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A<br />

CANNES<br />

ADRIANA CHIESA<br />

ENTERPRISES<br />

Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Via Barnaba<br />

Oriani 24/A - 00197 Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />

39.0680.86052. Fax: 39.0680.86052.<br />

At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma<br />

(President), Rossella Gori (Sales<br />

manager), Céline Dalix (Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Carlton / Salon du Bridge<br />

1st floor, Tel: 0493064100<br />

THE LEGEND OF AL, JOHN AND<br />

JACK (LA LEGGENDA DI AL JOHN<br />

& JACK)<br />

Comedy<br />

Directed by: Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo<br />

and Massimo Venier<br />

Production Company: Paolo Guerra for<br />

A.Gi.Di. and Medusa <strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Aldo Baglio-Giovanni Storti-<br />

Giacomo Poretti<br />

BETWEEN LAND AND SKY (NE’<br />

TERRA NE’ CIELO)<br />

Drama<br />

Language: Italian with English Subtitles<br />

Directed By: Giuseppe Ferlito<br />

Production Company: Immagina<br />

Cinematografica Productions - Arbash<br />

<strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Antonnella D’arcangelo - Davide<br />

Gemmani<br />

Country of origin: Italy<br />

Status: market screening<br />

A betrayed husband threatens to plunge<br />

to his death and becomes a mistaken hero<br />

trapped in a grotesque web of power and<br />

interest.<br />

BLACK ANGEL (SENSO ‘45)<br />

Erotic Drama (108 min)<br />

Language: Italian with English Subtitles<br />

Directed By: Tinto Brass<br />

Cast: Anna Galiena - Gabriel Garko<br />

Production Company: CINE 2000<br />

Country of Origin: Italy<br />

In a languid Venice the devastating<br />

passion between a sensuous woman and<br />

a young and handsome officer.<br />

GINGER AND CINNAMON (DILLO<br />

CON PAROLE MIE)<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: Italian with English Subtitles<br />

Directed By: Daniele Luchetti<br />

Cast: Stefania Montorsi, Giampaolo<br />

Morelli, Martina Merlino, Alberto Cucca<br />

Production Company: Conchita Airoldi<br />

for Studiocanal Urania<br />

Delivery Status: First Market Screening<br />

Country of Origin: Italy<br />

A comedy-of-errors filled with small<br />

talk, sun, sea and music, broken diets,<br />

antihistamines, camping stoves, tents,<br />

sleeping bags and nervous girls.<br />

EUGENIO I LOVE YOU (TI VOGLIO<br />

BENE EUGENIO)<br />

Genuine Touching Story (95 min)<br />

Language: Italian with English Subtitles<br />

Directed By: Francisco J. Fernandez<br />

Cast: Giancarlo Giannini - Jacques Perrin<br />

- Giuliana De Sio<br />

Production Company: Arcipelago<br />

Cinematografica<br />

Country of Origin: Italy<br />

Based on a true story, a moving tale of<br />

hope of a man whose disability has not<br />

prevented him from living a fulfilling<br />

life. Features an exceptional performance<br />

by Giancarlo Giannini.<br />

ADYTON<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Adyton International, European office:<br />

ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warszawa,<br />

Poland. Tel: 0048.22.844.22.96. Fax:<br />

0048.22.844.22.96. biuro@adyton.pl,<br />

www.adyton.pl<br />

Company Type: Producer, distributor<br />

At Cannes: Kamil Wilczyn´ski - Sales<br />

Coordinator<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

A VERY CHRISTMAS STORY<br />

Family comedy (83 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Dariusz Zawislak<br />

Producer: Dariusz Zawislak<br />

Cast: Jan Englert, Pawel Burczyk,<br />

Bartosz Opania, Kasia Olasz<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001 Country of<br />

Origin: USA/Poland<br />

Budget: $ 1,500,000<br />

Crazy adventures of an accountant with a<br />

briefcase full of defrauded money, a girl<br />

desperately looking for money for her<br />

orphanage and an Angel of Death, who<br />

doesn’t know anything about money and<br />

doesn’t need to.<br />

MAGIC STONE<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jowita Gondek<br />

Producer: Dariusz Zawislak<br />

Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Olivier Shiflish<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: USA/Poland<br />

Budget: $ 20,000,000<br />

Appealing as HARRY POTTER,<br />

CASPER or JUMANJI story of a little<br />

girl who finds a magic blue bead which<br />

can fulfill all her whishes and a witch<br />

who follows her trying to steal the bead<br />

and use it to make evil.<br />

MR VIRGIN<br />

Comedy, 90 min.<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Przemek Angerman<br />

Cast: Radoslaw Kaim, Krzysztof Pralat<br />

Delivery Status: Ready to Delivery<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

Comedy of ErROrS. Two boys face the<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Film</strong><br />

Location for the<br />

23 RD year<br />

<strong>The</strong> Carlton Hotel<br />

Room 149<br />

2003<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong><br />

<strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

problems of adolescence – their first<br />

sexual contacts with girls. On their way<br />

to discover the world of pleasures they<br />

meet many beautiful women ready to<br />

give them precious lessons.<br />

EGOISTS<br />

Drama, 103 min.<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mariusz Trelinski<br />

Cast: Rafal Mohr, Magdalena Cielecka<br />

Delivery Status: Ready to Delivery<br />

Year of Production: 2001<br />

A story about young elites of a big city,<br />

alcohol, drugs, trans music and easy sex.<br />

On their run from one bar to another,<br />

from one lover to another they lose the<br />

most important things in their lives.<br />

Young people live on the edge – on the<br />

edge of their physical and psychical<br />

possibilities.<br />

BIG, BIGGER & BIGGEST<br />

Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Year of Production: 2003 Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $ 20,000,000<br />

Kate and Peter save the world against the<br />

aliens’ attack .<br />

ALAIN SIRITZKY<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />

Alain Siritzky Productions, 23, Rue<br />

Raynouard, 75016 Paris, France. Tel:<br />

33.1.42.24.50.50. Fax: 33.1.42 24 66 42.<br />

Asproductions@usa.net.<br />

www.ClickStudiosHollywood.com.<br />

www.nakedshoppingnetwork.com<br />

Company Type: Producer, distributor<br />

At Cannes: Alain Siritzky, George Pilzer,<br />

Robby Amar<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

EMMANUELLE: LUST IN SPACE<br />

(WORKING TITLE)<br />

Erotic/Sci Fi<br />

Emmanuelle is back and this time she is<br />

going to show us what happens behind<br />

her very own closed doors.<br />

JACQUELINE HYDE<br />

Erotic Horror<br />

It’s a terrifying and extremely sexy<br />

modern re-telling of the classic tale of<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Strange Case <strong>Of</strong> Dr. Jekyll and Mr.<br />

Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson.<br />

RING OF DESIRE<br />

Erotic<br />

It looks like an ordinary ring but it can<br />

yield complete control over others while<br />

corrupting the soul of the wearer. It’s an<br />

erotic variation of “Lord <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Rings”<br />

where lust is eternal!<br />

IMAGES OF FEAR<br />

Horror<br />

When Steven Thomas buys a used video<br />

camera at a garage sale and takes it home<br />

to his wife and teen-age daughter, he<br />

quickly discovers he has just let evil into<br />

his life.<br />

ALSO OUR CATALOGUE:<br />

Emmanuelle 2000 7x90’, Emmanuelle,<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Adventures 7x90’, Justine<br />

7x90’, <strong>The</strong> Click 7x90’, Butterscotch<br />

7x90’, Passion & Romance 7x90’, <strong>The</strong><br />

Sex Files I & II 14x90’, Scandal 7x90’,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Emmanuelle TV Series 7x90’,<br />

Emmanuelle 5, 6 & 7 3x90’, Seducing<br />

Fina 90’ and Wages of Lust 90’<br />

ALLIANCE<br />

ATLANTIS<br />

Alliance Atlantis, Toronto: 121 Bloor<br />

Street East, Suite #1500, Toronto,<br />

Ontario, M4W 3M5, Canada. Tel:<br />

416.967.1174. Fax: 416.960.0971.<br />

Montreal: 5, Place Ville Marie, Suite<br />

#1435, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2G2,<br />

Canada. Tel: 514.878.2282. Fax:<br />

514.878.2419. London: 184 - 192<br />

Drummond St., 2nd floor, London NW1<br />

3HP England. Tel: 44.207.391.6900.<br />

Fax: 44.207.383.0404. Australia: 401<br />

Darling Street, Suite 2, Balmain, Sydney<br />

NSW, 2041 Australia. Tel:<br />

612.9810.8922. Fax: 612.9810.8966.<br />

Shannon: Block 1, Unit C, Shannon<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Park, Shannon, Co. Clare,<br />

Ireland. Tel: 353.61.472.329. Fax:<br />

353.61.472.228. Los Angeles: 808<br />

Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Santa Monica,<br />

CA 90401 USA. Tel: 310.899.8000. Fax:<br />

310.899.8100, Edmonton: 3720-76<br />

Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, T6B 2N9<br />

Canada. Tel: 780.440.2022. Fax:<br />

780.440.3400. Dublin: 40 Westland Row,<br />

Dublin 2, Ireland, Tel: 353.1.449.8400.<br />

Fax: 353.1.449.8470. Halifax: 1668<br />

Barrington, Suite 500, Halifax, Nova<br />

Scotia, B3J 2G3, Canada. Tel:<br />

902.420.1577. Fax: 902.425.8260.<br />

At Cannes: Charlotte Mickie (Managing<br />

Director, International Motion Picture<br />

Sales, Entertainment Group), Irene Read<br />

(Managing Director, International<br />

Distribution, Asia & Australasia,<br />

Entertainment Group), Ariel Veneziano<br />

(Director, International Motion Picture<br />

Sales, Entertainment Group), Ted Riley<br />

(President, Distribution, Entertainment<br />

Group), Victor Loewy (CEO, Motion<br />

Picture Distribution Group), Patrice<br />

HOW MY MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO ME<br />

DURING MENOPAUSE<br />

ALLIANCE ATLANTIS<br />

<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />

MAY 2003 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> 71


CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong>roux (President, Motion Picture<br />

Distribution Group)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 23, Rue Macé, 4th Floor, Cannes,<br />

Tel: 33.(0)4.93.43.85.10. Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.93.38.87.78<br />

THE STATION AGENT<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Tom McCarthy<br />

Producers: Mary Jane Skalski, Robert<br />

May, Kathryn Tucker<br />

Cast: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson,<br />

Bobby Cannavale<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Origin: US<br />

A mismatched threesome forge an<br />

unlikely bond, which ultimately reveals<br />

that even isolation is better shared.<br />

COMMENT MA MERE ACCOUCHA<br />

DE MOI DURANT SA MÉNOPAUSE<br />

(HOW MY MOTHER GAVE BIRTH<br />

TO ME DURING MENOPAUSE)<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Sébastien Rose<br />

Producers: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal<br />

Cast: Micheline Lanctôt, Paul Ahmarani<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

At thirty, Jean Charles still lives<br />

on...er...rather intimate terms with his<br />

mother and his sister, but his new<br />

girlfriend should change all that. Or<br />

maybe not.<br />

SERAPHIN: HEART OF STONE<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Charles Binamé<br />

Producers: Lorraine Richard<br />

Exec Producers: Vivianne Morin, Louis<br />

Laverdière, Guy Gagnon, Patrick Roy<br />

Cast: Pierre Lebeau, Karine Vanasse, Roy<br />

Dupuis<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

In a noble effort to save her father from<br />

ruin, a beautiful young woman marries a<br />

despicable miser despite her continuing,<br />

clandestine love for another man.<br />

FLOWER & GARNET<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Keith Behrman<br />

Producers: Trish Dolman<br />

Exec. Producers: Alexandra Raffé,<br />

Margueritte Pigott, Bryan Gliserman,<br />

Trish Dolman, Dean English, Jessica<br />

Fraser<br />

Cast: Callum Keith Rennie, Jane<br />

McGregor, Colin Roberts, Dov<br />

Tiefenbach, Kristin Thomson<br />

LOVE’S BROTHER<br />

ARCLIGHT FILMS<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

A portrait of love and loss, hope and<br />

heartbreak, FLOWER & GARNET is<br />

also a love poem forged between a sister<br />

and brother, both of whom are on the<br />

verge of life crisis.<br />

ALL THE REAL GIRLS<br />

Drama<br />

Director: David Gordon Green<br />

Producers: Jean Doumanian, Lisa Muskat<br />

Cast: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel,<br />

Patricia Clarkson<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Eschewing love story clichés, ALL THE<br />

REAL GIRLS is a contemporary portrait<br />

of honesty and expectations in writerdirector<br />

David Gordon Green’s follow up<br />

film to his award winning debut, George<br />

Washington.<br />

ALLIED<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

GROUP, INC.<br />

Allied Entertainment Group, Inc., 8899<br />

Beverly Blvd, Suite 911, West Hollywood,<br />

CA 90048 USA. Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax:<br />

310.271.0706<br />

At Cannes: James R. Moder (Chairman),<br />

Janet Y. Liu (VP Sales Consultant, Asia)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: J7 / K8 (Riviera), Tel.: 310-271-<br />

0703, Fax: 310-271-0706,<br />

info@alliedentertainment.com<br />

LAS VEGAS WARRIOR<br />

Action (97 min<br />

Director/Producer: Nastasha Baron<br />

Starring: Laurie Hanley, Suk Woo Nam<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

When a martial arts fighter gets killed<br />

during a bare fisted kick-boxing fight, an<br />

investigative journalist (Laurie Hanley)<br />

decides to pursue this story.<br />

THROTTLE<br />

Action Thriller (92 min)<br />

Director: Atul Sharma, Producer: Atul<br />

Sharma & Cheryl Bedford<br />

Starring: Liam Watson, Jody Booth<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

Jon, a career criminal, gets out of prison<br />

determined to live it up in Baja with<br />

millions that he and his only friend,<br />

George, stole from a Drug Cartel.<br />

HORRORVISION<br />

Horror (85 min)<br />

Director: Danny Draven, Producer: J.R.<br />

Bookwalter and Scott Phillips<br />

Starring: Jake Leonard, James Black as<br />

“Bradbury” (“<strong>The</strong> Return”, “Out of<br />

Sight”), and Special Appearance by<br />

Scream Queen Brinke Stevens<br />

(“Sideshow”, “Victoria’s Shadow”)<br />

Year of Production: 2001<br />

Dez, a web master, mistakenly logs onto<br />

“horrorvision.com” - a website that kills<br />

all who come across it.<br />

HOME SWEET HOBOKEN<br />

Comedy (92 min)<br />

Director: Yoshifumi Hosoya, Producers:<br />

Yuko Yoshikawa & Daisuke Sekiguchi<br />

Starring: Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley,<br />

Richard Kind (“Spin City”), Aida<br />

Turturro (“<strong>The</strong> Sopranos”)<br />

Year of Production: 2000<br />

When an appraiser offers Beth cash for<br />

some old jewelry, she discovers that a<br />

ring she thought was worthless is<br />

actually a rare Louis XV diamond valued<br />

at $10 million!<br />

PUPS<br />

Action Drama (95 min) *Premiered on<br />

HBO*<br />

Director: Ash Producer: Daniel Berger<br />

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Mischa Barton<br />

(“Sixth Sense”, “Notting Hill”), Cameron<br />

Von Hoy<br />

Year of Production: 1999<br />

Chronicles the story of a rebellious<br />

“latch-key” teenager who finds his<br />

mother’s gun.<br />

ALPHA FILM GROUP,<br />

INC<br />

Alpha <strong>Film</strong> Group, Inc, 216 South Main<br />

Street Alpharetta, Georgia 30004 USA.<br />

Tel: 770.740.1962. Fax: 770.740.1046.<br />

afg@alphafilmgroup.com,<br />

www.alphafilmgroup.com<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Ray Guthrie (CEO), Ace<br />

Cruz (Director)<br />

Acquisition Executive: Susan Harris<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 770.560.2277<br />

FATE<br />

Psychological Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Ace Cruz<br />

Producer: Ace Cruz<br />

Cast: Lee Majors, Philip Michael<br />

Thomas, Michael Pare<br />

Delivery Status: post production<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: United States<br />

Budget: $2.5 million<br />

Detective Cody Martin (Michael Pare)<br />

and Detective Ciprian Raines (Philip<br />

Michael Thomas) hunt a killer (Lee<br />

Majors) who is using his victims as<br />

characters in a demented story.<br />

AMAZING MOVIES<br />

Amazing Movies, 7471 Melrose Avenue,<br />

Suite 7, Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA.<br />

Tel: 323.852.1396. Fax: 323.658.7265.<br />

amazingmov@aol.com,<br />

www.amazingpix.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Acquisition Executive<br />

Douglas Witkins (President), Koing<br />

Kuoch (Vice-President)<br />

THE LONG RIDE HOME<br />

Action Adventure (86 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Macarelli<br />

Producer: Paul Tinder<br />

Cast: Eric Roberts, Randy Travis, Ernest<br />

Borgnine<br />

Delivery Status Complete<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: 3.5 Million<br />

Passion, revenge and murder mark this<br />

action adventure set in the 1860’s Old<br />

West. Jack Fowler must fight the law and<br />

the lawless to clear his name and reunite<br />

with his wife and son.<br />

AMERICA VIDEO<br />

FILMS S A<br />

America Video <strong>Film</strong>s S A, Virrey Loreto<br />

2426, Capital Federal, 1426, Rep.<br />

Argentina. Tel: 54.11.4787.9098 / 9101<br />

Fax: 5411.4787.9094.<br />

america@americavideofilms.com<br />

At Cannes: Enrique Maya (President),<br />

Beba Maya (Public Relations), Freddie<br />

Hancock (Senior V.P. Acquisitions),<br />

Nicholas Bingham (Adviser)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton suite 225, Tel:<br />

334.9306.4225. Fax: 334.9306.4226<br />

WEDDING NIGHT<br />

Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: French w/English subtitles<br />

Director: Emile Caudreault<br />

Producer: Denise Robert Daniel Louis<br />

Principal Cast: Francois Morency ,<br />

Genevieve Brouillette<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: Canada<br />

Florence and Nicolas are not as afraid of<br />

marriage as they are of uniting their own<br />

families into one big family!<br />

DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Donna Deitch<br />

Producer: Dustin Hoffman Mimi Rogers<br />

Principal Cast: Kirsten Dunst , Brittany<br />

Murphy<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin USA<br />

A young woman is magically transported<br />

into a WWII Nazi death camp.<br />

THE AGENCY<br />

Thriller (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mikael Salomon<br />

Producer: Wolfgang Petersen<br />

Principal Cast: Will Patton Gil Bellows<br />

Gloria Reuben<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin USA<br />

Whether preventing terrorist attacks,<br />

nuclear threats or biological warfare, the<br />

agents of the CIA put their lives in peril<br />

at every moment.<br />

FIDEL<br />

Action (200 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Attwood<br />

Producer: David V. Picker<br />

Principal Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal ,<br />

Victor Hugo Martin<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> explosive untold true story of Fidel<br />

Castro and Che Guevara´s rise to power.<br />

VARIAN´S WAR<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Lionel Chetwynd<br />

Producer: Barbra Streisand Cis Corman<br />

and Edward Wessex<br />

Principal Cast: William Hurt , Julia<br />

Ormond<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> untold true story of World War II<br />

and an ordinary man who saved those<br />

without hope from a fate no one could<br />

imagine.<br />

Email your press releases only during Cannes to:<br />

thebusinessoffilm@sdi06.fr<br />

<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />

72 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> CANNES MAY 2003


AMERICAN CINEMA<br />

GROUP, INC<br />

American Cinema Group, Inc, 2550 N.<br />

Hollywood Way, #204, Burbank , CA<br />

91505-1055 USA.<br />

At Cannes: Eric Karson (VP of<br />

marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o Chris Davis International,<br />

Riviera <strong>Of</strong>fice # G13, Tel:<br />

33.04.92.99.88.41. Mobile:<br />

33.06.08.52.79.40<br />

LIBRARY<br />

A library of feature films all of which<br />

have been released <strong>The</strong>atrically and now<br />

available for the ancillary rights<br />

exploitation.<br />

AMERICAN CINEMA<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

American Cinema International, 4640<br />

Lankershim Blvd Suite 500 N.<br />

Hollywood, CA 91602. Tel:<br />

818.985.8500. Fax: 818.985.4848.<br />

At Cannes: George Shamieh (CEO),<br />

Chevonne O’Shaughnessy (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera E-5., Tel:<br />

33.(0).4.92.99.32.39.<br />

TARGET<br />

Action (91 minutes)<br />

Director: William Web<br />

Cast: Stephen Baldwin, James Russo,<br />

Deborah Worthing, Yorgo Constantine<br />

and Debra Wilson<br />

Producer: William Webb<br />

Delivery Status: Trailering in the office<br />

When you become the “Target”, in a<br />

Army Sniper’s game.<br />

HATCHETMAN<br />

(93 minutes)<br />

Cast: Cheryle Burns, Nina Tapanin, Chris<br />

Moir, and Jon Briddell<br />

Director: Robert Tiffe<br />

Producer: George Shamieh<br />

As she and her friends try to stay alive,<br />

Claudia and her detective boyfriend,<br />

Sonny, try to figure out who the murderer<br />

is.<br />

WILDFIRE<br />

Family/Disaster (93 minutes)<br />

Director: Henri Charr<br />

Producer: Jess Mancilla<br />

Cast: Michael Preston, Jordan Seider,<br />

Claire Smithies, Bob Lauder and Jr. Brad<br />

Sergi<br />

An out of control “WildFire” becomes<br />

the biggest fire of the season threatening<br />

thousands of acres of land.<br />

LOCO LOVE<br />

Romantic Comedy (93 minutes)<br />

Director: Bryan Lewis<br />

Producer: Bryan Lewis<br />

Cast: Laura Elena Harring Roy Werner<br />

Gerardo Mejia Margaret Scarborough,<br />

Frank Gallegos<br />

Love moved in... and so did the rest of<br />

the family<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice Phone<br />

44 207 372 9992<br />

London <strong>Of</strong>fice FAX<br />

44 207 372 9993<br />

AMERICAN WORLD<br />

PICTURES<br />

American World Pictures, 6355 Topanga<br />

Canyon Blvd. # 428, Woodland Hills, CA<br />

91367 USA. Tel. 818.715.1480. Fax.<br />

818.715.1081.<br />

www.americanworldpictures.com<br />

At Cannes: Mark L. Lester (President),<br />

Gregory L. Stuart (Executive Vice<br />

President, Acquisitions & Worldwide<br />

Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera F6, Hotel Fax: Radisson<br />

Montfleury c/o Mark Lester<br />

33.(0)4.93.68.87.87, Gregory Stuart’s<br />

cel: 33.(0)6.2429.9417<br />

KNIGHT CLUB<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Russel Gannon<br />

Production Company: Global Pictures<br />

Producer(s): Jim Lotfi; Rob Nittolo &<br />

Tony Rosamillia<br />

Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Lochlyn<br />

Munro, Glenn Plummer<br />

Status: Completed, screening at Cannes<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

A young man succumbs to the power of<br />

his job, forgetting about his friends and<br />

earning the wrath of his mentor.<br />

TULLY<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Hilary Birmingham<br />

Production Company: Small Planet<br />

Pictures in association with Telltale<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Producers: Anne Sundberg and Hilary<br />

Birmingham<br />

Cast: Anson Mount; Julianne Nicholson<br />

Status: Completed, screening at Cannes<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

Explores a legacy of love between a<br />

family of men, and the events of one<br />

summer that change their world forever.<br />

ISLAND OF THE MAPMAKER’S<br />

WIFE<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Michie Gleason<br />

Production Company: Labouchere<br />

Holland <strong>Film</strong>s CV in association with<br />

Virginia <strong>Film</strong>s & Sigma Pictures<br />

Producers: Matthijs Van Jeijningen;<br />

Charles Melniker & Michie Gleason<br />

Cast: Liam Cunningham; Natasha Little<br />

Status: Completed, screening at Cannes<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

Finley Descotes finds that desire,<br />

obsession and political intrigue will<br />

catapult her into a world she didn’t<br />

expect.<br />

MENACE<br />

Action<br />

Director: John Marino<br />

Production Company: Banned in<br />

America <strong>Film</strong>s, a California Corp.<br />

Producers: Spencer Thornton; Johhny<br />

Ciarcia; S. Woody Wagner<br />

Cast: Johnny Green; Alison Lohman<br />

(WHITE OLEANDER)<br />

Status: Completed, Screening at Cannes<br />

Year Produced: 2003<br />

From the Director of BAD<br />

LIEUTENANT, Abel Ferrara Presents<br />

MENACE. Brian Lovero, equal parts<br />

hustler and idealist, gets by as best he<br />

can by selling dope and running petty<br />

scams.<br />

WHITE RUSH<br />

Action / Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mark L. Lester<br />

Production Company: American World<br />

Pictures<br />

Producers: Dana Dubovsky; Mark L.<br />

Lester<br />

Cast: Louis Mandylor (MY BIG FAT<br />

GREEK WEDDING); Judd Nelson<br />

Status: Completed, Screening in Cannes<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

Another chapter in traffic. A group of<br />

young tourist couples come across a drug<br />

deal gone bad while on vacation. One of<br />

them is a cop.<br />

AMSELL<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INC<br />

AMSell Entertainment Inc, 12001<br />

Ventura Place, Suite #404, Studio City,<br />

CA 91602, USA. Tel: 818.766.8500. Fax:<br />

818.766.8737. amsellent@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Alan Solomon (President),<br />

Joseph Beral (Director of International<br />

Sales and Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera, booth F9, Tel:<br />

06.07.25.82.31<br />

HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY<br />

Urban Horror<br />

Director: Leo J. Lawrence<br />

Cast: Mac 10, Joe Torry<br />

Producer: Giancarlo Gamboa<br />

Status: Post-production<br />

Derek and Shown are hired to tear down<br />

a dilapidated old house. Shown, a typical<br />

slacker, convinces Derek to throw a party<br />

over a party over Halloween weekend.<br />

BLOOD GNOME<br />

Horror<br />

Director: John Lechago<br />

Cast: Vincent Bilancio, Melisa Pursley,<br />

Ri Walton, Laurie Jameson, Charles<br />

Monsby<br />

Status: Ready for Delivery<br />

Strange little creatures are behind a<br />

series of bloody killings but are invisible<br />

to everyone except a crime scene<br />

photographer.<br />

WIND AND CLOUD: A MARTIAL<br />

ARTS SAGA<br />

Martial Arts / Fantasy / Sci-fi FX / 3D<br />

Animation TV Series (45 x 50 min)<br />

Part One: episodes 1-24, Part Two:<br />

episodes 24-45<br />

Director: Chin-Liang Hsu (“<strong>The</strong> Sword<br />

<strong>Of</strong> Great Silence” - Venice <strong>Film</strong> Festival<br />

Nomination)<br />

Stunt Director: YC MA (Jet Li’s “<strong>The</strong><br />

Scripture with No Words” and “Big<br />

Bullet”, “Jackie Chan’s First Strike” &<br />

“<strong>The</strong> East Is Red”<br />

Cast: Sonny Chiba (Immortal Combat”,<br />

“Aces: Iron Eagle III”), Chao Wen Cho<br />

(Jet Li’s “<strong>The</strong> Legend”), Annie Wu<br />

(“Jackie Chan’s First Strike”), Dialogue:<br />

Ali Clark (“Hidden Dragon, Crouching<br />

Tiger”)<br />

A martial arts saga adapted from the<br />

classic martial arts comic strip by MA<br />

YUENG CHEN.<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

LEECHES<br />

Horror<br />

Director: David DeCoteau<br />

Cast: Matthew Twining, Josh Henderson,<br />

Stacey Nelson, Tony Carroccio, Charity<br />

Rahmer, Mike Cole, Maya Parish,<br />

Stephen Sowan Michael Lutz, Greg<br />

Lyczkowski, Mark I. Miller, Trevor<br />

Harris, Alexandra Westmore, Julie<br />

Briggs, Tyler Sedustine<br />

Status: Ready for Delivery<br />

<strong>The</strong> swim team for a prestigious college<br />

swim in a lake containing LEECHES,<br />

which become infused with steroids and<br />

transmogrify into giant leaches which<br />

attack members of the swim team in a<br />

bloody and brutal manner.<br />

SPEED DEMON<br />

Horror Thriller (90 min)<br />

Director: David DeCoteau<br />

Cast: Collin Stark, Mark Ian Miller,<br />

Candace Moon, Trevor Harris, Amber<br />

Loy, M. T. Church, Mike, Nick Doss,<br />

Greg Carney, Robert Donavan, Jared<br />

Edwards<br />

Status: Ready for Delivery<br />

A young man returns from college to his<br />

hometown to attend his father’s funeral.<br />

<strong>The</strong> town is overrun by a gang of his old<br />

friends who are intent on living life fast<br />

and furious.<br />

ARCLIGHT FILMS<br />

Arclight <strong>Film</strong>s, 1201/39 McLaren Street,<br />

North Sydney, Australia 2060. Tel:<br />

61(0)2.9955.8825. Fax:<br />

61.(0)2.9955.8828<br />

At Cannes: Gary Hamilton (Managing<br />

Director), Nicolas Chartier (Vice<br />

President of World Wide Sales), Ian<br />

Gibbins (General Manager), John Kim<br />

(Development Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera L7-L9, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.15. Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.16<br />

A DIFFERENT LOYALTY<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Marek Kanievska<br />

Producer: Michael Cowan/Jason Piette<br />

Principal Cast: Sharon Stone, Rupert<br />

Everett<br />

Production Status: In Production<br />

Country of origin: UK<br />

IT COULD NEVER GET WORSE<br />

AURUM PRODUCCIONES S.A.<br />

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A spirited woman’s loyalty is put to the<br />

test when she discovers the man she<br />

loves is a Russian spy.<br />

BOLLYWOOD QUEEN<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jeremy Wooding<br />

Producer: Michael Cowan, Jason Piette<br />

Principal Cast: Preeya Kalidas, Ian<br />

McShane<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: UK<br />

West Side Story goes east in this<br />

heartwarming homage to Bollywood<br />

musicals about two star-crossed lovers<br />

crossing cultures, families and the law.<br />

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Duigan<br />

Producer: Michael Cowan/Jason Piette<br />

and Julia Palau<br />

Principal Cast: Charlize <strong>The</strong>ron,<br />

Penelope Cruz Stuart Townsend<br />

Production Status: In Production<br />

Country of origin: UK<br />

An idealistic student and a hedonistic<br />

aristocrat love each other through war,<br />

separation and infidelity in spite of the<br />

seemingly irreconcilable differences.<br />

LOVE’S BROTHER<br />

Romance<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jan Sardi<br />

Producer: Jane Scott, Sarah Radcliff<br />

Principal Cast: Adam Garcia, Giovanni<br />

Ribisi, Amelia Warner.<br />

Production Status: Postproduction<br />

Country of origin: Australia<br />

In despair of ever finding love, an ugly<br />

duckling uses a photo of his handsome<br />

brother to convince a beautiful girl across<br />

the sea to marry him.<br />

MOONLIGHT<br />

Romance/thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paula van der Oest 2003<br />

Academy award nominee Zus and Zo<br />

Producer: JEmjay Rechsteiner, Jason<br />

Piette, Michael Cowan, Jimmy de<br />

Brabant, Michael Knobloch<br />

Principal Cast: Laurien van den Broek,<br />

Hunter Bussemaker, Andrew Howard<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Brutal, tender and redemptive, a<br />

controversial award winning coming of<br />

age about losing innocence and love.<br />

ARMADA PICTURES<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Armada Pictures International, 9720<br />

Wilshire Boulevard, 5th Floor, Beverly<br />

Hills, CA 90212 USA. Tel. 310.205.9600.<br />

Fax 310.205.9610.<br />

At Cannes: Chris Sievernich (CEO),<br />

Yarek Danielak (VP, International<br />

Distribution), Matt Milich-(VP,<br />

Production)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Intercontinental - Suite<br />

233, Tel. 33.4.93.06.42.33. Fax.<br />

33.4.93.06.69.33<br />

FAMILY OF THE YEAR<br />

Comedy<br />

Producer: Chris Sievernich, Matt Milich<br />

Director: Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Geek<br />

Wedding)<br />

Cast: T.B.A.<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

A hilarious comedy, Family of the Year<br />

follows the Miller family, who, after<br />

moving to a new town, have more trouble<br />

getting along with each other than their<br />

new neighbors.<br />

ONE POINT ZERO<br />

Thriller<br />

Exec. Producers:Matt Milich, Andreas<br />

Schmid, Andreas Grosch<br />

Producer: Chris Sievernich, Thomas Mai,<br />

RD Robb, Kyle Gates<br />

Directors: Jeff Renfroe, Martenn Steinar<br />

Thorsson<br />

Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Unger, Udo<br />

Kier, Rutger Hauer<br />

Status: Production<br />

A young programmer becomes a guinea<br />

pig in a major corporate advertising<br />

experiment<br />

DRUM<br />

Thriller<br />

Exec. Producers:Matt Milich, Andreas<br />

Schmid, Andreas Grosch<br />

Producer: Chris Sievernich, Rudolf<br />

Wichmann<br />

Director: Zola Maseko<br />

Cast: T.B.A.<br />

Status: Casting<br />

Set against the backdrop of exhilarating<br />

1950’s Sofiatown in South Africa,<br />

DRUM magazine gives birth to a popular<br />

movement against apartheid.<br />

DISTURBED (A.K.A. IDENTITY)<br />

Thriller<br />

Exec. Producer: Matt Milich<br />

GOOD-BYE, LENIN - BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL<br />

Producer: Chris Sievernich, David<br />

Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj<br />

Director: Harold Becker<br />

Cast: T.B.A.<br />

Status: Development<br />

A well-known pop psychiatrist suddenly<br />

finds herself locked in a deadly struggle<br />

of wills when her family, career, and life<br />

are torn apart by a former patient.<br />

ARRI MEDIA<br />

WORLDSALES<br />

Arri Media Worldsales, Türkenstr. 89,<br />

80799 Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.89.3809.1288. Fax: 49.89.3809.1619.<br />

www.arri-mediaworldsales.de<br />

Company Type: Worldsales Company<br />

At Cannes: Antonio Exacoustos (Head of<br />

Worldsales/Producer)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o Export Union of German<br />

Cinema, German Pavilion, Festival de<br />

Cannes/Village International, Esplanade<br />

Georges Pompidou, Tel:<br />

0033.4.93.99.05.24. Fax:<br />

0033.4.93.99.05.25<br />

ARTEDIS<br />

Artedis, 12 Rue Raynouard, 75016 Paris.<br />

France. Tel: 331.5392.2929, Fax:<br />

331.5392.2920. artedisf@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Pierre-Richard Muller<br />

(Director), Chantal Lam (President);<br />

Acquisition executives: Pierre-Richard<br />

Muller (Director), Chantal Lam<br />

(President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Residence du Grand Hotel, Bldg.<br />

Le Cormoran II, 45 La Croisette, 06400<br />

CANNES. Tel/Fax: 04.93.99.56.67<br />

TRIGGERED (LES PERCUTES)<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Gerard Cuq<br />

Producer: Denis Karvil<br />

Cast: Christophe Laubion, Bernard Farcy<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

After celebrating a colleague’s birthday, a<br />

slightly drunk police detective goes into<br />

his bank to ask for his credit card that<br />

was just swallowed by the ATM machine.<br />

THE TARGET TO KILL(LA CIBLE)<br />

Comedy/thriller<br />

Director: Pierre Courege<br />

Cast: Daniel Russo, Hippolyte Girardot,<br />

Anemone<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

Chris, a young navy serviceman<br />

desperate to find a lost love, tries to enlist<br />

the help of a TV show star to help him<br />

find his girlfriend.<br />

THE POACHER(LA BRACONNE)<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Serge Penard<br />

Cast: Francis Perrin, Henri Guybet<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

For young Jean, life in Normandy after<br />

World War II takes on a new beginning<br />

when he start living with his relatives.<br />

THE SETTING SUN<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Tomono Ro<br />

Soundtrack by Maurice Jarre with songs<br />

from Ella Fitzgerald<br />

Cast: Kato Masaya, Diane Lane, Donald<br />

Sutherland<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: Japan<br />

Set in the 1930’s during the opium wars<br />

between China and Japan, an idealistic<br />

Japanese soldier is forced to question<br />

alliances when he meets and falls in love<br />

with the leader (Diane Lane) of the rebel<br />

movement in Manchuria.<br />

ARTEDIS LIBRARY<br />

A collection of over 80 European Classic<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s including works by such Directors<br />

as Claude Chabrol, Andre Techine,<br />

Claude Sautet, Michel Deville, Just<br />

Jaeckin, and Henry Verneuil among<br />

others, offers a diverse selection of<br />

adventure, comedy, drama, and eroticism.<br />

ARTIST VIEW<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Artist View Entertainment, 12500<br />

Riverside Drive, Ste #201, N. Hollywood,<br />

CA 91607 USA. Tel: 818.752.2480. Fax:<br />

818.752.9339. artistview@earthlink.net,<br />

www.artistviewent.com<br />

At Cannes: Scott J. Jones (President), Jay<br />

E. Joyce (Vice President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Village J8, Tel:<br />

04.92.99.33.28<br />

UNSHACKLED<br />

Thriller (95 Minutes)<br />

Cast: Stacy Keach, Morgan Fairchild,<br />

James Black, Burgess Jenkins<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

Based on a true story of Harold Morris,<br />

Two prison inmates must push aside their<br />

indifferences towards each other if they<br />

are to survive the cruel and dangerous<br />

prison world.<br />

13TH CHILD: LEGEND OF THE<br />

JERSEY DEVIL<br />

Thriller (95 Minutes)<br />

Cast: Cliff Robertson, Lesley Anne<br />

Down, Christopher Atkins, and Robert<br />

Guillaume<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

For the first time, a 200 year-old legend<br />

known as the “Jersey Devil” is brought to<br />

life on the big screen. As Investigators<br />

follow up on a series of intense, unusual<br />

murders, they are pointed to the infamous<br />

legend.<br />

THE UNLIVING<br />

Horror / Thriller (90 Minutes)<br />

Cast: Paul Naschy, Jay Richardson,<br />

Michelle Bauer<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

A rabid werewolf preys on visitors<br />

searching a countryside estate for a<br />

legendary buried treasure while he awaits<br />

the day when the silver sword will be<br />

removed from his heart.<br />

UNSPEAKABLE<br />

Action Thriller (90 Minutes)<br />

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Dina Meyer, Lance<br />

Henrikson, Jeff Fahey, Pavan Grover<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

Set in one of the toughest prisons in the<br />

world, this chilling story tells of one<br />

woman’s battle with terror and the<br />

unspeakable evil that lurks within a<br />

bizarre, unexplainable inmate.<br />

BLACK CADILLAC<br />

Action Thriller (90 Minutes)<br />

Cast: Randy Quaid, Josh Hammond,<br />

Jason Dohring, Kiersten Warren<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

Through the darkness of a cold winter<br />

night, three young men face danger. head<br />

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THE ASYLUM<br />

<strong>The</strong> Asylum, 6671 Sunset Blvd., Bldg.<br />

1593, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA. Tel:<br />

323.463.6575. Fax: 323.463.6299.<br />

Asylum<strong>The</strong>@aol.com<br />

Company Type: Sales<br />

agent/producer/distributor<br />

At Cannes: Sherri Strain (International<br />

Sales), David Rimawi (Domestic Sales,<br />

Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Le Riviera E11/F12, Tel:<br />

04.92.99.32.05<br />

KING OF THE ANTS<br />

Thriller<br />

Directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator,<br />

Fortress, Dagon)<br />

Starring: Daniel Baldwin (John<br />

Carpenter’s Vampires), George Wendt<br />

(Cheers), Kari Wuhrer (Eight Legged<br />

Freaks).<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

When Sean Crawley is hired to stalk a<br />

government official, little does he realize<br />

it will lead to murder, torture and a wild<br />

love affair with his victim’s widow.<br />

CROAK<br />

Creature horror<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

When a deep space comet slams into a<br />

tanker truck with a radio-active load, a<br />

bucolic American town falls victim to a<br />

plague of mutant frogs who infect the<br />

townspeople, turning them into killer<br />

amphibians.<br />

CHAOS<br />

Action<br />

Starring Jason Barry (Titanic, Beyond<br />

Re-Animator), Phelim Drew (Angela’s<br />

Ashes, My Left Foot)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

In a post-apocalyptic future, sports<br />

consist of gladiator battles with fire,<br />

motorcycles and chainsaws.<br />

DEMON SLAYER<br />

Horror<br />

Starring David Carradine (Quentin<br />

Tarantino’s Kill Bill), Michael Bowen<br />

(Magnolia, Jackie Brown), Darren<br />

Burrows (Northern Exposure), Bob<br />

Balaban (Gosford Park)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

When two serial killers begin their reign<br />

of terror in the same small town, the FBI<br />

sends out their secret weapon against evil<br />

- an agent who can see into the soul to<br />

the demon beneath.<br />

KILLERS 2<br />

Thriller<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

<strong>The</strong> lone survivor of a gangland<br />

massacre is trapped in an insane asylum,<br />

convinced that killers are out to silence<br />

her forever.<br />

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Location for the<br />

23 RD year<br />

<strong>The</strong> Carlton Hotel<br />

Room 149<br />

Tel: 04 93 06 41 49<br />

Tel: 04 93 06 47 20<br />

ATLAS PICTURES<br />

Atlas Pictures, 919 N Alfred St. Suite<br />

101, Los Angeles CA 90069 USA. Tel:<br />

323.572.1590. Fax: 323.572.1594.<br />

info@atlaspictures.net<br />

At Cannes: Aziz Alaoui (President/CEO),<br />

David Hoffman (VP of Development),<br />

Sandra Galvagny (VP of Intl<br />

distribution), Wafae Alaoui director<br />

marketing<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hilton, Tel:<br />

33.06.21.20.90.21. Fax: 323.572.1594<br />

SPENCER STONE<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Atlas Pictures<br />

Production Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin/co-production:<br />

(UK/Germany/French)<br />

A renegade CIA agent sets out to avenge<br />

the murder of his wife by teaming up<br />

with a French secret agent to thwart the<br />

plans of a power-hungry mad scientist.<br />

THE LISTINING GAME<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Atlas Pictures<br />

Production Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin/co-production:<br />

(Canada/Germany/UK)<br />

A homicide detective tracks a serial killer<br />

and realizes it is someone from the past.<br />

AURA<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Aura Entertainment, LLC. 9350 Wilshire<br />

Blvd., Ste. 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90212<br />

USA. Tel 310.278.9991. Fax:<br />

310.278.9992. mail@auraent.com<br />

www.auraent.com<br />

At Cannes: Steve Bickel<br />

(President/Partner), Jeffrey Kramer<br />

(Partner), Brian Stearns (Creative<br />

Affairs)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: <strong>The</strong> Majestic Hotel, Suite<br />

759/760, Tel: 33.4.97.06.84.86. Fax:<br />

33.4.97.06.84.87<br />

THE BIG EMPTY<br />

Dark Comedy<br />

Directed by: Steve Anderson<br />

Produced by: Steve Kaplan , Gregg<br />

Daniel, Doug Mankoff, Andrew<br />

Spaulding<br />

Executive Producers: Steve Bickel,<br />

Jeffrey Kramer, Keith Resnick and Jon<br />

Favreau<br />

Production Company: Aura<br />

Entertainment, Echo Lake Productions,<br />

Rainstorm Entertainment<br />

Starring: Jon Favreau, Rachael Leigh<br />

Cook, Sean Bean, Adam Beach, Daryl<br />

Hannah, Kelsey Grammer and Joey<br />

Lauren Adams<br />

Tells the story of John Person, a budding<br />

actor who is faced with a stalled career<br />

as well as a mountain of debt.<br />

LOVE COMES TO THE<br />

EXECUTIONER<br />

Dark Comedy<br />

Directed by: Kyle Bergersen<br />

Produced by: Doug Draizin, Steve Bickel<br />

and Jeffrey Kramer<br />

Production Company: Aura<br />

Entertainment<br />

Status: Casting<br />

This insightful comedy is centered<br />

around a recent college graduate who is<br />

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offered the position of executioner at the<br />

local prison where his own brother is<br />

slated to die.<br />

AURUM<br />

PRODUCCIONES S.A.<br />

Aurum Producciones S.A., Avda. de<br />

Burgos, #12, Floor 10 / 28036 Madrid,<br />

Spain. Tel: 34.91.768.48.07. Fax:<br />

34.91.768.48.33,<br />

mochaaguilar@aurum.es, www.aurum.es<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, Producer,<br />

Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Ms. Mocha Aguilar (Dir.<br />

International Sales), Mr. Alberto<br />

Cañizares (Acquisitions Responsible),<br />

Mr. Javier Gracia (Managing Director),<br />

Ms. Teresa Moneo (Managing Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: A1/C2-C1 (Pavillion “Cinema<br />

From Spain”)<br />

Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.88.27. Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.88.28, Cell<br />

34.625.15.95.05<br />

SLAM (SLAM)<br />

A Teen Comedy (96 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Miguel Martí<br />

Producer: Pedro Uriol<br />

Cast: Iván Hermes, Tomás Fonzi, Andreu<br />

Castro<br />

Prod: post production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Production: Spain<br />

<strong>The</strong>y scheme, deceive, use espionage,<br />

greed, just about any lactive in hopes of<br />

getting an interview with the legendary<br />

rock-n- roller SLAM<br />

NUDOS (LIFE TIDES)<br />

A Romantic Story (107 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Lluis Maria Güell<br />

Producer: Ovideo<br />

Cast: Charo López, Goya Toledo, Carlos<br />

Álvarez-Novoa<br />

Prod: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Production: Spain<br />

A Barcelonan fishermen’s simple world,<br />

and unscrupulous big town lawyers<br />

insurance company, collide in the story<br />

of seaman’s mysterious death.<br />

Sophisticated lawyer Silvia probes into<br />

his world while changing her outlook on<br />

life.<br />

WHO IS WATCHING (MIL<br />

CÁMARAS)<br />

Teen Thriller (104 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: David Alonso<br />

Producer: Lotus <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Antonio Hortelano, Eva Marciel,<br />

Fernando Andina<br />

Prod. Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Production: Spain<br />

A series of apparently ordinary events<br />

involve a group of university students in<br />

a disturbing story of suspense.<br />

EL REY DE LA GRANJA (THE<br />

KING OF THE FARM)<br />

Children Comedy (95 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Directors: Gregorio Muro, Carlos Zabala<br />

Producer: Bainet Zinema<br />

Cast: Karlos Arguiñano, Javi Martín, Mar<br />

Saura<br />

Prod. Status: completed.<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Production: Spain<br />

After defeating RAMAKOR, asteroid<br />

SONDAK’s tyrant, who had been using a<br />

spherical artifact called NEURONIA to<br />

hold his people under his mental control,<br />

KIRIK flees the planet carrying<br />

NEURONIA with him and seeks refuge<br />

in our planet.<br />

PEOR IMPOSIBLE (IT COULD<br />

NEVER GET WORSE)<br />

Teen Comedy (100 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Directors: José Semprún and David<br />

Blanco<br />

Producer: Morena <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Victor Clavijo, Guillermo Toledo,<br />

Elsa Pataki<br />

Prod. Status: completed.<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Production: Spain<br />

Miguel is looking forward to a<br />

passionate, intimate birthday with his<br />

visiting girlfriend Fátima. When dubious<br />

brother Alex bursts into the house<br />

carrying a dead body, though, things get<br />

out of control.<br />

AV RELEASING<br />

CORPORATION<br />

AV Releasing Corporation, 10551 W.<br />

Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.<br />

Tel: 310.470.9295. Fax: 310.470.3785.<br />

filmseller.av@verizon.net,<br />

www.vreleasing.com<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Andrew Van Slee (President),<br />

John McHugh (Head of Distribution) and<br />

Elke Kummerow (VP of <strong>Business</strong><br />

Affairs). Acquisitions Executive: John<br />

McHugh<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice at Cannes: Private Residence<br />

NET GAMES<br />

Thriller (100 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/Producer: Andrew Van Slee<br />

Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Marina Sirtis &<br />

Ed Begley Jr.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed and ready for<br />

delivery<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Lust, Mayhem, blackmail & murder<br />

follow when Adam Vance(C. Thomas<br />

Howell) decides to enter the world of<br />

cyberchat.<br />

SOLO ALBUM<br />

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TOTALLY BLONDE<br />

Comedy (98 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/Producer: Andrew Van Slee<br />

Cast: Krista Allen, Michael Buble and<br />

Maeve Quinlan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed/ Still<br />

available for some territories<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A sexy brunette dyes her hair to answer<br />

the age old question...Do blondes really<br />

have more fun?<br />

TRANCERS 6<br />

Sci-Fi (79 mins, 57 seconds)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jay Woelfel<br />

Producers: Maurice Smith and Charles<br />

Band<br />

Cast: Zette Sullivan, Jennifer Capo &<br />

Robert Donavan<br />

Delivery Status: Complete and Ready to<br />

deliver<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

In a return of the ground breaking<br />

original film’s premise, Jack Deth is back<br />

again to save the world from the most<br />

lethal Trancers yet.<br />

ADAM & EVIL<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/Producer: Andrew Van Slee<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

After luring her classmates to a secluded<br />

house, an evil & possessed Eve exacts<br />

her revenge for their childhood pranks.<br />

AVRIO FILMWORKS<br />

RELEASING INC.<br />

Avrio <strong>Film</strong>works Releasing Inc., 1726<br />

Tatlow Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7P<br />

2Z9 Canada. Tel: 604.924.1976. Fax:<br />

604.924.1986. avriofilmworks@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Alan Solomon (President),<br />

Joseph Beral (Director of International<br />

Sales and Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o AMSell Entertainment Inc.,<br />

Riviera, booth Tel (914), Tel:<br />

06.07.25.83.31<br />

FALLEN ANGELS<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Ian David Diaz<br />

Producer: Michael Derbas<br />

Cast: Michael Ironside, Jeff Fahey and<br />

Kai Wiesinger<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Four girls return to their abandoned high<br />

school to film a documentary about the<br />

tragic events that happened during their<br />

senior year.<br />

MOURNING GLORY<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Barrett Esposito<br />

Producer: Barrett Esposito and Amy<br />

Gossels<br />

Cast: Bill Sage and John Abrahams<br />

Status: Completed<br />

An eventful night forever changes the<br />

faith and lives of a man and the younger<br />

brother he is raising.<br />

MIRROR MIRROR 4:<br />

REFLECTIONS<br />

Horror<br />

Director: Paulette Victor-Lifton<br />

Producer: Jimmy Lifton<br />

Cast: Alice Amter and Grady Beard<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A costume party turns into a night of<br />

terror as a creature of the night stalks the<br />

partygoers.<br />

HOBBS END<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Phillip David Segal<br />

Producer: Chris Dobbs<br />

Cast: Catarina Conti and Brennan Elliott<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A grieving widow leading a reclusive<br />

lifestyle is confronted with a serial killer<br />

who as escaped from a maximumsecurity<br />

prison.<br />

B<br />

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BAUER MARTINEZ<br />

STUDIOS<br />

Bauer Martinez Studios, 801 West Bay<br />

Drive, Suite 607, Largo, FL 33770-USA.<br />

Tel: 727.582.9939. Fax: 727.582.9709.<br />

BMStudios1@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Philippe Martinez<br />

(Chairman/Chief Executive <strong>Of</strong>ficer),<br />

Karinne Martinez (Chief Operating<br />

<strong>Of</strong>ficer), Shirley Bester (International<br />

Distribution), Karen A. Hamilton<br />

(International Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hilton, office number 306,<br />

Tel: 33.4.92.99.70.00. Room 306<br />

AFTER DEATH<br />

Action<br />

Director: Ringo Lam<br />

Producer: Philippe Martinez, Alan<br />

Latham<br />

Executive Producer: Anthony Blakey,<br />

Juan Montilla Eslava<br />

Production Company: Lucky Ukfs<br />

Cast: Jean Claude Van Damme<br />

Status: Pre-production / SPP: July 2003<br />

Budget: $20million<br />

After his wife is brutally murdered, an<br />

ex-cop wages war against the Chinese<br />

triad, and becomes the protector of a very<br />

special little girl: the adopted daughter of<br />

the triad kingpin.<br />

COVER PLAY<br />

Action<br />

Producer: Philippe Martinez, Alan<br />

Latham<br />

Executive Producer: Anthony Blakey,<br />

Juan Montilla Eslava<br />

Production Company: Lucky UKFS<br />

Cast: Jean Claude Van Damme<br />

Status: Development / SPP: December<br />

2003<br />

Budget: $20 million<br />

When the Seven Wonders casino-hotel is<br />

taken over by Russian terrorists, the<br />

hostages’ only hope rests with a reformed<br />

thief accidentally trapped inside.<br />

CITIZEN VERDICT<br />

Political Thriller<br />

Director: Philippe Martinez<br />

Producer: Philippe Martinez, Helmut<br />

Breuer<br />

Co-Producer: Alan Latham, Stephanie<br />

Martinez, Luc Campeau.<br />

Executive Producer: Karinne Martinez,<br />

Juan Montilla Eslava, Karen A.<br />

Hamilton, Terrence S. Potter, Kim<br />

Leggat, Douglas Miller, Ian Burlingham<br />

Production Company: Aquarius <strong>Film</strong><br />

Company LLP in co-production with<br />

Lucky 7 Productions/Exactlord<br />

Productions, Lucky Select in association<br />

with Curzon Motion Pictures<br />

Cast: Armand Assante, Jerry Springer,<br />

Roy Scheider<br />

Status: In Post-Production/ Delivery July<br />

2003.<br />

Budget: $10million<br />

Escalating crime has led the Governor of<br />

Florida to allow a live trial & punishment<br />

television show: “Citizen Verdict”. But<br />

will justice be served, or are ratings the<br />

ultimate prize?<br />

DIGITAL JESUS<br />

Suspense<br />

Director: Howard Grenhalgh<br />

Producer: Philippe Martinez, Alan<br />

Latham<br />

Executive Producer: Anthony Blakey<br />

Production Company: Lucky UKFS<br />

Cast: Armand Assante<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Budget: $6million<br />

A demented serial killer hijacks the<br />

internet to display his sick ‘campaign’.<br />

Facing a death sentence of his own, an<br />

embittered cop races to stop him before it<br />

is too late.<br />

MODIGLIANI<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Mick Davis<br />

Producer: Philippe Martinez, André<br />

Djaoui, Alan Latham<br />

Executive Producer: Anthony Blakey<br />

Production Company: Lucky UKFS<br />

Cast: Andy Garcia<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Budget: $12million<br />

A passionate account of the last days of<br />

the great artist - and the untold story of<br />

his bitter rivalry with Picasso.<br />

BAVARIA FILM<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Bavaria <strong>Film</strong> International,<br />

