CANNES PRODUCTPRODUCT GUIDEGUIDE Country of origin: ITALY 3DD Other scenes from a marriage, other scenes from their love. A film that ENTERTAINMENT A revolves around the strongest of all 3DD Entertainment, 190 Camden High subjects: the power of love, the Street, London, NW1 8QP, UK. Tel: ADRIANA CHIESA emotional collapse of a couple 44.0207.428.1800. Fax: 44.0207. combining drama and lightness 428.1818. www.3ddgroup.com, e-mail: ENTERPRISES Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Via [email protected] CORAZONES DE MUJER Distributor Barnaba Oriani, 24a, Rome,2008 00197 Italy. (WOMAN’S HEART) Tel: 39.06.808.60.52. Fax: Romantic Comedy (85 min) At Cannes: Dominic Saville (CEO) 39.06.807.92.71. website: Language: ITALIAN/ARABIC Subtitles Office: Tel: 44(0)207.428.1800 www.adrianachiesaenterprises.com, e- RFK MUST DIE – THE ENGLISH mail: ASSASSINATION OF BOBBY Director: Davide Sordella, Pablo [email protected] Benedetti KENNEDY Sales Agent Documentary (1 x 60’ & 2 x 60’ plus Scriptwriter: Davide Sordella, Pablo At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma 137’ feature) Benedetti (President), Rossella Gori (Head of NTERTAINMENT Language: English Production company: 011 Films RFK - 3DD E International Sales) Director: Various Production Director: Marco Risi Office: Hotel Carlton, Salon du Bridge, Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Flavio Sordella Scriptwriter: Manuel Valdivia, Cesar 1st Floor, Tel 33(0)4.93.06.41.00. Fax: Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key cast: Aziz Ahmeri, Ghiziane Waldi, Vidal, Manuel Rios 33(0)4.93.06.41.01, Mobile: Origin: UK Mohammed Wajid Key cast: Marco Leonardi, Juan Leyrado, 39.335.8265.984 An investigative documentary into one of Status: Completed Julieta Diaz America’s most enduring murder TUTTA LA VITA DAVANTI (CALL Country of origin: ITALY Status: Completed mysteries which calls for a reopening of CENTER) A road movie, a Moroccan transvestite Country of origin: Spain, Italy Comedy (117 min) the case in the lead up to the 40th dressmaker, a bride-to-be who must The feature film on the life of Diego Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Maradona brings new understanding of anniversary of his assassination in June recover her lost virginity.. Director: Paolo Virzi 2008. the Argentinian idol: the champion, the Scriptwriter: Francesco Bruni, Paolo RIPRENDIMI (GOOD MORNING genius, the excesses SUPERSTARS Virzi HEARTACHE) Documentary (26 x 30’) mobile/web FAMILY GAME Production company: Medusa Film & Drama (93 min) package (130 x 2.5’) Drama (90 min) Motorino Amaranto Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Language: English Country of origin: ITALIAN Key cast: Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Director: Anna Negri Producer: Marilyn Higgins Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Ghini, Sabrina Ferilli Scriptwriters: Anna Negri, Giovanna Cast: A range of celebrities including Director: Alfredo Arciero Status: Completed Mori Adam Sandler, Heath Ledger, Katie Production company: Videodrome Visual Country of origin: Italy Production company: Bess Movie Holmes, Eva Longoria and Colin Farrell. Productions s.r.l., Rai Cinema S.p.A., One of the best Italian films of the Producer: Francesca Neri, Claudio Delivery Status: Completed Iron Production s.r.l., I.D.F. Italian decade…a young woman’s hallucinating Amendola Year of Production: 2008, Country of Dream Factory s.r.l., Gianfranco Morani experiences in a call center treated with Key cast: Alba Rohrwacher Origin: Australia Scriptwriter: Alfredo Arciero, with the the lucidity of an investigative docu- Status: Completed The second series featuring Hollywood’s collaboration of Marina Polla De Luca fiction, it paints a fresco in grotesque Country of origin: ITALY most talked about film, music and Key cast: Sandra Ceccarelli, Stefano hues. A great contemporary love story in a television stars, including Mel Gibson, Dionisi, Fabio Troiano time of precarious existence: Status: Completed Tilda Swinton, Justin Timberlake, SCUSA MA TI CHIAMO AMORE alternatively emotional and funny Courtney Cox and Daniel Radcliffe; (SORRY IF I LOVE YOU) The façade of a seemingly happy family Romantic Comedy (104 min) weaving together naturalistic dialogue Superstars is the must-see collection of cracks to reveal deep wounds and dark Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH and close-up vérité style. celebrity profiles. secrets caused by their refusal to truly Director: Federico Moccia PIANO, SOLO (PIANO SOLO) communicate. BLING Scriptwriter: Federico Moccia Drama (111 min) Documentary (1 x 60’ & 1 x 90’) THE STORY OF LEO Production company: Medusa Film Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Language: English Animation (81 min) Producer: Rita Rusic Director: Riccardo Milani Delivery Status: Completed Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Key cast: Raoul Bova, Michela Scriptwriter: Ivan Cotroneo, Claudio Year of Production: 2007, Country of Budget: Delivery date Completed Quattrociocche Piersanti, Riccardo Milani Origin: USA Production company: Dujass Film Status: Completed Production Company: Rai Cinema, In this riveting, unforgettable film, a few Producer: Veronica Salvi, Marco Country of origin: ITALY Palomar, Hugo Films of hip hop’s finest travel to war-torn Ambrosino A record Italian box office hit, this is a Producer: Carlo Degli Esposti Sierra Leone and come face to face with Director: Mario Cambi lighthearted moving love story for all Key Cast: Kim Rossi Stuart, Jamine the real cost of bling. Scriptwriter: Pierstefano Marangoni, who dream and believe in true love… Trinca, Michele Placido Mario Cambi Status: Completed GIORNI E NUVOLE (DAYS AND Status: Completed Country of origin: ITALY CLOUDS) Country of origin: Italy The Business Of Film Drama (116 min) The fragile and tormented life of an artist An animated feature film: a romantic, Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH of genius. Based on a true story: from his adventurous, tender and amusing story of Cannes 2008 Director: Silvio Soldini childhood in Africa to his European a young vegetarian lion and the beautiful Scriptwriter: Doriana Leondeff, success as a gifted jazz musician, unable queen of a heard of elephants. Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 to love himself. Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, MOTHERS Email your press Silvio Soldini MARADONA THE HAND OF GOD Documentary (90 min) Production company: Lumière & Co, (MARADONA LA MANO DE DIOS) Language: Hebrew / Arabic Subtitles releases only Amka Films And Rtsi-Televisione Drama, Feature Film (113 min) ENGLISH Svizzera Co-Production Language: Spanish Subtitles English Production company: Rai Cinema, during Cannes to: Producer: Lionello Cerri Production company: Elide Melli For Digital Studio [email protected] Key cast: Margherita Buy, Antonio Comedy Film And Ombú Producciones, Producer: Alex Ponti Albanese In Collaboration With Rai Cinema Director: Barbara Cupisti Status: Completed Producer: Elide Melli
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C ANNES 2007 The Business of Film 45 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Scriptwriter: Barbara Cupisti years…tightly packaged, well-played, Producer: Michael Derbas & Julian http://www.the girlnextdoorfilm.com Status: Completed character-driven drama…with the bonus Boote Thriller (91 min) Country of origin: Italy of a good sense of humour… Key Cast: Michael Ironside, Kai Language: English A moving documentary: in this rare and GLORIOUS EXIT Wiesinger, Jeff Fahey Director: Gregory M. Wilson dramatic collection of testimonies, Israeli Documentary (75 min) Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Daniel Farrands and Palestinian mothers join together to Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Year of Production: 2005, Country of Producer: Andrew van den Houten express one universal sorrow: the loss of Director: Kevin Merz Origin: USA Key Cast: Blythe Auffarth, Daniel a son killed in this seemingly endless Scriptwriter: Kevin Merz Abandoned and filled with a mysterious Manche, Blanche Baker conflict. Production company: AMKA Films past, Holy Angel School for Girls is Delivery Status: Completed ROULETTE Productions & RTSI – Televisione about to reveal its secrets of betrayal, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Drama (94 min) Svizzera jealousy and vengeance. Origin: USA Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Producer: Tiziana Soudani, Luisella FATE Based on the novel by Jack Ketchum Director: Mohammed Soudani Realini Psychological Thriller (94 min) inspired by real events, THE GIRL Scriptwriter: Elvira Dones, Gianluca Key cast: Jarreth Merz Language: English NEXT DOOR provides an unflinching Bomprezzi Status: Completed Director: Ace Cruz look at the dark side of 1950s suburbia. Production company: AMKA Films Country of origin: SWITZERLAND Producer: Ray Guthrie Productions SA, RTSI – Televisione The death of a father he never really Key Cast: Michael Pare, Philip Michael Svizzera knew, makes a man come face to face Thomas, Lee Majors, Tom Savini AMERICA VIDEO Producer: Tiziana Soudani with his African heritage. And so he Delivery Status: Completed Key cast: Pietro Sermonti, Genti Kame, begins his journey from Los Angeles to Year of Production: 2003, Country of FILMS Jacqueline Lustig Nigeria to confront his roots Origin: USA America Video Films, Virrey Loreto Status: Completed This is the story of two detectives 2426, Buenos Aires, 1426, Argentina. Country of origin: Switzerland hunting a killer who is using his victims Tel: 5411.47879098. Fax: A rare bond is formed between the ALLIED as characters in a demented story. 5411.47879094. tormented son of a wealthy Swiss family www.americavideofilms.net, email: and a young Albanian immigrant with an ENTERTAINMENT, [email protected] inspiring and courageous vision of life Distributor INC. ALTADENA FILMS At Cannes: Enrique Maya (President), IO, L’ALTRO (I, THE OTHER) Allied Entertainment, Inc., 8899 Beverly Altadena Films, Linton House, 39/51 Claudio Braslavsky (VP Acquisitions and Drama (80 min) Blvd., Suite 911, West Hollywood, CA Highgate Road, London NW5 1RS UK. Marketing), Robery Sigman (Sales Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH 90048 USA. Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax: Tel: 44.20.7424.7280. Fax: Executive), Maria Fernanda Fernandez Director: Mohsen Melliti 310.271.0706. 44.20.7428.8936. Vila (Business Affairs), Utako Niimi Scriptwriter: Mohsen Melliti http://www.alliedentertainment.com, http://www.altadenafilms.com, email: (Japanese Consultant) Production companies: Passworld, Pulp email: [email protected] [email protected] Acquisition Executive: Claudio Video, Trees Pictures At Cannes: Ildi Toth Davy (Sales and At Cannes: James Moder (Chairman), Braslasvky Producer: Lorenzo Von Lorch, Maurizio Acquisitions), Maja Zimmermann Janet Y. Liu (VP - Sales Consultant, Office: Carlton Hotel, Suite 225/226, Tel: Santarelli, Raoul Bova (Acquisitions), Neda Tancic (Sales and Asia) 33.4.93.06.04.06 Key cast: Raoul Bova, Giovanni Office: C17, Riviera, Tel: 310.271.0703. Marketing) Martorana, Mario Pupella STORIES USA Fax: 310.271.0706 Office: Lerins R4, Tel: Drama (90 min) Status: Completed SHUT UP AND SHOOT! 33(0)4.92.99.32.22 Language: English Country of origin: ITALY Action / Comedy (87 min) SEACHD: THE CRIMSON Director: Various A story of friendship between two simple Language: English SNOWDROP Country of origin: USA people who belong to two different Director: Silvio Pollio http://www.seachd.com Key cast: Steve Carell, James Gandolfini, worlds and who suddenly find Producer: Bob Debrino Family (100 min) Josh Hartnettt themselves enemies Key Cast: Joe Cortese, Daniel Baldwin, Language: English, Gaelic In the land of plenty no excess is too ROSSO MALPELO (LITTLE BOY James Russo,Gary Busey, Tom Director: Simon Miller much. RED) Sizemore, John Savage, Roddy Piper, Writer: Simon Miller Drama (90 min) EARTH FROM ABOVE Willie Gault, Silvio Pollio Producer: Christopher Young Documentary (8 x 45’) Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Padruig Moireasdan, Aonghas Language: English Production company: Arbash Film Year of Production: 2006, Country of Padraig Caimbeul, Colla Domhnallach, Key Cast: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Producer: Pasquale Scimeca Origin: USA Dolina MacLennan, Winnie Brook Young Country of origin: France Director: Pasquale Scimeca Spencer Spector has the number one hit Delivery Status: Completed An extraordinary documentary series Scriptwriter: Pasquale Scimeca, Nennella movie for the weekend. Spencer and two Year of Production: 2007, Country of dedicated to confront and explore the Buonaiuto young film-makers now terrorize Origin: UK major issues currently at stake for the Key Cast: Marcello Mazzarella Tinseltown in a clandestine murderous When a young man, Angus, visits his planet, hosted by famous photographer Status: Completed rampage. dying Grandfather in hospital he cannot Yann Arthus-Bertrand and inspired by his Country of origin: Italy THE BARON AGAINST THE hold back his boyhood quest for the truth best-seller book. This story is based on a classic novel by DEMONS - the truth behind the death of his Giovanni Verga. It takes place in Sicily Action / Sci-Fi (97 min) parents. in a mine. What is described here could Language: English BIGGA THAN BEN: A RUSSIAN’S have happened today, anywhere in the Director: Ricardo Ribelles GUIDE TO RIPPING OFF LONDON world where there are children Writer: Ricardo Ribelles http://www.biggathanben.com abandoned, exploited, mistreated. Producer: Ana Sánchez-Gijón Comedy (85 min) IL DOLCE E L’AMARO (THE Key Cast: Juan Carlos Romeu, Helena Language: English, Russian SWEET AND THE BITTER) Le Cumberri, Xavier Bertran Director: S A Halewood Drama (90 min) Delivery Status: Completed Writer: S A Halewood Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producer: Liz Holford Director: Andrea Porporati Origin: Spain Key Cast: Ben Barnes, Andrei Chadov Scriptwriter: Andrea Porporati, Annio In the final days of the 21st Century, the Delivery Status: Completed Giocchino Stasi Earth is engaged in a devastating war Year of Production: 2007, Country of Production Company: Sciarló For with the forces of evil. An enigmatic Origin: UK Medusa Film SUPER HERO known as the BARON A dark comedy, based on the best-selling Producer: Francesco Tornatore begins a bloody war of vengeance in an diaries of two young Russian immigrants Key Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella attempt to save the Earth. who come to London to fleece the Finocchiaro FALLEN ANGELS system. Music by Pete Doherty, Joe Status: Completed Thriller (95 min) Strummer and GEAR. Country of origin: Italy Language: English JACK KETCHUM’S THE GIRL CROSSING The best mafia film to come along in Director: Ian David Diaz NEXT DOOR FINECUT / CINECLICK ASIA The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
46 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE SWEENEY TODD In Italy, an American woman fears her Horror (90’) AMERICAN WORLD sister has been kidnapped. Inspector Language: English Enzo Lavia fears it’s worse. They team Director: Dave Moore PICTURES up to rescue her from a killer known only American World Pictures, Key cast: Ray Winstone as Yellow. 16027 Ventura Blvd Encino CA, 91436 Country of origin: USA USA. THE TOKAREV Set in the harsh streets of 18th century Gangster/Drama (95 min) Tel: 1.818.380.9100. London, Sweeney Todd tells the dark & Language: English Fax: 1.818.380.0050. enthralling tale of the notorious serial- Writer: James Agnew and Sean Keller www.americanworldpictures.com killing baber. Worldwide Distribution Producer: Rafael Primorac; John Hicks At Cannes: Mark L Lester (President), Status: In Development Dana Dubovsky (President, Production), A reformed gangster’s past comes back AMERICAN CINEMA Judy Gold (Exec. VP Worldwide Sales), to haunt him. Jeffrey Goldman (VP Worldwide Sales) INTERNATIONAL Office: Riviera N° C6 American Cinema International, 15363 SHOOT ON SIGHT ARRI MEDIA Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406 USA. Political Thriller (112 min) LISSI AND THE WILD EMPEROR Tel: 1.818.907.8700. Fax: Director: Jag Mundhra WORLDSALES BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL 1.818.907.8719. http://www.aci- Writer: Carl Austin ARRI Media Worldsales americancinema.com, email: laura@aci- Producer: Aron Govil (Worldsales Company), Türkenstr. 89, americancinema.com Cast: Brian Cox , Greta Scacchi, Om 80799 Munich, Germany. Tel: ARROW At Cannes: George Shamieh (CEO), Puri , Naseeruddin Shah, Sadie Frost 0049(0)89.38.09.1288. Fax: ENTERTAINMENT Chevonne O’Shaughnessy (President), Tariq Ali (Shah), a Muslim police officer 0049(0)89.38.09.1619. www.arri- Laura Voros (VP, Foreign Sales) of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down mediaworldsales.de INC. At Cannes: Antonio Exacoustos (Head of Office: B5, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.16 suspected suicide-bombers against the Arrow Entertainment Inc., 7 Givins St., Worldsales) JACK HUNTER: THE LOST backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Toronto, On M6J 2X5 Canada. Tel: TREASURE OF UGARIT Office: Int’l Village, German Pavilion, 1.416.516.0815. Fax: 1.416.880.9973. THE LITTLE TRAITOR German Films, Action/Adventure (90 min) Drama (88 min) http://www.arrow-entertainment.com, Tel: 0033.4.925.90.252. Language: English Writer: Amos Oz, Lynn Roth, email: [email protected] Fax: 0033.4.925.90.253 At Cannes: Steve Arroyave (CEO), Nick Director: Terry Cunningham Director: Lynn Roth Rotundo (Sales Executive) Writer: Michael Palmieri, Kevin Moore Producers: Eithan Evan and Marilyn Hall DER ROTE ELVIS (THE RED Office: Riviera B19, Tel: 04 92 99 33 21 Producer: George Shamieh, Chevonne Cast: Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Theodore ELVIS) Documentary (90 minutes) O’Shaughnessy, Osama Bastaki Bikel MYSTERIOUS Language: German/English/Spanish http://www.mysteriousthemovie.com Key Cast: Ivan Sergei, Joanne M. Kelly, Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive Director: Leopold Grün Supernatural Thriller Thure Riefenstein eleven year old wants nothing more than Producer: Thomas Janze Language: English Delivery Status: Completed for the occupying British to get the hell With: Isabelle Allende Bussi, Celino Director: Stewart Raffil Budget: $15 million out of his land. Bleiweiss, Peter Boyles, Egon Krenz, Writer: Stewart Raffil Year of Production: 2008, Country of THE LENA BAKER STORY Maren Zeidler, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Producer: Diane Kirman Origin: Turkey Biography (108 min) Wiebke Reed, Guenter Reisch Key Cast: James Brolin, Antonio Sabato Jack Hunter, an adventurous treasure Director: Ralph Wilcox Delivery Status: Completed Jr., Annalynne McCord seeker, goes to Ugarit, a town in Syria that Writer: Ralph Wilcox Year of Production: 2007 Delivery Status: Completed existed during the Pharoah’s reign, seeking Producers: Dennis Johnson, Barton Rice Rockstar, Cowboy, Socialist: During Year of Production: 2007, Country of clues to a rumored buried treasure. Cast: Tichina Arnold, Michael Rooker, Cold War times US American singer and Origin: USA/Bahamas JACK HUNTER: THE QUEST FOR Peter Coyote, Jasmine Farmer. actor Dean Reed is the superstar of the A mysterious and beautiful woman AKHENATON’S TOMB A chronicle of the life of Lena Baker, the Soviet Union and worshipped throughout appears on the island of Eleuthera in the Action/Adventure (90 min) first woman to be sent to the electric Language: English the Eastern Bloc and South America. Caribbean, to avenge a murderous act, by chair in deadly seduction. Director: Terry Cunningham Georgia for the murder of her employer, AUFTAUCHEN (AMOUR FOU / Producer: George Shamieh, Chevonne BREAKING THE SURFACE) HARVEST who forced her into sexual slavery. http://www.psychokey.com/harvest O’Shaughnessy, Osama Bastaki Erotic Drama Musical Docu-drama Key Cast: Ivan Sergei, Joanne M. Kelly, Language: German Patois Thure Riefenstein Director: Felicitas Korn Director: Nicolas Jolliet Delivery Status: Completed ARRAMIS FILMS, Producer: Judith Erber, Bernhard Koch Writer: Nicolas Jolliet Budget: $15 million Cast: Henriette Heinze, Golo Euler, INC. Producer: Nicolas Jolliet Year of Production: 2008, Country of Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Packhaeuser, Till Arramis Films, Inc., 8619 - 17th NE, Key Cast: Azaniah, Joseph Sonson, Baril Origin: Turkey Trenkel, Patrick Gueldenberg, Juergen Seattle, WA 98115-3203 USA. Pelage, Kyra Levy Jack Hunter continues his quest to find Lehmann, Claire Oelkers Tel: 323.654.4965. Fax: 206.782.8351. Delivery Status: Completed the Ugarit treasure as an ancient obelisk Delivery Status: Completed http://www.arramisfilms.com, Year of Production: 2007, Country of with Ugarit symbols has been found Year of Production: 2006 email: [email protected] Origin: Canada/St. Lucia revealing a link between the pharaoh At Cannes: Rafael Primorac Nadja utterly storms through life, without The musical journey of a Ganja planter. Akhenaten to the treasure. (President) compromise. When she meets Darius, she is only interested in a one-night SAVING GOD THE BOXER Office: stand. Drama Drama (90 min) GIALLO (YELLOW) Language: English Horror (95 min) CLARA Language: English Director: Thomas Jahn Language: English Feature (110 minutes) Director: Duane Crichton Writer: Thomas Jahn, Sabine Leipert Director: Dario Argento Language: German Writer: Michael Jackson Producer: Rolant Hergert, Michael Writer: James Agnew and Sean Keller Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms Co-Production Partners: Clear Souvignier, Ica Souvignier Co-Production Partners: Hannibal Producer: Alfred Hürmer, Helma Entertainment, Cloud Ten Pictures Key Cast: Stacy Keach, Joshua Dallas, Pictures Sanders-Brahms Producer: Dominic Serafino, Wayne Kelly Adams Producer: Rafael Primorac and Richard Cast: Martina Gedeck, Pascal Gregory, Thompson, Philip Mellows, Andre van Delivery Status: Completed Rionda del Castro Malik Zidi Heerden Budget: $3-$5 million Key Cast: Adrien Brody; Emmanuelle Delivery Status: Post-Production Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Dean Year of Production: 2008, Country of Seigner; Elsa Pataky Year of Production: 2008 McDermott, Ricardo Chavira Origin: Germany Delivery Status: Pre-Production Music, love, jealousy, drama: Delivery Status: Post Production Upon his release from prison, Ben Budget: $8 million The story of Clara Schumann offers all Year of Production: 2008, Country of redeems himself with the help of his Year of Production: 2008, Country of the components of great cinema. Origin: Canada mentor Joe. Origin: U.S./Italy Ex-con, Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames),
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 47 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE becomes the pastor of the Church he Morales, Howie Mandel, Jeff Fahey grew up in and battles a neighborhood of ARTEDIS - CINEMA Delivery Status: Completed ASP ALAIN SIRITZKY drugs and violence to save souls, one Year of Production: 2005, Country of ARTS Origin: USA PRODUCTION Artedis - Cinema Arts, 12 rue ASP Alain Siritzky Production, 6399 Six young people are held hostage in a Raynouard, Paris 75016 France. Tel: Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1007, Los Angeles, laundromat when a money exchange by 33.1.53.92.29.29. Fax: 33.1.53.92.29.20. CA 90048 USA. Tel: 1.323.655.6845. ARSENAL PICTURES low-level gangsters goes wrong. Sure to Arsenal Pictures, 6363 Wilshire Blvd., http://www.artedisfilms.com, Fax: 1.323.655.6849. be a cult classic! Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA. http://www.cinemaartsent.com, email: www.asproductions.net, email: Tel: 1.323.852.0011. [email protected] [email protected] Fax: 1.323.852.0013. www.arsenal- At Cannes: Pierre-Richard Muller Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor pictures.com, email: info@arsenal- (Chairman), Chantal Lam (Vice- ARTIST VIEW At Cannes: Alain Siritzky (President), pictures.com President) Michele Siritzky (Marketing), George Distributor Office: Grand Hotel, Building Cormoran ENTERTAINMENT Pilzer (Sales Agent), Gabriel Orgal At Cannes: Yarek Danielak (Managing II, Tel: 0493995667, Fax: 0493995667 Artist View Entertainment, 4425 Irvine (Sales) Director), Arianne Fraser (Sales) DRILLER Avenue, Studio City, CA 91602 USA. Tel: Office: C13, Tel: 04.93.43.97.48. Tel: Acquisition Executive: Thomas Speller http://www.drillermovie.com 1.818.752.2480. Fax: 1.818.752.9339. 06.08.58.16.01 Office: Riviera G1/H4, Science-Fiction, Horror (85 min) www.artistviewent.com, email: EMMANUELLE PRIVATE Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.42 Language: English [email protected] COLLECTION At Cannes: Scott Jones (President), Jay THE SAINT Director: Jason Kartalian EMMANUELLE IN SPACE Joyce (Vice President) Action Writer: Jason Kartalian EMMANUELLE IN RIO Office in Cannes: Riviera D10, Tel: Director: Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Co-Production Partners: Viewfinder EMMANULLE 5 33(0)4.92.99.32.41 Sleepers) Entertainment EMMANUELLE 2000 Producer: William J. MacDonald (HBO’s Producer: Jason Kartalian MR. ART CRITIC EMMANUELLE 6 Comedy (90 minutes) Rome) Key Cast: Tanya Dempsey, Ivy EMMANUELLE 7 Cast: Bronson Pinchot, Toni Trucks, John Cast: James Purefoy (Rome) Gullickson EMMANUELLE THE TELEVISON Lepard Status: In Production Delivery Status: Completed SERIES An updated adventure following the Year of Production: 2006, Country of Status: Complete exploits of sophisticated international Origin: USA Year: 2008, Country of Origin: USA thief Simon Templar, whose job it is to An ordinary man is abducted by After a scolding from his boss, a high right the wrongs of the modern world. malevolent aliens and turned into a profile art critic known for his heartless THE ASYLUM The Asylum, 1012 N. Sycamore Avenue, drilling and killing machine. commentaries, retreats to his cottage on HAROLD Los Angeles, CA 90038 USA. Tel: Family the lake to clear his head. SHOOTING SILVIO 323.850.1214. Fax: 323.850.1218. Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), http://www.shootingsilvio.com BILLY OWENS: THE SECRET OF http://www.theasylum.cc, email: Spencer Breslin (The Saunta Clause Drama (96 min) THE RUNES [email protected] 2&3), Fred Willard (Best in Show) Language: Italian Family (90 minutes) At Cannes: David Rimawi (CEO), Paul Status: Ready for delivery Director: Berardo Carboni Cast: Dalton Mugridge, Ciara Bales (Chief Operating Officer), Keith A teenager with an early onset of male- Writer: Berardo Carboni, Carlo Durante, O’Hanlon,Christopher Fazio,Mikayla Leopard (Consultant) pattern baldness befriends his high Daniele Malvolta Ottonello Office: Riviera A16, Tel: 323.497.1245 school’s janitor. Co-Production Partners: Mork & Berry, Status: Post Production 100 MILLION BC (PREHISTORIC) SARAH LANDON AND THE Kubla Khan Year: 2008, Country of Origin: Canada http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id PARANORMAL HOUR Producer: Umberto Massa Billy, along with his two fellow students =138 Family/Mystery Key Cast: Federico Rosati, Sofia Vigliar in magic, must find a way to free their Science Fiction (90 min) Cast: Rissa Walters, Brian Comrie Delivery Status: Completed teachers’ soul from an enchanted amulet Language: English Status: Ready for delivery Year of Production: 2006, Country of before he is trapped forever. Director: Louis Myman A 17-year-old girl has mysterious Origin: Italy THE ELEVENTH HOUR Writer: Paul Bales encounters with paranormal activity in A satirical drama about a young, rich, Action (90 minutes) Producer: David Michael Latt, David the small town of Pine Valley. outlandish orphan who plots to kill Prime Cast: Matthew Reese, Kannika Coley, Rimawi, Paul Bales STAG NIGHT Minister Silvio Berlusconi in an attempt James Jamison, David Nibley Key Cast: Michael Gross, Greg Evigan, Action/Thriller to make himself seem more interesting. Status: Completed Christopher Atkins Director: Peter A. Dowling (Flightplan) CHARITON’S CHOIR Year: 2008, Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed Producers: Arnold Rifkin (Die Hard 4.0, Comedy (100 min) After years as a prisoner of war, a former Year of Production: 2007, Country of Tears of the Sun), Christopher Eberts Language: Greek navy SEAL, is trying to live a normal Origin: USA (Lord of War, Lucky Number Slevin) Director: Grigoris Karantinakis life. Scientists discover time travel with Cast: Kip Pardue, Vinessa Shaw, Breckin Writer: Grigoris Karantinakis, Yorgos HOUSE OF FEARS horrible consequences when they Meyer Makris, Dimitris Vakis Thriller (90 minutes) inadvertently bring a giant carnivorous STATUS: Post-production Co-Production Partners: CL Productions, Cast: Corrie English, Sandra McCoy dinosaur back to modern Los Angeles. Boarding a train after celebrating a Graal, Nova Corey Sevier, Alice Greczyn, Eliot JOURNEY TO THE bachelor party at a strip club, four guys Producer: Elena Hatzialexandrou Benjamin Michael J. Pagan CENTER OF THE EARTH find themselves stranded in an Key Cast: Georges Corraface, Maria Status: Completed http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=145 abandoned subway in New York City. Nafpliotou, Akilas Karazisis Year: 2008, Country of Origin: USA Science Fiction (90 min) NIGHT TRAIN Delivery Status: Completed Six friends sneak into a haunted house lgEnglish Action/Thriller Year of Production: 2005, Country of the night before it opens for Halloween, Director: Scott Wheeler and Cast: Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Origin: Greece only to find their evening of fun has Davey Jones Saw), Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut, Chariton is schoolmaster in a tiny town on turned into their worst nightmare. Writer: Steve Bevilacqua and Scott Deep Impact), Steve Zahn (Sahara, Corfu during a time of military Wheeler Rescue Dawn), Matthias Schweighöfer occupation. His greatest passion is the Producer: David Michael Latt, (The Red Baron) school choir. His greatest love affair is life! David Rimawi, Paul Bales Producers: Arnold Rifkin (Die Hard 4.0, SPIN CYCLE Key Cast: Greg Evigan, Tears of the Sun), Christopher Eberts Action, comedy (88 min) Dedee Pfeiffer (Lord of War, Lucky Number Slevin) Language: English During Cannes Contact Delivery Status: Completed Status: Post-production Director: Scott Marshall Year of Production: 2008, Country of As a nearly empty passenger train Writer: Paul Grace, Adam Lybbert The Business of Film Origin: USA plunges into the heart of a blizzard on Co-Production Partners: Galilay Carlton Hotel Office 149 A hi-tech drilling rig must rescue a Christmas Eve the lives of three Entertainment, Evolving Pictures research team trapped deep below the characters are changed forever when an Producer: Jack Gilardi, jr. Tel 04 93 06 41 49 Earth’s surface. There they discover an eccentric passenger dies- leaving behind Key Cast: Sarah Chalke, Lochlyn Munro, exotic world — rich with spectacular a mysterious wooden box. Maxin Bahns, Constance Zimmer, Esai flora and fantastical creatures.
