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AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT<br />
AKA: LA CHISPA DE LA VIDA<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Alex de la Iglesia<br />
Writer: Alex de la Iglesia<br />
Key Cast: José Mota, Salma Hayek<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
In this hilarious comedy, Alex de la Iglesia<br />
makes fun of lack of today’s morals in<br />
media and depiction of financial crisis<br />
through the eyes of an unemployed advertising<br />
executive who decides to take advantage<br />
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DARK IMPULSE<br />
AKA: LO MEJOR DE EVA<br />
Thriller (95 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Mariano Barroso<br />
Co-Production Partners: Telecinco, Sentido<br />
Films, Malvarrosa Media<br />
Key Cast: Leonor Watling, Miguel Angel<br />
Silvestre<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
When Eva is assigned the investigation of a<br />
stripper’s murder her life as she knows it<br />
will take a tumble. A magistrate at only 35<br />
she has spent her life studying and lives a<br />
life of absolute dedication to fighting corruption.<br />
But when a handsome gigolo,<br />
Rocco, the boyfriend of the dead stripper<br />
offers himself to be the primary witness of<br />
her case her career will take a sharp turn.<br />
Eva, always in control and having forgotten<br />
what a sexual relationship feels like, will<br />
let go and give in to her primary sexual<br />
impulses.<br />
GRAYSTONE<br />
AKA: SECRET STONE<br />
Supernatural Horror (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sean Stone<br />
Writer: Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith<br />
Producer: Giulia Prenna, Kaila York<br />
Key Cast: Sean STONE, Alexander<br />
WRAITH, Antonella LENTINI, John<br />
SCHRAMM, Monique VAN VOOREN,<br />
Monique ZORDAN, Oliver STONE<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Three filmmaking friends venture into an<br />
abandoned asylum to test their own fundamental<br />
beliefs about the supernatural. Once<br />
locked and lost inside, they quickly discover<br />
that they are not alone; and now they are<br />
forced to confront their darkest fears. Based<br />
on Actual Events.<br />
MADRID, 1987<br />
AKA: MADRID, 1987<br />
Drama (104 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: David Trueba<br />
Writer: David Trueba<br />
Co-Production Partners: Buenavida<br />
Producciones<br />
Producer: Jessica Huppert Berman<br />
Key Cast: José sacristan, Miría Velverde<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
On a hot day in July 1987, in the vacant<br />
city, Miguel, a feared and respected senior<br />
newspaper writer, sets up a meeting in a<br />
café with Ángela, a young journalism student.<br />
From the first instant, there develops<br />
between them an unevenly matched duel<br />
that encircles desire, inspiration, talent and<br />
professional perspectives. Forced to remain<br />
together on a very particular day, both will<br />
try to survive the emotional friction.<br />
WRINKLES<br />
AKA: ARRUGAS<br />
Animation (80 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Ignacio ferreras<br />
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Writer: Ignacio Ferreras, Angel de la Cruz,<br />
Paco Roca, Rosanna Cecchini<br />
Producer: Manuel Cristobal, Oriol Ivern<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
An astonishing cocktail of friendship,<br />
resistance and life set among the unexpected<br />
landscape of an elderly care facility.<br />
MARIAH MUNDI<br />
Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan Newman<br />
Co-Production Partners: E-Motion, Arcadia<br />
Motion Pictures<br />
Producer: Karl Richards, Peter Bevan, Ibon<br />
Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé<br />
Key Cast: Jeremy Irons, Michael Sheen,<br />
Ioann gruffund<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Various<br />
15 year old Mariah Mundi’s world is torn<br />
apart when his parents suddenly disappear,<br />
leaving him to fend for himself and his<br />
brother Felix. When unknown assailants<br />
kidnap his younger sibling, he’s left with<br />
no choice but to unite with the strange<br />
adventurer ‘Captain Charity’ and take off in<br />
pursuit. The trail leads them away from the<br />
smog of Victorian London to the mysterious<br />
Prince Regent, a majestic hotel on a<br />
small Island at the furthest edge of the<br />
Empire. Inside it’s lavish exterior lays an<br />
amazing and unusual steam powered world,<br />
beyond Mariah’s wildest dreams. But<br />
beneath the many floors of the luxurious<br />
hotel lurks a secret and sinister underworld<br />
filled with Villains, Child catching creatures<br />
and an extraordinary box that turns<br />
everything to gold. Mariah, with the help of<br />
the illusive Charity must discover the<br />
secrets of the hotel to save his brother and<br />
unravel the truth behind his parents disappearance.<br />
CAPTAIN THUNDER<br />
AKA: CAPITAN TRUENO<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Antonio Hernandez<br />
Writer: Victor Mora<br />
Co-Production Partners: Maltes producciones,<br />
Sorolla films<br />
Producer: Pau Vergara, Antonio Mansilla<br />
Key Cast: Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Natasha<br />
Yarovenko, Manuel Martinez, Adrian<br />
Lamana, Jennifer Rope, Gary Piquer, Asier<br />
Etxeandia, Ramon Langa<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
A 12th-century knight-errant wanders the<br />
world fighting injustice and is accompanied<br />
by his faithful friends Crispin and Goliath.<br />
JOSE AND PILAR<br />
AKA: JOSE Y PILAR<br />
Documentary (125 min)<br />
Language: Portuguese, spanish<br />
Director: Miguel Goncalves Mendes<br />
Writer: Miguel Goncalves Mendes<br />
Co-Production Partners: Jumpcut<br />
Producer: Miguel Goncalves Mendes<br />
Key Cast: Jose Saramago, Pilar del Rio<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Portugal, Spain, Brasil<br />
Who would have thought that a<br />
Documentary on the last years of Literature<br />
Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago s life<br />
and his much younger wife, would turn out<br />
to be the most heart warming love story<br />
ever told?<br />
THE RUNWAY<br />
Comedy (100)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ian Power<br />
Writer: Ian Power<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fastnet<br />
Films/Poderosa Pictures, in association<br />
with Film Fund Luxembourg, Lucil Film,<br />
Film I Vast, Quickfire Films and The Irish<br />
Film Board<br />
Producer: Macdara KELLEHER, Bernard<br />
MICHAUX, Brendan MACDONALD<br />
Key Cast: Demian Bichir, James Cosmo,<br />
Kerry Condon, Jamie Kierans, John<br />
Carpenter, Bruno Bichir<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Ireland, Luxembourg<br />
This is the story of Paco, an illegitimate<br />
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nine-year-old, who is convinced this his<br />
absent father is a Spanish astronaut who<br />
works for N.A.S.A. When Ernesto<br />
Sanchez, a charismatic Colombian pilot,<br />
crashes his cargo plane in the field, Paco<br />
manages to convince the locals to repair<br />
the plane, build a runway and get Ernesto<br />
home. In doing so, the people unwittingly<br />
put Kilpadder on the map again as their<br />
struggle captures the imagination of the<br />
nation.<br />
THE HAPPETS<br />
AKA: La tropa de trapo<br />
Animation (85 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Alex Colls<br />
Writer: Lola Beccaria<br />
Co-Production Partners: Abano Producions,<br />
Anera Films, Continental Producciones<br />
Producer: Chelo Loureiro, Pancho Casal,<br />
Alex Colls<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Little cow MUMU will live through an<br />
adventure filled with action, suspense and<br />
FUN. Her enormous desire to become a<br />
star leads her to an unbelievable situation,<br />
where she is freed thanks to the teamwork<br />
and genius of the friends that she had abandoned<br />
for not having the glamour that she<br />
seeked. Thanks to them, she also learns<br />
that we must love others for how they are<br />
deep down, and not for how much they<br />
glitter.<br />
BLACKTHORN<br />
Western (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mateo Gil<br />
Writer: Miguel Barros<br />
Producer: Ibon Cormenzana, Andres<br />
Quintana<br />
Key Cast: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega,<br />
Stephen Rea<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
The legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy supposedly<br />
died in 1908 in a shootout with the<br />
Bolivian army. The truth is that he?s been<br />
hiding in Bolivia for 20 years. And now he<br />
has decided to return back home.<br />
YOUNG ONES<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jake Paltrow<br />
Writer: Jake Paltrow<br />
Producer: ARCADIA, 982<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA, Spain<br />
In a world with no water, a 14 year old boy<br />
will be confronted with his primal instincts<br />
when he finds out his friendly brother-inlaw<br />
is his father’s assassin.<br />
MAGIC MAGIC<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sebastian Silva<br />
Producer: Christine Vachon, Mark White<br />
Key Cast: Juno Temple, Michael Cera,<br />
Emily Browning<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
While visiting Chile with some friends,<br />
Alicia begins to lose her mind when she<br />
starts seeing disturbing images which seem<br />
to be visible only to her.<br />
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ADRIANA CHIESA<br />
ENTERPRISES<br />
Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, via Barnaba<br />
Oriani 24 /A, Rome, 00197 Italy, Tel:<br />
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IO SONO LI<br />
AKA: SHUN LI AND THE POET<br />
Romantic Drama (96 min.)<br />
Language: Italian and Chinese with English<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Andrea Segre<br />
Writer: Marco Pettenello and Andrea Segre<br />
Co-Production Partners: in collaboration<br />
with Rai Cinema in coproduction with Arte<br />
France Cinma<br />
Producer: Jolefilm (Italy) in coproduction<br />
with Aeternam Films (France)<br />
Key Cast: Zhao Tao, Rade Sherbedgia,<br />
Marco Paolini, Roberto Citran, Giuseppe<br />
Battiston<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A sensitive and moving love story that<br />
binds two solitudes on the fascinating and<br />
foggy Venetian lagoon, a love song to the<br />
bond between a young Chinese immigrant<br />
woman, Shun Li, and Bepi ‘the Poet’, an<br />
old and beautiful Slav fisherman. Their<br />
poetic universe is also a call between two<br />
cultures, very different, yet not so distant,<br />
and a rapturous odyssey into the deep heart<br />
of a lagoon, the womb of identities forever<br />
in movement. Yet, such beauty goes beyond<br />
convention, transcends age, cultural milieu,<br />
society. It breaks the rules of both the<br />
Chinese and local communities The film,<br />
starring internationally acclaimed Chinese<br />
actress Zhao Tao (Jia Zhang-ke leading<br />
roles include “Still Life”, Golden Lion,<br />
Venice), and Rade Sherbedgia (“In the<br />
Land of Blood and Money”, “Harry Potter<br />
and the Deathly Hallows”, Kubrick’s “Eyes<br />
Wide Shut”), is also recent winner of the<br />
“Eurimages Award” at Seville Film<br />
Festival.<br />
COSE DELL’ALTRO MONDO<br />
AKA: THINGS FROM ANOTHER<br />
WORLD<br />
Comedy (90 min.)<br />
Language: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Francesco Patierno<br />
Writer: Diego De Silva, Giovanna Koch,<br />
Francesco Patierno<br />
Co-Production Partners: in collaboration<br />
with Medusa Film and with Sky Cinema<br />
Producer: Rodeo Drive<br />
Key Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Valerio<br />
Mastandrea, Valentina Lodovini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An ironic, bittersweet, grotesque comedy of<br />
great truth An entrepreneur, though as<br />
mediocre as he is racist, has a voluptuous<br />
African lover. This does not stop him from<br />
advocating non-stop on his daily TV show<br />
the wish for a world rid of all immigrants<br />
forever. One night, after a cataclysmic<br />
storm, the city awakens with a shock: all of<br />
the immigrants in town seem to have vanished<br />
without a trace. The city’s inhabitants<br />
are soon on the verge of a collective nervous<br />
breakdown. Not only because they find<br />
they are helpless without the know-how of<br />
an important part of its work force, but also<br />
because they sincerely miss this colorful<br />
mass of humanity. Indeed, they had rejected<br />
these people like foreign bodies, but now<br />
realize how much they were a part of the<br />
city and their lives.<br />
SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE - L’UL-<br />
TIMA SFILATA<br />
AKA: THE LAST FASHION SHOW<br />
Thriller (96 Min.)<br />
Language: Italian with English Subtitles<br />
Director: Carlo Vanzina<br />
Writer: Enrico Vanzina, Carlo Vanzina, and<br />
Franco Ferrini<br />
Producer: Medusa Film produced by<br />
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International Video<br />
Key Cast: Francesco Montanari, Vanessa<br />
Hessler, Richard E. Grant, Giselda Volodi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Sex, blood, transgression... a captivating<br />
thriller against a backdrop of luxury, beauty<br />
and crime, and the hidden lives of the<br />
famous of Milan’s fashion world. The sudden<br />
death of a stunning top model and the<br />
obscure passion of a famous designer trigger<br />
a chilling mystery that leads a young<br />
detective from Milan to Sweden, Rome,<br />
and Switzerland. In Stockholm, a fashion<br />
house assistant spots a beautiful unknown<br />
girl selling flowers in the town square. She<br />
would be the perfect double to replace the<br />
deceased top model. the girl is taken to the<br />
famous couture house in Milan to meet the<br />
designer, and he is absolutely spellbound.<br />
Now the new girl becomes the designer’s<br />
adored top model for each fashion show.<br />
She even moves into the former top<br />
model’s luxurious apartment. Yet, as the<br />
designer launches his new muse, the killing<br />
does not stop...<br />
LIONEL<br />
Children & Family Film (86 min.)<br />
Language: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Mohammed Soudani<br />
Writer: Sara Beltrame, Mohammed<br />
Soudani, Francesco Niccolini<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rsi-<br />
Radiotelevisione Svizzera and Nykady’s<br />
Production (Ivory Coast)<br />
Producer: Amka Films Productions<br />
Key Cast: Max Tardioli, Lorenzo Tanzi,<br />
Aurora Andreaus, Amedeo Magnaghi, and<br />
“Tsar the Lion”<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A great magnificent lion has been a part of<br />
the little boy Lionel’s life ever since he can<br />
remember. At times he only feels its presence,<br />
at others, the lion suddenly appears to<br />
him. Yet, who would ever believe Lionel if<br />
he told anyone - a lion in Switzerland? This<br />
magical African-Swiss tale for children and<br />
‘grown-up children’ is filled with all the<br />
enchantment and spiritual force of Lionel’s<br />
ancient African world. It is also rich with<br />
Lionel’s happy life in modern Switzerland<br />
with his loving African-born mother and<br />
Swiss step-father, and Federico, his inseparable<br />
best friend. Yet, the lion’s presence<br />
becomes more and more real to Lionel. One<br />
day during a school outing he is irresistibly<br />
drawn to a lion in its cage. The old lion<br />
appeals to the little boy to set him free.<br />
Then the two of them can return to mythical<br />
Africa and to their dream of the infinite<br />
savannah.<br />
GOLAKANI KIRKUK<br />
AKA: THE FLOWERS OF KIRKUK<br />
Romantic Drama (117 min.)<br />
Language: Arabic with English subtitles<br />
Director: Fariborz Kamkari<br />
Writer: Fariborz Kamkari, Naseh Kamkari<br />
Co-Production Partners: RSI/SRG/SSR Ide<br />
Suisse, Regione Lazio by FILAS Spa, with<br />
the support of Eurimages, the Italian<br />
Ministry of Culture MIBAC, Media<br />
Programme, the Autonomous Region of<br />
Kurdistan, Iraq.<br />
Producer: Far Out Films, T & C Films,<br />
Oskar<br />
Key Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Ertem Eser,<br />
Mohamed Zouaoui, Mohammed Bakri<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy, Switzerland, Iraq<br />
Deep red flowers bloom in an arid field<br />
near the town of Kirkuk in Iraq. They seem<br />
to be the keepers of a secret, a love story as<br />
universal and timeless as it is intimately<br />
bound to a place and to a time. The bond<br />
between Najla and Sherko is a profound<br />
story of impossible love. Impossible,<br />
because it is set during a moment in the<br />
history of the Kurdish people at the height<br />
of the genocide perpetrated against them by<br />
the regime of Saddam Hussein. Based on<br />
true lives and events, some of the darker<br />
moments of recent history must be evoked.<br />
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Yet, this is a story of the courage and the<br />
power of love. The power that can transform,<br />
at least for a time, hatred into compassion,<br />
cruelty into self-sacrifice, betrayal<br />
into an act of loyalty. And, against the tragic<br />
course of history, the courage that can<br />
unite a man and a woman forever.<br />
AMERICA<br />
VIDEO FILMS<br />
America Video Films, Coordination office:<br />
Virrey Loreto 2426, Buenos Aires, Buenos<br />
Aires 1426 Argentina, Tel: 5411 4787<br />
9098 Fax: 5411 4787 9094.<br />
www.americavideofilms.net,<br />
E-mail: america@americavideofilms.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Enrique Maya (President - Sales),<br />
Brian Maya (Acquisitions)<br />
Office: MGB - stand 142<br />
ATACAMAS 33<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Director: Antonio Recio<br />
Producer: Antena 3 Films<br />
Key Cast: Christian Mercado, Alejandro<br />
Goic<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Movie about the rescue of the 33 Chilean<br />
miners trapped 700 meters under the earth<br />
in the Atacama desert.<br />
LOVE & DISTRUST<br />
Romantic Drama (5 stories)<br />
Director: Various<br />
Key Cast: Sam Worthington, Robert<br />
Pattinson, James Franco, Amy Adams,<br />
Robert Downey Jr<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: US, UK, Australia<br />
When hope dares to carry on the love you<br />
have, distrust can tear it all apart. Comp. of<br />
five stories of passion, love, and hope.<br />
HEROES AND DEMONS<br />
Drama/Action<br />
Key Cast: Tom Hardy, Chris Hemsworth,<br />
Andrew Garfield<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US/UK<br />
Six different tales involving villains, underdogs,<br />
heroes and the will to overcome<br />
adversity. Stories of intolerance, hopelessness,<br />
desperation, the unforeseen, and the<br />
beyond.<br />
AMERICAN CINEMA<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
American Cinema International, 15363<br />
Victory Blvd. Van Nuys, CA 91406 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.818.907.8700. Fax:1.818.907.8719.<br />
www.aci-americancinema.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: George Shamieh (CEO),<br />
Chevonne O’Shaughnessy (President),<br />
Laura Voros (VP of Foreign Sales and<br />
Marketing)<br />
Office: MGB, IFTA Pavilion #A2<br />
BATTLEFIELD AMERICA<br />
Musical<br />
Director: Chris Stokes<br />
Writer: Marques Houston<br />
Producer: Chris Stokes<br />
Key Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Marques<br />
Houston, Mekia Cox<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Battlefield America takes a steady look at<br />
the underbelly of the youth battle dance<br />
culture in Long Beach, California. Sean<br />
Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful<br />
businessman finds himself in the mix with<br />
a bunch of disheveled misfits “Bad Boys”,<br />
who have virtually no dance talent.<br />
Realizing his dilemma, Sean brings aboard<br />
a professional dance instructor to ease his<br />
responsibilities to these kids. Meanwhile,<br />
he finds himself falling for Sara, who runs<br />
the community center where the kids hangout<br />
and practice their moves. With Sean<br />
motivating them, The Bad Boys find the<br />
confidence to rise to the challenge and<br />
defeat their nemesis “The Bang Squad”, at<br />
the annual dance battle competition<br />
Battlefield America!<br />
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AMERICAN WORLD<br />
PICTURES<br />
American World Pictures, 21700 Oxnard<br />
St., Suite 1770, Woodland Hills, CA 91367<br />
USA, Tel: 1.818.340.9004. Fax:<br />
1.818.340.9011.<br />
www.americanworldpictures.com, E-mail:<br />
dee@americanworldpictures.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Mark Lester (President), Jeffrey<br />
Goldman (President of Worldwide<br />
Distribution), Dana Dubovsky (President of<br />
Production), Dee Camp (Vice President of<br />
Acquisitions )<br />
INFECTED<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jason Dudek<br />
Writer: Jason Dudek<br />
Executive Producer: Mark L. Lester<br />
Producer: Greg Strasburg, Jason Dudek<br />
Key Cast: Vinnie Jones, Danny Glover,<br />
Taylor Handley, Margo Harshman, Beverly<br />
Mitchell, Tiffany Hines, Ryan Pinkston,<br />
Leebo Freeman, CS Lee<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When a corrupt pharmaceutical company<br />
unleashes a deadly virus on a remote farm,<br />
an ex-marine and his friends become its<br />
unwitting test subjects.<br />
A BIRD OF THE AIR<br />
Romantic Drama (102)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Margaret Whitton<br />
Writer: Roger Towne, Joe Coomer<br />
Producer: Margaret Whitton, Steven<br />
Tabakin<br />
Key Cast: Rachel Nichols, Jackson Hurst,<br />
Linda Emond<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A man searching for his past, and a woman<br />
living in the moment, come together when<br />
they pursue the origins of a stray parrot.<br />
ANSWER THIS!<br />
Comedy (113)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Farah<br />
Writer: Christopher Farah<br />
Producer: Mike Farah, Anna Wenger<br />
Key Cast: Christopher Gorham, Chris<br />
Parnell, Arielle Kebbel, Kip Pardue, Kali<br />
Hawk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of frustrated academics finally get<br />
a shot at beer, women, and nerdy redemption<br />
when they enter a citywide trivia tournament.<br />
PIRANHACONDA<br />
Sci-Fi (86)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jim Wynorski<br />
Writer: Mike MacLean<br />
Executive Producer: Roger Corman<br />
Producer: Forest King<br />
Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter,<br />
Shandi Finnessey, Teri Ivens, Rib Hillis,<br />
Christina DeRosa, Cindy Lucas<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Half Piranha. Half Anaconda. All terror.<br />
DRAGON WASPS<br />
Sci-Fi (86)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joe Knee<br />
Writer: Rafael Jordan, Mark Atkins<br />
Executive Producer: Mark Lester<br />
Producer: Anthony Fankhauser, JJ Kim<br />
Key Cast: Corin Nemec, Dominika Wolski,<br />
Nikollete Noel<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The military must battle the harsh jungle<br />
environment, dangerous mercenaries and a<br />
new breed of giant, killer Dragon Wasps.<br />
MERCY<br />
Drama (87)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Patrick Hoelck<br />
Writer: Scott Caan<br />
Producer: Scott Caan, Vince Palomino, Phil<br />
Parmet<br />
Key Cast: Scott Caan, Erika Christiansen,<br />
Dylan McDermott, James Caan, Wendy<br />
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Glenn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young novelist tries to write about love,<br />
but realizes he first needs some real-life<br />
experience before taking on the subject.<br />
ARCHSTONE<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
Archstone Distribution, 1201 W. 5th St.<br />
Suite T530, Los Angeles, CA 90017 United<br />
States, Tel: 1.310. 622.8773 Fax:<br />
1.310.492.5369.<br />
www.archstonedistribution.com,<br />
E-mail: info@archstonedistribution.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Michael Lurie (Vice President of<br />
Sales & Distribution), Jeffrey Giles (Vice<br />
President of Sales & Distribution), Brady<br />
Bowen (CEO/ President)<br />
Office: IFTA Pavillion Stand Number 141,<br />
Tel: 49.30.889.14.422<br />
SUPERNATURAL ACTIVITY<br />
Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Derek Lee Nixon<br />
Writer: Andrew Pozza<br />
Executive Producer: Derek Lee Nixon<br />
Producer: Pat Cassidy, Philip Marlatt,<br />
Karina Medellin<br />
Key Cast: Andrew Pozza, Liddy Bisanz,<br />
Derek Lee Nixon<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The world’s most beloved illusionist, armed<br />
with his team, embark on the most adventurous<br />
paranormal investigation of all time.<br />
Terrorized at every turn, this witch-hunting,<br />
ghost busting, creature questing supernatural<br />
spooftacular is the funniest footage ever<br />
found!<br />
CASSADAGA<br />
Horror (122 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony DiBlasi<br />
Writer: Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley<br />
Executive Producer: Bruce Wood<br />
Producer: Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley<br />
Key Cast: Louise Fletcher, Kevin<br />
Alejandro, Lucius Baston, Kelen Coleman<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Devastated by the death of her younger sister,<br />
Lily Morel seeks solace at the spiritualist<br />
community of Cassadaga. But instead of<br />
finding closure, she contacts something else<br />
- the vengeful ghost of a murdered young<br />
woman. With her life crumbling all-around<br />
her, Lily races to unravel the mysterious<br />
circumstances surrounding the woman’s<br />
death - a task that will bring her face-toface<br />
with a sadistic serial killer known only<br />
as “Geppetto”.<br />
NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Sampson<br />
Writer: Paul Sampson<br />
Executive Producer: Paul Sampson<br />
Producer: Paul Sampson<br />
Key Cast: Paul Sampson, David Carradine,<br />
Udo Kier, Norman Reedus<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his<br />
vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance<br />
upon the kindred spirits of those who<br />
betrayed him long ago. In the course of one<br />
night, identities will be revealed, destinies<br />
met, and a poetic justice of the macabre<br />
maniacally served.<br />
THE DEVIL’S DOZEN<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeremy London<br />
Writer: Patrick Durham, Judy Dinella<br />
Executive Producer: Jeremy London<br />
Producer: Jeremy London, Patrick Durham,<br />
Judy Dinella, Jonathan Sachar, Lucy Doty,<br />
Ralph Literas, David Bacon<br />
Key Cast: Roberts, C. Thomas Howell,<br />
Jeremy London,Erik Aude, Jake Busey,<br />
Dante Basco<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: United States<br />
12 Men. One room. One Survivor. Who<br />
will it be? Eric Roberts, Erik Aude, Jake<br />
Busey, C. Thomas Howell, Dante Basco,<br />
Jeremy London, and Michael Madsen star<br />
in heart-racing thriller.<br />
FORTRESS<br />
Action (99 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Phillips<br />
Writer: Adam Klein<br />
Executive Producer: Jason Newfield<br />
Producer: Jason Newfield, Mike Phillips,<br />
Jason McKinley, Lulian Moss<br />
Key Cast: Bug Hall, Don Jeffcoat, Sean<br />
McGowan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When the commander of a B-17 Flying<br />
Fortress bomber is killed in action, his<br />
replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles<br />
to be accepted by the plane’s already tightknit<br />
crew. Ordered into a suicide mission,<br />
their only chance for survival is to band<br />
together as brothers in battle. With unparalleled<br />
aerial action, Fortress pays homage to<br />
the sacrifices of an entire generation during<br />
the most important war in history.<br />
GIRLS GONE DEAD<br />
Comedy/ Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Hoffman Jr. Aaron T.<br />
Wells<br />
Writer: Michael Hoffman Jr., Ryan Dee,<br />
Meghan Jones<br />
Producer: Michel Hoffman Jr., Paul<br />
Tarnopol, Ryan Dee<br />
Key Cast: Ron Jeremy, Ryan Keely, Linnea<br />
Quigley<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of six ex-high school cheerleaders<br />
are stalked by a killer with a medieval war<br />
hammer and battle axe during their first<br />
Spring Break from college.<br />
MAFIA<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ryan Combs<br />
Writer: Ryan Combs<br />
Producer: Phillip Glasser, Brian Hartman<br />
Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, Robert<br />
Patrick<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Criminal boss Renzo and his crew wreak<br />
havoc across the streets, leaving bodies<br />
wherever they go. Detective Womack will<br />
stop at nothing to bring these thugs to justice.<br />
MUNGER ROAD<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nicholas Smith<br />
Writer: Nicholas Smith<br />
Producer: Kyle Heller<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Davison, Randall<br />
Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
On the eve of the annual Scarecrow<br />
Festival, two St. Charles police officers<br />
search for a return killer the same night<br />
four teenagers go missing on Munger<br />
Road.<br />
AND THEY’RE OFF<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Schiller<br />
Writer: Alan Grossbard<br />
Producer: Alan Grossbard, Howard Bolter,<br />
Pamela Fryman<br />
Key Cast: Sean Astin, Camilla Ball,<br />
Michael Blaiklock<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A comedy centered on a failed horse trainer<br />
who desperately wants to be back in the<br />
winner’s circle.<br />
THE HAMMER<br />
Drama (108 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Oren Kaplan<br />
Writer: Joseph McKelheer, Eben Kostbar<br />
Producer: Joseph McKelheer, Eben Kostbar<br />
Key Cast: Russell Harvard, Raymond J<br />
Barry, Shoshannah Stern<br />
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Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on the true story of wrestler and<br />
UFC icon Matt Hamill, who struggled<br />
every step of the way to become the greatest<br />
champion the sport has ever seen.<br />
HIDE AWAY<br />
AKA: A YEAR IN MOORING<br />
Drama (English)<br />
Director: Chris Eyre<br />
Writer: Peter Vanderwall<br />
Producer: Sally Jo Effenson, Josh Lucas,<br />
Kevin Reidy<br />
Key Cast: Josh Lucas, Ayelet Zurer, James<br />
Cromwell<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Hide away follows the story of The Young<br />
Mariner attempting to escape his past.<br />
Entering the idyllic harbor a broken man,<br />
he buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.<br />
Haunted at night by unsettling dreams of a<br />
family, the Young Mariner begins the taks<br />
of fixing up his wreck of a boat, but the<br />
Hesperus’ state of affairs is just as dire as<br />
the Young Mariners.<br />
ARRI WORLDSALES<br />
ARRI Worldsales, Trkenstr. 89, 80799,<br />
Munich, Germany, Tel:<br />
0049.(0)89.3809.1288 Fax:<br />
0049.(0)89.3809.1619.<br />
www.arri-mediaworldsales.de, E-mail: aexacoustos@arri.de<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Antonio Exacoustos (Head of<br />
Worldsales), Sylvia Edelmann (Sales<br />
Executive), Wolfram Skowronnek-Schaer<br />
(Consultant)<br />
Office: ARRI Worldsales, Stand Number:<br />
11, Tel: ++49.30.889.14 - 453<br />
PORFIRIO<br />
Drama, Feature Film based on real events<br />
(106 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Alejandro Landes<br />
Writer: Alejandro Landes<br />
Co-Production Partners: Carmelita, Spain,<br />
Campo Cine, Argentine, Control Z Films,<br />
Uruguay, ATOPIC, France<br />
Executive Producer: Francisco Aljure,<br />
Jorge Manrique Behrens, Maja<br />
Zimmermann<br />
Producer: Francisco Aljure & Alejandro<br />
Landes<br />
Key Cast: Porfirio Ramirez Aldana,<br />
Jarlinsson Ramirez Reinoso, Yor Jasbleidy<br />
Santos Torres<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Colombia<br />
Confined to a universe that stretches only<br />
from bed to wheelchair, Porfirio – a man in<br />
diapers who sells call time on his cell<br />
phone in a faraway city on the outskirts of<br />
the Colombian Amazon - dreams that he<br />
can fly.<br />
ARROW<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INC.<br />
Arrow Entertainment Inc., 7 Givins St.,<br />
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2X5 Canada, Tel:<br />
1.416.516.0815 Fax: 1.416.850.9973.<br />
http://www.arrow-entertainment.com, Email:<br />
info@arrow-entertainment.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Steve Arroyave (CEO), Tania<br />
Sarra (Director of Sales)<br />
Office: MGB 125 Canada Desk, Tel:<br />
Booth: +49.30.767.646 – 405, Mobile:<br />
+44(0)754.571.8868<br />
THE SURREALIST<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Philippe Mora<br />
Writer: Philippe Mora<br />
Producer: Frederick G. Bestall, Philippe<br />
Mora<br />
Key Cast: Alan Cumming, Judy Davis<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Surrealist Dali explodes onto the world<br />
stage in drama and hilarity. The wildest<br />
ride yet in 3D. The unfilmable has become<br />
filmable in three dimensions.<br />
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Bugis Street - Fortissimo Films<br />
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LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR<br />
Musical (109min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sheldon Larry<br />
Writer: Glenn Gaylord<br />
Executive Producer: Sheldon Larry, Marc<br />
L. Bailin<br />
Producer: Sheldon Larry, Jeffrey Larry,<br />
Adam Larry, Glenn Gaylord<br />
Key Cast: Ephraim Sykes, Miss Barbie-Q,<br />
Phillip Evelyn, James Alsop, Andre Myers<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From Beyonce’s musical team comes a<br />
dance musical extravaganza that follows a<br />
young man who enters the Los Angeles<br />
ballroom scene.<br />
SEANCE: THE SUMMONING<br />
Supernatural Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alex Wright<br />
Writer: Alex Wright<br />
Executive Producer: John Carbone, John G.<br />
Carbone, Mark Sanders<br />
Producer: Chris Webster, Alex Wright<br />
Key Cast: Bobby Campo, Nazneen<br />
Contractor, Chris Olivero, Devon Odgen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Four college kids video themselves holding<br />
a sance in the city morgue and summon a<br />
demon, unleashing a nightmare from which<br />
there is no escape.<br />
THE ATHLETE<br />
AKA: ATLETU<br />
Docu-drama (93min.)<br />
Language: English, Amharic<br />
Director: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew<br />
Writer: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew<br />
Producer: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew,<br />
Darryn Welch<br />
Key Cast: Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg,<br />
Ruta Gedmintas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A., Ethiopia, Germany<br />
The amazing true story of Ethiopian<br />
Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila.<br />
MAKE BELIEVE<br />
Documentary (91min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: J. Clay Tweel<br />
Co-Production Partners: Firefly Theatre &<br />
Films, Level 22<br />
Producer: Steven Klein<br />
Key Cast: Siphewe Fangase, Haroki Hara,<br />
Bill Koch, Krystyn Lambert, Derek McKee,<br />
Nkumbuzo Ngonyana, Lance Burton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Six of the world?s best young magicians<br />
pursue the title of Teen World Champion<br />
and lead us on their personal journeys of<br />
transformation through magic.<br />
SUING THE DEVIL<br />
Drama (104min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Timothy A. Chey<br />
Writer: Timothy A. Chey<br />
Co-Production Partners: River Rain<br />
Productions, LLC<br />
Producer: David Turrell, Timothy A. Chey,<br />
Malcolm McDowell<br />
Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Shannen<br />
fields, Corbin Bernsen, Tom Sizemore<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Luke O?Brien decides to sue Satan for $8<br />
trillion dollars. On the last day before he<br />
files a default judgment, Satan appears to<br />
defend himself. With 10 of the country?s<br />
best trial lawyers, Satan presents his case as<br />
the world watches to see who will win the<br />
Trial of the Century.<br />
THE CALLING<br />
Drama (90min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jan Dunn<br />
Writer: Jan Dunn<br />
Producer: Elaine Wickham<br />
Key Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Emily Beecham,<br />
Susannah York<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Joanna is about to graduate from University<br />
with her whole life set up for her, but she<br />
has decided to face up to a truth she has<br />
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been avoiding her whole life. Since she<br />
was small, she has had the desire to<br />
become a Nun.<br />
HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY,<br />
ACTIVIST AND REBEL<br />
Documentary (124min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brigitte Berman<br />
Co-Production Partners: Metaphor Films<br />
Producer: Victor Solnicki, Brigitte Berman<br />
Key Cast: Hugh Hefner, Gene Simmons,<br />
Jenny McCarthy, Mike Wallce, Dick<br />
Gregory, Revered Jesse Jackson, Tony<br />
Bennett, James Caan, Joan Baez, George<br />
Lucas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant<br />
founder of the Playboy empire.<br />
Rare footage and compelling interviews<br />
present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot<br />
of the life of an extraordinary man and the<br />
controversies that surrounded him.<br />
1 A MINUTE<br />
Docu-drama (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Namrata Singh Gujral<br />
Writer: Namrata Singh Gujral<br />
Co-Production Partners: UniGlobe<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Nayomi Cooper<br />
Key Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Manrata<br />
Singh Gujral, Melissa Etheridge, Jaclyn<br />
Smith, Diahann Carroll, Barbara Mori, Lisa<br />
Ray, Mumtaz, William Baldwin, Priya Butt,<br />
Deepak Chopra<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In this powerful and inspirational docudrama,<br />
international celebrities come<br />
together to promote awareness and prevention,<br />
as well as support, survivors of<br />
women’s cancers.<br />
SNIFF: THE DOG MOVIE<br />
Docu-drama (85min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Barry Stone<br />
Writer: Barry Stone<br />
Producer: Kim Webster<br />
Key Cast: Neil Morrissey, Richard Huw,<br />
Amanda Plummer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two British actors, hired to be the dress-up<br />
concierges of a high-end San Francisco dog<br />
hotel, decide to take the opportunity of a<br />
year-long contract to make a documentary<br />
about dogs.<br />
ART PICTURES<br />
STUDIO<br />
Art Pictures Studio, Mosfilmovskaya street<br />
1, suite 2, office 203, Moscow, 119991<br />
Russsia, Tel: +7.495.933.3628.<br />
http://www.art-pictures.ru/en/about/<br />
E-mail: company@art-pictures.ru<br />
Producer<br />
At EFM: Dmitry Rudovskiy (CEO<br />
Producer), Natalia Voevodina (Head of<br />
Sales)<br />
Office: Stand No.:104 MGB, Tel:<br />
+49.30.889.14 - 449<br />
TWO DAYS<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Avdotia Smirnova<br />
Writer: Avdotia Smirnova, Anna Parmas<br />
Producer: Central Partnership, Art Pictures<br />
Studio, 2011<br />
Key Cast: Fedor Bondarchuk, Ksenia<br />
Rapopport, Irina Rozanova, Boris<br />
Kamorzin, Gennady Smirnov, Evgeny<br />
Muravich<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia/England<br />
Peter Drozdov, a high-ranking official from<br />
Moscow, comes to a provincial museum of<br />
a half-forgotten classical writer of Russian<br />
literature. He was invited to the place by<br />
governor of the region, who wants to<br />
receive tenure on museum’s land and built<br />
there a new residence. At first, Drozdov<br />
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agrees with the governor and supports his<br />
idea, but everything changes when he<br />
meets young intelligent literature expert<br />
Masha, who work’s as museum’s deputy<br />
director. She changes Drozdov’s view not<br />
only on that issue, but on his whole life…<br />
STALINGRAD<br />
War-Drama<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk<br />
Writer: Iliya Tilkin<br />
Co-Production Partners: Art Pictures<br />
Studio, Non-stop production, Stalingrad<br />
production, in participation with Twin<br />
Media<br />
Executive Producer: Natalya Gorina<br />
Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergei<br />
Melkumov, Dmitry Rudovsky<br />
Key Cast: Pyotr Fedorov<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia/England<br />
Stalingrad has become hell and paradise for<br />
those who were worthy of awards, but the<br />
only reward they managed to get was love.<br />
How they won, and how they were not<br />
defeated, who they were and who was on<br />
the other side of the street, what secret they<br />
have taken away with them - the movie<br />
will tell this story.<br />
THE WINTER QUEEN<br />
Action Adventure<br />
Language: Russian, English<br />
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk<br />
Writer: Gerard Soeteman, adapted from the<br />
best-selling novel by Boris Akunin<br />
Co-Production Partners: Art Pictures<br />
Studio, Seven Arts Pictures, TPA Film<br />
Producer: Thomas Hedman, Dmitry<br />
Rudovskiy<br />
Key Cast: Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: Russia/England<br />
St. Petersburg. May 1886. What would<br />
cause a talented young student from a<br />
wealthy family to shoot himself in full<br />
view of the promenading public in the<br />
Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom,<br />
most likely, is what the commander<br />
of the Criminal Investigation Division of<br />
the Petersburg Police thinks, but he’s curi-<br />
ous enough to send out the newest member<br />
of the Division, Erast Fandorin, a young<br />
man of irresistible charm, to investigate.<br />
Fandorin - naïve and anxious to learn -<br />
vacillates between insanely bold bravery<br />
and full on fear as he throws himself<br />
whole-heartedly into this mystery. Murder<br />
and deception compete with duels and<br />
reckless gambling as Fandorin finds himself<br />
entangled in the web of the mysterious<br />
beauty, Amalia Bezhetskaya, a femme<br />
fatale who enjoys playing with the emotions<br />
of her many wealthy admirers.<br />
Fandorin pursues Amalia to foggy London<br />
and back, getting himself in and out of<br />
deadly escapades — he’s almost stabbed to<br />
death, finds himself forced into a game of<br />
Russian roulette, he’s bound in a burlap<br />
sack and thrown in the Thames to drown,<br />
his memory is in danger of being erased<br />
forever and Amalia’s ghost even returns<br />
from the dead to get her revenge. Is this all<br />
about money or are the murders and the<br />
attempts on Fandorin’s life part of an international<br />
terrorist plot? Is Amalia their<br />
sirenlike ambassador? Should we suspect<br />
the British aristocrat Lady Astair, founder<br />
of a string of orphanages which have greatly<br />
benefited from the wills of the murdered<br />
men? In this nightmarish world, who can<br />
Fandorin trust? Count Zurov, Amalia’s<br />
favorite lover, who challenges and kills<br />
every competitor in a duel? The overzealous<br />
Brilling, the special envoy to the Tsar<br />
who starts a brutally violent campaign<br />
against the terrorists? Are these “terrorists”<br />
even real? Or are they just a smoke screen<br />
to cover up something infinitely more ominous,<br />
a global conspiracy to dominate the<br />
world?<br />
THE MAGICIAN<br />
Romantic Comedy (81 minutes)<br />
Language: Russian, English<br />
Director: Andres Puustusmaa<br />
Writer: Alexei Sashin<br />
Producer: Sergei Melkumov, Dmitriy<br />
Meshiev<br />
Key Cast: Ivan Urgant, Nikolai Fomenko,<br />
Alexandra Kulikova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
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Origin: Russia<br />
Love, - if it is the real love, - always comes<br />
unexpected and out of the blue. Anna who<br />
has the Captain rank notices the courtesies<br />
paid to her by a common solider, and realizes<br />
that she has fallen in love herself,<br />
despite the great age difference.<br />
ARTIST VIEW<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Artist View Entertainment, 4425 Irvine<br />
Ave., Studio City, California 91602<br />
USA.Tel: 1.818.752.2480 Fax:<br />
1.818.752.9339.<br />
http://www.artistviewent.com<br />
E-mail: info@artistviewent.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Scott Jones (President), Jay Joyce<br />
(Vice President, Worldwide Sales), Jennifer<br />
Dillon (Director of Distribution)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau - IFTA<br />
Pavilion Stand # 141, Tel:<br />
49.30.889.14.422<br />
FLIGHT OF THE SWAN<br />
Thriller (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: James D’ Arcy, Alicia Witt,<br />
Colm Meaney, Linda Gray, Tom Frederic,<br />
Larry Hagman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young idealist is recruited by a US multinational<br />
company and as he climbs the corporate<br />
ladder he loses friends, his family,<br />
his values and gradually transforms into the<br />
person he has always despised. Completely<br />
caught up in a web of intrigue that tightens<br />
around him like a vice, his path evolves<br />
into a nerve-rending adventure of relentless<br />
conflicts and unexpected reversals.<br />
ROBO DOC<br />
Comedy (90 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephen Maddocks<br />
Writer: Douglas Gordon, M.D. & Scott<br />
Gordon, M.D.<br />
Producer: Douglas Gordon & Donald<br />
Tynes<br />
Key Cast: Alan Thicke, David Faustino,<br />
Corin Nemec, David DeLuise<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
When an innovative health care company<br />
unveils RoboDoc, an android physician so<br />
carefully programmed it cannot make a<br />
medical mistake, a greedy medical malpractice<br />
lawyer sees a threat to his livelihood.<br />
He’ll stop at nothing to see RoboDoc<br />
reduced to a heap of wires and software.<br />
HUNTED BY NIGHT<br />
Action (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Jencarlos Canela, (Latin Pop<br />
star, TV’s “Mi Corazón Insiste”), Juan C.<br />
Bofill, Al Galvez, Sonya Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
In the Florida Everglades, three men on a<br />
hunting trip find bails of drugs just dropped<br />
from an airplane. The men must decide<br />
whether to be law-abiding citizens and<br />
report the drugs or take the drugs and sell<br />
them for millions of dollars. Their decisions<br />
will take them on spine-tingling confrontations<br />
with drug dealers who both outnumber...<br />
and outgun them.<br />
SAMUEL BLEAK<br />
Drama/Suspense (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Deborah Kara Unger, David<br />
Zayas, Keith David, Jaime Murray, James<br />
Russo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Sheriff Ruben Ramirez finds a mute boy<br />
living alone in the woods and takes a special<br />
interest to find out who he is. The<br />
investigation reveals the boy’s name is<br />
Samuel Bleak and uncovers the shocking<br />
secrets of his past, including the tragic<br />
death of his mother. One thing is certain...<br />
those who meet Samuel will never forget<br />
his story.<br />
TROPHY KIDS<br />
Comedy (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Ryan Eggold, David Gallagher,<br />
Tahyna Tozzi, Nathan Lee Graham, Tania<br />
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Raymonde<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A Manhattan playboy desires to have a film<br />
produced based on his party lifestyle and<br />
hires a self-destructive aspiring playwright<br />
to write the script. As the mismatched pair<br />
struggles to complete the script they also<br />
find themselves attracted to the same girl<br />
which leads to a comical yet tragic tale of<br />
three self-absorbed souls looking for fame<br />
and fortune in the Big Apple.<br />
COFFIN<br />
Thriller (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Davison, Kevin Sorbo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A masked stranger reveals to Jack that his<br />
cheating wife and her lover are buried<br />
underground in a wooden box and their<br />
oxygen will run out in 75 minutes. Now<br />
Jack must engage in a deadly game with<br />
the masked stranger in order to save his<br />
wife...and himself.<br />
KINGS OF APPLETOWN<br />
Adventure (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse,<br />
Victoria Justice<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two boys witness a murder but decide to<br />
not tell anyone out of fear. Along with their<br />
friend Betsy, they go on a journey to find<br />
the real killer and at the same time redeem<br />
themselves.<br />
MISADVENTURES OF THE DUNDER-<br />
HEADS<br />
Adventure (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel<br />
Osment , Alison Brie<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Meet the Dunderheads, an eccentric family<br />
that’s been in the mountains for far too<br />
long. Now one step ahead of the law,<br />
Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two<br />
dysfunctional teenage grandkids across the<br />
American West into a comic collision with<br />
the mainstream world.<br />
RED ROSE OF NORMANDY<br />
Drama/War (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Damian Chapa, Jack Dimich,<br />
Claudia Crawford, Tino Struckmann<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Caught in the middle of the advancing<br />
Allies and the fanatical Gestapo during<br />
World War II, Klaus and Klaudia must<br />
fight their way out and away, only to make<br />
one last stand together surrounded in the<br />
middle of the biggest invasion in world history.<br />
SANTORINI BLUE<br />
Drama (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Deirdre Lorenz, Matthew D.<br />
Panepinto, Richard Belzer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A married couple who’s relationship begins<br />
to unravel due to a sad betrayal travels on a<br />
rediscovery journey from New York City to<br />
Santorini, Greece while addressing the<br />
question: Can love really be rekindled?<br />
IMMIGRATION TANGO<br />
Romantic Comedy (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Carlos Leon, McCaleb Burnett,<br />
Ashley Wolfe, Elika Portnoy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two couples test the limits of friendship<br />
and love when they switch partners and get<br />
married for immigration purposes.<br />
CREEP VAN<br />
Horror (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Brian Kolodziej, Angelina<br />
Armani, Collin Bernsen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: USA<br />
When Campbell, a vehicle-less 20-something<br />
slacker, innocently makes the mistake<br />
of answering a FOR SALE sign placed on<br />
a dilapidated van, suspense and action take<br />
over as he is suddenly caught-up in a deadly<br />
game of cat and mouse that puts everyone<br />
close to him in mortal danger.<br />
MELANCHOLY FANTASTIC<br />
Psychological thriller (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord<br />
Taylor, Josh Caras, Shirley Knight<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A reclusive young girl Melanie, copes with<br />
the recent death of her mother by constructing<br />
a life-size doll to keep her company. At<br />
first the doll, called Mor, appears to be a<br />
harmless novelty—an imaginary friend,<br />
until Mor convinces Melanie that “someone<br />
must die” so that she may embrace life.<br />
Though dark in many ways, this is an alternative<br />
Christmas story with a shockingly<br />
happy ending.<br />
CODE 207<br />
Action Thriller (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Jack Dimich, Tino<br />
Struckmann,Caspar von Winterfeldt<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Mack, Army Ranger returning from the war<br />
is suddenly faced with a new war as his<br />
wife is kidnapped and he is lead through<br />
town and corrupt police officers to an abandoned<br />
prison where the slick dealer Savage<br />
have set up shot surrounded by henchmen.<br />
THE SELLING OF SCARRY MANOR<br />
Supernatural Comedy (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Gabriel Diani, Janet Varney,<br />
Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, Nancy<br />
Lenehan, Barry Bostwick<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A too-honest-for-his-own-good real estate<br />
agent has to sell a haunted house before its<br />
ghostly inhabitants ruin his life.<br />
ASPECT FILM<br />
Aspect Film, 26 York Street, London, W1U<br />
6PZ, UK, Tel: 44.207.993.5877.<br />
www.aspectfilm.com,<br />
E-mail: aneta@aspectfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Hugh Edwards (CEO)<br />
Office: Suite 508, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Tel:<br />
49.30.33.777.5608; cell: 44.740.88.66.417<br />
AMONG FRIENDS<br />
Horror / Comedy (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Danielle Harris<br />
Writer: Alyssa Lobit<br />
Executive Producer: William Allison, Jay<br />
Lobit<br />
Producer: Jennifer Blanc, Athena Lobit<br />
Key Cast: Christopher Backus, Jennifer<br />
Blanc, AJ Bowen, Dana Daurey, Brianne<br />
Davis, Kane Hodder, Kamala Jones, Alyssa<br />
Lobit, Chris Meyer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
AMONG FRIENDS, the directorial debut<br />
of Scream Queen Danielle Harris<br />
(Halloween, Hatchet, Blood Night: The<br />
Legend of Mary Hatchet) is a horror / comedy<br />
about a dinner party gone wrong. Set<br />
against an 80s backdrop, the good time<br />
takes a dark turn when one in the group<br />
hijacks the evening in an attempt to help<br />
the others come clean about their secret<br />
betrayals against one another–and is willing<br />
to cut through the bone in order to expose<br />
the truth.<br />
BROKEN PROMISE<br />
AKA: NEDODRZANY SLUB<br />
War / Biographical / Drama (1 x 129 min)<br />
Language: Slovak<br />
Director: Jiri Chlumsky<br />
Writer: Martin Friedmann-Petrasek, Jan<br />
Novak<br />
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Co-Production Partners: Slovenska<br />
Televizia, Ceska Televize<br />
Producer: Iveta Cerna Ivanova, Vlado<br />
Cerny<br />
Key Cast: Eva Kerekesova, Lubomir<br />
Bukovy, Onrej Vetchy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Slovakia<br />
The true story of Martin, a Jewish boy and<br />
talented soccer player, who has to make a<br />
risky lifetime decisions in order to survive<br />
in WWII. When he sees his family is taken<br />
to Poland, one by one, he voluntarily goes<br />
to “working camp”, where he finds out that<br />
he is not safe anywhere. By luck and his<br />
wits, he joins a band of partisans and<br />
somehow manages to survive.<br />
LOVE.NET<br />
Romance (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: Bulgarian<br />
Director: Ilian Djevelekov<br />
Writer: Nelly Dimitrova, Matey<br />
Konstantinov, Ilian Djevelekov<br />
Executive Producer: Stefan Goranov<br />
Producer: Gergi Dimitrov, Ilian<br />
Djevelekov, Matey Konstantinov<br />
Key Cast: Hristo Shopov, Zahary Baharov,<br />
Lilia Maraviglia, Koyna Ruseva, Diana<br />
Dobreva, Diliana Popova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Bulgaria<br />
LOVE.NET follows the parallel stories of a<br />
number of characters who are trying to<br />
change their lives via the Internet or are<br />
simply having fun online. This film is<br />
about love in all its forms - about the<br />
inevitable, mystic and inexplicable love,<br />
but also the superficial love of fast liquidity.<br />
Love at first virtual sight!<br />
MANIPULATION<br />
Political Thriller (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Pascal Verdosci<br />
Writer: Alex martin (screenplay), Marion<br />
Reichert (screenplay), Walter Matthias<br />
Digglemann (novel)<br />
Producer: Philipp Rapold<br />
Key Cast: Sebastian Koch, Klaus Maria<br />
Brandauer, Helmut Fornbacher, Urs Jucker<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Switzerland<br />
Zurich, 1956: During the Cold War, a compromising<br />
photograph exposes a Swiss star<br />
reporter as a Soviet spy. Unable to withstand<br />
the pressure, he commits suicide in<br />
the interrogation room. Special agent<br />
Rappold (Oscar Nominated Klaus Maria<br />
Brandauer - Out of Africa, Memphisto, The<br />
Russia House) from the counter-espionage<br />
department is plagued by doubt: Were the<br />
photographs really genuine? And why did<br />
the influential PR advisor, Dr. Harry Wind<br />
(Sebastian Koch - The Lives of Others,<br />
Unknown, Black Book), even have the<br />
photographs made? In a merciless cat and<br />
mouse game with Dr. Wind as a manipulative<br />
storyteller, Rappold realizes that he<br />
himself is part of a conspiracy.<br />
MEMPHIS HEAT<br />
AKA: MEMPHIS HEAT: THE TRUE<br />
STORY OF MEMPHIS WRASSLIN’<br />
Documentary Feature<br />
Director: Chad Schaffler<br />
Writer: Chad Schaffler<br />
Executive Producer: Ron Hall, Sherman<br />
Willmott<br />
Producer: Chad Schaffler, Billie Worley<br />
Key Cast: Bill “Superstar” Dundee, Jerry<br />
“The King” Lawler, Sputnik Monroe,<br />
Jimmy Hart<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Memphis Heat: The True Story of<br />
Memphis Wrasslin’ is the definitive documentary<br />
about the history of Memphis<br />
wrestling from the 1950’s with legendary<br />
battles between Sputnik Monroe and Billy<br />
DO YOUR PART TO<br />
COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING<br />
BERLIN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS<br />
THE PDA CULTURE IS COOL &<br />
HAPPENING<br />
CHOOSE ONLINE ACCESS<br />
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Wicks, the 1960’s with strutting Jackie<br />
Fargo, & the glory days of the ‘70s with<br />
Jerry “the King” Lawler, Tojo Yamamoto,<br />
“Superstar” Bill Dundee, & Jimmy Hart.<br />
NORMAL: THE DUSSELDORF<br />
RIPPER<br />
Thriller / True Story (1 x 100 min)<br />
Language: Czech<br />
Director: Julius Sevcik<br />
Writer: Julius Sevcik, Anthony Nielson<br />
Executive Producer: Roman Kasparovsky<br />
Producer: Karla Stojakova<br />
Key Cast: Milan Knazko, Dagmar<br />
Havlova, Jan Vlasak<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Czech Republic<br />
Between February 1929 and October 1931,<br />
Peter Kurten brutally murdered eight people<br />
and attacked many others. He killed<br />
men, woman, children and animals, anything<br />
that crossed his path. He spread the<br />
same panic Jack the Ripper once did in<br />
London. Eventually this brutal sadist voluntarily<br />
gave himself up to the police. A<br />
young ambitious lawyer, Justus Wehner, is<br />
assigned to defend the killer. Wehner is<br />
certain that Kuerten suffers from a severe<br />
mental disorder and decides to prove Peter<br />
Kurten is insane. Wehner starts to study the<br />
killer’s mind, but the further he sinks into<br />
Kurten’s motivation and psyche; he gains<br />
less control over the case.<br />
RAGE: MIDSUMMER’S EVE<br />
Horror (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tii Ricks<br />
Writer: Tii Ricks<br />
Executive Producer: James Hartley, Andy<br />
Morgan, Tii Ricks<br />
Producer: Mikko Korhonen<br />
Key Cast: Mikko Vartiainen, Holly<br />
Georgia, Johnny Sachon, Christian<br />
Sandstrom, Greta Mandelin<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland<br />
A group of international friends living and<br />
studying in Finland decide to spend their<br />
summer holiday in the Finnish countryside<br />
near the Arctic Circle. The Midsummer’s<br />
Eve and the white nights, when the sun<br />
never sets, makes the summer holidays<br />
unforgettable and everyone seems to be<br />
having the time of their lives. But the<br />
noisy, partying group disrupts nature’s<br />
peace and attract the attention of something<br />
unknown. Our group of friends soon find<br />
out that there is nowhere to run and<br />
nowhere to hide in the isolated countryside<br />
under the Midnight Sun.<br />
ROCK AND ROLL FUCK ‘N ‘<br />
LOVELY<br />
Horror / Music (1 x 80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Josh Bagnall<br />
Writer: Josh Bagnall<br />
Producer: Josh Bagnall, Robert Horwell,<br />
Spencer Leven, Yan Miles<br />
Key Cast: Pete Doherty, Joel Fry, Anton<br />
Saunders, Crispian Belfrage, lee Whitlock,<br />
Michael Starke<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
The film is a dark and fantastical touring<br />
tale with a little rock n’ roll on the side just<br />
for good measure. This is a road movie.<br />
this is a rock and roll drama, a tale that<br />
exposes the rumors surrounding a mythical<br />
festival tour (or is it just the drugs?). The<br />
cinematography is stunning, the drug taking<br />
shocking and the horror horrific, not<br />
for the faint hearted. It’s a unique film capturing<br />
the true essence of the festival spirit,<br />
unlike any British film to date. This movie<br />
is the essence of a rock and roll nightmare.<br />
It’s a must see for anyone who’s been on<br />
the road.. and if you’ve not gone on tour<br />
before... after this you never will.<br />
THE CLOTH<br />
Horror (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Justin Price<br />
Writer: Justin Price<br />
Executive Producer: Harold Hardamon,<br />
Jennifer L. George, Charles Keys, Linda<br />
Khu, Justin Price<br />
Producer: Justin Price<br />
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Eric Roberts,<br />
Rachele Brooke Smith, John Greer, Steven<br />
Brand<br />
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Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The Cloth is an action, horror story with<br />
sci-fi elements centered on a secret organization<br />
formed by the Catholic Church to<br />
counteract the rising cases of demonic possessions<br />
across the country. The story follows<br />
a young godless man who is being<br />
recruited into the cloth in order to prepare a<br />
new generation with the tools needed to<br />
stop the awakening of the ultimate evil;<br />
Beelzebub.<br />
ATLAS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
FILM GMBH<br />
Atlas International Film GmbH,<br />
Candidplatz 11, Munich, 81543 Germany,<br />
Tel: +49.89.2109750. Fax:<br />
+49.89.21097581.<br />
http://www.atlasfilm.com,<br />
E-mail: mail@atlasfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Stefan Menz (President), Philipp<br />
Menz (President), Michel J. Vandewalle<br />
(Development and Acquisitions), Susanne<br />
Groh (Program Sales), Glenn Kendrick<br />
Ackermann (Program Sales), Christian<br />
Halsey Solomon (atlas office Los Angeles)<br />
Office: no. 10, MGB, Tel:<br />
+49.172.8276385<br />
SOFIA<br />
Thriller (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Isaac Florentine<br />
Producer: Elika Portnoy<br />
Key Cast: Christian Slater, Donald<br />
Sutherland, Timothy Spall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Bulgaria<br />
Robert Diggs, a former FBI agent, finds<br />
himself back in the life of detective work<br />
when an unknown vigilante begins killing<br />
high-priority terrorists off America’s Most<br />
Wanted list in Sofia, Bulgaria. While tracking<br />
down the killer, Diggs comes across a<br />
sexy, belly-dancing redhead named Ursula.<br />
For once, Diggs is able to move beyond the<br />
painful memory of his wife’s tragic death<br />
as he falls for the mysterious woman. Little<br />
does he know that he is actually sleeping<br />
with the enemy! Having taken up a triple<br />
persona under the effects of Multiple<br />
Personality Disorder, his sexy vixen is actually<br />
an assassin that has been trained to kill<br />
since she was a child, thanks to a rogue<br />
government project. Reminiscent of the<br />
Manchurian Candidate, she is a brainwashed<br />
teacher named Vicki by day, a sexy<br />
belly dancer by night, and a ruthless killer<br />
when her handlers call.<br />
SWEETWATER<br />
Action/Western<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Logan and Noah Miller<br />
Writer: Andrew McKenzie<br />
Producer: Rick Benattar<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Set in Northern Arizona in the late 1880’s,<br />
Sweetwater is the story of a young woman<br />
Sarah who takes the law into her own<br />
hands to avenge the murder of her husband<br />
Luke at the hands of a murderous local<br />
rancher Cole. Sheriff Jackson must unravel<br />
the crimes commited but he is one step<br />
behind Sarah on her quest for revenge.<br />
YOU WILL BE CALLED<br />
AKA: ES WIRD DICH RUFEN<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Erik Borner<br />
Producer: Blue Screen Entertainment,<br />
Bavaria Film, Atlas International<br />
Key Cast: Michael Mendl, Nora Arnezeder<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
A young journalist comes across mysterious<br />
ancient documents which lead him to a<br />
mountain village in France where he<br />
uncovers an age-old enigma, which in the<br />
wrong hands, could destroy the world as<br />
we know it.....<br />
SOPHIE<br />
Family (104)<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Leif Bristow<br />
Executive Producer: Mary Pantelides<br />
Producer: Mary Pantelides<br />
Key Cast: Brittany Bristow, John Rhys-<br />
Davies, Erica Durance, Thure Riefenstein,<br />
Debora Kara Unger<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Growing up on the grounds of her parents’<br />
family-operated zoo, 17-year-old Sophie’s<br />
life is focused on two great loves: ballet<br />
and animals. To afford the high tuition fee<br />
of a ballet school, Sophie’s parents sell<br />
Sheba, a 5-ton elephant and Sophie’s life<br />
long friend, to a travelling circus without<br />
discussing this issue with their daughter.<br />
Abandoning her previous dance dreams,<br />
Sophie sets off to reclaim Sheba, charming<br />
her way into a summer job with the circus<br />
so she can keep an eye on the despiteful<br />
animal trainer. When Sophie falls in love<br />
with circus artist Blake, they both struggle<br />
to rescue Sheba from the cruel circus environment<br />
and repatriate the Elephant...<br />
NANGA PARBAT<br />
Action/Adventure (102)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier<br />
Producer: Joseph Vilsmaier, Armin<br />
Weltersbach, Joerg A.L. Schallehn<br />
Key Cast: Florian Stetter, Andreas Tobias,<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
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BAZELEVS<br />
Bazelevs, 6/1 Pudovkina str., Moscow,<br />
119285 Russia, Tel: +74952230400.<br />
www.bazelevs.ru, E-mail:<br />
mail@atlasfilm.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Ruslan Tatarintsev (Head of<br />
Distribution and Marketing), Diana<br />
Yurinova (CSO)<br />
Office: Stand No.:104 MGB<br />
YOLKI 2012<br />
AKA: YOLKI 2012<br />
Comedy, romantic (106 min)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: D.Kiseliov, L.Gabriadze,<br />
A.Baranov, A.Kott<br />
Writer: T.Bekmambetov, O.Kharina,<br />
Creative group<br />
Co-Production Partners: VGTRK<br />
Executive Producer: A.Remizova<br />
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Iva<br />
Stromilova<br />
Key Cast: Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov,<br />
Vera Brezhneva, Aleksey Petrenko,<br />
Vladimir Menshov, Sergey Bezrukov,<br />
Gosha Kutsenko<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Sometimes it happens, when everything<br />
goes haywire. Worse things happen if today<br />
is December, 31. Our heroes should fix<br />
everything overnight, on the New Year eve.<br />
To find some money to rent an apartment,<br />
to win back 8-years-old daughter, to rally<br />
from the amnesia, to ride a cast iron bathtub,<br />
to ring in the New Year with a<br />
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boyfriend against dad’s clampdown, to<br />
climb the city X-tree in a fancy dragon<br />
costume, to evoke Vera Brezhneva’s heart,<br />
to save a plane from a crash and even to<br />
find its love 40 years later.<br />
ORPHAN<br />
AKA: Kamen<br />
thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: V.Kaminskiy<br />
Key Cast: Sergey Svetlakov,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
BETA CINEMA<br />
Beta Cinema, Grnwalder Weg 28d,<br />
Oberhaching, 82041 Germany, Tel:<br />
49.89.673469.828 Fax: 49.89.673469.888.<br />
www.betacinema.com –Email:<br />
beta@betafilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Dirk Schrhoff (Managing<br />
Director), Andreas Rothbauer (Head of<br />
International Sales and Acquisitions),<br />
Tassilo Hallbauer (Sales Executive)<br />
Office: #30, Tel: 49.30. 889 14 - 404<br />
BLISS<br />
AKA: GLCK<br />
Drama (112 min.)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Doris Drrie<br />
Writer: Doris Drrie<br />
Co-Production Partners: Constantin<br />
Filmproduktion, Rainer Curdt<br />
Filmproduktion<br />
Producer: Oliver Berben, Rainer Curdt<br />
Key Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Vinzenz<br />
Kiefer, Matthias Brandt, Oliver Ngele<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
The story of the unlikely union between<br />
Irina, a war refugee turned prostitute, and<br />
Kalle, a homeless Punk. Against all odds<br />
they manage to build a life together and<br />
will stop at nothing to defend the bliss they<br />
have found.<br />
SSKIND<br />
Drama (118 min)<br />
Language: Dutch, German<br />
Director: Rudolf van den Berg<br />
Writer: Chris W. Mitchell and Rudolf van<br />
den Berg<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fu Works and<br />
Cadenza Films<br />
Producer: San Fu Maltha, Jeroen<br />
Koolbergen and Reinier Selen<br />
Key Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Karl<br />
Markovics, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, katja<br />
Herbers, Chava Voor in ‘t Holt<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
1942. In an attempt to keep a group of<br />
children from being sent to the death<br />
camps, the Jew Walter Sskind befriends SS<br />
man Aus der Fnten. When the latter finds<br />
out that Walter has been deceiving him and<br />
his affection was faked, the Nazi takes<br />
revenge on the Jew.<br />
IN DARKNESS<br />
AKA: IN DARKKNESS<br />
Drama (144 minutes)<br />
Language: Polish, Yiddish, German<br />
Director: Agnieszka Holland<br />
Writer: David F. Shamoon<br />
Co-Production Partners: Zebra Studio<br />
Filmowe, The Film Works<br />
Producer: Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv<br />
Key Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno<br />
Fí?rmann, Agnieszka Grochowska<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany, Poland<br />
Lvov, Poland, 1943. Hiding Jews from the<br />
Nazis in the city sewers, a petty thief must<br />
decide between saving himself or the Jews.<br />
HELL<br />
Thriller (86 minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Tim Fehlbaum<br />
Writer: Tim Fehlbaum, Thomas Wíbke,<br />
Oliver Kahl<br />
Co-Production Partners: Vega Film, Seven<br />
Pictures<br />
Producer: Caligari Film- und<br />
Fernsehproduktions GmbH<br />
Key Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe<br />
Erceg, Lars Eidinger<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: Germany<br />
It was once the source of life, light and<br />
warmth. But now the sun has turned the<br />
entire world into baked and barren wasteland.<br />
Forests are scorched. Animal carcasses<br />
line the roads. Even the nights are dazzling<br />
bright. Marie, her little sister Leonie<br />
and Phillip are heading for the mountains<br />
in a car with covered windows. Rumor has<br />
it there is still water there. Along the way<br />
they run into Tom, a first-rate mechanic<br />
that becomes indispensible. But can they<br />
trust him? Tension grows in the small<br />
group. As if things werent bad enough, they<br />
are lured into an ambush. Their real battle<br />
for survival begins.<br />
TOM SAWYER<br />
Family Entertainment (110 minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth<br />
Writer: Sascha Arango<br />
Co-Production Partners: Filmaufbau<br />
Leipzig, Majestic Filmproduktion<br />
Producer: Neue Schínhauser<br />
Filmproduktion<br />
Key Cast: Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel,<br />
Heike Makatsch<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Mark Twain’s beloved, immortal character<br />
returns with his friend Huck to square off<br />
with the wicked Injun Joe on the banks of<br />
the Mississippi.<br />
MEN IN THE CITY II<br />
AKA: MÍNNERHERZEN...UND DIE<br />
GANZ, GANZ GROSSE LIEBE<br />
Comedy (112 minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Simon Verhoeven<br />
Writer: Simon Verhoeven<br />
Producer: Wiedemann & Berg Film<br />
Key Cast: Florian David Fitz, Maxim<br />
Mehmet, Til Schweiger<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
While sorting out their chaotic relationships,<br />
the “men in the city” run into new,<br />
amusing and sometimes absurd obstacles<br />
on their rocky road to happiness.<br />
WESTWIND<br />
Romance, Drama (90 minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Robert Thalheim<br />
Writer: Ilja Haller, Susann Schimk<br />
Co-Production Partners: Lakoonfilm<br />
Budapest<br />
Producer: credo: film<br />
Key Cast: Friederike Becht, Luise Heyer,<br />
Franz Dinda<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany, Hungary<br />
Hungary 1988 - The ‘Winds of Change’ are<br />
about to rise when the 17 year old twins<br />
Doreen and Isabel from Eastern Germany<br />
arrive in a summer training camp.<br />
SUMMER IN ORANGE<br />
AKA: SOMMER IN ORANGE<br />
Comedy (110 minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmuller<br />
Writer: Ursula Gruber<br />
Co-Production Partners: Bayerischer<br />
Rundfunk in cooperation with arte<br />
Producer: Odeon Pictures, Roxy Film<br />
Key Cast: Amber Bongard, Petra Schmidt-<br />
Schaller, Bela Baumann<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
A culture clash comedy about a time when<br />
self-discovery was not yet mainstream...<br />
PRINCESS LILLIFEE AND THE LIT-<br />
TLE UNICORN<br />
AKA: PRINZESSIN LILLIFEE UND<br />
DAS KLEINE EINHORN<br />
Family Entertainment (72 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ansgar Niebuhr<br />
Writer: Mark Slater, Rachel Murrell,<br />
Gabriele M. Walther<br />
Co-Production Partners: Beta Film,<br />
Universum Film, WDR<br />
Producer: Wunderwerk, Caligari Film<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Together with her friends and the unicorns,<br />
Princess Lillifee must free the neighboring<br />
country Bluetopia from a cold spell, which<br />
has covered everything in ice and snow.<br />
MERCY<br />
AKA: GNADE<br />
Drama (132 min.)<br />
Language: Norwegian, English<br />
Director: Matthias Glasner<br />
Writer: Kim Fupz Aakeson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Schwarzweiss<br />
Filmproduktion, Knudsen & Streuber<br />
Medienmanufaktur, Ophir Film<br />
Producer: Kristine Knudsen, Matthias<br />
Glasner, Andreas Born<br />
Key Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Birgit<br />
Minichmayr, Henry Stange<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany, Norway<br />
An emigrant family wants to make a new<br />
start on the coast of the Arctic Sea. Instead,<br />
a terrible accident calls everything into<br />
question. What role does guilt play in our<br />
happiness?<br />
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Producer<br />
At EFM: Shyam Kurup (Chief Operations<br />
Officer), Prabhiraj N. (Co - Producer)<br />
Office: Stand 110, Marriott, Tel:<br />
+91.9539000541<br />
SAINT DRACULA 3D<br />
3D Thriller Horror (120 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rupesh Paul<br />
Writer: Rupesh Paul<br />
Executive Producer: Sohan Roy<br />
Producer: BizTV Network<br />
Key Cast: Mitch Powell, Patricia Duarte,<br />
Daniel Shayler<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: U.A.E<br />
synopsis Longing for vengeance, he waited<br />
in hunger and thirst for his long lost admirer.<br />
The night hid him in the dark, the earth<br />
and the woods were his haven. He is a fallen<br />
angel, a catastrophic lover, the trodden<br />
Prince of Wallachia, but a vampire in<br />
revenge. His partisans await his reprise<br />
with celebration. He turns lucky in love, if<br />
not for ever. Beautiful nights of love and<br />
lust entangle him with his lost love - Clara,<br />
a passionate young nun but still a mortal.<br />
The peaches and perfection takes a turn the<br />
day Clara gets spellbound by the Catholic<br />
Church. The Vatican plots the trap but will<br />
the plan thrive? Or will it be love?<br />
DAM999<br />
AKA: DAM999 3D<br />
3D Emotional Thriller (108 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sohan Roy<br />
Writer: Sohan Roy<br />
Co-Production Partners: Prabhiraj N.<br />
Executive Producer: Abhini Sohan<br />
Producer: BizTV Network<br />
Key Cast: Linda Arsenio, Joshua Frederic<br />
Smith, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jaala Pickering,<br />
Rajit Kapur, Vinay Rai, Vimala<br />
Raman,Megha Burman, Jineeth Rath<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: U.A.E<br />
A corrupt mayor builds a new dam for<br />
political gains and personal glory endangering<br />
millions of innocent lives; A mariner<br />
desperate to save his sister from evil; Two<br />
not-so-young lovers challenging destiny in<br />
a bid to unite; A woman on a mission to<br />
win her family back; A little boy battling a<br />
deadly disease; A devoted wife wants to be<br />
with her husband even in death; And the<br />
astrologer who has foreseen their ominous<br />
fate - Nine lives entwined by the impend-<br />
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www.blairwoodentertainment.com E-mail:<br />
info@blairwoodentertainment.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: James DUDELSON (President,<br />
CEO, Buyer), Ana CLAVELL (Executive<br />
Consultant, Buyer), Sabrina CHEN-LOUIE<br />
(Director of Sales Asia)<br />
Office: Exhibitor without Office, Tel:<br />
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CITY OF GARDENS<br />
Drama (based on a true story) (98 mins)<br />
Language: English and Spanish with subtitles<br />
Director: Camilo Vila<br />
Writer: Monty Fischer and Camilo Vila<br />
Key Cast: John Robinson, Alex Meraz,<br />
Johnny Lewis, Grant Bowler, Debra Unger<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
City of Gardens is the true story of a blond<br />
Californian surfer, Wayne Montgomery<br />
(John Robinson), who has relocated to<br />
exotic Lima, Peru in the 1980’s to pursue<br />
surfing as he teaches English to well-to-do<br />
kids. Wayne’s carefree lifestyle and<br />
romance with his beautiful girlfriend,<br />
Maritza, (introducing Anahi De Cardenas),<br />
ends when he is framed for drug possession<br />
during the political chaos engulfing Lima.<br />
FIX: THE EXTREME MINISTRY<br />
MOVIE<br />
Documentary (89 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Douglas Freel<br />
Writer: Douglas Freel<br />
Key Cast: Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker,<br />
Trent Reznor, Lemmy Kilmister, Dave<br />
Navarro, Maynard James Keenan, Jonathan<br />
Davis, Timothy Leery<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
FIX - THE MINISTRY MOVIE gives a<br />
raw look as these possessed artists fight -<br />
and create - while attempting to reach, and<br />
achieve, infamous greatness. Ministry took<br />
the genre of industrial rock and made it<br />
mainstream, and along the way their music<br />
and take no prisoners lifestyle influenced<br />
the leaders of some of today’s most important<br />
rock bands, such as Nine Inch Nails,<br />
Tool, Korn, and The Dead Kennedys. With<br />
live performances by Ministry, in depth<br />
interviews with the band, and appearances<br />
by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails,<br />
Maynard Keenan of Tool, Lemmy<br />
Kilmister of Motorhead, Jonathan Davis of<br />
Korn, Dave Navarro of Red Hot Chili<br />
Peppers/Jane’s Addiction, Ogre Nivek of<br />
Skinny Puppy, Jello Biafra of The Dead<br />
Kennedys, Dr. Timothy Leary and William<br />
S. Burroughs - to name a few- FIX is a<br />
punch-in-the-stomach affair that dares to<br />
show beyond the boundaries of good taste<br />
and common decency.<br />
BURMA: A HUMAN TRAGEDY<br />
Documentary (85 mins)<br />
Language: English and Burmese with subtitles<br />
Director: Neil Hollander<br />
Key Cast: Anjelica Huston<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In this harrowing documentary the brutal<br />
regime of the military Junta in Burma is<br />
fully exposed. Through interviews with<br />
refugees, survivors and Burma’s democratically<br />
elected president and Peace Nobel<br />
Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the terrifying<br />
landscape of an ongoing genocide of<br />
the ethnic minorities that flies in the face of<br />
international law comes horribly alive.<br />
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Filmed surreptitiously and under constant<br />
life threatening conditions, Burma - A<br />
Human Tragedy offers a rare glimpse into<br />
the systematic human extermination that<br />
has gone pretty much ignored.<br />
LEADING LADIES<br />
Gay/Lesbian Musical/Romance<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Erika Randall Beahm and Daniel<br />
Beahm<br />
Writer: Erika Randall Beahm and Daniel<br />
Beahm<br />
Key Cast: Melanie Lapatin, Benji<br />
Schwimmer, Laurel Vail, Shannon Lea<br />
Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The Camparis are a family of women in<br />
which everyone knows her place. Sheri is<br />
the larger-than-life, overbearing stage<br />
mom. Once a young and beautiful ballroom<br />
champion, Sheri now lives vicariously<br />
through her youngest daughter Tasi, the<br />
darling of the local amateur ballroom circuit.<br />
Sheri’s oldest daughter, Toni, is Tasi’s<br />
practice partner, the wallflower who must<br />
quietly support them all. The only consistent<br />
man in the life of the Campari women<br />
is Cedric, Tasi’s dance partner and Toni’s<br />
best friend. Find out what happens to each<br />
as they reexamine their roles in modern life<br />
and on the dance floor and learn to “Let<br />
Love Lead.”<br />
APOCALYPSE (ACCORDING TO<br />
DORIS)<br />
Drama (92 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Victor Goss<br />
Writer: Victor Goss<br />
Key Cast: Jaime Gomez, Elise Robertson,<br />
Christian J Meoli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A modern day Cinderella story of a woman<br />
coming to wisdom, Apocalypse (According<br />
to Doris) is an unusual New Age drama<br />
about Doris (Elise Robertson), a desert<br />
housewife cum medium/channeler who<br />
finds herself in the middle of chaos as the<br />
prophecies she’s made about the End of the<br />
World start coming true. Soon she has a<br />
following of “disciples” - all searching for<br />
their own truth. An unscrupulous reporter<br />
(Jaime Gomez) infiltrates the group in<br />
order to expose her, only to find himself<br />
drawn into the mystery that Doris is. Both<br />
funny and deeply emotional, this story is<br />
filled with compelling questions about the<br />
meaning of our existence and the dangers<br />
of predicting 2012 and the end of it all.<br />
ELITE<br />
Action (106 mins)<br />
Language: Spanish / English with subtitles<br />
Director: Andres Ramirez<br />
Writer: Jean-Paul Polo and Josean Rivera<br />
Varquer<br />
Key Cast: Denise Quiones, Jorge Alberti,<br />
Frank Perozo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Puerto Rico<br />
After 20 years in federal prison, the most<br />
dangerous and powerful drug dealer of the<br />
Caribbean manages to escape. Unable to<br />
trust his own police force, the Governor<br />
creates a special tactics group called<br />
“Elite” - a group of incorruptible officers<br />
from different countries of Latin Americato<br />
hunt down the drug overlord. Matters get<br />
complicated quickly when both sides get<br />
played by the drug lord’s psychopath<br />
henchman, and they find themselves<br />
redrawing their loyalties as old blood feuds<br />
threaten the entire mission - and their lives.<br />
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BLUE GALAXY<br />
INTERNATIONAL, LLC<br />
Blue Galaxy International, LLC, 13412<br />
Ventura Blvd., Suite 250, Sherman Oaks,<br />
CA 91423 USA, Tel: 1.818.907.7226. Fax:<br />
1.818.907.7216. www.bluegalaxyinternational.com<br />
E-mail: info@bluegalaxyinternational.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Marcy Rubin (President)<br />
Office: Private, Tel: 1818 907 7226<br />
THE DOGFATER<br />
Family (88 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Richard Boddington<br />
Writer: Russell Scalise and Michael<br />
Hamilton—Wright<br />
Producer: Russell Scalise<br />
Key Cast: Chris Parnell, William Cuddy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When a Mafia Don’s right-hand man, a<br />
bulldog named Sonny, swallows his heirloom<br />
ring, comedy ensues as two of the<br />
Don’s best soldiers try and retrieve the ring<br />
from Sonny, who has been adopted by a<br />
new family.<br />
THE VORTEX<br />
Action/Adventure, Science Fiction<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Basler<br />
Producer: Danny Roth<br />
Key Cast: Ted Jonas, Jack Plotnick<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When a convoy of America soldiers disappears<br />
in Afghanistan, a Special OPS team is<br />
deployed on a search and rescue mission.<br />
They encounter mega scorpions, giant spiders<br />
and oversized snakes which were created<br />
when a vortex into another dimension<br />
was opened by a former government scientist.<br />
The team has to figure out a way to<br />
close the wormhole. Can they close it in<br />
time?<br />
CINEMAVAULT<br />
Cinemavault, 175 Bloor Street East, South<br />
Tower, Suite 1011, Toronto, Ontario M4W<br />
3R8 Canada, Tel: 4163636060 Fax:<br />
4163632305.<br />
www.cinemavault.com E-mail: sales@cinemavault.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor, Agent<br />
At EFM: Racquel Mesina (EVP<br />
International Sales), Simon Howe (Director<br />
of Canadian & International Sales), Craig<br />
Morrow (VP Acquisitions), Jennie Chu<br />
(Director of Festivals & Acquisitions),<br />
Michael Masangkay (VP Marketing), John<br />
Dunstan (Managing Director)<br />
Office: Martin Gropius-Bau, Booth# 134<br />
CINDERELLA 3D<br />
AKA: CENDRILLON 3D<br />
Family Adventure (74 mins)<br />
Language: English & French<br />
Director: Pascal Herold<br />
Writer: Pascal Herold<br />
Co-Production Partners: Canal +<br />
Producer: Pascal Herold<br />
Key Cast: Yolande Moreau, Michel<br />
Boujenah, Alexandra Lamy<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The classic fairy tale of Cinderella is reimagined<br />
in 3D and set against the backdrop<br />
of the wild-west with a cast of furry<br />
and feathered friends.<br />
LA RUN<br />
Crime Drama (103 mins)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Demian Fuica<br />
Writer: Demian Fuica<br />
Producer: Leonardo Fuica<br />
Key Cast: Jason Roy Léveillée, Marc<br />
Beaupré, Pierre-Luc Brillant<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Assuming his father’s debt, Guillaume,<br />
honest and straight-forward, is drawn into<br />
the corrupt world of drug trafficking.<br />
LAWMAN<br />
AKA: THE MOUNTIE<br />
Western (83 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Wyeth Clarkson<br />
Producer: Phillip Daniels<br />
Key Cast: Andrew Walker, Jessica Paré,<br />
Earl Pastko<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A lone Lawman is surrounded by drugs and<br />
murder when bringing justice to an unsettled<br />
territory.<br />
STATE OF EMERGENCY<br />
Thriller (98 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Turner Clay<br />
Producer: Turner Clay, Jason Price<br />
Key Cast: Jay Hayden, Andy Stahl, Tori<br />
White<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Chaos consumes a small town when a<br />
chemical leak turns the town’s residents<br />
into flesh eating zombies.<br />
APART<br />
Psychological Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aaron Rottinghaus<br />
Producer: Ryan Rettig<br />
Key Cast: Olesya Rulin, Josh Danziger,<br />
Joey Lauren Adams<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Drawn together by love, but torn apart by<br />
an unexplainable psychic connection, Noah<br />
and Emily must uncover the tragic mysteries<br />
of their past in order to stop them from<br />
reoccurring in their future.<br />
THE CORRIDOR<br />
Sci-Fi Thriller (99 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Evan Kelly<br />
Producer: Mike Masters, Craig Cameron<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Amyotte, Nigel<br />
Bennett, Stephen Chambers<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A supernatural force turns a group of<br />
friends against each other during a secluded<br />
cabin vacation.<br />
ANDERSON SILVA: LIKE WATER<br />
AKA: LIKE WATER<br />
Documentary (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Pablo Croce<br />
Producer: Jared Freedman<br />
Key Cast: Anderson Silva, Dana White,<br />
Chael Sonnen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
LIKE WATER follows the intensive mental<br />
and physical training of UFC Middle<br />
Weight Champion, Anderson Silva, in the<br />
months before his career-defining title<br />
defence against Chael Sonnen.<br />
SEX, DOGZ & ROCK’N’ROLL<br />
Action (90 mins)<br />
Language: English & German<br />
Director: Mark Fehse<br />
Producer: Timo Joh. Mayer, Benjamin<br />
Eicher<br />
Key Cast: Detlef Bierstedt, Thomas<br />
Danneberg, Mark Fehse<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
When the guidance chip for a nuclear warhead<br />
hits the black market, the fate of the<br />
world rests in the hands of a gun-toting,<br />
vigilante rock band.<br />
CINEPHIL<br />
Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel Aviv,<br />
65112 Israel, Tel: +97235664129 Fax:<br />
+97235601436. www.cinephil.co.il E-mail:<br />
info@cinephil.co.il<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Philippa Kowarsky (Mangeing<br />
Director)<br />
ONE DAY AFTER PEACE<br />
Documentary (88’)<br />
Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Erez Laufer and Miri Laufer<br />
Producer: Erez Laufer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
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Robi Damelin, an Israeli of South African<br />
origin, lost her soldier son in the occupied<br />
territories. Robi tries to reconcile with her<br />
son’s Palestinian killer, however he refuses,<br />
stating that her son was part of the occupation<br />
army. Now Robi travels to South<br />
Africa, 15 years after the end of Apartheid<br />
to seek answers from the South African<br />
model of the Truth and Reconciliation<br />
Committees, can this model ever work in<br />
Israel? Robi returns home in order to broker<br />
a new kind of forgiveness in the<br />
Israeli/Palestinian communities and support<br />
of the release from jail of the guy who<br />
killed her son.<br />
RADIOMAN<br />
Documentary (80’)<br />
Director: Mary Kerr<br />
Producer: Paul Fischer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
RADIOMAN is the story of an eccentric, a<br />
New York street bum of the same<br />
(nick)name who overcame homelessness<br />
and addiction to become an unlikely New<br />
York City movie legend with over 100<br />
small parts to his name. Featuring interviews<br />
with celebrities such as Tom Hanks,<br />
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Helen<br />
Mirren, Tilda Swinton, Robin Williams,<br />
Whoopi Goldberg and more, the film is a<br />
funny, heart-warming, insightful look into a<br />
memorable character full of contradictions,<br />
of bitterness but also of hope.<br />
LOVE FREE OR DIE<br />
Documentary (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Macky Alston<br />
Producer: Sandra Itkoff<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Love Free or Die is about a man whose two<br />
defining passions are in direct conflict: his<br />
love for God and for his partner Mark.<br />
Gene Robinson is the first openly gay bishop<br />
in Christendom. His consecration in<br />
2003, to which he wore a bullet-proof vest,<br />
caused an international stir, and he has<br />
lived with death threats every day since.<br />
Truth follows Robinson from small-town<br />
churches to Washington’s Lincoln<br />
Memorial to London’s Lambeth Palace, as<br />
he calls for all to stand for equality - inspiring<br />
bishops, priests and ordinary folk to<br />
come out from the shadows and change<br />
history.<br />
HITLER’S CHILDREN<br />
Documentary (78)<br />
Language: English, German, Hebrew with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Chanoch Ze’evi<br />
Co-Production Partners: MDR, WDR,<br />
SWR, TSR, Reshet TV<br />
Producer: Chanoch Ze’evi (Maya<br />
Productions), Simone Bauman (Sazonia<br />
Entertainment)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel-Germany<br />
Descendants of the most powerful figures<br />
of the Nazi regime (Hoess, Goering,<br />
Himmler and Frank) were left a dark inheritance<br />
that associates them with one of the<br />
greatest abominations in history<br />
LOST BOHEMIA<br />
Documentary (78’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Josef Birdman Astor<br />
Producer: Jody Shields, Jonathan<br />
Ferrantelli, Anne Carey<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
For over a century New York’s Carnegie<br />
Hall rented work-live studio spaces atop<br />
the famous music hall to artistic tenants<br />
such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky<br />
and Isadora Duncan. “As a tenant with<br />
unlimited access into this little known<br />
world, I began to videotape my neighbors<br />
whose lives intersected with decades of<br />
artistic history. But the project took an<br />
abrupt turn when The Carnegie Hall<br />
Corporation terminated all our leases, and<br />
instigated a plan to eliminate the 115 year<br />
old artists colony put in place by Andrew<br />
Carnegie”. Lost Bohemia follows the protracted<br />
battle by the tenants to preserve<br />
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their community and the rich heritage of<br />
the studios<br />
HOOD TO COAST<br />
Documentary (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christoph Baaden<br />
Producer: Christoph Baaden<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Heartfelt, funny and inspiring, the documentary<br />
Hood to Coast follows four very<br />
different teams on an epic journey to conquer<br />
the world’s largest relay race. A 67<br />
year old heart attach survivor returns to<br />
conquer the race that nearly killed her, a<br />
family in mourning runs to honor the memory<br />
of their beloved, a group of film animators<br />
test the limits of their athleticism (or<br />
lack thereof), and a group of aging jocks<br />
show they still know how to have a good<br />
time. A celebration of personal determination<br />
and the power of family and friends,<br />
Hood to Coast proves that you’re never too<br />
old or too young to attempt the extraordinary.<br />
WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM<br />
Documentary (90’)<br />
Language: English with English subtitles<br />
Director: Heather Courtney<br />
Producer: Heather Courtney<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From a snowy small town in Northern<br />
Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan<br />
and back, Where Soldiers Come From follows<br />
the four-year journey of childhood<br />
friends, forever changed by a faraway war.<br />
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN<br />
Documentary (93’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton<br />
Producer: Linda Goldstein Knowlton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The product of China’s 1979 one-child policy,<br />
four remarkable Chinese American<br />
teenage girls, adopted from orphanages in<br />
the 1990’s share their stories - the unbear-<br />
able clash of cultures, painful abandonment<br />
and the warmth and love of the new families<br />
CINEMA JENIN<br />
Documentary (95’)<br />
Language: Arabic, English, with English<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Marcus Vetter<br />
Co-Production Partners: SWR, BR, ARTE,<br />
YES Docu, MFG Baden-Wurttemberg,<br />
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenberg, DFFF<br />
Deutscher Filmforderfons, Sundance<br />
Institute, The Rabinovich Foundation for<br />
the Arts: Cinema Project.<br />
Producer: Marcus Vetter, Uwe Dierks,<br />
Thomas Grube, Philippa Kowarsky<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel-Germany<br />
An ambitious initiative to re-open a previously<br />
abandoned cinema in the West Bank<br />
city of Janin offers a nuanced and textured<br />
view into the city and the dedicated, loyal,<br />
and often conflicted group of people who<br />
follow a dream.<br />
WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING<br />
Documentary (88’)<br />
Language: English, Creole with English<br />
sutitles<br />
Director: Whitney Dow<br />
Co-Production Partners: ITVS, NBPC,<br />
Sundance Institute<br />
Producer: Whitney Dow, Jane Regan,<br />
Daniel Morel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A journey through Haiti’s tortured history<br />
with the music and memories of the members<br />
of Septenrional, the country’s oldest<br />
and most celebrated big band<br />
SIX MILLION AND ONE<br />
Documentary (93’)<br />
Language: Hebrew, English, German with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: David Fisher<br />
Elspeth Tavares @ Berlin<br />
Relaxa-Hotel Stuttgarter Hof<br />
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Co-Production Partners: ZDF/Arte, Yes<br />
Docu<br />
Producer: David Fisher<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin:<br />
Israel<br />
Following his father’s memoir, the filmmaker<br />
‘drags’ his siblings across Austria and the<br />
US attempting to unravel his life’s mystery;<br />
funny and intimate, this isn’t a film about<br />
the holocaust.<br />
EPILOGUE<br />
Documentary (90’)<br />
Language: Dutch with English subtitles<br />
Director: Dutch with English subtitles<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mollywood, Noord<br />
Film and Lichtpunt<br />
Producer: Ellen de Waele (Serendipity<br />
Films)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin:<br />
Belgium<br />
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Neel<br />
decides to orchestrate her own death.<br />
Epilogue offers a unique and extraordinary<br />
insight into her final months and her family’s<br />
heartbreaking acceptance and love.<br />
CINETEL FILMS, INC.<br />
CineTel Films, Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., Los<br />
Angeles, CA 90046 USA, Tel: +1<br />
323.654.4000 Fax: +1 323.650.6400.<br />
www.cinetelfilms.com E-mail:<br />
info@cinetelfilms.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Eric M. Bernstein (SVP,<br />
International Distribution)<br />
Office: Martin Gropius Bau, IFTA Pavilion,<br />
Stand #141<br />
THE 12 DISASTERS OF CHRISTMAS<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBA<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
When an ominous dark star appears on<br />
Christmas Eve, massive earthquakes shake<br />
the earth. Now a small band of heroes must<br />
come together to save the world!<br />
END OF THE WORLD<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steven R. Monroe<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: Greg Grunberg Neil Grayston<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
Massive earthquakes tremble cities; mysterious<br />
plasma spheres pummel earth and<br />
cries of ‘Armageddon’ echo across the planet!<br />
It’s the beginning of the end!<br />
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Ziller<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell Michael<br />
Paré<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
When an attempt to recreate a decades-old<br />
government experiment goes horribly<br />
wrong, it rips a hole in the fabric of<br />
space/time, building enough critical mass to<br />
tear the world apart...<br />
SUPER STORM<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sheldon Wilson<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
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Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: David Sutcliffe Erica Cerra<br />
Mitch Pileggi<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has vanished! But<br />
when massive storms are reported in North<br />
America, it quickly becomes apparent that<br />
the Great Red Spot has landed on Earth!<br />
COLLISION EARTH<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Ziller<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: Kirk Acevedo Diane Farr<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
When a massive comet collides with the<br />
Sun, the explosion jettisons the planet<br />
Mercury from its orbit and sends it on a<br />
fatal collision course with Earth.<br />
SNOWMAGEDDON<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sheldon Wilson<br />
Writer: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: TBA<br />
Key Cast: David Cubitt Laura Harris<br />
Michael Hogan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
When a young boy receives a mysterious<br />
snow globe as a gift, it soon appears that<br />
what happens in the snow globe happens in<br />
real life.<br />
EARTH’S FINAL HOURS<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Hogan<br />
Writer: Rachelle Howie David Ray Robert<br />
Wescott<br />
Executive Producer: Lisa Hansen, Paul<br />
Hertzberg, Tom Berry<br />
Producer: John Prince<br />
Key Cast: Robert Knepper Cameron Bright<br />
Julia Benson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
When a super-dense fragment of an interstellar<br />
mass punches through the Earth’s<br />
core, the impact slows down the globe’s<br />
rotation threatening the world with total<br />
destruction.<br />
SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION<br />
AKA: GARDEN OF EVIL<br />
Action/Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Ziller<br />
Writer: Paul Ziller Mike Muldoon<br />
Executive Producer: Lisa Hansen, Paul<br />
Hertzberg, Tom Berry<br />
Producer: Raymond Massey<br />
Key Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Stefanie von<br />
Pfetten<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
When seeds from the original Garden of<br />
Eden are released, our current toxic climate<br />
transforms the seeds into a writhing mass<br />
of foliage that wreaks havoc over earth.<br />
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Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Jamie Carmichael (President,<br />
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of TV & DVD Sales, Film division), Judith<br />
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THE NUMBERS STATION<br />
Action Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Kasper Barfoed<br />
Writer: F. Scott Frazier<br />
Co-Production Partners: Furst Films<br />
Producer: Sean Furst, Bryan Furst<br />
Key Cast: Malin Akerman<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From the Furst brothers, the Producers of<br />
‘Daybreakers’, ‘The Matador’ and ‘The<br />
Cooler’, comes THE NUMBERS STA-<br />
TION, a potent mix of ‘Bourne’-style<br />
action and ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ thrills...<br />
In order to stay alive, you must learn who<br />
to trust, who to protect and who to kill.<br />
NOTHING TO FEAR<br />
Classic Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony Leonardi III<br />
Writer: Jonathan W.C. Mills<br />
Co-Production Partners: Slasher Films<br />
Producer: Rob Eric, Michael Williams,<br />
Slash<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the first of a slate of horror films from<br />
production company Slasher Films (founded<br />
by rock legend Slash), Gore Verbinski’s<br />
protg and visionary director Anthony<br />
A Novel Romance - New Film International<br />
Leonardi, brings us NOTHING TO FEAR,<br />
a terrifying and bloodcurdling vintage horror<br />
film.<br />
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Figgis<br />
Writer: Mike Figgis<br />
Co-Production Partners: Red Mullet<br />
Producer: Vito Di Rosa<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Multi-award winning Writer/Director Mike<br />
Figgis brings us his mesmerizing new<br />
Film, Suspension of Disbelief - an intoxicating<br />
psycho-sexual murder-mystery reminiscent<br />
of modern classics Mulholland Dr.<br />
and Black Swan. Blurring the lines<br />
between reality and fiction, we watch as a<br />
world renowned screenwriter and literature<br />
professor becomes deeply implicated in the<br />
murder of a mysterious and beautiful<br />
young French woman...<br />
THE PACT<br />
Thriller/Ghost (91 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nicholas McCarthy<br />
Writer: Nicholas McCarthy<br />
Co-Production Partners: Locked Door<br />
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Films LLC<br />
Producer: Ross M Dinerstein<br />
Key Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien,<br />
Haley Hudson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on Nicholas McCarthy’s acclaimed<br />
spine-chilling Sundance 2011 short, and<br />
from the Producer of Xavier Gens’ SXSW<br />
sensation The Divide, comes a terrifying<br />
ghost story in the classic horror tradition of<br />
Hitchcock’s Psycho, Argento’s SUSPIRIA<br />
and Nakata’s Ringu...<br />
LOVELY MOLLY<br />
Horror (95 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Eduardo Sanchez<br />
Writer: Eduardo Sanchez<br />
Co-Production Partners: Possession<br />
Partners LLC<br />
Producer: Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jane<br />
Fleming, Mark Ordesky<br />
Key Cast: Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis,<br />
Alexandra Holden<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The groundbreaking director of The Blair<br />
Witch Project takes us beyond the edge<br />
once again with Lovely Molly, a petrifying<br />
and deeply disturbing haunted house possession<br />
story with an astonishing debut<br />
from Gretchen Lodge, that is already being<br />
tipped as the finest film of Eduardo<br />
Snchez’s career.<br />
THE DALLAS BUYERS CLUB<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jean-Marc Valle<br />
Writer: Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack<br />
Producer: Robbie Brenner, Rachel<br />
Rothman-Winter, Nathan Ross<br />
Key Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Hilary<br />
Swank<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Following his blistering powerhouse performance<br />
in ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’,<br />
Matthew McConaughey hits the mark once<br />
again in the inspirational and extraordinary<br />
true story about one man’s fight for life and<br />
justice against the enormous power and<br />
unyielding corruption of the US government’s<br />
Food and Drug Administration.<br />
Also starring the incomparable, twice<br />
Oscar-winning Hilary Swank.<br />
ALL IS BY MY SIDE<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Ridley<br />
Writer: John Ridley<br />
Producer: Sean McKittrick, Danny<br />
Bramson<br />
Key Cast: Andr Benjanmin, Imogen Poots,<br />
Haylee Atwell<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
There’s rock music. Then there’s Jimi<br />
Hendrix. Portraying an icon of the music<br />
world, celebrated screenwriter John<br />
Ridley’s All Is By My Side effortlessly<br />
captures the energy, the charisma, the<br />
mind-boggling talent of a legend and global<br />
mega-star whose musical influence still<br />
resonates around the world today. The<br />
emotion of RAY meets the honest romance<br />
of Walk The Line with a rocking soundtrack<br />
that needs no introduction whatsoever,<br />
All Is By My Side is that rare movie<br />
that can truly be described as definitive.<br />
HICK<br />
Road Movie (95 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Derick Martini<br />
Writer: Andrea Portes & Derick Martini<br />
Co-Production Partners: Hick Production<br />
Company LLC<br />
Producer: Jonathan Cornick, Charles de<br />
Portes, Steven Siebert, Christian Taylor<br />
Key Cast: Chlo Grace Moretz, Blake<br />
Lively, Eddie Redmayne<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Equal measures of David Lynch and<br />
Terrence Malick, with nods to classics<br />
Giant and The Wizard of Oz, Martin<br />
Scorsese protg and award winning Director<br />
Derick Martini brings us an emotive, often<br />
funny but compelling story about 13 year<br />
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old Luli’s life on the road and the extraordinary<br />
experiences that will shape her life<br />
forever.<br />
THE DAY<br />
Thriller (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Doug Aarniokoski<br />
Writer: Luke Passmore<br />
Co-Production Partners: JR Television<br />
Holding Company & House in a Field LLC<br />
Producer: Guy A. Danella<br />
Key Cast: Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell,<br />
Cory Hardrict<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Robert Rodriguez’s prodigiously talented<br />
protege Douglas Aarniokoski directs THE<br />
DAY, an edge-of-your-seat war action horror,<br />
in the vein of Mad Max, Assault on<br />
Precinct 13, and From Dusk Till Dawn.<br />
96 MINUTES<br />
High Intensity Suspense Thriller (93 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aimée Lagos<br />
Writer: Aimée Lagos<br />
Co-Production Partners: First Point<br />
Entertainment Productions<br />
Producer: Lee Clay, Paul Gilreath, Charlie<br />
Mason, Justin Moore-Lewy, Michael<br />
Fimognari<br />
Key Cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross,<br />
Christian Serratos, David Oyelowo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Critically acclaimed SXSW Award Winner<br />
96 MINUTES is an intense, edge of your<br />
seat thriller about a day in the life of four<br />
young people caught up in a terrifying carjacking.<br />
HARD BOILED SWEETS<br />
Thriller (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David L G Hughes<br />
Writer: David L G Hughes<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fatal Black LLC<br />
Executive Producer: Margaret Matheson<br />
Producer: David L G Hughes<br />
Key Cast: Scot Williams, Paul Freeman,<br />
Peter Wright<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Filled with twists, double-crosses, and murder,<br />
Hard Boiled Sweets is a crime Thriller<br />
inspired by the International Best-Selling<br />