Bavariafilmplatz 8, 82031 Geiselgasteig,<br />

Germany. Tel: 49.89.6499.3274. Fax:<br />

49.89.6499.3720. http://www.bavariafilm-international.de<br />

At Cannes: Michael Weber (Managing<br />

Director), Thorsten Schaumann (Head of<br />

Sales), Stefanie Zeitler, Brigitte Suárez<br />

(Sales Manager), Thorsten Ritter (Head<br />

of Marketing), Giuseppe Proietti (Agent<br />

Italy)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand N9, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.37. Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.39. E-Mail:<br />

cannes03@bavaria-media.org<br />

THEY´VE GOT KNUT (SIE HABEN<br />

KNUT)<br />

Drama (107 min)<br />

Language: German, Subtitled in: English<br />

Director: Stefan Krohmer<br />

Producer: Peter Rommel<br />

Production Company: Home Run<br />

Pictures, Allmedia<br />

Cast: Valerie Koch , Hans-Jochen<br />

Wagner, Ingo Haeb, Alexandra Neldel<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Production Year: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Love and politics were inseparable in the<br />

80s, especially in West Germany, where<br />

friends, lovers and families would chant<br />

anti-Imperialist slogans in endless protest<br />

marches.<br />

THE CHILD I NEVER WAS (EIN<br />

LEBEN LANG KURZE HOSEN<br />

TRAGEN)<br />

Drama (107 min)<br />

Language: German, Subtitled in: English<br />

Director: Kai S. Pieck<br />

Producer: Bettina Scheuren<br />

Production Company: MTM West<br />

Cast: Tobias Schenke, Sebastian<br />

Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter<br />

Gontermann<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Production Year: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Between 1962 and 1966, four schoolboys<br />

were abused, tortured and killed in<br />

Germany’s Ruhr District. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />

tormentor, Jürgen Bartsch, was 15 at the<br />

time of his first crime; 19 when he was<br />

caught.<br />

THE FLYING CLASSROOM (DAS<br />

FLIEGENDE KLASSENZIMMER)<br />

Drama (114 min)<br />

Language: German, Subtitled in: English<br />

Director: Tomy Wigand<br />

Production Company: Bavaria<br />

<strong>Film</strong>verleih und Produktions GmbH,<br />

Lunaris GmbH & Co KG<br />

Producer: Uschi Reich, Peter Zank<br />

Cast: Ulrich Noethen, Sebastian Koch,<br />

Piet Klocke, Anja Kling<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Production Year: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Jonathan is only twelve, but he’s already<br />

gone through six boarding schools. His<br />

last chance is Leipzig’s St. Thomas<br />

School, home of the world-famous boys’<br />

choir.<br />

SOLINO<br />

Drama (120 min)<br />

Language: German, Subtitled in: English<br />

Director: Fatih Akin<br />

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Producer: Ralph Schwingel, Stefan<br />

Schubert, Hejo Emons<br />

Production Company: WÜSTE<br />

<strong>Film</strong>produktion und Wüste <strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Barnaby<br />

Metschurat, Gigi Savoia, Antonella Attili,<br />

Hermann Lause, Lucas Gregorowicz,<br />

Bastian Trost<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Production Year: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Italy in the 1960s. One day Romano and<br />

Rosa, the parents of Gigi and Giancarlo,<br />

two young brothers, decide to leave their<br />

sun-drenched home in Apulia and move<br />

to Germany.<br />

NOWHERE IN AFRICA<br />

(NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA)<br />

Drama (141 min)<br />

Language: German, Subtitled in: English<br />

Director: Caroline Link<br />

Producer: Peter Herrmann<br />

Production Company: MTM Medien &<br />

Television<br />

Cast: Merab Ninidze, Juliane Köhler, Lea<br />

Kurka, Sidede Onyulo<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Production Year: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

<strong>The</strong> Jewish family Redlich emigrates to<br />

Kenya in 1938, where Walter Redlich<br />

(MERAB NINIDZE), a lawyer, works on<br />

a farm as a caretaker.<br />

BETA CINEMA<br />

Beta Cinema, Dept. of Beta <strong>Film</strong> GmbH,<br />

Robert-Bürkle-Str. 3, 85737<br />

Ismaning/Munich, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.89.9956.2719. Fax: 49.89.9956.2703.<br />

beta@betacinema.com.<br />

www.betacinema.com<br />

Company Type: World Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Andreas Rothbauer<br />

(<strong>The</strong>atrical Sales/Acquisitions), Robert<br />

Czajkowski (Co-Prod./Acquisitions),<br />

Isabelle Palluaud (Festival Coordinator)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: <strong>The</strong> Riviera, Booth Nr. F 14<br />

(Aisle F, booth 14), Andreas Rothbauer<br />

Cell: 49.160.90664357. Robert<br />

Czajkowski Cell: 49.170.6384689<br />

SCHERBENTANZ (SHATTERED<br />

GLASS)<br />

Drama (95 min)<br />

Language: German, subtitled in English<br />

Director: Chris Kraus<br />

Producer: Norbert W. Daldrop, Joseph<br />

Rau<br />

Produced by: avcommunication AG<br />

Co-production partner: SWR, arte, BR<br />

Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Andrea Sawatzki,<br />

Nadja Uhl, Margit Carstensen, Peter<br />

Davor<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Germany<br />

After many years of voluntary separation<br />

from his family, Jesko, the family’s<br />

“black sheep”, is lured back to the family<br />

villa for a celebration.<br />

SOLO ALBUM<br />

www.soloalbum-derfilm.de<br />

Romantic Comedy (87 min)<br />

Language: German, subtitled in English<br />

Director: Gregor Schnitzler<br />

Producer: Christoph Mueller<br />

Produced by: Goldkind <strong>Film</strong><br />

Co-production partner: Clasart <strong>Film</strong>,<br />

TV60<strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Thomas D, Leander Haussmann,<br />

Sandy Moelling, Christian Naethe,<br />

Matthias Schweighoefer, Nora Tschirner,<br />

Oliver Wnuk<br />

Delivery Status: Completed - First<br />

Market Screening <strong>Of</strong> Completed <strong>Film</strong><br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

origin: Germany<br />

Ben leads the kind of life that others can<br />

only dream of.<br />

DEVOT<br />

www.devot-film.de<br />

Psycho Thriller (92 min)<br />

Language: German, subtitled in English<br />

Director: Igor Zaritzky<br />

Producer: Patrick Knippel, Steffen<br />

Reuter, Igor Zaritzky<br />

Produced by: Reflex <strong>Film</strong><br />

Co-production partner: <strong>Film</strong>kollektiv<br />

<strong>Film</strong> & Medien<br />

Cast: Annett Renneberg, Simon Boeer<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

origin: Germany<br />

One rainy night, Harry takes home a<br />

young woman named Anja, who claims<br />

to be a prostitute.<br />

HERR LEHMANN (BERLIN BLUES)<br />

www.herr-lehmann.de<br />

Comedy (90 min)<br />

Language: German<br />

Director: Leander Haussmann<br />

Producer: Claus Boje<br />

Produced by: Boje Buck<br />

Co-production partner: Pandora <strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski,<br />

Detlev Buck, Tim Fischer, Uwe-Dag<br />

Berlin<br />

Delivery Status: fine cut<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

origin: Germany<br />

If you thought that time passes, meet<br />

Frank Lehmann and you’ll realize that it<br />

doesn´t!<br />

COLDWATER<br />

Romantic drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Ruba Nadda<br />

Director of Photography: Derek Rogers<br />

Executive Producers: Atom Egoyan,<br />

Simone Urdl<br />

Producer: Tracey Boulton<br />

Produced by: Coldwater Productions, T.L<br />

Boulton Productions Ltd.<br />

Cast: Arsinée Khanjian, Michael Riley,<br />

Simon Abkarian<br />

Delivery Status: pre-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

origin: Canada<br />

Coldwater is the story of a forty-year old<br />

Arab woman who, for the first time,<br />

learns to live her life on her own terms.<br />

During Cannes Only<br />

Tel: 04 93 06 41 49<br />

or<br />

Tel: 04 93 06 47 20<br />

&<br />

Fax 04 93 06 68 49<br />

BEYOND FILMS<br />

Beyond <strong>Film</strong>s, 53-55 Brisbane St., Surry<br />

Hills, NS 2010 Australia. Tel:<br />

61.2.8217.2000. Fax: 61.2.8217.2035.<br />

www.beyond.com.au,<br />

films@beyond.com.au<br />

At Cannes: Hilary Davis (Head of Sales<br />

and Acquisitions), Stephen Kelliher<br />

(Sales Executive), Isabel Rosenthal<br />

(Acquisitions and Development<br />

Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: G5, Riviera, Tel: 33.4.9299.3227<br />

HORSEPLAY<br />

Black Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Stavros Kazantzidis<br />

Producer: Allanah Zitserman<br />

Key Cast: Marcus Graham, Bill Hunter,<br />

Jason Donovan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

An unsuccessful small time horse trainer<br />

concocts a plan to rig the largest horse<br />

Race in Australia.<br />

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE<br />

Drama (87 min)<br />

Language: Englishh<br />

Director : John Deery<br />

Producer: Davina Stanley<br />

Key Cast: Jonathan Forbes, Brenda<br />

Fricker, Hugh Bonneville<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Ireland<br />

Set in Ireland, this controversial film,<br />

challenges celibacy and it’s implications<br />

for the Catholic Church in the 21st<br />

century.<br />

TAKE AWAY<br />

Comedy (86 MIN)<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: Marc Gracie<br />

Producer: David Redman, Marc Gracie<br />

Key Cast: Vince Colosimo, Stephen<br />

Curry, Rose<br />

Byrne<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of Tony and Trev, two rival<br />

small businessmen who are forced to<br />

unite to battle a huge multinational.<br />

VISITORS<br />

Thriller (96 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Franklin<br />

Producer: Jennifer Hadden, Richard<br />

Franklin<br />

Key Cast: Radha Mitchell, Susannah<br />

York, Dominic Purcell<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

One woman’s extraordinary adventure to<br />

the edge of the world and the brink of<br />

her mind.<br />

CRACKERJACK<br />

Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: English Director: Paul<br />

MoloneyProducer: Stephen Luby, Mick<br />

Molloy Key Cast: Mick Molloy, Bill<br />

Hunter, Samuel Johnson<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

Dwindling membership and increasing<br />

overheads make a local lawn bowls club<br />

a prime candidate for takeover.<br />

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BUSKIN FILM<br />

Buskin <strong>Film</strong>, Via P.L. Cattolica 3, 00195<br />

Italy. Tel: 39.06.39030435. Fax:<br />

39.06.39038231. info@buskinfilm.com.<br />

www.buskinfilm.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, producer,<br />

buyer<br />

At Cannes: Roberto Bessi (President),<br />

Antonio Guadalupi (CEO), Vanessa<br />

Capurso (International Sales),<br />

Acquisition Executive: Vito Matassino<br />

(President - Quality <strong>Film</strong> Distribuzione),<br />

Adriano Levantesi (Ceo - Quality <strong>Film</strong><br />

Distribuzione)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: “Focus Italy” booth - Espace<br />

Riviera C5-D4 D1-E8, Tel:<br />

33.4.92993312. Fax: 33.4.92993313;<br />

Hotel: Cannes residence<br />

FIGLI - HIJOS<br />

Drama (95 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director: Marco Bechis<br />

Producers: Amedeo Pagani and Vittorio<br />

Cecchi Gori<br />

Production company (companies): Storie<br />

and Cecchi Gori Group<br />

Cast: Carlos Echevarria, Julia Sarano,<br />

Stefania Sandrelli, Enrique Piñeyro,<br />

Evita Ciri,<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of Javier and Rosa, children of<br />

desaparecidos, who think they are<br />

“brother & sister” .<br />

IT’S NOT ME (NON SONO IO)<br />

Thriller - psychological drama (92 min)<br />

Language: Italian, Subtitles: english<br />

Director: Gabriele Iacovone<br />

Production company: Carisma<br />

Cinematografica<br />

Producer: Carlo Broglio and Raimondo<br />

Crociani<br />

Key cast Antonio Berardinelli, Andrea<br />

Cambi,Agnieszka Duleba-Kasza<br />

Delivery Status: completed/screening<br />

Country of origin: Italy<br />

Trying to escape his shady past in Sicily,<br />

Matteo goes to Poland, but he finds out<br />

that it’s not the Promised Land.<br />

MISTER PERFECT<br />

CHINA STAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP<br />

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THE COUNCIL OF EGYPT (IL<br />

CONSIGLIO D’EGITTO)<br />

Historical drama (132 min)<br />

Language: Italian, Subtitles: english<br />

Director: Emidio Greco<br />

Production company (companies):<br />

Factory, Rai Cinema (Italy) S D P <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

(France) Focus <strong>Film</strong> Production and<br />

Distribution (Hungary) - supported by<br />

Eurimages - Council of Europe<br />

Producer: Mariella Li Sacchi and<br />

Amedeo Letizia<br />

Key cast: Silvio Orlando, Tommaso<br />

Ragno, Marine Delterme,<br />

Country of origin: Italy<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Sicily 1872. An intense history of<br />

conspiracy interweaved by a monk to<br />

damage aristocracy privileges, thanks to<br />

the falsification of an Arab Codexes,<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Council of Egypt”.<br />

DAYS (GIORNI)<br />

Drama (80 min)<br />

Language: Italian, Subtitles: english<br />

Director: Laura Muscardin<br />

Production company (companies): Movie<br />

Factory with the participation of Telepiù<br />

Producer: Francesco Paolo Montini<br />

Key cast: Thomas Trabacchi, Riccardo<br />

Salerno, Davide Bechini<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of origin: Italy<br />

Days is a love story between two men;<br />

one of them is Hiv positive. One day he<br />

meets a past love and his equilibrium<br />

collapses.<br />

LIBRARY<br />

Various titles from new Italian auteurs<br />

and old masters.<br />

C<br />

CAPITOL FILMS<br />

Capitol <strong>Film</strong>s, 23 Queensdale Place,<br />

London W11 4SQ UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7471.6000. Fax: 44.20.7471.6012.<br />

films@capitolfilms.com.<br />

www.capitolfilms.com<br />

At Cannes: Sharon Harel (Managing<br />

Director), Nicole Mackey (Head of<br />

International Sales), Eve Schoukroun<br />

(International Sales), Hannah Leader<br />

(Legal & <strong>Business</strong> Affairs)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 2nd Floor, 4 La Croisette, Tel:<br />

00.33.(0).4.93.99.81.69. Fax:<br />

00.33.(0).4.93.99.81.70SYLVIA<br />

INSIDE - CINEMAVAULT RELEASING INC<br />

(PROVISIONAL TITLE)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Christine Jeffs<br />

Producer: Alison Owen<br />

Status: Post Production (Screening<br />

Promo Reel)<br />

Production Country: UK<br />

Leading Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel<br />

Craig, Michael Gambon, Blythe Danner,<br />

Jared Harris<br />

A passionate love story between two<br />

brilliant minds, the American poet Sylvia<br />

Plath and Ted Hughes, Britain’s Poet<br />

Laureate.<br />

THE COMPANY<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Altman<br />

Leading Cast: Neve Campbell, James<br />

Franco, Malcolm McDowell<br />

Status: Post Production (Promo Reel<br />

Screening)<br />

Production Country: USA<br />

Robert Altman follows up the success of<br />

the Academy Award winning GOSFORD<br />

PARK with THE COMPANY, a look<br />

behind the scenes at the world of a ballet<br />

company as only Altman could envision<br />

it.<br />

I’M NOT SCARED (IO NON HO<br />

PAURA)<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Running Time: 108 mins<br />

Director: Gabriele Salvatores<br />

Leading Cast: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon,<br />

Diego Abatantuono<br />

Status: Screening<br />

Production Country: Italy<br />

During the hottest summer of the century,<br />

a nine year-old boy discovers a terrible<br />

secret: his village’s “grown-ups” have<br />

kidnapped a child and are keeping him in<br />

a hole beneath an abandoned house.<br />

ANYTHING ELSE<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Woody Allen<br />

Producer: Letty Aronson<br />

Leading Cast: Jason Biggs, Christina<br />

Ricci, Danny Devito, Stockard Channing,<br />

Woody Allen<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

A serious comedy that takes place in<br />

New York City.<br />

CALLAS FOREVER<br />

Drama (111 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Franco Zeffirelli<br />

Leading Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy<br />

Irons, Joan Plowright<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Year Produced: 2002, Production<br />

Country: Italy/UK<br />

Set in 1970’s Paris, this is an emotional<br />

and inspirational fictional account of a<br />

rock promoter who convinces the opera<br />

diva Maria Callas to revive her career<br />

through the aid of modern technology.<br />

CELESTIAL<br />

PICTURES LTD<br />

Celestial Pictures Ltd, Shaw<br />

Administration Building, Lot 220, Clear<br />

Water Bay Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.<br />

Tel: 852.2927.1111. Fax: 852.2243.0008.<br />

enquiry@celestialpix.com.<br />

www.celestialpictures.com<br />

Company Type: Producer, distributor<br />

At Cannes: William Pfeiffer (CEO ),<br />

Gordon Cheung (Executive Vice<br />

President – Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Inter-Continental Hotel -<br />

Room 118, 58, La Croisetle BP 155. Tel:<br />

33.0.4.9306.6818, Fax: 33.0.4.9306.4118<br />

THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN<br />

Martial Arts ( 117 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Chang Cheh<br />

Producer: Runme Shaw<br />

Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Pan Yin-tzu,<br />

Chiao Chiao<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1967, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong<br />

A mysterious swordsman whose one arm<br />

is more powerful than his two-armed<br />

rivals, Wang and Chang Cheh<br />

revolutionized the Hong Kong kung-fu<br />

genre and broke box office records across<br />

Asia in this 1967 all time martial arts<br />

masterpiece.<br />

RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED<br />

SWORDSMAN<br />

Martial Arts ( 108 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Chang Cheh<br />

Producer: Runme Shaw<br />

Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1968, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong<br />

Budget: $<br />

This fight-filled action packed sequel is<br />

even more accomplished and exciting<br />

than the original. Fang Kang (starring<br />

Jimmy Wang Yu), who just wants to lead<br />

a quiet life, was challenged by the Eight<br />

Demon Swordsmen.<br />

GOLDEN SWALLOW<br />

Martial Arts (108 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Chang Cheh<br />

Producer: Runme Shaw<br />

Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Cheng Pei-pei, Lo<br />

Lieh<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1968, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong<br />

Budget: $<br />

A swordplay epic of heartbreaking<br />

romance, intrigue and stunning action<br />

produced by the indomitable marital arts<br />

team of director Chang Cheh<br />

THE ASSASSIN<br />

Martial Arts (90 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Chang Cheh<br />

Producer: Run-run Shaw<br />

Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1967, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong<br />

Budget: $<br />

Set in the Six Kingdoms era in Chinese<br />

history, the hero is betrayed by a jealous<br />

rival. Only an accidental meeting with<br />

another master material artist sets the<br />

hero back on the road to vengeance.<br />

THE CHINESE BOXER<br />

Martial Arts (94 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Jimmy Wang Yu<br />

Producer: Runme Shaw<br />

Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh, Wang<br />

Ping<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1970, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong<br />

<strong>The</strong> Golden Age of kung-fu film’s first<br />

superstar (Jimmy Wang Yu) wrote,<br />

directed and starred in this classic<br />

favorite.<br />

CELLULOID<br />

DREAMS<br />

Celluloid Dreams, 2 Rue Turgot, 75009<br />

Paris, France. Tel: 33.1.4970.8320. Fax:<br />

33.1.4970.0371. Mob: 331.675.259.791.<br />

info@celluloid-dreams.com,<br />

www.celluloid-dreams.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, producer,<br />

distributor<br />

At Cannes: Hengameh Panahi (Director),<br />

Pierre Menahem (International Sales),<br />

Natalie Dana (International Sales),<br />

Acquisition Executive: Hengameh Panahi<br />

(Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Résidence du Grand Hotel,<br />

Appartement 7D Dauphin, 45, boulevard<br />

de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes, Tel:<br />

334.9399.8470. Fax: 334.9399.8471<br />

ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Yu Lik Wai<br />

Production Companies: Hu Tong<br />

Communication, Lumen <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Producers: Li Kitming, Hengameh<br />

Panahi<br />

Cast: Cho Yong Won (Xuelan) Diao<br />

Yinan (XiaoZhuai) Zhao Wei, Wei<br />

(Xiaomian) , Na Ren (Lanlan)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Production<br />

Countries: China, Korea, France<br />

Sometime in the mid-21st Century, the<br />

ruling sect-like power comes crashing<br />

down. Before a similar regime takes<br />

control, two fun-loving brothers decide to<br />

take advantage of this chaotic gap in<br />

history.<br />

BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS (LES<br />

TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE)<br />

Animation (75 minutes)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Sylvain Chomet<br />

Production Companies: Les Armateurs,<br />

Production Champion, Vivi <strong>Film</strong>s, RGP<br />

France, France 3<br />

Producer: Didier Brunner<br />

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Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Production<br />

Countries: France, Canada, Belgium<br />

When Madame Souza gave a racing bike<br />

to her orphaned nephew, little did she<br />

know that it would one day lead to the<br />

adventure of a lifetime. Laughter and<br />

tears abound in this burlesque thriller<br />

animation film.<br />

BRIGHT FUTURE<br />

Drama<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi<br />

Producer: Asai Takashi<br />

Production company: Uplink<br />

Co-producers OSHITA Harumi, IWASE<br />

Sadayuki<br />

Cast :ASANO Tadanobu, Odagiri Joe,<br />

FUJI Tatsuya, SASANO Takashi,<br />

SHIRAISHI Marumi<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Production<br />

country: Japan<br />

Enigmatic Mamoru lives alone with his<br />

poisonous but hauntingly luminous<br />

jellyfish. <strong>The</strong>se attractive loners sting<br />

whoever gets too close.<br />

FACING WINDOW (LA FINESTRA<br />

DI FRONTE)<br />

Drama (106 min)<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek<br />

Producers: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli<br />

Production company: R&C Produzioni<br />

Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo<br />

Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra<br />

Yilmaz<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Production countries: Italy, U.K, Turkey,<br />

Portugal<br />

Giovanna has been married to her lazy<br />

husband for 9 years. <strong>The</strong> only escape<br />

seems to be blossoming romantic interest<br />

with her neighbor, in the opposite<br />

apartment.<br />

FATHER AND SON<br />

Drama (83 min)<br />

Language: Russian<br />

Director: Alexander Sokurov<br />

Production Companies: Zero <strong>Film</strong>s,<br />

Lumen <strong>Film</strong>s, Isabella <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Producers: Thomas Kufus, Hengameh<br />

Panahi<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

THE BUSINESS<br />

OF FILM<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

41-42 Berners St.<br />

London WIT 3NB<br />

Los Angeles <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

5150 Wilshire Blvd.<br />

Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

Production Countries: Germany, France,<br />

Netherlands<br />

A Father and his Son have lived together<br />

for years in an old apartment in the<br />

center of Saint Petersburg in spartial<br />

fashion.<br />

CHINA STAR<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

GROUP<br />

China Star Entertainment Group, Unit<br />

503C, Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road,<br />

TST, Kowloon, HK. Tel: 852.2313.1873.<br />

Fax: 852.2191.9900.<br />

movie@chinastar.com.hk<br />

At Cannes: Charles Heung (Chairman),<br />

Tiffany Chen (Vice Chairman), Ann<br />

Hung (General Manager), Ada Lam<br />

(Manager), Mell Ngai (Distribution<br />

Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera E6-01<br />

WHY ME, SWEETIE?!<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Jingle Ma<br />

Producer: Cheung Chi Kwong<br />

Cast: Louis Koo, Cherry Yin<br />

Production status: Post - production<br />

It is tormenting to any couple when both<br />

of you are passionately in love, your<br />

lover suddenly treats you like a total<br />

stranger at the pinnacle of the<br />

relationship.<br />

LOOKING FOR MISTER PERFECT<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Ringo Lam<br />

Producer: Johnnie To<br />

Cast: Shu Qi, Andy On<br />

Production status: Post - production<br />

Sometimes longed love relationship does<br />

not make a perfect ending...<br />

THE MUSCLE MAN<br />

Action Comedy<br />

Director: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai<br />

Producer: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai<br />

Cast: Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung<br />

Production status: In-production<br />

How does a monk exert the advantage of<br />

haleness? By joining the police force?<br />

Or...by joining the haleness<br />

tournament???<br />

CHRIS DAVIS<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Chris Davis International, 4612<br />

Cartwright Ave., Toluca Lake, CA 91602<br />

USA. Tel: 818.753.8950. Fax:<br />

818.753.8960. chris@cjdavis.org<br />

At Cannes: Chris Davis, Eris Karson<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera <strong>Of</strong>fice # G13, Tel:<br />

33.04.92.99.88.41, Mobile:<br />

33.06.08.52.79.40. LA: mobile:<br />

323.899.5465<br />

MULE<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Geoffrey Wright<br />

Producer: Tone Ludwig & Alan Riche<br />

Cast: Stephen Dorf, Sean Astin, Noah<br />

Taylor<br />

Delivery Status: Principal photography<br />

commences June 2003<br />

BLACK SKY<br />

Thriller<br />

Director and cast will be announced at<br />

Cannes<br />

Delivery Status: Principal photography<br />

commences Summer 2003<br />

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Are you seeking a rare book<br />

as a special gift for a business<br />

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“A library of beautifully-bound, antique books<br />

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<strong>The</strong> gift of a rare book to a friend or<br />

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CINE EXCEL<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Cine Excel Entertainment, 1102 N.<br />

Screenland Dr., Burbank, CA 91505<br />

USA. Tel: 818.848.4478. Fax:<br />

818.848.1590. cineexcel@msn.com,<br />

www.cineexcel.com<br />

At Cannes: David Huey (President and<br />

CEO), Carribou Seto (V.P. of<br />

Production), Ed Tillman (V.P. of<br />

Marketing), Gennady Bochkovsky (V.P.<br />

International Servicing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera J-7 and K-8<br />

MAGMA: EARTH’S MOLTEN<br />

CORE<br />

Action Adventure (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Carribou Seto<br />

Production Company: Cine Excel<br />

Entertainment and Screenland Partners<br />

XIX<br />

Producer: David Huey<br />

Key Cast: J. Scott Johnson, Tina-Desiree<br />

Berg and Mel Novak<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

Nuclear weapons are used to seal the<br />

deadliest volcano.<br />

VAMPIRE ASSASSIN<br />

Horror, Action (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Ron Hall<br />

Production Company: Cine Excel<br />

Entertainment and Screenland Partners<br />

XVII<br />

Producer: David Huey<br />

Key Cast: Ron Hall and Mel Novak<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

In the tradition of Blade, to kill an army<br />

of vampires, a man must become one.<br />

GI-ANTS<br />

Sci-Fi (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Carribou Seto<br />

Production Company: Cine Excel<br />

Entertainment and Screenland Partners<br />

XV<br />

Producer: David Huey & Milan<br />

Mrdjenovich<br />

Key Cast: Mel Novak<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

Giant killer ants invade earth.<br />

NEVER DIE ALONE<br />

CONTENT INTERNATIONAL<br />

POWER ELITE<br />

Action/adventure (94 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Carribou Seto<br />

Production Company: Cine Excel<br />

Entertainment and Screenland Partners<br />

XII<br />

Producer: David Huey & Milan<br />

Mrdjenovich<br />

Key Cast: Olivier Gruner, Rebecca<br />

Ferratti, Mel Novak<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

Mercenaries kidnap the President of the<br />

United States days before an<br />

International Peace Treaty.<br />

S.W.A.T. WARHEAD ONE<br />

Action/adventure (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Carribou Seto<br />

Production Company: Cine Excel<br />

Entertainment and Screenland Partners<br />

XIV<br />

Producer: David Huey<br />

Key Cast: Olivier Gruner, Rebecca<br />

Ferratti, Gerald Okamura<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

Los Angles’ elite police team must stop<br />

terrorists that have a nuclear warhead.<br />

CINE-<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Cine-International, Leopoldstr. 18, D-<br />

80802 Munich, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.89.391025. Fax: 49.89.331089.<br />

email@cine-international.de, www.cineinternational.de<br />

Company type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Lilli Tyc-Holm (President),<br />

Susanne Groh (Head of Sales &<br />

Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: L 11 Riviera, Tel:<br />

33.4.92.99.32.06<br />

RED AND BLUE<br />

Drama (113 min)<br />

Language: German, English subtitles<br />

Director: Rudolf Thome<br />

Producer: Rudolf Thome, Moana-<strong>Film</strong><br />

GmbH, Berlin<br />

Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Serpil Turhan,<br />

Hanns Zischler<br />

Delivery status: complete<br />

Year of production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Germany<br />

Although she really wanted to become a<br />

racecar driver, Barbara is now an<br />

architect. <strong>The</strong> stability of her designs<br />

reflect the stability in her life, or so it<br />

seems.<br />

BOOMERANG<br />

Dark Comedy (88 min.)<br />

Language: Yugoslavian, English subtitles<br />

Director: Dragan Marinkovic<br />

Producers: <strong>Film</strong> Link, Vans, Zillion<br />

Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Paulina Manov,<br />

Nebojsa Glogovac<br />

Delivery status: complete<br />

Year of production: 2001, Country of<br />

origin: Yugoslavia - Canada coproduction<br />

A high-speed dark comedy and a slice of<br />

life served with plenty of laughs and a<br />

dash of bite.<br />

CROP CIRCLES - THE COSMIC<br />

CONNECTION<br />

Documentary (85 min.)<br />

Language: German, English<br />

Director: Peterjürgen Heppa<br />

Producer: CLIP, Munich, Germany<br />

Delivery status: complete<br />

Year of production: 1997, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Documentary with scientific and<br />

journalistic explanations of<br />

electromagnetic, radioactive,<br />

morphogenetic resonance and<br />

polyembryotical aspects of the<br />

phenomenon of CROP CIRCLES as well<br />

as the genetic changes of the plants<br />

concerned.<br />

LES ENFANTS DE L’AMOUR<br />

Family Drama (87 min)<br />

Language: French with English subtitles<br />

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven<br />

Producer: Fobic <strong>Film</strong>s, Gent, Belgium<br />

Cast: Fauve De Loof, Michael Philpott,<br />

Winnifred Vigilante<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

Year of production: 2001, Country of<br />

origin: Belgium<br />

A family drama featuring a “patchwork<br />

family”, i.e. a husband and wife who<br />

both used to have other partners in life<br />

and their kids’ worries and problems.<br />

VIVA AFRICA (A FOUNTAIN FOR<br />

SUSAN)<br />

Comedy (105 min)<br />

Language: English, German<br />

Director: Dusan Rapos<br />

Producer: Jiri Fojtik A.S.K.<br />

Cast: Eva Vejmelkova, Alessandro Coari,<br />

Ibrahim Maiga<br />

Delivery status: complete<br />

Year of production:1999, Countries of<br />

Origin: Slovak Republic, Czech<br />

Republic, Zimbabwe<br />

A family film and a romantic musical<br />

comedy set against the background of the<br />

African wilderness and the beauty of<br />

Victoria Falls.<br />

CINECLICK ASIA<br />

Cineclick Asia (Interclick co., ltd.),<br />

Incline Bldg. 3F, 891-37 Daechi-dong,<br />

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-280 Korea. Tel:<br />

822 538 0211. Fax: 822.538 0479,9299<br />

3245. http://www.cineclickasia.com,<br />

cineinfo@cineclickasia.com<br />

At Cannes: Youngjoo SUH (Managing<br />

Director), Sang-eun CHI (Manager),<br />

Yunjeong KIM (Assistant Manager),<br />

Rachel Y. KIM<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera K 11<br />

STEAL IT IF YOU CAN<br />

http://www.cineclickasia.com/movie/steal<br />

itifyoucan/index.asp<br />

Comedy (96 min)<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Kyung-su LIM<br />

Producer: Jong-su CHOI<br />

Key Cast: Sang-myun PARK, Ji-sub<br />

SOH, Sun-mi SONG<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: US$ 3 Million<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

An elite computer programmer who<br />

steals things for a hobby and a cowardly<br />

father who desperately tries to protect his<br />

family from the thief.<br />

H<br />

http://www.cineclickasia.com/movie/h/in<br />

dex.html<br />

Thriller (107 min)<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Jong-hyuk LEE<br />

Co-Production Partners:<br />

Producer: Jung-wan OHh<br />

Key Cast : Jin-hee JI, Jung-ah YEOM,<br />

Seung-woo CHO<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: US$3 million<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

One year after a genius killer was put<br />

into a jail, the same patterned murders<br />

start again.<br />

OGU : A HILARIOUS MOURNING<br />

Drama (96 min)<br />

Director: Korean<br />

Language: Yoon-taek LEE<br />

Producer: Du-young CHOI<br />

Key Cast: Jae-Eun LEE, Bu-Ja Kang,<br />

Kyoung-ik KIM<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: US$ 1.7 million<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Angels of the death get a mission : escort<br />

an old lady to her final resting place.<br />

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS<br />

Horror<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Jee-woon KIM<br />

Producer: Kimin OH, Jung-wan OH<br />

Key Cast: Jeong-ah YEOM, Soo-jung<br />

LIM, Geun-young MOON<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Budget: US$ 3.7 million<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Two sisters’ hatred against their<br />

stepmother gets deadly when one of them<br />

gets missing.<br />

SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER<br />

AND SPRING<br />

Drama (101 min)<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Ki-duk KIM<br />

Producer: Seung-jae LEE, Karl<br />

BAUMGARTNER<br />

Key Cast: Young-ho OH, Jae-kyoung<br />

SEO, Jong-ho KIM<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: US$ 2 million<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea, Germany<br />

In a Utopian afloat hermitage, human life<br />

is portrayed to a monk’s life, from his<br />

childhood to death, in accordance with<br />

the change of four seasons.<br />

CINÉGROUPE<br />

CinéGroupe, 1010, Ste-Catherine Est, 6è,<br />

Montréal, QC H2L 2G3 Canada. Tel:<br />

514.849.5008. (3240). Fax:<br />

514.849.5001.<br />

At Cannes: Jacques Pettigrew (President<br />

and C.E.O. CinéGroupe), Isabelle Marin<br />

(VP Distribution CinéGroupe)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Horizon Québec/SODEC<br />

(Québec umbrella stand), Hotel: Splendid<br />

(T)<br />

P3K; PINOCCHIO 3000<br />

3D animated feature film<br />

Cast: voices of Malcolm MacDowell,<br />

Howie Mandel and Whoopi Goldberg.<br />

In an ingenious twist on one of the<br />

world’s favorite stories, P3K Pinocchio:<br />

3000 portrays the adventures of a little<br />

robot whose greatest wish is to become a<br />

real boy.<br />

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CINEMA ARTS<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Cinema Arts Entertainment, 9350<br />

Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 203, Beverly Hills,<br />

Ca 90212 USA. Tel: 310.550.1085. Fax:<br />

310.550.1182. Cinema Arts@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Pierre-Richard Muller<br />

(Director), Chantal Lam (President);<br />

Acquisition executives: Pierre-Richard<br />

Muller (Director), Chantal Lam<br />

(President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Residence du Grand Hotel, Bldg.<br />

Le Cormoran II, 45 La Croisette, 06400<br />

CANNES. Tel/Fax: 04.93.99.56.67<br />

LOOKING THROUGH LILLIAN<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Jake Torem<br />

Cast: Jade Henham, Sam Bottoms,<br />

Robert Glen Keith<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

An alluring but mixed-up L.A. girl flipflops<br />

between facing life’s uncertainty<br />

under her own direction or “the good<br />

life” provided by a wealthy, disturbing<br />

middle-aged benefactor.<br />

HERA PURPLE (DEVIL GODDESS)<br />

Erotic drama<br />

Director/writer: Chung Gil-Chae<br />

Cast: Kim Chung, Lee Se-Chang, Lee<br />

Ho-Sung<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: Korea<br />

It is a race against time as a group of<br />

detectives must unlock the secret behind<br />

a series of bizarre murders being<br />

committed by a beautiful woman who is<br />

possessed by the spirit of the mythical<br />

goddess, Hera.<br />

LULU<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Jean Henri Roger<br />

Cast: Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Elli Medeiros,<br />

Gerard Meylan, Bruno Putzulu<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

Proprietress of “Chez Lulu”, the most<br />

popular bar in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,<br />

Lulu is radiant. But at the age of<br />

seventeen, when her name was still<br />

“Lucien”, she ran away to live out her<br />

difference elsewhere.<br />

STORY OF O<br />

Erotic/drama<br />

Director: Philip Leirness<br />

Producer: Pierre-Richard Muller<br />

Cast: Danielle Ciardi, Neil Dickson, Max<br />

Parrish, Michelle Ruben<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Based on the international huge success<br />

novel by Pauline Reage, a 2003 new<br />

adaptation set in the USA.<br />

At CANNES<br />

CINEMAVAULT<br />

RELEASING INC.<br />

Cinemavault Releasing Inc., 434 Queen<br />

Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada M5A<br />

1T5. Tel: 416.363.6060. Fax:<br />

416.363.2305. admin@cinemavault.com.<br />

http://www.cinemavault.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Nick Stiliadis (hief Executive<br />

<strong>Of</strong>ficer), Amy Beecroft (V.P.<br />

International Sales) market cellphone<br />

33.(0)6.0725.8357, Lars Bjork (L.A.<br />

Sales Executive), market cellphone<br />

33.(0)6.0725.8379, Steve Arroyave (V.P.<br />

Production) market cellphone<br />

33.(0)6.0725.8362, Irene Loewy (Senior<br />

V.P. Acquisitions and Marketing), Paco<br />

Alvarez (Production Executive) market<br />

cellphone 33.(0)6.0725.8463, Stephen<br />

Maynard (Director Acquisitions and<br />

Development) market cellphone<br />

33.(0)6.0725.8380, Icrus Murphy<br />

(Production Coordinator) market<br />

cellphone 33.(0)6.0725.8395<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera M7/N8, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.29<br />

THE LIMIT<br />

Thriller (92 minutes)<br />

Director: Lewin Webb<br />

Producer: Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown<br />

Production Company: GFT<br />

Entertainment<br />

Cast: Lauren Bacall, Claire Forlani,<br />

Henry Czerny, Pete Postlethwaite<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada / UK<br />

PARIS<br />

Thriller (97 min)<br />

Director: Ramin Niami<br />

Production Company: Sideshow Digital<br />

Producer: Ramin Niami, Karen Robson<br />

Cast: Chad Allen, Bai Ling, James Russo<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: United States<br />

A rookie detective embarks on a<br />

disturbing journey through the shadowy<br />

underworld of Los Angeles and Las<br />

Vegas.<br />

INSIDE<br />

Thriller (112 min)<br />

Director: Michael Jette<br />

Production Company: Christal <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Producer: Michael Jette<br />

Cast: Emmanuel Auge, Dominic<br />

Darceuil, David Boutin<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

Sentenced to ten years in prison, Claude<br />

realizes that inside only the strong<br />

survive.<br />

Elspeth Tavares can be reached<br />

@ <strong>The</strong> Carlton Hotel<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice 149<br />

Tel: 04 93 06 41 49 or Tel: 04 93 06 47 20<br />

Fax: 04 93 06 68 49<br />

DANGEROUS PEOPLE<br />

Comedy (107 min)<br />

Director: Louis Saia<br />

Producer: Richard Goudreau<br />

Production Company: Melleny<br />

Production<br />

Cast: Stephane Rousseau, Veronique<br />

Cloutier, Marc Messier<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

A kidnapping and ransom plot out of<br />

control.<br />

LOST THINGS<br />

Thriller (83 min)<br />

Director: Martin Murphy<br />

Producer: Ian Iveson<br />

Production Company: ISM <strong>Film</strong>s Pty<br />

Ltd.<br />

Cast: Leon Ford, Lenka Kripac, Steve Le<br />

Marquand<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

A group of teens are terrorized during<br />

spring break.<br />

CINEPHIL<br />

Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel Aviv,<br />

65112 Israel. Tel: 972.3.5664129. Fax:<br />

972.3.5601436. www.cinephil.co.il,<br />

info@cinephil.co.il<br />

At Cannes: Philippa Kowarsky<br />

(Managing Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: <strong>The</strong> Israeli <strong>Film</strong> Promotion Fund<br />

Stand: Riviera, Stand F21, Tel:<br />

04.92.99.33.32, Philippa Kowarsky Cell:<br />

972.54.96.11.14<br />

CAFE TALES<br />

Drama/Black Comedy (90 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew<br />

Director: Amit Leor<br />

Co-Production Partners: JCS<br />

Productions, ICP<br />

Producer: Mosh Danon<br />

Key Cast: Moshe Ivgi, Elisheva<br />

Michaeli, Arye Moskuna<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Israel<br />

Café Tales unfolds a day in the life of<br />

Yutz, a frustrated poet in his fifties, and<br />

his aging bohemian friends, who have<br />

made the rickety `Café Braun` their<br />

home, and its elderly proprietor, Leah<br />

Braun their `mother`.<br />

MATCHING HEART<br />

Drama (85 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew<br />

Director: Eyal Shiray<br />

Co-Production Partners: h Cinema Post<br />

Production, ICP<br />

Producer: David Mandil<br />

Key Cast: Tinkerbell, Yoram Hatav, Orna<br />

Porat<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Israel<br />

A story of a religious girl, running away<br />

towards her destiny...<br />

TRUMPET IN THE WADI<br />

Drama (97 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew, Arabic, Russian<br />

Director: Lina & Slava Chaplin<br />

Co-Production Partners: Ricki Shelach<br />

Productions Ltd., ICP<br />

Producer: Ricki Shelach<br />

Key Cast: Alexander Senderovich,<br />

Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Raeda Adon<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Israel<br />

An impossible love story between two<br />

outsiders in the Israeli society: Huda an<br />

Arab young woman and Alex, a new<br />

immigrant from Russia.<br />

MIKE BRANT-L’AISSE MOIS<br />

T’AIMER<br />

Documentary/Culture/Music (100 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew, French<br />

Director: Erez Laufer<br />

Co-Production Partners: Erez Laufer<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s, Cineteve, INA Entreprise<br />

Producer: Erez Laufer, Fabienne Servan<br />

Schreiber<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Israel, France<br />

<strong>The</strong> rise and fall of the Israeli pop star<br />

who shook the skies of France in the<br />

1970s.<br />

THE DARIEN DILEMMA<br />

Documentary/History (58 min)<br />

Director: Erez Laufer<br />

Co-Production Partners:<br />

Producer: Erez Laufer<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Budget: 182555<br />

Year of Production: 2003-4, Country of<br />

Origin: Israel<br />

At the beginning of World War II, a 1000<br />

refugee pioneers, intend to reach Israel<br />

on the Darien, a boat owned by the<br />

Mossad.<br />

CINETEL FILMS,<br />

INC.<br />

CineTel <strong>Film</strong>s, Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd.,<br />

Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel:<br />

323.654.4000. Fax: 323.650.6400.<br />

At Cannes: Paul Hertzberg (President),<br />

Marcy Rubin (Sr. Vice President,<br />

International Distribution), Mary Judy<br />

(VP Distribution Services), Jason L.<br />

Tolbert (Director of Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera E2<br />

LOST TREASURE<br />

Directed by: Jay Andrews<br />

Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Nicolette<br />

Sheridan<br />

Status: Completed<br />

After finding an ancient treasure map, an<br />

International arms dealer kidnaps a<br />

police detective, and sets out to Central<br />

America in search of gold.<br />

MASKED & ANONYMOUS<br />

HANNIBAL PICTURES<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

MOMENTUM<br />

Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., Teri Hatcher,<br />

Michael Massee<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A man with telekinetic abilities has lived<br />

in torment, afraid of exposing his<br />

“secret” powers, until he meets with a<br />

group of people with like powers, on the<br />

run from an FBI agent who is trying to<br />

destroy them.<br />

SHOCK WAVE<br />

Action/Disaster<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

A ground-splitting earthquake crumbles a<br />

dam the size of the Hoover sending<br />

millions of gallons of water barreling<br />

into a major US city and residents<br />

scrambling for their lives.<br />

LEGEND OF THE PIT FIGHTER<br />

Starring: Jamie Pressly, Casper Van Dien,<br />

Dominique Vandenberg, Fernando<br />

Carrillo<br />

Status: Production<br />

“Memento” meets “Bloodsport” when<br />

the past of an amnesiac living as a<br />

humble pit fighter comes back to haunt<br />

him, reminding him that some things are<br />

best left forgotten.<br />

SUB-ZERO<br />

Action/Disaster<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

After a satellite containing classified<br />

information crashes into a mountain<br />

peak, a team of experienced climbers and<br />

military personnel must race to retrieve<br />

the sensitive data despite the risk of an<br />

avalanche and impending blizzard.<br />

CJ ENTERTAINMENT<br />

CJ Entertainment, 11th Fl, CJ Bldg, 500,<br />

5 Ga, Namdaemoon-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul,<br />

100-802, South Korea. Tel:<br />

82.2.726.8564. Fax: 82.2.726.8291.<br />

infofilm@cj.net, www.cjent.co.kr<br />

At Cannes: Mark Soh (CFO/CSO),<br />

Edison Jeon (Senior VP of Int’l Sales and<br />

Acquisitions), June Lee (Director of Int’l<br />

Sales and Acquisitions), Jun Kim<br />

(Assistant Manager of Int’l Sales and<br />

Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera E21/F22, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.88.21<br />

MEMORIES OF MURDER<br />

Crime Drama<br />

Director: Bong Joon-Ho<br />

THE EMPEROR’S WIFE<br />

HOLLAND FILMS<br />

Cast: Song Kang-Ho (Sympathy for Mr.<br />

Vengeance), Kim Sang-Kyung (Turning<br />

Gate)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $3.5m<br />

Spanning six years, 10 young women are<br />

found brutally raped and murdered in a<br />

2km radius. In a country that has never<br />

known such crimes, the dark whispers<br />

about a serial killer grow louder.<br />

SAVE THE GREEN PLANET<br />

Dark Comedy<br />

Director: JANG Jun-hwan<br />

Cast: Shin Ha-kyun (Sympathy for Mr.<br />

Vengeance)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $3.5m<br />

Byung-Gu believes that all of the earth’s<br />

social ills are the evil doings of aliens.<br />

Unless he can meet the prince from<br />

Andromeda before the total lunar eclipse,<br />

Planet Earth will be in grave danger.<br />

MY TUTOR FRIEND<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: KIM Kyung-hyung<br />

Cast: KWON Sang-woo (Volcano High),<br />

KIM Ha-neul (Ditto)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $1.7m<br />

Soo-wan (Kim Ha-neul) and Ji-hoon<br />

(KWON Sang-woo) are both 21 years<br />

old.<br />

UNBORN BUT FORGOTTEN<br />

Horror<br />

Director: IM Chang-jae<br />

Cast: LEE Eun-ju (Bungee Jumping of<br />

their own), JEONG Joon-ho (Marrying<br />

the Mafia)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $3m<br />

Between a lie that can be seen and the<br />

truth that is invisible, there is a small<br />

gap. This is the “White Room” where<br />

death gestates.<br />

THE ROMANTIC PRESIDENT<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: JEON Man-bae<br />

Cast: AHN Sung-ki (Nowhere To Hide),<br />

CHOI Ji-woo (Nowhere To Hide)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $2m<br />

<strong>The</strong> youngest and the most talented<br />

president in the history of Korea, Minwook<br />

lives and breathes with the people<br />

by going undercover to see how they<br />

really live.<br />

CONTENT<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Content International, 14/15 D’Arblay<br />

Street - W1F 8DZ London, UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7851.9170. Fax: 44.20.7851.9171.<br />

At Cannes: Judith Baugin (Marketing<br />

Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 3rd floor, No 2 La Croisette, Tel:<br />

33.4.93.38.58.88. Fax: 33.4.93.99.46.55<br />

WICKED PRAYER<br />

Action Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Lance Mungia<br />

Producer: Jeff Most - Edward R.<br />

Pressman<br />

Key Cast: “Edward Furlong”<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

When Jimmy and his girlfriend are<br />

murdered by a rampaging satanic cult, he<br />

is reincarnated as ‘<strong>The</strong> Crow’, an<br />

immortal vigilante who must quickly<br />

learn of his powers and seek revenge.<br />

RICK<br />

Suspense - Black comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Curtiss Clayton<br />

Producer: Ruth Charny, Jim Czarnecki<br />

Key Cast: “Bill Pullman”, “Aaron<br />

Stanford”, “Agnes Bruckner”<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

Cursed by a humiliated interviewee, a<br />

bitter corporate vice-chairman bizarrely<br />

accepts an offer to have his obnoxious<br />

young boss murdered and finds himself<br />

unable to stop the contract when he<br />

develops a conscience…<br />

THE UNDERTOW<br />

Dramatic Thriller<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: David Gordon Green<br />

Producer: Lisa Muskat, Edward R.<br />

Pressman, Terrence Malick<br />

Key Cast: “Josh Lucas”, “Jamie Bell”,<br />

“Dermot Mulroney”<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

Two young brothers witness the murder<br />

of their father from the hands of their evil<br />

uncle, who then chases them trying to<br />

steal their inheritance and prevent them<br />

from telling the truth.<br />

NEVER DIE ALONE<br />

Action Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Ernest Dickerson<br />

Producer : DMX, Alessandro Camon<br />

Key Cast: “DMX”, “David Arquette”,<br />

“Michael Ealy”<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

A young reporter witnesses the murder of<br />

a drug lord and is left with the victim’s<br />

car and diary. As he pieces together the<br />

man’s life and the events leading to the<br />

murder, he finds himself drawn into an<br />

ongoing cycle of violence.<br />

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY<br />

Epic Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Hans Petter Moland<br />

Producer: Tomas Backstrom, Petter J<br />

Borgli, Terrence Malick<br />

Key Cast: “Nick Nolte”, “Tim Roth”,<br />

“Bai Ling”<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

Binh, a young Vietnamese man makes an<br />

extraordinary six-month journey from his<br />

village south of Saigon to Texas in search<br />

of his long last GI father.<br />

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CHAOS MOVIE<br />

Controlled Chaos Movie, 10620<br />

Eastborne Ave. #201, Los Angeles, CA<br />

90024, USA. Tel: 310.475.3773. Fax:<br />

310.475.4043. controlledchaosmovie.com<br />

At Cannes: Azita Zendel (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Personal Residence, Tel:<br />

33.07.7367.7823<br />

CONTROLLED CHAOS<br />

Drama (93 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Azita Zendel (Oliver Stone’s<br />

former assistant)<br />

Producer: Azita Zendel Co-production<br />

partners: N/A<br />

Cast: Don Hughes, Amy Blomquist,<br />

Charley King<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $1 million<br />

Inspired by Azita Zendel’s four years as<br />

Oliver Stone’s assistant, this fictional<br />

dramedy’s about the Assistant to a<br />

famous <strong>Film</strong> Director that hides her boss’<br />

scandalous lifestyle from a Reporter.<br />

CREATIVE LIGHT<br />

WORLDWIDE<br />

Creative Light Worldwide, 8383 Wilshire<br />

Blvd. Suite #212, Beverly Hills CA 90211<br />

USA.Tel: 323.658.9166. Fax:<br />

323.866.3417. CLW@crlight.com.<br />

www.creativelightworldwide.com<br />

At Cannes: Ted Chalmers (Head of<br />

Worldwide Distribution), Ray Haboush<br />

(Head of International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera L3/M4, Tel:<br />

33.6.793.66449<br />

AERO-TROOPERS<br />

Animation<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Mark Hamill (voice); Billy West<br />

(voice); Jess Harnell (voice);<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

In a distant world, a dark force attacks a<br />

floating society and only the Areo<br />

Troopers cans save them.<br />

EARWIGS<br />

Science Fiction<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: BRUCE CAMPBELL (Evil Dead)<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Sales<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Produced in association with Sci Fi<br />

Pictures a group of environmentalists<br />

must fight off an invading hive of ancient<br />

insects who serve as protectors of the<br />

Rain Forest.<br />

AVATAR<br />

Science-Fiction<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Joan Chen (Last Emperor), David<br />

Warner (Planet of <strong>The</strong> Apes);<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

In the tradition of BLADE RUNNER and<br />

THE MATRIX, in the year 2023, a<br />

female bounty hunter must battle an evil<br />

mega-corporation in virtual reality and in<br />

the real world.<br />

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MADE UP<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest),<br />

Gary Sinise (Forest Gump), Brooke<br />

Adams (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

An older woman undergoes an elaborate<br />

makeover fooling her boyfriend into<br />

thinking she is two different<br />

women!TEQUILA EXPRESS<br />

Action Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Christopher Atkins (Blue Lagoon)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A deep cover DEA agent must rescue the<br />

daughter of the California Governor from<br />

drug terrorists.<br />

CURB<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

CORP.<br />

Curb Entertainment International Corp.,<br />

3907 West Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA<br />

91505 USA. Tel: 818.843.8580. Fax:<br />

818.566.1719.<br />

www.curbentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Carole Curb Nemoy<br />

(President), Wendy Reeds (Executive<br />

Director, Head of Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera N2, Tel: 33.4.92.99.32.29.<br />

Fax: 33.4.92.99.32.33<br />

TOUGH LUCK<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Richard Shepard (Oxygen)<br />

Producer: Brian Etting, Josh Etting, Ram<br />

Bergman, Carole Curb Nemoy, Mike<br />

Curb<br />

Cast: Armand Assante, Norman Reedus,<br />

Dagmara Dominczyk<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

An intricate net of deceit and betrayal<br />

entangles a wandering grifter (Norman<br />

Reedus) who is hired by a traveling<br />

carnival owner (Armand Assante) to<br />

murder his beautiful wife (Dagmara<br />

Dominczyk). Premiere!<br />

100 MILE RULE<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Brent Huff<br />

Producer: Eric Gustavson, John Nelson<br />

Cast: Jake Weber, Maria Bello, David<br />

Thornton, Michael McKean<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

After his one-night affair is caught on<br />

tape, a married salesman (Jake Weber)<br />

must outwit a beautifully dangerous<br />

woman (Maria Bello).<br />

MAN’S BEST FRIEND<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Rob Lundsgaard<br />

Producers: Scott J. Sloan & Rob<br />

Lundsgaard<br />

Cast: Alexander Chaplin, Lindsay<br />

Sloane, Richard Kind<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Steven’s (Alexander Chaplin) new<br />

romantic relationship with Rebecca<br />

(Lindsay Sloane) is going great: they<br />

both like dogs, good books, and<br />

shopping.<br />

WATER’S EDGE<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Harvey Kahn<br />

Producer: Harvey Kahn, Carole Curb<br />

Nemoy, Mike Curb<br />

Cast: Nathan Fillion, Daniel Baldwin,<br />

Chandra West, Emmanuelle Vaugier<br />

Country of Origin: Canada<br />

In this tense and riveting tale, a novelist<br />

and his wife uncover a vast web of sex,<br />

murder, and lies in their quiet hometown.<br />

COASTLINES<br />

Thriller<br />

Writer/Director: Victor Nunez<br />

Producers: Victor Nunez and Sam Gowan<br />

Cast: Josh Brolin, Timothy Olyphant,<br />

Sarah Wynter and William Forsythe<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Sonny Mann (Timothy Olyphant), an excon<br />

returning home from prison, creates<br />

a new dynamic for both friends and<br />

enemies with his arrival.<br />

D<br />

DIMENSION FILMS<br />

Dimension <strong>Film</strong>s, 99 Hudson Street, 5th<br />

Floor, New York, NY 10013 USA. Tel:<br />

212.219.4100. Fax: 212.941.3836.<br />

At Cannes: Rick Sands (COO, Miramax<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s), Edward Noeltner (Senior Vice<br />