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48 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE WAR OF THE WORLDS 2: THE Stussak / PRISMA FILM Vienna and THE TURTLE’S SONG NEXT WAVE Piotr Documentary (95 min) http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id Dzieciol, Ewa Puszynska / OPUS FILM Language: English =141 Lódz Director: Nick Stringer Science Fiction (90 min) Cast: Lukasz Garlicki, August Diehl, Writer: Nick Stringer Language: English Nadia Cameron-Blakey Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Director: C. Thomas Howell Delivery Status: completed Nick Stringer, Helmut Grasser Writer: Steve Bevilacqua and Karen Year of Production: 2008, Country of Cast: Animal Documentary Forsberg Origin: Austria/Poland Delivery Status: in Post-Production Producer: David Michael Latt, David Based on the best-seller by Radek Budget: US $ 5 Rimawi, Paul Bales Knapp. - To prepare for this first travel Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Christoper abroad, Polish youngster Waldemar has Origin: UK, Austria, Germany “Kid” Reid soaked up endless wisdom by his Tells the story of a little loggerhead Delivery Status: Completed neighbour, Mr. Kuka, whose turtle, who follows in the path of her BOB_MARLEY - VISION MUSIC Year of Production: 2007, Country of recommendations are – well, weird. ancestors on one of the most Director: In negotiation Origin: USA extraordinary journeys in the natural Writer: Yaron Seelig Two years after the Martian invasion, world. Co-Production Partners: Chaim Sharir, George Herbert’s worst fears are ATRIX FILMS / SOLA Jan Fantl realized: They have returned. Producer: Jean-Luc Van Damme MEDIA Key Cast: In negotiation Atrix Films / Sola Media, Delivery Status: Pre-Production ATLAS Aggensteinstrasse 13 a, 81545 München, B Budget: 11 MUS$ Germany. Tel: 49.89.64282611. Fax: BANANA FILMS Year of Production: 2009, Country of INTERNATIONAL 49.89.64957349. www.atrix-films.com, e- Origin: Israel Atlas International Film GmbH, Banana Films, 83-85 Rue Philomene, mail: [email protected] The story of a war photographer, the Candidplatz 11, D - 81543 Munich, Brussels 1030 Belgium. Sales Agent, Film Financing, Distributor most famous one of the 20th century, Germany. Tel: 49.89.210.975.0. Fax: Tel: 322 219 9190. Fax: 322 219 9410. At Cannes: Beatrix Wesle (CEO), who at the age of 35 finds himself at a 49.89.210.975.81. http://www.bananafilms.be, email: Solveig Langeland (CEO), Thomas midlife crossroads. http://www.atlasfilm.com, email: [email protected] Woodward (Sales) At Cannes: Jean-Luc VAN DAMME [email protected] Office: Riviera C 18, Palais de Festival), Sales Agent (CEO - Producer) Tel: 33.607.377.318 and 33.607.331377 At Cannes: Stefan Menz (President), Office: Tel: 0673830192 BUY BORROW STEAL (MISS BANKSIDE FILMS Kai-Roger Grueneke (President), Philipp ANGELS’ CHOICE Bankside Films, Douglas House, 3 CONCEPTION) http://www.bananafilms.be/index.php?opt Menz (President/Sales & Acquisitions), Richmond Buildings, London W1 3HE Love Comedy (94 min) ion=com_content&task=view&id=45&It Dieter Menz (Senior Vice President), UK. Tel: 0044 20 7734 3566. Language: English emid=19 Michel Vandewalle (Head of Business http://www.bankside-films.com, email: Development), Susanne Groh (National Director: Eric Style Drama (100 min) Producer: Doris Kirch [email protected] & International Sales) Language: English At Cannes: Hilary Davis Office: G9/H12 Riviera and Office 18, Cast: Heather Graham, Mia Kirshner Director: Maria RIPOLL (Co-Managing Director), Phil Hunt (Co- quai St. Pierre, 1st floor, Vieux Port de Delivery Status: completed / Market Writer: Greg LATTER, Marie-Laure Managing Director), Stephen Kelliher Cannes, Tel: 49.172.8276.385 and Screenings BERTHELIN, Louise LONGO (Director of Sales & Marketing), Maria 49.174.312.88.92 Budget: US $ 9,5 Mio. Co-Production Partners: Kwesi Dickson, Carrion (Head of Acquisitions), Antonio Year of Production: 2007, Country of Carlos Taillefer, Jan Fantl HABERMANN’S MILL Salas (Sales Executive) Drama Origin:, UK, UK Producer: Jean-Luc VAN DAMME Office: Apartment Louis II, 2nd Floor, 55 Language: German / Czech An ambitious young London professional Key Cast: In negotiation La Croisette, Tel: 33(0)4.93.39.40.69 learns she has only one month left in Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Georg Juraj Herz IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS Producer: Karel Dirka, ART OKO which to conceive a child. Budget: 11 M US$ http://www.insearchofamidnightkiss.com Filmproduktions KG and Pavel Novy, THE TWO HORSES OF DSCHINGIS Year of Production: 2009, Country of Romantic Comedy (90 min) KN Filmcompany s.r.o. KHAN Origin: Belgium Language: English Key Cast: Mark Waschke, Hannah Theatrical Documentary Both Kate’s daughter and her husband Director: Alex Holdridge Herzsprung, Ben Becker, Lukas Vaculik, Director: Byambasuren Davaa died at sea and, as the lone survivor, she Writer: Alex Holdridge Karel Roden, David Kross, Zuzana Producer: Byambasuren Davaa becomes a suspect in a possible murder Producer: Seth Caplan, Scoot McNairy Kronerova Cast: Urna investigation. Key Cast: Scoot McNairy, Sara Delivery Status: in pre-production Delivery Status: in pre-production SCHMUCK ! Simmonds, Brian Matthew McGuire, Country of Origin: Germany/Czech Year of Production: 2008/2009, Country http://www.bananafilms.be/index.php?opt Katy Luong Republic of Origin:, Germany ion=com_content&task=view&id=43&It Delivery Status: Completed Based on the novel by Josef Urban. Fascinating new music documentary by emid=19 Year of Production: 2007, Award winning director Georg Juraj Herz international acclaimed filmmaker Dark comedy (100 min) Country of Origin: USA will direct this powerful drama set Byambasuren Davaa starring famous Language: English A rollicking comic ride and tender against the backdrop of a Czech village singer URNA. Director: In negotiation journey through love, sex and modern during the Second World War. SUNSHINE BARRY AND THE Writer: Greg LATTER romance in Los Angeles on New Year’s Co-Production Partners: Jan Fantl DRAGON DALE DISCO WORMS Eve. Animation / Family (89 min) Producer: Jean-Luc VAN DAMME Family Fantasy ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Language: English Language: English Key Cast: In negotiation Black Comedy Producer: Mediacontentfactory, Eva Director: Thomas Borch Nielsen Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English Finance GmbH Producer: Nina Crone, Solveig Budget: 10 MUS$ Director: Andrew Lancaster Delivery Status: in development Langeland Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Brian Carbee Country of Origin: Germany Cast: Animation Origin: Belgium Producer: Anthony Anderson A compelling story of Finn and Caitlin, Delivery Status: in production An elderly Jewish man goes to Berlin to Key Cast: Geena Davis, Joel Tobeck, whose parents decide to go on vacation Budget: $ 4,7 Mio. make peace with his estranged daughter Harrison Gilbertson to repair their broken family life But they Year of Production: 2008, Country of and is unwittingly lured into a terrorist Delivery Status: Pre-Production wake up on the holiday island, nothing is Origin: Denmark, Germany bombing for which he is blamed. Year of Production: 2008, the same. They are in the 10th century. The young earthworm Barry is fed up AWAITING CAPA Country of Origin: Australia http://www.bananafilms.be/index.php?opt MR KUKA’S ADVICE with being at the bottom of the food Accidents Happen is Comedy (approx. 94 min) chain. All the other insects in the ion=com_content&task=view&id=44&It the surprising tale of how Language: Polish/German/English backyard consider earthworms to be emid=19 a good boy’s bad behaviour might just Director: Dariusz Gajewski major losers: no arms – no backbone – Romantic biopic (100 min) manage to save his very dysfunctional family. Producer: Mathias Forberg, Heinz no brain! Language: English
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 49 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE BRAN NUE DAE long-cherished dreams. Delivery Status: completed Delivery Status: Preproduction Musical Romance RESTLESS Year of Production: 2008, Country of Budget: $12M Language: English http://www.bavaria-film- Origin: Austria Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Rachel Perkins international.com TV movie about the life and death of Origin: USA Producer: Robyn Kershaw Drama (100 min) internationally successful Austrian singer Love takes off again for ex-lovers Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English, Hebrew Falco. unexpectedly seated next to each other in Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Amos Kollek HEART OF FIRE (FEUERHERZ) first class on a red-eye flight from LA to Origin: Australia Writer: Amos Kollek Drama (92 min) London. When Willie, a teenage Aboriginal boy, Producer: Talia Kleinhendler, Michael Language: Tigrinya runs away from his oppressively Tapuach Director: Luigi Falorni religious boarding school, he finds Co-production partners: Pie Films LTD, Writer: Luigi Falorni, Gabriele Kister himself scared and alone facing an epic Hamon Hafakot Ltd. Co-Production Partners: A Burkert BOLD FILMS Bold Films, 6464 Sunset Blvd., Suite 800, journey across Australia in order to find Key Cast: Moshe Ivgy, Ran Danker, Bareiss Production by TV60, Senator Los Angeles, CA 90028 USA. Tel: his way home. Karen Young, Phyllis Sommerville Film Produktion, Aichholzer Film, Beta 1.323.769.8900. Fax: 1.323.769.8954. Delivery Status: Completed Film At Cannes: David Lancaster (Co- Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Andreas Bareiss, Sven President), Gary Michael Walters (Co- Origin: Israel, Canada, Belgium, France, Burgemeister, Gloria Burkert, Bernd President), Stephanie Denton (President, BAVARIA FILM Germany Burgemeister Worldwide Sales), Jim Harvey (SVP, INTERNATIONAL In this edgy and streetwise drama, Key Cast: Letekidan Elias, Seble International Sales), Jill Montgomery Bavaria Film International, Moshe, an Israeli small-timer living in Tilahun, Salomie Elias, Daniel Seyoum (Director of Operations, Worldwide Bavariafilmplatz 7 / Bldg 71, New York has hit rock bottom when his Delivery Status: Completed Distribution) Geiselgasteig, 82031 Germany. Tel: son, who was left behind in Israel, wants Year of Production: 2008, Country of Office: Majestic Hotel, Ste. 138 to see him for the first time. 49.89.6499.2686. Fax: 49.89.6499.3720. Origin: Germany, Austria LEGION www.bavaria-film-international.com, e- Brought up in an orphanage, a 10-year- Action/Thriller mail: [email protected] old Eritrean girl is reunited with her Language: English Sales Agent family, only to be delivered into the Director: Scott Charles Stewart At Cannes: Thorsten Ritter (Head of BETA CINEMA Beta Cinema, Gruenwalder Weg 28d, hands of the Eritrean Liberation Front Producer: David Lancaster Bavaria Film International), Stefanie where, as a child soldier, her young but Key Cast: Lucas Black, Paul Bettany, Zeitler (Head of Sales), Sebastian Oberhaching, 82041 Germany. Tel: 49.89.6734.69.80. Fax: courageous heart refuses to let her kill. Dennis Quaid, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Kiesmüller (Head of Marketing), Klaus 49.89.6734.69.888. Walsh, Tyrese Gibson, Charles S. Dutton Rasmussen (Sales Manager), Anegret http://www.betacinema.com, email: Delivery Status: In Production Eckl (Sales Manager), Olaf Aichinger [email protected] Year of Production: 2008, Country of (Acquisitions Manager), Evelyn At Cannes: Dirk Schuerhoff (Managing BLUE STAR MOVIES Origin: USA Holzendorf (Marketing Manager) Director), Andreas Rothbauer (Head of LTD STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 Office: Riviera booth number H 9, Tel: International Sales and Acquisitions), Blue Star Movies Ltd, 175 – 185 Gray’s Sci-Fi - Action 33(0)4.92.99.32.34, Fax: Dorothee Stoewahse (Press & PR), Inn Road - London WC1X 8UE U.K. Tel: Language: English 33(0)4.92.99.32.35 Delphine Eon (Festival Coordinator) 0044.0.207.812 0700. Fax: Director: Edward Neumeier THE STRANGER IN ME Office: R17, Tel: 33.4.9299.3323, Fax: 0044.0.207.812.0650. Writer: Edward Neumeier Drama (99 min) 33.4.9299.3324 www.bluestarmovies.com, email: Producer: David Lancaster Language: German Key Cast: Casper Van Dien, Jolene RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - FROM [email protected] Director: Emily Atef Producer Blalock JUNKIE TO IRONMAN (LAUF UM Writer: Emily Atef, Esther Bernstorff At Cannes: Pete Maggi (Chairman & Delivery Status: Post Production DEIN LEBEN - VOM JUNKIE ZUM Producer: Nicole Gerhards Head of Intl. Sales), Barbara Martins Year of Production: 2008, Country of IRONMAN) Co-production partners: ZDF Das kleine Drama (102 min) (Head of Acquisitions) Origin: USA Fernsehspiel, DFFB in association with Language: German Acquisition Executive: Barbara Martins COME EARLY MORNING ARTE Director: Adnan G. Koese Office: Agarttha Yacht, Jetée Albert- Drama (97 min ) Key Cast: Susanne Wolff, Johann von Writer: Adnan G. Koese, Fritjof Hohagen Edouard, Cannes, Tel: 001.310.721.1060 Language: English Buelow Co-Production Partners: Enigma Film, CITY OF DRAGONS (CITY OF Director: Joey Lauren Adams Delivery Status: Completed Odeon Pictures, Neue Kinowelt NINE DRAGONS) Writer: Joey Lauren Adams Year of Production: 2008, Country of Filmproduktion, Lunaris Film Martial Arts/Biopic Key Cast: Ashley Judd Origin: Germany Producer: Fritjof Hohagen, Clarens Language: Cantonese Delivery Status: Completed Rebecca and Julian are joyfully Grollmann Director: Fruit Chan Year of Production: 2007, Country of expecting their first child. But as soon as Key Cast: Max Riemelt, Jasmin Writers: Paul Brown, Marc Brown and Origin: USA the baby is delivered, Rebecca falls into Schwiers, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Axel Fruit Chan a deep darkness – to the point that she Stein, Robert Gwisdek, Ismail Deniz,Udo Producers: Terence Chang & John Woo, realizes she is becoming a threat to her Schenk, Ingo Naujoks Lion Rock Productions; Wendy Winks, A child. Wink and A Nod Productions; Pete BOOMTOWN MEDIA Delivery Status: Completed Boomtown Media, Fuggerstr. 33, Berlin, Maggi, Blue Star Movies. CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI Year of Production: 2007, Country of 10777, Germany. Tel: 49.30.814.529.50. www.kirschblueten-film.de Delivery Status: Preproduction Origin: Germany Fax: 49.30.814.529.55. Drama (126 min) Budget: $10M Andreas and his gang of friends are http://www.boomtownmedia.de, email: Language: German, English, Japanese Year of Production: 2009, Country of troublemakers – they get stoned on grass, [email protected] Director: Doris Doerrie go on shoplifting excursions and are Origin: USA Production, World Sales Writer: Doris Doerrie continually running from the cops. City Of Dragons is the as-yet-untold At Cannes: Uwe Dierks (Producer), Producer: Molly von Fürstenberg, FALCO (QUIT LIVING ON story of how a young Bruce Lee and his Norbert Maass (World Sales Agent) Harald Kügler DREAMS) friend Ah Hing came of age in the Acquisition Executive: Uwe Dierks Co-production partners: Olga Film, BR, (FALCO - VERDAMMT WIR LEBEN British-ruled Hong Kong in the 1950s, (CEO) arte, ARD degeto NOCH) and learned Kung Fu from Yip Man. Office: MEDIA Umbrella or German Key Cast: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Drama (109 min) STAND BY LOVE Focus (International village), Tel: Uwe Elsner, Aya Irizuki Language: German Romantic Comedy Dierks 49.163.855.65.00, Norbert Maass Delivery Status: Completed Director: Thomas Roth Language: English 49.171.125.81.91 Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Thomas Roth Director: Lesli Linka Glatter TRIP TO ASIA Origin: Germany Co-Production Partners: MR Film, Eos Writer: Vincent Angell http://www.triptoasia.de The sudden death of his wife plunges a Entertainment Producers: Pete Maggi, Blue Star Documentary (108 min) terminally ill man into profound grief. Producer: Kurt J. Mrkwicka Movies/ Essence Entertainment; Wendy Language: English, German Realizing how little he knew her and Key Cast: Manuel Rubey,Christian Winks, A Wink and A Nod Productions; Director: Thomas Grube how little he showed her his affection, he Tramitz, Nicholas Ofczarek, Patricia Mark Kaplan & Harriet Greenspan, Writer: Thomas Grube devotes his last weeks to fulfilling her Aulitzky, Susi Stach Atypical Entertaiment. Producer: Uwe Dierks, Andrea Thilo,
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50 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Thomas Grube love was in order to receive her rather Key Cast: Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner large inheritance. CELSIUS Philharmoniker MEDUSA Delivery Status: Completed Thriller ENTERTAINMENT Budget: $2.03 Million Language: English LTD. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Sherri Strain Celsius Entertainment Ltd., 32 Maple Origin: Germany Delivery Status: Pre-Production Street, London W1T 6HB United TRIP TO ASIA, the first film about the Year of Production: 2008 Kingdom. Tel: 44.20.7193.1801. mysterious inside life of the Berliner An assassin, hired to kill a philanthropist http://www.celsiusentertainment.com, Philharmoniker is an inspiring film about who is using a devious weapon to email: [email protected] the power of music, the challenge of overthrow a media empire; realizes the At Cannes: Thierry Wase-Bailey finding harmony and the art of living – weapon is a woman whose glare turns (Managing Director and Head of Sales), together. victims into stone. Henriette Wollmann (Head of European Co-production, Legal and Business RHYTHM IS IT! http://www.rhythmisit.com Affairs) Documentary (100 min.) Office: Entrance 7E, Apt 3E2, 3rd Floor, Language: German, English CAPITOL FILMS Residences Gray D’Albion, 20 Bis rue DUSKA - CINEMAVAULT INTERNATIONAL Capitol Films, Bridge House, 2nd Floor, Director: Thomas Grube, Enrique des Serbes, Tel: 44.20.7193.1801 63-65 North Wharf Road, London W2 Sánchez Lansch 1LA, UK. Tel: 44.207.298.6200. Fax: FREAKONOMICS Writer: Thomas Grube Documentary 44.207.298.6201. www.capitolfilms.com, Producer: Uwe Dierks, Andrea Thilo, Language: English email: [email protected] Thomas Grube At Cannes: Peter Naish (Managing Director: Various C Co-production partners: RBB/arte, Cine Director), James Norrie (Head of Sales), Producer: Chad Troutwine, Seth Gordon CINE EXCEL Plus, Germany Jessica Malik (Sales Executive), Hannah Delivery Status: In Production Key Cast: Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner leader (General Counsel) Year of Production: 2008, Country of ENTERTAINMENT, Philharmoniker, Royston Maldoom, Office: 63 La Croisette, 1st Floor, Origin: USA INC Marie Theinert, Martin Eisentraut, Cannes, 06400. Tel: 04.93.43.8257. Fax: Based on the publishing phenomenon Cine Excel Entertainment, Inc, 1219 W. Olayinka Shitu 04.93.43.9050 Freakonomics, some of the world’s most Delivery Status: Completed innovative documentary filmmakers will El Segundo Blvd. Gardena, CA 90247 LOVE RANCH USA. Tel: 001.323.754.5500. Fax: Budget: $1.1 Million Romantic Drama explore the hidden side of everything. Year of Production: 2004, Country of 001.818.848.4478. www.cineexcel.com, Language: English VIVALDI email: [email protected] Origin: Germany Director: Taylor Hackford Period drama Sales Agent, Distributor A stirring film about empowerment Writer: Mark Jacobson Language: English At Cannes: David Huey (President), Ed through dance and music, records the Producers: Taylor Hackford Director: Boris Damast Tillman (VP International Marketing), first big educational project of the Berlin Leading Cast: Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Writer: Jeffrey Freedman, Boris Damast Yoko Suenega (VP International Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Sergio Peris- Mencheta, Gina Gershon, Co-Production Partners: Mechaniks, Servicing) Rattle. Bai Ling Hand Picked Films, Future Films Acquisition Executive: David Huey Status: Post Production Producer: Andrea Kikot, Anthony (President) Production Country: USA Romano, Michel Shane Office: Private Residence Office, Tel: BREAKOUT Grace (Helen Mirren) is married to Key Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gerard 001.818.679.2994 Charlie (Joe Pesci), a violent gangster Depardieu, Alfred Molina CARNIVAL EVIL ENTERTAINMENT constantly trying to hit the big time. Delivery Status: Pre-Production Suspense / Horror (90 min) Breakout Entertainment, 1438 N. Gower When Charlie dreams up yet another Year of Production: 2008, Country of Language: English St., Box 70, Bldg. 70, Ste. 226, Los money making enterprise, Grace’s Origin: USA, UK Director: David Huey Angeles, CA 90028. Tel: 323.860.7101. unexpected betrayal unleashes his fury Based on a true account in the life of Writer: David Huey Fax: 323.468.4665. and he exacts his terrible revenge Antonio Vivaldi, a young idealistic Producer: Ray Guthrie http://www.breakoutent.com, email: priest, who defies overwhelming odds to Co-production partners: Alpha Film THE EDGE OF LOVE [email protected] Romantic Drama transform a school of orphaned girls into Group At Cannes: Sherri Strain (President), Language: English an orchestra that plays Europe’s greatest Key Cast: Amanda Earl, Matt Felton, Christina Rosenberg (Vice President of Director: John Maybury concert halls and, ultimately, for the “Barefoot” Bill Pacer Development) Writer: Sharman Macdonald pope. Delivery Status: Completed Office: Riviera Stand G19, Tel: Producers: Rebekah Gilbertson, Sarah Budget: $1.8 million 33.0.4.92.99.33.07 MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) Radclyffe Documentary (85 min) Year of Production: 2008, Country of TALES FROM THE BORDELLO Leading Cast: Keira Knightley, Sienna Language: English, Portuguese Origin: USA Musical/Mystery (60 min) Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys Director: Jason Kohn A sadistic killer binds, tortures and kills Language: English Status: Screening Co-Production Partners: Kilo Films, his captives in his secret Carnival. Directors: Craig Bernard & Shawn Foster Production Country: UK Whitest Pouring Films REPTILICANT Writers: Craig Bernard & Shawn Foster Two feisty, free-spirited women are Producer: Joey Frank, Jared Ian Goldman Sci-fi / Action Producer: Sherri Strain connected by the brilliant, charismatic Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Key Cast: Brittney Powell, Christina poet who loves them both. A passionate, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Desi Singh Rosenberg, Eliza Bane sexy true story about a remarkable, Origin: USA, Brazil Writer: David Huey / Desi Singh Delivery Status: completed turbulent friendship. MANDA BALA explores the cycles of Producer: David Huey Year of Production: 2007 violence that plague Brazil’s upper and Key Cast: Gary Daniels, Tina-Desiree Depicts a young woman living out her BLACK WATER TRANSIT Thriller lower economic classes in fits of rampant Berg, Paul Darrigo fantasies, immersed in different Language: English corruption and violent kidnappings. Delivery Status: Completed burlesque styles. Director: Tony Kaye Budget: $2.3 million TREASURE HUNT – THE Writer: Matthew Chapman Year of Production: 2007, Country of ADVENTURES OF A PORN STAR Leading Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Karl Origin: USA Sexy comedy Hidden on Alcatraz, a shape-shifting Urban, Brittany Snow Language: English creature attacks an elite group of thieves. Status: Post-Production During Cannes Contact Producer: Sherri Strain Production Country: USA THE ABOMINABLE Key Cast: Rebekah Kochan Sci-fi / Action A heart-stopping, pulse-pounding, nerve- The Business of Film Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English rattling action thriller about violence, Year of Production: 2008 Director: Patrick Donahue betrayal, love and the desire to do good Carlton Hotel Office 149 Grace returns to her hometown for her Writer: Sean Donahue when everything conspires against you. estranged father’s funeral; and learns she Tel 04 93 06 41 49 Producer: David Huey must discover who her father’s one true
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 51 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Key Cast: Heather DeVan, Jason DeVan, Delivery Status: Completed, Screening, Year of Production: 2007, Country of 1-900 Nick Orafice 1st market screening Origin: Mexico, France, Spain Drama Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008, Country of A 14-year-old boy is seduced by the Language: English Budget: $1.7 million Origin: USA underworld of stolen car parts Director: John Turturro Year of Production: 2007, Country of A well-studied, timely and thorough DUSKA Writer: David Schechter Origin: USA investigation of America’s debt crisis. http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs Van De The captured 60’ abominable snowman is ARTEFACTS ilm_id=Com-344 Westelaken unleashed in San Francisco. http://www.artefactsmovie.com/ Dark Comedy Key Cast: John Turturro Horror Language: Dutch, Russian, English with Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English English subtitles Year of Production: 2008, Country of CINEMAVAULT Director: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel Director: Jos Stelling Origin: USA Cinemavault, 175 Bloor Street East, Jespers Writer: Jos Stelling, Hans Heesen Two people meet on a phone sex line and South Tower, Suite 1011, Toronto, Writer: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel Jespers Producer: Hans de Weers, Reinout go through an entire relationship without Ontario, M4W 3R8, Canada. Tel: Producer: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel Oerlemans, Hans de Wolf ever meeting in person. 1.416.363.6060. Fax: 1.416.363.2305. Jespers Key Cast: Gene Bervoets, Sergei STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME www.cinemavault.com, e-mail: Key Cast: Mary Stockley, Felix Scott, Makovetsky, Sylvia Hoeks http://www.stealapencil.com/ [email protected] Max Digby, Jason Morell, Peter Delivery Status: Completed Documentary Sales Agent Warnock, Veronique Van De Ven, Martin Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English, Dutch At Cannes: Nick Stiliadis (CEO), George Swabey, Cecile Boland Origin: The Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine Director: Michèle Ohayon Caroline Stern (VP, International Delivery Status: Completed, Screening, This dark comedy tells the story of an Writer: Michèle Ohayon Distribution), Racquel Mesina (Director First Market screening of completed aging film critic, a beautiful cinema Producer: Michèle Ohayon, Theo Van de of International Sales), Cathy Hare film. cashier and a Russian scrounger who Sande (International Sales Associate), Ruby Year of Production: 2008, Country of comes to visit and is not likely to ever Key Cast: Jack Polak, Ina Soep, Ellen Rondina (Festivals & Publicity Origin: Belgium leave. Ten Damme, Jeroen Krabbe, Marieke Manager), Vanessa Sacco (Markets and All your friends are being murdered – by ROCKAWAY Oudejans, Jean Pierre Gillain Festivals Coordinator) people they know – themselves! AKA or FKA (also known as or formerly Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Michael Paszt SKILLS LIKE THIS known as): Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: Riviera G5/H8, Tel: http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Origin: USA 33(0)4.92.99.33.27 ilm_id=Rom-355 ilm_id=Act-319 A passionate and vibrant film by BLIND DATE Romantic Comedy Action Academy Award® nominee Michèle http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Language: English Language: English, Spanish, Russian Ohayon about the power of love and the ilm_id=Art-36 Director: Monty Miranda with English subtitles ability of humankind to rise above Drama Writer: Spencer Berger Director: Joshua & Jeffrey Crook unimaginable suffering. Language: English Producer: Donna Dewey, Tim Gray, Writer: Joshua & Jeffrey Crook CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO Director: Stanley Tucci Brian D. Phelan, Paul Aaron, Rock Producer: Mark L. Pederson, Aldey http://www.therealsuperhero.com/ Writer: David Schechter, Stanley Tucci Obenchain Sanchez Documentary Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs van de Key Cast Spencer Berger, Gabriel Key Cast: Nicholas Gonzalez, Mario Language: English Westelaken Tigerman, Brian D. Phelan, Kerry Cimarro, Manny Perez, Ricardo Chavira Director: Matt Ogens Key Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Knuppe, Ned Bellamy Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Jamie Patricof, Charlie Gruet, Tucci, Thijs Romer Delivery Status: Completed, Screening Year of Production: 2008, Country of Matt Ogens Delivery Status: Completed, Screening, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Christopher Lloyd Dennis, Joe Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA A returning Afghanistan war hero seeks McQueen, Jennifer Gehrt, Maxwell Allen Origin: USA/The Netherlands In this inventive comedy, three friends retribution for the brutal murder of his Delivery Status: Completed The story of two parents who talk, flirt, have their lives turned upside down when wife & child. Year of Production: 2007, Country of and fight with each other to try and cope one of them realizes that larceny might THE GOLDEN BOYS Origin: USA with the loss of their young daughter. A be his best skill. http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Morgan Spurlock presents this remake of Theo van Gogh’s 1996 Dutch AFRICA UNITE ilm_id=Rom-347 fascinating film that chronicles the lives Academy Award winner. http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Romantic Comedy of three mortal men and one woman who KINTA ilm_id=Spe-352 Language: English make their living working as superhero http://www.kinta1881.com/ Documentary Director: Daniel Adams characters on the sidewalks of Martial Arts Language: English Writer: Daniel Adams Hollywood Boulevard. Language: Cantonese Director: Stephanie Black Producer: Daniel Adams, Matt Janes, WIND MAN Director: CL Hor Producer: Stephanie Black Howard Katz, Michael Mailer http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Writer: Chow Kam Leong Key Cast: Danny Glover, Lauryn Hill, Key Cast: David Carradine, Rip Torn, ilm_id=Art-358 Producer: Jean Liang, Andy Lee, Andrew Ziggy Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Damian Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway, Charles Drama Lee Marley, Rita Marley Durning, John Savage, Julie Harris Language: Russian Key Cast: Ho Ro Bin, Shawn Lee, Kuan Delivery Status: Completed, Screening Delivery Status: Completed Director: Khuat Akhmetov Jun Fei, Michael Chin, David Bao Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Writer: Odelsha Agishev, Khuat Delivery Status: Completed, Screening, Origin: USA Origin: USA Akhmetov 1st Market screening A masterfully executed film that is all at Three retired sea captains, a beautiful Producer: Rauf Atamalibekov, Stanislav Year of Production: 2008, Country of once a Bob Marley concert tribute, woman and a tossed coin. It all comes Ershov Origin: Malaysia Marley family travelogue, and together in The Golden Boys. Key Cast: Igor Yasulovich, Kuandyk In this high-energy fight for freedom, humanitarian documentary. HOPE AND A LITTLE SUGAR Kystykbaev, Ayanat Esmagambetova poor Chinese miners battle against a USED PARTS http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Delivery Status: Completed tyrannical secret society bent on murder. http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f ilm_id=Art-363 Year of Production: 2007, Country of Malaysia’s first ever martial arts movie. ilm_id=Art-365 Drama Origin: Russia I.O.U.S.A. Drama Language: English During a thunderstorm, a strange being http://www.agorafinancial.com/iousa.html Language: Spanish with English Director: Tanuja Chandra falls from the sky into a tiny village on a Documentary Subtitles Writer: Tanuja Chandra, Glenn Russow forgotten stretch of the Kazakh steppe. Language: English Director: Aaron Fernandez Producer: Scott Pardo, Glenn Russow BLUE BLOOD Director: Patrick Creadon Writer: Aaron Fernandez Key Cast: Anupam Kher, Mahima http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Producer: Christine O’Malley, Sarah Producer: Aaron Fernandez, Morteza Chaudhry, Amit Sial ilm_id=Thr-351 Gibson and Open Sky Entertainment Mohammadi Delivery Status: Completed Thriller Key Cast: David M. Walker, Robert Key Cast: Eduardo Granados, Alan Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Bixby, Diane Rehm, Alice Rivlin, Chavez, Carlos Ceja, Damayanti Origin: USA Director: Benjamin Cummings, Orson William Bonner, Harry Zeeve, Robert Quintanar A tale of love set against the forces of Cummings Rudin, Ron Paul Delivery Status: Completed hate. Writer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson
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52 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Cummings to win at least one basketball game. Producer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson FAT HEAD MIDEM • MIPTV • CANNES • MIPCOM Cummings http://www.fathead-movie.com/ Key Cast: Bill Sage, Roy Scheider, Susie Documentary OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND Misner, Noelle Beck Language: English (Tented & Heated) Delivery Status: Completed Director: Tom Naughton Year of Production: 2007, Country of Writer: Tom Naughton Lunch on the beach whatever the weather Origin: USA Producer: Middle Road Pictures A trophy husband conspires to kill his Key Cast: Tom Naughton wife. Delivery Status: Completed MIDNIGHT CLEAR Year of Production: 2008, Country of http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Origin: USA ilm_id=Art-356 A hilarious response to “Super Size Me” Drama that exposes the myths behind modern Language: English diets, the obesity epidemic and the Director: Dallas Jenkins government’s role in keeping you happy Writer: Wes Halula and healthy. Producer: Kevin Downes, Dallas Jenkins SPINNING INTO BUTTER Key Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Kirk B.R. http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Woller, Mary Thornton ilm_id=Art-34 Delivery Status: Completed Drama Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Origin: USA Director: Mark Brokaw The lives of 5 people are changed Writer: Rebecca Gilman, Doug Atchison forever after they cross paths and Producer: Norman Twain, Lou Pitt, Ryan experience random and minor acts of Howe kindness. Key Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Celebrating 50 Years THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda http://www.thefirstsaturdayinmay.com/ Richardson, James Rebhorn, Victor Documentary Rasuk Cannes Film Festival 2008 Language: English Delivery Status: Completed Director: Brad Hennegan, John Year of Production: 2007, Country of Hennegan Origin: USA Producer: Ellen Dux, The Hennegan Sarah Jessica Parker plays a college Brothers Dean whose attitude is under fire after a Key Cast: Frank Amonte, Dan racial crime is committed on campus. Hendricks, Bob Holthus, Michael Matz, OUTSOURCED Kiaran McLaughlin, Dale Romans http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/ Delivery Status: Completed Comedy Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Origin: USA Director: John Jeffcoat An engrossing film that follows six Writer: George Wing, John Jeffcoat diverse trainers as they jockey for Producer: Tom Gorai, David Skinner position along the Kentucky Derby trail- Key Cast: Josh Hamilton, Ayesha the Holy Grail of horseracing and “the Dharker, Larry Pine, Asif Basra, Matt most exciting two minutes in sports.” Smith FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO Delivery Status: Completed http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Year of Production: 2007, Country of ilm_id=Spe-372 Origin: USA Documentary After his entire department is outsourced, Language: English an American novelty products salesman Director: Daniel Karslake heads to India to train his replacement. Producer: Daniel Karslake CANVAS Key Cast: Chrissy Gephardt, Mary Lou http://www.canvasthefilm.com/ Wallner, Tonia Poteat Drama Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Joseph Greco Origin: USA Writer: Joseph Greco A provocative and entertaining film that Producer: Sharon Lane, Adam Hammel, reconciles homosexuality and the literal Lucy Hammel, Joe Pantoliano, Bill interpretation of Biblical scripture. Erfurth QUANTUM HOOPS Key Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Harden, Devon Gearhart ilm_id=Spe-374 Delivery Status: Completed Documentary Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Origin: USA Director: Rick Greenwald One family’s struggle to overcome Producer: Rick Greenwald adversity. Key Cast: David Duchovny, Roy Dow, SCAR 3D Jordan Carlson, Travis Haussler, Day http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f Ivy, Scott Davies ilm_id=Hor-341 Delivery Status: Completed Horror Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Origin: USA Director: Jed Weintrob Contact Olivier A basketball team of valedictorians, Writer: Zack Ford engineers and physicists from one of the Producer: Norman Twain, Courtney Tel. (33) 4 93 94 20 68 Fax. (33) 4 93 43 60 91 country’s top academic institutions battle Potts, Jamie Gordon site address: http://www.rado-plage.fr notre e-mail: [email protected] The unabridged version of this Product Guide
C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 53 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Key Cast: Angela Bettis, Kirby Bliss JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO Caucasian alter-personality that preys Language: English Blanton, Christopher Titus, Ben Cotton, PRESENT (YERUSHALAIM GEA upon her mind. Director: J.R. Mandish Devon Graye LEHATSIG) BOLLYWOOD ZOMBIE Writer: William Langlois and Jim Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (80/58 min) Horror Wynorski Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: Hebrew Language: English Producer: Andrew Stevens Origin: USA Director: Nitzan Gilady Producer: Hassain Zaidi Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Glen Morshower Brace yourself for an entirely new Producer: Galia Bador, Nitzan Gilady Delivery Status: pre-production Delivery Status: Post Production dimension in larger-than-life horror shot Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of entirely in 3D Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Canada Origin: USA INTERVIEW Origin: Israel What seems like to be a match made in When an industrialist hits a vein of pure www.sonyclassics.com/interview Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious heaven turns into a nightmare in this lithium while digging he unleashes a Language: English leaders band together in a battle against Indian wedding when the bride and her disaster of epic proportions. Director: Steve Buscemi the World Pride events which were guests are transformed into a horde of BA’AL Writer: David Schechter, Steve Buscemi scheduled to take place in Jerusalem. On zombies. Action Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs van de the other side the activists of Jerusalem’s CELL 213 Language: English Westelaken LGBT community center, who planned Horror Director: Paul Ziller Key Cast: Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi the events. Language: English Writer: Andrew Black Delivery Status: Completed FLIPPING OUT (FLIP) Producer: Hassain Zaidi Producer: Lindsey Mcadam Year of Production: 2007, Country of Documentary (83 min) Delivery Status: pre-production Key Cast: Jeremy London Origin: USA, and The Netherlands Hebrew, English Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: Post Production A fading journalist is forced to interview Director: Yoav Shamir Origin: Canada Year of Production: 2008, Country of America’s most famous TV soap star. Co-Production Partners: NFB, ITVS, How does an inmate escape a haunted Origin: Canada MADE IN JAMAICA Sundance Channel, Keshet Broadcasting, prison? The storm god, Ba’al, in unleashed on http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f New Israeli Foundation for Film, BBC, GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS earth and an archeologist must find a ilm_id=Spe-26 ARTE, SBS, VPRO, DR T Horror way to stop it. Documentary Producer: Michael Sharfstein, Kent Language: English Language: English Martin, Philippa Kowrsky Producer: Hassain Zaidi Director: Jerome Laperrousaz Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: pre-production Writer: Jerome Laperrousaz Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of CINEXPORT Producer: Pascal Herold Origin: Israel/Canada Origin: Canada Cinexport, 78 avenue des Champs- Key Cast: Bunny Wailer, Elephant Man, Yoav Shamir (Checkpoint) offers an An American family travels to Romania Elysées, 75008 Paris, France. Tel: Lady Saw, Toots insight into the widespread phenomenon to inherit a house on the eve of the 33.1.45.62.49.45. Fax: 33.1.45.63.85.26. Delivery Status: Completed of young Israelis “flipping out” due to apocalypse. tvfrance-intl.com and unifrance.org, email: [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of excessive drug use during their grand trip Sales Agent Origin: USA/France to India after completing their mandatory At Cannes: Anne-Marie ROMBOURG- A powerful portrait of the leaders of the military service. CARACO (President), Ingrid LOISE reggae music movement. CINETEL FILMS, INC. CineTel Films, Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., (Assistant) THIS FILTHY WORLD Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel: Acquisition Executive: Anne-Marie http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f 1.323.654.4000. Fax:1. 323.650.6400. ROMBOURG-CARACO ilm_id=Spe-27 CINESAVVY, INC. Cinesavvy, Inc., 325 King St W, Suite http://www.cinetelfilms.com, email: Office: Village Int’l - Riviera European Comedy 202, Toronto ON, Canada M5V 1J5. Tel: [email protected] Pavillion N 121, Tel: 06.07.54.33.33 Language: English 1.416.598.2525. Fax: 1.416.599.2223. At Cannes: Paul Hertzberg (President), Director: Jeff Garlin LINO www.cinesavvyinc.com Marcy Rubin (Sr. VP, International Feature-film (92 min) Writer: John Waters Sales agent Distribution), Eric Bernstein (VP, Language: French with English subtitles Producer: Jeff Garlin, Michele Armour At Cannes: Hassain Zaidi (CEO), Jean International Distribution) Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: John Waters Breau (Creative Director) Office: Riviera, B2 After the death of the young woman he Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Abhi Rastogi HALLOWED GROUND has been lodging, a fifty years old man Year of Production: 2007, Country of (Managing Director) Erin Rypstra Horror finds himself alone with a two years old Origin: USA (Marketing Director) Language: English little boy, Lino. Legendary filmmaker and pop culture Office: Riviera G11/H14, Tel: Director: David Benullo icon John Waters takes us on an GANGLAMEDO 1.416.832.8841 Writer: David Benullo Feature-film (96 min) outrageous and eye popping journey PHANTOM PUNCH Producer: Daniel Grodnik, Timothy J. Language: Chinese with English subtitles celebrating his illustrious film career. Drama (100 min) Warenz Director: Dai Wei Language: English Key Cast: Jaimie Alexander Key Cast: Jung Shichen, Zinchen Director: Robert Townsend Delivery Status: Completed Denchu, Zheng Hao, Yadong CINEPHIL Writer: Ryan Combs Year of Production: 2007, Country of Suolangwangmu Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel-Aviv Producer: Hassain Zaidi Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed 65112 Israel. Tel: 972.3.566.4129. Fax: Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Nick Turturro, After becoming stranded in a small, Year of Production: 2008, Country of 972.3.560.1236. Bridget middle-American town while driving Origin: China http://www.cinephil.co.il, email: Delivery Status: completed cross-country, a young woman discovers The first musical film about life in [email protected] Year of Production: 2008, Country of that her arrival there was foretold a modern Tibet, combining the mystery of At Cannes: Philippa Kowarsky (General Origin: Canada century before by the town’s founding Tibetan, traditions, an legendary story Manager), Ori Bader (Sales Manager) From jail to world heavyweight boxing preacher. and elements of modern popular culture. Office: champ, ‘Phantom Punch’ traces Sonny AUSSIE AND TED COCALERO Liston’s life and loves, ties to the mob Family Documentary (78 min) and mysterious death. Language: English CJ ENTERTAINMENT Language: Spanish FRANKIE AND ALICE Director: Shuki Levy Director: Alejandro Landes Thriller/Drama Writer: Shuki Levy and Tori Avey INC. Producer: Julia Solomonoff Language: English Producer: Ronnie Hadar, Herb Linsey CJ Entertainment Inc., 2nd Fl., Sinsa- Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Hassain Zaidi Key Cast: Dean Cain, Beverly D’Angelo dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-893 Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key Cast: Halle Berry Delivery Status: Completed Korea. Tel: 82.2.2017.1114. Fax: Origin: Argentina-Boloivia Delivery Status: pre-production Year of Production: 2008, Country of 82.2.2017.1240. www.cjent.co.kr/eng Cocalero follows Evo Morales for over a Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA At Cannes: Katharine Kim (EVP of Int’l year thorough his seemingly impossible Origin: Canada A family dog goes on an journey to Division & Distribution), Kini Kim (VP bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous A young black woman, struggling with recover his little girl’s special teddy bear. of Int’l Sales), Josh Lee (VP of Int’l president up to his win by an multiple personality disorder, is torn FIRE FROM BELOW Sales), Kwan Lee (Director, Int’l Sales), unprecedented majority. between who she is and the racist Action/Adventure Michelle Chae (Director, Int’l Sales),
