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PRODUCT LISTINGStine Alderson, Natasha Carlish; director: ShimmyMarcus; cast: Martin Compston, Alfie Allen,Pat Short. Middle-England, 1974. Joe McCain,17, is restless and bored with his life, which isgoing nowhere. Enter Jane at the Wigan CasinoDance Hall – the home of “Northern Soul,”moving to the beat of a sound Joe’s neverexperienced. She’s a vision of loveliness andthe object of his desire. Swept along on thistide of emotion, Joe discovers an incredibleand exciting new world. (postproduction;product reel/trailer; debuting)MOVING PICTURESFILM AND TELEVISIONCannes 2009 Office: Moving Pictures FilmAnd Television - Riviera D4Office Phone: +33 (0)4 92 99 33 0Phone: 602-944-0046On Offer:The Fifth Mind (USA; drama) Producer:Shamir Allibhai; director: Naoko Tajima; cast:Jack Diamond, Julia Duvall. The Fifth Mind is aharrowing portrait of two siblings torn apartby a shared childhood experience. One siblinghas completely blocked abuse, incest andmadness. The other has created 5 minds todeal with the pain. (74 mins.; screener cassette/DVD;debuting)Intergalactic (USA; sci-fi) Producers: RobbieMoffat, Mairi Fraser Sutherland; director:Robbie Moffat; cast: Suzanne Harbison,Rachael Rath, Paul Cassidy. A four personcrew, sent to bring back a mothballed shipparked at the back of Pluto, find themselveson their way to the edge of the universe.Unable to turn the ship around, they resignthemselves to spending the rest of their livestogether. They soon find themselves at oddswith one another. (screener cassette/DVD;debuting)Noble Things (USA; drama) Producers:Brett Moses, Ruben Neubauer; directors: DanMcmellen, Brett Moses; cast: Brett Moses, LeeAnn Womack, Michael Parks. Jimmy WayneCollins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee.Forced to return home to the pineywoods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face hisimprisoned brother, his dying father and thedemons he left behind. (96 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; debuting)MPI MEDIA GROUPOffice Phone: 1 708 373 0391Phone: 1 708 460 0555On Offer:The House of the Devil (USA; horror)Producers: Roger Kass, Josh Braun, Larry Fessenden,Peter Phok, Derek Curl; director: TiWest; cast: Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig,Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Dee Wallace, AjBowen. College student Samantha Hughestakes on a babysitting job in a remote mansion.The pay is good, but Samantha quicklyrealizes that she is trapped. As a lunar eclipsedarkens the night sky, her employers carry outa horrific ritual with Samantha at the center.From the director of The Roost and CabinFever 2. (89 mins.; screening; returning)MULHOLLAND PICTURESPhone: 31-20-6274339On Offer:Discovery of Heaven (Netherlands;drama) Producer: Ate De Jong; director: JeroenKrabbe; cast: Stephen Fry, Greg Wise. Goddoes not like what happens on earth. Hewants his contract back. Someone has to findthe Ten Commandments and return thetablets. It’s not easy, but the detective angelsknow how to manipulate people on earth.(125 mins.; screener cassette/DVD; returning)Fogbound (Netherlands; thriller) Producer/director:Ate De Jong; cast: Luke Perry, BenDaniels, Orla Brady. Three friends, two menand a women, get stuck on a mountain ridgein a very dense fog. They can’t drive on anymore.But perhaps it would have been lessdangerous to face the fog. (97 mins.; screenercassette/DVD; returning)Summer Heat (Netherlands; romance)Producer: Ate De Jong; director: Monique VanDe Ven; cast: Sophie Hilbrand, WaldemarTorenstra, Johan Leysen. Bob, a war photographer,seeks comfort in shooting nature pictureson an island and hopes to forget his traumaticexperiences. On the island he meets agreat woman, Kathleen. She’s a photographersdream. They fall in love. But she worksfor ruthless criminals. Bob tries to save her. Butdoes Kathleen want to be saved? Is she reallyin love with him, or just using him (98 mins.;screener cassette/DVD; debuting)MULTIVISIONNAIRE MEDIACannes 2009 Office: Palais 20.04aOffice Phone: +33-(0)6-34-49-32-42Phone: 626-737-8357 x102On Offer:Born Of Earth (USA; horror) Producers:Todd Brunswick, Tommy Brunswick; director:Tommy Brunswick; cast: Daniel Baldwin, BradDourif, James Russo. One night, Danny’s wife iskilled as creatures from hell come to snatch hischildren. 