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cleaner personal life; he’s looking for real intimacy – a committed relationship.
108 MEDIA CORP. Blissfully domestic for a time in a renewed relationship with an ex-girlfriend,
108 Media Corp., 225 Commissioners St., Suite 204, Toronto, Ontario M4M 0A1 this situation slowly unravels as Dan slides back to his old ways. Unflinching in
Canada, Tel: 1.647.837.3312 its portrayal of the amateur porn world, “Danland” gets up close to one man’s
www.108mediacorp.com, info@108mediacorp.com  search for love and shines a light on our collective desires and fears about love
Sales Agent, Distributor  and sex.
At Cannes: Abhi Rastogi (CEO) RASTARFEARIAN
Office: Riviera Stand G29 Bob Reynolds, a movie producer on the brink of bankruptcy, pulls financing
AUTUMN BLOOD together for a horror movie by taking money from his local drug dealer. Once
Director: Markus Blunder shooting starts things begin to fall apart quickly and Bob finds himself killing
Writer: Stephen Barton and Markus Blunder people in order to keep the film rolling. But before he knows it, he has the police
Key Cast: Sophie Lowe, Peter Stormare, Gustaf Skarsgård, Samuel Vauramo, visiting set, the insurance company checking in on him and oh yeah, the drug
introducing Maximilian Harnisch dealer wants his money back. Now.
Delivery Status: Completed FONDI ‘91
Set high in the Tirolian Mountains, on a secluded farm, far from the nearest village… Romantic - Drama (85 mins.)
Two children survive off the land with no one to rely on but each other. The Girl Director: Dev Khanna
(Sophie Lowe, “Beautiful Kate”) is sixteen-years-old, at one with nature, and despite Key Cast: Raymond Ablack (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
a tough life, still untouched by the evil that exists in mankind. The Boy (newcomer Set against a background of lost innocence, youthful frivolity and dark moral
Maximilian Harnisch) is ten, a good boy and a hard worker, but still traumatized from themes, Fondi ‘91 follows the lustful adventures of a New Jersey-based high
having seen his father killed by the town’s mayor, an incident that left him mute. Their school soccer team’s two week trip to Italy. Dynamic friendships, rivalries and
mother is now dying and the children must keep it a secret for fear that social services personal secrets compete in this tale of one boy’s stirring coming of age in a
will separate them when they are orphaned. They survive together and still manage to foreign land.
find great joy in life and in nature. Until a weak hunter whose moral compass has been MYN BALA: WARRIORS OF THE STEPPE
tipped by the brutality of their town, assaults and rapes the girl. Epic Adventure (125 mins)
DEEP DARK CANYON Director: Akan Satayev
Director: Abe Levy, Silver Tree Kazakhstan, 1729: A ferocious Mongol tribe sweeps across the steppes, and
Writer: Abe Levy, Silver Tree Kazakh sultans leave their people to fend for themselves. Young Sartai and
Key Cast: Ted Levine, Spencer Treat Clark and Nick Eversman other survivors flee to the mountains. But revenge drives Sartai and his friends
After a hunting accident leaves the town mayor dead, teenage brothers Nate and Skylar back to the steppe, where he falls in love the the beautiful Zere, daughter of a
go on the run from the mayor’s family, who have declared open season on them. local khan who chose to protect his village by working with the hated Mongols.
HOUSE OF DUST Discovering his own strength, Sartai assembles a detachment of young warriors
Director: Abe Levy, Silver Tree and leads them into an historical battle to free his country from decades of terror.
Writer: Abe Levy, Silver Tree
Key Cast: Ted Levine, Spencer Treat Clark and Nick Eversman
A serial killer’s ghost terrorizes a college campus after his soul is accidentally released
from a canister of cremains and he possesses a student.
6 SALES
6 Sales, Calle Real Baja 18, 1C, Majadahonda, Madrid 28220 Spain,  Tel: +34
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR 911 723 734. www.6sales.es, mar@6sales.es 
Comedy, Drama  Sales Agent 
Director: Zack Bernbaum At Cannes: Marina Fuentes (Partner), Mar Abadin (Head of Sales)
Key Cast: Bruce Greenwood,. Parker Posey Office: RES. DU GRAND HOTEL Albatros 2nd Floor, Tel: 33 4 93 68 56 93 
Adan Kundle (Bruce Greenwood), CEO of a major advertising agency, wakes up in WRINKLES
the hospital only able to communicate through advertising slogans. Unable to stay in AKA: Arrugas
the hospital, and while waiting for long term care placement, Karen Hillridge (Parker Animation (80)
Posey), the head of the hospital’s charity foundation, reluctantly decides to take Adan Language: Spanish
into her home for a few days. Through his ongoing and sometimes inappropriate Director: Ignacio ferreras
slogans, Adan slowly begins to affect Karen and the dysfunctional relationship she has Writer: Ignacio Ferreras, Angel de la Cruz, Paco Roca, Rosanna Cecchini
with her daughter Meghan. Producer: Manuel Cristobal, Oriol Ivern
BUFFALO GIRLS Delivery Status: Completed
Documentary (66mins) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain 
Buffalo Girls tells the story of two 8-year-old-girls, Stam and Pet, both professional An astonishing cocktail of friendship, resistance and life set among the
Muay Thai prizefighters. Set in small villages throughout rural Thailand, the film unexpected landscape of an elderly care facility.
chronicles these young girls’ emotional and sometimes heartbreaking journey as they JOSE AND PILAR
fight in small underground arenas to win prize-money to help provide for their families. AKA: Jose y Pilar
After many months of rigorous training and a long schedule of fights, Stam and Pet Documentary (125 min)
fight each other for the 20 Kilo championship belt of Thailand and a cash prize that will Language: Portuguese, spanish
change the winner’s life forever. Director: Miguel Goncalves Mendes
DANLAND Writer: Miguel Goncalves Mendes
Documentary (89 mins) Co-Production Partners: Jumpcut
Director: Alexandra Berger Producer: Miguel Goncalves Mendes
Key Cast: Dan Leal (Reality TV series The Right Hand) Key Cast: Jose Saramago, Pilar del Rio
DANLAND picks up Dan’s life just as he’s cruising to the top of his game. Having Delivery Status: Completed
spent much of his career shooting amateur adult videos in the basement of his suburban Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Portugal, Spain, Brasil 
Virginia home, Dan finds himself nominated for an AVN Award. But Dan also has a Who would have thought that a Documentary on the last years of Literature
quieter desire – he’s decided to stop acting in his own films, and concentrate on living a Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago s life and his much younger wife, would turn

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out to be the most heart warming love story ever told? fears. Based on Actual Events.
THE HAPPETS MAGIC MAGIC
AKA: La tropa de trapo Thriller
Animation (85 min) Language: English
Language: Spanish Director: Sebastian Silva
Director: Alex Colls Producer: Christine Vachon, Mark White
Writer: Lola Beccaria Key Cast: Juno Temple, Michael Cera, Emily Browning
Co-Production Partners: Abano Producions, Anera Films, Continental Producciones Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Producer: Chelo Loureiro, Pancho Casal, Alex Colls Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
Delivery Status: Completed While visiting Chile with some friends, Alicia begins to lose her mind when she
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Spain  starts seeing disturbing images which seem to be visible only to her.
Little cow MUMU will live through an adventure filled with action, suspense and MADRID, 1987
FUN. Her enormous desire to become a star leads her to an unbelievable situation, AKA: Madrid, 1987
where she is freed thanks to the teamwork and genius of the friends that she had Drama (104)
abandoned for not having the glamour that she seeked. Thanks to them, she also learns Language: Spanish
that we must love others for how they are deep down, and not for how much they Director: David Trueba
glitter. Writer: David Trueba
BLACKTHORN Co-Production Partners: Buenavida Producciones
Western (100 min) Producer: Jessica Huppert Berman
Language: English Key Cast: José sacristan, Miría Velverde
Director: Mateo Gil Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Miguel Barros Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain 
Producer: Ibon Cormenzana, Andres Quintana On a hot day in July 1987, in the vacant city, Miguel, a feared and respected
Key Cast: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea senior newspaper writer, sets up a meeting in a café with Ángela, a young
Delivery Status: Completed journalism student. From the first instant, there develops between them an
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Spain  unevenly matched duel that encircles desire, inspiration, talent and professional
The legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy supposedly died in 1908 in a shootout with the perspectives. Forced to remain together on a very particular day, both will try to
Bolivian army. The truth is that he?s been hiding in Bolivia for 20 years. And now he survive the emotional friction.
has decided to return back home. MARIAH MUNDI
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT Adventure
AKA: La chispa de la vida Language: English
Comedy  Director: Jonathan Newman
Language: Spanish Co-Production Partners: E-Motion, Arcadia Motion Pictures
Director: Alex de la Iglesia Producer: Karl Richards, Peter Bevan, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé
Writer: Alex de la Iglesia Key Cast: Jeremy Irons, Michael Sheen, Ioann gruffund
Key Cast: José Mota, Salma Hayek Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Various 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain  15 year old Mariah Mundi’s world is torn apart when his parents suddenly
In this hilarious comedy, Alex de la Iglesia makes fun of lack of today’s morals in disappear, leaving him to fend for himself and his brother Felix. When unknown
media and depiction of financial crisis through the eyes of an unemployed advertising assailants kidnap his younger sibling, he’s left with no choice but to unite
executive who decides to take advantage of an accident he has after yet another with the strange adventurer ‘Captain Charity’ and take off in pursuit. The trail
humiliating work interview. leads them away from the smog of Victorian London to the mysterious Prince
YOUNG ONES Regent, a majestic hotel on a small Island at the furthest edge of the Empire.
Thriller Inside it’s lavish exterior lays an amazing and unusual steam powered world,
Language: English beyond Mariah’s wildest dreams. But beneath the many floors of the luxurious
Director: Jake Paltrow hotel lurks a secret and sinister underworld filled with Villains, Child catching
Writer: Jake Paltrow creatures and an extraordinary box that turns everything to gold. Mariah, with
Producer: ARCADIA, 982 the help of the illusive Charity must discover the secrets of the hotel to save his
Delivery Status: Pre-Production brother and unravel the truth behind his parents disappearance.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA, Spain  CAPTAIN THUNDER
In a world with no water, a 14 year old boy will be confronted with his primal instincts AKA: Capitan Trueno
when he finds out his friendly brother-in-law is his father’s assassin. Action/Adventure
DARK IMPULSE Language: Spanish
AKA: Lo mejor de Eva Director: Antonio Hernandez
Thriller (95) Writer: Victor Mora
Language: Spanish Co-Production Partners: Maltes producciones, Sorolla films
Director: Mariano Barroso Producer: Pau Vergara, Antonio Mansilla
Co-Production Partners: Telecinco, Sentido Films, Malvarrosa Media Key Cast: Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Natasha Yarovenko, Manuel Martinez, Adrian
Key Cast: Leonor Watling, Miguel Angel Silvestre Lamana, Jennifer Rope, Gary Piquer, Asier Etxeandia, Ramon Langa
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain  Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Spain 
When Eva is assigned the investigation of a stripper’s murder her life as she knows it A 12th-century knight-errant wanders the world fighting injustice and is
will take a tumble. A magistrate at only 35 she has spent her life studying and lives a accompanied by his faithful friends Crispin and Goliath.
life of absolute dedication to fighting corruption. But when a handsome gigolo, Rocco, THE RUNWAY
the boyfriend of the dead stripper offers himself to be the primary witness of her case Comedy (100)
her career will take a sharp turn. Eva, always in control and having forgotten what a Language: English
sexual relationship feels like, will let go and give in to her primary sexual impulses. Director: Ian Power
GRAYSTONE Writer: Ian Power
AKA: Secret Stone Co-Production Partners: Fastnet Films/Poderosa Pictures, in association with
Supernatural Horror (83) Film Fund Luxembourg, Lucil Film, Film I Vast, Quickfire Films and The Irish
Language: English Film Board
Director: Sean Stone Producer: Macdara KELLEHER, Bernard MICHAUX, Brendan
Writer: Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith MACDONALD
Producer: Giulia Prenna, Kaila York Key Cast: Demian Bichir, James Cosmo, Kerry Condon, Jamie Kierans, John
KEY CAST: SEAN STONE, ALEXANDER WRAITH, ANTONELLA LENTINI, Carpenter, Bruno Bichir
JOHN SCHRAMM, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, MONIQUE ZORDAN, Delivery Status: Completed
OLIVER STONE Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Ireland, Luxembourg 
Delivery Status: Completed This is the story of Paco, an illegitimate nine-year-old, who is convinced this
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  his absent father is a Spanish astronaut who works for N.A.S.A. When Ernesto
Three filmmaking friends venture into an abandoned asylum to test their own Sanchez, a charismatic Colombian pilot, crashes his cargo plane in the field,
fundamental beliefs about the supernatural. Once locked and lost inside, they quickly Paco manages to convince the locals to repair the plane, build a runway and get
discover that they are not alone; and now they are forced to confront their darkest Ernesto home. In doing so, the people unwittingly put Kilpadder on the map

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again as their struggle captures the imagination of the nation. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom 
Seen from an escaped parrot’s point of view, a London park becomes a
microcosmic melting pot where people come together to share their passions,
7 & 7 PRODUCERS’ SALES SERVICE anxieties and aspirations. There’s the romance which blossoms between an unlikely
7 & 7 Producers’ Sales Service, 122 Walton Street, London, SW3 2JJ UK,  Tel: +44 couple, revelations regarding a homeless man’s past, and adventures galore as a
(0)7814 681335. www.producerssalesservice.com, info@7and7.co.uk  troop of young boys set off scouting for birds and end up performing the greatest
At Cannes: Maura Ford (Managing Director - Sales), Antony Ford (Company good deed of their lives. These characters, and many more, tackle individual
Director - Acquisitions) challenges before being brought together by an extraordinary encounter with one
Office: Lerins R1, Tel: +33 (0)6 11 78 28 59 exotic feathered friend. With raw, funny, and compelling performances from a
BREAKDOWN talented ensemble of actors aged seven to seventy, COMMON PEOPLE touches
AKA: (EDEN LODGE) on many of the issues affecting ordinary people today in a heartfelt, poignant and
Thriller/ Horror (82 mins) ultimately uplifting celebration of everyday humanity. 
Language: English A LUCKY MAN
Director: Andreas Prodromou Drama (87)
Writer: Andreas Prodromou Language: English 
Producer: John Kyriacou Director: Gordon Clark
Key Cast: Ben Gardner Gray, Cyd Casados, Aggy Kukawka Writer: Gordon Clark
Delivery Status: Screening Producer: Mark Fyfe
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom  Key Cast: Jarrid Geduld, Keenan Arrison, Tauriq Jenkins
A young couple with their newborn child embark on a deadly weekend in the Delivery Status: Screening
English countryside when their car narrowly avoids hitting an apparent body in Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Africa 
the dark. Finding nothing on the road but a pool of blood and unable to re-start Based on the real life story of legendary former South African gangster Ernie
their car they seek refuge at the isolated Eden Lodge B&B run by an elderly, Bible ‘Lastig’ Solomon, A Lucky Man charts his violent rise from childhood in the slums
thumping, matriarch. The couple’s fragile relationship and strained nerves are tested of Cape Town to one of today’s most infamous criminals.
to breaking point by the tense surroundings and a strange assortment of characters PAPADOPOULOS & SONS
including a seductive beauty and an intimidating handyman whose repairs to their Comedy (105 min)
car seem never ending. But when one by one those around them are savagely Language: English 
butchered by an unknown hand, the couple find themselves trapped in a deadly Director: Marcus Markou
nightmare all too real as together they must contemplate the unthinkable in order to Writer: Marcus Markou
protect their baby.  Co-Production Partners: Double M Films Ltd
FAT CAT Producer: Sara Butler
Crime/Comedy (88 mins) Key Cast: Stephen Dillane, Georges Corraface, Ed Stoppard, Georgia Groome,
Language: Italian (English subtitles) Frank Dillane
Director: Michele Fiascaris Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Michele Fiascaris Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United Kingdom 
Executive Producer: Michele Fiascaris Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly
Producer: Marco Cainero re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and
Key Cast: Alberto Onofrietti, Lorenzo Richelmy, Tommaso Arnaldi  chip shop they shared in their youth.
Delivery Status: Screening
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy 
Hapless wannabe Italian hoods, Burro and Zeus inadvertently start a Mafia war after ACEK SRL
accidentally shooting a go-go dancer in a nightclub, killing her revenge-seeking ACEK srl, via del Corso 42, Rome, 00186 Italy,  Tel: +39 06.8086052 Fax:
boss/boyfriend and bungling the disposal of his body. Alarmed by the nightclub +39.06.80687855. acek@aceksrl.com 
owner’s apparent assassination, Burro and Zeus’ dangerous psycho crime lord boss Producer 
Mosca consults his trusted confidante: a bronze statuette of a cat called Renato. At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma (President and Producer)
Fearful of his violent reaction to the truth, Burro and Zeus allow Mosca to come to Office: Hotel Carlton – Suite 133 – 1st Floor, Tel: mobile: +39 335 6990033
the wrong conclusion about the murder: that Mosca’s big Mafia rival Don Galante
is making a move against him. Caught in the crossfire of the Mob War that follows,
Burro and Zeus must duck and dive to dodge the bullets and stay alive. But when ACTION CONCEPT
Mosca learns that Burro and Zeus were in fact responsible for the nightclub owner’s Action Concept, An der Hasenkeule 1-7 50354, Hrth, Germany,  Tel:
fate, he teams with Don Galante and their joint wrath is turned against the talentless 00492233508100 Fax: 00492233508188. www.andactiondistribution.com,
two.  distribution@actionconcept.com 
LITTLE HAPPINESS Sales Agent, Producer
AKA: (UZUN YOL) At Cannes: Herman Joha (CEO), Wolfgang Wilke (Head of Sales)
Drama (110 mins) Office: Palais des Festival - 1.15 (German Films), Tel: +49 172 212 7539
Language: Turkish (English subtitles) GUARDIANS
Director: Nihat Seven AKA: Schutzengel
Writer: Melek Seven, Nihat Seven Action (130 minutes)
Producer: Nihat Seven Language: german
Key Cast: Nil Günal, Hakan Yufkacigil, Murat Muslu Writer: Stephen Butchard,Paul Maurice, Til Schweiger 
Delivery Status: Screening Co-Production Partners: Warner Bros.Pictures,, barefoot films
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: TURKEY/UK co-production  Executive Producer: Willi Geike 
When Gülten’s Turkish family discovers she has fallen in love with a truck driver, Producer: Paul Maurice,Tom Zickler,Til Schweiger,
Fariz, they forbid her to see him; believing a match below her status would bring Key Cast: Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Luna Schweiger
dishonor to their family. Unwilling to be forced apart and with no regard to the ire Delivery Status: Completed
they would stir in Gülten’s family, the impetuous young lovers secretly elope to Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: German 
the small town of Burden. Young love sustains them, and their new life appears MISSION INDIA
complete when Gülten gives birth to a son. Short of money and with a new baby to Action Adventur (90 Minutes)
provide for, their relationship becomes strained. Fariz drives longer shifts and Gülten Language: german
finds work at a local supermarket. Unknown to her, Fariz has secretly reverted to his Director: Sebastian Vigg
old gambling habit and is losing. The couple becomes increasingly distant as Fariz is Co-Production Partners: Vivek Singhania
consumed with the guilt and financial burden from chasing his growing losses.  Executive Producer: Herman Joha, Stefan Retzbach, Kay Niessen
COMMON PEOPLE Producer: Herman Joha
Comedy/Drama (86 mins) Key Cast: Wolke Hegenbarth, Henning Baum
Language: English  Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Stewart Alexander, Kerry Skinner Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany 
Writer: Stewart Alexander Sarah. a geologist, has found a place in India for herself. A little village in the
Executive Producer: Stewart Alexander, Kerry Skinner jungle. There she built a well for the locals. She is a very positive person and
Producer: Darin McLeod believes in fate. But her paradise is in danger when the well dries up and a shabby
Key Cast: Sam Kelly, Michael Ballard, Eleanor Fanyinka, Stewart Alexander, Kerry german entrepreneur Oskar moves in. He has the savings of the locals stolen from
Skinner Sarah and snatches a new drilling equipment from under her nose. In Mumbai
Delivery Status: Screening Sarah meets Max a rough trucker who is hired to transport the drilling equipment
for Oskar. She pretends to work for Oskar to snatch back the equipment. However

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Max finds out that Sarah has fooled him and he decides to kick her out of his life. Language: Italian with English subtitles
But when his truck and the equipment is stolen by followers of an acient Indian cult Director: Cristiano Bortone
they are on the run together again. This time the Indian police and Oskar are after Writer: Cristiano Bortone, Fausto Brizzi, Annalaura Ciervo, Valeria Di Napoli
them......  Producer: Orisa Produzioni
LEE’S ADVENTURE Key Cast: Vincenzo Salemme, Giuglielmo Scilla, Enrica Pintore
Action Adventure (90 Minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Mandarin Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy 
Director: Frant Gwo / Li Yang The new smash teen movie after Federico Moccia’s unstoppable box office hits. The
Executive Producer: Baidu Entertainment 10 “golden rules” for falling in love.
Producer: Henry Fong IO SONO LI
Key Cast: Jaycee Chan (Li Xianji/Lee), Fiona Wang (Wang Qian), Jiang Wu (Xianji’s AKA: SHUN LI AND THE POET
father), Yao Lu (Xianji’s uncle) Romantic Drama (96 min.)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: Italian and Chinese with English subtitles
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China  Director: Andrea Segre
Lee suffers from Time Perception Disorder (TPD), a rare psychological illness that Writer: Marco Pettenello and Andrea Segre
makes one unable to judge the length of time. Lee holds a boring job and his biggest Co-Production Partners: in collaboration with Rai Cinema in coproduction with Arte
interest is to play video games. That is a hobby inspired by Lee`s uncle, who left Lee a France Cinma
mysterious video game disc. His uncle claimes that anyone who beats the game would Producer: Jolefilm (Italy) in coproduction with Aeternam Films (France)
open the door of time travel. Lee`s life is dramatically changed when Wang Qian steps Key Cast: Zhao Tao, Rade Sherbedgia, Marco Paolini, Roberto Citran, Giuseppe
into his life. She also suffers from TPD so she understands Lee more than anyone else Battiston
does. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and the happy days end abruptly. Wang Qian is Delivery Status: Completed
killed in a traffic accident after Lee quarreled with her. Lee`s world collapses. Feeling Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Italy 
extremly guilty and desperate, he suddenly comes up with a crazy idea; Beat the video A sensitive and moving love story that binds two solitudes on the fascinating and
game, open the door to time travel and save his girl. From that point on Lee embarks on foggy Venetian lagoon, a love song to the bond between a young Chinese immigrant
an amazing journey. woman, Shun Li, and Bepi ‘the Poet’, an old and beautiful Slav fisherman. Their
A CENTURY WITH CARS poetic universe is also a call between two cultures, very different, yet not so distant,
Documentary (primetime 12x30 min) and a rapturous odyssey into the deep heart of a lagoon, the womb of identities
Language: English forever in movement. Yet, such beauty goes beyond convention, transcends
Director: Chen Yi age, cultural milieu, society. It breaks the rules of both the Chinese and local
Producer: Anton Piech communities... The film, starring internationally acclaimed Chinese actress Zhao
Delivery Status: Completed Tao (Jia Zhang-ke leading roles include “Still Life”, Golden Lion, Venice), and Rade
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Peking  Sherbedgia (“In the Land of Blood and Money”, “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Imagine a world without cars. But who invented it? And how did the car start it s Hallows”, Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut”), is also the recent winner of the prestigious
success story? The automobile was one of the great inventions of all time. It s changed “LUX 2012” EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AWARD.
our lives, our cities and created mobility for everybody. This high budget ground
breaking documentary tells the story about how the car was invited, how it spread
around the world and how it changed lives forever. And we are looking into the future ALDAMISA INTERNATIONAL
of the automobile. What kind of cars will our children drive?  Aldamisa International, 15760 Ventura Blvd. Suite 1450, Encino, CA 91436 USA, 
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www.aldamisa.com, sales@aldamisa.com 
ADRIANA CHIESA ENTERPRISES Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Financier 
Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Via del Corso 42, Rome, 00186 Italy,  Tel: +39 At Cannes: Sergei Bespalov (Co-Chairman), Marina Bespalov (Co-Chairman),
06.8086052 Fax: +39.06.80687855. www.adrianachiesaenterprises.com, info@ Nadine de Barros (President of International Sales & Distribution), Jere Hausfater
adrianachiesaenterprises.com  (COO), Eric Min (Director of International Sales & Distribution)
Distributor  Office: Riviera H3
At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma (President), Rossella Gori (Head of International FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR (3D)
Sales) Action 
Office: Carlton Hotel - Office 133, Tel: Fax: Mobile: +39 335 6990033 Language: English
PULCE NON C’E’ Director: Robert Rodriguez
AKA: PULCE IS NOT HERE Writer: William Monahan
Language: Italian with English subtitles Co-Production Partners: AR Films, Quickdraw Productions, Miramax Films
Director: Giuseppe Bonito Producer: Robert Rodriguez, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergei Bespalov, Aaron
Writer: Monica Zapelli, Gaia Rayneri Kaufman, Stephen L’Heureux
Producer: Overlook Production Key Cast: TBA
Key Cast: Pippo Delbono, Marina Massironi, Piera Degli Esposti, Francesca Di Delivery Status: In Production
Benedetto and Ludovica Falda  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: Completed The highly anticipated second installment of the “Sin City” saga returns with a
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy  vengeance!
“Pulce” is nine years old, has bright eyes filled with wonder, and listens only to tango. MACHETE KILLS
She does not speak because she is autistic, but this does not mean that she has nothing Action 
to say. One day, like any other, she is taken away from the family without much Language: English
explanation. Her father must face a terrible accusation. Through the vital, candid gaze Director: Robert Rodriguez
of Pulce’s teenage sister, Giovanna, we are led into the everyday lives of an abnormal Writer: Kyle Ward
family. We learn their special language created to reach out to someone who speaks Executive Producer: Robert Rodriguez
only in images. We are plunged into a family’s chaos that is yet so filled with urgency Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergei Bespalov, Aaron Kaufman
and love. Without rhetoric or pathos, we explore the confrontation between the world Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Sofia
of adults and the world of children, between illness and normality, between institutional Vergara, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Demian Bichir,
rigidity and human tenderness. And, we share all of Giovanna’s teenage astonishment Alexa Vega
as she discovers the world of adults, the awakening of her own body, and that strange Delivery Status: Post Production
and indefinable mystery of life called love. A true story based on the novel by Gaia Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Rayneri published by Einaudi Editore.  The second film in the Machete trilogy finds Machete mourning the loss of his
GIULIANO GEMMA: AN ITALIAN IN THE WORLD beloved Sartana, slain during a run in with the cartels. Machete is recruited by the
Documentary (82 mins) President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any
Language: Italian with English subtitles mortal man. Machete must battle his way through Mexico to take down a cartel
Director: Vera and Giulliana Gemma leader, Mendez the Madman, who threatens to fire a missile on the US. Machete foils
Writer: Vera and Giuliana Gemma Mendez’s plot only to find that the missiles are remote wired to and triggered by the
Delivery Status: Completed madman’s still beating heart. The only man who can disarm the missile is eccentric
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy  billionaire arms dealer, Luther Voz, who has hatched a plan of his own to spread war
Interviews with Dario Argento, Monica Bellucci, Barbara Bouchet, Bud Spencer, Lina across the planet with a weapon in space. Machete takes on Voz and his army in order
Wertmuller, Ennio Morricone celebrating one of Italy’s popular cult actors.  dismantle his master plan for global anarchy.
10 REGOLE PER FARE INNAMORARE UNTITLED RENNY HARLIN PROJECT (THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT)
AKA: 10 RULES FOR FALLING IN LOVE Thriller 
Teen Romantic Comedy (96 mins) Language: English

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Director: Renny Harlin Language: English
Writer: Vikram Weet Director: Emil Chiaberi
Executive Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky Writer: Emil Chiaberi
Producer: Kia Jam, Renny Harlin, Sergei Bespalov, Sergey Melkumov Executive Producer: Emil Chiaberi
Key Cast: Holly Goss, Gemma Atkinson, Matt Stokoe Producer: James Moll, Michael Rosen
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA/Russia  Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Blockbuster Director, Renny Harlin, brings one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of The term “going postal” has become the way we commonly refer to the deranged
the 20th century to the big screen--the controversial Dyatlov Pass Incident. mental state of someone who goes on a shooting spree. What pushes people over
STANDING UP the edge? Why bloodshed and why now? And what is it about the US Postal
Family/Adventure (90 min) Service that has made it a poster child for workplace massacres? This documentary
Language: English examines the growing phenomenon of spree killings in the United States.
Director: D.J. Caruso THE EDGE
Writer: D.J. Caruso Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance (90 minutes)
Executive Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky Language: Russian
Producer: Geyer Kosinski Director: Aleksei Uchitel
Key Cast: Chandler Canterbury, Annalise Basso, Val Kilmer, Radha Mitchell Writer: Alexander Gonorovsky
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Kira Saksaganskaya
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel
A young boy and girl, abandoned by their peers as a cruel, summer prank, learn the Delivery Status: Completed
meaning of friendship and the value of individuality. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia 
RED SKY 3D A war epic set in a Siberian gulag, Ignat, a war hero, finds love and redemption with
Action/Adventure  Elsa, a German fugitive, through their shared obsession with trains and speed.
Language: English GONE IN 60 SECONDS (1974)
Director: Mario Van Peebles Action/Adventure, Crime (105 minutes)
Writer: Adam Prince Language: English
Executive Producer: Randy Arrington Director: H.B. Halicki
Producer: Sergei Bespalov Writer: H.B. Halicki
Key Cast: Cam Gigandet, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Bill Pullman, JC Chasez Executive Producer: H.B. Halicki
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: H.B. Halicki
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA/ Russia  Delivery Status: Completed
A squad of rogue American and Russian fighter pilots take an off-the-record mission Year of Production: 1974 Country of Origin: USA 
to save the world from a devastating terrorist threat. The runaway theatrical hit in 1974, grossing over 40 million dollars, defined the
JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR genre of the car-chase film. Its raw action at its best, 93 cars destroyed in the crash-
Drama  crushing, car-slamming 40-minute chase scene. The icon and star of Gone in 60
Language: English Seconds films is Eleanor (A Ford Mustang) and she’ll slam you on a rocket ride
Director: Billy Bob Thornton you’ll never forget!
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Producer: Geyer Kosinski, Alexander Rodnyansky
Key Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, John Hurt, Ray ALTITUDE FILM SALES
Stevenson, Frances O’Connor Altitude Film Sales, 4 Market Place, London, W1W 8AD UK,  Tel: +44 207 612
Delivery Status: Completed 0662. www.altitudefilment.com, info@altitudefilment.com 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  At Cannes: Will Clarke (Chairman and co-CEO), Andy Mayson (co-CEO), Mike
An ensemble drama about families and the effects of combat on fathers and sons, Runagall (Managing Director), Vicki Brown (International Sales Executive), Robin
Jayne Mansfield’s Car looks at two colorful clans in 1969. Brought together by the Andrews (International Marketing Manager)
death of a woman who was married, first to the Southern American Jim Caldwell Office: Residence Grand Hotel, Entrance Le Dauphin - 2nd Floor, Tel: +33 4 93 99
(Robert Duvall) and then to the British Kingsley Bedford (John Hurt), her families 47 97
meet for the first time at the Caldwells’ home with uneasy curiosity. The culture BEYOND THE EDGE 3D
clash of the Sixties, and of the Old World versus the Old South, become a backdrop Docudrama 
for the Caldwells’ and the Bedfords’ heartfelt and sometimes hilarious struggles with Language: English
long-held resentments, family rivalries and secrets, and the memories of war and Director: Leanne Pooley
how it shaped them all. Writer: Leanne Pooley
SHANGHAI CALLING Producer: Matthew Metcalfe
Comedy, Romance  Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
Director: Daniel Hsia An epic tale of a man from modest beginnings who overcame his personal demons
Writer: Daniel Hsia and nature’s cruelty to successfully conquer the world’s highest peak.
Executive Producer: Janet Yang THE STONE ROSES: MADE OF STONE
Key Cast: Daniel Henney, Eliza Coupe, Bill Paxton, Gene Le, Zhu Zhu, Alan Ruck Documentary 
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA/China  Director: Shane Meadows
An ambitious New York attorney travels to Shanghai and quickly finds himself in a Producer: Mark Herbert
legal mess. He enlists the aide of an eccentric group of characters to help save his Delivery Status: Post Production
job. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK 
INHABITED ISLAND A revealing journey through the life of one of the most revered and influential bands
AKA: Prisoners of Power in British music history. This is the definitive record of the definitive band of the
Action/Adventure, Science-fiction (119 minutes) past 25 years.
Language: Russian CATCH ME DADDY
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk Thriller 
Writer: Sergei Dyachenko Language: English
Executive Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky Director: Daniel Wolfe
Producer: Dmitriy Rudovskiy Writer: Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe
Key Cast: Vasiliy Stepanov, Pyotr Fyodorov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Yuliya Snigir Producer: Mike Elliott
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Sameena Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Gary Lewis, Wasim Zakir
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: 2010  Delivery Status: Post Production
The year is 2157. A Russian spacecraft, piloted by 22 year old Maxim Kammerer, Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK 
crashes on the distant planet, Saraksh. After Maxim discovers that the planet is On the run from bounty hunters who will stop at nothing to capture them, Laila and
governed by five anonymous rulers who manipulate the inhabitants’ consciousness Aaron soon find themselves propelled towards a dramatic showdown.
using special emitters, he leads a rebel movement challenging the established order. THE HOOLIGAN FACTORY
Based on the cult classic novel by the Strugatsky Brothers. Comedy 
MURDER BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL Language: English
Documentary (76 minutes) Director: Nick Nevern
Writer: Michael Lindley, Nick Nevern

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Producer: Jason Maza, Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, Mike Runagall Film Noir (90)
Key Cast: Nick Nevern, Jason Maza, Tom Burke, Steven O’Donnell, Joseph Altin Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Danny DeVito, Carla Gugino, Malin Ackerman
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  Delivery Status: Completed
Dex, Danny and The Hooligan Factory travel the length of the country on a mission Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
to re-establish their firm’s glory days.  Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to
KILL YOUR FRIENDS come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the
Black Comedy  hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Language: English HEROES AND DEMONS
Director: Owen Harris Drama/Action (5 stories) 
Writer: John Niven Key Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Chris Hemsworth, Andrew Garfield
Producer: Gregor Cameron, Will Clarke Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Rafe Spall Year of Production: 2011 
Delivery Status: Pre-Production 5 different tales involving villains, underdogs, heroes and the will to overcome
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  adversity.
London, 1997; A&R wunderkind Steven Stelfox’s career is on the ascent. But when
the hits dry up, the concept of “killer tunes” takes on a whole new meaning.
THE GOOD PEOPLE AMERICAN CINEMA INTERNATIONAL
Horror  American Cinema International, 15363 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406 USA, 
Language: English Tel: 8189078700 Fax: 8189078719. www.aci-americancinema.com, chevonne@
Director: Corin Hardy  aci-americancinema.com 
Writer: Corin Hardy, Olga Barreneche Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Producer: Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino At Cannes: George Shamieh (CEO)
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Office: Lerins R10, Tel: 33 (0)4 92 99 33 07
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK / Ireland  FAST TRACK
Mycologist Adam moves with his family to rural Ireland. But what seems a rural idyll Action (90 Minutes)
soon becomes a terrifying fight for survival when the couple comes under attack from Language: English
horrifying and demonic creatures that lurk in the woods, hell bent on destroying them Director: Alex Ranarivelo
all. Writer: Steve Sarno
OUTPOST 37 Producer: Ali Afshar, George Shamieh
Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller  Key Cast: Brett Davern, Beau Mirchoff, Corbin Bernsen, Grant Show, Diogo
Language: English Mordgado, Alberto Frezza, Nicole Badaan
Director: Jabbar Raisani Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Jabbar Raisani, Blake Clifton Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Executive Producer: Altitude Film Entertainment In the sequel to the action-packed “BORN TO RACE,” Danny Kreuger (Brett
Producer: Jason Newmark, Laurie Cook, Trevor Engelson Davern) heads off to the prestigious Willow Springs Racing School with dreams of
Key Cast: Joe Reegan Rick Ravanello, Matthew Holmes finishing at the top of his class and winning a spot on a professional racing team.
Delivery Status: In Production But when Danny arrives at Willow Springs, he finds himself competing with the
Year of Production: 2013  best young drivers in the world. As the students are paired up and put through
An elite unit tasked with protecting the earth and mankind in the aftermath of an alien rigorous challenges, Danny falls to the rear of the pack. He becomes the laughing
invasion makes a terrifying discovery; the first invasion was only the beginning… stock of the school--especially in the eyes of the devious Lauricello Brothers (Diogo
SON OF A GUN Mordgado, Alberto Frezza). Tension soars on and off the track, and a terrible
Action, Thriller  incident leaves Danny without a racing partner. Facing dismissal from Willow
Language: English Springs, Danny is forced to team up with a new partner--his rival, Jake Kendall
Director: Julius Avery (Beau Mirchoff). With the encouragement of his girlfriend Jessica (Nicole Badaan),
Writer: Julius Avery Danny tries to set aside his differences with Jake in order to realize his dreams.
Producer: Timothy White RAPTOR RANCH
Key Cast: Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Jacek Koman Action, Sci-Fi (90 Minutes)
Delivery Status: In Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia  Director: Michael Beberashvili, Dan Bishop
Locked up, JR finds himself under the protection of Australia’s public enemy number Writer: Dan Bishop, Shlomo May-Zur
one, Brendan Lynch…but protection comes with a price, Lynch’s crew have plans for Producer: Stephan Glafas, Mosh Moe Grunberg, Shlomo May-Zur
their young protégé, and soon the debt is called in. Key Cast: Jana Mashonee, Lorenzo Lamas, Cole Brown, Donny Boaz, Cody
Vaughan
Delivery Status: Completed
AMERICA VIDEO FILMS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
America Video Films, Coordination office: Virrey Loreto 2426, Buenos Aires, They’re not just raising cattle in Texas. They’re raising 70 million years of
Buenos Aires 1426 Argentina,  Tel: 5411 4787 9098 Fax: 5411 4787 9094. www. prehistoric terror. Move over Jurassic Park; here comes Raptor Ranch! Yee-Haw! A
americavideofilms.net, america@americavideofilms.com  modern day Texas community is overrun by vicious prehistoric velociraptors that
Distributor  obviously did not get the memo about being extinct. A group of lost college students
At Cannes: Enrique Maya (President - Sales), Brian Maya (Acquisitions Executive) and local Native Americans try to survive the raptor onslaught at Fossil Ridge. A
Office: Riviera G 20, Tel: 33 4 92 99 3313 special CSI and FBI team is dispatched to investigate the killings and are blown
POKER HOUSE away at what they find.
Drama (93 min.) ATTACK OF THE YAKUZA
Director: Lory Petty Action (93 Minutes)
Key Cast: Jennifer Lawrence - Selma Blair - Chloe Grace Moretz. Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Koichi Sakamoto
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Michael G. Cooney
The Poker House is a poignant, beautifully crafted film about a teenage girl trying to Producer: Liron Artzi, Tim Grace, Shlomo May-Zur, Will Raee
survive the dismal circumstances of her life with dignity, humor, and basketball. Key Cast: Johnny Yong Bosch, Pamela Walworth, Dan Southworth
VIRGINIA (LIMITED TERRITORIES) Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA 
Drama (116 min) On an isolated ranch in the desert, Jack and Lisa prepare themselves for a summer
Director: Dustin Lance Black  of settling and renovating. Before long, however, they find themselves swept up into
Writer: Dustin Lance Black  a storm of confusion and terror, as a group of ruthless, masked strangers descend
Key Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris,Emma Roberts upon their home. With their hopeful new life quickly crumbling before their
Delivery Status: Completed very eyes, the two must not only fight to survive, but also fight to save their own
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  relationship and trust in one another in a whirlwind of action and chaos that stems
Academy Award winning screenwriter (Milk, J.Edgar)Dustin Lance Black’s from Jack’s secret past that he is now forced to confront.
directorial debut, starring Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, and Emma THE END OF THE ROAD
Roberts. Logline A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his Action (92 Minutes)
daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman Language: English
with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair Director: Gabriel Sabloff
HOTEL NOIR Writer: Sean Paul Murphy, Gabriel Sabloff

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Producer: Bradley Dorsey, Elizabeth Hatcher-Travis, Michael Scott as the attacks continue. Dr. Powers says it appears to be a sand shark, a beast which
Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Brian Bosworth, Steve Borden, Ray Wise, Bruce Marchiano, moves through the sand as if it was water. A shark is electrocuted by accident, but
David A.R. White  it’s soon discovered that this shark, though gigantic, was only a baby! The festival
Delivery Status: Completed continues and thousands of college kids arrive just as dozens of sand sharks make
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  their presence known, attracted by the vibrations of the crowd and the PA system. The
Josh McManus, a travelling salesman with a history of violence, was passing through most menacing beasts to ever rule the waters, now rule the sand mercilessly feeding
a dusty West Texas town. The right man at the wrong time, Josh foils a robbery on anything that crosses their path. It’s a giant feeding frenzy and it’s up to Brenda,
perpetrated by the Barbarians, an outlaw biker gang led by a vicious man named Sandy, the Sherriff, and Jimmy to stop the carnage.
Hawg. As Josh tries to return home to his family, the world is thrown into chaos ANSWER THIS!
by mysterious solar activity. A series of earthquakes threatens to prevent Josh from Comedy (113)
getting home, not to mention Hawg and his gang. Josh must fight tooth and nail to get Language: English
back to his family—to get to the end of the road.  Director: Christopher Farah
Writer: Christopher Farah
Producer: Mike Farah, Anna Wenger
AMERICAN WORLD PICTURES Key Cast: Christopher Gorham, Chris Parnell, Arielle Kebbel, Kip Pardue, Kali Hawk
American World Pictures, 21700 Oxnard St., Suite 1770, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Delivery Status: Completed
USA,  Tel: 818-340-9004 Fax: 818-340-9011. Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
www.americanworldpictures.com, jeffrey@americanworldpictures.com  A group of frustrated academics finally get a shot at beer, women, and nerdy
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor redemption when they enter a citywide trivia tournament.
At Cannes: Mark Lester (President), Jeffrey Goldman (President of Worldwide PIRANHACONDA
Distribution), Dana Dubovsky (President of Production) Sci-Fi (86 minutes)
Office: Riviera C8 Language: English
BLOODY HOMECOMING Director: Jim Wynorski
Horror  Writer: Mike MacLean
Language: English Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Director: Brian C. Weed Producer: Forest King
Writer: Jake Helgren Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Teri Ivens, Rib Hillis,
Producer: Elizabeth Snoderly Christina DeRosa, Cindy Lucas
Key Cast: Jim Tavare, Rae Latt, Lexi Giovagnoli Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Half Piranha. Half Anaconda. All terror.
A deadly presence haunts high school seniors after an accident occurs at the annual MERCY
homecoming dance. Drama (87)
RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS Language: English
Horror  Director: Patrick Hoelck
Language: English Writer: Scott Caan
Director: Steve Latshaw Producer: Scott Caan, Vince Palomino, Phil Parmet
Writer: Pat Moran, James Best, Steve Latshaw Key Cast: Scott Caan, Erika Christiansen, Dylan McDermott, James Caan, Wendy
Producer: Dorothy Collier Best, Pat Moran Glenn
Key Cast: James Best, John Schneider, Pat Moran Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  A young novelist tries to write about love, but realizes he first needs some real-life
A TV reality show hires Captain Thome Sherman and his boat to ferry supplies to the experience before taking on the subject.
deserted island filming location. As the TV crew and two-fisted animal expert Johnny
Reno start shooting, the cast and crew go missing, attacked and eaten in a bloody
feeding frenzy by strange creatures. No one is prepared when they realize the place ARCHSTONE DISTRIBUTION
is crawling with giant Killer Shrews! The result of a 50 year old experiment gone Archstone Distribution, 1201 W. 5th St. Suite T420, Los Angeles, CA 90017
terribly wrong. The shrews take over stripping flesh from their victims and devouring United States,  Tel: 310-622-8773. www.archstonedistribution.com, info@
everything in their path. archstonedistribution.com 
DRAGON WASPS Sales Agent, Distributor
Sci-Fi (86) At Cannes: Brady Bowen (President / CEO), Michael Lurie (Vice President of Sales
Language: English & Distribution), Jeffrey Giles (Vice President of Sales & Distribution), Scott Martin
Director: Joe Knee (Partner), Michael Slifkin (Partner)
Writer: Rafael Jordan, Mark Atkins Office: IFTA Pavilion, Riviera Stand D6
Executive Producer: Mark Lester EXCISION
Producer: Anthony Fankhauser, JJ Kim Horror (81)
Key Cast: Corin Nemec, Dominika Wolski, Nikollete Noel Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Richard Bates Jr.
The military must battle the harsh jungle environment, dangerous mercenaries and a Producer: Dylan Hale Lewis
new breed of giant, killer Dragon Wasps. Key Cast: AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter
SAND SHARKS Delivery Status: Completed
Sci-Fi (88) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States 
Language: English Life sucks when you’re seventeen. Alienated teen Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord)
Director: Mark Atkins struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her parents and a
Writer: Cameron Larson burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of
Producer: Anthony Fankhauser, Stan Spry, Eric Scott Woods life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh,
Key Cast: Corin Nemec, Brooke Hogan, Vanessa Evigan, Eric Scott Woods, Gina she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon...that is if she
Holden doesn’t go mentally insane first.
Delivery Status: Completed KANTEMIR
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Horror 
An underwater earthquake cracks open a crater deep beneath the ocean’s surface Language: English
unleashing a prehistoric predator. On the sleepy island of White Sands, local teens Director: Ben Samuels
drink and party beside a beach bonfire. One of them wanders off after a pretty girl and Writer: Mark Garbett, Ralph Howard
disappears, leaving only a severed hand behind. It appears it’s been bitten and ripped Producer: Phillip Glasser, Brian Hartman
off by a vicious animal. This looks like a shark bite, but it’s found well above the high Key Cast: Robert Englund, Diane Cary, Daniel Gadi
tide line, it can’t be a shark… Or can it? Jimmy Green (Corin Nemec), prodigal party Delivery Status: In Production
boy and son of the mayor, returns home to White Sands with a scheme to breathe Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
some life into the dying economy (and clear his debt to a mobster) by throwing a huge NATURE CALLS
spring break party: The Sandman Festival. Jimmy runs into his ex, and now Deputy Comedy 
Sherriff, Brenda Young (Vanessa Lee Evigan). She and her brother, the Sheriff, want Language: English
to close the island beaches in fear of further shark attacks, which would ruin Jimmy’s Director: Todd Rohal
plans. Brenda calls in an expert, shark scientist Dr. Sandy Powers (Brooke Hogan), Writer: Todd Rohal

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Producer: Michael B. Clark, David Bausch, David Gordon Green, John Hodges, Lisa lives of several trapped students before a paranormal entity kills them all.
Muskat AXE GIANT
Key Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Patton Oswalt, Rob Riggle AKA: Bunyan
Delivery Status: Completed Horror 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Language: English
Polar-opposite brothers Randy and Kirk never saw eye-to-eye, but their rivalry is taken Director: Gary Jones
to a new level when Randy hijacks Kirk’s son’s sleepover, taking the boys on a Scout Writer: Jeffrey Miller, Gary Jones, Jason Ancona
Trip to remember. Producer: Jeffrey Miller, Gary Jones, Jason Ancona
MISSIONARY Key Cast: Joe Estevez, Dan Haggerty, Thomas Downey
Thriller / Drama  Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Director: Anthony DiBlasi  A dark twist to the popular children’s fairytale, kids at boot camp discover the legend
Writer: Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley of Paul Bunyan is shockingly real. Can they escape the wrath of this giant axe
Producer: Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley wielding maniac, or will Bunyan chop down everyone in his path?
Key Cast: Cynthia Calhoun, Gricel Castineira, Jeff Chase, Connor Christie, Jared HIDE AWAY
Cooley AKA: A Year In Mooring
Delivery Status: Post Production Drama (88)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Language: English
PARANORMAL WHACKTIVITY Director: Chris Eyre
Comedy / Horror  Writer: Peter Vanderwall
Language: English Producer: Josh Lucas, Sally Jo Effenson
Director: Roger Roth Key Cast: A successful businessman moves onto a sailboat in an idyllic harbor in
Writer: Chris Pentzell, Geoffrey Plitt search of new horizons. While preparing the vessel for a sea-bound escape, he finds
Producer: Anthony Topman, Max Davids, Harvey Lowry the surrounding community is filled with curious and adventurous characters. Where
Key Cast: Chanel Ryan, Aneliese Roettger, Stephanie Danielson, Melinda Y. Cohen, will the wind take him?
Annabelle Amirav Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  A successful businessman moves onto a sailboat in an idyllic harbor in search of new
A sexy and hilarious spoof about a couple who have just moved into a new home horizons. While preparing the vessel for a sea-bound escape, he finds the surrounding
to consummate their relationship, but find peril around every corner due to an evil community is filled with curious and adventurous characters. Where will the wind
presence that haunts them whenever they attempt to be intimate take him?
MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE THE BUTTERFLY ROOM
Comedy (103) Thriller 
Language: English Language: English
Director: Sean Garrity Director: Jonathan Zarantonello
Writer: Jonas Chernick Writer: Jonathan Zarantonello
Producer: Jonas Chernick, Juliette Hagopian Producer: Enzo Porcelli, Ethan Wiley
Key Cast: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Manninen, Vik Sahay, Melissa Key Cast: Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Heather Langenkamp
Marie Elias Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada  Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly
To win back his unsatisfied ex-girlfriend, conservative accountant Jordan Abrams befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Confronted by Alice’s other lady
enlists the help of Julia - an uninhibited exotic dancer - to guide him on a quest for friends, Ann’s shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness.
sexual experience, leading him into a world of strip clubs, sensual massage parlors, THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION
cross-dressing and S & M. AKA: Through The Eye
GRASSROOTS Action (98)
Comedy  Language: English
Language: English Director: Julian Higgins
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal  Writer: Larry Madill, Bertie Higgins
Writer: Stephen Gyllenhaal, Justin Rhodes, Phil Campbell Producer: Bertie Higgins
Producer: Matt R. Brady, Peggy Case, Michael Huffington, Peggy Rajski, Brent Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Robert Thorne, Bertie Higgins, Bianca Malinowski, Kevin
Stiefel Anthony Brooks, and Ryan Caldwell
Key Cast: Jason Biggs, Christopher McDonald, Lauren Ambrose, Joel David Moore, Delivery Status: Completed
Cobie Smulders, Cedric the Entertainer Jack Hooks, a former cop set up by his corrupt partner is sent to jail on drug charges.
Delivery Status: Post Production Yanked out of prison with an early release deal offered by the DEA, he’s sent on a
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  suicide mission to plunge into the underworld of marijuana smuggling by making
After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his one big run through the narrow channel that flows between Cuba and Mexico, known
bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council. as “The Eye” and into the heart of a violent Colombian drug trade to bring down his
A GOOD FUNERAL former partner and his accomplices.
Drama (90) MAFIA
Language: English Action (81)
Director: David Moreton Language: English
Writer: David Moreton Director: Ryan Combs
Producer: David Moreton, Robert Aitro, Jenny Hinkey Writer: Ryan Combs
Key Cast: Gary Cole, Agnes Bruckner, Tina Holmes, Kelly Lynch, Jordan Bridges, Producer: Phillip Glasser, Brian Hartman
Jennifer Coolidge Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, Robert Patrick, Persia White
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States 
At her father’s funeral a woman reminsces upon a summer with her father and the It’s the 70s and criminal boss Renzo and his crew wreak havoc across the streets,
crazy road trip they took to California when he was diagnosed with cancer. leaving bodies wherever they go. Detective Womack will stop at nothing to bring
A RESURRECTION these thugs to justice, even if it means breaking the law. Starring Ving Rhames, Pam
AKA: The Sibling Grier, Robert Patrick, and Persia White, MAFIA delivers justice one bullet at a time. 
Horror (90) BLUE LIKE JAZZ
Language: English Comedy/Drama (108)
Director: Matt Orlando Language: English
Writer: Matt Orlando Director: Steve Taylor
Producer: Phillip Glasser, Brian Hartman, Aaron Levine Writer: Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson, Donald Miller
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa, Michael Clarke Duncan Producer: Steve Taylor, J. Clarke Gallivan, Danny Seim
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Claire Holt, Jason Marsden, Tania Raymonde, Marshall Allman
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States  Delivery Status: Completed
Set during a single horrific day and night at a high school, a guidance counselor Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States 
(Barton), the school principal (Duncan) and local police officer (Sawa), must save the Don, a nineteen-year-old sophomore at a Texas junior college, tries to escape his

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Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the most godless campus in Delivery Status: Completed
America. SKY FORCE 3D
SASSY PANTS 3D Family Animation 
Comedy (87) Director: Ching Chan, Ma Kam Fai, Chung Ip
Language: English Key Cast: Tony Tang
Director: Coley Sohn Year of Production: 2012 
Writer: Coley Sohn Cocky young firefighter TINNY can’t wait to lead his own team, and soaring with
Producer: Pavlina Hatoupis, Adam Wilkins, Coley Sohn confidence following a successful rescue he defies veteran commander CAPTAIN
Key Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Diedrich Bader, Jenny BEN and recklessly attempts a solo mission. But when the flames burst out of control
O’Hara and Shanna Collins it’s Tinny who has to be rescued by Captain Ben who is killed while saving him.
Delivery Status: Completed Crushed by guilt, Tinny abandons his dream and quits the fire brigade. He resigns
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  himself to the dreary fate of hauling coal and forgets his former life, until one day
Desperate to get away from her overprotective mother, a young woman moves in with a fire breaks out in the mines and his old instincts return. After rescuing his fellow
her dad and forms a bond with his free-­spirited friends. miners Tinny realizes his true calling and rejoins the Fire Brigade just as disaster
HE’S WAY MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU strikes. With his former team, Tinny is called to action and finds himself facing
Comedy  the greatest inferno any of them have encountered. To overcome it, he’ll have to
Language: English overcome the one thing even greater – his own fear of failing.
Director: Michael Urie RUN FOR YOUR WIFE
Writer: Halley Feiffer, Ryan Spahn Comedy 
Producer: Michael Anderson, Christopher Sepulveda, Geoffrey Soffer Director: Ray Cooney and John Luton
Key Cast: Halley Feiffer, Ryan Spahn, Ben Stiller, Jesse Eisenberg Key Cast: Judi Dench, Cliff Richards, Rolf Harris, Richard Briers, Barry Cryer, Russ
Delivery Status: Post Production Abbot, Maureen Lipman, Andrew Sachs, Donald Sindon.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States  Delivery Status: Completed
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her Year of Production: 2012 
agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life PREDESTINATION
has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen Sci-Fi Thriller 
script and two pitchers of sangria, Halley enlists the help of her brother Ryan and Director: Spierig Brothers
his boyfriend to make her own movie, starring herself (of course) as herself, and any Key Cast: Ethan Hawke
A-list celebrity she can land along the way. Delivery Status: Pre-Production
BIG BAD WOLF A riveting adventure through time with two detectives from a secret government time
AKA: Huff traveling agency designed to prevent future killers and terrorists from committing
Thriller  their crimes.
Language: English BRANDED
Director: Paul Morrell AKA: Moscow 2017
Writer: Sydney Corpuscle Director: Alexander Doulerain and Jamie Bradshaw 
Producer: Terry James Key Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Ed Stoppard, Max Von Sydow
Key Cast: Charlie O’Connell, Natasha Alam, Marie Bollinger Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed BRANDED is a dark and mind-bending journey into a surreal, dystopian society
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States  where corporate brands have unleashed a monstrous global conspiracy to get inside
A woman steals her abusive boyfriend’s drug money for her three teenage daughters our minds and keep the population disillusioned, dependent and passive. One man’s
to seek better lives for themselves and a bloody pursuit ensues. Misha (Ed Stoppard) passion to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy will lead to an
epic battle with the hidden forces that really control our world.
CRAWLSPACE
ARCLIGHT FILMS Sci-Fi Action Thriller 
Arclight Films, 8447 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 US,  Tel: Director: Justin Dix
+1-310-777-8855. www.arclightfilms.com, clay@arclightfilms.com  Key Cast: Ditch Davey, Peta Sergeant, John Brumpton, Leslie Simpson, Amber
Sales Agent  Clayton
At Cannes: Clay Epstein (VP Sales & Acquisitions), Gary Hamilton (Managing Delivery Status: Completed
Director), Chris Perry (Chief Operating Officer), Ying Ye (Managing Director, From producers of Wolf Creek and Red Hill. A special forces unit sent to contain a
Easternlight FIlms), Jesica Andres (Coordinator), Lina Marrone (International Sales) top secret underground military compound, come under attack from unknown forces.
Office: Lerins R2, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 25  What seemed like a simple mission, turns deadly as soldiers turn up mangled without
HEART OF DARKNESS a trace of a killer. 
Adventure Sci-Fi  REDD INC
Producer: Ted Field, Gary Hamilton AKA: Inhuman Resources
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Horror 
Year of Production: 2013  Director: Daniel Krige
Based on one of the greatest novels of all time by Joseph Conrad, a knuckle Key Cast: Nicholas Hope, Kelly Paterniti, Sam Reid, James Mackay, Alan Dukes,
whitening awe inspiring adventure into the outer limits. APOCALYPSE 2388. Earth Haley McElhinney, Daniel Krige
is on the brink of extinction. Legendary explorer KURTZ is sent on a desperate last Delivery Status: Completed
bid mission to scout an unknown planet on the far side of the universe. A planet Year of Production: 2012 
that may sustain human life. But communication with Kurtz mysteriously ceases Convicted ‘Headhunter’ serial killer and former corporate manager, THOMAS
and rookie flight officer MARLOW is assigned the perilous task of completing the “REDD” REDDMANN (Nicholas Hope) is demented from various experimental
objective. Tracking Kurtz into the unknown he reaches it. A new earth. And a race of procedures he endured at the unorthodox mental asylum from which he has now
beings at the dawn of time. But Kurtz has his own plans for the new world and man’s escaped. Redd maintains his innocence and is determined to prove it. He creates
last hope for survival. And to achieve it he will take man to the only place that will Redd Incorporated, a twisted version of the modern office environment, filling it with
protect paradise. Into darkness.  six abducted people he holds directly responsible for his incarceration. His captive
MENTAL ‘human resources’ are literally chained to their desks and forced to perform the
Comedy  impossible job of finding the real killer. They must work in grueling circumstances to
Director: P. J. Hogan (MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING, MURIEL’S WEDDING) prove the unprovable or face gruesome consequences.
Key Cast: Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber SHADOW PEOPLE
Delivery Status: Post Production Supernatural Thriller 
When a philandering father’s wife is committed following a nervous breakdown, he Director: Matthew Arnold
impulsively hires free spirited hitchhiker SHAZ (Toni Collette) to take care of his five Key Cast: Alison Eastwood, Dallas Roberts 
misfit daughters. The wild, charismatic Shaz transforms the girls from town jokes into Delivery Status: Completed
forces to be reckoned with, particularly making a mark on sixteen-year-old CORAL Small town radio personality CHARLIE CROWE (Dallas Roberts) is thrust into
who has never encountered anyone as fearless, cool and reckless before. But Shaz has a mystery when a strange caller relates a terrifying experience during Crowe’s
a secret, and when Coral discovers the real reason Shaz has come to town she must late night call-in show. At the same time, CDC Public Health Agent, SOPHIE
make a decision. Betray her hero, the person who’s changed her life, or follow her LANCOMBE (Alison Eastwood), is hot on the trail of the cause of the rare medical
and become just as crazy. condition known as SUNDS (Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome). Her
NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN investigations entwine her with Charlie’s own discoveries and take them both into
Director: Peter Templeman a dark world and a decades old cover-up about the phenomenon we now call, The
Key Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Bojan Novakovic, Alice Parkinson, Ryan Corr, Sarah Shadow People. Once you open the door to the mystery...you’ll never sleep soundly
Snook 

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again. Delivery Status: Screening
INBRED Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany 
Dark Horror Comedy  Four very unequal children at the age of 6 until 11 are chosen to become the new soap
Key Cast: Jo Hartley, James Doherty, Seamus O’Neill, James Burrows, Neil Leiper, box racing team to compete at the secret “Castle”, where all the world champions
Nadine Rose Mulkerrin, Terry Haywood, Chris Waller of racing have participated, when they were kids. A selective group of boys and one
Delivery Status: Completed girl have nothing in common but their passion for cars and racing. Their first big
BERLIN JOB challenge is to unite as a team by becoming friends, only then they will have a chance
AKA: St. George’s Day  of winning
Action/ Crime/ Thriller  KOPFÜBER (UPSIDEDOWN)
THE POWER OF FEW Drama, Children & Youth (90 minutes)
Dramatic Thriller  Language: German
Language: English Director: Bernd Sahling
Director: Leone Marucci Writer: Bernd Sahling, Anja Tuckermann
Key Cast: Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Q’orianka Kilcher Co-Production Partners: Antonio Exacoustos, Franz Kraus, David P. Steel
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Jörg Rothe
Year of Production: 2012  Key Cast: Marcel Hoffmann, Frieda-Anna Lehman, Inka Friedrich, Claudius von
Transpiring over twenty minutes on one afternoon, ‘The Power of Few’ is a time- Stolzmann
bending thriller starring Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Q’orianka Kilcher and Delivery Status: Screening
Anthony Anderson. The film weaves together the lives of five unusual characters Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany 
unknowingly connected to an intricate smuggling operation on a day of danger, mystery More than anything, 10-year-old Sascha likes to go on bike rides with the neighbour
and transformation. Each character’s personal struggle explores the roots of violent girl Elli and collect sounds. He also has a passion for fixing up his bike in his
crime. A desperate teenager assaults a store clerk in an effort to bring medicine to his improvised workshop. What he doesn’t like is the new special school he has been sent
ailing baby brother. While delivering a mysterious package, a risky courier becomes to in order to learn how to read and write. One day Sascha is caught stealing and his
the target of a ruthless gang when she rescues a man on the run. Two undercover mother decides to seek help at the youth welfare office. The social worker Frank is
agents conflict with the rules of torture while raiding a terrorist cell. In an effort to feed assigned to help the boy for one year, at school and in his daily life. Although Sascha
himself, a delusional homeless man steals a gun from a cop and sells it to the wrong first rejects Frank, sometimes it can be practical to have a personal “bodyguard” at
guy. Amid this tale of conflict and danger, one character emerges as a symbol of hope your side. Frank convinces Sascha and his mother to have a few medical tests done.
by creating a ripple effect that runs through each characters path setting forth a shift in The diagnosis: ADD, an attention deficiency disorder. Sascha is prescribed pills to
reality in a way that only the spirit of youth can.  help him concentrate. While his school performance improves and he gets into less
DANGEROUS LIAISONS trouble with grown-ups, his character also changes and his friendship to Elli starts to
Romance Thriller  fall apart.
Director: Hur Jin-ho  DIE VAMPIRSCHWESTERN (VAMPIRE SISTERS)
Key Cast: Jang Dong-Gun, Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung, Shawn Dou, Lisa Lu Family Entertainment (97 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: German
As war looms in Shanghai, glamorous libertine MO JIEYU (Cecilia Cheung) runs into Director: Wolfgang Groos
playboy XIE YIFAN (Jang Don-Gun) an ex boyfriend who’s never stopped loving her Writer: Ursula Gruber, based on the bestselling novels by Franziska Gehm
and persuades him to play a treacherous game. Xie must seduce the innocent and naïve Producer: Uli Putz, Jacob Claussen
DU FENYU (Zhang Ziyi) and then dump her. But the game becomes increasingly Key Cast: Christiane Paul, Stipe Erceg, Richy Müller, Marta Martin, Laura Roge
dangerous as Xie falls in love with Du, a game that will lead them all towards tragic Delivery Status: Screening
and shocking consequences. Set in 1930s Shanghai – the glamorous, tumultuous “Paris Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany 
of the East” – this is an adaptation of the French novel ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’ by Dakaria and Silvania, 12-year-old half-vampire sisters, move from Transylvania to
Choderlos de Laclos, upon which DANGEROUS LIASONS (1988), which starred Germany. Here the girls have to become accustomed to the conditions of human daily
Glenn Close and John Malkovich, was also based.  life: that is, go to school during the day, use lots of sun block and fly during nighttime
THE ASSASSINS hours only. The most important difficulty, however, is to find friends as they always
Epic Action  need to be cautious about keeping the truth to themselves.
Director: Zhao Lin Shan  DREI STUNDEN (THREE HOURS)
Key Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Crystal Liu Yi Fei, Tamaki Hiroshi, Alec Su You Pen, Annie Romantic Comedy (100 minutes)
Yi Neng Jing, Qiu Xin Zhi  Language: German
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Boris Kunz
Year of Production: 2012  Writer: Boris Kunz
In the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (CHOW YUN FAT), the Prime Minister of Han Dynasty, Co-Production Partners: die film gmbh/Munich, BR/Munich, HFF/Munich
ventured to the east and defeated China’s greatest warrior Lv Bu, terrifying every Producer: Prod. Company: Kaissar Film/Munich, Producer: Khaled Kaissar
ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han Emperor Key Cast: Nicholas Reinke, Claudia Eisinger, Peter Nitzsche, Lucy Wirth, Matthias
under his wing Cao crowned himself King of Wei. He built a magnificent Bronze Brenner, Doris Buchrucker, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Hartmut Schreier, Katharina
Sparrow Island to symbolize his power and rumors spread that he would replace the Leonore Goebel, Christian Heiner Wolf
Emperor. Meanwhile, young lovers Mu Shun (TAMAKI HIROSHI) and Ling Jv Delivery Status: Screening
(CRYSTAL LIU YI FEI) were taken from a prison camp to a hidden tomb where they Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany 
spent five cruel years together being trained as assassins for a secret mission. In the Martin is a poet, a quiet but tenacious dreamer, who, for years, has been working on
year 220 BC astronomical signs predict dramatic change. As a result, Cao’s son Cao Pi his great play about cloud castles, flying pirates and a feisty princess. His secret role
(QIU XIN ZHI) and Cao’s followers urge Cao to become the new Emperor. However model for the leading character is his good friend Isabel, a cheeky young woman who
opposing forces plot against him.  is waging war on genetically modified seeds around the world. And she’s leaving
tomorrow to go to drought-plagued Mali in the middle of Africa for the next three
years. Low and behold, Martin confesses his love to her at the departure desk. A
ARRI WORLDSALES confession which would have meant the world to Isabel some time ago, but now
ARRI Worldsales, Tuerkenstr. 89, Munich, Bavaria 80799 Germany,  Tel: 0049. comes too late to change things. But then the flight is delayed for several hours and
(0)89.3809.1288 Fax: 0049.(0)89.3809.1619. Isabel takes off into the city to talk to Martin – but he has disappeared. Precious hours
www.arriworldsales.de, worldsales@arri.de  pass – is there enough time left for the two of them to make a whole slew of decisions
Sales Agent  that will re-define their lives? How much time does one need for this, anyway? 
At Cannes: Antonio Exacoustos (Head of Worldsales), Moritz Hemminger (Director of THE DOMINO EFFECT
Sales and Acquisitions), Wolfram Skowronnek-Schaer (Consultant), Sylvia Edelmann Drama (96 minutes)
(Sales Executive) Language: English, Dutch, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindu
Office: Lérins S9, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 04 Director: Paula van der Oest
V8 - DU WILLST DER BESTE SEIN (V8 - START YOUR ENGINES) Writer: Paula van der Oest
Action, Adventure, Family Entertainment (102 minutes) Co-Production Partners: Robert Kievit, Vara
Language: German Executive Producer: Ineke Kanters
Director: Joachim Masannek Producer: Kees Kasander
Writer: Joachim Masannek Key Cast: James D’Arcy, David Hayman, Harriet Walters, Theo Maassen, Jelka van
Co-Production Partners: Millbrook Pictures/Munich, B.A. Produktion/Munich, ETF/ Houten, Bracha van Doesburgh, Xu Linshu, Yang Gang, Indraneel Bhattacharya,
Bad Wiessee Sakina Jaffrey, Tiya Sircar, Manish Dayal, Priyamvada Sawant
Producer: Christian Becker (Rat Pack Filmproduktion/Munich) Delivery Status: Screening
Key Cast: Georg A. Sulzer, Maya Lauterbach, Samuel Jakob, Klara Merkel, Emilio Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Moutaoukkil, Tom Hoßbach, Nick Romeo Reimann, Paul Alhäuser, Christoph Maria „If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families
Herbst, Heiner Lauterbach

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worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated
but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we BEYOND THE MOONWALK
sometimes like to think.” Drama 
LITTLE THIRTEEN Language: English
Drama (96 minutes) Director: David Christopher Loya
Language: German Writer: Gary Bickal and Geron Canidate
Director: Christian Klandt Co-Production Partners: Vision 4 Media
Writer: Catrin Lüth Executive Producer: Keith G. Myers, David Christopher Loya, Steve Arroyave
Producer: Andrea Schütte, Stefan Arndt Producer: Paula Moreno, Geron Canidate, Gary Bickal
Key Cast: Muriel Wimmer, Antonia Putiloff, Joseph Bundschuh, Isabell Gerschke, Key Cast: TBA
Philipp Kubitza, Gerdy Zint, Gisa Flake, a.o. Delivery Status: In Development
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: U.S.A. 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany  The true untold story of a street dancer who changed pop history...forever.
LITTLE THIRTEEN is a shocking portrait of the so-called „Porn Generation“. Teens THE SURREALIST
are striving for meaningless and unemotional sex as a compensation for love and Drama 
security. Sarah is 13. She and her best friend Charly (16) have already lost count of the Language: English
men they have been to bed with: one night stands, nameless, and interchangeable – no Director: Philippe Mora
commitments. Then Sarah meets 18-year-old Lukas in a chat room, and for the first Writer: Philippe Mora
time in her life she longs for a real relationship, for true love even. But is Lukas really Producer: Frederick G. Bestall, Philippe Mora
interested in her? Or is he just using Sarah for a reason that lies far beyond love and Key Cast: Alan Cumming, Judy Davis
affection? Meanwhile, Charly has to find a father for her unborn child, and Sarah’s Delivery Status: Pre-Production
mother has to cope with the fact that she’s not a teenager anymore…Three days in the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Australia 
lives of a group of teens struggling to grow up and to find their places in life.  Surrealist Dali explodes onto the world stage in drama and hilarity. The wildest ride
DIE ANDERE HEIMAT yet in 3D. The unfilmable has become filmable in three dimensions.
Drama (217 minutes) SINGLE IN SOUTH BEACH
Language: German Drama (90 mins.)
Director: Edgar Reitz Language: English 
Writer: Edgar Reitz, Gert Heidenreich Director: Alejandro Itkin and Huter Carson
Co-Production Partners: Les Films du Losange/Paris (Margaret Menegoz) Writer: Alejandro Itkin 
Producer: Christian Reitz Producer: Alejandro Itkin, Piedad Palacios and Kevin Sorbo
Key Cast: Jan Schneider, Marita Breuer,Rüdiger Kriese, Maximilian Scheidt, Melanie Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Haley Webb, Carlos Ponce
Fouché, Eva Zeidler,Antonio Theresa Bill, Philine Lembeck, Barbara Philipp, Reinhard Delivery Status: Completed
Paulus Amy, an attractive and confident woman, confuses love with money and becomes a
Delivery Status: Post Production victim of the materialistic nature of Miami’s South Beach.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany  LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR
DIE ANDERE HEIMAT follows the prestigious HEIMAT TRILOGY and focuses Documentary - Music - Panorama Berlinale 2012 (109min)
with outmost authenticity on the story of ordinary people and their lives. Against the Language: English
background of rural Germany in the middle of the 19th century when whole villages Director: Sheldon Larry
suffering from famine and poverty emigrated to faraway South America – Edgar Reitz Writer: Glenn Gaylord
tells a dramatic family and love story in his new feature film DIE ANDERE HEIMAT. Executive Producer: Sheldon Larry, Marc L. Bailin
The story centers on two brothers who one day have to make a final decision: leaving Producer: Sheldon Larry, Jeffrey Larry, Adam Larry, Glenn Gaylord
or staying?  Key Cast: Ephraim Sykes, Miss Barbie-Q, Phillip Evelyn, James Alsop, Andre Myers
EXIT MARRAKECH Delivery Status: Screening
Drama (117 Min.) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: German From Beyonce’s musical team comes a dance musical extravaganza that follows a
Director: Caroline Link young man who enters the Los Angeles ballroom scene.
Writer: Caroline Link THE ATHLETE
Co-Production Partners: Erfttal Film- und Fernsehproduktion, B.A. Produktion, MTM AKA: ATLETU
west television & film, Studiocanal Film, ARD-Degeto, BR, WDR, ARTE/Strasbourg Docu-Drama (93min.)
Producer: Peter Herrmann (Desert Flower Filmproduction) Language: English, Amharic
Key Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Samuel Schneider, Hafsia Herzi, Marie-Lou Sellem, Josef Director: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
Bierbichler Writer: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew, Darryn Welch
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany  Key Cast: Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas
The story focuses on the tense relationship between seventeen-year-old Ben and his Delivery Status: Completed
father Heinrich, who is an international well-known theater director. During Heinrich’s Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: U.S.A., Ethiopia, Germany 
assignment in Morocco, Ben falls in love with a local girl and follows her on an The amazing true story of Ethiopian Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila.
adventurous journey into the beautiful landscapes of Morocco. Heinrich and Ben end THE CALLING
up in a life-threatening situation, it’s their very last chance to unite as a family.  Drama (90min.)
Language: English
Director: Jan Dunn
ARROW ENTERTAINMENT INC. Writer: Jan Dunn
Arrow Entertainment Inc., 7 Givins St., Toronto, Ontario M6J 2X5 Canada,  Tel: Producer: Elaine Wickham
1.416.516.0815 Fax: 1.416.850.9973. Key Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Emily Beecham, Susannah York
www.arrow-entertainment.com, info@arrow-entertainment.com  Delivery Status: Completed
Sales Agent  Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: United Kingdom 
At Cannes: Steve Arroyave (CEO), Lars Bjorck (Consultant) Joanna is about to graduate from University with her whole life set up for her, but she
Office: Riviera Stand E17, Tel: +1 416 771 1721 has decided to face up to a truth she has been avoiding her whole life. Since she was
SWEATSHOP small, she has had the desire to become a Nun.
Director: Mohit Ramchandani  HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL
Writer: Mohit Ramchandani  Documentary (124min)
Executive Producer: Steve Arroyave, Lars Bjorck Language: English
Producer: Doug Blake, David Dwiggins, Luke Daniels Director: Brigitte Berman
Key Cast: Alfred Molina, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Brosnan (Credits not Contractual) Co-Production Partners: Metaphor Films
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Producer: Victor Solnicki, Brigitte Berman
FROM THE PRODUCER OF THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED “THE Key Cast: Hugh Hefner, Gene Simmons, Jenny McCarthy, Mike Wallce, Dick
SESSIONS” Based on true events, a young Mexican boy is sold by his father to work Gregory, Revered Jesse Jackson, Tony Bennett, James Caan, Joan Baez, George Lucas
in a sweat shop in the United States. He thinks he is going to an American soccer camp, Delivery Status: Completed
but instead is smuggled into the U.S. and forced to work with other children in an Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Canada 
underground garment factory in Los Angeles. Dreams of playing soccer keep his spirits A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. Rare
up, but he would be doomed to a life of hard labor and abuse, if it wasn’t for a father footage and compelling interviews present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the
and son team that help expose the sweat shop and free him and the other children from life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him.
their oppressive situation.

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He Who Dares - Arrow Entertainment

12 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


1 A MINUTE insanely bold bravery and full on fear as he throws himself whole-heartedly into this
Docu-drama (90min) mystery. Murder and deception compete with duels and reckless gambling as Fandorin
Language: English finds himself entangled in the web of the mysterious beauty, Amalia Bezhetskaya, a
Director: Namrata Singh Gujral femme fatale who enjoys playing with the emotions of her many wealthy admirers.
Writer: Namrata Singh Gujral Fandorin pursues Amalia to foggy London and back, getting himself in and out of
Co-Production Partners: UniGlobe Entertainment deadly escapades -- he’s almost stabbed to death, finds himself forced into a game of
Producer: Nayomi Cooper Russian roulette, he’s bound in a burlap sack and thrown in the Thames to drown, his
Key Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Manrata Singh Gujral, Melissa Etheridge, Jaclyn memory is in danger of being erased forever and Amalia’s ghost even returns from the
Smith, Diahann Carroll, Barbara Mori, Lisa Ray, Mumtaz, William Baldwin, Priya dead to get her revenge. Is this all about money or are the murders and the attempts
Butt, Deepak Chopra on Fandorin’s life part of an international terrorist plot? Is Amalia their sirenlike
Delivery Status: Completed ambassador? Should we suspect the British aristocrat Lady Astair, founder of a string
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  of orphanages which have greatly benefited from the wills of the murdered men?
In this powerful and inspirational docu-drama, international celebrities come together In this nightmarish world, who can Fandorin trust? Count Zurov, Amalia’s favorite
to promote awareness and prevention, as well as support, survivors of women’s cancers. lover, who challenges and kills every competitor in a duel? The overzealous Brilling,
SNIFF: THE DOG MOVIE the special envoy to the Tsar who starts a brutally violent campaign against the
Docu-drama (85min.) terrorists? Are these “terrorists” even real? Or are they just a smoke screen to cover up
Language: English something infinitely more ominous, a global conspiracy to dominate the world? 
Director: Barry Stone THE MAGICIAN
Writer: Barry Stone Romantic Comedy (81 minutes)
Producer: Kim Webster Language: Russian, English
Key Cast: Neil Morrissey, Richard Huw, Amanda Plummer Director: Andres Puustusmaa 
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Alexei Sashin 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Sergei Melkumov, Dmitriy Meshiev 
Two British actors, hired to be the dress-up concierges of a high-end San Francisco dog Key Cast: Ivan Urgant, Nikolai Fomenko, Alexandra Kulikova
hotel, decide to take the opportunity of a year-long contract to make a documentary Delivery Status: Completed
about dogs. Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Russia 
Love, - if it is the real love, - always comes unexpected and out of the blue. Anna
who has the Captain rank notices the courtesies paid to her by a common solider, and
ART PICTURES STUDIO realizes that she has fallen in love herself, despite the great age difference. 
Art Pictures Studio, Mosfilmovskaya street 1, suite 2, office 203, Moscow, 119991
Russsia,  Tel: +7 495 933 3628. www.art-pictures.ru/en/about/, company@art-pictures.
ru  ARTIST VIEW ENTERTAINMENT
Producer  Artist View Entertainment, 4425 Irvine Ave., Studio City, California 91602 USA,  Tel:
At Cannes: Dmitry Rudovskiy (CEO Producer), Natalia Voevodina (Head of Sales) 1.818.752.2480 Fax: 1.818.752.9339.
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform www.artistviewent.com, jay@artistviewent.com 
TWO DAYS Distributor 
Comedy  At Cannes: Scott Jones (President), Jay Joyce (Vice President, Worldwide Sales)
Language: Russian Office: Riviera D8, Tel: Tel: 33 (04) 92.99.32.31
Director: Avdotia Smirnova APRIL RAIN
Writer: Avdotia Smirnova, Anna Parmas Action (90 min.)
Producer: Central Partnership, Art Pictures Studio, 2011 Language: English
Key Cast: Fedor Bondarchuk, Ksenia Rapopport, Irina Rozanova, Boris Kamorzin, Director: Luciano Saber
Gennady Smirnov, Evgeny Muravich Writer: Luciano Saber
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia/England  Key Cast: Luke Goss, Ryan Guzman, Andrew Keegan, Doug Savant, Vincent Spano
Peter Drozdov, a high-ranking official from Moscow, comes to a provincial museum Delivery Status: In Production
of a half-forgotten classical writer of Russian literature. He was invited to the place by Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
governor of the region, who wants to receive tenure on museum’s land and built there In this high action adventure, an eclectic group of terrorists plot to attack the United
a new residence. At first, Drozdov agrees with the governor and supports his idea, but States from within, it’s up to a quasi-military special investigative unit to identify,
everything changes when he meets young intelligent literature expert Masha, who infiltrate and neutralize the threat.
work’s as museum’s deputy director. She changes Drozdov’s view not only on that WEST END
issue, but on his whole life…  Thriller (90 min.)
STALINGRAD Language: English
War-Drama  Director: Joe Basile 
Language: Russian Writer: Joe Basile 
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk  Key Cast: Neal Bledsoe, Joe Nieves, Peter Onorati, Melissa Archer, Isabella
Writer: Iliya Tilkin  Hofmann, Paul Calderon, Wayne Duvall And Eric Roberts
Co-Production Partners: Art Pictures Studio, Non-stop production, Stalingrad Delivery Status: Post Production
production, in participation with Twin Media  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Executive Producer: Natalya Gorina  Vic Trevi is an undercover FBI agent positioned to betray the people he calls family.
Producer: Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergei Melkumov, Dmitry Rudovsky  He is driven by the need to know who killed his father, and truth about his family,
Key Cast: Pyotr Fedorov  before his family finds out the truth about him.
Delivery Status: Pre-Production ICE AGENT
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia/England  Action (90)
Stalingrad has become hell and paradise for those who were worthy of awards, but Language: English
the only reward they managed to get was love. How they won, and how they were not Director: Ray O’Neill 
defeated, who they were and who was on the other side of the street, what secret they Writer: Ray O’Neill 
have taken away with them - the movie will tell this story.  Key Cast: Ray O’Neill, Joanna Pacula, Michael Madsen, Ray Goodwin 
THE WINTER QUEEN Delivery Status: Completed
Action Adventure  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: Russian, English A fearless ICE Agent must plunge deep undercover into a criminal syndicate filled
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk  with ruthless felons. His main mission is to stop the human trafficking of young
Writer: Gerard Soeteman, adapted from the best-selling novel by Boris Akunin  women and will stop at nothing to bring those responsible to justice. 
Co-Production Partners: Art Pictures Studio, Seven Arts Pictures, TPA Film  ASSASSINS TALE
Producer: Thomas Hedman, Dmitry Rudovskiy  Action (90 min.)
Key Cast: Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Arthur Louis Fuller 
Country of Origin: Russia/England  Writer: Guy Garner & Arthur Louis Fuller
St. Petersburg. May 1886. What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy Key Cast: Arthur Louis Fuller, Michael Beach, Anna Silk, Guy Garner, Gary Poux
family to shoot himself in full view of the promenading public in the Alexander Delivery Status: Completed
Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Investigation Division of the Petersburg Police thinks, but he’s curious enough to send Johnny Solo, a small time hood with his hands in everything, believes he’s hit the
out the newest member of the Division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible jackpot when he learns the identity of mafia legend Carlo Manfredi’s illegitimate
charm, to investigate. Fandorin - naïve and anxious to learn - vacillates between child. Double-crossing everyone he works with, he’s decides to sell his information to

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a tabloid reporter. But in life, timing is everything, and Johnny Solo’s clock is ticking. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
AMERICAN VIRGINS MMA fighter Evan Tanner died mysteriously in the desert of Clapp Springs,
Comedy (90 min.) California. He was searching for treasure but not of the material kind. This feature-
Language: English length biopic focuses on the people whose lives he forever changed as they try to
Director: jwl figure out who he really was and the reason behind his untimely death.
Writer: jwl STUNT SPORT
Key Cast: Josh Brennand, Andrew Phung, Cassidy Waring, Derek Losoncy, Joe Perry, Documentary (90 min.)
Joshua Murdoch, Thi Vo Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Ian and Samuel McKaig
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada  Producer: Travis Wong, Samuel McKaig, Ian McKaig, King David
Joey Wald might be the most sexually frustrated 17 year old on the planet. Follow him Key Cast: Travis Wong (The LXD), King David (MTV’s Ultimate Parkour
and his two close friends as they set out on a crazy hormone driven adventure with only Challenge), Sammy Styles (Freak Dance)
one goal in mind....to get the woman of their dreams. Delivery Status: Completed
STITCH Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Supernatual Thriller (95 min.) Welcome to the world of Tricking, Breaking, and Parkour! These three urban sports
Language: English have found their niche in Hollywood making these athletes the most sought after
Director: Ajai stuntmen in show business today.
Writer: Ajai AFTER KONY - STAGING HOPE
Key Cast: Edward Furlong, Shawna Waldron, Laurence Mason, Shirly Brener Documentary (90 min.)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Director: Bil Yoelin
Grieving parents Marsden (Edward Furlong) and Serafina (Shawna Waldron) cope with Writer: Paul Freedman
the loss of their young daughter. At the height of their desperation, they turn to their Producer: Melissa Fitzgerald
best friends Pirino and Colline for healing advice. Their well-meaning friends take Key Cast: David Ackert, Benjamin Burdick, Monique Edwards, Melissa Fitzgerald,
them on a week-end retreat to perform a ritual to help them mourn. Unfortunately, the Winter Miller
amateur ritual goes awry and cosmic forces are unleashed. Delivery Status: Completed
EDGE OF SALVATION Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Drama (90 min.) Uganda has seen over two decades of a brutal rebel war. 900,000 children have been
Language: English affected by this conflict. This documentary takes you on a journey with 14 of them.
Director: Luciano Saber ADDICTED TO FAME
Writer: Luciano Saber Documentary (90 min.)
Key Cast: Charlene Tilton, Jeremy London, Kelly Washington, Dragos Beldie and Language: English
Jonathan Lipnicki Director: David Giancola
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: David Giancola
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Sy Devol
In this tale of inspiration and sacrifice, a wealthy family’s financial downturn finds Key Cast: Anna Nicole Smith, Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, David Giancola, John James
them on a rapid descent down the ladder of socio-economic status when they make an Delivery Status: Completed
awkward move from the shores of Malibu to a hostile, low income neighborhood in Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
LA’s San Fernando Valley. “ADDICTED TO FAME” is the hilarious, outrageous, and ultimately tragic true story
MAGIC: THE TALKING DOG of one filmmaker’s journey from obscurity to moral blindness in the seductive glare
Family (90 min.) of the media spotlight.
Language: English CONCRETE BLONDES
Director: Robert Davi and John Penney Action/Thriller (90)
Writer: John Penney Language: English
Producer: Valeria Mccaffrey Director: Nicholas Kalikow
Key Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Leo Grillo, Robert Davi, Lori Heuring, Elaine Hendrix, Writer: Nicholas Kalikow, Warren Thomas & Chris Wyatt
Greg Grunberg, Tanya Allen, Sammi Hanratty Producer: Sean C. Covel
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Carly Pope, Samaire Armstrong, Diora Baird, John Rhys-Davies 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US  Delivery Status: Completed
Magic the dog (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) is an angel sent to heal a broken family. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
THE TOURNAMENT Three girls discover $3 million in missing drug money and decide to steal it. All goes
Drama - Sitcom (Pilot 45 min. 15 X 23 min.) well until one of the girls boyfriend concocts a plan to steal the money from the girls
Language: English to pay off his debts to a vicious two-faced gangster.
Key Cast: Paula Boudreau, France Viens, Ryan Tilson and Emily Tilson FATAL CALL
Delivery Status: Completed Action/Thriller (90 min.)
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: Canada  Language: English
Hockey mean everything to certain people in Canada and in the small town of Director: Jack Snyder
Briarside, home to the Farqueson Funeral Home Warriors, hockey means more than Writer: Jack Snyder
“everything”! Follow this wacky, fun filled adventure with the underdog “Warriors” Producer: SRIKANT CHELLAPPA 
whose young players are all heart and whose parents are all… well just big headaches. Key Cast: Jason London, Kevin Sorbo, Danielle Harris, Lochlyn Munro
CHANGING HEARTS Delivery Status: Completed
Romantic Adventure (90 min.) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: English Starting a new life in the big city, Mitch meets Amy while out with co-workers. Amy,
Director: Brian Brough a woman out of his league, draws him into an exciting romance. Soon, Mitch finds
Writer: Brittany Wiscombe himself accused of murder and on the run, relentlessly pursued by both the law and
Producer: Brian Brough, Anthony Straga, Brittany Wiscombe an unknown killer. Confronted by both his past and his present, Mitch must find an
Key Cast: Brad Johnson, Daphne Zuniga, Brian McNamara ultimate solution before time runs out!
Delivery Status: Completed SHE WANTS ME
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Comedy (90 min)
James is enjoying his life in Los Angeles – great job, nice girlfriend…the whole Director: Rob Margolies 
package, but after receiving an urgent call about his father’s health, James returns home Writer: Rob Margolies 
to help with the family business. Now faced with the reality of his father’s situation, Producer: Rob Margolies, Danny Roth, Mark Holder, Christine Holder 
James must make major sacrifices for his family—and finds he is more emotionally Key Cast: Josh Gad, Kristen Ruhlin, Hilary Duff, Charlie Sheen
attached to the area and the people than he had realized. Delivery Status: Completed
ONCE I WAS A CHAMPION Year of Production: 2012 
Documentary (90 min.) An up and coming Hollywood screenplay writer finds himself in a tricky situation
Language: English when an A-list actress shows interest in the role he has already promised to his
Director: Gerard Roxburgh girlfriend.
Producer: Kirk Porter PROFILE OF A KILLER
Key Cast: Evan Tanner, Randy Couture, Chael Sonnen, Forrest Griffin, Dana White,Big Thriller (90 min.)
John McCarthy, Bas Rutten Director: Caspian Tredwell-Owen 
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Caspian Tredwell-Owen 

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Producer: Jasmine Reid  Producer: Dustin Dugas Schuetter, Carlucci Weyant, Bernadette F. Dugas, Tom
Key Cast: Joey Pollari, Gabriele Angieri, Emily Fradenburgh Conigliaro
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Deborah Kara Unger, David Zayas, Keith David, Jaime Murray, James
Year of Production: 2012  Russo 
A highly intelligent serial killer has the police baffled, and fearing for who will be next, Delivery Status: Completed
an acclaimed “profiler” is brought onto the case. Now the one man who could solve the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
complex murders.... just might be the next victim. Sheriff Ruben Ramirez finds a mute boy living alone in the woods and takes a special
SHADOW WITNESS interest to find out who he is. The investigation reveals the boy’s name is Samuel
Thriller (90 min.) Bleak and uncovers the shocking secrets of his past, including the tragic death of his
Director: Scott Ziehl mother. One thing is certain... those who meet Samuel will never forget his story.
Writer: Ladonna Tebo, Rudy Luna  A CHRISTMAS STRANGER
Producer: Ladonna Tebo  Thriller - New Releases 
Key Cast: Randall Batinkoff (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass), Cat Tibo (Barbie), Elaine Director: A.D. Calvo
Hendrix (Parent Trap), Kevin Sorbo (Soul Surfer) Writer: A.D. Calvo
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: A.D. Calvo, Linda A. Calvo
Year of Production: 2012  Key Cast: Amy Crowdis (THE MESSENGER), Robin Lord Taylor (STEP UP 3D),
When a detective finds himself in the middle of an Internal Affairs investigation, he Josh Caras, Shirley Knight (AS GOOD AS IT GETS, PAUL BLART: MALL COP,
is shocked when he learns a young girl holds all the answers. However, the bigger DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES)
problem is that she’s been reported missing and he’s the main suspect. Delivery Status: Completed
HUNTED BY NIGHT Year of Production: 2011 
Action (90min) A reclusive young girl Melanie, copes with the recent death of her mother by
Language: English constructing a life-size doll to keep her company. At first the doll, called Mor, appears
Director: Juan Bofill  to be a harmless novelty-an imaginary friend, until Mor convinces Melanie that
Writer: Juan Bofill  ‘someone must die’ so that she may embrace life. Though dark in many ways, this is
Producer: Juan Bofill, Stella Maris Ortiz, Martin Mayen  an alternative Christmas story with a shockingly happy ending.
Key Cast: Jencarlos Canela, (Latin Pop star, TV’s “Mi Corazón Insiste”), Juan C. CREEP VAN
Bofill, Al Galvez, Sonya Smith Horror (90min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011  Director: Scott W. Mckinlay 
In the Florida Everglades, three men on a hunting trip find bails of drugs just dropped Writer: Scott W. Mckinlay, Jim Bartoo 
from an airplane. The men must decide whether to be law-abiding citizens and report Producer: Scott W. Mckinlay, Jim Bartoo, Michael Walker 
the drugs or take the drugs and sell them for millions of dollars. Their decisions will Key Cast: Brian Kolodziej, Angelina Armani, Collin Bernsen
take them on spine-tingling confrontations with drug dealers who both outnumber... and Delivery Status: Completed
outgun them. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
MANHATTAN HUSTLE When Campbell, a vehicle-less 20-something slacker, innocently makes the mistake
Comedy (90min) of answering a FOR SALE sign placed on a dilapidated van, suspense and action
Language: English take over as he is suddenly caught-up in a deadly game of cat and mouse that puts
Director: Josh Sugarman  everyone close to him in mortal danger.
Writer: Josh Sugarman, Brandon Yankowitz  ADVENTURE OF GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN
Producer: Brandon Yankowitz  Family 
Key Cast: Ryan Eggold, David Gallagher, Tahyna Tozzi, Nathan Lee Graham, Tania Director: Eric Hendershot
Raymonde Writer: Eric Hendershot
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: John Goodwell
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Dalin Christiansen (Horse Crazy), David Stevens, Brittany Armstrong
A Manhattan playboy desires to have a film produced based on his party lifestyle and Delivery Status: Completed
hires a self-destructive aspiring playwright to write the script. As the mismatched pair Year of Production: 2009 
struggles to complete the script they also find themselves attracted to the same girl When their father’s ranch is threatened, the two kids must work together to protect the
which leads to a comical yet tragic tale of three self-absorbed souls looking for fame horses they love from poachers--and in the process discover for themselves the secrets
and fortune in the Big Apple. hidden in Grizzly Mountain.
NATIONAL LAMPOON PRESENTS ROBODOC BEDROOMS
Comedy (90 min.) Drama 
Director: Stephen Maddocks Director: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos, Victor Teran
Writer: Douglas Gordon, M.D., Scott Gordon, M.D. Writer: Yousef Delara, Wynne Renz, Victor Teran, Rebecca Woolf
Producer: Douglas Gordon, Donald Tynes Producer: Shab Azma, Amir Delara, Victor Teran, Youssef Delara
Key Cast: Alan Thicke (Growing Pains), David Faustino (Married with Children), Key Cast: Jordan Belfi (Surrogates, TV’s “Entourage”), Julie Benz (Saw V, TV’s
Corin Nemec (Parker Lewis Can’t Loose), David DeLuise (Wizards of Waverly Place) “Dexter”), Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Moon Bloodgood
Delivery Status: Completed (Terminator Salvation), Barry Bostwick (TV’s “Cougar Town” & “Spin City”), Sarah
Year of Production: 2012  Clarke (Twilight: Eclipse), Jesse Garcia (Locker 13), Dee Wallace (E.T. The Extra
When an innovative health care company unveils RoboDoc, an android physician so Terrestrial)
carefully programmed it cannot make a medical mistake, a greedy medical malpractice Delivery Status: Completed
lawyer sees a threat to his livelihood. He’ll stop at nothing to see RoboDoc reduced to a Year of Production: 2010 
heap of wires and software. Four distinct stories set in four bedrooms. An evocative drama about the walls
FLIGHT OF THE SWAN that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that are often the result and the
Thriller (90min) redemption that is possible when we choose to speak the truth and tear down those
Language: English walls.
Director: Nikos Tzimas  BELOW THE BELTWAY
Writer: Nikos Tzimas  Drama 
Producer: JOAN BORSTEN  Director: Dave Fraunces
Key Cast: James D’ Arcy, Alicia Witt, Colm Meaney, Linda Gray, Tom Frederic, Larry Writer: Jim Wareck, Brad Weir
Hagman Producer: Jim Wareck
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Tate Donovan (Hercules), Kip Pardue (Imaginary Heroes), Sarah Clarke
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  (24), Spencer Garrett (Transformers), Annie Wersching (24), Xander Berekeley
A young idealist is recruited by a US multinational company and as he climbs the (Taken)
corporate ladder he loses friends, his family, his values and gradually transforms into Delivery Status: Completed
the person he has always despised. Completely caught up in a web of intrigue that Year of Production: 2010 
tightens around him like a vice, his path evolves into a nerve-rending adventure of Washington DC, a town filled with political movers and shakers, consumes a former
relentless conflicts and unexpected reversals. Congressional staffer that has fallen from grace tries to get back in the political game.
HUSH MISADVENTURES OF THE DUNDERHEADS
Drama (90min) Adventure (90min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Dustin Dugas Schuetter  Director: D.G. Brock
Writer: Dustin Dugas Schuetter  Writer: P.D. Hughen

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Producer: Bruce Stubblefield Tiffany Anne Hughes,
Key Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, Alison Brie Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Mack, an Army Ranger returning from the war is suddenly faced with a new war
Meet the Dunderheads, an eccentric family that’s been in the mountains for far too long. as his wife is kidnapped and he is lead through town by corrupt police officers to
Now one step ahead of the law, Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two dysfunctional an abandoned prison where the slick dealer Savage has set up shop surrounded by
teenage grandkids across the American West into a comic collision with the mainstream henchmen.
world. COFFIN
BOATHOUSE DETECTIVES Thriller 
Family  Director: Kipp Tribble & Derik Wingo
Director: Eric Hendershot Writer: Kipp Tribble
Writer: Eric Hendershot Producer: Spencer F. Johnson, Kipp Tribble, David Lanham, George Maraville, David
Producer: Arizona Taylor Stever, Derik Wingo
Key Cast: Ella Harris, Mason Johnson, Oscar Hoggan, Cameron Phelts, McKenzie Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo (SOUL SURFER, HAWAII 5-0, HERCULES), Bruce
Richards, Stacee Riekhoff, Darren Ewing Davison, Johnny Alonso, Sunny Doench
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2010  Year of Production: 2011 
From the director of CLUBHOUSE DETECTIVES comes BOATHOUSE A masked stranger reveals to Jack that his estranged wife and her lover are buried
DETECTIVES where four unlikely heroes go on an extraordinary mission with a underground in a wooden box and their oxygen will run out in 75 minutes. He must
ticking deadline, dead ends, false leads, mistaken identities, and near misses in this high engage in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the masked stranger in order to
octane, kid driven film the entire family will enjoy. save his wife...and himself.
CHICAGO OVERCOAT 31 NORTH 62 EAST
Action/Adventure  Thriller 
Director: Brian Caunter Director: Tristan Loraine
Writer: John W. Bosher, Brian Caunter, Andrew Alex Dowd, Josh Staman Writer: Tristan Loraine, Leofwine Loraine
Producer: John W. Bosher Producer: Tristan Loraine
Key Cast: Frank Vincent (Goodfellas), Katherine Narducci (The Sopranos), Mike Starr Key Cast: John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings), Marina Sirtis (Star Trek:
(The Black Dahlia), Stacy Keach (American History X), Armand Assante (Hoffa) Enterprise), Heather Peace (The Devil’s Tattoo), Craig Fairbass (The Bank Job)
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009  Year of Production: 2009 
The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last An elite SAS unit’s position is revealed by the British Prime Minister to ensure an
job leads to one last chance to settle an old score. arms deal goes ahead and to secure his re-election. All soldiers in the SAS unit are
ALIVE OR DEAD thought to have died, until 2 months later, when one of them (a female Captain in the
Horror (90) SAS) is found by Italian special forces and returns to the UK to investigate matters
Language: English ENDURE
Director: Stephen Goetsch Thriller 
Writer: Stephen Goetsch Director: Joe O’Brien
Producer: Paul Koslo, Stephen Goetsch Writer: Joe O’Brien
Key Cast: Ann Henson, Angelica Magana, L. Flint Esquerra, Gretchen Busenitz, Diego Producer: Phillip Glasser, Rob Tritton
de Vargas, Masao Kitamura, Thomas Crnkovich Key Cast: Judd Nelson (TRANSFORMERS: ANIMATED, THE BREAKFAST
Delivery Status: Completed CLUB), Joey Lauren Adams (UNITED STATES OF TARA), Tom Arnold
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US  (ROSANNE), Devon Sawa (FINAL DESTINATION)
While traveling down a desolate road, Maria comes upon an apparently abandoned Delivery Status: Completed
school bus. A girl has written “Help Me” in one of the windows, and Maria quickly Year of Production: 2010 
discovers the messy secrets that lie in the back of the bus. Maria soon finds herself After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal
hidden and trapped with the girl as the killer takes them on the ride of their lives. Their car crash, veteran detective Emory Lloyd must risk everything to identify and find the
journey leads to a bizarre medieval castle nestled in the desert, a location where they’ll woman before it’s too late.
quickly learn their enemy is not who they think. The girls must figure out whom to trust FATAL SECRETS
if they hope to make it home, Alive or Dead. Thriller 
CHRISTMAS ANGEL Director: Meir Sharony
Family  Writer: Meir Sharony, Kathryn Cotter
Director: Brian Brough Producer: Meir Sharony
Writer: Scott Champion, Brittany Wiscombe Key Cast: Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers), Vincent Spano (Texas Rangers), Lela
Producer: Brian Brough, Brittany Wiscombe Rochon (Any Given Sunday), Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City), Ernie Hudson
Key Cast: Academy Award® Nominee Bruce Davison (X-Men, Runaway Jury), KC (Oz), Ed Begley Jr. (St. Elsewhere), Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men)
Clyde (The Wild Stallion), Kari Hawker (Bonneville) Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2009 
Year of Production: 2009  An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming
Ashley (KARI HAWKER) feels alone this Christmas as she searches fruitlessly for a man with a secret background who has pushed her to the breaking point. The women
job. But her neighbor Nick (BRUCE DAVISON) knows exactly what to do. He offers underestimate the consequences when they take matters into their own hands as their
her a job to be his assistant in the best work of all: helping others. There?s only one opponent forces them into a desperate situation, and everyone pays a price.
catch: Ashley cannot tell anyone her new boss is a Secret Santa! Can she keep her big FATHER VS SON
secret from nosy reporter Will (KC CLYDE)? Comedy 
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON Director: Joe Ballarini
Horror  Writer: Joe Ballarini, Paul Wolfe
Director: Jay Woelfel Producer: Michael Huffington
Writer: Jay Woelfel Key Cast: Eric Stonestreet (ABC’s “Modern Family”, Bad Teacher), Josh Dean
Producer: Jay Ellison, Jon D. Wagner (Young People F*ng, Bag Boy), Heather Stephens (Lost Highway, Dante’s Peak),
Key Cast: Aimee Brooks (Shark), Damian Maffei, William Waters, Joe Unger (Cold Paul Wolff, Cameron Goodman (“90210”)
Ones) Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2010 
Year of Production: 2011  A young man trying to live a fairly normal life finds himself having to deal with his
Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the newly divorced father who wants to immerse himself in the singles scene.
living memories of the park. She must break free from the park’s grasp before she GENE FUSION
becomes its next victim. Family 
CODE 207 Director: Francois Brisson
Thriller, Action  Writer: Gabriel Benson, Jeff Amano
Director: Tino Struckman Producer: Shaun McLaughlin
Writer: Tino Struckmann Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Michael Costanza, David Effler, Steven Effler, Mike Kobeck, Vito Lapiccola, Year of Production: 2010 
Milo Popp, Read Ridley Gene-Fusion: Gladiators 2310 A.D. is the THE sporting event of the future! Futuristic
Key Cast: Jack Dimich, Tino Struckmann, Caspar von Winterfeldt, Jill Headrick, gladiators control massive genetically designed super-creatures created to do battle in

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specially designed super arenas filled with hundreds of thousands of screaming fans. play along.
JUSTIN TIME MINOR DETAILS
Family  Family, Teen 
Director: Rob Diamond Director: John Lyde
Writer: Rob Diamond, Troy Hinckley Writer: Sally Meyer, Anne Edwards
Producer: Troy Hinckley Producer: John Lyde,Leah Faber, Anne Edwards, Sally Meyer
Key Cast: Chris Laird (Tears of a King), Shareece Pfeiffer (Forever Strong), Michael Key Cast: Jennette McCurdy (iCarly), Kelsey Edwards (Fish Burglars), Caitlin EJ
Flynn (Everwood), Alyx Gaudio (Dadnapped), Mike Hildebrant, Matthew Reese (Once Meyer (You’re So Cupid!), Dani Churchran (Crossing Jordan), Lauren Faber (The
Upon a Summer), Danny Trejo (Grindhouse) First Christmas)
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009  Year of Production: 2009 
An ancient and magical amulet that has the power to stop time is passed through Someone is trying to make the students sick at the prestigious Danforth Academy. Is it
generations until it ends up in the hands of a young man who must choose to use its Mia or Riley - the Rich Girls? Or could it be Emily, the Principal’s daughter? Maybe
power for good or for evil. it is wacky Sean Meneskie or even strange Professor Plume. whoever it is, Abby,
KINGS OF APPLETOWN Paige, Claire and Taylor will have to put aside their differences and join together to
Adventure, New Releases, Family  solve the mystery.
Director: Bobby Moresco NAIL, THE
Writer: Amanda Moresco Drama 
Producer: Bobby Moresco, Amanda Moresco, Joseph A. Reilly Director: James Quattrochi
Key Cast: Dylan Sprouse (THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK AND CODY, BIG DADDY), Writer: Jason Noto
Cole Sprouse (THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK AND CODY, BIG DADDY), Victoria Producer: Leo Rossi & Jame Quattrochi
Justice (VICTORIOUS, ZOEY 101) Key Cast: Tony Danza (Who’s the Boss), William Forsythe (Halloween), Tony Luke
Delivery Status: Completed Jr. (Mortal Sin), Dayanara Torres (The Young and the Restless), Leo Rossi (All In)
Year of Production: 2011  Delivery Status: Completed
Two boys witness a murder but decide to not tell anyone out of fear. Along with their Year of Production: 2009 
friend Betsy, they go on a journey to find the real killer and at the same time redeem An over-the-hill, overweight ex-boxer and an abused young boy begin a relationship
themselves. that gives them both a new and inspired life with a purpose: to only ‘fight for the
KREWS right.’ This heartwarming story of two lost souls finding each other on the streets
Thriller  and boxing arenas of Philadelphia will capture your heart. The Nail is a story of
Director: Hilbert Hakim forgiveness, hope and second chances.
Writer: Joshua Leibner ON THE INSIDE
Producer: Paul O. Davis, Hilbert Hakim, Christopher Hempstead, Matt McCoy Thriller 
Key Cast: Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Jarhead), Jonathan Cake (First Knight), Director: D.W. Brown
Sam Jones III (Glory Road), Charles Malik Whitfield (Behind Enemy Lines) Writer: D.W. Brown
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Jamie Kennedy, Mike Rachmil, Mike Wittlin
Year of Production: 2010  Key Cast: Olivia Wilde (TRON: LEGACY, HOUSE M.D., THE O.C.), Nick Stahl
A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals Henry McFarlin (Brian (TERMINATOR 3), Dash Mihok
Geraghty, The Hurt Locker, Jarhead) and Peter (Jonathan Cake, First Knight) to take Delivery Status: Completed
refuge in the home of the thugs, Wishbone (Sam Jones III, Glory Road) and Rebob Year of Production: 2010 
(Charles Malik Whitfield, Behind Enemy Lines) that accosted them. KREWS is a A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally
provocative story that pits the sophisticated world of wireless global trading against the insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and
primitive world of inner city drug trafficking. Over the course of one explosive night: very real enemies all around him.
worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most unsuspecting of heroes ONE IN THE GUN
walks away with a multimillion dollar score! Thriller 
LITTLE HERCULES Director: Rolfe Kanefsky
Family, New Releases  Writer: Rolfe Kanefsky
Director: Mohamed Khashoggi, Robert Boris Producer: Michelle Czernin, Von Chudenitz, Esther Goodstein, Miriam Bertke,
Writer: Robert Boris Victoria Burrows
Producer: Marco Garcia, Chad Presnell Key Cast: Steven Man (Sweet Deadly Dreams), Robert Davi (Stargate Atlantis),
Key Cast: Terry ‘Hulk’ Hogan, Elliott Gould, Robin Givens, Judd Nelson Katherine Randolph (Jarhead), Steven Bauer (Dead Lenny), James Russo (Machine)
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2010  Year of Production: 2010 
Little Hercules travels from Mt. Olympus to live life as a mortal in Los Angeles where When a struggling artist crosses paths with a wealthy business man’s wife and is
he comes face-to-face with culture-clashing misadventures of Olympic proportions. Get enlisted to paint their home, deadly passion ignite. Hidden agendas, dangerous
ready to stand up and cheer for this wildly fun 3D family adventure. seductions and double crosses spiral his life out of control, leading to a motel filled
LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYA with strange people and twisted secrets.
Action/Adventure  OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, THE
Director: David Murphy Thriller 
Writer: David Murphy Director: A.D. Calvo
Producer: David Murphy Writer: A.D. Calvo
Key Cast: Michael Madsen (Sin City), Protasio (Border Lost), Heather Storm (Epic Producer: A.D. & LINDA A. CALVO, PATRICK HADLEY, JOHN
Movie), Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), Keith David (There’s Something About COURTMANCHE
Mary) Key Cast: Brendan Fehr (Roswell), Chad Lindberg (The Fast and the Furious), Tania
Delivery Status: Completed Raymonde (Lost), Beatrice Rosen (The Dark Knight), Narassia Malthe (Elektra), Sam
Year of Production: 2009  Robards (American Beauty), Stephnie Weir (MadTV), Shirley Knight (Paul Blart:
An unpredictable, rugged, ex-military operative finds himself being chased through Mall Cop)
jungles, spying in underground waterways, and falling in love with an attractive, yet Delivery Status: Completed
stubborn American woman searching for her missing sister, an archeologist who was in Year of Production: 2009 
the wrong place at the wrong time. These two heroes are lead on a crusade against evil Ten years after a tragic train accident killed his girlfriend, Josh (Brendan Fehr,
forces even greater than they anticipated. CSI:MIAMI, ROSWELL, FINAL DESTINATION) finds himself haunted by
MAZE, THE disturbing visions from somewhere between the world of the living and the
Horror  dead?haunting memories that keep him from moving on. His buddy, Rusty (Chad
Director: Stephen Shimek Lindberg, SUPERNATURAL, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS), back in town for
Writer: Katy Baldwin their high school reunion, tries to wake Josh from his painful past, but a mysterious
Producer: Kristi Shimek, Jake Sorensen, Timothy Guiteierrez, Katy Baldwin, Stephen young waitress (Tania Raymonde, LOST, COLD CASE) offers a seductive
Shimek alternative.
Key Cast: Shalaina Fotheringham (You’re So Cupid!), Brandon Pearson, Clare PRINCE & THE PAUPER, THE
Niederpruem, Kyle Paul Family, New Releases 
Delivery Status: Completed Director: James Quattrochi
Year of Production: 2010  Writer: Amanda Moresco
Five friends break in to a closed corn maze in the middle of the night and decide to play Producer: Joseph A. Reilly
a harmless game of tag. Little do they know that a psychopathic killer has decided to Key Cast: Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Kay Panabaker, Vincent Spano, Dedee

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Pfeiffer, Ed Lauter, Sally Kellerman fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed’s past.
Delivery Status: Completed YOU’RE SO CUPID
Year of Production: 2011  Comedy, Family 
Eddie and Tom (Cole and Dylan Sprouse, TV’s ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’) are Director: John Lyde
two 14-year-olds with one thing in common: they both look exactly alike. So when the Writer: Sally Meyer
boys accidentally meet on the set of Eddie’s new movie, they impulsively agree to trade Producer: Cynthia Coury Sally Meyer Brian Brough John Lyde
places for the afternoon. But when the production company abruptly leaves the city, Key Cast: Brian Krause (Charmed), Jeremy Sumpter (Peter Pan), Lauren Holly
Tom and Eddie soon find themselves in deep double trouble when no one believes who (NCIS)
they both really are in this fun-filled family adventure, based on a story by Mark Twain. Delivery Status: Completed
RED ROSE OF NORMANDY Year of Production: 2009 
Thriller, War, New Releases  Twin sisters with an insatiable desire to play matchmaker, find out that their skills
Director: Tino Struckmann are not just a gift from heaven, but rather that their father is actually Cupid. Life
Writer: Tino Struckmann gets complicated when the sisters fall for the same guy and now spend every waking
Producer: Michael Costanza, David Effler, Steven Effler, Mike Kobeck, Vito Lapiccola, moment plotting to sabotage each other.
Milo Popp
Key Cast: Damian Chapa, Jack Dimich, Claudia Crawford, Tino Struckmann
Delivery Status: Completed ASPECT FILM
Year of Production: 2011  Aspect Film, 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ, UK,  Tel: 44.207.993.5877. www.
Caught in the middle of the advancing Allies and the fanatical Gestapo during World aspectfilm.com, aneta@aspectfilm.com 
War II, Klaus and Klaudia must fight their way out and away, only to make one last Sales Agent 
stand together surrounded in the middle of the biggest invasion in world history. At Cannes: Hugh Edwards (CEO)
RIVER WHY, THE Office: 9 Square Mérimée (opposite the Palais), Tel: +33 (0) 642 713 761
Drama  AMONG FRIENDS
Director: Matthew Leutwyler  Horror / Comedy (1 x 90 min)
Writer: Thomas A. Cohen, John Jay Osborn Jr. Language: English
Producer: Kristi Denton Cohen Director: Danielle Harris
Key Cast: Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Amber Heard (Zombieland), Kathleen Writer: Alyssa Lobit
Quinlan (Apollo 13), Dallas Roberts, William Devane, William Hurt (Academy Award Executive Producer: William Allison, Jay Lobit
Nominee, Best Supporting Actor - The History of Violence) Producer: Jennifer Blanc, Athena Lobit
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Christopher Backus, Jennifer Blanc, AJ Bowen, Dana Daurey, Brianne
Year of Production: 2010  Davis, Kane Hodder, Kamala Jones, Alyssa Lobit, Chris Meyer
In this compelling romantic drama a rebellious 20 year old leaves home to live in Delivery Status: Post Production
seclusion along banks of a beautiful but wild river and what he finds is not only himself Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
but true love. AMONG FRIENDS, the directorial debut of Scream Queen Danielle Harris
SAFEHOUSE (Halloween, Hatchet, Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet) is a horror / comedy
Thriller, Action  about a dinner party gone wrong. Set against an 80s backdrop, the good time takes a
Director: John Poague dark turn when one in the group hijacks the evening in an attempt to help the others
Writer: David Stever come clean about their secret betrayals against one another–and is willing to cut
Producer: Sheila Cutchlow and Spencer Johnson  through the bone in order to expose the truth.
Key Cast: Johnny Alonso (One Tree Hill), Sheila Cutchlow (Step Up), Carolina Hoyos BROKEN PROMISE
(Lethal Force), Robert Miano (Fast & Furious), Thomas Calabro (Melrose Place) AKA: NEDODRZANY SLUB
Delivery Status: Completed War / Biographical / Drama (1 x 129 min)
Year of Production: 2009  Language: Slovak
To avenge the death of his ex-partner, a former FBI agent takes on a cunning criminal Director: Jiri Chlumsky
with a diabolical motive. Writer: Martin Friedmann-Petrasek, Jan Novak
SANTORINI BLUE Co-Production Partners: Slovenska Televizia, Ceska Televize
Drama  Producer: Iveta Cerna Ivanova, Vlado Cerny
Director: Matthew D. Panepinto Key Cast: Eva Kerekesova, Lubomir Bukovy, Onrej Vetchy
Writer: Matthew D. Panepinto, Deirdre Lorenz Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Deirdre Lorenz Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Slovakia 
Key Cast: Deirdre Lorenz (LAW & ORDER: SVU), Matthew D. Panepinto (LAW & The true story of Martin, a Jewish boy and talented soccer player, who has to make
ORDER: SVU), Ice-T (JOHNNY MNEMONIC, LAW & ORDER: SVU), Richard a risky lifetime decisions in order to survive in WWII. When he sees his family is
Belzer (LAW & ORDER: SVU, 30 ROCK), Dann Florek (LAW & ORDER: SVU, taken to Poland, one by one, he voluntarily goes to “working camp”, where he finds
LAW & ORDER) out that he is not safe anywhere. By luck and his wits, he joins a band of partisans and
Delivery Status: Completed somehow manages to survive.
Year of Production: 2011  LOVE.NET
A married couple whose relationship begins to unravel due to a sad betrayal travels on Romance (1 x 90 min)
a rediscovery journey from New York City to Santorini, Greece while addressing the Language: Bulgarian
question: Can love really be rekindled? Director: Ilian Djevelekov
SELLING OF SCARRY MANOR, THE Writer: Nelly Dimitrova, Matey Konstantinov, Ilian Djevelekov
Horror/Comedy, New Releases  Executive Producer: Stefan Goranov
Director: Emily Lou Producer: Gergi Dimitrov, Ilian Djevelekov, Matey Konstantinov
Writer: Gabriel Diani Key Cast: Hristo Shopov, Zahary Baharov, Lilia Maraviglia, Koyna Ruseva, Diana
Producer: Gabriel Diani, Emily Lou Dobreva, Diliana Popova
Key Cast: Gabriel Diani, Janet Varney, Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, Nancy Lenehan, Delivery Status: Completed
Barry Bostwick Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Bulgaria 
Delivery Status: Completed LOVE.NET follows the parallel stories of a number of characters who are trying to
Year of Production: 2011  change their lives via the Internet or are simply having fun online. This film is about
A too-honest-for-his-own-good real estate agent has to sell a haunted house before its love in all its forms � about the inevitable, mystic and inexplicable love, but also
ghostly inhabitants ruin his life. the superficial love of fast liquidity. Love at first virtual sight!
SUPER CAPERS MANIPULATION
Family, Adventure  Political Thriller (1 x 90 min)
Director: Ray Griggs Language: German
Writer: Ray Griggs Director: Pascal Verdosci
Producer: Ray Griggs, Ruben Lim Writer: Alex martin (screenplay), Marion Reichert (screenplay), Walter Matthias
Key Cast: Justin Whalin (Dungeons & Dragons), Michael Rooker (Jumper), Tom Digglemann (novel)
Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Tiny Lister (The Wash) Producer: Philipp Rapold
Delivery Status:  Key Cast: Sebastian Koch, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Helmut Fornbacher, Urs Jucker
Year of Production: 2009  Delivery Status: Completed
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Switzerland 
of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, he must Zurich, 1956: During the Cold War, a compromising photograph exposes a Swiss
travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme star reporter as a Soviet spy. Unable to withstand the pressure, he commits suicide
in the interrogation room. Special agent Rappold (Oscar Nominated Klaus Maria

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Brandauer - Out of Africa, Memphisto, The Russia House) from the counter-espionage Producer: Justin Price
department is plagued by doubt: Were the photographs really genuine? And why did the Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Eric Roberts, Rachele Brooke Smith, John Greer, Steven
influential PR advisor, Dr. Harry Wind (Sebastian Koch - The Lives of Others, Unknown, Brand
Black Book), even have the photographs made? In a merciless cat and mouse game Delivery Status: In Production
with Dr. Wind as a manipulative storyteller, Rappold realizes that he himself is part of a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
conspiracy. The Cloth is an action, horror story with sci-fi elements centered on a secret
MEMPHIS HEAT organization formed by the Catholic Church to counteract the rising cases of demonic
AKA: MEMPHIS HEAT: THE TRUE STORY OF MEMPHIS WRASSLIN’ possessions across the country. The story follows a young godless man who is being
Documentary Feature  recruited into the cloth in order to prepare a new generation with the tools needed to
Director: Chad Schaffler stop the awakening of the ultimate evil; Beelzebub.
Writer: Chad Schaffler
Executive Producer: Ron Hall, Sherman Willmott
Producer: Chad Schaffler, Billie Worley ATLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM GMBH
Key Cast: Bill “Superstar” Dundee, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Sputnik Monroe, Jimmy Atlas International Film GmbH, Candidplatz 11, Munich, 81543 Germany,  Tel: +49
Hart 89 2109750 Fax: +49 89 21097581.
Delivery Status: Completed www.atlasfilm.com, mail@atlasfilm.com 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Sales Agent 
Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ is the definitive documentary At Cannes: Stefan Menz (President), Philipp Menz (President), Michel J. Vandewalle
about the history of Memphis wrestling from the 1950’s with legendary battles between (Development & Acquisitions), Susanne Groh (Program Sales), Glenn Kendrick
Sputnik Monroe and Billy Wicks, the 1960’s with strutting Jackie Fargo, & the glory Ackermann (Program Sales), Christian Halsey Solomon (US office)
days of the ‘70s with Jerry “the King” Lawler, Tojo Yamamoto, “Superstar” Bill Dundee, Office: G11 - H14, Tel: +33 4 9299 3201
& Jimmy Hart. A BELFAST STORY
NORMAL: THE DUSSELDORF RIPPER Thriller (90)
Thriller / True Story (1 x 100 min) Language: English
Language: Czech Director: Nathan Todd
Director: Julius Sevcik Writer: Nathan Todd
Writer: Julius Sevcik, Anthony Nielson Producer: John Todd
Executive Producer: Roman Kasparovsky Key Cast: Colm Meaney, Malcolm Sinclair, Tommy O’Neal
Producer: Karla Stojakova Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Milan Knazko, Dagmar Havlova, Jan Vlasak Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Irreland 
Delivery Status: Completed “A Belfast Story” begins in a city new to peace. And now old men are being murdered
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Czech Republic  one by one. Men whose names are known, but whose files have been closed. One
Between February 1929 and October 1931, Peter Kurten brutally murdered eight people false move could restart the war. Everything is familiar, except for the identity of the
and attacked many others. He killed men, woman, children and animals, anything assassins. The Detective who failed to bring the guilty to justice in his youth, must
that crossed his path. He spread the same panic Jack the Ripper once did in London. now protect those same men from a new threat. As he struggles with his own morality,
Eventually this brutal sadist voluntarily gave himself up to the police. A young ambitious those who sent him wonder what he will do when faced with the truth. A semi-retired
lawyer, Justus Wehner, is assigned to defend the killer. Wehner is certain that Kuerten I.R.A. man is tasked with finding these new killers. But who will find them first, and
suffers from a severe mental disorder and decides to prove Peter Kurten is insane. what will happen when they do?
Wehner starts to study the killer’s mind, but the further he sinks into Kurten’s motivation GIRL ON A BICYCLE
and psyche; he gains less control over the case. AKA: Liebe und andere Turbulenzen
RAGE: MIDSUMMER’S EVE Romantic Comedy (100 min)
Horror (1 x 90 min) Language: English
Language: English Director: Jeremy Leven
Director: Tii Ricks Writer: Jeremy Leven
Writer: Tii Ricks Producer: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann
Executive Producer: James Hartley, Andy Morgan, Tii Ricks Key Cast: Nora Tschirner, Vincenzo Amato, Louise Monot, Paddy Considine
Producer: Mikko Korhonen Delivery Status: Screening
Key Cast: Mikko Vartiainen, Holly Georgia, Johnny Sachon, Christian Sandstrom, Greta Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany 
Mandelin From the writer of “The Notebook”, the writer/director of “Don Juan De Marco” and
Delivery Status: Post Production the producers of the Academy Award winning movie “The Lives of Others”, comes
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Finland  this charming, sweet romantic comedy about Paolo, an Italian tour-bus driver living
A group of international friends living and studying in Finland decide to spend their in Paris who is very much in love with his German girl-friend Greta. Just when he has
summer holiday in the Finnish countryside near the Arctic Circle. The Midsummer’s Eve finally found the courage to propose to her, he bumps into Cécile, a gorgeous French
and the white nights, when the sun never sets, makes the summer holidays unforgettable girl on a bicycle.
and everyone seems to be having the time of their lives. But the noisy, partying group CLOSED SEASON
disrupt nature’s peace and attract the attention of something unknown. Our group of AKA: Ende der Schonzeit
friends soon find out that there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide in the isolated Drama, WWII (100)
countryside under the Midnight Sun. Language: German
ROCK AND ROLL FUCK ‘N ‘LOVELY Director: Franziska Schlotterer
Horror / Music (1 x 80 min) Writer: Franziska Schlotterer, Gwendolyn Bellmann
Language: English Producer: Cristian Drewing, Philipp Homberg
Director: Josh Bagnall Key Cast: Brigitte Hobmeier, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Christian Friedel 
Writer: Josh Bagnall Delivery Status: Screening
Producer: Josh Bagnall, Robert Horwell, Spencer Leven, Yan Miles Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany / Israel 
Key Cast: Pete Doherty, Joel Fry, Anton Saunders, Crispian Belfrage, lee Whitlock, Told in flashback and bookended by a German student’s search for his biological
Michael Starke father in 1970s Israel, the film tells the story of Albert a Jewish boy fleeing Nazi
Delivery Status: Completed persecution during WWII. Traveling through the mountains of the Black Forest and
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK  unable to cross the heavily patrolled Swiss border, Albert is given shelter by a farmer
The film is a dark and fantastical touring tale with a little rock n’ roll on the side just for Fritz and his wife Emma. Working together on the farm, Albert and Fritz develop
good measure. This is a road movie. this is a rock and roll drama, a tale that exposes the a bond and Fritz confesses to him that the couple has been unable to conceive. The
rumors surrounding a mythical festival tour (or is it just the drugs?). The cinematography frustrated farmer proposes an unusual arrangement - Albert is to father a child with
is stunning, the drug taking shocking and the horror horrific, not for the faint hearted. It’s Emma in exchange for continued shelter and protection. Emma is very unhappy about
a unique film capturing the true essence of the festival spirit, unlike any British film to this idea but she relents and soon finds herself falling in love with the young stranger.
date. This movie is the essence of a rock and roll nightmare. It’s a must see for anyone SWEETWATER
who’s been on the road.. and if you’ve not gone on tour before... after this you never will. Western 
THE CLOTH Language: English
Horror (1 x 90 min) Director: Logan Miller
Language: English Writer: Logan Miller, Noah Miller, Andrew McKenzie
Director: Justin Price Producer: Jason Netter
Writer: Justin Price Key Cast: Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs
Executive Producer: Harold Hardamon, Jennifer L. George, Charles Keys, Linda Khu, Delivery Status: Completed
Justin Price Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Sarah takes the law into her own hands to avenge the death of her husband by a

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murderous rancher who rules the town of Sweetwater. in the midst of the core social institutions.
JUMP!
Period Drama (115)
Language: English, German
Director: Joshua Sinclair
Writer: Ryan James, Joshua Sinclair
Producer: Joshua Sinclair, Lilly Berger, Richard Johnson
Key Cast: Patrick Swazye, Patrick Silverstone, Martine McCutchen, Heinz Hoenig,
Anja Kruse, Sybil Danning
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Austria 
Photographer Philippe Halsman became one of the most sought-after celebrity portrait
artists of the 20th century. Halsman shot over 100 covers for LIFE Magazine, more than
any other photographer of his time. He is best known for his “Jump” series of pictures
in which he captured celebrities like Richard Nixon or Marilyn Monroe, jumping in mid
air. Before coming to the U.S., however, Halsman suffered a terrible fate: Austria 1928.
21 year old student Philippe Halsman is arrested and charged with killing his father.