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Delivery Status: Pre-production Language: Korean, Subtitles English BISCAYART, Guillermo ARENGO, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: KIM Hae-gon Ailin SALAS, Stella GALAZZI, Origin: UK Scriptwriter: KIM Hae-gon Guadalupe DOCAMPO An original and hilariously brutal satire, Production company: MKDK Producer Delivery Status: Completed and a gloriously twisted evocation of the JO Won-jang Year of Production: 2008, Country of American dream… Key cast: SONG Seung-heon, KWON Origin: ARGENTINA, FRANCE, Sang-woo, JI Sung GERMANY Status: Completed Arturo is a cab driver who has to obtain Budget: 4.5M Delivery date March 20, two thousand dollars within twenty-four COPRODUCTION 2008 hours: his older son, Ramiro, who left OFFICE Country of origin: Korea home four years ago, has just phoned Coproduction Office, 24 rue Lamartine Four friends plot to steal money meant from Houston asking for urgent help. 75009 Paris, France. 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Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller (90 min) www.coproductionoffice.eu, email: THE DIVINE WEAPON Language: Italian [email protected] Period drama Director: Edoardo WINSPEARE Producer and Sales Agent SPLINTER - Language: Korean Subtitles English Writer: Edoardo Winspeare, Andrea Piva, At Cannes: Florence Schapiro (Sales), CONTENTFILM INTERNATIONAL Director: KIM Yoo-jin Alessandro Valenti Sarah Calderon (Sales), Philippe Bober Scriptwriter: LEE Man-hee Producer: Fabrizio MOSCA (Acaba (CEO), Isabell Wiegand (Administration Production company: K&J Entertainment Produzioni) and Production), Susanne Marian Producer KANG Woo-suk Key Cast: Donatella FINOCCHIARO, (Producer) CRYSTAL SKY Key cast: JUNG Jae-young/HAN Eun- Fabrizio GIFUNI, Beppe FIORELLO, Acquisition Executive: Philippe Bober jung/HUH Joon-ho Giorgio COLANGELI Office: Riviera Booth stand G3/ H6, Tel: WORLDWIDE Status: Post-production Delivery Status: Post Production 334.9299.3226, Fax: 334.9299.3233 Crystal Sky Worldwide, 10203 Santa Monica Blvd., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, Budget: 10M Delivery date Summer, Year of Production: 2008, Country of DELTA 2008 Origin: ITALY Drama (90min) CA 90067 USA. Tel: 1.310.843.0223. Country of origin: Korea A well known judge comes back in his Language: Hungarian Fax:1. 310.553.9895. www.crystalsky.com, email: Joseon Dynasty (Korea) in 15th Century native region, Salentino, in the South of Director: Kornél Mundruczó Writer: Kornél Mundruczó, Yvette Biro [email protected] secretly plans a development of the Italy to find out that his old friend is At Cannes: Steven Paul (CEO & Producer: Viktoria Petranyi, Susanne world’s first explosive arrow launcher to dead and the woman he loved is working Chairman), Daniel Diamond (President, Marian, Philippe Bober hold off Ming Dynasty’s territorial now for a crime organization. In such Crystal Sky Worldwide), Scott Karol Co-production partners: Proton Cinema, expansion plan. context, the triggering of the tragedy is (EVP of Strategic Planning, Business THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE almost inevitable. 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Key Cast: Jon Foo, Cary Tagawa, Ian Status: Post-production [email protected] There he meets a sister he never knew he Anthony Dale, Kelly Overton Budget: 20M Delivery date Summer, 2008 Sales Agent had. Together they build a house. But the Delivery Status: Post Production Country of origin: Korea At Cannes: Jamie Carmichael (President, locals will not accept this “unnatural” Year of Production: 2008, Country of While the Weird, a notorious train CFI), Harry White (Head of Sales), relationship. Origin: USA robber, is stealing from a Japanese train Kristian Brodie (Sales Executive), PANIQUE AU VILLAGE A Parkoor style action movie based on crossing the Manchurian plains, he Graham Begg (Head of Film & Animation the video game sensation of the same discovers a treasure map. Television Finance), Judith Baugin (Head Language: French name. of International Marketing), Rebecca Director: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar ROBOSAPIEN Berry (Marketing Manager) Writer: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Family Acquisitions Manager: Beatrice Guillaume Malandrin, Vincent Tavier Language: English COACH 14 Neumann Producer: La Parti Coach 14, 21 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud, Director: Sean McNamara Office 3rd floor, 2 La Croisette, Tel: Key Cast: Benoit Poelvorde, Frederic Paris 75011. Tel: 33.1.40.21.72.79. Writer: Max Botkin 04.93.38.58.88, Fax: 04.93.99.46.55 Janin Fax: 33.1.47.00.10.02. Producer: Avi arad & Steven Paul Delivery Status: in production http://www.coach14.com, email: THE MESSENGER Key Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, David Emotional Road-Trip Drama Year of Production: 2007, Country of [email protected] Eigenberg, Bobby Coleman, Holliston At Cannes: Pape BOYE (Managing Language: English Origin: Belgium Coleman Director Buyer), Jaume DOMÉNECH Director: Oren Moverman The misadventures of Horse, Indian and Delivery Status: In Production (Managing Director), Caroline NATAF Writers: Alessandro Camon, Oren Cowboy, quiet inhabitants of a village, Year of Production: 2008, Country of (Acquisitions Manager Buyer), Anna Moverman who set out in search of their enemies, Origin: USA NOGUÉ (Marketing Manager, Festivals Producers: Mark Gordon, Benjamin the Atlantans, traitorous underwater sea A boy and an escaped military robot find Coordinator) Goldhirsh creatures. each other and transform one another’s Office: Square Mérimé, 17 2nd floor, Key Cast: Ben Foster MEMORY HOTEL lives. 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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 55 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Year of Production: 2007, Country of Country of Origin: Macedonia Key Cast: Matthew Ashford, Rob G. Origin: USA EBS WORLD A Macedonian military deserter and his Kahn, Nick G. Miller, Heather Harvey, An experiment goes wrong – and when Italian blood-brother are searching for a David Michael Ross, Dara Wedel, Ray the mist clears everything has changed. ENTERTAINMENT dead grandmother, wrapped up in a W. Keziah, Sara Howell EBS World Entertainment, 3000 W. Becoming completely opposite, the stolen carpet, all over the Balkan’s Delivery Status: Completed Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404 adults become children and the children criminal underworld. Year of Production: 2008, Country of USA. Tel: 1.310.449.4065. Fax: become adults. Origin: USA 1.310.449.4061. http://www.ebsla.com, ECHELON STUDIOS Based on what appears to be a true email: [email protected] At Cannes: Richard Cooper (CEO), Echelon Studios, 1725 Victory Blvd., exorcism, and shot documentary style, CURB Wayne Wong (President), Rick Jordan Glendale, CA 91201 USA. Tel: the story of two amateur filmmakers (VP of Production), Josh Plaza 1.818.500.1640. Fax: 1.818.500.1644. who, at the request of the Church, ENTERTAINMENT (Acquisitions Assistant Manager), Adam http://www.echelonstudios.us/ , email: document the exorcism of young Tina Curb Entertainment, 3907 West Alameda [email protected] Miller over a three day period. Nelson (Acquisitions Assistant) At Cannes: Sandro Gohoho (Vice Avenue, Burbank, CA, 91505, United Office: B18 President of International Sales), Eric MICHTAVIM LE AMERICA (DEAR States. Tel: 1.818.843.8580. HEIST Louzil (President & CEO), Michael MR. WALDMAN) Fax:1. 818.566.1719. http://www.dearmrwaldman.com/ Crime thriller (90 min) Mondini (International Film Consultant), www.curbentertainment.com, Language: English Drama (90 min) Craig Minor (Vice President of Language: Hebrew email: [email protected] Director: Rick Jordan, Richard Cooper International Sales), Tim Kelly (Vice Producer, Distributor Writer: Rick Jordan, Lee Denny Director: Hanan Peled At Cannes: Carole Curb (President), President of Domestic & International Writer: Hanan Peled Producer: Wayne Wong, Richard Cooper, Sales) Conor Barrett Rick Jordan Co-Production Partners: Israeli Film (Marketing and Assistant Sales) Office: Tel: 33.4.93.38.62.91, Fax: Fund, Open Doors Films Key Cast: Rick Jordan, Erik David, 33.4.93.39.49.71 Acquisition Executive: Christian Mendez Producer: Yoav Halevy, Hanan Peled Christy Peterson MY PINK SHIRT Key Cast: Rami Heuberger, Jenya Delivery Status: Post Production http://www.mypinkshirt.com/ Office: Riviera H2 Country of Origin: USA Dodina, Ido Port, Roy Mayer, Ela Drama (75 min) Armoni, Evelyn Kaplun, Doval’e WAR WOLVES K is an accomplished bank robber. But his Language: English Language: English world is turned upside down when his Glickman, Gadi Poor, Esti Svidenski, Eli Director: Michael Worth Director: Charles Kassatly Gorenstein brother needs help to pay off a debt to a Writer: Charles Kassatly Writer: Michael Worth vicious drug kingpin. Will the heist pay off? Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Carole Curb Co-Production Partners: No One To Year of Production: 2006, Country of A CONSPIRACY Key Cast: John Saxon, Michael Worth, Blame Productions, Mouska Media Origin: Israel Thriller (91 min) Producer: Charles Kassatly Tim Thomerson, Adrienne Barbeau Language: English Hilik chooses to test his father’s love to Delivery Status: Postproduction Key Cast: Peter Bloch-Hansen, Badih him, while accepting the risk of loosing Director: Rick Jordan Bou Chakra, Milly Crnogorac, Craig Cyr, Year of Production: 2008, Writer: Matt Jordan him. Country of Origin: United States Giancarlo Brun Del Re, Audrey Demers, Producer: Wayne Wong, Richard Cooper, Margit Gmainer, Athena Guy, Jennifer A band of she-wolves and a special Rick Jordan forces unit are pitted against each Kalinowski, Aida Memisevic, Key Cast: Rick Jordan, Athena Maria Delivery Status: Completed other in the race to hunt for a Bitzis, Rob Pralgo, Ray Lloyd fellow soldier infected with the Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Canada / USA Werewolf virus in the Country of Origin: USA E United States. After her mother contracts the AIDS Chad Udall is a young attorney on the virus, Regency must learn to survive on CONJURER skids. Things only get worse when he is her own. ECHO BRIDGE Horror (90 minutes) the only witness to a murder that puts Language: English him in the middle of a conspiracy CHRONICLES OF AN EXORCISM ENTERTAINMENT Horror (90 min) Echo Bridge Entertainment, 8383 Director: Clint Hutchison involving a prestigious law firm, the FBI, Language: English Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 530, Los Angeles, CA Writer: Clint Hutchison, David Yarbough and his best friend. Producer: Richard Mix Director: Nick G. Miller 90211 USA. Tel: 1.323.658.7913. Fax: BALCANCAN Writer: Nick G. Miller, Matthew 1.323.658.7922. Key Cast: Andrew Bowen, Maxine Dark comedy (89 min) Ashford, David Michael Ross www.echobridgeentertainment.com, Bahns, John Schneider Director: Darko Mitrevski Co-Production Partners: NGM email: [email protected] Delivery Status: Complete Writer: Darko Mitrevski Distributor Year of Production: 2008, Country of Enterprises Producer: Darko Mitrevski Producer: Matthew Ashford, Ray W. At Cannes: Michael Rosenblatt Origin: United States Key Cast: Vlado Jovanoski, Adolfo (President & CEO), Dan March Recovering from a miscarriage, an art Keziah, John Mullis, David Michael Margiotta, Branko Djuric Ross (Executive Vice President), Patti Rose photographer and his wife move to a Delivery Status: Completed (Director - International Sales) rural farm that may be haunted by a Office: Riviera R19, Tel: presence that threatens their relationship. 33(0)4.92.99.32.14 SHORT TRACK RUN FOR HER LIFE www.shorttrack.com Thriller Family (103 minutes) Language: English Language: English Director: Balthazar Kormakur Director: Marie Hopkins Producer: 26 Films Writer: Marie Hopkins Key Cast: Dermot Mulroney Producer: Chris McGuinness, Delivery Status: Pre-Production Marie Hopkins Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: Pepper Sweeney, Barbara Origin: USA Niven, Joshua Snyder, Ann Bratton, In a desperate attempt to save his daughter Patrick Gorman from a rare disease, a father jeopardizes Delivery Status: Complete his career, family and life when he finds Year of Production: himself involved in the middle of a 2008, Country of Origin: criminal underworld medical ring. United States MY LIFE IN RUINS Blake longs to race in a top series and Romantic Comedy struggles to find a way to allow his deaf Language: English son to follow his footsteps and survive Director: Donald Petrie his daughter falling for a young Writer: Mike Reiss California racer. Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, ANO-HIT NO RUN SUMMER - MAX FILMS Michelle Chydzik, Nathalie Marciano
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56 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Key Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard TV series) Dreyfuss, Rita Wilson ENLIGHTENMENT Written by Charlie Peters (My Father the Delivery Status: Post Production Hero, 3 Men and a Little Lady, Blame it Year of Production: 2007, Country of FILMS on Rio). Enlightenment Films, 87a Pimlico Rd, Origin: USA Produced by Aaron Ryder (The Prestige, Chelsea, London SW1 W8PH United A romantic comedy set amongst the ruins The Mexican, Memento) Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.824.8755. of Ancient Greece, in which a Greek- Delivery Status: In Pre Production www.enlightenmentfilms.com, email: American tour guide finds unexpected In this bitter sweet romantic comedy, a [email protected] adventure and romance. At Cannes: Hanan Kattan (Producer, freewheeling mother drives across the JUST ADD WATER Head of Sales), Shamim Sarif (Writer, country in search of true love – and drags Comedy (95 min) Director), Jana Kralikova (International her two teenage sons along for the ride. Language: English Marketing Consultant) STAN HELSING Director: Hart Bochner Office: Cannes Port, Yacht ‘African Cat’, Written and to be Directed by Bo Zenga Writer: Hart Bochner Bureau Du Port, Gare Maritime 06400 (Executive Producer - Scary Movie) Producer: Robin Bissell, Clifford Werber CANNES. Tel: 33.645.063.998, Produced by Stone Village Pictures Key Cast: Danny DeVito, Justin Long, 33(0)645.063.982 (Love in the Time of Cholera, Turistas) Jonah Hill, Dylan Walsh Delivery Status: In Pre Production I CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT Delivery Status: Completed Comedy On Halloween night reluctant hero and Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English video-store clerk STAN HELSING must Origin: USA Director: Shamim Sarif save a town from the 6 most feared A hysterical film of human predicament Writer: Shamim Sarif monsters in cinematic history. AMINA & MIRIAM and resolve about a man who dares to Producer: Hanan Kattan SOLOMON KANE ENLIGHTENMENT FILMS dream—and in the process gains the Production Company: Enlightenment Written and Directed by Michael J. Starring: Fernand Solorzano, Vanessa courage to pursue his childhood love and Productions Bassett Simon, Olivier Pagès, Cristina Umana confront his hometown thugs. Leading Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth Produced by Samuel Hadida (Resident Status: completed Status: Completed (Market screening Evil, Silent Hill, Brotherhood of the Master of ESCOBAR, the life of Pedro premiere) Wolf) Rey, the first narco dealer who learned to ELEVEN ARTS, INC Production Country: United Kingdom Starring James Purefoy (Vanity Fair, kiss and kill in the movies. Eleven Arts, Inc, 2932 Wilshire Blvd., Tala, a London-based Palestinian, Rome – HBO Series, Resident Evil), Pete #204, Santa Monica, CA 90403 USA. prepares for her elaborate wedding in Postlethwaite (Closing the Ring, The Tel: 1.310.264.0818. Fax: Jordan when she meets Leyla, a young Omen, The Usual Suspects), Rachel 1.310.264.0868. British Indian woman who turns her Hurd-Wood (Perfume, Peter Pan), Max EUROPEAN FILM http://www.elevenarts.net, email: world upside down. Von Sydow (The Diving Bell and the PROMOTION [email protected] Butterfly, Rush Hour 3), Mackenzie At Cannes: Ko Mori (President), Kana THE WORLD UNSEEN European Film Promotion, Friedensallee Drama Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Aida (Executive Manager) 14-16, Hamburg, 22765, Germany. Tel: Language: English Brothers Grimm), Alice Krige (Lonely Office: Riviera H11 49.49.3906252. Fax: 49.49.3906249. Director: Shamim Sarif Hearts, Silent Hill). www.efp-online.com, email: info@efp- BLOODY SNAKE UNDER THE SUN Writer: Shamim Sarif Delivery Status: In Production Drama (124 min) online.com Producer: Hanan Kattan A mercenary who owes his soul to the Language: Japanese Promotion Production Company: Enlightenment devil redeems himself by fighting evil. Director: Yu Ni At Cannes: Renate Rose (Managing Productions Writer: Kiyot Inagaki Director), Jo Mühlberger (Project Leading Cast: Lisa Ray, Parvin Dabas, Manager), Susanne Davis (Project Producer: Thiro Yamashita Sheetal Sheth Manager), Sabine Rolinski (PR) Key Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Shogen EUROCINE Status: Completed Office: Tel: 49.160.440 9595 Delivery Status: Completed Eurocine 33, Av. Des Champs Elysees, Production Country: United Kingdom, PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Year of Production: 2007, Country of 75008 Paris, France. Tel: South Africa European Film Promotion (EFP) is Origin: Japan 33.1.42.25.64.92. Fax: 33.1.42.25.73.38. In 1950’s South Africa ruled by uniquely positioned to promote and Glaring but delicate. Warm and yet www.eurocine.net, E-Mail: apartheid, free-spirited owner of café market European cinema throughout the brutal. Scent of people living in Okinawa [email protected] Amina meets introverted wife Miriam At Cannes: Daniel LESOEUR world. In Cannes EFP is present with in 60’s. and their unexpected attraction pushes (Chairman), Ilona KUNESOVA (Head of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, a WHERE ARE WE GOING? them to question the rules that binds acquisition/development), Thomas project designed to spotlight European Gay (100 min) them. LESOEUR (Acquisitions/Development) production talent. Language: Japanese Office: n° C 3 at the Riviera Director: Yoshihiko Matsui Writer: Yoshihiko Matsui IN THE ATTIC Animation Producer: Atsuko Ohno ESSENTIAL Director: Jiri BARTA Key Cast: Shuju Kashiwabara, Anzu Producer: M. Smidmajer F Delivery Status: Completed ENTERTAINMENT Status: Pre production Year of Production: 2007, Country of Essential Entertainment, 9000 Sunset FABRICATION FILMS Courageous toys undertake a dangerous Origin: Japan Boulevard, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA Fabrication Films, 8701 W. Olympic 90069 USA. Tel: 1.310.550.9100. Fax: journey through a forsaken attic to rescue Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 USA. Tel: ULTIMATE LOVE STORY 1.310.550.9101. their friend a beautiful doll from the ruler 1.310.289.1232. Fax: 1.310.289.1292. (PERFECT WITNESS) At Cannes: Jere Hausfater (CEO), John of the Empire of Evil. http://www.fabricationfilms.com, email: Thriller (95 min) Fremes (President, International), Mark Language: English DON QUIJOTE [email protected] Padilla (Director, Sales and Distribution), Director: 0rson Welles At Cannes: Chris Perry (Executive Vice Director: Thomas C. Dunn Randy Hermann (CFO/COO), Neil Producer: Paxi Irrigoyen President) Writer: Mark Borkowski, Thoman C. Kaplan (Chief Business Development Starring: Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, F Office: Dunn Officer), Sunil Bhuta (VP, Legal and Feiguera STILETTO Producer: Yan Fisher Romanovsky Business Affairs) Status: Completed - screening in booth http://www. Key Cast: Wes Bentley Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 133, 14, La Actual transposition of Cervantes’s Thriller/Action (95 min) Delivery Status: Completed Crosiette, Cannes, France 06400. Tel: master piece shot over 20 years by Orson Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of 33(0)4.97.06.85.01, Fax: Welles and edited by Jess Franco. Director: Nick Vallelonga Origin: USA/Spain 33(0)4.97.06.85.12 Writer: Paul Sloan This unsetting psychological thriller EL REY MY ONE AND ONLY Drama Producer: Warren Ostregard explores the dark side of the human Starring Renee Zellweger Language: Spanish Key Cast: Tom Berenger, Michael Biehn, psyche and the depths to which one man Directed by Richard Loncraine (The selected/nominated Oscar & Goyas Stana Katic, William Forsythe, James will sink to make his mark. Gathering Storm, My House in Umbria, Director: Antonio Dorado Russo, Tom Sizemore, Dominique Swain The Gathering Storm, Band of Brothers – Producer: Daniel Lesoeur Delivery Status: Completed
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 57 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Budget: $4 million Ltd. Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Tony Ludwig, Barrie Director: Ilmar Taska THE FILM Origin: USA Robinson, Fred deWysocki, Roxane Production Company: Redark Pictures The seemingly random killings of an Barbat Producer: Lorenzo von Lorch CONSULTANCY assassin puzzle her lover. Key Cast: Roger Moore, Neve Campbell, Key Cast: Julian Berlin, Marian Zapico, PARTNERS FROM A PLACE OF DARKNESS Brian Cox Tiya Sircar The Film Consultancy Partners, 5-11 Thriller/Horror (90 min) Status: Completed, Screening Status: Completed, Screening Mortimer Street, London W1T3JB UK. Language: English Country of origin: United Kingdom Country of origin: Italy Tel: 44.207.467.9804. Fax: Director: Douglas Raine Two hundred years into the future, will On a quiet summer night, in an isolated 44.207.299.3391 Writer: Douglas Raine, Scott Kenyon AGENT C.R.U.S.H., the future of law mansion, Peter is plagued by terrifying At Cannes: Penny Wolf (Partner) Baker enforcement, save the world? visions in which Heaven and Hell mingle Office: Mobile: 44.777.592.3750 Producer: Phyllis Boyd, Jeffrey Chernov, SIDE EFFX into one dark landscape, inhabited by INCONCEIVABLE Catherine Conklin Sci-Fi (93 min) creatures hell-bent on precipitating the Drama Key Cast: Tracis Schuldt, John Savage, Language: English Language: English Bronson Pinchot Production Company: Pagomas end of the world. Director: Mary McGuckian Delivery Status: Completed Entertainment Writer: Mary McGuckian Budget: $1 million Producer: Johnathan Brown FILM ARTISTS Producer: Jeff Abberley, Martin Katz, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key Cast: Eloise Joseph, Dave Judge Mary McGuckian Origin: USA Status: Completed, Screening NETWORK Production Company: Pembridge Miles, a documentary filmmaker living Country of origin: UK/ Italy Film Artists Network, P.O. Box 323, Pictures off old success, finds his “second” break A bloody roller coaster that will test Canoga Park, CA 91305 USA. Tel: Leading Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Andie in the seedy world of snuff films. everyone’s nerves, especially after 1.818.344.0569. Fax: 1.818.344.0569. MacDowell, Geraldine Chaplin www.filmartistsnetworkdistribution.com, DEEP WINTER discovering that searching for eternal Status: Completed Action/Adventure (95 min) youth, the scientists have instead email: [email protected] Production Country: United Kingdom At Cannes: Chris Pilliczar (EVP), Gisela Language: English uncovered the after life. Singles, lesbians infertile couples, a pair Berk (Sales) Director: Mikey Hilb of gay men (and the odd widow who COWBOY SMOKE Office: 22.07 In the Palais 01, Tel: Writer: John Protass, Micah Abrams Western (94 min) needs the inheritance) - all desperate for 33.492.998.107 Producer: Glenn Zoller Language: English that one thing that will change their lives Key Cast: Eric Lively, Kellan Lutz, Director: Will Moore EAMONS ROAD forever - a child. www.mistyhazeproductions.com Michael Madsen, Luke Gross, Robert Production Company: Bandwagon Films Carradine Producer: Will Moore Horror (75 min) Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Matthew T. Johnston, Chad Language: English Budget: $3 million Matthews, Estella Perez Director: Janelle Morrissey THE FILM Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: Completed, Screening Writer: Janelle Morrissey Producer: Janelle Morrissey DEPARTMENT Origin: USA Country of origin: USA The Film Department, 8439 Sunset Blvd., Best friends set out to be the first people A modern take on the spaghetti westerns Key Cast: Bernice Tremblay, Josh Hamilton, Rich Caron 2nd Floor West Hollywood, CA 90069, to ski a dangerous Alaskan peak. of the 1960’s that breaks down the U.S.A. Tel: 1.323.785.3700. Fax: Delivery Status: Completed mythic Cowboy one bullet at a time. 1.323.785.3799. www.filmdept.com NIGH WATCHER (SUICIDE TAPES) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Thriller/Horror (90 minutes) THE LAST BAD NEIGHBORHOOD Production Company; Sales Agent Language: English Action/ Martial Arts (92 min) Origin: USA At Cannes: Mark Gill (CEO), Neil Director: Will Gordh Language: English Tormented and disfigured by Sacker (COO/President), Steve Bickel Delivery Status: Completed Director: Mark Duncan neighbourhood bullies, a maniac turns (President, International), Kristen Producer: Mark Duncan unpredictably lethal, seeking horrifying Figeroid (VP, International Sales), Robert Key Cast: Paul Logan (Days of our revenge. Katz (President, Production) FANTASTIC FILMS Lives, Friends), Tara Platt, Zena Leigh, RAGE Office: Gray d’Albion, 12 La Croisette, Robert Nyman www.ragemovie.com 3rd floor, Tel: 33.0.4.93.45.11.17 FANTASTIC FILMS Status: Completed, Screening Thriller (95 min) THE REBOUND Country of origin: USA Language: English INTERNATIONAL, Romantic Comedy In the near apocalyptic future, The Director: Chris Cones & Jason Crabtree Language: English LLC Silverstone Corporation is trying to take Writer: Chris Cones & Achilles Gacis Director: Bart Freundlich Fantastic Films International, LLC., over Dockland, the valuable waterfront Producer: Chris Cones & Sean Writer: Bart Freundlich 3854 Clayton Avenue, Los Angeles, property under the firm rule of Bishop, Eichenberg Producer: Mark Gill, Robert Katz, Tim 90027 CA, USA. Tel: 1.323.661.7088. but the takeover won’t be easy – who Key Cast: Chris Cones, Sean Eichenberg, Perell Fax: 1.323.661.7188. will win this battle??? Achilles Gacis Key Cast: Catherine Zeta Jones; Justin www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Roxane Barbat (President), THY KINGDOM COME Bartha Horror (87 min) Year of Production: 2007, Country of Fred Dewysocki III (Partner), Lina Delivery Status: In Production Origin: USA Naujokaite (Sales Assistant) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Office: Carlton International Hotel, Suite Disturbing flashbacks add insight into the Origin: U.S.A #134, Mobile 1.310.560.9577 mind of a killer, RAGE… IT’S IN ALL A romantic comedy set in New York City OF US about a 25-year-old man and his new SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Animation (78 min) THE HORROR WITHIN (EVIL neighbor, a 40-year-old, sexy single Language: English REMAINS) mother who catches more than his eye. Horror (81 min) Director: David Rubin LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Production Company: Dygra Films Language: English Thriller Producer: Manolo Gomez Director: Tom Sanders Language: English Executive Producer: Fred deWysocki Writer: Edward Gross and Tom San Writer: Kurt Wimmer Key Cast: Sean Astin, Ron Perlman, Producer: Ron Rothstein Producer: Lucas Foster, Mark Gill, Giovanni Ribisi, Anjelica Huston Key Cast: Jesse Biltz, Lynne Jacobellis, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel Status: Completed, Screening David Roers Key Cast: Gerard Butler Country of origin: Spain Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre-Production A powerful businessman wants to build a Year of Production: 2004, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of highway through the forest. Origin: USA Origin: U.S.A Film students go to the Hollywood Hills AGENT C.R.U.S.H. A psychopathic mastermind orchestrates Animation to make a horror film and come face to gruesome murders across the city, all Language: English “FANG” with terrifying vampires and from inside his prison cell. The Director: Sean Robinson AMAZON JACK 3MS other demons prosecutor responsible for his sentence is Production Company: Crush Productions TRUSTNORDISK the only one who can stop him.
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58 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE BROTHERS IN ARMS Delivery Status: completed Language: French Action Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Hany Tamba Language: English Origin: Spain, Italy, France Producer: Emmanuel Agneray, Jérome Director: Marcel Langenegger Abandoned by her husband after years of Bleitrach Writer: Noah Lukeman, Jordan Roberts marriage, Isabel thought her sexual life Key Cast: Patrick Chesnais Producer: Mark Gill, Robert Katz, Kip was over. but she had still a lot to learn. Delivery Status: Postproduction Konwiser Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: Pre-Production Origin: France Year of Production: 2008, Country of In the 1970’s, Bruno Caprice was briefly Origin: U.S.A FILMS successful with his first and only hit A true story set at the end of World War DISTRIBUTION single. Unexpectedly, a Lebanese II. Films Distribution, 34 rue du Louvre, businessman wants him to sing in Beirut, 75001 Paris, France. Tel: where people remember his song. 33.1.53.10.33.99. Fax: 33.1.53.10.33.98. FILMEXPORT www.filmsdistribution.com, email: [email protected] Sales Agent FILMSHARKS INT’L MY DEAR ENEMY GROUP Filmsharks Int’l, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, FINECUT / CINECLICK ASIA Filmexport Group, Via Del Pianeta At Cannes, Nicolas BRIGAUD- Buenos Aires, BsAs 1425 Argentina. Tel: Urano, 60, Rome, Italy. Tel: ROBERT (Partner), Sébastien BEFFA Delivery Status: Completed 0054.11.4774.5044. Fax: 06.52207432. Fax: 06.52278416. (Partner), François YON (Partner), Didar Budget: 1.0 M US$ 0054.11.4774.5044. www.filmsharks.com, www.filmexport.com, e-mail: DOMEHRI (International Sales Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director), Paméla LEU (TV Sales email: [email protected] [email protected] Sales Agent, Producer Origin: Chile Sales agent Manager), Martin CARAUX (Marketing At Cannes: Guido Rud (CEO) Sofia is a young Spanish girl who loses At Cannes: Roberto Di Girolamo & Festivals Manager) Acquisition Executive: Guido Rud her mother to an illness. An enigmatic (President), Laura Maurano (Sales Office: Stand E5/F8 (Riviera) letter falls into her hands, one that her Manager), Elisa D’Amico (Sales (CEO) SEA WALL (THE) (UN BARRAGE Office: Tel: 33.6.1460.7471 mother sent to Chile when she was alive. Manager) CONTRE LE PACIFIQUE) LLAMANDO A UN ANGEL Office: Hotel Palais Stéphanie, Drama (CALLING AN ANGEL) Brougham Room, 1st Floor, Tel: Language: French FINANCIERS: 0033.4.92.99.52.90 Director: Rithy Panh http://www.llamandoaunangel.com DESTINY RIDE (SANS ETAT Producer: Catherine Dussart Black Comedy (90 min) GOLDCREST FILM D’AME - LA DONNA DI NESSUNO) Key Cast: Isabelle Huppert; Gaspard Language: Spanish www.sansetatdame-lefilm.com Ulliel; Astrid Berges-Frisbey Director: Pancho Rodríguez, Héctor FINANCE LLP. Thriller (96’) Delivery Status: Postproduction Rodríguez & Rodolfo Guzmán Goldcrest Film Finance LLP., 65- 66 Language: French, Italian, English Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Pancho Rodríguez, Héctor Dean Street, London W1D 4PL UK. Tel: Director: Vincenzo Marano Origin: France Rodríguez & Rodolfo Guzmán 44.207.437.8696. Fax: 44.207.437.4448. Producer: Les Films de l’Astre, In French Indochina, the tragic story of a Key Cast: Luis Felipe Tovar; Patricia http://www.goldcrestfilms.com, email: Filmexport Group mother and her two children, living in a Llaca; Mónica Dionne; Julio Bracho; [email protected] Key Cast: Laurent Lucas, Hélène de total destitution. Pablo Abitia; Sherlyn; Eduardo España; At Cannes: Adam Kulick (Partner), Fougerolles, Candice Hugo A L’AVENTURE Marco Treviño; Andres Montiel; Alberto Anthony Walters (Manager), Samantha Delivery Status: completed Director: Jean-Claude BRISSEAU Estrella; Manuel Ojeda; Flor Payan; Julio Holcroft (Executive Coordinator) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Frédéric NIEDERMAYER Cesar Fido & Angel Cervantes Office: 7th Floor, 25 La Bagatelle, La Origin: France, Italy Key Cast: Carole Brana, Nadine Chibani, Delivery Status: Completed Croisette A high-profile prostitute, a dreaded Arnaud Binard Budget: 1.0 M US$ judge, an idealistic journalist: the love Delivery Status: Post - Production Year of Production: 2007, Country of that they feel for each other will at once Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: MEXICO ICB become deadly. Origin: France Three men share nothing but the same MILAN PALERMO, THE RETURN A young woman, bored with her lifestyle, name: Angel Flores Fuentes. ENTERTAINMENT (MILANO PALERMO, IL RITORNO) decides to leave everything behind. Her CHICHA TU MADRE www.milanopalermoilritorno.it meetings and encounters will lead her to FINANCE Dramatic Comedy (90 min) ICB Entertainment Finance, 500 North Action (95’) new pleasures, but also to the borders of Language: Spanish Brand Blvd., Suite 1650, Los Angeles, Language: Italian, English fantastique. Director: Gianfranco Quattrini CA 91203 USA. Tel: 1.818.254.2242. Director: Claudio Fragasso ON WAR (DE LA GUERRE) Writer: Gianfranco Quattrini Fax: 1.818.459.7082. www.icbef.com, Producer: SANMARCO FILM - GLOBE Drama Co-Production Partners: BD Cine, Primi email: [email protected] FILMS Language: French Quattrini and Cinema Digital Financier Executive Producer: Pietro Innocenzi Director: Bertrand Bonello Key Cast: Jesus Aranda, Tula Rodriguez, At Cannes: David Hutkin (Deputy Key Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Raoul Producer: Kristina Larsen Pablo Brichta, Jean Pierre Reguerraz Managing Director), Lisa Stoute (VP), Bova, Ricky Memphis, Gabriella Key Cast: Mathieu Amalric; Asia Delivery Status: Completed Pession, Enrico Lo Verso Argento, Guillaume Depardieu. Vivian Tarn (Fin. Analyst) Budget: 1.0 M US$ Office: cell: 1.916.768.2144 Delivery Status: completed Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: PERU, ARGENTINA Origin: Italy Origin: France When he learns that his teenage daughter FINECUT CO., LTD / Turi Arcangelo Leofonte, the mafia’s Bertrand, a film-maker approaching has become pregnant, Julio Cesar bookkeeper, after accepting to cooperate forty, decides to follow a man to an understands the time has come for him to CINECLICK ASIA with the Law causing the arrest of almost isolated part of the world, The Kingdom, change his destiny, stop driving a taxi Finecut Co., Ltd / Cineclick Asia, Suite the whole Scalia clan, and after serving ruled by a mysterious and charismatic and assume his vocation as a Tarot #636, Daewoo I-ville Myungmoonga, his 11 years sentence, is being released. woman, Uma. reader. 891-23 Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, BETTER THAN EVER (MEJOR ELDORADO DESIERTO SUR Seoul, 135-280, Korea. Tel: QUE NUNCA FKA: LIKE IT HOT?) Language: French Road Movie / Drama (100 min) 822.569.8777. Fax: 822.569.8577, Comedy (90’) Director: Bouli Lanners Language: Spanish www.finecut.co.kr, email: Language: Spanish, Italian, English Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart Director: Shawn GARRY [email protected] Director: Dolores Payas Key Cast: Fabrice Adde, Bouli Lanners Writer: Trinidad Jimenez Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Producer: Zahori Media, Production Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Mauricio ARRAIGADA At Cannes: Ms. Young-joo SUH Group, J.L.A Country of Origin: Belgium Key Cast: Marta ETURA, Carolina (Managing Director), Ms. Luna KIM Key Cast: Victoria Abril, Enrique Rocha, MELODRAMA HABIBI (UNE VARLETA, Héctor NOGUERA, (Senior Manager, Finance & Co- Gabriella Pession, Pep Ferrer, Anna CHANSON DANS LA TÊTE) Alejandro BOTTO, Ernesto MALBRÁN, production), Ms. EJ CHO (Senior Galiena, Rocco Papaleo Comedy/Drama Héctor MORALES. Manager, Sales & Marketing), Ms. Yun-
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Fax: 662.246.2105. highly engaging manner, a revolutionary At Cannes: Paco Alvarez (President) Writer: Santiago MITRE, Martín www.fivestarent.com, email: results-oriented mental process that Office: Canada Pavilion No. 124, Int’l MAUREGUI, Alejandro FADEL, Pablo [email protected] anyone can use to achieve success and Villiage - Riviera, Tel: TRAPERO Production and Distribution lasting fulfillment. 33.(0).6.0717.7253 At Cannes: Ms. Aphiradee Producer: Pablo TRAPERO (P), SUH DALAI LAMA RENAISSANCE THE LISTENING PROJECT Young-joo (P) Walter SALLES (Co-P) Iamphungphorn (International Sales Documentary / Inspirational http://www.thelisteningprojectfilm.com Key Cast: Martina GUSMAN, Elli Executive), Mr. Tian Ponvanit (Senior Producer/Director: Khashyar Darvish Documentary (80 min) MEDEIROS, Rodrigo SANTORO Executive Director), Mrs. Somjai (“Black Hawk Waltz”) Language: English Delivery Status: Completed Lertsethtakarn (Senior Executive Co-Producer: David Mueller Director: Dominic Howes, Joel Weber Budget: 1.2 million Euro Director) Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Jim Pohlad Year of Production: 2008, Country of Office: Riviera G23, Tel: 6681.934.8190 Narrated By: Harrison Ford Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Argentina ART OF THE DEVIL 3 (LONG Status: Completed / Screeners Available. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Convicted for the murder of one man and KHONG 2) Narrated by Harrison Ford, Dalai Lama Origin: USA attempted murder for another, Julia waits www.longkhong2.com invites a group of leading thinkers to his A global journey in search of what the in prison for her verdict. To make matters Horror (85 minutes) Himalayan residence to discuss solutions world thinks of America. Language: Thai for some of the world’s major problems. worse, Julia discovers she is pregnant by RED GOLD one of the men. Director: Ronin Team Awards: Winner of 10 awards and www.Redgoldthemovie.com Writer: Kongkiat Komesiri counting… Drama-Romance OPIUM WAR ey Cast: Napakpapah Nakprasit / Company: CINECLICK ASIA (Fantom K LIVING LUMINARIES Language: English Suppakorn Kitsuwan / Namo Co., Ltd) Docudrama / Inspirational Director: John Irvin Tonggumnerd www.cineclickasia.com Director: Larry Kurnarsky Writer: Alessandro di Gaetano Delivery Status: Completed Writers: Larry Kurnarsky and S. A. Drama (100 min) Producers: Kim Todd, Roberto Bessi, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Mulvihill Language: English and Dari Alessandro deGaetano Origin: Thailand Producer: Michael J. Lasky Director: Siddiq BARMAK Status: Pre-Production / Presales Panor (Napakpapah Nakprasit), a Exec. Producers: - Kourosh Esmailzadeh Writer: Siddiq BARMAK Budget: $10 million seductive rural teacher, longs to live a (“Venus in Furs”, “The Method”), Dawn Producer: Siddiq BARMAK(P), Shohreh Year of Production: Aug. 2008, normal, peaceful life like everyone else Olmstead, Gene Sloan, Bo Linten GOLPARIAN (P), Michio SUZUKI(Co- Countries: Canada / Italy in her village. But her beauty becomes Status: Completed / Screeners Available. P), Carole SCOTTA (Co-P), Youngjoo A young American girl falls in love with her biggest curse. Our young seeker’s journey reaches SUH (Co-P) an Italian prisoner-of-war, tearing her some of the most inspirational Key Cast: Joy SUBA, Peter BUSSIAN THE RED EAGLE small Indiana town apart. Action individuals of our day. Delivery Status: Completed Language: Thai For further information, please contact: RISE OF THE DEAD Budget: US$ 0.8 million Horror Director: Wisit Sasanatieng Year of Production: 2008, Country of Language: English Writer: Wisit Sasanatieng Origin: Afghanistan Director: William Wedig Key Cast: Ananda Everingham After a U.S. chopper crashes in an FORTUNE STAR Written by: Joshua and Jeffrey Crook, Delivery Status: In Development Afghan desert, a white officer and a Kris Scotto Year of Production: 2008, Country of ENTERTAINMENT black soldier encounter a local family Original Music: Evan Wilson Origin: Thailand living in deserted Russian tanks. (HK) LIMITED Producers: Drew Oppelt, Barbara Burch, THE SCREEN AT KAMCHANOD Fortune Star Entertainment (HK) Matt Regney, Patrick Pope CROSSING www.thescreenthemovie.com www.finecut.co.kr Limited, 8/F, One Harbourfront, 18 Tak Cast: Erin Wilk, Stephen Seidel, Chris Horror (98 minutes) Drama (107 min) Fung Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, HK. Ferry Language: Thai Language: Korean Tel: 852 2621 8888. Fax: 852 2621 Status: Complete Director: Songsak Mongkolthong Director: KIM Tae-kyun 7771. Year: 2007, Country: US Writer: Songsak Mongkolthong Writer: LEE Yoo-jin www.fortunestarentertainment.com, Key Cast: Achita Pramoj Na Ayudha / email: [email protected] Producer: CHEONG Eui-seok(EP), KIM Pakkaramai Potranan Distributor Sun-yong(EP), CHIN Hee-moon(EP), Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Ms Yvonne Chuang (Vice FRIES FILM GROUP, JUNG Suk-young(EP), HONG Jee- Year of Production: 2007, Country of President, Program Syndication and yong(P), Patrick CHEH(P), KIM Tae- INC. Origin: Thailand Distribution), Ms Esther Hau (Associate Fries Film Group, Inc., 22817 Ventura kyun(P) Based on a true story, “The Screen at Vice President), Ms Elyse Leong Blvd. Suite 909, Woodland Hills, CA Key Cast: CHA In-pyo, SHIN Myeong- Kamchanod” is set in 2007, a modern (Assistant Manager) 91364 USA. Tel: 1.818.888.3052. Fax: cheol world still haunted by past mystery. Office: TBC 1.818.888.3042. Delivery Status: Postproduction . RULE #1 Distributor Budget: US$ 7.0 million At Cannes: Charles M. Fries (President), Thriller (92.88 min) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Language: Cantonese Adam Welles (VP of Worldwide Sales) Origin: Korea Director: Kelvin Tong Office: Rivera F5 When his mother dies, Joon, a young FORTUNE Writer: Kelvin Tong ALIEN AGENT North Korean boy sets out to find his FEATURES, INC. Producer: Candy Leung Action (2007) father by crossing the border to China, Fortune Features, Inc., 127 Broadway, Key Cast: Ekin Cheng, Shawn Yue, Cast: Mark Dacascos, Billy Zane, and not knowing his father had become a Suite 221, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Fiona Xie and Stephanie Che Amelia Cooke North Korean refugee in South Korea USA. Tel: 310.601.8346. Fax: Delivery Status: Completed Status: Completed and Ready for against his will. 435.604.8346. www.fortunefeatures.com, Budget: US$2M Delivery email: [email protected] Year of production: 2008, Country of A lawman from another Galaxy must Worldwide Sales, Production and Origin: Hong Kong stop an invading force from building a Financing of Motion Pictures. Every day, the Police Force receives gateway to our world. At Cannes: Kourosh Esmailzadeh (CEO) about 185 phone calls. 180 are about NUMB THE METHOD fights, rapes, murders and robberies. The Romantic Comedy (2007) www.TheMethod.tv other 5 begin with “There’s something Director: Harris Goldberg Documentary (100 min) strange in my house.” Cast: Mathew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin
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60 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Pollak and Mary Steenburgen Philippe Le Tallec, a scientist living in Status: Completed and Ready for the USA, has to come back to France to GLOBAL CINEMA Delivery look after his young girl Eglantine, When a writer falls in love with his soul whose he hasn’t seen in many years. GROUP LLC Global Cinema Group LLC, 9229 Sunset mate, her love cures him of his neurotic MR 73 Blvd. Suite #400 Los Angeles CA 90069 personality. Thriller USA. Tel: 1.310.443.7788. Fax: Director: Olivier Marchal WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD: 1.310.443.7739 TAKE 2 Production: GAUMONT / LGM Cinéma e-mail: [email protected] Comedy (2008) Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy Company Type: Distributor Director: Tony Markes Status: Completed / Screening At Cannes: Peter Elson (President) Cast: Adam Rifkin, and Norby Schneider, an incorruptible cop, goes Office: Residences of The Grand Hotel Greenberry, Special Appearances by against the opinion of his superiors and JUST BURIED (PUSHING UP George Lucas, Tom Hanks, and Will begins an investigation which leads him DAISIES) Smith. to the gates of hell. Black Comedy (93 mins) Status: Post Production Language: English A mockumentary that shows you the Director: Chaz Thorne REAL Hollywood. Filmmaker Alan GK FILMS / INITIAL Writer: Chaz Thorne Rifkin takes an unknown, wannabe Actor Producer: John Watson, Pen Densham, under his wing and aims to make him a ENTERTAINMENT Bill Niven, Chaz Thorne star. Cast: Rose Byrne, Jay Baruchel, Graham GROUP Greene THE KREUTZER SONATA - INDEPENDENT GK Films / Initial Entertainment Group, Delivery Status: Completed 1411 5th St. Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA Year of Production: 2007, Country of 90401USA. Tel: 310.315.1722. Director: Norman T. Vane Origin: CANADA Writer: Norman T. Vane G Fax: 310.315.1723. Oliver just inherited a funeral home in a email: [email protected] Producer: Sean Javid, Norman T. Vane GAUMONT At Cannes: Maxine Leonard (SVP, town where nobody is dying ….yet. Cast: Robert Parks-Valletta, Lindsey 30, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Marketing and Publicity) FOODFIGHT! Kelley, Jamie Perez Sorrentini Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. Office: 24 La Croisette (at La Bris), 3rd Animation Delivery Status: Completed Tel: 33.1.46.43.21.80. Floor, Cannes 06400, Language: English Year of Production: 2008, Country of Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33. Tel: 33.4.93.39.89.87 Director: Lawrence Kasanoff Origin: USA www.gaumont.net Writer: Sean Derek A group of dead people hang out at a At Cannes: Christophe RIANDÉE THE YOUNG VICTORIA Drama Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff, George cemetery at night and take over the (C.E.O.), Loïc TROCMÉ (Head of Sales Language: English Johnsen, Joshua Wexler bodies of the living who enter. and Acquisitions), Yves CHEVALIER Director: Jean Marc Vallee Cast: Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, (Acquisitions Consultant), Cécile Producer: Graham King, Martin Hilary Duff GAGET (Sales & Acquisitions), Scrosese, Tim Headington, Sarah Delivery Status: Post-production Dorothée GROSJEAN (Sales), Virginie THE G-MACHINE, Ferguson Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country ROYER (Sales) of Origin: USA Office: 2, rue Bivouac Napoleon, 4th Key Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, INC. In the supermarket at night when the The G-Machine, Inc., 11685 Gorham Floor, Tel: 33.4.93.68.90.20. Fax: Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim lights go out, the grocery store Ave., Suite 5, Los Angeles, CA 90049 33.4.92.18.38.18 Broadbent Delivery Status: Post Production transforms. USA. Tel: 1.310.713.7486. JCVD Fax: 1.310.207.1936. Comedy Country of Origin: UK RESTRAINT (RAVENSWOOD) Drama/Thriller/ Suspense (92 mins) http://www.thegmachineinc.com, email: Director: Mabrouk el Mechri Chronicles Victoria’s rise to power, focusing on the early turbulent years of Language: English [email protected] Production: GAUMONT At Cannes: Ron Gell (President & CEO), her reign and her legendary romance and Director: David Denneen Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Karim Cynthia Marquoit (Chairman) marriage to Prince Albert. Writer: Dave Warner Belkhadra, Zinedine Soualem, François Producer: Anna Fawcett, Mark Lazarus, Office: LERINS Stand R21, Tel: Damiens BANGKOK DANGEROUS Todd Fellman, Dan Halsted 33(0)4.92.99.32.43 Status: Private Screening (on invitation Action-Adventure Language: English Cast: Travis Fimmel, Stephen Moyer, ON THE DOLL only) http://www.onthedoll.com/ Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Teresa Palmer When the life of Jean-Claude Van Teen/Coming of Age (102 min) Producer: William Sherak, Jason Delivery Status: Completed Damme collides with the reality of a Language: English Shuman, Norm Golightly Year of Production: 2007, Country of hold-up in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly Director: Thomas Mignone Key Cast: Nicolas Cage Origin: Australia the huge movie star turns into an Writer: Thomas Mignone Delivery Status: Completed A young couple on the run hole up in a ordinary guy, filled with fears, country estate with a hostage in tow Co-Production Partners: Doom Country of Origin: USA contradictions and hopes. who’s got a dark past of his own. The Incorporated, Jeff Most Productions, An anonymous assassin travels to A FRENCH GIGOLO (CLIENTE) three of them play out a dangerous game Your Half Media Group Bangkok to handle four kills for an Drama of seduction, power and fear. Producer: Jeff Most, Ryan Harper, John underworld crime boss, but his Director: Josiane Balasko Saviano conscience becomes his enemy in the NEARING GRACE Production: GAUMONT / LGM Cinéma Drama (105 mins) Key Cast: Brittany SNOW, James city that never sleeps. Cast: Nathalie Baye, Eric Caravaca, Language: English RUSSO, Josh JANOWICZ, Stephen Isabelle Carré GARDENER OF EDEN Director: Rick Rosenthal SOWAN, Theresa RUSSELL Dark Comedy Status: Completed / Screening Writer: Jacob Aaron Estes Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Judith is level-headed woman in her Producer: Rick Rosenthal, Susan Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Kevin Connolly fifties. She lives alone and regularly Johnson, Tracy Underwood Origin: USA Producer: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad treats herself to the sexual services of Cast: Gregory Smith, Jordana Brewster, Highly Provocative, On The Doll is a Simpson, Allen Bain young men selected on Internet escort Ashley Johnson, David Morse story of the victims of child abuse, and Key Cast: Lukas Haas, Erika sites. That’s how she meets Patrick, Delivery Status: Completed the pain it visits upon their later lives. Christensen, Giovanni Ribisi whose kindness and simplicity win her Year of Production: 2006, Country of With interweaving stories following over. Delivery Status: Completed Origin: USA victims and victimizers, the film depicts Country of Origin: USA DADDY COOL (15 ANS ET DEMI) In New Jersey Suburbia circa 1979, one the variety of experiences of abuse. Comedy A 25 year old slacker discovers his high school senior loses and finds grace PVC-1 Director: François Desagnat & Thomas purpose in life after accidentally in the dreamlike world of teenage http://www.pvc-1themovie.com/cast.html Sorriaux apprehending a local rapist – to protect longing. Thriller (85 min) Production: GAUMONT the good people of his small town… by Language: Spanish Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Lamboley any means necessary. YOU’RE SO DEAD Horror Comedy (100 mins) Director: Spiros STATHOULOPOULOS Status: Completed / Screening Language: English Writer: Dwight ISTANBULIAN, Spiros
