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PRODUCT LISTINGSTaiketsu (USA; sci-fi) Producers: JustusBeckmann, Sven Knuppel, Nico Sentner; director:Sven Knuppel; cast: Fabian Monasterios,Cecile Decker. An action-story set in the ruinsof future Babylon. In this war torn megalopolisa group of people struggles for survival.Inspired by movies like The Fifth Element orAkira, Gula Mons Filmsyndikat in associationwith Generation X Group GmbH, made a classicalscience-fiction thriller with a philosophicaltouch. (100 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;debuting)LONGTALE INTERNATIONALCannes 2009 Office: R14 LerinsOffice Phone: +1-323-733-1000Phone: 323-733-1000On Offer:Sensation of Sight (USA; drama) Producer:Buzz Mclaughlin; director: Aaron J.Wiederspahn; cast: David Strathairn, IanSomerhalder, Jane Adams, Ann Cusak, ElisabethWaterston, Joe Mazzello, Scott Wilson. Aman’s search for meaning amid the ache ofdespair, The Sensation of Sight intertwineslives of loneliness and disconnection, fatefullyleading Finn toward an unexpected and sublimeawakening. “An instant American classic”—DurbanInternational Film Festival.“David Strathairn pulls off another Oscar-worthyperformance”—Moving Pictures magazine.“The most compelling Indie in years”—Seattle’sThe Warren Report. Best Cinematography,Durban International FF; Best FeatureFilm, New Hampshire FF. (134 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; debuting)Seven Servants (USA; drama) Producer:Bahman Maghsoudlou And Stefan Jonas;director: Daryush Shokof; cast: Anthony Quinn,David Warner, Sonja Kirchberger, AlexandraSteward, Audra Mcdonald. Daryush Shokof’sfabled surreal film starring Anthony Quinn (hisfinal performance) and David Warner keptfrom public view for years is at long last available.A wealthy, elderly man (Quinn) attemptsto avert death by hiring four young men of differentraces and backgrounds to reinvigoratehim. They become a nucleus of a single, livingorganism with ten arms and ten legs thatmoves, eats, dances, and laughs togetheruntil…. (90 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;debuting)Soldiers of Peace (USA; documentary)Producer: Steve Killelea; director: Tim Wise;cast: Narrated By Michael Douglas, UnitedNations Messenger For Peace And HollywoodActor, Featuring Desmond Tutu, Sir RichardBranson (virgin Group), Sir Bob Geldof, HhPrince Hassan Of Jordan, Gareth Evans, AndScilla Elworthy.. Welcome to the new worldorder. Soldiers of Peace is stories from 14 countriesaround the world, The astonishing littleknownfact is that the number of wars aroundthe world is dropping dramatically. We areactually in the grip of an outbreak of peace.Away from the cameras, ordinary peopleeverywhere are taking amazing steps to forcepeace out of trouble and violence (85 mins.;screener cassette/DVD; debuting)M!NT ENTERTAINMENTCannes 2009 Office: Riviera B4Office Phone: +33.492. 993.316Phone: +1.310.597.2454On Offer:Blind Ambition (USA; comedy) Producer:Bala Rajasekharuni Executive Producer: YatrikMehta; director: Bala Rajasekharuni; cast:Christopher Atkins, Vanessa Angel, GulshanGrover, Michelle Massey. Blind Ambition is thestory of Sapna, an intelligent, fun-lovingteenager who is all about celebrating lifedespite one major “shortcoming.” She aspiresto run a marathon as a tribute to the memoryof her late mother. Her quirky brother alongwith sidekick Wild Bill (Christopher Atkins -The Blue Lagoon) convince Autumn (VanessaAngel - Baywatch, Weird Science), an exmarathoncoach and reclusive school teacherto train Sapna to run the marathon. By theway, Sapna is blind! (97 mins.; premiere;debuting)The Last Resort (USA; thriller) Producers:Nick Vetere, Brandon Nutt, Chase Hudson, ForestRobin, Nathan Oliver, Ryan Reels; director:Brandon Nutt; cast: America Olivo, PaulieRojas, Marissa Tait, Sita Young, Arianne Zuker,Nick Ballard, Jeremy Glazer, Jamil Mena, SandroDel Casale, Ian Patrick Williams, DereckRizk. A sexy Bachelorette weekend goes awrywhen the girls are robbed, stranded and forcedto take shelter in a deserted Mexican resortthat is haunted by the unspeakable atrocitiesof the past. Featuring a cast of hot up-andcomingstars. (75 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; debuting)The Whisperers (USA; thriller) Director:Rajeev Virani; cast: Rahul Bose, Manoj Bajpai,Tara Sharma, Kim Sharma, Reef Karim. Sunny,a poor boy from the slums of India rises to thetop to become the King of Mumbai, but atwhat cost? In a chance accident, Sunny isaided by Sid, a seemingly suspect character,who happens to know all the answers andintimate secrets that gave rise to Sunny’spower and