BAZELEVS
Bazelevs, 6/1 Pudovkina str., Moscow, 119285 Russia,  Tel: +74952230400. www.
bazelevs.ru, d.yurinova@bazelevs.ru 
Producer, Distributor
At Cannes: Ruslan Tatarintsev (Head of Distribution and Marketing), Diana Yurinova
(CSO)
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
YOLKI 2012
AKA: Yolki 2012
Comedy - romantic (106 minutes)
Language: Russian
Director: D.Kiseliov, L.Gabriadze, A.Baranov, A.Kott
Writer: T.Bekmambetov, O.Kharina, Creative group 
Co-Production Partners: VGTRK
Executive Producer: A.Remizova
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Iva Stromilova
Key Cast: Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Vera Brezhneva, Aleksey Petrenko, Vladimir
Menshov, Sergey Bezrukov, Gosha Kutsenko
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia 
Sometimes it happens, when everything goes haywire. Worse things happen if today
is December, 31. Our heroes should fix everything overnight, on the New Year eve.
To find some money to rent an apartment, to win back 8-years-old daughter, to rally
from the amnesia, to ride a cast iron bath-tub, to ring in the New Year with a boyfriend Child’s Pose - Beta Cinema GMBH
against dad’s clampdown, to climb the city X-tree in a fancy dragon costume, to evoke
Vera Brezhneva’s heart, to save a plane from a crash and even to find its love 40 years THE FAMOUS FIVE 2
later.  AKA: Fünf Freunde 2
ORPHAN Adventure/Family Entertainment (92 min)
AKA: Kamen Language: German 
Thriller (90 min) Director: Mike Marzuk
Language: Russian Writer: Peer Klehmet, Sebastian Wehlings
Director: V.Kaminskiy Co-Production Partners: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH
Key Cast: Sergey Svetlakov,  Executive Producer: Clifford Werber, Karen Lawler
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton, Ewa Karlström
Key Cast: Valeria Eisenbart (GEORGE), Quirin Oettl (JULIAN), Justus
BETA CINEMA GMBH Schlingensiepen (DICK), Neele Marie Nickel (ANNE) 
Delivery Status: Screening
Beta Cinema GmbH, Grünwalder Weg 28d, Oberhaching, 82041 Germany,  Tel:
49.89.673469.828 Fax: 49.89.673469.888. Year of Production: 2012/2013 Country of Origin: Germany 
www.betacinema.com, beta@betacinema.com  Summer holidays are finally here! The Famous Five, George, Julian, Dick, Anne and
Sales Agent  their dog Timmy set out on their first journey by bike on their own – unaccompanied
At Cannes: Dirk Schürhoff (Managing Director), Thorsten Ritter (Executive Vice by parents. On camping the kids encounter a strange boy named Hardy. They try to
President), Tassilo Hallbauer (Sales Executive), Cosima Finkbeiner (Festival get rid of this annoying kid, but then Dick is kidnapped! He is a victim of confusion,
Coordinator) as our Famous Five discover promptly. The Hijackers have it rather in for Hardy,
Office: Grand Hotel Cannes Batiment le Goeland (ground floor), right hand side to the who s the son of business tycoon Kent. Do they want ransom? With their good deal
Grand Hotel entrance, Tel: +33 (0)4 9399 5580 of detective instinct the kids are able to find the place where Dick has been abducted
CHILD’S POSE to: a medieval castle, called “Owl Nest”. George, Julian, Anne and Timmy get
AKA: Pozitia Copilului support from Hardy who is gradually proving to be a real help. At “Owl Nest” the
Drama (112 mins) kids figure out, that the dastardly thugs are hunting for legendary “Green Eye” in
Language: Romanian fact, the most valuable jewel of the world. Without even knowing it, Hardy is bearing
Director: Calin Peter Netzer secret hints about the ultimate destination of the jewel. A wild chase for the smaragd
Writer: Razvan Radulescu and Calin Peter Netzer starts, leading our Famous Five to a mysterious travelling circus and deep into the
Co-Production Partners: HAI-HUI Entertainment adventurous caves at “Graffenstein” rock… 
Executive Producer: PARADA FILM THE GIRL WITH NINE WIGS
Producer: Parada Film in co-production with Hai-Hui Entertainment AKA: Heute bin ich blond 
Key Cast: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia, Florin emotional comedy (117 min)
Zamfirescu, Vlad Ivanov Language: German
Delivery Status: Screening Director: Marc Rothemund 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Romania  Writer: Katharina Eyssen
CHILD’S POSE presents in a thrilling, emotional, yet humorous way, the relationship Co-Production Partners: Scope Pictures, ARD Degeto, Universum Film, Odeon Film,
between a dominant mother and her grown-up son. CHILD’S POSE is a touching film Arri Film & TV Services and Lunaris Film- und Fernsehproduktion
about parenting while suffocating our children with love and about the marks that Executive Producer: Goldkind Film GmbH & Co. KG
parents leave on their children’s personalities. On a different level, it is also a portrayal Producer: Andreas Bareiss, Sven Burgemeister
of contemporary high-class Romania, the low-level corruption and trading of influence Key Cast: Lisa Tomaschewsky, Karoline Teska, David Rott, Maike Bollow, Peter

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Prager, Alexander Held, Alice Dwyer, Daniel Zillmann, Katrin Pollitt, Jasmin Gerat  Desperate, he sneaks into the facility and injects himself with the formula and sells
Delivery Status: Screening his blood to the buyer. But now he finds himself turning into a Jekyll and Hyde like
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany, Belgium  monster.
Sophie has just started her studies when she is diagnosed with cancer: her world is CLUB DEAD
turned upside down. But Sophie is a fighter. She wants to live, with everything that Horror (90)
goes with life; dreams, parties, laughing, flirting and having sex. Nine individual wigs Language: English
become Sophie’s elixir of life. Sometimes courageously wild, erotic or romantic, Director: Paul Rocha
depending on the hair color and style, each wig brings another piece of Sophie to the Writer: Stephan Langford
fore. She escapes from the everyday hospital drudgery, parties wildly with her best Co-Production Partners: Dream Factory, Taurus Ent. and Blairwood Ent
girlfriend and falls in love with her buddy Rob. With humor, courage and a portion of Executive Producer: James Dudelson and Robert Dudelson
lightheartedness, Sophie extends her middle and gives her illness the bird!  Producer: Douglas Buth and Sofia Monroe
OH BOY Key Cast: Hope Harris, Ken Hamilton and Caoline Gombe
AKA: Oh Boy Delivery Status: Post Production
Tragicomedy (85 min) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 
Language: German A group of friends have been trying to get into the hottest club in Hollywood but are
Director: Jan Ole Gerster never chosen to go in and party. But when a new girl befriends the group, they are
Writer: Jan Ole Gerster allowed entrance into the most elite club in Hollywood. But when they get it in they
Co-Production Partners: Chromosom Filmproduction, Hessischer Rundfunk and ARTE can’t get out. It’s club run by vampires and they are all on the menu
Executive Producer: Marcos Kantis, Alexander Wadouh ENTRECRUZADOS
Producer: Schiwago Film GmbH AKA: PARANORMAL CROSSINGS 
Key Cast: Tom Schilling, Friederieke Kempter, Marc Hosemann, Andreas Schröders, Horror/Reality (92 min)
Justus von Dohnányi, Michael Gwisdek Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Delivery Status: Screening Director: Ana Clavell
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany  Writer: Ana Clavell and Maritza Tirado
Niko lives for the moment, dreaming, drifting and marvelling until he’s confronted Co-Production Partners: Entrecruzados LLC and Kinetika LLC
by his girlfriend breaking up with him, his father cutting off his allowance and a Producer: Ana Clavell, Maritza Tirado and Marie Toucet
psychiatrist confirming his “emotional imbalance”. But all Niko wants is a decent cup Key Cast: Iker Elorduy,Mili Guzman,Victor Oppenheimer,Keyla Diaz, Hon Juan
of coffee. Pedro Garcia,Nick Rodriguez,Lyannis Ortiz,Malen Colom,Edwin Albino,Claudia
TWO LIVES Cruz
AKA: Zwei Leben Delivery Status: Post Production
Drama, Thriller (100 min) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Puerto Rico 
Language: German, Norwegian Without tricks or a script, Paranormal Crossings is a bare-all look at what happens
Director: Georg Maas when a group of real people is recruited to investigate haunted locations.
Writer: Georg Maas, Christoph Tölle, Stale Stein Berg KILL ME NOW
Co-Production Partners: Fuzz Filmfondet, Norway; Apollo Media, München Comedy (84)
Executive Producer: Dieter Zeppenfeld, Rudi Teichmann, Axel Helgeland Language: English
Producer: Zinnober Film, B&T-Film, Helgeland Film Director: Travis Long
Key Cast: Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Ken Duken,Sven Nordin, Julia Bache-Wiig, Writer: Michael Swaim
Rainer Bock, Thomas Lawinky Producer: Gareth West and Vahan Yepremyan
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: Brett Fancy Michael Swaim and Jacob Reed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany, Norway  Delivery Status: Completed
1990, Europe the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 
but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love A group of small-town teens partying at a remote cabin in the woods find their fun
relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during nearly ruined when stalked by the deranged Driller Killer. 
World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her mother, her husband, daughter 186 DOLLARS TO FREEDOM
and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial Drama (based on a true story) (98 mins)
against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web Language: English and Spanish with subtitles
of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, Director: Camilo Vila
and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they Writer: Monty Fischer and Camilo Vila
have lived together, or the lie it is based on? Key Cast: John Robinson, Alex Meraz, Johnny Lewis, Grant Bowler, Debra Unger 
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
BLAIRWOOD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY 186 Dollars to Freedom is the true story of a blond Californian surfer, Wayne
Blairwood Entertainment Company, 2505 Anthem Village Ave, Henderson, Nevada Montgomery (John Robinson), who has relocated to exotic Lima, Peru in the 1980’s
89044 USA,  Tel: 1.323.319.3978 Fax: 1.323.686.5379 . to pursue surfing as he teaches English to well-to-do kids. Wayne’s carefree lifestyle
www.Blairwoodentertainment.com, James@Blairwoodentertainment.com  and romance with his beautiful girlfriend, Maritza, (introducing Anahi De Cardenas),
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor ends when he is framed for drug possession during the political chaos engulfing Lima. 
At Cannes: James Dudelson (President CEO), Ana Clavell (COO), Sabrina Chen Louie LAST KIND WORDS
(President), Ryan Keller (Vice President) Horror (86)
Office: Riviera G17, Tel: SKYPE: jdudelson Tel: 323 578 6924 Language: English
NEVER ALONE Director: Kevin Barker
Thriller (86 min) Writer: Kevin Barker and Amy MIller
Language: English Co-Production Partners: East Gable llc and Brainwave Films
Director: Jonathan Moch Producer: Amy Miller and Duane Anderson
Writer: Jonathan Moch Key Cast: Spencer Daniels,Brad Dourif and Alexia Fast
Co-Production Partners: Good Night Pictures Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 
Producer: Kate Barnett A young teen moves to a secluded rural farm and learns the surrounding woods have
Key Cast: Kate Barnett, Ian Pfister and John Lunsford flesh-crawling stories to tell.
Delivery Status: Completed A TYPICAL LOVE
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States  Romantic Comedy (85 min)
Top Hollywood Actress Bridget McNeil rents a remote cabin for a wrap party. When Director: Jennifer James
no one shows for the party she decides to stay a extra few days. Which she will soon Writer: R. Keefe Griffths and Jennifer James
regret. Producer: R. Keefe Griffiths
MANASAURUS Key Cast: Eddie Griffin, Steve Bauer
Horror/Sci Fi  Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Writer: Stephan Langford A hilarious romantic romp. Follows sweet Jimmy (Eddie Griffin) as he weaves
Executive Producer: Bruce Nahin  the torrid tale of a love triangle between three slightly strange people who look at
Key Cast: TBA romance from completely different points of view.
Delivery Status: Pre-Production PAD YATRA
Country of Origin: United States  Documentary (70 min)
A scientist is trying to create a super soldier using dinosaur DNA. When the project Director: Wendy J.N. Lee
is shutdown and put under lock and key he is offered huge dollars for the formula.

CANNES 2013 T h e B u s i n e s s O f F i l m 21
Writer: Wendy J.N. Lee Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 
Executive Producer: Michelle Yeoh When an IT guy meets a beautiful girl who dreams of being an actress, he pretends to
Producer: Wendy J.N. Lee be a big shot producer to win her over. With the insistence of her suspicious friends,
Key Cast: Daryl Hannah she continually tests to see if he is the real deal. This leaves him no choice but to
Delivery Status: Completed desperately keep up the illusion, because he finds himself falling in love with her. 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US  BUSH CHRISTMAS
Despite immeasurable danger, 700 people trek across the perilous Himalayan Mountain Family (88)
Range to save the planet’s “3rd Pole” from environmental devastation before it is too Language: English
late. Director: Henri Safran
MY FAIR LIDY Writer: Ted Roberts
Comedy (90 min) Producer: Gilda Baracchi and Paul D. Barron
Language: English Key Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Ewart, John Howard, and Mark Spain 
Director: Ralph R. Clemente Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: R.P. Simms Country of Origin: Australia 
Producer: Sandi Bell and Ralph R. Clemente In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their
Key Cast: Christopher Backus, Leigh Shannon and Rus Blackwell only hope is that their horse, Prince, will win money in a New Year’s race. But when
Delivery Status: Completed Prince is stolen the children embark on a dangerous and exciting adventure to get him
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  back. 
Lidy is a blue collar worker who has fallen on hard times. After a chance meeting with SHE WOLF
Miss Sal, a successful Drag Performer he undertakes a strange journey of becoming a Horror/Fantasy (90 min)
Marlene Dietrich Impersonator. Language: English
BURMA: A HUMAN TRAGEDY Director: TBA
Documentary (85 mins) Writer: TBA
Language: English and Burmese with subtitles Co-Production Partners: Henwards
Director: Neil Hollander  Executive Producer: Sabrina Chen Louie
Key Cast: Anjelica Huston Producer: Ana Clavell
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: TBA
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Delivery Status: Pre-Production
In this harrowing documentary the brutal regime of the military Junta in Burma is fully Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
exposed. Through interviews with refugees, survivors and Burma’s democratically
elected president and Peace Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the terrifying
landscape of an ongoing genocide of the ethnic minorities that flies in the face of BLUE GALAXY INTERNATIONAL, LLC
international law comes horribly alive. Filmed surreptitiously and under constant Blue Galaxy International, LLC, 13412 Ventura Blvd., Suite 250, Sherman Oaks, CA
life threatening conditions, Burma - A Human Tragedy offers a rare glimpse into the 91423 USA,  Tel: 818-907-7226 Fax: 818-907-7916.
systematic human extermination that has gone pretty much ignored. www.bluegalaxyinternational.com, info@bluegalaxyinternational.com 
FIX: THE EXTREME MINISTRY MOVIE Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Documentary (89 minutes) At Cannes: Marcy Rubin (President), Fiorenza Cella (Chief Executive Officer)
Language: English Office: Lerins R15
Director: Douglas Freel ABNER THE INVISIBLE DOG
Writer: Douglas Freel Family Comedy (89:09)
Key Cast: Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Trent Reznor, Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Navarro, Language: English
Maynard James Keenan, Jonathan Davis, Timothy Leery  Director: Fred Olen Ray
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Pat Moran
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Andrew Stevens and Fred Olen Ray
FIX - THE MINISTRY MOVIE gives a raw look as these possessed artists fight - and Key Cast: David DeLuise, David Chokachi, Nancy Sullivan
create - while attempting to reach, and achieve, infamous greatness. Ministry took the Delivery Status: Completed
genre of industrial rock and made it mainstream, and along the way their music and Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
take no prisoners lifestyle influenced the leaders of some of today’s most important Bumbling thieves steal top secret Government formulas and hide them in a toy store
rock bands, such as Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Korn, and The Dead Kennedys. With live chemistry set, which is sold and given to a 12 year old boy for his birthday. The boy
performances by Ministry, in depth interviews with the band, and appearances by Trent experiments using the vials and when the family dog licks the concoctions, one makes
Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Maynard Keenan of Tool, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, it TALK and the other makes it invisible! When the parents are away and the boy and
Jonathan Davis of Korn, Dave Navarro of Red Hot Chili Peppers/Jane’s Addiction, dog are home alone, the thieves break in and get more than they bargained for. 
Ogre Nivek of Skinny Puppy, Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys, Dr. Timothy Leary AGAINST THE WILD
and William S. Burroughs - to name a few- FIX is a punch-in-the-stomach affair that Family
dares to show beyond the boundaries of good taste and common decency. Language: English
APOCALYPSE (ACCORDING TO DORIS) Director: Richard Boddington
Drama (92 minutes) Writer: Richard Boddington
Language: English Producer: Richard Boddington
Director: Victor Goss Key Cast: TBD
Writer: Victor Goss Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Key Cast: Jaime Gomez, Elise Robertson, Christian J Meoli  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
Delivery Status: Completed Two adolescents and their dog journey to visit their father. When the light plane they
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  are aboard crashes in the woods, they must seek help for the unconscious pilot. As
A modern day Cinderella story of a woman coming to wisdom, Apocalypse (According they encounter a bear and a pack of wolves, their dog proves to be their protector and
to Doris) is an unusual New Age drama about Doris (Elise Robertson), a desert eventually leads them to safety.
housewife cum medium/channeler who finds herself in the middle of chaos as the THE VORTEX
prophecies she’s made about the End of the World start coming true. Soon she has a Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
following of “disciples” - all searching for their own truth. An unscrupulous reporter Language: English
(Jaime Gomez) infiltrates the group in order to expose her, only to find himself drawn Director: Peter Basler
into the mystery that Doris is. Both funny and deeply emotional, this story is filled with Producer: Danny Roth
compelling questions about the meaning of our existence and the dangers of predicting Key Cast: Ted Jonas, Jack Plotnick
2012 and the end of it all. Delivery Status: Post Production
SHE’S WITH ME Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Urban Comedy (90 min) When a convoy of America soldiers disappears in Afghanistan, a Special OPS
Language: English team is deployed on a search and rescue mission. They encounter mega scorpions,
Director: Stephan Langford giant spiders and oversized snakes which were created when a vortex into another
Writer: Stephan Langford dimension was opened by a former government scientist. The team has to figure out a
Co-Production Partners: Dream Factory  way to close the wormhole. Can they close it in time?
Executive Producer: Robert Dudelson THE DOGFATHER
Producer: Sophia Monroe and Paul Rocha Family (88 min.)
Key Cast: Monti Washington, Taisha Monique Clark and Brandon Middleton Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Richard Boddington
Writer: Russell Scalise and Michael Hamilton--Wright

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Producer: Russell Scalise who are out to harm them.
Key Cast: Chris Parnell, William Cuddy ZIPPER
Delivery Status: Completed Thriller 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Language: English
When a Mafia Don’s right-hand man, a bulldog named Sonny, swallows his heirloom Director: Mora Stephens
ring, comedy ensues as two of the Don’s best soldiers try and retrieve the ring from Writer: Mora Stephens & Joel Viertel
Sonny, who has been adopted by a new family. Co-Production Partners: Protozoa Pictures, Deborah Aquila, Julianne Hausler
Producer: Mark Heyman, Scott Franklin
Key Cast: Patrick Wilson, Ben Kingsley, Christina Hendricks, Billy Bob Thornton
CARGO ENTERTAINMENT Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Cargo Entertainment, 440 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003 United Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
States,  Tel: +1-646-354-7160 Fax: +1-212-674-0081. A political thriller about a federal prosecutor running for office who can’t stop himself
www.cargoentertainment.com, info@cargoentertainment.com  from sleeping with high-class escorts, putting both his career and his personal life at
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Financier  great risk.
At Cannes: Marina Grasic (CEO & Managing Partner), Mark Lindsay (President HEMINGWAY & FUENTES
of Distribution), Jan Korbelin (Managing Partner), Krysanne Katsoolis (Head of Drama 
Acquisitions & Co-Productions), Tristan Weisgal (Sales & Development Executive) Language: English
Office: The Grand Hotel - Residence Goeland - 6th Floor, Tel: +33 4 93 68 19 23 Director: Andy Garcia
THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN Writer: Hilary Hemingway & Andy Garcia
Comedy  Producer: Andy Garcia, Frank Mancuso Jr., Edward Walson
Language: English Key Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Andy Garcia
Director: Phil Alden Robinson Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Writer: Daniel Taplitz Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Producer: Bob Cooper, Daniel J. Walker, Tyler Mitchell As he looks back on his life, Ernest Hemingway remembers the wild stories and
Key Cast: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo fantastic adventures, in a tale where fact and fiction blend into an epic journey.
Delivery Status: Post Production ATTACHMENT
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Thriller 
An angry New Yorker discovers he has 90 minutes to live and scrambles through Language: English
Brooklyn to right his wrongs while the doctor who diagnosed him is trying to track him Director: Tony Kaye
down before it’s too late Writer: Christopher Denham
IN THE BLOOD Co-Production Partners: Panther Films, Armory Films
Action/Thriller  Executive Producer: Tim Zajaros, Christopher Lemole
Language: English Producer: Brad Epstein
Director: John Stockwell Key Cast: Sharon Stone, Tom Felton, Chris Noth, Lorraine Nicholson
Writer: James Robert Johnston & Bennett Yellin Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Executive Producer: The Pimienta Film Company Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Producer: Shaun Redick, Ray Mansfield, Marina Grasic, Cash Warren, Baron Davis A married woman’s one night stand with her student comes back to haunt her when
Key Cast: Gina Carano, Stephen Lang, Danny Trejo, Cam Gigante, Diego Boneta, the pupil begins to terrorize her family
Treat Williams KILL ME THREE TIMES
Delivery Status: Screening Thriller 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Language: English
After her husband’s disappearance while on a tropical vacation, a grieving wife Director: Kriv Stenders
passionately and recklessly pursues the men whom she believes kidnapped and killed Writer: James McFarland
him. Producer: Laurence Malkin, Share Stallings, Tania Chambers
CELL Key Cast: Alice Braga, Ben Mendelsohn, Sullivan Stapleton
Thriller  Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia 
Director: Tod Williams In a sundrenched Australian surfing town, a young woman is the thread that binds
Writer: Stephen King three tales of murder, blackmail, and revenge.
Co-Production Partners: The Genre Co. A MAGNIFICENT DEATH FROM A SHATTERED HAND
Producer: Richard Saperstein, Brian Witten, Shara Kay Western 
Key Cast: John Cusack Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Thomas Jane
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Thomas Jane & Jose Prendes
Graphic Artist Clay Riddell is in the heart of Boston on a brilliant autumn afternoon Co-Production Partners: Tayrona Films
when hell is unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and choas reign. Producer: James Ordonez, Dean Bornstein, Geyer Kosinski
Ordinary people fall victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction. And the Key Cast: Nick Nolte, Thomas Jane, Jeremy Irons
apocalypse begins with the ring of a cell phone... Delivery Status: Pre-Production
KINGS HIGHWAY Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Crime/Thriller  The rugged tale of ex-soldier Jonas Barnes who is relentlessly tracked down for the
Language: English murder and rape of a well-to-do belle. Guilty until shot dead, our hero must face
Director: Kevin Asch mercenaries, tribal warriors, and women of sin to clear his name and uncover the true
Writer: Antonio Macia story behind the manhunt. Traveling through the barren western frontier, Jonas will
Co-Production Partners: Appian Way have to face his enemies and his demons in order to survive.
Producer: Allen Bain, Danny Abeckaser, Jesse Scolaro BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL
Key Cast: Adrien Brody Thriller 
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
A disgraced secret service agent moves to New York City during the turbulent 1990s. Writer: Christopher Peditto & Alfonso Pineda Ulloa & Barry Giffor
Unable to escape his past, he infiltrates the Israeli mafia and is ultimately forced to Producer: Anthony Moody, Elijah Wood, Chris Peditto
choose between loyalty to his homeland, his adopted family of criminals, and the Key Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Anna Paquin, Elijah Wood
American Dream. Delivery Status: Pre-Production
THE VISITORS Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Sci-Fi  An escaped con-artist and a high priced call girl plan one last heist which leads to
Language: English their downfall.
Director: The Vicious Brothers UNDONE
Writer: The Vicious Brothers Action 
Executive Producer: Randy Manis Language: English
Producer: Shawn Angelski, Martin Fisher Director: Rob Cohen
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Peter Calloway
Year of Production: 2013  Producer: David Greathouse, Marina Grasic
A group of college friends travel to a secluded cabin and encounter mysterious beings Delivery Status: Pre-Production

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Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Distributor 
During a heist in a pharmaceutical research facility in Boston, the leader of the crew At Cannes: Pierre Richard Muller (Chairman), Chantal Lam (President)
looses his memory and turns against his team. Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 33 1 53 92 29 26; 33 6 60 90 25
BOOSTER 41
Crime/Drama (74 minutes) THE YELLOW FOX (LE RENARD JAUNE)
Language: English Drama 
Director: Matt Ruskin Language: French
Writer: Matt Ruskin Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky
Co-Production Partners: Sam Carroll, Ari Issler, Benjamin Murray, Coll Anderson Writer: Léa Hibert
Executive Producer: Troy Johanson Producer: MDP
Producer: Andrea Roa, Matt Ruskin Key Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Frédéric Diefenthal, Michael Lonsdale
Key Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  A writer is found dead. A policeman investigates in the pub “Le Renard Jaune” linked
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of to the writer. He discovers that almost everybody was willing his death…
similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Caught between loyalty to his BICYCLE BRIDE
brother and his own will, Simon is forced to examine his life. Comedy (1 x 104 min)
Language: English
Director: Hassan Zee
CELSIUS ENTERTAINMENT LTD Writer: Hassan Zee
Celsius Entertainment Ltd, 29 Brook Mews North, Hyde Park, London, W2 3BW United Producer: Hassan Zee
Kingdom,  Tel: 44 20 7193 1801 Key Cast: Melanie Kannokada, Andreas Wilson, Shruti Tewari
www.celsiusentertainment.com, info@celsiusentertainment.com  Delivery Status: Completed
Sales Agent  Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
At Cannes: Thierry Wase-Bailey (Managing Director/Head of Sales), Henriette Bicycle Bride is a witty film about a rebellious young woman Beena, whose family
Wollmann (Legal & Acquisitions), Christine Berger (Sales Assistant) still clings to their old school beliefs about behavior and marriage for women.
Office: Residences Gray D’Albion 20 Bis Rue des Serbes, Entrance 7E, 3rd F, Tel:
+44-7710 119 163
ANY DAY NOW CINEPHIL
Period Drama (97 min) Cinephil, 18 Levontin Street, Tel Aviv, 65112 Israel,  Tel: +97235664129 Fax:
Language: English +97235601436. www.cinephil.co.il, info@cinephil.co.il 
Director: Travis Fine Sales Agent 
Writer: George Arthur Bloom,Travis Fine At Cannes: Philippa Kowarsky (Mangaging Director)
Producer: Travis Fine Office: PALAIS 01 DOC CORNER - 19.04 / 21.03
Key Cast: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Issac Leyva THE GATEKEEPERS
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (95)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Language: Hebrew
Inspired by a true story from the late 1970s and touching on legal and social issues that Director: Dror Moreh
are as relevant today as they were 35 years ago, ANY DAY NOW is a powerful tale of Co-Production Partners: Arte France, NDR, IBA, RTBF 
love, acceptance and family. When a teenager with Down syndrome is abandoned by Producer: Estelle Fialon, Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky
his mother, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the loving family he’s never had. Delivery Status: Completed
But when their unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel-France-Germany-Belgium 
are forced to fight a biased legal system to save the life of the child they have come to For the first time ever, six former heads of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service agency,
love as their own. agree to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions.
COME OUT AND PLAY Intimately interviewed, they shed light on the controversy surrounding the Occupation
AKA: JUEGO DE NIÑOS in the aftermath of the Six Day War.
horror (95 min) THE ACT OF KILLING
Language: English & Spanish (with English Subtitles) Documentary (116’ / 156’)
Director: Makinov Language: Indonesian
Writer: Makinov Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Lee, Annonymous
Co-Production Partners: Canana Co-Production Partners: Final Cut for Real ApS, Piraya Film AS, Novaya Zemlya
Key Cast: Vinessa Shaw, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Giménez Cacho Ltd, Spring Films Ltd.
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Errol Morris, Werner Herzog
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Mexico  Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Joram ten
Beth and Francis vacation before the birth of their child. Francis insists on venturing to Brink, Michael Uwemedimo, Anne Köhncke, Torstein Grude
a more serene island, Beth hesitantly agrees. They set out to a beautiful island, but soon Delivery Status: Completed
discover it’s mysteriously abandoned, and the only people on the island are children. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Denmark-Norway-UK 
Beth and Francis are left to uncover the mystery of the disappearances, and a day in In this chilling and inventive documentary, the unrepentant former members of
paradise quickly turns into a struggle for survival. Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the
THE FIRST TIME style of the American movies they love.
Romance, Comedy, Drama  STATE 194
Language: English Documentary (98)
Director: Jonathan Kasdan Language: English, Arabic
Writer: Jonathan Kasdan Director: Dan Setton
Co-Production Partners: Castle Rock Entertainment Co-Production Partners: Participant Media, Set Productions
Producer: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer Executive Producer: Diane Weyermann, Jeff Skoll
Key Cast: Britt Robertson, Dylan O’brien, Victoria Justice, Craig Roberts, James Producer: Dan Setton, Elise Pearlstein
Frecheville, Lamarcus Tinker, Joshua Malina, Christine Taylor, Maggie Jones, Halston Delivery Status: Completed
Sage Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA, Israel 
Delivery Status: Completed Filmmaker Dan Setton gained unprecedented access to the highest circles of the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Palestinian leadership as he chronicles Prime Minister Salam Fayaad’s quest to have
THE FIRST TIME is a high school romance that follows two teenagers over the course Palestine recognized by the United Nations as an independent state. 
of one weekend. Dave, a senior about to graduate, and Aubrey, a junior from a different SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU
school, meet one night at a party. What begins as a casual conversation soon turns into Documentary (109’)
something more intimate, more romantic, and more complicated than either of them Language: English
are ready for. It could be the beginning of a serious relationship or the worst mistake of Director: Lian Lunson
their lives. Producer: Lian Lunson, Teddy Wainwright
Key Cast: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Jane
McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones
CINEMA ARTS ENTERTAINMENT (ARTEDIS) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA-Canada 
Cinema Arts Entertainment (Artedis), 12, rue Raynouard, Paris, 75016 France,  Tel: This rousing tribute to Canadian singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle was recorded at
00-331-53-92-29-29 Fax: 00-339-81-38-21-79. New York City’s Town Hall in May 2011 and features her famously musical family
www.cinemaartsent.com, prmuller@aol.com  - children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, older sisters Anna and Jane - and equally

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gifted friends including Emmylou Harris and Norah Jones. Kate died in January 2010, Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
leaving a legacy of captivating harmonies and bittersweet lyrics. Australian filmmaker The product of China’s 1979 one-child policy, four remarkable Chinese American
Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man) interweaves concert footage with family teenage girls, adopted from orphanages in the 1990’s share their stories - the
memories in this immensely enjoyable and moving homage. unbearable clash of cultures, painful abandonment and the warmth and love of the
ART / VIOLENCE new families
Documentary (75’) ONE DAY AFTER PEACE
Language: Arabic, English Documentary (88’)
Director: Batoul Taleb, Mariam Abu Khaled, Udi Aloni Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles
Co-Production Partners: Dig the Movie LLC Director: Erez Laufer and Miri Laufer
Producer: Batoul Taleb, Mariam Abu Khaled, Udi Aloni Producer: Erez Laufer
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Palestine-USA  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel 
Inspired by characters from “Alice in Wonderland” “Waiting for Godot” and Robi Damelin, an Israeli of South African origin, lost her soldier son in the occupied
“Antigone”, young Palestinian actresses deal with the military occupation and gender territories. Robi tries to reconcile with her son’s Palestinian killer, however he refuses,
oppression, violence and grief on stage and in life. Following the lead of their beloved stating that her son was part of the occupation army. Now Robi travels to South
director and peace activist Juliano Mer-Khamis who was murdered on April 4th, 2011 Africa, 15 years after the end of Apartheid to seek answers from the South African
outside the Freedom Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank, they use model of the Truth and Reconciliation Committees, can this model ever work in
their imagination in an unpredictably brutal environment creating an artistic rebellion; a Israel ? Robi returns home in order to broker a new kind of forgiveness in the Israeli/
vivid and brave portrayal of a young, active generation of Palestinians. Palestinian communities and support of the release from jail of the guy who killed her
A PLACE AT THE TABLE son.
Documentary (84’) SIX MILLION AND ONE
Language: English Documentary (93’)
Director: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush Language: Hebrew, English, German with English subtitles
Co-Production Partners: Participant Media Director: David Fisher
Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Christina Weiss Lurie, Tom Colicchio, Diane Co-Production Partners: ZDF/Arte, Yes Docu
Weyermann for Participant Media, Jeffrey Lurie Producer: David Fisher
Producer: Lori Silverbush, Kristi Jacobson, Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington  Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Following his father’s memoir, the filmmaker ‘drags’ his siblings across Austria and
Around 49 million Americans struggle with the problem of not knowing where the US attempting to unravel his life’s mystery; funny and intimate, this isn’t a film
their next meal is going to come from. The stories of three people from Colorado, about the holocaust.
Pennsylvania and Mississippi shed light on the underlying causes of this huge problem. SIX MILLION AND ONE
Rosie is so hungry that she can’t concentrate on schoolwork. Young Tremonica is Lifestyle/History/Culture/Comedy (93 mins)
severely overweight and suffering from asthma because of the cheap high-calorie food Language: Hebrew/English/German with English Subtitles
she gets at home - but it’s the only food her mother can afford. And Barbie, a single Director: David Fisher
mother of two, struggles to get nourishing food for her young ones. As we watch the Co-Production Partners: ZDF/Arte, Yes Docu
detrimental impact of malnutrition on the physical and mental development of Rosie, Delivery Status: Completed
Tremonica and Barbie’s children, the film highlights various social, economic and Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel 
cultural causes.  Following his father’s memoir, the filmmaker ‘drags’ his siblings across Austria and
CINEMA JENIN the US attempting to unravel his life’s mystery; funny and intimate, this isn’t a film
Documentary (95’) about the holocaust.
Language: Arabic, English, with English subtitles GYPSY DAVY
Director: Marcus Vetter Documentary (95)
Co-Production Partners: SWR, BR, ARTE, YES Docu, MFG Baden-Wurttemberg, Language: Englis, Spanish
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenberg, DFFF Deutscher Filmforderfons, Sundance Institute, Director: Rachel Leah Jones
The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts: Cinema Project. Producer: Philippe Bellaiche
Producer: Marcus Vetter, Uwe Dierks, Thomas Grube, Philippa Kowarsky Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel-Germany  GYPSY DAVY tells the story of David Jones, stage name: “David Serva,” an
An ambitious initiative to re-open a previously abandoned cinema in the West Bank American white-boy with Alabama roots who became a Spanish Flamenco guitarist
city of Janin offers a nuanced and textured view into the city and the dedicated, loyal, in Andalucian boots and fathered five children to five different women along the way;
and often conflicted group of people who follow a dream. one of those children is the director of the film.
LOVE FREE OR DIE HITLER’S CHILDREN
Documentary (90’) Documentary (78)
Language: English Language: English, German, Hebrew with English subtitles
Director: Macky Alston Director: Chanoch Ze’evi
Producer: Sandra Itkoff Co-Production Partners: MDR, WDR, SWR, TSR, Reshet TV
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Chanoch Ze’evi (Maya Productions), Simone Bauman (Sazonia
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Entertainment)
Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions are in direct conflict: his Delivery Status: Completed
love for God and for his partner Mark. Gene Robinson is the first openly gay bishop in Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel-Germany 
Christendom. His consecration in 2003, to which he wore a bullet-proof vest, caused Descendants of the most powerful figures of the Nazi regime (Hoess, Goering,
an international stir, and he has lived with death threats every day since. Truth follows Himmler and Frank) were left a dark inheritance that associates them with one of the
Robinson from small-town churches to Washington’s Lincoln Memorial to London’s greatest abominations in history
Lambeth Palace, as he calls for all to stand for equality - inspiring bishops, priests and EPILOGUE
ordinary folk to come out from the shadows and change history. Documentary (90’)
WHEN THE DRUM IS BEATING Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Documentary (88’) Director: Dutch with English subtitles
Language: English, Creole with English sutitles Co-Production Partners: Mollywood, Noord Film and Lichtpunt
Director: Whitney Dow Producer: Ellen de Waele (Serendipity Films)
Co-Production Partners: ITVS, NBPC, Sundance Institute Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Whitney Dow, Jane Regan, Daniel Morel  Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Belgium 
Delivery Status: Completed Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Neel decides to orchestrate her own death. Epilogue
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  offers a unique and extraordinary insight into her final months and her family’s
A journey through Haiti’s tortured history with the music and memories of the members heartbreaking acceptance and love.
of Septenrional, the country’s oldest and most celebrated big band WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN Documentary (90’)
Documentary (93’) Language: English with English subtitles
Language: English Director: Heather Courtney
Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton Producer: Heather Courtney
Producer: Linda Goldstein Knowlton Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 

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From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and Delivery Status: Completed
back, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, Year of Production: 2012 
forever changed by a faraway war. Kate Mason uncovers family secrets and lies when she reluctantly returns home after
HOOD TO COAST her father’s second wife is found dead under mysterious circumstances.
Documentary (90’) 12 DISASTERS
Language: English AKA: The 12 Disasters of Christmas
Director: Christoph Baaden Action/Disaster 
Producer: Christoph Baaden Director: Steven R. Monroe
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Ed Quinn
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Delivery Status: Completed
Heartfelt, funny and inspiring, the documentary Hood to Coast follows four very Year of Production: 2012 
different teams on an epic journey to conquer the world’s largest relay race. A 67 year Strange things begin to happen on Jacey’s 18th birthday: water turns red, massive ice
old heart attach survivor returns to conquer the race that nearly killed her, a family in spears shoot out of the sky. Could it be that Jacey is the chosen one who can stop the
mourning runs to honor the memory of their beloved, a group of film animators test the impending doom?
limits of their athleticism (or lack thereof), and a group of aging jocks show they still THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
know how to have a good time. A celebration of personal determination and the power Action/Disaster 
of family and friends, Hood to Coast proves that you’re never too old or too young to Director: Paul Ziller
attempt the extraordinary. Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Michael Pare
LOST BOHEMIA Delivery Status: Completed
Documentary (78’) Year of Production: 2012 
Language: English When an attempt to recreate a decades-old government experiment goes horribly
Director: Josef Birdman Astor wrong, it rips a hole in the fabric of space and time, causing the USS Eldridge to
Producer: Jody Shields, Jonathan Ferrantelli, Anne Carey reappear causing massive destruction. 
Delivery Status: Completed END OF THE WORLD
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Action/Disaster 
For over a century New York’s Carnegie Hall rented work-live studio spaces atop the Director: Steven R. Monroe
famous music hall to artistic tenants such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky and Key Cast: Greg Grunberg, Neil Grayston
Isadora Duncan. “As a tenant with unlimited access into this little known world, I began Delivery Status: Completed
to videotape my neighbors whose lives intersected with decades of artistic history. But Year of Production: 2013 
the project took an abrupt turn when The Carnegie Hall Corporation terminated all our When massive earthquakes violently shake cities and mysterious plasma spheres
leases, and instigated a plan to eliminate the 115 year old artists colony put in place by pummel the earth’s surface, cries of ‘Armageddon’ echoes across the world...
Andrew Carnegie”. Lost Bohemia follows the protracted battle by the tenants to preserve ZODIAC: SIGN OF DESTRUCTION
their community and the rich heritage of the studios Action/Disaster 
MAORI BOY GENIUS Director: TBA
Lifestyle (85mins) Key Cast: TBA
Language: English/Maori with English subtitles Delivery Status: In Development
Director: Peitra Brettkelly As curator of her university’s collection of antiquities, Elizabeth is thrilled when a new
Producer: Peitra Brettkelly artifact arrives; a 2,000-year-old ivory carved astrology board. But little does she know
Delivery Status: Completed that the fate of all humanity will soon be decided by the deadly forces this mystical
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand  ivory board is about to unleash on mankind...
At 4, Maori boy, Ngaa Rauuira, learnt English, at 12 he began his first university degree,
at 14 he googled international polities and came up with Yale University and at 16, he
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FIRE TWISTER Delivery Status: Completed
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When a mysterious orb of light strikes a deep water oil rig, the massive explosion erupts Douglas Fairbanks stars in this epic tale of bravery and adventure. Raoul Walsh’s 1924
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Thriller/Action  At Cannes: Jamie Carmichael (President, Film), Harry White (Head of Sales Film
Director: David Gould Division), Toby Melling (VP Television and Home Entertainment Sales, Film
Key Cast: Antonia Prebble, Daniel Lissing, John Bach Division), Kevin Adege (Sales Manager, Film Division), Judith Baugin (Head of
Delivery Status: Post Production International Marketing Film Division), Libby D’Arcy (VP of Business Affairs Film
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Action/Disaster  Mind Bending Thriller


Director: David Hogan Language: English
Key Cast: Ryan Merriman, Tom Everett Scott Director: Karl Mueller
Delivery Status: Post Production Writer: Karl Mueller
Year of Production: 2013  Co-Production Partners: tbc
When the Earth is attacked by alien machines on the 4th of July, a small town firefighter Executive Producer: Jamie Carmichael
and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein
the invaders.  Key Cast: Sarah Jones, Jon Foster, Mark Steger
THE RIVERBANK Delivery Status: Screening  

Thriller  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA


Director: John L’Ecuyer From the producer of Sundance smash hit ‘The Pact’ and the writer of Xavier Gens’
Key Cast: Kari Matchett, Ken Walsh ‘The Divide’, MR. JONES is ‘Cabin in the Woods’ meets ‘Jacobs Ladder’; a

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terrifying nightmare that’s so real, even daylight brings no relief. Language: English
Director: Sean McNamara
THE MACHINE Writer: Ron Bass
Sci-Fi Action Thriller (90 mins) Co-Production Partners: tbc
Language: English Executive Producer: tbc
Director: Caradog James Producer: Jason Netter
Writer: Caradog James Key Cast: Thomas Horn, Mira Sorvino, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas
Co-Production Partners: TBC Delivery Status: Screening  
Executive Producer: TBC Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: U.S.A
Producer: John Giwa-Amu ‘The Goonie’s’ meets ‘Apollo 13’ in SPACE WARRIORS, a fun, thrilling, family
Key Cast: Toby Stephens, Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson adventure  with an all-star cast from the director of ‘Soul Surfer’ and the producer of
Delivery Status: Screening  
‘Wanted’.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK NOTHING LEFT  
TO FEAR
An edge of your seat thrill ride from start to finish with killer state-of-the-art effects, Classic Horror
THE MACHINE combines  
the psychological intensity of ‘Alien’ with the action and Language: English
heart of’ Blade Runner’. Director: Anthony Leonardi III
THE PACT 2 Writer: Jonathan W.C. Mills
Horror (tbc) Co-Production Partners: Slasher Films
Language: English Executive Producer: TBC
Director: Dallas Hallam, Patrick Horvath Producer: Rob Eric, Michael Williams, Slash  
Writer: tbc Key Cast: Clancy Brown, Anne Heche, Rebekah Brandes
Producer: Ross M. Dinnerstein Delivery Status: Screening  
Key Cast: tbc Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
 
In the first of a slate of horror films from production company Slasher Films (founded
Country of Origin: USA by rock legend Slash), Gore Verbinski’s protégé and visionary director Anthony
THE PACT 2 is a truly terrifying new horror film from the producers of ‘The Pact’. The Leonardi, brings us   NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR, a terrifying and bloodcurdling
life of a woman in Los Angeles begins to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they vintage horror film.
disturb her waking life. THE NUMBERS STATION
CONCUSSION Action/Thriller (94 mins)
Drama (96 mins) Language: English
Language: English Director: Kasper Barfoed
Director: Stacie Passon Writer: F. Scott Frazier
Writer: Stacie Passon Co-Production Partners: Furst Films, Matador Pictures
Producer: Rose Troche Producer: Sean Furst, Bryan Furst, Nigel Thomas
Key Cast: Robin Werigert, Maggie Siff, Jonathan Tchaikovsky Key Cast: John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
CONCUSSION, a modern day twist on ‘Belle de Jour’, is a sexy, provocative and For decades, secret agents have received assignments from number stations around
passionate film that explores the consequences of a weoman turning her fantasy life into the world. Denied by governments, these untraceable  
broadcasts can still be heard
reality. today. The code has never been broken. Until now..
CRYSTAL FAIRY OUTPOST III: RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ
Road trip comedy Action Horror (tbc)
Language: English/ Spanish Language: English
Director: Sebastian Silva Director: Kieran Parker
Writer: Sebastian Silva Writer: tbc
Producer: Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain Co-Production Partners: tbc
Key Cast: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffman, Agustin Silva Executive Producer: tbc  
Delivery Status: Screening  
Producer: Arabella Croft, Kieran Parker
Country of Origin: Chile Key Cast: Bryan Larkin, James “the colossus” Thompson
A road trip to Mexico to experience the shamanistic halluconigen called the San Pedro Delivery Status: Screening  
cactus, takes an unexpected turn as a radical spirit named Crystal Fairy joins thr group Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
of twenty somethings. In the third installment of the hit Nazi Zombie action horror movie, OUTPOST III:
BOUNTY KILLER RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ, we discover the horrifying origins of these supernatural
Post-apocalyptic action thriller soldiers and see them in ferocious gladiatorial battle against the  
most ruthless and
Language: English notorious of all military special forces: the Russian Spetsnaz.
Director: Henry Saine SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF
Writer: Jason Dodson, Henry Saine, Colin Ebeling Psychological Thriller (111 minutes)
Co-Production Partners: TBC Language: English
Executive Producer: TBC Director: Mike Figgis
Producer: Jason Netter, Colin Ebeling Writer: Mike Figgis  
Key Cast: Matthew Marsden, Christian Pitre, Kristianna Loken, Eve, Gary Busey, Co-Production Partners: Suspension Ltd
Kevin McNally, Beverly D’Angelo, Alexa Vega Producer: Vito Di Rosa
Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: Sebastian Koch, Lotte Verbeek, Rebecca Night
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed  
‘Mad Max’ meet ‘Death Proof’ in BOUNTY KILLER –a grindhouse-style, post- Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
apocalyptic action  thriller that chronicles the violent, sexy, and hard-core lifestyle of a Multi-award winning Writer/Director Mike Figgis brings us his mesmerizing new
new kind of hero. Film, SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF - an intoxicating psycho-sexual murder-
IRONCLAD: BATTLE FOR BLOOD mystery reminiscent of modern classics ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘Black Swan’.
Ultra-violent medieval action Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, we watch as a world renowned
Language: English screenwriter and literature professor becomes deeply  
implicated in the murder of a
Director: Jonathan English mysterious and beautiful young French woman…
Writer: Joanthan English, Steven Mcdool RETURN TO NIM’S  
ISLAND
Co-Production Partners: tbc Family Adventure
Executive Producer: tbc Language: English
Key Cast: tba Director: Brendan Maher
Delivery Status: Post Production  
Writer: Cathy Randall
Year of Production: 2012-2013 Country of Origin: UK Co-Production Partners: tbc
IRONCLAD: BATTLE FOR BLOOD will take you on a hellacious ride featuring Executive Producer: tbc
crashing swords, gruesome hand to hand combat, and  plenty more of the ultra-violent Producer: Paula Mazur, Chris Brown
medieval action that has distinguished this epic series. Key Cast: Bindi Irwin, Matthew Lillard
SPACE WARRIORS Delivery Status: Completed  
Family Adventure Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Australia

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The writer and producer of the smash hit NIMS ISLAND and the director of FREE Key Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Anthony La Paglia
WILLY, bring you the much anticipated sequel, RETURN TO NIM’S ISLAND, Delivery Status: Completed  
featuring Bindi Irwin in a wild ride filled with pristine beaches, exotic animals, Year of Production: 2001 Country of Origin: Australia
dastardly pirates, and all your favorite characters from the original. Psychiatrist Valerie Somers disappears one night; detective Leon Zat is called to
THE PACT investigate; his wife has been getting advice from Somers because she suspects Zat of
Thriller/Ghost (89 minutes) cheating on her, and thus follows a web of deceit lies and intrigue.
Language: English STEEP
Director: Nicholas McCarthy Extreme Skiing Documentary
 
(92 minutes)
Writer: Nicholas McCarthy Language: English
Co-Production Partners: tbc Director: Mark Obenhaus
Executive Producer: tbc Executive Producer: Jordan Kronick, Gabrielle Tenenbaum
Producer: Ross M Dinerstein Producer: Jordan Kronick, Gabrielle Tenenbaum
Key Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Steep is an extreme, adrenaline-fueled feature documentary about adventure,
Based on Nicholas McCarthy’s acclaimed spine-chilling Sundance 2011 short, and athleticism and the pursuit of perfection. This is the story of ‘big mountain skiing’,
from the Producer of Xavier Gens’ SXSW sensation THE DIVIDE, comes a terrifying and the fearless athletes who have made this extreme sport their own…
ghost story in the classic horror tradition
 
of Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, Argento’s ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS
SUSPIRIA and Nakata’s RINGU... Gothic Horror Comedy (90 minutes)
MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD Language: English
Gripping Documentary, (107 minutes) Director: Sam Irwin
Language: English Writer: Cassandra Peterson, John Paragon
Director: Alex Gibney Producer: Mark Pierson
Writer: Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood Key Cast: Elvira, Richard O’Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson
Co-Production Partners: Jigsaw Productions/Below the Radar Films/IFB/Wider Film Delivery Status: Completed  
Projects Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Narrators: Chris Cooper, Alex Gibney, Ethan Hawke, Jamey Sheridan, John Lovers of camp have reason to rejoice with this film. Yes, Elvira’s back and she’s
Slattery fabulous! With her voluptuous milky-white cleavage, voluminous black hair and
Delivery Status: Completed  
hilarious one-liners, the essence of camp oozes from her pores. Elvira’s Haunted
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Hills culls its outrageousness from the classic Vincent Price/Edgar Allen Poe/Roger
Award Winning Director Alex Gibney exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Corman films of the early 60’s along with a little Rocky Horror Picture Show and
Church and a cover-up that winds its way from the row houses of Milwaukee Fearless Vampire Killers
Wisconsin, through the bare  ruined choirs of Ireland’s churches all the way to the UNDERTOW  
highest office of the Vatican. Dramatic Thriller
COMPLICIT   Language: English - Format 35mm  
MI5 Spy Thriller Director: David Gordon Green
Language: English Writer: Joe Conway, David Gordon Green
Director: Niall MacCormick Executive Producer: Alessandro Camon, John Schmidt, Saar Klein
Writer: Guy Hibbert Producer: Lisa Muskat, Terrence Malick, Edward R. Pressman
Co-Production Partners: tbc Key Cast: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Dermott Mulroney, Devon Alan, Shiri Appleby,
Executive Producer: tbc Michael Bacall
Producer: Kevin Toolis, Jolyon Symonds Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: David Oyelowo, Arsher Ali, Stephen Campbell Moore Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed  
Two young brothers, Chris (Jamie Bell) and Tim, go on the run through the southern
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK states of the US when their uncle, Deel (Josh Lucas- Stealth, Wonderland, Sweet
Edward (Oyelowo) is an MI5 officer convinced that home-grown terror suspect Waleed Home Alabama, The Hulk, A Beautiful Mind) returns from years in jail and murders
(Ali) is plotting an atrocity on British soil. His investigations lead him to Egypt, their father (Dermot Mulroney- About Schmidt, My Best Friends Wedding) for
where he finds himself entering into an uncomfortable alliance with the local security keeping from him a fortune in old Mexican coins they had inherited.
services who are prepared to secure the proof he needs by whatever means necessary. A BUSINESS,
 
THE
penetrating insight into the dangerous world of counter- terrorism, Complicit explores  Action
the moral compromises surrounding the use of torture in fighting the ‘War on Terror’. Language: English - Format 35mm
HARD BOILED SWEETS Director: Nick Love
Thriller (90 minutes) Executive Producer: Rupert Preston
Language: English Producer: Allan Niblo, James Richardson
Director: David L G Hughes Key Cast: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Georgina Chapman, Roland Manookian, Geoff
Writer: David L G Hughes Bell
Co-Production Partners: Fatal Black LLC Delivery Status: Completed  
Executive Producer: Margaret Matheson Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: UK
Producer: David L G Hughes From the award winning team that brought you TThe Football Factory and played out
Key Cast: Scot Williams, Paul Freeman, Peter Wright against the classicly cool sounds of the 80’s, The Business is Goodfellas meets Sexy
Delivery Status: Completed  
Beast in Spain’s sun drenched costa del crime... Back in the money hungry 1980’s,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK Spain became a new home for London’s most notorious gangsters looking to escape
Filled with twists, double-crosses, and murder, Hard Boiled Sweets is a crime 
Thriller the long arm of British law...
inspired by the International Best-Selling short film, ‘A Girl and a Gun’. 96 MINUTES
I’M REED FISH  
High Intensity Suspense Thriller (93 minutes)
Coming-of-age Comedy Drama Language: English
Language: English - Format 35mm Director: Aimée Lagos
Director: Director(s): Zachary Adler Writer: Aimée Lagos
Writer: Reed Fish Co-Production Partners: First Point Entertainment Productions
Producer: Bader Alwazzan, Michael Mihalke, Kerry Foster Producer: Lee Clay, Paul Gilreath, Charlie Mason, Justin Moore-Lewy, Michael
Key Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alexis Bledel, Schuyler Fisk, Victor Rasuk, DJ Qualls, A. J. Fimognari
Cook, Katey Sagal, Shiri Appleby Key Cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, David Oyelowo
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Starring a fantastic hot young cast, this hilarious, charming and sweetly emotional Critically acclaimed SXSW Award Winner 96 MINUTES is an intense, edge of your
coming-of-age comedy, follows the laid-back, cool (if a little goofy!) Reed Fish, as he seat thriller about a day in the life of four young people caught up in a terrifying car-
learns, through his many mistakes, how to step out of his fathers shadow and discover jacking.
who he really is... KING,THE  
LANTANA  
Drama / Suspense Thriller
Drama / Suspense Thriller
 
Language: English - Format 35mm
Language: English Director: James Marsh
Director: Ray Lawrence Writer: Milo Addica, James Marsh

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Executive Producer: John Schmidt, Edward R Pressman, Sofia Sondervan Language: English - Format 35mm
Producer: Milo Addica, James Wilson Director: Duncan Tucker
Key Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring, Pell James, Paul Dano Writer: Duncan Tucker
Delivery Status: Completed  
Executive Producer: William H. Macy
Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Linda Moran, Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan
In this powerful and dramatic thriller about betrayal and bitter revenge, a handsome Key Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña,
young US Marine called Elvis (Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Graham Greene
Mama Tambien, Amores Perros) returns to his Preacher father’s sleepy hometown Delivery Status: Completed  
dreaming
 
for some kind of reconciliation - having been abandoned by the man as a Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA
child. Following its spectacular reception at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, this
IRONCLAD  
extraordinary road-trip-comedy tells the story of Bree (Felicity Huffman), a prim,
Violent Medieval Action
 
Thriller prudish and persnickety male-to-female transsexual, who, after years of saving
Language: English money, is only a week away from her final Sexual -Reassignment Surgery.
Director: Jonathan English SARAH PALIN:  
YOU BETCHA!
Producer: Rick Benattar, Jonathan English, Andrew Curtis Documentary  
Key Cast: James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Derek Director: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Jacobi, Charles Dance, Aneurin Barnard, Rhys Parry Jones, Jamie Foreman Producer: Marc Hoeferlin
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: UK Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
A Medieval ‘Magnificent Seven’, that combines the visceral, stylized action of ‘300’ Nick Broomfield’s quest for the real Sarah Palin. This involves battling the icy snows
with the impassioned heroism and romance of ‘Braveheart’, Ironclad is an ultra-violent of Alaska in mid winter, the school friends, family, and Republican colleagues that
action thriller that tells the true story of a motley crew of tough, battle hardened in previous days gave their heart, soul and belief, to the charismatic, charming,
warriors, who withstood several brutal and bloody months under siege, in a desperate intoxicating ex hockey mum.
bid to defend their country’s freedom… THE DIVIDE
KILLING ROOM,  
THE Post Apocalyptic Action Thriller (106 Minutes)
Suspense Thriller   Language: English
Language: English Director: Xavier Gens
Director: Jonathan Liebesman Writer: Karl Mueller, Eron Sheean
Writer: Gus Krieger; Ann Peacock Producer: Ross Dinerstein, Xavier Gens, Darryn Welch
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein, Bobby Schwartz, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner Key Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren German, Rosanna Arquette, Ashton Holmes
Key Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Tim Hutton, Peter Stormare, Nick Cannon, Clea Duvall, Shea Delivery Status: Completed  
Whigham Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed  
An action packed psychological thriller that combines ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ with
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA ‘Lord of the Flies’.
From the Director of the hit prequel ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’ OUTPOST II: BLACK SUN
and the writer of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’, The Killing Room blends the thrilling Horror (87 Mins)
mental edge of ‘Panic Room’ and ‘The Game’ with the intensity of ‘Memento’. Fast- Language: English
paced, claustrophobic and full of twists and turns, this unrelenting psychological thriller Director: Steve Barker
will keep you pinned to you seat Writer: Steve Barker, Rae Brunton
THE DAY Co-Production Partners: Black Camel Pictures
 
Thriller (90 minutes) Producer: Arabella Croft, Kieran Parker
Language: English Key Cast: Catherine Steadman, Richard Coyle, Julian Wadham
Director: Doug Aarniokoski Delivery Status: Completed  
Writer: Luke Passmore Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Co-Production Partners: JR Television Holding Company & House in a Field LLC In the sequel to the hit Nazi Zombie action horror movie, OUTPOST, we return
Producer: Guy A. Danella to the aftermath of the reanimated mayhem. Packing an even bigger punch,
Key Cast: Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Cory Hardrict OUTPOST:BLACK SUN delivers more action and even more fights and frights, as
Delivery Status: Completed  
the un-dead legion breaks out in its ruthless quest for power. ‘28 Weeks Later’ meets
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA ‘Cloverfield’ meets ‘Aliens’ in OUTPOST: BLACK SUN, an action horror movie that
Robert Rodriguez’s prodigiously talented protégé Douglas Aarniokoski directs THE brings the most evil force of the 20th century screaming back to life…again.
DAY, an edge-of-your-seat war action horror, in the vein of MAD MAX, ASSAULT MOGULS, THE
ON PRECINCT 13 and FROM DUSK TIL DAWN. Comedy Drama (96  minutes)
LOVELY MOLLY Language: English
Horror (95 minutes) Director: Michael Traeger
Language: English Writer: Michael Traeger
Director: Eduardo Sanchez Producer: Aaron Ryder
Writer: Eduardo Sanchez Key Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, William Fichtner, Patrick Fugit, Lauren Graham,
Co-Production Partners: Possession Partners LLC Glenne Headly, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Producer: Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jane Fleming, Mark Ordesky Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed  
Featuring an all-star cast headed by Jeff Bridges at his ‘Big Lebowski’ best, The
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Moguls is a both hilarious and extremely touching story about bettering yourself
The groundbreaking director of The Blair Witch Project takes us beyond the edge against all odds - in the most unconventional of ways!
once again with LOVELY MOLLY, a petrifying and deeply disturbing haunted house MAN WHO SUED GOD, THE
possession story with an astonishing debut from Gretchen Lodge, that is already being Comedy (97 minutes)
tipped as the finest film of Eduardo Sánchez’s career. Language: English
HEARTLESS   Director: Mark Joffe
Horror Thriller  
Key Cast: Billy Connelly, Judy Davis
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Philip Ridley Year of Production: 2001
Writer: Philip Ridley The Man Who Sued God is a boisterous romantic comedy about a man who decides
Producer: Pippa Cross; Richard Raymond to sue God after his fishing boat is destroyed by lightning and his insurance company
Key Cast: Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall, Clémence Poésy, Eddie Marsan, Noel Clarke refuses to pay out, declaring it an act of God.
Delivery Status: Completed  
MEE-SHEE: THE  
WATER GIANT
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: UK Family Adventure
After a 14 year hiatus, cult writer/director Philip Ridley is back with a vengeance Language: English - Format 35mm
with the visually stunning horror/thriller Heartless- a fiercely shocking and intelligent Director: John Henderson
spine-chiller that reinvents the horror genre. Jim Sturgess delivers a career defining Producer: Rainer Mockert, Barry Authors
performance in this twisted story which is equal parts psychological thriller, desperate Key Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Daniel Magder, Rena Owen, Phyllida Law, Luanne
romance and terrifying Faustian horror Gordon, Tom Jackson, Jacinta Wawatai
TRANSAMERICA Delivery Status: Completed  
Comedy/Drama (103 minutes) Year of Production: 2004 Country of Origin: UK/Germany

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With extraordinary special effects and animatronics from Jim Henson’s Creature forever.
Shop (Lara Croft 2, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone, Doctor Doolittle, 101 CROW: WICKED PRAYER, THE
Dalmations), and in the tradition of E.T the Extra-Terrestrial and Free Willy, Mee-Shee: Romantic / Action - Horror (92 minutes)
The Water Giant is the ultimate family adventure movie Language: English - Format 35mm
DEPARTURES
 
Director: Lance Mungia
Drama Writer: Jeff Most, Lance Mungia, Sean Hood
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Executive Producer: Daymond John
Director: Yojiro Takita Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most
Writer: Kundo Koyama Key Cast: Edward Furlong, Tara Reid, David Boreanaz, Dennis Hopper, Emmanuelle
Executive Producer: Yashiro Mase Chriqui, Marcus Chong, Danny Trejo, Macy Gray
Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Toshihisa Watai Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kimiko Yo Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed  
When Jimmy and his half Native American girlfriend Lily are murdered by a
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Japan rampaging satanic cult led by Luc Crash and his demonic bride, he is traumatised to
Academy Award ® Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures is an find himself reincarnated as ‘The Crow’, an immortal being of Native American folk
emotional, inspiring and often amusing story that has all the ingredients of the next law and the ‘killer of killers’.
‘Life is Beautiful’. SHOOTING DOGS
NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY, THE Drama (108 minutes)
Drama / Suspense Thriller (91 minutes) Language: English - Format 35mm
Language: English - Format 35mm Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Director: Paul Goldman Producer: David Belton; Pippa Cross
Writer: Peter Clifton Key Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz
Producer: Nik Powell, Emile Sherman, Peter Clifton Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: UK
Byrne, David Hemmings Starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, this deeply moving and critically acclaimed
Delivery Status: Completed  
drama from director Michael Caton-Jones is an emotional retelling of the tragic events
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: Australia that took place at l’Ecole Technique Officielle during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
A wonderfully crafted comedy drama based on the true story of Frank Sinatra’s COOLER, THE
uproarious visit to Sydney in 1974. Classic Romantic Noir (102 minutes)
HEARTBREAKERS Language: English - Format Super 35mm
Comedy (123 minutes) Director: Wayne Kramer
Language: English - Format 35mm Writer: Frank Hannah, Wayne Kramer
Director: David Mirkin Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon
Writer: Peter Mattei Producer: Sean Furst, Michael J Pierce
Producer: John Davis, Irving Ong Key Cast: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Ron
Key Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA
Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a brilliant mother and A black comedy about Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy), a man with such
daughter con team who have their gift down to a fine art. devastatingly bad luck that it’s infectious — just by bumping into a hot hand he
SONG FOR A RAGGY BOY can instantaneously turn it cold. And so he does by acting as a “cooler” at the gritty
Drama (94 minutes) Shangri-la Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, a job forced upon him by the
Language: English slippery Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), the casino’s director of operations, in order to
Director: Aisling Walsh pay off an outstanding debt
Producer: Dominic Wright LAST RIDE
Key Cast: Aidan Quinn, lain Glen, Dudley Sutton Road-Trip Drama (98 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: UK Director: Glendyn Ivin
Against the wishes of the Bishop, Father Damian (Alan Devlin), the principal of St. Writer: Mac Gudgeon, from the novel The Last Ride by Denise Young
Jude’s Reformatory School, appoints William Franklin (Aidan Quinn) the only lay Executive Producer: Ricci Swart
teacher among a staff of Catholic Brothers. Producer: Nicholas Cole, Antonia Barnard
ONEGIN Key Cast: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell
Romantic Drama (105 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Martha Fiennes Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Australia
Writer: Michael Ignatieff, Peter Ettedgui
 
From the award-winning director Glendyn Ivin (Palme D’Or for Short Film, ‘Cracker
Executive Producer: Ralph Fiennes Bag’) comes a heartbreakingly tender coming-of-age road movie.
Producer: Ileen Maisel, Simon Bosanquet AUGUST  
Key Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Martin Donovan, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey Thriller
Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English - Format 35mm
Year of Production: 1998 Director: Austin Chick
Eugene Onegin is a jaded and disaffected young man who leaves St. Petersburg Writer: Howard A. Rodman
unexpectedly when he inherits an estate from a wealthy uncle. In the country, he is Producer: Charlie Corwin, Josh Hartnett, Elisa Pugliese, David Guy Levy, Clara
a city sophisticate out of place, with little affinity for the countryside or its people. Markowicz
Nevertheless he strikes up a warm friendship with a neighbour, Vladimir Lensky and, Key Cast: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney,
despite his natural cynicism, is charmed by Lensky’s love for his fiance Olga. He is Emmanuelle Chriqui, David Bowie
intrigued by Olga’s sister, Tatyana, a beauty who surprises him with a declaration Delivery Status: Completed  
of love. Onegin is disturbed by her directness but unable to respond and, coolly and Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
politely, rejects her love. ‘Wall Street’, ‘Boiler Room’ and ‘Shattered Glass’ come crashing into the Internet
HICK Age in this intense, edge-of-your-seat and emotional tale about one man’s fight to
Road Movie (95 minutes) keep his dreams alive during the dot-com collapse of 2001.
Language: English EXTRACT  
Director: Derick Martini Comedy  
Writer: Andrea Portes & Derick Martini Language: English
Co-Production Partners: Hick Production Company LLC Director: Mike Judge
Producer: Jonathan Cornick, Charles de Portes, Steven Siebert, Christian Taylor Writer: Mike Judge
Key Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Eddie Redmayne Executive Producer: Tom Lassally, Dave Krinsky
Delivery Status: Completed  
Producer: John Altschuler, Michael Rotenberg
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck,Clifton Collins Jr., TJ Miller,
Equal measures of David Lynch and Terrence Malick, with nods to classics GIANT Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, JK Simmons, Dave Koechner
and THE WIZARD OF OZ, Martin Scorsese protégé and award winning Director Delivery Status: Completed  
Derick Martini brings us an emotive, often funny but compelling story about 13 year Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
old Luli’s life on the road and the extraordinary experiences that will shape her life From the director of ‘Office Space’, and ‘Beavis and Butthead do America’, and

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starring the downright hilarious Jason Bateman, comes a comedy about sexual Executive Producer: Carlo Dusi
frustration, litigation, con-artistry and castration… Extract is a riotous story that Producer: Kees Kasander and Nick Laws
combines Judge’s unmistakable style with modern comedy classics ‘Forgetting Sarah Key Cast: Martin Freeman, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Emily Holmes, Nathalie
Marshall’ and ‘Knocked Up’. Press, Chris Britton, Toby Jones
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY Delivery Status: Completed
Epic Drama (126 minutes) Year of Production:
 
2007 Country of Origin: Canada, United Kingdom, Poland,
Language: English - Format 35mm Netherlands
Director: Hans Petter Moland (Aberdeen) Extravagant, suspenseful and sensuously beautiful, the mystery behind
Writer: Sabina Murray, Larry Gross Rembrandt’s extraordinary infamous painting is perfectly explored by one of the
Executive Producer: Sam Nazarian most iconic Directors of our time - Peter Greenaway.
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Terrence Malick, Tomas Backström, Petter J. Borgli FISH TANK
Key Cast: Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Temuera Morrison, Bai Ling, Damien Nguyen Drama (124 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English - Format 35mm
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: Norway Director: Andrea Arnold
The Beautiful Country is an epic, highly emotional and ultimately uplifting story of one Executive Producer: Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan and David M. Thompson
young man’s seemingly impossible search for his lost father. Producer: Kees Kasander and Nick Laws
LOVE OBJECT Key Cast: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths
Thriller (84 minutes) and Harry Treadaway
Language: English - Format Super 16 Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Robert Parigi Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: UK
Writer: Robert Parigi Fifteen year old Mia’s life is turned on its head when her Mum brings home a new
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon boyfriend. Touching on the themes of her Academy Award®-winning short Wasp,
Producer: Lawrence Levy, Kathleen Haase Fish Tank is an original and unique modern tale of our times
Key Cast: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Rip Torn, Udo Kier BLACK BOOK
Delivery Status: Completed  
Epic WW2 Thriller (145 minutes)  
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA Language: Dutch, German, English, Hebrew
Kenneth has never been lucky with women. He is attracted to his assistant, Lisa, Director: Paul Verhoeven
but is too shy and awkward to approach her. When he comes across a company that Writer: Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
manufactures lifelike, custom-designed sex dolls, a momentary impulse leads him to Producer: San Fu Maltha, Jos van der Linden, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
purchase one designed to look just like Lisa. He projects his feelings for Lisa onto the Key Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastien Koch, Halina Reyn, Thorm Hoffman
doll, with whom he starts carrying on an imaginary affair, complete with dinners and Delivery Status: Completed  
kinky sex Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: Netherlands
BALIBO Barely escaping a Nazi massacre in the fall of 1944, young and beautiful Rachel
Thriller based on a True Story (111 minutes) Steinn - Jewish, former revue star - joins the resistance. But this group is soon
Language: English - Format 35mm shattered by betrayal with Rachel falsely accused as the traitor. Once Holland is
Director: Robert Connolly liberated in May 1945, Rachel reveals the real traitor and takes her revenge. But
Writer: Robert Connolly, David Willliamson will revenge be sweet?
Executive Producer: Anthony LaPaglia BAD LIEUTENANT
Producer: John Maynard; Rebecca Williamson Crime Thriller/Action (98 mins)
Key Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Damon Gameau, Gyton Grantley, Nathan Language: English - Format 35mm
Phillips, Mark Winter, Thomas Wright Director: Abel Ferrara
Delivery Status: Completed  
Writer: Abel Ferrara, Zoe Lund
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Australia Executive Producer: Patrick Wachsberger, Ronna B. Wallace
Based on a remarkable true story, The Balibo Conspiracy is a tense piece of bravado Producer: Patrick Wachsberger, Ronna B. Wallace
film-making, an engaging thriller in the vein of Costa Gavras’s ‘Missing’ and ‘The Key Cast: Harvey Keitel, Peggy Gormley
Constant Gardener’. Delivery Status: Completed  
CLOSING THE RING Year of Production: 1992 Country of Origin: USA
Epic Romance (119 minutes) While investigating a young nun’s rape, a corrupt cop tries to change his ways and
Language: English - Format 35mm find forgiveness. He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler,
Director: Richard Attenborough a thief, a junkie, a killer — and a cop. Now he’s investigating the most shocking
Writer: Peter Woodward case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth his self-destructive past is
Co-Production Partners: Martin Katz closing in.
Producer: Jo Gilbert, Richard Attenborough BOOK OF REVELATION, THE
Key Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Stephen Amell, Controversial Erotic Thriller (120 minutes)
Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Brenda Fricker, Gregory Smith, Ian McElhinney, Language: English - Format 35mm
Martin McCann Director: Ana Kokkinos
Delivery Status: Completed  
Executive Producer: Jamie Carmichael, Graham Begg
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: UK & Canada Producer: Al Clark
Oscar winning Director Richard Attenborough helms a deeply moving love story, Key Cast: Tom Long, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels
beautifully interwoven between present day and World War 2, about how an American Delivery Status: Completed  
woman honored a wartime promise, with a lifetime of denial - and how the discovery of Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: Australia
a gold ring on a distant Irish hillside brought her back to life... The Book of Revelation is a confrontational and provocative film about love,
OPEN RANGE power and sexuality…In this erotically charged and powerfully haunting thriller,
Western/Drama (139 minutes) we follow the story of a charismatic and physically beautiful dancer, Daniel (Tom
Language: English Long - The Dish, Two Hands), at the height of his career, who’s world is turned
Director: Kevin Costner upside down when he is abducted by three hooded women - who sexually seduce,
Producer: David Valdes, Kevin Costner, Craig Storper abuse and exploit him over the course of twelve extraordinary days.
Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening BLOODY SUNDAY
Delivery Status: Completed  
Historical Drama (110 
minutes)
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
Boss, Charley, Mose, and Button freegraze cattle in the Old West. It is a lonley Director: Paul Greengrass
existence, lived outside the boundaries of civilisation, their camaraderie is it’s one Executive Producer: Pippa Cross; Arthur Lappin; Jim Sheridan; Rod Stoneman;
consolation. Each of these men has an unspoken reason for choosing such a life. The Paul Trijbits; Tristan Whalley
crew runs into trouble in Harmonville, a nowhere town run by a big rancher, Baxter, Producer: Mark Redhead
and his henchmen, one of whom is the sheriff. When Mose is brutally murdered and Key Cast: James Nesbitt; Tim Pigott-Smith; Nicholas Farrell; Gerard McSorley;
Button is left for dead, Boss and Charley know it’s time to take a stand, aware that their Kathy Kiera Clarke
principles are likely to cost them their lives. Delivery Status: Completed  
NIGHTWATCHING Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: UK
Mystery/Drama (134 minutes) On 30th January 1972, British soldiers shot dead 13 unarmed civilians taking part
Language: English - Format 35mm in an anti-internment civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. This event,
Director: Peter Greenaway Bloody Sunday, was a major turning point in the history of the modern Irish
Writer: Peter Greenaway troubles, catapulting the conflict into a civil war, driving many young men into the

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ranks of the IRA and fuelling a 25-year cycle of violence. Producer: Lex Lutzus, Nick O’Hagan
RICK Key Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Izabella Miko, James D’Arcy, Aksel Hennie,
Suspense/Black Comedy (100 minutes) Rosie Fellner, Guy Burnet, Stephen Walters, William Houston, John Dagleish
Language: English - Format HD24P Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Curtiss Clayton Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Writer: Daniel Handler Based on the true story of the formation of the 30 Commando, one of the most
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman, John Schmidt respected, secretive and exclusive special forces regiments formed during the Second
Producer: Ruth Charny, Jim Czarnecki, Sofia Sondervan World War, from which the now legendary SAS was born. An action-packed adrenalin
Key Cast: Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner shot - ‘The Dirty Dozen’ meets ‘Tigerland’ in AGE OF HEROES.
Delivery Status: Completed  
I AM SLAVE
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA Thriller inspired by  real life events (83 minutes)
Once a decent guy, Rick (Bill Pullman) now finds himself a widower faced with Language: English
an arrogant boss (Aaron Stanford) who is half his age, a distant daughter (Agnes Director: Gabriel Range
Bruckner), and a corporate job that forces him to act like the brash and sarcastic jerk Writer: Jeremy Brock
he suspects he’s becoming. Its no wonder a cocktail waitress has placed him under a Executive Producer: Gail Egan, Liza Marshall, Katherine Butler, Gabriel Range
curse. When an old business school buddy offers to end Rick’s woes with what seems Producer: Andrea Calderwood
to be a perfect plan, Rick is left to make an unconventional decision. The perfect plan is Key Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal, Igal Naor, Hiam
not what it seems and threatens to destroy the only decent thing in his life, leaving him Abbass, Nonso Anozie, Selva Rasalingam, Nasser Memarzia
alone in a hostile world. Will Rick become a victim of his own temptation? Delivery Status: Completed  
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Docbuster - Documentary (87 minutes) From the award winning team behind ‘Death of a President’ and ‘The Last King of
Language: English Scotland’, and inspired by real life events I Am Slave is a controversial thriller about
Director: Morgan Spurlock London’s shocking slave trade, and one woman’s fight for freedom…
Writer: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock DRIVING LESSONS
Co-Production Partners: Snoot Entertainment And Warrior Poets Comedy Drama (94 minutes)
Producer: Keith Calder Jeremy Chilnick Abbie Hurewtiz Morgan Spurlock Jessica Wu Language: English - Format 35mm
Key Cast: Morgan Spurlock Director: Jeremy Brock
Delivery Status: Completed  
Writer: Jeremy Brock
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: ContentFilm
Acclaimed filmmaker and master provocateur Morgan Spurlock returns to a cinema Executive Producer: Robert Jones, Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon
near you with tongue-in-cheek perfection as he examines the world of product Producer: Julia Chasman
placement, marketing, and advertising by making a film financed entirely by product Key Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney
placement, marketing, and advertising. Delivery Status: Completed  
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Comedy (100 minutes) The Graduate meets Harold And Maude in this rites of passage comedy with yet
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait another dreary school holiday coming around for the shy and downtrodden Ben
Producer: Tim Perell, Howard Gertler, Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly (Rupert Grint).
Key Cast: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Geoff Pierson, Henry KNUCKLE
Simmons Documentary (93 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Director: Ian Palmer
Starring the inimitable Robin Williams at his comedic best, World’s Greatest Dad is a Co-Production Partners: Rise Film Ltd and Seafield Films Ltd
highly original, crowd-pleasing comedy which will have you both falling off your seat Producer: Teddy Leifer
in fits of laughter and hiding behind it in uncomfortable, uncontrollable giggles. But Delivery Status: Completed  
regardless of your vantage point, Screen International describes the Film as ‘hilarious’ Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
and ‘outrageously entertaining’… and they’re absolutely right! Filmed over 12 years, Sundance favorite Knuckle is a no-holds-barred and
SHADE extraordinarily brutal glimpse into the world of Irish bare knuckle fighting.
Thriller (99 minutes) STEALING BESS
Language: English Musical Comedy (90  
mins)
Director: Damian Nieman Language: English
Producer: Chris Hammond, Ted Hartley (Mighty Joe Young), David Schnepp Director: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Key Cast: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Producer: Verna Harrah, Joel Simon
Griffith, Sylvester Stallone Key Cast: Kip Pardue, Rose McGowan, Lee Evans, Cast of “Stomp,” Chevy Chase
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2001
In L.A’s legal gambling clubs, three hustlers make a living from conning people. When It should have been an easy job for corporate spy Jack Bentley: steal the prototype
Tiffany, Vernon and Miller walk away from a fixed game with a cool $100K, they have of the Harmonia vacuum cleaner, the Holy Grail of Hoovers. Production ceased in
enough to take on The Dean, a legendary “card mechanic”. But nothing is clear cut the fifties after a tragic accident. But Jack hadn’t bargained on becoming quite so
when you’re shooting for the big con. Who exactly is hustling whom? Who holds the embroiled in the vacuum wars, which are the small town’s life and blood, nor on
winning hand? And who has been in league with The Dean all along? falling in love with one of the factory girls. A tale of rhythm, comedy and romance
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MONEY from the creators of global dance smash Stomp.
Comedy Drama (90 minutes) LOVE THE BEAST
Language: English Documentary (92 minutes)
Director: Peter Mattei Language: English
Writer: Peter Mattei Director: Eric Bana
Executive Producer: Redford Redford, Michael Kafka, Michael Nozik, John Orlando, Key Cast: Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, and Dr Phil
Charles J. Rusbasn Delivery Status: Completed  
Producer: Lisa Bellomo, Jason Kliot, Gretchen McGowan, Joana Vicente Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Australia
Key Cast: Steve Buschemi, Rosario Dawson, Vera Farmiga, Malcolm Gets, Adrian Eric Bana casts himself in his perfect role: exploring the meaning of a 25-year-long
Grenier, Jill Hennessy, Michael Imperioli relationship with his first car, “The Beast”, and ultimately the importance of the
Delivery Status: Completed  
bonds that form through a common passion. Filmed over 2 years, we follow Eric on
Year of Production: 2002 an - unexpectedly - emotional journey from inside the race car to the surreal world of
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre the red carpet as Eric considers the importance of family, friends and what it means to
including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, keep your dreams alive.
an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic. Based loosely on Arthur Schnitzler’s SHOOTING FISH
book. Romantic Comedy (109 minutes)
AGE OF HEROES  Language: English
World War II Action  
Director: Stefen Schwartz
Language: English Producer: Richard Holmes and Glynis Murray
Director: Adrian Vitoria Key Cast: Dan Flutterman, Staurt Townsend, Kate Beckinsale
Writer: Adrian Vitoria, Ed Scates Delivery Status: Completed  
Co-Production Partners: Neon Park and Giant Films Production Year of Production: 1997 Country of Origin: UK

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Dylan and Jez are two orphans who are over qualified and under employed. Tired of the At Cannes: Pascal Borno (President of Sales), Gillissen Alain (Head of Sales &
“rich get richer” syndrome, they decide to make a million pounds each in London. They Marketing)
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WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE  
- A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS KILLING SEASON
Rock n’ Roll Documentary
 
action/adventure 
Language: English Language: English
Director: Tom DiCillo Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Writer: Tom DiCillo Writer: Evan Daugherty
Producer: Peter Jankowski, John Beug, Dick Wolf, Jeff Jampol Co-Production Partners: Corsan/ Millenium
Key Cast: Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger Executive Producer: Paul Breuls
Delivery Status: Completed  
Key Cast: Robert De Niro, John Travolta
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Post Production
Synopsis by Geoffrey Gilmore - Director, Sundance Film Festival: “The Doors are Country of Origin: Belgium/US 
probably my favorite band. Maybe that’s because they emerged at such a troubled point THIRD PERSON
in American history and so captured the zeitgeist of that era, the late 1960s and early drama 
‘70s. And yet I don’t mythologize them. But Tom DiCillo’s feature documentary is Language: English
such an inspired portrait of not only the band and its iconic singer, Jim Morrison, and Director: Paul Haggis
also that time period and its contradictions, its optimism and fury, its co-optation and Writer: Paul Haggis
transformation, that it instantly carried me back to those days. Co-Production Partners: Corsan
SPLINTER Producer: Paul Breuls
Horror/Thriller Key Cast: Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde, Kim Basinger,
Language: English - Format 35mm James Franco
Director: Toby Wilkins Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Ian Shorr, Kai Barry Country of Origin: Belgium 
Producer: Ted Kroeber, Kai Barry SINGULARITY
Key Cast: Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner, Shea Whigham action/adventure 
Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Director: Roland Joffe
From director Toby Wilkins, hand-picked by ‘Evil Dead’ director Sam Raimi to helm Writer: Roland Joffe
Horror shorts to promote The Grudge 2 (‘Tales From the Grudge’, his directing talent Co-Production Partners: Corsan
speaks for itself. With Wilkins’ design and effects credits including Spiderman 3, The Producer: Paul Breuls
Lord of the Rings and Grindhouse, Splinter is about to bring to life one of cinema’s Key Cast: Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Eggerton
most gruesome creations… Delivery Status: Post Production
MESSENGER, THE Country of Origin: Belgium 
Road-Trip Drama (113 
minutes) EMPEROR
Language: English AKA: Charles V
Director: Oren Moverman action/adventure 
Writer: Alessandro Camon; Oren Moverman Language: English
Executive Producer: The Collective Director: Lee Tamahori
Producer: Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller Writer: Michael Thomas
Key Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton Jena Malone, Eamonn Co-Production Partners: Corsan
Walker Producer: Paul Breuls
Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA
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Director: Jake West At Cannes: Steven Paul (Chairman & CEO), Monica Mal (Director, Development &
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McNeil O’Connor, Nick Smithers, Jodie Shaw, Chris Adamson, Norman Lovett HIGH SPEED
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Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: UK & Ireland
  Language: English
Scalleum is a remote farming island off the north coast of Wales, only accessible at low Director: Vic Armstrong
tide via a causeway known as the “Devils Spine”. The island is also home to an ancient Producer: Steven Paul
stone circle known as the “Devils Teeth”. This provides the sinister setting for the Delivery Status: Pre-Production
terrifying Alien abduction of local farm girl Cat Williams and her Hitchhiker boyfriend A wild, illegal and popular cross-worldwide car, plane & motorcycle race is organized
Angelo Jones. with beautiful women, good guys, bad guys, jetsetters, fast and eccentric drivers who
DAISY CHAIN, THE will do anything to win! 
Supernatural Thriller (90 minutes) THE DARK PRINCE
Language: English - Format 35mm Action/Adventure 
Director: Aisling Walsh Language: English
Writer: Lauren MacKenzie Director: Pearry Teo
Producer: Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright Writer: Pearry Teo & Nicole Jones
Key Cast: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh Executive Producer: Scott Karol
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Steven Paul
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: UK & Ireland
  Key Cast: Luke Roberts, Richard Ashton, Jon Voight, Kelly Wenham, Stephan Hogan,
From the critically acclaimed director of ‘Song For A Raggy Boy’, and starring double Holly Earl, Ben Robson
Oscar-nominee Samantha Morton, THE DAISY CHAIN is a chilling supernatural Delivery Status: Screening
thriller of obsession, superstition and fear. Blending the unsettling atmosphere of ‘The Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
Wicker Man’ with the terrifying scenario of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, The Daisy Chain Young Prince Dracula falls for a beautiful crusader out to destroy him, who also bears
explores the dark side of the heart in a way that will devastate audiences everywhere… a striking resemblance to his beloved, murdered wife.
RISE OF THE TOURNAMENT
Action 
CORSAN Language: English
Corsan, Brouwersvliet 21, Antwerp, Antwerp 2000 Belgium,  Tel: +3232342518 Fax: Director: Pearry Teo
+3232262158. www.corsanworldsales.com, info@corsanworldsales.com  Writer: Pearry Teo & Nicole Jones
Sales Agent, Producer, Financier  Executive Producer: Scott Karol

34 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


Producer: Steven Paul & Prachya Pinkaew causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the
Delivery Status: Pre-Production playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions -
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  either split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple in Chicago?
Suffering from amnesia, a young man trying to discover his true identity is kidnapped SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE
by an underground crime organization and turned into a ruthless assassin. Thriller (90 minutes)
THE FOURTH REICH Language: English
Horror  Director: Jack Perez
Language: English Writer: Ryan Levin
Director: Shaun Robert Smith Producer: Michael Goldman, Ryan Levin, Michael Wormser
Writer: Shaun Robert Smith Key Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Barry Bostwick, Karen Black, Lucy Davis
Executive Producer: Scott Karol Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Steven Paul, Scott Mann, James Barker Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States 
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Ken Boyd, fresh out of the loony bin, sets out to kill those he deems responsible for
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  his miserable life.
A documentary crew follows a group of British soldiers on a secret mission into Nazi INFILTRATORS
Germany to locate and destroy the remaining members of a German regiment led by an Action/ Adventure (95 minutes)
experimental scientist, but what they discover is a Nazi experiment that has created an Language: English
army of undead soldiers. Director: Michael Stokes
Writer: Michael Stokes
Producer: Bennie Bray, Sally Helppie, Charles McKinney, Russ Pond, B. Scott
CURB ENTERTAINMENT Senechal, Marc Stephens
Curb Entertainment, 3907 West Alameda Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505 USA,  Tel: Key Cast: Jonny Cruz, Nathalie Kelley, Hallee Hirsh
1.818.843.8580 Fax: 1.818.566.1719. Delivery Status: Completed
www.curbentertainment.com  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 
Sales Agent  Jimmy Romero is an ex-thief turned adventure-loving ‘urban explorer’ who delves
At Cannes: Carole Curb (President), Conor Barrett (Marketing and Assistant Sales) into abandoned buildings, storm drains, and forgotten tunnels for fun and challenge.
Office: Riviera G2 Blackmailed by a ruthless tycoon, Jimmy finds himself leading a team into a shattered
ABEL’S FIELD office tower mere hours before it is to be imploded. Hidden somewhere in the
Family (100 Minutes) explosive-packed interior is an ancient religious relic spirited out of France World
Language: English War II and lost for the last seventy years. The tycoon wants Jimmy to recover it but
Director: Gordie Haakstad there are others hunting for the relic as well. Jimmy finds himself in a nine- story
Writer: Aron Flasher battle with a sophisticated crew of bandits… all while time counts inexorably down
Producer: Tore Knos to implosion.
Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Samuel Davis OVERNIGHT
Delivery Status: Completed Romantic Comedy (90 minutes)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  Language: English
Seth, a high school senior, works hard to support himself and his adorable twin sisters. Director: Valerie Breiman
Abel becomes his mentor. But how can Abel find the courage to face his past and Writer: Valerie Breiman
help his friend? Where will Seth find the faith and support to face his future? ABEL’S Producer: Daniel Gruskoff, Zach Norman, Michael Viner
FIELD is an inspiring, moving, coming-of-age story offering drama, comedy, heart, Key Cast: Rachel Blanchard, James D’Arcy, Gbenga Akinnagbe
and…hope. Delivery Status: Completed
DEADLINE Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States 
Thriller (95 Minutes) Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York with a love-damaged
Language: English group of passengers. These strangers buckle up for love’s bumpy ride.
Director: Curt Hahn TAKE ME HOME
Writer: Mark Ethridge Romantic comedy (90 minutes)
Executive Producer: Curt Hahn Language: English
Producer: Curt Hahn, Molly M. Mayeux Director: Sam Jaeger
Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Steve Talley, Anna Felix, Lauren Jenkins Writer: Sam Jaeger
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Sam Jaeger
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  Key Cast: Sam Jaeger, Amber Jaeger, Victor Garber
The murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama has gone unpunished, Delivery Status: Completed
unsolved and uninvestigated for almost twenty years Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States 
GETTING BACK TO ZERO Having discovered that her husband is cheating on her, Claire jumps into a New York
Thriller (95 minutes) taxi and tells the driver to just drive.
Language: English WHITE IRISH DRINKERS
Director: Roger Roth Thriller (95 minutes)
Writer: Wally Lozano, Roger Roth Language: English
Executive Producer: Roger Roth Director: John Gray
Producer: Wally Lozano, Dylan Stern Writer: John Gray
Key Cast: Nathan Anderson, William Atherton, Wayne Newton Producer: Paul F. Bernard
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States  Key Cast: Stephen Lang, Peter Riegert, Karen Allen
When Derek and Charlie’s dad died, he left them more than just his craps table. They Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States 
inherited his 3.5 million dollar gambling debt and three days to pay it back. To make Brooklyn, 1975: two brothers looking for a way out of their working-class
matters worse, their father’s loan sharks are out for blood. With the odds of staying neighborhood make a pact to rob a local theater on the night of a Rolling Stones
alive against them, and their inability to agree on anything, they decide to host a craps concert.
game thinking the odds are in their favor. Unfortunately for them they quickly learn FEW OPTIONS
that ‘the house doesn’t always win’ and that dice controllers can really control dice! As AKA: A FEW OPTIONS, ALL BAD
they grow deeper into debt they must put aside their differences, and work together in Thriller (90 minutes)
hopes of staying alive, and with a little luck, Getting Back To Zero. Language: English
ONE SMALL HITCH Director: George Pappy, Jr.
Romantic Comedy (95 minutes) Writer: George Pappy, Jr.
Language: English Producer: Jason Ninness
Director: John Burgess Key Cast: Kenny Johnson, Brad Dourif, Erin Daniels, Michael Sheen, Rainn Wilson
Writer: Dode B. Levenson Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Carol Burgess, John Burgess Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States 
Producer: John Burgess, Brett Henenberg After 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Frank just wants to start over.
Key Cast: Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar When he is told he must kill a man or be killed, he is left with Few Options.
Delivery Status: Completed RISING STARS
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States  Family (90 minutes)
On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly Language: English
innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh’s dying father happy. Director: Lawrence Kopleman
Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events

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Writer: Bernard Koppleman members and some elements of his community.
Producer: Daniel Cleaver, John Madara
Key Cast: Jacqueline Biels, Burt Klein, Barry Corbin
Delivery Status: Completed DISTRIBUTION WORKSHOP (HK) LIMITED
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States  Distribution Workshop (HK) Limited, Unit 215, 2/F, Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Ave,
Three musical acts and three filmmakers are paired up in a battle to see who can create Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong,  Tel: 852-27688678
the best original song and music video. Fax: 852-27128200. dw@distributionworkshop.com 
Sales Agent 
At Cannes: Nansun SHI (Chairman), Jeffrey CHAN (CEO), Virginia LEUNG (Head
DISTANT HORIZON of Sales), Christy CHOI (Senior Distribution Manager)
Office: Cormoran II, 3/F, Grand Residences, 45 La Croisette, Tel: +33 (0)4 93 68 53
Distant Horizon, 1519 Bainum Drive, Los Angeles, California 90290 USA,  Tel: +1 310
455 0759. www.distant-horizon.com, la@distant-horizon.com  00
Producer, Distributor, Agent, Financier  BENDS
At Cannes: Anant Singh (CEO / Producer), Sanjeev Singh (Director of Acquisitions), Drama 
Brian Cox (Producer) Language: Cantonese
Office:, Tel: 04 97 06 99 00 Director: Flora LAU
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Writer: Flora LAU
Biopic  Executive Producer: Nansun SHI
Language: English Key Cast: Carina LAU, CHEN Kun
Director: Justin Chadwick Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: William Nicholson Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Co-Production Partners: Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon, Pathe Films, BENDS tells the story of Anna (CArina LAU), an affluent housewife and FAI
Origin Pictures, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited, National (CHEN Kun), her chauffeur, and their unexpected friendship as they each negotiate
Empowerment Fund the pressure of Hong Kong life and the city’s increasingly complex relationship to
Executive Producer: Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Sudhir Pragjee, Sanjeev mainland China.
Singh, Geoffrey Qhena, Basil Ford, Philisiwe Buthelezi, Hlengiwe Makhathini  OVERHEARD 3
Producer: Anant Singh; David Thompson (for Origin Pictures) Crime Thriller
Key Cast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris,Terry Pheto, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Language: Cantonese
Mkiva, Simo Magwaza, Fana Mokoena and Thapelo Mokoena, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Director: Alan MAK, Felix CHONG
Deon Lotz, Jamie Bartlett, Atandwe Kani Key Cast: LAU Ching Wan, Louis KOO, Daniel WU
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Africa  Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
The epic motion picture spans Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life journey from his UNBEATABLE
childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically Action Drama 
elected President of South Africa. Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom is the thrilling Director: Dante LAM
story of an ordinary man who rose to the challenge of his times and triumphed - an Key Cast: Nick CHEUNG, Eddie PENG, Andy ON
intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon. Delivery Status: Post Production
KITE Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Action  FAI (Nick CHEUNG), once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from
Language: English the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters QI (Eddie PENG), a young chap who
Director: Ralph Ziman is determined to win a boxing match. FAI becomes QI’s mentor and rediscovers his
Writer: Sibongile Shiwola passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the ones he cares.
Co-Production Partners: Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon, Detalle Films, WHITE HAIRED WITCH
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited Period Action 
Producer: Anant Singh, Brian Cox, Moises Cosio, Alberto Muffelmann  Director: Jacob CHEUNG Chi-Leung
Key Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe, Deon Lotz, Carl Beukes Key Cast: FAN Bing Bing, HUANG Xiaoming, Vincent ZHAO
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa  CHRISTMAS ROSE
Kite, the live action remake of Yasuomi Umetsu’s hit Japanese anime movie, is a Suspense/Drama 
character-driven action film that charts the story of Sawa, a young woman living in Language: Cantonese / Mandarin
a failed state, post-financial collapse, where the corrupt security force profits on the Director: Charlie YOUNG
trafficking of young women. When her father, a cop, is killed, Sawa vows to track the Writer: Charlie YOUNG
murderer down with the help of her father’s ex-partner, Karl Aker. Executive Producer: TSUI Hark, Jacob CHEUNG
SLEEPER’S WAKE Key Cast: Aaron KWOK, GWEI Lun-mei, CHANG Chen
Suspense Thriller (94 minutes) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Director: Barry Berk Tim (Aaron KWOK), a prosecutor with a heart of gold, takes on a sexual harassment
Writer: Barry Berk case between a renowned doctor and his patient. With the media frenzy surrounding
Co-Production Partners: Bioskope Pictures, Liquid Crayon, Videovision Entertainment  this case, he realizes this turns out to be the toughest case in his career.
Executive Producer: Ronnie Apteker, Barry Berk, Richard Cohen, Robert Naidoo, MY LUCKY STAR
Sudhir Pragjee, Anant Singh, Sanjeev Singh Romantic Comedy 
Producer: Ken Kaplan Director: Dennie GORDON
Key Cast: Lionel Newton, Jay Anstey, Deon Lotz Key Cast: ZHANG ZiYi, Leehom WANG
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa  Sophie is back and going nowhere in love and stuck in life as a lowly travel agent, she
SLEEPER’S WAKE is a suspenseful drama which follows a recently widowed man finds escape in her own comic book creations. Winning the office contest for a prize
who takes refuge in a small coastal town to heal his grief only to get caught up in a trip to Singapore suddenly turns her life upside in the best way possible...
dangerous relationship with a beautiful young woman.  THE LAST TYCOON
MATERIAL Gangster Thriller (118 mins)
Comedy (94 minutes) Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Language: English Director: WONG Jing
Director: Craig Freimond Executive Producer: Andrew LAU
Writer: www.materialmovie.com Key Cast: CHOW Yun Fat, HUANG Xiaoming, Sammo HUNG
Executive Producer: Tendeka Matatu, Ivan Epstein, Stephen Cohen, Anant Singh Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Robbie Thorpe, Ronnie Apteker Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, PRC 
Key Cast: Riaad Moosa, Vincent Ebrahim, Joey Rasdien Inspired by a real-life story, a legendary crime boss who built his empire in pre-war
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa  Shanghai before the World War II made a mess out of everything.
A young man who works in his father’s fabric shop in Johannesburg is expected, in PAPER MOON
the family tradition, to take over the business from his father as he is the only son. Intrigue Romance 
One night, through a series of coincidences, he discovers a hidden talent for stand Language: Mandarin
up comedy. A passion is sparked within him like nothing previously in his life, but Director: Stanley LAW
following this path brings him into conflict, with not only his father but other family Key Cast: Gordon LAM, Chrissie CHAU, Tedd CHAN
Delivery Status: Completed

36 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Malaysia  showing that sex can sometimes be more neurotic than erotic.
A story about two young lovers Chen Tiansong and Gao Shiqin who could not be HOUSE OF LAST THINGS
together because of their social status. Tiansong suppressed his feelings for Shiqin Thriller (109)
over the years by making kites-denotes the feeling of missing someone. The long Language: English
hidden emotions was resurfaced when he met Gao Manhua who looks exactly like Director: Michael Bartlett
Shiqin. Never would he expect this to be a fatal excounter ...  Writer: Michael Bartlett
FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE Executive Producer: Rene Berndt
3D Martial Arts (122) Producer: Jon Manning
Language: Chinese Key Cast: RJ Mitte Lindsey Haun Blake Berris Randy Schulman Micah Nelson
Director: TSUI Hark Delivery Status: Completed  
Writer: TSUI Hark Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Nansun SHI, TSUI Hark, YU Dong A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its
Key Cast: Jet LI, ZHOU Xun, CHEN Kun effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic
Delivery Status: Screening and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China  SILENT BUT DEADLY
The first 3D martial arts film to be produced and directed by TSUI Hark. The Black Comedy (80)
hunt for an escaped concubine quickly truned into a game of cat & mouse, as the Language: English
infamous Dragon Inn was once again the centre stage for fortune, romance and Director: Stephen Scott
vengeance. Executive Producer: Mike Carriere
THE FLYING MACHINE Key Cast: Jason Mewes William Sadler Jordan Prentice
Animation (76 mins) Delivery Status: Completed  
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Martin CLAPP, Geoff LINDSEY Thomas Capper is an unconventional and mysterious serial killer who takes aim at a
Producer: Hugh WELCHMAN Hollywood film set, by unleashing his own brand of retribution on the cast and crew.
Key Cast: Heather GRAHAM, Lang Lang SEANCE: THE SUMMONING
Delivery Status: Completed Horror (85)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Poland, China  Language: English
From the Academy Award winning team behind ‘Peter and the Wolf’, this is a Director: Alex Wright
fantastic family adventure film using cutting edge live action, stop motion animation Writer: Alex Wright
and 3D. The soundtrack is composed by Frederic Chopin and performed by super- Producer: Mark Sanders
star pianist Lang Lang, who also co-stars. Key Cast: Nazneen Contractor Devon Ogden Bobby  
Campo Chris Olivero
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US
When loudmouth college punk band singer, JOEY accuses EVA - amateur medium
DOUBLE DUTCH INTERNATIONAL - of being a fraud, she bets that she can prove her ability to talk to the spirit world.
Double Dutch International,, Toronto, ON Canada,  Tel: 416.994.8373  Fax: MARCUS - a sweet, goofy, film major - decides to document the bet for his thesis
866.839.3244. www.doubledutchmedia.ca, info@doubledutchmedia.ca documentary film, while SARA - a former bad girl turned Born Again Christian - tags
Sales Agent, Distributor along as Eva’s witness. Marcus takes them to a funeral home where he works as a
At Cannes: Jason Moring (President - Films), Ron Moring (President - International) security guard. Once inside the kids set up for the séance and Eva senses a dark spirit
Office: Lerins R18 trying to break into our world. She tries to call off the séance but Joey provokes her
COLD BLOODED into continuing. Joey is taken over by a malevolent force and attacks the other kids.
Action (86) They come to the realization that Joey has been possessed by a demon. The three kids
Language: English try everything the can to save their friend and themselves, but as the body count rises,
Director: Jason Lapeyre they finally come to realize that they are powerless to defeat the demon on their own.
Writer: Jason Lapeyre WARHOUSE
Executive Producer: Nicholas Tabarrok Psychological Thriller (80)
Producer: Leah Jaunzems, Tim Merkel Language: English
Key Cast: Zoie Palmer Ryan Robbins William Macdonald Sergio Di Zio Director: Luke Massey
Delivery Status: Completed   Writer: Ben Read
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Executive Producer: Ben Read
Officer Frances Jane is requested to take the night shift at a downtown hospital and Producer: Luke Massey
guard a patient in one of the establishment’s more secluded wings. This is not any Key Cast: Joseph Morgan, Matt Ryan
ordinary patient. Cordero is a jewel thief who was part of a sizable operation earlier Delivery Status: Completed
that very day with his colleagues. Despite his best efforts, Cordero was caught and Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
 

his partner found dead beside him. Now the criminal is not only facing charges Warhouse is a gripping, brutal, psychological drama with a supernatural edge that
related to theft, but murder as well. Unfortunately for the two, Cordero’s boss has charts one man’s fight to preserve his humanity and sanity over years of terrible
arrived at the hospital with some cohorts and plans to retrieve the diamonds and imprisonment. Royal Marine A.J Budd (Joseph Morgan) awakens in a mysterious
liquidate Cordero if need be to prevent him from testifying against the gang. Frances house and is forced to fight for his life every day against grotesque, inhuman
and Cordero have to form an uneasy alliance if they are to make it out of alive. opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must
LOCKED IN A GARAGE BAND kill every day, or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing
Comedy (86) violence threaten his very soul. The only note of hope lies in the journals of a former
Language: English prisoner of the Warhouse, WWI officer Lieutenant Edward Sterling (Matt Ryan).
Director: Jennifer Westcott Discovered behind a secret wall, Sterling’s journals serve as a mentor to the young
Writer: Jennifer Westcott marine and help to keep him alive, but what dark fate befell their author? The stories
Executive Producer: Victoria Westcott of these two men from different times interweave as their desperation to escape the
Key Cast: Scott Lyster Brittney Wilson Ellie Harvie Andrew Jenkins house and the endless killing leads them both into taking terrible measures.
 