short film, ‘A Girl and a Gun’.<br />
OUTPOST: BLACK SUN<br />
Action Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Barker<br />
Writer: Steve Barker, Rae Brunton<br />
Co-Production Partners: Black Camel<br />
Pictures<br />
Producer: Arabella Croft, Kieran Parker<br />
Key Cast: Catherine Steadman, Richard<br />
Coyle, Julian Wadham<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
An Action horror movie that brings the<br />
most evil force of the 20th Century screaming<br />
back to life.........again.<br />
OUTPOST: RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kieran Parker<br />
Writer: Rae Brunton<br />
Co-Production Partners: Black Camel<br />
Pictures<br />
Producer: Arabella Croft, Kieran Parker<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
In the third installment of the hit Nazi<br />
Zombie action horror movie, Outpost: Rise<br />
Of The Spetsnaz, we discover the horrifying<br />
origins of these supernatural soldiers<br />
and see them in ferocious gladiatorial battle<br />
against the most ruthless and notorious of<br />
all military special forces: the Russian<br />
Spetsnaz. The Terminator meets, Cross Iron<br />
in Outpost: Rise Of The Spetsnaz<br />
THE DIVIDE<br />
Post Apocalyptic Action Thriller (106<br />
Minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Xavier Gens<br />
Writer: Karl Mueller, Eron Sheean<br />
Producer: Ross Dinerstein, Xavier Gens,<br />
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Darryn Welch<br />
Key Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren<br />
German, Rosanna Arquette, Ashton Holmes<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An action packed psychological thriller that<br />
combines ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ with<br />
‘Lord of the Flies’.<br />
SARAH PALIN: YOU BETCHA!<br />
Documentary<br />
Director: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill<br />
Producer: Marc Hoeferlin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Nick Broomfield’s quest for the real Sarah<br />
Palin. This involves battling the icy snows<br />
of Alaska in mid winter, the school friends,<br />
family, and Republican colleagues that in<br />
previous days gave their heart, soul and<br />
belief, to the charismatic, charming, intoxicating<br />
ex hockey mum.<br />
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE<br />
GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD<br />
Docbuster (87 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Morgan Spurlock<br />
Writer: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock<br />
Co-Production Partners: Snoot<br />
Entertainment And Warrior Poets<br />
Producer: Keith Calder Jeremy Chilnick<br />
Abbie Hurewtiz Morgan Spurlock Jessica<br />
Wu<br />
Key Cast: Morgan Spurlock<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Acclaimed filmmaker and master provocateur<br />
Morgan Spurlock returns to a cinema<br />
near you with tongue-in-cheek perfection<br />
as he examines the world of product placement,<br />
marketing, and advertising by making<br />
a film financed entirely by product<br />
placement, marketing, and advertising.<br />
KNUCKLE<br />
Documentary (93 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ian Palmer<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rise Film Ltd and<br />
Seafield Films Ltd<br />
Producer: Teddy Leifer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Filmed over 12 years, Sundance favorite<br />
Knuckle is a no-holds-barred and extraordinarily<br />
brutal glimpse into the world of Irish<br />
bare knuckle fighting.<br />
EXTRACT<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Judge<br />
Writer: Mike Judge<br />
Executive Producer: Tom Lassally, Dave<br />
Krinsky<br />
Producer: John Altschuler, Michael<br />
Rotenberg<br />
Key Cast: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben<br />
Affleck,Clifton Collins Jr., TJ Miller,<br />
Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, JK<br />
Simmons, Dave Koechner<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From the director of ‘Office Space’, and<br />
‘Beavis and Butthead do America’, and<br />
starring the downright hilarious Jason<br />
Bateman, comes a comedy about sexual<br />
frustration, litigation, con-artistry and castration…<br />
Extract is a riotous story that<br />
combines Judge’s unmistakable style with<br />
modern comedy classics ‘Forgetting Sarah<br />
Marshall’ and ‘Knocked Up’.<br />
LANTANA<br />
Drama / Suspense Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ray Lawrence<br />
Key Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Barbara<br />
Hershey, Anthony La Paglia<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Psychiatrist Valerie Somers disappears one<br />
night; detective Leon Zat is called to investigate;<br />
his wife has been getting advice<br />
from Somers because she suspects Zat of<br />
cheating on her, and thus follows a web of<br />
deceit lies and intrigue.<br />
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD<br />
Comedy (100 minutes)<br />
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait<br />
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Producer: Tim Perell, Howard Gertler, Sean<br />
McKittrick, Richard Kelly<br />
Key Cast: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore,<br />
Daryl Sabara, Geoff Pierson, Henry<br />
Simmons<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Starring the inimitable Robin Williams at<br />
his comedic best, World’s Greatest Dad is a<br />
highly original, crowd-pleasing comedy<br />
which will have you both falling off your<br />
seat in fits of laughter and hiding behind it<br />
in uncomfortable, uncontrollable giggles.<br />
But regardless of your vantage point,<br />
Screen International describes the Film as<br />
‘hilarious’ and ‘outrageously entertaining’…<br />
and they’re absolutely right!<br />
BOOK OF REVELATION, THE<br />
Controversial Erotic Thriller (120 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Ana Kokkinos<br />
Executive Producer: Jamie Carmichael,<br />
Graham Begg<br />
Producer: Al Clark<br />
Key Cast: Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin<br />
Friels<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
The Book of Revelation is a confrontational<br />
and provocative film about love, power<br />
and sexuality…In this erotically charged<br />
and powerfully haunting thriller, we follow<br />
the story of a charismatic and physically<br />
beautiful dancer, Daniel (Tom Long - The<br />
Dish, Two Hands), at the height of his<br />
career, who’s world is turned upside down<br />
when he is abducted by three hooded<br />
women - who sexually seduce, abuse and<br />
exploit him over the course of twelve<br />
extraordinary days.<br />
SHOOTING DOGS<br />
Drama (108 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Michael Caton-Jones<br />
Producer: David Belton; Pippa Cross<br />
Key Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy,<br />
Dominique Horwitz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, this<br />
deeply moving and critically acclaimed<br />
drama from director Michael Caton-Jones<br />
is an emotional retelling of the tragic<br />
events that took place at l’Ecole Technique<br />
Officielle during the Rwandan genocide of<br />
1994.<br />
MOGULS, THE<br />
Comedy Drama (96 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Traeger<br />
Writer: Michael Traeger<br />
Producer: Aaron Ryder<br />
Key Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson,<br />
William Fichtner, Patrick Fugit, Lauren<br />
Graham, Glenne Headly, Tim Blake<br />
Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Jeanne Tripplehorn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Featuring an all-star cast headed by Jeff<br />
Bridges at his ‘Big Lebowski’ best, The<br />
Moguls is a both hilarious and extremely<br />
touching story about bettering yourself<br />
against all odds - in the most unconventional<br />
of ways!<br />
UNDERTOW<br />
Dramatic Thriller<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: David Gordon Green<br />
Writer: Joe Conway, David Gordon Green<br />
Executive Producer: Alessandro Camon,<br />
John Schmidt, Saar Klein<br />
Producer: Lisa Muskat, Terrence Malick,<br />
Edward R. Pressman<br />
Key Cast: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Dermott<br />
Mulroney, Devon Alan, Shiri Appleby,<br />
Michael Bacall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two young brothers, Chris (Jamie Bell )<br />
and Tim, go on the run through the southern<br />
states of the US when their uncle, Deel<br />
(Josh Lucas- Stealth, Wonderland, Sweet<br />
Home Alabama, The Hulk, A Beautiful<br />
Mind) returns from years in jail and mur-<br />
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ders their father (Dermot Mulroney- About<br />
Schmidt, My Best Friends Wedding) for<br />
keeping from him a fortune in old Mexican<br />
coins they had inherited.<br />
HEARTLESS<br />
Horror Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Philip Ridley<br />
Writer: Philip Ridley<br />
Producer: Pippa Cross; Richard Raymond<br />
Key Cast: Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall,<br />
Clémence Poésy, Eddie Marsan, Noel<br />
Clarke<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
After a 14 year hiatus, cult writer/director<br />
Philip Ridley is back with a vengeance<br />
with the visually stunning horror/thriller<br />
Heartless- a fiercely shocking and intelligent<br />
spine-chiller that reinvents the horror<br />
genre. Jim Sturgess delivers a career defining<br />
performance in this twisted story which<br />
is equal parts psychological thriller, desperate<br />
romance and terrifying Faustian horror<br />
KILLING ROOM, THE<br />
Suspense Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan Liebesman<br />
Writer: Gus Krieger; Ann Peacock<br />
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein, Bobby<br />
Schwartz, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner<br />
Key Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Tim Hutton,<br />
Peter Stormare, Nick Cannon, Clea Duvall,<br />
Shea Whigham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From the Director of the hit prequel ‘The<br />
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’<br />
and the writer of ‘The Chronicles of<br />
Narnia’, The Killing Room blends the<br />
thrilling mental edge of ‘Panic Room’ and<br />
‘The Game’ with the intensity of<br />
‘Memento’. Fast-paced, claustrophobic and<br />
full of twists and turns, this unrelenting<br />
psychological thriller will keep you pinned<br />
to you seat<br />
IRONCLAD<br />
Violent Medieval Action Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan English<br />
Producer: Rick Benattar, Jonathan English,<br />
Andrew Curtis<br />
Key Cast: James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti,<br />
Kate Mara, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng,<br />
Derek Jacobi, Charles Dance, Aneurin<br />
Barnard, Rhys Parry Jones, Jamie Foreman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A Medieval ‘Magnificent Seven’, that combines<br />
the visceral, stylized action of ‘300’<br />
with the impassioned heroism and romance<br />
of ‘Braveheart’, Ironclad is an ultra-violent<br />
action thriller that tells the true story of a<br />
motley crew of tough, battle hardened warriors,<br />
who withstood several brutal and<br />
bloody months under siege, in a desperate<br />
bid to defend their country’s freedom…<br />
KING,THE<br />
Drama / Suspense Thriller<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: James Marsh<br />
Writer: Milo Addica, James Marsh<br />
Executive Producer: John Schmidt, Edward<br />
R Pressman, Sofia Sondervan<br />
Producer: Milo Addica, James Wilson<br />
Key Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, William<br />
Hurt, Laura Harring, Pell James, Paul Dano<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In this powerful and dramatic thriller about<br />
betrayal and bitter revenge, a handsome<br />
young US Marine called Elvis (Gael Garcia<br />
Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu<br />
Mama Tambien, Amores Perros) returns to<br />
his Preacher father’s sleepy hometown<br />
dreaming for some kind of reconciliation -<br />
having been abandoned by the man as a<br />
child.<br />
BLACK BOOK<br />
Epic WW2 Thriller (145 minutes)<br />
Language: Dutch, German, English,<br />
Hebrew Format - 35mm<br />
Director: Paul Verhoeven<br />
Writer: Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven<br />
Producer: San Fu Maltha, Jos van der<br />
Linden, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel<br />
Key Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastien<br />
Koch, Halina Reyn, Thorm Hoffman<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: Netherlands<br />
Barely escaping a Nazi massacre in the fall<br />
of 1944, young and beautiful Rachel Steinn<br />
- Jewish, former revue star - joins the<br />
resistance. But this group is soon shattered<br />
by betrayal with Rachel falsely accused as<br />
the traitor. Once Holland is liberated in<br />
May 1945, Rachel reveals the real traitor<br />
and takes her revenge. But will revenge be<br />
sweet?<br />
<strong>BUSINESS</strong>, THE<br />
Action<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Nick Love<br />
Executive Producer: Rupert Preston<br />
Producer: Allan Niblo, James Richardson<br />
Key Cast: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan,<br />
Georgina Chapman, Roland Manookian,<br />
Geoff Bell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
From the award winning team that brought<br />
you TThe Football Factory and played out<br />
against the classicly cool sounds of the<br />
80’s, The Business is Goodfellas meets<br />
Sexy Beast in Spain’s sun drenched costa<br />
del crime... Back in the money hungry<br />
1980’s, Spain became a new home for<br />
London’s most notorious gangsters looking<br />
to escape the long arm of British law...<br />
DEPARTURES<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Yojiro Takita<br />
Writer: Kundo Koyama<br />
Executive Producer: Yashiro Mase<br />
Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Toshihisa<br />
Watai<br />
Key Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu<br />
Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kimiko Yo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Academy Award ® Winner for Best<br />
Foreign Language Film, Departures is an<br />
emotional, inspiring and often amusing<br />
story that has all the ingredients of the next<br />
‘Life is Beautiful’.<br />
ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS<br />
Gothic Horror Comedy (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sam Irwin<br />
Writer: Cassandra Peterson, John Paragon<br />
Producer: Mark Pierson<br />
Key Cast: Elvira, Richard O’Brien, Mary<br />
Scheer, Scott Atkinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Lovers of camp have reason to rejoice with<br />
this film. Yes, Elvira’s back and she’s fabulous!<br />
With her voluptuous milky-white<br />
cleavage, voluminous black hair and hilarious<br />
one-liners, the essence of camp oozes<br />
from her pores. Elvira’s Haunted Hills culls<br />
its outrageousness from the classic Vincent<br />
Price/Edgar Allen Poe/Roger Corman films<br />
of the early 60’s along with a little Rocky<br />
Horror Picture Show and Fearless Vampire<br />
Killers.<br />
STEEP<br />
Extreme Skiing Documentary (92 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Obenhaus<br />
Executive Producer: Jordan Kronick,<br />
Gabrielle Tenenbaum<br />
Producer: Jordan Kronick, Gabrielle<br />
Tenenbaum<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Steep is an extreme, adrenaline-fueled feature<br />
documentary about adventure, athleticism<br />
and the pursuit of perfection. This is<br />
the story of ‘big mountain skiing’, and the<br />
fearless athletes who have made this<br />
extreme sport their own…<br />
LOVE OBJECT<br />
Thriller (84 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format Super 16<br />
Director: Robert Parigi<br />
Writer: Robert Parigi<br />
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman,<br />
Alessandro Camon<br />
Producer: Lawrence Levy, Kathleen Haase<br />
Key Cast: Desmond Harrington, Melissa<br />
Sagemiller, Rip Torn, Udo Kier<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Kenneth has never been lucky with<br />
women. He is attracted to his assistant,<br />
Lisa, but is too shy and awkward to<br />
approach her. When he comes across a<br />
company that manufactures lifelike, custom-designed<br />
sex dolls, a momentary<br />
impulse leads him to purchase one<br />
designed to look just like Lisa. He projects<br />
his feelings for Lisa onto the doll, with<br />
whom he starts carrying on an imaginary<br />
affair, complete with dinners and kinky sex<br />
I’M REED FISH<br />
Coming-of-age Comedy Drama<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Director(s): Zachary Adler<br />
Writer: Reed Fish<br />
Producer: Bader Alwazzan, Michael<br />
Mihalke, Kerry Foster<br />
Key Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alexis Bledel,<br />
Schuyler Fisk, Victor Rasuk, DJ Qualls, A.<br />
J. Cook, Katey Sagal, Shiri Appleby<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Starring a fantastic hot young cast, this<br />
hilarious, charming and sweetly emotional<br />
coming-of-age comedy, follows the laidback,<br />
cool (if a little goofy!) Reed Fish, as<br />
he learns, through his many mistakes, how<br />
to step out of his fathers shadow and discover<br />
who he really is...<br />
HEARTBREAKERS<br />
Comedy (123 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: David Mirkin<br />
Writer: Peter Mattei<br />
Producer: John Davis, Irving Ong<br />
Key Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer<br />
Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page<br />
(Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a brilliant mother<br />
and daughter con team who have their<br />
gift down to a fine art.<br />
FISH TANK<br />
Drama (124 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Andrea Arnold<br />
Executive Producer: Paul Trijbits, Christine<br />
Langan and David M. Thompson<br />
Producer: Kees Kasander and Nick Laws<br />
Key Cast: Katie Jarvis, Michael<br />
Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca<br />
Griffiths and Harry Treadaway<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Fifteen year old Mia’s life is turned on its<br />
head when her Mum brings home a new<br />
boyfriend. Touching on the themes of her<br />
Academy Award®-winning short Wasp,<br />
Fish Tank is an original and unique modern<br />
tale of our times<br />
MAN WHO SUED GOD, THE<br />
Comedy (97 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Joffe<br />
Key Cast: Billy Connelly, Judy Davis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001<br />
The Man Who Sued God is a boisterous<br />
romantic comedy about a man who decides<br />
to sue God after his fishing boat is<br />
destroyed by lightning and his insurance<br />
company refuses to pay out, declaring it an<br />
act of God.<br />
MEE-SHEE: THE WATER GIANT<br />
Family Adventure<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: John Henderson<br />
Producer: Rainer Mockert , Barry Authors<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Daniel<br />
Magder, Rena Owen, Phyllida Law,<br />
Luanne Gordon, Tom Jackson, Jacinta<br />
Wawatai<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004 Country of<br />
Origin: UK/Germany<br />
With extraordinary special effects and animatronics<br />
from Jim Henson’s Creature<br />
Shop (Lara Croft 2, Harry Potter and the<br />
Sorceror’s Stone, Doctor Doolittle, 101<br />
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Dalmations), and in the tradition of E.T the<br />
Extra-Terrestrial and Free Willy, Mee-Shee:<br />
The Water Giant is the ultimate family<br />
adventure movie<br />
NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY, THE<br />
Drama / Suspense Thriller (91 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Paul Goldman<br />
Writer: Peter Clifton<br />
Producer: Nik Powell, Emile Sherman,<br />
Peter Clifton<br />
Key Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie<br />
Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton,<br />
Rose Byrne, David Hemmings<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A wonderfully crafted comedy drama based<br />
on the true story of Frank Sinatra’s uproarious<br />
visit to Sydney in 1974.<br />
SONG FOR A RAGGY BOY<br />
Drama (94 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aisling Walsh<br />
Producer: Dominic Wright<br />
Key Cast: Aidan Quinn, lain Glen, Dudley<br />
Sutton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Against the wishes of the Bishop, Father<br />
Damian (Alan Devlin), the principal of St.<br />
Jude’s Reformatory School, appoints<br />
William Franklin (Aidan Quinn) the only<br />
lay teacher among a staff of Catholic<br />
Brothers.<br />
TRANSAMERICA<br />
Comedy/Drama (103 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Duncan Tucker<br />
Writer: Duncan Tucker<br />
Executive Producer: William H. Macy<br />
Producer: Linda Moran, Rene Bastian,<br />
Sebastian Dungan<br />
Key Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers,<br />
Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña,<br />
Graham Greene<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Following its spectacular reception at the<br />
2005 Tribeca Film Festival, this extraordinary<br />
road-trip-comedy tells the story of<br />
Bree (Felicity Huffman), a prim, prudish<br />
and persnickety male-to-female transsexual,<br />
who, after years of saving money, is<br />
only a week away from her final Sexual -<br />
Reassignment Surgery.<br />
ONEGIN<br />
Romantic Drama (105 minutes)<br />
Director: Martha Fiennes<br />
Writer: Michael Ignatieff, Peter Ettedgui<br />
Executive Producer: Ralph Fiennes<br />
Producer: Ileen Maisel, Simon Bosanquet<br />
Key Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Martin<br />
Donovan, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1998<br />
Eugene Onegin is a jaded and disaffected<br />
young man who leaves St. Petersburg<br />
unexpectedly when he inherits an estate<br />
from a wealthy uncle. In the country, he is<br />
a city sophisticate out of place, with little<br />
affinity for the countryside or its people.<br />
Nevertheless he strikes up a warm friendship<br />
with a neighbour, Vladimir Lensky<br />
and, despite his natural cynicism, is<br />
charmed by Lensky’s love for his fiance<br />
Olga. He is intrigued by Olga’s sister,<br />
Tatyana, a beauty who surprises him with a<br />
declaration of love. Onegin is disturbed by<br />
her directness but unable to respond and,<br />
coolly and politely, rejects her love.<br />
MATCHING JACK<br />
Heartwarming Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nadia Tass<br />
Writer: Lynne Renew, David Parker<br />
Producer: David Parker, Richard Keddie;<br />
Nadia Tass<br />
Key Cast: James Nesbitt, Jacinda Barrett,<br />
Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell, Kodi<br />
Smit-McPhee, Yvonne Strahovski<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
From award winning director Nadia Tass,<br />
Matching Jack is a powerful, emotional<br />
and ultimately joyful story about a woman<br />
who chances on a new love as she wrestles<br />
with her son’s illness and her husband’s<br />
infidelity.<br />
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LAST RIDE<br />
Road-Trip Drama (98 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Glendyn Ivin<br />
Writer: Mac Gudgeon, from the novel The<br />
Last Ride by Denise Young<br />
Executive Producer: Ricci Swart<br />
Producer: Nicholas Cole, Antonia Barnard<br />
Key Cast: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
From the award-winning director Glendyn<br />
Ivin (Palme D’Or for Short Film, ‘Cracker<br />
Bag’) comes a heartbreakingly tender coming-of-age<br />
road movie.<br />
BALIBO<br />
Thriller based on a True Story (111 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Robert Connolly<br />
Writer: Robert Connolly, David<br />
Willliamson<br />
Executive Producer: Anthony LaPaglia<br />
Producer: John Maynard; Rebecca<br />
Williamson<br />
Key Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac,<br />
Damon Gameau, Gyton Grantley, Nathan<br />
Phillips, Mark Winter, Thomas Wright<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Based on a remarkable true story, The<br />
Balibo Conspiracy is a tense piece of<br />
bravado film-making, an engaging thriller<br />
in the vein of Costa Gavras’s ‘Missing’ and<br />
‘The Constant Gardener’.<br />
AUGUST<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Austin Chick<br />
Writer: Howard A. Rodman<br />
Producer: Charlie Corwin, Josh Hartnett,<br />
Elisa Pugliese, David Guy Levy, Clara<br />
Markowicz<br />
Key Cast: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris,<br />
Rip Torn, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney,<br />
Emmanuelle Chriqui, David Bowie<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
‘Wall Street’, ‘Boiler Room’ and ‘Shattered<br />
Glass’ come crashing into the Internet Age<br />
in this intense, edge-of-your-seat and emotional<br />
tale about one man’s fight to keep<br />
his dreams alive during the dot-com collapse<br />
of 2001.<br />
CLOSING THE RING<br />
Epic Romance (119 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Richard Attenborough<br />
Writer: Peter Woodward<br />
Co-Production Partners: Martin Katz<br />
Producer: Jo Gilbert, Richard Attenborough<br />
Key Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher<br />
Plummer, Mischa Barton, Stephen Amell,<br />
Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Brenda<br />
Fricker, Gregory Smith, Ian McElhinney,<br />
Martin McCann<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: UK & Canada<br />
Oscar winning Director Richard<br />
Attenborough helms a deeply moving love<br />
story, beautifully interwoven between present<br />
day and World War 2, about how an<br />
American woman honored a wartime<br />
promise, with a lifetime of denial - and<br />
how the discovery of a gold ring on a distant<br />
Irish hillside brought her back to life...<br />
NIGHTWATCHING<br />
Mystery/Drama (134 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Peter Greenaway<br />
Writer: Peter Greenaway<br />
Executive Producer: Carlo Dusi<br />
Producer: Kees Kasander and Nick Laws<br />
Key Cast: Martin Freeman, Eva Birthistle,<br />
Jodhi May, Emily Holmes, Nathalie Press,<br />
Chris Britton, Toby Jones<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada, United Kingdom, Poland,<br />
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Netherlands<br />
Extravagant, suspenseful and sensuously<br />
beautiful, the mystery behind Rembrandt’s<br />
extraordinary infamous painting is perfectly<br />
explored by one of the most iconic<br />
Directors of our time - Peter Greenaway.<br />
BAD LIEUTENANT<br />
Crime Thriller/Action (98 mins)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Abel Ferrara<br />
Writer: Abel Ferrara, Zoe Lund<br />
Executive Producer: Patrick Wachsberger,<br />
Ronna B. Wallace<br />
Producer: Patrick Wachsberger, Ronna B.<br />
Wallace<br />
Key Cast: Harvey Keitel, Peggy Gormley<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1992 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
While investigating a young nun’s rape, a<br />
corrupt cop tries to change his ways and<br />
find forgiveness. He has survived on the<br />
streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler, a<br />
thief, a junkie, a killer — and a cop. Now<br />
he’s investigating the most shocking case<br />
of his life, and as he moves closer to the<br />
truth his self-destructive past is closing in.<br />
CROW: WICKED PRAYER , THE<br />
Romantic / Action - Horror (92 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Lance Mungia<br />
Writer: Jeff Most, Lance Mungia, Sean<br />
Hood<br />
Executive Producer: Daymond John<br />
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most<br />
Key Cast: Edward Furlong, Tara Reid,<br />
David Boreanaz, Dennis Hopper,<br />
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Marcus Chong,<br />
Danny Trejo, Macy Gray<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Jimmy and his half Native American<br />
girlfriend Lily are murdered by a rampaging<br />
satanic cult led by Luc Crash and his<br />
demonic bride, he is traumatised to find<br />
himself reincarnated as ‘The Crow’, an<br />
immortal being of Native American folk<br />
law and the ‘killer of killers’.<br />
BLOODY SUNDAY<br />
Historical Drama (110 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Greengrass<br />
Executive Producer: Pippa Cross; Arthur<br />
Lappin; Jim Sheridan; Rod Stoneman; Paul<br />
Trijbits; Tristan Whalley<br />
Producer: Mark Redhead<br />
Key Cast: James Nesbitt; Tim Pigott-<br />
Smith; Nicholas Farrell; Gerard McSorley;<br />
Kathy Kiera Clarke<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
On 30th January 1972, British soldiers shot<br />
dead 13 unarmed civilians taking part in an<br />
anti-internment civil rights march in Derry,<br />
Northern Ireland. This event, Bloody<br />
Sunday, was a major turning point in the<br />
history of the modern Irish troubles, catapulting<br />
the conflict into a civil war, driving<br />
many young men into the ranks of the IRA<br />
and fuelling a 25-year cycle of violence.<br />
RICK<br />
Suspense/Black Comedy (100 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format HD24P<br />
Director: Curtiss Clayton<br />
Writer: Daniel Handler<br />
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman,<br />
John Schmidt<br />
Producer: Ruth Charny, Jim Czarnecki,<br />
Sofia Sondervan<br />
Key Cast: Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford,<br />
Agnes Bruckner<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Once a decent guy, Rick (Bill Pullman)<br />
now finds himself a widower faced with an<br />
arrogant boss (Aaron Stanford) who is half<br />
his age, a distant daughter (Agnes<br />
Bruckner), and a corporate job that forces<br />
him to act like the brash and sarcastic jerk<br />
he suspects he’s becoming. Its no wonder a<br />
cocktail waitress has placed him under a<br />
curse. When an old business school buddy<br />
offers to end Rick’s woes with what seems<br />
to be a perfect plan, Rick is left to make an<br />
unconventional decision. The perfect plan<br />
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is not what it seems and threatens to<br />
destroy the only decent thing in his life,<br />
leaving him alone in a hostile world. Will<br />
Rick become a victim of his own temptation?<br />
OPEN RANGE<br />
Western/Drama (139 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Costner<br />
Producer: David Valdes, Kevin Costner,<br />
Craig Storper<br />
Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall,<br />
Annette Bening<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Boss, Charley, Mose, and Button freegraze<br />
cattle in the Old West. It is a lonley existence,<br />
lived outside the boundaries of civilisation,<br />
their camaraderie is it’s one consolation.<br />
Each of these men has an unspoken<br />
reason for choosing such a life. The crew<br />
runs into trouble in Harmonville, a<br />
nowhere town run by a big rancher, Baxter,<br />
and his henchmen, one of whom is the<br />
sheriff. When Mose is brutally murdered<br />
and Button is left for dead, Boss and<br />
Charley know it’s time to take a stand,<br />
aware that their principles are likely to cost<br />
them their lives.<br />
COOLER, THE<br />
Classic Romantic Noir (102 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format Super 35mm<br />
Director: Wayne Kramer<br />
Writer: Frank Hannah, Wayne Kramer<br />
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman,<br />
Alessandro Camon<br />
Producer: Sean Furst, Michael J Pierce<br />
Key Cast: William H. Macy, Maria Bello,<br />
Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Ron<br />
Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A black comedy about Bernie Lootz<br />
(William H. Macy), a man with such devastatingly<br />
bad luck that it’s infectious —<br />
just by bumping into a hot hand he can<br />
instantaneously turn it cold. And so he does<br />
by acting as a “cooler” at the gritty<br />
Shangri-la Hotel and Casino in downtown<br />
Las Vegas, a job forced upon him by the<br />
slippery Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin),<br />
the casino’s director of operations, in order<br />
to pay off an outstanding debt<br />
SHADE<br />
Thriller (99 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Damian Nieman<br />
Producer: Chris Hammond, Ted Hartley<br />
(Mighty Joe Young), David Schnepp<br />
Key Cast: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne,<br />
Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie<br />
Griffith, Sylvester Stallone<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In L.A’s legal gambling clubs, three hustlers<br />
make a living from conning people.<br />
When Tiffany, Vernon and Miller walk<br />
away from a fixed game with a cool<br />
$100K, they have enough to take on The<br />
Dean, a legendary “card mechanic”. But<br />
nothing is clear cut when you’re shooting<br />
for the big con. Who exactly is hustling<br />
whom? Who holds the winning hand? And<br />
who has been in league with The Dean all<br />
along?<br />
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONEY<br />
Comedy Drama (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Mattei<br />
Writer: Peter Mattei<br />
Executive Producer: Redford Redford,<br />
Michael Kafka, Michael Nozik, John<br />
Orlando, Charles J. Rusbasn<br />
Producer: Lisa Bellomo, Jason Kliot,<br />
Gretchen McGowan, Joana Vicente<br />
Key Cast: Steve Buschemi, Rosario<br />
Dawson, Vera Farmiga, Malcolm Gets,<br />
Adrian Grenier, Jill Hennessy, Michael<br />
Imperioli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002<br />
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast<br />
of characters in search of love, lust or lucre<br />
including a woman who makes awkward<br />
moves on the man renovating her SoHo<br />
loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a<br />
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phone psychic. Based loosely on Arthur<br />
Schnitzler’s book.<br />
AGE OF HEROES<br />
World War II Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Adrian Vitoria<br />
Writer: Adrian Vitoria, Ed Scates<br />
Co-Production Partners: Neon Park and<br />
Giant Films Production<br />
Producer: Lex Lutzus, Nick O’Hagan<br />
Key Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Izabella<br />
Miko, James D’Arcy, Aksel Hennie, Rosie<br />
Fellner, Guy Burnet, Stephen Walters,<br />
William Houston, John Dagleish<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Based on the true story of the formation of<br />
the 30 Commando, one of the most<br />
respected, secretive and exclusive special<br />
forces regiments formed during the Second<br />
World War, from which the now legendary<br />
SAS was born. An action-packed adrenalin<br />
shot - ‘The Dirty Dozen’ meets ‘Tigerland’<br />
in AGE OF HEROES.<br />
I AM SLAVE<br />
Thriller inspired by real life events (83<br />
minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gabriel Range<br />
Writer: Jeremy Brock<br />
Executive Producer: Gail Egan, Liza<br />
Marshall, Katherine Butler, Gabriel Range<br />
Producer: Andrea Calderwood<br />
Key Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De<br />
Bankolé, Lubna Azabal, Igal Naor, Hiam<br />
Abbass, Nonso Anozie, Selva Rasalingam,<br />
Nasser Memarzia<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
From the award winning team behind<br />
‘Death of a President’ and ‘The Last King<br />
of Scotland’, and inspired by real life<br />
events I Am Slave is a controversial thriller<br />
about London’s shocking slave trade, and<br />
one woman’s fight for freedom…<br />
DRIVING LESSONS<br />
Comedy Drama (94 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Jeremy Brock<br />
Writer: Jeremy Brock<br />
Co-Production Partners: ContentFilm<br />
Executive Producer: Robert Jones, Edward<br />
R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon<br />
Producer: Julia Chasman<br />
Key Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint,<br />
Laura Linney<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
The Graduate meets Harold And Maude in<br />
this rites of passage comedy with yet<br />
another dreary school holiday coming<br />
around for the shy and downtrodden Ben<br />
(Rupert Grint).<br />
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY<br />
Epic Drama (126 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Hans Petter Moland (Aberdeen)<br />
Writer: Sabina Murray, Larry Gross<br />
Executive Producer: Sam Nazarian<br />
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Terrence<br />
Malick, Tomas Backström, Petter J. Borgli<br />
Key Cast: Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Temuera<br />
Morrison, Bai Ling, Damien Nguyen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
The Beautiful Country is an epic, highly<br />
emotional and ultimately uplifting story of<br />
one young man’s seemingly impossible<br />
search for his lost father.<br />
STEALING BESS<br />
Musical Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Luke Cresswell, Steve<br />
McNicholas<br />
Producer: Verna Harrah, Joel Simon<br />
Key Cast: Kip Pardue, Rose McGowan,<br />
Lee Evans, Cast of “Stomp,” Chevy Chase<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001<br />
It should have been an easy job for corporate<br />
spy Jack Bentley: steal the prototype<br />
of the Harmonia vacuum cleaner, the Holy<br />
Grail of Hoovers. Production ceased in the<br />
fifties after a tragic accident. But Jack hadn’t<br />
bargained on becoming quite so<br />
embroiled in the vacuum wars, which are<br />
the small town’s life and blood, nor on<br />
falling in love with one of the factory girls.<br />
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A tale of rhythm, comedy and romance<br />
from the creators of global dance smash<br />
Stomp.<br />
LOVE THE BEAST<br />
Documentary (92 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Eric Bana<br />
Key Cast: Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy<br />
Clarkson, and Dr Phil<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Eric Bana casts himself in his perfect role:<br />
exploring the meaning of a 25-year-long<br />
relationship with his first car, “The Beast”,<br />
and ultimately the importance of the bonds<br />
that form through a common passion.<br />
Filmed over 2 years, we follow Eric on an -<br />
unexpectedly - emotional journey from<br />
inside the race car to the surreal world of<br />
the red carpet as Eric considers the importance<br />
of family, friends and what it means<br />
to keep your dreams alive.<br />
SHOOTING FISH<br />
Romantic Comedy (109 minutes )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stefen Schwartz<br />
Producer: Richard Holmes and Glynis<br />
Murray<br />
Key Cast: Dan Flutterman, Staurt<br />
Townsend, Kate Beckinsale<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1997 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Dylan and Jez are two orphans who are<br />
over qualified and under employed. Tired<br />
of the “rich get richer” syndrome, they<br />
decide to make a million pounds each in<br />
London. They use every scam possible to<br />
achieve this, until Georgie comes into their<br />
lives. She needs lots of money and Dylan<br />
and Jez are the ones to get it for her.<br />
WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE - A FILM<br />
ABOUT THE DOORS<br />
Rock n’ Roll Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom DiCillo<br />
Writer: Tom DiCillo<br />
Producer: Peter Jankowski, John Beug,<br />
Dick Wolf, Jeff Jampol<br />
Key Cast: Jim Morrison, John Densmore,<br />
Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Synopsis by Geoffrey Gilmore - Director,<br />
Sundance Film Festival: “The Doors are<br />
probably my favorite band. Maybe that’s<br />
because they emerged at such a troubled<br />
point in American history and so captured<br />
the zeitgeist of that era, the late 1960s and<br />
early ‘70s. And yet I don’t mythologize<br />
them. But Tom DiCillo’s feature documentary<br />
is such an inspired portrait of not only<br />
the band and its iconic singer, Jim<br />
Morrison, and also that time period and its<br />
contradictions, its optimism and fury, its<br />
co-optation and transformation, that it<br />
instantly carried me back to those days.<br />
SPLINTER<br />
Horror/Thriller<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Toby Wilkins<br />
Writer: Ian Shorr, Kai Barry<br />
Producer: Ted Kroeber, Kai Barry<br />
Key Cast: Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner,<br />
Shea Whigham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From director Toby Wilkins, hand-picked<br />
by ‘Evil Dead’ director Sam Raimi to helm<br />
Horror shorts to promote The Grudge 2<br />
(‘Tales From the Grudge’ , his directing talent<br />
speaks for itself. With Wilkins’ design<br />
and effects credits including Spiderman 3,<br />
The Lord of the Rings and Grindhouse,<br />
Splinter is about to bring to life one of cinema’s<br />
most gruesome creations…<br />
MESSENGER, THE<br />
Road-Trip Drama (113 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Oren Moverman<br />
Writer: Alessandro Camon; Oren<br />
Moverman<br />
Executive Producer: The Collective<br />
Producer: Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee,<br />
Zach Miller<br />
Key Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson,<br />
Samantha Morton Jena Malone, Eamonn<br />
Walker<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From the producer of “Saving Private<br />
Ryan” and “The Day After Tomorrow”<br />
comes a beautifully written, and emotional<br />
buddy movie - which combines the sentiment<br />
of ‘Good Will Hunting’ with the razor<br />
sharp wit of ‘Thank You For Smoking’.<br />
EVIL ALIENS<br />
Sci-Fi Horror<br />
Language: English - Format 35mmn<br />
Director: Jake West<br />
Executive Producer: Quentin Reynolds<br />
Producer: Tim Dennison<br />
Key Cast: Emily Booth, Samuel Butler,<br />
Jennifer Evans, Jamie Honeybourne, Peter<br />
McNeil O’Connor, Nick Smithers, Jodie<br />
Shaw, Chris Adamson, Norman Lovett<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: UK & Ireland<br />
Scalleum is a remote farming island off the<br />
north coast of Wales, only accessible at low<br />
tide via a causeway known as the “Devils<br />
Spine”. The island is also home to an<br />
ancient stone circle known as the “Devils<br />
Teeth”. This provides the sinister setting<br />
for the terrifying Alien abduction of local<br />
farm girl Cat Williams and her Hitchhiker<br />
boyfriend Angelo Jones.<br />
DAISY CHAIN, THE<br />
Supernatural Thriller (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English - Format 35mm<br />
Director: Aisling Walsh<br />
Writer: Lauren MacKenzie<br />
Producer: Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic<br />
Wright<br />
Key Cast: Samantha Morton, Steven<br />
Mackintosh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
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Origin: UK & Ireland<br />
From the critically acclaimed director of<br />
‘Song For A Raggy Boy’, and starring double<br />
Oscar-nominee Samantha Morton, THE<br />
DAISY CHAIN is a chilling supernatural<br />
thriller of obsession, superstition and fear.<br />
Blending the unsettling atmosphere of ‘The<br />
Wicker Man’ with the terrifying scenario of<br />
‘Rosemary’s Baby’, The Daisy Chain<br />
explores the dark side of the heart in a way<br />
that will devastate audiences everywhere…<br />
SEPARADO<br />
Documentary (84 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dylan Goch & Gruff Rhys<br />
Producer: Catryn Ramasut<br />
Key Cast: Gruff Rhys<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: UK/Germany<br />
Star Trek meets Buena Vista Social Club in<br />
this psychedelic western musical as Welsh<br />
pop legend Gruff Rhys (Super Furry<br />
Animals) takes us on a pan continental<br />
road trip in search of his long lost<br />
Patagonian uncle, the poncho wearing guitarist<br />
Rene Griffiths.<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
WORKSHOP (HK)<br />
LIMITED<br />
Distribution Workshop (HK) Limited, Unit<br />
215, 2/F, Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Ave,<br />
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon , Hong Kong,<br />
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Tel:<br />
852.27688678. Fax: 852.27128200. Email:<br />
dw@distributionworkshop.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Nansun SHI (Chairman), Jeffrey<br />
CHAN (CEO), Virginia LEUNG (Head of<br />
Sales), Christy CHOI (Senior Distribution<br />
Manager)<br />
Office: Marriott Hotel, Room 246, Tel:<br />
+49.30.22000 -1109<br />
FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON<br />
GATE<br />
3D Martial Arts (122)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: TSUI Hark<br />
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Writer: TSUI Hark<br />
Producer: Nansun SHI, TSUI Hark, YU<br />
Dong<br />
Key Cast: Jet LI, ZHOU Xun, CHEN Kun<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
The first 3D martial arts film to be produced<br />
and directed by TSUI Hark. The<br />
hunt for an escaped concubine quickly<br />
truned into a game of cat & mouse, as the<br />
infamous Dragon Inn was once again the<br />
centre stage for fortune, romance and<br />
vengeance<br />
A SIMPLE LIFE<br />
Drama (119 mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Ann HUI<br />
Writer: Susan CHAN, Roger LEE<br />
Producer: Ann HUI, Roger LEE, Pui Wah<br />
CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Andy LAU, Deanie IP<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
A heartwarming tale between a film producer<br />
and his old family maid. The masterservant<br />
relationship takes a sentimental<br />
turn when the maid enters the elderly<br />
home.<br />
THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE<br />
SNAKE<br />
Period Action Fantasy (94)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Tony CHING Siu Tung<br />
Producer: YANG Zi<br />
Key Cast: Jet LI, Eva HUANG, Raymond<br />
LAM, Charlene CHOI<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: China<br />
Based on the legendary folklore in China,<br />
the White Snake spirit falls for a mortal<br />
scholar, but romance soon draws a relentless<br />
sorcerer hot on her trails.<br />
THE FLYING MACHINE<br />
Live Action/3D Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Martin CLAPP, Geoff LINDSEY<br />
Producer: Hugh WELCHMAN<br />
Key Cast: Heather GRAHAM, Lang Lang<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
From the Academy Award winning team<br />
behind ‘Peter and the Wolf’, this is a fantastic<br />
family adventure film using cutting<br />
edge live action, stop motion animation<br />
and 3D. The soundtrack is composed by<br />
Frederic Chopin and performed by superstar<br />
pianist Lang Lang, who also co-stars.<br />
WORLD OF FLYING MACHINE<br />
3D Animation (64)<br />
Director: Various Directors<br />
Producer: Hugh WELCHMAN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
World of Flying Machine, is the pure animation<br />
spin-off, of the live action/animation<br />
feature film. All films in World of<br />
Flying Machine are set to Chopin’s varied<br />
and timelessly beautiful Etudes, performed<br />
by Lang Lang.<br />
LET’S GO<br />
Action Thriller (95)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: WONG Ching Po<br />
Producer: Willie CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Juno MAK, Stephy TANG<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Let’s go, friend! “You’ve got to be awesome<br />
once in a lifetime”. A fantastical<br />
homage to the Japanese anime, as an<br />
orphan teams up with the local rascals to<br />
seek vengeance on the archrival who severs<br />
his arm.<br />
OVERHEARD II<br />
Action Thriller (119mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Alan MAK, Felix CHONG<br />
Producer: Derek YEE<br />
Key Cast: LAU Ching Wan, Louis KOO,<br />
Daniel WU<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
The creative team of ??Infernal Affairs??<br />
presents a nail-biting cat-and-mouse game<br />
between a stock broker with a shady past, a<br />
street-smart cop, and a surveillance expert<br />
with a hidden agenda.<br />
CATCHING MONKEY<br />
3D Thriller<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: TSUI Hark<br />
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Key Cast: Charlie YOUNG, YU Nan,<br />
Daniel CHAN<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
The term “catching monkey” is the<br />
Taiwanese phrase for “catching an affair<br />
red-handed”. It is also the name of a hacker-for-hire<br />
group that specializes in gathering<br />
info from people’s online accounts.<br />
EAST MEETS WEST 2011<br />
Comedy (99)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Jeff LAU<br />
Key Cast: Eason CHAN, Ekin CHENG,<br />
Karen MOK<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Once upon a time in the Heavens, there<br />
lived eight deities who were constantly at<br />
loggerheads with one another. The<br />
Heavenly Emperor couldn’t take their bickering<br />
any longer, and banished all of them<br />
to the mortal world, until they had learnt<br />
the meaning of unity.<br />
TREASURE INN<br />
Period Action Comedy (97)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Jing WONG<br />
Writer: Jing WONG<br />
Producer: YU Dong , Jeffrey CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Nicholas TSE, Nick CHEUNG,<br />
Charlene CHOI, HUANG Yi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China, Hong Kong<br />
Once upon a time in China, two street<br />
inspectors named Gong and Ba were on the<br />
mysterious murder case in town. However,<br />
when the real murderer was finally<br />
revealed, Gong realized the danger was<br />
much closer to home than he could ever<br />
imagine.<br />
WHAT WOMEN WANT<br />
Romantic Drama (116mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: CHEN Daming<br />
Producer: Dede Nickerson, CHEN Daming,<br />
Jeffrey CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Andy LAU, GONG Li<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China, Hong Kong<br />
The Chinese remake of Mel Gibson’s<br />
‘What Women Want”<br />
JUST CALL ME NOBODY<br />
Martial Arts comedy (91 mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: CHU Yen Ping<br />
Key Cast: Xiao Shen Yang, ZHAO Ben<br />
Shan, Kelly LIN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
A shoemaker in ancient<br />
China became a superb<br />
martial artist by accident,<br />
but his skills were put to<br />
the test when he fell for<br />
the Emperor’s fiancée.<br />
THE FRIGHTENING NIGHT<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: XU Bin<br />
Key Cast: TANG Yi Fei, ZHU Hong Jia<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: China<br />
An aspiring actress is harassed by a mysterious<br />
stalker. When she is on location for a<br />
new horror film, a series of haunting is<br />
driving her sanity to the edge.<br />
LOVER’S DISCOURSE<br />
Romantic Drama (118 mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Derek TSANG , Jimmy WAN<br />
Key Cast: Eason CHAN, Karena LAM,<br />
Kay TSE<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Four relationships intersects in Hong Kong<br />
as the citizens of the crowded cosmopolitan<br />
city discovers lovers and loved ones ?V<br />
who is our most beloved in this city that<br />
never sleeps?<br />
ONCE UPON A TIME IN TIBET<br />
Drama/Romantic<br />
Director: DAI Wei<br />
Key Cast: SONG Jia, Peter HO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
In the beginning of the World War II,<br />
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American pilot Robert Smith is taking part<br />
in the effort to help China fighting against<br />
the Japanese forces. During a liaison cargo<br />
mission from India to China, his cargo<br />
plane crashes somewhere in Tibet.<br />
DOUBLE DUTCH<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Double Dutch International, , Toronto, ON<br />
Canada, Tel: 877.914.3847 Fax:<br />
866.839.3244. www.doubledutchmedia.ca<br />
E-mail: info@doubledutchmedia.ca<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Jason Moring (President - Films),<br />
Ron Moring (President - International)<br />
Office: Tel: Tel: 1.416.994.8373<br />
UNION SQUARE<br />
Drama (81 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nancy Savoca<br />
Executive Producer: Rich Guay<br />
Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Tammy<br />
Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters.<br />
One is on the verge of marriage; the<br />
other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.<br />
Both struggle with truths they’re<br />
hiding from each other - and from themselves.<br />
Lucy and Jenny’s combustible<br />
reunion brings both of them to unforeseen<br />
places, shattering and reconstructing the<br />
worlds they have both carefully constructed.<br />
LUCKY<br />
Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: Zulu, Hindi, English<br />
Director: Avie Luthra<br />
Writer: Avie Luthre<br />
Co-Production Partners: How Town Films -<br />
Out of Africa<br />
Executive Producer: Christopher Wilmot<br />
Producer: Lance Samuels<br />
Key Cast: Jayashree Basavaraj, Shile<br />
Dlamini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Africa<br />
LUCKY is a South African feature length<br />
film about a ten-year-old orphan who<br />
leaves his Zulu village, following the death<br />
of his mother, to make his own life in the<br />
city...only to find no one will help him,<br />
except a formidable Indian woman with a<br />
inherent fear of Africans. Together, unable<br />
to speak each other’s language, they develop<br />
an unlikely bond. Through an odyssey<br />
marked by greed, violence, and ultimately,<br />
belonging, LUCKY shows how a child’s<br />
spirit can bring out decency, humility and<br />
even love in adults struggling to survive in<br />
the new South Africa.<br />
VIERNES DE ANIMAS<br />
Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Perez Gamez Raul<br />
Producer: Isi Sarfati<br />
Key Cast: Iran Castillo, Magda Guzman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Andy and Hugo are childhood friends,<br />
however, Ande has a secret that is manifested<br />
by an incident at a bar an unprecedented<br />
event. Hugo realizes what happened<br />
and asks his friend. Andy hides a gift,<br />
which lets you see the other side of life to<br />
which embodied souls, your gift or curse<br />
(as he calls it) gives the story the nuance<br />
necessary to trigger a series of events that<br />
shake our character. At each corner, at<br />
every moment the plot of this film, we<br />
descend into the depths of darkness and we<br />
also rise to the top of the sky. A Tale of<br />
Souls, beyond good and evil.<br />
BANG BANG<br />
Crime (101)<br />
Language: English, Vietnamese<br />
Director: Byron Q<br />
Key Cast: Thai Ngo, David Huynh, Jessika<br />
Van, Walter Wong<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Justin (Thai Ngo) is a troubled teenage<br />
gang member who runs away from home<br />
after a fight with his mother. Despite a real<br />
desire to pursue a career in music, gang life<br />
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has trapped Justin in a world he cannot<br />
escape. Conversely, his best friend Charlie<br />
(David Huynh), despite his wealthy<br />
upbringing, has become completely infatuated<br />
with the gangster lifestyle and seeks a<br />
way in. When the murder of a fellow gang<br />
member ignites a violent street war, both<br />
Justin and Charlie become embroiled in a<br />
conflict that will change both of their lives<br />
forever. In this astonishing feature film<br />
debut, director Byron Q has crafted a tale<br />
that deftly balances gritty realism with stylized<br />
visuals in a manner that transcends the<br />
“gangsta movie” genre. Featuring outstanding<br />
performances from hip hop artist Thai<br />
Ngo in the lead role, David Huynh (Baby),<br />
Jessika Van (Foreign Exchange) as Justin’s<br />
love interest and Walter Wong (Street<br />
Kings, TV’s Sons of Anarchy)<br />
NOTORIOUS GUYS<br />
AKA: LES FAMEUX GARS<br />
Comedy (85)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Ady El Assal<br />
Key Cast: Godié, Nytt, Last ‘Ar, Taipan,<br />
Caty Baccega<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Luxembourg<br />
The Notorious Guys follows Steven, a slow<br />
minded daydreamer and his band of misfit<br />
friends, Guy, Armand and Henri. While<br />
attending a special education school in<br />
Luxembourg, Steven and his friends are<br />
surprised to find out that they have been<br />
selected to go to Portugal on a student<br />
exchange program. Being half-Portuguese,<br />
Steven is elated at the chance to see his<br />
homeland and he constructs a plan for him<br />
and his friends to enjoy Portugal their own<br />
way, with a suitcase full of counterfeit<br />
money. When a spy passes himself off as a<br />
tour guide to convince Steven to give him<br />
the suitcase and is arrested by Police for<br />
illegal counterfeiting, Steven and his<br />
friends become Police enemy number one.<br />
With their faces all over local news, they<br />
must figure a way home and avoid being<br />
arrested by Police. Notorious Guys is a<br />
comedic trip filled with sex, money<br />
and....uh... air balloons!<br />
EALING METRO<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Ealing Metro International, Ealing Studios,<br />
Ealing Green, London, W5 5EP UK, Tel:<br />
+44.208.584.6708. Fax:<br />
+44.208.758.8658. www.ealingmetro.com<br />
E-mail: sales@ealingmetro.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Will Machin (Head of<br />
International Sales and Distribution),<br />
Natalie Brenner (EVP, International Sales),<br />
Roy Smith (Director, International Sales),<br />
JoJo Dye (Press and Marketing Director)<br />
Office: Hotel Ritz-Carlton, Room 544/ 546,<br />
Tel: +49.30.33.77.77 (Hotel Switchboard)<br />
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jessica Yu<br />
Writer: Jessica Yu, Inspired by the book by<br />
Alex Prud’homme<br />
Producer: Elise Pearlstein, Jessica Yu<br />
Key Cast: Erin Brockovich, Jack Black<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The global water shortage is the biggest<br />
social issue facing the world today. This<br />
powerful and stimulating film shatters<br />
myths and provides solutions whilst being<br />
entertaining, shocking and funny in equal<br />
measures.<br />
TRAP FOR CINDERELLA<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Iain Softley<br />
Writer: Iain Softley<br />
Producer: Robert Jones, Dixie Linder, Iain<br />
Softley<br />
Key Cast: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra<br />
Roach, Kerry Fox<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
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A beach house at a French resort is gutted<br />
by fire. Trapped inside are two women -<br />
one rich and the other poor. Only one of<br />
them survives, burnt beyond recognition<br />
and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she,<br />
the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer,<br />
or an intended victim?<br />
FAST GIRLS<br />
Sports Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Regan Hall<br />
Writer: Noel Clarke, Jay Basu, Roy<br />
Williams<br />
Producer: Damian Jones<br />
Key Cast: Lenora Crichlow, Lily James,<br />
Noel Clarke, Rupert Graves, Phil Davies,<br />
Bradley James<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
Two worlds collide on the athletics track<br />
when sassy streetwise Shania meets ambitious<br />
middle-class Lisa with explosive consequences.<br />
As their rivalry reaches breaking<br />
point, they realise they have more in<br />
common than they think and pull together<br />
to achieve their ultimate dream. For audiences<br />
that loved “Bend it Like Beckham”<br />
and “Streetdance”, “Fast Girls” will be a<br />
sexy, feisty, frenetic and fast-paced drama<br />
with romance, conflict and the thrill of a<br />
championship final.<br />
THIS IS LONDON<br />
Music Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Julien Temple<br />
Writer: Julien Temple<br />
Producer: Rosa Bosch<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
This is London will be the first theatrical<br />
movie in a unique series of music documentaries<br />
stretching around the world.<br />
London’s music has transmitted the soul of<br />
the city to all corners of the earth. This is<br />
the story of a metropolis that no longer<br />
exists and the new London that has taken<br />
its place.<br />
GODDESS<br />
Musical rom-com<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Lamprell<br />
Writer: Mark Lamprell, Joanna Weinberg<br />
Producer: Richard Keddie, Andrena Finlay<br />
Key Cast: Laura Michelle Kelly, Ronan<br />
Keating, Magda Szubanski<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
In this musical romantic comedy, stir-crazy<br />
Elspeth Dickens has to choose between<br />
fame and family when a glittering opportunity<br />
for international stardom beckons.<br />
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Biyi Bandele<br />
Writer: Biyi Bandele<br />
Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan<br />
Key Cast: Dominic Cooper, Thandie<br />
Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Based on the best-selling novel by<br />
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a<br />
Yellow Sun is an epic love story weaving<br />
together the lives of four people swept up<br />
in the turbulence of war.<br />
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEM-<br />
ISTRY<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Posamentier, Geoff Moore<br />
Writer: David Posamentier, Geoff Moore<br />
Producer: Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter,<br />
Keith Calder<br />
Key Cast: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde,<br />
Michelle Monaghan, Judi Dench<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful<br />
life spirals out of control when he starts an<br />
affair with a dangerously seductive customer<br />
who takes him on a joyride with<br />
explosive consequenses involving sex,<br />
drugs and possibly murder.<br />
VERY GOOD GIRLS<br />
Coming of Age<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Naomi Foner<br />
Writer: Naomi Foner<br />
Producer: Michael London, Jonathan<br />
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Fisher<br />
Key Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth<br />
Olsen, Dustin Hoffman<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
Very Good Girls follows two girls during a<br />
NYC summer after they graduate high<br />
school and decide to lose their virgnity.<br />
They fall for the same guy which tests their<br />
friendship as they find their way through<br />
the tangles of lies and good intentions to<br />
discover what real love is.<br />
BAILOUT<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Winterbottom<br />
Writer: Jess Walter<br />
Producer: Michael Besman, Melissa<br />
Parmenter<br />
Key Cast: Jack Black<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find<br />
himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced<br />
his wife is having an affair and six<br />
days away from losing his home. Bailout is<br />
a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can<br />
reach the edge of ruin and begin to make<br />
our way back.<br />
EASTWEST<br />
FILMDISTRIBUTION<br />
EastWest Filmdistribution,<br />
Schottenfeldgasse 14, Wien, 1070 Austria.<br />
www.eastwest-distribution.com, E-mail:<br />
office@eastwest-distribution.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Olivier Van Bockstael (Sales<br />
Executive)<br />
Office: MGB, Stand #117, Tel:<br />
+43.664.510.41.66<br />
GYPSY SPIRIT<br />
Music Documentary (90)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Klaus Hundsbichler<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
A journey to the roots of gypsy music in<br />
India<br />
HAROLD’S GOING STIFF<br />
Horror, Comedy (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Keith Wright<br />
Executive Producer: Richard Guy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
The nicest Zombie you’ll ever meet<br />
THE MAGIC OF HOPE<br />
AKA: EL VUELO DEL TREN<br />
Drama (90)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Paco Torres<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
A mother’s love can heal anything<br />
ECHO BRIDGE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Echo Bridge Entertainment, 8383 Wilshire<br />
Blvd., Suite 530, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<br />
USA, Tel: 1.323.658.7900 Fax:<br />
1.323.658.7922. www.echobridgeentertainment.com,<br />
E-mail: info@ebellc.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Daniel March (President,<br />
International), Sonia Mehandjiyska (VP<br />
International Sales, Europe)<br />
Office: Berlin Marriott, Suite 220, Tel:<br />
+49(0)30.22000 - 1110<br />
GOATS<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Neil<br />
Writer: Mark Jude Poirier<br />
Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Eric<br />
Kopeloff, Shannon Lail<br />
Key Cast: David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga,<br />
Keri Russell, Minnie Driver, Ty Burrell,<br />
Graham Phillips<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ellis prepares to leave his luxurious home<br />
in Tucson for an East Coast prep school,<br />
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leaving behind his new age mother and the<br />
only real father he has ever known, Goat<br />
Man.<br />
HIROKIN<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alejo Mo-Sun<br />
Writer: Alejo Mo-Sun<br />
Co-Production Partners: Will Clay<br />
Producer: John Caliendo, Braxton Pope,<br />
Gregory Welteroth, Alejo Mo-Sun<br />
Key Cast: Wes Bentley, Jessica Szohr,<br />
Angus Macfadyen, Laura Ramsey, Julian<br />
Sands<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Hirokin, a reluctant warrior with a dark<br />
past, must fulfill his destiny when forced to<br />
choose between avenging the murder of his<br />
family and fighting for the freedom of a<br />
people long abused.<br />
BOOT TRACKS<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Jacobson<br />
Writer: Matthew F. Jones<br />
Producer: Larry Rattner, Holly Wiersma<br />
Key Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Stephen<br />
Dorff, Willem Dafoe<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An ex-con sets out to take revenge against<br />
the people who have hurt him in the past.<br />
PEARL JAM TWENTY<br />
AKA: PJ20<br />
Documentary (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cameron Crowe<br />
Writer: Cameron Crowe<br />
Producer: Kelly Curtis, Morgan Neville<br />
Key Cast: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard,<br />
Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Matt<br />
Cameron<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A documentary from Academy Award winning<br />
director Cameron Crowe on the band<br />
Pearl Jam marking their 20th anniversary.<br />
TASMANIAN DEVILS<br />
Sci-Fi Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Apolo Ohno, Danica McKellar,<br />
Kenneth Mitchell<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of extreme sports enthusiasts set<br />
out on an adventure and are attacked by a<br />
pack of Tasmanian devils who escaped<br />
from a team of researchers after their plane<br />
crashes in the forest.<br />
ARACHNOQUAKE<br />
Sci-Fi Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: G.E. Furst<br />
Key Cast: Tracey Gold, Ethan Phillips, Bug<br />
Hall, Edward Furlong<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After earthquakes ravage a small town,<br />
dozens of locals fall victim to a previously<br />
unknown species of deadly albino spiders.<br />
Despite their best efforts, spiders swarm<br />
out of the earthquake opened fissures and<br />
infest the town.<br />
ICE COMETS<br />
Sci Fi Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A mysterious explosion in space sends ice<br />
comets plummeting toward Earth and<br />
according to mythology will bring about<br />
the end of the world.<br />
GHOSTQUAKE<br />
AKA: HAUNTED HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Sci-Fi Disaster<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeffrey Scott Lando<br />
Writer: Anthony C. Ferrante, Paul A.<br />
Birkett<br />
Producer: Kenneth M. Badish<br />
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, M.C. Gainey,<br />
Charisma Carpenter, Jonathan Baron<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
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When an earthquake opens a time capsule,<br />
the spirits of five vengeful ghosts are<br />
unleashed and it takes the ultimate sacrifice<br />
to make them disappear for good.<br />
MESSAGES DELETED<br />
Thriller (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Cowan<br />
Writer: Larry Cohen<br />
Producer: Stephen Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Lillard, Deborah Kara<br />
Unger, Gina Holden<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A screenwriting teacher is forced to live<br />
out the plot of a screenplay idea he stole<br />
from a student, who now seeks revenge.<br />
FEAR ISLAND<br />
AKA: DEEP COVE<br />
Horror (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Storey<br />
Writer: Jeff Martel<br />
Producer: David Doerksen, Jim O’Grady<br />
Key Cast: Lucy Hale, Haylie Duff, Aaron<br />
Ashmore<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Trapped on a secluded island, five friends<br />
become prey to a mysterious killer seeking<br />
revenge.<br />
BATTLE OF THE BULBS<br />
Holiday, Family (120 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Harvey Frost<br />
Writer: W. Paul Thompson<br />
Producer: Dan Paulson, Shawn Williamson<br />
Key Cast: Daniel Stern, Matt Frewer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Bob Wallace declares war on his neighbor<br />
in a fight to win the best Christmas decoration<br />
display in the neighborhood.<br />
MISTLETOE OVER MANHATTAN<br />
Holiday, Family (87 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Bradshaw<br />
Writer: Hilary Hinkle, Linda Engelsiepen,<br />
Rickie Castaneda<br />
Producer: Lewis Chesler, David Perlmutter,<br />
Robert Vaughn, Marek Posival<br />
Key Cast: Tricia Helfer, Greg Bryk, Tedde<br />
Moore<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After sensing her husband is losing his<br />
Christmas spirit, Mrs. Claus travels to a<br />
place where she knows the spirit of<br />
Christmas still exists: New York City.<br />
THE CASE FOR CHRISTMAS<br />
Holiday, Family (88 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Timothy Bond<br />
Writer: Tom Amudsen, Rickie Castaneda,<br />
Kevin Commins<br />
Producer: Lewis Chesler, David Perlmutter,<br />
Robert Vaughn, Marek Posival<br />
Key Cast: Dean Cain, Rachel Blanchard,<br />
George Buza<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A lawyer finds himself defending Santa<br />
Claus in the biggest trial in history.<br />
EDKO FILMS LTD.<br />
EDKO Films Ltd., 1212, Tower II,<br />
Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong<br />
Kong, 040 Hong Kong, Tel:<br />
+852.2529.3898. Fax: +852.2529.5339. Email:<br />
info@edkofilm.com.hk<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: June Wu (Head of International<br />
Sales and Distribution), Catherine Shao<br />
(Assistant Manager, International Sales and<br />
Distribution)<br />
COLD WAR<br />
AKA: HAN ZHAN<br />
Action<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Longman LEUNG, Sunny LUK<br />
Writer: Longman LEUNG, Sunny LUK<br />
Producer: Bill KONG, Matthew TANG,<br />
Ivy HO<br />
Key Cast: (alphabetical order) Aaron<br />
KWOK, Andy LAU, Tony LEUNG Ka-fai,<br />
Eddie PENG, Aarif RAHMAN, Charlie<br />
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YEUNG<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Asia’s safest city is about to be tested.<br />
NIGHTFALL<br />
AKA: DA ZHUI BU<br />
Crime Suspense Thriller (NA)<br />
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin<br />
Director: CHOW Hin Yeung<br />
Writer: Christine TO, CHOW Hin Yeung<br />
Producer: Bill KONG, Ivy HO<br />
Key Cast: Nick CHEUNG, Simon YAM,<br />
Janice MAN, Kay TSE<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
The brutal murder of a celebrity musician<br />
will cause a hardheaded detective to pursue<br />
a killer from the past, only to discover that<br />
in revenge, there’s a fine line between love<br />
and hate.<br />
LOVE IS NOT BLIND<br />
AKA: SHI LIAN 33 TIAN<br />
Romantic Comedy (110 minutes)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: TENG Huatao<br />
Writer: BAO Jingjing<br />
Executive Producer: Chen Rong, Cao<br />
Huayi<br />
Producer: Michael Yufeng Chi, Teng<br />
Huatao, Wang Ziwen, Chen Xingming<br />
Key Cast: WEN Zhang, BAI Baihe<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Suddenly dumped by her boyfriend of 7<br />
years, Xiaoxian doesn’t think she can go on<br />
until her sassy, but jaded, co-worker forces<br />
her to realize how little she understands<br />
about love.<br />
FIRST TIME<br />
AKA: DI YI CI<br />
Romance, Drama<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Han Yan<br />
Writer: Han Yan<br />
Key Cast: Angelababy, Mark ZHAO, WEN<br />
Zhang, TIAN Yuan<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
Shi never thought she would have a chance<br />
at love so when an old crush mysteriously<br />
appears, their new romance brings joy into<br />
her lonely life. But as the relationship<br />
intensifies, Shi senses that he’s keeping<br />
something from her and begins to wonder:<br />
Is this love too good to be true?<br />
LOVE FOR LIFE<br />
AKA: ZUI AI<br />
Drama (Romance) (100 minutes)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: GU Changwei<br />
Writer: YAN Laoshi, YANG Weiwei, GU<br />
Changwei<br />
Producer: GU Changwei, CHEN Xiaodong<br />
Key Cast: ZHANG Ziyi, Aaron KWOK<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Set in a small Chinese village where an<br />
illicit blood trade has spread AIDS to the<br />
community, LOVE FOR LIFE is the story<br />
of De Yi and Qin Qin, two victims faced<br />
with the grim reality of impending death,<br />
who unexpectedly find love and risk everything<br />
to pursue a last chance at happiness<br />
before it?s too late.<br />
TOGETHER<br />
AKA: ZAI YI QI<br />
Documentary (83 minutes)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: ZHAO Liang<br />
Producer: GU Changwei<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
(This film is a companion piece to LOVE<br />
FOR LIFE) AIDS patients participate in the<br />
filming of acclaimed director GU<br />
Changwei’s new feature film, set against<br />
the backdrop of a village grappling with<br />
the disease, and put a real and personal<br />
face to the situation in China, forcing us to<br />
consider what happens to them after the<br />
crews leave<br />
STRAWBERRY CLIFF<br />
AKA: SHU MING<br />
Suspense/Thriller (105 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris CHOW<br />
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Writer: Chris CHOW<br />
Producer: LU Cien Hioe, LEE Chi Ngai,<br />
Mathew TANG<br />
Key Cast: Eason CHAN, Leslie-Anne<br />
HUFF<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/USA/France<br />
Kate has a gift: she can tell when people<br />
will die just by looking at them. A phone<br />
call from “the Afterlife” sets her off on a<br />
journey to Hong Kong, where she encounters<br />
Darren, a bartender who suffers from<br />
an “incomplete soul”. Together, they<br />
embark on an adventure that leads to the<br />
most unexpected truth about life, death and<br />
love.<br />
REST ON YOUR SHOULDER<br />
AKA: JIAN SHANG DIE<br />
Drama (Romantic, Fantasy) (120 minutes)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Jacob CHEUNG<br />
Writer: Polly YEUNG, Jacob CHEUNG<br />
Producer: Jacob CHEUNG, LIU Zheng<br />
Ping, ZHANG Zhe Yuan<br />
Key Cast: Aloys CHEN, Gigi LEUNG,<br />
GUEY Lun Mei, JIANG Yi Yan<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Bao sacrifices herself to become a butterfly<br />
in order to save her sick fianc?e Guo and<br />
finds out in the process how true is their<br />
love.<br />
ELEPHANT EYE<br />
FILMS<br />
Elephant Eye Films, 89 5th Ave. Suite 306,<br />
New York, NY 10003 USA, Tel:<br />
1.212.488.8877. Fax: 1.212.488.8878.<br />
www.elephanteyefilms.com E-mail:<br />
info@elephanteyefilms.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Demetri Makoulis (Head of Sales<br />
and Distribution), Kim Jose (Partner),<br />
Cecile Ragot (Acquisition/Sales<br />
Executive), David Robinson (Partner)<br />
Office: Stand # 13 MGB<br />
BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW<br />
Sci-Fi (110 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Panos Cosmatos<br />
Writer: Panos Cosmatos<br />
Producer: Oliver Linlsey, Christya<br />
Nordstokke<br />
Key Cast: Eva Allan, Marilyn Norry,<br />
Michael Rogers, Rondel Reynoldson, Scott<br />
Hylands<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself<br />
held against her will in a mysterious facility<br />
under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr.<br />
Barry Nyle. Pushed to her limits, Elena is<br />
left with no choice but to navigate an<br />
escape from her labyrinthine prison, in the<br />
process revealing its hidden secrets.<br />
THE OTHER F WORD<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins<br />
Writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins<br />
Executive Producer: Morgan Spurlock,<br />
Jeremy Chilnik<br />
Producer: Cristan Reilly<br />
Key Cast: Tony Adolescent, Art Alexakis,<br />
Rob Chaos<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
What happens when a generation’s ultimate<br />
anti-authoritarians — punk rockers—<br />
become society’s ultimate authorities —<br />
dad’s? With a large chorus of Punk Rock’s<br />
leading men - Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus,<br />
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Rise Against’s<br />
Tim McIlrath- The Other F Word follows,<br />
Jim Lindberg, 20-year veteran of skate<br />
punk band,Pennywise, on his hysterical and<br />
moving journey from belting his band’s<br />
anthem, ‘Fuck Authority’, to embracing his<br />
ultimately pivotal authoritarian role in midlife,<br />
fatherhood.<br />
THE SWELL SEASON<br />
Feature Documentary (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick August-Perna, Chris<br />
Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis<br />
Producer: Carlo Mirabella-Davis<br />
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Key Cast: Glen Hansard and Marketa<br />
Irglova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The Swell Season chronicles Glen Hansard<br />
and Marketa Irglova as their on-screen<br />
romance that was portrayed in the Oscarwinning<br />
film ONCE, blossoms into reality<br />
and threatens to fracture during their world<br />
tour.<br />
WASTED YOUTH<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Greek<br />
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos and<br />
Jan Vogel<br />
Writer: Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan<br />
Vogel<br />
Co-Production Partners: Oxymoron Films,<br />
Stefi Films<br />
Executive Producer: Konstantinos<br />
Kontovrakis<br />
Producer: Giorgos Karnavas, Argyris<br />
Papadimitropoulos<br />
Key Cast: Harris Markou, Ieronimos<br />
Kaletsanos, Artour Kiviliov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Greece<br />
Wasted Youth is set during a hot summer<br />
day in Athens. A sixteen-year-old skater<br />
and his friends are amusing themselves in<br />
the big city. A middle-aged man struggles<br />
to take care of his family, though work that<br />
he hates and mounting stress. Their lives<br />
intersect in this contemporary portrait of<br />
the city of Athens. A society in crisis.<br />
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ACT OF GRACE<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Noreen Kershaw<br />
Key Cast: Leo Gregory, Jody Latham<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Dezzie befriends and protects new boy<br />
Yasin at school who suffers from perpetual<br />
racist taunts. Then Yasin’s Godfather takes<br />
him back to Hong Kong. Ten years pass<br />
until Yasin returns to Manchester to run the<br />
family firm and Dezzie becomes his lieutenant.<br />
Dezzie is the only white man to do<br />
so this side of the Atlantic. He becomes a<br />
Triad member and runs the family business<br />
in Manchester, Liverpool and the rest of<br />
the UK.<br />
THE PERFECT HOUSE<br />
Horror (96 minutes)<br />
Language: Indonesian<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Indonesia<br />
Julie is a private school tutor for children<br />
with special needs. After being done tutoring<br />
Angie, a mild autistic student, Julie<br />
wants to take a break from work to clear<br />
her mind an deal with the trauma she has<br />
had with the accident that happened to her<br />
parents. Howevver a certain Madam Rita,<br />
offered Julie to give private tutoring lessons<br />
to her grandson, Januar. His prevous<br />
tutor had gone missing. When Julie found<br />
out that Januar’s parents were also killed in<br />
an accident, she felt empathy and agreed to<br />
accept the offer and therefore, withhold her<br />
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leave. But what Julie experienced in the<br />
house is far beyond her expectations. A<br />
very dark secret is hidden inside the house.<br />
Julie’s life is now threatened forever.<br />
VAMPIRE WARRIORS<br />
Action<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Dennis SY Law<br />
Key Cast: Pinky Cheung, Luxia Jiang<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
‘Vampire Warriors’ creates an all new vampire<br />
world; a romantic love story of young<br />
vampires with the all-time-favorite Chinese<br />
vampire martial-art action sequences. With<br />
young Chinese Martial Arts Champion Lu-<br />
Xia JIANG as the vampire hunter at war<br />
with the veteran Kung Fu Master Wah<br />
YUEN as the evil vampire lord, a non-stop<br />
Kung Fu action adventure filled with love<br />
and hatred begins.<br />
DO ELEPHANTS PRAY?<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Hills<br />
Key Cast: Jonnie Hurn, Julie Dray<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Frustrated by the soulless routine world he<br />
is tied to and troubled by the need to find<br />
meaning in everything, the life of advertising<br />
executive Calllum Cutter is thrown into<br />
poetic chaos when he meets the free-spirited<br />
French seductress Malika, who promises<br />
to change his life forever... providing he<br />
keeps her identity a secret.<br />
24 HOURS OF ANGER<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Tamil<br />
Director: T.T. Dhavamann<br />
Key Cast: Vishnu Andhakrishnan, Prakash<br />
Arasu<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
The first Tamil movie ever produced outside<br />
India or Sri Lanka. This thriller is set<br />
in a working class Singaporean Tamil family.<br />
With gangsters at his doorstep and drug<br />
addicts for parents, 17-year old Prakash<br />
struggles to hold his family together and<br />
protect his mentally-challenged brother<br />
from dangers in and outside the family.<br />
When his family is implicated in a crime<br />
gone sour, Prakash’s resolve and courage<br />
are put to the ultimate test.<br />
MACABRE<br />
AKA: DARAH<br />
Horror<br />
Director: The MO Brothers<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Indonesia-Singapore<br />
‘To die for’ production values cannot distract<br />
from the sheer breathless gore of this<br />
slash fest extravaganza! The matriarch of a<br />
back-woods residence, to which unsuspecting<br />
‘do-gooders’ have wandered, offers<br />
them a perverse welcome as she proceeds<br />
to rule with an iron rod of a (meat) cleaver!<br />
Her wrath can only be overcome - ‘Alien’<br />
style - by a canny female rival. The outcome<br />
is an unusual one and a half survivors!<br />
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THE VIRAL FACTOR<br />
Action (122mins)<br />
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, English<br />
Director: Dante Lam<br />
Writer: Dante Lam, Jack Ng (Story by:<br />
Candy Leung)<br />
Executive Producer: Albert Yeung, Solon<br />
So, Wang Zhongjun<br />
Producer: Candy Leung, Albert Lee, Solon<br />
So, Wang Zhonglei<br />
Key Cast: Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse, Lin<br />
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Peng, Bai Bing, Andy Tien<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/China<br />
IDC Agent Jon (Jay Chou) sustains grave<br />
injuries on a mission and decides to spend<br />
his final days with his mother. She tells<br />
him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes,<br />
Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He<br />
befriends medical specialist Rachel ( Lin<br />
Peng). When she is forced into the schemes<br />
of a criminal organization, Jon attempts<br />
rescue and becomes the target of the organization<br />
that includes his estranged brother<br />
Yang (Nicholas Tse)! When the organization<br />
betrays Yang and kidnaps his daughter<br />
Sheng, the brothers join forces to rescue<br />
Rachel and Sheng.<br />
THE GREAT MAGICIAN<br />
Mystery / Romance / Action (126mins)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Derek Yee<br />
Writer: Derek Yee, Lau Ho-leung<br />
Executive Producer: Albert Yeung, Yu<br />
Dong, Jeffrey Chan<br />
Producer: Peggy Lee, Mandy Law<br />
Key Cast: Tony Leung, Lau Ching-wan,<br />
Zhou Xun<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/China<br />
In the early 1920’s, on the streets of<br />
Beijing, the nation’s most talented performers<br />
have gathered to show off their most<br />
spectacular skills. One day, a challenge is<br />
set: 50 silver dollars to whoever can reproduce<br />
the incredible magic trick “Eight<br />
Immortals’ Treat”. Zhang Xian appears<br />
amidst the waiting crowd and decides to try<br />
his hand at it. And so begins a legend that<br />
is pure magic.<br />
DIVA<br />
Romance<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Heiward Mak<br />
Producer: Chapman To<br />
Key Cast: Joey Yung<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/China<br />
When an accident temporarily robs her of<br />
her voice, Diva J flees to a small village to<br />
heal both her mental and physical wounds.<br />
Her life changes when she meets and falls<br />
in love with the blind Hu Ming, who<br />
inspires her to make a comeback. But, in<br />
her absence, a new diva has risen. R has<br />
become an overnight sensation that everyone<br />
sees as the main contender for J’s<br />
crown. Yet, their successes have come at a<br />
high price. J is secretly pining for a forbidden<br />
love that seems destined to wither, and<br />
R has found that the road to stardom is littered<br />
with estranged friends and painful<br />
break-ups. But in the midst of this, both<br />
divas rise to find their own voice.<br />
THE LAST SUPPER<br />
War Epic<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Lu Chuan<br />
Key Cast: Liu Ye, Daniel Wu, Chang Chen<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/China<br />
The early history of a nation unfolds<br />
through the actions of three heroes - Liu<br />
Bang, Xiang Yu and Han Xin - who chased<br />
their dreams of uniting a warring nation<br />
and fought through major milestones of the<br />
Chu-Han Contention years in the third century.<br />
From the Julu War to the Hongmen<br />
Banquet, the Gaixia War to the death of<br />
Han Xin, the narration of Liu Bang - who<br />
would be the founding emperor of the new<br />
Han Dynasty - sets the stage for a tale of<br />
betrayal and brothers at war, where the last<br />
man standing inherits a nation.<br />
SHAOLIN<br />
Martial Arts (131 mins)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Benny Chan<br />
Writer: Alan Yuen, Cheung Chi-kwong,<br />
Wang Qiuyu, Chan Kam-cheong, Zhang<br />
Tan<br />
Producer: Shi Yongxin, Albert Lee, Benny<br />
Chan<br />
Key Cast: Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Fan<br />
Bingbing, Jackie Chan (special appearance)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong/China<br />
China is plunged into strife as feuding war-<br />
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lords try to expand their power by warring<br />
over neighboring lands. Shaolin masters<br />
are forced to take a fiery stand against the<br />
evil warlords. They launch a daring plan of<br />
rescue and escape.<br />
LET THE BULLETS FLY<br />
Action Comedy (132 mins)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Jiang Wen<br />
Writer: Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen,<br />
Guo Junli, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong<br />
Producer: Ma Ke, Albert Lee, Yin Homber,<br />
Barbie Tung, Zhao Haicheng<br />
Key Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Jiang Wen, Ge<br />
You<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: China/Hong Kong<br />
Set in China during the warring 1920s,<br />
notorious bandit chief Zhang descends<br />
upon a remote provincial town posing as its<br />
new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked<br />
from the former mayor, himself a smalltime<br />
imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast<br />
buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the<br />
tyrannical local gentry Huang who seems<br />
to have more than the goodwill of the<br />
townspeople on his mind. The bullets fly as<br />
a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues<br />
with each trying to dislodge the other from<br />
his seat of power. Acclaimed director Jiang<br />
Wen (Devils on the Doorstep, The Sun<br />
Also Rises) brings his own brand of dark<br />
humor to this blazing Chinese western<br />
which unites for the first time three of the<br />
top names in Chinese cinema.<br />
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THE LADY<br />
Drama (132 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Luc Besson<br />
Writer: Rebecca Frayn<br />
Co-Production Partners: Left Bank Pictures<br />
- France 2 Cinéma<br />
Producer: Europacorp<br />
Key Cast: Michelle Yeoh,David Thewlis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The Lady, is an epic love story about how<br />
an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice<br />
their happiness at great human cost for<br />
a higher cause. This is the story of Aung<br />
San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael<br />
Aris. Despite distance, long separations,<br />
and a dangerously hostile regime, their<br />
love endures until the very end. A story of<br />
devotion and human understanding set<br />
against a background of political turmoil<br />
which continues today. The Lady also is<br />
the story of the peaceful quest of the<br />
woman who is at the core of Burma’s<br />
democracy movement. The Lady was written<br />
over a period of three years by Rebecca<br />
Frayn. Interviews with key figures in Aung<br />
San Suu Kyi’s entourage enabled her to<br />
reconstruct for the first time the true story<br />
of Burma’s national heroine.<br />
TAKEN 2<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Olivier Megaton<br />
Writer: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen<br />
Producer: EUROPACORP<br />
Key Cast: Liam Neeson,Maggie Grace,<br />
Framke Janssen<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
In the sequel to massive worldwide hit,<br />
Taken ($226 million worldwide), Liam<br />
Neeson and Maggie Grace run into trouble<br />
in Istanbul. When Bryan Mills finds out<br />
that his ex-wife Lenore is getting a divorce,<br />
he invites her and their daughter Kim to<br />
join him in Istanbul on the perfect weekend<br />
break with the aim of winning back<br />
Lenore’s heart. But Bryan killed to save his<br />
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daughter, in the original film, and now he<br />
and his family must pay. Bryan and Lenore<br />
are abducted, but Kim manages to escape..<br />
M.S.ONE MAXIMUM SECURITY<br />
Action/Adventure (96’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephen St. Leger & James<br />
Mather<br />
Writer: Luc Besson,Stephen St. Leger &<br />
James Mather<br />
Producer: Europacorp<br />
Key Cast: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace,<br />
Peter Stormare<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
An all-action sci-fi thriller by award-winning<br />
directors Saint Leger & Mather, from<br />
an original idea by Luc Besson. MS One is<br />
an experimental prison in space where 500<br />
of the most dangerous criminals on Earth<br />
are kept in artificial sleep. Leading a<br />
humanitarian mission, the US president’s<br />
daughter, Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace)<br />
arrives on board the station, just as an<br />
incredibly violent mutiny breaks out.<br />
Emilie and the MS One crew are taken<br />
hostage by the inmates. President Warnock<br />
decides to send Agent Snow (Guy Pierce)<br />
to the out-of-control space prison, with the<br />
sole mission of saving Emilie and nobody<br />
else...<br />
THE SOURCE<br />
Drama (122’)<br />
Language: Arabic<br />
Director: Radu Mihaileanu<br />
Writer: Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel<br />
Blanc & with the collaboration of<br />
Catherine Ramberg<br />
Co-Production Partners: Elzevir Films, Oï<br />
Oï Oï Productions, Europacorp, France 3<br />
Cinema, CCE, Bim Distribuzione, I Ndigo<br />
FIlms, AgoraFilms<br />
Executive Producer: Elzevir Films, Oï Oï<br />
Oï Productions<br />
Producer: Denis Carot, Marie<br />
Masmonteil,Radu Mihaileanu<br />
Key Cast: Leila Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Afsia<br />
Herzi, Saleh Bakri, Biyouna, Youna,<br />
Sabrina Ouazzani, Hiam Annass, &<br />
Mohamed Majd<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: FRANCE / MOROCCO<br />
/ BELGIUM / ITALY<br />
After the international success of The<br />
Concert ($42 Million), the new movie by<br />
acclaimed director Radu Mihaileanu. The<br />
women of a remote village have to trek up<br />
a steep hill to fetch water from the source.<br />
With the support of her husband, Sami,<br />
beautiful young Leila suggests they all go<br />
on strike. No more hugs! No more sex! A<br />
love strike until the men pipe water to the<br />
village. The men’s amused disdain turns to<br />
dismay then despair as the women’s apparently<br />
hopeless cause gathers support, making<br />
the village a laughing stock. When<br />
national newspaper journalist Sofiane<br />
arrives, the men of the village fear even<br />
greater humiliation. But Sofiane hasn’t<br />
come to report on the strike. He wants to<br />
win back his first love, Leila... With a fine<br />
eye for offbeat comedy and small but<br />
essential details, Radu Mihaileanu locks<br />
onto the poetry of human existence to show<br />
little people making a big impact. After<br />
Train of Life, Live and Become and most<br />
recently The Concert, Radu’s new movie is<br />
a beautifully observed allegory about fundamental<br />
issues, such as equality, enlightenment,<br />
religion and respect. As sources of<br />
water and tolerance dry up around the<br />
world, the film depicts a modern-day battle<br />
of the sexes with immediate relevance and<br />
mainstream appeal. The cast will be made<br />
up of local people alongside established<br />
actors, such as César Award-winner Hafsia<br />
Herzi (The Secret of the Grain), Leïla<br />
Bekhti (A Prophet) and Saleh Bakri (The<br />
Band’s Visit).<br />
THE BLIND MAN<br />
Thriller (90’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Xavier Palud<br />
Writer: Luc Besson & Eric Besnard<br />
Co-Production Partners: Europacorp –<br />
France 2 Cinema<br />
Key Cast: Lambert Wilson, & Jacques<br />
Gamblin<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France / Morocco / Belgium / Italy<br />
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A cynical detective stumbles on intrigue in<br />
the corridors of power in this suspenseful<br />
crime thriller by Xavier Palud, director of<br />
The Eye, based on an original idea by Luc<br />
Besson. A beautiful young woman is<br />
escorted home late at night by her bodyguard.<br />
When she’s alone, a shadowy figure<br />
emerges from the darkness and strangles<br />
her. A superbly planned and executed murder.<br />
The investigation is led by veteran<br />
detective Lassalle, a loner who is intrigued<br />
by the blind piano tuner whose prints are<br />
all over the apartment. But his alibi checks<br />
out and his disability makes him an unlikely<br />
murderer. Soon, as the victims pile up<br />
with no obvious link between them except<br />
the ingenious and elaborately staged circumstances<br />
of their deaths, Lassalle finds<br />
himself hunting a serial killer. When he<br />
gets too close to some shady business in<br />
the corridors of power, his superiors take<br />
him off the case, but Lassalle continues his<br />
investigation with the support of his young<br />
partner Héloïse. The murderer is playing<br />
with him, drawing him into a high-risk<br />
game of cat and mouse, in which Lassalle<br />
has everything to lose.<br />
IF YOU DIE, I’LL KILL YOU<br />
Drama (95’)<br />
Language: French - Krudish<br />
Director: Hiner Saleem<br />
Writer: Hiner Saleem<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mact Prodcutions<br />
Producer: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre<br />
Key Cast: Jonathan Zaccai, Golshifteh<br />
Farahani, Billey Demirtas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The new film of the director of internationally<br />
acclaimed « Vodka Lemon » and «<br />
Kilometre Zero » is a romantic comedy in<br />
the vein of “Just a kiss”. In Paris’ cosmopolitan<br />
and colorful 10th arrondissement,<br />
Philippe, who’s fresh out of prison, crosses<br />
paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to<br />
track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal,<br />
who dreams of staying in France, plans to<br />
bring his fiancée Siba to Paris. She’s due to<br />
arrive in the next few days. The two men<br />
strike up a friendship and when Avdal dies<br />
suddenly and unexpectedly, Philippe finds<br />
himself left to organize the funeral arrangements.<br />
What should he do with the body?<br />
Siba arrives in Paris, and soon learns that<br />
Avdal has died. She is taken in by a group<br />
of Kurdish men and before long she also<br />
meets Philippe – all of whom are quite<br />
smitten by her beauty. Meanwhile, Avdal’s<br />
father Cheto, a devout muslim, comes to<br />
Paris to grieve for his son. He intends to<br />
force Siba to return to her homeland, but<br />
the young woman has now had a taste of<br />
freedom.<br />
A MONSTER IN PARIS<br />
Animation (89’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bibo Bergeron<br />
Writer: Bibo Bergeron & Stephane<br />
Kazandjian<br />
Co-Production Partners: Europacorp – Bibo<br />
Films – France 3 Cinema – Walking The<br />
Dog<br />
Key Cast: Adam Goldberg, Jay Harrington,<br />
Danny Huston, Bob Balaban,Sean Lennon,<br />
Vanessa Paradis, Madeline Zima &<br />
Catherine O’Hara<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
From the director of Shark Tale, A Monster<br />
In Paris combines suspense, romance and<br />
adventure with superb animation in a<br />
movie with universal appeal. Paris, 1910.<br />
Panic sweeps the city. Floodwaters are rising<br />
and a monster is on the loose!<br />
Formidable Commissioner Maynott and his<br />
men hunt it down day and night. With no<br />
luck. It could be that in the limelight at The<br />
Rare Bird, a Montmartre cabaret where<br />
feisty Lucille is the star attraction, isn’t a<br />
bad place to hide at all!<br />
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS<br />
Drama<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Jean -Pierre Ameris<br />
Writer: Guillaume Laurant<br />
Co-Production Partners: Incognita Films<br />
Key Cast: Marc-Andre Grondin, Gerard<br />
Depardieu, Christa Theret, Emmanuelle<br />
Seigner, & Ulrich Matthes<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
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Country of Origin: France<br />
Academy Award-nominated Gérard<br />
Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac) stars with<br />
César Award winner Marc-André Grondin<br />
(The First Day of the Rest of My Life) and<br />
Emmanuelle Seigner (La Vie en Rose) in<br />
Jean-Pierre Améris’s (Romantics<br />
Anonymous) adaptation of Victor Hugo’s<br />
classic novel, which was the direct inspiration<br />
for the character of the Joker in<br />
Batman. Abducted and mutilated as a child<br />
by the sinister Comprachicos, Gwynplaine<br />
is abandoned and raised by traveling showman<br />
Ursus. The diabolical smile etched on<br />
his face by the Comprachicos provokes fascination<br />
and hilarity, and “The Man Who<br />
Laughs” is soon a popular fairground<br />
attraction in towns up and down the country.<br />
Audiences are enthralled by the tender<br />
romance of Gwynplaine and Dea, the<br />
young blind woman he saved from a snowstorm.<br />
When he discovers that he is in fact<br />
the heir to titles and riches, Gwynplaine<br />
resolves to use his position to plead the<br />
cause of the poor. But he is confronted by<br />
the cynicism and seduction of the rich and<br />
powerful. Nobody listens. They just keep<br />
on laughing at him.<br />
A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA<br />
Drama/Romantic (90’)<br />
Language: French - Hebrew - Arabic -<br />
English<br />
Director: Thierry Binisti<br />
Writer: Valerie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti<br />
Co-Production Partners: TS Productions -<br />
EMA Films- LAMA Films<br />
Key Cast: Agathe Bonitzer, Mahmud<br />
Shalaby, Haim Abbass<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Based on the novel by Valérie Zenatti. Tal<br />
is 17 years old. Naïm is 20. She’s Israeli.<br />
He’s Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem.<br />
He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land<br />
of scorched earth, where fathers bury their<br />
children. They must endure an explosive<br />
situation that is not of their choosing at an<br />
age where young people are falling in love<br />
and taking their place in adult life. A bottle<br />
thrown in the sea and a correspondence by<br />
email nurture the slender hope that their<br />
relationship might give them the strength to<br />
confront this harsh reality – to grapple with<br />
it, and thereby ever so slightly change it.<br />
Only 60 miles separate them but how many<br />
bombings, check-points, sleepless nights<br />
and bloodstained days stand between them?<br />
LOVE LASTS THREE YEARS<br />
Romantic comedy (90’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Frederic Beigbeder<br />
Writer: Frederic Beigbeder, Christophe<br />
Turpin and Gilles Verdiani<br />
Co-Production Partners: The Film -AKN-<br />
Europacorp-France 2 Cinema- Scope<br />
Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Gaspard Proust,Louise<br />
Bourgoin, Joey Starr, Jonathan Lambert,<br />
Frederique Bel, Elisa Sednaoui & Valerie<br />
Lemercier<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Adapted from Frédéric Beigbeder’s bestseller,<br />
a scintillating romantic comedy starring<br />
Louise Bourgoin and Gaspard Proust.<br />
When his wife Anne leaves him for a successful<br />
writer, Marc Marronnier, a highprofile<br />
literary critic, is rocked by her accusations<br />
that he is immature and fickle. In<br />
despair or maybe defiance, Marc starts<br />
writing a cynical pamphlet denouncing<br />
love. At the same time, his life is turned on<br />
its head by his encounter with Alice, an<br />
irresistible and inaccessible young woman,<br />
who forces Marc to reconsider everything<br />
he believes in...<br />
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RUSH<br />
Action/Drama<br />
Director: Ron Howard<br />
Writer: Peter Morgan<br />
Executive Producer: Exclusive Media,<br />
Cross Creek, Todd Hallowell<br />
Producer: Ron Howard, Brian Oliver, Brian<br />
Grazer, Eric Fellner, Peter Morgan and<br />
Andrew Eaton<br />
Key Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel<br />
Brühl,Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Laria<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Set against the sexy, glamorous and spectacular<br />
1970’s golden age of Formula 1<br />
racing, RUSH portrays the exhilarating true<br />
story of two of the greatest rivals the world<br />
has ever witnessed – handsome English<br />
playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth) and his<br />
methodical, brilliant opponent Niki Lauda<br />
(Brühl). Following their personal lives on<br />
and off the track, the two drivers push<br />
themselves to the breaking point of physical<br />
and psychological endurance, where<br />
there were no short cuts to victory and no<br />
margin for error – if you make a mistake,<br />
you die.<br />
DISCONNECT<br />
Drama (TBD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Henry Alex-Rubin<br />
Writer: Andrew Stern<br />
Executive Producer: Brad Simpson<br />
Producer: William Horberg, Mickey<br />
Liddell, Jennifer Hilton, Marc Forster<br />
Key Cast: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis,<br />
Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula<br />
Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander<br />
Skarsgård, Max Thieriot, Colin Ford, Jonah<br />
Bobo<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Interweaving multiple emotional storylines<br />
about people searching for human connec-<br />
tion in today’s wired world of the internet,<br />
DISCONNECT explores the consequences<br />
of living life everywhere but right here.<br />
OUTRUN<br />
Action/Romantic comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dax Shepard, David Palmer<br />
Writer: Dax Shepard<br />
Executive Producer: Exclusive Media, Jim<br />
Casey<br />
Producer: Andrew Panay, Nate Tuck, Kim<br />
Waltrip<br />
Key Cast: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell,<br />
Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Living under an assumed identity, ex-getaway<br />
driver “Charlie Bronson” agrees to<br />
break the rules of witness protection to<br />
drive his sexy girlfriend to California so<br />
she can land her dream job. When the<br />
authorities and his former crew learn he is<br />
back behind the wheel, they hit the road to<br />
chase him down.<br />
SNITCH<br />
Action/Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ric Roman Waugh<br />
Writer: Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh<br />
Executive Producer: Justin Haythe, Becki<br />
Trujillo, Participant Media<br />
Producer: Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson,<br />
David Fanning, Exclusive Media<br />
Key Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Susan<br />
Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt, Jon Bernthal,<br />
Barry Pepper<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose<br />
teenage son is wrongly accused of a crime<br />
and is sentenced to 10 years in jail. In order<br />
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to clear his son’s name, he dangerously<br />
goes undercover and risks everything,<br />
including his own life, to reduce his son’s<br />
sentence.<br />
END OF WATCH<br />
Action/Thriller/Crime<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Ayer<br />
Writer: David Ayer<br />
Executive Producer: Randall Emmett,<br />
George Furla, Adam Kassan, Chrisann<br />
Verges<br />
Producer: John Lesher, David Ayer,<br />
Exclusive Media<br />
Key Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña,<br />
Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A powerful story of family, friendship,<br />
love, honor and courage, END OF WATCH<br />
follows young Los Angeles police officers<br />
Taylor (Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Peña) as<br />
they patrol the meanest streets of south<br />
central Los Angeles. Unfolding through an<br />
astonishingly unique point of view, captured<br />
by the cameras of those caught in the<br />
line of fire, we experience a riveting portrait<br />
of the city’s darkest and most violent<br />
corners, the cops who risk their lives there<br />
every day, and the price they and their families<br />
are forced to pay.<br />
UNDEFEATED<br />
Documentary Feature Film (113)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin<br />
Executive Producer: Ralph Zipper, Chris<br />
Miller, Paolo Coppola, Michele Farinola,<br />
Neeraj Kohli, Exclusive Media<br />
Producer: Ed Cunningham, Seth Gordon,<br />
Dan Lindsay, Rich Middlemas, Exclusive<br />
Media<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Set against the backdrop of an American<br />
football season, UNDEFEATED is a coming-of-age<br />
vérité documentary film centering<br />
on three underprivileged student-athletes<br />
from inner-city Memphis and an<br />
unexpected volunteer coach who struggles<br />
to provide them with the discipline,<br />
resources and inspiration they’ll need to<br />
not only overcome their bleak surroundings,<br />
but also to win the first playoff game<br />
in their high school’s 110-year history.<br />
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN<br />
THE MATERIAL WORLD<br />
Documentary Feature Film Music (208)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Martin Scorsese<br />
Executive Producer: Margaret Bodde<br />
Producer: Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair,<br />
Martin Scorsese<br />
Key Cast: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr,<br />
Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar,<br />
Phil Spector, Terry Gilliam, Jackie Stewart,<br />
Eric Idle, George Martin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Academy Award®-winning director Martin<br />
Scorsese traces the lines of George<br />
Harrison’s journey from Liverpool to<br />
become one of the most talented and celebrated<br />
guitarists and songwriters in the<br />
world.<br />
SO UNDERCOVER<br />
Action/Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Vaughan<br />
Writer: Allan Loeb, Steven Pearl<br />
Executive Producer: Rob Cowan, Harvey<br />
Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Jodi Zuckerman<br />
Weine, Ari Pinchot, Matthew Salloway,<br />
Randy Manis, Guy East, Chris Miller,<br />
Andy Mason<br />
Producer: Allan Loeb, Steven Pearl, Tish<br />
Cyrus, Nigel Sinclair, Tobin Armbrust<br />
Key Cast: Miley Cyrus, Jeremy Piven,<br />
Kelly Osbourne<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The world’s #1 pop star, Miley Cyrus, stars<br />
as a young private investigator who must<br />
