PRODUCTPRODUCT GUIDEGUIDE CANNES 2007 111 PICTURES x 2.5’ Budget: $ 1.3M LA CENA PER FARLI CONOSCERE Language: English Year of Production: 2005, Country of (A DINNER FOR THEM TO MEET) 111 Pictures, 1st Floor 111, Wardour Producer: Marilyn Higgins Origin: Turkey Sentimental Comedy (99’) Street, London, W1F OUH United Cast: A range of celebrities including 90 years ago the Gallipoli legend was Language: Italian With English Subtitles Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.758.0690. Fax: Johnny Depp, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, written in blood on the shores of Turkey. Director: Pupi Avati 44.207.734.2819. Will Smith and Jennifer Aniston. Not all the blood was Australian. Tolga Production: DUEA FILM in http://www.111pictures.com Delivery Status: Completed Ornek attempts to explain Gallipoli from collaboration with MEDUSA FILM and At Cannes: Alki David (President), Tony Year of Production: 2007, Country of all sides. SKY Lytle (Director of Sales), Eroulla Origin: USA THE HITTITES (THE EMPIRE THAT Cast: Diego Abatantuomo, Francesca Constatine (Vice President of Sales) Featuring Hollywood’s most talked about CHANGED THE ANCIENT WORLD) Neri, Inés sastre Office: 45 la Croisette, Tel: 0493.68.7193 film, music and television stars, Documentary (120 min) Status: Screening FISHTALES including Nicole Kidman, Orlando Language: English Country of Origin: Italy Family Comedy (95 min) Bloom, Halle Berry, Daniel Craig and Director: Tolga Ornek A man, four women and a dinner, to Language: English Scarlet Johansson; Superstars is the Writer: Tolga Ornek discover love, and rediscover the family. Director: Alki David must-see collection of celebrity profiles. Producer: Tolga Ornek LAST MINUTE MOROCCO Key Cast: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Alki JAMES BLUNT LIVE IN KOSOVO Co-production partners: Peter Hankwitz, Teenager Comedy (90’) David, Amber Savva Documentary, 50’ Rob Kirk and Rob Lihani Language: Italian with English subtitles Delivery Status: Completed Language: English Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Sanem Celik, Director: Francesco Falaschi Budget 15,000.000 Cast: James Blunt Burak Sergen, Yesim Alic Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Maria Grazia Year of Production: 2007, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Narrator: Jeremy Irons Cucinotta, Kesia Elwin Origin: United Kingdom Year of Production: 2006, Country of Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production: an Italian Dreams Oxford University Professor (Zane), Origin: UK Budget: $ 1.2M Factory and Rai Cinema production, an travels to Greece and with the help of his A unique documentary following Brit Year of Production: 2003, Country of Italian-French co- production in daughter meets mermaid (Brook), who Award winner James Blunt during his Origin: Turkey collaboration with SBS France helps him to unravel ancient love spells. emotional return to the place where he The Hittites: the most powerful people in Status: Screening OPA! served as a soldier. the Near East of their time. Highlights Country of origin: Italy Romantic Comedy (100 min) include the recreation of the controversial There is no place nor age for the Language: English battle of Kadesh that decimated the discovery of tenderness, first kisses and Director: Udayan Prasad 8 STAR armies of Pharaoh Ramesses II. falling in love. Key Cast: Matthew Modine, Agni Scott, ROSSO MALPELO (LITTLE BOY Richard Griffiths, Alki David ENTERTAINMENT RED) Delivery Status: Completed 8 STAR Entertainment, 4647 Kingswell Drama (90’) Budget 5,000.000 Ave., Suite 129, Los Angeles, CA 90027, A Language: Italian with English subtitles Year of Production: 2005, Country of USA. Tel: 323.665.4898. Fax: Director: Pasquale Scimeca Origin: United Kingdom 323.665.4898. ADRIANA CHIESA Production: Arbash Film in collaboration Archeologist (Modine) arrives on Greek www.8starentertainment.com, email: with European Union, P.O.R. Sicilia, island in search of an artifact. He falls in [email protected] ENTERPRISES Ente Parco Minerario Di Floristella love with a woman who owns the village Distributor, Sales Agent Adriana Chiesa Enterprises s.r.l., Via Grottacalda and Regione Sicilia Taverna, under which the artifact may be At Cannes: Cida Goncalves (President) Barnaba Oriani 24/A 00197 Rome, Italy. Status: Screening buried. Acquisition Executive: Cida Goncalves Tel: 39.0680.86052. Country of origin: Italy Office: 119.01, Tel: 323.992.7890 Fax: 39.0680.687855. What is described here could have BLOOD & WINE (A BRAZILIAN [email protected] happened today, anywhere in the world 3DD STORY) At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma where there are children abandoned, ENTERTAINMENT Drama (100 min) (President), Rossella Gori (Head of exploited, mistreated. Language: Portuguese w/English International