Delivery Status: Completed   DORFMAN


Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Romantic Comedy (90)
The feuding members of a high school garage band get locked in their garage Language: English
for a day. With loyalties divided and betrayals revealed, six teens on the brink of Director: Brad Leong
adulthood re-examine what they thought living the rock ‘n roll dream was all about. Writer: Wendy Kout
CONCEPTION Executive Producer: Leonard Hill
Comedy (87) Key Cast: Sara Rue Elliot Gould Johann Urb Haaz Sleiman Sophie Monk Catherine
Language: English Hicks Scott Wilson
Director: Josh Stolberg Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Josh Stolberg Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
 

Producer: Stephanie Sherring In the vein of movies such as BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY, MY BIG FAT GREEK
Key Cast: Julie Bowen Connie Britton Sarah Hyland Alan Tudyk Jonathan WEDDING, MURIEL’S WEDDING and MOONSTRUCK, DORFMAN is an antic,
Silverman Moon Bloodgood Greg Smith romantic comedy about twenty-seven year old Deb Dorfman, a lovable doormat,
Delivery Status: Completed   who is uprooted from the beige comfort of the suburban San Fernando Valley and
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA caught up in the kaleidoscopic whirlwind of a newly revitalized downtown L.A. In
Conception is a clever, romantic comedy that proves it takes more than sex to make the course of one week, while hoping to win the heart of her unrequited love interest,
a baby.From a couple fighting the odds of fertility to young teenagers losing their Deb changes in ways she never thought possible. In discovering the renaissance
virginity, the film follows nine very different couples on the night they conceive,

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downtown, Deb ignites a renaissance of her own and profoundly transforms both A Tale of Souls, beyond good and evil.
herself and those around her. BANG BANG
GENERAL EDUCATION Crime (101)
Comedy (85) Language: English, Vietnamese
Language: English Director: Byron Q
Director: Tom Morris Key Cast: Thai Ngo, David Huynh, Jessika Van, Walter Wong
Writer: Elliot Feld, Jaz Kalkat, Tom Morris Delivery Status: Completed  
Executive Producer: Elliot Feld, Jaz Kalkat, Tom Morris Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Chris Sheffield, Maiara Walsh,  Elaine Hendrix, Bobby Campo, Mercedes Justin (Thai Ngo) is a troubled teenage gang member who runs away from home after
Masohn, Janeane Garofalo, Larry Miller a fight with his mother. Despite a real desire to pursue a career in music, gang life has
Delivery Status: Completed  
trapped Justin in a world he cannot escape. Conversely, his best friend Charlie (David
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Huynh), despite his wealthy upbringing, has become completely infatuated with the
Levi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to gangster lifestyle and seeks a way in. When the murder of a fellow gang member
tell his parents one thing - he didn’t graduate. As a result, he must take summer school ignites a violent street war, both Justin and Charlie become embroiled in a conflict
before his mom and dad discover he’s failed senior science. At school, Levi falls in love that will change both of their lives forever. In this astonishing feature film debut,
with his classmate, Katie, and learns that he has to make the choice between playing director Byron Q has crafted a tale that deftly balances gritty realism with stylized
tennis and receiving a proper education. GENERAL EDUCATION is a quirky comedy visuals in a manner that transcends the “gangsta movie” genre. Featuring outstanding
about a family learning to grow together. performances from hip hop artist Thai Ngo in the lead role, David Huynh (Baby),
UNION SQUARE Jessika Van (Foreign Exchange)  
as Justin’s love interest and Walter Wong (Street
Drama (81 mins) Kings, TV’s Sons of Anarchy)
Language: English
Director: Nancy Savoca
Executive Producer: Rich Guay EALING METRO INTERNATIONAL
Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli Ealing Metro International, Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, London, W5 5EP UK, Tel:
Delivery Status: Completed +44 208 584 6708 Fax: +44 208 758 8658.
 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA www.ealingmetro.com, sales@ealingmetro.com
A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other Sales Agent
is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they’re hiding from At Cannes: Will Machin (Head of International Sales and Distribution), Natalie
each other - and from themselves. Lucy and Jenny’s combustible reunion brings both Brenner (EVP, International Sales), Sam Parker (Sales and Acquisitions Manager),
of them to unforeseen places, shattering and reconstructing the worlds they have both Asif Ali (Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator), Jemma Sands (Festival and Marketing
carefully constructed. Director), Linda Deacy (Head of International Servicing)
LUCKY Office: Apt. C21 Relais de la Reine 42/43 la Croisette
Drama (100) LAST MAN OUT
Language: Zulu, Hindi, English Revenge Thriller
Director: Avie Luthra Language: English
Writer: Avie Luthre Director: Terry Loane
Co-Production Partners: How Town Films - Out of Africa Writer: Craig Ferguson
Executive Producer: Christopher Wilmot Producer: Steve Clark-Hall, Beau St. Clair
Producer: Lance Samuels Key Cast: Pierce Brosnan
Key Cast: Jayashree Basavaraj, Shile Dlamini Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa A former IRA hit-man is released from Prison after serving 20 years for murder. Once
LUCKY is a South African feature length film about a ten-year-old orphan who leaves out, he is haunted by the ghosts of his past victims who won’t leave him in peace until
his Zulu village, following the death of his mother, to make his own life in the city... he takes revenge on their behalf.
only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman with a inherent BAILOUT
fear of Africans. Together, unable to speak each other’s language, they develop Comedy
an unlikely bond. Through an odyssey marked by greed, violence, and ultimately, Language: English
belonging, LUCKY shows how a child’s spirit can bring out  decency, humility and even Writer: Jess Walter
love in adults struggling to survive in the new South Africa. Producer: Michael Besman, Melissa Parmenter, Jack Black
NOTORIOUS GUYS Key Cast: Jack Black
AKA: Les Fameux Gars Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Comedy (85) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Language: French One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt,
Director: Ady El Assal convinced his wife is having an affair and six day away from losing his home. Bailout
Key Cast: Godié, Nytt, Last ‘Ar, Taipan, Caty Baccega is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make
Delivery Status: Post Production our way back.
 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Luxembourg DESTROYER
The Notorious Guys follows Steven, a slow minded daydreamer and his band of Action drama
misfit friends, Guy, Armand and Henri. While attending a special education school Language: English
in Luxembourg, Steven and his friends are surprised to find out that they have been Director: Tom Shankland
selected to go to Portugal on a student exchange program. Being half-Portuguese, Writer: Tom Shankland
Steven is elated at the chance to see his homeland and he constructs a plan for him Producer: Robin Gutch (Warp Film) Angus Lamont (Crab Apple Films)
and his friends to enjoy Portugal their own way, with a suitcase full of counterfeit Key Cast: Paul Bettany Matthew Goode Luke Evans
money. When a spy passes himself off as a tour guide to convince Steven to give him Delivery Status: Pre-Production
the suitcase and is arrested by Police for illegal counterfeiting, Steven and his friends Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
become Police enemy number one. With their faces all over local news, they must Set on a Battleship, this is the riveting, action packed and inspirational true story of a
figure a way home and avoid being arrested by  Police. Notorious Guys is a comedic trip Naval Captain and the extraordinary courage of his crew.
filled with sex, money and....uh... air balloons! NINA
VIERNES DE ANIMAS Biopic
Thriller (90 mins) Language: English
Language: Spanish  
Director: Cynthia Mort
Director: Perez Gamez Raul Writer: Cynthia Mort
Producer: Isi Sarfati Producer: JIMMY IOVINE, PAUL ROSENBERG, STUART PARR, BARNABY
 
Key Cast: Iran Castillo, Magda Guzman THOMPSON
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Zoe Saldana David Oyelowo
 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Mexico Delivery Status: Post Production
Andy and Hugo are childhood friends, however, Ande has a secret that is manifested by Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
an incident at a bar an unprecedented event. Hugo realizes what happened and asks his A rare and poignant love story about tormented genius Nina Simone who eventually
friend. Andy hides a gift, which lets you see the other side of life to which embodied finds love and peace
souls, your gift or curse (as he calls it) gives the story the nuance necessary to trigger BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
a series of events that shake our character. At each corner, at every moment the plot of Comedy
this film, we descend into the depths of darkness and we also rise to the top of the sky. Language: English

38 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


Director: David Posamentier, Geoff Moore In the coming-of-age drama, Angie, a young Brazilian artist on the run from her
Writer: David Posamentier, Geoff Moore past, finds an unexpected connection with an aging drifter, a handsome cop and his
Producer: Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter, Keith Calder sympathetic sister. As she learns to care for her new friends, Angie finds herself torn
Key Cast: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda Ray Liotta between the freedom of her nomadic life and the joy of becoming part of a community
Delivery Status: Screening that truly cares about her.
Year of Production: 2012 THE APARTMENT: STYLE EDITION
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an Reality (10 x 60)
affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive Language: English
consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Producer: Imagine Group
HALF A YELLOW SUN Key Cast: Jamie Durie, Laurence Llewelyn Bowen
Drama Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Singapore
Director: Biyi Bandele Eight couples will put their hopes and dreams on the line in an epic battle to win
Writer: Biyi Bandele their very own Apartment in this high stakes reality show! Be warned, this is not
Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan your average interior design show - its an all out style battle that will drive our eight
Key Cast: Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor couples to the extremes of their creativity, ability and sanity, to secure the winning
Delivery Status: Screening spot and become the proud owner of a Luxury condo. The Apartment will change
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK their lives forever!
Based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun is THE CHALLENGER MUAY THAI
an epic love story weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence Reality (12 x 60 and a 2 hour finale)
of war. Language: English
LONDON - THE MODERN BABYLON Producer: Imagine Group
AKA: BABYLONDON Key Cast: Stephen Fox, Sonia Couling 

Documentary (92) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Singapore
Director: Julien Temple In this international hit series, 16 of the best Muay Thai fighters from around the
Writer: Julien Temple globe gather together to put their hearts, souls and deadly weapons on the line in an
Producer: Julien Temple, Rosa Bosch epic battle to crown the world wide Muay Thai Champion. World Muay Thai council
Delivery Status: Completed mentor Stephan Fox and his pro team, train and assess the fighters to create the fierce
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK match ups that over 12 weeks and 14 nail biting fights, will bring us to the long
The story of London and the people who transformed it into a global metropolis, awaited Challenger Muay Thai Grand finale.
narrated through a century of music and film archive treasures. ALLIGATOR ALLEY
Sci-Fi, Action (90 min.)
Language: English
EASTWEST FILMDISTRIBUTION Director: Griff Furst
EastWest Filmdistribution, Schottenfeldgasse 14, Wien,
 
1070 Austria. www.eastwest- Producer: Kenneth Badish, Daniel Lewis
distribution.com,
 
office@eastwest-distribution.com Key Cast: Victor Webster, Jordan Hinson
Sales Agent Delivery Status: Post Production
At Cannes: Yannick Rudynski (Sales Executive) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform When two rival families from the Louisiana Bayou discover a new species of highly
THE MAGIC OF HOPE dangerous and aggressive alligators, they must put aside their differences in order to
AKA: El Vuelo Del Tren defeat the reptiles.
Drama (90) CHUPACABRA
Language: Spanish AKA: Trail of Terror, Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
Director: Paco Torres Sci-Fi (90 min.)
Delivery Status: Completed   Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain Director: Terry Ingram
A mother’s love can heal anything Writer: Peter Sullivan
HAROLD’S GOING STIFF Producer: ARO Entertainment
Horror, Comedy (90) Key Cast: Erik Estrada, Julia Benson, Jorgito Vargas Jr., Vanesa Tomasino Rodriguez,
Language: English Zak Santiago, Nicole Munoz
Director: Keith Wright Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Richard Guy Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed   When a pack of Chupacabras run loose and threaten to overtake the city, man and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK beast must fight to the death.
The nicest Zombie you’ll ever meet GHOST SHARK
GYPSY SPIRIT Sci-Fi (90 min.)
Documentary - Music (90) Language: English
Language: German, English Director: Griff Furst
Director: Klaus Hundsbichler Writer: Paul A. Birkett, Griff Furst
Delivery Status: Completed   Producer: Kenneth Badish, Daniel Lewis
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Austria Key Cast: Mackenzie Rosman, Richard Moll, Dave Davis, Sloane Coe
A journey to the roots of gypsy music in India Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
ECHO BRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT A young woman must stop the ghost of a vengeful shark to save her friends and
Echo Bridge Entertainment, 75 Second Ave., Suite 500, Needham, MA 02494 USA, Tel: family from the unstoppable killing machine.
781.444.6767 Fax: 781.444.6472. TASMANIAN DEVILS
www.echobridgeentertainment.com, info@ebellc.com Sci-Fi, Thriller (90 min.)
Sales Agent, Distributor Language: English
At Cannes: Emilia Nuccio (President, International Distribution), Melissa Caron Director: Zach Lipovsky
(VP International Sales, Europe), Susan Hewitt (Director, International Sales), Gilda Writer: Brook Durham
Demirtas (Director, International Sales), John Neill (Asia Pacific Sales) Producer: Lindsay Moffat, Vesuvius Productions
Office:, Tel: +49 176 102 75 461 Key Cast: Danika McKellar, Kenneth Mitchell, Mike Dopud
OPEN ROAD Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (86 min.) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English A group of BASE jumpers awaken a pack of supernatural Tasmanian Devils and must
Director: Marcio Garcia fight for survival in the ultimate battle of man versus beast.
Writer: Julia Camara JEFF
Producer: Marcio Garcia, Julia Camara, Joe Lorenzo, Uri Singer, Tal Vigderson AKA: The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
Key Cast: Camilla Belle, Andy Garcia, Juliette Lewis, Colin Egglesfield Documentary (60 min. and 80 min. versions available)
Delivery Status: Screening Language: English
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Director: Chris James Thompson

CANNES 2013 T h e B u s i n e s s O f F i l m 39
Writer: Chris James Thompson, Andrew Swant, Joe Riepenhoff Co-Production Partners: Buck Productions
Producer: Chris James Thompson, Chris Smith, Barry Poltermann, Jack Turner Producer: Sean Buckley, Jim Kiriakakas
Key Cast: Andrew Swant Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006-2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA In season 6, Rich Bride Poor Bride explores the human drama of what it takes to pull
The documentary explores the impact Jeffrey Dahmer had on his community by off the “perfect” wedding.
meeting those closest to him during and after his hidden spree.
BRUTAL BEAUTY: TALES OF THE ROSE CITY ROLLERS
Documentary (60 min. and 80 min. versions available) EDKO FILMS LTD.
Language: English EDKO Films Ltd., 1212, Tower II, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road,, Hong Kong, 
Director: Chip Mabry Tel: +852 2529 3898 Fax: +852 2529 5339.
Producer: Chip Mabry, Brett Johnson, Kim Stegeman info@edkofilm.com.hk 
Delivery Status: Completed Sales Agent 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA At Cannes: Julian Chiu (Senior Manager, International Sales & Distribution), Bella
Brutal Beauty tells the story of the Rose City Rollers and their high-contact, and Liu (Assistant Manager, International Sales & Distribution)
sometimes dangerous, sport. Office: RIVIERA C14-03, Tel: +852 97398628
I’M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL WOLF TOTEM
Documentary (90 min.) Adventure 
Language: English Director: Jean-Jacques ANNAUD (Seven Years in Tibet, Enemy at the Gates, The
Director: Jonathan Demme Lover)
Producer: Jonathan Demme, Stephen Apkon, Lindsay Jaeger, Daniel Wolff Key Cast: FENG Shaofeng (Painted Skin: The Resurrection, White Vengeance); DOU
Delivery Status: Completed Xiao (Dangerous Liaisons, Under the Hawthorn Tree)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA MARKET DEBUT: During Cultural Revolution, a student is sent to Inner Mongolia
The portrait of an extraordinary woman as she returns home to New Orleans after the for re-education, where he develops a deep respect for nature and is obsessed with the
devastation of Hurricane Katrina. most feared creature of the steppes – the wolf. But the growing relationship between
PARANORMAL INITIATION man and animal – as well as the tribe’s ancient way of life – is threatened when a
Sci-Fi (87 min.) ruthless government officer decides to eliminate all wolves from the region at all cost.
Language: English FINDING MR. RIGHT
Director: Darin Scott AKA: Bei Jing Yu Shang Xi Ya Tu
Writer: Anthony C. Ferrante Romantic Comedy 
Producer: Kenneth Badish, Griff Furst Language: Mandarin
Key Cast: Alessandra Torresani, Morgan Fairchild Director: XUE Xiaolu (Ocean Heaven) 
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: XUE Xiaolu
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Bill KONG, Mathew TANG
Three sorority sisters uncover the paranormal past of their house and must find a way to Key Cast: TANG Wei (Lust Caution, Wu Xia, Late Autumn) 
escape before it’s too late. Delivery Status: Completed
GHOSTQUAKE Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: China 
Sci-Fi (87 min.) A spoiled city girl travels from Beijing to Seattle to give birth to her rich, married
Language: English boyfriend’s son, only happens to fall for her driver, who’s the opposite of everything
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando she wanted in a man.
Writer: Anthony C. Ferrante, Paul A. Birkett A COMPLICATED STORY
Producer: Kenneth Badish, Griff Furst Drama (108 minutes)
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, M.C. Gainey, Charisma Carpenter, Jonathan Baron Language: Cantonese
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Kiwi CHOW
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Writer: SHU Kei, Kiwi CHOW
When an earthquake opens a time capsule, the spirits of five vengeful ghosts are Executive Producer: Johnnie TO, Bill KONG
unleashed upon a school and the students trapped inside. Producer: SHU Kei, DING Yuin-shan
L.A. COMPLEX, THE Key Cast: Jacky CHEUNG (Bullet in the Head, Perhaps Love); ZHU Zhiying (Lust,
Drama Series (19 x 60) Caution) 
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Jewel Staite, Cassie Steele, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Joe Dinicol Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Delivery Status: Completed College student Liu receives a sizable sum to become a surrogate mother of a rich
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada couple, but when the wife cancels the deal 2 months into pregnancy, Liu wants to
The L.A. Complex is a sexy new drama that follows a group of aspiring performers keep the baby and goes into hiding. To complicate things, she is pursued by the
newly arrived in Los Angeles to pursue their dreams of stardom. husband, her ex-boyfriend and the lawyer who arranged the deal.
DEGRASSI: SEASON 13 FIRESTORM
Drama Series (40 x 30 new, 358 x 30 total) Action 
Language: English Language: Cantonese
Director: Chris Deacon, Graeme Campbell, Paul Fox Director: Director Alan YUEN (scriptwriter of Shaolin, Connected, Rob-B-Hood)
Writer: Yan Moore, Linda Schuyler Writer: Alan YUEN
Co-Production Partners: Epitome Pictures Producer: Bill KONG, Andy LAU
Executive Producer: Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn Key Cast: Andy LAU (Infernal Affairs, Detective Dee); LAM Ka Tung (Election, Ip
Key Cast: Annie Clark, Alicia Josipovic, Munro Chambers, Aislinn Paul, Jordan Man); HU Jun (Red Cliff, Bodyguards & Assassins)
Todosey Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: In Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Year of Production: 2001-2013 Country of Origin: Canada A hardboiled police inspector, hot on the trails of a notorious criminal crew,
In season 13 of the Emmy nominated teen series new friendships are formed, old determines to put an end to this madness, even if it means crossing his moral line.
relationships are tested and rivalries among students reaches new levels. Promo reel available.
AT THE END OF MY LEASH: SEASON 6 TALES FROM THE DARK
AKA: In the Dog House Horror 
Lifestyle (13 x 60 new, 78 x 60 total) Language: Cantonese
Language: English Director: Gordon CHAN (Painted Skin, Beast Cops), Fruit CHAN (Made in HK,
Key Cast: Brad Pattison (Host) Dumplings), Simon YAM (in his Directorial debut), LEE Chi Ngai (Dance Subaru),
Delivery Status: Completed Teddy ROBIN (All the Wrong Spies), Lawrence LAU (Besieged City) 
Year of Production: 2005-2010 Country of Origin: Canada Producer: Bill KONG, Mathew TANG
In season 6, dog advocate Brad Pattison uses his unique tough-love training skills to fix Key Cast: Kelly CHEN (Infernal Affairs, Breaking News), Tony LEUNG Ka Fai
both bad pet behavior and bad owner behavior. (Cold War, Bodyguards & Assassins), Simon YAM (The Thieves, Nightfall, Ip Man
RICH BRIDE, POOR BRIDE: SEASON 6 I & II) 
Reality TV (26 x 60 plus 65 x 60) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Director: Sean Buckley 6 remarkable filmmakers, each with different craftsmanship and style, deliver 6 horror
Writer: Mark Peacock stories that will crush your sanity.
COLD WAR

40 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


AKA: Han Zhan What happens when a generation’s ultimate anti-authoritarians -- punk rockers--
Action (102 minutes) become society’s ultimate authorities -- dad’s? With a large chorus of Punk Rock’s
Language: Cantonese leading men - Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Rise Against’s
Director: Longman LEUNG, Sunny LUK  Tim McIlrath- The Other F Word follows, Jim Lindberg, 20-year veteran of skate
Writer: Longman LEUNG, Sunny LUK punk band,Pennywise, on his hysterical and moving journey from belting his band’s
Producer: Bill KONG, Mathew TANG, Ivy HO anthem, ‘Fuck Authority’, to embracing his ultimately pivotal authoritarian role in
Key Cast: Aaron KWOK (The Storm Warriors, Murderer), Tony LEUNG Ka Fai mid-life, fatherhood.
(Bodyguards & Assassins, Election), Charlie YOUNG (Ashes of Time, Seven Swords) THE SWELL SEASON
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary Feature (90 minutes)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Language: English
A fully-loaded police van along with 5 police officers are hijacked. While two rival Director: Nick August-Perna, Chris Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis
police commissioners try to outwit each other to head the rescue mission, little do they Producer: Carlo Mirabella-Davis
know they’ve become unwitting pawns in a bigger, more dangerous scheme. Key Cast: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
FIRST TIME Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Di Yi Ci Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Romance / Drama (103 minutes) The Swell Season chronicles Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova as their on-screen
Language: Mandarin romance that was portrayed in the Oscar-winning film ONCE, blossoms into reality
Director: HAN Yan and threatens to fracture during their world tour.
Writer: HAN Yan WASTED YOUTH
Producer: Bill KONG, Ivy HO Drama
Key Cast: ANGELABABY, Mark CHAO Language: Greek
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China  Writer: Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel
When her high school crush suddenly resurfaces in her life, terminally ill college Co-Production Partners: Oxymoron Films, Stefi Films
student Shi experiences the sweetness of romance that can only come with first love.  Executive Producer: Konstantinos Kontovrakis
NIGHTFALL Producer: Giorgos Karnavas, Argyris Papadimitropoulos
AKA: Da Zhui Bu Key Cast: Harris Markou, Ieronimos Kaletsanos, Artour Kiviliov
Thriller (107 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Cantonese Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Greece
Director: CHOW Hin Yeung Wasted Youth is set during a hot summer day in Athens. A sixteen-year-old skater
Writer: Christine TO and his friends are amusing themselves in the big city. A middle-aged man struggles
Producer: Bill KONG, Ivy HO to take care of his family, though work that he hates and mounting stress. Their lives
Key Cast: Nick CHEUNG, Simon YAM, Janice MAN, Kay TSE intersect in this contemporary portrait of the city of Athens. A society in crisis.
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
The brutal murder of a celebrity musician triggers a hardheaded detective to pursue a ELIXIR ENTERTAINMENT
killer from the past, only to discover that in revenge, there’s a thin line between Elixir Entertainment, One Raffles Quay, Level 25, North Tower, Singapore, 048583
love and hate. Singapore, Tel: 65 6622 5752 Fax: 65 6622 5999.
LOVE IS NOT BLIND www.elixir-ent.com, kevin@elixir-ent.com
AKA: Shi Lian 33 Tian Sales Agent
Romantic Comedy (110 minutes) At Cannes: Kevin Williams (Sales Agent)
Language: Mandarin Office: Riviera C1 - Cannes 2013, Tel: 34667540547
Director: TENG Huatao CHARLIE NOADES RIP
Writer: BAO Jingjing Comedy
Key Cast: WEN Zhang, BAI Baihe Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Jim Doyle
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China  Delivery Status: Completed
Cheated and dumped by her boyfriend of 7 years, Xiaoxian doesn’t think she can Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United Kingdom
go on with her life until her sassy co-worker helps her get back on track and realize Infused with dry northern wit and warm humour.This is much more than just a
how little she knows about love. comedy of a rag and bone family down on their luck. Its also a sherlock holmes-
esque intrigue where solving a generations old riddle leads to hidden riches. But will
our anti-heroes save themselves and the missing fortune or will the bad guy beat them
ELEPHANT EYE FILMS to it? LONDON FF
Elephant Eye Films, 89 5th Ave. Suite 306, New York, NY 10003 USA, Tel: 212-488- DUSK
8877 Fax: 212-488-8878. www.elephanteyefilms.com, info@elephanteyefilms.com Horror/Erotic
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Language: Japanese
At Cannes: Demetri Makoulis (Head of Sales and Distribution), Kim Jose (Partner), Delivery Status: Completed
Cecile Ragot (Acquisition/Sales Executive), David Robinson (Partner) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Japan
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform Roving TV director takes his crew deep into the forest looking for material for a TV
BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW show on paranormal activity. They visit a haunted ruin notable for sightings of ghosts.
Sci-Fi (110 min.) While shooting the director finds himself alone in the ruin where he experiences
Language: English psychic phenomena and gets stuck in traps lying in the debris. Is someone playing a
Director: Panos Cosmatos joke on him or is it all happening for real? Either way he suspects he is in trouble as in
Writer: Panos Cosmatos his life he has made several enemies!
Producer: Oliver Linlsey, Christya Nordstokke THE PERFECT HOUSE
Key Cast: Eva Allan, Marilyn Norry, Michael Rogers, Rondel Reynoldson, Scott Horror
Hylands Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Affandi Abdul Rachman
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Producer: Vera Lasut
Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself held against her will in a mysterious facility Delivery Status: Completed
under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr. Barry Nyle. Pushed to her limits, Elena is left Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Indonesia
with no choice but to navigate an escape from her labyrinthine prison, in the process Inspired by Nicole Kidman’s ‘The Others’ except there are no ghosts in this house!
revealing its hidden secrets. Everything is real! Upping the chills to pulsating!! Everything seems ‘normal’
THE OTHER F WORD in this just another ‘freaky’ household – except the boys previous personal tutor
Documentary has disappeared! – The new young woman teacher is suitably innocent and cutely
Language: English oblivious to anything unusual. Undestated quietly effective directing, makes the
Director: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins surprises even more ‘in your face’– when the denouement comes its still a big shock!
Writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins MACABRE
Executive Producer: Morgan Spurlock, Jeremy Chilnik AKA: Darah
Producer: Cristan Reilly Horror
Key Cast: Tony Adolescent, Art Alexakis, Rob Chaos Director: The MO Brothers
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Indonesia-Singapore

CANNES 2013 T h e B u s i n e s s O f F i l m 41
‘To die for’ production values cannot distract from the sheer breathless gore of Delivery Status: Post Production
this slash fest extravaganza! The matriarch of a back-woods residence, to which Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
unsuspecting ‘do-gooders’ have wandered, offers them a perverse welcome as she The bond of brotherhood is always stronger when you can be pitched into a life and
proceeds to rule with an iron rod of a (meat) cleaver! Her wrath can only be overcome death situation at any time and the only thing that gets you through the inferno is the
- ‘Alien’ style - by a canny female rival. The outcome is an unusual one and a half trust that your brother will have your back. The firefighters of Hong Kong¡¦s Pillar
survivors! Point division who are expecting a quiet night to see off their retiring chief find their
VAMPIRE WARRIORS faith in each other stretched to the limits when a small fire at a liquor warehouse
Action threatens to plunge the whole of Hong Kong into darkness if it spreads to a nearby
Language: Cantonese power plant supplying natural gas. Politics, rivalry, and suspicion all come into play
Director: Dennis SY Law when dubious decisions are made, warnings are ignored and colleagues start to fall.
Key Cast: Pinky Cheung, Luxia Jiang Can the Pillar Point brotherhood survive the night, if not the fire, with their trust in
Delivery Status: Screening each other intact?
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Hong Kong THAT DEMON WITHIN
‘Vampire Warriors’ creates an all new vampire world; a romantic love story of young Thriller
vampires with the all-time-favorite Chinese vampire martial-art action sequences. With Language: Cantonese
young Chinese Martial Arts Champion Lu-Xia JIANG as the vampire hunter at war Director: Dante Lam
with the veteran Kung Fu Master Wah YUEN as the evil vampire lord, a non-stop Kung Key Cast: Nick Cheung, Daniel Wu
Fu action adventure filled with love and hatred begins. Delivery Status: Post Production
ACT OF GRACE Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Thriller By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the
Language: English leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is
Director: Noreen Kershaw determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang
Key Cast: Leo Gregory, Jody Latham had betrayed, to engineer a plan to wreak havoc within the gang and let the gangsters
Delivery Status: Screening kill one another. But it becomes increasingly obvious to Dan and to his colleagues
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United Kingdom that Dan is suffering from a severe mental disorder, and Dan finds that instead of
Dezzie befriends and protects new boy Yasin at school who suffers from perpetual upholding the law as a righteous police officer, he has now become a fugitive wanted
racist taunts. Then Yasin’s Godfather takes him back to Hong Kong. Ten years pass for murder. Dan changes his plan and executes one final move that is certain to wipe
until Yasin returns to Manchester to run the family firm and Dezzie becomes his out all traces of the gang and restore his reputation as a good police officer.
lieutenant. Dezzie is the only white man to do so this side of the Atlantic. He becomes THE MIDAS TOUCH
a Triad member and runs the family business in Manchester, Liverpool and the rest of Comedy
the UK. Language: Cantonese
DO ELEPHANTS PRAY? Director: Fung Chih-chiang
Drama Key Cast: Chapman To, Charlene Choi
Language: English Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: Paul Hills Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Key Cast: Jonnie Hurn, Julie Dray Successful debt collector Chiu takes pity on a group of wannabe pop starlets when
Delivery Status: Screening he goes to collect from the agency they are signed with. Naively thinking that he
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United Kingdom can do a better job in launching their careers, Chiu takes over the company in lieu
Frustrated by the soulless routine world he is tied to and troubled by the need to find of the debt but starts to realize that he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
meaning in everything, the life of advertising executive Calllum Cutter is thrown into Hoping that things might change with a more strategic approach, he hires experienced
poetic chaos when he meets the free-spirited French seductress Malika, who promises talent manager Suen but with money running low and the company on the brink of
to change his life forever... providing he keeps her identity a secret. bankruptcy, a dejected Chiu is soon ready to admit that his Midas touch has run out
24 HOURS OF ANGER until a Korean showbiz entity expresses interest in the girls. Now Chiu has to decide
Drama whether he is willing to say goodbye to his investment and, more importantly, to a
Language: Tamil dream he has come so close to achieving.
Director: T.T. Dhavamann THE BULLET VANISHES
Key Cast: Vishnu Andhakrishnan, Prakash Arasu Suspense (103)
Delivery Status: Screening Language: Cantonese
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Singapore Director: Lo Chi-leung
The first Tamil movie ever produced outside India or Sri Lanka. This thriller is set in Writer: Lo Chi-leung, Yeung Sin-ling
a working class Singaporean Tamil family. With gangsters at his doorstep and drug Producer: Derek Yee, Mandy Law
addicts for parents, 17-year old Prakash struggles to hold his family together and Key Cast: Nicholas Tse, Lau Ching-wan, Yang Mi
protect his mentally-challenged brother from dangers in and outside the family. When Delivery Status: Completed
his family is implicated in a crime gone sour, Prakash’s resolve and courage are put to Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
the ultimate test. In an arsenal during the warlord era in China, a girl, accused of stealing bullets, is
shot to death by the Boss. Six months later, a series of murders occur. Policemen
Bao and Guo investigate the case. But all the clues point to the dead girl! They then
EMPEROR MOTION PICTURES discover that ¡§stealing bullets¡¨ is a cover-up for a conspiracy between the Boss and
Emperor Motion Pictures, 28/F, Emperor Group Centre, 288 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, the Police Chief. The latter tries to have Bao and Guo killed, but that increases their
040 Hong Kong, Tel: +852 2835 6688 Fax: +852 2893 4309. www.emp.hk, enquiry. determination to solve the mystery. Finally, they find the real murderer¡K
emp@emperorgroup.com DIVA
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Drama (102mins)
At Cannes: Albert Lee (CEO), May Yip (General Manager, Sales & Distribution), Language: Cantonese
Catherine Chau (Manager, Sales & Distribution) Director: Heiward Mak
Office: Relais de la Reine, Apartment C-41, 4th floor, Block C, 42/43 La Croisette, Tel: Writer: Heiward Mak
+ 33 04 93 06 70 07 Fax: + 33 04 93 06 70 27 Producer: Chapman To, Albert Lee, Zhao Jun
IP MAN - THE FINAL FIGHT Key Cast: Joey Yung, Chapman To, Hu Ge, Mag Lam,Carlos Chan
Martial Arts (100) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Chinese Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Director: Herman Yau When an accident temporarily robs her of her voice, Diva J flees to a small deserted
Producer: Sin Kwok-lam village to heal both her mental and physical wounds. Her life changes when she meets
Key Cast: Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang,Gillian Chung, Marvel Chow, Anita Yuen and falls in love with the blind Hu Ming, who inspires her to make a comeback.
Delivery Status: Screening But, in her absence, a new diva has risen. R has become an overnight sensation that
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China everyone sees as the main contender for J¡¦s crown. Yet, their successes have come
In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called at a high price. J is secretly pining for a forbidden love that seems destined to wither,
into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles and R has found that the road to stardom is littered with estranged friends and painful
soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend break-ups. But in the midst of this, both divas rise to find their own voice.
life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time¡K TRIAD
AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT Action Drama (90 mins)
Action Drama Language: Cantonese
Language: Cantonese Director: Daniel Chan
Director: Derek Kwok Producer: Ng Kin-hung
Key Cast: Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam,Hu Jun, William Chan

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Key Cast: Patrick Tam, William Chan, Michelle Wai, Derek Tsang, Edward Chui Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Bijou Phillips, Danny Masterson
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China Country of Origin: USA
College-educated Harvard decides to become a gangster. He is promoted through the Centers on the rise and fall of four blue-collar men who team with a destitute
ranks, then heads his own team. As Hong Kong prepares for its 1997 handover, Harvard prostitute to create a high-priced escort service.
works with the police to ensure survival of his gang. His former boss BJ helps him out HANDSOME HARRY
and they swear friendship. Harvard is able to move along with the times, cashing in on Crime/Thriller (90Min)
trends just ahead of the authorities. He gets into businesses beyond their jurisdiction, Language: English
particularly internet porn. Harvard goes legitimate, getting rid of the violent aspects of Director: Bette Gordon
gangsterhood, alienating the fighters and those who cannot adapt. Harvard decides to Key Cast: Steve Buscemi, Aidan Quinn, Campbell Scott
resolve a gangland power struggle by himself ¡V but discovers that the person betraying Delivery Status: Completed
him is . . . Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with
old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.
ENTERTAINMENT 7 AREA Q
Entertainment 7, 7510 Sunset Blvd. Ste 542, Los Angeles, CA 90046 USA, Tel: Sci-Fi (90min)
1.323.850.7186 Fax: 1.323.850.7188. Language: English, Portuguese
www.ent7.com, ent7-sales@ent7.com Director: Gerson Sanginitto
Sales Agent, Producer Writer: Carina Sanginitto
At Cannes: Emilio Ferrari (President), Carmen Hsieh (Executive Assistant) Producer: Halder
Office: Marina Showroom - Rivera - Booth G17, Tel: 04.92.99.33.49 Key Cast: Isaiah Washington
MOTHER Delivery Status: Completed
Comedy Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA/Brazil
Language: English After his son is kidnapped, Thomas Mathews is put on special assignment in Brazil
Director: TBA where he investigates extra-terrestrial clues and alien encounters.
Writer: Pablo Fenyves VAMPERIFICA
Producer: Halle Barry, Emilio Ferrari Thriller (94 minutes)
Key Cast: Halle Barry Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
A hot bride leaves her mobster fiancé. She pretends to be a young man’s mother and A clueless, flamboyant college kid discovers that the soul of a great vampire king
hides but her wild ways and looks turn everything upside-down. resides within him. Now he must choose between his friends and his destiny.
NOT ANOTHER CELEBRITY MOVIE DISCURSION
Comedy (95 Min) Thriller (88 Min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Emilio Ferrari Director: Mitchel Jones
Writer: Jonathan Blitstein Writer: Nicole Kruex
Producer: Emilio Ferrari, Zachart Swerdlow Producer: Mitchel Jones
Key Cast: Dave Burleigh, John Di Domenico, Joey Sagal Key Cast: Nicole Kruex, Tommy Propson, Aaron Courteau
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA In the wake of a chemical warfare attack, Cassie is alone in a new world full of
In tradition of ‘Oceans 11’, a group of ‘A’ list celebrities led by Charlie Sheen plan to terrifying mutant humans.
kidnap Justin Bieber from a Las Vegas Casino.
1812
Action (98 Min) EUROPACORP
Language: Russian/French EuropaCorp, 20 RUE AMPERE, St. Denis Cedex, 93413 France, Tel:
Director: Gleb Shprigov +33.1.55.99.50.00, www.europacorp.com, intersales@europacorp.com
Writer: Arunas Baraznauskas Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Producer: Arunas Baraznauskas At Cannes: Marie-Laure Montironi (Chief Sales Officer), Cécile Fouché (International
Key Cast: Gediminas Adomaitis, Anatoliy Belyy, Sergey Bezrukov Sales Manager), Andrei Von Kamarowsky (International Sales Manager)
Delivery Status: Completed Office: Hotel Majestic (Suite 250-251)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA MALAVITA
1812. The eve of the most important battle at Borodino, Napoleon’s secret agent Black Comedy
delivers the Russian command plan of the battle to the French Emperor. Language: English
ARMY BRATZ Director: Luc Besson
AKA: Blondes Have More Fun Writer: Luc Besson
Comedy Co-Production Partners: EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, Relativity Media and
Language: English Give Productions
Director: Emilio Ferrari Key Cast: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones,Dianna Agron,John
Writer: Matt Berman, Kevin Farley D’Leo
Producer: Emilio Ferrari, Alexander Tabrizi Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: In Casting Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
Delivery Status: Pre-Production A retired American gangster relocates his family to Normandy and lives under the
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA witness protection program.
Two beautiful, sexy, but ditzy women accidentally join the army, thinking they are THE DREAM KIDS
going on a 6 month cruise around the world. AKA: LES PETITS PRINCES
MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER Drama (90’)
Family (95 Min) Language: French
Language: English Director: Vianney Lebasque
Director: Robin Christian Writer: Vianney Lebasque & Mathieu Gompel
Writer: Anthony Nakonechnyi Co-Production Partners: M.E.S Productions, Rhamsa Productions and EuropaCorp
Producer: Anthony Nakonechnyi Key Cast: Paul Bartel, Reda Kateb, Eddy Mitchell, Samy Seghir
Key Cast: Logan Borsari, Santiago Craig, Chris Lemmon Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2013 Vianney Lebasque’s takes us to the highly competitive world of young soccer
A young boy loses his dog to an anomaly in his backyard, a portal that leads to another prodigies, and reveals how far one boy is willing to reach the top.
dimension of our universe. THREE DAYS TO KILL
BRIDGE TO NOWHERE Action/adventure
Action (90 Min) Language: English
Language: English Director: McG
Director: Blair Underwood Writer: Adi HASAK & Luc BESSON
Writer: Chris Gutierrez Co-Production Partners: 3DTK Inc.
Producer: Brian Hartman Key Cast: Kevin COSTNER, Amber HEARD, Hailee STEINFELD

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Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
Country of Origin: USA A big-issue comedy set in the high-octane environment of France’s national sport:
A secret service agent agreed to return from retirement for one last mission - in petank
exchange for access to an experimental drug that could save his life.
BRICK MANSIONS
Action/adventure EXCLUSIVE MEDIA
Language: English Exclusive Media, 9100 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 401 East, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Director: Camille DELAMARRE USA, Tel: 310.300.9000 Fax: 310.300.9001.
Writer: Luc BESSON, Bibi NACERI www.exclusivemedia.com, info@exclusivemedia.com
Co-Production Partners: EuropaCorp - Brick Mansions Productions Inc Sales Agent, Producer, Financier
Key Cast: Paul WALKER, David BELLE At Cannes: Nigel Sinclair (Co-Chairman and CEO), Guy East (Co-Chairman), Alex
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Walton (President of International Sales and Distribution), Paul Davidge (COO
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: France International), Matt Brodlie (Head of Acquisitions, Exclusive Releasing), Don
The Ghettos of Detroit called Brick Mansions is controlled by a ruthless warlord with Hardison (EVP, International Legal & Business Affairs), Peter Naish (Senior Vice
access to a neutron bomb. A Righteous cop and an undercover cop team up to take him President, Digital & Library Distribution), Gabrielle Stewart (Senior Vice President,
down. International Sales & Distribution), Lisa Perkins (Vice President of International
ANGELIQUE Marketing & Publicity), Cynthia Kim (Vice President of International Sales &
Period drama Distribution), Julia Benaroya (Director of Publicity), Angus Sutherland (Director,
Language: French International Sales & Acquisitions), Akshay Mehta (Manager, International Sales and
Director: Ariel ZEITOUN Distribution), Amanda Dettrow (International Marketing Manager), Janelle Geaber
Writer: Nadia GOLON, Philippe BLASBAND & Ariel ZEITOUN (International Sales Assistant)
Co-Production Partners: Ajoz Films, EuropaCorp France 3 Cinema, Climax Films, Office: 63 La Croisette 1st Floor, Tel: 33 4 93 46 40 22
Mona Film BLACK MASS
Producer: Ariel ZEITOUN Crime Thriller
Key Cast: Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley, Simon Abkarian, David Language: English
Kross, Mathieu Kassovitz, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Julian Weigend, Florence Coste, Director: Barry Levinson
Mathieu Boujenah. Writer: Mark Mallouck, with revisions by Jez Butterworth based on the book Black
Delivery Status: Completed Mass: Whitey Bulger, The FBI and a Devil’s Deal by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France Producer: Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson, Nigel Sinclair, Tobin Armbrust, John
Stripped of her title and wealth, Angélique fights for her two children and justice at the Lesher, and Christi Dembrowski
head of a band of beggars, thieves and prostitutes. Key Cast: Johnny Depp
FOR A WOMAN Delivery Status: Pre-Production
AKA: POUR UNE FEMME Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Drama BLACK MASS tells the true story of Whitey Bulger (Depp), one of the most
Language: French notorious and violent crime bosses in the history of the United States. The leader of
Director: Diane KURYS an Irish mob ring that controls South Boston, Bulger becomes an FBI informant to
Writer: Diane KURYS help take down the Italian Mafia invading his turf. While the government turns a blind
Co-Production Partners: Alexandre Films, Rise Films, France 3 Cinema, Rhone-Alpes eye to Bulger’s activities, he successfully manipulates the FBI during the 1970’s and
Cinema & New Light Films 80’s to expand his criminal empire, even dragging his own government handler into a
Key Cast: Benoit Magimel, Mélanie Thierry, Nicolas Duvauchelle,Sylvie Testud, Denis life of corruption. But after the FBI closes in on their Mafia targets, they double cross
Podalydes, Julie Ferrier, Clotilde Hesme, Clément Sibony Bulger and ultimately nail him, his partner and the FBI agent working with them.
Delivery Status: Completed DARK PLACES
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France Thriller
Anne - a writer who has been often written about her own life - and her father, are Language: English
destined to move side by side all tangled up into one story. Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART Writer: Gilles Paquet-Brenner, based on Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel Dark
AKA: JACK ET LA MECANIQUE DU COEUR Places
Animation Producer: Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, AJ Dix, Stephane Marsil, Matthew Rhodes,
Language: French Exclusive Media, Cathy Schulman
Director: Mathias MALZIEU, Stéphane BERLA Key Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloë Moretz
Writer: Mathias MALZIEU Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Co-Production Partners: EuropaCorp, Duran & France 3 Cinéma Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Mathias Malzieu, Olivia Ruiz, Grand Corps Malade, Jean Rochefort, Marie Based on the gripping New York Times bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn, DARK
Vincent, Rossy de Palma, Babet, Arthur H.,Dani PLACES will star ACADEMY AWARD® Winner Charlize Theron with writer/
Delivery Status: In Production director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (SARAH’S KEY) at the helm. The sole survivor of
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: France a home invasion where she famously witnessed the death of her mother and sisters,
Jack and The Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a magnificently original love story set in Libby Day (Theron) lives with the knowledge that her testimony as a 7-year-old
an exciting period full of fabulous inventions, eccentric characters and fantastic sentenced her brother to life in prison for the horrific crime. When a group of true-
adventures. crime enthusiasts find Libby twenty-five years later and convince her to re-examine
THE PRINCE AND THE 108 DEMONS the events of the night, new memories and old suspects suddenly flood back into her
AKA: LE PRINCE ET LES 108 DEMONS life. As shocking information comes to light, Libby begins to question her own key
Animation testimony and sets out to discover the truth of her tragic past.
Language: English 1
Director: Pascal MORELLI Action Documentary
Writer: Pascal MORELLI and Jean PÊCHEUX Language: English
Co-Production Partners: Fundamental & Same Player Director: Paul Crowder
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Mark Monroe
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: France / China Producer: Nigel Sinclair, Michael Shevloff
Imperial China in the 11th century Prince aged ten, a monk out of age, a young beggar Key Cast: Narrated By: Michael Fassbender
very greedy, and a dozen outlaw very scary, hope defeat the armies of imperial tyranny Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Regent Gao-le Bel. They did not know it was impossible. So they did! A thrilling and visually spectacular action documentary, ‘1’ chronicles a generation
WORLD PETANK TOUR of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives during Formula
AKA: LES BOULISTES 1’s™ deadliest era for the chance at ultimate glory. The men who managed to survive
Comedy became leaders, and alongside Formula 1™ officials stood up to save lives in a sport
Language: French that was claiming fellow drivers at an alarming rate. Using rare archival footage and
Director: Frédéric BERTHE the greatest list of interviews ever assembled, from Bernie Ecclestone, Max Mosley,
Writer: Atmen KELIF, Frédéric BERTHE, Laurent ABITBOL, Martin & Céline and Dr. Sid Watkins to 12 world champions past and present, ‘1’ is the sensational
GUYOT, Jean-Pierre SINAPI story about the greatest show on earth — Formula 1™.
Co-Production Partners: Chic Films, Europacorp, Scarlett & Compagnie, Studio 37 THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH
Key Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Virginie Efira, Daniel Prevost, Atmen Supernatural Thriller
Kelif, Bruno lochet Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Tom Harper
Writer: Jon Croker, based on orignal story by Susan Hill and Barbara Machin

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Producer: Hammer, Talisman, Cross Creek Pictures, eOne Key Cast: Jared Harris,Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Erin Richards, Rory Fleck-Bryne
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
Following the worldwide box office success of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Hammer Inspired by true events, THE QUIET ONES tells the story of an unorthodox
brings you the next installment in the franchise THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the
OF DEATH. As bombs rain down on London during the Blitz of World War II, a group grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the
of school children are evacuated with Eve, their young and beautiful schoolteacher, to theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue
the safety of the English countryside. Taken to an old and empty estate, cut-off by a scientists perform a series of tests on a young patient, pushing her to the edge of
causeway from the mainland, they are left at Eel Marsh House. One by one the children sanity. As frightening occurrences begin to take place with shocking and gruesome
begin acting strangely and Eve, with the help of local military commander Harry, consequences, the group quickly realizes they have triggered a force more
discovers that the group has awoken a dark force even more terrifying and evil than terrifying and evil than they ever could have imagined.
the city’s air raids. Eve must now confront her own demons to save the children and THE GREEN INFERNO
survive THE WOMAN IN BLACK. Thriller
PARKLAND Language: English
Dramatic Thriller Director: Eli Roth
Language: English Writer: Eli Roth & Guillermo Amoedo
Director: Peter Landesman Producer: Eli Roth, Miguel Asensio Llamas, Nicolas Lopez, Christopher
Writer: Peter Landesman Woodrow, Molly Conners
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, Nigel Sinclair, Matt Jackson Key Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy
Key Cast: Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Paul Delivery Status: Post Production
Giamatti Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Post Production Fan favorite Eli Roth makes the long-awaited return to the director’s chair with
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA THE GREEN INFERNO. The brilliantly twisted mind who brought you Hostel,
From producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman and writer/director Peter Landesman, Cabin Fever and The Last Exorcism is back to take you on the most grueling and
PARKLAND is the true story behind a tragic day in history you thought you knew, but terrifying thrill ride yet.
didn’t, and couldn’t, until now…50 years later. November 22nd, 1963 was a day that A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
changed the world forever – when young American President John F. Kennedy was Thriller
assassinated in Dallas, Texas. We follow in real time a group of individuals forced to Language: English
make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that would change their Director: Scott Frank
lives and forever alter world’s landscape: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Writer: Scott Frank, based on the book by Lawrence Block
Hospital, the chief of the Dallas Secret Service, the unwitting cameraman who captured Producer: Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Danny DeVito, Exclusive Media, Brian
what has become the most watched and examined film in history, the FBI Agents who Oliver
had gunman Lee Harvey Oswald within their grasp and Vice President Lyndon Johnson Key Cast: Liam Neeson, Ruth Wilson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook
who had to take control of a country in a moment’s notice. Thrust into a scenario of Delivery Status: Post Production
unprecedented drama with unimaginable consequences, these key players respond with Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
shock, outrage, determination and courage. Woven together, their seemingly disparate Formerly a detective with the NYPD, now a recovering alcoholic haunted by
perspectives make one of the most thrilling and powerful stories never told. regrets, Matt Scudder has a lot to make up for. When a series of kidnappings
LOOK OF LOVE targeting the city’s worst drug criminals escalates to grisly murder, the circuit’s
Romance ruthless leader convinces Scudder to find the culprits and bring them to bloody
Language: English justice. Working as an unlicensed private detective, Matt sees what the police don’t
Director: Arie Posin see and treads where they most fear to. Operating just outside the law to track
Writer: Matthew McDuffie and Arie Posin down the monsters responsible, Scudder stops just short of becoming one himself.
Producer: Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE?
Key Cast: Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Weixler, Amy Brenneman Romance / Music / Comedy
Delivery Status: Post Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Director: John Carney
Five years after losing the love of her life, one moment suddenly changes Nikki Writer: John Carney
(Bening) forever…at first sight and with one glimpse, she falls in love again. The object Executive Producer: Judd Apatow
of her affection, Tom (Harris), is the man of her dreams - a handsome art teacher with a Producer: Anthony Bregman, Exclusive Media
big heart, kind smile and zest for life. And he just happens to look exactly like Nikki’s Key Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine, Cee Lo
deceased husband, Garrett. Seduced by the chance to re-live her first true love, Nikki Green, James Corden, Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, and Catherine Keener
spirals into a fantasy world of life with Tom as Garrett. But as they fall even more Delivery Status: Post Production
deeply for each other, Nikki knows that soon she must reveal the truth to Tom and Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
admit where her heart truly lies – in her fantasy of the past, or in the reality of Tom. Seduced by dreams of making it in the big city, Gretta (Knightley) and her
JANE GOT A GUN long-time boyfriend move to New York to pursue their passion for music. She’s
Action heartbroken when he dumps her for the fame and fortune of a big solo contract,
Language: English leaving Gretta all on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when a down-
Director: Gavin O’Connor on-his-luck record producer (Ruffalo) stumbles upon her singing in a local bar
Writer: Brian Duffield and is immediately captivated by her raw talent and inspiring authenticity – they
Producer: Scott Steindorff, Natalie Portman, Terry Dougas, Aleen Keshishian, Scott may be each other’s last chance to turn their lives around. Somewhere between
LaStaiti friendship and their love of music, the two strangers strike a chord that captures
Key Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Bradley Cooper, Rodrigo Santoro the hearts of everyone around them, proving that every great story has its own
Delivery Status: In Production soundtrack.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA AGENT: CENTURY 21
Young and pretty with a soul of pure steel, Jane Hammond (Portman) is a good girl Action/Comedy
married to one of the worst baddies in town. When her husband Bill turns against his Language: English
own gang, the vicious Bishop Boys, and returns home barely alive with eight bullets Director: Adam Hashemi
in his back, Jane knows it’s time to ditch the dress for a pair of pants and strap on her Writer: Greg Brooker with revisions by David Guion & Michael Handelman
own gun. As the relentless leader John Bishop (Cooper) gears up for revenge, Jane’s Executive Producer: Shane Black
best hope for her family’s survival rests with her old love Dan Frost (Edgerton) – a Producer: Andrew Lazar, Exclusive Media
gunslinger whose hatred for Bill is only slightly overshadowed by his love for Jane. Key Cast: Cameron Diaz
Together Jane and Dan spring clever traps, luring Bishop’s men to certain death just as Delivery Status: Pre-Production
their old feelings for each other resurface amidst the flying bullets. The rich dimensions Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
of these characters find their best ally with Jane out in front, taking her fate into her Rejected, dejected and crushed by her recent divorce, Mary Kay Curly (Diaz)
own hands with the kind of bravado legends are made of. cannot catch a break. Desperate to protect the two most important things in her
THE QUIET ONES life, her kids and her job as a real estate agent, Mary Kay agrees to take on an
Supernatural Thriller / Horror unusual task for her boss that accidentally gets her kidnapped and tossed into
Language: English the center of an international drug war. Taken by Mary Kay’s direct manner and
Director: John Pogue genuine, but utter naïveté, suave and unpredictable cartel boss, Gilberto ‘El Padre’
Writer: Craig Rosenberg and Oren Moverman and John Pogue, based on the screenplay Duran, gives Mary Kay a chance to save her life by sending her on an impossible
by Tom DeVille mission to avenge the death of his family. Determined to get back to her own
Producer: James Gay-Rees, Ben Holden, Traveling Picture Show, Hammer children, Mary Kay overcomes incredible odds and triumphs in astonishing ways –

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outfoxing the FBI, CIA and a dangerous ring of underground crime lords - in time to Writer: Amat Escalante, Gabriel Reyes
make it home for dinner. Co-Production Partners: Mantarraya Producciones (MX), Lemming Film (NL), Una
THERESE Film (DE), La pActe (FR)
Romantic Thriller Key Cast: Andrea VERGARA, Armando ESPITIA, Linda GONZALEZ
Language: English Delivery Status: Screening
Director: Charles Stratton Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Mexico, the Netherlands
Writer: Charles Stratton Estela is a 12 year old girl who has just fallen crazy in love with a young police cadet
Producer: Mickey Liddell, William Horberg who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her
Key Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton and Jessica Lange family will have to live the violence that is devastating the region.
Delivery Status: Post Production RAW HERRING
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA AKA: Hollandse Nieuwe
A romantic thriller set in the lower depths of 1860’s Paris, THERESE is a tale of Documentary (90 mins)
obsessive love, adultery, murder and revenge based on Emile Zola’s scandalous novel Language: Dutch (English subtitles)
THERESE RAQUIN. A sexually repressed beautiful young woman, Therese, is trapped Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille (Felton), by her domineering Writer: Ester Gould, Leonard Retel Helmrich
aunt, Madame Raquin (Lange). Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of Co-Production Partners: In-Soo Productions, First Hand Films
a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. Producer: In-Soo Radstake (In-Soo Productions), Esther van Messel (First Hand
After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent (Isaac), she embarks on an illicit Films)
affair that leads to tragic consequences. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands
PROJECT BLUE BOOK Fished for over a thousand years, the Hollandse Nieuwe (Dutch New Herring) is
Found Footage / Sci-Fi a phenomenon that has become a national cultural icon. More recently, the Dutch
Language: English herring fleet has lost a great deal of its importance as only two vessels are now fishing
Director: Matty Beckerman for herring under the Dutch flag.
Writer: Robert Alvin Lewis APP
Producer: Lawrence Bender, Mike Fleiss Thriller (83 min)
Delivery Status: Post Production Language: Dutch (English subtitles)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Director: Bobby Boermans
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, PROJECT BLUE BOOK Writer: Robert A. Jansen
preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find Co-Production Partners: 2CFILM, Just Film
themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. While driving to a campsite in the Producer: 2CFILM: Edvard van ‘t Wout, Kees Abrahams, Robin de Levita
Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family’s GPS malfunctions and they Key Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Robert de Hoog, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Matthijs van de
are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, Sande Bakhuyzen, Isis Cabolet
is abducted leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby Delivery Status: Screening
cabin. There they are horrified to learn that strange lights in the nearby mountains have Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands
been linked to alien abduction and human sacrifice for centuries. When their attempts 21 year old psychology student, Anna, wakes up after a wild party unable to
to alert the authorities are intercepted by the deadly extraterrestrial threat, the surviving remember anything. Trying to put the pieces of the previous night together, she
members of the family find themselves under siege. A brutal and bloody attack unfolds notices a mysterious App called IRIS downloaded on to her smartphone. The
as we witness the horrors through the lens of the youngest child’s video camera. ingenious App answers every question you ask it. But this is more than just an
RUSH innocent study aid. It seems to know every intimate detail of Anna’s personal life,
Epic/Action/Thriller and the lives of all her friends. As Anna is drawn further and further into its web,
Language: English the sinister App gradually escalates its campaign of terror, distributing more and
Director: Ron Howard more compromising photographs, videos and text messages via her contacts list. All
Writer: Peter Morgan attempts to delete it result in fatal, unexplained incidents. Powerless and afraid, Anna
Executive Producer: Exclusive Media, Cross Creek, Todd Hallowell finally decides to take a stand against the evil App, but her bravery unwittingly sets
Producer: Andrew Eaton, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Brian Oliver, Peter off a chain of horrifying events.
Morgan DIE WELT
Key Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara Drama (80 mins)
Delivery Status: Post Production Language: Arabic/English/Dutch (English subtitles)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK/Germany Director: Alex Pitstra
Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays Writer: Alex Pitstra, Thijs Gloger, Abdallah Rezgui
the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed— Producer: Alex Pitstra
handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda. Taking Key Cast: Abdelhamid Nawara, Mohsen Ben Hassen, Rahma Ben Hassen, Ilse Heus.
us into their personal lives on and off the track, Rush follows the two drivers as they Delivery Status: Screening
push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: the Netherlands
there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you DIE WELT is a moral drama about a society caught in the vacuum between
die. dictatorship and democracy. We follow in the footsteps of a young DVD salesman
Abdallah, who is becoming increasingly frustrated by his inability to create a fulfilling
existence for himself. He is faced with the choice to stay or leave his country. But
EYE INTERNATIONAL (EYE FILM INSTITUTE is life really better on the other side of the Mediterranean? This feature debut shows
NETHERLANDS) contemporary Tunisia with renewed cinematic audacity.
EYE International (EYE Film Institute Netherlands), PO Box 37767, Amsterdam, 1030 FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY
BJ The Netherlands, Tel: + 31 20 7582 375 Horror (84 mins)
www.international.eyefilm.nl, international@eyefilm.nl Language: English
At Cannes: Claudia Landsberger (Head EYE International) Director: Richard Raaphorst
Office: Dutch Pavilion, Village International #109 Writer: Chris W. Mitchell, Miguel Tejada-Flores
BORGMAN Co-Production Partners: Dark Sky Film (USA), Pellicola (NL), XYZ (USA), Sirena
Drama (118 min) (CZ)
Language: Dutch (English subtitles) Producer: Nick Jongerius, Daniel Koeford, Todd Brown
Director: Alex van Warmerdam Key Cast: Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilyn
Writer: Alex van Warmerdam Delivery Status: Screening
Producer: Graniet Film: Marc van Warmerdam Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA, the Netherlands
Key Cast: Hadewych Minis,Annet Malherbe, Eva van de Wijdeven, Jan Bijvoet, Alex A battalion of soldiers is lured into the secret lab of a deranged scientist, and they are
van Warmerdam forced to face off against an army of horrific war machines created from flesh and
Delivery Status: Screening metal.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands SILENT ONES
Borgman’s arrival in the tree-lined avenues of an exclusive residential area is the AKA: A csendesek
beginning of a series of unsettling events around the carefully constructed facade of a Drama (97)
wealthy couple, their three children and their nanny. Language: Hungarian (English subtitles)
HELI Director: Ricky Rijneke
Drama (105 min) Writer: Ricky Rijneke
Language: Spanish Producer: Rotterdam Films: Dick Rijneke, Mildred van Leeuwarden
Director: Amat Escalante Key Cast: Orsi Tóth, Roland Rába, Fatih Dervisoglu.

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Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Marty Poole (President)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands Office: Riveria C-17, Tel: 1.310.948.2538 Fax: 1.310.943.1650
Csilla, a Hungarian woman wakes up inside a crashed car, not knowing where her BLACK WEB
brother is. Upset, she boards a cargo ship heading to Western Europe, fleeing her AKA: Router
country and her past. At sea Gábor, a self-proclaimed businessman, turns out to be Thriller (90)
a brute. When her last souvenir of her brother is stolen she loses grip on her life Language: English
completely. Her journey turns into a surreal trip on the fragile edge of life and death. Director: Tim Connery
THE DOMINO EFFECT Writer: Tim Connery
Drama (96 mins) Key Cast: Chad Meyer, Kristina Johnson, Dan Flannery
Language: Dutch/English (English subtitles) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Paula van der Oest After receiving his future obituary via a cryptic Internet file, Easton Denning is forced
Writer: Paula van der Oest to confront his troubled past in order to prevent his predicted demise. Black Web is a
Producer: Kasander Film sci-fi thriller in the vein of Memento and Pi!
Key Cast: James d’Arcy, Theo Maassen, Harriet Walter, David Hayman RED LINE
Delivery Status: Screening Disaster / Thriller (92 minutes)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: the Netherlands Language: English
Because of the credit crisis, the lives of different people at different places in the world Director: Robert Kirbyson
are suddenly connected. A series of stories about what happens when people lose their Writer: Tara Stone, Robert Kirbyson
safety net, especially in societies where identity, and feelings of happiness and well- Executive Producer: Nathan Scoggins, Christopher Riley
being, are strongly dependent on material and economic success. People in different Producer: Dominic Iocco, Tom Dunn
countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but we are more connected Key Cast: Nicole Gale Anderson, John Billingsley, Mark Saul
than we sometimes like to think. The film is about dreams and desires, about loss and Delivery Status: Completed
the fear of loss - and the importance of family and love. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
THE ZIGZAG KID Terrorism erupts in a Los Angeles subway! When a bomb explodes on a subway
AKA: Nono, het Zigzag Kind train full of people, the survivors are trapped under the rubble, and must find out the
Family (90 minutes) identity of the terrorists while defusing another bomb before it kills them all!
Language: Dutch/English/French (English subtitles) ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
Director: Vincent Bal Western (90)
Writer: Vincent Bal, based on the novel by David Grossman Language: English
Co-Production Partners: BosBros, N279 Entertainment in co-production with Director: Christopher Forbes
PrimeTime Writer: Christopher Forbes, Jim Hilton
Producer: Burny Bos, Els Vandevorst Key Cast: David Carradine, Jim Hilton
Key Cast: Thomas Simon, Burghart Klaussner, Isabella Rossellini,Fedja van Huêt, Delivery Status: Completed
Jessica Zeylmaker, Camille De Pazzis Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Screening After serving in the Civil War as a deadly sharp-shooter, Will Drayton moves to the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands western frontier. When his wife is murdered by a band of ruthless outlaws, Will teams
Nono wants to be like his father – the best police inspector in the world – but he up with the local sheriff to find the killers and get his revenge!
constantly gets in trouble. Two days before his Bar Mitzvah, he is sent away to his TIME WARRIOR
uncle Sjmoel, who is supposed to get him back on track. However, during the train Sci-Fi Action Adventure (92)
ride Nono gets one last chance to prove himself...Together with master master-burglar Language: English
Felix Glick - an old acquaintance of his father – he stops the train and enters a world of Director: Joaquin Rodriguez
disguises, chases, French chansons and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will Writer: Michael Halverson, Joaquin Rodriguez
change Nono’s life forever. Producer: Michael Halverson
MATTERHORN Key Cast: Thomas Graninger, Brandon Dold, Kai Denton, Monej Cruz, Michael
Drama (87 min) Halverson
Language: Dutch (English subtitles) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Diederik Ebbinge Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Diederik Ebbinge A pirated video game turns a timid teenager into the ultimate time-traveling lethal
Co-Production Partners: Column Film weapon! Loaded with sci-fi action, with VFX and CGI effects from Jaime Jasso
Producer: Gijs van de Westelaken (Avatar, Iron Man 2, Transformers 3). Get ready for futuristic sci-fi war!
Key Cast: Ton Kas, René van ‘t Hof, Porgy Franssen, Ariane Schluter THE SORROW
Delivery Status: Screening Western / Thriller (95)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands Language: English
Fred is a lonely 54-year-old man. He rides around in the local bus, virtuously attending Director: Vernon Mortensen
church and eating his green beans, meat and potatoes at 6 o’clock on the dot every day. Writer: Vernon Mortensen, Johnny Harrington
One day, the tramp Leo wanders into his life. After an initial moment of suspicion, Fred Producer: Kirk Harris
takes Leo in. Like a strict father, he tries to educate his new housemate. He soon finds Key Cast: Kirk Harris, John Savage, Ryan Ballance
out that Leo has a special talent, as a result of which Fred again slowly starts to set out Delivery Status: Completed
into the wide world. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
IT’S ALL SO QUIET THE SORROW is a gold rush era western thriller in the vein of “The Shining” and
AKA: Boven is het stil “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. After losing his wife, Roger Hazzard and his teenage
Drama (90 mins) son travel to the treacherous gold fields of 1870’s California. When Hazzard begins to
Language: Dutch (English subtitles) lose touch with reality, he and his son must fight to survive in a lawless land where a
Director: Nanouk Leopold gun, arrow or knife determines one’s fate.
Writer: Nanouk Leopold 4 DEAD GIRLS: THE SOUL TAKER
Producer: Stienette Bosklopper (Circe Films), Els Vandevorst (N279 Entertainment) Thriller (95 minutes)
Key Cast: Jeroen Willems, Henry Garcin, Martijn Lakemeier, Wim Obrouck Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Todd Johnson, Mike Campbell
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: the Netherlands Writer: Todd Johnson
Helmer, a single farmer in his fifties, lives with his aged, bedridden father in the Dutch Executive Producer: Todd Johnson
countryside. His working days are marked by the visits of milk collector Johan, a man Producer: Todd Johnson, Mike Campbell, Allison Vanore
of his own age for whom Helmer holds a secret fascination. One day Helmer decides Key Cast: Katherine Browning, Leah Verrill, Mike Campbell, Ashley Love, Tiffany S.
to renovate the house, buying himself a new double bed and moving his father upstairs. Walker, Bianca Lopez
His life gains even more momentum, however, when adolescent farmhand Henk comes Delivery Status: Completed
to help him out. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Four beautiful girls move into an apartment with a deadly past. Their lives quickly
turn into a living nightmare when they find the landlord is actually the Devil.
FAIRWAY FILM ALLIANCE FLASHBACK
Fairway Film Alliance, 533 Venice Way, Venice, California 90291 United States, Tel: Science-Fiction Action (95 minutes)
3109482538 Fax: 3109431650. Language: English
www.fairwayfilmalliance.com, Marty@fairwayfilmalliance.om Director: Brendan Rogers
Sales Agent Writer: Brendan Rogers

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Executive Producer: John Mondelli Language: English
Producer: John Mondelli, Will Philips, Brendan Rogers Director: Kenneth Chamitoff, Adam Boster
Key Cast: Andrew Ramos, Will Philips, Alexa Cappiello Writer: Kenneth Chamitoff
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Les Connard
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Kenneth Chamitoff, Adam Boster
Science fiction adventure meets Hollywood satire in this action-packed CGI comedy. Key Cast: Ving Rhames, Ernie Reyes, Jr., John Savage
Our heroes Jack and Tiffany use a time machine for travel to and from the future to Delivery Status: Completed
escape the clutches of greedy studio executives, gun-toting bad guys, and an army of Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
angry futuristic robots! Set in fight capital of the world, Las Vegas, Submission is a high-action mixed-martial
TURKLES arts film featuring an all-start cast. The “Rocky” for the cage generation, Submission
Family Adventure (88 Minutes) is the tale of a young man’s attempt to overcome his past mistakes to become a world
Language: English champion fighter.
Director: Frank Eberling ISLAND OF THE DEAD
Writer: Frank Eberling AKA: Immortal Island
Executive Producer: Chel Tassey, Robert Tassey, Raymond Eberling Horror Thriller (90 minutes)
Producer: Chel Tassey, Robert Tassey, Kim Stryker Language: English
Key Cast: Haley Jane Sicard, Noah Centineo, Taylor Blackwell Director: Joe Knee
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Darrin Cummings, Joe Knee
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Executive Producer: Buddy Winsett
A group of environmentally conscious teenagers spend their summer at Camp Producer: Robert Sterrett, Adrian Brunori, Paul Silver
Loggerhead monitoring sea turtle nests along the local beaches. When precious turtle Key Cast: Christian Campbell, Brian Drolet, Eric Scott Woods, Somali Rose
eggs mysteriously begin disappearing, the heroic kids go undercover to stop a band of Delivery Status: Completed
bumbling bad guys from selling the eggs for profit on the black market. Turkles is a fun Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
comedic adventure for the entire family. A group of college students travel to an island with a charismatic, greedy ship captain.
NINJA ZOMBIES When the kids learn of an ancient curse and a mysterious powder that can bring the
Horror Comedy (82 minutes) dead back to life, very bad things begin to happen. Sex, drugs and voodoo!
Language: English READY OR NOT
Director: Noah Cooper Action (90 minutes)
Writer: Noah Cooper, Mike Castro Language: English
Producer: Mike Castro Director: Sean Doyle
Key Cast: Mike Lee, Mike Castro, Arun Storrs Writer: Christian Oliver, Sean Doyle
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Shannon Wilcox
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Minor Childers, Norman Reiss, Sean Doyle
A college slacker geek begins having nightmares, flashes from the life of a samurai Key Cast: Christian Oliver, Seamus Dever, Evan Helmuth, Fernanda Romero
and an ancient sword that can raise the dead. When undead ninjas begin attacking his Delivery Status: Completed
friends, he discovers that the samurai was actually his ancestor and he is the only one Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
who can save the world from a ninja zombie apocalypse! Blood, guts, comedy, ninjas, Four former college buddies find themselves on the adventure of their lives, when on
zombies, and a ton of fun! the morning after a Las Vegas bachelor party, they end up stranded deep in Mexico
DAY OF REDEMPTION penniless, being chased, falling in love, and fighting to make it back across the border
AKA: Absolute Assassin in time for the wedding.
Action (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Emilio Roso FANTASTIC FILMS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Writer: Kris Kardash, Emilio Roso Fantastic Films International, LLC, 3854 Clayton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Executive Producer: Nicki Ben USA, Tel: 1.323.661.7088 Fax: 1.323.661.7188.
Producer: Emilio Roso, Orna Rachovitsky www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com, roxane@ffimail.com
Key Cast: Steven Bauer, Vincent Pastore, Michael Madsen, Emilio Roso Sales Agent
Delivery Status: Completed At Cannes: Roxane Barbat (President), Fred deWysocki (Partner)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Office: LERINS - Level 1 Stand R22, Tel: US Mobile # 310-560-9577
A thrilling action adventure journey into the underworld of a professional killer. Ray DELHI SAFARI
has lost everything, his girl and the son he never knew he had. Hired by his old mob 3D Animation
friend Lou (Michael Madsen), Ray must settle the score with the Russian mob while Language: English
battling his dark past. When the bullets stop, there will be only one assassin standing. Director: Nikhil Advani
ANGEL DOG Co-Production Partners: Krayon Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Family / Dog (90 minutes) Key Cast: Govinda, Sunil Shetty, Boman Irani
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Robin Nations Country of Origin: India
Writer: Robin Nations A fun, motley crew of animals embark on a journey across the mountains and rivers
Executive Producer: Kevin Nations of India, hitching rides in trains and trucks to take their petition to the leader of
Producer: Kevin Nations the humans in Delhi. Along the way they discover that not only are their homes
Key Cast: Jon Michael Davis, Farrah White in jeopardy, but the homes and lives of thousands of other animals as well. Their
Delivery Status: Completed exciting journey becomes one where enemies become friends and an unlikely family
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA comes together to fight for what rightfully belongs to them - A HOME.
This heartwarming film is about a dog named Cooper who is the lone survivor of WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
a terrible car accident. Jake, a family patriarch, loses his wife and children in the AKA: L. FRANK BAUM’S WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
accident. With the help from this angel dog, Jake puts his life together and even finds Fantasy
love again. An inspirational story for the entire family! Language: English
EMULATION Director: Clayton Spinney III
Action Adventure (90 minutes) Executive Producer: Frederick deWysocki III
Language: English Producer: Sean Gates
Director: Tom Getty Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Tom Getty Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Tom Getty It is the last days of the old west; the nineteenth century nears its end, and Dorothy
Key Cast: Tom Getty, Jeff Howanek, Jocelyn Meehan Gale is ten years old, living in a one-room cabin she shares with her Uncle Henry and
Delivery Status: Completed Aunt Em. They are poor farmers in a time of drought. Just when it seems that things
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA can’t get any worse for the Gales, a tornado carries Dorothy away to the undiscovered
A non-stop action thriller. Framed for murder and forced to go on the run to save his country of Oz, a land populated by short, rugged people who live under the rule of
own life, a young man finds himself the target of a nation-wide manhunt after joining sorcerers. The Good Witch of the North lacks the power to send Dorothy home, so the
an on-line reality service where the applicants become real-life human targets that are girl sets off for the City of Emeralds in the hope that the mysterious wizard who lives
marked for death. there can help her. But the Wizard of Oz has a secret to protect, and to do so he will
SUBMISSION send Dorothy and her friends to kill the Witch of the West, or die trying. Don’t call it
Action (95 minutes) a remake, or a reimagining: this is Oz as L. Frank Baum envisioned it, brought to life
in live action for the very first time.

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BOGO & FLIT Delivery Status: Completed
Fantasy Country of Origin: USA
Language: English It happens without warning. All electrical devices are abruptly shut down. Dark,
Director: Mark Tanner unearthly clouds form over cities and towns from which lightning strikes and
Executive Producer: Frederick deWysocki III vaporizes its victims. Food and water is suddenly contaminated, causing bacterial
Delivery Status: Post Production infection that kills within the hour, Ominous robed figures sweep the cities and
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK landscapes, vaporizing everyone in sight. Caught on the outside of civilization
A trio of fairies led by mischievous Flit, venture out of the sanctuary of the enchanted are four people, confronted with the unexplainable dangers surrounding them at
woods in order to help a crow that has become trapped by vines. As they set the bird every turn. In their perilous journey to find refuge, the burning questions arise: is
free they are discovered and Flit is hauled off to see her father the king of the fairies. this an alien attack on mankind? God’s biblical wrath? Biological warfare from an
Meanwhile dark wizard Rizus fools the wizard council into meeting over a feigned earthbound enemy? As the nightmarish events continue to unfold, the grim reality
magical crisis so that he may challenge guild master Aldan. After a thrilling magical becomes clear to them, that by day’s end mankind will be extinct. With over 150
duel, Rizus takes control over the guild. He imprisons the light order of wizards and state-of-the-art visual effects shots, this is a must have apocalypse thriller.
after unveiling a plan to steal the love from innocent creatures, he sends his dark order LAST KUNG FU MONK
to find him test subjects Martial Arts
JITTERBUG Language: English
Animation Director: Li Peng Zhang
Language: English Co-Production Partners: Shaolin Film Productions Inc.
Director: Steve Jaggi Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Frederick deWysocki III Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Liz Shutte A Kung-Fu Monk comes to the States to take care of his deceased brother’s son.
Delivery Status: Post Production While setting up a school and learning about life in the US, he becomes embroiled in
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia an underground fighting club in order to save the lives of his friends.
Shortly after emerging from his pupa case, an innocent little green cicada named Bug AGENT C.R.U.S.H.
is unwittingly plunged into a world of deadly assassins, nightclub rivalry, more music Animation, Action
and exciting romance when he overhears a human conversation condemning him to an Language: English
all too brief life span of just one day. The Jitterbug is a story of growth. It celebrates the Director: Sean Robinson
little guy and shows that life is indeed an exciting journey if you choose to fly it alone. Co-Production Partners: Crush Productions Ltd.
BATTLE OF THE KINGS: ROSTAM & SOHRAB Producer: Tony Ludwig, Barrie Robinson, Fred deWysocki, Roxane Barbat
3D Animation Key Cast: (voice overs) Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic 4), Neve Campbell, Roger Moore,
Language: English Brian Cox, Brian Blessed, (also just added: Danny Glover)
Director: Kianoush Dalvand Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Aria Animation Studio Country of Origin: UK
Delivery Status: Completed The setting for the movie is two hundred years into the future, much has changed but
Country of Origin: Iran one thing remains a constant, crime and it’s getting a little bizarre.
A heroic general (Rostam) falls in love with the daughter of an opposing king. They SAM STEELE AND THE JUNIOR DETECTIVE AGENCY
have a son, but the son is taken from Rostam by the king (for political reasons) and Family / Children
the father and son never meet. The son (Sohrab) is trained to be a great warrior and Language: English
the first time the two meet (not knowing they are father and son) is on the battlefield. Director: Tom Whitus
The themes of heroism, honor and love versus destiny and glory collide into an Producer: Silver Hills Pictures
unforgettable story of exciting action, war and intrigue. Key Cast: Luke Perry, M. Emmett Walsh, Jacob Hays, Katherine McNamara
Z-BAW Delivery Status: Completed
3D Animation Country of Origin: USA
Language: English 13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his
Director: Ricardo Gomez father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel thief.
Co-Production Partners: Imagination Films / Fantastic Films SAM STEELE AND THE CRYSTAL CHALICE
Key Cast: Dwayne Hill, Tony Daniels, Julie Lemieux Family / Children
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Country of Origin: Mexico Director: Tom Whitus
In a far off galaxy, in order to bring balance to the universe, the gods forged five Producer: Silver Hills Pictures
trophies honoring 5 virtues: Love, Strength, Wisdom, Leadership and Friendship. Key Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Dee Wallace, Jacob Hays, Katherine McNamara
One of these trophies can only be earned once every 50 years by winning the Great Delivery Status: Post Production
Intergalactic Tournament of a hockey/soccer-like sport called “Z-BAW”.ZAX and his Country of Origin: USA
evil Niurax Corporation plan to seize control of planet Mantar by stealing four of the Sam and the junior detective agency go on a treasure hunt to find the crystal chalice
trophies and then winning the Great Z-BAW Tournament to get the fifth trophy. Only enlisting the help of a Russian operative with a mysterious past and murky motives.
young KIBIT and his inexperienced team of: MARA, PLUNK and BERDI will have EL DORADO - IN 3D (LIVE ACTION)
the opportunity to save the planet. But, Kibit’s team doesn’t stand a chance unless they Horror / Comedy / Musical
first locate RAH “The Legend”, a former great Z-BAW player, who is the only person Language: English
able to coach this underdog team to victory. Director: Richard Driscoll
SHE WOLF RISING Producer: House of Fear
Horror Key Cast: Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Patrick Bergin, Michael Madsen, Brigitte
Language: English Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Jeff Fahey, Oliver Tobias, David Soul
Director: Marc Leland Delivery Status: Post Production
Co-Production Partners: Triboro Pictures/Cat Productions Country of Origin: UK
Key Cast: Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon, Tina Krause This is a live action 3D comedy/horror/musical/road movie and is the first ever British
Delivery Status: Completed movie to be shot in 3D. As they arrive at El Dorado’s 200th Anniversary Celebration
Country of Origin: USA the townsfolk are hungry to celebrate their beloved town - which does prove to
A nonstop supernatural thriller that explores the dark side of underground filmmaking. be unfortunate to the tourists who come to visit. What ensues is murder, mayhem,
Gina Skylar (Tiffany Shepis), the reigning queen of horror lures one of her passionate cannibalism, an appreciation of blue grass, oh and a severed ear.
fans, Jake Bubar (Tim Mandala) into her decadent world of illusions and myths. Jake’s DOGS OF CHINATOWN
desire for Gina is challenged when he discovers that she is a descendent of the She Martial Arts Action
Wolf, Lupa, who protected Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. The She Wolf Key Cast: Eric Jacobus & Ray Carbonel (The Stunt People), Huyen Thi (Fall Down
guards and nurtures the helpless while in human form, but once she transforms, she is Dead), Bill Oberst Jr (Sherman’s March, The Secret Life Of Bees), Patrick Keenan
bestial and dangerous. Is this real or just another scene from one of Gina’s movies? The (Dark Remains), Christy Johnson (Tobe Hooper’s Mortuary)
twists continue as demons, beasts and a mentally unstable movie producer try to stop Delivery Status: Completed
their forbidden desire. Country of Origin: USA
RAPTURE Dogs Of Chinatown combines a hyper-reality “Sin City” look with amazing martial
Sci-Fi/ Horror arts action by cult superstars The Stunt People, all set in a world filled with gangsters,
Language: English strippers and assassins.
Director: Richard Lowry MATCHMAKER MARY
Co-Production Partners: Royal 11 Films Family / Children
Producer: Kimber Eastwood Language: English

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Director: Tom Whitus Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Producer: Silver Hills Pictures An armed response team must team up with the criminals they were tasked to bring
Key Cast: Jeff Fahey, Jillane Klaus, Katherine McNamara down, against an unimaginable horror, if they hope to survive!
Delivery Status: Completed THE EXECUTIONER
Country of Origin: USA Action (90 mins)
Seen thru the eyes of a young girl on the verge of womanhood, who enjoys meddling Language: English
into adult lives with the help of animal adoption, the story emphasizes the connection Director: Ross Boyask
between people’s need for “unconditional love” and illustrates how the lives of six Writer: Ross Boyask
people can be changed with a little help from a pre-teen matchmaker and three adorable Key Cast: Glenn Salvage, Brendan Carr
puppies. Delivery Status: In Development
THE UNLEASHED Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Sci Fi / Horror An ex-soldier returns home to avenge the murder of his best friends by a special-
Language: English forces team gone rogue.
Director: Manuel H. DaSilva
Writer: Diane DaSilva, L.A. Lopes
Producer: Dark House Films FILM ASIA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP CO.,
Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Trisha Echevarria, Jessica Salgueiro LTD.
Delivery Status: Completed Film Asia Entertainment Group Co., Ltd., 302, 3/F, Block A, East Sun Industrial
Country of Origin: Canada Centre, 16 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong
Madison Kennard, a troubled woman dealing with her dark past, must venture home Kong, Tel: +852-36221282 Fax: +852-36221248. www.filmasiaent.com.hk, info@
after an 8 year absence following her mothers death. Almost instantly after her return, filmasiaent.com
Madison must cope with the haunting memories of a childhood best forgotten. Lindsay, Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
a childhood friend of Madisons with an adventurous nature, hears of Madison’s At Cannes: Kenneth Yeung (President-Distribution), Angus Chan (President-
arrival and has every intention of reconnecting a friendship once had. Bizarre and Production), Lammy Li (Distribution Manager), Daisy Wong (Administrative
unexplainable events occur within the house after old friends come together and Executive)
dabble with the infamous Ouija board. Lindsay, being all too curious of the board and Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
its undeniable power, gives into the persuasion of an unknown entity and allows it FINDING SAYUN
to possess her. Madison must overpower her deepest fears and find a way to release Family (99 mins)
Lindsay and abolish the presence that haunts her. Language: Chinese
A FOX’S TALE Director: CHEN Jie-Yao
Animated comic adventure Key Cast: CAO Shi-hui, Yu Lao Yu Gan, LIN Ching-tai, Beatrice FANG, ZHENG
Key Cast: (voice-overs) Freddie Highmore, Miranda Richardson, Bill Nighy and Sienna Peng-fei, MU Zhong-hua, Yukihiko KAGEYAMA
Miller Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan
Country of Origin: Hungary / UK A TV crew was attracted by an old story about a Taiyan girl who was trapped in Heipi
“Little Jack” (Freddie Highmore) is an adorable young fox who is busy enjoying a Tribe as early as the ages of Sino-Japanese War. The crew members intend to develop
blissful life, chasing frogs, butterflies and playing in the forest with his loving family. a historical TV drama out of the story. You Gan, a Taiyan hunter boy, still doesn’t
Until one night when his perfect world is turned upside down. understand the reason behind these out-of-town people spending their time doing
MAX MAGICIAN AND THE LEGEND OF THE RINGS research here, whereas his uncle You Ming is hospitable and willing to tell everything
Family, Live Action he learns. With his help, the leading team of the crew collects all kinds of info for
Language: English searching the relevant legends and figures. But it is still thrilling journey, a crew girl
Director: Kevin Summerfield named Xiao Ru even insists on climbing a 3,000-meter-high mountain, following You
Co-Production Partners: Scorpio Studios Gan’s grandpa Ha Yong to visit their old tribe, but the trip is so dangerous that she
Producer: Kimberly Gough almost gets killed on the way�
Key Cast: Timothy Stultz, Ken Mitzkowitz, Erika Ann, Steven Barry Prince I’M HERE FOR YOU
Delivery Status: Completed Romance
Country of Origin: USA Language: Chinese
A young boy receives an ancient magical book that opens a mystical door into an Director: CHU Yu-ning
enchanted kingdom where an adventure filled with warriors, elves, queens and sorcerers Producer: Eric LIANG
awaits. Key Cast: Cherry Hsia, ZHENG Kai, HUO Ni-fang, Johnny LIN
THE WINTER PRINCE AND THE FLAME ETERNIUM Delivery Status: Post Production
Sci-Fi / Family Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan
Language: English A Taiwanese girl Xie Yijia comes to a city named Ningzhou on the west bank of the
Director: Tom Whitus Straits, for the purpose of seeking dreams and fulfilling wishes for her old family.
Co-Production Partners: Fantastic Films International / Silver Hills Pictures She meets a local photographer called Lin Da and invites him to join her journey. At
Key Cast: celebrity cast to be announced first, they feel incompatible for one another and even quarrel because of the difference
Delivery Status: Pre-Production of background, education and habits etc between them. But later they are gradually
Country of Origin: USA impressed by each other and they develop into intimate friends with the ongoing
Prince Frederick, a young warrior of mysterious royal lineage, and the sorcerer journey, which, unfortunately, comes to an end for the sudden and serious disease of
Thomas travel in search of adventure. Their quest leads them to the Kingdom of Xie Yijia. For fulfilling their promise of love, Xie Yijia, though dying, revisits the
Paradiso a former Shangri-la now stuck in an eternal winter, because a dark wizard place where they met. And Lin De also creates a miracle with love and becomes a
has extinguished The Flame Eternium to force the beautiful Princess Roxana into an man with unprompted responsibility.
unwanted marriage. When Frederick - dubbed The Winter Prince by the locals - falls in ARAVT
love with Princess Roxana, it is up to he and Thomas to re-ignite the Flame Eternium Epic - War (91 minutes)
and bring warmth back to the frozen Kingdom. Thomas can’t defeat the dark wizard, Language: Mongolian
but he does have a plan - find the last dragon hidden an the icy mountain cave and Director: Shagdarsuren.U and Jolbayar.D
trick it into re-lighting the flame with its hellish breath - before Frederick’s love is lost Writer: Erdene.O
forever. Key Cast: Baacanjab, Cocorbaram.D, Jambal, Jargalsaihan.B, Gurse.D, Onon.N
Delivery Status: Completed
FIGHTING SPIRIT FILMS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Mongolia
Fighting Spirit Films, 135 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 4BE England, A little known fact is that Chinggis Khaan, better known as Genghis Khan, would
Tel: +44 7896 722 778. rossboyask@gmail.com collect orphans from his bloody battlefields and have his own mother raise them.
Producer These adopted brothers grew up to become his most loyal officials and advisers. A
At Cannes: Ross Boyask (Director) 10-person “aravt” military unit is ordered by Khaan to locate a skilled doctor who
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform lives in a forest. En route, they discover an abandoned baby. He is in fact the child
TOWER OF THE DEAD of an enemy warrior who gives pursuit, even though they have saved the child’s life.
Action Horror (90 mins) Whilst protecting the child from attacks from enemy soldiers, the members of the
Language: English “aravt” must also complete their mission. Through their actions, they demonstrate the
Director: Ross Boyask benevolence and bravery of Mongol warriors as the final battle closes in.
Writer: Ross Boyask, Chris Regan DARK WEDDING 3D
Key Cast: Christian Howard, Cecily Fay, Glenn Salvage Horror/Thriller (90 minutes)
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: Chinese

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Director: Bosco LAM THE HUNTER (3D)
Writer: Albert LAI, Bosco LAM Horror/Thriller 3D (90 minutes)
Producer: Sam LAU Language: Chinese, English
Key Cast: Jordan CHAN, Theresa FU, Miki LEE, Ban Jiajia, Julia JIANG, Tavani HU Director: Bjarne WONG
Delivery Status: In Production Key Cast: Sharifah Amani, Carmen SOO, SOO Wincci, LOU Qi, Cindy CHEN,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China Tavani HU, Harisu
A car accident has taken the life of Li Xianer, the fiance of Ling Zhijie, 5 years ago. Delivery Status: Post Production
Zhijie can’t help regarding himself as an inauspicious guy, for 2 girlfriends that he Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Malaysia
knew since that accident successively ended up in great misfortune. A college girl A film crew from China is tasked to shoot exotic flora and fauna of the world’s
named He Xiaoling comes back from the U.S. to do research on the ancient custom mysterious 3rd largest island, Borneo. Historical treasures and hundred year old
called Marriage with the Dead?. But strange things befall in succession, which seems human skulls still hang in the almost untouched equatorial virgin rainforests native
as if someone is attempting He Xiaoling’s life. Meanwhile, He Xiaoling starts to homes, in this the notorious tribal land of the Head-hunters. The journey began
suspect that Zhijie’s fiance Li Xianer isn’t dead at all. A dangerous scheme is about to happily on Borneo Island, little did they expect that some would find love, passion
breaks loose. The final destination for Ling Zhijie is a well plotted and vicious dark and laughter while almost all will taste the stealthy killing power of the warriors
wedding. enchanted blade around their necks.
THE CASES GNOST
Horror (90 minutes) Horror/Thriller
Language: Chinese Language: Chinese
Director: Alan de LAW Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Producer: Roy KWAN Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand
Key Cast: Edmond POON, Wylie CHIU, Brandy Akiko, Khloe CHU It’s another international thriller movie on 4 different horror stories from four different
Delivery Status: Post Production oriental countries, told by a kindly but a little creepy granny who knows all the origins
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong of those seemingly haunted items which are for sale in a mysterious bargain shop.
There are numerous weird cases in the world, and the Orient is where psychic SHADOW FIGHTER
phenomena are packed. Every country or nation has its own psychic culture, custom Martial Arts/Comedy
and even parapsychology system. Some people even think the accumulation of Language: Chinese
resentful spirit will affect the rise and fall of a country. Edmond Poon, a Hong Kong Key Cast: Jolin TSAI
renowned DJ who hosts psychic programs, supported by the metapsychology masters Delivery Status: Pre-Production
and warlocks from Southeast Asia who acts as advisors, leads a psychic exploring Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
team to scout for little-known mysterious and supernatural cases or strange customs Zuo Yang is secretly a crime-cracker in black taking actions at night, and he calls
including Soul-grabbing Witchcraft, Menstruation Witchcraft (Indonesia), Headless himself Knight-errant Zuo, except for the fact that he isn’t a good fighter. Nonetheless,
Horseman in Prince Hotel, Suicide Curse in Aokigahara Forest (Japan), and MTR every time he is in hard times against criminals, there is always a shadow fighter that
Dead Omen, Lone Ghost in Regal Hotel and Secret Organization ¡§Shadow Team¡¨ turns up and saves his life. The techniques and strength of this kung fu master are
(Hong Kong), just to name a few. Many precious clips are uncovered for the first time rather remarkable. On the eve of the dance competition, Zuo Yang and Zhou Haibo
providing gruesome viewing experience. are suddenly held up by an Interpol detective. Hence they learn that Zuo Yang has
ZOMBIE 108 long been mistaken by some international drug cartel as a high-profile buyer coming
Horror/Action/Adventure (90 minutes) from New York­
Director: Joe CHIEN SECOND TO NONE
Writer: Joe CHIEN Martial Arts
Producer: Morris RONG Language: Chinese
Key Cast: Yvonne YAO, Morris RONG, Tai Bo, Jack KAO, Dennis TO, CHU Mu-yen Delivery Status: In Development
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan As the last witness of the last climax of Chinese martial arts era, descended from an
After a virus event, the government orders to quarantine the sick and evacuate all official’s family in the Republican Period of China, Li Zhongxuan a.k.a. Mr. Er, is
residents in the vicinity. However, the survivors suddenly become zombies to attack obsessed in practicing Chinese martial arts’ theories, especially Form-Mind Boxing,
the living. In no time, the whole city is with such huge bloodshed. People from all which, among the three major Internal Kung Fu styles, was the oldest ancient style
walks, including gangsters, policemen, SWAT teams and the civilians, are willing to created by Yue Fei, the heroic general in the Song Dynasty about 900 years ago,
work together to escape seemingly, but in fact they have hidden schemes to compete which makes it mysterious and unpredictable, extensively including Nei Kung,
with and even kill each others. The biggest test in a doomsday is human’s mind. Footwork, Acupoint Attack, Light Body Skill and more. Second to None is a great
HIGH KICKERS work with the passion for the nation and the master.
Martial Arts (90 minutes)
Language: Chinese
Director: XIE Yi FILM BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL
Writer: XIE Yi Film Bridge International, 1316 Third Street Promenade, Suite 105, Santa Monica,
Producer: ZHANG Jun, WU Hongwu, NEE David Kai CA 90401 USA, Tel: 1.310.656.8680 Fax: 1.310.656.8683.
Key Cast: Eva HUANG, Daniel CHAN, Mark CHENG, Gordon LIU, Waise LEE www.filmbridgeinternational.com, contact@filmbridgeinternational.com
Delivery Status: Post Production At Cannes: Ellen Wander, Lori Mathison, Michael Fister, Amanda Seward
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China Office: Résidences Grand Hôtel, Use Entrance - Cormoran 2 (5th Floor), Tel: 33.4. 93
The Taekwondo club founder Zhao Yumin (by Gordon Liu Kill Bill) was beaten 39 76 29 / US Cell: 310.526.3456 - Int’l Cell: TBD
down by the death of his favorite disciple Han Xufeng who was killed in an illegal MIDDLETON
gambling boxing match. His club gradually goes into poor operation and loses most Romantic comedy
of the disciples. One day, a girl called Lingling (by Eva Huang °Kung Fu Hustle, The Director: Adam Rodgers (Oscar Nominee for,
Sorcerer and the White Snake) comes to his club and pledges him to train her for the Writer: Adam Rodgers
national championship of Taekwondo. Her persistence and sincerity starts to restart his Producer: Sonya Lunsford, Glenn German
yearning for the honor. Key Cast: Andy Garcia Vera Farmiga
CHOY LEE FUT Delivery Status: Screening
Martial Arts (93 minutes) Romantic Comedy about two parents who meet when taking their children to
Language: Chinese interviews for admissions to a University.
Director: Tommy LOR LOVE SICK LOVE
Writer: Albert LAI Romantic Thriller
Producer: Angus CHAN Language: English
Key Cast: Sammo HUNG, YUEN Wah, Sammy HUNG, Dennis TO Director: Christian Charles
Delivery Status: In Development Writer: Ryan Oxford
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong Producer: Anne Estonilo
Having taken his father Chen Tianlai (by Sammo Hung, Kill Zone, Ip Man 2)’s advice, Key Cast: Matthew Settle Katia Winter Jim Gaffigan M. Emmet Walsh Charlotte Rae
a bewildered graduate named Yingjie decides to return to homeland China to try a Delivery Status: Screening
new start, together with his Japanese good friend Ken. At the very beginning when the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
two boys start practicing Choy Lee Fut kung fu from Master Chen Tianhong (by Yuen A ‘boy meets girl’ romance that quickly turns into a twisted thriller. Dori, a sexy siren,
Wah, Kung Fu Hustle), brother of Tianlai, they learn that Tianlai consented to sell the traps Norman, a slick New York businessman, and forces him to live through a year of
martial club to Pan-America International Investment Group. Pan-America challenges holidays to prove they’re a perfect couple. But with Dori, Valentine’s Day, Christmas
to a fight which requires the Chens to hand over the martial club if they can’t prove and New Year’s celebrations take place over one weekend in an isolated country
their value of being. house far from help or a phone tower. “Love Sick Love” is a complex and suspenseful
journey into the darker side of passion.

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WINNIE A 17 year old high school student becomes pregnant. Her parents, whilst upset
Love Story initially, eventually stand by her and support her. The major theme portrayed in
Language: English this story is giving people a second chance and support so that they can improve
Director: Darrell Roodt themselves and learn from their mistakes to better the lives.
Key Cast: Jennifer Hudson Terrence Howard Elias Koteas Wendy Crewson BEYOND THE WEB
Delivery Status: Completed Thriller (5 mins.)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Africa Language: English
WINNIE Is the powerful love story that changed the world. Winnie and Nelson Director: Rodney Antonio
Mandela endured more than twenty years of separation and political turmoil ultimately Writer: Rodney Antonio
tearing them apart. Cast: Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls,” “Sex & the City”), Terrence Producer: Samuela Tunabua. School: Lautoka Muslim College
Howard (“Iron Man,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Crash”). Director: Darrell Roodt (“Sarafina,” Key Cast: Niko Naituku, Milika Kuruilaba, Ana Maria, Eparama Sauvakatoga and
“Cry, the Beloved Country. Fully completed film with new edit, new orchestration and Filimoni Tevita and Samuela Rodney
theme song written by Diane Warren & sung by Jennifer Hudson. U.S. Distributor to be Delivery Status: Completed
announced. Country of Origin: Fiji
BEAUTIFUL LIES The film is about young girls making friends on the internet. A young meets up with
Language: English her internet friend and is found murdered.
Director: John Deery THE REAL VICTIM
Writer: Caleb Ranson | Andrew T. Sessions Drama (5 mins.)
Producer: Ellen Wander, Michael Fister, John Deery Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Marshanell Leong
Year of Production: 2014 Writer: Marshanell Leong
Edgy psychological thriller in the vein of classics such as Fatal Attraction & Jagged Producer: Monish Sharma. School: Natabua High School
Edge. Big-city detective moves back to her hometown, where she entangles herself in a Key Cast: Rosa Murikanaka, Aaron Wong, Alanieta Tagituimua, Nathan Ross,
web of deceit, adultery, murder. BEAUTIFUL LIES will leave audiences asking: when Makelesi Maugulevu and Bhawish Patel
it comes to passion.. just how far is too far? Delivery Status: Completed
DEFENDING THE ENEMY Country of Origin: Fiji
War Crime Drama Alienated by bickering parents and propelled by teen troubles, Grace finds solace in
Language: English her boyfriend, Ryan. Grace’s naive trust blinds her from seeing Ryan’s true intentions
Director: James Moll until it is too late.
Executive Producer: Ellen Wander KANIA NA YALO BULA (EAT THE SOUL OF LIFE)
Producer: Jonathan Sanger Thriller/Horror (10 mins.)
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English
Based on the true war trials of General Masaharu Homma (“The Beast of Bataan”). Director: Clarence Dass
HOOKING UP Writer: Clarence Dass
Crime Thriller Producer: Mell Tuqota Jr.
Language: English Key Cast: Albert Rolls, Danl Whiteside and Dane Morllng
Director: Steven Feder Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Steven Feder Country of Origin: Fiji
Producer: Roger Pugliese, Christina Ramirez, Steven Feder, Michael Taylor A young couple arrives at a secluded camp site to meet up with friends. What they
Delivery Status: Pre-Production get is an experience in grueling terror, when they find out that their friends have be
Crime-thriller - three cops investigate the brutal attack at a teenage Rave Club. overcome by a sinister evil.
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
Sci-Fi Thriller
Director: Matthew Gratzner FILM TRUST PRODUCTIONS
Writer: Matthew Gratzner Film Trust Productions
Executive Producer: Ellen Wander Producer
Producer: Jonathan Sanger At Cannes: Christian Halsey Solomon (Producer - Owner)
Key Cast: Rebecca Romijn Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
Delivery Status: Pre-Production ICE SCREAM
Sci-Fi Thriller from New Deal Studios whose award winning special effects have been Delivery Status: In Production
seen in more than 20 films including “Inception,” “Shutter Island,” The Dark Knight”
& “Iron Man.” - Set 200 Years in the Future: In an attempt to escape her past, Officer FILMEXPORT GROUP
Karen Dante, boards a cargo airship headed for deep outer space. Filmexport Group, Largo Guglielmo La Pegna 18, Rome, 00128 Italy, Tel:
+39.06.52207432 Fax: +39.06.52278416.
FILM FIJI www.filmexport.com, info@filmexport.com
Film Fiji, Ground Floor, Civic House, New Town Hall Road, GPO Box 18080,, Suva Sales Agent
Fiji, Tel: Telephone (679) 330 6662 Fax: Fax (679) 331 4662. www.film-fiji.com, info@ At Cannes: Roberto Di Girolamo (President), Laura Maurano (Sales Manager)
film-fiji.com.fj Office: Boulevard de la Republique, 4 – Cannes, Tel: +33 6 21238379/
At Cannes: Florence Swamy (Acting Chief Executive Officer), Jone Tikoca (Account) +39.335.7025654
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: Tel: (679) 330 6662 DRACULA 3D
THE SILENT CRY Stereoscopic 3D - Horror (106’)
Drama (5 mins.) Language: English, Italian
Language: English Director: Dario Argento
Director: Shilpa Lal Writer: Dario Argento, Stefano Piani, Antonio Tentori
Writer: Shilpa Lal Producer: Multimedia Film Production, Enrique Cerezo P.C.
Producer: Vyas Singh, Shivneel Mudaliar and Ashal Mishra. School: Labasa SKM Key Cast: Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Rutger Hauer, Asia Argento, Unax
Sangam College Ugalde, Miriam Giovanelli
Key Cast: Aqelea Ratumuda, Eseta Cokanasica, Dipshika, Milika Dimataneca Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
Country of Origin: Fiji Based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of
The film tells the story of Selina, a form 7 student who is constantly under pressure twentieth century culture.
from her mother to score good marks in school exams. As the film unravels we learn EVIL THINGS
what really happens to Selina. AKA: COSE CATTIVE
SECOND CHANCE Thriller (’90)
Drama/Family (5 mins.) Language: English
Language: English Director: Simone Gandolfo
Director: Avishkar Naicker Writer: Simone Gandolfo, Debora Alessi
Writer: Manisha Nandani Mudliar, Rahit Rohitesh Ali, Payal Pallavi Producer: Inside Productions
Producer: Upesh and Nikil. School: Nadi SKM Sangam College Key Cast: Marta Gastini, Pietro Ragusa, Aaron Jorge Reg Moss
Key Cast: Shirani, Chang, Manisha, Waisake, Payal and Rajeshneel Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
Country of Origin: Fiji A contemporary horror movie. A metaphor on voyeurism and on the meaning of

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punishment, but also on cynicism that turns it all into a show, even gratuitous violence. Producer: Diamonds International Film, PH-ITA Digital Graphics Studios
THE BIG HEART OF GIRLS Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: IL CUORE GRANDE DELLE RAGAZZE Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Italy
Comedy (82’) When the earth was populated by strange creatures, the arrival of the ice age seemed
Language: Italian, English to mark its end, but the intervention of an alien community will raise its fate bringing
Director: Pupi Avati with them a new mysterious force...
Writer: Pupi Avati NOAH’S ARK
Executive Producer: Antonio Avati AKA: EL ARCA
Producer: Duea Film Spa in collaboration with Medusa Film Spa and Sky Cinema ANIMATION (87 Mins)
Key Cast: Cesare Cremonini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Gianni Cavina Language: Spanish, Italian, English,
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Italy Producer: Production Group, Patagonik Film Group
A sweet but troubled romance set in the first half of the Thirties in a small countryside Delivery Status: Completed
village in Central Italy. Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Argentina, Italy
APARTMENT IN ATHENS A classic animated film that tackles an absolutely universal subject, in a context of
AKA: APPARTAMENTO AD ATENE adventures and humour, in which the animals are the main characters.
Drama (95’) BETTER THAN EVER
Language: Greek, German, English AKA: MEJOR QUE NUNCA FKA: LIKE IT HOT?
Director: Ruggero Dipaola Comedy (90’)
Writer: Heidrun Schleef, Ruggero Dipaola, Luca De Benedittis Language: Spanish, Italian, English
Producer: L’Occhio e la Luna Director: Dolores Payas
Key Cast: Laura Morante, Richard Sammel, Gerasimos Skiadaresis Producer: Zahori Media, Production Group, J.L.A
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Victoria Abril, Enrique Rocha, Gabriella Pession, Pep Ferrer, Anna Galiena,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Italy Rocco Papaleo
Based on the novel APARTMENT IN ATHENS by Glenway Wescott, the film deals Delivery Status: Completed
with topics such as drama, history and war during the German occupation of Athens in Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Spain, Italy, France
1943. Abandoned by her husband after years of marriage, Isabel thought her sexual life was
DEEP WITHIN over... but she had still a lot to learn...
AKA: TAGLIONETTO THE MOLE
Horror / Thriller (90’) AKA: LA TAUPE
Language: Italian, English Thriller (2 x 52 min or 1 x 100’ TV movie)
Director: Federico Rizzo Language: French, English
Writer: Giuseppe Pizzo Director: Vincenzo Marano
Producer: Margherita Film Writer: Sergio Gobbi, Victor Arnold and Laurent Scalese
Key Cast: Dorotea Mercuri, Giulio Forges Davanzati, Nino Frassica Producer: Les Films de l’Astre / TF1 Films Production / AT-Production / R.T.B.F.
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Ingrid Chauvin, Linda Hardy, Yannis Baraban
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Italy Delivery Status: Completed
Anna Benanzio an affirmed psychiatrist, is being asked to run a psychiatric examination Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: France
on a guy who killed his mother and sister. After many difficulties she finds a way to his A heroin cache vanishes from a customs depot. Commandant Sandra Longo is
heart but she also discovers that she hides the same evil… dispatched from Paris. There is a mole and she has to find it.
DIRTY WAR THE MOLE 2
AKA: LE ULTIME 56 ORE AKA: LA TAUPE 2
Action - Drama (106’) Thriller (2 x 52 min or 1 x 104’ TV movie)
Language: Italian, English Language: French, English
Director: Claudio Fragasso Director: Vincenzo Marano
Writer: Rossella Drudi Writer: Sergio Gobbi, Laurent Scalese
Producer: Heles Film Production Producer: Les Films de l’Astre / TF1 Films Production / AT-Production / R.T.B.F
Key Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Luca Lionello, Barbora Bobulova, Simona Borioni, Key Cast: Ingrid Chauvin, Linda Hardy, Maí¯ Anh Líª, Cathy Min Jung
Primo Reggiani Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Italy Paris nowadays... when two corpses are found in a car boot, for Sandra Longo it
The film highlights how Army personnel of the “peace keeping” missions have died is clear that those homicides have been ordered by the boss of the local Chinese mafia.
and are still dying, killed by cancer caused by radioactivity of “depleted uranium” MILAN PALERMO, THE RETURN
contained in weapons and bullets. AKA: MILANO PALERMO, IL RITORNO
FANNY HILL Action (95’)
Erotic (91’) Language: Italian, English
Language: English Director: Claudio Fragasso
Director: May Chio Dimao Producer: Sanmarco Film - Globe Films; Executive Producer: Pietro Innocenzi
Producer: Moonlight International Film Key Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Raoul Bova, Ricky Memphis, Gabriella Pession,
Key Cast: Zoe Simpson, James Kavaz, James Donnelly Enrico Lo Verso
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Italy Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Italy
The erotic adaptation of John Cleland’s 18th century novel FANNY HILL, tells the Sequel to DARING YOUNG (Palermo Milan, One Way). Turi Arcangelo Leofonte,
story of an innocent northern country girl travelling to London to seek her fortune and the mafia’s bookkeeper, after accepting to cooperate with the Law causing the arrest
ending up in a brothel. of almost the whole Scalia clan, and after serving his 11 years sentence, is being
MY LAI FOUR released...
Action- Drama (100’) DESTINY RIDE
Language: English AKA: SANS ETAT D’AME - LA DONNA DI NESSUNO
Director: Paolo Bertola Thriller (96 mins.)
Writer: Gianni Paolucci, Stefano Pomilia Language: French, Italian, English,
Producer: Gianni Paolucci Director: Vincenzo Marano
Key Cast: Beau Ballinger, Yvette Yzon, Riccardo Flammini Producer: Les Films de l’Astre, Filmexport Group
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Laurent Lucas, Hélène de Fougerolles, Candice Hugo
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Italy Delivery Status: Completed
Based on real events that took place on the 16th of March 1968 at My Lai, South Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: France, Italy
Vietnam and written in the book “My Lai” by Seymour M. Hersh winner of the Pulitzer A high-profile prostitute, a dreaded judge, an idealistic journalist: the love that they
Prize. feel for each other will at once become deadly..
THE LEGEND OF MELITA A MARRIAGE
AKA: LA LEGGENDA DI MELITA AKA: UN MATRIMONIO
Fantasy - 3D Animated Film (84’) Classic Series France & Germany only (6 x 100)
Language: English Language: Italian with English subtitles
Director: Paolo Bertola Director: Pupi Avati

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Writer: Tommaso Avati, Claudio Piersanti, Pupi Avati Key Cast: Guillaume Gouix, Matila Malliarakis, David Salles, Mélissa Désormeaux-
Co-Production Partners: RAI FICTION Poulin
Producer: Antonio Avati for DUEA FILM Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Micaela Ramazzotti, Flavio Parenti, Andrea Roncato, Valeria Fabrizi, Country of Origin: Belgium/France/Canada
Maximilian Dirr, Katia Ricciarelli, Alessandro Sperduti, Christian De Sica When Paulo, a young pianist, and Ilir, a bass player meet by chance it is love at first
Delivery Status: Completed sight. Shortly after their first night Paulo moves in with Ilir but soon their harmonious
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: ITALY relationship becomes a turbulent roller coaster ride between love, addiction and
A love story lasting more than 50 years. From the first encounter to the golden wedding passion which will change their lives forever.
anniversary in 2005. Running through the background of the story are a number of the SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE
newsworthy events that took place in Italy in the late 20th century, recreated thanks to Documentary (76 min)
the stock footage from the Rai “Teche” archives, Director: Ilian Metev
Key Cast: Krassimir Yordanov, Mila Mikhailova, Plamen Slavkov
Delivery Status: Completed
FILMS BOUTIQUE Year of Production: Bulgaria/Croatia/Germany Country of Origin: 2012
Films Boutique, Köpenicker Str. 184, Berlin, Germany, Tel: 49 30 69 53 78 50 Fax: 49 Sofia, Bulgaria. In a city where only 13 ambulances struggle to serve several million
30 69 53 78 51. www.filmsboutique.com, info@filmsboutique.com people, three paramedics face Kafkaesque situations. Fighting against an avalanche of
At Cannes: Jean-Christophe Simon (Sales), Cristina Cavaliere (Sales), Valeska Neu absurdities in a crumbling medical system, they do what they do best: save lives.
(Festivals), Marine Rechard (Legal), Gabor Greiner (Acquisitions) DOM - A RUSSIAN FAMILY
Office: Booth E10-12 @ Riviera, Tel: +33 4 92 99 32 20 Drama / Action (109 min)
LA JAULA DE ORO Director: Oleg Pogodin
Drama (102 min) Key Cast: Sergei Garmash, Bogdan Stupka, Vladimir Yepifantsev
Director: Diego Quemada-Diez Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Brandon Lopez, Rodolfo Dominguez, Karen Martinez, Carlos Chajon Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Mexico/Spain In a large house in the middle of the steppes, the Shamanovs meet for a family
OFFICIAL SELECTION - UN CERTAIN REGARD. Juan, Sara and Samuel, three gathering. When suddenly the eldest brother Victor appears after a 25 year absence,
teenagers from the slums of Guatemala, travel to the US in search of a better life. On unspoken family conflicts come to light. Nobody suspects that Victor is escaping his
their journey through Mexico, they meet Chauk, an Indian from Chiapas who doesn’t dark past and that killers are looking for his hiding place.
speak Spanish. Traveling together in cargo trains, walking on the railroad tracks, they MORE THAN HONEY
soon have to face a harsh reality. Documentary (90 min)
YOU AND THE NIGHT Director: Markus Imhoof
Drama (100 min) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany/Austria/Switzerland
Director: Yann Gonzalez Einstein once said: “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would
Key Cast: Eric Cantona, Alain Fabien Delon, Beatrice Dalle, Kate Moran, Niels have no more than four years to live.” In the past five years, billions of honeybees
Schneider, Nicolas Maury simply vanished for reasons still obscure. If the bees keep dying, it will have drastic
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France effects for humans as well: more than one third of our food production depends on
Around midnight, a young couple and their maid prepare for an orgy. Their guests will pollination by honeybees and their life and death are linked to ours. A 2M euro budget
be The Slut, The Star, The Stud and The Teen. documentary by Oscar nominated director Markus Imhoof and by the creators of
FLOATING SKYSCRAPERS “LET’S MAKE MONEY” & “WE FEED THE WORLD”.
Drama (93 min) KUMA
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski Drama (93 minutes)
Key Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk, Bartosz Gelner, Marta Nieradkiewicz Language: Turkish / German
When Kuba, a young man in a stable relationship with Sylwia, meets Michal, the life of Director: Umut Dag
the three teenagers soon gets upside down. In a rollercoaster of emotions and confusion Key Cast: Nihal Koldas, Begüm Akkaya, Vedat Erincin, Dilara Karabayir
all three have to find their own way in life. Delivery Status: Completed
MICHAEL H.PROFESSION:DIRECTOR Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Austria
Documentary (90 min) Fatma lives with her husband and family in Vienna. When Ayse, a 19-year-old girl
Director: Yves Montmayeur from the Turkish countryside, is chosen to get married to Fatma’s son, a special
Key Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Riva, etc. friendship evolves between the two women. But soon this relationship is put to the
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Austria/France test as the family has to face a difficult stroke of fate.
In 25 years, Michael Haneke established himself as one of the most important directors KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
in cinema history. From his early works to AMOUR, he created a unique universe, Drama (101 minutes)
revealing like no other the dregs of our society, our existential fears and emotional Director: Ira Sachs
outbursts. Through the vision of his actors and previously unseen footages, MICHAEL Key Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Paprika Steen
H. depicts the work of a rare artist. Delivery Status: Completed
A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Drama (77 min) Keep The Lights On chronicles the emotionally and sexually charged journey of
Director: Boris Khlebnikov two men. New York in the Nineties. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter and soon become a couple. They are
VIC + FLO SAW A BEAR risk takers—compulsive and fueled by sex. In an almost decade-long relationship
Drama (95 min) defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own
Director: Denis Cote boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY
LIFELONG Drama (107 minutes)
Drama (102 min) Director: Radu Jude
Director: Asli Ozge Producer: Ada Solomon - HI FILM
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Turkey/Germany/Netherlands Key Cast: Gabriel Spahiu, Mihaela Sirbu, Serban Pavlu, Sofia Nicolaescu, Tamara
ROCK THE CASBAH Buciuceanu Botez
Drama (93 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Yariv Horowitz Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Romania
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel/France Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives
BECOMING TRAVIATA with her mother, which causes Marius a deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives to
Documentary (113 min) take his daughter on their annual holiday, he is not allowed to take her with him. The
Director: Philippe Beziat situation soon gets out of control with all the family taking part in a web of humor,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France violence, childish songs, police interventions and love statements.
THE PASSION OF MICHELANGELO FOUR SUNS
Drama (97 min) Drama (102 min)
Director: Esteban Larrain Director: BOHDAN SLÁMA
Writer: Esteban Larrain Key Cast: Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Marek Sácha, Karel Roden, Jirí Mádl,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Chile/France Klára Melísková, Igor Chmela
BEYOND THE WALLS Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (98 min) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Language: French Jára has lost his job, his family is falling apart and his only companion and friend
Director: David Lambert

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is Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very closely bound to nature. Unemployed and Delivery Status: Completed
immature, he tries to keep his family together, to make his wife stay with him, to Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
protect his teenage son from drug abuse and to protect Karel from himself - but who Iris is 16 and she lives the end of her teenage years in a small province town when
will protect Jára? she meets Jean, a 40 year old Parisian photographer. Over the course of their
KING CURLING meetings, their relationship evolves to a loving friendship that will turn their lives
Comedy (75 minutes) upside down. ADÈLE HAENEL IS EUROPEAN SHOOTING STAR 2012.
Director: Ole Endresen
Producer: 4 ½ Films
Key Cast: Atle Antonsen, Jan Sælid, Kåre Conradi, Linn Skåber FILMS DISTRIBUTION
Delivery Status: Completed Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, Paris, 75001 France, Tel:
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Norway 00331.53.10.33.99. www.filmsdistribution.com, info@filmsdistribution.com
Truls Paulsen, once a great curling-star, learns that his coach Gordon is on his deathbed. Sales Agent
To pay for the needed operation, Truls’ last chance is to gather his old team mates to At Cannes: Francois Yon (Partner), Nicolas Brigaud Robert (Partner), Sebastien
compete again and win the championship cash prize.Will Truls lead his team to victory Beffa (Partner), Pamela Leu (Head of International TV Sales), Sanam Madjedi
and save his old friend? (Festival and Marketing Manager), Julie Walter (Markets and Acquisitions
COME AS YOU ARE Manager)
Tragi-Comedy (115 minutes) Office: RIVIERA Stand E5 / F8, Tel: 33 4 92 99 32 08 Fax: 33 4 92 99 32 11
Language: Flemish/French 17 FILLES
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven AKA: 17 GIRLS
Producer: Fobic Films, Mariano Vanhoof Drama (90’)
Key Cast: Gilles De Schryver, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle De Language: French
Hertogh Director: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Belgium Producer: Denis Freyd
Three guys in their early twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under Key Cast: Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxanne Duran
the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first Delivery Status: Completed
sexual experience. Nothing will stop them. Not even their handicaps: one is blind, the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
other is confined to a wheelchair and the third one is completely paralyzed. 17 teenage girls take together an unexpected decision that will change their
UNFAIR WORLD peaceful little lives and leave them misunderstood by the boys and adults around
Drama (107 minutes) them: they decide to get pregnant all at the same time. This is based on a true story
Director: Filippos Tsitos that occurred in 2008.
Producer: Alexandra Boussiou, Gian Pero Ringel CAFE DE FLORE
Key Cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Christos Stergioglou Drama
Delivery Status: Completed Language: French
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Greece Director: Jean-Marc Vall
It’s hard to be honest in a dishonest world. Sotiris has almost given up. Luckily he still Writer: Jean-Marc Vall
has his job as a cop, which provides a modest opportunity to fight the system. Producer: Pierre Even, Marie Claude Poulin
HOLIDAYS BY THE SEA Key Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, H?l?ne Florent
Comedy (77 minutes) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada/France
Director: Pascal Rabate Cafe de Flore is first and foremost an epic love story between a man and woman.
Key Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Marie De Medeiros, François Damiens, Dominique Pinon, And between a mother and her son. Two people from two different eras who
Marie Kremer, Gustave Kervern, François Morel live two extraordinary moments of passion that shake their lives. A mystical and
Delivery Status: Completed supernatural odyssey on love.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France SKYLAB (THE)
Finally it’s weekend and everybody is heading to the coast. Two retirees in a snail AKA: SKYLAB (LE)
paced vehicle and a beach house as large as a stamp cross a couple of punks in Drama, Comedy (91’)
love living in a house drawn on the sand. Two impostors play golf next to a funeral Language: French
procession, an umbrella representative meets his mistress in a hotel and the life of Director: Julie Delpy
two unhappy couples is turned upside down by a lost kite. Many bizarre and funny Writer: Julie Delpy
encounters happen during holidays by the sea. The film is a tribute to Jacques Tati’s Producer: Michael Gentil
classic “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday”. Key Cast: Julie Delpy, Eric Elmosnino, Aure Atika
FAUST Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
Drama (134 minutes) 1979. In the family summer house, Albertine 10, is the witness of a crazy family
Language: German week-end. All believe the Skylab, a piece of a Nasa rocket, will fall on their head
Director: Alexander Sokurov that summer.
Producer: A Proline-Film-Production STELLA DAYS
Key Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Georg Friedrich, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Drama (100’)
Schygulla Language: ENGLISH
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia Writer: Antoine O’Flatharta
Freely inspired by Goethe’s story, Alexander Sokurov radically reinterprets the myth. Producer: New Grange Pictures
Faust is a thinker, a rebel and a pioneer, but also an anonymous human made of flesh Key Cast: Martin Sheen, Tristan Gravelle, Marcella Plunkett, Joseph O’Sullivan,
and blood driven by inner impulses, greed and lust. After “Moloch” (Hitler), “Taurus” Stephen Rea, Tom Hickey, Derble Crotty, Amy Huberman, Ruth McCabe
(Lenin) and “The Sun” (Hirohito), “Faust” is the last part of Sokurov’s tetralogy. Delivery Status: Completed
BEST INTENTIONS Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: IRELAND
Black Comedy / Drama (102 minutes) A small town cinema in rural Ireland becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle
Director: Adrian Sitaru between faith and passion, Rome and Hollywood and a man and his conscience.
Producer: Ada Solomon - Hi Film Productions STELLA DAYS is the story of a man, a story about the conflict between love and
Key Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Marian Ralea, Alina Grigore duty, hope and faith, and between the excitement of the unknown and the security
Delivery Status: Completed of the familiar. It encapsulates the dilemma of Ireland in the mid-1950s - on the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Romania cusp of the modern but still clinging to the traditions of church and a cultural
Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized identity forged in very different times.
with a stroke, the caring son’s life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself MONSIEUR LAZHAR
in a burlesque kind of human zoo full of unexpected characters and surprising Drama (94)
events. Trying to manage the situation in between everybody’s advice, he’s becoming Language: FRENCH
hypochondriac. While his mother seems to feel perfectly fine Alex is making his own Director: Philippe Falardeau
set of mistakes – throughout with best intentions. Writer: Philippe Falardeau
IRIS IN BLOOM Producer: micro_scope
Drama (75 minutes) Key Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart
Director: Valerie Mrejen & Bertrand Schefer Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Charlotte Vincent – Aurora Films Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: CANADA
Key Cast: Lola Créton, Stanislas Merhar, Valérie Donzelli, Adèle Haenel After he learns the death of a sixth grade teacher, Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian
refugee, propose himself as a substitute at the school’s headmistress.