President, Distribution and Sales,<br />

Miramax International), Marc Bunag<br />

(Vice President, Creative Marketing,<br />

Miramax International), Mark Lindsay<br />

(Vice President, International<br />

Distribution, Miramax International), Jill<br />

Silfen (Vice President, <strong>Business</strong> and<br />

Legal Affairs, Miramax International),<br />

Lisa Lazure (Director, International<br />

Publicity, Miramax International)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel, Salle Royan, 14,<br />

La Croisette, Cannes, France. Tel:<br />

4.97.06.85.00. Fax: 04.97.06.85.04<br />

CURSED<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Wes Craven<br />

Producers: Wes Craven, Marianne<br />

Maddelena<br />

Cast: Christina Ricci, Skeet Ulrich, Jesse<br />

Eisenberg, John McGinley, Scott Baio,<br />

Robert Forster, and Omar Epps<br />

Status: In Production<br />

County of Origin: USA<br />

Horror master Wes Craven and writer<br />

Kevin Williamson polish up their silver<br />

bullets for this frightening new take on a<br />

classic horror legend<br />

SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER<br />

Action Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Rodriguez<br />

Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert<br />

Rodriguez<br />

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino,<br />

Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Ricardo<br />

Montalban, Holland Taylor, Danny Trejo,<br />

and Sylvester Stallone<br />

Status: In Production<br />

County of Origin: USA<br />

This time the Cortez family must come<br />

together to defeat their arch-nemesis <strong>The</strong><br />

Toymaker (Stallone), when young<br />

Carmen becomes trapped inside a virtual<br />

reality video game.<br />

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SCARY MOVIE 3<br />

Comedy/Horror Parody<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Zucker<br />

Producer: Robert K. Weiss<br />

Cast: Anna Faris, Camryn Manheim,<br />

Anthony Anderson, special appearance<br />

by Eddie Griffin, with Denise Richards,<br />

with Regina Hall and Charlie Sheen.<br />

Status: In Production<br />

County of Origin: USA<br />

David Zucker helms the 3rd installment<br />

of the blockbuster parody franchise that<br />

has grossed over $400 million.<br />

DISTANT HORIZON<br />

Distant Horizon, 8282 Sunset Boulevard,<br />

Suite A, Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA.<br />

Tel: 323.848.4140. Fax: 323.848.4144.<br />

la@distant-horizon.com. London: 61<br />

Villiers Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey KT5<br />

8BE London, UK. Tel: 020.8399.5126.<br />

Fax: 020.8390.5341. london@distanthorizon.com<br />

At Cannes: Anant Singh (Producer),<br />

Brian Cox (Producer), Sanjeev Singh<br />

(Acquisitions Director), Paul Janssen<br />

(Sales Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Savoy, Tel: 04.92.99.72.00<br />

LONG WALK TO FREEDOM<br />

Director: Shekhar Kapur (Four Feathers,<br />

Elizabeth, Bandit Queen)<br />

Producer: Anant Singh<br />

Principal Cast: Morgan Freeman<br />

Status: In Development<br />

Long Walk To Freedom is the<br />

autobiography of Nelson Mandela, South<br />

Africa’s first democratically elected<br />

president.<br />

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE<br />

Director: Tim Flywell (Madame Bovary,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Woman In White)<br />

Producers: Anant Singh, David M.<br />

Thompson, David Parfitt (Shakespeare In<br />

Love)<br />

Principal Cast: Romola Garai, Rose<br />

Byrne (Star Wars: Episode II), Henry<br />

Thomas (Gangs <strong>Of</strong> New York), Marc<br />

Blucas (Sunshine State, View From <strong>The</strong><br />

Top, We Were Soldiers), Bill Nighy<br />

(Lucky Break), Tara Fitzgerald (Brassed<br />

<strong>Of</strong>f)<br />

Status: Complete<br />

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE is a<br />

classically romantic tale of a young girl’s<br />

emotional journey into adulthood, as she<br />

discovers the secrets of her own feelings<br />

and sexuality.<br />

MR BONES<br />

Director: Gray Hofmeyr<br />

Producers: Anant Singh, Helena Spring<br />

Principal Cast: Leon Schuster (Panic<br />

Mechanic, Yankee Zulu), David Ramsey<br />

(Pay It Forward, Three To Tango), Faizon<br />

Love (<strong>The</strong> Parenthood, Blue Crush)<br />

Status: Complete<br />

Mr Bones is the highest grossing South<br />

African film of all time. <strong>The</strong> king of the<br />

Kavuki tribe is ageing and does not have<br />

a male heir.<br />

VOLCANO HIGH<br />

Director: Kim Tae-Gyun<br />

Producers: Seoung-Jae Cha, Woo-Suk<br />

Kang<br />

Principal Cast: Hyuk Jang, Min-A Shin,<br />

Su-Ro Kim, Sang-Woo Kwon<br />

Status: Complete<br />

Volcano High tells the story of a young<br />

man with incredible fighting powers that<br />

he is forbidden to use.<br />

DREAM<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Dream Entertainment, 8489 W. Third<br />

Street, Suite 1038, Los Angeles, CA<br />

90048 USA. Tel: 323.655.5501. Fax:<br />

323.655.5603. DreamEnter@aol.com<br />

Company Type: Producer, Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Ehud Bleiberg (Chairman &<br />

CEO), Yitzhak Ginsberg (President),<br />

Nadine de Barros (Vice President, Sales<br />

& Acquisitions), Shannon Wilson<br />

(Coordinator)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera: J1/K2, Tel: 04.9299.3335<br />

DISASTER!<br />

Claymation /Action/Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Roy Wood<br />

Producers: Ehud Bleiberg, Yitzhak<br />

Ginsberg, John Glenn, Travis Wright,<br />

Evan Astrowsky<br />

Delivery Status: In Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A hilarious spoof of big-budget action<br />

films, “Disaster!” is the ultimate disaster<br />

movie.<br />

MONSTER MEN<br />

Horror/Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Michael Davis<br />

Producers: Yitzhak Ginsberg, Ehud<br />

Bleiberg, Larry Rattner<br />

Cast: Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich, Aimee<br />

Brooks<br />

Delivery Status: In Post-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A monster man driving a monster truck<br />

terrorize a couple of college kids<br />

traveling cross-country.<br />

HER MAJESTY<br />

Family/Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mark J. Gordon<br />

Producers: Walter Coblenz<br />

Cast: Sally Andrews, Vicky Haughton,<br />

Liddy Holloway, Mark Clare<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Set in 1953, Her Majesty is a widely<br />

appealing coming of age story about a<br />

CONFIDENCE - LIONSGATE FILMS INTERNATIONAL<br />

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young girl who realizes her life-long<br />

dream when Queen Elizabeth comes to<br />

visit her small hometown.<br />

GACY<br />

Thriller/Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Clive Saunders<br />

Producers: Larry Rattner, Tim Swain<br />

Cast: Mark Holton, Charlie Weber<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

From the same team that brought you<br />

“Dahmer”, a shocking story about the<br />

infamous American serial killer - John<br />

Wayne Gacy.<br />

WHITE GOLD<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Victor Ivanov<br />

Producers: Victor Ivanov, Feyodor Popov<br />

Cast: Josh Holland, Alexander<br />

Dyachenko, Yevgeniy Sidikhin<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A rebellious California kid becomes heir<br />

to a map believed to lead to gold stolen<br />

in 1919 Russia and must fight the KGB,<br />

FBI, and Russian mafia for the treasure.<br />

DYNAMIC FILMS<br />

Dynamic <strong>Film</strong>s, 10612 McVine Ave.,<br />

Sunland, CA 91040 USA. Tel:<br />

818.352.7347. Fax: 818.352.7347.<br />

Dynamicfilms.us.<br />

Dynamicfilms@aol.com<br />

At Cannes: Armand Gazarian (CEO),<br />

Lindsay Norgard (VP Sales), Armine<br />

Weiss (<strong>Business</strong> Affairs)<br />

THE OSIRUS PROJECT (HIDDEN<br />

AGENDA)<br />

Action (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Scott McAboy<br />

Producer: Amy Sydorick and Scott<br />

Hohnbaum<br />

Key Cast: Brixton Karnes, Rebekah<br />

Carlton, Rick Cramer, William Zabka<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Elite American and British agents team<br />

up to hunt down an international terrorist<br />

in control of a nuclear satellite<br />

11:14 - MDP WORLDWIDE<br />

SHOW ME YOUR POTATOES<br />

Comedy (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jeremiah Bosgang<br />

Producer: Wendy Perelman and Jeremiah<br />

Bosgangh<br />

Key Cast : Jerry Seinfeld, Jason<br />

Alexander, Conan O’brien, Dick Cavett,<br />

Michael Richards<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

A struggling writer’s evolution from a<br />

custodian to a studio executive, based on<br />

a true story<br />

BIKINI MANSION (LUCKY ANGEL)<br />

Comedy (90 min)<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: Peter R. J. Deyell<br />

Producer: Armen Balian<br />

Key Cast: Robert Abrams, Ted Kurtz,<br />

Betsy Monroe<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

A real estate agent inherits a mansion<br />

that serves as an underground brothel<br />

GAME OF SURVIVAL<br />

Sci-fi/action (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Armand Gazarian<br />

Producer: Lindsay Norgard<br />

Key Cast: Nikki Hill, Cindy Coatman<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

Seven Prisoners from around the galaxy<br />

compete in a brutal game for a chance<br />

for freedom.<br />

TIMELESS LOVE (ORIUNDI)<br />

Drama (120 min)<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Ricardo Bravo<br />

Producer: Elaine Ferreira, Telmo Maia<br />

Key Cast: Anthony Quinn, Leticia<br />

Spiller, Paulo Betti, Paulo Autran<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: Brazil<br />

A man tormented by lost love gets a<br />

second chance when he believes his<br />

beloved wife is reincarnated.<br />

E<br />

ECHELON<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Echelon Entertainment, 8831 Sunset<br />

Boulevard, Suite 300, West Hollywood,<br />

California, USA 90069. Tel:<br />

310.652.2893. Fax: 310.652.6237.<br />

mail@echelonent.com,<br />

www.echelonent.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Eric Louzil (President & Co-<br />

CEO), Billy Blake (Co-CEO), Geoff<br />

Jarvis (VP <strong>Of</strong> International Sales), Stacey<br />

Parks (VP <strong>Of</strong> International Sales), Ellen<br />

Roongcharoen (Sales Assistant), John<br />

Howard (VP <strong>Of</strong> Press<br />

Relations/Marketing), Acquisition<br />

Executive: Gloria Morrison (President <strong>Of</strong><br />

Acquisitions/Development)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: E11/F12; Hotel “La Madrilene”,<br />

15, Bd Alexandre III, 06400 Cannes, Tel:<br />

33.0.4.97.06.37.37. Fax:<br />

33.0.4.93.94.38.78,<br />

BLUE FIRE<br />

Sexual Angst Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Chia Hui Gao<br />

Producer: Chia Hui Gao, Olivier Janin,<br />

Michael A. Wong<br />

Cast: Johnny Kwon, Victoria Linchon,<br />

Jackson Ning<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Jack can’t help but to be drawn to his<br />

lively, but ill-reputed, roommate, Lana<br />

Lin. After passing judgment on Lana’s<br />

loose lifestyle, Jack finds himself<br />

desiring her.<br />

DARK TOMORROW<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: JOHN GOINS<br />

Producer: JOHN GOINS<br />

Cast: Chris Moller, Jen Lester, Alex Safi<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

John celebrates going to college<br />

basketball’s Final Four, but the next<br />

morning, hears on TV that he stabbed his<br />

fiancé a year ago. What happened in that<br />

year?<br />

DETENTION<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Andy Anderson<br />

Producer: Robert J. Castaldo and<br />

Kirksten C. Irick<br />

Cast: John S. Davies, Marsha Dietlein,<br />

and Gail Cronauer<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 1999 Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

In this “Breakfast Club” meets<br />

“Hellraiser,” the frazzled high school<br />

teacher comes up with a truly unique<br />

plan to bring his wayward students into<br />

line.<br />

DONALD AND DOT CLOCK<br />

FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME<br />

Quirky Romantic Comedy (82 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Michael Kowalski<br />

Producer: J. Edmund Parcher<br />

Cast: John E. Parcher, Eugenie<br />

Bondurant, Joe Ochman<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

In this match made for the Afterlife, he’s<br />

a dancer who can’t keep a job while she’s<br />

a psychic hot-line counselor obsessed<br />

with the “Rodent Harmonic Balance.”<br />

ECHO OF BLUE<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Zach Sternheimer<br />

Producer: Katy Wallin & Zach<br />

Sternheimer<br />

Cast: Lisa Lamendola, Kevin West, Art<br />

Lafleur<br />

Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />

or completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> Fillet Man slices up his prey and<br />

leads the corrupt city on a harrowing,<br />

wild goose chase led by a young lady<br />

THE BUSINESS OF<br />

FILM<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

41-42 Berners St.<br />

London WIT 3NB<br />

EJS INTERNATIONAL<br />

EJS International, 8130 Chase Avenue,<br />

Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA. Tel:<br />

323.641.6705. Fax: 323.641.6705.<br />

At Cannes: Ed Shields (Vice President,<br />

International Sales), Christopher Shaw<br />

(Director International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel Rm # 245, Tel:<br />

33.(0).493.06.40.06, Ext 245. Fax:<br />

33.(0).493.06.40.25<br />

SPECK<br />

Suspense/Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Keith Walley<br />

Producer: Keith Walley, Tammi Sutton<br />

Cast: Doug Cole, Beverly Ann Sotelo,<br />

Stacy Cunningham<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under: $1 million<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Based on the true story of serial killer<br />

Richard Speck; in July of 1966 Speck<br />

walked into a boarding house of eight<br />

nurses in a Chicago suburb and<br />

systematically terrorized and killed all<br />

but one......<br />

BLOODLETTING<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Matthew Jason Walsh<br />

Producer: JR Bookwalter, Matthew Jason<br />

Walsh<br />

Cast: Ariauna Albright, James L.<br />

Edwards, <strong>The</strong>resa Constantine<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million.<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Serena Stalin wanted to learn from the<br />

best. So she tracked down Butch Harlow,<br />

one of the world’s most notorious serial<br />

killers, and blackmailed him into<br />

teaching her the fine art of murder.<br />

GHOUL SCHOOL<br />

Horror<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Timothy O’rawe<br />

Producer: Timothy O’rawe<br />

Cast: William Friedman, Scott Gordon,<br />

Paul Venier, Nancy Sirianni<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million.<br />

What started out as an innocent lab<br />

experiment by a few students has turned<br />

into the biggest case of mass slaughter<br />

ever!<br />

ENTERTAINMENT 7<br />

Entertainment 7, 15030 Ventura Blvd,<br />

Suite # 762, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403<br />

USA. Tel: 818.709.9595. Fax:<br />

818.709.9597. sales-ent@ent7.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent, Producer,<br />

Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Emilio Ferrari (Consultant),<br />

Kelsie Black (Director of Intl. Sales), Bill<br />

Wilder (Sales/Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel 133<br />

WEST<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Rick Pagano<br />

Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Mark<br />

McGarry, Emilio Ferrari<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

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tradition of “American Beauty”, comes<br />

an intriguing story of a family that takes<br />

to the road and discovers the mixed<br />

blessing of traveling across America.<br />

HOUSE OF HORROR<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Emilio Ferrari<br />

Producer: Emilio Ferrari<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Fictitious modern day story based on the<br />

famous Tales of Terror by Edgar Alan<br />

Poe. <strong>The</strong> young Poe is drawn into a<br />

psycho realm of a delusional nurse.<br />

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST<br />

WINTER<br />

Thriller (90 minutes )<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/Producer: Emilio Ferrari<br />

Cast: York Shackleton, Debbie Enton,<br />

Jennie Chester<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

In the tradition of “Scream,” five teenage<br />

friends enter the world’s biggest<br />

snowboarding contest at Big Bear<br />

Mountain.<br />

INSIDE TAKE<br />

Drama (300x 30 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Darla Artura<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Entertaining and exciting coverage of<br />

Hollywood’s biggest movies including<br />

“Tears in the Sun, Anger Management,<br />

Basic, Catch Me If You Can, Daredevil,<br />

XXX, Die Another Day, Emperor’s Club,<br />

Shanghai Knights, Sweet Home<br />

Alabama, <strong>The</strong> Hour.<br />

MADE IN L.A.<br />

Action Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/Producer: Emilio Ferrari<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

An action adventure about the greed and<br />

deception that runs deep in the<br />

underworld in the City of Angels. A fine<br />

line that separates the good guys from<br />

the bad guys becomes increasingly<br />

obscured.<br />

ESSE&BI<br />

CINEMATOGRAFICA<br />

esse&bi cinematografica, Largo della<br />

Gancia, 5, 00195 Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />

39.06.37511274, 39.06.37358533. Fax:<br />

39.06.37511278.<br />

essebi@essebicinema.com,<br />

www.essebicinema.com<br />

Company Type: producer, distributor and<br />

world sales<br />

At Cannes: Veronica Salvi (President),<br />

Paolo Modugno (chair man), Renato<br />

Musillo (world sales), Acquisition<br />

Executive: Francesca Avalle, Renato<br />

Musillo<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

THE SECRET GUEST<br />

Drama (82 min.)<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Paolo Modugno<br />

Producer: Veronica Salvi Co-production<br />

partners: IPE, Italian Ministry for<br />

Cultural Assets and Artistic Heritage.<br />

Cast: Corso Salani; Romina Mondello;<br />

Ludgero Fortes Dos Santos; Spiros<br />

Focas; Gigi Angelillo and also featuring<br />

Ben Gazzara<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: 2.844.213,02<br />

A multiethnic group of musicians gives a<br />

concert in a refuge camp.<br />

LITTLE BEE JULIE AND LADY<br />

LIFE<br />

3D animation feature movie (75 min.)<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Paolo Modugno<br />

Producer: Veronica Salvi Co-production<br />

partners: Italian Ministry for Cultural<br />

Assets and Artistic Heritage.<br />

Cast: whit the voice of: Irene Grandi,<br />

Ludovica Modugno, Raf, Michele<br />

Mirabella and special featuring Nino<br />

Manfredi.<br />

Delivery Status: post production<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: 4.445.144,43<br />

Little Bee is Mama Bee’s rebel daughter.<br />

She wants to have a name, like children<br />

do, and she chooses one herself: Julie.<br />

RATS’S PARADISE<br />

Drama<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Paolo Modugno<br />

Producer: Veronica Salvi<br />

Cast: not definite/indefinite<br />

Delivery Status: pre production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: 2.617.949,73<br />

Bucarest. Ceausescu’s regime collapsed<br />

but it left behind itself an army of<br />

children. <strong>The</strong>y are nobody’s sons, they<br />

have no past and no future, they live in<br />

the drains, they are called “rats” and they<br />

are treated accordingly.<br />

RESPECT FOR INNOCENCE<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Paolo Modugno<br />

Producer: Veronica Salvi<br />

Cast: Jean Rochefort, Greta Scacchi,<br />

Toni Servillo, Leo Gullotta, Selvaggia<br />

Quattrini, Ludovica Modugno, Jenny<br />

Alexander.<br />

Delivery Status: pre production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: 3.182.881,95<br />

Because of a snow storm seven<br />

characters, typical of the contemporary<br />

society, are obliged to spend the night in<br />

a remote motel. <strong>The</strong>ir paths have crossed<br />

in the past.<br />

LEO’S STORY<br />

3D animation feature movie (75 min.)<br />

Language: Italian<br />

Director: Mario Cambi<br />

Producer: Veronica Salvi Co-production<br />

partners: Dujass film, Italian Ministry for<br />

Cultural Assets and Artistic Heritage.<br />

Delivery Status: pre production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

It is the delicate story of Leo Sinkinghis-fangs,<br />

a lonely lion, that happens to<br />

help Mona Elisa, a widow female<br />

elephant, to give birth to two different<br />

baby elephants.<br />

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EUROCINE<br />

Eurocine, 33, Av. Des Champs Elysees,<br />

75008 Paris, France. Tel:<br />

33.1.42.25.64.92. Fax: 33.1.42.25.73.38.<br />

sales@eurocine.net<br />

At Cannes: Daniel LESOEUR<br />

(Chairman), Ilona KUNESOVA (Head of<br />

acquisition/development), Eric SERRA<br />

(Consultant), Michelle MAGNAN<br />

(Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth n° F3 at the RIVIERA,<br />

Tel: 33 (O) 4 92 99 88 18<br />

EL REY, THE MAN WHO<br />

CHANGED THE FATE OF A CITY<br />

Drama<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Antonio Dorado<br />

Producer: Daniel Lesoeur<br />

Starring: Fernand Solorzano, Vanessa<br />

Simon, Olivier Pagès, Cristina Umana<br />

Status: Delivery Status: In production,<br />

shooting in Colombia<br />

<strong>The</strong> life of Pedro Rey, the first narco<br />

dealer who learned to kiss and kill in the<br />

movies, and who, together with a North<br />

American who worked in the Peace<br />

Corps, introduced the traffic of cocaine<br />

to Colombia in the 60’<br />

WILD BEES (DIVOKE VCELY)<br />

Black comedy<br />

Director: Bohdan Slama<br />

Producer: Viktor Schwarcz<br />

Starring: Zdenek Rauser, Tatiana<br />

Vilhelmova, Marek Daniel<br />

Status: Completed - screening in booth<br />

In a long forgotten village, somewhere in<br />

Northern Moravia, detached from the rest<br />

of the world and its revolutionary<br />

changes, the web of relationships, hidden<br />

loves and hidden aversions uncover a<br />

picture.<br />

NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT<br />

Horror (90’)<br />

Director: Jess Franco<br />

Starring: Soledad Miranda, Diana Lorrys,<br />

Paul Muller<br />

Co-producers: Prodif - Eurocine<br />

Music: Bruno Nicolaï<br />

Status: completed - screening in booth<br />

Obsessed with bloody nightly visions,<br />

Anne lives in anguish of schizophrenia.<br />

Is Anne gradually becoming mad, or is<br />

she really the author of these murders ?<br />

DE SADE’S DUET (SADE’S<br />

EUGENIA)<br />

Horror / Erotic (90 min)<br />

Director: Jess Franco<br />

Producers: EUROCINE / JK FILMS<br />

Principal Cast: Soledad Miranda, Paul<br />

Muller, André Montcall<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

Language: English French Italian<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Videocassette<br />

From the novel ‘Eugénie de Franval’<br />

Eugenia and her father plan to commit<br />

together a perfect crime.<br />

JUSTINE DE SADE<br />

Erotic (90 min)<br />

Language: English, German<br />

Director: Claude Pierson<br />

Producer: PIERSON<br />

Productions/ICAR/CITEL<br />

Principal Cast: Alice Arno, Yves Arcanel,<br />

Georges Beauvillier<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

From the novel ‘Les Infortunes de la<br />

vertu’. A young orphan, Justine, is<br />

maltreated.<br />

EUROPEAN FILM<br />

PROMOTION (EFP)<br />

European <strong>Film</strong> Promotion (EFP),<br />

Friedensallee 14 - 16, 22765 Hamburg,<br />

Germany. Tel: 49.40.3906252. Fax:<br />

49.40.3906249. info@efp-online.com,<br />

www.efp-online.com<br />

Company Type: European association of<br />

national marketing and promotion<br />

At Cannes: Renate Rose (Managing<br />

Director), Jo Muehlberger (Project<br />

Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

F<br />

FIJI AUDIO VISUAL<br />

COMMISSION<br />

Fiji Audio Visual Commission, Ground<br />

Floor, Civic House, New Town Hall<br />

Road, GPO Box 18080, Suva, Fiji. Tel:<br />

679.330.6662. Fax: 679.331.4662.<br />

fijiaudiovisual.org.fj.<br />

www.fijiaudiovisual.com<br />

Company Type: <strong>Film</strong> Commission -<br />

Government Statutory Organisation<br />

At Cannes: Taniela Bolea (Chief<br />

Executive <strong>Of</strong>ficer), Wayne Covell (Legal<br />

& Marketing<br />

Manager), Acquisition Executive: Rogers<br />

& Cowan<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Savoy Hotel, Salon B, 5 rue<br />

Francois Einesy, Cannes 06400. Tel:<br />

33.04.93.68.25.59 or 33.06.67.09.34.98<br />

(Mobile), Fax: 33.04.93.68.25.59<br />

FILM BRIDGE<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Bridge International, 1316 Third<br />

Street Promenade, Suite 105, Santa<br />

Monica, CA 90401 USA. Tel:<br />

310.656.8680, Fax: 310.656.8683.<br />

filmbridgeinternational.com<br />

At Cannes: Ellen Wander, Incoronata<br />

“Inc” Pagliuca, Lori Mathison<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

DOLAN’S CADILLAC<br />

Director: Stacy Title (“Last Supper”)<br />

Producer: Jonathan Sanger (“Vanilla<br />

Sky,” “Mission Impossible 2”) and<br />

Trevor Macy (“Auto Focus”)<br />

SPRING SUBWAY - MEDIA ASIA GROUP<br />

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Delivery Status: Production: July 2003<br />

A story by Stephen King, about a young<br />

man who seeks revenge on the mobster<br />

who killed his wife after she accidentally<br />

witnesses a murder.<br />

THE FOUR SAINTS<br />

Written and directed by Jean-Pierre<br />

Isbouts (Disney feature, “Walt: <strong>The</strong> Man<br />

Behind the Myth”)<br />

Production: September 2003<br />

Based on the true story of four heroic<br />

nurses who set up a medical post near the<br />

front line during WWI; encountering<br />

many great dangers and finding romance.<br />

VANISHING ACTS<br />

Director: Will Frears<br />

Producer: Trevor Macy (“Auto Focus”)<br />

Delivery Status: Production, October<br />

2003<br />

A sexy and deadly femme fatale seduces<br />

a young doctor into a two million dollar<br />

insurance scam that could cost them both<br />

their lives.<br />

FILMAX<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

<strong>Film</strong>ax International, Miguel Hernández<br />

81-87, Districte Economic de<br />

L’Hospitalet, 08908 L’Hospitalet de<br />

Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Tel:<br />

34.93.336.85.55. Fax: 34.93.263.08.24.<br />

filmaxint@filmax.com.<br />

www.filmaxinternational.com<br />

At Cannes: Julio Fernández (Chairman),<br />

Carlos Fernández (CEO), Antonia Nava<br />

(Sr VP of Sales & Co-productions),<br />

Vicente Canales (Sales Manager), Jorge<br />

Tuca (Head of Acquisitions), Carlos<br />

Rojano (Sr VP of Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Carlton, 7th Floor, Tel:<br />

33.(0).493.99.80.42. Fax:<br />

33.(0).493.99.80.43<br />

THE MACHINIST<br />

Suspense Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Brad Anderson<br />

Producer: Julio Fernández<br />

Cast: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jasón<br />

Leigh<br />

Production Status: In-Production.<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of TREVOR REZNIK, a latheoperator<br />

who is dying of insomnia.<br />

THE GOLDFISH MEMORY<br />

NONSTOP SALES AB<br />

OBLIVION<br />

Supernatural Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Nacho Cerdá<br />

Producer: Julio Fernández<br />

Production Status: Pre-production<br />

In an isolated town, a doctor, John,<br />

happily lives with his wife and child until<br />

one day, a strange woman infiltrates their<br />

family fortress, claiming that everything<br />

John believes to be real is a fabricated<br />

lie.<br />

ROMASANTA<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paco Plaza<br />

Producer: Julio Fernández & Brian Yuzna<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production.<br />

1850, North of Spain. <strong>The</strong> woods are<br />

infested with wolves. Nobody dares go<br />

through them. <strong>The</strong> people of the villages<br />

are terrified.<br />

EL CID, THE LEGEND<br />

Animated Feature <strong>Film</strong> (80’)<br />

Language: English / Spanish<br />

Director: Josep Pozo<br />

Producer: Julio Fernández<br />

Status: In production<br />

A time of war, a time of love, a time<br />

when honour,...was life...<br />

NOCTURNA<br />

Animated Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Adrian Garcia , Enrique<br />

Fernandez y Victor Maldonado<br />

Producer: Julio Fernandez<br />

Status: In Development<br />

What is it that turns the night into night,<br />

and fills it with such unexplainable<br />

mystery?<br />

FILMEXPORT<br />

GROUP<br />

<strong>Film</strong>Export Group, Via Polonia, 9 -<br />

00198 Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />

39.06.8554266/85354321. Fax:<br />

39.06.8550248. www.filmexport.com,<br />

info@filmexport.com<br />

At Cannes: Roberto Di Girolamo<br />

(President & CEO), Laura Maurano<br />

(Sales Manager), Andrea Di Girolamo<br />

(Marketing and Publicity)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand Riviera C5/D4 - D1/E8,<br />

Tel: 0033.04.92993346, Mobile:<br />

39.335.7025.654.<br />

WITCHERY DEAL (PACTO DE<br />

BRUJAS)<br />

Thriller-Horror<br />

Language: Italian / Spanish / English<br />

Directed By: Javier Elorrieta<br />

Produced By: Origen S.L. - Anem <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

S.A.<br />

Cast: Ramon Langa - Carlos Sobera -<br />

Barbara Elorrieta<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Prod. Year: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong> Origin:<br />

Spain - Italy<br />

Doctor Degras is a skeptic psychiatrist<br />

who works for the police; one night he<br />

finds himself involved in the world of<br />

witchcraft, tarot and messages from the<br />

dead, revealing complex intrigues.<br />

DARK OBSESSION (UNINVITED)<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: Italian / English<br />

Directed By: Carlo Gabriel Nero<br />

Produced By: Barolo <strong>Film</strong>s - No Limit<br />

Int’l<br />

Cast: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave,<br />

Adam Hann-Byrd, Kevin Isola, Eli<br />

Wallach<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Prod. Year: 1999, Country <strong>Of</strong> Origin:<br />

USA - Italy<br />

All four members of a wealthy family are<br />

found dead in their home and a young<br />

boy is accused of the murder....<br />

VENETIAN CAPRICE (CAPRICCIO<br />

VENEZIANO)<br />

Erotic<br />

Language: Italian / English<br />

Directed By: Vincent Dawn<br />

Produced By: La Perla Nera<br />

Cast: E. Crawford, G. Parmeggiani, J.<br />

Jerrugan<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Prod. Year: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong> Origin:<br />

Italy<br />

<strong>The</strong> perverse and transgressing amourous<br />

encounters between a man and a woman,<br />

both having the same wish: to carry their<br />

relationship beyond the bonds of<br />

convention.<br />

THE LAND OF DEATH (LA TERRA<br />

DELLA MORTE)<br />

Horror<br />

Language: Italian / English<br />

Directed By: Martin Miller<br />

Produced By: Gianni Paolucci And<br />

Robert Parnwell<br />

Cast: Ydalia Suarez Alfaro, Claudio<br />

Morales, Silvio Jimenez Hernandez,<br />

Cindy J. Matic<br />

Delivery Status: Post-Production<br />

Country <strong>Of</strong> Origin: Italy<br />

Story of a group of researchers<br />

describing the horror life of cannibal<br />

tribes in New Zealand.<br />

SNUFF TRAP<br />

Erotic Thriller<br />

Language: Italian / English<br />

Directed By: Pierre Le Blanc<br />

Production: La Perla Nera<br />

Cast: Carla Dujany, Carlo Mucari,<br />

Gabriele Gori, Federica Garuti<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Country <strong>Of</strong> Origin: Italy<br />

<strong>The</strong> dramatic story of a girl involved in<br />

the terrible world of the “snuff movies”.<br />

FILMS<br />

DISTRIBUTION<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s Distribution, 6 rue de l’Ecole de<br />

Médecine 75006 Paris, France. Tel:<br />

33.153.103.398. Fax: 33.153.103.399.<br />

info@filmsdistribution.com.<br />

www.filmsfilmsdistribution.com<br />

Company Type: sales agent on the<br />

international market place as well as<br />

domestically for both library pictures and<br />

new feature films<br />

At Cannes: Nicolas BRIGAUD-ROBERT<br />

(Head of Sales), François YON (Head of<br />

Sales), Didar DOMEHRI (International<br />

Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera K5/L8, Tel:<br />

33.492.998.836. Fax: 33.492.998.839<br />

SANSA<br />

Adventures (115 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Siegfried<br />

Producer: Vagabondages, Arte France,<br />

Mate Production<br />

Co-production partners: Cofimage 12,<br />

Gimages 4, Centre National de la<br />

Cinématographie<br />

Cast: Roschdy ZEM, Ivry GITLIS,<br />

Emma SUAREZ, Rita DURAO<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

Sansa’s incredible adventures through the<br />

world.<br />

LES PLUMES DANS LA TETE<br />

Drama (100 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Thomas de THIER<br />

Producer: Jacques BIDOU, Marianne<br />

DUMOULIN, Nicolas MEYER JBA<br />

Production, Magellan Production<br />

Co-production partners: Arte France<br />

Cinéma, R.T.B.F (Télévision belge),<br />

FMB 2 <strong>Film</strong>s, 47ème parallèle<br />

Cast: Sophie MUSEUR, Francis<br />

RENAUD, Ulysse de SWAEF, Alexis<br />

Den DONCKER<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France, Belgium<br />

WHERE IS MADAME CATHERINE<br />

?<br />

Drama<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: MARC RECHA<br />

Producer: Jacques BIDOU, Luis<br />

MINARRO, Marianne DUMOULIN(JBA<br />

Production, Eddie Saeta)<br />

Co-production partners: Arte France<br />

Cinéma, FMB 2 <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Dominique Marcas, Jérémie<br />

Lippmann, Olivier Gourmet, Eduardo<br />

Noriega<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS<br />

Language: Flemish<br />

Director: Tom Barman<br />

Producer: Kaat Camerlynck & Alex<br />

Stockman, Christian Pierre<br />

Cast: Natali Broods, Jonas Boel, Diane<br />

De Belder, Titus De Voogdt, Eric Kloeck<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Netherlands<br />

Antwerp 2004. On a sweltering Friday<br />

afternoon, 8 characters dream of a<br />

different life.<br />

FOCUS FEATURES<br />

Focus Features, 417 Canal Street, 7th<br />

Floor, New York, NY 10013 USA. Tel:<br />

212.343.9230. Fax: 212.343.7412.<br />

At Cannes: David Linde (Co-President ),<br />

Amy Kaufman (Executive Vice<br />

President, Acquisitions & Co-<br />

Productions), Glen Basner (Executive<br />

Vice President, International Sales &<br />

Distribution), Heta Paarte (Vice<br />

President, International Marketing and<br />

Publicity), Tim Spencer (Vice President<br />

International Sales), Jason Resnick (Vice<br />

President, Acquisitions), Lee Magiday<br />

(Vice President, Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais d’Orsay, Penthouse, 62<br />

Boulevard de la Croisette, Tel:<br />

04.93.43.86.18. Fax: 04.93.43.84.79<br />

BAD EDUCATION<br />

Director: Pedro Almodóvar<br />

Producers: Agustín Almodóvar (El Deseo<br />

D.A., S.L.U.)<br />

Cast: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez,<br />

Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho<br />

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VANITY FAIR<br />

Director: Mira Nair<br />

Producer: Janette Day, Donna Gigliotti,<br />

Lydia Pilcher<br />

Cast: Reese Witherspoon<br />

Status: In Pre-Production<br />

Year of Prod: 2003<br />

Born into the lower class, Becky Sharp<br />

(Reese Witherspoon), one of literature’s<br />

greatest female characters, can rely on<br />

her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes<br />

her way up through London society circa<br />

1820.<br />

THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR<br />

Director: Tod Williams<br />

Producers: Ted Hope, Anne Carey,<br />

Michael Corrente<br />

Exec Producers: Roger Marino, Amy J.<br />

Kaufman<br />

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon<br />

Foster<br />

Status: In Production<br />

Year of Prod: 2003<br />

Alternately tragic and comic, Door in the<br />

Floor explores the complexities of love<br />

in both its brightest and darkest corners.<br />

LOST IN TRANSLATION<br />

Director: Sofia Coppola<br />

Producers: Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola<br />

Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson,<br />

Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris<br />

Status: In Post-Production<br />

Year of Prod: 2002<br />

A Valentine to the city of Tokyo and the<br />

Americans who visit it.<br />

21 GRAMS<br />

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu<br />

Producer: Alejandro González Iñárritu,<br />

Ted Hope<br />

Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro,<br />

Naomi Watts<br />

Status: In Production<br />

Year of Prod: 2002 - 2003<br />

Life has a way of coming up with<br />

resonant metaphors, incredible ironies,<br />

and surprising coincidences.<br />

FORTISSIMO FILM<br />

SALES<br />

Fortissimo <strong>Film</strong> Sales, Veemarkt 77 – 79,<br />

Amsterdam 1019 DA, <strong>The</strong> Netherlands.<br />

Tel: 31.20.627.3215. Fax:<br />

31.20.626.1155.<br />

www.fortissimofilms.com.<br />

info@fortissimo.nl<br />

At Cannes: Wouter Barendrecht (Cochairman),<br />

Michael J. Werner (Cochairman),<br />

Esther Bannenberg (Director<br />

of International Sales, Servicing and<br />

Acquisitions), Winnie Lau (Director<br />

International Sales & Distribution),<br />

Nelleke Driessen (Director of<br />

International Distribution), Ashley Luke<br />

(Director of UK Acquisitions &<br />

Development)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Residence du Grand Hotel,<br />

Entrance Goeland, Apartment 5D, 5th<br />

floor, 06400 Cannes, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.93.38.41.40<br />

16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Jobson<br />

Cast: Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd,<br />

Laura Fraer, Lena Heady<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL is a<br />

meditation on a man’s search for the<br />

meaning of hope. <strong>The</strong> story follows<br />

Frankie Mac through three periods in his<br />

life as he looks for love, finds it and then<br />

destroys it.<br />

PARTY MONSTER<br />

Drama (97 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Randy Barbato & Fenton<br />

Bailey<br />

Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Chloe Sevigny,<br />

Seth Green<br />

Status: Completed/Screening<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> real life story of Michel Alig, leader<br />

of the New York underground club kids<br />

scene of the early 1990’s, who rose all<br />

the way to the top only to see it crumble<br />

before his eyes.<br />

YOSSI & JAGGER<br />

Drama (65 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew<br />

Director: Eytan Fox<br />

Cast: Ohad Knoler, Yehuda Levi<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: Israel<br />

Based on a true story, “Yossi & Jagger”<br />

portrays the love affair of two Israeli<br />

officers in a remote army base on the<br />

Israeli-Lebanese border.<br />

YES NURSE! NO NURSE! (JA<br />

ZUSTER! NEE ZUSTER!)<br />

Comedy (104 min)<br />

Language: Dutch<br />

Director: Pieter Kramer<br />

Cast: Loes Luca, Paul R. Kooij, Paul de<br />

Leeuw<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: Netherlands<br />

When the wacky residents of Nurse<br />

Klivia’s Guesthouse foil attempts by their<br />

nasty neighbour to have them evicted, all<br />

kinds of fun and craziness ensue. An<br />

amazing, music and color-filled retro<br />

homage to the innocent days of the<br />

1960’s<br />

A CHINESE ODYSSEY (TIANXIA<br />

WUSHUANG)<br />

Drama (105 min)<br />

Language: Mandarin<br />

Director: Jeff Lau<br />

Cast: Tony Leung, Chang Chen, Faye<br />

Wong<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: Hong Kong<br />

In Ming Dynasty China, two pairs of<br />

siblings are destined for each other. But<br />

fate throws countless obstacles in the<br />

path of their happiness.<br />

FRANCE<br />

TELEVISIONS<br />

DISTRIBUTION<br />

France Televisions Distribution,<br />

Immeuble “Le Barjac” - 1 Bd Victor<br />

Hugo, 75015 Paris, France. Tél:<br />

33.1.44.25.01.01. Fax: 33.1.44.25.01.95<br />

At Cannes: Michel Liberman (CEO),<br />

Jean-Paul Commin (Deputy CEO),<br />

Emmanuel Itier (US Acquisitions),<br />

Claudia Rae-Colombani (VP<br />

International Sales), Sébastien Chesneau<br />

(International Sales Manager), Joëlle<br />

Prigent (Marketing & Festivals Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand Riviera N 1, Tel:<br />

33.(0).4.92.99.32.07. Fax:<br />

33.(0).4.92.99.32.12<br />

THE RED KNIGHT (RENCONTRE<br />

AVEC LE DRAGON)<br />

Adventure (112 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Hélène Angel<br />

Producer: Michel Saint-Jean / Diaphana<br />

Productions<br />

Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gilbert Melki,<br />

Sergi Lopez, Emmanuelle Devos<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

<strong>The</strong> 11th Century …Felix is fifteen and<br />

still a child, not fully a man yet. We find<br />

him drowsing under a tree, fighting to<br />

stay awake. If he falls asleep, the cold<br />

will kill him.<br />

THE MISSING HALF (L’AUTRE )<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Benoit Mariage<br />

Producer: Dominique Janne/K. Star<br />

Cast: Laurent Khunen, Philipe<br />

Grand’Henri, Dominique Baeyens, Jan<br />

Decleir<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

Human beings have a flaw, a missing<br />

part, that they can happen to find<br />

unexpectedly within someone else.<br />

THE BUTTERFLY (LE PAPILLON)<br />

Dramatic Comedy<br />

Director: Philippe Muyl<br />

Producer: Patrick<br />

Godeau/A.L.I.C.E.L.E.O<br />

Main Cast: Michel Serrault, Claire<br />

Bouanich<br />

Delivery Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

THE GREAT RAID - MIRAMAX INTERNATIONAL<br />

Julien is a butterfly collector. He sets off<br />

in search of Isabelle, a butterfly as<br />

beautiful as rare.<br />

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A<br />

BEAR (L’ENFANT QUI VOULAIT<br />

ÊTRE UN OURS)<br />

Animation (78 min)<br />

Language: Danish-French<br />

Director: Jannik Hastrup<br />

Producer: Dansk Tegnefilm Produktion<br />

(Denmark) – Les Armateurs (France)<br />

Delivery Status: completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

A polar bear gives birth to a stillborn<br />

cub. In a cabin, a woman bears a strong<br />

healthy boy. <strong>The</strong> polar bear is so griefstricken<br />

at the loss of her cub that her<br />

mate steals the woman’s baby.<br />

FRENCH MEN (LE C*UR DES<br />

HOMMES)<br />

Romantic Comedy (100 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Marc Esposito<br />

Producer: Pierre Javaux, Pierre Javaux<br />

Productions<br />

Cast: Gérard Darmon, Jean-Pierre<br />

Daroussin, Bernard Campan, Marc<br />

Lavoine<br />

Delivery Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country of Origin: France<br />

Four modern guys, both stable and<br />

immature, at a turning point in their adult<br />

lives.<br />

FRANCHISE<br />

PICTURES<br />

Franchise Pictures, 8228 Sunset Blvd.<br />

L.A., CA 90046 USA. Tel: 323.848.3444.<br />

Fax: 323.822.2165<br />

At Cannes: Elie Samaha (Chairman,<br />

C.E.O.), Mimi Steinbauer (President,<br />

International Distribution), Nolan Pielak<br />

(Director, International Distribution),<br />

Karyn Isaacs (Vice President,<br />

International Administration)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton - Suite 223, Tel:<br />

33.4.9306.4223<br />

MONKEYFACE<br />

Director: Stephen Frears<br />

Starring: Michael Douglas, Catherine<br />

Zeta-Jones<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

A con artist gets a taste of her own<br />

medicine when a team of con artists<br />

targets her.<br />

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THE WENDELL BAKER STORY<br />

Director: Luke Wilson<br />

Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

An ex-con with a heart of gold is<br />

paroled. Once gainfully employed at a<br />

retirement home, he unveils an illicit<br />

elderly sweatshop amidst opening his<br />

eyes to the finer, more meaningful things<br />

in life along the way...<br />

LOVERBOY<br />

Director: Kevin Bacon<br />

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Going against the advice of those around<br />

her, an over-protective single mother<br />

keeps her six-year-old son out of school<br />

in an effort to ‘save’ him from ordinary<br />

life.<br />

BEGINNING OF WISDOM<br />

Director: William Dear<br />

Starring: Matthew Perry, John Bennett<br />

Perry<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

A funny, fish out of water romance<br />

between a die-hard hippie and a very oldfashioned<br />

Montana rancher.<br />

VOID MOON<br />

Based On A Novel By: Michael Connelly<br />

Director: TBA<br />

Starring: TBA<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

A female cat burglar intercepts $2<br />

Million in mob money and must use it as<br />

a means to save her child from a corrupt<br />

detective.<br />

CREDITS NOT CONTRACTUAL<br />

FREE SPIRITS FILM<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />

Free Spirits <strong>Film</strong> Productions, 130<br />

Muswell Hill Road, London, UK. Tel:<br />

0208.444.2668. www.free-spiritsfilm.co.uk<br />

Company Type: production company.<br />

At Cannes: Jaap Mees<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

RAINBOW DAYS<br />

(25” and 42 “ version)<br />

On a multi-cultural festival for children<br />

in Thamesmead (SE-London), set up<br />

after the tragic racial killings of black<br />

teenagers, Rolan Adams & Stephen<br />

Lawrence.<br />

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 - MYRIAD PICTURES<br />

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK<br />

Documentary (42” and 50”)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jaap Mees<br />

Producer: Jaap Mees Co-producer: Billy<br />

Barton (<strong>Of</strong>f <strong>The</strong> Beaten Track)<br />

Cast: <strong>The</strong> Dubliners, Finbar Furey<br />

(pipes) (Beaten Track)<br />

Delivery Status: completed.<br />

Year of Production: Rainbow Days (‘ 98)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>f <strong>The</strong> Beaten Track(2000), Country of<br />

origin: UK<br />

Budget: low-budget<br />

Three brothers, all traditional musicians,<br />

trace the footsteps of their father, Tommy<br />

Barton, a Dublin virtuoso banjo - player.<br />

Featuring <strong>The</strong> Dubliners and Uilleann<br />

piper Finbar Furey (Gangs of New York).<br />

FRIES FILM GROUP,<br />

INC.<br />

Fries <strong>Film</strong> Group, Inc., 22817 Ventura<br />

Blvd. #909, Woodland Hills, CA 91364<br />

USA. Tel: 818.888.3052. Fax:<br />

818.888.3042. Friesfilms@aol.com<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Charles M. Fries (President),<br />

Jon Fries (VP Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera - Booth F-5<br />

MIDNIGHT BOOGIE<br />

Action Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin/Co-Production: USA<br />

Five young parachutists go on a<br />

competition jump over the Ivory Coast.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir dare devil escapade lands them in<br />

the middle of a bloody African civil war.<br />

ROAD<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin/CO-Production: USA<br />

While driving cross-country a young<br />

professional woman accidentally runs<br />

over and kills an innocent girl.<br />

Unfortunately for the young woman, the<br />

girl is related to a psychopathic killer<br />

who vows revenge.<br />

ALIEN AGENT<br />

Sci-Fi<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Sidney Furie<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin/CO-Production:<br />

UK/Canada<br />

A lawman from another Galaxy must<br />

stop an invading force from building a<br />

gateway between the two worlds.<br />

RAY BRADBURY’S FROST & FIRE<br />

Sci-Fi Action/Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Buz Alexander<br />

Principle Cast: Brad Renfro<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin/CO-Production:<br />

UK/Canada<br />

Space travelers crash land on a distant<br />

planet where days are consumed in a<br />

curtain of flame and the nights a frozen<br />

wasteland. Compounding their misery,<br />

radiation has compressed the human life<br />

span to only seven days.<br />

HUNT FOR THE DEVIL<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Allan Goldstein<br />

Principle Cast: Michael Madsen<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin/CO-Production:<br />

UK/Canada<br />

A New York City detective tracks<br />

Europe’s bloodiest serial killer after his<br />

fiancé becomes the latest victim.<br />

FULL MOON /<br />

SHADOW<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INC.<br />

Full Moon / Shadow Entertainment Inc.,<br />

1626 N. Wilcox Ave, Suite 474,<br />

Hollywood, CA 90028 USA. Tel:<br />

323.822.2100. Fax: 323.822.1950.<br />

At Cannes: Ed Shields (Vice President,<br />

International Sales), Christopher Shaw<br />

(Director International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel Rm # 245, Tel:<br />

33.(0).493.06.40.06, Ext 245, Fax:<br />

33.(0).493.06.40.25<br />

VAMPIRE RESURRECTION<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Denice Duff<br />

Producer: Carol and Cliff Wenger<br />

Cast: Denice Duff, James Horan, Jillian<br />

McWhirter, Juliie Michaels<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million<br />

Buried deep beneath the earth, Jonathan<br />

has waited for 100 years to unite with his<br />

true love; Victoria. Jonathan sacrificed<br />

his soul and became a Vampire- will<br />

Victoria do the same for him?<br />

DELTA DELTA DIE<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Devin Hamilton<br />

Producer: Keith Walley<br />

Cast: Julie Strain, Brinke Stevens, Joe<br />

Dain, Tiffany Shepis<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Budget: Under $1 million<br />

Mother Fitch and her Delta Delta Pi<br />

sorority college girls have an insatiable<br />

taste for men; their flesh that is.<br />

BIRTHRITE<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Devin Hamilton<br />

Producer: Keith Walley<br />

Cast: Zette Sullivan, Jennifer Capo,<br />

Robert Donavan<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million.<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A young girl discovers her true parents<br />

were witches, and so is she.<br />

BLEED<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Devin Hamilton<br />

Producer: Keith Walley<br />

Cast: Debbie Rochon, Danny Wolske,<br />

Allen Nabors, Laura Nativo<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million.<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> hot young members of the “Murder<br />

Club” are being killed off one by one.<br />

Who can be trusted? Can the killer be<br />

stopped? Or will they all bleed?<br />

JIGSAW<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Harry James Picardi, Don<br />

Adams<br />

Producer: Charles band, Don Adams<br />

Cast: Mark Vollmers, Brinke Stevens<br />

Production Status: Completed<br />

Budget: Under $1 million.<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A College art class tackles a bizarre<br />

project - the end result is an exquisite<br />

corpse they call Jigsaw. <strong>The</strong>ir darkest<br />

secrets come to haunt them when Jigsaw<br />

comes to life targeting each of the<br />

creators for a brutal death.<br />

G<br />

GAUMONT<br />

Gaumont, 30, avenue Charles de Gaulle,<br />

92 200 Neuilly Sur Seine, France. Tel:<br />

33.1.46.43.21.80. Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33.<br />

www.gaumont.com<br />

At Cannes: Franck CHOROT (President,<br />

Worldwide Marketing and Distribution),<br />

Philippe ROSTAIN (President<br />

International Sales), Philippe de<br />

CHAISEMARTIN (Senior Vice-President<br />

International Sales Feature <strong>Film</strong>s), Loïc<br />

TROCMÉ (Director International Sales<br />

Feature <strong>Film</strong>s), Anne BERNSTEIN<br />

(French TV Sales), Virginie ROYER<br />

(Teledis, Sales Executive), Ariane<br />

TOSCAN DU PLANTIER (Junior Vice-<br />

President, International Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 55 La Croisette, Tel:<br />

33.4.93.68.90.20. Fax: 33.4.93.68.79.49<br />

FUREUR (AKA RAGE)<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Karim Dridi<br />

Production: GAUMONT / ADR<br />

Casting: Samuel Le Bihan - Yu Nan<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Set in the Paris chinatown. Can love<br />

overcome rage?<br />

MAIS QUI A TUE PAMELA ROSE?<br />

(AKA BULLIT & RIPPER)<br />

Spoof Comedy<br />

Director: Eric Lartigau<br />

Production: GAUMONT / KL<br />

Casting: Kad, Olivier, Jean-Paul Rouve,<br />

Gerard Darmon, Benedicte Loyen<br />

Status: French Release June 04th 2003<br />

Who killed Pamela Rose? Bullit and<br />

Riper, two clumsy FBI agents,<br />

investigate... ZAZ and the Farelly<br />

Brothers french-style.<br />

PERE ET FILS (AKA FATHER AND<br />

SONS)<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Michel Boujenah<br />

Production: GAUMONT / AJOZ /<br />

LITTLE BEAR: MAX FILMS<br />

Casting: Philippe Noiret, Charles<br />

Berling, Bruno Putzulu, Pascal Elbé<br />

Status: French Release August 20th 2003<br />

Leo fakes illness and organizes one “ last<br />

“ trip to Canada to recapture his three<br />

adult sons before he “dies”.<br />

LOVELY-RITA.COM<br />

Dark Comedy / Thriller<br />

Edgar wanted to see sexy Rita, met on<br />

the web, but the night of delights will<br />

turn into a nightmare...<br />

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Director: Stephane Clavier<br />

Production: GAUMONT / OUILLE<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />

Casting: Christian Clavier, Julie Gayet,<br />

Eddy Mitchell, Arielle Dombasle<br />

Status: French Release September 2003<br />

LES RIPOUX 3 (AKA PART-TIME<br />

COPS)<br />

Detective Comedy<br />

Director: Claude Zidi<br />

Production: CPZ/GAUMONT/PLAZZA<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS INTERNATIONAL<br />

Casting: Philippe Noiret, Thierry<br />

Lhermitte, Lorant Deutsch<br />

Status: French Release December 2003<br />

Ten years after, our two scam artists from<br />

the crooked days as cops, meet again...<br />

but pitted against each other!<br />

GEMINI FILMS<br />

Gemini <strong>Film</strong>s, 34 boulevard Sebastopol,<br />

75004 – Paris, France.<br />

gemini@easynet.fr. www.geminifilms.com<br />

At Cannes: Paulo BRANCO (Producer),<br />

Laurent BAUDENS (Acquisitions &<br />

Sales Manager – 33.(0)6.70.79.05.17),<br />

Audrey HABER (Acquisitions & Sales –<br />

33.(0)6.30.60.19.02), Maria Gabriela<br />

PEREZ (Festival Coordinator –<br />

33.(0)6.76.70.65.00)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera J3/ K4, Tel:<br />

04.92.99.33.21, Fax: 04.92.99.33.22<br />

THAT DAY ( CE JOUR LA)<br />

Dramatic Comedy (105 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Raoul RUIZ<br />

Status Completed, Premiere screening<br />

Country of origin: France<br />

Cast: Bernard GIRAUDEAU-Elsa<br />

ZYLBERSTEIN -Michel PICCOLI<br />

Livia is the sole inheritor of the immense<br />

family fortune. But her father desperately<br />

needs money...<br />

A TALKING FILM<br />

Drama (95 min)<br />

Language: French, Italian, Greek,<br />

Portuguese, English<br />

Director: Manoel de OLIVEIRA<br />

Cast: Catherine DENEUVE - John<br />

MALKOVICH - Leonor SILVEIRA<br />

Status Completed, Premiere screening<br />

Country of origin: Portugal - France<br />

A cruise from Lisbon via Bombay,<br />

Pompeii.... leads to a reflection on the<br />

western civilization.<br />

IT’S EASIER FOR A CAMEL...(IL<br />

EST PLUS FACILE POUR UN<br />

CHAMEAU...)<br />

Dramatic comedy (105 min)<br />

Language: French, Italian<br />

Director: Valéria BRUNI TEDESCHI<br />

Cast: Valéria BRUNI TEDESCHI -<br />

Chiara MASTROIANNI - Jean Hugues<br />

ANGLADE<br />

Status Completed, Premiere screening.<br />

Country of origin: France<br />

Federica is rich, too rich. Overwhelmed,<br />

she seeks comfort in the imaginary<br />

where everything becomes perfect.<br />

CLEAR SKIES AFTER RAIN<br />

(WORKING TITLE) (APRES LA<br />

PLUIE LE BEAU TEMPS)<br />

Musical comedy (94 min)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Nathalie SCHMIDT<br />