transform herself from a tough, street wise<br />
private investigator to a refined, sophisticated<br />
university girl to help protect the<br />
daughter of a one-time mobster.<br />
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+ 31.20.7582.370.<br />
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At EFM: Sandra den Hamer (CEO),<br />
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International), Ido Abram (Director of<br />
Presentation & Communications)<br />
Office: Stand #09 Martin Gropius Bau, Tel:<br />
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HEMEL<br />
Drama (80 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Sacha Polak<br />
Writer: Helena van der Meulen<br />
Producer: Circe Films<br />
Key Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet,<br />
Rifka Lodeizen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Hemel has lived closely with her father<br />
Gijs since the early death of her mother.<br />
Gijs has an endless string of young women<br />
attached to him, but Hemel feels that none<br />
of them constitute a threat to their exclusive<br />
relationship. This changes, however,<br />
when Gijs meets Sophie, a talented young<br />
auctioneer.<br />
KAUWBOY<br />
Family (87 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Boudewijn Koole<br />
Writer: Jolein Laarman, Boudewijn Koole<br />
Producer: Waterland Film<br />
Key Cast: Rick Lens, Loek Peters, Cahit<br />
Olmez, Susan Radder<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Jojo (10) lives with his father, whom he<br />
adores, even though he can be sometimes<br />
difficult and aggressive. One day Jojo finds<br />
a jackdaw that he names Jack, and decides<br />
to take care of it even though his father dis-<br />
approves. When his father finds out that<br />
Jojo has lied to him they have a huge argument<br />
and Jack flies away. Jojo is sad and<br />
runs away too, but in the end it is not Jack<br />
who comforts Jojo, but his father.<br />
SNACKBAR<br />
Drama (80 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Meral Uslu<br />
Writer: Stan Lapinski<br />
Producer: Lemming Film<br />
Key Cast: Ali Cifteci, Nazmye Oral,<br />
Dilleria Horuz, Esra Horuz.<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
The snackbar, owned by Abi and located in<br />
a suburb of Amsterdam, is a refuge for the<br />
local Moroccan youth. They are wild, violent<br />
and criminal but to them Abi is like an<br />
old, trustworthy Turkish uncle - understanding,<br />
funny but also strict. But what if<br />
Abi, with his addiction to backgammon,<br />
jeopardises this state of harmony?<br />
TAKING CHANCES<br />
AKA: PATATJE OORLOG<br />
Youth (87 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk<br />
Writer: Lotte Tabbers<br />
Producer: Lemming Film<br />
Key Cast: Pippa Allen, Johnny de Mol,<br />
Rifka Lodeizen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Kiek is worried as her father works in a<br />
war zone. To lengthen the odds of her<br />
father getting hurt, she comes up with a<br />
strange and unique idea: she needs a dead<br />
dog and a dead mouse, because Kiek doesn’t<br />
know one person who has a dead<br />
mouse, a dead dog and a dead father.<br />
Surely the odds against that are enormous?<br />
ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT<br />
Documentary (90 min)<br />
Language: Dutch/English<br />
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Director: Klaartje Quirijns<br />
Writer: Klaartje Quirijns, Thomas den<br />
Drijver<br />
Co-Production Partners: CTM, Production<br />
Value, Savage Film, Fastnet<br />
Producer: LEV Pictures<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
An intimate portrait of Corbijn as he travels<br />
the world as photographer, filmmaker<br />
and video-artist. A unique look at the<br />
drama and conflict inherent within the man<br />
himself: the sacrifice of his private life for<br />
a meteoric career, his commercial success<br />
against his desire for artistic recognition,<br />
and how audience adulation contrasts with<br />
his personal loneliness. Director Quirijns’<br />
close personal relationship with Anton has,<br />
over two years, allowed her unprecedented<br />
access to both the man and his work.<br />
THE GANG OF OSS<br />
AKA: DE BENDE VAN OSS<br />
historical crime drama (111 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: André van Duren<br />
Writer: André van Duren, Paul Jan<br />
Nelissen<br />
Producer: Sigma Pictures Productions<br />
Key Cast: Sylvia Hoeks, Frank Lammers,<br />
Marcel Musters, Matthias Schoenaerts<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
In the 1930s, the city of Oss in southern<br />
Holland was caught up in a vicious crime<br />
wave. The military police was sent from<br />
the north to free the city from the terrifying<br />
‘Gang of Oss’. When the police discovers<br />
sex crimes and fraud even among the local<br />
clerks and prominent city folk, the conflict<br />
escalates between the Catholic south and<br />
Protestant north, which finally leads to the<br />
fall of the government – the last one operating<br />
before the war.<br />
SÜSKIND<br />
Drama (117 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Rudolf van den Berg<br />
Writer: Rudolf van den Berg, Chris W.<br />
Mitchell<br />
Producer: Fu Works, Cadenza Films<br />
Key Cast: Jeroen Spitzenbergen, Karl<br />
Markovics, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Nasrdin<br />
Dchar<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
1942. In an attempt to save a group of<br />
Jewish children from deportation, Walter<br />
Süskind befriends the SS officer Ferdinand<br />
Aus der Fünten. When the latter discovers<br />
that Süskind has been using him, and that<br />
their friendship is nothing but a lie, the<br />
Nazi exacts a ruthless revenge upon the<br />
Jew.<br />
ALFIE THE LITTLE WEREWOLF<br />
AKA: DOLFJE WEERWOLFJE<br />
Family (90 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Joram Lürsen<br />
Writer: Tamara Bos<br />
Producer: BosBros<br />
Key Cast: Ole Kroes, Maas Bronkhuyzen,<br />
Remko Vrijdag, Kim van Kooten<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Alfie has no idea what is happening to him<br />
when he turns into a little werewolf on his<br />
7th birthday, so he jumps from his bedroom<br />
window and runs through the park, chasing<br />
ducks and chickens. When daylight comes,<br />
he returns home, and wakes up as Alfie<br />
again. His foster brother Timmie thinks it’s<br />
awesome, but Alfie doesn’t want to be a<br />
werewolf. He’s afraid his foster parents<br />
won’t want him anymore. Alfie wants to<br />
keep his secret whatever it takes…<br />
TONY 10<br />
Comedy (85 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Mischa Kamp<br />
Writer: Mieke de Jong<br />
Producer: Lemming Film<br />
Key Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Rifka<br />
Lodeizen, Annet Malherbe<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
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A family film which tells the unlikely and<br />
timeless story of ten year old Tony, whose<br />
father becomes Secretary of State, having<br />
once been a humble crane driver. As a<br />
result Tony’s parents get divorced and he<br />
does everything he can to bring them back<br />
together. He even asks the Dutch Queen to<br />
help him out…<br />
PENNY’S SHADOW<br />
Family (100 min)<br />
Language: English (dubbed), original version<br />
Dutch<br />
Director: Steven de Jong<br />
Writer: Lars Boom<br />
Producer: Two Young Rights<br />
Key Cast: Rick Engelkes, Tanja Jess, Levi<br />
van Kempen, Liza Sips<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
The story of Shadow, the descendant of a<br />
horse killed during a catastrophic rescue<br />
operation, is depicted in a comic book<br />
drawn by Kai’s mother. The book is also<br />
about her, her partner Erik, and about Kai’s<br />
birth. But following a terrible argument,<br />
Kai witnesses his mother’s accidental<br />
death, an event that for years fills him with<br />
remorse. Years later Erik runs a farm where<br />
young people come for riding holidays. For<br />
Kai, the arrival of Lisa will change everything.<br />
THE HEINEKEN KIDNAPPING<br />
AKA: DE HEINEKEN ONTVOERING<br />
Crime, thriller (100 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Maarten Treurniet<br />
Writer: Kees van Beijnum, Maarten<br />
Treurniet<br />
Producer: IDTV Film/Topkapi Films<br />
Key Cast: Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten<br />
van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Sallie Harmsen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
THE HEINEKEN KIDNAPPING is based<br />
on the capture of beer tycoon Alfred<br />
Heineken that hit the headlines in the<br />
1980s, both in the Netherlands and across<br />
the world. The film goes beyond the wellknown<br />
story of the kidnap itself to tell of<br />
Heineken’s revenge, which culminates in<br />
the pursuit of the kidnappers across the<br />
world. The prime focus is on the psychological<br />
power struggle between the successful<br />
businessman and a ruthless young<br />
criminal bearing a grudge.<br />
SONNY BOY<br />
Drama (131 min)<br />
Language: Dutch/German<br />
Director: Maria Peters<br />
Writer: Maria Peters, Pieter van der<br />
Waterbeemd<br />
Producer: Shooting Star Filmcompany<br />
Key Cast: Ricky Koole, Sergio Hasselbank,<br />
Marcel Hensema, Micha Hulshof<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
SONNY BOY is the true, exceptional love<br />
story between two apparently ordinary people:<br />
Rika, a typical Dutch mother of four<br />
children, and Waldemar, a Surinam man<br />
seventeen years her junior. Their love can<br />
survive all the presumptions and obstructions<br />
of the cruel world outside, but is<br />
finally unable to cope with the brutal and<br />
devastating power of war.<br />
MEET THE FOKKENS<br />
AKA: OUWEHOEREN<br />
Documentary (76 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Rob Schröder, Gabriëlle Provaas<br />
Writer: Rob Schröder, Gabriëlle Provaas<br />
Producer: Submarine<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Louise and Martine Fokkens are identical<br />
twins. For over fifty years they have been<br />
working as prostitutes. They freed themselves<br />
from the control of their pimps, ran<br />
their own brothel, and set up the first informal<br />
trade union for prostitutes. They are<br />
familiar faces in Amsterdam’s Red Light<br />
District, but soon they will bid their<br />
farewells. A portrait of two remarkable<br />
women, as well as a history of the Red<br />
Light District over the past fifty years.<br />
WATER CHILDREN<br />
Documentary (75 min)<br />
Language: Japanese/Dutch<br />
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Touchback - Hannibal Classics<br />
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Director: Aliona van der Horst<br />
Writer: Aliona van der Horst<br />
Producer: Zeppers Film & TV<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
The internationally acclaimed pianist and<br />
artist Tomoko Mukaiyama asks Japanese<br />
women to participate in her art project,<br />
exploring their bodies’ monthly rhythms.<br />
For the first time in their lives these<br />
women give words to this experience,<br />
resulting in powerful testimonies about<br />
womanhood, loss and the power of life.<br />
Gradually this film evolves into a visual<br />
and musical conversation between the filmmaker<br />
and pianist, that encompasses Bach,<br />
a labyrinth, Japanese nature and a unique<br />
Buddhist ritual for unborn children.<br />
FANTASTIC FILMS<br />
INTERNATIONAL,<br />
LLC<br />
Fantastic Films International, LLC, 3854<br />
Clayton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027<br />
USA, Tel: 1.323.661.7088 Fax:<br />
1.323.661.7188. www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com<br />
E-mail: roxane@ffimail.com<br />
At EFM: Roxane Barbat (President), Fred<br />
deWysocki (Partner)<br />
Office: MGB Stand #119, Tel:<br />
310.560.9577<br />
DELHI SAFARI<br />
3D Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nikhil Advani<br />
Co-Production Partners: Krayon Pictures<br />
Pvt. Ltd.<br />
Key Cast: Vanessa Williams, Jason<br />
Alexander, Cary Elwes, Christopher Lloyd,<br />
Brad Garrett<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: India<br />
A fun, motley crew of animals embark on a<br />
journey across the mountains and rivers of<br />
India, hitching rides in trains and trucks to<br />
take their petition to the leader of the<br />
humans in Delhi. Along the way they discover<br />
that not only are their homes in jeop-<br />
ardy, but the homes and lives of thousands<br />
of other animals as well. Their exciting<br />
journey becomes one where enemies<br />
become friends and an unlikely family<br />
comes together to fight for what rightfully<br />
belongs to them - A HOME.<br />
Z-BAW<br />
3D Animation<br />
Language: English / Spanish<br />
Director: Ricardo Gomez<br />
Co-Production Partners: Imagination Films<br />
/ Fantastic Films<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Mexico<br />
In a far off galaxy, in order to bring balance<br />
to the universe, the gods forged five<br />
trophies honoring 5 virtues: Love, Strength,<br />
Wisdom, Leadership and Friendship. One<br />
of these trophies can only be earned once<br />
every 50 years by winning the Great<br />
Intergalactic Tournament of a hockey/soccer-like<br />
sport called “Z-BAW”. ZAX and<br />
his evil Niurax Corporation plan to seize<br />
control of planet Mantar by stealing four of<br />
the trophies and then winning the Great Z-<br />
BAW Tournament to get the fifth trophy.<br />
Only young KIBIT and his inexperienced<br />
team of: MARA, PLUNK and BERDI will<br />
have the opportunity to save the planet.<br />
But, Kibit’s team doesn’t stand a chance<br />
unless they first locate RAH “The<br />
Legend”, a former great Z-BAW player,<br />
who is the only person able to coach this<br />
underdog team to victory. The action is<br />
even more amazing when viewed in the<br />
native stereoscopic 3D.<br />
RAPTURE<br />
Sci Fi/ Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Richard Lowry<br />
Co-Production Partners: Royal 11 Films<br />
Producer: Kimber Eastwood<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
It happens without warning. All electrical<br />
devices are abruptly shut down. Dark,<br />
unearthly clouds form over cities and<br />
towns from which lightning strikes and<br />
vaporizes its victims. Food and water is<br />
suddenly contaminated, causing bacterial<br />
infection that kills within the hour,<br />
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Ominous robed figures sweep the cities and<br />
landscapes, vaporizing everyone in sight.<br />
Caught on the outside of civilization are<br />
four people, confronted with the unexplainable<br />
dangers surrounding them at every<br />
turn. In their perilous journey to find<br />
refuge, the burning questions arise: is this<br />
an alien attack on mankind? God’s biblical<br />
wrath? Biological warfare from an earthbound<br />
enemy? As the nightmarish events<br />
continue to unfold, the grim reality<br />
becomes clear to them, that by day’s end<br />
mankind will be extinct. With over 150<br />
state-of-the-art visual effects shots, this is a<br />
must have apocalypse thriller.<br />
SHE WOLF RISING<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marc Leland<br />
Co-Production Partners: Triboro<br />
Pictures/Cat Productions<br />
Key Cast: Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon,<br />
Tina Krause<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A nonstop supernatural thriller that<br />
explores the dark side of underground filmmaking.<br />
Gina Skylar (Tiffany Shepis), the<br />
reigning queen of horror lures one of her<br />
passionate fans, Jake Bubar (Tim Mandala)<br />
into her decadent world of illusions and<br />
myths. Jake’s desire for Gina is challenged<br />
when he discovers that she is a descendent<br />
of the She Wolf, Lupa, who protected<br />
Romulus and Remus, the founders of<br />
Rome. The She Wolf guards and nurtures<br />
the helpless while in human form, but once<br />
she transforms, she is bestial and dangerous.<br />
Is this real or just another scene from<br />
one of Gina’s movies? The twists continue<br />
as demons, beasts and a mentally unstable<br />
movie producer try to stop their forbidden<br />
desire.<br />
THE WINTER PRINCE AND THE<br />
FLAME ETERNIUM<br />
Sci Fi / Family<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Whitus<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fantastic Films<br />
International / Silver Hills Pictures<br />
Key Cast: celebrity cast to be announced<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Prince Frederick, a young warrior of mysterious<br />
royal lineage, and the sorcerer<br />
Thomas travel in search of adventure. Their<br />
quest leads them to the Kingdom of<br />
Paradiso a former Shangri-la now stuck in<br />
an eternal winter, because a dark wizard<br />
has extinguished The Flame Eternium to<br />
force the beautiful Princess Roxana into an<br />
unwanted marriage. When Frederick -<br />
dubbed The Winter Prince by the locals -<br />
falls in love with Princess Roxana, it is up<br />
to he and Thomas to re-ignite the Flame<br />
Eternium and bring warmth back to the<br />
frozen Kingdom. Thomas can’t defeat the<br />
dark wizard, but he does have a plan - find<br />
the last dragon hidden an the icy mountain<br />
cave and trick it into re-lighting the flame<br />
with its hellish breath - before Frederick’s<br />
love is lost forever.<br />
LAST KUNG FU MONK<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Li Peng Zhang<br />
Co-Production Partners: Shaolin Film<br />
Productions Inc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A Kung-Fu Monk comes to the States to<br />
take care of his deceased brother’s son.<br />
While setting up a school and learning<br />
about life in the US, he becomes embroiled<br />
in an underground fighting club in order to<br />
save the lives of his friends.<br />
SAM STEELE AND THE CRYSTAL<br />
CHALICE<br />
Family / Children<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Whitus<br />
Producer: Silver Hills Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Dee Wallace,<br />
Jacob Hays, Katherine McNamara<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Sam and the junior detective agency go on<br />
a treasure hunt to find the crystal chalice<br />
enlisting the help of a Russian operative<br />
with a mysterious past and murky motives.<br />
EL DORADO - IN 3D (LIVE ACTION)<br />
Horror / Comedy / Musical<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: Richard Driscoll<br />
Producer: House of Fear<br />
Key Cast: Daryl Hannah, David Carradine,<br />
Patrick Bergin, Michael Madsen, Brigitte<br />
Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Jeff Fahey,<br />
Oliver Tobias, David Soul<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
This is a live action 3D<br />
comedy/horror/musical/road movie and is<br />
the first ever British movie to be shot in<br />
3D. As they arrive at El Dorado’s 200th<br />
Anniversary Celebration the townsfolk are<br />
hungry to celebrate their beloved town -<br />
which does prove to be unfortunate to the<br />
tourists who come to visit. What ensues is<br />
murder, mayhem, cannibalism, an appreciation<br />
of blue grass, oh and a severed ear.<br />
AGENT C.R.U.S.H.<br />
Animation, Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sean Robinson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Crush Productions<br />
Ltd.<br />
Producer: Tony Ludwig, Barrie Robinson,<br />
Fred deWysocki, Roxane Barbat<br />
Key Cast: (voice overs) Ioan Gruffudd<br />
(Fantastic 4), Neve Campbell, Roger<br />
Moore, Brian Cox, Brian Blessed, (also<br />
just added: Danny Glover)<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
The setting for the movie is two hundred<br />
years into the future, much has changed but<br />
one thing remains a constant, crime and it’s<br />
getting a little bizarre.<br />
A FOX’S TALE<br />
Animation - comic adventure<br />
Key Cast: (voice-overs) Freddie Highmore,<br />
Miranda Richardson, Bill Nighy and<br />
Sienna Miller<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Hungary / UK<br />
“Little Jack” (Freddie Highmore) is an<br />
adorable young fox who is busy enjoying a<br />
blissful life, chasing frogs, butterflies and<br />
playing in the forest with his loving family.<br />
Until one night when his perfect world is<br />
turned upside down.<br />
SAM STEELE AND THE JUNIOR<br />
DETECTIVE AGENCY<br />
Family / Children<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Whitus<br />
Producer: Silver Hills Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Luke Perry, M. Emmett Walsh,<br />
Jacob Hays, Katherine McNamara<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own<br />
private detective agency to emulate his<br />
father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele,<br />
and helps track down a jewel thief.<br />
MAX MAGICIAN AND THE LEGEND<br />
OF THE RINGS<br />
Family, live action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Summerfield<br />
Co-Production Partners: Scorpio Studios<br />
Producer: Kimberly Gough<br />
Key Cast: Timothy Stultz, Ken Mitzkowitz,<br />
Erika Ann, Steven Barry Prince<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A young boy receives an ancient magical<br />
book that opens a mystical door into an<br />
enchanted kingdom where an adventure<br />
filled with warriors, elves, queens and sorcerers<br />
awaits.<br />
DOGS OF CHINATOWN<br />
Martial Arts Action<br />
Key Cast: Eric Jacobus & Ray Carbonel<br />
(The Stunt People), Huyen Thi (Fall Down<br />
Dead), Bill Oberst Jr (Sherman’s March,<br />
The Secret Life Of Bees), Patrick Keenan<br />
(Dark Remains), Christy Johnson (Tobe<br />
Hooper’s Mortuary)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Dogs Of Chinatown combines a hyper-reality<br />
“Sin City” look with amazing martial<br />
arts action by cult superstars The Stunt<br />
People, all set in a world filled with gangsters,<br />
strippers and assassins.<br />
MATCHMAKER MARY<br />
Family / Children<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Tom Whitus<br />
Producer: Silver Hills Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Jeff Fahey, Jillane Klaus,<br />
Katherine McNamara<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Seen thru the eyes of a young girl on the<br />
verge of womanhood, who enjoys meddling<br />
into adult lives with the help of animal<br />
adoption, the story emphasizes the<br />
connection between people’s need for<br />
“unconditional love” and illustrates how<br />
the lives of six people can be changed with<br />
a little help from a pre-teen matchmaker<br />
and three adorable puppies.<br />
FILM ASIA<br />
ENTERTAIMENT<br />
GROUP CO., LTD.<br />
Film Asia Entertaiment Group Co., Ltd.,<br />
302, 3/F, Block A, East Sun Industrial<br />
Centre, 16 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong,<br />
Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong<br />
Kong, Tel: +852.36221282. Fax:<br />
+852.36221248.<br />
http://www.filmasiaent.com.hk E-mail:<br />
info@filmasiaent.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Agent<br />
At EFM: Kenneth Yeung (President-<br />
Distribution), Angus Chan (President-<br />
Production), Lammy Li (Distribution<br />
Manager ), Daisy Wong (Administrative<br />
Executive)<br />
Office: Exhibitor without a Stand<br />
ZOMBIE 108<br />
Horror/Action/Adventure (90)<br />
Director: Joe CHIEN<br />
Writer: Joe CHIEN<br />
Producer: Morris RONG<br />
Key Cast: Yvonne YAO, Morris RONG,<br />
Tai Bo, Jack KAO, Dennis TO, CHU Muyen<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
After a virus event, the government orders<br />
to quarantine the sick and evacuate all residents<br />
in the vicinity. However, the survivors<br />
suddenly become zombies to attack<br />
the living. In no time, the whole city is<br />
with such huge bloodshed. People from all<br />
walks, including gangsters, policemen,<br />
SWAT teams and the civilians, are willing<br />
to work together to escape seemingly, but<br />
in fact they have hidden schemes to compete<br />
with and even kill each others. The<br />
biggest test in a doomsday is human’s<br />
mind.<br />
DARK WEDDING 3D<br />
Horror/Thriller (90)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Bosco LAM<br />
Writer: Albert LAI, Bosco LAM<br />
Producer: Sam LAU<br />
Key Cast: Jordan CHAN, Theresa FU,<br />
Miki LEE, Ban Jiajia, Julia JIANG, Tavani<br />
HU<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
A car accident has taken the life of Li<br />
Xianer, the fiance of Ling Zhijie, 5 years<br />
ago. Zhijie can’t help regarding himself as<br />
an inauspicious guy, for 2 girlfriends that<br />
he knew since that accident successively<br />
ended up in great misfortune. A college girl<br />
named He Xiaoling comes back from the<br />
U.S. to do research on the ancient custom<br />
called Marriage with the Dead?. But<br />
strange things befall in succession, which<br />
seems as if someone is attempting He<br />
Xiaoling’s life. Meanwhile, He Xiaoling<br />
starts to suspect that Zhijie’s fiance Li<br />
Xianer isn’t dead at all. A dangerous<br />
scheme is about to breaks loose. The final<br />
destination for Ling Zhijie is a well plotted<br />
and vicious dark wedding.<br />
ARAVT<br />
War/Epic (91 mins)<br />
Language: Mongolian<br />
Director: Shagdarsuren.U and Jolbayar.D<br />
Writer: Erdene.O<br />
Key Cast: Baacanjab, Cocorbaram.D,<br />
Jambal, Jargalsaihan.B, Gurse.D, Onon.N<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Mongolia<br />
A little known fact is that Chinggis Khaan,<br />
better known as Genghis Khan, would collect<br />
orphans from his bloody battlefields<br />
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and have his own mother raise them. These<br />
adopted brothers grew up to become his<br />
most loyal officials and advisers. A 10-person<br />
“aravt” military unit is ordered by<br />
Khaan to locate a skilled doctor who lives<br />
in a forest. En route, they discover an abandoned<br />
baby. He is in fact the child of an<br />
enemy warrior who gives pursuit, even<br />
though they have saved the child’s life.<br />
Whilst protecting the child from attacks<br />
from enemy soldiers, the members of the<br />
“aravt” must also complete their mission.<br />
Through their actions, they demonstrate the<br />
benevolence and bravery of Mongol warriors<br />
as the final battle closes in.<br />
THE CASES<br />
Horror/Thriller (90)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Wai Kin<br />
Producer: Roy KWAN<br />
Key Cast: Edmond POON, Wylie CHIU,<br />
Brandy Akiko, Khloe CHU<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
There are numerous weird cases in the<br />
world, and the Orient is where psychic<br />
phenomena are packed. Every country or<br />
nation has its own psychic culture, custom<br />
and even parapsychology system. Some<br />
people even think the accumulation of<br />
resentful spirit will affect the rise and fall<br />
of a country. Edmond Poon, a Hong Kong<br />
renowned DJ who hosts psychic programs,<br />
supported by the metapsychology masters<br />
and warlocks from Southeast Asia who acts<br />
as advisors, leads a psychic exploring team<br />
to scout for little-known mysterious and<br />
supernatural cases or strange customs<br />
including Soul-grabbing Tame Head<br />
Magic, Menses Tame Head Magic<br />
(Indonesia), Headless Horseman in Prince<br />
Hotel, Suicide Curse in Aokigahara Forest<br />
(Japan), and MTR Dead Omen, Lone<br />
Ghost in Regal Hotel and Secret<br />
Organization ¡§Shadow Team¡¨ (Hong<br />
Kong), just to name a few. Many precious<br />
clips are uncovered for the first time providing<br />
gruesome viewing experience.<br />
HIGH KICKERS<br />
Martial Arts (90)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: XIE Yi<br />
Writer: XIE Yi<br />
Producer: ZHANG Jun, WU Hongwu,<br />
NEE David Kai<br />
Key Cast: Eva HUANG, Daniel CHAN,<br />
Mark CHENG, Gordon LIU, Waise LEE<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
The Taekwondo club founder Zhao Yumin<br />
(by Gordon Liu Kill Bill) was beaten down<br />
by the death of his favorite disciple Han<br />
Xufeng who was killed in an illegal gambling<br />
boxing match. His club gradually<br />
goes into poor operation and loses most of<br />
the disciples. One day, a girl called<br />
Lingling (by Eva Huang °Kung Fu Hustle,<br />
The Sorcerer and the White Snake) comes<br />
to his club and pledges him to train her for<br />
the national championship of Taekwondo.<br />
Her persistence and sincerity starts to<br />
restart his yearning for the honor.<br />
CHOY LEE FUT<br />
Martial Arts (93)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Tommy LOR<br />
Writer: Albert LAI<br />
Producer: Angus CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Sammo HUNG, YUEN Wah,<br />
Sammy HUNG, Dennis TO<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Having taken his father Chen Tianlai (by<br />
Sammo Hung, Kill Zone, Ip Man 2)’s<br />
advice, a bewildered graduate named<br />
Yingjie decides to return to homeland<br />
China to try a new start, together with his<br />
Japanese good friend Ken. At the very<br />
beginning when the two boys start practicing<br />
Choy Lee Fut kung fu from Master<br />
Chen Tianhong (by Yuen Wah, Kung Fu<br />
Hustle), brother of Tianlai, they learn that<br />
Tianlai consented to sell the martial club to<br />
Pan-America International Investment<br />
Group. Pan-America challenges to a fight<br />
which requires the Chens to hand over the<br />
martial club if they can’t prove their value<br />
of being.<br />
THE HUNTER (3D)<br />
Horror/Thriller (3D) (90)<br />
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Language: Chinese, English<br />
Director: Bjarne WONG<br />
Key Cast: Sharifah Amani, Carmen SOO,<br />
SOO Wincci, LOU Qi, Cindy CHEN,<br />
Tavani HU, Harisu<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Malaysia<br />
A film crew from China is tasked to shoot<br />
exotic flora and fauna of the world’s mysterious<br />
3rd largest island, Borneo.<br />
Historical treasures and hundred year old<br />
human skulls still hang in the almost<br />
untouched equatorial virgin rainforests<br />
native homes, in this the notorious tribal<br />
land of the Head-hunters. The journey<br />
began happily on Borneo Island, little did<br />
they expect that some would find love, passion<br />
and laughter while almost all will taste<br />
the stealthy killing power of the warriors<br />
enchanted blade around their necks.<br />
GNOST<br />
Horror/Thriller<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan,<br />
Thailand<br />
It’s another international thriller movie on<br />
4 different horror stories from four different<br />
oriental countries, told by a kindly but<br />
a little creepy granny who knows all the<br />
origins of those seemingly haunted items<br />
which are for sale in a mysterious bargain<br />
shop.<br />
SHADOW FIGHTER<br />
Martial Arts/Comedy<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Key Cast: Jolin TSAI<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Zuo Yang is secretly a crime-cracker in<br />
black taking actions at night, and he calls<br />
himself Knight-errant Zuo, except for the<br />
fact that he isn’t a good fighter.<br />
Nonetheless, every time he is in hard times<br />
against criminals, there is always a shadow<br />
fighter that turns up and saves his life. The<br />
techniques and strength of this kung fu<br />
master are rather remarkable. On the eve of<br />
the dance competition, Zuo Yang and Zhou<br />
Haibo are suddenly held up by an Interpol<br />
detective. Hence they learn that Zuo Yang<br />
has long been mistaken by some international<br />
drug cartel as a high-profile buyer<br />
coming from New York<br />
SECOND TO NONE<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
As the last witness of the last climax of<br />
Chinese martial arts era, descended from<br />
an official’s family in the Republican<br />
Period of China, Li Zhongxuan a.k.a. Mr.<br />
Er, is obsessed in practicing Chinese martial<br />
arts’ theories, especially Form-Mind<br />
Boxing, which, among the three major<br />
Internal Kung Fu styles, was the oldest<br />
ancient style created by Yue Fei, the heroic<br />
general in the Song Dynasty about 900<br />
years ago, which makes it mysterious and<br />
unpredictable, extensively including Nei<br />
Kung, Footwork, Acupoint Attack, Light<br />
Body Skill and more. Second to None is a<br />
great work with the passion for the nation<br />
and the master.<br />
FINDING SAYUN<br />
Family (99 mins)<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: CHEN Jie-Yao<br />
Key Cast: CAO Shi-hui, Yu Lao Yu Gan,<br />
LIN Ching-tai, Beatrice FANG, ZHENG<br />
Peng-fei, MU Zhong-hua, Yukihiko<br />
KAGEYAMA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
A TV crew was attracted by an old story<br />
about a Taiyan girl who was trapped in<br />
Heipi Tribe as early as the ages of Sino-<br />
Japanese War. The crew members intend to<br />
develop a historical TV drama out of the<br />
story. You Gan, a Taiyan hunter boy, still<br />
doesn’t understand the reason behind these<br />
out-of-town people spending their time<br />
doing research here, whereas his uncle You<br />
Ming is hospitable and willing to tell<br />
everything he learns. With his help, the<br />
leading team of the crew collects all kinds<br />
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of info for searching the relevant legends<br />
and figures. But it is still thrilling journey,<br />
a crew girl named Xiao Ru even insists on<br />
climbing a 3,000-meter-high mountain, following<br />
You Gan’s grandpa Ha Yong to visit<br />
their old tribe, but the trip is so dangerous<br />
that she almost gets killed on the way?<br />
I’M HERE FOR YOU<br />
Romance<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: CHU Yu-ning<br />
Producer: Eric LIANG<br />
Key Cast: Cherry Hsia, ZHENG Kai, HUO<br />
Ni-fang, Johnny LIN<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
A Taiwanese girl Xie Yijia comes to a city<br />
named Ningzhou on the west bank of the<br />
Straits, for the purpose of seeking dreams<br />
and fulfilling wishes for her old family. She<br />
meets a local photographer called Lin Da<br />
and invites him to join her journey. At first,<br />
they feel incompatible for one another and<br />
even quarrel because of the difference of<br />
background, education and habits etc<br />
between them. But later they are gradually<br />
impressed by each other and they develop<br />
into intimate friends with the ongoing journey,<br />
which, unfortunately, comes to an end<br />
for the sudden and serious disease of Xie<br />
Yijia. For fulfilling their promise of love,<br />
Xie Yijia, though dying, revisits the place<br />
where they met. And Lin De also creates a<br />
miracle with love and becomes a man with<br />
unprompted responsibility.<br />
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DRACULA 3D<br />
Horror - Stereoscopic 3D<br />
Language: English, Italian<br />
Director: Dario Argento<br />
Writer: Dario Argento, Stefano Piani,<br />
Antonio Tentori, Enrique Cerezo<br />
Producer: Multimedia Film Production,<br />
Enrique Cerezo P.C.<br />
Key Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Marta<br />
Gastini, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Unax<br />
Ugalde, Miriam Giovanelli<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Based on the original novel by Bram<br />
Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon<br />
of twentieth century culture.<br />
APARTMENT IN ATHENS<br />
AKA: APPARTAMENTO AD ATENE<br />
Drama (95 min)<br />
Language: Greek, German, English<br />
Director: Ruggero Dipaola<br />
Producer: LOcchio e la Luna<br />
Key Cast: Laura Morante, Richard<br />
Sammel, Gerasimos Skiadaresis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Based on the novel APARTMENT IN<br />
ATHENS by Glenway Wescott, the film<br />
deals with topics such as drama, history<br />
and war during the German occupation of<br />
Athens in 1943.<br />
DEEP WITHIN<br />
AKA: TAGLIONETTO<br />
Horror / Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: Italian, English<br />
Director: Federico Rizzo<br />
Producer: Margherita Film<br />
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Key Cast: Dorotea Mercuri, Giulio Forges<br />
Davanzati, Nino Frassica, Giacomo<br />
Gonnella,Antonio Barbero, Carmelo Galati<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Anna Benanzio an affirmed psychiatrist, is<br />
being asked to run a psychiatric examination<br />
on a guy who killed his mother and<br />
sister. After many difficulties she finds a<br />
way to his heart but she also discovers that<br />
she hides the same evil.<br />
THE NEW MONSTERS TODAY<br />
AKA: I MOSTRI OGGI<br />
Comedy (100’)<br />
Language: Italian, English subtitles<br />
Director: Enrico Oldoini<br />
Writer: Enrico Oldoini, Giacomo Scarpelli,<br />
SILVIA Scola, Marco Tiberi, Franco<br />
Ferrini<br />
Producer: Dean Film, Colorado Film,<br />
Warner Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Sabrina<br />
Ferilli, Giogo Panariello, Claudio Bisio,<br />
Angela Finocchiaro, Carlo Buccirosso<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
This picture is to be considered the third<br />
chapter of the “trilogy” of the episodefilms<br />
THE MONSTERS by Dino Risi<br />
(1963) and THE NEW MONSTERS<br />
(1977) by Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli and<br />
Ettore Scola, the masters of comedy. Once<br />
again, all the contemporary vices and fears<br />
are ironically described, because time pass<br />
by but all our defects are always the same/<br />
DIRTY WAR<br />
AKA: LE ULTIME 56 ORE<br />
Action - Drama (106’)<br />
Language: Italian, English<br />
Director: Claudio Fragasso<br />
Writer: Rossella Drudi<br />
Producer: Heles Film Production<br />
Key Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Luca<br />
Lionello, Barbora Bobulova, Simona<br />
Borioni, Primo Reggiani<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
The film highlights how Army personnel of<br />
the “peace keeping” missions have died<br />
and are still dying, killed by cancer caused<br />
by radioactivity of “depleted uranium” contained<br />
in weapons and bullets.<br />
FANNY HILL<br />
Erotic (91’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: May Chio Dimao<br />
Producer: Moonlight International Film<br />
Key Cast: Zoe Simpson, James Kavaz,<br />
James Donnelly<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
The erotic adaptation of John Cleland’s<br />
18th century novel FANNY HILL, tells the<br />
story of an innocent northern country girl<br />
travelling to London to seek her fortune<br />
and ending up in a brothel.<br />
MY LAI FOUR<br />
Action- Drama (100’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paolo Bertola<br />
Writer: Gianni Paolucci, Stefano Pomilia<br />
Producer: Gianni Paolucci<br />
Key Cast: Beau Ballinger, Yvette Yzon,<br />
Riccardo Flammini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Based on real events that took place on the<br />
16th of March 1968 at My Lai, South<br />
Vietnam and written in the book “My Lai”<br />
by Seymour M. Hersh winner of the<br />
Pulitzer Prize.<br />
THE LEGEND OF MELITA<br />
AKA: LA LEGGENDA DI MELITA<br />
Fantasy - 3D Animated Film (84’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paolo Bertola<br />
Producer: Diamonds International Film,<br />
PH-ITA Digital Graphics Studios<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
When the earth was populated by strange<br />
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creatures, the arrival of the ice age seemed<br />
to mark its end, but the intervention of an<br />
alien community will raise its fate bringing<br />
with them a new mysterious force...<br />
BETTER THAN EVER<br />
AKA: MEJOR QUE NUNCA FKA:<br />
LIKE IT HOT?<br />
Comedy (90’)<br />
Language: Spanish, Italian, English<br />
Director: Dolores Payas<br />
Producer: Zahori Media, Production Group,<br />
J.L.A<br />
Key Cast: Victoria Abril, Enrique Rocha,<br />
Gabriella Pession, Pep Ferrer, Anna<br />
Galiena, Rocco Papaleo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain, Italy, France<br />
Abandoned by her husband after years of<br />
marriage, Isabel thought her sexual life was<br />
over... but she had still a lot to learn...<br />
DESTINY RIDE<br />
AKA: SANS ETAT D’AME - LA<br />
DONNA DI NESSUNO<br />
Thriller (96’)<br />
Language: French, Italian, English<br />
Director: Vincenzo Marano<br />
Producer: Les Films de l’Astre, Filmexport<br />
Group<br />
Key Cast: Laurent Lucas, Helene de<br />
Fougerolles, Candice Hugo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: France, Italy<br />
A high-profile prostitute, a dreaded judge,<br />
an idealistic journalist: the love that they<br />
feel for each other will at once become<br />
deadly..<br />
THE MOLE<br />
AKA: LA TAUPE<br />
Thriller (2 x 52 min or 1 x 100’ TV movie)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Vincenzo Marano<br />
Writer: Sergio Gobbi, Victor Arnold and<br />
Laurent Scalese<br />
Producer: Les Films de l’Astre / TF1 Films<br />
Production / AT-Production / R.T.B.F.<br />
Key Cast: Ingrid Chauvin, Linda Hardy,<br />
Yannis Baraban<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
A heroin cache vanishes from a customs<br />
depot. Commandant Sandra Longo is dispatched<br />
from Paris. There is a mole and<br />
she has to find it.<br />
THE MOLE 2<br />
AKA: LA TAUPE 2<br />
Thriller (2 x 52 min or 1 x 104’ TV movie)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Vincenzo Marano<br />
Writer: Sergio Gobbi, Laurent Scalese<br />
Producer: Les Films de l’Astre / TF1 Films<br />
Production / AT-Production / R.T.B.F<br />
Key Cast: Ingrid Chauvin, Linda Hardy,<br />
Ma? Anh L?, Cathy Min Jung<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Paris nowadays... when two corpses are<br />
found in a car boot, for Sandra Longo it is<br />
clear that those homicides have been<br />
ordered by the boss of the local Chinese<br />
mafia.<br />
NOAH’S ARK<br />
AKA: EL ARCA<br />
Animation (87’)<br />
Language: Spanish, Italian, English<br />
Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini<br />
Producer: Production Group, Patagonik<br />
Film Group<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina, Italy<br />
A classic animated film that tackles an<br />
absolutely universal subject, in a context of<br />
adventures and humour, in which the animals<br />
are the main characters.<br />
MILAN PALERMO, THE RETURN<br />
AKA: MILANO PALERMO, IL<br />
RITORNO<br />
Action (95’)<br />
Language: Italian, English<br />
Director: Claudio Fragasso<br />
Executive Producer: Pietro Innocenzi<br />
Producer: Sanmarco Film - Globe Films<br />
Key Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Raoul Bova,<br />
Ricky Memphis, Gabriella Pession, Enrico<br />
Lo Verso<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
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Sequel to DARING YOUNG (Palermo<br />
Milan, One Way). Turi Arcangelo<br />
Leofonte, the mafia’s bookkeeper, after<br />
accepting to cooperate with the Law causing<br />
the arrest of almost the whole Scalia<br />
clan, and after serving his 11 years sentence,<br />
is being released...<br />
ZOMBIES, THE BEGINNING<br />
Horror (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Vincent Dawn<br />
Producer: Diamonds International Film<br />
Key Cast: Y. Yzon, A. Anson, P. Holme<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An expedition team sent to rescue a scientific<br />
crew on an island will encounter a<br />
new generation of zombies....<br />
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KUMA - A FILM BY UMUT DAG<br />
Drama (93 min.)<br />
Language: Turkish / German<br />
Key Cast: Nihal Koldas, Begüm Akkaya,<br />
Vedat Erincin, Dilara Karabayir, Murathan<br />
Muslu, Alev Irmak, Merve Cevik,<br />
Abdulkadir Gümüs<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
Fatma lives with her husband and six children<br />
in Vienna, trying to preserve the traditional<br />
values and the social prestige of her<br />
family. When Ayse, a 19-year-old girl from<br />
the Turkish countryside, is chosen to be<br />
married to Fatma’s son, a special friendship<br />
evolves between the two women. But soon<br />
this relationship is put to the test as the<br />
family has to face a difficult stroke of fate.<br />
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON<br />
Drama (101 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“Keep The Lights On” chronicles the emotionally<br />
and sexually charged journey of<br />
two men. New York in the Nineties.<br />
Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted<br />
lawyer Paul meet through a casual<br />
encounter and soon become a couple. They<br />
are risk takers—compulsive and fueled by<br />
sex. In an almost decade-long relationship<br />
defined by highs, lows and dysfunctional<br />
patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his<br />
own boundaries and dignity and to be true<br />
to himself.<br />
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY<br />
Drama (107 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Gabriel Spahiu, Mihaela Sirbu,<br />
Serban Pavlu, Sofia Nicolaescu, Tamara<br />
Buciuceanu Botez<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Romania<br />
Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties.<br />
His five year-old daughter Sofia lives<br />
with her mother, which causes Marius a<br />
deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives<br />
to take his daughter on their annual holiday,<br />
he is not allowed to take her with him.<br />
The situation soon gets out of control with<br />
all the family taking part in a web of<br />
humor, violence, childish songs, police<br />
interventions and love statements.<br />
KING CURLING<br />
Comedy (75 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Atle Antonsen, Jan Sælid, Kåre<br />
Conradi, Linn Skåber<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is<br />
diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder<br />
and banned from competing. When<br />
he learns that his coach Gordon is on his<br />
deathbed, Truls decides to compete again.<br />
His goal is to win the championship cash<br />
prize to pay for Gordon’s needed operation.<br />
He leaves his wife, starts gathering his old<br />
teammates and stops taking his medica-<br />
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tions. Will Truls lead his team to victory<br />
and save his old friend?<br />
FOUR SUNS<br />
Drama (102 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová,<br />
Marek Sácha, Karel Roden, Jirí Mádl,<br />
Klára Melísková, Igor Chmela<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Czech Republic<br />
Jara has lost his job, his family is falling<br />
apart and his only companion and friend is<br />
Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very<br />
closely bound to nature. Unemployed and<br />
immature, he tries to keep his family<br />
together, to make his wife stay with him, to<br />
protect his teenage son from drug abuse<br />
and to protect Karel from himself - but<br />
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COME AS YOU ARE<br />
Tragi-Comedy (115 min.)<br />
Language: Flemish/French<br />
Key Cast: Gilles De Schryver, Robrecht<br />
Vanden Thoren, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle<br />
De Hertogh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Belgium<br />
Three guys in their early twenties love<br />
wine and women but they are still virgins.<br />
Under the guise of a wine tour they embark<br />
on a journey to Spain hoping to have their<br />
first sexual experience. Nothing will stop<br />
them. Not even their handicaps: one is<br />
blind, the other is confined to a wheelchair<br />
and the third one is completely paralyzed.<br />
UNFAIR WORLD<br />
Drama (107 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos,<br />
Theodora Tzimou, Christos Stergioglou<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Greece<br />
It’s hard to be honest in a dishonest world.<br />
Sotiris has almost given up. Luckily he still<br />
has his job as a cop, which provides a modest<br />
opportunity to fight the system.<br />
FAUST<br />
Drama (134 min.)<br />
Language: German<br />
Key Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton<br />
Adasinskiy, Georg Friedrich, Isolda<br />
Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Freely inspired by Goethe’s story,<br />
Alexander Sokurov radically reinterprets<br />
the myth. Faust is a thinker, a rebel and a<br />
pioneer, but also an anonymous human<br />
made of flesh and blood driven by inner<br />
impulses, greed and lust. After “Moloch”<br />
(Hitler), “Taurus” (Lenin) and “The Sun”<br />
(Hirohito), “Faust” is the last part of<br />
Sokurov’s tetralogy.<br />
BEST INTENTIONS<br />
Black Comedy / Drama (102 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa<br />
Raab, Marian Ralea, Alina Grigore<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Romania<br />
Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic<br />
character. When his mother is hospitalized<br />
with a stroke, the caring son’s life gets out<br />
of track. At the hospital he finds himself in<br />
a burlesque kind of human zoo full of<br />
unexpected characters and surprising<br />
events. Trying to manage the situation in<br />
between everybody’s advice, he’s becoming<br />
hypochondriac. While his mother<br />
seems to feel perfectly fine Alex is making<br />
his own set of mistakes – throughout with<br />
best intentions.<br />
HOLIDAYS BY THE SEA<br />
Comedy (77 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Marie De<br />
Medeiros, François Damiens, Dominique<br />
Pinon, Marie Kremer, Gustave Kervern,<br />
François Morel<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Finally it’s weekend and everybody is<br />
heading to the coast. Two retirees in a snail<br />
paced vehicle and a beach house as large as<br />
a stamp cross a couple of punks in love living<br />
in a house drawn on the sand. Two<br />
impostors play golf next to a funeral procession,<br />
an umbrella representative meets<br />
his mistress in a hotel and the life of two<br />
unhappy couples is turned upside down by<br />
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a lost kite. Many bizarre and funny<br />
encounters happen during holidays by the<br />
sea. The film is a tribute to Jacques Tati’s<br />
classic “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday”.<br />
IRIS IN BLOOM<br />
Drama (75 min.)<br />
Key Cast: Lola Créton, Stanislas Merhar,<br />
Valérie Donzelli, Adèle Haenel<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Iris is 16 and she lives the end of her<br />
teenage years in a small province town<br />
when she meets Jean, a 40 year old<br />
Parisian photographer. Over the course of<br />
their meetings, their relationship evolves to<br />
a loving friendship that will turn their lives<br />
upside down.<br />
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UNBOWED<br />
Drama (101 min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Chung Jiyoung<br />
Writer: Han Hyunkeun<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Chung Jiyoung<br />
Film<br />
Executive Producer: Lee Eun, Chung<br />
Jiyoung<br />
Producer: Chung Jiyoung<br />
Key Cast: Ahn Sungki, Park Wonsang, Na<br />
Younghee, Kim Jiho<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
After refusing to cover up the affiliated<br />
University’s error regarding the national<br />
university entrance exam, Professor KIM<br />
Kyoung-ho is unfairly dismissed. He loses<br />
his lawsuit for reinstatement and his appeal<br />
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his uncompromising character. But when<br />
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LOVE FICTION<br />
Romantic comedy (117 min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Jeon Gye-soo<br />
Writer: Jeon Gye-soo<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Samgeori<br />
Pictures Co. Ltd., Fantagio production<br />
Producer: Shin Young-il<br />
Key Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Kong Hyo-jin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
Joo-wol is a novelist suffering from<br />
writer’s block. One day, he goes to<br />
Germany and meets Heejin, a film distributor,<br />
and falls in love. Back in Seoul, he<br />
convinces her out on a date. Joo-wol finds<br />
out Heejin had lived in Alaska, loves photography,<br />
and does not shave. He gets<br />
shocked by the thick hair growing under<br />
her armpits, but it strangely inspires him to<br />
write again; a mystery suspense detective<br />
series about a woman with hairy armpits. It<br />
becomes an immediate sensation. Then,<br />
Joo-wol discovers more about Heejin,<br />
including her complicated pasts with<br />
numerous men.<br />
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Hong Sangsoo<br />
Writer: Hong Sangsoo<br />
Co-Production Partners: Jeonwaonsa Film<br />
Co.<br />
Producer: Kim Kyounghee<br />
Key Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Yu Junsang,<br />
Jung Yumi<br />
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Trophy - New Film International<br />
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Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
A young woman and her mother run away<br />
to the seaside town of Mohang to escape<br />
their mounting debt. The young woman<br />
begins writing a script for a short film in<br />
order to calm her nerves: There are three<br />
women named Anne, and each woman consecutively<br />
visits the seaside town of<br />
Mohang. A young woman tends to the<br />
small hotel by the Mohang foreshore<br />
owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard<br />
can be seen restlessly wandering up and<br />
down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne<br />
stays at this small hotel, receives some<br />
assistance from the owner’s daughter, and<br />
ventures onto the beach where they meet<br />
the lifeguard.<br />
THE GRAND HEIST (TENTATIVE<br />
TITLE)<br />
Period action adventure<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Kim Joo-ho<br />
Writer: Kim Min-sung<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Dhuta Co.Ltd.<br />
Producer: Ahn Dong-gyu, Cha Ji-hyun,<br />
Kim Min-sung, Oh Jeong-hyun<br />
Key Cast: Cha Tae-hyun, Oh Ji-ho, Min<br />
Hyo-lin<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
About 250 years ago in Korea, people<br />
struggle under the tyranny of the first vicepremier<br />
CHO who has taken possessions of<br />
power and commercial supremacy over<br />
‘ice’, the most valuable commodity in that<br />
time. Unable to stand CHO’s tyranny, LEE,<br />
an ingenious young man whose father was<br />
eliminated by CHO, gathers a group of<br />
experts in various fields; tactics, weapons,<br />
explosives, underwater diving, camouflage,<br />
etc. With their help, Lee executes his plans<br />
to rob the entire storage of ice that will be<br />
used for the crown prince’s birthday party<br />
which will initiate CHO’s downfall.<br />
GHOST SWEEPERS<br />
Horror, Comedy<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Shin Jung-won<br />
Writer: Kwon Sung-hui<br />
Co-Production Partners: Dasepo Club co.<br />
Ltd.<br />
Producer: Kim Hyun-suk, Billy Acuman,<br />
MC Kang, Park Kyung-won<br />
Key Cast: Kim Soo-ro, Kang Ye-won, Lee<br />
Jae-hoon<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
Chan-young, a young journalist, is sent to<br />
cover a story when all the top shamans<br />
from nationwide gather up for a grand<br />
exorcism at a small village notorious for<br />
dark rumors about an evil spirit. They barely<br />
manage to even enter the village for this<br />
evil spirit is unlike anything anyone has<br />
seen so far. The group of shamans begins<br />
their grand ritual, but with the strange eerie<br />
force that dominates the entire village and<br />
repeated attacks by the spirit, most of the<br />
shamans run for their lives. Only five best<br />
shamans remain along with Chan-young.<br />
So the six begin to explore the dark secrets<br />
of the village while preparing for the<br />
biggest battle against the evil forces.<br />
BLIND<br />
Thriller (111 min)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Ahn Sang-hoon<br />
Writer: Choi Min-suk, Andy Yoon, Ahn<br />
Sang-hoon<br />
Co-Production Partners: a MoonWatcher<br />
production, Next Entertainment World Inc.<br />
Executive Producer: Andy Yoon, Woody<br />
Kim<br />
Producer: Andy Yoon<br />
Key Cast: Kim Ha-neul, Yoo Seung-ho<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
Soo-ah, a young blind woman who was in<br />
police academy before she lost her sight,<br />
experiences a very strange and frightful<br />
taxi ride one rainy night. Suspicious of the<br />
taxi driver, she reports this to the police,<br />
but they ignore her. The next day, the<br />
police visit her about a missing college<br />
girl. Despite concerns, Soo-ah testifies<br />
information that is more reliable than any<br />
account from an eye witness. Collaborating<br />
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with another eye witness, she helps the<br />
police in finding the suspect. And now the<br />
serial killer is on a hunt to get rid of the<br />
witnesses.<br />
LEAFIE<br />
Animation, Drama (91 min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Oh Seongyun<br />
Writer: Kim Eunjung, Na Hyun<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Myung Films,<br />
Odoltogi production<br />
Executive Producer: Lee Eun, Shim<br />
Jaemyung, Son Kwangik<br />
Producer: Lee Eun, Shim Jaemyung, Kim<br />
Sunku<br />
Key Cast: Moon Sori, Yoo Seungho, Choi<br />
Minsik<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
On a chicken farm among hundreds of hens<br />
is Leafie, one amazing hen who dreams of<br />
a life outside her cage. She manages to<br />
escape from captivity using her wit only to<br />
find herself being hunted down by the<br />
weasel One Eye. But she is saved by<br />
Wanderer, the brave guardian duck. When<br />
One Eye kills Wanderer and his mate,<br />
Leafie takes in the orphaned duckling as<br />
her own baby despite their differences.<br />
THE CAT<br />
Horror (106 min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Byun Seungwook<br />
Writer: Jang Yeunmi<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Pinehouse Film<br />
production, Next Entertainment World Inc.<br />
Producer: Lee Joondong<br />
Key Cast: Park Minyoung, Kim Donguk,<br />
Kim Yeron<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
So-yeon is an animal groomer who works<br />
in a pet shop. One day, she gets stuck with<br />
a Persian cat named Silky when its owner<br />
suddenly dies. From then on, So-yeon is<br />
constantly haunted by a bobbed hair girl<br />
with green cat-like eyes who turns her life<br />
into turmoil. The presence of the girl and<br />
the sound of Silky’s cries start to choke in<br />
around her life more and more as series of<br />
mysterious deaths occur around her.<br />
THE MIRACLE<br />
Family, Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: KIM Young-ro<br />
Writer: Kim Young-ho, Kim Young-ro<br />
Co-Production Partners: Filma pictures,<br />
Dal Ent production<br />
Executive Producer: Tony Mantaeg Han,<br />
Kim Young-ho, Han Hee<br />
Producer: Kim In-dae<br />
Key Cast: Lee Mun-sik, Park Ji-bin, Lee<br />
Seul-gi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
Living in a small rural village, 13-year-old<br />
Chul and his sister Euna are on their own<br />
when their grandmother passes away. His<br />
6-year-old sister’s wish is to see the biggest<br />
creature in the world, the whale, so she<br />
pesters him to take her to see one. When<br />
Euna’s eyesight deteriorates to a point<br />
where she could lose her sight completely,<br />
adults tell him to send her off to an institution.<br />
But afraid of losing his sister, he cannot<br />
let her go. And instead he sets off with<br />
his sister on a bicycle to grant her wish; in<br />
search for a whale.<br />
POONGSAN<br />
Drama (121 min)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Juhn Jaihong<br />
Writer: Kim Ki-duk<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Kim Ki-duk<br />
Film production<br />
Executive Producer: Kim Ki-duk,<br />
POONGSAN Staff<br />
Producer: Jeon Youn-chan<br />
Key Cast: Yoon Kye-sang, Kim Gyu-ri<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
Poongsan, a young man with the eyes of an<br />
innocent child, crosses over North and<br />
South Korea to deliver the pain and longings<br />
of separated families. Even though<br />
this can cause him get shot, he takes the<br />
risk without any fear. One day, by a secret<br />
request by South Korean government<br />
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agents he sneaks into North to bring over<br />
In-oak, the lover of a high-ranking North<br />
Korean defector. On their way to South<br />
Korea, they fall for each other while experiencing<br />
life-and-death situations together<br />
several times. However upon their arrival,<br />
they’re welcomed by agents who capture<br />
and torture Poongsan while In-oak gets disappointed<br />
with her old lover who has<br />
changed so much over the past years<br />
(117/150)<br />
UNSTOPPABLE FAMILY<br />
Comedy (103 min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Chung Tae-won<br />
Writer: Kim Young-chan<br />
Co-Production Partners: a Taewon<br />
Entertainment Co., Ltd. production<br />
Producer: Back Jin-dong<br />
Key Cast: Kim Soo-mi, Shin Hyun-joon,<br />
Tak Jae-hoon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
After leaving the ruthless mobster world,<br />
the HONG family leads a life of ease running<br />
a successful food company. Until one<br />
day when they are informed that the government<br />
has now lifted the ban that had<br />
them against leaving the country. Now at<br />
the liberty to travel, Madame HONG, head<br />
of the family, decides that it’s time that<br />
they take a vacation overseas. So the infamous<br />
ex-mob Madame HONG starts on her<br />
first trip ever, taking her three sons along:<br />
the excellent housekeeper eldest who used<br />
to be her first man, the divorced playboy<br />
second, and third who desperately needs<br />
anger management. With a series of unexpected<br />
events heading their way, the<br />
HONG family set on their journey of<br />
ordeal.<br />
FIRST HAND FILMS<br />
First Hand Films, Fritz Heeb-Weg 5, 8050<br />
Zurich, Switzerland , Tel:<br />
+41.44.312.20.60 Fax: +41.44.312.20.80.<br />
www.firsthandfilms.com E-mail:<br />
info@firsthandfilms.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Esther van Messel (CEO), Gitte<br />
Hansen (Deputy Director)<br />
Office: MGB - Media Stand 27, Tel:<br />
+41.44.312.20.60 Fax: +41.44.312.20.80<br />
AMERICA IN PRIMETIME<br />
Documentary (4x52’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lloyd Kramer<br />
Producer: The Documentary Group<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the 60 years since it began, scripted<br />
entertainment television has brought<br />
extraordinary drama and comedy, tragedy<br />
and triumph into homes across the globe. It<br />
chronicles who Americans are, how they<br />
see themselves and how they experience<br />
the world - and it reflects how the world<br />
sees them. Let the creators and characters<br />
that have defined TV entertainment in the<br />
past and populate it today take you on journey<br />
through 60 years of TV entertainment.<br />
To name but a few: Roseanne Barr, Sarah<br />
Jessica Parker, Michael C. Hall, David<br />
Lynch, Danny DeVito and many more.<br />
GENERATION SMS<br />
Documentary (1x 52’/75’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bill Couturié<br />
Producer: Gary Cohen & Mike Tollin,<br />
Triple Threat TV<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the triumphant spirit of films focusing<br />
on tournaments you never knew existed<br />
comes this portrait of six teens in their<br />
quest for the US National Texting<br />
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Red Lights - Parlay Films<br />
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Championship. So who are these teens who<br />
spend their lives text messaging, and why<br />
do they have to do it so obsessively?<br />
BEER IS CHEAPER THAN THERAPY<br />
Documentary (1x 55’/78’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Simone de Vries<br />
Co-Production Partners: VPRO<br />
Producer: Frank van den Engel, Zeppers<br />
Film & TV<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
‘I’m 22 years old and I must have killed 30<br />
people. The same thing that you were given<br />
badges for, over in Irak, you would be considered<br />
a serial killer over here. That’s a<br />
very weird thought to have running around<br />
in your head when it’s dark, going to sleep<br />
or late at night.’ There is no place for<br />
doubt, sadness and fear in the American<br />
army. Back home, many soldiers struggle<br />
with these feelings. Beer is Cheaper than<br />
Therapy portrays what goes on behind the<br />
facade of heroism and the ‘John Wayne<br />
mentality’.<br />
WHEN I WAS DEAD<br />
Documentary (1x 51’/59’)<br />
Language: Dutch with English STs<br />
Director: Maasja Ooms & Ingrid Wender<br />
Co-Production Partners: Ikon<br />
Producer: Frank van den Engel, Zeppers<br />
Film & TV<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Getting a complete overview of your your<br />
life; leaving your body; being welcomed by<br />
the deceased you loved in your life: Near<br />
Death Experiences. Meet three very different<br />
people and their experiences in the<br />
moment between life and death<br />
MOUNTAIN LOVE STORY<br />
Documentary (1x 52’ (new TV version)/63’)<br />
Language: Polish with English STs<br />
Director: Eliza Kubarska<br />
Producer: Eliza Kubarska, Vertical Vision<br />
Film Studio<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Poland<br />
A TV launch of the extraordinary romance<br />
where Polish alpinists Eliza Kubarska and<br />
David Kaszlikowski take a journey inside<br />
the fjords of southern Greenland to reach<br />
the world’s highest sea cliff. Trust and passion<br />
in one of the most beautiful landscapes<br />
you have ever seen.<br />
THE JOURNEY (WT)<br />
Documentary (1x52’/90’)<br />
Language: English, Dutch, Dolpo Tibetan,<br />
Nepalese, English subtitles<br />
Director: Simonka de Jong<br />
Producer: IDTV Docs<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Pema, now 19, was raised in Kathmandu,<br />
Nepal, in a children’s home. The parents,<br />
Karma and Dolma, live in extreme poverty<br />
in a Nepali Himalayan village at an altitude<br />
of 13,000 feet. Poverty and illness forced<br />
them to give most of their 6 children away.<br />
Today, the unusual family is scattered<br />
around the globe. This film tells the coming<br />
of age story of Pema, a Tibetan teenager,<br />
who is pressured by his parents to marry<br />
a local girl.<br />
HERE COMES UNCLE JOE<br />
Documentary (1x52’/72’)<br />
Language: Korean, English subtitles<br />
Director: Wooyoung Choi, Sinae Ha<br />
Co-Production Partners: NHK (Japan)<br />
Producer: Boda Media Group<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
He is not their uncle, and his name is not<br />
Joe. But to the old ladies of An-dong, a<br />
rural community in southeastern Korea,<br />
Uncle Joe is almost the only contact they<br />
have to the modern world. Uncle Joe’s<br />
delivery service is extraordinary. He reaches<br />
15 isolated villages that have neither<br />
markets nor public transport and he delivers<br />
to the clients’ door - or even into their<br />
refrigerator - whatever they order. The film<br />
follows Uncle Joe’s delivery road from<br />
spring to winter, with smiles, sweat and<br />
tears between one delivery man and 800<br />
elderly.<br />
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AUNG SAN SUU KYI - LADY OF NO<br />
FEAR<br />
Documentary (1x 58’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anne Gyrithe Bonne<br />
Co-Production Partners: BOS (The<br />
Netherlands), RDI/Radio Canada (Canada)<br />
RSI (Switzerland), SF (Switzerland), RT<br />
(Ireland)<br />
Producer: Kamoli Films Helle Ulsteenn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
We know Aung San Suu Kyi as “a golden<br />
bird in a cage “; she is a valuable icon representing<br />
freedom and democracy of which<br />
the suppressed population of Burma much<br />
hopes for. In the West she stands out as a<br />
symbol of peace and reconciliation, she has<br />
been awarded countless prizes for her<br />
effort, among them the Nobel Peace Prize.<br />
But who is the person and woman behind it<br />
all? In this film her close family, friends<br />
and close colleagues tell about a daughter,<br />
a wife, a friend, a mother, a rebel - that<br />
early in life met deep grief and deprivation.<br />
DOLPHIN BOY<br />
Documentary (1x56’/72’)<br />
Language: Hebrew, Arabic, English subtitles<br />
Director: Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir<br />
Producer: Menkin Prod., Yonatan Nir Films<br />
& Micha<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
The story of a young man who disconnects<br />
himself from reality following a severe<br />
trauma, and comes back to life with the<br />
help of Dolphins, detached from his past.<br />
This rehabilitation process has been documented<br />
over the past three years.<br />
LOVE HATE LOVE<br />
Documentary (1x 52’/82’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dana Nachman, Don Hardy<br />
Producer: KTF Films<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
9/11, London and a car bomb in Bali: a<br />
film chronicling the transformation of three<br />
families whose worlds are torn apart by terrorism.<br />
Can love triumph over pain and<br />
prove that terrorists don’t win? Executive<br />
produced by Sean Penn and with music<br />
from U2, Bruce Springsteen and<br />
Radiohead.<br />
THE GUANTANAMO TRAP<br />
Documentary (1x 56’/92’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Thomas Wallner<br />
Co-Production Partners: Xenophile<br />
Media/Amythos Media (Canada), T&C<br />
Film (Switzerland), Pumpernickel Films<br />
(France)<br />
Producer: Zero One, Xenophile / Amythos,<br />
T&C Film, Pumpernickel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: DE, CA, CH, FR<br />
No one escapes Guantanamo unscathed.<br />
Not the law, neither morale - and certainly<br />
not the people. The film tells the story of<br />
these people and depicts their search for a<br />
life after Guantanamo.<br />
PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SHOES<br />
Documentary (1x 54’/94’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rocco Giuliano, Rob DelGaudio<br />
Co-Production Partners: Black Pearl<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Boston Aviation Services, Inc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A current documentary that explores the<br />
background of aviation security before and<br />
after 9/11 disaster, posing the question;<br />
“Have we really learned anything?”. A critical<br />
view on a multi-billion dollar industry<br />
with a questionable result.<br />
PRISON ISLAND BASTOY<br />
Documentary (1x 55’/74’)<br />
Language: Norwegian, English subtitles<br />
Director: Michel Kapteijns<br />
Co-Production Partners: DALA Film (The<br />
Netherlands), VPRO (The Netherlands)<br />
Producer: DNU Film<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
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The island lies in Oslofjord, Norway. 115<br />
men are imprisoned there: bank robbers,<br />
drug dealers, sex criminals, Hell’s Angels,<br />
frauds, gang leaders and murderers. Mostly<br />
serving long terms. On the island there are<br />
no cells, no cameras, no fences. The guards<br />
don’t carry weapons while the prisoners<br />
work with chainsaws and kitchen knives.<br />
It’s only a two-hour swim to the mainland<br />
and yet no one goes for it.<br />
THE HANGMAN<br />
Documentary (1x 58’)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Netalie Braun<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sigal Yehuda,<br />
Israel<br />
Producer: Pardes<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
The administrator of the mass deportation<br />
of Jews to the Nazi death camps Adolf<br />
Eichmann, was hanged in Israel’s first and<br />
only execution. Shalom Nagar, a religious<br />
Jewish ritual slaughterer and street philosopher<br />
who believes in charity, was the hangman.<br />
BOUTON<br />
(1x 52’/78’)<br />
Language: French, German, English subtitles<br />
Director: Res Balzli<br />
Producer: Balzli & Fahrer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Switzerland<br />
Johana is a beautiful young artist working<br />
as a ventriloquist with her self-made puppet<br />
Bouton. The film’s story tells of crying<br />
and laughter, this life and afterlife, documented<br />
reality and poetic fiction.<br />
RUTH DAYAN - MY LIFE<br />
Documentary (1x 43’)<br />
Language: German, English, Hebrew,<br />
Arabic, English subtitles<br />
Director: Elke Sasse<br />
Producer: Berlin Producers<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
At 92, the divorced ex-wife of the leg-<br />
endary military hero and defence minister<br />
Moshe Dayan, has not gone into retirement<br />
yet. She calls herself a Palestinian Jew,<br />
having lived door-to-door with Arabs when<br />
she was young. Today the situation seems<br />
hopeless in that respect. But Ruth Dayan is<br />
tireless in her attempts to create ties that<br />
might link Arabs and Jews.<br />
ORCHIDS - MY INTERSEX ADVEN-<br />
TURE<br />
Documentary (1x 56’/60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Phoebe Hart<br />
Co-Production Partners: ABC (Australia)<br />
Producer: Hartflicker Moving Pictures<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
‘Hermaphrodite’ is a word used to describe<br />
Phoebe, a woman with a men’s chromosomes.<br />
Wherever possible, Phoebe actively<br />
seeks to disrupt the cataloging with as<br />
much honesty and humour as she can. In<br />
her film ‘Orchids’ she comes clean on her<br />
journey of self-discovery to embrace her<br />
future and reconcile the past shame and<br />
family secrecy surrounding her intersex<br />
condition. Despite her mother’s refusal to<br />
be in the film, Phoebe hits the road...<br />
RULES OF SINGLE LIFE<br />
Documentary (1x 56’/79’)<br />
Language: Bulgarian, English, Finnish,<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Tonislav Hristov<br />
Co-Production Partners: YLE1 (Finnland),<br />
NRK (Norway), Agitrop (Bulgaria)<br />
Producer: Making Movies Oy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland, Bulgaria<br />
A romantic documentary about love in a<br />
foreign city. Disillusioned by love, four<br />
Bulgarian guys who emigrated to Helsinki<br />
decide to give themselves a task: they need<br />
to find new girlfriends in Helsinki in 12<br />
months. Otherwise - they figure - they<br />
won’t cope with Nordic ladies ever again.<br />
QADAFFI’S FEMALE BODYGUARDS<br />
Documentary (1x 59’)<br />
Language: English, Arabic, English subtitles<br />
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Director: Rania Ajami<br />
Producer: Rania Ajami, Brigitte Valentine<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
This documentary investigates the phenomenon<br />
of Qaddafi’s elite female bodyguard<br />
corps and the tensions these women<br />
embody: tensions between Islam, modernization<br />
in a nomadic society, militarist feminism<br />
and an urban dictatorship. What sort<br />
of life do these women lead, what is their<br />
political position, and how has it evolved?<br />
VOICES FROM EL SAYED<br />
Documentary (1x 52’/74’)<br />
Underground - Tri Coast<br />
Language: Arabic, Hebrew and Sign<br />
Language, English subtitles<br />
Director: Oded Adomi Leshem<br />
Co-Production Partners: The Israeli Second<br />
Authority for TV & Radio<br />
Producer: Belfilms<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
In the picturesque Israeli Negev desert lays<br />
the Bedouin Village of El-Sayed that has<br />
the largest percentage of deaf people in the<br />
world. Through generations a unique sign<br />
language has evolved making it the most<br />
popular language in this rare society that<br />
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accepts deafness as natural as life itself.<br />
The village’s tranquility is interrupted by<br />
Salim’s decision to change his deaf son’s<br />
fate and make him a hearing person using<br />
the Cochlear Implant Operation.<br />
RITZ<br />
Documentary (1x52’)<br />
Language: French, German, English,<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Frank Garbely<br />
Co-Production Partners: Olivier Talpain for<br />
Ae Productions, Geneva, Switzerland.<br />
Broadcasters involved: TSR (French CH),<br />
TSI (Italian CH), SF (German CH), SRG<br />
SSR idd suisse, ARTE (DE/FR)<br />
Producer: R-Film & Ae Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Switzerland<br />
The rise and fall of a peasant boy from the<br />
Swiss mountains who revolutionizes the<br />
world’s hotel business: Cesar Ritz is the<br />
notorious dishwasher who becomes emperor<br />
of the most famous hotel of the world -<br />
with amazing speed and grace, only to collapse<br />
when his most ambitious goal, the<br />
coronation buffet for King Edward VI, cannot<br />
take place. This is the first and only<br />
filmed biography about Cesar Ritz, inventor<br />
of modern hotel business.<br />
FORTISSIMO FILMS<br />
Fortissimo Films, Van Diemenstraat 100,<br />
Amsterdam, CN 1013 The Netherlands,<br />
Tel: +31.20.627.3215 Fax:<br />
+31.20.626.1155. www.fortissimofilms.com<br />
E-mail: info@fortissimo.nl<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Michael J. Werner (Chairman),<br />
Nelleke Driessen (Managing Director),<br />
Nicole Mackey (Executive Vice President -<br />
Sales and Acquisitions), Winnie Lau (SVP<br />
Sales & Acquisitions), Courtney Noble<br />
(Director - Festivals & Markets), Niloufar<br />
Siassi (Director TV & Ancillary Sales)<br />
Office: Stand 2,Martin-Gropius-Bau , Tel:<br />
49.30.767.646 - 452<br />
MARLEY<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Macdonald<br />
Producer: Steve Bing, Charles Steel, Ziggy<br />
Marley<br />
Key Cast: Bob Marley<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
MARLEY is the definitive film about a<br />
true international icon of the 20th Century.<br />
His music and message of love and<br />
redemption are known throughout the<br />
world and his story has finally been<br />
brought to life in this definitive work by<br />
the acclaimed talent of Kevin Macdonald.<br />
Filming took place as far afield as Ghana,<br />
Japan and the UK, in addition to Bob’s<br />
beloved Jamaica and the USA and marks<br />
the first time ever his family has authorized<br />
the use of their own private archives.<br />
Macdonald joined with the Marley family,<br />
Chris Blackwell and Steve Bing to direct<br />
the ultimate, authorized documentary film<br />
on the life, legacy and global impact of a<br />
legend, one of the most influential singers,<br />
songwriters, musicians and activists in history.<br />
Only a handful of musicians have ever<br />
achieved such an impact and Bob Marley,<br />
though his life was far too short, stands<br />
among them.<br />
LOST IN PARADISE<br />
Drama, Gay (103 min)<br />
Language: Vietnamese<br />
Director: VU Ngoc Dang<br />
Writer: VU Ngoc Dang, LUONG Manh<br />
Hai<br />
Producer: NGUYEN Phan Quang Binh,<br />
NGO Thi Bich Hien<br />
Key Cast: LUONG Manh Hai, HO Vinh<br />
Khoa, Hieu Hien<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Vietnam<br />
LOST IN PARADISE takes a provocative<br />
yet compassionate look at a group of people<br />
who live, love and exist on the fringes<br />
in modern Vietnam. Khoa, a naive, innocent<br />
20 year old guy from the countryside<br />
arrives in Saigon to begin a new life. He is<br />
soon befriended by Dong, a handsome<br />
smooth talker who offers him a place to<br />
stay. But he discovers that there is another<br />
guy, Lam, living there too. The two guys<br />
who turn out to be boyfriends, steal all his<br />
cash and belongings and run away. Lam,<br />
who then in turn is abandoned by Dong,<br />
returns to the street as a prostitute, while<br />
Khoa, disillusioned and left penniless,<br />
takes on menial jobs to survive. Realizing<br />
that both are lonely, they begin a loving yet<br />
delicate relationship.<br />
BUGIS STREET REDUX<br />
Drama (98 min)<br />
Language: English & Mandarin<br />
Director: Yonfan<br />
Writer: Yonfan, Fruit Chan<br />
Producer: Yonfan & Katy Yew<br />
Key Cast: HIEP Thi Le, Michael LAM,<br />
Greg-O<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Vietnam<br />
In revisiting and reworking his earlier cult<br />
classic, Director Yonfan had all the contemporary<br />
film restoration tools and toys at<br />
his disposal. BUGIS STREET REDUX is<br />
the outcome of that effort. When it first hit<br />
the film and festival circuit BUGIS<br />
STREET was a groundbreaking film for<br />
the director and for Asia. Shot on location<br />
in Singapore, the actual spot (then called<br />
Bugis Junction/Bugis Street) was long<br />
known to locals as the center of the real<br />
nightlife there. It was where one could find<br />
local transvestites, prostitutes, and transsexuals<br />
mixing it up with both Singapore’s<br />
high society and underground gay culture<br />
together with US sailors and soldiers on<br />
military leave. The film features actress<br />
Hiep Thi Le in her first role right after her<br />
film debut in Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN<br />
AND EARTH. The film also featured and<br />
co-starred many of the real locals from<br />
Bugis Street. The film marked Yonfan’s<br />
first collaboration with Fruit Chan who<br />
served as screen writer and later went on to<br />
become a renowned director in his own<br />
right.<br />
WHAT MAISIE KNEW<br />
Drama/ Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott McGehee and David Siegel<br />
Writer: Nancy Doyne & Carroll Cartwright<br />
Producer: William Teitler, Chuck<br />
Weinstock, Daniela Taplin Lundberg<br />
Key Cast: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan,<br />
Alexander Skarsgrd<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Darkly comic and emotionally compelling,<br />
WHAT MAISIE KNEW is an evocative<br />
portrayal of the chaos and complexity of a<br />
modern marriage.<br />
WHITE FROG<br />
Coming of Age/Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Quentin Lee<br />
Writer: Fabienne Wen, Ellie Wen<br />
Producer: Chris Lee, Joel Soisson, Ellie<br />
Wen<br />
Key Cast: Joan Chen, BD Wong, Booboo<br />
Stewart<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
WHITE FROG is an emotional story of the<br />
universal power of family, friendship and<br />
love positioned to appeal to a broad audience<br />
in vein of ORDINARY PEOPLE<br />
meets STAND BY ME.<br />
DJINN<br />
Supernatural Horror Thriller<br />
Language: Arabic / English<br />
Director: Tobe Hooper<br />
Producer: Daniela Tully, Tim Symthe<br />
Key Cast: Khalid Laith, Razane Jammal,<br />
Aiysha Hart<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UAE<br />
A young Emirati couple move into a new<br />
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luxury high-rise apartment, only to find<br />
they have entered the nightmarish world of<br />
djinn, supernatural beings from Arabic lore.<br />
EL GUSTO<br />
Documentary (93 min)<br />
Language: French/Arabic<br />
Director: Safinez Bousbia<br />
Writer: Safinez Bousbia<br />
Producer: Safinez Bousbia, Heidi Egger<br />
Key Cast: Mamad Hader Benchaouch,<br />
Rachid Berkani, Ahmed Bernaoui<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France / UAE / Ireland / Algeria<br />
The Buena Vista Social Club of the<br />
Maghreb. Safinez Bousbia’s ambitious and<br />
moving documentary tells the amazing<br />
story of the reunion and reconciliation of a<br />
group of Muslim and Jewish musicians<br />
fifty years after their separation during the<br />
Algerian Civil War. The documentary follows<br />
their story as they are brought back<br />
together to form a new orchestra, “El<br />
Gusto,” and perform at an extraordinary<br />
concert in France.<br />
TORMENTED<br />
3D Thriller (84 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Takashi Shimizu<br />
Writer: Sotaro Hayashi<br />
Producer: Satoru Ogura, Masayuki<br />
Tanishima<br />
Key Cast: Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki<br />
Kagawa, Takeru Shibuya<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Director Takashi Shimizu’s new film centers<br />
on a young boy whose family seems to<br />
be falling apart around him. The situation<br />
gets worse when he manifests a growing<br />
and dangerous friendship and reliance on a<br />
stuffed rabbit that comes to life. Is he<br />
crazy; is his sister alive or dead; is their<br />
illustrating father going insane or are they<br />
all delusional? Shimizu ventures once more<br />
into the terrifying corners of the mind.<br />
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW:<br />
SEEDIQ BALE?<br />
Action Epic (150 min)<br />
Language: Seediq Language and Japanese<br />
Director: WEI Te-Sheng<br />
Writer: WEI Te-Sheng<br />
Producer: John WOO, Terence CHANG,<br />
Jimmy HUANG<br />
Key Cast: LIN Ching-Tai, Umin Boya,<br />
ANDO Masanobu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
Set in 1930’s Formosa - now Taiwan,<br />
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW tells the<br />
true story of the Wushe Incident in which<br />
aboriginal Seediq tribe warrior Mouna<br />
Rudo led his people to rebel against Japan<br />
then occupying the island. Rudo, assembling<br />
a Seediq force of 300 men and fighting<br />
with ancient guns, spears and minimal<br />
weaponry sought to reclaim their land,<br />
their dignity and their honor by taking on<br />
the incredible might of the Japanese army.<br />
WETLANDS<br />
Drama (111 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Guy Édoin<br />
Writer: Guy Édoin<br />
Producer: Luc Vandal, Flize Frappier,<br />
Roger Frappier<br />
Key Cast: Pascale Bussires, Gabriel Maill,<br />
Luc Picard<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Tragedy strikes a family in rural Canada<br />
struggling to keep their dairy farm from<br />
going under. The man of the family is<br />
killed in a freak accident leaving his wife<br />
as the sole provider and caregiver looking<br />
after their rebellious teenage son who is<br />
dealing with his emerging sexuality. The<br />
father’s sudden death is not the first time<br />
this family suffers a loss. Now the bonds of<br />
family are being tested when the relationship<br />
between mother and son becomes<br />
strained as she seeks comfort in the arms of<br />
a stranger who arrives at the farm with<br />
questionable intent.<br />
ISZTAMBUL<br />
Drama (99 min)<br />
Language: Hungarian/English/Turkish<br />
Director: Ferenc Trk<br />
Writer: Ferenc Trk<br />
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Producer: Lszlo Kntor<br />
Key Cast: Johanna ter Steege, Lukts Andor,<br />
Yavuz Bingl<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hungary<br />
When JANOS, a popular 55 year old professor<br />
leaves home to have an affair with<br />
one of his students, nobody really bats an<br />
eye. But when his wife, KATALIN, first<br />
goes off the deep end and then hitchhikes<br />
out of the country to “find herself”, her<br />
family hits the roof and switches into high<br />
gear. First they call the police and file a<br />
missing person’s report, and then when she<br />
is found to be in Istanbul, teenage son<br />
(ZOLI) is sent to bring her back.<br />
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Meanwhile his sister ZSOFI is fully occupied<br />
giving birth to the family’s first grandchild.<br />
It doesn’t occur to all of them that<br />
KATALIN may actually be doing very well<br />
without them in the exciting new environment<br />
of Istanbul. In this exotic city,<br />
KATALIN meets HAMIL, staying in the<br />
same hotel, from the Turkish provinces and<br />
also away from his family. Both having<br />
something to share, they find an uneasy but<br />
touching relationship. When ZOLI finally<br />
catches up with his Mom, he discovers that<br />
she is a changed person. She has no inter-<br />
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est to return home with him. Ultimately he<br />
comes to see her as someone who may be<br />
happier to start a new life.<br />
SEA SHADOW<br />
Coming of Age (98 min)<br />
Language: Arabic<br />
Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi<br />
Writer: Mohammed Hassan Ahmed<br />
Producer: Rami Yasin, Daniela Tully<br />
Key Cast: Omar Al Mulla, Neven Madi,<br />
Abrar Al Hamad<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UAE<br />
Set in a small seaside neighborhood in the<br />
United Arab Emirates, SEA SHADOW follows<br />
teenagers Mansoor and Kaltham as<br />
they struggle with tradition and convention<br />
in their journey towards adulthood. Bound<br />
by family and deeply-rooted values, the<br />
pair must find the courage to forge their<br />
own paths.<br />
MICHAEL<br />
Drama (98 min)<br />
Language: Bengali/Hindi<br />
Director: Ribhu Dasgupta<br />
Writer: Debaloy Bhattacharya, Neel Guha<br />
Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga,<br />
Sunil Bohra<br />
Key Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Mahie Gill,<br />
Purav Bhandare<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: India<br />
Set in Kolkata, this is a character-driven<br />
psychological drama in which MICHAEL<br />
(Naseeruddin Shah), a loyal, hard working<br />
police officer is ordered by his superiors to<br />
open fire on a peaceful crowd of protesters.<br />
He shoots away from the crowd but a bullet<br />
accidentally ricochets and kills a 12year-old<br />
boy. Michael’s career, and whole<br />
life start to fall apart especially when he is<br />
fired from the force and he begins to<br />
receive threatening phone calls suggesting<br />
retribution on his own son as soon as his<br />
12th birthday arrives. The clock starts tick-<br />
ing and as he struggles to protect his son,<br />
his eyesight starts to fail. Taking on odd<br />
jobs to survive he works in a local cinema<br />
and starts making extra money by pirating<br />
movies. The story of a good man falling off<br />
the path and his struggle to hold his life<br />
and family together.<br />
FRIES FILMS, INC<br />
Fries Films, Inc, 22817 Ventura Blvd.<br />
#909, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.213.220.9636 Fax:1.818.449.4873.<br />
www.friesfilms.com E-mail: info@friesfilms.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Charles M. Fries (President,<br />
CEO), Alice Fries (Vice President), Phillip<br />
Braunstein<br />
Office: Stand 106, Tel: 818.635.0512<br />
THE DRAGON PEARL<br />
Family Adventure<br />
Director: Mario Andreacchio<br />
Writer: John Armstrong<br />
Co-Production Partners: AMPCO Films,<br />
Zhehang Hengdian Films<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries,<br />
Jeffrey Sneller<br />
Producer: Mark Patterson<br />
Key Cast: Sam Neill<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: Australia and China<br />
Young Josh and Ling meet when Josh<br />
comes to visit China where his father and<br />
Ling’s mother are on an archeological dig<br />
searching for The Lost Dragon Pearl that<br />
was buried in General Zhuangzi’s Tomb<br />
thousands of years ago.<br />
MEETING SPENCER<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Malcolm Mowbray<br />
Writer: Andrew Kole, Andrew Delaplaine<br />
and Scott Kasdin<br />
Executive Producer: Chein Ya and Natalie<br />
Chin<br />
Producer: George Braunstein<br />
Key Cast: Jeffrey Tambor, Melinda<br />
McGraw, Jesse Plemons<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
“On a night nothing could go wrong,<br />
everything does!”<br />
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A MILLION COLOURS<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Peter Bishai<br />
Writer: Peter Bishai and Andre Pieterse<br />
Co-Production Partners: Clover Leaf Film -<br />
South Africa, Equinoxe Films - Canada<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Andre Pieterse, Michael Mosca<br />
Key Cast: Wandile Molebatsi and Jason<br />
Hartman<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
In the early 1970’s, apartheid divided<br />
South Africa, a film was released that<br />
brought hope and light to a despairing<br />
nation. The two young stars, Muntu<br />
Ndebele and Norman Knox, would become<br />
friends just like their characters. But they<br />
would also face struggles dealing with<br />
apartheid. Inspired by a true story full of<br />
action, daring escapes, romantic longing,<br />
moving personal struggles, and humor in<br />
unexpected places.<br />
NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE<br />
Action / War Film<br />
Director: Dale Dye<br />
Writer: Dale Dye<br />
Producer: Charles M. Fries, Frederick R.<br />
Ulrich<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
The monumental and extraordinary story of<br />
the Allied Invasion of Europe during World<br />
War II and the brutal fight for the La Fiere<br />
Bridge over the Merderet River in<br />
Normandy.<br />
AMERICAN FLAG<br />
Action<br />
Director: Malcolm Mowbray<br />
Writer: Elmore Leonard<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries,<br />
Chuck Fries<br />
Producer: George Braunstein<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
The story begins with Bob Miller’s return<br />
to the American Flag Corporation’s gold<br />
mining operation at a small town. Having<br />
been prospecting for eight months, Miller<br />
returns with gold ore, signaling a wealthy<br />
claim that he staked in the mountain side,<br />
overshadowing the mill at the American<br />
Flag mine. Frank McCall, manager of the<br />
American Flag mine, is bitter about his<br />
previous co-worker’s success, and tries to<br />
force Miller out by burying Miller’s claim<br />
with a landslide in order to take possession<br />
of it under the American Flag Corporation.<br />
A bloody and bitter feud erupts between<br />
the two men over the gold mine. Further<br />
provoking their vengeful battle over the<br />
mine is a sly young girl, Lelia, who used to<br />
be Miller’s girl, but now works and is with<br />
McCall. Pivotal for the drama, her affection<br />
is just as alluring as the gold mine<br />
itself. Passion, greed, envy, sympathy, loyalty,<br />
and courage permeate this classic<br />
western tale that takes place in the closing<br />
days of the Wild West.<br />
THE DARK<br />
Thriller - Horror<br />
Director: Antonello de Leo<br />
Writer: Antonello de Leo, Flora Aprea and<br />
Giovanni Cardillo<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Chuck Smiley & Paul Painter,<br />
Enzo Giulioli, Enrico Colleti & Giuseppe<br />
Pedersoli<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
A woman and her daughter are locked<br />
inside the trunk of a car by a mysterious<br />
torturer. Their only hope is a young girl<br />
who has decided to kill herself.<br />
RUGAROO<br />
Suspense - Thriller<br />
Director: Minor Mustain<br />
Writer: Minor Mustain<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Chuck Smiley & Paul Painter<br />
Key Cast: Adam Beach, August<br />
Schellenberg, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham<br />
Greene<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Bad spirits don’t make a good man evil,<br />
but they make a good man seek an evil<br />
way. A psychologist descends into insanity<br />
on an American Indian reservation while<br />
investigating native spirits that seemingly<br />
inhabit the village in which he lives.<br />
PICKTON<br />
Serial Killer<br />
Director: George Mihalka<br />
Writer: Mark Zimmer<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Paul Painter & Chuck Smiley<br />
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Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Based on the true story which led to the<br />
discovery of the worst serial killer ever to<br />
prey on women on the North American<br />
continent. ‘PICKTON’ tells the true tale of<br />
the strange sadistic pig farmer who murdered<br />
and dismembered his victims and<br />
used them as feedstock.<br />
CALL OF THE WILD<br />
Family Adventure (13 x 1hr)<br />
Writer: David Fallon<br />
Co-Production Partners: CINEVU Films<br />
Production<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Jeffrey Barmash, Michael Sloan<br />
Key Cast: Nick Mancuso, Shane Meier<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Television Series (13 x 1hr.) inspired by the<br />
classic novel by Jack London novel and<br />
award-winning film. Miles Challenger is a<br />
15-year-old boy living in an Alaskan mining<br />
town at the turn of the century, whose<br />
life changes forever when he encounters a<br />
heroic and powerful dog named Buck.<br />
SURVIVING EVIL<br />
Thriller<br />
Director: Terence Daw<br />
Writer: Terence Daw<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Producer: Anton Ersnt, Malcolm Kohll,<br />
David Pupkewitz, Mike Downie<br />
Key Cast: Billy Zane, Nathalie Mendoza,<br />
Joel Torre<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a British documentary crew arrives<br />
on an uncharted island in the Philippines,<br />
they discover an abandoned village, with<br />
huts covered in blood. As they investigate,<br />
the crew discovers stories of evil beasts<br />
that prowl the island, feasting on human<br />
flesh.<br />
ALL SHE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS<br />
Family<br />
Key Cast: Monica Keena, Tobias Mehler,<br />
Steve Bacic<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When the owner of a small town’s<br />
Christmas ornament factory dies, the financial<br />
troubles of the beloved company<br />
threaten many jobs. Now Noel, the efficiency<br />
expert, who once believed in shut-<br />
ting down any business viable, wishes to<br />
save the jobs of her friends and family by<br />
saving the town’s factory from forever<br />
closing down.<br />
COMFORT HOUSE<br />
Thriller<br />
Key Cast: Sheryl Lee, Yannick Bisson,<br />
John Novak<br />
A founder of a women’s shelter is suspected<br />
of killing the husbands of the women<br />
residents. In the process of proving her<br />
innocence, she unravels a town secret that<br />
has been buried for years.<br />
HARD HAT<br />
Horror<br />
Director: John Travers<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Equipped with tools and a buzz saw HARD<br />
HAT cuts down anything in his sight with<br />
blood spurting, bone crushing gore you’ve<br />
never seen before.<br />
HALLOW POINTE<br />
Horror<br />
Director: Thomas Churchill<br />
Writer: Joe Netter<br />
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries,<br />
Alice Fries, Steve Tymon<br />
Producer: Bobby Ray Akers, Jr., Thomas<br />
Churchill, Laurence P. Pereira<br />
Key Cast: Kane Hodder, Ashley Williams,<br />
Leslie Easterbrook, Andrew Bryniarski,<br />
Tiffany Shepis, Allison Kyler, Brad Loree,<br />
Cody Deal, Lar Park-Lincoln, Belinda<br />
Balaski, Eileen Dietz, Sarah French, Cody<br />
Matthew Blymire, Stacey Dixon, Steven<br />
Barton, Niki Sabet, Mike Marino.<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Henry and Jane are hoping a weekend there<br />
will help rekindle their love for each other.<br />
Everything seems to be going as<br />
planned...until the sun sets and the full<br />
moon lights up the sky.<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Ron Gell (President & CEO),<br />
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Office: Martin Gropious Bau<br />
PETER & VANDY<br />
Feature (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jay DiPietro<br />
Writer: Jay DiPietro<br />
Producer: Peter Sterling, Austin Stark Benji<br />
Kohn<br />
Key Cast: Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Lionel - Adriena Chiesa Enterprises<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
‘Peter and Vandy’ is a love story told out of<br />
order. Set in Manhattan, the story shifts<br />
back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter<br />
and Vandy’s romantic beginnings with the<br />
twisted, manipulative, regular couple they<br />
become. The film explores the question<br />
most couples ask themselves... ‘How the<br />
hell did we get this way?’<br />
P.V.C. - 1<br />
Thriller (85 min)<br />
Language: Spanish w/ Subtitles English<br />
Director: Spiros Stathoulopoulos<br />
Writer: Dwight Istanbulian & Spiros<br />
Stathoulopoulos<br />
Producer: Jace Hall, Spiros<br />
Stathoulopoulos<br />
Key Cast: Merida Urquia, Daniel Paez,<br />
Alberto Sornoza<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA/Columbia<br />
Shot in real time and one continuous take,<br />
PVC-1 is based on the true story of a<br />
woman who is turned into a human time<br />
bomb in an act of terrorism.<br />
PALO ALTO<br />
Comedy, Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brad Leong<br />
Writer: Brad Leong, Tony Vallone<br />
Producer: Daniel Engelhardt<br />
Key Cast: Tom Arnold, Aaron Ashmore,<br />
Eve Brent, Hailey Bright, Shoshana Bush,<br />
Christina DeRosa, Ryan Hansen, Robin<br />
Hines<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
On their last night of Thanksgiving break,<br />
four old friends, now all college freshmen,<br />
realize their small town has more meaning<br />
than they ever imagined.<br />
LORD, SAVE US FROM YOUR FOL-<br />
LOWERS<br />
Feature Documentary (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Merchant<br />
Writer: Dan Merchant<br />
Producer: Jeff Martin, Jon Manning, Dan<br />
Merchant<br />
Key Cast: Bill Maher, Bono, George W.<br />
Bush, Tony Campolo, Stephen Colbert,<br />
Ann Coulter<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
The humorous, provocative and moving<br />
examination of the Culture Wars and faith<br />
in America. Featuring interviews from all<br />
sides of the issues, the film is a balanced,<br />
challenging and entertaining foray into the<br />
most divisive and difficult topics in our<br />
culture.<br />
ROMAN<br />
Horror (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Angela Bettis<br />
Writer: Lucky McKee<br />
Producer: Chris Wayne, Steve Copeland,<br />
Jonathan Serota<br />
Key Cast: Kristen Bell, Lucky McKee,<br />
Nectar Rose<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young<br />
man who yearns to find love, happiness<br />
and companionship. Tormented by his<br />
ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life<br />
of tedium as a welder in a local factory,<br />
Roman’s one pleasure is his obsession with<br />
the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives<br />
in the apartment in his building complex.<br />
When a chance encounter with the young<br />
woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of<br />
frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn<br />
of events leading to murder. As he teeters<br />
between deranged fantasy and cold reality,<br />
Roman’s struggle to hide his grisly secret is<br />
further complicated by an eccentric neighbor<br />
(Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely<br />
attraction to Roman and forces herself<br />
into his dark and tortured world.<br />
OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM’S<br />
WAR AGAINST THE WEST<br />
Documentary (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Wayne Kopping<br />
Writer: Raphael Shore, Wayne Kopping<br />
Producer: Peter Mier, Raphael Shore<br />
Key Cast: Alan Dershowitz, Brigitte<br />
Gabriel, Martin Gilbert<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Obsession is a film about the threat of<br />
Radical Islam to Western civilization.<br />
Using unique footage from Arab television,<br />
it reveals an ‘insider’s view’ of the hatred<br />
the Radicals are teaching, their incitement<br />
of global jihad, and their goal of world<br />
domination. The film also traces the parallels<br />
between the Nazi movement of World<br />
War II, the Radicals of today, and the<br />
Western world’s response to both threats.<br />
Featuring interviews with Daniel Pipes,<br />
Steve Emerson, Alan Dershowitz, a former<br />
PLO terrorist, and a former Hitler Youth<br />
Commander<br />
STEALING MARTIN LANE<br />
Dramatic Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: James Furino<br />
Writer: James Furino<br />
Producer: Larry Mitchell<br />
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Key Cast: Dylan Baker, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.<br />
James Furino<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Inspired by true events, Stealing Martin<br />
Lane offers a window into the life of a disarmingly<br />
insightful homeless man, Harold<br />
“Chopper” Jones, who is trying to turn his<br />
life around. This dramatic comedy, set<br />
against the gritty backdrop of the streets of<br />
New York City, tells a poignant tale of<br />
friendship, hope, and making a difference<br />
in another person’s life.<br />
HOMELAND<br />
Romantic Drama (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Eldridge<br />
Writer: Brad Rothschild<br />
Producer: Brad Rothschild, Michael<br />
Eldridge, Steven Moskovic<br />
Key Cast: Max Rhyser, Yifat Sharabi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
The amazing love story of an young couple<br />
in New York City, an Israeli young man<br />
and a Palestinian girl and the history that<br />
tries to keep them apart.<br />
AFTERTHOUGHT<br />
Horror (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Douglas Elford-Argent<br />
Writer: Douglas Elford-Argent<br />
Producer: Douglas Elford-Argent, Tedd<br />
Willet<br />
Key Cast: Gwendolyn Garver, Kristian<br />
Capalik, Cal Thomas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Seven years after Christy Dawson loses her<br />
father, she begins having dreams about<br />
him. What she doesn’t know is that she is<br />
beginning her future as a Dreamer. When<br />
her dreams begin to become reality, Christy<br />
seeks the help of Kyle Walker, but soon<br />
loses her trust for him when he can’t<br />
explain why he was found at two crime<br />
scenes. The Police arrest Kyle and hold<br />
him at the jail. Forced to learn more alone,<br />
she soon discovers the truth and goes back<br />
to the only person who will listen to her.<br />
GAUMONT<br />
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Neuilly-Sur-Seine, 92200 France, Tel:<br />
33.1.46.43.21.80 Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33.<br />
www.gaumont.net E-mail: abuhl@gaumont.fr<br />
At EFM: Cécile GAGET (Head of<br />
International Sales), Yohann COMTE<br />
(Deputy Head of Sales), Virginie ROYER<br />
(International Sales Manager)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Booth #18,<br />
Tel: +49.30.767.646- 414<br />
THE CHEF<br />
AKA: COMME UN CHEF<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Daniel Cohen<br />
Producer: GAUMONT<br />
Key Cast: Jean Reno, Michael Youn<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Jacky is an aficionado of haute cuisine,<br />
self-taught and very talented. Star chef<br />
Alexandre Lagarde is in serious conflict<br />
with Stanislas Matter, the new CEO of the<br />
group that owns his restaurant, “Cargo<br />
Lagarde”. Worse yet, Lagarde has run out<br />
of ideas for future creations for his new<br />
menu which the Guide’s critics will soon<br />
be coming to taste and judge... He is desperately<br />
looking for an assistant to help<br />
him manage the restaurant’s two daily sittings.<br />
Then one day, as luck would have it,<br />
he meets Jacky.<br />
PUSHER<br />
Thriller<br />
Director: Luis Prieto<br />
Co-Production Partners: Embargo Films,<br />
Vertigo Films<br />
Key Cast: Richard Coyle, Agyness Deyn<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
As edgy and explosive as Nicolas Winding<br />
Refn’s 1996 cult classic, this English language<br />
remake sees a small time London<br />
drug dealer descend into debt hell following<br />
a spot of bad luck and a series of bad<br />
choices. The more desperate his behaviour<br />
gets the more isolated he becomes until<br />
there is nothing left standing between him<br />
and the nine millimetre bullet his debtors<br />
intend to put through his skull.<br />
SOMEDAY MY DAD WILL COME<br />
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AKA: UN JOUR MON PERE VIEN-<br />
DRA<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Martin Valente<br />
Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT /<br />
KARE PRODUCTIONS<br />
Key Cast: Olivia Ruiz, Franois Berland,<br />
Grard Jugnot<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Bernard is rich, cold, and suffers from<br />
OCD. Gus is poor, generous, and partial to<br />
alcohol. Each is convinced he’s Chlo’s<br />
father and they set off together in search of<br />
her. But it is the day before Chlo’s wedding<br />
and she’s already found a third substitute<br />
father...<br />
ANNE FONTAINE’S PROJECT<br />
AKA: THE GRANDMOTHERS<br />
Romance<br />
Director: Anne Fontaine<br />
Co-Production Partners: CINE@, MON<br />
VOISIN PRODUCTION<br />
Key Cast: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright,<br />
Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
A gripping tale of love, lust and the power<br />
of friendship, that charts the unconventional<br />
and passionate affairs embarked on by<br />
two lifelong friends, LIL and ROZ, who<br />
fall in love with each other’s sons. Afraid<br />
of facing the ire and judgment of their<br />
insular seaside community, the two affairs<br />
continue over the years in secret, until their<br />
discovery threatens to tear apart the two<br />
lives and families of the young men, who<br />
must eventually choose between a wellworn<br />
path, or following their true desires.<br />
ONLY GOD FORGIVES<br />
Thriller<br />
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn<br />
Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT,<br />
WILD BUNCH<br />
Key Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott-<br />
Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Yaya Ying<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Julian, an Englishman living in Bangkok, is<br />
a respected figure in the criminal underworld.<br />
He and his brother Billy run a Thai<br />
boxing club which is in fact a front for<br />
smuggling drugs to London. When Billy is<br />
murdered, their mother Jenna arrives from<br />
London to bring back the body. Jenna is<br />
herself the head of a powerful criminal<br />
organization and is used to getting exactly<br />
what she wants. She sets out to settle the<br />
score along a bloody path of rage, betrayal<br />
and vengeance, hurtling toward an ultimate<br />
confrontation and the possibility of<br />
redemption.<br />
GLOBAL<br />
CINEMA GROUP<br />
Global Cinema Group, 6399 Wilshire<br />
Blvd., # 1008, Los Angeles, CA 90048<br />
USA, Tel: 1.310.443.7788 Fax:<br />