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LOW COST HOUSE OF TOLERANCE
Comedy (86’) AKA: L’APOLLONIDE, SOUVENIRS DE MAISON CLOSE
Language: French Drama (126 min)
Director: Maurice Barthelemy Language: French
Writer: Maurice Barthelemy, Hector Cabello Reyes Director: Bertrand Bonello
Producer: Francois Kraus Writer: Bertrand Bonello
Key Cast: Gerard Darmon, Judith Godreche, Jean-Paul Rouve Producer: Kristina Larsen, Bertrand Bonello
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Nomeie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: France Delivery Status: Completed
Exhausted after an 8 hours wait on a plane without ventilation, the passengers of the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
low cost flight Djerba-Paris are ready to take action to go back home... even to fly off At the dawn of the XXth century, in a brothel in Paris, a man disfigures a prostitute
without the pilot! for life. She is marked with a scar that draws a tragic smile on her face. Around the
TOMBOY woman who laughs, the life of other girls, their rivalry, their fears, their joy, their
Drama/Child (81’) pain...From the external world, nothing is known. Their world is closed.
Language: French THE SNOWS OF KILIMANDJARO
Director: Celine Sciamma AKA: LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO
Writer: Celine Sciamma Drama (107’)
Producer: Benedicte Couvreur Language: French
Key Cast: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana, Jeanne Disson Director: Robert Guediguian
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Robert Guediguian, Jean Loup Milesi
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France Producer: Robert Guediguian
Laure is 10 years old. Laure is a tomboy. On her arrival in a new neighborhood, she Key Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean Pierre Darroussin, Gerard Meylan
lets Lisa and her crowd believe that she is a boy. Truth or dare? Dare.Summer becomes Delivery Status: Completed
a big playground and Laure pretends to be Michael, a boy like the others... different Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: France
enough to get the attention of Lisa who falls in love with him. Laure takes advantage of Despite losing his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire his wife and their
her new identity as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. loving children and grandchildren, surrounded by their friends. In love for more than
A CAT IN PARIS thirty years, they are proud of their union and political struggles, for their conscience
AKA: UNE VIE DE CHAT is as clear as their view of life. This happiness will be shattered when two young
Animation (65 min) armed and masked men beat them up, tie them up, and snatch their wedding rings and
Language: French their lifetime savings. The shock will be even more violent when they discover that
Director: Jean Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol this brutal attack was organized by one of the young workers laid off at the same time
Writer: Alain Gagnol, Jacques Remy Girerd as Michel, by one of their own people.
Producer: Jacques Remy Girerd BREATHING
Key Cast: Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone AKA: ATMEN
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (90’)
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: France Language: German
Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day, he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose Director: Karl Marcovics
mother, Jeanne, is a police officer. By night, he works with Nico, a burglar with a Writer: Karl Marcovics
big heart.One day, Dino the cat brings Zoe a very valuable bracelet. Lucas, Jeanne’s Producer: Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak
second-in-command, notices this bracelet is part of a jewellery collection that has Key Cast: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka
been stolen.One night, Zoe decides to follow Dino. On the way, she overhears some Delivery Status: Completed
gangsters and discovers that her nanny is part of the gangsters’ team... Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Austria
JEANNE CAPTIVE Roman Kogler, 18, is serving time in a juvenile detention center. He has already
Biography (92 min) served half of his sentence, and could be released on probation, but his chances are
Language: French poor: he doesn’t have family, and seems incapable of coping with society. After many
Director: Philippe Ramos failed attempts, Roman finds a probation job at the municipal morgue in Vienna. One
Writer: Philippe Ramos day, Roman is faced with a dead woman who bears his family name. Even though it
Producer: Sophie Dulac, Michel Zana soon turns out that she is not his mother, Roman wonders about his past for the first
Key Cast: Clemence Poesy, Mathieu Amalric, Thierry Fremont time and starts looking for his mother.
Delivery Status: Completed GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: France AKA: UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE
1430. After a year of victorious battles, Joan of Arc is taken prisoner. Handed over Drama (115’)
to the English by King Charles VII, she lets herself fall from the keep where she is Language: French
imprisoned. The young woman miraculously survives, but she no longer hears the Director: Mia Hansen-Love
divine voices that guided and protected her all these years. Why has God abandoned her Writer: Mia Hansen-Love
at such a difficult time? Joan is left alone to face her grim fate. Producer: David Thion, Philippe Martin
THE SLUT Key Cast: Lola Creton, Sebastien Urzedowsky
Language: Hebrew Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
Director: Hagar Ben Asher Spring 1999. Camille 15, Sullivan 19, love each other passionately, but Sullivan wants
Writer: Hagar Ben Asher to go to South America for a year and this project drives Camille to despair. In fall
Producer: Mark Rozenbaum, Benny Drechsel he leaves and slowly stops writing to her. After a suicide attempt, Camille ends up in
Key Cast: Hagar Ben Asher, Ishai Golan, Icho Avital hospital. 2003, four years have passed. Camille works, studies architecture and lives
Delivery Status: Completed on her own.She meets a famous architect, Lorenz, who restores her self-confidence.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Israel 2007, Camille and Lorenz have a strong relationship. Camille is his assistant but she
Tamar cannot restrain her sexual desires. Once Shai, her new kind and gentle boyfriend feels capable of founding her own agency soon. After 7 years she sees Sullivan again,
has settled into her life, she hopes to be able to control her animalistic behavior. But the all seems to go well after their first encounter, but few months later their feelings are
rounds of raw sex continues as Tamar cannot escape what men want from her. back and Camille’s heart is torn apart.
A BURNING DESIRE 11 FLOWERS
AKA: UNE FOLLE ENVIE Drama (120’)
Comedy (80?) Language: Chinese
Language: French Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
Director: Bernard Jeanjean Writer: Wang Xiaoshuai, Lihong Kong
Writer: Bernard Jeanjean, Martine Fontaine Key Cast: Liu Wenqing, WANG Jinchun, YEN Ni
Producer: Fran?ois Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China
Key Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Olivia Bonamy Wang Han, 11 year old boy in the province of Ghizhou is confronted with a runaway
Delivery Status: Completed murderer. Hiding in the woods, the wounded man takes Wang Han drying shirt and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France persuades him to help him out. Frightened and fascinated at once, Wang Han and his
Rose and Yann, thirty somethings, have been together for two years and now want a friends accept to keep it secret from the police. Strange things are happening at school
baby. A piece of cake! A man and a woman, a cabbage and a rose, it’s as old as the hills, and the police is everywhere...
that’s nature! To become three all it takes is two. Or at least, when nature cooperates... CAPTURED
because when it doesn’t, when you want to be three too hard, isn’t there a risk of going Drama
from two to one? Why is it so complicated?! All Rose and Yann want is just: a baby. Language: Philipinnes

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Director: Brillante Mendoza Executive Producer: Kim Ki-duk
Writer: Brillante Mendoza Producer: Kim Soon-mo
Producer: Didier Costet, Boots Agbayani Pastor, Patrick Bancarel Key Cast: Lee Jung-jin, Cho Min-soo
Key Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Philippines/France Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Therese Bourgoine is a French national who is a volunteer humanitarian-social worker Hired by moneylenders, a man lives as a loan shark brutally threatening people for
with a nongovernment organization on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. paybacks. This man, without any family, has caused so much pain to countless people
While transporting supplies to the organization base in Puerto Princesa (the capital without any fear. One day, a woman appears in front of him claiming to be his mother.
of Palawan), she and her fellow volunteer, Filipina Soledad Carpio, are unwittingly He coldly rejects her at first, but gradually accepts her in his life and even decides to
kidnapped by an extremist group of Muslim men fighting for the independence of quit his cruel job. Then suddenly the mother is kidnapped. Assuming that it would be
Muslim Mindanao, the “Abu Sayyaf Group” (ASG). by someone he had hurt in the past, he starts to track down people he had harassed.
The man finally finds the one, only to realize that this guy had committed suicide a
long time ago and the woman is actually the mother of the victim; it all had been a
FINECUT CO., LTD. self-fabricated kidnap to take revenge against the man to kill his very soul.
Finecut Co., Ltd., 4F, Incline B/D., 891-37, Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, THE WEIGHT
Tel: +82 2 569 8777 Fax: +82 2 569 9466. Drama
www.finecut.co.kr, cineinfo@finecut.co.kr Language: Korean
Sales Agent Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan
At Cannes: Youngjoo SUH (CEO), Yunjeong KIM (Director of Int’l Sales), Luna H.Y. Writer: Jeon Kyu-hwan
KIM (Director of Int’l Sales & Co-production), Yura KWON (Director of Festival & Co-Production Partners: Treefilm
Marketing), Sejin LEE (Sales & Marketing) Producer: Choi Mi-ae
Office: RIVIERA Stand E9 / F12, Tel: 33 4 92 99 32 15 Key Cast: Cho Jae-hyun, Zia
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY Delivery Status: Post Production
Drama (89 min.) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Language: Korean, English Hunchback JUNG is a mortician who works at the morgue cleaning and dressing dead
Director: Hong Sangsoo bodies. Born with a hump like a camel, his life is as painful as crossing a desolate
Writer: Hong Sangsoo desert. While the karmas of those around him and the dead people that he comes
Co-Production Partners: Jeonwonsa Film Co. across at the morgue add on weights of pain to his life, the love hate relationship that
Producer: Kim Kyounghee he has with his stepbrother who wants to become a woman weighs down on his life
Key Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Yu Junsang, Jung Yumi even more.
Delivery Status: Completed LOVE 911
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea Romance
A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape Language: Korean
their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in Director: Jung Ki-hoon
order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman Writer: Jung Ki-hoon
consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small Co-Production Partners: ORM PICTURES Co., Ltd.
hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen Executive Producer: Kim Woo-taek, Han Sung-gu, Lee Min-ho
restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this Producer: Son Seung-jin
small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner’s daughter, and ventures onto the Key Cast: Ko Soo, Han Hyo-joo
beach where they meet the lifeguard. Delivery Status: In Production
GHOST SWEEPERS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Horror, Comedy Kang-il is a 911 rescue worker who refuses to love anyone since he lost his wife.
Language: Korean Tortured with guilt and regret that he wasn’s there for his wife when she’s dying, he
Director: Shin Jung-won loses all his will to live. Mi-soo is a surgical doctor who would do just about anything
Writer: Kwon Sung-hui to achieve her goal, with no interest in love. One day, she is sued by patient’s family
Co-Production Partners: Saram Entertainment and Dasepo Club Co. Ltd. because of her wrong prescription and needs a witness not to lose her license, and that
Executive Producer: Lee So-young, Billy Acuman, Kim Hyun-suk witness turns out to be Kang-il. Although she discovers that she was the very doctor
Producer: MC Kang, Park Kyung-won who lost his wife on the operating table in the past, she tries to get close to him with
Key Cast: Kim Soo-ro, Kang Ye-won, Lee Jae-hoon the ill intentions only to use him as her witness. Yet when Mi-soo joins as a paramedic
Delivery Status: Post Production at his fire station, they slowly begin to fall for each other.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea UNBOWED
Chan-young, a young journalist, is sent to cover a story when all the top shamans from Drama (101 min.)
nationwide gather up for a grand exorcism at a small village notorious for dark rumors Language: Korean
about an evil spirit. They barely manage to even enter the village for this evil spirit is Director: Chung Jiyoung
unlike anything anyone has seen so far. The group of shamans begins their grand ritual, Writer: Han Hyunkeun
but with the strange eerie force that dominates the entire village and repeated attacks Co-Production Partners: Chung Jiyoung Film
by the spirit, most of the shamans run for their lives. Only five best shamans remain Executive Producer: Lee Eun, Chung Jiyoung
along with Chan-young. So the six begin to explore the dark secrets of the village while Producer: Chung Jiyoung
preparing for the biggest battle against the evil forces. Key Cast: Ahn Sungki, Park Wonsang
THE GRAND HEIST Delivery Status: Completed
Period Action Adventure Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Language: Korean After refusing to cover up the affiliated University’s error regarding the national
Director: Kim Joo-ho university entrance exam, Professor KIM Kyoung-ho is unfairly dismissed. He
Writer: Kim Min-sung loses his lawsuit for reinstatement and his appeal is overruled without reason. So he
Co-Production Partners: Dhuta Co.Ltd. and AD406 threatens the judge with a crossbow demanding a fair trial and the two wrestle ending
Executive Producer: Kim Woo-taek, Ahn Dong-gyu, Cha Ji-hyun, Kim Min-sung up with the judge claiming a blood wound. However, KIM argues that he didn’t shoot
Producer: Oh Jung-hyun the judge and the trial proceeds with difficulty: a battle at court without concessions,
Key Cast: Cha Tae-hyun, Oh Ji-ho confronting statements, crucial evidences missing. Lawyers give up on KIM due to
Delivery Status: Post Production his uncompromising character. But when he meets an unorthodox lawyer PARK, the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea trials start to get lively.
About 250 years ago in Korea, people struggle under the tyranny of the first vice- LOVE FICTION
premier CHO who has taken possessions of power and commercial supremacy over Romantic Comedy (121 min.)
‘ice�, the most valuable commodity in that time. Unable to stand CHO’s tyranny, LEE, Language: Korean
an ingenious young man whose father was eliminated by CHO, gathers a group of Director: Jeon Gye-soo
experts in various fields; tactics, weapons, explosives, underwater diving, camouflage, Writer: Jeon Gye-soo
etc. With their help, Lee executes his plans to rob the entire storage of ice that will be Co-Production Partners: Samgeori Pictures Co. Ltd. and Fantagio
used for the crown prince’s birthday party which will initiate CHO’s downfall. Executive Producer: Woody KIM
PIETA Producer: Shin Young-il
Drama Key Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Kong Hyo-jin
Language: Korean Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Kim Ki-duk Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Writer: Kim Ki-duk Joo-wol is a novelist suffering from writer’s block. One day, he goes to Germany and
Co-Production Partners: Kim Ki-duk film

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meets Heejin, a film distributor, and falls in love. Back in Seoul, he convinces her out Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong
on a date. Joo-wol finds out Heejin had lived in Alaska, loves photography, and does RIGOR MORTIS is an eerie and chilling, contemporary, action/special effects laden
not shave. He gets shocked by the thick hair growing under her armpits, but it strangely homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980’s.
inspires him to write again; a mystery suspense detective series about a woman with SCATTER MY ASHES AT BERGDORF’S
hairy armpits. It becomes an immediate sensation. Then, Joo-wol discovers more about Documentary (89)
Heejin, including her complicated pasts with numerous men. Language: English
DANGEROUSLY EXCITED Director: Matthew Miele
Drama (101 min.) Writer: Matthew Miele
Language: Korean Producer: Mallory Andrews, Barbara Ragghianti
Director: Koo Ja-hong Key Cast: Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Betty Halbreich, David
Writer: Koo Ja-hong Hoey, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld,
Co-Production Partners: Mapo film Linda Fargo
Executive Producer: Koo Ja-hong Delivery Status: Screening
Producer: Jung Hyeyoung Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Yoon Je-moon A compelling story of the legendary Fifth Avenue store that continues to be the
Delivery Status: Post Production aspiration of every designer around the world.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea DJINN
HAN is a man who is all about pursuing a stable, solid, sound, and safe life. He has Supernatural Horror Thriller
been working as a public officer for the past 10 years, with utmost satisfaction in his Language: Arabic / English
steadfast life and work. Living up to his motto “You lose when you get excited over Director: Tobe Hooper
things, he is respected for his superior ability in dealing with angry civil complaints Writer: Tobe Hooper
without losing his self-control and is anticipated to be on a fast track at work. But, one Co-Production Partners: Image Nation Abu Dhabi
day an indie rock band moves in the basement of his house, and they turn his life upside Producer: Daniela Tully, Tim Symthe
down far from stability. Will he get his peaceful life back? Key Cast: Khalid Laith, Razane Jammal, Aiysha Hart
Delivery Status: Post Production
Country of Origin: UAE
FORTISSIMO FILMS A young Emirati couple move into a new luxury high-rise apartment, only to find they
Fortissimo Films, Van Diemenstraat 100, Amsterdam, CN 1013 The Netherlands, Tel: have entered the nightmarish world of djinn, supernatural beings from Arabic lore.
+31.20.627.3215 Fax: +31.20.626.1155. FINAL RECIPE
www.fortissimofilms.com, info@fortissimo.nl Family Drama
Sales Agent Language: English
At Cannes: Michael J. Werner (Chairman), Nelleke Driessen (Managing Director), Director: Gina Kim
Nicole Mackey (Executive Vice President - Sales and Acquisitions), Winnie Lau Executive Producer: Tae-sung Jeong, Mike Suh, Jonathan Kim, Keiko Bang, Michael
(SVP - Sales & Acquisitions), Niloufar Siassi (Director of TV & Ancillary Sales), Ellis Werner, Michelle Yeoh
Driessen (Acquisition Consultant - Europe and Middle East), Laura Talsma (Festival Producer: Steven Nam, Gina Nam
Services Manager), Charlotte Henskens (Management Assistant & Manager Special Key Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Lau, Chin Han
Projects), Daniela Bendall (Director - International Servicing) Delivery Status: Post Production
Office: Apt. Zanzi (1st Floor), 5 Square Mérimée, Tel: +33 4 93 39 87 31 Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea
BORGMAN When you enter the world of cooking you enter a universe of passion, talent, egos,
Drama energy, and style. Family is the secret ingredient.
Language: Dutch HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES
Director: Alex van Warmerdam Romance/Sci-Fi/Drama
Writer: Alex van Warmerdam Language: English
Producer: Marc van Warmerdam Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Key Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewich Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Writer: Philippa Goslett
Dewispelaere, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Dirkje van der Pijl, Annet Malherbe, Eva van de Producer: Howard Gertler
Wijdeven, Pieter-Bas de Waard Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Delivery Status: Screening Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: The Netherlands / Belgium / Denmark Based on a science fiction short story by Neil Gaiman, HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS
BORGMAN is the central character in Alex van Warmerdam’s dark, malevolent fable. AT PARTIES is about a couple of British 1970s teen-aged boys, Enn and Vic, who
Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our head to a party to meet girls, only to find that the girls there are much different than
fears? BORGMAN is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. they imagined.
His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade SUNSET SONG
constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny. Language: English
MONSOON SHOOTOUT Director: Terence Davies
Action/Thriller (96) Co-Production Partners: Hurricane Films
Language: Hindi Key Cast: Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn
Director: Amit Kumar Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Writer: Amit Kumar Country of Origin: UK
Co-Production Partners: Yaffle Films Set in the early 20th century Scotland, SUNSET SONG begins with a suicide attempt:
Producer: Trevor Ingman, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga that of a poverty stricken woman, broken by repeated childbirths, who kills herself
Key Cast: Vijay Varma, Nawazuddin Siddiqi and Tannishtha Chatterjee and poisons her baby twins. The story follows one of the woman’s daughters, Chris
Delivery Status: Screening Guthrie, who must manage the farm in her mother’s absence and after her father, who
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: India has a stroke, becomes bedridden (though also eager for an incestuous relationship
Set against the monsoon-lashed gritty urban landscape of Mumbai, MONSOON with her). But when love comes to Chris she must send her man off to the Great War
SHOOTOUT is an existential thriller that explores the impact of our choices on the and manage the farm in a land about to be changed forever by the onset of technology
lives of others and ourselves. Adi, a rookie cop, has Shiva, a suspected gangster, in and war. How can we bear time or subdue nature? We cannot. We can only endure...
his line of fire. Adi has a moment of reckoning. Should he shoot a man whose guilt he CAMERA
is uncertain of? The film presents three scenarios, all resulting from the decision that Suspense/Thriller (95)
Adi makes. Each decision takes Adi on a journey that pits him against a system that Language: Cantonese/Mandarin
demands a compromise on his morals. Finally, however, he learns that every choice has Director: James Leong
its price. Writer: James Leong/Ben Slater
RIGOR MORTIS Producer: Lynn Lee, Jacqueline Liu
Horror (100) Key Cast: Sean Li, Venus Wong, Calvin Poon Yuen Leung
Language: Cantonese Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: Juno Mak Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Singapore, Hong Kong
Writer: Philip Yung, Jill Leung, Juno Mak A surveillance expert installs a camera in his eye, so he can record everything he sees.
Co-Production Partners: Kudos Films Limited, Great Sound Creation Limited AN END TO KILLING
Executive Producer: Steven Lo, Bernard Lai, Epic Action/Drama (100)
Producer: Takashi Shimizu, Juno Mak Language: Mandarin
Key Cast: Chin Siu-Ho, Kara Wai, Nina Paw, Antony “Friend” Chan, Lo Hoi Pang, Director: Wang Ping
Richard Ng, Chung Fat Writer: Ran Ping
Delivery Status: Post Production

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Co-Production Partners: ShanDong Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation, Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong / China
ShanDong WoHan Culture and Media Co. Ltd, Radio Film and TV Administration of Ip Man was born and raised in Foshan. From the time of his youth he took part in
ShanDong Province, SCS Entertainment Inc. contest after contest of skill in and around the Gold Pavilion. Then, one day, Master
Executive Producer: Shen Wugang, Yoo Eunjung Gong arrived from the Northeast to hold a retirement ceremony at the Gold Pavilion.
Producer: Wang Ping, Satoru Iseki, Jooick Lee One retires, one steps forward. But who is entitled to be called a grandmaster? Ip
Key Cast: Zhao Youliang, Tu Men, Park Yejin Man? Master Gong’s daughter, Gong Er? The self-described ‘rascal’ of the Northeast?
Delivery Status: Screening Or is it Master Gong, who took the Northern martial arts to the South? This can no
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China longer just the story of Ip Man. It is the path of the grandmaster: Being. Knowing.
The story is set against the backdrop of the later years of the reign of Genghis Khan. Doing.
At a point when his power was at its peak and his empire had no equal, he decided to SIMON KILLER
push westward wanting to enlarge his empire so that he could see it stretch from “the Psychological Drama (105)
place where the sun rises to the city where the sun sets.” Smart, cunning, vicious and Language: English
strategic; at that point in his life, no one could equal him and no one dared challenge Director: Antonio Campos
him. That was until a master Daoist priest, Qiu Chuji came down from his mountain Writer: Antonio Campos
monastery, pursued Genghis Khan for three years and convinced him that immortality Co-Production Partners: Filmhaven Entertainment, Borderline Films, Melody Roscher
was only possible if he gave up violence and killing. Thus the mighty Khan was tamed. Producer: Josh Mond, Sean Durkin, Matt Palmieri
CAPTURING DAD Key Cast: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michael Abiteboul, Constance Rousseau, Lila
Family Drama Salet
Language: Japanese Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Ryota Nakano Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Ryota Nakano After a bad breakup, Simon escapes to Paris where he falls in love with a young
Co-Production Partners: PICTURES NETWORK / HIYOSHIGAOKA PICTURES prostitute, and their fateful journey begins.
Producer: Noriyasu Hirakata WHAT MAISIE KNEW
Key Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Erisa Yanagi, Nanoka Matsubara Drama (95)
Delivery Status: Screening Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan Director: Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Sawa, a long divorced mother of two complex, angst-ridden teenaged sisters, sends Writer: Nancy Doyne & Carroll Cartwright
her daughters on a cross country trip to capture a photo of the face of their estranged Co-Production Partners: Red Crown Productions
father who they barely remember and who is now dying of cancer. He has long since Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Daniel Crown, Riva Marker
remarried and has a new family that they also don’t know. What starts out as a sort of Key Cast: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Joanna
mini-adventure, becomes a journey of self-discovery, reconciliation, growth and love. Vanderham
LINSANITY Delivery Status: Completed
Documentary (88) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English Darkly comic and emotionally compelling, WHAT MAISIE KNEW is an evocative
Director: Evan Jackson Leong portrayal of the chaos and complexity of a modern marriage.
Co-Production Partners: 408 Films, Arowana Films, ENDGAME Entertainment WHITE FROG
Executive Producer: James D. Stern, Patricia Sun, Sam Kwok Coming of Age/Drama (93 mins)
Producer: Christopher C. Chen, Allen Lu, Brian Yang Language: English
Key Cast: Jeremy Lin Director: Quentin Lee
Delivery Status: Screening Writer: Fabienne Wen, Ellie Wen
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Chris Lee, Joel Soisson, Ellie Wen
Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. Key Cast: Joan Chen, BD Wong, Booboo Stewart
State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, undrafted by the NBA and Delivery Status: Screening
unwanted there: his story started long before he landed on Broadway. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
TOUCH OF THE LIGHT WHITE FROG is an emotional story of the universal power of family, friendship and
Drama (110) love positioned to appeal to a broad audience in vein of ORDINARY PEOPLE meets
Language: Mandarin STAND BY ME.
Director: CHANG Jung-Chi FULL CIRCLE
Writer: LI Nien-Hsiu Drama (104 mins)
Co-Production Partners: Jet Tone Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation Limited, Block 2 Language: Mandarin
Pictures Inc. Director: ZHANG Yang
Executive Producer: CHAN Ye Cheng, Song Dai Writer: ZHANG Yang, HUO Xin, ZHANG Chong
Producer: Jacky PANG Yee Wah, Hong Tat CHEUNG Co-Production Partners: China Film Co., Ltd., Desen International Media Co., Ltd.
Key Cast: Sandrine PINNA, HUANG Yu-Siang, LEE Leih Producer: Ann AN, LI Li, ZHANG Qiang
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: XU Huanshan, WU Tianming, LI Bin
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China Delivery Status: Screening
Born blind, piano player Yuhsiang has a fine sense of touch and a vivid imagination. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
Chieh dreams of being a dancer, but is intimidated by what she considers reality. Until A heartwarming tale of a group of irrepressible senior citizens living in a nursing
she’s inspired by the fearless Yuhsiang in a chance meeting that brightens both their home who are energized when one of them decides that they should compete in a
futures. television variety show competition.
BWAKAW BEIJING FLICKERS
Drama (110) Drama (96 mins)
Language: Tagalog Language: Mandarin
Director: Jun Robles Lana Director: ZHANG Yuan
Writer: Jun Robles Lana Writer: ZHANG Yuan, KONG Ergou, LI Xinyun, YANG Yishu
Producer: Ferdinand Lapuz, Antonio Tuviera, Tonee Acejo Executive Producer: DONG Ping, HAN Sanping
Key Cast: Eddie Garcia, Rez Cortez, Gardo Versoza, Armida Siguion Reyna Producer: ZHANG Yuan
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Duan Bowen, Lv Yulai, Li Xinyun
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Philippines Delivery Status: Screening
BWAKAW is a drama-comedy about growing old, and everyone’s fear of growing old Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
alone. Beijing 2012. Four unlikely friends struggle with their own life predicaments in the
THE GRANDMASTER glamorous, prosperous modern metropolis, find solace and support in each other.
Action/Drama (130 mins) REDEMPTION STREET
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin Thriller (97 mins)
Director: Wong Kar Wai Language: Serbian
Writer: Wong Kar Wai Director: Miroslav Terziæ
Co-Production Partners: Block 2 Pictures, Bona International Film Group, Jet Tone Writer: Djordje Milosavjevic, Nikola Pejakovic
Production Producer: Gordan Kièiæ
Producer: Wong Kar Wai, Jacky PANG Yee Wah Key Cast: Gordan Kièiæ, Rade Šerbedžija, Uliks Fehmiu
Key Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Song Hye-kyo, Zhao Delivery Status: Screening
Benshan Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Serbia
Delivery Status: Completed The political thriller follows a young deputy prosecutor for war crimes who has to

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investigate a missing paramilitary formation. Director: Safinez Bousbia
SHIP OF THESEUS Writer: Safinez Bousbia
Drama (139 mins) Producer: Safinez Bousbia, Heidi Egger
Language: Hindi Key Cast: Mamad Hader Benchaouch, Rachid Berkani, Ahmed Bernaoui
Director: Anand Gandhi Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Anand Gandhi Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France / UAE / Ireland / Algeria
Producer: Mukesh Shah, Sohum Shah The Buena Vista Social Club of the Maghreb. Safinez Bousbia’s ambitious and
Key Cast: Aida El-Kashef, Soham Shah, Neeraj Kabi moving documentary tells the amazing story of the reunion and reconciliation of a
Delivery Status: Screening group of Muslim and Jewish musicians fifty years after their separation during the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: India Algerian Civil War. The documentary follows their story as they are brought back
SHIP OF THESEUS explores the moral dilemmas faced by three disparate individuals together to form a new orchestra, “El Gusto,” and perform at an extraordinary concert
– an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and a young stockbroker – who in France.
unknowingly have a connection. ISZTAMBUL
BUGIS STREET REDUX Drama (99 minutes)
Drama (98 min) Language: Hungarian/English/Turkish
Language: English & Mandarin Director: Ferenc Trk
Director: Yonfan Writer: Ferenc Trk
Writer: Yonfan, Fruit Chan Producer: Lszlo Kntor
Producer: Yonfan & Katy Yew Key Cast: Johanna ter Steege, Lukts Andor, Yavuz Bingl
Key Cast: HIEP Thi Le, Michael LAM, Greg-O Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hungary
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Vietnam When JANOS, a popular 55 year old professor leaves home to have an affair with one
In revisiting and reworking his earlier cult classic, Director Yonfan had all the of his students, nobody really bats an eye. But when his wife, KATALIN, first goes
contemporary film restoration tools and toys at his disposal. BUGIS STREET REDUX off the deep end and then hitchhikes out of the country to “find herself”, her family
is the outcome of that effort. When it first hit the film and festival circuit BUGIS hits the roof and switches into high gear. First they call the police and file a missing
STREET was a groundbreaking film for the director and for Asia. Shot on location in person’s report, and then when she is found to be in Istanbul, teenage son (ZOLI)
Singapore, the actual spot (then called Bugis Junction/Bugis Street) was long known is sent to bring her back. Meanwhile his sister ZSOFI is fully occupied giving birth
to locals as the center of the real nightlife there. It was where one could find local to the family’s first grandchild. It doesn’t occur to all of them that KATALIN may
transvestites, prostitutes, and transsexuals mixing it up with both Singapore’s high actually be doing very well without them in the exciting new environment of Istanbul.
society and underground gay culture together with US sailors and soldiers on military In this exotic city, KATALIN meets HAMIL, staying in the same hotel, from the
leave. The film features actress Hiep Thi Le in her first role right after her film debut Turkish provinces and also away from his family. Both having something to share,
in Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN AND EARTH. The film also featured and co-starred many they find an uneasy but touching relationship. When ZOLI finally catches up with his
of the real locals from Bugis Street. The film marked Yonfan’s first collaboration Mom, he discovers that she is a changed person. She has no interest to return home
with Fruit Chan who served as screen writer and later went on to become a renowned with him. Ultimately he comes to see her as someone who may be happier to start a
director in his own right. new life.
MARLEY MICHAEL
Documentary Drama (98 minutes)
Language: English Language: Bengali/Hindi
Director: Kevin Macdonald Director: Ribhu Dasgupta
Producer: Steve Bing, Charles Steel, Ziggy Marley Writer: Debaloy Bhattacharya, Neel Guha
Key Cast: Bob Marley Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga, Sunil Bohra
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Mahie Gill, Purav Bhandare
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
MARLEY is the definitive film about a true international icon of the 20th Century. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: India
His music and message of love and redemption are known throughout the world and Set in Kolkata, this is a character-driven psychological drama in which MICHAEL
his story has finally been brought to life in this definitive work by the acclaimed talent (Naseeruddin Shah), a loyal, hard working police officer is ordered by his superiors
of Kevin Macdonald. Filming took place as far afield as Ghana, Japan and the UK, in to open fire on a peaceful crowd of protesters. He shoots away from the crowd but a
addition to Bob’s beloved Jamaica and the USA and marks the first time ever his family bullet accidentally ricochets and kills a 12-year-old boy. Michael’s career, and whole
has authorized the use of their own private archives. Macdonald joined with the Marley life start to fall apart especially when he is fired from the force and he begins to
family, Chris Blackwell and Steve Bing to direct the ultimate, authorized documentary receive threatening phone calls suggesting retribution on his own son as soon as his
film on the life, legacy and global impact of a legend, one of the most influential 12th birthday arrives. The clock starts ticking and as he struggles to protect his son,
singers, songwriters, musicians and activists in history. Only a handful of musicians his eyesight starts to fail. Taking on odd jobs to survive he works in a local cinema
have ever achieved such an impact and Bob Marley, though his life was far too short, and starts making extra money by pirating movies. The story of a good man falling
stands among them. off the path and his struggle to hold his life and family together.
SEA SHADOW WETLANDS
Coming of Age (98 min) Drama (111 minutes)
Language: Arabic Language: French
Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi Director: Guy Édoin
Writer: Mohammed Hassan Ahmed Writer: Guy Édoin
Producer: Rami Yasin, Daniela Tully Producer: Luc Vandal, Flize Frappier, Roger Frappier
Key Cast: Omar Al Mulla, Neven Madi, Abrar Al Hamad Key Cast: Pascale Bussires, Gabriel Maill, Luc Picard
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UAE Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Set in a small seaside neighborhood in the United Arab Emirates, SEA SHADOW Tragedy strikes a family in rural Canada struggling to keep their dairy farm from
follows teenagers Mansoor and Kaltham as they struggle with tradition and convention going under. The man of the family is killed in a freak accident leaving his wife as
in their journey towards adulthood. Bound by family and deeply-rooted values, the pair the sole provider and caregiver looking after their rebellious teenage son who is
must find the courage to forge their own paths. dealing with his emerging sexuality. The father’s sudden death is not the first time this
MISS LOVELY family suffers a loss. Now the bonds of family are being tested when the relationship
Drama (115) between mother and son becomes strained as she seeks comfort in the arms of a
Language: Hindi stranger who arrives at the farm with questionable intent.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia TORMENTED
Writer: Ashim Ahluwalia, Uttam Sirur 3D Thriller (84 min)
Producer: Shumona Goel, Sanjay Shah, Pinaki Chatterjee Language: Japanese
Key Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, Anil George Director: Takashi Shimizu
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Sotaro Hayashi
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: India Producer: Satoru Ogura, Masayuki Tanishima
The film gets under the skin of the Bollywood underground, an audacious cinema with Key Cast: Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takeru Shibuya
wild cinemascope compositions, lurid art direction, rollicking background soundtracks, Delivery Status: Completed
and gut-wrenching melodrama. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
EL GUSTO Director Takashi Shimizu’s new film centers on a young boy whose family seems to
Documentary (93 min) be falling apart around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing
Language: French/Arabic and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed rabbit that comes to life. Is he

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crazy; is his sister alive or dead; is their illustrating father going insane or are they all Director: Peter Bishai
delusional? Shimizu ventures once more into the terrifying corners of the mind. Writer: Peter Bishai and Andre Pieterse
LOST IN PARADISE Co-Production Partners: Clover Leaf Film -South Africa, Equinoxe Films - Canada
Drama, Gay (103 min) Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries
Language: Vietnamese Producer: Andre Pieterse, Michael Mosca
Director: VU Ngoc Dang Key Cast: Wandile Molebatsi and Jason Hartman
Writer: VU Ngoc Dang, LUONG Manh Hai Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: NGUYEN Phan Quang Binh, NGO Thi Bich Hien In the early 1970’s, apartheid divided South Africa, a film was released that brought
Key Cast: LUONG Manh Hai, HO Vinh Khoa, Hieu Hien hope and light to a despairing nation. The two young stars, Muntu Ndebele and
Delivery Status: Completed Norman Knox, would become friends just like their characters. But they would also
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Vietnam face struggles dealing with apartheid. Inspired by a true story full of action, daring
LOST IN PARADISE takes a provocative yet compassionate look at a group of people escapes, romantic longing, moving personal struggles, and humor in unexpected
who live, love and exist on the fringes in modern Vietnam. Khoa, a naive, innocent places.
20 year old guy from the countryside arrives in Saigon to begin a new life. He is soon NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE
befriended by Dong, a handsome smooth talker who offers him a place to stay. But he Action / War Film
discovers that there is another guy, Lam, living there too. The two guys who turn out to Director: Dale Dye
be boyfriends, steal all his cash and belongings and run away. Lam, who then in turn is Writer: Dale Dye
abandoned by Dong, returns to the street as a prostitute, while Khoa, disillusioned and Producer: Charles M. Fries, Frederick R. Ulrich
left penniless, takes on menial jobs to survive. Realizing that both are lonely, they begin Delivery Status: Pre-Production
a loving yet delicate relationship. The monumental and extraordinary story of the Allied Invasion of Europe during
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW: SEEDIQ BALE? World War II and the brutal fight for the La Fiere Bridge over the Merderet River in
Epic - Action (150 min) Normandy.
Language: Seediq Language and Japanese AMERICAN FLAG
Director: WEI Te-Sheng Action
Writer: WEI Te-Sheng Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Producer: John WOO, Terence CHANG, Jimmy HUANG Writer: Elmore Leonard
Key Cast: LIN Ching-Tai, Umin Boya, ANDO Masanobu Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries, Chuck Fries
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: George Braunstein
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Taiwan Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Set in 1930’s Formosa - now Taiwan, WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW tells the true The story begins with Bob Miller’s return to the American Flag Corporation’s gold
story of the Wushe Incident in which aboriginal Seediq tribe warrior Mouna Rudo led mining operation at a small town. Having been prospecting for eight months, Miller
his people to rebel against Japan then occupying the island. Rudo, assembling a Seediq returns with gold ore, signaling a wealthy claim that he staked in the mountain side,
force of 300 men and fighting with ancient guns, spears and minimal weaponry sought overshadowing the mill at the American Flag mine. Frank McCall, manager of the
to reclaim their land, their dignity and their honor by taking on the incredible might of American Flag mine, is bitter about his previous co-worker’s success, and tries to
the Japanese army. force Miller out by burying Miller’s claim with a landslide in order to take possession
of it under the American Flag Corporation. A bloody and bitter feud erupts between
the two men over the gold mine. Further provoking their vengeful battle over the mine
FRIES FILMS, INC is a sly young girl, Lelia, who used to be Miller’s girl, but now works and is with
Fries Films, Inc, 22817 Ventura Blvd. #909, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 USA, Tel: McCall. Pivotal for the drama, her affection is just as alluring as the gold mine itself.
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20 Producer: Alice Fries, Charles M. Fries, Steve Tymon
DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Horror / Thriller (95) In a future when violent gangs rule the streets of L.A., an avendger comes to town -
Language: English pray she is on your side, Vicious.
Director: Chris Sun THE DARK
Writer: Chris Sun Thriller - Horror
Co-Production Partners: Slaughter FX Director: Antonello de Leo
Executive Producer: Heath Bertram, Chris Sun, Kayla Arena Writer: Antonello de Leo, Flora Aprea and Giovanni Cardillo
Producer: Leah Bray, Dominic Crisci, Sean Gannon Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries
Key Cast: Billi Baker, Michael Thompson, Allira Jaques, Holly Phillips, Rebecca Plint, Producer: Chuck Smiley & Paul Painter, Enzo Giulioli, Enrico Colleti & Giuseppe
Christian Radford, Sean Gannon, Darrell Plumridge Pedersoli
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Country of Origin: Australia A woman and her daughter are locked inside the trunk of a car by a mysterious
In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones torturer. Their only hope is a young girl who has decided to kill herself.
you trust most who have to be watched the closest. HARD HAT
THE DRAGON PEARL Horror
Family Adventure Director: John Travers
Director: Mario Andreacchio Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries
Writer: John Armstrong Delivery Status: Post Production
Co-Production Partners: AMPCO Films, Zhehang Hengdian Films Equipped with tools and a buzz saw HARD HAT cuts down anything in his sight with
Executive Producer: Charles M. Fries, Jeffrey Sneller blood spurting, bone crushing gore you’ve never seen before.
Producer: Mark Patterson
Key Cast: Sam Neill
Delivery Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Australia and China
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MEETING SPENCER At Cannes: Ron Gell (President & CEO), Cynthia Marquoit (Chairman)
Comedy Office: The Carlton
Director: Malcolm Mowbray PETER & VANDY
Writer: Andrew Kole, Andrew Delaplaine and Scott Kasdin Drama (95 min)
Executive Producer: Chein Ya and Natalie Chin Language: English
Producer: George Braunstein Director: Jay DiPietro
Key Cast: Jeffrey Tambor, Melinda McGraw, Jesse Plemons Writer: Jay DiPietro
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Peter Sterling, Austin Stark Benji Kohn
“On a night nothing could go wrong, everything does!” Key Cast: Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler
A MILLION COLOURS Delivery Status: Completed
Drama

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Country of Origin: USA his life around. This dramatic comedy, set against the gritty backdrop of the streets of
‘Peter and Vandy’ is a love story told out of order. Set in Manhattan, the story shifts New York City, tells a poignant tale of friendship, hope, and making a difference in
back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter and Vandy’s romantic beginnings with the another person’s life.
twisted, manipulative, regular couple they become. The film explores the question most OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM’S WAR AGAINST THE WEST
couples ask themselves... ‘How the hell did we get this way?’ Documentary (95 minutes)
P.V.C. - 1 Language: English
Thriller (85 min) Director: Wayne Kopping
Language: Spanish w/ Subtitles English Writer: Raphael Shore, Wayne Kopping
Director: Spiros Stathoulopoulos Producer: Peter Mier, Raphael Shore
Writer: Dwight Istanbulian & Spiros Stathoulopoulos Key Cast: Alan Dershowitz, Brigitte Gabriel, Martin Gilbert
Producer: Jace Hall, Spiros Stathoulopoulos Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Merida Urquia, Daniel Paez, Alberto Sornoza Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed Obsession is a film about the threat of Radical Islam to Western civilization. Using
Country of Origin: USA/Columbia unique footage from Arab television, it reveals an ‘insider’s view’ of the hatred
Shot in real time and one continuous take, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman the Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world
who is turned into a human time bomb in an act of terrorism. domination. The film also traces the parallels between the Nazi movement of World
PALO ALTO War II, the Radicals of today, and the Western world’s response to both threats.
Comedy, Drama (100 min) Featuring interviews with Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Alan Dershowitz, a former
Language: English PLO terrorist, and a former Hitler Youth Commander
Director: Brad Leong AFTERTHOUGHT
Writer: Brad Leong, Tony Vallone Horror (85 min)
Producer: Daniel Engelhardt Language: English
Key Cast: Tom Arnold, Aaron Ashmore, Eve Brent, Hailey Bright, Shoshana Bush, Director: Douglas Elford-Argent
Christina DeRosa, Ryan Hansen, Robin Hines Writer: Douglas Elford-Argent
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Douglas Elford-Argent, Tedd Willet
Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Gwendolyn Garver, Kristian Capalik, Cal Thomas
On their last night of Thanksgiving break, four old friends, now all college freshmen, Delivery Status: Completed
realize their small town has more meaning than they ever imagined. Country of Origin: USA
LORD, SAVE US FROM YOUR FOLLOWERS Seven years after Christy Dawson loses her father, she begins having dreams about
Documentary Feature (100 min) him. What she doesn’t know is that she is beginning her future as a Dreamer. When
Language: English her dreams begin to become reality, Christy seeks the help of Kyle Walker, but soon
Director: Dan Merchant loses her trust for him when he can’t explain why he was found at two crime scenes.
Writer: Dan Merchant The Police arrest Kyle and hold him at the jail. Forced to learn more alone, she soon
Producer: Jeff Martin, Jon Manning, Dan Merchant discovers the truth and goes back to the only person who will listen to her.
Key Cast: Bill Maher, Bono, George W. Bush, Tony Campolo, Stephen Colbert, Ann
Coulter
Delivery Status: Completed GAUMONT
Country of Origin: USA Gaumont, 30, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France, Tel:
The humorous, provocative and moving examination of the Culture Wars and faith 33.1.46.43.21.80 Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33.
in America. Featuring interviews from all sides of the issues, the film is a balanced, www.gaumont.net, abuhl@gaumont.fr
challenging and entertaining foray into the most divisive and difficult topics in our At Cannes: Cecile GAGET (Head of International Sales), Yohann COMTE (Deputy
culture. Head of Sales), Adeline FALAMPIN (International Sales Manager)
ROMAN Office: 2 rue Bivouac Napoleon, 4th Floor, Tel: +33 4 93 68 90 20
Horror (92 min) MEA CULPA
Language: English Thriller, Action
Director: Angela Bettis Director: Fred Cavaye
Writer: Lucky McKee Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, LGM CINEMA, TF1 FILMS PRODUCTION,
Producer: Chris Wayne, Steve Copeland, Jonathan Serota NEXUS FACTORY, UFILM
Key Cast: Kristen Bell, Lucky McKee, Nectar Rose Key Cast: Vincent Lindon, Gilles Lellouche, Nadine Labaki
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Country of Origin: USA LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness AKA: AMOUR CRIME PARFAIT
and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life Film noir
of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman’s one pleasure is his obsession with Director: Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu
the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives in the apartment in his building complex. Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, ARENA PRODUCTIONS
When a chance encounter with the young woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of Key Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Karin Viard, Maïwenn, Denis Podalydès, Sara Forestier
frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn of events leading to murder. As he teeters Delivery Status: Post Production
between deranged fantasy and cold reality, Roman’s struggle to hide his grisly secret is PARIS OR PERISH
further complicated by an eccentric neighbor (Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely AKA: PARIS A TOUT PRIX
attraction to Roman and forces herself into his dark and tortured world. Comedy
HOMELAND Director: Reem Kherici
Romantic Drama (93 minutes) Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, MANDARIN CINEMA
Language: English Key Cast: Reem Kherici, Cecile Cassel, Stephane Rousseau, François-Xavier
Director: Michael Eldridge Demaison, Florence Foresti
Writer: Brad Rothschild Maya, an up and coming young Moroccan stylist, is about to get her first fulltime job
Producer: Brad Rothschild, Michael Eldridge, Steven Moskovic in a famous fashion house. Childhood in a working class suburb and her family in
Key Cast: Max Rhyser, Yifat Sharabi Morocco are behind her now, she is now officially an ’it girl’ in the world of fashion
Delivery Status: Completed and Saint Germain-des-Pres. As bad luck would have it, a simple police check reveals
Country of Origin: USA that her green card has expired and in less than 24 hours she is on a direct flight to
The amazing love story of an young couple in New York City, an Israeli young man and Morocco, back to the country and family she had wanted to forget, for a shock of
a Palestinian girl and the history that tries to keep them apart. cultures and a shock of prejudices. Maya will do everything she can, in fact anything
STEALING MARTIN LANE she can, to get back to France.
Drama - Comedy (95 min) THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET
Language: English Emotional journey
Director: James Furino Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer: James Furino Producer: GAUMONT, EPITHETE FILMS, TAPIOCA FILMS, FRANCE 2
Producer: Larry Mitchell CINEMA, FILMARTO INC.
Key Cast: Dylan Baker, Isiah Whitlock, Jr. James Furino Key Cast: Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham-Carter, Callum Keith Rennie, Judy Davis
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Country of Origin: USA T.S. Spivet lives on a ranch in Montana with his mother, who is obsessed with beetle
Inspired by true events, Stealing Martin Lane offers a window into the life of a morphology, his cowboy father, who was born 100 years too late, and his 14 year old
disarmingly insightful homeless man, Harold “Chopper” Jones, who is trying to turn sister, who dreams of being Miss America. T.S. is a 12 year old child prodigy with a
passion for cartography and scientific inventions. One day he receives an unexpected

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call from the Smithsonian announcing he has won the Baird award for the discovery of Director: Noémie Lvovsky
the perpetual motion machine, and is invited to make a speech. Unbeknownst to all, he Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, F COMME FILMS, CINE-@, France 2
decides to head for Washington D.C. crossing the United States on a freight train... but CINEMA
no one at the Smithsonian has any idea that he is only a child... Key Cast: Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, India Hair, Judith Chemla
ONLY GOD FORGIVES Camille was sixteen years-old when she met Eric. They fell madly in love and had
Thriller a daughter… 25 years later: Eric is leaving Camille for a younger woman. That’s
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn New Year’s Eve, and Camille suddenly finds herself back in her past. She is sixteen
Producer: WILD BUNCH, GAUMONT, SPACE ROCKET NATION again and has returned to her parents, her girlfriends, her childhood… and Eric.
Key Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm Will she flee and try to change the course of their lives? Will she fall in love with
Julian, an Englishman living in Bangkok, is a respected figure in the criminal him again, even though she knows how their story will end?
underworld. He and his brother Billy run a Thai boxing club which is in fact a front THE DANDELIONS (DU VENT DANS MES MOLLETS
for smuggling drugs to London. When Billy is murdered, their mother Jenna arrives Comedy / Drama
from London to bring back the body. Jenna is herself the head of a powerful criminal Director: Carine Tardieu
organization and is used to getting exactly what she wants. She sets out to settle the Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, KARE PRODUCTIONS, DIRECT
score along a bloody path of rage, betrayal and vengeance, hurtling toward an ultimate PRODUCTIONS
confrontation and the possibility of redemption. Key Cast: Agnès Jaoui, Denis Podalydès, Isabelle Carré, Isabella Rossellini
ME MYSELF AND MUM Caught between parents who fill her with love and meatballs, Rachel, aged 9,
AKA: LES GARCONS ET GUILLAUME, A TABLE! counts the minutes between her and freedom. Until one day, her path crosses that of
Dramedy the intrepid Valérie.
Director: Guillaume Gallienne PORN IN THE HOOD
Producer: LGM FILMS, RECTANGLE PRODUCTIONS, GAUMONT, FRANCE 3 AKA: LES KAIRA
CINEMA, NEXUS FACTORY, UFILM Comedy / Drama
Key Cast: Guillaume Gallienne, Françoise Fabian, Andre Marcon, Diane Kruger Director: Franck Gastambide,
“My earliest memory of my mother dates from when I was four or five: she called my Key Cast: Franck Gastambide, Medi Sadoun, Jib Pocthier, Katsuni
two brothers and me to the table saying, “Boys, Guillaume, dinner!” and the last time Mousten, Abdelkrim and Momo are three childhood friends who have always lived
I spoke to her on the phone, she hung up saying, “Take care, my big girl.” And, well, in the slums of Melun. All three wear baseball caps and gym shoes, and all three
between the two there were quite a few misunderstandings.” have the same problem: they are desperately single and spend their days watching
POP REDEMPTION life go by, unmotivated and with no ambition. And then one day they discover a
Comedy classified ad in a porn magazine, announcing auditions to become a porn star. Hard
Director: Martin Le Gall up for women and cash, they decide to go for what sounds like the best job in the
Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, LES FILMS D’AVALON, 22H22 world. This attempt becomes a journey of discovery and the greatest adventure of
Key Cast: Gregory Gadebois, Julien Dore, Yacine Belhousse, Jonathan Cohen their lives.
Every summer since they became teenagers, the Dead MaKabes go on what they SANTA’S APPRENTICE
pretentiously refer to as their “summer tour” - a few concerts in festivals at Europe’s Animation
back of beyond. But the four friends are pushing thirty and this could be their very last Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT – ALPHANIM / AVRILL STARK ENT. /
week of recreation. THE CARTOON SALOON
TURNING TIDE Santa doesn’t want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to
AKA: EN SOLITAIRE replace him. The lucky winner, to be chosen from among millions of children, must
Adventure be named Nicholas, be an orphan and have a pure heart. On the other side of the
Director: Christophe Offenstein planet, there is a little boy who is a perfect match, but his lack of selfconfidence and
Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, LES FILMS DU CAP, SCOPE PICTURES, A fear of heights make him a poor contestant. Will Santa agree to step down, and help
CONTRACORRIENTE FILMS, TF1 FILMS PRODUCTION his apprentice take his place?
Key Cast: François Cluzet, Virginie Efira, Guillaume Canet, Jose Coronado SOMEDAY MY DAD WILL COME
Delivery Status: Post Production AKA: UN JOUR MON PERE VIENDRA
Yann Madec, long-time first mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Comedy
Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last Director: Martin Valente
minute for the start of the Vendee Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, Yann is Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT / KARE PRODUCTIONS
forced to stop in Cape Verde to repair his broken center-board. Back in the race, Yann Key Cast: Olivia Ruiz, Franois Berland et Grard Jugnot
discovers a stowaway on board, a Senegalese teenager named Moussa. Faced with the Bernard is rich, cold, and suffers from OCD. Gus is poor, generous, and partial to
risk of disqualification because of Moussa’s presence, Yann hesitates… Their encounter alcohol. Each is convinced he’s Chlo’s father and they set off together in search
leads to the most unforgettable round-the-world race ever. of her. But it is the day before Chlo’s wedding and she’s already found a third
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN substitute father...
Adventure, Family A HAPPY EVENT
Director: Nicolas Vanier AKA: UN HEUREUX EVENEMENT
Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT, RADAR FILMS, EPITHETE FILMS Comedy drama
Key Cast: Felix Bossuet, Tcheky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier, Dimitri Storoge, Andreas Director: Rmi Bezanon
Pietschmann Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT / MANDARIN CINEMA
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marma
It happens up there, in the Alps. It happens up where the snow is immaculate, where From the director of The First Day of the Rest of Your Life comes a touching diary
chamois chase after marmots, where the summits brush the clouds. It happens in a little based on the acclaimed novel by Eliette Abecassis.
village that was peaceful until the Germans showed up. It’s the encounter between A GANG STORY
a lonely child and a wild dog. It’s the story of Sebastian who tames Belle. It’s the AKA: LES LYONNAIS
adventure of an unshakeable friendship. It’s the extraordinary story of a resourceful Action thriller
and touching child caught up in the Second World War. It’s the odyssey of a little boy Director: Olivier Marchal
looking for his mother, an old man looking for his past, a resister looking for love, a Co-Production Partners: GAUMONT / LGM
young woman looking for adventure, a German lieutenant looking for forgiveness. It’s Key Cast: Grard Lanvin, Tchky Karyo
the life of Belle & Sebastian... Since his release from prison, Momon, leader of the notorious “Gang from Lyon”,
THE MAGIC SNOW FLAKE has managed to stay out of trouble. But when Suttel, his best friend, gets into
Animation trouble, Momon feels the urge to help him. From that moment on, the adrenaline
Director: Luc Vinciguerra and other dangers he had been avoiding come back in the life of this ex-gangster.
Producer: GAUMONT I’M SCARED I’LL FORGET
Delivery Status: Post Production AKA: J’AI PEUR D’OUBLIER
Nicholas is the new Santa Claus - with a gigantic toy factory to manage and billions of Drama
presents to make, it’s a huge responsibility for a seven year-old boy! Too huge, in fact, Director: Elisabeth Rappeneau
and he comes down with a case of “grownupallosis”, a disease in children who want to Co-Production Partners: LEONIS PRODUCTIONS
grow up too soon. When it strikes a Santa Claus, grownupallosis is deadly – it infects Key Cast: Clementine Clari, Daniel Russo, Patrick Catalifo
the toys and spreads around the world, putting the very spirit of Christmas in danger! Fabienne, a beautiful woman, 45 years old, mother and entrepreneur (who directs
The Council of Retired Santas is obliged to suspend Nicholas and nominate a substitute her own company), becomes devastated when she discovers that she has premature
Santa to manage the factory. To get his job back, Nicholas will have to find the light- and very strong Alzheimer’s. One morning leaving her home she forgets whether
heartedness, inspiration and carefree fun of the childhood he’s lost… she is coming or going. Fabienne meets a man - an outcast -, and she goes with him
CAMILLE REWINDS (CAMILLE REDOUBLE) on a 48 hour road-movie and one night. At the same time her family faces a big
Comedy / Drama concern and start searching for a vulnerable adult woman, who has been reported

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missing. Writer: Alex Kustanovich, Vadim Moldovan
Producer: Ofir Kedar
Key Cast: Dougray Scott, Jodie Whittaker, Emilia Fox & David Warner
GOLDCREST FILMS INTERNATIONAL Delivery Status: Completed
Goldcrest Films International, 65-66 Dean St, London, W1D 4PL UK, Tel: +44 207 Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
437 8696 Fax: +44 207 437 4448. Returning home from work, Mia (Jodie Whittaker) witnesses an aged woman
www.goldcrestfilms.com, sales@goldcrestfilms.com leap from a window. Scattered around the old woman’s broken, lifeless body Mia
Sales Agent discovers shredded pieces from a beloved photograph of herself and her former
At Cannes: Nick Quested (Director), Pascal Degove (Managing Director), Sam lover Ludwig (Dougray Scott). Highly unnerved, Mia begs Max (David Warner), the
Lefevre (TV Sales & Marketing Executive), Elisabeth Perlie (Sales Consultant), Alexei buildings’ all knowing custodian, to let her into the deceased woman’s flat. While
Witkowski (Sales & Marketing Coordinator) inside this strangely familiar place, Mia recognizes the contents as her own. Confused
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform and disturbed by what lies before her, she bolts back and forth in time where she is
PUSSY RIOT - A PUNK PRAYER forced to realize it was her very own life that ended before her. Now, the only way to
Documentary (90) safeguard her future is to go back to her past and confront the man she loves deeply
Language: Russian (English Subtitles) but dreads most.
Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin THE LIST
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (83 minutes)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia Language: English
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in Director: Beth Murphy
a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the world, the Producer: Beth Murphy, Sean Flynn
young artists or the society they live in? Delivery Status: Completed
DARK HORSE Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Black Comedy (85 mins) The List is a modern-day Oskar Schindler story that focuses on Kirk Johnson, a
Language: English young American fighting to save thousands of Iraqis whose lives are in danger
Director: Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, because they worked for the U.S. to help rebuild Iraq. After leading reconstruction
Storytelling) teams in Baghdad and Fallujah, Kirk returns home only to discover that many of his
Writer: Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, former Iraqi colleagues are being killed, kidnapped or forced into exile by radical
Storytelling) militias. Frustrated by a stagnating government bureaucracy in the U.S. that has failed
Producer: Ted Hope (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Super), Derrick Tseng to protect its ‘Iraqi allies,’ Kirk begins compiling a list of their names and helps them
Key Cast: Justin Bartha (The Hangover), Selma Blair (Hellboy), Mia Farrow find refuge and a new life in America.
(Rosemary’s Baby), Jordan Gelber (Boardwalk Empire), Donna Murphy (Spiderman THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
2), Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) Documentary - Short Film (40 & 52mins)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Director: Lucy Walker
Abe is a 30-something who lives with his parents, works for his father, and collects Producer: Kira Carstensen, Lucy Walker
toys. When he isn’t playing backgammon with his mother, he’s trying to romance Delivery Status: Completed
Miranda, a 30-something who has moved back in with her parents after her literary/ Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
academic career crashed. Out of desperation, Miranda reluctantly agrees to marry Abe, Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japans recent tsunami find the courage to
and the two begin to plan their life together. But, just when it looks like things are revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A stunning visual poem about
starting to go right for Abe, everything goes horribly wrong. the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japans most beloved flower.
THE SQUARE Featuring photography by Aaron Phillips and music by Moby.
Documentary (90) THE HUMAN TOWER
Language: Arabic / English Documentary (75 minutes)
Director: Jehane Noujaim Language: English, Spanish
Delivery Status: Completed Director: RAM DEVINENI, CANO ROJAS
What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go Producer: RAM DEVINENI, CANO ROJAS
in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation? Delivery Status: Completed
NATURAL SELECTION Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA, Spain, India
Black Comedy Set in three countries, the film is a global story of fearless skills and heart-bounding
Language: English suspense. In the slums of Mumbai, India, Sandeep, a coach with high dreams and
Director: Robbie Pickering (Award-winning short Prom Night) a debilitating case of malaria leads his team to break the record and build India’s
Writer: Robbie Pickering (Award-winning short Prom Night) biggest human tower at the one-day Dahi Handi Festival. While in Vilafranca de
Producer: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen Penedes, Spain, a legendary coach, Melilla, takes his dreams to Santiago, Chile,
Key Cast: Rachael Harris (The Hangover), Matt O’Leary (Die Hard 4.0, Brick), John hoping to share the castellers’ tradition that goes back 400 years. Pressed for time,
Diehl (Jurassic Park III, Stargate), Jon Gries (Taken, Napoleon Dynamite) Melilla needs to prepare the Chilean team for the Universal Forum of Cultures where
Delivery Status: Completed they will attempt the first seven-level tower in Chile. Helped by Luis, a scholar, they
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US develop a model to unify Chilean society from the bottom up through the human
Linda White, a barren Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence in suburban towers. But all it takes is one shaky foot to send hundreds of bodies tumbling into the
Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, mud or onto the crumbling pavement. A passion beyond race, borders, and ages.
Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond living in Florida. Somewhere STOLEN SEAS
on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe’s final wish and sets off on a Documentary (84 mins)
quixotic journey to find Raymond and bring him back before her husband passes away. Language: English
Along the way, Linda’s wonderfully bizarre relationship with Raymond will teach her Director: Thymaya Payne (Apparent Horizon, Let’s Not and Say We Did,Coup de
more about herself than she ever imagined possible and force her to come to terms with Grace)
her troubled past. Writer: Mark Monroe (The Tillman Story, Academy Award® winning The Cove,
ON THE ICE Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who)
Drama (96) Producer: Andrew Walker, Heather Phenix
Language: English Year of Production: 2011
Director: Andrew Okpeaha Maclean It’s November 8th, 2008 and the CEC Future, a Danish-owned merchant ship, is on
Writer: Andrew Okpeaha Maclean high alert. Sailing inside the Gulf of Aden, a pirate-infested swath of sea between
Producer: Cara Marcous, Lynette Howell, Marco Londoner, Zhana Londoner Somalia and Yemen, the ship’s captain, Andrey Nozhkin, knows there have been over
Key Cast: Josiah Patkotak Frank Qutuq Irelan Teddy Kyle Smith Adamina Kerr Sierra 100 pirate attacks on these waters since January. Machine gun bullets - tac tac tac on
Jade Sampson the hull, startle the sailors. This is it, Nozhkin thinks and he’s right: for two months,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA the 12-man crew will be held at the mercy of Somali pirates, helpless, as million-
two teenage boys who have grown up like brothers go about their lives in the dollar hostage negociations threaten their heads.
comfortable claustrophobia of an isolated Alaskan town. Early one morning, on a seal RESTREPO
hunt with another teenager, an argument escalates into a tragic accident. Bonded by Documentary (93 mins)
their dark secret, the two best friends are forced to create one fabrication after another Language: English
and must explore the limits of friendship and honor in order to survive. Director: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger (Writer of the highly-acclaimed
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP international best-sellers War and The Perfect Storm)
Psychological Thriller Writer: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Language: English Producer: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Director: Dana Lustig

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Delivery Status: Completed Right now, somewhere in a little known pocket of the planet, there is a young girl
Country of Origin: USA who dreams about her future. She is orphaned, living in abject poverty without much
One platoon. One valley. One year. Restrepo chronicles the one-year deployment of access to education, opportunity or food. Her predicament is bleak, but her beauty
a platoon of American soldiers at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. shines bright. The road ahead will not be easy. She needs to scale an enormous
Released theatrically by the National Geographic Films in the US, Restrepohas mountain to achieve her dreams. But her biggest challenge is simply to survive in a
garnered an Academy Award® nomination as well as grossed over $1,000,000 box place that’s among the most dangerous in the world for women...
office. The film has also been released theatrically to critical acclaim in the UK by A WHOLE LOTT MORE
Dogwoof and shipped over 6,000 DVD units. Documentary (60 & 90 mins)
MUSIC BY PRUDENCE Language: English
Documentary (33 mins) Director: Victor Buhler
Language: English Producer: Victor Buhler, Mike Lerner
Director: Roger Ross Williams Year of Production: 2012
Producer: Elinor Burkett, Roger Ross Williams Lott Industries in Toledo, Ohio, employs more than 1200 workers, all with
Key Cast: Prudence Mabhena developmental disabilities. For decades the company excelled in assembling car
Year of Production: 2011 parts. However, with the decline of the auto industry in neighboring Detroit, Lott is
Prudence lives in Zimbabwe, and for a long time almost no one knew about that threatened with closure. The company has twelve months to reinvent itself and to
hauntingly beautiful voice. No one knew the strong, resilient woman that owned it. save the livelihoods of its employees. “A Whole Lott More”, a documentary feature,
They were unable to overlook her body: born with a debilitating condition called follows Lott’s critical year from the perspectives of five unique and unforgettable
arthrogryposis. Prudence Mabhena, 21, who was born severely disabled and has characters.
struggled to overcome poverty and discrimination. The film follows Prudence and WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? THE LIFE AND TIME
her seven young band members, all disabled, as they play their music and inspire the OF TIM HETHERINGTON
people who once saw them as a curse. Documentary (60 mins)
HAITI: WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? Language: English
Documentary (52 minutes) Director: Sebastian Junger (Academy Award® Nominee Restrepo)
Language: English Producer: Nick Quested
Director: Michele Mitchell Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA & Italy
Producer: Michele Mitchell Photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed by a mortar in the city of Misrata in
Delivery Status: Completed April 2011 while covering the fighting there. He bled out in the back of a pickup truck
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA while racing to the Misrata hospital, comforted by a Spanish photojournalist who was
When a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the world responded with billions in holding his hand and trying to keep him awake. Those moments ended a brilliant ten
donations. What happened to all that money? Over the next 20 months, the filmmaker year career in which Tim not only covered such dramatic frontline stories as Liberia
found abject malnutrition, horrific sanitary conditions, and more, raising questions and Afghanistan, but also completely transcended the conventional boundaries of
not just about aid in Haiti, but how the aid industry works in general. Vanity Fair’s image-making to become one of the luminaries of his profession.
James Wolcott says the film “punches way above its weight, as the best independent BATTLE COMPANY
documentaries do” and “restores the honor of the great muckraking tradition of digging Documentary
for answers long after the rest of the media has abandoned the scene.” Director: TIM HETHERINGTON Academy Award® Nominee Restrepo),
SOUND OF MUMBAI SEBASTIAN JUNGER (Academy Award® Nominee Restrepo, Writer of the highly-
Documentary (58 & 63 minutes) acclaimed international best-sellers War and The Perfect Storm)
Language: English Producer: NICK QUESTED
Director: Sarah McCarthy Delivery Status: Post Production
Producer: Joe Walters Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed Restrepo, the 2010 Academy Award® nominated documentary, returns as a feature
For one emotional night, a group of slum children in Mumbai, India, get a chance in 3 parts to further explore the Afghan war and the story of B company. The
to experience a different world as they perform The Sound of Music with a classical series brings us back to the Korengal Valley, depicting the 2nd platoons defensive
orchestra, fostering hopes that it could change their lives forever. “The slums are alive observation post, OP Restrepo, named after PFC Juan Sebastian Restrepo, a
with the sound of music…. Beautifully shot, poignant and deeply moving.” TV TIMES Colombian-born platoon medic who was killed early in the campaign. The feature will
MAGAZINE show never before seen footage of the 15-month deployment in northern Afghanistan
BROOKLYN BOHEME and will be a much more participatory experience as it chronicles the lives of the men
Documentary (52 & 74 minutes) from their deployment to the time of their return home.
Language: English SMASH AND GRAB: THE STORY OF THE PINK PANTHERS
Director: Nelson George Documentary (60 & 89 minutes)
Producer: Nelson George, Diane Paragas, Nick Quested Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Director: HAVANA MARKING (Sundance Awards winner Afghan Star, Silencing
Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who The Song, Vote Afghanistan!)
resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80’s and 90’s that included Producer: HAVANA MARKING, MIKE LERNER (Sundance Awards winner Afghan
the great Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Brandord Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Lorna Star and Hell and Back Again)
Simpson, Talib Kweli, just to name a few. Narrated and written by For Greene resident Year of Production: 2012
Nelson George, this feature length documentary celebreates “Brooklyn’s equivalent of In their own words and with unprecedented access, the most successful jewel thieves
the Harlem Renaissance” and follows the rise of a new kind of African American artist, of all time take you into their world: the post-Milosovic Balkans, the modern diamond
the Brooklyn Boheme. trade and a 21st Century crime gang. But as the thieves brazenly commit their
DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC crimes across the world - Europe, Asia and UEA – Interpol and global police forces
Documentary (52 & 75 mins) are tightening their grip. As many of the criminals responsible for are caught and
Language: English extradited, this film asks: Is this the end of the Pink Panthers?
Director: Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau
Producer: Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau, Thibaut De Longeville
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA GOLDEN NETWORK ASIA LIMITED
In New York City, pick-up basketball is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There Golden Network Asia Limited, Unit 1508, Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Road, Kwun
are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which Tong, Hong Kong, Tel: +852-2751-1886 Fax: +852-2750-4862. info@goldnetasia.
approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church. Doin’ It In The com
Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices Sales Agent
of playground legends (James “Fly” Williams, “Pee Wee” Kirkland, Corey “Homicide” At Cannes: Carrie WONG (Managing Director), Clarence TANG (Head of Sales and
Williams), NBA legends and current athletes (Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Brandon Jennings, Acquisitions), Stephanie CHEUNG (Senior Sales & Marketing Executive), Wing
Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson), national sportswriters (Alex Wolff, Scoop Jackson), TSANG (Sales & Marketing Assistant)
and most importantly the common ballplayer who dreams all day about getting off Office: Riviera E15, Tel: +852.68.48.38.87
work so that he or she can call “next” game at their local schoolyard. ROBOKICKS
LIONESS AKA: Bola Kampung Movie
Documentary (25 mins) Stereoscopic 3D / CGI Animation (95 min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Lisa Cole Director: Ah Loong & TEE Chua-chong
Writer: Lisa Cole Writer: Roy & Ah Loong & TEE Chua Chong
Producer: Mark Monroe Executive Producer: Edmund Chan & Raye Lee
Year of Production: 2011 Producer: Edmund Chan & Raye Lee
Delivery Status: Completed

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Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Malaysia Producer: Auchara KIJKANJANAS
Princess Amanda from the video game “Kingdom Hill” is magically transported into Delivery Status: Completed
the real world to locate the legendary “Solar Warrior” who can save her citizens. She Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand
arrives in Gong Lechar village where she makes friends with soccer-obsessed Iwan, Jorpe is a gifted child able to communicate with nature; his elder sister Norva is an
computer game champion Sabok and scientist Kumar. Kumar discovers that the expert of local herbs and her tribe’s martial arts. Together they encounter Sam, son of
computer game has been suffering a furious viral assault which would explain the crisis the President of Capital State, when he becomes lost in their jungle. Excessive global
in the virtual kingdom. Meanwhile, learning that the princess has left the virtual world, warming has attracted B.U.C.T. heat devils that are reproducing at an alarming rate,
Lord Vilus sends his own troops across the digital divide to bring her back in chains. devouring the world’s energy. World leaders come together and unanimously decide
They bring Amanda and her new friends into the virtual world where they must all the to use a new weapon called the “Cool Bomb”. Only Jorpe, Norva and Sam know
complete levels to save her kingdom and return back home. Inside the game, Sabok’s that there is a better solution to save the planet. The flawed “Cool Bomb” will in fact
skills are useless: he has been cheat codes to complete levels. Instead they must all destroy the ozone layer, upsetting the balance of nature and potentially ending all
work together to overcome the challenges in the virtual world. When they eventually human life...
reach the final stage of the game, they must compete against the giant robots of Lord JUDGE ARCHER
Vilus in a soccer match¡K AKA: Jian Shi Liu Bai Yuan
THE ADVENTURES OF JINBAO Martial arts (94)
AKA: Da Bing Jin Bao Li Xian Ji Language: Mandarin
Animation, Fantasy (78) Director: XU Haofeng
Language: Chinese Writer: XU Haofeng
Director: Leo Lo Producer: XIE Run
Writer: LAM Fung Key Cast: SONG Yang, YU Chenghui, LI Chengyuan
Producer: CHEUNG Wing Yiu, Peter Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: N/A Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
Delivery Status: Completed After witnessing his sister being raped by a nobleman, Shuangxi flees into the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China mountains. There, he meets a legendary old man named Judge Archer who presides
Soldier Jinbao, who dreams of a world without war, is accidentally transported into a over disputes between various martial arts schools. Before his death, the old man
parallel dimension called Merryland. But he arrives in the body of a panda! By chance trains Shuangxi in the art of archery for three years and passes on his esteemed
he meets Pig Skywalker, a flying farm animal, who mistakes him for the legendary title. The new Judge Archer soon comes to the attention of the martial arts world
Panda Warrior who had once saved the land. Jinbao learns that the kingdom is now and is hired by the half-Russian Erdong to avenge the death of her father. He
under the command of the Evil Master who has imprisoned the Dragon Princess. disguises himself as a fruit vendor opposite the house of his target, an exiled general.
He teams up with Skywalker’s friends to rescue the princess and free the land from Suspicious, the general’s chief security guard Kuang Yimin sends his wife, Yue
tyranny. But first, he must train to be the kingdom’s most courageous warrior. Yahong, to visit every day. Judge Archer falls in love and decides to elope with
QUEEN AHNO ¡V SPIRIT OF A WARRIOR Yahong, only to be captured by Kuang. The plot thickens when he is rescued by
AKA: АНУ ХАТАН Erdong who had hired him under false pretences.
Period Drama THE BLACK SQUARE
Language: Mongolian AKA: 黒い¥|¨¤
Director: Shuudertsetseg Baatarsuren Fantasy, Romance (144)
Writer: Shuudertsetseg Baatarsuren Language: Mandarin
Producer: Shuudertsetseg Baatarsuren, Boldkhuyag Damdinsuren Director: OKUHARA Hiroshi
Key Cast: Otgonjargal Davaasuren, Myagmar Mondoon, Bayarmagnai Yeguzer Writer: OKUHARA Hiroshi
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: LI Rui, OKUHARA Tomoko
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Mongolia Key Cast: NAKAIZUMI Hideo, Dan Hong, CHEN Xixu
In 17th century Dzungaria, a young warrior princess skilled in archery falls in love with Delivery Status: Completed
the Tibetan monk Galdan despite being betrothed to his brother Senge in a political Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
union. When Senge is murdered, Galdan renounces his life of peace to take his bloody In an artists’ village on the outskirts of Beijing, struggling artist Zhaoping sees a
revenge. Under the support of the politically powerful 5th Dalai Lama, he is given the strange square object hovering in the sky. Intrigued, he follows the shape, which
title Boshughtu Khan, under which he unites the Western Mongolian Army. When the leads him to a man who has lost his memory. Zhaoping has the sense that he has met
Manchurian Army invades Dzungaria, Ahno stands beside Galdan with her bow in the man before even if he cannot quite place him. Zhaoping¡¦s sister, Lihua, has the
battle, sacrificing her own life to save her husband and forever changing the history of same feeling about the stranger and is strangely attracted to him. She walks hand-in-
Mongolia. hand with him through the uncertainty of the past into a world of illusion, where they
JUST ANOTHER WATER MARGIN encounter a Japanese soldier in a Beijing alleyway.
AKA: Da Hua Tian Xian THE MISSING
Action, Romance, Comedy AKA: Qi Ye Zhui Hun
Language: Chinese Thriller (100)
Director: Jeffrey Lau Language: Mandarin
Writer: Jeffrey Lau Director: Billy Chan, HO Widing, ZHENG Lei
Producer: Julia Chu Writer: NIU Xingan and ZHENG Lei
Key Cast: Ekin CHENG, SUN Li, Ronald CHENG Producer: Peggy Lu
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: China Key Cast: CHANG Juichia, SIK Siulung, Eunice An
Jin Ling is a beautiful young maid in the house of Madam Zhao. Zhao is envious of Delivery Status: In Production
the girl’s beauty and - in a fit of jealousy - has her engaged to the poorest and ugliest Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: China
man in the kingdom, Da Long. But Da Long’s brother Song and Jin Ling are already Nie buys a suburban mansion at a bargain price, moving in with his fiancee, Jiajia,
besotted with each other. Jin Ling is convinced that Song is the courageous husband and his estranged mother. Jiajia is soon plagued by nightmares whilst Nie becomes
that the gods have promised her. Lacking the confidence to run away with Jin Ling, obsessed with a portrait of Zhenzhen, the mansion’s previous owner. Psychologist
Song schools Da Long in the art of romance so that he can woo his new fiancee. Song Chung’s investigation of missing millionaire Zhou leads him to their home - and with
consoles himself with the knowledge that, as Jin Ling’s brother-in-law, he will at least Nie’s help - to an asylum where Zhenzhen is hospitalized. Zhou’s killer is captured.
be able to watch over her and listen to her entrancing lute-playing that is said to reveal Nie begins to experience disorientating hallucinations, resulting in a fatal car crash.
the true hearts of all men. Song is not the last man to fall for Jin Ling’s beauty. When Chung investigates with the trail leading to Nie’s mother and a bloody family secret.
Madam Zhao’s cousin, the rich merchant’s son Wen Sheng, casts his gaze upon her, he Meanwhile, the real killer is still on the loose.
has her abducted and Da Long imprisoned on false charges. In despair, Song decides YUGO AND LALA
that the only way out of his misery is suicide. But, just then, a UFO crash-lands and AKA: Shen Mi Shi Jie Li Xian Ji
the two aliens on board agree to help him devise a plan to rescue Da Long and Jin Ling CGI-Animation (80 min)
employing their other-worldly technologies. Furious at losing Da Long and Jin Ling, Language: Mandarin
Wen and Madam Zhao hire the infamous and deadly 108 bandits to chase after them Director: WANG Yun-fei
and the newly courageous Song. Writer: WANG Yun-fei
ECHO PLANET Co-Production Partners: It¡¦s Cartoon Animations Studio
AKA: ECHO-JEW-KONG-LOK Executive Producer: JING Zhi-gang
Stereoscopic 3D / CGI Animation (81 min) Producer: YUAN Mei, DIAO Ren-yong
Language: English Key Cast: N/A
Director: Kompin KEMGUMNIRD Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Warunyu UDOMKANJANANON, Kongdej JATURANRASMEE, Pornsawan Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
SCRIBOONWONG, Charoonporn PARAPAKPRALAI Yugo meets a white “liger” - half lion, half tiger - who introduces itself as Lala.
Executive Producer: Auchara KIJKANJANAS Shocked that she can understand the animal’s language, Yugo chases Lala up a

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mountain where a giant Cloud Whale swallows them whole. Inside its stomach there Language: English
are many different creatures, all excitedly being transported to Animal Paradise where Director: Jean Veber
only 99 chosen ones are admitted every ten years. But human beings are forbidden in Writer: Jean Veber
the kingdom; any that stay for more than 3 days will be transformed into an animal. Producer: Jean Veber, Tessa Bell.
Yugo seeks help from Uncle Bear to find the way home. As time is about to run out, Key Cast: Andrew J. West, Emma Bell, Andrew Howard, Beatrice Rosen, Brent
Yugo and Lala uncover Tiger General’s plot to open a magical portal and turn every Jennings, Taylor Nichols, Lenny Jacobson.
human being in the world into an animal. As Yugo’s friends are transformed into Delivery Status: Completed
animals, she desperately finds a way to destroy the gateway only to discover that her Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USa
friend Lala is the portal... Having participated in a new drug trial, Harry Poole begins to experience
disturbing behaviour. An alter-ego emerges in the shape of Edward Grey. As
Edward begins to take hold, becoming volatile and uncontrollable, it seems Harry
GOLDEN SUN FILMS DISTRIBUTION LTD may be lost forever.
Golden Sun Films Distribution Ltd, 11/F, Hong Lok House, No. 477 Nathan Road, LOST IN LAOS
Kowloon, Hong Kong PRC, Tel: (852) 2385 5939 Fax: (852) 2368 3873. http://www. Drama (113 minutes)
goldensunfilm.com, info@goldensunfilm.com Language: Italian english subtitles
Producer, Distributor Director: Alessandro Zunino
At Cannes: Mrs lan Ketsarinh Writer: Alessandro Zunino
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform Producer: Alessandro Zunino, Laura Malavolta
A CHINESE GHOST STORY Key Cast: Daniela Camera, Daniele Pitari, Carla Signoris, Dario Vergassola,
AKA: Qin Nu You Hn Andrea Nicolini, Alberto Bergamini, Sara Cianfriglia.
(101 mins) Delivery Status: Screening
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin version with traditional simplified Chinese/ English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy
subtitles Two students, Daniela and Paulo, travel to Laos for a hedonistic fun holiday.
Director: Wilson Yip Becoming lost in the unfamiliar land, they embark on a revelatory journey,
Writer: Charcoal Tan discovering themselves and the true Laos. Meanwhile, back In Italy their parents
Executive Producer: Mrs lan Ketsarinh fear for their safety.
Producer: Mrs lan Ketsarinh, Lai Tsun Kei NEVER TOO LATE
Key Cast: Louis Koo, Liu Yi Fei Drama (94 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: Hebrew
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China, Hong Kong Director: Ido Fluk
PRINTED SKIN Writer: Ido Fluk
AKA: Hua Pi Producer: Ido Fluk, Gal Greenspan
(118 mins) Key Cast: Ibrahim Adasi, Keren Berger, Dina Blay, Nony Geffen.
Language: Cantonese/Mandarin version with traditional simplified Chinese/ English Delivery Status: Completed
subtitles Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel
Director: Gordon Chan Herzl, haunted by his past relationship with his deceased father, travels the country
Writer: Gordon Chan, Lau Ho Leung, Abe kwong hanging advertising posters. As he moves from place to place, memories of his
Co-Production Partners: Golden Sun Film Co., Ltd.,Golden Sun Films Holdings Ltd., father come to life. Will the suitcase that remains unopened hold the answers to all
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Ning Xia Film Studio, Dinglongda he seeks?
(Beijing) International Culture Media Co., Ltd., Eastern Mordor Film Co., Ltd CITY OF DREAMERS
Executive Producer: Pang hung DRAMA (120Min)
Producer: Lan Ketsarinh Language: English
Key Cast: Donnie Yen, Chen kun, Zhou Xun Director: Jamie Patterson
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Jamie Patterson
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: China, Hong Kong Producer: Nathalie Grace, Danny Patterson, Jamie Patterson
THE SWODMAN DREAM Key Cast: Ellen Cosgrove, Eddy Brimson and Ross Scarfield
AKA: Xi You Ji Delivery Status: Completed
(98 mins) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: England
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin (With Eng Subtitles) ‘City of Dreamers’ tells the story of Rose (newcomer Ellen Cosgrove), an aspiring
Director: Billy Chung musician who moves to Brighton keen to forget the world she has left behind
Writer: Li Ho Shu, Huang Yan Wei and immerse herself in the vibrant and creative cultures of her new City. The
Co-Production Partners: Golden Sun Century (Beijing) Multimedia Co Ltd, Fantawild friends she makes along the way, from homeless Joe (Eddy Brimson) to kooky
Film housemates Kyle and Nicole (George Webster and Amanda Piery), all help her
Key Cast: Suen Hing, Cherrie Ying, Xie Na on her journey towards self-discovery, uncovering both the person she is and the
Delivery Status: Completed one she wants to become. A romantic spark with Harry (Ross Scarfield) and a
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: China, Hong Kong stolen kiss with Carlos (Diego Alcacer) spice up Rose’s dreamy journey. Featuring
exquisite, heartfelt music from unsigned bands that feature heavily in the Brighton
GUILDHALL PICTURES LIMITED music scene, ‘City of Dreamers’ is the heartwarming tale of someone who chases
Guildhall Pictures Limited, 3 Harewood Drive, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2BS their dreams of love, friendship and music, never knowing where they could lead.
England, Tel: 00 44 7518 377 564 DECALOGUE
www.guildhallpictures.co.uk, matteo@guildhallpictures.co.uk DRAMA (90 Min)
Sales Agent, Producer Language: English, Spanish, Estonian with subtitles.
At Cannes: Matteo Rolleri (Producer, Sales Acquisition Executive.), Brian Franklin Director: Walter Rodriguez
(Director) Writer: Walter Rodriguez
Office: Palais Level 1 at Booth 24.05, Tel: +33 (0) 492998144 Mobile: 0044 (0) Producer: Catherine Fingal
7518377564 Key Cast: Miguel Paneke, Alyn Darnay, Yas Giraldo and Maili Nomm.
THE SHIFT Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (90 minutes) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English Decalogue presents five interweaved stories that offer a provocative vision of the
Director: Lee Cipolla Ten Commandments and explores how today, many people have to break those
Writer: Leonel Oliva commandments in order to survive. Jesus, an unemployed man tormented by
Executive Producer: Leonel Oliva his alcoholic past, opens a Church in the Latin ghetto in order to live from the
Producer: Leonel Oliva, Melanie DiPietro, William Garcia, Jeremy Mitchell. donations of his followers. Meanwhile Vanessa, a beautiful teenager, is lured by
Key Cast: Leonel Oliva, Casey Fitzgerald, Danny Glover, Genesis Ochoa, Sara Castro, the expensive lifestyle the popular girls live and decides to sell her body to buy
Andrew Dionese, Brad Benedict. designer clothes and smartphones. A young psychotherapist, Molly, is struggling
Delivery Status: Completed to cope with her own Electra complex, caused by years of sexual abuse from her
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA father. She now plans to get her revenge by sleeping with her father’s best friend.
As the night shift in the ER begins, experienced nurse Kayle is handed new trainee, Elsewhere, Gary, a bitter old man, has tried to end his nihilistic existence and
Amanda. Clashing in their beliefs, emotions reach boiling point when terminal cancer failed. Now he discovers a new purpose in life, his best friend’s wife, Julie. Who
patient Emily is admitted. Kayle and Amanda are forced to make impossible decisions. happens to be looking for something herself in return. Whilst Nikolai,an Eastern
BIPOLAR European illegal immigrant, pushes his wife Kristiina to dance in a strip club in
Psychological Thriller (81 minutes) order to pay their debts and go back to Estonia. However,it is in this new world

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that Kristiina finds the life she has been dreaming of. Russian mob. He rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
LESS RED SQUAD
Drama (77 Min) Action
Language: English Language: English
Director: Gabriel Diamond Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Gabriel Diamond. Zak Barnett Writer: Jorge Suarez
Producer: Zak Barnett, Gabriel Diamond. Gabriel Goldstein. Executive Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro
Key Cast: Dave Amiott, Zak Barnett, David Crane and Rebecca Noon. Producer: Patricia Eberle
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Less tells the story of Finn Norman, a renegade artist who has severed all ties with The director of the DEA secretly hires a team of mercenaries to battle the Giraldo
his past to make his home on the streets. Living off what others throw away, Finn’s Cartel, which has seized control of a small town in Mexico that shares a border with
quest for a life free from attachment is threatened by his growing connections with Texas.
a painfully shy cafe girl and a grizzled street performer. Less asks the questions: SLEIGHT OF HAND
does true happiness come from having everything you want, or simply not wanting Action
anything? Can we live in the moment if we’re not at peace with our past? Is spiritual Language: English
bypass possible? Shot on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District in a gritty Director: Brad Mirman
documentary style, this portrait of three outsiders shows a world both decaying and Writer: Brad Mirman
beautiful, where city streets become rivers, sidewalks are bedrooms, and passersby Co-Production Partners: N/A
audience to the blurry line between genius and madness, an unlikely romance and the Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Cam Cannon, Hayley Magouirk
magic simplicity of a city witnessed anew. Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro
Key Cast: Ray Liotta,Til Schweiger, Ving Rhames, Thomas Jane, Anthony Anderson,
Peter Stormare, Jon Lovitz
HALF MOON FILMS, LLC Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Half Moon Films, LLC, 50 N. Sierra St. #1004, Reno, NV 89501 United States, Tel: Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
775 622-8565 Fax: 925 258-5013. A trio of blue collar working stiffs end up in possession of a rare gold coin that
www.WeeklyScare.Me, gklyon@halfmoonfilms.biz belongs to a notorious gangster. When they lose the coin, the gangster gives them six
Producer days to find it or pay him what it’s worth.
At Cannes: Greg Lyon (Executive Producer), Kyle Kernan (Producer) USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 1.925.998.1116 Action, Adventure, War
WEEKLYSCARE.ME FIRST SEASON Language: English
Horror/thriller (94.5 minutes) Director: TBA
Language: English Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Mario Van Peebles, Tim Cavanaugh
Director: Various Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro
Writer: Various Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Co-Production Partners: None Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Executive Producer: Greg Lyon After delivering the atomic bomb that will end WWII, the USS INDIANAPOLIS
Producer: Kyle Kernan is sunk, leaving eight hundred men stranded for days in the ocean where they battle
Key Cast: Douglas Olsson, Natalie Stevens, Shelby Lyon thirst, hunger, extreme heat and cold, and vicious man-eating sharks.
Delivery Status: Completed ESCOBAR
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Action
The WebTV horror channel - WeeklyScare.Me featured ten short horror films produced Language: English
by aspiring producers and directors. Oubreak, Dead Aim, The Diner, Lizzie Borden, Director: Alexander Witt
The Ballerina, The Oath, NightWatch, Lust Overnighter, and The Other Friend. The Writer: Cam Cannon
films are introduced by Kera Valkyrie our angel of the night. Co-Production Partners: N/A
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Cam Cannon, Hayley Magouirk
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro
HANNIBAL CLASSICS Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Hannibal Classics, 8265 Sunset Blvd., Suite 106, West Hollywood, CA 90046 USA,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Tel: 323-848-2945 Fax: 323-848-2946.
Pablo Escobar’s political aspirations lead him into a full-fledged war against his own
www.hannibalclassics.com, contactus@hannibalclassics.com
country and the United States.
Sales Agent
TOUCHBACK
At Cannes: Richard Rionda Del Castro (Chairman & CEO), Patricia Rionda Del
Family (122 Minutes)
Castro (President), Hayley Magouirk (Vice President), Kristy Eberle (Project
Language: English
Manager)
Director: Don Handfield
Office: Lerins S11, Tel: 337-278-4874
Writer: Don Handfield
RATCHET & CLANK: THE MOVIE
Co-Production Partners: Freedom Films Independent, LLC
3D Family Animated Action-Adventure
Executive Producer: George Furla, Randall Emmett, Alexandria Klipstein, Patricia
Language: English
Eberle, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Michael Corso,
Director: Jericca Cleland
Anthony Gudas, Paul Ross, Tony Stacy
Co-Production Partners: Ratchet Productions LLC, Sony Computer Entertainment,
Producer: Brian Presley, Carissa Buffel, Kevin Matusow
Blockade Entertainment, Rainmaker Entertainment, The Dalian Wanda Group, CNHK
Key Cast: Brian Presley, Kurt Russell, Melanie Lynskey, Christine Lahti
Media China
Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Christopher S.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Williams, Chad Stewart, Tim Cavanaugh, David Sheldon, Kevin Munroe, Michael
After an unfortunate event, a young man’s life is completely changed leaving him
Hefferon
unable to pursue his dreams, until fifteen years later, when he is given a chance to go
Producer: Brad Foxhoven, David Wohl
back and change history.
Delivery Status: In Production
SETUP
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA/Canada
Action (85 Minutes)
Ratchet is a mischievous mechanic whose craving for action gets quenched when he
Language: English
drags his trusty robot sidekick Clank into am interplanetary mission to rid the universe
Director: Mike Gunther
of an evil madman named Drek.
Writer: Mike Gunther, Mike Behrman
TOKAREV
Co-Production Partners: Cheetah Vision Films, Emmett Furla Films
Action
Executive Producer: Rick Jackson, Fredrik Malmberg, Daniel Wagner, Anthony
Language: English
Gudas, Michael Corso, Brandt Andersen, Martin Blencowe, Ted Fox, Peter Benz,
Director: Paco Cabezas
Mike Rapp, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Patricia Eberle, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb
Writer: Jim Agnew & Sean Keller
Producer: Randall Emmett, Curtis Jackson, George Furla
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Jim Agnew, Sean Keller, Bill Bromiley
Key Cast: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe, Randy Couture
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Michael Mendelsohn
Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Nicolas Cage, Danny Glover
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Longtime friends Sonny, Vincent, and Dave grew up on the mean streets of Detroit,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
destined for a life of crime. After a successful but bloody diamond robbery, Vincent
A reformed criminal comes home to find that his daughter has been kidnapped by the

68 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


turns on his friends, shooting them and leaving them for dead. But Sonny isn’t dead, Producer: Gary Howsam
and when he recovers, he scours the criminal underworld, hell bent on revenge. Key Cast: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz, Rachelle LeFevre
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Canada
HANNIBAL PICTURES A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to
Hannibal Pictures, 8265 Sunset Blvd., Suite 107, West Hollywood, CA 90046 USA, Tel: peddle influence lead to corruption and murder. Based on a true story.
323-848-2945 Fax: 323-848-2946. GUN
www.hannibalpictures.com, contactus@hannibalpictures.com Action (82 Minutes)
Sales Agent Language: English
At Cannes: Richard Rionda Del Castro (Chairman & CEO), Patricia Rionda Del Director: Jessy Terrero
Castro (President), Hayley Magouirk (Vice President), Cam Cannon (Director of Writer: Curtis
Development), Kristy Eberle (Project Manager) Co-Production Partners: Cheetah Vision Films, Emmett Furla Films
Office: Lerins S11, Tel: 337-278-4874 Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Anthony Gudas,
BENEATH THE DEEP Peter Graham, Stephen Hays, Richard Jackson
Action Producer: Randall Emmett, Curtis Jackson, George Furla
Language: English Key Cast: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Val Kilmer
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Armand Speca Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Armand Speca, Cam Cannon, Hayley Magourik Gritty action thriller about a determined Detroit police detective on a collision course
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro with a smart, tough arms dealer.
Key Cast: TBA GIVE ‘EM HELL MALONE
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Action (96 Minutes)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
A freak storm strands members of a diving expedition in a small cove in the Caribbean, Director: Russell Mulcahy
where they must contend with a saltwater crocodile who will do anything to protect her Writer: Mark Hosack
nest. Co-Production Partners: Malone Productions, Inc., North By Northwest Entertainment
REPEATER Executive Producer: Martin Barab, Patricia Eberle, Oscar Generale, Armand Speca,
Action Rich Cowan, Walter Josten, Jeff Geoffray
Language: English Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Richard Salvatore, Johnny Martin, Brian
Director: R. Ellis Frazier Oliver, Erik Anderson
Writer: Benjamin Budde, R. Ellis Frazier Key Cast: Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Elsa Pataky, French Stewart, Leland Orser,
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Hayley Magouirk, Cam Cannon Chris Yen, William Abadie, Gregory Harrison, Doug Hutchison
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Geoffrey Ross Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: TBA Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Pre-Production A tough private eye takes a job retrieving a case containing a mysterious secret.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Bullets, fists, and blood fly as he fights through an army of thugs to protect the secret.
An expert assassin is hired to track down a notorious hacker who has leaked GIALLO
information about global governments and corporations, but finds himself a target in Thriller (92 Minutes)
the aftermath of the job. Language: English
ALL THINGS FALL APART Director: Dario Argento
AKA: THINGS FALL APART Writer: Jim Agnew, Sean Keller
Inspirational Drama (111 minutes) Co-Production Partners: Giallo Productions Limited
Language: English Executive Producer: David Milner, Luis De Val, Oscar Generale, Patricia Eberle,
Director: Mario Van Peebles Martin McCourt, Lisa Lambert, Nesim Hason, Billy Dietrich, Donald A. Barton,
Writer: Curtis Jackson, Brian Miller Claudio Argento
Co-Production Partners: Cheetah Vision Films Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Rafael Primorac, Adrien Brody
Executive Producer: Patricia Eberle, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Anthony Gudas, Key Cast: Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky
Michael Corso Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Curtis Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: UK
Key Cast: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Ray Liotta, Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield In Italy, a woman fears her sister may have been kidnapped. Inspector Enzo Avolfi
Delivery Status: Completed fears it’s worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Yellow.
Inspirational sports drama centering on a remarkable football talent who becomes a
better person when his athletic career is suddenly jeopardized.
THE BIG BANG HARD DRIVE PICTURES
Action (101 minutes) Hard Drive Pictures, 1400 North Havenhurst Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046, Tel:
Language: English 1.323.650.1940. morafilms@gmail.com
Director: Tony Krantz Producer
Writer: Erik Jendresen At Cannes: Philippe Mora (Owner)
Co-Production Partners: The Big Bang Production Inc., Flame Ventures, North By Office: C/O Steve Arroyave, Arrow Entertainment
Northwest Entertainment TWO DAYS IN AUSCHWITZ
Executive Producer: Rich Cowan, Richard Salvatore, Patricia Eberle, Cassian Elwes, Documentary (95 minutes)
Gary Howsam, Lewin Webb, Ross Dinerstein Language: English
Producer: Tony Krantz, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Erik Jendresen Director: Philippe Mora
Key Cast: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory, Writer: Philippe Mora
Autumn Reeser, Snoop Dogg, Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott Producer: Philippe Mora, Pamela Mora
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: In Production
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
A tough investigator is hired to find a missing stripper, but is taken into the custody Visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau by Philippe Mora in 2010 and 2011, trigger an
of three cops when everyone he questions ends up dead. He recounts the events that investigation into humanity’s darkest days. Why? How? Who? What? When? Where?
led to his abduction, which involve a brutal Russian boxer, a sexy waitress, and a This year’s revelation that actually 42, 000 camps, ghettos, slave labor factories et
megalomaniacal billionaire looking for The Big Bang. The solution to the mystery will al existed in the Third Reich and its occupied territories make this timely. The issues
cost ten lives, net $30 million, and just might explain – well – everything. are unresolved and need to be examined. This film lifts up the ghastly rock and looks
CASINO JACK underneath.
AKA: BAGMAN THE SURREALIST
Thriller (108 Minutes) Fantasy
Language: English Language: English
Director: George Hickenlooper Director: Philippe Mora
Writer: Norman Snider Writer: Philippe Mora
Co-Production Partners: Bagman (2009) Inc. Co-Production Partners: Column Pictures, Arrow Entertainment
Executive Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Lewin Webb, Dana Brunetti, Patricia Producer: Philippe Mora, Steve Arroyave
Eberle, Oscar Generale, Warren Nimchuk, Angelo Paletta, Donald Zuckerman, Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Domenic Serafino A fantasy exploration into the imagination of Salvador Dali including his imaginary

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love affair with the Mona Lisa.To be filmed in 3D. ordinary high school student.
CONTINUITY THE CULLING
Comedy thriller (100 minutes) Supernatural Thriller
Language: English Language: English
Director: Philippe Mora Director: Rustam Branaman
Writer: Philippe Mora Writer: Rustam Branaman
Producer: Philippe Mora Producer: Colin Bates
Key Cast: Paul Clemens, Hoyt Richards, Victoria Bullock, Rena Riffel,Philippe Mora Key Cast: Jeremy Sumpter, Jonathon Schaech, Virginia Williams
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
A rogue intelligence group send remote viewers back to 33AD to try and prove that A group of college friends reunite for a road trip. They are interrupted by a lost
God exists. little girl on the side of the road, leading them to a night of unsuspected horrors and
GERMAN SONS supernatural activity.
Documentary POKER NIGHT
Language: English Action
Director: Philippe Mora Language: English
Writer: Philippe Mora & Harald Grosskopf Director: Greg Francis
Producer: Philippe Mora & Harald Grosskopf Writer: Greg Francis
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Corey Large
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany/Australia/United States Key Cast: Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman, Giancarlo Esposito, Titus Welliver
The documentary about artists Harald Grosskopf and Philippe Mora, and how their Delivery Status: Post Production
friendship reconciled their opposite German family histories. Grosskopf’s father was Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
a Nazi Party member in the Wehrmacht and Mora’s father was a Jewish Resistance In this twisted thriller, a young detective becomes an unwilling participant in a
fighter. sadistic game of cat and mouse when he is kidnapped by a calculating serial killer.
ABSOLUTELY MODERN The detective must use the wisdom and hindsight imparted to him from senior
Mockumentary (90 minutes) detectives on their regular poker night if he is going to survive.
Language: English
Director: Philippe Mora
Writer: Philippe Mora HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS
Producer: Philippe Mora, Pamela Mora Hollywood Classics, Garfield House, 2nd Floor, 86-88 Edgware Road, London, W2
Key Cast: Mario Melchiot, Rena Riffel, Philippe Mora, Austen Tayshus, Brad Wilson, 2EA UK, Tel: 44 (0)20 7535 7260 Fax: 44 (0)20 7535 7235. www.hollywoodclassics.
Tiriel Mora, Anni Blackhurst com, info@Hollywoodclassics.com
Delivery Status: Completed Sales Agent
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA At Cannes: Peter Urie (CEO), John Ramchandani (Managing Director), Melanie Tebb
Bohemians and artists in Melbourne, Australia in the Forties absorb the Modernist (Head of Sales, DVD and Theatrical), Ben Urie (Digital Cinema Sales Manager),
explosion in Europe and create their own explosive art and life style. Love becomes Petra Sumser (Germany - DVD & TV/VOD Sales Rep)
an inspiration and a casualty. Office: 63 la Croisette – cnr. rue Pasteur, oppos. Miramar Hotel Le Lerina, 4th floor,
THE GERTRUDE STEIN MYSTERY OR SOME LIKE IT ART Tel: Melanie Tebb: +44 (0) 774 774 3615
Comedy docufiction LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
Language: English Romance (86)
Director: Philippe Mora Language: English
Writer: Philippe Mora Director: Max Ophuls
Producer: Philippe Mora Key Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan and Mady Christians
Key Cast: Jonathan Ball, Rena Riffel, Hoyt Richards, Bob Seideman, D.M Thomas, Delivery Status: Completed
Sandy Lieberson, Lutz Becker Country of Origin: 1948
Delivery Status: Completed A pianist arrives home to find a suicide note from a woman with whom he had a brief
Year of Production: 2011 liaison. In flashback her story unfolds; her unfaltering love for him and the truth about
News break: Gertrude Stein lived on into the 21st Century, changing events his philandering nature. This haunting tale is perhaps cinema’s greatest unrequited
throughout her life on incredible secret missions. This film blows the lid off the real love story and is considered to be Ophuls’ masterpiece.
history of the 20th century. Fascinating art historian Lord Steinway leads you through LA LUNA
the odyessy. Drama (142)
THE SOUND OF SPYING Language: English
Musical (90 mins) Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Language: English Key Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Laura Betti
Director: Philippe Mora Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Philippe Mora Year of Production: 1979 Country of Origin: Italy
Producer: Philippe Mora Bertolucci creates a multi-layered and hypnotic Oedipal-parable, which is ravishing to
Delivery Status: Pre-Production look at. A young junkie falls in love with his opera singer mother.
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: USA ROLLING THUNDER
A musical about the Cold War with Noel Coward, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and other Thriller (95 mins)
spies on both sides. Language: English
Director: John Flynn
Writer: Paul Schrader
HIGHLAND FILM GROUP Key Cast: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones
Highland Film Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd. Suite 600, West Hollywood, CA 90069 USA, Delivery Status: Completed
Tel: (310) 271-8400 Fax: (310) 278-7500. Quentin Tarantino named his production company Rolling Thunder in homage to this
www.highlandfilmgroup.com, sales@highlandfilmgroup.com film. Quintessential 70s violent revenge film written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver).
Sales Agent A war hero returns home from Vietnam and when his family is killed by jealous thugs,
At Cannes: Joseph Lanius (Head of Business and Legal Affairs), Delphine Perrier he rounds up a former buddy and they enact prolonged brutal and bloody revenge.
(Head of International Sales), Tyler Stout (Director of Marketing), Arianne Fraser
(CEO), Maria Rogers (Director of International Sales)
Office: S-16 Lerins, Tel: +33 07 87 72 10 15 HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
BARELY LETHAL Hollywood Studios International, 9107 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA
Action 90210 USA, Tel: 310-358-9007
Language: English www.hsifilms.com, sales@hsifilms.com
Director: Kyle Newman Sales Agent
Writer: John D’Arco At Cannes: Eric Christenson (President of HSI Films)
Producer: Vanessa Coifman, Brett Ratner Office: Year Round Exhibitor on S&T, Tel: +49 30 33 77 77
Key Cast: Hailee Steinfeld LUV
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Thriller, Drama
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Director: Sheldon Candis
In this high-octane teen action comedy, MEAN GIRLS meets JAMES BOND when Writer: Sheldon Candis, Justin Wilson
16-year-old professional assassin Megan fakes her own death in order to become an Key Cast: Common, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Meagan

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Good, Michael K. Williams and Michael Rainey, Jr., father, a dam-building company executive, not to destroy their ecosystem.
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA HORIZON MOTION PICTURES
Woody, an adorable 11-year-old boy awaiting the return of his missing mother, Horizon Motion Pictures, Suite 100 - 116 W. 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1K6
lives with his grandmother and Uncle Vincent, who is fresh off an eight-year Canada, Tel: 1-604-638 4889, x 157
prison stint. For Woody, the confident, charismatic Vincent is a titan among men. www.horizonmotionpictures.com, film@horizonmotionpictures.com
When Vincent notices that Woody could learn a thing or two about becoming a Sales Agent
man, he brings him along as he ventures forth to open his own business. But when At Cannes: Rob Straight (President)
legit life fails to support Vincent’s vision, and his old Baltimore crime boss, Mr. Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
Fish, haunts him, the pace of little Woody’s manhood lesson accelerates. UNDER THE APPLE BOX
THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST Drama (90 minutes)
Romantic comedy (96) Language: English
Language: English Director: Ellie Fox
Director: Ryan O’Nan Writer: Ellie Fox
Writer: Ryan O’Nan Producer: Kimberly Wakefield
Producer: Jason Michael Berman Key Cast: Lorena Griffiths, Mike Clemente
Key Cast: Ryan O’Nan, Michael Weston, Arielle Kebbel Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Country of Origin: USA From a small town in Iran, a young Leila rises up to teach her world about acceptance
Rejected by his girlfriend and band, a young musician embarks on a cross-country and rekindles a lost love along the way.
musical tour with a potentially psychotic stranger who plays Fischer-Price THE EXHIBITION
children’s instruments. Documentary (90 minutes)
JUNCTION Language: English
Thriller (92 minutes) Director: Damon Vignale
Director: Tony Glazer Producer: Damon Vignale
Writer: Tony Glazer Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast: Neal Bledsoe, Harris Doran, Summer Crockett Moore and Tom Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Pelphrey. Painter Pamela Masik shares her reasons for immortalizing the 49 female victims of
Delivery Status: Completed serial killer Robert Pickton in her artwork.
Year of Production: 2011 DEADSVILLE
Junction is a thriller set In the idyllic upscale neighborhood of Verterra Hills, Horror (90 minutes)
a privatized community full of manicured lawns and sprawling colonials, four Language: English
strangers make a choice that sets in motion a series of events that will change their Director: Thomas Newman
lives, the lives of some not-so-innocent homeowners and a troubled police force Writer: Thomas Newman
forever. On a road full of twists and turns each group will be forced to make a Producer: Thomas Newman
decision that will send them all careening headlong into a deadly confrontation. In Delivery Status: In Development
a place where nothing is what it seems and no one is who they appear to be, only Country of Origin: Canada
one thing is certain: all choices come with a price. When an evil sheriff leads the massacre of an Indian village they return from the dead
CARNAVAL to seek justice.
Comedy BONG OF THE DEAD
Director: Joshua Michael Stern Horror (90 minutes)
Key Cast: John Cusack and Johnny Knoxville Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Thomas Newman
Cusack will play a sports scout who is sent to Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. Writer: Thomas Newman
His mission is to recruit the world’s best soccer player. If he signs the star, he Producer: Thomas Newman
will inherit the agency. Johnny Knoxville plays his best friend, a musician who Key Cast: Mark Wynn, Simone Bally, Jy Harris
joins the scout and has an affair with a woman who turns out to be the player’s Delivery Status: Completed
girlfriend, which throws a major complication into the plan. Two stoners capitalize on a zombie outbreak by harvesting bodies for marijuana
ANSWERS TO NOTHING fertilizer.
Drama (120 minutes) NINJA’S CREED
Director: Matthew Leutwyler Martial Arts (90 minutes)
Key Cast: Dane Cook, Julie Benz, Elizabeth Mitchell, Barbara Hershey, Zach Language: English
Gilford and Erik Palladino. Director: Babar Ahmed
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Babar Ahmed
Year of Production: 2011 Producer: Babar Ahmed
Set against the backdrop of a child abduction case we follow five days in the life Key Cast: Pat Morita, Eric Roberts, Lalaine, Gail Kim
of the detective assigned to the case, her best friend whose determination to get Delivery Status: Completed
pregnant keeps her from confronting her husband’s infidelity, a school teacher and Year of Production: 2011
his obsession with the missing child that pushes him to the edge of vigilantism, a A fierce assassin arrives in America to kill a high school girl, the last living heir to a
beat cop grieving over the violent death of his wife, a recovering addict and her faraway kingdom.
wheel chair bound brother preparing for the LA marathon, and a self-loathing SHARKWISE
African American TV writer’s search for love. Documentary (90 minutes and 50 minutes)
THE ZERO HOUR Language: English
Thriller (103) Director: Lieven Debrauwer
Language: Spanish (with English Subtitles) Producer: Frank De Wulf, Marc Sluszny
Director: Diego Velasco Key Cast: Marc Sluszny
Writer: Diego Velasco Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Carolina Paiz Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Belgium
Key Cast: Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Laureano Olivarez Extreme athlete and adventurer Marc Sluszny swims with sharks and shares their
Delivery Status: Completed hidden world.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Venezuela MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE
Set in Caracas during a 24-hour medical strike, Parca, a tattooed hit-man, takes an Documentary (90 minutes)
elite hospital hostage in order to save his pregnant girlfriend. Language: English
THE ELEMENTALS Director: Bruce McDonald
Thriller Producer: Erin Faith Young, Jennifer St. John
Language: English Key Cast: Rita Chiarelli
Director: Jorge Olguí­n Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Jorge Olguí­n Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Producer: Dave Brown maximumRita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, decides to take a
Key Cast: Cristian Campos, Loreto Aradena, Sofia Kaufmann pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues—Louisiana State Maximum Security
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison.
When a girl meets the ethereal creatures of a forest, they convince her and her ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
Drama (90 minutes)

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Language: English irritations and sensuality reach the boiling point just as a hurricane approaches.
Director: Jeff Lipsky ZOOMAN
Producer: Nick Huston, Paul Jarrett Documentary (91 mins)
Key Cast: Palminteri, Drea de Matteo, Linda Fiorentino Language: English
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Director: Rolf Winters
Sixty is the new Forty and Frank Gregorio and his daughter Lana are having Co-Production Partners: Purple Wolf Productions
simultaneous mid-life crises. Key Cast: Carrie Cramer, Bud DeYoung
STAINED Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Thriller (90 minutes) As real as it gets. ZOOMAN is a unique Dogme-style ‘reality feature film’ about
Language: English a man living his dream. As a little boy born and raised in Indiana, Buddy always
Director: Karen Lam dreamed of having a Zoo in his own backyard. When his father died on his 18th
Writer: Karen Lam birthday, Buddy moved to Upper Michigan to find his destiny. 36 years later, we
Producer: Karen Lam follow Buddy (now 54) through four seasons pursuing his dream against the odds.
Key Cast: Sonja Bennett, Tinsel Kory We witness the struggle and sacrifices he and his fiancee Carrie (27) make to live
Delivery Status: Completed that dream unconditionally, their fight for conservation and survival. ZOOMAN is no
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Canada fairytale. Rather a raw, authentic account of a raw, authentic man living his life with
A booksellers obsession with a former lover threatens to unravel her relationship with pure vigor and determination.
her adopted sister and expose the deadly secret of their past. RANDY RHOADS: THE QUIET RIOT YEARS
GHOSTS DON’T EXIST Documentary (91 mins)
Horror (90 minutes) Language: English
Language: English Director: Ron Sobol
Director: Eric Espejo Writer: Andrew Klein & Ron Sobol
Producer: Eric Espejo, Tanner Cooley, Richard Friend, Aaron Goodmiller Co-Production Partners: Red Match Productions
Key Cast: Chris Cooley, Phillip Roebuck Executive Producer: Peter Margolis
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Andrew Klein
A booksellers obsession with a former lover threatens to unravel her relationship with Key Cast: Rudy Sarzo, Drew Forsyth, Stan Lee
her adopted sister and expose the deadly secret of their past. Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
“Randy Rhoads, The Quiet Riot Years” is a coming of age story that chronicles the
HOUSE OF FILM ascension of an iconic Los Angeles. based band, Quiet Riot, through their internal
House of Film, 427 N. Canon Dr. Suite #201, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA, Tel: +1 struggles, hardships, and eventual triumphs during the ever changing musical climate
818.647.0118 Fax: +1 818.647.0118. of the 70’s. The documentary sheds light on an important but little known part of
www.houseoffilm.com, sales@houseoffilm.com Randy Rhoads’ life and growth as a guitar player. After Randy Rhoads and Kevin
Sales Agent DuBrow parted ways, each had newfound success with their new bands, each selling
At Cannes: Ava B. (CEO/President), Andrew Gallagher (Head of Sales), Carol-Jeanette over 10 million records. At the film’s center, we take a closer look at the friendship
Jorgensen (Partner), Elliott Mazzola (Sales & Acquisitions Executive) that Randy and Kevin shared. This is a story that needed to be told. Kevin was
Office: Palais Level 01 - Stand Number: 21.01, Tel: +33 644 842 282 planning on telling it himself. Sadly, he never got the chance before his passing
JAIL CAESAR ROMEO AND JULIET
Drama (84 mins) Family (94 mins)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Paul Schoolman Director: Brian Cass
Writer: Paul Schoolman Producer: Edgard Cass and Alexander Rybalov
Co-Production Partners: Caesar Productions Key Cast: Andrew Dionese; Sarah Lynne Wright; Sarah Lynne Wright
Key Cast: Derek Jacobi, John Kani, Alice Krige Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Argentina
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK BYE
A feature film that tells the timeless story of an adolescence shaped by social and Performance Dance (22 mins)
political events. It charts a young man’s impassioned quest for power, for the meaning Language: N/A
of freedom and to know himself, to live his dreams, to achieve his ambitions. The film Director: Mats Ek
explores his struggle to survive by becoming a power broker, a manipulator and then Key Cast: Sylvie Guillem
a dictator --the genesis of a powerful man, with roots in politics, violence, and gang Delivery Status: Completed
warfare. Year of Production: 2012
REMNANTS The original stage production of BYE (Ajö) was produced by and took place at the
Action (93 mins) Sadler’s Wells in London. Sadler’s Wells is the leading dance theatre of the UK and
Language: English one of most prestigious dance institutions of the world, representing the highest
Director: Tim Szczesniak, Matthew Young, Jared Young quality and standards, with a history of over 300 years.
Writer: Paul Hillburger, Adam Minarovich IN A SMALL WORLD
Co-Production Partners: Afterlight Pictures, LLC Drama (106 mins)
Producer: Zeke Flatten, Travis Fox, Tom Sizemore Language: English, Thai, Tamil, Japanese, German
Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Alex Van Director: Samy Pavel
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Samy Pavel and Rishan Seraphim
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Harsha Navaratne, Crosscurrent Productions PVT LTD.
A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents Producer: Harsha Navaratne
of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls Key Cast: Srisanoy Jiraporn, Hiroki Kurohashi, Rev. Jegatheesh Kurukkal
together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the attention of the Delivery Status: Completed
less resourceful residents in the area and soon results in a war between subdivisions. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
GIRAFFES Through our actions, we create the world we live in. East or west, rich or poor, young
AKA: Jirafas or old, single or married, we all share the same human qualities. Within each of
Drama (94 mins) us there are good emotions and bad emotions. Within each of us is the potential to
Language: Spanish create peace and happiness and the potential to create sorrow and suffering. Standing
Director: Kiki Álvarez in between, we are pulled in different directions. Which way to go? Which way to
Writer: Claudia Muñiz happiness? The only thing that is certain is that the choice is UP TO YOU.
Co-Production Partners: Galaxia 311 S.A.S. WHEN THE DRAGON SWALLOWED THE SUN: THE HISTORY OF TIBET
Producer: Ivonne Cotorruelo, Nicolás Ordoñez, Kiki Álvarez, Gina Villafañe TOLD BY RICHARD GERE
Key Cast: Claudia Muñiz; Olivia Manrufo; Yasmani Guerrero Documentary (115 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English/Tibetan
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Cuba Director: Dirk Simon
They are young flatmates seeking their footing in today’s Cuba, where they must fight Writer: Dirk Simon, Kristen Riordan
for a home of their own. Filled with sensual tension, Manuel, Lia and Tania join forces Co-Production Partners: Free Motion Films
to survive. Giraffes takes us along in this silent war largely set indoors. Today’s Havana Producer: Vanessa Philippe, Dennis Haysbert, Dirk Simon
is represented in the waitress Lia, who seems more interested in the good life than Key Cast: Dalai Lama, Lhasang Tsering, Samdhong Rinpoche
her boyfriend Manuel does. Three beautiful twenty-somethings in a house inevitably Delivery Status: Completed
leads to more tension than just the question of who owns the property. All the pent-up

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Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA theatre by a greedy local politician. While Robert helps Sami win his theatre, Sami
Unfortunately, the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people receive little political gives Robert his identity back.
support in their drive to put an end to the Chinese brutal regime, as international MY ENGINE’S FRAGILE SOUND
governments are seemingly motivated by economic interests in China. The lack of AKA: O Frágil Som do Meu Motor
progress toward a free, or even a truly autonomous Tibet, urges more and more young Thriller (110 mins)
Tibetans to consider alternatives to the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way Policy, a compromise Language: Portuguese (English subtitles)
on Tibet’s Independence. The controversial discussion about the right strategy for Director: LEONARDO ANTONIO
achieving a free Tibet - non-violent or violent, autonomy or complete independence - is Writer: LEONARDO ANTONIO
becoming more emotionally charged day by day. Monks have been leading Tibet and Producer: LEONARDO ANTÓNIO / PEDRO MENDONÇA
Tibetans for generations, not only in religious, but also in worldly matters. But monks Key Cast: ALEXANDRA ROCHA, JOÃO VILLAS-BOAS, GUSTAVO VARGAS,
have vows that bind them. And often those vows conflict with the needs of politics. The RUI LUÍS BRÁS
Tibetan movement today is divided and weakened by an ongoing argument whether the Delivery Status: Completed
Dalai Lama”s Middle Way Policy is the right strategy or not... Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Portugal
MOOMINS AND THE COMET CHASE Gabi, a burn unit nurse, is handling a mother of an unborn child who has been burned
Family (77 minutes) and in a coma from a serial-killer assault. The cop handling the case, Victor, has been
Language: Finnish/ English dub a friend of Gabi’s and her husband’s for years, now asking for her help to identify the
Director: Maria Lindberg mother and the serial-killer if she wakes up. Due to her husband’s injured back, her
Writer: Joel Backström, Iivo Baric, Anders Larsson, Minna Karvonen relationship is sinking. She finds comfort in another man’s arms, one who doesn’t let
Co-Production Partners: Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab her see his face. Long before expected, Gabi and Victor realize this lover is the killer.
Producer: Tom Carpelan The film is narrated by the baby still inside his mother’s womb and still unidentified.
Key Cast: Max von Sydow, Alexander Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård OUT LOUD
Delivery Status: Completed LGBT (98 mins)
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Finland Language: Arabic with English subtitles
One day Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moomin Director: Samer Daboul
Valley - everything is grey; not just the sky and the river, but the trees, the ground, Writer: Samer Daboul
the Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to ask the well-read Muskrat if he knows Producer: Abzurd Productions, Phoenix Eye Pictures
what is happening. Muskrat declares that this is the way things tend to look like Key Cast: Rudy Moarbes, Ali Rhayem, Jad Hadid
before the earth faces an awful fate coming from the sky... With the help of his father, Delivery Status: Completed
Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his worried friends build the best raft ever and start on Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Lebanon
a challenging journey to the observatory. The wise professors there must know what the OUT LOUD, a modern story of friendship and love in different ways among
threat from space is all about! The trek is not easy. The brave entourage, Moomintroll, upcoming Lebanese generation facing social conflicts overcoming it and making their
Sniff and Snufkin face many obstacles, yet also meet new and old friends. But they lives a better world. Young heroes face tragedies that forever will change their lives.
make it to the observatory: the professor calculates that a ferocious comet will reach the Jason and Nathalie create new family of friends. Each becomes aware of personal
Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds... struggles and overcomes it as inevitable outside threat remains. Out Loud, five young
AMERICAN ADDICT friends and a woman in Lebanon take a bold step towards revelation of mind and
Documentary (98 mins) heart.
Language: English THE PRECINCT
Director: Sasha Knezev AKA: Sahe
Writer: Sasha Knezev & Gregory Smith Mystery | Drama (116 mins)
Producer: Gregory A. Smith Language: Azerbaijani | Turkish | Russian
Key Cast: Gregory A. Smith MD, Dennis Kucinich, Peter Breggin MD, Catherine Director: Ilgar Safat
Austin Fits Writer: Ilgar Safat
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Midhat Aydinov, Farid Bagirov, Zaza Bejashvili
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
Riveting look at the politics, big business and the medical industry that has made Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Azerbaijan | Georgia
America the most prescription-addicted society in the world. America is less than 5% The story is set in Baku. A famous photographer has to choose between accepting
of the World’s population but consumes 80% of the World’s prescription narcotics. We a valuable job offer in Africa or marrying his fiancee - a young, talented sculptor
have gone from being the land of the free to the land of the addicted. inspired by images of ritual dances. The photographer decides to accept the job
IRIS offer and - once again - postpones his wedding. During the ensuing quarrel, the
Drama (81 mins) photographer and his fiancee have a car accident along the road which leads to
Language: Swedish, with English subtitles the ancient cave city. They later find themselves in a police precinct, where the
Director: Ulrika Bengts photographer has to come to terms with his dread of women or he will not leave the
Writer: Annina Enckell, Mikael Wahlforss precinct alive.
Co-Production Partners: Långfilm Productions Finland Oy SEAMONSTERS
Key Cast: Magnus Krepper, Tobias Zilliacus, Emmi Pesones Drama (97 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Finland | Sweden Director: Julian Kerridge
“Life doesn’t have to be either-or, it can be both.” A hauntingly beautiful and unusual Writer: Martin Sadofski, Julian Kerridge
coming-of-age tale, filmed on 35mm. The acting and directing matches the high Co-Production Partners: Orange Trousers
quality of the writing. Touching, yet not overly emotional, it draws you in from the first Producer: Angela Gordon
moment and transports you to 1890 with IRIS, who, abandoned by her artist mother, Key Cast: Rita Tushingham, Georgia Henshaw, Andrew Knott
discovers the joys of friendship and family on a remote island.It’s a story of the human Delivery Status: Completed
condition and how even deep prejudices can be overcome by the simple act of kindness Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
and the willingness to strive for individuality. Seamonsters tells the story of two shiftless young friends, Sam (Jack McMullen)
THE PHANTOM FATHER and Kieran (Reece Noi), who are whiling away their time during the off-season in
AKA: Tatal Fantoma Worthing. The pair are stuck in a kind of limbo: too old to be kids any more, vaguely
Road Movie/Comedy (90 minutes) aware that it’s time to act grown-up. When they meet Lori (Leila Mimmack), a
Language: English | Romanian melancholy, mysterious girl, Sam is drawn to her even though she doesn’t offer him
Director: Lucian Georgescu any encouragement. When Sam is called out of town to attend a funeral, Lori and
Writer: Barry Gifford (based on a story by), Lucian Georgescu Kieran end up spending the day together doing stupid things, getting drunk, and
Co-Production Partners: GAV collapsing by sea, despite the fact that they despise each other. By the time Sam
Producer: Lucian Georgescu, Joachim von Vietinghoff returns, everything has changed.
Key Cast: Marcel Iures, Barry Gifford, Mihaela Sirbu SURVIVOR: CONFESSIONS OF A SEX SLAVE
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (82 mins)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Romania Language: English
American Professor Robert Traum takes a sabbatical and turns his back on a present Director: Brook Bello
without surprise, to live an adventure from the past. Back in the Old World, he Writer: Brook Bello
researches the origins of his father and uncle, the famous Traum brothers: Rudolf, a Executive Producer: Brook Bello & Mitchell Galin
famous novelist, and Samuel - once a notorious gangster in Chicago. While traveling Producer: Brook Bello & Michele Rashida Turner
through Transylvania and Bucovina (former Austro Hungarian Empire provinces) Key Cast: Brook Bello, Tracey Szabad, Lee Cargil, Dr. Sarah Edwards Ph.d
Robert meets Tanya, a Government archivist. Together they find Sami, the last Delivery Status: Completed
surviving family friend, a cinema projectionist who was chased out of his old movie Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA

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An American True Story Documentary Film About Life After Sex-Slavery and Abuse. Key Cast: Karen Black, Barbara Bain, Julia Garcia Combs
The search for freedom from a devastating act of destruction to the ultimate ‘triumph Delivery Status: Completed
of the human spirit’ that will help others with similar secrets of abuse to heal. Actress Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Brook Bello took such a journey when she went from her familiar life to Florida, In her debut feature film, writer/director Angela Garcia Combs spins a dark and
Dubai, the Kingdom of Bahrain and other Middle Eastern Countries. The baggage funny tale of an ambitious young woman at a crucial turning point in her career
carried was heavy with repressed memories and secrets of a crime most foul - rape-the and her relationship with her bi-polar mother. Louise (Julia Garcia Combs) is an
worst kind of outrage when her innocence, was taken by an adult when a child and insurance underwriter living in Los Angeles with her mother, May (Karen Black),
virgin. She became a runaway to escape the pain only to find that the horror escalated who has recently been evicted from her Section 8 apartment after the building was
when she became the victim of human-trafficking-sex-slavery. Forced by pimps into condemned. May’s shaky grip on reality begins to loosen when she becomes aware
sexual slavery and drug use her life seemed hopeless until she was able to break free of the close relationship between Louise and her trailblazing boss, Catherine (Barbara
not only physically but emtionally. Bain), whom Louise admires and adores. Catherine is secretly fighting cancer and
REGGAETON/LA CLAVE has an estranged relationship with her own daughter, and reaches out to Louise as a
World Music Documentary (80 mins) surrogate. At the same time, Catherine is pushing Louise to accept a big promotion,
Language: Spanish, with English subtitles which will compel Louise to relocate to New York. Things heat up when May and
Director: Mariella Sosa Catherine meet by chance on Mother’s Day and an alarming confrontation ensues...
Co-Production Partners: MS Films (II) SMOKING | NON SMOKING
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: The Pack
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Drama Courtroom (120 minutes)
Reggaeton-La Clave is a fascinating musical documentary film about the similarities Language: English
between two types of music genres known today as Salsa and Reggaeton. We were Director: Alyssa Rallo Bennett
fortunate enough to have gathered the hottest stars of reggaeton as well as the old Writer: Alyssa Rallo Bennett, Gary Bennett
school greats of salsa. We have interviewed salsa icons such as Ruben Blades, Johnny Co-Production Partners: Electric Movies
Pacheco, Willie Colon, Ismael Miranda, Gilberto SantaRosa and on the reggaeton side Producer: Alyssa Rallo Bennett, Josselyne Herman-Saccio
we interviewed billboard chart - topping artists such as Julio Voltio, Tego Calderón, Key Cast: Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss, Roger Robinson
Hector “El Father” just to name a few.These artists all came together with the same Delivery Status: Completed
purpose to discuss how two different styles of music can have so much in common and Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
how their music is all composed under “La Clave,” the five-note two-bar rhythm pattern The Pack brings to the forefront the complexities and anguish of how any of us can
which generates rhythmic measurement and is the foundation and backbone of Salsa get caught in the cultural and legal shift of our nation. The question The Pack catches
(and all Afro-Cuban based music). They also take you on an extraordinary journey us all with is: “What if your behavior was legally accepted for dozens of years and
back in time to the roots that influenced all of these different types of music, which is all of a sudden it came into question?” In a hand-picked case, an ambitious Assistant
AFRICA and its rhythm of “drums and percussion.” District Attorney (Carlos Leon) prosecutes a wife and mother (Lucie Arnaz) for three
PICTURES, COMING TO EAT YOU counts of murder after her forty-seven year old husband (Scott Bryce) dies of lung
AKA: Mondomanila cancer from allegedly breathing her second-hand smoke for thirty years. Mourning
Mondo (69 mins) the loss of his father, their twenty-four year old son (Ryan Homchick) decides to
Language: Filipino/English subtitled in English testify against his mother. At first, the jury struggles with what appears to be a
Director: Khavn De La Cruz ridiculous case, but one juror’s doubts forces the jury into an intriguing, emotional
Writer: Khavn, Norman Wilwayco and complicated choice regarding addiction, loyalty and individual responsibility.
Co-Production Partners: Filmless Films, Kamias Road RU-486: THE LAST OPTION
Key Cast: Timothy Mabalot, Marife Necesito, Palito Drama (Social) (89 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Philippines/Germany Director: Irene Maffei
Beyond tragedy, planted firmly in the territories of madness, “Mondomanila” is not Writer: Eliot Webster, Andrew Nicholas
about a celebration of self-destruction, but simply a backyard full of lovable fuckers. Co-Production Partners: Xylomancy Films
ELECTRONIC AWAKENING Producer: Eliot Webster
Spiritual Documentary (90 mins) Key Cast: Zina Badran, Richard Holt, Tyrone Lopez
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Andrew Johner Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Writer: Drew Martinez The dilemma faced by one woman over whether or not to abort the baby she carries
Co-Production Partners: Keyframe-Entertainment inside while the world around falls apart. Meena Patel (Zina Badran) leaves her home
Key Cast: Erik Davis, Goa Gil, Alex Grey and boyfriend, spending the week preceding her abortion with a student whom used to
Delivery Status: Completed be besotted with her. She hopes he still is, for he is only one left to turn to. The only
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA one who could help her keep the baby.
In Electronic Awakening, director Andrew Johner lifts the veil on an underground
spiritual movement that has developed within electronic music cultures worldwide. This
close encounter with the mysticism of rave questions the origin of religion, and offers IFDC
insight into the future of man’s spirituality. It investigates this culture’s significance to IFDC, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 930, Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA, Tel: 310-
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ONE LAST GAME At Cannes: Jerome Bliah (President), Victoria Romley (Executive Assistant)
AKA: Gellert - Game Over Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 310-788-2803 Fax: 310-788-2823
Thriller (82 minutes) FORGET ME NOT
Language: English Horror (90 minutes)
Director: Stefan Language: English
Writer: Michael Wallner, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Director: Tyler Oliver
Co-Production Partners: Grand Hotel Pictures Writer: Tyler Oliver, Jamieson Stern
Producer: Norbert Kneibl, Ken Duken Producer: Vindicated Pictures
Key Cast: Ken Duken, Regina Lund, Dan van Husen Key Cast: Carly Schroeder, Cody Linley, Brie Gabrielle
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
Gellert is addicted – he plays poker. Poker is his passion, his addiction, he’s obsessed When Sandy Channing’s friends start disappearing, she discovers that they have
with it. Like back in the days together with his companions Obonya and Rul he sits on awakened the spirit of a girl they wronged long ago.
his seat in the bar 667. One last game as he always said. He wants to pay back Tonia WSW
and put everything in order again. He needs this last chance. He plays his cards like he Drama, Television (60 minutes)
always does, he is very cheerful to win this game when suddenly Obonya pulls a knife Language: English
out of his pocket. Glistening light, he opens his eyes wide. Delivery Status: In Development
NOTHING SPECIAL Country of Origin: USA
Comedy (99 minutes) Hour television drama about business women
Language: English
Director: Angela Garcia Combs
Writer: Angela Garcia Combs
IFM WORLD RELEASING
IFM World Releasing, 1328 East Palmer Avenue, Glendale, CA 91205 USA, Tel:
Co-Production Partners: Yellow Wallpaper Productions
1.818.243.4976 Fax: 1.818.550.9728.
Producer: Sascha Schneider
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Distributor famous mobsters of the 20th century.
At Cannes: Antony I. Ginnane (President), Tony Lyons (VP. International) PLUSH
Office: Carlton Office 121, Tel: + 33 (0)4 93 06 4121 (100)
CHAINED Language: English
AKA: Hobby Farm Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Thriller (94 mins) Writer: Catherine Hardwicke, Arty Nelson
Language: English Co-Production Partners: IM Global, Blumhouse
Director: Brad Diebert Producer: Jason Blum, Sherryl Clark
Writer: Paul Murphy & Brad Diebert Key Cast: Emily Browning, Cam Gigandet, Xavier Samuel
Producer: Paul Murphy, Brad Diebert & Glen Whitely Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Paul Murphy, Travis McMahon, Vince Sorrenti Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed Sexy, thrilling, and gripping, PLUSH follows rising rock star Hayley who after hiring
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Australia a new guitarist for her band realizes she may have let a madman into her life.
HOBBY FARM is an action-packed gangster film set in the outskirts of Sydney in PARANOIA
the late 1970s. Out of jail after 5 years, Julian is rewarded by his crime syndicate (120)
for keeping quiet. He is put in charge of a gentlemen’s pleasure house (the Hobby Language: English
Farm) and trusted with the proceeds of illegal gambling. But the women he meets Director: Robert Luketic
and the secrets he carries proves deadly. When faced with the horrific treatment of Writer: Barry Levy, Jason Dean Hall
one of the kidnapped girls newly brought to the farm, Julian must overcome the Co-Production Partners: IM Global, Gaumont, Demarest Films, EMJAG Productions,
demons of his own past and turn against the only life he has ever known, to save Kintop Pictures
the girls, and himself. Producer: Alexandra Milchan, Deepak Nayar
BRAILLE Key Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford
Action (90 min) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English Country of Origin: USA
Director: Matthew Chuang A high-stakes thriller set in the world of corporate espionage.
Writer: Matthew Chuang ANGRY LITTLE GOD
Producer: Luke Graham (90)
Key Cast: Nicky Wright, Renny Holder, Zero Murray, Paula Duncan Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Daniel Stamm
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Australia Writer: David Birke, Daniel Stamm
Nick, once a thief who is now blind, enlists the services of three young thieves Co-Production Partners: IM Global, Automatik Entertainment, Little Magic Films
Renny, Zero and Dave to help him retrieve a precious diamond, and finish the job Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Kiki Miyake
that he started fifteen years ago. Key Cast: Mark Webber, Ron Perlman, Rutina Wesley
FAMILY DEMONS Delivery Status: Post Production
Horror (81 min) Country of Origin: USA
Language: English After being offered a chance to win a substantial cash prize if he can complete 13
Director: Ursula Dabrowsky challenges, Elliot Brindle finds himself a dark and sinister game that escalates to the
Writer: Ursula Dabrowsky point of no return.
Producer: Sue Brown BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Key Cast: Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Alex Rafalowicz (109)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Australia Director: Richard Linklater
Billie, a teenage girl, endures a miserable existence with her alcoholic mother. Writer: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
She is cruelly punished every day, both physically and emotionally just for being Co-Production Partners: Faliro House Productions, Venture Forth, Castle Rock
born. She has never been to school, she is not allowed to get a job, and she is not Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction
permitted to leave the house.... ever. Producer: Richard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulus, Sara Woodhatch. Jacob
JOURNEY TO SPIRIT ISLAND Pechenik
Action Adventure (93 min) Key Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Lí¡szló Pal Director Richard Linklater continues his enchanting tale of a chance meeting between
Writer: Lí¡szló Pal, Crane Webster two strangers in the third installment of this romantic trilogy.
Producer: Rodger Spero, Bruce D. Clark SILENCE
Key Cast: Bettina Bush, Brandon Douglas, Gabriel Damon, Tarek McCarthy, (N/A)
Tony Acierto Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Martin Scorsese
Year of Production: 1989 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
Superlative photography by Vilimos Zsigismond highlights the family-oriented Co-Production Partners: Emmet/Furla Films, Corsan Films
outdoor drama Journey to Spirit Island. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the Producer: Barbara De Fina, Irwin Winkler, Emma Tillinger Koshoff, Checchi Gori
films stars Bettina Bush as Maria, a teenaged Native American girl. When her Delivery Status: Pre-Production
grandmother organizes a protest against defiling their ancestors’ sacred burial Country of Origin: USA
ground, Maria takes up the Fight against the greedy Indian developer who is Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited passion project, based on an adaptation of Shusaku
trying to persuade his tribe to sell the lonesome ‘Spirit Island’ to make way for a Endo’s acclaimed novel.
congress center.
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Sales Agent 91367 USA, Tel: 1.818.716 1670 Fax: 1.818.716 8004.
At Cannes: Stuart Ford (CEO), Jonathan Deckter (President, International Sales www.imageworksentertainment.com, info@imageworksentertainment.com
& Distribution), Tatyana Joffe (EVP, International Sales), David Jourdan (SVP, Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
European Sales & Acquisitions), Bonnie Voland (Head of International Marketing At Cannes: David Shoshan (President / CEO), Ingrid Raines (Director of
& Publicity), Angie Conners (Director, International Marketing & Publicity) Acquisitions)
Office: Riviera Stand H7, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 46 Office: Year round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 1.818.716 1670 Fax:
GOTTI 1.818.716.8004
Language: English STOLEN IDENTITY
Writer: Barry Levinson, James Toback, Leo Rossi Period Piece, Drama
Co-Production Partners: Fiore Films, Radar Pictures Language: English
Producer: Ted Field Writer: David Shoshan, Rick Swirkal, Eddie O?Flaherty
Key Cast: John Travolta, Al Pacino, Ben Foster Producer: David Shoshan
Delivery Status: In Development Key Cast: TBA
Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Pre-Production
The true story of the infamous head of the Gambino crime family, one of the most Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA

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Right after World War II, a Jew who survived the Holocaust steals the identity of Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the
another man to survive in Soviet controlled Poland and lives well until his past comes kitchen during their weekly poker night.
back to haunt him. THIRD NAIL, THE
THE GREAT CHAMELEON Thriller -Drama (90 mins.)
Comedy (97 minutes) Language: English
Language: English Director: Kevin Lewis
Director: Goran Kalezic Writer: Huntley Ritter, Kevin Lewis
Writer: Victor Altomare, Goran Kalezic Co-Production Partners: Ann Luly, Huntley Ritter
Executive Producer: Joseph Bernaudo Producer: Jonathan Bross
Producer: Victor Altomare Key Cast: Huntley Ritter, Krista Allen, Charles S. Dutton,
Key Cast: Victor Altomare, Stacy Keach, and Robert Davi Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada A man wrongfully accused for murder is release from prison then must struggle with
The Great Chameleon is a dark comedy about Joe, a lovable ex-con who has just been revenge and redemption while trying to save his kidnapped daughter.
released from prison. Officer Curry and Katy Sim are intent on finding the stolen SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THE
money he stashed before his incarceration. Joe proves equally determined to locate his Romantic Comedy (90 mins.)
missing niece, Shawna. With the clock counting down, he looks for answers about her Language: English
disappearance before it’s too late. Why did Detective Pendell stop looking for Shawna? Director: Shalene Portman
Who has been following him since he left prison and. . . what costume should he wear Writer: Shalene Portman
next? With the help of his friend Max and myriad disguises, Joe delves deep into an Producer: Shalene Portman
underworld of corruption to uncover the truth Key Cast: Brittany Joyner, Danny Boaz, Stephanie Young, Morgana Shaw.
APARTMENT 1303 3D Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Apartment 1303 Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
Horror (TBA) A beautiful woman pretends to be married while running a bed-and-breakfast business
Language: English but falls in love with a handsome guest and can?t tell him the truth.
Director: Daniel Fridell RAY OF SUNSHINE
Writer: Jim Steele, Michele Taverna Drama (86 mins.)
Co-Production Partners: Fullum Films Language: English
Executive Producer: Cindy Nelson-Mullen, Jim Steele, David Shoshan Director: Norbert Meisel
Producer: Michael Taverna, Eric Mantion, David-Alexander Coiteux Writer: Rae Rodgers
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Rebecca De Mornay, Julianne Michelle, Corey Sevier, and Co-Production Partners: Nancy Kwan
John Diehl Producer: Norbert Meisel
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Matthew Carroll, Seymour Cassell, Nancy Kwan
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
A modern ghost story which turns a love/hate relationship between mother and daughter Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA
into a tale of horror. Some rentals are too good to be true. A young girl disguises herself as a boy and searches for her father, a free-wheeling
APOCALYPSE, CA musician who abandoned her when she was a child.
Sci Fi Fantasy (90 mins.) FINAL MOVE
Language: English Thriller (91 Minutes)
Director: Chad Peter Language: English
Writer: Chad Peter Director: Joey Travolta
Co-Production Partners: Alexander Cardinale, Nick Mathis, Eric Branco Writer: Richard Preston Jr., David Shoshan
Producer: Chad Peter Executive Producer: David Shoshan
Key Cast: Nick Mathis, Erin Bodine, Anne McDaniels Producer: David Ornston, David Shoshan, Richard Salvatore
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Matt Schulze, Lochlyn Munro, David Carradine, Daniel Baldwin, Rachel
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Hunter, Amanda Detmer, Paul Sampson
The story of friends as they prepare for certain death at the hands of a massive asteroid, Delivery Status: Completed
sex-inducing drugs, a three-hundred foot giant, and a horde of other absurd problems. Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA
SHADOW WITHIN, THE Former police detective Dan Marlowe (Matt Schulze) has a knack for seeing things
Thriller-Horror (90 mins.) no one else can; his psychic ability makes him good at solving crimes and a whiz
Language: English at chess. Recovering in a psychiatric center, Marlowe’s former partner asks him to
Director: Silvana Zancolo come back to reality when a copycat serial murderer stalks the city using an executed
Writer: Daniel Aarons, Giovanni Eccher killer’s methods. Now, he must decide whether to risk his sanity by stepping back into
Co-Production Partners: Pier Luigi Corvi Mora, Anna Maria Murro his job and taking on the deadly case of the “chess piece murders.”
Producer: Paolo Lato FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Key Cast: Hayley J. Williams, Beth Winslet, Laurence Belcher, Bonny Ambrose, Rod AKA: Plane Dead
Hallett. Action - Horror (94 Minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Italy Director: Scott Thomas
A grieving mother convinces her child to contact her dead son only to discover that the Writer: Sidney Iwanter, Mark Onspaugh, Scott Thomas
dead child has surprising plans for her. Executive Producer: David Shoshan
LOVE AND DEBATE Producer: Scott Thomas
Romantic Comedy (96 mins.) Key Cast: David Chisum, Kristen Kerr, Kevin J. O’Connor, Derek Webster, Raymond
Language: English Barry, Erick Avari, Richard Tyson
Director: Jessica Kavana Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Jessica Kavana Year of Production: 2007, Burbank, CA Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Gina Philips, Amy Greenspun A life and death struggle erupts on a routine flight after ominous thunderstorms trigger
Key Cast: Adam Rodriguez, Gina Philips, Sean Astin. the release of an undead, flesh hungry scientist who was secretly smuggled into the
Delivery Status: Completed cargo-hold of 747 Jetliner. With no airport giving permission to land, what ensues is a
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA bone chilling thrill-ride through the unfriendly skies.
A beautiful, ambitious Miami woman finds unexpected love while pursuing her dreams
of independence and high stakes debating.
POKER CLUB, THE IMAGINATION WORLDWIDE LLC
Thriller (89 minutes) Imagination Worldwide LLC, 9107 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #625, Beverly Hills, CA
Language: English 90210 USA, Tel: 310-888-3494
Director: Tim McCann www.imagination-llc.com, hwixson@imagination-llc.com
Writer: Richard Chizmar Sales Agent
Co-Production Partners: Bruce Devan, Jordan Gertner At Cannes: Lawrence Goebel (President and CEO), Trina Searcy (Vice President of
Producer: Richard Chizmar Sales and Business Affairs)
Key Cast: Jonathan Schaech, Jana Kramer Office: 23 Rue Mace, 4th Floor, Tel: +1 310 691 4843
Delivery Status: Completed THE SCRIBBLER
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Thriller
Language: English

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Director: John Suits Writer: Sam Auster
Writer: Dan Schaffer Executive Producer: Clark Auster, Armand Assante
Key Cast: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku, Michael Imperioli, Producer: Sam Auster, Marol Butcher, Chris Monte, Willie Karidis
Gina Gershon, Garret Dillahunt, Sasha Grey Key Cast: Sam Witwer, Talia Shire, Armand Assante
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
STUCK He made the Chicago mob an offer they could refuse...payback is a bitch.
Romantic Comedy PRANK
Language: English Thriller (81 minutes)
Director: Stuart Acher Language: English
Writer: Stuart Acher Director: Yiuwing Lam
Key Cast: Joel David Moore, Madeline Zima Writer: Yiuwing Lam
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: John Mehringer, Nary La, Sachiko & Asako Kawai
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Kimberly Scott, Yiuwing Lam, Nary La
BONEBOYS Key Cast: Nick Renaud, Henry Monfries, Gemmenne De La Pena
Horror Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US
Director: Duane Graves, Justin Meeks For the bullies, it was all fun and games! For him, it was deadly serious.
Writer: Kim Henkel PIG
Delivery Status: Completed Sci-Fi Thriller (89 minutes)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
KINGDOM COME Director: Henry Barrial
Horror/Thriller Writer: Henry Barrial
Language: English Producer: Mark Stolaroff
Director: Greg A. Sager Key Cast: Rudolf Martin, Heather Ankeny, Keith Diamond
Writer: Geoff Hart, Greg A. Sager, A. Jaye Williams Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Katie Uhlmann, Ryan Barrett, Camille Hollett-French, Kirsten Comerford Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US
Delivery Status: Post Production They erased his past...will he survive his future?
Year of Production: 2013 THE WICKED
THE PARANORMAL DIARIES: CLOPHILL Horror (104)
Supernatural/Thriller Language: English
Language: English Director: Peter Winther
Director: Kevin Gates, Michael Bartlett Writer: Michael Vickerman
Writer: Kevin Gates Producer: Couni Young, Marvin Towns Jr.
Key Cast: Kevin Gates, Michael Bartlett, Craig Stovin, Criselda Cabitac Key Cast: Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Jess Adams, Jamie Kaler, Caitlin
Delivery Status: Completed Carmichael
Year of Production: 2011 Delivery Status: Completed
CROOK Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US
Thriller Ding Dong: The Witch is ALIVE...
Language: English PUNISHMENT
Director: Adrian Langley AKA: Nobody Gets Out Alive
Writer: Adrian Langley Horror (78 minutes)
Executive Producer: Pierre David, Tom Berry Language: English
Producer: Donald Osborne, Robert Menzies, Curtis Crawford, Adrian Langley Director: Jason Christopher
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Jason Christopher
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Executive Producer: Deven Lobascio, Jason Christopher
The only difference between a cop and a crook is a badge. Key Cast: Jen Dance, David J. Bonner, Chelsey Garner
TREEHOUSE Delivery Status: Completed
Horror Thriller Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US
Language: English A father is about to take revenge...
Director: Michael Guy Ellis STATIC
Writer: Alex Child, Miles Harrington Thriller (88 minutes)
Producer: Michael Guy Ellis Language: English
Key Cast: J. Michael Trautmann Director: Todd Levin
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Todd Levin, Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, Andrew Orci
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: US Executive Producer: Kerry Johnson, Dallas Sonnier, Jack Heller, Russ Cundiff, Milo
No kids allowed! Ventimiglia
HOUSE SWAP Producer: Gabriel Cowan, Andrew Orci, John Suits
Horror Thriller (84 minutes) Key Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi, William Mapother
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Mark Ezra Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US
Writer: Mark Ezra When you hear them coming, you’re already dead.
Producer: Mark Ezra, Jenny Chartres THE THOMPSONS
Key Cast: Nathan Nolan, Evie Bicker, Simon Dutton Vampire Horror (82 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK Director: The Butcher Brothers
Their dream vacation just became a nightmare. Writer: The Butcher Brothers, Cory Knauf
THE LIST Executive Producer: Pierre David, Nicola Pearcey
Thriller (89 minutes) Producer: Joseph McKelheer, Eben Kostbar, Travis Stevens, Rob Weston
Language: English Key Cast: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer
Director: Klaus Huettmann Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Klaus Huettmann Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK/US
Executive Producer: Pierre David, Lawrence Goebel The Hamiltons have snuck into a new town under a new name...but they’re not the
Producer: Patrick Fisher, Michael Knowles most bloodthirsty people living there!
Key Cast: Sienna Guillory, Anthony Flanagan, Nigel Planer, Bill Paterson EXTRACTED
Delivery Status: Completed Sci Fi /Thriller (88 minutes)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Language: English
There’s nowhere to run when your number is up. Director: Nir Paniry
THE RETURN OF JOE RICH Writer: Nir Paniry
Thriller (96 minutes) Executive Producer: Kerry Johnson Bailey
Language: English Producer: Gabriel Cowan, John Suits
Director: Sam Auster Key Cast: Sasha Roiz, Dominic Bogart, Jenny Mollen

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Delivery Status: Completed Director: Marc Evans
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US Writer: Laurence Coriat
One man’s past is another man’s prison... Producer: Jon Finn, Dan Lupovitz
DEVIL SEED Key Cast: Minnie Driver Aneurin Barnard
Horror (96 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Director: Greg A. Sager From the producers of Billy Elliot comes this funny, life-affirming and nostalgic film
Writer: Greg A. Sager, Geoff Hart featuring music from artists as diverse as David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys,
Executive Producer: Thomas Cully, Geoff Hart, Gary Elmer, Dwight Coughlan, Robbin Simon and Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield and Electric Light Orchestra.
McDonnell SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
Key Cast: Michelle Argyris, Shantelle Canzanese, Vanessa Broze Sci-fi Romantic Comedy (84 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Director: Colin Trevorrow
Evil grows within... Writer: Derek Connolly
WAKE UP AND DIE Producer: Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Stephanie Langhoff, Colin Trevorrow and
Thriller (84 minutes) Derek Connolly
Language: English Key Cast: Aubrey Plaza Mark Duplass Jake Johnson Kristen Bell
Director: Miguel Urrutia Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Miguel Urrutia Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Executive Producer: Nicolas Veinberg, Rob Weston Three employees of Seattle Magazine head to the scenic, seaside community of Ocean
Key Cast: Luis Fernando Bohorquez, Andrea Montenegro View, WA to find and profile the man behind a bizarre and hilarious classified ad
Delivery Status: Completed looking for a partner to travel through time. Darius (Aubrey Plaza), a live—at—home
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Colombia college grad with a chip on her shoulder, interns at the magazine. Along with her
Sleeping with him was her first mistake. fellow intern Arnau (Karan Soni), a studious Biology major working at the magazine
THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER to build his resume, and their hard partying boss, Jeff (Jake Johnson), the threesome
Drama (88 minutes) set out to profile the lunatic behind the preposterous ad.
Language: English STORAGE 24
Director: Michelle Mower Creature Feature
Writer: Michelle Mower Language: English
Producer: Michelle Mower, Adam Donaghey, Susan Elkins Director: Johannes Roberts
Key Cast: Andrea Bowen, Adam Mayfield, Ron Jackson Writer: Noel Clarke
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Noel Clarke, Manu Kumaran
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: US Key Cast: Laura Haddock, Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-
They thought she was the perfect daughter... Hughes, Jamie Thomas King
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011/12 Country of Origin: UK
INDEPENDENT London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified
Independent, 32 Tavistock Street, London, WC2E 7PB UK, Tel: +44.207.257.8734 contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie
Fax: +44.207.240.9029. (Noel Clarke) and Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), accompanied by best friends
www.independentfilmcompany.com, mail@independentfilmcompany.com Mark (Colin O’Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock) are at Storage 24 dividing up
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a
At Cannes: Andrew Orr (Managing Director), Abigail Walsh (Head of Sales), Sarah dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a
Lebutsch (Sales and Marketing Executive), Calum Gray (Sales and Marketing place designed to keep things in, how do you get out?
Executive), Karina Gechtman (Marketing Manager) UWANTME2KILLHIM?
Office: 23 Rue Mace Thriller
A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III Language: English
Comedy (tbc) Director: Andrew Douglas
Language: English Writer: Mike Walden
Director: Roman Coppola Producer: Steve Golin (Anonymous Content), Bryan Singer
Writer: Roman Coppola Key Cast: Jack O’Connell, Olly Alexander, Jaimie Winstone, Anna Maxwell Martin,
Producer: Roman Coppola & Youree Henley Ruth Wilson
Key Cast: Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2011/12 Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA A thriller detailing the true story of a teenage boys’ descent into the dangerous world
Charles Swann III, a successful graphic designer and a charmer with the ladies, gets of the internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. When 16 year old Mark
dumped by the love of his life, forcing him into a delirious state of self evaluation. meets local girl Rachel on the internet and begins an intense online relationship, he
METRO MANILA quickly finds that he’s besotted and that he’ll do anything for her. Even befriend her
Language: Philipino awkward, loner brother John. When Rachel, who is trapped within the grips of an
Director: Sean Ellis abusive boyfriend, is murdered, Mark and John develop violent desires to avenge
Writer: Sean Ellis and Frank E. Flowers her death. The actions draw the attention of a secret government department, as they
Producer: Mathilde Charpentier unwittingly stumble upon an ongoing operation. Soon Mark is recruited to commit a
Key Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega devastating, harrowing crime, one that made British legal history.
Delivery Status: Screening EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Philipino Documentary (86 mins)
Seeking a better life, Oscar Ramirez and his family move from the poverty stricken rice Language: English
fields of the Northern Philippine to the capital Metro Manila. Upon arriving, it isn’t Producer: Jaimie d’Cruz
long before they fall foul to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily Key Cast: featuring Banksy, Thierry Guetta, Shepard Fairey
part of city survival. Delivery Status: Completed
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Documentary (91 min) This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens
Language: Mandarin and English when fame, money and vandalism collide. Oscar nominated.
Director: Alison Klayman WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Writer: Alison Klayman Drama (111 min)
Producer: Adam Schlesinger Language: English
Key Cast: Ai Weiwei Director: Lynne Ramsay
Delivery Status: Screening Writer: Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear, based on the novel by Lionel Shriver
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Independent, Jennifer Fox Productions, BBC Films and
The inside story of internationally acclaimed Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, a dissident Steven Soderbergh
for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and Producer: Luc Roeg
politics. Key Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
HUNKY DORY Delivery Status: Completed
Musical drama Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Language: English

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Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship Delivery Status: Completed
between mother and son is difficult from the start. When Kevin is 15, he does Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
something unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community. Eva grapples with her own In 1948, as the government issued the communists¡¯ eviction to the Jeju Island, the
feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what military invaded a calm and peaceful village. Running away from the military, the
Kevin did was her fault? townsfolk get into the cave. They try to hide to survive but there seems no hope like
HOLY ROLLERS the dark cave. As time goes by, people are suffering from severe cold and hunger
Thriller (87 mins) staying in the cave. One day, it still seems nothing changed. With nothing but
Language: English frustration, people start fall apart debating if they should move to the higher mountain
Director: Kevin Asch or just stay in the cave.
Writer: Antonio Macia SUNSHINE BOYS
Producer: Danny A. Abeckaser, Tory Tunnell, Per Melita, Jen Gatien Drama (85)
Key Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor Language: Korean
Delivery Status: Completed Director: KIM Tae-gon
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: UK Writer: KIM Tae-gon
Inspired by actual events, Holy Rollers is the incredible story of a group of young Producer: JEON Go-woon
Hasidic Jews smuggling Ecstasy in late ‘90s New York. Key Cast: SIM Hee sub, KIM Chang-hwan, AN Jae-hong
ARCHIPELAGO Delivery Status: Completed
Drama Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Language: English Sang-won, Seung-jun and Min-wook are high school best chums. However, after
Director: Joanna Hogg graduation, they are in three different places in life; Sang-won is a college student,
Writer: Joanna Hogg Seung-jun studies one more year to enter the college, Min-wook performs his military
Producer: Gayle Griffiths service. One day, two friends visit Min-wook in the army. Seung-jun has another
Key Cast: Christopher Baker, Kate Fahy, Tom Hiddleston, Andrew Lawson, Lydia reason for a visit to bring the break-up letter from Min-wook¡¯s girl friend, Esther.
Leonard, Amy Lloyd Once three boys reunite, they spend one night of carousing devoted to the poor
Delivery Status: Completed military boy and try to find when to give the letter. Before they separate, will the Dear
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK John letter be delivered successfully? The trio allows their adventure to continue.
Deep fractures within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the Isles JEJU PRAYER
of Scilly. Documentary (94)
ABEL Language: Korean
Documentary (82 mins) Director: IM Heung-soon
Language: Spanish Writer: IM Heing-soon
Director: Diego Luna Producer: KIM Min-kyung
Writer: Diego Luna, Augusto Mendoza Key Cast: KANG Sang-hee
Co-Production Partners: Gael Garcia Bernal Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Pablo Cruz Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Key Cast: Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Karina Gidi, Jose Maria Yazpik Focusing on the life of Mrs. Kang sang-hee who lost her husband in Jeju 4.3 Incident
Delivery Status: Completed (April 3rd, 1948), the film views the dark-side of Jeju Island hidden underneath its
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Mexico fancy tourist attraction image. It shows that the tragedy still continues with the recent
Nine-year-old Abel has stopped talking since his father left home. One morning he Jeju Naval Base controversy.
starts to speak again, but pretends to be the head of the family. PADAK
MEEK’S CUTOFF Animation Music Drama (78 min)
Western/drama (102 mins) Language: Korean
Language: English Director: LEE Dae-hee
Director: Kelly Reichardt Writer: LEE Dae-hee
Writer: Jon Raymond Producer: LEE Dae-hee
Producer: Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia Key Cast: SHI Young-jun, KIM Hyeon-ji, AHN Young-mi, HYEON Gyeong-su, LEE
Key Cast: Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Paul Dano Ho-san
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
In the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, a wagon team of three families hires mountain Once a free fish in the ocean, the ‘Mackerel’ was caught by the fishing net and
man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountain. brought to the fish tank in a seafood restaurant. She searches for a way out
intentionally and relentlessly since she came into the tank. The skeptic pessimist ‘Old-
flatfish’, was also from the ocean unlike other fishes in the tank raised in the fish farm.
INDIESTORY INC. As the longest survivor in the tank, he reigns over other fishes with his knowledge of
Indiestory Inc., 4FL., BaekAk B/D, 135-4, Tongin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-043 survival. To him, Mackerel’s protest against him to escape from the tank is a threat to
Korea, Tel: 82-2-722-6051 Fax: 82-2-722-6055. his regime.
www.indiestory.com, indiestory@indiestory.com TURN IT UP TO ELEVEN 2: WILD DAYS
Sales Agent Documentary (91)
At Cannes: Stanley KWAK (CEO), Kay KWAK (International Business Director), Language: Korean
Kate WON (International Business Manager), Rose CHANG (International Business Director: BAEK Seung-hwa
Manager) Writer: BAEK Seung-hwa
Office: KOFIC (Korean Film Council) Booth, Tel: +82 2 722 6051 Fax: +82 2 722 Producer: KIM Hwa-beom
6055 Key Cast: Galaxy Express
SLEEPLESS NIGHT Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (65) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Korea
Language: Korean Galaxy Express is a Korean rock band that has emerged as ¡®The King of Rock¡¯
Director: JANG Kun-jae in Korea, a small country in the Far East where the concept of rock was not known.
Key Cast: KIM Soo-Hyun,KIM Joo-Ryoung Galaxy Express, the legendary rock band, then departed for USA, the home of rock, to
Delivery Status: Completed go on a solo tour holding incredible but grueling 19 concerts within three weeks.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Korea BLOODY FIGHT IN IRON-ROCK VALLEY
Hyun-soo and Joo-hee, in their mid-30s, have been married for two years. Hyun-soo Action, Western (89 min)
works at an anchovy processing factory and Joo-hee is a Yoga instructor. Two years Language: Korean
into marriage, a couple hesitates to have a baby. Money is their biggest obstacle. They Director: JI Ha-jean
are rushed around by others, however the pressure makes their love sturdier over time. Writer: JI Ha-jean
This film is a report about marriage in real life, not fantasy. Producer: YOON Ki-ho
JISEUL Key Cast: LEE Mu-seang as Chul-ki, YOON Sang-hwa as Ghost Face, CHOI Ji-eun
Drama (108) as Tae-yeon
Language: Korean Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: O Muel Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea
Writer: O Muel Chul-ki who just got out of prison kills a police officer and a junk shop owner in
Producer: KO Hyuk-jin order. He always carries a small ballerina music box with old memories. Chul-ki
Key Cast: OH Young-soon, MOON Suk-bum, YANG Jung-won, SUNG Min-chul, leaves for Kangwon province to find the remaining two people in his memos, Ghost
CHOI Eun-mi, JANG Kyung-sub, UH Sung-wook, KANG Hee

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Face and Axe. Ghost Face and Axe commits murder by order of their boss and become a book entitled “Bye Kitty, and Thank You”. Commercial film director, I stumbled
wanted criminals. The two hide out at an illegal gambling house in Kangwon province across the poet’s book and became interested in stray cats. There are a lot of stray cats
run by the boss. Committing all sorts of crimes all their life, the two have no where left in my neighborhood. I capture their lives on film and giving them food and water, I
to run away. felt a change in myself.
THE KING OF PIGS INVASION OF ALIEN BIKINI
Thriller Animation (97 min) Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Martial Arts, Comedy (75 min)
Language: Korean Language: Korean
Director: YEUN Sang-ho Director: OH Young-doo
Writer: YEUN Sang-ho Writer: OH Young-doo
Co-Production Partners: “The King of Pigs’ Production Committee, Studio Dadashow Executive Producer: JANG Yoon-jung
Executive Producer: PARK Jeong-hwan, LEE Eung-chul Producer: JANG Yoon-jung
Producer: CHO Young-kag Key Cast: HA Eun-jung as Monica, HONG Young-geun as Young-gun, father
Key Cast: YANG Ik-june as JUNG Jong-suk, OH Jeong-se as HWANG Kyung-min, Delivery Status: Completed
KIM Hye-na as KIM Chul, PARK Hee-von as young HWANG Kyung-min, KIM Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea
Kkobbi as young JUNG Jong-suk A city hero, Young-gun saves a young lady from unidentified assailants and brings her
Delivery Status: Completed into his house. She is an alien which needs sperms to breed and seduces Young-gun
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea to get his sperms. However, Young-gun has taken a vow of chastity and wants to keep
Kyung-min, a businessman, and Jong-suk, a failed writer, are former schoolmates. his virginity until his marriage. She exhausts every means of gaining his sperms but it
During a reunion dinner they look back on their school days, when a particularly cruel does not come up to her expectation.
group of students, “the dogs”, exercised a reign of terror by hazing and bullying part of A TIME TO LOVE
the other students, the “pigs”. One day, Kim Chul, one of their mates, stood up to the Romance, Drama, Comedy (80 min)
“dogs”, becoming the only hope of ending their tyranny. Fifteen years on, he remains a Language: Korean
hero. But behind this figure, the two men recall the murky story of their bond. Director: BOO Ji-young, YANG Ik-june
MOTHER Co-Production Partners: BOO Ji-young, YANG Ik-june
Documentary (102 min) Producer: SONG Jae-young(1st episode), PARK Na-mi(2nd episode)
Language: Korean Key Cast: (1st episode) SEO Ju-hee as Soon-im, KIM Sun-bin as Jun-young (2nd
Director: TAE Jun-seek episode) HEO Jun-seok as Jin-cheol, RYU Hae-young as Min-jeong
Writer: TAE Jun-seek Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: KIM Hwa-beom Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea
Producer: KIM Hwa-beom Romance film by two talented Korean filmmakers-BOO Ji-young (Sisters on the
Key Cast: LEE So-sun as LEE So-sun (Mother) Road) and YANG Ik-june (Breathless) Under theme of “love”, two directors, BOO
Delivery Status: Completed Ji-young and YANG Ik-june put together two shorts to create one feature omnibus
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea film. “Moonwalk” by BOO portraits the middle aged woman’s love that cannot come
On narrow streets of Changsin-dong are people living along. And there is a true and “Immature” by YANG is about a man with a broken heart who coincidentally
grandmother, Madame Lee So-seon. After the death of her son, Martyr Chun Tae-il, she meets a young innocent girl and begins new love that heals him.
stood by those who were living painful, harsh lives. She was always upright and honest.
This is the story of her last 2 years to the eternal sleep. The film, “Mother”, is the last
laugh, the last cry, and the last message she left for the world through the camera. INTERNATIONAL FILM TRUST
U.F.O. International Film Trust, 8383 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 335, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Fantasy Drama (91 min 50 sec) USA, Tel: 323-883-0056
Language: Korean http://www.iftsales.com
Director: KONG Quee-hyun Sales Agent
Executive Producer: SONG Ko-eun, KANG Hoon, PARK Young-sook, KONG Kyung- At Cannes: Ariel Veneziano (President), Christian De Gallegos (President of Sales),
hyun, SEO Young-joon D. Todd Shepherd (Founder and Principal), George Waud (Founder and Principal),
Producer: KONG Quee-hyun Michael Benaroya (Founder and Principal)
Key Cast: LEE Ju-seung, JUNG Young-ki, PARK Sang-hyuk Office: Residence du Grand Hotel, 6E Dauphin, 6th Floor 45 La Croisette
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea INTRAMOVIES
Soon-kyu, a high school student, caught sight of a UFO by chance with his classmates. Intramovies, Via E.Manfredi 15, Rome, 00197 Italy, Tel: 0039 06 80 76 157 Fax:
To find the UFO, they leave for a so-called “UFO mountain”. When they arrive there, 0039 06 80 76 156. www.intramovies.com, mail@intramovies.com
they meet a girl named Ji-hyun who tells them to leave. But they don’t turn back and Sales Agent
keep their steps towards the mountain. 3 days later, they come back and insist they’ve At Cannes: Paola Corvino (CEO), Micaela Fusco (VP International Sales), Jef Nuyts
contacted aliens the last night except Soon-kyu who blacked out due to overdrinking. (Director Int’l Sales), Federica Mei (International Sales Manager), Marco Valerio
After hearing that Ji-hyun’s missing, he leaves for the mountain again to answer his Fusco (International Sales Manager), Manuela Tambascia (Sales Coordinator)
own questions- UFOs, aliens and Ji-hyun. Office: Relais de la Reine, 43 de la Croisette, 2nd floor, apt. C22
JESUS HOSPITAL IN THE NAME OF THE SON
Family Drama (91 min) AKA: Au nom du fils
Language: Korean Black comedy (80’)
Director: SHIN A-ga, LEE Sang-cheol Language: French
Writer: SHIN A-ga Director: Vincent Lannoo
Executive Producer: LEE Hyun-woo, CHOI Yoo-soon Writer: Vincent Lannoo, Philippe Falardeau, Albert Charles
Producer: LEE Sang-cheol Co-Production Partners: YONI PRODUCTIONS, HANDS UP (France)
Key Cast: HWANG Jung-min as Hyun-soon, KIM Mi-hyang as Myung-soon, HAN Producer: Lionel Jadot
Song-hee as Su-jin Key Cast: Astrid Whettnall, Achille Ridolfi, Philippe Nahon, Zacharie Chasseriaud,
Delivery Status: Completed Albert Chassagne, Jacky Nercessian
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea Delivery Status: Screening
A middle-aged woman, Hyun-soon has a secret that she doesn’t want to reveal to Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Belgium
others. Her unconscious old mother in a hospital and her pregnant daughter in her Elisabeth is brilliant, radiant and sunny on the day Father Achille arrives at her home.
20’s only know Hyun-soon’s secret. Hyun-soon stands at the cross roads of religious He is going to become part of her family. A perfect family that admires Elisabeth so
conviction and cold reality. Should she leave her mother attached to a life support much for her chat show on “Christian Hope Radio”, for the time that she devotes to
machine indefinitely or should she disconnect it? others, her family and housework. But neither her faith, nor “Christian Hope Radio”,
DANCING CAT nor love will prevent Elisabeth from facing the harsh reality. The lies of her husband,
Documentary, Animal (76 min 16 sec) the silence of the church and the denial of those closest to her will cause her to
Language: Korean embark upon a violent crusade.
Director: YUN Ki-hyoung OUT OF THE BLUE
Writer: LEE Yong-han, YUN Ki-hyoung AKA: Buongiorno papà
Producer: KANG Young-mee Comedy (109)
Key Cast: Narration: LEE Yong-han, YUN Ki-hyoung Language: Italian
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Edoardo Leo
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Korea Writer: HERBERT SIMONE PARAGNANI, MASSIMILIANO BRUNO,
Poet LEE became enthralled by stray cats living in his neighborhood. He recorded their EDOARDO LEO
daily lives in pictures and gave them names. The pictures by him were published in Producer: FULVIO LUCISANO, FEDERICA LUCISANO

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Key Cast: RAOUL BOVA, MARCO GIALLINI, EDOARDO LEO, NICOLE After the death of his wife, inspector Monaco seems uninterested and tired of his
GRIMAUDO, ROSABELL LAURENTI SELLERS, PAOLA TIZIANA CRUCIANI, work. Refusing to return to the streets he spends the days behind a desk at the office,
MATTIA SBRAGIA, NINNI BRUSCHETTA checking documents, photographs looking for evidence, just to avoid human contact.
Delivery Status: Screening One night the murder of a rich entrepreneur Mr Ullrich, forces him back on the
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy streets. He finds himself facing his own daughter Linda, arrested for possessing a gun
Andrea is handsome, single and self-assured, with a skyrocketing career in an and suspected to be implicated in the case. As a policeman and as a father, he decides
important agency for product placement. Everything in his life of one-night stands to take part on the investigation along with Levi, his colleague and friend. It will be a
seems to be going great until one day at his door knocks Layla, a decidedly extravagant long night of revelations and discoveries.
teenybopper, who claims to be his daughter, conceived during a fleeting, long time ago, ON FELLINI’S FOOTSTEPS
summer romance. AKA: Sur les traces de Fellini
ITALIAN MOVIES Documentary (75’)
AKA: Italian movies Director: GÉRALD MORIN
Comedy (99) Co-Production Partners: Artemis Films Productions, RSI - SRG SSR - Arte - Le Hub
Language: Italian, arabic, russian Cinéma
Director: Matteo Pellegrini Producer: Raphaël Blanc, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
Writer: Giovanna Mori, Matteo Pellegrini, Paolo Rossi Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: Indiana Production, Eagle Pictures, Lumiq Studios, Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Switzerland
SkyCinema, Trikita Entertainment, Merenda Film, Edi Fellini’s lifelong friend, and aid for over a decade, Gerald Morin, embarks in a
Producer: FABRIZIO DONVITO, BENEDETTO HABIB, MARCO COHEN, FABIO voyage on the Maestro’s tracks. Meandering through Rome and Cinecittà, he creates
MASSIMO CACCIATORI, FRANCO BEVIONE, YURY KRESTINSKIY a touching portrait of the man, enrichened by anecdotes from Fellini’s most important
Key Cast: ALEKSEI GUSKOV, ERIQ EBOUANEY, ANITA KRAVOS, MICHELE collaborators of the time, and throws us back to an era that is engraved in our
VENITUCCI, NEIL D’SOUZA, TIZIANA CATALANO, MELANIE GERREN, collective memory.
HARVEY VIRDI, FILIPPO TIMI, CHIARA SALERNO S.B. I KNEW HIM WELL
Delivery Status: Screening AKA: S.B. io lo conoscevo bene
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy Documentary (75’)
During the night shift in the TV studios where a famous soap opera is filmed, a group Language: Italian with english subtitles
of immigrant cleaners finds the cameras locker door open. One of them has an idea: Writer: GIACOMO DURZI &GIOVANNI FASANELLA
one of his friend is getting married and it would be a great present to shoot his wedding Co-Production Partners: Kinesis Film
ceremony. Soon this first experience becomes a real parallel business, that involves one Producer: Marianna De Liso, Simone Gattoni, Enrica Gonella
by one, all of them, pushing them to dare more and more... Delivery Status: Completed
THE GAMBLER WHO WOULDN’T DIE Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
AKA: Ti ho cercata in tutti i necrologi Silvio Berlusconi. An audience and cruise liner entertainer who first became a
Thriller (110’) successful entrepreneur and then prime minister. A sudden rise that got halted just one
Language: English step before the most sought-after goal had been reached: that of holding the highest
Director: GIANCARLO GIANNINI position in the country, the presidency of the republic. “S.B. I knew him well” is a
Writer: LUCA D’ALISERA, LUDOVICA RAMPOLDI docu-film exploring the secrets, lights and shadows of his story composing an intimate
Co-Production Partners: Magalì Production, Dean Film, Leader Media Productions portrayal of the man who tied his faith to that of post-cold war in Italy.
LTD, Sancor Holdings Inc, Rai Cinema ITAKER (ITALIANS NOT ALLOWED)
Key Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, F. Murray Abraham, Silvia De Santis AKA: Itaker (Vietato agli italiani)
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (98’)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy Language: Italian with english subtitles
Nikita is the man who brings the deads. One night he attends to a poker game, loosing Director: TONI TRUPIA
a lot of money. His creditors offer to Nikita to pay his debt by acting as prey to a Writer: MICHELE PLACIDO, TONI TRUPIA, LEONARDO MARINI
manhunt. He has 20 minutes to escape from his creditors, Nikita survives but he enters Co-Production Partners: GOLDENART PRODUCTION, MANDRAGORA
a new inner dimension where terror and madness will weave slowly and mysteriously MOVIES, RAI CINEMA
into his life, leading him to the obsessive/compulsive desire of being chased. Producer: FEDERICA VINCENTI (GOLDENART PRODUCTION) and BOBBY
The unexpected encounter with a beautiful young woman will lead to unforeseen PAUNESCU (MANDRAGORA MOVIES)
complications. Key Cast: FRANCESCO SCIANNA, MONICA BIRLADEANU, MICHELE
THE AFTER MATCH PLACIDO, TIZIANO TALARICO
AKA: Il terzo tempo Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (90) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy, Romania
Language: Italian 1962, Pietro a young boy of 9, is entrusted by his dead mother’s sister, to Benito a
Director: ENRICO MARIA ARTALE Neapolitan rag-trader who – supposedly - should take him to Germany to find his
Writer: ENRICO MARIA ARTALE, FRANCESCO CENNI, LUCA GIORDANO, estranged father emigrated years back. After a long and difficult journey fraught with
ALESSANDRO GUIDA unpleasant events, they end up mingling into the community of factory workers whose
Co-Production Partners: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Production, Filmauro daily hard life young Pietro is forced to share, but where – underneath the roughness –
Key Cast: STEFANO CASSETTI, STEFANIA ROCCA, LORENZO RICHELMY, he finds warmth and affection.
MARGHERITA LATERZA, EDOARDO PESCE, GERMANO GENTILE,
GIANLUCA VICARI, VALERIO LO SASSO
Delivery Status: Post Production ITN DISTRIBUTION
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy ITN Distribution, 9663 Santa Monica Blvd. #859, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA, Tel:
At 17, in and out of juvenile institutions, Samuel is already a drop out. When put into a 702-882-6926. www.itndistribution.com, stuart@itndistribution.com
rehab program he is entrusted to a social worker that has problems of his own. Recently Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
widowed, former rugby player Vincenzo is depressed and lonely, unable to cope with At Cannes: Stuart Alson (President), Nicole Holland (VP)
the loss of his wife and the frustration of the bad performance of the team he coaches at Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
a recreational club. Samuel hates the work at the farm he is assigned to, hates the small BARACKUMENTARY
dreary apartment he’s living in, hates life in general and very quickly is at loggerheads Documentary (80 mins)
with Vincenzo. Rescuing his charge during a brawl, Vincenzo decides that Samuel Language: English
would better vent his rage playing rugby. He practically blackmails the boy: it is either Director: Brian Johnson
training with the team or going back to jail. Writer: Brian Johnson
THE HUMAN FACTOR Producer: Brian Johnson
AKA: La variabile umana Key Cast: Barack Obama, American People
Thriller (80’) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Italian Year of Production: 2009
Director: BRUNO OLIVIERO Barackumentary salutes one of United States most historical moments ever to be
Writer: VALENTINA CICOGNA, DORIANA LEONDEFF, BRUNO OLIVIERO captured on film. These live moments reflect on the amazing journey America has
Co-Production Partners: LUMIÈRE & CO., INVISIBILE FILM, RAI CINEMA taken to reach a moment that ends with the 1st African American President. Celebrate
Producer: LIONELLO CERRI, GABRIELLA MANFRÈ the breaking of one of the highest of glass ceilings in society with millions of people
Key Cast: SILVIO ORLANDO, GIUSEPPE BATTISTON, SANDRA CECCARELLI, across America ending in the Streets of Washington DC on Jan 20, 2009 as history
ALICE RAFFAELLI brings to existence the inauguration of a dream come true. The spirit of “Yes I can”
Delivery Status: Post Production felt within a sea of people representing every culture on the globe. The overwhelming
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy sensation of victory parading through the streets of America. This heartfelt
documentary captures in action the true spirit of the American people & the American

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dream one race one cause. Year of Production: 2010
BRASIL ANIMADO 3D The Best of the West is excited to bring you the ultimate in western big game hunting
Animation (78 mins) action. Our pro-staff specialize in hunting and shooting skills that energize,
Language: Portuguese educate and amaze our audience. Each episode demonstrates the reality of
Director: Mariana Caltabiano extreme distance shooting while using the proper equipment and techniques
Writer: Suzana Liuzzi that are necessary for making ethical kills at any range.
Co-Production Partners: Mariana Caltabiano, Globo Filmes and Teleimage MYSTERIA
Producer: Mariana Caltabiano Thriller (90 minutes)
Key Cast: Eduardo Jardim, Fernando Meirelles Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Lucius Kuert
Year of Production: 2011 Writer: Lucius Kuert
Produced by Mariana Caltabiano, Globo Filmes and Teleimage, “Brazil 3-D” is the Producer: Rafael Primorac, Stuart Alson, Robert Miano, Gerald Kessler
first Brazilian stereoscopic 3-D feature. It’s a mix of animation and live action. The Key Cast: Danny Glover, Billy Zane, Martin Landau, Michael Rooker, Robert
main characters are “Stress” and “Relax”. Stress is a money oriented businessman, Miano, Peter Mark Richman, Meadow Williams
who is always stressed. Relax is a film director and also a dreamer. Relax talks Stress Delivery Status: Completed
into looking for the oldest tree in the world. Stress gets excited with the possibility of Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
making money with this “treasure”. There is only one little problem, they don’t have a A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fights to finish
clue in which Brazilian state the tree is. Stress and Relax go after a rare tree and end up his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a
discovering something much bigger: Brazil. murder investigation involving a prominent politician’s wife.
KNOCKDOWN THE BRAZEN BULL
Action (93 minutes) AKA: NICTOPHOBIA
Language: English Thriller (85 minutes)
Director: Todd Bellanca Language: English
Writer: Todd Bellanca, Sasha Levinson Director: Douglas Elford-Argent
Producer: Todd Bellanca, Sarote Tabcum Jr Writer: Thomas Bilyeu, Douglas Elford-Argent
Key Cast: Bai Ling, Tom Arnold, Casey Evans Producer: David Frank Fletcher Jr., Gregg Luckman
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Jennifer Tisdale
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
A former American boxer now exiled in Bangkok, is forced to confront his violent past Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown. A man pushed to the edge by a bank foreclosure decides to get even.
420 HIGH DESERT WAY CITIZEN JANE
Action/Adventure (98 mins) Thriller (89 minutes)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Tom Breedlove Director: Armand Mastroianni
Producer: Waterfront Entertainment, Tom Breedlove Writer: James Dalessandro
Key Cast: Tristan Ott, Trey Alley Producer: Eric Mitchell, Sonny Grosso
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Ally Sheedy, Meat Loaf, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patty McCormack,
Year of Production: 2010 Nia Peeples
With the F.B.I. threatening to take over the drug problem in the high desert, Capt. Delivery Status: Completed
Abernathy’s hand is forced by the Sheriff to expedite his investigation and solve the Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
problem in a more expedient manner. He decides to find an uniform officer that would Jane’s idyllic life is shattered when her beloved Aunt Gertrude McCabe
fit in better than the cover already working the case amongst the illusive group that is is brutally murdered in San Jose. Jane’s heartbreak turns to horror when a
causing the most statistics. brilliant police detective, Jack Morris, finally convinces her that the killer is
BENEATH THE MISSISSIPPI none other than her beloved boyfriend, Tom O’Donnell.
Thriller (113 mins) DEFCON 2012
Language: English Sci-Fi (92 min)
Director: Lonnie Schuyler Language: English
Writer: Jon Hazell Director: R. Christian Anderson
Producer: Tim Anderson Writer: Brian Neil
Key Cast: Jon Hazell, Tim Anderson, Ariadne Shaffer, Sonja Soriano Producer: Brian Neil, John Wessmann, Carolina Liechtenstein
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Ryken Zane, Shy Pilgreen, Xu Razer
Year of Production: 2008 Delivery Status: Completed
A documentary filmmaker and her crew fight the elements and try to cope with their Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
fears as they seek to understand the strange mystery of a flooded island where hundreds In 2012, a devastating war between humans and aliens left the earth a
have died. nuclear wasteland. 200 years later the descendants of both civilizations have
SECRET AT ARROW LAKE returned in search of treasure and lost artifacts. After landing their ship on the
Family (83 min.) abandoned planet, Kaynin, Rune, and Archer descend into an underground
Language: English city.
Director: Brad Keller THE BILL COLLECTOR
Writer: Bonnie Orr Drama
Producer: Brad Keller Language: English
Key Cast: Dedee Pfeiffer (Cybill, Up Close & Personal), C. Thomas Howell (E.T., The Director: Cristobal Krusen
Outsiders, The Hitcher), Ali Faulkner (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), Gary Teague Writer: Cristobal Krusen
(Friday Night Lights), Jay Johnston (The Sarah Silverman Program) Producer: Cristobal Krusen
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Danny Trejo (Disney’s Spy Kids, Machete), Gary Moore, Brandon
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Hardesty
Mia Williams, raised on the family Bed & Breakfast by Sara, a loving single mom Delivery Status: Completed
grows up believing her father was lost, M.I.A., in the Gulf War. A tragic accident results Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
in the sudden death of Sara and Mia finds herself alone to care for the B&B while While working at a bill collection agency in Norfolk, VA an old debt of
attending college. Daniel Williams, a hard-edged businessman from New York, arrives Lorenzo Adam’s own suddenly comes due when Frankie Gutierrez, an L.A.
at the B&B and Mia suspects he may be her lost father. The townsfolk believe he may loan shark, shows up at his door.
be responsible for Sara’s death. As events unfold, Daniel clears his name and finds BRUTAL
acceptance from the community and Mia finds a father at last. Action (90 minutes)
THE BEST OF THE WEST 2009 SEASON Language: English
True Story (27 mins) Director: Kamal Ahmed
Language: English Writer: Kamal Ahmed
Director: Nathan Robertson Producer: Kamal Ahmed, Stuart Alson, David Coppa, Brent Stuart, Nicholas
Writer: Nathan Robertson Malinosky
Producer: Jack Peterson Key Cast: Peter Greene, Kevin Corrigan (The Black Donnellys, The
Key Cast: Dan Miller, John Porter, Jeremy Winters, Shorty Gorham, Aaron Davidson, Departed), Frederico Castelluccio (Sopranos), Arthur J. Nascarella (Sopranos)
Mike Davidson Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA

82 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


BRUTAL stars Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction) in a story that follows the plight of Producer: Sali Limani
four friends who pay the ultimate price when they seek revenge against a low- Key Cast: LUMNIE Sopi, Doug BARRON
level gangster. Delivery Status: Completed
WARRIORS OF THE APOCALYPSE Year of Production: 2007
Action (89 minutes) Kosovar journalist Ema Berisha, working with two American journalists, Laura
Language: English and David Schwartz, report from war torn Kosova. When the war reaches the
Director: Len Kabasinski highest point, the American journalists are ordered to flee. They unsuccessfully
Writer: Len Kabasinski try to persuade Emma to get out of Kosova, to leave with them. Emma is
Producer: Len Kabasinski determined to stay. Upon returning to Prishtina, Emma finds the Serbian forces
Key Cast: Darian Caine, Pamela Sutch, Debbie D, Blue Meanie are ousting the population to refugee camps. Partly to punish her for her work
Delivery Status: Completed as a journalist, the soldiers rape Emma. She becomes pregnant and gives birth
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA to a baby girl, which she names Ana. When the war is over, there is nobody to
After WWIII has devastated America, a small band of female warriors attempt help Emma. From a very loved person during the war, she becomes an unloved
to survive long enough to make it to the last city left standing. person, abandoned and forgotten by everyone. All relatives look upon Ana as
THE FARM a misbegotten child and they try to persuade Emma to abandoned her. A year
Horror (90 minutes) later, the American journalist David, returns to Kosova and they fight together
Language: English to get back the anathema daughter of Emma’s.
Director: Hank Bausch, Andrew Jackson ASHES
Writer: Paul Farrell Drama (77 mins)
Producer: Hank Bausch, Andrew Jackson, Paul Farrell Language: English
Key Cast: Michael Hotop, Ashley Salazar, Freddie Meyer Director: Ajay Naidu
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Ajay Naidu
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Nina Spensley
Charlie and his little brother Simon are the last ones left on Earth. They must Key Cast: Piper Perabo, Ajay Naidu, Heather Burns, Faran Tahir
fight to survive and battle zombies along the way. Delivery Status: Completed
INTERSTATE Year of Production: 2010
Thriller (80 minutes) ASHES follows the story of two brothers whose lives are unraveling. As
Language: English one brother plummets deeper into mental illness, the other, Ashes, copes by
Director: Marc-Andre Samson throwing himself into the community that consumes him.
Writer: Marc-Andre Samson THE RULE OF LAW
Producer: Marc-Andre Samson Action (89 min.)
Key Cast: Shiloh Fernandez Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Moziko Wind
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Michael Miccio
A Montreal DJ, following his girlfriend to Los Angeles, falls into a deadly Producer: Moziko Wind
relationship with a couple of female hitchhikers. Key Cast: Stephanie Betesh, David Novak, JJ Brewer, Dallas Malloy, Markiss
BOSTON GIRLS McFadden, Brad Potts, Circus-Szalewski
Thriller (90 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Gabriel Bologna A new age of terrorism is taking place in the United States. FBI Director,
Writer: Camille Solari Frank Fitzgerald, is helping an Iranian terrorist group frame innocent American
Producer: Camille Solari, Jon Saphire citizens rendering them guilty for terrorist acts they did not commit. The
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Renee Taylor, Camille Solari seventh victim, Tom Cali, is on the run trying to prove his innocence.
Delivery Status: Completed ALL ABOUT EVIL
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Horror
Tired of their boyfriends’ infidelities, two girls from Boston make a New Year’s Language: English
pact to wipe out everyone who has ever mistreated them - and they soon embark Director: Joshua Grannell
on a murderous revenge spree in this thriller. Writer: Joshua Grannell
IDENTICAL Producer: Darren Stein
Thriller (90 min.) Key Cast: Natasha Lyonne (But I’m A Cheerleader, American Pie), Thomas
Language: English Dekker (IMDB rank #967, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Foreverland), Ashley
Director: Daniel Bollag Fink (Glee, You Again), Jack Donner (J. Edgar, Stigmata, General Hospital).
Writer: Daniel Bollag, Yumiko Bollag Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Daniel Bollag Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Ed Asner, Jonathan Togo (Star of CSI: Miami), Emily Foxler (The A mousy librarian inherits her father’s beloved but failing old movie house. In
Lost Tribe, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past). order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer - and a
Delivery Status: Completed legion of rabid gore fans - when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA What her fans don’t realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real.
Identical twins are born, one is good and one is evil. They need each-other to BIKINI KITCHEN
exist, but they deeply resent the others existence. They both fall in love with the Documentary (30 mins)
same woman. A love triangle forms which leads to murder. Language: English
AGNUS DEI Director: Dan Frank
Action/Adventure, Drama (111 mins) Writer: Dan Frank
Language: Albanian Producer: Dan Frank, Tom Hillery
Director: Agim Sopi Key Cast: Stormy Daniels, Halla
Writer: Agim Sopi Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Agim Sopi Year of Production: 2009
Key Cast: Enver Petrovci, Astrit Alihajdaraj 26 episodes. Television/Cooking. Halla, the head chef, and Stormy, the
Delivery Status: Completed bartender, show a whole new type of cooking show. It’s not your mamma’s
Year of Production: 2012 cooking. Hot Babes and Hot food. Halla cooks up a variety of dishes. While
Based on true story ‘Agnus Dei’ is a kind of Oedipus of our days. A young Stormy, keeps shaking those drinks.
man Peter, who is around thirties, lives a desperate life with his mother Maria BLAZIN’
and her husband Stojan in one village of Serbia. Peter is born in Kosova from Action/Adventure, Urban (90 mins)
a forbidden love between his mother Maria and the young Albanian man, but Language: English
for this he is not aware Is the period of time when the relations between Serbs Director: Marcos Miranda
and Albanians are inimical, exactly is the time of the beginning of war. Peter is Producer: Michael Wehrhahn
forced by his mother and the others to go to the war. Key Cast: Michael Wehrhahn, Angie Martinez, Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Sascha
ANATHEMA Knopf, Marcos Miranda
Drama (99 mins) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Albanian Year of Production: 2008
Director: Agim Sopi Blazin’ centers on a nightclub called ‘Domain’, where San and Alex fall in love.
Writer: Agim Sopi When Sam’s mom forbids her to see Alex, a tidal wave of betrayal and revenge

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ensues. Delivery Status: Completed
THE BONEYARD COLLECTION Year of Production: 2011
Horror, Comedy “Chasing the Green” tells the true story of two young brothers, Adam and Ross, who
Language: English become millionaires. Their drive leads them into conflict with FTC officials trying to
Director: Edward Plumb, LJ Dopp destroy them. Adam tries to reconcile this with his personal life, ultimately wondering
Writer: Edward Plumb, LJ Dopp what his true passion is.
Producer: Edward Plumb, LJ Dopp, Kim Waltrip CHEKHOV AND MARIA
Key Cast: Barbara Steele, Candy Clarke, Tippi Hedren, Ron Moss, George Kennedy, Drama (85 mins)
Brad Dourif, Ken Foree, Susan Tyrrell Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Eric Till
Year of Production: 2009 Writer: Jovanka Bach
Two beautiful ghosts and a vampire host a black comedy / horror anthology that pokes Producer: John Stark
fun of the entertainment industry. In one of the faux trailers, an all girl rock band is Key Cast: Gillian Brashear, Ron Bottitta
booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the other trailer, a Delivery Status: Completed
coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif (as the Devil) and endure the inept Year of Production: 2007
attacks of witch-killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, “Her Morbid Desires”, a Russian playwright, Anton Chekhov is ill with tuberculosis and is cared for by his
young actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie (opposite Ronn Moss as Dracula sister Maria with whom he lives in Yalta . He is desperately struggling to complete
and Kevin McCarthy as a Monk), only to discover starlets are being murdered on the his play, “The Cherry Orchard.” With Maria’s help he is able to continue writing, but
set. Robert Loggia and William Smith play directors, Tippi Hedren is a good witch, and when Maria discovers that he has secretly married the Moscow Art Theatre actress,
British horror goddess Barbara Steele plays the author of the romance novel-turned- Olga Knipper, she feels betrayed and schemes to prevent him from returning to
cinematic bloodbath. The other long segment, “Cry Of The Mummy”, has the mummy Moscow . When Chekhov discovers how manipulative Maria has been, they have a
tired of acting, and now trying to find work as a Hollywood director. major confrontation. Eventually there is a reconciliation. Chekhov finally completes
SINS EXPIATION his play and leaves for Moscow.
Action/Crime (90 min.) CHILL
Language: English Horror (90 mins)
Director: Carlo Fusco Language: English
Writer: Christian Repici Director: Serge Rodnunsky
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Steven Bauer, John Savage, Anne Jeffreys, Cassandra Gava, Writer: Serge Rodnunsky
Hal Yamanouchi, Giovanni Martorana, Ervin Bejleri, Elisabetta Rocchetti. Producer: Serge Ronunsky, Shaun Kurtz, David Hoffman
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: James Russo, Thomas Calabro, Ashley Laurence
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy Delivery Status: Completed
Two ex-gangsters meet on a high speed train to Sicily. Year of Production: 2006
BRIGHT DAY! Horror goes Retro. He just wants your skin.
Comedy, Action/Adventure, Documentary (86 mins) DARK RAGE
Language: English Horror, Psycho-Drama (86 mins)
Director: Maggie Rowe Language: English
Writer: Andersen Gabrych Director: Lee Akehurst
Producer: Nicholas Batchelder Producer: Lee Akehurst, Sarah Akehurst, Lance Patrick
Key Cast: Michael Cera, Elaine Hendrix Key Cast: Christopher Dunne, Christopher Dane, Sarah Akehurst, Helen Millar, Brett
Delivery Status: Completed Findlay
Year of Production: 2010 Delivery Status: Completed
A satirical ‘documentary’ that pokes a sharp and goofy finger at new-age religions, Year of Production: 2009
modern self-help movements (ala The Secret, Oprah, etc.) and their seductive ‘you can Ned Harris is a fifty-something everyman. Doting father. Loyal colleague.
have everything you’ve ever wanted’ message. Tripp Bailey, a washed-up journalist and Compassionate landlord. Serial killer. Beneath the seemingly normal surface resides
wanna-be documentarian, as he tries to infiltrate and debunk Pyrasphere, ‘Hollywood’s a web of warped sensibilities, spontaneous brutality and cold-blooded murder. A
Fastest-growing New Religion.’ Along the way, Tripp encounters a colorful collection psychiatrist would probably blame Ned’s peculiar childhood, but what’s Paul’s
of cultists (including his ex-wife) and their glamorous guru, Gossamyrhh, whose fame- excuse? Paul James is Ned’s long-standing tenant - callous and calculating, with
hungry philosophies lead him down a path where he must choose between his own voyeuristic tendencies and a bizarre sense of humour. So when Kate and Jason, a
selfish ambitions and his ‘journalistic integrity.’ young couple with problems of their own, move into Ned’s building, they prove to be
BURIED ALIVE the catalyst for a shocking turn of events. It’s not long before Ned’s rapidly unraveling
Thriller, Horror, Action/Adventure (80 mins) life spirals completely out of control, as we race towards a deadly conclusion. The
Language: English story culminates in a final showdown between Ned and Paul, where they are forced to
Director: Kevin Clark confront their demons and reveal their darkest secret. Dark Rage is a twisted journey
Writer: Kevin Clark into a deeply disturbed mind. Not for the faint-hearted!
Producer: Marzie Jones DARK SPIRITS
Key Cast: Natasha Blask, Marzie Jones Horror, Suspense (99 mins)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Director: Huck Keppler
Three college friends move into a small rental house in the middle of a cold and dark Writer: Huck Keppler
Alaskan winter. During a house warming party, a psychic medium calls forth a ghostly Producer: Tim Van Rellim, Huck Keppler
presence that increasingly becomes hostile toward the three. With very few options on Key Cast: Milena Minichova, Daniel Brown, Jan Budar, Marko Igondo, Lucia
the table, they must decide to confront the hostile presence, or die. Sipisova
CELLMATES Delivery Status: Completed
Comedy, Drama (85 mins) Year of Production: 2009
Language: English When Eva sees her sister’s murder in a dream she tries to warn her. But it’s not
Director: Jesse Baget enough and her sister, Tereza, is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Wracked by
Writer: Jesse Baget guilt over the death Eva has visions of Tereza. After moving to Prague with her
Producer: Jesse Baget boyfriend Jan, the visions become more intense until another presence is felt, the
Key Cast: Stacy Keach, Tom Sizemore, Héctor Jiménez Dark Spirit responsible for Tereza’s death has come for Eva.
Delivery Status: Completed DISCREET
Year of Production: 2011 Drama (82 mins)
Worlds collide when hardened Ku Klux Klansman Leroy Lowe (Tom Sizemore) and Language: English
Mexican field laborer Emilio (Hector Jimenez) are forced to share a prison cell. The Director: Joshua Rous
unlikely relationship takes an unexpected turn when the chatty Emilio slowly chips Writer: Joshua Rous
away at Leroy’s gruff exterior in writer/director Jesse Baget’s offbeat buddy comedy. Producer: Joshua Rous
CHASING THE GREEN Key Cast: James Alexander, Anel Alexander
Drama, Romance (102 mins) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2008
Director: Russ Emanuel Young geek, socially out of depth in the ‘man’s world’ of his job where he is
Writer: Emilio Lasiello successful, seeks to put his sheltered religious upbringing behind him by belatedly
Producer: Howard Nash losing his virginity using a ‘discreet’ prostitute. His sexual naivety, and immature
Key Cast: Ryan Hurst, William Devane questioning, turn the cynical beautiful prostitute round to breaking her rule (no

84 The Business Of Film CANNES 2013


kissing with mouths). He departs unfulfilled but changed, leaving her to call his number pitches latino home boys against a cannibal witch, a hound from hell and a pack of
in vain. rabid zombies.
DRIVING BY BRAILLE AFTER
Drama (106 mins) Fantasy (90 min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Kristina Lloyd Director: Ryan Smith
Writer: Richard Moon Writer: Jason Parish
Producer: Richard Moon Producer: Brandon Gregory
Key Cast: Steven Bauer, Tammin Sursok Key Cast: Steven Strait Karolina Wydra Madison Lintz Sandra Lafferty
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Sarah Corso thinks that she’s happy and content with her boyfriend, Xander, a young Two bus crash survivors who awake in hospital to discover they are the only people
man who thinks he knows what he wants. But then Sarah finds herself suddenly left alive in their small town. As a dark fog advances towards the town they form an
terrified by the prospect of Xander proposing marriage. Though she loves him and unlikely alliance to unravel the truth behind their isolation and escape the ravenous
wants to spend her life with him, Sarah is deeply afraid of turning out like her mother, creatures concealed within the mist.
who had the normal progression of love, marriage, kids, etc, right up until the day she TULPA
suffered a psychotic break and abandoned her two daughters. Now Sarah and Xander, Comedy / Drama (85 min)
alone and with the help of their friends and family, have to work through the fear and Language: English
anger holding them apart, just to see if theres anything left of their love on the other Director: Frederico Zampaglione
side. Writer: Giacomo Gensini
ELEPHANT SIGHS Producer: Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Comedy (91 mins) Key Cast: Claudia Gerini Michele Placido Nuot Arquint
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Ed Simpson Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
Writer: Ed Simpson Lisa is a powerful stock broker who frequents Tulpa, a sex club owned by a
Producer: Les Butchart mysterious Tibetan guru. Unshackled from the pressure of her job she will do
Key Cast: Edward Asner, John Cariani anything to attain a higher consciousness, but when her lovers are murdered in
Delivery Status: Completed shocking ways, Lisa tries to unmask the anonymous assassin with nightmare
Year of Production: 2012 consequences.
A lonely man finds friendship in the last place he expected in this gentle comedy from SAWNEY: FLESH OF MAN
writer/director Ed Simpson. Horror (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Ricky Wood
JINGA FILMS Writer: Ricky Wood
Jinga Films, 22 Carnaby Street, London, W1F7DB United Kingdom, Tel: 44 20 7287 Producer: Ricky Wood
0050 Fax: 44 20 7494 9492. Key Cast: David Hayman Elizabeth Brown Gavin Mitchel
www.jingafilms.com, info@jingafilms.com Delivery Status: Completed
Sales Agent Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
At Cannes: Rosana Coutinho (Head of Sales & Acquisition), Julian Richards (Head of Legendary cannibal Sawney Bean stalks the cities of Scotland, abducting unholy souls
Production) for his communion of flesh. His insane family of inbred killers drag their victims
Office: RIVIERA E - 7, Tel: 44 7765 398 742 to Sawney’s lair in the hills where they are fed to a chained beast in the cellar. A
THE HUMAN RACE frustrated police inspector is under great pressure to catch Sawney but is hindered by
Horror / Sci-Fi (90 min) a journalist who decides to investigate the heinous crimes on his own with disastrous
Language: English results.
Director: Paul Hough THE DEVIL’S BUSINESS
Writer: Paul Hough Horror (75 min)
Producer: Bryan Coyne Language: English
Key Cast: Eddie McGee, Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Trista Robinson, Fred Coury, T. Director: Sean Hogan
Arthur Cottam Writer: Sean Hogan
Delivery Status: Screening Producer: Jenn Handorf
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Billy Clarke Jack Gordon Jonathan Hansley
Eighty people are abducted from a city street by an unknown entity and forced to Delivery Status: Completed
participate in a brutal race to the death. The rules are simple; step on the grass and you Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
die, get lapped twice and you die. There can only be one winner, but who will survive A professional killer and his apprentice are employed to murder a satanist, but when
and for what purpose? the hit goes wrong they come face to face with the devil.
FOR ELISA RITES OF SPRING
AKA: PARA ELISA Thriller (90 min)
Horror (80 min) Language: English
Language: Spanish Director: Padraig Reynolds
Director: Juanra Fernandez Writer: Padraig Reynolds
Writer: Juanra Fernandez Producer: Eric Thompson, Wes Benton
Producer: Alex Carbonell Key Cast: A.J. Bowen Anessa Ramsey Marco St John
Key Cast: Ana Turpin, Ona Casamiquela, Luisa Gavasa, Jesus Caba, Enrique Villen Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain Kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned
A student enters a terrifying world of obsession and misery when she answers a job school where feelings of guilt divide the group. Events spiral out of control when
advertisment requesting a nanny. Held prisoner in a house full of antique toys, she must their hideout becomes a hunting ground for a mysterious creature with a bloodlust that
overcome her deranged captors or become a living doll. comes every first day of Spring.
HANSEL AND GRETEL & THE 420 WITCH MIDNIGHT SON
Comedy Horror (90 min) Horror / Romance (86 min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Duane Journey Director: Scott Leberecht
Writer: David Tillman Writer: Scott Leberecht
Producer: Mark Morgan Producer: Eduardo Sanchez, Matthew Compton
Key Cast: Lara Flynn Boyle Molly C. Quinn Michael Welch Cary Elwes Key Cast: Jo Jonz Larry Cedar Maya Parish Zak Killberg
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
HANSEL AND GRETEL & THE 4:20 WITCH tells the story of Agnes, a little old Jacob is a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder
lady from Pasadena who grows the best weed in town. But when Gretel’s stoner that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he
boyfriend goes missing, she tracks him down to a suburban house where she discovers meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become
Agnes devouring his soul to revive her youth and beauty. Her attempts to rescue him increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening
are thwarted by the arrival of a drug gang who threaten a turf war. The ensuing battle condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control

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his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him Writer: Armen Evrensel
as a suspect in a series of grisly murders. Producer: Rob Merilees, Holly Baird, Shayne Putzlocher
CLOSED CIRCUIT EXTREME Key Cast: Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk, Amanda Tapping, Billy Boyd & George Takei
AKA: CIRCUITO CHIUSO EXTREME Delivery Status: Completed
Horror (86 min) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English Jimmy, a bottom of the barrel “space-waste” technician finds himself playing the role
Director: Giorgio Amato of the hero as his spaceship inadvertently leaps back and forth between dimensions.
Writer: Giorgio Amato THE COTTAGE
Producer: Antonio Manetti and Marco Manetti Thriller (90 minutes)
Key Cast: Stefano Fregni Francesca Cuttica Guclielmo Favilla Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Chris Jaymes
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy Writer: Nick Antosca
A young couple break into the house of a suspected serial killer and plant hidden Co-Production Partners: Joker Films
cameras to record his crimes, but when they attempt to retrieve the evidence they are Producer: Bettina O’Mara, Kristen Dalton
trapped by the killer and forced to fight for their lives. Key Cast: David Arquette, Kristen Dalton, Victor Browne
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
JOKER FILMS INC. After renting her guest house to a stranger (Arquette), Bree (Dalton) soon discovers
Joker Films Inc., 3-130 555 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, BC V7J 3S5 Canada, he is not the perfect tenant she thought he would be.
Tel: 1.604.983.5436. www.jokerfilms.com, info@jokerfilms.com MACHINE HEAD
Sales Agent Thriller (90 minutes)
At Cannes: Nolan Pielak (President, International Distribution) Language: English
Office: LERINS Stand R6 Director: Jim Valdez
THE LIFEGUARD Writer: Joel Souza
Drama (90 minutes) Producer: Bettina O’Mara, Jim Valdez
Language: English Key Cast: Sharon Hinnendael, Nicole Zeoli, Cristina Corigliano
Director: Liz W. Garcia Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Liz W. Garcia Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Mike Landry When three beautiful college students meet for Spring Break their dream vacation
Key Cast: Kristen Bell, Martin Starr, Mammie Gummer quickly turns into a nightmare when a masked man begins to terrorize them.
Delivery Status: Completed VAMPIRE DOG
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Family (90 minutes)
On the verge of turning 30, a beautiful young woman (Bell) abandons her big city Language: English
career and escapes to her childhood hometown, only to find herself in a scandalous Director: Geoff Anderson
affair with a teenager. Writer: Tracy McMenemy
419 Producer: Tim Brown
Thriller (90 minutes) Key Cast: Norm MacDonald (voice) Colin MacKechnie, Julia Sarah Stone, Amy
Language: English Matysio
Director: Ned Thorne Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Ned Thorne & Stephen Hays Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada
Producer: Stephen Hays, Anthony Moody A boy unwittingly adopts a 600 year old “talking” vampire dog and soon discovers
Key Cast: Mike Ivers, Scott Kerns, Ned Thorne that when they face their fears they can do anything.
Delivery Status: Completed SKEW
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Thriller (90 mins)
After losing their life savings to an on-line scam, three young Americans fly to Africa Language: English
and hunt down the thieves that betrayed them. Director: Seve Schelenz
THAT BURNING FEELING Writer: Seve Schelenz
Comedy Key Cast: Amber Lewis, Richard Olak, Robert Scattergood
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Jason James Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Writer: Nick Citton On July 19th, 2005, three friends went on a road trip. They never came back.
Producer: Jason James, Marc Stephenson, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Key Cast: John Cho, Tyler Labine, Paulo Costanzo
Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
K5 INTERNATIONAL - A DIVISION OF
When Adam finds himself faced with a burning Sexually Transmitted Disease, he must K5 MEDIA GROUP GMBH
do the right thing and search out all his previous lovers. K5 International - a division of K5 Media Group GmbH, Konradinstr. 5, Munich,
STEP DOGS 81543 Germany, Tel: +49 (0) 89 3750559-0 Fax: +49 (0) 89 3750559-05.www.
Family (90 min) k5international.com, info@k5mediagroup.com
Language: English Sales Agent
Director: Geoff Anderson At Cannes: Sara Boss (Sales & Marketing)
Writer: Willem Wennekers Office: Les Jardins du Grand Hotel (Shops), 45 Boulevard de la Croisette, Tel: +33
Producer: Tim J. Brown, Holly Baird, Shayne Putzlocher 643 863 786
Key Cast: Dylan Schmid, Eliana Jones, Joris Jarsky VENUS AND SERENA
Delivery Status: Post Production Documentary (99)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Language: English
When a pampered Hollywood pooch is sent up North to live with a wise cracking farm- Director: Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
mutt, all leashes are off! Executive Producer: Alex Gibney
MY LUCKY ELEPHANT Producer: Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
Family (90 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Eric Schwab Ever since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they’ve
Writer: Eric Schwab provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment.
Producer: Carey Westberg They’ve been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of
Key Cast: First Khunchan, Somboon (The Elephant) longevity in such a demanding sport. How long can they last? In VENUS and
Delivery Status: Completed SERENA, we gain unprecedented access into their lives during the most intimidating
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA year of their career. Over the course of 2011, Venus grappled with an energy-sapping
A young boy and an elephant form a unique bond through their courageous journey of autoimmune disease while Serena battled back from a life-threatening pulmonary
friendship and freedom. embolism. Neither Venus nor Serena let their adversities hold them back. They drew
SPACE MILKSHAKE their greatest strength from each other.
Sci-Fi - Comedy (90 minutes) BEWARE OF MR. BAKER
Language: English Documentary (92)
Director: Armen Evrensel

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Language: English Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the
Director: Jay Bulger front door of the family’s modest London flat is a completely different world – the
Writer: Jay Bulger streets of Hackney. The impressionable Mo idolizes his handsome and charismatic
Executive Producer: Nick Friedman, Julie Goldman, Jeff Sanders older brother Rashid and wants to follow in his footsteps. However, Rashid wants a
Producer: Jay Bulger, Andrew S. Karsch, Fisher Stevens different life for his little brother and will do what ever it takes to put him through
Key Cast: Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Marky Ramone, Carlos Santana college. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a
Delivery Status: Completed fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA GHOSTED
Ginger Baker is known for playing in Cream and Blind Faith, but the world’s greatest Thriller (99 min)
drummer didn’t hit his stride until 1972, when he arrived in Nigeria and discovered Language: English
Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat. After leaving Nigeria, Ginger returned to his pattern of drug- Director: Craig Viveiros
induced self-destruction, eventually settling in South Africa, where the 73-year-old Writer: Craig Viveiros
lives with his young bride and 39 polo ponies. This documentary includes interviews Producer: Craig Viveiros, James Friend, Rupert Bryan, Motion Picture House
with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Carlos Santana and more. Beware of Mr. Baker! Key Cast: John Lynch, Martin Compston, Craig Parkinson, Art Malik, Hugh
With every smash of the drum is a man smashing through life, and smashing the Quarshie, David Schofield
filmmaker’s nose on the last day of filming. Delivery Status: Completed
NARCO CULTURA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Documentary (90) Hard hitting prison movie ‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a violent,
Language: English, Spanish godforsaken British prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done
Director: Shaul Schwarz his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their
Co-Production Partners: Parts & Labor, Ocean Size Pictures son’s death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul
Producer: Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Todd Hagopian in whom Jack takes a paternal interest.
Delivery Status: Completed SILVER TONGUES
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Thriller (87min)
To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have Language: English
become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a Director: Simon Arthur
pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Writer: Simon Arthur
Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of Producer: Jared Moshe, Leda Nornang
addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides Key Cast: Lee Tergensen, Enid Graham, Emily Meade
of the U.S.-Mexico border. Delivery Status: Completed
HIGH SCHOOL Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Comedy (102 Min) Two lovers travel from town to town, playing a dark game of deceit that soon spirals
Language: English out of control.
Director: John Stalberg Jr. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
Writer: John Erik Linthorst, Stalberg Jr & Stephen Susco Thriller (91 min)
Producer: Arcadiy Golubovich, Raymond J. Markovich, Warren Zide Language: German
Key Cast: Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis, Sean Marquette Director: Peter Payer
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Kai Hensel
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Mathias Forberg, Viktoria Salcher
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the Key Cast: Simon Schwarz, Anna Unterberger, Nicholas Ofczarek
subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get Delivery Status: Completed
his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail. (Legally OK, production/ Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Austria
marketing personnel can confirm the final version per their specifications unless it is In this psycho-thriller that owes much to the likes of Hitchcock and Haneke, a
revised to mention cast, then let me know but should be ok regardless). weekend trip to the Tyrolian Alps turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase when the
HELLO QUO! past catches up with, and comes literally crashing into, politician Robert Janacek.
Documentary (150 min) BUCK
Language: English Documentary (88 min)
Director: Alan G. Parker Language: English
Writer: Alan G. Parker, Alexa Morris Director: Cindy Meehl
Producer: Alexa Morris Producer: Julie Goldman
Key Cast: Status Quo (Past And Present), Brian May, Joe Elliott, Paul Weller, Sir Cliff Key Cast: Buck Brannaman (Himself), Robert Redford (Himself)
Richard, Jeff Lynn, Scott Gorham, Ginger Wildheart, Ricky Warwick, Joe Brown Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK “The Horse Whisperer” may be the stuff of Hollywood legend but the cowboy
HELLO QUO! is the definitive (and fully-supported-by-the-band) Status Quo who inspired the novel and film is very real. Buck Brannaman - master horseman,
documentary covering the now 50 years since Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster (the raconteur and philosopher - is a no-excuses cowboy who travels the world sharing a
original bass player and founder member of the band) started playing music together hard-won wisdom that’s often more about human relationships than about horses.
before forming, with Rick Parfitt, one of the most enduring rock n’ roll bands in the SING YOUR SONG
world. Through interviews with the band and other musical luminaries from Brian May Documentary (105 min)
(Queen) to Jeff Lynne (ELO), the film covers everything - from the drugs, the drink, Language: English
Live Aid (the drugs!), the fall-outs, the rock n’ roll and, finally, to the emotional re- Director: Susanne Rostock
union in late 2011 of the original line-up for a behind-closed doors, never-seen-before Producer: Michael Cohl, Gina Belafonte, Jim Brown, William Eigen, Julius R. Nasso
jam session. Key Cast: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Huddie W. Ledbette (Ledbelly)
SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS Delivery Status: Completed
Documentary (108 min) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne
Director: Will Lovelace / Dylan Southern Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary, SING YOUR SONG, surveys the
Producer: Thomas Benski, lucas Ochoa, James Murphy life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. LIBRARY State library size,
Key Cast: James Murphy, Keith Wood, Pat Mahoney, Al Doyle, Nancy Whang predominant type of film and age (e.g. 250 titles from European auteurs of the 1970s).
Delivery Status: Completed THE NORMALS
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA/UK Comedy
The last days of LCD Soundsystem Language: English
MY BROTHER THE DEVIL Director: Kevin Connors
Drama (111 Min.) Writer: Chris Ciancimino
Language: English Producer: Jason Orans, Kevin Connors, Chris Ciancimino
Director: Sally El Hosaini Key Cast: Bryan Greenberg, Jess Weixler, Frederick Weller, Dan Hedaya, Josh Pais,
Writer: Sally El Hosaini Reg E. Cathey, John Sayles
Executive Producer: Sally El Hosaini, Mohamed Hefzy Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Gayle Griffiths, Julia Godzinskaya, Michael Sackler Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Said Taghmaoui, James Floyd, Fady Elsayed With a debt collector hot on his trail, underachiever Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical
Delivery Status: Completed drug trial to make a quick buck. Billy and the rest of the guinea pigs, referred to as
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK “Normals”, are whisked away to a remote testing facility where they are drained of

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blood, fed pills, tagged, color-coded and have their every movement scrutinized. Billy Writer: Tom McCarthy
starts a relationship with a beautiful but distant “Normal” and tries to solve the mystery Producer: Michael London, Mary Jane Skalski, John Woldenberg
behind the disappearance of his roommate. As the world around him succumbs to Key Cast: Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danal Gurira
the power of antipsychotic medication, Billy takes a leap of faith to prove that life is Delivery Status: Completed
actually worth something. Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
HERE In THE VISITOR Richard Jenkins, who was Oscar nominated for this role, is sixty-
Romance (120 min) two-year-old Walter Vale, sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion
Language: English for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play
Director: Braden King classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference,
Writer: Braden King, Dani Valent Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment.
Producer: Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy A MATTER OF SIZE
Key Cast: Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal Comedy (90 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: Hebrew
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Director: Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor
Braden King’s festival hit (Sundance FF, Berlinale Panorama, London BFI) HERE is Writer: Sharon Maymon, Danny Cohen Solal
the first American film produced in the country of Armenia. The film is a landscape- Producer: Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Misha Shagrir
obsessed road movie that chronicles a brief but intense romantic relationship between Key Cast: Itzik Cohen, Dvit benedek, Alon Dahan, Shmulik Cohen
an American satellite-mapping engineer (Ben Foster) and an expatriate Armenian Delivery Status: Completed
photographer (Lubna Azabal), who impulsively decide to travel together into Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Israel
uncharted territory. Will’s Shepard’s solitary work. “A Matter of Size” is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind -
THE KEY MAN overweight people learning to accept themselves.
Thriller (82 min) WASTING AWAY
Language: English Comedy, Horror (96 Min)
Director: Peter Himmelstein Language: English
Writer: Peter Himmelstein Director: Matthew
Producer: Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino, Keith Calder; Co-Producer: Brian Udovich Writer: Matthew and Sean Kohnen
Key Cast: Hugo Weaving, Brian Cox, Jack Davenport Producer: Sean Kohnen
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Matthew Davis, Julianna Robinson, Michael Grant Terry, Betsy Beutler,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Joel McCrary
It’s 1975 in New England, and BOBBY SCHEINMAN is an insurance salesman Delivery Status: Completed
whose career is on the slide. With his position at his company in jeopardy and his Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
wife yearning for a better life, Bobby is looking for a shortcut to the American Turning the zombie film on its head, this film is an oddball comedy from the
dream. It looks like that just might happen when IRVING and VINCENT, two perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves.
apparently wealthy businessmen, introduce themselves to him expressing interest KING KELLY
in a ‘Key Man policy,’ an agreement to insure his business should either he or his Comedy (87 min)
business partner Charles Hawthorne die. Language: English
TOAST Director: Andrew Neel
Coming of age (96 min) Writer: Andrew Neel, Mike Roberts
Language: English Producer: Tom Davis, Luke Meyer, Ethan Palmer
Director: S. J. Clarkson Key Cast: Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge, Roderick Hill
Writer: Lee Hall (based on the novel by Nigel Slater) Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Faye Ward Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Helena Bonham, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Freddie Highmore Made entirely from camera-phone footage, King Kelly is a sensational journey into
Delivery Status: Completed hedonistic American youth culture and the YouTube generation.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
One of the highlights of Berlinale 2011 and based on the award-winning book by Thriller (92 min)
Nigel Slater, TOAST tells the story of how the young Nigel falls in love with food Language: English
as a little boy. Growing up in a home when everything tinned is best Nigel craves Director: Austin Chick
real food. He loves cookbooks and gazes longingly at the delights on display in the Writer: Austin Chick
village shop. When his mother dies he and his father are heartbroken but time heals Producer: Clay Floren, Aimee Shieh
and the ample charms and lemon meringue pies of the new cleaner. Key Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Nicole LaLiberte, Andrew Howard, Liam Aiken
GET LOW Delivery Status: Completed
Comedy (103 min) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English GIRLS AGAINST BOYS is a provocative and superbly entertaining psycho-sexual
Director: Aaron Schneider thriller about two bartenders who, after one of them is brutally assaulted, team up
Writer: Chris Provenzano, Aaron Schneider (screenplay revision), C. Gaby Mitchell on a killing spree in New York - and take revenge on the men who have mistreated
(screenplay revision) them.
Producer: Dean Zanuck, Harrison Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck WONDERFUL WORLD
Key Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek Romantic Comedy (89 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Director: Joshua Goldin
For decades a legend has haunted the foothills of the East Tennessee Appalachians. Writer: Joshua Goldin
The stories about the shotgun- wielding recluse are legion. Some say Felix Bush Producer: Miranda Bailey, Joanna Colbert, Iddo Lampton Enochs Jr., Matthew
(Duvall) has killed men with his fists and at 70 years old he still looks as if he could Leutwyler, Glenn Williamson
and would. When he comes down from the hills, people treat him like something Key Cast: Matthew Broderick
wild until he disappears again into the mountain mist. Delivery Status: Completed
SEPARATION CITY Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA
Romantic Comedy (106 min) Could fish really fall from the sky? Ben Singer, the world’s most negative man,
Language: English refuses to believe even the tiniest miracle is possible. He spends all his time
Director: Paul Middleditch fighting a corporate super organism, otherwise known as “The Man”, whose
Key Cast: Joel Edgerton, Rhona Mitra, Thomas Kretschmann appearances haunt him even in his small one bedroom apartment. Barricaded
Delivery Status: Completed behind a worldview of cynicism, Ben is not expecting anything from anybody
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: New Zealand anymore.
Simon and Pam were once a golden couple but two small children, two cracked PING PONG PLAYA
nipples and one waning libido has snuffed out their fire. Simon is enormously Comedy (96 min)
flattered when another woman focuses her attention on him but will he take it any Language: English
further? Or will Simon find that some men are not wired for adultery, that some men Director: Jessica Yu
are just too nice? Writer: Jimmy Tsai
THE VISITOR Producer: Anne Clements, Joan Huang
Drama (99 min) Key Cast: Jimmy Tsai, Andrew Vo, Khary Payton, Jim Lau
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Tom McCarthy Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA

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A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end Writer: Femi Oyeniran & Nick Walker
job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom’s ping pong Producer: Dean Fisher
classes. Key Cast: Femi Oyeniran, Red Madrell, Jazzie Zonzolo, Jack Doolan, Roxanne
Pallett, Eddie Kadi, Kojo
Delivery Status: Completed
KALEIDOSCOPE FILM DISTRIBUTION Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution, 104-108 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LP UK, Tel: Desperate to fit in at high school and score the girl of his dreams, Shaun holds a wild
+44 (0) 203 397 4410 house party, with disastrous consequences!
www.kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com, sales@kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Sales Agent, Distributor Romance, Drama (109 minutes)
At Cannes: Spencer Pollard (CEO), Caroline Stern (Director of International Sales & Language: English
Acquisitions), Rosie Flynn (International Sales Executive), Lucy Savage (Director of Director: Joss Whedon
TV and Digital Business Development), Michael Chapman (International Sales and Writer: William Shakespeare
Acquisitions Coordinator) Producer: Joss Whedon, Kai Cole
Office: LR.S3, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 33 03 Key Cast: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond, Clark Gregg, Nathan Fillion
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX Delivery Status: Screening
Documentary (88 minutes) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US
Language: English Leonato, the governor of Messina, is visited by his friend Don Pedro who is returning
Director: Jeanie Finlay from a victorious campaign against his rebellious brother Don John. Accompanying
Producer: Al Morrow Don Pedro are two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato’s
Key Cast: Gavin Bain aka Brains, Billy Boyd aka Silibil daughter, Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice, the governor’s niece. A
Delivery Status: Screening series of comic and tragic events continue to keep the two couples from truly finding
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK happiness, but then again perhaps love may prevail in the end!
Californian hip-hop duo Silibil n’ Brains were going to be massive. What no-one knew THE ROYAL ARRIVAL - A NEW LEGACY
was the pair were really students from Scotland, with fake American accents and made Documentary (60 and 90 minute versions)
up identities. The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a film about truth, lies and the legacy of Language: English
faking everything in the desperate pursuit of fame. The American dream, told by people Director: Tara Pirnia
who’d never even been to America. Key Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Sir Elton John, Stephen Fry,Prince
GREEDY LYING BASTARDS William, Pier Morgan
Documentary (90 minutes) Delivery Status: In Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Director: Craig Scott Rosebraugh Building a back story and footage from the royal wedding, international tour,and
Executive Producer: Daryl Hannah announcement of Kate’s pregnancy, the program will focus on what we can expect
Delivery Status: Screening from the royal heir and her - or his - modern parents.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US HOOLIGAN
Melting sea ice, glacier loss and rising sea levels. Severe droughts and wildfires. Documentary (95min)
Increasingly severe tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding. Record heat waves. Climate Language: English
change is no longer a prediction for the future, but a startling reality of today. Yet, as Director: Donal MacIntyre (A Very British Gangster)
evidence of our changing climate mounts and the scientific consensus proves human Writer: David Malone
causation, there continues to be little political action to thwart the warming of our Producer: Duncan Napier-Bell
planet. “Greedy Lying Bastards” investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle Key Cast: Donal MacIntyre, Ray Winstone (Narrator)
climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality Delivery Status: Completed
but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse From the director of “A Very British Gangster”, Hooligan is a shocking exposé that
gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, tackles the dark side of football from England to Germany, Italy, Turkey, Brazil,
to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians and Justices, this provocative Argentina, and the United States
exposé unravels the layers of deceit threatening democracy and the ability for future THE SEASONING HOUSE
generations to survive on planet earth Revenge Thriller (89 minutes)
ANGEL OF THE SKIES Language: English
War / Action (98 minutes) Director: Paul Hyett
Language: English Producer: Mike Riley
Director: Christopher-Lee Dos Santos Key Cast: Rosie Day, Sean Pertwee, Kevin Howarth, Anna Walton
Writer: Christopher-Lee Dos Santos Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Diony Kempen Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
Producer: Carmel Nayanah The much anticipated directorial debut from Paul Hyett, one of modern films’ most
Key Cast: Nicholas Van Der Bijl, Adam Boys, Andre Frauenstein, Andrew Worsdale, respected special make-up effects designers, whose credits include Gladiator, The
Brad Backhouse, Jason Glanville, Lillie Claire, Nichols Arial Rasenti, Ryan Dittman Hours, The Descent, Eden Lake, The Woman in Black and many more, The Seasoning
Delivery Status: Completed House is a taught and claustrophobic exploration of psychological terror that mixes
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa the nerve shredding genius of Hitchcock with Polanski’s visual intensity. The
War is declared and Britain must take action against Nazi Germany if Europe is going Seasoning House is a grim and soulless place where young girls are bought and sold
to be saved from its ruthless clutches. Determined to beat the enemy Flt. Office Earl for men’s pleasure. Here we meet Angel (Rosie Day), a young, orphaned girl enslaved
Kirk, a young South African pilot, volunteers his services to the Royal Air Force, by Viktor (Kevin Howarth). Unbeknownst to her master, she moves between the
sacrificing his family, his future and himself in the fight against evil. Whilst in combat, walls and crawlspaces of the house – silently observing, learning and planning for her
surrounded by bombers and under relentless attack, Kirk must make the decision that escape. When her closest confident is savagely killed, Angel can no longer contain her
could change his and his crew’s life forever. Plummeting through the air, they are rage and sets out through both ingenuity and brutality to seek justice.
forced to leave the safety of their aircraft and parachute directly into Nazi occupied VICTIM
land. Battling to get home to complete their mission and see their loved ones, this RAF Feature Film/Thriller (80min)
crew are hunted by a vengeful German SS Officer who will stop at nothing, determined Language: English
to capture and make prisoners of these men. Kirk must lead his crew to freedom or else Director: Alex Pillai
risk becoming yet another casualty of war… Writer: Ashley Chin, Michael Maris
ONE DIRECTION: REACHING FOR THE STARS Producer: Danny Donnelly, Jason Maza
Documentary (90 minutes) Key Cast: Ashley Chin, Jason Maza, Ashley Madekwe, Michael Maris, Adam
Producer: Maureen Goldman Deacon, David Harewood, Leititia Wright, Shanika Warren-Markland
Key Cast: One Direction Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK A career criminal breaks free from his gangland life only to find himself the target of
With previously unseen footage and performances from their 2013 world tour, this retaliation.
tribute charts their meteoric rise to fame, giving insight into their personal lives and THE MAN INSIDE
what makes them tick. Feature Film/Thriller (95min)
IT’S A LOT Language: English
Urban Comedy (96 minutes) Director: Dan Turner
Language: English Writer: Dan Turner
Director: Femi Oyeniran & Darwood Grace

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Producer: Dean Fisher It started with a picture. It was a picture of a pretty, ambitious, self-dependent young
Key Cast: Ashley Bashy Thomas, Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan woman sitting in a coffee shop, in-between college classes. In it, she was minding
Delivery Status: Completed her own business, occupied with schoolwork and distracted by a boyfriend she loved
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK very much. Her name was Jennifer Taylor and she didn’t know the picture had been
Desperate not to be like his father, a young boxer must fight everything he knows to taken. She also didn’t know the person who took it. The same person who would
stop history repeating take her too. The picture first surfaced on Twitter and every day afterwards, there
I LOVE ONE DIRECTION was a new photo of Jennifer, each one getting closer and closer to her, shedding
Documentary (70 minutes) more light on her very quiet, self-contained life. The pictures were soon followed by
Language: English videos that followed her. From a distance, twitter followers watched Jennifer leave
Delivery Status: Completed her house each morning, grab a coffee, go to school, study hard and return home
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: US alone at night. Eventually, they would watch Jennifer get those same pictures sent to
One Direction are the biggest boy band on the planet. This seemingly unassuming her anonymously on her own phone. Based on an actual Twitter account, iKllr is the
group of lads from the UK have done what other artists can only dream of – they’ve story that started as an internet rumor and was quickly shared by twitter followers and
reached the top and they have every intention of staying there. But what makes Harry, facebook friends alike before making headlines in the spring of 2010 when Jennifer
Liam, Niall, Zayn and Louis so special, gaining the admiration of millions of fans the was reported missing. No one who followed the iKllr twitter account reported
world over? This programme features unique, personal interviews and gets up close anything. No one wanted to admit they had been watching. No one wanted to admit
and personal with each of the boys. We also discover the most dedicated One Direction that it was true and no one wanted to believe that it was that easy to do.
fans from all corners of the globe - From the UK to USA, JAPAN, to AUSTRALIA, INTERVIEW WITH A HITMAN
CANADA, and the rest of EUROPE. Feature Film/Action (90min)
COASTLINE - WONDERS OF THE SEA Language: English
Nature Documentary (90 minutes) Director: Perry Bhandal
Language: English Writer: Perry Bhandal
Director: Klaus Muller Producer: Dean Fisher
Producer: Britta Kiesewetter Key Cast: Luke Goss (Blood Out, Blade II), Caroline Tillette, Stephen Marcus,
Delivery Status: Completed Dermot Keaney, Rene Zagger, Ray Panthaki
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany Delivery Status: Completed
The coastline is ever changing; fighting against ferocious seas and human development Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
in awe-inspiring clashes, but within its incredible life it has never lost the beauty and In his final mission, an elite hitman, returns to erase his past, only to find that
wonder of Mother Nature. Battling against the seasons, the coastline is a constant somebody has messed with his future.
witness to a vast array of breathtaking creatures that choose it as their home. The ELFIE HOPKINS
inquisitive seal plays along the stunning shore whilst the gannet lives en masse in all its Feature Film/Thriller (91min)
noisy glory along its impressive cliff front; in its waters, shoals of fish swarm and hide Language: English
from deadly predators. ‘Coastline: Wonders of the Sea’ brings to life the hidden world Director: Ryan Andrews
that lives above, below and around us, in this Studio-Hamburg production, the team Writer: Ryan Andrews & Riyad Barmania
behind the award-winning ‘The Green Planet’. Producer: Michael Wiggs & Jonathan Sothcott
THE GREEN PLANET Key Cast: Jaime Winstone (Made in Dagenham), Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast, 44
Nature Documentary (93 minutes) Inch Chest), Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad), Kimberley Nixon (Angus, Thongs and Full
Language: English Frontal Snogging), Will Payne, Kate Magowan (Stardust)
Director: Jan Haft Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Jorn Rover, Melanie Haft, Jan Haft Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
Delivery Status: Completed When a cannibal family moves into a quiet village, Elfie Hopkins and her best
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany friend find themselves in a race against time to expose their secret and save their
It covers thirty percent of the Earth’s land mass and yet, most of us barely scratch the disappearing neighbours.
surface. Now, discover what few people have seen, as The Green Planet follows the PANIC BUTTON
stories of forest inhabitants, from graceful red deer to cunning foxes and impressive Horror (95)
wild boar. With cutting edge technology, we also explore some of the more bizarre and Language: English
wonderful forest dwellers: the purple emperor, liverworts, stag beetles and corydalis. Director: Chris CROW
See flowers bloom and blades of grass cut through the snow; Spend time in a foxes Writer: Frazer LEE, John SHACKLETON, David SHILLITOE
den with her new born cubs and follow tiny insects and creatures with microscopic Producer: John SHACKLETON
detail. Be a part of a journey that takes you through the seasons and be prepared to be Key Cast: Scarlett Alice JOHNSON, Jack GORDON, Michael JIBSON, Elen RHYS
amazed by the natural wonder of creation, destruction and rebirth in this incomparable Delivery Status: Completed
landscape. Produced by Studio Hamburg’s renowned Doclights division, whose nature Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
films have won multiple awards and dozens of international prizes, including ‘Best Four young people win a competition of a lifetime; Jo (Scarlett Alice Johnson –
Picture’, ‘Best Photography’, ‘Best Cinematography’ and ‘Best Editing’ Adulthood), Max (Jack Gordon – Heartless) Gwen (Elen Rhys – Season Of The
MINE GAMES Witch) and Dave (Michael Jibson – The Bank Job) head off on an all expenses paid
Supernatural Thriller (92 minutes) trip to New York, courtesy of social network All2gethr.com. As they board the private
Language: English jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight
Director: Richard Gray entertainment – a new online gaming experience. Once airborne, it soon becomes
Key Cast: Brianna Evigan, Julianna Guill, Alex Meraz, Ethan Peck, Joseph Cross evident after some provocative and disturbing challenges, that their mystery host
Delivery Status: Completed knows far more about them than they’d ever dared imagine. Trapped at 30,000 feet
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US with everything at stake, they must play for the lives of their loved ones, as a series
Just out of college for the summer, a group of seven friends head up into the mountains of twists lead the game toward its gruesome and shocking finale. Panic Button is a
for a weekend of sun and fun. Their destination: a remote, luxury cabin hidden down a breathless psychological horror for the 21st century, which carries the stark warning
single track road, deep in the forest and miles from the nearest town. Whilst exploring to us all… When you live your life online, there is no Esc…
the cabin’s surrounds, they stumble across an abandoned mine, and as a dare, they I AGAINST I
decide to explore the dark and claustrophobic tunnels. They are amazed by how deep Thriller (80)
and far the tunnels stretch, but when they enter a room that has been locked from the Language: English
outside, they make a shocking and inexplicable discovery that turns their excitement to Director: Mark CRIPPS, David ELLISON
pure fear. Disorientated, confused and shaken to the bone, they are faced with a stark Producer: James MARQUAND, Krystian KOZLOWSKI, Matthew WHYTE
choice: work out what is happening in the mine, or let the mysterious force claim their Key Cast: Kenny DOUGHTY, Ingvar EGGERT SIGURÐSSON, Mark WOMACK,
lives. Is a killer on the loose, are they suffering a psychosis, or is it something even Sónia BALACÓ, John CASTLE
worse? Little do they know an unstoppable chain of events has already been set in Delivery Status: Completed
motion. The more they try to change their future, the more they seal their fates…. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
#IKLLR A story of jealousy, murder and betrayal, I Against I is set over 12 hours, using
Thriller (90 minutes) different timelines to reveal a dark, edge of your seat thriller that takes numerous
Language: English twists and turns en-route to an explosive finale. Set in a nocturnal underworld, two
Director: Jeffrey Coghlan men are un-wittingly set up to kill each other by a third as part of a sinister trap. They
Writer: Jeffrey Coghlan have to learn to trust each other in order to stay alive but the clock is ticking and their
Producer: Jeffrey Coghlan pursuer is always one step ahead of them. Starring Kenny Doughty (City Rats, The
Key Cast: Katelynn Tonguis, Jeremy Schuetze, Emily Lawrence, Eli Cross Crew)
Delivery Status: Post Production KILL ZOMBIE!
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: US AKA: Zombibi

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Horro/Comedy (90) Key Cast: Timothy Spall (Harry Potter, Sweeney Todd), Rhona Mitra (Underworld,
Language: Dutch Ali G In Da House), James Callis (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Honor Blackman
Director: Martijn SMITS, Erwin VAN DEN ESHOF (Goldfinger, The Avengers)
Writer: Tijs VAN MARLE Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Frank GROENVELD Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Key Cast: Uriah ARNHEM, Wouter BRAAF, Noel DEELEN A father’s dream vacation is ruined by his aged mother who is hell-bent on seeing her
Delivery Status: Completed dysfunctional adult grandchildren together one last time before she dies.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Netherlands
After a night in jail, four hung-over friends and one gutsy female police officer emerge
to discover their city ravaged by a zombie outbreak. When one of them receives a KEVIN WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES
cry for help from a sole survivor they are all forced to embark on a reluctant rescue Kevin Williams Associates, Mesena 128, Madrid, Madrid 28033 Spain, Tel: +34 91
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STRIPPERS VS WEREWOLVES Sales Agent
Action/Horror (95) At Cannes: Kevin Williams (Sales Director)
Language: English Office: Market Stand: Rviera C1, Tel: +34 667 540 547
Director: Jonathan GLENDENING BROCHE DE ORO
Writer: Pat HIGGINS Comedy
Producer: Jonathan SOTHCOTT Language: SPANISH
Key Cast: Barbara NEDELJAKOVA, Robert ENGLUND, Sarah DOUGLAS, Lucy Director: RAÚL MARCHAND
PINDER, Martin KEMP, Ali BASTIAN, Adele SILVA Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: PUERTO RICO
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Surfer boy uses his father’s car for the day and with his grandfather and his buddies
At the Silvadollaz strip club, a stripper named Justice performs a private lap dance for from his old peoples home escape for some adventure : to meet girls, get into trouble,
Mickey, a man who violates the no-touching policy ... by sprouting fangs and claws win a surfing competition and generally escape lifes pressures!
and trying to eat her! Justice panics and takes the only option open to her: she drives a LA LEY
silver fountain pen through Mickey’s eye, into his brain, killing him instantly. Oops… Comedy
Jeanette, the club’s owner, believes murdering customers is bad for business, so she Language: SPANISH
orders the club’s bouncer to quietly dispose of the body. There the matter should end ... Director: PABLO DE LA BARRA
if Mickey hadn’t been a member of a bloodthirsty and vengeful pack of werewolves. Delivery Status: Completed
When Mickey’s corpse surfaces, Jack Ferris, the werewolves’ charming and vicious Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: VENEZUELA
leader, swears bloody vengeance and sends his pack out to hunt down the killers. Little Innocent lawyer marries into powerfull but corrupt family. Travelling to Latin
does he know, Justice is actually the fiancée of his second in command, Scott. To make America to claim an inheritance is no escape as he is faced with thieves and
matters worse, Justice bites Scott during sex and now may be infected with the curse blackmail. Only a beautiful woman can help him overcome those that would undo
of lycanthropy herself. Add to the mix werewolf Barker, the masturbating man-child; him!
Sinclair, the occultist with low self-esteem; a bevy of the most beautiful women this LA HIJA NATURAL
side of heaven and you have the perfect recipe for balls to the wall, skimpily clad, AKA: LOVE CHILD
strippers on werewolves action-packed goodness. Strippers v Werewolves - stripping Drama (90 minutes)
has never been this hairy! Language: Spanish
MIDNIGHT TANGO Director: Leticia Tonos
Arts /Other (85min) Writer: Leticia Tonos
Director: Colin Fay Executive Producer: Leticia tonos
Producer: Arlene Phillips, Adam Spiegel Key Cast: Julieta RODRIGUEZ, Victor CHECO, Andres Velcro RAMOS
Key Cast: Vincent Simone, Flavia Cacace Delivery Status: Screening
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Year of Production: 2011 After her mother dies in an accident, 18 year old Maria decides to look for the father
Tango world champions, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace, dazzle in this brand new she has never met, father and daughter will have to face the ghosts of the past that
live theatre event, deliverable in all formats. haunt them in a picturesque and superstitious Dominican town.
LORD OF THE DANCE I AM A DIRECTOR
Arts/Other (94min) Comedy
Language: English Language: Spanish
Director: Macus Viner Director: Javier Colon
Producer: Vicki Betihavas, Kit Hawkins Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK Hysterical comedy in this accurate expose of the myth of the movie director as ‘god’!
A 3D movie event, is Flatley’s remounted billion dollar show, filmed over 6 live Young guy convinces everyone he has been working in Hollywood when he comes
performances in London and Dublin. home to direct a movie. His girlfriend is the first to be sucked in. She raises a six
ELIZABETH II: A DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION figure sum for production from an uncle! After several days of shooting there is still
Documentary/ Factual Entertainment /History (DVD - 3 x 60”, TV - 3 x 45’’) no script. Cast and crew stumble along blindly. The director has even less idea but
Language: English manages to keep up the mood of controlled panic! Mad but believable!
Director: Tracy Manners MEMORIAS DE UN SOLDADO
Producer: Tracy Manners/Emma Read Drama
Delivery Status: Post Production Language: Spanish
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Director: Caupolican Ovalles
On her Diamond Jubilee, ITN explores the ups and downs or Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 Delivery Status: Completed
year reign. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Venezuela
WILLIAM & KATE: A FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Believable visceral and pacey action drama enacting the last days of Venezuela as a
Documentary/Factual Entertainment (1 x 45’ or 1 x 90’) Spanish colony from the view point of a soldier who switches from fighting for the
Language: English Spanish to becoming one of Simon Bolivar’s liberators and his romantic involvement
Director: Tracy Manners with a well to do revolutionary lady. Topical and metaphoric today as the country
Producer: Tracy Manners continues its upheaval after the death of Chavez.
Delivery Status: Completed OFF SHORE
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Drama
It was a fairy tale wedding watched by more than 2 billion people around the globe. But Language: German
what has happened to the happy couple since the world stopped to watch this amazing Director: Sven j. Matten
spectacle? Delivery Status: Completed
REUNITING THE RUBINS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany
Feature Film/Comedy (95min) The Chains are off for summer when young guy fresh out of college arrives to the
Language: English volcanic paradise surfing island of Fuerteventura to look for his long lost father. Along
Director: Yoav Factor the way he meets a girl and he meets a guy and he wants to fight with his father. The
Writer: Yoav Factor winner is experience! He gets his father back and more family than he bargained for!
Producer: Yoav Factor & Jonathan Weissler MARIACHI GRINGO
Romantic comedy (98)

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Language: English Executive Producer: Fernando Spiner
Director: Tom Gustaffson Producer: Pablo Salomon
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Pablo CEDRON, Nazareno CASERO, Moro ANGELELLI
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Mexico Delivery Status: Completed
A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Argentina
mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the Aballay was a bad tempered gaucho. But sometimes the image reflected by a mirror
reality of ‘following your dreams’ across cultural, personal, social and geographical makes a man reconsider his whole life. After killing a man, the terrified look of the
borders. victim’s son raised Aballay’s consciousness about his savagery. Years go by, Aballay
EL CIELO EN TU MIRADA makes a promise and keeps it: he doesn’t kill or steal again.
Romantic Comedy (90 min) OCASO
Language: Spanish AKA: Sundown
Director: Pedro Pablo Ibarra Horror (90 min)
Key Cast: Mané De La Parra, Aislinn Derbez and Jaime Camil Language: Spanish
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Luis Cerezo
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Mexico Delivery Status: Completed
Top of the range romantic – comedy when suitably handsome young man meets the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain
girl of his dreams for state of the art boyfriend-girlfriend interaction! This throughly Part doc, part reality TV, part suspense thriller. New title on how the horror genre
modern fresh take on the perennial theme is set off with event rousing music as our has taken over cinema verite. In the school of Blair Witch project and Paranormal
hero battles to win not just the lady but also a TV talent contest! USD 3million plus at Activity. Roving TV reporters research a mysterious true story about a village
Mexican B.O.! submerged under a lake. Their curiosity knows no bounds when nobody from the
JARDIN DE AMAPOLAS neighbouring village wants to discuss what happened there 70 years before!
Drama (95 min)
Language: Spanish
Director: Juan Carlos Melo Guevara KOAN INC.
Delivery Status: Post Production Koan Inc., P.O. Box 982557, Park City, UT 84098 USA, Tel: 1.435.645.7244 Fax:
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Colombia 1.435.645.8644. www.koaninc.com, sales@koaninc.com
A small boy and girl steal the neighbour’s dog in the day time play with it returning Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
it at night. Their village is a battleground between the FARC terrorists and the At Cannes: Gil Aglaure (President), Devin Carter (VP of Sales), Tamara Bell
government forces. The boy’s father works in a military protected heroin making (Acquisition Executive)
factory. Effectively combines magical realism of children fantasy world with the Office: Stand: Riviera A3
brutal reality of life in a country decimated by war. SILENT NIGHT
VULNERABLE Family/Drama/Christmas (95 minutes)
AKA: VULNERABLE Language: English
Psycho - thriller (95 min) Director: Christian Vuissa
Language: Spanish Writer: Christian Vuissa
Director: Miguel Cruz Producer: Christian Vuissa
Writer: Miguel Cruz Key Cast: Carsten Clemens, Markus Van Lingen, Clemens Aaplindenberg
Executive Producer: Fastforward - La Soga Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Paula Echevarria, Joaquin Perles Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed The powerful true story behind the most popular Christmas carol of all time. In
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain 1818, when Joseph Mohr (Carsten Clemens) is assigned to be the new assistant
Carla decides to have her first child as a single mother. After giving birth prematurely priest in Oberndorf, a small Austrian town near Salzburg, the young man is full
and because of the delicate health of her daughter, she is forced to move with her of ideas and ideals. His passion to bring the church closer to the common people
child looking for a cleaner atmosphere, into an abandoned family country house that sets him on a collision course with his new superior, Father Nöstler (Clemens Aap
she inherited from her parents. Characters fro the past shall stand in her way, but Lindenberg). When Mohr organizes a church choir that includes outcasts from the
something much more menacing and unexpected will take her into a limit situation, local tavern and performs in German instead of Latin, Nöstler threatens him with
far beyond the imaginable... disciplinary action. Their relationship further deteriorates when Maria (Janina
BESTEZUELAS Elkin), a regular tavern patron, surprisingly joins the performance of the all-male
AKA: Greyhound to the Ground church choir. As Mohr’s initial successes start to crumble and his efforts backfire
Thriller (95 min) on him, he loses all hope and faces a trial of faith. The night before Christmas,
Language: Spanish Mohr has to decide if he will accept defeat and leave Oberndorf or embrace the true
Director: Carlos Pastor significance of the Holy Night
Writer: Carlos Pastor THE LETTER WRITER
Executive Producer: Carles Pastor Family (86 minutes)
Key Cast: Gustavo Salmeron, Marian Alvarez Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Christian Vuissa
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain Writer: Christian Vuissa
The boss of an illegal greyhound track decides to make a gift to a convent that had Producer: Christian Vuissa
given him shelter and hires a notorious small time crook to make the delivery. Events Key Cast: Aley Underwood, Bernie Diamond, Pam Eichner, Kylee Thurman and
start to spiral out of control, when other characters of dubious intent get wind of the Stella McComas
job. A series of deceptions and double crosses lead to the money never starting its Delivery Status: Completed
journey though it changes hands several times at a cost of several lives. Huelva FF, Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Mostra de Valencia. When Maggy Fuller (Aley Underwood), a rebellious and troubled teenager, receives
FAKE ORGASM an old-fashioned letter in the mail from an unknown source, she can’t imagine
Documentary (81 minutes) who could have so many wonderful things to say about her. After all, she is all
Language: Spanish but invisible to her father and a disappointment to her mom. Her search for the
Director: Jo Sol mysterious author of the letter leads her to Sam Worthington (Bernie Diamond),
Writer: Jo Sol an aging man in a rest home she has never met—but who seems to know her better
Executive Producer: Zip Films than anyone else in her life. An award-winning film from Christian Vuissa, this
Key Cast: Lazlo Pearlman, Verónika Arauzo, Lydia Lunch, Jango Edwards, Judith heartwarming movie could very well change your life.
Butler, Beatriz Preciado, Nina Braunsteiner,Maria Llopis CHRISTMAS ORANGES
Delivery Status: Completed Drama/Family/Christmas (100 minutes)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain Language: English
azlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, a reputation of clichés, an activist that can blow Director: John Lyde
up our prejudices and dogmas about sex and identity. What appears to be a reflection Writer: Sally Meyer
on the fun lies in our sexual life suddenly becomes a poignant speech about gender Executive Producer: Ron Brough, and Barry Evans
theory and the constant construction of our identity. Producer: Paul Hunt and John Lyde
ABALLAY Key Cast: Edward Herrmann, Nancy Stafford and Bailee Johnson
Western (101 minutes) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
Language: Spanish In a town not so far away and a time not so long ago, baby Rose was left at
Director: Fernando Spiner Greenwoods Orphanage, where Mrs. Hartley (Nancy Stafford) and the children
Writer: Fernando SPINER, Javier DIMENT, Santiago HADIDA under her care became the young child’s family. But when tragedy strikes, Rose
(Bailee Johnson) loses the only home she has ever known and is abruptly shipped

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to Irongates, a place that seems as cold and cruel as her previous home was kind. DragonFire retells Herman Melville’s classic story, Moby Dick. Set in a mythical
The strict headmaster, Mr. Crampton (Edward Herrmann), makes sure all children realm, Captain Ahab seeks revenge on the great “White Dragon” that slaughtered his
are punished for any infraction of his rules, but he is especially hard on Rose, who he family when he was young.
immediately seems to dislike. When Rose learns that every Christmas Mr. Crampton’s SAINTS AND SOLDIERS: AIRBORNE CREED
generous brother gives an orange to each child, she waits in eager anticipation. She’s Action/Drama/War (90 minutes)
sure it must be the most delicious treat in the world. However, on Christmas morning, Language: English
Rose is devastated when she learns Mr. Crampton is punishing her again. But Director: Ryan Little
Christmas is a time of miracles. Share a slice of Christmas sweetened with friendship Writer: Lincoln Hoppe, Lamont Gray
in this poignant Christmas story based on a classic holiday tale. Executive Producer: Adam Abel, Gil Aglaure, Ryan Little
SAGA: CURSE OF THE SHADOW Producer: Ryan Little, Adam Abel
Fantasy/Sci-FI / Action/Adventure (96 minutes) Key Cast: Corbin Allred, Jasen Wade, Brenden Whitney
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Director: John Lyde On August 15th 1944, an invasion in Provence, France was organized by the
Writer: Jason Faller, Kynan Griffin Americans to support and protect the allied troops marching to Berlin who had
Producer: Jason Faller, Kynan Griffin already landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. After jumping over Provence during the
Key Cast: Danielle Churchran, Mel Crow night, three paratroopers who have to regroup with their fellow soldiers in the village
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: US of Les Arcs, help the local resistance to free some of their members and organize the
Keltus, an agent of the ruling Order, is on the trail of the enigmatic Shadow cult. He ambush of a German armor unit. Lives will be shattered, hope will be lost, love will
reports to a local garrison to interrogate a captured Shadow cultist, but finds the man be found, and men will be changed...forever.
dead - murdered by Nemyt, an elven bounty huntress cursed with the Mark of the LLOYD THE CONQUEROR
Shadow - an undead plague. Nemyt has learned of a secret meeting and a powerful Comedy (95 minutes)
treasure. Keltus frees her from prison and the two set out to rendezvous with the Language: En
cult. En route, the pair team up with Kullimon the Black, an infamous orc raider. Director: Michael Peterson
The three heroes must battle undead creatures, river dragons, swamp monsters, gun- Writer: Andrew Herman and Michael Peterson
toting dwarves and a horde of orcs in order to reach the meeting point, where their Executive Producer: Rob Ohlson and Robert Peterson
plan for Nemyt to pose as a Shadow Agent goes horribly wrong. Nemyt is captured Producer: Brendan Hunter and Matt Kelly
and the real Shadow Agent escapes with the treasure, which he will use at the Well of Key Cast: Brian Posehn, Mike Smith, Evan Williams, Dave Lawrence and Harland
Demons to raise an Undead God. Keltus and Kullimon battle their way to the Well, Williams
freeing Nemyt in the process. The Shadow Cult has completed a hellish ritual and a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
massive demon rises from the Abyss. The heroes defeat the fiery demon in an epic Lloyd hasn’t conquered much in life, but he really needs to save his C average.
duel, banishing it to the Underworld, and save the realm from the undead menace. After a night of video games and procrastination, Lloyd and his best friends, Patrick
HEAVY DUTY and Oswald, have slacked their way into losing their student funding. The trio’s
Crime, Thriller, Action (77 minutes) only hope lies with their arrogant and self-important Medieval Literature professor,
Language: English Derek. To save their mediocre academic careers, the guys enter into a dark pact
Director: Rhys Hayward with their teacher who needs to destroy fresh bodies so he may claim another Grand
Writer: Rhys Hayward Championship in the world of Dungeons & Dwarves. Unbeknownst to them, this
Producer: Rhys Hayward simple quest for a passing grade will take them into the hilarious and nerdy world of
Key Cast: Sebastian Street, Simon DeSilva, Lucas Hansen, Giles Alderson, Jay LARP’ing (Live Action Role Play). White wizards, bearded unicorns and coked-up
Simon, Dan Cade, David Hopper centaurs are but a few of the colorful characters the boys will cross paths with on
Delivery Status: Completed their way to battle Derek the Unholy. Will Lloyd and his allies rally the forces of light
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA against the Dark Horde? Will Lloyd win the girl of his dreams, a beautiful ex-cage
Forced to retire from military service following a tragedy, Paul Lacey is left to come fighting elf warrior? Will the guys oversleep and miss the whole tournament? It will
to terms with the deaths of his men. Numbed by PTSD medication, he has become be a battle of epic, epic-ness fought by Lloyd the Conqueror!
disconnected, his life now a series of mundane routines. His concerned wife, Sarah, PATHFINDERS - IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
persuades him to accompany her on a camping holiday, hoping the break will help Action, History, War (90 minutes)
mend their strained relationship. The couple arrives at secluded location, miles from Language: English
civilization. Their peace is soon shattered, however, when they witness a brutal Director: Curt A Sindelar
murder by a savage gang of Eastern-Europeans. They are spotted fleeing and, as Writer: Charlie Armstrong, Curt A Sindelar
darkness falls, seek refuge in the depths of a large forest. As the gang closes in on Producer: Curt A. Sindelar, Jacob Tiller
the couple, Paul’s military instincts quickly surface, and he leaves Sarah behind to Key Cast: Michael Conner Humphrey’s, James Robinson, Christopher Serrone, Jon
embark on a chilling journey of redemption. Ashley Hall, Ryan Findley
IT’S IN THE BLOOD Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Drama/Horror/Thriller (82 minutes) A secret mission is launched prior to the D-Day Invasion. A small elite group of
Language: English American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines and land right in the lap of the
Director: Scooter Downey German Infantry.
Writer: Sean Elliot, Scooter Downey USS SEAVIPER
Executive Producer: Sean Elliot, Bill Heumann, Scooter Downey Action, Adventure, Drama, History (100 minutes)
Producer: Scooter Downey, Sean Elliot Language: English
Key Cast: Lance Henriksen, Sean Elliot, Rose Sima, Jimmy Gonzales, Doran Ingram, Director: Ralph A Villani
Andrew Varenhorst Writer: Lynanne Rockhill
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Rob Norris, Ralph A Villani, Michael Teutsch
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Tim Large, Jeremy King, Robb Maus, Steve Roth, Ralph A. Villani
One year after a brutal incident tore their family apart; a grieving son “October” and Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
his estranged father “Russell” embark on a journey into the wild to reconcile their The backs of the Axis alliance have been broken... or have they? A U.S. Submarine
past. When a horrifying accident leaves Russell badly injured, and strands them in is sent on a Top Secret rescue mission searching for downed pilots and discovers
the wild, it is up to October to save them both. However, this wilderness is not what German and Japanese troops together on an Island in the Pacific. The Axis Alliance
it seems, and as they deteriorate, so does their concept of reality. Horrifying creatures has all the ingredients for the ultimate weapon. Will they be able to change the tide of
and ghostly apparitions lurk in the shadows. Is it all in their heads, or could the truth the war?
be far more terrible? Lance Henriksen stars in this nightmarish descent into the very SAVAGE
heart of darkness where more than your guilt can eat you alive. At its core “It’s In Sci-Fi / Horror / Action / Adventure (87 minutes)
the Blood” is a father son story that deconstructs the prototypical ‘creature feature’, Language: English
incorporating elements of sci-fi / mystical realism, and psychological thriller. Director: Jordan Blum
AGE OF THE DRAGONS Writer: Jordan Blum, Lynn Drzick, Nancy Gideon
Action/Adventure, Fantasy Producer: Bo Buckley, Christopher Cook, Justin Soponis, DJ Perry
Language: English Key Cast: Martin Kove, Tony Becker, Lisa Wilcox, Shane Callahan
Director: Ryan Little Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: McKay Daines with story by Ann Black and Gil Aglaure Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Co-Production Partners: Metrodome A blazing forest fire rips through Bear Valley National Park. The animals are being
Producer: (Executive Producers) Gil Aglaure, Joe Pia, and Peter Urie forced out of their habitat including a beast that was better left undiscovered.
Key Cast: Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones, Corey Sevier, and Sofia Pernas ONLY THE BRAVE
Delivery Status: In Production Action/Adventure/Drama/History (100 minutes)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Language: English