Sales) CABIRIA 3DD Entertainment, 190 Camden High Subtitles Office: Hotel Carlton, Salon du Bridge, Director: Giovanni Pastrone Street, London, NW1 8QP UK. Tel: Director: Joao Batista de Andrade 1st Floor, Tel: 33.4.9306.4100. Production: Presented By Martin 44.0207.428.1800. Fax: Writer: Joao Batista de Andrade Fax: 33.4.9306.4101. Scorsese; a Restoration by the Museo 44.0207.428.1818. www.3ddgroup.com, Producer: Fernando Andrade Mobile: 39.335.8265.984 Nazionale Del Cinema – Turin, in email: [email protected] Cast: Leonardo Vieira, Simone Distributor Spoladore, Ailton Graca, Jose Dumont, During Cannes: Dominic Saville (CEO), Eva Wilma Adam Wakeling (Deputy Head of Sales), Delivery Status: Completed James Anderson (Sales Manager) Budget: $ 1.1M Office: Tel: 44.207.428.1800 Year of Production: 2006, Country of ROBBIE’S SHORTS Origin: Brazil Short films, 30’ (6 films) The tragedy of a simple family caught up Language: English in the political life of Brazil of the 50s Director: Various and 60s, an unsolved murder, a terrifying Cast: A range of actors including Steve story. Furst GALLIPOLI (THE FRONTLINE Delivery Status: Completed EXPERIENCE) Year of Production: 2006, Country of www.gallipoli-film.com Origin: UK Documentary (110 min) Slick filming, original ideas and a wide Language: English range of messages - all with the backdrop Director: Tolga Ornek of tracks from Robbie Williams’ latest Writer: Tolga Ornek album Rudebox. Producer: Tolga Ornek SUPERSTARS Cast/Narrator: Jeremy Irons and Sam Documentary, 26 x 30’ Neil Also available: mobile/web package 130 Delivery Status: Completed FISHTALES –111 PICTURES The unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com C ANNES 2007 The Business of Film 49 CANNES PRODUCT GUIDE Association with Prestech Film Film Auschwitz concentration camp. It took MAGIC STONE Laboratories Ltd. - London Status: Screening him ten months to get back to his home www.magicstonethemovie.com Year of production: 1914: Restored Country of origin: Italy in Italy. The filmmaker travels the Family adventure (90’) Silent Version; 1931: Restored Version A contemporary, emotional, vibrant, itinerary today. Director: English With Music, Country of origin: Italy refined thriller with Nordic lights and BACIAMI PICCINA (THREE ON Language: Jowita Gondek An historical masterpiece. In the history southern passions, mysterious deaths, an THE ROAD) Co-Production Partners: Oliver Shiflish of Italian silent films, no movie can avalanche of ambiguities. Rhythms that Comedy (111’) Producer: Dariusz Zawislak equal Cabiria in importance and success. explode at every shock with lacerations Language: Italian with English subtitles Delivery Status: In Development MEMORIAS CUBANAS (CUBAN punctuated by Ennio Morricone’s music. Director: Roberto Cimpanelli Year of Production: end of 2007, Country MEMORIES) VIAGGIO SEGRETO (SECRET Cast: Vincenzo Salemme, Neri Marcore’, of Origin: PL, HU, USA Documentaries JOURNEY) Elena Russo Based on the Maria Kruger novel Language: Spanish, English Romantic Mystery (107’) Production: Rodeo Drive and Medusa “Caroline and The Magic Pen” is the Seven Documentaries: Language: Italian with English subtitles Film amazing story, full of spectacular A DAY WITH FIDEL Based on the novel “The Status: screening adventures and surprising situations. (90 minutes) Reconstructionist” by Josephine Hart Country of origin: Italy CUBA 30 YEARS AFTER Director: Roberto Ando’ On the road to Venice…Luisa is (90 minutes) Production: Medusa Film, Rodeo Drive dreaming of marriage…Umberto of his ALLIED POPE JOHN PAUL II AND FIDEL and Manigolda big chance…the crook has no more ENTERTAINMENT, Part 1, part 2 (90 minutes each) Cast: Emir Kusturica, Alessio Boni, dreams… CHE 40 YEARS LATER Donatella Finocchiaro JIMMY DELLA COLLINA (JIMMY INC. (90 minutes) Status: Screening ON THE HILL) Allied Entertainment, Inc., 8899 Beverly FIDEL REVEALS CHE Country of origin: Italy Drama (90’) Blvd. Suite 911, West Hollywood, CA (90 minutes) A psychological mystery story, set in Language: Italian with English subtitles 90048 USA. Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax: THE LONG MARCH OF THE MAYA sunny Sicily, intensely passionate, Director: Enrico Pau 310.271.0706. (90 minutes) erotically obsessive, sensual, a rare kind Production: X Film s.r.l. www.alliedentertainment.com, email: Director: Gianni Mina’ of love that goes beyond the bonds of Cast: Nicola Adamo, Valentina [email protected] Production: G.M.E. Produzioni flesh and blood… Carnelutti, Francesco Origo, At Cannes: James Moder (Chairman), Country of origin: Italy MARE NERO (DARK SEA) Massimiliano Medda Janet Y. Liu (VP - Sales Consultant, Asia) An extraordinary unique collection of Thriller (83’) Status: Screening Office: Riviera, F17, Tel: 310.271.0703 / seven documentaries, unreleased images, Language: Italian with English subtitles