1.310.443.7739. E-mail: pelson@globalcinemagroup.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Peter Elson (President)<br />
Office: Exhibitor without office Based at<br />
Ritz Carlton Hotel., Tel: 1.310.710.4232<br />
FOODFIGHT!<br />
Animated feature comedy (91 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Larry Kasanoff<br />
Key Cast: Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, Eva<br />
Longoria, Christopher Lloyd, Chris Kattan,<br />
Cloris Leachman, Wayne Brady<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
FOODFIGHT! takes place in a supermarket<br />
at night when the lights go out after all<br />
the people leave. Then, magically, the grocery<br />
transforms into a city: the boxes<br />
become buildings and the aisles become<br />
city streets. Then from every door of this<br />
‘marketropolis’ comes characters of every<br />
kind and these include the star of the film,<br />
Dex Dogtective (Charlie Sheen), who goes<br />
in search of his missing girlfriend, the<br />
sweet and lovable Sunshine Goodness<br />
(Hilary Duff). It turns out there is opposition<br />
in the form of the villainous and<br />
seductive Lady X (Eva Langoria). All is<br />
well in the marketropolis until Lady X and<br />
her minions try to take over and make it a<br />
Brand X world. Then. . .the only way to<br />
stop them is a FOODFIGHT!<br />
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GOLDCREST FILMS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Goldcrest Films International, 65-66 Dean<br />
St, London, W1D 4PL UK, Tel:<br />
+44.207.437.8696. Fax:<br />
+44.207.437.4448.<br />
www.goldcrestfilms.com E-mail: slefevre@goldcrestfilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Nick Quested (Director), Marcia<br />
Nunes (Sales & Acq. Manager)<br />
Office: Ritz Carlton - Suite 834, Tel:<br />
+1.917.903.0642<br />
DARK HORSE<br />
Black Comedy (85 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Solondz (Life During<br />
Wartime, Welcome to the Dollhouse,<br />
Happiness, Storytelling)<br />
Writer: Todd Solondz (Life During<br />
Wartime, Welcome to the Dollhouse,<br />
Happiness, Storytelling)<br />
Producer: Ted Hope (Martha Marcy May<br />
Marlene, Super), Derrick Tseng<br />
Key Cast: Justin Bartha (The Hangover),<br />
Selma Blair (Hellboy), Mia Farrow<br />
(Rosemary’s Baby), Jordan Gelber<br />
(Boardwalk Empire), Donna Murphy<br />
(Spiderman 2), Christopher Walken (The<br />
Deer Hunter)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Abe is a 30-something who lives with his<br />
parents, works for his father, and collects<br />
toys. When he isn’t playing backgammon<br />
with his mother, he’s trying to romance<br />
Miranda, a 30-something who has moved<br />
back in with her parents after her<br />
literary/academic career crashed. Out of<br />
desperation, Miranda reluctantly agrees to<br />
marry Abe, and the two begin to plan their<br />
life together. But, just when it looks like<br />
things are starting to go right for Abe,<br />
everything goes horribly wrong.<br />
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP<br />
Psychological Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dana Lustig<br />
Writer: Alex Kustanovich, Vadim<br />
Moldovan<br />
Producer: Ofir Kedar<br />
Key Cast: Dougray Scott, Jodie Whittaker,<br />
Emilia Fox & David Warner<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Returning home from work, Mia (Jodie<br />
Whittaker) witnesses an aged woman leap<br />
from a window. Scattered around the old<br />
woman’s broken, lifeless body Mia discovers<br />
shredded pieces from a beloved photograph<br />
of herself and her former lover<br />
Ludwig (Dougray Scott). Highly unnerved,<br />
Mia begs Max (David Warner), the buildings’<br />
all knowing custodian, to let her into<br />
the deceased woman’s flat. While inside<br />
this strangely familiar place, Mia recognizes<br />
the contents as her own. Confused<br />
and disturbed by what lies before her, she<br />
bolts back and forth in time where she is<br />
forced to realize it was her very own life<br />
that ended before her. Now, the only way<br />
to safeguard her future is to go back to her<br />
past and confront the man she loves deeply<br />
but dreads most.<br />
NATURAL SELECTION<br />
Black Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robbie Pickering (Award-winning<br />
short Prom Night)<br />
Writer: Robbie Pickering (Award-winning<br />
short Prom Night)<br />
Producer: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen<br />
Key Cast: Rachael Harris (The Hangover),<br />
Matt O’Leary (Die Hard 4.0, Brick), John<br />
Diehl (Jurassic Park III, Stargate), Jon<br />
Gries (Taken, Napoleon Dynamite)<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Linda White, a barren Christian housewife,<br />
leads a sheltered existence in suburban<br />
Texas. Her world is turned upside-down<br />
when she discovers that her dying husband,<br />
Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son<br />
named Raymond living in Florida.<br />
Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness,<br />
Linda grants Abe’s final wish and sets<br />
off on a quixotic journey to find Raymond<br />
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and bring him back before her husband<br />
passes away. Along the way, Linda’s wonderfully<br />
bizarre relationship with Raymond<br />
will teach her more about herself than she<br />
ever imagined possible and force her to<br />
come to terms with her troubled past.<br />
PRIVATE PEACEFUL<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Pat O’Connor (Dancing at<br />
Lughnasa, Circle of Friends, A Month in<br />
the Country)<br />
Writer: Simon Reade, based on the highlyacclaimed,<br />
award-winning novel of the<br />
same name by Michael Morpurgo (internationally<br />
renowned writer of the multiaward<br />
winning WAR HORSE)<br />
Producer: Guy De Beaujeu, Simon Reade<br />
Key Cast: George Mackay (The Boys are<br />
Back, Birdsong), Jack O’Connell (This is<br />
England, Skins), Alexandra Roach (The<br />
Iron Lady), Richard Griffiths (The History<br />
Boys, Harry Potter), Frances de la Tour<br />
(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:<br />
Part 1), Maxine Peake (Shameless, Red<br />
Riding, Silk)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
The innocence of youth is lost in the years<br />
leading up to WWI when Charlie and<br />
Tommo Peaceful’s father is killed in a<br />
freak accident, tragically complicating their<br />
simple but lovingly rich existence.<br />
THE GIRL<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English - Spanish<br />
Director: David Riker (Writer/ Director of<br />
the award winning La Ciudad)<br />
Writer: David Riker<br />
Co-Production Partners: Christian Val<br />
Delievre (Sex, Shame & Tears), Tania Zara<br />
Producer: Paul Mezey (Maria Full of<br />
Grace, Half Nelson)<br />
Key Cast: Abbie Cornish (Sicker Punch,<br />
Limitless, W.E.), Will Patton (A Mighty<br />
Heart, Remember the Titans, Entrapment)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Mexico<br />
A desperate young mother tries unsuccessfully<br />
to turn her life around by smuggling<br />
immigrants across the dangerous border<br />
between Texas and Mexico. When this<br />
quick money scheme fails, she unwillingly<br />
ends up traveling across Mexico with a<br />
newly orphaned eight-year-old girl from<br />
Oaxaca—embarking on a journey that will<br />
change her life forever.<br />
CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE<br />
WEDDING<br />
Romantic Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Donald Rice<br />
Writer: Donald Rice & Mary Henely<br />
Magill, adapted from the acclaimed novel<br />
by Julia Strachey<br />
Producer: Teun Hilte<br />
Key Cast: Felicity Jones (Chalet Girl, Like<br />
Crazy), Luke Treadaway (Attack the Block,<br />
Clash of the Titans), Elizabeth McGovern<br />
(Emmy Award-winning series Downton<br />
Abbey)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Today is Dolly’s wedding, and her family<br />
is arriving at the manor house with all the<br />
cheerfulness, chaos and petty grievances<br />
that bubble to the surface at such gatherings.<br />
However, when the time comes for<br />
the beautiful but secretive bride to make<br />
her grand entrance, the appearance of<br />
Dolly’s lover from a previous summer cuts<br />
short her desire to join in the festivities and<br />
embark on her new life with her new husband<br />
in South America.<br />
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Sales and Marketing Executive), Candy<br />
Chik (Sales and Marketing Assistant)<br />
Office: #113, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Tel:<br />
+852.6848.3887 / +852.9424.5010<br />
THE KICK<br />
Action / Comedy (94 min)<br />
Language: Korean, Thai<br />
Director: Prachya Pinkaew<br />
Writer: Lee Jong-suk<br />
Co-Production Partners: The Kick<br />
Company, Inc. & Bangkok Filmstudio<br />
Producer: Kang Sung-Kyu, Sangar<br />
Chatchairungruang<br />
Key Cast: Taejoo, K Kim, Jija Yanin<br />
Mitananda<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: S. Korea, Thailand<br />
Moon’s family are masters in different<br />
styles of Taekwondo: Yoon in cooking<br />
style, Taeyang in dancing style, Taemi in<br />
soccer style and youngest Typhoon can<br />
break anything with his steely forehead.<br />
When Typhoon is kidnapped, his whole<br />
family of martial artists must steal a Thai<br />
national treasure to secure his freedom.<br />
MURAL<br />
AKA: HUA BI<br />
Epic / Fantasy / Romance (125 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Gordon Chan<br />
Writer: Gordon Chan, Lau Ho-leung, Maria<br />
Wong<br />
Co-Production Partners: Beijing Enlight<br />
Picutres Ltd. & Top Gun Creative<br />
Company<br />
Producer: Abe Kwong, Gordon Chan<br />
Key Cast: Deng Chao, Sun Li, Yan Ni,<br />
Collin Chou<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China / Hong Kong<br />
On their way to the imperial examinations,<br />
scholar Zhu and his servant stop at an<br />
ancient temple together with a bandit.<br />
Inside, Zhu is enamored by a mural of fairy<br />
maidens. And when one comes to life, he is<br />
transported into the fantastical world of the<br />
mural. Within, Zhu is torn between two<br />
women: Mudan, the youthful fairy he first<br />
encountered, and Shaoyao, the right-handwoman<br />
of the all-powerful Fairy Queen<br />
whose magical kingdom is in fact a trap for<br />
men’s souls. To prove that love is illusory,<br />
the Queen destroys the realm and every<br />
soul within it...<br />
YUGO AND LALA<br />
AKA: QI YI JIA ZU<br />
CGI-Animation (90 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Wang Yun-fei<br />
Writer: Wang Yun-fei<br />
Co-Production Partners: Beijing Cheerland<br />
Film & TV Cultural Communication Co.,<br />
Ltd<br />
Producer: Yuan Mei<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: China / Hong Kong<br />
Yugo meets a white “liger” - half lion, half<br />
tiger - who introduces itself as Lala.<br />
Shocked that she can understand the animal’s<br />
language, Yugo chases Lala up a<br />
mountain where a giant Cloud Whale swallows<br />
them whole. Inside its stomach there<br />
are many different creatures, all excitedly<br />
being transported to Animal Paradise where<br />
only 99 chosen ones are admitted every ten<br />
years. But humans beings are forbidden in<br />
the kingdom; any that stay for more than 3<br />
days will be transformed into an animal.<br />
Yugo seeks help from Uncle Bear to find<br />
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the way home. As time is about to run out,<br />
Yugo and Lala uncover Tiger General’s<br />
plot to open a magical portal and turn<br />
every human being in the world into an<br />
animal. As Yugo’s friends are transformed<br />
into animals, she desperately finds a way to<br />
destroy the gateway only to discover that<br />
her friend Lala is the portal...<br />
THE SWORD IDENTITY<br />
AKA: WO KOU DE ZONG JI<br />
Martial arts (110 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Xu Hao-feng<br />
Writer: Xu Hao-feng<br />
Co-Production Partners: Gootime Cultural<br />
Communication Co., Ltd.<br />
Producer: Li Rui<br />
Key Cast: Yu Cheng-hui, Song Yang, Zhao<br />
Yuan-yuan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Two swordsmen challenge the four families<br />
who guard the secrets of martial arts in a<br />
southern Chinese town. But their strange<br />
new weapons are mistaken for Japanese<br />
swords and therefore forbidden by purist<br />
Chinese masters as a foreign fighting<br />
device. They are accused of being Japanese<br />
pirates by the masters of the martial arts<br />
schools. Facing arrest, they prove their<br />
unique swordsmanship by defeating a living<br />
legend who returns from his exile in<br />
the mountains.<br />
BANGKOK KUNG FU<br />
Action (107 min)<br />
Language: Thai<br />
Director: Yuthlert Sippapak<br />
Writer: Yuthlert Sippapak<br />
Co-Production Partners: RS Public Co.,<br />
Ltd.<br />
Producer: Yuthlert Sippapak<br />
Key Cast: Mario Maurer, Arak<br />
Amornsupasiri, Sucharat Manaying<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
Four young boys are stolen from their families.<br />
Handicapped by their kidnappers,<br />
they are forced to become beggars on the<br />
street. However, they manage to escape and<br />
are taught Shaolin Kung Fu by a master<br />
together with a young girl. When the five<br />
children have grown up, they must reunite<br />
again to fight for justice and stop the man<br />
who has killed their master.<br />
A CHERRY ON A POMEGRANATE<br />
TREE<br />
AKA: SHI LIU SHU SHANG JIE YING<br />
TAO<br />
Drama (86 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Chen Li<br />
Writer: Gootime Motion Picture Studios<br />
Co-Production Partners: Gootime Cultural<br />
Communication Co., Ltd.<br />
Producer: Li Rui<br />
Key Cast: Shi Chun-ling, Ning Li, Miao<br />
Ting-ru, Zhang Gang, Zhou Yu-qin, Dang<br />
Chen, Guo Chong-lian<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Guanzhuang Village’s Kong Fanhua will<br />
stop at nothing to maintain her position as<br />
village head. First she orders her husband<br />
back from his job in a coastal city to visibly<br />
support her in the upcoming elections.<br />
Then she visits the village’s power brokers<br />
and young upstarts one-by-one so as to<br />
keep them under her control by fair means<br />
or foul. But when a villager goes missing -<br />
a woman who broke the family planning<br />
policy when she became pregnant with a<br />
third child - the chaos that ensues transforms<br />
the power dynamics in the village<br />
and creates the opportunity for a new candidate<br />
to emerge. Kong meets her greatest<br />
challenge yet in the form of Meng<br />
Xiaohong, the young woman whom Kong<br />
trained up and once considered her successor.<br />
Meng proves herself a worthy competitor<br />
by coming up with innovative solutions<br />
to the many complex issues facing the village.<br />
Adapted from Li Er’s celebrated and<br />
controversial novel.<br />
SEEFOOD<br />
CGI-Animation (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Goh Aun-hoe<br />
Writer: Jeffrey Chiang<br />
Co-Production Partners: Silver Ant Sdn<br />
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Bhd & Al Jazeera Children’s Channel<br />
Producer: Mahmoud Orfali<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Malaysia<br />
When poachers steal dozens of egg sacks<br />
from his reef, bamboo shark Pup makes it<br />
his personal mission to save his unhatched<br />
brothers and sisters. His rescue mission<br />
takes him above water into the world of<br />
man, a landscape fraught with both great<br />
beauty and great danger. Afraid for Pup’s<br />
safety, whitetip shark Julius embarks on his<br />
own mission to protect his best pal... sporting<br />
an outlandish fish suit!<br />
THE PIANO IN A FACTORY<br />
AKA: GANG DE QIN<br />
Drama (105 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Zhang Meng<br />
Writer: Zhang Meng<br />
Co-Production Partners: Perfect World<br />
(Beijing) Pictures Co., Ltd., Dalian Hong<br />
Yuan Film & TV Co., Ltd. & Liao Ning<br />
Film Studio<br />
Producer: Jessica Kam, Choi Gwang-suk<br />
Key Cast: Wang Qian-yuan, Qin Hai-lu,<br />
Jang Shing-yeong<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
Chen’s estranged wife suddenly reappears,<br />
demanding a divorce and custody of their<br />
daughter. Unable to choose between her<br />
mother and her father, the music-loving<br />
daughter decides to live with whichever<br />
parent that can secure her a piano.<br />
Desperate to keep his daughter, Chen tries<br />
borrowing money and even attempts to<br />
steal a school’s piano. Finally, he decides<br />
to build the piano from scratch, persuading<br />
his friends to help him forge the instrument<br />
out of scrap metal in an abandoned steel<br />
factory. Meanwhile, Chen’s wife fights for<br />
legal custody of their daughter in the<br />
courts.<br />
MERANTAU<br />
Action (107 min)<br />
Language: Indonesian<br />
Director: Gareth H. Evans<br />
Writer: Gareth H. Evans<br />
Co-Production Partners: Pt. Merantau<br />
Films<br />
Producer: Ario Sagantoro<br />
Key Cast: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Yusuf<br />
Aulia, Yayan Ruhian, Alex Abbad<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Indonesia<br />
In Minangkabau, West Sumatra, Yuda a<br />
student of Silat Harimau is in the final<br />
preparations to begin his “Merantau” a<br />
time honoured tradition that will see him<br />
leave the comforts of his village behind to<br />
make a name for himself in the bustling<br />
city of Jakarta. Arriving in the city alone<br />
and homeless within his first night, a<br />
chance encounter leads to Yuda defending<br />
the orphaned Astri from becoming the latest<br />
victim of a European human trafficking<br />
ring led by the wildly psychotic Ratger.<br />
Forced to go on the run with Astri and her<br />
younger brother Adit, Yuda’s introduction<br />
to the city is a baptism of fire as all the<br />
pimps and gangsters that inhabit the night<br />
hound the streets chasing their every step.<br />
THE GALLENTS<br />
AKA: DA LEI TAI<br />
Martial arts / Comedy (98 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Derek Kwok, Clement Cheng<br />
Writer: Derek Kwok, Clement Cheng,<br />
Frankie Tam<br />
Co-Production Partners: Focus Films<br />
Limited, Sil-Metropole Organisation<br />
Limited, Zhejiang Bona Film and TV<br />
Production Company Limited<br />
Producer: Lam Ka-Tung<br />
Key Cast: Leung Siu-Lung, Chan Koon-<br />
Tai, Teddy Robin, Wong You- Nam, Jia<br />
Xiao-Chen, Au Yeung Jin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Weedy office worker Cheung is sent to a<br />
remote village to secure property rights for<br />
his real estate company. Two martial artists<br />
run the village’s teahouse, which was once<br />
the kung-fu school of their teacher Master<br />
Law. Law is in fact lying unconscious<br />
upstairs in a three decades-long coma, but<br />
he awakes when gym boss and local land-<br />
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lord Pong attempts to secure the teahouse<br />
for redevelopment. Law mistakes Cheung<br />
for a former student and starts training him<br />
in preparation for a martial-arts tournament<br />
at Pong’s gym that will decide all their<br />
fates.<br />
GOLDEN SUN FILM<br />
DISTRIBUTION LTD<br />
Golden Sun Film Distribution Ltd, 11/f,<br />
room 477, Hong Lok house, Nathan Road,<br />
Kowloon, Hong Kong PRC, Tel:<br />
852.2385.5939. Fax: 852.2368.3873.<br />
http://www.goldensunfilm.com E-mail:<br />
admin@goldensunfilm.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Mrs lan Ketsarinh<br />
A CHINESE GHOST STORY<br />
AKA: QIN NU YOU HN<br />
(101 mins)<br />
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin version<br />
with traditional simplified Chinese/ English<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Wilson Yip<br />
Writer: Charcoal Tan<br />
Executive Producer: Mrs lan Ketsarinh<br />
Producer: Mrs lan Ketsarinh, Lai Tsun Kei<br />
Key Cast: Louis Koo, Liu Yi Fei<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China , Hong Kong<br />
PRINTED SKIN<br />
AKA: HUA PI<br />
(118 mins)<br />
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin version<br />
with traditional simplified Chinese/ English<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Gordon Chan<br />
Writer: Gordon Chan, Lau Ho Leung, Abe<br />
kwong<br />
Co-Production Partners: Golden Sun Film<br />
Co., Ltd.,Golden Sun Films Holdings Ltd.,<br />
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Shanghai<br />
Film Group, Ning Xia Film Studio,<br />
Dinglongda (Beijing) International Culture<br />
Media Co., Ltd., Eastern Mordor Film Co.,<br />
Ltd<br />
Executive Producer: Pang hung<br />
Producer: Lan Ketsarinh<br />
Key Cast: Donnie Yen, Chen kun, Zhou<br />
Xun<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: China , Hong Kong<br />
THE SWODMAN DREAM<br />
AKA: XI YOU JI<br />
(98 mins)<br />
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin (With Eng<br />
Subtitles)<br />
Director: Billy Chung<br />
Writer: Li Ho Shu, Huang Yan Wei<br />
Co-Production Partners: Golden Sun<br />
Century (Beijing) Multimedia Co Ltd,<br />
Fantawild Film<br />
Key Cast: Suen Hing, Cherrie Ying, Xie Na<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: China, Hong Kong<br />
HANNIBAL CLASSICS<br />
Hannibal Classics, 8265 Sunset Blvd. Suite<br />
107, West Hollywood, CA 90046 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.323.848.2945. Fax: 1.323.848.2946.<br />
http://www.hannibalpictures.com, E-mail:<br />
chad@hannibalpictures.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />
(Chairman & CEO), Patricia Rionda Del<br />
Castro (President)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau<br />
THE STORM<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Daniel<br />
Petrie, Jr.<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro,<br />
Peter Toumasis, Rick Dugdale<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
As a horrendous storm batters a small<br />
Texas town, a deputy sheriff is forced to<br />
defend the town against three vicious<br />
escaped convicts who have a personal connection<br />
to the town’s sheriff.<br />
ESCOBAR<br />
Action<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle,<br />
Douglas W. Miller, Jeff Andrick, Anthony<br />
Gudas<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
Pablo Escobar’s political aspirations lead<br />
him into a full-fledged war against his own<br />
country and the United States.<br />
USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF<br />
COURAGE<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Martin<br />
Barab, Tim Cavanaugh<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
After delivering the atomic bomb that will<br />
end WWII, the USS INDIANAPOLIS is<br />
sunk, leaving eight hundred men stranded<br />
for days in the ocean where they battle<br />
thirst, hunger, extreme heat and cold and<br />
vicious man-eating sharks.<br />
RED SQUAD<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Katleman<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle,<br />
Yasmine Brito, Jorge Suarez<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
The director of the DEA secretly hires a<br />
team of mercenaries to battle the Giraldo<br />
Cartel, which has seized control of a small<br />
town in Mexico that shares a border with<br />
Texas.<br />
SLEIGHT OF HAND<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brad Mirman<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro,<br />
Richard Salvatore<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
A crew of small time crooks in New<br />
Orleans end up in possession of a rare gold<br />
coin that belongs to a notorious gangster.<br />
When they lose the coin, he gives them six<br />
days to find it or pay him what it’s worth.<br />
TOUCHBACK<br />
Family<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Don Handfield<br />
Executive Producer: Richard Rionda Del<br />
Castro, Patricia Eberle, George Furla,<br />
Randall Emmett, Alexandria Klipstein,<br />
Michael Corso, Anthony Gudas, Shannon<br />
Gardner, Derek Beumer, Paul Ross, Tony<br />
Stacy<br />
Producer: Brian Presley, Carissa Buffel,<br />
Kevin Matusow<br />
Key Cast: Brian Presley, Kurt Russell,<br />
Melanie Lynskey, Christine Lahti<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
After an unfortunate event, a young man’s<br />
life is completely changed leaving him<br />
unable to pursue his dreams, until fifteen<br />
years later, when he is given a chance to go<br />
back and change history.<br />
SETUP<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Gunther<br />
Executive Producer: Richard Rionda Del<br />
Castro, Patricia Eberle, Barry Brooker,<br />
Stan Wertlieb, Peter Benz, Martin<br />
Blencowe, Ted Fox, Richard Jackson,<br />
Fredrik Malmberg, Mike Rapp, Daniel<br />
Wagner, Anthony Gudas, Michael Corso,<br />
Brandt Anderson<br />
Producer: Randall Emmett, Curtis Jackson,<br />
George Furla<br />
Key Cast: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Bruce<br />
Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Randy Couture<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
Longtime friends Sonny, Vincent, and<br />
Dave grew up on the mean streets of<br />
Detroit, destined for a life of crime. After a<br />
successful but bloody diamond robbery,<br />
Vincent turns on his friends, shooting them<br />
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and leaving them for dead. But Sonny isn’t<br />
dead, and when he recovers, he scours the<br />
criminal underworld, hell bent on revenge.<br />
HANNIBAL PICTURES<br />
Hannibal Pictures, 8265 Sunset Boulevard,<br />
Suite 107, West Hollywood, CA 90046<br />
USA, Tel: 1.323.848.2945 Fax:<br />
1.323.848.2946.<br />
www.hannibalpictures.com, E-mail:<br />
chad@hannibalpictures.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />
(Chairman & CEO), Hayley Magouirk<br />
(Vice President), Cam Cannon (Director of<br />
Development), Pamela Popp (Director of<br />
Business Affairs), Chad Hanson (Sales)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau<br />
REPEATER<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: R. Ellis Frazier<br />
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro,<br />
Geoffrey Ross, R. Ellis Frazier<br />
Key Cast: Michael Jai White<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US - Mexico<br />
An assassin is hired to kill a man who has<br />
leaked corporate and government secrets<br />
onto the internet and finds himself trapped<br />
in a hostile city.<br />
BENEATH THE DEEP<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro,<br />
Armand Speca<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
A storm capsizes a diving vessel, trapping<br />
the crew and a group of divers in a cove<br />
where a saltwater crocodile will stop at<br />
nothing to protect its young.<br />
HIGHLAND<br />
FILM GROUP<br />
Highland Film Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd,<br />
Suite 600, West Hollywood, CA 90069<br />
USA, Tel: 1.310.271.8400. www.highlandfilmgroup.com<br />
E-mail: info@highlandfilmgroup.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Arianne Fraser (CEO), Maria<br />
Rogers (Sales Associate)<br />
Office: Highland Film Group , Tel:<br />
1.310.271.8400<br />
SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USE-<br />
FUL TO YOU<br />
Comedy/Drama (105 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Roberto Faenza<br />
Writer: Dahila Heyman<br />
Producer: Elda Ferri<br />
Key Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Peter<br />
Gallagher, Lucy Liu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A vulnerable teenager with a deep perception<br />
of the world and no idea how to live in<br />
it.<br />
THE STUPIDEST ANGEL<br />
Holiday/Action/Comedy/Zombie-Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Carl Goldstein<br />
Writer: Christopher Moore<br />
Producer: Joseph Hines<br />
Key Cast: To be announced<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A small coastal town inhabited by misfits<br />
and lunatics has to come together on<br />
Christmas Eve to save the town and themselves<br />
from their dead friends and relatives<br />
who have been mistakenly resurrected by<br />
Heaven’s Stupidest Angel.<br />
LIZZIE<br />
Horror/Thriller (82 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Dunn Jr.<br />
Writer: Leif Holt<br />
Producer: Leif Holt, Matthew Mosher<br />
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Key Cast: Gary Busey, Corbin Bernsen,<br />
Don Swayze<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Lizzie Borden took an axe Gave her mother<br />
forty whacks. When she saw what she<br />
had done she Gave her father forty-one!<br />
OSOMBIE<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Lyde<br />
Writer: John Lyde<br />
Producer: John Lyde<br />
Key Cast: Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen<br />
Wade<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Osama bin Laden returns from his watery<br />
grave and creates an army of zombie insurgents.<br />
PALADIN 2: CROWN OF THE DRAG-<br />
ONSLAYER<br />
Adventure Fantasy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anne K. Black<br />
Writer: Anne K. Black, Kynan Griffin,<br />
Justin Partridge<br />
Producer: Brad Johnson, Jennifer Kirkham,<br />
Justin Partridge, Jessie Mandujano<br />
Key Cast: Ava Hunt, Vidal San<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Ireland<br />
In a country ruled by an occupying foreign<br />
empire, Elenn, an arrogant young noblewoman,<br />
accompanies her aunt on a mission<br />
to bring an ancient relic to the secret coronation<br />
of the rightful king of their people.<br />
When her aunt is murdered on the road by<br />
passing soldiers, Elenn hires a smuggler<br />
and criminal, Aedin, to escort her across<br />
the dangerous country so she can take her<br />
aunt’s place at the coronation. But when<br />
Corvus, a rogue magister of the empire,<br />
employs a dark magic to retrieve the<br />
ancient relicfor his own evil designs, Elenn<br />
must find the humility and strength within<br />
herself to fulfill her aunt’s calling to unite<br />
her people before the power of the relic<br />
falls into the hands of the empire.<br />
IN/SIGHT<br />
Thriller (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Richard Gabai<br />
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre<br />
Producer: John Constantine, Richard<br />
Gabai, Larissa Michel<br />
Key Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Natalie<br />
Zea, Christopher Lloyd, Adam Baldwin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Kaitlyn, an ER nurse is electrocuted while<br />
trying to save a young woman’s life. After<br />
recovering, she begins to see images of the<br />
brutal murder of the young girl. In order to<br />
save her sanity, Kaitlyn begins to investigate<br />
the murder in order to uncover the<br />
truth.<br />
A HOLIDAY HEIST<br />
Comedy/Family/Romance (87 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christie Will<br />
Writer: Christie Will, Serge Kushnier,<br />
Jarret Golding<br />
Producer: Justin L. Levine<br />
Key Cast: Lacey Chabert, Rick Malambri,<br />
Vivica A. Fox<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of college students stay at school<br />
over Christmas to work at a special exhibit<br />
in the college’s fine art gallery. The students<br />
have little in common other. When<br />
they decide to hold an unplanned<br />
Christmas Eve dinner in the gallery, they<br />
stumble into a trio of bumbling thugs planning<br />
a Holiday Heist of the exhibit. As the<br />
students are held hostage, they are forced<br />
to learn about themselves and each other,<br />
the spirit of Christmas, and get the courage<br />
to work together and fight back to foil the<br />
thieves. With heartfelt talks, wild escapes,<br />
and Christmas romance — the night ends<br />
up being a Christmas Eve these new<br />
friends will never forget!<br />
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BOY TOY<br />
Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christie Will<br />
Writer: Christie Will, Jef Campagna, Jarret<br />
Golding, Justin L. Levine<br />
Producer: Justin L. Levine<br />
Key Cast: Mircea Monroe, Elizabeth Daily,<br />
Morgan Fairchild<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jake, an unsuccessful - yet well endowed -<br />
underwear model in L.A, who finds a<br />
lucrative new line of work as a platonic<br />
escort for women of a certain age. But, just<br />
as he finds himself a deep-pocketed “sugar<br />
mama” in Barbra, he meets Norah: a stunning<br />
and laid back Yoga instructor. As<br />
Jake’s success blooms, so does his love<br />
life; leading him to a crossroad that will<br />
change everything.<br />
GOOD FOR NOTHING<br />
Western/Romance (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Wallis<br />
Producer: Jamie Selkirk, Brett Gamble<br />
Key Cast: Cohen Holloway, Inge<br />
Rademeyer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
An English lady is immigrating out West<br />
but is kidnapped by a rugged outlaw who<br />
attempts to have his way with her but suffers<br />
from an unfortunate case of erectile<br />
dysfunction. Action and adventure unfold<br />
in this original take on the classic Western.<br />
PARANORMAL INCIDENT<br />
Horror/Mystery (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matthew Bolton<br />
Writer: Matthew Bolton and Chris W.<br />
Freeman<br />
Producer: Matthew Bolton, Chris W.<br />
Freeman, Rob Filson, Justin Jones, Lincoln<br />
Lewis<br />
Key Cast: Chelsea Vincent, Brett Edwards,<br />
Derrick Scott<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The infamous Odenbrook Sanitarium<br />
closed after a mass suicide occurred within<br />
its walls sixty years ago. Now, six college<br />
students armed with cameras and recording<br />
equipment venture into the asylum to prove<br />
the existence of the paranormal.<br />
LOST ISLAND<br />
AKA: L’Lile<br />
Adventure/Fantasy/Mystery (90 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Olivier Boillot<br />
Writer: Olivier Boillot<br />
Producer: Olivier Boillot<br />
Key Cast: Michel Beatrix, Cyrielle<br />
Debreuil, Kaddor Dorgham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Its 1942 and three men have just crashed<br />
into the ocean in the middle of nowhere.<br />
The stranded men find shelter on a nearby<br />
deserted island. As they slowly discover,<br />
they are not alone.<br />
STAY COOL<br />
Romantic Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ted Smith<br />
Writer: Mark Polish<br />
Producer: Janet DuBois, Ken Johnson,<br />
Nick Byassee<br />
Key Cast: Winona Ryder, Hilary Duff,<br />
Mark Polish, Sean Austin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010<br />
The film centers on a successful author<br />
who is forced to confront an unrequited<br />
high school crush when he returns home to<br />
deliver a commencement address to graduating<br />
seniors. Shasta O’Neil, a sexy high<br />
school senior flirts with the visiting author<br />
and invites him to the prom. The film is<br />
described as a “knowing-your-age comedy”.<br />
SON OF MORNING<br />
Comedy/Drama (81 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Yaniv Raz<br />
Writer: Yaniv Raz<br />
Producer: Joseph Cross, Zack Schiller<br />
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Lorraine Bracoo,<br />
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Heather Graham, Joseph Cross<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
As an environmental catastrophe threatens<br />
the world; Phillip Katz, a stressed-out,<br />
lowly copywriter, experiences an episode<br />
of stigmata in church and is positioned as<br />
the next MESSIAH by an ambitious<br />
reporter, Josephine Tuttle. Phillip is<br />
whisked away to a lavish hotel suite as<br />
politicians, reporters, and devout fans<br />
descend upon him, each hoping to exploit<br />
Phillip for their own purposes. After<br />
becoming the most famous man on the<br />
planet in less than a day, Phillip must<br />
decide how to use his newfound celebrity...<br />
THE SMELL OF SUCCESS<br />
Comedy (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Larry Smith<br />
Writer: Mark Polish, Michael Polish<br />
Producer: Janet DuBois, Ken Johnson,<br />
Jonathan Sheldon, Nick Byassee<br />
Key Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tea Leoni,<br />
Ed Helms<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr.<br />
Rose, the genius behind Rose’s Manure<br />
Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of<br />
salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into<br />
the toilet.<br />
THE PLANTATION<br />
Horror/Thriller<br />
Director: Adam Marcus<br />
Writer: Adam Marcus<br />
Producer: Mark Burg, Oren Koules,<br />
Vanessa Coifman<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA<br />
When a young school teacher moves to a<br />
picture-perfect modern plantation to tutor<br />
the children of the wealthy owner, she<br />
becomes entangled in the deadly secrets of<br />
the plantation’s past, and soon discovers<br />
her wards are in terrible danger as their<br />
10th birthdays approach. Seeped in Voodoo<br />
Magic, she struggles to help them break<br />
free from their father, and the black spells<br />
he has cast to keep them bound to the land.<br />
HOLLYWOOD<br />
CLASSICS<br />
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Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RT UK ,<br />
Tel: +44.(0)207.424.7280 Fax:<br />
+44.(0)207.428.8936.<br />
www.hollywoodclassics.com E-mail:<br />
info@Hollywoodclassics.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Peter Urie (CEO), Melanie Tebb<br />
(Head of Sales DVD & Theatrical), Ben<br />
Urie (Sales Manager Digital Cinema),<br />
Petra Sumser (German Sales Rep, DVD &<br />
TV/VOD)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau, First Floor,<br />
Stand No. 112, Tel: + 44(0)774.774.3615<br />
THE WHALES OF AUGUST<br />
Drama (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lindsay Anderson<br />
Key Cast: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish,<br />
Vincent Price<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1987 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two elderly widowed sisters spend a summer<br />
at their vacation house recalling their<br />
relationship, loves and lives as young<br />
women. This moving and well-written film<br />
features an outstanding ensemble cast in<br />
one of Anderson’s last films.<br />
THE FUGITIVE KIND<br />
Drama (119 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sidney Lumet<br />
Key Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani,<br />
Joanne Woodward<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1959 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams’<br />
“Orpheus Descending” featuring Brando as<br />
a drifter who arrives in a sleepy southern<br />
town and romances Magnani and<br />
Woodward.<br />
LICENSE TO DRIVE<br />
Comedy (88 mins)<br />
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Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman,<br />
Heather Graham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1988 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Fun 80s coming-of-age comedy in which a<br />
teenager “borrows” his grandfather’s mintcondition<br />
Cadillac for a late-night dream<br />
date, despite the fact that he cannot drive.<br />
HOLLYWOOD<br />
STUDIOS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Hollywood Studios International, 9107<br />
Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA<br />
90210 USA, Tel: 310-358-9007. www.hsifilms.com<br />
E-mail: sales@hsifilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Eric Christenson (President of<br />
HSI Films)<br />
Office: Ritz Carlton 520, Tel:<br />
+49.30.33.77.77<br />
LUV<br />
Thriller, Drama<br />
Director: Sheldon Candis<br />
Writer: Sheldon Candis, Justin Wilson<br />
Key Cast: Common, Dennis Haysbert,<br />
Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Meagan<br />
Good, Michael K. Williams and Michael<br />
Rainey, Jr.,<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Woody, an adorable 11-year-old boy awaiting<br />
the return of his missing mother, lives<br />
with his grandmother and Uncle Vincent,<br />
who is fresh off an eight-year prison stint.<br />
For Woody, the confident, charismatic<br />
Vincent is a titan among men. When<br />
Vincent notices that Woody could learn a<br />
thing or two about becoming a man, he<br />
brings him along as he ventures forth to<br />
open his own business. But when legit life<br />
fails to support Vincent’s vision, and his<br />
old Baltimore crime boss, Mr. Fish, haunts<br />
him, the pace of little Woody’s manhood<br />
lesson accelerates.<br />
THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT<br />
THE BEST<br />
Romantic comedy (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ryan O’Nan<br />
Writer: Ryan O’Nan<br />
Producer: Jason Michael Berman<br />
Key Cast: Ryan O’Nan, Michael Weston,<br />
Arielle Kebbel<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Rejected by his girlfriend and band, a<br />
young musician embarks on a cross-country<br />
musical tour with a potentially psychotic<br />
stranger who plays Fischer-Price children’s<br />
instruments.<br />
JUNCTION<br />
Thriller (92 min)<br />
Director: Tony Glazer<br />
Writer: Tony Glazer<br />
Key Cast: Neal Bledsoe, Harris Doran,<br />
Summer Crockett Moore and Tom<br />
Pelphrey.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Junction is a thriller set In the idyllic<br />
upscale neighborhood of Verterra Hills, a<br />
privatized community full of manicured<br />
lawns and sprawling colonials, four<br />
strangers make a choice that sets in motion<br />
a series of events that will change their<br />
lives, the lives of some not-so-innocent<br />
homeowners and a troubled police force<br />
forever. On a road full of twists and turns<br />
each group will be forced to make a decision<br />
that will send them all careening headlong<br />
into a deadly confrontation. In a place<br />
where nothing is what it seems and no one<br />
is who they appear to be, only one thing is<br />
certain: all choices come with a price.<br />
CARNAVAL<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Joshua Michael Stern<br />
Key Cast: John Cusack and Johnny<br />
Knoxville<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Cusack will play a sports scout who is sent<br />
to Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. His mission<br />
is to recruit the world’s best soccer<br />
player. If he signs the star, he will inherit<br />
the agency. Johnny Knoxville plays his best<br />
friend, a musician who joins the scout and<br />
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has an affair with a woman who turns out<br />
to be the player’s girlfriend, which throws<br />
a major complication into the plan.<br />
ANSWERS TO NOTHING<br />
Drama (120 minutes)<br />
Director: Matthew Leutwyler<br />
Key Cast: Dane Cook, Julie Benz,<br />
Elizabeth Mitchell, Barbara Hershey, Zach<br />
Gilford and Erik Palladino.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Set against the backdrop of a child abduction<br />
case we follow five days in the life of<br />
the detective assigned to the case, her best<br />
friend whose determination to get pregnant<br />
keeps her from confronting her husband’s<br />
infidelity, a school teacher and his obsession<br />
with the missing child that pushes him<br />
to the edge of vigilantism, a beat cop grieving<br />
over the violent death of his wife, a<br />
recovering addict and her wheel chair<br />
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bound brother preparing for the LA<br />
marathon, and a self-loathing African<br />
American TV writer’s search for love.<br />
THE ZERO HOUR<br />
Thriller (103)<br />
Language: Spanish (with English Subtitles)<br />
Director: Diego Velasco<br />
Writer: Diego Velasco<br />
Producer: Carolina Paiz<br />
Key Cast: Zapata 666, Amanda Key,<br />
Laureano Olivarez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Venezuela<br />
Set in Caracas during a 24-hour medical<br />
strike, Parca, a tattooed hit-man, takes an<br />
elite hospital hostage in order to save his<br />
pregnant girlfriend.<br />
THE ELEMENTALS<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Jorge Olguín<br />
Writer: Jorge Olguín<br />
Producer: Dave Brown<br />
Key Cast: Cristian Campos, Loreto<br />
Aradena, Sofia Kaufmann<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
When a girl meets the ethereal creatures of<br />
a forest, they convince her and her father, a<br />
dam-building company executive, not to<br />
destroy their ecosystem.<br />
HOUSE OF FILM<br />
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#201, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA, Tel:<br />
+1 818.647.0118 Fax: +1 818.647.0118.<br />
www.houseoffilm.com E-mail:<br />
sales@houseoffilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: AvaB (CEO/President), Andrew<br />
Gallagher (Head of Sales), Elliott Mazzola<br />
(Sales Executive)<br />
Office: Berlin Marriott Lobby, Tel:<br />
+33.669.95.77.68<br />
MOOMINS AND THE COMET CHASE<br />
Family (77 mins)<br />
Language: Finnish/ English dub<br />
Director: Maria Lindberg<br />
Writer: Joel Backström, Iivo Baric, Anders<br />
Larsson, Minna Karvonen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Oy Filmkompaniet<br />
Alpha Ab<br />
Producer: Tom Carpelan<br />
Key Cast: Max von Sydow, Alexander<br />
Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland<br />
One day Moomintroll notices that something<br />
strange has happened in the Moomin<br />
Valley - everything is grey; not just the sky<br />
and the river, but the trees, the ground, the<br />
Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to<br />
ask the well-read Muskrat if he knows<br />
what is happening. Muskrat declares that<br />
this is the way things tend to look like<br />
before the earth faces an awful fate coming<br />
from the sky... With the help of his father,<br />
Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his worried<br />
friends build the best raft ever and<br />
start on a challenging journey to the obser-<br />
vatory. The wise professors there must<br />
know what the threat from space is all<br />
about! The trek is not easy. The brave<br />
entourage, Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin<br />
face many obstacles, yet also meet new and<br />
old friends. But they make it to the observatory:<br />
the professor calculates that a ferocious<br />
comet will reach the Earth in four<br />
days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds...<br />
SEAMONSTERS<br />
Drama (97 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Julian Kerridge<br />
Writer: Martin Sadofski, Julian Kerridge<br />
Co-Production Partners: Orange Trousers<br />
Producer: Angela Gordon<br />
Key Cast: Rita Tushingham, Georgia<br />
Henshaw, Andrew Knott<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Seamonsters tells the story of two shiftless<br />
young friends, Sam (Jack McMullen) and<br />
Kieran (Reece Noi), who are whiling away<br />
their time during the off-season in<br />
Worthing. The pair are stuck in a kind of<br />
limbo: too old to be kids any more, vaguely<br />
aware that it’s time to act grown-up.<br />
When they meet Lori (Leila Mimmack), a<br />
melancholy, mysterious girl, Sam is drawn<br />
to her even though she doesn’t offer him<br />
any encouragement. When Sam is called<br />
out of town to attend a funeral, Lori and<br />
Kieran end up spending the day together<br />
doing stupid things, getting drunk, and collapsing<br />
by sea, despite the fact that they<br />
despise each other. By the time Sam<br />
returns, everything has changed.<br />
WHEN THE DRAGON SWALLOWED<br />
THE SUN: THE HISTORY OF TIBET<br />
TOLD BY RICHARD GERE<br />
Documentary (115 mins)<br />
Language: English/Tibetan<br />
Director: Dirk Simon<br />
Writer: Dirk Simon, Kristen Riordan<br />
Co-Production Partners: Free Motion Films<br />
Producer: Vanessa Philippe, Dennis<br />
Haysbert, Dirk Simon<br />
Key Cast: Dalai Lama, Lhasang Tsering,<br />
Samdhong Rinpoche<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Unfortunately, the 14th Dalai Lama and the<br />
Tibetan people receive little political support<br />
in their drive to put an end to the<br />
Chinese brutal regime, as international<br />
governments are seemingly motivated by<br />
economic interests in China. The lack of<br />
progress toward a free, or even a truly<br />
autonomous Tibet, urges more and more<br />
young Tibetans to consider alternatives to<br />
the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way Policy, a<br />
compromise on Tibet’s Independence. The<br />
controversial discussion about the right<br />
strategy for achieving a free Tibet - nonviolent<br />
or violent, autonomy or complete<br />
independence - is becoming more emotionally<br />
charged day by day. Monks have been<br />
leading Tibet and Tibetans for generations,<br />
not only in religious, but also in worldly<br />
matters. But monks have vows that bind<br />
them. And often those vows conflict with<br />
the needs of politics. The Tibetan movement<br />
today is divided and weakened by an<br />
ongoing argument whether the Dalai<br />
Lama”s Middle Way Policy is the right<br />
strategy or not...<br />
THE PHANTOM FATHER<br />
AKA: TATAL FANTOMA<br />
Road Movie/Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English | Romanian<br />
Director: Lucian Georgescu<br />
Writer: Barry Gifford (based on a story<br />
by), Lucian Georgescu<br />
Co-Production Partners: GAV<br />
Producer: Lucian Georgescu, Joachim von<br />
Vietinghoff<br />
Key Cast: Marcel Iures, Barry Gifford,<br />
Mihaela Sirbu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Romania<br />
American Professor Robert Traum takes a<br />
sabbatical and turns his back on a present<br />
without surprise, to live an adventure from<br />
the past. Back in the Old World, he<br />
researches the origins of his father and<br />
uncle, the famous Traum brothers: Rudolf,<br />
a famous novelist, and Samuel - once a<br />
notorious gangster in Chicago. While trav-<br />
eling through Transylvania and Bucovina<br />
(former Austro Hungarian Empire<br />
provinces) Robert meets Tanya, a<br />
Government archivist. Together they find<br />
Sami, the last surviving family friend, a<br />
cinema projectionist who was chased out of<br />
his old movie theatre by a greedy local<br />
politician. While Robert helps Sami win his<br />
theatre, Sami gives Robert his identity<br />
back.<br />
ONE LAST GAME<br />
AKA: GELLERT - GAME OVER<br />
Thriller (82 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stefan<br />
Writer: Michael Wallner, Elisabeth Kübler-<br />
Ross<br />
Co-Production Partners: Grand Hotel<br />
Pictures<br />
Producer: Norbert Kneibl, Ken Duken<br />
Key Cast: Ken Duken, Regina Lund, Dan<br />
van Husen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Gellert is addicted – he plays poker. Poker<br />
is his passion, his addiction, he’s obsessed<br />
with it. Like back in the days together with<br />
his companions Obonya and Rul he sits on<br />
his seat in the bar 667. One last game as he<br />
always said. He wants to pay back Tonia<br />
and put everything in order again. He<br />
needs this last chance. He plays his cards<br />
like he always does, he is very cheerful to<br />
win this game when suddenly Obonya pulls<br />
a knife out of his pocket. Glistening light,<br />
he opens his eyes wide.<br />
RU-486: THE LAST OPTION<br />
Drama ( Social) (89 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Irene Maffei<br />
Writer: Eliot Webster, Andrew Nicholas<br />
Co-Production Partners: Xylomancy Films<br />
Producer: Eliot Webster<br />
Key Cast: Zina Badran, Richard Holt,<br />
Tyrone Lopez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
The dilemma faced by one woman over<br />
whether or not to abort the baby she carries<br />
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inside while the world around falls apart.<br />
Meena Patel (Zina Badran) leaves her<br />
home and boyfriend, spending the week<br />
preceding her abortion with a student<br />
whom used to be besotted with her. She<br />
hopes he still is, for he is only one left to<br />
turn to. The only one who could help her<br />
keep the baby.<br />
NOTHING SPECIAL<br />
Comedy (99 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Angela Garcia Combs<br />
Writer: Angela Garcia Combs<br />
Co-Production Partners: Yellow Wallpaper<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Sascha Schneider<br />
Key Cast: Karen Black, Barbara Bain, Julia<br />
Garcia Combs<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In her debut feature film, writer/director<br />
Angela Garcia Combs spins a dark and<br />
funny tale of an ambitious young woman at<br />
a crucial turning point in her career and her<br />
relationship with her bi-polar mother.<br />
Louise (Julia Garcia Combs) is an insurance<br />
underwriter living in Los Angeles<br />
with her mother, May (Karen Black), who<br />
has recently been evicted from her Section<br />
8 apartment after the building was condemned.<br />
May’s shaky grip on reality<br />
begins to loosen when she becomes aware<br />
of the close relationship between Louise<br />
and her trailblazing boss, Catherine<br />
(Barbara Bain), whom Louise admires and<br />
adores. Catherine is secretly fighting cancer<br />
and has an estranged relationship with<br />
her own daughter, and reaches out to<br />
Louise as a surrogate. At the same time,<br />
Catherine is pushing Louise to accept a big<br />
promotion, which will compel Louise to<br />
relocate to New York. Things heat up when<br />
May and Catherine meet by chance on<br />
Mother’s Day and an alarming confrontation<br />
ensues...<br />
SMOKING | NON SMOKING<br />
AKA: THE PACK<br />
Courtroom Drama (120 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alyssa Rallo Bennett<br />
Writer: Alyssa Rallo Bennett, Gary Bennett<br />
Co-Production Partners: Electric Movies<br />
Producer: Alyssa Rallo Bennett, Josselyne<br />
Herman-Saccio<br />
Key Cast: Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss,<br />
Roger Robinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The Pack brings to the forefront the complexities<br />
and anguish of how any of us can<br />
get caught in the cultural and legal shift of<br />
our nation. The question The Pack catches<br />
us all with is: “What if your behavior was<br />
legally accepted for dozens of years and all<br />
of a sudden it came into question?” In a<br />
hand-picked case, an ambitious Assistant<br />
District Attorney (Carlos Leon) prosecutes<br />
a wife and mother (Lucie Arnaz) for three<br />
counts of murder after her forty-seven year<br />
old husband (Scott Bryce) dies of lung cancer<br />
from allegedly breathing her secondhand<br />
smoke for thirty years. Mourning the<br />
loss of his father, their twenty-four year old<br />
son (Ryan Homchick) decides to testify<br />
against his mother. At first, the jury struggles<br />
with what appears to be a ridiculous<br />
case, but one juror’s doubts forces the jury<br />
into an intriguing, emotional and complicated<br />
choice regarding addiction, loyalty<br />
and individual responsibility.<br />
ICAP MEDIA LLC<br />
ICAP Media LLC, 1800 Century Park East<br />
#600, Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA, Tel:<br />
+1.310.407.510. www.icap-media.com Email:<br />
scott.kirkpatrick@us.icap.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Scott Kirkpatrick (VP,<br />
International Sales & Media Brokerage),<br />
Adam Welles (VP, International Sales &<br />
Media Brokerage), Lara Sumera (VP,<br />
International Sales & Media Brokerage)<br />
Office: IFTA Pavilion, #141<br />
FROZEN IN TIME<br />
AKA: GOD DON’T MAKE THE LAWS<br />
Drama (100 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Sabbath<br />
Writer: David Sabbath<br />
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Co-Production Partners: Three Dog Films,<br />
LLC<br />
Producer: Alex Esber<br />
Key Cast: Paul Sorvino, Ella Rae Peck, and<br />
Bruce Davison.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The residents of a small town have stopped<br />
aging for nearly two decades, following a<br />
tragic accident... Until a stranger arrives in<br />
town.<br />
LUCKY<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gil Cates, Jr.<br />
Writer: Gil Cates, Jr.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Ten/Four Pictures<br />
Producer: Gil Cates, Jr., Caitlin Murney<br />
Key Cast: Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor,<br />
Blowfish - Media Luna New Films<br />
Jeffery Tambor<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A serial killer’s recent victim just happened<br />
to be carrying a winning lottery ticket.<br />
THE GREAT FIGHT<br />
Drama (100 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sherri Kauk<br />
Writer: Ken Del Vechio<br />
Producer: Ken Del Vecchio<br />
Key Cast: Robert Loggia, Charles Durning<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An autistic youth developes a strong talent<br />
for mixed martial arts.<br />
FAKE<br />
Drama (100 mins)<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: Greg Friedle<br />
Writer: Greg Friedle<br />
Producer: Ken Del Vecchio<br />
Key Cast: Robert Loggia, Fisher Stevens,<br />
Blanche Barker.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A failed artist turns to copying famous<br />
paintings for the artworlds black market.<br />
ABSENTIA<br />
Horror (95 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Flanagan<br />
Writer: Mike Flanagan<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fallback Plan<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Mike Flanagan, Justin Gordon<br />
Key Cast: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell,<br />
Dave Levine.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A woman and her sister begin to link a<br />
mysterious tunnel to a series of dissapearances.<br />
IM GLOBAL<br />
IM Global, 8322 Beverly Blvd, Los<br />
Angeles, CA 90048 USA, Tel:<br />
1.310.777.3590 Fax: 1.323.657.5354.<br />
www.imglobalfilm.com E-mail:<br />
info@imglobalfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Stuart Ford (CEO), Jonathan<br />
Deckter (President, International Sales &<br />
Distribution), Tim Grohne (EVP, European<br />
Operations), Tatyana Joffe (EVP,<br />
International Sales), David Jourdan (SVP,<br />
International Sales), Bonnie Voland (Head<br />
of International Marketing & Publicity)<br />
Office: Ritz Carlton Presidential Suite<br />
#1111, Tel: +49.3033.777.5618<br />
DEAD MAN DOWN<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Niels Arden Oplev<br />
Writer: J.H. Wyman<br />
Co-Production Partners: Original Films,<br />
Frequency Films, IM Global, Automatik<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Neal Moritz, J.H. Wyman<br />
Key Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
In NYC, a crime lord’s right-hand man<br />
(Colin Farrell) is seduced by one of his<br />
boss’s victims, a woman seeking retribution<br />
(Noomi Rapace).<br />
HUMMINGBIRD<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steven Knight<br />
Writer: Steven Knight<br />
Co-Production Partners: Shoebox Films,<br />
IM Global<br />
Producer: Guy Heeley, Paul Webster<br />
Key Cast: Jason Statham<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
An elevated thriller from screenwriter<br />
Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) about a<br />
broken man (Jason Statham) fighting to do<br />
what’s right, even if that means breaking<br />
his own rules.<br />
THE BABYMAKERS<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar<br />
Writer: Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow<br />
Co-Production Partners: Broken Lizard<br />
Industries, Alliance Films, Automatik<br />
Entertainment, IM Global<br />
Producer: Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-<br />
Jones, Jay Chandrasekhar<br />
Key Cast: Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn,<br />
Jay Chandrasekhar<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
From famed comedy troupe Broken Lizard,<br />
a hilarious comedy about a man unable to<br />
impregnate his wife who devises a crazy<br />
plan to rob a sperm bank.<br />
DON 2<br />
Action (160)<br />
Language: Hindi<br />
Director: Farhan Akhtar<br />
Writer: Farhan Akhtar<br />
Co-Production Partners: Excel<br />
Entertainment, Film Base Berlin,<br />
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Landmark Production, Red Chillies<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Farhan Akhtar<br />
Key Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka<br />
Chopra<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: India<br />
Shah Rukh Khan returns as charismatic<br />
crimelord Don who, having conquered the<br />
Asian underworld, goes into action in<br />
Berlin, where he must avoid assassination<br />
or capture in order to succeed.<br />
JAVA HEAT<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Conor Allyn<br />
Writer: Conor Allyn, Rob Allyn<br />
Co-Production Partners: Margate House<br />
Producer: Rob Allyn<br />
Key Cast: Mickey Rourke, Kellan Lutz<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Pulse-pounding thriller JAVA HEAT dives<br />
into the world of espionage where nobody -<br />
not undercover agent Jake (Kellan Lutz) or<br />
mysterious hitman Malik (Mickey Rourke)<br />
- can be trusted.<br />
BLOOD<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick Murphy<br />
Writer: Bill Gallagher<br />
Co-Production Partners: Neal Street<br />
Productions, Red Production Company, IM<br />
Global, BBC Films, Quickfire Films<br />
Producer: Pippa Harris, Nicola Schindler<br />
Key Cast: Paul Bettany, Mark Strong,<br />
Brian Cox<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
Unspoken secrets and suspicions drive this<br />
ominous thriller as a police family (Paul<br />
Bettany, Brian Cox) confronts their own<br />
past and current crimes.<br />
IMAGEWORKS<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Imageworks Entertainment International,<br />
21910 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA<br />
91311 USA, Tel: 1.818.349.5777 Fax:<br />
1.818.349.6777. www.imageworksentertainment.com<br />
E-mail:<br />
info@imglobalfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: David Shoshan (President /<br />
CEO), Ingrid Raines (Acquisitions)<br />
Office: Meritim Hotel Suite #9002, Tel:<br />
49(0)176.173.68.626<br />
APARTMENT 1303 3D<br />
AKA: APARTMENT 1303<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Daniel Fridell<br />
Writer: Jim Steele, Michele Taverna<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fullum Films<br />
Executive Producer: Cindy Nelson-Mullen,<br />
Jim Steele, David Shoshan<br />
Producer: Michael Taverna, Eric Mantion,<br />
David-Alexander Coiteux<br />
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Rebecca De<br />
Mornay, Julianne Michelle, Corey Sevier,<br />
and John Diehl<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A modern ghost story which turns a<br />
love/hate relationship between mother and<br />
daughter into a tale of horror. Some rentals<br />
are too good to be true.<br />
STOLEN IDENTITY<br />
Period Piece, Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: David Shoshan, Rick Swirkal,<br />
Eddie O?Flaherty<br />
Producer: David Shoshan<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Right after World War II, a Jew who survived<br />
the Holocaust steals the identity of<br />
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another man to survive in Soviet controlled<br />
Poland and lives well until his past comes<br />
back to haunt him.<br />
APOCALYPSE, CA.<br />
Sci Fi Fantasy (90 mins. )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chad Peter<br />
Writer: Chad Peter<br />
Co-Production Partners: Alexander<br />
Cardinale, Nick Mathis, Eric Branco<br />
Producer: Chad Peter<br />
Key Cast: Nick Mathis, Erin Bodine, Anne<br />
McDaniels<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The story of friends as they prepare for certain<br />
death at the hands of a massive asteroid,<br />
sex-inducing drugs, a three-hundred<br />
foot giant, and a horde of other absurd<br />
problems.<br />
BUTCHERED<br />
Horror (77 minutes)<br />
Language: Enlgish<br />
Director: Charles Stewart Jr.<br />
Writer: Sheila Brothers and Roxanne<br />
Marchano<br />
Co-Production Partners: Anthem Pictures<br />
and Eleven Bravo Productions<br />
Producer: Phillip Troy Linger<br />
Key Cast: Timothy Woodward Jr., Nikki<br />
Beall, Corey Broadwater<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
A group of teens decide to spend the weekend<br />
on a local island to say their final<br />
goodbyes before heading off to college.<br />
Little do they know, a convicted serial<br />
killer escapes from the authorities while on<br />
death row at a maximum security prison.<br />
Touted in the headlines of the local papers<br />
as “The Butcher” due to the manner he<br />
hacked up his victims in the local town<br />
deli, he takes cover on the very same<br />
island. It become a battle for survival as the<br />
teens attempt o fight back against this<br />
unimaginable foe.<br />
SHADOW WITHIN, THE<br />
Thriller-Horror (90 mins. )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Silvana Zancolo<br />
Writer: Daniel Aarons, Giovanni Eccher<br />
Co-Production Partners: Pier Luigi Corvi<br />
Mora, Anna Maria Murro<br />
Producer: Paolo Lato<br />
Key Cast: Hayley J. Williams, Beth<br />
Winslet, Laurence Belcher, Bonny<br />
Ambrose, Rod Hallett.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A grieving mother convinces her child to<br />
contact her dead son only to discover that<br />
the dead child has surprising plans for her.<br />
SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THE<br />
Romantic Comedy (90 mins. )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Shalene Portman<br />
Writer: Shalene Portman<br />
Producer: Shalene Portman<br />
Key Cast: Brittany Joyner, Danny Boaz,<br />
Stephanie Young, Morgana Shaw.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A beautiful woman pretends to be married<br />
while running a bed-and-breakfast business<br />
but falls in love with a handsome guest and<br />
can?t tell him the truth.<br />
LOVE AND DEBATE<br />
Romantic Comedy (96 mins.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jessica Kavana<br />
Writer: Jessica Kavana<br />
Producer: Gina Philips, Amy Greenspun<br />
Key Cast: Adam Rodriguez, Gina Philips,<br />
Sean Astin.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A beautiful, ambitious Miami woman finds<br />
unexpected love while pursuing her dreams<br />
of independence and high stakes debating.<br />
POKER CLUB, THE<br />
Thriller (89 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tim McCann<br />
Writer: Richard Chizmar<br />
Co-Production Partners: Bruce Devan,<br />
Jordan Gertner<br />
Producer: Richard Chizmar<br />
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Key Cast: Jonathan Schaech, Jana Kramer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Four friends discover and accidentally kill<br />
a burglar — who may not be alone — in<br />
the kitchen during their weekly poker<br />
night.<br />
RAY OF SUNSHINE<br />
Drama (86 mins.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Norbert Meisel<br />
Writer: Rae Rodgers<br />
Co-Production Partners: Nancy Kwan<br />
Producer: Norbert Meisel<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Carroll, Seymour<br />
Cassell, Nancy Kwan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
Petunia - New Films International<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young girl disguises herself as a boy and<br />
searches for her father, a free-wheeling<br />
musician who abandoned her when she was<br />
a child.<br />
THIRD NAIL, THE<br />
Thriller -Drama (90 mins. )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Lewis<br />
Writer: Huntley Ritter, Kevin Lewis<br />
Co-Production Partners: Ann Luly, Huntley<br />
Ritter<br />
Producer: Jonathan Bross<br />
Key Cast: Huntley Ritter, Krista Allen,<br />
Charles S. Dutton,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A man wrongfully accused for murder is<br />
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release from prison then must struggle with<br />
revenge and redemption while trying to<br />
save his kidnapped daughter.<br />
KICKING THE DOG<br />
Comedy (91 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Randy Scooter Lammey<br />
Writer: Randy Scooter Lammey<br />
Co-Production Partners: Malachi McGlone<br />
Producer: Randy Scooter Lammey<br />
Key Cast: Elizabeth Schmidt, Carl T.<br />
Evans, Vidette Lim<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
12 young, sexy friends gather in a summer<br />
cabin for one last wild party before they all<br />
make life changing decisions.<br />
THE DESCENDANT<br />
Horror (95 mins.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Philippe Spurrell<br />
Writer: Philippe Spurrell, Joel Asa Miller<br />
Co-Production Partners: David Rigby<br />
Producer: Philippe Spurrell<br />
Key Cast: Rob Diloreto, Ilona Garcen,<br />
Tadhg MacMahon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A young man visits an old family home in<br />
a small town and discovers a secret that<br />
shocks the entire town.<br />
TOUCH, THE<br />
Drama (90 mins. )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jimmy Huckaby<br />
Writer: Art Ayris<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rick Traum, Rick<br />
Silanskas<br />
Producer: Joseph T. Lyons<br />
Key Cast: Kristia Knowles, Shauna Bartel,<br />
Brooke Newton, Bruce Borgan, Cree Ivy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A former stripper and alcoholic woman<br />
joins a church to seek redemption causes<br />
them to fight over whether she belongs<br />
there or not.<br />
IMAGINATION<br />
WORLDWIDE LLC<br />
Imagination Worldwide LLC, 9107 Wilshire<br />
Boulevard, Suite #625, Beverly Hills, CA<br />
90210 USA, Tel: 1.310.888.3494.<br />
www.imagination-llc.com E-mail:<br />
wyarbrough@imagination-llc.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Pierre David (Chairman and<br />
CEO), Tom Berry (Co-Chairman),<br />
Lawrence Goebel (President), Trina Searcy<br />
(VP of Sales and Business Affairs)<br />
Office: The Ritz Carlton, Suite #549, Tel:<br />
49.30.33.777.5607<br />
THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER<br />
Dramatic Thriller (107 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michelle Mower<br />
Writer: Michelle Mower<br />
Producer: Adam Donaghey, Susan Elkins,<br />
Michelle Mower<br />
Key Cast: Andrea Bowen, Adam Mayfield,<br />
Ron Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
They thought she was the perfect daughter...<br />
DEVIL SEED<br />
Horror (96:30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Greg A. Sager<br />
Writer: Greg A. Sager<br />
Producer: Dwight Coughlan, Gary Elmer,<br />
Geoff Hart, Greg. A. Sager<br />
Key Cast: Vanessa Boze, Michelle Argyris,<br />
Shantelle Canzanese<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Evil grows within...<br />
WAKE UP AND DIE<br />
Thriller (84 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Miguel Urrutia<br />
Writer: Miguel Urrutia<br />
Producer: Liliana Tavera, Miguel Urrutia<br />
Key Cast: Luis Fernando Bohorquez,<br />
Andrea Montenegro<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Colombia<br />
Sleeping with him was her first mistake.<br />
ALL ALONE<br />
Mystery-Thriller (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jon Cellini<br />
Writer: Jon Cellini<br />
Producer: Jon Cellini, Suzy Cote, Mandy<br />
Levin, Beth Navarro, Brice Williams<br />
Key Cast: Many Levin, Suzy Cote, Brice<br />
Williams, David Haydn-Jones<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
It was the perfect murder...until they turned<br />
on each other!<br />
THE LIST<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Klaus Huttman<br />
Writer: Klaus Huttman<br />
Producer: Patrick Fisher, Michael Knowles<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Being number one was the kiss of death...<br />
THE WIFE HE MET ONLINE<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: english<br />
Director: Curtis Crawford<br />
Writer: Christine Conradt<br />
Executive Producer: Pierre David, Tom<br />
Berry<br />
Key Cast: Sydney Penny, Cameron<br />
Mathison, Cynthia Preston, Barbara Niven<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
They met online...After a whirlwind<br />
romance, they are getting married! If he<br />
only knew...<br />
STATIC<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Levin<br />
Writer: Todd Levin, Gabriel Cowan, John<br />
Suits, Andrew Orci<br />
Producer: Gabriel Cowan, John Suits<br />
Key Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi,<br />
William Mapother, Sara Paxton<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
When you hear them coming, you’re<br />
already dead!<br />
GANGSTERS, GUNS AND ZOMBIES<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matt Mitchell<br />
Writer: Matt Mitchell<br />
Producer: Clare Pearce, Mark Evans<br />
Key Cast: Vincent Jerome, Huggy Lever,<br />
Fabrizio Santino<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
They owned the streets..until now!<br />
GABE: THE CUPID DOG<br />
Family Film (90:32)<br />
Language: english<br />
Director: mike feifer<br />
Writer: mike feifer<br />
Producer: Mike Feifer, David DeCrane,<br />
Noel Zantisch<br />
Key Cast: Boti Bliss, Brian Krause, Linden<br />
Ashby, Michael Woods, Barbara Niven,<br />
Ashley Jones and Ralph Waite<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A mischievous dog plays matchmaker!<br />
THE THOMPSONS: THE HAMIL-<br />
TONS 2<br />
Vampire Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: The Butcher Brothers<br />
Writer: The Butcher Brothers , Cory Knauf<br />
Executive Producer: Pierre David , Nicola<br />
Pearcey<br />
Producer: Rob Weston, Joseph McKelheer,<br />
Travis Stevens.<br />
Key Cast: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child,<br />
Joseph McKelheer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK/US<br />
The Hamiltons have snuck into a new town<br />
under a new name...but they’re not the<br />
most bloodthirsty people living there!<br />
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EXTRACTED<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nir Paniry<br />
Writer: Nir Paniry<br />
Producer: Gabriel Cowan, John Suits<br />
Key Cast: Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Nick<br />
Jameson<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Thomas Jackson has invented a device that<br />
allows him to enter people’s minds...Little<br />
does he know that he’s about to get trapped<br />
in the mind of a murderer.<br />
AXED<br />
Thriller (88 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ryan Lee Driscoll<br />
Writer: Ryan Lee Driscoll<br />
Producer: Ryan Lee Driscoll<br />
Key Cast: Jonathan Hansler, Andrea<br />
Gordon, Nicola Posener<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
His job kept him sane...now he’s just lost<br />
it!<br />
MY MOTHER’S SECRET<br />
Thriller (87:48)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Curtis Crawford<br />
Writer: John Serge<br />
Executive Producer: Pierre David, Tom<br />
Berry<br />
Key Cast: Nicole deBoer, Barbara Niven,<br />
Thea Gill<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Is uncovering the truth about her past<br />
worth risking her life?<br />
BETRAYED AT 17<br />
Thriller (90:48)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Doug Campbell<br />
Writer: Christine Conradt<br />
Executive Producer: Pierre David<br />
Producer: Ken Sanders, Robert Ballo<br />
Key Cast: Alexandra Paul, Paula Trickey,<br />
Derek Phillips<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
She couldn’t save her daughter...Now she<br />
must save her son.<br />
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Rome, 00197 Italy, Tel: +39.06.8076157<br />
Fax: +39.06.8076156.<br />
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Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Paola Corvino (CEO), Jef Nuyts<br />
(Director of International Sales), Marco<br />
Valerio Fusco (International Sales<br />
Executive)<br />
Office: Martin Gropius Bau, Italian<br />
Pavilion, Stand N 101<br />
THE LEGEND OF KASPAR HAUSER<br />
AKA: LA LEGGENDA DI KASPAR<br />
HAUSER<br />
Drama (95min)<br />
Language: Italian and English<br />
Director: Davide Manuli<br />
Writer: Davide Manuli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Blue film,<br />
Shooting Hope Productions with the contribution<br />
of MiBAC - Ministero per i Beni e<br />
le Attivit Culturali and Regione Autonoma<br />
della Sardegna<br />
Producer: Bruno Tribbioli, Alessandro<br />
Bonifazi, Davide Manuli<br />
Key Cast: Vincent Gallo, Claudia Gerini,<br />
Elisa Sednaoui, Silvia Calderoni, Fabrizio Gifuni<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
We are on a deserted and abandoned island,<br />
in a dimension without either place or<br />
time.A body, floating in the sea, strands on<br />
a beach: it is Kaspar Hauser, the heir to the<br />
throne of the island, who disappeared for<br />
obscure reasons when he was still a small<br />
boy. It was Hauser’s destiny to come back<br />
alive, but his mind is apparently disturbed<br />
or lacking in clarity. The boy is cared for<br />
by the Sheriff of the island, who gives him<br />
a place to stay in the old jail. Since his<br />
arrival is the only novelty in the routine of Arbitrage - Parlay Films<br />
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the small community he will soon find out<br />
who are his friends (the Sheriff and the<br />
Clairvoyant) and who his enemies (the<br />
Pusher and the Duchess).Unfortunately his<br />
stay will not last long, as he will soon be<br />
dead and will return to the place where he<br />
came from: the sea/<br />
THE FIRST ON THE LIST<br />
AKA: I PRIMI DELLA LISTA<br />
Comedy (85 min)<br />
Language: Italian<br />
Director: Roan Johnson<br />
Writer: Davide Lantieri, Roan Johnson<br />
with the collaboration of Renzo Lulli, and<br />
the friendly supervision of Francesco Bruni<br />
Co-Production Partners: Palomar, Urania<br />
Pictures with Rai Cinema<br />
Executive Producer: Patrizia Massa<br />
Producer: Carlo Degli Esposti, Nora<br />
Barbieri, Conchita Airoldi, Patrizia Massa<br />
Key Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Francesco<br />
Turbanti, Paolo Cioni, Sergio Pierattini,<br />
Daniela Morozzi, Fabrizio Brandi,<br />
Capovilla<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Set in 1970 when Italy was roiled by terrorism,<br />
the true life comic and absurd story<br />
of 3 feckless lefties who fled to Austria<br />
thinking a military coup was imminent<br />
seeking political asylum and wind up in<br />
jail, looking very stupid.<br />
SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY<br />
AKA: SETTE OPERE DI MISERICOR-<br />
DIA<br />
Drama (103 min)<br />
Language: Italian and Romanian<br />
Director: Gianluca and Massimiliano De<br />
Serio<br />
Writer: Gianluca and Massimiliano De<br />
Serio<br />
Co-Production Partners: La Sarraz Pictures<br />
srl , Elefant Films<br />
Producer: Alessandro Borrelli<br />
Key Cast: Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia<br />
Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti,<br />
Cosmin Corniciuc<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Luminita, a young illegal immigrant living<br />
on the edge of a shanty town, has hatched a<br />
plan to get herself out of her predicament.<br />
To carry it through she bumps into<br />
Antonio, a sick and mysterious old man.<br />
The clash between the two of them is<br />
unavoidable and harsh, and leads to unforeseeable<br />
consequences<br />
ROUGH HANDS<br />
AKA: AYADIN KHACHINA<br />
Drama (97 min)<br />
Language: Arabic<br />
Director: Mohamed Asli<br />
Writer: Mohamed Asli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Dagham Film<br />
Producer: Mohamed Asli<br />
Key Cast: Mohamed Bastaoui, Houda<br />
Rihani, Abdessamad Miftah Lkheir<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Morocco<br />
Mustapha is an illiterate hairdresser runs an<br />
underground trade as a middleman facilitating<br />
favors in exchange for money. His<br />
neighbor Zakia, a schoolteacher, asks for<br />
his help to get emigration papers to join her<br />
fianc in Spain.<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Stuart Alson (President)<br />
Office: Exhibitor without a Stand , Tel:<br />
1.702.882.6926<br />
BRUTAL<br />
Action (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kamal Ahmed<br />
Writer: Kamal Ahmed<br />
Producer: Kamal Ahmed, Stuart Alson,<br />
David Coppa, Brent Stuart, Nicholas<br />
Malinosky<br />
Key Cast: Peter Greene, Kevin Corrigan<br />
(The Black Donnellys, The Departed),<br />
Frederico Castelluccio (Sopranos), Arthur<br />
J. Nascarella (Sopranos)<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
BRUTAL stars Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction)<br />
in a story that follows the plight of four<br />
friends who pay the ultimate price when<br />
they seek revenge against a low-level gangster.<br />
BANGKOK BOUND<br />
Action (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Bellanca<br />
Writer: Todd Bellanca, Sasha Levinson<br />
Producer: Todd Bellanca, Sarote Tabcum Jr<br />
Key Cast: Bai Ling, Tom Arnold, Casey<br />
Evans<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A former American boxer now exiled in<br />
Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent<br />
past after meeting a mysterious fight fan<br />
from his hometown.<br />
CITIZEN JANE<br />
Thriller (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Armand Mastroianni<br />
Writer: James Dalessandro<br />
Producer: Eric Mitchell, Sonny Grosso<br />
Key Cast: Ally Sheedy, Meat Loaf, Sean<br />
Patrick Flanery, Patty McCormack, Nia<br />
Peeples<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jane’s idyllic life is shattered when her<br />
beloved Aunt Gertrude McCabe is brutally<br />
murdered in San Jose. Jane’s heartbreak<br />
turns to horror when a brilliant police<br />
detective, Jack Morris, finally convinces<br />
her that the killer is none other than her<br />
beloved boyfriend, Tom O’Donnell.<br />
MYSTERIA<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lucius Kuert<br />
Writer: Lucius Kuert<br />
Producer: Rafael Primorac, Stuart Alson,<br />
Robert Miano, Gerald Kessler<br />
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Billy Zane,<br />
Martin Landau, Michael Rooker, Robert<br />
Miano, Peter Mark Richman, Meadow<br />
Williams<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A once famous and now a washed-up<br />
Hollywood screenwriter fights to finish his<br />
latest script with an unrealistic deadline.<br />
He finds himself in the center of a murder<br />
investigation involving a prominent politician’s<br />
wife.<br />
THE BRAZEN BULL<br />
Thriller (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Douglas Elford-Argent<br />
Writer: Thomas Bilyeu, Douglas Elford-<br />
Argent<br />
Producer: David Frank Fletcher Jr., Gregg<br />
Luckman<br />
Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter,<br />
Jennifer Tisdale<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An ice cold tale of misguided ambition and<br />
savage revenge. Set in the bowels of an<br />
iconic derelict Los Angeles high-rise,<br />
Lauren and her real-estate investing fianc<br />
discover first hand what happens when a<br />
madman leads not with emotion, but rather<br />
chilling rationality.<br />
DEFCON 2012<br />
Sci-Fi (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: R. Christian Anderson<br />
Writer: Brian Neil<br />
Producer: Brian Neil, John Wessmann,<br />
Carolina Liechtenstein<br />
Key Cast: Ryken Zane, Shy Pilgreen, Xu<br />
Razer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In 2012, a devastating war between<br />
humans and aliens left the earth a nuclear<br />
wasteland. 200 years later the descendants<br />
of both civilizations have returned in<br />
search of treasure and lost artifacts. After<br />
landing their ship on the abandoned planet,<br />
Kaynin, Rune, and Archer descend into an<br />
underground city.<br />
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INTERSTATE<br />
Thriller (80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marc-Andre Samson<br />
Writer: Marc-Andre Samson<br />
Producer: Marc-Andre Samson<br />
Key Cast: Shiloh Fernandez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A Montreal DJ, following his girlfriend to<br />
Los Angeles, falls into a deadly relationship<br />
with a couple of female hitchhikers.<br />
BOSTON GIRLS<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gabriel Bologna<br />
Writer: Camille Solari<br />
Producer: Camille Solari, Jon Saphire<br />
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Renee Taylor,<br />
Camille Solari<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Tired of their boyfriends’ infidelities, two<br />
girls from Boston make a New Year’s pact<br />
to wipe out everyone who has ever mistreated<br />
them - and they soon embark on a<br />
murderous revenge spree in this thriller.<br />
WARRIORS OF THE APOCALYPSE<br />
Action (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Len Kabasinski<br />
Writer: Len Kabasinski<br />
Producer: Len Kabasinski<br />
Key Cast: Darian Caine, Pamela Sutch,<br />
Debbie D, Blue Meanie<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After WWIII has devastated America, a<br />
small band of female warriors attempt to<br />
survive long enough to make it to the last<br />
city left standing.<br />
THE FARM<br />
Horror (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Hank Bausch, Andrew Jackson<br />
Writer: Paul Farrell<br />
Producer: Hank Bausch, Andrew Jackson,<br />
Paul Farrell<br />
Key Cast: Michael Hotop, Ashley Salazar,<br />
Freddie Meyer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Charlie and his little brother Simon are the<br />
last ones left on Earth. They must fight to<br />
survive and battle zombies along the way.<br />
JINGA FILMS<br />
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Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Rosana Coutinho (Head of Sales<br />
& Acquisition ), Julian Richards (Head of<br />
Production)<br />
Office: UK Film Centre / Stand 40, Tel:<br />
49.30.889.14.439<br />
BLACK FOREST: HANSEL AND GRE-<br />
TEL & THE 420 WITCH<br />
Fantasy Horror (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Duane Journey<br />
Writer: David Tilman<br />
Co-Production Partners: Kerry Kimmel &<br />
Pollac and Dark Highway Films (II)<br />
Executive Producer: William S Beasley,<br />
Jonathan Heine, Michael Pollack<br />
Producer: Mark Morgan, Brett Hudson,<br />
James Cotten<br />
Key Cast: Lara Flynn Boyle, Molly C.<br />
Quinn, Michael Welsh, Cary Elwes, Eddy<br />
Martin, Andrew James Allen, Reynaldo<br />
Gallegos, Bianca Saad.<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From the producer of TWILIGHT - a<br />
brother and sister battle a witch who uses a<br />
special blend of marijuana to lure teenagers<br />
into her suburban home where she kills and<br />
eats them to maintain her youth and beauty.<br />
RITES OF SPRING<br />
Horror / Thriller (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Padraig Reynolds<br />
Writer: Padraig Reynolds<br />
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Co-Production Partners: Vigilante<br />
Entertainment, Red Planet<br />
Executive Producer: Bobby Benton, John<br />
Norris,<br />
Producer: Eric Thompson, Wes Benton<br />
Key Cast: A.J Bowen, Katherine Randolph,<br />
Anessa Ramsey, Marco St. John, shanna<br />
Forestall, Sonny Marinelli, Sarah Rachelli,<br />
James Bertz, Andrew Breland, Hannah<br />
Bryan.<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After kidnapping the nine-year-old daughter<br />
of a wealthy socialite and hiding out in<br />
an abandoned school, the kidnappers fall<br />
prey to a recurring terror - a bloodlust that<br />
comes every first day of Spring.<br />
MIDNIGHT SON<br />
Horror (86m)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott Leberecht<br />
Writer: Scott Leberecht<br />
Co-Production Partners: John Mattingly,<br />
Standing Ovation - Tri Coast<br />
Adam Simpson<br />
Executive Producer: Lisa A. Campbell,<br />
Eduardo Sanchez, Reed Frerichs, Kevin<br />
McCorkie, Maya Rarish.<br />
Producer: Matthew Compton,<br />
Key Cast: Arlen Escarpeta, Tracey Walter,<br />
Larry Cedar, Kevin MacCorkle, ZaK<br />
Kiberg, Maya Parish, Billy Lauviere<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jacob is a young man confined to a life of<br />
isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that<br />
prevents him from being exposed to sunlight.<br />
His world opens up when he meets<br />
Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love.<br />
Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly<br />
bizarre as he struggles to cope with<br />
the effects of his worsening condition.<br />
Forced by the disease to drink human<br />
blood for sustenance, he must control his<br />
increasingly violent tendencies as local law<br />
enforcement narrow their focus on him as a<br />
suspect in a series of grisly murders.<br />
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FACE TO FACE<br />
Drama (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Rymer<br />
Writer: David Williamson<br />
Producer: Gabreille Christopher & Leanne<br />
Hanley<br />
Key Cast: Vince Colosimo, Luke Ford,<br />
Matthew Newton, Sigrid Thomton, Chris<br />
Connely, Greg Baldoni, Laura Gordon.<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A young construction worker rams into the<br />
back of his boss’s Jaguar in a fit of anger at<br />
being sacked. Rather than fronting court,<br />
he’s given the chance to explain his actions<br />
in a community conference. This face-toface<br />
confrontation between the young man,<br />
his boss, his boss’s wife, co-workers, best<br />
mate and mother lifts the lid not only on<br />
his dysfunctional life but on their workplace<br />
dirty laundry, turning all of their lives<br />
upside down.<br />
BAD MEAT<br />
Horror (96)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lulu Jarmen<br />
Writer: Paul Gerstenburger<br />
Executive Producer: Aramid Capital<br />
Producer: Lucinda Englehart<br />
Key Cast: Mark Pelegrino, Dave Franco,<br />
Elizabeth Hanois, Jessica Parker Kennedy,<br />
Tahj Mowry<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ordered to a delinquent camp by their<br />
exasperated parents, a group of wayward<br />
teens fall foul of a deadly virus that infects<br />
the guards and turns them into flesh-eating<br />
monsters! Gristle and gore are on the<br />
menu-as are the kids in this Brat Camp<br />
slaughterhouse massacre.<br />
SAVAGES CROSSING<br />
Thriller (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin J. Dobson<br />
Writer: Cody Jarratt, Johnny Jarrart<br />
Producer: Irene Dobson<br />
Key Cast: John Jarratt, Angela Macgregor,<br />
Chris Haywood.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A group of strangers are forced to take<br />
shelter in an outback roadhouse while a<br />
flood rages around them. But the danger<br />
lurking within the four walls is far greater<br />
than the threat from outside. As the water<br />
level rises, so does the tension, as the line<br />
between the hunter and the hunted starts to<br />
blur. But how do you choose sides? Taking<br />
the wrong one could be deadly.<br />
RABIES<br />
AKA: KALEVET<br />
Horror (90 Min)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Aharon Keshales and Novat<br />
Papushado<br />
Writer: Aharon Keshales and Novat<br />
Papushado<br />
Co-Production Partners: UCM<br />
Executive Producer: Tami Leon, Avraham<br />
Pirchi, Julia<br />
Producer: Chilik Michaeli, Julia Schifter<br />
Key Cast: Ania BUKSTEIN, Danny<br />
GEVA, Henry DAVID, Liat HARLEV, Lior<br />
ASHKENAZI, Menashe NOY, Ofer<br />
SHECHTER, Ran DANKER<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: ISRAEL<br />
A brother and sister who run away from<br />
home find sanctuary in a deserted nature<br />
reserve. When the sister falls into the trap<br />
of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets<br />
out on a race against time to find help. In a<br />
twist of fate the rescue of the sister<br />
becomes inadvertently intertwined with the<br />
lives of a group of young tennis players, a<br />
ranger and his dog, as well as a team of<br />
policemen.<br />
CHERRY<br />
Drama / Erotic (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Quinn Saunders<br />
Writer: David Crane and Quinn Saunders<br />
Producer: Brett Henenberg, John Lutz,<br />
John Nargiso<br />
Key Cast: Rey VALENTIN, Lili BOR-<br />
DAN, David CRANE, Benjamin RILEY,<br />
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Ben DIGREGORIO, Brent FALCO,<br />
Jeremy RADIN, Keith ROENKE<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Brian Cherry, a sweet, sensitive<br />
young Los Angelino, falls for the beautiful,<br />
electric, and damaged Jules, she turns his<br />
ideas about women and sex upside-down.<br />
Slowly, he is drawn into a twisted love-triangle<br />
that includes Jules and his best<br />
friend, Sam. When Jules eventually leaves<br />
him for Sam, Cherry decides on a shocking<br />
course of action that will destroy the lives<br />
of all three<br />
GANDU<br />
AKA: ASSHOLE<br />
Drama (85 m)<br />
Language: Hindi<br />
Director: Kaushik Mukherjee<br />
Writer: Kaushik Mukherjee<br />
Co-Production Partners: Overdose Art<br />
Producer: Dipankar Chaki<br />
Key Cast: Anubrata Basy, Joyrai<br />
Bhattacharjee<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: India<br />
A kinetic, style-hopping musical about a<br />
friendship between two disaffected youth;<br />
Gandu, a rapper who picks the pocket of<br />
the man to whom his mother sells sex, and<br />
Ricksha, a cycle driver and Bruce Lee fan.<br />
As Gandu exorcises his rage in explicit<br />
rhymes, the two desperado’s escape into a<br />
world of drugs and porn until they are discovered<br />
by Q an enigmatic documentary<br />
film-maker.<br />
GHETT’A LIFE<br />
Thriller (103 m)<br />
Language: english<br />
Director: Chris Browne<br />
Writer: Chris Browne<br />
Co-Production Partners: Jamrock Films<br />
Executive Producer: Lennox Lewis<br />
Producer: Peter Asher, Justine Hanzall,<br />
Chris Browne<br />
Key Cast: Chris MCFARLANE, Etana ,<br />
Kadeem WILSON, Karen ROBINSON,<br />
Kevoy BURTON, Lisa WILLIAMS,<br />
O’Daine CLARKE, Winston BELL<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Jamaica<br />
Derrick, a ghetto teenager, dreams of being<br />
Jamaica’s next world boxing champion, but<br />
it’s election year and politics and tribal violence<br />
divide the country. His father, a loyal<br />
party supporter, forbids him from going to<br />
the boxing gym situated in a rival part of<br />
town. Derrick defiantly follows his heart<br />
but is confronted by the local “don” who<br />
threatens his family. Derrick refuses to give<br />
up and the ignorance of divisiveness soon<br />
give way to the triumph of unity.<br />
THE BUNNY GAME<br />
Horror / Erotic (77 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Adam Rehmeier<br />
Writer: Adam REHMIER, Rodleen GET-<br />
SIC<br />
Producer: Adam REHMIER (Death<br />
Mountain<br />
Key Cast: Jeff RENFR, Rodleen GETSIC<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A prostitute looking for her next meal<br />
hitches a ride with a trucker who mentally<br />
and physically breaks her down before selling<br />
her into white slavery. “While last year<br />
A Serbian Film raised the bar, bringing yet<br />
another foreign country into the fold,<br />
Americans, while quick to embrace these<br />
films, have been slow to produce anything<br />
that can stand amongst them. Until now”. -<br />
Marc Patterson, Brutal As Hell<br />
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JOKER FILMS INC.<br />
Joker Films Inc., 3-130 555 Brooksbank<br />
Ave., North Vancouver, BC V7J 3S5<br />
Canada, Tel: 1.604.983.5436. www.jokerfilms.com<br />
E-mail: info@jokerfilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Nolan Pielak (President,<br />
International Distribution)<br />
Office: MGB - Stand 125, Office 3, Tel:<br />
1.778.829.8424<br />
VAMPIRE DOG<br />
Family (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Geoff Anderson<br />
Writer: Tracy McMenemy<br />
Producer: Tim Brown<br />
Key Cast: Norm MacDonald (voice) Colin<br />
MacKechnie, Julia Sarah Stone, Amy<br />
Matysio<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A boy unwittingly adopts a 600 year old<br />
“talking” vampire dog and soon discovers<br />
that when they face their fears they can do<br />
anything.<br />
THE COTTAGE<br />
Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Jaymes<br />
Writer: Nick Antosca<br />
Co-Production Partners: Joker Films<br />
Producer: Bettina O’Mara, Kristen Dalton<br />
Key Cast: David Arquette, Kristen Dalton,<br />
Victor Browne<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After renting her guest house to a stranger<br />
(Arquette), Bree (Dalton) soon discovers<br />
he is not the perfect tenant she thought he<br />
would be.<br />
MACHINE HEAD<br />
Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jim Valdez<br />
Writer: Joel Souza<br />
Producer: Bettina O’Mara, Jim Valdez<br />
Key Cast: Sharon Hinnendael, Nicole<br />
Zeoli, Cristina Corigliano<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When three beautiful college students meet<br />
for Spring Break their dream vacation<br />
quickly turns into a nightmare when a<br />
masked man begins to terrorize them.<br />
SPACE MILKSHAKE<br />
Scifi/Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Armen Evrensel<br />
Writer: Armen Evrensel<br />
Producer: Rob Merilees, Holly Baird,<br />
Shayne Putzlocher<br />
Key Cast: Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk,<br />
Amanda Tapping, Billy Boyd<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Jimmy, a bottom of the barrel “spacewaste”<br />
technician finds himself playing the<br />
role of the hero as his spaceship inadvertently<br />
leaps back and forth between dimensions.<br />
HARDCORE LOGO II<br />
Rockumentary (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bruce McDonald<br />
Writer: David Griffith<br />
Producer: Rob Merilees<br />
Key Cast: Care Failure, Julian Richings,<br />
Bruce McDonald<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
The female singer of a punk band channels<br />
the spirit of a notorious musician, creating<br />
chaos on their upcoming tour.<br />
SKEW<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Seve Schelenz<br />
Writer: Seve Schelenz<br />
Producer: Seve Schelenz<br />
Key Cast: Amber Lewis, Richard Olak,<br />
Robert Scattergood<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
On July 19th, 2005, three friends went on a<br />
road trip. They never came back.<br />
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BEWARE<br />
Horror (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jason Daly<br />
Writer: Shawn Copenhaver, Jason Daly<br />
Producer: Shawn Copenhaver<br />
Key Cast: Lorena King, Victor Gonzalez,<br />
Cecilia Huete<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A resort town haunted by a serial killer<br />
soon holds the fate of five unsuspecting<br />
visitors.<br />
THE MONTANA KID<br />
AKA: GUNLESS<br />
Western/Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: William Phillips<br />
Writer: William Phillips<br />
Producer: Stephen Hegyes<br />
Key Cast: Paul Gross, Sienna Guillory,<br />
Dustin Milligan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
When notorious American gunslinger, The<br />
Montana Kid, staggers over the border into<br />
the tiny Canadian hamlet of Barclay’s<br />
Brush, life for the town’s 29 inhabitants is<br />
about to get exciting.<br />
DAYDREAM NATION<br />
Drama (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Goldbach<br />
Writer: Michael Goldbach<br />
Producer: Christine Haebler<br />
Key Cast: Kat Dennings, Josh Lucas,<br />
Andie MacDowell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Being the new girl in school, Caroline<br />
reveals haunting town secrets while starting<br />
a secret love triangle between her teacher<br />
and a student.<br />
A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS<br />
Drama (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Terry Miles<br />
Writer: Terry Miles<br />
Producer: Sidney Chui, Terry Miles<br />
Key Cast: Gil Bellows, Jennifer Beals,<br />
Lauren Lee Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
On the evening before he goes to jail, Jack<br />
and his family unite for one last time<br />
revealing secrets that will change everyone<br />
forever.<br />
RUNNING MATES<br />
Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Thomas Michael<br />
Writer: Paolo Mancini<br />
Producer: Sean Buckley<br />
Key Cast: D.J. Qualls, Henry Winkler,<br />
Graham Greene<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
“Election” meets “Jackass” as the hilarity<br />
and hijinx of small-town politics run wild<br />
when two former best friends run against<br />
each other for Mayor.<br />
HANNA’S GOLD<br />
Family (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joul Souza<br />
Writer: Joel Souza<br />
Producer: Jim Valdez<br />
Key Cast: Luke Perry, Morissa O’Mara,<br />
Alana O’Mara<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A long lost treasure map found by two sisters<br />
lead them on an adventure of a lifetime.<br />
UNRIVALED<br />
Action (90 mins)<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: Warren P. Sonoda<br />
Writer: Brade Bode, Hector Echavarria,<br />
Warren P. Sonoma<br />
Producer: Sean Buckley<br />
Key Cast: Keith Jardine, Rashad Evans,<br />
Forrest Griffin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A washed up fighter is persuaded to get<br />
back into the ring for one final shot at<br />
glory.<br />
DEATH WARRIOR<br />
Action (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bill Corcoran<br />
Writer: Hector Echavarria, Eamon Glennon<br />
Producer: Sean Buckley<br />
Key Cast: Keith Jardine, Quinton Jackson,<br />
Georges St. Pierre<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Five of the best mixed martial arts champions<br />
from around the world are forced to<br />
play a deadly game to the death.<br />
SUCK<br />
Vampire/Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Stefaniuk<br />
Writer: Rob Stefaniuk<br />
Producer: Gabriella Martinelli, Robin<br />
Crumley<br />
Key Cast: Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper,<br />
Malcolm MacDowell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A vampire comedy about a rock ‘n’ roll<br />
band that may have just gone too far to<br />
become famous.<br />
COOPER’S CHRISTMAS<br />
Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Warren P. Sonoda<br />
Writer: Mike Beaver, Jason Jones<br />
Producer: Sean Buckley<br />
Key Cast: Jason Jones, Samantha Bee,<br />
David Foley<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
The hilarious exploits of a dysfunctional<br />
family’s Christmas are captured on a VHS<br />
camera and re-discovered 25 years later.<br />
DEVOLVED<br />
Teen Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Cregan<br />
Writer: John Cregan<br />
Producer: Jim Valdez, Bettina O’mara<br />
Key Cast: Gary Entin, Lindsay Shaw, Chris<br />
Kattan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A school trip goes wrong and forces the<br />
Jocks and Nerds to battle it out on a deserted<br />
island.<br />
K5 INTERNATIONAL -<br />
A DIVISION OF K5<br />
MEDIA GROUP GMBH<br />
K5 International - a division of K5 Media<br />
Group GmbH, Konradinstraße 5, Munich,<br />
Bavaria 81543 Germany, Tel:<br />
+49(0)89.3750559-0. Fax:<br />
+49(0)89.3750559-05. www.k5international.com<br />
E-mail: info@k5mediagroup.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Oliver Simon (Partner - Sales &<br />
Production), Daniel Baur (Partner - Sales<br />
& Finance), Carl Clifton (Partner - Sales &<br />
Marketing), Sara Boss (Sales &<br />
Marketing), Erica Motley (Head of<br />
Acquisitions), Oda Schfer (Head of<br />
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ELVIS&NIXON<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cary Elwes<br />
Writer: Cary Elwes, Hanala Sagal, Joey<br />
Sagal<br />
Producer: Michael Benaroya, Holly<br />
Wiersma<br />
Key Cast: Eric Bana, Danny Huston<br />
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Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In 1970, two of the world’s greatest recording<br />
artists met for the first time..<br />
NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bille August<br />
Writer: Greg Latter, Ulrich Herrmann<br />
(Screenplay), Pascal Mercier (Novel)<br />
Producer: Andreas Knoblauch, Michael<br />
Lehmann, Kerstin Ramcke, Peter<br />
Reichenbach, Gnther Russ<br />
Key Cast: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Laurent,<br />
Jack Huston<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor<br />
abandons his lectures and buttoned-down,<br />
life to embark on a thrilling adventure that<br />
will take him on a journey to the very heart<br />
of himself. .<br />
VEHICLE 19<br />
Action (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Makunda Michael Dewil<br />
Writer: Makunda Michael Dewil<br />
(Screenplay)<br />
Producer: Ryan Haiadrian, Peter Safran<br />
Key Cast: Paul Walker<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A recently paroled man is framed and must<br />
circumvent an entire police force in a city<br />
he doesn’t know, if he is to clear his name.<br />
PHANTOM<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Robinson<br />
Writer: Todd Robinson<br />
Key Cast: Ed Harris, William Fichtner,<br />
David Duchovny<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
When Soviet submarine B756 goes missing<br />
in the Pacific Ocean during a major US<br />
Navy exercise even Soviet Naval<br />
Headquarters isn’t certain whether the sub<br />
is embarked on a mission so secret that<br />
they don’t know about it or whether it has<br />
gone rogue.<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Comedy (102 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Stalberg Jr.<br />
Writer: John Erik Linthorst, Stalberg Jr &<br />
Stephen Susco<br />
Producer: Arcadiy Golubovich, Raymond J.<br />
Markovich, Warren Zide<br />
Key Cast: Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis,<br />
Sean Marquette<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A high school valedictorian who gets baked<br />
with the local stoner finds himself the subject<br />
of a drug test. The situation causes him<br />
to concoct an ambitious plan to get his<br />
entire graduating class to face the same<br />
fate, and fail.<br />
BUCK<br />
Documentary (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cindy Meehl<br />
Producer: Julie Goldman<br />
Key Cast: Buck Brannaman (Himself),<br />
Robert Redford (Himself)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“The Horse Whisperer” may be the stuff of<br />
Hollywood legend but the cowboy who<br />
inspired the novel and film is very real.<br />
Buck Brannaman - master horseman,<br />
raconteur and philosopher - is a no-excuses<br />
cowboy who travels the world sharing a<br />
hard-won wisdom that’s often more about<br />
human relationships than about horses.<br />
SING YOUR SONG<br />
Documentary (104 Min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Susanne Rostock<br />
Producer: Michael Cohl, Gina Belafonte,<br />
Jim Brown, William Eigen, Julius R. Nasso<br />
Key Cast: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier,<br />
Huddie W. Ledbette (Ledbelly)<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
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Wonderfully archived, and told with a<br />
remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style,<br />
and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s<br />
inspiring biographical documentary, Sing<br />
Your Song, surveys the life and times of<br />
singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From<br />
his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by<br />
Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring<br />
a segregated country, to his provocative<br />
crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte’s<br />
groundbreaking career personifies the<br />
American civil rights movement and<br />
impacted many other social-justice movements.<br />
Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious<br />
hands-on activist, who worked intimately<br />
with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,<br />
mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated<br />
in the struggle against apartheid in<br />
South Africa, and took action to counter<br />
gang violence, prisons, and the incarceration<br />
of youth. Told with a remarkable sense<br />
of intimacy, visual style, and musical<br />
panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical<br />
documentary, SING YOUR<br />
SONG, surveys the life and times of<br />
singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte.<br />
LIBRARY State library size, predominant<br />
type of film and age (e.g. 250 titles from<br />
European auteurs of the 1970s).<br />
HIGHWAY GOSPEL<br />
Documentary (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jaret Belliveau<br />
Writer: Craig Jackson, Jaret Belliveau<br />
Executive Producer: Sean Buckley<br />
Producer: Craig Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave<br />
man dies but once. B.C. renegades race<br />
down mountain highways on customized<br />
longboards....<br />
SILVER TONGUES<br />
Drama (87min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Simon Arthur<br />
Writer: Simon Arthur<br />
Producer: Jared Moshe, Leda Nornang<br />
Key Cast: Lee Tergensen, Enid Graham,<br />
Emily Meade<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two lovers travel from town to town, playing<br />
a dark game of deceit that soon spirals<br />
out of control.<br />
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY<br />
MAKES<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Peter Payer<br />
Writer: Kai Hensel<br />
Producer: Mathias Forberg, Viktoria<br />
Salcher<br />
Key Cast: Simon Schwarz, Anna<br />
Unterberger, Nicholas Ofczarek<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
In this psycho-thriller that owes much to<br />
the likes of Hitchcock and Haneke, a weekend<br />
trip to the Tyrolian Alps turns into a<br />
deadly cat-and-mouse chase when the past<br />
catches up with, and comes literally crashing<br />
into, politician Robert Janacek.<br />
HERE<br />
Action/Adventure (126min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Braden King<br />
Writer: Braden King<br />
Producer: Lars Knudsen, Jay van Hoy<br />
Key Cast: Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When an American satellite-mapping engineer<br />
and an expatriate Armenian photographer<br />
impulsively decide to travel together<br />
through Armenia, a brief but intense<br />