Cast: Julie GAYET - Clovis<br />

CORNILLAC - Marc BARBE<br />

Status Completed, Premiere screening<br />

Country of origin: France<br />

A seductive impresario hires Rose for his<br />

show, destined to be a hit...very far from<br />

Broadway.<br />

COME AND GO<br />

Comedy (179 min)<br />

Language: Portuguese<br />

Director: João César MONTEIRO<br />

Cast: João César MONTEIRO - Rita<br />

PEREIRA MARQUES - Joaquina<br />

CHICHAU<br />

Status Completed, Premiere screening<br />

Country of origin: Portugal<br />

<strong>The</strong> philosophico-erotic adventures of<br />

João Vuvu.<br />

GIANTS<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

DISTRIBUTION INC.<br />

Giants Entertainment Distribution Inc.,<br />

10600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 501, Los<br />

Angeles, CA 90024 USA. Tel:<br />

310.652.5400. Fax: 310.659.4000.<br />

www.giantsfilms.com<br />

At Cannes: David Dadon (Chairman),<br />

Zee Batal (Executive Producer) Jacob<br />

Dadon (Executive Producer), Coleen<br />

Smith (Producer)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Carlton, Suite 119, Tel:<br />

33.4.93.06.40.06, Fax: 33.4.93.06.40.25<br />

JUNGLE JUICE<br />

Comedy (97 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tony Vitale<br />

Producer: David Dadon, Anthony J.<br />

Cataldo, Richard Abramson<br />

Key Cast: Christopher Walken, Morgan<br />

Fairchild, Rutger Hauer, Robert Wagner,<br />

David Deblinger, Darren Geare, R.J.<br />

Knoll<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Darren is about to be married but his<br />

bride leaves him at the alter. Darren and<br />

his buddy RJ go on the honeymoon<br />

together instead. Craziness ensues!<br />

VERY MEAN MEN<br />

Action/Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tony Vitaleh<br />

Producer: David Dadon, Steven Baio,<br />

Neil P. White<br />

Key Cast: Matthew Modine, Ben<br />

Gazzara, Charles Durning, Burt Young,<br />

Scott Baio, Louise Fletcher and Martin<br />

Landau<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A bartender tries to frighten a tip out of a<br />

cheap drunk by spinning a tale about two<br />

notorious crime bosses who go to war<br />

over a waitress being stiffed.<br />

FACE TO FACE<br />

Action/comedy (95 min)<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: Ellie Kanner<br />

Producer: David Dadon, Neil P. White,<br />

Steven Baio<br />

Key Cast: Dean Stockwell, Scott Baio,<br />

Joe Viterelli, Alex Rocco, Thomas<br />

Calabro, Madchen Amick, Ellen<br />

Travolta, and Meat Loaf<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

For cousins Rich , Al and Philly, seeing<br />

their fathers cry is a long shot. A funeral<br />

changes everything, and the cousins<br />

make it their mission to reconnect with<br />

their dads.<br />

BAD GUYS<br />

Action (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Bryan Genesse<br />

Producer: David Dadon<br />

Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Bryan<br />

Genesse, James Russo, Claudia<br />

Christian, Damon Whitaker, Marty Kove,<br />

Sasha Barrese and John Phillip Law<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

DEA agents join a small town sheriff in<br />

the fight of their lives to remove a major<br />

drug dealer from the area. An all out war<br />

erupts and no one is safe.<br />

IDES OF MARCH<br />

Action (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Darren Doane<br />

Producer: David Dadon<br />

Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Gary<br />

Daniels, George Cheung<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Thomas Cane is an Ex-S.A.S. Agent. His<br />

family is unaware that he is now a<br />

professional killer who collects from<br />

both sides, putting everyone in danger.<br />

GMG<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS&DIS<br />

TRIBUTIONS SRL<br />

GMG Productions&Distributions SRL,<br />

Via Ripa di Porta Ticinese, 33 - 20143<br />

Milano, Italy. Tel and Fax:<br />

39.02.89403721. Mobile: 39.348<br />

8819843. garbelli@hotmail.com.<br />

giannamariagarbelli.com<br />

At Cannes: GIanna Maria Garbelli<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: I.C.E./ANICA, Tel: (mobile)<br />

39.348.8819843<br />

TENTAZIONI METROPOLITANE<br />

Drama (111 min)<br />

Language: Italian English subtitles<br />

Director: Gianna Maria Garbelli<br />

Producer: Gianna Maria Garbelli<br />

Cast: Gianna Maria Garbelli, Annie<br />

Girardot, Maurizio Donadoni.<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 1997, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: $ 1.000.000<br />

A girl’s struggle for freedom is hindered<br />

by fears, betrayals, mistrust and<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

temptations.<br />

GOLDCREST FILMS<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Goldcrest <strong>Film</strong>s International, 65-66<br />

Dean Street, London W1D 4PL, United<br />

Kingdom. Tel: 44.(0).20.7437.8696. Fax:<br />

44.(0).20.7437.4448<br />

At Cannes: John Quested (Chairman,<br />

N.Y. <strong>Of</strong>fice), Stephen Johnston<br />

(President L.A. <strong>Of</strong>fice), Peter McRae<br />

(SVP of Co-Productions), Abigail Walsh<br />

(Sales Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 1st floor, 57 LA CROISETTE,<br />

Centre Croisette, le Rose-Marie, Tel:<br />

04.93.99.80.79. Fax: 04.93.99.80.76<br />

GOLDCREST FILMS<br />

INTERNATIONAL’S LIBRARY<br />

Over 80 titles available to license<br />

worldwide for Television and DVD<br />

rights, including many award winning<br />

features:<br />

THE KILLING FIELDS<br />

John Malkovich, Sam Waterston, Haing<br />

Hgor, Julian Sands<br />

THE MISSION<br />

Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, Liam<br />

Neeson<br />

THE NAME OF THE ROSE<br />

(TV rights only)<br />

Sean Connery, Christian Slater<br />

A ROOM WITH A VIEW<br />

Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day<br />

Lewis, Judi Dench<br />

GOLDEN NETWORK<br />

ASIA LIMITED<br />

Golden Network Asia Limited, Unit<br />

1803A, Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To<br />

Road Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.<br />

Tel: 852.2751.1886. Fax: 852.2750.4862.<br />

Cell: 33.(0).6.17.61.30.44.<br />

goldnet@netvigator.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent / Producer/<br />

Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Carrie WONG (Managing<br />

Director), Clarence TANG (Head of<br />

Sales and Acquisitions), Joanne CHAN<br />

(Sales and Distribution Executive),<br />

Lammy LI (Marketing Assistant);<br />

Acquisition Executive: Clarence TANG<br />

(Head of Sales & Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Rivera H3, Tel:<br />

33.(0).4.92.99.33.36. Fax:<br />

33.(0).4.92.99.33.36<br />

ONG BAK<br />

Action (107 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Prachya Pinkaew<br />

Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert<br />

Production Partners: Sahamongkol <strong>Film</strong><br />

International Co., Ltd / Baa-Ram-Ewe<br />

GIRL IN CARABOUTTO - OVERSEAS FILMGROUP<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Production<br />

Cast: Tony Jaa, Mun Jokmok, Pumwaree<br />

Yodkamol<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

<strong>The</strong> first ever Thai film showing real<br />

Muay Thai martial arts! An action<br />

comedy starring Tony Jaa, the new action<br />

star from Asia.<br />

CHEERLEADER QUEENS<br />

Comedy (120 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Poj Arnon<br />

Producer: Chareon Iamphungporn<br />

Production Partners: Five Star Production<br />

Cast: Montonn Pariwat, Wongteap<br />

Kunarattanawat, Sumet Saelee<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

A hilarious romp about a group of socalled<br />

Thai ladyboys who try their best to<br />

be accepted through their love of<br />

cheerleading.<br />

THE UNBORN<br />

Horror (108 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Bhandit Thongdee<br />

Producer: Prachya Pinkeaw<br />

Production Partners: Sahamongkol <strong>Film</strong><br />

International Co., Ltd / Baa-Ram-Ewe<br />

Production<br />

Cast: Inthira (Sine) Jareonpura, Prangng<br />

Chandtham, Aranya Namwong<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Screening<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

Based on a story that became the talk of<br />

the town in Thailand in the year 2000.<br />

<strong>The</strong> story begins when Por wakes up in<br />

hospital, after being brutally beaten by a<br />

drug dealer named Odd, about to give<br />

birth.<br />

ANGULIMALA<br />

Action (93 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Suthep Tannitratana (Script<br />

Advisor of “Bangkok: Dangerous”,<br />

“Bang Rajan”)<br />

Producer: Adirek Uncle Watleela<br />

Production Partners: <strong>Film</strong> Bangkok<br />

Cast: Stella Malucchi “Tears of the Black<br />

Tiger”, Noppachai Chaiyanam, John<br />

Rattanaveroj<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Screening<br />

UNDER THE RADAR<br />

PICTURES IN PARADISE<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

Angulimala is a cruel mass murderer in<br />

the time of Buddha. His mission is to<br />

destroy a thousand human lives.<br />

However, he casts aside his sword, after<br />

he realized the Buddha’s words of<br />

wisdom...<br />

NOTHING TO LOSE<br />

Action / Drama (93 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Danny PANG “Bangkok:<br />

Dangerous”, “<strong>The</strong> Eye”<br />

Producer: Somsak<br />

SONGTHAMMAKUL, Daniel YUN<br />

Production Partners: Pang Brothers<br />

Production<br />

Cast: Pierre PNG “Chicken Rice War”<br />

“Forever Fever”, Fresh, Yvonne LIM<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

A game plan with death.<br />

GOLDEN SUN FILM<br />

CO., LTD.<br />

Golden Sun <strong>Film</strong> Co., Ltd., 4 Floor, 7B<br />

Dragon House, 7-7B Cameron Road,<br />

Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.<br />

Tel.:852.2385.5939. Fax: 852.2368.3873.<br />

goldensu@netvigator.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, producer,<br />

distributor<br />

At Cannes: Lan Tien Hong (President),<br />

Ketsarinh Lan (Kathy Lan) (Vice<br />

president), Labourel Phouang Phet (Sales<br />

Executive), Catherine Lin (Sales<br />

Assistant), Acquisition Executive: James<br />

Chung (Acquisition Manager), Agus<br />

Wasita (Acquisition Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera F4, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.88.20<br />

PRA-A-PAIMANEE<br />

Drama/Fantasy (92 min)<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Chalart Sriwanna<br />

Producer: Jirun Rattanaviriyachai<br />

Cast: Julaluck Kittiyarat, Surachi<br />

Sankarkat, Psassakorn Psamornbut<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Thailand<br />

A king sent his two sons to two different<br />

cities where they were kidnapped and<br />

fight for their survial...<br />

HIGH VOLTAGE<br />

Action/Adventure (92 Min)<br />

Language: Chinese<br />

Director: Kam Yeung Wah<br />

Producer: Movie Master International<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Co-production partners:<br />

Cast: Donnie Yen, Roy Cheung<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1994, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong (China), Philippine<br />

Since Chiang’s wife was murdered by a<br />

drug dealing maniac name Meed, Chiang<br />

has become the most lethal weapon of<br />

the Hong Kong Police force.<br />

IRON SISTER<br />

Drama (92 Min)<br />

Language: Chinese<br />

Director: Yeh Hung Wei<br />

Producer: Yang Su Mei Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Shu Qi, Jackson Lou, Ada Yeung,<br />

Allan Lan<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 1996, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong (China)<br />

<strong>The</strong> story is set in the period during the<br />

Japanese in invasion of China in the<br />

1930’s. A Chinese traitor Tung’s wife is<br />

saved by Iron Sister, a member of<br />

guerrillas.<br />

HERO AMONG HEROES<br />

Martial Arts<br />

Language: Chinese<br />

Director: Yuen Woo Ping, Chan Chin<br />

Chung<br />

Producer: Chan Chin Chung Coproduction<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Donnie Yen, Yuen Kit Ying<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1994, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong (China)<br />

During the reign of Emperor Tao Kwang,<br />

Ching Dynasty, opium does harm to our<br />

folk. Tao Kwang appoints Lin Shih Tsui<br />

to get rid of opium in South China...<br />

TWO SHAOLIN KIDS IN HONG<br />

KONG<br />

Action/Adventure (92 min)<br />

Language: Chinese<br />

Director: Stephan Yip<br />

Producer: Stephan Yip<br />

Cast: Lau Kar Fai, Anita Lee, BoBo Ho<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 1994, Country of<br />

Origin: Hong Kong (China)<br />

Two Shaolin Kids ran away from their<br />

master HUNG CHEE and came to Hong<br />

Kong. <strong>The</strong>y met MONEY, a young<br />

woman who was a pickpocket...<br />

LAW OFFICES OF<br />

GREG S. BERNSTEIN<br />

Law <strong>Of</strong>fices of Greg S. Bernstein, 9601<br />

Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300A, Beverly Hills,<br />

California, USA. Tel: 310.247.2790. Fax:<br />

310.247.2791. greg@thefilmlaw.com,<br />

www.thefilmlaw.com<br />

Company Type: Entertainment and<br />

Finance Law, Producer Representative<br />

At Cannes: Greg S. Bernstein<br />

(Entertainment Attorney, Producer<br />

Representative)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Radisson Montfleury Cannes,<br />

Local Tel: 011.33.4.93.68.86.86. Local<br />

GRUPO NOVO DE<br />

CINEMA E TV<br />

Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV, Rua<br />

Capitão Salomão, 42, Humaitá - Rio de<br />

Janeiro, Cep:22271-040, Brasil. Tel:<br />

5521.2539.1538. Fax: 5521.2266.3637<br />

At Cannes: Alfredo Calvino, Alessandra<br />

Durso, Daniela Ribeiro<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: B3C6 - Riviera<br />

A LOVE MOVIE (FILME DE AMOR)<br />

by Julio Bressane<br />

Romance (90 min) New<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

Three friends, Hilda, Matilda and Gaspar,<br />

ordinary folk from the suburbs, meet up<br />

on a weekend in a tiny, not exactly chic,<br />

apartment downtown to gossip, drink and<br />

have a general good time.<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice Phone<br />

44 207 372 9992<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice FAX<br />

44 207 372 9993<br />

THE MAN OF THE YEAR (O<br />

HOMEM DO ANO)<br />

by José Henrique Fonseca<br />

Thriller (115 minutes) New<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

An innocent bet among buddies turns<br />

Michael, a common guy, into a murderer<br />

and the hero of a whole town.<br />

MANGO YELLOW (AMARELO<br />

MANGA)<br />

by Cláudio Assis<br />

Drama (100 minutes) New<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

<strong>The</strong> feature debut of the multi-awarded<br />

short film director Claudio Assis. Based<br />

on his previous short “Texas Hotel”, the<br />

film is a story of love encounters and<br />

mismatchings, held in a 24-hour gap.<br />

THE STORYTELLERS<br />

(NARRADORES DE JAVÉ)<br />

by Eliane Caffé<br />

Comedy (100 minutes) New<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

Javé’s daily monotomy would never<br />

change except for the fact of its imminent<br />

extinction. A huge power plant project<br />

might take the small village under water.<br />

BREAKING UP (SEPARAÇÕES)<br />

by Domingos de Oliveira<br />

Comedy (116 minutes) New<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

After his 97 domestic hit “Amores”, de<br />

Oliveira films another romantic comedy,<br />

now dealing with what he calls the four<br />

stages of a separation: DENIAL,<br />

NEGOTIATION, REVOLT and<br />

ACCEPTANCE.<br />

GRUPO PI<br />

Grupo Pi, C/ Lanzarote, 2 – San<br />

Sebastián De Los Reyes, Madrid 28700,<br />

Spain. Tel: 34.91.6592032. Fax:<br />

34.91.6592865. info@grupopi.tv.<br />

www.grupopi.tv<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Geraldine Gonard (Sales<br />

Director), Álvaro Escribano (Sales<br />

Manager), Isabel Moya (Sales Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand number A1/C2-C1, Tel:<br />

00.34.686.95.95.21<br />

ARO TOLBUKHIN IN THE MIND<br />

OF A KILLER (ARO TOLBUKHIN<br />

EN LA MENTE DEL ASESINO)<br />

Drama (94’)<br />

Language: Spanish – English Subtitled<br />

Director: Agustí De Villaronga, Lydia<br />

Zimmermann, Isaac P. Racine<br />

Producer: Oberón Cinematográfica<br />

Co-Production Partners: Altavista <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Daniel Jiménez Cacho, Carmen<br />

Beato, Zóltán Józan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Orig: Spain - Mexico<br />

A false documentary about a true killer.<br />

YOU´LL BE BACK (VOLVERÁS)<br />

Drama (106’)<br />

Language: Spanish – English Subtitled<br />

Director: Antonio Chavarrías<br />

Producer: Oberón Cinematográfica<br />

Co-Production Partners: Altavista <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Unax Ugalde, Tristán Ulloa, Joana<br />

Rañe, Elizabeth Cervantes<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Two antagonistic brothers, a gambler and<br />

an architect, run into each other after<br />

years.<br />

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MY MOTHER LIKES WOMEN (A<br />

MI MADRE LE GUSTAN LAS<br />

MUJERES)<br />

Comedy (96’)<br />

Language: Spanish – English Subtitled<br />

Director: Inés París, Daniela Fejerman<br />

Producer: Fernando Colomo P.C.<br />

Cast: Leonor Watling, Rosa María Sardá,<br />

María Pujalte, Silvia Abascal, Álex<br />

Angulo<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Sofia, a famous pianist, announces her<br />

daughters that she is in love again... but<br />

this time with a woman.<br />

BULGARIAN LOVERS (LOS<br />

NOVIOS BÚLGAROS)<br />

Drama (90’)<br />

Language: Spanish – English Subtitled<br />

Director: Eloy De La Iglesia<br />

Producer: Cartel Producciones<br />

Co-Production Partners: Altube <strong>Film</strong>eak,<br />

Cuervo <strong>Film</strong>s, Conexión Sur<br />

Cast: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Pepón<br />

Nieto, Ditrán Biba, Roger Pera, Anita<br />

Sinkovic<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Daniel, madly in love with a Bulgarian<br />

immigrant, will risk his dignity and<br />

social position to make his lover happy.<br />

THE BUSINESS<br />

OF FILM<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

41-42 Berners St.<br />

London WIT 3NB<br />

Los Angeles <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

5150 Wilshire Blvd.<br />

Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

Los Angeles<br />

11222 La Cienega Blvd.<br />

Suite 100<br />

Inglewood, CA 90304<br />

Tel. 310-348-3777<br />

Fax. 310-641-6093<br />

H<br />

H3O FILMED<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

H 3 O <strong>Film</strong>ed Entertainment, 1415 West<br />

Georgia Street, Suite 1804, Vancouver<br />

V6G-3C8, Canada. Tel: 604.662.3345.<br />

Fax: 604.662.7720.<br />

production@h3ofilm.com.<br />

www.h3ofilm.com<br />

At Cannes: John Curtis (President /<br />

CEO), Rod Akizuki (Senior Manager),<br />

Sam Esteves (Sales Associate), Isabelle<br />

Angot (Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 6 La Croisette, 7th Floor, res.Le<br />

Borgne, Tel: 04.93.38.46.35. Fax:<br />

04.93.38.46.35. Mobile: 06.18.50.67.66<br />

RIPPER II<br />

Thriller/Horror<br />

Director: Jonas Quastel<br />

Producer: John Curtis, Evan Tylor<br />

Delivery Status: Screening trailer/ Post-<br />

Production<br />

Country of Origin: Canada / UK / Czech<br />

Recreating the fear...<br />

THE BARBER<br />

Thriller (94:00)<br />

Director: Michael Bafaro<br />

Producer: Evan Tylor<br />

Cast: Malcolm McDowell<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada/UK<br />

As seen through the eyes of a killer.<br />

RIPPER: LETTER FROM HELL<br />

Thriller / Horror (113:53)<br />

Director: John Eyres<br />

Producer: John Curtis, Evan Tylor<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada/UK<br />

Repeat the history.<br />

GRENDEL<br />

Action/Adventure<br />

Director: TBA<br />

Producer: Evan Tylor, John Curtis<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: Canada/U.K.<br />

<strong>The</strong> horrific result of genetic engineering<br />

gone wrong terrorizes small-town<br />

America.<br />

TRIGGER JUNKIE<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: TBA<br />

Producer: Evan Tylor, John Curtis<br />

Delivery Status: Development<br />

INTERNATIONAL, INC.<br />

San Diego<br />

7920 Airway Road Suite<br />

A10<br />

San Diego, CA 92154<br />

Tel. 619-661-8880<br />

Fax. 619-661-8885<br />

New York<br />

181 South Franklin Ave.<br />

Valley Stream,<br />

NY 11581<br />

Tel. 516-394-0400<br />

Fax. 516-394-0499<br />

Country of Origin: Canada/U.K.<br />

Hacking in is easy. Getting away with it<br />

can be murder.<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

HAN<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

LTD.<br />

Han Entertainment Ltd., 29/F, 148<br />

Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong.<br />

Tel 852.2284.0600. Fax 852.2164.4880.<br />

www.han-entertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Thomas CHUNG (Managing<br />

Director), Sabrina CHEN (General<br />

Manager – Distribution), Philip<br />

HEMNELL (General Manager -<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Development), Anna LEUNG<br />

(Executive Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 2nd Floor, 55, La Croisette, Tel:<br />

04.93.99.80.01. Fax: 04.93.39.01.71<br />

SILVER HAWK<br />

Action<br />

Director: Jingle MA<br />

Producers: Michelle YEOH, Thomas<br />

CHUNG<br />

Cast: Michelle YEOH, Richie JEN, Luke<br />

GOSS, BOA, Michael Jai WHITE<br />

Status: In production<br />

Budget: USD15 million<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

A ruthless villain is on the brink of<br />

subverting the world - and only one<br />

woman stands in his way.<br />

JIANG SHI<br />

Horror<br />

Director: LAW Chi Leung<br />

Producers: Michelle YEOH, Thomas<br />

CHUNG<br />

Cast: Anthony WONG, Brandon<br />

CHANG<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

Budget: USD 5 million<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

An Asian horror comes alive to terrorize<br />

the modern world.<br />

HUA MULAN<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Peter PAU<br />

Producers: Michelle YEOH, Thomas<br />

CHUNG<br />

Cast: Michelle YEOH<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

Budget: USD35 million<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

A sweeping tale of a woman warrior with<br />

her courage to fight for love, family and<br />

country.<br />

Newark<br />

US 1 & 9 South<br />

Newark,<br />

N.J. 07114<br />

Tel. 973-639-1000<br />

Fax. 973-639-0361<br />

THE TOUCH<br />

Action Adventure (104 mins)<br />

Director: Peter PAU<br />

Producers: Michelle YEOH, Thomas<br />

CHUNG<br />

Cast: Michelle YEOH, Ben CHAPLIN,<br />

Richard ROXBURGH<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Budget: USD 20million<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

An action adventure of the greatest<br />

treasure where no ordinary human being<br />

could ever reach.<br />

HANNIBAL<br />

PICTURES<br />

Hannibal Pictures, 8265 Sunset Blvd.<br />

Suite # 107, West Hollywood, CA 90046<br />

USA. Tel: 323.848.2945. Fax:<br />

323.848.2946.<br />

contactus@hannibalpictures.com.<br />

www.hannibalpictures.com<br />

Company Type: Sales, Distribution<br />

At Cannes: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />

(Chairman of the Board & CEO),<br />

Patricia Rionda Del Castro (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hilton, Tel: 04.92.99.70.00.<br />

Fax: 04.92.99.70.11. Cell: 06.87.70.94.67<br />

MASKED AND ANONYMOUS<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Larry Charles<br />

Producer: Nigel Sinclair and Larry<br />

Charles<br />

Cast: Bob Dylan, Penelope Cruz, Jeff<br />

Bridges, Jessica Lange, John Goodman,<br />

Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke, Giovanni<br />

Ribisi, Cheech Marin, Luke Wilson, Ed<br />

Harris, Bruce Dern, Val Kilmer, Chris<br />

Penn, Christian Slater, Richard Sarafian<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $10 million USD<br />

In a city wracked by severe civil unrest,<br />

Jack Fate (Dylan), is forced to make a<br />

comeback to the performance stage as he<br />

wrestles with his personal demons on the<br />

eve of a benefit concert.<br />

OLD SOLDIERS<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Andrzej Sekula<br />

Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro,<br />

Gary Howsam<br />

Cast: TBA<br />

Miami<br />

6176 NW 74th Ave.<br />

Miami,<br />

FL. 33122<br />

Tel. 305-477-8112<br />

Fax. 305-477-8601<br />

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Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2003, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: UK-Spain-Canada<br />

Budget: $14million USD<br />

When the unsuspecting Christian<br />

Gregson receives a mysterious package,<br />

he is forced to team up with exmercenary<br />

Victor Conti as he is thrust<br />

into a storm of death, violence, and<br />

revenge.<br />

ESCOBAR<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Andrzej Sekula<br />

Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />

Cast: TBA<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2003, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: Mexico-Spain-UK<br />

Budget: $20million USD<br />

<strong>The</strong> corruption, scandal, millions, and<br />

political involvement surrounding the life<br />

of infamous drug lord, Pablo Escobar.<br />

YAKUZA<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2003, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: Canada-UK-China<br />

Budget: $20 million USD<br />

Two powerful defenders of opposing<br />

crime families hopelessly fall in love as<br />

they fight against each other in a<br />

malicious mafia war.<br />

BALLAD TO THE END OF THE<br />

WORLD<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tba<br />

Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2003, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: France-UK-Spain<br />

Budget: $40 million USD<br />

In a lost enchanted world, a professional<br />

football player of modern times fights his<br />

way through a magical Conquistador<br />

kingdom in search of his missing wife.<br />

JISM - THE DARK SIDE OF DESIRE<br />

WEG INDIA<br />

HBO FILMS LONDON<br />

HBO <strong>Film</strong>s London, Warner House, 98<br />

<strong>The</strong>obald’s Road, London, WC1X 8WB,<br />

United Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.984.5051.<br />

Fax: 44.207.984.5052<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Rosa Bosch, (Co-Managing<br />

Director), Penny Wolf, (Co-Managing<br />

Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel Suite #134, Tel:<br />

04.97.06.85.34, Fax: 04.97.06.85.36<br />

ELEPHANT<br />

Drama (84 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Gus Van Sant<br />

Executive Producers: Diane Keaton, Bill<br />

Robinson<br />

Producer: Dany Wolf<br />

Cast: Alex Frost, John Robinson, Elias<br />

McConnell<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (screening)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

One beautiful fall day at an American<br />

high school, filled with football, gossip,<br />

schoolwork: an ordinary day until it is<br />

unexpectedly shattered... A film by Gus<br />

Van Sant.<br />

AMERICAN SPLENDOR<br />

Drama (100 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert<br />

Pulcini<br />

Producer: Ted Hope<br />

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, James<br />

Urbaniak<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (screening)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

For everyman Harvey Pekar, ordinary life<br />

is pretty complex stuff. 2003 Sundance<br />

Grand Jury Prize Winner.<br />

MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA<br />

Drama (102 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Loncraine<br />

Executive Producer: Frank Doelger<br />

Producer: Ann Wingate, Co-Producer-<br />

Marco Valerio Pugini<br />

Cast: Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker,<br />

Chris Cooper, Benno Fürµmann,<br />

Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall and<br />

Emmy Clarke<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (screening)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A poignant look at an unlikely group of<br />

characters who find solace and friendship<br />

after being thrown together in the wake<br />

of a terrorist attack.<br />

NORMAL<br />

Drama (109 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jane Anderson<br />

Executive Producers: Cary Brokaw,<br />

Lydia Dean Pilcher<br />

Cast: Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (screening)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson star in<br />

this moving and humorous story of love<br />

and acceptance when a Midwestern<br />

husband announces his plan to have a sex<br />

change.<br />

HIGH POINT FILMS<br />

High Point <strong>Film</strong>s, 25 Elizabeth Mews,<br />

London NW3 4UH, UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7586.3686. Fax: 44.20.7586.3117.<br />

sales@highpointfilms.co.uk.<br />

www.highpointfilms.co.uk<br />

Company Type: independent feature film<br />

and TV movie sales company<br />

At Cannes: Carey Fitzgerald (Managing<br />

Director), Ronald de Neef (CEO), Julie<br />

Murphy-Delaney (Director), Sital Haria<br />

(Head <strong>Of</strong> Sales), Piers Nightingale<br />

(Development Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Suite 501 Hotel Cristal, Tel:<br />

33.06.85.67.27.32, Fax:<br />

33.04.93.38.64.66<br />

REBELLION<br />

Romantic drama (1 x 93 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Strickland<br />

Producers: Malcolm Craddock & Robert<br />

Cooper<br />

Production companies: Picture Palace,<br />

October Productions & BBC<br />

Starring: James D’Arcy, Paloma Baeza,<br />

Vincent Regan, Bill Paterson<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

A powerful and moving tale of love and<br />

passion set against the sweeping<br />

backdrop of the Irish Rebellion.<br />

THE DEBT<br />

Thriller (1 x 100’ approx)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jon Jones<br />

Producer: Pier Wilkie<br />

Production Companies: Strand<br />

Productions & BBC<br />

Starring: Warren Clarke, Hugo Speer,<br />

Lee Williams<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

For cracking safes, Geoff Dresner is the<br />

best, only now he wants to go straight.<br />

But first he has to finish one last job...<br />

BOOTLEG<br />

Family (100’ approx.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Ian Gilmour<br />

Producers: Diana Kyle & Ewan Burnett<br />

Production Companies: Strand<br />

Productions & BBC<br />

Starring: Martin Jarvis, Steven Geller,<br />

Anthony Hammer.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

It’s the near future, and chocolate is<br />

illegal! Can Smudger and Huntley stand<br />

up to the system?<br />

FACE AT THE WINDOW<br />

Family (1 x 100’ approx. or 6 x 25’)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Graeme Harper<br />

Producer: Josephine Ward<br />

Production Companies: Strand<br />

Productions & BBC<br />

Starring: Angelo Andreou, Andrew<br />

Lancel, Angela Downs.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

Afraid for his life, 10 year old refugee,<br />

Erri, has fled to England. His only hope<br />

now lies with three schoolchildren.<br />

TWIN SISTERS (DE TWEELING)<br />

Epic drama (1 x 129 min)<br />

Language: Dutch/German<br />

Director Ben Sombogaart<br />

Producers: Anton Smit, Hanneke Niens<br />

Production companies: IdtV <strong>Film</strong><br />

Starring: <strong>The</strong>kla Reuten, Nadja Uhl,<br />

Jeroen Spitzenberger, Roman Knizka<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Country of Origin: Holland<br />

Two sisters long to reunite after being<br />

cruelly separated before the war. But<br />

when one marries an SS soldier and the<br />

other a Jew, can their worlds ever be<br />

reconciled?<br />

HIGHLAND CREST<br />

PICTURES<br />

Highland Crest Pictures, 7471 Melrose<br />

Avenue, Suite 7, Los Angeles, CA 90046<br />

USA. Tel: 323.852.9484. Fax:<br />

323.658.7265.<br />

highlandcrestpix@aol.com,<br />

www.highlandcrestpix.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Acquisition Executive<br />

Douglas Witkins (President), Koing<br />

Kuoch (Vice-President)<br />

SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY<br />

Action (97 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Adam Bernstein<br />

Producer: Adam Bernstein<br />

Cast: Adrien Brody, Norman Reedus,<br />

Isaac Hayes, Deborah Harry<br />

Delivery Status Complete<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Budget: 3.5 Million<br />

An eighteen year-old mama’s boy joins<br />

the mob with unexpected results.<br />

HOLLAND FILM<br />

Holland <strong>Film</strong>, Jan Luykenstraat 2, 1071<br />

CM Amsterdam, <strong>The</strong> Netherlands. Tel:<br />

31.20.5707575. Fax: 31.20.5707570.<br />

hf@hollandfilm.nl Website:<br />

www.hollandfilm.nl<br />

Company Type: Promotion & Marketing<br />

At Cannes: Claudia Landsberger<br />

(Managing Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Holland <strong>Film</strong> Stand , La Riviera<br />

A3, Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.32.48<br />

MOONLIGHT<br />

Drama (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paula van der Oest<br />

Producer: Emjay Rechsteiner-Staccato<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s Co-production partners: Spice<br />

Factory, Delux Studios, Peppermint<br />

Cast: Laurien van den Broeck, Hunter<br />

Bussemaker, Andrew Howard<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />

Claire leads an idyllic suburban life. One<br />

day a mysterious young man enters her<br />

world. She’s looking for adventure. He’s<br />

looking for an escape.<br />

YES NURSE! NO NURSE!<br />

Musical (104 minutes)<br />

Language: Dutch<br />

Director: Pieter Kramer<br />

Producer: Bos Bros <strong>Film</strong> & TV<br />

Productions Co-production partners:<br />

Cast: Loes Luca, Paul de Leeuw, Paul R.<br />

Kooij<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />

A fantasy musical recounting the<br />

adventures of the residents of Nurse<br />

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Klivia’s Rest Home as they combat the<br />

efforts of their nasty landlord and<br />

neighbour to have them evicted.<br />

ADRENALINE<br />

Drama (97 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Roel Reiné<br />

Producer: Roel Reiné Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Georgina Verbaan, Jason Fijal<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002/2003, Country<br />

of Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />

When Jason’s girlfriend disappears, he<br />

learns things are not always what they<br />

seem. His search for who she really was<br />

leads him to an illegal gang of thrill<br />

seekers.<br />

THE EMPEROR’S WIFE<br />

Drama (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Julien Vrebos<br />

Producer: Fu Works-San Fu Maltha and<br />

Staccato <strong>Film</strong>s-Emjay Rechsteiner Coproduction<br />

partners: Spice Factory,<br />

Delux <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Max<br />

Beesley, Johnny de Mol<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002/2003, Country<br />

of Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />

After six happy years of marriage, the<br />

beloved Empress hasn’t given birth to an<br />

heir. In a secret wing of the Imperial<br />

Palace, an innocent virgin is being<br />

prepared to replace her.<br />

GODFORSAKEN<br />

Drama (87 min)<br />

Language: Dutch<br />

Director: Pieter Kuijpers<br />

Producer: IdtV <strong>Film</strong> BV Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Egbert Jan Weeber, Tygo Gernandt,<br />

Angela Schijf<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />

Stan’s life changes when he meets up<br />

with a young criminal Maikel and his<br />

girlfriend Anna and takes up the path of<br />

crime with him.<br />

HOLLYWOOD<br />

CLASSICS<br />

Hollywood Classics, 8 Cleveland<br />

Gardens, London W2 6HA UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7262.4646. Fax: 44.20.7262.3242.<br />

info@hollywoodclassics.com.<br />

www.hollywoodclassics.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent<br />

At Cannes: Joe Dreier (Director),<br />

Melanie Tebb (Sales), John Flynn<br />

(Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 63 la Croisette, Le Lerina, 4 th<br />

floor, Tel: 04.93.94.00.09<br />

BRIDE OF THE WIND<br />

Historial bio-pic (99 mins)<br />

English language<br />

Director: Bruce Beresford<br />

Producer: Lawrence Levy, Evzen Kolar<br />

Cast: Sarah Wynter, Jonathan Pryce,<br />

Vincent Perez<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />

Origin: UK/Germany/Austria<br />

Bio-pic of Alma Schindler who married<br />

Gustav Mahler and had affairs with<br />

Oskar Kokoshka and Walter Gropius<br />

amongst others.<br />

STEALING TIME<br />

Black comedy (98 mins)<br />

English language<br />

Director: Marc Fusco<br />

Producer: Michael Garrity, Mike M<br />

Gabrawy<br />

Cast: Peter Facinelli, Scott Foley, Ethan<br />

Embry<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Four college friends attempt to pull off<br />

one of the largest bank robberies in LA<br />

history.<br />

CARLO’S WAKE<br />

Black comedy (90 mins)<br />

English language<br />

Director: Mike Valerio<br />

Producer: James Alex<br />

Cast: Martin Landau, Rita Moreno,<br />

Michael Chiklis<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A colourful dysfunctional family gathers<br />

to pay its last respects.<br />

THE AMATI GIRLS<br />

Romantic comedy (91 mins)<br />

English language<br />

Director: Anne De Salvo<br />

Producer: James Alex<br />

Cast: Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl,<br />

Sean Young<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Four sisters who disagree about<br />

everything except what matters most.<br />

Family.<br />

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE<br />

Sci-fi horror (99 mins)<br />

English language<br />

Director: Charles Wallace<br />

Delivery Status: In development<br />

You’ll never let your imagination run<br />

away with you again.<br />

HORIZON<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Horizon Entertainment, Suite 205, 1040<br />

Hamilton Street, Vancouver BC Canada<br />

V6B 2R9. Tel: 604 632 1707 Fax: 604<br />

632 1607. www.filmhorizon.com<br />

At Cannes: Rob Straight (President –<br />

Cell: 336.74.154.619), Michael Taverna<br />

(Sales and Acquisitions Executive / Head<br />

of Production – Cell 39.349.444.5160),<br />

Caroline Stern (Distribution Manager –<br />

Cell 336.74.154.618)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth G4<br />

JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2<br />

Horror (92 min)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Directed by Takashi Shimzu<br />

Produced by Taka Ichise<br />

Delivery Status: Completed 2003 /<br />

Premiere, Screening<br />

Budget: $US 3.5 million<br />

<strong>The</strong> second theatrical sequel in a series<br />

of four horrors about a lethal and<br />

contagious curse originating from a<br />

wrongful death.<br />

HALLOW’S END<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English (USA)<br />

Directed by Jon Keeyes<br />

Produced by Brandon Baker, Richard T.<br />

Carey, Jon Keeyes, and Faras Rabadi<br />

Executive Producers Robert Straight and<br />

Michael Taverna<br />

Starring Stephen Cloud, Brandy Little,<br />

Amy Morris, Amy Jo Hearron, Matt<br />

Moore<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production /<br />

Premiere<br />

Budget: $US 1.2 million<br />

Trapped inside the haunted house,<br />

students are murdered one by one, only<br />

to come back as the creatures whose<br />

costumes they were wearing. By<br />

evening’s end, a handful of survivors<br />

must take one last stand against a<br />

houseful of ghouls, ghosts, zombies and<br />

vampires.<br />

JU-ON: THE GRUDGE<br />

Horror (92 min)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Directed by Takashi Shimzu<br />

Produced by Taka Ichise<br />

Starring Okina Magumi, Misaki Ito,<br />

Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa<br />

Delivery Status: Completed 2002<br />

Budget: $US 3.5 million<br />

A series of people die from a violent<br />

curse that is re-born every time someone<br />

is killed.<br />

JULY RHAPSODY<br />

Drama (103 minutes)<br />

Language: Chinese (Hong Kong)<br />

Directed by Ann Hui<br />

Produced by Derek Yee, Ann Hui<br />

Starring Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui,<br />

Karena Lam, Shaun Tam<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

2002/Screening<br />

A high school teacher finds himself in an<br />

emotional tailspin when the return of his<br />

wife’s ex-lover coincides with a student<br />

falling in love with him.<br />

INNER SENSES<br />

Thriller (96 minutes)<br />

Language: Chinese (Hong Kong)<br />

Directed by Lo Chi Leung<br />

Produced by Derek Yee<br />

Starring Leslie Cheung, Karena Lam,<br />

Maggie Poon, Lee Chi Hung<br />

Delivery Status: Completed 2002<br />

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FOOL PROOF - ALLIANCE ATLANTIS<br />

Budget: $US 4 million<br />

A psychologist treating a patient who<br />

claims to see dead people begins acting<br />

in strange ways himself.<br />

I<br />

ICON<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Icon Entertainment International, <strong>The</strong><br />

Quadrangle, 180 Wardour Street, London<br />

W1F 8FX UK. Tel: 44.(0)20.7494.8100.<br />

Fax: 44.(0)20.7494.8101<br />

At Cannes: Bruce Davey (Chairman),<br />

Nick Hill (Chief Executive <strong>Of</strong>ficer UK<br />

Icon Group), Simon Crowe (Head of<br />

Sales), James Norrie (Sales Manager),<br />

Caroline Johnson (Head of International<br />

Marketing), Isabelle Lherondel<br />

(International Marketing Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Les Jardins De La Croisette,<br />

Block B, 6th Floor, 19 Rue Du Canada,<br />

Tel: 33.(0).4.92.18.88.90. Fax:<br />

33.(0).4.92.18.88.99<br />

PAPARAZZI<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Paul Abascal<br />

Producers: Bruce Davey, Stephen<br />

McEveety<br />

Cast: Cole Hauser, Dennis Farina, Robin<br />

Tunney<br />

Status: In Production<br />

Delivery: Spring 2004<br />

PAPARAZZI is a fast paced revenge<br />

thriller. When action movie star Bo<br />

Laramie and his family fall prey to the<br />

PAPARAZZI, his instinct is to fight<br />

back... How far would you go?<br />

THE SINGING DETECTIVE<br />

Musical Drama<br />

Director: Keith Gordon<br />

Producers: Mel Gibson, Steven Haft,<br />

Bruce Davey<br />

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright<br />

Penn, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes,<br />

Adrien Brody and Mel Gibson<br />

Status: Completed, screening in Cannes<br />

Delivery: Immediate<br />

Based on the award winning television<br />

series, Robert Downey Jr. stars as Dan<br />

Dark, a writer of pulp detective novels.<br />

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BLACKBALL<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Mel Smith<br />

Producers: James Gay-Rees<br />

Cast: Paul Kaye, James Cromwell,<br />

Johnny Vegas, Alice Evans, Bernard<br />

Cribbins, Imelda Staunton, James Fleet<br />

and Vince Vaughan<br />

Status: Completed, Screening TBA<br />

A classic tale of triumph over adversity<br />

that will quite literally bowl you over -<br />

BLACKBALL!!<br />

GLADIATRESS<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Brian Grant<br />

Producers: Damian Jones, Graham<br />

Broadbent, Bruce Davey<br />

Cast: Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan,<br />

Sally Phillips (“Smack <strong>The</strong> Pony”)<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Delivery: Summer 2003<br />

In this hilarious new British comedy the<br />

Romans are beating a bloody swathe<br />

across the European Continent. Three<br />

sisters - Smirgut, Dwyfach and<br />

Worthaboutapig are all that stands<br />

between Britain and the mighty Roman<br />

Empire.<br />

AMERICAN COUSINS<br />

Director: Donald Coutts<br />

Producer: Margaret Matheson<br />

Cast: Danny Nucci, Shirley Henderson,<br />

Gerald Lepkowski with Vincent Pastore<br />

and Dan Hedaya<br />

Status: Completed, Screening in Cannes<br />

A feel good comedy about life, love, fish<br />

and chips, guns and gangsters. <strong>The</strong> Cosa<br />

Nostra have just moved to Scotland!<br />

IFDC, INC.<br />

IFDC, Inc. (International <strong>Film</strong><br />

Distribution Consultants), <strong>The</strong> Water<br />

Garden, 1601 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite<br />

200, South Tower, Santa Monica, CA<br />

90404 USA. Tel:310.460.3537. Fax:<br />

310.460.3445<br />

At Cannes: Jerome Bliah (President),<br />

Thorsten Schumacher (Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Private Residence, Tel:<br />

06.13.80.78.90 (Jerome Bliah’s mobile),<br />

Fax: 04.93.99.45.34<br />

ONE MAN’S WAR<br />

Drama (91 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Sergio Toledo<br />

Producer: Graham Benson, Colin<br />

Callender<br />

MOONLIGHT - ARCLIGHT FILMS<br />

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Norma<br />

Aleandro, And Fernanda Torres<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country Origin: USA<br />

Based on a shocking true story, a South<br />

American family resists a brutal<br />

dictatorship and fights for what they<br />

believe in.<br />

VOYAGE<br />

Thriller (90 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Mackenzie<br />

Producer: John Davis, Tarak Ben Ammar,<br />

Peby Guisez, Merril Karpf<br />

Cast: Rutger Hauer, Eric Roberts, And<br />

Karen Allen<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country Origin: USA<br />

A couple embarks on a high seas<br />

adventure across the Mediterranean to<br />

save their troubled marriage.<br />

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A<br />

SANTA CLAUS<br />

Family (90 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Charles Jarrot<br />

Producer: Duke Fenady<br />

Cast: Charles Bronson<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country Origin: USA<br />

Virginia is a little girl who lives in New<br />

York City at the turn of the century,<br />

whose faith in Christmas rekindles the<br />

faith and hope of those around her.<br />

IFM WORLD<br />

RELEASING, INC.<br />

IFM World Releasing, Inc., 1328 East<br />

Palmer Avenue, Glendale, California<br />

91205,USA. Tel: 818.243.4976. Fax:<br />

818.550.9728. ifmfilm@aol.com. In<br />

Australia: IFM World Releasing Inc.<br />

2/25 Second Street, Clayton, Victoria<br />

3169, Australia. Tel: 61.3.9515.9249.<br />

Fax: 61.3.9515.9248.<br />

ifmfilm@optushome.com.au.<br />

www.ifmfilm.com<br />

At Cannes: Antony I. Ginnane<br />

(President), Anthony J. Lyons (VP<br />

International), David Makhlout (Director<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais des Festivals, Stand F. 19,<br />

Tel: 33.04.92.99.32.04. Fax:<br />

818.550.9728<br />

GRIM WEEKEND - MARKET<br />

PREMIERE<br />

Thriller (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Ken Hebert, Amanda Watson<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

5 people. 1 weekend. 12 miles from<br />

nowhere. <strong>The</strong> killing has begun.<br />

THE RISEN<br />

Psychological Thriller (94 minutes )<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jeff Beesley<br />

Producer: Gail Tilson<br />

Cast: Alberta Watson, Eugene Lipinski,<br />

Daniel Maslany, Peter Outerbridge,<br />

Helen Shaver<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: Canada<br />

Haunted by the image of a boy after<br />

recovering from emergency surgery that<br />

saved her life, Amanda searches for the<br />

answers to the nightmares that have<br />

invaded her mind. THE TURNER<br />

AFFAIR<br />

Mystery Thriller (89 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Geoff Cox<br />

Producer: Pascale Cox, Geoff Cox<br />

Cast Rachel Blakely, David Paterson,<br />

David Orth, Peter Kent<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: Australia<br />

Deceit and seduction turn to murder<br />

when a scheming couple commits one<br />

scam too many.<br />

HUNTING HUMANS<br />

Thriller (90 minutes)<br />

Director: Kevin Kangas<br />

Producers: Rick Ganz, Kevin Kangas<br />

Cast: Rick Ganz, Bubby Lewis, Lisa<br />

Michele Trent<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A serial killer stalks his victims, deciding<br />

the best way to kill them by studying<br />

their patterns.<br />

IN THE RED<br />

Action (87 minutes)<br />

Director: Glenn Ruehland<br />

Producers: Glenn Ruehland, Rina Reiss<br />

Cast: Steve Bisley, Damien Bradford,<br />

Terry Serrio, Allison Cratchley<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: Australia<br />

It’s a turbo charged action drama about a<br />

modern day gang with a passion for fast<br />

women and even faster cars. <strong>The</strong>ir highoctane<br />

passion is supported through<br />

wheeling and dealing in a big city’s<br />

brutal, opportunist underworld.<br />

IMAGEWORKS<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INTERNATIONAL,<br />

INC.<br />

Imageworks Entertainment International,<br />

Inc., Warner Center, 6140 Variel Avenue,<br />

Woodland Hills, CA 91367 USA. Tel:<br />

818.716.1670. Fax: 818.716.8004.<br />

ImageworksEntInt@aol.com.<br />

www.ImageworksEntertainment.com<br />

Company Type: International<br />

Distribution, International Production<br />

At Cannes: David Shoshan (President,<br />

Sales), Richard Pepin (President,<br />

Production); Acquisition Executive:<br />

David Shoshan<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera L10, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.14. Fax: 818.716.8004<br />

THE 4TH TENOR<br />

Comedy (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Harry Basil<br />

Producer: Joseph Merhi<br />

Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Davi,<br />

Charles Fleischer<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: USA<br />

A restaurant owner(Dangerfield) falls in<br />

love with an opera singer and, desperate<br />

to impress her, travels to Italy to learn<br />

how to sing.<br />

THE BOX<br />

Thriller (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Pepin<br />

Producer: David Shoshan, Richard Pepin<br />

Cast: James Russo, <strong>The</strong>resa Russell,<br />

Brad Dourif, Steve Railsback, Jon Polito,<br />

Michael Rooker<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: USA<br />

A reformed prisoner falls in love with a<br />

woman upon his release; together they<br />

find THE BOX which leads to a web of<br />

suspense and terror that takes them on a<br />

dangerous journey.<br />

KISS THE BRIDE<br />

Drama (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Vanessa Parise<br />

Producer: David Shoshan, Richard Pepin<br />

Co-Production Partners: Jordan Gertner<br />

Cast: Amanda Detmer, Sean Patrick<br />

Flanery, Alyssa Milano, Brooke Langton,<br />

Monet Mazur, Johnathon Schaech,<br />

Vanessa Parise, Talia Shire, Burt Young,<br />

Johnny Whitworth.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: USA<br />

Three radically different sisters return<br />

home for the wedding of their traditional<br />

sister, to find themselves in constant<br />

struggle for love and validation.<br />

MINDSTORM<br />

Action/Sci-Fi (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Pepin<br />

Producer: Richard Pepin, Michael Derbas<br />

Cast: Eric Roberts, Antonio Sabato, Jr.,<br />

Michael Ironside, Michael Moriarty,<br />

Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ed O’Ross,<br />

William B. Davis, Clarence Williams III<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2001, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: USA<br />

A psychic’s investigation into the<br />

disappearance of a Senator’s daughter<br />

leads her to a dangerous cult and the<br />

truth about her mysterious past.<br />

WARRIOR<br />

Action-Adventure (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: William Harper<br />

Producer: David Shoshan, Bruce<br />

Singman<br />

Cast: Vincent Klyn, Yukmouth <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />

Luniz, Ron Joseph<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002, Country <strong>Of</strong><br />

Origin: USA<br />

A part man, part deity must use his<br />

supernatural powers to battle evil and<br />

save his adopted homeland.<br />

INDIGO<br />

Indigo, 116 Great Portland Street,<br />

London W1W 6PJ UK. Tel:<br />

44.207.612.1700. Fax: 44.207.612.1705.<br />

info@indigofilm.com.<br />

www.indigofilm.com<br />

Company Type: distributor<br />

At Cannes: David Lawley (Managing<br />

Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 44.20.7612.1700<br />

FLYFISHING<br />

Romantic comedy (82 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Williams<br />

Producer: David Williams/Helen<br />

Baxendale<br />

Cast: Kate Ashfield, Adam Croasdell,<br />

Helen Baxendale<br />

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Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

Two men become gigolos to earn some<br />

much-needed cash, however while their<br />

debts diminish, their problems soon<br />

mount up especially when one escort<br />

falls in love with his best client?s<br />

daughter!<br />

INITIAL<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

GROUP<br />

Initial Entertainment Group, 3000 W.<br />

Olympic Blvd., Ste 1550, Santa Monica,<br />

CA 90404 USA. Tel: 310.315.1722. Fax:<br />

310.315.1723<br />

At Cannes: Graham King (President),<br />

Pamela Pickering (President, Sales &<br />

Distribution), Schuyler Ha (Vice-<br />

President, Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel, Suite 238<br />

(reception), 237, Tel: 33.04.93.06.42.38,<br />

Fax: 33.04.93.06.40.55<br />

THE ROSE AND THE SNAKE<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Rebecca Miller<br />

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine<br />

Keener<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

When her father’s new love and her two<br />

teenage boys come to live with them,<br />

Rose undergoes a sexual awakening with<br />

both liberating and devastating<br />

consequences.<br />

AVIATOR<br />

Bio-pic<br />

Director: Martin Scorsese<br />

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

Buoyed by vision, driven by imagination,<br />

one man became an icon of the 20th<br />

century: Howard Hughes. Visionary.<br />

Daredevil. Mogul. Madman.<br />

IN-MOTION<br />

PICTURES<br />

IN-motion Pictures, London <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

address: 5 Percy Street, London, W1T<br />

1DG UK. Tel: 44.(0)20.7467.6880. Fax:<br />

44.(0)20.7467.6890. info@inmotionpictures.com.www.inmotionpictures.com<br />

At Cannes: Hilmar Siebert (Chairman),<br />

Nigel Bremner (Managing Director),<br />

Alex Walton (VP International Sales),<br />

Sandra Keser (Head of Acquisitions),<br />

Marcus Tustin (Snr VP, <strong>Business</strong><br />

Affairs), Hannah Rothman (Marketing<br />

Manager )<br />

THE BUSINESS<br />

OF FILM<br />

<strong>The</strong> ‘Independent’ choice<br />

Published Daily during the<br />

Cannes International<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Festival 2003<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 6th Floor, 4 La Croisette, Cannes,<br />

Tel: 33.(0)4.93.99.84.88. Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.93.99.84.87. info@inmotionpictures.com<br />

INTERACTIVE FILM<br />

SALES<br />

INTERNATIONAL,<br />

INC.<br />

Interactive <strong>Film</strong> Sales International, Inc.<br />

(IFSI), 4240 Promenade Way, # 334,<br />

Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 USA. Tel:<br />

310.823.7778. Fax: 310.868.2723.<br />

Germany <strong>Of</strong>fice: Boll KG, Fullsichel 7,<br />

51399 Burscheid, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.611.531300. Fax: 49.611.531301.<br />

www.boll-kg.de. www.house-of-thedead.com<br />

Company Type: specializes in feature<br />

films based on video games and other<br />

branded properties.<br />

At Cannes: Daniel Sales (President, IFSI,<br />

Mobile in Cannes: 06.72.82.64.21),<br />

Frédéric Demey (Consultant, Mobile in<br />

Cannes: 06.88.83.13.35)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Cannes 2003 - Carlton Hotel,<br />

