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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 />

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

16 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> of <strong>Film</strong> <strong>MIPTV</strong> APRIL 2008


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 />

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MIPTv <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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 />

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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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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 />

<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 />

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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RELEASING INTERNATIONAL INC.<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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20 CIGARETTES<br />

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 />

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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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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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 />

<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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 />

<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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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WITH YOUR PERMISSION (TIL<br />

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 />

www.nordiskfilmsales.com<br />

(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 />

<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 />

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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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 />

<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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 />

<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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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<strong>MIPTV</strong> <strong>PRODUCT</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />

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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