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 61 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE STATHOULOPOULOS Producer: Alan Moloney and Adrian Origin: Hong Kong Producer: Jace HALL, Spiros Sturges GOLDCREST The king’s assassin will inherit the throve STATHOULOPOULOS Key Cast: Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, unless a princess can learn the art of war Key Cast: Alberto SORNOZA, Andres Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic INDEPENDENT and protect her kingdom from invaders Goldcrest Independent, 65-66 Dean MAHECHA, Daniel PAEZ, Hugo Cooper, Steven Mackintosh and Damian and enemies within. Street, London W1D 4PL UK. Tel: PEREIRA, Merida URQUIA Lewis 44.207.437.8696. Fax: 44.207.437.4448. THE TRUCK Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed Thriller http://www.goldcrestfilms.com, email: Year of Production: 2007, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: Korean [email protected] Country of Origin: USA, Origin: Ireland/UK At Cannes: Pierre Weisbein (SVP Sales) Director: Kwon Hyung-jin COLOMBIA, GREECE Frank Perry is an institutionalized Office: 7th Floor, 25 La Bagatelle, La Writer: Jang Hyung-mo Shot in real time and one continuous convict twelve years into a life sentence. Croisette Producer: Tcha Sung-jai, Kim Mi-hee take, PVC-1 is based on the Key Cast: Yu Hae-jin, Jin Ku When his daughter falls ill, he is THE CHOSEN ONE true story of a woman who is turned into determined to make peace with her Comedy Delivery Status: Completed a human time bomb in an act of before it is too late. Language: English Budget: US$ 3.25 million terrorism. Year of Production: 2008, Country of ELISE Director: Rob Schneider ROMAN Drama Writer: Rob Schneider, Boon Collins Origin: Korea Thriller/Horror (92 min) Language: English Producer: John Schneider A truck driver in desperate need of Language: English Director: James Bogle Key Cast: Rob Schneider, Steve money for his daughter’s operation, Director: Angela BETTIS Writer: James Bogle Buscemi, Holland Taylor transports a cargo of corpses, but when Writer: Lucky MCKEE Producer: Ben Grant Delivery Status: Post Production he picks up a witch hiking serial killer Producer: Chris WAYNE, Jonathan Key Cast: Natalie Imbruglia Year of Production: 2008, Country of his nightmare really begins. SEROTA, Steve COPELAND Delivery Status: Post Production Origin: USA WUSHU Key Cast: Kristen BELL, Lucky Year of Production: 2007, Country of Like the Dalai Lama with a drinking Martial Arts (101 min) MCKEE, Nectar ROSE Origin: Australia problem. Language: Mandarin Delivery Status: Completed Director: Antony Szeto, Dennis Chan How can you understand one day without CASS Year of Production: 2006, Country of understanding the day before? Drama Writer: Lau Ho-leung, Dennis Chan Origin: USA Producer: Jackie Chan, John Sham, CLUBLAND (INTRODUCING THE Language: English A companion film to LionsGate’s MAY. Colette Koo DWIGHTS) Director: Jon S. Baird Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young http://www.clublandthefilm.com Writer: Jon S. Baird Key Cast: Sammo Hung, Wang Wenjie, man who yearns to find love, happiness Drama (108min) Producer: Stefan Haller Liu Fengchao, Wang Fei, Liu Yongchen, and companionship. Language: English Key Cast: Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press, Wang Yachao Delivery Status: Post Production OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM’S Director: Cherie Nowlan Linda Bassett Budget: US$ 4 million WAR AGAINST THE WEST Writer: Keith Thompson Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2008, Country of http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/ Producer: Rosemary Blight Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: China Documentary (77 min) Key Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Origin: UK At a school for martial arts, a small Language: English Chittenden, Emma Booth Cass Pennant: media sensation and head group of students form a close friendship Director: Wayne KOPPING Delivery Status: Completed of the UK’S most feared football gang. that is put to the test when they each Writer: Raphael SHORE, Raphael Year of Production: 2006, Country of The incredible true story of one man’s train in a different form of competitive SHORE, Wayne KOPPING, Wayne Origin: Australia struggle for IDENTITY AND fighting. KOPPING Tim has a new girlfriend. It should be the REDEMPTION. Producer: Peter MIER, Peter MIER, perfect romance but something is holding Raphael SHORE, Raphael SHORE him back. He has a dark secret. Key Cast: Alan DERSHOWITZ, Alan GOLDEN NETWORK GORILLA PICTURES DERSHOWITZ, Brigitte GABRIEL, Gorilla Pictures, 2000 West Olive Brigitte GABRIEL, Martin GILBERT, GOLDCREST FILMS ASIA LIMITED Avenue, Burbank, CA 91506 United Martin GILBERT, Nonie DARWISH, Golden Network Asia Limited, Unit 1508, States. Tel: 1.818.848.2198. Fax: Nonie DARWISH, Steven EMERSON, INTERNATIONAL Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Road, Kwun 1.818.848.2232. Steven EMERSON Tong, Hong Kong. Tel: 852.2751.1886. http://www.gorillapictures.net, email: Delivery Status: Completed LTD. Fax: 852.2750.4862. email: [email protected] Year of Production: 2005, Country of Goldcrest Films International Ltd., 65- [email protected] At Cannes: Bill Gottlieb (CEO), Don Origin: USA 66 Dean Street, London W1D 4PL, UK. Sales agent Wilson (Executive VP) Obsession is a film about the threat of Tel: 44.207.437.8696. Fax: At Cannes: Carrie WONG (Managing Office: H16/G11-H14, Tel: Radical Islam to Western civilization. 44.207.437.4448, Director); Clarence TANG (Head of 1.818.419.9814 http://www.goldcrestfilms.com, email: Sales and Acquisitions); Lammy LI THE LEGEND OF SASQUATCH [email protected] (Sales and Marketing Manager); Melanie http://www.bigfootmovie.net At Cannes: John Quested (Chairman), YIP (Sales and Marketing Executive); Family/ Animation (73 min) GOALPOST FILM Stephen Johnston (President), Nick Elise WONG (Senior Sales and Language: English Quested (Director), Laura Murphy (Sales Marketing Assistant) Director: Thomas Callicoat LIMITED And Marketing) Goalpost Film Limited, 3rd Floor, 258- Acquisition Executive: Clarence TANG Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb Office: 7th Floor, 25 La Bagatelle, La 260 Lavender Hill, London SW11 1LJ, (Head of Sales and Acquisitions) Key Cast: William Hurt, John Rhys- Croisette UK. Tel: 0207.585.3222. Office: LERINS STAND P1, Tel: Davies Fax: 0207.585.3230. ELVIS & ANABELLE 33(0)4.92.99.88.08 Delivery Status: Completed http://www.elvisandanabelle.com http://www.goalpostfilm.com AN EMPRESS AND THE Country of Origin: United States Romance/ Drama At Cannes: Tristan Whalley (Managing WARRIORS “Legends never leave us, as long as we Director), Nicki Parfitt Language: English http://www.anempressandthewarriors.co believe.” Director: Will Geiger (Co-managing Director) m THE LAST SENTINEL Office: Résidences du Grand Hôtel, 45 Writer: Will Geiger Epic / Martial Arts (95 min) http://www.gorillapictures.net Croisette, 06400 Cannes, entrance: Key Cast: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Language: Mandarin Sci-Fi / Action Flamant, 4th floor Mary Steenburgen, Joe Mantegna, Keith Director: Tony Ching Siu-tung Language: English Carradine THE ESCAPIST Writer: James Yuen, Cheung Tan, Chun Director: Jesse Johnson Thriller (106 min) Status: completed Tin-nam Writer: Jesse Johnson Language: English Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Claudia Chung, Eric Tsang Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb Director: Rupert Wyatt Origin: USA Key Cast: Donnie Yen, Guo Xiaodong, Key Cast: Don Wilson, Katee Sackhoff, Writer: Rupert Wyatt and When a young mortician revives a Kelly Chen, Leon Lai Bokeem Woodbine, Keith David Daniel Hardy suicidal beauty queen with an innocent Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: Parallel Films kiss, love blossoms in the strangest way. Budget: US$ 15 million Country of Origin: United States and Picture Farm Year of Production: 2008, Country of “The last of the warriors could now be
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62 The Business of Film C ANNES 2007 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE our last hope.” Language: Greek SOFT TARGET (CROOKED) Director: Petros Sevastikoglou http://www.gorillapictures.net Writer: Petros Sevastikoglou, Petros Action / Thriller Lambroulis Language: English Key Cast: Evgenia Dimitropoulou, Director: Art Camacho Christos Nikolaou, Roula Pateraki Writer: William C. Martell Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Bill J. Gottlieb Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Origin: Greece Olivier Gruner, Gary Busey Every twenty years, a comet passes by Delivery Status: Completed and carves a fiery footpath over a lake. Country of Origin: United States Those who love can cross it walking “The only thing more lethal than the over the waters. Love at three ages, at lawless – is the law itself.” three moments, will face the challenge
GREEK FILM LAW OFFICES OF CENTRE GREG S. BERNSTEIN Greek Film Centre, 10 Panepistimiou Av, Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein, 9601 Athens 10674 Greece. Tel: Wilshire Blvd., Suite 240, Beverly Hills, 00.30.210.36.48.007. Fax: California, USA. Tel: 1.310.247.2790. 00.30.210.36.14.336. http://www.gfc.gr, Fax: 1.310.247.2791. email: [email protected] www.thefilmlaw.com At Cannes: George Papalios (President), Entertainment and Film Finance Law, Demetrios Sofianopoulos (Vice Producer Representative President), Evi Lazari (Head of Sales and At Cannes: Greg S. Bernstein Promotion), Iliana Zakopoulou (Head of (Entertainment Attorney, Producer Festivals and International Cultural Representative) Events), Stavroula Geronimaki (Sales Office: Novotel Montfleury Cannes, and Promotion Coordinator) Local Tel: 1.310.266.5365 Office: Village International Greek Pavilion 126 EL GRECO Drama (117 min) Languages: English, Spain, Greek Director: Iannis Smaragdis Writer: Iannis Smaragdis H Producer: Alexandros Films Key Cast: Nick Ashdon, Juan Diego HANNIBAL Botto, Laia Marull PICTURES Delivery Status: Completed Hannibal Pictures, 8265 Sunset Year of Production: 2007, Country of Boulevard, Suite 107, West Hollywood, Origin: Greek CA 90046 USA. Tel: 1.323.848.2945. An epic tale of un uncompromising artist Fax: 1.323.848.2946. and fighter for freedom, Domenicos www.hannibalpictures.com, e-mail: Theotocopoulos, known to the world as [email protected] “EL GRECO”. Producer, Distributor and Sales agent At Cannes: Richard Rionda Del Castro CORRECTION Drama (83 min) (Chairman & CEO), Patricia Rionda Del Languages: Greek, Albanian Castro (President), Jonathan Collins Director: Thanos Anastopoulos (Director of Production and Sales) Writer: Thanos Anastopoulos, Vasilis Office: Intercontinental Carlton Office Raisis 132, Tel: 33(0)4.93.06.40.06 – Office Key Cast: Yiorgos Symeonidis, Ornela 132, Jonathan Collins Cell: Kapetani, Savina Alimani 33(0)6.74.59.62.57 Delivery Status: Completed GIALLO Year of Production: 2007, Country of Thriller/Action Origin: Language: English A man gets out of prison and undertakes Director: Dario Argento a homeless journey into the Producer: Rafael Primorac, Richard contemporary Athens. On his way he Rionda Del Castro will meet a woman and a little girl. Executive Producer: Adrien Brody, Oscar Generale, Claudio Argento, Luis De Val, VALSE SENTIMENTALE Drama (109 min) David Milner, Billy Dietrich, Patricia Language: Greek Eberle Director: Constantina Voulgaris Cast: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Writer: Constantina Voulgaris Seigner, Elsa Pataky Key Cast: Alexandros Voulgaris, Andreas Delivery Status: Pre-Production (Start Kontopoulos, Loukia Michalopoulou Production: May 12, 2008) Delivery Status: Completed Budget: $14 million Year of Production: 2007, Country of Country of Origin: Italy, UK Origin: Greece In Italy, an American woman fears her A love story where nothing happens, sister may have been kidnapped. where they say nothing and where Inspector Enzo Lavia fears it’s worse. change.means nothing. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow. THREE MOMENTS Drama (80 min) CHASING THE DRAGON
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Sales & Distribution, www.highpointfilms.co.uk, email: Budget: $17 million Country: Poland General Manager), Sofia Neves [email protected] Country of Origin: UK, France (Director, Sales), Jonathan Lynch- Sales Agent, Producer Opportunist and all round cheat, Bartek, A ruthless Asian drug lord kills several Staunton (Director, Marketing & At Cannes: Ronald de Neef (Co- finds his curiosity aroused when a FBI Agents and flees back home to Asia. Distribution), Stephan Mallmann (COO), Founder), Carey Fitzgerald (Managing mysterious man appears to stage his own But the Agent he left alive comes after Jan Spielhoff (Director, Business Affairs) Director), Elisar Cabrera (Director of disappearance. him, hungry for revenge and justice. Office: Residence Gray d’Albion, 1st Sales & Marketing, Theatrical), Piers THE LAST WARRIOR floor Right, 27 La Croisette / 4 rue des Nightingale (Head of Development), Lisa Post-Apocalyptic Action Serbes, 06400 Cannes, Tel: Gifford (Territory Manager), Carl Simons HOLLAND FILM Language: English 33(0)4.9368.3423, Fax: (Head of Production and Acquisitions) Holland Film, Jan Luykenstraat 2, 1071 Director: John Eyres 33(0)4.9368.3756 Acquisition Executive: Piers Nightingale CM Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Tel: Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, / Carl Simons FRANKLYN 31.20.570.7575. Fax: 31.20.570.7570. BJ Rack, Gilles Thompson Thriller Office: Residences du Grand Hotel, www.hollandfilm.nl, E-mail: Cast: Vincent Perez, Director: Gerald McMorrow Cormoran II Entrance, 3rd Floor, ring [email protected] Laurence Fishburne Writer: Gerald McMorrow bell: no. 33, 47 Croisette, 06400 Cannes. Holland Film is the official marketing & Delivery Status: Pre-Production (Start Producer: Jeremy Thomas Tel: 0033(0)4.93.38.05.87 promotion agency for Dutch film Production: August 4, 2008) Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Sam Riley & Eva SKIN worldwide. Budget: $17 million Green Drama (85 minutes) At Cannes: Claudia Landsberger Country of Origin: Hungary, Canada, Status: Post Production Director: Hanro Smitsman (Managing Director) cell: France Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producers: Marc Bary 31.6.5073.7681 In a war-ravaged and disease-ridden Origin: UK Production Company: IJswater Film Office: 106, Holland Film Pavilion, future, a soldier genetically altered Four lost souls are on a mission; two Cast: Robert de Hoog, Village International, Tel: 33(0)493 t.b.c. killing machine escapes impending worlds divide them; one single bullet will John Buijsman, Sylvia Poorta CALIMUCHO destruction and goes on the run, leaving decide their fate. Delivery Status: complete Docu-drama (90’) a trail of destruction in his wake. Country: The Netherlands Language, subtitles: BRIDESHEAD REVISITED Based on true events, in 1979 a Dutch/German/French/Rumanian, CUBA AND THE NIGHT Period drama seventeen year old boy, in trying to break English subtitles Thriller Director: Julian Jarrold free from a father traumatized by the Director: Eugenie Jansen (Sleeping Language: English Writer: Andrew Davies & Jeremy Brock Holocaust, is led into the emerging Rough) Director: Joseph Ruben Producers: Douglas Rae, Robert skinhead youth culture and Neo Nazi Producer/Sales: Circe Films Producer: Wallis Nicita, Peter Bernstein, Kevin Loader movement. Co-production: The Netherlands Barsocchini, Richard Rionda Del Castro Cast: Emma Thompson, Ben Whishaw, Cast: Dicky Kilian, Willy Soeurt, Tarek Delivery Status: Pre-Production Matthew Goode, Michael Gambon, NOTHING TO LOSE Thriller (90 minutes) Hannoudi, Peter Verberk Budget: $28 million Hayley Atwell Director: Pieter Kuijpers Delivery status: Post-Production Country of Origin: US Status: Post Production Producers: Sander van Meurs, Andre Year of Production: 2008, Country of In post-Castro Cuba, an American Year of Production: 2008, Country of journalist meets a mysterious and sexy Teelen origin/Int’l Origin: UK Production Company: Pupkin Films A docu-drama chronicling a complex lounge singer whose dangerous political Adapted from one of the truly great ties lead him to uncover an assassination Cast: Theo Maassen, Lisa Smit relationship within a small circus on the works of fiction of the 20th century, Delivery Status: complete verge of breakdown. plot. But with Castro dead… who is the Brideshead Revisited is a gorgeously target? Country: The Netherlands CAN GO THROUGH SKIN evocative romantic epic portraying a A convicted killer goes on the run from a Psychological drama (100’) ADRIFT IN MANHATTAN story of forbidden love and the loss of psychiatric prison, taking a 13 year old Language, subtitles: Dutch, English Drama innocence. Language: English girl subtitles SUNSHINE CLEANING hostage on the way. Director: Esther Rots (debut feature film) Director: Alfredo De Villa Drama Producer: Steven J. Brown STORM BOUND Producer/Sales: Rots Filmwerk, NFI Director: Christine Jeffs Family, Adventure (135 minutes) Producties Cast: Heather Graham, Billy Baldwin, Writer: Megan Holley Director: Steven de Jong Co-production: The Netherlands Victor Rasuk Producers: Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Producers: Klaas de Jong Cast: Rifka Lodeizen (Simon), Wim Delivery Status: Immediate Glenn Williamson, Jeb Brody Production Company: Bridge Opbrouck (Sea of Silence) Country of Origin: US Cast: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Entertainment Delivery status: Post-Production The complicated and sometimes tragic Zahn, Alan Arkin Cast: Pim Wessels, Martijn Hendrickx, Year: 2008, Country of origin/Int’l lives of four New Yorkers intersect in Status: Post Production Billy Zomerdijk Logline: The silent aftermath that follows miraculous ways. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: complete a young woman’s tragedy is broken by GIVE ‘EM HELL MALONE Origin: US Country: The Netherlands her discovery of nature’s ancient Action A poignant and bittersweet family film, A high seas adventure for all the family, rhythms. Language: English about respect, love and clearing up body as 14 year old Hajo and his friends join Producer: Richard Salvatore, Johnny KATIA’S LITTLE SISTER parts. the crew on Captain Bontekoe’s ship Drama (90’) Martin, Richard Rionda Del Castro Cast: Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames Delivery Status: Pre-Production Budget: $12 Million Country of Origin: US A tough as nails private eye takes a simple job from an enigmatic and unseen Frenchman, and the job turns violent, Email your press releases only during Cannes to: escalating into one shootout, knife-fight and fistfight [email protected] after another. HANWAY FILMS
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64 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Language, subtitles: Dutch/Russian, A journey into the hearts and minds of Writer: Justin Marks Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou English subtitles sports fans and the mayhem of the Producer: Ashok Amritraj Delivery Status: In post-production Director: Mijke de Jong (Stages) Stanley Cup ice hockey playoffs. Key Cast: Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Country of Origin: USA Producer/Sales: KeyFilm Duncan, Taboo, Chris Klein, Robin A sci-fi thriller that takes us into the Co-production: The Netherlands Shou, Neil McDonough secret world of psychic espionage. Cast: Betty Qizmolli, Julia Seykens, Olga HYDE PARK Delivery Status: In Production HUNGER Louzgina Year of Production: 2008 Drama Delivery status: post-production INTERNATIONAL A major live action motion picture based Director: Steve McQueen Year: 2008, Country of origin/Int’l Hyde Park International, 14958 Ventura on Capcom’s most popular videogame Producers: Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin A thirteen-year old girl adapts to survive Blvd., Suite 100, Sherman Oaks, CA franchise featuring Chun Li’s heroic Gutch the grim world of her mother and older 91403 USA. Tel: 1.818.783.6060. Fax: journey for justice. Screenplay: Enda Walsh, Steve McQueen sister. 1.818.783.6319 Cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam At Cannes: Lisa Wilson (President), SECRET REALM Animation Cunningham Ashok Amritraj (CEO) Director: Thomas G. Murphy Delivery Status: Completed Office: Carlton Hotel, 140/141, Tel: Key Cast: Brian Cox, James Cosmo, A challenging and unforgettable feature 818.516.4746 HORIZON MOTION Sylvester McCoy film by the multi award winning creative THE OTHER END OF THE LINE Delivery Status: In Production team of British artist film-maker Steve PICTURES Romantic Comedy A roller coaster animated film in which a McQueen and Irish writer Enda Walsh. Horizon Motion Pictures, 1271 Howe Director: James Dodson boy, his dog, and a fairy unite to stop an Street, suite 111, Vancouver BC V6Z 1R3 Writer: Tracey Jackson MARY & MAX evil lord who controls a mysterious Animated feature Canada. Tel: 1.604.632.1707. Fax: Producer: Ashok Amritraj monster. Director: Adam Elliot 1.604.632.1711.. Key Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya, Sara Producers: Melanie Coombs http://www.horizonmotionpictures.com, Foster, Larry Miller Screenplay: Adam Elliot email: [email protected] Delivery Status: Post Production At Cannes: Rob Straight (President), Cast: Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Barry Anna Manheimer (Sales & Acquisitions A beautiful young Indian woman and an Humphries Manager) American businessman cross cultural Delivery Status: Production Office: G20, Riviera, Tel: barriers in this uplifting romantic comedy I The claymation tale of the lifelong pen- 33(0)4.92.99.33.22. in the vein of PRETTY WOMAN. friendship between Mary Dinkle, living THE GIFT in suburban Melbourne, Australia and RED AWN, THE (HONGSE Thriller ICON New Yorker Max Horovitz. KANGBAIYIN) Director: Greg Marcks http://www.horizonmotionpictures.com/t ENTERTAINMENT Writer: Mikhail Nitsberg and Kevin BIRDS OF AMERICA heredawn.asp Comedy Elders INTERNATIONAL Drama (101 min) Director: Craig Lucas Producer: Steve Richards Icon Entertainment International, Solar Language: Mandarin with English subs Producers: Daniela Taplin, Celine Key Cast: Shane West, Ed Burns, Ving House, First Floor, 915 High Road Rattray, Jana Edelbaum, Hilary Swank, Director: Cai Shangjun Rhames, Martin Sheen London N12 8QJ, UK. Tel: Galt Niederhoffer Writer: Gu Xiaobai, Cai Shangjun, Chen Delivery Status: Completed 44.208.492.6300. Fax: 44.208.492.6301. Screenplay: Elyse Friedman Weidong Year of Production: 2007 www.iconmovies.net, email: icon- Cast: Matthew Perry, Hilary Swank, Ben Producer: Li Xudong A young computer engineer receives [email protected] Foster, Ginnifer Goodwin Key Cast: Yao Anlian, Lu Yulai, Shi mysterious SMS messages that Film sales, finance & production Delivery Status Completed Junhui, Wang Hong, Fan Jiang dramatically change his life and cause company This heartfelt comedy, in the vein of Delivery Status: Completed him to be investigated by the FBI. At Cannes: Mark Gooder (Chief Year of Production: 2007, Country of Executive Officer, Icon Group), Ariel LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and Origin: China THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL Veneziano (President, Icon Entertainment SIDEWAYS, follows three adult siblings: DESTINATION a straight-edge professor, his sexually A father returns to the family he Drama International), Anthony Buckner (Senior promiscuous sister and hippie kid abandoned, only to discover his wife has Director: james Ivory International Sales Manager), Abby brother. died and his son doesn’t want him back. Writer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Kadell (International Sales Manager), DEAD WOOD Producer: Richard Hawley, Ashok Jonathan Page (Manager), Steve http://www.horizonmotionpictures.com/d Amritra Bestwick (Sales Administration eadwood.asp Key Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Laura Manager) IDREAM Horror (85 min) Linney, Hiro Sanada, Charlotte Acquisition Executives: Hugo Grumbar Language: English Gainsbourg, Omar Metwally, Norma (President, Icon Film Distribution Ltd, INDEPENDENT Director: David Bryant, Sebastian Smith Aleandro, Kate Burton UK), Toby Hill (Head of Acquisitions, Writer: David Bryant, Sebastian Smith, Icon Film Distribution Ltd, UK), Ian PICTURES Delivery Status: Post Production IDream Independent Pictures, 309, Richard Stiles Dawson (Head of UK Home Doctoral student Omar Razaghi must get Gainsborough House, 81 Oxford Street, Producer: David Bryant, Sebastian Entertainment), Greg Hughes (General authorization to write an autobiography London W1D 2EU, UK. Tel: Smith, Richard Stiles Manager, Icon Home Entertainment, of Latin American author Jules Gund 44.207.903.5116. Fax: 44.207.903.5333. Key Cast: Fergus March, Emily Juniper, Australia) from the late Writer: ‘s brother, widow, http://www.idreamindependent.com John Samuel Worsey, Rebecca Craven and mistress. Office: Residence Le Grand Hotel, 45 La Sales Agent Delivery Status: Completed Croisette, Flamant Entrance, 4th Floor, TELL TALE At Cannes: Rohit Sharma (President- Year of Production: 2007, Country of Thriller 06400 Cannes. Tel: 33.4.92.28.33.40, International Sales), Kanika Vasudeva Origin: United Kingdom Director: Michael Cuesta Fax: 33.4.92.28.33.41 (Asst. Vice President-Sales) Deep in the woods of Britain, four Writer: David Callaham TRIANGLE Office: Booth No. 22.02 (A) Palais, Tel: friends fight for their lives against a Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Psychological Thriller 33.(0).492.998.065 supernatural monster. Michael Costigan, Christopher Tuffin, Director: Christopher Smith Producer: Jason Newmark TAHAAN (A BOY WITH A PUCKHEADS Martin Shore GRENADE) http://www.horizonmotionpictures.com/p Key Cast: Josh Lucas, Brian Cox, Lena Cast: Melissa George www.tahaanthefilm.com uckheads.asp Headey Delivery Status: Pre-Production Drama (105 mins) Documentary (80 min) Delivery Status: In Production From the Director of Creep and Language: Hindi (With Subtitles) Language: English Year of Production: 2008 Severance, comes TRIANGLE, a unique Director: Santosh Sivan Director: Simon Dekker A riveting psychological thriller that sets concept horror-thriller that turns the Writer: Santosh Sivan, Ritesh Menon, Writer: Linda Jennifer Neilson, Simon Edgar Allen Poe’s haunting story, “The genre on its head. Paul Hardart Dekker Tell Tale Heart”, against the backdrop of PUSH Producer: IDream Production and Producer: Linda Jennifer Neilson, Simon modern science. Sci Fi thriller Santosh Sivan Films Director: Paul McGuigan Dekker STREET FIGHTER Key Cast: Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Delivery Status: Completed http://streetfightermovie.net/ Producers: Bruce Davey, William Vince Victor Banergee, Rahul Khanna & Purav Year of Production: 2008, Country of Action Screenplay: David Bourla Bhandare. Origin: Canada Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Cast: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Delivery Status: Completed
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Year of Production: 2008, Country of cannot imagine that his innocence will LITTLE ERIN MERRYWEATHER role of institutional religion around the Origin: India turn to guilt and lead to him and his http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/littleerinm world. A fable- like journey of an 8yr old boy friend being chased by the police. erry1.htm SHELTER Tahaan. Having lost his best friend, his THE UNFORGETTABLE Thriller (84 min) Horror/Thriller donkey Birbal, to a business man as part www.theunforgettablethefilm.com Director: David Morwick & Michael Director: Bjorn Stein, Mans Marlind of debt re-payment he sets off on a long Drama (105 mins) Civille Writer: Michael Cooney struggle to bring the donkey Language: English Producer: Jason Miller, David Morwick Producer: Darlene Caamano, Emilio Diez back home. Director: Arsala Qureishi and Sabrina & James Shay Barroso, Neal Edelstein, Mike Macari FROZEN Louis Writer: David Morwick Co-production partners: Bill Bannerman www.frozen.co.in Writer: Arsala Qureishi Principal Cast: Vigdis Anholt, David Key Cast: Julianne Moore, Jonathan Drama (110 mins) Producer: Vandal Films Morwick, Elizabeth Callahan & Frank Rhys Meyers Language: Hindi/Ladakhi Key Cast: Raji James, Sofia Hayat, Ridley Delivery Status: in production (With Subtitles) Chook Sibtain, Salman Qureishi Murders hit a college campus. Is a ‘little Year of Production: 2008 Director: Shivajee Chandrabhushan Delivery Status: Completed red riding hood’ look-alike responsible? Single mother and dedicated psychiatrist Writer: Shankar Raman Year of Production: 2007, Country of Cara Jessup (Julianne Moore) centers her Producer: Sea Gull Media Productions Origin: India professional reputation on debunking the Co-production partners: Alan McAlex, “The Unforgettable” depicts the stark IM GLOBAL idea of “multiple personality syndrome”, Shankar Raman contrast in individualistic beliefs until she encounters a criminal mental IM Global, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 201, Key Cast: Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, interwoven in a web of romance, patient whose powers defy rational Beverly Hills, C.A., 90210, U.S.A. Tel: Skalzang Angchuk Gultuk, Yashpal mystery, travesty and triumph. explanation. 1.310.777.3590. Fax: 1.310.550.3896, Sharma www.imglobaltv.com, email: Delivery Status: Completed [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sales Agent/Distributor Origin: India IFM WORLD INDEPENDENT At Cannes: Stuart Ford (CEO), Ruzanna Independent, 32 Tavistock Street, London The film depicts the life of this family RELEASING Kegeyan (Senior VP Intl. Sales and WC2E 7PB, United Kingdom. Tel: whose dream like existence is interrupted IFM World Releasing, Distribution), Tim Grohne (VP Intl. Sales 44.207.257.8734. Fax: 44.207.240.9029. by inevitable odds, one after the other 1328 East Palmer Avenue, Glendale, CA and Distribution, UK office), Bonnie www.independentfilmcompany.com, after the army settles a hundred yards 91205 USA. Voland (Intl. Marketing and Publicity), email: across their doorstep. Tel: 1.818.243.4976. Catherine Quantschnigg (VP, Sales and [email protected] OCEAN OF PEARLS Fax: 1.818.550.9728. Distribution), Amal ElWardi (Director, Sales Agent, Production Company oceanofpearls.com 2/25 Second Street, Clayton Victoria Intl. Distribution and Development) At Cannes: Luc Roeg (CEO), Michael Drama (94 mins) 3169, Australia. Acquisition Executive: Amal ElWardi Robinson (CFO ), Andrew Orr (MD), Language: English Mob: .61.412.982.770. Office: Riviera stand H7, Fax: Abigail Walsh (Head of Sales), Sarah Director: Sarab Neelam http://www.ifmfilm.com, email: 1.323.657.5354 Townsend (Head of Marketing), Sarah Writer: V Prasad [email protected] BUNRAKU Lebutsch (Sales and Marketing Producer: Jim Burnstein At Cannes: Antony I. Ginnane Action/Adventure Executive), Philip Herd (Production Co-production partners: Jeff Dowd, (President), Anthony J. Lyons (VP Director: Guy Moshe Assistant) Curtis Hall International) Writer: Guy Moshe Office: Independent, 2nd floor, 23 rue Key Cast: Omid Abtahi, Office: Palais Riviera #C19 Producer: Keith Calder, Nava Levin, Macé, Cannes 06400, Tel: Todd Babcock, Ron Canada, MR. HELL Ram Bergman 33.4.9338.2910 http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/mrhell1.htm Heather McComb, Ajay Mehta Key Cast: Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, NEW TOWN KILLERS Delivery Status: Completed Horror (102 min) Ron Perlman, Woody Harrelson http://www.independentfilmcompany.co Year of Production: 2008, Language: English Delivery Status: in production m/sales/index.cfm?go=film,24 Country of Origin: U.S.A Director: Rob McKinnon Year of Production: 2008 Thriller When his compromises result in the Writer: ack Rhodes, David Carren A mysterious drifter and a Japanese Language: English death of a patient, Producer: David Carren, Jolene warrior join forces to bring down the Director: Richard Jobson Amrit begins to reexamine the value of McMaster corrupt “woodcutter” Nicola. Fantasy Writer: Richard Jobson the religious traditions he’d turned his Key Cast: Larry Cashion, Tracy and reality and Samurai and Western Producer: Luc Roeg, Richard Jobson back to. Scoggins, Amy Morris, Alan Martin, myths come together in the totally fresh Co-production partners: Independent, VANAJA Tina Cohen world of BUNRAKU. Str8jacket Creations, Scottish Screen & Delivery Status: Completed vanajathefilm.com NAILED The Screen East Content Investment Drama (111 mins) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Comedy Fund in association with LipSync & The Language: Telugu (With Subtitles) Origin: USA Director: David O. Russell Glasgow Film Office Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli Dr. Matthews had been working on Writer: David O. Russell, Kristin Gore Key Cast: Dougray Scott, Alastair Writer: Rajnesh Domalpalli secret biological weapons when he was Producer: David Bergstein, Lucy Fisher, Mackenzie, James Pearson, Charles Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli slain by the brutal psychopath Mr. Kia Jam, Judd Payne, Matthew Rhodes Mnene Key Cast: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila HELL. Fourteen years later, Tyler is Co-production partners: Jeff G. Waxman Delivery Status: in production Dammannagari, Ramachandriah grown and working at the same lab Key Cast: Jake Gyllenhaall, Jessica Biel, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Marikanti where her father met his grisly fate. James Marsden, Catherine Keener Origin: UK Delivery Status: Completed TEN DEAD MEN Delivery Status: in production Two disenchanted private bankers, with Year of Production: 2006, http://www.http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles Year of Production: 2008 the world at their feet get their kicks Country of Origin: India/ U.S.A /10deadmen1.htm Sweet, socially challenged small-town from playing a 12 hour game of man The film explores the chasm Action (87 min) receptionist Sammy Joyce (Jessica Biel) hunt with people from the margins of that divides classes as a young girl Language: English improbably rises to national prominence society… struggles to come of age. Director: Ross Boyask when a clumsy workman accidentally MOON THE VOYEURS Writer: Chris Regan implants a huge nail in her brain. http://www.independentfilmcompany.co Drama (102 mins) Producer: Phil Hobden RELIGULOUS m/sales/index.cfm?go=film,29 Language: Bengali (With Subtitles) Key Cast: Brendan Carr, Terry Stone, Documentary/Comedy Sci Fi Thriller Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta John Rackham Director: Larry Charles Language: English Writer: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Palmer West, Jonah Smith Director: Duncan Jones Producer: B.A.G Films Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: Bill Maher Writer: Nathan Parker Key Cast: Prosenjit Chaterjee, Origin: UK Delivery Status: post-production Producer: Stuart Fenegan, Nicky Moss, Sameera Reddy, Amitav Bhattacharya Ryan thought he had left past behind Year of Production: 2008 Trudie Styler Delivery Status: Completed him, but a blood-debt owed to an old Flush from the success of Borat, 2006’s Co-production partners: Liberty Films & Year of Production: 2007, Country of friend means he unwittingly crosses the most successful and outrageous comedy, Xingu Films Origin: India ruthless crime boss Hart the one man he Larry Charles brings us a satirical, Key Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kaya When a young man falls in love, he can never escape. insightful, and controversial look at the Scoledario, Matt Berry, Benedict Wong
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Delivery Status: in production Key Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tusshar Kapoor, Year of Production: 2008, Country of THE INDIAN FILM Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Celina Origin: UK Jaitly Sam Bell, who works in solitude on a COMPANY-STUDIO 18 Delivery Status: Post Production The Indian Film Company-Studio 18, moon base called Selene, discovers that Year of Production: 2008, Country of 402, Turf Estate, Off. Dr. E Moses Road, his contract may be set to expire and that Origin: India Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra there are plans for replacing him… and This much-awaited sequel of the 400011 India. Tel: 91.22.6629.1818. Fax: the new recruit is eerily familiar. uproariously comic smash-hit “Golmaal” 91.22.2491.1418. arrives as GOLMAAL RETURNS with ADULTHOOD http://www.theindianfilmcompany.com / http://www.independentfilmcompany.co renewed star power, chartbusting music, www.studio18india.com, m/sales/index.cfm?go=film,25 email: [email protected] punch and vigour! Urban drama At Cannes: Hemant Bhardwaj (Senior Language: English Vice President, Intl Operations), Tanuj Director: Noel Clarke Garg (Head, UK & Europe), Gayathiri INDUSTRYWORKS Writer: Noel Clarke Batra (Head, UAE & Rest of the World) Producer: Damian Jones, George Isaac Office: Booth No. 25.05, Palais 01, Tel: ENTERTAINMENT Co-production partners: Cipher Films, DJ 33.6.8221.4336 INC. Films LEGY AKESHORE NTERTAINMENT JAB WE MET IndustryWorks Entertainment Inc., 325 E - L E Key Cast: Noel Clarke, Adam Deacon, Romantic Comedy (142 min) West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y Scarlett Alice Johnson, Femi Oyeniran, THE CROSS ROADS Director: Imtiaz Ali 1M2 Canada. Tel: 1.604.876.0547. Fax: www.industry-works.com Red Madrell, Cornell John, Ben Drew Writer: Imtiaz Ali 1.604.876.0541. www.industry- Action/War Delivery Status: post production Producer: Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision works.com, email: sales@industry- Language: French Year of Production: 2008, Country of Ltd works.com Director: David Aboucaya Origin: UK Key Cast: Shahid Kapur, Kareena Sales Agent, Producer Producer: David Aboucaya After Kidulthood comes Adulthood… Kapoor, Dara Singh, Tarun Arora, Kiran At Cannes: Evan Tylor (President), Craig Key Cast: Manuel Goncalves, Christian After six years in prison for killing Trife, Juneja, Pavan Malhotra, Saumya Tandon Adlard (VP Sales), John Curtis (Finance Perrette, Lucas Pedroni Sam Peel’s first day of freedom will be Delivery Status: Completed & Business Affairs) Delivery Status: Completed one he never forgets. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: Riviera G20, Tel: 33.0607358426 Year of Production: 2007, Country of THE KREUTZER SONATA Origin: India THE CYCLE Origin: France http://www.independentfilmcompany.co JAB WE MET was one of the most www.cyclethemovie.com In 1944, a small group of American m/sales/index.cfm?go=film,28 loved films of 2007. Audience polls Thriller soldiers find themselves trapped behind Drama across the world hailed it as the sweetest Language: English enemy lines due to the incompetent Language: English and finest love-story to come out of Director: Micheal Bafaro orders of their commanding officer. Director: Bernard Rose Bollywood. Writer: Micheal Bafaro Writer: Bernard Rose, based on a novel WELCOME Producer: Evan Tylor, John Curtis, Liza by Leo Tolstoy Comedy (152 min) Co-production partners: Czech Republic, Producer: Naomi Despres, Lisa Enos, Language: Hindi North American Pictures INFERNO Lisa Henson Director: Anees Bazmee Key Cast: Daryl Hannah ENTERTAINMENT Co-production partners: Animandala, Writer: Anees Bazmee and Abbas Delivery Status: Completed Inferno Entertainment, 1888 Century Giant Door Productions Tyrewala Year of Production: 2007, Country of Park East, Suite 1180, Los Angeles CA Key Cast: Danny Huston, Elisabeth Producer: Base Industries Origin: Canada 90067 USA. Tel: 1.310.598.2550. Fax: Röhm, Anjelica Huston, Matthew Yang Key Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, While driving down a country road, 1.310.598.2551. http://www.inferno- King Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroz Khan Carrie (Daryl Hannah) rescues Amy, the entertainment.com, email: info@inferno- Delivery Status: post production Delivery Status: Completed lone survivor of a terrible massacre in the entertainment.com Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of woods. At Cannes: Bill Johnson (Partner), Jim Origin: USA/UK Origin: India Seibel (Partner), James MacLean (VP WALK ALL OVER ME Intl Sales), Pamela Pickering (Intl Sales), Based on the novel by Tolstoy with From the creators of “Hera Pheri, Phir www.industry-works.com Hera Pheri” and “No Entry”, some of Thriller (92 mins) Jana Toepfer (Intl Sales) music by Beethoven. A man is driven Office: Majestic 115 and 116 into a state of morbid jealousy when he Bollywood’s biggest blockbusters, Language: English becomes convinced his wife is having an WELCOME boasts of lavish locales, Director: Robert Cuffley AN UNFINISHED COUNTRY chartbusting music and major star power; Writer: Robert Cuffley, Jason Long Drama/Thriller affair, where his uncontrollable rage can Language: English only lead to tragedy. making it the biggest knockabout comic Producer: Carolyn McMaster, Colin caper of 2007. Neale, Kyle Irving Writer: Mark Wheaton NIGHT TRAIN Producer: Inferno, Blue Star Pictures http://www.independentfilmcompany.co SINGH IS KINNG Key Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Tricia Helfer, m/sales/index.cfm?go=film,4 Action Comedy Lothaire Bluteau Key Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jim Thriller Language: Hindi Delivery Status: Completed Sturgess (both interested) Language: English Director: Anees Bazmee Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: In Development Director: Nicolas Roeg Writer: Anees Bazmee Origin: Canada Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Nicolas Roeg and Michael Allin, Producer: Adlabs and Blockbuster Movie A girl on the run joins forces with a Origin: US based on the novel by Martin Amis Entertainers Dominatrix, when they become a target A whip-smart med student plans to land Producer: Luc Roeg, Ann Carli, Pier Key Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, of the mob’s search for a missing million his dream job after cracking the world’s Francesco Aiello; executive producer Kirron Kher, Javed Jafri dollars. toughest residency at a hospital, located in the most violent sector of a city that is Steven Soderbergh Delivery Status: Post Production 45 RPM Co-production partners: Independent and Year of Production: 2008, Country of www.industry-works.com ready to explode. PFA Films Origin: India Family HACHIKO (A DOG’S STORY) Key Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Nick Nolte, Shot extensively in Australia and the Language: English Family Drama Michael, Madsen, Raoul Bova, Toby cultural North-Indian state of Punjab, the Director: David Schultz Language: English Jones film revolves around a gang of dreaded Producer: Chad Oakes, Mike Frislev Director: Lasse Hallström Delivery Status: pre production criminals who are transformed by a Key Cast: Micheal Madsen, Amanda Writer: Stephen P. LINDSEY Co-Production Partners: Dean Schnider Year of Production: 2009, Country of good-hearted man and his selfless love Plummer, Kim Coates, August Producer: Richard Gere, Bill Johnson, Origin: UK/US for a pretty girl. Schellenberg Vicki Shigekuni Wong, Paul Mason Female police officer Mike investigates Delivery Status: Post-Production GOLMAAL RETURNS Key Cast: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, the death of the flawlessly beautiful Comedy Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sarah Roemer Jennifer, her close friend and daughter of Language: Hindi Origin: Canada Delivery Status: Post Production the Police Chief, thereby discovering that Director: Rohit Shetty In the spring of 1958, a reclusive Budget: $17M US$ we never truly know those we are closest Producer: Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision teenager discovers love, loss, and rock Year of Production: 2008, Country of to. Ltd. ‘n’ roll.
