UK Films For Sale CANNES 2018 13 Graves TEvolutionary Films Cast: Kevin Leslie, Morgan James, Jacob Anderton, Terri Dwyer, Michael John Michael McKell [email protected] Genre: Horror Market Office: Riviera F14 Director: John Langridge Home Office tel: +44 20 8215 3340 Status: Completed Synopsis: On the orders of their boss, two seasoned contract killers are marching their latest victim to the ‘mob graveyard’ they have used for several years. When he escapes leaving them no choice but to hunt him through the surrounding forest, they are soon hopelessly lost. As night falls and the shadows begin to lengthen, they uncover a dark and terrifying truth about the vast, sprawling woodland – and the hunters become the hunted as they find themselves stalked by an ancient supernatural force. 2:Hrs TReason8 Films Cast: Harry Jarvis, Ella-Rae Smith, Alhaji Fofana, Keith Allen Anna Krupnova Genre: Fantasy [email protected] Director: D James Newton Market Office: Res. Du Grand Hotel -Bengali 3fl Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 7914 621 232 Synopsis: When Tim, a 15yr old budding graffiti artist, and his two best friends Vic and Alf, bunk off from a school trip at the Natural History Museum, they stumble into a Press Conference being held by Lena Eidelhorn, a mad Scientist who is unveiling her latest invention, The Vitalitron. The Vitalitron is capable of predicting the time of death of any living creature and when Tim sneaks inside, he discovers he only has two hours left to live. Chased across London by tabloid journalists Tooley and Graves, Tim and his friends agree on a bucket list that will cram a lifetime into the next two hours. Meanwhile, Lena makes plans to ensure that the Vitalitron’s prophecy becomes true no matter what... Across The River And Into The Trees TBleiberg Entertainment Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Valverde, Grant Gustin, Giancarlo Nick Donnermeyer +1 310 560 5338 Giannini, Laura Morante [email protected] Genre: Action/Adventure Market Office: Lerins M7 Director: Martin Campbell Home Office tel: +1 310 273 0003 Status: Pre-Production Synopsis: Set in Italy at the close of WWII, ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES centers on US Army Col. Richard Cantwell, a bonafide war hero with an acerbic wit, who faces news of his terminal illness with stubborn disregard. Determined to spend his final days in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to take him to Venice, where he intends to revisit his favorite haunts and embark on one last, perfect duck hunt. But as Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a beautiful aristocrat offers hope, redemption, and an escape from the horrors of war. After 82 THouse Of Film Cast: Dominic West Teresa Vandre +1 310 954 7286 Genre: Documentary [email protected] Director: Steve Keeble Market Office: Palais-1 21.01 Status: Completed Home Office tel: +1 310 777 0237 Synopsis: After over five years in the making, AFTER 82 finally brings to the screen the untold personal stories of the AIDS pandemic in the UK. The documentary looks back to the very early days of the pandemic when there were no medications and a positive result meant almost certain death. For many of those featured they have never spoken openly to the media about those traumatic early days and AFTER 82 is the first and only time they will do so. The stories from the early years of the pandemic could be echoed many times over, AFTER 82 ensures that those voices will never be forgotten. All The Devil's Men TGFM Films Cast: Milo Gibson, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Sylvia Hoeks, Morgan Claudia Ramos +44 7508 172 215 Spector, William Fichtner [email protected] Genre: Action/Adventure Market Office: Res. Du Grand Hotel -Bengali 1C Director: Matthew Hope Home Office tel: +44 20 7186 6300 Status: Completed Synopsis: A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army. Cannes Marché 2018: UK Films for Sale 1 Amaryllis TElectric Flix Cast: Ella McLoughlin,Adam El Haga, Omar, Liz May Brice, Tanya Tom Lawes Myers [email protected] Genre: Drama Home Office tel: +44 7768 474 465 Director: Tom Lawes Status: Completed Synopsis: Amaryllis is the story of a talented teenage skater girl who, in a bid to escape her overbearing alcoholic mother, reaches out to a charismatic drug dealer but his affection isn’t all it seems. Anchor And Hope TVisit Films Cast: Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, David Verdaguer, Geraldine Lydia Rodman Chaplin [email protected] Genre: Drama Market Office: Lerins M4 Director: Carlos Marques-Marcet Home Office tel: +1 718 312 8210 Status: Completed Synopsis: When Roger agrees to be Kat and Eva's donor, the three friends set out on an unconventional journey to start a family. Animals TCornerstone Films Cast: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat David Charles +44 7867 330 700 Genre: Drama [email protected] Director: Sophie Hyde Market Office: 55 La Croisette Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 20 3457 7257 Synopsis: Grainger and Shawkat will star as Laura and Tyler respectively, best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal. Anna And The Apocalypse TAMP International Cast: Ella Hunt, Mark Benton, Paul Kaye Nina Kolkouri +44 7929 448 361 Genre: Comedy [email protected] Director: John McPhail Market Office: Grand Hotel Terrace Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 20 7535 6714 Synopsis: When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive, with the undead horde all around them. Teaming up with her best friend John, Anna has to fight her way through zombified snowmen, Santas, elves and Christmas shoppers to get across town to the high school, where they’ll be safe. But they soon discover that being a teenager is just as difficult as staying alive, even at the end of the world. Another Mother's Son TReason8 Films Cast: Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Ronan Keating, Julian Kostov Anna Krupnova Genre: True Story [email protected] Director: Christopher Menaul Market Office: Res. Du Grand Hotel -Bengali 3fl Status: Completed Home Office tel: +44 7914 621 232 Synopsis: Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Lou took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the war's course. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Lou fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy as if he was her own. Cannes Marché 2018: UK Films for Sale 2 Arcadia TBFI Sales - British Film Inst. Genre: Documentary Violette Martin +44 7776 243 811 Director: Paul Wright [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: Riviera H6 Home Office tel: +44 20 7957 8905 Synopsis: Arcadia is a fresh new film, crafted from the past; a mash-up of archive material from the last 100 years that examines the rich, strange history of the British countryside. It’s an eclectic non-linear riff on our relationship with the changing landscape. Arcadia uses found sound and has a dramatic specially composed score. A young girl dreams that the answers to her problems are in the land around her. We follow her through the seasons: the once idyllic landscapes of Spring; into the wild woods in Summer; to Autumn where darker times descend and on to the harsh brutality of Winter. Archive TIndependent Cast: Theo James Rachel Brown +44 7787 435 446 Genre: Science-fiction [email protected] Director: Gavin Rothery Market Office: Numa Blanca, 23 Rue Mace Status: Pre-Production 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. Around India With A Movie Camera TBFI Sales - British Film Inst. Genre: Historical Violette Martin +44 7776 243 811 Director: Sandhya Suri [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: Riviera H6 Home Office tel: +44 20 7957 8905 Synopsis: Drawn exclusively from the BFI National Archive, Around India features some of the earliest surviving film from India as well as gorgeous travelogues, intimate home movies and newsreels from British, French and Indian filmmakers. Taking in Maharajas and Viceroys, fakirs and farmhands and personalities such as Sabu and Gandhi, Sandhya Suri's film explores not only the people and places of over 70 years ago, but asks us to engage with broader themes of a shared history, shifting perspectives in the lead up to Indian independence and the ghosts of the past. Around India boasts a superb new score that fuses western and Indian music from composer and sarod player Soumik Datta.