5-years later Danny remains hauntedand criminalized by a community that neverbelieved his story. Soon they discover his storyof monsters is true, but now the creatureshave returned to snatch more children. Butthis time, Danny is determined to stop the evilcreatures once and for all! (84 mins.; premiere;debuting)Evilution (USA; sci-fi) Producers: BrianPatrick O’toole, Eric Peter-kaiser; director: ChrisConlee; cast: Eric Peter-kaiser, James Duval.US Army has discovered a microscopic alienform in order to resurrect dead soldiers on thebattlefield. The scientist stole the last specimenfor experiments and the alien life form isset loose and turns the residence into thewalking dead. (92 mins.; premiere; returning)Terror Inside (USA; sci-fi) Producers: RalphClemente, Corey Feldman, Joe G. Lenders;director: Joe G. Lenders; cast: Corey Feldman,Tanya Memme, Susie Sprague (feldman). Aperfect town with beautiful people is transformedinto a masochistic wonderland when avirus is unearthed. Allen (Corey Feldman)comes into town to propose to his long timelove to only discover she too is infected. Hislove for her does not stop him as he discoversa cure before the world is infected. TerrorInside is an infectious thriller like no other. (90mins.; premiere; debuting)MYRIAD PICTURESCannes 2009 Office: Villa Royale - 4th Floor- 41 Croisette/29 Rue Commandant AndrePhone: 310-279-4000On Offer:Dino Mom (USA; animation) Producer:David Lovegren Jae Woo Park; director: JohnKafka Yoon S. ChoiThree curious kids trip atime machine into operation and suddenlyfind themselves face to face with a smiling T-Rex. They’re not food, they’re family (production;product reel/trailer; debuting)The Electric Slide (USA; action-adventure)Producer: Christine Vachon Brad Simpson;director: Tristan Patterson; cast: EwanMcgregor Carey Mulligan. In the 1980s, EddieDodson owned a high-end boutique furniturestore on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Helived the Hollywood lifestyle, partying andhanging out with celebrity friends when he fellin love and took the biggest risk of his life toimpress his new girlfriend – he robbed a bank.(preproduction; presales; debuting)Uncertainty (USA; drama) Producer/director:David Siegel Scott Mcgehee; cast: JosephGordon-levitt Lynn Collins. A young couple discovershow a small decision can make a hugeimpact. (105 mins.; screening; debuting)NATIONAL FILMDEVELOPMENT CORP. LTD.Phone: 91-22-66288288On Offer:Maya Bazaar (India; drama) Producer:Mrs.nina Lath Gupta Mr.raja Chhinal; director:Mr.joydeep Ghosh; cast: Roopa Ganguly KrishnaKishor. Maya Bazaar is a combination ofthree films namely SMRITI (Memories), SATVA(Soul), and BHABHISHAT ( Future). All thesefilms are based on logical realities. First filmSMRITI (Memories) tells you the story ofyoung widow’s loneliness and obsessionmemories of her dead husband. The obsessionis so strong that when ever she takes in a lover, the lover slowly converts into the dead husband.As the year goes by the practice goes on.(120 mins.; premiere; debuting)Paltadacho Munis (India; drama) Producers:Nina Lath Gupta, Raja Chhinal; director:Laxmikant Shetgaonkar; cast: VasanthJosalkar, Veena Jomkar. A lonely man finds acompanion in an insane woman in the denseforest in the western ghats of India. The storyrevolves around their beautiful relationshipand the discovery of construction of a templeon the hilltop that threatens their love. (110mins.; premiere; debuting)The White Elephant (India; drama) Producers:Nina Lath Gupta, Raja Chhinal; director:Aijaz Khan; cast: Prroshanth NarayananTannishtha Chatterjee. The story of Shabri’sresolve to safeguard the village’s honor,changing fortunes, the envious eyes, thepower of spells and connive…….. above all astory of strength of faith and the impact ofbelieving – The White Elephant. A poor manhas to pay a high price for finding himself. Ashe goes through a variety of changes, so doesthe world around him - and all this because anelephant walked into his life one day. (110mins.; premiere; debuting)NEOCLASSICS FILMS LTD.Phone: 310-559-9200On Offer:Gypsy Love (USA; romance) Producer: IrwinOlian; director: Amin MatalqaThis lightheartedromantic comedy tells the story of a dyingwoman who has the chance to reconnect withher long lost love after a mysterious spell turnsher back into her twenty-year-old self. (development;debuting)Surviving Crooked Lake (USA; drama)Producers: Nicholas Tabarrok, Matthew Miller,Jaty Tam; directors: Sascha Drews, Ezra Krybus,Matthew Miller; cast: Alysha Aubin, CandiceMausner, Morgan Mccunn, StephannieRichardson, Guy Yarkoni. Surviving CrookedLake tells the story of four girls stranded in thewilderness and forced to make a grueling journeyback to civilization. To celebrate their summerat camp a group of teenage girls take atrip into the Canadian wilderness. An accidentleaves them abandoned in the forest and theymust navigate back to camp on their own.Combining elemental force with the complexpsyches of its young protagonists SurvivingCrooked Lake is an affecting tale of selfpreservation.