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Director: Lane Nishikawa Year of Production: 2006
Writer: Lane Nishikawa Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church. Not only has he been asked
Co-Production Partners: Sal Baldomar to coach a group of non-basketball players, he is to lead them to the championship.
Producer: Karen Criswell, Eric Hayashi, Jay Koiwai, Lane Nishikawa, and Harriet SUITS ON THE LOOSE
Cheng Comedy (93 min)
Key Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Pat Morita, Jason Scott Lee, and Mark Decascos Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Rodney Henson
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Rodney Henson
Being greatly outnumbered, the Nisei (2nd generation Japanese-American) Co-Production Partners: Kelly Moran-Brown
100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team broke through German lines and suffered 800 Producer: Dave Hunter, George Dayton, Kurt Hale, Rodney Henson
casualties to save 211 soldiers of the “Lost Battalion” during WWII. Key Cast: Robert Prosky, Charles Napier, Val Johnson, Orlando Brown, Fred Dryer
SHADOWHEART Delivery Status: Completed
Western (100 minutes) Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English Suits on the Loose is the story of two rebellious teens, Justin and Ty, and their
Director: Dean Alioto breakout from a desert survival camp.
Writer: Dean Alioto, Peter Vanderwall, Brad Goodman, with story by Justin Ament FOOTPRINTS
Producer: Justin Ament, Rick August Goeckel, Matt Silver, and Patrick Stapleton; Drama/Family (100 minutes)
Executive Producers: Bruce Ament, Jeremy Danial Boreing, and Joel Moore Language: English
Key Cast: Angus Macfayden, Daniel Baldwin, William Sadler, and Justin Ament Director: Jim Huggins
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Russ Dougherty, Jim Huggins
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Russ Dougherty, Jim Huggins
James Conners returns to his hometown in 1865 to avenge his father’s death against Key Cast: Chris Faherty, Carole Geagon, Doug Stricklin, Rocket
the ruthless Will Tunney and must choose between revenge and redemption. Delivery Status: Completed
DRAGON HUNTER Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Action/Adventure/Fantasy/thriller (90 minutes) FOOTPRINTS is based on the true story of a man who finds the healing power of
Language: English love only after he lost everything he had valued and given up, a story of a dog who
Director: Steve Shimek learned to trust and serve only after she’d been abused and discarded as worthless, a
Writer: Steve Shimek journey the two of them took that neither knew would bring them together, and heal
Producer: Maclain Nelson them
Key Cast: Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Kelly Stables, Orlando Seale, Maclain Nelson
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT
Orphaned, when Orc’s killed his parents, Kendrick was raised by his brother, Darius. Lakeshore Entertainment, 9268 West Third Street, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA, Tel:
Remembering his mother’s prophesies of a Dragon Hunter, Darius and Kendrick 1.310.867.8000 Fax: 1.310.300.3015.
journey to the castle of Ocard -the Dragon Hunter training grounds. http://www.lakeshoreentertainment.com, sales@lakeshoreentertainment.com
THE LODGE Sales Agent, Producer
Horror/Thriller (85 minutes) At Cannes: Todd Olsson (Senior Vice President, International), Jason Buckley
Language: English (Director, International Sales)
Director: Brad Helmink and John Rauschelbach Office: RES. DU GRAY D’ALBION 3rd Floor - 12, La Croisette
Writer: Deb Havener UNDERWORLD
Co-Production Partners: John Brandt Sci-fi (1x121)
Producer: Brad Helmink, John Rauschelbach, and Jason Rauschelbach Language: English
Key Cast: Elizabeth Kell, Mandi Kreisher, Kevin McClatchy, and Owen Szabo Director: Len Wiseman
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Len Wiseman, Kevin Grevioux, Danny McBride
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright
A young couple’s romantic weekend getaway at a secluded mountain ranch becomes Key Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman
an unfathomable nightmare when they discover the truth about the caretaker and Delivery Status: Completed
area. Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
EVERYMAN’S WAR A war has been raging between the Vampires and Lycan for centuries, Selene
Action/Adventure/Drama/History (104 minutes) (Beckinsale) is a death dealer, assigned to hunt down and eradicate the last of the
Language: English Lycan. When she comes across Michael Corvin (Speedman)who holds the key to end
Director: Thad Smith the war she must decide where her alliances will lie.
Writer: Craig Smith MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Producer: Jay Lance and James WilderHancock; Executive Producer: Thad Smith Drama
Key Cast: Cole Carson, Lauren Bair, Michael J. Prosser, and Sean McGrath Director: Clint Eastwood
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Paul Haggis, F.X. Toole
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Albert Ruddy, Clint Eastwood, Paul Haggis
“Everyman’s War” is the true story of Don Smith’s heroic experience at the Battle of Key Cast: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
the Bulge with the 94th Infantry, when he risked his life to save a town. Delivery Status: Completed
BUCKAROO: THE MOVIE Year of Production: 2004 Country of Origin: USA
Family/Western (95 minutes) A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to
Language: English establish herself as a boxer.
Director: James A. Brooks RUNAWAY BRIDE
Writer: Bob Holland Romantic Comedy (1x126)
Co-Production Partners: Farah Ibrahimi, Jim Kilber, Lori Kilber, David Skrock, and Language: English
Paul Towel Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Robert S. Brock, Dee Dee Brooks, Rose Lindsay, and Greg Shelton Writer: Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott
Key Cast: Simon R. Baker, Gary Busey, Lindsay Wagner, and George Gerdes Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, Scot Kroopf
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 1999 Country of Origin: USA
Jerome, a troubled gang member, is sent from the streets to work on a farm. While A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances
there, he discovers more about himself and obtains a new outlook on life. at the altar.
CHURCH BALL HEATHERS
Comedy/Sport (91 min) Drama (1x103)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Kurt Hale Director: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Paul Eagleston, Kurt Hale Writer: Daniel Waters
Co-Production Partners: Dave Hunter Producer: Denise Di Novi
Producer: George Dayton, Kurt Hale Key Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Key Cast: Fred Willard, Andrew Wilson, Clint Howard, Gary Coleman, Steve Delivery Status: Completed
Anderson, Amy Stewart, Larry Bagby Year of Production: 1989 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed A clique of popular girls, all named “”Heather,”” reign supreme at Westerberg

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High. Veronica is part of their group, but she begins to feel bad about the cruel, unfair Delivery Status: Completed
treatment the girls impose on “”unpopular”” kids at school. When she meets a James Country of Origin: USA
Dean-type newcomer, J.D., she tells him her woes and he suggests they kill off the Get up-close-and-personal with the biggest stars in Hollywood. From home tours and
popular kids, make their deaths look like suicides, and end the tyranny. Veronica thinks hot properties, to hidden hideaways and postcards from paradise, this fast-paced show
he’s kidding, but one by one he eliminates these students, who ironically become even gives new meaning to “living large”.
more popular once they’re dead. After staging a fake suicide, Veronica goes undercover BULLETPROOF MONK
to stop J.D., who’s gone over the edge with his plan to blow-up the school, making it Action (1x104)
look like a mass suicide pact. Language: English
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Director: Paul Hunter
Horror / Sci-fi (1x120) Writer: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
Language: English Producer: Terence Chang, Charles Roven, Douglas Segal, John Woo
Director: John Landis Key Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Sean William Scott, Jamie King
Writer: John Landis Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: George Folsey Jr. Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Jenny Agutter, David Naughton For many years a mysterious monk with no name has zigzagged the globe to protect
Delivery Status: Completed an ancient scroll which holds the key to unlimited power. Now the monk must find a
Year of Production: 1981 Country of Origin: USA protégé to become the scroll’s next guardian.
David and Jack travel to Northern England for their college vacation. One night they ENDLESS LOVE
become in the desolate, rainy English moors, and in the staggered darkness huge Romance (1x116)
beastly animals jump out and attack Jack. Three weeks later David awakens to a new Language: English
nightmare: Jack, who was killed, returns to warn David that a werewolf was their Director: Franco Zeffirelli
assailant and that David has become the last of the werewolves. Writer: Scott Spencer, Judith Rascoe
HELLRAISER Producer: Dyson Lovell
Horror (1x91) Key Cast: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight
Language: English Year of Production: 1981 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Clive Barker A high school student’s love for a 15-year-old girl is thwarted by circumstance and
Writer: Clive Barker accident.
Producer: Christopher Figg WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Key Cast: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley Action / Adventure (1x106)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 1987 Country of Origin: USA Director: Gary Sherman
This horror classic by Clive Barker, currently being remade by the Weinstein Company, Writer: Michael Patrick Goodman, Gary Sherman, Brian Taggert
has spawned numerous successful sequels, as well as an enormous cult following. Producer: Robert C. Peters
Frank Cotton, possesses a mysterious puzzle box. Legend has it that the spirits inside Key Cast: Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume
offer the ultimate in sensual ecstasy. Frank opens it and is violently torn limb from Delivery Status: Completed
limb. After some time, Frank’s brother Larry and his wife Julia, a former lover of Year of Production: 1986 Country of Origin: USA
Frank’s, take up residence at Frank’s old house. A horrifying, living-dead version of Lieutenant Quince of the Los Angeles Police Department calls on a former CIA agent
Frank appears and coerces Julia to seduce and kill men so that he can feed on their turned bounty hunter to capture an international terrorist.
blood to regain his flesh. Together, they murder Larry. When Larry’s daughter, Kristy BROTHERHOOD OF JUSTICE
strikes a desperate deal with the demons - their prisoner Frank in exchange for her life. Language: English
As she takes off with the evil puzzle box from hell, Frank is once again torn apart, limb Director: Charles Braverman
from limb. Writer: Noah Jubelirer, Jeffrey Bloom
MOTHMAN PROPHECIES Producer: Margot Winchester
Thriller (1x119) Key Cast: Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, Billy Zane
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Mark Pellington Year of Production: 1986 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Richard Hatem, John A. Keel Kiefer Sutherland, Keanu Reeves and Billy Zane star as young men caught in a web
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi of violence and revenge. Derek had it made: He was good looking, rich, envied and
Key Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, Alan Bates respected by everyone. Then dealers and vandals smashed his privileged circle.
Delivery Status: Completed JUST A KISS
Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA Romantic Comedy (1x89)
After the death of his wife, devastated newspaper reporter John Klein is mysteriously Language: English
transported hundreds of miles away to a small West Virginia town gripped with fear Director: Fisher Stevens
and terrorized by frightening paranormal phenomena. At the center is Mothman, a giant Writer: Patrick Breen
winged apparition whose appearance precedes widespread disaster and death. John’s Producer: Matthew H. Rowland
dark obsession with the biggest story of his life may make him a life-saving prophet, or Key Cast: Marisa Tomei, Taye Diggs, Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick
leave him a madman running to his own demise. Delivery Status: Completed
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA
Drama (1x106) A group of young New York City Manhattanites take a wild ride into the dark side of
Language: English modern romantic entanglements. Once dating becomes an extreme sport, somebody’s
Director: Joan Chen bound to get hurt. As the fun and games take their mental and physical toll, a magical
Writer: Allison Burnett twist in time brings these friends right back to where the mayhem started: with just a
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Amy Robinson kiss and a rare second chance to make the right choices.
Key Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2000 Country of Origin: USA LATIDO FILMS
When a wealthy NYC playboy meets a beautiful art student, he’s drawn into a Latido Films, Veneras, 9, Madrid, Madrid 28013 Spain, Tel: +34 91 548 88 77 Fax:
passionate affair. When he tries to end it, he discovers her dark secret - she is dying of +34 91 548 88 78.
a terminal illness. www.latidofilms.com, latido@latidofilms.com
CARMEN ELECTRA’S AEROBIC STRIPTEASE SERIES Sales Agent
Fitness / Special Interest (1x75, 1x56, 1x30, 1x42, 1x41, 1x53) At Cannes: (), Miren Zamora (International Sales), Juan Torres (Sales &
Language: English Acquisitions), Oscar Alonso (Festivals & Subsidies), Silvia Iturbe (Managing
Key Cast: Hosted by Carmen Electra Director)
Delivery Status: Completed Office: Cinema from Spain. Riviera A5 Stand
Country of Origin: USA PUPPY LOVE
Strip your way into fitness! Get strong and feel sexy with the wildly popular and Coming of age (85 min)
sensual workout sensation that combines fat-burning exercises with the hottest moves Language: French
from exotic dance. Director: Delphine Lehericey
FAMOUS HOMES AND HIDEAWAYS Writer: Delphine Lehericey, Martin Coiffier
Celebrity Series (72x30) Co-Production Partners: Entre Chien et Loup, Liaison Cinématographique, Box
Language: English Productions, Juliette Films
Key Cast: Hosted by Donna Hanover Producer: Sebastien Delloye
Key Cast: Vincent Perez,Solène Rigot,Audrey Bastien

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Delivery Status: Screening Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of an English galley sailing
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Belgium, Switzerland, France, the South Seas in search of treasure. After Captain Bullock abandons him on an
Luxembourg uninhabited island, he changes his outlook on the world and learns to survive alone.
At 14, Diane is an enigmatic teenager. She is busy bringing up her little brother, Marc, His story became Daniel Defoe’s inspiration for the novel ROBINSON CRUSOE.
and has an intense relationship with her father, Christian. The appearance of Julia, a 15 YEARS + 1 DAY
young charismatic and emancipated English girl, in her neighbourhood turns Diane’s AKA: 15 años y un día
everyday life upside down. Diane wants to break the bounds of childhood at any cost. Drama (96 min)
Getting closer to Julia, she turns her back on morality and pays no attention to the Language: Spanish
consequences or limits of her desires. Director: Gracia Querejeta
BLACK DIAMONDS Writer: Gracia Querejeta and Antonio Mercero Santos
AKA: Diamantes Negros Co-Production Partners: Tornasol Films, Castafiore Films
Drama (110 min) Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky,
Language: Spanish, French, Bambara Key Cast: Maribel Verdú, Tito Valverde
Director: Miguel Alcantud Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Miguel Alcantud Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain
Co-Production Partners: Potenza Producciones, Fado Filmes After Jon is expelled from school, his mother sends him away to live with his
Producer: Carlo D’Ursi, Luís Galvao grandfather in a small village. Both characters, the troubled teenager and the retired
Key Cast: Carlos Bardem, Willy Toledo,Hamidou Samake military man, will have to confront their fears and limitations.
Delivery Status: Screening GRAZING THE SKY
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain, Portugal AKA: A ras del cielo
Two African boys are brought into Europe to play football. They will get into a dark Documentary (80 min)
world of agents, money, interests, and some kind of football that will take them into a Language: English, French
different reality that they have dreamt of. Director: Horacio Alcalá
JUNGLE Writer: Horacio Alcalá
Comedy (83 min) Co-Production Partners: Cámara Boreal
Language: Russian Producer: Carlos Batres
Director: Alexander Voytinsky Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Alexsey Fedorov, Oleg Malovichko, Creative Group “Sugar 1KG”, Roman Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada, Spain, Netherlands
Nepomnyaschy Grazing the sky is a magical documentary, an exciting perspective for trapeze and
Co-Production Partners: CTB Film Company, Molnia Pictures circus lovers, in which viewers will share the efforts of 5 artists in their quest to
Producer: Sergei Selyanov, Alexander Voytinsky, Mikhail Vrubel, Alexander achieve perfection and reach their goals.
Andryuschenko, INSIDE LOVE
Key Cast: Sergei Svetlakov, Vera Brezhneva AKA: Presentimientos
Delivery Status: Screening Drama
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia Language: Spanish
After suffering a relationship crisis, Sergey and Marina decide to go on an exotic Director: Santiago Tabernero
holiday to fix things. However, during the trip they get into another argument and end Writer: Santiago Tabernero, Eduardo Noriega
up stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by cannibals. Instead of struggling for Co-Production Partners: Tornasol Films, Castafiore Films
survival, the couple continue with their bickering which turns into open fighting. Executive Producer: Mariela Besuievsky
THESIS ON A HOMICIDE Producer: Gerardo Herrero
AKA: Tesis sobre un homicidio Key Cast: Marta Etura, Eduardo Noriega
Thriller (102 min) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: Spanish Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain
Director: Hernán Goldfrid Felix and Julia are a young couple, but she is going through a life crisis. An accident
Writer: Patricio Vega shows up her secrets, forcing her to make a decision to recover her marriage, and her
Co-Production Partners: Tornasol Films, Castafiore Films, BD Cine, Haddock Films, life…
Telefe AWAY FROM THE WORLD
Executive Producer: Jimena Blanco and Daniel Burman AKA: Lejos del Mundo
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Diego Dubkovsky and Mariela Besuievsky Thriller
Key Cast: Ricardo Darín,Alberto Ammann,Calu Rivero Language: Spanish
Delivery Status: Screening Director: Gerardo Herrero
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Argentina, Spain Writer: Nicolas Saad
Roberto Bermudez is a specialist in Criminal Law whose life is thrown into chaos when Co-Production Partners: Tornasol Films, Foresta Films, Ennovva Films
he becomes convinced that Gonzalo, one of his best students, has committed a brutal Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Carlos Rodríguez, Julián Giraldo.
murder right in front of the Faculty of Law. Determined to uncover the truth he begins a Key Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Ursula Corberó, Silma López.
personal investigation that will soon become an obsession. Delivery Status: Post Production
RED PRINCESSES Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain, Colombia
AKA: Princesas Rojas 2 FRANCOS, 40 PESETAS
Drama (100 min) Comedy
Language: Spanish Language: Spanish, German, French
Director: Laura Astorga Carrera Director: Carlos Iglesias
Writer: Laura Astorga Carrera, Daniela Goggi Writer: Carlos Iglesias
Co-Production Partners: Sue Cinema, La Feria Producciones Co-Production Partners: Gona Films, DV
Producer: Amaya Izquierdo, Aldrina Valenzuela, Marcela Esquivel Executive Producer: Jaime Gona, Jöel Lous Jent
Key Cast: Valeria Conejo, Aura Dinarte, Fernado Bolaños Producer: Juan Gona, Karin Koch
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: Carlos Iglesias,Javier Gutiérrez,Isabelle Stofell, Isabel Blanco
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Costa Rica, Venezuela Delivery Status: Post Production
Claudia is eleven years old and has always played the game of being a revolutionary. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain
When her family moves from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, in the middle of the Sandinist
Revolution, politics turn out not to be such a funny game.
SELKIRK, THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE LAW OFFICES OF GREG S. BERNSTEIN
AKA: Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein, 301 N. Canon Dr., Suite 318, Beverly Hills,
Animation (80 min) California 90210 USA, Tel: 1.310.247.2790 Fax: 1.310.247.2791.www.thefilmlaw.
Language: Spanish com, greg@thefilmlaw.com
Director: Walter Tournier Sales Agent
Writer: Walter Tournier, Mario Jacob, Enrique Cortés At Cannes: Greg S. Bernstein (Entertainment Attorney, Producer Representative)
Co-Production Partners: La Suma Producciones, Patagonik and Maíz Producciones Office: Novotel Montfleury Cannes, Tel: Mobile: 1-310-266-5365
Executive Producer: Esteban Schroeder, Pablo Rovito, Juan Diego Garretón
Producer: Walter Tournier, Esteban Schroeder LBYL FILMS
Key Cast: Ariel Cister, Mariano Chiesa, Karim Zabala LBYL Films, NYC Offices: 894-896 Manhattan Avenue, Unit 24, Brooklyn, New York
Delivery Status: Completed 11222 USA, Tel: 1.516.532.6538 Fax: 1.718.522.0346.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Uruguay, Argentina, Chile www.lbylfilms.net, contactus@lbylfilms.net

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At Cannes: Salim Khassa (President & CEO), Jayany Patel (Distributor / Sales /), Anna Delivery Status: Completed
Wiedermann (Sales & Marketing) In a Dramatic turn of events in the state of Ujjain, King BHOJ is informed that
Office: Market Stand: Riviera B.1 there is a boy shepherd who is fast gaining popularity in solving the challenges of
SWEN people. In fact he is even considered far better than King BHOJ himself. To find
Adventure the truth, King BHOJ disguises himself as a commoner and attends a meeting led
SWEN is an abbreviation for four directions, South West East North. Four women from by the shepherd boy and is impressed by the manner in which the boy understands
four parts of India. Little do they know that their lives would be connected together and upholds justice. Later when he asks the boy how he manages to do the
in a way one could never expect, the connecting link being a man. same, the boy reveals the secret which teads to the discovery of the magnificent
THE IMMIGRATION LAWYER: SHATTERED FREEDOM SINGHSAN BATTISI. Through his association with the boy, King BHOJ comes
Drama (102 min) to an enlightenment, declaring that onwards, he will assume the throne and
Language: English maintain societal justice. But what he does not know is the mystery behind the
Director: Renato Asuncion &Joe Barcelone throne…how it will prevent him from assuming the seat upon that very throne!
Writer: Joe Barcelone & Shah Peerally GHATOTKACH
Producer: Manny Valencia Animation/children
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA GHATOTKACH is the son of PANDAVA BHIM and HIDIMBA, an evil demon.
SHATTERED FREEDOM relates the tale of an innocent young woman’s dream From childhood GHATOTKACHA was a coward, always bullied by his friends
to marry an American man for opportunity, only to find that he in fact is a monster. that made him cry. HIDIMBA sends him to his NANAJI to remove the fear from
The pervasiveness of abusive treatment women face and the dislocated pain his mind and makethe boy strong. NANAJI starts training GHATOTKACHA and
immigrants must endure on their long path to citizenship is highlighted with deeply introduces him to the demon powers. A huge and evil demon JANGO JINGAL
detailed and heart-felt storytelling. is behind the secret of the magical KADHA being prepared by NANAJI that will
FORGET PARIS bring supernatural powers to anyone who drinks it. Finally NANAJI manages to
Romantic Comedy make the magical KADHA. GHATOTKACHA and NANAJI dance and sing in
Director: Christopher Presswell happiness. Suddenly JANGO JINGAL arrives and takes NANAJI away, throwing
Producer: Francesca Cherruault little GHATOTKACHA unknowingly into the huge bowl filled with the magical
Key Cast: Ben Irvin, Kevin Mayberry, Michelle Mary Schaefer, Natalie Hultman, KADHA, which makes him even more powerful! GHATOTKACHA enters
Shirlethea Tonya HolmeEd Coleman, Mai Cunningham, Beverly Baxter the den of JANGO JINGAL and fights the evil demon and frees his NANAJI!
After planning a romantic New Years getaway to Paris, Dan and Katie’s Growing in stature GHATOTKACHA is fearless, destined to be a great leader.
relationship implodes, leaving him heartbroken. Unable to get it refunded, the The time arrives for the great task, the reason that GHATOTKACHA was born!
couple decide to see out their last commitment together, and proceed with the trip. The war between the PANDAVAS and KAURAVAS begins, and BHIM calls upon
But the holiday quickly descends into a nightmare when Katie expects it to be one his son to fight the war from their side and GHATOTKACHA arrives like true
final week of fun, but Dan views it as his final chance to win back the love of his devoted son to serve his father. ‘GHATOTKACHA’ resonates loud and strong,
life. a story of a young and frightened child whose destiny is to be a true hero of the
SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE LIKES ME greatest war fought on the land that came to be known as MAHABHARATA!
Romance VEER YODHA PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
Money can’t buy you love, but it can help you find it! Animation/children
ALEXANDER & PORUS Centuries ago, Muhammad Ghori heard word of India’s great wealth and
Animation/children mobilized his huge army to loot Delhi’s riches. Each time he wages battle, his
Encouraged by his mother, King ALEXANDER embarks on a journey to conquer advances are beaten back by the invincible ruler of Delhi, the great Prithviraj
and rule the world. Crushing all the Kings and Kingdoms that stood against him, Chauhan. The frustrated Ghori becomes relentless in his obsession of conquest
Alexander finally reaches India. When the ruler AMBHI bowed to his might, and schemes to find a way to victory. Meanwhile, in Kannauj, King Jaichand
ALEXANDER was sure of his victory over other Kings. But what he did not organizes the swayamvar of his beloved daughter Sanyogita and invites all the
realize was that he was finally going to meet his match in King PORUS. Will Kings of India with the exception of Prithviraj Chauhan, as he was the only king
ALEXANDER be able to defeat PORUS and continue his passion to rule the world who refused to bow to Jaichand. In dramatic fashion, Prithviraj Chauhan charges
or he will be stopped by the patriotism of King PORUS who can go to any extent into the swayamvar and flees with his beloved Sanyogita. No king dare try to stop
to bring an end to ALEXANDER’S was spree? Witness one of the greatest wars of him. Prithviraj Chauhan then must juggle two enemies. Jaichand wants revenge
history that transformed the life of King ALEXANDER. With foot topping music, against Prithviraj Chauhan at any cost and Muhammad Ghori awaits his last
‘ALEANDER AND PORUS’ has eye pleasing visuals and treatment that will go on chance to defeat Prithviraj Chauhan. With the winds of war swirling, Jaichand
be a visual treat for both, children and adults. does something that changes the history of India, and decides to join hands with
CHETAK THE WONDER HORSE Muhammad Ghori, and they plan to team up to defeat the Prithviraj Chauhan!
Children/Animation PRAHLAD
Chetak(Horse), the wonder horse is story of loyalty to his master. It is a story of Animation/children
friendship between Chetak and Maharana Pratap (King). He is fun loving! He is PRAHLAD is the Divine saga of a Vishnu devotee, a young boy who did not
dare-devil! He is romantic! And he speaks like human! Chetak holds Maharana yield to the atrocities of his father, Hiranyakaship who was a demon king that
Pratap and his brothers responsible for the death of Natak and plans to take desired to become a God and entered deep meditation and called upon Lord
revenge. But in a dramatic turn of events, Chetak and Pratap become best friends Brahma, asking to become immortal! Lord Brahma could not refuse him. Having
and go on to take might of Mogul Emperor Akbar’s army. been granted the boon, he attacks the gods with his army and destroys them, and
OASS afterwards, declares himself as god. The Gods went to Lord Vishnu and asked
Drama him to save them before Hiranyakaship wiped them from heaven. Lord Vishnu
Director: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari assures them that when the right time comes he himself will take avatar and kill
Key Cast: Priyanka Bose, Jameel Khan, Yashpal Sharma Hiranyakaship. To this ferocious demon is born a son, the destined hero, Prahlad,
Country of Origin: India an ardent devotee of lord Vishnu. This angers Hiranyakaship and he orders the
Inspired by a true story, an 11 year-old girl named Kiku is taken away from her murder his own son. But whatever drastic methods he takes, Prahlad is saved
village and sold to a brothel in Delhi. Drugged, beaten, raped and threatened, she by the grace of Lord Vishnu who appears in the form of Narsimha to deflect the
surrenders to these horrible atrocities in order to live, and finally one day escape. evils of Hiranyakaship! But Hiranyakaship had the boon of being immortal! Will
OASS brings to light the menace of girl-child trafficking and the perils faced by the Narshimha be able to kill Hiranyakaship! Even after this boon? This is the famous
million of girls who live in terror just like Kiku across the globe. saga That’s Prahlad! A saga of a young boy, who proves that even a boy of his age
ORGANIZE CHAOS with the power of faith and meditation can compel Lord Vishnu to take avatar and
Action, Crime, Thriller (105 Minutes) destroy the evil of mother earth!
Director: S.R. Farman, Mike Singh FINDING GHANDI
Key Cast: Malkiat Meet, Arsh Singh, Alexandra Mathews Children
Country of Origin: USA, India, Pakistan SURVIVOR III WARRIOR VS COBRA
A complex web of tales that spanning two continents involving wide-ranging Action, Thriller (90 Minutes)
characters, “Organize Chaos” juxtaposes drama, action & humor in a world of Director: Frederic Andre Dupre
“The Syndicate,” there are no rules. The business of the underworld has its own Writer: Frederic Andre Dupre
unwritten code of justice and revenge. Rule Number one is…Never cheat your Producer: Frederic Andre Dupre
business associates. When that rule is broken, the guilty must be punished with Key Cast: Frederic A Dupre, Bernadette Alvarez, Michael, Clamant and Alain
swift and bitter vengeance. There is always one man who emerges to bring order Chekkal
back to the business-at-hand He alone will be the Judge, Jury and the Executioner. Country of Origin: France
To bring back that order again, he must first…Organize Chaos, and each target he Press Kit: A fast-paced Action/ Thriller, Survivor spins the tale of “Warrior,” who
sets his sights on must know, he will show no mercy. is a bold Frenchmen of special force. With his group led by Captain Karl and
SINGHSAN BATTIS Garcia his friend, they are hired to liberate the daughter of the French President.
Animation/children But secretly, Captain Karl’s friend Garcia has a plot to kill the hero – “Warrior.”

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However, after an intense struggle, Warrior kills Garcia instead. Five years later Director: Dave Fleischer
revenge is on the agenda and Garcia’s brother hatches a plot to kill the hero Key Cast: Sam Parker, Jessica Dragonette, Pinto Colvig, Lanny Ross, Jack Mercer,
Warrior. Warrior, a fierce combatant, and can strike with venom like a Cobra. A Ted Price
must-see for Aficionados of Action Films. A legendary classic of all ages, see the outstanding story in this Classic 1939
SURVIVOR II ANIMAL Animated Film in 3D anaglyph. Produced by Max Fleischer and Directed by Dave
Action, Thriller (70 Minutes) Fleischer. Based on Jonathan Swift’s classic novel of the heroic traveling sailor
Director: Frederic Andre Dupre stranded on a remote island. Gulliver is soon discovered on the beach by a thumb
Key Cast: Frederic A Dupre, Cyril Alasseur, Samir Riah and Jonathan Titile size town crier from the land of Lilliput and tied down by ropes by the tiny villagers.
Country of Origin: France Gabby (the crier) runs to tell the King. But the King is planning the impending
A continuation of Part One, SURVIVOR II combines Secrets, Lies, revenge, guns, wedding of his daughter, princess Gloria to handsome Prince David from the nearby
drugs and money fuel a frenzy of action and suspense in Part Two of the Survivor series Kingdom. When the two Kings can’t agree on which song to play at the wedding,
‘Animal.” A murder takes place in the deep woods of France and from there spins a Gulliver finds himself in the middle of a war. Using his common sense, Gulliver
swirl of action/adventure that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats. becomes a hero to the villagers by helping the two sides resolve their dispute.
SURVIVOR I THE CHASE STRINGS
Action, Thriller (50 minutes) Drama - Thriller (98 minutes)
Director: Frederic Andre Dupre Language: English
Key Cast: Frederic A Dupre, Garry Pumont, Cyril Alasseur, and Yannick Dela- Director: Mark Dennis & Ben Foster
Cuvellerie Writer: Mark Dennis
Country of Origin: France Co-Production Partners: Ben Foster, Spencer Greenwood, D.J. Castillo .
Survivor, “Chase” is Part one of this exciting action/adventure trilogy by diector Producer: Mark Dennis & Ben Foster
Frederic Andre Dupre. The dark woods deep within France’s borders are a haven for Key Cast: Billy Harvey & Elle LaMont
murderers who are bent on dispensing their own sense of morality. No one is safe from Delivery Status: Completed
the powerful forces of angry justice that is dished out by this gang of violent men who Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
will do anything and everything to see that revenge is given. In the wake of his daughter’s death, a troubled musician seeks out an experimental
GENIUS OF BEAUTY therapist to turn his life around. When the therapist calls for him to leave everything
Romance (103 minutes) behind and take on a new identity, the musician realizes his new life isn’t what it
Director: Aarin Mehta seems and his therapist is using patients to commit vigilante crimes. After eight years
Producer: Prabhuraj Naidu & Ravi Vedant as a criminal, he sneaks back to visit the life he left behind.
Delivery Status: Completed DESPERATE ENDEAVORS
Country of Origin: Singapore Comedy, Drama, Romance (110 minutes)
An unhinged, loony plastic surgeon from Europe evades malpractice prosecution by Language: English
fleeing to India and seeking his fortune. He transforms facially disfigured females into Director: SALIM KHASSA
beautiful women and becomes a sensation. “ The Doc” successfully treats a wealthy Writer: SALIM KHASSA
Bombay family’s ugly duckling daughter so she can win a series of beauty pageants in Co-Production Partners: JAY PATEL
India. However, the past nips at his heels as he still must outwit and play keep-away Executive Producer: JAY PATEL / Jayesh Patel , Pankaj Patel
from his pursuers. A hilarious cultural mix and international cast keeps the flow of Producer: Salim Khassa
outrageous humor brimming over with laughter. Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Gulshan Grover, Paul Ben-Victor, Joseph .R. Gannascoli,
ART=LOVE2 Ismail Bashey, Ismail Khassa
Romance (90 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Mumtaz Hussain Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Mumtaz Hussain Monica Mehta A 1970s New York City setting finds Indian-born immigrant Ram Patel trying to
Producer: Mevlut Akkaya establish himself in the turbulent city-life where he encounters various hurdles that
Year of Production: 2012 prevent him from obtaining his goals of becoming successful and wealthy. The pursuit
Art = (love)2 relates the tale of a struggling painter named Dean who’s passionate love of the American dream becomes littered with pot-holes for the earnest protagonist
for a student named Isabella fuels his artwork canvases. Following her mysterious Ram Patel.
death, his internal crisis turns him obsessive in finding out how & why she died. PER SOFIA
Circumventing police authorities and avoiding concerned friends, he enters a creative Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller (104 Minutes)
madness where his paintings reflect a bizarre edge of genius which further transcends Director: Alan Brown
his mind from art beyond scientific borders into the realm of the unknown…a spirit Delivery Status: Completed
world that leads him onto a psychic precipice of obsession for an Isabella he believes is Country of Origin: United kingdom
controlling his artwork and his life. A journey of spirit and inspiration leads the protagonist Isaac, a violinist, to Sardinia,
THREE STOOGES Italy to both fill a void in his life and fulfill his dream of composing beautiful
Slapstick Comedy (16:37 Minutes) music. He takes residence in an abandoned house last occupied in the1940’s by a
Director: 3D Director: Jack White young piano player named Sophia. Isaac absorbs her story which helps him become
Key Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard motivated to enlarge his gift of music. Per Sofia is a story of both love and happiness,
Country of Origin: USA DVD of suffering and pain, but most of all, hope… the unending Hope of finding soulful
(First Short) The Stooges become star witnesses at a trial where their close friend, synchronicity after having lost sight of another close relation, of regaining trust,
a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians is accused of murder. The Stooges of resuming where one left off for reasons unclear. The most important goal is to
manage to disrupt the proceedings as only they-know-how, but save the day when they recognize the signals that life sends you to lead you on the proper, balanced life that
discover the real murderer’s identity. The zany trio provide more laughs than a viewer is meant for all of us. It can start with a random encounter in one’s busy daily life, or
can count. (Second Short) In order to inherit money, voice coach Shemp must marry be obtained by simply listening to nature’s silence, or in Isaac’s case, be filled with a
a woman before 6 PM. The only problem is, no girl will accept his proposal. Finally, mystical impulse when viewing a young woman dressed in white beckoning him to
a repulsive student with a horrendous voice agrees to marry him. But when the rest of create while on the seaside Italian cliffs.
the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they all show up at the ceremony and LIQUOR DAY SAINTS
a free for all ensures. Shem marries before the deadline, but wishes he was still a free Drama - Thriller (120 minutes)
man. Language: ENGLISH
HAPPINESS AND TEARS Director: Tyler Cole
AKA: Qabil Khushry Qabil Igam Producer: Tyler Cole, Katie Dorow, Paul Carganilla
Family, Drama (125 Minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Zaili Sulan Year of Production: 2010
Key Cast: Erra Fazira, Hans Issac, Rahim Razali, Rusdi Ramli, Ziana Zain Pep Foster is having a crappy day. He was just demoted, his girlfriend kicked him out,
Country of Origin: Malaysia and his identity was stolen)rendering him broke). Luckily, he’s got Mitch; his cooky,
Happiness & Tears (Qabil Khushry Qabil Igam) is a family saga from Malaysia about yet loyal, best friend. The days only get worse when he is forced to work under Virgil
twin brothers Khushry (Hans Issac) and Igam (Rusdi Ramli). The two loving brothers (the boss’ son) and Amelia (his ditsy former secretary). One good salvation, however,
are dedicated to each other, sharing secrets, joys and also their sad moments together. is the new receptionist, Caura… From the bottom, Pep will far further down, but it is
However, a destructive indulgence by Igam wreaks chaos and havoc upon their family in his ascent that greatness will be achieved. Until then, he steps up to the bar, waiting
the day before their joint weddings to young women who are sisters. Khushry’s for life to give him a second shot
wedding goes on as planned but Igam’s fiancee, Karisma, has to spend the night alone THE CUSTOM MARY
locked in her home, as Igam’s self-indulgence leads him into rehabilitation, and his Drama - Thriller (81 minutes)
bride-to-be must decide whether or not to stand by him. Language: English
GULLIVERS TRAVELS 3D Director: Matt Dunnerstick
Animation, Children, Comedy (76 minutes) Producer: Becky Wang

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Delivery Status: Completed a great deal in buying a framed photograph of a mysterious woman at a yard sale,
THE CUSTOM MARY is about a cultural and spiritual journey of Mary, a young but soon discovers there’s much more to this mysterious piece of art than meets the
modest Latina, in East LA, set amidst the world of Lowriders, storefront preachers, eye. Cast: Chase Masterson, Menina Fortunato. Story by Amy Ni le: Amy Nile’s life
and a dangerous religious attempt to clone Jesus. Searching for identity and religious is consumed by her desire to finish her first novel while abandoning her personal life
meaning in the world, Mary becomes involved in an East Los Angeles storefront and her job. Soon, the line between reality and her imagination begins to blur as “her
church, where a young, charismatic minister enthralls her. At the same time, she meets story” unravels. Cast: Crystal Allen, Menina Fortunato Plugged: An episodic police
Joe, a passionate and self-empowered African-American lowrider. Mary struggles with drama is the setting for this satirical look at the Product Placement of goods through
her identity, torn between her budding feelings for Joe, and her conflicted pull of faith film & television. Two detectives navigate their way through clues and consumer
in a dangerous religious group who believes they can clone Jesus, with Mary’s help. products while investigating a murder case. Cast: Dominic Keating, Gary Graham,
Mary becomes pregnant, and as the day of birth approaches, both Joe and her storefront Lynn-Holly Johnson, Nikita Ager Super Heroes: This motley crew makes a living
religious community fight for her attention. Battling real and imagined truths, Mary dressing up as everyone’s favorite super heroes and then renting themselves out to
begins a secret journey to the desert of California, seeking answers in a surprising and various businesses and tourist sites until one magical day they are all urgently called
surreal way. THE CUSTOM MARY is a fascinating combination of a classic, urban to become REAL Super Heroes. Cast: Gary Graham, Lynn-Holly Johnson Mistaken
indie film love story and an exploration of faith and religious fanaticism, set amidst the Identity: Mr. George Kepler decides to steal another man’s identity for ill-gain profit.
gritty urban world of Lowrider culture of East Los Angeles. Awards: Best Cutting Edge But soon afterwards, a tide turns and he becomes haunted by disturbing images. Are
Film (winner) SDBFF; Best Religious Topic Film (winner)SDBFF; Best Overall Film they actually his own?...or do they belong to the person who’s life he’s stolen?
(nominee) SDBFF; Best Dramatic Feature (nominee) SDBFF; Best Director (nominee) INNOCENCE
SDBFF Honors: Bronze Palm Award Mexico International Film Festival; Award of Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime (90 Minutes)
Excellence Canada International Film Festival; Honorable Mention San Francisco Director: Ken Del Conte
Black Film Festival; Drama Feature; The Indie Gathering. Key Cast: Robert Miano, Robert Balderson, Ernie Garcia, Chris Bradely
HELL TO PAY Delivery Status: Completed
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Horror (87 Minutes) Country of Origin: USA
Director: Roberto Gomez Martin Actress Katherine Pawlak portrays a newly-hired fledgling Cop, straight out of the
Key Cast: Dave Courtney, Billy Murray Acadmy and who is the daughter of a former Police Chief in a family of Cops. When
Delivery Status: Completed she uncovers a malicious plot that harms children, the Killers come after her and the
Country of Origin: United Kingdom only one to save her is her father. Family ties run deep and strong and she falls back
Try to Lock Horns with the British Mob and the Blood will Flow! Dave Malone is a on her father & brothers to strengthen her will. She uncovers a dirty plot hatched by
street-tough gangster who gets set-up by his own brother to murder a rival crime boss. local, crooked Politicians, and she is alone in “fighting-her-good-fight.” Many clever
Becoming wise to the scheme, he eliminates the competition and then masterminds a surprises and twists keep a viewer asking, “what’s happens next?” Solid in its acting
way to beat the murder rap while also beginning his overthrow of the lucrative London and story, a good old-fashioned shoot out at the climax makes for a terrific Black Hats
crime trade. It’s an intense brother-against-brother clash, a standoff where the loser of vs. the White Hats saga.
the dog-fight will be left with all of Hell-to-Pay. THE 3 STOOGES
AMERICAN NUDIST Slapstick Comedy – 3D (16:37 Minutes)
Drama (93 minutes) Director: Jack White
Director: Clinton H. Wallace Key Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
A film Produced and Directed by Clinton H. Wallace, it is a compelling journey Country of Origin: USA
through the modern world of nudism. The story is seen through the eyes of Taylor, an (First Short) The Stooges become star witnesses at a trial where their close friend,
artist, photographer and screenwriter who with his newfound muse, Jennifer, explores a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians is accused of murder. The Stooges
the bare essentials of this strange, naked world through nudist parties & community manage to disrupt the proceedings as only they-know-how, but save the day when
gatherings. Oddly, there is a hopeful outlook inherent in the film for a better society in they discover the real murderer’s identity. The zany trio provide more laughs than a
the future. viewer can count. (Second Short) In order to inherit money, voice coach Shemp must
GULLIVERS TRAVELS IN 3D marry a woman before 6 PM. The only problem is, no girl will accept his proposal.
Animation, Children, Comedy (76 minutes) Finally, a repulsive student with a horrendous voice agrees to marry him. But when
Director: Dave Fleischer the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they all show up at the
Key Cast: Sam Parker, Jessica Dragonette, Pinto Colvig, Lanny Ross, Jack Mercer, Ted ceremony and a free for all ensures. Shem marries before the deadline, but wishes he
Price was still a free man.
Delivery Status: Completed ORDINARY GUY
A legendary classic of all ages, see the outstanding story in this Classic 1939 Animated Faith-Based, Drama (70 minutes)
Film in 3D anaglyph. Based on Jonathan Swift’s classic novel of the heroic traveling Director: Fred Heeren
sailor stranded on a remote island. Gulliver is soon discovered on the beach by a thumb Key Cast: Richard Foster, Wendy Oldenberg, Maggie Doyle, William Grey, Jim
size town crier from the land of Lilliput and tied down by ropes by the tiny villagers. Hayes, Alfredo Jeses Lope
Gabby (the crier) runs to tell the King. But the King is planning the impending wedding Delivery Status: Completed
of his daughter, princess Gloria to handsome Prince David from the nearby Kingdom. Country of Origin: USA
When the two Kings can’t agree on which song to play at the wedding, Gulliver finds This endearing movie is a Faith-Based Christian Family Film that was awarded
himself in the middle of a war. Using his common sense, Gulliver becomes a hero to Best Film and Best Actor by the Academy of Christian Cinematography Arts. It’s
the villagers by helping the 2 sides resolve their dispute. a comedy-drama telling the story of an ordinary Christian gentleman (Guy), his
TURPIN lukewarm fiancée, her unbelieving sister, and their ultra-pragmatic father. Just when
Adventure - Dramatic thriller (55 minutes) Guy’s life is about to get locked into all the normal things he’d worked so hard to
Director: Chris Stone achieve, both career-wise and girl-wise, he discovers that something integral to
Key Cast: Les Hemstock, Emily Hall, Richard Jack, Jeremy Bullock (Boba Fett in Star finding happiness is still missing. The ingredient to make his life complete is the
Wars), Caroline Munro (Spy who Loved Me) kind of deep faith in Christ that results in action---and when he finds that, the lives of
Delivery Status: Completed everyone around him are turned upside down by his ministry, especially the young
Country of Origin: United Kingdom members of an inner-city crime gang.
STAND & DELIVER ! YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE! Based on a legendary true SUNSPLIT
story. This real life tale of a legendary English highwayman named Dick Turpin whose Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror (90 Minutes)
exploits were romanticized following his execution in York for horse theft in 1739. Director: Peter Daskaloff
FRAME OF MIND Key Cast: Robert Balderson (TV Mash), Lou Wagner and Ken Del Conte
Action, Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction, Adventure, Thriller (50 Minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Tim Russ A wild ride of thrilling action as the paths of a Serial-killer and a Vigilante cross in
Key Cast: Garnet Wong, Chase Masterson, Brad Watson, Menina Fortunato, Crystal a compelling way that cooks the story hot and surprises even the two of them. Three
Allen, Dominic Keating, Gary Graham, Lynn- Holly Johnson, Nikita Ager separate stories merge into one as the sordid, crippled lives of two female cons/thieves
Delivery Status: Completed clash in conflict. The film stretches out into an area unforeseen...evolving into a love
A combination of six ‘Shorts.” Titles: Deja vu, Eye of the Beholder, Story by Amy Nile, story between two unlikely but in the end, “likable” characters.
Plugged, Super Heroes, Mistaken Identity. Each title has a very interesting, realistic DEATH CALLS
and intriguing story. Moreover, these “Shorts” are all directed by very well known, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family (90 minutes)
respected directors in the industry. TIM RUSS(Director of Star Trek: Of Gods and Director: Ken DelConte
Men). This compilation is kaleidoscope of well- done shorts that blend into a wonderful Key Cast: Robert Miano,Robert Balderson, Ron Hector Rogge, Cela Scott, Yolanda
pattern of film intrigue and enjoyment. Deja Vu: In the future you can purchase Pecoraro, Sean Galuszka, Magdalene Mills
fragments of other people’s memories and upload them into your own. The protagonist Delivery Status: Completed
Dell tries it himself, but then becomes dangerously obsessed with what he experiences. A mystical love story that keeps a viewer guessing, the twisting action occurs amidst
Cast: Garnet Wong, Chase Masterson, Brad Watson Eye of the Beholder: Monica gets the stale, broiling frying pan of hell-on-earth... the USA/ Mexico Border where lives

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are bought and sold for a few bucks and nobody is loyal to anyone else. Christina, a the rest of his family he’s been called to New York on important business. She pays
young Mexican girl fights for her life as she is hunted and chased by Corrupt Border a surprise visit to Ireland and her late husband’s family castle, Castle Haloran to
Patrollers. Upon entering Arizona from Mexico, Christina’s parents are killed and she meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier,
escapes. But someone unbeknown to her intervenes for her benefit. Who is the ysterious John’s sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact a morbid
stranger that saves her life? As the dark curtain is revealed, see the surprise in the form ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister’s demise as family & guests begin
of the a savior to whom she will owe her life. experiencing an attrition problem disappearing. Louise’s plans become permanently
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 3D interrupted by an axe-wielding lunatic who begins to stalk and murderously hack
Black Comedy, Horror, Drama & Science Fiction – 3D (70 minutes) away at embers of the family. Watch to see what happens in this horror classic!
Director: Roger Corman CIRCLE OF FEAR
Key Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson Feature - Documentary (55 Minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Salim Khassa
Little Shop of Horrors is the classic1960 American comedy/farce film directed by Producer: Salim Khassa
Roger Corman. A goofy young florist’s assistant, Seymour who works at a Skid-Row Delivery Status: Completed
flower shop of Mr. Mushnick (Mel Welles). Experimenting in his spare time, Seymour This compelling One-hour documentary highlights the fears and changed dreams of
cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh & blood that Seymour hopes will lead New York City citizens in a post “9/11” world. People from allwalks- of-life deliver
him to fame & fortune. The hideous plant commands: “Feeed Me! Feeed Me please!” their problematic concerns about Safety, Media Bias and improper government
Before long, the luckless Seymour has fed his plant the bodies of a detective, a sadistic manipulation in a now-changed decade after our nation and it’s largest city were
dentist, and a flashy trollop. Magically, when the plant blooms, the faces of its various attacked by terrorists. Share their perspectives and insights as a pattern emerges of
victims are reproduced in its flowers. The film’s concept is based loosely on a 1932 determination, wisdom and perseverance from a well- informed group of citizens who
story called “Green Thoughts” by John Collier, about a man-eating plant. Ignored on “See the Big Picture.”
its initial release, the film slowly gained a cult status through repeated black-and-white BAD LUCK BREEDING
TV exposure in the early 60’s. The presence of a young Jack Nicholson attracts many Key Cast: Gulshan Grover
viewers, who see the “acting rookie” like never before. Delivery Status: In Production
AMBIGUITY Year of Production: 2012
(90 Minutes) Based on a true story. Running on empty ... growing up comes fast ...
Director: Salim Khassa TELL ME THE TRUTH
Delivery Status: Completed Action - Drama (69 mins)
Country of Origin: USA Language: French (English subtitles)
“Ambiguity” is the tragic story of suffering young girl Julie (Sherena Rupan) who Director: Christophe Previte
lives with her stepfather, an evil, nasty old man played by Mark Henry Samuel. He Producer: Laurence Pullinger
makes Julie’s life miserable by his emotional mistreatment & jealousy. Her real father Key Cast: Anne Jacq, Dorothee Girot, David Eguren
still exists & she doesn’t know it ...so to find happiness she must escape and meet her Delivery Status: Completed
destiny, finding the right people who can save her. Elodie is a 24 yr.-old Frenchwoman living in the South who seeks the truth about the
CABLE CAR assassination of her parents. The local police give little assistance to her, accusing
Documentary (55 Minutes) a vagrant homeless man, but this does not convince Elodie. With the support of her
Delivery Status: Completed boyfriend, she meets the person who holds clues to the mystery from the beginning, a
Country of Origin: USA single mother named Beatrice, who lives with her baby. The late husband of Beatrice
This One-Hour documentary takes you on a ride from the past-to-the present in San was linked to the death of Elodie’s parents and this gives way to a path for Elodie
Francisco aboard a truly iconic marvel, the city’s renowned Cable Car. Created prior to and her boyfriend to follow for answers. As the plot deepens, a rift develops between
the nation’s Civil War, this unique engineering transport still takes citizens through the Elodie & Beatricd and the life of Beatrice’s baby is threatened. Lies and the truth
inner core of “The City by-the-Bay.” Inspect the system’s operational headquarters, find become commingled and the mystery unfolds in a thick fog of decei
out its history and reflect upon the inventiveness and sheer delight through insightful DAY IN THE LIFE OF DOE
interviews with riders that highlight one of our national treasures. Drama (75 Minutes)
THE BOOKIE Language: ENGLISH
Action, Adventure, Drama, Comedy (112 Minutes) Director: Sean Adair
Director: Mickey Cevallos, Gibby Cevallos Producer: Sean Adair
Key Cast: Douglas Spain, Mike Starr Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed See the world through the eyes of Doe as he follows his friend Charlie (Chris Moss)
Until death do us part, especially if the mob doesn’t get paid! Freddy Vegas is a to an audition, meets a beautiful actress (Maya Tremblay) and with the help of a
gambler who is always looking for the big score to take him to the top. In a second mysterious woman (Sharon Jordan) battles two demons (David Ghilardi and Vic D.
more stable life he has a job, a beautiful fiancée, a big house & nice car...but for this Vine) who are intent on destroying the world!
small-timer with big plans, it’s never going to be enough for him. Watch his plans UNDER THE BOARDWALK: A UKULELE LOVE STORY
unravel from riches-to-rags in a Sin City thriller. Romance -Drama (74:30 mins)
CHAOS IN GOTHAM PART I UNINVITED GUEST Director: Nina Koocher
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Nina Koocher
Two bumbling, clownish Middle-Eastern brothers-as-would-be terrorists arrive in Delivery Status: Completed
NYC to wreak havoc and set-up shop in the apartment of their cousin, a law- abiding Under the Boardwalk: A Ukulele Love Story tells the story of how a small house party
U.S. citizen who lives with hi girlfriend, Brittany. Things turn strange & chaotic in an out of the way town in Santa Cruz, California grows into the biggest ukulele
when the two angry brothers initiate their illconceived plan and a nosy landlord starts club in the world. It is also the story of how a small instrument makes a long journey
complaining. An underground network of spies surfaces which has more on its mind from Portugal to Hawaii to the mainland, lands in people’s hearts, and creates a
than just subduing “piggish American imperialists.” “ New-Millennium” environment uniquely Hawaiian-American musical tradition that is currently experiencing a world
and how that uncertainty plays on the minds of ordinary citizens ( viewers). These wide revival. The Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz and the ukulele instrument itself are the
concerns have become ever-present in the daily lives of New Yorkers where the show two main characters of the film. Their stories are inter-cut, as both overcome humble
is set. beginnings to meet with unlikely success.
CHAOS IN GOTHAM PART II THE INITIATION OF JANA KENBE LA - HOLD ON
Delivery Status: Completed (82 minutes)
The web of nefarious-minded radicals who are bent on destruction becomes strained, Language: ENGLISH
and a power-grab ensues as the network seeks to expand. But misfires and idiocy Director: Stephen Anunson and Carolyn Armstrong
make for strange bedfellows, as the network grooms a young beautiful woman by Producer: Stephen Anunson and Carolyn Armstrong
brainwashing her to blow herself up. Gunfights, lust, kidnapping, violation of homeland Delivery Status: Completed
security and more...all knit together to for the crazy quilt of....CHAOS IN GOTHAM! Year of Production: 2011
DEMENTIA13 - 3D Haiti is often portrayed as a country full of poor people waiting for help. Kenbe La~
Horror, Thriller – 3D (75 Minutes) Hold On follows Haitian leaders who believe in the importance of arts education
Director: Francis Ford Coppola and outlets for creative expression. Filmed before and after the January 12th, 2010
Key Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee and Ronald Stein, Eithne earthquake, Kenbe La chronicles the work of musicians and teachers of the Holy
Dunne, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Peter Read, Karl Schanzer, Ron Perry, Derry Trinity Music School in Port-au-Prince and the Dessaix Baptiste Music School in
O’Donavan, Barbara Dowling Jacmel. Their experiences illustrate the ways in which music education builds strong
Delivery Status: Completed character and supportive communities to help combat the intense needs that exist
Year of Production: USA throughout the country. These stories reveal music’s ability to heal and unite even
A scheming young woman named Louise causes a heart attack death of her husband, amidst the most challenging circumstances Festival Awards Official Selection: Seattle
John, then attempts to have herself written into the will of her rich mother-in-law, but is True Independent Film Festival Official Selection: Weyauwega Film Festival
denied. She covers-up the tragedy by forging a letter from “pretend John” to convince THE SOBBING STONE

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Family, Drama (125 Minutes) When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he
Director: Zaili Sulan knows he has to unblock her or he’s finished. With her newfound success, she’s
Key Cast: Erra Fazira, Hans Issac, Rahim Razali, Rusdi Ramli, Ziana Zain become too damn happy and she can’t write when she’s happy. The only trouble is,
Delivery Status: Completed the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he is in love with her...
Country of Origin: Malaysia SEPIDEH
A seemingly ordinary stone has been brought to the attention of four of the best Documentary (88 min. (TBA))
paranormal experts in the world. As the hours progress, they find out why. The stone Language: Farsi
emits sounds, in no particular order, and no one can record them. But why? And how Director: Berit Madsen
can it do this? This chilling discovery haunts them to the core of their minds and Executive Producer: Radiator Film ApS
souls... but they can’t escape the Sobbing Stone. What they find is a kind of truth that Producer: Stefan Frost & Henrik Underbjerg
will change their lives forever. Key Cast: Not applicable
DIAMOND ICE’D Delivery Status: Post Production
Family, Drama (125 minutes) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Denmark
Director: Zaili Sulan She’s aiming for the stars.
Key Cast: ErraFazira, HansIssac, RahimRazali, RusdiRamli, ZianaZain SLEEPWALKER
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (100 min.)
Country of Origin: Malaysia Language: English, Norwegian
HAPPINESS & TEARS Director: Mona Fastvold
Family, Drama (125 minutes) Writer: Mona Fastvold
Director: Zaili Sulan Executive Producer: 4 1/2 Film AS
Key Cast: ErraFazira, HansIssac, RahimRazali, RusdiRamli, ZianaZain Producer: Karin Juhlsrud & Turid Øversveen
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Gitte Witt, Stephanie Ellis, Christopher Abbot
Country of Origin: Malaysia Delivery Status: Post Production
Happiness & Tears - (Qabil Khushry Qabil Igam) is a family saga from Malaysia Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Norway
about twin brothers Khushry (Hans Issac) and Igam (Rusdi Ramli). The two Kaia’s peaceful life in the countryside is abruptly shattered over the course of a long
loving brothers are dedicated to each other, sharing secrets, joys and also their sad weekend, when her estranged sister Christine appears unannounced in the middle of
moments together. However, a destructive indulgence by Igam wreaks havoc and the night, with no memory of how she got there.


tears the families apart the day before their joint weddings to young women who are THE TURNING
sisters. Khushry’s wedding goes on as planned but Igam’s fiancee, Karisma, has to Drama (95 min. (TBC))
spend the night alone locked in her home, as Igam’s self-indulgence leads him into Language: English
rehabilitation, and his bride-to-be must decide whether or not to stand by him. Director: Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska, Anthony Lucas
GUMBY Writer: Benedict Andrews, Bob Cousins, Cate Shortland
Animation/Children/Family 3D (88 minutes) Executive Producer: Arena Media
Producer: Gloria Clokey and Kevin Reher Producer: Robert Connolly
Key Cast: Charles Farrington, Art Clokey, Gloria Clokey, Jerry Gerber Manny La Key Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving
Carruba, Alice Young, Janet McDuff, Patti Morse, Bonnie Rudolph and David Ozzie Delivery Status: In Production
Ahlers. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia
Delivery Status: Completed Seventeen extraordinary Australian directors respond to the hauntingly beautiful
Country of Origin: USA collection of short stories by Tim Winton. Spanning 30 years, these stories revolve
The Blockheads’ E-Z Loan company threatens to seize land belonging to farmers around the turning points in the lives of the people of the coastal town of Angelus.
green Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save their
farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby’s dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls
when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to LIGHTNING ENTERTAINMENT
do the same trick for them. But when he does not respond, they kidnap both Gumby Lightning Entertainment, 301 Arizona Avenue, Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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LEVELK APS GUS
LevelK ApS, Gammel Kongevej 137B, 3rd floor, Frederiksberg C, 1850 Denmark, Tel: Romantic comedy
+45 4844 3072 Language: English
www.levelk.dk, tine.klint@levelk.dk Director: Jessie McCormack
Sales Agent Writer: Jessie McCormack
At Cannes: Tine Klint (Managing Director), Natja Rosner (Sales Director), Alexandra Executive Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
Burke (Sales Manager), Freja Johanne Norgaard (Sales Coordinator) Producer: Jessie McCormack, Kathryn Himoff, Kevin Fitzmaurice Comer and Erik
Office: The Scandinavian Terrace, 55 La Croisette., Tel: +45 3048 3912 (Natja Van Wyck
Rosner) Key Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Radha Mitchell, Michael Weston
FREE RANGE Delivery Status: Screening
Drama (100 min. (TBC)) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Language: Estonian Lizzie longs to start a family with her husband Peter but is unable to conceive. Her
Director: Veiko Õunpuu best friend Andie (Monaghan), single and adrift, gets pregnant from a one-night stand
Writer: Veiko Õunpuu, Robert Kurvitz and offers to give Lizzie the baby. Reluctantly, Peter agrees to be the child’s father,
Executive Producer: Homeless Bob Production and before he knows it Andie has moved into the guest room for the duration of her
Producer: Katrin Kissa pregnancy. When Peter also invites his ne’er-do-well recovering-addict brother to the
Key Cast: Lauri Lagle, Jaanika Arum, Lura Peterson house, hilarious chaos ensues, testing the limits of friendship, family and a marriage.
Delivery Status: Post Production CAVEMEN
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Estonia Romantic comedy
FREE RANGE / BALLAD ON APPROVING OF THE WORLD. The story of a Language: English
promising young man with exciting career opportunities and a looming marital bliss. Director: Herschel Faber
Writer: Herschel Faber
NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING Producer: Herschel Faber, Joe Fogle, Cole Payne
Romantic comedy (98 min. (TBC)) Key Cast: Chad Michael Murray, Camilla Belle, Jason Patric
Language: English Delivery Status: Screening
Director: John Mckay Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: David Solomons Fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships, LA playboy Dean realizes that
Executive Producer: Synchronicity Films Ltd. he wants something more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from
Producer: Claire Mundell his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess, Dean decides to try his hand at
Key Cast: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Gary Lewis finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he
Delivery Status: Post Production thought in modern-day Los Angeles! After a few hilariously bad first dates and some
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom awful advice from his over-sexed guy friends, Dean begins to realize that the true

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love he has been seeking may be much closer to home. But when he is forced to make a to question his career and where his life is heading and triggers a year of soul-
decision between the girl he knows is perfect for him and the seductive party-girl of his searching. It is only then that he begins to realize that life’s meaning may well reside
fantasies, will Dean finally grow up…or will he just continue the party? in the things he’s already doing, and the real missing piece may be that girl that he
DEAD DROP used to know…
Action FREEZER
Language: English Thriller
Director: R. Ellis Frazier Language: English
Writer: Benjamin Budd Director: Mikael Salomon
Producer: Jacov Bresler, Justin Nesbitt Writer: Tom Doganoglu, Shane Weisfeld
Key Cast: Luke Goss, Cole Hauser, Nestor Carbonell Producer: Lee Nelson, David Buelow
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli, Yuliya Snigir
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Post Production
After being shot by his best friend, pushed out of a plane, and miraculously surviving Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
a dead-drop from 5,000 feet, Michael awakes to a living nightmare. His memory is Robert, an average guy with an average life, is tested beyond human endurance
limited, and psychotic tendencies have begun to creep in. Defying the orders of his when he awakens to find himself locked in an industrial freezer by Russian thugs.
CIA handlers, Michael re-inserts himself into the dangerous Mexican smuggling ring The gangsters threaten his life unless he returns the $8 million dollars he stole from
where he was operating deep under cover. He snakes his way through the underbelly them. The only problem is, Robert has no idea what they are talking about. Searching
of Northern Mexico, hunting for Santiago, the boss of the smuggling cartel that his surroundings, he discovers Sam under a pile of boxes in the corner, beaten and
Michael believes threw him out of the plane – and who is also holding his girlfriend battered. As both men fight for their lives before freezing to death, the truth about
hostage. their situation slowly reveals itself…
BLACK SOUTHEASTER HEALING
Crime Thriller Drama
Director: Carey McKenzie Director: Craig Monahan
Writer: Carey McKenzie Writer: Alison Nisselle, Craig Monahan
Producer: Rachel Young, Tendeka Matatu Producer: Tait Brady, Craig Monahan
Key Cast: Deon Lotz, Fana Mokena, Thomas Gumede, Tony Kgoroge, Yu Nan, Zolani Key Cast: Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel
Mahola Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa After 16 years in prison, Viktor is a man who has almost given up on life. For his final
As the annual “Black South-Easters” blow dark clouds over Table Mountain bringing 18 months, he is sentenced to Won Wron, a low-security, rural prison where Senior
storms to Cape Town, the ill winds of corruption blow through the city’s townships. Officer Matt Perry (Weaving) has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken
In a murky moral underworld where men are challenged with daily temptations, men by giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors –
their survival depends not only on physical courage, but also the courage to stand beautiful, proud eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his
up for their principles. One honest cop finds his tested by a gangland warlord, Triad number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, the majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle
smugglers, and a police department that will sell itself to the highest bidder. with a 2 metre wingspan. If these two can tame each other, anything is possible.
FIVE THIRTEEN SCORNED
Thriller Action Thriller
Language: English Language: English
Director: Kader Ayd Director: Mark Jones
Writer: Kader Ayd, Renee Topper Writer: Sadie Katz
Producer: Paull Cho, Freeman White, Samuel Brownfield Producer: Charles Ison, Martin Sprock
Key Cast: Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Taryn Manning, James Russo, Gary Dourdan, Key Cast: Annalynne McCord, Billy Zane, Viva Bianca
Ryan O’Nan, Malik Barnhardt, Bokeem Woodbine Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Screening Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Sadie and Kevin spend what is supposed to be a romantic weekend at his father’s
In this action packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, beach house. But when Kevin receives a text from Sadie’s best friend Jennifer, a
trying to leave behind their demons for good. After being released from prison for a lurid love affair is revealed between her ‘man’ and her dearest friend. The dynamic
crime he didn’t commit, Mike’s only care in the world is to protect his young daughter suddenly changes – a woman scorned is out for revenge. After physically torturing
from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than Kevin, Sadie lures Jennifer to the beach house via Kevin’s phone, claiming that he
anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees had broken off his relationship with Sadie. When Jennifer arrives, Sadie surprises her
to one last “delivery”, attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of and ties her up. Now, Sadie has both her cheating boyfriend, Kevin, and his mistress,
the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives Jennifer, right where she wants them – tied up and at her mercy. She cruelly inflicts
unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever. escalating amounts of torture to get them to understand the error of their ways. But the
THE OCCUPANTS night is long and things begin to spiral out of Sadie’s control…
Thriller, Horror THE JUNGLE
Language: English Adventure Thriller
Director: Todd Alcott Director: Andrew Traucki
Writer: Todd Alcott Writer: Andrew Traucki
Producer: Ilan Arboleda, Holly Golden Executive Producer: Richard S. Guardian
Key Cast: Micheal Rady, Tony Huss Producer: Andrew Traucki, Annmaree J. Bell
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: Rupert Reid, Igusti Budianthika, Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
Lucy has a new husband, a new home and a new baby, but old ghosts won’t let her Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia
be. She has dedicated her life to helping families “break the cycle” of abuse, so when An exploration deep into the dense rainforests of Indonesia to film and tag the elusive
she and her husband Wade see the echoes of a violent family tragedy in their home, the endangered and elusive Javan Leopard leads to a journey of terror. On their
Lucy tries to help the tortured souls break free of their torment and move on. She search for a reported alpha-male leopard, spotted wandering outside of its normal
finds, however, that these ghosts don’t want her help -- they want to lead Lucy and her territory, reportedly terrorizing local settlements, a team of conservationists discover
family to their doom! a new species, a horrifying “apex predator” that has no fear of humans! In his new
UNTIL SHE CAME ALONG film, Director Andrew Traucki (BLACK WATER, THE REEF) takes audiences on
AKA: Any Questions for Ben? an adventure ride of suspense, terror, and thrills, using his proven talent to deliver
Romantic comedy (90) another gripping tale of engrossing entertainment, only this time, the ride will be more
Language: English frightening, because this time…it’s real!
Director: Rob Sitch HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS
Writer: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch Documentary (96)
Producer: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch Language: English
Key Cast: Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor Director: Matthew Cooke
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Matthew Cooke, Grant Jolly
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia Producer: Robin C. Garvick, Adrian Grenier, Bert Marcus
Twenty-something Ben has a life which couldn’t be better…a successful career, Key Cast: Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson, Eminem, 50 Cent, David Simon,
friends, parties, gorgeous women, and nothing to tie him down. But despite being Matthew Cooke, Freeway Ricky Ross, Brian O’Dea
the envy of most of his male friends, his life is not complete. When a speaking Delivery Status: Screening
engagement at his old school reunites him with a former schoolmate, Alex, Ben begins Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA

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BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST the process finds true love for the first time. Hemsworth stars with Teresa
Comedy/Drama Palmer (“Warm Bodies”, “I Am Number Four”, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”),
Language: English Austin Stowell (“Dolphin Tale”, “Puncture”), Aimee Teegarden (“Beneath the
Director: Ryan O’Nan Darkness”, “Scream 4”), and Chris Lowell (“The Help”, “Up in the Air”).
Writer: Ryan O’Nan KIKORIKI: TEAM INVINCIBLE
Producer: Jason Michael Berman, Kwesi Collisson AKA: KIKORIKI
Key Cast: Michael Weston, Melissa Leo, Wilmer Valderrama Animation, Family, 2D & 3D (88 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Director: Timur Bekmambetov
After his girlfriend breaks up with him, underachiever Alex (O’Nan) embarks on Writer: Mike DeSeve, Michael Mennies, Aleksei Lebedev
an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Weston). By Executive Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Ilya Popov, Anatoly Prokhov
channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term “lo-fi,” Alex Delivery Status: Completed
and Jim find their unique style by bringing the sound of children’s instruments Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russi
to their unsuspecting fans. Playing a series of bizarre shows and experiencing The lovable inhabitants of the remote island of Kikoriki have it all. Big laughs,
multiple near-disasters, Alex and Jim’s persistence takes them on a true coming- good friends, and a distant paradise unspoiled by modern woes. But the lives of the
of-age journey -- one that may be their last shot at achieving their childhood Kikoriki gang are suddenly turned upside-down when they stumble on a strange
dreams. device they had only heard about - a television. Misinterpreting the super-hero show
GENEVA MOTOR SHOW they see on this wondrous box as reality (and misunderstanding nearly everything
Documentary else they see on screen) the gang is quickly drawn into a zany adventure far beyond
Language: English their wildest dreams - an adventure which catapults them across the vast ocean to the
Director: James Abadi heart of the Big City itself. Will these rebels without a clue survive the real evil of the
Delivery Status: Completed mighty metropolis and find their way back home?
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA WHOLE LOTTA SOLE
The Geneva Motor Show is one of the biggest events on the motoring calendar, so Comedy/Action (90 minutes)
it’s no surprise that many of the world’s car manufacturers have something special Language: English
to show off on their sophisticated stands and rotating plinths, shrouded by swarms Director: Terry George
of press photographers and beautiful show girls. This film focuses on top-of-the- Writer: Terry George, Thomas Gallagher
line vehicles that are grabbing headlines worldwide, and includes interviews with Executive Producer: Adam Betteridge
designers of top car brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz, Producer: Terry George, Thomas Gallagher, Simon Bosanquet, David Gorder, Jay
Rolls Royce, and more. The first in a planned International Motor Show series! Russell
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Key Cast: Brendan Fraser, David O’Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta
Comedy (84 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Ireland
Director: Brian Dannelly Hiding out in Belfast from his mobster father-in-law back hom, Joe Maguire (brendan
Writer: Chris Colfer Fraser) finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong timewhen he is taken hostage
Executive Producer: Chris Colfer, Jason Michael Berman, Lawrence M. Kopeikin, by a bumbling young Jimbo Reagan (Martin McCann), who robs the local fish market
Glenn Rigberg to pay off a gambling debt and winds up fleeing to Joe’s cousins antoque shop. It
Producer: Rob Aguire, Mia Chang turns out that the market is a front and that Jimbo’s actually stolen local mobster Mad
Key Cast: Chris Colfer, Christina Hendricks, Rebel Wilson, Allison Janney, Sarah Dog Flynn’s ledger. To make matters worse, police detective Weller (Colm Meaney)
Hyland, Dermot Mulroney believing Joe to be the mastermind of the fish market theft, surrounds the building
Delivery Status: Completed with a full SWAT team. The poilice want the hostages released, Mad Dog wants the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA ledger’s evidence destroyed, Jimbo wants to pay off his debt, and Joe just wants to get
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, the smart, irreverent, coming-of-age comedy from out of this mess alive.
the mind of GLEE star Chris Colfer, opens with a bang. Literally. Seventeen year HEAVEN’S DOOR
old Carson Phillips is determined to make something of himself and blaze a trail AKA: DOORWAY TO HEAVEN
beyond his crummy high school, when he is suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning. Family Drama (99 Minutes)
The incident is the spark to a wickedly funny story about a young man who Language: English
devises a blackmailing scheme to improve his chances of getting accepted into a Director: Craig Clyde
top college... but what he accomplishes is much more profound. Writer: Craig Clyde, Bryce W. Fillmore
THE HOT FLASHES Executive Producer: Dave Hunter
Comedy Producer: Bryce W. Fillmore
Language: English Key Cast: Charisma Carpenter, Dean Cain, Joanna Cassidy, Edward Herrman
Director: Susan Seidelman Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Brad Hennig Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
Producer: Susan Seidelman, Brad Hennig, Nina Henderson Moore From the producers of THE WILD STALLION and A CHRISTMAS STORY
Key Cast: Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Camyrn Manheim, comes a heartwarming family take about a small town girl who discovers a window
Wanda Sykes into Heaven and uses her new found powers to heal and bolster faith in her small
Delivery Status: Completed community. She is face with the ultimate sacrifice.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Sparks fly in this hilarious comedy when five middle-aged Texas women decide
to start an unlikely basketball team. All former high-school champs, the women LIONSGATE
prepare to take on a crew of sassy high-school girls – the current state champions Lionsgate, 2700 Colorado Ave., 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA, Tel:
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national media sensation, end up gaining a new lease on life. Featuring an all-star At Cannes: Patrick Wachsberger (Co-Chairman, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group),
cast, THE HOT FLASHES gives you a courtside seat to some of the finest names Andrew Kramer (COO, International Distribution), Brad Kembel (EVP, International
in comedy today! Distribution), Maitreya Yasuda (EVP, International Business & Legal Affairs), Wendy
LOVE AND HONOR Reeds (EVP, Content Sales & Distribution), Crystal Bourbeau (SVP, International
AKA: AWOL Sales), Melissa Martinez (SVP, International Marketing & Publicity)
Romance/Drama (96 minutes) Office: 2 La Croisette, Penthouse Duplex, 5th Floor, Tel: Tel: +33 (0) 4 97 06 90 23
Language: English A LITTLE CHAOS
Director: Danny Mooney Romance, Drama
Writer: Jim Burnstein, Garrett K. Schiff Director: Alan Rickman
Executive Producer: Jim Burnstein Writer: Alison Deegan, Alan Rickman, Jeremy Brock
Producer: Chip Diggins Producer: Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood, Bertrand Faivre
Key Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Terese Palmer, Austin Stowell, Aimee Teegarden, Key Cast: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci
Wyatt Russell. Delivery Status: In Production
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: U.K.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA A passionate love affair challenges a beautiful landscape gardener as she navigates the
LOVE AND HONOR is the passionate story of a young soldier who helps his sexual and political intrigues of the Versailles court.
best friend re-capture the heart of his girlfriend on a clandestine trip home from DRAFT DAY
the warfront in Vietnam during a time of protest and social revolution, and in Drama, Sports
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Writer: Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman to soar? And who will fill the roles as stewards of the land as concrete paves over
Producer: Ivan Reitman, Gigi Pritzker, Ali Bell and Joe Medjuck the fertile ground? In many ways, the film is everyone’s tale. It is the chronicle of a
Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella, Chadwick Boseman, Denis national identity in flux where traditions are pushed to the brink by the inevitable tides
Leary, Ellen Burstyn and Sean Combs of change and without preaching, it begs us to consider the ramifications of the paths
Delivery Status: In Production we choose at this crucial moment.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PARTS 1 & 2
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Director: Francis Lawrence Magnolia Pictures, 49 West 27th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 USA,  Tel:
Writer: Danny Strong 1.212.924.6701 Fax: 1.212.924.6742.
Producer: Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik www.magpictures.com, international@magpictures.com 
Key Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Sales Agent, Distributor
Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, with Stanley Tucci, and At Cannes: Natsu Furuichi (Manager-International Sales), Anthony Buckner (Senior
Donald Sutherland Consultant)
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Office: 24 La Croisette/La Brise, 2nd Fl
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA JACK AND DIANE
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PARTS 1 & 2 make up the third and fourth Romance (93)
films in a series that has captivated audiences around the world. Language: English
CHILD 44 Director: Bradley Rust Gray
Crime/Thriller Writer: Bradley Rust Gray
Director: Daniel Espinosa Producer: Jen Gatien, Karin Chien, So Young Kim, Bradley Rust Gray
Writer: Richard Price Key Cast: Juno Temple, Riley Keough
Producer: Ridley Scott Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.S.A. 
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Jack and Diane fall head over heels in love one hot summer in New York City. But
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA neither Jack’s tough exterior nor Diane’s demure innocence prepare them for the
Based on the best-selling novel by Tom Rob Smith and set in 1950s Russia, a member intensity of their feelings. As Diane struggles to maintain their budding romance, she
of the secret police is framed by a colleague for treason and banished to a remote must also try to conceal from Jack the increasingly dark and violent visions that have
outpost. Now, with only his wife on his side, he unearths a series of gruesome child begun to plague her. Weaving horror elements into a distinctive and fresh yet timeless
murders and vows to catch the elusive serial killer. and universal first-love story, Bradley Rust Gray applies his inimitable vision to this
VENUS IN FUR idiosyncratic story of the joys and terrors of first love.
Erotic Comedy THE ABCS OF DEATH
Language: French Horror 
Director: Roman Polanski Language: Various
Writer: David Ives and Roman Polanski Director: Bruno Forzani & Helene Cattet, Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrian
Producer: Robert Benmussa & Alain Sarde Bogliano, Jason Eisner, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas
Key Cast: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong
Delivery Status: Completed Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic,
Country of Origin: France Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben
A director becomes enslaved by desire after reluctantly agreeing to audition one last Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi, Lee Hardcastle (Winner of The ABCs of
actress for the lead role of his play. Death competition)
Producer: Ant Timpson, Tim League
Delivery Status: Post Production
LONGTALE LLC Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Various 
LongTale LLC, 3699 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90010, California Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABCs of Death is perhaps the
90010 USA, Tel: +1.323.733.1000 most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen
www.longtale.com, omar@longtale.com countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Financier talents in contemporary genre film. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately
At Cannes: Omar Kaczmarcyk (Managing Director) confrontational, The ABCs of Death is the definitive vision of modern horror
Office: Le Grand Hotel- Suite Jacqueline, 993, Tel: 33 7 87 09 35 70 diversity.
FOUR SENSES TIM & ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE
Thriller - New Releases Comedy (94)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Ruediger Von Spies Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Writer: Ruediger Von Spies Writer: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Producer: Ruediger Von Spies Co-Production Partners: Funny or Die, Abso Lutely 
Key Cast: Rusty Joiner, Nadine Vinzens Producer: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Jon Mugar, Ben Cosgrove, Dave
Delivery Status: Completed Kneebone, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Todd Wagner
Key Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Jeff Goldblum
LOSING THE WEST Delivery Status: Completed
Losing the West, P.O. Box 907, Topanga, CA 90290 US, Tel: 1-323-620-1675 Fax: Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
1-310-395-0521 . An all new feature film from the twisted minds of cult comedy heroes Tim & Eric
http://www.losingthewestthemovie.com, lon@lonhaber.com (“Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”) Tim and Eric are given a billion dollars to
Producer make a movie, but squander every time... With their lives at stake, the guys skip town
At Cannes: Alex Warren (Director/Producer), Lon Haber (Publicist) in search of a way to pay the money back, and happen upon a chance to rehabilitate a
Office: Chateau St. Georges, Tel: +33 (0) 6 43 16 45 77 bankrupt mall- for a billion dollars. 
LOSING THE WEST GOD BLESS AMERICA
Documentary (87 Minutes) Black Comedy (104)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Alex Warren Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Writer: Alex Warren Writer: Bobcat Goldthwait
Producer: Alex Warren Co-Production Partners: Jerkschool Productions
Key Cast: Howard Linscott, Billy Scales Executive Producer: Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Richard Kelly
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr
LOSING THE WEST is the significant story of a sacred society threatened with Delivery Status: Completed
extinction and an essential industry on which we all rely put in mortal peril due to the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.S.A. 
disappearance of natural resources. The film is a vital audit of America’s values and Genre-defying director-comedian Bobcat Goldthwait’s new piece of social
addresses some of the most important issues of our time. In the face of increasingly commentary on post 9/11 America is a subversive and violent dark comedy. Frank
turbulent economic times, why would farmers and ranchers continue their grueling (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of American culture. Divorced,
lifestyles when the monumental rise in the value of their properties makes cashing out unemployed, and possibly terminally ill, Frank truly has nothing left to live for. But
their best prospect? Who will be left to grow the nation’s food as population continues instead of taking his own life, he buys a gun and decides to take out his frustration on

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the cruelest, stupidest, most intolerant people he can imagine in the country. retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent
THE GOOD DOCTOR himself as a hip hop musician.
Thriller (90) MANDRILL
Language: English Action (90 min)
Director: Lance Daly Language: Spanish
Writer: John Enbom Director: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza
Co-Production Partners: Viddywell Writer: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza
Executive Producer: Leonid Lebedev, Sharon Miller Producer: Derek Rundell, Marko Zaror 
Producer: Jonathan King, Dan Etheridge, Orlando Bloom Key Cast: Marko Zaror, Celine Reymond, Alejandro Castillo
Key Cast: Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough, Rob Morrow, Taraji P. Henson, Troy Garity, Delivery Status: Completed
Michael Pena Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Chile 
Delivery Status: Completed Mandrill, Chile’s top assassin, went into the murder business hoping to get revenge
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.S.A.  on the one-eyed man who killed his parents. Now Mandrill’s time has finally come,
Orlando Bloom stars as an ambitious first year medical resident eager to impress his complicated by the fact that he finds the target’s daughter, Dominik, irresistible. 
superiors and colleagues, but struggling with loneliness and racked with self-doubt. SMASH HIS CAMERA
When a beautiful young patient (Keough) is admitted for a simple infection and shows Documentary (89 min)
him attention and kindness, he gets the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. Language: English
But as the patient’s health starts to improve, he begins tampering with her treatment, Director: Leon Gast
doing anything to keep her in his care. Producer: Adam Schlesinger, Linda Saffire 
LIFE’S A BREEZE Key Cast: Ron Galella
Comedy  Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
Director: Lance Daly Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. The
Writer: Lance Daly story of notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella opens a Pandora’s Box of issues
Producer: Macdara Kelleher from right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity
Key Cast: Fionnula Flanagan, Kelly Thornton, Pat Shortt worship.
Delivery Status: In Production AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Ireland  Documentary (89 min)
A story of comedy, warmth, and hope about an Irish family as they search for a lost Language: English
fortune around the streets of Dublin. Director: Steven Soderbergh
TROLLHUNTER Producer: Kathie Russo, Amy Hobby, Joshua Blum 
Thriller, Action (103) Key Cast: Spalding Gray
Language: Norwegian Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Andre Ovredal Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
Producer: John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo Spalding Gray’s shows were vibrant, hilarious and moving, drawing unstintingly on
Key Cast: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum the most intimate aspects of his own life. His death came tragically early, in 2004;
Delivery Status: Completed this compilation of interview and performance footage nails his idiosyncratic and
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Norway  irreplaceable brilliance.
A documentary about a group of film students who discover what they believe is a 180 DEGREES SOUTH
government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the North of Norway hidden Documentary (85 min)
from the general public. Language: English
CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Director: Chris Malloy
Documentary (88) Producer: Tim Lynch, Rick Ridgeway, Emmett Malloy
Language: English Key Cast: Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Jeff Johnson
Director: Rodman Flender Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Gavin Polone, Rachel Griffin, Kat Landsberg Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
Key Cast: Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Stephen Colbert The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his
Delivery Status: Completed heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  DOWN TERRACE
A documentary on Conan O’Brien’s comedy tour of the U.S. and Canada after leaving Dark Comedy (90 min)
his post at “The Tonight Show” and severing his relationship with NBC. Language: English
LIMELIGHT Director: Ben Wheatley 
Documentary (92) Writer: Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill
Language: English Producer: Conor McPherson 
Director: Billy Corben  Key Cast: Julia Deakin, Robert Hill, Robin Hill
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman, Jen Gatien Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Peter Gatien, Moby, Ed Koch Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: UK 
Delivery Status: Completed Ben Wheatley’s debut feature. Bill and Karl have just got out of jail free but all is not
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.S.A.  well at Down Terrace. The family business just isn’t working out and Karl’s had more
The filmmakers of the famed COCAINE COWBOYS series tell tales of the New York than he can take of his old man’s philosophising and preaching. Karl’s girlfriend is
City night scene and ecstasy trade in the 1990s against the backdrop of the rise and fall pregnant - by him? Who knows... Either way?a little information goes a long way and
of Peter Gatien and his notorious night clubs. its definitely time for a spring clean.
GODFATHER’S OF GANJA: SQUARE GROUPER REJOICE AND SHOUT
Documentary (103 min) Documentary (115 min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Billy Corben  Director: Don McGlynn
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman  Producer: Joe Lauro
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: J Smokey Robinson, Andrae Crouch, Mavis Staples, Ira Tucker, Marie
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.S.A.  Knight, Willa Ward, Ira Tucker Jr.
From the filmmakers of the hit cult series COCAINE COWBOYS comes a Delivery Status: Completed
documentary that chronicles marijuana smuggling in South Florida during the 1970s Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
and ‘80s. Packed with evocative photos, rare audio recordings, stirring film appearances and TV
I’M STILL HERE programs, REJOICE AND SHOUT covers the 200 year history of African American
Mocumentary (107 min) Christianity. Literally hundreds of hours of music have been reviewed, and the creme
Language: English de la creme was chosen.
Director: Casey Affleck CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY
Writer: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix Documentary (118 min)
Producer: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix Language: English
Key Cast: Joaquin Phoenix  Director: Alex Gibney
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Alex Gibney
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood, Zena Barakat 
I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominated Joaquin Phoenix as he announces his Key Cast: Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, Stanley Tucci, Paul Rudd

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Delivery Status: Completed www.maisonnoir.net, sales@houseoffilm.com 
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA  Sales Agent 
From Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK At Cannes: Ava B. (President/CEO), Andrew Gallagher (Head of Sales), Carol-
SIDE), comes a probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding Jeanette Jorgensen (Partner), Elliott Mazzola (Sales & Acquisitions Executive)
D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies. Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
COCAINE COWBOYS III: LOS MUCHACHOS & THE REMIX BLOOD TIES
Documentary  Action (93 mins)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Billy Corben Director: Kely McClung
Producer: Billy Corben, Alfred Spellman Writer: Kely McClung
Key Cast: Griselda Blanco, Charles Cosby Key Cast: Kely McClung, Robert Pralgo, Erik Markus Schuetz
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Country of Origin: USA 
The latest film in the incredibly successful COCAINE COWBOYS series. THE Ex Governmental Operative Jack Davis is being manipulated in a life and death
REMIX takes us back to crime-ridden Miami, featuring old favorite drug lords and struggle by warring factions within the covert arms of the Homeland Security Agency
dazzling new characters who tell their stories on camera for the very first time. in a fight for congressional funding. When his brother is kidnapped while working for
a foreign embassy, Jack pulls out all stops in a race to save his brother that takes him
from the desolate mountains of Virginia to Miami, Washington DC, and then into the
MAGUS ENTERTAINMENT exotic lands of Thailand and Cambodia.
Magus Entertainment, Bramenberg 1, Eemnes, 3755 BT Eemnes,  Tel: INDIA BLUES
+31654768797 Fax: +31356949407. info@magusent.com  Drama (73 mins)
Sales Agent  Language: English/German
At Cannes: Rick van den Heuvel Director: George Markakis
Office: Lerins S13 (Terra Mater / RBMH), Tel: + 31 6 54 768 797 Writer: George Markakis
SEXWORK & ME RED LIGHT CONVERSATIONS Co-Production Partners: I HAVE MY ART LTD 
Documenrary Human Intrest (55’) Producer: GEORGE MARKAKIS AND CHRIS CORNELSEN
Language: English Key Cast: Christoph Forny, Yiannis Kolios
Director: Clare Sturges Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Maurice Engelen, Rik Sinkeldam Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany 
Delivery Status: Completed “India Blues” is an edgy, bold and passionate love story between two young men who
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands  are sometimes afraid to love each other. Through exploring their experiences and the
Amsterdam’s red light district – infamous, provocative, erotic – seducing thousands trivial or important moments in their relationship in real time (their first kiss, their first
of tourists each year. This film goes behind the windows of one of Europe’s most sexual encounter, their awkward silences, their last hug), we are submerged in their
exciting cities to discover the real-life stories of the extraordinary women working universe of love and the feelings that come with it.
there as legal prostitutes. Enter the notoriously private world of Amsterdam red light MY ENGINE’S FRAGILE SOUND
working girls to find out what life’s really like in the windows – where you’ve got Thriller (110 mins)
to learn fast, stay smart and pay your taxes like everyone else. Journey under the red Language: Portuguese
lamps in the heart of Amsterdam as the film raises compelling questions and explores Director: LEONARDO ANTONIO
controversial changes that threaten the very existence of the red light windows... Writer: LEONARDO ANTONIO
Get an exclusive insight into the world of real Red Light working girls – each with Producer: LEONARDO ANTÓNIO / PEDRO MENDONÇA
a captivating story to tell – each who has found her way to this age-old profession. Key Cast: ALEXANDRA ROCHA, JOÃO VILLAS-BOAS, GUSTAVO VARGAS,
The girls This human interest documentary focuses on a select group of lively, RUI LUÍS BRÁS 
articulate women working as legal prostitutes in Amsterdam’s red light windows. By Delivery Status: Completed
showing the day-to-day life of this usually closed group, who spend hours behind the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Portugal 
windows, the documentary opens up a world normally invisible to the public... and A thriller about the life of an unbron child, yet to be identified throughout the film.
reveals they’re just like us. Supporting interviews Meet a regular customer, red light One serial-killer, one soon-to-be-victim and a loving detective. A classical noir set of
residents and visitors, people who work alongside the women in help organizations, ingredients with a twisting end. 
plus find out just how Amsterdam city council is proposing dramatic changes that THE NORNS
may threaten this world-famous area. Come a little closer to this unique, complex Suspense Thriller (117 mins)
world – before it disappears forever.  Language: Spanish
CHER AMI Director: Fernando J. Muñez
AKA: Flying Heroes Writer: Fernando J. Muñez
Animation (85 min) Producer: Julio Jordán, Pilar Pascual, Coque Contreras, Fernando J. Muñez
Language: English Key Cast: Rodolfo Sancho- Ares; Patricia Gª Mendez-Satinne; Manuel de Blas-
Director: Miquel Pujol Archimedes
Writer: Miquel Pujol Iban Roca Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: Accio, AAMPS, Digital Dreams Films Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain 
Executive Producer: Jordi Castelltort The most selected assassins of a criminal organization, meeting in the Norns lounge,
Producer: Benat Beitia will find out who will be the next successor.
Key Cast: Phil Austin, Cyrille Autin, Yann Bean ZOMBIES AT CHRISTMAS
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: A Cadaver Christmas
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Spain  Horror, Comedy (85 mins)
Based on true events. Flying Heroes is the story of a group of farmyard carrier Language: English
pigeons that are enlisted into the Allied Homing Pigeon Corps.  Director: Joe Zerull
LITTLE BIG PANDA 2D & 3D Writer: Hanlon Smith-Dorsey, Joe Zerull 
Animation (82 min) Key Cast: Jessica Denney, Sarah Garvey, Andrew Harvey
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Greg Manwaring, Michael Schoemann Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Writer: Jorg Tensing United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the
Co-Production Partners: Benchmark Entertainment, ORB Filproduktion,  bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the
Executive Producer: Frank Hubner, Armin Timmermann, Gilles Waterkeyn, Hua professor’s work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this
Shen unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of
Producer: Michael Schoemann living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given
Delivery Status: Completed the gift of life and it’s up to the janitor to take it back.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Germany  PSYCHOPHONY
Somewhere in the majestic Chinese highlands of our days: the Panda’s survival is Paranormal Thriller (80 mins)
several endangered as the bamboo is becoming scarce, and humans continuously Language: Spanish (w/English subtitles)
expand into their habitat. Director: Xabier Berraondo
Writer: Xabier Berraondo
MAISON NOIR Producer: Raúl Álvarez, Lidia Titus
Maison Noir, 427 N. Canon Dr. Suite #201, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA,  Tel: +1 Key Cast: Tania Sarrias, Miriam Planas, Ferran Carvajal, Dafnis Balduf, Claudia
818.647.0118 Fax: +1 818.647.0118. Pons, Raul Alvarez, Mercé Montala, Leyla Rodriguez

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Delivery Status: Completed Producer: John Walcutt Anthony Gutierrez and Michael Roth
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Spain  Key Cast: Herb Astrow, Irene Carol, Reichel Caviteno
Psychophony recreates the risky experiment that Dr. Helena Jara undertook with a Delivery Status: Completed
group of patients suffering from schizophrenia in order to prove that their hallucinations Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
had a paranormal origin. The mystery hidden in the youngest patient, Ainara, will A troubled young girl gets a job at a modeling school where she is tortured by the
change the course of events. Based on the finding of the original video and audio tapes voices in her head and the sounds in the walls. Roman Polanski meets Roger Corman
of the experiment in March 2006, the film shows the unexpected occurrence of some in this micro-budget masterpiece made by a group of students under the leadership of
chilling EVPs. veteran actor John Walcutt 
VAMPIRES SLEEPER
Black Comedy (89 mins) Action 
Language: French / English subtitles Language: English
Director: Vincent Lannoo Director: Dru Brown
Writer: Vincent Lannoo, Frédérique Broos Writer: Michael Skelton, Dru Brown
Co-Production Partners: Left Field Ventures Co-Production Partners: Seven8 Media
Producer: John Engel  Key Cast: Scott “Raven” Levy, Ty Hungerford, Brue Hopkins
Key Cast: Carlo Ferrante, Vera Van Dooren, Pierre Lognay Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Belgium  Enigmatically silent, and driven by love, the man known as Resnik was imprisoned
They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, for butchering another man and kidnapping the young girl at the heart of his
bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped obsession, Kelly. For the safety of his fellow inmates, Resnik was only ever allowed
folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. to wake, eat and exercise alone, after dark, he learned to like it. Now having escaped
Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an during a midnight transfer, Resnik is headed back to Moonlight Bay, and Detectives
eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the Raynor and Molloy have only 12 hours to stop him before the sun goes down, and the
patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going carnage begins, again.
squabbles with the neighboring vampires. It turns out vampires must keep to a strict THE CONFESSIONAL
code. They are, for example, prohibited from sleeping with their leader’s wife. That’s Horror (117 mins)
where Samson went too far… Now he and his whole family are exiled to Quebec, Language: English
where even vampires have to work for a living! A fresh, biting comedy from Vincent Director: James Anthony Cotton
Lannoo!  Writer: James Anthony Cotton
THE IDEAL Co-Production Partners: Cornerstone Consulting Services, Lionfish Group
Paranormal Thriller (96 mins) Producer: JAMES ANTHONY COTTON & MARTHA V. HOLDER
Language: English Key Cast: Victor Browne, Peter Quartaroli, Patrick Kilpatrick
Director: Wes Tomasz Cieśla Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Rivka Rappoport Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
Producer: Noel Jardines, Wes Tomasz Cieśla  A disturbed sculptor assumes the identity of a small town priest and designs a game of
Key Cast: Dennis Brito, Kristen Brancaccio, Ivan Perez, John Dean, Thomas Scott divine madness for a unsuspecting town.
Roberts, TS Murphy  COLD BLOOD CANYON
Delivery Status: Completed Supernatural Thriller (90 mins)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Language: English
It’s a high school summer job for Julia and Alexander - the chance to earn money and Director: Alec Tuckman
work with eccentric, charismatic social studies teacher, Mr. Zenidro. But something else Writer: Eric Bram, Alec Tuckman
awaits them in the empty, yet mysterious school building. As the past and present begin Co-Production Partners: Film Warriors Entertainment
to blur together so do sanity and madness, and Mr. Zenidro draws them into a lesson on Key Cast: Lulu Brud, Elissa Dowling and Dan Holahan
history one can’t find in books. Delivery Status: Completed
SEARCHING FOR ANGELS Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA 
Thriler (89 mins) When Mr. and Mrs. Myers move into their highly coveted Beverly Hills home, they
Language: English wonder why the price tag is too good to be true. Their daughter, Danielle, discovers
Director: Nadeem Soumah the truth when a neighbor tells her one of the previous owners was murdered there
Writer: Nadeem Soumah years ago. When Danielle falls prey to the hauntings of the ghostly victim who lived
Co-Production Partners: Rendition Films  there, Danni’s dream home turns into the house from hell after she is tortured and
Producer: Nadeem Soumah & Kegan Sant attacked by the evil apparition. After Danielle’s cries go unheard by her oblivious
Key Cast: Vivica Fox, Veronika London,  parents, she realizes she must get out of the house as quickly as possible or she is
Delivery Status: Completed going to be the next victim of an even greater threat.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada  DELIVERED
Who is Jane Doe? That’s the question everybody wants an answer to, including herself. Thriller 
Jane Doe, played by Veronika London (Body Language, HBO series “Lingerie”) is a Language: English
young prostitute and heroin addict found by paramedics laying on the street in a pool Director: Michael Madison
of blood. She is the victim of a violent altercation which leaves her with a severe head Writer: Brandon Manbeck
injury. Stricken by amnesia and struggling with her heroin addiction, she is on a quest Co-Production Partners: Nelson Madison Films
to discover her identity but most importantly who did this to her and why. She is taken Key Cast: Robert Rusier, Alana Stewart, Toshi Toda
in by a nurse played by Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Independence Day) who is a motherly Delivery Status: Completed
figure to her. Along her quest she comes along several characters from her past and the Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
clues to the answers she seeks slowly come to light, revealing many horrible truths. Driven by a promise, fueled by revenge. True Romance and Vanishing point, the
With this information, feelings of curiosity quickly turn to a thirst for retribution Mojave desert is the backdrop for this heartfelt story of betrayal and redemption. An
PICTURES, COMING TO EAT YOU eclectic collection of unique characters that include Japanese gangsters, an Italian
AKA: Mondomanila proctologist, an Armenian art dealer and a hero with a very cool car set the stage for
Mondo (69 mins) this modern crime thriller.
Language: Filipino | Tagalog
Director: Khavn De La Cruz
Writer: Khavn, Norman Wilwayco MANDARIN FILMS DISTRIBUTION CO LTD
Co-Production Partners: Filmless Films, Kamias Road Mandarin Films Distribution Co Ltd, Room 4101, 41/F The Lee Gardens, 33 Hysan
Key Cast: Timothy Mabalot, Marife Necesito, Palito Avenue,, Causeway Bay,, Hong Kong, Tel: (852)2579 1718 Fax: (852)2579 1712.
Delivery Status: Completed www.mandarinfilms.com, info@mandarinfilms.com 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Philippines | Germany  Producer, Distributor
Beyond tragedy, planted firmly in the territories of madness, “Mondomanila” is not At Cannes: Alice Law (CEO), Chiu-yi Leung (Distribution Manager)
about a celebration of self-destruction, but simply a backyard full of lovable fuckers.  Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
TERMITE: THE WALLS HAVE EYES FLOATING CITY
Suspense (75 mins) Drama (106 mins)
Language: English Language: Chinese
Director: John Walcutt Director: YIM Ho
Writer: John Walcutt, Jennie Marie Pacelli Writer: YIM Ho, Marco PONG
Co-Production Partners: Too Nice Guys, Pete Galaxie Productions Executive Producer: CHENG Keung-fai, SONG Dai
Producer: Carl CHANG, YIM Ho

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Key Cast: Aaron KWOK, Charlie YOUNG, Nina PAW, Josie HO, Annie LIU, Carlson Producer: Johnnie TO
CHENG Key Cast: Anthony WONG, Shawn YUE, GUO Xiaodong
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
At his age of 40, Bo attracts great attention as a business executive in the Imperial East Relentlessly tense and violent action thriller plunges into the violent and dangerous
India Company of Hong Kong. Born in a fisherman family, he does not receive his world of speed.
primary school education until 20. When he takes the entry test, he can only write down LOVE IN THE BUFF
“Literate” on the application form. His rises to manage to take over the operation of Romantic Comedy (111 min)
the company has as much to do with British’s imminent return of Hong Kong to China. Language: Cantonese / Mandarin
The secret he looks nothing like a Chinese? He is desperate to discover the origin of his Director: PANG Ho-cheung
peculiar features….  Writer: PANG Ho-cheung, LUK Yee Sum
IP MAN 2 Producer: PANG Ho-cheung, Subi LIANG
Action (108 mins) Key Cast: Miriam YEUNG, Shawn YUE
Language: Chinese Delivery Status: Completed
Director: YIP Wai-shun Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Writer: Edmond Wong When two ex-lovers from Hong Kong cross paths in Beijing, they realize they still
Executive Producer: ZHENG Qianghui, ZONG Shu jie, GAO Jun  have feelings for each other and start orchestrating trysts and assignations behind
Producer: Raymond WONG, LI Xin, Ann AN their partners’ back.
Key Cast: Donnie YEN, Sammo HUNG, HUANG Xiao-ming XIONG Dai-lin, Kent ROMANCING IN THIN AIR
CHENG, Pierre NGO, FAN Sui-wong, TO Yue-hong, Darren SHAHLAVI, Calvin Romantic Drama (111 min)
CHENG  Language: Cantonese / Mandarin
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Johnnie TO
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Writer: WAI Ka Fai, YAU Nai Hoi, Ryker CHAN, Jevons AU
After the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man settles in Hong Kong and starts teaching Wing Producer: Johnnie TO, WAI Ka Fai
Chun. One Day, his apprentice Wong Leung wins a fight with Master Hung’s apprentice Key Cast: Louis KOO, Sammi CHENG
and Leung was kidnapped. Ip rushes to the fish market alone to save Leung. He met Delivery Status: Completed
Hung there but Hung always gives him troubles. However, they both admire each Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
other for Wu Shu accomplishment. A western boxing competition turns into choas. The A Hong Kong movie megastar jilted at the altar by his actress bride finds true love in
winner, Twister, takes this chance to mop up all Chinese Wu Shu masters and insult a neurotic fan while licking his wound in high-altitude Yunnan in China.
them in public. Ip decides to step up on the stage to fight for dignity…. LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE
IP MAN Suspense (107 min)
Action (106 mins) Language: Cantonese
Language: Chinese Director: Johnnie TO
Director: YIP Wai-shun Writer: YAU Nai Hoi, WONG King Fai, Jeff CHEUNG
Writer: Edmond Wong Producer: Johnnie TO
Executive Producer: Raymond WONG, ZHANG Baoquan, SIN Kwok-lam Key Cast: LAU Ching Wan, Richie JEN, Denise HO
Producer: Raymond WONG Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Donnie YEN, Simon YAM, XIONG Dai Lin, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, LAM Ka- Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
tung, FAN Sui-wong, XING Yu, WONG You-nam, TO Yue-hong, Calvin CHENG A bag of stolen money worth $5m forces three ordinary people to make soul
Delivery Status: Completed searching decisions about right and wrong and everything in between on the morality
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  scale.
In 1930, Foshan thrives as the hub of Chinese Kung-fu, various sects actively recruiting PUNISHED
disciples. Though Ip Man is an accomplished martial arts master, he keeps a low-profile Suspense Thriller (96 min)
by sparring with his compatriots in friendly competitions. But after an acknowledged Language: Cantonese
victory to Jin Shan-zhao’s challenge, Ip Man becomes a hero and develops a craze for Director: LAW Wing Cheong
Wing Chun. During the Japanese invasion, General Miura, a fanatical practitioner in Writer: FUNG Chih Chiang, LAM Fung
martial arts, demends Ip Man to teach Japanese Army Wing Chun, but Ip Man refuses Producer: Johnnie TO
and takes up Miura’s challenge. To protect Chinese dignity by winning with Wing Key Cast: Anthony WONG, Richie JEN, Janice MAN
Chun. A fierce fight is going to start…  Delivery Status: Completed
MISSING Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Horror & Suspense (117 mins) A tycoon whose daughter is found dead while being abducted has sworn to avenge
Language: Chinese her at all cost.
Director: TSUI Hark DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART
Writer: TSUI Hark Romantic Comedy (115 min)
Executive Producer: Raymond WONG, Nansun SHI, HAN San Ping, WANG Chang Language: Cantonese & Mandarin
Tian  Director: Johnnie TO
Producer: TSUI Hark Writer: WAI Ka Fai, YAU Nai Hoi, Ryker CHAN, Jevons AU
Key Cast: LEE Sinje, Isabella, CHANG Chen, GUO Xiao Dong, Tony LEUNG Ka Fai, Co-Production Partners: China Film Media Asia Audio Video Distribution Co., Ltd.
CHANG Cheng Yue Producer: WAI Ka Fai, Johnnie TO
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Louis KOO, Daniel WU, GAO Yuanyuan
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Delivery Status: Completed
Dave is about to propose to Jing underwater in the mysterious ruins. An accident Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
befalls him, he disappears without a trace. A male decapitated corpse was found but An original twist on the eternal triangle, where secret crush and unrequited love take
inconclusive despite of DNA matching. Dave’s disappearance unleashes a train of on altogether newfangled meanings of their own.
events. Heartbroken and shattered, Jing spirals off into another world, haunted by THE GUILLOTINES
phantoms, apparitions and eerie images. Meanwhile, she turns to believe Dave’s Action 
remains have been found… Language: Chinese
Director: Andrew LAU
Writer: Aubrey LAM
MEDIA ASIA FILM DISTRIBUTION (HK) Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, Jojo HUI
LIMITED Key Cast: HUANG Xiaoming, Ethan JUAN, Shawn YUE, Boran JING
Media Asia Film Distribution (HK) Limited, 4/F East Commercial Block, South Delivery Status: Post Production
Horizons, 18A South Horizons Drive, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong,  Tel: +852.2314.4288 Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China 
Fax: +852.2314.4248. www.mediaasia.com, wwdist@mediaasia.com  An elite squad of young imperial bodyguards, trained to use the deadly guillotines,
Sales Agent  is the last line of defense to the Emperor’s Court. But little do they realize the
At Cannes: Fred Tsui (Assistant General Manager), Vanessa Lo (Manager) conspiracy behind their mission...
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform BLIND DETECTIVE
MOTORWAY Crime 
Action / Crime (89 min) Language: Chinese
Language: Cantonese Director: Johnnie TO
Director: Soi CHEANG Producer: Johnnie TO, WAI Ka Fai
Writer: Joey O’BRYAN, FUNG Yat Chun Key Cast: Andy LAU, Sammi CHENG

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Delivery Status: In Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Indonesia 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Shy taxi driver Ahmad is addicted to the sex on offer in magazines and
Forced to leave service after turning blind, a former detective ekes out his living by videos. But a flicker of hope appears in Ahmad’s life when he falls in love
solving cold cases for police rewards. When an attractive hit team inspector enlists his with his neighbour, a beautiful prostitute named Kinar. Her pimp blocks their
help in a personal case, he decides to take a stab. relationship, but Ahmad gets ready to fight for their freedom!
SWITCH HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD
Action Drama  Drama (80)
Language: Chinese Language: Mandarin
Director: Jay SUN Director: David Verbeek
Producer: HAN Sanping Writer: David Verbeek
Key Cast: Andy LAU, ZHANG Jingchu, LIN Chi-ling Producer: Wout Conijn
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Lu Huang, Yi Ching Lu, Pong Fong Wu, Anderson Tsai, Yi Wen Chen,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Kolette Hsu, James Ho, Chen Hsiang Yeh, Pinti Tzeng, Jess Bing 
When one of China’s most famous landscape paintings, which was split Delivery Status: Completed
in two some 300 years ago and have been on display in China and Taiwan Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Taiwan 
respectively, is about to be publicly exhibited in its combined entirety, thieves When the mother of Liling becomes blind, her daughter is lured back to the small
and gangsters scramble to steal it against all odds. island where she came from. By means of language she tries to connect her mother
with the world again. Also in the big city, where she has a strange friendship with an
older artist, she becomes more aware of the value of her imagination. This increases
MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS the attraction for the inexplicable. Lilling is drawn into mystery.
Media Luna New Films, Aachener Strasse 24, Cologne, 50674 Germany,  Tel: LA PARTIDA
+49 (0)221 51091891 Fax: +49 (0)221 51091899. Drama/Gay (44 min)
www.medialuna.biz, info@medialuna.biz  Language: Spanish
Sales Agent  Director: Antonio Hens
At Cannes: Ida Martins (Managing Director), Alessandro Lombardo Writer: Abel González Melo & Antonio Hens
(Acquisitions and Festivals), Claudio Dominik (Business & Legal Affairs Producer: Antonio Hens
Manager) Key Cast: Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Luís Alberto García, Mirtha Ibarra, Toni
Office: Riviera: D.10, Tel: +33 (0) 4 92 99 33 29 Cantó
VOYAGE Delivery Status: Post Production
Drama (77) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain in co-production with Cuba 
Language: English Two Cuban boys on the edge of marginality fight to lead a life together. But it’s
Director: Scud hard for both: one has to work as a shark beating father-in-law debtors. The other
Writer: Scud prostitutes himself in the streets to fulfill his family’s duties... 
Producer: Scud LILET NEVER HAPPENED
Key Cast: Leni Speidel, Ryo van Kooten, Susan Shaw, Byron Pang, Haze Drama (105)
Leung, Jason Poon, Sebastian Castro, Adrian Heung, Sau Wong, Ryan Zhu Language: Fillipino
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Jacco Groen
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Writer: Jacco Groen
A young psychiatrist ventures into a lone voyage to fight his depression. On Producer: Jacco Groen, Jamillah van der Hulst 
the sea he records stories of people departed from this world prematurely, Key Cast: Lilet: Sandy Talag, Claire: Johanna ter Steege, John: John Arcilla
while what awaits him on the shore is the ultimate irony of life. Delivery Status: Completed
A FOLD IN MY BLANKET Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Drama (75) A character driven story about a 13 year old Philippine-American girl struggling
Language: Georgian and Russian to survive in the streets of Manila. Social worker, Claire, tries to save her but this
Director: Zaza Rusadze hard headed girl thinks she can take her life in her own hands. The film is based on
Writer: Zaza Rusadze interviews with Lilet, a little girl, who became Manila’s most famous street child.
Executive Producer: Els Vandevorst, Isabella Films JACKIE
Producer: Zaza Rusadze, Zazarfilm Drama / Comedy (90 min)
Key Cast: Tornike Bziava, Tornike Gogrichiani, Giorgi Nakashidze, Avtandil Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles
Makharadze, Zura Kipshidze, Ljudmila Mgebrishvili-Artemieva, Marina Director: Antoinette Beumer
Janashia, Maka Makharadze, Daredjan Kharshiladze, Shota Qristesashvili Writer: Marnie Blok, Karen van Holst Pellekaan
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Ronald van Wechem
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Georgia  Producer: Hans de Weers, Maarten Swart, Reinout Oerlemans (Eyeworks Film & TV
Dmitrij’s monotonous days drag on, between working in the courthouse and Drama)
his solitary rock-climbing excursions. In his endeavors to escape the stifling Key Cast: Academy Award winner Holly Hunter, Carice van Houten, Jelka van
conformity of a small provincial town, Dmitrij Dmitrij flees into his fantasy Houten
world and meets his new friend Andrej...  Delivery Status: Completed
MATTERHORN Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands / USA 
Comedy (87) Sofie and Daan (33) are fraternal twins, but that is all they have in common - except
Language: Dutch for their two fathers, who raised them. One day, their biological mother Jackie calls
Director: Diederik Ebbinge from a hospital in the U.S. with a complicated fractured leg needing their help. The
Writer: Diederik Ebbinge sisters travel to the U.S. and are disappointed by reality: Jackie is a stern woman who
Co-Production Partners: VRPO doesn’t seems to have any interest in her daughters. Nevertheless, they embark on a
Producer: Gijs van de Westelaken  trip across the desert of New Mexico to get Jackie to the rehabilitation centre. On the
Key Cast: Ton Kas, René van ‘t Hof, Porgy Franssen, Ariane Schluter, road in Jackie’s old and shabby RV, this becomes an adventurous and life-changing
Helmert Woudenberg, Elise Schaap, Alex Klaasen, Sieger Sloot, Renske de journey filled with confrontations, challenges and surprises...
Greef STUDENT
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (90 min)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: The Netherlands  Language: Kazakh with English subtitles
Fred is a lonely 54-year-old man. He rides around in the local bus, virtuously Director: Darezhan Omirbayev
attending church and eating his green beans, meat and potatoes at 6 o’clock on Writer: Darezhan Omirbayev
the dot every day. One day, the the stranger Theo wanders into his life. After Executive Producer: Limara Zheksembayeva
an initial moment of suspicion, Fred takes Theo in. Like a strict father, he tries Producer: (Kazakhfilm)
to educate his new housemate. He soon finds out that Theo has a special talent, Key Cast: Nurlan Baitasov, Maya Serikbayeva, Edige Bolysbayev, Bakhytzhan
as a result of which Fred again slowly starts to set out into the wide world.  Turdaliyeva
SOMETHING IN THE WAY Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (89) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Kazakhstan 
Language: Indonesian A student of Philosophy suffers from lack of money and loneliness. He decides to
Director: Teddy Soeriaatmadja kill the owner of a shop and has to learn the influence of conscience. When he falls
Writer: Teddy Soeriaatmadja in love with a girl he has to take responsibility for his actions. The script is based on
Producer: Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Indra Tamorron Musu Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime And Punishment”. 
Key Cast: Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha, Verdi Solaiman  GANGS OF TOOTING BROADWAY
Delivery Status: Completed

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(86 min) Director: Jonas d’Adesky
Language: Action, Crime Writer: Jonas d’Adesky
Director: Devanand (Dev) Shanmugam Producer: Anthony Rey (Hélicotronc Productions) 
Writer: Tikiri Hulugalle Key Cast: Jules Vitaleme, Sima Mickenson, Pierre Jean Mary, Dieuvela Innocent,
Producer: Joshua Clement (Tooting Broadway Films) Kaniolise Innocent 
Key Cast: Nav Sidhu, Elizabeth Henstridge, Kabelan Verlkumar, San Shella Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Belgium 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United Kingdom  Vitaleme, Pierre and Mikenson are twelve years old and live in a home in Port-
24 hours before the Tamil protests outside the Houses of Parliament, Arun returns home au-Prince. They are friends and do everything together. Vitaleme is haunted by his
from a long absence to stop his younger brother Ruthi from participating in a criminal memories as a child servant and obsessed by the idea of freedom. He tries to convince
act that could ruin his life. Whilst the Tamil society is voicing their pain against the his two friends to leave the home and live as they will. When the town is struck
Genocide in Sri Lanka, Arun, who has Tamil roots himself, meets his old flame Kate by an earthquake, all three of them find themselves on the street. They try to find
and his friendship with gang leader Karuna threatens to suck him back into a violent somewhere to live, and in various ways get by on petty crime. They play football to
world he left behind. A fast paced crime drama that highlights a rarely seen gang fill up their free time. Little by little they build a new life for themselves. Now that
culture of Sri Lankan Tamil Gangs – whose infamy to Scotland Yard is such that they he is free, Vitaleme is no longer haunted by his past, until he finds himself separated
have their own task force dedicated to stopping them… form his two friends by an accident. 
9 FULL MOONS HEMEL
Love-Story (103 min) Drama/Erotik (80 min)
Language: English Language: Dutch with English subtitles
Director: Tomer Almagor Director: Sacha Polak
Writer: Tomer Almagor Writer: Helena van der Meulen
Producer: Gabrielle Almagor, Joy Saez, Bret Roberts Co-Production Partners: VPRO Television, Bella Cohen Films, Jaleo Films
Key Cast: Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts,Donal Logue,Harry Dean Stanton, James Producer: Stienette Bosklopper (Circe Films BV)
Duval,Dale Dickey,Brian McGuire, Foster Timms, Pamela Adlon, Tipper Newtons  Key Cast: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen, Mark Rietman, Barbara
Delivery Status: Completed Sarafian, Eva Duijvestein, Ward Weemhoff, Ali Ben Horsting, Elske Rotteveel,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Maarten Heijermans
Frankie, a wildly enigmatic and hard-partying social butterfly, compensates her Delivery Status: Completed
loneliness with different men. But she falls in love with Lev, an attractive solitary Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
young musician with a radically different personality: she is Fire, he is Ice! Free- Hemel has lived closely with her father Gijs since the death of her mother. Gijs has an
spirited and nonconformist towards social norms, they experience a rollercoaster ride endless string of women attached to him, but Hemel feels that none of them is a threat
full of emotions...  to their exclusive relationship. This changes when Gijs falls in love with the young
CHAIKA auctioneer Sophie. Meanwhile Hemel fights a guerrilla war with every man in town,
Love-Story (100 min) looking for the difference between sex and love.
Language: Russian with English subtitles UNCONDITIONAL
Director: Miguel Angel Jiménez  Drama/Gay/Thriller (92 min)
Writer: Luis Moya, Miguel Angel Jiménez  Language: English
Producer: Gorka Gómez Andreu (Kinoskopik), Miguel Angel Jiménez (Kinoskopik) Director: Bryn Higgins
Key Cast: Salome Demuria, Giorgi Gabunia, Aytuar Issayev, Bolatbek Raimkulov  Writer: Joe Fisher
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Clare Duggan, Tom Harvey, Sean Kelly
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain, Georgia, Russia, France  Producer: Bryn Higgins (Stone City Films) 
Chaika is a love story between a prostitute and a loser sailor, rebuilt between Key Cast: Harry McEntire, Madeleine Clark, Christian Cooke, Melanie Hill, James
two seasons: the eternal winter of Siberia and the summer in the dusty steppes of Bolam
Kazakhstan. Young Tursyn comes back home to face what remains of his family: an Delivery Status: Completed
old nomad about to die and a shipwrecked father. Both of them will bring back the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
vague memories that Tursyn has of his mother. Chaika is the adventure of joining those Teenage twins Kristen and Owen are misfits in the real world, bored of caring for their
memories that life left scattered in the most hidden paramo, almost in the end of the mum and fantasising about murdering her. Then along comes Liam: tough, charming,
world. full velocity, genuinely cool. Kristen fancies him with the intensity of someone in
KID a fairytale. But Liam takes Owen out drinking – and the depth of Liam’s mis-wired
Drama (90 min) obsessions soon emerge. Liam offers unconditional love to Owen…on one condition:
Language: Dutch not to be dressed like a man!
Director: Fien Troch PATTY’S CATCHUP
Writer: Fien Troch AKA: Pommes Essen
Producer: Antonino Lombardo  Family (86 min)
Key Cast: Kid: Bent Simons, Billy: Maarten Meeusen, Mother: Gabriele Carizzo,  Language: German with English subtitles
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Tina von Traben
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Belgium  Writer: Tina von Traben, Rüdiger Bertram
Kid, a little boy, lives whit his mother and his slightly older brother Billy on a farm Executive Producer: Michael P. Aust
outside a small town. Since their father abandoned them a few years previously, they Producer: Dagmar Niehage (dagstar film)
have had to fend for themselves, and their finances are in ruins. Then fate strikes. The Key Cast: Luise Risch, Tabea Willemsen, Marlene Risch, Thekla Carola Wied,
two little boys have to move with their uncle and aunt. Kid misses his mother more Anneke Kim Sarnau, Smudo
than ever, and wants to be with her again. Delivery Status: Completed
THE STONING OF SAINT STEPHEN Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany 
AKA: La Lapidation de Saint Étienne The struggle of Patty’s family’s little Imbiss versus uncle Walther’s chain of fastfood
Drama (80 min) restaurants, fighting to guard the secret her family inherited: the best ever German
Language: French sausage sauce! Smart and ambitious, teenage Patty finally realizes that the recipe to
Director: Pere Vilà Barceló her own happiness is to use her talent to support her family. A “Heimat” film about
Writer: Pere Vilà i Barceló, Laura Merino  pride, betrayal and family ties.
Producer: Luis Miñarro  BEAT DOWN
Key Cast: Lou Castel, Marie Payen, Luis Rego  Comedy (93 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain / France  Director: Deanne Foley
Etienne is an old man living alone in a cramped apartment full of stuff. He won’t get rid Writer: Deanne Foley, Iain Macleod
of it all and he would never think of moving out, even though the flat doesn’t belong to Producer: Paul Pope (Pope Productions)
him. He refuses to talk to the social worker, his neighbours or to the owner of the flat Key Cast: Rob Wells, Marthe Bernard, Tony Nappo, Janet Kidder, Daniel Beirne,
believing that the souls of his dead wife and daughter are still present within its walls. Mark O’Brien, Andy Jones, Laura Dennis
The symptoms betrayed by the main character in the film are in no way unusual in the Delivery Status: Completed
modern world. In the spirit of contemporary Catalan cinema, the filmmaker aims for Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada 
stringency, even to the point of abstraction.  Fran White is sweet eighteen years old and a real firecracker. More than anything,
THREE KIDS Fran dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. Her single-father Whitey is a
AKA: Twa Timoun former-pro (known as White Lightning in the ring) with broken dreams of his own
Drama (82 min) and is dead set against Fran wrestling. Fran is determined though and when Whitey’s
Language: Creole with English subtitles old rival Dark Thunder comes to town, she runs away to join his tour. For her first