Suite # 163 - Tel: 04.93.06.40.06 - Fax:<br />

04.93.06.40.29<br />

HOUSE OF THE DEAD<br />

Horror (2003)<br />

Directed by Uwe Boll<br />

Produced by Uwe Boll and Shawn<br />

Williamson<br />

Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Jonathan Cherry,<br />

Tyron Leitso, Will Sanderson<br />

Delivery Status: Ready for Delivery -<br />

Screening in Cannes<br />

Budget: $12 Million.<br />

Based on Sega’s Best Selling video<br />

game. A band of college students go to a<br />

rave on a mysterious island and get more<br />

than they bargained for.<br />

THE HEART OF AMERICA<br />

Drama (2002)<br />

Directed by Uwe Boll<br />

Produced by Uwe Boll and Shawn<br />

Williamson<br />

Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Jürgen<br />

Prochnow, Michael Paré, Patrick<br />

Muldoon<br />

Delivery Status: Ready for Delivery -<br />

Screening in Cannes<br />

Budget: $2.5 Million.<br />

In this increasingly violent culture, THE<br />

HEART OF AMERICA takes a hard look<br />

at the issues and pressures faced by<br />

teenagers in suburban high schools<br />

everywhere, by following them through<br />

their last day of school.<br />

ALONE IN THE DARK<br />

Action/Thriller (2004)<br />

Produced and directed by Uwe Boll<br />

Cast: TBA.<br />

Delivery Status: In development<br />

Budget: $35 Million.<br />

Based on Infogrames best selling video<br />

game property. Something is waiting in<br />

the dark...It’s angry...It’s hungry...It’s<br />

coming.<br />

EXTREME LEADERS OF THE 20TH<br />

CENTURY: FIDEL CASTRO<br />

Documentary (2004)<br />

Directed by Philip Selkirk<br />

Produced by Uwe Boll<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

First Episode of a new 5x60min.<br />

documentary serie entitled: “Extreme<br />

Leaders of the 20th Century”. (Fidel<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Castro, Aga Kahn, Muamar Al-Khadafi,<br />

Augusto Pinochet, Mustafa Kemal<br />

Atatürk)<br />

INTERMEDIA FILM<br />

Intermedia <strong>Film</strong>, 9350 Civic Center<br />

Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA. Tel:<br />

310.309.8400. Fax: 310.828.4132.<br />

At Cannes: Moritz Borman (Chairman &<br />

CEO), Jon Gumpert (Vice Chairman &<br />

Head of Motion Picture Operations),<br />

Bahman Naraghi (COO), Andreas Konle<br />

Vorstand (CFO), Basil Iwanyk President<br />

(Worldwide Production), Michael<br />

Dragotto (President, Worldwide Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 2, la Croisette, Cannes, Tel:<br />

334.93.99.80.83. Fax: 334.93.99.80.93<br />

ALEXANDER<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Oliver Stone<br />

Producers: Jon Kilik, Moritz Borman,<br />

Thomas Schuely<br />

Cast: Colin Farrell<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Epic adventure tale about the life of<br />

Alexander the Great.<br />

BASIC<br />

Drama<br />

Director: John McTiernan<br />

Producers: Mike Medavoy, Arnie Messer,<br />

James Vanderbilt, Michael Tadross<br />

Cast: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen and<br />

Samuel L. Jackson<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

When a military training exercise goes<br />

severely awry, a maverick DEA agent<br />

and a tough female JAG officer must<br />

investigate the disappearance of a highly<br />

decorated drill instructor and several of<br />

his cadets.<br />

IF ONLY<br />

Romance<br />

Director: Gil Junger<br />

Producers: Bobby Newmyer, Jeffrey<br />

Silver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jill Gilbert<br />

Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production<br />

After he fights with his girlfriend and she<br />

dies in an accident, a man gets a second<br />

chance to make her last day her best, not<br />

realizing he cheated fate and it’s now<br />

returned for him.<br />

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA<br />

PRESENTS: THE LEGEND OF<br />

SURIYOTHAI<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: Thai<br />

Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol<br />

Producers: Francis Ford Coppola, Kim<br />

Aubry, Kamla Yukol<br />

Cast: M.L. Piyapas Bhirombhakdi,<br />

Sarunyoo Wongkrchang<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A story of intrigue, romance and war<br />

based on actual events in 16th century<br />

Siam, this Cecil B. DeMille sized epic is<br />

the most expensive and highest grossing<br />

Thai production in history.<br />

ME AGAIN<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Dean Parisot<br />

Producer: Beryl Vertue, David Willis<br />

Cast: Diane Lane<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

A man with no memory must figure out<br />

if he’s a hired assassin or an undercover<br />

FBI agent, while trying to stay alive with<br />

the help of a woman who may be his<br />

partner - or his potential victim.<br />

INTRAMOVIES<br />

Intramovies, Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197<br />

Rome, Italy. Tel: 00.39.06.807.61.57.-<br />

06.807.64.28. Fax: 0039.06.807.61.56.<br />

mail@intramovies.com,<br />

www.intramovies.com<br />

At Cannes: Paola Corvino (President –<br />

39.348.540.13.97), Jef Nuyts (Dir. of<br />

Int.l Sales – 39.335.841.01.49), Micaela<br />

Fusco (Dir. of TV Sales –<br />

39.335.604.39.15), Federica Mei (Sales<br />

Executive – 39.333.75.44.926)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera C5- D4 / D1-E8, Stand<br />

Focus Italy, Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.11, Villa<br />

Royale, Rue Commandant Andrè 29, 1st<br />

floor, Tel / Fax: 33.4.93.68.42.53<br />

PATER FAMILIAS<br />

Drama (99 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director Francesco Patierno<br />

Producer: Umberto Massa for KUBLA<br />

KHAN<br />

Cast: Luigi Iacuzio, Federica<br />

Bonvolonta, Francesco Pirozzi,<br />

Francesco Di Leva<br />

Country of Origin: Berlin, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

After ten years in prison, MATTEO, has<br />

a day of leave to return to his home<br />

town. In 24 hours he has to settle an<br />

account with his past and with himself.<br />

EL ALAMEIN<br />

War / adventure (99 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director Enzo Monteleone<br />

Producer: Cattleya<br />

Cast: Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco<br />

Favino, Silvio Orlando<br />

At El Alamein the Italo-German army is<br />

blocked and forced to retreat.<br />

FAST SOULS (ANIME VELOCI)<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director Pasquale Marrazzo<br />

Producer: Maurizio Tini<br />

Cast: Giovanni Brignola, Tatjana Blacher<br />

Francesco, a young man from Naples ,<br />

who prefers to be called Francesca,<br />

shares with the italian girl Giada an<br />

apartment in Berlin. Together they dive<br />

into the world of prostitution.<br />

I AM EMMA (EMMA SONO IO)<br />

Comedy (90 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director Francesco Falaschi<br />

Producer Bernadette Carranza, Paola<br />

LES ENFANT<br />

CINE - INTERNATIONAL<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Lucisano<br />

Cast Cecilia Dazzi, Pier Francesco<br />

Favino, Elda Avignini<br />

Due to a chance mistake, Emma is forced<br />

to interrupts treatment for her mood<br />

instability.<br />

LOVE, LIES, KIDS...& DOGS<br />

(UOMINI, DONNE, BAMBINI<br />

E..CANI)<br />

Comedy (93 min)<br />

Language: italian with english subtitles<br />

Director Eleonora Giorgi<br />

Producer Massimo Ciavarro for Dharma<br />

Cast Ornella Muti, Paolo Giommarelli,<br />

Shasa Vitale<br />

At 20 they marry for love and with a<br />

child in the way.<br />

ITALIA CINEMA<br />

Italia Cinema, Via Aureliana, 63 - 00187<br />

Roma, Italy. Tel: 3906.42012539. Fax:<br />

42003530. info@italiacinema.net.<br />

www.tamtamcinema.com<br />

At Cannes: Marina Cicogna (President),<br />

Giorgio Gosetti (Director), Carla Cattani<br />

(Project Manager), Andrea Paris (Project<br />

Manager), Giovanni Marco Piemontese<br />

(Communication Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Village Intìl, Italian Pavilion, Tel:<br />

33(0)4.92590200. Fax: 92590199.<br />

ITN DISTRIBUTION<br />

ITN Distribution, 163 Third Ave., Suite<br />

231, New York, NY 10003 USA. Tel:<br />

212.777.7100 x 15. Fax: 212.387.0873.<br />

http://www.itndistribution.com<br />

At Cannes: Stuart Alson (President),<br />

Anoo Cottoor (Vice President), Jack<br />

Campbell (Director of Sales &<br />

Acquisitions), Renata Lorenc (Director of<br />

Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera F-11, Tel:<br />

33.(0).6.0852.7459<br />

HIGH TIMES’ POTLUCK<br />

http://www.potluckmovie.com<br />

Comedy/Action (93 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Alison Thompson<br />

Co-Production Partners: Bernard/Scura<br />

Productions<br />

Producer: Jeri Carroll<br />

Key Cast: Jason Mewes, Jason Isaacs,<br />

Jackie “the jokeman” Martling, Sylvia<br />

Miles, Victor Colicchio, Frank Adonis<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 1.8million<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A suitcase filled with marijuana travels<br />

the streets of Manhattan and passes<br />

through the hands of musicians, mobsters<br />

& drag queens, as it is sold, stolen, resold<br />

and re-stolen over and over again.<br />

DROP DEAD ROSES<br />

Dark Comedy (93 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jessica Hudsonh<br />

CoProductionPartners : Danforth<br />

Studios<br />

Producer: Daniel D’or, G. Philip Jackson<br />

Key Cast: Brian C. O’Halloran, Barbi<br />

Castelvi, Diana Devlin, Chris<br />

Diamantopoulos, Eddie McGee<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 1million<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A romantically perverse story of two<br />

regular guys who run an irregular<br />

business and find themselves caught in a<br />

twisted love story.<br />

BIG APPLE<br />

Romantic Comedy (82 min)<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: Danny Lerner<br />

Co-Production Partners: Chantal Ughi<br />

Producer: Danny Lerner, Mario Chioldi<br />

Key Cast: Danny Lerner, Chantal Ughi,<br />

Jaid Barrymore, Carlos Leon<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 1million<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Angel McGee knows everything about<br />

women...Max Rosenberg has never had a<br />

woman...and Jackie is still looking for<br />

the man of her dreams. A bizarre murder<br />

mystery unfolds.<br />

JACK’S OR BETTER<br />

Dark Comedy (82 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Sydney Mellette<br />

Co-Production Partners: Ken Meyer<br />

Producer: Hilton H. Smith<br />

Key Cast: Jack Wallace, Nathan<br />

Anderson, Matt Landers, Mesach Taylor<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: $1million<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A man kills his wife in the kitchen so<br />

that he can play poker in the living room.<br />

J<br />

AKINDO - FRANCHISE PICTURES.<br />

JAFFA<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS LTD<br />

Jaffaproductions Ltd, 9 Israeli`s St., Tel-<br />

Aviv 64382 Israel. Tel:<br />

972.(0)3.527.11.59. Fax:<br />

972.(0)3.522.74.24. yafoprod@inter.net.il<br />

At Cannes: Riviera Hall, No. E-15 / F-<br />

16. Tel: 33(0).4.92.99.32.26<br />

Menahem Golan (Chairman)<br />

THE RETURN FROM INDIA<br />

Drama-Love Story (98 min)<br />

Language: English.<br />

Director: Menahem Golan.<br />

Starring: Aki Avni, Riki Gal, Assi Dayan<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

A strange and maybe impossible love<br />

story between a young man (26) and an<br />

older woman (50).<br />

FINAL COMBAT<br />

Family-Action-adventure (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Menahem Golan<br />

Starring: Tonny White, Sonia Couling,<br />

Richard Lynch<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: U.S.A.<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of the journey of a father and<br />

son, Tonni and Ben, to find meaning in<br />

their lives.<br />

SUPER NINJA<br />

Action, Martial Arts (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Menahem Golan<br />

Starring: Kely McClung, Gregory<br />

Levayov, Richard Lynch<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of origin: U.S.A.<br />

Tells the story of the going on behind the<br />

scenes of the electronic industry.<br />

Z A Y A<br />

Adventure- Love Story (100 min)<br />

Language: English.<br />

Director: Jonathan Paz.<br />

Starring: Maayan Keret, Sami Hori, Dan<br />

Tourgeman.<br />

Status: Completed.<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

Based on a true story that happened in<br />

Morocco at the end of the 30`s. Zaya is a<br />

young beautiful Jewish girl living in the<br />

Atlas Mountains who is drawn to a<br />

freedom that it not available in the<br />

primitive Berber village.<br />

THE VALLEY TRAIN<br />

Drama- youth sex (90 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew (Subtitles in English).<br />

Director: Jonathan Paz.<br />

Starring: Neta Moran, Ami Ushpitz, Dan<br />

Tourgeman.<br />

Status: Completed.<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

<strong>The</strong> legendary `VALLEY TRAIN` from<br />

Haifa to Damascus was abruptly halted<br />

during the war of independence in 1948.<br />

But the vivid memory of that train<br />

remains.<br />

K<br />

KANGJEGYU FILMS<br />

KangJeGyu <strong>Film</strong>s, 2F Olympia Center<br />

828-10 Yoksamdong Kangnamgu Seoul<br />

135-100 Korea. Tel: 82.2.2193.2001.<br />

Fax: 82.2.2193.2199.<br />

paragon@kjgfilm.com. www.kjgfilm.com<br />

Company Type: Production/ Distribution<br />

Company<br />

At Cannes: Bill Hwang (Manager,<br />

Overseas Marketing and Distribution),<br />

Cody Kim (Assistant Manager, Overseas<br />

Marketing and Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand D5, Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.88.29<br />

OVER THE RAINBOW<br />

Romantic Comedy (109 min)<br />

Language: Korean (English Subtititles)<br />

Director: AHN JinWoo<br />

Producer: Kim KyungKyu<br />

Cast: LEE JungJae, JANG JinYoung<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: US$3.5 Million<br />

JinSoo tries to retrace the fragments of<br />

his memories that he lost during a car<br />

accident about his lover with a help of<br />

his old college friend YeonHee.<br />

WET DREAMS<br />

Comedy (94 min)<br />

Language: Korean (English Subtititles)<br />

Director: Chosin Zeong<br />

Producer: Rommie B. Meng<br />

Cast: LEE BumSoo, KIM SunAh<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: US$3 Million<br />

4 adolescent high school boys fall in love<br />

with a beautiful new teacher and begins<br />

to take her as an object of desire.<br />

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BLUE<br />

Action/ Drama (106 min)<br />

Language: Korean (English Subtititles)<br />

Director: LEE JungGook<br />

Producer: CHOI HyunMook<br />

Cast: SHIN HyunJoon, SHIN EunKyung,<br />

KIM YoungHo<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: US$5 Million<br />

Jun and TaeHyun, the two best SSU<br />

officers, have to dive 185m underwater in<br />

order to save a sunken submarine and<br />

other officers trapped in it.<br />

KATHY MORGAN<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Kathy Morgan International, 12250 Sky<br />

Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA. Tel:<br />

310.472.6300. Fax: 310.472.6304.<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Kathy Morgan (President),<br />

Kimberly Fox (Director of International<br />

Sales), Carrie Kommers (Director of<br />

Marketing and Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Le Grand Hotel, 45 La Croisette,<br />

Cormoran II, Tel: 04.92.59.00.50. Fax:<br />

04.92.59.00.14<br />

THE INCREDIBLE MRS. RITCHIE<br />

Family, Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Directed by: Paul Johansson<br />

Producers: Chad Oakes, Mike Frislev<br />

Executive Producers: Nick Cassavetes,<br />

Walter Josten, Jim Reeve, Steve Robbins,<br />

Phil Alberstat, Jana Edelbaum<br />

Cast: Gena Rowlands, Kevin Zegers,<br />

Leslie Hope, David Schofield and James<br />

Caan<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Countries: UK / Canada<br />

A troubled teen trying to break free from<br />

a school gang is given the chance to<br />

redeem his criminal debt by working in<br />

the garden of an eccentric woman.<br />

VALENTIN<br />

Family Comedy<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Producer: Laurens Geels<br />

Executive Producer: Eddy de Kroes<br />

Directed by: Alejandro Agresti<br />

Cast: Carmen Maura, Rodrigo Noya,<br />

Julieta Cardinali, Jean Pierre Noher<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Year Produced: 2002<br />

<strong>The</strong> world is not always what it seems<br />

when viewed through the eyes of an 8year-old<br />

boy- especially when those eyes<br />

are crossed.<br />

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Directed by: Eric Bress and J. Mackye<br />

Gruber<br />

Producers: Chris Bender, AJ Dix,<br />

Anthony Rhulen and JC Spink<br />

Executive Producers: David Krintzman<br />

and William Shively<br />

Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart<br />

Status: Post-Production<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: US<br />

A gripping, supernatural thriller that taps<br />

into the turbulent nature of past, present<br />

and future.<br />

THE RUM DIARY<br />

Thriller / Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Production Country: USA<br />

Producers: Robert S. Kravis, Anthony<br />

Rhulen, Greg Shapiro<br />

Executive Producers: Hunter S.<br />

Thompson, Nick Nolte, Johnny Depp,<br />

William Shively<br />

Cast: Johnny Depp, Nick Nolte, Josh<br />

Hartnett, Benicio Del Toro<br />

Based on Hunter S. Thompson’s best<br />

selling first novel, “<strong>The</strong> Rum Diary” is a<br />

tangled story of love, jealousy, treachery,<br />

and lust set in the 1950’s boomtown of<br />

San Juan, Puerto Rico.<br />

KEYSTONE<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INC.<br />

Keystone Entertainment Inc., 23410<br />

Civic Center Way, Suite E-9, Malibu, CA<br />

90265 USA. Tel: 310.317.4883. Fax:<br />

310.317.4903. films@keypics.com.<br />

www.keypics.com<br />

At Cannes: Romana Danicova (VP<br />

Worldwide Distribution), Michael<br />

Strange (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Stand L5-M6, Tel:<br />

Romana Danicova Cell: 310.980.2027,<br />

Michael Strange Cell: 310.980.2019<br />

AIR BUD 6<br />

Family<br />

Language: English<br />

Producers: Robert Vince & Anna<br />

McRoberts<br />

Delivery Status: Development<br />

Country of Origin: Canada<br />

Buddy’s eager to try his paw at Rugby!<br />

BMXP<br />

Family<br />

Language: English<br />

Producers: Robert Vince & Anna<br />

McRoberts<br />

Delivery Status: Development<br />

Country of Origin: Canada<br />

Jack’s back on two wheels - as a BMX<br />

racer!<br />

AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK<br />

Family (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Vince<br />

Producers: Robert Vince & Anna<br />

McRoberts<br />

Cast: Katija Pevec, Jake Smith, Tyler<br />

Boissonnault, Cynthia Stevenson, Edie<br />

McClurg<br />

Delivery Status: International Release<br />

Date - July 2003<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

<strong>The</strong> fifth in this highly successful<br />

franchise! Buddy and Andrea hit the<br />

beach for some volleyball!<br />

MXP: MOST EXTREME PRIMATE<br />

Family (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Vince<br />

Producers: Robert Vince & Anna<br />

McRoberts<br />

Cast: Devin Drewitz, Gwynth Walsh,<br />

Rob Tinkler, Ian Bagg<br />

Delivery Status: International Release<br />

Date - July 2003<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

He was the Most Valuable Primate on the<br />

ice in MVP1. He brought skateboarding<br />

to new heights as the Most Vertical<br />

Primate in MVP2 and now Jack’s off to<br />

the slopes in Utah for his most eXtreme<br />

adventure yet!<br />

ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR<br />

Comedy/Drama (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Don Scardino<br />

Producers: Jana Edelbaum, Edgar<br />

Lansbury<br />

Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Andy Dick, Jon<br />

Tenney, Timothy Olyphant<br />

Delivery Status: Available for Delivery<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Can a Soho video artist find happiness<br />

with a bisexual Harley riding actor from<br />

New Jersey? Only in New York!<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

KM CULTURE CO.,<br />

LTD.<br />

KM Culture Co., Ltd., 3rd Floor, Bojun<br />

Bldg., 70-13 Nonhyun-dong, Kangnamku,<br />

Seoul 135-010 Korea. Tel:<br />

82.2.3438.3842. Fax: 82.2.3438.3848.<br />

www.kmculture.com<br />

Company Type: Producer<br />

At Cannes: Moo-seung PARK<br />

(President), David B. LEE (VP), Judy<br />

AHN (Head of Int’l <strong>Business</strong>), Sonya<br />

KIM (Int’l <strong>Business</strong>); Acquisition<br />

Executive: Moo-seung PARK<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Stand H6, Tel:<br />

33.4.9299.3342 (office), 6.7580.1607<br />

(mobile)<br />

ADDICTED<br />

Drama (114 min)<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Young-hoon PARK<br />

Producer: Choon-yeon LEE<br />

Cast: Byung-hun LEE, Mi-yeon LEE<br />

Delivery Status: Immediate<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: U$ 3.3M<br />

Two brothers, Ho-jin and Dae-jin, get<br />

caught in a sudden accident and both of<br />

them falls into a coma at the same time.<br />

CONDUCT ZERO<br />

Comedy (98 min)<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Keun-sik CHO<br />

Producer: Choo-seong BANG, Younghoon<br />

PARK<br />

Cast: Seung-bum RYU, Eun-kyung IM<br />

Delivery Status: Immediate<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: U$ 3.6M<br />

A gangly high school student whose<br />

easygoing life becomes complex when he<br />

falls in love and a new boy in town<br />

challenges his fighting skills.<br />

DOUBLE AGENT<br />

Intelligence Drama (120 min)<br />

Language: Korean/English/Russian<br />

Director: Hyun-jung KIM<br />

Producer: Bon-han KOO, Min-hee PARK<br />

Cast: Suk-kyu HAN, So-young KOH<br />

Delivery Status: Immediate<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: U$ 5.5M<br />

<strong>The</strong> solemn cold war times of 1980. A<br />

North Korean espionage agent Lim<br />

Byung-ho defects to South Korea.<br />

ICE RAIN<br />

Adventure, Drama<br />

Language: Korean/Japanese<br />

Director: Eun-sook KIM<br />

Producer: Bon-han KOO, Kui-duk CHOI<br />

Cast: Sung-jae LEE, Seung-hun SONG,<br />

Ha-neul KIM<br />

Delivery Status: November 2003<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: U$ 5.5M<br />

Joong-hyun, a man who hoards the pains<br />

of a broken heart, his new love Kyungmin,<br />

and Woo-sung, who likes Kyungmin<br />

in vain, are driven by the fate of<br />

love, and go on a journey to reach the top<br />

of the Alps.<br />

OH! BROTHERS<br />

Comedy, Drama<br />

Language: Korean<br />

Director: Yong-hwa KIM<br />

Producer: Choo-seung BANG, Youngwoon<br />

KIM<br />

Cast: Jung-jae LEE, Bum-soo LEE<br />

Delivery Status: September 2003<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Korea<br />

Budget: U$ 3M<br />

One day, Sang-woo receives unexpected<br />

news that his father has passed away and<br />

that he inherited all of his father’s debt.<br />

KEVIN WILLIAMS &<br />

ASSOCIATES, S.A.<br />

Kevin Williams & Associates, S.A., c)<br />

Galeón 32, Bajo A, 28042 – Madrid,<br />

Spain. Tel: 34.91.747.31.00. Fax:<br />

34.91.747.70.00. kevin@kevinwa.com,<br />

www.kevinwa.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent<br />

At Cannes: Kevin Williams (President),<br />

Fátima Urosa (Administrator)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: KWA stand Riviera F1, Tel:<br />

33.06.82.72.91.37<br />

CIUDADES OSCURAS (DARK<br />

CITIES)<br />

Drama (113 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Fernando Sariñara<br />

Producer: Fernando Sariñara<br />

Co-production partners: IMCINE,<br />

FOPROCINE, Veneno producciones and<br />

Altavista films.<br />

Cast: Jesús Ochoa, Bruno Bichir, Alonso<br />

SHATTERED GLASS - BETA CINEMA<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Echanove.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Mexico<br />

Budget: $ 2 m.<br />

Carousel of cavorting low-lives from best<br />

coppers to prostitutes, wife beaters to the<br />

drug addict father who kills his own child<br />

in a fit of pique while baby sitting.<br />

CARLOS CONTRA EL MUNDO<br />

(CARLOS AGAINST THE WORLD)<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Chiqui Carabante<br />

Producer: Antonio Lobo<br />

Co-production partners: Jaleo <strong>Film</strong>s,<br />

Letra M<br />

Cast: Julián Villagrán, Victoria Mora,<br />

Juanma Lara.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Budget: $ 1,5 m.<br />

Picaresque lowlife dramatic comedy on<br />

self-deception and how living in a<br />

fantasy worlf affects others.<br />

EL ALQUIMISTA IMPACIENTE<br />

(THE IMPATIENT ALCHEMIST)<br />

Drama (110 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Patricia Ferreira<br />

Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Eduardo<br />

Campoy<br />

Co-production partners: Tornasol,<br />

Continental producciones, Cartel,<br />

Televisión de Galicia, S.A.<br />

Cast: Ingrid rubio, Roberto Enríquez,<br />

Chete Lera<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Budget: $ 1,5 m.<br />

Guy and girl detective team investigate<br />

the murder of a nuclear powerplant<br />

worker and a prostitute.<br />

VIVA SAPATO! (SEX CHANGES<br />

EVERYTHING!)<br />

Comedy - (90 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Luis Carlos Lacerda<br />

Producer: Iafa Britz, Walkiria Barbosa<br />

Co-production partners: Total <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

(Brazil) and Euroficción (Spain)<br />

Cast: Jorge Sanz, Laura Ramos, María<br />

Galiana<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

WHY ME, SWEETIE?<br />

CHINA STAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Brazil /Spain<br />

Budget: $ 2 m.<br />

A pair of dance shoes go missing from<br />

the Tropicana club with $5000 hidden in<br />

the heels, setting off a chain of events.<br />

NO DEBES ESTAR AQUÍ (DON’T<br />

GO THERE AKA KEEP CLEAR)<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Jacobo Rispa<br />

Producer: Francisco Ramos<br />

Co-production partners: Alquimia<br />

Cinema, S.A.<br />

Cast: Tristán Ulloa, Pablo Echarri<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

Budget: $ 1,5 m.<br />

A gang of web surfing kids are looking<br />

for extreme kicks some of which are<br />

suicidal. It turns out they have been<br />

victims of an evil manipulator.<br />

L<br />

LAKESHORE<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Lakeshore International, 5555 Melrose<br />

Avenue, Gloria Swanson Bldg. 4th Floor,<br />

Hollywood, CA 90038, USA. Tel:<br />

323.956.4222. Fax: 323.862.1456.<br />

info@lakeshoreentertainment.com.<br />

www.lakeshoreentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Peter Rogers (President),<br />

Virginia Longmuir (Senior Vice<br />

President, International <strong>Business</strong> & Legal<br />

Affairs and Operations), Robert Burke<br />

(Vice President Worldwide Marketing),<br />

Julie McLaughlin (Vice President<br />

Worldwide Television), Elisabeth Costa<br />

de Beauregard (Director, International<br />

Sales), Bonnie X. Brocatto (Coordinator,<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Residence du Grand Hotel,<br />

Cormoran II, 7th Floor, 45 Bvd de la<br />

Croisette, 06400 Cannes. Tel:<br />

04.93.99.85.04. Fax: 04.93.99.85.03<br />

WICKER PARK<br />

Psychological Drama<br />

Director: Paul McGuigan<br />

Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary<br />

Lucchesi<br />

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard,<br />

Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Country of Origin: U.S.A.<br />

A psychological drama about a young<br />

advertising executive (Hartnett) and his<br />

obsessive search for a lost love.<br />

UNDERWORLD<br />

Action / Horror<br />

Director: Len Wiseman<br />

Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary<br />

Lucchesi,<br />

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman,<br />

Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Country of Origin: U.S.A.<br />

Romeo and Juliet if the Capulets were<br />

vampires and the Montagues were<br />

werewolves, UNDERWORLD is a<br />

modern-day tale of forbidden love, set<br />

against the ravages of an ancient and<br />

bloodthirsty war between vampires and<br />

werewolves.<br />

THE HUMAN STAIN<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Robert Benton<br />

Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Gary<br />

Lucchesi, Scott Steindorff<br />

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman,<br />

Ed Harris, Gary Sinise.<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

Country of Origin: U.S.A.<br />

A thought provoking drama about a<br />

disgraced classics professor whose<br />

defiant attitudes and affair with a<br />

younger woman ultimately result in his<br />

sudden death.<br />

BULLETPROOF MONK<br />

Action<br />

Director: Paul Hunter<br />

Producers: Charles Roven and Terence<br />

Chang & John Woo<br />

Executives Producers: Douglas Segal,<br />

Kelley Smith-Wait, Michael Yanover,<br />

Gotham Chopra, Caroline Macaulay<br />

Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William<br />

Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden, Victoria<br />

Smurfit<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: U.S.A.<br />

For 60 years a mysterious monk with no<br />

name has zigzagged the globe to protect<br />

an ancient scroll - a scroll that holds the<br />

key to unlimited power.<br />

JUST A KISS<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Fisher Stevens<br />

Producers: Matthew Roland<br />

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgewick,<br />

Ron Eldard, Marley Shelton, Taye Diggs<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

An innocent kiss is more than best<br />

friends can handle when infidelity<br />

becomes a comic adventure into the dark<br />

side of modern relationships.<br />

LIGHTNING<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Lightning Entertainment, 1801 Avenue of<br />

the Stars, Suite 1035, Los Angeles, CA<br />

90067, USA Tel: 310.201.0980. Fax:<br />

310.201.0852.<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Richard S. Guardian<br />

(President), Rich Goldberg (Co-<br />

President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: E4, Riviera T: +33 (0)4 92 99 32<br />

15<br />

THE EVENT<br />

Drama (112 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Thom Fitzgerald<br />

Producer: Thom Fitzgerald, Bryan<br />

Hofbauer<br />

Cast: Parker Posey, Olympia Dukakis,<br />

Sarah Polley, Don McKellar, Jane Leeves<br />

and Brent Carver<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada / US<br />

THE EVENT is a bittersweet drama of<br />

love, loss, and the amazing capacity we<br />

have to prevail in the face of tragedy.<br />

LUGARES COMUNES<br />

Drama (110 mins)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Adolfo Aristarain<br />

Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Adolfo<br />

Aristarain, Javier Lopez Blanco, Mariela<br />

Besuievsky Cast: Federico Luppi,<br />

Mercedes Sampietro, Arturo Puig<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

When Fernando is unexpectedly forced<br />

into early retirement, this life changing<br />

event shakes his calm and thoughtful<br />

world.<br />

ASHES & SAND<br />

Drama (108 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Bob Blagden<br />

Producer: Andrew Holmes, Peter Watson-<br />

Wood, Liam Badger, Nigel Thomas<br />

Cast: Nick Moran, Lara Belmont,<br />

Victoria Scarborough<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

An ambitious and handsome detective<br />

sergeant (Nick Moran) takes on the tough<br />

contemporary world of teenage girl<br />

gangs in Brighton.<br />

AMANDLA!: A REVOLUTION IN<br />

FOUR-PART HARMONY<br />

www.amandla.com<br />

Documentary (108 mins Language:<br />

English)<br />

Director: Lee Hirsch<br />

Producer: Sherry Simpson, Desireé<br />

Markgraaff, Lee Hirsch<br />

Cast: Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela,<br />

Abdullah Ibrahim<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

A soul stirring documentary that uses<br />

exclusive interviews and rare, neverbefore-seen<br />

footage to document the vital<br />

role that music played in the nearly halfcentury<br />

struggle against apartheid in<br />

South Africa.<br />

LAST PARTY 2000<br />

Documentary (85 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan<br />

Leitch<br />

Producer: Rebecca Chaiklin, Stanley<br />

Buchthal, Henri M. Kessler<br />

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Susan<br />

Sarandon, Robert Downey Jr.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: US<br />

With a fresh irreverent style, Last Party<br />

2000 explores the state of democracy in<br />

America, while chronicling the 2000 US<br />

Presidential Election.<br />

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www.lionsgatefilms.com.<br />

At Cannes: Nicolas Meyer (Co-President,<br />

Lions Gate International), Sergei Yershov<br />

(Co-President, Lions Gate International),<br />

Peter Block President (Home<br />

Entertainment, Acquisitions and New<br />

Media), Tom Ortenberg (President,<br />

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Language: English<br />

Director: Nick Hamm<br />

Executive Producers: Todd Wagner, Mark<br />

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Producers: Sean O’Keefe, Michael<br />

Paseornek, Cathy Schulman & Marc<br />

Butan<br />

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Rebecca Romijn-<br />

Stamos & Greg Kinnear<br />

Status: Production<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

A taut and gripping thriller about devoted<br />

parents who turn to human cloning to<br />

resurrect their murdered son. A doctor on<br />

the forefront of genetic research leads the<br />

couple into in the dangerous and deadly<br />

experiment.<br />

WONDERLAND<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: James Cox<br />

Executive Producers: Michael Paseornek,<br />

Marc Butan, Tom Ortenberg & Peter<br />

Block<br />

Producer: Holly Wiersma<br />

Cast: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa<br />

Kudrow, Josh Lucas & Carrie Fisher<br />

Status: Production<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of the drug related, 1981<br />

Wonderland Avenue murders and the<br />

primary suspect, porn king John Holmes.<br />

SHATTERED GLASS<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Written and Directed by: Billy Ray<br />

Executive Producers: Tom Cruise, Paula<br />

Wagner & Michael Paseornek<br />

Producers: Craig Baumgarten, Adam<br />

Merims, Gaye Hirsch & Tove<br />

Christensen<br />

Cast: Hayden Christensen, Rosario<br />

Dawson, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard,<br />

Hank Azaria & Chloe Sevigny<br />

Status: Post-Production<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

Based on an article in Vanity Fair,<br />

Shattered Glass is the story of the rise<br />

and fall of controversial political<br />

journalist Steven Glass.<br />

CONFIDENCE<br />

Crime Thriller (98 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: James Foley<br />

Executive Producers: Eberhard Kayser,<br />

Eric Kopeloff & Mario Ohoven<br />

Producers: Marc Butan, Michael<br />

Paseornek & Michael Ohoven<br />

Cast: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman,<br />

Andy Garcia, Rachel Weisz, Donal<br />

Logue, Luis Guzman, Paul Giamatt &<br />

Brian Van Holt<br />

Status: Screening<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

Grifter Jake Vig and his team attempt the<br />

con of a lifetime against a raging and<br />

ruthless crime boss known as “<strong>The</strong><br />

King”.<br />

CABIN FEVER<br />

Horror (94 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Eli Roth<br />

Executive Producers: Susan Jackson &<br />

David Lynch<br />

Producers: Evan Atrowsky, Sam Froelich,<br />

Lauren Moews & Eli Roth<br />

Cast: Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent, Rider<br />

Strong & James DeBello<br />

Status: Screening<br />

Country of Origin: US<br />

A group of people are trapped in the<br />

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horrifying flesh eating disease.<br />

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SONG FOR A RAGGY BOY<br />

Drama (93 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Aisling Walsh<br />

Producer: Subotica Entertainment<br />

Cast: Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen, Marc<br />

Warren<br />

Deliver Status: Completed - screening<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Ireland<br />

Franklin (Aidan Quinn) returns to Ireland<br />

after seeing his lover and best friend<br />

murdered in the Spanish Civil war<br />

against the fascist forces of General<br />

Franco.<br />

SALAMINA SOLDIERS (LOS<br />

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Drama (120 minutes)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: David Trueba<br />

Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez,<br />

Cristina Huete<br />

Cast: Ariadna Gil, Diego Luna, María<br />

Botto<br />

Delivery Status: Completed - Screening<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Spain<br />

An unmotivated young writer finds her<br />

inspiration whilst investigating the story<br />

of an uncommon war hero. With the help<br />

of an eccentric girlfriend, her voyage of<br />

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and unlocks her lost passion.<br />

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STORMY WHEATHER (TIEMPO<br />

DE TORMENTA)<br />

Drama (87 minutes)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Pedro Olea<br />

Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez<br />

Cast: Maribel Verdu, Jorge Sanz, Dario<br />

Grandinetti, Maria Barranco<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Spain<br />

Two couples with one destiny. Misplaced<br />

hope leads to passion and betrayal in this<br />

story of self-destruction. <strong>The</strong>ir search for<br />

resolution brings both hope and sadness<br />

with stormy weather on the horizon.<br />

OFF KEY (DIRECTOR´S CUT)<br />

Comedy (100 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Manuel Gomez Pereira<br />

Producer: Andrés Vicente Gomez<br />

Cast: Joe Mantegna, Danny Aiello,<br />

George Hamilton<br />

Deliver Status: Completed - cassettes<br />

available<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

origin: Spain<br />

Ten years after their acrimonious split,<br />

the world-famous three tenors are<br />

reunited for what promises to be the<br />

messiest wedding of the year. As old<br />

hatreds surface, the world press gathers<br />

to witness the chaos.<br />

THE GREATEST ROBBERY EVER<br />

(EL ROBO MÁS GRANDE JAMÁS<br />

CONTADO)<br />

Comedy (113 minutes)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Daniel Monzón<br />

Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez<br />

Cast: Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi,<br />

Manuel Manquiña, Javier Aller, Jaime<br />

Barnatán<br />

Delivery Status: Completed - cassettes<br />

available<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

origin: Spain<br />

Five of the world´s “finest” criminal<br />

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Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Laetitia de la Gravière<br />

(Directrice Adjointe), Isabelle Drouart<br />

(Directrice des ventes cinema)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera, <strong>Of</strong>fice K6<br />

ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS<br />

BASED ON THE WORK OF RENÉ<br />

GOSCINNY AND ALBERT<br />

UDERZO<br />

Animated feature film adaptated from<br />

“Asterix and the Normans” (about 75’)<br />

Language: French and English<br />

Director: Stefan Fjeldmark<br />

Producer: M6 Studio<br />

Delivery Status: In development<br />

Asterix and Obelix’s mission is to free<br />

Goudurix before it is too late.<br />

NOT FOR OR AGAINST QUITE<br />

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CONTRE BIEN AU CONTRAIRE<br />

Thriller (112’)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Cédric Klapisch<br />

Producer: Aïssa Djabri, Farid Lahouassa,<br />

Manuel Munz<br />

Cast: Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

A gang of young hoodlums have an easy<br />

life pulling small time armed robberies.<br />

One day, for the needs of a customer,<br />

they enlist the services of a camera<br />

operator, Caty, to film their<br />

achievements. But does the gang really<br />

trust her?<br />

ANYTHING YOU SAY / MON<br />

IDOLE<br />

Thriller (112’)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Guillaume Canet<br />

Producer: Alain Attal<br />

Cast: Guillaume Canet, François<br />

Berléand, Diane Kruger, Jean Rochefort<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

A TV show entitled “It is tissue time”<br />

has a big success. Jean-Louis Broustal is<br />

the idol of Bastien, 28.<br />

IRENE<br />

Comedy (98’)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Ivan Calbérac<br />

Producer: Thierry de Navacelle<br />

Cast: Cécile de France, Bruno Putzulu,<br />

Olivier Sitruk, Patrick Chesnais<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

Rather pretty, Irene has everything to be<br />

happy. But every time she meets<br />

someone, it’s a real disaster... Which<br />

means that aged thirty, Irene is still<br />

unmarried...It’s time things changed!<br />

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At Cannes: Peter Barbalics (CEO -<br />

Producer), Csaba Tör? (Executive<br />

Producer), Erika Tarr (Line Producer),<br />

Krisztina Holló (Associate Producer)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4 Riviera<br />

FATELESS<br />

www.fateless.com<br />

Drama (120 min)<br />

Language: Hungarian<br />

Director: Lajos Koltai<br />

Co-Production Partners: Kasander <strong>Film</strong><br />

Producer: Peter Barbalics<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Budget: 10 million Euro<br />

Year of Production: 2003-2004, Country<br />

of Origin: Hungary<br />

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At Cannes: Rich Goldberg (President),<br />

Tannaz Anisi (Vice President,<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: E4, Tel: 011.33.4.92.99.32.15<br />

SIMPLE REVENGE<br />

Thriller (90 mins)<br />

Director: Brain Averill<br />

Producer: Josh Eggleston<br />

Cast: Frank Avoleita, Mellissa Picarello,<br />

Holly Perkins, Anne Hawthorne, Andrew<br />

Garman<br />

Delivery Status: New & Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

A psychological thriller where nothing is<br />

as it appears. A woman denied a<br />

promotion kills her boss, frames the<br />

husband and all the while turning the<br />

tables on the police.<br />

JACK THE DOG<br />

Comedy/Drama (90 mins)<br />

Director: Bobby Roth<br />

Producer: Bobby Roth, Jeff White<br />

Cast: Nestor Carbonell, Barbara<br />

Williams, Andrew F. Ferchland, Peter<br />

Coyote, Anthony Paglia, Jurgen<br />

Prochnow<br />

Delivery Status: New & Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

A love story about a womanizer who<br />

discovers true love. Unfortunately, that<br />

often ends in pain, but the child of that<br />

union can sometimes be the most perfect<br />

love of all.<br />

CHOOSING MATTHIAS<br />

Family/Drama (90 mins)<br />

Director: Caia Coley<br />

Producer: Michael Feifer, Tamara<br />

Seymour<br />

Cast: Jeff Fahey, Caia Coley, Dylan<br />

Kasch, Bo Hopkins<br />

Delivery Status: New & Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

A young couple struggle to keep their<br />

lives intact after tragically losing their<br />

son. <strong>The</strong>y find the sorrow impossible<br />

until they meet a young boy, Matthias,<br />

who has also tragically lost his family.<br />

DESCENDANT<br />

Thriller (90 mins)<br />

Director: Kermit Christman; Del Tenney<br />

Producer: Del Tenney, Kermit Christman,<br />

Joyce North<br />

Cast: Katherine Heigl (Valentine,<br />

Roswell), Jeremy London (Gods And<br />

Generals, Party <strong>Of</strong> Five)<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

<strong>The</strong> curse of Edgar Allen Poe is haunting<br />

and deadly as his young descendant,<br />

Ethan Poe, tries to survive his nightmares<br />

and live a modern, normal life as a bestselling<br />

novelist.<br />

ISLAND PREY<br />

Romantic Thriller (90 mins)<br />

Director: William Riead<br />

Producer: Lorey Barton, Lisa Riead, Jack<br />

Green, William Riead<br />

Cast: Olivia Hussey (Saving Grace,<br />

Tortilla Heaven), Don Murray (Mr.<br />

Headmistress, Hearts Adrift), Anthony<br />

Dennison (Rocket’s Red Glare, Skelton<br />

Woman), Ed Asner<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

A momentary indiscretion results in a<br />

nightmarish obsession as a woman fights<br />

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MDP Worldwide, 1875 Century Park<br />

East, Suite 2000, Los Angeles CA 90067<br />

USA. Tel: 310.226.8300. Fax:<br />

310.226.8350.<br />

At Cannes: Mark Damon (Chairman and<br />

CEO), Sammy Lee (Vice Chairman),<br />

Stewart Hall (Board Member), Richard<br />

Kiratsoulis (President and COO), Reiko<br />

Bradley (Exec. Vice President<br />

Distribution), Tatyana Joffe (Vice<br />

President, Administrative Affairs)<br />

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BEYOND THE SEA<br />

Musical Drama<br />

Director: Kevin Spacey<br />

Producer: Kevin Spacey, Arthur E.<br />

Friedman, Mark Damon, Sammy Lee<br />

Exec. Producer: Stewart Hall, Joanne<br />

Horowitz<br />

Cast: Kevin Spacey<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of singer Bobby Darin, who<br />

was told that he would not live past his<br />

late teens due to a severe heart condition.<br />

10 AGAIN<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Blake Edwards<br />

Producer: Jeffrey Edwards, John<br />

Michaels, Mark Damon, Sammy Lee<br />

Exec. Producer: Stewart Hall, Jeffrey<br />

Tinnell<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

While waiting at a stop sign George<br />

Webber sees an incredibly beautiful<br />

woman on her way to be married. Rating<br />

her the ultimate “10” which he’s never<br />

done before, George becomes obsessed<br />

with her perfection and the dream of<br />

happiness she represents.<br />

MONSTER<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Patty Jenkins<br />

Producers: Charlize <strong>The</strong>ron, Donald<br />

Kushner, Brad Wyman, Sammy Lee,<br />

Mark Damon<br />

Exec. Producer: Stewart Hall, Andreas<br />

Schmid, Andreas Grosch<br />

Cast: Charlize <strong>The</strong>ron, Christina Ricci,<br />

Bruce Dern, Pruitt Taylor Vince<br />

Status: Post Production, Promo screening<br />

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Based on the true story of serial murderer<br />

Aileen Wournos.<br />

11:14<br />

Black Comedy<br />

Director: Greg Marcks<br />

Producers: Beau Flynn, John Morrissey<br />

Exec. Producer: Hilary Swank, Mark<br />

Damon, Sammy Lee, Tripp Vinson, Raju<br />

Patel, David Scott Rubin<br />

Cast: Hilary Swank, Rachael Leigh<br />

Cook, Patrick Swayze, Barbara Hershey,<br />

Colin Hanks, Henry Thomas, Ben Foster.<br />

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GEORGE AND THE DRAGON<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Tom Reeve<br />

Producers: Romain Schroeder, Todd<br />

Moyer<br />

Exec. Producer: Michael Burks, Frank<br />

Huebner, Jeremy Saunders<br />

Co-Producer: Jan Fantl<br />

Cast: James Purefoy, Piper Perabo,<br />

Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

George, a handsome English knight<br />

desires to hang up his sword and settle<br />

down to a quiet, peaceful life. On<br />

returning to England, George finds King<br />

Edgaar in a terrible state.<br />

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At Cannes: Jeffrey Chan (Head of<br />

Distribution (Distribution/Sales – Tel:<br />

852.2302.3894. Mobile: 852.9278.8888.<br />

Fax: 852.2314.4247), Ricky Tse<br />

(Assistant General Manager,<br />

Distribution/Sales, Tel: 852.2302.3819.<br />

Mobile: 852.9018.6578. Fax:<br />

852.2314.4247), Frederick Tsui (Coproduction<br />

& Distribution – Tel:<br />

852.2302.3810. Mobile: 852.9463.3446.<br />

Fax: 852.2314.4248)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

INFERNAL AFFAIRS 2<br />

Action Drama<br />

Directors: Andrew LAU, Alan MAK<br />

Producers: TBC<br />

Main cast: Edison CHEN, Shawn YUE<br />

and Anthony WONG<br />

Delivery Status: In development<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

A prequel to Hong Kong’s hottest cop<br />

thriller Infernal Affairs about a Triad’s<br />

mole in the police vying with an<br />

undercover cop in the Triads.<br />

INFERNAL AFFAIRS 3<br />

Action Drama<br />

Directors: Andrew LAU, Alan MAK<br />

Producers: TBC<br />

Main cast: Andy LAU, Tony LEUNG,<br />

Leon LAI, Kelly CHEN<br />

Status In development<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

TIME BREAKER (WORKING<br />

TITLE)<br />

Action Comedy<br />

Director: Stanley TONG<br />

Producer: TBC<br />

Main cast: Jackie CHAN<br />

Status: In development<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

Jackie Chan fights across India and<br />

China tracing a mythical gem, and<br />

crosses path with his previous life in this<br />

Stanley Tong-helmed actioner.<br />

SILVER HAWK<br />

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Producer: Thomas CHUNG, Michelle<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Brandon CHANG<br />

Status: In development<br />

Country of origin: Hong Kong<br />

Set in the near future, Michelle Yeoh<br />

(<strong>The</strong> Touch) is a philanthropist fighting<br />

for justice with a Zorro alter ego.<br />

NO LONELY ANGELS<br />

Drama (92 min)<br />

Director: ZHANG Fanfan<br />

Producer: YU Jiaen<br />

Main cast: XIE Xiaodong, TAO Hong,<br />

GUO Tao, LI Xiaoran<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: China<br />

<strong>The</strong> stories of a business man, his<br />

girlfriend, a college student, and a<br />

policeman entangle in the most<br />

unexpected ways in modern Beijing.<br />

MEDIA LUNA<br />

Media Luna Entertainment GmbH & Co.<br />

KG, Hochstadenstrasse 1-3, 50674<br />

Cologne, Germany. info@medialunaentertainment.de.<br />

Tel: 49.221.139.22.22.<br />

Fax: 49.221.139.22.24<br />

At Cannes: Ida Martins (CEO), Andrea<br />

Breitkreuz (Sales Manager), Andrew<br />

Chang (Sales Manager), Heike Krieg<br />

(Sales & Marketing Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: J 10, Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.02. Cell:<br />

49.172.261.74.61<br />

KILL ME TENDER<br />

(89’)<br />

by Ramón de España<br />

Original Language: Spanish<br />

Cast: Ingrid Rubio, Alberto San Juan,<br />

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Manuel<br />

Manquiña<br />

Country of Origin: Spain, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

Recently widowed, Nestor has become<br />

infatuated with Maribel, his cleaning<br />

lady’s daughter and wants to legalize<br />

their relationship at the earliest<br />

opportunity.<br />

JAGODA IN THE SUPERMARKET<br />

(82’)<br />

by Dusan Milic<br />

Cast: Branka Katic, Srdjan Todorovic,<br />

Dubravka Mijatovic, Danilo Lazovic,<br />

Goran Radakovic, Mirjana Karanovic<br />

Country of Origin: Serbia-Germany-Italy,<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

Branka Katic plays Jagoda<br />

(“Strawberry”) a checkout girl at the<br />

BLIND HORIZON - NUIMAGE<br />

brand-new “Yugo-American”<br />

supermarket in some unnamed Serbian<br />

town.<br />

THREE AND A HALF<br />

(87’)<br />

by Boris Mojsovski<br />

Original Language: English<br />

Cast: Kim Huffman, Don Allison,<br />

Barbara Gordon, Walter Alza, Santino<br />

Buda<br />

Country of Origin: Canada, Year of<br />

Production: 2002<br />

Three artists, a writer, a director, and a<br />

painter, imagine three separate stories of<br />

yearning and loneliness that feature a<br />

group of subway passengers with<br />

different roles in each artist’s saga.<br />

THREE DAYS OF RAIN<br />

(98’)<br />

by Michael Meredith<br />

Original Language: English<br />

Cast: Don Meredith, Michael Santoro,<br />

Joey Bilow, Peter Falk, Merle Kennedy,<br />

Erick Avari, Lile Lovett<br />

Country of Origin: USA, Year of<br />

Production: 2002<br />

Three wet days in Cleveland, Ohio.<br />

Michael Meredith’s debut as a director is<br />

a film inspired by six short stories by<br />

Anton Chekov, portraying everyday<br />

conflicts in the lives of ordinary people.<br />

THE TENTH SUMMER<br />

Family Feature <strong>Film</strong> (90 min)<br />

by Jörg Grünler<br />

Starring Martin Stührk, Michelle Barthel,<br />

Kai Wiesinger, Katharina Böhm<br />

Country of Origin: Germany, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

An entertaining family film about love,<br />

moral and friendship seen trough the<br />

eyes of the 9-years-old boy Kalli.<br />

MEI AH FILM<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>ION CO.,<br />

LTD.<br />

Mei Ah <strong>Film</strong> Production Co., Ltd., Mei<br />

Ah Centre, 28, Chun Choi Street, Tseung<br />

Kwan O Industrial Estate, Kowloon,<br />

Hong Kong. Tel: 852.2751.3388. Fax:<br />

852.2623.9880. www.meiah.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, producer,<br />

distributor<br />

At Cannes: Kenny Chau (Executive<br />

Director), Sara Law (Assistant<br />

Distribution Manager), Celia Wong<br />

(Assistant Programme Manager),<br />

Acquisition Executive: Kenny Chau<br />

(Executive Director), Celia Wong<br />

(Assistant Programme Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

PTU<br />

Character Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: Cantonese<br />

Director: Johnnie To<br />

Producer: Johnnie To Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Ruby<br />

Wong, Maggie Shiu<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: HK<br />

<strong>The</strong> elite PTU ( Police Tactical Unit)<br />

patrols a derelict harbor area, as<br />

gangsters and punks roam the night.<br />

MERCURE<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Mercure International, 6 rue de l’Ecole<br />

de Médecine 75006 Paris, France. Tel:<br />

33.153.103.398. Fax: 33.153.103.399.<br />

info@mercureinternational.com<br />

Company Type: sales company<br />

specialized in European author movies.<br />

At Cannes: Nicolas BRIGAUD-ROBERT<br />

(Head of Sales), François YON (Head of<br />

Sales), Didar DOMEHRI (International<br />

Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera K5/L8, Tel:<br />

33.492.998.836. Fax: 33.492.998.839<br />

VIRGIN OF LUST<br />

Drama (140 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Arturo RIPSTEIN<br />

Producer: Alvaro Garnica, Mate Cantero,<br />

Mate Production, Tusitala, Iberautor,<br />

Producciones Amaranta, Fado <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Felipe TOVAR, Ariadna GIL, Juan<br />

DIEGO<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Spain<br />

<strong>The</strong> 40’s, Mexico. Ignacio Jurado, “ El<br />

Mikado” is a waiter, rather reserved and<br />

lonely. Nevertheless, everything changes<br />

when Lola (Ariadna Gil), a Spanish<br />

prostitute of a certain self-destructive and<br />

unpredictable tenderness bursts in his<br />

life.<br />

A NATION WITHOUT WOMEN<br />

Drama (94 min)<br />

Language: Indian<br />

Director: Manish Jhâ<br />

Producer: Ex Nihilo / SMG Production,<br />

Patrick SOBELMAN (Ex Nihilo),<br />

Nicolas BLANC (Ex Nihilo), Punkej<br />

KHARABANDA (SMG Production)<br />

Co-production partners: Gimages <strong>Film</strong>s /<br />

Diaphana <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Piyush<br />

Mishra<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: India<br />

In the land where women are worshipped<br />

as goddesses, thousands of cases of<br />

female infanticide go unreported every<br />

year. A practise which has led to an<br />

alarming fall in the ratio of men to<br />

women.<br />

STORMY WEATHER<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Solveig ANSPACH<br />

Producer: Patrick SOBELMAN (Ex<br />

Nihilo)<br />

Co-production partners: Jean-Pierre et<br />

Luc DARDENNE (<strong>Film</strong>s du fleuve),<br />

Baltasar KORMAKUR (Blue Eyes)<br />

Cast: Elodie BOUCHEZ, Sigurlaug<br />

JONSDOTTIR, Christophe SERMET<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Iceland, France<br />

MEXICAN FILM<br />

INSTITUTE<br />

Mexican <strong>Film</strong> Institute, Insurgentes Sur<br />

674 Del Valle, Mexico City, 03100,<br />

Mexico. Tel: 5255. 54.48.53.39<br />

Fax: 5255. 54.48.53.80.<br />

promint@imcine.gob.mx,<br />

www.imcine.gob.mx<br />

Company Type: Government Institute<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Alfredo Joskowicz.<br />

(General Director IMCINE), Mrs. Susana<br />

López Aranda (Managing Director<br />

International Promotion & Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: STAND MECLA C-4, Tel :<br />

04.92993341<br />

LA PASIÓN DE MARÍA ELENA<br />

(THE PASSION OF MARÍA ELENA)<br />

Documentary (76 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Mercedes Moncada<br />

Producer: Mercedes Moncada, Javier<br />

Moron<br />

Co-production partners: Chango films,<br />

CONACULTA, IMCINE, U de G<br />

Delivery Status: (completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Mexico<br />

About a Raramuri woman from Mexico’s<br />

Tarahumara mountain and her struggle<br />

for justice when her son is killed when<br />

he is run over by a white woman.<br />

MIL NUBES DE PAZ CERCAN EL<br />

CIELO (A THOUSAND CLOUDS OF<br />

PEACE FENCE THE SKY)<br />

Drama (80 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Julián Hernández<br />