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Origin: USA A Life” Jolene at 15 flees her abusive (CATTLEYA), Marco CHIMENZ (“Volevo solo vivere” / “I only wanted to This heartwarming true story is an past to begin a journey of love, (CATTLEYA) live” – Cannes Film Festival 2006 – American adaptation of a Japanese tale heartbreak and redemption. Key Cast: Aitana SANCHEZ-GIJAN, International Competition / “La seconda about a loyal dog Hachiko. BLOWN Silvio MUCCINO, Carolina volta” / “The second time” Cannes Film THE WOMEN Thriller CRESCENTINI, Geraldine CHAPLIN Festival 1995 – International Comedy Language: English Delivery Status: Completed Competition) Language: English Director: Martha Fiennes Year of Production: 2008, Country of Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Diego Director: Diane English Writer: George Tiffin Origin: ITALY Abatantuono (I’m not scared by Gabriele Writer: Diane English Producer: Shani Hinton, Martha Fiennes, Nicole, married and a teacher, Sasha, Salvatores), Paolo Briguglia (The Producer: Victoria Pearman, Diane George Tiffin almost twenty years her junior meet Hundred Steps, El Alamein), Valeria English, Bill Johnson, Mick Jagger Key Cast: Thandie Newton, Guy Pearce during a car accident. A casual encounter Bruni Tedeschi, (A Good Year by Ridley Key Cast: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Delivery Status: Pre-production will change them, reintroducing them to Scott, Munich by Steven Spielberg), Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Year of Production: 2008, Country of the joy of living and loving. Donatella Finocchiaro (The Wedding Candice Bergen, Bette Midler, Debra Origin: UK BLACK AND WHITE (BIANCO E Director by Marco Bellocchio). Messing, Carrie Fisher Tasked with the most crucial mission of NERO) Diamante, a small town in Calabria, Delivery Status: Post Production his career, a British secret service agent Comedy, Romance (100 min) southern Italy. Hardly an exciting place. Budget: 20.0 M US$ must decide if his duty is to his country Language: Italian with English Subs Gabriele, Marco and Nicola are three Year of Production: 2007, Country of or the truth. Director: Cristina COMENCINI youngsters, who would like to shoot a Origin: USA LET IT RIDE Writer: Cristina COMENCINI, Giulia movie. Based on the iconic George Cukor 1939 Thriller CALENDA, Maddalena RAVAGLI Classic: A hip New York comedy about a Language: English Producer: Riccardo TOZZI tight-knit group of female friends dealing Director: Simon West (CATTLEYA), Giovanni STABILINI with friendship, divorce and betrayal. Writer: David Harris (CATTLEYA), Marco CHIMENZ ITN DISTRIBUTION ITN Distribution, 505 E. Windmill Lane, Producer: Mace Neufeld and David (CATTLEYA) Suite 1B-102, Las Vegas, NV 89123 USA. Kennaway Key Cast: Fabio VOLO, Ambra Tel: 1.702.361.1430. Fax: Delivery Status: Pre production ANGIOLINI, Aïssa MAÃ?GA INTANDEM FILMS 1.702.361.6309. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Intandem Films, 22 Soho Square, http://www.itndistribution.com Origin: USA Year of Production: 2008, Country of London, W1D 4NS, UK. Tel: 44 At Cannes: Stuart Alson (President), An ingenious heist thriller in the great Origin: ITALY 207.851.3800. Fax: 44 207.851.3830. Nicole Holland (Vice President), tradition of Get Shorty and Out of Sight Racial integration is Elena’s profession www.intandemfilms.com, email: Annalisa San Juan (Vice President of involving a beautiful blackmailer, and a and passion. All too often her husband [email protected] International Sales) Sales Company and Executive Producers cool $5Million. Carlo must attend evening charity events Office: Riviera C-11, Tel: At Cannes: Gary Smith (CEO), Andrew where he feels distinctly out of place. 1.702.361.1430, Fax: 1.702.361.6309 Brown (Director), Billy Hurman During one of these evenings, Carlo LIGHT OF OLYMPIA (Director), Sasha Fugazzola INTRAMOVIES SRL meets Nadine, a beautiful black woman. 3D Animation (90 min) (Acquisitions and Film Finance Intramovies Srl, Via E. Manfredi 15, Language: English Manager), Justine Stanley (Assistant to Rome 00197 Italy. Tel: 39.06.807.7252. Director: San Wei Chan CEO, Communications Manager). Fax: 39.06.807.6156. ISTITUTO LUCE Writer: Sarah Kinney Acquisition Executive: Sasha Fugazzola http://www.intramovies.com, email: Istituto Luce, via Tuscolana 1055 Rome Producer: Santoon Productions Office: Relais de la Reine (between the [email protected] 00173 Italy. Key Cast: Phyllis Diller, Debbie Carlton and the Majestic) 42/43 La At Cannes: Paola Corvino (CEO), At Cannes: Cassano Cristina (Int’l Sales Reynolds Croisette. Apartments C-21 & C-22 Micaela Fusco (VP Interrnational Sales), Executive), Luciano Sovena (Managing Delivery Status: Completed (Block C), Tel: C-21 is: 33.4.93.06.70.03 Jeff Nuyts (Head of International Sales), Director), Maria Carolina Terzi (Dir. of Year of Production: 2008, Country of and C-22: 33.4.93.06.70.04 Federica Mei (Director of TV Sales), Communication Dept.), Claudia Bedogni Origin: USA (Buyer) HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & Marco Valerio Fusco (Sales Coordinator) 3D Feature Animation. What do a bronze Office: Palais Stephanie Salon Brougham ALIENATE PEOPLE Office: Palais Stephanie - Brougham donkey, a witch doctor, demi-gods, a Comedy (100mins) Room - 1st Floor 1st Floor -Italian Pavillion, Tel (mobile): princess and a torch all have in common? 39.320.7678693 Language: English AT A GLANCE (COLPO D’OCCHIO) They’re all going to the Olympic games! Director: Robert Weide Thriller (117 min) BLANCA - POLVERE VALLEY OF ANGELS Writer: Peter Straughan Language: Italian with English Subs Drama (82’) Action (100 min) Producer: Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Director: Sergio RUBINI Directed by: Danilo Proietti and Language: English Karlsen Writer: Angelo PASQUINI, Carla Massimiliano D’Epiro Director: Jon Rosten Key Cast: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, CAVALLUZZI, Sergio RUBINI Cast: Primo Reggiani Gaia Bermani Writer: Jon Rosten Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, Danny Producer: Riccardo TOZZI Amaral Gianmarco Tognazzi Producer: Spenser Winslow Huston, Gillian Anderson (CATTLEYA), Giovanni STABILINI Year of Production: 2007 Key Cast: Danny Trejo, George Katt Delivery Status: Completed (CATTLEYA), Marco CHIMENZ Domini and Giona are best friends. They Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2007, Country of (CATTLEYA) are both very different from each other. Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: UK Key Cast: Sergio RUBINI, Riccardo Domini dreams of being a director. Origin: USA An adaptation of Toby Young’s hilarious SCAMARCIO, Vittoria PUCCINI C O V E RBOY LOVE AND ANGER A young drug dealer living the wild life memoir. Sidney Young an oddball, Delivery Status: Completed OF A “PRECARIOUS in upscale West LA searches for celebrity-obsessed misfit desperately tries Year of Production: 2008, Country of GENERATION” enlightenment and a path out of his very to establish himself in the glamourous Origin: ITALY Drama (97’) dangerous world. world of a prestigious New York Lulli, a famous art critic, has a Directed by: Carmine Amoroso – 2007 LIME SALTED LOVE magazine. relationship with the young Gloria. Cast: Eduard Gabia, Luca Lionello, Art house,Thriller, Drama (95 min) JOLENE Gloria falls for Adrian, a tormented artist Chiara Caselli, Francesco Dominerò, Language: English Drama (100mins) still looking for his big break. Instantly Gabriel Spahiou, Razvan Cacoveanu Director: Danielle Agnello, Joe Hall Language: English Lulli finds himself with a single thought: Special guest: Luciana Littizzetto Writer: Danielle Agnello Director: Dan Ireland to ruin Adrian. Tells the story of shared experiences on Producer: Danielle Agnello, Joe Hall, Writer: Dennis Yares TELL ME ABOUT LOVE (PARLAMI the fringes of a prosperous city and it Kristanna Loken Producer: Riva Yares and Zachary Matz D’AMORE) illustrates how the savagery of a daily Key Cast: Kristanna Loken, Kate del Key Cast: Jessica Chastain, Dermot Romance (109 min) dog-eat-dog struggle for survival can be Castillo, Danielle Agnello, Joe Hall, Mulroney, Denise Richards, Chazz Language: Italian with English Subs opposed by the bonds of genuine David J. O’Donnell, George Castaneda. Palminteri, Rupert Friend, Michael Director: Silvio MUCCINO friendship. Delivery Status: Completed Vartan Writer: Silvio MUCCINO, Carla L’ABBUFFATA Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed VANGELISTA Comedy (100’) Origin: USA Country of Origin: USA Producer: Riccardo TOZZI Year of Production: 2007 Lime Salted Love is a minimalist, surreal Based on E.L. Doctorow’s story: “Jolene: (CATTLEYA), Giovanni STABILINI Directed by: Mimmo Calopresti – examination of abandonment, guilt,
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68 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE abuse and psychic pain set in this minute’s hipster enclaves of Los Angeles. KATHY MORGAN K INTERNATIONAL Kathy Morgan International, 12250 Sky Lane, KATAPULT FILM Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA. Tel: 1.310.472.6300. SALES Fax: 1.310.472.6304. Katapult Film Sales, 8490 Santa Monica J www.kmifilms.com Blvd. #5, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Sales Agent JOINT USA. Tel: 1.310.358.0303. Fax: At Cannes: Kathy Morgan (President) ENTERTAINMENT 1.310.358.0333. www.katapultfilms.com, Veronica Hool (Head of Sales) email: [email protected] Acquisition Executive: Zach Luna (Head of Joint Entertainment, 421-6F, Guangfu Sales Agent Acquisitions) South Rd., Taipei 11074 Taiwan. At Cannes: Joni Sighvatsson (Partner), Office: Le Grand Hotel Residences, 45 Tel: 886.2.2720.6007. David Jourdan (Managing Director), La Croisette, Cormoran II 5th Floor, Tel: Fax: 886.2.2758.8516. http://www.j- Christine D’Souza (Sales Coordinator), 04.92.59.00.50, Fax: 04.92.59.00.14 ent.com.tw, email: [email protected] Anna Kvorning (Office Manager) At Cannes: James LIU (President), Office: G3, Tel: 33(0)6.27.67.56.46, SWING VOTE Andrew CHANG (Manager. Family Comedy Fax: 1.310.358.0333 Internat.Affairs) Language: English Office: UniTaiwan DEATH IN LOVE Director: Joshua Michael Stern www.DeathinLovethefilm.com Writer: Joshua Michael Stern and THE MOST DISTANT COURSE Drama (97:14min) http://www.j-ent.com.tw/sales/ Jason Richman Language: English, German Drama (114 min) Producers: Jim Wilson and Kevin Director: Boaz Yakin Language: Mandarin Costner Writer: Boaz Yakin Director: Jing-Jei LIN Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Producer: Boaz Yakin, Joseph N. Zolfo Writer: Jing-Jei LIN Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Key Cast: Josh Lucas, Jaqueline Bisset, Key Cast: KWAI Lun-Mei, MO Zi-Yi, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lucas Haas, Adam Brody JIA Xiao-Guo Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Mare BLACK & WHITE - INTRAMOVIES Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed Winningham, Richard Petty, Willie Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Nelson and introducing Madeline Origin: USA Origin: Taiwan Carroll. KEYSTONE “Death in Love” depicts the effects of a Three heartbroken individuals go on Delivery Status: Jewish woman’s love affair with the ENTERTAINMENT different journeys to search for the Post Production - Screening doctor in charge of human experiments Keystone Entertainment, 3rd Floor, 2339 meaning of love. in Cannes in a Nazi concentration camp on the lives Columbia St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 3Y3, KEEPING WATCH Year of Production: 2008, Country of http://www.j-ent.com.tw/keepingwatch/ of her sons many years later. Canada. Tel: 1.604.873.9739. Origin: USA Drama (92 min) Fax: 1.604.873.5919. HEIMA A comical look at the journey Language: Mandarin www.heima.co.uk www.keypics.com, email: of one father and daughter, Director: Fen Fen CHENG Documentary (97 min) [email protected] who discover that everyone has the Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Writer: Fen Fen CHENG Language: English/Icelandic power to change the world. At Cannes: Nolan Pielak (VP Worldwide Producer: James LIU Director: Dean DeBlois Distribution), Rebekah Burgess-Smith Key Cast: Joseph Chang, Haden Kuo Producer: John Best, Dean O’Connor LAUNDRY WARRIOR www.laundrywarrior.net (Manager Worldwide Distribution) Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Sigur Ros Action Adventure Acquisition Executive: Nolan Pielak Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Language: English Office: Booth G6, Tel: 33.675.462.512 Origin: Taiwan Origin: Iceland Director: Sngmoo Lee A young girl’s mundane life takes a swift This film documents their legendary tour MURPH Writer: Sngmoo Lee Family Feature Film turn as she falls for a handsome boy with with intimate reflections from the band Co-production partners: Barrie Osborne, Language: English mysterious identities. and a handful of new acoustic Michael Peyser, Jooick Lee Director: Anna McRoberts CAFE ASTORIA performances. Writer: Anna Mc Roberts http://www.j-ent.com.tw/sales/ Key Cast: Jang Dong-kun, Kate JOY DIVISION Producer: Anna McRoberts Drama Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston Documentary (96min) Delivery Status: In Development, Language: Mandarin Delivery Status: Postproduction Language: English Budget: $5mil Director: Chihyen YEE Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Grant Gee Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Chihyen YEE, James LIU Origin: New Zealand Producer: Tom Atencio, Tom Astor, Origin: Canada Co-Production Partners: Tara Contents, A visually stunning, non-stop action Jacqui Edenbrow A runt thoroughbred d Murph takes the Joint Entertainment adventure, where East meets West in a Key Cast: Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, racing world by storm when he meets Ty, Producer: Satoru ISEKI, James LIU genre bending hero?s tale of love and Bernard Summer, Tony Wilson, Anton a small 9 year old who always dreamed Country of Origin: Taiwan redemption. Corbijn, and many more of having a race horse. It is a story about a Russian restaurant, Delivery Status: Completed CAMILLE Café Astoria, first opens in Shanghai in Romance (93 min) ANNIE THE MAGICAL NANNIE Year of Production: 2007, Country of Family Feature Film 1935 by a Russian Jewish exile and a Language: English Origin: UK/US Language: English Chinese lawyer. Together, they and their Director: Gregory MacKenzie Featuring the unprecedented participation of Director: Anna McRoberts customers witness a world in turmoil. Writer: Nick Pustay the surviving band members, this film tells Writer: Anna Mc Roberts Producer: Albert S. Ruddy their story of beauty and loss in the city. Producer: Anna McRoberts Co-production partners: A Mark Delivery Status: In Development Entertainment Budget: $5mil Key Cast: Sienna Miller, Year of Production: 2008, Country of James Franco, David Carradine Origin: Canada Delivery Status: Completed During Cannes Contact The creators of Disney’s Air Buddies Year of Production: 2007, Country of presents the all new story of Annie, the Origin: USA adorable chimpanzee from the magic The Business Of Film A heartfelt tale of two lost show, who mistakenly ends up on the souls who learn the meaning Governor’s doorstep just as his Carlton Hotel Office 149 of true love in this dark romantic mischievous children have driven their comedy about a wedding last nanny out. Tel 04 • 93 • 06 • 41 • 49 gone awry.
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Writer: Silvia Munt and Eva Baeza KIMMEL KINOWELT KOAN Producer: Ovideo TV Koan, P.O. Box 982557, Park City, UT Key Cast: Silvia Munt, Laia Marul, INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL 84098 USA. Tel: 1.435.645.7244. Fax: Manuel Aleixandre Kimmel International, 250 Hudson 1.435.645.8644. http://www.koaninc.com Delivery Status: Completed Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013 GMBH At Cannes: Gil Aglaure (President), Kinowelt International GmbH, Karl- Year of Production: 2007, Country of USA. Tel: 1.212.431.5550. Tamara Bell (Vice President), Devin Tauchnitz-Str. 10, 04107 Leipzig, Origin: Spain Fax: 212.431.5822. Carter (Director of Sales), Paul Madsen At Cannes: Mark Lindsay President Germany. Tel: 0049.341.355.960. Fax: Contrasting lives of 2 women. One a (Acquisitions) (Kimmel International), Jill Silfen (EVP, 0049.341.355.96.419. www.kinowelt- succesful theatre director with marriage Office: Tel: 011.336.2182.7036 Business Affairs), Marcello Paolillo (VP, international.de, email: Kinowelt problems. The other a nurse for the Sales and Acquisitions, Kimmel International GmbH THE LODGE elderly who lives alone. Horror/Thriller (85 minutes) International), Joann Andres (Manager, Sales Agent, Distributor Language: English HAFNER’S PARADISE (EL Sales and Administration, Kimmel At Cannes: Daniel Guckau (Managing Director: Brad Helmink, John PARAISO DE HAFNER) International) Director, Buyer), Stelios Ziannis (Head www.hafnersparadise.com Rauschelback Office: Residence du Grand Hotel, Le of World Sales, Buyer), Dr. Michael Documentary (74 min) Writer: Deb Havener Dauphin, Apt 11D, 45 Boulevard Koelmel (Buyer), Bertil le Claire Language: German - Spanish Co-Production Partners: John Brandt de La Croisette, Cannes, France 06400. (Managing Director, Buyer), (Barbara Director: Günter Schwaiger Producer: Brad Halmink, Jason Tel: 04.97.06.33.72. Knabe (Director TV Sales GSE), Anne Writer: Günter Schwaiger Rauschelbach, John Rauschelbach Fax: 04.97.06.34.28 Kerstan (Assistant World Sales) Producer: Günter Schwaiger P.C. Acquisition Executive: Stelios Ziannis Key Cast: Kevin McClatchy, Mandi Key Cast: Günter Schwaiger, Paul Maria MOTHERHOOD Kreisher, Elizabeth Kell, Owen Szabo Comedy Office: Rivèra, Stand F15, Tel: 0033.(0) Hafner Delivery Status: Completed Directed by: Katherine Dieckmann 492.993.310, Fax: 0033.(0) 492.993.311 Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008, Country of Written by: Katherine Dieckmann REVERSE SHOT – REBELLION OF Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA Produced by: Rachel Cohen, Jana THE FILMMAKERS Origin: Austria A young couple’s weekend getaway at a Edelbaum, Pamela Koffler, Christine (GEGENSCHUSS – AUFBRUCH The story of an octagenerian exgestapo secluded mountain ranch becomes an Vachon DER FILMEMACHER) officer living his contented last days in unfathomable nightmare when they Cast: Documentary (118 min) Madrid, proud of his past and in denial Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Language: German discover the truth about the caretaker. of the Holocaust. Minnie Driver Status: In Production Director: Dominik Wessely Co-Director: BERKELEY THE KING OF FOOLS (EL REY DE Drama (88 minutes) Laurens Straub LOS HUEVONES) Eliza Welch (Thurman) is like any other Writer: Rainer Koelmel, Laurens Straub, Language: English Comedy (100 minutes) mom with two kids, a loving but absent- Dominik Wessely Director: Bobby Roth Language: Spanish minded husband (Edwards), and a strong Producer: Rainer Koelmel, Kinowelt Writer: Bobby Roth Director: Boris Quercia desire to find time for herself - yet she’s Filmproduktion GmbH Producer: Bobby Roth, Jeffrey White Writer: Boris Quercia about to have a day that would challenge Co-production partners: Filmverlag der Key Cast: Hinry Winkler, Nick Roth, Producer: Chile Chitá even the toughest maternal multi-tasker. Autoren, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Laura Jordan, Sarah Carter Key Cast: Boris Quercia, Angie Jibaga, MANAGEMENT Romantic Comedy Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Arte Delivery Status: Completed Tamara Acosta Directed by: Stephen Belber Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2005 released 2007, Delivery Status: Completed Written by: Stephen Belber Budget: 1 Mill. Euro Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2006 Produced by: Sidney Kimmel, Wyck Year of Production: 2008, Country of Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet (Nick Country of Origin: Chile Godfrey, Marty Bowen Origin: Germany Roth), an eighteen year old boy who Rich and sweet comedy about a man who Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, A documentary motion picture that tells comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study finds love where he least expects it. The Woody Harrelson, with Fred Ward the story of the exceptional author accounting and avoid the draft. latino “Something Wild” Executive Producers: William Horberg, collective known as Filmverlag der IMPRINT Bruce Toll, Jim Tauber, Nan Morales, Autoren. With interviews from Wim Thriller/Suspense (85 minutes) Jennifer Aniston Wenders, Hark Bohm, Rainer Werner Language: English Status: Post-Production Fassbinder and others. Director: Michael Linn Writer: Keith Davenport, Michael Linn The sweet and funny story of Sue, an THE LOVES OF PHARAOH (DAS Co-Production Partners: Larry T Pourier uptight, overworked traveling WEIB DES PHARAO) L saleswoman of hotel art (Aniston), who Drama/ silent movie (120 min) Producer: Chris Eyre, Carolyn Linn ends up in a roadside motel managed by Language: silent movie, German Key Cast: Tonantzin Carmelo, Carla-Rae LAKESHORE Mike (Steve Zahn), an underachieving, Director: Ernst Lubitsch Holland,Michael spears, Cory Brusseau, lonely man who still lives with his Writer: Norbert Falk, Hanns Kräly Charlie White Buffalo ENTERTAINMENT Lakeshore Entertainment, 9268 W Third parents. Producer: Ernst Lubitsch Film; Delivery Status: Completed restoration: Alpha Omega digital GmbH Year of Production: 2007, Country of St., Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, USA. Tel: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 1.310.867.8000. Fax: 1.310.300.3015. Comedy Co-production partners: restoration: Origin: USA www.lakeshoreentertainment.com, email: Directed by: Charlie Kaufman Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv, Filmmuseum Shayla Stonefeather, a native American [email protected] Written by: Charlie Kaufman München in cooperation with George attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a Producer / Distributor Produced by: Anthony Bregman, Charlie Eastman House controversial murder trail. At Cannes: Eric Reid (COO), David Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel Key Cast: Emil Jannings, Dagny Servaes, Dinerstein (President, Worldwide Executive Producers: William Horberg, Lyda Salmonova, Harry Liedtke, Paul Marketing and Distribution), Robert Bruce Toll, Ray Angelic Biensfeldt, Friedrich Kühne, Paul KWA Burke (EVP, Worldwide Marketing), Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Wegener, Albert Bassermann KWA, Galeon 32, Bajo A ; 28042 Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Delivery Status: Completed Madrid; Spain. Tel: 0034.91.747.3100. (SVP, International Sales), Jonathan Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Year of Production: 1922, restoration: Fax: 0034.91.747.7000. Deckter (SVP, International Sales), Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis 2005, Country of Origin: Germany www.kevinwa.com, email: Stephanie Klein (VP, International Status: Post-Production A full digital film restoration of Ernst [email protected] Business & Legal Affairs From Charlie Kaufman, perhaps the most Lubitsch’s same-named monumental Sales Agent Office: Residence Centre Croisette, First distinctive screenwriting voice in film silent movie from 1922. The “lost film” At Cannes: Kevin Williams (President), Floor, 56/57 La Croisette, Tel: history, comes a visual and philosophic has not been seen in this restored version Beatriz Adán (Sales Assistant) 04.93.45.11.85, Fax: 04.93.45.13.35 adventure of epic proportions. since more than 80 years. Acquisition Executive: Kevin Williams FAME Office: Riviera C1, Tel: Drama 0034.667.540.547 Language: English PRETEXTS (PRETEXTOS) Director: Kevin Tancharoen Drama (90 min) Writer: Allison Burnett Language: Spanish Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Director: Silvia Munt
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Lucchesi Origin: USA Delivery Status: Pre-production In the new, high-octane sequel, a Chinese LIGHTNING Year of Production: 2008, Country of mobster steals Chev’s nearly Origin: USA indestructible heart and replaces it with a ENTERTAINMENT Lightning Entertainment, 301 Arizona A dynamic reinvention of the Oscar®- battery-powered artificial ticker that Avenue, Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA winning film and globally successful TV requires regular jolts of electricity to 90401. Tel: 1.310.255.7999. Fax: series, FAME captures the visceral keep working. 1.310.255.7998. www.lightning-ent.com excitement and explosive energy of young artists and performers struggling to prove their talent and find their own voice. LATIDO FILMS LONGTALE Latido Films, C/ Veneras 9, 6th floor, VENETIAN AFFAIR Madrid 28013 Spain. Tel: INTERNATIONAL Romantic Drama 34.91.548.88.77. Fax: 34.91.548.88.78. LongTale International, 3699 Wilshire Language: English http://www.LatidoFilms.com, email: Blvd., Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90010 Director: Marco Ponti [email protected] USA. Tel: 1.323.733.1000. Writer: Allison Burnett At Cannes: Massimo Saidel (Head of http://www.longtale.com. email: Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary International Sales), Malte Ollroge [email protected] BORDERLINE - MAX FILMS Lucchesi (International Sales), Silvia Iturbe At Cannes: Omar Kaczmarczyk enlightenment begins with revenge, a Delivery Status: Pre-production (General Manager), Oscar Alonso (Managing Director), Lars Bjorck (VP stolen inheritance, black magic, and a Year of Production: 2008, Country of (Festivals & Subsidies Coordinator) Sales), Ava B. (VP Acquisitions), David soul in peril. Origin: USA Office: A5 (Spanish Cinema / ICEX) Holbert (General Manager), Lisa Lutz ON THE LINE A delightful celebration of passion, artful Riviera Hall, Tel: 34.635.431.270 (Director of Sales) http://www.OnTheLineFilm.com wickedness, and sexual intrigue, A Office: LERINS Stand R10, Tel: 14 KILOMETERS (14 Documentary (55 min) VENETIAN AFFAIR is a seductive true 33(0)6.21.88.45.57 KILOMETROS) Language: English story of impassioned young lovers who Drama (95 min) PRINCE OF THE HIMALAYAS Director: Peter Glenn and Jason A. struggle to sustain – against all odds – Language: Bambara, Hausa, Tamashek, Drama (108 min) Schmidt their forbidden love affair. Arabic, French Language: Tibetan Writer: Peter Glenn GAME Director: Gerardo Olivares Director: Sherwood Hu Producer: Ron Schmidt and Peter Glenn Action Writer: Gerardo Olivares Writer: Sherwood Hu, Tsering Dorje Key Cast: Martin Sheen and Susan Language: English Producer: Wanda Vision Co-Production Partners: Hus Sarandon Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Key Cast: Adoum Moussa, Aminata Entertainment and Shanghai Film Studio Status: completed Writer: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Kanta Producer: Sherwood Hu Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Purba Rgyal, Zomskyid, Origin: USA Lucchesi, Skip Williamson, Richard Year of Production: 2008, Country of Dobrgyal, Trashi Sonamdolgar A bold new look at the movement to shut Wright, Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Origin: Spain Delivery Status: Completed down the School of the Americas and Key Cast: Gerard Butler, Michael C. 14 kilometers is the short distance Year of Production: 2006, Country of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Amber Valletta, between North Africa and Spain. For Origin: Tibet Winner of the 2008 Silver Telly Award. John Leguizamo It’s Hamlet set in ancient Tibet. Prince immigrants, it is an incredibly long THE BLUE HOUR Delivery Status: Post-production journey. Lhamoklodan learns of his father’s http://www.thebluehourmovie.com mysterious death and returns home to Year of Production: 2008, Country of WHO’S NEXT (TODOS ESTAMOS Drama (93 min) find his uncle has taken the throne—and Origin: USA INVITADOS) Language: English In GAME, a non-stop action thriller set Thriller (95 min) the widowed queen. Director: Eric Nazarian in the near future, death row inmate Language: Spanish LOOKING FOR PALLADIN Writer: Eric Nazarian Kable (Gerard Butler) emerges as a cult Director: Manuel Gutierrez Aragon Drama-comedy (115 min) Producer: Lynnette Ramirez and Brian hero of an ultra-violent multi-player Writer: Manuel Gutierrez Aragon, Language: English Knappmiller online game, in which wealthy gamers Angeles Gonzales-Sinde Director: Andrzej Krakowski Key Cast: Clarence Williams III, Alyssa control the actions of bloodthirsty Producer: C.I.P.I. Cinematografica Writer: Andrzej Krakowski Milano, Yorik Van Wageningen, Emily convicts. Key Cast: Oscar Jaenada, Jose Coronado, Co-Production Partners: Pine Hill Rios, Derrick O’Connor, Paul Dillon, ELEGY Vanessa Incontrada, Inaki Miramon, Productions and Tousi Productions Sarah Jones Drama (106 min) Adolfo Fernandez, Kike Diaz De Rada, Producer: Mahyad Tousi Status: completed Language: English Leire Ucha, Inaki Font, Paul Zubillaga, Key Cast: Ben Gazzara, Talia Shire, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Director: Isabel Coixet Inaki Iratorza David Moscow, Vincent Pastore, Pedro Origin: USA Writer: Nicholas Meyer Delivery Status: Completed Armendariz, Jr. A graffiti muralist, a camera repairman, a Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Year of Production: 2008, Country of Status: completed blues guitarist, and an elderly pensioner, Lucchesi, Andre Lamal Origin: SPAIN Year of Production: 2007, Country of all linked to the Los Angeles River, Key Cast: Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Jon a Basque gunman has Memory loss Origin: Guatamala strangers that rarely communicate yet Dennis Hopper, Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia after a bloody attack, and is released Young, arrogant Hollywood talent agent, share brief moments of connection Clarkson, Deborah Harry early from Prison. Other organization Josh Ross (Moscow) is sent to OIL ON WATER Delivery Status: Completed members want to enlist him again, to kill Guatemala to find two-time Oscar winner http://www.oilonwater-movie.com Year of Production: 2007, Country of a university Professor. and retired actor Jack Palladin (Gazzara), Psychological drama (109 min) Origin: USA MANUELA & MANUEL (MANUELA propels him on an unexpected journey. Language: English A sophisticated graduate student Y MANUEL) MILAREPA: MAGICIAN, Director: Peter Matthews (Penélope Cruz) gets tangled up in an Comedy (94 min) MURDERER, SAINT Writer: Ellie Matthews erotic, all-consuming affair with her Language: Spanish http://www.milarepamovie.com/ Co-Production Partners: Tidal Wave professor (Ben Kingsley), a cultural critic Director: Raul Marchand Sanchez Action Adventure (90 min) Productions obsessed with female beauty. Writer: Jose Iganacio Valenzuela Language: Tibetan Producer: Ellie Matthews CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE Producer: Sonia Fritz, Frances Lause Director: Neten Chokling Key Cast: St.John Alexander, Tyler Action Key Cast: Humberto Busto, Elena Iguina, Writer: Neten Chokling Bizzell, Bianca Lishansky Language: English Sunshine Logrono Producer: Gregory Kruglak, Neten Status: completed Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Delivery Status: Completed Chokling, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Writer: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: Gimyan Lodro, Jamyang Origin: South Africa Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Origin: Puerto Rico Lodro, Lakpa Tsamchoe, Orgyen Tobgyal Anna is a journalist living with Max, an Lucchesi, Skip Williamson, Richard Friends can be such a drag. Hidden Status: completed artist. Their relationship begins to Wright identities, misunderstandings, and the Year of Production: 2007, Country of collapse when Max starts hearing voices Key Cast: Jason Statham tension between friends pretending to be Origin: Bhutan and having visions. Anna discovers it Delivery Status: In Production what they are not. The story of the real-life 11th century may be too late. Year of Production: 2008, Country of . Tibetan mystic, one path to A CALL TO ARMS The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
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Origin: USA Balloon, Little Miss Sunshine) hypocrisy and America’s tortured The incendiary story of US soldiers Year of Production: 2008 prurience. ordered to receive anthrax vaccine, a A smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD story of abuse of power, betrayal of trust, life’s unending quest to fit in. . . and the http://www.smartartists.com.au/not-quite- MANDARIN FILMS and personal gain at the cost of lives. girl who solves it by completely breaking hollywood/ DISTRIBUTION CO. OUT OF BALANCE: out - introduces a feisty outsider hero Documentary (90mn) EXXONMOBIL’S IMPACT ON unlike any other seen on screen. Language: English LTD. Mandarin Films Distribution Co. 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Co-Production Partners: Joe Public Films Space), Cameron Goodman, Jamie Martz Key Cast: Quentin Tarantino, http://www.mandarinfilms.com, email: Producer: Tom Jackson Jamie Lee Curtis, Henry Thomas [email protected] Delivery Status: In Post Production At Cannes: Raymond Wong (Chairman), Status: completed Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008 Nansun Shi (Producer), Virginia Leung Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of Based on true events that made national (Head of Distribution), Christy Choi Origin: USA Origin: Australia headlines, Frozen Kiss is a story of (Asst. Distribution Manager), Jennifer A quest to find out more about climate The first detailed examination and rescue and survival set against a raging Yip (Distribution Executive) change and the huge forces that are blizzard. celebration of the Australian genre films blocking imperative change. Winner of Office: Riviera C10-02 KEMPER, THE CO-ED KILLER of the 70’s and early 80’s and the three film festivals. undervalued auteurs and actors who IP MAN Horror (90 min) Martial Arts brought them to life. Director: Rick Bitzelberger Language: Chinese Cast: Christopher Stapleton, Stephanie COCAINE COWBOYS II: Director: Yip Wai-shun Skewes HUSTLIN’ WITH THE Writer: Edmond Wong Year of Production: 2008 GODMOTHER Producer: Raymond Wong http: //www.cocainecowboys.com/ Inspired by the events surrounding Ed Key Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam Documentary M Kemper, the Santa Cruz serial killer Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English Commonly referred to as the co-ed Budget: 10M Director: Billy Corben MAINLINE Killer. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: Billy Corben Origin: Hong Kong RELEASING Producer: Alfred Spellman Based on the true story of Ip Man - the Mainline Releasing, 301 Arizona Avenue, Co-production partners: Billy Corben celebrated kung fu master of Bruce Lee Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90401. MAGNOLIA Key Cast: Griselda Blanco, Charles Tel: 1.310.255.1200. Cosby MISSING PICTURES http://www.missingthemovie.com/index_ Fax: 1.310.255.1201. Delivery Status: Post production Magnolia Pictures, 49 W 27th Street, 7th march2008.html www.mainlinereleasing.com Year of Production: 2008, Country of At Cannes: Rich Goldberg FL, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: Thriller Origin: USA (Co-President – Mainline 1.212.924.6701. Fax: 1.212.481.3964. Language: Chinese The Godmother, Griselda Blanco, returns Releasing/Lightning Entertainment), www.magpictures.com Director: Tsui Hark Sales Agent, Distributor with her longtime companion and co Marc Greenberg (Co-President – Writer: Tsui Hark At Cannes: Laird Adamson (Head of conspirator, Charles Cosby, in this true Mainline Releasing/Lightning Producer: Tsui Hark International Sales) life story. Entertainment), Paul Gardner (Co- Key Cast: Sin-je Lee, Isabella, Chen Acquisition Executive: Tom Quinn (Head President – Lightning Media), Richard QUID PRO QUO Chang of Acquisitions) http://www.hdnetfilms.com/quidproquo/i Guardian (Co-President – Lightning Delivery Status: Post Production Office: 25 La Croisette, 4th Fl, Le ndex.html Entertainment), Joseph Dickstein Budget: 8M Bagatelle, Cannes 0640, Tel: Drama (81mn) (SVP – Lightning Entertainment), Year of Production: 2008, Country of 1.917.601.4771 Language: English Sonia Mehandjiyska (Director – Origin: Hong Kong Director: Carlos Brooks Lightning Entertainment/Mainline BIGGER STRONGER FASTER A romantic engagement in an underwater www.biggerstrongerfastermovie.com Writer: Carlos Brooks Releasing), Mathilde Aupetit (Director – city leads to a series of mysterious Documentary (106mn) Producer: Sarah Pillsburry, Midge Lightning Entertainment/Mainline encounters Releasing) Language: English Sanford, Jason Kliot Director: Christopher Bell Key Cast: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, FLASH POINT Office: R7/S8 Lerins, Mobile: Mathilde http://www.flashpointthemovie.com Writer: Christopher Bell Kate Burton Aupetit: 1.310.266.9987, Sonia Martial Arts (87mins) Producer: Alex Buono Delivery Status: Completed, Screening Mehandjiyska: 1.818.448.1451 Language: Chinese Co-production partners: Tamsin Rawady; Year of Production: 2007, Country of THE HUMAN CONTRACT Director: Yip Wai-shun Jim Czarnecki Origin: USA Drama/Thriller Writer: Szeto Kam-yuen, Nicholl Tang Key Cast: Christopher Bell, Arnold A journalist is drawn into a dark and Writer/Director: Jada Pinkett Smith Producer: Nansun Shi, Donnie Yen Schwarzenegger, Carl Lewis bizarre subculture as he investigates a Cast: Jason Clarke (Death Race, Key Cast: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Delivery Status: Completed, Screening story that ultimately leads him to the Brotherhood), Paz Vega (The Six Wives Collin Chou Of Henry Lafay, Spanglish, Sex And Year of Production: 2007, Country of shocking truth about himself. Delivery Status: Completed Lucia), Jada Pinkett Smith (Reign Over Origin: USA GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF Budget: 10M Me, Madagascar), Ted Danson (Mad From the producers of Bowling For DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Year of Production: 2007, Country of Money, Saving Private Ryan, Three Men Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 comes a http://www.magpictures.com/films.aspx Origin: Hong Kong And A Baby) new film that unflinchingly explores the Documentary (120 mn) Pre-1997, a hero’s story about a detective Delivery Status: In Post Production win-at-all-cost culture through the lens of Language: English sergeant who truly believes that the only Year of Production: 2008 a personal journey. Director: Alex Gibney way to fight crime is “The Road of No The Human Contract is the provocative Writer: Alex Gibney UNTITLED KIRBY DICK PROJECT Return” journey of a successful but repressed Documentary (TBD) Producer: Alex Gibney, Graydon Carter, Language: English Alison Ellwood & Eva Orner, Jason
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International), Anne-Marie Boysen (Vice (President), Tim Warren (VP of Sales), www.maxfilms.ca, [email protected] / President, International Sales), Crystal Jack Campbell (Director, International Bourbeau (Manager, International Sales), [email protected] Sales) At Cannes: Roger Frappier (President & Wendy Reeds (Home Entertainment Acquisition Executive: Producer), Alexandra Wermester Sales), John Feltheimer (CEO - Doug Schwab (Director, Int’l Sales & Marketing), Lionsgate), Joe Drake (CO-COO & Office: Riviera, Booth G-8, Félize Frappier (Sales) President – Lionsgate), Steve Beeks Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.15 Office: Québec Pavillion, Stand 129 (CO-COO & President – Lionsgate) Office: Villa d’Estelle, 12-14 Rue des CURSE OF THE WEEPING A NO-HIT NO-RUN SUMMER (UN Belges, Tel: 33(0)4.9298.3335, Fax: WOMAN: J-OK’EL ÉTÉ SANS POINT NI COUP SÛR) Thriller (88 min) Dramatic Comedy 33(0)4.9368.8454 Language: English Director: Francis Leclerc WHIP IT! 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(Executive Vice President, Corporate Supervisor); Ornanong (Meemie) Language: Mandarin Chinese Athadthawaree (Int’l Relations Officer) THE ASSASSINS Communications) Director: Zhanjun An Action Thriller Office: Tel: Erik Lomis - 1.310.449.3315 Office: G29 Riviera Writer: Zhifu Niu Director: Soi CHEANG THE FOLLOWER Producer: Bruce Feirstein, Ted Perkins Main cast: Louis KOO and Richie JEN Horror Co-production partners: China Film Status: In production MK2 Language: Thai Group, IDG China Media, China Film Country of origin: Hong Kong mk2, 55 rue traversière, Paris, 75012 Director: Pleo Sirisuwan Group Several lone assassins who never met France. Tel: 331.446.730.30. Fax: Producer: Jirun Ratthanviriyachai Key Cast: Bai Qing Xin, Jiaoqian Dai, before decide to join forces to rescue the 331.430.729.63. http://www.mk2- Delivery Status: In Development Yan Danchen and Ruofeng Jiang facilitator of their operation. catalogue.com, email: Budget: $ 1.5 – 2.0 million USD Delivery Status: Completed, Ready for NANKING! NANKING! [email protected] Year of Production: 2008, Country of delivery Drama At Cannes: Mathilde Henrot (Director of Origin: Thailand Budget: $3.0 m Director: LU Chuan Sales), Matthieu Giblin (Intl Sales Is wreck-less driving the ONLY cause of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Main cast: LIU Ye, GAO Yuanyuan Executive), Juliette Schrameck (Intl a “freak” car accident? Who really is in Origin: China Status: In production Sales Executive), Dorothée Pfistner control behind the wheel of your second- A touching contemporary drama about Country of origin: China (Sales & Marketing Executive), hand car?.solve the mystery in the horror the emerging Chinese middle class. A tragic love story unfolds during the Nathanaël Karmitz (Managing Director) film…THE FOLLOWER. ALL THE DAYS BEFORE darkest period of Chinese history: the Office: Res. Du Grand Hotel 47, la HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW Nanking Massacre in 1937. Croisette, Entrance Dauphin, 8th Floor, Drama Comedy/Drama/Romance (100 minutes) . Tel: 04.93.68.83.21, Fax: 04.93.68.31.72 Language: Thai Language: English SUMMER HOURS (L’HEURE Director: Pongpat Wachirabunjong Director: Francois Dompierre D’ÉTÉ) Writer: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee Writer: Francois Dompierre MEDIA CREATIV http://www.summerhours- Producer: Thanya Wachirabunjong Producer: Francois Dompierre, Kevin movie.mk2.com/ Key Cast: Ananda Everingham, Leydon CONSULT GMBH Drama (102 minutes) Chayanan Manomaisantiphap Co-production partners: Kangoo Films Media Creativ Consult GmbH, Language: French Delivery Status: Post-Production Key Cast: Alexandra Holden, Joey Kern Türkenschanzplatz 7, Wien, 1170, Director: Olivier Assayas Budget: $ 1.0 million USD & Richard Roundtree Austria. Tel: 43.1.876.88.88. Fax: Writer: Olivier Assayas Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: Completed & Ready for 43.1.876.8888. www.rossacher.com, Co-Production Partners: mk2 Origin: Thailand delivery email: [email protected] Producer: Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël What is the most important birthday gift Budget: $1.5 m Film- and TV production Karmitz, Charles Gillibert you’ve ever received? .For him, it was Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Katharina Amport Key Cast: Juliette Binoche, Charles “Her”.A young man and a young woman Origin: Canada Berling, Jérémie Rénier are brought together by destiny because In this quirky episodic tale about a Delivery Status: Completed of a small travel pocketbook as a means friendship that’s almost something more, MEDIA MARKET Budget: 6.3 M$ of their unique connection. Joey Kern and Alexandra Holden play Year of Production: 2008, Country of pals who ought to be lovers, but their CONSULTANTS S.A. Origin: France timing has never been right. Media Market Consultants S.A., 216 The divergent paths of three forty Chemin de Bergier, Qrt. Condamine, something siblings collide when their MONTECRISTO Chateauneuf de Grasse, 06740 France. mother, heiress to her uncle’s exceptional INTERNATIONAL Tel: 33.4.93.42.48.82. Fax: 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. MonteCristo International, 459 MOONSTONE 33.4.93.42.44.61. RUMBA Columbus Avenue #334 NYC, NY 10024 ENTERTAINMENT http://www.mediamarketconsultants.com, www.rumba-film.com USA. Tel: 1.917.647.7587. Fax: Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box email: Comedy (85 Minutes) 1.917.677.8300. 7400, Studio City, CA 91614 USA. Tel: [email protected] Language: French At Cannes: Frances Willington (Senior www.MonteCristoEntertainment.com, 1.818.985.3003. Fax: 1.818.985.3009. Director: Dominique Abel, Fiona Executive Consultant), Robert Willington email www.moonstonefilms.com Gordon, Bruno Romy At Cannes: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh (Executive Consultant), Christophe [email protected] Writer: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Sales Agent, Producer (CEO), Mrs. Yael Stroh (President), Mr. Dalloz (VP. Consultant), Arnaud Bruno Romy At Cannes: Michael Taverna Michael Grant (Director Production & Morisque (Technical Consultant), Fred Co-Production Partners: MK2, Courage (CEO/President), Cindy Nelson-Mullen Marketing) Canal (Assistant to Frances Willington) mon amour (Sales & Acquisitions Executive), Office: The Carlton Intercontinental, Office: Hotel Majestic Office 704, Tel: Producer: Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Kathryn Arnold (US Productions), Irene Suite 120/121, Tel: 04.93.06.41.20 33.4.92.98.77.00, Fax: 33.4.93.38.97.90 Karmitz, Charles Gillibert, Dominique Masiello (EU Productions). FROM A BUICK 8 Abel, Fiona Gordon Acquisition Executive: Cindy Nelson- Sci-Fi / Horror Key Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Mullen Director: Tobe Hooper Gordon, Bruno Romy, Philippe Martz Office: Riviera Stand #A3, Tel: Writers: Richard Chizmar, Johnathon Delivery Status: Completed 33(0)4.92.99.32.50, Fax: 1.917.677.8300 Schaech Budget: 2.7 M$ END CALL Producers: Robert Katz, Etchie Stroh, Year of Production: 2008, Country of (90 min) Mick Garris Origin: France, Belgium Language: Japanese Status: Pre-Production