eventual downfall. From deal makingwith the mob and corporate fraud to murder,can Sunny save his marriage, his businessand even his soul OR will Sid reveal his devilinside… (95 mins.; premiere; debuting)M-APPEALCannes 2009 Office: Booth N°9 RivièraCannes MarketOffice Phone: 0033492993283Phone: 00493061507505On Offer:Retribution (Germany; drama)Producer/director: Paulo Pons; cast: BárbaraBorges, Erom Cordeiro, Branca Messina. In asmall country town in the south of Brazil, thedaughter of a wealthy farmer is brutally rapedand left near a river. A mysterious young manarrives in Rio de Janeiro and starts to follow anattractive woman, with whom he stars astrange relationship. Brought together byunexplained circumstances these charactersseem to be heading to the same fate. (102mins.; screener cassette/DVD; debuting)The World Is Big and Salvation LurksAround the Corner (Germany; drama)Producers: Stefan Kitanov Karl Baumgartner,Thanassis Krathanos András Muhi, DanijelHocevar; director: Stephan Komandarev; cast:Miki Manojlovic. After a car crash in which hisparents have died, Alex can’t even rememberhis name. In an attempt to cure him fromamnesia, his grandfather Bai Dan drags Alexout of hospital and they set off on the roadwith tandem bicycle. On this journey back toBulgaria, Alex gets his memory back, and withit, the will to live again. (105 mins.; screening;debuting)Yang Yang (Germany; drama) Producer:Khan Lee; director: Cheng Yu-chieh; cast: SandrinePinna, Chang Ruei-jia, Huang Chien-wei.Eurasian Yang-Yang doesn’t speak any Frenchbecause she has never met her French birthfather. She always quests for love, yet nothingcan ease her loneliness. She later enters showbusiness. Against her wishes, she is often castas French. Trapped in the struggles amongfamily, friendship and love, how will Yang-Yang face her inner traumas? (112 mins.;screening; debuting)M-LINE DISTRIBUTIONCannes 2009 Office: Riviera B13/c14Office Phone: 33-0-4-92-99-33-14Phone: 822-796-2425On Offer:Handphone (Korea; thriller) Producer:Chung Hae-young; director: Kim Han-min;cast: Park Yong-woo, Uhm Tae-woong. Entertainmentmanager Seung-min sees Jin-a ashis one last hope to turn his life around. Just asJin-a is on the path to stardom, he receives athreat, claiming that her former lover has hersex clip. He receives the clip on his phone, onlyto lose it in the process of tracking down theperpetrator. Lee-gyu, who found the phone,has a list of demands before returning thephone. Seung-min does everything Lee-gyudesires but Lee-gyu’s demands are escalatingto the point of no return. (126 mins.; screening;debuting)My Girlfriend Is an Agent (Korea; comedy)Producer: Kang Min-kyu; director: ShinTae-ra; cast: Kim Ha-neul, Kang Ji-hwan. ARussian crime group is set out to steal a chemicalweapon from Korea and two agents areout to stop them; Soo-ji is a veteran agent andJae-hoon is a rookie who’s never been out onthe field. The two agents don’t know eachother’s secret identity but they were once passionatelovers until he couldn’t take her liesanymore. Nonetheless, the two went on theirseparate ways and by coincidence bump intoeach other years later while out on the job.(108 mins.; screening; debuting)Norwegian Woods (Korea; horror) Producer:Kim Myoung-eun; director: No Zin-soo;cast: Jung Kyung-ho, Park In-soo, Ji Suh-yoon.Joong-rae and Chang-wook come to the forestto bury a body. When they almost finisheddigging a pit, they find out the body vanished.Myung-sook and Kyung-soo are having anaffair. Suddenly she sees something outsidethe car and asks Kyung-soo to find out but henever returns. 3 high school students sniff ongas and glue. The boys become dazed and tryto rape her but she finally escapes. These 8people run after another in the forest untilthey meet a mystery killer and end in a bloodbath. (postproduction; screening; debuting)MAGNET MEDIA GROUPCannes 2009 Office: Magnet Media Group— Clara One Yacht, Justee Albert, Cannes HarborOffice Phone: 064-506-5235Phone: 310-860-5157On Offer:2012-ish: The Day the Earth BentOver (USA; comedy) Producers: JeanetteBuerling, Maggie Monteith, Hadeel Reda;director: Robert Moniot. A brilliant young scientistnamed Tom Mahoney fights to save theplanet from a multitude of catastrophes thatthreaten mankind — in spite of the idiots thatkeep getting in his way. (preproduction; presales;debuting)The Experiment (USA; thriller) Producers:Marty Adelstein, Jim Seibel, Jeanette Buerling;director: Paul ScheuringIn an effort to makequick money, Travis signs up for a seeminglysimple social experiment to be conducted in amock prison. The experiment turns into anightmare of human control