Producer: Roberto Fiesco<br />

Co-production partners: Mil nubes-Ciney<br />

Cooperativa Cinematográfica Morelos;<br />

with the support of CONACULTA,<br />

IMCINE, FONCA, Dirección General de<br />

Actividades Cinematográficas de la<br />

UNAM, Fundaciones MacArthur<br />

Rockefeller, Technikos Post, Titán<br />

Producciones.<br />

Cast: Juan Carlos Ortuño, Juan Carlos<br />

Torres, Perla de la Rosa<br />

Delivery Status: (completed)<br />

Year of production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Mexico<br />

For seven days, Gerardo, a teenage<br />

homosexual roams the streets of Mexico<br />

City in search of someone able to reveal<br />

the secret hidden between the lines of a<br />

goodbye letter.<br />

LA CANCIÓN DEL PULQUE<br />

(PULQUE SONG)<br />

Documentary (60 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Everardo González<br />

Producer: Ángeles Castro, Hugo<br />

Rodríguez<br />

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Co-production partners: CCC, IMCINE,<br />

FONCA, PADID<br />

Cast: Delivery Status: (completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Mexico<br />

A portrait of daily life in La Pirata, a<br />

pulque bar. A Portrait of its parishioners.<br />

A tribute to pulque, to the people who<br />

drink pulque, to ranchero music and the<br />

barrio.<br />

RECUERDOS (REMEMBRANCE)<br />

Documentary (86 min)<br />

Language: Spanish<br />

Director: Marcela Arteaga<br />

Producer: Ángeles Castro, Hugo<br />

Rodríguez, Gustavo Montiel<br />

Co-production partners: CONACULTA,<br />

IMCINE, CCC, ECHASA<br />

Delivery Status: (completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Mexico<br />

A documentary story of people whose<br />

lives are linked by ruptures such as the<br />

Spanish Civil War, the Second World<br />

War; people who have traveled around<br />

the world in search of a place they can<br />

belong.<br />

MIFF-FILM<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

INTERNAZIONALE<br />

DI MILANO<br />

MIFF-<strong>Film</strong> Festival Internazionale Di<br />

Milano, V.le Famagosta, 19, 20142 –<br />

Milano, Italy. Tel: 39.02.8918.1179 /<br />

02.5740.3738. Fax: 39.02.8912.5683.<br />

USA: 2014 N Sycamore Avenue, 2nd flr<br />

Hollywood, CA 90068-3736. Tel:<br />

323.512.4450. Fax. 323.512.4484.<br />

www.miffmilanofestival.com<br />

Company Type: <strong>Film</strong> Festival<br />

At Cannes: Andrea Galante (Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 39.335.442.332 /<br />

310.266.4252<br />

MIRAMAX<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Miramax International, 99 Hudson<br />

Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013<br />

USA. Tel: 212.219.4100. Fax:<br />

212.941.3836.<br />

At Cannes: Rick Sands (COO, Miramax<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s), Edward Noeltner (Senior Vice<br />

President, Distribution and Sales,<br />

Miramax International), Marc Bunag<br />

(Vice President, Creative Marketing,<br />

Miramax International), Mark Lindsay<br />

(Vice President, International<br />

Distribution, Miramax International), Jill<br />

Silfen (Vice President, <strong>Business</strong> and<br />

Legal Affairs, Miramax International),<br />

Lisa Lazure (Director, International<br />

Publicity, Miramax International)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel, Salle Royan, 14,<br />

La Croisette, Cannes, France. Tel:<br />

04.97.06.85.00. Fax: 04.97.06.85.04<br />

THE BATTLE OF SHAKER<br />

HEIGHTS<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Efram Potelle, Kyle Rankin<br />

Producers: Chris Moore, Jeff Balis<br />

Cast: Shia Laboeuf, Amy Smart, Elden<br />

Henson, Anson Mount, Shiri Appleby<br />

with Kathleen Quinlan and William<br />

Sadler<br />

Status: In Production<br />

County of Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> second Project Greenlight winner<br />

from producers Matt Damon and Ben<br />

Affleck. In many ways, Kelly Ernswiler<br />

is your average shy 18 year old looking<br />

to fit in and meet girls.<br />

JERSEY GIRL<br />

Comedy/Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Kevin Smith<br />

Producer: Scott Mosier<br />

Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv<br />

Tyler, George Carlin, and Jason Biggs,<br />

introducing Raquel Castro.<br />

Status: In Post-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Oscar winner Ben Affleck and Jennifer<br />

Lopez star in this new romantic comedy<br />

from writer/director Kevin Smith about a<br />

smooth-talking public relations executive<br />

who meets his match in an intelligent<br />

and sexy young woman.<br />

ELLA ENCHANTED<br />

Fantasy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tommy O’Haver<br />

Producer: Jane Startz<br />

Exec. Producer: Su Armstrong<br />

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary<br />

Elwes, Vivica A. Fox, Joanna Lumley,<br />

with Minnie Driver and Eric Idle<br />

Status: In Post-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

In this thoroughly modern fairytale, a<br />

young and beautiful girl finds herself the<br />

victim of an evil spell where she must<br />

obey every command of those around<br />

her.<br />

THE GREAT RAID<br />

Action Adventure/War Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Dahl<br />

Producers: Marty Katz, Lawrence Bender<br />

Cast: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco,<br />

Connie Nielsen, and Joseph Fiennes<br />

Status: In Post-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

From acclaimed director John Dahl (<strong>The</strong><br />

Last Seduction and Rounders) comes this<br />

true story of a determined nurse, the man<br />

who loved her, and the war that kept<br />

them apart.<br />

MODERN<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Modern Entertainment, 16255 Ventura<br />

Blvd., Suite 1100, Encino, California<br />

91436, USA. Tel: 818.386.0444. Fax:<br />

818.728.8294.<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Michael Weiser (President &<br />

CEO), Ken DuBow (Sr. VP, Worldwide<br />

Sales), Allyson Hall (VP, International<br />

Sales), Leah Marks (Director,<br />

International Sales), Andy Schreiber<br />

(Consultant); Acquisition Executive: Ken<br />

DuBow (Senior Vice President,<br />

Worldwide Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand M8 (Riviera), Tel:<br />

33(0)4.92.99.32.17<br />

LIQUID BRIDGE<br />

Action/Adventure (100 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Phil Avalon<br />

Producer: Phil Avalon<br />

Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Simone Kessell,<br />

Jeremy Sims, Jarrod Dean<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

Budget: $3 million<br />

A young man attempting to become a<br />

professional surfer faces drug-smugglers<br />

and his own fears.<br />

FEAR OF SPEED<br />

Thriller (96 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jeff Centauri<br />

Producer: Jeff Centauri<br />

Cast: Dale Rutter, Ada Mae Johnson,<br />

Alex Torre<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $750,000<br />

Fast Cars, Furious Fights, Explosive<br />

Action and Hot Girls!<br />

RAQUEL BITTON SINGS EDITH<br />

PIAF, HER STORY...HER SONGS<br />

Documentary (97 minutes)<br />

Language: English/French<br />

Director: George Elder<br />

Producer: George Elder<br />

Cast: Raquel Bitton<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA/France<br />

Budget: $1 million<br />

A tribute to Edith Piaf through the<br />

power, passion & awe-inspiring voice of<br />

Raquel Bitton.<br />

THE PACT<br />

Thriller (100 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Strath Hamilton<br />

Producer: Phil Avalon<br />

Cast: Robert Mammone, Sigrid<br />

Thornton, Peter O’Brien<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

Budget: $3 million<br />

Fifteen years ago they made a<br />

promise...that now may kill them all.<br />

CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES<br />

Drama (88 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Eric Byler<br />

Producer: Eric Byler<br />

Cast: Michael Idemoto, Jacqueline Kim,<br />

Eugenia Yuan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

ALEX & EMMA - FRANCHISE PICTURES<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $500,000<br />

A triangle of friendship, love and<br />

deception tangles the lives of an auto<br />

mechanic and the two women in his life.<br />

MOONSTONE<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box<br />

7400, Studio City, CA 91614 USA. Tel:<br />

818.985.3003. Fax: 818.985.3009.<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh<br />

(CEO) Mrs. Yael Stroh (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: <strong>The</strong> Carlton Intercontinental,<br />

Suite 120/121, Tel: 04.93.06.41.21 or<br />

04.93.06.68.21.<br />

THE PROMISE<br />

Director: Chen Kaige<br />

Producers: Chen Hong, Chen Kaige, Han<br />

San Ping, Etchie Stroh<br />

Status: Start Principal Photography Fall<br />

2003<br />

Cntry of Origin: China<br />

What is Destiny? Is it war, love or a<br />

dream? A General, a Princess and a slave<br />

entangled in a story about War, Love, and<br />

Dream.<br />

TOGETHER<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Chen Kaige<br />

Producers: Ton Gang, Chen Hong<br />

Cntry of Origin: China<br />

Principal Cast: Tang Yun, Liu Peiqi,<br />

Chen Hong, Wang Zhiwen, Chen Kaige,<br />

Cheng Qian, Zhang Qing, Kim Hairi, Liu<br />

Bing<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Thirteen-year-old Xiaochun goes with his<br />

father to Beijing to study the violin.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re he meets Lili his first love, first<br />

source of heartbreak and first true friend.<br />

IN THE COMPANY OF HEROES<br />

Action<br />

Director: Allan A. Goldstein<br />

Producers: Allan A. Goldstein, Etchie<br />

Stroh, Martin Myers, Luciano Lisi<br />

Principal Cast: N/A<br />

Cntry of Origin: Canada/UK<br />

Status: pre-production, shooting summer<br />

2003 in Hong Kong<br />

A double agent walks a tightrope<br />

between villain and hero, set against<br />

intrigue and espionage in Hong Kong<br />

and the jungles of South East Asia.<br />

THE TOOLBOX MURDERS<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Tobe Hooper<br />

Producers: Tony DiDio<br />

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Status: In Production<br />

Cntry of Origin: U.S.<br />

Evil lurks inside the Lusman Building: a<br />

ruthless madman who uses drills, saws<br />

and claw hammers to murder his victims.<br />

EXTREME CLOSE UP<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Sean S. Cunningham<br />

Producers: Geoff Garrett, Sean S.<br />

Cunningham<br />

Principal Cast: Sarah Chalke, C. Thomas<br />

Howell, Jay Michael Ferguson<br />

Status: completed<br />

Cntry of Origin: U.S.A.<br />

A reality TV show gets a boost in ratings<br />

when a mysterious “accident” claims one<br />

of the cast. As one member after another<br />

is murdered, the show takes reality to an<br />

EXTREME.<br />

MORGAN CREEK<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Morgan Creek International, 4000<br />

Warner Boulevard, Building 76, Burbank,<br />

CA 91522 USA. Tel: 818.954.4800. Fax:<br />

818.954.4990. www.Morgancreek.com<br />

At Cannes: James G. Robinson<br />

(Chairman/CEO), Howard Kaplan<br />

(CFO), Jonathan Deckter (VP<br />

International)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Martinez Hotel - Suite 620, Tel:<br />

33.4.92.98.73.00. Tel: 33.4.93.39.67.82.<br />

MOTION PICTURE<br />

CORPORATION OF<br />

AMERICA<br />

Motion Picture Corporation of America,<br />

1401 Ocean Avenue Suite # 301 Santa<br />

Monica, CA 90401 USA. Tel:<br />

310.319.9500. Fax: 310-319-9501.<br />

info@mpcafilm.com. www.mpcafilm.com<br />

Company Type: Producer, Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Brad Krevoy(Chairman &<br />

CEO), Sigrid Ann Davison (President of<br />

International – mobile: 06.22.67.17.08),<br />

Victoria Nevinny (Sr. VP Marketing –<br />

mobile: 06.22.67.17.12), Francisco<br />

Gonzalez (Manager, International Sales<br />

and Marketing – mobile: 06.22.67.17.09)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel Suite 114, Tel:<br />

04.97.06.85.33. Fax: 04.97.06.85.89<br />

LIFE TIDES - AURUM<br />

BLAST<br />

Action<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Anthony Hickox<br />

Producer: Brad Krevoy, David Lancaster,<br />

Klaus Rettig, Gerhard Schmidt.<br />

Cast: Eddie Griffin, Beckin Meyer,<br />

Vinnie Jones, Vivica A. Fox, Soup,<br />

Shaggy<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: US$20,000,000<br />

A terrorist posing as environmentalist<br />

hijacks an oilrig off the coast of<br />

California with the intent of detonating<br />

an electromagnetic bomb over the US.<br />

BOOKIES<br />

Dramatic Thriller (92 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mark Illsley<br />

Producer: Alan Greenstone, Sabine<br />

Mueller, Paul Greenstone, Gerhard<br />

Schmidt, Andrea Kreuzhage, Brad<br />

Krevoy.<br />

Cast: Nick Stahl, Rachel Leigh Cook,<br />

Lukas Haas, Johnny Galecki<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country: USA<br />

Budget: US$15,000,000<br />

A dramatic thriller about friendship and<br />

loyalty set against the backdrop of two of<br />

the most lucrative illegal activities around<br />

the world- sports gambling on college<br />

campuses and student run booking<br />

making operations.<br />

BARELY LEGAL<br />

Comedy (93 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Mickey Evans<br />

Producer: Brad Krevoy, Klaus Rettig,<br />

David Kirkpatrick.<br />

Cast: Erik Von Detten, Tom Arnold, Amy<br />

Smart, Horacio Sanz, Sarah Jane Potts.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country: USA<br />

Budget: 15,000,000<br />

A raucous teen comedy about a group of<br />

teen-agers who cook up a misguided<br />

scheme to meet girls and make moneyproduce<br />

an adult film.<br />

DRACULA 3000<br />

Sci-fi/ Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/ Writer: Darell James Roodt<br />

Producer: Brad Krevoy, David Lancaster,<br />

David Wicht<br />

Delivery Status: Production<br />

Country: USA<br />

Budget: US$4,000,000<br />

Dracula returns in the year 3000 to<br />

terrorize the crew of an intergalactic<br />

spaceship in this new twist on the classic<br />

horror legend.<br />

BOAT TRIP<br />

Comedy (95 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director/ Writer: Mort Nathan<br />

Producer: Brad Krevoy, Gerhard<br />

Schmidt, Frank Huebner, Sabine Mueller<br />

Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz,<br />

Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sanchez.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country: USA<br />

Budget: US$25,000,000<br />

Hilarious comedy about two guys who<br />

find fun, romance and adventure on a<br />

Mediterranean vacation boat cruise.<br />

MOVIEHOUSE<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Moviehouse Entertainment, 9 Grafton<br />

Mews, London, W1T 5HZ, UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7380.3999. Fax: 44.20.7380.3998.<br />

info@moviehouseent.com.<br />

www.moviehouseent.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent<br />

At Cannes: Gary Phillips (Managing<br />

Director), Mark Vennis (Managing<br />

Director), Claire Battersby (Director of<br />

Marketing & Publicity); Acquisition<br />

Executive: Mark Vennis<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 55 la Croisette, 4th Floor, Tel:<br />

04.93.43.80.65<br />

AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A<br />

SERIAL KILLER<br />

Documentary (89 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Nick Broomfield & Joan<br />

Churchill<br />

Producer: Jo Human<br />

Cast: Aileen Wuornos<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

Claimed to be the first female serial<br />

killer, Wuornos grants documentary<br />

filmmaker Nick Broomfield her final<br />

interview.<br />

THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE<br />

Comedy (90 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tony McNamara<br />

Producer: Marian Macgowan<br />

Cast: Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda<br />

Richardson<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

For anyone who ever felt different... your<br />

hero has arrived.<br />

FEAR X<br />

Drama (91 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn<br />

Producer: Henrik Danstrup<br />

Cast: John Turturro, James Remar,<br />

Deborah Kara Unger<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Denmark/UK<br />

Murder. Obsession. Search. Truth.<br />

LIVE FOREVER<br />

Documentary (82 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Dower<br />

Producer: John Battsek<br />

Cast: Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher,<br />

Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

A life-affirming celebration of the<br />

Britpop scene.<br />

BLIND FLIGHT<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Furse<br />

Producer: Sally Hibbin<br />

Cast: Ian Hart, Linus Roache<br />

Delivery Status: post-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

From darkness to light. From despair to<br />

hope. From solitude to the greatest<br />

friendship of their lives. An epic true<br />

story.<br />

MOVIEVENTURES<br />

LTD.<br />

MovieVentures Ltd., Hill House, 1 Little<br />

New Street, London, EC4A 3TR, UK. Tel:<br />

44.207.493.7920. Fax: 44.207.493.8088.<br />

sales@movieventures.com<br />

Company Type: Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Martin Katz, Karen Cuccaro,<br />

Andrew Luff; Acquisition Executive:<br />

Martin Katz<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera K-1, Tel: 04.92.99.88.42<br />

ANIMAL FARM<br />

Animation (74 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Directors: John Halas and Joy Batchelor<br />

Producers: John Halas and Joy Batchelor<br />

for De Rochemont <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1954 (classic, fully<br />

restored)<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

Captures the spirit of Orwell’s timeless<br />

political allegory in classic animation;<br />

fully restored in superb colour and detail<br />

from its original negative.<br />

FREE ZONE<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English, French<br />

Director: Connie Kaiserman<br />

Producers: Merchant Ivory, Black Swan,<br />

MovieVentures<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Country of Origin: UK, France<br />

True story of an English banker jailed by<br />

French customs for transporting Nazi<br />

gold that is linked to the most heinous<br />

crime in WWII France.<br />

WRECK OF THE EDMUND<br />

FITZGERALD<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Martin J. Katz<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Country of Origin: US, Canada, UK<br />

Based on the actual events of the<br />

devastating and deadly sinking of the<br />

Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew in a<br />

brutal storm on Lake Superior.<br />

L.A. <strong>Of</strong>fice Phone<br />

(323) 935-8228<br />

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ROCK N’ ROLL SUSHI<br />

Music<br />

Language: English, Japanese<br />

Producer: MovieVentures<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Country of Origin: UK, Japan<br />

Rockumentary on the merging of<br />

Japanese and American cultures from<br />

WWII to the present.<br />

MR INTERNATIONAL<br />

FILM SALES<br />

MR International <strong>Film</strong> Sales, 1 Westland<br />

Square, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Ireland.<br />

Tel: 353.1.8814010. Fax: 353.1.8814011.<br />

info@mrfilms.ie<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, Producer<br />

At Cannes: Michael Ryan(Managing<br />

Director), Gareth Jones (Sales<br />

Consultant), Mary Clare Curran (Sales<br />

Executive), Emma Scott (Producer),<br />

Patrick O’Neill (Sales Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 23 Criossette/23 rue Macet, Top<br />

Floor, 06400 Cannes, Tel:<br />

353.87.924.8880<br />

MYSTICS<br />

Comedy (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Blair<br />

Producer: Mark O’Sullivan, Nigel<br />

Warren Green<br />

Co-production partners: MR <strong>Film</strong>s &<br />

Murphia Pictures<br />

Cast: David Kelly, Milo O’Shea, Maria<br />

Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Ireland<br />

David Kelly and Milo O’Shea scam a<br />

living by assisting the widows of Dublin<br />

in communing with their departed.<br />

Unexpectedly our heroes make contact<br />

with a dead gangster and reluctantly<br />

become his earthly accomplices.<br />

TIMBUKTU<br />

Road Movie<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Alan Gilsenan<br />

Producer: John McDonnell, Martin<br />

Mahon, Emma Scott<br />

Co-production partners: Yellow Asylum,<br />

Fantastic <strong>Film</strong>s, MR <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Eva Birthistle, Karl Geary, George<br />

Papadjackos<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Ireland<br />

Budget: $1 million<br />

Eva Birthistle (SALTWATER,<br />

BORSTAL BOY) and Karl Geary (SEX<br />

AND THE CITY) are Isobel and Deecy,<br />

two childhood friends tightly bonded by<br />

their childhood near death experience in<br />

Ireland.<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

41-42 Berners St.<br />

London WIT 3NB<br />

Los Angeles <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

5150 Wilshire Blvd.<br />

Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

MULTIMEDIA<br />

CORPORATION<br />

INTERNATIONAL,<br />

INC<br />

Multimedia Corporation International,<br />

Inc, (Production <strong>Of</strong>fice): 19360 Rinaldi<br />

St. #342, Porter Ranch, CA 91326 USA.<br />

Tel: 818.368.0817. Fax: 818.368.1817.<br />

multimedia@socal.rr.com.<br />

mcmultimedia.de<br />

At Cannes: Karin Thome (President),<br />

Joseph G. Geissler (Director), Ricardo<br />

Gaona (Vice President Acquistions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 0049.171.273.9070<br />

JAGUAR<br />

Producer : Karin Thome, MMC<br />

Inc.,USA, Joseph Geissler MCM,<br />

Germany<br />

A beautiful treasure hunter and a drug<br />

lord fight for their lives when they<br />

encounter the mystical Jaguar people<br />

deep inside the heart of the Amazon.<br />

TWIN SOUL<br />

Director: Karin Thome<br />

Producer: Karin Thome, MMC Inc.,<br />

USA, Joseph Geissler MCM Germany<br />

A voodoo curse threatens the life of a<br />

woman who is alerted by her son; Her<br />

son who has been dead for 3 years.<br />

PSYCHOSPHERE<br />

Producer: Karin Thome, MMC Inc.,<br />

USA,Joseph Geissler MCM Germany<br />

Two kids must face their greatest fears<br />

when their parents fall into the hands of<br />

the evil ruler of ‘<strong>The</strong> Psychosphere’.<br />

EMPIRE OF ASHES<br />

Director: Ricky Gaona<br />

Producer: Karin Thome,MMC Inc., USA,<br />

Joseph Geissler, MCM Germany<br />

A Punk Rock love story for those left<br />

burning inside the margins.<br />

TACOS AL CARBON<br />

Producer: Karin Thome, MMC Inc.,<br />

USA, Joseph Geissler, MCM Germany<br />

An unexpected romance between a<br />

Senate candidate and a Mexican<br />

bullfighter.<br />

MYRIAD PICTURES<br />

Myriad Pictures, 405 S. Beverly Drive,<br />

5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA.<br />

Tel: 310.279.4000. Fax: 310.279.4001<br />

At Cannes: Kirk D’Amico (President),<br />

Eric Christenson (Executive Vice<br />

President, Sales & Distribution), Sam<br />

Horley (Senior Vice President,<br />

International Distribution), Alice Weston<br />

(Sales Executive), Lucas Foster<br />

(President of Production), Marion<br />

Pilowsky (Head of International<br />

Production)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Imperial Suite, Carlton Hotel, 58<br />

La Croisette BP 155, 06400 Cannes<br />

Cedex. Tel: 33.(0).4.93.43.6692. Fax:<br />

33.(0).4.93.43.8281<br />

TRAUMA<br />

Supernatural Thriller<br />

Director: Marc Evans<br />

Producers: Jonathan Cavendish, Nicky<br />

Kentish Barnes<br />

Cast: Colin Firth, Mena Suvari<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

A man visits a spiritualist after his wife’s<br />

tragic death, only to be given the chilling<br />

news that she might still be alive.<br />

BEING JULIA<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Istvan Szabo<br />

Producers: Robert Lantos<br />

Cast: Annette Bening<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

A celebrated actress embarks on a secret<br />

and passionate affair with her son’s best<br />

friend, until she realizes he has an<br />

ulterior motive.<br />

EULOGY<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Michael Clancy<br />

Executive Producers: Lucas Foster, Rory<br />

Rosegarten, Shelly Glasser, Jonas<br />

McCord, Kendall Morgan, Bo Hyde<br />

Producers: Steven Haft, Kirk D’Amico,<br />

Richard Lewis<br />

Cast: Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford,<br />

Zooey Deschanel, Famke Janssen, Kelly<br />

Preston, Ray Romano, Debra Winger<br />

Status: Post-production<br />

A young girl finds herself amidst a<br />

comical frenzy when three generations of<br />

a dysfunctional family reunite for her<br />

grandfather’s funeral.<br />

KINSEY<br />

Biopic<br />

Director: Bill Condon<br />

Executive Producers: Francis Ford<br />

Coppola, Bobby Rock, Kirk D’Amico,<br />

Lucas Foster<br />

Producers: Gail Mutrux<br />

Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

In 1953, the Kinsey Report exposed the<br />

sexual habits and fantasies of everyday<br />

Americans, creating controversy that<br />

forever changed the life of Dr. Alfred<br />

Kinsey, his wife and the world’s<br />

perception of human sexuality.<br />

A FOREIGN AFFAIR<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Helmut Schleppi<br />

Executive Producers: Dirk-Jan Bijker,<br />

Tonneke Bijker, David J. Bijker, Esli<br />

Bijker, David Arquette, Tim Blake<br />

Nelson, Geert Heetebrij, Helmut<br />

Schleppi<br />

Cast: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson,<br />

Emily Mortimer<br />

Status: Completed<br />

When their doting mother passes away,<br />

two small-town American vegetable<br />

farmers join a “romance tour” to Russia<br />

in search of a wife to take care of them<br />

both.<br />

N<br />

NATIONAL FILM<br />

DEVELOPMENT<br />

CORPORATION LTD.<br />

National <strong>Film</strong> Development Corporation<br />

Ltd., Discovery of India Bldg, Nehru<br />

Centre, Dr. A.B. Road, Worli, Mumbai<br />

400 018, India. Tel: 91.22.24.973.364/<br />

24.951.413 /24.960.694. Fax:<br />

91.22.24.973.364. nfdcindia.com.<br />

nfdc@nfdcnet.co.in<br />

Company Type : Producer, Distributor &<br />

Exporter<br />

At Cannes: D. Mukhopadhyay<br />

(Managing Director), P. Parameswaran<br />

(Director, Finance), V.P.S. Menon (Dy<br />

General Manager, Export)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: B8 Riviera<br />

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AAMAAR BHUVAN (THIS, MY<br />

LAND)<br />

Drama (105 mins)<br />

Director: Mrinal Sen<br />

Producer: P.D. Gupta;<br />

Cast: Nandita Das, Koushik Sen.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: India<br />

Human compassion helps two people<br />

sort out life.<br />

ARIMPARA (WART)<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Murali Nair<br />

Producers: National <strong>Film</strong> Development<br />

Corp. and Murali Nair<br />

Cast: Nedumudi Venu, M.R. Gopakumar.<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

Country of Origin: India<br />

A rich Orthodox man has a black mole<br />

under his lip that alienates him from his<br />

surroundings.<br />

DATTAK (THE ADOPTED)<br />

Drama (120 mins)<br />

Director: Gul Bahar Singh<br />

Producer: National <strong>Film</strong> Development<br />

Corp.<br />

Cast: A.K. Hangal, Rajit Kapur.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: India<br />

A man comes to reconcile with his<br />

father, but it is too late.<br />

DANCE LIKE A MAN<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Pamela Rooks; cast: Arif<br />

Zakaria, Shobana.<br />

Producer: National <strong>Film</strong> Development<br />

Corp.<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

Country of Origin: India<br />

A young aspiring dancer takes to her<br />

parent’s profession.<br />

DEVI AHILYA BAI<br />

Drama<br />

Directors: Nachiket and Jayoo<br />

Patwardhan<br />

Producer: NFDC, Government of India,<br />

Government of Maharashtra<br />

Cast: Shabana Azmi, Sadashiv<br />

Amrapurkar<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

Country of Origin: India<br />

An 18th-century woman wants to commit<br />

suicide at her husband’s funeral pyre but<br />

lives to create history.<br />

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NEW CONCORDE<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

New Concorde International, 11600 San<br />

Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049<br />

USA. Tel: 310.820.6733. Fax:<br />

310.207.6816. www.concordenewhorizons.com<br />

At Cannes: Andrea Miller (Vice<br />

President International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera L-10, Tel:<br />

33.04.92.99.33.14<br />

FIREFIGHT<br />

Action (93’)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paul Ziller<br />

Producer: Elizabeth Sanchez, Paul Ziller<br />

Key Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Nick<br />

Mancuso, Steve Bacic<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 1.5 M<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Criminals rob an armored truck in the<br />

midst of a raging forest fire, the situation<br />

gets even hotter when a gang of thugs<br />

decide they want the money!<br />

THE KILLER WITHIN ME<br />

Thriller (95’)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jesse Vint<br />

Producer: Jesse Vint, Alan Vint<br />

Key Cast: Corbin Timbrook, William<br />

Benton<br />

Delivery Status: In Development<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A deceptively charismatic young exconvict<br />

is welcomed into the home of a<br />

wealthy businessman as a houseguest.<br />

<strong>The</strong> ex-con terrorizes the family who<br />

understands too late that some people<br />

can’t or won’t change.<br />

FIRE OVER AFGHANISTAN<br />

Action (92’)<br />

Director: English<br />

Language: Terrance Winkless<br />

Producer: New Concorde and L & P<br />

Productions<br />

Key Cast: Fred Dryer, Jeff Stearns,<br />

Jordan Bayne<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A Blackhawk helicopter pilot and his<br />

passenger, a beautiful journalist, are shot<br />

down by rebels in the middle of a civil<br />

war. He must fight his way out of the<br />

world’s deadliest terrain to save both of<br />

them.<br />

NEW LINE CINEMA<br />

New Line Cinema, 116 N. Robertson<br />

Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA. Tel:<br />

310.854.5811. Fax 310.659.4712. New<br />

York: 888 7th Avenue, 20th Floor, New<br />

York NY 10106 USA. Tel: 212.649.4900.<br />

Fax: 212.659.4966<br />

Company Type: independent producer<br />

and distributor of theatrical motion<br />

pictures.<br />

At Cannes: Rolf Mittweg (President and<br />

Chief Operating <strong>Of</strong>ficer of Worldwide<br />

Distribution and Marketing), Camela<br />

Galano (President, New Line<br />

International), Nestor Nieves (Executive<br />

Vice President - New Line International),<br />

Robert Remley (Senior Vice President,<br />

International Marketing), Tracy Lorie<br />

(Senior Vice President, International<br />

Publicity), Elena Cahalan (Vice<br />

President, International Contracts)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Residence Croisette Miramar, 67<br />

rue la Croisette, 9th Floor<br />

ELF<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: Jon Favreau<br />

Producers: Jon Berg, Todd Komarniki,<br />

Shauna Robertson<br />

Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey<br />

Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen with<br />

Edward Asner and Bob Newhart<br />

Production Status: Post - Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Buddy, a human raised on the North Pole<br />

by elves finds out he really comes from<br />

New York City and sets out to find his<br />

biological father.<br />

BIRTH<br />

Psychological Mystery<br />

Director: Jonathan Glazer<br />

Producers: Jean-Louis Piel, Nick Morris,<br />

Lizie Gower and Wang Wei<br />

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall,<br />

Cameron Bright, Arliss Howard, Danny<br />

Huston, Ted Levine and Anne Heche<br />

Production Status: In - Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A 35-year old woman encounters a 10-<br />

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year old boy who is in love with her.<br />

Circumstances and actions lead her to<br />

believe that he is the reincarnation of her<br />

dead husband.<br />

CELLULAR<br />

Action-Thriller<br />

Director: David Ellis<br />

Producers: Dean Devlin, Lauren Lloyd<br />

Production Status: Pre-Production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A man is thrust into a world or murder<br />

and deception when he receives a<br />

random, desperate call from a woman<br />

who has been kidnapped.<br />

AFTER THE SUNSET<br />

Heist-Comedy<br />

Producer: Beau Flynn<br />

Cast: Pierce Brosnan<br />

Production Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Picking up where most heists movies<br />

end, a retired master thief finds himself<br />

in a game of suspicion, robbery and<br />

friendship with his life long nemesis.<br />

NEW ZEALAND FILM<br />

New Zealand <strong>Film</strong>, PO Box 11-546,<br />

Wellington, New Zealand. Tel:<br />

64.4.382.7680. Fax: 64.4.384.9719.<br />

marketing@nzfilm.co.nz<br />

At Cannes: Barrie Everard (Chairman),<br />

Ruth Harley (Chief Executive), Kathleen<br />

Drumm (Marketing & Sales), Richard<br />

Fletcher (<strong>Business</strong> Affairs), Michael<br />

Wrenn (Creative & Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 1st floor, Gray D’Albion, 17 la<br />

Croisette/4 Rue des Serbes, Tel:<br />

33.4.93.99.81.14, Fax: 33.4.93.99.81.15<br />

NIKKATSU<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Nikkatsu Corporation, 3-28-12 Hongo,<br />

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan. Tel:<br />

81.3.5689.1026. Fax: 81.3.5689.1044<br />

Company Type: producer, distributor<br />

At Cannes: Yasue Nobusawa (Manager),<br />

Kiyoyuki Ishihara (Executive Director),<br />

Kiyohiko Shoji (General Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera K-7, Tel: 04.92.99.88.46<br />

BLUES HARP<br />

Drama (106min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Takashi MIIKE<br />

Producer: Naoya NARITA<br />

Cast: Seiichi TANABE, Hiroyuki<br />

IKEUCHI<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Friendship and affection between a<br />

young ambitious Yakuza and a half-blood<br />

Blues Harp player.<br />

JYU-SHI-REI, (CURSE, DEATH AND<br />

SPRIT)<br />

Horror (Omnibus/TV 65min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Hideo NAKATA<br />

Producer: Takahiro KOHASHI, Akira<br />

OZEKI<br />

Cast: Mitsuko OKA, Michiko HATA,<br />

Yasuyo SHIRATORI<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Three horror stories based on<br />

televiewers’ experiences.<br />

KOKKURI<br />

Mysterious Horror (87min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Takahisa ZEZE<br />

Producer: Kazuyuki KOBAYASHI,<br />

Minoru YOKOTE, Shigehiro ARAKE<br />

Cast: Ayumi YAMATSU, Hiroko<br />

SHIMADA, Moe ISHIKAWA<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Spiritism play, Kokkuri bring three<br />

unstable the lives of three unstable high<br />

school girls to the edge of death.<br />

AIKI<br />

Martial Arts Drama (119min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Daisuke TENGAN<br />

Producer: Hisa IINO, Yasushi<br />

MATSUDA, Shunsuke KOGA<br />

Cast: Haruhiko KATO, Rie<br />

TOMOSAKA, Ryo ISHIBASHI<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

AIKI-jujutsu helps a young man starts<br />

his new live in a wheel chair.<br />

HARMFUL INSECT<br />

Drama (92min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Akihiko SHIOTA<br />

Producer: Hiroyuki NEGISHI, Takashi<br />

HIRANO<br />

Cast: Aoi MIYAZAKI, Seiichi TANABE,<br />

RYO<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Sachiko, a 13 years old girl, struggles<br />

looking for love in a complicated society<br />

and makes herself spin out of control.<br />

NONSTOP SALES AB<br />

Nonstop Sales AB, Döbelnsgatan 24, SE-<br />

113 52 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel:<br />

46.8.673.99.99. Fax: 46.8.673.99.88.<br />

info@nonstopsales.net.<br />

www.nonstopsales.net<br />

Company Type: International sales agent,<br />

seller<br />

At Cannes: CG Anderson (CEO – Tel:<br />

46.8.673.9999), Michael Werner (Sales<br />

Director –Tel/mobile: 46.70.733 28 55),<br />

Karin Thun (Sales Assistant –<br />

Tel/mobile: 46.70.416.99.89)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Scandinavian Terrace, 55 La<br />

Croisette, Cannes<br />

THE SLAUGHTER RULE<br />

Drama (112 )<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Alex Smith and Andrew Smith<br />

Producer: Michael Robinson and<br />

Gregory O’Connor<br />

Prod. Comp: SOLARIS<br />

Cast: Ryan Gosling, David Morse, Kelly<br />

Lynch and Clea Duvall<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country: USA, Year: 2001<br />

Shortly after his father’s death, Roy gets<br />

cut from his high school football team.<br />

He meets Gideon, who wants to recruit<br />

him to his six-man football squad.<br />

HAYFLOWER & QUILTSHOE<br />

(HEINÄHATTU JA VILTTITOSSU)<br />

Children (80 min)<br />

Language: Finnish<br />

Director: Kaisa Rastimo<br />

Producer: Marko Rauhala<br />

Prod. Comp: Kinotaurus<br />

Cast: Katriina Tavi, Tilda Kiianlehto,<br />

Minna Suuronen, Antti Virmavirta, Merja<br />

Larivaara, Päivi Akonpelto, Robert<br />

Enkell, Heikki Sankari<br />

Status: Completed/stand screenings only<br />

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Country: Finland, Year: 2002<br />

Hayflower and Quiltshoe are sisters and<br />

spend all their time together. A change is<br />

about to happen: In a week, Hayflower is<br />

going to start school. 2 Finnish National<br />

Awards.<br />

FALLING SKY (HIMMELFALL)<br />

Drama (83 min)<br />

Language: Norway<br />

Director: Gunnar Vikene<br />

Producer: Sigve Endresen<br />

Prod. Comp: Motlys, Alligator<br />

Cast: Kim Bodnia, Maria Bonnevie and<br />

Kristoffer Joner<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country: Norway, Year: 2002<br />

It’s three days before Christmas at the<br />

Sollihøgda psychiatric hospital. Reidar<br />

expects to get hit in the head by a<br />

meteor. He wants to save the whole<br />

world from catastrophe, but most of all<br />

he wants to save Juni. Winner of the<br />

Canal+ Award in Gothenburg, 2002.<br />

ONE-WAY TICKET TO MOMBASA<br />

(MEMOLIPPU MOMBAASAN)<br />

Teenage Drama (88 min)<br />

Language: Finnish<br />

Director: Hannu Tuomainen<br />

Producer: Hannu Tuomainen<br />

Prod. Comp: Cinemaker<br />

Cast: Antti Tarvainen, Joonas Saartamo,<br />

Johanna Rönnlöf<br />

Status: completed/screening<br />

Country: Finland, Year: 2002<br />

A road movie about two young men who<br />

travel through Finland to try to realize<br />

their dreams before dying, “One-Way<br />

Ticket to Mombasa” is a low-key, mostly<br />

captivating drama.<br />

THE GOLDFISH MEMORY<br />

Romantic Comedy (85 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Liz Gill<br />

Producer: Breda Walsh<br />

Prod. Comp: Goldfish <strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Sean Campion, Flora Montgomery,<br />

Stuart Graham, Jean Butler, Keith<br />

McErlean, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Justine<br />

Mitchell, Aisling O’Neill, Peter Gaynor,<br />

Demian McAdam and Lisa Hearns<br />

Status: Completed/screening<br />

Country: Ireland, Year: 2002<br />

Goldfish Memory is a light-hearted look<br />

at the dangers and delights of dating in<br />

contemporary Dublin.<br />

THE BUSINESS<br />

OF FILM<br />

London Head <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

41-42 Berners St.<br />

London WIT 3NB<br />

Los Angeles <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

5150 Wilshire Blvd.<br />

Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

NORDISK FILM<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

SALES<br />

Nordisk <strong>Film</strong> International Sales,<br />

Halmtorvet 29, Copenhagen, 1700<br />

Denmark. Tel: 45.33266880. Fax:<br />

45.33266889.<br />

www.sales.nordiskfilm.com,<br />

contact@nordiskfilm.com<br />

At Cannes: Sanne Arloe (Sales<br />

executive), Susan Wendt (Sales<br />

executive), Klaus Rasmussen (Sales<br />

executive), Kenneth Wiberg (General<br />

Manager), Casper Hald (Sales Manager)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: <strong>The</strong> Scandinavian Stand, La<br />

Croisette 55<br />

STEALING REMBRANDT (AKA:<br />

REMBRANDT)<br />

Drama comedy<br />

Language: Danish<br />

Director: Jannik Johansen<br />

Producer: Thomas Gammeltoft<br />

Key Cast: Lars Brygmann, Jakob<br />

Cedergren, Nikolaj Coster Waldau,<br />

Nicolas Bro, Sonja Richter, Sören<br />

Pilmark, Gordon Kennedy<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002-2003, Country<br />

of Origin: Denmark<br />

Mick and Tom have been hired to steal a<br />

painting from a museum. By accident,<br />

they steal the wrong painting –<br />

Denmark’s only original Rembrandt<br />

masterpiece worth millions.<br />

EVIL (ONDSKAN)<br />

Drama<br />

Language: Swedish<br />

Director: Mikael Håfström<br />

Producer: Hans Lönnerheden & Ingemar<br />

Leijonborg<br />

Key Cast: Andreas Wilson, Linda<br />

Zilliacus, Henrik Lundström, Marie<br />

Richardson, Johan Rabeus, Kjell<br />

Bergqvist, Gustaf Skarsgard, Magnus<br />

Roosman, Ulf Friberg<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Sweden<br />

16-year-old Erik lives a life with<br />

violence and evil both at home and at<br />

school. He is expelled from school due to<br />

his violent behaviour and gets a final<br />

chance to break with his past at a<br />

boarding school.<br />

NU IMAGE /<br />

MILLENNIUM FILMS<br />

Nu Image / Millennium <strong>Film</strong>s, 6423<br />

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles,<br />

California 90048 USA. Tel:<br />

310.388.6900. Fax: 310.388.6901.<br />

nimage@msn.com.<br />

At Cannes: Avi Lerner (Co-Chairman &<br />

CEO), Danny Dimbort (Co-Chairman &<br />

CEO), Carole Delossantos (Vice<br />

President, International)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth G9, Tel: 33.(0)4.92.88.02.<br />

Fax: 33.(0)4.92.88.04<br />

NINE LIVES<br />

Starring: Wesley Snipes<br />

Status: Production<br />

Mistaken for a government agent, Dean<br />

Klein is injected with a hallucinogenic<br />

truth serum that gives his captors the<br />

ability to alter his reality.<br />

BLIND HORIZON<br />

Starring: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell,<br />

Sam Shepard, Faye Dunaway, and Amy<br />

Smart<br />

Status: Post Production<br />

A man’s mysterious identity unravels as<br />

he struggles to uncover a plot to<br />

assassinate the president.<br />

DEN OF LIONS<br />

Starring Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins<br />

Status: Ready<br />

A Hungarian gypsy working for a<br />

Russian mobster jeopardizes his position<br />

when he becomes a double agent for the<br />

FBI - who are trying to help Hungary<br />

nail the Russian.<br />

NATURAL DISASTERS<br />

AVALANCHE<br />

Status: Production<br />

In the peaks high above Alaska’s Eagle<br />

Ridge, the ice groans and rumbles under<br />

the heavy blanket of fresh snow.<br />

Status: Pre Production<br />

EARTHQUAKE<br />

Status: Pre Production<br />

A respected engineer must avert a<br />

disaster as a massive earthquake damages<br />

a nuclear power plant causing a reactor<br />

melt down.<br />

O<br />

OASIS<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Oasis International, 6 Pardee Ave, Suite<br />

103, Toronto, Canada. M6K 3H5. Tel:<br />

416.588.6821. Fax: 416.588.7276.<br />

info@oasisinternational.com.<br />

www.oasisinternational.com<br />

Company Type: International and<br />

Domestic Distribution Company<br />

At Cannes: Peter Emerson (President),<br />

Valerie Cabrera (Executive VP), Steve<br />

Murphy (VP, Sales), Prentiss Holman<br />

(Sales Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

LONG LIFE, HAPPINESS AND<br />

PROSPERITY<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Shaftesbury <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Starring: SANDRA OH (ARLI$$,<br />

Judging Amy, Bliss, Princess Diaries),<br />

Introducing Valerie Tian, Chang Tseng<br />

(Shang Hai noon, Romeo must Die),<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Colin Foo (Josie and the Pussycats,<br />

Saving Silverman) and from the award<br />

winning director Mina Shum.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

In hopes of finding fortune and romance<br />

for her mother, Mindy’s sets on a<br />

magical adventure and learns the<br />

importance of keeping faith in this<br />

sometimes difficult world.<br />

SAMHAIN<br />

Horror (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Warehouse <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Richard Greico (Wounded,<br />

Manhattan Midnight), Jenna Jameson<br />

(Porn n’ Chicken, Playboy’s Sizzling Sex<br />

Stars), Chasey Lain (Playboy Sizzling<br />

Sex Stars), Ginger Lynn Allen (Sunset<br />

Stripped, <strong>The</strong> A-List) and Bobbie<br />

Phillips (Weed Man, Showgirls, “Murder<br />

One”)<br />

Delivery Status: In Post Production<br />

A disfigured mutant who comes from a<br />

long line of incestuous cannibals hunts a<br />

group of University students on a class<br />

trip.<br />

HEMINGWAY VS. CALLAGHAN<br />

Mini-series (2 x 90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Shaftesbury Productions<br />

Cast: Vincent Walsh (Random Passage)<br />

Robin Dunne (American Psycho 2)<br />

Gordon Pinsent (Shipping News) Maury<br />

Chaykin (Nero Wolfe) and Ada Turturro<br />

(<strong>The</strong> Sopranos)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Based on “That Summer in Paris” this<br />

exciting new mini-series explores the<br />

early career of Ernest Hemingway from<br />

his first job as a writer in the backwater<br />

of Toronto to his now famous life in<br />

Paris in the early 30s.<br />

HAVE MERCY<br />

Feature Drama (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Have Mercy Pictues<br />

Cast: Alisa Wiegers (<strong>The</strong> Chippendalles<br />

Murder) Clark Johnson (Love Come<br />

Down) and Jacki Burroughs (Willard)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Have Mercy is the story of one woman’s<br />

journey out of madness and into<br />

craziness and a group of women who<br />

journey in search of beauty and<br />

wonderment in a world devoid of it.<br />

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - CINEMAVAULT RELEASING INC.<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

INERTIA<br />

Feature (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Indian Snack Box<br />

Cast: Jonas Chernick (“<strong>The</strong> Eleventh<br />

Hour”, <strong>The</strong> Pentagon Papers) and Sarah<br />

Constable (<strong>The</strong> many Trials of Jane Doe.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

<strong>The</strong> lives of four characters are<br />

sidetracked by desire deception and<br />

adultery.<br />

ODYSSEY<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

LTD<br />

Odyssey Entertainment Ltd, 1 Berkeley<br />

Street, London, W1J 8 DJ UK. Tel:<br />

44.(0).207.016.8847. Fax:<br />

44.(0).207.016.9134. sales@odysseyentertainment.co.uk<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent, Finance<br />

At Cannes: Ralph Kamp (Chairman and<br />

CEO), Louise Goodsill (President and<br />

COO), Amanda Evans (Vice President<br />

Worldwide TV Sales), Matthew Hampton<br />

(Vice President Marketing), Rachel<br />

Woodeson (Vice President Legal &<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Affairs), Pascal Degove (Sales<br />

Executive); Acquisition Executive: Sarah<br />

Arnott (Vice President Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Vieux Port - Bay View Motor<br />

Yacht, Tel: 33.(0)4.92.98.71.72, Fax:<br />

33.(0)4.92.98.71.72<br />

VEGGIETALES<br />

Kids Animation (22 x 30 minutes. Kids<br />

feature 1 x 82 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 1993-2004, Country<br />

of Origin: USA<br />

One of the most popular kids video<br />

series, VeggieTales has sold over 30<br />

million units in the US alone. 22<br />

hilarious episodes reinforce timeless<br />

values and feature top-quality computer<br />

animation.<br />

BOMBO SPORTS<br />

Documentary features<br />

Language: English<br />

Delivery Status: 5 completed, 1 in<br />

production.<br />

Year of Production: Country of Origin:<br />

USA<br />

Six gripping behind-the-scenes<br />

documentaries take a uniquely human<br />

look at the top teams and athletes in the<br />

differing worlds of Soccer, NASCAR,<br />

Rugby and Rodeo.<br />

THE CROOKED MAN<br />

Crime Thriller (1 x 90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: David Drury<br />

Producer: Elli Jason Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Ross Kemp, Liam Cunningham,<br />

Natasha Little<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

A pulsating action thriller that takes us<br />

into a world of violence, betrayal,<br />

kidnap, blackmail and surprisingly...love.<br />

A television film premiere for the ITV<br />

Network in the UK.<br />

DEATHWATCH<br />

Horror (92 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Michael J Bassett<br />

Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor,<br />

Frank Hubner Co-production partners:<br />

Cast: Jamie Bell, Hugo Speer, Andy<br />

Serkis<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: UK / Germany<br />

In the chaos of WW1, a small company<br />

of British soldiers seek refuge in a<br />

complex network of haunted trenches.<br />

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA<br />

Musical Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Joel Schumacher<br />

Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003/04, Country of<br />

THE VIRGIN OF LIVERPOOL - SENATOR INNTERNATIONAL<br />

Origin: UK<br />

<strong>The</strong> world’s biggest musical tells the<br />

classic and highly emotive story of the<br />

love triangle between a beautiful young<br />

opera singer, her childhood sweetheart<br />

and a tormented, disfigured musical<br />

genius.<br />

OPEN SESAME CO.,<br />

LTD.<br />

Open Sesame Co., Ltd., 1-14-6 Ginza,<br />

Chuo-ku, To 104-0061 Japan. Tel:<br />

81.3.5159.0871. Fax: 81.3.3561.6262.<br />

At Cannes: Ritsuko Abe (President),<br />

Kaho Nakane (Executive Vice President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Apt. Roussel, Residence Victoria<br />

ANTENNA<br />

Drama (117 minutes)<br />

Language: Japanese w/English Subtitles<br />

Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri<br />

Producer: Hiroko Matsuda<br />

Key Cast: Ryo Kase, Akemi Kobayashi<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

A heart-wrenching drama of a young<br />

man and his family who gets over the<br />

tragic death of his little sister.<br />

HOTEL HIBISCUS<br />

Drama (92 minutes)<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Language: Japanese w/English subtitles<br />

Director: Yuji Nakae<br />

Producer: Hotel Hibiscus Parth ners<br />

Key Cast: Honami Kurashita, Kimiko Yo<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A coming-of-age story of a cheeky little<br />

girl who goes into the adventure to<br />

search the mythtic elfin in the exotic,<br />

southern lsland of Japan.<br />

A LAUGHING FROG<br />

Erotic Comedy (96 minutes)<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Director: Japanese w/English subtitles<br />

Language: Hideyuki Hirayama<br />

Producer: A Laughing Frog Partners<br />

Key Cast: Kyozo Nagatsuka, Nene<br />

Otsuka<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Once a high profile banker, now a<br />

fugitive hides himself in a storage room<br />

and peeps into love affair of his wife<br />

with her new boyfriend.<br />

DRIVE<br />

Action Comedy (102 minutes)<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Language: Japanese w/English subtitles<br />

Director: SABU<br />

Producer: Drive <strong>Film</strong> Partners<br />

Key Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kou<br />

Shibasaki, Ren Osugi<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

About a hiper-square jitterbug<br />

businessman who is happened to travel<br />

with bank robbers on the run.<br />

GOMEN<br />

Drama (103 minutes)<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Language: Japanese w/English subtitles<br />

Director: Shin Togashi<br />

Producer: GOMEN <strong>Film</strong> Partners<br />

L.A. <strong>Of</strong>fice Phone<br />

(323) 935-8228<br />

Key Cast: Masahiro Hisano, Yukika<br />

Sakuratani<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A coming-of-age story about a boy in<br />

sixth grader who falls in love with a girl<br />

in junior high school, who is “too old”<br />

for him.<br />

OVERSEAS<br />

FILMGROUP/ FIRST<br />

LOOK MEDIA<br />

Overseas <strong>Film</strong>group/ First Look Media,<br />

8000 Sunset Blvd., East Penthouse, Los<br />

Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel:<br />

323.337.1000. fax: 323.337.1078.<br />

International Sales office: Via E. Jenner,<br />

45 00151 Rome, Italy. Tel/Fax:<br />

39.06.5327.5511.<br />

info@firstlookmedia.com.<br />

www.firstlookmedia.com<br />

At Cannes: Chris Cooney (CEO, Co-<br />

Chairman, First Look Media), Robbie<br />

Little (President, Co-Chairman, First<br />

Look Media), William Lischak (COO,<br />

CFO, First Look Media), MJ Peckos<br />

(President, First Look Pictures), Liz<br />

Mackiewicz (Sr. VP, Worldwide Sales &<br />

Distrib, Overseas <strong>Film</strong>group), Brian<br />

Oshea (Sr. VP, Worldwide Sales &<br />

Distrib, Overseas <strong>Film</strong>group), Gina<br />

Nahum (VP, International Sales (Rome),<br />

Overseas <strong>Film</strong>group), Steven Demille<br />

(Sr. VP, marketing, First Look Home<br />

Entertainment), Jd Beaufils (Director,<br />

Sales & Library Licensing, Overseas<br />

<strong>Film</strong>group), Giovanna Trischitta<br />

(Executive Coordinator), Ellen Little<br />

(President, <strong>The</strong> Little <strong>Film</strong> Company)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel, Suite# 753, Tel:<br />

04.97.06.84.76. Fax: 04.97.06.84.78<br />

THE BOYS FROM COUNTY CLARE<br />

Comedy<br />

Director: John Irvin<br />

Producer: Evzen Kolar, Wolfgang<br />

Esenwein, Ellen Little<br />

Principal Cast: Colm Meaney, Bernard<br />

Hill, Andrea Corr, Philip Barantini,<br />

Charlotte Bradley, Shaun Evans, Patrick<br />

Bergin<br />

This heartwarming comedy centers<br />

around two brothers, John Joe and<br />

Jimmy, who haven’t seen each other in<br />

twenty years.<br />

INTO THE WILDERNESS<br />

Romantic Adventure<br />

Director: Charles Martin Smith<br />

Producer: William Vince, Rob Merilees<br />

Principal Cast: Barry Pepper, Annabella<br />

Piugattuk, James Cromwell<br />

Stranded by a plane crash a thousand<br />

miles from civilization, pilot Charlie<br />

Lavery sets out across the endless tundra<br />

for the nearest outpost.<br />

LUTHER<br />

Epic Drama<br />

Director: Eric Till<br />

Producer: Brigitte Rochow, Christian P.<br />

Stehr, Alexander Thies<br />

Principal Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred<br />

Molina, Clair Cox, Sir Peter Ustinov,<br />

Bruno Ganz<br />

Delivery Status: Screening, INVITE<br />

ONLY<br />

Overcoming his own inner demons,<br />

Martin Luther, a German monk,<br />

challenges the political and religious<br />

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authorities of his time and starts a<br />

revolution of the mind and spirit, which<br />

continues today the world over.<br />

THE TESSERACT<br />

Suspense thriller<br />

Director: Oxide Pang<br />

Producer: Takashi Kusube, Naoki Kai,<br />

So-Jun Bee, Jun Hara, Koichi Shibuya<br />

Principal Cast: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,<br />

Saskia Reeves<br />

Delivery Status: Screening<br />

In the belly of Bangkok’s underworld,<br />

four strangers lives are about to<br />

change...forever.<br />

LETHAL DOSE (LD50)<br />

Psychological Horror<br />

Director: Simon de Selva<br />

Producer: Alistair Maclean-Clark, Basil<br />

Stephens<br />

Principal Cast: Katharine Towne,<br />

Melanie Brown, Tom Hardy<br />

Delivery Status: Screening<br />

A group of young activists get more than<br />

they bargained for when they break into<br />

an animal research lab, only to find that<br />

they have become the subjects of a grisly<br />

experiment.<br />

P<br />

PARAGON FILM<br />

GROUP<br />

Paragon <strong>Film</strong> Group, 209 East Alameda<br />

Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502 USA. Tel:<br />

818.845.7148.<br />

www.paragonfilmgroup.com,<br />

info@paragonfilmgroup.com<br />

At Cannes: Scott Bedno (Vice President,<br />

Sales & Acquisitions), Matthew<br />

McCombs (President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera C9, Fax: 818.566.6639<br />