(89 mins.; debuting)NEW FILMS INTERNATIONALCannes 2009 Office: Riviera F# 15Office Phone: 310-498-6934Phone: 818-501-2720On Offer:CAMP HOPE (USA; thriller) Producers:David Newman, George Vanbuskirk; director:George Vanbuskirk; cast: Jesse Eisenberg,Dana Delany, Andrew McCarthy, Spencer TreatClark, Connor Paolo. At the end of every summer,the children of a Christian communityfrom a suburb of New Jersey attend CampHope. Here, the children are taught the waysof the Lord, the perils of the flesh, and the horrorof the Devil. A charismatic priest leadsthem in their training. But, he unknowingly hasbrought something with him, something evil.What was supposed to be a safe place, a spiritualretreat has now turned into nightmarethat not even faith can end. (postproduction;premiere; debuting)CIRCLE (USA; horror) Producers: James AllenBradley, Joe Dain, Luke Daniels, Sharon NixonKelly, Brian Ransom, Brad Tiemann; director:Michael W. Watkins; cast: Gail O’grady, SilasWeir Mitchell, Jason Thompson, MichaelDeluise. Circle is a clue driven race against timethat takes us on a labyrinth ride of knowledgeinto the unraveling motives of a serial killer. Inthis thriller, the FBI teams up with the U.S.Marshals in a hunt for escaped sociopathJames Bennett, after he commits a series ofmeticulously planned murders. Time is runningout, for everyone. (87 mins.; premiere;debuting)DARK MOON RISING (USA; horror) Producers:Richard Cueto, Dana Mennie, JulieSnider Mennie; director: Dana Mennie; cast:Max Ryan, Maria Conchita Alonso, ChrisMulkey, Sid Haig, Ginny Weirick, Chris Divecchio,Billy Drago. Real love and fate collide in asmall-town girl’s life as Amy falls in love withDan a mysterious drifter who brings with him afamily curse and the unimaginable horror thatfollows. Bender, who shares the curse with hisson, brings hell to Amy’s small town. (postproduction;premiere; debuting)NIPPON TELEVISIONNETWORK CORP.Cannes 2009 Office: Palais 01 21.02-23.01Office Phone: 04-92-99-80-66Phone: 81-3-6215-3028On Offer:Gokusen – The Movie (Japan; drama)Producer: Masatoshi Kato; director: Toya Sato;cast: Yukie Nakama. The story of the series isabout a young woman, Kumiko “Yankumi”Yamaguchi (Yukie Nakama) living in the worldof Yakuzas as the 4th generation heir of theOedo Family. She is self-sacrificing to protectthe weak, tough at fighting and firmly believesin the importance of friendship, dreams andfamily as she teaches and advises punks as ahot-blooded high school teacher. (production;product reel/trailer; debuting)MW (Japan; thriller) Producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi;director: Hitoshi Iwamoto; cast:Hiroshi Tamaki, Takayuki Yamada. 16 yearsago, all inhabitants on an island were killed byan accident. The accident was covered upovernight by the authorities. However, twoboys survive by a twist of fate… One boy, Yuki,became an incredibly beautiful and clever personwho plots revenge on the government.The other boy, Garai became a priest who pursuespeace. Yuki finds about “MW”; the horriblechemical-weapon which caused the accident,and finally obtains it. With “MW”, he triesto terminate all mankind with himself… (129mins.; screening; debuting)Summer Wars (Japan; animation) Producers:Nozomu Takahashi, Takashi Watanabe,Yuichiro Saito; director: Mamoru Hosoda; cast:Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba. In thenear future, the virtual city Oz has been created,and people do their daily interactionthrough Oz. Kenji spends his summer maintainingOz, but happens to go to his dreamgirl,Natsuki’s hometown with her. There, Kenjireceives a hard question in math by e-mailfrom someone. Kenji, a math whiz, tries tosolve it, and when he finally finds the answer,the world has been totally changed. Kenji isset up as an Oz outlaw, and with Natsuki’sfamily, he tries to fix Oz to save the world!(production; product reel/trailer; debuting)NONSTOP SALESCannes 2009 Office: Scandinavian Stand,55, La CroisetteOffice Phone: 46-707-33-28-55Phone: +46 8 673 99 80On Offer:The Forest (Sweden; thriller) Director:Ashvin Kumar (110 mins.; screening; debuting)Jack in the Box (Sweden; horror) Director:CANNES ⁄ MAY 2009 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 22