romantic connection deepens, and their<br />
sense of themselves - and their world -<br />
expands LIBRARY State library size, predominant<br />
type of film and age (e.g. 250<br />
titles from European auteurs of the 1970s).<br />
THE KEY MAN<br />
Thriller (81min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Himmelstein<br />
Writer: Peter Himmelstein<br />
Producer: Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino,<br />
Keith Calder<br />
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Key Cast: Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox, Jack<br />
Davenport<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A struggling insurance salesman fights for<br />
his life after being conned into writing a<br />
fraudulent life-insurance policy by a pair of<br />
charismatic businessmen.<br />
GHOSTED<br />
Thriller (102min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Craig Viveiros<br />
Writer: Craig Viveiros<br />
Producer: Craig Viveiros, Rupert Bryan,<br />
James Friend<br />
Key Cast: John Lynch, Martin Compston,<br />
Craig Parkinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A brutal, yet beautiful tale of loss, survival<br />
and salvation, told within the four walls of<br />
a British prison. Two men uncover a<br />
friendship that rewards them both unexpectedly.<br />
GET LOW<br />
Comedy (101 Min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aaron Schneider<br />
Writer: Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby<br />
Mitchell<br />
Producer: Dean Zanuck<br />
Key Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray,<br />
Sissy Spacek<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A magical and moving blend of folk tale,<br />
fable and real-life legend, GET LOW is a<br />
movie spun in the Southern storytelling tradition<br />
about the mysterious 1930s<br />
Tennessee hermit who famously threw his<br />
own funral party . . . while he was still<br />
alive.<br />
TOAST<br />
Coming of Age (120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: SJ Clarkson<br />
Writer: Lee Hall<br />
Producer: Faye Ward<br />
Key Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Ken<br />
Stott, Freddie Highmore<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
TOAST is the ultimate nostalgia trip<br />
through the foodstuffs of the 60ties and the<br />
stuff food is about. Based on the bittersweet<br />
story of food writer Nigel Slater’s<br />
childhood, TOAST is a delicious recollection<br />
of the tastes and smells that a young<br />
boy associates with his journey into adulthood.<br />
LIBRARY State library size, predominant<br />
type of film and age (e.g. 250<br />
titles from European auteurs of the 1970s).<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE<br />
FILM DISTRIBUTION<br />
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution, 104-108,<br />
Oxford Street, 4th Floor, London, W1D<br />
1LP UK, Tel: +44(0)20.339. 4410.<br />
www.kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com, Email:<br />
sales@kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Caroline Stern (Director of<br />
International Sales & Acquisitions),<br />
Spencer Pollard (CEO)<br />
Office: MGB, stand 40 (UK Centre), Tel:<br />
+49.30.889.14.439<br />
VICTIM<br />
Thriller (80 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alex Pillai<br />
Writer: Ashley Chin, Michael Maris<br />
Producer: Danny Donnelly, Jason Maza<br />
Key Cast: Ashley Chin, Jason Maza, Adam<br />
Deacon, Michael Maris, Leititia Wright,<br />
Shanika Warren-Markland<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A career criminal breaks free from his<br />
gangland life only to find himself the target<br />
of retaliation.<br />
ELFIE HOPKINS<br />
Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ryan Andrews<br />
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Writer: Ryan Andrews & Riyad Barmania<br />
Producer: Michael Wiggs & Jonathan<br />
Sothcott<br />
Key Cast: Jaime Winstone (Made in<br />
Dagenham), Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast, 44<br />
Inch Chest), Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad),<br />
Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full<br />
Frontal Snogging), Will Payne, Kate<br />
Magowan (Stardust)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
When a cannibal family moves into a quiet<br />
village, Elfie Hopkins and her best friend<br />
find themselves in a race against time to<br />
expose their secret and save their disappearing<br />
neighbours.<br />
WILLIAM & KATE: A FIRST<br />
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION<br />
Documentary (45” & 90”)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tracy Manners<br />
Executive Producer: Emma Read<br />
Producer: Tracy Manners<br />
Key Cast: Prince William, Duke of<br />
Cambridge & Catherine, Duchess of<br />
Cambridge<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
It was a fairy tale wedding watched by<br />
more than 2 billion people around the<br />
globe. But what has happened to the happy<br />
couple since the world stopped to watch<br />
this amazing spectacle?<br />
ELIZABETH II: A DIAMOND<br />
JUBILEE CELEBRATION<br />
Documentary (3x45” or 1x45”)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tracy Manners<br />
Executive Producer: Emma Read<br />
Producer: Tracy Manners<br />
Key Cast: Queen Elizabeth II, Dame Helen<br />
Mirren, Dame Julie Andrews<br />
Elspeth Tavares @ Berlin<br />
Relaxa-Hotel Stuttgarter Hof<br />
49 (0) 30 26483-0<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
On her Diamond Jubilee, ITN explores the<br />
ups and downs or Queen Elizabeth II’s 60<br />
year reign.<br />
INTERVIEW WITH A HITMAN<br />
Thriller (95 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Perry Bhandal<br />
Writer: Perry Bhandal<br />
Producer: Dean Fisher<br />
Key Cast: Luke Goss (Blood Out, Blade<br />
II), Caroline Tillette, Stephen Marcus,<br />
Dermot Keaney, Rene Zagger, Ray<br />
Panthaki<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
In his final mission, an elite hitman, returns<br />
to erase his past, only to find that somebody<br />
has messed with his future.<br />
THE MAN INSIDE<br />
Thriller (95 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Turner<br />
Writer: Dan Turner<br />
Producer: Dean Fisher<br />
Key Cast: Ashley Bashy Thomas, Peter<br />
Mullan, Michelle Ryan<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Desperate not to be like his father, a young<br />
boxer must fight everything he knows to<br />
stop history repeating.<br />
HOOLIGAN<br />
Documentary (90 mins (approx))<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Donal MacIntyre (A Very British<br />
Gangster)<br />
Writer: David Malone<br />
Producer: Duncan Napier-Bell<br />
Key Cast: Donal MacIntyre, Ray Winstone<br />
(Narrator)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
From the director of “A Very British<br />
Gangster”, Hooligan is a shocking exposé<br />
that tackles the dark side of football from<br />
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England to Germany, Italy, Turkey, Brazil,<br />
Argentina, and the United States.<br />
STRIPPERS VS. WEREWOLVES<br />
Horror/Fantasy/Action (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan Glendening<br />
Writer: Pat Higgins<br />
Producer: Jonathan Sothcott<br />
Key Cast: Barbara Nedeljakova (Hostel,<br />
Hostel II), Sarah Douglas (Superman),<br />
Robert Englund (Freddie vs. Jason,<br />
Nightmare on Elm Street), Lucy Pinder,<br />
Martin Kemp, Ali Bastian<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A turf war breaks out after a strip-club<br />
murder in this kick-ass revenge saga full of<br />
immense action and sharp one-liners.<br />
MERCENAIRES<br />
Action (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paris Leonti<br />
Writer: Paris Leonti<br />
Producer: Luc Chaudhary<br />
Key Cast: Robert Fucilla (The Big I Am),<br />
Billy Zane (Titanic, Dead Calm), Vas<br />
Blackwood (Lock Stock & two Smoking<br />
Barrels), Rob James Collier (Downtown<br />
Abbey), Geoff Bell (Rock N Rolla,<br />
Solomon Kane)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
When the Serbian Prime Minister is assassinated,<br />
A military dictator threatens to<br />
seize power. With Europe on the brink of<br />
war, an elite special ops team are the final<br />
hope.<br />
REUNITING THE RUBINS<br />
Comedy (95 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Yoav Factor<br />
Writer: Yoav Factor<br />
Producer: Yoav Factor & Jonathan Weissler<br />
Key Cast: Timothy Spall (Harry Potter,<br />
Sweeney Todd), Rhona Mitra (Underworld,<br />
Ali G In Da House), James Callis (Bridget<br />
Jones’ Diary), Honor Blackman<br />
(Goldfinger, The Avengers),<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A father’s dream vacation is ruined by his<br />
aged mother who is hell-bent on seeing her<br />
dysfunctional adult grandchildren together<br />
one last time before she dies.<br />
I, SUPERBIKER<br />
Documentary (100 & 60 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Sloper (The Final Cut &<br />
Small Time Obsession)<br />
Producer: Mark Sloper<br />
Key Cast: Tommy Hill, James Ellison,<br />
Gary Mason, Josh ‘Bad Boy’ Brookes<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Four superbike riders risk life and limb to<br />
become the next British super bike champion.<br />
MIDNIGHT TANGO<br />
Live Event (85)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Colin Fay (Katherine Jenkins,<br />
Viva La Diva)<br />
Producer: Arlene Phillips, Adam Spiegel<br />
Key Cast: Vincent Simone, Flavia Cacace<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Tango world champions, Vincent Simone<br />
and Flavia Cacace, dazzle in this brand<br />
new live theatre event, deliverable in all<br />
formats.<br />
KEVIN WILLIAMS<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
Kevin Williams Associates, Mesena 128,<br />
Madrid, Madrid 28033 Spain, Tel:<br />
+34.91.747.3100. Fax: +34.91.747.7000.<br />
www.kevinwa.com, E-mail: kwa@kevinwa.com<br />
At EFM: Kevin Williams (Sales Director)<br />
Office: Stand 26 : Cinema From Spain, Tel:<br />
+34.667.540.547<br />
ABALLAY<br />
Western (101 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Fernando Spiner<br />
Writer: Fernando SPINER, Javier<br />
DIMENT, Santiago HADIDA<br />
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Executive Producer: Fernando Spiner<br />
Producer: Pablo Salomon<br />
Key Cast: Pablo CEDRON, Nazareno<br />
CASERO, Moro ANGELELLI<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina<br />
Aballay was a bad tempered gaucho. But<br />
sometimes the image reflected by a mirror<br />
makes a man reconsider his whole life.<br />
After killing a man, the terrified look of the<br />
victim’s son raised Aballay’s consciousness<br />
about his savagery. Years go by, Aballay<br />
makes a promise and keeps it: he doesn’t<br />
kill or steal again.<br />
LA HIJA NATURAL<br />
AKA: LOVE CHILD<br />
Drama (90 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Leticia Tonos<br />
Writer: Leticia Tonos<br />
Executive Producer: Leticia tonos<br />
Key Cast: Julieta RODRIGUEZ, Victor<br />
CHECO, Andres Velcro RAMOS<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Dominican Republic<br />
After her mother dies in an accident, 18<br />
year old Maria decides to look for the<br />
father she has never met, father and daughter<br />
will have to face the ghosts of the past<br />
that haunt them in a picturesque and superstitious<br />
Dominican town.<br />
FAKE ORGASM<br />
Documentary (81 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Jo Sol<br />
Writer: Jo Sol<br />
Executive Producer: Zip Films<br />
Key Cast: Lazlo Pearlman, Verónika<br />
Arauzo, Lydia Lunch, Jango Edwards,<br />
Judith Butler, Beatriz Preciado, Nina<br />
Braunsteiner,Maria Llopis<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
azlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, a reputation<br />
of clichés, an activist that can blow<br />
up our prejudices and dogmas about sex<br />
and identity. What appears to be a reflection<br />
on the fun lies in our sexual life suddenly<br />
becomes a poignant speech about<br />
gender theory and the constant construction<br />
of our identity.<br />
LATIDO CONSORCIO<br />
DE EXPORTACION<br />
DEL CINE ESPANOL<br />
S.L<br />
Latido Consorcio de Exportacion Del Cine<br />
Espanol S.L, Veneras, 9, Madrid, Madrid<br />
28013 Spain, Tel: +34.91.548.88 77. Fax:<br />
+34.91.548.88.78. www.latidofilms.com, Email:<br />
latido@latidofilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Miren Zamora (International<br />
Sales), Juan Torres (Sales & Acquisitions ),<br />
Oscar Alonso (Festivals & Subsidies),<br />
Silvia Iturbe (Managing Director)<br />
Office: 26 CINEMA FROM SPAIN<br />
THE SEX OF THE ANGELS<br />
AKA: EL SEXO DE LOS ANGELES<br />
Drama-erotic (90)<br />
Language: Spanish - Catalan<br />
Director: Xavier Villaverde<br />
Writer: Ana Maroto<br />
Co-Production Partners: Continental<br />
Producciones<br />
Producer: Pancho Casal, Jordi Mendieta,<br />
Xavier Villaverde, Bob Costa.<br />
Key Cast: Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Alvaro<br />
Cervantes, Llorenc Gonzalez.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
The story of a group of youngsters who<br />
learn how to live following their emotions,<br />
forgetting stereotypes and striking social<br />
rules. Who is in love with whom?<br />
CHINESE TAKE-AWAY<br />
AKA: UN CUENTO CHINO<br />
Comedy (100 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Sebastian Borensztein<br />
Writer: Sebastian Borensztein<br />
Co-Production Partners: Castafiore Films,<br />
Tornasol Films, Pampa Films, Alywood<br />
Mediterraneo<br />
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Pablo Bossi,<br />
Juan Pablo Buscarini, Benjamin Odell<br />
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Key Cast: Ricardo Darin, Huang Sheng<br />
Huang, Muriel Santa Ana, Ivan Romanelli,<br />
Enric Rodriguez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina, Spain<br />
A comedy about the strange coexistence<br />
which Roberto, a cranky loner, and Jun, a<br />
Chinese man who is lost in Buenos Aires<br />
and speaks no Spanish, are forced into.<br />
VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN<br />
AKA: VIOLETA SE FUE A LOS<br />
CIELOS<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Andres Wood<br />
Writer: Andres Wood, Elisea Altunaga,<br />
Guillermo Calderon, Rodrigo Bazaes.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Wood<br />
Producciones, Maiz Producciones.<br />
Producer: Patricio Pereira, Pablo Rovito.<br />
Key Cast: Francisca Gavilan, Cristian<br />
Quevedo, Patricio Ossa.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Brasil – Chile - Argentina<br />
Violeta Went to Heaven tells the path of<br />
Chilean Violeta Parra, mother of the Latin<br />
American Folk, tracing her evolution from<br />
impoverished child to international sensation<br />
and pop culture icon, while capturing<br />
the swirling intensity of her life.<br />
FROZEN SILENCE<br />
AKA: SILENCIO EN LA NIEVE<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Gerardo Herrero<br />
Writer: Nicolas Saad<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tornasol films,<br />
Lietuvos Kino Studija<br />
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Carlos<br />
Rodriguez, Jose Velasco, Javier Lopez<br />
Blanco<br />
Key Cast: Juan Diego Botto, Carmelo<br />
Gomez.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain - Lithuania<br />
Winter 1943. The Russian front. A<br />
Battalion of the Spanish ‘Blue Division’<br />
runs into a desolated landscape where a<br />
corpse lies on the ice; his throat slit.<br />
Engraved in blood on his shoulder it reads<br />
‘Watch out, God is Watching You’.<br />
FREE BIRDS<br />
AKA: PLUMIFEROS<br />
Animation (83 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Daniel De Felippo , Gustavo<br />
Giannini<br />
Writer: Daniel De Felippo<br />
Co-Production Partners: Manos Digitales<br />
Executive Producer: Gustavo Giannini<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: ARGENTINA<br />
Juan, a city sparrow who feels inferior for<br />
being common and ordinary, accidentally<br />
becomes an exotic bird, and starts feeling<br />
confident and full of himself. Meanwhile,<br />
he meets Feifi, a canary born in captivity<br />
who escapes from her cage to see the outside<br />
world and be free. They, joined by<br />
their friends Livia, Clarita and Pipo, go on<br />
crazy adventures that will make them discover<br />
just how valuable friendship, freedom<br />
and being yourself is<br />
YEAR OF GRACE<br />
AKA: ANO DE GRACIA<br />
comedy<br />
Language: Catalan<br />
Director: Ventura Pons.<br />
Writer: Carme Morell, Jaume Cuspinera,<br />
Ventura Pons.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Els Films de la<br />
Rambla<br />
Producer: Ventura Pons.<br />
Key Cast: Rosa Maria Sarda, Oriol Pla,<br />
Santi Millan.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
David is 20 years old and newly arrived in<br />
Barcelona. Gràcia, a bitter old hag in her<br />
late sixties, offers him free room in<br />
exchange for his companionship. They will<br />
soon realize that they have more in common<br />
than they thought.<br />
E.S.O<br />
AKA: E.S.O<br />
Thriller (84 Minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Santiago Lapeira<br />
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Writer: Santiago Lapeira<br />
Producer: Mamen Boue, Jorge Daura,<br />
Jaime Comas,Jose Berlanga,Luis<br />
Rodriguez<br />
Key Cast: Cadhla Kennedy, Oriol Puig,<br />
Paula Jimenez, Merce LLorens, Clara<br />
Lapeira<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: SPAIN<br />
Some high school students discover that<br />
underneath the school where they study,<br />
there could be some tunnels that served as<br />
a bomb shelter during the war. Nobody<br />
remembers their existence, so they decide<br />
to try and find them. They find out that<br />
some children were buried there when part<br />
of the tunnels collapsed., and one of the<br />
girls, Aixa, beings to sense a threat she can<br />
not explain.<br />
NO RETURN<br />
AKA: SIN RETORNO<br />
Thriller (106 Minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Miguel Cohen<br />
Writer: Ana Cohen, Miguel Cohen<br />
Producer: Vanessa Ragone, Gerado<br />
Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky<br />
Key Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Federico<br />
Luppi, Barbara Goenaga,Martin Slipak,<br />
Ana, Celentano<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: ARGENTINA SPAIN<br />
A young boy is killed in a hit and run accident.<br />
The driver leaves no trail but the victim’s<br />
father, helped by the media, won’t<br />
rest until he is found and brought to justice.<br />
However, a series of unfortunate events<br />
and a justice system contaminated by public<br />
opinion, lead an innocent man to be<br />
accused. Caught in a web spun by fate and<br />
desperate decisions, these men must face<br />
guilt, responsibility and a deep need for<br />
redemption, in a spiral with no return.<br />
IVAN’S DREAM<br />
AKA: EL SUENO DE IVAN<br />
Family<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Roberto Santiago<br />
Writer: Roberto Santiago, Pablo Fernandez<br />
Co-Production Partners: Castafiore Films,<br />
Tornasol Films, Cacerola Films<br />
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela<br />
Besuievsky, Laura Imperiale<br />
Key Cast: Oscar Casas, Demian Bichir,<br />
Ana Claudia Talancon, Antonio Resines,<br />
Antonio Tejero, Ernesto Alterio<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain, Mexico<br />
Ivan is an eleven-year-old boy who is<br />
going to play against the World’s best football<br />
players, besides living his first great<br />
love story. This is an adventure that you’ll<br />
never forget. A story full of adventures and<br />
football for the whole family.<br />
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT<br />
AKA: EL QUINTO MANDAMIENTO<br />
Thriller - Serial Killer (90 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Rafael Lara<br />
Writer: Rafael Lara<br />
Co-Production Partners: Cyclus<br />
Producer: Jorge Aguirre<br />
Key Cast: Guillermo Ivan, Luis Felipe<br />
Tovar, Angelica Aragon, Ernesto Gomez<br />
Cruz, Ilean Almaguer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
In México City, Victor, a lonely and schizophrenic<br />
young man, has become into a<br />
serial killer, after being sexually abused by<br />
a priest on his hometown when he was a<br />
child. While the police follows his steps, he<br />
struggles among continuing his crimes justified<br />
by a bizarre interpretation of the<br />
Catholicism or to confront his past.<br />
WIDOWS ON THURSDAYS<br />
AKA: LS VIUDAS DE LOS JUEVES<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Marcelo Plieyro<br />
Writer: Marcelo Figueras, Marcelo Plieyro<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tornaslo Films<br />
Key Cast: Pablo Echarri, Leonardo<br />
Sbaraglia,Juan Diego Botto<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: ARGENTINA SPAIN<br />
Life is idyllic in exclusive country club of<br />
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Los Altos: a perfect bubble in a land on the<br />
verge of bankruptcy. Trophy wives, success<br />
and four best friends... perfect façade but<br />
soon three bodies will be found floating in<br />
one of the pools. In this perfect world, convictions<br />
now begin to falter and there is a<br />
growing sensation that the worst is yet to<br />
come...<br />
RED LIPS<br />
AKA: LABIOS ROJOS<br />
Romatic-comedy (93 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Rafa Lara<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Ricardo a brilliant publicist is married to<br />
Bianca, a young and beautiful housewife.<br />
Their love will be tested due to a sudden<br />
sexual dysfunction.<br />
LAW OFFICES OF<br />
GREG S. BERNSTEIN<br />
Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein, 301 N.<br />
Canon Dr., Suite 318, Beverly Hills,<br />
California 90210 United States, Tel:<br />
1,310.247.2790. Fax: 1.310.247.2791.<br />
www.thefilmlaw.com E-mail: greg@thefilmlaw.com<br />
At EFM: Greg S. Bernstein<br />
(Attorney/Producer Rep.)<br />
LEVELK APS<br />
LevelK ApS, Gammel Kongevej 137B, 3rd<br />
floor, Frederiksberg C, 1850 Denmark,<br />
Tel: +45.4844.3072. www.levelk.dk E-mail:<br />
tine.klint@levelk.dk<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Tine Klint (Managing Director),<br />
Natja Rosner (Sales Director), Alexandra<br />
Burke (Junior Sales Manager)<br />
Office: MEDIA Umbrella Stand (Stand<br />
number 27 in the Martin-Gropius-Bau),<br />
Tel: +45.3048.3912 (Natja Rosner)<br />
WISH YOU WERE HERE<br />
Psychological drama (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith<br />
Writer: Felicity Price and Kieran Darcy-<br />
Smith<br />
Executive Producer: Aquarius Films<br />
Producer: Angie Fielder<br />
Key Cast: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer,<br />
Felicity Price<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Four friends lose themselves in the fun of a<br />
carefree South East Asian holiday. Only<br />
three return home. Dave and Alice come<br />
back to their young family desperate for<br />
answers about Jeremys mysterious disappearance.<br />
When Alices sister, Steph,<br />
returns not long after, a nasty secret is<br />
revealed about the night her boyfriend went<br />
missing. But it is only the first of many.<br />
Who amongst them knows what happened<br />
on that fateful night when they were dancing<br />
under a full moon in Cambodia?<br />
1/2 REVOLUTION<br />
Documentary (72 min.)<br />
Language: English, Arabic, Danish, French<br />
Director: Omar Shargawi & Karim El<br />
Hakim<br />
Writer: N/a<br />
Executive Producer: Globus ApS<br />
Producer: Carsten Holst<br />
Key Cast: N/a<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Arriving in Cairo on assignment, 24th of<br />
January 2011, Omar Shargawi, couldn’t<br />
have predicted that a day later the streets<br />
would erupt in one of the most important<br />
revolutions of this century. Alongside fellow<br />
filmmaker Karim El Hakim, Shargawi<br />
captured the reality of the revolution that<br />
occurred out of view from the world’s<br />
media, away from the square, in the alleyways<br />
and streets. In committing themselves<br />
to capturing footage the military wanted<br />
destroyed, they risked their Freedom and<br />
were arrested by the secret police. Inside<br />
they were beaten and only released when<br />
the police discovered their International<br />
passports. They fled Egypt with the film<br />
material hidden in a pram. Others were not<br />
so lucky...<br />
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MY DAD IS BARYSHNIKOV<br />
AKA: MOI PAPA BARYSHNIKOV<br />
Family (88 min.)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Dmitry Povolotsky, Mark Drugoi<br />
Writer: Dmitry Povolotsky<br />
Executive Producer: New People Film<br />
Company<br />
Producer: Mila Rozanova<br />
Key Cast: Dmitry Vyskubenko, Anna<br />
Mikhakova, Anatoly Kot<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Russia in the time of Perestroika the borders<br />
are opening up and rock music is hitting<br />
the alleyways of Moscow. Its 1986 and<br />
blackmarket jeans are the quickest way to<br />
get you into the cool crowd. For Borya, the<br />
clumsiest pupil at the infamous Bolshoi<br />
theater Ballet Academy, supplying these<br />
jeans to his classmates is his ticket into<br />
popularity, along with his claim to son of<br />
Russia’s most famous ballet dancer,<br />
Mikhail Baryshnikov, an idea fed to him by<br />
his mother. It is only a matter of time<br />
before these claims catch-up to Borya. In a<br />
place where decorum and conformity rule,<br />
Borya’s dreams are met head on in a hilarious<br />
and heart-warming way, that takes us<br />
back to the 80s when the world was starting<br />
to rumble under the headphones of the<br />
portable walkman.<br />
COMING HOME<br />
AKA: TIL SISTE HINDER<br />
Family (82 min.)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Anders Oevergaard<br />
Writer: Kathrine Haugen<br />
Executive Producer: Filimo Film, Atomfilm<br />
Producer: Kathrine Haugen & Odd G.<br />
Iversen<br />
Key Cast: Julie Nordhuus, Elise S. Maerlie,<br />
Marthe Vonheim<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
15-year old Ida is a fashionblogger and a<br />
city girl, and definitely unhappy about her<br />
mother’s decision to move to a small farm<br />
in Northern Norway. She is hating her new<br />
life from the first moment on arrival, and<br />
the locals are just dirty, filthy hillbillies<br />
with no sense of class or fashion, and<br />
apparently they prefer horses to clothes and<br />
make-up. Ida decides to run away, but a<br />
dramatic meeting with a horse named<br />
Kehilan changes everything.<br />
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Comedy<br />
Director: Paul Angunawela<br />
Writer: Leigh Francis, Paul Angunawela<br />
Producer: Mark Huffam, Simon Bosanquet,<br />
Aidan Elliott<br />
Key Cast: Leigh Francis, Verne Troyer,<br />
David Hasselhoff<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
A comedy about Keith Lemon following<br />
his dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur,<br />
just like his hero Richard Branson.<br />
He comes to London from Leeds, becomes<br />
an overnight billionaire then an over day<br />
failure before finding the road to redemption.<br />
TYLER PERRY’S THE MARRIAGE<br />
COUNSELOR<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Tyler Perry<br />
Writer: Tyler Perry<br />
Producer: Tyler Perry, Paul Hall, Ozzie<br />
Areu<br />
Key Cast: Jurnee Smollett, Lance Gross,<br />
Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Robbie<br />
Jones, Rene Taylor, Ella Joyce and Brandy Garbage Prince - Media Luna New Films<br />
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Norwood<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
An Ivy League educated relationship expert<br />
gives marital advice for a living, yet can’t<br />
seem to follow that advice in her own marriage.<br />
Bored with her life, she breaks her<br />
professional code and begins an affair with<br />
a smooth talking client. After the initial<br />
excitement of their torrid relationship<br />
wears off, she realizes that she’s made a<br />
grave mistake. It will take every ounce of<br />
courage and forgiveness for her to escape<br />
the dangerous situation she finds herself in.<br />
THE RAILWAY MAN<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky<br />
Writer: (screenplay) Frank Cottrell Boyce<br />
and Andy Paterson; based upon the book<br />
by Eric Lomax<br />
Producer: Andy Paterson, Chris Brown,<br />
Bill Curbishley<br />
Key Cast: Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz,<br />
Jeremy Irvine<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
What if all your life, all you had ever wanted<br />
was a chance at revenge? If the moment<br />
came - would you take it? What if love<br />
gave you a different choice? From the<br />
international best-seller THE RAILWAY<br />
MAN comes the story of a war hero and<br />
the woman who matched his courage to<br />
reclaim the man she loved.<br />
2:22<br />
Thriller/Romance<br />
Director: Paul Currie<br />
Writer: Todd Stein, Nathan Parker, Paul<br />
Currie, Paul Brooks<br />
Producer: Jackie O’Sullivan, Lawrence<br />
Inglee, Garrett Kelleher<br />
Key Cast: Armie Hammer<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Air traffic controller Dylan Boyd’s<br />
(Hammer) life is permanently derailed<br />
when an ominous pattern of events begins<br />
to permeate his life, funneling him into<br />
Grand Central Station every day at<br />
2:22PM. When he falls for a beautiful<br />
woman whose life is threatened by these<br />
strange events, Dylan must solve the mystery<br />
of 2:22 to preserve a love whose second<br />
chance has finally come.<br />
UNTITLED DIABLO CODY PROJECT<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Diablo Cody<br />
Writer: Diablo Cody<br />
Producer: Mason Novick<br />
Key Cast: Julianne Hough, Russell Brand,<br />
Holly Hunter, Octavia Spencer<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
The comedy follows a sheltered young<br />
woman (Hough) who loses her faith after a<br />
plane crash and decides to go to Las Vegas<br />
to experience the wild side of life. On her<br />
journey, she meets unlikely companions<br />
(Brand and Spencer) who inadvertently<br />
help her find her true self.<br />
7500<br />
Supernatural Thriller<br />
Director: Takashi Shimizu<br />
Writer: Craig Rosenberg<br />
Producer: Taka Ichise, Roy Lee<br />
Key Cast: Leslie Bibb, Jamie Chung, Jerry<br />
Ferrara, Ryan Kwanten, Jonathan Schaech,<br />
Amy Smart<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
7500 follows a group of passengers who<br />
encounter what appears to be a supernatural<br />
force while on a transpacific flight.<br />
PENTHOUSE NORTH<br />
Suspense Thriller<br />
Director: Joseph Ruben<br />
Writer: David Loughery<br />
Producer: Jeff Sackman, Michael Baker,<br />
Robert Menzies<br />
Key Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Michael<br />
Keaton<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Haunted by a tragic event in her past, photojournalist<br />
Sara Frost (Monaghan) escapes<br />
the world in an upscale New York penthouse.<br />
But the world comes after her with<br />
a vengeance in the form of Hollander<br />
(Keaton), a smooth but sadistic criminal<br />
looking for a fortune in stolen diamonds<br />
hidden in the apartment. Trapped and cut<br />
off from the rest of the world, Sara must<br />
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find the inner strength to survive an endless<br />
night of physical and psychological torture<br />
at the hands of an increasingly desperate<br />
Hollander, building to an explosive climax<br />
that will have the audience on the edge of<br />
its seat.<br />
MURDER OF A CAT<br />
Dark Comedy<br />
Director: Gillian Greene Raimi<br />
Writer: Christian Magalhaes & Robert<br />
Snow<br />
Producer: Sam Raimi<br />
Key Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill,<br />
Dianne Wiest, Rob Lowe, JK Simmons<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
A hapless 28-year-old eccentric vows justice<br />
when he finds his beloved cat shot<br />
dead with a crossbow arrow. After some<br />
sleuthing, he is shocked to discover that his<br />
cat was living a double life with a mysterious<br />
young woman. Forced into an awkward<br />
partnership, the two cat owners must<br />
embark on an epic suburban murder mystery<br />
that leads them to a conspiracy far<br />
greater than they ever imagined.<br />
GAY DUDE<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Chris Nelson<br />
Writer: Alan Yang<br />
Producer: Laurence Mark, David<br />
Blackman, Jai Stefan<br />
Key Cast: Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope,<br />
Dakota Johnson, Nick Offerman, Gary<br />
Cole, Megan Mullally, Sarah Hyland, Brian<br />
Geraghty, Larry Wilmore<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Best friends Matty and Michael decide to<br />
lose their virginity before graduating from<br />
high school, but their quest takes an unexpected<br />
turn when Matty tells Michael he’s<br />
gay.<br />
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE<br />
EXPECTING<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Director: Kirk Jones<br />
Writer: Shauna Cross and Heather Hach;<br />
Inspired by the book by Heidi Murkoff<br />
Producer: Mike Medavoy, Arnold W.<br />
Messer, David Thwaites<br />
Key Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez,<br />
Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford,<br />
Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew<br />
Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock,<br />
Rodrigo Santoro<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Based on Heidi Murkoff’s 16 million copy<br />
best-selling book, What to Expect When<br />
You’re Expecting is an ensemble romantic<br />
comedy in the vein of Love Actually and<br />
Valentine’s Day. The film is a modern look<br />
at love through the eyes of five interconnected<br />
couples experiencing the thrills and<br />
surprises of having a baby, and ultimately<br />
coming to understand the universal truth<br />
that no matter what you plan for, life doesn’t<br />
always deliver what’s expected.<br />
GREAT HOPE SPRINGS<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: David Frankel<br />
Writer: Vanessa Taylor<br />
Producer: Todd Black, Guymon Casady<br />
Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee<br />
Jones, Steve Carell<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Many years of marriage have left Maeve<br />
(Streep) wanting to spice things up and<br />
reconnect with her husband (Jones). When<br />
she hears of a famed relationship guru<br />
(Carell) in the town of Great Hope Springs,<br />
she must persuade her skeptical husband to<br />
get on a plane for an intense week of marriage<br />
and sex therapy. Getting there was<br />
hard enough...now shedding their bedroom<br />
hang ups, learning some new moves and<br />
rediscovering their youthful spark is when<br />
the real adventure begins.<br />
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS<br />
Horror/Thriller<br />
Director: Drew Goddard<br />
Writer: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard<br />
Producer: Joss Whedon<br />
Key Cast: Kristen Connolly, Chris<br />
Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz,<br />
Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley<br />
Whitford<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A group of friends travel to a quaint cabin<br />
in the woods and end up scratching the surface<br />
of something so massive and horrific<br />
that they can only begin to fathom it as<br />
time quickly runs out.<br />
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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END<br />
OF THE WORLD<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Director: Lorene Scafaria<br />
Writer: Lorene Scafaria<br />
Producer: Steve Golin, Joy Gorman<br />
Wettels, Steven Rales, Mark Roybal<br />
Key Cast: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Keira Knightley and Steve Carell find<br />
unlikely love at the worst possible time in<br />
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF<br />
THE WORLD. Set in a too-near future, the<br />
movie explores what people will do when<br />
humanity’s last days are at hand. As the<br />
respective journeys of Dodge (Carell) and<br />
Penny (Knightley) converge, the two spark<br />
to each other and their outlooks - if not the<br />
world’s - brighten.<br />
NURSE 3D<br />
Thriller/Horror<br />
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski<br />
Writer: David Loughery and Doug<br />
Aarniokoski (screenplay)<br />
Key Cast: Paz de la Huerta, Katrina<br />
Bowden, Corbin Bleu, Judd Nelson, Boris<br />
Kodjoe, Niecy Nash, Martin Donovan,<br />
Adam Herschman<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
By day Abby Russell is a dedicated nurse,<br />
someone you wouldn’t hesitate to trust<br />
with your life. But by night, her real work<br />
begins using her smoldering sexuality she<br />
lures cheating men to their brutal deaths<br />
and exposes them for who they really are.<br />
When a younger nurse starts to suspect<br />
Abby’s actions and compromises her master<br />
plan, Abby must find a way to outsmart<br />
her long enough to bring the cheater you’d<br />
least expect to justice.<br />
RAPTURE-PALOOZA<br />
Comedy<br />
Director: Paul Middleditch<br />
Writer: Chris Matheson<br />
Producer: Jimmy Miller, David<br />
Householter, Ed Solomon<br />
Key Cast: Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick,<br />
John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, Ana<br />
Gasteyer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
After a bleak but comical apocalypse, the<br />
world has fallen under control of “The<br />
Beast” (Robinson), an omnipotent ruler<br />
with a childish temper and major selfesteem<br />
issues who just wants the people of<br />
Earth to like him. When he decides to take<br />
an unsuspecting virgin, Lindsey<br />
(Kendrick), as his bride, her boyfriend<br />
(Daley) devises a clever plan to get her<br />
back, slay “The Beast” and save the world.<br />
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Adamson (Head of International Sales),<br />
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CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP<br />
Documentary (88)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rodman Flender<br />
Producer: Gavin Polone, Rachel Griffin,<br />
Kat Landsberg<br />
Key Cast: Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter,<br />
Stephen Colbert<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA<br />
A documentary on Conan O’Brien’s comedy<br />
tour of the U.S. and Canada after leaving<br />
his post at “The Tonight Show” and<br />
severing his relationship with NBC.<br />
GOD BLESS AMERICA<br />
Dark Comedy (104)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait<br />
Writer: Bobcat Goldthwait<br />
Co-Production Partners: Jerkschool<br />
Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Edward H. Hamm, Jr.,<br />
Richard Kelly<br />
Producer: Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta<br />
Key Cast: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr<br />
Delivery Status: Completed Saving Grace - New Films International
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Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
A comedic and subversive social commentary<br />
on post-9/11 America about a<br />
depressed man who starts killing society’s<br />
meanest and cruelest people.<br />
THE GOOD DOCTOR<br />
Thriller (91)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lance Daly<br />
Writer: John Enbom<br />
Co-Production Partners: Viddywell<br />
Executive Producer: Leonid Lebedev,<br />
Sharon Miller<br />
Producer: Jonathan King, Dan Etheridge,<br />
Orlando Bloom<br />
Key Cast: Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough,<br />
Rob Morrow<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
A first year medical resident struggling<br />
with loneliness and self-doubt becomes<br />
obsessed with an attractive young patient<br />
who shows him attention and kindness.<br />
TROLLHUNTER<br />
Thriller (103)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Andre Ovredal<br />
Producer: John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung<br />
Golimo<br />
Key Cast: Otto Jespersen, Robert<br />
Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
A documentary about a group of film students<br />
who discover what they believe is a<br />
government conspiracy to keep the existence<br />
of trolls in the North of Norway hidden<br />
from the general public.<br />
GODFATHERS OF GANJA: SQUARE<br />
GROUPER<br />
Documentary (103 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Billy Corben<br />
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010<br />
From the filmmakers of the hit cult series<br />
COCAINE COWBOYS comes a documentary<br />
that chronicles marijuana smuggling in<br />
South Florida during the 1970s and ‘80s.<br />
TIM & ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR<br />
MOVIE<br />
Comedy (92)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim<br />
Writer: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim<br />
Co-Production Partners: Funny or Die<br />
Producer: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim,<br />
Jon Mugar, Ben Cosgrove, Dave<br />
Kneebone, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell,<br />
Chris Henchy, Todd Wagner<br />
Key Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim,<br />
Jeff Goldblum<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a<br />
movie, only to watch their dream run off<br />
course.<br />
LIMELIGHT<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Billy Corben<br />
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman,<br />
Jen Gatien<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2010<br />
The filmmakers of the famed COCAINE<br />
COWBOYS series tell tales of the New<br />
York City night scene and ecstasy trade in<br />
the 1990s against the backdrop of the rise<br />
and fall of Peter Gatien and his notorious<br />
night clubs.<br />
JACK AND DIANE<br />
Romance<br />
DO YOUR PART TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING<br />
BERLIN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS THE PDA CULTURE IS COOL & HAPPENING<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: Bradley Rust Gray<br />
Writer: Bradley Rust Gray<br />
Producer: Jen Gatien, Karin Chien, So &<br />
Brad<br />
Key Cast: Juno Temple, Riley Keough<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Two teenagers, Jack and Diane fall madly<br />
in love with each other and start to manifest<br />
their newly awakened sexual desires in<br />
werewolf-like ways.<br />
I’M STILL HERE<br />
Documentary (107 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Casey Affleck<br />
Writer: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix<br />
Producer: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix<br />
Key Cast: Joaquin Phoenix<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominated<br />
Joaquin Phoenix as he announces his<br />
retirement from a successful film career in<br />
the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent<br />
himself as a hip hop musician.<br />
SMASH HIS CAMERA<br />
Documentary (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Leon Gast<br />
Producer: Adam Schlesinger, Linda Saffire<br />
Key Cast: Ron Galella<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, and<br />
Marlon Brando broke his jaw. The story of<br />
notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella<br />
opens a Pandora’s Box of issues from right<br />
to privacy, freedom of the press and the<br />
ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship.<br />
MANDRILL<br />
Action (90 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza<br />
Writer: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza<br />
Producer: Derek Rundell, Marko Zaror<br />
Key Cast: Marko Zaror, Celine Reymond,<br />
Alejandro Castillo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Chile<br />
Mandrill, Chile’s top assassin, went into<br />
the murder business hoping to get revenge<br />
on the one-eyed man who killed his parents.<br />
Now Mandrill’s time has finally<br />
come, complicated by the fact that he finds<br />
the target’s daughter, Dominik, irresistible.<br />
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE<br />
Documentary (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steven Soderbergh<br />
Producer: Kathie Russo, Amy Hobby,<br />
Joshua Blum<br />
Key Cast: Spalding Gray<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Spalding Gray’s shows were vibrant, hilarious<br />
and moving, drawing unstintingly on<br />
the most intimate aspects of his own life.<br />
His death came tragically early, in 2004;<br />
this compilation of interview and performance<br />
footage nails his idiosyncratic and<br />
irreplaceable brilliance.<br />
180 DEGREES SOUTH<br />
Documentary (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Malloy<br />
Producer: Tim Lynch, Rick Ridgeway,<br />
Emmett Malloy<br />
Key Cast: Yvon Chouinard, Doug<br />
Tompkins, Jeff Johnson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson<br />
as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his<br />
heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug<br />
Tompkins to Patagonia.<br />
CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED<br />
STATES OF MONEY<br />
Documentary (118 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alex Gibney<br />
Writer: Alex Gibney<br />
Producer: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood,<br />
Zena Barakat<br />
Key Cast: Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay,<br />
Stanley Tucci, Paul Rudd<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A probing investigation into the lies, greed<br />
and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist<br />
Jack Abramoff and his cronies.<br />
DOWN TERRACE<br />
Dark Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ben Wheatley<br />
Writer: Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill<br />
Producer: Conor McPherson<br />
Key Cast: Julia Deakin, Robert Hill, Robin<br />
Hill<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Bill and Karl have just got out of jail free<br />
but all is not well at Down Terrace. The<br />
family business just isn’t working out and<br />
Karl’s had more than he can take of his old<br />
man’s philosophising and preaching. Karl’s<br />
girlfriend is pregnant - by him? Who<br />
knows... Either way?a little information<br />
goes a long way and its definitely time for<br />
a spring clean.<br />
REJOICE AND SHOUT<br />
Documentary (115 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Don McGlynn<br />
Producer: Joe Lauro<br />
Key Cast: J Smokey Robinson, Andrae<br />
Crouch, Mavis Staples, Ira Tucker, Marie<br />
Knight, Willa Ward, Ira Tucker Jr.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Packed with evocative photos, rare audio<br />
recordings, stirring film appearances and<br />
TV programs, REJOICE AND SHOUT<br />
covers the 200 year history of African<br />
American Christianity. Literally hundreds<br />
of hours of music have been reviewed, and<br />
the creme de la creme was chosen.<br />
COCAINE COWBOYS: THE REMIX<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Billy Corben<br />
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman<br />
Key Cast: Griselda Blanco, Charles Cosby<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
The latest film in the incredibly successful<br />
COCAINE COWBOYS series. THE<br />
REMIX takes us back to crime-ridden<br />
Miami, featuring old favorite drug lords<br />
and dazzling new characters who tell their<br />
stories on camera for the very first time.<br />
MAGUS<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Magus Entertainment, Bramenberg 1,<br />
Eemnes, 3755 BT Eemnes, Tel:<br />
+31654768797 Fax: +31356949407. Email:<br />
info@magusent.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
Office: Marriott Office # 124, 1st floor<br />
(Terra Mater / RBMH), Tel: +<br />
31.6.54.768.797<br />
DESSERT CROSSING<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mohydeen Quandour<br />
Writer: Mohydeen Quandour<br />
Co-Production Partners: TCF Film &<br />
Sindika Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Maurice Engelen<br />
Producer: Mohydeen Quandour<br />
Key Cast: Ellen Ten Damme, Hanna<br />
Verboom, Nasrdin Dchar, Gary Busey,<br />
Omar Sharif, Christopher Plummer,<br />
Mohamed Karim, William Sutton, Rik<br />
Sinkeldam, credit not contractual<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands, Jordan<br />
An action packed thriller during the theft of<br />
the Iraq National Museum. American soldiers<br />
on a routine desert surveillance operation,<br />
accidentally unravel hitherto untold<br />
secrets.<br />
CHER AMI<br />
AKA: FLYING HEROES<br />
Animation (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Miquel Pujol<br />
Writer: Miquel Pujol Iban Roca<br />
Co-Production Partners: Accio, AAMPS,<br />
Digital Dreams Films<br />
Executive Producer: Jordi Castelltort<br />
Producer: Benat Beitia<br />
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Key Cast: Phil Austin, Cyrille Autin, Yann<br />
Bean<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Based on true events. Flying Heroes is the<br />
story of a group of farmyard carrier<br />
pigeons that are enlisted into the Allied<br />
Homing Pigeon Corps.<br />
LITTLE BIG PANDA 2D & 3D<br />
Animation (82 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Greg Manwaring, Michael<br />
Schoemann<br />
Writer: Jorg Tensing<br />
Co-Production Partners: Benchmark<br />
Entertainment, ORB Filproduktion,<br />
Executive Producer: Frank Hubner, Armin<br />
Timmermann, Gilles Waterkeyn, Hua Shen<br />
Producer: Michael Schoemann<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Somewhere in the majestic Chinese highlands<br />
of our days: the Panda’s survival is<br />
several endangered as the bamboo is<br />
becoming scarce, and humans continuously<br />
expand into their habitat.<br />
MAISON NOIR<br />
Maison Noir, 427 N. Canon Dr. Suite #201,<br />
Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA, Tel: +1<br />
818.647.0118 Fax: +1 818.647.0118.<br />
maisonnoir.net E-mail: sales@houseoffilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: AvaB (CEO/President)<br />
Office: Berlin Marriott Lobby | Inge-<br />
Beisheim-Platz 1, Tel: +33.669.95.77.68<br />
KNIFEPOINT<br />
Horror (83 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jed Strahm<br />
Writer: Jed Strahm<br />
Co-Production Partners: Knifepoint<br />
Key Cast: Krista Braun, Katherine<br />
Randolph, Kym Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
On Christmas Eve, Abbie and her wheelchair-bound<br />
sister Michele are forced to<br />
put aside their personal differences in order<br />
to survive an all-night onslaught of violence<br />
when they discover their Venice loft<br />
complex is the target of a group of vicious<br />
home invaders led by Jess and his sadistic<br />
sister Lorraine.<br />
VAMPIRES<br />
Black Comedy (89 mins)<br />
Language: French / English subtitles<br />
Director: Vincent Lannoo<br />
Writer: Vincent Lannoo, Frédérique Broos<br />
Co-Production Partners: Left Field<br />
Ventures<br />
Producer: John Engel<br />
Key Cast: Carlo Ferrante, Vera Van<br />
Dooren, Pierre Lognay<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Belgium<br />
They did it! They made a documentary on<br />
a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires,<br />
bored with immortality, lives in Belgium,<br />
eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped<br />
folk, and takes every advantage<br />
they can suck out of the country’s social<br />
system. Samson, a seventies throwback,<br />
lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20.<br />
Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being<br />
human again, keeps committing suicide.<br />
George, the patriarch, manages as best he<br />
can, heading the eccentric family and its<br />
on-going squabbles with the neighboring<br />
vampires. It turns out vampires must keep<br />
to a strict code. They are, for example, prohibited<br />
from sleeping with their leader’s<br />
wife. That’s where Samson went too far…<br />
Now he and his whole family are exiled to<br />
Quebec, where even vampires have to<br />
work for a living! A fresh, biting comedy<br />
from Vincent Lannoo!<br />
SEARCHING FOR ANGELS<br />
Thriler (89 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nadeem Soumah<br />
Writer: Nadeem Soumah<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rendition Films<br />
Producer: Nadeem Soumah & Kegan Sant<br />
Key Cast: Vivica Fox, Veronika London,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Who is Jane Doe? That’s the question<br />
everybody wants an answer to, including<br />
herself. Jane Doe, played by Veronika<br />
London (Body Language, HBO series<br />
“Lingerie”) is a young prostitute and heroin<br />
addict found by paramedics laying on the<br />
street in a pool of blood. She is the victim<br />
of a violent altercation which leaves her<br />
with a severe head injury. Stricken by<br />
amnesia and struggling with her heroin<br />
addiction, she is on a quest to discover her<br />
identity but most importantly who did this<br />
to her and why. She is taken in by a nurse<br />
played by Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill,<br />
Independence Day) who is a motherly figure<br />
to her. Along her quest she comes<br />
along several characters from her past and<br />
the clues to the answers she seeks slowly<br />
come to light, revealing many horrible<br />
truths. With this information, feelings of<br />
curiosity quickly turn to a thirst for retribution.<br />
DELIVERED<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Madison<br />
Writer: Brandon Manbeck<br />
Co-Production Partners: Nelson Madison<br />
Films<br />
Key Cast: Robert Rusier, Alana Stewart,<br />
Toshi Toda<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Driven by a promise, fueled by revenge.<br />
True Romance and Vanishing point, the<br />
Mojave desert is the backdrop for this<br />
heartfelt story of betrayal and redemption.<br />
An eclectic collection of unique characters<br />
that include Japanese gangsters, an Italian<br />
proctologist, an Armenian art dealer and a<br />
hero with a very cool car set the stage for<br />
this modern crime thriller.<br />
TERMITE: THE WALLS HAVE EYES<br />
Suspense (75 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Walcutt<br />
Writer: John Walcutt, Jennie Marie Pacelli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Too Nice Guys,<br />
Pete Galaxie Productions<br />
Producer: John Walcutt Anthony Gutierrez<br />
and Michael Roth<br />
Key Cast: Herb Astrow, Irene Carol,<br />
Reichel Caviteno<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A troubled young girl gets a job at a modeling<br />
school where she is tortured by the<br />
voices in her head and the sounds in the<br />
walls. Roman Polanski meets Roger<br />
Corman in this micro-budget masterpiece<br />
made by a group of students under the<br />
leadership of veteran actor John Walcutt<br />
SLEEPER<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dru Brown<br />
Writer: Michael Skelton, Dru Brown<br />
Co-Production Partners: Seven8 Media<br />
Key Cast: Scott “Raven” Levy, Ty<br />
Hungerford, Brue Hopkins<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Enigmatically silent, and driven by love,<br />
the man known as Resnik was imprisoned<br />
for butchering another man and kidnapping<br />
the young girl at the heart of his obsession,<br />
Kelly. For the safety of his fellow inmates,<br />
Resnik was only ever allowed to wake, eat<br />
and exercise alone, after dark, he learned to<br />
like it. Now having escaped during a midnight<br />
transfer, Resnik is headed back to<br />
Moonlight Bay, and Detectives Raynor and<br />
Molloy have only 12 hours to stop him<br />
before the sun goes down, and the carnage<br />
begins, again.<br />
THE CONFESSIONAL<br />
Horror (117 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: JAMES ANTHONY COTTON<br />
Writer: JAMES ANTHONY COTTON<br />
Co-Production Partners: Cornerstone<br />
Consulting Services, Lionfish Group,<br />
Producer: JAMES ANTHONY COTTON<br />
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Key Cast: Victor Browne, Peter Quartaroli,<br />
Patrick Kilpatrick<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A disturbed sculptor assumes the identity<br />
of a small town priest and designs a game<br />
of divine madness for a unsuspecting town.<br />
MANITOBA<br />
FILM & MUSIC<br />
Manitoba Film & Music, 410-93 Lombard<br />
Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3B<br />
3B1. Tel: 1.204.947.2040, Fax:<br />
1.204.956.5261. www.mbfilmmusic.ca, Email:<br />
info@mbfilmmusic.ca<br />
Funding Organization / Film Commission<br />
At EFM: Carole Vivier (CEO, Film<br />
Commissioner)<br />
Tel: 1.204.291.4114<br />
MAYA<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Maya Entertainment, 1201 West 5th Street,<br />
Suite T210, Los Angeles, CA 90026 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.213.542.4420. Fax: 1.213.534.3846.<br />
www.maya-entertainment.com E-mail: dianar@maya-entertainment.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor,<br />
Financier<br />
At EFM: Elias Axume (President,<br />
International Distribution), Jack Campbell<br />
(VP, International Distribution)<br />
Office: Marriott Suite 264/268, Tel:<br />
+49(0)30.22000.1107<br />
BETWEEN US<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Mirvish<br />
Writer: Dan Mirvish<br />
Producer: Joe Hortua<br />
Key Cast: Julia Stiles, Melissa George,<br />
Taye Diggs, David Harbour<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on the Off-Broadway play,<br />
BETWEEN US is a film about two couples<br />
who meet as old friends and discover their<br />
lives are tainted by money, success, sex<br />
and children.<br />
IT’S A DISASTER<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Berger<br />
Writer: Todd Berger<br />
Producer: Kevin Brennan, Jeff Grace<br />
Key Cast: Julia Stiles, David Cross,<br />
America Ferrera<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In this doomsday comedy, four couples<br />
who meet for Sunday brunch find themselves<br />
stranded in a house together as the<br />
world may be about to end. When Tracy<br />
Scott (Julia Stiles) decides to introduce her<br />
new beau Glenn (David Cross) to her three<br />
friends Hedy (America Ferrera), Emma,<br />
and Lexi and their significant others, her<br />
biggest fear is whether or not her friends<br />
will approve of her new relationship, little<br />
does she realize that’s the least of her worries.<br />
Before long the couples find themselves<br />
in the midst of an apocalyptic disaster,<br />
catching them all off guard. One thing<br />
is clear; these four couples aren’t going to<br />
let the potential end of the world get in the<br />
way of the relationship issues they all need<br />
to work out.<br />
ASS BACKWARDS<br />
Adventure/Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Nelson<br />
Writer: June Diane Raphael, Molly<br />
Conners<br />
Executive Producer: Erix Arocha, Chad<br />
Burris, Paull Cho, Russell Friedenberg,<br />
Elysa Koplovitz, Paul L. Woodring Jr.,<br />
Christopher Woodrow<br />
Producer: Amanda Bowers, Molly Conners,<br />
Nina Foxx, Philip Larmon, Laura<br />
Mehlhaff, Jeff Pies, Heather Rae, Michael<br />
romero<br />
Key Cast: Casey Wilson, June Diane<br />
Raphael, Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: USA<br />
Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark<br />
on a cross country trip back to their hometown<br />
to attempt to win a pageant that eluded<br />
them as children.<br />
MOSQUITA Y MARI<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aurora Guerrero<br />
Writer: Aurora Guerrero<br />
Producer: Chad Burris<br />
Key Cast: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia<br />
Troncoso, Joaquín Garrido<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two Chicanas must choose between their<br />
obligations to both school and family and<br />
staying true to their unusual, yet deep relationship.<br />
THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY<br />
Drama (107 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joe Maggio<br />
Writer: Joe Maggio<br />
Executive Producer: Tim Evans<br />
Producer: Larry Fessenden, Carrie Holt de<br />
Lama, Terry Kinney, Bill Straus, Stephanie<br />
Striegel<br />
Key Cast: Farina, Jamie Anne Allman, Ian<br />
Barford<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY chronicles<br />
the last days in the life of Joe May, an<br />
aging, short money hustler who, despite a<br />
life of loss and failure, has always believed<br />
that a glorious destiny awaited him. Now<br />
in his sixties, his health failing and<br />
resources dwindling, Joe is presented with<br />
one last shot at greatness...<br />
REPEATERS<br />
Thriller (89 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Carl Bessai<br />
Writer: Arne Olsen<br />
Executive Producer: Melanie De Klerk,<br />
Andrew Herwitz<br />
Producer: Carl Bessai, Richard De Klerk,<br />
Irene Nelson, Jason James<br />
Key Cast: Dusting Milligan, Amanda Crew,<br />
Richard De Klerk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A gritty mind-bending thriller about three<br />
twenty-somethings who find themselves in<br />
an impossible time labyrinth, where each<br />
day they awaken to the same terrifying day<br />
as the preceding one.<br />
A BAG OF HAMMERS<br />
Comedy (85 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brian Crano<br />
Writer: Brian Crano, Jake Sandvig<br />
Producer: Peter Friedlander, Lucy Barzun<br />
Donnelly, Jennifer Barrons, Brian Crano<br />
Key Cast: Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig,<br />
Rebecca Hall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A comedy about two misfit best friends<br />
incapable of growing up, whose direction<br />
is tested by an abandoned child, worn<br />
beyond his years; together they invent the<br />
family they’ve always needed.<br />
ALL SHE CAN<br />
Drama (94 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Amy Wendel<br />
Writer: Amy Wendel & Daniel Meisel<br />
Executive Producer: Hall Wendel, Todd<br />
Barnes<br />
Producer: Daniel Meisel, Susan Kirr<br />
Key Cast: Corina Calderon, Jeremy Ray<br />
Valdez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In a small Texas town, there aren’t many<br />
career options for young people besides oil<br />
rigs, the military, or fast food restaurants.<br />
Luz Garcia, a fiery high school athlete, is<br />
determined to forge a different future: she’s<br />
gained admission to the University of<br />
Texas at Austin. The problem is she can’t<br />
afford to go. With her one shot at a scholarship<br />
riding on the state power lifting championship,<br />
she sees no choice but to bend<br />
the rules to ensure her victory. Although<br />
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Luz’s rashness and frustration land her in<br />
increasingly hotter water, they also fuel her<br />
with courage and empowerment.<br />
CAFE<br />
Romantic Comedy (95 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marc Erlbaum<br />
Writer: Marc Erlbaum<br />
Executive Producer: David Magerman,<br />
Torrey Loomis<br />
Producer: Sean Covel, Wendy Cox, Marc<br />
Erlbaum, J. Andrew Greenblatt, Chris<br />
Wyatt<br />
Key Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jamie<br />
Kennedy, Daniel Eric Gold<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
For the up-and-comers on Philadelphia’s<br />
west side, West Philly Grounds is the place<br />
to be. There, Claire (Jennifer Love Hewitt)<br />
serves wisdom along with coffee and<br />
scones. The clientele comes to her with<br />
advice in love, life and careers. But even<br />
the neighborhood’s favorite gathering place<br />
has a dark side. Jamie Kennedy, Alexa<br />
Vega and Daniel Eric Gold co-star in<br />
writer-director Marc Erlbaum’s slice-of-life<br />
drama.<br />
WITHOUT MEN<br />
Comedy (83 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini<br />
Writer: Gabriela Tagliavini<br />
Executive Producer: Moctesuma Esparza,<br />
Tonantzin Esparza, Bonnie Kanner, Sheila<br />
M. McCarthy, Andrew Nagel, James<br />
Ordonez, Vance Owen, Daniel Santefort,<br />
Gabriela Tagliavini, Jeff Valdez<br />
Producer: Nadja Atwal, Ilko Drozdoski,<br />
Nathan Folks, Lucas Jarach, Kurt Kelly,<br />
Anthony Moody, Jason Price, Daniel<br />
Sollinger, Kim Taddeo, Andrés Tagliavini,<br />
Straw Weisman<br />
Key Cast: Eva Longoria, Christian Slater,<br />
Kate del Castillo, Maria Conchita Alonso<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Without Men is a comedy about the women<br />
of a small and remote Latin American<br />
mountain village that’s forever altered the<br />
day all of its men are recruited to go fight<br />
in the country’s civil war. Left to fend for<br />
themselves, the women of the town, led by<br />
Rosalba (Eva Longoria), slowly emerge<br />
from their supporting roles as wives and<br />
daughters to become unwitting founders of<br />
a remarkable new society: an all female<br />
utopia. When the men, led by an American<br />
reporter (Christian Slater) return to try to<br />
reclaim their power, a clash of sexes ensues<br />
with unsuspected consequences. A sexy,<br />
fun, irreverent exploration of the age-old<br />
question: What would the world be like if<br />
it were run by women?<br />
MEDIA ASIA GROUP<br />
HOLDINGS LIMITED<br />
Media Asia Group Holdings Limited, 24/F<br />
Causeway Bay Plaza II, 463 - 483<br />
Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, Hong<br />
Kong, Tel: +852.2314.4288 Fax:<br />
+852.2314.4248.<br />
http://www.mediaasia.com E-mail:<br />
wwdist@mediaasia.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Ricky Tse (Head of Distribution /<br />
Sales), Fred Tsui (Assistant General<br />
Manager), Vanessa Lo (Manager)<br />
Office: Private, Tel: +852.2314.4288<br />
ROMANCING IN THIN AIR<br />
Romantic Drama (111 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese / Mandarin<br />
Director: Johnnie TO<br />
Writer: WAI Ka Fai, YAU Nai Hoi, Ryker<br />
CHAN, Jevons AU<br />
Producer: Johnnie TO, WAI Ka Fai<br />
Key Cast: Louis KOO, Sammi CHENG<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
A Hong Kong movie megastar jilted at the<br />
altar by his actress bride finds true love in<br />
a neurotic fan while licking his wound in<br />
high-altitude Yunnan in China.<br />
LOVE IN THE BUFF<br />
Romantic Comedy (111 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese / Mandarin<br />
Director: PANG Ho-cheung<br />
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Writer: PANG Ho-cheung, LUK Yee Sum<br />
Producer: PANG Ho-cheung, Subi LIANG<br />
Key Cast: Miriam YEUNG, Shawn YUE<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
When two ex-lovers from Hong Kong<br />
cross paths in Beijing, they realize they<br />
still have feelings for each other and start<br />
orchestrating trysts and assignations behind<br />
their partners’ back.<br />
LACUNA<br />
Drama (95 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Derek TSANG, Jimmy WAN<br />
Writer: Derek TSANG, Jimmy WAN,<br />
ZHANG You-you, Yoyo<br />
Producer: PANG Ho-cheung, Subi LIANG<br />
Key Cast: Shawn YUE, ZHANG Jingchu<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Two strangers who wake up in bed together<br />
oblivious to how it happened must work<br />
together to find out what they have done<br />
and what led them to this state.<br />
LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE<br />
Suspense (107 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Johnnie TO<br />
Writer: YAU Nai Hoi, WONG King Fai,<br />
Jeff CHEUNG<br />
Producer: Johnnie TO<br />
Key Cast: LAU Ching Wan, Richie JEN,<br />
Denise HO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
A bag of stolen money worth $5m forces<br />
three ordinary people to make soul searching<br />
decisions about right and wrong and<br />
everything in between on the morality<br />
scale.<br />
PUNISHED<br />
Suspense Thriller (96 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: LAW Wing Cheong<br />
Writer: FUNG Chih Chiang, LAM Fung<br />
Producer: Johnnie TO<br />
Key Cast: Anthony WONG, Richie JEN,<br />
Janice MAN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
A tycoon whose daughter is found dead<br />
while being abducted has sworn to avenge<br />
her at all cost.<br />
DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART<br />
Romantic Comedy (115 min)<br />
Language: Cantonese & Mandarin<br />
Director: Johnnie TO<br />
Writer: WAI Ka Fai, YAU Nai Hoi, Ryker<br />
CHAN, Jevons AU<br />
Co-Production Partners: China Film Media<br />
Asia Audio Video Distribution Co., Ltd.<br />
Producer: WAI Ka Fai, Johnnie TO<br />
Key Cast: Louis KOO, Daniel WU, GAO<br />
Yuanyuan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
An original twist on the eternal triangle,<br />
where secret crush and unrequited love<br />
take on altogether newfangled meanings of<br />
their own.<br />
MOTORWAY<br />
Action / Crime<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Soi CHEANG<br />
Writer: Joey O’BRYAN, FUNG Yat Chun<br />
Producer: Johnnie TO<br />
Key Cast: Anthony WONG, Shawn YUE,<br />
GUO Xiaodong<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Relentlessly tense and violent action<br />
thriller plunges into the violent and dangerous<br />
world of speed.<br />
THE GUILLOTINES<br />
Action<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Andrew LAU<br />
Writer: Aubrey LAM<br />
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, Jojo HUI<br />
Key Cast: HUANG Xiaoming, Ethan<br />
JUAN, Shawn YUE, Boran JING<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
An elite squad of young imperial bodyguards,<br />
trained to use the deadly guil-<br />
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Emperor’s Court. But little do they realize<br />
the conspiracy behind their mission...<br />
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BEAT DOWN<br />
Comedy (93 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Deanne Foley<br />
Writer: Deanne Foley, Iain Macleod<br />
Producer: Paul Pope<br />
Key Cast: Robb Wells, Marthe Bernard,<br />
Tony Nappo, Janet Kidder, Daniel Beirne,<br />
Mark O’Brien<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Sweet 18-years-old Fran White is prevented<br />
from wrestling by her father, a former<br />
pro. She runs away to join the tour of his<br />
one time rival Dark Thunder, meets her<br />
mother, a sexy ex-wrestler, and starts to<br />
wrestle for her dreams!<br />
BIG MAMMA’S BOY<br />
Comedy / Romance (98 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Franco Di Chiera<br />
Writer: Frank Lotito, Matteo Bruno<br />
Producer: Matteo Bruni<br />
Key Cast: Frank Lotito, Holly Valance,<br />
Carmelina di Guglielmo, Osvaldo<br />
Mainone, George Kapiniaris, Maria Venuti<br />
Elspeth Tavares @ Berlin<br />
Relaxa-Hotel Stuttgarter Hof<br />
49 (0) 30 26483-0<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Rocco has it all: a great job in real estate, a<br />
hot car and a woman who will do anything<br />
for him and loves him unconditionally—his<br />
mum. But when he meets the gorgeous<br />
Katie, Rocco realises that he needs to make<br />
some changes. Enlisting the help of his<br />
zany neighbour Mrs. Cotoletta, Rocco<br />
attempts to counteract his image as a big<br />
mamma’s boy, and to discover the key to<br />
Katie’s heart.<br />
TANGUERO<br />
Docu-Drama/Romance (78 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish with English subtitles<br />
Director: Emanuele Persico<br />
Writer: Silvia Gilardi, Emanuele Persico<br />
Producer: Emanuele Persico<br />
Key Cast: Omar Quiroga, Veronica<br />
Palacios, Jorge Juanatey, Alberto Alfredo<br />
Dassieu, Tito Roca, Maria Cecilia Cervini,<br />
Mario Gabriel Florentin, Ricardo “Tito”<br />
Franquelo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina/Italy<br />
Omar, a Tango teacher, is forced, after<br />
years, to return to Buenos Aires, a changed<br />
city. He meets friends, family and Veronica<br />
sharing a difficult challenge. That’s how<br />
Omar finds himself in Tango.<br />
MILONGUEROS<br />
Documentary (49 min,)<br />
Language: Spanish with English subtitles<br />
Director: Andrea Zambelli and Andrea<br />
Zanoli<br />
Writer: Andrea Zambelli and Andrea Zanoli<br />
Executive Producer: Emanuele Persico<br />
Producer: Pesca Production and Lab80 film<br />
Key Cast: Alberto Dassieu, Flaco Dani,<br />
Eduardo “Nene” Masci, Hector<br />
“Cachirulo” Pellozo, Julio Duplaa<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Each night, in the most historical and<br />
important Milongas of Buenos Aires, the<br />
most famous Milongueros tell and explain,<br />
not only how Tango is a wonderful and<br />
sensual dance, but how it is a “way of life”.<br />
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IMPLOSION<br />
Drama (88 min.)<br />
Language: German with English subtitles<br />
Director: Sören Voigt<br />
Writer: Sören Voigt<br />
Producer: Hans Eddy Schreiber, Kai<br />
Kuennemann, Jordi Rediu, Norber Llarras<br />
Key Cast: Sven Gielnik, Eye Haidara,<br />
Carolina Clemente, Hans-Jochen Wagner,<br />
Eriq Ebouaney<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany/Spain<br />
Thomas’ holidays with his father in Spain<br />
takes a turn when a boat with African<br />
refugees sinks close to their hotel. One of<br />
them is Djamile. Thomas decides to hide<br />
her from the Spanish authorities and, even<br />
worse, the African smugglers…<br />
KADA KIEN SU KARMA<br />
Comedy/Romance (97 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish with English subtitles<br />
Director: León Serment<br />
Writer: León Serment<br />
Executive Producer: Adriana Rosique<br />
Key Cast: Blanca Guerra, José Alonso,<br />
Rocío Verdejo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Every abandoned woman dreams of<br />
revenge on her husband. Karma gives Eva<br />
that possibility, when Joaquin, who left her<br />
for a younger woman, has to return to the<br />
family home temporarily invalid…<br />
BEAUTIFUL CRAZY<br />
AKA: LUAN QING CHUN<br />
Drama/Romance (98 min.)<br />
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles<br />
Director: Chi Yuarn Lee<br />
Writer: Chi Yuarn LEE, Fu-Hsing HSU<br />
Producer: Li-Fen Chien<br />
Key Cast: Angel YAO, Amiya LEE, Chien-<br />
Hui LIAO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
Xiao-Bu finds herself in a cat fight with<br />
Angel, Amy sleeps with Xiao-Bu’s boxer<br />
boyfriend, and Angel kisses Xiao-Bu...<br />
Three young girls fall in love, feel hurt,<br />
forget and have experiences which decide<br />
their future.<br />
BEFORE TOMORROW<br />
AKA: GEGEN MORGEN<br />
Drama (83 min.)<br />
Language: German with English subtitles<br />
Director: Joachim Schoenfeld<br />
Writer: Oliver Schmaering<br />
Co-Production Partners: Matthias Kress<br />
Producer: Martin Muser, Justin Stauber,<br />
Joachim Schönfeld<br />
Key Cast: Axel Buchholz, Regine<br />
Zimmermann, Axel Sichrovsky, Christoph<br />
Grunert<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Wagner is a cop, a man who doesn’t talk<br />
much, unlike Zippolt, the guy he has to sit<br />
in the car with. Both men are ordered to<br />
give close protection to Siegfried, a suspected<br />
murderer. Wagner lives in an old<br />
fashioned apartment, counts birds, listens<br />
to operas, sees a lot and does little. When<br />
he meets a woman and gets entangled in<br />
the murder… he loses his countenance.<br />
HEMEL<br />
Drama (80)<br />
Language: Dutch with English subtitles<br />
Director: Sacha Polak<br />
Writer: Helena van der Meulen<br />
Co-Production Partners: VPRO Television,<br />
Bella Cohen Films<br />
Producer: Stienette Bosklopper<br />
Key Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet,<br />
Rifka Lodeizen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands / Spain<br />
Hemel has lived closely with her father<br />
Gijs since the death of her mother. Gijs has<br />
an endless string of women attached to<br />
him, but Hemel feels that none of them is a<br />
threat to their exclusive relationship. This<br />
changes when Gijs falls in love with the<br />
young auctioneer Sophie. Hemel fights a<br />
guerrilla war with every man in town,<br />
looking for the difference between sex and<br />
love.<br />
BLOWFISH<br />
Romance/Drama (90 min.)<br />
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Language: Mandarin with English subtitles<br />
Director: Chi Yuarn Lee<br />
Writer: Chi Yuarn Lee, Vicci Pan<br />
Producer: Li-Fen Chien<br />
Key Cast: Vicci Pan, Kang Jen Wu, Yi<br />
Ching Lu, Angel Yao, Hong Xiu Wu,<br />
Fernando Hsieh, Yi-Ping Cheng, Chien<br />
Cheng Chen, Chu Lin, Hsin Pei Wu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
Xiao-Zhun, a shy girl, decides to find a<br />
better home for her pet blowfish. A lonely<br />
baseball coach purchases the blowfish at an<br />
internet auction. When she takes it to his<br />
trashed home, they make passionate love in<br />
the surreal blue light of his aquarium. But<br />
their love staggers like a blowfish...<br />
GARBAGE PRINCE<br />
AKA: ROSKISPRINSSI<br />
Youth/Love-Story (100 min.)<br />
Language: Finish with english subtitles<br />
Director: Raimo O. Niemi<br />
Writer: Juuli Niemi (based on the novel<br />
ROSKISPRINSSI by Tuja Lethinen)<br />
Co-Production Partners: Flimmer Film,<br />
Filmfondet FUZZ<br />
Producer: Markku Fink<br />
Key Cast: Jon-Jon Geitel, Pihla<br />
Maalismaa!, Heikki Silvennoinen, Kristiina<br />
Elstelí€, Milla Kaitalahti, Antti Virmavirta,<br />
Marjaana Maijala, Katariina Kaitue, Kari<br />
Heiskanen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland/Norway<br />
19-year old Jed’s life is perfect, almost too<br />
perfect. Successful parents, lots of friends<br />
and success at school promise him a rosy<br />
future. However...Jed doesn’t know what<br />
he wants in life. Fed up by his parents’<br />
career directions, Jed decides to leave it all<br />
behind. Without a plan, he gets on a train<br />
and ends up in a small town in Finland,<br />
where he meets Lulu...<br />
AMERICA<br />
AKA: AMÉRICA<br />
Drama/Thriller (90 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish & English with English<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Sonia Fritz<br />
Writer: Sonia Fritz, Miguel Machalski,<br />
Lymari Nadal<br />
Executive Producer: Edward James Olmos,<br />
Sonia Fritz, Lymari Nadal, Nadia<br />
Barbarossa<br />
Producer: Frances Lausell<br />
Key Cast: Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias,<br />
Edward James Olmos, Rachel Ticotin, Luz<br />
María Rondón, Michael Stuart, Frank<br />
Peroro, Tony Plana, Teresa Herní¡ndez,<br />
James Callis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Puerto Rico<br />
América, a young beautiful mother who<br />
lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers<br />
the hardest hit when her abusive lover<br />
takes their daughter from her. Fury and fear<br />
push her to run away. In her new life as a<br />
nanny in New York City, with support from<br />
relatives and other Latinas, America finds<br />
comfort and hope. When she dares to<br />
dream of a life without violence, reality<br />
hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her<br />
story?<br />
THE TEQUILA EFFECT<br />
AKA: EL EFECTO TEQUILA<br />
Drama (100 )<br />
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles<br />
Director: León Serment<br />
Writer: León Serment Writer: León<br />
Serment, Reyes Bercini, Patricio Saiz<br />
Co-Production Partners: Taller de Luz,<br />
Producciones S.A. de C.V.<br />
Producer: Adriana Rosique Manjarrez<br />
Key Cast: Eduardo Victoria, Karla Souza,<br />
José María Torres, Julio Casado, Juan<br />
Carlos Colombo, José Alonso, Víctor<br />
Civeira, Julií¡n Pastor, Héctor Kotsifakis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Ambitious young stockbroker Jose Fierro is<br />
tempted by investing in his own pockets.<br />
Caught by his boss, he gets involved much<br />
deeper in illicit financial dealings. He must<br />
fight against powerful political and economic<br />
issues, not only for his carrier, but<br />
also for his family’s fate. While the whole<br />
nation’s future is heading for a disaster...<br />
(Sao Paulo IFF (in competition),<br />
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BEHOLD THE LAMB<br />
Drama (95 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John McIlduff<br />
Writer: John McIlduff<br />
Executive Producer: Katherine Butler,<br />
Cathie McKimm, Andrew Reid<br />
Producer: Kevin Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Aoife Duffin, Nigel O’Neill,<br />
Michael Mason, Marta McIlduff, Barry<br />
Etherson, Sandra Ni Bhrion, Rose<br />
Henderson, Paddy Rocks, Oisin Murray,<br />
Shaun Paul McGrath<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
In order to save the neck of his junkie son,<br />
Eddie, a depressed accountant agrees to a<br />
mysterious pick up accompanied by Liz,<br />
his son’s girlfriend. In between moments of<br />
unexpected heroism and sporadic bird<br />
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watching, Eddie’s dysfunctional humanity<br />
connects with Liz’s tortured past and a kind<br />
of healing begins.<br />
SNEAKERS<br />
AKA: KETCOVE<br />
Drama/Youth (105 min.)<br />
Language: Bulgarien with English subtitles<br />
Director: Valery Yordanov<br />
Writer: Valery Yordanov<br />
Producer: Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov<br />
Key Cast: Ina Nikolova, Ivan Barnev, Ivo<br />
Arakov, Philip Avramov, Vasil Draganov,<br />
Valeri Yordanov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Bulgaria<br />
Six young people escape from their failures<br />
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- in families, love, money, ambitions. They<br />
escape from the aggression of the City to<br />
East of Hell - to the point farthest away, the<br />
seacoast. The clean beach brings them<br />
together to reopen hope in them all. But is<br />
such an escape at all possible?<br />
MESH (WALKING)<br />
AKA: MES<br />
Drama (90 min.)<br />
Language: Turkish and Kurdish with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Shiar Abdi<br />
Writer: Shiar Abdi, Selamo<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sim Produktion &<br />
SoundVision<br />
Producer: Selamo<br />
Key Cast: Selamo, Abdullah Ado,<br />
Nují®yan Kí?lgí?, M. Salí®h Kilgi, Filiz<br />
Abeí?, Naí®f Elmas, Bí?nyamin Keyik,<br />
Hí?seyin Akgí?ndí?z, Tí?lay Musiki<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Turkey/Germany<br />
Xelilo, a disturbed man, walks endlessly<br />
through the streets of the Kurdish village in<br />
the south east of Turkey. He is curiously<br />
being noticed by Cengo, a 12 year old boy,<br />
selling chewing gum. Their poor but carefree<br />
lives take a sudden turn, when the<br />
Turkish military takes power in 1980. The<br />
curfew and the resistance of the people<br />
become the centre of their lives with dramatic<br />
consequences<br />
LOVE ACTUALLY... SUCKS<br />
Love-Stories/Drama<br />
Language: Cantonese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Scud<br />
Writer: Scud<br />
Co-Production Partners: Artwalker<br />
Producer: Scud<br />
Key Cast: Osman Hung, Linda So , Winnie<br />
Leung, John Tai, Jacky Chow, Tang Wei,<br />
Sherry Li, Christepher Wee, Celia Chan ,<br />
Loraine Xu, Alice Chen, Ryo van Kooten,<br />
Haze Leung, Betty Owen<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011/2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Love is life, life as it is. Not every love<br />
story is a fairy tale. After a dramatic wedding<br />
feast, unusual love stories unfold<br />
towards unexpected endings. Inspired by<br />
real life cases, LOVE ACUTALLY...<br />
SUCKS is about love that gone bad: a<br />
brother and sister in love but caught by the<br />
mother, a married painter falls for his<br />
young life drawing model of same sex, an<br />
intimacy between a dance school teacher<br />
and his rich but senior student, a lesbian<br />
couple one of which has role-play paranoid,<br />
a dreadful love triangle ending with<br />
the girl being beheaded...LOVE ACUTAL-<br />
LY... SUCKS celebrates love that no one<br />
care but actual life is love, love as it is.<br />
TICKET TO PARADISE<br />
AKA: BOLETO AL PARAÍSO<br />
Drama (84)<br />
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles<br />
Director: Gerardo Chijona<br />
Writer: Gerardo Chijona, Francisco García,<br />
Maykel Rodríguez<br />
Co-Production Partners: ICAIC Productora<br />
Cinematogrí¡fica (Cuba), Malas<br />
Compaí±ías P.C., S.L. (Spain)<br />
Producer: Camilo Vives, Antonio Hens<br />
Key Cast: Miriel Cejas, Héctor Medina,<br />
Luís Alberto García , Jorge Perugorría,<br />
Alberto Pujols, Enrique Molina<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Cuba/Spain/Venezuela<br />
Three teenage Cuban runaways meet at a<br />
crossroad. They have no family. They have<br />
no money. But they have a plan: to buy a<br />
ticket which may lead them to a promising<br />
place, their paradise on earth: the sanatorium!<br />
Will the ticket be their salvation or<br />
will they be forever lost? (Sundance 2011 -<br />
in competition!)<br />
ROMEOS<br />
Love-Story (94)<br />
Language: German with English Subtitles<br />
Director: Sabine Bernardi<br />
Writer: Sabine Bernardi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Boogiefilm in coproduction<br />
with ZDF - Das Kleine<br />
Fernsehspiel<br />
Producer: Kristina Líbbert & Janna Velber<br />
Key Cast: Lukas: Rick Okon Fabio:<br />
Maximilian Befort Ine: Liv Lisa Fries<br />
Sven: Felix Brocke Annette: Silke Geertz<br />
Mr. Boeken: Gilles Tschuli Luka’s mother:<br />
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Schwab Leila: Tessa Lukat<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Handsome 20-years-old Lukas moves to<br />
the big city. Full of the zest for life, he<br />
meets the macho-driven Fabio, who seems<br />
to personify everything he wants to be. The<br />
attraction between both gradually develops,<br />
but how much are they up to risk for their<br />
feelings, when Lucas has to reveal his<br />
identity? (Berlin Intl. Film Festival -<br />
Panorama Section)<br />
THE EDUCATION<br />
AKA: DIE AUSBILDUNG<br />
Drama (85)<br />
Language: German with English Subtitles<br />
Director: Dirk Lí?tter<br />
Writer: Dirk Lí?tter<br />
Co-Production Partners: unafilm in co-production<br />
with WDR, supportd by<br />
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen<br />
Producer: Titus Kreyenberg<br />
Key Cast: Jan: Joseph K. Bundschuh<br />
Jenny: Anke Retzlaff Tobias: Stefan Rudolf<br />
Susanne: Dagmar Sachse Mother: Anja<br />
Beatrice Kaul Father: Frank Voß<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Jan is currently completing his last year of<br />
job training. He wants to please everybody.<br />
But that becomes increasingly hard. The<br />
pressure on Jan and his colleagues is constantly<br />
growing, due to the restructuring of<br />
the company. Frustrated and stressed, Jan<br />
seeks solace in fast cars and retail therapy.<br />
When Jenny joins the company as a temporary<br />
employee, a fresh love blooms. But<br />
Jenny’s stay is short. Jan is caught in his<br />
inability to make decisions, in his fear to<br />
loose his job, his love and his status ...<br />
(Berlin Intl. Film Festival (winner of DIA-<br />
LOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE PRIZE))<br />
PATANG (THE KITE)<br />
AKA: THE KITE<br />
Family (93 (New Director’s Cut))<br />
Language: Hindi & English<br />
Director: Prashant Bhargava<br />
Writer: Prashant Bhargava<br />
Producer: Vijay Bhargava, Jaideep Punjabi<br />
Key Cast: Seema Biswas, Nawazuddin<br />
Siddiqui, Sugandha Garg, Mukund Shukla,<br />
Aakash Maherya, Hamid Shaikh<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA/India<br />
A poetic journey to the old city of<br />
Ahmedabad, THE KITE weaves together<br />
the stories of six people transformed by the<br />
energy of India’s largest kite festival. Every<br />
year a million kites fill the skies above<br />
Ahmedabad-dueling, soaring, tumbling and<br />
flying high. When a successful Delhi businessman<br />
takes his daughter on a surprise<br />
trip back to his childhood home for the festival,<br />
an entire family has to confront its<br />
own fractured past and fragile dreams.<br />
Music and fireworks, food and laughter, a<br />
kaleidoscope of color and light, the magic<br />
of the kite flying high - a traditional recipe<br />
of healing and renewal. With naturalistic<br />
performances from actors and non-actors<br />
alike, bold, lyrical editing, vibrant cinematography<br />
and a kinetic score, THE KITE<br />
delights the senses and nourishes the spirit.<br />
(Berlin IFF, Tribeca FF (WORLD NAR-<br />
RATIVE COMPETITION))<br />
MALU ON A BICYCLE<br />
AKA: MALU DE BICICLETA<br />
Romance/Drama (90)<br />
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Flí¡vio Ramos Tambellini<br />
Writer: Marcello Rubens Paiva, Joao<br />
Avelino<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tambellini Filmes<br />
Producer: Flí¡vio Ramos Tambellini<br />
Key Cast: Marcelo Serrado, Fernanda de<br />
Freitas, Marjorie Estiano, Otí¡vio Martins,<br />
Daniela Galli, Maria Manoella, Marcos<br />
Cesana<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Brazil<br />
Womanizer Luiz Mario, a nightclub owner,<br />
lives a frenetic life. Everything changes<br />
when beautiful Malu runs into him with her<br />
bicycle in Copacabana. Head-over-heels he<br />
falls in love. But their passionate romance<br />
is abruptly thrown into disarray when an<br />
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enigmatic love letter is discovered... (Rio<br />
de Janeiro Intl. Film Festival 2010 (in competition))<br />
THE LIVING WAKE<br />
Comedy (92)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sol Tryon<br />
Writer: Peter Kline<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mangusta<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Sigrid Ami Ankin, Chadwick<br />
Clough, Peter Kline, Mike O-Connell, Sol<br />
Tryon<br />
Key Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mike<br />
O’Connell, Jim Gaffigan, Ann Dowd,<br />
Eddie Pepitone, Jill Larson, Clay Allen,<br />
Ami Ankin, Harlan Baker, Byron Brown,<br />
Rebecca Comerford<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jesse Eisenberg, 2011 Academy Award<br />
nominee for THE SOCIAL NETWORK,<br />
starring in a comedy set in a timeless storybook<br />
universe. Self-proclaimed artist and<br />
genius, K. Roth Binew has one day to live.<br />
He has enlisted his best and only friend,<br />
Mills Joquin, to help him in a final attempt<br />
to probe life’s deepest mysteries. Binew<br />
endures one ridiculous trial after the next.<br />
He concludes his last day by gathering<br />
friends and enemies for a final performance,<br />
his living wake.<br />
2012 - TIME FOR CHANGE<br />
Documentary (Music) (85)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joí£o Amorim<br />
Co-Production Partners: angusta<br />
Productions in co-production with Curious<br />
Pictures and Postmodern Times<br />
Producer: Giancarlo Canavesio, Sol Tryon<br />
Key Cast: David Lynch, Sting, Ellen Page,<br />
Gilberto Gil, uckminster Fuller, Maharishi<br />
Mahatma Yogi , Terrence Mckenna, Dean<br />
Radin, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Maude<br />
Barlow, John Tod, Paul Stamets<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An optimistic alternative to apocalyptic<br />
doom and gloom views on our environ-<br />
ment. This documentary of Emmy Award<br />
nominee Joí£o Amorim presents ways to<br />
rapidly transform our unsustainable society<br />
into a regenerative planetary culture<br />
through a change of consciousness and the<br />
systemic implementation of ecological<br />
design. Featuring among others Sting,<br />
David Lynch, Ellen Page and Gilberto Gil.<br />
BEING IN THE WORLD<br />
Documentary (Music) (80)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tao Ruspoli<br />
Writer: Tao Ruspoli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mangusta<br />
Producer: Giancarlo Canavesio, Sol Tryon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A celebration of human beings and our<br />
ability, through the mastery of physical,<br />
intellectual and creative skills, to find<br />
meaning in the world around us. Some of<br />
our most renowned philosophers take us on<br />
a gripping journey to meet modern day<br />
masters, in fields like sports, music, craft<br />
and cooking, and show us how our technological<br />
age threatens to make skills and<br />
expertise obsolete. (Audience Award<br />
Brooklyn IFF, Best Documentary Vail FF)<br />
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MEI AH<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
GROUP LTD.<br />
Mei Ah Entertainment Group Ltd., Mei Ah<br />
Centre, 28 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan<br />
O Industrial Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong,<br />
Hong Kong, Hong kong, Tel:<br />
(852)2751.3388. Fax: (852)2799.3643.<br />
http://www.meiah.com E-mail: webmaster@meiah.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Sara Law (VP - Distribution),<br />
Winnie Chan (Distribution Executive)<br />
Office: Marriott 262, Tel: +49.30.22000 -<br />
1132<br />
WINDSEEKER<br />
Action Drama<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Alan Mak Score a Hockey Musical - New Films International<br />
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Writer: Felix Chong<br />
Key Cast: Tony LEUNG, Xun ZHOU,<br />
Mini YANG<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: HONG KONG<br />
Things don’t always go as your eyes see<br />
while truth’s always hidden underneath. In<br />
1950s, the China Republic Government is<br />
newly established. Revolutionists in different<br />
parts of China seek chances to revolt.<br />
Everywhere is restless and chaotic. 701<br />
Headquarter, consists of Inspection,<br />
Interpretation and Operation, is set up to<br />
spy conspiracy through telegraph. But one<br />
day in October, all of a sudden, the enemy<br />
shut down 126 military channels for 30<br />
hours. After these long hours, when they<br />
tune back the channels, only daily news is<br />
being broadcasted. Without concrete information,<br />
operators at the frontline are at<br />
risk. Chang Xue-ning is of Operation’s.<br />
She is sent back to the Headquarter as her<br />
identity has been disclosed in Hong Kong.<br />
Reporting in 701, she is astonished by her<br />
supervisor, Guo Zhong-xing, who used to<br />
woo her. Their relation is still a mystery.<br />
Xue-ning’s new mission is to seek for worthy<br />
who gets superb aural comprehension.<br />
She targets Luo San-er, the piano tuner of<br />
Song Qing Ling but it turns out she brings<br />
Luo’s personal assistant, He Bing to report<br />
duty. Bing is uncivilized and blind but his<br />
hearing is splendid - can even hear the<br />
wind. Is he strong enough to be the saviour<br />
in this silent war?<br />
WU DANG<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Patrick LEUNG<br />
Key Cast: Vincent CHIU, Dennis TO,<br />
Louis Fan, Mini Yang<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
In early Republican China, rumors were<br />
going around about the treasure in Wudang<br />
Mountain. An American conspirator took<br />
his well-trained kung fu daughter to<br />
Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts<br />
competition, to steal the treasure. Out of<br />
expectation, a disciple represented Wudang<br />
to compete with other martial arts masters<br />
for the championship. During the competition,<br />
resentment incurred against different<br />
parties, the relationship became complicated,<br />
a Korean female Tai Chi descendant<br />
fell in love with the American conspirator<br />
and the secret of the treasure had been<br />
revealed. The treasure is the key of the<br />
magnetic field of Wudang, if it’s stolen,<br />
Wudang would be devastated. To protect<br />
Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied<br />
around to defeat grant masters. It’s the time<br />
the long-lost Wudang martial arts<br />
returned...<br />
THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF MIRROR<br />
LAKE<br />
Martial Arts (115)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Herman YAU<br />
Key Cast: Crystal Huang, Dennis TO,<br />
Anthony Wong, Xin Xin XIONG<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: HONG KONG/CHINA<br />
Qiu Jin - the first female revolutionist in<br />
Chinese history. Based on real Chinese history<br />
during the period around 1900 and is<br />
about the famous female revolutionist QIU<br />
JIN, who was also a kung fu master. The<br />
movie depicts how she was influenced by<br />
another revolutionist starred by Dennis To<br />
and became a brave woman with the ultimate<br />
aim to transform China. The revolution<br />
was failed at the end and QIU JIN was<br />
executed at the age of 31.<br />
THE GRANDMASTERS<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Director: Kar-wai WONG<br />
Producer: Kar-wai WONG, Jacky PANG<br />
Key Cast: Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai,<br />
ZHANG Zi-yi, ZHANG Zhen , SONG<br />
Hye-kyo, ZHAO Ben-shan, WANG Xingchang<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
With martial arts becoming more popular<br />
in the Thirties, more people seek to learn<br />
them via the professionals at Foshan in<br />
Southern China. Some of the experienced<br />
masters like to challenge their counterparts<br />
and undergoing battles. To have their<br />
whole concentration, it is their practice to<br />
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lock up the venues and no one is allowed<br />
to leave during battles. No food and no rest<br />
before reaching any results. Ip Man is a<br />
young rich man extremely talented in martial<br />
arts, but he chooses to keep a low profile.<br />
Yet this doesn’t keep him out of these<br />
troubles ahead. One day he is trapped in<br />
this battleground so he has to use every<br />
means in order to get out of there. The<br />
masters are amazed by his abilities. Master<br />
Kung and his daughter Kung Yi are<br />
amongst, and the latter is attracted to this<br />
newcomer. A high warlord originally from<br />
the North comes to Foshan. He has brought<br />
many masters with him in order to hide his<br />
true agenda. At the same battleground<br />
where Ip Man is trapped, he is suddenly<br />
assassinated by his own guard Yi Xian<br />
Tian. No one has a clue of why this happened.<br />
But Yi Xian Tian has already disappeared.<br />
Because of loyalty, the masters<br />
there vow to take revenge for the high warlord<br />
no matter what; Ip Man and Kung Yi<br />
start their journey to hunt down Yi Xian<br />
Tian...<br />
LADY KUNG FU<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Joe CHEUNG<br />
Writer: Man Lung HO<br />
Executive Producer: Si Yuan WU<br />
Key Cast: Jing BAI, Zhi Hua DONG, Kara<br />
HUI, Shao Qun YU, Collin CHOU<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: China<br />
The charming and pretty Wing Chun(Bai<br />
Jing) met a former Shaolin master, Ng Mui<br />
(Wai Ying Hung), who offers to train her in<br />
a unique form of close range combat.<br />
Javing trained for the requisite three<br />
months, she 0easily defeats Gao who<br />
forces her to marry with. Leung Bao Chou<br />
(Yu Shao Qun) is a handsome young scholar<br />
who has also been trained in martial arts<br />
by his parents (Yuen Wah and Yuen Chau,<br />
‘Kung Fu Hustle’). Intially, Bao Chou is<br />
put off by Wing Chun’s rambunctious<br />
ways, but a genuine romance soon develops<br />
between them. Imperial officer Lau<br />
Yam (Wai Tin Chee) leads his master, Kam<br />
Ying (Collin Chou), to Guangdong in pursuit<br />
of Ng Mui and the other Shaolin<br />
rebels. Though Kam Ying was once in love<br />
with Ng Mui, this doesn’t stop him from<br />
killing her comrades, and finally threatening<br />
Yim Wing Chun and her family. In a<br />
final showdown, Ng Mui proves no match<br />
for Kam Ying, and it is left to Wing Chun,<br />
helped by Bao Chou, to finally defeat this<br />
apparently invincible foe. Yim Wing Chun<br />
promises her master that she will disseminate<br />
the art to which she has given the<br />
name.<br />
LAN KWAI FONG<br />
Realistic (95)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Wilson CHIN<br />
Producer: Kin Hung NG<br />
Key Cast: Z.O. CHEN, Shiga LIN, Bonnie<br />
XIAN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: HONG KONG<br />
Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party<br />
location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs<br />
and bars. Everyone likes to go LKF<br />
for fun, one night stand or even true love.<br />
LKF had captured joys and sorrows of<br />
many... Steven and Jennifer had one night<br />
stand but they both could feel true love<br />
comes along. Unfortunately, misunderstanding<br />
tore them apart and Jennifer<br />
decided to disappear from LKF. After eight<br />
months, Steven was promoted to work at<br />
head office in Australia. He reunited with<br />
Jennifer again at his farewell party but<br />
Jennifer had already engaged with his boss.<br />
Can true love be found in this place? Or<br />
only sex is the way out of this place?<br />
LIVES IN FLAMES<br />
Musical Drama/ Coming-of-age<br />
Language: Catonese<br />
Director: Jacky Lee<br />
Writer: Lam Fung, Mark Wu<br />
Executive Producer: LI Kuo Hsing/NG Kin<br />
Hung<br />
Producer: NG Kin Hung<br />
Key Cast: (Mr. – Alan PO, Dash TAM, MJ<br />
TAM, Ronny LAI, Tom TO), Mag<br />
LAM,Michelle WAI, Jeana HO, Bonnie<br />
XIAN, CHAN Wai Man, Eva LAI,<br />
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Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Alan is a job hopper who just got fired at<br />
his fifth job in two years. His father has<br />
been hoping that he could take over the<br />
family business, but he insisted to create<br />
his own path even though he has no passion<br />
for everything. He ran into his high<br />
school bandmate – Dash. Dash has been<br />
working at a music store after graduation.<br />
Although Dash’s girlfriend Jeana doesn’t<br />
like what he’s doing, he’s still very happy<br />
as long as he’s surrounded by music. Dash<br />
invited Alan to join his band, but Alan has<br />
been dragging on this because he’s not<br />
enthusiastic about music. Until he saw<br />
Meg, the lead singer whom he loves at first<br />
sight, he decided to join the band…<br />
INFINITE DIMENSION (WORKING<br />
TITLE)<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Leung-Tim CHEUNG, Jonathan<br />
LI, Danny WONG<br />
Producer: Wilson YIP, Alan MAK, Soi<br />
CHEANG<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: HONG KONG<br />
Produced by three renowned directors<br />
Wilson Yip (“Ip man 1 & 2”, “Flash<br />
Point”), Alan MAK (“Overheard”,<br />
“Infernal Affairs - Trilogy”) Soi Cheang<br />
(“Accident”, “Love Battlefield”), thrust<br />
you into three mysterious world for an<br />
extraordinary thriller journey. A girl lives in<br />
psychiatric hospital has the ability to see<br />
devil. One day, she finally met a guy who<br />
understands and believe in her ability, but it<br />
turns out this man is not actually a human<br />
being... A man debtor died from accident<br />
came back to life from coffin, to look for<br />
his creditor who has taken away one thing<br />
that matter the most to him... Since heart<br />
transplantation from a serial killer, the<br />
desire to kill has been eroding a man’s<br />
mind. One night, he finally loses control of<br />
the desire and attempt to murder a girl with<br />
scar on her face....<br />
MISSION PICTURES<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Mission Pictures International, 15363<br />
Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406 USA,<br />
Tel:1.818.907.8700. Fax: 1.818.907.8719.<br />
www.missionpicsintl.com E-mail:<br />
laura@missionpicsintl.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Chevonne O’Shaughnessy<br />
(President), Cindy Bond (President), Laura<br />
Voros (VP of Foreign Sales)<br />
Office: MGB, IFTA Pavilion #A2<br />
CRISTIADA<br />
Drama/History/War (150 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dean Wright<br />
Writer: Michael Love<br />
Producer: Pablo Jose Barroso<br />
Key Cast: Oscar Isaac, Eva Longoria, Andy<br />
Garcia, Peter O’Toole<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-<br />
1929), which was touched off by a rebellion<br />
against the Mexican government’s<br />
attempt to secularize the country.<br />
HARDFLIP<br />
Action / Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Johnny Remo<br />
Writer: Johnny Remo<br />
Producer: Johnny Remo<br />
Key Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Matthew Ziff,<br />
John Schneider<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
It is a story of what can happen when we<br />
let go of our anger and pain and willingness<br />
to forgive those whove hurt us most,<br />
just as God forgives us.<br />
THE LEGEND OF THE TREASURE<br />
Adventure / Family (90 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Hugo Rodríguez<br />
Writer: Michael Love<br />
Producer: Pablo Jose Barroso<br />
Key Cast: Adrian Alonso, Mauricio Kuri,<br />
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John Rhys-Davies<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Erik is a twelve year old boy whose passion<br />
revolves between his lovely friend,<br />
Andrea and a master’s skill for skateboarding.<br />
His family has financial troubles and is<br />
about to loose the family business. Erik,<br />
himself has his share of problems when the<br />
local gang tries to make him a part of their<br />
deals. Erik can take care of himself, but not<br />
Omar, Andrea’s kid brother, who becomes<br />
the target of the day for the gang... Erik<br />
can’t help but save the day to impress<br />
Andrea, but while at it ends up with Deik,<br />
the leader following them into a dark warehouse.<br />
In it, the kids have a curious<br />
encounter of sorts when they come upon a<br />
murder. Nathan, a sacred art dealer, has just<br />
killed Cliserio, a historian, in order to rob a<br />
map that promises to lead him to Hidalgo’s<br />
lost treasure. But before Cliserio expires,<br />
he manages to rip the map and his half end<br />
up in Erik’s backpack. Nathan has seen the<br />
kids and he knows that they have his other<br />
half of the map<br />
THE GREATEST MIRACLE<br />
Animation (70 min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Director: Bruce Morris<br />
Writer: Luis De Velasco<br />
Producer: Pablo Jose Barroso<br />
Key Cast: JB Blanc, Bryan Brems, Mari<br />
Devon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
A constant struggle between good and evil<br />
ending in a triumphant victory of Faith.<br />
GUADALUPE<br />
Drama (94 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Santiago Parra<br />
Writer: Tesse Gutierrez de Picazo<br />
Executive Producer: Laia Coll<br />
Producer: Pablo Jose Barroso<br />
Key Cast: José Carlos Ruiz Pedro<br />
Armendáriz Jr. Angélica Aragón<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
The power of Guadalupe’s image is as<br />
powerful today as it was 500 years ago.<br />
MONTECRISTO<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
MonteCristo International Entertainment,<br />
459 Columbus Avenue - Suite 334 , New<br />
York City, New York 10024 USA, Tel:<br />
+1.917.647.7587. Fax: +1.917.677.8300.<br />
www.MonteCristoEntertainment.com Email:<br />
Sales@MonteCristoEntertainment.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Cindy Nelson-Mullen (Co-CEO,<br />
Sales & Acquisitions Executive), Michael<br />
Taverna (Co-CEO/Production)<br />
Office: Martin Gropius Bau - Stand #15,<br />
Tel: 1.917.647.7587 Fax: 1.917.677.8300<br />
APARTMENT 1303 3-D<br />
Horror (90m)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Taverna<br />
Writer: Michael Taverna, Jim Steele<br />
Executive Producer: Cindy Nelson-Mullen,<br />
Jim Steele, Scott Rosenfelt, David<br />
Shoshan,<br />
Producer: The MonteCristo Fund<br />
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Rebecca De<br />
Mornay, Julianne Michelle, John Diehl &<br />
Corey Sevier<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A love/hate relationship between and mother<br />
and daughter turns into a tale of horror.<br />
OCCUPANT<br />
Thriller (84 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Henry Miller<br />
Writer: Jonathan Brett<br />
Executive Producer: Susan Siedelman<br />
Producer: Michelle Kalsi, Susan Dickey<br />
MacArthur, Ed Martin, Blair Rosenfeld,<br />
Jonathan Brett<br />
Key Cast: Van Hansis, Cody Horn &<br />
Thorsten Kaye<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Danyy Hill’s grandmother just died giving<br />
the 25-year-old the chance to move into her<br />
enormous rent controlled apartment in<br />
Manhattan. Danny must lock himself in for<br />
twelve days before he can take over the<br />
lease. There’s just one problem - he may<br />
not be the only occupant.<br />
EL MEDICO: THE CUBATON STORY<br />
Documentary (85 min)<br />
Language: English & Spanish<br />
Director: Daniel Fridell<br />
Producer: Thomas Allercrantz<br />
Key Cast: Raynier Casamayor Grinan,<br />
Michel Miglis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Cuba, Sweden, Finland, Estonia<br />
EL MEDICO is the story of a young doctor<br />
in Cuba who would like to bring healing to<br />
his people with his music. His dream of<br />
being an artist seem to come true when he<br />
meets Michel, an unscrupulous European<br />
producer who sees El Medico as a potential<br />
star. However, after their first hit, the<br />
Cuban doctor’s dreams clash with his<br />
ideals and those of the Revolution.<br />
PETER: A PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL<br />
KILLER<br />
Drama (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Skip Kite<br />
Writer: Skip Kite<br />
Producer: Sanjay Kumar<br />
Key Cast: Walt Kissack, Nicholas Ball, Lee<br />
Nicholas Harris<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A unique journey into the mind of Peter<br />
Sutcliffe “The Yorkshire Ripper.”<br />
THE DUEL<br />
AKA: GAME TIME<br />
Action/Sports (105 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Diago Hallivis<br />
Writer: Alberto Veloso<br />
Producer: Julio Hallivis<br />
Key Cast: Phil Haus, Jason Hurt, Noelle<br />
Mihalinec<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
With a fresh start, trying to escape an abusive<br />
past, Vance and his mother have just<br />
moved to a new city. Searching for a way<br />
to support his family while continuing his<br />