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When a state trooper is killed on the side Horror/Thriller/Comedy (94 min) of the road, the boy discovers his father’s Language: English dark secret in the barracks’ back shed. Director: Jeff Fisher Based on the Stephen King novel. Writer: Jeff Fisher THE FALLS (RAPE - A LOVE Key Cast: Leighton Meester, Paul STORY) Wesley, Nestor Carbonell, Kaley Cuoco, Drama Robert Buckley, Jason London, Al based on the Novel by: Joyce Carol Santos, Torrey DeVitto Oates Delivery Status: Completed Director: Harold Becker Year of Production: 2008, Country of Writer: John Mankiewicz Origin: USA Producer: Robert Katz, Harold Becker, A reality TV show shoot goes Etchie Stroh terrifyingly awry when its crew becomes Status: Pre-Production stranded on a remote town. A killer is on Teena Maguire should not have tried to the loose, stalking cast and crew one by shortcut her way home with her daughter one. that Fourth of July evening … Not after MOONDANCE ALEXANDER midnight … Not through Rocky Point http://www.moondancealexander.com GOOBY - PORCHLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT Park. Family/Adventure (93 min) a funeral empire and the femme fatale is Ichaso, Todd Anthony Bello HOLY ROAD Language: English just that, fatally killer. Producer: Julio Caro Western Director: Michael Damian EL HOMBRE DE ARENA (THE Key Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony Director: Simon Wincer Writer: Michael Damina, Janeen Damian SANDMAN) Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Michael Blake Producer: Brad Krevoy Drama (102 min) Year of Production: 2006, Country of Producers: Robert Katz, Etchie Stroh Key Cast: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Language: Spanish Subtitles English Origin: USA Status: Development Lori Loughlin, Sasha Cohen Director: José Manuel González-Berbel El Cantante celebrates the life and music Cntry of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed Scriptwriter: José Manuel González- of the legendary Puerto Rican salsa The long awaited sequel to the Academy Year of Production: 2007, Country of Berbel singer Hector Lavoe, a pioneer of the Award-winning Dances with Wolves. Origin: USA Producer: Harold Sánchez sound and sensibility that redefined Latin ENDGAME A young girl inspires her mother and a Production company: Iroko Films, Las music in the 1960s and 70s. Action down-and-out trainer with her passion Siete Sillas ABRAHAM’S POINT Director: Jeno Hodi and determination to win a horse riding Key cast: María Valverde, Hugo Silva, Thriller Writer: Tibor Fonyodi, Jeno Hodi competition. Samuel LeBihan, Alberto Jiménez Language: English Producers: Etchie Stroh, Jeno Hodi, Status: Completed Director: Wyndham Price Norbert Blecha Budget: $4M Writer: Wyndham Price Status: Development MOVIE AVENUE Country of origin: Spain/France Producer: Anthony Purves From a post apocalyptic New York, to Two love birds fly out of the cuckoo’s Key Cast: MacKenzie Crook modern day Death Valley to the INTERNATIONAL nest in a stirring Spanish romance of mad Delivery Status: Post Production underworld of Greek mythology, a game love and doomed passion. Year of Production: 2008, Country of has been played down through the CORP. Origin: UK Movie Avenue International Corp., c/o centuries. This is Endgame, where Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the 1675 Broadway 17N-34, New York, NY fearless heroes and heroines are pitted Caribbean 1/2/3) plays ‘Comet Snape’ a 10022 USA. Tel: 1.646.557.4320. Fax: against the demon armies of Hades. MOVIEHOUSE man with a mysterious past who embarks 1.212.265.9371. www.movie-avenue.com, on a journey to uncover the truth behind e-mail: [email protected] ENTERTAINMENT At Cannes: Lydia Y. Segundo (Officer, Moviehouse Entertainment, 11 Denmark his past. MORGAN CREEK Producer, Sales Agent) Street, 4th Floor, London WC2H 8LA, Office: 67 Docteur Picaud, Cannes, Tel: UK. Tel: 44.20.7836.5536. Fax: INTERNATIONAL 1.917.669.1870 44.560.2052.002. Morgan Creek International, 10351 MOVING PICTURES BROS AND ARROWS http://www.moviehouseent.com, email: Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, Los [email protected] Comedy (95 min) FILM & TV Angeles, CA 90025 USA. Tel: At Cannes: Gary Phillips (Managing Moving Pictures Film & TV, 7330 N. Language: English Subtitles 1.310.432.4848. Fax: 1.310.432.4844. Director: K. Snyder Director/Head of Sales), Mark Vennis 16th Street, Suite A314, Phoenix, AZ http://www.morgancreek.com Scriptwriter: K. Snyder (Managing Director/Head of 85020 United States. Tel: At Cannes: James G. Robinson Producer: L.Y. Segundo, D. Jellerette Acquisitions) 1.602.283.0099. Fax: 1.602.283.0098. (Chairman/CEO), Howard Kaplan (Chief Office: Residence Du Grand Hotel, 47 La Production company: Movie Avenue http://www.movingpicturesfilmandtv.com Operating Officer), Brian Robinson Croisette, 6th Floor (Entrance Flamant), At Cannes: International Ted Chalmers, Margaret (SVP, Worldwide Marketing), David Tel: 04.93.38.65.93 Key cast: Nadine Ellis, Dave Chapelle Tritch Robinson (SVP, Production), Greg (proposed, non contractual) JERUSALEMA Office: Riviera D-4. Mobile Mielcarz (VP, Worldwide Publicity) http://www.jerusalementjha.com Status: In development 1.623.476.9150. Office: Hotel Martinez, Suite 619 Thriller (120 min) Country of origin: USA 4 WEEKS OF SUNSHINE Language: English Budget: $4.5 M Delivery date TBD http://www.silentroadcinema.com Director: Ralph Ziman Drama (89 min) Urban Comedy with Hip Hop and action. Writer: Ralph Ziman Language: English MOTION PICTURE THE UNDERTAKERS Producer: Tendeka Matatu Director: Steven Kiefer Black Comedy (95 min) Key Cast: Rapulana Sepheimo, Ronnie Writer: Steven Kiefer CORPORATION OF Language: English Subtitles Nyle, Shelly Meskin, Jeffrey Sekele, Co-Production Partners: Silent Road Director: K. Snyder AMERICA Robert Hobbs Cinema Scriptwriter: K. Snyder, Y. Braxton Motion Picture Corporation of America, Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Brian Gamble, Michael Producer: L.Y. Segundo, D. Jellerette 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 180, Year of Production: 2008, Country of McBay, Beat Muller Production company: Movie Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA. Tel: Origin: South Africa Key Cast: Steven Kiefer, Christine Iobst, International 1.310.319.9500. Fax: 1.310.319.9501. If you’re going to steal. steal big and Marco Aguilar, Juce Peterson Key cast: (non contractual) Nya Long, http://www.mpcafilm.com hope like hell you get away with it! Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Brad Krevoy Wayne Brady, Harry Lennox Budget: 1.2 Million (CEO/Chairman), Francisco González Budget: $4 M EL CANTANTE http://www.elcantantemovie.com Year of Production: 2007, Country of (VP, International Sales & Marketing) Status: Pre-production Drama (116 mins) Origin: USA Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 109, Tel: Country of origin: USA Language: English A Championship boxer is blinded during 04.97.06.85.33, Fax: 04.97.06.85.89 Maybe an old story we all know. Two Director: Leon Ichaso a prize fight, but later is given a brief brothers, two rivals in love with the same KILLER MOVIE Writer: David Darmstaedter, Leon window of sight which he keeps to http://www.seekillermovie.com woman, but the twist …the brothers run
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himself to observe those around him. has a deadly surprise. MATTIE FRESNO AND THE BODY/ANTIBODY NONSTOP SALES AB HOLOFLUX UNIVERSE http://www.leisuresuit.net/bodyantibody/ NonStop Sales AB, Dobelnsgatan 24, http://www.mattiefresno.com/ Thriller (89 min) N Stockholm, 11352 Sweden. Tel: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy (92) Minutes Language: English NIKKATSU 00.46.8.673.99.80. Fax: Language: English Director: Kerry Douglas Dye 00.46.8.673.99.33. Director: Phil Gallo Producer: Jordan Hoffman CORPORATION http://www.nonstopsales.com, email: Writer: Steve Bretschneider & Phil Gallo Delivery Status: Completed NIKKATSU Corporation, 3-28-12, [email protected] At Cannes: CG Anderson (CEO), Co-Production Partners: Mattie Fresno Budget: $1.0 million Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Michael Werner (Sales Manager), Judith Film Partners LLC Year of Production: 2007, Country of Japan. Tel: 81.3.5689.1018. Fax: Toth (Sales Executive), Cathrin Wentzel Producer: Steve Bretschneider, Donna Origin: USA 81.3.5689.1044. http://www.nikkatsu.com (Marketing Coordinator) Miller A shut-in clean-freak gets involved with At Cannes: Keizo Yuri (Director, Film Office: Scandinavian Terrace (55 La Key Cast: Angela Pierce, Carol Alt, Ellen the a dysfunctional girl. Their Business Division), Kiyoshi Banba Croisette), Tel: 0046.707.33.28.55 Cleghorne, Orson Bean relationship blossoms until her crazy ex- (Director, Film Business Strategies Division), Kenjiro Toba (Senior Delivery Status: Completed boyfriend appears, and they plot to kill GNOMES AND TROLLS Manager, Licensing/Videogram Business http://www.gnomesandtrolls.com Budget: 1.2 Million him. Year of Production: 2006, Country of Department), Koichi Shibuya (Senior Children Family (74 min + 5 x 15 min Origin: USA Manager, Film Business Strategies TV) Mattie Fresno lands in jail for murder Office) Language: English and discovers an unexpected solution to MYRIAD PICTURES Office: G17 Director: Robert Rhodin her problems as her freedom awaits in Myriad Pictures, 3015 Main Street, Suite ONE MILLION YEN GIRL Writer: Robert Rhodin, Salvatore the holoflux universe. 400, Santa Monica CA 90405 USA. Tel: http://www.nigamushi.com Cardoni 1.310.279.4000. Fax: 1.310.279.4001. Drama (121min) Producer: White Shark Film DO IT FOR JOHNNY http://www.doitforjohnny.com/ www.myriadpictures.com, email: Language: Japanese Key Cast: EG Daily (HAPPY FEET), Documentary (105 min) [email protected] Director: Yuki Tanada Greg Berg (CHICKEN LITTLE, THE Sales Agent Language: English Writer: Yuki Tanada WILD AND TOY STORY), James At Cannes: Kirk D’Amico (President and Director: Hayler Garcia Producer: Kumi Kobata, Tadashi Tan Arnold Taylor (TMNT), André Sogliuzzo CEO), Pamela Rodi (EVP Marketing and Writer: Hayler Garcia Key Cast: Yu Aoi,Mirai Moriyama, (THE POLAR EXPRESS) Publicity), Elias Axume (VP Distribution Co-Production Partners: Tao Engine Pierre Taki,Terunosuke Takezai, Ryusei Delivery Status: Completed and Operations), Lisa Gutberlet Philms Saito,Sumie Sasaki Year of Production: 2008, Country of (Director, Sales), Patrick Murray Producer: Scott Baxendale, Haylar Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Sweden Garcia (Production and Finance) Budget GNOMES AND TROLLS tells the story Key Cast: Johnny Depp (Appearance) Office: Villa Royale, 41 Croisette/29 Rue Year of Production: 2008, Country of about Junior, a teenage gnome who Delivery Status: Completed Commandant Andre, 4th Floor Suite, Origin: Japan embarks on a heroic journey together Budget: 1.2 Million Cannes 06400. Tel: 1.310.279.4000. Fax: Suzuko is already tired of people. She with his best friend Sneaky, a paranoid Year of Production: 2007, Country of 1.310.279.4001 begins a journey and promises herself to neurotic crow. Origin: USA 174 stick with one rule: once she saves up a MANHUNT (ROVDYR) Johnny Depp is featured in this Drama million yen, she must leave for another http://www.rovdyrfilm.no documentary, as three unknowns Language: Portuguese town. Horror (76 min) Director: Bruno Barreto filmmakers from Colorado pursue the SING, SALMON, SING! Language: Norwegian Box Office Superstar with sometimes Writer: Bruno Barreto, Braulio http://www.utatama.com Director: Patrik Syversen hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking Mantovani Comedy, drama (120min) Writer: Patrik Syversen and Nini Bull results. Delivery Status: Post-Production Language: Japanese Robsahm Year of Production: 2007 Director: Makoto Tan Co-Production Partners: Norsk Based on a true event, 174 tells the gritty Writer: Hiromitsu Kurihara, Makoto Tan Filmstudio, Euforia Film story of young Sandro, who lives in the Producer: Yoichi Arishige, Kiyoe Noma, Producer: Fender Film AS MULTIVISIONNAIRE slums of Rio de Janiero. Ryusei Kawmi Key Cast: Henriette Bruusgaard, Jorn- Multivisionnaire, 3080 W. Valley Blvd., Key Cast: Kaho, Gori, Hideo Ishiguro, Bjorn Fulller-Gee, Lasse Valdal, Suite B, Alhambra, CA 91803 USA. Tel: CRY OF THE OWL Thriller Eri Tokunaga, Akiko, Hiroko Nini Bull Robsahm 1.626.737.8357. Fax: 1.626.407.4197. Language: English Yakushimaru Delivery Status: Completed www.multivisionnaire.com, email: Director: Jamie Thraves Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008, Country of [email protected] Sales Agent Producer: BBC Films, Studio Hamburg, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: Norway At Cannes: Sean T, Haley (Managing MACT Productions and Sienna Films Origin: Japan The Summer of 1974. Four youths on a Partner), Erika Kao-Haley (Managing Key Cast: Julia Stiles and Paddy Kasumi is a soprano part-leader of hiking trip are abducted and dropped off Partner) Considine Chorus Club. One day, she is said“you in the woods. Someone is out hunting Acquisition Executive: Sean T, Haley Delivery Status: Production look like spawning salmon”. Shocked by and they’re the prey. Year of Production: 2008, Country of (Managing Partner), Erika Kao-Haley unexpected words, she decides to quit THE MAN WHO LOVED YNGVE Origin: USA (Managing Partner) club (MANNEN SOM ELSKET YNGVE) Based on the novel by Patricia Office: Palais 20.04a, Tel: 33 NAOKO~WINNING RUNNERS http://www.mannensomelsketyngve.no 6.34.49.32.42, Fax: 1.626.407.4197 Highsmith, a troubled young women http://www.naoko-movie.com Drama (98 min) becomes irresistibly drawn to a man she Drama, sports (120min) Language: Norwegian THE DARK LURKING www.multivisionnaire.com discovers has been stalking her. Language: Japanese Director: Stian Kristiansen Sci Fi (114 min) NOT FORGOTTEN Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya Writer: Tore Renberg Language: English Supernatural Thriller Writer: Tamio Hayashi, Tomoyuki Producer: Motlys Director: Greg Connors Language: English Furumaya, Yohei Nagao Key Cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Ida Elise Writer: Greg Connors Director: Dror Soref Producer: Hirohisa Mukuju, Osamu Broch, Arthur Berning, Ole Producer: Stuart Wall Producer: Donald Zuckerman Kubota, Yoichi Arishige Christoffer Ertvaag Key Cast: Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy, Key Cast: Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Key Cast: Juri Ueno, Haruma Miura, Delivery Status: Completed and Ozzie Devrish Richardo Chavira, Claire Forlani Tsurube Shofukutei Year of Production: 2008, Country of Delivery Status: completed Delivery Status: Production Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Norway Budget: $2 Million Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of Jarle Klepp got everything; the best Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA Origin: Japan girlfriend and the coolest buddy, with Origin: Australia When his daughter is kidnapped, Jack Naoko falls into the sea by accident. whom he will launch punk band, Mathias Mutant creatures are unleashed when Bishop discovers that the only way he Yusuke’s father saves her life at the Rust Band. But then Yngve, the new boy researchers made the wrong discovery. can get her back is to enlist the help of sacrifices of his life. A few years later, in class appears. Eight survivors must be rescued from the cult La Santa Muerte, the Naoko meets Yusuke who becomes a THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION outpost beneath the earth. One survivor worshippers of the dead. famous runner. (KAUTOKEINO-OPPRORET) The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
76 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE http://www.kautokeino-opproret.no Writer: Luis Piedrahita & Rodrigo THE CODE After committing a shocking crime, Gary Drama (96 min) Sopeña Director: Mimi Leder secretly decides to change his life and Language: Norwegian Co-Production Partners: Notro Films & Cast: Morgan Freeman and Antonio become a good person. But deciding is Director: Nils Gaup Boca a Boca Banderas one thing, changing is another. Writer: Nils Gaup, Nils Isak Eira Producer: José María Irisarri, Adolfo Status: Post Production Producer: Filmlance International, Blanco, César Benítez A veteran thief recruits a young crook to Rubicon TV AS Key Cast: Lluis Homar, Alejo Sauras, help him pull off one final job in order to Key Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Peter Elena Ballesteros, Santi Millán & repay his debt to the Russian mob. Andersson, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Federico Luppi RIGHTEOUS KILL Mikkel Gaup, Asle Mathis Gaup, Nils Delivery Status: Completed Director: Jon Avnet Peder Isaksen Gaup, Mikael Nyqvist, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Writer: Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) Bjorn Sundquist Origin: Spain Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Delivery Status: Completed Four mathematicians, who do not know “50 Cent” Jackson Year of Production: 2007, Country of each other, are invited by a mysterious Status: Post Production Origin: Norway host on the pretext of resolving the Two New York cops find themselves in A historical saga set in 1852, greatest enigma. The room in which they pursuit of a serial killer who leaves modernisation is about to enter the find themselves turns out to be a poems about the crime he just desolate village of Kautokeino where death-trap. committed. authority is held by a ruthless liquor dealer. VACLAV - SIMPLY CINEMA NU NZ FILM NZ Film, Level 3, 119 Ghuznee Street, NOTRO FILMS IMAGE/MILLENNIU Wellington 6011 New Zealand. Tel: Notro Films, Balmes 243 Ático, M FILMS 64.4.382.7682. Fax: 64.4.384.9719. O Barcelona, 08006 Spain. Tel: Nu Image/Millennium Films, 6423 http://www.nzfilm.co.nz, email: 34.93.238.4030. Fax: 34.93.238.4031. Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA [email protected] At Cannes: Ruth Harley (CEO), Kathleen ODD LOT http://www.notrofilms.com 90048 USA. Tel: 1.310.388.6900. Fax: At Cannes: Alex Lafuente (Head of Drumm (Head of Sales and Marketing), 1.310.388.6901. www.nuimage.net, INTERNATIONAL International Sales) Marilyn Milgrom (Head of [email protected] Odd Lot International, 9601 Jefferson Office: At Cannes: Avi Lerner (Co Chairman), Development), Sarah Cull (Head of Blvd., Suite A, Culver City, CA 90232 LOW QUALITY PEOPLE (GENTE Danny Dimbort (Co Chairman), Business Affairs) USA. www.oddlotentertainment.com, DE MALA CALIDAD) Christian Mercuri (President Office: 1st Floor, Residence Gray e-mail: [email protected] Comedy (90 min) International Distribution), Dimiter d’Albion, 17 La Croisette/4 Rue des At Cannes: Gigi Pritzker Language: Spanish Nikolov (VP, International Business and Serbes (entrance via Rue des Serbes) (Co-CEO), Bill Lischak (COO), Brian O’Shea (EVP Worldwide Distribution), Director: Juan Cavestany Legal Affairs), Adele Yoshioka (VP, SECOND-HAND WEDDING Writer: Juan Cavestany International Distribution), Jeffrey Giles Drama Andrew Boyd (Director, Marketing & Co-Production Partners: Telespan 2000 (International Coordinator) Language: English Publicity), Bernardo Da Fonseca & Telecinco Cinema Office: Riviera, F1, Tel: 334.92.99.32.38 Director: Paul Murphy (Director, International Distribution), Producer: Tomas Cimadevilla & David Writer: Nick Ward with Linda Niccol Shirley Kim (Manager, International BROOKLYN?S FINEST Serrano Director: Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Producer: Nigel Stanford, Paul Murphy, Business Affairs) Key Cast: Alberto San Juan, Maribel Shooter) Kerry Robins Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 759/760. Verdú, Fernando Tejero Writer: Michael Martin Key Cast: Geraldine Brophy, Holly 10, La Croisette, BP 163 06407, Cannes, Delivery Status: Completed Cast: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Shanahan, Ryan O’Kane France. Tel: 33(0)4.97.06.84.93, Fax: Year of Production: 2008, Country of Hawke, Wesley Snipes Delivery Status: Completed 33(0)4.97.06.84.94 Origin: Spain Status: Pre Production Year of Production: 2008, Country of BOTTLE SHOCK An ensemble cast comedy that narrates Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind Origin: New Zealand Drama with brutal humour how sometimes we up at the same deadly location after Cheryl is planning her big day, but Language: English make terrible choices without really enduring vastly different career paths. there’s only one problem - her mother. Director: Randall Miller Screenplay: Jody Savin & Randall wanting it and how life can transform us CONAN THE TATTOOIST into low quality people with those we http://www.thetattooistmovie.co.nz Miller, Ross Schwartz COMING SOON! Producers: J. Todd Harris, Jody Savin, need the most. More details on the adventure based on Horror Randall Miller, Brenda Lhormer, Marc the mythical conqueror, Conan the Language: English DESPERATE WOMEN Lhormer, Marc Toberhoff (ENLOQUECIDAS) Barbarian. Director: Peter Burger Comedy (96 min) Writer: Matthew Grainger and Jonathan Cast: Bill Pullman, Alan Rickman, NINJA Rachael Taylor, Chris Pine, Freddy Language: Spanish Director: Isaac Florentine King Rodriguez, Dennis Farina Director: Juan Luis Iborra Cast: TBD Co-Production Partners: Eyeworks Status: Screening Writer: Juan Luis Iborra & Antonio Status: Pre Production Touchdown and MediaCorp Raintree Country of Origin: USA Albert A ninja hiding in New York is forced to Pictures The charming true story of father and son Co-Production Partners: Cuarteto PC, El confront his past when a brutal gang of Producer: Robin Scholes winemakers in Napa Valley and the Paso PC & Notro Films Yakuza assassins uncover his identity Key Cast: Jason Behr, Mia Blake British Wineshop owner who organized Producer: Óscar del Caz, Marc Cases, Delivery Status: Completed LIES AND ILLUSIONS the famous Paris Tastings of 1976 that Sergio Castellote, Beatriz Navarrete & Director: Tibor Takacs Year of Production: 2007, Country of put California wines on the map and Carlos Ibáñez Cast: Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding, Origin: New Zealand changed viticulture forever. Key Cast: Silvia Abascal, Verónica Jr. A tattoo artist must stop an angry spirit Forqué, Concha Velasco, Iván Sánchez Status: In Production who is tattooing his clients to death. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT Action Delivery Status: Completed A school teacher is trapped in the high A SONG OF GOOD Language: English Year of Production: 2008, Country of tech world of espionage when his two http://www.asongofgood.com Director: Jesse Johnson Origin: Spain lovers, both spies, fight to recover stolen Psychological Drama Writer: Rick Yune Blanca meets the man of his dreams, gems while being tracked by ruthless Language: English Producers: Andrew Zarrow, Patrick Cole, falls in love and loses him all in one villains. Director: Gregory King Rick Yune week. Writer: Gregory King STREETS OF BLOOD Cast: Rick Yune, Keith David, Bokeem Director: Charles Winkler Producer: Mark Foster FERMAT’S ROOM (LA Woodbine Cast: Val Kilmer, Curtis “50Cent” Key Cast: Gareth Reeves, Matthew HABITACIÓN DE FERMAT) Status: Complete Thriller (88 min) Jackson, Sharon Stone Sunderland, Danielle Cormack Country of Origin: USA Language: Spanish Status: Pre Production Delivery Status: Completed An infant boy is orphaned by a gang of Director: Luis Piedrahita & Rodrigo Year of Production: 2007, Country of Two city cops fight corruption on the killers only to be saved and adopted by Sopeña streets and in their own force. Origin: New Zealand
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an unlikely Samaritan and his son. Impy, a clever little dinosaur, leaves his Delivery Status: Completed THE OPEN ROAD island in search of adventure, falls in Budget: 500,000 PEACE ARCH Drama with the shrewd amusement park owner, Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: English Barnaby and must be reached by his Origin: USA ENTERTAINMENT Peace Arch Entertainment, 4640 Director: Michael Meredith adorable sister and animal friends. Expose on kids behind bars in US Admiralty Way, Suite 710, Marina Del Writer: Michael Meredith prisons NUTCRAKER: THE TRUE STORY Rey, CA 90292, USA. Tel: Producers: Charlie Mason, Justin Moore- Family . 1.310.776.7208. Fax: 1.310.823.7147. Lewy, Michael Meredith, Jordan Foley, Language: English www.peacearch.com, e-mail: Laurie Foxx, David Schiff Director: Andrew Konchalovsky [email protected] Exec Producer & Visual Consultant: Producer: Paul Lowin, Andrei Peace Arch Entertainment acquires and Wim Wenders Konchalovsky produces theatrical, home entertainment, Cast: Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Key Cast: Elle Flanning, Nathan Lane, P and television content for distribution to Kate Mara, Mary Steenburgen, John Turturro, Richard E. Grant worldwide markets Harry Dean Stanton, Lyle Lovett Delivery Status: Post Production PATHÉ At Cannes: John Flock (President and Status: Post-Production Year of Production: 2008 INTERNATIONAL COO), Mary Herne (EVP, International Country of Origin: USA Set in 1920’s Vienna, Mary’s magical Pathé International, Paris Office: 2 rue Television/Home Entertainment), A young man tries to reconnect with his nutcracker doll comes to life on Lamennais, 75008 Paris, France. Suzanne Barron (SVP, International famous father as he struggles to get him Christmas night taking her on a Tel: 33.1.71.72.33.05. Television/Home Entertainment), home to his ailing mother’s bedside. whirlwind adventure she’ll never forget. Fax: 33.1.71.72.33.10. Caroline Dubourg (SVP, Business THE GREAT GHOST RESCUE E-mail: [email protected]. Affairs), Roy Bodner (SVP – Film and Adventure Fantasy London Office: Kent House, 14-17 Television Marketing and Language: English OSCILLOSCOPE Market Place, London, W1W 8AR, UK. Communications) Director: Yann Samuell Tel: 44.207.462.4427. Fax: Acqusition Executives: Berry Writer: David Solomons (From the book PICTURES 44.207.436.7891 Meyerowitz (President, Peace Arch by Eva Ibbotson) Oscilloscope Pictures, 511 Canal St., 5E, At Cannes: Muriel Sauzay (EXVP Pathé Home Entertainment), Larry Greenberg Producers: Miriam Segal, Martin Katz New York, NY 10013 United States. Tel: International) Cell # 33.6.16.59.83.13, (SVP, Acquisitions) Status: In Prep 1.212.219.4029. Fax: 1.212.219.9538. Mike Runagall (SVP Pathé International) Office: Riviera, Lerins, S9, Country of Origin: UK http://www.oscilloscopepictures.com Cell # 44.7949.074.552, Saya David Fenkel (Sales) Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.45, 21st century fantasy adventure movie for Huddleston (VP Pathé International) Cell Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.32.46 audiences of all ages, it’s the story of Office: # 33.6.21.71.09.98, Mayalen de Humphrey, a small ghost with a big GUNNIN’ FOR THAT #1 SPOT Croisoeuil (Sales Executive) Cell # WINGED CREATURES http://www.gunninmovie.com Drama (95 min) problem — his family has lost their 33.6.60.53.10.09), Agathe Theodore Language: English home, and they’re off to find a new Documentary (90 min) (Sales Executive) Cell # 33.6.70.72.37.32 Language: English Director: Rowan Woods haunting ground. Office: Résidences du Grand Hotel, 45 Writer: Roy Freirich Director: Adam Yauch La Croisette, Ibis Block, 4th Floor, Apt. Producer: Adam Yauch & Jon Doran Producer: Robert Salerno 4A, Tel: 33(0)4.93.46.09.27, Fax: Key Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Forest Key Cast: Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, 33(0)4.93.68.98.67 ODYSSEY Jerryd Bayless, Donte Greene, Kyle Whitaker, Dakota Fanning Singler, Brandon Jennings, Tyreke CHÉRI Delivery Status: Complete ENTERTAINMENT Drama Year of Production: 2008, Country of Odyssey Entertainment, 10A James Evans, and Lance Stephenson Language: English Origin: USA Street, London, WC2E 8BT UK. Tel: Delivery Status: Completed Director: Stephen Frears 44.20.7520.5610. Fax: 44.20.7520.5611. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Screenplay: Christopher Hampton Linked together by a life-changing email: sales@odyssey- Origin: United States Producers: Bill Kenwright, Tracey tragedy, the survivors of a multiple entertainment.co.uk A look at eight of the nation’s top high Seaward murder are each left to comprehend their Sales agent school basketball players as they are Production: Alan MacDonald mortality and redefine their place in At Cannes: Ralph Kamp (Chairman & groomed for the limelight. Key Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, society. CEO) (Sales), James Scott (VP Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones THE DEAL International Sales), Libby D’Arcy (Head Romantic Comedy (100 min) Status: In Production of Business Affairs), Louise Goodsill Language: English Year of Production: 2008, Country of (President & COO) OSTROW AND Director: Steven Schachter Origin: UK Office: Vieux Port Bateaux Bayview, Tel: COMPANY Writer: William Macy, Steven Schachter 33.492.98.71.72, Fax: 33.492.98.71.72 OCEANS Producer: Irene Litinsky, Michael Prupas Ostrow and Company, 100 South Doheny Feature Documentary Key Cast: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, DAYDREAM NATION Drive Suite 210, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Language: French Teenage Drama LL Cool J USA. Tel: 1.310.276.5007. Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Language: English Delivery Status: Complete http://www.ostrowandcompany.com Cluzaud Director: Mike Goldbach At Cannes: Page Ostrow (President), Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producers: Jacques Perrin, Nicolas Writer: Mike Goldbach Mark Belasco (Sales Associate), Mark Origin: USA Mauvernay Producer: Michael Bessman, Cameron Horowitz (Sales Associate) When a struggling producer’s lead actor Original Music by Bruno Coulais and Lamb Office: Tel: 1.310.276.5007 is kidnapped from the set, he hatches a Paul McCartney Key Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Keiran scheme with an executive to save the star FAT HEAD Produced by Galatée Films in association Culkin Documentary (90 min) and the movie. with Pathé Delivery Status: Pre-Production, Language: English Status: In Production GOAL 3 Delivery 2009 Director: Tom Naughton Sport Drama Year of Production: 2006, Country of Year of Production: 2008 Producer: Page Ostrow, Tom Naughton Language: English Origin: France A seventeen year old girl moves to a Delivery Status: Completed Director: Andrew Morahan The film Oceans is a hymn to the sea, small town haunted by the presence of a Budget: Under 1 million Writer: Mike Jefferies, Piers Ashworth exploring the last uncharted territories on serial killer and begins an affair with the Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Matt Barrelle, Peter Heslop, this planet. one person she connects with: her Origin: USA Mike Jeffereis teacher. A parody on Spurlock’s Supersize Me THE ILLUSIONIST (WORKING Co-production partners: Piers Ashworth that exposes the lies the U.S. government TITLE) Key Cast: JJ Field, Leo Gregory, Kuno IMPY’S WONDERLAND Feature Animation feeds us about our diets. Becker, Anna Friel Animation Director: Sylvain Chomet Delivery Status: Postproduction Language: English JUVIES Based on an Orignal Story by Jacques Tati Documentary (66 min) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe Producers: Bob Last, Sally Chomet Language: English Origin: USA Producer: Reinhard Klooss, Holger Status: In Production Director: Leslie Neale Tappe Year of Production: 2008, Country of The final installment in the action-packed Producer: Page Ostrow, Mark Wahlberg, Delivery Status: Completed and Origin: UK/France fast-paced soccer trilogy, Goal 3 features screening Leslie Neale, John Densmore international stars like Kuno Becker, Year of Production: 2008 Key Cast: Mark Wahlberg David Beckham and Alessandro Nivola. The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
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Director: Wilson Coneybeare ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NANNY fear when they receive news of a series PFG Writer: Wilson Coneybeare Comedy Feature of gruesome murders that have been Producer: Wilson Coneybeare Director: Dana Lustig taking place on the islands where they ENTERTAINMENT Co-production partners: Coneybeare Writer: Dana Lustig are honeymooning. PFG Entertainment, 429 Santa Monica Stories Producers: Dana Lustig, Etchie Stroh Blvd., Suite 600, Santa Monica, CA Key Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Eugene Status: Pre-Production 90401 USA. Tel: 310.393.5788. Fax: Levy, David James Elliott, Matthew Cntry of Origin: U.S.A. 310.393.0882. Knight The story of a has-been rocker who ends http://www.pfgentertainment.com, email: Delivery Status: Completed up as the nanny in the home of one of his [email protected] At Cannes: Ted Rosenblatt (President) Year of Production: 2007, Country of ex-groupies. Office: Carlton InterContinental Hotel Origin: Canada Suite 201, Tel: 04.93.06.4.201, Fax: Eleven year old Willy’s childhood toy, 04.93.38.31.10 Gooby, comes to life as a real life six- foot tall monster who helps Willy A WAY WITH MURDER Crime Thriller through rough times, with hair-raising Language: English and hilarious adventures ensuing. Q Director: Dan Neira RUNNING THE SAHARA AITZ IN TARLIGHT www.runningthesahara.com W S Producer: Medhat Faltas, Sam Faltas, QED TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION Tony DiDio Documentary (114 minutes) Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Kim Morgan Language: English INTERNATIONAL QED International, 9595 Wilshire Blvd. Greene Director: James Moll Suite 800, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA. Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Rick Eldridge, Marc Joubert, QUANTUM Larry Tanz Tel: 310.273.3004. Fax: 310.273.3006. Year of Production: 2008, Country of At Cannes: Kimberly Fox, EVP RELEASING Co-production partners: LivePlanet, Origin: USA (International Distribution), Tatyana Joffe Quantum Releasing, 209 East Alameda Independent Producers Alliance An apparent victim’s hidden criminal (VP, International Distribution), Heather #203, Burbank, CA 91502 USA. Tel: Key Cast: Charlie Engle, Ray Zahab, past is ultimately uncovered by the same Montgomery (Worldwide Sales 1.818.255.9900 . Fax: 1.818.255.9903. Kevin Lin detective hired to protect her. Coordinator), Rachel Korn (Market www.quantumreleasing.com, email: Delivery Status: Completed CHUCK BERRY AND BO Assistant) [email protected] Year of Production: 2007, Country of Sales Agent DIDDLEY’S ROCK N’ ROLL ALL- Office: 67 la Croisette, 7th floor, Tel: Origin: US At Cannes: Jamie Thompson (President STAR JAM 33(0)4.93.46.02.33, Heather of Distribution), Michael Lurie (Director Music, Documentary (60 min) In 2006, an international expedition team Montgomery mobile: 1.310.922.7821 Language: English of Sales) of three men undertook a quest that no W (BUSH) Director: Ron Terry human being has ever fulfilled….they Language: English Acquisition Executive: Jamie Thompson Producer: Ron Terry will run across the Sahara Desert. Director: Oliver Stone (VP Sales and Acquisitions) Key Cast: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, THE NOTE Writer: Stanley Weiser Office: Riviera B20, Tel: 1.310.929.7494 Family (87 minutes) Mick Fleetwood, Ron Wood, Carl Producers: Moritz Borman, John Kilik, BABY Wilson, John Mayall Language: English Bill Block www.babythemovie.com Delivery Status: Completed Director: Douglas Barr Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, (100min) Year of Production: 1985, Country of Writer: Paul W. Cooper James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn Language: English Origin: USA Producer: Steve Solomos Production Status: Pre Production Director: Juan Chung In 1985, Bo Diddley put together a band, Co-production partners: Wildrice, Love him or hate him, George W. Bush Writer: Juan Chung cooked them all a barbecue dinner, and Lightworks Pictures, Doone City Pictures is one of the most controversial men in Producer: Jason Serrato then they put on a show. It’s an R&B Key Cast: Genie Francis, Ted McGinley, recent memory. Prepare yourself to find Key Cast: Tzi Ma, Ron Yuan, Feodor jamfest. Available for the first time for Katie Boland out the truth about a man who changed Chin, Dana Lee, Kenneth Choi, Kenzo international DVD distribution. Delivery Status: Completed this world forever. Lee Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed TOOLBOX MURDERS… THE Origin: US DISTRICT 9 Year of Production: 2007, Country of RETURN Language: English Dir: Dean Jones After a tragic plane crash, a local Director: Neill Blomkamp Origin: USA Prod.: Tony DiDio journalist discovers a note that she Producer: Peter Jackson STRIKE Writer: Jeffrey Reddick believes was written by one of the Writer: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Comedy (94min) Status: Preproduction passengers. As she seeks the note’s Production Status: Pre Production Language: English intended receiver, she unexpectedly Director: Tommy Reid Logline: The Toolbox Murders are A PERFECT GETAWAY beginning… again. confronts her own personal demons in Language: English Writer: Ross Paterson the process. Director: David Twohy Producer: Patrick Durham, Tara Reid, Writer: David Twohy David E Ornston, Tommy Reid, Jonathan Executive Producers: John Davis, Bill Sacher PORCHLIGHT Key Cast: Ross Paterson PRESTIGE Block, Kimberly Fox Producers: Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Delivery Status: Completed ENTERTAINMENT Prestige, P.O. Box 7400, Studio City, CA Year of Production: 2007, Country of Porchlight Entertainment, 11050 Santa Tooley, Robbie Brener 91614 USA. Tel: 1.818.985.3003. Fax: Origin: USA Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, Cast: Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, 1.818.985.3009. Ross rules the lanes and becomes a CA 90025 USA. Tel: 1.310.477.8400. At Cannes: Mr. Jay Firestone (Partner), Steve Zahn, Kiele Sanchez Mr. Etchie Stroh (Partner), Mrs. Yael US Distribution: MGM national icon for a new breed of bowler Fax: 1.310.477.5555. but loses his friends to fame and fortune. www.porchlight.com, email: Stroh (Partner), Mr. Ron Gell Production Status: Pre Production [email protected] (International Sales), Mr. Michael Grant A newlywed couple’s excitement turns to FINAL ENGAGEMENT Distributor (Marketing) Thriller (96min) At Cannes: William Baumann (President Office: LERINS, Stand R21, Tel.: Language: English & COO), Ken DuBow (President 04.92.99.32.43 Director: Ari Novak Writer: Jessica Tuffley Worldwide Distribution), JD Beaufils THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP (VP, Worldwide Sales), Katherine Thriller/Horror Producer: Jessica Tuffley Kaufman (VP, Worldwide Sales), Jeffrey Director: Stuart Gordon During Cannes Contact Key Cast: Peter Green, Arlene Tur Engelen (VP, Worldwide Sales) Writer: Dennis Paoli Delivery Status: Completed Acquisition Executive: Ken DuBow Producers: Robert Katz, Etchie Stroh The Business of Film Year of Production: 2007, Country of Offices: R8, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.33.15 Status: Pre-Production Origin: USA Carlton Hotel Office 149 Jacqueline is used as a pawn by her GOOBY Cntry of Origin: USA www.coneybearestories.ca A psychiatrist is seduced by an other Tel 04 93 06 41 49 Miami crime boss father in order to Family (94 minutes) worldly spirit in this film adaptation of expand his empire. Now a journey down Language: English the H.P. Lovecraft story. he aisle may turn deadly.