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time she meets her mother, a sexy ex-wrestler. Whitey is devastated and while he tries Rocco has it all: a great job in real estate, a hot car and a woman who will
to get his daughter and his wife back, Fran wrestles for her dreams...  do anything for him and loves him unconditionally—his mum. But when he
WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN meets the gorgeous Katie, Rocco realises that he needs to make some changes.
Drama (93 min) Enlisting the help of his zany neighbour Mrs. Cotoletta, Rocco attempts to
Language: English, Japanese, Spanish with English subtitles counteract his image as a big mamma’s boy, and to discover the key to Katie’s
Director: Yong Mun Chee heart.
Writer: Yong Mun Chee TANGUERO
Co-Production Partners: Shannon Makhanian Drama/Romance (78 min)
Executive Producer: Linda Pianigiani, Evelyn Juwita Sasmito, Jeannes Linarte, Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Marsio Juwono Director: Emanuele Persico
Producer: Yong Mun Chee, Delon Tio, Brett Henenberg Writer: Silvia Gilardi, Emanuele Persico
Key Cast: Eric Mabius, Will Yun Lee, Fernando Noriega, Luke Brandon Field, Producer: Emanuele Persico (Pesca Production)
Laura Ramsey, Elsa Pataky, Erick Avari Key Cast: Omar Quiroga, Veronica Palacios, Jorge Juanatey, Alberto Alfredo Dassieu,
Delivery Status: Completed Tito Roca, Maria Cecilia Cervini, Mario Gabriel Florentin, Ricardo “Tito” Franquelo,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA/Singapore/Indonesia  Juan Carlos Stasi, Daniel “Flaco Dany” García
Los Angeles 2005. In a run-down hotel named Normandie, Takashi, a Japanese Delivery Status: Completed
hitman with a mysterious and violent past, checks in. He strikes an unusual Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Argentina/Italy 
friendship with Blake, the hotel manager who lives in the shadow of a mistake Omar, a Tango instructor, is forced to return to Buenos Aires because of an important
that cost him his marriage. Also living in the hotel is Guy, a 23 year-old British phone call. He discovers an unrecognizable city, meets relatives, old friends and
backpacker who sleeps with a different girl each night. His careless ways meets Veronica, his childhood friend. They remember the time they had spent together
eventually gets him and his new best friend, Julio, an illegal Mexican immigrant years before and decide to take on a difficult challenge. That’s how Omar rediscovers
with a big dream, in trouble.. himself in Tango. Is the pursuit of happiness, dreams, regain our lives and above all,
GARBAGE PRINCE an alternative to the vulgarity, the worship of money and the decline of ethics. The
AKA: Roskisprinssi trip traces metaphorically the one made at the end of ‘800 by European immigrants
Youth, Love-Story (100 min) towards South America.
Language: Finnish with English subtitles MESH (WALKING)
Director: Raimo O Niemi  AKA: Meş
Writer: Juuli Niemi (based on the novel ROSKISPRINSSI by Tuja Lethinen)  Drama (90 min)
Producer: Markku Fink (Periferia Productions) Language: Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles
Key Cast: Jon-Jon Geitel, Pihla Maalismaa, Heikki Silvennoinen, Kristiina Director: Shiar Abdi
Elstelä Writer: Shiar Abdi, Selamo (Abudel Selam Kilgi)
Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: Sim Produktion, SoundVision
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Finland, Norway  Producer: Shiar Abdi (Sifilm), Abudel Selam Kilgi (sel film)
Jed’s life is perfect, almost too perfect. Successful parents, lots of friends and Key Cast: Selamo (Abudel Selam Kilgi), Abdullah Ado, Nujîyan Kılgı, M. Salîh Kilgi
success at school promise him a rosy future. However...Jed decides to leave it all Delivery Status: Completed
behind. Without a plan, he gets on a train and ends up in a small, dead-end town Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany, Turkey 
in Finland. Money runs out and reality bites but Jed does not give up. Finally he Xelilo, a disturbed man, lives in an abandoned store and walks endlessly through the
finds a job as a garbage truck driver’s assistant with a curmudgeon who’s been streets of a Kurdish village in the south east of Turkey. He is curiously being noticed
bitten by the ballroom dancing bug. Jed starts to become rooted in the city even if by Cengo, a 12-year old boy, living more or less happily under poor conditions with
he doesn’t want to. Of all the people in town, Jed keeps constantly running across his friends and family, selling chewing gum for a living. Cautiously they become
Lulu, a prickly and quick-witted girl. Gradually, without either of them admitting friends and Cengo leads him to the meeting point under the German bridge, where
it, the relationship changes from bickering, picking on each other and a battle of the children live through carefree moments. When the Turkish military takes power
wills to friendship, and as could happen, finally to love. in 1980, a curfew is imposed on the city. The life of Xelilo and the other Kurds is
MILONGUEROS endangered. Who are the winners and losers in this conflict?
Documentary (49 min) IMPLOSION
Language: Spanish with English subtitles Drama (88 min)
Director: Andrea Zambelli & Andrea Zanoli Language: German with English subtitles
Writer: Andrea Zambelli, Andrea Zanoli Director: Sören Voigt 
Producer: Emanuele Persico (Pesca Production, Lab80 film)  Writer: Sören Voigt 
Key Cast: Alberto Dassieu, Flaco Dani, Eduardo “Nene” Masci Producer: Hans Eddy Schreiber, Kai Kuennemann, Jordi Rediu, Norbert Llarras
Delivery Status: Completed (Karibufilm, Zip films, Living Films)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Argentina/Italy  Key Cast: Sven Gielnik, Eye Haidara, Carolina Clemente, Hans-Jochen Wagner,Eriq
Every night, in the historic and most important milongas in Buenos Aires, in Ebouaney
addition to an incredible number of fans of Tango, the most famous Milongueros Delivery Status: Completed
tell and explain how the Tango, before being a wonderful music and a sensual Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany/Spain 
dance, it is primarily “a way of life “. Seventeen-year-old Thomas and his father Niels spend their summer holidays at
SNEAKERS the Spanish coast. But their father and son time out takes a turn when a boat with
Drama (105 min) African refugees sinks close to their hotel. One of them is 20-year-old Djamile. On
Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles a motorbike tour Thomas runs into Djamile and quickly decides to hide her from the
Director: Valery Yordanov, Ivan Vladimirov Spanish authorities and the smugglers who brought her to Europe. When Niels and
Writer: Valery Yordanov Angelica, Thomas’ teacher and his father’s love affair, learn about Thomas’ secret the
Producer: Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov (Gala Film Ltd.) situation is getting even more explosive. Niels does not support his son’s plans at all.
Key Cast: Ina Nikolova, Ivan Barnev, Ivo Arakov, Philip Avramov, Vasil Naive but passionate Thomas struggles to find a way to save Djamile. Deeper and
Draganov, Valeri Yordanov deeper, he explores an unknown world of desperation, hope, greed, violence, betrayal,
Delivery Status: Completed sorrow and... love. 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Bulgaria  ROMEOS
In the beginning of summer six young people escape from their failures – in Gay, Love-Story (94 min)
their families, love, money, ambitions, meeting with those that are different. Language: German with English subtitles
They escape from the City, taken over by those that are different. Each one of Director: Sabine Bernardi
them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the sea coast, a clean and Writer: Sabine Bernardi
pristine beach. The clean beach brings them together and reopens the prospective Producer: Janna Velber (Boogiefilm)
of hope to them all. But is such an escape at all possible? Key Cast: Rick Okon, Maximilian Befort, Liv Lisa Fries, Felix Brocke
BIG MAMMA’S BOY Delivery Status: Completed
Romantic Comedy (98 min) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany 
Language: English 20-years-old Lukas is right in the midst of male puberty - medically triggered – for
Director: Franco Di Chiera he was in fact born a girl. Full of the zest for life, he enters big-city life but even
Writer: Frank Lotito, Matteo Bruno upon arrival encounters a major screw up: recruited for his community service he
Producer: Matteo Bruno (VALARC Films) is the only male quartered in the female nurses’ residential hall. What would be a
Key Cast: Frank Lotito, Holly Valance, George Kapiniaris, Osvaldo Maione, dream for any other boy is acute, everyday stress for Lukas: being transgender means
George Kapiniaris, Maria Venuti, Pia Miller, Costas Kilias, always finding yourself trapped in the wrong social compartment. Fortunately his best
Delivery Status: Completed friend Ine sticks by him and sweeps him into the scene of homosexuals in Cologne,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia  where she is very well integrated. Here Lukas experiences his first real flirt – with

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the cheeky, daredevil and outwardly attractive Fabio. The initial attraction between the Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Taiwan 
two boys gradually develops – until Fabio accesses the secret of Lukas’s identity when Xiao-Zhun’s world is like the elevator she operates in a department store: static,
suddenly all are compelled to risk something for their feelings. polite, low-key. When she catches her boyfriend cheating on her, the shy girl decides
BEHOLD THE LAMB to find a better home for her pet blowfish. A lonely baseball coach purchases the
Drama (83 min) blowfish at an internet auction. He is waiting in his trashed home for his wife, who
Language: English left him. When Xiao-Zhun takes the Blowfish across town to his house, they make
Director: John Mcllduff passionate love in the surreal blue light of his aquarium. She stays with him, but their
Writer: John Mcllduff love staggers like a blowfish… until one day, the Coach finally wants to learn this
Producer: Kevin Jackson (Dumbworld Productions) girl’s real name. 
Key Cast: Aoife Duffin Eddie: Nigel O’Neill, Michael Mason, Marta McIlduff, Barry THE EDUCATION
Etherson, Sandra Ni Bhrion, Rose Henderson, Paddy Rocks, Oisin Murray, Shaun Paul AKA: Die Ausbildung
McGrath  Drama (85 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: German with English subtitles
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK  Director: Dirk Lütter
In an attempt to save the neck of his junkie son Joe, Eddie agrees to do a mysterious Writer: Dirk Lütter
pick up with the help of Joe’s girlfriend Liz. The two head off across mid Ulster and Producer: Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm)
eventually find themselves in possession of a lamb. En-route they fumble their way Key Cast: Joseph K. Bundschuh, Anke Retzlaff, Stefan Rudolf, Dagmar Sachse
through a series of comic, tragic and disturbing adventures; Liz, struggling with her Delivery Status: Completed
own drug addiction, crippling sensitivity and desire to connect with her disabled son Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany 
who lives with foster parents. Eddie, an overweight and depressed ex accountant does Jan is a young man, usually reserved, shy and unambitious. He is in his last year of
his best to assume the role of a drug trafficker but his constant cradling of the lamb and training at the “Veblo AG”, a medium sized company and there’s no guarantee for a
love of bird watching doesn’t do a lot for his tough guy image. In between moments job at the end of his training. Jan’s mother, a staunch union organiser at the company,
of unexpected heroism and unlikely sightings of birds (vultures in Mid Ulster) Eddie’s can’t stop management from hiring more and more temp workers and so Jan is
dysfunctional humanity connects with Liz’s tortured past and a kind of healing begins. left in charge of his own luck. Stuck in an underperforming department, Jan does
AMÉRICA everything he can to please his boss Tobias and when Tobias asks Jan to help him
Drama, Thriller (95 min) solve the department’s problems, Jan agrees. At the same time Jenny, another co-
Language: Spanish and English with English subtitles worker, catches Jan’s eye and young love blooms. Their romance, however, is stifled
Director: Sonia Fritz by Jenny’s temp-worker status and insecurities about their future. Frustrated and
Writer: Sonia Fritz, Miguel Machalski, Lymari Nadal stressed, Jan seeks solace in fast cars and retail therapy but when Jan’s mother is laid
Producer: Frances Lausell (Isla Films) off under false pretences, Jan starts to realise the true impact of his decisions and the
Key Cast: Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Edward James Olmos, Rachel Ticotin consequences of his actions. 
Delivery Status: Completed LOVE ACTUALLY...SUCKS!
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Puerto Rico  Romantic Drama (84 min)
América’s life at a small Caribbean village suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
their daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny Director: Scud
in New York City, with support from relatives and other women, América finds comfort Writer: Scud
and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Producer: Scud (Artwalker Ltd.) 
Will she survive to tell her story? Key Cast: Osman Hung, Linda So, Haze Leung, John Tai, Tang Wei, Calvin Wong,
BLOWFISH Owen Lee, Alice Chen, Betty Chan, Christepher Wee
Romantic Drama (90 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Director: Chi Yuarn Lee Love is life, life as it is. Not every love story is a fairy tale. After a dramatic wedding
Writer: Chi Yuarn Lee, Vicci Pan feast, unusual love stories unfold towards unexpected endings. Inspired by real life
Producer: Li-Fen Chien (Happy Pictures Co. Ltd.) cases, LOVE ACTUALLY… SUCKS! is about love that gone bad: a brother and
Key Cast: Vicci Pan, Kang Jen Wu, Yi Ching Lu, Angel Yao, Hong Xiu Wu, Fernando sister in love but caught by the mother, a married painter falls for his young life
Hsieh, Yi-Ping Cheng, Chien Cheng Chen, Chu Lin, Hsin Pei Wu drawing model of same sex, an intimacy between a dance school teacher and his rich
Delivery Status: Completed but senior student, a lesbian couple one of which has role-play paranoid, a dreadful

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love triangle ending with the girl being beheaded…LOVE ACTUALLY… SUCKS! Fantasy 
celebrates love that no one care but actual life is love, love as it is. Language: Cantonese
Director: Wong Jing
Writer: Wong Jing
MEGA-VISION PICTURES LIMITED Producer: Wong Jing
Mega-Vision Pictures Limited, 11/F, 78 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Key Cast: Louis Koo
Kong, Hong Kong 852 China,  Tel: 852 27928800 Fax: 852 23147120. www.mvphk.biz, Delivery Status: Pre-Production
sales@mvphk.biz  Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Distributor  Dragon Conqueror was exiled from Heaven and became a mad monk. Upon his
At Cannes: Wong Jing (CEO), Angela Wong (General Manager), Jennifer Sek enlightenment, his mission was to conquer the demons with the sacrifice of his
(Distribution Executive) predestined lover.
Office: Riviera - Hong Kong Pavilion (B11-03), Tel: +33(0)632691101 BLACK COMEDY
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHANGHAI Comedy 
Martial Arts  Language: Cantonese
Language: Mandarin Director: Wilson Chin
Director: Wong Ching Po Writer: Wong Jing
Writer: Wong Jing Producer: Wong Jing
Producer: Wong Jing Key Cast: Wong Cho Lam, Chapman To, Kimmy Tong
Key Cast: Philip Ng, Sammo Hung, Andy On Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Johnny Du felt helpless at work and at home, which had attracted the Devil Prince
The righteous Ma was fighting for justice with his bare fists in Shanghai. There, Ma who offered Johnny three wishes in exchange of his soul.
found brotherhood, love, and the way to survive in a world shadowed by triads... A SECRET BETWEEN US
DEVIL’S RIGHT HAND Romance 
Thriller  Language: Cantonese
Language: Mandarin & Cantonese Director: Patrick Kong
Director: Wong Jing & Wang Guangli Writer: Patrick Kong
Writer: Wang Guangli Producer: Wong Jing
Producer: Wong Jing Key Cast: Angel Chiang, Edward Ma
Key Cast: Simon Yam, Vivian Hsu Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Ken was discontent that Bobo worked as a prostitute to pay for her mother’s surgery.
The police investigate a serial murderer who is killing rich women, leaving their After breaking up, Bobo disappeared on Ken. Ten years later, they met again and the
corpses in heavy make-up and cosplay costumes. story begins...
PRINCESS AND SEVEN KUNG FU MASTERS YOUNG AND DANGEROUS: RELOADED
Action Comedy  Action 
Language: Cantonese Language: Cantonese
Director: Wong Jing & Keung Kwok Man Director: Daniel Chan
Writer: Wong Jing Writer: Manfred Wong
Executive Producer: Wong Jing & Angela Wong Producer: Wong Jing
Producer: Wong Jing Key Cast: Him Law, Philip Ng, Oscar Leung, Paul Wong, Michelle Hu, Jacquelin
Key Cast: Sammo Hung, Sandra Ng, Ronald Cheng, Eric Tsang, Wong Cho Lam, Philip Ch’ng, Jazz Lam, Sammy Sum, Dominic Ho
Ng, Kimmy Tong Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Ho Nam and his buddies avenged on Med King, a gangster under Kwan’s wing.
The Japanese spy controlled the mind of patriotic Warlord Lin during the Republican Kwan wanted to get rid of these eyesores, and ultimately his boss Chiang...
Era. His daughter sought help from the seven retired Kung Fu masters to rescue him
and her homeland...
MR. & MRS. PLAYER MEI AH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LTD.
Sex Comedy  Mei Ah Entertainment Group Ltd., Mei Ah Centre, 28 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan
Language: Cantonese O Industrial Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong kong,  Tel: (852) 2751
Director: Wong Jing 3388 Fax: (852) 2799 3643.
Writer: Wong Jing http://www.meiah.com, webmaster@meiah.com 
Producer: Wong Jing Producer, Distributor
Key Cast: Chrissie Chau, Chapman To At Cannes: Sara Law (VP - Distribution), Winnie Chan (Distribution Executive)
Delivery Status: Post Production Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  UNTITLED COP ACTION MOVIE
Could two players fall seriously in love with each other and trust each other’s ... Action 
loyalty? Director: Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
A LOVE TRAP
MEGA-VISION PROJECT WORKSHOP Romance, Comedy 
LIMITED Language: Mandarin
Mega-Vision Project Workshop Limited, 11/F, 78 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Director: James Yuen
Kong,  Tel: 852-27928800 Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Producer, Distributor LAN KWAI FONG 3
At Cannes: Wong Jing (CEO), Angela Wong (General Manager), Jennifer Sek Erotic Drama 
(Distribution Executive) Director: Wilson Chin
Office: Riviera - Hong Kong Pavilion (B11-03), Tel: +33(0)632691101 Producer: NG Kin Hung
FROM VEGAS TO MACAU Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Drama  HARDCORE COMEDY
Language: Cantonese Comedy 
Director: Wong Jing Language: Cantonese
Writer: Wong Jing Key Cast: Kelvin Kwan, Dada Chan
Producer: Wong Jing Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Nicholas Tse Three separate stories about sex, gamble and drug present a refreshing comedy with
Delivery Status: Pre-Production lots of laughter and surprises. Two college students became neighbor of call girls.
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  They’ve invented an online system which brings convenience to the call girls. In
The young swindler Cool’s brother, Lionel was collecting the criminal evidence of the meanwhile, this system got on the nerves of the police. Pang is always a lucky
godfather Ko, who was ultimately murdered. Cool then invited Ken, a gambling master gambler. But this lucky magic is gone in one day and he lost a tons of money and
to set up a perfect sting to take revenge for Lionel. caused a huge debt. To repay the debt, he is ordered to kill a gangster boss. Tony had
THE GOLDEN MONK to make quick money to repay the huge debt from failed business. He was offered to
be the “drug courier.” He met a special girl Moon when he was delivering drugs to a

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bikini party.  Director: Wilson Chin
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 2 Writer: Mark WU, LAM Fung
Language: Mandarin Producer: Ng Kin Hung
Director: Chung Kai Cheong Key Cast: Shiga Lin, Kelvin Kwan
Key Cast: Jiajia Deng, Julian Chen Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Country of Origin: Hong Kong 
A pair of pretty twin sisters had been living in China happily. Elder sister Qing joined Multiple stories of romance and promiscuity intertwine once more at Lan Kwai Fong:
the volunteer program to tour around the world. One day, younger sister Hei found Hong Kong;s premium nightlife district. A photographer hits it off with a girl that just
Qing disappeared. Hei knows that Qing’s been suffering from a nightmare for a while. broke up with her rich ex-boyfriend; an office boy in advertising mistakes his cell
So, she decided to quit her job and go to Thailand to look for her sister. She met a guy phone for a pretty married woman’s; a broker gets to know a prostitute a lot more than
there who claims to be her sister’s boyfriend. After visiting where Qing stays, they he should; and a patrol officer comes across a female DJ working at a night club.
believe the nightmare is about a haunted highway. They then started their searching THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF MIRROR LAKE
plan in this highway where all the horrible things begin. Martial Arts (115)
A HAPPY LIFE OF JIN TAILIANG Language: Mandarin
Romance, Comedy (100) Director: Herman YAU
Language: Mandarin  Key Cast: Crystal Huang, Dennis TO, Anthony Wong, Xin Xin XIONG 
Director: Li Shuang Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Wang Lei, Qingyu Yao Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG/CHINA 
Delivery Status: Completed Qiu Jin - the first female revolutionist in Chinese history. Based on real Chinese
Country of Origin: China  history during the period around 1900 and is about the famous female revolutionist
Tai Laing has the most desired career among male- gynecologist Even he works with QIU JIN, who was also a kung fu master. The movie depicts how she was influenced
bodies of different woman every day, he’s been longing to find the true love and a by another revolutionist starred by Dennis To and became a brave woman with the
proper relationship. . Three girls with completely different personalities walked into ultimate aim to transform China. The revolution was failed at the end and QIU JIN
his life- the young artistic Chun, the cool career woman Xiaomei and the childhood was executed at the age of 31. 
sweetheart Xiaoqing. They want his body, heart and sperms respectively. Since THE GRANDMASTERS
then, he’s done a lot of things that a normal guy would never do, for example, sperm Martial Arts 
donation, be a naked model etc. Through the series of embarrassment, he pursued his Language: Chinese
own happiness and love. Director: Kar-wai WONG
TO MY DEAR GRANNY Producer: Kar-wai WONG, Jacky PANG
Family (120) Key Cast: Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai, ZHANG Zi-yi, ZHANG Zhen, SONG Hye-kyo,
Language: Mandarin ZHAO Ben-shan, WANG Xing-chang
Director: Chu Yu-Ning Delivery Status: In Production
Key Cast: Shiou Yun CHANG, Lawrence KO With martial arts becoming more popular in the Thirties, more people seek to learn
Delivery Status: Completed them via the professionals at Foshan in Southern China. Some of the experienced
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan  masters like to challenge their counterparts and undergoing battles. To have their
It’s a story about an old lady, who however is not a usual one as this character, a whole concentration, it is their practice to lock up the venues and no one is allowed
grandma in a family, normally is supposed to be: kind and thoughtful. All the problems to leave during battles. No food and no rest before reaching any results. Ip Man is
derived from a crime issue, in which the old lady was unfortunately involved. She a young rich man extremely talented in martial arts, but he chooses to keep a low
refused to confess anything to the police at the very beginning, as she is always full of profile. Yet this doesn’t keep him out of these troubles ahead. One day he is trapped
pride and stubborn, she did not think anyone could help her getting her money back. in this battleground so he has to use every means in order to get out of there. The
THE SILENT WAR (AKA WINDSEEKER) masters are amazed by his abilities. Master Kung and his daughter Kung Yi are
Action Drama amongst, and the latter is attracted to this newcomer. A high warlord originally from
Language: Chinese the North comes to Foshan. He has brought many masters with him in order to hide
Director: Alan Mak his true agenda. At the same battleground where Ip Man is trapped, he is suddenly
Writer: Felix Chong assassinated by his own guard Yi Xian Tian. No one has a clue of why this happened.
Key Cast: Tony LEUNG, Xun ZHOU, Mini YANG But Yi Xian Tian has already disappeared. Because of loyalty, the masters there vow
Delivery Status: Screening to take revenge for the high warlord no matter what; Ip Man and Kung Yi start their
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG  journey to hunt down Yi Xian Tian... 
Things don’t always go as your eyes see while truth’s always hidden underneath. LADY KUNG FU
In 1950s, the China Republic Government is newly established. Revolutionists in Martial Arts 
different parts of China seek chances to revolt. Everywhere is restless and chaotic. Language: Mandarin
701 Headquarter, consists of Inspection, Interpretation and Operation, is set up to spy Director: Joe CHEUNG
conspiracy through telegraph. But one day in October, all of a sudden, the enemy shut Writer: Man Lung HO
down 126 military channels for 30 hours. After these long hours, when they tune back Executive Producer: Si Yuan WU
the channels, only daily news is being broadcasted. Without concrete information, Key Cast: Jing BAI, Zhi Hua DONG, Kara HUI, Shao Qun YU, Collin CHOU
operators at the frontline are at risk. Chang Xue-ning is of Operation’s. She is sent Delivery Status: Completed
back to the Headquarter as her identity has been disclosed in Hong Kong. Reporting Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China 
in 701, she is astonished by her supervisor, Guo Zhong-xing, who used to woo her. The charming and pretty Wing Chun (Bai Jing) met a former Shaolin master, Ng Mui
Their relation is still a mystery. Xue-ning’s new mission is to seek for worthy who gets (Wai Ying Hung), who offers to train her in a unique form of close range combat.
superb aural comprehension. She targets Luo San-er, the piano tuner of Song Qing Javing trained for the requisite three months, she 0easily defeats Gao who forces her
Ling but it turns out she brings Luo’s personal assistant, He Bing to report duty. Bing is to marry with. Leung Bao Chou (Yu Shao Qun) is a handsome young scholar who
uncivilized and blind but his hearing is splendid - can even hear the wind. Is he strong has also been trained in martial arts by his parents (Yuen Wah and Yuen Chau, Kung
enough to be the saviour in this silent war?  Fu Hustle). Intially, Bao Chou is put off by Wing Chun’s rambunctious ways, but a
WU DANG genuine romance soon develops between them. Imperial officer Lau Yam (Wai Tin
Martial Arts Chee) leads his master, Kam Ying (Collin Chou), to Guangdong in pursuit of Ng Mui
Language: Chinese and the other Shaolin rebels. Though Kam Ying was once in love with Ng Mui, this
Director: Patrick LEUNG doesn’t stop him from killing her comrades, and finally threatening Yim Wing Chun
Key Cast: Vincent CHIU, Dennis TO, Louis Fan, Mini Yang  and her family. In a final showdown, Ng Mui proves no match for Kam Ying, and it
Delivery Status: Pre-Production is left to Wing Chun, helped by Bao Chou, to finally defeat this apparently invincible
In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang foe. Yim Wing Chun promises her master that she will disseminate the art to which
Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to she has given the name. 
Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of LAN KWAI FONG
expectation, a disciple represented Wudang to compete with other martial arts masters Realistic (95)
for the championship. During the competition, resentment incurred against different Language: Cantonese
parties, the relationship became complicated, a Korean female Tai Chi descendant fell Director: Wilson CHIN
in love with the American conspirator and the secret of the treasure had been revealed. Producer: Kin Hung NG
The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it’s stolen, Wudang would be Key Cast: Z.O. CHEN, Shiga LIN, Bonnie XIAN
devastated. To protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied around to defeat grant Delivery Status: Completed
masters. It’s the time the long-lost Wudang martial arts returned... Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG 
LAN KWAI FONG 2 Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of
Exotic (100) nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go LKF for fun, one night stand or even true
Language: Cantonese love. LKF had captured joys and sorrows of many... Steven and Jennifer had one night

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stand but they both could feel true love comes along. Unfortunately, misunderstanding big enough to house both Noah’s family and two animals of every kind in order to
tore them apart and Jennifer decided to disappear from LKF. After eight months, Steven repopulate the post-flood world. In a race against time, Noah and his family begin
was promoted to work at head office in Australia. He reunited with Jennifer again at his work on the largest boat ever seen, while nearby, resentful townspeople demand that
farewell party but Jennifer had already engaged with his boss. Can true love be found in Noah continue to farm for their needs. Two of Noah’s sons set off to gather animals;
this place? Or only sex is the way out of this place?  a motley crew of critters with minds of their own: tigers, falcons, camels, orangutans,
LIVES IN FLAMES prairie dogs, and elephants. As the time grows nearer and dark clouds fill the sky, the
Musical Drama/ Coming-of-age  godless townspeople, led by the corrupt merchant Kabos and an army of giants, set
Language: Catonese off for the Ark to both steal Noah’s food and hijack the boat itself. Noah’s sons and
Director: Jacky Lee the animals attempt to make it back to the Ark before the flood begins as the angry
Writer: Lam Fung, Mark Wu mob grows closer. The heavens open. The ground erupts with geysers. Mountains
Executive Producer: LI Kuo Hsing/NG Kin Hung crumble. Towns tumble. And with all of his family and the animals arriving in the
Producer: NG Kin Hung nick of time, Noah embarks on the most perilous journey of survival in history. With
Key Cast: (Mr. Alan PO, Dash TAM, MJ TAM, Ronny LAI, Tom TO), Mag nothing but the sky above and the sea below, Noah, his family and his animal crew
LAM,Michelle WAI, Jeana HO, Bonnie XIAN, CHAN Wai Man, Eva LAI, must somehow navigate their way through the total destruction of the world. 
Delivery Status: Post Production WILD HEARTS
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong  Drama (90 Minutes)
Alan is a job hopper who just got fired at his fifth job in two years. His father has Language: English
been hoping that he could take over the family business, but he insisted to create his Director: Ricky Schroder
own path even though he has no passion for everything. He ran into his high school Writer: Andrea Schroder, Ricky Schroder
bandmate Dash. Dash has been working at a music store after graduation. Although Producer: Steve Gainer, Jina Panebianco, Andrea Schroder
Dash’s girlfriend Jeana doesn’t like what he’s doing, he’s still very happy as long Key Cast: Veronice Dunne, Martin Kove, Ricky Schroder
as he’s surrounded by music. Dash invited Alan to join his band, but Alan has been Wild Hearts tells the story of Willow, a strong, beautiful, independent minded young
dragging on this because he’s not enthusiastic about music. Until he saw Meg, the lead girl from Malibu who is determined to find the father she has never known. She
singer whom he loves at first sight, he decided to join the band. finds Jack, her father, a rugged cowboy, far from home in the wild Sierra Nevada
Mountains. Jack, who used to run a dude ranch, now breaks and sells wild horses
to make ends meet. As Jack and Willow struggle to understand each other’s ways,
METROPOL FILMS Willow makes a connection with an untamable Mustang, Bravo which she becomes
Metropol Films, c/o VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH Waldmeisterstr. 72, MÜNCHEN, determined to set free. Grizz and his son Duke, Jack’s rivals, seek to claim the
80935 Germany,  Tel: 49 89 354 84 113 Fax: 49 89 354 84 145. www.foursensesmovie. beautiful mustang also. Wild Hearts is a movie filled with adventure, beauty and self-
com, vps@vpsfilm.de  discovery.
Producer  THE LOST MEDALLION
At Cannes: Ruediger Von Spies (Founder) Adventure (97 Minutes)
Office: Le Grand Hotel- Suite Jacqueline 993, Tel: 33 7 87 09 35 70 Language: English
FOUR SENSES Director: Bill Muir
AKA: Enchanted Amore: A Very Unusual Love Story  Writer: Bill Muir
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Mark Burman, Bobby Downes, Kevin Downes, Wych Kaosayananda,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany - USA  Philip Moses, Bill Muir, Michael Scott
A handsome bachelor falls for a mysterious and beautiful woman in a dingy strip club Key Cast: Alex Kendrick, Billy Unger, Sammi Hanratty, Mark Dacascos, Jansen
south of the border.  It is love at first sight, except she is blind.  In a daring rescue, he Panettiere, James Hong
brings her back to his beautiful mansion where they begin a sweet and sensual romance, Delivery Status: Completed
an EROmantic journey through her remaining Four Senses.  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Archaeologist Dr. Michael Stone looked for the lost medallion his entire life, and now
MISSION PICTURES INTERNATIONAL his son Billy has taken up the search. Amazingly, the medallion ends up in Billy’s
Mission Pictures International, 15363 Victory Blvd, Van Nuys, California 91406 USA,  hands and a spontaneous wish in a precarious situation takes Billy and his best friend
Tel: 1.818.907.8700 Fax: 1.818.907.8719. Allie, back 200 years to what they realize is a very different Aumakua Island. When
www.missionpicsintl.com, info@missionpicsintl.com  Billy and his friends are not jumping off waterfalls, avoiding animal traps, crossing
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor the ocean, sneaking through caves or escaping a prison they’re facing their nemesis
At Cannes: Cindy Bond (President), George Shamieh (CEO) Cobra, who wants nothing more than for them all to disappear. With no other way to
Office: Lerins; R.10, Tel: 33 (0)4 92 99 33 07 get home, and the wellbeing of the entire island resting on his shoulders, Billy must
THE PERFECT WAVE discover the key to reclaiming the medallion and its tremendous power. One way or
Drama (90 Minutes) another, this adventure will change Billy, and life on the island, forever.
Language: English
Director: Bruce Macdonald MISTER SMITH ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: Roger Hawkins, William A. Wood III Mister Smith Entertainment, 77 Dean Street, London, W1D 3SH UK,  Tel: 44 020
Producer: Bruce Macdonald, S. Bryan Hickox 7494 1724 Fax: +44 207 494 1725.
Key Cast: Scott Eastwoood, Cheryl Ladd, Rachel Hendrix www.mistersmithent.com/, abritt@mistersmithent.com 
Delivery Status: Completed Sales Agent 
Year of Production: 2013  At Cannes: David Garrett (CEO), Ralpho Borgos (EVP - International Licensing &
Ian grew up surfing the waters of New Zealand’s eastern shore and with a searching Distribution), Jill Jones (EVP - International Marketing & Publicity), Dan Fisher
heart caught glimpses of truth in the moment on a wave when the world came together (EVP - Legal & Business Affairs), Pamela Godwin-Austen (SVP - International
in perfection. Wanting to dive deeper, he sets out on a journey with his best friend Publicity), Andrew Boyd (SVP - International Marketing), Annasivia Britt (VP
that will change his life as they chase the perfect wave. Travelling through Australia, - Marketing & Publicity), Rouzie Hassanova (VP - International Licensing &
Southeast Asia, and Africa, they surf incredible breaks and swirl in the life of ongoing Distribution), Laura Grange (Executive Assistant - International Licensing &
travel, party, and adventure, looking for the force that drives the world. When Ian meets Distribution), Klervi Gavet (Executive Assistant - International Licensing &
Annabel, a striking and kindred soul, he abandons his friend on a new quest of love Distribution)
and ecstasy. Jealousy overtakes their love. Broken by his own soul, Ian chases her to an Office:, Tel: +44 207 851 7907
island paradise to win her back.  IMAGINE
NOAH Drama/Comedy 
Animation  Language: English
Language: English Director: Dan Fogelman
Director: Bill Boyce, John Stronach Writer: Dan Fogelman
Writer: Ed Naha Executive Producer: Shivani Rawat 
Producer: Cindy Bond, John Stronach Producer: Denise DiNovi, Jessie Nelson, Nimitt Mankad
Key Cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Keaton, Jason Lee, Elliot Gould, Nicollette Sheridan, Key Cast: Al Pacino
Rob Schneider, Eliza Dushku, Howie Mandel Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2013 
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: USA  Aging 70’s musician Danny Collins (Pacino) is still living fast - drugs, sex, and a
In a world corrupted by evil and riled by a race of powerful giants, Noah and his way-too-young-for-him girlfriend. He’s playing to packed arenas every night where
family keep their faith in God alive do their best to obey his rules. When God visits he performs his “sell-out” music (his words) in front of an aging, rabid audience.
farmer Noah, he reveals a terrifying fact: God plans to send a great flood to destroy When, on his 64th birthday, Danny discovers an undelivered letter written to his
the entire world and all that is upon it, erasing all traces of evil in order to start anew. 19 year-old-self from his hero John Lennon, he decides to straighten his life out,
He entrusts Noah with a monumental task. Noah and his brood must build an Ark rediscover the music he originally set out to make, and most importantly: reconnect

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with the forty-year old son he’s never known. Leaving his luxury lifestyle behind, Language: English
Danny moves into a small New Jersey hotel and befriends Mary, the hotel’s manager, Director: Martin Forcier
who helps inspire him to continue on his journey. As Danny reconnects with his son, Writer: Martin Forcier
Tom, and his young family, he experiences life without the sparkly, rock’n’roll facade, Co-Production Partners: Alienated Toad Productions
and discovers that, in the words of Lennon’s letter, “love…. is all that matters.” Executive Producer: Paul Martineau, Jean Laprise, Robert Taillefer
LOVE, ROSIE Producer: Marie Lemay
Comedy/Romance  Key Cast: Jon McLaren, Matthew Stefiuk, Barry Blake
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Christian Ditter Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
Writer: Juliette Towhidi  A skilled young hit man is new in town and hooks up with a prominent local crime
Co-Production Partners: Constantin Film, Octagon Films - A German-Irish Co- family. Trusted with his first hit, things go decidedly off-course when he discovers his
Production target was hiding much darker secrets than Ray was prepared for.
Executive Producer: Martin Moszkowicz, James Flynn, Ronan Flynn, Morgan MAD SHIP
O’Sullivan Drama (92 min)
Producer: Robert Kulzer, Simon Brooks Language: Englislh
Key Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin Director: David Mortin
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Writer: David Mortin & Patricia Fogliato
Year of Production: 2013  Co-Production Partners: Enigmatico Films & Buffalo Gal Pictures
Rosie Dunne and her best friend Alex take a leap of faith, both on life and on each Producer: David Mortin, Patricia Fogliato, Rhonda Baker, Elizabeth Jarvis
other, when they decide to go to America together to attend University. But fate has Key Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Line Verndal & Gil Bellows
other plans for Rosie who discovers that she is pregnant after a crazy night out with Delivery Status: Screening
the most popular boy in school. She encourages Alex to go without her, hopeful that Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
she’ll catch up with him eventually. Over the next twelve years, their lives change A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death
dramatically but the undeniable connection remains. At the back of Rosie’s mind is of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of
always the question, what if fortune had taken another turn and they were meant to be the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression. 
more than just good friends. When ultimately presented with the opportunity, will they ESPERENZA
gamble everything for the chance to be together? Based on the bestselling novel Where Documentary (98 min)
Rainbows End, LOVE, ROSIE is Cecelia Ahern’s follow-up to her box-office hit P.S. I Language: Spanish
LOVE YOU. LOVE, ROSIE is a fresh and heart-warming story about friendship, true Director: Sylvie Moreaux & Enrique Carballido
love, and luck that shows how sometimes fate just can’t stop meddling…  Co-Production Partners: L’Embardee & Sabate Films
Producer: Henri Carballido
Delivery Status: Completed
MONTECRISTO INTERNATIONAL Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Paraguay 
ENTERTAINMENT Thirty-seven Paraguayan artists whose 35-year struggle against the Stroessner
MonteCristo International Entertainment, 459 Columbus Avenue - Suite 334, New REgime brought them to the use of a powerful weapon - art. Isolated within a
York City, New York 10024 USA,  Tel: +1917 647 7587 Fax: +1917 677 8300. www. forgotten country in the heart of Latin America, their voices blend as they tell stories,
MonteCristoEntertainment.com, Sales@MonteCristoEntertainment.com  poems written between days of torture.
Sales Agent, Producer THE HOLY QUATERNITY
At Cannes: Cindy Nelson-Mullen (CEO), Michael Taverna (President), Juan Vista Neis Romantic Comedy (95m)
(Head of Sales & Acquisitions), Gillian Altman (Executive Assistant) Language: Czech
Office: Riviera: F9-G8 Director: Jan Hrebejk
ROAD TO JUAREZ Writer: Michael Viewegh
Action (86 minutes) Co-Production Partners: In-Film Praha
Language: English Producer: Rudolf Bierman
Director: David De Leon Key Cast: Jenovefa Bokova, Gregor Buaer, Hunek Cermák
Writer: David De Leon Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: 8th Street Films, Fungi Films, Marc Production Enterprises, Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Czech 
Millennium Crop Entertainment Two middle-aged pals rekindle their passion for their spouses – or rather, each other’s
Executive Producer: Noel Tristan spouses – while on a tropical holiday.
Producer: Cesar Ramirez, Scott M. Rosenfelt, Sergio Solares Alverez WAIL AWAY
Key Cast: William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Walter Perez, and Charley Koontz  Supernatural Thriller (90m)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Director: Mark Lipkin
An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits Producer: Mark Lipkin
into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Key Cast: Pete Muir, Amos Philips
RESILIENT 3-D Delivery Status: Completed
Sci-fi/Disaster Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Australia 
Language: English Torsten’s existence is torn apart when he inherits a diary from his euthanized
Director: Michael Taverna grandfather and uncovers a horrific family’s past.
Writer: Michael Taverna THE WANTEDS
Producer: Cindy Nelson Mullen, Michael Taverna Documentary (92m)
Key Cast: Robert Beltran, Virginia Madson, Joanna Pacula Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Stephanie Smith
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Stephanie Smith and Dave Camp
Dermot’s quest to design a solar sail space ship takes an unexpected turn when his wife Producer: Dave Camp
Claire dies during a tornado. His past will shape our future. Key Cast: Carla Betz, Tommy Harrington
APARTMENT 1303 3-D Delivery Status: Completed
Thriller (87 minutes) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: English An entertaining documentary about a musician on an unorthodox tour of the USA
Director: Michael Taverna turns out to be about a lot more: a story about family, identity, and what happens when
Writer: Michael Taverna you really go for your dream.
Co-Production Partners: I PERFECT DAYS
Executive Producer: Cindy Nelson Mullen, Michael Taverna, Scott M. Rosenfelt Romantic Comedy (95m)
Producer: MonteCristo Pictures Language: Czech
Key Cast: Mischa Barton, Rebecca De Mornay, Julianne Michelle, John Diehl & Corey Director: Alice Nellis
Sevier Writer: Alice Nellis
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Rudolph Biermann
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Ivana Chýlková, Ondrej Sokol, Zuzana Bydzovská
A mother /daughters relationship turns into a tale of Horror when the younger sibling Delivery Status: Completed
Janet moves out and into an apartment of her own. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Czech 
UNDERCURRENT Celebrity hairdresser Erika seems to have it all, however as she nears her 40th
Thriller (90 minutes) birthday, the tick on her biological clock has become deafening. She wants a baby, but

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needs a man. So does her best friend, who is gay. documentaries and 100’s of web shorts. 
CHROMIUMBLUE.COM
Romance (30 minute and feature length)
MOONSTONE ENTERTAINMENT Language: English
Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box 1599, Studio City, CA 91614 USA,  Tel: Key Cast: Erica Prior, Summer Altice, Shane Brolly, Ian Abercrombie and many
1.818.985.3003 Fax: 1.818.985.3009. more.
www.moonstonefilms.com, etchie@moonstonefilms.com  Delivery Status: Completed
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor Year of Production: 2002 Country of Origin: USA 
At Cannes: Mr. Etchie Stroh (CEO), Yael Stroh (President), Jay Firestone (Producer), 16 half-hour episodes of the romance series. Also available as 4 feature-lenth films.
Shahar Stroh (Director Development & Acquisitions)
Office: Lerins R21, Tel: 06.17.42.12.74
FAVELA MOUNTAIN ROAD ENTERTAINMENT
AKA: Codename Falcon: Favela 
Action GROUP
Language: English Mountain Road Entertainment Group, Bergweg 12, Hilversum, 1221 SE The
Director: Ernie Barbarash Netherlands,  Tel: 0031 (0) 653 948 986
Writer: Yan T. Parazi www.mountainroad.nl, sjef@mountainroad.nl 
Producer: Etchie Stroh, Shahar Stroh Sales Agent, Producer
Key Cast: Michael Jai White, Neal McDonough, Laila Ali  At Cannes: Sjef Scholte (CEO), Danielle Raaphorst /Incredible Film (Int. Sales
Delivery Status: Post Production Agent)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Office: Village International, Dutch Pavilion #109
The first installment in an action franchise, entitled CODENAME: FALCON, will USHI MUST MARRY
center around former Marine John “Falcon” Chapman, a dark anti-hero driven by guilt Comedy (96’)
and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, who will destroy himself unless Language: English
given something else to destroy - a useful weapon-of-last-resort for the U.S. State Director: Paul Ruven
Department. Key Cast: Wendy van Dijk, Hiromi Tojo, Mark Sagato Guest starring Patrick
A PRIDE OF LIONS Dempsey and Chris Noth
Action (100 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Director: Sidney J. Furie In this hilarious comedy, Japanese journalist Ushi Hirosaki (a character of Dutch star
Writer: Richard Watson Wendy van Dijk) is by Japanese tradition supposed to get married before her 30th
Producer: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks birthday. Because time is running out, her parents decide to marry her off to a huge
Key Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Margot Kidder, Cedric Smith, Tom Jackson, Seymour sumo wrestler (Mark Sagato). Not a match made in heaven, Ushi soon decides to
Cassel and Bo Svenson go look for a better candidate herself. Ushi travels halfway around the world, from
Delivery Status: Screening London and Paris to glamorous Hollywood, to find the man of her dreams. Along the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada  way she does valiant efforts, for example learning table manners, ballroom dancing
A family action film about the high adventures of five American grandparents, who go and playing golf, to become a real lady. Trying hard and failing even harder, Ushi gets
to Afghanistan to rescue their soldier grandsons from the Taliban. herself in the most embarrassing and hilarious situations when cultures seriously start
COMPULSION to clash.
Psychological Thriller (90) LOVING IBIZA
Language: English  Romantic Comedy (111)
Director: Egidio Coccimiglio Language: Dutch
Writer: Floyd Byars Director: Johan Nijenhuis
Producer: Gary Howsam, Bill Marks Writer: Tijs van Marle, Annelou Verboon, Maarten Lebens
Key Cast: Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna Executive Producer: Bernard Tulp
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Klaas de Jong, Johan Nijenhuis 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada  Key Cast: Jan Kooijman, Sanne Vogel, Willeke van Ammelrooy
A psychological thriller based on the Korean blockbuster 301-302.  Delivery Status: Completed
RE-LAUNCHING OF THE IMPERIAL FILM CATALOGUE Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Action/Thriller/Comedy (Varies) On the island where the near fifty want to be thirty, the thirty something want to be
Language: English twenty, and the hipsters are out of control, an ensemble of characters falls in love with
Key Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos, Rob Lowe, Burt each other and with Ibiza! 13 people, 4 storylines and 1 island. Everyone comes to
Reynolds, Mario Van Peebles, Christopher Lambert, Ice-T, John Hurt, and many more.  Ibiza with separate expectations, but in the end they all face the same challenges. In
Delivery Status: Completed a light-hearted and comical fashion, 4 couples get a taste of the universal desire to be
The newly acquired catalog of 27 action packed pictures including: Black Eagle, Blast, something that’s no longer feasible. Now they will have to figure out what comes in
Crazy Six, Double Dragon, Sabotage, Lion the Streetfighter and many more.  its place. 
ZALMAN KING’S PLEASURE OR PAIN MIKE SAYS GOODBYE
Romance (102) Family Film (95’)
Language: English Language: Dutch spoken with English subtitles
Director: Zalman King Director: Marie Peters
Writer: Zalman King Writer: Mirjam Oomkes & Willemine van de Wiel
Executive Producer: David Saunders, Amnon Lisbona Producer: Shooting Star Filmcompany
Producer: Shane Stanley Key Cast: Maas Bronkhuyzen, Faas Wijn, Bracha van Doesburgh, Carine Crutzen
Key Cast: Malena Morgan, Christos Vasilopoulos, Elle Alexandra, Daniel Sobieray  Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Mike Says Goodbye Mike, a boy who has been hospitalized for months, gets released
The Master of Erotic Cinema’s Final Feature, “Zalman King’s Pleasure or Pain” touted from hospital. But when his mother doesn’t come to take him home, a kind nurse is
as “9 1/2 Weeks - 2.0”  concerned and contacts the Youth Care Bureau. It looks like Mike will be sent off to
RED SHOE DIARIES foster parents. Mike thinks this is ridiculous. He’s aware his mother sometimes drinks
Romance (30 minute episodes & 90 minute features) too much, but he can take care of himself. With help from his roommate Vincent he
Language: English thinks up many ways to cross the Youth Care’s plans. Will Mike manage to celebrate
Key Cast: David Duchovny, Ally Sheedy, Joan Severance, Richard Tyson, Maryam Christmas at home with his mom?
D’Abo, Steven Bauer, Sheryl Lee, Matt LeBlanc and many more ONLY DECENT PEOPLE
Delivery Status: Completed Comedy (100)
Year of Production: 1992-1999 Country of Origin: USA  Language: Dutch
66 half-hour episodes now available in HD. Also available as 22 feature-length films.  Director: Lodewijk Crijns
ZALMAN KING LEGACY COLLECTION Writer: Lodewijk Crijns
Language: English Producer: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld
Key Cast: Billy Zane, Joan Severance, Rae Dawn Chong, Martin Sheen, Shawnee Free Key Cast: Jeroen Krabbe, Annet Malherbe, Geze Weisz
Jones, Seymour Cassel and many more Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands 
Year of Production: 1993-2012 Country of Origin: USA  Well-bred David, who is engaged to an equally well-bred girl within the Jewish
A collection of 4 films (“Lake Consequence”, “Boca”, “Women of the Night”), 4 social circle of his educated middle class parents in the posh district of Amsterdam,

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discovers he has a craving for black beauties with big boobs and buttocks from the Language: English
suburbs. He dumps his girlfriend, drops out of college and sets out on a quest for his Director: Michael Kristoff
dream. An apolitical and nonreligious film about the clash between social and cultural Writer: Michael Kristoff, Jack Holmes
classes, based on the novel by Robert Vuijsje.  Producer: Adam Gibbs, Roger Joseph Pugliese
THE MARATHON Key Cast: Jackson Rathbone, Jack Holmes, Elliot Gould, Bob Gunton, Brian Doyle-
Comedy (100) Murray, Jocelin Donahue
Language: Dutch Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Diederick Koopal Year of Production: 2012/2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Writer: Martin van Waardenberg, Gerard Meuldijk Bobby Kelly has it all — money, good look, and women. He is a young hotshot
Producer: Hans de Weers, Maarten Swart, Reinout Oerlemans corporate attorney at a prestigious law firm. However, he’s also come under fire for
Key Cast: Stefan Walle, Martin van Waardenberg, Marcel Hensema, Frank Lammers his increasingly unfocused and poor attitude. Adding to his pressure is the strained
Delivery Status: Completed relationship with his fiancé Elizabeth, the daughter of one of the Firm’s partners. One
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Netherlands  night, Bobby and a few of his fellow associates stumble upon The Foxes Den, a once-
The garage of 4 guys playing cards, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer the whole cool jazz lounge forgotten in time. On a whim, Bobby sings a classic jazz standard,
day is in failure. A ‘brilliant’ idea to run a marathon for money seems to be the solution.  accompanied by Chad Barrows the piano player. Much to everyone’s surprise, Bobby
THE BLITZ is an amazing singer. After hearing him sing, the owner of The Foxes Den offers
AKA: The Rotterdam Blitz Bobby a job as its new act. It’s a dream come true, yet it’s something Bobby could
Romantic Drama (110) have never imagined. He befriends a cast of eclectic characters and falls in love with
Language: Dutch Kat, the lounge’s waitress. Bobby’s new cohorts help him rediscover and follow his
Director: Ate de Jong true passion — singing. Ultimately, Bobby is faced with the decision whether or not
Writer: Ate de Jong, Paul Ruven to throw away what he has now to chase his lifelong dream.
Co-Production Partners: Paul Ruven, Rene Huybrechtse FDR: AMERICAN BADASS!
Producer: San Fu Maltha (Black Book) Action, Comedy (93 mins.)
Key Cast: Jan Smit, Roos van Erkel, Monic Hendrickx Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Garrett Brawith
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: The Nehterlands  Writer: Ross Patterson
14th of May 1940 early afternoon: Eva gives her “I do” to Dirk. But shortly after her Producer: Ross Patterson, Brandon Bonfiglio,Tristan Drew
vows the first bombs are dropped by the German Luftwaffe on the centre of Rotterdam. Key Cast: Barry Bostwick, Kevin Sorbo, Bruce McGill, Lin Shaye, Ray Wise, Ross
The bombs continue to sail down for seventeen relentless minutes. The entire proud Patterson
city is demolished: streets, trees, houses, shops, churches, everything. The bride and Delivery Status: Screening
groom and their guests try to flee away from the bombardment in an attempt to survive. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: U.S.A. 
Eva is getting help from Vincent, a young boxing champion. Eva and Vincent love This is a kick-werewolf-ass movie for history buffs (or not). It chronicles the
each other madly. But Eva has to marry the middle aged Dirk to save her family. The adventures of FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a “Wheelchair of Death”
bombardment of Rotterdam caused tremendous grief. And behind all those painful tricked out by the CIA and Einstein with rocket launchers and machine guns to stop
statistics are numerous personal stories and tragedies. The story of the impossible love the world from being taken over by polio-carrying Nazi werewolves during WWII.
between Vincent and Eva is just as poignant as it is touching, just as surprising as fatal, The Axis of Lycan Evil consists of deadly menaces that are led by Werewolf versions
just as suspenseful as romantic.  of Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.
NOVA ZEMBLA ZOMBIE ISLAND
Adventure (108) Adventure, Creature, Cult, Foreign, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Zombie (100 mins.)
Language: Dutch spoken with English subtitles Language: Tagalog
Director: Reinout Oerlemans Director: Tyrone Acierto
Writer: Hugo Heinen & Reinout Oerlemans Writer: Tyrone Acierto
Producer: Hans de Weers & Reinout Oerlemans Producer: Vanessa Ulgado
Key Cast: Robert de Hoog, Derek de Lint, Victor Reinier, Teun Kuilboer, Semmy Key Cast: Marti Sandino San Juan, Ronald Pacifico, Jill Palencia, Robert Nunes,
Schilt, Jan Declair, Doutzen Kroes Millard Keung
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: The Netherlands  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Philippines 
NOVA ZEMBLA tells the tale of a world famous episode of Dutch history, the starting Romy and Peewee are teenage orphans with an unusual job -- they loot the cemeteries
point of Holland’s famous Golden Century. NOVA ZEMBLA is a gripping story and steal precious belongings from the dead. The villagers fed up with their disrespect
about survival and the strength of the human spirit. Raw, in your face and beautifully for the dead offer a hefty reward for their capture. Desperate to flee town, the two sail
touching. The first ever Dutch movie shot in 3D. off to a desolate island only to encounter a greater foe – a swarm of zombie pirates.
The pirates were originally hired by an American scientist, William Seabrook, to
kidnap the descendents of the island’s natives to help him read ancient scripture and
MULTIVISIONNAIRE PICTURES find a mysterious meteorite. With their greedy nature, the pirates stole the meteorite
MultiVisionnaire Pictures, 3080 W. Valley Blvd. Ste B., Alhambra, CA 91803 USA,  Tel: from Seabrook thinking it was something of value. That is, until they were all infected
626.737.8357 Fax: 626.737.8642. by the contagious alien virus inside the meteorite. Romy and Peewee, along with the
www.multivisionnaire.com, sean@multivisionnaire.com  only survivor of the descendents, are now trapped on the island full of flesh-eating
Sales Agent  zombie pirates! They must use their wits to battle the zombies and find a way off the
At Cannes: Sean Haley (Managing Partner), Nadin Hadi (Director/Sales/Acquisitions), zombie island alive.
Erika Kao-Haley (Managing Partner), Germaine Pena (Sales & Marketing Executive) BULLETS & COOKIES (BALAS & BOLINHOS)
Office: Riviera: D.2, Tel: 1 626 737 8357 Fax: 626.737.8642 Comedy/Action (129 min)
THE LAST DEATH (THE LA ULTIMA MUERTE) Language: Portuguese
Action/Sci-Fi//Thriller (104 min) Director: Luis Ismael
Language: Spanish Writer: Luis Ismael
Director: David Ruiz Gutierrez Producer: Luis Ismael, JD Duarte, Andreia Lucas
Writer: David Ruiz Gutierrez Key Cast: Jorge Neto, Luis Ismael, JD Duarte, João Pires
Producer: Billy Rovzar, Fernando Rovzar, Alexis Fridman Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Kuno Becker, Alvaaro Guerrero, Carlos Bracho, Carlos Kaspar, Claudette Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Portugal 
Maille y Manolo Cardona The mischievous trio, Culatra, Rato and Bino, each has their own way of swindling
Delivery Status: Completed and exploiting others for their personal gain. What unites them is their willingness
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Mexico  to do whatever it takes to get what they are after -- money and women. The outcasts
Dr. Alexanderson finds an unconscious unidentified young man outside his mountain reunite with their “supposedly worldly” leader Tone, returning from the Far East to
cabin during a major storm. After the storm quiets down, Dr. Alexanderson takes the tend to his father who is in need of a liver transplant. Tone’s experiences in the East
man to the hospital and they instantly realize that this young man suffers from amnesia makes him a man of Zen and spirituality. His new perspective in contrast to that of
and that his identity does not exist according to the Bureau of National Information. the other three creates a unique and hysterically funny dynamic between the four of
This alerts the authorities, who immediately begin to pursue Dr. Alexanderson and the them. However, they all have a common goal – to find the briefcase filled with money
mystery man. The federal agents seem determined to catch them and willing to destroy so they can all get rich and solve each other‘s problem. They’ve got spy gadgets, chop
all evidence and people in their way. Dr. Alexanderson is compelled to help and bring suey kung fu, and a chest full of stupid ideas. Things just go from bad to worse when
light to the dark memory of the man. “No act of kindness goes unpunished” holds true they discover that the briefcase is locked up in the vault of the most powerful criminal
in this thriller about the dangers and larger-than-life conspiracy attached to the man’s group. It’s a race against time, a lot of enemies and stupidity.
past that the good doctor willingly steps into. THE BLUE APPLE TREE (EL MANZANO AZUL)
LIVE AT THE FOXES DEN Family/Drama (92 min)
Drama/Musical/Romance (103 min)

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Language: Spanish mobsters and cops. Their final gambit leads them to discover their final stop – Lola’s
Director: Olegario Barrera Love Shack. A place once shrouded in rumor and myth, Lola’s provides the boys
Writer: Olegario Barrera with wild and seasoning experiences. Their quest for manhood is going to take guts,
Producer: Centro Nacional Autonomo de Cinematograpfia (CNAC) CINE-QUA-NON, money, and a few fake IDs, but will it ultimately make Beetle a man? Is Lola’s Love
C.A. Shack the answer to their prayers? 
Key Cast: Miguelangel Landa, Gabriel Mantilla HEATHENS AND THIEVES
Delivery Status: Completed Action, Adventure, Crime, Western (110 mins.)
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Venezuela  Language: English
An eleven-year old city boy, named Diego, is forced to spend a vacation in a small Director: Megan Peterson, John Douglas Sinclair
country house in the Venezuelan Andes with his grandfather, Francisco, who he hardly Writer: John Douglas Sinclair
knows. In the midst of an environment he finds hostile, he is bullied and deemed an Producer: Peter H. Scott, Matthew Marconi
outcast by the country kids; branded as a city boy with no television, mobile phone, Key Cast: Don Swayze, Gwendoline Yeo, Andrew Simpson, Richard Doyle, Michael
iPod, nor anything he is used to having; he is miserably stuck in the country with his Robert Brandon
energetic grandfather and an odd blue apple tree; soon Diego learns to live life in a Delivery Status: Completed
different perspective, leaving his needs for materialistic items, and even meeting a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
young girl he takes a strong liking to; with time and gained appreciation of his stay with When two drifters hear rumors of a Chinese railroad worker hiding stolen gold
his grandfather, Diego has an experience that will stay with him for the rest of his life.  at a isolated ranch, the desperate men put a conspiracy into motion to steal the
BATTLE EARTH “Chinaman’s Gold” themselves -- before other interested parties close in. Saul, one
Sci-Fi/Action (85 min) of the drifters, uses his charm and his horse skill to get hired as a ranch hand, while
Language: English partner Bill lurks in the shadows waiting. To betray his new Chinese boss Zhen into
Director: Aaron Kurmey revealing the treasure’s location, Saul tries every trick he can think of, even playing
Writer: Aaron Kurmey on the sexual tension stirring between him and Zhen’s beautiful wife, Kun Hua.
Producer: Aaron Kurmey, Kevin Johnson, Ryan Hatt But their game begins too late. One by one, others arrive: a group of mercenaries
Key Cast: Kevin Johnson, Adam Munro, Ryan Hatt, Jon Macburnie, Grayson Ogle, Gin representing ruthless bankers, a shady gunman who might be a federal marshal, and
Fedotov the local sheriff and his deputy -- all have motives of their own. Saul finds himself
Delivery Status: Completed up against far worse men than himself and is forced to shift plans and allegiances in
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada  a deadly multi-sided face-off of bluffs, gambles, and betrayals as he struggles to find
2015 – Omega Day. Confirmation of extraterrestrial life appears on television screens the gold and come out alive.
across the world as a massive spacecraft breaks through the atmosphere on a crash PIRATE BROTHERS
course into the Atlantic Ocean. A young paramedic, Greg Baker, signs up to fight for his Action (96 mins.)
planet against the invaders. Baker joins Special Forces members as the squad medic as Language: English
they escort a classified package by chopper over enemy territory in Southern Alberta. Director: Asun Mawardi
When their chopper is shot down they find themselves surrounded and outnumbered. Writer: Matthew Ryan Fischer, Douglas Galt, Asun Mawardi
Desperate to return to his wife’s side and haunted by nightmares, Baker finds that his Producer: Asun Mawardi, Jimmy Djulianto, Gina Maria, Keith Brinksman
role in the war has quickly become much larger than he could have ever imagined.  Key Cast: Robin Shou, Imd Verdy Bhawanta, Marcio Fernando da Silva
DEVOURED Delivery Status: Completed
Horror, Thriller (89 mins.) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Indonesia 
Language: English Sunny and Verdy are orphan brothers, not by blood but by will. Life takes them down
Director: Greg Olliver two completely different paths. Verdy is adopted by a wealthy family and inherits a
Writer: Marc Landau powerful enterprise, and Sunny enters the pirate underworld. Years later Sunny and
Producer: Greg Olliver, Marc Landau, Karim Raoul, Julie Buck Verdy come face to face when Verdy’s fiancee is kidnapped by pirates. Reunited,
Key Cast: Marta Milans, Kara Jackson, Bruno Gunn, Tyler Holinger, Luis Harris they fight to save her and stop the international criminal scheme of the entire pirate
Delivery Status: Completed operation.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: U.S.A.  THE ADORED
An immigrant mother leads a lonely and desperate existence, working as a cleaning Thriller/LGBT (93 mins)
woman at an old New York City restaurant in order to make enough money to pay for Language: English
her son’s operation. With no friends or family around, her inner turmoil gets the best of Director: Carl Medland
her when malicious forces from the dark side start to invade her place of work. As her Writer: Jody Medland
son’s ailment worsens, so does hers. She struggles to escape her inner daemons, before Producer: Carl Medland, Amarjeet Sadel
the evil within the dark walls devours her. Key Cast: Laura Martin Smith, Ione Butler, Jake Maskell, Caroline Burns Cooke
CONFEDERACY OF THE DEAD - THE SOUTH WILL RISE Delivery Status: Completed
Action, Creature, Historical, Horror, Thriller, War, Zombie ( 95 mins.) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United Kingdom 
Language: English A struggling model thrown into depression by marital troubles and a major loss, Maia
Director: Alex Orr hopes that a session with prolific photographer Francesca Allman will rejuvenate her
Writer: Alex Orr career. During the session, Francesca builds confidence in Maia but has to control her
Producer: Sean Haley, Erika Kao-Haley own obsessive desires. As they spend more time together, Maia becomes an object
Key Cast: TBA of Francesca’s obsession and things slowly spiral out of control. Maia also feels
Delivery Status: In Development threatened by another presence in the house which Francesca cannot comprehend.
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: U.S.A.  Could this be their past coming back to haunt them?
Just like any other American holiday in the South, families and friends have gathered POWDER
for a beautiful day at the annual Civil War battle reenactment at Buck Head Creek. As Music Drama (100 mins)
the field cleared from all the smoke created by cannons and gun powder, a very real Language: English
sounding musket goes off in the distance. The mock battle immediately stops in an eerie Director: Mark Elliott
silence, then a platoon of crazed dead Confederate soldiers in arms attack the group. Writer: Kevin Sampson
The reenactment has resurrected the dead Confederate soldiers buried underneath, and Producer: David A. Hughes
they still think they are in battle. The survivors of the reenactment have to figure out Key Cast: Liam Boyle, Alfie Allan, Al Weaver
how to survive the attacks and stop the zombie soldiers from reaching the downtown Delivery Status: Completed
where millions live. It’s a race against time, and possibly the only person that can defeat Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United Kingdom 
the zombie soldiers is the great-grandson of Major General William Sherman. Powder is an authentic rock ‘n’ roll story based on the best-selling novel by Kevin
LOLA’S LOVE SHACK Sampson. It captures all the energy and excitement of a band breaking through,
Comedy (93 min) following Liverpool band The Grams on an unflinching journey through the
Language: English machinations of the music industry. Produced by the makers of AWAYDAYS, Powder
Director: Patrick C. Perez will delight youthful audiences worldwide.
Writer: Esteban Zul, Patrick C. Perez ZENITRAM
Producer: Cristina Nava Sci-Fi/Adventure (105 mins)
Key Cast: Edurne Ganem, Martin Rocha, Ronnie Alvarez, Erik Estrada Loaiza Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Luis Barone
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Juan Sasturain, Liliana Escliarr, Jesus de la Vega, Luis Barone
Long and listless summers are a thing of the past for Joker and Sharky. This summer Producer: Alvaro Augustin, Tomas Cimade
they make it their mission to help their friend, Beetle, lose his virginity before senior Key Cast: Jordi Molla, Juan Minují­n, Steven Bauer, Daniel Fanego
year. Over the course of their adventures, Beetle, Joker, and Sharky confront their Delivery Status: Completed
baseball coach, do hard labor with immigrant workers, and play cat-and-mouse with Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Argentina 

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It’s 2025 and water is scarce and monopolized around the world by corporations. One most important job interview of his life, he can’t shake his hard-on for the boss’s
day, a poor government worker named Martinez meets a mysterious stranger, and in an daughter. His doctor’s visit doesn’t help him go limp either. Meanwhile, the evil
instant the stranger gives him superhero powers -- powers to fly and create water for the scientists at Phalitech, the sinister pharmaceutical giant, realize their creation the
masses. Martinez becomes the superhero Zenitram and is hailed by the citizens of the Erecta 2.0 formula comes with disastrous side effects. Stopping at nothing to cover up
nation. But his new found power comes with troubles and powerful people that want their heinous mistake, they must locate Steven and neutralize the problem before he
to get rid of him. The pressure of becoming a superhero overnight could get to anyone. can discredit their company. But that means Steven could lose his Manhood!
Zenitram has to conquer his own demons and rescue the world! FOUR ASSASSINS
NO SAINTS FOR SINNERS Action/Thriller (88 mins)
Action (84 mins) Language: English
Language: English Director: Stanley J. Orzel
Director: Nathan Frankowski Writer: Stanley J. Orzel
Writer: Chris Benzoni, Rick Crawford, Nathan Frankowski, Kevin Miller Producer: Maria Lo Orzel
Producer: Paul Geffre, Scott Byrns Key Cast: Will Yun Lee, Miguel Ferrer, Mercedes Renard, Hiro Hayama
Key Cast: Rick Crawford, Keith David, James Cosmo Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA-Hong Kong 
IRA operative must escape Ireland to start a new life in America. But, he gets involved Four hitmen meet in Hong Kong to resolve some unfinished business. Over an
with the wrong friends and finds himself fighting for survival. elaborate meal, each of the highly skilled assassins brags and reminisces about
2033 their best hit in full detail. As the mood intensifies, lines are crossed and secrets are
Sci-Fi / Action /Feature (93 mins) revealed. The evening’s course draws closer and closer to an end for one. Accusations
Language: Spanish  fly, guns are drawn, and love reveals itself against a violent and brutal backdrop --
Director: Francisco Laresgoti while we exam the ultimate question, ‘what is the price of love?’
Writer: Jordi Mariscal LIZARD BOY
Producer: Jordi Mariscal Creature - Feature (98 mins)
Key Cast: Claudio Lafarga, Sandra Echeverria, Raul Mendez, Marco Trevino, Arianne Language: English
Pellicer Director: Paul Della Pelle
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Bruce Brown, Paul Della Pelle
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Mexico  Producer: Adonis Cruz
In 2033, Mexico City, society is controlled by a military regime. A young elitist joins Key Cast: Miranda Allgood, Domiziano Arcangeli
the uprising to take it down. Delivery Status: Completed
THE FOUR-FACED LIAR Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
Romantic / Comedy - Feature (89 mins) A geneticist creates his own son by combining lizard DNA with human DNA, but
Language: English discovers fatherhood is now an extraordinary challenge.
Director: Jacob Chase DEAD MATTER
Writer: Marja-Lewis Ryan Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller (89 mins)
Producer: Samantha Houseman Language: English
Key Cast: Marja-Lewis Ryan, Emily Peck, Todd Kubrak, Liz Osborn Director: Edward Douglas
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Tony Demci, Edward Douglas
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Edward Douglas, Gary Jones, Robert Kutzman
A romantic comedy about love, lies, friendships and heartbreaks for the twenty- Key Cast: Andrew Divoff, Jason Carter, Tom Savini
somethings. Delivery Status: Completed
FLESH AIR: SEXY GALS & HOT CARS Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
Reality / Series (13 x 26 minutes) Vampire hunters fight to block a supernatural power from an evil villain and his
Language: English control over the dead.
Director: Scott Richardson DEAD AIR
Co-Production Partners: Faulconbridge, Vision TV Action / Thriller (93 mins)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia  Language: English
Hot cars and sexy girls ­this series brings your fantasy to life. Scott Richardson of Director: Corbin Bernsen
Faulconbridge (Australia)-based production company Vision TV teams up with world- Writer: Kenneth Yakkel
renowned airbrush artist Wayne Harrison and celebrity photographer Dave Anderson Producer: Chris Aronoff, Jesse Lawler, Corbin Bernsen
to create a reality series about painted cars, painted bikes and painted girls. The master Key Cast: Bill Moseley, Patricia Tallman
of airbrush transforms automobiles into masterpieces with his “fantasy murals.” He Delivery Status: Completed
turns it up 10 notches and airbrushes beautiful fully-nude models to match the cars. Year of Production: 2008 
David captures the beauty and the machine work of art with a photoshoot. You’ll see A popular radio talk show host at the ground zero of a terrorist bio-attack goes from
Wayne and David struggle with deadlines, design elements, staff and family; but most reporting the devastating event live to participating in live combat.
importantly you’ll see gorgeous nude models tastefully and breathtakingly turned into COST OF LOVE
snakes, robots, zombies and even have clothes painted on to match the sexy sports cars, Drama/LGBT (90 min)
custom hot rods, vintage automobiles, and motorcycles. This amazing new series is Language: English
available for worldwide broadcasters in HD. Director: Carl Medland
HAPPINESS RUNS Writer: Carl Medland
Drama/Political/Reality (88 minutes) Producer: Amarjeet Signh
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Adam Sherman Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK 
Writer: Adam Sherman Dale is a male escort from London. Sexy, confident, full of attitude and imagination,
Producer: Steven Israel he is the king of his domain. Some loathe him because they secretly want to be him;
Key Cast: Andie MacDowell, Hanna Hall, Rutger Hauer  others secretly hire him. On the surface Dale seems to lead a very full life, but one
Delivery Status: Completed major component is missing: love He is secretly in love with his best friend Raj, a
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  handsome and compassionate doctor who announces that he is getting married. Dale,
A teenager living on a hippie commune overflowing with sex and drugs, tries to save shocked and despaired, turns to his friend Sean for answers, not knowing that Sean
himself.  has strong feelings for him. Underneath the glitz and fabulous makeup of his drag
LITTLE BLUE PILL artist persona, Sean yearns for self-discovery and acceptance. They are all connected
Comedy (93 mins) by their feelings which vary from friendship to love and lust, but at what cost?
Language: English RESPIRE
Director: Aaron Godfred Horror / Thriller (90 mins)
Writer: Aaron Godfred Language: English
Producer: Dave Szamet, Alex Ginno Director: David A. Cross
Key Cast: Aaron Kuban, Adam Carr, Rosie Tisch, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola, Writer: David A. Cross
Jonathan Ahdout Producer: David A. Cross
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Mat Wright, Tracy Teague, Vince Eustace, Ellie Torrez
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.S.A  Delivery Status: Completed
Steven is about to have the hardest day of his life. After one too many Keg stands, Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
Steven’s hangover won’t go away. His beautiful girlfriend tries to help, but things get The ancient Romans believed that a person’s last breath held the power to grant
worse when he accidentally takes two Little Blue Pills instead of painkillers. At the everlasting life. In the mid 1930’s, a scientist named Dr. Randolph Kaminsky

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supposedly discovered a way to harness that power. But before he could share his Language: English
findings with the world, he was murdered and his research was thought to be lost Director: Gordon Waddell
forever. Flash forward to today, the box once owned by Dr. Kaminsky is discovered Writer: Ross Parini, Russell Cunningham, Frank Parini
in an antique store. It captures the interest of two men: Raif Collins, who hopes that Co-Production Partners: Russell Cunningham, Anthony Salamon
Kaminsky’s research can cure his dying sister, and Alex Poe, whose own motives are Producer: Russell Cunningham, Anthony Salamon
much more heinous. After learning about her own terminal cancer, antique shop owner Delivery Status: Completed
Susan Jordan quickly becomes entangled in a violent, suspenseful struggle to obtain Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia 
Kaminsky’s secret to eternal life. Hold your breath! A baby is abandoned by a shrouded woman on the steps of a temple. Under the
PLAYBACK careful eye of Master Tenzin the child, called White, is taught to live a disciple’s life.
Erotic Thriller (98 mins) When a girl, Sierra, is taken in by the Master, the two orphans become close. Years
Language: English later, thieves break into the Temple, stealing a powerful statue and kidnapping Sierra.
Director: James Avallone White must face the outside world for the first time, using his mastery of Kung Fu to
Writer: James Avallone retrieve the statue and rescue Sierra.
Producer: James Avallone,Gregory Hatanka SWEATY BEARDS
Key Cast: Tiffany Bowyer, James Duval, Marcus Jean Pirae Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy (84 mins)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Director: Joakim Jardeby
A detective / father investigates the murder of his estranged daughter, and finds a closet Writer: Joakim Jardeby
full of sex tapes and secrets.  Producer: Christian Sundqvist, Joakim Jard
CASSEROLE CLUB Key Cast: Tobias Lunqvist, Isabella Alveborg, Per Andersson, Marika Lagercrantz
Period Drama/Erotic/LGBT (95 mins) Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Steve Balderson Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Sweden 
Writer: Frankie Kranz Scandinavia in the year 968. Osvald, the cowardly Viking, and his brave but not
Producer: Steve Balderson too bright brother Sigtrygg, set out to avenge the murder of their father. As much as
Delivery Status: Completed Osvald loves to be a hero, he detests putting himself at risk of any kind, and fears
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  Perset Olale, the evil fin who murdered his father, even more. During a bar brawl,
1960’s era in Palm Springs, a group of close-knit and neighborly suburban housewives Osvald recklessly challenges the fiercest fighters in the known world, among them
are bent on one-upping each other, trying to prove that each is “the hostess with the murderer Perset, to a fight. It is decided the matter will be settled a tournament in
the mostess.” They begin a recipe club and hold dinner parties to test out their new the old Viking style; single combat to death on a small island. Whoever returns, wins.
casseroles. The gatherings become increasingly focused on boozy flirtation, and more The next day Osvald wakes ridden with anxiety and questions: Will he become a
than recipes start getting swapped. Berserker? Will he survive this eight fighter-one survivor tournament? Will he win the
KICKOFF heart of Hildegun, the love of his life?
Comedy/LGBT (90 mins)
Language: English
Director: Rikki Beadle- Blair MYRIAD PICTURES
Writer: Rikki Beadle- Blair Myriad Pictures, 3015 Main St. Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90405 U.S.,  Tel: (310)
Producer: Carleen Beadl 279-4000 Fax: (310) 279-4001.
Key Cast: Ian Sharp, Craig Storrod, Nathan Clough, Stephen Hoo www.myriadpictures.com, info@myriadpictures.com 
Delivery Status: Completed Sales Agent, Producer
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK  At Cannes: Kirk D’Amico (President and Chief Executive Officer), Lisa Gutberlet
What happens when the hardest team in the Sunday Soccer league comes up against a (Vice President, Worldwide Distribution), David Ducar (Senior Vice President,
gay team and finds they’ve finally met their match? Business & Legal Affairs), Mark Padilla (Vice President - Worldwide Sales &
I AM BAD Distribution, Buyer)
Thriller (83 mins.) Office: Villa Royale, 4th floor
Language: English INESCAPABLE
Director: David Rackoff Thriller 
Writer: David Rackoff Language: English/Arabic w/subtitles
Producer: Louise Runge, Samantha Housman, Darren Brady Director: Ruba Nadda
Key Cast: Pauley Perrette, Taylor Dayne, Caprice Crawford, Wilson Heredia, Jaime Key Cast: Marisa Tomei, Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson
Gomez  Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  When Adib discovers his daughter is missing he returns to Syria in the hopes of
I AM BAD is a voyeuristic rollercoaster experience of the life of a serial killer--seen finding her.
entirely through the eyes of the killer himself. He is forced to reconcile his romantic A COMMON MAN
feelings for the woman he loves with his unstoppable bloodlust. The first person point Thriller (86 min)
of view gives us an intimate yet inescapable closeness to the bizarre and twisted world Language: English
as he sees it. Director: Chandran Rutnam
JESSE Key Cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross
Action/Adventure (120 mins) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: India 
Director: Fred Carpenter When General Morris De Silva receives a threatening demand – to free five terrorist
Writer: Fred Carpenter, Joanne Tamburro prisoners, or face bomb retribution – he makes the easy decision not to negotiate.
Producer: Fred Carpenter, Joanne Tamburro, Dave Lipsky, MaryAnn Giannino But when the first bomb detonates, the decision to keep the prisoners captive must be
Key Cast: Stephanie Finochio, William Forsythe, Eric Roberts, Armand Assante, readdressed, and his search for the man behind the treat begins.
Michael Wright, Anthony Trentecosta, Paul Vario, Mitchell Walters, Tamara Markowitz THE STORY OF ELEANOR RIGBY (HIS STORY/HER STORY)
Delivery Status: Completed Romance 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States  Language: English
Jesse Weinstein, a female police detective, has to deal with much more than her job. Director: Ned Benson
Jesse is a recovering alcoholic dealing with her ex-husband, her whacky mother, and Writer: Ned Benson
a derelict brother - who all add to her stress, and give Jesse more than enough reason Key Cast: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, William Hurt
to escape with a bottle. Her brother, involved with a seedy bunch of characters, some Delivery Status: Pre-Production
who are well connected in the organized crime scene, suddenly disappears and is Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
assumed murdered. When the heat was on, he was backed into a corner by the mob When Eleanor and Conor are faced with hard life lessons they cope in very different
leader and his henchman to pay up his gambling debt or else. His sudden disappearance ways. Each of their stories is told in a separate film.
leaves Jesse with a tangled mystery because she’s in the middle of investigating BREAKING THE GIRLS
some cases that involve the same mob. With the Police Chief and the head of Internal Thriller (87min.)
Affairs breathing down Jesse’s neck, she starts to feel the pressure of having to stay Language: English
on the right side of the law, while her instincts tell her otherwise. Jesse wrestles with Director: Jamie Babbit
turning vigilante, as she investigates her brother’s murder and enters a world of crime, Key Cast: Madeline Zima, Agnes Bruckner, Shawn Ashmore
corruption, and shocking deception. Delivery Status: Completed
BIRTH OF A WARRIOR Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Action (80 mins) Alex and Sara commiserate over their enemies, and Alex suggests they kill off each
other’s nemeses. Sara shrugs it off as a morbid joke until someone turns up dead.

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SECONDS OF PLEASURE Writer: Lev David
Sexy Drama  Producer: Ross Garland
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa 
Writer: Neil LaBute In 1997, 31 million rand was stolen in the middle of the night from a cash holding
Key Cast: Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Christina Hendricks facility in Pinetown, Durban. Now 14 people are sitting in jail. But a few crooked
Delivery Status: Pre-Production cops from Chatsworth got away with it. And urban legend has it there was far more
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  money at the deposit facility than was ever made public. This is the fictionalised story
A flight from Chicago to London brings five strangers together. As their secrets come to about corrupt Durban cop Rennie who has illusions of being above the criminal class,
light the cracks running through their marriages and relationships are exposed, and new and who desperately wants to clean up his act. Rennie is given the opportunity to go
passions are ignited. legit by a cash-in-transit guard... but only by orchestrating the biggest cash heist in
NOBODY WALKS South African history.
Romance (83min) GOG’ HELEN
Language: English Crime Thriller (77 minutes)
Director: Ry Russo-Young Language: ENGLISH
Writer: Ry Russo-Young, Lena Dunham Director: Adze Ugah
Key Cast: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt Producer: Kethiwe Ngcobo, Dumi Gumbi, Cati Weinek
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa 
Family man and professional sound designer, Peter, agrees to help an aspiring director Gog’Helen’s serene and mundane world is turned upside down when she and her
finish her art film but her presence upsets the balance of his family. twenty something year old granddaughter, Agnes, unwittingly find themselves sucked
CHAINED into a desperate race across Johannesburg to recover a lost mattress stuffed with
Psychological Thriller (98 min.) grandma’s life savings. 
Language: English A SMALL TOWN CALLED DESCENT
Director: Jennifer Lynch Crime thriller (106 minutes)
Key Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Julia Ormond, Eamon Farren Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa 
Locked up as a servant for most of his life Tim realizes he must embrace the values of Three Detectives from the elite Scorpions Investigating Unit are deployed to a small
his captor or never know freedom again. town called Descent to investigate an atrocity where two Zimbabweans and a local
KNIFE FIGHT girl have been brutally assaulted. They soon learn that nothing is what it seems and
Political Comedy (100 min.) that what lies beneath is a dark, petrifying conspiracy.
Language: English THE DEVIL’S LAIR
Director: Bill Guttentag Documentary Feature (85 mins.)
Key Cast: Rob Lowe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Julie Bowen Director: Riaan Hendricks
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Neil Brandt
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  The fastest live the longest. In a world where the conflicting forces of good and evil
When a scandal is brewing, crisis manager Paul Turner is the only man who can spin a are in a permanent struggle against each other, one man is navigating a conflicted
story in a politicians favour. landscape in which honour and betrayal and too often two sides of the same coin. 
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS BLACK SOUTH EASTER
Romantic Comedy  Crime Thriller (93 minutes)
Language: English Director: Carey McKenzie
Director: Jon Poll Writer: Carey McKenzie
Key Cast: Katie Holmes, Chace Crawford Co-Production Partners: Rachel Young
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Producer: Tendeka Matatu
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa 
Liz, a 30 year old med student meets a charming 22 year old. Their chemistry is electric Volatile township policeman Sizwe Miya is drawn into an investigation into the
until she realizes they met 15 years earlier when she was his babysitter. murder of a foreign national whose body washes up on the shores of a Cape Town
FREELOADERS Beach. In uncovering the truth behind the murder, he also uncovers a trail of
Comedy (80 min.) corruption that points to his mentors, both past and present.
Language: English KLEIN KAROO
Director: Dan Rosen Romantic Comedy (86 minutes)
Key Cast: Jane Seymour, Josh Lawson, Nat Faxon When an idealistic young school teacher and a driven filmmaker cross paths in the
Delivery Status: Completed fight to save a small farm school, they are forced to deal not only with external forces
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  that threaten their dreams, but also with their own feelings for each other.
The story follows a group of slackers who are living for free in rock star, Adam JIMMY IN PIENK
Durwitz, mansion. But their cherished lifestyle is threatened when the musician decides Comedy (91 Mins.)
to sell his pad. When a naïve and traditional farmer finds his family threatened by loan sharks, he
DINO TIME (3D) makes his way into the big city of Cape Town to find his long lost Uncle Fred. What
Animated Family Adventure (106min) he finds instead is an alternative lifestyle totally alien to him that he must enter and
Language: English win over before he can ensure his family’s safety.
Director: John Kafka, Yoon S. Choi PRETVILLE
Key Cast: Jane Lynch, Billy Baldwin, Rob Schneider Musical (86 mins)
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Linda Korsten
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Machiel Roets
Three curious kids accidentally start a time machine that takes them back to the Producer: Paul Kruger, Linda Korsten
dinosaurs! Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa 
Frank has an eye for the girls and he believed that Serah is his. But when Serah meets
NATIONAL FILM & VIDEO Dawid de Wit, the son of a local farmer, they are immediately attracted to one another.
Frank is not happy about this at all, and the battle for her heart begins.
FOUNDATION PLOT FOR PEACE
National Film & Video Foundation, 87 Central Street, Houghton 2198, Johannesburg Documentary Feature (96 minutes)
South Africa,  Tel: +27 11 483 0880 Fax: +27 11 483 088 . www.nfvf.co.za, info@nfvf. Director: Mandy Jacobson, Carlos Agullo
co.za  Writer: Stephen Smith
At Cannes: Zama Mkosi (CEO), Karen Son (CFO), Azania Muendane (Head of Producer: Mandy Jacobson
Marketing & Public Affairs), Clarence Hamilton (Head of Production & Development), Delivery Status: Completed
Naomi Mokhele (Communications & Public Affairs Manager) Plot for Peace is a character-driven historical thriller about the demise of apartheid.
Office: International Village South Africa Pavilion 120 It tells the story of Jean-Yves Ollivier, alias “Monsieur Jacques”, whose behind-the-
31 MILLION REASONS scenes bargaining was instrumental in bringing about regional peace and the end
Thriller  of racial discrimination in South Africa. In the mid-1980s, township violence raged
Language: English in South Africa and one of the Cold War’s most vicious proxy conflicts devastated
Director: John Barker Angola. “Total onslaught” was writ large across the horizon. It was then that a foreign

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commodity trader with connections to all stakeholders in the region became the lifeline new threat. Will the Five Fingers ride again?
for top-secret contacts. To build trust, he conceived and organized a vast prisoners’ ANGEL OF THE SKIES
exchange. A year later, in 1988, South Africa’s forces and 50,000 Cuban troops began Action - War - Drama 
withdrawing from Angola. Within fourteen months, Mandela walks out of jail – a free Delivery Status: In Development
man. In the style of John LeCarré, current and former heads of state and numerous Set in World War 2 Europe, a young and ambitious South African pilot is leaves
other protagonists bear vivid testimony. Their first-hand accounts disclose in full detail his family to serve the British Empire. When his crew are shot down over a hostile
both the official and the secret dealings between the last tenants of apartheid and the Germany, he has to negotiate his way past the enemy in a frantic attempt to make it
Marxist regimes at South Africa’s borders.  back home. 
WOLWEDANS IN DIE SKEMER KHUMBA
Thriller (105 mins.) Animation 
Director: Jozua Malherbe Key Cast: Khumba features the voices of Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta
Producer: Danie Bester Devine, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant, AnnaSophia Robb and Liam Neeson.
Delivery Status: Completed Life is not all black and white for Khumba, a young zebra born with only half his
Sonja’s life changes irrevocably when she is involved in a car accident and loses her stripes who is rejected by his superstitious herd and blamed for a sudden drought
memory. After a series of murders are committed, she realises that only she can bring affecting the land. With his mother gone and his father overruled by the elders of
an end to the bloodshed by unravelling her past mysteries and unlocking secrets hidden the herd, Khumba is convinced he needs to find his stripes as that is the only way
in her mind.  his people will ever survive this drought. He teams up with a sassy wildebeest and a
SWEETHEART flamboyant ostrich, setting out on a daring mission across the Karoo desert to find the
short Film (27 minutes) legendary waterhole where the first zebras got their stripes. Along the way they meet
Language: ENGLISH a host of colourful characters, but before he can reunite with his herd, Khumba will
Director: Michael Matthews have to come face to face with a menacing leopard and take part in an epic battle –
Producer: Sean Drummond Khumba’s gotta earn his stripes. Khumba features the voices of Jake T. Austin, Steve
Delivery Status: Completed Buscemi, Loretta Devine, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant, AnnaSophia Robb
When her husband and stepsons don’t return from a routine trip, a young housewife and Liam Neeson. 
finds herself alone in their remote farmhouse. As it becomes clear that they are not THE SHORE BREAK
coming back, she must force herself out of an aimless cycle, setting off to find them. Documentary Feature 
What she finds instead is a seemingly derelict world. Director: Ryley Grunenwald
DURBAN POISON Producer: Odette Geldenhuys
Crime Thriller - Biopic (92 minutes) To protect her home and heritage on South Africa’s Wild Coast, a young woman must
Language: English stop her own cousin from facilitating the needs of a major titanium mining company
Director: Andrew Worsdale whose requirements include a highway development that threatens to cut through
Producer: Carmel Nagiah and Diony Kempen their ancestral land.
37-year-old Piet Grundlingh and his 21-year-old girlfriend Charmaine Phillips, were STATE OF EMERGENCY
outlaw lovers on the run when they went on a 17 day killing spree. The couple were Documentary Feature 
apprehended and found guilty of four charges of murder, giving them the dubious title Language: EnGLISH
of South Africa’s “Bonnie and Clyde”.  Director: Michael Lee
FANIE FOURIE’S LOBOLA Producer: Connie Nagiah
Romantic Comedy (90 minutes) Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: Henk Pretorius South Africa’s unique history of filmmaking as a form of resistance becomes a user
Writer: Janine Eser, Henk Pretorius manual for protest filmmaking around the world today. It explores South Africa’s rich
Producer: Lance Samuels, Kweku Mandela tradition of protest filmmaking and how this culture has influenced the world, and can
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa  be used to influence it going forward. 
A White Afrikaans man and a Black Zulu woman fall in love and have to navigate their A BUSHMAN ODYSSEY
way through the complicated process of lobola – the traditional Zulu bride price. Filled Documentary Feature 
with humorous but hard-hitting social commentary, the film is a contemporary fairytale Delivery Status: In Development
about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Country of Origin: South Africa 
LUCKY MAN A BUSHMAN ODYSSEY is the epic story of one Bushman family’s struggle to
DRAMA - Biopic (79 mins) reclaim their ancestral land and spiritual essence in the Kgalagadi wilderness, after
Language: ENGLISH surviving four generations of colonial genocide, apartheid dispossession, and post-
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Africa  apartheid social reorganization.
Ernie Solomon is a man in search of his identity. Is he the product of his circumstances, WHIPLASH
a victim of fate, or a violent criminal destined to live on the periphery of society? Or Drama 
is he a “lucky man”, one who discovers that he has to become a self-directed agent, a Country of Origin: South Africa 
master of his own destiny  When Cape Town prostitute Tess falls pregnant, she is ambushed by shocking
HEAR ME MOVE memories, and has to face her buried shame to learn to live, dance and love. Refusing
Drama - Dance  to torture her unborn child with drugs, she gives up her pills, which leads to a new
Director: Scotness Smith lucidity, inviting awful truths into her memory. 
Writer: Fidel Namisi JAIVA TSOTSI
Producer: Fidel Namisi, Danie Bester, Wandile Molebatsi Documentary Feature 
Delivery Status: In Development Director: Kabelo Phokela
Country of Origin: South Africa  Writer: Kabelo Phokela
Muzi, a pretentious young South African mimics the American lifestyle in all respects. Delivery Status: In Development
He walks, talks and dresses like a “G” straight off the streets of New York. He’s also an Country of Origin: South Africa 
incredible hip-hop dancer, following in the footsteps of his father who was a legend in Clowning around is a way of life for three mime artists who entertain people on the
the townships. His world is turned upside down when his younger brother falls in with streets of Pretoria for a living. The documentary follows them around as they hustle
a bad crowd including gangsters and drug dealers, who are immensely popular in the for money on the street from sunrise until sunset, making good money but wasting it
neighbourhood because of their prowess at an indigenous South African urban dance on heroine.
called “sbujwa”. The only way to make them unpopular is to dethrone them as the THE PRINCE OF NEWTOWN
“sbujwa” dance kings. And for Muzi to do this, he has to find a way to marry his love of Documentary 
hip-hop with the flavour of the township –something he has fought against for as long Director: Kabelo Phokela
as he can remember. Will Muzi overcome his inner demons in order to embrace his Writer: Kabelo Phokela
cultural roots and rescue his brother and the neighbourhood?  One man’s junk is another man’s treasure and who better to live this idiom that a
FIVE FINGERS FOR MARSEILLES tall, eccentric man who is always in a leather outfit. Prince Twala, also known as The
Western  Prince of Newtown is a jeweller, artist and musician whose clientele includes hip-hop
Director: Michael Matthews celebrities 50cent, Eminem and the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful!
Writer: Sean Drummond OF SKIRTS AND LITTLE TROUSERS (JAILBIRDS)
Producer: Sean Drummond, Dylan Voogt, Michael Matthews, Asger Hussain, Yaron Documentary 
Schwartzman Director: Ingeborg Lichtenberg
Delivery Status: In Development Writer: Ingeborg Lichtenberg
20 years ago, the young ‘Five Fingers’ fought for the rural town of Marseilles, against Producer: Ingeborg Lichtenberg
brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, freedom-fighter-turned-‘outlaw’ South Africa’s brutal male gangs have been well-documented the world over. But
Tau returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful pastoral life but finds the town under what hardly anybody knows and has never before been documented is that this

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phenomenon is mirrored in female prisons – and just as viciously. Power and protection ASHLEY
is the difference between skirts and little trousers.  Drama (92 min)
SATURN Language: English
Supernatural Thriller  Director: Dean Matthew Ronalds 
Language: English Writer: Domenic Migliore
Director: Elan Gamaker Executive Producer: Kevin Berman, Nesim Hason, Jason Hope, Vito Migliore
Writer: Elan Gamaker Producer: Brian Ronalds
Producer: Bridget Pickering Key Cast: Nicole Fox, Jennifer Taylor, Nicole Buehrer, Tom Malloy, Michael Madsen
When headstrong Patience is forced to take over her mother’s shift at the Willow Delivery Status: Completed
household, she has no idea the lengths she will be made to go to, just to protect children Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
who are not hers and who she never wanted in the first place, against a formidable and A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother,
supernatural force. resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older
DOING THE WHITE MAN’S DAUGHTER woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling
Documentary  suburbia.
Director: Ingeborg Lichtenberg UNDERCOVER SERIES 1, 2, 3 ...
Writer: Ingeborg Lichtenberg Action, Crime, Drama (60 min/ episode)
Producer: Ingeborg Lichtenberg Language: Bulgarian
Delivery Status: In Development Director: Victor Bojinov, Dimitar Gochev
Country of Origin: South Africa  Writer: Emil Andreev (12 episodes, 2011-2012), Iordan Bankov (12 episodes, 2011-
South Africa’s race relations are at its lowest since the birth of the idealistic Rainbow 2012), Aleksandar Chobanov (12 episodes, 2011-2012), Vania Nikolova (12 episodes,
Nation in 1994’s first democratic elections. This film seeks to challenge racial 2011-2012), Aleksandar Spasov (12 episodes, 2011-2012), Georgi Ivanov (12
constructs and racism at its most intimate core – sex and the interracial relationship.  episodes, 2011), Teodora Vasileva (12 episodes, 2011)
Producer: Dimitar Gochev, Dimitar Mitovski, Rosen Tzankov
Key Cast: Milena Nikolova, Marian Valev and Lilia Marvilya
NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT Delivery Status: Completed
CORPORATION MALAYSIA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Bulgaria 
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia, Kompleks Studio Merdeka, The specially trained agent Martin has been appointed to the most dangerous mission
Jalan Hulu Kelang, Ampang, Selangor 68000 Malaysia,  Tel: +60341041300 Fax: in Bulgaria - to go undercover in the gang of the mafia boss Djaro. On his way he has
+60341075216. www.finas.gov.my, am@finas.gov.my  to encounter a lot of challenges in order to completely become part of the criminal
Producer, Distributor,Financier  world. His task becomes more complicated when he meets the big boss’s girl Sunny.
At Cannes: Mohd Naguib RAZAK (Director General), Othman SAMSUDDIN (Board While undercover he gets a promotion in the mafia hierarchy and becomes part of
Member), Ahmad Syazli MUHD KHIAR (Assistant Director of Marketing), Md. the world - full of crime, violence and corruption. “Undercover” is a modern crime
Afendi DATUK HAJI HAMDAN () series which realistically depicts the reality of the underground world in Bulgaria. It
Office: RIVIERA Stand G19 is a fictional series and is not related to any real persons. However the plot contains
a number of real events happening in the modern life that cover the pages of
newspapers and magazines-gangster wars, drug market redistribution, forgery, gun
NDRL shots in the city center, corruption schemes, bank robberies etc.
NDRL, 73, bd Haussmann, Paris, 75008 France,  Tel: 33(0)613358463. www.ndrl.fr, LIVING DARK: THE STORY OF TED THE CAVER
contact@ndrl.fr  Horror/ Thriller (112 min)
Producer  Language: English
At Cannes: Renaud Lombart (MD) Director: David Hunt
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on the Platform, Tel: 33(0)613358463 Writer: David Hunt, Kevin Brown
AMAZING JAPAN Producer: Joseph Armour, Marc Crandall, David Hunt, Thomas Olaimey
short series (30X 4 min each) Key Cast: Chris Cleveland, Matthew Alan, Circus Szalewski, Mark Hayter
Language: Japanese Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Renaud Lombart Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Writer: NDRL Two brothers, reunited for their father’s funeral, stumble upon the entrance to a
Executive Producer: Renaud Lombart nearby cave, where they are slowly forced to confront the true, nightmarish cause of
Producer: NDRL their father’s death. Based on the popular Ted the Caver Internet legend.
Delivery Status: Completed TROPHY
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France  Crime/ Action 
Unbelievable series of short docs about Amazing things that Japanese do! Rabbit sitter, Language: English
Castle on the roof, Dog sommelier, Rice sommelier, ear cleaning shop; you will not Director: Daniel J. Gillin
believe what you’ll see!  Writer: Daniel J. Gillin
Producer: Daniel J. Gillin
NEW FILMS INTERNATIONAL Key Cast: Michael Madsen, Robert Miano, Tiny Lister, Michael Masini, Ya Boy, Ali
New Films International, 14320 Ventura Blvd.# 619, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 USA,  Costello, Trisha Lurie, Ben Maccabee
Tel: 1.818.501.2720 Fax: 1.818.501.2780. Delivery Status: Completed
www.newfilmsint.com, duygu@newfilmsint.com  Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor TROPHY tells the story of man’s obsession for POWER and how far they will go
At Cannes: Nesim Hason (President), Radu Nicolau (Vice President of Sales: Albania, sometimes to claim the “PRIZE”. “Trophy” adds a new twist to the stereotypical
Bosnia & Hertzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, MOB MOVIES in that the TROPHY WOMAN in this case gets more than the normal
Slovenia), Serap Acuner (C.O.O), Keith Birkfeld (Director of WW Sales), Duygu ABUSE and monetary benefits of rolling with the Bad Boys, she gets Mr. Right.
Eroglu (Assistant to President), Serdar Ozbabacan (Sales Manager), Sorina Dumitrescu The film has twists and turns, Action, humor, the power of the Mafia, showdowns,
(Sales Executive) seduction and the reality that DREAMS do come true even when it all seems
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform impossible.
SAVING LINCOLN PETUNIA
Biography  Comedy/ Drama 
Language: English Language: English
Director: Salvador Litvak Director: Ash Christian
Writer: Nina Davidovich, Salvador Litvak Writer: Ash Christian, Theresa Bennett
Co-Production Partners: Judy Kim, Michael David Lynch, Matthew Stasior, Alan Noel Producer: Thora Birch, Ash Christian, Jordan Yale Levine
Vega Key Cast: Thora Birch, Brittany Snow, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Christine Lahti
Executive Producer: Nesim Hason, Horatio C. Kemeny Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Reuben Lim Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Key Cast: Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison, Creed An off beat family of New Yorkers must come to terms with their own misgivings
Bratton, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Josh Stamberg, Robert Craighead, Lew Temple, about life, relationships and the sheer unpredictability of love itself. Petunia weaves
Michael Maize together the lives of brothers Charlie (Tobias Segal), Adrian and Michael (Eddie Kaye
Delivery Status: Completed Thomas) as they unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have taught them.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  While Michael’s cynical wife Vivian (Thora Birch) discovers she is pregnant, the
The true story of Abraham Lincoln and his bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon. family is also changing. Charlie’s would be boyfriend George (Michael Urie) is in a
This unique film features sets created from actual Civil War photographs. polyamorous relationship with fitness fanatic Robin (Brittany Snow) and Adrian has

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developed a unrelenting sex addiction. Meddling parents Felicia (Christine Lahti) and the secluded wilderness and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of
Percy (David Rasche) must decide whether to reignite the spark in their relationship or the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough
start all over again. Petunia is a film about a dysfunctional family unit on the verge of a information together to find them alive.
nervous breakdown. This is the story of how they pick up the pieces.
A NOVEL ROMANCE
Romance  NIKKATSU CORPORATION
Language: English Nikkatsu Corporation, 3-28-12, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan,  Tel:
Director: Allie Dvorin 81.3.5689.1014 Fax: 81.3.5689.1044.
Writer: Allie Dvorin www.nikkatsu.com, international@nikkatsu.co.jp 
Producer: Morris S. Levy Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Key Cast: Shannon Elizabeth, Steve Guttenberg and Natalya Rudakova At Cannes: Emico Kawai (International Sales)
Delivery Status: Completed Office: Palais 01 21.02-23.01 (Japan Booth)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  MY MAN
Two New York singles move in together after one gets fired and the other loses her AKA: Watashino Otoko
boyfriend tragically. They move in as friends and think nothing will change as friends, Drama (TBD)
but everything does. Language: Japanese
SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Comedy/ Drama/ Musical (92 min) Key Cast: Tadanobu Asano Fumi Nikaido
Language: English Delivery Status: In Production
Director: Michael McGowan Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: Japan 
Writer: Michael McGowan THE DEVIL’S PATH
Producer: Avi Federgreen, Michael McGowan AKA: KYOUAKU
Key Cast: John McDonald, Noah Reid, Allie MacDonald, Olivia Newton-John, Nelly Thriller (128)
Furtado Language: Japanese
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Canada  Writer: Izumi Takahashi and Kazuya Shiraishi
Seventeen-year-old Farley has led a sheltered life, raised on a diet of home schooling, Key Cast: Takayuki Yamada Pierre Taki Chizuru Ikewaki Lily Franky
organic living and trips to the art gallery. To his parents’ dismay, Farley loves to play Delivery Status: Screening
shinny with the local rink rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is scouted and Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Japan 
signed by the owner (Stephen McHattie) of a junior league team, where he becomes THE COMPLEX
an instant star. But Farley discovers that stardom comes with a price-including the AKA: KUROYURI DANCHI
expectation to fight on the ice. Throw in a changing relationship with his best friend Horror (106)
(Allie MacDonald), and Farley finds himself losing his way. Language: Japanese
BURNING PALMS Director: Hideo Nakata
Comedy/ Drama  Key Cast: Atsukok Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Christopher B. Landon A STORY OF YONOSUKE
Writer: Christopher B. Landon AKA: YOKOMICHI YONOSUKE
Producer: Jason Hewitt, Oren Segal, Steven Chester Prince Drama (159)
Key Cast: Zoe Saldana, Rosamund Pike, Shannen Doherty, Lake Bell, Dylan Language: Japanese
McDermott, Paz Vega Director: Shuichi Okita
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Shuichi Okita and Shiro Maeda
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ayumi Ito, Go Ayano
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left Delivery Status: Completed
unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
FLYING LESSONS This is the story of Yonosuke, the people around him, and us. The main character of
Drama  the film is modeled on a cameraman killed by a train as he tried to rescue a passenger
Language: English who had fallen onto the tracks at the Station. It is a coming-of-age romance that will
Director: Derek Magyar have the audience laughing, crying, and wanting to talk about the movie with their
Writer: Thomas Kuehl friends afterward, just as the films of Yoji Yamada and Taichi Yamada did in their day.
Producer: Jenny Hinkey, Derek Magyar The film is based on a story by Shuichi Yoshida, a popular writer with a well-known
Key Cast: Maggie Grace, Hal Holbrook, Jonathan Tucker, Christine Lahti, Cary Elwes knack for hitting just the right sentimental nerve, making readers cry on the train as
Delivery Status: Completed they commute to work.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA  A ROAD STAINED CRIMSON
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small AKA: AKAIKISETSU
town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and Drama (111)
lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, Language: Japanese
an Alzheimer’s Disease patient who, in an opposing way, shares Sophie’s struggle to Director: Tetsuhiko Nono
remember. Writer: Tetsuhiko Nono
SAVING GRACE B. JONES Key Cast: Hirofumi Arai Jun Murakami Niinobu Ryomei Tomorowo Taguchi
Drama, Thriller  Masatoshi Nagase Jun Fubuki Shigeru Izumiya 
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Connie Stevens Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
Writer: Connie Stevens Breaking away from his underworld job as a professional assassin, Ken (Hirofumi
Producer: Ralph S. Singleton, Connie Stevens Arai) takes up work at a local motorcycle shop. Together with fellow ex-assassin
Key Cast: Tatum O’Neal, Michael Biehn, Penelope Ann Miller, Evie Thompson Yoko (Jun Fubuki), Ken is trying to go straight and build a new life. However, his
Delivery Status: Completed dark past isn’t giving up that easily. Akira (Jun Murakami), Ken’s former boss and
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA  himself an assassin, has been coming around pressuring Ken to return to high stakes,
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the professional killing. Caught between Akira and Yoko, Ken’s peaceful existence begins
husband’s sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family. to unravel.
THE LEVENGER TAPES RENT-A-CAT
Horror/ Thriller (93 min) AKA: Rentaneko
Language: English Drama (110)
Director: Mark Edwin Robinson Language: Japanese
Writer: Mark Edwin Robinson Director: Naoko Ogigami
Producer: Danny Roth, David C. Robinson Writer: Naoko Ogigami
Key Cast: Johanna Braddy, Lili Mirojnick, Morgan Krantz, Chris Mulkey Executive Producer: Mitsuru Oshima, Haruhisa Murokawa, Hiroaki Kitano
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Akira Kubota, Shuichi Komuro, Kumi Kobata
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the Tanaka, Katsuya Kobayashi 
whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and Delivery Status: Completed
more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
A director of “KAMOME DINNER” and “MEGANE” now delivers to you “Rent-a-

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Cat” to fill the hole in your heart. “Rent-a-Cat, cat, cat. Feeling lonely? I’ll lend you a A Japanese highly targeted singer “May’n” appears in 3D documentary film!
cat.” Every day, Sayoko (Mikako Ichikawa) walks along the riverside pulling a cart full COLD FISH
of cats, repeating these words through her megaphone, hoping to rescue lonely hearts. Thriller (150min)
TOKYO OASIS Language: Japanese 
Drama (83 min) Director: Sion Sono
Language: Japanese Writer: Sion Sono
Director: Kana Matsumoto, Kayo Nakamura Producer: Yoshinori Chiba 
Writer: Kana Matsumoto, Kayo Nakamura, Tomoko Shiraki Key Cast: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa
Executive Producer: Mitsuru Oshima Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Shuichi Komuro, Enma Maekawa, Kumi Kobata Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan 
Key Cast: Satomi Kobayashi, Ryo Kase, Haru Kuroki, Tomoyo Harada Inspired by a true event, COLD FISH is a bloodcurdling suspense drama that
Delivery Status: Completed unveils the underlying insanity of an ordinary man.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan  SANKAKU
Being somewhat isolated, Tokyo, contains a massive amount of information and Drama (99 min)
a substantial population. A place where one goes with the flow. A place where Language: Japanese
interactions between people have slowly faded. This movie explores the connection Director: Keisuke Yoshida
between such place and the people who inhabit it though a woman’s soul searching Producer: Yoichi Arishige, Go Miura, Tomoo Fukatsu, Tsuyoshi Soga 
journey to self discovery. This movie is an anthology of actors, directors and writers Key Cast: Sousuke Takaoka, Erena Ono, Tomoko Tabata
with Tokyo in their hearts.  Delivery Status: Completed
DEADBALL Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan 
Action Comedy (99 minutes) One summer, 30 years old Momose falls in love with his girlfriend’s teenage sister.
Language: Japanese ALIEN VS NINJA
Director: Yudai Yamaguchi Action (90min)
Writer: Keita Tokaji Language: Japanese
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Shin Torisawa  Director: Seiji Chiba/Yuji Shimomura
Key Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino, Miho Ninagawa, Takamasa Suga Writer: Seiji Chiba
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Yoshinori Chiba 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan  Key Cast: Masanori Mimoto, Donpei Tsuchihira, Miki Hijii
Grab your bat and hold onto your balls? It’s game time!! Delivery Status: Completed
YAKUZA WEAPON Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan 
AKA: GOKUDO HEIKI A band of great Iga Ninja encounter never-seen-before creatures, Alien! The
Yakuza Action (105 minutes) creator of “Death Trance” and “The Machine Girl” presents new blood action film.
Language: Japanese MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD
Director: Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi Action (90min)
Writer: Yudai Yamaguchi, Tak Sakaguchi Language: Japanese
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Syuichi Takashino, Toshiki Kimura  Director: Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi
Key Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa, Takashi Nishina Writer: Noboru Iguchi
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Yoshinori Chiba 
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan  Key Cast: Yumi Sugimoto, Yuko Takayama, Suzuka Morita
The team who brought you VERSUS have returned with another hard-edged battle Delivery Status: Completed
royale featuring tough gangsters, deadly women and cybernetic penis implants! Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan 
HELLDRIVER Rin, who is 16 year old girl, joins a group of girls who are born as Mutant, the
Action Horror (105 minutes) breed of mutants that have existed long before the so-called “Japanese” invaded
Language: Japanese their land. Now the revenge of the mutant girls begins!
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura ETERNAL FIRST LOVE
Writer: Daichi Nagisa, Yoshihiro Nishimura Romantic Drama (105min)
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Hiroyuki Yamada  Language: Japanese
Key Cast: Yumiko Hara, Eihi Shiina, Yurei Yanagi, Kazuki Namioka Director: Yoshinori Muratani
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Katie Noma 
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan  Key Cast: Saki Aibu, Daisuke Maki, Takashi Tsukamoto
The director of “Tokyo Gore Police” created the ultimate zombie film! Delivery Status: Completed
KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan 
Action (101 minutes) A bittersweet tale of an everlasting first love.
Language: Japanese
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Producer: Yoshinori Chiba, Toshimichi Ohtsuki  NU IMAGE/MILLENNIUM FILMS
Key Cast: Itsuji Itao, Yasuhisa Furuhara, Mami Yamasaki Nu Image/Millennium Films, 6423 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA, 
Delivery Status: Completed Tel: 1.310.388.6900 Fax: 1.310.388.6901.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan  www.nuimage.net, sales@nuimage.net 
A Japanese classic hero is re-created by the director of “Robo Geisha”! Sales Agent, Producer
NINIFUNI At Cannes: John Fremes (President of International Sales), Jeffrey Greenstein (VP
Drama/Short (42 min) International Sales & Distribution)
Language: Japanese Office: Riviera: F1, Tel: 954 655 9592
Director: Tetsuya Mariko AS I LAY DYING
Writer: Tetsuya Mariko Drama 
Producer: Oshikazu Nishigaya, Yuki Nishimiya, Yoshihisa Kino Director: James Franco
Key Cast: Masaru Miyazaki, Takashi Yamanaka, Momoiro Clover Writer: James Franco
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Miles Levy & Vince Jolivette
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan  Key Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Logan Marshall Green, Danny
TANAKA, a man who lives in the countryside, breaks into a game arcade with his McBride, Ahna O’Reilly, Scott Hayes, Jim Parrack, Scott Haze, Jesse Heisman
friend, robs the safe and runs away with the store owner’s car. After straying on a Delivery Status: In Production
highway route, he finally ends up a lonesome beach. A few days later, a girls idle group, NINJA 2
Momoiro Clover, visits the beach for their music video shoot, and find his car in the Director: Isaac Florentine
bushes. Producer: Boaz Davidson, Frank DeMartini
MAY’N 3D Key Cast: Scott Adkins, Gary Daniels
Music  Scott Adkins is back in Ninja 2 to kick some ass.
Language: Japanese OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN
Director: Hideaki Sunaga AKA: White House Taken
Producer: Koichi Shibuya, Shinjiro Nishimura  Action 
Key Cast: May’n Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Antoine Fuqua
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan  Writer: Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt
Key Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Dylan

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McDermott, Cole Hauser, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune, Radha Mitchell, Ashley Judd, Bulgaria, Czech and Slovak, Ex Yugo, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Robert Forster, Sean O’Bryan, James Ingersoll Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Vietnam
Delivery Status: Pre-Production KILLING SEASON
An action movie about a U.S. Secret Service agent who has fallen from grace – until Director: Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider)
the White House is attacked and taken over by a team of North Koreans armed with Key Cast: Robert De Niro, John Travolta
extraordinary technology. Everything the Pentagon throws at the problem fails. But Delivery Status: Post Production
our hero knows the building like nobody else, and is the last chance we have to Two former wartime adversaries battle one another in the wilderness. Available
save, not only the President, but the entire country. territories include: Hong Kong, Italy, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,
HOMEFRONT Vietnam.
Language: English STRAIGHT A’S
Director: Gary Fleder Director: James Cox (Wonderland)
Writer: Sylvester Stallone Key Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Anna Paquin, Luke Wilson
Key Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Izabella Vidovic, Kate Delivery Status: Post Production
Bosworth, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rachelle Lefrevre, Omar Benson Miller Scott, a degenerate outcast returns home to make amends with his family.
Delivery Status: In Production Unfortunately his former high school sweetheart has married his brother. Their
A DEA Agent retires to a seemingly quiet town, that is hiding an underbelly of reunion leads to sexual tension, hilarity, and relationships being first strained, then
violence and drug trafficking. When his family is threatened he is forced back into broken, and ultimately rebuilt. Available worldwide excluding: Australia, Canada,
action to save his loved ones and the community. China, CIS, France, Germany, Greece, Latin America, Middle East, Portugal,
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Scandinavia, South Africa, Turkey.
Language: English
Director: Rowan Joffe
Writer: Rowan Joffe; Based on the Worldwide Bestseller by S.J. Watson NZ FILM COMMISSION
Key Cast: Nicole Kidman NZ Film Commission, Level 3, 119 Ghuznee Street, Wellington, 6011 New Zealand,
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Tel: +64 4 3827680 Fax: +64 4 3849719.
A woman, unable to remember her life regains her memory and discovers that www.nzfilm.co.nz, sales@nzfilm.co.nz 
everything she thought was true is a lie. Sales Agent, Financier 
THE ICEMAN At Cannes: James Thompson (Head of Sales and Marketing), Jasmin McSweeney
Director: Ariel Vroman (Marketing Executive)
Key Cast: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans Office: Level 1, 44 la Croisette
Delivery Status: Post Production SHIHAD - BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
THE ICEMAN is the true story of Richard Kuklinski, loving husband, devoted Documentary 
father, ruthless killer. He is believed to have killed more than 250 people between Language: English
1954 and 1985. Available territories include: Bulgaria, Czech & Slovak, Ex-Yugo, Director: Sam Peacocke
Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Writer: Sam Peacocke
Spain, Taiwan,Thailand, Vietnam. Producer: Grant Roa, Laurence Alexander
LOVELACE Key Cast: Featuring Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Phil Knight and Karl Kippenberger
Director: Academy Award® Winners, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman  Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, James Franco, Sharon Stone, Chris Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
Noth, Hank Azaria, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chloë Sevigny, Wes Bentley, Adam Brody NZ’s most successful rock band took their dreams all the way to the giddy heights
Delivery Status: Post Production of the US music scene. A terrorist attack, ill-advised name-change and swift-
The life of Linda Lovelace told through the production of Deep Throat, her talking managers saw those dreams fall apart at the seams in one fated moment in
abusive relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventual spearheading of the feminist LA’s notorious ‘Viper Room’. After multiple best-selling albums and a bond that
antipornography movement. Available territories include: Airlines, Bulgaria, CIS has endured for over 23 years this documentary examines the notions of family,
& Baltics, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, loyalty and success for four friends that almost took the biggest music industry in
Romania, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Vietnam. the world by storm... 
PLAYING FOR KEEPS THE LAST DOGS OF WINTER
AKA: Playing The Field Documentary 
Director: Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) Language: English
Key Cast: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Judy Greer, Catherine Zeta- Director: Costa Botes
Jones, Dennis Quaid Writer: Costa Botes
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Costa Botes
Gerard Butler plays a retired world famous soccer star who tries to rebuild a Delivery Status: Completed
relationship with his son and ex-wife by coaching his kid’s soccer team. While Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
soccer is a hands-free sport, the mothers of the other kids can’t keep their hands off Since 1976 Brian Ladoon has fought to keep the Canadian Eskimo Dog from
the coach, which imperils his plan. U.S. Theatrical release December 25th, 2012 extinction by keeping them in harsh natural conditions which maintain the extreme
(FilmDistrict) Available territories include: Bulgaria, Ex-Yugo, Malaysia, South stamina of the breed. The twist is they share their environment with itinerant
Korea polar bears. As global warming and eco-tourism provoke growing pressure on his
THE BIG WEDDING activities, Brian and his beloved dogs are facing an even more uncertain future. 
Director: Justin Zackham (The Bucket List) THE WEIGHT OF ELEPHANTS
Key Cast: Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Diane Keaton, Susan Drama 
Sarandon, Robin Williams Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Daniel Joseph Borgman
A dysfunctional, divorced couple must pretend to be still married at their adopted Writer: Daniel Joseph Borgman
son’s wedding in order to please the guest of honor: his religious birth mother. U.S. Co-Production Partners: Zentropa Entertainments/Severe Features 
Theatrical Release Fall 2012 (LIONSGATE) Available territories include: Bulgaria, Producer: Katja Adomeit, Leanne Saunders
Czech & Slovak, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam. Key Cast: Demos Murphy, Angelina Cottrell, Matthew Sunderland, Catherine
THE PAPERBOY Wilkin
Director: Lee Daniels (Precious) Delivery Status: Screening
Key Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand/Denmark 
Cusack, Nicole Kidman Sensitive 11 year old Adrian is struggling with his fears and anxieties since the
Delivery Status: Completed disappearance of three kids in his small town. Then one day he meets Nicole, a
OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2012 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL The story of a young mysterious, crazy, frightening, wonderful girl who moves in next door with her
man who returns to his small Florida home town to help his reporter brother uncover little sister and brother. They might just be everything Adrian ever wanted.
the truth about a man on death row, who might have been wrongly convicted. In SHOPPING
the process, he falls for the convict’s lover. Conflict, danger, deceit, seduction and Crime Drama 
betrayal ensue. Available territories include: India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Language: English
Spain, Vietnam. Director: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D Writer: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
Director: John Luessenhop (Takers) Producer: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Kevin Paulo, Jacek Koman, Alistair Browning
Legendary horror icon Leatherface is back for more murder and mayhem. U.S. Delivery Status: Screening
Theatrical Release January 4, 2013 (LIONSGATE) Available territories include: Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
New Zealand, 1981: seduced by a charismatic career criminal, 16 year old Willie

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must choose where his loyalty lies - with a family of shoplifters, or with his own
blood.
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At Cannes: Shiro Fujitaka (CEO), Shinji Nishimura (Producer)
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Producer: Dave Gibson
AN ASSASSIN
Key Cast: Temuera Morrison Hanna Tevita Kate Elliot
AKA: An Assassin
Delivery Status: Screening
Action (100 min)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
Language: Japanese w/English subtitle
A gang of criminals take a middle class Maori family hostage and discover too late
Director: Go Ohara
that they’re a family of cannibals.
Writer: Hiroyasu Kubota, Go Ohara
MT ZION
Producer: Yasuomi Ota, Tomotaka Misawa, Tadashi Iwabuchi
Drama 
Key Cast: Ryoma Baba, Yuki Kubota, Sayuri Iwata
Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Tearepa Kahi
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan 
Writer: Tearepa Kahi
Ryo Hanaki was raised to be a professional assassin. His life changes when he helps
Producer: Quinton Hita
Rio, a high school girl. By a twist of fate, Rio who was a complete unknown became
Key Cast: Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison
an assassin target overnight. A single mistake from his decision to save Rio decided
Delivery Status: Post Production
the destiny of the masses.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand 
Turei’s family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A
talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley’s OPUS DISTRIBUTION
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and will set him at odds with his family - particularly his father, who has some lost Distributor 
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TWO LITTLE BOYS Office: Lerins R 13, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 05
Comedy (108) WAR OF THE WORLDS GOLIATH
Language: English 3D Animation Science Fiction (85)
Director: Robert Sarkies Language: English
Writer: Duncan Sarkies, Robert Sarkies Director: Joe Pearson
Producer: Vicky Pope, Tim White Writer: Joe Pearson
Key Cast: Bret McKenzie Hamish Blake Co-Production Partners: Tripod Entertainment
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Leon Tan, Kevin Eastman
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: New Zealand  Producer: Leon Tan, Kevin Eastman
An irreverent comedy about Nige, his best mate Deano and their riotous Key Cast: Adrian Paul, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield
misadventures as they struggle with their imploding long term friendship which Delivery Status: Screening
has been put under pressure by an unfortunate incident involving a hot meat pie, a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Malaysia 
ginger cat and the untimely death of a Scandinavian football star. This is the saga of “War of the Worlds: Goliath”, an animated steampunk story of
HOW TO MEET GIRLS FROM A DISTANCE war, comradeship and courage under fire.Our story takes place in 1914, fifteen years
Comedy  after a failed Martian invasion. At the eve of World War I, the Martians stage a second
Language: English attack, stronger and more powerful than before, to complete what they had begun. But
Director: Dean Hewison this time, they meet a very different Earth. This time, we fight back. We follow the
Writer: Richard Falker, Dean Hewison, Sam Dickson adventures of the young multinational crew of the Earth battle Tripod “Goliath”, in
Executive Producer: Ant Timpson the crucible of combat against the Martians.
Producer: Ruth Korver, Andrew Beattie BURNING BLUE
Key Cast: Richard Falkner Scarlet Hemingway Jonathan Brugh Drama (95)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: New Zealand  Director: DMW Greer
Toby is unlucky in love and spends most of his time creating fake relationships to Writer: DMW Greer
please his mother. And then, across a crowded room, he spots pretty Phoebe - the Executive Producer: John Hadity
girl of his dreams. Determined to win her heart and become the man of her dreams, Producer: Arthur Kelleher, DMW Greer, Andrew Halliday
Toby resolves to learn everything he can about Phoebe, before meeting her. But this Key Cast: Trent Ford, Morgan Spector, Rob Mayes
romantically challenged everyman takes pre-dating research to dangerous extremes. Delivery Status: Screening
THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Drama  Following two fatal aircraft accidents aboard an Aircraft Carrier, a government agent
Language: English is placed aboard the ship. His mission -- to determine what may be at the root of these
Director: Kirstin Marcon mishaps and prevent the ‘inevitable’ third chain-breaking accident – abruptly changes
Writer: Kirstin Marcon course when a sailor reports seeing one of the fleets’ top-ranking fighter pilots in a gay
Executive Producer: Tim White club. The aviator and three of his squadron mates and their spouses all become the
Producer: Alex Cole-Baker subject of a deadly modern-day witch hunt entangling them in a web of jealousy and
Key Cast: Matt Whelan Roxane Mesquida deceit which tests their concept of love, friendship and honor and changes their lives
Delivery Status: Completed forever.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: New Zealand  BREATH OF THE GODS
Michael’s in a race against time after learning he has only months to live. Stealing AKA: Der Atmende Gott
his own treatment money, he leaves his loved ones behind and heads to London. Documentary (100)
Intent on going out in a blur of sex, drugs and mayhem, eerything changes when he Language: German/English
falls for a mysterious French girl named Sylvie. Director: Jan Schmidt-Garre
THE ORATOR Writer: Jan Schmidt-Gare
AKA: O Le Tulafale Co-Production Partners: PARS Media
Drama  Executive Producer: Jan Schmidt-Gare, Marieke Schroeder
Language: Samoan Producer: Jan Schmidt-Garre
Director: Tauti Tusi Tamasese Key Cast: Yoga Legends B.K.S. lyengar, Pattabhi Jois, T.K. Sribhashyam
Writer: Tauri Tusi Tamasese Delivery Status: Screening
Producer: Catherine Fitzgerald Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany 
Key Cast: Fiaula Sanote Tausili Pushparaj Modern yoga, that is, the form practiced daily by tens of millions of people around
Delivery Status: Completed the world, goes back directly to the god Shiva according to Indian tradition. At the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: New Zealand  same time, however, modern yoga originated in the early 20th century, a creation of
A beautiful tale of ritual, tradition, courage and love. Saili, a small man with a big Indian savant T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989). That story is far less known and is
heart, must find the courage to speak up for those whom he loves. what this film is all about. Krishnamacharya’s life and teachings are seen through the