education he joins forces with Jules, who is<br />
looking for a highly skilled, basketball duel<br />
partner. With their impressive talent these<br />
two start cleaning the streets, winning<br />
every duel in town. Once word spreads<br />
they’re invited to enter the ultra-violent,<br />
competitive duel championship. With high<br />
hopes for the win they’ll do whatever it<br />
takes to walk off the court the new champions.<br />
MOONSTONE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box 7400,<br />
Studio City, CA 91614 USA, Tel:<br />
1.818.985.3003 Fax: 1.818.985.3009.<br />
www.moonstonefilms.com E-mail:<br />
etchie@moonstonefilms.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Mr. Etchie Stroh (CEO), Mrs.<br />
Yael Stroh (President), Mr. Michael Grant<br />
(Director Production & Marketing), Mr.<br />
Shahar Stroh (Director Development &<br />
Acquisitions)<br />
Office: Maritim Hotel, Suite 8002, Tel:<br />
+49.30.2065.0<br />
RECALL<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Harold Becker<br />
Writer: Paul Schrader<br />
Producer: Etchie Stroh, Robert Katz<br />
Key Cast: Clive Owen<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA / Bulgaria<br />
A mission gone wrong, a crime covered up<br />
nightmare or reality?<br />
FRENCH IMMERSION<br />
Comedy (98)<br />
Language: English, French<br />
Director: Kevin Tierney<br />
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Writer: Jefferson Lewis, Kevin Tierney<br />
Producer: Claude Bonin, Kevin Tierney<br />
Key Cast: Karine Vanasse, Olunike<br />
Adeliyi, Martha Burns<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Five Anglo-Canadians find themselves in a<br />
two week total immersion French program<br />
in a remote town in Northern Quebec.<br />
FAVELA<br />
Action / Thriller<br />
Director: Isaac Florentine<br />
Writer: Yan T. Parazi<br />
Producer: Etchie Stroh<br />
Key Cast: Scott Adkins<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Brazil<br />
Meet Chapman - an ex-marine in Brazil’s<br />
slums, battling the yakuza outfit who murdered<br />
his sister.<br />
MOUNTAINROAD<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
GROUP<br />
MountainRoad Entertainment Group,<br />
Bergweg 12, Hilversum, 1221 SE The<br />
Netherlands, Tel: 0031(0)653.948.986.<br />
www.mountainroad.nl E-mail: sjef@mountainroad.nl<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Sjef Scholte (CEO), Danielle<br />
Raaphorst on behalf of Incredible Film<br />
Office: MGB: Eye Film Institute Stand<br />
number: 09, Tel: 0031(0)653.948.986<br />
PENNY’S SHADOW<br />
Family (104)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Steven de Jong<br />
Writer: Lars Boom<br />
Producer: Klaas de Jong<br />
Key Cast: Levi van Kempen Lisa Sips<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
The black stallion Shadow survived an<br />
accident years ago in which his rider, Kai’s<br />
mother, died. Kai, now a boy of 18, has no<br />
relationship with this heavily traumatized<br />
and unreliable horse. When Lisa (17) stays<br />
on his fathers farm camp during the summer<br />
holidays she is convinced that she can<br />
help Kai to train Shadow. But Kai sees<br />
nothing in her plans…<br />
BENNIE BRAT<br />
AKA: BENNIE STOUT<br />
Family (88)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Johan Nijenhuis<br />
Writer: Wijo Koek<br />
Producer: Klaas de Jong, Johan Nijenhuis<br />
& Bernard Tulp<br />
Key Cast: Koen Dobbelaer (BENNIE)<br />
Hanna Verboom Koert-Jan de Bruijn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Bennie Brat is called a naughty boy.<br />
Bennie is just playing but he sure creates<br />
havoc in his neighborhood, because things<br />
always seem to go wrong… His teacher,<br />
his mother, even his big brother Steven<br />
find that all he does is cause trouble. It’s<br />
winter during The Great Depression of the<br />
1930’s. Bennie lives in a tiny house with<br />
his mom and his brother. Bennie’s father, a<br />
fisherman, is at work far away in a Spanish<br />
port. He wishes for his dad to come home<br />
soon, that would make life better. But when<br />
the fishing ships from Spain are finally<br />
docking in the village harbor his dad is not<br />
there... Bennie has to be without his father<br />
during the whole of the winter and dad<br />
won’t be there for the Saint Nicolas celebrations,<br />
the best time of the year! Unless<br />
Bennie comes up with a really good plan.<br />
It has been a long tradition, that the good<br />
Saint Nicolas brings presents to all the well<br />
behaved children in the world, but the<br />
naughty children have to be disciplined and<br />
are taken in old dusty bags by Saint<br />
Nicolas helpers, all the way to Spain… So<br />
all Bennie has to do now is to be the<br />
naughtiest boy the town has ever seen.<br />
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MULTIVISIONNAIRE<br />
PICTURES<br />
MultiVisionnaire Pictures, 3080 W. Valley<br />
Blvd., Suite B, Alhambra, CA 91803 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.626.737.8357 Fax: 1.626.737.8642.<br />
www.multivisionnaire.com E-mail: distribution@multivisionnaire.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Sean T, Haley (Managing<br />
Partner), Erika Kao-Haley (Managing<br />
Partner)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau Stand#109,<br />
Tel: +49(0)157.7778.6381<br />
PIRATE BROTHERS<br />
Action/Adventure/Martial Art (96 min)<br />
Language: English, Indonesian<br />
Director: Asun Mawardi<br />
Writer: Matthew Ryan Fischer, Douglas<br />
Galt, Asun Mawardi<br />
Producer: Asun Mawardi, Jimmy Djulianto,<br />
Gina Maria, Keith Brinksman<br />
Key Cast: Robin Shou, Imd Verdy<br />
Bhawanta, Marcio Fernando<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Indonesia<br />
Sunny and Verdy are orphan brothers, not<br />
by blood but by will. Life takes them down<br />
two completely different paths. Verdy is<br />
adopted by a wealthy family and inherits a<br />
powerful enterprise, and Sunny enters the<br />
pirate underworld. Years later Sunny and<br />
Verdy come face to face when Verdy’s<br />
fiancée is kidnapped by pirates. Reunited,<br />
they fight to save her and stop the international<br />
criminal scheme of the entire pirate<br />
operation.<br />
I AM BAD<br />
Thriller (83)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Rackoff<br />
Writer: David Rackoff<br />
Producer: Louise Runge, Samantha<br />
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Housman, Darren Brady<br />
Key Cast: Pauley Perrette, Taylor Dayne,<br />
Caprice Crawford, Wilson Heredia, Jaime<br />
Gomez<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
I am Bad is a voyeuristic rollercoaster<br />
experience of the life of a serial killer—<br />
seen through the eyes of the killer himself.<br />
He is forced to reconcile his romantic feelings<br />
for the woman he loves with his<br />
unstoppable bloodlust. The first person<br />
point of view gives us an intimate yet<br />
inescapable closeness to the bizarre and<br />
twisted world as he sees it.<br />
POWDER<br />
Music Drama (100 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Elliott<br />
Writer: Kevin Sampson<br />
Producer: David A. Hughes<br />
Key Cast: Liam Boyle, Alfie Allan, Al<br />
Weaver<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Powder is an authentic rock ‘n’ roll story<br />
based on the best-selling novel by Kevin<br />
Sampson. It captures all the energy and<br />
excitement of a band breaking through, following<br />
Liverpool band The Grams on an<br />
unflinching journey through the machinations<br />
of the music industry. Produced by<br />
the makers of AWAYDAYS, Powder will<br />
delight youthful audiences worldwide.<br />
THE ADORED<br />
Thriller/LGBT (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Carl Medland<br />
Writer: Jody Medland<br />
Producer: Carl Medland, Amarjeet Sadel<br />
Key Cast: Laura Martin Smith, Ione Butler,<br />
Jake Maskell, Caroline Burns Cooke<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: U.K.<br />
A struggling model thrown into depression<br />
by marital troubles and a major loss, Maia<br />
hopes that a session with prolific photographer<br />
Francesca Allman will rejuvenate her<br />
career. During the session, Francesca builds<br />
confidence in Maia but has to control her<br />
own obsessive desires. As they spend more<br />
time together, Maia becomes an object of<br />
Francesca’s obsession and things slowly<br />
spiral out of control. Maia also feels threatened<br />
by another presence in the house<br />
which Francesca cannot comprehend.<br />
Could this be their past coming back to<br />
haunt them?<br />
CASSEROLE CLUB<br />
Period Drama/Erotic/LGBT (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Balderson<br />
Writer: Frankie Kranz<br />
Producer: Steve Balderson<br />
Key Cast: Kevin Scott Richardson, Susan<br />
Traylor, Daniela Sea<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
1960’s era in Palm Springs, a group of<br />
close-knit and neighborly suburban housewives<br />
are bent on one-upping each other,<br />
trying to prove that each is “the hostess<br />
with the mostess.” They begin a recipe club<br />
and hold dinner parties to test out their new<br />
casseroles. The gatherings become increasingly<br />
focused on boozy flirtation, and more<br />
than recipes start getting swapped.<br />
JESSE<br />
Action (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Fred Carpenter<br />
Writer: Fred Carpenter, Joanne Tamburro<br />
Producer: Fred Carpenter, Joanne<br />
Tamburro, Dave Lipsky, MaryAnn<br />
Giannino<br />
Key Cast: Stephanie Finochio, William<br />
Forsythe, Eric Roberts, Armand Assante,<br />
Michael Wright, Anthony Trentecosta, Paul<br />
Vario, Mitchell Walters, Tamara Markowitz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Jesse Weinstein, a female police detective,<br />
has to deal with much more than her job.<br />
Jesse is a recovering alcoholic dealing with<br />
her ex-husband, her whacky mother, and a<br />
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derelict brother - who all add to her stress,<br />
and give Jesse more than enough reason to<br />
escape with a bottle. Her brother, involved<br />
with a seedy bunch of characters, some<br />
who are well connected in the organized<br />
crime scene, suddenly disappears and is<br />
assumed murdered. When the heat was on,<br />
he was backed into a corner by the mob<br />
leader and his henchman to pay up his<br />
gambling debt or else. His sudden disappearance<br />
leaves Jesse with a tangled mystery<br />
because she’s in the middle of investigating<br />
some cases that involve the same<br />
mob. With the Police Chief and the head of<br />
Internal Affairs breathing down Jesse’s<br />
neck, she starts to feel the pressure of having<br />
to stay on the right side of the law,<br />
while her instincts tell her otherwise. Jesse<br />
wrestles with turning vigilante, as she<br />
investigates her brother’s murder and<br />
enters a world of crime, corruption, and<br />
shocking deception.<br />
Big Mammas Boy - Media Luna New Films<br />
BIRTH OF A WARRIOR<br />
Action (80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gordon Waddell<br />
Writer: Ross Parini, Russell Cunningham,<br />
Frank Parini<br />
Co-Production Partners: Russell<br />
Cunningham, Anthony Salamon<br />
Producer: Russell Cunningham, Anthony<br />
Salamon<br />
Key Cast: Tonny White, Kee Chan, Patrick<br />
Thompson, Kate Ryerson, Chan Griffin,<br />
Rob Flanagan, Steve Morris, Matt Rudduck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A baby is abandoned by a shrouded woman<br />
on the steps of a temple. Under the careful<br />
eye of Master Tenzin the child, called<br />
White, is taught to live a disciple’s life.<br />
When a girl, Sierra, is taken in by the<br />
Master, the two orphans become close.<br />
Years later, thieves break into the Temple,<br />
stealing a powerful statue and kidnapping<br />
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Sierra. White must face the outside world<br />
for the first time, using his mastery of<br />
Kung Fu to retrieve the statue and rescue<br />
Sierra.<br />
SWEATY BEARDS<br />
Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy (84 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joakim Jardeby<br />
Writer: Joakim Jardeby<br />
Producer: Christian Sundqvist, Joakim Jard<br />
Key Cast: Tobias Lunqvist, Isabella<br />
Alveborg, Per Andersson, Marika<br />
Lagercrantz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Scandinavia in the year 968. Osvald, the<br />
cowardly Viking, and his brave but not too<br />
bright brother Sigtrygg, set out to avenge<br />
the murder of their father. As much as<br />
Osvald loves to be a hero, he detests putting<br />
himself at risk of any kind, and fears<br />
Perset Olale, the evil fin who murdered his<br />
father, even more. During a bar brawl,<br />
Osvald recklessly challenges the fiercest<br />
fighters in the known world, among them<br />
the murderer Perset, to a fight. It is decided<br />
the matter will be settled a tournament in<br />
the old Viking style; single combat to death<br />
on a small island. Whoever returns, wins.<br />
The next day Osvald wakes ridden with<br />
anxiety and questions: Will he become a<br />
Berserker? Will he survive this eight fighter-one<br />
survivor tournament? Will he win<br />
the heart of Hildegun, the love of his life?<br />
ZENITRAM<br />
Sci-Fi/Adventure (105 min)<br />
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles<br />
Director: Luis Barone<br />
Writer: Juan Sasturain, Liliana Escliarr,<br />
Jesus de la Vega, Luis Barone<br />
Producer: Alvaro Augustin, Tomas Cimade<br />
Key Cast: Jordi Molla, Juan Minujín,<br />
Steven Bauer, Daniel Fanego<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina<br />
It’s 2025 and water is scarce and monopolized<br />
around the world by corporations.<br />
One day, a poor government worker named<br />
Martinez meets a mysterious stranger, and<br />
in an instant the stranger gives him superhero<br />
powers — powers to fly and create<br />
water for the masses. Martinez becomes<br />
the superhero Zenitram and is hailed by the<br />
citizens of the nation. But his new found<br />
power comes with troubles and powerful<br />
people that want to get rid of him. The<br />
pressure of becoming a superhero<br />
overnight could get to anyone. Zenitram<br />
has to conquer his own demons and rescue<br />
the world!<br />
NO SAINTS FOR SINNERS<br />
Action (84 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nathan Frankowski<br />
Writer: Chris Benzoni, Rick Crawford,<br />
Nathan Frankowski, Kevin Miller<br />
Producer: Paul Geffre, Scott Byrns<br />
Key Cast: Rick Crawford, Keith David,<br />
James Cosmo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
IRA operative must escape Ireland to start<br />
a new life in America. But, he gets<br />
involved with the wrong friends and finds<br />
himself fighting for survival.<br />
FLESH AIR: SEXY GALS & HOT<br />
CARS<br />
Reality / Series (13 x 26 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott Richardson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Faulconbridge,<br />
Vision TV<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Hot cars and sexy girls this series brings<br />
your fantasy to life. Scott Richardson of<br />
Faulconbridge (Australia)-based production<br />
company Vision TV teams up with worldrenowned<br />
airbrush artist Wayne Harrison<br />
and celebrity photographer Dave Anderson<br />
to create a reality series about painted cars,<br />
painted bikes and painted girls. The master<br />
of airbrush transforms automobiles into<br />
masterpieces with his “fantasy murals.” He<br />
turns it up 10 notches and airbrushes beautiful<br />
fully-nude models to match the cars.<br />
David captures the beauty and the machine<br />
work of art with a photoshoot. You’ll see<br />
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Wayne and David struggle with deadlines,<br />
design elements, staff and family; but most<br />
importantly you’ll see gorgeous nude models<br />
tastefully and breathtakingly turned into<br />
snakes, robots, zombies and even have<br />
clothes painted on to match the sexy sports<br />
cars, custom hot rods, vintage automobiles,<br />
and motorcycles. This amazing new series<br />
is available for worldwide broadcasters in<br />
HD.<br />
2033<br />
Sci-Fi / Action /Feature (93 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Francisco Laresgoti<br />
Writer: Jordi Mariscal<br />
Producer: Jordi Mariscal<br />
Key Cast: Claudio Lafarga, Sandra<br />
Echeverria, Raul Mendez, Marco Trevino,<br />
Arianne Pellicer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
In 2033, Mexico City, society is controlled<br />
by a military regime. A young elitist joins<br />
the uprising to take it down.<br />
THE FOUR-FACED LIAR<br />
Romantic / Comedy - Feature (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jacob Chase<br />
Writer: Marja-Lewis Ryan<br />
Producer: Samantha Houseman<br />
Key Cast: Marja-Lewis Ryan, Emily Peck,<br />
Todd Kubrak, Liz Osborn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A romantic comedy about love, lies, friendships<br />
and heartbreaks for the twenty-somethings.<br />
KICKOFF<br />
Comedy/LGBT (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rikki Beadle- Blair<br />
Writer: Rikki Beadle- Blair<br />
Producer: Carleen Beadle<br />
Key Cast: Ian Sharp, Craig Storrod, Nathan<br />
Clough, Stephen Hoo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
What happens when the hardest team in the<br />
Sunday Soccer league comes up against a<br />
gay team and finds they’ve finally met<br />
their match?<br />
HAPPINESS RUNS<br />
Drama/Political/Reality (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Adam Sherman<br />
Writer: Adam Sherman<br />
Producer: Steven Israel<br />
Key Cast: Andie MacDowell, Hanna Hall,<br />
Rutger Hauer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A teenager living on a hippie commune<br />
overflowing with sex and drugs, tries to<br />
save himself.<br />
LITTLE BLUE PILL<br />
Comedy (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aaron Godfred<br />
Writer: Aaron Godfred<br />
Producer: Dave Szamet, Alex Ginno<br />
Key Cast: Aaron Kuban, Adam Carr, Rosie<br />
Tisch, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola,<br />
Jonathan Ahdout<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
Steven is about to have the hardest day of<br />
his life. After one too many Keg stands,<br />
Steven’s hangover won’t go away. His<br />
beautiful girlfriend tries to help, but things<br />
get worse when he accidentally takes two<br />
Little Blue Pills instead of painkillers. At<br />
the most important job interview of his life,<br />
he can’t shake his hard-on for the boss’s<br />
daughter. His doctor’s visit doesn’t help<br />
him go limp either. Meanwhile, the evil<br />
scientists at Phalitech, the sinister pharmaceutical<br />
giant, realize their creation the<br />
Erecta 2.0 formula comes with disastrous<br />
side effects. Stopping at nothing to cover<br />
up their heinous mistake, they must locate<br />
Steven and neutralize the problem before<br />
he can discredit their company. But that<br />
means Steven could lose his Manhood!<br />
GREEN GUYS<br />
Action/Drama - Feature (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cole Mueller<br />
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Writer: Cole Mueller<br />
Producer: Sean Meier<br />
Key Cast: Kris Lemche, Christopher<br />
Redman, William Ross, David J. Phillips<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Four young and fabulous Wall-Street hotshots<br />
create a Ponzi scheme to steal hundreds<br />
of millions from the Mexican mob.<br />
FAR AWAY EYES<br />
Action/Thriller (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stanley J. Orzel<br />
Writer: Stanley J. Orzel<br />
Producer: Maria Lo Orzel<br />
Key Cast: Will Yun Lee, Miguel Ferrer,<br />
Mercedes Renard, Hiro Hayama<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA-Hong Kong<br />
Four hitmen meet in Hong Kong to resolve<br />
some unfinished business. Over an elaborate<br />
meal, each of the highly skilled assassins<br />
brags and reminisces about their best<br />
hit in full detail. As the mood intensifies,<br />
lines are crossed and secrets are revealed.<br />
The evening’s course draws closer and<br />
closer to an end for one. Accusations fly,<br />
guns are drawn, and love reveals itself<br />
against a violent and brutal backdrop —<br />
while we exam the ultimate question, ‘what<br />
is the price of love?’<br />
LIZARD BOY<br />
Creature - Feature (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Della Pelle<br />
Writer: Bruce Brown, Paul Della Pelle<br />
Producer: Adonis Cruz<br />
Key Cast: Miranda Allgood, Domiziano<br />
Arcangeli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A geneticist creates his own son by combining<br />
lizard DNA with human DNA, but<br />
discovers fatherhood is now an extraordinary<br />
challenge.<br />
DEAD MATTER<br />
Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edward Douglas<br />
Writer: Tony Demci, Edward Douglas<br />
Producer: Edward Douglas, Gary Jones,<br />
Robert Kutzman<br />
Key Cast: Andrew Divoff, Jason Carter,<br />
Tom Savini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Vampire hunters fight to block a supernatural<br />
power from an evil villain and his control<br />
over the dead.<br />
DEAD AIR<br />
Action / Thriller (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Corbin Bernsen<br />
Writer: Kenneth Yakkel<br />
Producer: Chris Aronoff, Jesse Lawler,<br />
Corbin Bernsen<br />
Key Cast: Bill Moseley, Patricia Tallman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A popular radio talk show host at the<br />
ground zero of a terrorist bio-attack goes<br />
from reporting the devastating event live to<br />
participating in live combat.<br />
COST OF LOVE<br />
Drama/LGBT (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Carl Medland<br />
Writer: Carl Medland<br />
Producer: Amarjeet Signh<br />
Key Cast: Christopher Kelham, Michael<br />
Joyce, Frank Jakeman, Valmike Rampersad<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Dale is a male escort from London. Sexy,<br />
confident, full of attitude and imagination,<br />
he is the king of his domain. Some loathe<br />
him because they secretly want to be him;<br />
others secretly hire him. On the surface<br />
Dale seems to lead a very full life, but one<br />
major component is missing: love. He is<br />
secretly in love with his best friend Raj, a<br />
handsome and compassionate doctor who<br />
announces that he is getting married. Dale,<br />
shocked and despaired, turns to his friend<br />
Sean for answers, not knowing that Sean<br />
has strong feelings for him. Underneath the<br />
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glitz and fabulous makeup of his drag artist<br />
persona, Sean yearns for self-discovery and<br />
acceptance. They are all connected by their<br />
feelings which vary from friendship to love<br />
and lust, but at what cost?<br />
RESPIRE<br />
Horror / Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David A. Cross<br />
Writer: David A. Cross<br />
Producer: David A. Cross<br />
Key Cast: Mat Wright, Tracy Teague,<br />
Vince Eustace, Ellie Torrez<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The ancient Romans believed that a person’s<br />
last breath held the power to grant<br />
everlasting life. In the mid 1930’s, a scientist<br />
named Dr. Randolph Kaminsky supposedly<br />
discovered a way to harness that<br />
power. But before he could share his findings<br />
with the world, he was murdered and<br />
his research was thought to be lost forever.<br />
Flash forward to today, the box once<br />
owned by Dr. Kaminsky is discovered in<br />
an antique store. It captures the interest of<br />
two men: Raif Collins, who hopes that<br />
Kaminsky’s research can cure his dying<br />
sister, and Alex Poe, whose own motives<br />
are much more heinous. After learning<br />
about her own terminal cancer, antique<br />
shop owner Susan Jordan quickly becomes<br />
entangled in a violent, suspenseful struggle<br />
to obtain Kaminsky’s secret to eternal life.<br />
Hold your breath!<br />
AFFIRMATIVE ACT<br />
Drama - Feature (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jana Mattioli<br />
Writer: Kenneth Del Vecchio<br />
Producer: Kenneth Del Vecchio<br />
Key Cast: Eric Etebari, Charles Durning,<br />
Blanche Baker, Candice Holdorf, Elissa<br />
Goldstein, Justin Deas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Terry and Samantha Succi are happily married<br />
and raising a child—until they’re<br />
charged with fraud. Their ostensible crime?<br />
They are women posing as a heterosexual<br />
couple, and therefore are in violation of the<br />
state law that discriminates against gay<br />
partners and prohibits them from receiving<br />
the same rights and benefits accorded their<br />
straight counterparts. To make matters<br />
worse, the governor (six-time Emmy-winner<br />
Justin Deas) secretly arranges the trial<br />
to ensure they plead guilty in order to protect<br />
his politically expedient anti-gay marriage<br />
bill. But the women decide to fight<br />
and hire self-absorbed but top-notch attorney<br />
John DeMire (Eric Etebari, 2 Fast 2<br />
Furious, Witchblade, CSI Miami) to take<br />
the case to trial. What ensues is a riveting<br />
courtroom drama guaranteed to inflame the<br />
passions of the masses concerned with the<br />
most talked about social issue — the legalization<br />
of gay marriage. Also features twotime<br />
Academy Award nominee Charles<br />
Durning.<br />
P.U.P.<br />
AKA: Pretty Ugly People<br />
Comedy (99 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tate Taylor<br />
Writer: Tate Taylor<br />
Producer: Brunson Green, Sonya Lunsford,<br />
Josh Smith<br />
Key Cast: Missi Pyle, Jack Noseworthy,<br />
Melissa McCarthy, Allison Janney, Josh<br />
Hopkins, Octavia Spencer, Larry Sullivan,<br />
Phill Lewis, William Sander<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
Lucy (Missi Pyle) has battled obesity her<br />
entire life and with the ‘little time she has<br />
left,” she wants to spend a final weekend<br />
together with her best college friends like<br />
once remembered. Upon arriving, Lucy’s<br />
friends soon discover that, Lucy isn’t actually<br />
dying. On the flip side, Lucy soon<br />
realizes her friends are now a far cry from<br />
the “Pretty and Perfect” friends whom she<br />
had remembered and that her final wish<br />
wasn’t the best of ideas after all. The group<br />
soon finds themselves on a four-day hike<br />
stripped of modern conveniences and with<br />
no place to hide. The winding uphill trail<br />
brings to surface everyone’s inner demons<br />
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and fears, with each member of the group<br />
taking something away from the adventure<br />
that they could never have imagined.<br />
BOLD NATIVE<br />
Drama/Adventure (104 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Denis Henry Hennelly<br />
Writer: Denis Henery Hennelly<br />
Producer: Casey Suchan, Mary Pat Bentel<br />
Key Cast: Randy Mantooth, Joaquin<br />
Pastor, Sheila Vand, Jessica Hagan, Dianna<br />
Agron<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted<br />
by the United States government for<br />
domestic terrorism, emerges from the<br />
underground to coordinate a nationwide<br />
action as his estranged CEO father tries to<br />
find him before the FBI does. The film<br />
simultaneously follows a young woman<br />
who works for an animal welfare organization<br />
fighting within the system to establish<br />
more humane treatment of farmed animals.<br />
From abolitionists to welfarists, Bold<br />
Native takes on the issue of modern animal<br />
use and exploitation from several angles<br />
within the context of an adventure story.<br />
GUTTER KING<br />
Action (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Keith Alan Morris<br />
Writer: Keith Alan Morris<br />
Producer: Keith Alan Morris, Brian Herzig,<br />
Eric Pugh, Kendra Jones, Melissa Conrad,<br />
Nicole Abisinio<br />
Key Cast: Zeb Crown, Casey Clark, Erica<br />
Ramirez, Blake Logan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
True to life, bare-knuckles street fighting<br />
action. A troubled kid from juvenile hall<br />
gets a second chance to have a normal<br />
home with a new family — but his foster<br />
father and brother show him the way to the<br />
underground world of fight clubs to earn<br />
his keep. Having lived his whole life on the<br />
street, Will is a natural-born fighter and<br />
he’s the best, but his fantasy of a new nor-<br />
mal life begins to cave in when he discovers<br />
the dark side of competition - on the<br />
street and in his home. This is a story about<br />
love and betrayal.<br />
PLAYBACK<br />
Erotic Thriller (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: James Avallone<br />
Writer: James Avallone<br />
Producer: James Avallone, Gregory<br />
Hatanka<br />
Key Cast: Tiffany Bowyer, James Duval,<br />
Marcus Jean Pirae<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A detective / father investigates the murder<br />
of his estranged daughter, and finds a closet<br />
full of sex tapes and secrets.<br />
IMURDERS<br />
Suspense / Thriller - Feature (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robbie Bryan<br />
Writer: Robbie Bryan and Ken Del Vecchio<br />
Producer: Ken Del Vecchio<br />
Key Cast: William Forsythe, Gabrielle<br />
Anwar, Tony Todd, Charles Durning<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Members of an online social networking<br />
site soon discover they are involved in a<br />
deadly game of revenge.<br />
MYRIAD PICTURES<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Kirk D’Amico (President and<br />
Chief Executive Officer), Lisa Gutberlet<br />
(Vice President, Worldwide Distribution),<br />
Jeffrey Engelen (Senior Vice President,<br />
Distribution), Katie Irwin (Manager,<br />
Distribution), Amanda Dettrow (Manager,<br />
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SECONDS OF PLEASURE<br />
Sexy Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Figgis<br />
Writer: Neil LaBute<br />
Key Cast: Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser,<br />
Julia Stiles, Kristin Scott Thomas,<br />
Christina Hendricks<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A flight from Chicago to London brings<br />
five strangers together. As their secrets<br />
come to light the cracks running through<br />
their marriages and relationships are<br />
exposed, and new passions are ignited.<br />
CHAINED<br />
Psychological Thriller (98 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jennifer Lynch<br />
Key Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Julia<br />
Ormond, Eamon Farren, Gina Phillips<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Locked up as a servant for most of his life<br />
and forced to bury the bodies of his mentor’s<br />
victims, it is only in Tim’s late teens<br />
that he realizes he must learn to become a<br />
killer himself or never know freedom<br />
again.<br />
BREAKING THE GIRLS<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jamie Babbit<br />
Key Cast: Madeline Zima, Agnes Bruckner,<br />
Shawn Ashmore<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Alex and Sara commiserate over their enemies,<br />
and Alex suggests that they should<br />
kill off each other’s nemeses. Sara shrugs it<br />
off as a morbid joke until someone turns up<br />
dead.<br />
KNIFE FIGHT<br />
Political Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bill Guttentag<br />
Key Cast: Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen, Carrie-<br />
Anne Moss, Jamie Chung, Eric<br />
McCormack, Amanda Crew<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Popular crisis manager, Paul Turner is the<br />
most sought after man in high scale corporations<br />
and politics. When a governor’s<br />
affair is about to lose him the next election<br />
and a senators masseuse threatens to<br />
expose the sexy nature of their sessions<br />
both turn to Paul for a spin on the story<br />
that will keep them in office.<br />
A COMMON MAN<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chandran Rutnam<br />
Key Cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: India<br />
When General Morris De Silva receives a<br />
threatening demand - to free five terrorist<br />
prisoners, or face bomb retribution - he<br />
makes the easy decision not to negotiate.<br />
But when the first bomb detonates, the<br />
decision to keep the prisoners captive must<br />
be readdressed, and his search for the man<br />
behind the treat begins.<br />
FREELOADERS<br />
Freeloaders (80 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Rosen<br />
Key Cast: Jane Seymour, Olivia Munn,<br />
Dave Foley, Clifton Collins, Jr., Brit<br />
Morgan, Kevin Sussman, Nat Faxon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The story follows a group of slackers who<br />
are living for free in rock star, Adam<br />
Durwitz, mansion. But their cherished<br />
lifestyle is threatened when the musician<br />
decides to sell his pad.<br />
INESCAPABLE<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English/Arabic<br />
Director: Ruba Nadda<br />
Key Cast: Marisa Tomei, Alexander Siddig,<br />
Joshua Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
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When Adib discovers his daughter is missing<br />
he returns to Syria in the hopes of finding<br />
her.<br />
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jon Poll<br />
Key Cast: Katie Holmes, Chace Crawford<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Liz, a 30 year old med student meets a<br />
charming 22 year old. Their chemistry is<br />
electric until she realizes they met 15 years<br />
earlier when she was his babysitter.<br />
GOON<br />
Comedy (91 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Dowse<br />
Writer: Evan Goldberg, Jay Baruchel<br />
Key Cast: Seann William Scott, Jay<br />
Baruchel, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy,<br />
Alison Pill<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A slacker who discovers a talent for brawling<br />
joins the local hockey team as the<br />
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“muscle.”<br />
CITIZEN GANGSTER<br />
Crime Thriller (105 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nathan Morlando<br />
Writer: Nathan Morlando<br />
Key Cast: Scott Speedman, Brian Cox,<br />
Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
The true story of the most notorious bank<br />
robber in Canadian history.<br />
THE CUP<br />
Adventure (97 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Simon Wincer<br />
Writer: Eric O’Keefe, Simon Wincer<br />
Producer: Jan Bladier, David Lee and<br />
Simon Wincer<br />
Key Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Curry<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A grieving jockey overcomes the odds with<br />
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the help of a veteran horse trainer and goes<br />
on to win the Melbourne Cup.<br />
SISTERS&BROTHERS<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Carl Bessai<br />
Key Cast: Cory Monteith, Amanda Crew,<br />
Camille Sullivan, Dustin Milligan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
The unique and often hilarious bond<br />
between brothers and sisters is explored in<br />
this new comedy about four very different<br />
sets of siblings.<br />
NEW FILMS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
New Films International, 14320 Ventura<br />
Blvd.# 619, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423<br />
USA, Tel: 1.818.501.2720 Fax:<br />
1.818.501.2780. www.NewFilmsint.com Email:<br />
info@NewFilmsint.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Nesim Hason (President), Duygu<br />
Eroglu (Assistant to President), Radu<br />
Nicolau (VP of Sales, Eastern European<br />
Territories)<br />
Office: IFTA Pavillion MGB 141, Tel:<br />
+49.30.889.14 - 422<br />
THE LEVENGER TAPES<br />
Horror/ Thriller (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Edwin Robinson<br />
Writer: Mark Edwin Robinson<br />
Producer: Danny Roth, David C. Robinson<br />
Key Cast: Johanna Braddy, Lili Mirojnick,<br />
Morgan Krantz, Chris Mulkey<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Detectives in a remote town pore through<br />
every frame of a troubling tape to find the<br />
whereabouts of three missing college students.<br />
The chilling footage becomes more<br />
and more disturbing when the students<br />
come upon the bloody dress of an 8-yearold<br />
girl in the secluded wilderness and take<br />
it upon themselves to find her. Linking the<br />
case of the missing girl and the missing<br />
students together, the detectives race to<br />
piece enough information together to find<br />
them alive.<br />
LIVING DARK: THE STORY OF TED<br />
THE CAVER<br />
Horror/ Thriller (112 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Hunt<br />
Writer: David Hunt Kevin Brown<br />
Producer: Joseph Armour, Marc Crandall,<br />
David Hunt, Thomas Olaimey<br />
Key Cast: Chris Cleveland, Matthew Alan,<br />
Circus Szalewski, Mark Hayter<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two brothers, reunited for their father’s<br />
funeral, stumble upon the entrance to a<br />
nearby cave, where they are slowly forced<br />
to confront the true, nightmarish cause of<br />
their father’s death. Based on the popular<br />
Ted the Caver Internet legend.<br />
LEGEND OF THE RED REAPER<br />
Action/adventure, Romance, Fantasy (110<br />
min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kristen Stewart<br />
Writer: Kristen Stewart<br />
Producer: Tara Cardinal, Dana Schroeder<br />
Key Cast: Tara Cardinal, David Mackey,<br />
Ray Eddy<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
For a thousand years, the Reapers guarded<br />
mankind from the demons that wait in the<br />
dark. Now, at the beginning of a new age,<br />
the Reapers are betrayed and slaughtered.<br />
Only one Reaper remains - Red, and she’s<br />
out to exact revenge.<br />
DON’T GO INTO THE WOODS<br />
Horror, Musical (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Vincent D’Onofrio<br />
Writer: Sam Bisbee, Vincent D’Onofrio,<br />
Joe Vinciguerra<br />
Producer: Erika Hampson, Ken Christmas<br />
Key Cast: Bo Boddie, Eric Bogosian,<br />
Gwynn Galitzer, Jorgen Jorgensen, Tim<br />
Lajcik, Soomin Lee<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young band heads to the woods in order<br />
to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to<br />
emerge with new music that will score<br />
them their big break, they instead find<br />
themselves in the middle of a nightmare<br />
beyond comprehension.<br />
PETUNIA<br />
Comedy/ Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ash Christian<br />
Writer: Ash Christian, Theresa Bennett<br />
Producer: Thora Birch, Ash Christian,<br />
Jordan Yale Levine<br />
Key Cast: Thora Birch, Brittany Snow,<br />
Eddie Kaye Thomas, Christine Lahti<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An off beat family of New Yorkers must<br />
come to terms with their own misgivings<br />
about life, relationships and the sheer<br />
unpredictability of love itself. Petunia<br />
weaves together the lives of brothers<br />
Charlie (Tobias Segal), Adrian and Michael<br />
(Eddie Kaye Thomas) as they unlearn<br />
everything their psychoanalyst parents have<br />
taught them. While Michael’s cynical wife<br />
Vivian (Thora Birch) discovers she is pregnant,<br />
the family is also changing. Charlie’s<br />
would be boyfriend George (Michael Urie)<br />
is in a polyamorous relationship with fitness<br />
fanatic Robin (Brittany Snow) and<br />
Adrian has developed a unrelenting sex<br />
addiction. Meddling parents Felicia<br />
(Christine Lahti) and Percy (David Rasche)<br />
must decide whether to reignite the spark<br />
in their relationship or start all over again.<br />
Petunia is a film about a dysfunctional<br />
family unit on the verge of a nervous<br />
breakdown. This is the story of how they<br />
pick up the pieces.<br />
TROPHY<br />
Crime/ Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Daniel J. Gillin<br />
Writer: Daniel J. Gillin<br />
Producer: Daniel J. Gillin<br />
Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Robert Miano,<br />
Tiny Lister, Michael Masini, Ya Boy, Ali<br />
Costello, Trisha Lurie, Ben Maccabee<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
TROPHY tells the story of man’s obsession<br />
for POWER and how far they will go<br />
sometimes to claim the “PRIZE”. “Trophy”<br />
adds a new twist to the stereotypical MOB<br />
MOVIES in that the TROPHY WOMAN<br />
in this case gets more than the normal<br />
ABUSE and monetary benefits of rolling<br />
with the Bad Boys, she gets Mr. Right. The<br />
film has twists and turns, Action, humor,<br />
the power of the Mafia, showdowns, seduction<br />
and the reality that DREAMS do come<br />
true even when it all seems impossible.<br />
A NOVEL ROMANCE<br />
Romance<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Allie Dvorin<br />
Writer: Allie Dvorin<br />
Producer: Morris S. Levy<br />
Key Cast: Shannon Elizabeth, Steve<br />
Guttenberg and Natalya Rudakova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two New York singles move in together<br />
after one gets fired and the other loses her<br />
boyfriend tragically. They move in as<br />
friends and think nothing will change as<br />
friends, but everything does.<br />
SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL<br />
Comedy/ Drama/ Musical (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael McGowan<br />
Writer: Michael McGowan<br />
Producer: Avi Federgreen, Michael<br />
McGowan<br />
Key Cast: John McDonald, Noah Reid,<br />
Allie MacDonald, Olivia Newton-John,<br />
Nelly Furtado<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Seventeen-year-old Farley has led a sheltered<br />
life, raised on a diet of home schooling,<br />
organic living and trips to the art<br />
gallery. To his parents’ dismay, Farley<br />
loves to play shinny with the local rink<br />
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rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is<br />
scouted and signed by the owner (Stephen<br />
McHattie) of a junior league team, where<br />
he becomes an instant star. But Farley discovers<br />
that stardom comes with a priceincluding<br />
the expectation to fight on the<br />
ice. Throw in a changing relationship with<br />
his best friend (Allie MacDonald), and<br />
Farley finds himself losing his way.<br />
BURNING PALMS<br />
Comedy/ Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher B. Landon<br />
Writer: Christopher B. Landon<br />
Producer: Jason Hewitt, Oren Segal, Steven<br />
Chester Prince<br />
Key Cast: Zoe Saldana, Rosamund Pike,<br />
Shannen Doherty, Lake Bell, Dylan<br />
McDermott, Paz Vega<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories<br />
set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left<br />
unexplored as each character careens<br />
toward a dark and often comic fate.<br />
FLYING LESSONS<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Derek Magyar<br />
Writer: Thomas Kuehl<br />
Producer: Jenny Hinkey, Derek Magyar<br />
Key Cast: Maggie Grace, Hal Holbrook,<br />
Jonathan Tucker, Christine Lahti, Cary<br />
Elwes<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old<br />
Sophie Conway returns home to the small<br />
town she always wanted to forget. Once<br />
home, she is faced with the friends and<br />
lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship<br />
with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant,<br />
an Alzheimer’s Disease patient who, in an<br />
opposing way, shares Sophie’s struggle to<br />
remember.<br />
SAVING GRACE B. JONES<br />
Drama, Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Connie Stevens<br />
Writer: Connie Stevens<br />
Producer: Ralph S. Singleton, Connie<br />
Stevens<br />
Key Cast: Tatum O’Neal, Michael Biehn,<br />
Penelope Ann Miller, Evie Thompson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a<br />
couple is thrown into chaos when the husband’s<br />
sister is released from the local asylum<br />
and comes to live with the family.<br />
SATIN<br />
Comedy, Drama, Romance<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Olness<br />
Writer: Christopher Olness, Hamilton von<br />
Watts<br />
Producer: Chip Bent, Christopher Olness,<br />
Hamilton von Watts<br />
Key Cast: Hamilton von Watts, Melissa<br />
Joan Hart, Robert Guillaume, Alley Mills<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack<br />
Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money,<br />
no job, and delusional aspirations of fame.<br />
When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he<br />
packs up his old Cadillac and hits the road<br />
for Atlantic City. But his car dies in the<br />
desert and Jack is left stranded in the small<br />
town of Lost Springs. There, Jack meets<br />
jazz legend turned mechanic, Doc Bishop<br />
(Robert Guillaume), who helps him with<br />
his car trouble. Although Jack is far from<br />
the stage, he begins to find himself feeling<br />
at home in the small town. When he meets<br />
local bar owner, Lauren Wells (Melissa<br />
Joan Hart), Jack starts to see there is more<br />
to life than chasing fame and fortune. Doc<br />
encourages Jack to explore his true love of<br />
music, while Lauren provides the audience<br />
he has always wanted. But as Jack realizes<br />
this town has more to offer him than the<br />
bright lights of the big city, his Vegas past<br />
catches up with him — what unfolds is<br />
comedy at the crossroads of life.<br />
HIT LIST<br />
Comedy, Romance (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Minh Collins<br />
Writer: Thompson Evans<br />
Producer: Elmer Ventura, Minh Collins<br />
Key Cast: Shirly Brener, Joseph Lawrence<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Charlotte is a woman with anger management<br />
issues whose therapist suggests she<br />
write a journal to keep her emotions in<br />
check. Unlucky in love, she ventures online<br />
to find a boyfriend. Just as she reaches her<br />
limit of unsuccessful dates, Charlotte meets<br />
her soul mate Lyle. Everything is perfect<br />
until Lyle finds Charlottes journal and sets<br />
out to prove just how deeply he loves her.<br />
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+46840010003.<br />
http://www.nonstopsales.com E-mail:<br />
info@nonstopsales.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Michael Werner (Sales Manager),<br />
Peter Torkelsson (Senior Sales Executive),<br />
Rachel Keith Bodros (Sales Coordinator)<br />
Office: Scandinavian Films, MGB # 28 ,<br />
Tel: +46.734.39.99.88. Fax:<br />
+46.8.400.100.03<br />
SIMON AND THE OAKS<br />
Drama (120 min)<br />
Language: Swedish and German<br />
Director: Lisa Ohlin<br />
Writer: Marnie Blok<br />
Executive Producer: Per Holst, John M<br />
Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo, Steffen<br />
Reuter, Patrick Knippel, Marc-Daniel<br />
Dichant, Leander Carell<br />
Producer: Christer Nilsson<br />
Key Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjíholm,<br />
Jan Josef Liiefers, Stefan Gídicke<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Simon has had a loving childhood, but still<br />
feels alien in the working class neighbourhoods<br />
of 1940’s Gothenburg. Against his<br />
parents’ will he, being intellectually gifted,<br />
turns to an education otherwise reserved<br />
for young men of academic heritage. There<br />
he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish<br />
bookseller who has flead the German persecutions.<br />
The boys and their families’<br />
lives will interconnect in unexpected ways<br />
as the war rages all over Europe. Marianne<br />
Fredriksson is one of Sweden’s internationally<br />
most read authors, her books have<br />
been translated into more than 40 languages<br />
and have sold over 17 million<br />
copies. SIMON AND THE OAKS is based<br />
on her critically acclaimed novel with the<br />
same name. It’s also the first feature film<br />
adaptation based on her books. SIMON<br />
AND THE OAKS stars Sweden’s rising<br />
star Bill Skarsgård (Simple Simon, Arn -<br />
The Knight Templar) as Simon.<br />
MAGIC SILVER 2 - THE QUEST FOR<br />
THE MYSTIC HORN<br />
Family (85 min)<br />
Language: Norwegian (English dub is<br />
available)<br />
Director: Arne Lindtner Naess<br />
Writer: Gudny Ingebjorg Hagen & Thomas<br />
Moldestad<br />
Producer: Jorgen Storm Rosenberg, Lasse<br />
Greve Alsos<br />
Key Cast: Ane Viola Andreassen Semb,<br />
Johan Tinus Austad Lindgren, Toralf<br />
Maurstad, Per Christian Ellefsen, Elsa<br />
Lystad, Hilde Lyrån<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
The anticipated 3D sequel to the successful<br />
children’s action adventure feature “Magic<br />
Silver” which became a big success after<br />
its domestic premiere in Norway with over<br />
350 000 admissions. Magic Silver has been<br />
sold world-wide to more than 50 countries.<br />
The story of Magic Silver 2 is set high up<br />
in the Blue Mountain, where young queen<br />
Blureose finds it more and more difficult to<br />
live within the boundaries of the Blue<br />
Gnome community. When she becomes<br />
aware that a dangerous glacier is threatening<br />
the Blue Mountain valley and the Red<br />
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Gnomes living there, she sets out on a journey<br />
to find the Blue Horn, a magical<br />
instrument that can change the weather.<br />
With this instrument she might be able to<br />
save the Red Gnomes.<br />
COMPANY ORHEIM<br />
AKA: KOMPANI ORHEIM<br />
Drama (100)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Arild Andresen<br />
Writer: Lars Gudmestad, Arild Andresen<br />
Producer: Yngve Saether, Sigve Endresen<br />
Key Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli,<br />
Rolf Kristian Larsen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
A strong, human tale about growing up<br />
with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic<br />
story about teenage lust and pain –<br />
about liberation and redemption.<br />
BODY OF WATER<br />
Psycological thriller (105)<br />
Language: Finnish<br />
Director: Joona Tena<br />
Writer: Pekka Lehtosaari, Joona Tena,<br />
Mikko Tenhunen<br />
Producer: Marko Röhr<br />
Key Cast: Krista Kosonen, Kai Lehtinen<br />
and Viljami Nojonen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Finlnad<br />
Julia, a busy big city lawyer, travels to a<br />
remote lakeside town to help the town’s<br />
people resist a planned hydro plant reservoir.<br />
There she becomes the target of disturbing<br />
attacks by a supernatural spirit. To<br />
fight the spirit she must uncover a dark<br />
secret in her own family history.<br />
LOFT<br />
Thriller (110 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Antoinette Beumer<br />
Writer: Bart De Pauw, adaptation by Saskia<br />
Noort<br />
Executive Producer: Hilde De Laere,<br />
Rachel van Bommel, Sander Meurs<br />
Producer: Woestijnvis, Millstreet Films,<br />
Pupkin Film<br />
Key Cast: Fedja van Huíªt, Barry Atsma,<br />
Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Gijs Naber,<br />
Chico Kenzari<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: The Netherlands<br />
Five friends have a secret pact where they<br />
share a trendy loft apartment in which they<br />
can discreetly entertain their mistresses and<br />
conquests. It seems like a great arrangement<br />
until, one winter morning, they discover<br />
the naked body of a young woman.<br />
No one knows who she is or how she got<br />
there. The group turns in on itself as they<br />
start to suspect each other. It soon becomes<br />
clear that they know far less about each<br />
other than they had initially thought.<br />
BRIGHT SIDE OF THE MOON, THE<br />
Drama (120)<br />
Language: Russian (partly English)<br />
Director: Massimo Guglielmi<br />
Writer: Massimo Guglielmi, Cinzia Tani,<br />
Alessandro Leone<br />
Producer: Maria Christina Marolla<br />
Key Cast: Branko Djuric, Lyanka Gruy,<br />
Tanja Ribic<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy/Russia<br />
Tonja has a dream, to walk on the moon.<br />
Tonja will become a cosmonaut just like<br />
her uncle Vladimir.<br />
ITALIAN KEY, THE<br />
Romantic Drama (100 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rosa Karo<br />
Writer: Rosa Karo<br />
Producer: Tuomas Kantelinen, Peter O.<br />
Almond, Seppo Toivonen<br />
Key Cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana<br />
Cartocci, Elsa Cartocci, Leo Vertunni,<br />
Andreas Wilson, Richard Ulfster, Joeanna<br />
Sayler<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland/Italy/US<br />
The Italian Key is a romantic fairy tale<br />
about a 19-year-old orphan who gets, as<br />
her sole inheritance, an antique key that<br />
unlocks both an old villa in Italy and the<br />
mysteries of her family history.<br />
5 - CINQUE<br />
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Crime (99 min)<br />
Language: Italian<br />
Director: Francesco Dominedí?<br />
Writer: Francesco Dominedí?, Riccardo<br />
Papa<br />
Producer: Walter D’Errico<br />
Key Cast: Francesco Arca, Massimo<br />
Bonetti, Alessandro Borghi, Matteo<br />
Branciamore, Walter D’Errico, Giada De<br />
Blank, Cristian Marazziti, Angelo Orlando,<br />
Rolando Ravello, Stefano Sammarco<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Confidential information revealed.<br />
Revenge carried out. The life line of the<br />
palm of a hand, slashed in the name of<br />
friendship. Five guys, grown up on the<br />
streets of Rome and friends since their first<br />
teenage encounter, suddenly move up from<br />
minor crimes to successfully pulling of a<br />
professional robbery. They find themselves<br />
in a new world of easy money and beautiful<br />
women but will they hold their own in<br />
the more aggressive, evil and ruthless environment<br />
that follows?<br />
BEYOND THE BORDER<br />
War/Drama (120)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Richard Holm<br />
Writer: Johnny Steen, Andr? Sj?berg<br />
Producer: Johnny Steen, Andr? Sj?berg<br />
Key Cast: Andr? Sj?berg, Antti Reini,<br />
Bj?rn Sundquist<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
December 1942, Sweden is on the verge of<br />
being invaded. Two young soldiers leave<br />
their roadblock post to get to the<br />
Norwegian border to catch a glimpse of the<br />
occupying Nazis. Their adventure ends in a<br />
disaster, and the day after, Lieutenant<br />
Stenstr?m finds out that one of the missing<br />
soldiers is his brother. Now he has to lead a<br />
rescue team behind enemy lines in a secret<br />
mission to retrieve his brother. Deep in the<br />
dark Norwegian woods Stenstr?m realizes<br />
that completely other borders needs to be<br />
crossed if they are to get out of there<br />
alive...<br />
LIVERPOOL GOALIE, THE<br />
Children/Comedy (85 minutes)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Arild Andresen<br />
Writer: Lars Gudmestad<br />
Producer: H?kon ?ver?s, Karin Julsrud<br />
Key Cast: Ask von der Hagen, Susanne<br />
Boucher, Andrine Saether, K?re Conradi<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Norge<br />
In THE LIVERPOOL GOALIE both girls<br />
and boys play football, worship their idols,<br />
and are frustrated by complicated friendships,<br />
young love, anxious mothers and<br />
overambitious football coaches. At the<br />
heart of the events, we find twelve year old<br />
Jo. Jo tries to avoid both potential girlfriends,<br />
mothers and football coaches, as he<br />
is hunting desperately for a rare football<br />
card which he believes will solve all his<br />
problems. Jo has a smart head, but a weak<br />
body. Even so, he gets by relatively well -<br />
until Mari throws him a glance, and he<br />
acquires The Liverpool Goalie.<br />
I TRAVEL ALONE<br />
Drama (94 minutes)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Stian Kristiansen<br />
Writer: Tore Renberg<br />
Producer: Yngve Saether<br />
Key Cast: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Ingrid<br />
Bols? Berdal, Amina Elonora Bergrem, P?l<br />
Sverre Valheim Hagen, Gustaf Hammarsten<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
Jarle Klepp is a 25-year-old student of literature<br />
with a passion for Adorno, Proust<br />
and grown-up women - and definitively not<br />
Tamagochi’s, Lady Di and small kids. The<br />
news that he is the father of a seven year<br />
old girl - and that she will come visiting<br />
next week - enters his life like a nuclear<br />
bomb. Jarle Klepp has to become an adult.<br />
Is he able to grow up? Does he want to<br />
grow up?<br />
WHO?<br />
Pre school (2 x 30 or 16 x 4)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Jessica Laurén<br />
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Writer: Stina Wirsén<br />
Producer: Linda Hamback<br />
Key Cast: Gunnar Bohlin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010-2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Endearing big stories for the small. Little<br />
Teddie-Piggy and her friends have fun,<br />
play games, tussle and cuddle with each<br />
other in stories with happy endings about<br />
getting lost, winning games, hitting yourself<br />
on the beak and being different<br />
because you are yellow for our littlest children.<br />
The films are based on the popular<br />
books with the same titles and are produced<br />
in close collaboration with Stina<br />
Wirsén, a children book author, widely<br />
known for her illustrations. Each short<br />
episode is based on a book, portraying real<br />
issues and everyday questions faced by our<br />
little ones: Who’s lonely and who doesn’t<br />
sleep? And whose grandma is it really, why<br />
does cousin call her that as well?<br />
LITTLE GREY FERGIE AND HIS<br />
NEW FRIEND CLUNKY<br />
Children/Family (89)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Trond Jacobsen<br />
Writer: Morten Myklebust<br />
Producer: Anne Amalie THOWSEN<br />
Key Cast: Joachim BERG, Tiril HEIDE-<br />
STEEN, Ole-Kristian LIMA, Dan Robert<br />
THORSEN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
Little Grey Fergie feels lontely on the farm<br />
and gets Goggen to build the fully automatic,<br />
electric, self-propelled scarecrow, but<br />
things don’t go the way Fergie expected<br />
them too.<br />
THE FOREST PEOPLE<br />
Children/Family (3 X 25)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Trond Jacobsen<br />
Writer: Morten Myklebust<br />
Key Cast: Eivind Lundby, Linn Olssen,<br />
Kalle Øby<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
The forest people live deep in the woods.<br />
Even though they live next to humans, they<br />
avoid all contact with us, beacause as they<br />
say: the humans have forgotten how to live<br />
in harmony with nature. The Forest People<br />
is a great adventure series for the entire<br />
family.<br />
SOUTH OF NEW YORK<br />
Comedy (85 minutes)<br />
Language: Italian (partly English)<br />
Director: Elena Bonelli<br />
Writer: Elena Bonelli<br />
Producer: Claudio Lido Orlandini<br />
Key Cast: Elena Bonelli, Francesco<br />
Paolantoni, Franco Neri, Gianfranco Gallo,<br />
Luca Napolitano, Carmen Napolitano,<br />
Fioretta Mari<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Italian<br />
A former Broadway star, Jenny, tries to<br />
reach for the stars one last time by teaming<br />
up with the up and coming talent<br />
Carmelina. Together they search for love,<br />
happiness and success in this highly original<br />
Italian-American musical comedy.<br />
PSALM 21<br />
Horror (94)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Fredrik Hiller<br />
Writer: Fredrik Hiller<br />
Producer: Fredrik Hiller & Thabo Malmén<br />
Key Cast: Jonas Malmsjö, Per Ragnar,<br />
Görel Crona, Josefin Ljungman, Julia<br />
Dufvenius<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
PSALM 21 is the story of a beloved young<br />
Stockholm priest, Henrik Horneus, who<br />
suffers from horrific nightmares about his<br />
dead mother. One day, he receives word<br />
from the coroner in the remote village of<br />
Borgvattnet that his father, also a priest,<br />
has drowned under circumstances<br />
unknown. Henrik travels through the dark<br />
forests of Northern Sweden all the way up<br />
to Borgvattnet to find out what really happened.<br />
His inquires about his father’s death<br />
seems to set clandestine forces into motion.<br />
Shadows from the other side emerge - and<br />
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cross the threshold to our world. With one<br />
purpose - revenge.<br />
DEAR ALICE<br />
Drama (97 min)<br />
Language: Swedish/English<br />
Director: Ortman Karim<br />
Writer: Othman Karim & Grace Maharaj-<br />
Ericsson<br />
Executive Producer: Nordisk Film AB,<br />
Film i Skåne, Nordisk Film Post<br />
Production, Europa Sound Production AB,<br />
Blixt Kamera ApS, FilmGEAR ApS<br />
Producer: Malin Holmberg-Karim & Hans<br />
Línnerheden<br />
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Tuva Novotny,<br />
Peter Gardiner, Ulf Brunnberg, Stefan Sauk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Directed by the previously awarded<br />
Othman Karim from Sweden. The film<br />
stars international star Danny Glover and<br />
some of Sweden’s top actors, Tuva<br />
Novotny (Eat Pray Love) Stefan Sauk and<br />
Regina Lund. The critically acclaimed,<br />
partly English spoken drama, tells the story<br />
of four very different lives and how their<br />
paths, by a series of circumstances, come<br />
to cross. During what seems to be just an<br />
ordinary day, these four people are making<br />
everyday decisions that at the moment<br />
seem to be trivial but that ultimately lead to<br />
a life changing and violently destructive<br />
end for all involved.<br />
PIGGIES<br />
Drama (94)<br />
Language: Polish<br />
Director: Robert Glinski<br />
Writer: Joanna Didik and Robert Glinski<br />
Producer: Witold Iwaszkiewicz, Eike<br />
Goreczka, Thomas Jeschner, Mario<br />
Schneider<br />
Key Cast: Filip Garbacz, Anna Kuley,<br />
Daniel Furmaniak, Heiko Raulin und Rolf<br />
Hoppe<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Poland<br />
Tomek is a sixteen-year-old boy living with<br />
his parents close to the Polish-German border.<br />
One day he discovers the secret of a<br />
school friend Ciemny, who together with<br />
other teenage boys, sell themselves to<br />
German paedophiles. It seems to be the<br />
only sure way to earn money in their small<br />
town, and so Tomek decides not only to<br />
join the boys, but to become the star of<br />
their nightly excursions to Germany.<br />
LENINGRAD<br />
Drama (110 min)<br />
Language: Russian/English/German<br />
Director: Alexander Buravsky<br />
Writer: Alexander Buravsky<br />
Executive Producer: Anna Sobinevsky,<br />
Olga Maksimova, Natalia Gorina<br />
Producer: Sergei Melkumov, Alexander<br />
Buravsky, Marina Shmidt, Peter Doyle,<br />
David Gamburg, Chris Curling<br />
Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Gabriel Byrne,<br />
Elena Kovalyova, Julia Sobolevskaya,<br />
Patrcia Roze<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia/England<br />
“Leningrad” is a World War II epic that<br />
tracks the heroics and sacrifices of a young<br />
British journalist, Kate Davis, during the<br />
Nazi siege of Leningrad in the winter of<br />
1941.In the midst of this horrific siege, she<br />
becomes isolated within the famished city<br />
and separated from her lover, an American<br />
journalist named Philip Parker. Kate is able<br />
to befriend Nina Tsvetkova, a Leningrad<br />
militia woman, and two Russian children.<br />
She stays with them, and together they<br />
fight for their lives, surrounded by death,<br />
starvation, and the bullets of war. This epic<br />
story is inspired by true events. The siege<br />
of Leningrad was one of the longest and<br />
most destructive sieges in history. It lasted<br />
872 days.<br />
FRAMILY<br />
Drama (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joachim Hedén<br />
Writer: Joachim Hedén<br />
Executive Producer: Joachim Hedén, Julia<br />
Gebauer, Jonas Sírensson<br />
Producer: Julia Gebauer<br />
Key Cast: Richard Gunn, Jennifer O´Kain,<br />
Jennifer Christopher, Benny Harris, Kelly<br />
Pendygraft, Scott Peat, Reanna Nicole<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden / USA<br />
In an effort to quick-fix their respective<br />
relationship troubles, six 30-something<br />
friends decide to form a “Framily”. After<br />
Ethan inherits his Fathers big old house<br />
outside San Francisco the friends all move<br />
in together and try another way of living.<br />
Life in the house is easy - and not. As<br />
friendships and family merge, each member<br />
of the Framily comes to question what<br />
it is they want beyond the quick-fix.<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
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1.509.324.2959. www.nxnwmoviesales.net<br />
E-mail: moviesales@nxnw.net<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Claudia Roesler (Manager<br />
International Sales)<br />
Office: IFTA Pavilion, Stand number: 141,<br />
Tel: +49.30.889.14 – 422<br />
THE TRIAL<br />
Drama (98 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gary Wheeler<br />
Writer: Mark Freiburger, Gary Wheeler,<br />
Robert Whitlow<br />
Co-Production Partners: Whitlow Films,<br />
Level Path Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Robert Whitlow &<br />
Kathy Whitlow<br />
Producer: Mark Freiburger & Matthew<br />
Modine<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Modine Bob Gunton<br />
Robert Forster<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Elspeth Tavares @ Berlin<br />
Relaxa-Hotel Stuttgarter Hof<br />
49 (0) 30 26483-0<br />
An emotional crippled attorney who has<br />
lost his faith decides to take one last case:<br />
A young man facing the death penalty for<br />
first-degree murder. But nothing can prepare<br />
him for the startling twists and turns<br />
of the ensuing trial, as the determined<br />
lawyer fights for justice and seeks a path to<br />
his own redemption<br />
THE RIVER MURDERS<br />
AKA: THE RIVER SORROW<br />
Thriller (96 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rich Cowan<br />
Writer: Steve Anderson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Stowaway Ent.,<br />
Howieco Inc., March On Productions,<br />
Northby Northwest Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Richard Salvatore<br />
Howard Kerbel Brad Harland<br />
Producer: Daniel Toll Steve Anderson<br />
Sarah Ann Schultz Tay Voye<br />
Key Cast: Ray Liotta Ving Rhames<br />
Christian Slater<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
A Homicide detective past comes back to<br />
haunt him with a series of gruesome murders.<br />
NU IMAGE/<br />
MILLENNIUM FILMS<br />
Nu Image/Millennium Films, 6423 Wilshire<br />
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA, Tel:<br />
1.310.388.6900 Fax: 1.310.388.6901.<br />
www.nuimage.net E-mail:<br />
info@nuimage.net<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
Sales Team attending EFM: John Fremes,<br />
Roy Matalon, Jeffrey Greenstein<br />
Office: Maritim Hotel Berlin, Presidential<br />
Suite #10001, Tel: +49(0)30.2065.29004<br />
KILLING SEASON<br />
Director: Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil,<br />
Ghost Rider)<br />
Key Cast: Robert De Niro, John Travolta<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Two former wartime adversaries battle one<br />
another in the wilderness.<br />
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LOVELACE<br />
Director: AAcademy Award® Winners,<br />
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman<br />
Key Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Peter<br />
Sarsgaard, James Franco, Sharon Stone,<br />
Chris Noth, Hank Azaria, Eric Roberts,<br />
Wes Bentley, Adam Brody, Chloe Sevigny<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
The life of Linda Lovelace told through the<br />
production of Deep Throat, her abusive<br />
relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventual<br />
spearheading of the feminist antipornography<br />
movement.<br />
THE ICEMAN<br />
Director: Ariel Vroman<br />
Key Cast: Michael Shannon (Boardwalk<br />
Empire, Man of Steel), James Franco<br />
(Riseof the Planet of the Apes, 127 Hours,<br />
Spider-Man)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
The epic story of Richard Kuklinski, who<br />
led an amazing double-life as a devoted<br />
family man and a ruthless mafia hitman.<br />
He earned his nick-name, ‘the Iceman’, by<br />
storing his victims’ corpses in deep freezes,<br />
often discarding them months later, thus<br />
disguising the time of their death.<br />
NZ FILM<br />
COMMISSION<br />
NZ Film Commission, Level 3, 119<br />
Ghuznee Street, Wellington, 6011 New<br />
Zealand , Tel: +64.4.3827680. Fax:<br />
+64.4.3849719. www.nzfilm.co.nz E-mail:<br />
sales@nzfilm.co.nz<br />
Sales Agent, Financier<br />
At EFM: James Thompson (Head of Sales<br />
and Marketing)<br />
Office: , Tel: +64.21.911.757<br />
TWO LITTLE BOYS<br />
Comedy (108)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robert Sarkies<br />
Writer: Duncan Sarkies, Robert Sarkies<br />
Producer: Vicky Pope, Tim White<br />
Key Cast: Bret McKenzie Hamish Blake<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
An irreverent comedy about Nige, his best<br />
mate Deano and their riotous misadventures<br />
as they struggle with their imploding<br />
long term friendship which has been put<br />
under pressure by an unfortunate incident<br />
involving a hot meat pie, a ginger cat and<br />
the untimely death of a Scandinavian football<br />
star.<br />
THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE<br />
DYING<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kirstin Marcon<br />
Writer: Kirstin Marcon<br />
Executive Producer: Tim White<br />
Producer: Alex Cole-Baker<br />
Key Cast: Matt Whelan Roxane Mesquida<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
Michael’s in a race against time after learning<br />
he has only months to live. Stealing his<br />
own treatment money, he leaves his loved<br />
ones behind and heads to London. Intent<br />
on going out in a blur of sex, drugs and<br />
mayhem, eerything changes when he falls<br />
for a mysterious French girl named Sylvie.<br />
THE LAST DOGS OF WINTER<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Costa Botes<br />
Writer: Costa Botes<br />
Producer: Costa Botes<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
Since 1976 Brian Ladoon has fought to<br />
keep the Canadian Eskimo Dog from<br />
extinction by keeping them in harsh natural<br />
conditions which maintain the extreme<br />
stamina of the breed. The twist is they<br />
share their environment with itinerant polar<br />
bears. As global warming and eco-tourism<br />
provoke growing pressure on his activities,<br />
Brian and his beloved dogs are facing an<br />
even more uncertain future.<br />
THE ORATOR<br />
AKA: O LE TULAFALE<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Samoan<br />
Director: Tauti Tusi Tamasese<br />
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Writer: Tauri Tusi Tamasese<br />
Producer: Catherine Fitzgerald<br />
Key Cast: Fiaula Sanote Tausili Pushparaj<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
A beautiful tale of ritual, tradition, courage<br />
and love. Saili, a small man with a big<br />
heart, must find the courage to speak up for<br />
those whom he loves.<br />
SHIHAD - BEAUTIFUL MACHINE<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sam Peacocke<br />
Producer: Grant Roa, Laurence Alexander<br />
Key Cast: Featuring Jon Toogood, Tom<br />
Larkin, Phil Knight and Karl Kippenberger<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
NZ’s most successful rock band took their<br />
dreams all the way to the giddy heights of<br />
the US music scene. A terrorist attack, illadvised<br />
name-change and swift-talking<br />
managers saw those dreams fall apart at the<br />
seams in one fated moment in LA’s notorious<br />
‘Viper Room’. After multiple best-selling<br />
albums and a bond that has endured for<br />
over 23 years this documentary examines<br />
the notions of family, loyalty and success<br />
for four friends that almost took the biggest<br />
music industry in the world by storm...<br />
FRESH MEAT<br />
Comedy Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Danny Mulheron<br />
Writer: Briar Grace-Smith, Brad Abraham,<br />
Joseph O’Brien<br />
Producer: Dave Gibson<br />
Key Cast: Temuera Morrison Hanna Tevita<br />
Kate Elliot<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
A gang of criminals take a middle class<br />
Maori family hostage and discover too late<br />
that they’re a family of cannibals.<br />
ONE MEDIA GROUP<br />
One Media Group, 1415 Camden Ave.,<br />
Ste., 201, Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.310.980.9979 Fax: 1.310.268.2220.<br />
www.onemediagroup.net E-mail:<br />
amiller@onemediagroup.net<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Andrea Miller (President)<br />
Office: Exhibitor without a Stand , Tel:<br />
1.310.980.9979<br />
ALMOST KINGS<br />
AKA: THE WHEELER BOYS<br />
Drama (93 Min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Philip Flores<br />
Writer: Max Doty<br />
Producer: Chase Kenney, Peter Foldy<br />
Key Cast: Alex Frost, Lorenzo James<br />
Henrie, Portia Doubleday, Haley Ramm,<br />
Olivia Crocicchia, Alex Russell, Billy<br />
Campbell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Directed by Philip G. Flores the 2010<br />
NETFLIX, Find Your Voice Winner,<br />
Almost Kings, is an edgy, coming-of-age<br />
tale in which smart, high school freshman,<br />
Ted, (Lorenzo James Henrie, Star Trek)<br />
lives with his abusive father Ron, (Billy<br />
Campbell, Ghost Town, The Rocketeer)<br />
and his older brother Truck, (Alex Frost,<br />
Gus Van Sant’s ELEPHANT next seen in<br />
Academy Award winner Dustin Lance<br />
Black’s, What’s Wrong with Virginia?). To<br />
earn his respect Ted begins hanging out<br />
with Truck’s gang, The Kings, and among<br />
other things, learns about their secret contest<br />
to have sex with as many freshman<br />
girls as possible. Trying to impress them,<br />
Ted tells them he wants to play too. Also<br />
starring, Portia Doubleday (Youth in<br />
Revolt) and Haley Ramm (X-Men: The<br />
Last Stand, Into the Wild, Skateland, Red<br />
State).<br />
ETHAN BORTNICK AND HIS MUSI-<br />
CAL TIME MACHINE<br />
Family Concert (60 Min. and 40 Min<br />
Versions)<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Mark Lucas<br />
Writer: Kellie Henika<br />
Producer: Mind: Fox Productions, AEG<br />
Live<br />
Key Cast: Ethan Bortnick, Gloria Gaynor,<br />
Arturo Sandoval, Extras with Quincy Jones<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ethan Bortnick, child prodigy, is a pianist,<br />
composer, entertainer and one of the<br />
youngest philanthropists in the world and<br />
his concert takes you on a musical journey<br />
through time. Guest starring renowned<br />
artists such as The Canadian Tenors, Gloria<br />
Gaynor and Arturo Sandoval performing<br />
some of their most famous songs and<br />
music, Ethan travels through time using the<br />
piano as the doorway to past decades of<br />
music and performs the most popular<br />
music and songs from the past from artists<br />
like The Beatles to classic composers such<br />
as Mozart. ETHAN BORTNICK AND HIS<br />
MUSICAL TIME MACHINE is upbeat<br />
and fun for children and adults alike. DVD<br />
Available with Special Features including<br />
an interview with the one and only QUIN-<br />
CY JONES.<br />
OPUS DISTRIBUTION<br />
Opus Distribution, 4132 Greenbrier Lane,<br />
Tarzana, CA 91356 USA, Tel:<br />
+1.818.708.8278. Fax: +1.818.708.8278.<br />
www.opusdistribution.com E-mail:<br />
kdubow@opusdistribution.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Ken DuBow (President), Suzanne<br />
Barron (VP International Sales)<br />
Office: MGB Stand #135<br />
PELOTON<br />
Romantic Drama (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: J.J. Gerber<br />
Writer: J.J. Berber<br />
Executive Producer: John Lawrence, Jeff<br />
Johnson<br />
Producer: Jeff Johnson, Kelly L. King,<br />
Geno Salvatori<br />
Key Cast: KC Clyde, Jennifer Klekas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
While bike messenger Phillipe Nash<br />
dreams of racing bikes,he also has a hard<br />
time committing to anything in his life, let<br />
alone a sport that demands pain,suffering<br />
and hours of training. When Nash loses his<br />
job and his apartment on the same day that<br />
he unexpectedly confronts his ex-girlfriend,<br />
he turns to his childhood friend,Jack. Jack<br />
and the ex-?girlfriend, Kate, both challenge<br />
Nash to commit to bikeracing. As Nash<br />
pulls his life together with his friend’s support,a<br />
tragic turn of events challenges his<br />
ability toremain committed and he instead<br />
runs away from everyone. He unwittingly<br />
starts a painful and often humorous journey<br />
towards growing up. Despite isolating himself<br />
in the high desert,Nash becomes surrounded<br />
by an eccentric group of tourists<br />
that provide the unconventional support he<br />
needs to return home fueled with the desire<br />
to race and to win back the woman he<br />
loves in this inspirational story set on the<br />
exciting backdrop of amateur cycling.<br />
PEAKVIEWING TRANSTLANTIC<br />
FILM LIBRARY<br />
Fantasy and Family (Various)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
19 library titles from on the UK’s best producers<br />
of family and fantasy films with all<br />
star casts available again.<br />
DEADLY SIBLING RIVALRY<br />
Female Thriller (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Hanalee Culpepper<br />
Writer: Steve Peterson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Seven Palms in<br />
association with Maple Island Films<br />
Executive Producer: J. Vincent Reppert and<br />
Kevin Goetz<br />
Producer: Johnson Chan and John<br />
Murlowski<br />
Key Cast: Charisma Carpenter, Kyle<br />
Richards, Christa B. Allen, Ben Milliken<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two sisters, identical twins and fierce<br />
rivals play a deadly game of switching<br />
identities. When one sister falls into a<br />
coma, the other sister steps into her life.<br />
PARASTOO FILM<br />
Parastoo Film, 49 Highland Park Blvd.,<br />
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 1B4 Canada, Tel:<br />
1.416.873.9816. www.parastoofilm.com Email:<br />
info@parastoofilm.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Hessam Ghorbanian (Founder &<br />
Managing Director)<br />
HEIRAN<br />
Feature, Drama (88 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Shalizeh Arefpour<br />
Writer: Shalizeh Arefpour, Naghmeh<br />
Samini<br />
Producer: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Jahangir<br />
Kosari<br />
Key Cast: Baran Kosari, Mehrdad<br />
Sedighian, Khosro Shakibaei, Farhad<br />
Aslani, Zhaleh Sameti, Fouzhan Arefpour,<br />
Mohsen Mokari<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
During the rule of Taliban in Afghanistan,<br />
about 3 million illegal Afghani immigrants<br />
fled to Iran, causing numerous problems<br />
for the Iranian society in accepting them.<br />
This film depicts the story of a 17 year old<br />
rural girl by the name of Mahi (Fish), who<br />
comes from a war-stricken family in southern<br />
Iran. Mahi falls in love with Heiran, an<br />
Afghan student, who has come to their village<br />
to work. However, Mahi’s family<br />
being strictly against her marriage to an<br />
Afghan, forces her to choose one between<br />
her family and an Afghan boy.<br />
LOOSE ROPE<br />
Feature, Drama (82 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Mehrshad Karkhani<br />
Writer: Mehrshad Karkhani, Babak Panahi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Documentary and<br />
Experimental Film Center (DEFC<br />
Producer: Habibollah Kaseh Saz<br />
Key Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Babak<br />
Hamidian, Keramat Roudsaz, Narges<br />
Mohammadi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Two young rural men who work at the animals’<br />
market in Tehran have only 24 hours<br />
to take a large cow from downtown to<br />
uptown, with their jobs and futures at<br />
stake. The spectators follow their obligatory<br />
journey with the rope which is tied<br />
around the cow. Karkhani very cinematically<br />
describes the contrast which exists<br />
between the south and the north of a<br />
metropolis.<br />
NOSE, IRANIAN STYLE<br />
Documentary, Drama (52 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei<br />
Writer: Mehrdad Oskouei, Alireza<br />
Bahrami, Mandana Karimi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sheherazad Media<br />
International (SMI), Katayoon Shahabi<br />
Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Why does Iran have the highest statistics<br />
for nose jobs in the world?! This documentary<br />
is about nose jobs in Iran. The filmmaker<br />
researches the reason that the young<br />
Iranian generation is so interested in changing<br />
their appearances. Through nose jobs,<br />
the film surveys and analyzes the urban<br />
society and today’s youth of Iran, especially<br />
in social, psychological, cultural, and<br />
political fields.<br />
PERSIAN CATWALK<br />
Documentary, Drama (53 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English & French<br />
Subtitles<br />
Director: Marjan Alizadeh<br />
Writer: Marjan Alizadeh<br />
Producer: Life Media International<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Mahdis is a 20 year old girl who wishes to<br />
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be a model in Iran, despite the negative<br />
views of the country towards the subject.<br />
Mahdis’ father is also a highly religious<br />
man who does not make the situation any<br />
better for her. However, Mahdis tries to<br />
pursue her dream and battles with the<br />
obstacles facing her every day. Through the<br />
story of Mahdis, this documentary delves<br />
into the institute of fashion and its history<br />
in Iran, which is of much significance.<br />
PERSIAN RUG<br />
Documentary, Drama (49 min. & 35min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Massoud Bakhshi<br />
Writer: Massoud Bakhshi<br />
Co-Production Partners: VPRO Netherland<br />
Producer: Massoud Bakhshi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Our Persian Rug depicts the perplexing<br />
memories of a young man who can’t forget<br />
his past. At the center of this family history<br />
is a Persian rug that the man’s grandmother<br />
once wove. Staring at this rug, he obsessively<br />
scans through photo albums to see<br />
which of his family members are lying and<br />
which ones are telling the truth.<br />
IT IS ALWAYS LATE FOR FREEDOM<br />
Documentary, Drama (53 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei<br />
Writer: Mehrdad Oskouei<br />
Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Have you ever thought there are kids who<br />
dream of freedom? Three teenage boys in<br />
Tehran House of Correction are the innocent<br />
victims of serious social problems<br />
which the Iranian society is faced with,<br />
such as addiction, poverty, and divorce.<br />
UNFINISHED STORIES<br />
Feature, Drama (76 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Pourya Azarbayjani<br />
Writer: Pourya Azarbayjani<br />
Producer: Pourya Azarbayjani and Jalil<br />
Shabani<br />
Key Cast: Setareh Pesyani, Hengameh<br />
Ghaziani and Saiideh Amir Saii<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
This film is the story of 3 young women,<br />
Setareh, Hengameh and Saiideh. Each<br />
woman has a different story. They are<br />
abandoned by their men and they are in the<br />
streets of Tehran because they have<br />
nowhere else to go. Setareh is a young girl,<br />
out of her house, because her parents are<br />
against her marriage with the boy she<br />
loves... Hengameh is a pregnant woman<br />
who left the house after a fight with her<br />
husband... And Saiideh must leave the hospital<br />
with her new born baby because she<br />
does not have money and her husband is in<br />
prison...<br />
BEAUTIFUL CITY<br />
Feature, Drama (102 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Asghar Farhadi<br />
Writer: Asghar Farhadi<br />
Producer: Iraj Taghipour<br />
Key Cast: Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh<br />
Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Ahoo<br />
Kheradmand<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Akbar has been held in a rehabilitation center<br />
for committing murder at the age of sixteen<br />
when he was sentenced to death.<br />
Legally speaking, he had to reach the age<br />
of eighteen so that the sentence could be<br />
carried out. Now, the day after his 18th<br />
birthday, Akbar is transferred to prison to<br />
await the day of his execution. Akbar’s sister<br />
and his friend, Ala, are his only hope to<br />
convince his plaintiff to stop the execution...<br />
GOODBYE, LIFE<br />
Feature, Drama (93 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Ensieh Shah-Hosseini<br />
Writer: Ensieh Shah-Hosseini<br />
Producer: Seyyed Saeid Seyyedzadeh<br />
Key Cast: Ladan Mostofi, Mohammad<br />
Mokhtari, Esmat Reza-Pour<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
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Origin: Iran<br />
During the Iran - Iraq war (1980-1988)<br />
Maryam, a young divorced woman, wants<br />
to commit suicide. As she doesn’t want to<br />
have an ordinary death, Maryam decides to<br />
go to war as a reporter and to die as a hero.<br />
”Goodbye, Life” is the story of a woman<br />
who by saying goodbye to her previous life<br />
finds a new way to live.<br />
GRADUALLY<br />
Feature, Drama (74 min.)<br />
Language: Persian with English Subtitle<br />
Director: Maziar Miri<br />
Writer: Parviz Shahbazi<br />
Producer: Jahangir Kosari<br />
Key Cast: Mohammad-Reza Foroutan,<br />
Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Hassan Poorshirazi,<br />
Maryam Boobani, Shahrokh Frootanian<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005 Country of<br />
Origin: Iran<br />
Mahmoud who works in the Railroad<br />
Company outside Tehran learns of the disappearance<br />
of his wife who has a record of<br />
mental illness. When he returns to Tehran<br />
to look for her, the neighbors start to make<br />
his life impossible with their gossip.<br />
PARK<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Park Entertainment, 54 Broadwick Stree,<br />
London, W1F 7AH UK, Tel:<br />
+44(0)207.434.4176. Fax:<br />
+44(0)207.434.7251. www.parkentertainment.com<br />
E-mail: mail@parkentertainment.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Jim Howell (CEO), Paul Howell<br />
(Sales Executive)<br />
Office: MGB - UK Film Centre , Stand 40,<br />
Tel: +44(0)7775.612.651<br />
MANILA BAY<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Terence Daw<br />
Writer: Terence Daw<br />
Co-Production Partners: Audience Films<br />
Ltd, Philippine Film Studios<br />
Producer: Terence Daw<br />
Key Cast: Luke Goss, Chris De Leon<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
London Flying Squad Detective Ray<br />
Denham welcome s a trip to the exotic<br />
Phillipines to see his best mate marry a<br />
local girl. Whilst at the wedding Ray<br />
comes across an old criminal rival, who’s<br />
hiding out in Manila. Unable to rest until<br />
he brings his rival to justice, he uncovers a<br />
sinister criminal underworld involving his<br />
best mate, his new wife and her rich father.<br />
Battling gun runners, drug dealers, corrupt<br />
police and politicians it’s a non-stop action,<br />
one man war, across the exotic and bustling<br />
Manila Bay<br />
THE LAST OF THE GREAT APES<br />
Documentary, 3D<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeremy Hogarth<br />
Writer: Jeremy Hogarth, Norm Wilkinson,<br />
Peta Ayers<br />
Co-Production Partners: Vision Quest<br />
Entertainment, Screen Australia<br />
Producer: Norm Wilkinson<br />
Key Cast: Holly Carroll<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
The worlds’ great apes are dangerously<br />
close to extinction. Holly Carroll is an<br />
attractive, feisty and passionate young scientist<br />
who has made it her life’s mission to<br />
protect these primates. Confronting poachers,<br />
loggers and animal smugglers in her<br />
quest, she will travel from The Congo to<br />
Sumatra engaging with these animals<br />
BITE CLUB<br />
Action, Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Green<br />
Writer: Chris Nyst<br />
Co-Production Partners: Nyst<br />
Entertainment, Park Entertainment, Screen<br />
Australia<br />
Producer: Scott Corfield<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK / Australia<br />
Nicky Picolo works as a doorman and min-<br />
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der for shifty strip club operator Billy<br />
Turquoise. Desperate to be his own boss,<br />
he sees his opportunity in an old abandoned<br />
warehouse, where he hopes to set up<br />
his own club. Soon the police turn up,<br />
investigating a spate of murders where the<br />
victims have had their bodies drained of<br />
blood. Nicky soon realises the building is<br />
not uninhabited as first thought, and that<br />
resident in the basement are vampires<br />
responsible for the murders. Not being<br />
bothered by some pesky vampires, Nicky,<br />
along with his motley assortment of villains<br />
sets about evicting his blood-sucking<br />
residents.<br />
PARLAY FILMS<br />
Parlay Films, 8391 Beverly Blvd., #436,<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA.<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Lisa Wilson (President of<br />
International Distribution)<br />
Office: The Ritz-Carlton, Tel: Office tel: 49<br />
30 33 77 77, Lisa Wilson’s mobile:<br />
818.516.4746<br />
THE WORDS<br />
Drama (96 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal<br />
Writer: Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal<br />
Executive Producer: Laura Rister, Cassian<br />
Elwes<br />
Producer: Michael Benaroya, Tatiana Kelly,<br />
Jim Young<br />
Key Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons,<br />
Zo Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde,<br />
Ben Barnes, Nora Arnezeder<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
THE WORDS follows a writer who, at the<br />
peak of his literary success, discovers the<br />
price he must pay for stealing another<br />
man’s work.<br />
ARBITRAGE<br />
Thriller (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nicholas Jarecki<br />
Writer: Nicholas Jarecki<br />
Producer: Laura Bickford, Kevin Turen,<br />
Justin Nappi, Robert Salerno<br />
Key Cast: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon,<br />
Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laeticia Casta,<br />
Nate Parker<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Arbitrage tells the story of hedge-fund<br />
magnate Robert Miller (Gere). In over his<br />
head, Miller is desperately trying to complete<br />
the sale of his trading empire to a<br />
major bank before the depths of his fraud<br />
are revealed. An unexpected, bloody error<br />
forces him to turn to the most unlikely corner<br />
for help.<br />
RED LIGHTS<br />
Paranormal Thriller (119 minutes )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rodrigo Cort<br />
Writer: Rodrigo Cort<br />
Producer: Adrian Guerra, Rodrigo Corts<br />
Key Cast: Robert De Niro, Sigourney<br />
Weaver, Cillian Murphy, Elizabeth Olsen<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
When a psychologist’s investigation into<br />
paranormal activity focuses on whether or<br />
not a world-renowned psychic is actually a<br />
fraud, her results are far from expected.<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Agent<br />
At EFM: Yuko Shiomaki (President),<br />
Mizue Kunizane (President)<br />
Office: Marriott<br />
TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB<br />
AKA: TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB<br />
Action Drama<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Yosuke Okuda<br />
Writer: Yosuke Okuda<br />
Producer: Naoki Kai<br />
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Key Cast: Nao Omori, Ken Mitsuishi,<br />
Asami Usuta<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Katsutoshi (35 years old) leaves his small<br />
town when he gets into trouble at work and<br />
moves to Tokyo. He goes to live under and<br />
work at his old friend Seikichi’s sex club,<br />
called the “Tokyo Playboy Club”. 21 year<br />
old Eriko, who is the girlfriend of Tokyo<br />
Playboy Club waiter Takahiro, begins to<br />
have doubts about her interminable life.<br />
One day Katsutoshi gets into a fight with a<br />
local hoodlum, and they find themselves<br />
caught up in unheard of trouble that leads<br />
to an unexpected denouement?c.<br />
SION SONO EARLY WORKS:<br />
BEFORE SUICIDE<br />
Drama, Erotic<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Sion Sono<br />
Writer: Sion Sono<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
World acclaimed award winning director<br />
SION SONO’s early works, the package of<br />
films before SUICIDE CLUB(‘02) are now<br />
available as SION SONO Early Works:<br />
BEFORE SUISIDE package. All rights are<br />
available for world-wide. Best DVD/VOD<br />
package of one of the top Japanese directors.<br />
THE FUGITIVE OF ROADSIDE<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Yu Irie<br />
Writer: Yu Irie<br />
Producer: Hitoshi Endo, Yu Irie<br />
Key Cast: Eita Okuno, Ryusuke Komakine,<br />
Shinsuke Mizusawa<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
LEMON, FOR EXAMPLE<br />
AKA: TATOEBA LEMON<br />
Drama (139 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Ikki Katashima<br />
Writer: Jiro Yoshikawa<br />
Producer: Kazuyuki Kitaki, Naoto Monma<br />
Key Cast: Hanae Kan, Narimi Arimori,<br />
Tsuyoshi Ihara, Go Ayano, Shigeru Muroi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Lemon could be a symbol of love. It could<br />
save you or destroy you.<br />
CONTROL TOWER<br />
AKA: KANSEITO<br />
Romance (68 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Takahiro Miki<br />
Writer: Yukiko Mochiji<br />
Producer: Toshimi Fukuda, Tetsuya Take,<br />
Tomiji Kajiwara<br />
Key Cast: Kento Yamasaki, Ai Hashimoto<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
The story of youth. Kakeru, a 15 year old<br />
boy, and Mii (Little My) , a female transfer<br />
student. They are two lonely teens who<br />
cannot find their place in life, but who<br />
gradually learn to relate to each other<br />
through the power of music.<br />
BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMOR-<br />
ROW<br />
AKA: KYO TO ASHITA NO AIDA DE<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Junko Kobayashi<br />
Writer: N/A<br />
Producer: Naoki kai<br />
Key Cast: Yasuyuki Shuto, Megumi<br />
Nakamura<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
This art documentary has to rise to the new<br />
challenges facing the art of dance, and has<br />
to encompass two areas. The first is the<br />
creative processes behind the world premiere<br />
of the dance “The Garden of Time”,<br />
(from 7th January 2010). The second is to<br />
document the challenges that Yasuyuki<br />
Shutô faced enthusiastically in the topical<br />
performance of “Man Fell into a Blank”<br />
and “Apocifu”, during the 365 days of<br />
2010. Furthermore, it shows the spectacular<br />
solo dance performance in the last scene<br />
that caps a new piece of ballet music, written<br />
by Ringo Shiina and choreographed by<br />
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Megumi Nakamura. World -renowned<br />
dancers Yasuyuki Shutô and Megumi<br />
Nakamura perform all over the world to the<br />
great honour of Japan. Their performances<br />
grab the attention of audiences worldwide<br />
with their ability to call to mind humanity’s<br />
roots. How do they do this?<br />
BE A MAN! SAMURAI SCHOOL<br />
AKA: SAKIGAKE OTOKOJUKU<br />
Action (110 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Tak Sakaguchi<br />
Writer: Tak Sakaguchi<br />
Producer: Keiko Kusakabe, Koichi<br />
Kusakabe, Toshiki Kimura<br />
Key Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Shouei, Hiroyuki<br />
Onoue<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
The Samurai school is a private boarding<br />
school, where students are encouraged to<br />
evoke the Samurai spirit and so become<br />
true men.New students enter the school<br />
from all over the country. These include<br />
Momotarou Tsurugi (Tak Sakaguchi), a<br />
good warrior with a taciturn nature.<br />
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E-mail: sales@planetainform.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Dmitry Litvinov (CEO of group<br />
of companies), Natalia Myshkina (CEO of<br />
film distribution), Anastasia Bankovskaya<br />
(Head of International Sales), Tatiana<br />
Savtsova (Brand manager)<br />
Office: The Marriott Hotel, stand number<br />
107, Tel: 007.916.782.02.35<br />
THE FIREHEART: THE LEGEND OF<br />
TADAS BLINDA<br />
AKA: TADAS BLINDA. PRADZIA<br />
Action, Adventure, Historic (110 min)<br />
Language: lithuanian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Donatas Ulvydas<br />
Writer: Jonas Banys<br />
Executive Producer: Zilvinas Naujokas<br />
Key Cast: Mantas Jankavicius, Agnija<br />
Ditkovskite, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Vidas<br />
Patkavicius, Antanas Shurna<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Lithuania<br />
Set in the restless outskirts of the Russian<br />
Empire in the 19th century, “Fireheart: The<br />
legend of Tadas Blinda” is a historical<br />
adventure in which a story of honor, freedom<br />
and love unfold. Born as a serf, Tadas<br />
has always felt that there is something<br />
important in store for him. But when political<br />
events and intrigue turn his peaceful<br />
world upside down, he must summon all<br />
his strength and courage to meet the<br />
responsibilities that have befallen him. An<br />
unforgettable cast, a riveting plot, and a<br />
wonderful mix of adventure, and passion<br />
are brought together to create a truly legendary<br />
tale reminiscent of Robin Hood - a<br />
source of inspiration for young and old<br />
alike.<br />
PYRAMMMID<br />
AKA: PYRAMMMIDA<br />
Action, Thriller, Biography (105 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Eldar Salavatov<br />
Writer: Maxim Vasilenko, Sergey Kraynev,<br />
Sergey Mavrodi<br />
Producer: Sergey Livnev, Georgiy Malkov,<br />
Mikhail Liyash<br />
Key Cast: Alexey Serebryakov, Fedor<br />
Bondarchuk, Peter Fedorov, Ekaterina<br />
Vilkova, Nikita Salopin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
15 years before Bernard Madoff, there was<br />
Sergey Mavrodi and his MMM - a financial<br />
pyramid which at its peak in summer<br />
of 1994 involved more than 15 million<br />
investors from all over Russia. Mavrodi<br />
was in command of 50 billion dollars.<br />
There was not enough time or manpower to<br />
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count cash: it was measured approximately,<br />
in carloads. At the height of his power,<br />
Mavrodi had the support of almost half the<br />
population of Russia. His next goals were<br />
the toppling of the government and the<br />
international expansion of his business.<br />
LEGATEE<br />
AKA: BRIGADA: NASLEDNIK.<br />
Action (120 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Denis Alexeev<br />
Key Cast: Ivan Makarevich, Ekaterina<br />
Guseva, Cyrill Nagiev<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
In an attempt to shake off the perils of the<br />
past, the family of a notorious criminal<br />
escapes to the United States, changes<br />
names and starts living a simple and peaceful<br />
life. When the son Ivan grows up, he<br />
heads back to Russia on a dubious agenda<br />
that gives a start to a maelstrom of betrayals,<br />
pursuits, family secrets and their disclosures<br />
which involve both the mob and<br />
the Russian secret services. Ivan has to go<br />
through deaths of his comrades, escapes<br />
from deadly traps, meetings with new<br />
friends and a decisive rescue of his mother<br />
to find his path in life.<br />
PRINCE YAROSLAV<br />
AKA: YAROSLAV. TYSIACHY LET<br />
NAZAD<br />
Historic, Action (99 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Dmitry Korobkin<br />
Writer: Marina Koshkina, Natalia Nazarova<br />
Producer: Oleg Syrkov, Vadim Byrkin<br />
Key Cast: Alexander Ivashkevich, Alexey<br />
Kravchenko, Svetlana Chuikina, Victor<br />
Verzhbitsky, Valery Zolotukhin, Elena<br />
Plaksina<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
The 11th century sees the tribal wars devastate<br />
the ancient lands of Russia. The<br />
woods, roads and rivers are invaded by<br />
brigands who live on a slave trade. They<br />
sell their prey to fierce Khazar tribes.<br />
Young prince Yaroslav decides to put an<br />
end to raids and barbarism, to stop hostility<br />
between the tribes and unite the lands<br />
under his reign.<br />
CUCARACHA 3D<br />
Animation (71 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Armen Adilkhanyan<br />
Writer: Amet Magometov<br />
Producer: Gevorg Nersisyan, Armen<br />
Manasaryan, Armen Adilhanyan<br />
Key Cast: (Voices): Yuryi Stoyanov, Alena<br />
Babenko, Sergey Rychenkov, Velimir<br />
Rusakov, Olga Orlova, Lyanka Gryu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Flame of love in the heart of ... a cockroach?<br />
Always cheerful and merry little<br />
cockroach named Bite, who lives inside of<br />
the computer processor, is sad today. He<br />
falls in love with a girl-cockroach Lika,<br />
who is madly in love with theater and<br />
Chuck, the beetle. Bite is to win Lika’s<br />
heart and to survive in the street wars<br />
against beetles and pigeons.<br />
HOOKED<br />
AKA: NA IGRE<br />
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller (130 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Pavel Sanaev<br />
Writer: Pavel Sanaev, Alexandr Chubaryan<br />
Producer: Leonid Ogorodnikov, Oleg<br />
Andreev, Alexey Ryazantsev<br />
Key Cast: lexey Bardukov, Agnija<br />
Ditkovskite, Sergey Chirkov, Pavel<br />
Priluchnyj, Evgenie Harlanov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
A brand new videogame contains a virus<br />
transforming gamer’s virtual skills into real<br />
ones. Five friends win this game for<br />
extraordinary results at the cyber tournament.<br />
Now the creators of the game, the<br />
government forces and many others are<br />
after the superfighters.<br />
THE APOCALYPSE CODE<br />
AKA: KOD APOKALYPSISA<br />
Action, Sci-Fi (105 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Vadim Shmelev<br />
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Writer: Denis Karishev, Vadim Shmelev<br />
Producer: Sergey Gribkov, Sergey<br />
Bazhenov, Marianna Balashova<br />
Key Cast: Anastasia Zavorotniyk, Vensan<br />
Peres, Vladimir Menshov, Alexey<br />
Serebryakov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Terrorist Jaffad Ben Zayidi steals four<br />
nuclear bombs from a sunken American<br />
submarine and hides them in four major<br />
cities throughout the world. The charges<br />
can be activated by an 11-digit code.<br />
Zayidi dies and his accomplice, nicknamed<br />
“The Executioner,” is about to blow up the<br />
bombs. The Executioner is chased by FSB,<br />
whose agent Marie has previously infiltrated<br />
Zayidi’s team.<br />
THE FIFTH CENTURIA. IN QUEST<br />
OF ENCHANTED TREASURE<br />
AKA: PIATAYA CENTURIA. V<br />
POISKAH SOKROVISH.<br />
Adventure (100 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Ruslan Baltser<br />
Writer: Ruslan Baltser<br />
Producer: Andrey Kim<br />
Key Cast: Denis Nikiforov, Inna Gomes,<br />
Evklid Kyurdzidis, Natalya Rudova, Oleg<br />
Dolin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
A German baron addresses an adventurous<br />
young man with a proposal to find five<br />
ancient artifacts stolen from the baron’s<br />
ancestor back in 1945, and offers him a<br />
reward of 1 000 000 EUR. The young man<br />
accepts the proposal gladly unaware of the<br />
danger which would threaten the world<br />
should he succeed.<br />
RORRIM BO & THE MAGIC GOB-<br />
LET 3D<br />
AKA: VOLSHEBNIY KYBOK<br />
RORRIMA BO 3D<br />
Fantasy, Family (100 min)<br />
Language: russian with english subtitles<br />
Director: Katya Grohovskaja<br />
Writer: Katya Grohovskaja, Fedor<br />
Letynovskiy, Alexey Sheglov<br />
Producer: Vladimir Polyakov, Igor Zadorin,<br />
Alexandr Revva<br />
Key Cast: Andrey Leonov, Alexey<br />
Alekseev, Renata Litvinova<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Long ago the inhabitants of a fairytale<br />
world imprisoned the evil spirit of witch<br />
Vergilda in a goblet and hid it on our planet.<br />
Nowadays the goblet is found and the<br />
enchantments are broken. Vergilda is free<br />
and she seeks revenge. Nobody knows that<br />
she gets stronger with children’s fears. But<br />
there appears a good-natured creature<br />
Rorrim Bo who is deliberate to help the<br />
kids fight the witch. All Rorrim lacks is a<br />
little bravery.<br />
PROTAGONIST<br />
PICTURES<br />
Protagonist Pictures, 4th floor, Waverley<br />
House, 7-12 Noel Street,, London, W1F<br />
8GQ UK, Tel: +44.207.7349.000.<br />
www.protagonistpictures.com E-mail:<br />
info@protagonistpictures.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Ben Roberts (CEO), Nada<br />
Cirjanic (Head of Library Sales), Jeremy<br />
Baxter (Head of Acquisitions), Bridget<br />
Pedgrift (head of marketing), Simon<br />
Osborn (head of legal and business affairs),<br />
David Bartholomew (Sales and Festivals<br />
Co-ordinator)<br />
Office: 128 MGB, Tel: +49.30.889.14 - 428<br />
THE IMPOSTER<br />
Drama documentary (91 mins)<br />
Language: english<br />
Director: Bart Layton<br />
Writer: n/a<br />
Co-Production Partners: A+E Ent, Film 4<br />
Executive Producer: Simon Chinn, John<br />
Battsek<br />
Producer: Dimitri Doganis, RAW<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
This is the incredible true story of one of<br />
the greatest deceptions of all time, in which<br />
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a 23 year old Frenchman convinces the<br />
authorities and a grieving family that he is<br />
their lost child.<br />
STREETDANCE 2<br />
Family (85 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Max and Dania<br />
Writer: Jane English<br />
Co-Production Partners: BFI / BBC Films<br />
Producer: James Richardson, Allan Niblo -<br />
Vertigo Films<br />
Key Cast: Sofia Boutella, Falk Hentschel,<br />
George Sampson<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
When a top street dancer is humiliated and<br />
challenged by the best American crew, he<br />
sets off to gather the best dancers from<br />
around the world to take them on - with a<br />
dance style they weren’t expecting. With<br />
landmark locations, a spectacular fusion of<br />
dance styles and an unparalleled vibrancy,<br />
the sequel to StreetDance sees our hero fall<br />
in love with a beautiful salsa dancer as he<br />
discovers the magic, power and passion of<br />
dancing streetdance / latin for the ultimate<br />
global dance off.<br />
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN<br />
Documentary (83 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Malik Bendjelloul<br />
Writer: n/a<br />
Executive Producer: John Battsek<br />
Producer: Simon Chinn<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK/Sweden<br />
Rodriguez was the greatest ‘70s US rock<br />
icon who never was. Momentarily hailed as<br />
the finest recording artist of his generation,<br />
he disappeared into oblivion – rising again<br />
from the ashes in a completely different<br />
context a continent away. SEARCHING<br />
FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope,<br />
inspiration and the resonating power of<br />
music.<br />
YOUR SISTER’S SISTER<br />
Comedy (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lynn Shelton<br />
Writer: Lynn Shelton<br />
Executive Producer: Vallejo Gantner,<br />
Jennifer Roth, Mark Duplass and Lynn<br />
Shelton.<br />
Producer: Steven Schardt<br />
Key Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt,<br />
Mark Duplass<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
While still mourning the recent death of his<br />
brother, a bereft and confused man finds<br />
love and direction in a most unexpected<br />
place<br />
THE DEEP BLUE SEA<br />
Drama (98 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Terence Davies<br />
Writer: Terence Davies (from the play by<br />
Terence Rattigan)<br />
Co-Production Partners: Film4 / BFI Film<br />
Fund /<br />
Executive Producer: Katherine Butler, Lisa<br />
Marie Russo, Peter Hampden, Norman<br />
Merry<br />
Producer: Sean O’Connor and Kate Ogborn<br />
Key Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston,<br />
Simon Russell Beale<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A married woman is torn between her<br />
desire for a younger man and the conventions<br />
of the time in this 1950s love-triangle<br />
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info@recreation-media.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Ariel Veneziano (President),<br />
Perrine Bakhshay (Consultant)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Stand #143,<br />
Niederkirchnerstrae 7, Stresemannstr. 110,<br />
10963 Berlin<br />
O2<br />
Feature Film<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Joe Dante<br />
Writer: Ronnie Christensen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Magnet<br />
Producer: Jeanette Buerling, Michele<br />
Ohayon<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An ambitious scientist avenges her father<br />
and attempts restoring the world’s atmosphere.<br />
5 DAYS OF WAR<br />
Action-War-Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Renny Harlin<br />
Writer: David Battle, Mikko Alanne<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rex Media,<br />
Midnight Sun, Iron Lion<br />
Producer: Mirza Davitai, George Lascu,<br />
Koba Nakopia, Renny Harlin<br />
Key Cast: Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Val<br />
Kilmer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
An American journalist, his cameraman,<br />
and a Georgian native get caught in the<br />
crossfire of the war between Russia and<br />
Georgia. Based on a true story.<br />
JASON AND THE NECRONAUTS<br />
Action/ Adventure (90 mins (estimated))<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Van Hook<br />
Writer: Kevin Van Hook<br />
Co-Production Partners: Recreation<br />
Producer: Kevin Van Hook, Fred Kuehnert,<br />
Michael Hamilton-Wright<br />
Key Cast: Casper Van Dien<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
With the help of a powerful immortal and<br />
an army of the dead, a hero wages an epic<br />
war that will determine the fate of the<br />
world.<br />
WE WERE HERE<br />