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Writers: Dirk Maggs, Andrew Bishop, to those he loves, lead him to triumph in Origin: France Keith Reeves the face of adversity. As Séraphine paints her most inspired Producers: Andrew Bishop, Keith STUCK canvas, the grace of her work leads her R Reeves, Demetris Kyriacou, Keith Evans http://www.rigelentertainment.com into the realms of madness Delivery Status: Preproduction Thriller (93 min) STORY OF JEN Budget: $ 18 million Language: English Drama (90 min) RAI TRADE Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Stuart Gordon French & English Rai Trade, Via Umberto Novaro 18, Origin: United Kingdom Key Cast: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Director: François Rotger Rome, 00195 Italy. Tel: 39.06.374.981. The most imaginative re-telling of the Russell Hornsby Writer: François Rotger Fax: 39.06.370.1343. famous Romeo & Juliette story, which Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: Christal Films http://www.raitrade.it, email: includes Adventure, Romance, Extreme Year of Production: 2007 Producer: Tom Dercourt / Cinema [email protected] Sports. .and the Kitchen Sink! Defacto At Cannes: Renato Parascandolo Key Cast: Marina Hands,Laurence (President), Alba Calia (Vice President), DRAGON DALE Action/Adventure/Fantasy (110 minutes) Leboeuf, Tony Ward Carlo Nardello (CEO), Sesto Cifola Language: English RIVE GAUCHE Budget: US $ 3000000 (Head of Cinema and TV Sales), Writer: David Howard Year of Production: 2008, Country of Alessandra Sottile (Docs, Factual, FILMS Producers: Peter Kuhn, Gertain Origin: France Fashion and Lifestyle International Rive Gauche Films, 15442 Ventura Rooijakkers Jen, sixteen, lives with her mother in a Senior Sales Executive) Boulevard, Suite 101, Sherman Oaks, Demetris Kyriacou, Kai Roger Gruneke small isolated town in Canada. Ian enters Office: Palais Stephanie, Salon CA, 91403, U.S. Tel: 1.818.386.1035. Delivery Status: Preproduction into their lives. Brougham 1st Floor Fax: 1.818.784.9916. Budget: $ 40 million www.rgitv.com/films, email: ONE DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND THE VICEROYS Year of Production: 2008, Country of [email protected] Historical Drama (120 min) (PLUS TARD TU COMPRENDRAS) Origin: Germany Distributor Drama (89 min) Language: Italian with English subs To Finn (13) and his sister Caitlin (15), it At Cannes: Jon Kramer (Chairman & Language: French Director: Roberto Faenza feels like their family has been fighting CEO) Director: Amos Gitai Co-Production Partners: Jean Vigo Italia, forever, but it’s really only been for the Office: #E20 Writer: Based on Jérôme Clément’s book Rai Cinema last thousand years. BLACK POINT Producer: Nicole Collet / Image et Delivery Status: Completed Action 90:00 Compagnie - Laurent Truchot / Agav Films Country of Origin: Italy TAINTED LOVE Thriller (100 minutes) Language: English Key Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Hippolyte A rich historical drama. A Sicilian family Language: English Director: David Mackay Girardot, Emmanuelle Devos, with a father who is a tyrant and who Director: Raj Dani Key Cast: David Caruso, Susan Haskell Dominique Blanc even deprives his daughter of the right to Writer: Raj Dani Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed love. Producers: Raj Dani, Andy Birmingham, Year of Production: 2001, Country of Budget: US$ 4500000 HIGH SCHOOL LOSERS Demetris Kyriacou Origin: USA Year of Production: 2008, Country of Comedy (90 min) Key Cast: Thora Birch, Danny Dyer, A reclusive ex-Navy officer befriends a Origin: France Language: Italian with English subs John Rhys Davies & Dennis Hopper woman and tries to save her from an Successful lawyer Victor realizes that his Director: Luca Biglione Delivery Status: Preproduction abusive relationship with her gangster mother Rivka has never told him Co-Production Partners: Devon Budget: $ 4 million lover. anything about the deportation of her Cinematografica, Dania Film, Surf Film Year of Production: 2008, Country of CONTAMINATED MAN Russian Jewish parents. Delivery Status: Completed Origin: United Kingdom Action/Thriller (90:00) Michele’s failing grades convince his Late one night, Charlie and Mia hitch a Language: English parents to pull him out of school and hire lift of Underwood. The couple proceed to Director: Anthony Hickox a private teacher. The boy is further kidnap and torture the driver. Underwood Key Cast: William Hurt, Peter Weller, humiliated when his virtual life as a manages to escape as the deadly pursuit Natascha McElhone Latin lover on internet is unmasked. S continues. Delivery Status: Completed WALTZ Year of Production: 2000, Country of Drama (87 min) Origin: USA SAHAMONGKOLFILM Language: Italian with English subs A virus that kills on contact is set free INTERNATIONAL Director: Salvatore Maira RIGEL after a disgruntled employee breaks into Producer: Home Production a top-secret laboratory and is accidentally CO., LTD. Delivery Status: Completed ENTERTAINMENT infected. Sahamongkolfilm International Co., Ltd., Rigel Entertainment, 4201 Wilshire Blvd. The lives of two people are drastically 388 S.P. Building 9th Floor Zone B #555, Los Angeles, CA 90010 USA. Tel: changed in the space of one and a half Phaholyothin Road Samsen nai 1.323.954.8555. Fax: 1.323.954.8592. hours. Phayathai Bangkok 10400 Thailand. http://www.rigelentertainment.com, ROISSY FILMS Tel: 662.273.0930. Fax: 662.271.0620. email: [email protected] Roissy Films, 58, rue Pierre Charron, www.sahamongkolfilm.com At Cannes: John Laing (CEO), Laura Paris, 75008 France. Tel: Film Production and Distribution. REACH UP HIGH Hoffman (VP Sales), Bryan Hambleton 33.1.53.53.50.50. Fax: 33.1.42.89.26.93. At Cannes: Mr. Gilbert Lim (Executive ENTERTAINMENT (Sales), Robert Halvorsen (International www.roissyfilms.com, email: Vice President), Mr. Pitaya Sithi – Marketing Coordinator), Elizabeth [email protected] Amnuai (Director of International Sales), LTD Leister (International Sales Coordinator) At Cannes: Raphaël Berdugo (Managing Ms. Rapeepat Jumnongjit (Sales Reach Up High Entertainment Ltd, 86 Office: Riviera D8, Tel: Director), Yohann Comte (International Executive), Mr. Gerald Lim (Director of Seymour Grove, Manchester, United 33(0)4.92.99.88.06, Fax: 1.323.954.8592 Sales - New feature films), Marie-Anne Acquisitions), Mr. Panu Aree (Director of Kingdom, M16 0LW. Tel: FREE STYLE Pujol (Sales Manager, catalogues) Acquisitions) 44.161.876.4169. Fax: http://www.movieset.com/freestyle Office: Riviera B1/C2, Tel: Office: 23.02/25.01 (PALAIS 01), Tel: 44.0845.330.5156. Children/Teen, Drama, Family, Sports 33.4.92.99.32.20, Fax: 33.4.92.99.32.21 33(0)4.92.99.80.16, 33(0)688.449.039 (93 min) www.reachuphigh.com, SERAPHINE QUEENS OF PATTANI [email protected] Language: English Biopic (100 min) Action-Adventure. Production Company Director: William Dear Language: French Language: Thai with English Sub. At Cannes: Demetris Kyriacou Producer: John F.S. Laing Director: Martin Provost Director: Nonzee Nimibutr. (Managing Director) Key Cast: Corbin Bleu, Madison Pettis, Writer: Martin Provost Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert. Office: European Pavilion, Tel: Penelope Ann Miller, Sandra Echeverria Producer: Gilles Sacuto & Milena Poylo Cast: Dan Chupong, Ananda 44.770.105.7443 Delivery Status: Post Production - TS Productions Everingham, Sorapong Chatree, Anna THE KITCHEN GAMES Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Sesumun, Caroline Jarunee Desneiges, Animation/Family/Comedy (100 Year of Production: 2007 Tukur, Anne Bennent Sano Hirokazu, Jarunee Suksawas minutes) In this riveting coming-of-age story, Delivery Status: Completed Status: First market screening of Language: English Cale’s guts and determination to Budget: 6000000 US$ completed film Directors: Andrew Bishop, Dirk Maggs compete, and his compassion and loyalty Year of Production: 2008, Country of
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Year of Production: 2008, Country of WHITE MURDERS WHO’S YOUR MONKEY? Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Thailand. Drama (84 min) (THROWING STARS) Origin: UK/Hungary The Queens of Pattani is Thailand’s Language: English Comedy (86 mins) A coming-of-age take on Sir Galahad’s biggest ever cinematographic adventure. Director: Dominic Murphy Language: English quest for the Holy Grail. An epic tale of Queen Hijau of Pattani is Writer: Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti Director: Todd Breau based on a true story of passion, Co-Production Partners: Vice Films, Film Writer: Ryan Steckloff subterfuge, sorcery and conspiracy. & Music Entertainment Producer: Todd Breau NAK Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor Key Cast: Scott Grimes, Jason London, Animation-Comedy Key Cast: Carrie Fisher, Muse Watson, Kevin Durand, David DeLuise Language: Thai with English Sub. Ed Hogg Delivery Status: Completed Director: Pakapong Delivery Status: Completed Budget: $ 625,000 SANTANAPHANICH Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert. Origin: United Kingdom Origin: USA Cast: Sasikarn APICHARTWORASIN, Vice presents the outrageous cult story of Over the course of a single night, four Tongchai PRASONGSANTI Jesco White, the dancing outlaw. Starring childhood friends kill a drug dealer, Status: First market screening of Carrie Fisher, Muse Watson and rescue animals, dispose of a dead body completed film introducing Ed Hogg. and discover the unbreakable bonds of Year of Production: 2008, Country of DONKEY PUNCH friendship. Origin: Thailand. Thriller (90 min) CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN! The story of Nak begins 200 years after Language: English http://www.christmasishereagain.com/ she and her ghoul like friends decide to Director: Olly Blackburn Family/Animation (74 mins) leave the hustle and bustle of Bangkok Writer: David Bloom, Olly Blackburn Language: English GOLD OF VALHALLA TRUSTNORDISK and retire to the peace and quiet of the Co-Production Partners: Warp X Director: Robert Zappia countryside. Producer: Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Writer: Robert Zappia and Marco Zappia SOM TUM Mark Herbert Producer: Robert Zappia and Jim Praytor SHORELINE Action Key Cast: Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin, Key Cast: Kathy Bates, Brad Garrett, Language: Thai with English Sub. Tom Burke, Nichola Burley, Julian Edward Asner, Shirley Jones ENTERTAINMENT, Director: Nontakorn Taweesook Morris, Jay Taylor, Jaime Winstone Delivery Status: Completed INC. Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert Delivery Status: Completed Budget: $ 7.5 Million Shoreline Entertainment, Inc., 1875 Cast: Nawarat Techaratanaprasert, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Century Park East, Ste. 600, Los Nathan Jones, Choopong Changproong Origin: United Kingdom Origin: USA Angeles, CA 90067 USA. Tel: Status: First market screening of A freak accident during a party on a A star-studded, award winning musical 1.310.551.2060. Fax: 1.702.974.0707. completed film yacht escalates into a ruthless fight for animated tale that follows the exciting www.slefilms.com, e-mail: Year of Production: 2008, Country of survival in this horror thriller. A journey of an orphan and her unlikely [email protected] Origin: Thailand. Sundance favourite. band of adventures as they set out to At Cannes: Morris Ruskin (CEO / The first time on screen together of the recover Santa’s toy sack. Producer), Sam Eigen (Director of junior dynamic duo – “Grace Nawarat” Distribution), Brian Sweet (Director of and “Kat” from “Born to Fight.” The two Sales), Brandon Paine (Director of teamed up an ultimate fighting with SCREEN MEDIA Acquisitions) “Nathan Jones” from Troy, Tom Yum SEVEN ARTS Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 135, VENTURES Mobile: 1.702.524.3114, Fax: Goong. Screen Media Ventures, 757 Third Ave. INTERNATIONAL 1.702.974.0707 Floor 3, New York, NY, 10017, USA. Tel: Seven Arts International, 38 Hertford 1.212.308.1790. Fax: 1.212.308.1791. Street, London W1J 7SG UK. Tel: THE ELDER SON Comedy (85 min) www.screenmedia.net OR 44.20.3006.8222. Fax: 1.323.372.3790. SALT. Language: English Salt., 3rd Floor, 1A Adpar Street, London www.screenmediafilms.net, email: http://www.7artspictures.com At Cannes: Peter Hoffman (Chairman), Director: Marius Balchunas W2 1DE United Kingdom. Tel: [email protected] OR Kate Hoffman (Executive Vice Producer: Scott Sturgeon and Jon Veague 207.535.6714. Fax: 207.563.7283. [email protected] Distributor President), Justin Kelly (Vice President, Key Cast: Shane West, Rade Serbedzija, http://www.salt-co.com, email: At Cannes: Almira Malyshev (Senior VP, Business Affairs), Eric Min (Vice and Leelee Sobieski [email protected] Status: Completed At Cannes: Samantha Horley (Managing International Sales), Michael Dwyer President, Distribution), Sean O’Kelly Year Of Production: 2007, Country of Director), Nina Kolokouri (Sales (Vice President of International Sales and (Head of Television Sales) Origin: USA Director), Susan Wrubel (US Productions Acquisitions), Robert Baruc (President of Office: M.Y. South Paw - Quai Albert The life of Max, a Russian clarinetist and Acquisitions), Cleo Hector (Sales Screen Media Films), Suzanne Blech Edouard, Tel: 44.7917.186.853, Fax: living in Los Angeles, changes when Bo, and Distribution Assistant) (Senior VP of Sales and Acquisitions 1.323.372.3790 a local thief looking for a hideout after a Office: Grand Hotel, 45bd La Croistette, Screen Media Films) NEUROMANCER botched car heist, passes himself off as Tel: 486.687.081. Fax: 493.685.029 Acquisition Executive: Michael Dwyer, Sci Fi/Action/Adventure Suzanne Blech Language: English Max’s long-lost son. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA Office: Riviera - Stand E21, Tel: Director: Joseph Kahn HIGH LIFE LEE Heist Drama 33(0)4.92.99.32.18 Writer: William Gibson, Joseph Kahn Language: English Language: English Producer: Julia Verdin TURN THE RIVER Director: Gary Yates Director: Rebecca Miller http://www.turntheriver.com/ Delivery Status: In Development Producers: Robin Cass & Gary Yates Writer: Rebecca Miller Thriller/Drama (92 mins) Budget: 65M Executive Producers: Morris Ruskin & Co-Production Partners: Elevation Language: English Year of Production: 2009, Country of Elizabeth Jarvis Filmworks, Plan B Entertainment Director: Chris Eigeman Origin: Canada Key Cast: Timothy Olyphant and Joe Producer: Lemore Syvan, Dede Gardner Writer: Chris Eigeman William Gibson’s classic science fiction Anderson Key Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Alan Producer: Chris Eigeman and Ami novel that coined the terms “cyberspace” Status: Post-Production Arkin, Monica Bellucci, Maria Bello, Armstrong and “virtual reality” is the harrowing tale Year Of Production: 2008, Country of Blake Lively, Julianne Moore, Keanu Key Cast: Famke Jannsen, Rip Torn, of a world in which technology has gone Origin: Canada/USA Reeves, Winona Ryder Matt Ross out of control. A hilarious portrait of male-pattern Delivery Status: In Production Delivery Status: Completed MORTAL ARMOR: THE LEGEND stupidity. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Budget: $ 500,000 OF GALAHAD Origin: USA Year of Production: 2007, Country of Action/Adventure WUSHU WARRIOR Martial Arts Rebecca Miller writes and directs this Origin: USA Language: English Language: English drama-comedy with an extraordinary cast Kailey Sullivan sets up a high-stakes Director: Mikael Salomon Director: Alain Desrochers pool match that, if she wins, will give her Writer: Joel Gross headed up by Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Producer: Suzanne Girard enough money to start a new life with Producer: Gale Anne Hurd Reeves and Maria Bello. Executive Producer: Morris Ruskin WHITE LIGHTNIN’: THE JESCO her son. Delivery Status: Pre-Production The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 81 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Key Cast: Matt Frewer, and Tod Fennell Co-production partners: LEE Sung-hun Erotic Period Comedy (120 min) Key Cast: Selma Blair, Debra Messing, Status: Post Production Key Cast: KIM Kang-woo, LIM Won- Language: Korean Patrick Wilson, Edward Burns Year Of Production: 2008, Country of hee, LEE Ha-na Director: SHIN Han-sol Delivery Status: Post Production Origin: Canada/China Delivery Status: completed Writer: SHIN Han-sol Year of Production: 2007, Country of China, 1862: Lord Lindsay rules the Budget: US$ 4.5M Producer: LEE Seo-yull Origin: USA opium trade and the clandestine Red Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key Cast: BONG Tae-kyu, KIM Sin-ah, A funny and touching story of a woman Lotus Society, a group of trained Wushu Origin: Korea OH Dal-soo still searching for herself as she enters warriors, is the only force fighting to The secret of royal chef and his knife – Delivery Status: Completed/Screening her thirties. restore justice to the people. and the one who deserves to be the best Budget: $4.5M ON BROADWAY cook of the nation. Year of Production: 2008, Country of Comedy/Drama (98 min) Origin: Korea Language: English Byun is a tragic character with a massive SIMPLY CINEMA Simply Cinema, Barrandov Film Studios, Director: Dave McLaughlin inferiority complex problem which stems Krizeneckeho nam. 322, 152 00 Prague Producer: Dave McLaughlin SHOWBOX / from his seriously impaired libido. But 5, Czech Republic. Tel: 420.267.073.518. Key Cast: Joseph McIntyre, Eliza he chance encounters a monk and gains MEDIAPLEX, INC Fax: 420.267.073.516. Dushku, and Will Arnet the ultimate male power of never-ending Showbox / Mediaplex, Inc, 16F Hansol www.simplycinema.cz, Status: Completed erection. Bldg, 736-1 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam- [email protected] Year Of Production: 2007, Country of gu, Seoul, Korea 135-983. Tel: At Cannes: Eliska Kaplicky Fuchsova Origin: USA 82.2.3218.5649. Fax: 82.2.3444.6688. (Director of International Sales) After falling off of a roof, Jack O’Toole’s www.showbox.co.kr, Email: SHOWCASE Office: Village Int’l Riviera, Pavilion uncle dies in his arms. Over wrought [email protected] 103, Czech Film Centre, Tel: with emotion, Jack decides to write a Sales Agent, Distributor, Financier ENTERTAINMENT, 420.724.257.833 play about the funeral. At Cannes: Judy AHN (Head of Sales), VACLAV Soojin JUNG (Senior Manager), Sonya INC. Drama Showcase Entertainment, Inc., 21800 KIM (Manager), Tae JO (Assistant Language: Czech, Subtitles: English Oxnard Street, Suite 150, Woodland Manager) Director: Jiri Vejdelek SHOW EAST Hills, CA 91367 USA. Tel: Acquisition Executive: Chris Lee Writer: Marek Epstein Show EAST, 6F New Seoul B/D, 618-3, 1.818.715.7005. Fax: 1.818.715.7009. Office: Lerins booth R3/S2, Tel: Producer: Jaroslav Boucek Shinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135- 33(0)4.92.99.33.06 http://www.showcaseentertainment.com 894, Korea. Tel: 82.2.3446.9590. Fax: At Cannes: David A. Jackson (President), Production Company: BUC-FILM 82.2.3446.9620. www.showeast.co.kr/eng DREAM Shauna Shapiro-Jackson (Executive Vice Leading Cast: Ivan Trojan, Emilia Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Drama (93 min) Vasaryova, Jan Budar Language: Korean, Japanese President), Bruce Livingston (Chief At Cannes: DJ KIM (President), Financial Officer), Scott Bedno (Director Status: Completed (Market screening) Michelle SON (Head of Int’l Business) , Director: Kim Ki-duk Production Country: Czech Republic Writer: Kim Ki-duk of International Sales), Linda Paolucci Luna CHOO (Manager of Int’l Business) (Executive Assistant & Market An involving drama of a mother’s love, a Office: Riviera E 15/17 Producer: Kim Ki-duk, SONG Myung- brother’s hate and the secrets of a father. chul Coordinator) HIMALAYA, WHERE THE WIND Office: Riviera-Lerins S-1 Semi-autistic Vaclav’s tragic journey Key Cast: Odagiri Joe, LEE Na-young from village fool to jailed criminal. DWELLS LABOU AND THE PIRATE Drama (108min) Delivery Status: Completed/Screening Based on a true story of one of President TREASURE OF CAPTAIN Language: Korean, English, Tibetan Budget: $1M Havel’s vast amnesties. Year of Production: 2008, Country of LEROUGE Director: JEON Soo-il Family DAFFODILS & TOUGH GUYS Writer: JEON Soo-il Origin: Korea Comedy Jin wakes up from a nightmare of a Language: English Producer: DJ KIM Director: Greg Aronowitz Language: Czech Key Cast: CHOI Min-sik, Tsering Kiple, traffic accident. It drives him to the very Director: Viktor Taus spot where a real accident took place. Writer: Greg Aronowitz & Sheri Bryant Tenjing Sherpa Producer: Sheri Bryant Writer: Radek John, Ivo Pelant Delivery Status: completed THE GUARD POST (GP506) Producer: Jaroslav Nietsch Thriller (122 min) Key Cast: Bryan James Kitto, Darnell J. Budget: US$ 1M Hamilton, Marissa Cuevas, Production Company: Pragofilm, Esence Year of Production: 2008, Country of Language: Korean Slovakia, TV Markiza, Czech Television Director: KONG Su-chang Earl J. Scioneaux, Jr., Chris Violette, Origin: Korea Kelson Henderson Leading Cast: Radek Brzobohaty, The vast lands of the Himalayas stand Writer: KONG Su-chang Veronika Freimanova Producer: KONG Su-chang, LIM Jung- Delivery Status: Post Production before him. There, he is finally able to Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: In Production discover his true self. Beyond the sudden ha Production Country: Czech Republic Key Cast: CHUN Ho-jin, CHO Hyun-jae Origin: USA snowstorms, he watches the backside of Three kids team up in a search for A sequel to 1983 cult comedy Snowdrops himself headed somewhere. Delivery Status: Completed/Screening and Aces about a misbehaved group of Budget: $3M missing pirate treasure! During their LE GRAND CHEF quest, they stumble across Labou, a teenagers on a school ski trip. www.showeast.co.kr/eng Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: Korea legendary swamp creature who helps the LITTLE WITCH ON A Drama (114min) kids find the treasure. BROOMSTICK Language: Korean At a guard post that overlooks the DMZ, Fantasy an entire platoon has been wiped out. A DISMAL Director: JEON Yun-su Thriller Language: Czech Writer: SHIN Dong-ick, JEON Yun-su soldier is discovered with a bloody ax in Director: Vaclav Vorlicek his hands, then falls into a coma. Language: English Producer: DJ KIM Director: Raymond L. Brown Writer: Vlastimil Mistrik, Vaclav A TALE OF LEGENDARY LIBIDO Producer: Dennis “Dink” Adams, Vorlicek Raymond L. Brown, W. Jeffrey Frizzell Producer: Jaroslav Nietsch, Jaroslav Key Cast: William Gregory Lee, Richard Kucera Riehle, Mark Joy Production Company: Pragofilm, Delivery Status: Post Production DesignBros, Czech Television Year of Production: 2007, Country of Status: In Production Origin: USA Production Country: Czech Republic Two friends are looking forward to a Leading Cast: Jirina Bohdalova, Jiri weekend of drinking and fishing, but the Labus, and introducing Helena Great Dismal Swamp has other plans. Novackova 9-year old Saxana, spirited daughter of a PURPLE VIOLETS Romantic Comedy mortal father and a run-away witch, Language: English discovers her mum’s book of magic and Director: Edward Burns is transported to a Fairyland just in time Writer: Edward Burns to save it from a dangerous villain from Producer: Margot Bridger, Edward Cartoonland. Burns, Aaron Lubin LITTLE WITCH - SIMPLY CAMERA The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
82 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE teenagers in a smalltownish atmosphere SOMEKINDAWONDE of Poland of the 80-ies. Beata is RFUL PRODUCTIONS dreaming of runaway for a big city. CHAOS INC. Drama (98’) SomeKindaWonderful Productions Inc., Language: Polish/English subtitles 1699 West 69th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Director: Ksawery Zulawski V6P 2W7 Canada. Tel: 1.778.995.2786. Producer: SPI International Poland www.somekindawonderful.ca Co-production partners: Polish Sales Agent Production Agency, TVP, The At Cannes: Jennifer Chow (President) Documentary and Feature Film Studio Office: Cast: Maria Strzelecka, Marcin FALLING FOR GRACE Brzozowski, Bolec, Magdalena Cielecka www.fallingforgrace.com Delivery Status: completed Romantic Comedy (104 minutes) Year of Production: 2004, Country of Language: English Origin: Poland Director: Fay Ann Lee A manifesto of the generation of the 30 – THE CODE - NU IMAGE MILLENNIUM FILMS Writer: Fay Ann Lee with Karen Rousso somethings. Three step-brothers, three Kevin Sullivan Producer: Fay Ann Lee, Carl Rumbaugh, different personalities, three different Key Cast: Warren Christie, Rutger Hauer SUMMIT Michelle Botticelli, Stephanie Wang, worlds. Search for freedom, Delivery Status: Completed Susan Batson, Juan Carlos Zapata antiglobalistic rebellion and above all - Year of Production: 2007, Country of ENTERTAINMENT Summit Entertainment, 77 Dean Street, Key Cast: Gale Harold, Fay Ann Lee, search for love. Origin: Canada London W1D 3SH. Christine Baranski, Ken Leung, Margaret When Tom falls in love, he enters a Tel: 44(0)207.494.1724. Cho world of intrigue and danger that is Fax: 44(0)207.494.1725. In Los Angeles: Delivery Status: Completed reflected in his onstage role in Mozart’s SPICE FACTORY 1630 Stewart Street, Suite 120, Santa Year of Production: 2007, Country of classic fairytale. Spice Factory, 14 Regent Hill, Brighton Monica CA, Tel: 1.310.309.8400. Fax: Origin: United States BN1 3ED, UK. Tel: 44.1273.739182. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW 1.310.828.4132 Mistaken at an opera soirée as the heiress www.spicefactory.co.uk, email: BEGINNING Summit Entertainment is a worldwide of a famous fashion dynasty, Grace is [email protected] Drama (1 x 120min) theatrical motion picture development, suddenly swept into the inner circle of Producer/Financier Language: English financing, production and distribution Manhattan’s elite and ushered into the At Cannes: Michael L Cowan, Jason Director: Kevin Sullivan studio. arms of New York’s most eligible Piette, Mariah Sayer, Mel Hider, Taz Writer: Kevin Sullivan At Cannes: Patrick Wachsberger bachelor. Basunia Producer: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan (President & Co-Chair, Summit Acquisition Executive: Michael L Cowan Key Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Barbara Entertainment; CEO, Summit Office: Nouma Blanc Apartment, 23 La Hershey, Rachel Blanchard International), Bob Hayward (COO, SPI INTERNATIONAL Croisette (2nd floor), Entrance on rue Delivery Status: Post Production Summit Entertainment), David Garrett Macé above the Louis Vuitton store. Tel: Year of Production: 2008, Country of (President, Summit International), POLAND Michael Cowan 33(0)6.77.44.78.73, Origin: Canada Ralpho Borgos (Senior Vice President, SPI International Poland, ul.Tyniecka Jason Piette 33.(0)6.77.44.80.27 When a long-hidden secret is discovered International Sales), Erik Feig (President, 38a, 02-621 Warsaw, Poland. Tel: ECLIPSE under the floorboards at Green Gables, Production & Acquisitions), Andrew 48.22.854.03.37. 48.22.646.20.36. Fax: (96 min) Anne retreats into her memories to relive Matosich (Executive Vice President, 48.22.848.45.70. www.spi.pl, e-mail: Language: English her troubled early years prior to arriving Business Affairs) Director: Greg Mackenzie [email protected] as an orphan at Green Gables and being Office: 2, La Croisette, Penthouse, Tel: Distributor, producer & sales agent Writer: Edgar Martin adopted by the Cuthberts. 33(0)4.86.68.80.75. Fax: At Cannes: Piotr Reisch (President), Producer: Michael L Cowan, Jason Piette LOVE IS WORK 33(0)4.80.80.51.77 Marta Krutel (General Manager), Joanna Delivery Status: Late Stages Of Romantic Comedy (1 x 120min) TREE OF LIFE Hanusiak ( PR & Marketing Manager), Development Language: English Drama Rafa? Buks (Producer) Budget: US$20 Director: John Kalangis Director: Terrence Malick Acquisition Executive: Piotr Reisch Year of Production: 2009, Country of Writer: Christopher Binney Producers: William Pohlad, Sarah Green, Office: Tel: 48 603.193.820 Origin: England Producer: John Kalangis Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill Sci-fi action film. ‘Dead Calm In Space’ MIDNIGHT TALKS Key Cast: Fabrizio Filippo, Shauna Writer: Terrence Malick Romantic comedy (95’) MacDonald Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Language: Polish/English subtitles Delivery Status: Completed Chastain Director: Maciej ak Ż SULLIVAN Year of Production: 2005, Country of Production Status: In Production Producer: Piotr Reisch, Marcin Jaworski, Origin: Canada Country of Origin: U.S. Agata Janicka ENTERTAINMENT Sullivan Entertainment, 110 Davenport The story of five couples in an The story of a family who must come to Co-production partners: SPI International Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3R3, innovative, honest, raw human drama terms with a devastating loss. In doing Polska, 50/50 Films, POLSAT TV Canada. Tel: 1.416.921.7177 . Fax: that tells the true story about middle class so, they discover life’s most important Cast: Marcin Doroci ski, Magdalena ń 1.416.921.7538. life and love. lessons of unselfish love and forgiveness. Ró czka, Weronika Ksi kiewicz ż ąż www.sullivanmovies.com, email THE GHOST Delivery Status: completed THE OVERLOOKERS [email protected] Drama/Comedy (1 x 120min) Political Thriller Budget: 800.000 USD Distributor Language: English Director: Roman Polanski Year of Production: 2007, Country of At Cannes: Trudy Grant (President), Director: Chris Smets Producers: Roman Polanski, Robert Origin: Poland Kevin Sullivan (Executive Producer), Writer: Chris Smets Benmussa, Alain Sarde SKYLIGHTS Cameron Moffat (Sales and Acquisitions Producer: Damon Middleton Writers: Robert Harris and Roman Drama (100) Manager), Taylor Sullivan Key Cast: Hanna Dalton, Romano Polanski Language: Polish/English subtitles (Acquisitions), Doug Smith (Sales Orzari, Ophira Eisenberg Production Status: Pre-Production Producer: Marcin T. Jaworski, Beata Consultant), Sandra Chwialkowska Delivery Status: Completed Country of Origin: CEE Kawka, Piotr Reisch A ghostwriter is sent to write the (Creative Affairs Manager) Year of Production: 2005, Country of Co-production partners: SPI Acquisition Executive: Cameron Moffat memoirs of a former UK prime minister, Origin: USA/Canada International Poland, Office: and becomes embroiled in an explosive A lonely web designer, a cynical Cast: Beata Kawka, Joanna Brodzik MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTE mystery. photographer, a suave ladykiller, a Delivery Status: completed Drama (1 x 120min) STEP UP 3D Budget 500.000 USD Language: English restless young wife and an infatuated Drama/Music/Romance Year of Production: 2005, Country of Director: Kevin Sullivan detective all come together in this award- Director: Jon M. Chu Origin: Poland Writer: Kevin Sullivan winning film. Producers: Adam Shankman, Jennifer Beata and Sygita meet each other as Producer: Trudy Grant, Ray Sager, Gibgot, Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig
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C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 83 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Production Status: Pre-Production Key Cast: Mahal, Gaurav Datta, Nishant Country of Origin: U.S. & Others TF1 POPE JOAN Delivery Status: Completed Drama Budget: 1.5 Million Dollar T INTERNATIONAL TF1 International, Immeuble Central Director: Sönke Wortmann Year of Production: 2008, Country of TELEPOOL GMBH Park – 9 rue Maurice Mallet 92130 Issy Writers: Heinrich Hadding & Sönke Origin: India Telepool GmbH, Sonnenstrasse 21, les Moulineaux France. Wortmann The story of a successful film director of 80331 Munich, Germany. Tel: 33.1.41.41.21.68 Producers: Martin Moszkowicz & Oliver this world in search of a deep passionate Tel: 49.89.55876.0. Fax: Fax: 33.1.41.41.21.33. Berben subject of another world and a 49.89.55876.188. www.telepool.de, www.tf1international.com, Production Status: Pre-Production mysterious king of another world in email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Country of Origin: U.S. search of deep passion of this world. At Cannes: Dr. Thomas Weymar Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor A 9th century woman disguises herself as (Managing Director), Marc Gabizon At Cannes: Nicolas Eschbach (EVP a man and rises through the Vatican (Deputy Managing Director), Irina International Distribution), Grégory ranks. SURF FILM Ignatiew (EVP International), Anja Chambet (International Sales Manager), KNOWING Surf Film, Via Padre Filippini, 130 Uecker (Sales & Acquisition) Coralie Chave (SVP International Sales), Sci Fi/Thriller 00144 Rome Italy. Tel: Acquisition Executive: Dr. Thomas Anna Marsh (International Sales Director: Alex Proyas 0039.06.52.62.101. Fax: Weymar, Marc Gabizon, Silke Wilfinger, Manager), Dimitri Stephanides (VP Writers: Stuart Hazeldine, Ryne Douglas 0039.06.52.93.816. www.surffilm.com, Julia Müntefering International Sales) Pearson, Juliet Snowden & Stiles White, email: [email protected] Office: Palais Riviera, Booth F3 / G2, Distributor, Producer Office: Riviera H3 Richard Kelly, Alex Proyas Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.32.11 Producers: Jason Blumenthal, Todd At Cannes: Massimo Vigliar (President), BELLAMY LILLY THE WITCH – THE Language: French Black, Steve Tisch, Alex Proyas Stefania Carnevale (Head of International DRAGON AND THE MAGIC BOOK Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Sales), Elisabetta Volpe (International Sales Executive) (HEXE LILLI) Writer: Claude Chabrol and Odile Barski Chandler Canterbury Family Entertainment (90 min) Office: I Club Palais Sthephanie by Producer: Aliceleo Cinema – Patrick Production Status: In Production Language: German Sofitel First Floor. 50, Boulevard de la Godeau Country of Origin: U.S. Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky Corisette 06414 Cannes, Tel: Key Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Clovis A time capsule is unearthed fifty years Writer: Armin Toerkell, Ralph Martin, 00.33.4.92.99.69.52 Cornillac, Jacques Gamblin, Marie Bunel after it’s first buried in young Caleb’s Stefan Ruzowitzky Delivery Status: In Production elementary school. One mysterious THE AFRICAN GAME Producer: Corinna Mehner, Martin Thriller Year of Production: 2008, Country of artifact: a sheet with a long column of Husmann, Michael Coldewey Language: English - Italian Origin: France numbers. Co-production partners: Babelsberg Film Director: Micheal E. Lemick For the first time, after 50 years of movie GmbH, Germany, Walt Disney Studios Writer: Michael E. Lemick making, Claude Chabrol joins forces Motion Pictures, Germany, Classic SRL, Producer: Massimo Vigliar (Surf Film), with Gérard Depardieu in a suspenseful Italy, Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft SUNSTONE Luciano Martino (Dania Film) and original psychological thriller. GmbH, Austria, Steinweg Emotion Co-production partners: in association INSIDE RING (PREMIER CERCLE) ENENTERTAINMENT Pictures S.L. Spain, Walt Disney Motion with Marco Vancini Language: French 8, Palmcrest, Main Avenue Road, Pictures, Spain Key Cast: Luca Ward, Bryony Afferson, Director: Laurent Tuel Santacruz (W), Mumbai 400 054 India, Key Cast: Alina Freund, Anja Kling, Rachel Grant Producer: Christine Gozlan/ Thelma Tel: 9122.26051770. Ingo Naujoks, Pilar Bardem, Sami Delivery Status: Completed Films, Alain Terzian/ Alter Films At Cannes: Sanjay Jumani (Director), Herzog, Yvonne Catterfeld, Michael Year of Production: 2007, Country of Key Cast: Jean Reno, Gaspard Ulliel, Shanti Jumani (Proprietor) Mittermeier Office: 24.01 @ Palais, Tel: 0679319154 Origin: Italy Vahina Giocante, Sami Bouajila Delivery Status: Postproduction An action movie that takes place in the Delivery Status: In Preproduction MOHABBAT HO GAYI HAI TUMSE Budget: $ 12 Mio (140 min) extraordinary African locations. The Year of Production : 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2008, Country of Language: Hindi story of an international killer, nailed by Origin: France Origin: Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain Director: Rishi Talwar the double game of his own purchaser. A circle of violence surrounds a young Little Lilly is apprenticed to become the Producer: Sunstone Entertainment man -Gaspard Ulliel- trying to break free THE HUSH successor of Surulunda the Witch. Key Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Drama (105’) from the gang headed by his fearsome Directed by OSCAR winner Stefan Singh, Shamita Shetty,Puru Raj Kumar, Language: Italian English subtitles father -Jean Reno. Ruzowitzky, this magical US$12 million Alok Nath, Shana, Tinu Anand, Director: Stefano Incerti BACK TO THE WILD, THE family fairy-tale combines Live Action Vishwajeet Pradhan & Others Writer: Stefano Incerti Rocco ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG and CGI. Released by DISNEY. Delivery Status: Completed Oppedisano BONOBO Budget: 1.5 Million Dollar Producer: Massimo Vigliar (Surf Film) WITHIN THE WHIRLWIND Director: Alain Tixier Drama (110 min) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Key Cast: Alessio Boni, Giuseppe Writer: Alain Tixier, Philippe Calderon, Language: English Origin: India Battiston, Florencia Raggi Guillaume Vincent Director: Marleen Gorris It’s a story of a girl (Ria) a man (Tony) Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Les Films du Reve – TF1 Writer: Nancy Larson and a sharp shooter police inspector (Jai). Year of Production: 2008, Country of International Producer: Christine Ruppert, Piotr Ria loves Tony but her father convince Origin: Italy Delivery Status: In Production Mularuk, Hubert Toint, Vincent her to marry Jai. In 1978 an Italian sports journalist, sent A touching story of hope, love and Macheras to Buenos Aires for the football world courage of a young Bonobo ape, on his MAINE PYAAR KYUN KIYA Co-production partners: Yeti Films Romantic Drama (135min) cup, falls in love with a mysterious journey back to Nature. Set in the Warsaw, Saga Film Brussels, Lorival, Language: Hindi woman and for love he lets himself get beautiful Congo jungle. Paris Director: David Dhawan involved in the tragic reality of the Key Cast: Emily Watson, Ulrich Tukur Key Cast: Salmaan Khan, Katrina Kaif & regime. Delivery Status: In Production Sushmita Sen . TONINO GUERRA: CINEMA’S Budget: $ 9.7 Mio THE STEEL Delivery Status: Completed POET Year of Production: 2008, Country of Budget: 25 Million Dollar Documentary COMPANY Origin: Germany, Poland, Belgium, Year of Production: 2006, Country of Language: Italian The Steel Company, 9220 Sunset Blvd Ste France Origin: India Director: Nicola Tranquillino 212, Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA. Russian poet Evgenia Ginzbourg It’s a triangle story between one man and Producer: Massimo Vigliar (Surf Film) Tel: 1.310.274.7221. survived the Soviet Gulag only because two girls. Delivery Status: Completed Fax: 1.310.274.7507. of her faith in poetry. OSCAR winner Year of Production: 2008, Country of ™ [email protected] MADHOSHIYAAN Marleen Gorris directs OSCAR Office: Palais Riviera, 7 Rond-Point Musical (120 min) Origin: Italy ™ nominee Emily Watson and award- Duboys d’ Angers, 06400 Cannes Language: Hindi His life, his films, the characters of winning Ulrich Tukur in this deeply Tel: 334.9399.9954, Director: Mahal another time narrated by the poetry of the moving drama. Tel 334.8668.8824 Writer: Mahal biggest Italian scripwriter: Tonino Producer: Sunstone Entertainment Guerra.