that puts thelives of all the subjects at stake. Remake ofthe German film (“Das Experiment”). (preproduction;presales; debuting)Spy Vs. Stu (USA; comedy) Producers:Maggie Monteith, Jeanette Buerling, Bill JohnsonStu,a regular guy with commitment problems,whisks his girlfriend away on an islandvacation, where he plans on popping thequestion. Also on the island is a spy who setshis eye on Stu’s woman, and becomes hertough-to-beat suitor. (preproduction; presales;debuting)MAGNOLIA PICTURESPhone: 212-924-6701On Offer:Humpday (USA; comedy) Producers: LynnShelton, Jennifer Maas, Steven Schardt; director:Lynn Shelton; cast: Mark Duplass, JoshuaLeonard. In a backwards attempt to provetheir non-conventionality, two heterosexualcollege buddies plan to make a gay sex tape.As their lives have diverged since graduation —one is a take-life-as-it-comes Kerouac type,and one has a wife and a white picket fence —this porno plan spurs a re-examination notonly of one another and of themselves, butmore deeply of the idea of conventionalityaltogether. (94 mins.; screening; debuting)Outrage (USA; documentary) Producers:Amy Ziering, Tanner Barklow; director: KirbyDick”Outrage” boldly reveals the hidden livesof some of our nation’s most powerful policymakers,details the harm they’ve inflicted onmillions of Americans, and examines themedia’s complicity in keeping their secrets.Featuring interviews with high ranking politicians,Washington insiders, psychologists &cultural critics, it poses the question: Howhave sexuality and homophobia influencedgovernment agenda and the ethics of leadership?(89 mins.; screening; debuting)The Road (USA; drama) Producers: NickWechsler, Steve Shwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz;director: John Hillcoat; cast: Viggo Mortenson,Charlize Theron. A post-apocalyptic story of afather and son trekking alone through burnedAmerica. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscapesave the ash on the wind. The sky isforeboding and dark. It is cold enough to crackstones, and when the snow falls it is gray.Although they don’t know what- if anythingawaitsthem there, their destination is thecoast. (postproduction; debuting)MANDARIN FILMSDISTRIBUTION CO. LTD.Cannes 2009 Office: Riviera C10-02Phone: 852-25791718On Offer:Ip Man (Hong Kong; action-adventure) Producer:Raymond Wong; director: Yip Wai-shun;cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam. Based on thetrue story of Ip Man - the celebrated Kung Fumaster of Bruce Lee (107 mins.; screening;debuting)Ip Man 2 (Hong Kong; action-adventure)Producer: Raymond Wong; director: Yip Waishun;cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung. Thesqueal of “IP MAN”, continue preserving thespirit of Wing Chun, and narrating Ip Man’snew life in Hong Kong. (preproduction; presales;debuting)Missing (Hong Kong; thriller)Producer/director: Tsui Hark; cast: Sin-je Lee,Isabella. A romantic engagement in an underwatercity leads to a series of mysteriousencounters. (117 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;returning)MANDATE INTERNATIONALPhone: 323-936-8394On Offer:The Baster (USA; comedy) Producers:Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa; director: WillSpeck And Josh Gordon; cast: Jennifer Aniston,Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum.Kassie is looking for the perfect man...toimpregnate her. Her best friend Wally is secretlyin love with her and when Kassie reveals sheis going to get pregnant via artificial insemination,he is crushed that his sperm is not in therunning. When Wally makes a fateful decisionto replace her donor’s sperm with his own, hesets off a chain of hilarious events and heartfeltmoments that could give Wally and Kassiea chance at love. (preproduction; debuting)Five Killers (USA; comedy) Producers:Scott Aversano, Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg,Mike Karz; director: Robert Luketic; cast:Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl. AshtonKutcher stars as an untouchable assassin whohas quit the business after marrying the girl ofhis dreams. His trusting wife, Katherine Heigl,has no idea about his past until they discoverthat a hit has been put on him…and that thehired killers may actually be their closestfriends and neighbors. Their seemingly perfectlives flipped upside down and their marriageput to the test, they discover a new level ofexcitement together as they team up to findand fight the killers. (production; returning)Warrior (USA; action-adventure) Producer:Gavin O’connor And Cliff Dorfman; director:CANNES ⁄ MAY 2009 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 19