HELLBORN<br />

Horror (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Philip Jones<br />

Producer: Philip Jones, Matthew<br />

McCombs<br />

Key Cast: Bruce Payne, Tiny Lister Jr.,<br />

Tracy Scoggins<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

A young doctor uncovers a demonic cult<br />

and must escape before becoming the<br />

next victim of “<strong>The</strong> Harvester”<br />

BACKFLASH<br />

Thriller (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Philip Jones<br />

Producer: Philip Jones, Matthew<br />

McCombsh<br />

Key Cast: Robert Patrick, Jennifer<br />

Esposito, Melissa Joan Hart, Colm<br />

Meaney<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong>re’s nothing real in this...but the<br />

money.<br />

<strong>The</strong> usual<br />

Location for the<br />

23 RD year<br />

<strong>The</strong> Carlton Hotel<br />

Room 149<br />

PARK<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

LTD<br />

Park Entertainment Ltd, 4th Floor, 50-51<br />

Conduit Street, London W1S 2YT UK.<br />

Tel: 44(0).20.7434.4176. Fax:<br />

44.(0).20.7434.4179.<br />

sales@parkentertainment.com.<br />

www.parkentertainment.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent/distributor<br />

At Cannes: Jim Howell (CEO), Simon<br />

Barnes (Head <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Sales), Linda<br />

Vezzoli (Marketing and Sales Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Room 143 Carlton<br />

Intercontinental, 58 La Croisette, Tel:<br />

33.(0).4.93.06.41.43. Fax:<br />

33.(0).4.93.06.40.25 (Room 143)<br />

THE GREAT GOOSE CAPER<br />

Family Comedy (85 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Nicholas Kendall<br />

Producer: Wendy Hill-Tout, Alex Brown<br />

Cast: Chevy Chase, Joan Plowright,<br />

James Purefoy, Kari Matchett, Max<br />

Morrow<br />

Delivery Status: post production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada/UK<br />

Budget: $6.5 million<br />

A talking Goose brings the sparkle back<br />

to a little boy’s life but it’s a race against<br />

time to save the bird from the Christmas<br />

cooking pot.<br />

THE PURIFIERS<br />

Martial Arts<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Richard Jobson<br />

Producer: Richard Jobson, Chris Atkins<br />

Cast: Kevin McKidd, Troy Titus-Adams<br />

Delivery Status: in production<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

Budget: $1.8 million<br />

A modern day gang movie set against a<br />

martial arts backdrop in a Britain of the<br />

near future.<br />

ALIEN SOUP<br />

Family Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Stephen Cookson<br />

Producer: Stephen Cookson, David Ball<br />

Delivery Status: pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

Budget: $9 million<br />

Strange aliens arrive on earth to taste the<br />

best tomato soup in the galaxy.<br />

NINE DEAD GAY GUYS<br />

Comedy (83 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Lab Ky Mo<br />

Producer: Lamia Nayeb St-Hilaire<br />

Cast: Steven Berkoff, Michael Praed, Vas<br />

Blackwood<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

Two ordinary Irish lads’ outrageous<br />

journey through London’s underground<br />

gay scene.<br />

TWO MEN WENT TO WAR<br />

Comedy Drama (108 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Henderson<br />

Producer: Ira Trattner, Pat Harding<br />

Cast: Kenneth Cranham, Leo Bill, Derek<br />

Jacobi<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production:2001, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

A comedy drama based on the true story<br />

of two British army dentists who, in<br />

1942, decide to take the war into their<br />

own hands and invade France.<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

PATHE<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Pathe International, 10, rue Lincoln,<br />

75008 Paris, France. Tel:<br />

331.40.76.94.38. Fax: 331.40.76.91.23.<br />

sales@patheinternational.fr.<br />

www.patheinternational.fr<br />

Company Type: Sales agent<br />

At Cannes: Olivier GRANIER (CEO)<br />

Pascal DIOT (Director of sales) Christine<br />

HAYET (Director of sales); Acquisition<br />

Executive: Olivier GRANIER (CEO)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 331.40.76.94.38, Tel:<br />

334.92.99.33.03, Fax: 334.92.99.33.06<br />

LE BISON<br />

Comedy (96 min)<br />

Language: french<br />

Director: Isabelle NANTY<br />

Producer: Claude BERRI Co-production<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Isabelle NANTY, Edouard BAER,<br />

Pierre François MARTIN LAVAL<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

LA BEUZE<br />

(95 min)<br />

Language: french<br />

Director: Francois DESAGNAT &<br />

Thomas SORRIAUX<br />

Producer: Abel NAHMIAS<br />

Cast: Michael YOUN, Vincent<br />

DESAGNAT<br />

Delivery Status: (completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

Alphonse Brown, illegitimate son of<br />

James Brown, has been friends with<br />

Scotch since childhood. <strong>The</strong>y live in Le<br />

Havre, making a living from seedy scams<br />

and deals until the day Alphonse gets<br />

himself arrested.<br />

PAS SI GRAVE<br />

Romantic Comedy (98 min)<br />

Language: french<br />

Director: Bernard RAPP<br />

Producer: Didier CRESTE Coproduction<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Sami BOUAJILA, Romain DURIS,<br />

Jean Michel PORTAL<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

Three feuding foster brothers, Leo, Max<br />

and Charlie, are suddenly sent from<br />

foggy Liège in Belgium to sunny<br />

Valencia in southern Spain on a mission<br />

to fulfill the dying wish of their foster<br />

father.<br />

MALEFIQUE<br />

Horror (90 min)<br />

Language: french<br />

Director: Eric VALETTE<br />

Producer: Marc Missonnier & Olivier<br />

DELBOSC Co-production partners:<br />

Cast: Gérald LAROCHE, Philippe<br />

LAUDENBACH, Clovis CORNILLAC,<br />

Dimitri RATAUD<br />

Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />

or completed)<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

A prison cell. Four prisoners. Carrère,<br />

young company director accused of<br />

fraud. Marcus, 35 year-old transsexual in<br />

the process of transformation. Daisy, 20<br />

year-old, mentally retarded. Lassalle, 60<br />

year-old intellectual who murdered his<br />

wife.<br />

JE RESTE<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: french<br />

Director: Diane KURYS<br />

Producer: Alain TERZIAN Coproduction<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Sophie MARCEAU, Vincent<br />

PEREZ, Charles BERLING<br />

Delivery Status: post production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: France<br />

Marie-Dominique and Bertrand form a<br />

close-knit couple, but only on the<br />

surface.<br />

PATHÉ<br />

INTERNATIONAL-UK<br />

Pathé International-UK, London office:<br />

Kent House, Market Place, London W1W<br />

8AR UK. Tel: 44.207.462.4427. Fax:<br />

44.20.7436.7891. e:<br />

international.sales@pathe-uk.com. Web:<br />

http://www.pathe.co.uk/<br />

At Cannes: Alison Thompson (ead of<br />

Sales), Moyra Lock (Marketing<br />

Manager), Stephen Murphy (<strong>Business</strong><br />

Affairs Manager), Mike Runagall<br />

(International Sales Co-ordinator)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o <strong>The</strong> Riviera, Stand N7, Tel:<br />

33(0).4.92.99.33.03. Fax:<br />

33(0).4.92.99.33.06<br />

BODYSONG<br />

Feature Documentary (83 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Simon Pummell<br />

Producer: Janine Marmot (I Could Read<br />

the Sky, Institute Benjamenta)<br />

Production Company: Hot Property<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Delivery Status: Completed/Screening<br />

Year Produced: 2002, Production<br />

Country: UK<br />

<strong>The</strong> epic story of love, sex, violence,<br />

death and dreams. <strong>The</strong> story of our lives,<br />

told through moving images from around<br />

the world.<br />

SAVE THE GREEN PLANET<br />

CJ ENTERTAINMENT<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

BROKEN WINGS (K’NAFAYIM<br />

SHVUROT)<br />

Drama (87 minutes)<br />

Language: Hebrew (English-subtitled)<br />

Director: Nir Bergman<br />

Producer: Assaf Amir<br />

Production Company: Norma<br />

Productions<br />

Cast: Orly Zilberschatz Banai, Maya<br />

Maron, Nitai Gvirtz<br />

Year Produced: 2002, Production<br />

Country: Israel<br />

An uplifting and optimistic tale,<br />

BROKEN WINGS portrays a family,<br />

which despite a series of crises, manages<br />

to come back from the brink of disaster.<br />

THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST<br />

Drama (108 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Penny Woolcock (<strong>The</strong> Death of<br />

Klinghoffer, Tina Goes Shopping)<br />

Producer: Madonna Baptiste<br />

Production Company: Blast! <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Alec Newman (Long Time Dead;<br />

Greenwich Mean Time), Marc Warren<br />

(Men Only; Dad Savage; Band of<br />

Brothers), Sienna Guillory (Late Night<br />

Shopping; Take a Girl Like You)<br />

Status Completed/Screening<br />

Year Produced: 2002, Production<br />

Country: UK<br />

Paul is suffering from writer’s block and<br />

a growing languidness, until he meets<br />

two people: Billy, a charismatic and<br />

dangerous risk-taker who exposes Paul to<br />

the darker side of life; and Juliette with<br />

whom he falls passionately in love.<br />

WONDROUS OBLIVION<br />

Drama (104 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paul Morrison (Oscar<br />

nominated for Solomon and Gaenor)<br />

Producer: Jonny Persey<br />

Co-Producer: Lesley Stewart (<strong>The</strong> Full<br />

Monty, Trainspotting)<br />

Executive Producer: Michael Kuhn<br />

Production Company: APT <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: Delroy Lindo (Malcolm X, Get<br />

Shorty, <strong>The</strong> Cider House Rules), Emily<br />

Woof (Pandemonium, <strong>The</strong> Full Monty,<br />

This Year’s Love), Stanley Townsend (In<br />

the Name of the Father, <strong>The</strong> Snapper,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Miracle), Sam Smith (Oliver Twist -<br />

TV Mini Series)Year Produced: 2003,<br />

Status Screening/World Premiere<br />

Production Country: UK<br />

PEACHES<br />

CINEMAVAULT RELEASING INC.<br />

Eleven year-old David Wiseman is mad<br />

about cricket but no good at it. He has all<br />

the kit but none of the skill, and he’s a<br />

laughing stock at school.<br />

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING<br />

Romantic Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Peter Webber<br />

Producer: Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker<br />

Production Company: Archer Street<br />

Cast: Colin Firth (Bridget Jones’ Diary,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Importance of Being Earnest),<br />

Scarlett Johansson (Eight Legged Freaks,<br />

Ghost World, <strong>The</strong> Man Who Wasn’t<br />

<strong>The</strong>re), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Importance of Being Earnest, <strong>The</strong><br />

Full Monty)<br />

Status In Post-Production<br />

Year Produced: 2003, Production<br />

Country: UK<br />

Set in 17th century Holland, GIRL<br />

WITH A PEARL EARRING tells the<br />

imagined and highly seductive story<br />

behind one of Vermeer’s greatest and<br />

most enigmatic paintings.<br />

PFG<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

PFG Entertainment, Inc., 429 Santa<br />

Monica Boulevard, Suite 600, Santa<br />

Monica, California 90401 USA. Tel:<br />

310.393.5788. Fax: 310.393.0882.<br />

www.pfgentertainment.com.<br />

mail@pfgentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Ted Rosenblatt, Daniel Gerst<br />

and Tamar Chafets<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Inter Continental Hotel,<br />

Suite 201, Tel: 33.493.064.201. Fax:<br />

33.493.066.901.<br />

A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE<br />

Romantic Drama<br />

Director: Guy Pearce (Memento, <strong>The</strong><br />

Count of Monte Cristo, Time Machine),<br />

Lili Taylor (Live From Bagdad, High<br />

Fidelity, <strong>The</strong> Haunting),<br />

Producer: Richard Raddon<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Guy Pearce gives another amazing<br />

performance, here as a seductive<br />

musician whose newfound success<br />

becomes dependent on the obsessive<br />

infatuation of a devoted fan (Lili Taylor).<br />

WOOLY BOYS<br />

Adventure Comedy<br />

Director: Leszek Burzynski<br />

Producers: Robert Schwartz<br />

Principle Cast: Peter Fonda (Ulee’s Gold)<br />

,Kris Kristofferson (Blade II, Planet <strong>Of</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Apes), Keith Carradine (Wild Bill),<br />

Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park I & II)<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

It’s family friendly fun when a city-bred<br />

teenager gets caught up in a series of<br />

misadventures after being “kidnapped”<br />

by his sheep rancher grandfather.<br />

SHOOTERS<br />

Crime Drama<br />

Director: Colin Teague, Glenn Durfort<br />

Producers: Margery Bone<br />

Principle Cast: Adrian Dunbar (<strong>The</strong><br />

General, <strong>The</strong> Crying Game), Andrew<br />

Howard (Band of Brothers), Louis<br />

Dempsey (Stones In <strong>The</strong>ir Pockets),<br />

Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures,<br />

Coyote Ugly).<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

This Universal Pictures UK release<br />

depicts a stylized London underworld<br />

where deception and intimidation are<br />

24/7 and betrayal is the only way out.<br />

SEVEN GIRLFRIENDS<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Director: Paul Lazarus<br />

Producers: Paul Lazarus, J. Todd Harris,<br />

Barry Opper<br />

Principle Cast: Tim Daly (TV’s <strong>The</strong><br />

Fugitive, Object of My Affection), Mimi<br />

Rogers, Olivia D’Abo, Jami Gertz,<br />

Elizabeth Pena<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

It’s hard to be “Mr. Right”; just ask his<br />

seven girlfriends!<br />

PICTURE THIS!<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Picture This! Entertainment, 7471<br />

Melrose Avenue, Suite 7, Los Angeles,<br />

CA 90046 USA. Tel: 323.852.1398. Fax:<br />

323.658.7265. picturethisvideo@aol.com,<br />

www.picturethisent.com<br />

Company Type: Sales Agent, Distributor<br />

At Cannes: Acquisition Executive:<br />

Douglas Witkins (President), Koing<br />

Kuoch (Vice-President)<br />

EBAN AND CHARLEY<br />

Drama (89 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: James Bolton<br />

Producer: Chris Monlux<br />

Cast: Giovani Andrade, Brent Fellows<br />

Delivery Status Complete<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Budget: 1 Million<br />

When a fifteen year old boy’s friendship<br />

with a young school teacher begins to<br />

deepen, controversy erupts.<br />

PICTURES IN<br />

PARADISE<br />

Pictures In Paradise, Ocean Studios, 1<br />

John Lund Drive, Hope Harbour 4212,<br />

Australia. Tel: 61.7.55108466. Fax:<br />

61.7.55108522.<br />

www.picturesinparadise.com.au<br />

Company Type: producer, distributor<br />

At Cannes: Chris Brown (Producer),<br />

Defrim Isai (Co-producer <strong>Business</strong><br />

Affairs)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/- Australian <strong>Film</strong> Commission,<br />

Level 8, 52 La Croisette, Tel:<br />

33.4.93998507. Fax: 33.4.93998504<br />

BLURRED<br />

Teen Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Evan Clarry<br />

Producer: Chris Brown, Chris Fitchett<br />

Co-production partners: Claymoss,<br />

Portman <strong>Film</strong>s, Becker Ent, FFC, PFTC.<br />

Cast: Mathew Newton (Looking for<br />

Alibrandi), Kristian Schmid<br />

(Neighbours), Jessica Gower (Secret Life<br />

of Us), Petra Yared (MDA)<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

School’s Out...and it’s only 200 miles to<br />

the party of a lifetime! Every year more<br />

than 70,000 Australian school leavers<br />

head for the beaches of Australia’s Gold<br />

Coast to celebrate with a wild mixture of<br />

sun, surf and sex.<br />

UNDER THE RADAR<br />

Comedy Thriller (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Evan Clarry<br />

Producer: Chris Brown, Chris Fitchett<br />

Co-production partners: Macquarie <strong>Film</strong><br />

Investments, Nine <strong>Film</strong>s, Hoyts,<br />

FFC, PFTC.<br />

Cast: Clayton Watson (Matrix Reloaded),<br />

Nathan Phillips (Australian<br />

Rules), Chloe Maxwell, Steady Eddy.<br />

Delivery Status: post<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

Four twenty-somethings travel to the<br />

coast together, each with their own<br />

agenda. Chaos ensues as they unwittingly<br />

find themselves caught up in the midst of<br />

a deadly crossfire between two rival<br />

gangs.<br />

THE LOCALS<br />

Horror (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Greg Page<br />

Producer: Steve Sachs<br />

Co-production partners: New Zealand<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Commission<br />

Cast: John Barker (Mercy Peak), Dwayne<br />

Cameron (<strong>The</strong> Tribe, Street Legal), Kate<br />

Elliott (Toy Love, Street Legal), Aidee<br />

Walker<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: New Zealand<br />

Two best friends Grant and Paul hit the<br />

road for a weekend of surfing, booze and<br />

hopefully . . . girls.<br />

LAB RATS<br />

Romantic Comedy (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: Chris Brown, Chris Fitchett<br />

Country of Origin: Australia<br />

Five Backpackers find themselves down<br />

and out in London. Desperate for money<br />

they’ll do anything including becoming<br />

guinea pigs at a drug research facility.<br />

CLASS<br />

Black Comedy Thriller (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Ruane (Death in<br />

Brunswick, That Eye <strong>The</strong> Sky)<br />

Producer: Chris Brown, Chris Fitchett<br />

Country of Origin: Australia<br />

When American student Julian Mitchell<br />

enrolls at the exclusive Darworth<br />

Grammar he doesn’t expect to be<br />

persecuted by the elitist teacher nicknamed<br />

‘Spider’.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Location<br />

for the 23 RD year<br />

<strong>The</strong> Carlton Hotel<br />

Room 149<br />

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PM<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

PM Entertainment, Corporate <strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />

11835 West Olympic Blvd., Suite #550,<br />

Los Angeles, CA 90064 USA. Tel:<br />

310.444.4113. Fax: 310.444.4102.<br />

At Cannes: Lenny Shapiro, Dan March<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera, booth Tel (914), Tel:<br />

06.73.68.09.41<br />

FIRETRAP<br />

Action / Adventure<br />

Director: Harris Done<br />

Producers: Vince Ravine, John Kelly<br />

Cast: Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, Mel<br />

Harris<br />

Status: Completed<br />

When the robbery of a classified<br />

computer chip goes awry, the burglar<br />

must elude the police, secret agents and a<br />

deadly fire.<br />

LAYOVER<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Alan McElrory<br />

Producers: Vince Ravine, John Kelly<br />

Cast: David Hasselhoff, Gregg Henry,<br />

Yvonne Scio<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A steamy airport affair becomes one<br />

man’s nightmare, as the woman he made<br />

love to turns out to be the wife of a<br />

dangerous jewelry dealer.<br />

EPICENTER<br />

Action / Adventure<br />

Director: Richard Pepin<br />

Producer: Michael Derbas<br />

Cast: Traci Elizabeth Lords, Gary<br />

Daniels, Jeff Fahey<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A female cop must escort a notorious<br />

criminal across Los Angeles to jail<br />

during an earthquake crisis.<br />

PORTMAN FILM<br />

Portman <strong>Film</strong>, 21-25 St Anne’s Court,<br />

London, W1F OBJ UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7494.8024. Fax: 44.20.7494.8046.<br />

sales@portmanfilm.com.<br />

www.portmanfilm.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent<br />

At Cannes: Tristan Whalley, Tim Buxton,<br />

Jane Baker, Jenifer Landor, Mia Walker,<br />

Louise Matthews<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Grand Hotel Residences,<br />

Entrance Flamant, 6th Floor, Bell 60CH,<br />

Tel: 04.93.99.81.41. Fax: 04.93.99.81.60<br />

INTERMISSION<br />

Black Comedy (100 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: John Crowley<br />

Producer: Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan,<br />

Alan Moloney<br />

Cast: Colin Farrell, Kelly Macdonald,<br />

Shirley Henderson<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Republic of Ireland/ United<br />

Kingdom<br />

A couple break up briefly (the<br />

“intermission” of the title), sending<br />

ripples through the lives of everyone<br />

around them.<br />

THE ACTORS<br />

Comedy (96 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Conor McPherson<br />

Producer: Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan,<br />

Redmond Morris<br />

Cast: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran,<br />

Miranda Richardson<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production:2002, Country of<br />

Origin: United Kingdom<br />

Two struggling, eccentric actors Tom<br />

(Dylan Moran) and O’Malley (Michael<br />

Caine) prove the little known adage that<br />

bad actors make great crooks.<br />

A.K.A<br />

Drama (118 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Duncan Roy<br />

Producer: Richard West<br />

Cast: Matthew Leitch, Lindsey Coulson,<br />

Diana Quick<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production:2002, Country of<br />

Origin: United Kingdom<br />

Audaciously split into three simultaneous<br />

frames, AKA tells the story of Dean,<br />

young, disaffected and trapped. With<br />

cunning and deceit, he adopts a fantasy<br />

life among the upper echelons of British<br />

and European society.<br />

BLURRED<br />

Comedy/ Road Movie (92 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Evan Clarry<br />

Producer: Chris Brown, Chris Fitchett<br />

Cast: Matthew Newton, Jess Gower,<br />

Kristian Schmid<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia<br />

Every year more than 70,000 school<br />

leavers head for the sun-drenched<br />

beaches of the Gold Coast to celebrate<br />

their release from school.<br />

ANITA & ME<br />

Comedy (92 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Metin Huseyin<br />

Producer: Paul Raphael<br />

Cast: Kathy Burke, Lynn Redgrave,<br />

Mark Williams<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: United Kingdom<br />

Meena (Chandeep Uppal) is 12 years old<br />

and lives in the village of Tollington,<br />

“the jewel of the Black Country” - in<br />

1972. She is the daughter of Indian<br />

parents who have come to England to<br />

give her a better life.<br />

PROMARK<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

GROUP<br />

Promark Entertainment Group, 3599<br />

Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, CA<br />

90068 USA. Tel: 323.878.0404. Fax:<br />

323.878.0486. sales@promarkgroup.com<br />

Website:<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Jonathan Kramer<br />

(President), Mr. Eric Bernstein (Vice<br />

President of International Sales), Ms.<br />

Annouchka Lesoeur (Vice President<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Both M9/N10<br />

I WITNESS<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Rowdy Herrington<br />

Producer: David Bixler, Shelly Strong<br />

Cast: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia<br />

de Rossi<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (96:00)<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

James Rhodes (Jeff Daniels) knows that<br />

there is a corporate cover up to the<br />

bodies that were found in Tijuana.<br />

GRAVELAND<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Robert Stadd<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A spaceship headed by ambitious<br />

Captain Kyle Baskin of XYCOR<br />

Corporation is en route to Mars to<br />

investigate a mysterious energy source<br />

which could save the earth.<br />

GHOST MONKEY<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paul Andersen<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

A simian-like serial killer moves in the<br />

shadows and strikes with vicious force,<br />

ripping out the hearts of its victims.<br />

BACKTRACK<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tim Bogart<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

When a mysterious man with no identity<br />

and no memory of his past saves the life<br />

of a homeless woman, the FBI must<br />

track him down before he realizes who<br />

he truly is.<br />

R<br />

RAI TRADE<br />

Rai Trade (Sales), Via Umberto Novaro<br />

18, 00195 Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06.374<br />

98469. Fax: 39.06. 37516222.<br />

info@raitrade.it, www.raitrade.it<br />

At Cannes: Roberto Di Russo (President<br />

and Ceo), Andrea Portante (Sales and<br />

Marketing Director), Sesto Cifola (Head<br />

of Cinema and Fiction International<br />

Sales), Giulia Filippelli (Cinema and<br />

Fiction International Sales Executive),<br />

Susanna Gianandrea (Promotion,<br />

Corporate Image and International<br />

Festivals)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: M 10- Riviera Palais Des Festival<br />

IL CUORE ALTROVE (A HEART<br />

ELSEWHERE)<br />

(103 min)<br />

Language: Original version with English<br />

subtitles<br />

Director: Pupi Avati<br />

Production: Rai Cinema, Antonio Avati<br />

for Duea <strong>Film</strong><br />

Cast: Neri Marcorè, Giancarlo Giannini,<br />

Vanessa Incontrada, Sandra Milo, Guilio<br />

Bosetti, Nino D?Angelo.<br />

<strong>The</strong> film is set in the 1920s. Nello , a shy<br />

academic type lives with his family in<br />

Rome where his father is tailor to the<br />

Pope.<br />

PERLASCA (THE COURAGE OF A<br />

JUST MAN)<br />

(131 min)<br />

Language: Original version with English<br />

subtitles<br />

Director: Alberto Negrin<br />

Co-production with Rai Fiction, Palomar<br />

- Endemol, Focus <strong>Film</strong>- Budapest,<br />

France 2/Hamster Productions- Paris,<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

SVT- Sveriges Television- Stockholm<br />

Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Amanda Sandrelli,<br />

Mathilda May<br />

Set in Budapest towards the end of the<br />

Second World War, this is based on the<br />

true story of Giorgio Perlasca, the Italian<br />

“Schindler” who risked everything to<br />

save thousands of Jews from being<br />

killed.<br />

A SECOND CHANCE<br />

(119 min)<br />

Language: Original version with English<br />

subtitles<br />

Director: Pasquale Squitieri<br />

Production: Rai Cinema, Cosmopoli<br />

Corporation<br />

Cast: Giorgio Albertazzi,<br />

Naples is a city of a thousand intrigues<br />

and contrasts. De Gregorio is a cynical,<br />

disillusioned and eccentric lawyer who<br />

hates the squalor and meanness of the<br />

city.<br />

ANTONIA’S RECIPES<br />

(96 min)<br />

Language: Original version with English<br />

subtitles<br />

Director: Tonino Cervi<br />

Production: Rai Cinema, Splendida<br />

Produzioni<br />

Cast: Emanuela Muni, Gabriele Lavia,<br />

Domiziana Giordano, Laura Betti, Andy<br />

Luotto<br />

<strong>The</strong> story, set in the 1900s, revolves<br />

around a writer called Augusto and a<br />

rather special cook.<br />

TI DISPIACE SE BACIO MAMMA<br />

(120 min)<br />

Language: Original version with English<br />

subtitles<br />

Director: Alessandro Benvenuti<br />

Production: Rai Cinema, Massimo<br />

Ferrero for Blu Cinematgografica<br />

Cast: Alessandro Benvenuti, Natasha<br />

Stefanenko<br />

Sandro finds it difficult to get<br />

romantically involved when he’s got<br />

three over-curious sisters and a father<br />

who is still chasing after every woman he<br />

sees.<br />

THE COOLER - CONTENT INTERNATIONAL<br />

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RAMOJI FILMS USA<br />

Ramoji <strong>Film</strong>s USA, 7726 Laurel Canyon<br />

Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91605 USA.<br />

Tel: 818.255.5333. Fax: 818.255.5666.<br />

www.ramojifilmcity.com<br />

Company Type: Worldwide distribution,<br />

production, co-production, financing, and<br />

facilities available.<br />

At Cannes: Ramoji Rao (Ramoji <strong>Film</strong><br />

City Chairman), Sridhar Sreekakula<br />

Worldwide Sales & Marketing – cell:<br />

001.646.258.8519), Chandra Pandula<br />

(Acquisition & Development), Arun<br />

Kumar (General Manager, International<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Division)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais 01- Stand 22.02<br />

HOME INVADERS<br />

Action/Drama<br />

Delivery Status: New, Completed<br />

Executive Produced by Spike Lee<br />

Starring: Yancey Arias (from lead from<br />

Kingpin), Keith David, Luis Guzmán)<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

A street punk is forced to join a<br />

dangerous criminal ring. Great action,<br />

gritty, and similar in style to Sopranos.<br />

SEA OF RAGE<br />

Thriller<br />

Delivery Status: Development<br />

A killer is loose. Thriller and suspense<br />

action that takes place on board a<br />

catamaran in the middle of the ocean, it<br />

will leave you on the edge of your seat!<br />

SEX AND THE TEENAGE MIND<br />

Comedy (96 min)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Cast: Michael Ray Bower, Dinica<br />

McKeller, Richard Karn, Dee Wallace<br />

Stone<br />

Country of Origin: filmed completely in<br />

USA<br />

An “American Pie” style of comedy that<br />

shows us all strange and funny thoughts<br />

that happen inside the mind of a teenage<br />

boy.<br />

MERCY OF THE SEA<br />

Drama (112 min)<br />

Cast: Martin Sheen, Renee Estavez, Mike<br />

Bernardo<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: filmed completely in<br />

Europe<br />

A touching story about children who are<br />

separated from their family during a war,<br />

and the mother who gives up everything<br />

in order to search for them.<br />

MY TUTOR FRIEND - CJ ENTERTAINMENT<br />

TUJHE MERI KASAM<br />

Language: Hindi language<br />

Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A heartwarming romantic comedy about<br />

two friends who grow up as neighbors<br />

and their misadventures in romance, only<br />

to find out that the ideal mate is really<br />

living across the street!<br />

REGENT<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Regent Entertainment, 1401 Ocean<br />

Avenue, Suite 300, Santa Monica,<br />

California 90401 USA. Tel:<br />

310.260.3333. Fax: 310.260.3343.<br />

Company type: Producer and distributor<br />

Web: www.regententertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Gene George (President,<br />

Regent Entertainment), Mark Reinhart<br />

(Senior V.P., Sales/Acquisitions), Jeff<br />

Schenck (COO)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Mobile: USA 310-804-9360<br />

A GOOD NIGHT TO DIE<br />

Crime Drama (90 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Craig Singer<br />

Executive Producers: Jeffrey Schenck,<br />

Gary Stretch, Mark R. Harris<br />

Producers: Chris Williams, Paul<br />

Colichman, Stephen P. Jarchow, Jeffrey<br />

Schenck<br />

Cast: Michael Rapaport, Gary Stretch,<br />

Seymour Cassel, Robin Givens, Deborah<br />

Harry, Ralph Macchio, James Russo,<br />

Ally Sheedy, Lainie Kazan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Two screwed-up hit men trying to get out<br />

of the mob business discover that one is<br />

hired to kill the other.<br />

FRIENDS AND FAMILY<br />

Comedy (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producers: Linda Moran, Kristen Coury,<br />

Joseph Triebwasser<br />

Director: Kristen Coury<br />

Cast: Tony Lo Bianco, Anna Maria<br />

Alberghetti, Greg Lauren, Christopher<br />

Gartin<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Stephen and Danny are a gay couple in<br />

Manhattan who have it all, until a<br />

surprise visit from Stephen’s parents<br />

threatens to blow the boys’ big secret.<br />

CAVE IN<br />

Action Disaster (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul<br />

Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck<br />

Director: Rex Piano<br />

Cast: Mimi Rogers, Ted Shackleford<br />

Delivery Status: In production<br />

A tough woman in charge of a large<br />

mining operation learns that a massive<br />

cave-in has trapped her husband and son<br />

miles underground....in a tunnel that is<br />

rapidly filling with water.<br />

PARADISE VIRUS<br />

Action Disaster (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul<br />

Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck, Brian<br />

Trenchard-Smith<br />

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith<br />

Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Ralf Moeller,<br />

Melody Thomas-Scott<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A virologist and her son, vacationing on<br />

an island, race against time to prevent a<br />

deadly virus from reaching the mainland.<br />

TERROR PEAK<br />

Action Disaster .(90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Executive Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow,<br />

Paul Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck<br />

Producers: Grant Bradley, Jozsef Fityus<br />

Director: Dale G. Bradley<br />

Cast: Parker Stevenson, Lynda Carter,<br />

Antony Starr<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

While on tour in New Zealand, a thrillseeking<br />

family confronts the forces of<br />

nature when the volcano they are<br />

exploring becomes active.<br />

RENAISSANCE<br />

FILMS<br />

Renaissance <strong>Film</strong>s, 34-35 Berwick Street,<br />

London W1F 8RP, UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7287.5190. Fax: 44.20.7478.5100.<br />

info@renaissance-films.com.<br />

www.renaissance-films.com<br />

At Cannes: Angus Finney (Managing<br />

Director), Claire Taylor (Head of<br />

International Sales), Michaela Piper<br />

(Head of Marketing & Publicity), Sophie<br />

Janson (Head of Development &<br />

Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Villa Antoine, 3 rue Jean Baptiste<br />

Dumas, Tel: 04.93.68.92.67 or<br />

04.93.68.84.23, Fax: 04 93 99 81 90<br />

THE MOTHER<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Roger Michell<br />

Producer: Kevin Loader<br />

Cast: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig<br />

Delivery Status: Delivery June 2003<br />

Country of Origin: UK<br />

From the acid pen of Hanif Kureishi<br />

comes another brilliant and shocking<br />

slice of modern metropolitan life.<br />

REX MEDIA<br />

Rex Media, 17351 Sunset Blvd., Suite<br />

304, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272, USA.<br />

Tel: 310.230.8420. Fax: 310.230.8520.<br />

info@rexfilms.com, rexfilms.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, producer,<br />

distributor<br />

At Cannes: George Lascu (President),<br />

Cyndy Kuipers (VP); Acquisition<br />

Executive: George Lascu<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Suite 145, Tel:<br />

310.435.7383. Fax: 310.230.8520<br />

RED SERPENT<br />

Action/Adventure (93 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Eugen Tanasescu<br />

Producer: Oleg Kapanets, George Lascu<br />

Cast: Roy Scheider, Michael Paré, Oleg<br />

Taktarov<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

L.A. <strong>Of</strong>fice Phone<br />

(323) 935-8228<br />

L.A. <strong>Of</strong>fice FAX<br />

(323) 935-8229<br />

An American businessman caught in the<br />

middle of a drug deal gone bad, must<br />

race against time to survive a powerful<br />

Russian Mafia Drug Lord.<br />

ANTI-KILLER<br />

Action Adventure (111 min)<br />

Language: Russian<br />

Director: Yegor Mikhalkov-<br />

Konchalovsky<br />

Producer: Vladimir Kilburg, Yusup<br />

Bakshhiev<br />

Cast: Gosa Kytenko, Mikhail Ulyanov<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Russia<br />

Budget: 4 million $<br />

#1 Box <strong>Of</strong>fice in Russia 2002. Criminal<br />

investigator, Fox is released from prison<br />

only to find that hit men are after him in<br />

a tale of violence and redemption.<br />

ANTI-KILLER 2<br />

Action Adventure (95 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Yegor Mikhalkov-<br />

Konchalovsky<br />

Producer: Vladimir Kilburg, Yusup<br />

Bakshhiev<br />

Cast: Gosa Kytenko, Mikhail Ulyanov<br />

Delivery Status: In-Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Russia<br />

Budget: 5 million $<br />

Sequel to the successful Anti-Killer 1<br />

BASE<br />

Action Adventure (95 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: TBA<br />

Producer: George Lascu, Cyndy Kuipers<br />

Cast: TBA<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: 7 million $<br />

DARKNESS FALLING<br />

Thriller (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Dominic Shiach<br />

Producer: Peter Simpson<br />

Co-production partners:<br />

Cast: Jason Priestley, Patsy Kensit, Paul<br />

Johansson<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada<br />

Budget: 2 million $<br />

A lawyer investigating the suicide of her<br />

sister uncovers a sinister plot.<br />

RIKI SHELACH<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS LTD.<br />

Riki Shelach Productions Ltd., 14 Beit<br />

Zuri st.Tel-Aviv, 69122 Israel. Tel:<br />

972.3.6429783 / 972.3.7329954. Fax:<br />

972.3.6412648 / 972.3. 5739808.<br />

shel@inter.net.il<br />

Company Type: Sales agent / Production<br />

At Cannes: Riki Shelach<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: F 21 ( Israeli Pavilion), Tel:<br />

972.52.508133<br />

A TRUMPET IN THE WADI<br />

Drama (97 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew-Arabic<br />

Director: Lina and Slava Chaplin<br />

Producer: Riki Shelach<br />

Cast: Alexander Senderovich, Khawlah<br />

Debsy<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

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Origin: Israel<br />

Budget: $ 500,000<br />

An impossible love story between two<br />

outsiders in Israeli society; Alex is a new<br />

immigrant from Russia, and Huda is an<br />

Arab young woman from Haifa.<br />

ROAD SALES USA<br />

Road Sales USA, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd.<br />

West, Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel:<br />

323.878.0404. Fax: 323.878.0486.<br />

sales@promarkgroup.com<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Jonathan Kramer<br />

(President), Ms. Annouchka Lesoeur<br />

(Vice President International Sales), Mr.<br />

Eric Bernstein (Vice President of<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Both M9/N10<br />

THE BLUES<br />

Documentary (7X 90 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Charles Burnett, Clint<br />

Eastwood, Martin Scorsese<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Under the guiding hand of Executive<br />

Producer Martin Scorsese, THE BLUES<br />

is a series of impressionistic and<br />

iconoclastic films- each director<br />

exploring the music through his own<br />

personal connections.<br />

TEN MINUTES OLDER: THE<br />

TRUMPET AND THE CELLO<br />

Compilation <strong>Film</strong> (2X 85 min.)<br />

Language: Various<br />

Director: Victor Erice, Spike Lee,<br />

Bernardo Bertolucci<br />

Producer: Ulrich Felsberg, Nicolas<br />

McClintock, Nigel Thomas<br />

Delivery Status: Completed (2X 85 min.)<br />

Country of Origin: Germany<br />

Each of the distinguished directors has<br />

been given ten minutes to present their<br />

vision of the theme TIME.<br />

S<br />

SENATOR<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Senator International, 8666 Wilshire<br />

Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<br />

USA. Tel: 310 360 1441. Fax: 310 360<br />

1447.<br />

At Cannes: Hanno Huth (CEO), Joe<br />

Drake (President), Brian Goldsmith<br />

(CFO and EVP of Operations), Pierre<br />

Weisbein (EVP, Sales & Distribution),<br />

Brent Jack (VP International Marketing),<br />

Mali Kinberg (ales Coordinator),<br />

Delphine Perrier (Manager, <strong>Business</strong> and<br />

Legal Affairs, Contract Administration)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel, Suite 142, Tel:<br />

33(0)4.97.06.86.00. Fax:<br />

33(0)4.97.06.86.03<br />

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Writer/Director: Mary McGuckian<br />

Producers: Michael Lionello Cowan,<br />

Samuel Hadida, Garrett McGuckian,<br />

Mary McGuckian, Denise O’Dell<br />

Co-Producers: Jason Piette<br />

Executive Producers: Jeff Abberley,<br />

Craig Darian, Victor Hadida, Peter<br />

James, Howard Kanzanjian, James<br />

Simpson<br />

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Kathy Bates,<br />

Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray<br />

Abraham, Pilar Lopez de Ayala,<br />

Geraldine Chaplin<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Set in the 18th century, is about a quest<br />

for the reason behind the deaths of five<br />

people caused by “the finest bridge in all<br />

of Peru” mysteriously collapsing.<br />

THE GRUDGE<br />

Horror<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Takashi Shimizu<br />

Producers: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Taka<br />

Ichise<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

Centers on a murderous supernatural<br />

curse, born from a grudge held by<br />

someone who dies in the grip of<br />

powerful anger.<br />

HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO<br />

WHITE CASTLE (WORKING<br />

TITLE)<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Danny Leiner<br />

Producer: Greg Shapiro<br />

Status: Pre-Production<br />

<strong>The</strong> ultimate comedy for the<br />

disenfranchised. One night, two very<br />

likeable underdogs determine that they<br />

absolutely must have White Castle<br />

hamburgers and set off on an<br />

unbelievable quest to obtain them.<br />

THE VIRGIN OF LIVERPOOL<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Lee Donaldson<br />

Producers: Andrew Boswell, Vadim Jean<br />

Cast: Ricky Tomlinson, Johnny Vegas,<br />

Imelda Staunton, Paul Barber, Claire<br />

Hackett, Tom Georgeson, Jake Abraham,<br />

Ashley McKechnie, Katie Ellen Jones,<br />

Reece Noi<br />

Status: Screening<br />

Country of Origin: UK/Germany<br />

A dysfunctional family is turned upside<br />

down when a precocious 12 year-old girl<br />

brings home a Madonna effigy to save<br />

her from demolition - only to discover<br />

that miracles can happen when you least<br />

expect them.<br />

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD.<br />

Shochiku Co., Ltd. 4-1-1 Tukiji, Togeki<br />

Blg. 12th floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8422<br />

Japan. Tel: 81.3.5550.1623. Fax:<br />

81.3.5550.1654. ibd@shochiku.co.jp.<br />

Website: http://www.shochiku.com/film<br />

(English), http://www.shochiku.co.jp<br />

Company Type: sales, acquisition,<br />

producer, distributor, exhibitor<br />

At Cannes: Takeo Hisamatsu (Director),<br />

Masahiko Seki (Director), Masaki Koga<br />

(Manager, Sales, International <strong>Business</strong><br />

Division), Shinobu Suzuki (Manager,<br />

THE BUSINESS OF<br />

FILM<br />

Los Angeles <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />

5150 Wilshire Blvd.<br />

Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

Acquisition, International <strong>Business</strong><br />

Division)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Res. Grand Hotel - Albatros 1C,<br />

Tel: 04.93.68.59.80<br />

THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI<br />

Drama, Samurai (129 min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Yoji Yamada<br />

Producer: Shigehiro Nakagawa, Hiroshi<br />

Fukazawa, Ichiro Yamamoto<br />

Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa,<br />

Min Tanaka<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Budget: $5,000,000<br />

Competition film at Berlin 2003. Seibei<br />

is a reserved low-ranking samurai, but he<br />

gets involved in a dispute within the clan<br />

and must take order of his lord to kill<br />

WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS<br />

DRAWN<br />

Drama, Samurai (137 min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Yojiro Takita<br />

Producer: Hideshi Miayajima<br />

Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Miki<br />

Nakatani<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Screening at<br />

Cannes<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Budget: $4,000,000<br />

Closing film at Tokyo Internatinal <strong>Film</strong><br />

Festival 2002. Inside “Shinsen-gumi,”<br />

group of patriotic samurai, was<br />

Yoshimura, the best swordsman among<br />

its members, but also, anything but a<br />

usual image of a samurai.<br />

MOON CHILD<br />

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi (119 min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Takahisa Zeze<br />

Producer: Takashi Hirano<br />

Cast: Hyde, Gackt, Lee-Hom Wang,<br />

Zeny Kwok<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Screening at<br />

Cannes<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Budget: US$3,000,000<br />

Friends struggle to live facing trust, love<br />

and betrayal, but what they do not know<br />

is that one has hidden powers.<br />

LOVE COLLAGE (TENTATIVE<br />

TITLE)<br />

Romantic drama (115 min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi<br />

Producer: Hiroki Ueda<br />

Cast: Ryoko Hirosue, Ryuhei Matsuda<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Screening at<br />

Cannes<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Budget: US$2,000,000<br />

A letter arrives from ex-girlfriend who<br />

ought to be dead. It is an invitation for<br />

her exhibition held in New York, where<br />

she left to become a photographer.<br />

TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE<br />

DOG<br />

Drama (99 min.)<br />

Language: Japanese<br />

Director: Takashi Tukinoki<br />

Producer: Naotaka Yoshida<br />

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shiho Fujimura,<br />

Kaho Minami<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Origin: Japan<br />

Budget: US$2,000,000<br />

<strong>The</strong> old man after losing his wife is<br />

surprised when a white dog suddenly<br />

comes into his life and gives him reason<br />

to live.<br />

SHORELINE<br />

ENTERTAINMENT,<br />

INC.<br />

Shoreline Entertainment, Inc., 1875<br />

Century Park East, Suite 600, Los<br />

Angeles, 90067 California USA. Tel:<br />

310.551.2060. Fax: 310.201.0729.<br />

Mobile phone: 310.985.2152.<br />

chic@shorelineentertainment.com.<br />

www.shorelineentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Morris Ruskin (President),<br />

Steve Chicorel (Exec. VP Sales &<br />

Marketing)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel, Room 147, Tel:<br />

04.93.06.41.47<br />

MOVING ALAN<br />

Road movie/Comedy (85 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Christopher Shelton<br />

Production Company: Roadkill<br />

Productions<br />

Producer: Ray Donohue & Andrew<br />

Berman<br />

Key Cast: : Marely Shelton, Samantha<br />

Shelton, Misha Collins<br />

Status: First market screening of<br />

completed film<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

A ditsy young widow and her estranged<br />

sister go on the road to get rid of Alan’s<br />

body<br />

A KIND OF AMERICA<br />

Comedy (115 min)<br />

Language: Hungarian, Subtitles English<br />

Director: Gabor Herendi<br />

Production Company: Skyfilm Studio<br />

Producer: Gabor Herendi<br />

Key Cast: Tibor Szervet, Csaba Pindroch,<br />

Gyozo Szabo<br />

Status: First market screening of<br />

completed film<br />

Country of origin: Hungary<br />

Three Hungarian Brothers will do<br />

anything get an American film Producer:<br />

to buy their script<br />

THE ONLY HOTEL<br />

Thriller (93 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

THE RED KNIGHT<br />

FRANCE TELEVISIONS DISTRIBUTION<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Production Company: Globocine<br />

International Pictures<br />

Producer: Ivan Francis ClementsDirector:<br />

Stuart Collinge Collinge<br />

Key Cast: :Haidee Augusta, Danielle<br />

Budlong, Eric Redman<br />

Status: First market screening of<br />

completed film<br />

Country of origin: UK<br />

Escaping from muggers, a penniless<br />

young woman barters work for shelter in<br />

a gangster infested hotel.<br />

PARASITE<br />

Horror (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Production Company: Fearnot and<br />

Shoreline<br />

Producer: Jason and Chris Kingsley<br />

Director: Andrew Prendergast<br />

Key Cast: : Saskia Gould, Conrad<br />

Whitaker<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

A mutated Parasite feeds on the crew of<br />

an oil rig.<br />

CENTIPEDE<br />

Horror (95 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Gregory Gieras<br />

Production Company: San Diego <strong>Film</strong>s,<br />

Ushakiron and Shoreline<br />

Producer: Eileen Craft<br />

Key Cast: Margaret Cash, Larry Casey<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

Giant Centipedes attack a group of<br />

adventure enthusiasts as they are<br />

exploring a deep cave.<br />

SHOWCASE<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Showcase Entertainment, Warner Center,<br />

21800 Oxnard Street, Suite 150,<br />

Woodland Hills, California 91367 USA.<br />

Tel 818.715.7005. Fax 818.715.7009.<br />

www.showcaseentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: David A. Jackson (President),<br />

Bruce Livingston (Chief Financial<br />

<strong>Of</strong>ficer), Monica Vespe (Vice President,<br />

International Sales), Shauna Shapiro<br />

Jackson (Executive Vice President),<br />

Leslee Jones-Allmon (Director<br />

Worldwide Distribution Services), Cara<br />

Shapiro (Vice President, Acquisitions),<br />

Linda Paolucci (Sales Administration)<br />

CROCKED LINE<br />

CINEMAVAULT RELEASING INC.<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Hotel, Suites 241 & 242<br />

– Phone 011.04.93.06.42.40<br />

SUPER SUCKER<br />

Comedy<br />

Directed by Jeff Daniels<br />

Produced by Tom Spiroff<br />

Cast: Jeff Daniels (“Gods and Generals,”<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Hours”), Matt Letscher (“Gods and<br />

Generals,” “Good Morning Miami”),<br />

Harve Presnell (“Legally Blonde,” “Mr.<br />

Deeds,” “Patch Adams”) and Dawn Wells<br />

(“Gilligan’s Island”)<br />

A couple of door-to-door vacuum cleaner<br />

salesmen compete for territory, when one<br />

of them discovers new uses for his<br />

vacuum cleaner attachments, thrilling<br />

housewives beyond their wildest<br />

imaginations!<br />

SHELTER ISLAND<br />

Erotic thriller<br />

Directed by Geoffrey Schaaf<br />

Produced by Paul Corvino, Allen Bain,<br />

David Michaels III, Jesse Scolaro<br />

Stars Patsy Kensit (“Twenty One,”<br />

“Lethal Weapon 2”), Ally Sheedy<br />

(Independent Spirit Award winner for<br />

“High Art,” “<strong>The</strong> Breakfast Club,” “St.<br />

Elmo’s Fire”), Stephen Baldwin (“Sex<br />

Monster,” “Table One,” “Friends &<br />

Lovers,” “<strong>The</strong> Usual Suspects”), Chris<br />

Penn (Award winner for “<strong>The</strong> Funeral,”<br />

“Stealing Harvard,” “Murder by<br />

Numbers,” “Reservoir Dogs”).<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

After being mugged, a wealthy New York<br />

woman retreats to her country estate with<br />

her girlfriend. Everything goes terribly<br />

wrong when they let a stranger into their<br />

home during a storm.<br />

LEFT BEHIND 2: TRIBULATION<br />

FORCE<br />

Action Thriller<br />

Directed by Bill Corcoran<br />

Produced by Nicholas D. Tabarrok and<br />

Cloud Ten Pictures<br />

Stars Kirk Cameron (“Left Behind,”<br />

“Growing Pains”), Brad Johnson (“Left<br />

Behind,” “Always,” “Nam Angeles,”<br />

“Flight <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Intruder”), Clarence<br />

Gilyard ((“Left Behind,”<br />

“Die Hard,” “Top Gun,” “Earthquake”),<br />

Chelsea Noble (“Left Behind,” “Growing<br />

Pains”), Gordon Currie, Janaya Stephens.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Sequel to the international sleeper hit<br />

LEFT BEHIND, based on the best selling<br />

book series that has sold copies<br />

worldwide in numbers comparable to<br />

Harry Potter.<br />

AMY’S ORGASM<br />

Romantic comedy<br />

Directed by Julie Davis<br />

Produced by Julie Davis and Fred<br />

Kramer<br />

Stars Julie Davis (“I Love You, Don’t<br />

Touch Me”), Nick Chinlund (“Con Air,”<br />

“Eraser, “ Disney’s “Te Kid”), Caroline<br />

Aaron (“Deconstructing Harry,”<br />

“Sleepless In Seattle,” “Primary Colors”),<br />

Mitchell Whitfield (“Sgt. Bilko,” “My<br />

Cousin Vinny”).<br />

A 29 year old Ivy League educated selfhelp<br />

author grudgingly falls in love with<br />

the ultimate womanizer, a radio shockjock<br />

who has a reputation for hitting on<br />

his bimbo guests.<br />

GIVING IT UP<br />

Romantic Comedy<br />

Directed by Christopher Kublan<br />

Produced by Daniel Bigel & Michael<br />

Mailer<br />

Stars Mark Feurstein (“Two Weeks<br />

Notice,” “What Women Want,” “Rules <strong>Of</strong><br />

Engagement” And <strong>The</strong> Lead In Tv’s New<br />

Hit “Good Morning, Miami”), Ali Larter<br />

(“Final Destination,” “Final Destination<br />

2,” “Legally Blonde”), Dabney Coleman,<br />

Amy Redford (Daughter <strong>Of</strong> Robert<br />

Redford, “Maid In Manhatten”)<br />

A handsome New York ad executive with<br />

a harmless addition to the opposite sex<br />

meets his match in a smart and beautiful<br />

woman who wants nothing to do with<br />

him.<br />

SOFI FILM<br />

<strong>PRODUCT</strong>ION GMBH<br />

Sofi <strong>Film</strong> Production GMBH,<br />

Panoramaweg 7A, 41334 Nettetal,<br />

Germany N.R.W.. Tel:<br />

49(0)2153.40.25.40. Fax:<br />

49(0)2153.40.25.41. mark5@t-online.de<br />

At Cannes: Mark Tachalov (Producer)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Hall, No. E-15 / F-16.<br />

Tel: 33(0).4.92.99.32.26<br />

THE RETURN FROM INDIA<br />

Drama-Love Story (98 min)<br />

Language: English.<br />

Director: Menahem Golan.<br />

Starring: Aki Avni, Riki Gal, Assi Dayan<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

A strange and maybe impossible love<br />

story between a young man (26) and an<br />

older woman (50).<br />

FINAL COMBAT<br />

Family-Action-adventure (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Menahem Golan<br />

Starring: Tonny White, Sonia Couling,<br />

Richard Lynch<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: U.S.A.<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of the journey of a father and<br />

son, Tonni and Ben, to find meaning in<br />

their lives.<br />

SUPER NINJA<br />

Action, Martial Arts (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Menahem Golan<br />

Starring: Kely McClung, Gregory<br />

Levayov, Richard Lynch<br />

Status: Pre-production<br />

Country of origin: U.S.A.<br />

Tells the story of the going on behind the<br />

scenes of the electronic industry.<br />

Z A Y A<br />

Adventure- Love Story (100 min)<br />

Language: English.<br />

Director: Jonathan Paz.<br />

Starring: Maayan Keret, Sami Hori, Dan<br />

Tourgeman.<br />

Status: Completed.<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

Based on a true story that happened in<br />

Morocco at the end of the 30`s. Zaya is a<br />

young beautiful Jewish girl living in the<br />

Atlas Mountains who is drawn to a<br />

freedom that it not available in the<br />

primitive Berber village.<br />

THE VALLEY TRAIN<br />

Drama- youth sex (90 min)<br />

Language: Hebrew (Subtitles in English).<br />

Director: Jonathan Paz.<br />

Starring: Neta Moran, Ami Ushpitz, Dan<br />

Tourgeman.<br />

Status: Completed.<br />

Country of origin: Israel<br />

<strong>The</strong> legendary `VALLEY TRAIN` from<br />

Haifa to Damascus was abruptly halted<br />

during the war of independence in 1948.<br />

But the vivid memory of that train<br />

remains.<br />

SOLO<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

GROUP<br />

Solo Entertainment Group, 9350 Wilshire<br />

Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90275 USA. Tel:<br />

310.205.6262. Fax: 310.205.6264.<br />

www.solo-ent.com<br />

Company Type: International Sales<br />

At Cannes: Christian Halsey Solomon<br />

(Partner), Lee Solomon (Partner), Glenn<br />

Kendrick Ackermann (SVP, International<br />

Sales and Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Gray D’Albion, 3rd Fl., 17<br />

Croisette, Tel: 04.93.99.80.51<br />

NINE MILES DOWN<br />

Psychological Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Anthony Waller<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

SPICE FACTORY (UK)<br />

LTD<br />

Spice Factory (UK) Ltd, 81 <strong>The</strong><br />

Promenade, Peacehaven, Brighton, BN10<br />

8LS, UK. Tel: 01273.585.275. Fax:<br />

01273.585.304. info@spicefactory.co.uk<br />

Company Type: <strong>Film</strong> Production<br />

At Cannes: Michael Cowan (Joint<br />

Managing Director), Jason Piette (Joint<br />

Managing Director), Alex Marshall<br />

(Head of <strong>Business</strong> Affairs, Lucy<br />

Shuttleworth (Head of Development)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Arclight <strong>Film</strong>s / Vine<br />

International Pictures<br />

BOLLYWOOD QUEEN<br />

Romantic Comedy (100 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jeremy Wooding<br />

Production company/s: Spice Factory<br />

(UK) Ltd, Stretch Limo Productions,<br />

Great British <strong>Film</strong>s / Enterprise <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Producer: Michael Cowan, Jason Piette,<br />