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84 The Business of Film C ANNES 2008 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE KUNIMATSU, Yukiko SHII THINKFILM THOMPSON/STARR Key Cast: Tatsuya FUJIWARA, Asami MIZUKAWA, Shun SHIOYA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Delivery Status: Completed THINKFilm International, Bridge House, Thompson/Starr Organization, l25 N. Budget: 3.0 M US$ 2nd Floor, 63-65 North Wharf Road, Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 902l0 Year of Production: 2008, Country of London, UK USA. Email address: [email protected] W2 1LA. Tel: 44.207.298.6200. Fax: Distributor Origin: Japan 44.207.298.6201. At Cannes: Joey Thompson (President), The ultimate crime action about a young www.thinkfilmcompany.com, Email: Jen Starr (Sales), George Alain con man and his love. [email protected] (Acquisition), Chaya Finton (Marketing) GOD’S PUZZLE (KAMISAMA NO At Cannes: Peter Naish (Managing Office: Hotel Mexicana 30 rue Dr. PUZZLE) Director), Will Machin (Head of Dautheville, Juan Les Pins, 06160, Tel: http://www.kami-puzzle.com/ International), Aranka Matits (Sales 33.4.93.5l.3l.34, Fax: 33.4.67.56.34, (135 minutes) Executive), Hannah Leader (General Convention Tel: 33.4.93.0l.0l Language: Japanese, English subtitles ENCARNACIÓN Director: Takashi MIIKE BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL Counsel) ROD STEWART & FACES Writer: Masaru NAKAMURA Office: 63 La Croisette, 1st Floor, Rock Music (80 min) WALTZ IN STARLIGHT Cannes, 06400, Tel: 04.93.43.8257. Fax: Cast: Rod Stewart, Kenny Jones, Keith Producer: Haruki KADOKAWA http://www.hoshikage.jp/ 04.93.43.9050 Richards, etc. Key Cast: Hayato ICHIHARA, Mitsuki Drama (97min) Delivery Status: Completed TANIMURA Language: Japanese UNDER THE MOUNTAIN Fantasy Adventure Enormously popular rock concert. Delivery Status: Completed Director: Shingo Wakagi Budget: 5.0 M US$ Language: English BLITZKRIEG BOP Writer: Shingo Wakagi Director: Jonathan King Great Rock Concert (80 min) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Hiroyuki Taniguchi Writers: Matthew Grainger, Jonathan Cast: Blondie, Dead Boys, Ramones Origin: Japan Key Cast: Koishi Kimi King Delivery Status: Completed A sci-fi love fantasy about a college Delivery Status: Completed Producers: Richard Fletcher, Matthew One and only blitzkrieg sound. dunce and a female teenage physics Year of Production: 2007, Country of genius who take on a “universal” theme Grainger, Jonathan King THE NASHVILLE SOUND Origin: Japan Leading Cast: Sam Neill, Bruce Spence Country music (79 min) in unlocking the secrets of the universe This unusual personal film, half-and-half Status: In Production Cast Johnny Cast, Loretta Lynn, Dolly to create their own cosmos!! mixture of documentary and fiction with Production Country: New Zealand Parton, etc. taste of OZU’s family drama, When an all-powerful, supernatural Delivery Status: Completed successfully leaves a nostalgic enemy stirs after centuries of Giant country music STARS concert. TOHOKUSHINSHA impression on the viewers and strangely imprisonment in the depths below its impact is more than a documentary and fiction. Auckland’s volcanoes, teenage twins, FILM CORPORATION Theo and Rachel, must rediscover their TOEI COMPANY, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, 4-8-10 telepathic bond to save mankind in this Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8460 thrilling fantasy-adventure. LTD. Japan. Tel: 81.3.5414.0297. Fax: TRICOAST Toei Company, Ltd., 2-17, 3-chome, 81.3.5414.0430. http://www.tfc- THE OXFORD MURDERS Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8108 Japan. rights.com INTERNATIONAL Mystery Sales Agent Language: English Tel: 81.3.3535.7621. Fax: TriCoast International, 1547 10th Street- At Cannes: Kentaro Yoshida (Manager, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA. Tel: Director: Alex de la Iglesia 81.3.3535.7622. http://www.toei.co.jp/ email: [email protected] International Sales), Ena Ogawa 1.310.458.7707. Fax: 1.310.458.7701. Writer: Guillermo Martinez Sales Company (International Sales) www.TriCoastInternational.com, email: Producers: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela At Cannes: Mr. Tadayuki OKUBO Office: Tel: 080.1029.4004 [email protected] Besuievski, Alvaro Augustin, Elena Distributor (Manager, International Sales), Ms. MY DARLING OF THE Manrique At Cannes: Ami Artzi (President), Strath Shiori TAKATA (Asst. Manager, MOUNTAINS - TOKUICHI IN LOVE Leading Cast: John Hurt, Elijah Wood, International Sales), Mr. Gen http://yamano-anata.jp/ Hamilton (CO-CEO), Marcy Levitas Leonor Watling MIZOGUCHI (Asst. Manager, Drama (94min) Hamilton (CO-CEO) Status: Screening International Sales) Language: Japanese Office: Riviera B4 Production Country: Spain/UK Office: Riviera Stand A11, Tel: Director: Katsuhito Ishii EASY + RIDER: THE SAGA A new student and esteemed professor at 33(0)4.92.99.33.40 Writer: Hiroshi Shimizu CONTINUES Oxford University team up to solve a Action/ Adventure OROCHI -BLOOD- Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Hiroyuki puzzling series of ‘mathematically (107 minutes) Taniguchi, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Kazutoshi Language: English linked’ murders. Language: Japanese, English subtitles Wadakura Director: Dustin Rikert FIVE DOLLARS A DAY Director: Norio TSURUTA Co-Production Partners: FUJI Writer: Phillip Pitzer, Dustin Rikert Comedy Writer: Hiroshi TAKAHASHI TELEVISION, J-dream, Producer: Philip Pitzer, Sheree J Wilson, Language: English Producer: Gen SATO, Masatake TOHOKUSHINSHA, TOHO Dustin Rikert Director: Nigel Cole KONDO, Key Cast:Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ryo Kase, Key Cast: Sheree J Wilson, Jeff Fahey, Writer: Neal Dobrofsky, Tippi Dobrofsky TsutomuYAMAMOTO2008TsutomuYA Maiko, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Tomokazu Michelle Borth Producers: Carol Baum, Jane Goldenring, MAMOTO Miura Delivery Status: Post-Production Kia Jam Key Cast: Yoshino KIMURA, Noriko Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008, Country of Leading Cast: Christopher Walken, NAKAGOSHI, Mitsuki TANIMURA Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: USA Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, Sharon Delivery Status: Completed Origin: Japan THE CURSED Stone, Peter Coyote, Dean Cain. Sci-Fi Thriller Budget: 3.0 M US$ REDLINE Status: Screening Year of Production: 2008, Country of Car Race Animation Language: English Production Country: USA Origin: Japan Language: Japanese Delivery Status: Post-Production On a riotous road trip across America, A horrifying tragedy of two beautiful Director: Takeshi Koike Year of Production: 2008, Country of this is the last chance for the odd couple, sisters of a mysterious family with a Writer: Katsuhito Ishii, Yoji Enokido, Origin: USA Nat and his son, to disclose long-buried deep, dark secret. Based on a legendary, Yoshiki Sakurai MOVING MCALLISTER secrets and heal bitter wounds. bizzare comic by “The Master” Kazuo Delivery Status: In Production Comedy (129 min) UMEZU. Year of Production: 2009, Country of Language: English Origin: Japan Director: Andrew Black CHAMELEON Writer: Ben Gourley http://www.c-leon.jp/ The newest Animated feature from Producer: Ben Gourley (97 minutes) MADHOUSE (Papurika) about love, Key Cast: Ben Gourley, John Heder, Language: Japanese, English subtitles conspiracy, mass-destruction and a battle Mila Kunis, Rutger Hauer Director: Junji SAKAMOTO to survive –and all of this revolves Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Shoichi MARUYAMA around the world’s deadliest super-sonic Year of Production: 2007, Country of Producer: Kazuhito AMANO, Tatsuya automobile race-REDLINE. The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
C ANNES 2008 The Business of Film 85 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Origin: USA Minamoto, Ryo Ishibashi Desperate to score points with his boss, Delivery status: post production he commits to a favor he can’t afford. He Budget: 12 M euros ends up in a rundown truck headed to U Year of production: 2008, Country of V L.A. with his boss’s possessions, his UFO origin: France VIETNAM MEDIA Hollywood -bound niece, and her pet pig. A crime writer travels to Tokyo to INTERNATIONAL receive a prestigious Japanese literary CORP. - BHD CO., prize. He finds himself at the center of a PRODUCTIONS diabolical plot worthy of the most LTD. UFO International Productions, 3400 W. Vietnam Media Corp. - BHD Co., Ltd., TRUSTNORDISK terrifying thrillers. TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 12, 2650 Alameda Avenue, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 18th Floor, Prime Center, 53 Quang Hvidovre, Denmark. Tel: 4536868714. 91505 USA. Tel: 1.818.846.0465. Fax: SECRETS OF LUCKY LUKE Trung, Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: Fax: 4536774448. www.trust-film.dk & 1.818.846.0256. (LUCKY LUKE) 844.943.4133. Fax: 844.943.4135. Comedy www.sales.nordiskfilm.com, email: At Cannes: Jeffery Beach (CEO), Phillip http://www.vietnammediacorp.com Language: French [email protected] Roth (CEO) At Cannes: NGO Thi Bich Hanh (Vice Director: James Huth Sales Agent Office: Riviera D10, Tel: President), NGUYEN Thi Bao Mai Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd At Cannes: Rikke Ennis (CEO), Susan 33(0)92.99.32.41 (Manager of Sales & Acquisition) Key cast: Jean Dujardin Office: G14, Tel: 33(0)618.700.782 Wendt (Head of sales), Nicolai MAGMA: VOLCANIC DISASTER Delivery status: pre production Korsgaard (Sales Executive & Marketing Action Adventure THE LITTLE HEART Budget: 27 M euros Drama (98 min) Manager), Marie-Louise Rasmussen Cast: Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, Year of production: 2008, Country of Language: Vietse (Junior Sales), Ditte Hollesen (PR), Reiko Aylesworth origin: France Director: NGUYEN Thanh Van Thomas Mai (New business) Delivery Status: completed He “shoots faster than his shadow”. Writer: NGUYEN Quang Lap Office: Scandinavian Terrace, Terrace 55, From the frozen tundra of Iceland to the LUCKY LUKE. The one and only. The Co-Production Partners: Blue La Croisette sweltering jungles of remotest South America, a series of long-dormant fearless gunslinger is sent on a mission Productions; The Global Film Initiative volcanoes begin to erupt without by the President to bring order to Daisy Producer: Vietnam Feature Film Studios UBU PRODUCTIONS warning. Town, where Luke grew up. Key Cast: Nguyen Lan Ha; Hoang Kim Hanh; Hong Anh; Nguyen Xuan Thanh; UBU Productions, P.O. Box 40 19 65, LIGHTNING STRIKES Delivery Status: Completed Munich, D-80719 Germany. Tel: Action Adventure Year of Production: 2007, Country of 49.160.928.150.21. Fax: 49.89.478.231. Delivery Status: in production A small town in North Carolina is UNIFIED PICTURES Origin: Vietnam Email: [email protected] Unified Pictures, 19773 Bahama St., At Cannes: Mr. Jean Uliczay (President, surrounded by an electrical storm and it The film follows the plight of a village Northridge, CA 91324 USA. Tel: Producer, Exec. Prod.), Ms Alice won’t let anyone leave. Because there is girl, sold to a city brothel. 1.818.576.1006. Fax: 1.818.534.3347. Kanterian (Acquisitions), Ms Rita Collin- something in the lightning. Something Unified Pictures is a production company BI, DON’T BE AFRAID Gorenstein (Film Marketing) ancient. Something evil. whose focus is on acquiring, developing Psychological drama (90 min) Office: MEDIA The marketplace and producing cutting-edge and Language: Vietse Director: Phan Dang Di DRACULA’S HELLS ANGELS artistically innovative films. Horror Comedy (90 min) At Cannes: Keith Kjarval (President), Writer: Phan Dang Di UGC Co-Production Partners: Language: English, German, French Kurt Rauer (President), Ben Ruffman VietnamMediaCorp; Chanh Phuong Film Director: Jean Kail INTERNATIONAL (Head of Production), Ann Dubinet Producer: Jimmy NGUYEN PHAM; Co-Production Partners: Transsylvania UGC International, 24 avenue Charles (Head of Strategic Planning, Acquisitions NGUYEN Bao Mai Film Productions / UBU Productions de Gaulle, 92522 Neuilly sur Seine and Distribution), Mia Niebruegge Key Cast: Thanh Minh PHAN; Hoa Producer: Jean Uliczay cedex, France. Tel: 331.46.40.46.42. (Production Coordinator) Thuy NGUYEN; Kieu Trinh NGUYEN; Delivery Status: Pre-Production Fax: 331.46.37.73.21 Office: Hotel Majestic Cannes Barrière, Sales agent Viet Linh TRAN; Hong Van HA; Mai Budget: 3,000,000.- US$ 10 La Croisette, 6408 Cannes, France, At Cannes: Saïd BEN SAID (President), Chau NGUYEN Year of Production: end 2008, Country of Suite Room #: 139, Direct Phone in Romain SETROUK (Head of Sales), Pre-Production - Year of Production: 2008, Origin: Romania, GB suite: 33(0)4.97.06.85.07. Unified email Adeline FALAMPIN (Sales Executive) Country of Origin: Vietnam The angels of hell supports Dracula in while in Cannes: Office: 4 la Croisette, 1st floor - Cannes A seven year-old boy, an irresponsible his daily work and business. [email protected] I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (IL Y A husband, a tolerant wife, a loyal old MAURICE GUEST BOB FUNK maid, a spinster and an old grandfather, Romantic drama (90 min) LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME) Comedy Drama (105 minutes) each has different desire in one family. Language: English, German Directed and Written by Craig Carlisle Language: french Writer: Julia Britton Cast: Michael Leydon Campbell, Director: Philippe Claudel Co-Production Partners: Australian Rachael Leigh Cook, Amy Ryan, Grace Writer: Philippe Claudel International. Pictures, UBU Productions Zabriskie, Eddie Jemison, Stephen Root VISION FILMS Producer: Yves Marmion Producers: Wayne Groom, Jean Uliczay Producer: Ben Ruffman, Keith Kjarval Vision Films, 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite Key cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Delivery Status: In Development Bob Funk revolves around the quick- 306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Budget: 10,000,000.- US$ witted and sardonic title character who is Tel: 1.818.784.1702. Fax: Grevill Year of Production: 2009, Country of fired from his job by his mother. 1.818.788.3715. www.visionfilms.net, Origin: Australia, Germany Delivery status: completed E-Mail: [email protected] Budget: 6 M euros XII At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing The story of the bohemian lives of www.XIIthemovie.com talented music students attracted from all Year of production: 2008, Country of Director), Andre Relis (VP of Int’l origin: France Horror over the world to the Leipzig Sales), Brady Bowen (Sales Executive) Juliette, Lea. Two sisters whom life had Directed by Michael A. Nickles conservatorium in the 1890’s. Written by Michael A. Nickles Office: R21.01 once violently separated. Juliette returns EXIT SPEED HANG HIM HIGHER after 15 years having long since burnt her Producers: Keith Kjarval Thriller Action / adventure (100 min) bridges with her family who had rejected Cast: Mercedes McNab, Steven Brand, Directed By: Scott Ziehl Language: English, French her. Nick Searcy, Emily Hardy Starring: Lea Thompson (Back to the Director: Jean Kail Five years ago, a jury decided the fate of Future, Caroline in the City), Fred Ward Co-Production Partners: UBU INJU, THE BEAST IN THE one man.tonight, he decides theirs. (Tremors, The Player, Sweet Home Productions SHADOW (INJU, LA BETE DANS Alabama), Alice Greczyn (Lincoln Producer: Jean Uliczay L’OMBRE) Thriller Heights, House of Fears), Desmond Budget: 3,000,000,-US$ Language: french, japanese Harrington (Wrong Turn, We Were Year of Production: 2008, Country of Director: Barbet Schroeder Soldiers) Origin: USA; France, Germany Writer: Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Armand Year of Production: 2008 The hang man needs the hanging men to Bougrelle, Frédérique Henri Ten passengers aboard a bus must fight for be satisfied. Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd their lives when attacked by a nomadic Key cast: Benoit Magimel, Lika biker gang.
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MAMA, I WANT TO SING! Green Day, Offspring, Social Disorder, Mummy Returns), Shannon Beckner Drama (90 minutes) Rancid, NoFX, UK Subs, and more. (American Pie Presents: Beta House) Directed By: Charles Randolph-Wright JIMI HENDRIX: FEEDBACK Delivery Status: In Production Starring: Ciara (GRAMMY Award Documentary (DVD 52 minutes, CD 57 Year of Production: 2008, Country of Winner), Billy Zane (Titanic), Patti minutes) Origin: US LaBelle (GRAMMY Award Winner), and Year of Production: 2005 An automotive mechanic with a tortured Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Hendrix’s life through the eyes of his past encounters a challenge like no other Story, A Thin Red Line Between Love girlfriend and friends, including when she reports to her job on the night and Hate) explosive performance footage. shift at a Chicago police garage Year of Production: 2008 LIMP BIZKIT: LIVE AT RUSLAN Music-sensation Ciara stars in the tale of ROCKPALAST 2001 Action a young girl pursuing her dreams and the Performance (75 minutes) Language: English faith that it takes to reach them. Year of Production: 2001 Director: Jeff King (Killing Point) WHAT WE DO IS SECRET Exclusive performance featuring the Writer: Mark Damien James Bio-Pic (90 minutes) band’s original line up and hits including Producer: Insight Film Studios (Tortured, Directed By: Rodger Grossman ‘Faith’, ’My Generation’, and ‘Nookie’. Personal Effects) A TALE OF TEO MOZZIES - TRUSTNORDISK Starring: Shane West (A League of ROLLING STONES: CHARLIE IN Key Cast: Steven Seagal Extraordinary Gentlemen, ER), Bijou MY DARLING Delivery Status: Pre-Production Phillips (Almost Famous), Rick Gonzales Documentary (80 minutes) Year of Production: 2008, Country of Drama (91 min) (War Of The Worlds), and Noah Segan Year of Production: 1965 Origin: US Language: Spanish Year of Production: 2007 The Stones two-day Irish tour in 1965 Reformed Russian Mafioso turned crime Director: Ishtar Yasin The extraordinary story that captures the with fantastic behind-the-scenes and novelist, Ruslan, returns home to Writer: Ishtar Yasin explosive and tumultuous life of Darby interviews with the band. discover his estranged daughter is Co-Production Partners: Stéphane marrying the son of his lifelong nemesis. Millière (Gedeon programmes), Loic Crash, the seminal singer and songwriter JANIS JOPLIN: LIVE of The Germs. Performance (37 minutes) After his loved ones are brutally Magneron (Wide Management) attacked, vengeance brings his past to Producer: Ishtar Yasin (Astarte NATIONAL LAMPOON’S TV: THE Year of Production: 1967 Intimate radio-session performances life. Producciones) MOVIE Key Cast: Sherlyn Paola Velasquez, Comedy (86 minutes) including short interviews between songs BIG EYES Director: Sam Maccarone and hits like ‘Ball & Chain’, ‘Coo Coo’ Drama Marcos Ulises Jiménez, Jean Francois Starring: Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston and more. Language: English Stevenin Director: Scott Alexander & Larry Delivery Status: Completed Lucy, and Wee-man BEATLES: THE JOURNEY Year of Production: 2006 Documentary (83 minutes) Karaszewski (1408, Ed Wood, The Year of Production: 2008, Country of ‘Jackassian’ stunts spoof ‘Fear Factor’ to Year of Production: 2004 People vs Larry Flynt) Origin: Costa Rica ‘Wife Swap’ to ‘The Apprentice’ to The rise and rise of the supergroup, Writer: Scott Alexander & Larry In Nicaragua, Saslaya, a 12 year old girl, ‘Girls Gone Wild’. Nothing is off limits. including rare archive footage, newsreels, Karaszewski (1408, Ed Wood, The runs away with her brother, Darío, to People vs Larry Flynt) look for their mother, who immigrated to JACKIE CHAN & BRUCE LEE and unique interviews. Co-Production Partners: Albert Berger & neighbouring Costa Rica 8 years before. FILM PACKAGE THE BEST OF ROD STEWART & Ron Yerxa (Little Children, Little Miss Martial Arts THE FACES REDEMPTION SONG From: The Dick Randall Collection Performance (70 minutes) Sunshine, Election) http://www.widemanagement.com/fiche.p Year of Production: 1973-1983 Year of Production: 1988 Producer: Dan Halsted (Garden State, hp?id=689 Over 20 martial arts films from 1973- Live performances of Rod Stewart & The Any Given Sunday) Documentary (90 min) 1983 including ‘Master With Cracked Faces, one of Britain’s biggest 70’s Key Cast: Kate Hudson (Fool’s Gold, Language: English Fingers’, ‘Young Bruce Lee’, ‘The Little bands. How to lose a guy in 10 days, Almost Director: Markus Hansen, Jean-Marie Famous), Thomas Haden Church BOULET Dragon’, and ‘True Game of Death.’ LEGENDS IN CONCERT Performance (30 x 1 hr) (Sideways, Spiderman 3) Writer: Markus Hansen, Jean-Marie Live in concert with Elvis Presley, Frank Delivery Status: Pre-Production Boulet Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Year of Production: 2008, Country of Producer: Loic Magneron (WIDE VISION MUSIC Luciano Pavarotti, Whillie Nelson, Tom Origin: US Management) Vision Music, 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite Jones and more. True story of Margaret Keane, the Key Cast: Billy Bang 306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel: talented painter who married a Delivery Status: Completed 1.818.784.1702. Fax: 1.818.788.3715. mesmerizing con artist. For years, he Year of Production: 2008, Country of www.visionmusicinc.net, E-Mail: took the credit she deserved until one day Origin: France [email protected] VOLTAGE PICTURES Margaret finds the strength to claim her This film is about the desire to overcome At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing Voltage Pictures, 6360 Deep Dell Place, fame and fortune. and transcend the trauma of war through Director), Andre Relis (VP of Int’l Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel: music and art. Sales), Brady Bowen (Sales Executive) 1.323.464.8351. Fax: 1.323.464.8362. I DREAMT UNDER THE WATER Office: R21.01 http://www.voltagepictures.com, email: (J’AI REVÉ SOUS L’EAU) CLASH: THE JOE STRUMMER [email protected] http://www.widemanagement.com/fiche.p STORY At Cannes: Nicolas Chartier (CEO), hp?id=690 Documentary/Performance (62 minutes) Nadine de Barros (VP Sales and W Drama (73 min) Year of Production: 2006 Acquisitions), Jenn Lee (Head of Language: French The life of one of the original members Business Affairs), Mimi Steinbauer WIDE Director: Hormoz of The Clash, Joe Strummer, and his (Sales Consultant) Writer: Hormoz, Philippe Arrizabalaga reasons behind the split of one of the Office: Relais de la Reine la Croisette, MANAGEMENT Co-Production Partners: Sébastien Wide Management, 40 rue Sainte Anne, most iconic punk rock groups of the day. 42/43 La Croisette, #C-11, Tel: Burnet, Philippe Arrizabalaga, Hormoz Paris 75002 France. Tel: BOB MARLEY: FREEDOM ROAD 33.0.4.93.06.70.01, Fax: (Triskel Film) 00.33.1.53.95.04.64. Fax: Documentary/Performance DVD (55 33.0.4.93.06.70.21 Key Cast: Hubert Benhamdine, Caroline 00.33.1.53.95.04.65. minutes), CD (45 minutes) HYBRID Ducey, http://www.widemanagement.com, email: Year of Production: 2007 Action Thriller Christine Boisson, HPG, Eva Ionesco The legendary singer’s life on the road, Language: English [email protected] At Cannes: Loic Magneron (Manager), Delivery Status: Completed and his rise to fame with insight from Director: Eric Valette Anais Clanet (Head Of Sales), Camille Year of Production: 2008, Country of Esther Anderson. Writer: Neal Marshall Stevens (Thir13en Rousselet (Festivals Manager), Tessa Origin: France, USA Ghosts) PUNK’S NOT DEAD Maia (International Sales) 20-years-old Antonin is secretly in love Documentary Feature (105 minutes) Co-Production Partners: Minds Eye Office: Riviera E6 with Alex his best friend. After Alex’s Year of Production: 2007 Entertainment, Convergence brutal death, Antonin succumbs to an Directed By: Susan Dynner Entertainment EL CAMINO http://www.widemanagement.com/fiche.p overwhelming sexuality that leads him A celebration of 30 years of punk rock Producer: Stallion Media hp?id=697 into prostitution. featuring interviews and performances by Key Cast: Oded Fehr (The Mummy,
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Drama (93 mins) WEDDING WEEKEND WILD BUNCH Director: Ben Hopkins Comedy Wild Bunch, 99 rue de la verrerie. 75004 Writer: Ben Hopkins Language: English LATE LISTING Paris. France. Tel: 00.33.1.53.01.50.30. Producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad Director: Bruce Leddy Fax: 00.33.1.53.01.50.49. Cast: Tayanç Ayaydin, Genco Erkal Cast: Molly Shannon, David Alan NEW FILMS www.wildbunch.eu Delivery Status: Market Premiere Basche, Elizabeth Reaser Sales Agent Set in Turkey, a market trader is given Delivery Status: Complete INTERNATIONAL At Cannes: Vincent Maraval (head of the chance of a lifetime to invest in an College buddies and their wives gather New Films International, 14320 Ventura sales), Gaël Nouaille (sales agent), Silvia exciting business deal. There’s one 10 years later to sing at a wedding and Blvd. #619 Sherman Oaks California, Simonutti (sales agent), Emmanuelle problem – the cash isn’t his. the trip down the aisle takes some rakish Los Angeles, USA. Tel: 1.818.501.27.20. 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SUMMER Fax: 1.818.501.27.80.www.newfilmsint.com Acquisition Executive: Rita Dagher, Drama Film Distribution and Production Company Agnes Mentré Director: Kenny Glenaan At Cannes: Nesim Hason (President), Office: 4, la croisette, 2nd floor Writer: Hugh Ellis Bill Marcus (President of Worldwide A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY Producers: Camilla Bray Sales / Partner), Mark Clark (VP of SEXUAL FAILURES Cast: Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets, Acquisitions & Production), Angelique Language: English Rachael Blake Y Mermet (Director of Worldwide Sales), Director: Chris Waitt Delivery Status: Market Premiere Rita Baghdadi (Creative Assistant to the Writer: Chris Waitt Shaun has had twelve years to reflect on an YARI FILM GROUP President) Yari Film Group, 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Producer: Mary Burke & Henry Trotter intense summer of love, sex and loyalty, Acquisition Executive: Mark Clark 6th Flr., Los Angeles, CA 90291 USA. for WARP X LTD but his best friend’s imminent death forces Office: - Carlton Suite # 164, Tel: 1.310.234.0904. Key Cast: Chris Waitt him on a journey to confront his past. Tel: 334. 93.06.40.06. Delivery Status: Completed Fax: 1.310.234.0902. THE ALPHABET KILLER Year of Production: 2007, Country of SOMERS TOWN http://www.yarifilmgroup.com Drama (71mins) At Cannes: Bob Yari (CEO), David www.alphabetkiller.com Origin: UK Director: Shane Meadows Glasser (CCO & President, International Thriller (100 minutes) Follows Chris Waitt, an independent Writer: Paul Fraser Distribution), Dennis Brown (CFO), Bill Language: English filmmaker, as he interviews his ex- Producer: Barnaby Spurrier Immerman (COO), Ennis Hensley (Vice Director: Rob Schmidt girlfriends to find out why he is such as Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, President, International Distribution) Writer: Tom Malloy loser in love. 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Producer: Bob Yari, Mark Gordon, Jason Year of Production: 2008, Country of Year of Production: 2007, Country of Zelin Origin: US Origin: USA Key Cast: Christian Bale, Joaquin The Alphabet Killer is the true story of Driven by guilt, rage and erotic longing, Phoenix the double initial killings in the a woman, her husband and another man WORLDWIDE FILM From his rise as a drug cartel leader in Rochester, NY. are caught up in a twisted, tragic quest ENTERTAINMENT, Medellin, Colombia in the 1970s, to his A BEAUTIFUL LIFE for belonging and sexual fulfillment via death in a bloody shootout in Medellin in Drama (80 minutes) the darkest pathways of the Internet. LLC 1993, the legend of Pablo Escobar has Language: English MARADONA Worldwide Film Entertainment, LLC, 280 captivated millions the world over. Director: Alejandro Chomski Documentary So. Beverly Drive, Suite 306, Beverly Writer: Wendy Hammond, Deborah Calla THE GOVERNESS Language: English, Spanish, Hills, CA 90212 USA. Romantic comedy Producer: Nesim Hason, Deborah Calla, Director: Emir Kusturica Tel: 1.310.641.5360. Language: english Bob Holof Writer: Emir Kusturica Fax: 1.310.641.5693. Writer: Wendy Braff revisions by David Co-production partners: Robert Lansing Producer: Jose Ibanez for Pentagrama http://www.wfewfe.com, Parker, C.Jay Cox, Susan V. Hoffman Parker Films E-mail: [email protected] and Key Cast: Jesse Garcia, Angela Sarafyan, Distributor Delivery Status: Postproduction Producer: Sidney Ganis, Bob Yari, Simon Bai Ling, Debi Mazar, Dana Delany, At Cannes: Barbara Mudge, Year of Production: 2007, Country of Fields, Alex Siskin and Jennifer Lopez Rena Owen Richard DeLong Origin: France, Spain Key Cast: Jennifer Lopez Delivery Status: Complete Office: Lerins P2, Hotel: Private A celebration of the extraordinary Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2007, Country of Apartment, Tel: 1.310.849.1001 resurrection of Diego Maradona: sporting A nanny who robs families of their Origin: US hero, people’s champion, fallen idol and THE GRIND riches, finds herself falling in love with Escaping her abusive past, Maggie finds Thriller inspiration to millions. the single father and the rambunctious a shelter near Esther, a stripper with Language: English children she works for. singing aspirations. After staying the Director: John Millea night with Esther’s illegal immigrant Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Michael Walsh, THE LONELY MAIDEN Comedy friend David, the two get closer and fall THE WORKS Tome Sizemore Language: english in love. Delivery Status: Complete - Screening INTERNATIONAL Director: Peter Hewitt DAY ZERO A slimebag and a tech geek join forces to The Works International, Portland Writer: Mike LeSieur www.dayzeromovie.com House, 4 Great Portland Street, London, raise money on-line through a reality Producer: Bob Yari, Lori McCreary, Drama (92 Minutes) W1W 8QJ, UK. Tel: 44(0)20.7612.1080. peep show and identity theft but the Rob Paris, Morgan Freeman Language: English Fax: 44(0)20.7612.1081. competition gets out of hand. Key Cast: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole www.theworkslimited.com ADRIFT IN MANHATTAN Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gary Writer: Robert Malkani Sales Agent Drama Harden, Breckin Meyer Producer: Anthony Moody At Cannes: Joy Wong (Head of The Language: English Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, Jon Works International), Clare Crean (Sales Director: Alfredo de Villa Year of Production: 2007, Bernthal Manager), Juliette Gill (Head of Cast: Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Complete Marketing) William Baldwin, Dominic Chianese Three security guards at a museum find Year of Production: 2007, Country of Office: Residences du Grand Hotel, 45 Delivery Status: Complete - Screening that their beloved art pieces are being Origin: US La Croisette, Cormoran, 7th Floor, Tel: In NYC, a chance encounter on the moved to another museum. Day Zero, follows the lives of three best 33(0)4.93.68.44.89 subway brings together the loneliness, They concoct a scheme to steal their friends in New York City who have thirty THE MARKET (PAZAR – BIR desperation, and tragedy of strangers artworks back. days to come to terms with their fate. TICARET MASALI) whose lives intersect.
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