jean-Claude Brisseau, Winner of Golden Leopard Locarno 2012 and director of the international hits: SECRET THINGS, EXTERMINATING ANGELS, A L’AVENTURE, THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE..