MIPTV PRODUCT GUIDE - The Business Of Film
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<strong>MIPTV</strong><br />
10 FRANCS<br />
10 Francs, 28 rue de l’équerre, 75 019<br />
Paris, France. Tel: 33.1.4874.4377. Fax:<br />
33.1.4874.8265. http://www.10francs.fr,<br />
10francs@10francs.fr<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Guy Knafo (General<br />
Manager - Hd of acq.), Corinne Bondu<br />
(Producer), Manon Daher (Sales<br />
executive), Fanny Baelongandi (Sales<br />
executive)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Guy KNAFO<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 33.1.4874.4377<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA CHANNEL<br />
(ENCYCLOPÉDIE)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5240&lang=en<br />
Discovery (130 x 7’)<br />
Language: English, Russian, Spanish<br />
Director: Miscellaneous directors<br />
Producer: Enc TV<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 / 2007,Country<br />
of Origin: UKRAINE<br />
Story of great personalities from the past<br />
centuries to today. <strong>The</strong>y are famous<br />
artists, scientists, travellers, philosophers,<br />
architects, monarchs. <strong>The</strong>ir names: Bach,<br />
Cléopatra, Neru, etc.<br />
HALIMA’S CELLPHONE (LE<br />
TÉLÉPHONE PORTABLE<br />
D’HALIMA)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5574&lang=en<br />
Documentary (51’)<br />
Language: English, French<br />
Director: Olga Prud’homme<br />
Producer: Kolam Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007,<br />
Country of Origin: FRANCE<br />
Can a cell phone change a destiny?<br />
Can micro credit help the poor to jump<br />
above “ poverty line “?<br />
What happened to Halima and to her<br />
cell phone?<br />
SHORT LEAVES (ECHAPPÉES<br />
BELLES)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5599&lang=en<br />
Documentary (300 x 6’)<br />
Language: English, French<br />
Director: Miscellaneous directors<br />
Producer: Bo travail<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008,Country<br />
of Origin: FRANCE<br />
6 minutes to discover a marvellous city,<br />
to go through a wild country, to escape &<br />
leave while leaving the beaten paths!<br />
“Short Leaves” is a wonderful breath of<br />
fresh air “<br />
MYTHICAL ROADS (LES ROUTES<br />
MYTHIQUES)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5663&lang=en<br />
Documentary (17 x 52’)<br />
Language: English, French<br />
Director: Miscellaneous directors<br />
Producer: 2F Production<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006-2008,Country<br />
of Origin: FRANCE<br />
Beyond the journey, this series is a real<br />
initiatory route.<br />
THE MOST DIFFICULT TRAIN IN<br />
THE WORLD (LE TRAIN LE PLUS<br />
DIFFICILE DU MONDE)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5799&lang=en<br />
Documentary (50’)<br />
Language: French, English, Spanish<br />
Director: Daniel Wyss<br />
Producer: Climage audiovisuel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007,Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
<strong>The</strong> railroad between Quito and<br />
Guayaquil, in Ecuador used to be the<br />
nation’s backbone. Today the train is<br />
agonizing and many Ecuadorians have<br />
left the country.<br />
GOD IS AMERICAN<br />
(DIEU EST AMÉRICAIN)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5840&lang=en<br />
Documentary (50’)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Richard Martin-Jordan<br />
Producer: Palladium Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007,Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
God is alive, he is American! John Frum<br />
is his name as said by the people of<br />
Tanna in the South Pacific.<br />
A JOURNEY OF DMITRY<br />
SHOSTAKOVICH (LE VOYAGE DE<br />
DIMITRI CHOSTAKOVITCH<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5873&lang=en<br />
Documentary (56’)<br />
Language: English, French, Russian<br />
Director: Oksana Dvornichenko, Helga<br />
Producer: Turnstyle TV LLC<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006,Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> greatest composer of the 20th<br />
century remains one of its biggest<br />
mysteries. A genius faced with the choice<br />
between artistic freedom and harsh<br />
ideology, between truth and survival.<br />
THE TWILIGHT OF THE CELTS<br />
(LE CRÉPUSCULE DES CELTES)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5914&lang=en<br />
Documentary (53’)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Stéphane Goel<br />
Producer: Climage audiovisuel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
<strong>The</strong> discovery of a huge sanctuary in<br />
Switzerland allows the archeologists to<br />
start an investigation about the religion<br />
of the Celts.<br />
FIGHTER PILOTS (PILOTES DE<br />
COMBAT - L’ODYSSÉE DE LA<br />
CHASSE)<br />
http://10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=<br />
5919&lang=en<br />
Documentary (52’)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Grégoire Gosset<br />
2008<br />
<strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Producer: Kanguroo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: FRANCE<br />
Highly selected for their physical and<br />
mental capacities, the French fighter<br />
plane ‘Rafale’ pilots take us on a air<br />
raising tour of their daily life : raids, air<br />
shows etc.<br />
3DD<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
3DD Entertainment, 190 Camden High<br />
Street, London, NW1 8QP UK. Tel:<br />
44.0207.428.1800. Fax:<br />
44.0207.428.1818.<br />
www.3ddgroup.com/entertainment, email:<br />
info@3ddgroup.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Dominic Saville (CEO), Lara<br />
von Ahlefeldt (COO – Director of<br />
Programming and Acquisitions), Adam<br />
Wakeling (Head of Sales), Suzanne Bull<br />
(Sales Manager), Will Ennett (Sales<br />
Manager / New Media), Anita Barnard<br />
(Sales Manager / DVD Licensing)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand No: 02.42, Tel:<br />
33.4.9299.8032<br />
LONDON LIVE<br />
www.thealbumchartshow.co.uk<br />
Music series (58 x 30’ plus 9 x 30’<br />
specials)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andy Matthews<br />
Producer: Maggie Kelly<br />
Cast: <strong>The</strong> hottest artist’s of today and<br />
tomorrow<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 – 2008,<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
Four great series of the most dynamic<br />
weekly music programme featuring the<br />
world’s hottest artists of today and<br />
tomorrow such as Kaiser Chiefs, Amy<br />
Winehouse, Placebo, Kanye West, Kate<br />
Nash and <strong>The</strong> Killers.<br />
1 GIANT LEAP:<br />
WHAT ABOUT ME?<br />
Documentary (7 x 30’)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A poignant and emotional audio/visual<br />
journey through all five continents<br />
featuring music from the likes of Michael<br />
Stipe and Alanis Morissette plus frank<br />
discussion from Bob Geldof and Susan<br />
Sarandon to name a few.<br />
R.F.K MUST DIE – THE<br />
ASSASSINATION OF BOBBY<br />
KENNEDY<br />
Documentary (1 x 60’ & 2 x 60’ plus<br />
137’ feature)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
An investigative documentary<br />
into one of America’s most enduring<br />
murder mysteries which calls for a<br />
reopening of the case in the lead up to<br />
the 40th anniversary of his assassination<br />
in June 2008.<br />
KATIE AND PETER – THE NEXT<br />
CHAPTER: SERIES 4<br />
Factual Entertainment (11 x 60’)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> brand new series jumping into the<br />
not so private lives of glamour girl<br />
Jordan (aka Katie Price) and Australian<br />
pop star Peter Andre.<br />
SUPERSTARS<br />
Documentary (26 x 30’ & 130 x 2.5’<br />
mobile clips)<br />
Delivery Status: In production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
<strong>The</strong> second series, featuring Hollywood’s<br />
most talked about film, music and<br />
television stars, including Mel Gibson,<br />
Tilda Swinton, Justin Timberlake,<br />
Courtney Cox and Daniel Radcliffe;<br />
Superstars is the must-see collection of<br />
celebrity profiles.<br />
LATER…WITH JOOLS HOLLAND<br />
(200 x 60’ & 41 x 15’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: A variety of the world’s finest<br />
artists<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: Various, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Now filmed in HD, the 31st series of the<br />
BBC’s flagship show continues to feature<br />
a high calibre of international artists<br />
including Radiohead, Feist, Sheryl Crow<br />
and Morrissey.<br />
MARIAH CAREY – THE<br />
ADVENTURES OF MIMI<br />
Music (60’ & 80’) (35’ documentary also<br />
available)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Mariah Carey takes her big show on the<br />
road to celebrate a successful 15 year<br />
career belting out all her best loved hits<br />
from power ballads to hip hop tracks.<br />
MARIAH CAREY<br />
3DD ENTERTAINMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> APRIL 2008 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> 15
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
4KIDS<br />
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.<br />
4KIDS Entertainment, Inc., 1414 Avenue<br />
of the Americas, NY, NY10019 USA. Tel:<br />
1.212.590.2100. Fax: 1.212.590.2211.<br />
www.4Kidsentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Alfred R. Kahn (Chairman &<br />
CEO), Brian Lacey (Executive VP,<br />
International), Jennifer Askin (Manager,<br />
International Broadcast and Digital<br />
Sales), Gia DeLaney (Vice President,<br />
International Program Sales), Erin Silber<br />
(Consultant, International Program Sales,<br />
Asia Pacific, Middle East, Israel),<br />
Stephen Gould (Co-Managing Director,<br />
UK Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R31.21<br />
DINOSAUR KING<br />
Animation (49 x 30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Outrageous comedy collides with nonstop<br />
action as two teams race around the<br />
world to reveal secrets that bring<br />
dinosaurs back to life.<br />
VIVA PIÑATA<br />
Animation (52 x 30 min or 104 x 11<br />
min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> party animal Piñatas live the sweet<br />
life on lush Piñata Island and then blastoff<br />
to parties around the world to bring<br />
laughter to kids of all ages.<br />
CHAOTIC<br />
Animation (40 x 30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Magic, suspense and adventure abound<br />
in this exciting action series, filled with<br />
fantastic creatures, fast-paced stories,<br />
and the multi-dimensional world of<br />
Chaotic.<br />
YU-GI-OH! GX<br />
Animation (155 x 30min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Jaden and his friends are in their third<br />
year at Duel Academy, the world’s most<br />
prestigious dueling prep school. New<br />
rivals, new monsters, and a whole new<br />
season to Get Your Game On!<br />
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA<br />
TURTLES<br />
Animation (130 x 30min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> year: 2105. <strong>The</strong> place: New York<br />
City. <strong>The</strong> four ninja turtles and their<br />
cranky rat master return and really let the<br />
funnies fly!<br />
THE WINX CLUB<br />
Animation (78 x 30min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> world’s favorite magical teens return<br />
for new action-packed adventures,<br />
romances, and a new season full of<br />
potions, spells, battles, and quests.<br />
YU-GI-OH!<br />
Animation (236 x 30min available in<br />
total)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Finally uncovering secrets of his past,<br />
Yugi is transported 5,000 years back in<br />
time and must fight to preserve the past<br />
and save the future.<br />
KIRBY: RIGHT BACK AT YA!<br />
Animation (100 x 30 min available in<br />
total)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Kirby inhales the powers of maniacal<br />
monsters then gives them a taste of their<br />
own medicine. Kirby is the perfect funfilled<br />
series that will delight viewers.<br />
9 STORY<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INC.<br />
9 Story Entertainment Inc., 33 Fraser<br />
Avenue, Suite G09, Toronto, ON M6K<br />
3J9 Canada. Tel: 1.416.530.9900.<br />
Fax: 1.416.530.9935. www.9story.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Vince Commisso (President<br />
and CEO), Natalie Osborne (EVP,<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 00.01, Contact: Natalie Osborne,<br />
Tel: 416. 530.9900<br />
BEST ED – FINISHED EPISODES!<br />
Comedy (52 x 11 min)<br />
Created By: Rick Marshall<br />
Partners: TELETOON, Cartoon Network<br />
UK<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Meet the odd couple for kids – a series<br />
about an unlikely friendship between a<br />
dog named Ed and a squirrel named<br />
Buddy. <strong>The</strong>y’re not just friends, they’re<br />
best friends.<br />
HARRIET THE SPY – NEW!<br />
Live-action Comedy (13 x 30 min)<br />
Created By: Louise Fitzhugh<br />
Partners: CBC, Discovery Kids<br />
Delivery Status: In development<br />
From the popular book series Harriet<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spy, comes a family sitcom about a<br />
kid that absolutely has to know<br />
everyone’s business.<br />
FUTZ!<br />
Action/ comedy (26 x 3 min)<br />
Created By: Vadim Kapridov<br />
Production Partners: TELETOON<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A non-verbal classic cartoon, based on<br />
the whacked-out comedic adventures of<br />
our iconic anti-hero Futz. He’s ready for<br />
anything…prepared for NOTHING!<br />
A<br />
AB INTERNATIONAL<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
AB International Distribution, 132 ave<br />
du president Wilson, la plaine saint<br />
denis, 93200 France.<br />
Tel: 492.220.01. Fax: 492.222.16.<br />
http://www.ab-international.com, email:<br />
ventes@groupe-ab.fr<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Valérie Vleeschhouwer<br />
(Managing Director), Marie-Laure<br />
Hébrard ( VP Sales and Acquisitions),<br />
Julien Leroux (International Sales<br />
Manager), Nathalie Hadjadj (Marketing<br />
Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 22.01, Tel: 33.1.049.299.8312<br />
AUTOPSY<br />
http://www.ab-international.com<br />
Thriller (90min)<br />
Language: french/sub english<br />
Director: Jerome anger<br />
Producer: Les productions de l’éphémere<br />
Key Cast: Stéphane Freiss, Thierry<br />
Neuvic, Sara Marti<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: france<br />
RABOLIOT<br />
http://www.ab-international.com<br />
Drama (90min)<br />
Language: french/sub english<br />
Director: Jean Daniel Verhaeghe<br />
Producer: NATIVE<br />
Key Cast: Thierry Fremont, Thierry<br />
Gibault, Julie Voisin, Aurélie Bargeme<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: france<br />
Illegal hunting and upholding the law are<br />
two different ball games.<br />
ROOKIES, THE<br />
http://www.ab-international.com<br />
Police (52 min)<br />
Language: french/sub english<br />
Director: Vincent MONNET ,Didier le<br />
Pêcheur , Patrick Poubel<br />
Co-Production Partners: M6<br />
Producer: CIPANGO / Thomas<br />
Anargyros, Edouard de Vesinne<br />
Key Cast: Elodie Yung, Gabrièle Valensi,<br />
Mhamed Arezki, Patrick Catalifo &<br />
Raphaël Langlet<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: france<br />
Rookie Cops – a group of young adults<br />
who have just qualified from the Police<br />
Academy – are thrown into the harsh<br />
reality of the job.<br />
DESPERATE PARENTS<br />
http://www.ab-international.com<br />
Comedy (40 min)<br />
Language: french/sub english<br />
Director: Pascal Chaumeil, Yvan<br />
Radkine<br />
Producer: Elephant et cie<br />
Key Cast: Bruno Salomone, Isabelle<br />
Gélinas, Valérie Bonneton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: france<br />
ABC COMMERCIAL<br />
ABC Commercial, 700 Harris Street,<br />
Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. Tel:<br />
61.2.8333.3314. Fax: 61.2.8333.3169.<br />
www.abccontentsales.com.au, email:<br />
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Karen Dacey (Manager,<br />
Program Sales Worldwide), Anne<br />
McGrath (Sales Manager, Europe),<br />
Kristin Burgham (Sales Manager,<br />
Australia, New Zealand, Asia), Katherine<br />
McMillan (Sales Manager, Eastern<br />
Europe, Africa, Spanish Speaking<br />
Territories & Formats)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 05:33, Tel: 33.4.92.99.80.24<br />
THE LIBRARIANS<br />
www.abccontentsales.com.au<br />
Comedy (6 x 30’) HD<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Wayne Hope<br />
Writer: Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope<br />
Producer: Executive Producer Gristmill<br />
Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope; Executive<br />
Producer ABC Miranda Dear<br />
Co-production partners: Gristmill,<br />
Australian Broadcasting Corporation<br />
Key Cast: Robyn Butler, Roz Hammond,<br />
Heidi Arena, Kym Gyngell, Wayne<br />
Hope, Josh Lawson, Nicole Nabout,<br />
Stephen Ballantyne, Keith Brockett, Bob<br />
Franklin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Nominated for a 2008 Rose D’or award.<br />
Behind the quiet façade of a local library,<br />
there lurks a deep well of love, betrayal<br />
and revenge- strictly Non-Fiction<br />
comedy.<br />
CATALYST<br />
www.abccontentsales.com<br />
Science (34 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Belinda Gibbon, Paul<br />
Schneller, Ingrid Arnott; Executive<br />
Producer Nick Lee; Series Producer<br />
Greg Swanborough<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A multi-award winning magazine series<br />
that investigates the ‘hot button’ issues<br />
and dynamic forces behind our<br />
constantly changing world.<br />
ADNESS<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
LLC.<br />
Adness Entertainment, LLC., 11500 W.<br />
Olympic Blvd., Suite 370, Los Angeles,<br />
CA 90064 USA. Tel: 1.310.479.4630.<br />
Fax: 1.310.479.4650.<br />
www.adnessentertainment.com, email:<br />
info@adnessentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mr. Yasuo Matsuo (CEO),<br />
Mr. Daniel Castaneda (VP International<br />
Sales), Ms. Kaori Nogariya (Licensing<br />
Director, Europe)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R35.15<br />
KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT<br />
(40 x 30)<br />
Driven to find his missing father, Kit<br />
Taylor discovers a mysterious Advent<br />
Card that gives him the power to<br />
transform into a Kamen Rider.<br />
ADRIANA CHIESA<br />
ENTERPRISES<br />
Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, via<br />
Barnaba Oriani, 24a, Rome 00197, Italy.<br />
Tel: 0039.06.808.6052. Fax:<br />
0039.06.806.87.855.<br />
www.adrianacheisaenterprises.com,<br />
email:<br />
info@adrianachiesaenterprises.com<br />
Sales, Acquisitions<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma<br />
(President), Rossella Gori (Head of<br />
International Sales<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Pavillion R36.17, Cell: 0039 335<br />
826 5984<br />
300 FEATURE FILMS SELECTION<br />
OF ALL GENRES: ARTHOUSE AND<br />
AWARD WINNING FILMS -<br />
THRILLERS - HORROR - ACTION -<br />
ADVENTURE - EROTIC<br />
COMEDIES - ANIMATION -<br />
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT - NEW<br />
DOCUMENTARIES<br />
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ADVANTAGE MEDIA<br />
GROUP<br />
Advantage Media Group, 4298 Bright<br />
Bay Way, Ellicott City, MD 21042 USA.<br />
Tel: 410.465.0532. Fax: 410.992.8063.<br />
www.AdvantageMediaGroup.TV<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: LaLee du Monceau (V.P.<br />
Sales and Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 21.16<br />
ELVIS: RETURN TO TUPELO<br />
Biography (1 x 60’ High Definition)<br />
Produced for A&E Biography Channel.<br />
We cover the period from his birth in<br />
1935 during the depths of the<br />
Depression, to his breakout year 1956,<br />
when he planted his feet firmly on the<br />
world stage.<br />
THE MIKE SHERMAN SHOW<br />
Music/Magazine Continuing Series<br />
A weekly series that focuses on the<br />
urban music industry and comprises<br />
interviews with R&B, hip-hop, Latin,<br />
pop and Reggaeton artists.<br />
MEN AND MACHINES OF THE<br />
LUFTWAFFE<br />
History (6 x 50)<br />
During the Second World War, pilots and<br />
crews of the Luftwaffe flew in the<br />
greatest air battles ever fought. This is<br />
the story of that connection from the<br />
Luftwaffe´s proud origin in 1914, to its<br />
utter destruction in 1945 amid the rubble<br />
of the Third Reich.<br />
ON SAFARI<br />
Travel/Nature (6 x 60’ High Definition)<br />
Visit the parks and reserves of Africa —<br />
some of the last places on earth where<br />
one can see animals in their natural<br />
habitat.<br />
LOOKING FOR A GRAIL LEGEND<br />
History (4 x 30’)<br />
<strong>Of</strong> all the myths and legends handed<br />
down across the centuries, none has held<br />
the world in such thrall as that of the<br />
Holy Grail. It has been one of the key<br />
links between the Biblical and modern<br />
worlds.<br />
MAE AXTON<br />
Biography (1 x 60’)<br />
Elvis Presley, Reba McEntire, Willie<br />
Nelson, Patsy Cline, Jerry Lee Lewis,<br />
Mel Tillis Tanya Tucker and Hoyt Axton,<br />
just to name a very few, attribute their<br />
success to one of the great architects and<br />
personalities of music.<br />
DIVERS DOWN<br />
Adventure (42 x 25’)<br />
Presented in “Come-Along” style, host<br />
Mark Stanton presents scuba diving<br />
adventures geared towards recreational<br />
divers, and those who’ve dreamed about<br />
becoming one.<br />
MIA’S: A SOLDIER’S<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
Documentary (1 x 60’)<br />
This is the story of the four men, their<br />
families, the men who served with them,<br />
and the men and women of JPAC who<br />
put their lives on the line everyday<br />
attempting to recover the remains of lost<br />
heroes.<br />
ME AND MY…BOY TOYS<br />
Shorts/Fillers (15 – 20 min)<br />
<strong>The</strong> series looks a range of big boys toys<br />
and their collectors from the slightly<br />
eccentric to the big, bold and beautiful.<br />
THE SHERMAN TANK<br />
History (1 x 60’)<br />
A close up look at this war winning tank<br />
as used by the Allies in great numbers<br />
against fearsome German opposition.<br />
JPAC: A HERO’S MISSION<br />
Documentary (1 x 58’)<br />
JPAC’s mission is to search for, recover<br />
and identify remains of Americans<br />
unaccounted-for from past wars.<br />
EXPLORE SWITZERLAND<br />
Travel (3 x 50’ )<br />
With so much to offer, it’s no wonder<br />
Switzerland draws visitors from all over<br />
the world, and it’s traditions of<br />
hospitality are rightly renowned. Journey<br />
with us to enjoy some of the most<br />
magnificent scenery to be found on<br />
earth.<br />
HOLLWOOD’S MAGICAL ISLAND<br />
– CATALINA<br />
History/Travel (1 x 52’)<br />
<strong>The</strong> film highlights many of the<br />
individuals including stars of the Big<br />
Band Era, Marilyn Monroe, and the<br />
island role as Hollywood´s secret<br />
playground for the stars.<br />
FIREPOWER TV<br />
Special Interest (19 x 30’)<br />
A dynamic series designed for every<br />
shooting enthusiast.<br />
SWISS RAILWAY JOURNEYS<br />
Lifestyle and Travel (24 x 55’)<br />
This breathtaking series offers an<br />
unparalleled travel guide to Switzerland<br />
and it’s railways.<br />
THE RECORD DEAL<br />
Drama (13 x 30’)<br />
Go behind the scenes at an independent<br />
record label (Sex, Drugs and Rock and<br />
Roll) as well the dynamics of an<br />
Italian/American family.<br />
D-DAY: THE PRICE<br />
OF FREEDOM<br />
History (1 x 60’)<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were part of the greatest part of the<br />
invasion force the world had ever seen.<br />
AETN<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
AETN International, 235 east, 45th<br />
street, New York, NY 10017, USA.<br />
Tel: 212.210.1400. Fax: 212.907.9476.<br />
www.AETNInternational.com, E-mail:<br />
intl.sales@aetn.com<br />
Broadcaster, distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Sean Cohan (Sr. Vice<br />
President, International, A&E Television<br />
Networks), Michael Katz (Vice President<br />
Programming & Production, AETN<br />
International), Peter DeJong (Director,<br />
Programming & Production, AETN<br />
International), Jonathan South (Director<br />
of International Content Sales, EMEA,<br />
AETN International), Ling Sze Gan<br />
(Content Sales, Asia, AETN<br />
International), Simon Pollock (Vice<br />
President, & Managing Director, Europe<br />
and Asia AETN International)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: G3-18, Tel: 04.92.99.85.65<br />
LIFE AFTER PEOPLE<br />
Documentary (1 x 2 hours)<br />
Language: english<br />
Delivery Status: complete<br />
Production Company: produced by<br />
Flight 33 Productions for <strong>The</strong> History<br />
Channel<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
Using feature film quality visual effects<br />
this stunning documentary looks at what<br />
would happen to planet earth if the<br />
human race were to suddenly disappear<br />
forever.<br />
Available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Established in 1988 Fair Set<br />
Organisation offers: the design &<br />
problem-free setting-up of stands and<br />
advertising billboards, at all major<br />
European <strong>Film</strong> & TV Markets. Fair<br />
Set Organisation is proud to be of<br />
service annually to over 185<br />
worldwide companies.<br />
PETER FLOWER & THE TEAM @ FAIRSET<br />
WISH ALL THEIR INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS<br />
A SUCCESSFUL <strong>MIPTV</strong> 2008<br />
Visit www.fairset.com<br />
Email: info@fairset.com<br />
B OOK O N-LINE F OR:<br />
• CANNES INTERNATIONAL<br />
FILM FESTIVAL 2008<br />
• MIPCOM 2008<br />
• ADVERTISING PANELS<br />
• ADVERTISING SITES<br />
• OFFICE FURNITURE<br />
• OFFICES<br />
• OFFICE EQUIPMENT RENTALS<br />
Contact<br />
PETER FLOWER<br />
peter.flower@fairset.com<br />
Head <strong>Of</strong>fice: FSO ZI de L’Argile<br />
Lot No. 23460 ave de la Quiera 06370<br />
Mouans Sartoux FRANCE<br />
Tel: (33) 4 92 92 39 39 Fax: (33) 4 92 92 39 30<br />
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MIPTv <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
KING<br />
Documentary (1 x 2 hours)<br />
Language: english<br />
Delivery Status: complete<br />
Production Company: produced by<br />
NBC Universal for <strong>The</strong> History Channel<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of<br />
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s<br />
assassination on April 4, 1968, this<br />
special is the epic story of the man,<br />
his times, and his legacy.<br />
CRIME 360<br />
Reality (16 x 1 hour)<br />
Language: english<br />
Delivery status: complete<br />
Production Company: produced by Base<br />
Productions for A&E Network<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> moment detectives are called to the<br />
scene, viewers are part of the<br />
investigation, experiencing the crime<br />
scene in three dimensions and examining<br />
the evidence at a microscopic level.<br />
PARANORMAL STATE<br />
Reality (20 x 30 min)<br />
Language: english<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Production Company: produced by Go<br />
Go Luckey Productions for A&E<br />
Network<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
Follows the dramatic life of Ryan Buell<br />
and other student members of Penn State<br />
University’s Paranormal Research<br />
Society, the first university-sanctioned<br />
center of its kind.<br />
SHOCKWAVE<br />
Documentary (13 x 1 hour)<br />
Language: english<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Production Company: produced by Cheri<br />
Sundae Productions for <strong>The</strong> History<br />
Channel<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
A new groundbreaking series taking the<br />
best raw footage of catastrophic,<br />
headline-making events from all over the<br />
world, using the latest in graphics<br />
technology.<br />
ALAIN SIRITZKY<br />
<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS (ASP)<br />
Alain Siritzky Productions( ASP), 6399<br />
Wilshire Bl Suite 1007, Los Angeles, CA<br />
90048 USA. Tel: 323.655.6845.<br />
Fax: 323.655.6849.<br />
www.asproductions.net, email:<br />
asproductions@usa.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Alain Siritzky (President),<br />
George Pilzer (Head of sales),<br />
Gabriel Orgal (Operations Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 25.09,<br />
Tel: 33.6.08.58.16.01.<br />
Fax: 33.1.42.24.66.42<br />
EMMANUELLE THE PRIVATE<br />
COLLECTIONS<br />
EMMANUELLE IN SPACE<br />
EMMANUELLE THE TELEVISION<br />
SERIES<br />
SCANDAL<br />
THE SEX FILES<br />
THE ALIEN FILES 111<br />
EMMANUELLE PRIVATE<br />
COLLECTIONS<br />
CLICK<br />
JUSTINE<br />
ALFRED HABER<br />
DISTRIBUTION, INC.<br />
Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., 111<br />
Grand Avenue, Suite 203, Palisades<br />
Park, New Jersey 07650 USA. Tel:<br />
1.201.224.8000. Fax: 1.201.947.4500.<br />
www.alfredhaber.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Alfred Haber (Founder).<br />
Robert Kennedy (Executive Vice<br />
President, Worldwide Sales), Andrew<br />
Haber (Vice President, International<br />
Sales), Adam Haber (Vice President,<br />
International Sales), Edward O’Donnell<br />
(Director, International Sales)<br />
Christopher Brouder (Director,<br />
International Sales), Steven Weiser (Vice<br />
President, Domestic & International<br />
Sales), Ron Glazer (Executive Vice<br />
President, New <strong>Business</strong> Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 19.01, Tel: 334.92.99.82.37<br />
GHOST HUNTERS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Reality Series (13 x 60’) Sci-Fi<br />
<strong>The</strong> highest-rated reality series debut in<br />
SCI-FI’s history, GHI follows real-life<br />
ghost-hunting experts who apply their<br />
debunking principles to the world’s most<br />
legendary haunted spots.<br />
MOST DARING<br />
Reality Series (20 x 60’) truTV<br />
<strong>The</strong> highest-rated premiere in truTV’s<br />
history, the all-new reality series from<br />
NASH Entertainment delivers the most<br />
intense, nail-biting moments ever<br />
captured on video.<br />
MOST SHOCKING<br />
Reality Series (53 x 60’) truTV<br />
<strong>The</strong> highest-rated series on truTV ever is<br />
the breathtaking “caught-on-camera”<br />
reality show about the heart-pounding<br />
world of law enforcement featuring<br />
shocking action-packed crime footage.<br />
2009 51ST ANNUAL GRAMMY®<br />
AWARDS<br />
Awards program (1 x 210’) CBS<br />
Expect exhilarating performances and<br />
exceptional ratings when music’s<br />
megastars light up the stage on<br />
television’s most prestigious annual<br />
music event.<br />
AMERICA VIDEO<br />
FILMS<br />
America Video <strong>Film</strong>s, Virrey Loreto<br />
2426, Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br />
Tel: 54114.7879098.<br />
Fax: 54114.7879094.<br />
E-mail:<br />
america@americavideofilms.com,<br />
www.americavideofilms.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Enrique Maya (Presidente),<br />
Claudio Braslavsky (VP de<br />
Adquisiciones y Marketing), Nicholas<br />
Bingham (Adviser), Utako Niimi<br />
(Japanese representative)<br />
Acquisition executive: Claudio<br />
Braslavsky<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 11.30, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8293<br />
STORIES USA<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
Key cast: Steve Carell, James<br />
Gandolfini, Josh Hartnettt<br />
In the land of plenty no<br />
excess is too much.<br />
EARTH FROM ABOVE<br />
Documentary (8 x 45’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Yann Arthus-Bertrand<br />
Country of origin: France<br />
An extraordinary documentary series<br />
dedicated to confront and explore the<br />
major issues currently at stake for the<br />
planet, hosted by famous photographer<br />
Yann Arthus-Bertrand and inspired by<br />
his best-seller book.<br />
SWEENEY TODD<br />
Horror (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dave Moore<br />
Key cast: Ray Winstone<br />
Country of origin: USA<br />
Set in the harsh streets of 18th century<br />
London, Sweeney Todd tells the dark<br />
and enthralling tale of the notorious<br />
serial-killing baber.<br />
AMERICAN WORLD<br />
PICTURES<br />
American World Pictures, 16027 Ventura<br />
Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 USA. USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.380.9100. Fax: 1.818.380.0050.<br />
http://www.americanworldpictures.com,<br />
Email: info@americanworldpictures.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mark Lester (President and<br />
CEO), Judy Gold (VP <strong>Of</strong> Worldwide<br />
Sales), Jason Corey (Director Production<br />
and Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice No. 07.18, Tel:<br />
011.33.1.9299.8064<br />
THE POET<br />
Action/Drama (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Damien Lee<br />
Writer: Jack Crystal<br />
Co-Producers: Jack Crystal, David<br />
Crystal, Zev Crystal and Lara Daans<br />
Producer: Lowell Conn and Damian Lee<br />
Key Cast: Daryl, Hannah, Roy Scheider,<br />
Kim Coates, Colm Feore, Jonathan<br />
Scarfe, Nina Dobrev, Zachary Bennett,<br />
Lara Daans<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A Jewish woman and a German soldier<br />
with the gift of writing poetry, fall in<br />
love in the early days of WII.<br />
SEPTEMBER DAWN<br />
Drama (110min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Cain<br />
Writer: Scott Duthie<br />
Co-Producers: Kevin Matossian, Juan<br />
Ruiz-Anchia<br />
Producer: Carole Whang Schutter<br />
Key Cast: John Voight, Trent Ford,<br />
Tamara Hope, Terence Stamp<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $11M<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A story set against the Mountain<br />
Meadows Massacre, the film is based<br />
upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah<br />
in 1857.<br />
GHOST WRITER (SUFFERING<br />
MAN’S CHARITY)<br />
Thriller (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alan Cumming<br />
Writer: Thomas Gallagher<br />
Co-Producers: Donald Zuckermann,<br />
Thomas Gallagher<br />
Producer: Alan Cumming Ken Adelberg,<br />
David Mathews<br />
Key Cast: Alan Cumming, David<br />
Boreanaz, Anne Heche, Carrie Fisher,<br />
Jane<br />
Lynch, Henry Thomas Karen Black<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $3M<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A failed composer turned music teacher<br />
takes a handsome hustler with an<br />
unpublished manuscript under his wing<br />
only to discover that his charitable act<br />
has deadly consequences.<br />
IN A DARK PLACE<br />
Drama (95min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Donato Rotunno<br />
Writer: Peter Waddington<br />
Co-Producers: Eddy Geradon-Luyckx<br />
Producer: Andreas Bajohra, Bob Portal<br />
and Jan H. Vocke<br />
Key Cast: Haylie Duff, Madeline Zima,<br />
Brett Claywell, Margo Harshman,<br />
Jane Sibbett, Tom Green<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $5M<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Luxembourg/UK<br />
Anna Veigh takes a new job as a nanny<br />
and is forced to confront her dark secrets<br />
as she fights to cleanse the children’s<br />
souls.<br />
GRIZZLY PARK<br />
Horror (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom skull<br />
Writer: Tom Skull<br />
Co-Producers: Jeanne Stack<br />
Producer: Belle Avery<br />
Key Cast: Glenn Morshower, Randy<br />
Wayne, Zulay Henao, Rance Howard,<br />
Whitney Cummings<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Eight troubled young adults are<br />
sentenced to community service in<br />
Grizzly Park and learn<br />
they are being stalked by a serial killer<br />
and a nine foot tall Grizzly bear.<br />
TRILOQUIST<br />
Horror (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Jones<br />
Writer: Mark Jones<br />
Producer: Michael Levine, Marlon Parry,<br />
Jack Edwards Sawyer<br />
Key Cast: Rocky Marqiette, Paydin<br />
LoPachin, Katie Chonacas, Sahar<br />
Bibiyan, Robert DiTillio, Julia Folsom,<br />
David Fralick<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A ventriloquist dies of a drug overdose<br />
leaving her two kids on their own, except<br />
for her<br />
grotesque dummy which seems to have a<br />
life of it’s own.<br />
<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
18 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> <strong>MIPTV</strong> APRIL 2008
AMI GROUP<br />
AMI Group, 34 Salisbury Street, London<br />
NW8 8QE UK. Tel: 0044.20.7402.9111.<br />
Fax: 0044.20.7723.3064.<br />
www.ovcmedia.com<br />
Independent Producers<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Eliot M. Cohen (Managing<br />
Director)<br />
Acquisition Executive:<br />
Eliot M. Cohen<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand H4.35 (the Marketplace<br />
Stand), Tel: 0033.6688.13775 /<br />
0033.4.9299.8596. Fax:<br />
0033.4.9299.8597 / 0044.207.7233064<br />
AFRICAN ODYSSEY<br />
Wildlife (13?30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robin Taylor<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media Ltd<br />
Cast: Featuring Robin Taylor<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: South Africa<br />
Follow renowned photographer Robin<br />
Taylor on his visually stunning journey<br />
through the African Safari as he reveals<br />
the exotic beauty of the animal, bird and<br />
plant life he discovers.<br />
SOCCER EXPLOSION<br />
Sport / Documentary (8 x 23 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joanne Goldring-Cohen<br />
Producer: Eliot M. Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media<br />
Ltd.<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07,<br />
Country of Origin: UK<br />
Soccer Explosion is a series of great<br />
programmes which features many<br />
famous European players circa 1996.<br />
Featured players: Ronaldo, Shearer,<br />
Gullit, Vialli, Zola,<br />
Gascoigne and many more……<br />
MOSCOW CITY BALLET –<br />
DON QUIXOTE<br />
Music / Ballet (76 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Yoav Peleg<br />
Producer: Eliot M. Cohen, Joanne<br />
Goldring-Cohen & John Hawkins<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media<br />
Ltd.<br />
Cast: staged by Victor Smirnov-<br />
Golovanov, featuring music by Ludwig<br />
Minkus. Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07, Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
<strong>The</strong> classic version of this work starring<br />
Nadzedah Pavlova. Music by Minkus,<br />
choreography adapted by Victor<br />
Smirnov-Golovanov based on the<br />
original by Petipa.<br />
Programme 4.<br />
WORLD CUP SUPERSTARS 2<br />
Sports (58 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edited by Colin Byrom<br />
Producer: Eliot M. Cohen & Joanne<br />
Goldring-Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media<br />
Ltd.<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07, Country<br />
of Origin: UK<br />
In our second programme we interview<br />
a further set of talented Football<br />
superstars including Bergkamp,<br />
Batistuta, Koeman, Rai, Rijkaard,<br />
Branco, Bebeto & Ilgner….<br />
ARTIST VIEW<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Artist View Entertainment, 4425 Irvine<br />
Avenue, Studio City, CA 91602 USA.<br />
Tel: 1.818.752.2480.<br />
Fax: 1.818.752.9339.<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Scott J. Jones (President),<br />
Jay E. Joyce (Vice President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 04.19, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8205<br />
THE MYSTICAL ADVENTURES<br />
OF BILLY OWENS<br />
Family (90 min)<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Cast: Dalton Mugridge, Christopher<br />
Fazio, Ciara O’Hanlon, Roddy Piper<br />
On his 11th birthday Billy is given a<br />
magical wand that will change his life<br />
forever.<br />
DOUBTING THOMAS: LIES &<br />
SPIES<br />
Family (90 min)<br />
Cast: Forrest Landis, Annasophia Robb,<br />
Rider Strong, Roger Bart, Lea<br />
Thompson, D.L.Hughley<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A twelve year old boy known for telling<br />
tall tales overhears a plot to kidnap the<br />
President’s daughter. When he goes<br />
public with his story, no one believes<br />
him, and he is forced to save her on his<br />
own.<br />
GHOST IMAGE<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Cast: Elisabeth Rohm, Stacey Dash,<br />
Waylon Payne, Roma Maffia<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
When a young woman loses her<br />
boyfriend in a car crash, she finds solace<br />
in watching video of him taken the night<br />
before he died.<br />
HIDE<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Cast: Rachel Miner, Christian Kane,<br />
Polly Shannon, Beth Grant<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A modern day Bonnie and Clyde with a<br />
twist that follows two lovers down a path<br />
of destruction, mayhem, and murder.<br />
CROSSROADS<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Cast: Alan Arkin, Jacob Pitts, Amy<br />
Acker, Frank Langella, Orson Bean<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
<strong>The</strong> life of a young Jesuit seminarian is<br />
turned upside down when he falls in love<br />
with a young woman while working as a<br />
volunteer at a soup kitchen.<br />
GRAYSON ARMS<br />
Thriller 90 minutes<br />
Cast: Judd Nelson, Stacey Dash, Jennifer<br />
Carpenter Michael Bowen, Michael<br />
Learned<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
It’s a tenant’s nightmare where your<br />
eviction could mean death…<br />
DARK SECRETS<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Cast: Gary Daniels, Steven Elliot,<br />
Kate Thurlwell, Ben Shockley<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
When the daughter of a celebrity couple<br />
is kidnapped it appears to be the work of<br />
a serial killer who has struck twice<br />
before.<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
THE THIRST<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Cast: Tony Todd, Jason Connery, C.<br />
Thomas Howell, A.J. Draven<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Will, a college student finds himself in<br />
the middle of a battle between Vampires<br />
and a group of warlocks called Sentries.<br />
KISS OF THE VAMPIRE<br />
Thriller (97 min)<br />
Cast: Daniel Goddard, Gary Daniels,<br />
Costas Mandylor, Matthias Hues,<br />
Katherine Hawkes<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A sleepy town turns to a place of evil<br />
unrest when a covenant of vampires<br />
starts to feed there.<br />
REVAMPED<br />
Horror / Comedy (90 min)<br />
Cast: Jeff Rector, Christina Campbell,<br />
Fred Williamson<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A wealthy businessman is bitten by a<br />
beautiful vampire and is plunged into the<br />
dark world of the supernatural.<br />
ATLAS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
FILM GMBH<br />
Atlas International <strong>Film</strong> GmbH,<br />
Candidplatz 11, D - 81543 Munich,<br />
Germany. Tel: 49.89.2109.750. Fax:<br />
49.89.22.43.32.<br />
http://www.atlasfilm.com, email:<br />
mail@atlasfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Philipp Menz<br />
(President/Sales & Acquisitions),<br />
Susanne Groh (Sales Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: booth 01.15, c/o German <strong>Film</strong>s,<br />
and ATLAS/EVA office at 3, La<br />
Croisette, 4th floor (opposite the Palais).<br />
Tel: 33 4 92 99 82 02, Fax: 33 4 92 99<br />
82 08<br />
MR KUKA’S ADVICE<br />
Comedy (94 min)<br />
Language: Polish/German/English<br />
Director: Dariusz Gajewski<br />
Producer: Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa<br />
Puszczynska, Mathias Forberg, , Heinz<br />
Stussak, CoProduction Partners: ORF<br />
and Agencja <strong>Film</strong>owa Telewizji Polskiej<br />
S.A.<br />
Cast: Lukasz Garlicki, August Diehl,<br />
Nadia Cameron-Blakey<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria, Poland<br />
Based on the best-seller by Radek<br />
Knapp. - To prepare for this first travel<br />
abroad, Waldemar has soaked up endless<br />
wisdom by his neighbour, Mr. Kuka,<br />
whose recommendations are . well. weird.<br />
PSI-KIX<br />
Animation Action (26 x 22 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Walt Kubiak, ByoungSuk Lim<br />
Writer: adapted by Scott Christian Sava<br />
Producer: Sunny Choi, Digital Tetra Inc.<br />
Cast: animation<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA, Korea<br />
Earth is under attack by alien robots and<br />
only an elite group of teens with psipowers<br />
can save the planet!<br />
PORNORAMA<br />
Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language. German, English subtitles<br />
Director: Marc Rothemund<br />
Producer: Bernd Eichinger<br />
Cast: Benno Führmann, Karoline<br />
Herfurth, Tom Schilling, Valentina<br />
Lodovini<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Germany, late 60’s. <strong>The</strong> Sexual<br />
Revolution rules the globe. Bennie wants<br />
to shoot a movie - a popular genre of the<br />
time. He has no idea what he’s getting<br />
into.<br />
VIVALDI<br />
Drama (93 min)<br />
Language: French, English subtitles<br />
Director: Jean Louis Guillermou<br />
Producer: Vivaldi Productions, EVA<br />
Finance GmbH<br />
Cast: Michel Serrault, Stefano Dionisi,<br />
Christian Vadim, Annette Schreiber,<br />
Delphine Depardieu, Bernard-Pierre<br />
Donnadieu, Michel Galabru<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France/Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> life and death of the famous Italian<br />
composer Antonio Vivaldi. Known as the<br />
“Red Priest” and invited to all European<br />
courts, he died in poverty.<br />
DEVIL’S GATEWAY<br />
Horror (91 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
DIRECTOR. Alexander Herget<br />
Producer: Silver Bullet <strong>Film</strong>s, Alexander<br />
Herget<br />
Cast: Vanessa Gray, Michael Piccirilli,<br />
Jack Campbell, Rae Johnston<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
In 1973, a prison warden goes on a<br />
murderous rampage in one of Australia’s<br />
most notorious prisons. 30 years later a<br />
television producer will find out what<br />
happened that night.<br />
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN<br />
Fantasy Action (26 x 26 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director. Boyd Kirkland<br />
Producer: Toonz Entertainment and First<br />
Serve International, in Association<br />
With Co-Production Partners: Liberation<br />
THE LIBRARIANS - AUSTRALIAN<br />
BROADCASTING CORPORATION<br />
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Entertainment Inc. and Eva Finance<br />
GmbH<br />
Cast: animation series<br />
Delivery Status: in post-production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA, India, United Kingdom,<br />
Germany<br />
Featuring all of the famous X-Men<br />
characters, including: Professor X, Beast,<br />
Iceman, Emma Frost, Cyclops,<br />
Shadowcat, Rogue. with special guest<br />
appearances such as Nick Fury and the<br />
Incredible Hulk!<br />
THE TOP SECRET TRIAL OF THE<br />
III REICH - THE COURT CASE OF<br />
THE MEN OF OPERATION<br />
VALKYRIE<br />
Documentary (110 min)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Jochen Bauer<br />
Producer: Bengt von zur Muehlen,<br />
Chronos <strong>Film</strong><br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 1981, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> trial in which “<strong>The</strong> Men of 20th July<br />
1944” were accused. Shot by the Nazis<br />
with hidden cameras, one print escaped<br />
destruction and forms the main part of<br />
this documentary.<br />
ATN SL.<br />
ATN SL., Pi La Estrella G-5; Coria Del<br />
Rio, Sevilla, 41100 Spain. Tel:<br />
34.954.501304. Fax: 34.954.772868.<br />
rluque@atn.es<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Guillermo Fernández (Head<br />
of International Sales), Raquel Luque<br />
(International Sales Executive), M.<br />
Angel Hernández (Buyer)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R35.16, Tel: 34.655.442.195<br />
DISCOVERING COLUMBUS<br />
Docu-Fiction (Mysteries / History) (60<br />
min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Director: Gonzalo Crespo<br />
Writer: Lola Jiménez<br />
Producer: ATN SL<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are so many mysteries around<br />
Columbus. This docu-fiction brings some<br />
light over Columbus’ figure through a<br />
plot leaded by a journalist hired by<br />
Columbus’ supposed descendants<br />
CHILDREN PRODIGY<br />
Documentary (Social) (52 min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Writer: Lola Jiménez<br />
Co-Production Partners: Open To<br />
Coproduction<br />
Producer: ATN SL<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2009, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Three children prodigy from three<br />
European countries are the voices and<br />
faces of this phenomenon. <strong>The</strong>y tell us<br />
how their daily routines are and how<br />
they confront being more intelligent than<br />
the rest.<br />
EUROPEAN DREAM (CHARLES V)<br />
Documentary (European History /<br />
Current Affairs / Politics) (52 min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Writer: Lola Jiménez<br />
Co-Production Partners: Open To<br />
Coproduction<br />
Producer: ATN SL<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Was Charles V really the precursor of an<br />
European union? Which similarities and<br />
differences exist between his plan to<br />
build a united Europe and the one that<br />
we find today?<br />
THE OLIVE OIL ROUTE<br />
Documentary Series (Travel /<br />
Gastronomy) (2x26min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sergio Crespo<br />
Writer: Lola Jiménez<br />
Producer: ATN<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Olive Oil is the Mediterranean diet’s<br />
secret. Sergio Crespo travels to the south<br />
of Spain in search of the best olive oils<br />
in the world.<br />
SYR PROJECT<br />
Documentary Series (Human<br />
Experiences / Extreme Sports)<br />
(3x26min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Writer: Eduardo Fdez-Agüera<br />
Co-Production Partners: Open To<br />
Coproduction<br />
Producer: ATN SL<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2009, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
<strong>The</strong> dream of an adventurer who<br />
confronts a triple challenge: participating<br />
in the hardest marathons in the world,<br />
under extreme climate conditions:<br />
Marathon des Sables (Sahara desert),<br />
Yukon arctic Race (Alaska) and Le<br />
Grand Raid (Reunion Island –Indian<br />
Ocean).<br />
LOW COST<br />
Documentary Series (Travel) (13x26min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Open To<br />
Coproduction<br />
Producer: ATN<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2009, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Travelling around Europe is cheaper than<br />
we think. Thanks to this tourist guide,<br />
we can spend a whole weekend in any<br />
European capital expending less than<br />
300?.<br />
FLAMENCO A-Z<br />
Documentary Series (Dance / Music)<br />
(4x26min)<br />
Language: Spanish / English / Japanese<br />
Director: Gonzalo Crespo<br />
Writer: Lola Jiménez<br />
Producer: ATN SL<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
“Learning and entertainment both in this<br />
Flamenco new vision which deepens step<br />
by step (word by word from A to Z) in<br />
this amazing universe of dancing,<br />
singing and feeling”<br />
BEACTIVE<br />
PRODUÇÕES<br />
INTERACTIVAS S.A.<br />
beActive Produções Interactivas S.A.,<br />
Avenida Duque d’Ávila, 23, 1º Direito,<br />
Lisboa 1000-138 Portugal.<br />
Tel: 351.213.100.142.<br />
Fax: +351.213.100.144.<br />
http://www.beactive.pt, email:<br />
info@beactive.pt<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nuno Bernardo (General<br />
Manager), Isabel Lopes (International<br />
Sales Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, 4th floor, no.5, Tel:<br />
33.4.9299.8596. Fax: 33.4.9299.8597<br />
YOUNG CSI<br />
http://www.beactive.pt<br />
Interactive game show (13 x 25 min)<br />
Language: Portuguese<br />
Director: Miguel Proença<br />
Writer: Marta Gomes<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sapo.pt<br />
Producer: Nuno Bernardo<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Portugal<br />
<strong>The</strong> forensic game show for young<br />
investigative minds, where two teams<br />
compete against each other to be the<br />
fastest and smartest in unveiling the<br />
crime.<br />
FLATMATES (T2PARA3)<br />
http://www.t2para3.sapo.pt<br />
Online drama series (130 x 2-3 min)<br />
Language: Portuguese<br />
Director: Miguel Proença<br />
Writer: Marta Gomes, Nuno Bernardo,<br />
Luís Soares<br />
Producer: Nuno Bernardo<br />
Key Cast: Rita Lacerda, Tomás<br />
Quaresma, Maria Botelho Moniz, Carlos<br />
Gonçalves, Mário Morgado<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Portugal<br />
An online drama series about 3 college<br />
students - 2 girls and a boy - discovering<br />
the upsides and downsides of sharing an<br />
apartment.<br />
BEAT GENERATION<br />
http://www.beatgeneration.pt<br />
Interactive online magazine (13 x 25<br />
min)<br />
Language: Portuguese<br />
Director: Miguel Proença<br />
Writer: Marlene Barreto, Luís Mestre,<br />
Miguel Frazão<br />
Producer: Nuno Bernardo<br />
Key Cast: Marlene Barreto, Miguel<br />
Frazão<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Portugal<br />
An interactive survival guide for the<br />
+15, presented by 5 young bloggers,<br />
with “Do’s” and “Don’ts”, “In’s and<br />
“Out’s” about TV, cinema, music,<br />
fashion, relationships and more.<br />
BREAKTHROUGH<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INC.<br />
Breakthrough Entertainment Inc., 122<br />
Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada M5A 2R4. Tel: 416.366.6588 x<br />
112. Fax: 416.363.9726.<br />
www.breakthroughfilms.com, email<br />
distribution@breakthroughfilms.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Ira Levy (Executive<br />
Producer), Kevin Gillis (Executive<br />
Producer), Tanya Kelen (Head of<br />
Distribution), Nat Abraham (Head of<br />
Canadian Sales & Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 00.01, Tel: 416.721.5919<br />
JIMMY TWO SHOES<br />
Animation (26 X 30’)<br />
Co-production partners: in association<br />
with Teletoon Canada and Jetix Europe<br />
Jimmy is an enthusiastic 14 year-old kid<br />
who, through a series of missteps, falls<br />
into the weird world of Miseryville,<br />
where everything is designed to inflict<br />
torment onto its inhabitants.<br />
ATOMIC BETTY<br />
Animation (78 x 30’) and (1 x 60’<br />
Christmas Special)<br />
Try going on a date while saving the<br />
planet with your loud-mouthed alien<br />
sidekick, a know-it-all robot and a<br />
talking fish. Now that’s a mood killer!<br />
CAPTAIN FLAMINGO<br />
Animation (52 x 30’)<br />
Producer: A YTV Canada Original<br />
Production<br />
Dressed in a terrycloth cape with pink<br />
headgear, Milo Powell saves the day as<br />
CAPTAIN FLAMINGO, fighter of truth,<br />
freedom and justice for kids everywhere!<br />
THINK BIG<br />
Kids Series (13 x 30’)<br />
Co-production partners: in association<br />
with TV Ontario.<br />
Jam-packed and kid-hosted, this<br />
entertaining series for young people<br />
follows the world’s most innovative kids<br />
as they create and invent new toys,<br />
games, learning tools, websites and new<br />
modes of transportation. Some of them<br />
even start their own company!<br />
PLASTIC MAKES PERFECT<br />
Medical/Factual Series (26 x 30’)<br />
Features hilarious hidden camera tests<br />
and real life experiences to examine<br />
many prevailing beauty myths.<br />
WHATA CATCH<br />
Factual Series (39 x 30’)<br />
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THE HOUSE OF ANUBIS<br />
STUDIO 100 MEDIA
Follow Kathryn Maroun to some of the<br />
world’s most remote and exotic<br />
destinations in her quest to conquer top<br />
game fish. FILMED IN HD<br />
C<br />
CABLEREADY<br />
CABLEready, 98 East Avenue, Norwalk,<br />
CT 06851 USA. Tel: 203.855.7979. Fax:<br />
203.855.8370. www.cableready.net,<br />
email: info@cableready.net<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Gary Lico (President/CEO),<br />
Tel: 203.855.7979 x365, Sabrina Toledo<br />
(Vice President of Sales and Marketing)<br />
Tel: 203.855.7979 x366, Lou Occhicone<br />
(Senior Vice President of Program<br />
Operations), Tel: 203.855.7979 x363, Liz<br />
Levenson (Manager of Programming),<br />
Tel: 203.855.7979 x373<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: #R31.17<br />
BRAT CAMP CHINA<br />
Factual/Documentaries (1 x 60)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: As seen on National<br />
Geographic International<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
Over a span of 3 months, this<br />
emotionally packed documentary traces<br />
4 students, each from different starting<br />
points, moving towards a common<br />
destination where they will discover a<br />
life-changing experience. <strong>The</strong>se students<br />
are the products of China’s one child<br />
policy.<br />
THE BUTTERFLY CODE<br />
Wildlife & Nature (1 x 60)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: As seen on National<br />
Geographic International<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Taiwan<br />
In the Summer of 2000, a butterfly is<br />
caught by a young man in Japan. He<br />
discovers that on the back of its wings is<br />
a strange hand-written code.<br />
CELEBRITY SAYS<br />
Entertainment (65 x 30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: TV Guide Network<br />
Delivery Status: In Production/Format<br />
Rights Available<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: US<br />
CELEBRITY SAYS is a hilarious, fastpaced<br />
game show that challenges<br />
contestants on how well they know their<br />
Red Carpet celebrities!<br />
CHASING EARTHQUAKES<br />
Medicine, Science & Technology (1 x<br />
60)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: As seen on National<br />
Geographic International<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
Embark an investigative journey into a<br />
paranormal world of earthquake<br />
prediction.<br />
CANAMEDIA<br />
Canamedia, 381 Richmond Street East,<br />
Suite 200, Toronto ON M5A 1P6<br />
Canada. Tel: 416.483.7446. Fax:<br />
416.483.7459.<br />
http://www.canamedia.com, email:<br />
canamed@canamedia.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Andrea Stokes (International<br />
Sales & Acquisitions Manager), Lee<br />
Harris (North American Sales), Les<br />
Harris (President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 02.10/00.01<br />
PORAMPO - PIRATES OF THE<br />
MALACCA STRAIGHTS<br />
Social/Crime/International Affairs<br />
Documentary (1 x 52’ HD)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A<br />
Porampo: Pirates of the Malacca Straits<br />
takes you on a journey deep inside the<br />
world of 21st century high seas piracy.<br />
TIME BOMBS<br />
History/Social Documentary (1 x 60’<br />
HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
In the spring of 1957 at the height of the<br />
Cold War, 40 young Canadian soldiers<br />
were sent to Nevada on a top-secret<br />
mission - to serve as guinea pigs for the<br />
military in a nuclear test field.<br />
BIG COAST<br />
Travel/Adventure/Outdoor (26 x 30’ HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 ongoing,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Big Coast is a dynamic new outdoor<br />
lifestyle television series based on skiing<br />
and snowboarding adventure set on<br />
British Columbia’s rugged West Coast.<br />
UNDERWATER SAFARI<br />
Travel/Adventure (26 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 ongoing,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Underwater Safari takes you on the most<br />
breathtaking scuba dives on the planet.<br />
In the waters of Cozumel, Bahamas, Fiji,<br />
British Columbia and the Maldives, this<br />
exciting half-hour series gets you into<br />
the water and on the dives!<br />
SADDLE UP!<br />
Travel/Adventure (13 x 30’ HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 ongoing,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Saddle Up! lets you experience the best<br />
wilderness horseback trails in North<br />
America. Deep in the mountains of<br />
Western Canada, in the heart of Banff<br />
National Park, this series gets you onto<br />
your horse and on the trail.<br />
UNDER ATTACK<br />
Extreme Sports/Reality (39 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 ongoing,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
A new, fast-paced, reality/sports series<br />
featuring a group of young, humorous<br />
and animated skateboarders who travel<br />
around the world on tour and the crazy<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
antics and fantastic skateboarding that<br />
happens along the way.<br />
BE REAL<br />
Reality/Comedy (13 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
What would it be like to star in your own<br />
life? Be Real is the TV show that<br />
spontaneously turns regular people’s<br />
ordinary lives into their very own Reality<br />
TV show.<br />
CAPITOL FILMS<br />
Capitol <strong>Film</strong>s, Bridge House, 2nd Floor,<br />
63-65 North Wharf Road, London W2<br />
1LA UK. Tel: 44.207.298.6200. Fax:<br />
44.207.298.6201. www.capitolfilms.com,<br />
email: films@capitolfilms.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Sofia Neves (Sales Director),<br />
Jessica Malik (Sales Executive), Mark<br />
Austin (TV Sales Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand 04.16, Tel:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8072<br />
Capitol <strong>Film</strong>s currently represents over<br />
300 titles (including Dances with<br />
Wolves, Point break, Alexander,<br />
Terminator, Gosford Park and Jeepers<br />
Creepers) from Capitol <strong>Film</strong>s, Think<br />
<strong>Film</strong> International, Franchise and<br />
Intermedia catalogues.<br />
LOVE RANCH<br />
Romantic Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Taylor Hackford<br />
Writer: Mark Jacobson<br />
Producers: Taylor Hackford<br />
Leading Cast: Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci,<br />
Sergio Peris- Mencheta<br />
Status: In Production<br />
Production Country: USA<br />
Grace (Helen Mirren) is married to<br />
Charlie (Joe Pesci), a violent gangster<br />
constantly trying to hit the big time in<br />
Reno, Nevada.<br />
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS<br />
Epic Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Phillip Noyce<br />
Writers: Jimmy McGovern<br />
Producers: Alexandra Milchan, Melanie<br />
Johansson<br />
Leading Cast: Scarlett Johansson<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Production Country: UK<br />
A powerful and sweeping epic, the<br />
beautiful Queen battles political enemies,<br />
scheming allies, and affairs of the heart<br />
in her quest to reunite the warring tribes<br />
of her native Scotland.<br />
THE EDGE OF LOVE<br />
Romantic Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Maybury<br />
Writer: Sharman Macdonald<br />
Producers: Rebekah Gilbertson, Sarah<br />
Radclyffe<br />
Leading Cast: Keira Knightley, Sienna<br />
Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys<br />
Status: Post-Production<br />
Production Country: UK<br />
Two feisty, free-spirited women are<br />
connected by the brilliant, charismatic<br />
poet who loves them both. A passionate,<br />
sexy true story about a remarkable,<br />
turbulent friendship.<br />
INCENDIARY<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sharon Maguire<br />
Writer: Sharon Maguire<br />
Producers: Andy Paterson, Anand<br />
Tucker, Adrienne Maguire<br />
Leading Cast: Michelle Williams, Ewan<br />
McGregor, Matthew Macfadyen<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Production Country: UK<br />
From the director of Bridget Jones’s<br />
Diary, and the producers of Girl With A<br />
Pearl Earring comes a powerfully<br />
intimate, shocking and ultimately lifeaffirming<br />
emotional drama set in the<br />
heart of contemporary London.<br />
LOVE AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE<br />
PURSUITS<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Don Roos<br />
Writers: Don Roos<br />
Producers: Marc Platt<br />
Leading Cast: Jennifer Lopez<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Production Country: USA<br />
Aspiring Lawyer Emilia Greenleaf<br />
thought she knew what she wanted when<br />
she went after the sexy, married Senior<br />
Partner, Jack Woolf.<br />
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott Hicks<br />
Writers: Allan Cubitt<br />
Producers: Greg Brenman, Tim White<br />
Leading Cast: Clive Owen<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Production Country: UK/Australia<br />
From the Academy Award® nominated<br />
director of Shine, comes an inspiring,<br />
funny and poignant story of a father who<br />
discovers that parenthood is more<br />
complicated than just saying yes.<br />
HORSELAND SERIES<br />
DIC ENTERTAINMENT<br />
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MIPTv <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
CELESTIAL<br />
PICTURES LTD.<br />
Celestial Pictures Ltd., Shaw<br />
Administration Building, Lot 220 Clear<br />
Water Bay Road, Kowloon, Kowloon<br />
Hong Kong. Tel: 852.2927.1111. Fax:<br />
852.2243.0098.<br />
http://www.celestialpictures.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Terry Mak (Executive VP<br />
Distribution & TV Network), Daniel<br />
Fung (VP <strong>Film</strong> & Channel Distribution),<br />
Gigi Ko (<strong>Film</strong> & Channel Distribution<br />
Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 03.01, Tel: 33.0.492998217<br />
SHAW BROTHER FILM LIBRARY<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Producer: Shaw Brothers Studio<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Digitally fully-restored titles from the<br />
illustrious Shaw Brothers library, the<br />
world’s largest collection of Chinesemotion<br />
pictures.<br />
THE 36TH CHAMBER OF<br />
SHAOLIN<br />
Action (111 min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Liu Chia-Liang<br />
Key Cast: Gordon Liu Chai-hui, Wang<br />
Yu, Lo Lieh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1977, Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
An all-time kung-fu classic featuring Liu<br />
Chia-hui trying to attain the ultimate<br />
knowledge of kung-fu by arduously<br />
mastering one chamber after another,<br />
eventually reaching the fabled 36th<br />
chamber in the famed Shaolin Temple.<br />
ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN<br />
Action (117min)<br />
Language: Mandarin<br />
Director: Chang Cheh<br />
Producer: Rumme Shaw<br />
Key Cast: Wang Yu, Pan Yin-tse, Chiao<br />
Chiao, Chang Pei-shan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1967, Country of<br />
Origin: Hong Kong<br />
Kung-fu movies’ first superstar Jimmy<br />
Wang writes, directs and stars in one of<br />
his favorite roles, as a noble young<br />
martial arts student who just will not<br />
give in.<br />
CINEMAVAULT<br />
RELEASING<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
INC.<br />
Cinemavault Releasing International<br />
Inc., 175 Bloor Street East, South Tower,<br />
Suite 1011, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3R8,<br />
Canada. Tel: 416.363.6060. Fax:<br />
416.363.2305. www.cinemavault.com, email:<br />
sales@cinemavault.com<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Caroline Stern (VP,<br />
International Distribution), Racquel<br />
Mesina (Director of International Sales),<br />
Cathy Hare (International Sales<br />
Associate), Nick Stiliadis (CEO)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Michael Paszt<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: RSV 39, Tel: 33(0)492.99.8918<br />
BLIND DATE<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-36<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stanley Tucci<br />
Writer: David Schechter, Stanley Tucci<br />
Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs van de<br />
Westelaken<br />
Key Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Stanley<br />
Tucci, Thijs Romer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA/<strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of two parents who talk, flirt,<br />
and fight with each other to try and cope<br />
with the loss of their young daughter. A<br />
remake of <strong>The</strong>o van Gogh’s 1996 Dutch<br />
Academy Award winner.<br />
STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME<br />
http://www.stealapencil.com/<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English, Dutch<br />
Director: Michèle Ohayon<br />
Writer: Michèle Ohayon<br />
Producer: Michèle Ohayon, <strong>The</strong>o Van de<br />
Sande<br />
Key Cast: Jack Polak, Ina Soep, Ellen<br />
Ten Damme, Jeroen Krabbe,<br />
Marieke Oudejans, Jean Pierre Gillain<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A passionate and vibrant film by<br />
Academy Award® nominee Michèle<br />
Ohayon about the power of love and the<br />
ability of humankind to rise above<br />
unimaginable suffering.<br />
CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO<br />
http://www.therealsuperhero.com/<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matt Ogens<br />
Producer: Jamie Patricof, Charlie Gruet,<br />
Matt Ogens<br />
Key Cast: Christopher Lloyd Dennis, Joe<br />
McQueen, Jennifer Gehrt, Maxwell<br />
Allen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Morgan Spurlock presents this<br />
fascinating film that chronicles the lives<br />
of three mortal men and one woman who<br />
make their living working as superhero<br />
characters on the<br />
sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.<br />
WIND MAN<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-358<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Russian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Khuat Akhmetov<br />
Writer: Odelsha Agishev, Khuat<br />
Akhmetov<br />
Producer: Rauf Atamalibekov, Stanislav<br />
Ershov<br />
Key Cast: Igor Yasulovich, Kuandyk<br />
Kystykbaev, Ayanat Esmagambetova<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
During a thunderstorm, a strange being<br />
falls from the sky into a tiny village on a<br />
forgotten<br />
stretch of the Kazakh steppe.<br />
DUSKA<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Com-344<br />
Dark Comedy<br />
Language: Dutch, Russian, English with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Jos Stelling<br />
Writer: Jos Stelling, Hans Heesen<br />
Producer: Hans de Weers, Reinout<br />
Oerlemans, Hans de Wolf<br />
Key Cast: Gene Bervoets, Sergei<br />
Makovetsky, Sylvia Hoeks<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands, Russia,<br />
Ukraine<br />
This dark comedy tells the story of an<br />
aging film critic, a beautiful cinema<br />
cashier and a Russian scrounger who<br />
comes to visit and is not likely to ever<br />
leave.<br />
SKILLS LIKE THIS<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Rom-355<br />
Comedy/Romance<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Monty Miranda<br />
Writer: Spencer Berger<br />
Producer: Donna Dewey, Tim Gray,<br />
Brian D. Phelan, Paul Aaron, Rock<br />
Obenchain<br />
Key Cast: Spencer Berger, Gabriel<br />
Tigerman, Brian D. Phelan, Kerry<br />
Knuppe, Ned Bellamy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In this inventive comedy, three friends<br />
have their lives turned upside down<br />
when one of them realizes that larceny<br />
might be his best skill.<br />
AFRICA UNITE<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-352<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephanie Black<br />
Producer: Stephanie Black<br />
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Lauryn Hill,<br />
Ziggy Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Damian<br />
Marley, Rita Marley<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A masterfully executed film that is all at<br />
once a Bob Marley concert tribute,<br />
Marley family travelogue, and<br />
humanitarian documentary.<br />
THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-3<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Hennegan, Brad<br />
Hennegan<br />
Producer: <strong>The</strong> Hennegan Brothers, Ellen<br />
Dux<br />
Key Cast: Frank Amonte, Dan<br />
Hendricks, Bob Holthus, Michael Matz,<br />
Kiaran McLaughlin, Dale Romans<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An engrossing film that follows six<br />
diverse trainers as they jockey for<br />
position along the Kentucky Derby trailthe<br />
Holy Grail of horseracing and “the<br />
most exciting two minutes<br />
in sports.”<br />
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-372<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Daniel Karslake<br />
Producer: Daniel Karslake<br />
Key Cast: Chrissy Gephardt, Mary Lou<br />
Wallner, Tonia Poteat<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A provocative and entertaining film that<br />
reconciles homosexuality and the literal<br />
interpretation of Biblical scripture.<br />
QUANTUM HOOPS<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-374<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rick Greenwald<br />
Producer: Rick Greenwald<br />
Key Cast: David Duchovny, Roy Dow,<br />
Jordan Carlson, Travis Haussler,<br />
Day Ivy, Scott Davies, Fred Anson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A basketball team of valedictorians,<br />
engineers and physicists from one of the<br />
country’s top<br />
academic institutions battle to win at<br />
least one basketball game.<br />
ARTEFACTS<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Hor-370<br />
Sci Fi/ Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel<br />
Jespers<br />
Writer: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel Jespers<br />
Producer: Giles Daoust, Emmanuel<br />
Jespers<br />
Key Cast Mary Stockley, Felix Scott,<br />
Max Digby, Jason Morell, Peter<br />
Warnock, Veronique Van De Ven, Martin<br />
George Swabey, Cecile Boland<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Belgium<br />
All your friends are being murdered —<br />
by people they know — themselves!<br />
THE GOLDEN BOYS<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Rom-347<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Daniel Adams<br />
Writer: Daniel Adams<br />
Producer: Daniel Adams, Matt Janes,<br />
Howard Katz, Michael Mailer<br />
Key Cast: David Carradine, Rip Torn,<br />
Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway, Charles<br />
Durning, John Savage, Julie Harris<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Three retired sea captains, a beautiful<br />
woman and a tossed coin. It all comes<br />
together in <strong>The</strong> Golden Boys.<br />
ROCKAWAY<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Act-319<br />
Action<br />
Language: English, Spanish, Russian<br />
with English subtitles<br />
Director: Joshua & Jeffrey Crook<br />
Writer: Joshua & Jeffrey Crook<br />
Producer: Mark L. Pederson, Aldey<br />
Sanchez<br />
Key Cast: Nicholas Gonzalez, Mario<br />
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Cimarro, Manny Perez, Ricardo Chavira,<br />
Oleg Taktarov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A returning Afghanistan war hero seeks<br />
retribution for the brutal murder of his<br />
wife & child.<br />
BLUE BLOOD<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Thr-351<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Benjamin Cummings, Orson<br />
Cummings<br />
Writer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson<br />
Cummings<br />
Producer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson<br />
Cummings<br />
Key Cast: Bill Sage, Roy Scheider, Susie<br />
Misner, Noelle Beck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A trophy husband conspires to kill his<br />
wife.<br />
MIDNIGHT CLEAR<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-356<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dallas Jenkins<br />
Writer: Wes Halula<br />
Producer: Kevin Downes, Dallas Jenkins<br />
Key Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Kirk B.R.<br />
Woller, Mary Thornton<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> lives of 5 people are changed<br />
forever after they cross paths and<br />
experience random and minor acts of<br />
kindness.<br />
HOPE AND A LITTLE SUGAR<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-363<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tanuja Chandra<br />
Writer: Tanuja Chandra, Glenn Russow<br />
Producer: Scott Pardo, Glenn Russow<br />
Key Cast: Anupam Kher, Mahima<br />
Chaudhry, Amit Sial<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A tale of love set against the forces of<br />
hate.<br />
SPINNING INTO BUTTER<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-34<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Brokaw<br />
Writer: Rebecca Gilman, Doug Atchison<br />
Producer: Norman Twain, Lou Pitt<br />
Key Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti<br />
Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda<br />
Richardson, James Rebhorn, Victor<br />
Rasuk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed, Screening<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Sarah Jessica Parker plays a college<br />
Dean whose attitude is under fire after a<br />
racial crime is committed on campus.<br />
OUTSOURCED<br />
http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Jeffcoat<br />
Writer: George Wing, John Jeffcoat<br />
Producer: Tom Gorai, David Skinner<br />
Key Cast: Josh Hamilton, Ayesha<br />
Dharker, Larry Pine, Asif Basra, Matt<br />
Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After his entire department is outsourced,<br />
an American novelty products salesman<br />
heads to India to train his replacement.<br />
CANVAS<br />
http://www.canvasthefilm.com/<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joseph Greco<br />
Writer: Joseph Greco<br />
Producer: Sharon Lane, Adam Hammel,<br />
Lucy Hammel, Joe Pantoliano, Bill<br />
Erfurth<br />
Key Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay<br />
Harden, Devon Gearhart<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
One family’s struggle to overcome<br />
adversity.<br />
SCAR 3D<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Hor-341<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jed Weintrob<br />
Writer: Zack Ford<br />
Producer: Norman Twain, Courtney<br />
Potts, Jamie Gordon<br />
Key Cast: Angela Bettis, Kirby Bliss<br />
Blanton, Christopher Titus, Ben Cotton,<br />
Devon Graye<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Brace yourself for an entirely new<br />
dimension in larger-than-life horror shot<br />
entirely in 3D.<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-35<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Buscemi<br />
Writer: David Schechter, Steve Buscemi<br />
Producer: Bruce Weiss, Gijs van de<br />
Westelaken<br />
Key Cast: Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA, and <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
A fading journalist is forced to interview<br />
America’s most famous TV soap star.<br />
USED PARTS<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Art-365<br />
Drama<br />
Language: Spanish with English<br />
Subtitles<br />
Director: Aaron Fernandez<br />
Writer: Aaron Fernandez<br />
Producer: Aaron Fernandez + Morteza<br />
Mohammadi<br />
Key Cast: Eduardo Granados, Alan<br />
Chavez, Carlos Ceja, Damayanti<br />
Quintanar<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico, France, Spain<br />
A 14-year-old boy is seduced by the<br />
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underworld of stolen car parts.<br />
MADE IN JAMAICA<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-26<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jerome Laperrousaz<br />
Writer: Jerome Laperrousaz<br />
Producer: Pascal Herold<br />
Key Cast: Toots, Tanya Stephens,<br />
Elephant Man<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA/France<br />
A powerful portrait of the leaders of the<br />
reggae music movement.<br />
THIS FILTHY WORLD<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-27<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeff Garlin<br />
Writer: John Waters<br />
Producer: Jeff Garlin, Michele Armour<br />
Key Cast: John Waters<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Legendary filmmaker and pop culture<br />
icon John Waters takes us on an<br />
outrageous and eye popping journey<br />
celebrating his illustrious film career.<br />
STRANGE CULTURE<br />
http://www.cinemavault.com/detail.php?f<br />
ilm_id=Spe-343<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
Writer: Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
Producer: Lise Swenson, Steven C. Beer,<br />
Lynn Hershman Leeson<br />
Key Cast: Tilda Swinton, Thomas Jay<br />
Ryan, Peter Coyote, Steve Kurtz,<br />
Josh Kornbluth, Shoresh Alaudini,<br />
Cassie Powell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An urgently topical story of Steve Kurtz,<br />
a critic of the US food & drug<br />
administration who stands accused of<br />
bioterrorism by the US government.<br />
CINEPHIL<br />
Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel-Aviv<br />
65112 Israel. Tel: 972.3.566.4129. Fax:<br />
972.3.560.1236. www.cinephil.co.il,<br />
email: info@cinephil.co.il<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Philippa Kowarsky (General<br />
Manager), Ori Bader (Sales Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: AO09, Tel: 8503<br />
FLIPPING OUT (FLIP)<br />
Documentary (83/60 min)<br />
Language: Hebrew, English<br />
Director: Yoav Shamir<br />
Co-Production Partners: NFB Canada,<br />
ITVS/Sundance Chanel, ZDF ARTE,<br />
BBC, VPRO, SBS, DR TV<br />
Producer: Michale Sharfshtein<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel/Canada<br />
Yoav Shamir (Checkpoint) offers an<br />
insight into the widespread phenomenon<br />
of young Israelis “flipping out” due to<br />
excessive drug use during their grand<br />
trip to India after completing their<br />
mandatory military service.<br />
JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO<br />
PRESENT (YERUSHALAIM GEA<br />
LEHATSIG)<br />
Documentary (80/58 min)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Nitzan Gilady<br />
Producer: Galia Bador<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
In the wake of the planned World Pride<br />
events which were scheduled to take<br />
place in Jerusalem, religious leaders<br />
band together in a battle against the<br />
organizers from the LGBT community<br />
center.<br />
MISS GULAG<br />
www.missgulag.com<br />
Documentary (60 min)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Maria Yatskova<br />
Producer: Irina Vodar, Raphaela<br />
Neihausen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A<br />
Miss Gulag follows three female<br />
prisoners in a Siberian prison preparing<br />
to compete in a beauty pageant. Through<br />
the pageant emerges a complex narrative<br />
of the lives of the first generation of<br />
women to come of age in Post-Soviet<br />
Russia.<br />
STALAGS: HOLOCAUST AND<br />
PORNOGRAPHY IN ISRAEL<br />
Documentary (60 min)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Ari Libsker<br />
Producer: Barak Hayman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
After decades in dusty back rooms<br />
pornographic pocket books from the 60’s<br />
mixing Nazism, sex and violence, are<br />
emerging back into the public eye<br />
rekindling the debate on the cultural<br />
representation of Nazism and the<br />
Holocaust.<br />
COCALERO<br />
Documentary (78 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Alejando Landes<br />
Producer: Julia Solomonoff<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
MY LIFE IN RUINS<br />
ECHO BRIDGE<br />
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Origin: Argentina/Bolivia<br />
Cocalero follows Evo Morales for over a<br />
year thorough his seemingly impossible<br />
bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous<br />
president up to his win by an<br />
unprecedented majority.<br />
SEEDS OF SUMMER (ZIREY<br />
KAITS)<br />
Documentary (63/52 min)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Hen Lasker<br />
Co-Production Partners: ITVS,<br />
Humanistische Omroep, YLE, SBS<br />
Producer: Elinor Kowarsky, Edna<br />
Kowarsky<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
Seven years after completing a combat<br />
course in the Israeli army, the Director:<br />
returns to the place where she first fell in<br />
love with a woman – her commander.<br />
THE LAST CARD<br />
La Derniere Carte<br />
Documentary (77 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Sylvain Biegeleisen<br />
Producer: Sylvain Biegeleisen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
Director: Sylvain Biegeleisen set out to<br />
get to know his eighty seven year old<br />
mother, with whom he shares a complex<br />
relationship manifesting itself in silence<br />
and covering up a painful truth.<br />
CINEXPORT<br />
Cinexport, 78 avenue des Champs-<br />
Elysées, 75008 Paris, France. Tel:<br />
33.1.45.62.49.45. Fax: 33.1.45.63.85.26.<br />
tvfrance-intl.com and unifrance.org,<br />
email: cinexport@wanadoo.fr<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Anne-Marie ROMBOURG-<br />
CARACO (President)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Anne-Marie<br />
ROMBOURG-CARACO<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: TV France International<br />
collective stand, Tel: 06.07.54.33.33,<br />
Fax: 04.93.99.78.15<br />
CASTRO, 50 ANS DE<br />
REVOLUTION, LE BILAN<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French and English<br />
Director: Jacques VICHET<br />
Producer: Blue Bird Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
No political figure has imprinted his<br />
mark on a country as dramatically as<br />
Castro, charismatic leader and dictator.<br />
VENISE, LA SERENISSIME<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French and English<br />
Director: Jacques VICHET<br />
Producer: Blue Bird Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Venice is built across numerous small<br />
islands in the middle of a lagoon.<br />
Centuries of history, conquests,<br />
international commercial and cultural<br />
exchanges.<br />
60 ANS DE RESISTANCE DANS LE<br />
MONDE<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Laurent GALMOT<br />
Producer: BRUT <strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Sixty years after the end of the heroic<br />
struggles that took place at the Vercors<br />
plateau, the resistance spirit has not<br />
disappeared.<br />
LINO<br />
Feature-film<br />
Language: French with English subtitles<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
After the death of the young woman he<br />
has been lodging, a fifty years old man<br />
finds himself alone with a two years old<br />
little boy, Lino.<br />
LA BASE SOUS MARINE DE SAINT<br />
NAZAIRE<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Stéphane CHEMIN<br />
Producer: CINERGIE <strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
More than a place useful during the<br />
second world war it is also treasures of<br />
anecdotes and lightings on the men who<br />
built it.<br />
LES SEYCHELLES, PERLE DE<br />
L’OCEAN INDIEN<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French and English<br />
Director: Jacques VICHET<br />
Producer: Blue Bird Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Sandy beaches, azure seas and lush<br />
forests. Seychelles fires the imagination.<br />
With its 115 granite islands and coral<br />
atolls of timeless beauty the archipelago<br />
is an exclusive tourist destination.<br />
LA JEGADO<br />
Documentary<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Pierre MATHIOTE<br />
Producer: Cinergie Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Anonymous domestic who worked in<br />
Rennes, Hélène Jegado is doubtless one<br />
of the biggest murderesses who<br />
traumatized Brittany of the beginning of<br />
the XIXth century.<br />
COMCAST<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
MEDIA GROUP<br />
Comcast International Media Group,<br />
5750 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA<br />
90036 USA. Tel:1.323.692.6572. Fax:<br />
1.323.954.2657. www.comcastintl.com,<br />
email: worldwide@comcastnets.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Jeff Shell (President,<br />
Comcast Programming Group), Ted<br />
Harbert (President, Comcast<br />
Entertainment Group), Kevin MacLellan<br />
(President, Comcast International Media<br />
Group), Duccio Donati (SVP, Comcast<br />
International Media Group), Christine<br />
Fellowes (Managing Director, Asia,<br />
CIMG), Brad Wald (Managing Director,<br />
EMEA, CIMG)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Katie Buchanan,<br />
Director, Programming & Acquisitions<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: G3.14<br />
THE UNTITLED DENISE<br />
RICHARDS SHOW (WORKING<br />
TITLE)<br />
Reality (8 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: E! Entertainment Television<br />
Key Cast: Denise Richards<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
E! follows the journey of actress Denise<br />
Richards. Opening up her life for the<br />
first time, viewers will follow the<br />
stunning star as she navigates<br />
Hollywood, romance and motherhood<br />
following a tumultuous year in the<br />
tabloid headlines.<br />
30 BEST AND WORST BEACH<br />
BODIES<br />
Entertainment (1 x 120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: E! Entertainment Television<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
This two hour special gives us a comedic<br />
look at the hot and, not so hot celebrity<br />
beach bodies”<br />
BATTLE OF THE HOLLYWOOD<br />
HOTTIES<br />
Entertainment (10x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: E! Entertainment Television<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Series features a who’s who of the<br />
world’s most famous hunks and honeys.<br />
NAKED WILD ON 2<br />
Lifestyle (13x30min)<br />
INSIDE AFGHAN HEROIN - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: E! Entertainment Television<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Get ready for the wildest and sexiest<br />
show on E!. Naked Wild On is back with<br />
all new episodes featuring exotic<br />
locations and wild parties!<br />
MAKE IT PETER PERFECT<br />
Lifestyle (9x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: <strong>The</strong> Style Network<br />
Cast: Peter Ishkhans<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“If you ask Peter Ishkhans, image is<br />
everything.<br />
COOKIE JAR<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Cookie Jar Entertainment, 266 King St.<br />
West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5V 1H8<br />
Canada. Tel: 416.977.3238. Fax:<br />
416.977.4526.<br />
www.cookiejarentertainment.com<br />
Producer<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Michael Hirsh (CEO), Toper<br />
Taylor (COO & president), Jean-Michel<br />
Ciszewski (SVP, international sales &<br />
co-productions), Alison Warner (VP,<br />
distribution broadcast sales for UK and<br />
Scandinavia), Julie Ninomiya (VP Sales,<br />
Asia), Ann Austen (SVP, development<br />
and TV/video sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Jean-Michel<br />
Ciszewski<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R30.33, Tel: 33.4.9299.8891<br />
NOONBORY & THE SUPER 7<br />
Animation (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: Daewon Media<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-production<br />
Budget: $300,000<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Noonbory & the Super 7: Set in the<br />
enchanting, Technicolor world of<br />
Toobalooba, a group of energetic<br />
“Borys” use their heightened senses,<br />
imagination and teamwork to solve<br />
everyday problems.<br />
MAGI-NATION<br />
www.magi-nation.com<br />
Animation (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Hunt<br />
Writer: David Dias<br />
Producer: Marlene Schmidt<br />
Co-production partners: Daewon Media<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Follow 15-year-old Tony Jones, whose<br />
world is forever changed when he is<br />
mystically transported into Magi Nation<br />
- a beautiful world far beyond<br />
imagination.<br />
WORLD OF QUEST<br />
Animation (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Browne, Jamie Whitney<br />
Producer: Toni Stevens, Michelle<br />
Melanson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
24 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> <strong>MIPTV</strong> APRIL 2008
Origin: Canada<br />
This comedic buddy series following the<br />
young pampered Prince Nestor on a<br />
mission to save his father and the<br />
kingdom of Odyssia, with the help of the<br />
square-jawed hero Quest.<br />
HURRAY FOR HUCKLE!<br />
Animation (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ken Cunningham<br />
Producer: Christine Davis<br />
Key cast: Huckle – Joanne Vannicola,<br />
Sally – Ellie Ellwand, Pig Will/Hilda –<br />
Julie Lemieux<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Based on the books by Richard Scarry, it<br />
offers children a blend of humor and<br />
learning based around six unique<br />
characters who try to solve everyday life<br />
mysteries.<br />
WILL & DEWITT<br />
Animation (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Riley<br />
Producer: Susie Grondin<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Will, an everyday kid who wants to do it<br />
all, is able to jump into new situations<br />
with a little help from his best friend,<br />
cheerleader and morphing pal, Dewitt<br />
(who just happens to be a frog!).<br />
CO<strong>PRODUCT</strong>ION<br />
OFFICE<br />
Coproduction <strong>Of</strong>fice, 24 rue Lamartine<br />
75009 Paris, France. Tel:<br />
331.5602.6000. Fax: 331.5602.6001.<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu, email:<br />
info@coproductionoffice.eu<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Sarah Calderon (Sales<br />
Agent)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 334.9299.8596. Fax:<br />
334.9299.8597<br />
SUMMER 1953<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: Farsi, French<br />
Director: Shirin NESHAT<br />
Writer: Shirin NESHAT, Susanne<br />
MARIAN<br />
Co-Production Partners: Parisienne de<br />
Production (FR), Coop99 (AUS)<br />
Producer: Essential <strong>Film</strong>produktion<br />
(GER)<br />
Key Cast: Pegah FERYDONI, Shabnam<br />
TOLOUEI, Orsi TOTH, Fatem<br />
Simin MOTAMEDARYA, Tahmoure<br />
TEHRANI<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany, France, Austria<br />
Iran 1953. Against the tumultuous<br />
backdrop of the CIA military coup, four<br />
women from different social<br />
backgrounds attempt to change their own<br />
destinies.<br />
DELTA<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: Hungarian<br />
Director: Kornel MUNDRUCZO<br />
Writer: Kornel MUNDRUCZO, Yvette<br />
BIRO<br />
Co-Production Partners: Essential<br />
<strong>Film</strong>produktion (GER)<br />
Producer: Proton Cinema (HUN)<br />
Key Cast: Orsi TOTH, Felix LAJKO,<br />
Lili MONORI<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Hungary, Germany<br />
A young man returns to the wild,<br />
labyrinthine landscape of the Delta after<br />
having been away since early childhood.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re he meets a sister he never knew he<br />
had.<br />
IMPORT EXPORT<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama (135 min)<br />
Language: German, Russian<br />
Director: Ulrich SEIDL<br />
Writer: Ulrich SEIDL, Veronika FRANZ<br />
Co-Production Partners: Parisienne de<br />
Production (FR)<br />
Producer: Ulrich Seidl <strong>Film</strong>produktion<br />
(AUS)<br />
Key Cast: Ekateryna RAK, Paul<br />
HOFMANN, Michael THOMAS<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria, France<br />
Import: Olga, a young nurse in the<br />
Ukraine, dreams of a better life in the<br />
west. Export: Paul, a young Austrian<br />
security guard, heads east with his<br />
stepfather to try his luck.<br />
YOU, THE LIVING<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama, Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Roy ANDERSSON<br />
Writer: Roy ANDERSSON<br />
Co-Production Partners: Parisienne de<br />
Production (FR)<br />
Producer: Roy Andersson<br />
<strong>Film</strong>produktion (SW)<br />
Key Cast: Jessica LUNDBERG, Elisabet<br />
HELANDER, Bjoern ENGLUND,<br />
Leif LARSSON, Ollie OLSON<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden Germany, France,<br />
Denmark<br />
YOU, THE LIVING is about the human<br />
being, about her greatness and her<br />
miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her<br />
self-confidence and anxiety.<br />
12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Comedy (89 min)<br />
Language: Romanian<br />
Director: Corneliu PORUMBOIU<br />
Writer: Corneliu PORUMBOIU<br />
Producer: 42 km <strong>Film</strong> (ROM)<br />
Key Cast: Ion SAPDARU, Mircea<br />
ANDREESCU, Teodor CORBAN<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Romania<br />
Somewhere east of Bucharest, two<br />
heroes share their moments of<br />
revolutionary glory on local TV, to<br />
celebrate the revolution that ousted<br />
Romanian dictator Ceausescu 16 years<br />
ago.<br />
A TOWN CALLED PANIC<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Stop motion animated series / Comedy<br />
(20 episodes / 5 minutes each)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Vincent PATAR, Stephane<br />
AUBIER<br />
Writer: Stephane Aubier, Guillaume<br />
Available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
MIDEM • <strong>MIPTV</strong> • CANNES • MIPCOM<br />
OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND<br />
(Tented & Heated)<br />
Lunch on the beach whatever the weather<br />
Celebrating 50 Years<br />
Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Festival 2008<br />
Contact Olivier<br />
Tel. (33) 4 93 94 20 68 Fax. (33) 4 93 43 60 91<br />
site address: http://www.rado-plage.fr<br />
notre e-mail: info@rado-plage.fr<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Malandri, Vincent Patar, Vincent Tavier<br />
Co-Production Partners: Pic Pic Andre<br />
(BEL)<br />
Producer: La Parti (BEL)<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Ellison, Stephane<br />
Aubier, Vincent Patar, Didier Odieu,<br />
Benoit Poelvoorde<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />
Origin: Belgium<br />
Follow Cowboy, Indian, Horse and their<br />
friends in the mysteries of Atlantis, the<br />
unforgiving world of cycling and the<br />
time machine.<br />
BATTLE IN HEAVEN<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama (98 min)<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Carlos REYGADAS<br />
Writer: Carlos REYGADAS<br />
Co-Production Partners: Parisienne de<br />
Production (FR)<br />
Producer: Mantarraya (MEX)<br />
Key Cast: Anapola MUSHKADIZ, Berta<br />
RUIZ, David BORNSTEIN,<br />
Marcos HERNANDEZ<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Mexico, France<br />
Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for<br />
ransom money, but it goes tragically<br />
wrong when the infant dies. In another<br />
world is Ana, the daughter of a general,<br />
who prostitutes herself for pleasure.<br />
FOUR<br />
http://www.coproductionoffice.eu<br />
Drama (126 min)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Ilya KHRZHANOVSKY<br />
Writer: Vladimir SOROKIN, lya<br />
KHRZHANOVSKY<br />
Producer: <strong>Film</strong>ocom (RUS)<br />
Key Cast: Alexei KHVOSTENKO, Irina<br />
VOVCHENKO, Konstantin<br />
MURZENKO, Mariia VOVCHENKO,<br />
Sergei SHNUROV, Svetlana<br />
VOVCHENKO, Yuri LAGUTA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Two men and a woman happen to meet<br />
in a bar. From the meat market, to the<br />
president’s drinking habit or the soviet<br />
cloning project, this allegory opposes<br />
different aspects of contemporary<br />
Russian society.<br />
CURB<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Curb Entertainment, 3907 West Alameda<br />
Avenue, Burbank, CA, 91505, US. Tel:<br />
1.818.843.8580. Fax: 1.818.566.1719.<br />
www.curbentertainment.com, email:<br />
info@curbentertainment.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Carole Curb (President),<br />
Conor Barrett (Marketing and Assistant<br />
Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Christy Peterson<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 19.20<br />
WARWOLVES<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Worth<br />
Writer: Michael Worth<br />
Producer: Carole Curb<br />
Key Cast: John Saxon, Michael Worth,<br />
Tim Thomerson, Adrienne Barbeau<br />
Delivery Status: Postproduction<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
A band of she-wolves and a special<br />
forces unit are pitted against each other<br />
in the race to hunt for a fellow soldier<br />
infected with the Werewolf virus in the<br />
United States.<br />
FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG<br />
90 minutes<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sheree Le Mon<br />
Writer: Sheree Le Mon<br />
Producer: Sheree Le Mon<br />
Key Cast: Sherman Hemsley, Phil<br />
Vassar, Jules Mayes, Maggie Edwards,<br />
Tina Witherby, Gary Donald<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
This is a heartwarming story of a family<br />
who binds together with their neighbors<br />
and community to save the life of a<br />
loveable German Shepard.<br />
HEAVY PETTING<br />
95 minutes<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marcel Sarmiento<br />
Writer: Marcel Sarmiento<br />
Producer: Peter Glatzer<br />
Key Cast: Malin Akerman, Brendan<br />
Hines<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
When Charlie meets Daphne, he never<br />
expects he will have to battle past her pet<br />
dog “Babydoll” to win her heart.<br />
THE NEIGHBOR<br />
97 minutes<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Eddie O’Flaherty<br />
Writer: Eddie O’Flaherty and J.P. Davis<br />
Producer: Susan Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Michele Laroque and Matthew<br />
Modine<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
A businessman (Modine) watches as his<br />
life begins to unravel after learning his<br />
ex-wife is going to marry his best friend.<br />
FORFEIT<br />
84 minutes<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andrew Shea<br />
Writer: John Rafter Lee<br />
Producer: Sherri James<br />
Key Cast: Billy Burke, Sherry<br />
Stringfield, Wayne Knight, Gregory Itzin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Frank carefully fakes his own murder<br />
and his former girlfriend takes the wrap.<br />
Now she must show he’s still alive to<br />
prove her innocence.<br />
NANNY INSANITY<br />
102 minutes<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Connor<br />
Writer: Andrea Malamut<br />
Producer: Jay Malamut<br />
Key Cast: Cynthia Preston, Larry Dorf,<br />
Alla Korot<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Based on a true story, some hilarious<br />
things happen to a Philadelphia couple<br />
after they hire a Ukrainian nanny.<br />
DIC<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
DIC Entertainment, 4100 W. Alameda<br />
Ave., Burbank, California 91505 USA.<br />
Tel: 1.818.955.5400.<br />
www.dicentertainment.com, Email:<br />
info@dicent.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Andy Heyward (Chairman &<br />
CEO), Jeff Edell (President), Kirk<br />
Bloomgarden (Head of Global Sales),<br />
Robby London (EVP, Creative Affairs),<br />
Leslie Nelson (SVP, International Sales<br />
and Managing Director, European<br />
Operations), Dan Waite (VP,<br />
International Sales & Regional Manager,<br />
Latin America), Ryan Gagerman (VP,<br />
International Sales & Regional Manager,<br />
Asia Pacific)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice at MIP-TV: # 17:01<br />
DINO SQUAD<br />
Animated Television Series, Action<br />
Adventure (26x30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: DIC Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
origin: USA<br />
Dino Squad” features five quirky teens<br />
who suddenly gain the power to<br />
transform into dinosaurs to protect Earth.<br />
SUSHI PACK<br />
Animated Television Series, Action<br />
Adventure (26x30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: DIC Entertainment and<br />
American Greetings Properties<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
origin: USA<br />
“Sushi Pack” follows five crime-fighting<br />
pieces of sushi that protect Wharf City<br />
from over-the-top diabolical villains.<br />
HORSELAND<br />
Animated Television Series, Action<br />
Adventure (52x30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: DIC Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
origin: USA<br />
“Horseland” is set in the greatest stable<br />
ever where kids and their horses compete<br />
and have adventures, and the horses and<br />
other animals can talk to each other —<br />
about the humans!<br />
CAKE<br />
Live-Action/Reality- Based (13x30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: DIC Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
origin: USA<br />
“CAKE,” starring Christa B. Allen (“13<br />
Going On 30”), is a show within a show<br />
about a teen girl who hosts a cable<br />
access show with her two best friends.<br />
DIY DO IT<br />
YOURSELF<br />
NETWORK<br />
DIY Do It Yourself Network, 9721<br />
Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37932,<br />
USA. Tel: 1.865.694.2700. Fax:<br />
1.865.690.2253. www.diynetwork.com,<br />
e-mail: international@scripps.com<br />
Producer/distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kristen Jordan (SVP, Int’l<br />
Development), Anna Alvord (Director,<br />
Int’l Development), Hud Woodle<br />
(Director, Int’l Development), Larry<br />
Smith (Manager, Int’l Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand #R33.03, Tel:<br />
33.04.92.99.89.09<br />
COOL TOOLS<br />
Lifestyle, Home Repair & Renovation<br />
(26 x 30’ and 1 x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Chris Grundy<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Experts demonstrate the latest<br />
advancements in new tools, innovative<br />
improvements to the tried-and-true, and<br />
myriad uses and functions for all.<br />
THE INSIDE JOB<br />
Lifestyle, Home Renovation, Reality (10<br />
x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Carter Oosterhouse<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> “before and after” of home<br />
improvement televison is demystified<br />
with an unscripted look at projects<br />
featured on HGTV’s Carter Can.<br />
FINISHED IN 48<br />
Lifestyle, Home Renovation (5 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Gionni Thompson<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Weekend warrior Gionni Thompson,<br />
winner of DIY’s Stud Finder, works to<br />
complete challenging home renovation<br />
projects in only two days.<br />
DLT<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
DLT Entertainment, 10 Bedford Square,<br />
London, WC1B 3RA. United Kingdom.<br />
Tel: 00.44.207.631.1184. Fax:<br />
00.44.207.636.4571.<br />
www.dltentertainment.com, email:<br />
emorris@dltentertainment.co.uk<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Don Taffner Jr (President),<br />
Elfyn Morris (Director of International<br />
Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand No: R29.32, Tel:<br />
334.92.99.88.31<br />
MY FAMILY<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/myfamily<br />
Comedy (30’)<br />
Number of episodes: 85 completed; 20 to<br />
be completed<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dewi Humphreys<br />
Co-production partners: DLT/ Rude Boy<br />
Productions for the BBC<br />
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Producer: John Bartlett<br />
Key cast: Robert Lindsay, Zoë<br />
Wanamaker<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year of production: 2000-2007, Country<br />
of origin: United Kingdom<br />
My Family focuses on the chaotic life of<br />
the Harper family, as Ben and Susan<br />
grapple with bringing up their three<br />
teenage children and other assorted<br />
family members.<br />
AS TIME GOES BY: REUNION<br />
SPECIALS<br />
Comedy (60’ or 30’)<br />
Number of episodes: 2 x 60’ or 4 x 30’<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sidney Lotterby<br />
Co-production partners: DLT/ <strong>The</strong>atre of<br />
Comedy<br />
Producer: Sidney Lotterby<br />
Key cast: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year of production: 2005, Country of<br />
origin: United Kingdom<br />
As Time Goes By: Reunion Specials<br />
pick up some time after the original<br />
series left off and reveal Jean’s [Judi<br />
Dench] great anticipation for<br />
grandchildren, much to Lionel’s<br />
[Geoffrey Palmer] dismay.<br />
ANIMATED CLASSICS<br />
Animation (60’)<br />
Number of episodes: 28 x 60’ or 1 x 90’<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Walter J Hucker<br />
Producer: Richard Slapczynski<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year of production: 1980s2005, Country<br />
of origin: United Kingdom/ Ireland/<br />
Australia<br />
Animated Classics is a beautifully<br />
crafted series of animated specials<br />
featuring timeless tales of literature.<br />
Included are A CHRISTMAS CAROL,<br />
LES MISERABLES, TREASURE<br />
ISLAND and OLIVER TWIST.<br />
E<br />
ECHELON STUDIOS<br />
Echelon Studios, 1725 Victory Blvd.,<br />
Glendale, CA 91201 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.500.1640. Fax: 1.818.500.1644.<br />
http://www.echelonstudios.us, email:<br />
corporate@echelonstudios.us<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Eric Louzil (President &<br />
CEO), Craig Minor (Vice President of<br />
International Sales), Tim Kelly (Vice<br />
President, Domestic & International<br />
Sales), Sandro Gohoho (Vice President<br />
of International Sales), Michael Mondini<br />
(International <strong>Film</strong> Consultant)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: A.013, Tel: 1.818.621.1584<br />
MICHTAVIM LE AMERICA (DEAR<br />
MR. WALDMAN)<br />
http://www.dearmrwaldman.com/<br />
Drama 90 (min)<br />
Language: Hebrew<br />
Director: Hanan Peled<br />
Writer: Hanan Peled<br />
Co-Production Partners: Israeli <strong>Film</strong><br />
Fund, Open Doors <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Producer: Yoav Halevy (Producer),<br />
Hanan Peled (Producer), Yoram Globus<br />
(associate Producer)<br />
Key Cast: Rami Heuberger(Moishe),<br />
Jenya Dodina (Rivka), Ido Port (Hilik),<br />
Roy Mayer (Jonathan), Ela Armoni<br />
(Nirit), Evelyn Kaplun (Rozeka),<br />
Doval’e Glickman (Froyeke), Gadi Poor<br />
(Zaks), Esti Svidenski (Batiya), Eli<br />
Gorenstein (Principal)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Israel<br />
In the early sixties, Hilik, a ten years old<br />
boy who lives in Tel Aviv, Torn between<br />
his fear that his father, a holocaust<br />
survivor, would abandon him, and the<br />
wish to make him happy.<br />
FODOR’S HAMLET<br />
http://www.hamletmovie.co.uk/<br />
Drama (133 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alexander Fodor<br />
Writer: William Shakespeare<br />
Producer: Paul Allan-Slade<br />
Key Cast: Wilson Belchambers, James<br />
Frail, Lydia Piechowiak<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Visually mesmeric with countless lateral<br />
subplots set in a a nightmarish no man’s<br />
land. Shakespeare in the Extreme!<br />
WAIT UP HARRIET<br />
http://www.waitupharriet.com/about/<br />
Drama (86 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Angus Benfield, Hanna Eichler<br />
Writer: Hanna Eichler<br />
Co-Production Partners: Limelight<br />
Motion Picture Company<br />
Producer: David Eichler, Aaron Green,<br />
Nick Hitchins, Philip Sunderland,<br />
Jonathan Warner<br />
Key Cast: Angus Benfield, Melanie<br />
Cannan, Javier Jarquin, Lynda Milligan,<br />
Mitch Potts, Nick Prince, Ashleigh<br />
Southam, Jonathan Steel, Roni Taylor<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
When fire fighter Jack loses his beautiful<br />
wife, Harriet, he feels there is nothing<br />
worth living for.<br />
CHRONICLES OF AN EXORCISM<br />
Horror (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick G. Miller<br />
Writer: Matthew Ashford, Nick G.<br />
Miller, David Michael Ross<br />
Co-Production Partners: NGM<br />
Enterprises<br />
Producer: Matthew Ashford, Ray W.<br />
Keziah, Nick G. Miller, John Mullis,<br />
David Michael Ross<br />
Key Cast: Matthew Ashford (Father<br />
Michael), Nick G. Miller (Father Lucas),<br />
Rob G. Kahn (Lee), David Michael Ross<br />
(Ross), Heather Harvey (Erin), Dara<br />
Wedel (Tina Miller), Sara Howell<br />
(Reporter), Ray W. Keziah (Pastor Bill)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on what appears to be a true<br />
exorcism, and shot documentary style,<br />
Chronicles of an Exorcism is the story of<br />
two amateur filmmakers who, at the<br />
request of the Church, document the<br />
exorcism of young Tina Miller over a<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
three day period.<br />
POOL PARTY<br />
http://www.poolparty-themovie.com/<br />
Comedy (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Timothy M. Snell<br />
Writer: Timothy M. Snell, Justin T.<br />
Bowler, Michael DiGaudio, Jonathan<br />
Gunning<br />
Co-Production Partners: Farmview<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s, Circe’s World <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Producer: Justin T. Bowler, Timothy M.<br />
Snell, Patricia Steffy, Bridget Streb<br />
Key Cast: Justin T. Bowler (Matt), Sarah<br />
Horvath (Leslie), Kenzo Lee (Buck),<br />
Meredith Giangrande (Danielle),<br />
Rebecca Morris (Rebecca), Ryan Ewing<br />
(Stack), David Lawrence (Richard),<br />
Mikki Padilla (Maria), Dave Secor<br />
(Scott), Michael Hampton (Pete)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Matt is asked to house sit for his boss<br />
and study for the bar exam. When his<br />
friends find out, a pool party and chaos<br />
ensues.<br />
COLD DECEMBER<br />
Drama (82 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brian Wright<br />
Writer: Brian Wright<br />
Co-Production Partners: Acoustic<br />
Pictures<br />
Producer: Brian Wright<br />
Key Cast: Chris Fountain (Chris Payton),<br />
Alyssa Roehrenbeck (Kate Payton),<br />
Frank Daczewitz (Jack Jordan), Dan<br />
MacDonald (Dave Dawson), Jessica<br />
Cooper (Sheila Dawson), Phil Hendricks<br />
(Alan Grebek), Megan Renee Burgess<br />
(Laura Grebek).<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Cold December is a modern tale of a<br />
man going through a quarter-life<br />
crisis…and the path he chooses to go<br />
down.<br />
THE FALLING<br />
http://www.mirrorimagesltd.com/product<br />
ions/the_falling/<br />
Action/Drama (114 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nicholas Gyeney<br />
Writer: Nicholas Gyeney<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mirror Images<br />
Producer: Nathaniel J. Douglas, Scott<br />
Gabelein, Michelle Gyeney, Nicholas<br />
Gyeney, Holland Smith<br />
Key Cast: Scott Gabelein (Grayson<br />
Reed), Michael Ayden (Satan / Eric<br />
Laceon), Rory Colin Fretland (<strong>The</strong><br />
Angel), Donovan Marley (Father<br />
McQueen), Tellier Killaby (Kristy Reed),<br />
Andrew Dickert (Sariel), Edi Zanidache<br />
(Uriel), Garth Herrick (Ryan), Rob<br />
Veatch III (<strong>The</strong> Fourth Angel) Ayanna<br />
Jingles (<strong>The</strong> Fifth Angel)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Amidst his broken life, Police <strong>Of</strong>ficer<br />
Grayson Reed is about to be thrown into<br />
the middle of a feud between the five<br />
angels of Heaven and the leader of Hell.<br />
ECHO BRIDGE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Echo Bridge Entertainment, 8383<br />
Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 530, Los Angeles, CA<br />
90211 USA. Tel: 1.323.658.7913. Fax:<br />
1.323.658.7922.<br />
www.echobridgeentertainment.com,<br />
email: info@ebellc.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Michael Rosenblatt<br />
(President & CEO), Dan March<br />
(Executive Vice President), Patti Rose<br />
(Director - International Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Beach Hall, Stand #RB<br />
33, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.3313<br />
RUN FOR HER LIFE<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Balthazar Kormakur<br />
Producer: 26 <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Key Cast: Dermot Mulroney<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In a desperate attempt to save his<br />
daughter from a rare disease, a father<br />
jeopardizes his career, family and life<br />
when he finds himself involved in the<br />
middle of a criminal underworld medical<br />
ring.<br />
MY LIFE IN RUINS<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Donald Petrie<br />
Writer: Mike Reiss<br />
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman,<br />
Michelle Chydzik, Nathalie Marciano<br />
Key Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard<br />
Dreyfuss, Rita Wilson<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A romantic comedy set amongst the<br />
ruins of Ancient Greece, in which a<br />
Greek-American tour guide finds<br />
unexpected adventure and romance.<br />
JUST ADD WATER<br />
Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Hart Bochner<br />
Writer: Hart Bochner<br />
Producer: Robin Bissell, Clifford Werber<br />
Key Cast: Danny DeVito, Justin Long,<br />
Jonah Hill, Dylan Walsh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
MADE IN JAMAICA - CINEMAVAULT<br />
RELEASING INTERNATIONAL INC.<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A hysterical film of human predicament<br />
and resolve about a man who dares to<br />
dream—and in the process gains the<br />
courage to pursue his childhood love and<br />
confront his hometown thugs.<br />
EFA <strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
GGMBH<br />
EFA Productions gGmbH,<br />
Kurfuerstendamm 225, 10719 Berlin,<br />
Germany. Tel: 49.30.887.167.0. Fax:<br />
49.30.887.167.77. www.efaproductions.com,<br />
email: info@efaproductions.com<br />
Production Company<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nikola Joetze (Event<br />
Manager & TV Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Nikola Joetze<br />
(Event Manager & TV Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: MEDIA Umbrella - H4.35<br />
2008 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS<br />
Awards program (90 min)<br />
Language: international<br />
Director: Andreas Morell<br />
Producer: Marion Döring, Producer EFA<br />
Productions gGmbH<br />
Co-production partners: Jürgen<br />
Biesinger, Executive Producer<br />
Delivery Status: In Production,<br />
completed & ready for satellite<br />
distribution 7 December 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Berlin & Copenhagen<br />
On 6 December 2008 the European <strong>Film</strong><br />
Academy & EFA Productions presents in<br />
Copenhagen the 21st European <strong>Film</strong><br />
Awards – a glamorous celebration of<br />
European cinema with actors, directors,<br />
nominees and winners from the present<br />
and past.<br />
ESPRESSO TV<br />
Espresso TV, 9 York Villas, Brighton,<br />
BN1 3TS UK. Tel: 44.1273.730929. Fax:<br />
44.1273.299403.<br />
http://www.espressotv.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: David Hooper (Managing<br />
Director)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 44.7802.779349<br />
MARCO POLO: THE CHINA<br />
MYSTERY REVEALED<br />
History (78 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan Finnigan<br />
Co-Production Partners: NG Asia<br />
Producer: Saga Pictures<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: China/US<br />
An epic documentary that takes us on<br />
one of the greatest overland journeys<br />
ever attempted by man and takes us<br />
further to the truth behind the legend of<br />
Marco Polo.<br />
GHOST FLEET: THE EPIC<br />
VOYAGE OF ZHENG HE<br />
History (94 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan Finnigan<br />
Writer: Mike Yamashita<br />
Co-Production Partners: NG Asia<br />
Producer: Saga Pictures<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: China/US<br />
A sumptuous documentary telling the<br />
compelling story of 14th century Chinese<br />
admiral Zheng He. We unravel the<br />
mystery of the vanishing fleet and bring<br />
history alive in an epic adventure.<br />
BALTIC SEA ADVENTURE<br />
Travel/Adventure (8 x 48 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kimmo Kuusniemi<br />
Writer: Kimmo Kuusniemi<br />
Producer: Double Vision<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Whilst looking for a WWII German Uboat<br />
in the Baltic Sea we go on a diving<br />
adventure and hear stories of vikings,<br />
pirates and maritime disasters from<br />
divers, and historians.<br />
SPITFIRE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND<br />
History/Aviation (47 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephen Saunders<br />
Writer: Stephen Saunders<br />
Co-Production Partners: History Channel<br />
UK<br />
Producer: ASA Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spitfire is renowned as the fighter<br />
that saved Britain from invasion and<br />
defeat. We tell the story of this legendary<br />
aircraft and how it achieved this<br />
reputation.<br />
F<br />
FILM MESSENGER<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Messenger, Suite 202, Hyungju<br />
Bldg. 104 Ogin-dong Jongno-gu Seoul<br />
110-035 South Korea. Tel:<br />
82.2.3661.4429. Fax: 82.2.2659.8676.<br />
www.filmmessenger.com<br />
Sales agent, Distributor, Acquisition<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Yoonhee Choi(Managing<br />
Director)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Yoonhee Choi<br />
(Managing Director)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 82.10.5381.3661,<br />
1.310.869.7625<br />
BEFORE THE SUMMER PASSES<br />
AWAY<br />
www.filmmessenger.com<br />
Romance (78min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Sung Ji-hae<br />
Writer: Sung Ji-hae<br />
Producer: Cho Sung-woo<br />
Key Cast: Lee Hyun-woo, Kim Bokyung,<br />
Kwon Min<br />
Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />
or completed) Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
I have TWO men. One who loves me<br />
and one who I love - Entangled desire<br />
everybody could experience!<br />
PRUNING THE GRAPEVINE<br />
www.filmmessenger.com<br />
Drama (115min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Min Boung-hun<br />
Writer: Min Boung-hun<br />
Producer: Sohn Hyun-wook<br />
Key Cast: Seo Jang-won, Lee Min-jung,<br />
Key Joo-bong<br />
Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />
or completed) Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
This film is about a Catholic student who<br />
is reluctant to cut the relationship with<br />
his ex-love.<br />
BOYS OF TOMORROW<br />
www.filmmessenger.com<br />
Drama (93min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Noh Dong-seok<br />
Writer: Noh Dong-seok<br />
Producer: Peter Kim<br />
Key Cast: Kim Byeong-seok, Yu A-in,<br />
Choi Jae-sung<br />
Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />
or completed) Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Two boys on the outskirts of town<br />
believe that their life is elsewhere but<br />
they have no means to pursue their<br />
dreams. Can a gun be their hope?<br />
THE UNFORGIVEN<br />
www.filmmessenger.com<br />
Drama (126min.)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Yoon Jong-bin<br />
Writer: Yoon Jong-bin<br />
Producer: Choi Yong-bae<br />
Key Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Seo Jang-won,<br />
Yoon Jong-bin<br />
Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production<br />
or completed) Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: South Korea<br />
Two childhood friends happened to meet<br />
in the army and found themselves and<br />
their relationship changing due to their<br />
military experiences.<br />
FILMEXPORT<br />
GROUP<br />
<strong>Film</strong>export Group, Via Del Pianeta<br />
Urano, 60, Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />
06.52207432. Fax: 06.52278416.<br />
www.filmexport.com, e-mail:<br />
info@filmexport.com<br />
Sales agent<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand ITALIA at Riviera nr.<br />
36.17, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8837<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Roberto Di Girolamo<br />
(President), Laura Maurano (Sales<br />
Manager)<br />
STORMS ON THE PLANET EARTH<br />
(CATASTROFI SUL PIANETA<br />
TERRA)<br />
Documentary (4 x 60’ + 1 90’ special)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Hunt<br />
Producer: Diamonds International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Shocking videos showing many natural<br />
disasters: earthquakes, volcanic<br />
eruptions, hurricanes, typhoons,<br />
tornados, until the sadly known Tsunami.<br />
Natural disasters can happen without<br />
warning. Can we predict them?.<br />
CANNIBALS: LEGEND OR<br />
REALITY? (CANNIBALI<br />
LEGGENDA O REALTA’)<br />
Documentary (4 x 60’ + 1 90’ special)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Hunt<br />
Producer: Diamonds International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A fascinating journey through the cruel<br />
rituals practiced by the tribes still<br />
dedicated to cannibalism.<br />
JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF EROS<br />
(VIAGGIO AI CONFINI<br />
DELL’EROS)<br />
Documentary 4 x 60’ + 1 90’ special)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Pierre Le Blanc<br />
Producer: Diamonds International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
A vast panorama on the sexual way of<br />
life, with habits, customs and<br />
transgressions that spread throughout<br />
different continents.<br />
B-MINE (LE SETTE NOTE DEL<br />
DIAVOLO)<br />
Thriller (105’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marco Tornese<br />
Producer: Diamonds International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Key Cast: Ixie Darkonn, Orson Maria<br />
Guerrini, Roberto Madison<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
When misfortune seemed to overwhelm<br />
Viola, a beautiful girl in the prime of her<br />
career, a sudden dark event changed her<br />
life completely…<br />
NOAH’S ARK (EL ARCA)<br />
http://www.el-arca.com/<br />
Animation (87’)<br />
Language: Spanish, Italian, English,<br />
Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini<br />
Producer: Production Group, Patagonik<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Group<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Argentina, Italy<br />
A classic animated film that tackles an<br />
absolutely universal subject, in a context<br />
of adventures and humour, in which the<br />
animals are the main characters.<br />
ZOMBIES, THE BEGINNING<br />
Horror (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Vincent Dawn<br />
Producer: Diamonds International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Key Cast: Y. Yzon, A. Anson, P. Holme<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An expedition team sent to rescue a<br />
scientific crew on an island will<br />
encounter a new generation of<br />
zombies….<br />
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28 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> <strong>MIPTV</strong> APRIL 2008
FILMWERKSTATT<br />
WIEN<br />
<strong>Film</strong>werkstatt Wien, Mariahilferstraße<br />
202/41, Vienna 1150 Austria. Tel:<br />
0043.1.9452784. Fax: 0043.1.9452784.<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com, email:<br />
office@filmwerkstatt.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
(Producer)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H 4.35, Tel: 0033.4.9299 8596.<br />
Fax: 0033.4.9299 8597<br />
SINGING FOR LIVING-THE<br />
VOICES OF SOUTH AFRICA<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/singing_fo<br />
r_living.html<br />
HD documentary (52 or 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Writer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Co-Production Partners: ORF,<br />
<strong>Film</strong>werkstatt Wien<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Budget: 200.000,-<br />
Year of Production: 2008/09, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
Following some of the extraordinary<br />
singers of Cape Town Opera we will not<br />
only show their life within the<br />
surrounding of the Cape Town Opera<br />
House, but mostly in their ordinary life.<br />
FROM CHINA TO EUROPE AND<br />
BACK<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/chinese_n<br />
ew_years_concert.html<br />
HD documentary (52 min)<br />
Language: english, chinese, german<br />
Director: Maximilian Stelzle<br />
Writer: Maximilian Stelzle<br />
Co-Production Partners: ORF,<br />
<strong>Film</strong>werkstatt Wien<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
<strong>The</strong> documentary begins in China and<br />
portrays the daily lives of some of the<br />
musicians from a traditional Chinese<br />
orchestra. Subsequently, the camera team<br />
accompanies the orchestra on a threeweek<br />
tour of Europe.<br />
ASTERIX IS BACK<br />
Documentary series (8 x 52 min. or 8 x<br />
30 min.)<br />
Language: english, french , german.<br />
Director: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Writer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2008-2009, Country<br />
of Origin: Austria<br />
Asterix and his friends are the famous<br />
comic figures leading through this<br />
documentary series by emerging here<br />
and there as the comic figures they are,<br />
but being embedded within a “real<br />
picture” travel documentary.<br />
A WONDROUS JOURNEY<br />
THROUGH THE WEB<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/wondrous<br />
_journey.html<br />
HD documentary (52 min)<br />
Language: english, french, german.<br />
Director: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Writer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Budget: 150.000,-<br />
Year of Production: 2008/09, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
LIFE IS A DRAMA-DRAMA FOR<br />
LIFE<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/life_is_a_<br />
drama.html<br />
Documentary (50 min)<br />
Language: german, english<br />
Director: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Writer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Co-Production Partners: ORF, 3SAT,<br />
BRalpha<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
TOKYO FORTISSIMO-AN<br />
ORCHESTRA ON TOUR IN JAPAN<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/tokyo_fort<br />
issimo.html<br />
HD documentary (52 min)<br />
Language: german, english<br />
Director: Maximilian Stelzle<br />
Writer: milian Stelzle<br />
Co-Production Partners: ORF, 3SAT<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
<strong>The</strong> Vienna Symphonic Orchestra went<br />
on tour with its almost 100 musicians<br />
and all their instruments.<br />
DANCEWEB -SWEAT, PASSION &<br />
TEARS<br />
http://www.filmwerkstatt.com/danceweb.<br />
html<br />
Documentary (45 min)<br />
Language: English, French, German<br />
Director: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Writer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Producer: Barbara Weissenbeck<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria<br />
Accompanying three of the alltogether<br />
fifty selected dancers and choreographers<br />
during the five weeks danceWEB<br />
programme, we provide a close insight<br />
into the worlds largest contemporary<br />
dance festival taking place in Vienna<br />
every summer.<br />
FIRST LOOK<br />
STUDIOS<br />
First Look Studios, 2000 Avenue of the<br />
Stars, Suite 410, Century City, CA 90067<br />
USA. Tel: 1.424.202.5090. Fax:<br />
1.424.202.5310.<br />
www.firstlookstudios.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Danny Dimbort (First Look<br />
Studios Co- Chairman) and Christian<br />
Mercuri (President, International Sales<br />
and Distribution)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Gary Hirsh<br />
(Executive Vice President of<br />
Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand 07.20, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8029<br />
STRAYS<br />
Drama (105 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Vin Diesel<br />
Writer: Vin Diesel<br />
Key Cast: Vin Diesel, Joey Dedio,<br />
Suzanna Lanza, Darnell Williams, F.<br />
Valention Morales<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Producer: Vin Diesel, John Sale, Geroge<br />
Zakk<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1997, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Strays is a coming of age story of a<br />
macho New York cruiser, Rick.<br />
Frustrated by the repetitious grind of one<br />
night stands and aimless hustling, Rick’s<br />
life changes when he meets Heather, a<br />
“girl next door.”<br />
DEDICATION<br />
Comedy/ Romance (95 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Justin <strong>The</strong>roux<br />
Writer: David Bromberg<br />
Key Cast: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore,<br />
Tom Wilkinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An irascible children’s book author loses<br />
his beloved illustrator Rudy and has to<br />
team with an anxious and untested<br />
replacement, with what starts out as an<br />
impossible sitution becomes revelatory.<br />
SMILEY FACE<br />
Comedy (88 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gregg Araki<br />
Writer: Dylan Haggerty<br />
Producer: First Look Studios<br />
Key Cast: Anna Faris, Adam Brody, John<br />
Krasinski, John Cho<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A actress/slacker goes on a series of<br />
misadventures, including an inadvertent<br />
heist, an escape from the cops and a tour<br />
of Los Angeles as she attempts to get the<br />
simple items on her “to do” list done.<br />
AN AMERICAN CRIME<br />
Drama (92 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tommy O’Haver<br />
Writer: Tommy O’Haver, Irene Turner<br />
Key Cast: Catherine Keener, James<br />
Franco, Ellen Page<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A seemingly ordinary housewife and the<br />
mother of seven, imprisons a beautiful<br />
teenager in the basement of her Indiana<br />
home.<br />
A <strong>GUIDE</strong> TO RECOGNIZING YOUR<br />
SAINTS<br />
Drama (95 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dito Montiel<br />
Writer: Dito Montiel<br />
Key Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Rosario<br />
Dawson, Channing Tantum, Shia<br />
LaBeouf<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An honest, unflinching, modern-day<br />
“Mean Streets”, “A Guide to<br />
Recognizing Your Saints” is the brash,<br />
moving story of a young man finding his<br />
way through the minefield of his youth<br />
in a tough New York neighborhood.<br />
FLN (FINE LIVING<br />
NETWORK)<br />
FLN (Fine Living Network), 9721<br />
Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37932,<br />
USA. Tel: 865.694.2700. Fax:<br />
865.690.2253. www.fineliving.com, email:<br />
international@scripps.com<br />
Producer/distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kristen Jordan (SVP, Int’l<br />
Development), Anna Alvord (Director,<br />
Int’l Development), Hud Woodle<br />
(Director, Int’l Development), Larry<br />
Smith (Manager, Int’l Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand #R33.03, Tel:<br />
33.04.92.99.89.09<br />
ALL GIRL GETAWAYS<br />
Lifestyle, Travel & Adventure (13 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Female friends leave it all behind for<br />
exhilarating and well-deserved weekend<br />
mini-vacations that combine fun,<br />
adventure, and rejuvenation.<br />
TIME MAKEOVER<br />
Lifestyle, Time Management (13 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Experts teach busy people to better<br />
organize and manage their valuable time,<br />
leaving more for leisure and life<br />
enhancement activities.<br />
GOING, GOING GREEN<br />
Lifestyle, Green Living (1 x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Infuse your life with practical and<br />
environmentally sound options in goods,<br />
services, and technology that are both<br />
affordable and accessible.<br />
FOOD NETWORK<br />
Food Network, 9721 Sherrill Blvd.,<br />
Knoxville, TN 37932, USA. Tel:<br />
1.865.694.2700. Fax: 1.865.690.2253.<br />
www.foodnetwork.com, e-mail:<br />
international@scripps.com<br />
Producer/distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kristen Jordan (SVP, Int’l<br />
2008 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS<br />
EFA <strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
CREDIT FRANZISKA KRUG ACTION PRESS<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Development), Anna Alvord (Director,<br />
Int’l Development), Hud Woodle<br />
(Director, Int’l Development), Larry<br />
Smith (Manager, Int’l Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand #R33.03, Tel:<br />
33.04.92.99.89.09<br />
THE NEXT IRON CHEF<br />
Lifestyle, Food, Competition (6 x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Alton Brown, Mark Dacascos<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Eight gifted, world-class chefs go headto-head<br />
in culinary combat to determine<br />
who the Chairman will bestow the title<br />
of Iron Chef!<br />
DOWN HOME WITH THE NEELYS<br />
Lifestyle, Food (13 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Pat & Gina Neely<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Pat & Gina Neely share tasty recipes<br />
from their acclaimed restaurants as well<br />
as family-friendly dishes that are<br />
guaranteed crowd-pleasers.<br />
FOOTHILL<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
INC.<br />
Foothill Entertainment, Inc., 1129 State<br />
Street, Suite 3, Santa Barbara, CA<br />
93101. Tel: 1.805.965.4488. Fax:<br />
1.805.965.1168.<br />
www.foothillentertainment.com, email:<br />
info@foothillentertainment.com<br />
Co-Production and Distribution<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Jo Kavanagh-Payne<br />
(President), Gregory Payne (Chairman),<br />
Patricia Ryan (Executive Vice President<br />
of Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Jo Kavanagh-<br />
Payne (President, Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o VIP Club, Cell:<br />
33(0)6.1057.5880. U.S. Mobile: Jo:<br />
1.805.637.6054 & Greg: 1.805.637.3280.<br />
ZOT THE DOG<br />
www.foothillentertainment.com<br />
Animation Series (13 x 11’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Francis Vose<br />
Writer: Chris Bryan-Smith<br />
Producer: Philip Lowrey<br />
Key Cast: Voices by Phil Cool<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1996, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Zot, a good hearted, fun loving but rather<br />
bouncy dog lives with his best pal Clive<br />
somewhere in the countryside; they<br />
embark on many adventures as they<br />
discover a wonderful, uncomplicated world<br />
where all the animals talk. except Zot!<br />
BIG TOP ISLAND<br />
www.foothillentertainment.com<br />
2D/3D Animation Series (26 x 11’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Splash! Production<br />
Delivery Status: Development<br />
Country of Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Big Top Island has the Big Top School,<br />
and as each new student arrives to the<br />
island, they continuously run amuck and<br />
shatter the island’s tranquility each week.<br />
BOY AND THE DINOSAUR<br />
www.foothillentertainment.com<br />
CGI Animation (26 x 11’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jason Harding<br />
Producer: Spalsh! Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Pilot Available<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
As a boy plays with a toy dinosaur in his<br />
bedroom one night he makes a wish on a<br />
shooting star. When he wakes in the<br />
morning the dinosaur he dreams of has<br />
followed him through time and space.<br />
EDDY & THE BEAR<br />
www.foothillentertainment.com<br />
Animation Series (26 x 11’ or 1 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tony Collingwood<br />
Writer: Tony Collingwood<br />
Producer: Chris O’Hare<br />
Key Cast: Robert Lindsay, Frances de la<br />
Tour, Rupert Gamsey<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Based on the much-loved characters<br />
created in Jez Alborough’s best-selling<br />
children’s books, Eddy & the Bear is the<br />
continuing story of a little boy’s first<br />
ever friendship - with a ten foot tall,<br />
talking bear!<br />
PUPPY PLAYS<br />
www.puppyplays.com<br />
Live Action (13 x 25’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Waterman<br />
Producer: MoviePlus<br />
Key Cast: Puppies!<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Delightful adventures of learning and<br />
fun, where children will watch adorable<br />
puppies overcome challenges similar to<br />
the ones they face growing up - from<br />
sharing, to proper bedtime, to puppy<br />
love! All through the eyes of a puppy…<br />
FREMANTLEMEDIA<br />
ENTERPRISES<br />
FremantleMedia Enterprises, 1Stephen<br />
Street, London W1T 1AL UK. Tel:<br />
44.207.691.6000. Fax: 44.207.691.6060.<br />
www.fidtv.com, email:<br />
fidsales@fremantlemedia.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: David Ellender (CEO,<br />
FME), Mark Gray (VP Programming),<br />
Sheila Aguirre (VP Sales – Latin<br />
America), Justin Hatfield (VP Sales –<br />
Benelux, Scandinavia, UK & Ireland)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand RB1, Riviera Beach,<br />
Cannes. Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8912 (FME),<br />
Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8911(FMP), Fax:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8913 (Shared)<br />
SATISFACTION<br />
Australian drama (10 x 1 hour)<br />
Featuring: Diana Glenn, Madeleine West<br />
Set in and around an up-market city<br />
brothel, this steamy original series sheds<br />
the spotlight on the world of five ‘high<br />
class escorts’ and their manager as they<br />
juggle the pressures of their private lives<br />
alongside their hidden profession.<br />
NEARLY FAMOUS<br />
Drama – UK (6 x 1 hour)<br />
Featuring: Jimi Mistry, Talulah Riley<br />
This contemporary drama follows a<br />
group of performing arts students<br />
who’ve got a whole load of talent and a<br />
taste for Tequila.<br />
TEENAGE KICKS<br />
Sitcom – UK (8 x 30’)<br />
Featuring Ade Edmondson, Mark Arden<br />
A middle aged divorced dad moves in<br />
with his kids in a crazy attempt to<br />
recapture his long lost youth.<br />
Understandably, his kids are not pleased.<br />
DEA<br />
Reality Series – U.S. (6 x 1 hour)<br />
Gritty reality series offers viewers a<br />
rarely seen behind-the-scenes look at the<br />
inner workings of the Drug Enforcement<br />
Agency.<br />
FRIES FILM GROUP,<br />
INC.<br />
Fries <strong>Film</strong> Group, Inc., 22817 Ventura<br />
Blvd. Suite 909, Woodland Hills, CA<br />
91364 USA. Tel: 1.818.888.3052. Fax:<br />
1.818.888.3042<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Charles M. Fries (President),<br />
Adam Welles (VP of Worldwide Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 01.05<br />
ALIEN AGENT<br />
Action (2007)<br />
Cast: Mark Dacascos, Billy Zane,<br />
Amelia Cooke<br />
Status: Completed and Ready for<br />
Delivery<br />
A lawman from another Galaxy must<br />
stop an invading force from building a<br />
gateway to our world.<br />
NUMB<br />
Romantic Comedy (2007)<br />
Director: Harris Goldberg<br />
Cast: Mathew Perry, Lynn Collins, Mary<br />
Steenburgen<br />
Status: Completed and Ready for<br />
Delivery<br />
When a writer falls in love with his soul<br />
mate, her love cures him of his neurotic<br />
personality.<br />
WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD:<br />
TAKE 2<br />
Comedy (2008)<br />
Director: Tony Markes<br />
Cast: Adam Rifkin, Norby Greenberry,<br />
Special Appearances by George Lucas,<br />
Tom Hanks, and Will Smith.<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
A mockumentary that shows you the<br />
REAL Hollywood. <strong>Film</strong>maker Alan<br />
Rifkin takes an unknown, wannabe Actor<br />
under his wing and aims to make him a<br />
star.<br />
A MILLION COLOURS<br />
Drama (2008)<br />
Cast: Barry Pepper<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
In the early 1970’s, apartheid divided<br />
South Africa, a film was released that<br />
brought hope and light to a despairing<br />
nation. <strong>The</strong> two young stars, Muntu<br />
Ndebele and Norman Knox, would<br />
become friends just like<br />
their characters.<br />
SURVIVING EVIL<br />
Horror (2009)<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
When a British documentary crew<br />
arrives on an uncharted island in the<br />
Philippines, they discover an abandoned<br />
village, with huts covered in blood.<br />
GLOBAL<br />
TELEMEDIA<br />
Global Telemedia, 1698 Post Road East,<br />
Suite 1B Westport, CT 06880 USA.<br />
Tel: 203.259.9985. Fax: 203.259.9986.<br />
www.globaltelemedia.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Greg Kimmelman (President<br />
/ CEO) & Anne Corsak (Manager of<br />
Sales and Marketing)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: booth # 06.24,<br />
Tel: 33.5.92.998160<br />
GOLDEN NETWORK<br />
ASIA LIMITED<br />
Golden Network Asia Limited, Unit<br />
1508, Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Road,<br />
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel:<br />
852.2751.1886. Fax: 852.2750.4862.<br />
email: info@goldnetasia.com<br />
Sales agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Clarence TANG (Head of<br />
Sales and Acquisition)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 852.9424.5010<br />
SHIGURUI<br />
Animation/ Action (30 mins x 12<br />
episodes)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki<br />
Writer: Seishi Minakami<br />
Character Design: Masanori Shino<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
A master swordsman and his two top<br />
apprentices turn on each other, and must<br />
duel to the death for revenge and honor<br />
when betrayal enters their lives.<br />
OH! EDO ROCKET<br />
Animation / Action / Comedy (30 mins x<br />
26 episodes)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Seiji Mizushima<br />
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
A fireworks maker is convinced by a<br />
mysterious girl to make a rocket big<br />
enough to fly to the moon. He and his<br />
neighbors have a heap of fun doing so.<br />
PERFECT BLUE (DIGITALLY<br />
REMASTERED VERSION)<br />
Animation / Psycho-Suspense (82 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Satoshi Kon<br />
Writer: Sadayuki Murai<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1997 and 2008,<br />
Country of Origin: Japanese<br />
Pop singer looks forward to a bright new<br />
career to become an actress. When she<br />
lands a role in a sexually-charged murder<br />
mystery, her life begins to fall apart.<br />
MCDULL & MCMUG ANIMATION<br />
TV SERIES<br />
Animation / Comedy (30 mins x 13<br />
episodes)<br />
Language: Cantonese<br />
Writer: Brian Tse and Alice Mak<br />
Producer: Brian Tse and Alice Mak<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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Year of Production: 1997-2001, Country<br />
of Origin: Chinese<br />
<strong>The</strong> “pinky piggy” animation series<br />
depicts how children see the world and<br />
understand day-to-day issues in a lighthearted<br />
manner.<br />
IRIS CHANG (ASIAN<br />
TERRITORIES)<br />
Docudrama (100 min)<br />
Language: English / Mandarin<br />
Director: Anne Pick and Bill Spahic<br />
Writer: Michael Betcherman<br />
Producer: Anne Pick<br />
Key Cast: Olivia Cheng<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
She brought the darkest moments of<br />
human’s history to light. Some memories<br />
should never be forgotten.<br />
SONGSHAN SHAOLIN TEMPLE<br />
Documentary (53 min)<br />
Language: Japanese<br />
Director: Gen Takahashi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Japan<br />
An in-depth documentary about the<br />
origin of Shaolin Kung Fu, the Songshan<br />
Shaolin Temple.<br />
MID ROAD GANG<br />
Children (88 min)<br />
Language: Thai<br />
Director: Pantham Thongsang &<br />
Somkiat Vithuranich<br />
Writer: Somkiat Vithuranich, Watchara<br />
Paniom, Sontaya Suchada, Karun<br />
Khumanuwong<br />
Producer: Pantham Thongsang<br />
Key Cast: Dog actors: Makham, Nam-<br />
Khang, Keng, Kafe, Piak, Sexy, Pikul,<br />
Tommy<br />
Cast: Pitisak Yaowananont, Pavarisa<br />
Phenjati<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: US$1.5 Million<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Thailand<br />
An inspiring story about the friendship,<br />
courage and loyalty between a pack of<br />
stray mutts, whose territory is destroyed<br />
and who are forced to find a new house.<br />
FOREVER THE MOMENT<br />
Drama / Sports (124 min)<br />
Language: Korean<br />
Director: Yim Soon-rye<br />
Writer: Na Hyun<br />
Key Cast: Moon So-ri, Kim Jung-eun,<br />
Uhm Tae-woong, Song Jung-ran, Oh<br />
Soo-hee<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: US$3.6 Million<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Korea<br />
All-female handball team regroups to<br />
compete at the Olympics; Asia’s first box<br />
office hit of 2008 has grossed US$15 m<br />
in two weeks.<br />
GRANADA<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Granada International, <strong>The</strong> London<br />
Television Centre, Upper Ground,<br />
London, SE1 9LT, UK. Tel:<br />
0044.20.7491.1441. Fax:<br />
0044.20.7493.7677.<br />
www.granadamedia.com/international.<br />
email: int.info@granadamedia.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nadine Nohr (Managing<br />
Director), Tim Mutimer (Director of<br />
Sales), Emmanuelle Namiech (Director<br />
of Acquisitions and Co-productions),<br />
Paul Raven (Marketing Director)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Emmanuelle<br />
Namiech (Director of Acquisitions and<br />
Co-productions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.27<br />
BONEKICKERS<br />
Drama (6 x 58 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick Hurran, Sarah O’Gorman,<br />
James Strong<br />
Writer: Matthew Graham, AshleyPharoah<br />
Producer: Michele Buck, Damien<br />
Timmer<br />
Co-production partners: Mammoth<br />
Screen/Monastic Productions for the<br />
BBC in association with Granada<br />
International<br />
Key Cast: Julie Graham, Adrian Lester,<br />
Hugh Bonneville, Gugu-Mbatha Raw<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Powerful secrets from the past are<br />
brought roaring into the 21st century in<br />
this thrilling new prime time series from<br />
the creators of Life On Mars<br />
LOST IN AUSTEN<br />
Drama (4 x 50 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dan Zeff<br />
Writer: Guy Andrews<br />
Producer: Kate McKerrell<br />
Co-production partners: Mammoth<br />
Screen for ITV1<br />
Key Cast: Jemima Rooper, Alex<br />
Kingston, Hugh Bonneville, Lindsay<br />
Duncan, Gemma Arterton, Elliot Cowan<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A thoroughly modern heroine threatens<br />
to ruin one of the world’s greatest<br />
literary love stories in this ingenious<br />
reinvention of Jane Austen’s Pride And<br />
Prejudice.<br />
DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE<br />
Hollywood TV Movie (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Leslie Hope<br />
Writer: Scott Eastlick<br />
Producer: Tim Johnson<br />
Co-production partners: Nomadic<br />
Pictures in association with BLT<br />
Productions Ltd and Granada America<br />
Key Cast: Luke Perry, Helen Shaver,<br />
Joanna Garcia<br />
Delivery Status: Postproduction<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Luke Perry (Beverley Hills 90210) stars<br />
in this family drama centred on a mother<br />
and daughter.<br />
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DATING<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Hollywood TV Movie (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Wellington<br />
Writer: Nina Colman<br />
Producer: Barbara Lieberman, Salli<br />
Newman<br />
Co-production partners: A Barbara<br />
Lieberman <strong>Film</strong>s Production in<br />
association with Firebrand Productions<br />
and Granada America<br />
Key Cast: Ricki Lake, Holly Robinson<br />
Peete, Rachael Harris<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ricki Lake (Hairspray) stars in this<br />
irreverent and poignant story about the<br />
search for Mr Right while living beyond<br />
breast cancer.<br />
THE NEANDERTHAL CODE<br />
Factual (2 x 50 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tim Lambert<br />
Writer: Tim Lambert<br />
Producer: Tim Lambert<br />
Co-production partners: Wall to Wall<br />
Media for National Geographic Channel<br />
and France 5<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007/2008, Country<br />
of Origin: UK<br />
Award winning producers Wall To Wall<br />
(Who Do You Think You Are?) followup<br />
their acclaimed Neanderthal series<br />
with an evolutionary detective story, shot<br />
in High Definition.<br />
STREET MONKEYS<br />
Wildlife (5 x 50 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Harry Marshall<br />
Producer: Andie Clare<br />
Co-production partners: Icon <strong>Film</strong>s for<br />
National Geographic International<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Action and drama are around every street<br />
corner as this captivating series follows a<br />
troop of endearingly cheeky monkeys<br />
adapting their survival skills to South<br />
Africa’s concrete jungle.<br />
OLD SKOOL WITH TERRY AND<br />
GITA<br />
Factual Entertainment (5 x 21 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Russell Jay<br />
Producer: Gil Goldshein<br />
Co-production partners: Bunim Murray<br />
Productions for VH1<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Elderly Hollywood legend Terry Moore<br />
and her best friend and the world’s first<br />
supermodel 72-year-old Gita Hall<br />
explore the hottest topics in pop culture<br />
today from Porn to Hip Hop, Rehab and<br />
Gay Life.<br />
THE PINKY & PERKY SHOW<br />
Children’s (52 x 13 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cyril Adam, Ray Merritt<br />
(Creative Director)<br />
Writer: Alan Gilbey<br />
Producer: Ruth Fielding<br />
Co-production partners: A Pinky and<br />
Perky Enterprises, Method <strong>Film</strong>s and<br />
DQ Entertainment Limited co-production<br />
for CBBC and France 3<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Pinky and Perky are a pair of lovable<br />
piglets who have just been given their<br />
own live TV show full of crazy stunts,<br />
wild games, anarchic cartoons and top<br />
celebrity guests.<br />
GREENLIGHT<br />
TELEVISION<br />
Greenlight Television, Tromode,<br />
Douglas, Isle of Man IM4 4QJ British<br />
Isles. Tel: 44.1624.611601. Fax:<br />
44.1624.611602.<br />
http://www.greenlight.tv. email:<br />
mail@greenlight.tv<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Lauren Roberts (<strong>Business</strong><br />
Development Manager), Kate Skinner<br />
(Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4:35-19, Tel: 44.7624.453310<br />
DRAYSON’S RACING DREAM<br />
http://www.greenlight.tv<br />
Documentary (12 x 52min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robert Hurdman<br />
Writer: Tiff Needell<br />
Producer: Guy Hicks<br />
Key Cast: Lord Paul Drayson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
Lord Drayson resigned from the British<br />
Government, chasing his dream of racing<br />
at Le Mans. With only one eye, he’s<br />
excluded by the rules. Can he prove his<br />
ability by racing in America?<br />
HBO<br />
HBO, 1100 Avenue of the Americas, New<br />
York, NY 10036 USA. Tel: 212.512.1000.<br />
Fax: 212.512.5698. http://www.hbo.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Charles Schreger (President<br />
Programming Sales), Jennifer Bowen<br />
(SVP International Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: RSV.08, Tel: 44.92.99.8945<br />
GENERATION KILL<br />
Drama (7 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Susanna White, Simon Cellan<br />
Jones<br />
Writer: David Simon, Ed Burns, Evan<br />
Wright<br />
DEDICATION<br />
FIRST LOOK STUDIOS<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Producer: David Simon, Ed Burns,<br />
Charles Pattinson, Anne Thomopoulos,<br />
Nina Noble, Andrea Calderwood<br />
Key Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, James<br />
Ransone, Stark Sands, Jon Huertas, Lee<br />
Tergesen<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
From the creators of the critically<br />
acclaimed HBO series THE WIRE, this<br />
7-part miniseries follows US Marines on<br />
the frontlines during the first 40 days of<br />
the current Iraq war.<br />
TRUE BLOOD<br />
Drama (12 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: Created by Alan Ball<br />
Producer: Alan Ball, Carol Dunn Trussell<br />
Key Cast: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer,<br />
Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Sam<br />
Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, Chris Bauer,<br />
Carrie Preston, William Sanderson<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008<br />
This new drama series created by Alan<br />
Ball (HBOs SIX FEET UNDER), takes<br />
place in a world where vampires live in<br />
the open by feeding on synthetic blood<br />
instead of on humans.<br />
JOHN ADAMS<br />
Drama (8 x approx. 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Hooper<br />
Writer: Kirk Ellis, Michelle Ashford,<br />
based on the book by David McCullough<br />
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman,<br />
David Coatsworth, Steven Shareshian,<br />
Kirk Ellis, Frank Doelger<br />
Key Cast: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney,<br />
Stephen Dillane, Danny Huston, David<br />
Morse Sarah Polley and Tom Wilkinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Based on David McCullough’s Pulitzer<br />
Prize-winning biography and executive<br />
produced by Playtone’s Tom Hanks and<br />
Gary Goetzman, JOHN ADAMS<br />
explores American history through one<br />
of its founding fathers.<br />
IN TREATMENT<br />
Drama (43 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rodrigo Garcia<br />
Producer: Rodrigo Garcia, Stephen<br />
Levinson, Hagai Levi, Mark Wahlberg,<br />
Noa Tishby, Sarah Lum, Leonard Torgan<br />
Key Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Melissa<br />
George, Blair Underwood, Mia<br />
Wasikowska, Josh Charles, Embeth<br />
Davidtz, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Forbes,<br />
Julia Campbell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
This half-hour drama stars Gabriel Byrne<br />
as a taciturn but effective<br />
psychotherapist who isn’t quite the levelheaded<br />
source of wisdom his patients<br />
think he is.<br />
RECOUNT<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jay Roach<br />
Writer: Danny Strong<br />
Producer: Paula Weinstein, Len Amato,<br />
Sydney Pollack, Jay Roach, Michael<br />
Hausman<br />
Key Cast: Kevin Spacey, Ed Begley Jr.,<br />
Laura Dern, John Hurt, Denis Leary,<br />
Bruce McGill and Tom Wilkinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Kevin Spacey heads the cast of this<br />
drama, which follows the Florida recount<br />
from Election Day in 2000 through the<br />
Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of<br />
George W. Bush over Al Gore.<br />
HERE! FILMS<br />
here! <strong>Film</strong>s, 10990 Wilshire Blvd.,<br />
Penthouse, Los Angeles, California<br />
90024 USA. Tel: 1.310.806.4298. Fax:<br />
1.310.806.4268.<br />
www.regententertainment.com/herefilms.<br />
html<br />
Producer and Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Meggan Kimberley (Co-<br />
President), Adam Wright (Co-President),<br />
Merve Berker (Executive Assistant)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: # 03.24-05.23, Tel:<br />
33(0)492.99.8206, Meggan Kimberley<br />
Mobile: 1.818.451.8298, Adam Wright<br />
Mobile: 1.818.331.0990, Merve Berker<br />
Mobile: 1.310.666.3038<br />
ICE BLUES – A DONALD<br />
STRACHEY MYSTERY<br />
Mystery/Thriller Feature (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ron Oliver<br />
Producer: Paul Colichman, Barry Krost<br />
Cast: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence,<br />
Sherry Miller<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When detective Donald Strachey’s friend<br />
gets an anonymous $3 million donation<br />
to fund his public works program,<br />
someone ends up dead on his doorstep.<br />
ON THE OTHER HAND DEATH – A<br />
DONALD STRACHEY MYSTERY<br />
Mystery/Thriller Feature (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ron Oliver<br />
Producer: Paul Colichman, Barry Krost<br />
Cast: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence,<br />
Margot Kidder<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A tale of double cross and lies among<br />
friends and family, as no one is sure who<br />
to trust. Criminals and victims are not<br />
whom they seem.<br />
EDGAR ALLEN POE’S – HOUSE OF<br />
USHER<br />
Horror Feature (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David DeCoteau<br />
Producer: Paul Colichman, Stephen P.<br />
Jarchow<br />
Cast: Frank Mentier, Michael Cardelle,<br />
Jaimyse Haft<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a young man, Victor, visits his old<br />
friend Roderick Usher and Usher’s sister<br />
Madeleine at their crumbling family<br />
estate, he discovers the two decaying as<br />
quickly as their mansion.<br />
SHELTER<br />
Drama Feature (94 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonah Markowitz<br />
Producer: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul<br />
Colichman, J.D. Disalvatore<br />
Cast: Brad Rowe,Tina Holmes, Trevor<br />
Wright<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Zach has always put the needs of others<br />
above his own; but when he begins<br />
falling for his best friend’s older brother,<br />
he struggles to reconcile his own dreams<br />
with the demands of his family.<br />
FAT GIRLS<br />
Comedy<br />
Feature (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ash Christian<br />
Producer: Kim Fishman, Ash Christian,<br />
Kelli Lerner<br />
Cast: Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette,<br />
Ashley Fink<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Armed with biting humor and quirky<br />
sensibility, Rodney and his Rubenesque<br />
friend Sabrina are valiantly suffering<br />
through the indignity known as high<br />
school.<br />
LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP<br />
Romantic Comedy Feature (97 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Williams<br />
Producer: Rob Williams<br />
Cast: Matthew Montgomery, Windham<br />
Beacham, Artie O’Daly<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Glenn gets tired of one night stands, and<br />
answers an ad placed by Adam, who is<br />
looking for an LTR. Glenn & Adam are<br />
perfect for each other, except for one, or<br />
two, or many things.<br />
THE LAIR<br />
Horror (6 x ? hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Producer: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul<br />
Colichman<br />
Cast: Peter Stickles, David Moretti,<br />
Colton Ford, Dylan Vox<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
From the producers of the hit series<br />
Dante’s Cove comes <strong>The</strong> Lair, America’s<br />
first gay vampire series.<br />
DANTE’S COVE – THE SOLSTICE”<br />
– SEASON THREE<br />
Supernatural Thriller (5 x 1 hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sam Irvin<br />
Producer: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul<br />
Colichman<br />
Cast: Gregory Michael, Charlie David,<br />
William Gregory Lee, Tracy Scoggins,<br />
<strong>The</strong>a Gill, Jon Fleming, Reichen<br />
Lehmkuhl, Jill Bennett, Jenny Shimizu,<br />
Jensen Atwood<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Dante’s Cove, lauded by leading gay<br />
publication <strong>The</strong> Advocate as Best Soap<br />
Opera in 2006, follows a cast of mostly<br />
gay and lesbian characters who all live<br />
together in the sleepy beachside<br />
community of Dante’s Cove.<br />
THE DL CHRONICLES<br />
Drama (4 x ? hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Quincy LeNear, Deondray<br />
Gossett<br />
Producer: Quincy LeNear, Deondray<br />
Gossett<br />
Cast: Damian T. Raven<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> “DL Chronicles” tells the stories of<br />
men of color who by consequence and<br />
by choice, live sexually duplicitous and<br />
secret lifestyles.<br />
HOLLYWOOD<br />
CLASSICS<br />
Hollywood Classics, Linton House,<br />
39/51 Highgate Road, London NW5 1RS<br />
UK. Tel: 44.20.7424.7280. Fax:<br />
44.20.7428.8936.<br />
http://www.hollywoodclassics.com,<br />
email: info@hollywoodclassics.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Ms. Melanie Tebb (Sales<br />
Coordinator), Mr. David Llewellyn-Jones<br />
(TV Sales Director), Ms. Petra Sumser<br />
(Sales Director: - Germany), Mr. Steven<br />
Mackler (Acquisitions Consultant)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 44.774.774.3615<br />
BUTTERFLY KISS<br />
http://www.hollywoodclassics.com<br />
Thriller (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Winterbottom<br />
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce<br />
Key Cast: Amanda Plummer,Kathy<br />
Jamieson,Saskia Reeves,Des McAleer<br />
Year of Production: 1995, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Even when Eunice turns out to be a<br />
murderess the naive Miriam believes she<br />
can save her friend.<br />
LA MARIEE ETAIT EN NOIR (THE<br />
BRIDE WORE BLACK)<br />
http://www.hollywoodclassics.com<br />
Drama (107 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: François Truffaut<br />
Key Cast: Jeanne Moreau,Michel<br />
Bouquet,Jean-Claude Brialy,Charles<br />
Denner<br />
Year of Production: 1968, Country of<br />
Origin: France/Italy<br />
Drama about Moreau tracking down and<br />
killing the five men who killed her<br />
husband on their wedding day. Truffaut’s<br />
homage to Hitchcock includes music<br />
score by Bernard Hermann.<br />
HOME & GARDEN<br />
TELEVISION (HGTV)<br />
Home & Garden Television (HGTV),<br />
9721 Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN<br />
37932, USA. Tel: 865.694.2700. Fax:<br />
865.690.2253. www.hgtv.com, email:<br />
international@scripps.com<br />
Producer/distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kristen Jordan (SVP, Int’l<br />
Development), Anna Alvord (Director,<br />
Int’l Development), Hud Woodle<br />
(Director, Int’l Development), Larry<br />
Smith (Manager, Int’l Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand #R33.03, Tel:<br />
33.04.92.99.89.09<br />
HGTV DESIGN STAR: NASHVILLE<br />
Lifestyle, Home Design, Competition (8<br />
x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Clive Pearse, Vern Yip<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Aspiring designers converge on Music<br />
City to compete in a gauntlet of design<br />
challenges to win their own HGTV<br />
series!<br />
FIND YOUR STYLE<br />
Lifestyle, Home Design (26 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Karen McAloon<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
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Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A top designer helps struggling<br />
homeowners discover their personal style<br />
and achieve a finished look to their room<br />
makeover.<br />
ULTIMATE BEDROOMS FOR<br />
ROMANCE<br />
Lifestyle, Home Design (1 x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Carter Oosterhouse and Michelle<br />
Kelchak<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Couples share the stories behind the<br />
romance in their enchanting sanctuaries<br />
as a drab bedroom is transformed from<br />
sleepy to seductive.<br />
HS MEDIA CONSULT<br />
HS Media Consult, Wasenstrasse 29,<br />
72135 Dettenhausen, Germany.<br />
Tel: 0049.7157.620008. Fax:<br />
0049.7157.620009. www.hsmediaconsult.de,<br />
e-mail: info@hsmediaconsult.de<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Heide Schramm (MD)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35 Media Marketplace Stand,<br />
Tel: 0049.172.9415939, Fax: 0033.4.<br />
9299 8597<br />
ASTERIX & CO - ALBERT<br />
UDERZO’S WORLD OF COMICS<br />
www.hsmedia-consult.de<br />
Documentary (53 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jo Müller<br />
Producer: Egmont Ehapa Publishers<br />
Cast: Albert Uderzo, Rene Goscinny,<br />
Gerard Depardieu<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
New Asterix film in 2008 meaning<br />
Asterix and his friends continue their<br />
success story, which is told in this doc.<br />
THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE<br />
Drama (96min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Todd Rohal<br />
Producer: <strong>The</strong> Universal Artificial Limb Co.<br />
Co-production partners: Brainbox<br />
Productions<br />
Cast: Will Oldham<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
A feast for the senses , a challenge to the<br />
brain is this hitchhiker’s guide to the<br />
American hinterland. This film isn’t<br />
afraid of anything.<br />
SCHOOL TRIP INTO POACHERS’<br />
TERRITORY<br />
www.hsmedia-consult.de<br />
Documentary (52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marcus Lenz, Ingo Rudloff<br />
Producer: Ingo Rudloff<br />
Cast: African children and park rangers<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Village Children near the Lower<br />
Zambesi National Park in Africa, who<br />
traditionally hate wild animals, get the<br />
chance to experience them with a ranger<br />
in the National Park.<br />
THE CHILDREN MUSICIANS OF<br />
SAN JOSÉ<br />
www.hsmedia-consult.de<br />
Documentary (29 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Etienne Boussac<br />
Producer: fuego-film<br />
Cast: Eduardo Villegas, Berliner<br />
Symphoniker<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Musician Eduardo Villegas founded a<br />
music school in his native Venezuelan<br />
village of San José. Now 8 children<br />
musicians got a chance to tour in<br />
Germany.<br />
I<br />
ICON<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Icon Entertainment International, Solar<br />
House, First Floor, 915 High Road,<br />
North Finchley, London N12 8QJ UK.<br />
Tel: 44.208.492.6300. Fax:<br />
44.208.492.6301. www.iconmovies.net,<br />
email: icon-admin@iconentertainment.co.uk<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Sales, Finance & Production<br />
Company<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Anthony Buckner (Senior<br />
Sales Manager), Abby Kadell (Sales<br />
Manager)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Ian Dawson<br />
(Head of Home Entertainment)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand 18.16, Tel:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8136. Fax: please email:<br />
abby@icon-entertainment.co.uk<br />
THE LAST TRIMATE<br />
Documentary<br />
Director: Stephen Van Mil<br />
Producer: Fork <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Narrated by Mel Gibson, <strong>The</strong> Last<br />
Trimate is a compelling account of the<br />
work of Birute Mary Galdikas, who,<br />
alongside Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey,<br />
is one of the three formidable women to<br />
have dedicated their lives to the great<br />
apes of the world.<br />
CARRIER<br />
Documentary (10 x 60 min in High<br />
Definition)<br />
Director: Maro Chermayeff<br />
Executive Prod: Mel Gibson, Bruce<br />
Davey, Nancy Cotton, Mitchell Block,<br />
Maro Chermayeff<br />
Producer: Icon Productions<br />
Icon Entertainment International are<br />
proud to present CARRIER, a gripping<br />
and insightful account of the daily lives<br />
of ordinary people expected to achieve<br />
extraordinary things in the war against<br />
terror, aboard the USA’s largest warship.<br />
FOYLE’S WAR<br />
Murder Mystery (19 x 97 min)<br />
Director: Jeremy Silbertson, Giles Foster,<br />
David Thacker<br />
Writer/Creator: Anthony Horowitz<br />
Producer: Jill Green, Simon Passmore<br />
Cast: Michael Kitchen (Proof of Life),<br />
Edward Fox (<strong>The</strong> Day <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Jackal),<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell<br />
Set during World War II and starring<br />
Michael Kitchen this gripping series is<br />
watched by over 10 million people per<br />
episode in the UK.<br />
IT’S A BOY/GIRL THING<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Director: Nick Hurran<br />
Writer: Geoff Deane<br />
Producers: Steve Hamilton-Shaw, David<br />
Furnish, Martin Katz<br />
Exec Producers: Elton John, Wendy<br />
Grean<br />
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Samaire Armstrong,<br />
Sharon Osbourne<br />
From the director of LITTLE BLACK<br />
BOOK comes a fresh spin on the high<br />
school comedy in the vein of<br />
AMERICAN PIE and FREAKY<br />
FRIDAY.<br />
ROMANCE & CIGARETTES<br />
Musical/Black Comedy<br />
Director: John Turturro<br />
Writer: John Turturro<br />
Producers: John Penotti, John Turturro<br />
Exec Producers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,<br />
Jana Edelbaum, Matthew Rowland, Nick<br />
Hill<br />
Cast: James Gandolfini Susan Sarandon<br />
Kate Winslet , Steve Buscemi, Bobby<br />
Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Marie-Louise<br />
Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher<br />
Walken<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,<br />
as Nick Murder has just discovered. His<br />
wife has uncovered his steamy affair<br />
with the sultry seductress Tula, and the<br />
ferocity of her anger is an eye popping<br />
surprise.<br />
IFM WORLD<br />
RELEASING<br />
IFM World Releasing, 1328 East Palmer<br />
Avenue, Glendale, CA 91205 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.243.4976. Fax: 1.818.550.9728.<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com, email:<br />
contact@ifmfilm.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Antony I. Ginnane<br />
(President), Anthony J. Lyons (VP<br />
International)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 01.02, Tel: 04.92.88.8207<br />
MR. HELL<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/mrhell1.ht<br />
m<br />
Horror (102 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob McKinnon<br />
Writer: ack Rhodes, David Carren<br />
Producer: David Carren, Jolene<br />
McMaster<br />
Key Cast: Larry Cashion, Tracy<br />
Scoggins, Amy Morris, Alan Martin,<br />
Tina Cohen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Dr. Matthews had been working on<br />
secret biological weapons when he was<br />
slain by the brutal psychopath Mr.<br />
HELL. Fourteen years later, Tyler is<br />
grown and working at the same lab<br />
where her father met his grisly fate.<br />
10 DEAD MEN<br />
http://www.http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles<br />
/10deadmen1.htm<br />
Action (87 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ross Boyask<br />
Writer: Chris Regan<br />
Producer: Phil Hobden<br />
Key Cast: Brendan Carr, Terry Stone,<br />
John Rackham<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Ryan thought he had left past behind<br />
him, but a blood-debt owed to an old<br />
friend means he unwittingly crosses the<br />
ruthless crime boss Hart the one man he<br />
can never escape.<br />
THE ODD ANGRY SHOT<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/oddangry1<br />
.htm<br />
Drama (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom Jeffrey<br />
Writer: Tom Jeffrey & William L. Nagle<br />
Producer: Tom Jeffrey & Sue Milliken<br />
Key Cast: Graham Kennedy, John<br />
Hargreaves<br />
John Jarratt, Bryan Brown, Graeme<br />
Blundell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1979, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Set during the Vietnam War, <strong>The</strong> Odd<br />
Angry Shot depicts life in Australia as it<br />
was before, during and following the<br />
war. Times and lifestyles were much<br />
simpler and societal roles were more<br />
defined.<br />
RUNNING ON EMPTY<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/runningem<br />
pty1.htm<br />
Action / Adventure (82min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Clark<br />
Writer: Barry Tomblin<br />
Producer: Pom Oliver<br />
Key Cast: Terry Serio, Deborah Conway,<br />
Max Cullen, Richard Moir, Penne<br />
Hackforth-Jones, Vangelis Mourikis<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1982, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Living dangerously, living fast and<br />
winning at any cost is their obsession.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y don’t turn back, they don’t give<br />
in.and they don’t ask for help!<br />
SEED HUNTER<br />
NATIONAL GRAPHIC TELEVISION<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
21 EYES<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/21eyes1.htm<br />
Mystery (88 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Lee Bonner<br />
Writer: Lee Bonner & Sean Paul Murphy<br />
Producer: David H. Butler<br />
Key Cast: Fisher Stevens, Michael<br />
Buscemi, Rebecca Mader, Nestor<br />
Serrano & Chance Kelly<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
21 Hidden Cameras. 3 Dead Gunmen. 1<br />
Inside Man. 6 Suspects. Can You Solve<br />
It?<br />
LEFT FOR DEAD<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/leftfordead<br />
1.htm<br />
Action (89 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ross Boyask<br />
Writer: Adrian Foiadelli<br />
Producer: Phil Hobden<br />
Key Cast: Glenn Salvage, Andy Prior,<br />
Adam Chapman, Adrian Foiadelli, Vicky<br />
Vilas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
After working for Kincaid for two years,<br />
Williams tries to leave but is double<br />
crossed and is Left For Dead. Now its<br />
time for revenge.<br />
MALCOLM<br />
http://www.ifmfilm.com/titles/malcolm1.<br />
htm<br />
Children / Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nadia Tass<br />
Writer: David Parker<br />
Producer: David Parker, Nadia Tass<br />
Key Cast: Colin Friels, Lindy Davies,<br />
Chris Haywood, John Hargreaves<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1986, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical<br />
genius who has just been fired for<br />
building his own tram.<br />
IM GLOBAL<br />
TELEVISION/ IM<br />
GLOBAL HOME<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
IM Global Television/ IM Global Home<br />
Entertainment, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Ste.<br />
201, Beverly Hills, C.A., 90210, USA.<br />
Tel: 1.310.777.3590. Fax:<br />
1.310.550.3896. www.imglobaltv.com,<br />
email: info@imglobalfilm.com<br />
Sales Agent/Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Gavin Reardon (President<br />
IM Global Television), Mark Austin<br />
(Director, Distribution), Catherine<br />
Quantschnigg (Vice President, Sales and<br />
Distribution)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Gavin Reardon,<br />
Catherine Quantschnigg<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R.28.04, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8882,<br />
Fax: 1.323.657.5354<br />
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY<br />
http://paranormalactivitymovie.com/patrailer.html<br />
Supernatural Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Oren Peli<br />
Producer: Jason Blum (Griffin &<br />
Phoenix) and Steven Schneider (White<br />
Noise 2: <strong>The</strong> Light)<br />
Key Cast: Katie Featherston (Mutation)<br />
and Micah Sloat<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
This frightening supernatural<br />
shockumentary portrays a carefree<br />
couple who become haunted by an<br />
unseen presence in their house.<br />
THE PASSAGE<br />
Drama/Thriller (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Heller<br />
Writer: Neil Jackson<br />
Producer: Lynette Howell (Half Nelson,<br />
Stephanie Daley), Jeremy Kipp Walker<br />
(Half Nelson, Super Powers)<br />
Key Cast: Stephen Dorff (Blade, World<br />
Trade Center), Neil Jackson (Alexander),<br />
Sarai Givaty (C.S.I.)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
An American man who falls in love with<br />
a Moroccan woman realizes their<br />
romance could cost them both their lives.<br />
<strong>Of</strong>ficial Selection, 2007 Toronto <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival.<br />
MY SEXIEST YEAR<br />
Comedy/Drama (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Howard Himelstein (Power of<br />
Attorney)<br />
Writer: Howard Himelstein (Power of<br />
Attorney, A Good Woman)<br />
Producer: Paul Parmar (Before the Devil<br />
Knows You’re Dead), Michael Cerenzie<br />
(Deuces Wild, Before the Devil Knows<br />
You’re Dead)<br />
Key Cast: Academy Award nominee<br />
Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir<br />
Dogs, <strong>The</strong> Piano, National Treasure),<br />
Frankie Muniz (Agent Cody Banks, <strong>The</strong><br />
Fairly Odd Parents), Amber Valetta<br />
(Hitch, What Lies Beneath), Karolina<br />
Kurkova (Seamless), Haylie Duff<br />
(Napoleon Dynamite)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
An American man who falls in love with<br />
a Moroccan woman realizes their<br />
romance could cost them both their lives.<br />
MY NAME IS BRUCE<br />
Comedy/Horror (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bruce Campbell (Xena:<br />
Warrior Princess, V.I.P.)<br />
Writer: Mark Verheiden (<strong>The</strong> Mask,<br />
Timecop)<br />
Producer: Bruce Campbell (Army of<br />
Darkness, Lunatics: A Love Story), Mike<br />
Richardson (Hellboy, Driftwood)<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Campell (Spider-Man 3,<br />
X-Files, Fargo, Dark Man), Ted Raimi<br />
(Spider-Man 2 & 3)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
Cult Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is<br />
mistaken for his character Ash from the<br />
Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a<br />
real monster in a small town in Oregon.<br />
SPLINTER<br />
http://www.thesplintermovie.com/<br />
Thriller (96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael D. Olmos (<strong>The</strong> Last<br />
Winter)<br />
Writer: Enrique Almeida, Adrian Cruz,<br />
Michael D. Olmos (<strong>The</strong> Last Winter)<br />
Producer: Enrique Almeida, Mark Hall<br />
(Kate’s Addiction), Steven Macht,<br />
Michael D. Olmos (<strong>The</strong> Last Winter)<br />
Key Cast: Tom Sizemore (Saving Private<br />
Ryan, Black Hawk Down) Academy<br />
Award nominee Edward James Olmos<br />
(Selena, Stand and Deliver) Enrique<br />
Almeida (Bruce Almighty), Noel<br />
Gugliemi (Last Rites, S.W.A.T.),<br />
Resmine Atis (Cheaper by the Dozen 2)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: U.S.A.<br />
On the mean streets of LA, two<br />
gangsters cross the path of a confident<br />
rookie cop partnered with a corrupt<br />
veteran, and are caught in a brutal end<br />
game as they discover who is creating<br />
the violent chaos.<br />
IMAGEWORKS<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INT’L<br />
Imageworks Entertainment Int’l, 21910<br />
Plummer St. Chatsworth, Ca. 91311.<br />
United States of America.<br />
Tel: 011.1.818.349.5777.<br />
Fax: 011.1.818.349.6777.<br />
www.imageworksentertainment.com<br />
Producer, distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: David Shoshan (President)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Ingrid Raines<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 0102, Tel: Cell:<br />
33(0)6.86.83.4646, 33(0)4.92.88.2807<br />
LANGUAGE OF<br />
THE ENEMY<br />
Drama/Family (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mitch Davis<br />
Writer: Mitch Davis<br />
Producer: Jim Abrams<br />
Co-production partners: Aldric<br />
La’Auliporter, Mitch Davis<br />
Key Cast: Eion Bailey, F. Murray<br />
Abraham, Linda Hardy, Tovah Feldshuh<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An American Jew visiting Israel to bury<br />
his father takes on a secret service job<br />
but finds himself behind enemy lines<br />
with a Palestinian beauty.<br />
THE DESCENDANT<br />
(88min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Phillippe Spurrell<br />
Writer: Phillippe Spurrell, Joel Miller<br />
Producer: Phililp Spurell<br />
Key Cast: Rob Diloreto,<br />
LLona Garcen, Tadhg MacMahon,<br />
Jim Reid, Rose Ryan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A man visits an old family home and<br />
discovers horrifying secrets that rattles<br />
the entire town.<br />
BLACK CLOUD<br />
Drama (97min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rick Shroder<br />
Writer: Rick Shroder<br />
Producer: Karen Beninati<br />
Key Cast: Eddie Spears, Russell Means,<br />
Julia Jones, Tim McGraw, Rick Schroder<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A Native American boxer fights for a<br />
spot on the US Olympic team while<br />
struggling to come to terms with his<br />
heritage.<br />
THE THIRD NAIL.<br />
www.thethirdnail.com<br />
Crime/Drama (88min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Lewis<br />
Writer: Huntley Ritter and Kevin Lewis<br />
Producer: Jonathan Bross<br />
Key Cast: Huntley Ritter, Krista Allen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A young man is set free after DNA<br />
evidence proves that he didn’t kill two<br />
kids. But when a prison gang is<br />
implicated in his own daughter’s murder,<br />
he struggles with revenge and<br />
redemption.<br />
GUARDING EDDY<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott McKinsey<br />
Writer: Paul Davidson<br />
Producer: Paul Davidson<br />
Key Cast: Brian Presley, Kiko Ellsworth,<br />
Anna Maria Horsford, Lee Garlington<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A developmentally handicapped young<br />
man comes to L.A. to pursue his dream<br />
of playing professional basketball for the<br />
Clippers.<br />
TRUCE<br />
Western/Drama (95min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mathew Marconi<br />
Writer: Mathew Marconi<br />
Producer: Keri Bruno<br />
Co-production partners: Mathew<br />
Marconi<br />
Key Cast: Buck Taylor, Samantha Droke,<br />
Micheala Lange<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Set in the backdrop of the west, a man<br />
struggles to hold on to his ranch and<br />
raise a granddaughter he never knew.<br />
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IMAGINA<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
SALES<br />
Imagina International Sales, Calle<br />
Génova 21,7º, 28004 Madrid, Spain.<br />
Tel: 34.91.308.2260. Fax:<br />
34.91.310.0959. www.imaginasales.tv,<br />
email: info@imagina.tv<br />
Company Type: Sales Agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Jose Huertas (CEO),<br />
Geraldine Gonard (Sales Director), Laura<br />
Miñarro (Sales Manager), Javier Mendez<br />
(Head of New Media), Barbora<br />
Susterova (Sales Executive), Lorena<br />
Molloy (Marketing Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R. 32.31, Tel: 33.0.4.92.99.8803<br />
LEX<br />
Dramedy (9 x 45 min)<br />
Language: Spanish, English subtitled<br />
Director: Daniel Ecija, Jose Ramon<br />
Ayerra, Nuria Bueno<br />
Producer: Globomedia<br />
Key Cast: Javier Camara, Santi Millan,<br />
Nataly Pozas, Kira Miro<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
LEX is an innovative comedy about the<br />
everyday life of an ambitious and<br />
brilliant lawyer’s team.<br />
A DROP IN THE OCEAN (GOTAS<br />
DE VIDA)<br />
Documentary (4 x 45 min – 1 x 90’)<br />
Language: Spanish, English subtitled<br />
Director: Fatima Ovejero<br />
Producer: Mediapro<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Documentary series that uncovers the<br />
stories of 20 people from different<br />
cultures, religions and circumstances.<br />
THE MAN WHO UNFOLDED A<br />
THOUSAND HEARTS (EL<br />
HOMBRE QUE DESPLEGO MIL<br />
CORAZONES)<br />
Documentary (1 x 52’)<br />
Language: Spanish, English subtitled<br />
Director: Dani Resines<br />
Producer: MEDIA 3.14<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
A family doctor in Spain toiled alone<br />
during 20 years until he discovered the<br />
structure of the human heart.<br />
SKETCHES STRIP (LA TIRA)<br />
Sketches<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Producer: Globomedia<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Sketches TV program made by four<br />
different comic stories, each of them<br />
located in a different place, which reflect<br />
daily situations and people.<br />
THE MIRROR (EL ESPEJO)<br />
Drama (1 x 79’)<br />
Language: Spanish, English subtitled<br />
Director: Alex Sampayo<br />
Producer: Oberon Cinematografica<br />
Key Cast: Pedro Alonso, Leticia Dolera,<br />
Nuria Prims<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
What would happen if mirrors keep<br />
everything the have ever seen reflected<br />
on the inside?<br />
IMAGINATION<br />
WORLDWIDE, LLC<br />
Imagination Worldwide, LLC, 9107<br />
Wilshire Blvd., Suite 625, Beverly Hills,<br />
CA 90210 USA. Tel: 310.888.3494. Fax:<br />
310.859.7173. www.imagination-llc.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Pierre David (Chairman &<br />
CEO), Tom Berry (Co-Chairman),<br />
Lawrence Goebel (President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: IFTA STAND No. 01.02, Tel:<br />
04.92.88.8207<br />
ZALMAN KING’S BODY<br />
LANGUAGE<br />
http://www.imagination-llc.com<br />
Erotic Drama (13X30)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Zalman King<br />
Writer: Beth Matenko<br />
Producer: Tom Berry, David Saunders,<br />
Pierre David, Max Delouise, Neil<br />
Bregman<br />
Key Cast: Jessica Rimmer<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Adventures in the world of exotic<br />
dancing…a daring new series by the<br />
master of the Zalman King.<br />
DIM SUM FUNERAL<br />
http://www.imagination-llc.com<br />
Family Drama / Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anna Chi<br />
Producer: Tom Bery<br />
Key Cast: Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Steph<br />
Song, Russell Wong and Talia Shire<br />
Pre_ProductionPre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
After discovering that their inheritance<br />
depends on providing a traditional<br />
Chinese funeral, the various members of<br />
Mrs. Lu’s family are pitted against each<br />
other in a comedic and moving tale of<br />
siblings at war.<br />
DEAD AT 17<br />
http://www.imagination-llc.com<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Douglas Jackson<br />
Producer: Pierre David, Louis A.<br />
Massicotte<br />
Key Cast: Barbara Niven, Linden Ashby,<br />
Catherine Mary Stewart, Danielle Kind,<br />
Cynthia Preston, John Bregar and Ashley<br />
Jones<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
When Alyssa finds out that her son Jason<br />
has killed himself, she’s stunned.<br />
Deciding to launch her own investigation<br />
she slowly begins to unravel the truth—a<br />
truth that no one else wants exposed…<br />
A TEACHER’S CRIME<br />
http://www.imagination-llc.com<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Malenfant<br />
Producer: Pierre David, Tom Berry<br />
Key Cast: Ashley Jones, Chris Mulkey<br />
and Eric Knudsen<br />
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Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Carrie is an attractive high school<br />
teacher who can attest that teaching is no<br />
easy task. And it’s about to get more<br />
complicated than she ever imagined<br />
when she becomes close to one of her<br />
male students and blackmailed by his<br />
shady uncle.<br />
THE VANGUARD<br />
http://www.vanguardmovie.com<br />
Action/horror (91 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matthew Hope<br />
Producer: Matthew Hope<br />
Key Cast: Ray Bullock Jnr, Shiv Grewal,<br />
Emma Choy and Steve Weston<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
In the war between the army and the<br />
mutants, only one man can determine the<br />
outcome.<br />
INTRAMOVIES<br />
Intramovies, Via E. Manfredi 15, Rome<br />
00197 Italy. Tel: 39.06.807.61.57. Fax:<br />
39.06.807.61.56.<br />
http://www.intramovies.com, email:<br />
mail@intramovies.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Micaela Fusco (VP-<br />
International Sales), Federica Mei<br />
(Director of TV Sales), Marco Valerio<br />
Fusco (Sales Coordinator)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R.3617, Tel: 33.04.92.99.88.37<br />
CARDIOFITNESS<br />
Romantic Comedy (82 min)<br />
Language: Italian w/ English Subtitles<br />
Director: Fabio Tagliavia<br />
Writer: Barbara Frandino, Lucia Moisio,<br />
Marco Ponti<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rai Cinema -<br />
Palomar<br />
Key Cast: Nicoletta Romanoff, Federico<br />
Costantini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An irrepressible passion blossoms<br />
between 27 year-old aspiring Writer:<br />
Stefania, and Stefano, a 15 year-old high<br />
school student.<br />
BIUTIFUL CAUNTRY<br />
Documentary (72 min)<br />
Language: Italian W/English Subtitles<br />
Director: Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea<br />
D’Ambrosio, Peppe Ruggiero<br />
Producer: Lumiere<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
<strong>The</strong> waste scandal which has been<br />
poisoning one of the most beautiful and<br />
famous corners of Italy continues to<br />
make headlines in world news. But the<br />
problem of waste still remains: a<br />
threatening disaster to mankind.<br />
ANITA A LIFE FOR GARIBALDI<br />
(ANITA)<br />
Drama – Adventure (90 min)<br />
Language: Italian W/ English Subtitles<br />
Director: Aurelio Grimaldi<br />
Writer: Roberto Leoni e Aurelio<br />
Grimaldi<br />
Producer: ISVEMA<br />
Key Cast: Maurizio Aiello, Milena<br />
Toscano, Ignazio Oliva,Nicola Siri<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy - Brazil<br />
Brazil 1839. Anita, is a bubbly and<br />
passionate 18-year girl, who dreams to<br />
leave the small town where she lives.<br />
THE JOURNEY OF JESUS (IL<br />
VIAGGIO DI GESU)<br />
Documentary (85 min)<br />
Language: Italian w/ English Subtitles<br />
Director: Sergio Basso<br />
Producer: Rai Cinema - Fidia <strong>Film</strong><br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Today, the places where he preached are<br />
the theatre of war, incomprehension,<br />
hostility and narrow-mindedness.<br />
REBECCA (REBECCA THE FIRST<br />
WIFE)<br />
Thriller (2 x 100 min)<br />
Language: Italian w/ English Subtitles<br />
Director: Riccardo Milani<br />
Producer: Titanus - Rai<br />
Key Cast: Cristiana Capotondi - Alessio<br />
Boni<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Remake of Hitchock’s masterpiece<br />
“REBECCA” is a TV movie in two<br />
episodes of 90 min.<br />
ISTITUTO LUCE<br />
Istituto Luce, Via Tuscolana 1055, 00173<br />
Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06.7299.2213. Fax:<br />
39.06.722.2493. www.luce.it, email<br />
commerciale2@luce.it<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Cristina Cassano (Istituto<br />
Luce International Sales), Mobile<br />
39.320.7678693<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Italian Pavillon Anica/ICE at<br />
Riviera 36.17<br />
ORME ROSSE – FERRARI<br />
Documentary (55’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Directed by Rubino Rubini<br />
Production: Istituto Luce and Ferrari<br />
<strong>The</strong> documentary describes how Ferrari<br />
brand has become a modern “myth”<br />
thanks to its worldwide distribution.<br />
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LAMBRETTA<br />
Documentary (53’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Directed by Enrico Settimi<br />
Production: Istituto Luce, Fox<br />
International Channels Italy, Storyfinders<br />
and Suttvuess<br />
<strong>The</strong> rise and fall of an Italian dream<br />
FOREVER VESPA<br />
Documentary (52’)<br />
Versions available: Italian and Italian<br />
with English subtitles, Italian with<br />
French subtitles<br />
Directed by Pippo Cappellano and<br />
Marina Cappabianca<br />
Produced by Capmar Studios, Istituto<br />
Luce and RAI Educational<br />
Vespa is still a cult object worldwide<br />
even for the younger generations, a<br />
vehicle capable of changing its look<br />
while keeping its own familiar design.<br />
AUSCHWITZ 2006<br />
Documentary (55’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Directed by Saverio Costanzo<br />
Produced by Mario Gianani – An Istituto<br />
Luce and <strong>Of</strong>fside Production<br />
<strong>The</strong> mayor of Rome, the Hebraic<br />
Community of Rome, in collaboration<br />
with the Associazione Nazionale ex<br />
Deportati (ANED) organized also in<br />
2006 a journey/study to the death camp<br />
Auschwitz/Birkenau for about 250<br />
students from the Roman schools.<br />
CNA - ITINERANT DIGITAL<br />
CINEMA IN AFRICA<br />
Current affairs (48’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian/French,<br />
Italian/French with English subtitles<br />
Directed by Francesco Ruggeri<br />
Production: Donalda<br />
<strong>The</strong> documentary describes the activity<br />
of CNA volunteers, an association<br />
operating in Benin and other countries of<br />
the same area, in support of childhood<br />
through amusement.<br />
HERCULANEUM<br />
History- Archaeology (52’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Directed by Marcellino de Baggis<br />
Production: Onionskin<br />
This film tells the story of the<br />
excavations at Herculaneum, following<br />
Amedeo Maiuri, the archaeologist who<br />
in little more than 30 years brought to<br />
light the Roman city, which had been<br />
destroyed along with Pompeii by the<br />
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.<br />
NAZIS IN ROME<br />
Documentary (55’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Directed by Mary Mirka Milo<br />
Production Istituto Luce and Light<br />
History<br />
8 September 1943: the radio transmitted<br />
the news of the armistice with the allied<br />
forces. Two days later Rome was<br />
occupied by Nazi troops.<br />
HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC<br />
CHURCH<br />
Documentary (20eps x25’) or(10epsx50’)<br />
Directed by: Luca De Mata, Mauro De<br />
Gioia, Francesco Muraglia<br />
Supervision by H.E. Msgr. Mauro<br />
Piacenza<br />
A documentary in several episodes on<br />
the history of the Catholic Church,<br />
told by today’s leaders in settings that<br />
have witnessed 2000 years of catholic<br />
history.<br />
THE HISTORY OF FASCISM<br />
Documentary (8 chapters x 54’)<br />
Versions available: Italian and English<br />
Directed by Folco Quilici<br />
L’ABBUFFATA<br />
Comedy (100’)<br />
Versions Available: Italian, Italian with<br />
English subtitles, Italian with French<br />
subtitles<br />
Directed by Mimmo Calopresti –<br />
(“Volevo solo vivere” / “I only wanted to<br />
live” – Cannes <strong>Film</strong> Festival 2006 –<br />
International Competition / “La seconda<br />
volta” / “<strong>The</strong> second time” Cannes <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 1995 – International<br />
Competition)<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Diamante, a small town in Calabria,<br />
southern Italy. Hardly an exciting place.<br />
Gabriele, Marco and Nicola are three<br />
youngsters, who would like to shoot a<br />
movie.<br />
J<br />
JANSON MEDIA<br />
Janson Media, 88 Semmens Road,<br />
Harrington Park, NJ 07640 USA. Tel:<br />
1.201.784.8488. Fax: 1.201.784.3993.<br />
www.janson.com, email:<br />
info@janson.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Stephen Janson (President),<br />
Zara Janson (Vice President), Lynne<br />
Warshavsky (Manager, Contracts &<br />
Administration, Int’l Sales), Betsy Van<br />
Ost (Director, Video/DVD), James Lyle<br />
(Consultant)<br />
SECRET WORLD OF WELLNESS<br />
Health (3 x 50’)<br />
Producer: Langbein & Skalnik Media<br />
Language: English, German<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Austria/Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> dream of eternal beauty. <strong>The</strong> desire<br />
to defy death. This 3-hour series brings<br />
the magic of some of the world’s most<br />
advanced early cultures back to life:<br />
China, Rome and India.<br />
AMERICA’S TEAM: BEING A U.S.<br />
AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRD<br />
Adventure (1 x 60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Paul Federick Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir awe-inspiring demonstrations are<br />
seen by millions of people all over the<br />
world. Few however get to witness what<br />
it takes behind the scenes to safely<br />
execute their dazzling air show.<br />
TRAVEL WITH KIDS<br />
Health (26 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Equator Creative Media<br />
Year of Production: 2007, 2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
An entertaining yet practical travel<br />
adventure program featuring two real life<br />
kid brothers and their parents traveling to<br />
well known, and off the tourist track<br />
destinations.<br />
GREAT DECISIONS<br />
Current Affairs (8 x 30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Foreign Policy Association<br />
Year of Production: 2007 ongoing,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Now in its 22nd season in the U.S., the<br />
Great Decisions television series is the<br />
longest running television program<br />
devoted solely to international affairs<br />
and foreign policy.<br />
JINGA FILMS LTD<br />
Jinga <strong>Film</strong>s Ltd, 22 Carnaby Street,<br />
London W1F 7DB United Kingdom. Tel:<br />
44.20.7287.00.50. Fax: 44.20.7494.9492.<br />
http://www.jingafilms.com, email:<br />
info@jingafilms.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Rosana Coutinho (Sales &<br />
Acquisition)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H 435, Tel: 33.4.9299.8596. Fax:<br />
33.4.9299.8597<br />
EXODUS<br />
http://www.jingafilms.com<br />
Sci-Fi Thriller (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Penny Woolcock<br />
Writer: Penny Woolcock<br />
Producer: Artangel, Co-Production<br />
Partners: Channel 4<br />
Key Cast: Bernard Hill<br />
Chare-Hope Ashitey<br />
Danil Percival<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 5.6m<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
In this nightmare vision of the future,<br />
neo-fascist politician (Bernard Hill)<br />
clears the streets of immigrants confining<br />
them in a ghetto called Dreamland.<br />
JETSAM<br />
http://www.jingafilms.com<br />
Thriller (84 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Simon Welsford<br />
Writer: Simon Welsford<br />
Producer: Sonny DeVille<br />
Key Cast: Alex Reid, Shauna<br />
Macdonald, Jamie Draven, Cal<br />
Macaninch and Adam Shaw<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 1.0m<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
A woman is washed onto a desolate<br />
beach, as she tries to piece her memory<br />
together she finds her answers in an<br />
unrelenting world of spies betrayal and<br />
obsession.<br />
SUMMER SCARS<br />
http://www.jingafilms.com<br />
Coming-<strong>Of</strong>-Age Thriller (75’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Julian Richards<br />
Writer: Al Wilson<br />
Producer: Sabina Sattar<br />
Key Cast: Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce,<br />
Amy Harvey<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 1.0m<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
In this dark coming-of-age thriller six<br />
fourteen year old kids play truant in the<br />
woods where they are befriended by a<br />
drifter whose behaviour becomes<br />
increasingly suspect.<br />
KELLER<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
GROUP<br />
Keller Entertainment Group, 1093<br />
Broxton Avenue, Suite 246, Los Angeles,<br />
CA 90024 USA. Tel: 1.310.443.2226.<br />
Fax: 1.310.443.2226,<br />
www.kellerentertainmentgroup.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Max Keller (CEO),<br />
Micheline Keller (President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />
1362: THE KENSINGTON ENIGMA<br />
www.kellerentertainmentgroup.com<br />
Documentary (87 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edwin Larson<br />
Writer: Edwin Larson<br />
Co-Production Partners: Nicholas Geist<br />
Producer: Edwin Larson. Nicholas Geist<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Long before Columbus set sail,<br />
Norsemen established settementsin North<br />
America. This controversial<br />
documentary provides undisputable hard<br />
evidence of these voyagers.<br />
EYE FOR AN EYE<br />
kellerentertainment.com<br />
Reality Based, Comedy (157x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Atlas World<br />
Wide<br />
Producer: Scott Kirkpatrick<br />
Key Cast: Judge “Extreme” Akim<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Reality. Judge Akim never awards his<br />
litigants money, instead he offers pay<br />
back of monumental proportions.<br />
THE WOODPECKER WALTZ<br />
http://www.kellerentertainmentgroup.co<br />
m<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: Dan Leonetti<br />
Producer: Max Keller / Micheline Keller<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
In modern times, a writer, Robert Perske,<br />
investigates a brutal rape and ax murder<br />
of a young girl in Colorado in 1936. He<br />
visits a very old prison guard, Roy<br />
Montgomery, who has a treasure chest of<br />
information on the case. Roy in<br />
flashback, recalls the story.<br />
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KEYSTONE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Keystone Entertainment, 3RD Floor,<br />
2339 Columbia St Vancouver, B.C. V5Y<br />
3Y3 Canada. Tel: 1.604.873.9739. Fax:<br />
1.604.873.5919. www.keypics.com,<br />
email: films@keypics.com<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nolan Pielak (VP Worldwide<br />
Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Nolan Pielak (VP<br />
Worldwide Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: IFTA Booth, Tel: 1.778.829.8424<br />
ANNIE THE MAGICAL NANNIE<br />
www.keypics.com<br />
Family (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anna McRoberts<br />
Writer: Anna McRoberts<br />
Co-production partners: Keystone<br />
Entertainment, Western Post Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Preproduction<br />
Budget: USD $5 Mill<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
<strong>The</strong> creators of Disney’s Air Buddies<br />
presents the all new enchanting story of<br />
Annie, the adorable chimpanzee assistant<br />
from Papa the Magician’s magic show,<br />
who by a twist of fate mistakenly ends<br />
up on the Governor’s doorstep just as his<br />
mischievous children have driven their<br />
last nanny out of town.<br />
KINOWELT<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
GMBH<br />
Kinowelt International GmbH, Karl-<br />
Tauchnitz-Str. 10, Leipzig 04107<br />
Germany. Tel: 0049.341.355.960.<br />
Fax: 0049.341.355.96.419.<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de,<br />
email: filmverlag@kinowelt.de<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Stelios Ziannis (Head of<br />
World Sales and Acquisitions), Dr.<br />
Rainer Koelmel (Buyer), Dr. Michael<br />
Koelmel (Buyer), Barbara Knabe<br />
(Director TV Sales GSE), Anne Kerstan<br />
(Assistant World Sales, <strong>Business</strong> Affairs)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais des Festivals, German<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s Umbrella Stand, 01.15 - Basement<br />
Stand, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.82.02.<br />
Fax: 33(0)4.92.99.86.08<br />
REVERSE SHOT - REBELLION OF<br />
THE FILMMAKERS<br />
(GEGENSCHUSS - AUFBRUCH DER<br />
FILMEMACHER)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Documentary (118 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Dominik Wessely, Laurens<br />
Straub<br />
Writer: Dominik Wessely, Laurens<br />
Straub, Rainer Koelmel<br />
Co-Production Partners: <strong>Film</strong>verlag der<br />
Autoren, BR/arte, WDR<br />
Producer: Rainer Koelmel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 1.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
A documentary motion picture that tells<br />
the story of the exceptional author<br />
collective known as <strong>Film</strong>verlag der<br />
Autoren. With interviews from Wim<br />
Wenders, Hark Bohm, Rainer Werner<br />
Fassbinder and others.<br />
G8 - FENCED OFF (DER ZAUN)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Documentary (70 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Andreas Horn, Armin<br />
Marewski<br />
Writer: Andreas Horn, Armin Marewski<br />
Co-Production Partners: ZDF, 3sat<br />
Producer: Rainer Koelmel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 500.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
“G8-Fenced off” addresses last year’s G8<br />
summit and the state of democracy in the<br />
zone along the 13-kilometer-long fence<br />
at Heiligendamm.<br />
TWO MOTHERS - THE SEARCH<br />
BEGAN IN RIGA (MEINE<br />
MUETTER - SPURENSUCHE IN<br />
RIGA)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Documentary (87 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Rosa von Praunheim<br />
Writer: Rosa von Praunheim<br />
Co-Production Partners: RBB, HR<br />
Rundfunk<br />
Producer: Rosa von Praunheim<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 500.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
An emotional documentary by Rosa von<br />
Praunheim who decides to search for his<br />
true mother in Riga, after 63 years.<br />
HEAD UNDER WATER<br />
(FREISCHWIMMER)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Thriller (110 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Andreas Kleinert<br />
Writer: Thomas Wendrich<br />
Co-Production Partners: WDR<br />
Producer: Kathrin Bullemer<br />
Key Cast: Frederick Lau, August Diehl,<br />
Fritzi Haberlandt, Alice Dwyer, Dagmar<br />
Manzel, Devid Striesow, Traute Hoess,<br />
Juergen Tarrach<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 3.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
An absorbing thriller by Andreas<br />
Kleinert about two outsiders who come<br />
together to make the unbelievable<br />
become reality.<br />
THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE<br />
(DAS SICHTBARE UND DAS<br />
UNSICHTBARE)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Drama (118 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Rudolf Thome<br />
Writer: Rudolf Thome<br />
Producer: Moana-<strong>Film</strong> GmbH<br />
Key Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Guntram<br />
Brattia, Anna Kubin, Hansa Czypionka<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 2.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
A film by Rudolf Thome about two<br />
painters and their chaotic life involving<br />
money, alcohol and forbidden love<br />
affairs.<br />
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http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Action Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: Russian<br />
Director: Alexander Gornovsky<br />
Writer: Dmitry Sobolev<br />
Producer: Irina Smolko<br />
Key Cast: Ilya Lubimov, Oskar Kuchera,<br />
Galina Tyunina, Maxim Sukhanov<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 2.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Russia<br />
Andey, a Moscow yuppie, smokes out an<br />
entire pack of cigarettes. With each<br />
cigarette the storm of events and<br />
conflicts Andrey is involved in becomes<br />
more and more violent.<br />
THE ONLY ONE (VIDANGE<br />
PERDUE)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Dramedy (88 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven<br />
Writer: Jaques Boon, Geoffrey Enthoven<br />
Producer: Mariano Vanhoof<br />
Key Cast: Nand Buyl, Viviane de<br />
Muynck, Marijke Pinoy, Leo Achten,<br />
Misée Wyns<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 2.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Belgium<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Only One” is a Belgian expression<br />
which is best translated as “empties are<br />
not refunded”. This movie is the story of<br />
an old man who can’t accept that he is<br />
growing older and who revolts against<br />
the absurdity of life.<br />
SHOESLAPPING IN AFRICA<br />
(PLATTLN IN UMTATA)<br />
http://www.kinowelt-international.de<br />
Documentary (93 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Peter Heller<br />
Writer: Peter Heller<br />
Co-Production Partners: BR, WDR,<br />
Goethe Institute Johannesburg<br />
Producer: Peter Heller<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 500.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany, South Africa<br />
<strong>The</strong> documentary follows the Biermoesl<br />
Blosn, a Bavarian folklore band, to<br />
Africa.<br />
KOAN<br />
Koan, P.O. Box 982557, Park City, UT<br />
84098 USA. Tel: 435.645.7244. Fax:<br />
435.645.8644. http://www.koaninc.com,<br />
email: sales@koaninc.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Gil Aglaure (President),<br />
Tamara Bell (Vice President), Devin<br />
Carter (Director of sales), Paul Madsen<br />
(Acquisition)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 25.06, Tel: 04.9299.8263<br />
IMPRINT<br />
http://www.imprintmovie.com<br />
Thriller (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Linn<br />
Writer: Keith Davenport, Michael Linn<br />
Co-Production Partners: Toby Brusseau,<br />
Keith Davenport, Lary T Pourier<br />
Producer: Chris Eyre, Carolyn Linn<br />
Key Cast: Tonantzin Carmelo, Carla-Rae<br />
Holland, Michael Spears<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Shayla Stonefeather a Native American<br />
attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a<br />
controversial murder trial. After the teen<br />
is killed, she hears ghostly voices and<br />
sees strange visions.<br />
BERKELEY<br />
http://www.berkeley.com<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bobby Roth<br />
Writer: Bobby Roth<br />
Producer: Bobby Roth, jefrey White<br />
Key Cast: Henry Winkler, Nick Roth,<br />
Laura Jordan, Sarah Carter<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet (Nick<br />
Roth), an eighteen year old boy who<br />
comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study<br />
accounting and to avoid the draft.<br />
WORK AND THE FLORY TRILOGY<br />
Romance/Drama (110 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Russell Holt<br />
Writer: Russell Holt, Gerald N Lund<br />
Producer: Scott Swofford<br />
Key Cast: Sam Hennings, Brenda<br />
Strong, Eric Johnson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, 2005, 2006,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> Work and the Glory follow the<br />
history of the fictional Steed family as<br />
they relocate from up state New York to<br />
Missouri being persecuted for their<br />
beliefs.<br />
THE FALLEN<br />
Action/Drama/War (112 min)<br />
Language: English, w/German & Italian<br />
subtitles<br />
Director: Ari Taub<br />
Writer: Nick Day, Calio Ribeiro<br />
Co-Production Partners: Donny Epstein,<br />
Yeeshai Gross, Elie Landau<br />
Producer: Curtis Mattikow<br />
Key Cast: Daniel Asher, Matthew Black,<br />
Nathan Crooker, Frank Licari<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
INFECTED<br />
RHI ENTERTAINMENT<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Germany/Italy<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fallen is a three sided story about<br />
German, Italian, and American soldiers,<br />
set in northern Italy during the final<br />
weeks of the World War II.<br />
LOOKING FOR ANGELINA<br />
http://www.lookingforangelina.com<br />
Drama (85 min)<br />
Language: English/Italian<br />
Director: Sergio Navarretta<br />
Writer: Frank Canino, Alessandra<br />
Piccione<br />
Producer: Sergio Navarretta, Alessandra<br />
Piccione<br />
Key Cast: Lina Giornofelice, Alvaro<br />
D’Antonio, Leslie Carlson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: USA/ Canada<br />
Looking for Angelina is based on one of<br />
the most important murder trials in<br />
Canada. Angelina Napolitano murdered<br />
her husband with an axe and was<br />
sentenced to be executed.<br />
L<br />
LAKESHORE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Lakeshore Entertainment, 9268 W Third<br />
St., Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA.<br />
Tel: 310.867.8000. Fax: 310.300.3015.<br />
http://www.lakeshoreentertainment.com,<br />
email:<br />
sales@lakeshoreentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Elisabeth Costa de<br />
Beauregard Rose (Senior Vice<br />
President), Jonathan Deckter (Senior<br />
Vice President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 07.08-09.07, Tel: 04.92.99.83.01<br />
CARMEN ELECTRA’S AEROBIC<br />
STRIPTEASE SERIES: VEGAS<br />
STRIP AND IN THE BEDROOM<br />
http://aerobicstriptease.com/<br />
Fitness/Special Interest (30 & 75 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Hosted by Carmen Electra<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Strip your way into fitness! Get strong<br />
and feel sexy with the wildly popular<br />
and sensual workout sensation that<br />
combines fat-burning exercises with the<br />
hottest moves from exotic dance.<br />
AMAZING GRACE<br />
Drama (111 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Michael Apted<br />
Writer: Steven Knight<br />
Producer: Edward Pressman, Terrence<br />
Malick, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt,<br />
Ken Wales<br />
Key Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai,<br />
Ciarin Hinds, Rufus Sewell, Youssou<br />
N’Dour with Michael Gambon and<br />
Albert Finney<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: United Kingdom<br />
In the late 18th Century, a young British<br />
politician’s life is changed forever after a<br />
chance meeting with an ex-slave<br />
convinces him to launch a nationwide<br />
movement to abolish slavery.<br />
WORLD’S GREATEST MAGIC I-V<br />
Magic (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Hosted by John Ritter with<br />
World Class Magicians<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Be prepared to be astounded as the<br />
world’s greatest magicians gather and<br />
create a magic show that will amaze and<br />
excite all audiences. 18 magicians from<br />
around the world perform their best on<br />
stage.<br />
SHORT STORY CINEMA<br />
Short <strong>Film</strong> Series 58 x (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire,<br />
Uma Thurman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Short Story Cinema bravely takes the art<br />
of the short story and raises it to new<br />
cinematic heights.<br />
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK<br />
Drama (103 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joan Chen<br />
Writer: Allison Burnett<br />
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary<br />
Lucchesi, Amy Robinson<br />
Key Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder,<br />
Anthony LaPaglia<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2000, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When a wealthy NYC playboy meets a<br />
beautiful art student, he’s drawn into a<br />
passionate affair. When he tries to end it,<br />
he discovers her dark secret – she is<br />
dying of a terminal illness.<br />
LATO SENSU<br />
<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
LATO SENSU Productions, 5 rue des<br />
nouvelles écoles 69290 Grézieu la<br />
Varenne - 4 rue des Capucines 05000<br />
Gap. Tel: 33.478.446.235. Fax:<br />
33.478.446.235. www.latosensu.tv, email:<br />
contact@latosensu.tv<br />
Producer<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Muriel BARRA (producer)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Région PACA, Tel:<br />
33.663.939.759<br />
CHANGEMAKERS, ACT FOR THE<br />
PLANET<br />
Documentary series (10x52’00)<br />
Language: english, french<br />
Director: Sylvain BRAUN<br />
Writer: Sylvain BRAUN<br />
Producer: Muriel BARRA<br />
Co-production partners: Vic Pelletier<br />
Productions (Québec)<br />
Delivery Status: Preproduction<br />
Budget: 2.300.000 $<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France-Canada<br />
A world tour with the women and men<br />
who change the world – in a sustainable<br />
way. Far from the catastrophe theories,<br />
the aim of this series is to show a<br />
realistic and optimistic way for living in<br />
a better world.<br />
VINYLMANIA<br />
Documentary (1x52’00)<br />
Language: italian, french, english<br />
Director: Paolo Campana<br />
Writer: Paolo Campana<br />
Producer: Muriel BARRA<br />
Co-production partners: Stefilm (Italy)<br />
Delivery Status: Preproduction<br />
Budget: 260.000 $<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Vinylmania is a trip into the passion for<br />
records. A psychedelic documentary<br />
about the search for an identity, one<br />
more cry against the “fast-food” MP3<br />
music.<br />
TALES AND LEGENDS FROM THE<br />
MOUNTAINS<br />
Docu-fiction (10x6’00)<br />
Language: french, italian, german,<br />
slovenian<br />
Director: different per each country<br />
Producer: Muriel BARRA<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Budget: 950.000 $<br />
Year of Production: 2008-2009, Country<br />
of Origin: France<br />
A travel trough tales and legends from<br />
the Alps. A cultural collection inspired<br />
by different directors from each country.<br />
LOST SOLDIERS<br />
Documentary (1x52’00)<br />
Language: french, german, english<br />
Director: Sylvain BRAUN<br />
Writer: Nicolas BIDEAU<br />
Producer: Muriel BARRA<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Budget: 450.000 $<br />
Year of Production: 2008-2009, Country<br />
of Origin: France<br />
While following the road of a woman<br />
who tried to understand who was his<br />
father, this documentary tells the history<br />
of colonial wars seen by soldiers from all<br />
sides.<br />
LIFESIZE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Lifesize Entertainment, 194 Elmwood<br />
Dr., Suite 2, Parsippany, NJ 07054 USA.<br />
Tel: 1.973.884.4884. Fax:<br />
1.973.428.9550.<br />
http://www.lifesizeentertainment.com,<br />
info@lifesizeentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Bruce Frigeri (President),<br />
Marc Hughes (Sales & Acquisitions<br />
Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 06.27<br />
FEAR HOUSE<br />
http://www.myspace.com/fearhouse<br />
Horror (85’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Morris<br />
Writer: Mike Morris<br />
Co-Production Partners: Lifesize<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Jim McNally, Bruce Frigeri<br />
Key Cast: Aleece Jones, Matthew Stiller,<br />
Olivia Price, Matthew Montgomery,<br />
Merdith Barnett, Kiersten Hall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Friends and family pursue an estranged<br />
Writer: to an isolated house only to find<br />
that, once they’ve entered, their own<br />
fears will kill them if they try to leave.<br />
SLIPPERY SLOPE<br />
http://www.slipperyslopethemovie.com<br />
Comedy (80’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sarah Schenck<br />
Writer: Sarah Schenck<br />
Producer: Lynn Appelle, John Finley<br />
Key Cast: Kelly Hutchinson, Jim True-<br />
Frost, Wes Ramsey, Leslie Lyles, Laila<br />
Robins<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A sexy comedy about an uptight young<br />
feminist filmmaker who secretly takes a<br />
job directing adult films to raise funds<br />
for her documentary.<br />
MONSTER CAMP<br />
http://www.monstercampthemovie.com<br />
Documentary (81’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Cullen Hoback<br />
Producer: Aaron Kirk Douglas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Slay Normalcy, Save the World.<br />
Welcome to Monster Camp, the true<br />
story about a world where people<br />
transform into creatures, heroes, and<br />
monsters to escape their daily lives.<br />
MILLIONS (A LOTTERY STORY)<br />
http://www.lanterneye.com/millions/inde<br />
x.html<br />
Documentary (100’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul LeBlanc<br />
Producer: Jordan Katon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Follows the lives of six different big<br />
money winners to enable audiences to<br />
see in detail just how dramatically lifechanging<br />
the experience can be for the<br />
average person.<br />
LIGHTWORKS<br />
PROGRAM<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
Lightworks Program Distribution<br />
incorporating Sandra Carter Global, 2<br />
Rector Street, 18th floor, New York, NY<br />
10006 USA. Tel: 212.485.8500. Fax:<br />
212.485.8521.<br />
www.lightworksdistribution.com, email:<br />
sales@lightworksdistribution.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: David Dreilinger (President<br />
and CEO Lightworks Enterprises, Inc.),<br />
John Cuddihy (President and Managing<br />
Director), Sandra Carter (Executive Vice<br />
President New <strong>Business</strong> Development),<br />
Barbara Ann Toffolo (Marketing<br />
Director), Daniella Kilim (Director of<br />
Sales – Europe), Jamie Gao (Director of<br />
Sales - Asia)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R29.17<br />
FLORENCE<br />
NIGHTINGALE<br />
Docudrama/HD (1 x 60’)<br />
Prepare to be moved by an international<br />
heroine you only thought you knew.<br />
AIRSHOW EXTREME<br />
Entertainment/HD (1 x 60’)<br />
Airshow is an hour long program shot in HD<br />
featuring heart pounding, death-defying<br />
aerobatics that highlight all types of air show<br />
aircraft – many rarely seen in such detail.<br />
RADIO PIRATES<br />
Documentary/HD (1 x 60’)<br />
This documentary of rock-n-roll history<br />
highlights “Swinging Radio England”<br />
one of the original offshore pirate radio<br />
stations in the UK during the mid 60’s.<br />
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RED CARPET REPORTER<br />
Entertainment (Episode 52 x 30’ -<br />
Vignette: 152 x 80”)<br />
Celebrity gossip, Star fashion,<br />
Hollywood updates, glamour…<strong>The</strong><br />
show’s several sections cover every<br />
exciting red carpet detail: Star Glitter:<br />
Diamonds are a star’s best friend.<br />
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<br />
(Episode Weekly x 30’, Vignette:<br />
152 x 80”)<br />
Become an entertainment insider with<br />
these informative vignettes, straight from<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hollywood Reporter. See interviews<br />
with the top stars, go on the sets of new<br />
blockbuster films, and walk the red<br />
carpets at all of the gala premieres.<br />
M<br />
MAINLINE<br />
RELEASING/LIGHTN<br />
ING<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Mainline Releasing/Lightning<br />
Entertainment, 301 Arizona Avenue,<br />
Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90401<br />
USA. Tel: 1.310.255.7999. Fax:<br />
1.310.255.7298. http://www.lightningent.com,<br />
email: info@lightning-ent.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mathilde Aupetit (Director,<br />
International Sales), Sonia Mehandjiyska<br />
(Director, International Sales), Marc<br />
Greenberg (President), Ken Boenish<br />
(President)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R30.31, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8847,<br />
Mathilde Aupetit cell: 310.266.9987<br />
DIARY OF A SERIAL KILLER<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Andy Hurst<br />
Producer: Ralph Portillo, Jamie Elliott<br />
Key Cast: Chloe Snyder, Mark Hengst,<br />
Andreas Beckett<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Tormented by the serial killer who took<br />
her Mother’s life, Journalist Laura<br />
Nelson investigates the only clue he ever<br />
leaves behind at his crime scenes; his<br />
diary pages.<br />
KEMPER, THE CO-ED KILLER<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rick Bitzelberger<br />
Writer: Jack Perez<br />
Producer: Jamie Elliott<br />
Key Cast: Robert Sichko, Christopher<br />
Stapleton Patricia Place<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An ordinary man leading a routine life,<br />
no one is more surprised by the fact that<br />
Ed Kemper is responsible for the<br />
gruesome murders than his friend<br />
Detective Tom Harris.<br />
HAUNTED ECHOES<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Harry Bromley-Davenport<br />
Writer: Rachel Calendar<br />
Producer: Mike Snyder<br />
Key Cast: Sean Young, David Starzyk,<br />
M. Emmet Walsh, Felix Williamson,<br />
Barbara Bain, Julier Landau<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Suffering the loss of their child at the<br />
hands of a killer devastates Guy and<br />
Laura Dykstra. To start a new life, the<br />
couple moves into a home in desperate<br />
need of repair, hoping the project will<br />
help them heal.<br />
ANAMORPH<br />
Thriller (103 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: H. S. Miller<br />
Writer: H. S. Miller, Tom Phelan<br />
Producer: Marissa McMahon<br />
Key Cast: Willem Dafoe, Scott<br />
Speedman, Peter Stormare, Clea Duvall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Detective Stan Aubray is brought back<br />
into investigative work to solve a series<br />
of murders similar in style to those of a<br />
serial killer he thought he put away 5<br />
years earlier.<br />
BLACK IRISH<br />
Drama (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brad Gann<br />
Writer: Brad Gann<br />
Producer: J. Todd Harris<br />
Key Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Michael<br />
Anganaro, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo,<br />
Emily VanCamp, Michale Rispoli<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Sixteen-year-old Cole McKay’s struggle<br />
for independence is put to the test as his<br />
South Boston Irish-Catholic family<br />
implodes around him.<br />
COUGAR CLUB<br />
Comedy (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher Duddy<br />
Writer: Christopher Duddy, Glen W.<br />
Garland<br />
Producer: Glen W. Garland, Christopher<br />
Duddy<br />
Key Cast: Joe Mantegna, Faye Dunaway,<br />
Loretta Devine, Warren Cole<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
When Spence and Hogan graduate from<br />
college, life looks bleak. As luck would<br />
have it, the guys are presented with an<br />
unusual opportunity to start a club for<br />
young men devoted to pleasuring sexy,<br />
older women, known as “Cougars”.<br />
MARVISTA<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
MarVista Entertainment, 12519 Venice<br />
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA.<br />
Tel: 310.737.0950. Fax: 310.737.9115.<br />
www.marvista.net, E-Mail:<br />
info@marvista.net<br />
Producer and Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Fernando Szew (CEO),<br />
Michael Jacobs (President), George Port<br />
(Executive Vice President), Joseph Szew<br />
(COO/CFO), Beatrice McMillan (Vice<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
President, International Sales), Vanessa<br />
Goglio (Senior Vice President,<br />
International Sales), Marc Lorber (Senior<br />
Vice President, Production ), Nicole<br />
Hoag (Manager, Marketing and<br />
Communications)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: RSV.46<br />
HIDDEN CAMERA<br />
Action/Thriller (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Manuel Corbi<br />
Co-Production Partners: Drimtim<br />
Entertainment in co-production with<br />
Antena 3 Televisión, Gestmusic-<br />
Endemol and Televisió De Catalunya<br />
Principal Cast: Dean Cain, Lucia<br />
Jimenez, Carles Reig-Plaza Fermi and<br />
Arnold Vosloo<br />
Delivery Status: Spring 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Dean Cain (Out of Time, Las Vegas,<br />
Lois & Clark: <strong>The</strong> new Adventures of<br />
Superman) stars as maverick reporter<br />
Dan Kovacs who launches an<br />
investigation into the mysterious death of<br />
his Pulitzer Prize-winning brother.<br />
NYC TORNADO TERROR<br />
Comedy/Family (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tebor Takacs<br />
Producer: Cheryl Lee Fast<br />
Principal Cast: James Lawrence, Nicole<br />
De Boer<br />
Delivery Status: Spring 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
As a deadly twister cuts a path of<br />
destruction towards New York, Deputy<br />
Mayor James Lawrence and his<br />
meteorologist wife, Cassie must discover<br />
a way to calm the tornadoes’ fury before<br />
the greatest city in the world becomes<br />
history!<br />
GIRL’S BEST FRIEND<br />
Drama (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Svatek<br />
Producer: Jesse Prupas<br />
Principal Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Kris<br />
Holden-Ried, Nicolas Wright<br />
Delivery Status: Spring 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Cynical music critic Mary, who has<br />
never gotten over her failed marriage,<br />
refuses to open her heart again.<br />
DEADLY PLEDGE<br />
Drama (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bert Kish<br />
Producer: Scott Kennedy<br />
Principal Cast: Leighton Meester, Kailin<br />
See, Lisa Marie Caruk<br />
Delivery Status: Spring 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A college freshman suspects there is<br />
something sinister about the prestigious<br />
sorority to which she decided to pledge.<br />
BEHIND THE WALL<br />
Drama/Thriller (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Schneider<br />
Producer: Michael Grias, Gavin Wilding,<br />
Paul Pope<br />
Principal Cast: Lindy Booth, Lawrence<br />
Dane, Suzy Pollard<br />
Delivery Status: Fall 2007<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A young woman, Katelyn (Lindy Booth,<br />
Dark Honeymoon, Dawn of the Dead)<br />
returns to the lighthouse she grew up<br />
in… the place her mother was<br />
murdered… and the event that put her<br />
father in jail.<br />
MAYDIA<br />
Maydia, 18 av des Oliviers, Vence 06140<br />
France. Tel: 33.(0)493.58.9581. Fax:<br />
33(0)493.24.6946. http://www.maydia.fr<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mary Byrne (Sales &<br />
Acquisitions), Roland Sicsic (Sales &<br />
Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 33(0)6.16.90.7785<br />
THE MUD<br />
Documentary (53 min)<br />
Language: english & english sub-titles<br />
Director: Hee Yah Ong<br />
Producer: Caldecott Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
It’s one of the worst and biggest<br />
environmental accident of all timesmolten<br />
mud bursting from beneath the<br />
earth’s surface, displacing hundreds of<br />
villages in Sedorja, East Java.<br />
TEA APPRECIATION<br />
Documentary (50 min)<br />
Language: english & english sub-titles<br />
Director: Hee Yah Ong<br />
Producer: Caldecott Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
This documentary looks at how tea is<br />
being consumed in China-how its quality<br />
is determined; how its varieties are<br />
arrived at and how does one drink it.<br />
SECRETS OF THE PALACE<br />
(52 min)<br />
Language: english & english sub-titles<br />
Director: Hee Yah Ong<br />
Producer: Caldecott Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Singapore<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kraton Palace of Jogjrta. Unveils the<br />
secrets of the Kraton Palace and goes<br />
deep into the secrets of their philosophy<br />
of life which is symbolically represented<br />
in the Kraton Palace.<br />
MEGA MINDY<br />
STUDIO 100 MEDIA<br />
<strong>The</strong> unabridged version of this Product Guide is available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
MEDIAPEERS GMBH<br />
mediapeers GmbH, Palais am<br />
Festungsgraben 1, Unter den Linden,<br />
Berlin 10117 Germany.<br />
Tel: 49.30.81.45.60.70. Fax:<br />
49.30.81.45.60.99.<br />
http://www.mediapeers.com, email:<br />
info@mediapeers.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Holger Hendel (Managing<br />
Director), Moritz Viehweger (MD.)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 49.151.178.79880,<br />
Fax: 49.30.81.45.60.99<br />
MEDIAPEERS EXCHANGE (MPX)<br />
http://www.mediapeers.com<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: World-wide<br />
mediapeers exchange offers a secure and<br />
easy-to-use environment for content<br />
owners and distributors to showcase and<br />
distribute their programs to professional<br />
buyers of digital content from all over<br />
the world.<br />
METRO-GOLDWYN-<br />
MAYER STUDIOS<br />
INC. (MGM)<br />
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.<br />
(MGM), 10250 Constellation Blvd.,<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA.<br />
Tel: 310.449.3000. Fax: 310.586.8865.<br />
http://www.mgm.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Gary Marenzi<br />
(co-President, Worldwide Television<br />
Distribution), Jim Packer<br />
(co-President, Worldwide Television<br />
Distribution), Bruce Tuchman (Executive<br />
Vice President, MGM Networks)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera Sea View #24 (RSV24)<br />
QUANTUM OF SOLACE (BOND 22)<br />
Action<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marc Forster<br />
Writer: Robert Wade, Paul Haggis, Neal<br />
Purvis<br />
Producer: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G.<br />
Wilson<br />
Key Cast: Daniel Craig, Gemma<br />
Arterton, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench,<br />
Jeffrey Wright,<br />
Mathieu Amalric<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008<br />
Quantum of Solace continues the high<br />
octane adventures of James Bond<br />
(Daniel Craig) in Casino Royale.<br />
VALKYRIE<br />
http://valkyrie.unitedartists.com/<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bryan Singer<br />
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie<br />
Key Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth<br />
Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson,<br />
Carice van Houten, Eddie<br />
Izzard,Christian Berkel,Thomas<br />
Kretschmann, Terrence Stamp<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008<br />
Superstar Tom Cruise heads an<br />
international cast as Col. Claus von<br />
Stauffenberg, the aristocratic<br />
German officer who led the heroic<br />
attempt to bring down the Nazi<br />
regime and end the war<br />
by planting a bomb<br />
in Hitler’s bunker.<br />
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2<br />
Action /Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Pierce Brosnan and Beau St.<br />
Clair<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008<br />
<strong>The</strong> next installment of the Thomas<br />
Crown franchise will be directed by Paul<br />
Verhoeven and will sweep across Europe<br />
and the Middle East as Crown becomes<br />
entangled in a centuries old feud and<br />
must decide how much he’s truly willing<br />
to risk for love.<br />
THE PINK PANTHER 2<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Harald Zwart<br />
Writer: Scott Neustadter<br />
Key Cast: Steve Martin, Jean Reno,<br />
Emily Mortimer, John Cleese, Andy<br />
Garcia, Alfred Molina, Aishwarya Rai,<br />
Molly Sims<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Steve Martin reprises his roles as the<br />
famed, bumbling Inspector Clouseau,<br />
and Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer reteam<br />
with Martin as Ponton and Nicole<br />
in the sequel.<br />
AMERICAN GLADIATORS<br />
Reality Television (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: MGM, Reveille<br />
and Flor-Jon <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Key Cast: Hulk Hogan, Laila Ali<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Everyday amateur athletes — weekend<br />
warriors who take pride in their physical<br />
fitness while also making a difference in<br />
their communities, go up against the<br />
show’s gladiators.<br />
PICTURE THIS<br />
Teen Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stephen Herek<br />
Writer: Temple Matthews<br />
Key Cast: Ashley Tisdale<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“Picture This” tells the comedic<br />
misadventures of Mandy (played by<br />
Tisdale), an ordinary high school girl<br />
who suddenly finds herself the object of<br />
affection of the most popular boy in<br />
school.<br />
STARGATE ATLANTIS<br />
http://www.stargate.mgm.com<br />
Sci Fi (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a secret base abandoned by the<br />
Ancients – the original builders of the<br />
Stargates – is found buried in the ice of<br />
Antarctica, the “Stargate Atlantis” team<br />
is recruited for the most daring Stargate<br />
mission yet: a one-way expedition to the<br />
distant Pegasus galaxy.<br />
LAS VEGAS<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Key Cast: Josh Duhamel, James Lesure,<br />
Vanessa Marcil, Tom Selleck, Molly<br />
Sims<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
This sexy staff of one of Las Vegas’ most<br />
extravagant casinos manages the<br />
improbable actions of its guests,<br />
struggling to balance the glamour of<br />
their jobs with the temptations of their<br />
personal lives.<br />
AMERICAN GLADIATORS<br />
Original Version<br />
http://www.americangladiators.com<br />
Reality Television (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1989-1996, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> original American Gladiators is<br />
TV’s ultimate arena of strength and<br />
strategy. American Gladiators is the<br />
high-energy, high impact special event<br />
action series that launched in TV in the<br />
90’s (‘89-’96).<br />
CUTTING EDGE 3: CHASING THE<br />
DREAM<br />
Drama<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Stuart Gillard<br />
Writer: Susan Jansen<br />
Key Cast: Matt Lanter,Francia Raisa<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“Cutting Edge 3” tells the story of the<br />
young and beautiful Jackie who attempts<br />
to compete at her sport’s highest level,<br />
while battling various enemies who try<br />
to thwart her efforts to make it to the top.<br />
MONSTER<br />
DISTRIBUTES<br />
Monster Distributes, <strong>The</strong> Monster Mews,<br />
Rear 51 Merrion Square, Dublin 2,<br />
Ireland. Tel: 00353.1.6114934. Fax:<br />
00353.1.6114935.<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com,<br />
email: andrew@monsterdistributes.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Andrew Fitzpatrick (CEO),<br />
Deirdre Barry (V.P of Sales and<br />
Acquisitions), Laura Kilpatrick (Sales<br />
Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 04.23, Cell: 00355.861.918.835<br />
LIFEBOAT LUKE<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com<br />
Animation (52 x 5 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alastair Mc Ilwain<br />
Co-Production Partners: LTL<br />
Productions and Kavaleer<br />
Producer: Richard Morss<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007 – 2008,<br />
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland<br />
Lifeboat Luke, a search and rescue<br />
adventure series for kids, 3-6, featuring<br />
Lifeboat Luke and his friends in the mad<br />
magical seaside town of Donaghadoo.<br />
GAZOON<br />
http://www.gazoon.com<br />
Kids Animation (30 episodes x 3.5 min)<br />
Director: Romain Villemaine and<br />
Laurence Trouve<br />
Co-Production Partners: Sparkling<br />
Animation Studios and TF1 France<br />
Producer: Rafael Curulla<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
From Sparx Animation Studios in coproduction<br />
with TF1 France, Gazoon is a<br />
delightful 3-D animated series.<br />
BANJO THE WOODPILE CAT<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com<br />
Animation (27 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Don Bluth<br />
Producer: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and<br />
John Pomeroy<br />
Key Cast: Sparky Marcus as Banjo<br />
Scatman Crothers as Crazy Legs<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1985 but restored in<br />
2007, Country of Origin: United States<br />
Banjo <strong>The</strong> Woodpile Cat is the<br />
delightful, traditionally animated tale of<br />
a loveable kitten that cannot seem to stay<br />
out of trouble.<br />
SLIM PIG<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com<br />
Animation (39 eps x 7 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gary Blatchford<br />
Producer: Malcolm Parry<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: United Kingdom<br />
SLIM PIG is a new animated television<br />
series for preschool children.<br />
PAWS AND TALES<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com<br />
Animation (13 x half-hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: Based on a series by Chuck<br />
Swindoll.<br />
Co-Production Partners: Providential<br />
Pictures & Go-Kart animation<br />
Producer: Providential Pictures / Cliff<br />
Mc Dowell<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007/ 2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
Little House on the Prairie meets <strong>The</strong><br />
Little Rascals meets Narnia, Paws and<br />
Tales is a place of adventure where<br />
animals talk and biblical principles are<br />
taught in a fun and memorable way.<br />
PLANET ROCK PROFILES<br />
http://www.planetrock.net<br />
Music (130 x half-hour )<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Susan Broe<br />
Writer: Susan Broe<br />
Co-Production Partners: Planet Rock and<br />
Monster Distributes<br />
Producer: Susan Broe<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 1995 and on-going,<br />
Country of Origin: Ireland<br />
A music documentary series Planet Rock<br />
Profiles (130 x half hour), is the worlds<br />
leading series of profiles of major music<br />
artists.<br />
STARDUST 45 DEGREES BELOW<br />
ZERO<br />
http://www.monsterdistributes.com<br />
Animation (1 x half-hour)<br />
Language: English and French<br />
Writer: Annie Gosselin<br />
Co-Production Partners: PVP<br />
Productions Canada and co-produced<br />
with Teletoon Canada<br />
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Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Christmas special Stardust: 45 Min<br />
Below Zero, is a new Christmas special<br />
available now.<br />
MOONSTONE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box<br />
7400, Studio City, CA 91614 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.985.3003. Fax: 1.818.985.3009.<br />
website: moonstonefilms.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh,<br />
Ms. Yael Stroh<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 03.23, Tel: (0)4.92.99.82.24<br />
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NANNY<br />
Comedy Feature<br />
Director: Dana Lustig<br />
Writer: Dana Lustig<br />
Principal Cast: TBD<br />
Producers: Dana Lustig, Etchie Stroh<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Cntry of Origin: U.S.A.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of a has-been rocker who ends<br />
up as the nanny in the home of one of<br />
his ex-groupies.<br />
METAMORPHOSIS<br />
Horror / Thriller Feature<br />
Director: Jeno Hodi<br />
Writer: Tibor Fonyodi, Jeno Hodi, Allan<br />
Katz<br />
Producers: Jeno Habermann, Adrian<br />
Politowski, Jeno Hodi<br />
Principal Cast: Christopher Lambert<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Cntry of Origin: Hungary<br />
An unforgettable journey, a passionate a<br />
dangerous love story between a young<br />
American writer and a gorgeous &<br />
exotic vampire.<br />
DIAMOND DOGS<br />
Action Feature<br />
Director: Shimon Dotan<br />
Writer: Leopold St-Pierre<br />
Producers: Etchie Stroh, Shimon Dotan,<br />
Louis Liu, Barry Glasser<br />
Principal Cast: Dolph Lundgren<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Cntry of Origin: Canada, China<br />
Meet Dolph Lundgren as Ronson, the<br />
adventurer and world traveler. Always<br />
short of money, a man of few words, a<br />
gun for hire … the solution to your<br />
problem.<br />
MULTIMEDIA BANK<br />
/MMB/<br />
Multimedia Bank /MMB/, Nowogrodzka<br />
48 / 33, Warsaw, 00-695 Poland. Tel:<br />
48.022.854.04.50. Fax:<br />
48.022.854.04.50. http://www.mmb.pl,<br />
email: multimediabank@mmb.pl<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Anna Wasiuta (Managing<br />
Director)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice:<br />
CURSED PLACES<br />
Documentary series / Format (30 min)<br />
Language: Polish<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS<br />
Documentary series / Format (30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
BIG CITY VLOG<br />
TV magazine (30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
MUSES<br />
<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
Muses Productions, 2 av de Bellevue,<br />
Cannes 06 06400 France. Tel:<br />
0033(0)4.92.38.07.01. Fax: 0033<br />
(0)4.92.38.08.01. http://www.musesproductions.com,<br />
email:<br />
musespro@orange.fr<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Ariane Maman (Director)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Market Place stand, Tel: 0033<br />
(0)6.08.92.39.61, Fax: 0033<br />
(0)4.92.38.08.01<br />
PASSPORT GOURMET<br />
http://209.62.5.130/passport_testing/pass<br />
port_trial_2.html<br />
lifestyle short programs 200 x ( 5 min)<br />
Language: french and english<br />
Director: Ariane Maman<br />
Writer: Ariane Maman<br />
Co-Production Partners: CARE<br />
Producer: Muses Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Budget: 800 000 ?<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Passport Gourmet is a TV show with<br />
more than 200 best chefs of the world<br />
but it is also a complete humanitarian<br />
project with CARE.<br />
BRUNO’S CHOICE<br />
http://www.muses-productions/<br />
HD lifestyle and gastronomy series (26 x<br />
26 min)<br />
Language: French and english<br />
Director: Ariane Maman<br />
Writer: Ariane Maman<br />
Co-Production Partners: TV5<br />
Producer: Muses Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006/2007, Country<br />
of Origin: France<br />
A touristic ballade through France and<br />
Europe following Bruno, chef of<br />
Provence, 1 star Michelin, Kin of<br />
truffles.<br />
MYRIAD PICTURES<br />
Myriad Pictures, 3015 Main Street, Suite<br />
400, Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.279.4000. Fax: 1.310.279.4001.<br />
http://www.myriadpictures.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Elias Axume (VP<br />
Distribution and Operations), Lisa<br />
Gutberlet (Director of Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: IFTA Stand # 01.02 - <strong>The</strong> Palais<br />
in Cannes, Tel: 1.310.309.0618<br />
FACTORY GIRL<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: George Hickenlooper<br />
Key Cast: Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce,<br />
Hayden Christensen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of legendary Edie Sedgwick,<br />
the breathtakingly beautiful muse to<br />
artist Andy Warhol and original “it” girl,<br />
in her glittering rise to fame as part of<br />
the Factory - NY City’s<br />
decadent center of fashion, art and<br />
celebrity.<br />
THE MOTHER OF TEARS<br />
Horror (98 min)<br />
Director: Dario Argento<br />
Key Cast: Asia Argento, Udo Kier<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a young art student opens an<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
ancient urn and unwittingly releases the<br />
demonic forces of the worlds’ most<br />
powerful witch, she discovers to her<br />
horror that she is the only one who can<br />
stop the mayhem.<br />
THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE<br />
BANKS<br />
Drama (100 min)<br />
Director: Fred Durst<br />
Key Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter,<br />
Eva Amurri<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A young college student must face his<br />
worst fears when a bully from his past<br />
shows up on his university campus.<br />
ALL HAT<br />
Romantic Caper (89 min)<br />
Director: Leonard Farlinger<br />
Key Cast: Luke Kirby, Keith Carradine,<br />
Rachael Leigh Cook, Lisa Ray<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
An ex-con returns to his home town and<br />
outwits a wealthy, corrupt horse owner<br />
who is trying to take over the<br />
community.<br />
JACK AND JILL VS. THE WORLD<br />
Comedy (88 min)<br />
Director: Vanessa Parise<br />
Key Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Taryn<br />
Manning, Robert Forster<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A straight-as-an-arrow ad man and a<br />
free-spirited young woman are oddly<br />
attracted to one another until he<br />
discovers that she is hiding a few secrets<br />
he’s not sure how to deal with.<br />
DARK MATTER<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Director: Chen Shi-Zheng<br />
Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Aiden Quinn,<br />
Liu Ye<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A brilliant Chinese student studying the<br />
origins of the universe in an American<br />
university becomes derailed when<br />
cultural differences and politics interfere<br />
with his ability to accomplish his<br />
ambitions, leading to tragedy.<br />
PARTITION<br />
Romantic Drama (116 min)<br />
Director: Vic Sarin<br />
Key Cast: Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk,<br />
Neve Campbell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A Romeo and Juliet story set against the<br />
backdrop of the tumultuous partition of<br />
India and Pakistan.<br />
TRAILER PARK BOYS: THE<br />
MOVIE<br />
Comedy (95 min)<br />
Director: Mike Clattenburg<br />
Key Cast: John Paul Tremblay, Robb<br />
Wells, Mike Smith<br />
THE MIRACLE OF BERLIN<br />
ZDF ENTERPRISES<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> hugely popular Canadian TV cult hit<br />
successfully made the transition to the<br />
big screen with box office breaking<br />
results in Canada.<br />
NATIONAL<br />
GEOGRAPHIC<br />
TELEVISION<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
National Geographic Television<br />
International, Shepherds Building East,<br />
Richmond Way, London W14 0DQ, UK.<br />
Tel: 44.20.7751.7555. Fax:<br />
44.20.7751.7556. www.natgeotv-int.com,<br />
e-mail: info@natgeotv-int.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Maurice van Sabben<br />
(President), Edwina Thring (Head of<br />
Acquisitions & Co-Productions), Anna<br />
Fuge (Head of Sales ), Karen Vermeulen<br />
(Head of Kids’ Sales), Michelle Waldron<br />
(VP Marketing & Communications)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice at MipTV: R29.41, Tel:<br />
33.(0).4.9299.8862, Fax:<br />
33.(0).4.9299.8862<br />
DINO AUTOPSY<br />
Science Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Chad Cohen, NGT<br />
Co-production partners: NGC, NGCI,<br />
ZDF, Channel 4<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
An amazing look at a rare find – a<br />
complete dinosaur mummy.<br />
SIX DEGREES COULD CHANGE<br />
THE WORLD<br />
Environment/Green Documentary (1 x<br />
90 or 1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Ron Bowman, NGT<br />
Co-production partners: NGC, NGCI &<br />
France 5<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
An extraordinary journey into the<br />
planet’s future, investigating the<br />
potential impacts of climate change –<br />
one degree at a time.<br />
THE BURNING SEASON<br />
Environment/Green Documentary (1 x<br />
90 or 1 x 55 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Hatchling Productions, <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
of Record & Freshwater Productions<br />
Co-production partners: CBC, ABC<br />
Australia & BBC<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
An environmental entrepreneur has a<br />
radical plan to help reduce deforestation<br />
in Indonesia, thus saving carbon<br />
emissions and the local orangutan<br />
population.<br />
STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET<br />
EARTH: OCEANS<br />
Environment/Green Documentary (2 x<br />
52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Sea Studios Foundation for<br />
NGT<br />
Co-production partners: PBS & NGCI<br />
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Delivery Status: Delivered<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
A investigation into how bizarre changes<br />
around the globe are linking back in to<br />
the fate of our oceans.<br />
THE FINAL REPORT 2<br />
History Documentary (8 x 47 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Towers Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered<br />
Year of Production: 2007-08, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
An exceptional strand of programming<br />
that deconstructs some of the most highprofile<br />
and iconic events of recent time –<br />
including the Oklahoma City Bombing,<br />
the Exxon Valdez and <strong>The</strong> Battle for<br />
Fallujah.<br />
SEED HUNTER<br />
Environment/Green (1 x 55 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: 360 Degree <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Co-production partners: WGBH/Nova<br />
Delivery Status: Delivering Spring 08<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
We follow the Indiana Jones of<br />
agriculture as he looks at how mankind’s<br />
future food supply will depend on<br />
strengthening the genetic base of our<br />
crops, following changes bought about<br />
by climate change.<br />
EDEN AT THE END OF THE<br />
WORLD<br />
Natural History Documentary (1 x 52<br />
min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Doug Bertran, NGT<br />
Co-production partners: PBS<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
A journey to Patagonia, where a dramatic<br />
new venture in wildlife conservation<br />
could set a precedent for habitat<br />
preservation all over the world.<br />
ARE WE THERE YET: WORLD<br />
ADVENTURE?<br />
Kids Live-action (26 x 21 or 78 x 7)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: JJ Johnson<br />
Co-production partners: Sinking Ship<br />
Entertainment & National Geographic<br />
Kids Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Delivering<br />
Year of Production: 2006-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
A live-action, global adventure series,<br />
hosted by kids, celebrating familiar<br />
childhood themes and experiences in<br />
unfamiliar locations. For kids aged 4-7.<br />
MAMA MIRABELLE’S HOME<br />
MOVIES<br />
Kids (26 x 22 or 52 x 11)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: National<br />
Geographic Kids’ Entertainment,<br />
CBeebies and King Rollo <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Delivery Status: Delivering<br />
Year of Production: 2006-7, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
A pre-school series celebrating the<br />
comedy, drama and wisdom of the<br />
animal kingdom through animation and<br />
remarkable clips from the National<br />
Geographic and BBC archives.<br />
HUMPBACKS: FROM FIRE TO ICE<br />
Natural History Documentary (1 x 52)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Ross Isaacs, YNR<br />
Marketing/Ocean Planet Images<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A gorgeous film following a humpback<br />
mother and calf as they journey from<br />
Hawaii to Alaska and back again.<br />
N<br />
NBC UNIVERSAL<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
TELEVISION<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
NBC Universal International Television<br />
Distribution, 10 Universal City Plaza,<br />
Universal City, CA 91608 USA.<br />
Tel: 1.818.777.1300.<br />
Fax: 1.818.866.1554<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Belinda Menendez<br />
(President, NBC Universal International<br />
Television Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.05, Level 4, Palais Des<br />
Festivals, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.87.91/2/3<br />
KNIGHT RIDER<br />
Drama (1 x 120) NBC (NEW)<br />
Exec. Producer: David Bartis<br />
Cast: Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo,<br />
Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bruce Davison,<br />
with Val Kilmer as the voice of K.I.T.T<br />
<strong>The</strong> iconic 1980s television classic that<br />
became a high-speed smash hit comes<br />
roaring back to life with this new series<br />
reconfigured for the new millennium!<br />
IN PLAIN SIGHT<br />
Drama (11 x 60 plus 1 x 120) USA<br />
Exec. Producers: David Maples, Paul<br />
Stupin<br />
Cast: Mary McCormack, Lesley Ann<br />
Warren, Frederick Weller, Todd Williams<br />
and Nichole Hiltz<br />
Everyone wants these people dead; her<br />
job is to make sure that doesn’t happen.<br />
THE STARTER WIFE<br />
Drama (10 x 60) USA<br />
Exec. Producers: Gigi Levangie Grazer,<br />
Howard Klein, Stephanie Davis, Sara<br />
Parriott, Josann McGibbon, Debra<br />
messing<br />
Cast: Debra Messing<br />
After the smash success of the ten hour<br />
television event, Emmy award-winner<br />
Debra Messing reprises her leading role<br />
in this stylish and addictive series<br />
continuation of <strong>The</strong> Starter Wife.<br />
ANDROMEDA STRAIN<br />
Drama (2 x 120) A&E<br />
Exec. Producers: Ridley Scott, Tony<br />
Scott, Tom Thayer<br />
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack,<br />
Rick Schroder, Andre Braugher, Christa<br />
Miller, Viola Davis<br />
Based on Michael Crichton’s classic scifi<br />
novel. In the desert outskirts of<br />
Piedmont, Arizona, a sleepy town in the<br />
middle of an arid nowhere, something<br />
has just fallen from the sky and crashed<br />
to Earth.<br />
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW<br />
YORK CITY<br />
Reality (6 x 60) BRAVO<br />
Exec. Producers: Jennifer O’Connell,<br />
Rick Emmerson<br />
Follows an elite and powerful set of New<br />
York socialites as they balance<br />
motherhood, demanding careers and a<br />
fast-paced social calendar, showing what<br />
life is like in the most exclusive areas of<br />
the Big Apple.<br />
FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY<br />
Reality (6 x 60) BRAVO<br />
Exec. Producers: Scott Stone, Dave<br />
Osper, Lori Kaye<br />
First Class All <strong>The</strong> Way takes viewers<br />
inside the world of high-end luxury<br />
travel while revealing the drama that<br />
goes behind keeping demanding clients<br />
content and making extravagant dream<br />
vacations come to life.<br />
CRYSTAL SKULLS<br />
Documentary (1 x 120) SCI FI<br />
Exec. Producers: Jon Schriber, Benjamin<br />
Ringe<br />
This fascinating two-hour documentary<br />
special travels the globe in search of<br />
thirteen mystical crystal skulls believed<br />
to hold untold power.<br />
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Russell<br />
Brand, Mila Kunis —featuring Paul<br />
Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Jack<br />
McBrayer<br />
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair<br />
LEATHERHEADS<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger,<br />
John Krasinski<br />
MAMMA MIA<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan,<br />
Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan<br />
Skarsgard, Christine Baranski, Julie<br />
Waters<br />
THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE<br />
DRAGON EMPEROR<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, John<br />
Hannah, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh<br />
WANTED<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong><br />
Cast: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie,<br />
Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp,<br />
Common, Thomas Kretschmann<br />
NDRL-NO-DOUBT-<br />
RIGHT-LABEL<br />
NDRL-No-Doubt-Right-Label, 27, rue<br />
Camabérès, Paris 75008 France. Tel:<br />
33.875.24.53.63. Fax: 33.1.42.25.27.17.<br />
http://www.ndr.fr, email: contact@ndrl.fr<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Renaud Lombart (MD)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: H4.35, Tel: 33.6.13.35.84.63,<br />
Fax: 33.1.42.25.27.17<br />
LES DÉCALÉS DU COSMOS<br />
http://www.ndrl.fr<br />
Animation (13 x 26 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Producer: CinéGroupe<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> sexiest comedy adventure in its 3rd<br />
season, an improved success on TV!<br />
LES DÉCALÉS DU COSMOS-ZE<br />
MOVIEhttp://www.ndrl.fr<br />
Animation (94 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Producer: CinéGroupe<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>The</strong> sexiest comedy adventure -Ze<br />
Movie- for another sexy and funny trip<br />
that will never end<br />
NEW DOMINION<br />
PICTURES, LLC<br />
New Dominion Pictures, LLC, 1000 <strong>Film</strong><br />
Way, Suffolk, Virginia 23434 USA. Tel:<br />
757.923.1300. Fax: 757.923.1340.<br />
www.newdominion.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nicolas Valcour<br />
(CEO/COO), Kristen Eppley (Vice<br />
President of International Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 14.28<br />
THE VANISHED<br />
Docu-drama (13 x 60 min)<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
A fast paced true crime series that<br />
immerses viewers in the intense drama<br />
of sudden disappearances and the effect<br />
of these on families, communities and<br />
authorities<br />
THE OTHER WORLD (WT)<br />
Docu-drama (13 x 60 min)<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Otherworld” chronicles the true<br />
stories of people plagued by terrifying<br />
events and spirits hell-bent on wreaking<br />
havoc.<br />
A HAUNTING<br />
Docu-drama (39 x 60 min)<br />
Between the world we see. and the<br />
things we fear. <strong>The</strong>re are doors. When<br />
they are opened. Nightmares become<br />
reality. True stories of the unimaginable.<br />
BURIED SECRETS<br />
Documentary/Reenactment (4 x 60 min)<br />
Buried Secrets is a captivating 4 hour<br />
series where intuition, dogged research<br />
and advanced anthropological forensic<br />
science takes a fresh look at unique<br />
archaeological finds to help solve the<br />
mysteries of life and death.<br />
INTERPOL INVESTIGATES<br />
Documentary/Reenactment (13 x 60<br />
min)<br />
Interpol Investigates takes audiences all<br />
over the world as agents and police<br />
officers battle an expanding threat:<br />
global crime.<br />
THE FBI FILES<br />
Documentary/Reenactment (103 x 60<br />
min)<br />
Whether it handles bullets or bombs,<br />
fingerprints or fibers, the FBI takes on<br />
tough cases, grappling with fraud, drug<br />
trafficking, kidnapping and murder,<br />
extortion and terrorism.<br />
THE NEW DETECTIVES<br />
Documentary/Reenactment (121 x 60<br />
min)<br />
<strong>The</strong> New Detectives profiles the work of<br />
world-renowned forensics experts and<br />
criminal investigators and the techniques<br />
they use to solve murders and other<br />
crimes.<br />
CRITICAL RESCUE<br />
Documentary/Dramatic Reenactment (14<br />
x 60 min)<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are the true stories of emergency<br />
rescue and medical teams who battle<br />
impossible odds, risking everything to<br />
save lives.<br />
DIAGNOSIS: UNKNOWN<br />
Documentary/Dramatic Reenactment (23<br />
x 60 min)<br />
DIAGNOSIS: UNKNOWN<br />
<strong>The</strong> extraordinary stories of doctors,<br />
patients and the fight to survive.<br />
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SPECIAL FORCES<br />
Documentary/Dramatic Reenactment (4<br />
x 60 min)<br />
As nations face a global plague of coups,<br />
assassinations and hostage scenarios, a<br />
new breed of warrior has emerged, the<br />
commando.<br />
NAVY SEALS: THE UNTOLD<br />
STORIES<br />
Docu-Drama (7 x 60 min)<br />
Based on first-person accounts, this<br />
extraordinary mini-series captures the<br />
danger and emotion of seven actual,<br />
classified SEAL missions.<br />
NEW FILMS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
New <strong>Film</strong>s International, 14320 Ventura<br />
Blvd. #619 Sherman Oaks California,<br />
Los Angeles, USA. Tel: 1.818.501.27.20.<br />
Fax: 1.818.501.27.80.<br />
www.newfilmsint.com<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Distribution and Production<br />
Company<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nesim Hason (President),<br />
Radu Nicolau (President, New <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Romania), Rita Baghdadi (Manager of<br />
Development and Operations)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: IFTA Stand #01.02 (Palais des<br />
Festivals), Tel: 04.92.88.8207<br />
THE ALPHABET KILLER<br />
www.alphabetkiller.com<br />
Thriller (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rob Schmidt<br />
Writer: Tom Malloy<br />
Producer: Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins,<br />
Tom Malloy<br />
Co-production Partners: New <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
International<br />
Key Cast: Eliza Dushku, Timothy<br />
Hutton, Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
<strong>The</strong> true story of the double initial<br />
killings in the Rochester, NY. Police<br />
investigator Megan is obsessed with the<br />
case of the murder/rape of a ten-year-old<br />
girl.<br />
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE<br />
www.abeautifullifethemovie.com<br />
Drama (80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alejandro Chomski<br />
Writer: Wendy Hammond, Deborah<br />
Calla<br />
Producer: Nesim Hason, Deborah Calla,<br />
Bob Holof<br />
Co-production partners: Robert Lansing<br />
Parker<br />
Key Cast: Jesse Garcia, Angela Sarafyan,<br />
Bai Ling, Debi Mazar, Dana Delany,<br />
Rena Owen<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
A Beautiful Life tells the story of two<br />
teenagers, Maggie and David who fall in<br />
love and inspire each other to dream<br />
again.<br />
KABLUEY<br />
www.kabluey.com<br />
Comedy-Drama (87 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott Prendergast<br />
Writer: Scott Prendergast<br />
Producer: Doug Sutherland, Rick<br />
Rosenthal, Gary Dean Simpson, Rhoades<br />
Rader, Jeff Balis<br />
Co-production partners: Ryan Peterson<br />
Key Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Scott<br />
Prendergast, Christine Taylor, Jeffrey<br />
Dean Morgan, Teri Garr<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
A heartfelt comedy about an oddball and<br />
his harried sister-in-law who are forced<br />
to spend time together under difficult<br />
circumstances.<br />
INTERVENTION<br />
Drama (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mary Mcguckian<br />
Writer: Mary Mcguckian<br />
Producer: Jeff Abberley, Martin Katz,<br />
Mary Mcguckian<br />
Key Cast: Andie Macdowell, Colm<br />
Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Rupert Graves,<br />
Donna D’errico<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
An eclectic group of people drawn from<br />
all walks of life, find themselves under<br />
one roof for twenty eight days with one<br />
thing in common – addiction.<br />
DAY ZERO<br />
www.dayzeromovie.com<br />
Drama (92 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole<br />
Writer: Robert Malkani<br />
Producer: Anthony Moody<br />
Key Cast: Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, Jon<br />
Bernthal<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Day Zero, follows the lives of three best<br />
friends in New York City who have<br />
thirty days to come to terms with their<br />
fate.<br />
SEX AND BREAKFAST<br />
http://www.sexandbreakfastfilm.com/<br />
Romantic-Comedy (82 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Miles Brandman<br />
Writer: Miles Brandman<br />
Producer: Michael Brandman<br />
Key Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Eliza<br />
Dushku, Alexis Dziena, Kuno Becker<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Sex and Breakfast explores the intimacy<br />
in the lives of two couples, and uncovers<br />
what it takes to achieve a long-term<br />
union while maintaining a healthy and<br />
satisfying sexual relationship.<br />
VICE<br />
www.vicethemovie.com<br />
Crime-Thriller (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Raul Sanchez Inglis<br />
Writer: Raul Sanchez Inglis<br />
Producer: Matthew Robert Kelly<br />
Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Daryl<br />
Hannah, Mykelti Williamson<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Walker is a deeply flawed hero fighting<br />
to redeem himself while solving, and<br />
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simultaneously trying to prevent,<br />
a string of murders following a<br />
drug deal gone bad.<br />
THE ELEPHANT KING<br />
Drama (92 min)<br />
Language: English-Thai<br />
Director: Seth Grossman<br />
Writer: Seth Grossman<br />
Producer: Emanuel Michael<br />
Key Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tate Ellington,<br />
Jonno Roberts, Florence Faivre<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: US-Thailand<br />
Dispatched to Thailand by his<br />
domineering mother, the introverted<br />
Ollie must do everything he can to bring<br />
his reckless brother back to the US.<br />
SOUTHERN BELLES<br />
www.southernbelles-movie.com<br />
Comedy (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul S. Myers, Brennan Shroff<br />
Writer: Paul S. Myers, Brennan Shroff<br />
Producer: Craig Cohen<br />
Key Cast: Anna Faris, Justin Chambers,<br />
Laura Breckenridge<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
Belle and Bell are two “southern belles”<br />
from Georgia trying to break the routine<br />
of their humdrum lives.<br />
NONSTOP SALES AB<br />
NonStop Sales AB, Döbelnsgatan 24,<br />
Stockholm 113 52 Sweden. Tel:<br />
0046.8.673.99.80. Fax:<br />
0046.8.673.99.33.<br />
http://www.nonstopsales.com, email:<br />
info@nonstopsales.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Michael Werner (Sales<br />
Manager), Judith Toth (Sales Executive),<br />
CG Anderson (CEO)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 18:17, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8212<br />
SWITCH<br />
http://www.switchfilm.no<br />
Drama (89 min)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Ole Martin Hafsmo<br />
Writer: Peder Fuglerud<br />
Producer: Rubicon <strong>Film</strong> AS<br />
Key Cast: Sebastian Stigar, Peter<br />
Stormare, Ida Elise Broch, Espen<br />
Klouman Høiner, Hilde Lyrån<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
When Mikkel falls in love with the<br />
girlfriend of the local snowboard<br />
champion, a fearful journey towards the<br />
big tournament begins…<br />
BLOOD BROTHERS (BLOED<br />
BROEDERS)<br />
http://www.bloedbroedersdefilm.com<br />
Drama thriller (95 min)<br />
Language: Dutch<br />
Director: Arno Dierickx<br />
Writer: Jan Bernard Bussemaker, Bert<br />
Bouma<br />
Producer: Rinkel <strong>Film</strong> & TV Productions<br />
BV<br />
Key Cast: Erik van Heijningen, Matthijs<br />
van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Sander van<br />
Amsterdam, Derk Stenvers, Piere Bokma<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: <strong>The</strong> Netherlands<br />
Inspired by an infamous murder case in<br />
the early sixties, Blood Brothers tells the<br />
story of sixteen year-old Simon trying to<br />
get popular, which leads to a fatal<br />
outcome.<br />
NO NETWORK<br />
(DUGGHOLUFÓLKI∂)<br />
Children Family (82 min)<br />
Language: Icelandic<br />
Director: Ari Kristinsson<br />
Writer: Ari Kristinsson<br />
Producer: T <strong>Film</strong> Production<br />
Key Cast: Berg?ór ?orvaldsson, ?órdís<br />
Hulda Árnadóttir, Árni Beinteinn<br />
Árnason, Brynhildur Gu∂jónsdóttir<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Iceland<br />
When Kalli spends Christmas with his<br />
father new family at an isolated farm, he<br />
has to learn how to fight “real life”<br />
challenges while encountering imaginary<br />
and fictional creatures.<br />
THE ACCIDENTAL REBEL<br />
(SNAPPHANAR)<br />
Adventure (159 min, 2 x 90 min, 3 x 60<br />
min)<br />
Language: Swedish, Danish<br />
Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein<br />
Writer: Niklas Rockström<br />
Producer: <strong>Film</strong>lance International AB<br />
Key Cast: André Sjöberg, Tuva Novotny,<br />
Anders Ekborg, Gustaf Skarsgård, Peter<br />
Andersson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
In 1678, Denmark and Sweden were<br />
fighting for power in southern Sweden,<br />
where inhabitants have suffered Swedish<br />
misrule and many decide to fight for<br />
Danish victory, those rebels were known<br />
as “Snapphanar”.<br />
THE CLASS (KLASS)<br />
http://www.klassifilm.com<br />
Drama (97 min)<br />
Language: Estonian<br />
Director: Ilmar Raag<br />
Writer: Ilmar Raag<br />
Producer: Amrion Productions<br />
Key Cast: Lauri Pedaja. Vallo Kirs. Pärt<br />
Uusberg, Paula Solvak<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Estonia<br />
Joosep has been bullied his entire life but<br />
CRIMINAL JUSTICE<br />
PORTMAN FILM & TELEVISION<br />
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when one of his classmates stands up for<br />
him, an open war starts, with the class on<br />
one side and the boys on the other.<br />
NU IMAGE/<br />
MILLENNIUM FILMS<br />
Nu Image/Millennium <strong>Film</strong>s, 6423<br />
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA<br />
90048 USA. Tel: 310.388.6900<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Danny Dimbort (Co-<br />
Chairman), Christian Mercuri (President<br />
Int’l Sales and Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 07.20, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8029<br />
NINJA<br />
Director: Isaac Florentine<br />
Status: Pre Production<br />
A ninja hiding in New York is forced to<br />
confront his past when a brutal gang of<br />
Yakuza assassins uncover his identity.<br />
LIES AND ILLUSIONS<br />
Director: Tibor Takacs<br />
Cast: Christian Slater, Ving Rhames<br />
Status: In Production<br />
A school teacher is trapped in the high<br />
tech world of espionage when his two<br />
lovers, both spies, fight to recover stolen<br />
gems while being tracked by ruthless<br />
villains.<br />
DIRECT CONTACT<br />
Director: Danny Lerner<br />
Cast: Dolph Lundgren<br />
Status: In Production<br />
An American prisoner in a Russian jail is<br />
given a chance at freedom if he can<br />
rescue a kidnapped American woman.<br />
THE PRINCE AND ME: HOLIDAY<br />
HONEYMOON<br />
Director: Catherine Cyran<br />
Cast: Kam Heskin, Chris Geere<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
<strong>The</strong> third installment of the popular<br />
romantic comedy about an American<br />
farm girl who marries the prince of<br />
Denmark.<br />
RIGHTEOUS KILL<br />
Director: Jon Avnet<br />
Writer Russell Gewirtz<br />
Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis<br />
“50 Cent” Jackson<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
Synopsis: Two New York cops find<br />
themselves in pursuit of a serial killer<br />
who leaves poems about the crime he<br />
just committed.<br />
THE CODE<br />
Director: Mimi Leder<br />
Cast: Morgan Freeman and Antonio<br />
Banderas<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
A veteran thief recruits a young crook to<br />
help him pull off one final job in order to<br />
repay his debt to the Russian mob.<br />
KILLING POINT<br />
Director: Jeff King<br />
Cast: Steven Seagal<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
An FBI agent suspects that a decorated<br />
homicide cop is framing a serial killer<br />
for murders he committed.<br />
UNDISPUTED 3<br />
Director: Isaac Florentine<br />
Cast: Scott Adkins<br />
Status: Pre Production<br />
<strong>The</strong> illegal prison fight circuit heats up<br />
as the most lethal fighters battle in a tothe-death<br />
tournament from which the<br />
winner will walk away a free man.<br />
O<br />
OASIS<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Oasis International, 6 Pardee Ave., Suite<br />
101 Toronto, ON M6K 3H5 Canada.<br />
Tel: 1.416.588.6821.<br />
Fax: 1.416.588.7279.<br />
www.oasisinternational.com, email:<br />
info@oasisinternational.com<br />
Distributor rights holder<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Peter Emerson (President),<br />
Valerie Cabrera (Executive VP of Sales),<br />
Prentiss Holman (Director of<br />
International Sales) and Ben Bishop<br />
(Sales and Acquisitions Executive)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Ben Bishop<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth 20.02<br />
WOULD BE KINGS<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/00_ne<br />
w.html<br />
Mini-Series (2 x 90 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Wellington<br />
Producer: Norstar <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A high-stakes, drug squad drama about<br />
love, loyalty, family and betrayal that<br />
sets the stage for police corruption, dirty<br />
money, illegal drug production and<br />
murder.<br />
‘DA KINK IN MY HAIR<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/dakinkinmyhair.htm<br />
Comedy Series (13 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Georgian Inc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007/2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
Based on the award winning play of the<br />
same name, ‘DA KINK IN MY HAIR<br />
tells its story in the vibe of the<br />
“Barbershop” films, with humour, a<br />
whole lot of soul and a great soundtrack.<br />
SHOW ME YOURS<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/showmeyours.htm<br />
Comedy Series (16 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Georgian Inc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Despite being total opposites, Ben and<br />
Kate seem to have a magnetic attraction<br />
to each other that she is trying, without<br />
luck, to ignore.<br />
CAFÉ PRIMO<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/cafe_primo.htm<br />
Comedy Series (18 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Georgian Inc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
CAFÉ PRIMO tells the story of once<br />
down on his luck gambler, Cake, who<br />
has attempted to clean up his life, sort of.<br />
ONE SHOT<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/one_shot.htm<br />
Reality Series (39 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: 8 Story<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Travel onto the red carpet and into the<br />
high-pressure world of celebrity<br />
photographer George Pimentel, whose<br />
livelihood depends on being where<br />
today’s most glamorous moments are<br />
happening.<br />
KEYS TO THE VIP<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/keystovip.htm<br />
Reality Series (26 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Buck Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Set in the city’s trendiest nightclubs,<br />
hidden cameras follow two players as<br />
they compete head-to-head in a 3-round<br />
skills competition that is carefully<br />
designed to test a player’s ability to<br />
attract women in a real-life playing field.<br />
PRIVATE PARTIES<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/private_parties.htm<br />
Documentary Series (12 x 60 min or 24<br />
x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: 8 Story<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Goes behind closed doors to reveal the<br />
often surprising sexual lives of<br />
“ordinary” People.<br />
KING OF THE CAGE<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/king_of_the_cage.htm<br />
Mixed Martial Arts (200+ hours<br />
including Live events, Underground<br />
Fights, Special, Documentaries)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Brentwood Communications<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
“King of the Cage” . . . It’s about<br />
punches, kicks, elbows, knees, big<br />
knockouts, technical submissions, takedowns,<br />
and strategy.<br />
THE WILKINSONS<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/wilkinsons.htm<br />
Comedy Series (20 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Henry Less Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Fresh off the success of their second<br />
chart topping single, country music<br />
sensations the WILKINSONS seem to<br />
have everything going for them. That is.<br />
until the father, Steve Wilkinson got<br />
annoyed with the stresses of celebrity.<br />
PLUCKED<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/plucked.htm<br />
Reality Series (6 x 30 min HD)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Henry Less Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
In each episode of PLUCKED one gifted<br />
musician will be given the experience of<br />
a lifetime - an opportunity to become the<br />
next country music superstar!<br />
HOLLYWOOD & VINES<br />
http://www.oasisinternational.com/10_tra<br />
ilers/hollywood_vines.htm<br />
Lifestyle Travel Series<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Nomadic Pictures<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Travel around the globe with Jason<br />
Priestly and Terry David Mulligan as<br />
they explore the celebrity culture of<br />
wine.<br />
OHM:TV GMBH<br />
ohm:tv GmbH, Habsburgerring 3, D-<br />
50674 Cologne, Germany.<br />
Tel: 49.22.17.59.14.55.<br />
Fax: 49.22.17.59.14.56. www.ohmtv.com.<br />
Email: sales@ohmtv.com<br />
Sales and distribution<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Joris Eckelkamp (Managing<br />
Director, International Sales), Hans<br />
Spielthenner (Managing Director, Format<br />
Development and Acquisition), Sebastian<br />
Burkhardt (International Sales and<br />
Acquisition)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R33.08 (Riviera), Tel: Mobile<br />
(Hans Spielthenner) 34.69.72.89.772;<br />
Mobile (Joris Eckelkamp)<br />
49.17.29.29.54.99<br />
BEAUTY QUEEN<br />
Quiz Show (30 min)<br />
Creator: Federica Petruccioli<br />
Status: Paper Format<br />
In this innovative quiz show anyone in<br />
need of a hair cut can become a star and<br />
win cash.<br />
FORGET THE RULES<br />
Interactive comedy drama (Season 1: 39<br />
x 3 mins or 13 x 9 mins; Season 2: 30 x<br />
3 mins or 6 x 15 min)<br />
Producer: Jim Shomos<br />
Status: Finished format<br />
Follows the drama and fun of Lisa, Pony<br />
and Pepe in their three-way relationship<br />
and the inter-weaving complications of<br />
their individual adventures with<br />
relationships, sex, work, family, drugs,<br />
and marriage versus career.<br />
MARRIAGE UNDER<br />
CONSTRUCTION<br />
Makeover, Lifestyle, Reality (partially<br />
scripted) (13 x 30 min)<br />
Producer: Tricon <strong>Film</strong>s and Television<br />
Status: Finished format<br />
Marriage Under Construction is a<br />
scripted docu-soap that follows the lives<br />
of a married couple purchasing their first<br />
home.<br />
WELCOME TO THE<br />
NEIGHBORHOOD<br />
Reality show (6 x 90 min)<br />
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Producer: Imago TV for RTL2<br />
Status: Finished format<br />
<strong>The</strong> toughest living-test of all the time<br />
begins when over the course of a week a<br />
group of neighbors thoroughly test five<br />
different families to see if they fit into<br />
their neighborhood.<br />
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE<br />
Game Show (30 or 60 min daily)<br />
Producer: Channel X<br />
Status: Finished format<br />
With a striking format that’s decidedly<br />
different, five players compete in a twostage<br />
contest.<br />
OVC MEDIA LTD<br />
OVC Media Ltd, 88 Berkeley Court,<br />
Baker Street, London NW1 5ND UK. Tel:<br />
0044.20.7402.9111. Fax:<br />
0044.20.7723.3064. www.ovcmedia.com<br />
Production, Distribution and DVD<br />
licensing<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Ms. Joanne Goldring-Cohen<br />
(Managing Director)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Ms. Joanne<br />
Goldring-Cohen<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand H4.35 (the Marketplace<br />
Stand), Tel: 0033.6688.13775 /<br />
0033.4.9299.8596, Fax:<br />
0033.4.9299.8597 / 0044.20.7723.3064<br />
GREAT WOMEN OF THE<br />
OLYMPICS<br />
Sport (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony Foster<br />
Producer: Joanne Goldring-Cohen / Eliot<br />
M. Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media Ltd<br />
Cast: Narrated by Gareth Hunt<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $350, 000.00<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A collection of female athletes at the<br />
pinnacle of their various Olympic<br />
disciplines. Featuring Jan Romary<br />
(fencing), Mary-Ann Burglyn (cycling),<br />
Candis Cable (disabled marathon) plus<br />
more. Also included is a brief history of<br />
the Modern day Olympics.<br />
FIRST 100 YEARS OF THE<br />
OLYMPICS<br />
Sport (3 x 26 mins or 75 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Eliot M. Cohen<br />
Producer: Joanne Goldring-Cohen, Eliot<br />
M. Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media Ltd<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $350.000<br />
Year of Production: 2006 /07, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong>se programmes follow the progress<br />
of the games from their inception in<br />
1896, all the way through to Barcelona<br />
“92.<br />
OLYMPICS CENTENNIAL GOLD<br />
Sports (10 x 45 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edited by Colin Byrom<br />
Producer: Eliot M. Cohen & Joanne<br />
Goldring-Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media<br />
Ltd.<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
10 great programmes which feature<br />
many of the Olympic’s greatest heroes. It<br />
features interviews with top athletes like<br />
Jonathan Edwards, Mike Conley, Allen<br />
Johnson, Davenport, Pete Sampras and<br />
many more.<br />
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE<br />
Health and Fitness (180 mins in total)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Joanne Goldring-Cohen<br />
Producer: Eliot M. Cohen<br />
Co-production partners: OVC Media<br />
Ltd.<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006/07, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Each episode focuses on a different<br />
aspect of Healthy Living, providing a<br />
comprehensive guide to living healthily<br />
with the help of alternative therapies,<br />
stress-management techniques and Yoga.<br />
P<br />
PASSPORT<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
LLC<br />
Passport International Entertainment,<br />
LLC, 10520 Magnolia Blvd, North<br />
Hollywood, CA 91601 USA. Tel:<br />
818.760.1500. Fax: 818.760.1532.<br />
http://www.passportentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Andrea Miller (Sr. VP<br />
Worldwide Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 01.02, Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.07<br />
HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND<br />
DANCING: A MUSICAL HISTORY<br />
http://www.greatmusicaltreasures.com/fe<br />
ature<br />
Feature Documentary (111 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark McLaughlin<br />
Writer: Mark McLaughlin<br />
Producer: Great Musical Treasures<br />
Key Cast: Shirley Jones, Narrator<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A celebration of song and dance<br />
beginning with THE JAZZ SINGER and<br />
continuing through CHICAGO to<br />
DREAMGIRLS and Hairspray.<br />
STARS AND THEIR GUITARS -<br />
THE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC<br />
GUITAR<br />
http://www.passportentertainment.com<br />
Documentary (85 Min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kent Hagen<br />
Writer: Kent Hagen<br />
Producer: Passport International<br />
Entertainment, LLC<br />
Key Cast: BB King, Peter Frampton,<br />
Roger McGuinn<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> epic story of the electric guitar and<br />
the players that make them famous<br />
including, BB King, Peter Frampton and<br />
Roger McGuinn.<br />
ELVIS AND PAT BOONE - ROCKIN’<br />
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RIVALS<br />
http://www.passpsortentertainment.com<br />
Documentary (One- Hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Stoliar<br />
Writer: Steve Stoliar<br />
Producer: Passport International<br />
Entertainment, LLC<br />
Key Cast: Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Tom<br />
Jones, Glen Campbell, Bill Medley<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In the 1950s and early ‘60s competition<br />
was fierce between the Kings of Rock ‘N<br />
Roll, Elvis and Pat Boone, for the hearts<br />
of their fans. This is their story.<br />
SHEMP COCKTAIL - A TOAST TO<br />
THE ORIGINAL STOOGE<br />
http://www.passportentertainment.com<br />
Comedy (5 hours 15 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steve Stoliar<br />
Writer: Steve Stoliar<br />
Producer: Passport International<br />
Entertainment, LLC<br />
Key Cast: Shemp Howard<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Long overdue 2-disc spotlight on Shemp<br />
Howard’s comedy classics, an original<br />
Stooge who outshone the others,<br />
including outtakes, exclusive interviews<br />
and never-before-seen home movies.<br />
HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND<br />
DANCING: A MUSICAL HISTORY -<br />
THE SERIES<br />
http://www.greatmusical<br />
treasures.com/musicals/index.html<br />
(13 x One-Hour)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark McLaughlin<br />
Writer: Mark McLaughlin<br />
Producer: Great Musical Treasures<br />
Key Cast: Shirley Jones, Narrator<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Celebrate every decade of magical<br />
musicals starting with the first musicals<br />
from the ‘20s through today’s<br />
blockbusters and Academy Award<br />
winners, Dreamgirls, Chicago and<br />
Hairspray.<br />
PEACE ARCH<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Peace Arch Entertainment, 4640<br />
Admiralty Way, Suite 710, Marina Del<br />
Rey, CA 90292, USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.776.7208. Fax: 1.310.823.7147 .<br />
www.peacearch.com, email:<br />
sales@peacearch.com<br />
Producer of theatrical, home<br />
entertainment, and television content for<br />
distribution to worldwide markets<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kevin Byles (President,<br />
International Distribution), David Fox<br />
(President, Fox Associates), Blair Reekie<br />
(President, Factual, Lifestyle & Reality<br />
Television), Victor Rodriguez (EVP,<br />
International Distribution), Mary Herne<br />
(EVP, International Television/Home<br />
Entertainment), Suzanne Barron (SVP,<br />
International Television/Home<br />
Entertainment)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Berry<br />
Meyerowitz (President, Peace Arch<br />
Home Entertainment), Jessica Labi (VP,<br />
Strategic Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R33.11, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8854<br />
DELIRIOUS<br />
Romantic Comedy (107 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tom DiCillo<br />
Writer: Tom DiCillo<br />
Producer: Robert Salerno<br />
Key Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt,<br />
Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A bottom-feeding paparazzo befriends a<br />
young homeless man whose chance<br />
meeting with a celebutante creates a<br />
wedge between the two unlikely friends.<br />
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES<br />
Romantic Comedy (91 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Soter<br />
Writer: Paul Soter<br />
Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Galt<br />
Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray<br />
Key Cast: Lucy Liu, Cillian Murphy<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Brief synopsis:<br />
<strong>The</strong> line between film and reality is<br />
blurred when a film noir geek meets a<br />
real-life femme fatale with a big<br />
adventure in mind.<br />
GUANTANAMERO<br />
Drama (86 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Vicente Penarrocha<br />
Writer: Vicente Penarrocha, Philip<br />
Palmer<br />
Producer: Michiyo Yoshizaki<br />
Key Cast: Rupert Evans, Sir Derek<br />
Jacobi<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
A chilling yet sensitive insight into the<br />
mind of a captive at Guantanamo Bay<br />
prison, as he struggles to separate fantasy<br />
from reality.<br />
SHRED<br />
Comedy (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Mitchell<br />
Writer: David Mitchell, Francis Mitchell,<br />
John Mitchell<br />
Producer: Randy Cheveldave<br />
Co-production partners: Jeff Wilson<br />
EDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD<br />
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION<br />
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Key Cast: Tom Green, David England<br />
Delivery Status: Complete<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Before they are banned from the<br />
snowboarding circuit, two “shredders”<br />
must transform snowboard wannabes<br />
into pros.<br />
DEVIL’S MERCY<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Melanie Orr<br />
Writer: James A. McLean<br />
Producer: Peace Arch Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Stephen Rea<br />
Delivery Status: Post-production<br />
Year of Production: 2008<br />
A couple and their six-year-old son move<br />
into an old Connecticut house where the<br />
boy soon becomes distraught with<br />
thoughts of monsters dwelling in the<br />
attic.<br />
NEVER CRY WEREWOLF<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brenton Spencer<br />
Writer: John Sheppard<br />
Producer: Aaron Barnett<br />
Key Cast: Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo<br />
Delivery Status: Post-production<br />
A teenage tomboy meets handsome<br />
moody stranger that moves in next door<br />
who turns out to be a werewolf.<br />
POINT DU JOUR<br />
Point Du Jour, 70, rue Jean Bleuzen, F-<br />
92170 Vanves, France. Tel:<br />
331.58.04.15.76. Fax: 331.58.04.15.78.<br />
www.pointdujour-international.fr<br />
Producer & Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Luc Martin-Gousset<br />
(President & Producer), Doris Weitzel<br />
(Director of Sales & Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: stand nr. 02.15, Tel:<br />
04.92.99.80.41<br />
MEN IN DANGER (THE MALE<br />
GENDER, AN ENDANGERED<br />
SPECIES?)<br />
Science documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Sylvie Gilman, Thierry<br />
Delestrade<br />
Writer: Sylvie Gilman<br />
Producer: Luc Martin-Gousset (Point du<br />
Jour)<br />
Co-production partners: ARTE France,<br />
with the participation of RTBF, SBS<br />
Australia<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Sperm production in humans is<br />
decreasing. For Niels Skakkebaek,<br />
Danish scientist, « the male reproductive<br />
system could be as much in danger as<br />
our climate and environment”.<br />
MAN OF THE GLACIERS<br />
Documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Katarzyna Chambenoit<br />
Writer: Katarzyna Chambenoit<br />
Producer: Luc Martin-Gousset (Point du<br />
Jour)<br />
Co-production partners: France 5<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Through core samples collected over<br />
years in Antarctica, explorer Claude<br />
Lorius was able to reconstitute the<br />
climate of 800 000 years ago. During his<br />
2004 mission, he suffered partial<br />
amnesia.<br />
1968, WORLD IN REVOLT<br />
Documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Michèle Dominici<br />
Writer: Michèle Dominici<br />
Producer: François Landesman,<br />
Stéphanie Coleaux (Bonne Compagnie)<br />
Co-production partners: France 3<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
“1968” belong to our global heritage. Its<br />
heroes are French, American, German,<br />
Czech or British. This is a film on the<br />
fate of some of the protagonists, 40 years<br />
later.<br />
RICHARD NIXON, THE MAN YOU<br />
LOVED TO HATE<br />
Documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Patrick Jeudy<br />
Writer: Patrick Jeudy<br />
Producer: Luc Martin-Gousset (Point du<br />
Jour)<br />
Co-production partners: France 5, with<br />
the participation of RAI Educational,<br />
RTBF<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
40 years ago, Richard Nixon was elected<br />
37th President of the USA on November<br />
6, 1968. A film on the life, work and<br />
trials of unglamorous “Tricky Dicky”.<br />
BEYOND THE WALL<br />
Documentary (57 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Marie-France Barrier<br />
Writer: Marie-France Barrier<br />
Producer: Ôm’ Gaïa Production, PG<br />
Invest Int., Jean-Pierre Barrier<br />
Co-production partners: France 5, with<br />
the participation of RAI Educational,<br />
RTBF<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Fate intended them to be enemies, but<br />
they have chosen to become partners:<br />
two Israelis, two Palestinians. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
situation “branded” them doubly, as<br />
“victims” and “aggressors”.<br />
BUS STOP: EL RAPIDO<br />
Documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Hervé Rébillon<br />
Writer: Hervé Rébillon<br />
Producer: Luc Martin-Gousset (Point du<br />
Jour)<br />
Co-production partners: France 5<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
<strong>The</strong> El Rapido line running from Buenos<br />
Aires to Lima is one of the longest bus<br />
routes in the world - 5000 kilometres<br />
crossing three countries: Argentina, Chile<br />
and Peru.<br />
KOSOVO, THE BLACK HOLE OF<br />
EUROPE<br />
Documentary (52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Baudouin Koenig<br />
Writer: Baudouin Koenig<br />
Producer: Christian LePeutrec<br />
(mana a mano)<br />
Co-production partners: France 5<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
KOSOVO has declared independence.<br />
Reactions in Serbia (and Russia) were<br />
fast and furious.In 2007, our team had<br />
gone to Mitrovica, finding out what<br />
divides and separates Kosovars<br />
CHILDREN OF THE WHALES<br />
Documentary (2 x 52 min.)<br />
Language: French, English<br />
Director: Frédéric Tonolli<br />
Writer: Frédéric Tonolli<br />
Producer: Christian LePeutrec (mana a<br />
mano)<br />
Co-production partners: France 3<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Chukotka on the Bering sea, is home to<br />
the Chukchi people. A local legend<br />
makes them the ‘children of the whales’.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir life revolves around whale hunting,<br />
fishing and .survival.<br />
PORCHLIGHT<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Porchlight Entertainment, 11050 Santa<br />
Monica Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles,<br />
CA 90025 USA. Tel: 1.310.477.8400 .<br />
Fax: 1.310.477.5555.<br />
www.porchlight.com, email:<br />
info@porchlight.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Bruce Johnson (President &<br />
CEO), William Baumann (President &<br />
COO), Ken DuBow (President<br />
Worldwide Distribution), JD Beaufils<br />
(VP, Worldwide Sales), Katherine<br />
Kaufman (VP, Worldwide Sales), Jeffrey<br />
Engelen (VP, Worldwide Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Ken DuBow<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fices: Riviera Stand R34.03, Tel:<br />
011.33(0)4.92.99.8804<br />
TOWARDS DARKNESS<br />
www.tdmovie.com<br />
Drama (97 min)<br />
Language: English/Spanish<br />
Director: Antonio Negret<br />
Writer: Antonio Negret<br />
Producer: Luiza Ricupero, Craig<br />
Anderson<br />
Co-production partners: Take Fountain<br />
Productions, Negret <strong>Film</strong>s Production<br />
Key Cast: America Ferrera, David<br />
Sutcliffe, Robert Urbina<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US/Panama<br />
As the minutes of a kidnapped hostage’s<br />
life slip away, frustration mounts as his<br />
family and a special ops team rush to<br />
save his life.<br />
SECRETS OF PINE COVE<br />
Thriller (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis<br />
Writer: John Murlowski<br />
Producer: Harvey Kahn<br />
Co-production partners: Front Street<br />
Pictures and Ash Road Productions<br />
Key Cast: Melissa Joan Hart, Patrick<br />
Currie, Susan Hogan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
In this gripping thriller, a beautiful<br />
young woman’s casual island vacation<br />
becomes a terrifying life-or-death<br />
struggle to survive the long-hidden truth<br />
behind the SECRETS OF PINE COVE.<br />
AJ’S TIME TRAVELLERS<br />
Family/Adventure (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Finney<br />
Writer: Barry Friedman<br />
Producer: David Garfinkle, Jay Renfroe,<br />
Matthew Papish<br />
Co-production partners: DNA<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Larry Cedar, Julie St. Claire,<br />
Wayne Thomas Yorke<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1995, Country of<br />
Origin: US<br />
AJ reaches into his fantasy world of time<br />
travel to discover a way to gain a deeper<br />
understanding of his own individual and<br />
social ethics.<br />
PORTFOLIO<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Portfolio Entertainment, 110 Eglinton<br />
Avenue East, Suite 602, Toronto ON<br />
M4P 2Y1, Canada. Tel: 1.416.483.9773.<br />
Fax: 1.416.483.6537.<br />
www.portfolioentertainment.com, Email:<br />
portfolio@portfolio-ent.com<br />
Producer, distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Lisa Olfman (Founder and<br />
President), Joy Rosen (Founder and<br />
President), Jon Rutherford (Director of<br />
Sales & Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Canada Pavilion Stand 00.01,<br />
Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.83.56, Fax:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.83.57<br />
CARL2<br />
www.carlsquared.com<br />
Animation (65 x 30 min) NEW episodes<br />
available — Season 3 & 4 (40 to 65)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Csunyoskca<br />
Producer: Portfolio Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Ensemble<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005/2006/2007,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
When a slacker teen accidentally clones<br />
himself he discovers that the miracle of<br />
cloning is only skin-deep as he<br />
scrambles to cover up the trail of chaos<br />
left by his exuberant clone.<br />
CHEF AT HOME<br />
www.chefmichaelsmith.ca<br />
Lifestyle (131 x 30 min) NEW episodes<br />
available — Season 4 & 5 (79 to 131)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Trevor Grant<br />
Writer: Michael Smith<br />
Producer: Ocean Entertainment and<br />
Cellar Door Productions<br />
Key Cast: Michael Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Chef Michael Smith invites you into his<br />
home kitchen demonstrating simple,<br />
flavorful meals. Close the cookbooks.,<br />
look in the fridge, ignite the imagination<br />
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and let your appetite be your guide!<br />
CHEF AT LARGE<br />
www.chefmichaelsmith.ca<br />
Lifestyle (65 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edward Mowbray<br />
Writer: Michael Smith, Edward<br />
Mowbray<br />
Producer: Ocean Entertainment and<br />
Cellar Door Productions<br />
Key Cast: Chef Michael Smith<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Chef Michael Smith investigates and<br />
documents the fast-paced, diverse and<br />
challenging world of chefs, their kitchens<br />
and cuisines from across the globe.<br />
COWBOY COUNTRY<br />
www.cowboycountrytv.com<br />
Factual / Lifestyle - HD (65 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer:Cowboy Country Productions Ltd.<br />
Key Cast: Ash Cooper<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
While embracing the history and<br />
traditions of the past, Cowboy Country<br />
explores the passion surrounding the<br />
unique western culture of today’s<br />
cowboy.<br />
SPELLZ<br />
Kids How-To/Instructional (52 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Ron Allen<br />
Writer: Susan McLennan<br />
Producer: GAPC Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Jay Sankey, Bridget Hall<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Ever wondered just how magicians do<br />
their amazing tricks? Spellz is a fastpaced,<br />
fun romp that reveals the<br />
mysteries behind everyday and “not so<br />
everyday” magical tricks!<br />
MANSIONS<br />
Lifestyle / Design trends (13 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: D’Arcy Butler, Scott MacNeal,<br />
Jim Henshaw<br />
Producer: Lenz Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Fall 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2007/2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
Mansions provides a glimpse into the<br />
exciting world of high finance,<br />
astounding privilege and extreme<br />
indulgence through the high-stakes<br />
wheeling, dealing and building of<br />
million dollar mansions.<br />
D-SIGN<br />
www.dsignmagazine.com<br />
Design trends & European Lifestyle –<br />
HD (13 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English & Spanish<br />
Director: Alberto Abenza<br />
Producer: Conta Conta Produccions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Spain<br />
Famous European architects and<br />
designers illustrate how to leave unique<br />
signatures through lighting and avantgarde<br />
furnishings reflecting the designs<br />
which prevail today and those which will<br />
become fashionable within the next few<br />
years.<br />
THE BIG COMFY COUCH<br />
www.bigcomfycouch.us<br />
Children’s / Pre-school (100 x 30 min)<br />
NEW episodes available — Season 7<br />
(79 to 100)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Derek Ryan, Rob Mills<br />
Producer: Radical Sheep Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
This series is a safe cozy place for preschoolers<br />
to learn about the world<br />
around them through a child’s point of<br />
view, providing a playful environment<br />
for fun and discovery.<br />
RUFFUS THE DOG<br />
www.radsheep.com/ruffus.html<br />
Children’s / Pre-school (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robert Mills<br />
Producer: Radical Sheep Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Ruffus <strong>The</strong> Dog entertains, educates and<br />
amuses pre-school viewers by<br />
stimulating their interest in the<br />
wonderful world of classic fairy-tales<br />
pulled from the shelves of Ruffus’<br />
bookstore.<br />
TOP DOGS<br />
www.topdogs.tv<br />
Lifestyle/Sports (84 x 60 min) NEW<br />
episodes available — Season 7 (79 to<br />
84)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Polar Bear Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004/2005/2006,<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Top Dogs is the wide world of<br />
sports….for dogs! Whether jumping<br />
through hoops, herding sheep or leaping<br />
for discs, these spirited canines are the<br />
most entertaining athletes on four legs.<br />
R<br />
RAI TRADE (SALES)<br />
Rai Trade (Sales), Via Umberto Novaro<br />
18, 00195 Rome, Italy. Tel:<br />
39.06.374.981. Fax: 39.06.370.1343.<br />
www.raitrade.it, email: info@raitrade.it<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Renato Parascandolo<br />
(President), Alba Calia (Vice President),<br />
Carlo Nardello (CEO), Andrea Portante<br />
(Worldwide Sales and Brand Marketing<br />
Director), Sesto Cifola (Head of Cinema<br />
and TV Sales), Sabrina Eleuteri (Fiction<br />
and Animation International Sales<br />
Manager), Giovanna Maccagno (Formats<br />
International Sales Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R 30.03<br />
THE VICEROYS<br />
Historical Drama (120’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Roberto Faenza<br />
Production: Jean Vigo Italia, Rai Cinema<br />
Delivery Status: new /ready<br />
A Sicilian family with a father, a tyrant,<br />
who deprives his daughter even of the<br />
right to love.<br />
DETECTIVE MONTALBANO<br />
Drama<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Alberto Sironi<br />
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Production: Palomar, RAI Fiction<br />
Delivery Status: in production<br />
Based on the successful novels by<br />
Andrea Camilleri. Detective Montalbano<br />
is the main protagonist and a policeman<br />
who is gentle with the weak but<br />
relentless in searching for anyone guilty<br />
of committing the crime.<br />
ESCAPE WITH MARLENE<br />
Drama (100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Alfredo Peyretti<br />
Production: Progetto Immagine, RAI<br />
Fiction<br />
Delivery Status: Ready<br />
Stefano finds Marlene, who has escaped<br />
from prison, robbed a jewellery store and<br />
been wounded in the process, hiding in<br />
his stepfather?s abandoned stables, and<br />
he looks after her.<br />
HE WAS MY BROTHER<br />
Drama (2 x 100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Claudio Bonivento<br />
Production: Achille Manzotti for Faso<br />
<strong>Film</strong><br />
Director of photography: Emilio<br />
Loffredo<br />
Delivery Status: ready<br />
Luca has vague memories of his original<br />
family, but he has no idea that the crime<br />
boss his father has been assigned to<br />
arrest, is his blood brother.<br />
LADY DETECTIVE<br />
Action Thriller (8 x 100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Cinzia TH Torrini<br />
Production: Rai Fiction, Aran Endemol<br />
Delivery Status: ready<br />
When Chief Detective Lisa Milani<br />
brilliantly solves a case she has been<br />
asked to help with in the city, she is<br />
given a crime squad all of her own.<br />
CHIEF DETECTIVE<br />
DE LUCA<br />
Police (6 x 100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Antonio Frazzi<br />
Production: AGER 3, RAI Fiction<br />
Chief Detective De Luca investigates<br />
and solves crimes in the city of Bologna<br />
and along the Adriatic coast, with little<br />
or no regard for those in power, whoever<br />
they happen to be.<br />
POLICE CHIEF MANARA<br />
Police (12 x 50’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Davide Marengo<br />
Production: Dauphine <strong>Film</strong> Company,<br />
RAI Fiction<br />
Lara, a police crime-scene investigator,<br />
moves in with her Aunt Carina, little<br />
knowing that the man she secretly fell in<br />
love with at the Police Academy, Chief<br />
Luca Manara, has just been transferred to<br />
the same small Tuscan town.<br />
CAPRI<br />
Drama (25 x100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Enrico Oldoini<br />
Production: Rai Fiction, Rizzoli<br />
Audiovisivi<br />
Delivery Status: ready<br />
<strong>The</strong> protagonists are a beautiful<br />
yet mysterious woman, two<br />
brothers who are both madly<br />
in love with her, and an<br />
entire mansion which they must divide<br />
between them.<br />
MARESCIALLO ROCCA AND THE<br />
CHILDHOOD FRIEND<br />
Police (2 x 100’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Fabio Jephcott<br />
Production: Solaris, Rai Fiction<br />
Maresciallo Rocca returns to Rome for<br />
the funeral of Pietro, the elderly<br />
neighbourhood cobbler.<br />
THE LARK FARM<br />
Drama (117’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani<br />
Production: Grazia Volpi<br />
COME INTO THE LIGHT<br />
Drama (90’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Roberto Faenza<br />
Production: Jean Vigo Italia Production<br />
MAYBE GOD IS ILL - FORSE DIO<br />
E’ MALATO<br />
Docu-film (90’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
DIRECTOR: FRANCO BROGI<br />
TAVIANI<br />
Production: AGER 3<br />
<strong>The</strong> film follows the main stories of<br />
Walter Veltroni’s book of the<br />
same name.<br />
A PRINCE NAMED TOTÒ<br />
Documentary (70’)<br />
Version: Italian with English subtitles<br />
Director: Fabrizio Berruti<br />
Production: Marco Poccioni and Marco<br />
Valsania for Rodeo Drive<br />
RDF RIGHTS, PART<br />
OF THE RDF MEDIA<br />
GROUP<br />
RDF Rights, part of the RDF Media<br />
Group, Beaumont House, Kensington<br />
Village, Avonmore Road, London W14<br />
8TS, UK. Tel: 44.20.7013.4400. Fax:<br />
44.20.7013.4401. www.rdfrights.com,<br />
email: sales@rdfrights.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Matthew Frank (Managing<br />
Director), Jane Millichip (Chief<br />
Operating <strong>Of</strong>ficer), Anne-Marie Pardoe<br />
(Head of Sales), Emily Cripps (Head of<br />
Acquisitions), Barnaby Shingleton (Head<br />
of Light Entertainment Acquisitions),<br />
Martin Rakusen (Director, Commercial<br />
Development)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand R31.05<br />
BIG AND SMALL TRAIN<br />
STUDIO 100 MEDIA<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
DANCE MACHINE<br />
Entertainment (60 minute format)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: RDF USA, part<br />
of the RDF Media Group, for ABC<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Ordinary people perform extraordinary<br />
dance moves in this brand new<br />
primetime entertainment format from the<br />
creators of Don’t Forget <strong>The</strong> Lyrics.<br />
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!<br />
Entertainment - 17 x 60 minutes, series<br />
3)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: RDF USA, part<br />
of the RDF Media Group, for Fox<br />
Network USA<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Think you know the words to Queen’s<br />
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? Would you be<br />
able to keep singing once the music has<br />
stopped? Contestants who succeed could<br />
walk away with thousands in this brand<br />
new primetime entertainment format.<br />
SUBURBAN VIRGINS<br />
Factual entertainment (4 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: Brand New<br />
Entertainment<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Fun reality show following sexually<br />
inexperienced men and their quest to<br />
find a girlfriend/ lover.<br />
CELEBRACADABRA!<br />
Factual Entertainment (8 x 60 minutes +<br />
format)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-production partners: VH1<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
This winning format combines the<br />
excitement of magic with all the fun of<br />
celebrities who are out to out-do each<br />
other!<br />
REGENT<br />
WORLDWIDE SALES<br />
Regent Worldwide Sales, 10990 Wilshire<br />
Blvd., Penthouse Los Angeles, California<br />
90024 USA. Tel: 1.310.806.4288. Fax:<br />
1.310.806.4271.<br />
www.regententertainment.com<br />
Producer and Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Meggan Kimberley (Co-<br />
President), Adam Wright (Co-President),<br />
Merve Berker (Executive Assistant)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: # 03.24-05.23. Tel:<br />
33(0)492.99.8206, Meggan Kimberley<br />
Mobile: 1.818.451.8298. Adam Wright<br />
Mobile: 1.818.331.0990. Merve Berker<br />
Mobile: 1.310.666.3038<br />
Distributor on all titles: Regent<br />
Entertainment; Rights on all titles: All<br />
Rights<br />
LAVA STORM<br />
Action/Disaster (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Sean Dwyer<br />
Starring: Ian Ziering (“Beverly Hills<br />
90210”), Valerie Valois<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a routine mine inspection goes<br />
horribly wrong, Lori Pratt suddenly finds<br />
herself in the middle of a massive<br />
volcanic eruption.<br />
SOLAR DESTRUCTION<br />
Action/Disaster (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Cast: Tracy Gold (“Growing Pains”),<br />
Michelle Clunie (“Queer As Folks”)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Fifteen-year-old math genius Riley has<br />
just developed a groundbreaking new<br />
way to accurately predict deadly solar<br />
flares. He soon discovers the earth has<br />
only 18 hours to prepare for a solar flare<br />
powerful enough to cause a global<br />
electrical meltdown.<br />
GROUND ZERO: THE DEADLY<br />
SHIFT<br />
Action/Disaster (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Cast: Tracy Nelson (“Melrose Place”,<br />
“Down and Out in Beverly Hills”),<br />
Charles Shaughnessy (“Saint &<br />
Sinners”), Ken Barnett<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Maverick scientist David Terran leads a<br />
lonely life, shunned by his colleagues<br />
because of his radical theories about<br />
magnetic poles. But when Iran sets off a<br />
chain of explosive nuclear events,<br />
David’s far fetched ideas become all too<br />
real.<br />
NUCLEAR HURRICANE<br />
Action/Disaster (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Cast: Jamie Luner (“Melrose Place”,<br />
“Profiler”), Jack Scalia (“All my<br />
Children”, “Red Eye”), David Millbern<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
At a nuclear power plant, the cooling<br />
system becomes a problem when the<br />
“mother of all storms” is headed straight<br />
towards it.<br />
A DATE WITH MURDER<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Rex Piano<br />
Cast: Alexandra Paul (“Baywatch”,<br />
“Melrose Place”), David Chokachi<br />
(“Baywatch”), Robyn Lively<br />
(“Nip/Tuck”, “CSI:NY”)<br />
Delivery Status: Post-Production<br />
Following clues, Stacy gets closer to the<br />
killer, but it’s a matter of time before he<br />
strikes again – and Stacy may be his next<br />
target.<br />
THE DELPHI EFFECT<br />
Action/ Thriller (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Ron Oliver<br />
Cast: Shannen Doherty (“Beverly Hills<br />
90210”, “Mallrats”), Robert Gant<br />
(“Queer As Folks”, “Teaching Mrs.<br />
Tingle”), John Rhys-Davies (“Lord of<br />
the Rings”, “Indiana Jones and the Last<br />
Crusade”)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
After years of working as a covert<br />
government agent, a brush with death<br />
causes operative Jacob Keane to make<br />
career change.<br />
STOLEN LIFE: CAUGHT ON TAPE<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Donald Wrye<br />
Cast: Antonio Sabato Jr. (“Melrose<br />
Place”), Odette Yustman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A young school teacher engaged to a<br />
handsome firefighter has the seemingly<br />
perfect life until she accompanies some<br />
girlfriends on a spring break trip.<br />
7 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I’M 30<br />
Romantic/Comedy (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Paul Kaufman<br />
Cast: Amber Benson (“Buffy the<br />
Vampire Slayer”), Julia Duffy<br />
US Broadcaster: Lifetime<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
After losing her job, apartment and<br />
boyfriend in one day, Lori Madison<br />
moves home with her mother Vivian and<br />
discovers a list she made as a child: “7<br />
Things To Do Before I’m 30.”<br />
KISS THE BRIDE<br />
Romantic / Comedy (90 min)<br />
Directed by: C. Jay Cox<br />
Cast: Tori Spelling (“Beverly Hills<br />
90210”), James O’Shea, Philipp Karner,<br />
Amber Benson (“Buffy the Vampire<br />
Slayer”), Joanna Cassidy<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
In high school, Matt and Ryan were best<br />
friends. But in the ensuing ten years,<br />
they’ve lost contact. So when Matt<br />
receives an invitation to Ryan’s wedding<br />
he’s surprised!<br />
CHRISTMAS CAPER<br />
Family/Holiday (90 min)<br />
Directed by: David Winkler<br />
Cast: Shannen Doherty (“Beverly Hills<br />
90210”, “Mallrats”), Ty Olsson (“Aliens<br />
vs. Predator”, “X2”), and Conrad Coates<br />
(“Saw II ”,“ Kyle XY<br />
US Broadcaster: ABC Family<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When professional thief Dove ends up<br />
caring for her niece and nephew over the<br />
Christmas holidays, she begins to rethink<br />
her priorities and realizes that a crimefree<br />
Christmas might be just what she<br />
needs this year.<br />
AN ACCIDENTAL CHRISTMAS<br />
Family/Holiday (90 min)<br />
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray<br />
Cast: Cynthia Gibb (“Gypsy”, “Young<br />
Blood”), David Millbern, James Hong<br />
(“Balls of Fury”, “Blade Runner”)<br />
US Broadcaster: Lifetime<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Separated after 15 years of marriage,<br />
Vicki and Jason are set up by their two<br />
teenage children to spend a Christmas<br />
vacation together on the beach.<br />
RETIREMENT<br />
LIVING TV<br />
Retirement Living TV, 8825 Stanford<br />
Blvd., Suite 200, Columbia, MD 21114<br />
USA. Tel: 1.619.269.4943.<br />
http://www.rl.tv<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Cammie Morgan (Head of<br />
Acquisitions & Co. Productions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel: 1.760.580.2924<br />
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR<br />
ROMANCE<br />
Reality (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Another Chance for Romance features<br />
seniors in search of love and<br />
companionship as they jump into the<br />
world of dating.<br />
WHAT’S NEXT<br />
Reality (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
After enjoying a few months of freedom,<br />
many new retirees fins themselves<br />
thinking, “What’s next?”. This show<br />
helps them find their way.<br />
HEALTHLINE<br />
Factual (30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A health and medical program that<br />
equips you with the tools you need to<br />
take better control of your health.<br />
HEALTHLINE’S WHOLE BODY<br />
HEALTH<br />
(30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Healthline’s Whole Body Health is a half<br />
hour program that takes a holistic<br />
approach to medical care and wellness.<br />
RETIRED AND WIRED<br />
Factual (30 min)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Retired and Wired is the guide to the<br />
very latest in high-tech tips and tools.<br />
RHI<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
RHI Entertainment, 1325 Avenue of the<br />
Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY<br />
10019, United States. Tel: 212.977.9001.<br />
Fax: 212.977.9049. www.rhifilms.com,<br />
email: pr@rhifilms.com<br />
Producer/Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Robert Halmi Jr. (President<br />
& CEO, RHI Entertainment, LLC), Peter<br />
von Gal, (COO, RHI Entertainment,<br />
LLC), Joel Denton (President of<br />
Production and Distribution, RHI<br />
Entertainment, LLC), Torquil Macneal<br />
(SVP, International Sales), John<br />
Alexander (SVP, International Sales &<br />
Worldwide DVD Distribution), Michael<br />
Oesterlin (SVP, International Sales)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Joel Denton<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth R38.09, Tel:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8872<br />
THE LAST TEMPLAR<br />
Action/Thriller/Adventure (240 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: Raymond Khoury and Suzette<br />
Couture<br />
Producer: Robert Halmi Sr., Robert<br />
Halmi, Jr./RHI Entertainment<br />
Co-production partners: Muse<br />
Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Victor Garber<br />
Delivery Status: Pre Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Based on Raymond Khoury’s #1<br />
International best-seller, an ancient<br />
decoder has been stolen from a<br />
collection of Vatican art.<br />
DRAGON STEEL<br />
Miniseries, Fantasy/Adventure<br />
(360 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: RHI Entertainment/Robert<br />
Halmi, Sr., Robert Halmi, Jr.<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
Brief synopsis: (25-30 words max):<br />
In a faraway time, on the island of<br />
Mirabilis, the most valuable element is<br />
an empowering, magical ore called<br />
Dragonsteel.<br />
DEPTH CHARGE<br />
(120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Terrence O’Hara<br />
Writer: Dennis Pratt<br />
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Producer: Robert Halmi Jr./RHI<br />
Entertainment<br />
Co-production partners:<br />
Larry Levinson Productions<br />
Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Jason Gedrick<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
On his final voyage before retirement,<br />
Krieg, the seasoned all-American captain<br />
of the nuclear-powered submarine USS<br />
Montana is making a shocking bid for<br />
world peace.<br />
INFECTED<br />
Sci Fi/Action/Thriller (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Adam Weissman<br />
Writer: Christian Ford and Roger Soffer<br />
Producer: RHI Entertainment/Robert<br />
Halmi, Sr., Robert Halmi, Jr.<br />
Co-production partners: Reunion<br />
Pictures<br />
Key Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Judd<br />
Nelson, Gil Bellows<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Ben and Lisa, disgruntled reporters for<br />
the Boston Daily, are looking for stories<br />
to match their ambitions. <strong>The</strong>y find one<br />
when the mayor is assassinated—not by<br />
a crazed gun nut, but by a terrified man<br />
desperate to stop an alien invasion.<br />
GRAVE MISCONDUCT<br />
Action/Thriller (120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Armand Mastroianni<br />
Writer: Matthew Chernov and David<br />
Rosiak<br />
Producer: RHI Entertainment/Robert<br />
Halmi, Jr.<br />
Co-production partners: Larry Levinson<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Crystal Bernard, Vincent<br />
Spano<br />
Delivery Status: Post production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: United States<br />
When Andrea Drown, the author of an<br />
unpublished manuscript commits suicide,<br />
aspiring novelist Julia London claims it<br />
as her own.<br />
RIGEL<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Rigel Entertainment, 4201 Wilshire<br />
Blvd.,Suite 555, Los Angeles, CA 90010<br />
USA. Tel: 1.323.954.8555. Fax:<br />
1.323.954.8592. www.rigel.tv, email:<br />
info@rigel.tv<br />
Production, Distribution<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: John F.S.Laing (CEO &<br />
President)<br />
STUCK<br />
Thriller (90 min)<br />
Director: Stuart Gordon<br />
Cast: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell<br />
Hornsby<br />
Inspired by true events, the film is about<br />
two unlikely opponents thrown together<br />
in a macabre set of circumstances.<br />
BLONDE AND BLONDER<br />
Comedy (90 min)<br />
Director: Dean Hamilton<br />
Cast: Pamela Anderson, Denise<br />
Richards, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Meghan<br />
Ory, Kevin and John Farley,<br />
Byron Mann<br />
DEE TWIDDLE (Pamela Anderson) and<br />
DAWN ST. DOM (Denise Richards) are<br />
two blondes on a mission. <strong>The</strong>y just have<br />
no idea what it is!<br />
PACIFIC BLUE, SEASON I-V<br />
Drama (13x60 min)<br />
Cast: Rick Rossovich, Jim Davidson,<br />
Darlene Vogel, Paula Trickey, Marcos<br />
Ferraez, Mario Lopez, Jeff Stearns, Amy<br />
Hunter-Cornelius, Shanna Moakler<br />
Pacific Blue is a dynamic<br />
action/adventure series set along<br />
California’s most celebrated stretch of<br />
coastline - Santa Monica Bay.<br />
WHEN A MAN FALLS IN THE<br />
FOREST<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Director: Ryan Eslinger<br />
Cast: Sharon Stone, Dylan Baker,<br />
Timothy Hutton, Pruitt Taylor Vince<br />
Embraces the lives of four unlikely<br />
heroes each consumed in a personal<br />
struggle to make sense of their lives and<br />
transforms them in ways they never<br />
imagined.<br />
MAX HAVOC : CURSE OF THE<br />
DRAGON<br />
Action & Adventure (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Albert Pyun<br />
Key Cast: Mickey Hardt, Joanna Krupa,<br />
Marie MaTiko, Nikki Ziering, Diego<br />
Wallraff, Richard Roundtree, David<br />
Carradine, Carmen Electra<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004<br />
Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt), world<br />
famous kickboxer turned sports<br />
photographer, returns to Guam and faces<br />
the relentless Black Dragons.<br />
MAX HAVOC : RING OF FIRE<br />
Action & Adventure (90min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Terry Ingram<br />
Key Cast: Mickey Hardt, Dean Cain,<br />
Christina Cox, Rae Dawn Chong, Martin<br />
Kove, Linda Thorson, Samuel Patrick<br />
Chu, Carmen Electra<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006<br />
Max Havoc is on a new assignment<br />
staying at a luxury hotel in the heart of a<br />
big city, only to discover that the classy<br />
hotel owner is a vicious mob boss<br />
heading up a crime ring full of unwanted<br />
teenagers in the nearby slums.<br />
RIVE GAUCHE<br />
FILMS<br />
Rive Gauche <strong>Film</strong>s, 15442 Ventura<br />
Boulevard, Suite 101, Sherman Oaks,<br />
CA, 91403, U.S. Tel: 1.818.386.1035.<br />
Fax: 1.818.784.9916.<br />
www.rgitv.com/films, email:<br />
sales@rivegauchefilms.net<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Jon Kramer (Chairman &<br />
CEO)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 26.01<br />
BLACK POINT<br />
Action 90:00<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Mackay<br />
Key Cast: David Caruso, Susan Haskell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Year of Production: 2001,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A reclusive ex-Navy officer befriends a<br />
woman and tries to save her from an<br />
abusive relationship with her gangster<br />
lover.<br />
CONTAMINATED MAN<br />
Action/Thriller (90:00)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anthony Hickox<br />
Key Cast: William Hurt, Peter Weller,<br />
Natascha McElhone<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2000, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A virus that kills on contact is set free<br />
after a disgruntled employee breaks into<br />
a top-secret laboratory and is<br />
accidentally infected.<br />
I WITNESS<br />
Action (90:00)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rowdy Herrington<br />
Key Cast: James Spader, Jeff Daniels,<br />
Portia De Rossi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Twenty-seven bodies are discovered in a<br />
collapsed tunnel in Tijuana.<br />
ONE WAY OUT<br />
Action (90:00)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Allen Goldstein<br />
Key Cast: Jason Bateman, Jim Belushi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A veteran homicide police officer that<br />
has developed a lifestyle far beyond his<br />
means masterminds the murder of a<br />
gorgeous and wealthy socialite.<br />
STICK UP<br />
Action (90:00)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rowdy Herrington<br />
Key Cast: James Spader<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
In a quiet rural town up in the Sierras, a<br />
bank has just been robbed of a half<br />
million dollars. It seems pretty clear to<br />
the authorities that John Parker, an L.A.<br />
police detective, has pulled off the heist.<br />
RIVE GAUCHE<br />
MOTORS & MORE<br />
Rive Gauche Motors & More, 15442<br />
Ventura Boulevard, Suite 101, Sherman<br />
Oaks, CA, 91403 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.784.9912. Fax: 1.818.784.9916,<br />
www.rgitv.com, email:<br />
rgtvsales@rgitv.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Dorothy Crompton (Senior<br />
Vice President, International Sales), Gary<br />
MacKinney (Vice President,<br />
International Sales), Robby Amar (Sales<br />
Executive, International Sales), Jeff<br />
Houser (Vice President, Emerging<br />
<strong>Business</strong>es Development), Jon Kramer<br />
(Chairman & CEO)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 26.01<br />
MUTANT MACHINES<br />
Reality (13 x half-hour)<br />
Competition series where teams battle it<br />
out to mutate their basic machines such<br />
as motorbikes, scooters and cars into<br />
ride-on mowers, pile drivers etc.<br />
AUTOMOBILIA<br />
Reality (6 X Half-Hour)<br />
Collecting car-related memorabilia is a<br />
huge pastime for many. Join the fun as<br />
two average guys are pitted against each<br />
other to see who can find the best items<br />
at a variety of collectors’ fairs.<br />
SLIPSTREAM<br />
Reality (15 x half-hour)<br />
It’s said that women are terrible drivers.<br />
Do you think it’s true? Find out as<br />
women take on the men in a test that will<br />
leave you with the answer to that age-old<br />
question.<br />
KATIE’S FANTASY LAND<br />
Reality (8 x half-hour)<br />
Each program delves into the history of<br />
an item of underwear including the bra,<br />
panties, corsets and stilettos, etc.<br />
PLANET BOOB<br />
Reality (12 x half-hour)<br />
Everything you ever wondered about<br />
boobs will be answered in the Planet<br />
Boob series.<br />
RIVE GAUCHE<br />
TELEVISION<br />
Rive Gauche Television, 15442 Ventura<br />
Boulevard, Suite 101, Sherman Oaks,<br />
CA, 91403 USA. Tel: 1.818.784.9912.<br />
Fax: 1.818.784.9916. www.rgitv.com,<br />
email: rgtvsales@rgitv.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Dorothy Crompton (Senior<br />
Vice President, International Sales), Gary<br />
MacKinney (Vice President,<br />
International Sales), Robby Amar (Sales<br />
Executive, International Sales), Jeff<br />
Houser (Vice President, Emerging<br />
<strong>Business</strong>es Development), Jon Kramer<br />
(Chairman & CEO), Mark Rafalowski<br />
(President of Acquisitions & Production,<br />
Rive Gauche Television)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 26.01<br />
NOWHERE TO RUN<br />
Realty (13 x 30min)<br />
<strong>The</strong> most dangerous part of a high-speed<br />
pursuit is when a suspect has nowhere to<br />
run or hide.<br />
SCARE TACTICS, SEASON 3<br />
Realty (22 x 30min-Season 1), (22 x<br />
30min-Season 2), (13 x 30min-Season 3)<br />
+ 1 hour Special.<br />
Thirteen brand new episodes of the<br />
deliciously frightening hidden camera<br />
series where friends and family lure<br />
MESSAGES FROM NATURE<br />
ZDF ENTERPRISES<br />
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those close to them into outrageously<br />
frightening scenarios – all with a sci-fi<br />
and horror twist from alien abductions to<br />
military experiments gone awry.<br />
program.<br />
WHAT DO YOU DO<br />
Realty (13 x 30min)<br />
What Do You Do is the ‘how to’ series<br />
for incredible and often life threatening<br />
situations. POLICE TECH<br />
Reality/documentary (2 x 60min)<br />
Police Tech is the series where law<br />
enforcement experience first hand,<br />
through tests and in on scene action, the<br />
most innovative science and<br />
extraordinary new technologies use to<br />
apprehend criminals.<br />
VIDEO ZONKERS<br />
Reality/clip (52 x 30min-Series 1), 52 x<br />
30min-Series 2) (104 x 30min-total)<br />
Never-before-seen video clips collected<br />
from around the globe into stand alone<br />
comedic hours that show life’s everyday<br />
moments at their most extreme, odd,<br />
bizarre but almost always, most<br />
hilarious.<br />
S<br />
SANDY FRANK<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
INC.<br />
Sandy Frank Entertainment, Inc.,<br />
910 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021<br />
United States. Tel: 212.772.1889.<br />
Fax: 212.772.2297.<br />
http://www.sandyfrankentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mr. Sandy Frank<br />
(Chairman), Maury Shields (Executive<br />
Vice President), Nora Diaz (Director: of<br />
Sales), Rosalie Perrone (Vice President,<br />
Controller), Sandi Spidell (Vice<br />
President, Operations)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 09.14, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8299<br />
NAME THAT TUNE - NEW 2008<br />
FORMAT<br />
Game Show (30 Minute OR 60 Min)<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
New NAME THAT TUNE format<br />
combines proven hit television elements<br />
with contemporary music and styles!<br />
INTERNATIONAL KUNG FU<br />
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES<br />
Sports (60 min)<br />
This is the FIRST and ONLY true<br />
international Kung Fu World<br />
Championship available to broadcasters!<br />
FIRST AND WORST - FORMAT<br />
Reality (30 min)<br />
We take the dating show concept and<br />
smash it into the hidden camera to create<br />
an irreverent and unbelievably funny<br />
series with universal appeal!<br />
SCREEN MEDIA<br />
VENTURES<br />
Screen Media Ventures, 757 Third<br />
Avenue, 3rd Floor New York City, New<br />
York 10017 USA. Tel: 212.308.1790.<br />
Fax: 212.308.1791.<br />
www.screenmedia.net<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong> Distribution Company<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Joseph Kovacs (President),<br />
David Fannon (Executive Vice<br />
President) Almira Malyshev (Senior Vice<br />
President; International Sales), Michael<br />
Dwyer (Vice President; International<br />
Sales and Acquisitions), Samantha Stuart<br />
(Manager; International Sales and<br />
Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera - Stand R36.04, Tel:<br />
33.4.92.99.88.10<br />
DISAPPEARANCES<br />
http://www.disappearancesmovie.com/<br />
Adventure (118 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jay Craven<br />
Writer: Jay Craven<br />
Producer: Jay Craven and Mark Donadio<br />
Key Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Gary<br />
Farmer, Genevieve Bujold, Luis Guzman<br />
and William Sanderson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $ 1.5M<br />
Year of Production: 2006. Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt<br />
to save his family, Quebec Bill (Kris<br />
Kristofferson) and his son embark on an<br />
unforgettable treacherous journey<br />
through the wilderness.<br />
WALKER PAYNE<br />
http://www.walkerpayne.com/<br />
Drama (117 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matt Williams<br />
Writer: Matt Williams<br />
Producer: Judd Payne<br />
Key Cast: Jason Patric, Drea de Matteo,<br />
Sam Shepard, Bruce Dern<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A period drama where a small-town<br />
father is forced to make difficult,<br />
heartbreaking decisions in order to save<br />
his two daughters.<br />
TURN THE RIVER<br />
http://www.turntheriver.com/<br />
Drama (92 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Eigeman<br />
Writer: Chris Eigeman<br />
Producer: Ami Armstrong<br />
Key Cast: Famke Janssen, Rip Torn,<br />
Marin Hinkle<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $500K<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A pool shark (Janssen) takes the ultimate<br />
gamble when she kidnaps her own son<br />
and flees her ex-husband.<br />
THE RAGE<br />
www.theragefilm.com<br />
Horror (99 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Robert Kurtzman<br />
Writer: Robert Kurtzman, John Bisson,<br />
Producer: Robert Kurtzman, John<br />
Bisson, Matt Jerrams, Anne Kurtzman<br />
Key Cast: Erin Brown, Andrew Divoff<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $ 2M<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A crazed scientist experimenting with a<br />
rage virus on innocent victims in a<br />
laboratory in the woods. When his<br />
subjects escape, vultures devour their<br />
remains, and became mutations seeking<br />
to feed on humans.<br />
VIRGIN OF JUAREZ<br />
http://web.mac.com/kevindobson/Virgin/<br />
Welcome.html<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin James Dobson<br />
Writer: Michael Fallon<br />
Producer: Kevin James Dobson,<br />
Rosemary Marks<br />
Key Cast: Minnie Driver, Angus<br />
Macfadyen, Esai Morales<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
While on assignment, Lost Angeles<br />
based reporter Karina Danes, meets<br />
Mariela, a rare survivor of one of the<br />
vicious attacks taking place in the border<br />
town of Cuidad Juarez.<br />
SCREENTIME<br />
PTY LTD<br />
Screentime Pty Ltd, 108 Alexander<br />
Street, Crows Nest, Sydney, NSW, 2065,<br />
Australia. Tel: 61.2.9439.4911. Fax:<br />
61.2.9439.4922. www.screentime.tv,<br />
Email: mail@screentime.com.au<br />
Television Production Company<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Des Monaghan (Executive<br />
Director), Mbl: 61.410.300.456. Bob<br />
Campbell (Executive Director) Mbl:<br />
61.419.989.837, Karen Willing (Head of<br />
Development: Non-Fiction) Mbl:<br />
61.418.114.084, Greg Haddrick (Head of<br />
Drama) Mbl: 61.413.745.045<br />
Acquisition Executives: Des Monaghan,<br />
Bob Campbell<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel (mobile): Bob Campbell:<br />
61.419.989.837, Des Monaghan:<br />
61.410.300.456, Karen Willing:<br />
61.418.114.084, Greg Haddrick:<br />
61.413.745.045<br />
UNDERBELLY<br />
Drama (13 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Directors: Tony Tilse, Peter Andrikidis,<br />
Geoff Bennett, Grant Brown<br />
Producers: Greg Haddrick, Brenda Pam<br />
Executive Producers: Des Monaghan, Jo<br />
Horsburgh<br />
Cast: Rodger Corser, Eliza Szonert,<br />
Frankie J Holden, Danielle Carter, Vince<br />
Colossimo, Les Hill, Gyton Grantley,<br />
Lauren Clair, Simon Westaway, Martin<br />
Sacks, Caroline Craig, Gerard Kennedy<br />
Delivery status: Currently on air: Nine<br />
Network<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Distribution: Portman <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Television<br />
Uses the framework of the war between<br />
Melbourne’s two leading criminal gangs<br />
and the war between both gangs and the<br />
Purana Task Force.<br />
THE INFORMANT<br />
Drama (2 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Andrikidis<br />
Producer: Fiona Eagger<br />
Cast: William McInnes, Anita Heigh,<br />
Leeanna Walsman, Stephen Curry, Colin<br />
Friels, Matt Day.<br />
Delivery status: For Network TEN<br />
Year of Production: Late 2007, Country<br />
of Origin: Australia<br />
Distribution: Alchemy Television<br />
Not too long ago, almost half the people<br />
on remand had been caught through the<br />
extraordinary efforts of one man. This<br />
series is inspired by events occurring in<br />
Australia today.<br />
FALSE WITNESS<br />
Contemporary Drama (2 x 90 minutes:<br />
mini-series)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Andrikidis<br />
Producer: Greg Haddrick<br />
Executive Producer: Des Monaghan,<br />
Brendan Dahill<br />
Delivery status: For UKTV (Australia) –<br />
October 2008<br />
Year of Production: Mid 2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Australia<br />
Distribution: Power Television Limited<br />
In the early 1990’s, the Soviet Union<br />
became a series of independent states<br />
and six nuclear weapons went missing.<br />
False Witness is a high octane thriller<br />
about the West’s worst nightmare: Al<br />
Qaeda ends up with one of the missing<br />
weapons.<br />
THE SOCIETY MURDERS<br />
Contemporary Drama (2 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brendan Maher<br />
Producer: Fiona Eagger and Greg<br />
Haddrick<br />
Executive Producers: Des Monaghan and<br />
Sue Masters<br />
Cast: Georgie Parker, Nicholas Eadie,<br />
Daniela Farinacci, Asher Keddie,<br />
Matthew Le Nevez<br />
Year of Production: 2005/early 2006 &<br />
on air Network TEN 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Distribution: Power Television Limited<br />
<strong>The</strong> Society Murders follows the events<br />
surrounding the disappearance of<br />
Margaret Wales-King and her husband,<br />
Paul.<br />
MARY BRYANT<br />
Period drama (2 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Andrikidis<br />
Producers: Greg Haddrick and<br />
Andrew Benson<br />
Cast: Romola Garai, Alex O’Lachlan,<br />
Jack Davenport, Sam Neill, Tony Martin,<br />
David Field<br />
Delivery status: Delivered – on air<br />
Network TEN (Australia), ITV (UK)<br />
& TV3 (New Zealand)<br />
Budget: AUD$16 million<br />
Year of Production: Shoot – 2004;<br />
Post – 2005, Country of Origin:<br />
Australia/UK for Network Ten<br />
and ITV.<br />
Distribution: Power Television<br />
Limited<br />
Mary Bryant is a true life epic of an<br />
extraordinary young woman and her<br />
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fight for the freedom and dignity of her<br />
young family in the colony at Botany<br />
Bay.<br />
STUART MACGILL UNCORKED<br />
Infotainment (6 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Executive Producer: Karen Willing<br />
Host: Stuart MacGill<br />
Delivery Status: On air late 2007 to early<br />
2008: Lifestyle Food<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
Test cricketer Stuart MacGill explores<br />
his other passion, Australian wine,<br />
through the eyes of Australia’s up and<br />
coming wine makers.<br />
SCREENTIME<br />
LIMITED<br />
Screentime Limited, 68 Sale Street,<br />
Freemans Bay, Auckland New Zealand.<br />
Tel: 64.9.30.33.339. Fax: 64.9.30.78.885.<br />
www.screentime.tv, email:<br />
reception@screentime.co.nz<br />
Acquisition Executive: Philly Iles (Head<br />
of Production)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel (mobile): 64.21.334.661<br />
POLICE TEN-7<br />
Factual/observational (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Cast: Not applicable<br />
Delivery Status: Completed episodes can<br />
be delivered on digibeta as required –<br />
international series also available<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Philly Iles<br />
Year of Production: 2002, 2004, 2005,<br />
2006, 2007, 2008, Country of Origin:<br />
New Zealand<br />
Distribution: Format and finished<br />
episodes by Outright Distribution<br />
Police Ten 7 (the police code meaning<br />
‘arrived at the scene’) is a unique<br />
television series that goes inside the<br />
working lives of officers on New<br />
Zealand’s police force.<br />
BEYOND THE DARKLANDS<br />
Observational documentary (6 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered and on air:<br />
TV2<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producer: Philly Iles<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
Police psychologist, Nigel Latta, goes<br />
behind six of New Zealand’s most<br />
notorious murders and looks at the<br />
murderers – their families, backgrounds<br />
and circumstances.<br />
CRIME SCENE<br />
Observational documentary<br />
(3 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered and on air<br />
Director: Various<br />
Producers: Gavin Wood and Mary<br />
Durham<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: New Zealand<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
A live, studio-based, special event with<br />
public polling and viewer input on all<br />
aspects of crime in New Zealand.<br />
REDEMPTION HILL<br />
Reality/infotainment (10 x ? hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: first episode to air<br />
February 9, 2006<br />
Director: Charl J Langston & Nicola<br />
Griffin<br />
Producer: Glenn Sims<br />
Year of Production: 1005/2006, Country<br />
of Origin: New Zealand<br />
Redemption Hill is the extraordinary<br />
journey of 10 out-of-control teenagers<br />
who, through a course of discipline and<br />
adventure activities, experience the ups<br />
and downs of getting their lives back on<br />
track.<br />
SCREENTIME-<br />
SHINAWIL<br />
Screentime-ShinAwiL, 3rd Floor<br />
O’Hagan House, 83-87 Ranelagh<br />
Village, Dublin 6, Ireland. Tel: 353.1.406<br />
6433. Fax: 353.1.406 6434.<br />
www.screentime.tv, email:<br />
info@shinawil.ie<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Larry Bass (CEO)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Larry Bass<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Tel (mobile): 353.86.381.2044<br />
YOU’RE A STAR VI<br />
Music<br />
Producer: Lynda McQuaid<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered and on air<br />
early 2008<br />
Years of Production: 2002 & 2008<br />
inclusive, Country of Origin: Ireland<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
<strong>The</strong> smash hit of the last five years in<br />
RTE’s schedule follows the fortunes of<br />
the Irish aspirants to represent their<br />
country in the Eurovision Song Contest<br />
CELEBRITY YOU’RE A STAR<br />
Music<br />
Producers: Larry Bass and Lynda<br />
McQuaid<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Series III complete –<br />
highest average ratings so far<br />
Year(s) of Production: 2005 – 2007<br />
inclusive, Country of Origin: Ireland<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
<strong>The</strong> celebrity version of You’re A Star,<br />
now in its third successful season.<br />
RUNAWAY BRIDES<br />
Reality/observational<br />
(6 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: Lynda McQuaid and Alex<br />
Reilly<br />
Cast: Not applicable<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered<br />
Years of Production: 2007,<br />
Country of Origin: Ireland<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
Six part series about couples<br />
who choose to run away from the<br />
traditional and get married in an<br />
alternative fashion.<br />
SCREENTIME FORMATS:<br />
POPSTARS<br />
<strong>The</strong> first<br />
<strong>The</strong> best<br />
A phenomenon in 40+ countries<br />
Distribution: Target<br />
YOU’RE A STAR<br />
Ireland’s Number One entertainment<br />
format<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
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SOCCASTARS<br />
From the playground to the Premiership<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
THE REPLACEMENT<br />
An observational comic replaces a<br />
family member<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
FROM HERE TO MATERNITY<br />
An observational look at the late stages<br />
of pregnancy to parenthood<br />
Distribution: Outright Distribution<br />
SHAFTESBURY<br />
FILMS<br />
Shaftesbury <strong>Film</strong>s, 163 Queen Street<br />
East, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario,<br />
Canada, M5A 1S1. Tel: 1.416.363.1411.<br />
Fax: 1.416.363.1428.<br />
www.shaftesbury.ca, email:<br />
mailbox@shaftesbury.ca<br />
Producer, Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Christina Jennings<br />
(Chairman), Scott Garvie (SVP), Shane<br />
Kinnear (VP, Sales & Marketing),<br />
Suzanne French (VP, Children’s &<br />
Family), Adam Haight (Supervising<br />
Producer), Ryan St. Peters (Sales<br />
Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R27.12, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.88.28<br />
LIFE WITH DEREK - SEASON IV<br />
Kids Live-Action Comedy (70 x 30 min)<br />
(New Eps #53 – 70)<br />
Language: English, French, German,<br />
Italian, Neutral Spanish, Castilian<br />
Spanish, Euro Portuguese, Brazilian<br />
Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Norwegian,<br />
Swedish, Hebrew, Japanese.<br />
Director: Steve Wright, Benjamin<br />
Weinstein, Paul Fox, Craig Pryce<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Daphne Ballon, Suzanne French,<br />
Laurie McLarty, Jeff Biederman<br />
Key Cast: Michael Seater, Ashley Leggat<br />
Delivery Status: June 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Life with Derek is about a modern<br />
blended family and the comic war<br />
between two self-obsessed teenagers in a<br />
take-no-prisoners fight for control of<br />
their house, their school, and their world!<br />
OVERRULED!<br />
Kids Live-Action Comedy (13 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Fox, Jeff King, Michael<br />
Mabbott, Craig Pryce and Steve Wright<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Suzanne French, Jeff Biederman<br />
& Jeffrey Alan Schechter<br />
Key Cast: Jacob Kraemer, Sally Taylor-<br />
Isherwood, Nick Spencer, Jasmine<br />
Richards<br />
Delivery Status: July 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Jared “Coop” Cooper is a smooth-talking<br />
teen who puts his charm and principles<br />
to good use as the teen-defense attorney<br />
at Banting High’s Youth Court.<br />
BOOKY AND THE SECRET SANTA<br />
Family MOW (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Moss<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Phyllis Platt, Peter Moss<br />
Key Cast: Megan Follows, Stuart<br />
Hughes, Rachel Marcus<br />
Delivery Status: Available Now<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Booky Thompson takes a part-time job<br />
after her father is laid-off before<br />
Christmas and she soon discovers a<br />
secret Santa who sets out to give her<br />
family the Christmas they deserve.<br />
BOOKY MAKES HER MARK<br />
Family MOW (1 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English, Dutch, Swedish,<br />
Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hebrew,<br />
Arabic, Russian<br />
Director: Peter Moss<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Peter<br />
Moss, Scott Garvie, Phyllis Platt, Laurie<br />
McLarty, Patrick Cassavetti<br />
Key Cast: Megan Follows, Stuart<br />
Hughes, Tatiana Maslany<br />
Delivery Status: Available Now<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Beatrice “Booky” Thompson is a spunky,<br />
irrepressible and bright young girl who<br />
dreams of becoming a great writer<br />
despite the hard times she and her family<br />
face in 1930s.<br />
BLOODLETTING AND<br />
MIRACULOUS CURES<br />
Drama (8 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Julie Lacey<br />
Delivery Status: Spring 2009<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
A series based on Vincent Lam’s awardwinning<br />
novel about the personal and<br />
professional lives of a group of<br />
conflicted young doctors at odds with<br />
themselves, each other and at times, their<br />
patients.<br />
THE LISTENER<br />
Drama (13 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Clement Virgo, Ken Girotti<br />
Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Julie Lacey, Adam Haight<br />
Key Cast: Craig Olejnik, Ennis Esmer<br />
Delivery Status: Fall 2008<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
Toby Logan, a young big-city paramedic<br />
with the power to listen to people’s<br />
thoughts, juggles life as a telepathic<br />
sleuth with that of an urban twentysomething.<br />
THE SUMMIT<br />
Drama (2 x 90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick Copus<br />
BALLOONTOONS<br />
STUDIO 100 MEDIA<br />
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Producer: Christina Jennings, Scott<br />
Garvie, Eva Radwaska, Laura Harbin,<br />
Julie Lacey, Adam Haight<br />
Key Cast: Bruce Greenwood, James<br />
Purefoy, Rachelle Lefevre, Mia Maestro,<br />
Stephen McHattie, Lisa Ray, Wendy<br />
Crewson and Christopher Plummer<br />
Delivery Status: March 2008<br />
Country of Origin: Canada<br />
As world leaders gather at the G8<br />
Summit, an American engineered strain<br />
of smallpox, illegally tested in the third<br />
world, is smuggled back to the first<br />
world within the walls of the Summit.<br />
SHORELINE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
INC.<br />
Shoreline Entertainment, Inc., 1875<br />
Century Park East, Ste. 600, Los<br />
Angeles, CA 90067 USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.551.2060. Fax 1.702.974.0707.<br />
website: www.slefilms.com, e-mail:<br />
sales@slefilms.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Sam Eigen (Director of<br />
Distribution), Brian Sweet (Director of<br />
Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 11.05, Market Mobile:<br />
1.702.524.3114, Fax: 1.702.974.0707<br />
HIGH LIFE<br />
Heist<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gary Yates<br />
Producers: Robin Cass & Gary Yates<br />
Executive Producers: Morris Ruskin &<br />
Elizabeth Jarvis<br />
Key Cast: Timothy Olyphant and Joe<br />
Anderson<br />
Status: Post-Production<br />
Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada/USA<br />
A hilarious portrait of male-pattern<br />
stupidity. Dick and his pals have been<br />
botching jobs and racking up prison time<br />
for years, but enough is enough and<br />
Dick’s got the perfect plan for one last<br />
heist.<br />
WUSHU WARRIOR<br />
Martial Arts<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alain Desrochers<br />
Producer: Suzanne Girard<br />
Executive Producer: Morris Ruskin<br />
Key Cast: Matt Frewer, and Tod Fennell<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada/China<br />
China, 1862: Lord Lindsay rules the<br />
opium trade and the clandestine Red<br />
Lotus Society, a group of trained Wushu<br />
warriors, is the only force fighting to<br />
restore justice to the people.<br />
THE ELDER SON<br />
Comedy (85 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Marius Balchunas<br />
Producer: Scott Sturgeon and Jon Veague<br />
Key Cast: Shane West, Rade Serbedzija,<br />
and Leelee Sobieski<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> life of Max, a Russian clarinetist<br />
living in Los Angeles, changes when Bo,<br />
a local thief looking for a hideout after a<br />
botched car heist, passes himself off as<br />
Max’s long-lost son.<br />
KILL KILL FASTER FASTER<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Noir (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts<br />
Producer: Carlo Dusi, Gareth M.<br />
Roberts, and Gil Bellows<br />
Key Cast: Gil Bellows, Lisa Ray, and<br />
Esai Morales<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Joe One-Way, a man serving a life<br />
stretch for the murder of his teenage<br />
bride, is finally paroled when a producer<br />
has optioned the play he’s written in<br />
prison and pulls some strings.<br />
ON BROADWAY<br />
Comedy/Drama (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Dave McLaughlin<br />
Producer: Dave McLaughlin<br />
Key Cast: Joseph McIntyre, Eliza<br />
Dushku, and Will Arnet<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Year <strong>Of</strong> Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
After falling off of a roof, Jack<br />
O’Toole’s uncle dies in his arms.<br />
Overwrought with emotion, Jack hears<br />
his uncle’s voice telling him to write a<br />
play about the funeral.<br />
SHOWCASE<br />
ENTERTAINMENT,<br />
INC.<br />
Showcase Entertainment, Inc., 21800<br />
Oxnard Street, Suite 150, Woodland<br />
Hills, CA 91367 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.715.7005. Fax: 1.818.715.7009.<br />
www.showcaseentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Scott Bedno (Director of<br />
International Sales), Bruce Livingston<br />
(Chief Financial <strong>Of</strong>ficer)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Palais - Stand 09.02,<br />
Tel: 011.33.0.4.92.99.8305<br />
LABOU AND THE PIRATE<br />
TREASURE OF CAPTAIN<br />
LEROUGE<br />
Family<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Three kids team up in search for missing<br />
pirate treasure! During their quest, they<br />
stumble across Labou, a legendary<br />
swamp creature who helps the kids find<br />
the treasure.<br />
DISMAL<br />
Thriller<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Raymond L. Brown<br />
Producer: Dennis “Dink” Adams,<br />
Raymond L. Brown, W. Jeffrey Frizzell<br />
Key Cast: William Gregory Lee, Richard<br />
Riehle, Scott Miles, Mark Joy<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Two friends are looking forward to a<br />
weekend of drinking and fishing, but the<br />
Great Dismal Swamp has other plans.<br />
PURPLE VIOLETS<br />
Romantic Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Edward Burns<br />
Writer: Edward Burns<br />
Producer: Margot Bridger, Edward<br />
Burns, Aaron Lubin<br />
Key Cast: Selma Blair, Edward Burns,<br />
Debra Messing, Patrick Wilson, Dennis<br />
Farina, Elizabeth Reaser, Donal Logue<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> latest feature from Award-Winng<br />
Director, Edward Burns, PURPLE<br />
VIOLETS is a funny and touching story<br />
of a woman still searching for herself as<br />
she enters her thirties.<br />
SEA OF DREAMS<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jose Bojorquez, Nickolay<br />
Todorov<br />
Writer: Jose Bojorquez and David<br />
Howard<br />
Producer: Jose Bojorquez<br />
Key Cast: Johnathon Schaech, Sendi Bar,<br />
Angelica Maria, Nicholas<br />
Gonzalez, Seymour Cassel, Sonia Braga<br />
Delivery Status: Post Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
In a seaside town, a beautiful girl is<br />
haunted by a curse, which has claimed<br />
the lives of her parents and her<br />
boyfriend. Only one man is willing to<br />
risk his life to prove that the power of<br />
love is stronger than any “curse.”<br />
SOFA<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
SOFA Entertainment,, 9121 W. Sunset<br />
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA. Tel:<br />
310.276.9522. Fax: 310.276.0242.<br />
http://www.sofaentertainment.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Andrew Solt (President &<br />
CEO), J. Derrick Morgan (VP,<br />
International Sales), Greg Vines (VP,<br />
Production)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R36.02, Tel: 04.9299.8844<br />
WORLD’S FUNNIEST<br />
COMMERCIALS<br />
Comedy (1x60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Andrew Solt Productions<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Some of the most world’s most<br />
outrageous, hilarious and “off-the-wall”<br />
commercials ever made. <strong>The</strong> program is<br />
especially edited to allow you to insert<br />
your own local host.<br />
TOPO GIGIO AND FRIENDS<br />
Comedy (1x60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> beloved pint-sized Italian puppet is<br />
sure to entertain your viewers with his<br />
light-hearted comedy, song and dance!<br />
HUNT FOR AMAZING TREASURES<br />
- SPECIALS<br />
Adventure (19x60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Travel the world in search of fantastic<br />
treasures worth millions of dollars as you<br />
meet fortune-seekers, psychics and<br />
daring treasure hunters!<br />
BEST OF ANIMAL COURT<br />
Reality (26 x 30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
Litigious pet owners battling it out in<br />
court before the pre-eminent Judge<br />
Wapner of the top-rated US reality show<br />
“People’s Court.”<br />
ELVIS: THE GREAT<br />
PERFORMANCES<br />
Documentary (3x60min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
This unique collection, officially<br />
authorized by the Elvis Presley Estate,<br />
captures the essence of Elvis, the greatest<br />
singer of our generation, and features<br />
never-before-seen photographs, home<br />
movies, interviews and rare (as well as<br />
famous) performances.<br />
ROCK & ROLL CLASSICS<br />
Music series (36X30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
This primarily music-performance series<br />
features complete performances from<br />
some of the greatest rock legends of all<br />
time including James Brown, Janis<br />
Joplin, <strong>The</strong> Supremes, <strong>The</strong> Rolling<br />
Stones, etc.<br />
SONY PICTURES<br />
TELEVISION<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Sony Pictures Television International,<br />
10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver<br />
City, CA 90232 USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.244.4000. Fax: 1.310.244.1874.<br />
http://www.sonypictures.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Michael Grindon (President),<br />
John McMahon (President, Managing<br />
Director: , Europe), Sander Schwartz<br />
(President, International Production),<br />
Keith Le Goy (Executive Vice President,<br />
Distribution), Stuart Baxter (Executive<br />
Vice President, European Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: M5.01, Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.85.66<br />
CASHMERE MAFIA<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Lucy Liu, Frances O’Connor,<br />
Miranda Otto, Bonie Somerville<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Lucy Liu stars as one of 4 female friends<br />
who balance their lives as ambitious<br />
power players in NYC with their<br />
personal relationships, from Darren Star.<br />
CANTERBURY’S LAW<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Julianna Margulies, Aidan<br />
Quinn, Ben Shenkman, Trieste Dunn,<br />
Keith Robinson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Julianna Margulies stars as a criminal<br />
defense attorney who risks career and<br />
reputation in her quest to provide clients<br />
with the representation they deserve.<br />
POWER OF 10<br />
Game Show Format<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
This must have format is a high-stakes,<br />
adrenaline-filled game show that tests<br />
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contestants’ knowledge of public<br />
thinking on topics from politics to pop<br />
culture.<br />
BREAKING BAD<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn,<br />
Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, Dean Norris<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Bryan Cranston stars as an honest but<br />
desperate and penniless high school<br />
chemistry teacher diagnosed with<br />
terminal cancer who turns to a life of<br />
crime to provide for his family.<br />
DAMAGES<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Ted<br />
Danson, Tate Donovan, Zelikjo Ivanek<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
This legal thriller features a young<br />
ambitious lawyer working for a<br />
successful, cutthroat attorney, played by<br />
Glenn Close, who will stop at nothing to<br />
win the cases she handles.<br />
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN<br />
Animated (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
This series picks up the original webslinger’s<br />
mythology at the beginning of<br />
his journey as a teenager who must<br />
conceal his secret identity and combat<br />
bigger villains than ever before.<br />
MORE THAN JUST A GAME<br />
Docu-drama<br />
Director: Junaid Ahmed<br />
Writer: Tom Eaton<br />
Producer: Anant Singh, Helena Spring<br />
Key Cast: Presley Chweneyagae, Wright<br />
Ngubeni, Tshepo Maseko, Az Abrahams,<br />
Merlin Balie<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: South Africa<br />
An inspiring drama based on the true-life<br />
story of an organized soccer league<br />
formed among the prisoners on South<br />
Africa’s Robben Island.<br />
SOUTHERN STAR<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Southern Star International, Level 10, 8<br />
West Street, North Sydney, New South<br />
Wales, 2060 Australia. Tel:<br />
61.2.9202.8555. Fax: 61.2.9956.6918.<br />
www.southernstargroup.com, email<br />
sales@sstar.com.au<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Catherine Payne (Chief<br />
Executive – Southern Star International),<br />
Alison Baker (Director of Sales),<br />
Veronique Verges (Head of European<br />
Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand H4.12, Tel:<br />
33.4.92.99.8772 or 33.4.92.99.8773, Fax:<br />
33.4.92.59.01.82 or 33.4.92.59.01.83<br />
OUT OF THE BLUE<br />
Serial Drama (130 x half hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Scott Hartford Davis, Geoffrey<br />
Nottage, Catherine Roden , Aarne<br />
Neeme, Stephen Mann<br />
And Lewis Fitz-Gerald<br />
Writer: Sam Meikle, Jason Herbison<br />
Producer: A Southern Star Entertainment<br />
Production in association with BBC<br />
United Kingdom)<br />
Key Cast: Sophie Katinis, Renai Caruso,<br />
Charlotte Gregg, Katherine Hicks,<br />
Clayton Watson, Ryan Johnson, Dylan<br />
Landre, Daniel Henshall, Nathaniel<br />
Buzolic, Olivia Bonnici, Daisy Betts,<br />
Basia A’Hern, Zoe Carides, Noel Hodda,<br />
Diane Craig, Aidan Gillett, Kim<br />
Knuckey, John Atkinson, Maggie Dence,<br />
Louis Hunter, Sam Weaving, Charlie-<br />
Rose MacLennan<br />
Delivery Status: In production - ongoing<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Eight friends. Three families. An ocean<br />
of secrets. One grisly murder… out of<br />
the blue. When a high school reunion<br />
ends in a shocking murder, friendships<br />
will be challenged and loyalties will be<br />
torn.<br />
HARLEY STREET<br />
Drama (6 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Paul Whittington, Colin Teague<br />
and Barnaby Southcombe<br />
Writer: Marston Bloom, Howard<br />
Overman, Nicole Taylor and Jack<br />
Williams<br />
Producer: A Carnival <strong>Film</strong> & Television<br />
Production for ITV1 United Kingdom<br />
Key Cast: Paul Nicholls, Suranne Jones,<br />
Shaun Parkes , Oliver Dimsdale, Kim<br />
Medcalf, Cush Jumbo, Rosie Day, Phillip<br />
Jackson, Polly Maberly.<br />
Delivery Status: In production<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
Set in London’s famous medical district,<br />
Harley Street is a modern, sassy and<br />
witty take on a quintessentially English<br />
world of medicine told through a team of<br />
high flying GP’s and Specialists<br />
establishing a new breed of private<br />
practices.<br />
MIDNIGHT MAN<br />
Thriller (3 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Drury<br />
Writer: David Kane<br />
Producer: A Carnival <strong>Film</strong> & Television<br />
Production for ITV1 United Kingdom<br />
Key Cast: James Nesbitt, Catherine<br />
McCormack, Rupert Graves, Ian<br />
Puleston Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Zara<br />
Turner and Alan Dale<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
Max Raban becomes embroiled in a<br />
political cover up and now framed for<br />
murder and on the run; will Max be able<br />
to get to the truth?<br />
BED OF ROSES<br />
Drama (6 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: A Southern Star<br />
Entertainment, Australian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation and <strong>Film</strong> Finance<br />
Corporation Australia Production in<br />
association with Ruby Entertainment,<br />
developed with the assistance of<br />
Australian <strong>Film</strong> Commission and <strong>Film</strong><br />
Victoria<br />
Key Cast: Kerry Armstrong, Julia Blake,<br />
Caroline Gillmer, Kaarin Fairfax, Dina<br />
Panozzo, Tim Phillips, Frank Magree,<br />
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Andrew S. Gilbert, Jay Laga’aia, Haha<br />
Le, Lawrence Mah, Geoff Morrell,<br />
Richard Davies and Brandon Burns.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
This series follows the adventures of<br />
spoilt, rich, city-dweller Louisa Atherton,<br />
who is forced to move back to her tiny<br />
hometown, when her husband dies in the<br />
arms of another woman.<br />
CHRISTMAS AT THE RIVIERA<br />
Comedy-Drama, Telemovie<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mark Bussell and Justin<br />
Sbresni.<br />
Writer: Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni.<br />
Producer: A Carnival <strong>Film</strong> & Television<br />
Production for ITV1 United Kingdom.<br />
Key Cast: Alexander Armstrong, Reece<br />
Shearsmith, Darren Boyd, Anna<br />
Chancellor, Sam Kelly, Warren Clarke,<br />
Barbara Flynn, Pam Ferris, Peter<br />
Vaughan and James Greene.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
Festive fun and frolics cause calamity for<br />
guests on a Yuletide holiday at a seaside<br />
hotel. <strong>The</strong> Christmas spent here changes<br />
all of their lives forever.<br />
MOONBEAM BEAR<br />
Animation (26 x 11 minutes or Feature<br />
<strong>Film</strong>)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: A Neue Deutsche<br />
<strong>Film</strong>gesellschaft (NDF) and Caligari<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Production<br />
Co-production partners: Beta <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Universum <strong>Film</strong> in association with<br />
ZDF.<br />
Delivery Status: Delivered<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Based on the popular children’s books<br />
series ‘Der Mondbaer’, Moonbeam Bear<br />
is an enchanting story about a little bear<br />
whose forest friends call him the Moon<br />
Bear.<br />
PERFECT WEAPON<br />
Factual (6 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: An Oxford Scientific <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Production for National Geographic<br />
Channels<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
In this series our experts ex-Marine<br />
Monty Halls and Archaeologist Stuart<br />
Prior battle to find mankind’s most<br />
awesome and terrifying killing machines.<br />
CITY HOMICIDE SERIES 2<br />
www.yahoo.com.au/cityhomicide<br />
Crime Drama (36 x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer: John Hugginson & John Banas<br />
Producer: A Seven Network Australia<br />
Production<br />
Key Cast: Shane Bourne, Noni<br />
Hazelhurst, Daniel MacPherson, Aaron<br />
Pederson, Nadine Garner and Damien<br />
Richardson.<br />
Delivery Status: In production<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
A no-frills, punchy one-hour drama<br />
series inescapably all about murder, the<br />
characters that deal with it and the<br />
ripples that flow from it. In Homicide,<br />
their day begins when your day ends.<br />
WIRE IN THE BLOOD SERIES 6<br />
Crime Drama (4 x telemovies. Total 23<br />
Telemovies plus USA telemovie)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: A Coastal Production for ITV<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Key Cast: Robson Green, Simone<br />
Lahbib.<br />
Delivery Status: Post-production<br />
Year of Production: 2007/08, Country of<br />
Origin: England<br />
Following the enormous success of the<br />
earlier telemovies, clinical psychologist<br />
Dr Tony Hill (Green) returns for another<br />
four thrilling telemovies.<br />
ALL SAINTS SERIES 11<br />
www.yahoo.com.au/allsaints<br />
Drama (40 x 1 hours – total episodes 456<br />
x 1 hours)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: A Seven Network Australia<br />
Production<br />
Key Cast: John Waters, John Howard,<br />
Tammy MacIntosh, Judith McGrath,<br />
Mark Priestly, Will Traval, Jolene<br />
Anderson, Allison Cratchley, Andrew<br />
Supanz, Virginia Gay, Jack Campbell<br />
and Sonia Todd<br />
Delivery Status: In production - ongoing<br />
Year of Production: 2007/08, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia<br />
Award winning medical drama focusing<br />
on the working and personal lives of<br />
doctors and nurses of the Emergency<br />
Ward at All Saints Hospital.<br />
STARZ MEDIA<br />
Starz Media, 2950 N. Hollywood Way,<br />
3rd Floor, Burbank, CA 91505 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.748.4160. Fax: 1.818.748.4611.<br />
www.starzglobal.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Gene George (Executive<br />
Vice President, Worldwide Distribution)<br />
1.310.804.9360, Alisha Serold (Vice<br />
President, Television and Family<br />
Entertainment) 1.818.968.0523, Cynthia<br />
Burnett (Director Operations, Worldwide<br />
Sales), Todd Bartoo (Sales Coordinator),<br />
Jonathan Taylor (Vice President, Public<br />
Relations) 1.310.592.3039<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Riviera, Seaview 25,<br />
Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.89.26<br />
OGGY & THE COCKROACHES<br />
XILAM ANIMATION COMPANY<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
HEAD CASE<br />
Half-hour comedy (13 x 30)<br />
Executive Producers: Robert Bauer,<br />
Jason Farrand, Alexandra Wentworth,<br />
Stephan Shelanski, Michael Ruggiero,<br />
Robert Markovich<br />
Key Cast: Alexandra Wentworth, Steve<br />
Landesberg; with guest stars Jeff<br />
Goldblum, David Alan Grier, Joel<br />
Madden, Cindy Margolis, Andy Dick,<br />
Jonathan Silverman<br />
Dr. Elizabeth Goode is judgmental,<br />
unconventional and could use a good<br />
shrink herself. Her days are filled<br />
with a “who’s who” client list<br />
from the world of entertainment,<br />
sports and music.<br />
HOLLYWOOD RESIDENTIAL<br />
Half-hour comedy (13 x 30)<br />
Executive Producers: Andy Bobrow,<br />
Cheryl Hines, Paul Young, Peter<br />
Principato<br />
Key Cast: Adam Paul, Lindsey Stoddart;<br />
with guest stars Paula Abdul, Tom<br />
Arnold, Carmen Electra, Chris Kattan<br />
and Cheryl Hines<br />
Tony King is a frustrated, underachieving<br />
actor and “inept as they come”<br />
carpenter, who, along with his sexy new<br />
co-host, Lila Mann, take their show to<br />
the homes of Hollywood celebrities.<br />
HOLLYWOOD GOES GAMING<br />
Documentary feature (1 x 60)<br />
Executive Producers: Gregg Backer,<br />
Michael Ruggiero, Christopher Black<br />
Key Cast: Dwayne “<strong>The</strong> Rock” Johnson,<br />
Kristanna Loken, Tricia Helfer, John<br />
Woo, Nolan Bushnel<br />
Hollywood Goes Gaming examines the<br />
evolving relationship between<br />
Hollywood and the videogame industry<br />
over the last three decades. As with<br />
novels and comic books, videogames are<br />
having their own deep influence on<br />
movies such as 300.<br />
BLOODSUCKING CINEMA<br />
Documentary feature (1 x 58)<br />
Executive Producers: Michael Ruggiero,<br />
Christopher Black, Kirk Shaw, Brad<br />
McAfee<br />
Key Cast: Kristanna Loken, Cheech<br />
Marin, Stuart Townsend<br />
Bloodsucking Cinema explores the<br />
origins and “birth” of the vampire, its<br />
evolution and entry into cinema’s<br />
storytelling lexicon and Hollywood’s<br />
undying interest in the theme.<br />
FOG CITY MAVERICKS<br />
Documentary feature (1 x 120)<br />
Executive Producers: Gary Leva<br />
Key Cast: Peter Coyote narrates with<br />
appearances by: George Lucas, Francis<br />
Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Milos<br />
Foreman, Anthony Minghella, Steven<br />
Spielberg, Saul Zaentz and more.<br />
Fog City Mavericks is a documentary<br />
that pays homage to the important<br />
filmmakers (including George Lucas and<br />
Francis Ford Coppola) who have<br />
emerged to create compelling cinema<br />
outside the Hollywood studio system.<br />
WOW! WOW! WUBBZY!<br />
Animated series (52 x 22 or 104 x 11)<br />
Executive Producers: Fred Seibert, Susan<br />
Miller, Scott D. Greenberg, John W.<br />
Hyde<br />
Wubbzy just wants to have fun. He and<br />
his best pals Widget (she just wants to<br />
build) and Walden (he just wants to<br />
think) face the challenges<br />
of each day with the best resource<br />
they’ve got – friendship!<br />
MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION<br />
Science fiction anthology (6 x 44)<br />
Executive Producers: Steve Brown,<br />
Morris Berger, John W. Hyde, Brad<br />
Mendelsohn, Andrew Deane, Keith<br />
Addis. Co-executive producers, Lisa<br />
Richardson, Mick Garris, Sam Egan<br />
Main Cast: Includes Sam Waterston,<br />
Anne Heche, Terry O’Quinn, Brian<br />
Dennehy<br />
Professor Stephen Hawking will<br />
introduce each episode as “Masters <strong>Of</strong><br />
Science Fiction” brings to the screen<br />
celebrated short stories from the world’s<br />
most highly regarded science fiction<br />
writers, dealing with many of the most<br />
powerful and controversial current<br />
issues.<br />
MASTERS OF HORROR<br />
60-minute films (26 x 60)<br />
Executive Producers: Steve Brown,<br />
Morris Berger, John W. Hyde, Mick<br />
Garris, Keith Addis, Andrew Deane<br />
Main Cast: Includes Jason Priestley,<br />
Johnathon Schaech, Sean Patrick<br />
Flanery, Meatloaf, George Wendt, Ron<br />
Perlman<br />
<strong>The</strong> Emmy-winning “Masters of Horror”<br />
splashed blood across U.S. television for<br />
two seasons, with contributions from<br />
many of the horror genre’s most highly<br />
regarded directors.<br />
STUDIO100 MEDIA<br />
N.V. & CO. KG<br />
Studio100 Media N.V. & Co. KG,<br />
Frauenlobstrasse 2, D-80337 Munich,<br />
Germany. Tel: 49.89.54.34.47.80. Fax:<br />
49.89.54.34.47.810.<br />
www.studio100media.com, Email:<br />
info@studio100media.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Hans Bourlon (CEO),<br />
Patrick Elmendorff (General Manager),<br />
Jo Daris (Director of International<br />
Affairs), Katja Neufingerl (Director<br />
International Sales), Thorsten Wegener<br />
(Director Program & Production), Nicole<br />
Braun (Executive Assistant)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Azur.07, Tel: 33.49.29.93.317<br />
BIG & SMALL<br />
Puppetry (52 x 11 min)<br />
Producer: Kindle Entertainment in<br />
cooperation with Studio100, BBC, YTV<br />
and 3J´s Productions<br />
Status: In production<br />
Big & Small are two best friends who<br />
haven’t really known each other for long.<br />
One is big and the other is small together<br />
they prove that fun comes in different<br />
sizes. of living with someone who’s<br />
bigger or smaller, faster or slower than<br />
you are.<br />
BALLOONTOONS<br />
Animation (104 x 6.5 mins or 52 x 13<br />
min)<br />
Producer: Studio Petersburg, Russia<br />
Status: Season I: Completed, Season II:<br />
In production<br />
Balloontoons are a friendly group of<br />
funny round characters whose world is<br />
full of adventure without violence or<br />
brutality. <strong>The</strong> series is designed as an<br />
enchanted, funny and enjoyable<br />
representation of the society that<br />
surrounds a child’s life.<br />
BUTTERFLY AND BEAUTYFLY<br />
Animation (52 x 5 min)<br />
Producer: Belgian Waffles, Interligne<br />
Multimedia, Studio Robert, Milpod<br />
Studio, Did Guibbels, RTBF Fiction and<br />
RTBF Jeunesse<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Butterfly & Beautyfly are two naive but<br />
happy butterflies. Together they flutter<br />
here and there, understanding and<br />
learning about their small world.<br />
BUMBA THE CLOWN<br />
Preschoolers - live action and CGI<br />
animation (150 x 5 min)<br />
Producer: Studio100<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Bumba the clown who lives in a circus<br />
with his friends. Based on variation in<br />
colours, characters and music the series<br />
mixes educational elements (like<br />
guessing words & colours) with funny<br />
segments, enabling development and<br />
interaction skills.<br />
THE HOUSE OF ANUBIS<br />
Live action, mystery teen soap (114 x 12<br />
min)<br />
Producer: Studio100<br />
Status: Season I completed, Season II<br />
completed<br />
A group of teenagers living in a boarding<br />
house during their secondary school<br />
education, each have their own story to<br />
tell, with tales of love, happiness,<br />
loneliness, sadness and jealousy as they<br />
progress towards maturity.<br />
MEGA MINDY<br />
Live action, children’s series (13 x 25<br />
min)<br />
Producer: Studio100<br />
Status: Season I completed, Season II<br />
completed, Season III in production<br />
Mo, a slightly geeky and clumsy girl<br />
escapes her daily routine at the police<br />
station by combating evil as the town’s<br />
superhero “Mega Mindy”.<br />
SULLIVAN<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Sullivan Entertainment, 110 Davenport<br />
Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 3R3 Canada. Tel:<br />
1.416.921.7177. Fax: 1.416.921.7538.<br />
www.sullivanmovies.com, e-mail<br />
inquire@sullivan-ent.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Trudy Grant (CEO), Kate<br />
Blank (Manager, Sales & Acquisitions),<br />
Cameron Moffat (Manager, Sales &<br />
Acquisitions), Laura Lemyk<br />
(Manager, Sales & Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 15.20,<br />
Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8096<br />
MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTE<br />
DIARIES<br />
Drama (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Sullivan<br />
Writer: Kevin Sullivan<br />
Producer: Trudy Grant, Ray Sager,<br />
Kevin Sullivan<br />
Key Cast: Warren Christie, Rutger Hauer<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
When Tom falls in love, he enters a<br />
world of intrigue and danger that is<br />
reflected in his onstage role in Mozart’s<br />
classic fairytale.<br />
YOUR BEAUTIFUL CUL DE SAC<br />
HOME<br />
Dramatic Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writer/Director: Cameron Kirkwood<br />
Producer: Robert Skanes & Gregor<br />
Vahramian<br />
Key Cast: Jeff Geddis, Valerie Buhagiar,<br />
Matt Gorgon, Deborah Odell<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
An environmentally friendly<br />
comedy…about an unfriendly<br />
environment.<br />
LOVE IS WORK<br />
Romantic Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: John Kalangis<br />
Writer: Christopher Binney<br />
Producer: John Kalangis<br />
Key Cast: Fabrizio Filippo, Shauna<br />
MacDonald<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of five couples in an<br />
innovative, honest, raw human drama<br />
that tells the true story about middle<br />
class life and love<br />
THE OVERLOOKERS<br />
Drama/Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Chris Smets<br />
Writer: Chris Smets<br />
Producer: Damon Middleton<br />
Key Cast: Hanna Dalton, Romano<br />
Orzari, Ophira Eisenberg<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: USA/Canada<br />
A lonely web designer, a cynical<br />
photographer, a suave ladykiller, a<br />
restless young wife and an infatuated<br />
detective all come together in this<br />
award-winning film<br />
RHINOCEROS EYES<br />
Dark Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Aaron Woodley<br />
Writer: Aaron Woodley<br />
Producer: Eva Kolodner<br />
Key Cast: Michael Pitt, Page Turco,<br />
Gale Harold<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A coming-of-age story revolving around<br />
Chep, a young reclusive prop-house<br />
employee who falls in love with a<br />
detailed-obsessed production<br />
designer Fran.<br />
MALE FANTASY<br />
Dark Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Blaine Thurier<br />
Writer: Blaine Thurier<br />
Producer: Blaine Thurier<br />
Key Cast: Robert Dayton, Cindy Wolfe,<br />
Steve Wood<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Divorced from his wife and reality,<br />
deluded, eccentric Andrew<br />
applies a magical philosophy to his<br />
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omantic life to become a successful<br />
lady’s man, rise from his depression and<br />
achieve godhood.<br />
RUN ROBOT RUN<br />
Romantic Comedy (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Daniel O’Conner<br />
Writer: Daniel O’Conner<br />
Producer: Daniel O’Conner<br />
Key Cast: Chris Gibb, Lara Kelly,<br />
Christian Potenza<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A comedy about life, love and robots!<br />
RUPERT PATTERSON WANTS TO<br />
BE A SUPERHERO<br />
Family (1 x 120min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brooks Campbell<br />
Writers: Brooks Campbell & Jeff Wright<br />
Producer: Sullivan Entertainment<br />
Key Cast: Chris Gibb, Lara Kelly,<br />
Christian Potenza<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1997, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Twelve year old superhero Rupert<br />
Patterson strives to protect the world<br />
against his imagination’s ferocious bad<br />
guys – who somehow really do come to<br />
life!<br />
GINA D’S KIDS CLUB<br />
Youth Series (44 x 30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Gibilisco<br />
Writers: Tim Trombitas & Becca Reed<br />
Producer: Joseph DiFrancesco<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A fun-filled youth series that sparks<br />
imagination and creativity through<br />
puppetry, song and audience<br />
participation.<br />
ROAD SCHOLARS<br />
Youth Series (26 x 30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Jane Hawtin<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2002-2006, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
An internationally acclaimed<br />
documentary series that follows different<br />
teens around the world in their hunt for<br />
excellence in education and adventure.<br />
ANNE: THE ANIMATED SERIES<br />
Animation/Children (26 x 30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2001, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Anne’s imagination makes Avonlea an<br />
exciting place to live, but also creates<br />
havoc for Anne and her friends as she<br />
leapfrogs from one adventure to another<br />
P.R.<br />
Comedy (13 x 30min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2000, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A fast-paced, caustic look at the daily<br />
dilemmas of life in the world of public<br />
relations<br />
ROAD TO AVONLEA<br />
Family (91 x 60min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 1990/1997, Country<br />
of Origin: Canada<br />
<strong>The</strong> adventures of Sara Stanley, who is<br />
uprooted from her comfortable and<br />
elegant surroundings and is sent to<br />
remote farming community of Avonlea<br />
MOZART DECODED<br />
Documentary (1 x 60min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kevin Sullivan<br />
Writer: Kevin Sullivan<br />
Producer: Kevin Sullivan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
Mozart Decoded takes an in-depth look<br />
at Mozart’s tumultuous life from his<br />
beginnings as a musical ‘miracle’ child,<br />
through his rise to stardom and<br />
ultimately to his mysterious death.<br />
WATER, WATER<br />
Eco-Documentary (3 x 60min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writers: Larry Bauman & Maggie<br />
Siggins<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A three-part series that exposes today’s<br />
growing water crises around the world<br />
SUMMIT<br />
ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Summit Entertainment, Los Angeles:<br />
1630 Stewart Street, Suite 120, Santa<br />
Monica, CA 90404 USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.309.8400. Fax: 1.310.828.4132.<br />
Email: markets@summit-ent.com.<br />
London: 77 Dean Street, London W1D<br />
3SH UK. Tel: 44(0)207.494.1724. Fax:<br />
44(0)207.494.1725.<br />
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide<br />
theatrical motion picture development,<br />
financing, production and distribution<br />
studio.<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: David Garrett (President,<br />
Summit International), Ralpho Borgos<br />
(Senior Vice President, International<br />
Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand 04.01, Tel:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8027<br />
AMERICAN PIE<br />
A BRONX TALE<br />
MEMENTO<br />
THE NEVERENDING STORY<br />
BITTER MOON<br />
BOUND<br />
THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS<br />
LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN<br />
MEDITERRANEO<br />
MAN TROUBLE<br />
MALICE<br />
NIGHT & THE CITY<br />
PANIC<br />
RICOCHET<br />
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION<br />
THE THEORY OF FLIGHT<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 />
0039.06.52.62.101. Fax.<br />
0039.06.52.93.816. www.surffilm.com,<br />
email: surf@surffilm.com<br />
Producer, distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mrs. Stefania Carnevale<br />
(Head of International sales); Mrs.<br />
Elisabetta Volpe (International sales<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
executive); Mrs. Elena Francot<br />
(Domestic sales manager).<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Pavilion Italia Pavilion stand n°<br />
R.36.17 Espace Riviera c/o Palais des<br />
Festivals Esplanade Gorge Pompidou,<br />
06400 Cannes (France). Tel:<br />
0033.(0)4.92.99.88.37<br />
SOPHIA (YESTERDAY TODAY<br />
TOMORROW)<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> (52’)<br />
Original version: Italian, Subtitles<br />
English<br />
Director: Massimo Ferrari<br />
Producer: Surf <strong>Film</strong> (Italy) - Cinecittà<br />
Entertainment - in collaboration with<br />
Sky Cinema<br />
Status: Completed<br />
A documentary which retraces the<br />
important phases in the life of one of the<br />
world’s greatest Italian actresses, Sophia<br />
Loren.<br />
GILLO<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> (90’)<br />
Original version: Italian, Subtitles<br />
English<br />
Directors: Annarosa Morri and Mario<br />
Canale<br />
Producer: Surf <strong>Film</strong> (Italy) - Orme - La7<br />
Status: Completed<br />
We want to tell the story of a man who<br />
was a protagonist of our history, the<br />
history of cinema but most importantly<br />
of the history of our culture and Italian<br />
politics.<br />
MARCO FERRERI (THE<br />
DIRECTOR WHO CAME FROM<br />
THE FUTURE)<br />
Documentary <strong>Film</strong> (90’)<br />
Original version: Italian, Subtitles<br />
English, French, Spanish<br />
Director: Mario Canale<br />
Producer: Surf <strong>Film</strong> (Italy) - Orme - La7<br />
Status: Completed<br />
TANDEM<br />
COMMUNICATIONS<br />
GMBH<br />
Tandem Communications GmbH,<br />
Sonnenstrasse 14, Munich 80331<br />
Germany. Tel: 49.89.962283.00. Fax:<br />
49.89.962283.10.<br />
http://www.tandemcom.de, email:<br />
info@tandemcom.de<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Rola Bauer<br />
(Partner/Managing Director), Tim Halkin<br />
(Partner/Managing Director), Jonas<br />
Bauer (Partner/Producer: /Sales),<br />
Bernhard Schwab (Sales Director),<br />
Merlind Müller (International Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: RB.39, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8849<br />
LOST CITY RAIDERS<br />
Action/Adventure (approx. 94 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jean de Segonzac<br />
Writer: Torsten Dewi<br />
Producer: Rola Bauer/Tim<br />
Halkin/Christopher Morgan<br />
Key Cast: Bettina Zimmermann/Michael<br />
Mendl/Elodie Frenck/.<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Budget: 6,4 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong>y set out to salvage the past, and<br />
ended up fighting to save the future.<br />
IMPACT<br />
Action/Catastrophe (2x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mike Rohl<br />
Writer: Michael Vickerman<br />
Co-Production Partners: Jaffe/Braunstein<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s, Tandem Communiations, Muse<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Michael Jaffe, Howard<br />
Braunstein, Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin,<br />
Jonas Bauer, Michael Prupas<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Budget: 13 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Canada<br />
A meteor crashes into our moon and<br />
sending it on a collision course with the<br />
Earth.<br />
THE LIFETIME MOVIE<br />
COLLECTION: WISEGAL<br />
Drama (1x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti<br />
Writer: Shelley Evans<br />
Key Cast: James Caan, Alyssa Milano,<br />
Jason Gedrick<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 5 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on a true story, a woman, once a<br />
trusted confidant to the Mafia, confronts<br />
the horrifying reality that she has put her<br />
children in jeopardy.<br />
THE LIFETIME MOVIE<br />
COLLECTION: QUEEN SIZED<br />
Comedy/Drama (1.90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Peter Levin<br />
Writer: Rodney Johnson<br />
Producer: Von Zerneck-Sertner <strong>Film</strong><br />
Key Cast: Nikki Blonsky, Annie Potts<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 5 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An overweight teen takes a stand against<br />
bullying and becomes the school’s<br />
homecoming queen and ends up with<br />
more than a crown.<br />
THE LIFETIME MOVIE<br />
COLLECTION: TRUE<br />
CONVESSIONS OF A<br />
HOLLYWOOD STARLET<br />
Comedy/Drama (1x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Tim Matheson<br />
Writer: Lola Douglas<br />
Key Cast: JoJo, Valerie Betinelli,<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 5 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A superstar teen actress finds her life<br />
turned upside down after a stint in rehab<br />
followed by a forced exile to live the<br />
usual teenager life with her aunt in the<br />
suburbs.<br />
THE STARZ FANTASY<br />
ADVENTURE COLLECTION<br />
Fantasy/Adventure (4x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 12 Mio. US$<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A fast paced fantasy and adventure<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
movie collection, designed to bring<br />
viewers to the world beyond.<br />
THE NORA ROBERTS<br />
COLLECTION<br />
Romantic Drama (4x990 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: David Carson, Ralph<br />
Hemecker, Stephen Tolkin, Mike Robe<br />
Writer: Ronni Kern, Janet Brownell,<br />
Stephen Tolkin, Spril Smith<br />
Co-Production Partners: Mandalay<br />
Television, Stephanie Germain<br />
Productions, Tandem Communications<br />
Producer: Peter Guber, Stephanie<br />
Germain, Peter Strauss<br />
Key Cast: Heather Locklear, Jacqueline<br />
Bisset, Claire Forlani, John Corbett,<br />
Alicia Witt, Johnathon Schaech, Oliver<br />
Hudson, Scott Bakula, Talia Shire, Diane<br />
Ladd, Matthew Settle, Ashley Williams,<br />
Charlotte Ross, Gary Hudson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 20 Mio. ?<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A built in Franchise, a collection of<br />
Movie Events, Nora Roberts – the<br />
publishing phenomenon – now ready to<br />
conquer the audience …<br />
PAINKILLER JANE<br />
Series (22x60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Nick Copus, Matthew<br />
Hastings, Mike Robinson, Farhad Mann,<br />
et al<br />
Writer: Gil Grant, Don Keith Opper, et al<br />
Producer: Gil Grant, Kirk Shaw, Rob<br />
Word, Kristanna Loken, Rola Bauer<br />
Key Cast: Kristanna Loken, Noah Danby<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 33 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Jane is a new kind of hero; her ability to<br />
overcome pain and her keen mind makes<br />
her perfect for a secret mission.<br />
THE COMPANY<br />
Action Thriller (3x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mikael Salomon<br />
Writer: Ken Nolan<br />
Co-Production Partners: Scott Free<br />
Entert., John Calley Prod., Sony Pictures<br />
TV, Tandem Communications, Alchemy<br />
Television<br />
Producer: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, John<br />
Calley, David W. Zucker, David A.<br />
Rosemont,<br />
Key Cast: Chris O’Donnell, Alfred<br />
Molina, Michael Keaton, Alessandro<br />
Nivola, Rory Cochrane, Tom Hollander,<br />
Alexandra Maria Lara, Natascha<br />
McElhone , Raoul Bova, Erika<br />
Marozsán, Misel Maticevic<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 38 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An action-packed, emotional<br />
rollercoaster of a thriller that traces the<br />
activities of the CIA’s underground fight<br />
with the KGB, spanning the globe from<br />
Moscow to Berlin, from Washington to<br />
Cuba.<br />
ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE HADES<br />
FACTOR<br />
Action / Thriller (2x90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Mick Jackson<br />
Key Cast: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino,<br />
Anjelica Huston, Sophia Myles, Josh<br />
Hopkins, Colm Meaney, Blair<br />
Underwood<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 20 Mio. US$<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Now, the master of suspense who<br />
brought you <strong>The</strong> Bourne Identity and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bourne Supremacy brings you his<br />
most exciting, chilling – and timely –<br />
adventure ever: <strong>The</strong> Hades Factor<br />
TF1<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
TF1 International, Central Park – 9 rue<br />
Maurice Mallet 92130 Issy les<br />
Moulineaux – France. Tel:<br />
33.1.41.41.21.68. Fax: 33.1.41.41.21.33.<br />
www.tf1international.com, email:<br />
sales@tf1.fr<br />
Sales Agent, Producer<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nicolas Eschbach (EVP<br />
International Sales & Acquisitions),<br />
Henri Ernst (Head of Marketing),<br />
Annabel Bighetti (TV Buyer)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R3618, Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.39<br />
VERSAILLES THE DREAM OF A<br />
KING (VERSAILLES, LE RÊVE<br />
D’UN ROI)<br />
Docu Drama (96’)<br />
Language: French or English<br />
Director: Thierry Binisti<br />
Writer: Jacques Dubuisson, Michel<br />
Fessler<br />
Producer: Les <strong>Film</strong>s d’Ici, France 2,<br />
Etablissement Public du Musée de du<br />
domaine National de Versailles, NHK,<br />
NDR, YLE<br />
Key Cast: Samuel <strong>The</strong>is, Jerôme Pouly<br />
from the Comédie Française<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: France<br />
A grandiose yet sensitive portrait of<br />
Louis XIV, visionary monarch, and his<br />
masterpiece, Versailles, Europe’s most<br />
splendid palace.<br />
DANCING TREES<br />
TV Movie (96’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Anne Wheeler<br />
Producer: © NASSER Entertainment<br />
Group Production<br />
Key Cast: Brooke BURNS, Katie<br />
BOLAND, Amanda TAPPING<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Martha, an autistic mathematical genius,<br />
and her cousin Nicole set out to find her<br />
mother’s murderer<br />
AUTOPSY OF A CRIME (BRUAY-<br />
EN-ARTOIS, L’IMPOSSIBLE<br />
VÉRITÉ)<br />
TV Movie (96’)<br />
Language: French<br />
Director: Charlotte Brandström<br />
Writer: Claude-Michel Rome, Stéphane<br />
Kaminka<br />
Producer: GMT Productions<br />
Co-production partners: TF1; CRRAV<br />
Nord-Pas de Calais and with the support<br />
of theNord-Pas de Calais Region<br />
Key Cast: Tcheky Karyo, Bernard Le<br />
Coq<br />
Delivery Status: Delivery Spring 2008<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
A magistrate violates the confidentiality<br />
of a police investigation to solve a<br />
murder<br />
KUNG FOOT<br />
Animation Series (26 x 26)<br />
Director: Franck VIBERT and Thibaut<br />
CHATEL<br />
Writer: Nicolas WATSON, Thibaut<br />
CHATEL, Patrice MITHOIS<br />
Co-production partners: © Label Anim -<br />
Télétoon/TPS Jeunesse- AB Productions<br />
- Hosem Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Kung Foot : sports, comedy, love and<br />
friendship for kids.<br />
DA JAMMIES<br />
www.dajammies.com<br />
2D/3D series (13x23’)<br />
Language: English and Spanish<br />
Director: Rich Morris and Ray J. Kelly<br />
Writer: Larry B. Scott, Aulsondro<br />
Novelist Hamilton, William Dolla<br />
Chapman II, Aquiah Ma’at<br />
Producer: Farcor Studios<br />
Delivery Status: 2 episodes by end of<br />
December 2007 - Series completed by<br />
May 2008<br />
An original Hip Music series featuring<br />
famous animated guests.<br />
THE TELEVISION<br />
SYNDICATION<br />
COMPANY<br />
<strong>The</strong> Television Syndication Company,<br />
520 Sabal Lake Drive #108, Longwood,<br />
FL 32779 USA. Tel: 407.788.6407. Fax:<br />
407.788.4397. http://www.tvsco.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Cassie Yde (President),<br />
Mary Joyce (International Sales<br />
Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Sunset Marquis VIP Club, Tel:<br />
407.252.7386. Fax: 407.788.4397<br />
DONNA DEWBERRY SHOW<br />
Lifestyle (65 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Martin Brown<br />
Producer: Vicki Payne/Cutters<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Donna Dewberry<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 – present,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Donna Dewberry is the world’s favorite<br />
painting instructor and best selling<br />
author. She revolutionized decorative<br />
painting with her easy to learn One<br />
Stroke Painting techniques. Learn to<br />
paint with Donna.<br />
FOR YOUR HOME<br />
Lifestyle (130 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Neal Sugg<br />
Producer: Sloan Rutter, Vicki Payne,<br />
Cutters Productions<br />
Key Cast: Sloan Rutter, Vicki Payne<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 – present,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Internationally respected designers,<br />
home improvement experts, gardeners<br />
and authors Vicki Payne and Sloan<br />
Rutter provide a delightful collection of<br />
creative and do-able ideas for that place<br />
you call home.<br />
REQUIEM<br />
Wildlife documentary (1 x 40 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Bryce Groark<br />
Writer: Bryce and Jen Groark<br />
Producer: Bryce and Jen Groark<br />
Key Cast: marty Snyderman, Bryant<br />
MockChew, Jake Zeigler, Ed Arnold<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Sharks - one of our planet’s most<br />
misunderstood predators. Requiem<br />
documents the true nature and purpose of<br />
these amazing creatures with stunning up<br />
close cinematography from our world’s<br />
oceans. HD<br />
REDEMPTION<br />
Movie (1 x 96 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jose Garofalo<br />
Writer: Jose Garofalo<br />
Producer: Fred and Maria Capitelli<br />
Key Cast: Heather Carroll, Christine<br />
Jaffres, Richard Antonio, R. Michael<br />
McWhorter, Louis De La Costa, Yvonne<br />
Viterna, W. Paul Bodey, Al Sapienza<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004<br />
Dark personal secrets haunt five<br />
strangers gathered at a bus terminal. <strong>The</strong><br />
suspense mounts as past wrongs are<br />
righted and the characters fulfill their<br />
appointed destiny and claim<br />
Redemption. HD<br />
THE ART OF VICTORY<br />
Documentary (1 x 48 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Sheldon Altfeld<br />
Producer: Sheldon Altfeld/StormMaker<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Gregory Copley, Prince<br />
Ermias Sahlel-Selassie Haile-Selassie,<br />
Dr. Assad Homayoun, Dr. Joan Vernikos,<br />
Pamela von Gruber<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Based on the acclaimed book by Gregory<br />
Copley, a provocative exploration of how<br />
societies and individuals survive and<br />
prosper. Issues from climate change to<br />
terrorism to world economy are<br />
examined.<br />
BLUE DOLPHIN KIDS<br />
Children’s (14 x 30 and 1 x 60)<br />
Language: USA<br />
Director: Brian Waingrow<br />
Writer: Jedrez Johasz, Brian Waingrow,<br />
Robin Davidson<br />
Producer: Brian Waingrow/Blue Dolphin<br />
Media<br />
Key Cast: Fivel Stewart, Boo Boo<br />
Stewart, Blue Dolphin Kids: Skyler,<br />
Ocean, and Sky<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 – present,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Explore Hawaii with the Blue Dolphin<br />
Kids to discover and experience its<br />
exciting destinations and culture. Action<br />
packed with breathtaking visuals,<br />
educational trivia, cool factoids and a<br />
whole lot more!<br />
CHRISTMAS AT MAXWELL’S<br />
Movie (1 x 86 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: William C. Laufer<br />
Writer: William C. Laufer<br />
Producer: William C. Laufer, Tiff Laufer<br />
Key Cast: Andrew May, Jack Hourigan,<br />
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Helen Welch, Julia May, Charlie May,<br />
Angus May<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A family threatened with illness retreats<br />
to their summer home where the<br />
Christmas season brings more than they<br />
ever imagined. <strong>The</strong> movie encompasses<br />
laughter, tears, love and happiness. HD<br />
KID FITNESS<br />
Children’s (26 x 26 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Steven Feldman<br />
Writer: Laura Stegmaier-Pettinato,<br />
Christian Seltman<br />
Producer: Fenton Maxwell<br />
Key Cast: Casey Unterman, Laura<br />
Frecon, Keyanna Merrill, Cristiano<br />
Magni, Alexander Elise, Liliane Klein,<br />
Danielle Taffeen, Jason Yachatin, Bill<br />
Barkhurst<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005-2006, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
An interactive series for young children<br />
revolving around a super health hero,<br />
aimed to prevent obesity and teach<br />
healthy lifestyle. Fun and colorful<br />
segments incorporate fitness, nutrition<br />
and education.<br />
MAN OF ONE THOUSAND FACES<br />
Biographical Documentary (1 x 84 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kym Secrist<br />
Writer: Kym Secrist, James Hong<br />
Producer: Kym Secrist, Deborah Quan<br />
Key Cast: James Hong, David Carradine,<br />
Tia Carrere, George Cheung, Bryan<br />
Cranston, Dom Deluise, Martin Kove,<br />
Peter Kwong, Mako, George Takel<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
His face is recognizable to millions of<br />
fans around the world. Perhaps the<br />
hardest working man in Hollywood,<br />
James Hong is immortalized in this<br />
visually stunning and powerful film.<br />
THE HIDDEN CHINA<br />
Documentary (1 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Sam Juneau<br />
Key Cast: Jim Trippon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Viewers gain behind the scenes access to<br />
a China that is rapidly changing from a<br />
state run disaster into the world’s most<br />
powerful economy. HD<br />
PAINT, PAPER AND CRAFTS<br />
Lifestyle (65 x min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Geary Morton<br />
Producer: Sloan Rutter, Cutters<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Sloan Rutter<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2003 – present,<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Tap into the latest trends in entertaining,<br />
decorating, accessorizing, organizing and<br />
gift giving. Sloan Rutter mixes exciting<br />
elements of art and design with easy to<br />
understand demonstrations to inspire<br />
viewers.<br />
GLASS WITH VICKI PAYNE<br />
Lifestyle (65 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Geary Morton<br />
Producer: Vicki and Chris Payne, Cutters<br />
Productions<br />
Key Cast: Vicki Payne<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
How-to-guru, Vicki Payne, provides<br />
clear, easy-to-follow guidance for novice<br />
and advanced glass enthusiasts alike for<br />
making their own stunning creations.<br />
You’ll be<br />
engrossed by the fascinating medium of<br />
glass art.<br />
THINKFILM<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
THINK<strong>Film</strong> International, Bridge House,<br />
2nd Floor, 63-65 North Wharf Road,<br />
London W2 1LA UK. T:<br />
44.207.298.6200. Fax: 44.207.298.6201.<br />
www.thinkfilmcompany.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Will Machin (Head of<br />
International)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: c/o Capitol <strong>Film</strong>s Stand 04.16,<br />
Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8072<br />
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN<br />
Fantasy Adventure<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jonathan King<br />
Writer: Matthew Grainger & Jonathan<br />
King<br />
Producers: Richard Fletcher, Matthew<br />
Grainger, Jonathan King<br />
Status: Pre- Production<br />
Production Country: New Zealand<br />
When an all-powerful, supernatural<br />
enemy stirs after centuries of<br />
imprisonment in the depths below<br />
Auckland’s volcanoes, teenage twins,<br />
<strong>The</strong>o and Rachel, must rediscover their<br />
telepathic bond to save mankind in this<br />
thrilling fantasy-adventure.<br />
BAD MEAT<br />
Horror<br />
Language: English<br />
Directors: Rob Schmidt<br />
Writer: Paul Gerstenberger<br />
Producers: Greg Brenman<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Production Country: Canada<br />
Ordered to a delinquent camp by their<br />
exasperated parents, a group of wayward<br />
teens fall foul of a deadly virus that<br />
infects the guards and turns them into<br />
flesh-eating monsters!<br />
THE OXFORD MURDERS<br />
Mystery<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Alex de la Iglesia<br />
Writer: Guillermo Martinez<br />
Producers: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela<br />
Besuievski, Alvaro Augustin, Elena<br />
Manrique<br />
Leading Cast: John Hurt, Elijah Wood,<br />
Leonor Watling<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Production Country: Spain/UK<br />
A new student and an esteemed professor<br />
at Oxford University team up to solve a<br />
puzzling series of ‘mathematically<br />
linked’ murders.<br />
FIVE DOLLARS A DAY<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
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Director: Nigel Cole<br />
Writer: Neal Dobrofsky, Tippi Dobrofsky<br />
Producers: Carol Baum, Jane<br />
Goldenring, Kia Jam<br />
Leading Cast: Christopher Walken,<br />
Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, Sharon<br />
Stone, Peter Coyote, Dean Cain.<br />
Status: Post Production<br />
Production Country: USA<br />
On a riotous road trip across America,<br />
this is the last chance for Nat and his son<br />
to disclose long-buried secrets and heal<br />
bitter wounds.<br />
THE LAST WORD<br />
Comedy<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Geoffrey Haley<br />
Writer: Geoffrey Haley<br />
Producers: David Hillary, Timothy<br />
Wayne Peternel, Alexandra Milchan,<br />
Bonnie Timmermann, Jack Utsick<br />
Leading Cast: Winona Ryder, Wes<br />
Bentley, Ray Romano<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Production Country: USA<br />
Evan writes suicide notes for a living.<br />
Charlotte is his latest client’s sister.<br />
When they meet at the funeral, they<br />
prove that love can flourish in the most<br />
unusual circumstances.<br />
APARECIDOS (THE APPEARED)<br />
Supernatural Thriller<br />
Language: Spanish<br />
Director: Paco Cabezas<br />
Writer: Paco Cabezas<br />
Producers: Juan Gordon, Alvaro Alonso,<br />
Antonio Chavarrias, Miguel Rocca,<br />
Daniel Pensa<br />
Cast: Javier Pereira, Ruth Diaz<br />
Status: Completed<br />
Production Country: Spain<br />
When brother and sister, Pablo and<br />
Malena, travel to Argentina to bury their<br />
father and unearth their past, the<br />
unexpected discovery of a mysterious<br />
diary results in supernatural occurrences.<br />
THOMPSON/STARR<br />
ORGANIZATION<br />
Thompson/Starr Organization, PMB<br />
11236, 460 N. Beverly Drive Beverly<br />
Hills, CA 90210 USA. Tel:<br />
1.818.998.8126. Fax: 1.818.773.8962.<br />
Email: tsorg@webtv.net<br />
Distributors and Agents<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Joey Thompson (President),<br />
Jen Starr (Marketing), Chaya Finton<br />
(Sales), George Alain (Acquisitions)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Hotel Mexicana, 30 rue Doctor<br />
Dautheville, Juan Les Pins, Hotel<br />
Mexicana, 06160 Tel: 33.4.93.39.24.<br />
Fax: 33.4.93.43.74.92. Fax:<br />
33.4.34.93.09.31<br />
ROD STEWART & FACES<br />
Rock Music (80 min)<br />
Cast: Rod Stewart, Kenny Jones, Keith<br />
Richards, etc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Enormously popular rock concert.<br />
BLITZKRIEG BOP<br />
Great Rock Concert (80 min)<br />
Cast: Blondie, Dead Boys, Ramones<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
One and only blitzkrieg sound.<br />
THE NASHVILLE SOUND<br />
Country music (79 min)<br />
Cast Johnny Cast, Loretta Lynn, Dolly<br />
Parton, etc.<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Giant country music STARS concert.<br />
TOEI ANIMATION<br />
CO., LTD.<br />
Toei Animation Co., Ltd., 58 Yokoderamachi,<br />
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0831,<br />
Japan. Tel: 03.5261.7619. Fax:<br />
03.5621.3875. http://corp.toeianim.co.jp/english/,<br />
email: sales@toeianim.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kanji Kazahaya (Director of<br />
International Department), Yosuke<br />
Kobayashi (President & COO of Toei<br />
Animation Inc. (US))<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R36.12<br />
THREE LITTLE DAUGHTERS<br />
Flash animation/ Family Comedy Series<br />
Based on popular blog and best-selling<br />
book titled “Uchi no San Shimai” about<br />
the daily, comical anecdotes that come<br />
with the territory of being a mother of<br />
three cute little girls<br />
GE GE GE NO KITARO (5TH<br />
SEASON)<br />
Animation/ Kids Series (52+ x 30min)<br />
People of a town who encountered<br />
strange incidents caused by awful<br />
“Yokai”, send him letters crying out for<br />
help, which Kitaro solves with his good<br />
“Yokai” friends.<br />
YES! PRETTY CURE 5 GO GO!<br />
Animation/ Kids Series (49 x 30 min)<br />
<strong>The</strong> story begins in a private girl’s<br />
middle school library when a girl named<br />
Nozomi discovers a copy of a peculiar<br />
book.<br />
MASTER HAMSTERS<br />
Family/ Action-Comedy (48 x 30min)<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re all so cute, and yet, they’re pros.<br />
More than just pets, these hamsters are<br />
Master Hamsters!<br />
LOVELY COMPLEX<br />
Animation/ Kids Series (24 x 30 min)<br />
Risa Koizumi is a 170 cm (66.9 inches)<br />
tall girl who thinks that she is too tall.<br />
Her classmate, Atsushi Otani, a 156cm<br />
boy (61.4inches) and he shares similar<br />
feelings with Risa regarding height in<br />
that he feels that he is too short.<br />
TOMWIL, INC.<br />
Tomwil, Inc., 4905 Gentry Avenue, Valley<br />
Village, CA 91607 USA.<br />
Tel: 1.818.769.0883 .<br />
Fax: 1.818.769.0887. email:<br />
tomwil@earthlink.net<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: James Rokos (President),<br />
Wilda A. Rokos (Exec. V.P.)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 09.20, Tel: 04.92.99.8161<br />
CHEERLEADER U SEASON II<br />
Reality (6x30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Wilda A. Rokos<br />
Writer: Wilda A. Rokos<br />
Producer: James R. Rokos<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A new season of the hit reality series<br />
follows the current national champions,<br />
the University of Central Florida, from<br />
tryouts to the National championship as<br />
they fight their way to retain their title.<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
DONOVAN: LIVE IN LA<br />
Music (90’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Joni Ravenna, Mitchell<br />
Sussman<br />
Key Cast: Donovan<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Originally shown on PBS, Donovan<br />
makes a rare personal appearance in<br />
front of a live audience at the Kodal<br />
<strong>The</strong>ster in Hollywood. Songs include<br />
“Mellow Yellow”, “Sunshine<br />
Superman”, & “Season of the Witch”.<br />
SUPER CARS EXPOSED!<br />
Sport (13x30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Our host, a professional stunt and race<br />
driver, shows off some of the hottest<br />
performance cars both on and off the<br />
track (closed course).<br />
PINKS ALL OUT<br />
Sport (10x60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007/8, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Season II of amateur drag racing<br />
competition that puts your car title on the<br />
line to prove whose is fastest on the ?<br />
mile.<br />
MY CLASSIC CAR<br />
Documentary/lifestyle (26x30’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Dennis Gage<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Our host gets to show off collector’s<br />
antique cars, visit weekend car shows,<br />
and help the amateur restore classic cars.<br />
TRIPPIN’ ON TWO WHEELS<br />
Travel (4x60’)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006/7, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Motorcycle adventure with a father and<br />
son through the countrysides of<br />
Scotland, Sicily, Quebec, and Spain.<br />
TPI<br />
TPI, 4520 Daly Drive, Chantilly, VA<br />
20151 USA. Tel: 1.703.222.2408. Fax:<br />
1.703.222.2408. www.tpiltd.com, email:<br />
info@tpiltd.com<br />
Producer/Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Larry Higgs (President), Ron<br />
Alexander (Director of International<br />
Sales), Nancy Epstein (Manager<br />
Program Acquisitions), Amanda<br />
Rockwell (Manager Program<br />
Development), Haldun Zirkli (Sales<br />
Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Stand R35.03, Tel:<br />
33.4.92.99.8805<br />
LONG ROAD TO HEAVEN<br />
Feature <strong>Film</strong> (1 x 120 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Feature film based upon the true story of<br />
the terrorist bombings of nightclubs in<br />
Bali, Indonesia which killed over 200<br />
people from more than 20 countries.<br />
TANGIER TREEHOUSE<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
When a group of Moroccan street<br />
children take part in a treehouse building<br />
workshop, they are unexpectedly<br />
transformed.<br />
DAUGHTERS OF GARDENERS:<br />
INDIA’S SILENT GENOCIDE<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> economic burden of dowries and the<br />
ancestral preference for boys often<br />
makes the birth of a daughter a shameful<br />
event. Ultrasound tests and abortions,<br />
which were supposed to represent<br />
progress for women, are instead being<br />
used against them.<br />
LOST AND FOUND IN MEXICO<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Discover why thousands of Americans<br />
have given up on the “American Dream”<br />
and moved to a small town in Mexico.<br />
JOURNEY TO BURMA<br />
Documentary Series (5 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Italy<br />
Five separate documentaries examine the<br />
amazing landscapes, cultures and<br />
traditions of this mysterious land.<br />
THE ELEPHANT MAN<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Denmark<br />
A look at the world’s only mobile<br />
elephant hospital as it roams the cities<br />
and jungles of Thailand.<br />
FENCE, WALL, BORDER<br />
Documentary (3 x 45 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Israel/Palestinian<br />
Territory<br />
A look at the construction of the wall<br />
between Israelis and Palestinians along<br />
with the political, economic and<br />
environmental consequences.<br />
RHINO FRIEND<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: South Africa<br />
A group of 31 bicyclists trek through<br />
Namibia’s Damaraland Wildlife<br />
Conservancy to raise funds for the Save<br />
the Rhino Trust.<br />
THE EMERALD EMPIRE<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Colombia<br />
Experience the life and death struggle<br />
between wealthy mine owners, poor<br />
laborers and gun-toting narcotraffickers<br />
in Colombia’s emerald producing region.<br />
EIGHT PLACES: JOURNEY TO<br />
AFGHANISTAN<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Germany<br />
After decades of chaos and destructions,<br />
a country searches for its identity and the<br />
hope for a brighter future.<br />
BRIDGING THE GAP<br />
Documentary (1 x 52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: New Zealand<br />
<strong>The</strong> moving humanitarian story about a<br />
team of surgeons who travel to Nepal to<br />
treat children and adults with cleft lip<br />
and palate abnormalities.<br />
THESE AMAZING PEOPLE<br />
Series (7 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
We travel the world seeking the<br />
outrageous, the funny, the inspirational<br />
and downright amazing.<br />
COXY’S BIG BREAK<br />
Travel (40 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Australia<br />
Join this Aussie bloke as he and his team<br />
explore the world…often with comedic<br />
results.<br />
ROAR OF THE WILD<br />
Travel/Wildlife (13 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Host Lin Sutherland takes us on<br />
locations around the world for a intimate<br />
look at wildlife on land and at sea.<br />
TERRA MYSTICA<br />
Travel (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Legendary mystical locations from<br />
Stonehenge to the Pyramids stir the soul<br />
and intrigue the mind.<br />
GLOBAL TREASURES<br />
Travel (260 x 10 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A journey to the world’s most protected<br />
monuments and historic places ranging<br />
from Peru’s Machu Picchu to<br />
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.<br />
EAT THIS!<br />
Cuisine (13 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
A new cooking series with a hip focus on<br />
healthy cuisine with a dash of laughs and<br />
music.<br />
COMPANIONS TO NONE<br />
Documentary (1 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English/Spanish<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
We examine the dog and cat<br />
overpopulation and abuse crisis in<br />
Mexico and efforts to improve their<br />
lives.<br />
ROAD TO ELDORADO<br />
Documentary (1 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English/French<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: France<br />
An amazing 10,000 km journey across<br />
the varied landscapes of South<br />
America…from Brazil to the Caribbean<br />
with an Amazon River adventure in<br />
between.<br />
TRY REVOLUTION<br />
Documentary (1 x 60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: New Zealand<br />
How did a rugby tournament make a<br />
contribution to the beginning of the end<br />
of Apartheid in South Africa? Features<br />
Archbishop Desmond Tutu.<br />
PEOPLE & PLACES OF THE<br />
WORLD<br />
Series (21 x 10 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: Italy<br />
A global journey to discover amazing<br />
people and places…from the sands of the<br />
Sahara to remote villages in Greenland.<br />
SPORT PILOT TV<br />
Series (26 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Country of Origin: USA<br />
Thrilling aviation adventures put the<br />
viewer in the pilot’s seat on all types of<br />
aircraft large and small.<br />
TRUSTNORDISK<br />
FILM SALES<br />
TrustNordisk <strong>Film</strong> Sales, Mosedalvej 14,<br />
2500 Valby, Denmark. Tel: 0045 3618<br />
8200. Fax: 0045 3618 9550. Website:<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com, www.trustfilm.dk<br />
Sales Agent<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Kenneth Wiberg (General<br />
Manager), Rikke Ennis (CEO), Susan<br />
Wendt (Head of Sales), Anneli Häkkinen<br />
(Sales Executive), Frederik Stege<br />
(Legal), Marie-Louise Rasmussen<br />
(Junior Sales)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: R.33.11<br />
JUST ANOTHER<br />
LOVE STORY (KÆRLIGHED PÅ<br />
FILM)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Thriller (99 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Ole Bornedal<br />
Writer: Ole Bornedal<br />
Producer: Michael Obel<br />
Key Cast: Anders W. Berthelsen,<br />
Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 4.7 M US$<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
In a grotesque mix-up, suburban dad<br />
Jonas takes over the identity of Julia’s<br />
exotic boyfriend. But life is not lived on<br />
fantasies and exotic dreams and one day<br />
truth comes knocking at the door.<br />
WONDERFUL AND<br />
LOVED BY ALL<br />
(UNDERBAR OCH ÄLSKAD AV<br />
ALLA)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Romance (103 min)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Hannes Holm<br />
Writer: Måns Herngren and Martina<br />
Haag<br />
Producer: Patrick Ryborn<br />
Key Cast: Martina Haag, Nikolaj Coster<br />
Waldau, Ellen Mattsson<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Sweden<br />
For Isabella Eklöf life just hasn’t panned<br />
out like it should.<br />
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DØDEN OS SKILLER)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Comedy (95 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Paprika Steen<br />
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen<br />
Producer: Leila Vestgaard & Thomas<br />
Heinesen<br />
Key Cast: Lars Brygmann, Sidse Babett<br />
Knudsen, Nikolai Kopernikus<br />
Christiansen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Mixing pathos, punches and Puccini, Jan<br />
and Bente appear to have forgotten the<br />
purpose of marriage as the passion for<br />
their individual dreams is seemingly<br />
greater than for each other.<br />
DARK FLOORS<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Horror (85 min)<br />
Language: Finnish<br />
Director: Markus Selin<br />
Writer: Pekka Lehtosaari<br />
Producer: Markus Selin<br />
Key Cast: Skye Bennett, Philip<br />
Bretherton, William Hope<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 4.2 M US$<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Finland<br />
An elevator breakdown prevents a father<br />
and his daughter escaping from hospital.<br />
When the doors finally open, those<br />
trapped now face a descent into<br />
nightmare as creatures from a dark world<br />
start a frightening attack.<br />
THOR HEYERDAHL<br />
(PÅ JAKT ETTER PARADISET)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Documentary (feature version 60 min) (4<br />
x 50 min tv versions)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Bjorn Engvik<br />
Writer: Bjorn Engvik<br />
Producer: Aage Aaberge<br />
Key Cast: Thor Heyerdahl (himself)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
A documentary series focused on<br />
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl,<br />
most notable for his Kon-Tiki<br />
expedition, in which he sailed by raft<br />
4,300 miles from South America to the<br />
Tuamotu Islands.<br />
THE NIGHT SISTER / THE<br />
MOURNING CLOAK<br />
(LINDELL 3 + 4)<br />
(NATTSØSTEREN AND<br />
SØRGEKÅPEN)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Crime (6 x 58 min)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Alexander Eik and Thomas<br />
Kaiser<br />
Writer: Jonas Cornell and Lars Bill<br />
Lundholm<br />
Producer: Rune H. Trondsen<br />
Co-production partners: NRK<br />
Key Cast: Reidar Sørensen, Michael<br />
Nyqvist and Fridtjov Såheim<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
An elderly woman is shot and killed in<br />
the city Oslo. Cato Isaksen and his team<br />
begin investigating a new brutal murder.<br />
THE GOLD OF VALHALLA<br />
(GULDHORNENE)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Family and Children (90 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Martin Schmidt<br />
Writer: Ida Maria Rydén, Ina Bruhn,<br />
Flemming Christian Klem, Stefan<br />
Jaworski<br />
Producer: Rasmus Thorsen<br />
Key Cast: Laura Østergaard Buhl, Lukas<br />
Schwarz Thorsteinsson, and Clara<br />
Bahamondes<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
One day, the ancient Norse gods, Loki,<br />
Thor and Heimdal, materialize to prevent<br />
the museum’s legendary golden horns<br />
from falling into the wrong hands and<br />
threatening the human race with<br />
extinction.<br />
A TALE OF TWO MOZZIES<br />
(CYKELMYGGEN OG<br />
DANSEMYGGEN)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
Animation (77 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Jannik Hastrup & Flemming<br />
Quist Møller<br />
Writer: Flemming Quist Møller<br />
Producer: Marie Bro<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Danish<br />
Dagmar, the dancing mosquito, has a<br />
crush on Egon, who in turn can only<br />
think about one thing: his bicycle. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
relationship is tested as they are caught<br />
up in a war between the ants.<br />
LEO<br />
www.trust-film.dk<br />
Drama (78 min)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Josef Fares<br />
Writer: Josef Fares<br />
Producer: Anna Anthony<br />
Co-production partners: Gunnar<br />
Carlsson, Tomas Eskilsson, Peter Aalbæk<br />
Jensen<br />
Key Cast: Leonard Terfelt, Josef Fares,<br />
Shahab Salehi<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Swedish<br />
Leo celebrates his 30th birthday.<br />
Surrounded by family and friends, he<br />
toasts to the future. But as the party ends<br />
and Leo and his girlfriend walk back<br />
home, something happens that will<br />
forever change their lives.<br />
HEAVEN’S HEART (HIMLENS<br />
HJÄRTA)<br />
www.trust-film.dk<br />
Drama (95 min)<br />
Language: Swedish<br />
Director: Simon Staho<br />
Writer: Peter Asmussen, Simon Staho<br />
Producer: Jonas Frederiksen<br />
Co-production partners: Gunnar<br />
Carlsson, Tomas Eskilsson, Peter Possne<br />
Key Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Lena<br />
Endre, Maria Lundqvist, Jakob Eklund<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Swedish<br />
A couple has been married for twenty<br />
years. <strong>The</strong>y love each other dearly, have<br />
a happy existence with well-paid jobs, a<br />
<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
large house, two cars and a daughter who<br />
is about to move away from home.<br />
GO WITH PEACE JAMIL (MA<br />
SALAMA JAMIL)<br />
www.trust-film.dk<br />
Action-drama (87min)<br />
Language: Arabic/Danish<br />
Director: Omar Shargawi<br />
Writer: Omar Shargawi & Mogens<br />
Rukov<br />
Producer: Meta Foldager<br />
Key Cast: Dar Salim, Khalid Al-<br />
Subeihi, Munir Shargawi, Elias al-<br />
Subehi, Amira Helene Larsen<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
An Arabic tale, which takes place in<br />
Scandinavia. About ancient religious<br />
hatred, about love, punishment, guilt and<br />
redemption, about being responsible for<br />
one’s own actions and refusing a path of<br />
violence.<br />
AMAZON JACK 3 - JUNGO GOES<br />
BANANAS (JUNGLE DYRET HUGO<br />
3 – FRÆK, FLABET OG FRI)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
(75 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Fleming Quist Møller and<br />
Jørgen Lerdam<br />
Writer: Fleming Quist Møller<br />
Producer: Irene Sparre Hjorthøj and Per<br />
Holst<br />
Co-production partners: PH3, A-<strong>Film</strong><br />
Latvia, Nordisk <strong>Film</strong> (Norway), Asta<br />
<strong>Film</strong>, TV2 Denmark<br />
Key Cast: Jesper Klein, Kaya Brüel,<br />
Claus Ryskjær<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 5,0 mio. $.<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
<strong>The</strong> world’s rarest and cutest creature,<br />
Jungo, lives happily on an island with his<br />
friend Rita, eating warm meatballs all<br />
day. But when an evil eccentric<br />
millionaire puts a price on his head<br />
Jungo must leave it all and escape.<br />
THE RADIO PIRATES<br />
(RADIOPIRATENE)<br />
www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />
(87 min)<br />
Language: Norwegian<br />
Director: Stig Svendsen<br />
Writer: Gunnar Germundson<br />
Producer: Hakon Overas and Aagot<br />
Skjeldal<br />
Key Cast: Anders Herman Clausen,<br />
Helene Gystad, Fritdjov Såheim<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Norway<br />
<strong>The</strong> Radio Pirates is the story about<br />
children who fight for the right to be<br />
children in a society of narrow-minded<br />
grownups and city council members who<br />
will do anything to get their way.<br />
WHITE NIGHT (HVID NAT)<br />
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(91 min)<br />
Language: Danish<br />
Director: Jannik Johansen<br />
Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen & Jannik<br />
Johansen<br />
Producer: Birgitte Skov & Morten<br />
Kaufmann<br />
Co-production partners: DR, Blixt<br />
Kamera ApS, Angel Scandinavia A/S,<br />
Jens Maasbøl, <strong>Film</strong>GEAR ApS, Nordisk<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Shortcut<br />
Key Cast: Lars Brygman, Rikke Louise<br />
Andersson, Anne Sofie Byder<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 2,4 mio. Euros<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Ulrich’s life spirals out of control after a<br />
series of misadventures that spark when<br />
his opponent in a bar fight hits his head<br />
during an awkward fall and dies on<br />
impact.<br />
TWENTIETH<br />
CENTURY FOX<br />
TELEVISION<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Distribution, P.O. Box 900, Beverly<br />
Hills, CA 90213-0900, USA. Tel:<br />
1.310.369.1000. Fax: 1.310.369.8877.<br />
www.fox.com<br />
Distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mark Kaner (President,<br />
Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Distribution), Marion Edwards<br />
(President, International Television,<br />
Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Distribution), Jamie McCabe (Executive<br />
Vice President, Worldwide Pay-Per-<br />
View, Video-On-Demand, Electronic<br />
Sell-Through), Richard Samuels (Senior<br />
Vice President, Managing Dir. Sales<br />
Asia), Gina Brogi (Senior Vice<br />
President, Worldwide Pay Television),<br />
Gerard Grant (Senior Vice President,<br />
Sales Europe)<br />
Acquisition Exec: Marion Edwards<br />
(President, International Television,<br />
Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Distribution)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: E3.01<br />
NEW AMSTERDAM<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Directors: Lasse Hallström, Jean de<br />
Segonzac, Ken Girotti<br />
Writers: David Manson, Allan Loeb,<br />
Christian Taylor<br />
Producers: David Manson, Allan Loeb,<br />
Steven Pearl<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Scarlet Fire Productions in association<br />
with Regency Television<br />
Key Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (John<br />
Amsterdam), Zuleikha Robinson (Eva<br />
Marquez), Stephen McKinley Henderson<br />
(Omar), Alexie Gilmore (Dr. Sara<br />
Dillane)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of a New York homicide<br />
detective unlike any other- brilliant,<br />
mysterious, reckless, magnetic,<br />
unknowable, and he has a profound<br />
secret: he is immortal.<br />
UNHITCHED<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Comedy (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Directors: Peter Farrelly, Linda<br />
Mendoza, John Blanchard, Arlene<br />
Sanford<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Writers: Mike Sikowitz, Mike Bernier,<br />
Chris Pappas<br />
Producers: Bobby Farrelly, Peter<br />
Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, Brad Johnson,<br />
Mike Bernier, Chris Pappas, Kevin<br />
Barnett<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Watson Pond Productions and<br />
Conundrum Entertainment in association<br />
with Twentieth Century Fox Television.<br />
Key Cast: Craig Bierko (Jack ‘Gator’<br />
Gately), Johnny Sneed (Tommy), Shaun<br />
Majumder (Freddy), Rashida Jones<br />
(Kate)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2998, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
From the creative minds of the Farrelly<br />
brothers comes this single camera<br />
comedy about a group of newly single<br />
friends learning the painful lessons of<br />
starting over in their thirties.<br />
THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Comedy (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino<br />
Producers: Amy Sherman-Palladino,<br />
Daniel Palladino<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Regency Television<br />
Key Cast: Parker Posey (Sarah), Lauren<br />
Ambrose (Coco), Scott Cohen (Marcus),<br />
Michael Arden (Buddy), Ron McLarty<br />
(Ronald)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
Bright, optimistic, successful children’s<br />
book editor Sarah turns to her estranged<br />
and free-spirited younger sister, Coco,<br />
when she learns she cannot conceive a<br />
child herself and asks her sister to carry<br />
the baby.<br />
24<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran,<br />
Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Kiefer<br />
Sutherland, Jon Cassar, Brian Grazer<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Real Time Productions and Imagine<br />
Television in association with Twentieth<br />
Century Fox Television<br />
Key Cast: Kiefer Sutherland (Jack<br />
Bauer), Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe<br />
O’Brian), Jayne Atkinson (Karen Hayes),<br />
Regina King (Sandra Palmer), Peter<br />
MacNicol (Thomas Lennox), James<br />
Morrison (Bill Buchanan), DB Woodside<br />
(President Wayne Palmer), Roger R.<br />
Cross (Curtis Manning)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2001-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
Kiefer Sutherland stars in this Emmy®<br />
Award-winning drama in which the<br />
entire season takes place in one day, with<br />
each of the 24 pulse-pounding episodes<br />
covering one hour and presented in real<br />
time<br />
PRISON BREAK<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: Paul T. Scheuring, Matt<br />
Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn<br />
Parouse, Neal Moritz, Kevin Hooks,<br />
Brett Ratner<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Adelstein-Parouse Production in<br />
association with Twentieth Century Fox<br />
Television<br />
Key Cast: Dominic Purcell (Lincoln<br />
Burrows), Wentworth Miller (Michael<br />
Scofield), William Fichtner (Alexander<br />
Mahone), Amaury Nolasco (Fernando<br />
Sucre), Wade Williams (Brad Bellick),<br />
Robert Knepper (T-Bag), Sarah Wayne<br />
Callies (Sara Tancredi), Chris Vance<br />
(James Whistler), Jodi O’Keefe (Susan<br />
B. Anthony), Robert Wisdom (Lechero),<br />
Danay Garcia (Sofia), Marshall Allman<br />
(LJ Burrows)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2005-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
A group of prison escapees are on the<br />
run from the authorities, a government<br />
conspiracy, and each other.<br />
FAMILY GUY<br />
Website: www.foxnow.com<br />
Comedy (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: Seth Macfarlane, David<br />
Goodman, Chris Sheridan<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Fuzzy Door Productions in association<br />
with Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Key Cast: Seth Macfarlane (Peter,<br />
Stewie & Brian Griffin), Alex Borstein<br />
(Lois Griffin), Seth Green (Chris<br />
Griffin), Mila Kunis (Meg Griffin)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 1999-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
A subversive animated comedy that<br />
presents the everyday trials and<br />
tribulations of family life, but with a<br />
distinctive twist and irreverent slant.<br />
THE SIMPSONS<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Comedy (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: James L. Brooks, Matt<br />
Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-<br />
Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Gracie <strong>Film</strong>s Production in association<br />
with Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Key Cast: Dan Castellaneta (Homer<br />
Simpson), Julie Kavner (Marge Simson),<br />
Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson),<br />
Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson, Maggie<br />
Simpson), Harry Shearer (Other<br />
Characters), Hank Azaria (Other<br />
Characters)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 1989-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
Animated comedy series about a bluecollar<br />
family.<br />
BACK TO YOU<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Comedy (30 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: James Burrows<br />
Writers: Steven Levitan, Christopher<br />
Lloyd<br />
Producers: Steven Levitan, Christopher<br />
Lloyd, James Burrows, Jeffrey Richman,<br />
Abraham Higgenbotham, Chuck Tatham,<br />
Andy Gordon, Dan O’Shannon, Gail<br />
Lerner<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association<br />
with Twentieth Century Fox Television<br />
Key Cast: Kelsey Grammer (Chuck<br />
Darling), Patricia Heaton (Kelly Carr),<br />
Fred Willard (Marsh McGinley), Ty<br />
Burrell (Gary Crezyzewski), Ayda Field<br />
(Montana Diaz Herrera), Josh Gad (Ryan<br />
Church), Laura Marano (Gracie Carr)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
Egotistical TV anchorman CHUCK<br />
DARLING (Kelsey Grammer) returns to<br />
his former Pittsburgh station after a fall<br />
from grace, reuniting with former coanchor<br />
KELLY CARR (Patricia Heaton).<br />
BURN NOTICE<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Writers: Matt Nix, Alfredo Barrios Jr.,<br />
Craig S. O’Neill, Jason Tracey<br />
Producers: Matt Nix, Mikkel Bondesen<br />
Co-production partners: Produced by<br />
Fuse Entertainment in association with<br />
Fox Television Studios<br />
Key Cast: Jeffrey Donovan (Michael<br />
Weston), Gabrielle Anwar (Fionna<br />
Glenanne), Sharon Gless (Madeline<br />
Westen), Bruce Campbell (Sam Axe)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2007-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
As a spy tries to find out why he’s been<br />
blacklisted he uses his special training to<br />
help people in trouble.<br />
BONES<br />
www.foxnow.com<br />
Drama (60 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producers: Hart Hanson, Barry<br />
Josephson, Stephen Nathan<br />
Co-production partners: David Boreanaz<br />
(FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth),<br />
Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance<br />
Brennan), Michaela Conlin (Angela<br />
Montenegro), Eric Millegan (Zack<br />
Addy), Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille<br />
Saroyan), TJ Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),<br />
John Francis Daley (Dr. Lance Sweets)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Year of Production: 2005-2008, Country<br />
of Origin: USA<br />
A highly skilled forensic anthropologist<br />
works with an FBI Agent on murder<br />
investigations when the standard<br />
methods of identifying a body are<br />
useless.<br />
UBU <strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
UBU Productions, P. O. Box 40 19 65,<br />
Munich D-80719 Germany. Tel:<br />
49.160.928.150.21. Fax: 49.89.478.231.<br />
email: UBU.Productions@web.de<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mr. Jean Uliczay (President,<br />
Producer, Exec.Prod.), Ms Alice<br />
Kanterian (Acquisitions), Ms Rita<br />
Collin-Gorenstein (<strong>Film</strong> Marketing)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: MEDIA <strong>The</strong> marketplace<br />
DRACULA´S HELLS ANGELS<br />
Horror Comedy (10 x 30 min)<br />
Language: English, German, French<br />
Director: Jean Kail<br />
Co-Production Partners: Transsylvania<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Productions<br />
Producer: Jean Uliczay<br />
Delivery Status: Pre-Production<br />
Budget: 3,000,000.- US$<br />
Year of Production: end 2008, Country<br />
of Origin: Romania, GB<br />
<strong>The</strong> angels of hell supports Dracula in<br />
his daily work and business.<br />
MAURICE GUEST<br />
Romantic drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English, German<br />
Writer: Julia Britton<br />
Co-Production Partners: Australian Int.<br />
Pictures, UBU Productions<br />
Producer: Wayne Groom, Jean Uliczay<br />
Delivery Status: In Development<br />
Budget: 10,000,000.-<br />
Year of Production: 2009, Country of<br />
Origin: Australia, Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of the bohemian lives of<br />
talented music students attracted from all<br />
over the world to the Leipzig<br />
conservatorium in the 1890’s.<br />
VISION FILMS<br />
Vision <strong>Film</strong>s, 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite<br />
306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel:<br />
818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715.<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net, email:<br />
sales@visionfilms.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Lise Romanoff (Managing<br />
Director), Andre Relis (VP of Int’l<br />
Sales), Brady Bowen (Sales Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 29.33, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8850<br />
IOWA<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net/catalog/featur<br />
ed_films/suspense_thriller/iowa.php<br />
Thriller (104 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matt Farnsworth<br />
Writer: Matt Farnsworth<br />
Co-Production Partners: Full Fathom 5<br />
Producer: Matt Farnsworth<br />
Key Cast: Matt Farnsworth, Diane<br />
Foster, John Savage (<strong>The</strong> Deer Hunter,<br />
<strong>The</strong> New World), Rosanna Arquette<br />
(Desperately Seeking Susan, Pulp<br />
Fiction), Michael T. Weiss (Freeway)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 3000000<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
An unflinching look into the lives of two<br />
addicts who become victims of greed,<br />
and the debilitating effects on the people<br />
around them.<br />
TWIN DAGGERS<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net/catalog/featur<br />
ed_films/action/twin_daggers.php<br />
Martial Arts/Action (98 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Kuen-Hou Chen<br />
Writer: Allen Shan<br />
Co-Production Partners: Cinema<br />
Systems, Inc.; Xi An Mei-Ah Culture<br />
Communications Ltd.<br />
Producer: Mickey Kraiserman, Guoling<br />
Li<br />
Key Cast: Rhett Giles (Lost, Nip/Tuck),<br />
CoCo Su, Veronica Bero (<strong>The</strong> Sopranos),<br />
Joey Covington<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
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U<br />
V
Budget: 3000000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Three martial arts assassins, two<br />
treacherous twin sisters, and a hit man<br />
must find the truth to say alive.<br />
SOMEBODY HELP ME<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net/catalog/featur<br />
ed_films/horror/somebody_help_me.php<br />
Horror/Thriller (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christopher B. Stokes<br />
Writer: Christopher B. Stokes<br />
Co-Production Partners: Code Black<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Juanita Stokes<br />
Key Cast: Omari Grandberry (You Got<br />
Served, Feel <strong>The</strong> Noise) Marques<br />
Houston (Fat Albert, You Got Served),<br />
Alexis Fields (Jacked), Brooklyn Sudano<br />
(Rain)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 2000000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A weekend stay in a remote cabin turns<br />
deadly for unsuspecting kids.<br />
FASCINATION: THE HISTORY OF<br />
THE MERCEDES-BENZ BRAND<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/documentar<br />
ies/special_interest/mercedes_benz.php<br />
Documentary (6 x 1 hr)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: <strong>Film</strong>haus<br />
Wiesbaden<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Never-before-seen footage and the<br />
fascinating history of the legendary<br />
automobiles of Mercedes-Benz.<br />
VISIONS<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/documentar<br />
ies/travel/visions.php<br />
Hi Def Documentary (16 x 1 hr)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: WLIW Public<br />
Television, New York<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Take an incredible journey to France,<br />
Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy,<br />
Ireland, New York City and Puerto Rico,<br />
complimented by sounds from the region<br />
and a poetic narrative.<br />
EGYPT: NEW DISCOVERIES,<br />
ANCIENT MYSTERIES<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/documentar<br />
ies/history/egypt.php<br />
Hi Def Documentary (7 X 1 hr)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Istituto<br />
Geografico De Agostini<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An incredible journey into exclusive<br />
never-before-seen excavation sites in<br />
Ancient Egypt with Zahi Hawass.<br />
CANNONBALL 8000<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net/catalog/docu<br />
mentaries/sports/cannonball.php<br />
Documentary (3 x 1 hr)<br />
Language: English<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
More than 100 of the world’s most<br />
desirable and exotic cars tackle the<br />
annual 72-hour journey from London to<br />
Budapest.<br />
EXTREME ACTION SPORTS<br />
PACKAGE<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/documentar<br />
ies/sports/index.php<br />
Documentary (42 x 1/2 hr)<br />
Language: English<br />
Producer: Extreme Sports Entertainment<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> most extreme sports highlights ever<br />
caught on film, from ice sailing and cliff<br />
dancing, B.A.S.E. jumping to conquering<br />
40-foot waves.<br />
7EVENTY 5IVE<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/featured_fil<br />
ms/horror/75.php<br />
Horror (102 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Brian Hooks, Deon Taylor<br />
Writer: Brian Hooks, Deon Taylor,<br />
Vashon Nutt<br />
Co-Production Partners: Code Black<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Lisa Diane Washington,<br />
Roxanne Avent, Cherie Johnson<br />
Key Cast: Rutger Hauer, Brian Hooks,<br />
Gwendoline Yeo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 25000000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
College students are engaged in a<br />
harmless prank-calling contest called<br />
“75” which ultimately becomes lethal.<br />
REMEDY<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/featured_fil<br />
ms/suspense_thriller/remedy.php<br />
Thriller (80 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Christian Maelen<br />
Writer: Christian Maelen<br />
Co-Production Partners: Starline<br />
Producer: Jon Doscher, Christian Maelen<br />
Key Cast: Frank Vincent (<strong>The</strong> Sopranos,<br />
Good Fellas), Vincent Pastore (<strong>The</strong><br />
Sopranos, Good Fellas), Ace Frehley<br />
(KISS), Arthur J. Nascarella (Copland,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cooler), Chuck Zito (Oz), Christian<br />
Maelen, Jon Doscher (This Thing of<br />
Ours)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A popular New York City painter is the<br />
sole witness and prime suspect in his<br />
best friend’s murder, but in his drughazed<br />
memory can’t remember what<br />
happened.<br />
VISION MUSIC<br />
Vision Music, 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite<br />
306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel:<br />
818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715.<br />
http://www.visionfilms.net, email:<br />
sales@visionfilms.net<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Lise Romanoff (Managing<br />
Director), Andre Relis (VP of Int’l<br />
Sales), Brady Bowen (Sales Executive)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: 29.33, Tel: 33(0)4.92.99.8850<br />
MAMA, I WANT TO SING!<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/featured_fil<br />
ms/drama/mama_i_want_to_sing.php<br />
Drama (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Charles Randolph-Wright<br />
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Writer: Charles Randolph-Wright<br />
Co-Production Partners: Code Black<br />
Entertainment<br />
Producer: Holly Davis Carter, Jeff<br />
Clanagan, David Pomier<br />
Key Cast: Ciara (GRAMMY Award<br />
Winner), Billy Zane (Titanic), Patti<br />
LaBelle (GRAMMY Award Winner),<br />
Lynn Whitfield (<strong>The</strong> Josephine Baker<br />
Story, A Thin Red Line Between Love<br />
and Hate)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Budget: 5000000<br />
Year of Production: 2008, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
Music-sensation Ciara stars in the tale of<br />
a young girl pursuing her dreams, and<br />
the faith that it takes to reach them.<br />
WHAT WE DO IS SECRET<br />
http://visionfilms.net/catalog/featured_fil<br />
ms/drama/wwdis.php<br />
Bio-pic (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Rodger Grossman<br />
Writer: Rodger Grossman, Michelle Baer<br />
Ghaffari<br />
Co-Production Partners: Rhino <strong>Film</strong>s;<br />
Coalition <strong>Film</strong>; King Records, Japan<br />
Producer: Stephen Nemeth, Rodger<br />
Grossman, Kevin Mann, Matthew<br />
Perniciaro<br />
Key Cast: Shane West (<strong>The</strong> League of<br />
Extraordinary Gentlemen, ER), Bijou<br />
Phillips (Almost Famous), Rick<br />
Gonzales (War <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Worlds), Noah<br />
Segan<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 3000000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
<strong>The</strong> captivating story that captures the<br />
explosive and tumultuous life of Darby<br />
Crash, the seminal singer and songwriter<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Germs.<br />
BOB MARLEY: FREEDOM ROAD<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//reggae/b<br />
m_freedom_road.php<br />
Documentary/Performance (55 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Merlin<br />
Communications<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> legendary singer’s life on the road,<br />
and his rise to fame with insight from<br />
Esther Anderson.<br />
FRANK SINATRA: A REFLECTION<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//classics/s<br />
inatra_reflection.php<br />
Performance (90 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Merlin<br />
Communications<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> charisma and talent that was Frank<br />
Sinatra, including 17 featured<br />
performances and 16 audio tracks.<br />
BEATLES: THE JOURNEY<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//rock/beat<br />
les_lwr.php<br />
Documentary (83 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Merlin<br />
Communications<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
A ‘fly on the wall’ experience of the rise<br />
and rise of the supergroup, including rare<br />
archive footage, newsreels and unique<br />
interviews.<br />
JIMI HENDRIX: FEEDBACK<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//rock/hen<br />
drix_feedback.php<br />
Documentary (52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Merlin<br />
Communications<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> life of the rock genius through the<br />
eyes of his girlfriend and friends,<br />
including exclusive interviews and rare<br />
performance footage.<br />
PUNK’S NOT DEAD<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//punk_roc<br />
k/pnd.php<br />
Documentary Feature (105 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Susan Dynner<br />
Co-Production Partners: Aberration<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s; Red Rover <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Producer: Susan Dynner, Todd Traina<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
A celebration of 30 years of punk rock<br />
featuring interviews and performances<br />
by Green Day, <strong>Of</strong>fspring, Social<br />
Disorder, Rancid, NoFX, UK Subs and<br />
more.<br />
ROCK THE BELLS<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//hip_hop/r<br />
ock_the_bells.php<br />
Documentary Feature (103 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Denis Hennelly, Casey Suchan<br />
Producer: Denis Hennelly, Casey Suchan<br />
Key Cast: Wu-Tang Clan, Redman,<br />
Dilated Peoples, MC Supernatural, Sage<br />
Francis, Eyedea + Abilities, Chali 2na<br />
and DJ NuMark of Jurassic 5<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007<br />
One man’s quest to reunite the Wu-Tang<br />
Clan and a celebration of the diversity of<br />
hip-hop!<br />
JOHNNY CASH: THE MAN IN<br />
BLACK<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//rock/john<br />
ny_cash_mib.php<br />
Documentary (51 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Co-Production Partners: Timeless Media<br />
Group<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
From his early days as a young boy in<br />
Arkansas to his legendary prison<br />
concerts, a glimpse at the man whose<br />
effect on five decades of music is still<br />
felt today.<br />
MIXTAPE, INC. THE MOVIE<br />
http://www.visionmusicinc.net//hip_hop/<br />
mixtapeinc.php<br />
Documentary Feature (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Key Cast: Kanye West, G-Unit, Xzibit,<br />
Chuck D. (Public Enemy), DJ Clue?, DJ<br />
Kid Capri, DJ Tony Touch, DJ Whoo<br />
Kid (50 Cent’s DJ), and DJ Green<br />
Lantern (Eminem’s DJ)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
Origin: USA<br />
Go behind the scenes for an<br />
unprecedented look into the movement<br />
that revolutionized the music industry<br />
and changed the way we hear hip-hop<br />
today.<br />
VITAGRAPH<br />
Vitagraph, Via Schiavonia 1 I-40121<br />
Bologna Italy. Tel: 39.051.267150. Fax:<br />
39.051.267150. www.vitagraph.it, email:<br />
vitagraph@libero.it<br />
Sales agent and distributor<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Filippo D’Angelo (General<br />
Manager)<br />
Acquisition Executive: Filippo D’Angelo<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: MEDIA Stand H4.35 (on the 4th<br />
and 5th floor of the Palais des Festivals<br />
in Cannes, Tel: 33.4.9299 8596. Fax: at<br />
MIP-TV) +33.4.9299 8597<br />
MARTHA, MEMOIRS OF A WITCH<br />
Documentary (50’)<br />
Language: Italian; English<br />
Director: Giovanni Calamari<br />
Producer: Minnie Ferrara & Associati<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Budget: $ 75.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Born in a little village on the Dolomites,<br />
Martha draws on the grass, dances<br />
around the fire and tells stories of fairies<br />
and dwarves. <strong>The</strong> village call it<br />
“Martha’s sickness.”<br />
I GIVE UP<br />
Documentary (50’)<br />
Language: Italian; English<br />
Director: Francesca Fini<br />
Producer: Francesca Fini<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Budget: $ 120.000<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
It’s the story of some people who left<br />
their golden prison made of daily life in<br />
search for a Paradise, a place where<br />
everything seems still possible.<br />
CLAUDIO ABBADO. THE OTHER<br />
VOICE OF MUSIC.<br />
Documentary (55’/73’)<br />
Language: Italian; Spanish; English<br />
Director: Helmut Failoni, Francesco<br />
Merini<br />
Producer: Helmut Failoni, Francesco<br />
Merini<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Budget: $ 120.000<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
<strong>The</strong> journeys of Claudio Abbado to<br />
Venezuela and Cuba with the<br />
organization “Sistema Orchestrale” that<br />
saves young people from the street thank<br />
to the music.<br />
MY BROTHER’S SUMMER<br />
Drama (81’)<br />
Language: Italian; English<br />
Director: Pietro Reggiani<br />
Producer: Antonio Ciano / Nuvola <strong>Film</strong><br />
Co-production partners: Gianluca<br />
Arcopinto<br />
Cast: Davide Veronese, Tommaso Ferro,<br />
Maria Paiato, Pietro Bontempo<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Budget: $ 750.000<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
An inventive daydreamer, little Sergio<br />
learns from his parents he will soon have<br />
a baby brother. With the help of his<br />
imagination, he reenacts playtime and<br />
during a moment of anger imagines.<br />
NEMA PROBLEMA<br />
Drama (85’)<br />
Language: Italian; English<br />
Director: Giancarlo Bocchi<br />
Producer: Independent Movie Company<br />
S.r.l.<br />
Co-production partners: Sky Italy<br />
Cast: Vincent Riotta, Zan Marolt, Labina<br />
Mitevska, Fabrizio Rongione<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Budget: $ 1.000.000<br />
Year of Production: 2004, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy/Bosnia<br />
A war correspondent ventures into<br />
Balkan territory and to enhance his<br />
reputation he invents stories and news.<br />
“Truth is the first victim of war.”<br />
VOLTAGE PICTURES<br />
Voltage Pictures, 6360 Deep Dell Place,<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA, Tel:<br />
1.323.464.1062. Tel: 1.323.464.8351.<br />
Fax: 1.323.464.8362.<br />
www.voltagepictures.com, Email:<br />
sales@voltagepictures.com<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Nicolas Chartier (President)<br />
Mobile: 1.310.890.4199, Nadine de<br />
Barros (Sales & Acquisitions) Mobile:<br />
1.323.533.3630.<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: IFTA Stand 01.02 , Tel:<br />
33(0)4.92.99.8207<br />
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,<br />
40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION<br />
Completely restored and re-mastered<br />
using digital technology on HD.<br />
Delivery Status: new at <strong>MIPTV</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> dead come back to life in this classic<br />
from zombie master George A. Romero.<br />
Several people barricade themselves in a<br />
rural farmhouse in a desperate attempt to<br />
survive the night from the relentless<br />
onslaught of the creeping undead.<br />
GEORGE A. ROMERO<br />
DOCUMENTARY<br />
Documentary<br />
Delivery Status: new at <strong>MIPTV</strong><br />
Behind the Scenes of the cult classic<br />
Night of the Living Dead, Interview with<br />
George A. Romero, last interview with<br />
actor Carl Hardeman, Tour of Night’s<br />
cemetery in Pittsburg and much more.<br />
RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX<br />
Directed by George Mendeluk<br />
Starring Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers,<br />
the Saw series)<br />
Delivery Status: new at <strong>MIPTV</strong>, Trailer<br />
Available<br />
From the producers of the Emmynominated<br />
Mammoth, Insight <strong>Film</strong><br />
Studios, Plinyminor and Voltage Pictures<br />
present Sphinx.<br />
100 FEET<br />
Supernatural thriller<br />
Written & directed by Eric Red (<strong>The</strong><br />
Hitcher, Blue Steel, Near Dark)<br />
Starring Famke Janssen (X-Men trilogy,<br />
Hide and Seek, Don’t Say a Word),<br />
Bobby Cannavale (Snakes on a Plane,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Station Agent, Will and Grace), Ed<br />
Westwick (the CW’s Gossip Girl,<br />
Children of Men) and Michael Pare<br />
(Avatar).<br />
Delivery Status: In post-production, new<br />
footage available<br />
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive<br />
husband in self-defense, she is<br />
condemned to house arrest – only to<br />
discover that the house is possessed by<br />
the enraged and violent spirit of her dead<br />
husband.<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
Thriller<br />
Directed by Morgan J. Freeman<br />
(Hurricane, Dawson’s Creek, American<br />
Psycho II). Starring Mischa Barton<br />
(Assassination of a High School<br />
President, <strong>The</strong> OC).<br />
Delivery Status: In post-production,<br />
trailer available.<br />
When a former small-town golden boy<br />
and his new college girlfriend visit his<br />
hometown during Christmas break, his<br />
high school sweetheart becomes insanely<br />
obsessed with getting him back.<br />
PERSONAL EFFECTS<br />
Love story-drama<br />
Written & be directed by David<br />
Hollander (Heartland, <strong>The</strong> Guardian TV<br />
series). Starring Michelle Pfeiffer<br />
(Hairspray, I Am Sam, What Lies<br />
Beneath), Ashton Kutcher (What<br />
Happens in Vegas, <strong>The</strong> Guardian, <strong>The</strong><br />
Butterfly Effect) and Kathy Bates (P.S. I<br />
love you, <strong>The</strong> Golden Compass, Failure<br />
to Launch).<br />
Delivery Status: In post-production,<br />
trailer available.<br />
Seeking vengeance for the murder of his<br />
sister, a young man arrives in town only<br />
to be sidetracked by a beautiful older<br />
woman with wounds very similar to his<br />
own.<br />
BLANK SLATE<br />
Sci-fi thriller<br />
Written & to be directed by John<br />
Harrison (Dune miniseries, Supernova,<br />
Painkiller Jane)<br />
Produced by Dean Devlin (<strong>The</strong> Triangle<br />
miniseries, <strong>The</strong> Librarian TV films,<br />
Independence Day)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production, Principal<br />
photograph begins April 15th<br />
Sentenced to Death Row for a murder<br />
she can’t remember committing,<br />
amnesiac Anne Huston is given a second<br />
chance at freedom by the FBI.<br />
THE LIBRARIAN: THE CURSE OF<br />
THE JUDAS CHALICE<br />
Action/adventure<br />
Produced by Dean Devlin (Independence<br />
Day, Godzilla, Stargate) in partnership<br />
with TNT. <strong>The</strong> third installment in the<br />
popular <strong>The</strong> Librarian franchise starring<br />
Noah Wyle (White Oleander, ER).<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
Mild-mannered scholar Flynn Carson,<br />
chosen to recover and protect priceless<br />
historical artifacts from around the<br />
world, must travel to the mysterious<br />
bayous of New Orleans to find the<br />
ancient Judas Chalice.<br />
MALIBU SHARK<br />
Sci-fi<br />
Directed by David Lister (Trigger Fast).<br />
Produced by Kirk Shaw (While She Was<br />
Out, Battle in Seattle)<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
When an off shore earthquake sends a<br />
Tsunami wave rolling towards the<br />
California coast, it simultaneously<br />
releases five monster-size prehistoric<br />
sharks from a lost sea deep beneath the<br />
earth’s crust.<br />
SPREAD<br />
Comedy<br />
Directed by David Mackenzie (Hallam<br />
Foe, Young Adam)<br />
Starring Ashton Kutcher (What Happens<br />
in Vegas, Personal Effects <strong>The</strong> Guardian)<br />
and Anne Heche (6 Days 7 Nights).<br />
Delivery Status: In Production<br />
A freeloading womanizer finds the<br />
perfect setup with an attractive highpowered<br />
lawyer, yet gives it all up after<br />
falling in love with a waitress who<br />
happens to be a kind of freeloader<br />
herself.<br />
ODYSSEUS AND THE ISLE OF<br />
MISTS<br />
Sci-fi/action-adventure<br />
Directed by Terry Ingram<br />
Starring Arnold Vosloo (<strong>The</strong> Mummy,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mummy Returns, Blood Diamond)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
From the producers of the Emmynominated<br />
Mammoth, Insight <strong>Film</strong><br />
Studios, Plinyminor and Voltage Pictures<br />
Odysseus and the Isle of Mists and<br />
Riddles of the Sphinx.<br />
Among Odysseus’s adventures is the tale<br />
Homer felt was too horrific to tell; the<br />
missing book of <strong>The</strong> Odyssey known<br />
as…THE ISLE OF THE MISTS.<br />
WARBIRDS<br />
Sci-fi<br />
Written & directed by Kevin Gendreau<br />
Produced in partnership with Sci-Fi<br />
Channel<br />
Starring Brian Krause (Charmed), Jamie<br />
Mann, Tohoru Masamune and Gizza<br />
Elizondo<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
In the final days of World War II, a band<br />
of WASPs (Women’s Air Service Corps)<br />
are enlisted to ferry a top-secret weapon<br />
to an American airbase in the Pacific.<br />
ABOUT A GIRL<br />
Comedy (13 x 30 min)<br />
Starring Chiara Zanni, Jesse Hutch,<br />
Marshall Porter, Sandy Robson and<br />
Braden Williams<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
A coming-of-age story which audiences<br />
of all ages can relate to, whether we’re<br />
anticipating college or recalling it, as<br />
told through the prism of Amy’s unusual<br />
living arrangements.<br />
ALIENATED<br />
Comedy (22 x 30 min)<br />
Writer/director: Mark Sawers (About a<br />
Girl)<br />
Produced by Brightlight Pictures (White<br />
Noise, Passengers, Search & Rescue)<br />
Starring Sarah-Jane Redmond, Jonathan<br />
Whitaker, Campbell Lane, Iris Graham<br />
and Andrew Robb<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Abducted. Dissected. Perverted. In the<br />
vein of Curb Your Enthusiasm,<br />
ALIENATED is a dark comedy about the<br />
Blundells, a suburban dysfunctional<br />
family trying to cope with the bizarre<br />
side effects of alien abduction.<br />
LOVE N’ DANCING<br />
http://www.lovendancing.com/videoplay.<br />
htm<br />
Music-romance<br />
Directed by Robert Iscove (She’s All<br />
That). Starring Amy Smart (Just Friends,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Butterfly Effect, Crank) and Tom<br />
Malloy (<strong>The</strong> Alphabet Killer, <strong>The</strong> Attic)<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
When a bored-with-life English teacher<br />
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meets a former West Coast Swing dance<br />
champion, they have an instant<br />
connection.<br />
W<br />
WONDERPHIL<br />
<strong>PRODUCT</strong>IONS<br />
Wonderphil Productions, 4712 Admiralty<br />
Way #324, Marina del Rey, CA 90292<br />
USA. Tel: 310.482.1324.<br />
http://www.wonderphil.biz/ - email:<br />
phil@wonderphil.biz<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Phil Gorn (Principal),<br />
Sanders Robinson (Acquisitions<br />
Manager)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: Booth 07.16<br />
STARA BASN<br />
THE OLD TALE: WHEN THE SUN<br />
WAS GOD<br />
Action (103 min)<br />
Language: Polish with English subtitles<br />
Director: Jerzy Hoffman<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $5 million<br />
Year of Production: 2003, Country of<br />
Origin: Poland<br />
Set in the 9th century, Old Tale is an epic<br />
adventure told in the tradition of<br />
Shakespeare & Kurasawa - a beautiful,<br />
non-stop action film about love, loss,<br />
loyalty, betrayal.<br />
VICTORIA<br />
Drama/comedy (100 min)<br />
Spanish with English subtitles<br />
Director: Coraly Santaliz<br />
Writer: Coraly Santaliz<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: under a million<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Puerto Rico, USA<br />
Paoli Award: Best TV Movie of the Year,<br />
Puerto Rico, 2007<br />
Victoria is a beautiful, successful lawyer<br />
but she quits her job to pursue her life<br />
long dream as well as attempting to<br />
rediscover her “soulmate”.<br />
TIBET HOPE<br />
Documentary(52 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: William Bacon III & Brad J<br />
Swenson<br />
Key Cast: Featuring His Holiness the<br />
Dalai Lama<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: under a million<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA (filmed in Tibet, Nepal,<br />
India)<br />
Finally, after over 10 years of filming<br />
and traveling to Tibet, Nepal and India,<br />
Tibet Hope delivers awe inspiring<br />
accounts of a nation of people long<br />
overdue a return trip home.<br />
FALLEN ANGELS<br />
Horror (93 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Jeff Thomas<br />
Writer: Jeff Thomas<br />
Co-Production Partners: Lewis Lane<br />
Productions<br />
Producer: Derek Zemrak & Leonard<br />
Pirkle<br />
Key Cast: Michael Dorn, Bill Moseley,<br />
Adrianne Curry, Michael Berryman,<br />
Michael Kaliski, Kevin McCarthy, Ruth<br />
Buzzi, Daniel Zacapa, Christie Hemme<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $1 million<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: USA<br />
A CSI team arrives at a small town to<br />
investigate a crime scene but they make<br />
a disturbing discovery that will<br />
eventually unveil a legion of seven<br />
demons and their chilling origins.<br />
SOVIA<br />
Thriller/Horror (85 min)<br />
Language: German<br />
Director: Robert C. Franke<br />
Co-Production Partners: A Young<br />
Cinema Rebels Production<br />
Producer: Nicholas Graebert, Christian<br />
Mueller, Robert C. Franke<br />
Key Cast: Diana Radnai<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $500k<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
A nurse makes a fatal mistake in the<br />
emergency room, killing a patient.<br />
Unknowingly, she passes a bruise, where<br />
the patient touched her, to others – who<br />
are then killed at the hands of the<br />
deceased.<br />
VIPER COPS<br />
Action-Comedy (80 min)<br />
Language: French<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $200k<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: France<br />
Two super cops are assigned to<br />
investigate the murder of a politician and<br />
his security team - the prime suspect<br />
being a highly decorated police officer.<br />
G.O.R.A.<br />
Sci-Fi Comedy (120 min)<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $5 million<br />
Year of Production: 2005, Country of<br />
Origin: Turkey<br />
An amateur con-man is kidnapped by<br />
extraterrestrials and shows his great<br />
humanitarian spirit by continually<br />
outwitting - & completely annoying - the<br />
evil commander-in-chief.<br />
A GOAT’S TAIL<br />
Drama (100 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Julius Amedume<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 200k<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK/Ghana<br />
Kojo, a charming young man from<br />
Ghana, travels to London in pursuit of a<br />
young woman & a career as a poet.<br />
- English<br />
Director: James Eaves<br />
Key Cast: Stephanie Beacham, Claudia<br />
Coulter<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 400k<br />
Year of Production: 2006, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
Rebecca is brought back from the brink<br />
of death by top secret agency ‘Project<br />
571’. She is trained as a lethal assassin<br />
and sent on missions to kill that which<br />
she has become, a vampire.<br />
NYMPHA<br />
Horror (92 min)<br />
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Language: English<br />
Director: Ivan Zuccon<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: 300k<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
Sarah (Tiffany Shepis) is an American<br />
who arrives in Italy to take her vows.<br />
<strong>The</strong> convent is extremely strict as well as<br />
mysterious. Sarah begins to discover the<br />
convent’s horrific past & the nuns true<br />
intentions for her.<br />
JANUARY 2ND<br />
Comedy/drama (95 min)<br />
Language: English<br />
Director: Matt Winn<br />
Producer: Ivan Clements<br />
Key Cast: Josephine Butler, Andrew<br />
Clover, Rachel Fielding<br />
Delivery Status: Completed<br />
Budget: $1 million<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: UK<br />
When a thirty-something couple gives a<br />
New Year’s weekend bash for their<br />
assorted friends, ensuing jealousies,<br />
tensions & hidden emotions emerge.<br />
“Tightly directed, well acted… it made<br />
me LAUGH OUT LOUD!” —<br />
Talkingpix.com<br />
ZDF ENTERPRISES<br />
ZDF Enterprises, Lise-Meitner-Str. 9,<br />
55129 Mainz, Germany. Tel:<br />
49.6131.9910. Fax: 49.6131.991229.<br />
www.zdf-enterprises.de, email:<br />
programinfo@zdf.de<br />
At <strong>MIPTV</strong>: Mr. Alexander Coridass<br />
(President and CEO), Mr. Stephan<br />
Adrian (Executive Vice President and<br />
Chief Operating <strong>Of</strong>ficer), Mrs. Susanne<br />
Mueller (Vice President North American<br />
Operations), Mr. Hans Juergen Steimer<br />
(Senior Vice President Acquisitions and<br />
Investments), Mr. Fred Burcksen (Vice<br />
President Distribution, Merchandising<br />
and Investments)<br />
<strong>Of</strong>fice: booth no. 21.02 - 23.01, Tel:<br />
33.4.92998120, Fax: 33.4.92998121<br />
THE MIRACLE OF BERLIN<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/the_miracle_of_berlin.155<br />
63.htm<br />
TV Movie / Drama (1 x 105’)<br />
Language: German, German with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Roland Suso Richter<br />
Writer: Thomas Kirchner<br />
Producer: teamworx for ZDF and ZDF<br />
Enterprises<br />
Key Cast: Kostja Ullmann, Karoline<br />
Herfurth, Veronica Ferres, Heino Ferch,<br />
Michael Gwisdek, André Hennicke<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
Set in East Berlin before the fall of the<br />
Wall, this is an intense account of a<br />
ravaged family whose loyalties and<br />
beliefs are shaken to the core.<br />
SHIP OF NO RETURN - THE FINAL<br />
VOYAGE OF THE ‘GUSTLOFF’<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/ship_of_no_return_the_fin<br />
al_voyage_of_the_gustloff.15567.htm<br />
TV Movies / Drama (2 x 90’)<br />
Language: German, German with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier<br />
Writer: Rainer Berg<br />
Producer: UFA (Norbert Sauer, Cornelia<br />
Wecker)<br />
Co-production partners: UFA<br />
<strong>Film</strong>produktion on behalf of ZDF in<br />
coproduction with ZDF Enterprises and<br />
with funding by <strong>Film</strong>stiftung Nordrhein<br />
Westfalen, Medienboard Berlin-<br />
Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche<br />
Medienförderung and <strong>Film</strong>FernsehFonds<br />
Bayern<br />
Key Cast: Kai Wiesinger, Valerie<br />
Niehaus, Heiner Lauterbach, Dana<br />
Vávrová, Detlev Buck, Michael Mendl,<br />
Karl Markovics<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> fact-based event two-parter<br />
grippingly portrays the sinking of the<br />
Wilhelm Gustloff, which claimed over<br />
9,000 victims in the final months of<br />
WWII.<br />
THE FINAL VOYAGE OF THE<br />
‘GUSTLOFF’<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/the_final_voyage_of_the_<br />
gustloff.15557.htm<br />
Documentaries / History & Biographies<br />
(1 x 50’ HD)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Christian Frey<br />
Writer: Christian Frey, Anja Greulich,<br />
Ricarda Schlosshan<br />
Producer: Guido Knopp, Christian Frey /<br />
ZDF<br />
Co-production partners: ZDF Enterprises<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
With over 9,000 victims, the sinking of<br />
the Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 was<br />
perhaps the biggest disaster in naval<br />
history. This documentary examines<br />
some of its unsolved mysteries.<br />
THE KILLING<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/the_killing.15574.htm<br />
Series / Crime & Suspense (20 x 60’)<br />
Language: German, German with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Birger Larsen<br />
Writer: Soren Sveistrup<br />
Producer: DR-TV-Drama<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Denmark<br />
Nominated for the International Emmy<br />
as Best Drama Series in 2007, this hardhitting<br />
Danish police series follows an<br />
inspector searching for a ruthless killer<br />
in all levels of society.<br />
THE OTHER SIDE OF GENIUS<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/the_other_side_of_genius.<br />
15558.htm<br />
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Documentaries / History & Biographies<br />
(4 x 50’)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Mario Zanot<br />
Writer: Mario Zanot<br />
Producer: Storyteller Production for<br />
Mediaset / RTI<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Italy<br />
<strong>The</strong>re have been many remarkable<br />
personalities in history, but only few<br />
with truly exceptional intelligence, talent<br />
and charisma – the geniuses who left an<br />
indelible mark on history.<br />
THE RETURN OF THE PLAGUES<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/the_return_of_the_plagues<br />
.13155.htm<br />
Documentaries / Social Issues & Science<br />
(5 x 52’)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Gabriele Wengler, Johannes<br />
Backes<br />
Writer: Johannes Backes<br />
Producer: Bernd Wilting/taglicht media,<br />
Cologne for arte, ZDF and ZDF<br />
Enterprises<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
<strong>The</strong> truth behind the pestilences<br />
described in the Book of Exodus: all the<br />
plagues have recognizable natural causes<br />
– and they are returning to haunt us<br />
today.<br />
MESSAGES FROM NATURE<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/messages_from_nature.15<br />
559.htm<br />
Documentaries / Wildlife & Nature (5 x<br />
52’)<br />
Language: German, English<br />
Director: Herbert Ostwald, Heinz von<br />
Matthey, Holger Preuße, Marion<br />
Pöllmann, Rainer Bergomaz<br />
Writer: Herbert Ostwald, Heinz von<br />
Matthey, Holger Preuße, Marion<br />
Pöllmann<br />
Producer: various<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2006 – 2007,<br />
Country of Origin: various<br />
<strong>The</strong>se fascinating wildlife films shows<br />
some of the surprising things nature is<br />
willing to do if we’ll let it, and how<br />
nature can work with us if we want to.<br />
OUR FARM IN IRELAND<br />
http://www.zdfenterprises.de/our_farm_in_ireland.1557<br />
0.htm<br />
TV Movie / Love & Romance (2 x 90’)<br />
Language: German, German with<br />
English subtitles<br />
Director: Karl Kases<br />
Writer: Jürgen Werner<br />
Producer: Bavaria Fernsehproduktion<br />
Delivery Status: completed<br />
Year of Production: 2007, Country of<br />
Origin: Germany<br />
German widower Dr. Winter falls in love<br />
with the pretty sheep farmer Erin while<br />
visiting his in-laws in Ireland. <strong>Of</strong>fered a<br />
medical practice there, he must take a<br />
big decision .<br />
THE STARTER WIFE - NBC UNIVERSAL<br />
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