Jeremy Wooding<br />

Cast: Preeya Kalidas, James McEvoy, Ian<br />

McShane<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

West Side Story set in East London with<br />

bindis.<br />

HONOUR THY FATHER<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jacob Berger<br />

Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume<br />

Depardieu<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002<br />

ONE PERFECT DAY<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paul Currie<br />

Producers Charles Morton (Lightstream<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s) Australia, Michael Cowan Jason<br />

Piette (Spice Factory) UK<br />

Cast: Andrew Howard, Daniel Spielman,<br />

Leeanna Walsman, Kerry Armstrong,<br />

Abbie Cornish<br />

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Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002 Country of<br />

Origin: UK, Australian<br />

EMPEROR’S WIFE<br />

Drama<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Julien Vrebos<br />

Producers: Emjay Rechsteiner (Staccato<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s) Dutch, San Fu Maltha (Fu Works)<br />

Dutch, Jimmy De Brabant (Delux<br />

Productions) Luxembourg, Michael<br />

Cowan Jason Piette (Spice Factory) UK<br />

Cast: Rosana Pastor, Jonathan Rhys<br />

Meyers, Max Beesley<br />

Delivery status: Post Production<br />

Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2002<br />

In the land of 1001 nights the law<br />

dictates that the Emperor must take a<br />

new wife if his current Empress does not<br />

bear a son within seven years of<br />

marriage.<br />

JERICHO MANSIONS<br />

Thriller<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Alberto Sciamma<br />

Production company/s: Spice Factory<br />

(UK) Ltd, Milagro <strong>Film</strong>s, Snowfall<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s, Transfilm Inc.<br />

Producer: Jason Piette, Michael Cowan,<br />

Jean-Marc Felio, Suzanne Lyons<br />

Cast: James Caan, Jennifer Tilly,<br />

Genevieve Bujold, Maribel Verdu<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

A murder in a NYC apartment building<br />

leads its agoraphobic superintendent to<br />

suspect himself of the killing.<br />

STORM<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Storm Entertainment, 127 Broadway,<br />

Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA. 90401<br />

USA. Tel: 310.656.2500. Fax:<br />

310.656.2510. Storment95@aol.com<br />

Company Description: independent film<br />

finance, production and worldwide<br />

distribution company<br />

At Cannes: H. Michael Heuser (President<br />

& CEO), Asadeh Khanedani (Manager,<br />

International Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Carlton Intercontinental Hotel<br />

Cannes, <strong>Of</strong>fice # 234, 58, La Croisette -<br />

B.P. 155, 06414 Cannes Cedex, France.<br />

Tel: 33.04.93.06.42.34. Fax:<br />

33.04.93.06.69.34<br />

CRUSADE IN JEANS<br />

Action/Adventure<br />

Director: Ben Sombogaart<br />

Producer: Kees Kasander<br />

Executive Producer: H. Michael Heuser<br />

Cast: To be announced<br />

Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />

Brilliant scientists Jan and Joanne<br />

Hefting have invented the Displacement<br />

Chamber: a time machine. When their<br />

16-year old son Dolf secretly<br />

experiments with the time machine in the<br />

lab of his parents, he is “shot” back in<br />

time...<br />

PREACHER<br />

Action<br />

Director: Rachel Talalay<br />

Producer: Rupert Harvey<br />

Executive Producers: H. Michael Heuser,<br />

Tom Astor, Jim Reeve, Steve Robbins<br />

Cast: To be announced<br />

Status: Start of Principal Photography:<br />

June 2003<br />

When a rupture in Heaven unleashes the<br />

full power of God on a hapless<br />

congregation, a small town minister with<br />

a troubled past and an epic destiny finds<br />

himself facing Demons, Angels, rednecks<br />

and the Saint of Killers himself.<br />

Credits not contractual<br />

EMMA THOMPSON PRESENTS<br />

JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE<br />

Drama<br />

Writer/Director: Fay Lellios Efrosini<br />

Producer: H. Michael Heuser, Kees<br />

Kasander<br />

Executive Producer: Emma Thompson<br />

Cast: To be announced<br />

Status: Start of Principal Photography:<br />

August 2003<br />

Young and beautiful Pauline meets the<br />

handsome and suave Johnny at the<br />

beach; her life is changed- Mansions,<br />

Grand Hotels and...Abuse.<br />

Credits not contractual<br />

OUTLANDERS<br />

Action/Thriller<br />

Director: Dominic Lees<br />

Producers Producers: Michael Riley,<br />

Angus Lamont<br />

Executive Producer: H. Michael Heuser<br />

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Douglas Henshall,<br />

James McAvoy, Dagmara Dominczyk<br />

A series of murders are being committed<br />

in Berlin amid the migrant worker<br />

community.<br />

Credits not contractual<br />

SHINER<br />

Action<br />

Director: John Irvin<br />

Producer: Geoffrey Reeve, Jim Reeve<br />

Executive Producer: Laura Townsley,<br />

Barry Townsley<br />

Cast: Michael Caine, Martin Landau,<br />

Frances Barber, Frank Harper, Andy<br />

Serkis, Matthew Marsden, Claire<br />

Rushbrook<br />

Status: Completed. Cassettes available<br />

Michael Caine stars as Billy SHINER<br />

Simpson, a small time boxing promoter<br />

with big ideas.<br />

STUDIOCANAL<br />

Studiocanal, Espace Lumière, 5-13 Bd de<br />

la République, 92514 Boulogne-<br />

Billancourt, France. Tel:<br />

33.1.71.75.99.99. Fax: 33.1.71.75.89.86.<br />

www.studiocanal.com<br />

At Cannes: Muriel Sauzay, Christine<br />

Ghazarian, John Kochman, Marie<br />

Boudier, Saya Huddleston, Mylene<br />

Cayol-Cythere<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Pavillon Riviera, Stand N5, Tel:<br />

33.4.92.59.02.95. Fax: 33.4.92.59.02.73<br />

COMME UNE IMAGE (LOOK AT<br />

ME)<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Agnès Jaoui<br />

Production companies: Les <strong>Film</strong>s A4<br />

Production country: France<br />

Lolita Cassard is unhappy and<br />

overweight, and all she wants is her<br />

father’s approval.<br />

CONFIDENCES TROP INTIMES<br />

(TOO MUCH INFORMATION)<br />

Drama<br />

Language: French<br />

Director: Patrice Leconte<br />

Producers: Alain Sarde<br />

Production companies: Studiocanal<br />

Leading Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire,<br />

Fabrice Luchini<br />

Production country: France<br />

She goes to see a therapist and tells him<br />

her problems in intimate detail. He<br />

listens and she trusts him. But he’s not a<br />

shrink, he’s a tax adviser. LE<br />

CONVOYEUR (CASH TRUCK)<br />

Comedy<br />

Production companies: Eskwad<br />

Producers: Richard Grandpierre<br />

Production companies: Eskwad<br />

Leading Cast: Albert Dupontel, Jean<br />

Dujardin, François Berléand, Aure Atika<br />

Production country: France<br />

Vigilant, a small cash transportation<br />

company, is in crisis. Three of its<br />

armored trucks have been robbed in the<br />

last year.<br />

GENESIS<br />

Documentary<br />

Director: Claude Nuridsany and Marie<br />

Pérénnou<br />

Producers: Alain Sarde<br />

An African storyteller recounts the world<br />

‘s creation. A tall story like every tale.<br />

But this is a real story since it relates our<br />

past.<br />

LA PROPHETIE DES<br />

GRENOUILLES (RAINING CATS<br />

AND FROGS)<br />

Animation<br />

Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd<br />

Production companies: Folimage,<br />

Studiocanal, France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-<br />

Alpes Cinéma<br />

Production country: France<br />

<strong>The</strong> frogs’ grim prophecy has become a<br />

reality. Forty days and nights of rain see<br />

Tom and Lili, heroes in short trousers,<br />

stranded on a modern-day Noah’s ark.<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

SUMMIT<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Summit Entertainment, 1630 Stewart<br />

Street, Suite 120, Santa Monica, CA<br />

90404 USA. Tel: 310.309.8400. Fax:<br />

310.828.4132.<br />

At Cannes: Patrick Wachsberger<br />

(President & CEO), Bob Hayward<br />

(COO), David Garrett (Executive Vice<br />

President), Erik Feig (President,<br />

Production & Acquisitions), Harold van<br />

Lier (Vice President, International Sales),<br />

I.S. <strong>Film</strong> Distribution Executives<br />

attending: Paula Endara (Vice President,<br />

Marketing & Publicity ), Maitreya<br />

Yasuda (Vice President,<br />

Contracts/<strong>Business</strong> Affairs)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 2, la Croisette, Tel:<br />

33.4.93.99.80.83. Fax: 33.4.93.99.80.93<br />

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Director: Frank Coraci<br />

Producer: Hal Lieberman, Ed Saxon<br />

Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile<br />

de France<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Jackie Chan takes an epic turn in this<br />

extravagant adventure tale, based on the<br />

Jules Verne classic.<br />

BLACKOUT<br />

Thriller<br />

Director: Phillip Kaufman<br />

Producers: Arnold Kopelson, Anne<br />

Kopelson, Barry Baeres<br />

Cast: Ashley Judd, Andy Garcia, Samuel<br />

L. Jackson<br />

Delivery Status: Post-production<br />

A San Francisco homicide detective’s<br />

dark personal life comes back to haunt<br />

her as she investigates a string of grisly<br />

murders.<br />

DOT THE I<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Matthew Parkhill<br />

Producers: George Duffield, Meg<br />

Thomson<br />

Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia<br />

Verbeke, James D’Arcy<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

<strong>The</strong> classic tale of a woman choosing<br />

between passion and safety is seen<br />

through multiple perspectives, and keeps<br />

you guessing until the final twist.<br />

GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS<br />

Documentary<br />

Director: James Cameron<br />

Producers: Chuck Comski, Ed Marsh,<br />

Gig Rackauskas<br />

Cast: James Cameron, Bill Paxton<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

James Cameron’s deep sea adventure to<br />

the final resting place of the Titanic<br />

comes to life in this ground-breaking<br />

documentary film.<br />

I AM DAVID<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Paul Feig<br />

Producers: Clive Parsons, Lauren Levine,<br />

Davina Belling<br />

Cast: Joan Plowright, Jim Caviezel, Ben<br />

Tibber<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Based on the best selling book, I AM<br />

DAVID is an exhilarating tale of a<br />

courageous young boy, who in 1951<br />

escapes from a Stalinist prison camp to<br />

walk across Europe and find freedom.<br />

SURF FILM S.R.L.<br />

Surf <strong>Film</strong> S.r.l., Via Padre G. A. Filippini<br />

130 - 00144 Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />

39.06.52.62.101. Fax: 39.06.52.93.816.<br />

surf@surf<strong>Film</strong>.com. www.surf<strong>Film</strong>.com<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Massimo Vigliar<br />

(President); Mrs. Stefania Carnevale<br />

(foreign sales manager); Mrs. Agnès<br />

Trincal (foreign sales executive); Mrs.<br />

Elena Francot (Italian sales manager).<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Focus Italy - Anica (Riviera) C5 /<br />

D4 - D1 /E8, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.88.15<br />

THE END OF A MYSTERY (LA LUZ<br />

PRODIGIOSA)<br />

Art movie (102’)<br />

Language: Spanish, Italian, Subtitles:<br />

English<br />

Director: Miguel Hermoso<br />

Producer: Azalea Producciones<br />

Cinematografica S.A. - Surf <strong>Film</strong> S.r.l.<br />

Key Cast: Nino Manfredi, Alfredo<br />

BUDDY - NONSTOP SALES AB<br />

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CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

Landa, Kiti Manver<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Federico Garcia Lorca did not die after<br />

an execution by Franco’s troops in<br />

August 1936. Disfigured from the shot<br />

which also made him amnesiac and<br />

mentally disturbed, he lived many long<br />

years without knowing who he really<br />

was.....<br />

NOWHERE<br />

Art movie (110’)<br />

Language: Italian, Spanish, English,<br />

Subtitles: English, French<br />

Director: Luis Sepúlveda<br />

Producer: Surf <strong>Film</strong> (Italy) - Patagonik<br />

<strong>Film</strong> Group (Argentina)- Castelao<br />

Productions S.A. (Spain)<br />

Key Cast: Harvey Keitel, Angela Molina,<br />

Jorge Perugorria, Luigi Maria Burruano<br />

Status: Completed<br />

<strong>The</strong> secret services of a 1980s Latin<br />

American dictatorship round up a group<br />

of opponents. <strong>The</strong> prisoners are taken to<br />

an old abandoned railway station in the<br />

desert, called “Nowhere”.<br />

A NIGHT WITH SABRINA LOVE<br />

Art movie (99’)<br />

Language: Spanish, Italian, subtitles:<br />

English<br />

Director: Alejandro Agresti<br />

Producer: Patagonik <strong>Film</strong> Group<br />

(Argentina) - Surf <strong>Film</strong> (Italy) - P.H.F<br />

<strong>Film</strong> (Spain)<br />

Key Cast: Cecilia Roth, Giancarlo<br />

Giannini, Tomas Fonzi, Julietta Cardinali<br />

Status: Completed<br />

A young and bored seventeen years old<br />

boy from a very small village in<br />

Argentina, wins a night of love with the<br />

porno star Sabrina.<br />

THE PROTAGONISTS”<br />

Art movie / drama (90’)<br />

Language: English, Italian<br />

Director: Luca Guadagnino<br />

Producer: Surf <strong>Film</strong> in collaboration with<br />

Medusa<br />

Key Cast: Tilda Swinton, Andrew<br />

Tiernan, Michelle Hunziker, Fabrizia<br />

Sacchi<br />

Status: Completed<br />

London. One night in January 1994 two<br />

students decided to commit the perfect<br />

crime. <strong>The</strong>y stop a stranger and brutally<br />

murder him, then they return to normal<br />

college life.<br />

ORDER OVER JUSTICE - BAJO<br />

BANDERA<br />

Drama (106’)<br />

Language: Spanish, Italian<br />

ALEX & EMMA - FRANCHISE PICTURES<br />

Director: Juan Josè Jusid<br />

Producer: Prisma <strong>Film</strong> (Argentina) - Surf<br />

<strong>Film</strong> (Italy)<br />

Key Cast: Miguel Angel Solà, Federico<br />

Luppi, Daniele Liotti , Omero Antonutti<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Argentina 1969. Major Molina is sent to<br />

a remote garrison in south Patagonia to<br />

investigate the brutal murder of a soldier,<br />

Lito.<br />

T<br />

TANDEM<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

GMBH<br />

Tandem Communications GmbH,<br />

Josephspitalstrasse 15, 80331<br />

Munich/Bavaria, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.89.96.22.83.00. Fax:<br />

49.89.96.22.83.10. info@tandemcom.de.<br />

www.tandemcom.de<br />

Company Type: Production &<br />

Distribution<br />

At Cannes: Rola Bauer (Managing<br />

Director), Irina Ignatiew (Head of Intl.<br />

Sales), Stefan Brunner (<strong>Business</strong> and<br />

Financial Affairs); Acquisition Executive:<br />

Irina Ignatiew<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: “La Brise”; 25, La Croisette, 5th<br />

floor, Tel: 33.04.92.98.95.09<br />

SUMURU<br />

Sci-Fi (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Darrell James Roodt<br />

Producer: Stefan Jonas, Rola Bauer, Tim<br />

Halkin<br />

Co-production partners: 1. Towers of<br />

London for RTL<br />

Cast: Alexandra Kamp, Michael Shanks<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany & South Africa<br />

Budget: 4,000,000 $ US<br />

Two astronauts land on far away planet,<br />

that was colonized centuries ago finding<br />

out that women are the ruling class.<br />

POST IMPACT<br />

Action-Adventure (110 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Christopher Schrewe<br />

Producer: Phil Roth, Rola Bauer, Tim<br />

Halkin<br />

Co-production partners: (German<br />

Network) UFO <strong>Film</strong>s & RTL Television<br />

for RTL (German Network)<br />

Cast: Bettina Zimmermann, Dean Cain;<br />

Delivery Status: in Production<br />

Year of Production: 2003. Country of<br />

Origin: Germany & Bulgaria & UK &<br />

Spain;<br />

Budget: 5,000,000 $ US<br />

After the strike of a meteor, the European<br />

Continent is ice-covered; few survivors<br />

travel to the cold zone to locate a device<br />

that could give mankind new hope.<br />

A LIGHT IN DARK PLACES<br />

Action-Drama (2x2 hrs. Mini Series)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Kaspar Heidelbach<br />

Producer: Michael Souvignier, Sam<br />

Davis, Martin Zimmermann<br />

Co-production partners: Produced by<br />

Zeitsprung Production for SAT 1<br />

(German Network) Worldwide<br />

Distribution by Tandem Communications<br />

GmbH<br />

Cast: Heino Ferch, Jan Josef Liefers,<br />

Heike Makatsch<br />

Delivery Status: in Production<br />

Year of Production: 3. 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Budget: 6,500,000 $US;<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of two miners, who happen to<br />

be trapped 180 ft underground fighting to<br />

stay alive as the world watches and<br />

prays.<br />

JOHANNA THE POPE<br />

Historical Drama (2x2 hrs. Mini Series)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: TBC<br />

Producer: Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin<br />

Co-production partners: Towers of<br />

London & Telepool for ARD (German<br />

Network)<br />

Delivery Status: in Development<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany & UK<br />

Budget: 20,000,000 $ US<br />

<strong>The</strong> story of a young girl raised in 9th<br />

century Saxony, whose one day’s destiny<br />

is to become the first and only female<br />

pope.<br />

THE RING (WORKING TITLE)<br />

Historical Drama (2 x 96 min Mini-<br />

Series and 1 x 120 min theatrical feature)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Uli Edel (TBC)<br />

Producer: Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin<br />

Delivery Status: in Development<br />

Year of Production: 2003<br />

Country of Origin: Germany & South<br />

Africa<br />

Budget: 18,000,000 $ US<br />

Invincible by a powerful sword,<br />

invulnerable by a dragon’s blood,<br />

invisible by a magic helmet: Siegfried<br />

might win all the world’s gold an glory.<br />

If he hadn’t taken THE RING<br />

TELEPOOL<br />

Telepool, Sonnenstrasse 21, Munich,<br />

80331 Germany. Tel: 49.89.558.76.0.<br />

Fax: 49.89.558.76.188. www.telepool.de.<br />

telepool@telepool.de<br />

At Cannes: Dr. Thomas Weymar<br />

(General Managing Director), Marc<br />

Gabizon (Deputy Managing Director),<br />

Dr. Cathy Rohnke (Deputy Managing<br />

Director), Wolfram Skowronnek (Sales<br />

Executive), Silke Wilfinger (Acquisition<br />

Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais Riviera L1/M2, Tel: 04,92<br />

993307<br />

ANGST (DER ALTER AFFE ANGST)<br />

Drama (95 min)<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Language: German<br />

Director: Oskar Roehler<br />

Co-Production Partners: TV 60 <strong>Film</strong><br />

Producer: Neue Bioskop <strong>Film</strong><br />

Key Cast: Marie Bauemer, André<br />

Hennicke,Vadim Glowna<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

A modern lovestory, as unusual as life<br />

itself.<br />

KISS AND RUN<br />

www.kissandrun.de<br />

Romantic Comedy (88 min)<br />

Language: German<br />

Director: Annette Ernst<br />

Producer: Stoked <strong>Film</strong><br />

Key Cast: Ken Duken, Maggie Peren,<br />

Anja Herden, Hinnerk Schoenemann<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

An actress, a drifter and their love for<br />

movies<br />

MY LAST FILM (MEIN LETZTER<br />

FILM)<br />

Drama (90 min)<br />

Director: German<br />

Language: Oliver Hirschbiegel<br />

Co-Production Partners: Multimedia<br />

GmbH<br />

Producer: Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt<br />

Key Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Wanja Mues<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

This is Marie’s last film; the last solo<br />

performance of a grand actress.<br />

THE WORKS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Works, 4 Great Portland Street,<br />

London W1W 8QJ UK. Tel:<br />

44.20.7612.1080. Fax: 44.20.7612.1081.<br />

At Cannes: Aline Perry (CEO ), Joy<br />

Wong (Head of International Sales),<br />

Rebecca Kearey (Head of Marketing and<br />

Distribution), Clare Crean (Senior Sales<br />

Executive)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 4th Floor, Residence du Grand<br />

Hotel (entrance ‘Flamant’), 45 La<br />

Croisette Tel: 04.93.39.49.41<br />

REMEMBER ME<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Gabriele Muccino<br />

Producer: Domenico Procacci<br />

Cast Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura<br />

Morante, Monica Bellucci, Nicoletta<br />

Romanoff & Silvio Muccino<br />

Delivery Status: Market Screening<br />

<strong>The</strong> study of a seemingly content middleclass<br />

household whose individual crises<br />

tug at the seams of their fragile family<br />

unit.<br />

IN THIS WORLD<br />

Drama<br />

Director: Michael Winterbottom<br />

Producers: Andrew Eaton & Anita<br />

Overland<br />

Cast: Jamal Udin Torabi & Enayatullah<br />

Delivery Status: Market Screening<br />

A road movie documenting the journey<br />

of two Afghanis travelling from<br />

Peshawar, Pakistan to London.<br />

COUNTRY OF MY SKULL<br />

Drama<br />

Director: John Boorman<br />

Producers Robert Chartoff, Mike<br />

Medavoy, Lynn Hendee & Kieran<br />

Corrigan<br />

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette<br />

Binoche & Brendan Gleeson<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Country <strong>Of</strong> My Skull is a story charting<br />

the unfathomable depths of human<br />

cruelty and the redeeming power of<br />

forgiveness and love.<br />

CODE 46<br />

Futuristic Drama<br />

Director: Michael Winterbottom<br />

Producer: Andrew Eaton<br />

Cast: Tim Robbins & Samantha Morton<br />

Delivery Status: Post-Production<br />

Set in the near future, Code 46 is a<br />

compelling tale of forbidden love.<br />

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BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS<br />

Comedy-Drama<br />

Director: Writer Stephen Fry<br />

Producers Gina Carter & Miranda Davis<br />

Cast: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily<br />

Mortimer, Michael Sheen, Dan Aykroyd,<br />

Jim Broadbent, Stockard Channing, Peter<br />

O’Toole, Simon Callow, Jim Carter,<br />

Richard E Grant & David Tennant<br />

Delivery Status: In Post-Production<br />

Adapted from the Evelyn Waugh novel<br />

‘Vile Bodies’. Bright Young Things<br />

revolves around a set of friends whose<br />

wild and shocking antics cause them to<br />

crash and burn in their search for newer<br />

and faster sensations.<br />

THOMPSON STARR<br />

ORGANIZATION<br />

Thompson Starr Organization, 20211<br />

Sherman Way, Ste. 1705, Beverly Hills,<br />

CA 90210 USA. Tel: 8l8.998. 8l26. Fax:<br />

8l8.773.8962. TSORG@webtv.net<br />

Company Type: Distributor & Sales<br />

Agents<br />

At Cannes: Joey Thompson (President),<br />

Jen Starr (Sales), Chaya Finton<br />

(Marketing), George Thompson<br />

(Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Bleu Rivage - 6l La<br />

Croisette, 06400 Cannes. Tel:<br />

4.93.94.24.25 – at Palais: 93.39.0l.0l,<br />

Fax: 4.93.43.74.92<br />

BLITZKRIEG BOP<br />

Family (62 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Blondie, <strong>The</strong> Dead Boys, <strong>The</strong><br />

Ramones<br />

Delivery Status: completed/screening<br />

Budget: High end<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

<strong>The</strong> glory days of Punk Rock explosion<br />

with Blondie.<br />

NASHVILLE SOUND<br />

Family (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Loretta<br />

Lyn<br />

Delivery Status: Completed/Screening<br />

Budget: High End<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Back to best days of country music on<br />

44th anniversary of Grand Old Opry.<br />

SCRUGGS AND FRIENDS<br />

Family (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Producer: David Hoffman<br />

Cast: Earl Scruggs, <strong>The</strong> Byrds, Bob<br />

Dylan<br />

Delivery Status: screening<br />

Budget: High end<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Scruggs performs fusion of country and<br />

rock with Charlie Daniels and friends.<br />

WEEKEND REBELLION<br />

Family (85 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Cast: Grand Funk Railroad, <strong>The</strong> Tams,<br />

Swinging Medallions<br />

Delivery Status: completed/screening<br />

Budget: High End<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

LIBRARY<br />

125 Titles. Predominantly English<br />

speaking, with great classic feature films<br />

and rare titles.<br />

TRANSIT FILM<br />

GMBH<br />

Transit <strong>Film</strong> GmbH, Dachauer Str. 35,<br />

80335 Munich, Germany. Tel:<br />

49.89.599885.0. Fax: 49.89.599885.20.<br />

transitfilm@compuserve.com.<br />

www.transitfilm.de<br />

Company Type: Worldsales, Distribution,<br />

Production company<br />

At Cannes: Loy W. ARNOLD (Managing<br />

Director), Acquisition Executives: Mark<br />

GRUENTHAL (Head of Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel.: Mr. Arnold:<br />

49.171.85.36.361<br />

FASSBINDER IN HOLLYWOOD<br />

Documentary (60 min)<br />

Language: English, German<br />

Director: Robert FISCHER<br />

Producer: Fiction Factory, Munich<br />

Co-production partners: Crossed Arrows<br />

& Bayerischer Rundfunk<br />

Cast: Ulli Lommel, Michael Ballhaus,<br />

Hanna Schygulla, Wim Wenders<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, County of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Fassbinder was influenced greatly by<br />

American Studio films of the 1950s. Ulli<br />

Lommel and Documentary <strong>Film</strong>maker R.<br />

Fischer conducts a tour of Hollywood.<br />

Fassbinder´s influence on Hollywood is<br />

still being felt today.<br />

METROPOLIS<br />

by Fritz Lang<br />

Silent Feature <strong>Film</strong> (118 min)<br />

Language: Intertitles in English, German,<br />

French, Spanish and Italian (DVD)<br />

Director: Fritz Lang<br />

Producer: Original Version: Universum-<br />

<strong>Film</strong> AG (Ufa), 1925/26<br />

Restored and Reconstructed Version on<br />

DVD 2001: Transit <strong>Film</strong>, Munich and<br />

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation,<br />

Wiesbaden<br />

Distribution Partners: USA: Kino<br />

International/New York Great Britain:<br />

Eureka/London<br />

Germany: Transit Classics, distributed by<br />

Universum <strong>Film</strong>/Munich and Blackhill<br />

Pictures/Hamburg<br />

Spain: Divisa Red/ Madrid<br />

Australia: Potential <strong>Film</strong>s/Sydney<br />

Cast: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf<br />

Klein-Rogge, Gustav Fröhlich, Fritz<br />

Rasp<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: Original Version:<br />

1925/26, Restored and Reconstructed<br />

Version with Original Music Score by<br />

Gottfried Huppertz: 2001, County of<br />

Origin: Germany<br />

Fritz Lang´s METROPOLIS out on<br />

DVD. This 2 DVD Set includes 43<br />

Minute documentary on the making of;<br />

Feature: <strong>The</strong> Digital Restoration; Photo<br />

galleries; Biographies; Surround sound<br />

of new orchestral score; Audio<br />

Commentary<br />

TRANS-PACIFIC<br />

MEDIA<br />

Trans-Pacific Media, 8491 Sunset<br />

Boulevard, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA<br />

90069 United States. Tel: 323.654.4933.<br />

Fax: 323.654.4921.<br />

mail@transpacificmedia.com<br />

At Cannes: Laurie Woodrow (President),<br />

Dan Griffiths (Senior Vice-President)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: 47 La Croisette, Cormoran 2, 3rd<br />

Floor, Tel: 04.93.68.59.95<br />

TROMA<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Troma Entertainment, 733 Ninth Avenue,<br />

New York, NY 10019 USA. Tel:<br />

212.757.4555 ext.30. Fax: 212.399.9885.<br />

www.troma.com/sales. films@troma.com<br />

At Cannes: Lloyd Kaufman (President of<br />

Troma Entertainment), Jonathan Lees<br />

(Director of International Sales), Jamie<br />

Harvey (<strong>Film</strong> Buyer), Robert O’Dell<br />

(<strong>Film</strong> Buyer), Dan Martin (Sales<br />

Assistant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: F-13 (Riviera), Tel:<br />

33.(0)4.92.99.33.10<br />

ALL THE LOVE YOU CANNES<br />

Documentary (108 min)<br />

Director: Sean McGrath, Gabriel<br />

Friedman, Lloyd Kaufman<br />

Cast: <strong>The</strong> Troma Team & Friends<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

CABIN FEVER - LIONS GATE FILMS INTERNATIONAL<br />

A hilarious, thought provoking, and<br />

entertaining twist on marketing and<br />

promoting your truly independent vision<br />

at Cannes.<br />

APOCALYPSE SOON<br />

Documentary (135 min)<br />

Director: Gabriel Friedman<br />

Cast: Dave Mattey, Heidi Sjursen, Lloyd<br />

Kaufman<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

A no holds barred look at Lloyd<br />

Kaufman and the Troma Team’s<br />

misadventures during the filming of<br />

Citizen Toxie.<br />

TALES FROM THE CRAPPER<br />

Erotic-Comedy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Action<br />

(100 min)<br />

Director: India Allen, Lloyd Kaufman,<br />

Dave Paiko, Doug Sakmann, Brian Spitz<br />

Cast: Julie Strain, Arban Ornelas, Lloyd<br />

Kaufman<br />

Status: Completed<br />

Country of origin: USA<br />

An anthology featuring sinister vampire<br />

strippers, a man-eating penis, and the<br />

largest amount of breasts ever in Troma’s<br />

thirty-years.<br />

TRUST FILM SALES<br />

Trust <strong>Film</strong> Sales, Avedoere Tvaevej 10,<br />

<strong>Film</strong>byen 12, Hvidovre, 2650 Denmark.<br />

Tel: 45.36.86.87.01. Fax: + 45 36 77 44<br />

48. www.trust-film.dk, tine@trust-film.dk<br />

At Cannes: Annakarin Ström (CEO),<br />

Tine Klint (Sales and Projekt Coordinator),<br />

Peter Aalbaek Jensen (Sales<br />

Assistant), Rikke Ennis (TV - Sales<br />

Executive), Lissy Bellaiche (Festival<br />

Consultant)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 45 25 39 84 94, Fax:<br />

45.22.22.80.60<br />

DOGVILLE<br />

Drama (177 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Lars von Trier<br />

Co-Production Partners: Danish <strong>Film</strong><br />

Institute, DR, Slot Machine, Arte France<br />

Cinema, France 3 Cinema, Canal+,<br />

Euroimages, Is<br />

Producer: Vibeke Windeløv<br />

Key Cast: Nicole Kidman and more<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

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Budget: 10 mill. USD<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Danish<br />

Set in an American town in the Rocky<br />

Mountains in the 1930s. Lars von Trier<br />

re-explores the concept of goodness.<br />

INHERITENCE (ARVEN)<br />

Drama (106 min)<br />

Language: Danish<br />

Director: Per Fly<br />

Co-Production Partners: Danish <strong>Film</strong><br />

Instituth e, Norwegian <strong>Film</strong> Institute,<br />

Nordisk <strong>Film</strong> & TV Fond, TV2 Denmark<br />

and Egmont Ente<br />

Producer: Ib Tardini<br />

Key Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa<br />

Werlinder, Ulf Pilgaard, Ghita<br />

Nørby,Lars Brygmann,<br />

Karina Skands,Peter Steen, Diana<br />

Axelsen, Jesper Christensen, Dick Kaysø<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 18,6 mill. DK Kr.<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Danish<br />

INHERITANCE is the second film in Per<br />

Fly’s trilogy depicting three layers of<br />

Danish society; this story deals with the<br />

wealthy elite.<br />

DOGS AND DEER: DOGVILLE<br />

CONFESSIONS<br />

Documentary (52 min)<br />

Director: Danish / English<br />

Language: Sami Sarif<br />

Producer: Carsten Holst<br />

Key Cast: Lars von Trier, Nicole<br />

Kidman, Lauren Bacall<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Budget: 365.000 Euro<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Danish<br />

Behind the scene, of the intense drama<br />

during the making of “Dogville”<br />

U<br />

UNIFIED FILM<br />

ORGANIZATION<br />

Unified <strong>Film</strong> Organization, 100 E. Cedar<br />

Avenue, Building 16, Burbank, CA 91502<br />

USA. Tel: 818.846.0465. Fax:<br />

818.846.0256.<br />

At Cannes: Jeffery Beach (President),<br />

Phillip Roth (C.E.O.), TJ Sakasegawa<br />

(VP Production and Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais des Festival, Riviera Stand<br />

No. J8<br />

PHANTOM FORCE<br />

1868 - OVERSEAS FILM GROUP<br />

Action Adventure<br />

Delivery Status: in production<br />

A portal to the underworld is opened and<br />

a special team of operatives must save<br />

the world from supernatural forces.<br />

DRAGON STORM<br />

Action Adventure<br />

Cast: Maxwell Caulfield, John Rhys-<br />

Davies<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

A brood of dragons attack a kingdom and<br />

a group of mismatched but talented<br />

villagers is formed to destroy them.<br />

TORUS<br />

Action Adventure<br />

Cast: David Keith, Billy Dee Williams<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Is it God? A machine? Weapon?<br />

Questions fly after a rocky, towering<br />

structure known as a ‘torus’ bursts up<br />

from the ground in Russia.<br />

V<br />

VISION FILMS<br />

Vision <strong>Film</strong>s, 4626 Lemona Avenue,<br />

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel:<br />

818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715.<br />

visionfilms@earthlink.net<br />

At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing<br />

Director Worldwide Sales), Andre Relis<br />

(Director of International Sales), Lauren<br />

Proctor (Distribution Coordinator)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hotel<br />

SPANISH JUDGES<br />

Action Thriller (90 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Oz Scott<br />

Producer: Prosperity Pictures<br />

Cast: Mathew Lillard, Vincent<br />

D’Onofrio, Valeria Golina<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Mayhem breaks loose when a young<br />

ruthless con man talks his way into a<br />

scam involving stolen antique guns. Only<br />

one person will walk out alive.<br />

BABERELLAS<br />

Sexy Sci-fi Spoof (87 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Chuck Cirino<br />

Producer: Alexia Cirino<br />

Cast: Shauna O’Brian, Julie K. Smith,<br />

Sasha Peralta, Julie Strain<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Four beautiful over-sexed girls save Earth<br />

from the axis of evil.<br />

THE EROTIC FILM COLLECTION<br />

OF JAG MUNDHRA<br />

Erotic Thriller (90 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jag Mundhra<br />

Producers: Jag Mundhra and Victor<br />

Bhalla<br />

Cast: Lee Anne Beaman, Tahnee Welch,<br />

Steven Bauer, Richard Tyson, Jennifer<br />

McShane<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

6 feature films: MONSOON, SHADES<br />

OF GRAY, IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE,<br />

TAINTED LOVE, IMPROPER<br />

CONDUCT.<br />

CRIME & PUNISHMENT<br />

Drama/ Thriller (90 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Menahem Golan<br />

Producer: Evgeny Afineevsky &<br />

Menahem Golan<br />

Cast: Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Vanessa<br />

Redgrave, Margo Kidder<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

In this modern day adaptation of the<br />

Dostoyevsky novel, a struggling law<br />

student confesses a gruesome crime in an<br />

attempt to free his tormented soul.<br />

NIGHTMASTER<br />

Action Adventure (87 minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mark Joffee<br />

Producer: Robert Sanders, Peter Ramster,<br />

Grahame Jennings<br />

Cast: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge),<br />

Tom Jennings, Vince Martin<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Six select students from the leading<br />

karate school play private night games,<br />

sharpening their defense skills, until their<br />

games turn deadly.<br />

VITAGRAPH<br />

Vitagraph, Via Schiavonia 1, Bologna,<br />

40121, Italy. Tel: 39.051.267150. Fax:<br />

39.051.267310. vitagraph@libero.it -<br />

www.vitagraph.it<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, distributor<br />

At Cannes: Filippo D’Angelo (Managing<br />

Director), Acquisition Executive: Filippo<br />

D’Angelo (Managing Director)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Village INT’L - Media Program<br />

Pavilion, Tel: (reception desk)<br />

33.4.92590220<br />

THE LAST PISTOLERO<br />

Western Comedy (9 min)<br />

Language: original version English<br />

Subtitled<br />

Director: Alessandro Dominici<br />

Producer: CKS cinema e comunicazione<br />

& Ass. Culturale Celluloide Coproduction<br />

partners:<br />

Cast: Franco Nero<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: $ 30.000,00<br />

A man roves the open space of an<br />

abandoned industrial complex. Wearing a<br />

hat, boots and belt, the last pistolero is<br />

ready to face his final challenge...<br />

A BORDER OF MIRRORS<br />

Documentary (60 min)<br />

Language: original version English<br />

Subtitled<br />

Director: Stefano Savona<br />

Producer: Alessandro Arangio Ruiz<br />

(Tipota Movie Company) & Maat<br />

Produzioni<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: $ 100.000,00<br />

Sicilian emigrants in Tunisia and<br />

Tunisian emigrants in Sicily, exchanges<br />

and flows: the daily life of a precarious<br />

life on the borderline.<br />

SPECTRUM DIAMOND - THE<br />

MYTH AND THE LEGEND OF<br />

MATTHEW SMITH<br />

Documentary (54 min)<br />

Language: English and Finnish spoken<br />

with English subtitles<br />

Director: Opificio Ciclope<br />

Producer: Opificio Ciclope Coproduction<br />

partners: Tele+ (Italy); YLE<br />

(Finland)<br />

Delivery Status: completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Italy<br />

Budget: $ 70.000,00<br />

One day, at school, Mattew Smith fiddles<br />

with a Tandy, a nearly serious computer:<br />

he becomes the programmer of the bestselling<br />

videogame for ZX Spectrum, JET<br />

SET WILLY.<br />

VORTEX PICTURES<br />

Vortex Pictures, 9420 Wilshire Blvd.,<br />

Suite 250, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA.<br />

Tel: 310.278.1450. Fax: 310.278.0885.<br />

info@vortexpictures.com.<br />

www.vortexpictures.com<br />

At Cannes: Paul Brooks (President),<br />

Scott Niemeyer (CFO), Dean Shapiro<br />

(Sales Executive), Jennifer Cusentino<br />

(Int’l Marketing Mgr), Erica Motley,<br />

Suzanne Barron (Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Majestic Hotel, Suite 137 & 138,<br />

Tel: 33.04.97.06.85.45. Fax:<br />

33.04.97.06.85.89<br />

ROLLING KANSAS<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Thomas Haden Church<br />

Producer: Norm Waitt, Paul Brooks, Jeff<br />

Levine<br />

Cast: Rip Torn, James Roday, Charlie<br />

Finn<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Rolling Kansas is the story of the three<br />

brothers Murphy and their two best<br />

friends who set out on a hilarious journey<br />

in search of a mythical “Magical Forest<br />

of Marijuana”.<br />

DYSFUNKTIONAL FAMILY<br />

Comedy (95 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: George Gallo<br />

Producer: Paul Brooks, David Purmet,<br />

Eddie Griffin<br />

Cast: Eddie Griffin<br />

Delivery Status: Complete<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Eddie Griffin’s “DysFunKtional Family”<br />

is his hilarious comic stand-up routine<br />

intercut with cinéma vérité scenes of his<br />

actual family that lends insight into his<br />

impersonations and insights on society.<br />

POOLHALL JUNKIES<br />

Thriller (95 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Mars Callahan<br />

Producer: Karen Beninati, Vincent<br />

Newman, Tucker Tooley<br />

Cast: Christopher Walken, Chazz<br />

Palminteri, Rod Steiger, Rick Schroder<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USAIn the violent world of high<br />

stakes pool, Johnny’s betting the bank on<br />

a clean break.<br />

THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS<br />

Drama (105 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: George Hickenlooper<br />

Producer: Andy Garcia, Donald<br />

Zuckerman, Andrew Pfeffer<br />

Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia<br />

Williams, James Coburn, Julianna<br />

Marguiles<br />

Delivery Status:<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) could please<br />

any woman...except the one he loved.<br />

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EMMETT’S MARK<br />

Thriller (100 Minutes)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Keith Snyder<br />

Producer: Graham Taylor, Brad Fuller,<br />

Franny Baldwin Benullo<br />

Co-production partners: Taylor/Fuller<br />

Production, Genuine Article Pictures<br />

Cast: Scott Wolf, Gabriel Byrne, Tim<br />

Roth<br />

Delivery Status: Post Production<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Police Detective Emmett Young has three<br />

days to solve a brutal murder...his own.<br />

W<br />

WEG INDIA<br />

WEG India, 8 Palm Crest, Main Avenue,<br />

Santacruz (West), Mumbai 400-054,<br />

India. Tel: 9122.26051011 / 26051842.<br />

Fax: 9122.26052621. weg@vsnl.com.<br />

www.dvdworldwide.com<br />

At Cannes: Avinaash Jumani<br />

(International Sales & Acquisitions),<br />

Amit Jumani (International Sales &<br />

Acquisitions), Kavi Jumani (International<br />

Sales & Acquisitions), Ranchor Jumani<br />

(International Sales & Acquisitions)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera - Booth # J6, Tel:<br />

06.75710630<br />

JISM - THE DARK SIDE OF<br />

DESIRE<br />

www.jismthefilm.com<br />

Thriller / Romance (133 min)<br />

Director: Amit Saxena<br />

Producer: Pooja Bhatt<br />

Key Cast: John Abraham, Bipasha Basu<br />

& Gulshan Grover<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Market<br />

Screenings<br />

Country of Origin: India, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

Kabir Lal, a restless, reckless alcoholic<br />

lawyer, has a chance encounter with<br />

Soniya Khanna a young, sexy and<br />

dangerously ambitious wife of middleaged<br />

industrialist Rohit Khanna. <strong>The</strong><br />

sexual chemistry between the couple<br />

intensifies their relationship.<br />

SUPARI<br />

Action Drama (125 min)<br />

Director & Producer: Padam Kumar<br />

Key Cast: Uday Chopra, Nandita Das,<br />

Rahul Dev, Nauheed, Purab Kohli, Akash<br />

Saigal and Irfan Khan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, Market<br />

Screenings<br />

Country of Origin: India, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

Easy money was what a group of best<br />

friends Aryan, Papad, Chicken and<br />

Mushy wanted. And one person who<br />

showed them the easiest way to make all<br />

their dreams come true was the<br />

mysterious woman Mamta.<br />

YEH LAMHE JUDAAI KE<br />

Romance / Drama<br />

Director: B. Tiwari<br />

Producer: Vishva Light & Sound Ltd.<br />

Key Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena<br />

Tandon, Amit Kumar, Divya, Mohnish<br />

Behl, Kiran Kumar & Anupam Kher<br />

Delivery Status: In Production<br />

Country of Origin: India, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

Love, romance and memories have<br />

always played a special role in one’s life.<br />

A love story of an upcoming singer and<br />

his promoter. Success and confusion gets<br />

in between their romantic future as a<br />

couple.<br />

CHURA LIYAA HAI TUMNE<br />

www.clht.com<br />

Thriller / Romance (144 min)<br />

Director: Sangeeth Sivan<br />

Producer: PFH RAVE<br />

Key Cast: Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Sahil<br />

Ankola, Rakhi Sawant, Vijay Raaz &<br />

Gulshan Grover<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: India, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

Tina is urgently summoned to Bangkok,<br />

where she is told that her uncle has died<br />

in an accident. She is shocked to learn<br />

that her uncle was wanted in India for a<br />

massive gold heist.<br />

DHUND - THE FOG<br />

Thriller / Suspense (135 min)<br />

Director: Shyam Ramsay<br />

Producer: Yashovardhan Tyagi<br />

Key Cast: Amar Upadhya, Aditi<br />

Gowitrikar, Apoorva Agnhhotri, Divya<br />

Palat, Shweta Menon, Prem Chopra &<br />

Gulshan Grover<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: India, Year of<br />

Production: 2003<br />

A group of college friends become the<br />

target of an unknown serial killer who<br />

keeps a close eye on them to take<br />

revenge one by one.<br />

WILD BUNCH<br />

Wild Bunch, 99 rue de la Verrerie, 75004<br />

Paris, France. Tel: 33.1.53.01.50.24 /<br />

33.1.53.01.50.49<br />

At Cannes: World Sales: Vincent<br />

Maraval, Carole Baraton, Gaël Nouaille;<br />

Co production financing: Juliette Renaud<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Sales <strong>Of</strong>fice: 3 La Croisette, 2nd<br />

floor, Tel: 33.4.93.99.84.54. Fax:<br />

33.4.93.99.85.11. Marketing <strong>Of</strong>fice: 6 La<br />

Croisette, 4th floor, door on the right,<br />

Tel: 33.4.93.99.85.10. Fax:<br />

33.4.93.99.85.08<br />

ALEXANDRA’S PROJECT<br />

Directed by Rolf de Heer<br />

Cast: Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bodgan<br />

Koca<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

Steve arrives home on his birthday to<br />

find his family gone. His wife has left<br />

him a videotape. Alone in the house, he<br />

starts to watch...<br />

THE CAT RETURNS<br />

A Studio Ghibli <strong>Film</strong><br />

Directed by Hiroyuki Morita<br />

Produced by Toshio Suzuki and Nozomu<br />

Takahashi<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

A spellbinding animation fantasy from<br />

Studio Ghibli, a tale of enchantment and<br />

adventure from the producers of Hayao<br />

Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning<br />

“Spirited Away”.DEAD END<br />

A horror film by Jean- Baptiste Andrea<br />

and Fabrice Canepa<br />

Producer: James Huth (Serial Lover, La<br />

Marque Jaune)<br />

Cast: Ray Wise (Twin Peaks), Alexandra<br />

Holden, Lin Shaye (<strong>The</strong>re’s Something<br />

About Mary), Mick Caine, Amber Smith,<br />

Billy Asher<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

A savagely funny, black-as-night<br />

supernatural thriller: Christmas becomes<br />

a living hell as the Harrington family is<br />

torn bloodily apart.<br />

DEVILS (LES DIABLES)<br />

Director: Christophe RUGGIA<br />

Cast: Adèle Haenel, Vincent Rottiers,<br />

Rochdy Labidi, Jacques Bonaffe, Aurélia<br />

Petit.<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

Chloé is 13 and mute, entirely dependent<br />

on her younger brother, Joseph. Driven<br />

by his limitless love for her, Joseph does<br />

whatever it takes to keep them together.<br />

PERSONA NON GRATA<br />

Director: Oliver Stone<br />

Production: Rule 8, Wild Bunch, Ixtlan<br />

Cast: Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Ariel<br />

Sharon, Ehud Barak, Benjamin<br />

Netanyahu<br />

Delivery Status: complete<br />

March 2002. Israelis and Palestinians at<br />

war. Diplomacy deadlocked. Violence<br />

escalating. In search of first-hand<br />

perspectives, Oliver Stone leads a<br />

documentary crew into the very heart of<br />

the conflict.<br />

CANNES <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

WINCHESTER FILMS<br />

Winchester <strong>Film</strong>s, 19 Heddon St., W1B<br />

4BG, London, United Kingdom. Tel:<br />

0207.851.6500. Fax: 0207.851.6505.<br />

mail@winchesterent.co.uk.<br />

www.winchesterent.com<br />

Company Type: Sales agent, distributor,<br />

film finance<br />

At Cannes: Gary Smith (CEO), Hadeel<br />

Reda (CEO LA <strong>Of</strong>fice), Billy Hurman<br />

(snr VP sales and marketing), Andrew<br />

Brown (snr VP sales and marketing),<br />

Gareth Jones (Head of UK <strong>Film</strong><br />

Production and Finance); Acquisition<br />

Executive: Mick Southworth (CEO of<br />

Distribution)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hilton, Presidential Suite<br />

305, Tel: 33.4.92.99.75.66. Tel:<br />

33.4.92.99.75.67. Fax: 33.4.92.99.75.68<br />

THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY<br />

Drama (100 mins)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Paul Goldman<br />

Producer: Nik Powell, Emile Sherman,<br />

Peter Clifton<br />

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith,<br />

David Hemmings<br />

Delivery Status: Completed-World<br />

Premiere<br />

Year of Production: 2002-3, Country of<br />

Origin: Australia/UK<br />

Budget: $8 million.<br />

<strong>The</strong> true story of Frank Sinatra’s 1974<br />

Australian tour during which he managed<br />

to alienate a whole nation.<br />

HARV THE BARBARIAN<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: TBC<br />

Producer: Winchester <strong>Film</strong>s<br />

Cast: TBC<br />

Delivery Status: pre-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

Budget: $16 million<br />

A Monty Pythonesque tale of a simpleminded<br />

barbarian who goes on an epic<br />

journey of self-discovery.<br />

RED DWARF<br />

Comedy (100 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Doug Naylor<br />

Producer: Charles Armitage<br />

Cast: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny<br />

John-Jules<br />

Delivery Status: pre-production<br />

Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />

Origin: UK<br />

Budget: $ 15 million<br />

A comedy based on the globally<br />

successful sci-fi comedy TV adventure<br />

series.<br />

HOLLYWOOD NORTH<br />

Comedy (89 min)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Peter O’Brian<br />

Producer: John Gillespie<br />

Cast: Alan Bates, Mathew Modine,<br />

Jennifer Tilly<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />

Origin: Canada/UK<br />

Budget: $ 3.5 million<br />

A comedy drama about a smart,<br />

handsome and successful lawyer.<br />

Nothing had ever stood in his way...until<br />

he decided to make a movie!<br />

SCORCHED<br />

Comedy<br />

Language: English.<br />

Director: Gavin Grazer.<br />

Producer: Neverland <strong>Film</strong>s, Al Corly,<br />

Bart Rosenblatt.<br />

Cast: John Cleese, Woody Harrelson,<br />

Alicia Silverstone, Rachel Leigh Cook.<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />

Origin: USA<br />

Budget: $15 million<br />

Three small town bank employees all<br />

unwittingly make plans to rob the bank<br />

during the same weekend.<br />

NINE LIVES - NUIMAGE<br />

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Y<br />

YORK<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

York Entertainment International,<br />

4565 Sherman Oaks Ave., Sherman Oaks,<br />

CA 91403 USA. Tel: 818.788.4050.<br />

Fax: 818.788.4011.<br />

www.yorkentertainment.com<br />

At Cannes: Gregg Ratinoff (Director of<br />

International Sales)<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Noga Hilton, Room 303, Tel:<br />

33(0).492997000<br />

SCARECROW - SLAYER<br />

Action-Horror<br />

Starring Tony Todd (Candyman)<br />

Delivery Status: Completed, ready for<br />

delivery June 1, 2003<br />

A college freshman is killed during a<br />

fraternity prank and is resurrected as a<br />

demonic Scarecrow. Seeking twisted<br />

revenge, he terrorizes a small town next<br />

to a major university.<br />

EL CHUPACABRA<br />

Action-Horror<br />

Stars Naughty By Nature rapper Anthony<br />

“Treach” Criss (Love and A Bullet,<br />

Empire, Book of Love), Eric Alegria,<br />

Elina Madison<br />

Delivery Status: Completed post<br />

production - July, 2003 delivery<br />

After his capture in the wilderness, the<br />

legendary, bloodthirsty creature El<br />

Chupacabra escapes into the city creating<br />

mayhem and panic.<br />

13 DEAD MEN<br />

Action-Adventure<br />

Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Mystikal, Ashley<br />

Tucker<br />

Delivery Status: Completed post<br />

production - July, 2003 delivery<br />

A master diamond thief, is framed and<br />

convicted for murder and imprisoned on<br />

death row in a high security facility.<br />

SCARECROW<br />

Action-Horror<br />

Delivery Status: ready for delivery<br />

Year of production 2002<br />

Scarecrow is the story of a small town<br />

teenage boy who was bullied by his<br />

classmates, his teacher, and his family.<br />

SCREAM BLOODY MURDER<br />

Teen-Adventure<br />

Delivery Status: completed 2003 ready<br />

for delivery<br />

A hilarious spoof of Halloween and <strong>The</strong><br />

Texas Chain Saw Massacre! Hot girls in<br />

tight school uniforms are trapped in the<br />

middle of nowhere with a psycho killer<br />

in hot pursuit.<br />

Z<br />

ZENPIX<br />

Zenpix, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los<br />

Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel:<br />

323.878.0404. Fax: 323.878.0486.<br />

sales@promarkgroup.com<br />

At Cannes: Mr. Jonathan Kramer<br />

(President), Ms. Susan Jackson (Co-<br />

President), Ms. Annouchka Lesoeur<br />

(Vice President International Sales), Mr.<br />

Eric Bernstein (Vice President of<br />

International Sales)<br />

HOUSE OF A 1000 CORPSES<br />

LIONS GATE FILMS INTERNATIONAL<br />

<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Both M9/N10<br />

BRIAR PATCH<br />

Thriller (102 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Zev Berman<br />

Producer: Lauren Moews, Sam Froelich<br />

Cast: Dominique Swain, Henry Thomas,<br />

Arie Verveen<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Inez Macbeth is a beautiful young girl<br />

who plots a murder scheme to escape her<br />

abusive dead-beat husband.<br />

VENUS AND MARS<br />

Comedy (90 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Harry Mastrogeorge<br />

Producer: Bernd F. Lunkewitz, Emmo<br />

Lepert, Uwe Scott<br />

Cast: Daniela Amavia, Julie Bowen,<br />

Lynn Redgrave<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: Germany<br />

Kay Vogel may only be 26 but she’s<br />

already given up on love, blaming it as a<br />

cause of her worst mistakes.<br />

NO TURNING BACK<br />

Drama (103 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Jesus Nebot,<br />

Producer: Eduardo Campoy, Jesus Nebot<br />

Cast: Jesus Nebot, Chelsea Rendon,<br />

Vernee Watson-Johnson<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

An illegal immigrant in the United States<br />

hoping to build a better future for his<br />

five-year-old daughter but gets caught up<br />

in a tragic accident that may jeopardize<br />

everything.<br />

THE RISING PLACE<br />

Drama (93 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Tom Rice<br />

Producer: Tom Rice, Tracy A. Ford,<br />

Marshall Peck<br />

Cast: Lauren Hollman, Elise Neal, Mark<br />

Webber<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Set in the picturesque landscape of the<br />

Mississippi Delta in the 1940’s, “<strong>The</strong><br />

Rising Place” follows the close<br />

friendship of two young women, one<br />

white and the other black as they face the<br />

discrimination of their time.<br />

GABRIELA<br />

Drama (103 min.)<br />

Language: English<br />

Director: Vincent Jay Miller<br />

Producer: Vincent Jay Miller, Vincent J.<br />

Francillon<br />

Cast: Jamie P. Gomez, Seidy Lopez,<br />

Zach Galligan<br />

Delivery Status: Completed<br />

Country of Origin: USA<br />

Mike dreams of finding his soul matewhen<br />

he thinks he has met her in<br />

Gabriela, a sensitive beautiful therapist,<br />

she turns out to be engaged.<br />

THE BUSINESS OF FILM<br />

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Los Angeles<br />

California 90036<br />

<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />

120 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> CANNES MAY 2003

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