23 Walks TParkland Pictures Cast: Dave Johns, Alison Steadman Mitch Clare +44 7817 605 341 Genre: Drama [email protected] Director: Paul Morrison Market Office: Gropius 35 UK FILM Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 3432 1696 Synopsis: A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks. Set against the dramatic background of the changing seasons of one year. Adventures Of A Mathematician TIndie Sales Cast: Philippe Tlokinski, Joel Basman, Sam Keeley, Esther Garrel Florencia Gil +33 7 62 99 49 19 Genre: Drama [email protected] Director: Thor Klein Market Office: Gropius 31 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +33 1 44 83 02 27 Synopsis: Based on the autobiography “Adventures of a Mathematician” by Stanislaw Ulam. Cambridge, USA, 1942. Stan Ulam is a 30-year-old talented Polish Jewish mathematician, a good-looking bon vivant who is quick with a joke. Stan’s life becomes complicated when he loses his fellowship at Harvard but his best friend, the Hungarian genius Johnny von Neumann quickly offers him a mysterious job which takes him to New Mexico. Stan moves to Los Alamos with Françoise, a French woman he meets and marries after a whirlwind romance. Surrounded by young, eccentric, charismatic immigrant scientists Stan begins top secret work on a nuclear bomb that could potentially blow up the entire world. While desperately trying to help his sister flee Nazi occupied Poland, Stan teams up with Johnny to create the first computer giving birth to the digital age as Europe bursts into flames. Amulet TAMP International Cast: Imelda Staunton, Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu Nina Kolokouri +44 7929 448 361 Genre: Horror [email protected] Director: Romola Garai Market Office: Marriott 116 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 7535 6714 Synopsis: A young man is brought to a dilapidated house in order to care for a woman and her elderly, dying mother. Falling in love with the younger woman, he begins to suspect she is enslaved to a demon, and resolves to fight the creature and rescue the woman he loves…but all is not what it seems. Outside will star Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049, Wetlands), Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country) and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Pride, Harry Potter). Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, (who is currently in pre- production on the Untitled Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis film for Working Title Films/Universal) is producing. Damian Jones (The Lady In The Van, The Iron Lady) is executive producer. Another Bloomin' Christmas TGFM Films Genre: Animation Fred Hedman Director: Dave Unwin [email protected] Status: Pre-Production Market Office: Ritz-Carlton 505 Home Office tel: +44 20 7186 6300 Synopsis: Thirty years after we first met Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas he’s back in our lives. He hasn’t changed but the times have, as he is becoming all too aware and suddenly he is getting a ‘behind-the-times’ feeling. As if that weren’t enough a bunch of lively, curious children have moved in right next door and suddenly his quiet existence, living incognito in an unexpected location, is under threat… Aquarela TLionsgate Genre: Documentary Jennifer Fattell +49 30 25531234 Director: Victor Kossakovsky [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: Hyatt 720 Home Office tel: +1 310 255 3700 Synopsis: Captured at a rare 96 frames-per-second, Aquarela takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. Archive TIndependent Cast: Theo James, Stacy Martin Rachel Brown +44 7787 435446 Genre: Science-fiction [email protected] Director: Gavin Rothery Market Office: Gropius 6 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 7257 8734 Synopsis: 2049. Two and a half years into a three year research contract, George Almore is on the verge of a breakthrough. Stationed halfway up a snow-capped mountain near Kyoto at a secret facility codenamed 'The Garden', he has been working on a model that is a true human-equivalent android. His prototype is almost complete. But this most sensitive phase of his work is also the riskiest. Especially as George has an ulterior motive for his work that must be hidden at all costs: Being re-united with his dead wife, Jules. EFM 2020: UK Films for Sale 1 Are We Dead Yet? TDevilworks Cast: Jessica-Jane Stafford, Tim Faraday, Fabrizio Santino, Fredi Samantha Richardson Nwaka, Winston Ellis [email protected] Genre: Horror Market Office: Marriott 248 Director: Fredi Nwaka Home Office tel: +44 7731 386 063 Status: Completed Synopsis: A robbery goes horrifyingly wrong when five young criminals are forced to take refuge from the police in an old castle. What started out as 'one last job' quickly becomes a terrifying and hilariously fun filled journey of Supernatural misfortunes The Art Of Political