Documentary (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Weissman<br />
Writer: David Weissman<br />
Producer: David Weissman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A deep, reflective look back at the arrival<br />
and impact of AIDS in San Francisco.<br />
WEEKEND<br />
Drama (96 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrew Haigh<br />
Writer: Andrew Haigh<br />
Co-Production Partners: Glendale<br />
Producer: Tristan Goligher<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Russell meets Glen, and so begins a weekend<br />
- in bars and bedrooms, getting drunk<br />
and taking drugs, telling stories and having<br />
sex - that will resonate throughout the<br />
lives.<br />
TWO GATES OF SLEEP<br />
Drama (72 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alistair Banks Griffin<br />
Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin<br />
Co-Production Partners: Borderline<br />
Producer: Andrew Renzi, Josh Mond,<br />
Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin<br />
Key Cast: Brady Corbet, David Call, Karen<br />
Young<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Two brothers go on an arduous upriver<br />
journey to honor their mother’s final<br />
request.<br />
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E-mail: distribution@at.redbullmediahouse.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Berend Dreier (Sales Manager),<br />
Rick van den Heuvel (Sales Agent for Red<br />
Bull Media)<br />
Office: Marriott - Office #124 1st Flr.<br />
MOUNT ST. ELIAS<br />
Documentary/Adventure (102)<br />
Language: English, German<br />
Director: Gerald Salmina<br />
Writer: Gerald Salmina<br />
Executive Producer: Gerald Salmina,<br />
Philipp Manderla<br />
Producer: Gerald Salmina<br />
Key Cast: Axel Naglich, Peter Ressmann,<br />
Jon Johnston, Paul Claus, Steven Siig,<br />
Günther Göberl, Beat Kammerlander,<br />
Volker Holzner<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
A dramatic and awe-inspiring feature documentary<br />
following three of the world’s<br />
greatest ski mountaineers to Mount St.<br />
Elias in their attempt to realize the longest<br />
ski descent of the world.<br />
THE ART OF FLIGHT 3D<br />
Action (80)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Curt Morgan<br />
Writer: Curt Morgan<br />
Co-Production Partners: Brain Farm Digital<br />
Cinema, Venture 3D, Dolby<br />
Executive Producer: Travis Rice, Scott<br />
Bradfield, Ryan Runke, Greg Jacobs,<br />
Charlie Rosene, Circe Wallace<br />
Producer: Curt Morgan, Chad Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Travis Rice, Pat Moore, Scotty<br />
Lago, DCP, Jake Blauvelt, Jeremy Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A new breed of action sports film comes to<br />
life with “The Art of FLIGHT 3D,” a Curt<br />
Morgan film. Equal parts action and adventure<br />
mix with the inevitable drama encountered<br />
along the way. Two years in the making,<br />
“The Art of FLIGHT” gives iconic<br />
snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the<br />
opportunity to redefine what is possible in<br />
the mountains. Immerse yourself in the cinematic<br />
experience as Brain Farm and their<br />
ever-expanding arsenal of filmmaking technology<br />
capture the dramatic beauty of the<br />
culture, wildlife and scenic landscapes the<br />
riders take in along the way.<br />
STORM SURFERS 3D<br />
Documentary/Action/Expedition (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Justin McMillan, Chris Nelius<br />
Writer: Chris Nelius<br />
Co-Production Partners: Red Bull Media<br />
House, Sixty Foot Films, Firelight, Screen<br />
Australia, Fulcrum Media Finance, Deluxe<br />
Australia, Madman, E-Film, NSW Digital<br />
Media<br />
Executive Producer: Marcus Gillezau,<br />
Ellenor Cox, Philipp Manderla<br />
Producer: Marcus Gillezeau, Ellenor Cox<br />
Key Cast: Ross Clarke-Jones, Tom Carroll,<br />
Ben Matson, Maya Gabeira, Kelly Slater,<br />
Ian Walsh<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Epic. Extraordinary. Insane. A wild adventure<br />
set in the world of big wave surfing.<br />
Bringing together accessible, cutting-edge<br />
science with real life drama and the most<br />
spectacular surf images ever captured on<br />
film, Storm Surfers is a classic story of<br />
friendship, adventure and courage.<br />
SMOKE ON (WT)<br />
DOCUMENTARY (110)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Thomas Rilk<br />
Writer: Andreas Laschober, Thomas Rilk<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rilk Film, Red<br />
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Bull Media House<br />
Executive Producer: Thomas Rilk, Philipp<br />
Manderla<br />
Producer: Thomas Rilk<br />
Key Cast: Hannes Arch, Paul Bonhomme,<br />
Vito Wyprächtiger<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
“Heaven is home of the birds, we are merely<br />
guests”. Daredevil pilots battle it out at<br />
Air Races around the globe, flying only<br />
meters above the ground, all at 400 km/h.<br />
THE LAZARUS PROTOCOL<br />
Thriller (96)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Finelli<br />
Writer: Paul Finelli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater<br />
Factual Studios, Tomcat Productions,<br />
Finger Films<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Fonda<br />
Producer: Walter Köhler, Thomas<br />
Feldkircher<br />
Key Cast: Peter Fonda, Michael Desante,<br />
Travis Fimmel<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
Lazarus Fell (TRAVIS FIMMEL), former<br />
Navy SEAL and expert for covert operations,<br />
lost his father, Solomon Fell (PETER<br />
FONDA), a high ranking secret service<br />
officer during the 9/11 attacks, now he<br />
seeks personal revenge.<br />
AMONG WOLVES<br />
AKA: ENTRELOBOS<br />
Drama (118 min.)<br />
Language: Spanish with English subtitles<br />
Director: Gerardo Olivares<br />
Writer: Gerardo Olivares<br />
Co-Production Partners: Wanda Films<br />
Executive Producer: José María Morales,<br />
Miguel Morales<br />
Producer: José María Morales, Sophokles<br />
Tasioulis<br />
Key Cast: Carlos Bardem, Sancho Gracia,<br />
Juan José Ballesta<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
At the tender age of 7, Marcos is sold by<br />
his father to a goatherd and taken to live to<br />
the Valley of Silence, a remote area of the<br />
Sierra Morena Mountains, in Spain. There,<br />
Marcos will discover the secrets of the<br />
wild. However, once the old goatherd dies,<br />
the young boy will have to survive alone in<br />
the woods for 12 years, becoming the<br />
leader of a pack of wolves.<br />
THE CRY OF THE EAGLE<br />
Drama (90)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Otmar Penker, Gerald Salmina<br />
Writer: Gerald Salmina et al.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater<br />
Factual Studios<br />
Executive Producer: Walter Koehler,<br />
Sophokles Tasioulis<br />
Producer: Walter Koehler, Sophokles<br />
Tasioulis<br />
Key Cast: tba<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2014 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria/France<br />
The tale of two golden eagle brothers. One<br />
wild, one growing up in captivity. The<br />
breathtaking beauty of the Alps bears a<br />
dark secret. A lonely shepherd overcoming<br />
his deepest fears. Jean-Jacque Annaud’s<br />
“The Bear” on Eagles!<br />
BRAZIL – CARNIVAL OF LIFE<br />
Documentary (90)<br />
Language: English, German<br />
Director: Christian Baumeister<br />
Writer: tba<br />
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater<br />
Factual Studios<br />
Executive Producer: Walter Köhler,<br />
Sophokles Tasioulis<br />
Producer: Walter Köhler, Sophokles<br />
Tasioulis<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2014 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
South America’s largest country serves as<br />
the backdrop of an powerful, emotional<br />
nature documentary. In the tradition of<br />
“Deep Blue”, “March of the Penguins” and<br />
“Earth”, Brazil will give audiences an emotional<br />
roller coaster ride through the emerald<br />
forest and its inhabitants.<br />
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REEL SUSPECTS<br />
Reel Suspects, 42, rue René Boulanger,<br />
Paris, Paris 75010 France, Tel:<br />
0033.1.42.40.12.84. Fax:<br />
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E-mail: info@reelsuspects.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Matteo Lovadina (CEO),<br />
Emmanuelle Courtois (Sales Executive &<br />
Festivals)<br />
Office: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Booth 149,<br />
1st Floor, La Rotunda<br />
Q<br />
Erotic drama (104)<br />
Language: FRENCH<br />
Director: LAURENT BOUHNIK<br />
Writer: LAURENT BOUHNIK<br />
Producer: ACAJOU FILMS<br />
Key Cast: Déborah Révy, Hélène Zimmer,<br />
Gowan Didi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
Sex is the outcome of all the most beautiful<br />
love stories.<br />
THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY<br />
MOM<br />
Family Drama (95)<br />
Language: ENGLISH<br />
Director: TARA JOHNS<br />
Writer: TARA JOHNS<br />
Co-Production Partners: Palomar<br />
Producer: Barbara Schrier<br />
Key Cast: Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows,<br />
Julia Stone<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: CANADA<br />
It’s 1976, and Elizabeth is your average<br />
suburban 11-year-old girl when she discovers<br />
she has been adopted. As she runs away<br />
searching for her true identity, she ends up<br />
leading her adoptive mother into a cathartic<br />
crosscountry trek only to find themselves<br />
in the end.<br />
MAGMA<br />
Thriller (98)<br />
Language: FRENCH<br />
Director: Pierre Vinour<br />
Writer: Pascal Mieszala & Pierre Vinour<br />
Co-Production Partners: LES ENRAGES<br />
Producer: Aurélie Bordier & Pierre Vinour<br />
Key Cast: Mehdi Nebbou , Natacha<br />
Régnier, Arly Jover,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
An engineer gets involved in an affair with<br />
a mysterious woman staying in the next<br />
room. But on the day that the lovers decide<br />
to leave everything, the young woman disappears…<br />
VANISHING WAVES<br />
Sci-Fi Drama<br />
Language: Lithuanian<br />
Director: Kristina Buožyt?<br />
Writer: Kristina Buožyt? & Bruno Samper<br />
Co-Production Partners: TREMORA &<br />
ACAJOU FILMS<br />
Producer: IEVA NORVILIENE<br />
Key Cast: Marius Jampolskis, Jurga Jutait?,<br />
Martina Jablonskyt?<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: LITHUANIA<br />
Have you ever dreamed of being inside the<br />
head of another person? Have you ever<br />
wished to experience the ideal relationship,<br />
where two minds come into total fusion?<br />
THE SECOND DEATH<br />
Thriller (91)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Santiago Fernández Calvete<br />
Writer: Santiago Fernández Calvete<br />
Co-Production Partners: MAGMA CINE<br />
Producer: Juan Pablo Gugliotta<br />
Key Cast: Agustina Lecouna, Mauricio<br />
Dayub, Guillermo Arengo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: ARGENTINA<br />
Clueless on a gruesome case, a skeptical<br />
and lonely policewoman in a small village,<br />
is guided by a newly arrived clairvoyance<br />
gifted boy, who claims that the murderer is<br />
the Virgin Mary.<br />
HATED<br />
Drama (91)<br />
Language: ENGLISH<br />
Director: LEE MADSEN<br />
Writer: LEE MADSEN<br />
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Co-Production Partners: THE ROYAL WE<br />
FILMS<br />
Producer: KIRSTEN WAGNER<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Hutchingson,<br />
Genevieve Cortese, Ellen Woglom,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A tale of the rise and fall of an unknown<br />
rock band and the girl who made it all happen...<br />
DR KETEL<br />
Thriller (80)<br />
Language: GERMAN<br />
Director: Linus de Paoli<br />
Writer: Linus de Paoli<br />
Co-Production Partners: DFFB/<br />
Schattenkante<br />
Producer: Anna de Paoli<br />
Key Cast: KETEL WEBER, AMANDA<br />
PLUMMER, LOU CASTEL<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: GERMANY<br />
Berlin in the very near future. The public<br />
health system has broken down and a flourishing<br />
black market for prescription drugs<br />
has emerged. Dr. Ketel is working as an<br />
underground doctor on the streets and in<br />
the backyards. The drugs he needs for his<br />
work he steals from the few remaining<br />
pharmacies. The American security guard<br />
Louise has made it her priority to bring<br />
Ketel down. The renegade doctor now<br />
faces a life-altering decision: is his work<br />
philanthropic or is he a resistance fighter.<br />
He can convince Louise to join his cause,<br />
but other security guards pick up where she<br />
left and the hunt continues.<br />
LIVE EAST DIE YOUNG<br />
AKA: LIVE EAST DIE YOUNG<br />
Drama (92)<br />
Language: ENGLISH<br />
Director: Laura Hypponen<br />
Writer: Laura Hypponen<br />
Co-Production Partners: ELECTRIC BLUE<br />
FILMS<br />
Producer: Laura Hypponen<br />
Key Cast: Zoe Grisedale, James Jeanette<br />
Main, Lewis Grolle<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UNITED KINGDOM<br />
A voyeuristic, dogma-esque look into the<br />
substance-fuelled lifestyle and aspirations<br />
of the fashion-forward London’s East End<br />
set.<br />
CLUB ZEUS<br />
AKA: CLUB ZEUS<br />
Drama (75)<br />
Language: CHINESE<br />
Director: DAVID VERBEEK<br />
Writer: DAVID VERBEEK<br />
Co-Production Partners: Revolver Media –<br />
Les petites Lumieres<br />
Producer: Raymond van der Kaaij<br />
Key Cast: Ray Zhao, Zheng Qi, Yan Li<br />
Ping<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: THE NETHERLANDS<br />
Host boys, like host girls, fulfill the need of<br />
attention, friendship and love...<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Stephen P. Jarchow (Chairman),<br />
Mark Reinhart (President)<br />
Office: Loews Hotel, Ste. 609, Tel:<br />
310.656.2161<br />
PAST OBESSIONS<br />
Female thriller<br />
Director: Raul Sanchez Inglis<br />
Key Cast: Josie Davis, Lochlyn Munro,<br />
David Millbern<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
To the outsider, it would appear Shane<br />
Walsh has it all: a loving husband, a wonderful<br />
home...But appearances can be<br />
deceiving; behind closed doors Shane’s<br />
loving husband is violent. Knowing the<br />
abuse will never end, she does the only<br />
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thing she feels will set her free - she fakes<br />
her own death.<br />
UNDERTOW<br />
Female thriller<br />
Director: Dale G. Bradley<br />
Key Cast: Dina Meyer, Victor Parascos<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Toby French is a bright, young attorney<br />
following her father into the world of law.<br />
But when she meets with a prospective<br />
client, she soon finds herself hostage to a<br />
man whose law is revenge. Tied up and<br />
beaten, Toby must find a way to survive....<br />
AN ACCIDENTAL CHRISTMAS<br />
Holiday<br />
Director: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Key Cast: Cynthia Gibb, David Millbern<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Separated after 15 years of marriage, Vicki<br />
and Jason are set up by their two teenage<br />
children to spend a Christmas vacation<br />
together on the beach. But their family<br />
vacation is further complicated when<br />
Vicki’s boss and Jason’s gorgeous assistant<br />
show up. It will take a lot of luck, plenty of<br />
love and a little dose of magic to bring this<br />
family back together again.<br />
THE ASCENT<br />
Female thriller<br />
Director: Steven James Creazzo<br />
Key Cast: Josie Davis, William McNamara,<br />
Martin Kove, David Chokachi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010<br />
Emily, an experienced mountaineering<br />
guide coping with the death of her fiancee,<br />
agrees to lead a group of hikers up a<br />
treacherous slope on Devil’s Peak.<br />
Discovering the groups real intent to hunt<br />
for a rumored treasure worth millions,<br />
Emily must use her skills to stay alive<br />
before her secret is revealed.<br />
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pitaya@sahamongkolfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Mr. Gilbert Lim (Executive Vice<br />
President), Mr. Pitaya Sithi - Amnuai<br />
(Director of International Sales), Mr.<br />
Gerald Lim (Director of Acquisitions), Mr.<br />
Panu Aree (Director of Acquisitions), Ms.<br />
Rapeepat Jumnongjit (Manager of<br />
Acquisitions and Sales), Ms. Witchaya<br />
Wongwai (Sales Executive)<br />
Office: 133, Tel: 49.30.889.14 - 429<br />
TOM YUM GOONG 2<br />
Martial arts action<br />
Language: Thai<br />
Director: Prachya Pinkaew<br />
Writer: Prachya Pinkaew<br />
Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert<br />
Key Cast: Tony Ja, Jija Yanin<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
The most await project. From the creators<br />
of OngBak & Tom Yum Goong (The<br />
Protector). Shot in Digital 3D. Directed by<br />
PRACHYA PINKAEW. Action<br />
Choreography by PANNA RITTIKRAI.<br />
YAAK<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
Inspired by characters from major Asia<br />
epic, Ramayana, Yaak, is an action comedy<br />
animation that opens with the excitement<br />
of war, keeps up the beat with adventures<br />
and a variety of events of the three unlikely<br />
friends, and ends with laughter and friend-<br />
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ships beyond difference.<br />
THIS GIRL IS BAD ASS<br />
Action-Comedy<br />
Language: Thai<br />
Director: Pettai Wongkamlao<br />
Writer: Pettai Wongkamlao<br />
Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert<br />
Key Cast: Jija Yanin, Mum Jokmok<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
A messenger girl whom mistakenly hunted<br />
down by the gangster. It’s time for her<br />
fixed gear ‘bike-as-weapon’ skills to bail<br />
themselves out of the situation.<br />
THE OUTRAGE<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Thai<br />
Director: M.L. Pantewanop Tewakun<br />
Writer: M.L. Pantewanop Tewakun<br />
Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert<br />
Key Cast: Ananda Everingham, Cherman<br />
Boonyasak, Mario Maurer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
The Outrage tells a story of the crime mystery<br />
about a Warrior, a Bandit and the Lady<br />
wife of the Warrior told through the conversation<br />
between a young monk, a woodcutter<br />
and the undertaker. The audiences<br />
will be the one who will unveil the mystery<br />
and search for the unimaginable truth from<br />
the start until the finish.<br />
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REMAINS<br />
AKA: STEVE NILES’ REMAINS<br />
Horror (88)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Colin Theys<br />
Writer: John Doolan<br />
Producer: Andrew Gernhard, Zach O’Brien<br />
Key Cast: Grant Bowler, Lance Reddick,<br />
Miko Hughes, Tawny Cypress<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on the best-selling graphic novel<br />
written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night),<br />
Remains is set in a chilling post-apocalyptic<br />
Reno, Nevada, and follows the survivors<br />
of a bizarre accident that reduced<br />
most of the world’s population to zombies.<br />
The group takes refuge in a vacant casino<br />
and fights a losing battle against an undead<br />
army which grows steadily stronger,<br />
smarter and more aggressive by the minute.<br />
COLD SWEAT<br />
AKA: SUDOR FRIO<br />
Thriller (90)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Adrián García Bogliano<br />
Writer: Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro<br />
García Bogliano, Hernán Moyano<br />
Executive Producer: Pablo Bossi, Juan<br />
Pablo Buscarini<br />
Producer: Juan Pablo Buscarini<br />
Key Cast: Facundo Espinosa, Marina<br />
Glezer, Camila Velasco, Omar Gioiosa<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina<br />
When Roman’s girlfriend disappears, he<br />
expects to find her in the arms of another<br />
man. And find her he does but there is no<br />
lover on the scene, only a pair of crazy old<br />
men keeping her locked away in the basement<br />
of their crumbling mansion. Armed<br />
with wild-eyed political ideals and case<br />
after case of decades-old and highly unstable<br />
dynamite, the villainous duo are conducting<br />
illicit experiments on a string of<br />
young women lured to their home via the<br />
internet. If Roman cannot free his young<br />
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love, she is likely to end up in pieces,<br />
thanks in part to a generous slathering of<br />
nitroglycerine.<br />
AKUMA<br />
AKA: THE ENTITY<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Deon Taylor<br />
Writer: Deon Taylor, Joe Bockol, Blayne<br />
Weaver<br />
Producer: Deon Taylor, Roxanne Avent<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Akira Tanaka, a young & attractive but<br />
emotionally damaged Japanese woman<br />
moves to the United States to escape a past<br />
marked by tragedy. She moves in with her<br />
sister Hana and her new husband Adam,<br />
hoping to leave her demons behind and<br />
start a new life. But as Akira’s behavior<br />
grows increasingly erratic and strange disturbances<br />
mark the night, Akira is forced to<br />
reveal her real reason for coming: to flee<br />
the malevolent spirit that has been tormenting<br />
her since childhood… and which<br />
appears to have followed her here.<br />
MEMORIAL DAY<br />
AKA: SOUVENIRS<br />
Action/Adventure (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sam Fischer<br />
Writer: Marc Conklin<br />
Producer: Craig Christainsen<br />
Key Cast: James Cromwell, Jonathan<br />
Bennett, Jackson Bond<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Two generations. Two wars. One story. On<br />
Memorial Day in 1993, 13 year old Kyle<br />
finds his grandfather Bud’s WWII footlocker.<br />
Bud has not spoken of the war since<br />
its end, but when presented with the souvenirs<br />
within, he tells Kyle the story<br />
behind each one. As Bud recounts his harrowing<br />
tales, we see not only his traumatic<br />
experiences in combat, but also how they<br />
mirror Kyle’s future in war-torn Iraq. After<br />
suffering a devastating injury, Kyle returns<br />
for one final mission before his unit is due<br />
to be sent home. Presented with a moral<br />
dilemma of leadership similar to one faced<br />
by Bud—whether to spare an individual<br />
life or let one person die to potentially save<br />
many others—Kyle finally understands<br />
why his grandfather was so reluctant to<br />
share his past.<br />
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D:<br />
RE-ANIMATION<br />
Horror (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeff Broadstreet<br />
Writer: Jeff Broadstreet<br />
Producer: Thomas S. Byrnes, Lawrence<br />
Greenstein<br />
Key Cast: Andrew Divoff, Jeffrey Combs,<br />
Sarah Lieving<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
After inheriting the family mortuary, a<br />
pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes<br />
hundreds of uncremated bodies to toxic<br />
medical waste. As the corpses re-animate,<br />
the mortician’s inheritance-seeking younger<br />
brother unexpectedly shows up, stumbling<br />
upon a full zombie outbreak!<br />
BAD KARMA<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Suri Krishnamma<br />
Writer: Steve Allrich<br />
Producer: Christine Holder, Danny Roth,<br />
Mark Holder<br />
Key Cast: Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell,<br />
Andy McPhee<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
After surviving a horrific car wreck en<br />
route to a robbery, career criminal Jack<br />
Molloy turns over a new leaf: honest<br />
employment and the love of a great girl.<br />
But when Yale- fresh out of prison and<br />
bent on vengeance, starts stalking Molloy<br />
and frames him for a brutal robbery/homicide,<br />
Molloy finds his new life quickly<br />
falling apart, as all he loves and cares for is<br />
targeted for destruction by his psychopathic<br />
former partner-in-crime.<br />
ADVENTURES OF A TEENAGE<br />
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DRAGON SLAYER<br />
Family (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrew Lauer<br />
Writer: Jamie Nash<br />
Producer: Ryil Adamson, Gavin Gillette<br />
Key Cast: Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick,<br />
Hunter Allan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
On the outside, 12-year-old Arthur looks<br />
like your typical nerd, but a blue-skinned<br />
troll with magic powers knows that Arthur<br />
is the key to saving civilization. Now,<br />
Arthur has to convince his mom that he<br />
isn’t making up stories about his school’s<br />
evil vice principal and a powerful dragon.<br />
MASK MAKER<br />
Horror (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Griff Furst<br />
Writer: Griff Furst, Eric Miller<br />
Producer: Kenneth M. Badish, Daniel<br />
Lewis<br />
Key Cast: Nikki Deloach, Stephen Colletti,<br />
Anabella Casanova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young couple purchases a 19th century<br />
plantation home and invites friends up for<br />
the weekend to celebrate. When they accidentally<br />
release a long-buried evil, their<br />
dream home is transformed into a house of<br />
horror as the original owner returns to<br />
exact bloody revenge.<br />
FORGET ME NOT<br />
Horror (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tyler Oliver<br />
Writer: Tyler Oliver, Jamieson Stern<br />
Producer: Tyler Oliver, Jamieson Stern<br />
Key Cast: Carly Schroeder, Cody Lineley,<br />
Brie Gabrielle, Chloe Bridges<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A party-filled graduation weekend turns<br />
into a nightmare for popular class president<br />
Sandy Channing when her friends begin to<br />
vanish one by one and a vengeful spirit is<br />
to blame.<br />
ASSASSINS’ CODE<br />
AKA: SERPENT RISING<br />
Action/Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lawrence Riggins<br />
Writer: Lawrence Riggins, David W. Smith<br />
Producer: Karen Kaing<br />
Key Cast: Min Su Choi, Tiffany Yee, John<br />
Savage<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
To hide from his past sins as a government<br />
assassin, former agent Paul Thorn withdrew<br />
to an anonymous identity and a quiet<br />
life of normalcy. When a former partner<br />
delivers blueprints for a lethal technological<br />
secret and dies on Paul’s floor, Paul is<br />
forced back into the deadly world of international<br />
espionage where nothing is as it<br />
seems, betrayal is the standard, and lives<br />
are expendable.<br />
COUGAR HUNTING<br />
Teen Comedy (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robin Blazak<br />
Writer: Robin Blazak<br />
Producer: Robin Blazak, Matt Sinnreich<br />
Key Cast: Lara Flynn Boyle, Vanessa<br />
Angel, Matt Prokop, Randy Wayne, Jillian<br />
Murray, Robin Blazak<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Frustrated with their romantic prospects,<br />
three twenty-something buddies head out to<br />
the slopes of Aspen Colorado to hunt<br />
Cougars: hot older women with a taste for<br />
younger men. Their quest for mature<br />
women turns into one hilarious disaster<br />
after another.<br />
DESCENDENTS<br />
Horror (74 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
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Director: Jorge Olguin<br />
Writer: Jorge Olguin, Carolina Garcia<br />
Producer: Jorge Olguin, Ana Maria Aguilar,<br />
Cristian Aguilar, David Brown<br />
Key Cast: Karina Pizarro, Camille Lynch<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: Chile<br />
A mysterious contagion spreads turning<br />
humans into zombies. A handful of children<br />
are born with immunity to the disease.<br />
One of the immune, Camille, wanders the<br />
desolate wastelands, evading zombies and<br />
armed soldiers, who are equally indiscriminate<br />
in their destruction. Camille finds<br />
other immune children and, with them,<br />
searches for an escape from their living<br />
hell.<br />
DEEP WINTER<br />
Action (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mikey Hilb<br />
Writer: John Protass, Mikey Hilb, Glenn<br />
Zoller<br />
Producer: Glenn Zoller<br />
Key Cast: Kellan Lutz, Michael Madsen,<br />
Eric Lively<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Pals since childhood, downhill skier Tyler<br />
Crowe and snowboarder Mark Rider seek<br />
out the ultimate downhill snow sport experience<br />
in the Alaskan wilderness.<br />
LAST RITES OF RANSOM PRIDE<br />
Western (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tiller Russell<br />
Writer: Tiller Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard<br />
Producer: Michael Frislev, Duncan<br />
Montgomery, Chad Oakes<br />
Key Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Peter<br />
Dinklage, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Priestley,<br />
Lizzy Caplan, Cote de Pablo, Jon Foster<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Juliette (Lizzy Caplan) sets out to<br />
bring her slain lover — outlaw Ransom<br />
Pride — home to Texas to be buried, she<br />
knows the journey won’t be easy, but she<br />
has little idea of the dangers that lie ahead<br />
in this dark Western drama. The film’s cast<br />
includes Scott Speedman as the murdered<br />
bad boy, Dwight Yoakam as a homicidal<br />
reverend, Kris Kristofferson as a rival outlaw,<br />
and Jason Priestley and W. Earl Brown<br />
as a pair of bounty hunters.<br />
FORMOSA BETRAYED<br />
Thriller (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Adam Kane<br />
Writer: Will Tiao, Katie Swain, Charlie<br />
Stratton, Brian Askew, Nathaniel<br />
Goodman, Yann Samuel<br />
Producer: David Allen Cluck, Adam Kane,<br />
Will Tiao<br />
Key Cast: James Van der Beek, Wendy<br />
Crewson, Will Tiao<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is<br />
assigned to investigate the murder of a<br />
respected professor. Through his investigation,<br />
he unearths a spider web of international<br />
secrets that has been thriving within<br />
college campuses across America for<br />
decades. His investigation takes him across<br />
the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan,<br />
where with the help of the outspoken<br />
widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that<br />
the Professor’s killing was not a random<br />
act, but a desperate move by a scandalous<br />
government intent on keeping its nefarious<br />
activities under wraps. Our detective soon<br />
finds himself on a collision course against<br />
the U.S. State Department, the Chinese<br />
Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese<br />
Government - in a land where the truth is<br />
not what it seems and the only people he<br />
can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired<br />
by actual events.<br />
VISIONEERS<br />
Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jared Drake<br />
Writer: Brandon Drake<br />
Producer: Henry Capanna, James Henney,<br />
Jory Weitz<br />
Key Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer,<br />
Missi Pyle, Mia Maestro, D.W. Moffett,<br />
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James LeGros<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Visioneer George Washington<br />
Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis)<br />
lives a comfortable but monotonous life in<br />
this slightly futuristic black comedy. But<br />
when people start exploding from stress<br />
and George is showing early symptoms,<br />
he’s forced to examine his life. Taking a<br />
look at his prestigious job, his sexless marriage<br />
and his resistance to life coaching,<br />
George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness<br />
through mindless activity.<br />
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WELCOME HOME, HAYABUSA<br />
Drama (123min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Katsuhide MOTOKI<br />
Key Cast: Tatsuya FUJIWARA, Anne,<br />
Tomokazu MIURA<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Launched successfully on May 09, 2003.<br />
At that time, none of us could have imagined<br />
that this tiny space probe could give<br />
such courage to all of Japan. Let’s travel<br />
on this perilous voyage of HAYABUSA.<br />
We’ll go with Kento OHASHI, a rather<br />
cool JAXA Engineering Assistant, Naoko<br />
NOMURA, a Doctor of Science enchanted<br />
by the romance of the cosmos, and Futa, a<br />
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CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER<br />
Drama (118min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Masato Harada<br />
Writer: Masato Harada<br />
Key Cast: Koji Yakusho, Kiki Kilin, Aoi<br />
Miyazaki<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
“The man who was always writing something<br />
over there seemed to have died.” my<br />
mother muttered. ‘Mother, I am still here...’<br />
I want to say, but words do not come out.<br />
Mother could not tell who I was any<br />
longer. The “Author” (Koji YAKUSHO)<br />
tells his experience with his “Mother”<br />
(Kiki KIRIN) who has became senile. He<br />
senses that the aging mother will not live<br />
for long, but as she tries to embrace and<br />
hold on to the fading memories of her son,<br />
they reconcile the past of a very complex<br />
family history. A true story filled with love<br />
and humor, and the “joy and happiness of<br />
life” which Yasushi Inoue, one of Japan∞fs<br />
most profound author, has wrote about<br />
himself and his mother.<br />
LOVE MASAO-KUN GA IKU! (ORIGI-<br />
NAL JAPANESE TITLE)<br />
Drama/Family<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Kentaro Otani<br />
Key Cast: Shingo Katori, Ryoko Hirosue<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
A film based on the real adventures of a<br />
comedian and a Labrador Retriever now<br />
delivers laughter and heartfelt emotion! A<br />
male Labrador retriever called Masao and a<br />
young comedian named Matsumoto traveled<br />
throughout Japan. The combination of<br />
the naturally foolish behavior of Masao and<br />
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the humorous exchanges of the expressive<br />
Matsumoto gained a nation-wide popularity.<br />
That story of a human and a dog will<br />
now move beyond the confines of the TV<br />
screen and becomes a full-fledged movie!<br />
Lots of hilarious actual episodes involving<br />
Matsumoto’s struggle in career, love and<br />
life itself, and Masao’s marriage to a black<br />
Labrador retriever, the birth of their puppies,<br />
will be interwoven in the film. You’ll<br />
laugh and cry with the the story of this Lab<br />
full of Luv!<br />
KEN AND MARY(WORKING TITLE)<br />
Drama/Road Movie<br />
Language: Japanese / English<br />
Director: Kenta Fukasaku<br />
Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa<br />
Key Cast: Naoto Takenaka, HuBing, Kie<br />
Kitano<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
“Where am I?” Ken Katakura has been in<br />
charge of pantyhose for 25 years as a trading<br />
company employee. He has landed at a<br />
tiny airport in a remote part of Malaysia,<br />
where not even one other airplane is in<br />
sight. The airplane he was taking to Kuala<br />
Lumpur had to make an emergency landing<br />
here because of a storm. However, there is<br />
something that he must accomplish no matter<br />
what. It is to break off the engagement<br />
of his daughter, whose marriage ceremony<br />
is scheduled to take place in just two days.<br />
Then, by some freak coincidence, he<br />
becomes acquainted with a Chinese truck<br />
driver Mary who is strangely partial to<br />
Japan and speaks nonsensical Japanese.<br />
They set out together towards Kuala<br />
Lumpur, where his daughter is, but... They<br />
are a rough pair, whose nationality and culture<br />
and character are different. In spite of<br />
everything, will they arrive there before the<br />
wedding ceremony?!<br />
TENCHI MEISATSU<br />
Drama / Samurai<br />
Language: Japanese with Engish subtitles<br />
Director: Yojiro Takita<br />
Key Cast: Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
From the Academy Award® winning director<br />
Yojiro TAKITA comes a samurai epic<br />
who created the Japanese lunar calendar<br />
which changed the Japanese culture and<br />
lifestyle. The time is the Edo period when<br />
Tokugawa ruled Japan. Santetsu YASUI<br />
(Junichi OKADA) was suddenly appointed<br />
to create the Japanese lunar calendar. Not<br />
knowing much about astronomy, he<br />
worked closely with En MURASE (Aoi<br />
MIYAZAKI) to create the calendar which<br />
changed not only Japanese lifestyles, but<br />
many lives.<br />
TOKYO KAZOKU (ORIGINAL<br />
JAPANESE TITLE)<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Yoji Yamada<br />
Writer: Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: Japan<br />
Yoji YAMADA’s next film will be a<br />
Homage to “Tokyo Story” by Yasujiro<br />
OZU. The film also celebrates Yamada∞fs<br />
50th anniversary as a director. Yamada’s<br />
82nd film “Tokyo Kazoku” (Japanese original<br />
title, meaning “Tokyo Family”) will be<br />
created as homage to “Tokyo Story”, the<br />
most widely known film by Yasujiro Ozu,<br />
Yamada’s mentor at Shochiku’s legendary<br />
Ofuna Studio. Filming will start from<br />
March 2012 for a Japanese domestic<br />
release aimed for early 2013. Set in the<br />
present-day, the film will offer Yamada∞fs<br />
updated take on this story of Japanese family<br />
life. The casts are yet to be announced.<br />
LIFE BACK THEN<br />
Drama (131)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Takahisa Zeze<br />
Key Cast: Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Based on a novel by Masashi SADA,<br />
Berlinale prize winning director Takahisa<br />
ZEZE sets out to picturaize the big hit<br />
novel “Antoki No Inochi” starring Masaki<br />
OKADA and Nana EIKURA. The story<br />
starts when Kyohei Nagashima who has<br />
closed his mind after an event at high<br />
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school happens to start working as a house<br />
cleaner for people who passed away alone.<br />
Despite his indifference about the job, society,<br />
or even life itself at the beginning, he<br />
gradually learns the meaning of life<br />
through facing life and death while cleaning<br />
houses where the dead used to live and<br />
where tons of belongings from their lives<br />
are left.<br />
SECOND VIRGINITY<br />
AKA: SECOND VIRGIN<br />
Drama (98)<br />
Language: Japanese, English<br />
Director: Second Virgin<br />
Key Cast: Kyoka SUZUKI, Hiroki<br />
HASEGAWA, Kyoko FUKADA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Based on the screenplay by Shizuka<br />
OISHI, Second Virginity became a sensational<br />
social phenomenon is now a film.<br />
Rui Nakamura (Kyoka SUZUKI), wellknown<br />
throughout the publishing industry<br />
as a shrewd producer, falls madly in love<br />
with Koh Suzuki (Hiroki HASEGAWA),<br />
the head of an internet securities company.<br />
Despite that Koh is 17 years younger than<br />
her and already married to another woman,<br />
they had managed to overcome various<br />
obstacles and the two of them had started<br />
living together, but then one day Koh just<br />
suddenly disappears from Rui’s life...<br />
CROSSROADS<br />
AKA: RAILWAYS: AI WO<br />
TSUTAERARE NAI OTONA TACHIE<br />
Drama (123min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Masatoshi KURAKATA<br />
Key Cast: Tomokazu MIURA, Kimiko YO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
With whom do you want to share the years<br />
after retirement? This emotionally inspiring<br />
film is for all those standing at that crossroads<br />
of life. Toru Takishima is a railway<br />
driver who has devoted his whole life to<br />
his job, then realizes that he has reached<br />
the age of 59. His wife Sawako had always<br />
been supportive of him in her role as<br />
housewife, and is now 55. Toru will reach<br />
mandatory retirement after only one month,<br />
and the couple is looking forward to their<br />
retirement years. Then one day, Sawako<br />
proclaims that she will return to the nursing<br />
career that her role as housewife denied<br />
her, but Toru is unwilling and unable to<br />
understand the depth of her conviction. The<br />
two of them have a serious quarrel, and<br />
Sawako suddenly moves out of their home.<br />
The rift between them reaches the point<br />
where Sawako gives official divorce registration<br />
documents to Toru...<br />
QUARTET!<br />
Drama (118min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Junichi MIMURA<br />
Key Cast: Mahiro TAKASUGI, Ayama<br />
GOURIKI<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
A high school boy who wants to become a<br />
violinist, forms a family quartet to try to<br />
connect the family back together. Shot during<br />
the Great East Japan Earthquake, civilian<br />
volunteers supported the completion of<br />
the film.<br />
SENGOKU BASARA-SAMURAI<br />
KINGS:THE MOVIE<br />
Animation (90min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Kazuya NOMURA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
The theatrical version of a popular animation<br />
series, based on the video game series<br />
produced by CAPCOM (Resident Evil,<br />
Devil May Cry). Along with the 1st & 2nd<br />
series, Production I.G will be producing<br />
this high quality animation. Set on the<br />
stage of Sengoku / Warring States Period<br />
(around 1467-1573) where great military<br />
commanders all have one goal of conquering<br />
Japan and stand as the head of the united<br />
kingdom.<br />
MILOCRORZE - A LOVE STORY<br />
Fantasy, Samurai, Drama (90min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Yoshimasa ISHIBASHI<br />
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Writer: Yoshimasa ISHIBASHI<br />
Key Cast: Takayuki YAMADa<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Experience the crazy world of multidimensioned<br />
Love Story!! A childlike man<br />
tossed about by a mysterious woman who<br />
showed up all of a sudden before him. An<br />
amative counselor with a sexist attitude<br />
who sharply solves young men’s troubles.<br />
A one-eyed ronin who reaches a red light<br />
district while searching for a woman he fell<br />
in love at first sight. Three stories exist<br />
independently, and at the same time, connect<br />
to each other in the same time space.<br />
Each story is told in different tastes in contents<br />
and visual expression styles, such as<br />
picture-book-like fantastic visual, fashionable<br />
musical style, and artistic samurai<br />
drama. It also unfolds swiftly in high tension,<br />
with full of humour. It’s a film with a<br />
new feel, constructed as a feature film<br />
based on a single theme, whereas it looks<br />
like an omnibus film.<br />
NINJA KIDS!!!<br />
Samurai, Family, Action (97min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Takashi Miike<br />
Key Cast: Seishiro KATO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Based on the popular newspaper comic<br />
“Ninja Rantaro Flunks Again” by Sobei<br />
Amako and TV anime series comes a live<br />
action directed by Takashi MIIKE. The<br />
story revolves around the adventures (and<br />
misadventures!) of the Ninja Eggs gang,<br />
Rantaro, Kirimaru, and Shinbei. They are<br />
the first grade students of the Ninja<br />
Academy, who aspire to be elite ninjas,<br />
along with their unusual group of Class Ha<br />
classmates. Their teachers and senior grade<br />
ninjas also take part in their adventures as<br />
do their mortal enemies from the rival<br />
Ninja group of Dokutake - Poison<br />
Mushroom Castle. This very first liveaction<br />
feature film of the Ninja Kids follows<br />
Rantaro as he enters the Academy and<br />
how he meets his best friends, Kirimaru<br />
and Shinbei as they study and train hard to<br />
become elite ninjas!<br />
DENDERA<br />
Drama (119min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Daisuke TENGAN<br />
Executive Producer: Toshiaki NAKAZA-<br />
WA<br />
Key Cast: Ruriko ASAOKA, Mitsuko<br />
KUSABUE, Mitsuko BAISHO<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
28 years after Shohei Imamura’s Palm<br />
D’Or winner “The Ballad of Narayama”<br />
his son Daisuke Tengan’s new ‘Legend of<br />
Old Lady Mountain’ is born. 50 elderly<br />
women, abandoned to die on ‘Old Lady<br />
Mountain.’ They form a village called<br />
“Dendera” with hope to live through. Some<br />
wants to finish their lives peacefully, where<br />
others vow revenge to the village and the<br />
family that had left them to die in the snow<br />
covered mountain. Living is so hard... but<br />
still you live. Why do you struggle?<br />
REBIRTH<br />
Drama (147min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Izuru NARUSHIMA<br />
Key Cast: Mao INOUE, Hiromi<br />
NAGASAKU<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
From the top actresses of Japan comes a<br />
drama of women revealing their love and<br />
the strength to survive. Kiwako sneaks into<br />
the home of Takehiro whom she is having<br />
an affair with, and kidnaps his new born<br />
baby, Erina. Kiwako endlessly moves<br />
throughout Japan while raising Erina as if<br />
she was her own daughter for the next four<br />
years. They truly lead happy life until<br />
Kiwako is finally arrested. Erina is also<br />
havingan affair with a married man and<br />
finds that she is pregnant with his baby.<br />
She decides to travel to the footsteps of the<br />
past to find herself.<br />
SOMEDAY<br />
Drama (93min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtitles<br />
Director: Junji SAKAMOTO<br />
Writer: Junji SAKAMOTO<br />
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Key Cast: Yoshio HARADA, Michiyo<br />
OKUSU, Ittoku KISHIBE<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: JAPAN<br />
Junji SAKAMOTO, the award-winning<br />
Japanese film director, together with one of<br />
Japan’s most charismatic actor Yoshio<br />
Harada and a great ensemble casts, creates<br />
a picturesque story set in one of the most<br />
beautiful villages of Japan. In this rural<br />
mountain village, they have the tradition of<br />
acting an amateur Kabuki performance. All<br />
troubles come out as the villagers try to<br />
make success with the performance...<br />
Tears, laughter, and rage all unfold against<br />
the backdrop of Japan’s magnificent natural<br />
beauty. As the film progresses, Harada’s<br />
performance as an amateur Kabuki actor<br />
begins to merge with his own immensely<br />
fruitful life as an actor, instilling a unique<br />
resonance to this bittersweet comedy.<br />
THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF<br />
HUTCH THE HONEYBEE<br />
Animation, Family, Adventure (101min)<br />
Language: Japanese with English subtiles<br />
Director: Tetsuro AMINO<br />
Writer: Kundo KOYAMA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
Let’s get set for a spectacular adventure of<br />
love and courage! A loving and moving<br />
adventure animation that revolves around<br />
Hutch the Honey Bee and his friends, as he<br />
searches for his missing Queen Bee Mother<br />
whom he parted with through the surprise<br />
attack by the group of cruel Hornets.<br />
Through his travels and adventures, Hutch<br />
encounters other creatures which befriends<br />
him (even those regarded as enemies,<br />
including human beings) and starts to grow<br />
up. He discovers the wonders of nature and<br />
the true meaning of courage.<br />
SHORELINE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
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Park East, Suite 600 , Los Angeles, CA<br />
90067 USA , Tel: 1.310.551.2060. Fax:<br />
1.310.201.0729. www.slefilms.com E-mail:<br />
info@slefilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Sam Eigen (EVP), Brian Sweet<br />
(VP of Sales)<br />
Office: Ritz Carlton suite #437., Tel:<br />
1.916.848.5519 Fax: 1.702.974.0707<br />
A SECRET WORLD<br />
AKA: UN MUNDO SECRETO<br />
Drama (93 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Gabriel Marino<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico<br />
Maria’s last day of class marks the start of<br />
a journey: she’ll cross Mexico but doesn’t<br />
really know why. What she does know is<br />
that this isn’t a fun trip; she knows it’s not<br />
something to write home about, it’s something<br />
else, it’s a journey that began in the<br />
depth of her dreams and in her broken<br />
heart.<br />
FATHER’S CHAIR<br />
AKA: A CADEIRA DO PAI<br />
Drama/Thriller (93 minutes)<br />
Director: Luciano Moura<br />
Key Cast: Wagner MOURA, Lima<br />
DUARTE, Mariana LIMA, Brás<br />
ANTUNES<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
Theo is living the good life in an upscale<br />
Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking<br />
doctor, husband, and father. However,<br />
Theo has chosen his career over his family<br />
and his wife announces that she wants a<br />
divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the<br />
day when he comes home to discover that<br />
his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared.<br />
Theo takes to the road in search of<br />
his son. In a journey that leads him<br />
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throughout Brazil, Theo discovers what<br />
really matters to him. Searching for his<br />
missing son, Theo finds himself.<br />
YAKEL<br />
(70 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rachael Wilson<br />
Writer: Rachael Wilson<br />
Executive Producer: Rachael Wilson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
In the shadow of a fiery volcano, shrouded<br />
in mystery and magic, the Yakel tribe from<br />
Vanuatu, follow their age-old rituals and<br />
keep the outside world at bay. 100-year-old<br />
Chief Kowia has glimpsed life away from<br />
Yakel but still lives like his ancestors, - in<br />
peace, without money, clothes or technology.<br />
The jungle provides all they need to<br />
survive.<br />
BLACK COBRA<br />
Action/Martial Arts (89 minutes)<br />
Director: Scott Donovan & Lily Melgar<br />
Key Cast: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Tekken,<br />
Mortal Kombat, Pearl Harbor, Twins), T.J.<br />
Storm (Punisher: War Zone, Resident Evil<br />
5), Jeff Wolfe (Drive, Green Lantern)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Sizwe Biko, an ordinary man with extraordinary<br />
skills as a martial artist. He wants<br />
nothing more than to live a simple life, but<br />
is thrust into a fight for his father’s freedom,<br />
a leftover casualty of South Africa’s<br />
former Apartheid mandates.<br />
ROMAN’S CIRCUIT<br />
AKA: EL CIRCUITO DE ROMAN<br />
Drama (85 minutes)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Sebastian Brahm<br />
Executive Producer: Gregorio Gonzalez<br />
Key Cast: Cristian Carvajal<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Chile<br />
In El Circuito de Román (“Roman’s<br />
Circuit”), a prominent researcher in the<br />
field of human memory returns home<br />
where he stumbles upon the fact that a<br />
man’s past, as he remembers and tells it, is<br />
often nothing but fiction.<br />
TRANSCENDENT MAN<br />
Documentary (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robert Ptolemy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: US<br />
TRANSCENDENT MAN chronicles the<br />
life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, an inventor<br />
and futurist that presents his bold vision of<br />
the Singularity, a point in the near future<br />
when technology will be changing so rapidly,<br />
that we will have to enhance ourselves<br />
with artificial intelligence to keep up. Ray<br />
predicts this will be the dawning of a new<br />
civilization in which we will no longer be<br />
dependent on our physical bodies, we will<br />
be trillions of times more intelligent and<br />
there will be no clear distinction between<br />
human and machine, real reality and virtual<br />
reality. Human aging and illness will be<br />
reversed; world hunger and poverty will be<br />
solved and we will ultimately cure death.<br />
Critics accuse Ray of being too optimistic<br />
and argue that the dangers of the<br />
Singularity far outweigh the benefits,<br />
pointing out the apocalyptic implications<br />
that once machines achieve consciousness,<br />
we may not be able to control them.<br />
Whether Rays controversial ideas incite<br />
excitement or fear, dogma or disbelief this<br />
ambitious documentary will forever change<br />
the way you look at life, death, and your<br />
own future.<br />
SHOWBOX/<br />
MEDIAPLEX, INC.<br />
Showbox/Mediaplex, Inc., 3F, 174-15,<br />
Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea,<br />
Tel: 82.2.3218.5649 Fax: 82.2.3444.6688.<br />
www.showbox.co.kr/english E-mail:<br />
sales@showbox.co.kr<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Judy AHN (Head of Int’l<br />
Business / Sales & Acquisitions), Soojin<br />
JUNG (General Manager / Sales), Sonya<br />
KIM (General Manager / Sales & Festival),<br />
June LEE (Manager / Acquisitions)<br />
Office: Marriott - Suite 230, Tel:<br />
49(0)30.220.001.126<br />
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FROM SEOUL TO VARANASI<br />
AKA: VARANASI<br />
Drama (98)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: JEON Kyu-hwan<br />
Writer: JEON Kyu-hwan<br />
Producer: CHOI Mi-ae<br />
Key Cast: YOON Dong-hwan CHOI Wonjung<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Young-wu who has led a stable but dull<br />
marriage life with Ji-young for 10 year is<br />
in a affair with Su-yeon, a writer contracted<br />
with his own publishing company. On the<br />
way back home from the yoga class, Jiyoung<br />
gets in an accident and meets<br />
Kerim, a young Muslim illegally living in<br />
Seoul, which leads them on another dangerous<br />
relationship. After Kerim gets<br />
deported and leaves for Varanasi without<br />
any notice, Ji-young desperately looks for<br />
his tracks. A few days after his wife left<br />
home, Young-wu happens to see Ji-young<br />
on the TV news, coming out of a restaurant<br />
that has been bombed by terrorists in<br />
Varanasi. Being in a shock, Young-wu<br />
starts to investigate his wife’s whereabouts<br />
and sets off to look for her in Varanasi.<br />
NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF<br />
THE TIME<br />
Crime, Drama (133)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: YOON Jong-bin<br />
Writer: YOON Jong-bin<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Producer: PARK Shin-kyu<br />
Key Cast: CHOI Min-sik, HA Jung-woo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Ik-hyeon who gets involved in drug dealing<br />
while carrying out his duty as a customs<br />
officer meets a mob boss, Hyeong-bae, and<br />
learns that they are distantly related.<br />
Together they expand the mob business<br />
doing each other’s favors but when the<br />
government declares a war on crime and<br />
the two partners get entangled in the web<br />
of conspiracy and betrayal.<br />
LIVE ON-AIR<br />
AKA: WONDERFUL RADIO<br />
Romance (120)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: KWON Chil-in<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Producer: JEUN Ho-jin<br />
Key Cast: LEE Min-jung, LEE Jung-jin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Gina, a former member of idol group,<br />
works as the DJ for a radio show called<br />
“Wonderful Radio” now but the rating of<br />
the show has hit the bottom. One day, its<br />
producer is replaced by Jae-ik, a notorious<br />
name in the station with his cold-hearted<br />
aspiration. Fighting like cats and dogs, the<br />
two struggle to reform the program.<br />
However, as they learn about each other’s<br />
weakness and wounds, they start opening<br />
up their hearts and come up with a plan to<br />
reshape their show.<br />
RED VACANCE BLACK WEDDING<br />
Erotic Drama (90)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: PARK Chul-soo,KIM Tai-sik<br />
Key Cast: JO Seon-mookAHN Ji-hye,OH<br />
In-hye<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
The Red Vacance – Hee-rae gets excited<br />
about going on a long overdue vacation<br />
with her long-time lover. But on the very<br />
day they are supposed to leave, he does not<br />
show up without saying anything. Now,<br />
Searching for him becomes her vacation.<br />
The Black Wedding - He is on his way<br />
from his lover and favorite student’s wedding.<br />
He was there as her wedding officiant.<br />
Her body was his power, desire, and<br />
something that gave him a glimpse of hope<br />
to live when he felt he didn’t have any connections<br />
with the world anymore. At the<br />
moment he thinks he lost everything, she<br />
comes see him again on her way to honeymoon.<br />
CHAMP<br />
Drama (133)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
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Director: LEE Hwan-kyung<br />
Writer: LEE Hwan-kyung, KIM Youngseok,<br />
KIM Hwang-sung<br />
Producer: KIM Min-ki, LEE Myung-suk<br />
Key Cast: CHA Tae-hyun, KIM Su-jeoong<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Horse jockey Seung-ho lost his wife and<br />
his sight in a fatal car accident. He leads an<br />
aimless life with his little daughter but<br />
looses all his savings when he tried to<br />
cheat at the horse track and flees to a<br />
remote ranch in Jeju Island. There he meets<br />
a violent and limping horse Woo-bak and<br />
he trains the horse ready for race. Against<br />
all odds, Seung-ho and Woo-bak finishes<br />
first in the preliminaries but when Seungho’s<br />
blindness is discovered by the officials,<br />
they’re disqualified from the finals.<br />
Woo-bak rejects all other jockeys and direly<br />
awaits Seung-ho to come back. The<br />
limping horse and his blind jockey bet<br />
everything to race one last time.<br />
THE SCENT (W/T)<br />
Thriller, Drama<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: KIM Hyung-jun<br />
Key Cast: PARK Hee-soon,PARK Si-yeon<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: South Korea<br />
Seon-wu is a private investigator who is<br />
specialized in the adultery cases using his<br />
olfactory sense. While investigating on an<br />
affair, his client, a mysterious woman<br />
named Soo-jin, turns up murdered and<br />
Seon-wu becomes a suspect for being at<br />
the crime scene. As he tries to cover up the<br />
tracks of murder, the evidences confirming<br />
his presence at the scene start turning up<br />
and he gets framed as a murderer.<br />
DON’T CLICK<br />
Horror<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: KIM Tae-kyung<br />
Key Cast: PARK Bo-young, JOO Won,<br />
KANG Byul<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Jung-mi, who’s been living alone with her<br />
elder sister after their parents left for the<br />
US, uploads UCC often in hopes of being<br />
famous. She believes that it’s the easy way<br />
to make her dream come true: being an<br />
anchorwoman. Jung-mi’s sister, Se-hi<br />
thinks this is useless and same time dangerous<br />
but cannot stop her sister. When Jungmi<br />
finds that the video so called “forbidden<br />
video” is in the center of the attention, she<br />
asks Se-hi’s boyfriend, Joon-hyuk working<br />
at special investigation team for cyber<br />
crimes to get her the file. Even though it’s<br />
already forbidden, Joon-hyuk illegally<br />
downloads the video file from the closed<br />
internet site for Jung-mi. She clicks the file<br />
only to find out it contains one high school<br />
girl’s wicked necromantic ritual. After<br />
watching the video, there happen series of<br />
strange incidents to Jung-mi. Now, Se-hi<br />
has to find the way to save her only sister<br />
from the curse of the video.<br />
THE THIEVES<br />
Crime, Action<br />
Language: Korean, Chinese<br />
Director: CHOI Dong-hoon<br />
Writer: CHOI Dong-hoon<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Key Cast: KIM Yun-seok,Gianna JUN,<br />
KIM Hye-su, LEE Jung-jae, OH Dal-soo,<br />
KIM Hae-sook, KIM Soo-hyun<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Infamous thief Macao Park brings together<br />
best thieves from Korea and Hong Kong<br />
for his latest job: $20 million diamond<br />
known as “Tear of the Sun,” kept safely<br />
away in a Macao casino. But his plan takes<br />
an unexpected turn when Korean leader<br />
Popeye brings Pepsi, an old flame. While<br />
working together to steal this fabled diamond,<br />
they all have their own agendas to<br />
derail the plan and keep the diamond for<br />
themselves. Unbeknownst to them, Macao<br />
Park, too, has plans for everyone in the<br />
team. Who end up with the diamond and<br />
live to see another day?<br />
A COMPANY MAN<br />
Action, Thriller<br />
Language: Korean<br />
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Director: LIM Sang-yoon<br />
Writer: LIM Sang-yoon<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Key Cast: SO Ji-sub, LEE Mi-youn, KIM<br />
Dong-joon<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
A contract killing organization is managed<br />
like a normal company. Hyung-do who<br />
regards killing as nothing more than repetitious<br />
routine is working for this company.<br />
A man loyal to his company and accepted<br />
as the firm’s best killer, Hyung-do one day<br />
starts feeling doubts about his job and<br />
decides to quit his job for a woman he is in<br />
love with. Instantly, he is under the threat<br />
of being hunted down by his former colleagues.<br />
CONFESSION OF MURDER<br />
Action, Drama<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: JUNG Byung-gil<br />
Key Cast: JUNG Jae-young,PARK Si-hoo<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Country of Origin: South Korea<br />
The statute of limitations on a high profile<br />
serial murder case, in which 10 women<br />
have been murdered, a member of the victim<br />
family throws himself off the building<br />
in front of the detective CHOI who is in<br />
charge of the case. 2 years later, a man<br />
called LEE Du-seok publishes a book titled<br />
“Confession of Murder” claiming his<br />
responsibility for the murders that took<br />
place 17 years ago. His book becomes a<br />
huge success but, “J”, who appears suddenly,<br />
claiming he is the real perpetrator. What<br />
is the truth behind and identity of the<br />
author?<br />
THE FRONT LINE<br />
War Drama (133)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: JANG Hun<br />
Writer: PARK Sang-yeon<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Producer: Robert Lee,KIM Hyun-chol<br />
Key Cast: SHIN Ha-kyun, KO Soo, KIM<br />
Ok-vin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Towards the end of the Korean War, a<br />
South Korean battalion is fiercely battling<br />
over a hill on the front line border against<br />
the North in order to capture a strategic<br />
point that would determine the new border<br />
between two nations. The ownership of this<br />
small patch of land would swap multiple<br />
times each day. Kang is dispatched to the<br />
front line in order to investigate the tacit<br />
case that’s been happening there. But he<br />
gets spiraled into the war that’s more terrifying<br />
than death itself when he meets his<br />
friend Kim, who has transformed into a<br />
war machine, and his unit. As the countdown<br />
for ceasefire begins, both sides<br />
become more vicious, resulting in deaths of<br />
countless lives until the last man could<br />
claim the land.<br />
MR. IDOL<br />
Music Drama (113)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: LA Hee-chan<br />
Writer: LA Hee-chan<br />
Executive Producer: William KIM<br />
Key Cast: JI Hyun-woo, Jay PARK, PARK<br />
Ye-jin, KIM Su-ro<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Guju is once a famous producer who left<br />
the music industry after one of her idol<br />
group members died of accident. One day,<br />
she encounters Yujin who was kicked out<br />
of an agency called ‘Star Music’ after years<br />
of training to be a singer. Guju believes<br />
Yujin could be a star and produces an idol<br />
group called ‘Mr. Children’. The talented<br />
group, Mr. Children, attracts public attention<br />
and their fans increase exponentially.<br />
Seeing this Star Music uploads the video of<br />
Yujin when he was a trainee in order to<br />
slander Yujin. As a result, Guju, Yujin, and<br />
the members of Mr. Children face a hard<br />
time.<br />
ALWAYS<br />
Romance (110)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: SONG lI-gon<br />
Writer: SONG lI-gon, NO Hong-jin<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
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Producer: MOON Bo-mi, KIM Jung-hee,<br />
LEE Sung-hun<br />
Key Cast: SO Ji-sub, HAN Hyo-joo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Chul-min is a lowlife who makes his living<br />
as a loan shark muscle and a parking lot<br />
attendant. But his life is turned sideways<br />
when he meets a strange, cheerful blind<br />
woman named Jung-hwa. Soon they<br />
become close and he trains himself to be an<br />
MMA fighter. But when he finds out that<br />
she requires eye transplant before too late,<br />
and how he was responsible for her loss of<br />
sight several years ago, he takes a trip<br />
abroad to participate in a prize fight to give<br />
her the transplant she needs.<br />
THE CLIENT<br />
Thriller (123)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: SOHN Young-sung<br />
Writer: LEE Choon-hyung, SOHN Youngsung<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Producer: KIM Jho-kwang-soo, SHIN<br />
Chang-kil<br />
Key Cast: HA Jung-woo, PARK Hee-soon,<br />
JANG Hyuk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Defense attorney Kang receives a notorious<br />
case to defend Han, who is accused of<br />
killing his wife. Even though her body is<br />
not discovered, the general public is quick<br />
to label him as the devil-reincarnate and<br />
begs for a shift guilty verdict. It’s a difficult<br />
case but Kang is confident that he will<br />
prevail. The defendant is an enigmatic<br />
character with OCD who can’t express his<br />
thoughts clearly. Fortunately for him, there<br />
is no murder weapon but he doesn’t have<br />
an alibi either. The prosecutor handling<br />
Han’s case is also Kang’s archrival, and is<br />
determined to bring down Han for the murder<br />
and his lawyer along with him. Kang<br />
digs into Han’s case in order to uncover<br />
evidences to clear his client’s name.<br />
MOBY DICK<br />
Thriller, Crime (112)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: PARK In-jae<br />
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun<br />
Producer: PARK Shin-kyu<br />
Key Cast: HWANG Jung-min, JIN Goo,<br />
KIM Min-hee<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
LEE Bang-u, a journalist who would do<br />
anything to get a scoop, sees a mysterious<br />
explosion in the Balam Bridge and senses<br />
there is a major story behind it. Suddenly, a<br />
man named Yoon-hyeok appears and, without<br />
a word, leaves a tennis bag filled with<br />
surveillance reports of civilians and a<br />
locked floppy disk. Later, Bang-u finds out<br />
that Yoon-hyeok is being chased by some<br />
strangers. Bang-u forms a special investigation<br />
team with other journalists, SON<br />
Jin-gi and SONG Hyo-gwan who were also<br />
working on the case. One day, some<br />
strangers break into their office, Moby<br />
Dick, and leave a terrible mess. The<br />
strangers even impose a threat to the investigation<br />
team and Yoon-hyeok who is holding<br />
the key to the case.<br />
SHOWCASE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.<br />
Showcase Entertainment, Inc., 23679<br />
Calabasas Road - Suite 807, Calabasas,<br />
CA 91302 USA, Tel: 1.818.876.9617. Fax:<br />
1.818.876.8501. http://www.showcaseentertainment.com<br />
E-mail: linda@showcaseentertainment.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: David A. Jackson (President),<br />
Shauna Shapiro-Jackson (Executive Vice<br />
President), Cara Shapiro (VP of<br />
Acquisitions), Leslee Allmon (VP-<br />
Worldwide Distribution Services), Linda<br />
Paolucci (Director Sales Administration<br />
and Market Coordinator)<br />
Office: Berlin Marriott, Tel:<br />
+1.818.400.0324<br />
YOU MAY NOT KISS THE BRIDE<br />
Action/Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Rob Hedden<br />
Writer: Rob Hedden<br />
Key Cast: Katharine McPhee, Rob<br />
Schneider, Mena Suvari, Kathy Bates,<br />
Dave Annable, Ken Davitian, Vinnie Jones,<br />
Tia Carrere, Kevin Dunn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the spirit of Romancing The Stone, an<br />
unassuming pet photographer is thrown<br />
into serious action, adventure and romance<br />
when he is forced to marry a Croatian bride<br />
and then must rescue her after she is kidnapped<br />
while on their honeymoon at a<br />
remote tropical resort.<br />
IRA FINKELSTEIN’S CHRISTMAS<br />
Adventure/Comedy/Family<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sue Corcoran<br />
Writer: Sue Corcoran<br />
Producer: Sue Corcoran<br />
Key Cast: David DeLuise, Elliott Gould,<br />
Elijah Nelson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ira J. Finkelstein is obsessed with<br />
Christmas. He’s seen every Christmas<br />
movie ever made and his dreams are filled<br />
with reindeer, sleigh rides and SNOW. The<br />
problem? Ira’s Jewish - and at 11 years old,<br />
Christmas is passing him by. When Ira’s<br />
hopes for a holiday vacation in Aspen are<br />
dashed, he hatches a plan to finally get the<br />
Christmas of his dreams. Flying unaccompanied<br />
to visit his grandparents in Florida,<br />
he swaps tickets with Mikey, another 11year-old<br />
on his way to Christmastown, WA<br />
. Ira gets more than he bargained for when<br />
he experiences his first “White Christmas”.<br />
MONIKA<br />
Action/Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steven Monroe<br />
Writer: Steven Monroe<br />
Key Cast: Jason Wiles, Cerina Vincent, C.<br />
Thomas Howell<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
A man who is troubled by visions and premonitions<br />
is ultimately led to Las Vegas.<br />
It’s there that he meets the beautiful and<br />
mysterious MoniKa, a young woman who<br />
turns out to have been killed the night<br />
before he even met her. He is then forced<br />
to put the puzzle together of what happened,<br />
how she is still present and help<br />
MoniKa with her revenge on the killers of<br />
her younger sister.<br />
THE WANNABES<br />
Teen Comedy<br />
Director: Eric Dean Seaton<br />
Writer: Doreen Spicer<br />
Producer: Ron Stern, Christine LeMaire<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Live-action comedy/music series featuring<br />
Savvy, a multicultural sing-and-dance<br />
troupe who has been played on Radio<br />
Disney, as a group of kids attending an arts<br />
prep school who attempt to achieve their<br />
pop star dream. THE WANNABES is now<br />
HBO Family Latin America’s NUMBER<br />
ONE show and will be premiering in the<br />
U.S. on Starz next month!!<br />
ANNABELLE & BEAR<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Curt Massof, Olivia Walby,<br />
Ruby Harris<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
The story of Bear – a burly, bald, tattooed<br />
biker who is suddenly thrust into fatherhood<br />
when his ex is no longer capable of<br />
caring the 2 year old child he never knew.<br />
Annabelle & Bear takes us on an unexpected<br />
journey that leads Bear to discover the<br />
life-altering love found in the heart of his<br />
little girl. This multiple award-winning<br />
audience favorite stars the YOUNGEST<br />
LEADING ACTRESS EVER IN A FEA-<br />
TURE FILM – 2 YEAR OLD OLIVIA<br />
WALBY! Walby will steal your heart and,<br />
as stated in many reviews, this film is a<br />
must-see!<br />
EDGAR ALLAN POE’S ‘ANNABEL<br />
LEE’<br />
Thriller<br />
Key Cast: Kristen Hagen, Jon Woodward-<br />
Kirby<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
the story of Jack Blythe, an artist who rents<br />
a summer house in a quiet beach town to<br />
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find creative inspiration. He gets more than<br />
he bargained for when he meets a beautiful<br />
but hauntingly mysterious woman who<br />
offers to be his subject for a painting.<br />
When Jack discovers that his seductive<br />
stranger resembles a woman presumed<br />
dead for 18 years, he becomes obsessed<br />
with uncovering the truth. Soon, Jack is<br />
caught up in a terrifying struggle that will<br />
unravel an unsolvable mystery and reveal a<br />
horrific secret.<br />
EXTINCTION<br />
Thriller/Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Niki Drozdowski<br />
Producer: Daniel Buder<br />
Key Cast: Daniel Buder, Luise Bahr, Klaus<br />
Ebert<br />
Country of Origin: Germany<br />
In the vein of “28 Days Later” and “I Am<br />
Legend,” a retrovirus has entered into the<br />
world, killing almost everyone, turning the<br />
dead into flesh-eating zombies, and the few<br />
survivors have to fight for survival. The<br />
future of mankind is at stake in this postapocalyptic<br />
thriller! This English-language<br />
movie was shot entirely in Germany by a<br />
young and talented group of filmmakers<br />
with a very strong visual style.<br />
JOE DANTE PRESENTS TRAIL OF<br />
BLOOD<br />
Action, Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joseph Guerrieri, Justin Guerrieri<br />
Writer: Joseph Guerrieri, Justin Guerrieri<br />
Executive Producer: Joe Dante<br />
Producer: Matthew Hsu, Vero Shamo-<br />
Garcia<br />
Key Cast: Robert Picardo, Trevor Torseth,<br />
Tim Barraco, Kandis Erickson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest,<br />
a young U.S. Marine recruit and his six<br />
friends stumble upon the murdered bodies<br />
of a vacationing couple. They are mistaken<br />
for the killers by a deeply-disturbed war<br />
veteran who calls himself the “Angel of<br />
Death.” The veteran is determined to teach<br />
them the horrors of war through a series of<br />
tortuous mind games that leaves Jim and<br />
his friends struggling for their lives.<br />
GEORGE A. ROMERO PRESENTS<br />
DEADTIME STORIES,VOLUMES I &<br />
II<br />
Horror/Thriller<br />
Director: Matt Walsh, Jeff Monahan,<br />
Michael Fischa<br />
Writer: Jeff Monahan<br />
Producer: Matt Walsh, Jeff Monahan,<br />
Michael Fischa<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
In the tradition of “Creepshow” and “Tales<br />
From the Crypt,” legendary horror director<br />
George A. Romero brings you two volumes<br />
of horror tales that will chill you to the<br />
bone! Each volume has three scary tales<br />
and, as a bonus to his millions of fans,<br />
George Romero, himself, introduces each<br />
story and acts as a guide on this scary ride.<br />
FRAT PARTY<br />
Sexy Teen Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Randy Wayne, Caroline<br />
D’Amore<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
In the tradition of “Bachelor Party,” a campus<br />
stud attempts to make it through his<br />
bachelor party without giving in to many<br />
female temptations in his path.<br />
WHITE LION<br />
Family Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Swan<br />
Producer: Kevin Richardson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
In Africa, according to legend of the<br />
Shangaan people, the White Lion is considered<br />
a messenger of the gods. However,<br />
within his own pride, the White Lion is a<br />
danger as his white coat makes him stand<br />
out in the dangerous African wilderness.<br />
When Letsatsi, an adorable White Lion is<br />
born, he is cast from his pride and is forced<br />
upon a perilous journey of survival.<br />
Letsatsi not only survives his journey but,<br />
with the help of an older lion Nkulu and a<br />
young Shangaan warrior, Letsatsi grows up<br />
to be an adult lion and creates a pride of<br />
his own, thus becoming the REAL Lion<br />
King!<br />
ANGEL CAMOUFLAGED<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: R. Michael Givens<br />
Producer: Ken Dalton and Aaron Steele-<br />
Nicolson<br />
Key Cast: James Brolin Carlos Bernard<br />
Dilana Robichaux Warrick Grier Tessie<br />
Santiago<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Angel Camouflaged stars rock star<br />
‘Dilana,’ finalist in the hit show “Rock Star<br />
Supernova,” rock legend Patty Smyth, the<br />
Marshall Tucker Band, Kurtis Blow and<br />
James Brolin. “Angel Camouflaged” is<br />
empowering film with attitude, that appeals<br />
to women and to anyone reaching for a<br />
dream. It features an up-and-coming<br />
female singer who has everything she<br />
needs to make it to the top—the looks, the<br />
voice, the attitude but hides her skills<br />
behind a whisky bottle. She wants to get<br />
away from everything including her hard<br />
living lifestyle. When she finds that she<br />
and her brother have inherited a dilapidated,<br />
abandoned bar, they decide to reopen it.<br />
In the process of rebuilding the bar, she<br />
discovers she has been able to rebuild herself.<br />
LOCAL COLOR<br />
Drama<br />
Director: George Gallo<br />
Writer: George Gallo<br />
Producer: James W. Evangelatos, David<br />
Permut, Mark Sennet, Julie Lott Gallo<br />
Key Cast: Amrin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor<br />
Morgan, Ray Liotta, Charles Durning,<br />
Samantha Mathis, Ron Perlman, Diana<br />
Scarwid<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
“Local Color” is inspired by the true story<br />
of a renowned artist who looks back on the<br />
summer of his defining year, when he<br />
befriended an elderly genius painter who<br />
turned his his back not only on art, but life.<br />
Over the course of the summer, the student’s<br />
enthusiasm and innocence rekindles<br />
the master’s passion. Together, they give<br />
one another a priceless gift. The student<br />
learns to see the world through the eyes of<br />
an artist, while the master remembers to<br />
see and embrace life and its beauty.<br />
THE LITTLE MATCH MAKERS<br />
Family<br />
Director: Agustin Castaneda, Mario Ortiz<br />
Writer: Agustin Castaneda<br />
Producer: Agustin Castaneda, Mario Ortiz<br />
Key Cast: Hannash Frantz, Julian Ortiz,<br />
Jacleen Haber, Agustin Castaneda<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
In the tradition of “The Parent Trap,” a tenyear<br />
old girl and ten-year old boy conspire<br />
to get their divorced parents to meet, fall in<br />
love, and get married. Easy, right? Not so<br />
fast! When the parents first meet, they hate<br />
each other, so the kids have to take extreme<br />
measure to make their plan work. As they<br />
say, games are for kids, even the most popular<br />
game of all - the game of love!<br />
CATALINA ISLAND<br />
Family (2 X 90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Turner, John Schneider<br />
Producer: Scott LeGrand<br />
Key Cast: John Schneider, Jessica Tuck,<br />
Kimberly Caldwell, George Segal, Billy<br />
Dee Williams, Jeffrey Tambor, Eric Lange<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
2 X 90’ mini-series We like to describe the<br />
series as’Northern Exposure’ on an island,<br />
as it’s full of fun and interesting characters<br />
and the scenery is breathtaking. Twenty-six<br />
miles to a new life.<br />
GUARDIANS OF THE POWER<br />
MASKS<br />
Animation/Kids/Tweens<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bob Jacques, Rann Watumull<br />
Producer: Rann Watumull, David A.<br />
Jackson, Heung Soo Park, Yan Xiao Qun<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A 10-year-old American girl, Annie, is<br />
forced to spend the summer with her<br />
grandmother, Nainai & younger cousin,<br />
Yong in China. One day a local construction<br />
project opens up a once sealed portal<br />
to the twilight realm releasing evil forces!<br />
Annie discovers she & Yong come from a<br />
long line of warriors who must defeat these<br />
evil forces. Under Nainai’s guidance, Annie<br />
& Yong learn to fight these evil forces as<br />
well as get along themselves. By wearing<br />
Power Masks, which increase their abilities<br />
tenfold, they transform into mighty war-<br />
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riors! A clash of cultures & villains leads to<br />
many exciting adventures for these two<br />
young warriors.<br />
SPACE DOG<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
A super-smart dog from a distant planet,<br />
Sirius (aka Dog Star), crash lands on earth!<br />
12-year-old Jimmy Patterson convinces<br />
Space Dog he has to stay undercover until<br />
they are able to repair his ship and get him<br />
back home. And what’s the best way to disguise<br />
a super-smart dog? Pretend to be an<br />
earthling dog, of course! Space Dog is<br />
completely offended that he has to “dumb<br />
down,” but in order to get back home he<br />
has no other choice. And thus begins the<br />
journey of Space Dog and his new family,<br />
the Pattersons. Along the way, Space Dog<br />
discovers that while these humans may not<br />
be particularly smart, they are, dare I say<br />
it...loveable?<br />
SPOTLIGHT<br />
PICTURES<br />
Spotlight Pictures, 6671 W. Sunset Blvd.<br />
#1591, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA, Tel:<br />
+1.323.871.2551 Fax: +1.323.446.7349.<br />
www.spotlight-pictures.com E-mail:<br />
info@spotlight-pictures.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Scott Bedno (President of<br />
International), Ryan McCombs (VP of<br />
Acquisitions), Matthew McCombs (CEO)<br />
Office: IFTA stand # 141, Tel:<br />
+49.30.889.14 – 422<br />
BEAUTY & THE LEAST<br />
Romantic Comedy (89)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bryce Clark<br />
Writer: Bryce Clark<br />
Producer: Justin Lyon<br />
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Melora Hardin<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ben Banks is the Forrest Gump of the<br />
slacker generation. He’s a young man with-<br />
out much drive or ambition, who stumbles<br />
into a series of strange and fascinating<br />
(mis)adventures. When he falls in love with<br />
a beautiful girl (Mischa Barton) with a<br />
mysterious past, he begins a journey that<br />
makes him discover being a grown-up isn’t<br />
so bad after all.<br />
STEALTH<br />
MEDIA GROUP<br />
Stealth Media Group, 14 Regent Hill,<br />
Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3ED ENG-<br />
LAND, Tel: +44.1273.739182 Fax:<br />
+44.1273.749122. www.stealthmediagroup.com<br />
E-mail: info@stealthmediagroup.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor,<br />
Financier<br />
At EFM: Sean O’Kelly (Joint C.E.O.), Juan<br />
Vista Neis (Head of International Sales),<br />
David Braithwaite (Head of Acquisitions)<br />
Office: Marriott Hotel, Suite #252, Tel:<br />
+49.30.22000 - 1152<br />
FANGS OF WAR<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jim Donovan<br />
Writer: Geoffrey Gunn<br />
Producer: Ken Nakamura<br />
Key Cast: Dominic Purcell, Tom Felton,<br />
Celina Jade<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
1944 The Greatest Evil Wants Immortality.<br />
History is at Stake.<br />
MARBLE CITY<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura<br />
Writer: Ryuhei Kitamura<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Rune enters Marble City after serving ten<br />
years for armed robbery; with an eye patch<br />
covering a mangled eye; he’s full of hate<br />
and vengeance.<br />
THE ANATOMIST<br />
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Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini<br />
Writer: Gabriela Tagliavini<br />
Producer: Enrica de Biasi, Giulia Marletta,<br />
Donald Ranvaud<br />
Key Cast: Ray Stevenson, Amaia<br />
Salamanca, Jordi Molla<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2013 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Adaptation of a controversial comic novel<br />
based on the true story of the 16th century<br />
surgeon who discovered the clitoris.<br />
EMOTIONAL RESCUE<br />
Romantic comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Beth Lauren<br />
Writer: Beth Lauren<br />
Producer: Beth Lauren, Sarah Miller, Mark<br />
Thomas<br />
Key Cast: David Alan Basche, Heather<br />
Graham, David Tennant<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Three best friends make a solemn pact as<br />
pre-teen to protect each other from the bad<br />
boys they seem to attract like files.<br />
SPARKS AND EMBERS<br />
Romantic drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gavin Boyter<br />
Writer: Gavin Boyter<br />
Producer: Alan Latham, Benjamin Craig<br />
Key Cast: Kris Marshall, Annelise Hesme<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Old flames are hard to extinguish.<br />
THE KNIFE THAT KILLED ME<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marcus Romer, Kit Monkman<br />
Writer: Marcus Romer, Kit Monkman<br />
Producer: Alan Latham, Thomas Mattinson<br />
Key Cast: Jack McMullen<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Adaptation of the bestselling book THE<br />
KNIFE THAT KILLED ME by Anthony<br />
McGowan.<br />
SHOEDOG<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John McNaughton<br />
Writer: George Pelecanos<br />
Producer: Michael Delfay<br />
Key Cast: Ethan Hawke, Heather Graham<br />
and Sam Shepard<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After a seventeen year absence, a drifter<br />
named Constantine returns to his hometown<br />
of Washington, D.C. and becomes a<br />
driver in a dual liquor store robbery.<br />
THE BLIND BASTARD CLUB<br />
Action/Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ash Baron-Cohen<br />
Writer: Ash Baron-Cohen<br />
Producer: Ash Baron-Cohen, Frank<br />
Desmarais, Andrew Mysko, Cory Neal,<br />
Julia Verdin<br />
Key Cast: Mickey Rourke, Rosario<br />
Dawson, Robin Williams<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A story centered around a group of blind<br />
people who live on the edge.<br />
IRON SKY<br />
Sci-Fi Comedy (105 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Timo Vuorensola<br />
Writer: Johanna Sinisalo and Michael<br />
Kalasniko<br />
Co-Production Partners: Blind Spot<br />
Pictures, Film And Music<br />
Producer: Tero Kaukomaa<br />
Key Cast: Udo Kier, Gotz Otto, Julia<br />
Dietze<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland<br />
In 1945 The Nazis Went To The Moon. In<br />
2018 They Are Coming Back.<br />
BELLE DU SEIGNEUR<br />
Romance (120 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Glenio Bonder<br />
Writer: Vincenzo Cerami, James Dearden,<br />
Glenio Bonder<br />
Producer: Jimmy De Brabant, Thierry de<br />
Navacelle, Jean-Luc Van Damme<br />
Key Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalia<br />
Vodianova, Marianne Faithfull<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Adapted from Novelist Albert Cohen’s<br />
Masterpiece. This tortuous love story<br />
revolves around an adulterous affair<br />
between the ostentatious son of the Chief<br />
Rabbi of Cephalonia and a beautiful<br />
Protestant aristocrat.<br />
THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN<br />
Romantic Comedy, Fantasy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lee Kirk<br />
Writer: Lee Kirk<br />
Key Cast: Jenna Fischer, Chris Messina,<br />
Topher Grace, Malin Ackerman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
Modern-day Clark Kent Tim falls in love<br />
with Janice, and he must decide whether or<br />
not he can open his heart and reveal himself<br />
to her as The Giant Mechanical Man.<br />
FOREVERLAND<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Max McGuire<br />
Writer: Max McGuire, Shawn Riopelle<br />
Producer: Aaron Gilbert, Christine Haebler,<br />
Trish Dolman<br />
Key Cast: Max Thieriot, Laurence<br />
Leboeuf, Juliette Lewis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A young man with cystic fibrosis, along<br />
with the sister of a fallen friend, goes in<br />
search of a legendary healing shrine in<br />
Mexico.<br />
THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeremy Wooding<br />
Writer: John Adams, Peter Adams, Irvine<br />
Welsh<br />
Producer: Peter Adams<br />
Key Cast: Gary Mavers, Jenna Harrison,<br />
Philip Rhys<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
11 United Can Never Be Defeated.<br />
A VERY BRITISH GANGSTER II<br />
Documentary (90 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Donal MacIntyre<br />
Key Cast: Dominic Noonan, Bugsy<br />
Noonan<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A VERY BRITISH GANGSTER is an all<br />
access film inside one of Britain’s most<br />
dangerous crime families.<br />
THE PADDY LINCOLN GANG<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ben Jagger<br />
Writer: Alistair Audsley<br />
Producer: Alistair Audsley, Ben Jagger,<br />
Dean S. Jagger<br />
Key Cast: Dean Jagger, Amy Lawhorn<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Life in a rock and roll band. It can turn on<br />
a knife edge.<br />
REARVIEW<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Avil E. Russell<br />
Writer: Avil E. Russell<br />
Producer: Stella Nwimo<br />
Key Cast: Antonia Thomas, Jamie Sives,<br />
Jay Simpson<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
The Terror Starts The Moment She Stops.<br />
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STS MEDIA LTD<br />
STS Media Ltd, Watergate, Haseley Rd.,<br />
Little Milton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7QE UK,<br />
Tel: 44.7977067948. Email:<br />
simonb1863@live.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Simon Barnes (Sales Executive),<br />
Sam Tromans (Sales Executive)<br />
Office: Tel: 44.7977067948<br />
WILD BILL<br />
Drama (97 mins)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dexter Fletcher<br />
Writer: Danny King/Dexter Fletcher<br />
Executive Producer: Alan Jones, Vicky<br />
Deigman<br />
Producer: Sam Tromans, Tim Cole<br />
Key Cast: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will<br />
Poulter, Andy Serkis, Leo Gregory, Jaime<br />
Winstone, Jason Flemyng, Olivia Williams<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
An inept ex con struggles to become a<br />
father to his two teenage sons.<br />
SUMMIT<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Summit Entertainment, 1630 Stewart<br />
Street, Suite 120 , Santa Monica,, CA USA,<br />
Tel: +1.310.309.8400. Fax:<br />
+1.310.828.4132. http://summit-ent.com Email:<br />
markets@summit-ent.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Patrick Wachsberger (President &<br />
Co-Chair, Summit Entertainment; CEO,<br />
Summit International), David Garrett<br />
(President, Summit International), Ralpho<br />
Borgos Senior Vice President, International<br />
Sales (Senior Vice President, International<br />
Sales), Michael Schaefer (Senior Vice<br />
President, Acquisitions & Co-Productions),<br />
Jill Jones (Senior Vice President,<br />
International Marketing & Publicity )<br />
Office: Grand Hyatt Hotel , Tel:<br />
+49.30.2553.1234 Fax: +49.30.2553.1235<br />
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES<br />
Drama - Romance<br />
Director: Richard LaGravenese<br />
Writer: Richard LaGravenese<br />
Producer: Erwin Stoff, Andrew A. Kosove,<br />
Broderick Johnson, Molly Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
After falling for the mysterious new girl in<br />
town, a young man discovers she bears a<br />
terrible secret that will either join them forever<br />
or tear them apart.<br />
THE TOMB<br />
Action<br />
Director: Mikael Håfström<br />
Writer: Miles Chapman<br />
Producer: Mark Canton, Robbie Brenner,<br />
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Kevin King<br />
Key Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold<br />
Schwarzenegger<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
When a prison expert agrees to test a maximum<br />
security facility by engineering a<br />
breakout, he becomes trapped in a deadly<br />
design of his own.<br />
NOW YOU SEE ME<br />
Thriller<br />
Director: Louis Leterrier<br />
Writer: Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt and<br />
Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec and Ed<br />
Solomon<br />
Producer: Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci,<br />
Bobby Cohen<br />
Key Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo,<br />
Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla<br />
Fisher, Dave Franco, Common, Michael<br />
Kelly, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Four of the world’s greatest illusionists pull<br />
off a series of daring, seemingly impossible<br />
heists, as a pair of law-enforcement agents<br />
tries to stop them.<br />
12 YEARS A SLAVE<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Steve McQueen<br />
Writer: John Ridley and Steve McQueen<br />
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy<br />
Kleiner, Bill Pohlad<br />
Key Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael<br />
Fassbender, Brad Pitt<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
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A free man living in New York during the<br />
mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery<br />
in the deep south.<br />
WARM BODIES<br />
Romance – Comedy-Drama<br />
Director: Jonathan Levine<br />
Executive Producer: Bruna Papandrea,<br />
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman<br />
Key Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer,<br />
Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh<br />
Tipton and John Malkovich<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
An existentially tormented zombie begins<br />
an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of<br />
one of his victims, which starts a chain<br />
reaction that changes everything.<br />
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALL-<br />
FLOWER<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Stephen Chbosky<br />
Writer: Stephen Chbosky<br />
Producer: Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith,<br />
John Malkovich, Stephen Chbosky<br />
Key Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson,<br />
Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh,<br />
Nina Dobrev, Dylan McDermott<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a<br />
modern classic about a shy, sensitive<br />
teenager caught between trying to live his<br />
life and escape it.<br />
TANDEM<br />
COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Tandem Communications, Sonnenstraße<br />
14, München, Bavaria 80331 Germany,<br />
Tel: +498996228300 Fax:<br />
+498996228310. www.tandemcom.de Email:<br />
info@tandemcom.de<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
WORLD WITHOUT END<br />
EPIC Thriller (8 x approx. 45 minutes / 4 x<br />
approx. 90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Caton-Jones<br />
Writer: John Pielmeier (teleplay), Ken<br />
Follett (novel)<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tandem<br />
Communications, Scott Free Films, Take 5<br />
productions, Mid Atlantic Films, Galafilm<br />
Inc.<br />
Executive Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony<br />
Scott, Rola Bauer, David W. Zucker, Tim<br />
Halkin, Jonas Bauer, John Weber<br />
Producer: John Ryan<br />
Key Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin,<br />
Peter Firth<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011/2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany/Canada<br />
Conspirancies, passion and murder unfold<br />
from the heart of a troubled England<br />
impacting the Europe of 14th century.<br />
KEN FOLLETT’S JOURNEY INTO<br />
THE DARK AGES<br />
Documentary (2x45 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jann Turner<br />
Writer: Jann Turner<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tandem<br />
Communications , Story House<br />
Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
LABYRINTH<br />
EPIC Thriller (4x 60 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Smith<br />
Writer: Adrian Hodges (teleplay), Kate<br />
Mosse (novel)<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tandem<br />
Communications , Scott Free Films, Film<br />
Africa Worldwide<br />
Executive Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony<br />
Scott, Liza Marshall, Rola Bauer, Tim<br />
Halkin, Jonas Bauer, Adrian Hodges<br />
Producer: Moritz Polter, Christopher Hall<br />
Key Cast: John Hurt, Sebastian Stan,<br />
Jessica Brown-Findlay<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011/2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany/ Canada<br />
Two very different heroines living in different<br />
times must sacrifice everything in order<br />
to protect the true secret of the Holy Grail<br />
TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL<br />
Epic Drama (12x 60 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ciaran Donnelly<br />
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Writer: Mark Skeet, Matthew Faulk, Alan<br />
Whiting<br />
Co-Production Partners: De Angelis Group<br />
Executive Producer: Guido de Angelis<br />
Producer: Paul Myler, Andrea Zoso, Justin<br />
Thomson-Glover, Pascal Breton<br />
Key Cast: Chris Noth, Kevin Zegers, Derek<br />
Jacobi<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
This is the story of the men and women<br />
who built, ran and owned The Titanic...<br />
their loves, their lives and their losses.<br />
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH<br />
EPIC Thriller (4x 90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan<br />
Writer: John Pielmeier (teleplay), Ken<br />
Follett (novel)<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tandem<br />
Communications, Muse Entertainment,<br />
Scott Free Films<br />
Executive Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony<br />
Scott, Rola Bauer, David Zucker, David<br />
Rosemont, Tim Halkin, Jonas Bauer,<br />
Michael Prupas<br />
Producer: John Ryan<br />
Key Cast: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell,<br />
Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne,<br />
Hayley Atwell, Sarah Parish<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009/2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany/Canada<br />
A sweeping tale of good and evil, treachery<br />
and intrigue, based on Ken Follett’s masterpiece<br />
worldwide bestseller.<br />
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43.662.2240.0. Fax: + 43.662.2240.28550.<br />
www.terramater.at E-mail:<br />
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Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Rick van den Heuvel (Sales<br />
Agent), Berend Dreier (Sales Manager)<br />
Office: Marriott Office # 124, 1st floor,<br />
Tel: + 31.6.54.768.797<br />
THE LAZARUS PROTOCOL<br />
Thriller (96 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Finelli<br />
Writer: Paul Finelli<br />
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater<br />
Factual Studios, Tomcat Productions,<br />
Finger Films<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Fonda<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
Lazarus Fell (Travis Fimmel), former Navy<br />
SEAL and expert for covert operations, lost<br />
his father, Solomon Fell (Peter Fonda), a<br />
high ranking secret service officer during<br />
the 9/11 attacks, now he seeks personal<br />
revenge.<br />
THE ART OF FLIGHT 3D<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Curt Morgan<br />
Producer: Curt Morgan, Scott Bradfield,<br />
Travis Rice, Chad Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Travis Rice, MArk Landvik,<br />
Scotty Lago, Nicolas Muller, John Jackson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011/2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
A new breed of action sports film comes to<br />
life as Red Bull Media House, in associa-<br />
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tion with Brain Farm Digital Cinema, present<br />
“The Art of FLIGHT”, a Curt Morgan<br />
Film. Equal parts action and adventure mix<br />
with the inevitable drama encountered<br />
along the way. Two years in the making,<br />
“The Art of FLIGHT” gives iconic snowboarder<br />
Travis Rice and friends the opportunity<br />
to redefine what is possible in the<br />
mountains. Experience the highs, as new<br />
tricks are landed and new zones opened,<br />
alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents,<br />
and wrong-turns strike. Immerse<br />
yourself in the cinematic experience as<br />
Brain Farm and their ever-expanding arsenal<br />
of filmmaking technology capture the<br />
dramatic beauty of the culture, wildlife,<br />
and scenic landscapes the riders take in<br />
along the way. Join in the ride as the creators<br />
of “That’s It, That’s All” completely<br />
rewrite the formula for action sports cinema<br />
with “The Art of FLIGHT”.<br />
TF1 INTERNATIONAL<br />
TF1 International, 1 Quai du Point du Jour<br />
, Boulogne Billancourt, 92100 France,<br />
Tel: 00.33.1.41.41.21.68. Fax:<br />
00.33.1.41.41.21.33. www.tf1international.com<br />
E-mail: sales@tf1.fr<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Nicolas ESCHBACH (EVP<br />
International Distribution), Cristina<br />
BATLLE (VP International Sales &<br />
Acquisitions), Adeline FALAMPIN (VP<br />
International Sales and Acquisitions),<br />
Gregory CHAMBET (VP International<br />
Sales & Acquisitions), Thierry DECOUR-<br />
CELLE (SVP Acquisitions), Géraldine<br />
LEPICARD (International Sales Manager)<br />
Office: Martin Gropius Bau 132, Tel:<br />
00.49.30.767.646.432. Fax:<br />
00.49.30.767.646.433<br />
NOW IS GOOD<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ol Parker<br />
Writer: Ol Parker<br />
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin<br />
Key Cast: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine,<br />
Paddy Considine<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
THERESE DESQUEYROUX<br />
Romantic Drama<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Claude Miller<br />
Producer: Yves Marmion - Ugc -Les Films<br />
du 24<br />
Key Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gilles<br />
Lellouche, Anais Demoustier<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The heartbreaking torment of an astonishing<br />
and superb character, played by French<br />
star Audrey Tautou.<br />
TAKE THIS WALTZ<br />
Romance - Comedy (116 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sarah Polley<br />
Producer: Susan Cavan & Sarah Polley -<br />
Joe’s daughter Inc<br />
Key Cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen,<br />
Luke Kirby<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A funny, bittersweet and heart-wrenching<br />
story about a woman struggling to choose<br />
between two different types of love.<br />
PIRATE TV<br />
AKA: TÉLÉGAUCHO<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Michel Leclerc<br />
Writer: Michel Leclerc<br />
Producer: Agnes Vallée - Emmanuel<br />
Barraux - 31 juin Films<br />
Key Cast: Sara Forestier, Felix Moati, Eric<br />
Elmosnino<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The new cleverly offbeat and sexy comedy<br />
by the director of THE NAMES OF<br />
LOVE.<br />
LITTLE COOKIE<br />
AKA: COOKIE<br />
Romantic Drama<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Lea Fazer<br />
Writer: Lea Fazer, Benoit Graffin<br />
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Producer: Pauline Duhault, Assaf Amir,<br />
Elie Meirovitz<br />
Key Cast: Alice Taglioni, Virginie Efira,<br />
Medhi Nebbou<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
A deeply moving film about the bonds<br />
between a young woman and a little boy as<br />
foreign to each other as Paris and Beijing.<br />
PARIS BY NIGHT<br />
AKA: UNE NUIT<br />
Thriller (100)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Philippe Lefebvre<br />
Producer: Manuel Munz - Les Films<br />
Manuel Munz<br />
Key Cast: Roschdy Zem, Sara Forestier,<br />
Samuel Le Bihan<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The underbelly of Paris, revealed by a Vice<br />
Squad cop on his nightly rounds.<br />
THE GLOBAL<br />
ASYLUM<br />
The Global Asylum, 72 E. Palm Ave,<br />
Burbank, CA 91502 USA, Tel:<br />
1.323.850.1215 Fax: 1.818.260.9811.<br />
http://www.theasylum.cc E-mail:<br />
bales@theasylum.cc<br />
Producer<br />
At EFM: Paul Bales/Administration &<br />
Operations (Partner), David Rimawi<br />
(Partner/Sales & Distribution), David<br />
Michael Latt (Partner/Production)<br />
Office: IFTA Pavillion-C1, Tel:<br />
323.633.8454<br />
BLACK HILLS<br />
AKA: BIGFOOT<br />
Creature (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: Micho Rutare & Brian Brinkman<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: Danny Bonaduce, Barry<br />
Williams<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Bigfoot attacks an 80’s-themed<br />
music festival, concert promoter Harley<br />
Henderson sets out to capture the beast-but<br />
hippie burnout Simon Quinn will do anything<br />
to protect the “endangered species.”<br />
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS<br />
Action (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Thunder Levin<br />
Writer: Thunder Levin<br />
Executive Producer: David michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Johanna<br />
Watts, Carl Weathers<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A fleet of mysterious war ships, more<br />
deadly than anything on the seas, has<br />
waged war against Earth. Only the crew of<br />
the U.S.S. Iowa-the last American battleship-can<br />
prevent Armageddon.<br />
JACK THE GIANT KILLER<br />
Action Horror (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When England is attacked by demon<br />
sphinx-giants of the east, the Knights of the<br />
Round Table, led by Jack the Small, must<br />
defeat the menace.<br />
GOLDEN WINTER<br />
Family (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
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Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jack, a runaway boy, befriends a pack of<br />
homeless puppies. Together, they help stop<br />
a bank robbery, while Jack tries to convince<br />
his family to adopt them just in time<br />
for Christmas.<br />
SUPER CYCLONE<br />
Disaster (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
300 mile-an-hour winds toss freighters and<br />
aircraft carriers like bath toys as a SUPER-<br />
CYCLONE threatens the entire American<br />
eastern seaboard. A lone meteorologist<br />
must battle the elements to stop the threat.<br />
GRIMM’S SNOW WHITE<br />
Action Fantasy (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rachel Goldenberg<br />
Writer: Naomi Selfman<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: Jane March, Eliza Bennett,<br />
Jamie Thomas King<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When the King is killed by ferocious reptile<br />
beasts, his Queen takes control of the<br />
kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful<br />
stepdaughter, SNOW, but she escapes into<br />
the enchanted forest....<br />
ADOPTING TERROR<br />
Thriller (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: Paul Bales<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Tim and Cheryl Broadbent are excited to<br />
finally adopt Mona, a beautiful baby girl.<br />
But when the baby’s biological father starts<br />
stalking them, Tim and Cheryl’s life<br />
becomes a nightmare.<br />
SHARK WEEK<br />
Creature (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of resort workers find themselves<br />
isolated by a power outage only to discover<br />
they are being picked off each day by a<br />
new species of shark. Only a pitched battle<br />
with a giant prehistoric monster will save<br />
them – and the Florida coast.<br />
DEAD WALKING<br />
Horror (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When zombies overrun San Francisco, a<br />
desperate group survives by locking them-<br />
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selves inside Alcatraz Prison. Forced to<br />
flee the island, they take up arms against<br />
their former friends turned zombie. After<br />
hopes of ‘official’ help turn up empty, they<br />
gamble everything on a dangerous experimental<br />
vaccine.<br />
AGE OF HOBBITS<br />
Fantasy, Action (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: TBD<br />
Writer: TBD<br />
Executive Producer: David Michael Latt,<br />
David Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Producer: David Michael Latt, David<br />
Rimawi, Paul Bales<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In an ancient age, an unlikely hero must<br />
claim a sacred artifact from the depths of<br />
hell to save the world.<br />
THE LITTLE<br />
FILM COMPANY<br />
The Little Film Company, 12930 Ventura<br />
Blvd. Suite 822, Studio City, CA 91604<br />
USA, Tel: 1.818.762.6999 Fax:<br />
1.818.301.2186. www.thelittlefilmcompany.com<br />
E-mail: info@thelittlefilmcompany.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Financier<br />
At EFM: Robbie Little (President & CEO),<br />
Clay Epstein (VP Sales &Acquisitions),<br />
Elie Mechoulam (Director Sales &<br />
Marketing)<br />
Office: MGB - Booth #141, Tel:<br />
+49(0)1622.533.924<br />
AMERIQUA<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English, Italian<br />
Director: Marco Bellone, Giovanni<br />
Cosonni<br />
Key Cast: Bobby Kennedy III, Giancarlo<br />
Giannini, Alec Bladwin<br />
Country of Origin: Italy/UK<br />
A lazy graduate’s rich parents cut him off<br />
with a $5000 check and an ultimatum to<br />
start a life of independence and responsibil-<br />
ity. Instead, he buys a plane ticket to Italy,<br />
gets robbed upon arrival and winds up in.<br />
What chance does a timid American kid,<br />
who doesn’t speak Italian and hangs out<br />
with sloppy Italian party hounds, have<br />
against the dark forces of organized crime<br />
in Italy?<br />
BENEATH THE DARKNESS<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Martin Guigui<br />
Key Cast: Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden,<br />
TonyOller<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
After the mysterious death of his best<br />
friend, a 16 year-old struggles to expose<br />
the grim secrets surrounding a suspicious<br />
neighbour an his apparently haunted house.<br />
DRACULA 3D<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dario Argento<br />
Key Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Asia<br />
Argento, Rutger Hauer<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
A deluxe 3D redux of Bram Stocker’s masterpiece<br />
that defines the limitless parameters<br />
of what I horror film can be.<br />
THE EYE OF THE STORM<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Fred Schepisi<br />
Key Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis,<br />
Charlotte Rampling<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Australia<br />
Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life -<br />
society, her staff, her children; but now the<br />
aging great beauty will determine her most<br />
defiant act. Will she be able to choose<br />
when and how shedies?<br />
LIPSTIKKA<br />
Romantic drama<br />