Murder TIndependent Genre: Documentary Rachel Brown +44 7787 435446 Director: Paul Taylor [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: Gropius 6 Home Office tel: +44 20 7257 8734 Synopsis: Based on Francisco Goldman’s book of the same name, THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER uncovers the truth behind the brutal murder of Guatemalan Bishop, Juan Gerardi, that stunned a country ravaged by decades of political violence. Just two days after presenting a damning report blaming the shocking atrocities of the civil war on the Guatemalan military, the country’s most revered human rights activist is found dead in his home. Fearing a cover-up, the church assembles a team of fearless young investigators to take on the case. They begin to unearth a sordid web of conspiracy and murder, entangling the upper echelons of the government. But as they edge closer to the truth, will the country’s criminal underbelly succeed in silencing them? Arthur & Merlin: Knights Of Camelot TFilm Mode Ent. Cast: Richard Short, Stella Stoker, Tim Fellingham John Buffalo +49 30 22000 1113 Genre: Fantasy [email protected] Director: Giles Alderson Market Office: Marriott 220 Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +1 310 844 9174 Synopsis: A battle-worn King Arthur returns home after decades abroad fighting the Roman Empire. But in his absence, his illegitimate son has corrupted the throne of Camelot. Now a weary King Arthur must reunite with the old wizard Merlin, his most loyal Knights of the Round Table, and fight to reclaim his crown. Baghdad In My Shadow TGlobal Screen Cast: Haytham Abdulrazaq, Zahraa Ghandour, Shervin Alenabi, Alice Buquoy +49 89 2441295 500 Waseem Abbas [email protected] Genre: Thriller Market Office: Ritz Carlton 539 Director: Samir . Home Office tel: +49 89 24 41 29 55 00 Status: Completed Synopsis: London, just before Christmas. Amal, an ambitious architecture graduate from Baghdad, is working as a waitress in a little cafe. Only her close friend Taufiq knows that she falsely claimed asylum in England as a persecuted Christian. In reality, she was fleeing her violent husband. Her secret is safe with the poet Taufiq, who for his part is battling with his conscience: back in Iraq, he betrayed his own brother under torture. After his brother’s death, he took care of his nephew Nasseer. Lately, however, Nasseer has been turning increasingly towards radical Islam and alienating himself from his atheist uncle. Muhanad also seeks refuge in the cafe. The computer specialist only recently left Baghdad to escape the threat posed to homosexuals there. Taufiq and his friends help him out with small IT jobs while Muhanad still does not dare to come out and introduce his German lover. Moreover, Amal’s life is in danger when her ex-husband suddenly turns up in London. And the Salafist preacher at the mosque forces Nasseer to take sides and then take action against the „godless“ at the cafe… The Banishing TWestEnd Films Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Sean Harris, John Heffernan Sofia Neves +49 30 22000 1145 Genre: Horror [email protected] Director: Chris Smith Market Office: Marriott 240 Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 20 7494 8300 Synopsis: 1936, England. Linus, his wife Marianne, and their daughter Adelaide move into town, where Linus has been posted as the new reverend. He’s been tasked by the Church to renew the villagers’ faith, which has been lost after the disturbing, unexplained deaths of the previous reverend’s family — at the very same mysterious manor where Linus and his family have settled into. Soon after their arrival, strange events start to occur: ghostly voices, dark figures dressed as monks, mysterious totems, and Adelaide’s behaviour becoming stranger by the day. It soon becomes clear that a malicious entity seeks to possess Adelaide and that the Church is hiding a terrible secret… As the menacing spirit grows stronger, Linus and Marianne have to confront their beliefs and enlist the help of Harry Reed, a famous Occultist. Together, they must uncover the terrifying truth about their house and the paranormal force which inhabits it… and hope it isn’t already too late for Adelaide. EFM 2020: UK Films for Sale 2 The Bay Of Silence TInternational Film Trust Cast: Brian Cox, Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko Christian De Gallegos +1 310 927 1120 Genre: Thriller [email protected] Director: Paula Van Der Oest Market Office: Mandala 625 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +1 424 278 4224 Synopsis: The sudden disappearance of his wife and children after the traumatic birth of their son sends Will on a frantic search across Europe to regain his family and piece his life back together. As the mystery behind his wife’s actions slowly begins to take a dark and menacing form, Will is determined to seek out the truth—no matter the cost.