Language: English (with Hebrew and<br />
Arabic)<br />
Director: Jonathan Sagall<br />
Key Cast: Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya,<br />
DanielCaltagirone<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Israel/UK<br />
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Two Palestinian teenagegirls sneak into the<br />
Jewish part of Jerusalem for a night on the<br />
town, but their youthful prank suddenly<br />
goes all wrong and follows them through<br />
time.Will they be able to piece together a<br />
broken past in order to make sense oftoday?<br />
If so, who’s story is the one that actually<br />
happened?<br />
LITTLE GLORY<br />
Family<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Victor Lannoo<br />
Key Cast: Cameron Bright, Isabella Blake<br />
Thomas, Hannah Murray<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Against all odds and everyone’s advice, a<br />
selfish twenty-year-old drop-out connected<br />
to the wrong crowd tries to take care of his<br />
little sister.<br />
THE SOLUTION<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
GROUP<br />
The Solution Entertainment Group, 8391<br />
Beverly Blvd., #436, Los Angeles, CA<br />
90048 USA. E-mail:<br />
lisa@thesolutionent.com<br />
At EFM: Lisa Wilson, Myles Nestel<br />
Office: The Ritz-Carlton, Tel:<br />
49.30.33.77.77, Lisa Wilson’s mobile:<br />
818.516.4746<br />
WRITERS<br />
Drama/Comedy<br />
Director: Joshua Boone<br />
Writer: Joshua Boone<br />
Executive Producer: Michael A. Simpson,<br />
Eric Brenner<br />
Producer: Judy Cairo<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An acclaimed novelist’s relationship with<br />
his ex-wife, collegiate daughter, and<br />
teenage son are examined in this funny,<br />
tough, and touching drama/comedy that<br />
spans a single, tumultuous year in their<br />
lives.<br />
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR<br />
HAPPINESS<br />
Drama<br />
Director: Peter Chelsom<br />
Writer: Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay<br />
Producer: Judy Tossell, Jens Meurer, Wild<br />
Bunch<br />
Key Cast: TBD<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: German/South African Co-<br />
Production<br />
Based on the novel, Hector and the Search<br />
for Happiness, by Franois Lelord. HEC-<br />
TOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPI-<br />
NESS tells the story of a charming but confused<br />
young psychiatrist’s global adventures<br />
in search of happiness. His quest<br />
takes him from Paris to China, Africa and<br />
California where he encounters kindly drug<br />
barons, doctors without borders, depressed<br />
psychics, and lovelorn academics.<br />
CITIES<br />
Thriller<br />
Director: Roger Donaldson<br />
Writer: Roger Donaldson, Ken Friedman<br />
Producer: Matthew Metcalfe, Chris Curling<br />
Key Cast: Anil Kapoor, Kirsten Dunst,<br />
Orlando Bloom<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK/NZ Co-Production<br />
Three interwoven stories will dramatically<br />
collide around the globe in this cautionary<br />
tale about greed and ambition that takes<br />
place in the exuberant months leading up to<br />
the Dow Jones all-time stock market high.<br />
SOMETHING FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Director: TBA<br />
Writer: Susan Walter<br />
Producer: Steve Golin, Alix Madigan-Yorkin<br />
Key Cast: Malin Akerman, Matthew<br />
Bomer<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A wise and witty look at modern relationships<br />
when a fashion designer (Akerman)<br />
struggles to find love and success after<br />
turning 30.<br />
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THE WEINSTEIN<br />
COMPANY<br />
The Weinstein Company, 99 Hudson Street,<br />
New York, Ny 10013, New York, New York<br />
10013 USA, Tel: 1.212.941.3800. Fax:<br />
1.212.941.3949. www.weinsteinco.com Email:<br />
international@weinsteinco.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Harvey Weinstein (Co-<br />
Chairman), David C. Glasser (COO &<br />
President, International), Michael Rothstein<br />
(EVP, Worldwide Distribution), Ennis<br />
Hensley (SVP, International Sales &<br />
Distribution), Dan Guando (SVP,<br />
Acquisitions), Negeen Yazdi (VP,<br />
Acquisitions and Co-Productions)<br />
Office: Grand Hyatt Berlin, Suite 342, Tel:<br />
+49.30.255.31234<br />
THE ARTIST<br />
Drama (100)<br />
Director: Michel Hazanavicius<br />
Writer: Michel Hazanavicius<br />
Producer: Thomas Langmann<br />
Key Cast: Jean Dujardin Berenice Bejo<br />
James Cromwell John Goodman Missy Pile<br />
Penelope Ann Miller<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
From Michel Hazanavicius, the director of<br />
the hit French series OSS-117, and featuring<br />
an all-star international cast, The Artist<br />
takes you back to a time in Hollywood<br />
when movie stars were seen...but not heard.<br />
A time when there was no bigger star than<br />
George Valentin (OSS star and acclaimed<br />
French comic, Jean Dujardin), and there<br />
was no bigger break for a beautiful young<br />
actress like Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo)<br />
than to find herself cast alongside him,<br />
even if only in bit parts! But eventually<br />
Peppy’s star is on the rise, and so is the<br />
popularity of “talking” pictures, both<br />
threatening to eclipse George’s own long<br />
career. Accustomed to getting everything<br />
he ever wanted, now George must struggle<br />
not only for the love of Peppy, but for his<br />
own livelihood as well. It is the role of the<br />
lifetime, and a comeback worthy of only<br />
the finest actor... one that must now fight to<br />
find his own voice. Ingenious, funny and<br />
moving, Hazanavicius’The Artist is one of<br />
those rare films that can remind us all why<br />
we fell in love with the movies in the first<br />
place.<br />
UNTITLED PAUL ANDERSON PRO-<br />
JECT<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson<br />
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson<br />
Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne<br />
Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Megan Ellison<br />
Key Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman<br />
Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Laura Dern<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Written and directed by Academy Award<br />
nominee Paul Thomas Anderson (the<br />
acclaimed director of, There Will Be<br />
Blood, Magnolia and Boogie Nights, this<br />
story stars Academy Award winner Phillip<br />
Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Academy<br />
Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix (Walk<br />
The Line). Set in America in the years following<br />
World War II, a charismatic intellectual<br />
(Hoffman) launches a faith-based<br />
organization and taps a young drifter<br />
(Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the<br />
faith begins to gain a fervent following, the<br />
onetime vagabond finds himself questioning<br />
the belief system he has embraced, and<br />
his mentor. A truly one-of-a-kind drama,<br />
which promises magnetic virtuoso performances,<br />
the film marks the fifth collaboration<br />
between Anderson and Hoffman, following<br />
Hard Eight, Boogie Nights,<br />
Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love.<br />
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN<br />
Drama/Comedy<br />
Language: 102<br />
Director: Simon Curtis<br />
Writer: Adrian Hodges based on the novel<br />
by Colin Clark<br />
Producer: David Parfitt<br />
Key Cast: Michelle Williams Kenneth<br />
Branagh Eddie Redmayne Dominic Cooper<br />
Julia Ormond Zoí« Wanamaker with Emma<br />
Watson and and Judi Dench<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010<br />
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In the early summer of 1956, 23 year old<br />
Colin Clarke (Eddie Redmayne), just down<br />
from Oxford and determined to make his<br />
way in the film business, worked as a<br />
lowly assistant on the set of ‘The Prince<br />
and The Showgirl’.The film that famously<br />
united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth<br />
Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle<br />
Williams), who was also on honeymoon<br />
with her new husband, the playwright<br />
Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Nearly 40<br />
years on, his diary account The Prince, The<br />
Showgirl and Me was published,but one<br />
week was missing and this was published<br />
some years later as My Week with Marilyn<br />
- this is the story of that week. When<br />
Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is<br />
clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to<br />
some of the pleasures of British life; an<br />
idyllic week in which he escorted a<br />
Monroe desperate to get away from her retinue<br />
of Hollywood hangers-on and the<br />
pressures of work.<br />
THE SILVER LINING’S PLAYBOOK<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David O. Russell<br />
Writer: David O. Russell based on a novel<br />
by Matthew Quick<br />
Producer: Donna Gigliotti, Michelle Raimo<br />
Key Cast: Bradley Cooper Jennifer<br />
Lawrence Jackie Weaver Julia Stiles Chris<br />
Tucker Robert De Niro<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Adapted from the best-selling novel by<br />
Matthew Quick, THE SILVER LININGS<br />
PLAYBOOK is a touching, one-of-a- kind<br />
comedy about love and second chances.<br />
Pat Peoples is a man always trying to look<br />
on the bright side of life - the title of the<br />
story takes it’s name from the expression<br />
that “every cloud has a silver lining.”<br />
Released from the hospital after losing his<br />
wife to another man, Pat believes this ageold<br />
adage is just the ticket to trying to win<br />
her back and get his life on track. Trying to<br />
remain resolutely undiscouraged, Pat<br />
moves back in with his parents and devotes<br />
himself entirely to becoming the man his<br />
wife always wanted him to be. But it’s an<br />
uphill battle. Until Pat meets Tiffany, a<br />
beautiful young woman whose life also has<br />
not turned out the way she wanted.<br />
Together, the couple will try and navigate<br />
through their lives and stay true to who<br />
they are, always just one adventure away<br />
from a unique friendship, and possibly<br />
even love.<br />
BUTTER<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: Englsih<br />
Director: Jim Field Smith<br />
Writer: Jason Micallef<br />
Producer: Michael De Luca, Jennifer<br />
Garner, Alissa Phillips<br />
Key Cast: Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde,<br />
Ty Burrell, Rob Corddry, Ashley Greene,<br />
Alicia Silverston, Hugh Jackman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A tale of competition at it smost cut-throat,<br />
Butter surveys the raw ambition of Laura<br />
Pickler (Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler<br />
(Burrell), Iowa’s long-reigning champion<br />
butter carver. For 15 years Laura has relished<br />
her high-profile role as the beautiful,<br />
loyal helpmate to her affable, artistically<br />
gifted husband. But when Bob is pressured<br />
to retire and allow someone else a chance<br />
at glory, an indignant Laura decides to<br />
enter the competition herself. She is first in<br />
line on sign-up day, only to see her odds of<br />
victory fall below 100 with the arrival of<br />
an unlikely yet formidable contender: 10<br />
year-old Destiny (Shahidi), the African-<br />
American foster vhild of local couple Julie<br />
and Ethan (Silverstone and Corddry). And<br />
that’s not all. Bob’s would-be mistress,<br />
bad-girl stripper Brooke (Wilde) also<br />
declares her candidacy, as does his #1 fan,<br />
Carol-Ann (Schall). Facing three opponents,<br />
mocked by her stepdaughter Kaitlen<br />
(Greene) and furious with her husband,<br />
Laura resolvs to do whatever it takes to<br />
wind. And if that means resorting to sabotage<br />
- and recruiting her dim-witted former<br />
boyfriend Boyd (Jackman) as a co-conspirator<br />
- then so bit it. In the tradition of Best<br />
In Show and Election, Butter can be<br />
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enjoyed as a straightforward, albeit merrily<br />
twisted comedy about Amerian life and<br />
culture. but Laura Pickler probably wouldn’t<br />
be surprised if the liberal media views<br />
Butter as a veiled commentary on the larger<br />
world of politics.<br />
PIRANHA 3DD<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Gulager<br />
Writer: Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan<br />
and Joel Soisson<br />
Producer: Mark Canton, Marc Toberoff,<br />
Joel Soisson<br />
Key Cast: Danielle Panabaker Katrina<br />
Bowden Paul Scheer Gary Busey<br />
Christopher Lloyd Ving Rhames David<br />
Hasselhoff<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Having awoken from their spring break<br />
extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm<br />
heads upstream where they look to make a<br />
meal out of Big Wet, a local water park<br />
where when it comes to fun, nobody does<br />
it wetter! Though they came to get wet, get<br />
loaded and get some, the staff and patrons<br />
get more than they bargained for when they<br />
must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty<br />
piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed,<br />
studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and<br />
Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on<br />
these man-eating creatures using every<br />
ounce of their being...but can they be<br />
stopped? Shot in 3-D and featuring Esquire<br />
Magazines “2011 Sexiest Woman Alive,”<br />
Katrina Bowden and the return of<br />
Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer and Ving<br />
Rhames alongside fresh bait Gary Busy<br />
and David Hasselhoff, the film that took an<br />
$80 million bite out of the box office is<br />
back for more...only this time it has double<br />
the terror and double the D!<br />
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cal Brunker<br />
Writer: Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen based<br />
on an original screenplay by Tony Leech<br />
and Cory Edwards<br />
Producer: Donna Gigliotti, Catherine<br />
Winder, Luke Carroll<br />
Key Cast: Jessica Alba Rob Corddry<br />
Brendan Fraser James Gandolfini Sarah<br />
Jessica Parker and Craig Robinson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The 3D animated family comedy ESCAPE<br />
FROM PLANET EARTH catapults movie<br />
goers to planet Baab where admired astronaut<br />
Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is<br />
a national hero to the blue alien population.<br />
A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls<br />
off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of<br />
his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary (Rob<br />
Corddry), head of mission control at<br />
BASA. When BASA’s no-nonsense chief<br />
Lena (Jessica Alba) informs the brothers of<br />
an SOS from a notoriously dangerous planet,<br />
Scorch rejects Gary’s warnings and<br />
bounds off for yet another exciting mission.<br />
But when Scorch finds himself caught in a<br />
fiendish trap set by the evil Shanker (James<br />
Gandolfini), it’s up to scrawny,risk-adverse<br />
Gary to do the real rescuing.As the interplanetary<br />
stakes rise to new heights, Gary<br />
is left to save his brother, his planet, his<br />
beloved wife Kira (Sarah Jessica Parker)<br />
and their adventure hungry son Kip!<br />
THE WORKS<br />
The Works, 5th Floor, Fairgate House. 78<br />
New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1HB<br />
UK, Tel: +44(0)207.612.0044. Fax:<br />
+44(0)207.612.1081. www.theworksmediagroup.com<br />
E-mail:<br />
sales.international@theworksfilmgroup.co<br />
m<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Laurence Gornall (Managing<br />
Director), Clare Crean (Head of Sales ),<br />
Julia Short (Head of Acquisitions), Naomi<br />
Weiner (Sales and Marketing Executive),<br />
Damian Spandley (Head of UK Theatrical<br />
Distribution), Beatrice Neumann<br />
(Acquisitions Manager)<br />
Office: 137, 1st Floor, Martin Gropius Bau,<br />
Tel: +49.30.767.646 - 436<br />
100 BLOODY ACRES<br />
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Comedy Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes<br />
Writer: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes<br />
Producer: Julie Ryan (Cyan Films), Kate<br />
Croser (Cyan Films), Chris Wyatt<br />
Key Cast: Angus Sampson, Anna<br />
McGahan, Oliver Ackland<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
They’re not psycho killers... they’re just<br />
small business operators.<br />
GOOD VIBRATIONS<br />
Comedy Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Glen Leybrun and Lisa Barros<br />
D’Sa<br />
Writer: Glenn Patterson and Colin Carberry<br />
Producer: Chris Martin and Andrew Eaton<br />
Key Cast: Richard Dormer Jodie Whittaker<br />
Dylan Moran<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A shop...A record label...A Way of life!<br />
TIMELESS FILMS<br />
Timeless Films, 20A The Ridgeway, Cuffley,<br />
Hertfordshire EN6 4AR United Kingdom,<br />
Tel: 0044.1707.879723. www.timelessfilms.co.uk<br />
E-mail:<br />
info@timelessfilms.co.uk<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At EFM: Ralph Kamp (CEO & Chairman),<br />
Sarah Arnott (SVP Productions &<br />
Acquisition ), Rebecca Kamp (Marketing<br />
Manager), Gareth Kamp (Sales Executive)<br />
Office: The Mandala Hotel, Potsdammer<br />
Str., Tel: +44.77607.86625<br />
JUSTIN AND THE KNIGHTS OF VAL-<br />
OUR (3D)<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Manuel Sicilia<br />
Writer: Manuel Sicilia & Matthew Jacobs<br />
Co-Production Partners: Kandor Graphics<br />
Producer: Kerry Fulton, Ralph Kamp &<br />
Antonio Banderas<br />
Key Cast: Freddie Highmore, Saoirse<br />
Ronan, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett,<br />
Charles Dance, Barry Humphries, James<br />
Cosmo, David Walliams, Julie Walters,<br />
Antonio Banderas<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011-2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Set in a magical world that children still<br />
dream of, Justin and the Knights of Valour<br />
is a story about the determination of a kid<br />
to reach his dream. It is a tale about friendship,<br />
honour and courage. A heart-warming<br />
stroy filled with adventure, action and fun.<br />
POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (3D)<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Disa<br />
Writer: Kim Fuller & Annika Bluhm<br />
Co-Production Partners: Classic Media &<br />
Rubicon<br />
Producer: Ceri Barnes, Annika Bluhm,<br />
Miles Horst, Robert Anich<br />
Key Cast: Stephen Mangan, Jim<br />
Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011-2012 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Everyone’s favourite postie, Postman Pat,<br />
comes face-to-face with the dark side of<br />
fame when he enters a national TV talent<br />
show. This children?s TV icon hits the big<br />
screen for the first time and in 3D.<br />
WICKIE AND THE TREASURE OF<br />
THE GODS (3D)<br />
AKA: WICKIE AUF GROßER FAHRT<br />
(3D)<br />
Family (96mins)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Christian Ditter<br />
Writer: Christian Ditter<br />
Co-Production Partners: Constantin Film &<br />
RatPack Film<br />
Executive Producer: Martin Moszkowicz<br />
Producer: Christian Becker<br />
Key Cast: Jonas Hämmerle, Valeria<br />
Eisenbart, Waldermar Kobus, Miriam<br />
Tolkien, Nic Romm, Christian A. Koch,<br />
Olaf Krätke, Patrick Reichel, Günther<br />
Kaufmann, Christoph Maria Herbst<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: Germany<br />
When will little Widkie finally become a<br />
real Viking? This question is giving his<br />
father Halvar sleepless nights. But when<br />
Sven the Terrible kidnaps the chief of<br />
Flake, Wickie unexpectedly gets his big<br />
chance. As deputy chief, he leads the<br />
Mighty Vikings Tjure, Snorre, Urobe,<br />
Gorm, Ulme and Faxe, thereby attracting<br />
the help of the fearless SVENJA. They set<br />
sail for the Cape of Fear and, after a whirlwind<br />
of adventures, reach Sven’s castle<br />
where Halvar is incarcerated. However, the<br />
greatest task still awaits the Viking troupe.<br />
They set off over raging oceans, tropical<br />
beaches and dangerous icy wastelands in<br />
pursuit of the legendary treasure of the<br />
Gods, pitting themselves against an equally<br />
determined Sven the Terrible – but Wickie<br />
wouldn’t be Wickie if he hadn’t a few<br />
tricks up his sleeve to prevent Sven getting<br />
there first.<br />
THE WEDDING VIDEO<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nigel Cole<br />
Writer: Tim Firth<br />
Co-Production Partners: Squirrel Films<br />
Producer: James Gay-Rees<br />
Key Cast: Rufus Hound, Lucy Punch,<br />
Robert Webb, Harriet Walter, Miriam<br />
Margolyes<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
From the writer and director of ‘Calendar<br />
Girls’, ‘The Wedding Video’ is a romantic<br />
comedy set in the cut-throat world of<br />
English society weddings.<br />
TROLL: THE TALE OF A TAIL<br />
Animation<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Dulac & Kristian Kamp<br />
Writer: Jorn Kolsrud, Kristian Kamp,<br />
Johnny Carlsen, Jonny Westernes & Paul<br />
Gerstenberger<br />
Co-Production Partners: Great River<br />
Productions & Ervod & Timeless Films<br />
Producer: Rainer Soehnlein & Ralph Kamp<br />
Key Cast: TBC<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: United States/Norway<br />
Hidden deep in a dark forest lies the Troll<br />
Kingdom of Ervod, where a young troll<br />
prince named Trym must undertake the<br />
adventure of a lifetime to save his father,<br />
who has been turned into stone.<br />
TRICOAST<br />
WORLDWIDE<br />
TriCoast Worldwide, 11124 W. Washington<br />
Blvd., Culver City, California 90232 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.310.458.7707. www.tricoastworldwide.com<br />
E-mail: tricoast@tricoast.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Strath Hamilton (CEO), Marcy<br />
Levitas Hamilton (CEO), Priscilla Ross<br />
(VP International Sales)<br />
Office: Marriott 258, Tel: +1.818.917.7747<br />
TWO JACKS<br />
Romantic Drama (91 Mins.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bernard Rose<br />
Writer: Bernard Rose<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rough Diamond<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Julia Verdin<br />
Key Cast: Danny Huston, Sienna Miller,<br />
Jack Huston, Jacqueline Bisset, Izabella<br />
Miko<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The Story of legendary film director Jack<br />
Hussar, a notorious gambler and womanizer,<br />
returning to Los Angeles the scene of<br />
his glorious past. Juxtaposed with the story<br />
of his son years later returning to Los<br />
Angeles for his directorial debut and the<br />
struggles that come along with trying to<br />
step out of the shadow of his famous<br />
father.<br />
STANDING OVATION<br />
Family (105)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stewart Raffill<br />
Writer: Stewart Raffill<br />
Co-Production Partners: Kenilworth Film<br />
Productions, West 8 Films<br />
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Executive Producer: James Brolin, Suzanne<br />
Nunez, William Lewis<br />
Producer: Diane Kirman<br />
Key Cast: The 5 Ovations, The Wiggles,<br />
Alana Palombo, Joel Decarlo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the vein of Disney’s ‘High School<br />
Musical’, we follow a group of friends<br />
competing for a national tween music<br />
video contest.<br />
TREASURE OF THE BLACK<br />
JAGUAR<br />
Action/Adventure (102)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Bruce<br />
Writer: Mike Bruce, Cameron Van Hoy<br />
Co-Production Partners: Ardor Pictures<br />
Executive Producer: Strath Hamilton,<br />
Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Priscilla Ross,<br />
Samir Srivastava<br />
Producer: Cameron Van Hoy<br />
Key Cast: Michael Drayer, Timothy V.<br />
Murphy, Cameron Van Hoy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Two boys with a get rich quick scheme end<br />
up in prison, but when they meet a famed<br />
treasure hunter named Blake West with a<br />
plan to break out they agree to journey out<br />
into THE DEVIL’S DESERT to uncover a<br />
mysteriously cursed artifact. Blake West’s<br />
former employer, a japanese industrialist, is<br />
determined to beat our heroes to the treasure<br />
and stop the boys by any means necessary.<br />
SMITTY<br />
Family (93)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Mickey Evans<br />
Writer: Michael Baumgarten<br />
Co-Production Partners: TriCoast Studios<br />
Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath<br />
Hamilton, Tory Weisz<br />
Producer: Marcy Levitas Hamilton,<br />
Michael Baumgarten<br />
Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Peter Fonda,<br />
Louis Gossett Jr.,Jason London, Booboo<br />
Stewart, Lolita Davidovich, Brandon Tyler<br />
Russell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A heartwarming family story about how a<br />
young boy’s life is turned around by the<br />
love of a dog.<br />
TANZANIA: A FRIENDSHIP JOUR-<br />
NEY<br />
Documentary (104)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sylvia Caminer<br />
Writer: Sylvia Caminer<br />
Co-Production Partners: Dolger Films,<br />
IndiGenius Films<br />
Executive Producer: Doug DeLuca,<br />
Michael Hinds, Joseph Perez<br />
Producer: Sylvia Caminer<br />
Key Cast: Kristen Kenney, Venance<br />
Ndibalema<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The story follows Venance Ndibalema, a<br />
man who was born into poverty in Africa<br />
but found a way out through a college education<br />
in the United States, and Kristen<br />
Kenny an American raised by an<br />
upper/middle class family as they undertake<br />
a transformational trip to Venance’s<br />
homeland.<br />
THE DEAD<br />
Horror (105)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford<br />
Writer: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford<br />
Co-Production Partners: Indelible<br />
Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Amir S. Moallemi<br />
Producer: Howard J. Ford, Amir S.<br />
Moallemi<br />
Key Cast: Rob Freeman, Prince David<br />
Oseia, David Dontoh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
The Dead takes place in the near future,<br />
most of the world has succumbed to the<br />
virus of the living dead. After crashing off<br />
the coast of Africa Lt. Brian Murphy battles<br />
for survival across the terrible terrian<br />
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of Africa in search of a way to get back to<br />
his beloved family in the USA. Saved by a<br />
local military man, who is also searching<br />
for his son, both men join forces, all the<br />
while battling against the ever-present<br />
threat of the living dead.<br />
OPUS<br />
Horror (87)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Micah Levin<br />
Writer: Andrew Bird, Micah Levin<br />
Co-Production Partners: Movie Magic<br />
Media Productions, Megatrend Media<br />
Executive Producer: Brett Leonard, Micah<br />
Levin, Seth Levin<br />
Producer: Andrew Bird, Mark Cramer<br />
Key Cast: Kandice Melonakos, Demarkes<br />
Dogan, Carolyn Jania, Dylan Moore, Brian<br />
R. Norris, Arielle Ramos, Mikhail Roberts,<br />
Nate Scholz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the vein of ‘Saw’, we follow eight actors<br />
who submit videos to be cast in a horror<br />
film, only to discover that the action is all<br />
too real. As they are picked off one by one,<br />
minds start to wonder if the elusive director<br />
is creating his greatest masterpiece yet.<br />
THE SPEAK<br />
Horror (85)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony Pierce<br />
Writer: Brett Donowho, Lamont Magee,<br />
Anthony Pierce, Martin Wiley<br />
Co-Production Partners: Quorum<br />
Entertainment, Tony-Seven Films, The<br />
Speak Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Rick Dugdale, Paul<br />
Hudson, Arni Johannson, Tia Campbell<br />
Peterson<br />
Producer: Brett Donowho, Anthony Pierce,<br />
Martin Wiley<br />
Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Kristina Anapau,<br />
Una Jo Blade, Tina Casciani, Brett<br />
Donowho, Michael Klinger, Steven Nelson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
We follow a young film crew as they<br />
attempt to create a paranormal web series<br />
in the most haunted hotel in the U.S. After<br />
performing a ritual called THE SPEAK, the<br />
crew unleashes spirits that they are simply<br />
not prepared for.<br />
CINEMA IS EVERYWHERE<br />
Documentary (98)<br />
Language: English, Cantonese, French,<br />
Hindi, Arabic<br />
Director: Teal Greyhavens<br />
Writer: Teal Greyhavens<br />
Co-Production Partners: Spiral Pictures<br />
Producer: Jason E. Gordon<br />
Key Cast: Tilda Swinton, Javed Akhtar,<br />
Shyam Benegal, Nouri Bouzid, Mark<br />
Cousins, Stanley Kwan, Fruit Chan, Ryan<br />
Chan, Sudhir Mishra<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A documentary feature film that ties four<br />
narratives - from China, India, Scotland,<br />
and Tunisia- together with countless<br />
insights from venerable filmmakers and<br />
ordinary moviegoers. An aspiring actress in<br />
Mumbai battles to break into Bollywood;<br />
two friends in Scotland take a mobile film<br />
festival across the highlands; a young crew<br />
in Hong Kong embarks on the shooting of<br />
its first film; a Tunisian director anxiously<br />
anticipates the premiere of his controversial<br />
film at a major festival. These stories are<br />
woven together with scenes from video<br />
stores, projection booths, studios, cinemas,<br />
and slums into a vivid meditation on the<br />
power of cinema to shape our world<br />
AT THE SINATRA CLUB<br />
Drama (87)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: James Quattrochi<br />
Writer: Salvatore Polisi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Ubatz<br />
Productions, San Pietro Productions,<br />
United Pacific Studios<br />
Executive Producer: Mark Belasco,<br />
Roberta Mariani<br />
Producer: Brooke Lewis, Warren<br />
Ostergard, Debrah Polisi, Salvatore Polisi,<br />
James Quattrochi<br />
Key Cast: Jason Gedrick, Danny Nucci,<br />
Micheal Nouri<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Origin: USA<br />
It’s 1972 and the mafia crime families are<br />
at war, but that isn’t enough to stop a<br />
young, unknown, John Gotti, who has big<br />
ideas and even bigger ambitions. Gotti<br />
pulls together an unlikely crew mad up of<br />
one member from each crime family to pull<br />
off a silver bullion heist. The Sinatra Club<br />
is where they plan the heist and John Gotti<br />
starts his rise to fame.<br />
HUMBLE PIE<br />
Comedy (84)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Bowman<br />
Writer: Hubbel Palmer<br />
Co-Production Partners: Alkaline<br />
Industries, American Fork Productions,<br />
Bratt Studios, Framework Pictures, Jeremy<br />
Coon Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Derek Ferguson<br />
Producer: Derek Beumer, Maya Browne,<br />
Jeremy Coon, Shannon B. Gardner<br />
Key Cast: William Baldwin, Kathleen<br />
Quinlan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bruce<br />
McGill,Hubbel Palmer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a<br />
wide target. When he sets out to pursue his<br />
dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an<br />
assortment of people waiting to dash his<br />
dreams: his acting coach, who has designs<br />
on his sister Peggy; his juvenile-delinquent<br />
friends, who suck him into their petty<br />
crimes; and his God-fearing, self-loathing<br />
mother. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly<br />
upbeat, convinced he’s destined<br />
for something big.<br />
THE GRAND<br />
Comedy (104)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Zak Penn<br />
Writer: Zak Penn, Matt Bierman<br />
Co-Production Partners: Insomnia Media<br />
Group, Eleven Eleven Films, IMG Film 7<br />
Executive Producer: Matt Bierman,<br />
Kirkwood Drew, Ayman Kandeel, Ari<br />
Palitz, Jordan Udko<br />
Producer: Jeff Bowler, Ross M. Dinerstein,<br />
Gary Marcus, Zak Penn, Bret Saxon,<br />
Bobby Schwartz<br />
Key Cast: Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano,<br />
Werner Herzog, Cheryl Hines, David<br />
Cross, Chris Parnell, Jason Alexander,<br />
Mike Epps, Judy Greer, Dennis Farina<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Set in the world of professional poker we<br />
follow six players as they reach the final<br />
table of the Grand Championship. One of<br />
the players (Woody Harrelson) has a lot at<br />
stake, his plan is to buy back his dead<br />
grandfather’s hotel-casino from the real<br />
estate developer who stole it, by winning<br />
the world’s most famous high stakes poker<br />
tournament.<br />
THE CURSED<br />
Horror (88)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joel Bender<br />
Writer: D. Martin Watson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Chain Gang Films,<br />
Proton Entertainment, Melfi &Associates,<br />
Krakatau Films<br />
Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath<br />
Hamilton, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Mark<br />
L. Harrison<br />
Producer: Louis Mandylor, Phil Melfi,<br />
Brad Thornton, Devin Watson<br />
Key Cast: Costas Mandylor, Louis<br />
Mandylor, Brad Thornton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A supernatural thriller set in a cozy<br />
Tennessee town where Sheriff Jimmy<br />
Muldoon and younger brother, Deputy<br />
Lloyd Muldoon have a firm grasp of law<br />
and order until a handsome stranger, Denny<br />
White comes to town. As soon as White<br />
arrives, supernatural events begin to occur.<br />
APRIL SHOWERS<br />
Drama (94)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrew Robinson<br />
Writer: Andrew Robinson<br />
Co-Production Partners: April Showers<br />
Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath<br />
Hamilton, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Jerry<br />
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Del Colliano, Jol Eisenberg, Eugene<br />
Mandelcorn,Timothy Owens<br />
Producer: Jenna Edwards, April Wade<br />
Key Cast: Daryl Sabara, Tom Arnold,<br />
Kelly Blatz, Janel Parrish, Ellen Woglom,<br />
Illeana Douglas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A dramatized retelling of what it was like<br />
to be a survivor in the midst of the nation’s<br />
largest school shooting.<br />
CORKED!<br />
Comedy (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ross Clenenden, Paul Hawley<br />
Writer: Ross Clenenden, Paul Hawley<br />
Co-Production Partners: 28 Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Jay Hoffman<br />
Producer: Brian A. Hoffman<br />
Key Cast: Ross Clenenden, Martina Finch,<br />
Brian A. Hoffman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
a hilarious tale told by documentary filmmakers<br />
of four distinctly different wineries<br />
and their intertwined fate in Northern<br />
California wine country. A prestigious<br />
celebrity wine critic is coming to the area<br />
and everyone is trying to make sure their<br />
wine ends up on his golden palate. A<br />
diverse group of characters inhabits this<br />
region, ranging from a fiercely independent<br />
“one man show” to an established ‘family’<br />
winery where the word family is a registered<br />
trademark. An eccentric “rich kid”<br />
attempts to make his mark in his fathers<br />
newly acquired vineyard and “two marketing”<br />
executives are determined to tap into<br />
new markets with an edgy high-concept<br />
label. We follow this group through the<br />
toils of harvest, and their quest for recognition<br />
leading to the Golden Harvest Gala!<br />
UNDERGROUND<br />
Sci-FI (87)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rafael Eisenman<br />
Writer: Charles Morris Jr.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tax Credit<br />
Finance<br />
Executive Producer: Van Burrows, Robert<br />
Folk<br />
Producer: Anthony Gudas<br />
Key Cast: Ross Thomas, Sofia Pernas,<br />
Adrian R’Mante<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of friends fight for their lives<br />
against the lethal and ravenous creatures<br />
lurking beneath the Earth’s surface. The<br />
group finds themselves at the mercy of<br />
creatures genetically engineered by the military<br />
to be expendable in battle. Though<br />
they fought countless battles in Iraq, these<br />
friends never knew real fear until they went<br />
underground.<br />
THE DEBT<br />
Thriller (100)<br />
Language: German/Hebrew<br />
Director: Assaf Bernstein<br />
Writer: Assaf Bernstein, Ido Rosenblum<br />
Co-Production Partners: Evanstone Films<br />
Ltd., Pronto Film<br />
Producer: Eitan Evan<br />
Key Cast: Gila Almagor, Yuriy Chepurnov,<br />
Oleg Drach<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
In 1964, Rachel Brenner is one of three<br />
Mossad agents who capture “The Surgeon<br />
of Birkenau”, a Nazi war criminal. “The<br />
Surgeon” manages to escape so the agents<br />
fabricate “The Surgeon’s” death and return<br />
home as heroes. More than thirty years<br />
later, “The Surgeon” returns to confess his<br />
crimes. The three agenst now need to terminate<br />
him to protect the lie.<br />
MY BROTHER<br />
Drama (100)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony Lover<br />
Writer: Anthony Lover<br />
Co-Production Partners: Angel Baby<br />
Entertainment, Liberty Artist, My Brother<br />
Productions LLC<br />
Executive Producer: Michael Malagiero,<br />
Steven Rock<br />
Producer: Gingi Rochelle, John Sawyer,<br />
Gregory Segal<br />
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Key Cast: Vanessa Williams, Tatum<br />
O’Neal, Nashawn Kearse<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An inner city story of two impoverished<br />
boys, Isaiah and James. James is developmentally<br />
disabled. Their mother, L’Tisha,<br />
finds herself in a tragic situation. Dying of<br />
tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her<br />
two boys, eight and eleven at the time,<br />
adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah<br />
can be adopted. L’Tisha makes the only<br />
choice she feels she can make; creating an<br />
unbreakable bond of love between the<br />
boys, and hoping that bond will get them<br />
through life. Her prayers are answered as<br />
the boys overcome impossible odds on<br />
their way to adulthood, staying as close as<br />
ever as young men dealing with life’s<br />
obstacles.<br />
ONE MORE NIGHT<br />
Comedy (95)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sarah Kelly<br />
Writer: Sarah Kelly, Tim Talbott<br />
Co-Production Partners: Lather Films,<br />
Rachel Rothman Films, Tycoon<br />
Entertainment_<br />
Executive Producer: David Grasso<br />
Producer: Gary Bryman, Mike Jackson,<br />
Rachel Rothman<br />
Key Cast: Peter Facinelli, Connie Britton,<br />
Eric Stoltz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Valinda’s parents decide to sell their<br />
Pacific Palisades home, she reunites with<br />
her high school friends for a wild and hilarious<br />
bash of bashes in one last effort to<br />
relive their carefree days at the site where<br />
so many of their fondest memories<br />
occurred<br />
TRUSTNORDISK<br />
TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 28, Hvidovre,<br />
Copenhagen 2650 Denmark, Tel:<br />
+45.36.86.87.77. Fax: +45.36.86.87.50.<br />
http://trustnordisk.com E-mail:<br />
tricoast@tricoast.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Rikke Ennis (CEO), Susan Wendt<br />
(Head of Sales)<br />
Office: MGB - Scandinavian Stand #23<br />
A ROYAL AFFAIR<br />
AKA: EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE<br />
Period drama (128 Minutes)<br />
Language: Danish, English<br />
Director: Nikolaj Arcel<br />
Writer: Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus<br />
Heisterberg<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sirena Film, DR,<br />
Film i Väst, SVT, Zentropa Entertainments<br />
Berlin, Zentropa International Sweden<br />
Executive Producer: Lars von Trier, Peter<br />
Ålbæk Jensen, Peter Garde<br />
Producer: Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum<br />
Jørgensen & Meta Louise Foldager<br />
Key Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia<br />
Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine<br />
Dyrholm, Cyron Melville, David Dencik<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of<br />
brave idealists and a forbidden romance<br />
that forever changed an entire nation.<br />
LOVE IS IN THE AIR<br />
AKA: MAGI I LUFTEN<br />
Musical (84 minutes)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Simon Staho<br />
Writer: Simon Staho and Peter Birro<br />
Co-Production Partners: Anagram<br />
Produktion<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Ålbæk Jensen<br />
Producer: Jonas Frederiksen<br />
Key Cast: EMMA SEHESTED HØEG,<br />
GUSTAV HINTZE, VICTORIA CARMEN<br />
SONNE, ANTON HONIK<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Anything can happen and WILL happen in<br />
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this spectacular, romantic musical where<br />
four teenagers risk their feelings and<br />
dreams in the space of a single, extraordinary<br />
night.<br />
THE CROWN JEWELS<br />
AKA: KRONJUVELERNA<br />
Drama (120 Minutes)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Ella Lemhagen<br />
Writer: Ella Lemhagen and Carina Dahl<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sveriges<br />
Television, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film<br />
Distribution, Ljud och BildMedia,<br />
Filmgate, Nordisk Film Post Production,<br />
Europa Sound Production, Angel Films<br />
Executive Producer: Gunnar Carlsson,<br />
Christian Wikander, Jessica Ask, Lone<br />
Korslund<br />
Producer: Tomas Michaelsson, Lars<br />
Blomgren<br />
Key Cast: Alicia Vikander, Bill Skarsgård,<br />
Björn Gustafsson<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Fragancia is arrested for the attempted<br />
murder of Richard Persson, the son of a<br />
powerful factory owner. During the interrogation<br />
her amazing and remarkable life<br />
story is revealed.<br />
AVALON<br />
AKA: AVALON<br />
Drama (79 Minutes)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Axel Petersèn<br />
Writer: Axel Petersèn<br />
Co-Production Partners: Film i Väst, SVT,<br />
Filmfyn<br />
Producer: ERIKA WASSERMAN, JESPER<br />
KURLANDSKY<br />
Key Cast: JOHANNES BROST, PETER<br />
CARLBERG, LÉONORE EKSTRAND<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
After serving time with an ankle bracelet,<br />
Janne, a former party organizer, travels to<br />
Båstad to open an exclusive nightclub and<br />
get his life back on track.<br />
SUMMER WINDOW<br />
AKA: FENSTER ZUM SOMMER<br />
Drama (96 Minutes)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Hendrik Handloegten<br />
Writer: Hendrik Handloegten<br />
Co-Production Partners: Edith Film<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen,<br />
Peter Garde<br />
Producer: Maria Köpf<br />
Key Cast: Nina Hoss, Mark Waschke,<br />
Fritzi Haberlandt<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Juliane’s happiness seems perfect. One<br />
morning, however, she finds herself thrown<br />
back into her past to the time before she<br />
met her new love.<br />
BLACK’S GAME<br />
AKA: SVARTUR Á LEIK<br />
Thriller (100 Minutes)<br />
Language: Icelandic<br />
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson<br />
Writer: Óskar Thór Axelsson<br />
Co-Production Partners: N/A<br />
Executive Producer: Nicolas Winding<br />
Refn, Chris Briggs<br />
Producer: Thor S. Sigurjonsson, Skuli Fr.<br />
Malmquist, Arnar Knutsson<br />
Key Cast: Thorvaldur David Kristjansson,<br />
Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Damon<br />
Younger, Egill Einarsson, Maria B.<br />
Bjarnardottir<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Iceland<br />
The last few years of the millennium<br />
marked a transformational period for the<br />
Icelandic underworld. What had been a relatively<br />
innocent playground for petty criminals<br />
and “hobby pushers” progressed into<br />
the organized and violent industry that prevails<br />
today.<br />
ID:A<br />
AKA: ID:A<br />
Thriller (100 Minutes)<br />
Language: Danish, French<br />
Director: Christian E. Christiansen<br />
Writer: Tine Krull Petersen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Holland Habour<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen,<br />
Peter Garde<br />
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Producer: Louise Vesth, Ida Harder<br />
Key Cast: Tuva Novothy, Flemming<br />
Enevold, Carsten Bjørnlund<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
A woman wakes up in a river. Wounded<br />
and without memory, then races to elude<br />
mysterious followers and recover from<br />
amnesia.<br />
INTO THE WHITE<br />
Drama (100 Minutes)<br />
Language: English, Norwegian, German<br />
Director: Petter Næss<br />
Writer: Ole Meldgaard, Petter Næss<br />
Co-Production Partners: Zentropa<br />
Entertainments Berlin, TROLLHÄTTAN<br />
FILM AB<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen,<br />
Peter Garde<br />
Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Valerie<br />
Edwina Saunders<br />
Key Cast: Rupert Grint, David Kross,<br />
Florian Lukas, Lachlan Nieboer, Stig<br />
Henrik Hoff<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
War drama from director Petter Næss, starring<br />
David Kross and Rupert Grint.<br />
JACKPOT<br />
AKA: ARME RIDDERE<br />
Comedy (90 Minutes)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Magnus Martens<br />
Writer: Jo Nesbø and Magnus Martens<br />
Co-Production Partners: Tomas Eskilsson,<br />
Fredrik Wikström, Pontus Sjöman<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: Martin Sundland, Are<br />
Heidenstrøm<br />
Key Cast: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal,<br />
Henrik Mestad, Andreas Cappelen, Arthur<br />
Berning, Fridtjof Såheim, Anne Marie<br />
Ottersen, Jan Grønli, Lena Kristin<br />
Ellingsen and Peter Andersson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
A comedy with a memento to Tarantino’s<br />
absurd action universe. Based on an origi-<br />
nal story by best-selling author, Jo Nesbø<br />
and from the producers of COLD PREY.<br />
THE AMBASSADOR<br />
AKA: AMBASSADØREN<br />
Documentary (93 Minutes)<br />
Language: English, French, Danish, Sango<br />
Director: Mads Brügger<br />
Writer: Mads Brügger, Maja Jul Larsen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Zentropa<br />
International Sweden, Cine Works,<br />
Potemkino<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen,<br />
Peter Garde<br />
Producer: Peter Engel, Carsten Holst<br />
Key Cast: Mads Brügger, Eva Jakobsen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
What happens when a white European man<br />
buys a diplomatic title which turns him into<br />
a diplomat overnight – right in the Central<br />
African Republic?<br />
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE<br />
AKA: DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English, Danish<br />
Director: Susanne Bier<br />
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne<br />
Bier<br />
Co-Production Partners: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke<br />
Windeløv<br />
Key Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm,<br />
Paprika Steen<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Romantic comedy from Academy Awardwinning<br />
director Susanne Bier, starring<br />
Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm<br />
EASY MONEY II<br />
AKA: SNABBA CASH II<br />
Thriller (120 Minutes)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Babak Najafi<br />
Writer: Maria Karlsson & Peter Birro<br />
Co-Production Partners: Nordisk Film,<br />
Film i Väst, Sveriges Television, Nouvago<br />
Capital, Hobohm Brothers Film<br />
Executive Producer: Daniél Espinosa &<br />
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Michael Hjorth<br />
Producer: Fredrik Wikström<br />
Key Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela,<br />
Dragomir Mrsic, Fares Fares, Dejan Cukic<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Sequel to the Swedish box office smash<br />
EASY MONEY based on the international<br />
bestsellers by Jens Lapidus.<br />
THE FJÄLLBACKA MURDERS<br />
AKA: FJÄLLBACKA<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Various<br />
Writer: Camilla Läckberg<br />
Co-Production Partners: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: Helen Ahlsson, Caisa Westling,<br />
Michael Hjort, Helena Danielsson<br />
Key Cast: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
Think a more modern, attractive MURDER<br />
SHE WROTE meeting MIDSOMER<br />
MURDERS - complete with the wellcrafted<br />
stories and characters that Scandinavian<br />
crime writing is known for.<br />
THE HUNT<br />
AKA: JAGTEN<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Thomas Vinterberg<br />
Writer: Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias<br />
Lindholm<br />
Co-Production Partners: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen<br />
Key Cast: Mads Mikkelsen Thomas Bo<br />
Larsen Lars Ranthe Susse Vold<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
New film from director Thomas Vinterberg<br />
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCE<br />
AKA: DOM ÖVER DÖD MAN<br />
Drama (110 Minutes)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Jan Troell<br />
Writer: Klaus Rifbjerg, Jan Troell<br />
Co-Production Partners: Film i Väst,<br />
Filmpool Nord, SVT, Nordisk Film, Stena<br />
Sessan, NFPP, Dagsljus, Maipo & Jan<br />
Troell<br />
Executive Producer: Lars Blomgren<br />
Producer: Francy Suntinger<br />
Key Cast: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla<br />
August, Ulla Skoog<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
TRUTH & CONSEQUENSE weaves<br />
together the story of a psychological love<br />
story with a portrayal of the political situation<br />
Sweden found itself in during the<br />
Second World War.<br />
CALL GIRL<br />
AKA: CALL GIRL<br />
Political thriller<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Mikael Marcimain<br />
Writer: Marietta von Hausswolff von<br />
Baumgarten<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sveriges<br />
Television, Film i Väst, The Chimney Pot<br />
AB, Nouvago Captial AB, Dagsljus AB,<br />
Yellow Film & TV Oy, Friland Produksjon<br />
AS<br />
Executive Producer: Maria Dahlin, Helena<br />
Danielsson<br />
Producer: Mimmi Spång<br />
Key Cast: Pernilla August, Simon J Berger,<br />
David Dencik, Sven Nordin, Kristoffer<br />
Joner<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
CALL GIRL tells the story of how youth is<br />
seductive and recruited from the bottom<br />
rung of society into a ruthless world where<br />
power can get you anything.<br />
ESCAPE<br />
AKA: FLUKT<br />
Action (90 Minutes)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Roar Uthaug<br />
Writer: Thomas Moldestad<br />
Co-Production Partners: Filmfondet Fuzz,<br />
Filmkraft Rogaland<br />
Executive Producer: Are Heidenstrøm,<br />
Martin Sundland, Audun Lyngholm<br />
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Wittenberg, Hugo Hagemann Føsker, Elle-<br />
?Beth Lønnestad<br />
Producer: Are Heidenstrøm, Martin<br />
Sundland<br />
Key Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Isabel<br />
Christine Andreasen, Milla Olin<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
Ten years after the Black Death ravaged<br />
Norway a family is attacked by a gang of<br />
ruthless outlaws. They only spare the life<br />
of the 19-year-old Signe.<br />
A HIJACKING (WORKING TITLE)<br />
AKA: KAPRINGEN<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Danish, English and Somali<br />
Director: Tobias Lindholm<br />
Writer: Tobias Lindholm<br />
Co-Production Partners: TBA<br />
Executive Producer: Henrik Zein, Lena<br />
Haugaard & Thomas Heinesen<br />
Producer: Tomas Radoor & René Ezra<br />
Key Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling,<br />
Dar Salim<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
New film from the acclaimed director of<br />
“R”, Tobias Lindholm.<br />
PURGE<br />
AKA: PUHDISTUS<br />
Drama (110 Minutes)<br />
Language: Finnish<br />
Director: Antti Jokinen<br />
Writer: Marko Leino, Antti Jokinen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Taska Film<br />
Executive Producer: TBA<br />
Producer: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle<br />
Key Cast: Liisi Tandefelt, Laura Birn,<br />
Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén, Tommi<br />
Korpela<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Finland<br />
PURGE is based on Sofi Oksanen’s bestselling<br />
and prizewinning novel about two<br />
women’s destiny.<br />
UBU PRODUCTIONS<br />
UBU Productions, P.O.Box 40 19 65,<br />
Munich, 80719 Germany, Tel:<br />
++49(0)160.928.150.21. E-mail:<br />
UBU.Productions@web.de<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Agent<br />
At EFM: Mr. Jean Uliczay (President,<br />
Producer, Exec.Producer, Director)<br />
Office: MEDIA Stand 27, Martin Gropius<br />
Bau, Central Hall<br />
WEB PIRATES<br />
Fantasy / Sci-Fi (90´min)<br />
Language: English, Rumanian<br />
Director: Jean Kail<br />
Co-Production Partners: UBU Productions<br />
/ Temesvar CinemaFilm Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Rumania / Germany<br />
Pirates search their victims in the cyber<br />
world...<br />
BELZEBUB<br />
Black Comedy (90´min)<br />
Language: English, French, Rumanian<br />
Director: Jean Uliczay<br />
Co-Production Partners: UBU Productions<br />
/ Transsylvania Film Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Rumania, France, Germany<br />
Belzebub, the son of vampires,is looking<br />
for a new place to stay...<br />
THE HEIRS OF DRACULA<br />
Doc / Feature (90´min)<br />
Language: English, Rumanian, German<br />
Director: Jean Kail<br />
Co-Production Partners: UBU Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: end2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Rumania / Germany<br />
The heirs of the vampire family DRACUL<br />
in the new cyber era...beginning from a<br />
bygone era...<br />
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VESUVIO<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Vesuvio International, 600 S. Spring Street,<br />
Penthouse 5, Los Angeles, CA 90014<br />
United States, Tel: +1.310.954.9389 Fax:<br />
+1.310.494.0466. www.vesuvioent.com Email:<br />
info@vesuvioent.com<br />
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor<br />
At EFM: Greg H. Sims (CEO), Peter<br />
Dominguez (Vice President of International<br />
Sales)<br />
Office: MGB, Stand #145, Tel:<br />
+1.310.954.9389. Fax: +1.310.494.0466<br />
ALL DARK PLACES<br />
Psychological Thriller (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nicholas Reiner<br />
Writer: Nicholas Reiner<br />
Producer: Steve Loff<br />
Key Cast: Josh Burrow, Stephanie Fieger,<br />
Liam Seide, Dylan Mars Loff, Tim<br />
Douglas<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jamie and Christian give their marriage one<br />
last shot for the sake of love and for their<br />
young son, Dylan. But when Christian<br />
proves unable to hold up his end, a malevolent<br />
force reveals itself as a haunting,<br />
murderous clown.<br />
BEHIND YOUR EYES<br />
Psychological Thriller (90)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Clint Lien<br />
Writer: Daniel Fanaberia<br />
Co-Production Partners: Vesuvio<br />
Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Greg H. Sims<br />
Producer: Christoper & Michael Ottinger<br />
Key Cast: Daniel Fanaberia, Frida Farrell,<br />
Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Young, hopeful couple Erika and Steven<br />
embark on a weekend retreat to meet<br />
Steven’s parents. Things take a turn for the<br />
worst when they are unexpectedly kid-<br />
napped and held hostage. Now, it’s a fight<br />
for their lives against their mysterious<br />
abductor and the secrets he possesses. As<br />
he tortures and teases them, secrets from<br />
the past emerge and change everything.<br />
When Erika escapes, things only get worse,<br />
and the twists and turns take the viewer<br />
into uncharted territory and unyielding<br />
mayhem.<br />
TOUCH ME<br />
Romance/Drama (107 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: H. Gordon Boos<br />
Writer: Greg H. Sims, H. Gordon Boos<br />
Co-Production Partners: Iron Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Greg H. Sims<br />
Producer: David Rubin<br />
Key Cast: Amanda Peet, Michael Vartan,<br />
Peter Facinelli, Jane Lynch<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1997 Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Canada<br />
Bridgette is an actress teaching aerobics,<br />
and she falls in love with idle playboy<br />
Adam, who runs his father’s gym. One day<br />
she finds out that one of her ex-lovers died<br />
of AIDS.<br />
RED SURF<br />
Action (104)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: H. Gordon Boos<br />
Writer: Vincent Robert<br />
Co-Production Partners: Iron Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Greg H. Sims<br />
Producer: Richard Weinman<br />
Key Cast: George Clooney, Doug Savant,<br />
Dedee Pfeiffer, Gene Simmons<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1990 Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Canada<br />
Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers<br />
who also deal drugs to make a living. They<br />
are trying to set up a final deal with local<br />
drug lord, Calavera, when their friend True<br />
Blue is busted by the cops. Blue talks too<br />
much in the police station and Calavera is<br />
out for revenge because of the betrayal.<br />
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VISION FILMS<br />
Vision Films, 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite<br />
306, Los Angeles, CA 91403 USA, Tel:<br />
1.818.784.1702 Fax: 1.818.788.3715.<br />
www.VisionFilms.net E-mail: sales@visionfilms.net<br />
Distributor<br />
At EFM: Lise Romanoff (CEO/ Managing<br />
Director, Worldwide Distribution), Adam<br />
Wright (Executive VP, International Sales<br />
& Acquisitions), Vincent Tola<br />
(International Sales and Acquisitions)<br />
Office: MGB - IFTA Stand # 141, Tel:<br />
+49.30889.14422<br />
SNOW WHITE: A DEADLY SUMMER<br />
Horror (80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David DeCoteau<br />
Writer: Barbara Kymlicka<br />
Producer: Barry Barnholtz, Jeffrey<br />
Schenck, David DeCoteau, John<br />
Schouweiler<br />
Key Cast: Shanley Caswell, Eric Roberts<br />
(Dark Knight), Maureen McCormick (The<br />
Brady Bunch)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After being sent to a discipline camp<br />
Snow’s seven fellow campers begin dying,<br />
leaving her to uncover the dark secret<br />
before she becomes the next victim.<br />
SEVEN BELOW<br />
Thriller/ Sci-Fi (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Carraway<br />
Writer: Kevin Carraway, Lawrence Sara<br />
Producer: Eric Fisher, Warren Ostergard,<br />
Terry Rindal<br />
Key Cast: Val Kilmer (Heat, Batman<br />
Forever), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction),<br />
Luke Goss (Blade II)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A group of strangers must ride out a storm<br />
when they are stranded in a foreboding<br />
house with a dark past, where they become<br />
targets of an evil force.<br />
THE PRESENCE<br />
Super Natural Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Provost<br />
Producer: Tom Rice<br />
Key Cast: Academy Award Winner Mira<br />
Sorvino (Mighty Afrodite, Gods and<br />
Generals), Shane West (The League of<br />
Extraordinary Gentleman), Justin Kirk<br />
(Goats)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A woman travels to an isolated cabin where<br />
she finds herself stalked by an apparition.<br />
With the unexpected arrival of her<br />
boyfriend, the dark spirit’s haunting grows<br />
more obsessive. Soon she begins to exhibit<br />
irrational behavior and the thin line<br />
between sanity and possession begins to<br />
unravel.<br />
BLOOD MONEY<br />
Action/ Martial Arts (105 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gregor McQualter<br />
Producer: Ian McDowell, Gregor<br />
McQualter, James McQualter<br />
Key Cast: Zheng Liu (Shaolin warrior,<br />
Action hero), Pitbull (Fast and Furious),<br />
Chai Hui “Gordon” Liu (Kill Bill)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012<br />
When a powerful warrior from the Shaolin<br />
Dynasty in China turns to crime after his<br />
parents are killed and his sister kidnapped,<br />
the drug cartels of America, Australia, and<br />
Hong Kong are about to feel the sting of<br />
the world’s most dangerous hitman!<br />
LAKE EFFECTS<br />
Family/ Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael McKay<br />
Writer: Sara Elizabeth Timmins, Scott<br />
Winters<br />
Producer: Sara Elizabeth Timmins<br />
Key Cast: Scottie Thompson (Star Trek),<br />
Jane Seymour (Wedding Crashers),<br />
Madeline Zima (The Nanny), Sean Patrick<br />
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Flanery (The Boondock Saints)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When her father unexpectedly dies, a highpowered<br />
attorney comes back to the magical<br />
lake house where she grew up to<br />
reevaluate her life and rediscover the values<br />
she left behind.<br />
BEAUTIFUL WAVE<br />
Family/ Drama (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Mueller<br />
Writer: Lynn Salt, David Mueller<br />
Producer: Stuart Cameron, Laura Shapiro<br />
Key Cast: Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night<br />
Lights), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Patricia<br />
Richardson (Home Improvement)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
While on a road trip in search of the perfect<br />
surf spot, an introverted teen girl discovers<br />
an ancient family secret that unlocks<br />
the door to her own self discovery.<br />
UNSCRIPTED<br />
Series (175 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Tore Stautland<br />
Key Cast: Ron Perlman, Debi Mazar, Eric<br />
Roberts, Hugh Heffner<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Celebrities tell us their own compelling<br />
stories in their own words including: Dolph<br />
Lungren, Jane Seymour, Alan Arkin, Lou<br />
Diamond Phillips, Ron Perlman, Hugh<br />
Heffner and many more.<br />
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH<br />
II: A DIAMOND CELEBRATION<br />
Documentary (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: A2B/ Odeon Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Interviews With: Robert Lacey,<br />
Camilla Tominey, Arthur Edward, Arthur<br />
Edward, Tim Heald and more<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
From the death of her father King George<br />
VI, to the marriage of Prince William and<br />
Kate Middleton, this is the true story of<br />
how the young Princess became a great<br />
Queen.<br />
INTO THE COLD: A JOURNEY OF<br />
THE SOUL<br />
Documentary (87 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sebastian Copeland<br />
Producer: Sebastian Copeland<br />
Key Cast: Sebastian Copeland, Keith<br />
Heger<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Widely acclaimed environmental advocate,<br />
photographer, and polar explorer Sebastian<br />
Copeland’s dramatic expedition to the<br />
North Pole, treks 400+ miles on foot<br />
through a magnificent environment that is<br />
rapidly vanishing.<br />
AMY WINEHOUSE, QUEEN, LADY<br />
GAGA, & BEYONCE BIOGRAPHIES<br />
Documentary/ Music (70+ min each)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tara Pirina<br />
Producer: Stax Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Profiles of the most iconic up-and-coming<br />
young artists of the millennium, featuring<br />
musical performances, behind the scenes,<br />
and exclusive interviews shot in High<br />
Definition.<br />
THE LAST GAMBLE<br />
Thriller/ Drama (108 min)<br />
Director: Joe Goodavage<br />
Writer: Joe E. Goodavage<br />
Producer: Joe E. Goodavage, Phil<br />
Malandrino<br />
Key Cast: Steven Bauer (Scarface), John<br />
Savage (The Deer Hunter), Sally Kirkland<br />
(JFK), Nick Mancuso (Under Siege)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A gambler finds himself living on the edge<br />
owing money to everyone which leads him<br />
down a desperate path with no way out.<br />
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RESTITUTION<br />
Thriller (99 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lance Kawas<br />
Writer: Mark Bierlein, Lance Kawas<br />
Producer: Mark Bierlein<br />
Key Cast: Mena Suvari (American<br />
Beauty), Mark Bierlein (Street Boss), C.<br />
Thomas Howell (Outsiders), William<br />
Sadler (Shawshank Redemption), Tom<br />
Arnold (True Lies)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A true crime writer investigating a murder<br />
spree uncovers the devastating truth that<br />
changes his life and the town forever.<br />
VOX TELEVISION<br />
GMBH<br />
Vox Television GmbH, Picassoplatz 1 , D-<br />
50 679 Kln, Germany. Tel: 0049.221.4568-<br />
0. www.vox.de, E-mail mail@vox.de<br />
Television<br />
At EFM: Sophia Dauber (Editor), Joachim<br />
Moczall (Editor), Patricia Marras (Junior<br />
Editor)<br />
W2 MEDIA INC.<br />
W2 Media Inc., 2951 28th Street, Suite<br />
2001, Santa Monica , CA 90405 USA, Tel:<br />
1.310.392.0088 Fax: 1.310.392.3226.<br />
W2Media.com E-mail:<br />
sales@w2media.com<br />
Sales Agent, Distributor, Financier<br />
At EFM: Warren Nimchuk (Co-Chairman),<br />
Warren Fergus (Co-Chairman), John Flock<br />
(CEO), Julie Sultan (President of<br />
International Sales & Distribution), Paul<br />
Gardner (President of North American<br />
Distribution), Terese Linden Kohn (Senior<br />
Vice President of International Sales &<br />
Distribution)<br />
Office: Ritz-Carlton 545/547, Tel:<br />
49.30.33.77.77. Fax: 49.30.33.777.5555<br />
THE KILLING HOUSE<br />
Action / Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan English<br />
Writer: Jonathan English, Stephen McDool<br />
Producer: Andrew Curtis, Jonathan<br />
English, Rick Benattar<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany / UK<br />
An elite SAS soldier and an MI-6 intelligence<br />
agent team up to uncover a clandestine<br />
government murder conspiracy in this<br />
action-packed international spy thriller.<br />
ATTACHMENT<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tony Kaye<br />
Writer: Christopher Denham<br />
Producer: Brad Epstein<br />
Key Cast: TBA<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A married woman’s one night stand with<br />
her student comes back to haunt her when<br />
the lover begins to stalk her family.<br />
THE DRUMMER<br />
Biopic<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Randall Miller<br />
Writer: Jody Savin<br />
Producer: Jody Savin, Randall Miller, Brad<br />
Rosenberger<br />
Key Cast: Aaron Eckhart<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A biopic of the riveting last years of The<br />
Beach Boys’ brilliant, kinetic, and sexy<br />
rock star Dennis Wilson, whose life was<br />
both meteor and torpedo.<br />
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WE DISTRIBUTION<br />
LIMITED<br />
We Distribution Limited, 8/F, Hay Nien<br />
Building, 1 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong,<br />
Hong Kong PRC, Tel: 852.2366.1622<br />
Fax: 852.2366.0661. www.wepictures.com<br />
E-mail: sales@wedistribution.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Katherine LEE (Executive VP),<br />
Julian CHIU (Distribution Manager)<br />
Office: MGB #131, Tel: 49.176.10407341<br />
THE GUILLOTINES<br />
Action<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Andrew LAU<br />
Writer: Aubrey LAM, Joyce CHAN<br />
Co-Production Partners: We Pictures<br />
Limited, Media Asia Film Production<br />
Limited, Stellar Mega Films Limited<br />
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, Jojo HUI<br />
Key Cast: HUANG Xiaoming, Ethan<br />
JUAN, Shawn YUE<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
An elite squad of young imperial bodyguards,<br />
trained to use the deadly guillotines,<br />
is the last line of defense to the<br />
Emperor’s Court. But little do they realize<br />
the conspiracy behind their mission.<br />
WU XIA<br />
Action (115 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN<br />
Writer: Aubrey LAM<br />
Co-Production Partners: We Pictures<br />
Limited, Stellar Mega Films Limited<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN,<br />
QIN Hong<br />
Producer: Jojo HUI Yuet-chun, Peter Ho-<br />
Sun CHAN<br />
Key Cast: Donnie YEN, Takeshi<br />
KANESHIRO, TANG Wei, Jimmy WANG<br />
Yu, WAI Ying Hung<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
A sinful martial arts expert (Donnie YEN)<br />
wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be<br />
hunted by a determined detective (Takeshi<br />
KANESHIRO) and his former master<br />
(Jimmy WANG Yu).<br />
MR. AND MRS. INCREDIBLE<br />
Action (100 mins)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Director: Vincent KOK<br />
Writer: Vincent KOK, FUNG Min-hang<br />
Co-Production Partners: We Pictures<br />
Limited, Stellar Mega Films Limited<br />
Executive Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN,<br />
QIN Hong<br />
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, David<br />
CHAN, Peter TSI, Jojo HUI<br />
Key Cast: Louis KOO, Sandra NG<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
Imagine what Mr. and Mrs. Smith would<br />
do if they possess the power of The<br />
Incredibles? In this hilarious action fantasy,<br />
a superhero couple decides to come out of<br />
retirement to save the world when a new<br />
villain threatens to destroy their peaceful<br />
hometown.<br />
BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS<br />
Action (138 mins)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Teddy CHEN<br />
Writer: GUO Junli, QIN Tiannan, Joyce<br />
CHAN<br />
Co-Production Partners: Cinema Popular<br />
Limited<br />
Executive Producer: YU Dong, HAN<br />
Sanping<br />
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, HUANG<br />
Jianxin, Jojo HUI<br />
Key Cast: Donnie YEN, WANG Xueqi,<br />
Tony Ka-fai LEUNG, Nicholas TSE, HU<br />
Jun, Eric TSANG<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2009 Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong, China<br />
This award-winning blockbuster tells the<br />
story of a failed assassination attempt of a<br />
future leader and 8 bodyguards who would<br />
die to protect him.<br />
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WESTEND FILMS<br />
WestEnd Films, 15 Greek Street, 2nd Floor,<br />
London , W1D 4DP UK, Tel:<br />
+44(0)207.494.8300. Fax:<br />
+44(0)207.494.8301.<br />
www.westendfilms.com E-mail: info@westendfilms.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Eve Schoukroun (Managing<br />
Director), Maya Amsellem (Managing<br />
Director), Mercy Liao (Sales Executive)<br />
Office: Marriott Hotel, Room 240, Tel:<br />
+49.30.22000.1130<br />
BYZANTIUM<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Neil Jordan<br />
Writer: Moira Buffini<br />
Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth<br />
Karlsen, Alan Moloney<br />
Key Cast: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan,<br />
Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A smart, action-filled vampire story of two<br />
women, on the run from their past, hiding a<br />
terrible secret.<br />
SIBERIAN EDUCATION<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gabriele Salvatores<br />
Writer: Stefano Rulli<br />
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni<br />
Stabilini, Marco Chimenz<br />
Key Cast: John Malkovich, Peter Stormare,<br />
Eleanor Tomlinson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
In a community of banished criminals, two<br />
best friends become fierce enemies when<br />
they find themselves on opposite sides of a<br />
strict code of honour.<br />
LOVE BITE<br />
Sex Comedy / Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andy de Emmony<br />
Writer: Cris Cole<br />
Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae,<br />
Paul Ritchie<br />
Key Cast: Jessica Szohr, Luke Pasqualino,<br />
Ed Speleers, Timothy Spall<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Four friends must lose their virginity or fall<br />
prey to a werewolf feasting on virgin flesh.<br />
Pretty soon, everyone’s dying to get laid!<br />
A LATE QUARTET<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Yaron Zilberman<br />
Writer: Yaron Zilberman, Seth Grossman<br />
Producer: Tamar Sela<br />
Key Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman,<br />
Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken,<br />
Imogen Poots<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Four members of a world-renowned string<br />
quartet struggle to stay together in the face<br />
of death, competing egos and insuppressible<br />
lust.<br />
ALBERT NOBBS<br />
Drama (114 mins.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rodrigo Garcia<br />
Writer: Glenn Close, John Banville<br />
Producer: Glenn Close, Julie Lynn, Bonnie<br />
Curtis, Alan Moloney<br />
Key Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska,<br />
Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Brendan<br />
Gleeson<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011<br />
19th Century Ireland: for a woman to be<br />
independent and single, she must deceive<br />
everyone – by pretending to be a man. A<br />
poignant and sexy story of a lifelong<br />
secret.<br />
FOOTNOTE<br />
Drama (101 mins.)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Joseph Cedar<br />
Writer: Joseph Cedar<br />
Producer: David Mandil, Moshe Edery,<br />
Leon Edery<br />
Key Cast: Shlomo Bar Aba, Lior<br />
Ashkenazi<br />
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Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
Footnote is the story of insane competition,<br />
the admiration and envy for a role model<br />
and an accolade that brings father and son<br />
to a final, bitter confrontation.<br />
WIDE<br />
Wide, 40, rue Sainte Anne, Paris, 75002<br />
France, Tel: 0033.01.53.95.04.64 Fax:<br />
0033.01.53.95.04.65. www.widemanagement.com<br />
E-mail:<br />
lm@widemanagement.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Loic Magneron (General<br />
Manager), Clementine Hugot (Head of<br />
Sales & Acquisitions), Ilaria Gomarasca<br />
(Festivals Manager), Camille Rousselet<br />
(Head of Festivals & Acquisitions Eye on<br />
Films Coordinator), Nawid Sarem (Eye On<br />
film Coordinator)<br />
Office: MGB - # 38 (Unifrance), Tel:<br />
+49.30.767.646. Fax: +49.30.767.444<br />
TODAY (BERLIN COMPETITION)<br />
AKA: AUJOURD’HUI<br />
(86 min)<br />
Language: French, Wolof<br />
Director: Alains Gomis<br />
Writer: Alains Gomis<br />
Co-Production Partners: MAA CINEMA,<br />
CINEKAP, AGORA FILMS<br />
Executive Producer: Gilles Sandoz<br />
Producer: Granit Production<br />
Key Cast: Saul Williams, Assa Maga,<br />
Djolof Mbengue<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France and Senegal<br />
It happens sometimes, everyone knew that.<br />
How? No one could say exactly, through<br />
experience perhaps. This is a place where<br />
Death still sometimes warns that it is coming.<br />
THE PARADE<br />
AKA: PARADA<br />
Comedy / Drama (116’)<br />
Language: Serbian-croatian<br />
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic<br />
Writer: Srdjan Dragojevic<br />
Co-Production Partners: Belgrad Biljana<br />
Prvanovic, Srdjan Dragojevic , TV Prva,<br />
Belgrade, Forum Ljubljana, Film & Music<br />
Entertainment<br />
Executive Producer: Srdjan Dragojevic<br />
Producer: Delirium Film<br />
Key Cast: Nikola Kojo (Lemon), Milos<br />
Samolov (Radmilo), Hristina Popovic<br />
(Perl)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Serbia, Croatia<br />
A homophobic, middle-aged, Serbian gangster<br />
ends up sacrificing himself to protect<br />
Gay freedom in his country.<br />
NOOR<br />
(79’)<br />
Language: Urdu<br />
Director: agla Zencirci, Guillaume<br />
Giovanetti<br />
Writer: agla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti<br />
Co-Production Partners: C’EST AU 4<br />
Cristine Asperti<br />
Executive Producer: Svetlana Novak<br />
Producer: C’EST AU 3<br />
Key Cast: Noor, Uzma Ali, Baba<br />
Muhammad, Gunga Saeen, Mithu Saeen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France, Pakistan<br />
Noor wants to be a man. He doesn’t belong<br />
anymore to the Khusras, Pakistan’s transgender<br />
community. And he is definitely<br />
done with the love story he had with one of<br />
them..<br />
SEXUAL CHRONICLES OF A<br />
FRENCH FAMILY<br />
AKA: CHRONIQUE SEXUELLES<br />
D’UNE FAMILLE D’AUJOURD’HUI<br />
(85’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal<br />
Arnold<br />
Writer: ARNOLD Pascal<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mokey Pack<br />
Films, Supersonic<br />
Executive Producer: Toloda<br />
Producer: Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold<br />
Key Cast: Mathais Melloul, Valerie Maes,<br />
Stephan Hersoen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
The daily life of a today’s family is suddenly<br />
shaken when the youngest child,<br />
Romain, is caught masturbating and filming<br />
himself with his mobile phone in his<br />
biology class at school..<br />
DEMAIN<br />
AKA: AMANH<br />
(105’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Christine LAURENT<br />
Writer: ARNOLD Pascal<br />
Co-Production Partners: O SOM E A<br />
FRIA, Portugal<br />
Executive Producer: MACT Productions<br />
Producer: Martine de Clermont Tonnerre<br />
Key Cast: Laure de Clermont (Delmira),<br />
Marc Ruchmann, Teresa Madruga (Dona<br />
Maria)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France & Portugal<br />
Based on true facts, the film tells the story<br />
of the young Uruguayan woman poet,<br />
Delmira Agustini, just before the outbreak<br />
of the First World War.<br />
BEAST PARADISE (EYE ON FILMS<br />
LABEL!)<br />
AKA: LE PARADIS DES BTES<br />
(1h43’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Estelle Larrivaz<br />
Writer: Estelle Larrivaz/ Guillaume<br />
Daporta<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rhne Alpes<br />
Cinma, Upian<br />
Executive Producer: Mezzanine Films<br />
Producer: Matthieu Bompoint<br />
Key Cast: Stefano Cassetti (Dominique),<br />
Graldine Pailhas (Cathy), Muriel Robin<br />
(Stphane)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Dominique is a domineering and possessive<br />
father who runs a pet store with his<br />
sister: Pet Paradise.<br />
NIGHT # 1 (EYE ON FILMS LABEL!)<br />
AKA: NUIT #1<br />
(91’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Anne Mond<br />
Writer: Anne Mond<br />
Executive Producer: Nancy Grant,<br />
Metafilms, Sylvain Corbeil (Associate<br />
Producer)<br />
Producer: Nancy Grant, Metafilms, Sylvain<br />
Corbeil (Associate Producer<br />
Key Cast: Catherine De Lan (Clara),<br />
Dimitri Storoge (Nikola<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Anne mond’s dazzling debut feature is a<br />
bold and intimate study of a one-night<br />
stand. Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweatsoaked<br />
rave and end their night at his<br />
apartment..<br />
POLICEMAN (EYE ON FILMS<br />
LABEL!)<br />
AKA: HASHOTER<br />
(105’)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Nadav Lapid<br />
Writer: Nadav Lapid<br />
Executive Producer: Laila Films<br />
Producer: Laila Films, Itai Tamir<br />
Key Cast: Yiftach Klein (Yaron), Yaara<br />
Pelzig (Shira), Michael Aloni (Natanel)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
The policeman, Yaron, stands in the center<br />
of a group of elite policeman, belonging to<br />
the Israeli Anti-Terrorist unit.<br />
MOURNING (EYE ON FILMS<br />
LABEL!)<br />
AKA: SOOG<br />
(85’)<br />
Language: Persian<br />
Director: Morteza Farshbaf<br />
Writer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh<br />
Executive Producer: Behnaz Beski<br />
Producer: Behnaz Beski<br />
Key Cast: Kiomars Gity, Sharareh Pasha,<br />
Amirhossein Maleki<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
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Origin: Iran<br />
A violent quarrel breaks out between a couple<br />
at midnight. Being at a relative’s house<br />
in the north of Iran, they depart for Tehran<br />
during the night..<br />
THE MOLE (EYE ON FILMS LABEL!)<br />
AKA: KRET<br />
(108’)<br />
Language: Polish<br />
Director: Rafael LEWANDOWSKI<br />
Writer: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mark Edwards,<br />
Kuiv Productions<br />
Executive Producer: Marcin<br />
Wierzchoslawski, Jacek Kucharski<br />
Producer: Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Jacek<br />
Kucharski Metro Films SP Z.O.O.<br />
Key Cast: Boryz Szyc (Pawel), Marian<br />
Dziedziel (Zygmunt), Magdalena<br />
Czerwinska (Ewa)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Poland<br />
PAWEL, a Polish man in his early 30’s<br />
works with his father ZYGMUNT, by<br />
importing second-hand clothing from the<br />
North of France to Southern Poland..<br />
CRULIC, THE PATH TO BEYOND<br />
AKA: CRULIC - DRUMUL SPRE DIN-<br />
COLO<br />
Animated Documentary (73’)<br />
Language: Romanian & English<br />
Director: Anca Damian<br />
Writer: Anca Damian<br />
Co-Production Partners: Fundacja im.<br />
Ferdynanda Magellana<br />
Producer: Anca Damian (Aparte Film)<br />
Key Cast: Voices by: Vlad Ivanov & Jamie<br />
Sives<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Romania and Poland<br />
The animated documentary “Crulic – The<br />
Path to Beyond” tells the life’s story of<br />
Crulic, the 33 years old Romanian who<br />
died in a Polish prison while making<br />
hunger strike.<br />
WIDE HOUSE<br />
Wide House, 40, rue Sainte Anne, Paris,<br />
75002 France, Tel: 0033.01.53.95.04.64<br />
Fax: 0033.01.53.95.04.65. E-mail:<br />
ac@widemanagement.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Anais Clanet (General Manager)<br />
Office: MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU # 38<br />
(Unifrance), Tel: +49.30.767.646. Fax:<br />
+49.30.767.444<br />
NUCLEAR NATION<br />
Documentary (145’)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Atsushi Funahashi<br />
Writer: Atsushi Funahashi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Documentary<br />
Japan (Japan)<br />
Executive Producer: Big River Films<br />
(Japan)<br />
Producer: Yoshiko Hashimoto & Atsushi<br />
Funahashi<br />
Key Cast: Residents of Futaba, Fukushima:<br />
Susumu YANAI; Yuuichi NAKAI & Ichiro<br />
NAKAI; Shizuo SUZUKI & family;<br />
Katsutaka IDOGAWA (Mayor of Futaba);<br />
People of the greater Futaba area; Banri<br />
Kaieda (Japan’s Economy, Trade &<br />
Industry Minister); Goshi Hosono (Japan’s<br />
Nuclear Energy Minister); Emperor Akihito<br />
& Empress Michiko<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s<br />
residents, the region housing the crippled<br />
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.<br />
BERGMAN AND MAGNANI: THE<br />
WAR OF VOLCANOES<br />
AKA: LA GUERRA DEI VULCANI<br />
Documentary (52’)<br />
Language: Italian<br />
Director: Francesco Patierno<br />
Writer: Chiara Laudani, Francesco Patierno<br />
Co-Production Partners: RAI Cinema,<br />
CInecitt Luce, WIDE House, Centro Studi<br />
Eoliano<br />
Executive Producer: Clara Del Monaco<br />
Producer: TODOS CONTENTOS Y YO<br />
TAMBIEN<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
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Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
The story of the biggest jet-set love scandal<br />
of all times. Starring Roberto Rossellini,<br />
Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani and the<br />
mythical and primitive nature of the<br />
Aeolian Islands.<br />
HABANA MUDA<br />
Documentary (61’)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Eric Brach<br />
Writer: Eric Brach<br />
Co-Production Partners: PROFIDEV<br />
Executive Producer: Nicolas DUVAL<br />
ADASSOVSKY<br />
Producer: QUAD PRODUCTIONS<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
This beautifully crafted and observed film<br />
follows Chino, a deaf working class husband<br />
and father trying to support his mute<br />
wife and two young children in Havana.<br />
Screener available.<br />
IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS<br />
Documentary (86’)<br />
Language: Arabic<br />
Director: Atia Jabarah Al-Daradji,<br />
Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji<br />
Writer: Atia Jabarah Al-Daradji, Mohamed<br />
Jabarah Al-Daradji<br />
Co-Production Partners: Iraq Al-Rafidain,<br />
Al-Jazeera English<br />
Executive Producer: Isabelle Stead<br />
Producer: HUMAN FILM<br />
Key Cast: Husham Al-Dhbe, Saif Salih<br />
Husham, Mohamed Wael Husham, Salah<br />
Abass Husham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: UK, Iraq, The Netherlands<br />
Husham works tirelessly to build the<br />
hopes, dreams and prospects of the 32<br />
damaged children of war, under his care at<br />
a small orphanage in Baghdad’s most dangerous<br />
district.<br />
WONDERPHIL<br />
PRODUCTIONS<br />
Wonderphil Productions, 4712 Admiralty<br />
Way #324, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.310.482.1324 Fax: 1.925.755.0131.<br />
www.Wonderphil.biz E-mail:<br />
phil@Wonderphil.biz<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Phil Gorn (CEO), Sanders<br />
Robinson (President)<br />
Office: Private, Tel: 1.310.482.1324<br />
SOLID STATE<br />
Sci-fi (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stefano Milla<br />
Co-Production Partners: Claang<br />
Entertainment & Wonderphil Productions<br />
Producer: Stefano Milla & Phil Gorn<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Italy<br />
A large meteor lands in a remote part of<br />
Europe and begins to effect the people in<br />
the area in strange ways. An up and coming<br />
American rock band is touring through<br />
Europe and arrive in the area. Gradually,<br />
they become infected as well as they try to<br />
figure out how to survive.<br />
STREET BROTHERS<br />
Action/Martial Arts (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Phil Gorn<br />
Co-Production Partners: Wonderphil<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Phil Gorn, Sanders Robinson,<br />
Randi Acton<br />
Key Cast: Chandler Maness, Andy<br />
Macfarlane, Michelle Kiyono<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
During a championship match, JESSE, a<br />
mixed martial artist, throws the fight and<br />
must go on the run from the mafia. He<br />
hides out with his estranged brother. When<br />
the mafia learns of Jesse’s location, the two<br />
brothers must fend off the mafia - while<br />
trying not to kill each other in the process.<br />
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KINGDOM OF GLADIATORS<br />
Action/Adventure/Fantasy (82 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stefano Milla<br />
Co-Production Partners: Claang<br />
Entertainment & Wonderphil Productions<br />
Producer: Stefano Milla, Riccardo De Palo,<br />
Phil Gorn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA & Italy<br />
A king makes a pact with an ancient demon<br />
and after many years of ruling his kingdom<br />
in peace, the demon has come to collect.<br />
Now a group of rival gladiators must fight<br />
for the survival of the kingdom. And the<br />
duel they never expected is about to begin.<br />
THE HOUSE<br />
Drama (109 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Desiree Lim<br />
Key Cast: Natalie Sky, Zak Santiago, Alex<br />
Zahara, David Richmond-Peck, Olivia<br />
Cheng, Zahf Paroo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Jean Kaneko temporarily moves into an<br />
empty home and discovers she’s not the<br />
only occupant in the house. A cynical college<br />
professor, his bitter sister, her devoted<br />
husband, a disgruntled cab driver and a<br />
washed-up drifter are all squatting. They<br />
are not supposed to be there because<br />
they’re actually dead. As Jean confronts<br />
these souls as tormented as herself, they<br />
inevitably end up in an entangled mass of<br />
secrets and lies.<br />
THE LAST ACT<br />
Action (89 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ron Quigley<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Amidst the backdrop of the economic<br />
downturn, Mike Malone is suddenly laid<br />
off from his job of 16 years. In an act of<br />
desperation he gets involved in a drug<br />
scheme with a young boxer and a petty<br />
thief. They manage to pull off a heist and<br />
Mike makes a clean getaway. But things<br />
get complicated when Mike’s young<br />
cohorts deviate from the plan and don’t<br />
cover their tracks properly – bringing Mike<br />
back into the game.<br />
RANCID<br />
Sci-fi/Horror (92 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alastair Orr<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: South Africa<br />
Four applicants, with their own hidden<br />
agendas, are accepted by a mysterious corporation<br />
to participate in a medical experiment<br />
at an isolated testing facility.<br />
MOUNTAIN BLOOD<br />
Drama (122)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Philipp J. Pamer<br />
Producer: Florian Reimann<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
After an accidental death of a French soldier,<br />
Katharina and her husband must<br />
escape from Bavaria to Tyrol in the tumultuous<br />
times of 1809 - a historical adventure<br />
reviving the 200th anniversary of the<br />
Hofer-Revolt against Bavaria and<br />
Napoleon.<br />
BROADWAY’S FINEST<br />
Action/Comedy (87 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephen Morro<br />
Key Cast: Adam Storke, Nick Cornish,<br />
John Lavelle, Thomas G. Waites, Larry<br />
Pine<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Three struggling actors impersonate New<br />
York City undercover cops and chase down<br />
a notorious drug dealer in order to get the<br />
authentic material they need to create their<br />
own cutting edge police drama. Things are<br />
rarely what they seem in this gritty actioncomedy.<br />
EARTHLING<br />
Sci-fi (114 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Rebecca Spence, Peter Greene,<br />
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William Katt<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
On an orbital space platform, a three-man<br />
crew picks up a strange object. It appears<br />
to be a living seed of some sort. When the<br />
seed is touched, a strange pulse rings out,<br />
causing a global brown-out on Earth. To<br />
most, the brown-out is merely a momentary<br />
nuisance. However, JUDITH and a<br />
small group of strangers are drastically<br />
affected. They slowly realize they are perhaps<br />
not what they seem and begin to feel<br />
they are actually members of a stranded<br />
alien race, living on Earth disguised as<br />
humans. They band together to seek out the<br />
secret of the seed that may present a way<br />
back home.<br />
JACK FALLS<br />
Action (100 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Simon Phillips, Alan Ford,<br />
Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Olivia<br />
Hallinan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
In this film noir thriller, former undercover<br />
police officer, JACK ADLETH, survives a<br />
mafia murder attempt in Amsterdam and<br />
returns to London to seek revenge. “A fun<br />
and stylish thriller.” - Britfilms.tv<br />
RISEN<br />
Drama (100 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Neil Jones<br />
Key Cast: Stuart Brennan, John Noble,<br />
Shane Richie, Erik Morales<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Based on a true story, Howard Winstone<br />
lost three fingers on his right hand at the<br />
age of 16 but despite only being able to<br />
make a fist with one hand, he went on to<br />
win every boxing title in his division and<br />
eventually be crowned the champion of the<br />
world.<br />
MOB RULES<br />
AKA: TIC<br />
Crime/Action (97 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Keith Parmer<br />
Key Cast: Lennie James, Gary McDonald,<br />
Treva Etienne, Daniele Favilli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Fate meets fortune when small-time hoods<br />
shoot for the big score by holding a club<br />
owner hostage for ransom. But time is running<br />
out, as the past catches up with all of<br />
them and the clock tics slowly toward the<br />
moment of truth.<br />
WHITE KNUCKLES<br />
Drama (87 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2010 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
JULIE, a sweet, subdued career housewife<br />
seems perfectly content in her life with her<br />
record player, houseplants and cooking -<br />
despite her irritable husband, WILLIAM,<br />
of forty years whose hobbies consist of<br />
sleeping and watching TV. After being provoked<br />
one too many times, Julie is no<br />
longer content and begins a secret war.<br />
Hold on tight as what starts as a somewhat<br />
slow, quirky drama is about to get a bit<br />
twisted.<br />
LISL AND THE LORLOK<br />
Children’s drama (87 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Lisl Pratt is ten years old. When her adventurer<br />
Granddad dies mysteriously, Lisl and<br />
her parents travel to the old family estate to<br />
take care of Grandma. Lisl soon encounters<br />
a frightening creature, but is certain the<br />
adults won’t believe her.<br />
SPARROW<br />
Horror (72 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: Poland<br />
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Six teenage friends set off on a camping<br />
trip in the woods. However, ‘Camp Happy<br />
Dreams’ turns out to be ‘Camp Nightmare’<br />
as legend states it’s the site of a murder.<br />
The teenagers’ disbelief in this urban legend<br />
is soon changed when strange happenings<br />
begin to occur to each of them.<br />
TERRITORY LEAGUE<br />
Series (23x60minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
F3 Entertainment started the first ever<br />
“TEAM” wrestling league. The best<br />
wrestlers from their cities compete as a<br />
team in: Heavyweight, Tag- Team,<br />
Cruiserweight and Luchadore divisions.<br />
HERCULES SAVES CHRISTMAS<br />
Family (90 minutes)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Shorty Rossi, Derek Zemrek &<br />
Leonard Pirkle<br />
Key Cast: Shorty Rossi, Hercules,<br />
Mackenzie Phillips, Danny Arroyo, Mark<br />
McClure, Kathy Garver<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Santa has given Hercules the duty to try<br />
and save one child on the Naughty List.<br />
Hercules choses an orphan boy named Max<br />
Moogle, an adorable twelve-year-old boy<br />
with a knack for getting into mischief who<br />
dreams of being part of a loving family.<br />
RICHARD THE RED LION<br />
Action/Adventure/Fantasy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stefano Milla<br />
Co-Production Partners: Claang<br />
Entertainment & Wonderphil Productions<br />
Producer: Stefano Milla & Phil Gorn<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2012 Country of<br />
Origin: USA & Italy<br />
Nearing the end of his life, King Henry II<br />
decides to test the loyalty and honor of his<br />
son in a tournament of brutal strength and<br />
courage in which Richard will acquire the<br />
surname of Lionheart.<br />
WORLDWIDE FILM<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Worldwide Film Entertainment, 6363 W.<br />
83rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA,<br />
Tel: 1.31. 641.5360. Fax: 1.310.641.5693.<br />
www.wfewfe.com E-mail: info@wfewfe.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At EFM: Barbara Mudge (President)<br />
Office: MGB - IFTA, Stand 141, Tel:<br />
+49.30.889.14 - 422 or 310.8491001 Cell<br />
Fax: +49(0)30.2065.1000<br />
TRADE OF INNOCENTS<br />
Crime, Drama (90 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Bessette<br />
Writer: Christopher Bessette<br />
Co-Production Partners: Dean River<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Bill Bolthouse, Laura Bolthouse,<br />
Jim Schmidt<br />
Key Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino,<br />
John Billingsley, Trieu Tran<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA, Thailand<br />
Examining the heart-breaking reality of<br />
human trafficking, an American couple in<br />
Cambodia becomes the only hope to save a<br />
trusting young girl from the clutches of a<br />
sadistic and inhumane supplier to back<br />
alley brothels.<br />
VENOM<br />
Thriller (82 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gary Breslin<br />
Writer: Joan Canning Boris<br />
Producer: Wolf Schmidt<br />
Key Cast: Jessica Morris, Oliviah<br />
Crawford, Roberto ‘Sanz’ Sanchez<br />
Delivery Status: Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After a car breaks down in an isolated<br />
desert, a mother and young daughter are<br />
relentlessly pursued by deadly snakes.<br />
BREAKING THE PRESS<br />
Drama, Sports (92 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrew Stevens<br />
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Writer: Andrew Stevens<br />
Key Cast: Drew Waters, Farah White<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
The arena of championship high school<br />
basketball finds sports prodigy brothers<br />
taking different paths in their careers.<br />
ALLEGED<br />
Drama, Romance (91 min.)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Hines<br />
Writer: Fred Foote, Brian Godawa<br />
Producer: Fred Foote<br />
Key Cast: Colm Meaney, Brian Dennehy,<br />
Fred Thompson, Ashley Johnson, Nathan<br />
West<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2011 Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
This romance based during true conflicts<br />
that boiled over in 1925 finds an ambitious<br />
newspaperman and a young woman facing<br />
dire family responsibilities trying to keep<br />
their relationship alive.<br />
Panorama - In the Shadow of a Man by Director Hannan Abdalla<br />
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GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY OF BERLIN<br />
THE <strong>BUSINESS</strong> OF FILM GUIDE<br />
For the many international film<br />
executives attending the Berlin<br />
Film Festival for the first time in<br />
many years The Business of Film has<br />
complied a synopsis of the history and<br />
background of Berlin together with<br />
selected places of interest, recommended<br />
restaurants, and Alternative Lifestyle<br />
clubs. Getting around Berlin is made<br />
easier by understanding the geography<br />
of Berlin’s distinct areas. Berlin is a city<br />
that never sleeps, (the Agenda for your<br />
appointments at the back of the Pocket<br />
Guide is on a 24hr clock) with a population<br />
nearing 3.5 million and an area<br />
eight times greater than Paris, it’s<br />
Germany’s largest city. Virtually<br />
destroyed during WWII; post-war it was<br />
divided by the Allied Powers. America,<br />
Britain, and France occupied West<br />
Berlin, and Russia controlled the East.<br />
The Berlin Wall (1961-89), was grim<br />
witness to the city’s division. In 1990<br />
followings the dismantling of the Wall<br />
Germany was reunited. Its history has<br />
left Berlin with Two city centers: On the<br />
east, the Alexanderplatz television tower<br />
at the city’s historical center, Berlin-<br />
Mitte, symbolizes ‘the capital of the<br />
German Democratic Republic’. On the<br />
west, the Mercedes Star atop the Europa<br />
Center marks the busy Kurfstendamm<br />
center. The Arkaden shopping, entertainment,<br />
residential, and office complex,<br />
has made chic Potsdamer Platz the center<br />
of Berlin. Alongside German retailers<br />
and restaurants, international companies<br />
include Eddie Bauer, Starbucks,<br />
McDonalds, Benetton, Swatch, Tony<br />
Roma’s, and Haagen Daz. Reflecting it’s<br />
strong musical and deep cultural roots<br />
Berlin boasts three professional opera<br />
houses, four semi-professional opera<br />
companies, eight symphony orchestras,<br />
ten chamber orchestras, hundreds of choruses,<br />
and copious amateur bands playing<br />
punk to jazz in the city’s 150 theaters. The<br />
annual February Filmfestspielen is testament<br />
to Berliners love of the cinema, the<br />
city is home to 265 movie theaters, the<br />
most in Germany. Berlin also offers<br />
accessible with one admission price<br />
access to 174 museums, including 17 state<br />
museums .Zoologischer Garten (Zoological<br />
Gardens) is one of the world’s largest zoos,<br />
nearly destroyed during WWII. It now<br />
houses 14,000 animals representing 1500<br />
species, Olympiastadion stadium constructed<br />
for the 1936 Olympic games, was intended<br />
to showcase Hitler’s ‘master race’athletes.<br />
African-American Jesse Owens made history<br />
by winning four gold medals and today,<br />
Berlin has a street named after him<br />
Olympiastadion is one of the few Nazi-built<br />
structures still intact and in use. The memorial<br />
to victims of the Nazi regime<br />
Gedenkstatte Plötzensee occupies the old<br />
execution chamber in Plötzensee prison<br />
where between 1933-45 over 2500 political<br />
prisoners were killed.<br />
PRENZLAUER BERG<br />
On Bernauer Strasse, separating Mitte<br />
(East) and Wedding (West) Berlin, one<br />
can view Berlin Wall remnants, complete<br />
with border defenses and ‘death strip’. In<br />
the former West, the Berlin Wall<br />
Documentation Center has extensive displays<br />
and information about the Wall’s<br />
history. At the Berlin Wall Memorial in<br />
the former East, a stretch of Wall forms<br />
part of a Kohlhoff and Kohlhoff artwork.<br />
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GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY OF BERLIN<br />
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KANTSTRASSE SQUARE<br />
Kantstrasse square has remained the hub of<br />
West Berlin culture even after the Wall<br />
came Down. The square dates from 1862<br />
when city planner James Hobrecht placed<br />
plazas at regular intervals throughout the<br />
city to ensure healthy airflow. In 1926-27,<br />
gardening director Erwin Barth added<br />
greenery, benches, and a playground. The<br />
square and its beautiful perennial borders<br />
were fully restored in 1987.<br />
A second similar center developed around<br />
the Hackescher Market, The best example<br />
is the famed architecture gallery AEDES,<br />
still standing in its original S-Bahn archway.<br />
SAVIGNYPASSAGE<br />
Savignypassage Berlin’s longest shopping<br />
row is in the inner city area. The tramway<br />
running east-west through the city, numerous<br />
viaduct arches (there are 757 on the 12<br />
km route) have been converted from warehouses<br />
and craft ateliers to shops, restaurants,<br />
and cafes, making Many restaurateurs<br />
and antique dealers previously located<br />
at Nollendorfplatz station’s flea market<br />
have moved to ritzy Bahnhof<br />
Friedrichstrasse.<br />
KREUZBERG<br />
ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES<br />
PLACES OF INTEREST<br />
Germany is one of the few countries in<br />
Europe which has a very liberal open<br />
approach to alternative lifestyles,<br />
Kreuzberg is where free thinkers settled<br />
before the Wall fell. An island of unconventional<br />
attitudes ironically isolated in East<br />
Germany, pacifists came to avoid mandatory<br />
military service; punks squatted in aban-<br />
The Berlin Library<br />
doned houses; gays and lesbians appreciated<br />
the repression-free environment which<br />
is worth a visit. Mehringdam 61 houses<br />
three gay and lesbian venues. Melitta<br />
Sundström café offers a cornucopia of<br />
refreshments as well used gay books for<br />
sale (including a large English section).<br />
The Gay Museum and Schwuz nightclub<br />
are located behind Sundström.<br />
The Gay Museum has varying Exhibitions<br />
weekly. The English-speaking staff is helpful,<br />
and the museum and archive are good<br />
resources for gay cultural history and current<br />
happenings.With an archive and<br />
library upstairs, the large English fiction<br />
collection is free to read, but can’t be<br />
checked out. For those seeking night time<br />
entertainment Schwuz, Berlin’s oldest<br />
gay club, plays mainstream music more<br />
than techno. Nightly themes change from<br />
House to Oldies to Latin. Early evenings<br />
the crowd is mixed; by 2 AM, the clientele<br />
is predominantly male. On nearby<br />
Oranienstrasse, the landmark nightclub<br />
SO36 is very lively. Nightly themes<br />
range from Techno to Oriental, plus the<br />
Wednesday gay and lesbian Hungry<br />
Hearts singles party. Bingo night’s drag<br />
queen show is reported to be a blast.<br />
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BERLIN RESTAURANTS<br />
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The Berlin Restaurant Guide<br />
is organized by the various<br />
sections that characterize the City.<br />
Restaurants are classified in<br />
four price ranges based on a<br />
meal for two persons.<br />
(1): main course and drinks up<br />
to 30.<br />
(2): main course and drinks up<br />
to 50.<br />
(3): set menu or several à la<br />
carte courses and drinks up to<br />
130.<br />
(4): set menu or several à la<br />
carte courses and drinks more<br />
than130<br />
Top Restaurants:<br />
All price range (4)<br />
Alt Luxemburg:<br />
Windscheidstrasse 31,<br />
Charlottenburg,<br />
Tel. 3 23 87 30<br />
Tues-Sat 7pm-1am.<br />
Closed Sun/Mon. Excellent<br />
Ana e Bruno:<br />
Sophie-Charlotten strasse 101,<br />
Charlottenburg,<br />
Tel. 3 25 71 10<br />
Tues-Sat 6.30pm-midnight.<br />
Refined Italian cuisine.<br />
E.t.a. Hoffman:<br />
(in hotel Riehmers Hofgarten),<br />
Yorkstrasse 83, Kreuzberg,<br />
Tel. 78 09 88 09<br />
Tue-Sat from 6pm.<br />
Creative cuisine<br />
from Chef Tim Raue.<br />
Seasons:<br />
(in Hotel Four Seasons),<br />
Charlottenstrasse 49, Mitte<br />
Tel. 20 33 63 63<br />
Call for hours.<br />
Stylish dinner overlooking the<br />
Gendarmenmarkt.<br />
Gedachtniskirche<br />
Kurfurstendamm<br />
Café Krenzler (1-2):<br />
Kurfürstendamm 18,<br />
Tel. 88 28 20<br />
Daily 8am-midnight. Traditional<br />
café-restaurant with terrace.<br />
Café Leysieffer (2):<br />
Kurfürstendamm 218,<br />
Tel. 88 57 48-0<br />
Daily 9am-8pm,<br />
Sun 10am-8pm. Confectionery,<br />
café-bistro.<br />
Café Im<br />
Literaturhaus-Wintergarten (2):<br />
Fasanenstrasse 23,<br />
Tel. 8 82 54 14<br />
Daily 9.30am-1.30am.<br />
Attractive garden.<br />
Dressler (2-3): Kurfürstendamm<br />
207-208,<br />
Tel. 8 83 35 30<br />
Daily 8am-1am. New, up scale<br />
restaurant in nostalgic style.<br />
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restaurant in nostalgic style.<br />
Branch location: Unter den<br />
Linden 39,<br />
Tel. 2 04 44 22.<br />
Hardtke (2): Meinekestrasse 27,<br />
Tel. 8 81 98 27<br />
Daily 10am-midnight.<br />
Berlin cuisine (pig’s trotters).<br />
Butcher on premises.<br />
Marché (1): Kurfürstendamm 14<br />
Daily 8am-midnight. Self-service<br />
restaurant with extensive choice<br />
of freshly prepared dishes.<br />
(salad bar, hot buffet)<br />
Paris Bar (2-3):<br />
Kantstrasse 152, Tel. 3 13 80 52<br />
Daily 12am-2am. Bistro. A place<br />
for seeing/being seen. French<br />
cuisine.<br />
Spree Athen (2):<br />
Leibnizstrasse 60,<br />
Tel. 3 24 17 33<br />
Daily 6pm-midnight, closed<br />
Sundays and holidays. Old-Berlin<br />
style eatery with extensive menu<br />
card. Gourmet food and taped<br />
Berlin songs.<br />
Via Condotti Ristorante Italiano<br />
(2):<br />
Fasanenstrasse 73,<br />
Tel. 88 67 78 97<br />
Call for hours.<br />
Italian cuisine.<br />
Wellenstein (1):<br />
Kurfürstendamm 190,<br />
Tel. 8 81 78 Call for hours.<br />
Coffee house atmosphere.<br />
BERLIN RESTAURANTS<br />
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Berlin Bitte<br />
City Center<br />
Oren (1-2):<br />
Oranienburgerstrasse 28, Tel. 2<br />
82 82 28<br />
Mon-Fri from 12am,<br />
Sat/Sun from 10am.<br />
Jewish café-restaurant, kosher<br />
cuisine plus<br />
vegetarian dishes,<br />
Israeli wines.<br />
Reinhard’s (2-3):<br />
Nikolaiviertel, Mitte (Centre),<br />
Tel. 2 38 52 95<br />
Daily 9am-1am. Upgrade bistro,<br />
attractive art-filled rooms.<br />
Theodor Tucher (2-3): Pariser<br />
Platz 6a,<br />
Tel. 22 48 94 64<br />
Call for hours.<br />
Refined cuisine with book gallery<br />
and reading lounge. Excellent<br />
food and prime location near<br />
Brandenburger Tor. Regular lectures.<br />
Prenzlauer Berg:<br />
Offenbach Stuben (2):<br />
Stubbenkammerstrasse 8,<br />
Tel. 4 45 85 02<br />
Daily 6pm-2am. Cozy atmosphere<br />
and international cuisine<br />
Café am Wasserturm (1):<br />
Knaackstrasse 22, Prenzlauer<br />
Berg, Tel. 4 42 88 07<br />
Jewish cuisine. Breakfast till 4pm.<br />
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Café am Wasserturm (1):<br />
Knaackstrasse 22, Prenzlauer<br />
Berg, Tel. 4 42 88 07<br />
Jewish cuisine. Breakfast till<br />
4pm.<br />
Restauration 1900 (1-2):<br />
Husemannstrasse 1,<br />
Tel. 4 42 24 94<br />
Daily from 9am. Limited menu<br />
card, inexpensive prices.<br />
Popular.<br />
Mao Thai (3):<br />
Wörther Strasse 30, Tel. 4 41 92<br />
61<br />
Daily 12am-3pm and from 6pm.<br />
Open Sundays & holidays. Thai cuisine.<br />
Schöneberg<br />
Café Einstein (2):<br />
Kurfürstenstrasse 58,<br />
Tel. 2 61 50 96<br />
Daily 10am-2am.<br />
BERLIN RESTAURANTS<br />
Grand Viennese coffee house &<br />
cuisine. Attractive garden.<br />
Wilmersdorf<br />
Besenwirtschaft (1):<br />
Uhlandstrasse 159,<br />
Tel. 8 81 16 23<br />
Daily 6pm-2am. Würtemberger<br />
wines and freshly made onion<br />
pies and other snacks at all<br />
times. Friendly atmosphere.<br />
Tafelrunde Mittelalterliches<br />
Gasthaus (3): Nachodstrasse<br />
21, Tel. 2 11 21 41<br />
Daily from 6pm, Sunday also<br />
between 12am and 3pm.<br />
Zwiwwel (2): Bruchsaler Strasse<br />
6, Tel. 8 53 25 78<br />
Tue-Sun 6pm-2am. Wine bar<br />
with living room atmosphere.<br />
Elspeth Tavares @ Berlin<br />
Relaxa-Hotel Stuttgarter Hof<br />
49 (0) 30 26483-0<br />
The Gropius Mirror Restaurant<br />
Home of The Culinary Cinema Events<br />
Highly recommended!<br />
The Gropius Mirror Restaurant<br />
in the mirrored tent – is NOW<br />
located directly across from the<br />
main entrance to Martin-Gropius-<br />
Bau. During the day the Gropius<br />
Mirror Restaurant is open for<br />
Market visitors and those with<br />
Berlinale festival accreditation.<br />
The restaurant can also be rented<br />
out for film-related events during<br />
the EFM.<br />
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Culinary Cinema 2012: Trust in Taste<br />
Cinammon Director: Jordi Mariscal<br />
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