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eyes of the director Jan Schmidt-Garre on his search for authentic yoga. His journey from a war-stricken family in southern Iran. Mahi falls in love with Heiran, an Afghan
leads him from the legendary students and relatives of Krishnamacharya’s to the source student, who has come to their village to work. However, Mahi’s family being strictly
of modern yoga, at the palace of the Maharaja of Mysore. From Pattabhi Jois Jan learns against her marriage to an Afghan, forces her to choose one between her family and
the “Sun salutation”, from Iyengar the “King of Asanas”, the headstand, and finally an Afghan boy.
Sribhashyam reveals to him his father’s secret “Life Saving Yoga Session”. A feature- LOOSE ROPE
length documentary including rare historical footage as well as lavish reenactments.  Feature, Drama (82 min.)
FUTURE WEATHER Language: Persian with English Subtitle
Drama (100) Director: Mehrshad Karkhani
Language: English Writer: Mehrshad Karkhani, Babak Panahi
Director: Jenny Deller Co-Production Partners: Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC
Writer: Jenny Deller Producer: Habibollah Kaseh Saz
Co-Production Partners: Future Weather Productions Key Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Babak Hamidian, Keramat Roudsaz, Narges Mohammadi
Executive Producer: Jenny Deller, Kristen Fairweather Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Jenny Deller, Kristen Fairweather Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Iran 
Key Cast: Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Perla Haney-Jadine Two young rural men who work at the animals’ market in Tehran have only 24 hours
Delivery Status: Completed to take a large cow from downtown to uptown, with their jobs and futures at stake.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  The spectators follow their obligatory journey with the rope which is tied around the
Future Weather is a frank, moving tale of the intertwining lives of three generations of cow. Karkhani very cinematically describes the contrast which exists between the
women. At the center, a teen takes refuge from an unstable home life in science and south and the north of a metropolis.
nature and becomes obsessed with ecological disaster. When she’s abruptly abandoned NOSE, IRANIAN STYLE
by her dreamer single mom, she decides to take survival into her own hands, forcing Documentary, Drama (52 min.)
her and her grandmother, to rethink both their futures. With its sharply-drawn characters Language: Persian with English Subtitle
and exceptional cast, Future Weather expresses the pathos in saying goodbye to what Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
we love. Writer: Mehrdad Oskouei, Alireza Bahrami, Mandana Karimi
PEAKVIEWING TRANSTLANTIC FILM LIBRARY Co-Production Partners: Sheherazad Media International (SMI), Katayoon Shahabi
Fantasy and Family (Various) Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: Iran 
19 library titles from on the UK’s best producers of family and fantasy films with all Why does Iran have the highest statistics for nose jobs in the world?! This
star casts available again. documentary is about nose jobs in Iran. The filmmaker researches the reason that
the young Iranian generation is so interested in changing their appearances. Through
nose jobs, the film surveys and analyzes the urban society and today’s youth of Iran,
ORAMA & CIE especially in social, psychological, cultural, and political fields.
Orama & Cie, 99 Boulevard Exelmans, Paris, 75016 France,  Tel: +33 610 372 419 PERSIAN CATWALK
www.orama-cie.com, stephanie.failloux@gmail.com  Documentary, Drama (53 min.)
Producer  Language: Persian with English & French Subtitles
At Cannes: Stephanie Failloux (Producer - Owner) Director: Marjan Alizadeh
Office: Year round Exhibitor on The Platform Writer: Marjan Alizadeh
SOCIAL BUSINESS: A NEW PATH FOR CAPITALISM? Producer: Life Media International
Documentary (50 mins) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English & French Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Iran 
Director: Nicolas Jouvin, Stéphanie Failloux Mahdis is a 20 year old girl who wishes to be a model in Iran, despite the negative
Writer: Stéphanie Failloux, Nicolas Jouvin views of the country towards the subject. Mahdis’ father is also a highly religious man
Executive Producer: Stephanie Failloux who does not make the situation any better for her. However, Mahdis tries to pursue
Producer: Stephanie Failloux her dream and battles with the obstacles facing her every day. Through the story of
Delivery Status: Completed Mahdis, this documentary delves into the institute of fashion and its history in Iran,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France  which is of much significance.
Social Business has particularly strong resonance in today’s changing world, where PERSIAN RUG
an increasing number of people, especially among the younger generations, are Documentary, Drama (49 min. & 35min.)
questioning the meaning of their lives. The movie provides both a practical illustration Language: Persian with English Subtitle
and an analytical overview of Social Enterprise where both sides are intertwined Director: Massoud Bakhshi
and echo each other. On the practical side, we used a handicraft social business in Writer: Massoud Bakhshi
Cambodia near Angkor Wat, Cambolac, founded by a French ex-trader following his Co-Production Partners: VPRO Netherland
realization that Angkor remained one the poorest regions in Cambodia despite being Producer: Massoud Bakhshi
one of the most visited places in the world. On the analytical side, we interviewed key Delivery Status: Completed
people in Europe, the US and Cambodia, not only in the field of Social Enterprise, Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Iran 
but also in NGOs, Finance and Education. Despite being a topical subject, there are Our Persian Rug depicts the perplexing memories of a young man who can’t
few movies on Social Business, especially few, like this one, which explores both the forget his past. At the center of this family history is a Persian rug that the man’s
social and business aspects. The idea is to be thought provoking, inspiring and to raise grandmother once wove. Staring at this rug, he obsessively scans through photo
consciousness about today’s economic, social and environmental issues, so as to build a albums to see which of his family members are lying and which ones are telling the
more sustainable tomorrow.  truth.
IT IS ALWAYS LATE FOR FREEDOM
PARASTOO FILM Documentary, Drama (53 min.)
Language: Persian with English Subtitle
Parastoo Film, 49 Highland Park Blvd., Thornhill, Ontario L3T 1B4 Canada,  Tel:
Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
416-873-9816
Writer: Mehrdad Oskouei
www.parastoofilm.com, info@parastoofilm.com 
Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei
Distributor 
Delivery Status: Completed
At Cannes: Hessam Ghorbanian (Founder & Managing Director)
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Iran 
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 416-873-9816
Have you ever thought there are kids who dream of freedom? Three teenage boys in
HEIRAN
Tehran House of Correction are the innocent victims of serious social problems which
Feature, Drama (88 min.)
the Iranian society is faced with, such as addiction, poverty, and divorce.
Language: Persian with English Subtitle
UNFINISHED STORIES
Director: Shalizeh Arefpour
Feature, Drama (76 min.)
Writer: Shalizeh Arefpour, Naghmeh Samini
Language: Persian with English Subtitle
Producer: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Jahangir Kosari 
Director: Pourya Azarbayjani
Key Cast: Baran Kosari, Mehrdad Sedighian, Khosro Shakibaei, Farhad Aslani, Zhaleh
Writer: Pourya Azarbayjani
Sameti, Fouzhan Arefpour, Mohsen Mokari
Producer: Pourya Azarbayjani and Jalil Shabani
Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Setareh Pesyani, Hengameh Ghaziani and Saiideh Amir Saii
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Iran 
Delivery Status: Completed
During the rule of Taliban in Afghanistan, about 3 million illegal Afghani immigrants
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Iran 
fled to Iran, causing numerous problems for the Iranian society in accepting them. This
This film is the story of 3 young women, Setareh, Hengameh and Saiideh. Each
film depicts the story of a 17 year old rural girl by the name of Mahi (Fish), who comes

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woman has a different story. They are abandoned by their men and they are in the become clear – it’s happened – the killers on the train! Who is it? Who can you trust?
streets of Tehran because they have nowhere else to go. Setareh is a young girl, out And will they work it out before the killer takes them all! 
of her house, because her parents are against her marriage with the boy she loves... FLY ME
Hengameh is a pregnant woman who left the house after a fight with her husband... AKA: Laker
And Saiideh must leave the hospital with her new born baby because she does not have Drama (90 mins)
money and her husband is in prison... Language: English
BEAUTIFUL CITY Director: Jonathan Lynn
Feature, Drama (102 min.) Writer: Ruth Fowler & Stephan Forbes
Language: Persian with English Subtitle Producer: Simon Barnes, Jim Howell, Kevin Townsend
Director: Asghar Farhadi Delivery Status: In Development
Writer: Asghar Farhadi Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK 
Producer: Iraj Taghipour Today we take cheap air travel for granted but none of this would have been possible
Key Cast: Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Ahoo Kheradmand without Freddie Laker’s pioneering Skytrain. We have access to an unpublished book
Delivery Status: Completed written by Freddie’s late friend and attorney Bob Beckmann that charts the last few
Year of Production: 2004 Country of Origin: Iran  years of Laker Airways and the conspiracy between the airlines that brought Freddie’s
Akbar has been held in a rehabilitation center for committing murder at the age of empire crashing to the ground.
sixteen when he was sentenced to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of
eighteen so that the sentence could be carried out. Now, the day after his 18th birthday,
Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. Akbar’s sister and his PEGASUS MOTION PICTURES
friend, Ala, are his only hope to convince his plaintiff to stop the execution... DISTRIBUTION LTD
GOODBYE, LIFE Pegasus Motion Pictures Distribution Ltd, Room 1801-02, Westlands Centre, 20
Feature, Drama (93 min.) Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.  Tel: (+852) 3595 2080 Fax: (+852) 3595
Language: Persian with English Subtitle 2090. http://www.pegasusmovie.com, distribution@pegasusmovie.com 
Director: Ensieh Shah-Hosseini Producer, Distributor
Writer: Ensieh Shah-Hosseini At Cannes: Alvina WONG (Director), Jenny WONG (General Manager), Belinda
Producer: Seyyed Saeid Seyyedzadeh LAM (Assistant Distribution Manager), Karen PANG (Distribution Assistant)
Key Cast: Ladan Mostofi, Mohammad Mokhtari, Esmat Reza-Pour Office: RIVIERA Stand C9, Tel: 33 4 92 99 33 04
Delivery Status: Completed SAVING GENERAL YANG
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: Iran  Action Thriller 
During the Iran - Iraq war (1980-1988) Maryam, a young divorced woman, wants to Language: Chinese
commit suicide. As she doesn’t want to have an ordinary death, Maryam decides to go Director: Ronny YU
to war as a reporter and to die as a hero. ”Goodbye, Life” is the story of a woman who Executive Producer: Raymond WONG
by saying goodbye to her previous life finds a new way to live. Producer: Ronny YU
GRADUALLY Key Cast: Ekin CHENG, WU Chun, Vic CHOU, Adam CHENG, Fan YU, Raymond
Feature, Drama (74 min.) LAM, YU Bo, LI Chen, FO Xin Bo
Language: Persian with English Subtitle Delivery Status: In Production
Director: Maziar Miri Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG 
Writer: Parviz Shahbazi The story of the Yang¦s has been eulogized for hundreds of years in the Chinese
Producer: Jahangir Kosari society. It details the exploits of the Yang military family, recounting the unflinching
Key Cast: Mohammad-Reza Foroutan, Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Hassan Poorshirazi, loyalty of the Yang family heirs. The plot places focus on how the seven sons of the
Maryam Boobani, Shahrokh Frootanian Yang family held hands in the rescue of their father...
Delivery Status: Completed MAGIC TO WIN
Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: Iran  Fantasy Action 
Mahmoud who works in the Railroad Company outside Tehran learns of the Language: Chinese
disappearance of his wife who has a record of mental illness. When he returns to Tehran Director: Wilson YIP
to look for her, the neighbors start to make his life impossible with their gossip. Executive Producer: Raymond WONG
Key Cast: Chun WU, Jing WU, Louis KOO, Raymond WONG, Ni YAN, Karena NG
PARK ENTERTAINMENT Delivery Status: Post Production
Park Entertainment, 54 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 7AH UK,  Tel: +44 (0) 207 Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG 
434 4176 Fax: +44 (0) 207 434 7251. The female lead was naturally born with superpowers inherited from her father
www.parkentertainment.com, mail@parkentertainment.com  and such gifts had changed her life drastically. Not only did she enjoy every daily
Sales Agent  conveniences brought by her powers, it also contributed in the achievements over her
At Cannes: Jim Howell (CEO), Paul Howell (Sales Executive) volleyball career. However, these victories earned by using Superpowers ironically
Office: Lerins - R1 resulted in eroding the unity and friendship among her teammates.
THE LAST OF THE GREAT APES ALL’S WELL ENDS WELL 2012
Documentary, 3D  Comedy 
Language: English Language: Chinese
Director: Jeremy Hogarth Executive Producer: Raymond WONG
Writer: Jeremy Hogarth, Norm Wilkinson, Peta Ayers Key Cast: Donnie YEN, Louis KOO, Kelly CHEN, Sandra NG, Raymond WONG,
Co-Production Partners: Vision Quest Entertainment, Screen Australia Mini YANG, Joey YUNG, Chapman TO, Lynn XIONG
Producer: Norm Wilkinson Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Key Cast: Holly Carroll Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG 
Delivery Status: Post Production BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia  Romance 
The worlds’ great apes are dangerously close to extinction. Holly Carroll is an Language: Chinese
attractive, feisty and passionate young scientist who has made it her life’s mission to Director: Barbara WONG
protect these primates. Confronting poachers, loggers and animal smugglers in her Writer: Lawrence CHENG
quest, she will travel from The Congo to Sumatra engaging with these animals Key Cast: Richie REN, Gigi LEUNG, Aariff LEE, ZHOU Dong-Yu, Joe CHEN Qiao-
LAST TRAIN HOME En, Shawn DAO Xiao
Thriller / Horro (90 mins) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English It comprises three separate stories which share the equal amount of anguish in life and
Director: Rachel Talalay relationships. The first story portrays the encounter of two patients who met in their
Writer: Stephen Prentice & Toby Rushton dying state yet still bearing the spirit to help the others, they help each other out in
Producer: Rupert Harvey, Jim Howell completing a bucket list. The tragedy does not end with the death of both, but more
Delivery Status: Pre-Production saddening, the death of one..
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: UK  LOVE IS..PYJAMAS
Sophie’s adamant she must get home, Alex is blinded by lust after their encounter Romantic Comedy 
earlier, but they’re both relived when the last train arrives. Threatened by some hoodies, Language: Chinese
abused by a drunk it couldn’t get any worse – until they hear a violent criminal has Director: Vincent KUK
escaped from the nearby jail. ‘Extremely violent, highly intelligent and a pathological Key Cast: Ronald CHENG, Miriam YEUNG
liar‘, it could never happen. A girl screaming her friend has disappeared strikes fear into Delivery Status: Pre-Production
the few remaining passengers and when mutilated bodies start turning up on the train, it Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: HONG KONG 

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PFG ENTERTAINMENT Drama (102 min)
PFG Entertainment, 429 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite #600, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Language: Japanese
USA,  Tel: 310-393-5788 Fax: (310) 393-0882. Director: Shinji Aoyama
www.pfgentertainment.com, mail@pfgentertainment.com  Writer: Haruhiko Arai
Sales Agent  Producer: Naoki Kai
At Cannes: Ted Rosenblatt (President) Key Cast: Masaki Suda, Misaki Kinoshita, Yukiko Shinohara, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuko
Office: LERINS: R.14 Tanaka
COFFIN BABY Delivery Status: Post Production
Horror (96 min.) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Japan 
Language: English In 1988, Toma, aged 17, lived with his father, who was engaged in some shady
Director: Dean C. Jones dealings, and his mistress Kotoko in a town by a river. He would sometimes visit his
Writer: Dean C. Jones mother, Jinko, who ran a fish shop on the other side of the river, and have her prepare
Executive Producer: Michael Villa Lobos the fish he caught in the river. Daily witnessing his father’s abusive sex with Kotoko,
Producer: Robert Diaz Leroy Toma felt repulsed, yet was acutely aware of the fact that the same blood ran in his
Key Cast: Bruce Dern, Brian Krause, Chauntal Lewis, Clifton Powell veins. Then, he became engrossed in burgeoning sexuality that he ventured into with
Delivery Status: Completed his girlfriend, Chigusa Aida. Their relationship, however, came to an abrupt end one
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  day, when he turned violent towards her during sex, just like Father. In the meantime,
A young woman is imprisoned and tortured at the hands of the most violent homicidal Kotoko, pregnant with Father’s child, ran away from home when the whole town is
maniac in the city’s history. Escape is impossible, and the body count piles up as he flooded by the approaching typhoon. Enraged, Father went on search for her, only to
dispatches scores of innocents to fuel his bloodlust – while forcing her to watch! It is come across Chigusa in a shrine he happened to pass by, where she was waiting for
only through her sheer will to live that she can hope to survive the ordeal. Toma to make up with him.
TOM HOLLAND’S TWISTED TALES IT’S ME, IT’S ME
Sci-Fi Thriller Paranormal  AKA: Ore Ore
Language: English Drama (119min)
Director: Tom Holland Language: Japanese
Writer: Tom Holland Director: Satoshi Miki
Co-Production Partners: Dead Rabbit Films Writer: Satoshi Miki
Executive Producer: Tom Holland, David Chackler, Mark Victor, Ted Rosenblatt Executive Producer: Julie K. Fujishima
Producer: Tom Holland and David Chackler Producer: Taro Nagamatsuya, Yusuke Wakabayashi
Key Cast: William Forsyth, Sarah Butler, Bonnie Piesse, Noah Hathaway, Cameron Key Cast: Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuki Uchida, Ryo Kase
Banfield, Angela Bettis, Amber Benson, Adam Busch  Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Based on a popular Japanese contemporary novel, director Miki wrote the script
In the great tradition of anthology shows, such as, THE TWILIGHT ZONE and OUTER himself, opting for an original, spellbinding ending that makes full use of the art.
LIMITS comes these new thrilling, and chilling tales from Tom Holland, who wrote Realistic, surreal, funny and unnerving, this film will swallow you up in unfathomable
and directed some of the most memorable episodes of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, as suspense.
well as AMAZING STORIES. Domestic distribution through Image Entertainment & SAKE-BOMB
Fearnet.com Road Movie, Comedy (82 min)
A SECRET PROMISE Language: English, Japanese
AKA: My Father’s Will Director: Junya Sakino
Romantic Comedy (87 mins) Writer: Jeff Mizushima
Language: English Executive Producer: Yuko Shiomaki
Director: Fred Manocherian Producer: Hiromitsu Senoo, Junya Sakino
Writer: Fred Manocherian Key Cast: Gaku Hamada, Eugene Kim, Marlane Barnes
Producer: Vince P. Maggio Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Victor Alfieri, Ione Skye, Ron Silver, Gerry Bamman Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA, Japan 
Delivery Status: Completed A “Sake-Bomb” is a cocktail created by dropping a shot of sake into a pint of beer.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  It’s also a comedic road movie about a sarcastic Asian American and his Japanese
A wealthy playboy and successful businessman must fulfill his father’s dying wish by cousin. Sebastian is a bitter, self-deprecating wannabe Internet star from Los Angeles.
living for a month without the benefits of his fame or fortune. Victor Alfredi (Angels He has recently been dumped by his girlfriend and on the look-out for someone new.
& Demons, Days of Our Lives) and Ione Skye (Say Anything…, Private Practice) star When his cousin Naoto, a naive sake maker from Japan, shows up to find his own
in this modern day “Prince and The Pauper” romantic comedy that proves… you don’t ex-girlfriend, Sebastian takes him to north California to find her. They are a clash of
need money to find true love.  cultures waiting to happen. Someone has to break first. Together they meet a colorful
KILLING FRANK group of characters as they come to grips with who they are and the true nature of the
Mystery Thriller  girlfriends they are pursuing.
Language: English THE LAND OF HOPE
Director: Tom Holland AKA: Kibou no Kuni
Writer: Tom Holland Drama (134min)
Co-Production Partners: Dead Rabbit Films Language: Japanese
Key Cast: To star Udo Kier, Rebecca De Mornay, Bruce Davison, Julia Dietze Director: Sono Sion
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Writer: Sono Sion
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Mizue Kunizane, Yuji Sadai, Yuko Shiomaki
From writer/director Tom Holland (Child’s Play, Fright Night, Stephen King’s Thinner), Key Cast: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Otani, Jun Murakami
a diabolical story of greed and murder. Wealthy misanthrope Frank, a manipulative Delivery Status: Completed
business tycoon hated by all who know him, is reduced to a vegetable-like state after an Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
accident. His family and key employees gather at his isolated mansion to figure out how An award winning director Sion Sono’s latest film is not a documentary but Japan’s
to declare him legally dead and divide the bounty of his estate. They didn’t count on the first feature drama depicted one family trying to face the hard but true reality of
oddly-dedicated nurse who blocks their intentions... or the fact that they would all start Tohoku Tsunami earthquakes and nuclear power plant explosion.
dying themselves, one-by-one. It is plain that these gruesome deaths are no accident. BAD FILM
There is a fiendishly clever murderer amongst them. The question quickly becomes, who Thriller (161 min)
is doing the killing? And why? Language: Japanese
Director: Sono Sion
Writer: Sono Sion
PICTURES DEPT. CO. LTD. Key Cast: Sono Sion
pictures dept. co. ltd., 1003-3-H, Horiuchi, Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa, 240-0112 Delivery Status: Completed
JAPAN,  Tel: +81.46.876.7531 Fax: +81.3.6369.3250. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan 
www.picturesdept.com, picturesdept@picturesdept.com  Near the end of the 20th century on Tokyo ‘s Chuo train line, just before Hong Kong ‘s
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Agent  return to Chinese control, masses of people go on a rampage, and love runs wild.
At Cannes: Yuko Shiomaki (President), Mizue Kunizane (President)
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
THE BACKWATER PLANETA INFORM FILM DISTRIBUTION
AKA: Tomogui Planeta Inform Film Distribution, 5/10 Nizhniy Susalniy lane, Moscow, 105064
Russia,  Tel: 007.916.782.02.35 Fax: 007.495.783.76.57.

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sales.planeta-inform.com, info@planeta-inform.com  Key Cast: Ekaterina Guseva, Ivan Makarevich, Cyrill Nagiev
Sales Agent, Distributor Delivery Status: Post Production
At Cannes: Bankovskaya Anastasia (Head of International Sales), Myshkina Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia 
Natalia (CEO of Planeta Inform Telecontent), Litvinov Dmitry (CEO of Planeta In an attempt to shake off the perils of the past, the family of a notorious criminal
Inform Group of companies) escapes to the United States, changes names and starts living a simple and peaceful
Office: Riviera: E16 (Roskino booth) life. When the son Ivan grows up, he heads back to Russia on a dubious agenda that
KAJINEK gives a start to a maelstrom of betrayals, pursuits, family secrets and their disclosures
Crime, Action/Adventure, Biography (118 min) which involve both the mob and the Russian secret services. Ivan has to go through
Language: Czech with english subtitles deaths of his comrades, escapes from deadly traps, meetings with new friends and a
Director: Petr Jakl decisive rescue of his mother to find his path in life.
Writer: Marek Dobes, Petr Jakl CUCARACHA 3D
Producer: Petr Jakl, Lubosh Vala Animation (120 min)
Key Cast: Konstantin Lavronenko, Tatiana Vilhelmova, Boguslav Linda Language: Russian with english subtitles
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Armen Adilkhanyan
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Czech  Writer: Amet Magometov
Jiri Kajinek has nothing to lose. He has been given a life sentence for a double Producer: Gevorg Nersisyan, Armen Manasaryan, Armen Adilkhanyan
murder. His young lawyer, ignoring his lack of trust in her, attempts tirelessly Key Cast: Yuryi Stoyanov, Alena Babenko, Sergey Rychenkov, Velimir Rusakov, Olga
to help and renew the court process. She has to secure new evidence and, at the Orlova, Lyanka Gryu
same time, repel pressure from the police, deal with arrogance of the court and Delivery Status: Completed
witnesses living in fear. She soon finds out that it is dangerous to ask questions. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia 
Nonetheless, she is attracted by Kajinek’s case. What is her motive? Flame of love in the heart of ... a cockroach? Always cheerful and merry little
V PERINE cockroach named Bite, who lives inside of the computer processor, is sad today. He
AKA: The Magical Duvet falls in love with a girl-cockroach Lika, who is madly in love with theater and Chuck,
Comedy, Musical (103 min) the beetle. Bite is to win Lika’s heart and to survive in the street wars against beetles
Language: Czech with english subtitles and pigeons.
Director: F. A. Brabec RORRIM BO & THE MAGIC GOBLET 3D
Writer: Miroslav Adamec AKA: Volshebniy kubok Rorrima Bo 3D
Producer: Eva Hartmanova, Radka Homolova, Michal Kroupa Animation, Fantasy, Family (100 min)
Key Cast: Eliska Balzerova, Karel Belohradsky, Lucie Bila Language: Russian with english subtitles (may be on english)
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Ekaterina Grokhovskaya
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Czech  Writer: Ekaterina Grokhovskaya, Fedor Letunovskiy, Alexey Sheglov
A wonderful family 3D comedy made in the high-spirited style of Mamma Mia. Producer: Vladimir Polyakov, Igor Zadorin, Alexandr Revva
In a relaxed world, where everybody used to dance rock’n’roll and the streets Key Cast: Andrey Leonov, Alexey Alekseev, Renata Litvinova
were full of pink Cadillacs, good and bad dreams hidden in our quilts take Delivery Status: In Production
form. The musical adventure culminates in the magical world of dreams. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia 
TADAS BLINDA. PRADZIA Long ago the inhabitants of a fairytale world imprisoned the evil spirit of witch
AKA: Tadas Blinda. Beginning Vergilda in a goblet and hid it on our planet. Nowadays the goblet is found and the
Adventure, Drama, History (110 min) enchantments are broken. Vergilda is free and she seeks revenge. Nobody knows that
Language: lithuanian with english subtitles she gets stronger with children’s fears. But there appears a good-natured creature
Director: Donatas Ulvydas Rorrim Bo who is deliberate to help the kids fight the witch. All Rorrim lacks is a
Writer: Jonas Banys little bravery.
Producer: Zilvinas Naujokas THE SOLDIER
Key Cast: Mantas Jankavicius, Agnija Ditkovskite, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Vidas AKA: Slove. Priamo v serdce
Patkavicius, Antanas Shurna Action (90 min)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: Russian with english subtitles
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Lithuania  Director: Yuri Korolev
Set in the restless outskirts of the Russian Empire in the 19th century, Writer: Yuri Korolev
”Fireheart: The legend of Tadas Blinda“ is a historical adventure in which a Producer: Alexey Podsohin, Kirill Balmin
story of honor, freedom and love unfold. Born as a serf, Tadas has always felt Key Cast: Alexei Chadov, Andrey Chadov, Karina Hidekel
that there is something important in store for him. But when political events Delivery Status: Completed
and intrigue turn his peaceful world upside down, he must summon all his Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia 
strength and courage to meet the responsibilities that have befallen him. An A top fighter returns to the civil life, he sees his devotion in eliminating criminals
unforgettable cast, a riveting plot, and a wonderful mix of adventure, and and becomes the best sniper of the special service. Gradually, he understands that
passion are brought together to create a truly legendary tale reminiscent of the true evil is the system he works for – the highly corrupted officials who get rid of
Robin Hood – a source of inspiration for young and old alike.  witnesses with his hands.
PYRAMMMID PRINCE YAROSLAV
AKA: Pirammmida AKA: Yaroslav. Tisyachy let nazad
Action, Thriller, Biography (105 min) Action, Historic (99 min)
Language: Russian with english subtitles Language: Russian with english subtitles
Director: Eldar Salavatov Director: Dmitry Korobkin
Writer: Maxim Vasilenko, Sergey Kraynev, Sergey Mavrody Writer: Marina Koshkina, Natalia Nazarova
Producer: Sergey Livnev, Georgiy Malkov, Michail Liash Producer: Oleg Syrkov, Vladimir Byrkin
Key Cast: Mantas Jankavicius, Agnija Ditkovskite, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Vidas Key Cast: Alexander Ivashkevich, Alexey Kravchenko, Svetlana Chuikina, Victor
Patkavicius, Antanas Shurna Verzhbitsky, Valery Zolotukhin, Elena Plaksina, Konstantin Milovanov
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Lithuania  Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Russia 
Set in the restless outskirts of the Russian Empire in the 19th century, The 11th century sees the tribal wars devastate the ancient lands of Russia. The
”Fireheart: The legend of Tadas Blinda“ is a historical adventure in which a woods, roads and rivers are invaded by brigands who live on a slave trade. They sell
story of honor, freedom and love unfold. Born as a serf, Tadas has always felt their prey to fierce Khazar tribes. Young prince Yaroslav decides to put an end to raids
that there is something important in store for him. But when political events and barbarism, to stop hostility between the tribes and unite the lands under his reign.
and intrigue turn his peaceful world upside down, he must summon all his
strength and courage to meet the responsibilities that have befallen him. An
unforgettable cast, a riveting plot, and a wonderful mix of adventure, and PREMIERE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
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AKA: Brigada. Naslednik Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Action (120 min) At Cannes: Elias Axume (CEO), Ryan Noto (President), Jack Campbell (SVP
Language: Russian with english subtitles Sales & Acquisitions), Tony Piantedosi (Director of Development & Acquisitions)
Director: Denis Alexeev Office: LERINS: R-20, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 3203
Writer: Denis Alexeev, Alexandr Inshakov SCENIC ROUTE
Producer: Alexandr Inshakov, Leonid Lebedev, Ekaterina Panfilova Thriller (85 Minutes)
Language: English

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Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz Delivery Status: In Production
Writer: Kyle Killen Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA, Cuba 
Executive Producer: Josh Duhamel, Paul Green, Keith Redmon Papa follows journalist Ed Myers (Ribisi) on his adventure to Cuba in 1959, on a
Producer: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen, Luke Rivett, Scott Freeman mission to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway (Sparks). Hidden away at a
Key Cast: Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler private estate with his wife Mary (Stone), the elusive author mentors Myers in fishing,
Delivery Status: Screening drinking, and finding his voice, while the Cuban Revolution boils around them. In
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  this turbulent landscape, beholding an icon in his twilight years, Myers discovers his
MITCHELL (Josh Duhamel) and CARTER (Dan Fogler), life-long friends who strength, while recognizing that all of our heroes are human.
have drifted apart, are on a road trip when their old pickup breaks down, leaving MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
them stranded on an isolated desert road. Nobody can pick apart a man like his Drama (97 minutes)
best friend, and as the relentless elements of the desert grind them down, they start Language: English
to attack each other’s life decisions with unwavering brutality. As they question Director: Ava DeVurnay
who they are and who they could have been, their agitation leads to physical Writer: Ava DeVurnay
confrontation and ultimately knife-wielding madness, and what begins as an Producer: Howard Barish, Ava DeVurnay
inconvenience becomes a very real life or death struggle. Key Cast: David Oyelowo
AFTERNOON DELIGHT Delivery Status: Completed
Sexy Comedy/Drama (99 Minutes) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: English When her husband is sentenced to 8 years in prison, Rudy drops out of med school in
Director: Jill Soloway order to focus on her husband’s well being while he’s incarcerated - leading her on a
Writer: Jill Soloway journey of self-discovery in the process.
Executive Producer: Julie Parker Benello, Allen Benello, James Burke, Chris Miller, ASS BACKWARDS
Chris Kuenne, Rick Rosenthal, Nick Morton Adventure Comedy 
Producer: Jen Chaiken, Sebastian Dungan Language: English
Key Cast: Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Kathryn Hahn, Jane Lynch Director: Chris Nelson
Delivery Status: Screening Writer: June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Executive Producer: Chad Burris
Rachel (Hahn) is a quick-witted and lovable, yet tightly coiled, thirty-something Producer: Heather Rae
steeped in the creative class of Los Angeles’ bohemian, affluent Silver Lake Key Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Vincent
neighborhood. Plagued by purposelessness, Rachel visits a strip club to spice up D’Onofrio
her marriage and ends up meeting McKenna (Temple), a stripper who she becomes Delivery Status: Completed
obsessed with saving. She decides to adopt McKenna as her live-in nanny, and this Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
bold move unleashes unimaginable and colorful waves of change into her life and Two best friends (Kate and Chloe) embark on a cross country trip back to their
community. hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
HAIRBRAINED IT’S A DISASTER
Comedy (90 minutes) Comedy (90)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Billy Kent Director: Todd Berger
Writer: Billy Kent, Sarah Bird Writer: Todd Berger
Producer: Sarah Bird Producer: Kevin Brennan, Jeff Grace
Key Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alex Wolff, Parker Posey Key Cast: Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, David Cross
Delivery Status: Screening Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
When 14-year old genius/outcast Eli Pettifog (Alex Wolff) is rejected from Harvard, Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house
he ends up at Ivy League wannabe Whitman College. It’s hate at first sight. At together as the world may be about to end.
Whitman, Eli meets 41- year-old freshman Leo Searly (Brendan Fraser). Leo, a SAVE THE DATE
gambler whose world has imploded, has dropped out of life to enroll in college. This Romantic Comedy (90)
odd duo becomes unlikely friends. Language: English
THE OUTSIDER Director: Michael Mohan
Action  Writer: Michael Mohan
Language: English Executive Producer: Gary Gilbert
Director: Brian A. Miller Producer: Jordan Horowitz, Michael Huffington, Michael Roiff
Writer: Brian A. Miller, Craig Fairbrass Key Cast: Alison Brie, Lizzy Caplan, Martin Starr, Mark Webber, Geoffrey Arend
Executive Producer: Mark Holder Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Christine Holder Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Key Cast: Jason Patric, James Caan, Craig Fairbrass,Shannon Elizabeth In SAVE THE DATE, fiercely independent Sarah (Caplan) breaks up with her
Delivery Status: Post Production overeager boyfriend Kevin (Arend) and finds herself caught-up in an intense rebound
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  relationship with new infatuation Jonathan (Webber). With heart and humor, all
In the vein of TAKEN, this action film is about a British military contractor who is struggle with the trials, happiness, and pain of modern love. Simple and honest and
told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body always human, SAVE THE DATE is a contemporary story about the familial and
is not hers, he goes after the internet fraudster who abducted her and wreaks havoc romantic bonds that make us who we are.
through the city of Los Angeles until he rescues her. CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU
THE NIGHT CREW Documentary, Music (84 mins)
Action  Language: English
Language: English Director: Andy Grieve, Lauren Lazin
Director: Christian Sesma Writer: Andy Summers
Writer: Christian Sesma, Paul Sloan Co-Production Partners: Bob Yari Productions
Executive Producer: Ryan Noto, Elias Axume Executive Producer: William J. Immerman, Andy Summers
Producer: Jack Campbell Producer: Brett Morgen, Norman Golightly, Bob Yari
Key Cast: Paul Sloan Key Cast: Andy Summers, Sting, Steward Copeland
Delivery Status: In Development Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
THE NIGHT CREW centers on a group of hard up bounty hunters who must Based on the memoir by Andy Summers, “Can’t Stand Losing You” takes you on
survive the night in a desert motel against a horde of savage border runners when a musical journey. The documentary follows his life from when he was younger, to
they realize their fugitive, a mysterious Chinese woman, is much more than she lets his early days on the English music scene, to his chance encounter with drummer
on. Stewart Copeland and to the ascendancy of his band, The Police. The film includes
PAPA exclusively shot interviews and footage of the band on their worldwide 2007 tour.
Drama, Biography, History, Adventure  GUNS, GIRLS & GAMBLING
Language: English Action, Adventure, Comedy (90)
Director: Bob Yari Language: English
Writer: Denne Bart Petitclerc Director: Michael Winnick
Producer: Bob Yari Writer: Michael Winnick
Key Cast: Sharon Stone, Minka Kelly, Giovanni Ribisi, Adrian Sparks Key Cast: Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dane Cook, Helena Mattsson

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Delivery Status: Completed Drama documentary (91 mins)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Language: english
The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond Director: Bart Layton
assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless Writer: n/a
American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino. GUNS, Co-Production Partners: A+E Ent, Film 4
GIRLS AND GAMBLING is a stylized, action packed, fast paced, sharp talking, quick Executive Producer: Simon Chinn, John Battsek
witted, gun smoking crime thriller. Producer: Dimitri Doganis, RAW
BETWEEN US Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (90) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK 
Language: English This is the incredible true story of one of the greatest deceptions of all time, in
Director: Dan Mirvish which a 23 year old Frenchman convinces the authorities and a grieving family that
Writer: Joe Hortua, Dan Mirvish he is their lost child. 
Executive Producer: Hans C. Ritter THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Producer: Dan Mirvish Drama (98 mins)
Key Cast: Julia Stiles, David Harbour, Melissa George, Taye Diggs Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Terence Davies
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Writer: Terence Davies (from the play by Terence Rattigan)
Between Us is a theatrical feature film starring Julia Stiles (The Bourne Trilogy), Co-Production Partners: Film4 / BFI Film Fund / 
Taye Diggs (Private Practice), Melissa George (30 Days of Night) & David Harbour Executive Producer: Katherine Butler, Lisa Marie Russo, Peter Hampden, Norman
(Quantum of Solace). The film explores the bittersweet friendships between two Merry
couples who meet as old friends and discover their lives are tarnished by money, Producer: Sean O’Connor and Kate Ogborn
success, sex and children. It brings to mind Polanski’s Carnage, but with more the tone Key Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale
and scope of Sideways. Delivery Status: Completed
DARKROOM Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK 
Horror (90) A married woman is torn between her desire for a younger man and the conventions
Language: English of the time in this 1950s love-triangle
Director: Britt Napier YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
Writer: Michaelbrent Collings Comedy (90 mins)
Executive Producer: Michael Liberty Language: English
Producer: Ron Stein Director: Lynn Shelton
Key Cast: Kaylee DeFer, Elisabeth Rohm, Christian Campbell Writer: Lynn Shelton
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Vallejo Gantner, Jennifer Roth, Mark Duplass and Lynn
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Shelton. 
Michelle kills three of her friends in a horrific car accident while driving under the Producer: Steven Schardt
influence. After rehab, she takes a job recommended by her counselor that lands her Key Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass
trapped in a mansion with three psychotic siblings hell bent on physical torture to purge Delivery Status: Completed
Michelle of her sins. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US 
HIGHLAND PARK While still mourning the recent death of his brother, a bereft and confused man
Comedy - Drama (90) finds love and direction in a most unexpected place
Language: English HORRID HENRY: THE MOVIE
Director: Andrew Meieran Children’s Comedy (60)
Writer: Andrew Meieran Language: English
Executive Producer: Andrew Meieran Director: Nick Moore
Producer: Andrew Meieran Writer: Lucinda Whitely
Key Cast: Billy Burke, Parker Posey, Danny Glover, Deborah Ann Woll, John Carroll Co-Production Partners: Vertigo Films, Novel Entertainment, UKFC, Aegis
Lynch Executive Producer: Allan Niblo, James Swarbrick, Mike Watts
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Rupert Preston, Lucinda Whitely
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Anjelica Huston, Richard E Grant, Parminda Nagra
Film centers on a group of high school faculty members and their desire to improve Delivery Status: Completed
their community. Confronted with overwhelming problems and limited resources, their Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK 
lives and priorities change when money seemingly falls into their lap. They see the A fun-packed live action adaptation of the global best-selling children’s books and
restoration of the library as the means to inspire civic pride and a way to re-energize TV series.
people. SNOWTOWN
Drama (120 minutes)
Language: English
PROTAGONIST PICTURES Director: Justin Kurzel
Protagonist Pictures, 4th floor, Waverley House, 7-12 Noel Street, London, W1F 8GQ Writer: Shaun Grant
UK,  Tel: +44-207-7349-000 Co-Production Partners: Warp Australia
www.protagonistpictures.com, info@protagonistpictures.com  Producer: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
Sales Agent  Key Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris
At Cannes: Mike Goodridge (CEO), Nada Cirjanic (Sales Director), David Delivery Status: Completed
Bartholomew (Sales and Festivals Co-ordinator) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia 
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform When 16-year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins.
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN However as the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his
Documentary (82 mins) world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, his newfound father figure,
Language: English John Bunting: Australia’s most notorious serial killer.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Co-Production Partners: Red Box Film, Passion Pictures Production, Canfield Pictures
Executive Producer: John Battsek  PUSH WORLDWIDE
Producer: Simon Chinn & Malik Bendjelloul Push Worldwide, 23315 Clifton, Santa Clarita, CA 91354 USA,  Tel: 818-343-8950
Delivery Status: Completed Fax: 818-343-8962.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK / Sweden  www.pushworldwide.com, info@pushworldwide.com 
In the late ‘60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated producers Sales Agent 
who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They recorded an album At Cannes: Rob Kerchner (Head of Sales)
that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 661-367-5667
artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into THE LIE
obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording Drama, comedy (80 mins)
found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became Language: English
a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened Director: Joshua Leonard
to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of Writer: Jeff Feuerzeig
the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez. This is a film about hope, Executive Producer: Sriram Das
inspiration and the resonating power of music. Producer: Mary Pat Bentel
THE IMPOSTER Key Cast: Joshua Leonard, Jess Weixler, Mark Weber, Kelli Garner

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Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Todd Nielsen
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Key Cast: Michael Koldan, Amy Smith, Jason Drago, Marc Raco
When they first met, Lonnie and Clover were young idealists, but an unplanned Delivery Status: Completed
baby forced them to flip the script. Lonnie put his music on hold and got a crappy Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
job, and now Clover is abandoning her activism for an opportunity in the corporate A random group of smokers are forced outside their favorite bar on the coldest night
world. Drowning in disappointments, Lonnie decides he needs some time off work of the year.
to reexamine his life, but when he tells a shocking lie to his abusive boss, it’s only a FORWARD SLASH
matter of time before the grenade he’s thrown onto his life explodes, and suddenly he’s Horror (90 mins)
pushed to figure out who he is, what he wants, and maybe...just maybe...what it means Language: English
to be a father. Director: Kirk Loudon
THREE OF A KIND Writer: Kirk Loudon
Psych thriller (105 mins) Key Cast: Jim O’Neill, Chris Kennedy
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Gregory James Green Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA 
Writer: Gregory James Green Four friends decide to fill their spare time with a new internet idea -- recreating
Producer: Catrine McGregor-Unger  murders from today’s headlines -- but when they get noticed by the real murderer, all
Key Cast: Margot Kidder, Joni Russell, Tom Adams bets are off.
Delivery Status: Completed THE AWAKENING
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Horror (84 mins)
Anna’s abusive husband Victor, once the man of her dreams, has turned into the man of Language: English
her nightmares. In order to control her every move, Victor hires Michael to chaperone Director: Vince Rotonda
her. But when he uncovers their affair, he assigns a hitwoman to kill Anna. Writer: Brian Schaefer
FORCED TO FIGHT Producer: Amy Loeber, Ulla Hoeller
Action (100 mins) Key Cast: Kevin Lowe, Luke Gannon, Brian Schaefer, Caitlin Gerard, Nancy
Language: English McCrumb
Director: Jonas Quastel Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Jonas Quastel Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Producer: Andrew Bronstein A group of LA-based 20-somethings head into the mountains in search of the ultimate
Key Cast: Peter Weller, Gary Daniels, Arkie Reece, Alexandra Weaver party -- and instead end up facing the ultimate evil.
Delivery Status: Completed EXPLODER
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada  Action comedy (93 mins)
Former MMA fighter Shane Slavin has left his fighting days behind to become a family Language: English 
man, but his younger, troubled brother Scotty is still on the relentless illegal MMA Director: Justin Kuhn
circuit—until Scotty tries to double-cross the gangster who “owns” him. With Scotty Writer: Justin Kuhn
beaten nearly to death and owing Danny over $60,000, Shane has no choice but to start Producer: Jessica Baker
to fight again himself in order to pay off Scotty’s debt to Danny and keep his family Key Cast: J. Lublinkhof, Anthony “Ace” Scott, Matt Moore, Dan Kelly
safe. But every time Shane gets close to paying off what he owes, Danny changes the Delivery Status: Completed
rules. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
THE SEAMSTRESS When a hard bitten cop shakes down the wrong car thief on the wrong day, the two
Horror/thriller (76 mins) are forced to work together to stay alive -- at odds through it all.
Language: English ONE WAY TO VALHALLA
Director: Jesse James Miller Drama (93 mins)
Producer: Andrew Bronstein Language: English
Key Cast: Lance Henriksen, Kailin See, David Kopp, James Kirk, Richard Stroh Director: Karen Goodman-Hawk
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Karen Goodman-Hawk
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Canada  Key Cast: Gabriel Macht, Kim Dickens, Alison Pill, Kate Walsh
The Seamstress was brought into being by the desperate curse of an innocent woman Delivery Status: Completed
being tortured to death by a vigilante mob. Voracious for blood, the hideously mutilated Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA 
specter hunts a small group of friends who become trapped on the island where she A volatile, working class motorhead loses his job, his anger, and his angst as a result
died. The friends, led by Allie, are searching for Allie’s missing father. As Allie comes of a concussion -- becoming a new man to himself and his old coterie of friends.
to understand that he was one of the vigilantes, her friends begin to die gruesome
horrific deaths on the point of The Seamstress’ needle. When the last two surviving
vigilantes arrive, locked in their own dance of death and revenge, Allie must either QED INTERNATIONAL
preserve her own innocence or be corrupted by vengeance herself.  QED International, 1800 N Highland Ave 5th Floor, Los Angeles,, CA 90028 USA, 
RIGHT HAND DRIVE Tel: 1.323.785 7900 Fax: 1.323.785.7901.
Romantic comedy (99 mins) http://www.qedintl.com, info@qedintl.com 
Language: English Sales Agent, Producer
Director: Mark Kalbskopf At Cannes: Danny Diamond (President of International)
Writer: Mark Kalbskopf Office: RES. DU GRAND HOTEL 45 La Croisette 11th Floor, Tel: 1 213 300 0517
Producer: Debbie Crosscup FADING GIGOLO
Key Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Ed Jaspers, Laura Donnelly, Clare Welch Comedy 
Delivery Status: Completed Director: John Turturro
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK  Writer: John Turturro
When a young Brit gets in a nearly fatal accident with a vacationing American family, Key Cast: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara, Vanessa Paradis
he gets more than he bargained for -- including the entire family as his new roommates. Liev Schreiber
ALMOST RELATED FADING GIGOLO: In a scheme to make money, a man who owns a book store
Action/Comedy/Horror (97 minutes) (Woody Allen) convinces his friend (John Turturro) that a fortune could be made by
Language: English becoming a professional gigolo.
Director: Marcus Aurelius ALEX CROSS
Writer: Marcus Aurelius/Lonnie Schuyler/Steve Montoya Crime Thriller 
Executive Producer: Behram Haddadzadeh Director: Rob Cohen
Producer: Marcus Aurelius Writer: James Patterson (Novel), Kerry Williamson (Screenplay), Marc Moss
Key Cast: Ron Hall, Marcus Aurelius, Rona Lee Par, James Huang, Michael Wilson  (Screenplay)
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Steve Bowen, James Patterson
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA  Producer: Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Leopoldo Gout
An action-packed, comedy-thriller of murder, intrigue, and Japanese assassins amidst a Key Cast: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox
backdrop of erotic settings and exotic vistas.  Delivery Status: Completed
SMOKING LAWS Crusading Detective/Psychologist ALEX CROSS (Tyler Perry) meets his match
Comedy (90 mins) against the psychotic, mob hit man, MICHAEL SULLIVAN aka THE BUTCHER.
Language: English As Cross investigates the hit man’s gruesome murders, Sullivan decides to send him
Director: Matt Ehlers a deadly message by murdering his wife in cold blood. Now enraged, Cross vows to
Writer: Matt Ehlers hunt down the killer if it’s the last thing he does. However, Sullivan is a serial killing

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mastermind and continues to evade Cross while pushing him to an ethical breaking Writer: Andrew Levitas
point as a cop and father. As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence Producer: Andrea Stone-Brokaw, Cary Brokaw 
that points to the unimaginable– a revelation that could change everything. With Key Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Amy Adams, Anne Archer, Jessica
unstoppable action, and unforeseeable twists, this suspenseful action thriller will keep Brown Findlay, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Barden
you on the edge of your seat. Delivery Status: Screening
HAUNT Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Horror  Filled with considerable comedic beats, LULLABY explores the power of life, its
Director: Mac Carter transformative moments and reconnections between loved ones. Estranged from his
Writer: Andrew Barrer family, Jonathan receives word that his father, Robert, who has been fighting illness
Delivery Status: Pre-Production for over a decade, has chosen to take his own life in less than forty-eight hours. What
HAUNT is the story of a family that moves into a new home with a dark past. When follows is an unexpected journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness.
their son becomes involved with a beautiful girl next door, and together they begin to TRUST ME
explore their sexual awakening, they unwittingly invoke an alternative dimension of the Comedy 
house. Language: English
DISTRICT 9 Director: Clark Gregg
Sci-Fi Thriller (112 min) Writer: Clark Gregg
Director: Neill Blomkamp Producer: Aaron L. Gilbert, Keith Kjarval, Mary Vernieu, Clark Gregg
Writer: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Key Cast: Clark Gregg, Sam Rockwell, Saxon Sharbino, Amanda Peet, Felicity
Executive Producer: Bill Block, Ken Kamins Huffman, William H. Macy, Allison Janney, Paul Sparks, Molly Shannon
Producer: Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham Delivery Status: Screening
Key Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: Completed A loser agent for young actors - and washed up child star himself -stumbles upon a
Year of Production: 2009  brilliant 13 year-old prodigy and tries to close the mega-deal that will make her the
Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile next big star. At the same time he must manage her drunk volatile father, poaching
attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were attempts by his more successful nemesis, and the growing awareness that his innocent
refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a young starlet may not be at all that innocent…
makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what DECODING ANNIE PARKER
to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the Drama 
aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company Language: English
uninterested in the aliens’ welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can Director: Steven Bernstein
make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work. Writer: Adam Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Michael Moss
Producer: Steven Bernstein, Aaron L. Gilbert, Margot Hand, Keith Kjarval
Key Cast: Samantha Morton, Helen Hunt, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Richard Schiff,
RADIANT FILMS INTERNATIONAL Bradley Whitford, Alice Eve
Radiant Films International,, Los Angeles, CA USA,  aska@radiant-films.com  Delivery Status: Completed
Sales Agent  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
At Cannes: Mimi Steinbauer (President and CEO), Aska Yamaguchi (VP, International Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the
Sales) irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.
Office: Residences du Grand Hotel, Cormoran 2 entrance, 3rd Floor AS COOL AS I AM
TAKE DOWN Comedy-Drama 
Action/Thriller  Language: English
Director: Jim Gillespie  Director: Max Mayer
Writer: Alexander Ignon  Writer: Virginia Korus Spragg
Producer: Ed Elbert, Sarah Ryan Black, Stefan Brunner, Jamie Brown, Alex Brown, Producer: Anthony Mastromauro, Judd Payne, Matt Williams
Alex Tate  Key Cast: Claire Danes, Sarah Bolger, James Marsden, Thomas Mann, Peter Fonda
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
A group of rebellious sons and daughters of international billionaires are sent to a A smart teenage girl who dreams of becoming a chef comes of age in a small town
wilderness camp/school school in order to learn discipline. When the school is taken with her often absent and very young parents in this family comedy filled with
hostage by a group of sophisticated and well-armed kidnappers, the kids take the laughter, tears, sex, love and pasta!
situation into their own hands.  MADAME BOVARY
RUDDERLESS Period Drama 
Musical Drama  Language: English
Language: English Director: Sophie Barthes
Director: William H. Macy Writer: Rose Barrenche
Writer: Casey Twenter, Jeff Robison Producer: Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino 
Producer: Keith Kjarval, Brad Greiner Key Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans
Key Cast: Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne, Felicity Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Huffman, William H. Macy Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: In Production Gustave Flaubert’s classic story of Emma Bovary, a young beauty who impulsively
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind. But after being
RUDDERLESS is a musical drama about the power of a parent’s love - A grieving introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her
father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son’s demo stodgy husband, and seeks prestige and excitement outside the bonds of marriage.
tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in THE CITIZEN
the hope of finding peace in the wake of his loss. Dramatic Thriller 
RUN BOY RUN Language: English
Drama  Director: Sam Kadi
Director: Pepe Danquart  Writer: Jazmen Brown, Samir Younis
Writer: Heinrich Hadding  Producer: Sam Kadi, Fayez Kabour, Alan Noel Vega, Chris Wyatt
Producer: Pepe Danquart, Susa Kusche, Robert Gold, Uwe Spiller, Andrea Roman, Key Cast: Khaled Nabawy, Agnes Bruckner, William Atherton, Cary Elwes
Alexander van Duhlmen Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Jeanette Hain, Itay Tiran, Katarzyna Bargielowska, Andy Tkacz  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: Post Production THE CITIZEN tells the story of an Arab immigrant named Ibrahim (played by
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Poland  Nabawy) who wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on
Srulik, an eight-year-old boy, flees from the Warsaw ghetto in 1942. He attempts September 10th, 2001. THE CITIZEN recently won the Best Ensemble Cast Award
to survive, at first alone in the forest, and then as a Christian orphan named Jurek. and the Mass Impact Award at the 28th Boston Film Festival. 
Throughout his ordeal, his Jewish identity is in danger of being lost. The story is based THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
on the bestseller by Uri Orlev. Drama/Romance (102 minutes)
LULLABY Language: English
Dramedy  Director: Udayan Prasad 
Language: English Writer: Erin Dignam 
Director: Andrew Levitas Producer: Arthur Cohn

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Key Cast: Kristen Stewart, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Eddie Redmayne  infidelity. Their stories connect over a long weekend in New York and Paris. 
Delivery Status: Completed HANK AND ASHA
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA  Comedy, Romance (72 mins)
Recently released from jail, convict Brett Hanson grows close to a young couple, Language: English
Martine and Gordy, while journeying back home to his wife, May. Set in Louisiana, Director: JAMES E. DUFF
this romantic road trip drama explores the loneliness everyone carries. Director Udayan Writer: JAMES E. DUFF, JULIA MORRISON
Prasad remakes Yôji Yamada’s acclaimed 1977 Japanese film, which was adapted from Producer: JAMES E. DUFF, JULIA MORRISON
a column by American novelist Pete Hamill. Key Cast: MAHIRA KAKKAR, ANDREW PASTIDES (Shadows & Lies)
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
REACH UP HIGH ENTERTAINMENT LTD Boy-meets-girl… or does he? An Indian woman studying in Prague and a young New
Reach Up High Entertainment Ltd, 86 Seymour Grove, Manchester, Lancashire M16 Yorker begin an unconventional romance through video letters, with the hope of a
0LW UK,  Tel: +441618764169 Fax: +448453305156. future encounter in Paris — two strangers searching for simple human connection in
www.reachuphigh.com, email@reachuphigh.com  our modern hyper-connected world.
Producer  ONCE UPON A TIME IN BROOKLYN
At Cannes: AKA: Goat 
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on the Platform Action, Crime (115 mins)
HOUSE SWAP Language: English
Horror (90) Director: PAUL BORGHESE
Language: English Writer: PAUL BORGHESE
Director: Mark Ezra Producer: ROBYN K. BENNETT, WILLIAM DEMEO
Writer: Mark Ezra Key Cast: ICE-T (New Jack City), VINCENT PASTORE (Goodfellas), JA RULE
Co-Production Partners: Jenny Chartres (The Fast and the Furious), WILLIAM DEMEO (The Sopranos), ARMAND
Producer: Mark Ezra ASSANTE (Judge Dredd)
Key Cast: Nathan Nolan Evie Bicker Simon Dutton Louise Houghton Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK  An ex-con faces the pressure of a family who wants him to give up his life of crime
A California screenwriter and his composer girlfriend exchange their home for a while being pressured by his crew to return to his old ways.
sprawling Tudor mansion near Glastonbury, England in the hope of finding creative 5 DAYS OF WAR
inspiration. They realise they are not alone as they uncover the mansion’s sinister AKA: 5 DAYS OF AUGUST
secret. Action, War, Thriller (90 minutes)
PATHOS Language: ENGLISH
Sci-Fi/Thriller (100) Director: Renny Harlin
Language: English Writer: David Battle, Mikko Alanne
Director: Dennis Cabella & Marcello Ercole Producer: Mirza Davitaia, George Lascu, Koba Nakopia, Renny Harlin
Writer: Dennis Cabella & Marcello Ercole Key Cast: Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Val Kilmer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Heather
Executive Producer: Paul Hitchcock Graham 
Producer: Demetris Kyriacou Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: In Development Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Georgia, Finland, Romania 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the
In a futuristic world, where the five human senses are available, ‘for a fee’, an ideal crossfire of the war between Russia and Georgia. Based on a true story. 
worker embarks on a startling adventure and soon discovers the shocking truth about WAR ON WHISTLERBLOWERS
the world he lives in. Documentary (70 & 52 mins)
TH DARKNESS Language: English
Horror/Sci-Fi (90 minutes) Director: Robert Greenwald
Language: English Key Cast: WHISTLEBLOWERS MICHAEL DEKORT, THOMAS DRAKE,
Director: Simon Foster FRANZ GAYL, DANIEL ELLSBERG, THOMAS TAMM AND JOURNALISTS
Writer: Ron Aberdeen and Simon Foster DAVID CARR, LUCY DALGLISH, GLENN GREENWALD, SEYMOUR HERSH,
Producer: Demetris Kyriacou MICHAEL ISSIKOFF, BILL KELLER, ERIC LIPTON, JANE MAYER, DANA
Key Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton Christopher Eccleston Brenda Blethyn Michael Biehn PRIEST, TOM VANDER BROOK, SHARON WEINBERGER
Shawn Roberts Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: In Development Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  This new documentary by Robert (Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed,
When the world is plunged into darkness, Greg Stonehaven has to somehow get to Rethink Afghanistan) follows the stories of four courageous men compelled to
his children two hundred miles away. All forms of communication have stopped expose acts of illegality and violations to the U.S. constitution during the explosion
working. No cell phones, no Internet, no television, and to make matters worse the of the national security state under recent Presidential Administrations. The film also
absence of sunlight is resulting in regular power failures as the electrical grid struggles showcases the journalists who uncovered these stories, exposed the truth, and stood to
with unprecedented demand. It soon completely fails. People are confused and very defend the freedom of the press.
frightened and their only sources of artificial light will soon run out. As Greg makes his RED HOOK SUMMER
journey, he will be forced to overcome a series of obstacles if he is to have any chance Drama (120 minutes)
of seeing his children again.  Language: English
Director: Spike Lee
RECREATION Writer: Spike Lee, James McBride
Recreation, 2913 Third Street, Suite 310, Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA,  Tel: 310-305- Co-Production Partners: 40 Acres and A Mule
1285 Fax: 310-305-1223. Producer: Spike Lee, James McBride
www.recreationgroup.com, info@recreation-media.com  Key Cast: Jules Brown, Clarke Peters, Spike Lee, Tony Lysaith, Nate Parker, James
Sales Agent  Ransone, Thomas Jefferson Byrd 
At Cannes: Ariel Veneziano (President), Juraj Barabas (Managing Director), Shelley Delivery Status: Completed
Madison (Sr. Distribution and Operations Consultant) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Office: RIVIERA A.7 A boy from Atlanta lands in Brooklyn to spend the summer with his grandfather, who
MARRIED AND CHEATING he’s never seen before. 
Comedy, Romantic Comedy  DARK FEED
Language: English Horror (86 mins)
Director: Raymond De Felitta Language: English 
Writer: Raymond De Felitta Director: MICHAEL RASMUSSEN, SHAWN RASMUSSEN (John Carpenter’s The
Co-Production Partners: Magnet Ward)
Producer: Michael London, Gary Ungar, Jeanette Buerling, Michele Ohayon, Lauren Producer: MICHAEL RASMUSSEN, SHAWN RASMUSSEN, GLENN COOPER
Versel Key Cast: EVALENA MARIE, MICHAEL SCOTT ALLEN, MICHAEL REED
Key Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Brendan Fraser Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  A crew moves into an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a shadowy past to shoot a
A romantic comedy centered on three different couples with one thing in common: film, when leaky wet building comes back to life and feeds off its new inhabitants.

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I AM DIVINE Language: English
Documentary (86 mins) Director: Andrew Haigh
Language: English Writer: Andrew Haigh
Director: JEFFREY SCHWARZ Producer: Tristan Goligher
Producer: LOTTI PHARRISS KNOWLES, LANCE ROBERTSON, JON GLOVER Key Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New 
Key Cast: JOHN WATERS, RICKI LAKE, JACKIE BEAT, MICHAEL MUSTO, Delivery Status: Completed
LADY BEAR, LYPSINKA, MINK STOLE Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: Completed After a drunken house party, Russell heads out to a gay club where he picks up Glen.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  What’s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else. 
The story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an WE WERE HERE
overweight, teased Baltimore youth to internationally recognized drag superstar Documentary (90 minutes)
through his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters. With a completely committed Language: English
in-your-face style, Divine blurred the line between performer and personality, and Director: David Weissman
revolutionized pop culture Writer: David Weissman
JASON AND THE NECRONAUTS Producer: David Weissman
Action, Adventure (90 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA 
Director: Kevin Van Hook A deep, reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. 
Writer: Kevin Van Hook KUNG-FU MADNESS
Producer: Kevin Van Hook, Fred Kuehnert, Michael Hamilton-Wright Action, Martial Arts (20 x 90 mins)
Key Cast: Casper Van Dien  Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Key Cast: BRUCE LI, CHEN SHING, TIGER YEUNG, ALAN TANG, LIANG JIA
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  REN
The mythological hero is challenged to battle by a jealous god, traveling into the Delivery Status: Completed
underworld to recruit an army of the dead and face his formidable enemy.  Kung-Fu films, like art itself, has proven to be timeless. Recreation Media is proud to
ZOMBIE FEVER present martial arts package, digitally remastered in HD.
Action, Comedy, Horror 
Language: Russian
Director: Kirill Kemnits RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE
Writer: Sergey Torchilin, Kirill Kemnits Red Bull Media House, Oberst-Lepperdinger-Straße 11-15, Wals near Salzburg,
Co-Production Partners: Rex Films Salzburg 5071 Austria,  Tel: +43.662.2240.28641
Producer: Sergey Torchilin, George Lascu, Mikhail Kupfer, Andrey Kupfer sales.redbullmediahouse.com, distribution@at.redbullmediahouse.com 
Key Cast: Julia Volkova, Mikhail Efremov, Lady Waks  Sales Agent, Producer
Delivery Status: Post Production At Cannes: Berend Dreier (Sales Manager), Rick van den Heuvel (Sales Agent to Red
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia  Bull Media)
When a meteor crashes ruining a wild beach party infecting everyone with “Zombie Office: Lerins S13 (Terra Mater / RBMH)
Fever”…the dead start walking the Earth. A special–forces veteran joins a group of MOUNT ST. ELIAS
misfits in an apocalyptic fight for liberty, justice and the “Mother of all Zombie Wars.”  Documentary/Adventure (102)
SOLE SURVIVOR Language: English, German
Documentary (118 mins) Director: Gerald Salmina
Language: English Writer: Gerald Salmina
Director: KY DICKENS Executive Producer: Gerald Salmina, Philipp Manderla
Producer: AMY MCINTYRE Producer: Gerald Salmina
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Axel Naglich, Peter Ressmann, Jon Johnston, Paul Claus, Steven Siig,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Günther Göberl, Beat Kammerlander, Volker Holzner
SOLE SURVIVOR profiles four people who, through the vagaries of fate, were the Delivery Status: Completed
only survivors of otherwise fatal plane crashes. Having suffered through not only Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Austria 
the physical trauma of a deadly crash, but also the emotional impact of losing family A dramatic and awe-inspiring feature documentary following three of the world’s
members, these survivors have been reluctant to share their stories. Eschewing greatest ski mountaineers to Mount St. Elias in their attempt to realize the longest ski
sensationalism, SOLE SURVIVOR provides them with a sensitive platform to revisit descent of the world.
their past and try to make sense of what it meant for them to survive when so many THE ART OF FLIGHT 3D
others lost their lives. Action (80)
KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED Language: English
Documentary (60 mins) Director: Curt Morgan
Language: English Writer: Curt Morgan
Director: ROBERT GREENWALD (Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed)  Co-Production Partners: Brain Farm Digital Cinema, Venture 3D, Dolby
Producer: ROBERT GREENWALD, JIM MILLER Executive Producer: Travis Rice, Scott Bradfield, Ryan Runke, Greg Jacobs, Charlie
Key Cast: BERNIE SANDERS, VAN JONES, BILL MCKIBBEN, KATRINA Rosene, Circe Wallace
VANDEN HEUVEL, LAWRENCE LESSIG, BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS, ADELE Producer: Curt Morgan, Chad Jackson
STAN, LEE FANG, JOHN NICHOLS Key Cast: Travis Rice, Pat Moore, Scotty Lago, DCP, Jake Blauvelt, Jeremy Jackson
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s A new breed of action sports film comes to life with “The Art of FLIGHT 3D,” a
richest and most powerful men—is the latest from acclaimed director Robert Curt Morgan film. Equal parts action and adventure mix with the inevitable drama
Greenwald (Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, Rethink Afghanistan). encountered along the way. Two years in the making, “The Art of FLIGHT” gives
The billionaire brothers bankroll a vast network of organizations that work to iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is
undermine the interests of the 99% on issues ranging from Social Security to the possible in the mountains. Immerse yourself in the cinematic experience as Brain
environment to civil rights. This film uncovers the Kochs’ corruption—and points the Farm and their ever-expanding arsenal of filmmaking technology capture the dramatic
way to how Americans can reclaim their democracy. beauty of the culture, wildlife and scenic landscapes the riders take in along the way.
EASY RIDER: THE RIDE BACK STORM SURFERS 3D
Road Movie (105 mins) Documentary/Action/Expedition (90)
Language: English Language: English
Director: DUSTIN RIKERT Director: Justin McMillan, Chris Nelius
Writer: DUSTIN RIKERT Writer: Chris Nelius
Producer: DUSTIN RIKERT, PHIL PITZER, VINCE MORELLA Co-Production Partners: Red Bull Media House, Sixty Foot Films, Firelight, Screen
Key Cast: JEFF FAHEY, SHEREE WILSON, PHIL PITZER Australia, Fulcrum Media Finance, Deluxe Australia, Madman, E-Film, NSW Digital
Delivery Status: Completed Media
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  Executive Producer: Marcus Gillezau, Ellenor Cox, Philipp Manderla
Picking up where the cult classic left off, the legendary road rebels search for America Producer: Marcus Gillezeau, Ellenor Cox
as they embark on a journey to confront their past. Key Cast: Ross Clarke-Jones, Tom Carroll, Ben Matson, Maya Gabeira, Kelly Slater,
WEEKEND Ian Walsh
Drama (90 minutes) Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Australia 

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Epic. Extraordinary. Insane. A wild adventure set in the world of big wave surfing. Mercuri (President, International Sales and Distribution)
Bringing together accessible, cutting-edge science with real life drama and the most Office: 35 La Croisette 3rd floor
spectacular surf images ever captured on film, Storm Surfers is a classic story of WOLF OF WALL STREET
friendship, adventure and courage.  Crime Action
SMOKE ON (WT) Language: English
Documentary (110) Director: Martin Scorcese
Language: German Writer: Terence Winter From The Book By Jordan Belfort
Director: Thomas Rilk Co-Production Partners: REDGRANITE PICTURES / APPIAN WAY / SIKELIA
Writer: Andreas Laschober, Thomas Rilk PRODUCTIONS
Co-Production Partners: Rilk Film, Red Bull Media House Producer: Riza Aziz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Joey McFarland, Martin Scorsese
Executive Producer: Thomas Rilk, Philipp Manderla Key Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin,
Producer: Thomas Rilk Margot Robbie, John Favreau
Key Cast: Hannes Arch, Paul Bonhomme, Vito Wyprächtiger Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Austria  Self-made Multi-Millionaire at 26 / Federal Convict at 36. Jordan Belfort, a New
“Heaven is home of the birds, we are merely guests”. Daredevil pilots battle it out at Air York stockbroker, refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud investigation
Races around the globe, flying only meters above the ground, all at 400 km/h. involving corruption on Wall Street, the corporate banking world and mob
THE LAZARUS PROTOCOL infiltration. 
Thriller (96) HORNS
Language: English Supernatural Fantasy-Thriller (90 - 120 minutes)
Director: Paul Finelli Language: English
Writer: Paul Finelli Director: Alexandre Aja (“Piranah 3D” / “The Hills Have Eyes”)
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater Factual Studios, Tomcat Productions, Finger Films Writer: Based on New York Times best-seller by Joe Hill/adapted by Keith Bunin
Executive Producer: Peter Fonda Co-Production Partners: RED GRANITE PICTURES and MANDALAY PICTURES
Producer: Walter Köhler, Thomas Feldkircher Executive Producer: Joe Hill, Joe Gatta
Key Cast: Peter Fonda, Michael Desante, Travis Fimmel Producer: Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Cathy Schulman, Adam Stone
Delivery Status: Post Production Key Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Kelli Garner, Max Minghella, Joe
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Austria  Anderson, David Morse & James Remar
Lazarus Fell (TRAVIS FIMMEL), former Navy SEAL and expert for covert operations, Delivery Status: In Production
lost his father, Solomon Fell (PETER FONDA), a high ranking secret service officer Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
during the 9/11 attacks, now he seeks personal revenge. Ig Perrish (Radcliffe), the primary suspect in his girlfriend’s murder, awakens one
AMONG WOLVES morning hungover from a night of hard-drinking, to discover he has undergone a
AKA: Entrelobos surreal physical transformation. Horns beginning to grow from his head accompanied
Drama (118 min.) by incredible new powers. Perrish explores and exploits them in a world of decadent
Language: Spanish with English subtitles temptations realized, strangers’ confessions of sins committed and others acting
Director: Gerardo Olivares upon selfish impulses. All effective tools in discovering the true circumstances of his
Writer: Gerardo Olivares girlfriend’s death and ways to exact his revenge on the killer. A twisted fantasy of
Co-Production Partners: Wanda Films why bad things happen to good people and what torture the loss of true love can do
Executive Producer: José María Morales, Miguel Morales to a man’s soul.
Producer: José María Morales, Sophokles Tasioulis MOTEL
Key Cast: Carlos Bardem, Sancho Gracia, Juan José Ballesta Crime Action Thriller (100 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Spain  Director: David Grovic
At the tender age of 7, Marcos is sold by his father to a goatherd and taken to live to Writer: David Grovic, Paul Conway, James Russo
the Valley of Silence, a remote area of the Sierra Morena Mountains, in Spain. There, Co-Production Partners: TINRES ENTERTAINMENT, VITAMIN A FILMS
Marcos will discover the secrets of the wild. However, once the old goatherd dies, the Producer: Peter Graves, Warren Ostergard, Steve Mason
young boy will have to survive alone in the woods for 12 years, becoming the leader of Key Cast: John Cusack, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Da Costa, Dominic Purcell,
a pack of wolves. Crispin Glover
THE CRY OF THE EAGLE Delivery Status: In Production
Drama (90) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Language: German Motel follows a tough-minded hit man, Jack (Cusack), hired by the infamous crime
Director: Otmar Penker, Gerald Salmina boss Dragna (De Niro) to undertake a seemingly simple but bizarre task. To complete
Writer: Gerald Salmina et al. the job, Jack must fight his way through a cast of other shadowy underworld
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater Factual Studios characters also summoned by Dragna to a decrepit backwater motel in the Louisiana
Executive Producer: Walter Koehler, Sophokles Tasioulis bayous. During an escalating series of violent events devised by the Machiavellian
Producer: Walter Koehler, Sophokles Tasioulis plottings of Dragna, Jack’s path crosses the beautiful but mysterious Rivka (Da
Key Cast: tba Costa). Jack and Rivka’s lives become ever more physically and emotionally
Delivery Status: In Production entangled as they both struggle to escape from Dragna and survive the night of
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: Austria/France  murderous havoc.
The tale of two golden eagle brothers. One wild, one growing up in captivity. The OUT OF THE FURNACE
breathtaking beauty of the Alps bears a dark secret. A lonely shepherd overcoming his Action/Thriller 
deepest fears. Jean-Jacque Annaud’s “The Bear” on Eagles!  Director: Scott Cooper
BRAZIL – CARNIVAL OF LIFE Writer: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Casey Affleck,
Documentary (90) Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker 
Language: English, German Key Cast: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Casey
Director: Christian Baumeister Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker
Writer: tba Delivery Status: In Production
Co-Production Partners: Terra Mater Factual Studios Country of Origin: USA 
Executive Producer: Walter Köhler, Sophokles Tasioulis A CASE OF YOU
Producer: Walter Köhler, Sophokles Tasioulis Romantic Comedy 
Delivery Status: In Production Director: Kat Coiro
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: Austria  Key Cast: Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Brendan Fraser, Sienna Miller, Vince
South America’s largest country serves as the backdrop of an powerful, emotional Vaughn, Sam Rockwell
nature documentary. In the tradition of “Deep Blue”, “March of the Penguins” and Delivery Status: Post Production
“Earth”, Brazil will give audiences an emotional roller coaster ride through the emerald Country of Origin: USA 
forest and its inhabitants. FRIENDS WITH KIDS
Comedy 
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
RED GRANITE INTERNATIONAL Key Cast: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph,
Red Granite International, 9255 W. Sunset Blvd, Suite 710, West Hollywood, California Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns
90069-3304 USA,  Tel: 1 310 703 5800 Fax: 1 310 246 9388. www.redgranitepictures. Delivery Status: Completed
com  US Distributor: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
At Cannes: Danny Dimbort (President, International Sales and Distribution), Christian

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AKA: Cruz del Sur LOVE ETERNAL
Drama (96min) Drama - Romance - Thriller (94mins - HD & DCP)
Language: Castilian  Language: ENGLISH
Director: David Sanz, Tony López Director: Brendan Muldowney  
Writer: Pruden Rodríguez, David Sanz, María Bianchi Writer: Kei Oishi (Loving The Dead, Apartment 1303...). Japan  
Co-Production Partners: Silencio Rodamos, Cordón Films Co-Production Partners: Fastnet Films,  Red Lion, Rinkel Film, T.O. Entertainment
Executive Producer: Jessica Villegas, Micaela Solé Key Cast: Robert de Hoog, Pollyanna
 
McIntosh, Amanda Ryan, Emma Eliza Regan,
Producer: David Sanz, Diego Rodríguez, Luis Cordal Aiden Condron, Declan Conlon
Key Cast: David Sanz, Leonor Svarcas, Jorge Temponi, Zaida Fornieles Delivery Status: Screening  
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: reland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Japan
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain, Uruguay  When Ian Harding’s mother dies, he is left all alone in the world at the age of 26.
Juan’s life falls apart when the Laboratory where he works announces his dismissal. Unable to understand basic human emotions, he takes the decision to end it all in a
Given the difficult situation affecting the country, decides to emigrate from his native snowy forest clearing but through a bizarre chance encounter, he discovers the lifeless
Montevideo to Barcelona. There he’ll meet Mariano, Argentine friend of the hoax and body of a schoolgirl. Something about her, and her suicide note, resonates deeply
the self-praise, who dreams with Hollywood while survives as a waiter. With his help, within him, and Ian decides to bring her body home. He sleeps peacefully by her side
Juan will find a job getting closer to the dream of joying his family. Along with his new and for the first time his eyes are opened to the possibility of love and a reason to live.
friend and Julia, the young waitress, who would jeopardize Juan’s marriage, he will He buries her body under a cherry blossom tree at the end of his garden. Searching for
meet Barcelona. But the nostalgia and an unexpected turn will make him realize that an opportunity to experience the same emotions, Ian manipulates an encounter with
what he is looking for, is closer than he has ever imagined. Tina, a young suicidal housewife, whom he meets over the internet. Ian finds peace
PANZER CHOCOLATE in lifeless companies and discovers a burgeoning understanding of the complexities
Horror (95min) of love. He slowly begins to engage with the outside world, until once again he is
Language: English forced to bury her body deep below the cherry blossom tree. Ian then  
meets Naomi, a
Director: Robert Figueras beautiful young woman whose son’s life was taken in a car crash…
Writer: Robert Figueras, Gemma Dunjó, Pep Garrido AND THEY CALL IT SUMMER
Co-Production Partners: Silencio Rodamos & Filmutea AKA: E LA CHIAMANO ESTATE
Executive Producer: David Sanz, Diego Rodríguez Drama - Romance  - Thriller - Erotic (89mins - HD & DCP)
Producer: David Sanz, Diego Rodríguez, Luis Cordal, Gemma Dunjó Language: Italian
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Paolo Franchi
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain  Producer: Pavarotti International 23 srl
For the first time, a film will include interaction between the audience through their Key Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Isabella Ferrari, Luca Argentero, Filippo Nigro, Eva
mobile phone and the feature, and also, the possibility of an alternative ending on the Riccobono, Romina Carrisi Jr., Jean-Pierre Lorit, Anita Kravos, Maurizio Donadoni,
Internet. These are the key elements of the marketing plan of this unique transmedia Christian Burruano
project that includes a video game, a graphic novel, an interactive series (10 episodes Delivery Status: Screening  
x 3 minutes each) through Facebook in real time. Synopsis: July 21, 2012, in the Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Italy
mountains near the Spanish border with France, an Archaeology PhD student and three Dino and Anna love each other intensely, but their relationship is not conventional:
friends go into a bunker searching for pieces of art supposedly stolen by the Nazis. between them there has never been sexual intercourse. Dino always escaped from this,
However, when they open a secret chamber, they only find a few piles of dusty boxes as if inside him there were a sharp and painful division between sex and love. Dino’s
containing small tablets of Panzer Chocolate; which was widely distributed among discomfort is expressed by compulsive sex with prostitutes. His goes in search of
German soldiers in the 1940’s. Soon, the peaceful lives of the four unlucky friends turn Anna’s ex-boyfriends to understand their relationships with her, asking them to return
into a scary nightmare, and they’ll find themselves running for their lives. with her. Dino’s pain makes Anna feel deeply loved, unique. Anna is unable  
to find a
THE ATTIC solution: she is not able and cannot resolve this tormented relationship…
Thriller (95min) RITUAL - A PSYCHOMAGIC STORY
Language: English Drama - Feature (100 mins)
Director: Gustavo Ron Language: Italian
Writer: Gustavo Ron Director: Giulia Brazzale & Luca Immesi
Co-Production Partners: El Capitan Pictures, Reel Flow and KanZaman France Executive Producer: Esperimento Cinema
Executive Producer: Colette Aguilar, Silvia Pajares and Alberto Burgueño Key Cast: Désirée Giorgetti, Ivan Franek, Anna Bonasso, Alejandro Jodorowsky,
Producer: Silvia Pajares, Martin Auty, Lucette Legot Cosimo Cinieri, Patrizia Laquidara, Roberta Sparta, Fabio Gemo, Nicola Arabi, Gaia
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Ziche  
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain, UK and France  Year of Production: 2013
Dorian, a girl in her mid twenties, suffers amnesia and only keeps a couple of images The fragile Lia (Désirée Giorgetti) and the sadist Viktor (Ivan Franek) have a very
in her head that makes no sense. Several events suggest a connection between these strong and passionate relationship but when she gets pregnant and he forces her
images and a place called Palmerston’s Hall. That house will become a place where to interrupt the pregnancy, their relationship breaks apart and Lia falls into a deep
reality and fantasy are mixed a place where danger and love enclosed her past... Locked depression. After an attempted suicide she decides to leave Viktor and, in the last
in her mind, trapped in a haunted house… Dorian knows that the attic is the key. In this desperate effort to cure herself, she goes to visit her old aunt Agata (Anna Bonasso)
game of shadows, Dorian will have to force herself not only to remember, but to be in her creepy
 
18th century villa in Mason, a small village of the Veneto countryside
able to tell apart real from false if she wants to survive.. in Italy.
WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER LOSE YOUR HEAD
AKA: Vivir para siempre Drama - Thriller - LGBT (107 minutes)
Drama (96min) Language: English, SPanish, German
Language: English Director: Patrick Schuckmann & Stefan Westerwelle
Director: Gustavo Ron Writer: Patrick Schuckmann
Writer: Gustavo Ron Producer: Mutter-Film Produktions (Michael Schuckmann & Patrick Schuckmann)
Co-Production Partners: El Capitan Pictures and Life & Soul Key Cast: Fernando Tielve, Marko Mandic, Sesede Terziyan, Samia Chancrin,
Executive Producer: Javier Gazulla and Martyn Auty Stavros Yagulis
Producer: Javier Gazulla and Martyn Auty Delivery Status: Screening  
Key Cast: Ben Chaplin, Greta Scacchi, Emilia Fox, Robbie Kay Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany
Delivery Status: Completed Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Spain, UK  in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who
Sam is 12 years old and he is fascinated by all sorts of information. He loves collecting disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain. Like thousands of other young  
stories and amazing facts. He wants to know about UFO’s, scary movies, spaceships tourists, Luis from Madrid arrives in Berlin to spend a carefree summer weekend.
and ghosts. He also wants to find out what it feels like to try his first beer, to have his VANISHING WAVES
first “drag” of a cigarette...to kiss a girl for the first time. Sam wants to find out what AKA: AURORA
teenagers feel, because he’ll never become one. Sci-Fi Drama Erotic

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Language: Lithuanian Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Kristina Buožytė Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: ARGENTINA
Writer: Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper Clueless on a gruesome case, a skeptical and lonely policewoman in a small village,
Co-Production Partners: TREMORA & ACAJOU FILMS is guided by a newly arrived clairvoyance gifted boy, who claims that the murderer is
Producer: IEVA NORVILIENE the Virgin Mary.
Key Cast: Marius Jampolskis, Jurga Jutaitė, Martina Jablonskytė MIXED KEBAB
Delivery Status: Post Production  
Drama (98MIN)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: LITHUANIA Language: DUTCH & TURKISH
Have you ever dreamed of being inside the head of another person? Have you ever Director: GUY LEE THYS
wished to experience the ideal relationship, where two minds come into total fusion? Writer: GUY LEE THYS
FEVER Producer: GUY LEE THYS
AKA: FIEVRE Key Cast: Cem Akkanat, Karlijn Sileghem, Simon Van Buyten, Rudolf Segers-Dorf,
Horror / Thriller (83 min TBC - HD & DCP) Ergun Simsek, Tania Cnaepkens, Lukas De Wolf, Gamze Tazim
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Romain Basset  
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: BELGIUM
Co-Production Partners: CONSTELLATION FACTORY - François Xavier Frantz Mixed Kebab tells the coming-out story of a Belgian-born gay Turk. Ibrahim falls
Producer: HorseHead Pictures for young and handsome Kevin but is betrothed to his attractive yet expensive cousin
Key Cast: Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Murray Head, Emmanuel Bonami, Elif. At the same time, his petty criminal kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic
Shane Woodward, Gala Besson, Fu’ad Ait Aattou, Vernon Dobtcheff, Joe Sheridan, fundamentalism and becomes a punk in white pyjamas.
Philippe Nahon Q
Delivery Status: Screening  
Erotic drama comedy (104)
Year of Production: 2013 - 2014 Country of Origin: France Language: FRENCH
Since her youth Jessica has nightmares. This leads her to study psychophisiolgy of Director: LAURENT BOUHNIK
dreams. When her grandmother dies, Jessica must return to the family house. Upon Writer: LAURENT BOUHNIK
her arrival, she discovers that the body of grandmother will be placed in the adjoining Producer: ACAJOU FILMS
room during the wake. Stuck in bed with a high fever and nightmares, Jessica decides Key Cast: Déborah Révy, Hélène Zimmer, Gowan Didi
to use her lethargic state to experience lucid dreams and thus try to take control of those Delivery Status: Completed  
nightmares. She will begin to evolve in a nightmarish and dreamish world  
in order to Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: FRANCE
investigate and to discover the evil that haunts her and the family house. Sex is the outcome of all the most beautiful love stories.
CAT & MOUSE HATED
AKA: BELLE Drama (91)
Drama - Erotic -Horror - Thriller (TBC) Language: ENGLISH
Language: Dutch  
Director: LEE MADSEN
Director: Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs Writer: LEE MADSEN
Producer: Moskito Films Co-Production Partners: THE ROYAL WE FILMS
Key Cast: TBC: Carlijn van Zijtsveld, Dirk Roofthooft, Gonny Gaakeer,  
Hendriktje Producer: KIRSTEN WAGNER  
Ruiter, Hilt de Vos, Je´re´my Segard, Joy Ckili, Michael Helmerhorst Key Cast: Matthew Hutchingson, Genevieve Cortese, Ellen Woglom,
Delivery Status: In Development  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: The Netherlands Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
“Cat & Mouse” is a surreal film-noir that takes place in an unidentified European A tale of the rise and fall of an unknown rock band and the girl who made it all
landscape. The film questions if we can trust our memories or will our memories more happen...
and more deceive us when time passes? It is the story of an adolescent girl and how DAY & NIGHT
past and present
 
tangle together in a inextricable world, for her and for the people that Drama (101)
surround her. Language: German
THE SINKHOLES Director: Sabine Derflinger
Drama (65 min) Writer: Eva Testor, Sabine Derflinger
Language: French Executive Producer: Eva Testor
Director: Antoine Barraud Producer: Eva Testor, Nina Kusturica
Producer: Les films du Belier Key Cast: Anna Rot, Magdalena Kronschlager, Philipp Hochmair, Martina Spitzer,
Key Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Nathalie Boutefeu, Marta Hoskins, Mario Dragunsky, Manuel Rubey, Adrian Topol, Martin Brambach, Kyrre Kvam
Antonio Armando Alvarez, Vincent Launay Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: AUSTRIA
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Why not work for an escort service and make a lot of money? She’s already had
Five gigantic sinkholes have recently been discovered on a remote plateau on the plenty of bad sex, but was never paid for it. Lea employs this iron-clad argument to
other side of the world. A team of experts has made the trip to descend into the depths. win over her best friend Anna. They then plunge into an adventure between day and
Among them is Professor Georges Lebrun, who has come with his wife. Worried and night...
tense, she soon finds herself overwhelmed by the nearness of the void. LIVE EAST DIE YOUNG
TOM THE TRUANT Drama (92)
AKA: TOM LE CANCRE Language: ENGLISH
(89 mins) Director: Laura Hypponen
Language: French Writer: Laura Hypponen
Director: Manuel Pradal Co-Production Partners: ELECTRIC BLUE FILMS
Producer: Lanterna Magica Producer: Laura Hypponen
Key Cast: Stéphanie de Crayencour, Sacha Bourdo, Steve Le Roi, Mathys Soboul, Key Cast: Zoe Grisedale, James Jeanette Main, Lewis Grolle
Mano Laval, Nicolas Dangles, Pauline Lantheaume, Lilo Cauvel-Rétali Delivery Status: Completed  
Delivery Status: Completed  
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UNITED KINGDOM
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France A voyeuristic, dogma-esque look into the substance-fuelled lifestyle and aspirations
A class of five-year-old children gets lost in the forest after their schoolmistress faints of the fashion-forward London’s East End set.
from eating wild berries. All alone, they encounter a fourteen-year-old runaway, Tom DR KETEL
the Truant, who lives in a centennial oak tree. Tom strikes a deal with them: he will Thriller (80)
bring them back to their parents, safe and sound, when they have forgotten everything Language: GERMAN
they learned in school. A field trip led  by a “master Truant”, or how to re-enchant the Director: Linus de Paoli
world with fantasy and impertinence. Writer: Linus de Paoli  
THE SECOND DEATH Co-Production Partners: DFFB/ Schattenkante
AKA: LA SEGUNDA MUERTE Producer: Anna de Paoli
Thriller (91) Key Cast: Ketel Weber, Amanda Plummer, Lou Castel
Language: Spanish Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Santiago Fernández Calvete Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: GERMANY
Writer: Santiago Fernández Calvete  
Berlin in the very near future. The public health system has broken down and a
Co-Production Partners: MAGMA CINE flourishing black market for prescription drugs has emerged. Dr. Ketel is working as
Producer: Juan Pablo Gugliotta an underground doctor on the streets and in the backyards. The drugs he needs for
Key Cast: Agustina Lecouna, Mauricio Dayub, Guillermo Arengo his work he steals from the few remaining pharmacies. The American security guard

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Louise has made it her priority to bring Ketel down. The renegade doctor now faces Language: English
a life-altering decision: is his work philanthropic or is he a resistance fighter. He can Director: Luc Besson
convince Louise to  join his cause, but other security guards pick up where she left and Writer: Luc Besson and Michael Caleo, based on the book by Tonino Benacquista
the hunt continues. Producer: Virginie Besson-Silla, Ryan Kavanaugh
THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM Key Cast: Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Tommy Lee Jones Dianna Agron John
FAMILY DRAMA (95) D’Leo
Language: ENGLISH Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: TARA JOHNS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France 
Writer: TARA JOHNS The darkly comedic action film MALAVITA is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious
Co-Production Partners: Palomar mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection
Producer: Barbara Schrier program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard as they soon find
Key Cast: Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows, Julia Stone themselves handling things the “family” way.
Delivery Status: Completed  
FREE BIRDS
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: CANADA Animation
It’s 1976, and Elizabeth is your average suburban 11-year-old girl when she discovers Language: English
she has been adopted. As she runs away searching for her true identity, she ends up Director: Jimmy Hayward
leading her adoptive mother into a cathartic crosscountry trek only to find themselves Writer: David I. Stern and John Strauss, rewrite by Craig Mazin
in the end. Producer: John Strauss, David I. Stern, Scott Mosier, Craig Mazin
HAPPY IN THE VALLEY Key Cast: Owen Wilson Woody Harrelson Amy Poehler
Comedy - Drama (93 mins) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: ENGLISH Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Director: Lee Madsen Featuring two charmingly determined turkeys on a wildly entertaining mission,
Producer: Royal We Films FREE BIRDS is the spirited tale of a couple of everyday turkeys who formulate an
Key Cast: William Forsythe, Tiffany Shepis, Carla Harvey, Josh Marchette, Shaun ambitious plan to go back in time and save themselves and others from becoming one
Sipos, Ursula Brooks, Zoë Hall, Lew Temple, Dee  Wallace, Nina Millin big holiday feast. Combining nonstop adventure and hilarity with a poignant display
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA of love, loyalty and courage, FREE BIRDS is a moving story about two would-be
Once a rock star photographer, Stewart fox’s years of drug and alcohol abuse have heroes’ zany attempt to change the course of history by changing history’s main
relegated him to shooting erotic photos of model/actress wannabes out of his home course.
to make ends meet. In a desperate attempt to get back into the spotlight, he hires a THREE DAYS TO KILL
struggling art student to turn the camera on him for a self-published autobiography. Action/Adventure
But with so many sordid stories and complicated characters pressing buttons all around Language: English
him, eventually something was bound to snap. “Happy in the valley” is an intense, Director: McG
captivating, and darkly funny look at the  
desire for fame, the price of overexposure, and Writer: Adi Hasak, Luc Besson
the negatives that develop around both. Executive Producer: Tucker Tooley
1001 WAYS Producer: Luc Besson, Virginie Silla-Besson, Ryan Kavanaugh
Drama - Comedy (75 Minutes) Key Cast: Kevin Costner Amber Heard Hailee Steinfeld Connie Nielsen
Director: Alan Chu Delivery Status: Post Production  
Executive Producer: Peter C. Godwin  
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: 1001 Ways Productions ( Isaac Ho, Rebecca Hu, Lee Rudnicki) THREE DAYS TO KILL is the captivating story of a highly skilled assassin facing
Key Cast: Amanda Plummer, William Russ, Anthem Moss, Natasha Melnick, Helen a deadly illness while trying to reconcile a floundering relationship with the family
Wilson, Brian Boyd, Richard Riehle, Steve Zukerman  
that he has neglected for years. After being offered an experimental drug that could
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA prolong his life in exchange for his involvement in one last mission, ETHAN
In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate RENNER must make a choice between serving his country and finally being the
acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out of a lifetime of strict father that he never was.
thought and sexual repression before it’s too late. Set in their ways, even Nora and UNTITLED ARMORED CAR PROJECT
Evan’s arguments are routine and passionless. The arrival of a mysterious valentine Action/Adventure, Black Comedy
card opens the first crack in their long, frozen marriage. Repressed feelings of regret Language: English
over lost and wasted opportunities bring to the surface the emotional scars from their Director: Jared Hess
traumatic pasts. Now they fight for the courage to share their pain so they can connect Writer: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer
with each other one last time. unable to confront her own past, Nora presses Evan to Producer: Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
reveal deeper and deeper layers of his own emotional wounds through the use of sexual Key Cast: Jim Carrey
experimentation. Delivery Status: Pre-Production  
BREAK MY FALL Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
LGBT - Drama (116 mins.) Inspired by true events, UNTITLED ARMORED CAR PROJECT is a clever and
Language: English exciting action comedy. A naïve bank employee is ready to take a chance and risk
Director: Kanchi Wichmann it all for love, money, and a life he’s only dreamed of. Teaming up with his work
Key Cast: Kai Brandon Ly, Collin Clay Chace, Sophie Anderson, Kat Redstone crush, they conspire to rob the financial institution. Together with their accomplices,
Delivery Status: Completed  
the inexperienced criminals nab over 17 million dollars - leaving a trail of evidence
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK in their wake. Now the only thing tougher than pulling off the heist - will be getting
Three days in the lives of four friends. The moment when everything changes forever. away with it.
Liza hovers precariously between change and self–destruction, between leaving her
doomed relationship with girlfriend sally and finding success with their band, blanket.
Sally works nights in a dead end job, clings to her fantasies of a better life and ignores REXMEDIA
the chaos all around her. Vin works as a rent boy, is secretly in love with sally and in Rexmedia, 1617 Broadway suite #A, Santa Monica,, California
 
90404 USA,  Tel:
denial about everything else. Jamie works nights in a gay cabaret bar, but longs to break 1.310.828.5060. http://rexfilms.com/, info@rexfilms.com
free of his friends and their drug-infested dramas and settle down with a nice man. In At Cannes: George Lascu (president), Cyndy Kuipers (VP Sales), Liana Vilceanov
the three days leading up to Liza’s 25th birthday things finally come to a head between (VP aquisition), Patrick Lascu (Producer), Jesse Kirberger (Marketing executive),
Liza and sally. After a failed birthday dinner the four friends are plunged into emotional Kris Kim (Creative Director), Vina Doumar (Art Director)
meltdown at an illegal rave… Office: Riviera A7, Tel: 310-266-7727
THE STOLEN
Action/Adventure (94)
RELATIVITY INTERNATIONAL Language: English
Relativity International, 9242 Beverly Blvd. Suite 300, Beverly Hills, California 90210 Director: Geoff DAVIS
USA,  Tel: (310) 724-7700 Fax: (310) 724-7701. Key Cast: Ella McILVENA, John Black, Josh Davis
relativitymediallc.com, info@relativitymedia.com  Delivery Status: Post Production  
Sales Agent, Distributor Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia
At Cannes: Camela Galano (President), Laurette Galano (SVP, Marketing), Yale Chasin A young marksman heads up a sniper team during WWI; returns home to discover his
(VP, Sales & Distribution), Sung Chae (Director, Contracts & Distribution), Dylan father murdered and his sister kidnapped. His revenge is swift.
Wilcox (SVP, Acquisitions) THE KILLER’S  LIST
Office: Flat 7G2: 4 rue des Serbes, 06400 Cannes, France, Tel: +33 (0) 4 93 99 94 27 Action/Adventure
Fax: +33 (0) 4 93 99 94 27 Language: English
MALAVITA Director: Phil Avalon
Crime, Action/Adventure Writer: Brian Vining

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Executive Producer: Grant Bradley, Dale Bradley Director: Roman Prygunov
Key Cast: Vinnie Jones Writer: Denis Rodimin, Sergey Minaev
Delivery Status: Pre-Production  
Key Cast: Danila Kozlovskiy, Maria Andreeva, Mikhail Efremov, Artur Smolianinov,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia Artem Mikhalkov, Maria Kozhevnikova, Sergey Belogolovtsev
A man is forced back into a life of crime when his son is kidnapped and the ransom for Delivery Status: Completed
his safe return is the murder of five of his old colleagues... Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia
EMPIRES OF THE DEEP “Dukhless” — the title is an invented half-Russian, half-English term that loosely
AKA: Empires of the Deep translates as “soulless” — told the story of a cynical executive at a large multinational
3D fantasy adventure (100 min) corporation, who has an easy-going, highly paid job, and an active free life mainly
Language: english consisting of drugs and random one-time sexual relationships. Written by Sergey
Director: Michael French Minaev in a plain and rather clumsy style, it was dismissed by many critics as trash.
Writer: Randall Frakes, Jiang Hongyu But after hearing that it had sold in Russia more than 500,000 copies within nine
Executive Producer: Harrison Liang, George Lascu months of its release, many began to discuss the “Dukhless” phenomenon. The
Producer: Mark Byers, Jiang Hongyu, reference to the movie could be “99 Francs” written by Frederic Beigbeder.
Key Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Mini Yang, Liang Yanfei THE DOUBLE
Delivery Status: Post Production  
Comedy (83 min.)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China Language: Russian + english sub
Set in ancient Greece,” Empires of the Deep” is a fantasy tale of a young hero’s journey Director: Evgeniy Abizov
in search of his father. His quest in the mystical, mermaid kingdom will pit him against Writer: Sergey Mokhnachev, Pavel Karnaukhov
The Deep 
Empires where he will have to fight ferocious sea creatures in heroic, epic Key Cast: Alexander Revva, Khristina Asmus, Dmitriy Khrustalev, Ludmila
battles. Artemyeva, Tatyana Orlova
PHOBOS Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia
AKA: Phobos A hero of the movie is a successful actor and superstar Igor Uspenskiy. His life is full
Science-Fiction (100 min) of shootings, concerts, presentations and interviews. He doesn’t have weekends and
Language: English holidays. But all his efforts are not in vain. Igor is very popular and he is proposed
Director: Rowan Woods as a candidate for the award “The Man of the Year”. Now he needs much more
Writer: Rob Green time to defeat his main rival – the singer Mikhail Stasov. Seva, the man who is very
Producer: Penny Wall, George Lascu, Richard Stewart much like Igor lives in the suburbs. He works as a masseur and lives with his dog.
Delivery Status: Pre-Production  
He is satisfied with his life. But one day Seva’s director convinces him of starring
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia in commercial. Commercial is on the Internet – and Igor Uspenskiy learns about his
The year is 2025. Earth’s ability to sustain human life has been diminished to the point lookalike…
of catastrophe. Six international candidates have been selected by the Independent SEX COMPETITION
Space Agency, a shadowy terraforming conglomerate, to undergo a routine exercise Comedy (87 min.)
the Phobos sim-test, a simulated 520 day journey to Mars and back, during which their Language: Russian + english sub
ability to adjust to the confines of life
 
off-world will be observed and studied for later Director: Sarik Andreasyan
use… or so they are led to believe. Writer: Sarik Andreasyan, Pavel Voronin, Yaroslav Lukashevich
ZOMBIE FEVER Key Cast: Tair Mamedov, Konstantin Krukov, Roman Unusov, Ravshana Kurkova,
AKA: Zombie Fever 3D Anna Khilkevich
Horror (94 min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia
Director: Kirill Kemnits Unapproachable women, half a million dollars and four heroes are to take part in the
Writer: Serghei Torchilin, Kirill Kemnits game “Sex-lotto” which is organized by an extravagant millionaire. The essence of
Producer: Serghei Torchilin the game is to seduce as many women as possible in the seaside resort within five
Key Cast: JULIA VOLKOVA, MIKHAIL EFREMOV days. Having received a task, the magnificent four rush into the battle.
Delivery Status: Screening  
HAPPYY NEW YEAR, MOMS!
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Russia Comedy (90 min.)
When a meteor crashes ruining a wild beach party infecting everyone with the “Zombie Language: Russian + english sub
Fever”... the dead start walking the Earth. A special-forces veteran joins a group of Director: Sarik Andreasyan, Artem Akseenko, Dmitriy Grachev
misfits in an apocalyptic fight for liberty, justice and the “Mother of all Zombie Wars”. Writer: Olga Antonova, Sarik Andreasyan, Leonid Margolin
Based on almost true events... this epic saga will prove that Love is more powerful than Key Cast: Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Maxim Matveev, Pavel Volya, Irina Rozanova, Alen
Fear and the game of Killing Zombies is AWESOME! Delon, Ekaterina Vilkova
SHOW ME THE MONEY Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Show me the money Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia
Action/Adventure, Thriller, Black Comedy (105 min) You will see cute stories and adventures of very different heroes united by the only
Language: russian one feeling — love to their MOTHERS. The almanac includes five short novellas.
Director: Konstantin Buslov Ridiculous and touching, lyrical and comical — each episode will tell you an actual
Writer: Konstantin Buslov story of a mother, who remains a person, that will always love and forgive you...
Producer: Serghey Selyanov THE NANNIES
Key Cast: Roman Madyanov, Maria Berseneva, Yakov Kucherevsky, Georgy Gurgulia, Comedy / Family Movie
Mishiko Meskhi Language: Russia
Delivery Status: Completed  
Director: Ashot Keshyan
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russian Federation Writer: Olga Antonova, Sergey Bessmentniy, Pavel Karnaukhov
In a city ruled by money and corruption, if you’re in with the right people you can get Key Cast: Nikolay Naumov, Ararat Keshyan, Ludmila Artemyeva, Aglaya
away with everything.... even murder. A call-girl with a marijuana tattoo on her lower Shilovskaya, Lina Dobrorodnova
back, steals a million dollars from the wrong people. Two petty thieves end up with Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia
the money only to loose it to a corrupt cop who is at the right place at the right time. The provincial businessmen in the tourism industry, who have never really treated
When the mob and the Police finally catch up with the call girl, after a double, triple seriously family life, children and their work have a very important trip abroad. They
cross, everyone one who touched the money becomes a target. Car chases, escapes, dream of successful results in the negotiations. But suddenly the responsibility for
ambushes and bullet ridden bodies will not stop until the million is found... “Show Me the three entirely unmanageable children falls to them. Everything would be fine, if
the Money.” they were not children of the capital business-woman, our heroes’ potential investor.
Friends have to deal with the children, their grandmother, who came ostensibly to
help, and German rivals, trying not to fail in such an important deal for them.
RUSSIAN WORLD VISION MOMS
Russian World Vision, 16/3, Krasnoproletarskaya st., Moscow, 127473 Russia, Tel: +7 Comedy / Family Movie
495 645 00 03 Fax: +7 495 645 00 03. Language: Russia
www.ruswv.com, ekaterina.levitan@ruswv.com Director: Evgeniy Abizov, Sarik Andreasyan, Alan Badoev
Distributor, Agent Writer: Olga Antonova, Sergey Bessmentniy, Pavel Karnaukhov
At Cannes: Ekaterina Levitan (Head of International Department) Key Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitriy Duzhev, Mikhail Porechenkov, Egor
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on the Platform, Tel: +7 495 645 00 03 Fax: +7 495 645 Beroev, Gosha Kucenko, Aleksandr Oleshko, Igor Vernik
00 03 Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia
THE SOULLESS Every year on the International Women’s Day telephone networks transfer
Action / Drama (105 min.) millions of phone calls and SMS messages. The vast majority of phone calls are
Language: Russian + english sub

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addressed to the most important women in the lives of everyone - to our mothers. JAN DARA: THE FINALE
But what would it be if because of enormous number of calls telephone network Erotic drama (120)
is break down? What would we do? Someone would wait until network is rebuilt Language: Thai
and would congratulate his mom in the evening or even the next day. But others, Director: M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakula
like the heroes of our movie, would change their plans to congratulate their Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert
moms just today ... personally ... as a kid!.. Key Cast: Mario Maurer, Chayapol Julian Pupart, Sakarach, Rirkthamrong, Bongkot
THE TARGET Khongmalai, Savika Chaiyadej, Ratha Pho-ngram, Sho Nishino, Nat Dhebhasdin Na
drama/Action (154 min) Ayutthaya, Radklao Amaradit
Language: Russia Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Alexander Zeldovich Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand 
Writer: Vladimir Sorokin, Alexander Zeldovich Based on one of Thailand’s most famous erotic novels, “Jan Dara” tells the story of
Key Cast: Maxim Sukhanov, Justine Waddell, Vitaliy Kischenko, Danila an aristocratic family cursed by carnal obsession and sexual perversity. The year is
Kozlovsky, Daniela Stoyanovich, Nina Loschinina 1930s, and the turbulence of Siamese politics provides the backdrop of this powerful
Delivery Status: Completed drama. Jan Dara is a teenage boy who grows up in the house of Luang Wisnan, the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia sadistic father who despises him for being the cause of his mother’s death. Wisnan is
The year 2020... All over Russia stability and prosperity triumph. The heroes a man who enjoys sexual excess, and Jan grows up in a hothouse of erotic activities.
belong to Russia’s elite. They are prosperous, influential, and happy, but they His relationships with women – from his stepmother, Wad, and Wisnan’s beautiful
feel they are losing their youthful energy and passion. Determined to reverse lover, Boonlueng – are characterised by deep longing and inexplicable desires.
this process, they travel to Central Asia in search of an abandoned secret Jan falls in love with Hyacinth, a girl as pure as a white cloth, but the violent and
astrophysical facility. Rejuvenated, they return to their normal lives, but as each depraved atmosphere in which he’s grown up leaves a mark that will affect him
character’s destiny unfolds, it would seem that eternal life has its downside... throughout his life.
MISSION: THE PROPHET YAK
Thriller/Action (85 min) Animation (104)
Language: English (dubbed)/ Russian (original) Language: English
Director: Rodney James Hewitt Director: Prapas Cholsaranont, Chaiporn Panichrutiwong
Writer: Alexander Izotov Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Stephen Baldwin, Marat Basharov, Alexey Chadov, Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Thailand 
Michael Madsen, Dimitriy Persin, John Freedman, Olga Radionova Inspired by characters from major Asia epic, Ramayana, Yaak, is an action comedy
Delivery Status: Completed animation that opens with the excitement of war, keeps up the beat with adventures
Various European countries are undergoing a velvet revolution. It appears as if and a variety of events of the three unlikely friends, and ends with laughter and
they are orchestrated by a single directive. At this time in Moscow, as a result of friendships beyond difference.
improbable circumstances, an American reporter named John Litgow becomes SOOB-KUU-KU-LOK
a very famous journalist. His analytical forecasts regarding changes in Russian AKA: How they save the world
politics and economics come to fruition with amazing accuracy. An impression Comedy (90)
arises that John has a gift of foreseeing the future. However, a secret behind his Language: Thai
rapid career growth attracts a sophisticated plan of cruelty. Director: Narubadee Wetchakam
SELF-MURDERERS Writer: Krisana Jitnaowarat
Comedy Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert
Language: Russia Key Cast: Arpa Pawilai,Nakorn Silachai,Petchtai Wongkamlao (Mum Jokmok)
Director: Egor Baranov Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Yuriy Patrenin, Aleksander Strizhenov, Egor Baranov Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand 
Key Cast: Evgeniy Stichkin, Oksana Akinshina, Aleksey Vorobyov The two lazy, quirky bikers who discover than an alien has invaded Thailand. The
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Russia buddies find themselves reluctant heroes when they have to lead the mission to save
A comedy about dizzy adventures of three friends who decided to commit the world from the uninvited visitors.
suicide. Gathering around them like-minded men, new friends decide to finally SAT. TO MON.
fulfill the last wish of each other. This, at first glance, the harmless solution turns Romantic comedy (120)
the characters’ lives into a continuous kaleidoscope of breathtaking events. Language: Thai
Director: Woravej Danuwong 
Writer: Woravej Danuwong
SAHAMONKOLFILM Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert
Key Cast: Woravej Danuwong, Kawee Tunjararuk, Aungsumalin Sirapatsakmetha
INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD. Delivery Status: Completed
Sahamonkolfilm International Co. Ltd., 388 S.P. Building 9th Floor Zone B Year of Production: 2012 
Phaholyothin Road Samsen nai Phayathai, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand,  Tel: I don�t know if the time is right when fate pull us together like magnet. Perhaps
662.273.0930 Fax: 662.271.0620. www.sahamongkolfilm.com, pitaya@ it�s because we are waiting to ask ourselves if he/she is the one. Perhaps we need
sahamongkolfilm.com  someone who share the rhythm of our hearts.That enchanted moment from the Late
Sales Agent, Distributor  Saturday night till the Bright Monday morning. 
At Cannes: Mr. Gilbert Lim (Executive Vice President), Mr. Pitaya Sithi SHAMBHALA
- Amnuai (Director of International Sales), Mr. Gerald Lim (Director of Drama (113)
Acquisitions), Mr. Panu Aree (Director of Acquisitions), Ms. Rapeepat Language: Thai
Jumnongjit (Manager of Acquisitions and Sales) Director: Panjapong Kongkanoi
Office: Palais Stand 23.02 / 25.01, Tel: +33 6 4315 9388 Writer: Panjapong Kongkanoi, Nath Nuanpang
THE PROTECTOR Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert
AKA: Tom Yum Goong 2 Key Cast: Ananda Everingham, Sunny C Suwanmethanon, Ase Hui Min Wang
Martial arts action  Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Thai Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand 
Director: Prachya Pinkaew The two brothers of totally opposite characters and lifestyles go on a trip to places and
Writer: Prachya Pinkaew moments unseen and incomparable to what they have experience. Their objective is to
Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert conquer “Shambala: The Doorway to heaven”, but there will be many more things to
Key Cast: TONY JAA, RZA, DAN CHUPONG and JIJA YANIN learn about each other on friendship, love and lives.
Delivery Status: Screening SUPERSALARYMAN
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand  Comedy (90)
The most awaited project. From the creators of OngBak & Tom Yum Goong Language: Thai
(The Protector). Shot in Digital 3D. Directed by PRACHYA PINKAEW. Action Director: Wirat Hengkongdee
Choreography by PANNA RITTIKRAI. Writer: Wirat Heng, Thirawat Anuwatudom, Phongset Laksamiphong
PANNA RITTIKRAI - VENGENCE OF AN ASSASSIN Producer: Somsak Techaratanaprasert
Action  Key Cast: Jessadaporn Pholdee, Natchalai Sukkamongkol, Sakuntala
Key Cast: DAN CHUPONG, NATTAWUT BOONRABSAP Thianphairot
Delivery Status: In Production Delivery Status: Completed
18 Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand 
Coming of Age Story  The movie shows us the daily life of the bunch of salaryman with different
Director: CHOOKIAT SAKVEERAKUL wishes.They are the employees of a beverage manufacturer and have to complete

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the big project if they want to earn their coveted year-end bonus- the entire reason Delivery Status: Screening
for being in Thai corporate world. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
A teenage girl lies dead on the floor of a swimming pool. Ten months later, Angelican
priest Rebecca Ashton (Catherine McCormack) moves to Cornwall in an attempt
SC FILMS INTERNATIONAL to deal with the death of her daughter. Enjoying her picturesque new environment,
SC Films International, 3a Lower James Street, London, W1F 9EH United she finds a Bulgarian girl Radka (Marina Stoimenova) sleeping rough in her church
Kingdom, Tel: +44-207-287-1900 and with her mothering instincts firmly in tact her natural reaction is to protect her.
www.scfilmsinternational.com, info@scfilmsinternational.com Rebecca takes over Radka’s English classes at local community centre St. Piran’s
Sales Agent, Producer, Financier and the two become close. As Radka’s dependence on Rebecca grows, Rebecca’s
At Cannes: Simon Crowe (C.E.O.), Fumie Suzuki (Sales & Marketing Director), motivation to help her becomes more uncertain: reminded of her deceased daughter,
Russell Webber (Acquisitions & Legal Executive), Matthew Joynes (Chairman) she offers to become Radka’s guardian but neglects to tell her she has another
Office: 3rd Floor, La Brise, 24 La Croisette daughter Eloise (Dakota Blue Richards). Ignoring Radka’s jealous and volatile nature,
GUS (3D) Rebecca must come to her senses quickly or risk putting her family in grave danger.
Animation, 3D, action adventure, family (approx. 90 min) The Fold is a gripping and taut UK Drama from the award-winning director John
Language: English Jencks (short film Not Now Pet).
Director: Dominique Monfery, Christian De Vita WISH (3D)
Writer: Antoine Barraud, Cory Edwards Animation, 3D, action adventure, fantasy
Producer: TeamTO, Haut et Court, Backup Media Language: English
Key Cast: Dakota Fanning, Seth Green, Richard KIND, Christine BARANSKI, Director: Cory Edwards
Danny GLOVER, Elliot GOULD Writer: Cory Edwards
Delivery Status: In Production Producer: Prana Studio
Year of Production: 2013-2014 Country of Origin: France Delivery Status: In Production
“GUS” is the story of one mis-understood, orphaned yellowbird, who by following Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
his instincts achieves the near impossible. He unites a flock of migratory birds and Charged with saving Bree McMillan’s family business (a small town gift shop), devil
leads them south to Africa for winter, via the Arctic Circle! GUS goes from ZERO may care WISH-AGENT Doran Wells and his team of tiny wish-granting Terraneans
to HERO in this all-action 3D family animation adventure. quickly execute their mission. Doran and his team work for WISH CORP, a secret
ANIMAL CRACKERS (3D) subterranean steam-powered enterprise of monotonous activity -- where papers fly,
AKA: The Nut House stamps stamp, and file cabinets open and close. WISH CORP is in the wish-granting
Animation, 3D, action adventure, family business and there is no better WISH-AGENT than Doran. But, one day, when
Language: English Doran’s brash behavior and reckless disregard disrupts the balance between humans
Director: Ross Venokur and the tiny wish granting Terraneans, Doran puts himself and all of Terranea in
Writer: Lenore Venokur grave danger. Realizing that he must embark upon the greatest mission of all, Doran
Producer: John H. Williams, Dan Krech must overcome his own personal challenges to conquer evil and restore Bree’s faith.
Key Cast: John Leguziamo, Will Forte With its universal themes and exploration of greed, power, family, and heroism, this
Delivery Status: In Production animated comedy adventure will capture your imagination, make you laugh, and tug
Year of Production: 2013-2014 Country of Origin: Canada at your heartstrings.
After “The Nut House Nuts Inc.” harvest the forest for their own commercial gain, JUNGLE SHUFFLE 3D
recently escaped con-squirrel ‘Frankie’ must perform the heist of the century - 3D, animation, action adventure, family, children
breaking into the high-security packaging plant and salvaging all the nuts. With the Language: English
aid of his trusty right-hand porcupine ‘Cody’, and an elite team of forest dwellers, Director: Mauricio De La ORTA, Taedong PARK
‘Frankie’ must pull-off one last job, to save the forest animals from hunger and Writer: Johnny HARTMANN
maybe get back the girl of his dreams... 3D family animation film from the Producer: The Animation Picture Company
producers John H. Williams (SHREK series, PUSS IN BOOTS). Delivery Status: In Production
I AM SOLDIER Year of Production: 2012/2013 Country of Origin: South Korea, Mexico
Action (approx. 90 min) It’s a jungle out there… Manu and Sacha are two young coatis living in the Mexican
Language: English rainforest. They are deeply in love with each other! The only problem is that Sacha
Director: Ronnie Thompson is the daughter of the coati tribe’s king and Manu is a bit of a troublemaker. When
Writer: Ronnie Thompson Manu’s escapades leave the tribe’s most worshipped statue destroyed, the King
Producer: Lionsgate UK, Teashop & Film Company exiles Manu to live on his own in the jungle. A year later the fumbling youngster has
Key Cast: Alex REID, Dave GOODMAN, George RUSSO, Ian PIRIE, Jordan turned into a strapping young male but one thing hasn’t changed: Manu is still in
LONG, Josh MYERS, Noel CLARKE, Tom HUGHES love with Sacha. When Sacha gets captured by human poachers, Manu sets out on a
Delivery Status: Post Production thrilling adventure to save the coati princess and redeem himself with the tribe. On
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK his journey he teams up with Chuy, a lively and courageous spider monkey, and the
I AM SOLDIER is an action thriller which follows MICKEY TOMLINSON as chaotic duo face the many dangers of the tropical rainforest. Except to free Sacha out
he undertakes the toughest and most dangerous military training course known to of the clutches of the mysterious Dr. Loco, Manu has to accept that even the bravest
man: SAS selection. The Special Air Service (SAS) is the United Kingdom’s most hero needs a helping hand… paw, claw or talon. In the end the animals succeed in
renowned special forces Regiment. They’re tasked with covert and overt missions freeing their friends and learn an inspiring lesson about friendship and their – and our
in some of the most dangerous places on the planet. Mickey joined the army as – relationship to nature.
a teenager with the one sole objective: joining the SAS. However, a parachuting BULLET
accident not only took Mickey down a different military career path to what he Action
intended, it also left him with an inner conflict which has haunted him ever since. Language: English
The only way he can deal with this is if he faces his fear by fulfilling his lifelong Director: Nick Lyon
ambition by attempting SAS selection: ‘It is better to have tried and failed than to Writer: Nick Lyon
have failed to try.’ We are with Mickey as he goes through every grueling stage of Producer: Matthew Joynes, Robert Rodriguez
this selection which not only smashes him physically, but also takes him beyond Key Cast: Danny Trejo
breaking point, both mentally and emotionally. From torturous tabs over the Delivery Status: Post Production
steepest mountains, to running for his life on Escape & Evasion, Mickey still has to Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
endure the most horrific interrogation imaginable. And if this isn’t enough, the test Danny Trejo Plays ‘Bullet’ a tough cop who takes the law into his own hands when
parachute jump has to be passed without question. So Mickey will need to survive his grandson is kidnapped. Think DIRTY HARRY meets DEATH WISH.
all of this and eclipse his crisis of confidence. Less than 10 percent of soldiers pass GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS UNDERGROUND
and it doesn’t end there. There is only one way you can prove yourself and that is AKA: Green Street 3
in combat. When the Counter Terrorism Squadron in the SAS are given authority to Action, Martial Arts (approx. 90 min)
take charge of a deadly situation, we will see Mickey advance into conflict and see Language: English
if he really does have what it takes to be a special forces operative. Many try to get Director: James Nunn
into the SAS. Only the elite make it… Writer: Ronnie Thompson
THE FOLD Producer: Lionsgate UK, Teashop & Film Company
Drama Key Cast: Scott ADKINS, Jack DOOLAN, Kacey BARNFIELD
Language: English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Director: John Jencks Danny Harvey (Scott Adkins), has spent all of his life fighting – in the playground,
Writer: Poppy Cogan on the football pitch and then for the Green Street Elite. Danny turned his back on
Producer: Jay Taylor, Alexa Seligman football violence and moved away from London. When Joey (Danny’s younger
Key Cast: Catherine MCCORMACK, Marina STOIMENOVA, Dakota Blue brother) is killed in an organised fight, Danny is forced to return for Joey’s funeral.
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Here, Danny meets up with his childhood best mate, Victor Davis, who’s the detective Producer: Deepak Nayar
assigned to investigate Joey’s murder. Victor knows the only way of finding out who Key Cast: Martin FREEMAN, Mandy MOORE, Melissa GEORGE, Jonathan
killed Joey is to send someone in undercover and he knows Danny is the only man for SILVERMAN
the job. Danny has to return to his old manor and get back into the firm... One things Delivery Status: Completed
guaranteed: Violence with a capital ‘V.’ Hooliganism has moved on. The fighting is Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.K.
much more organised and sophisticated. His MMA skills are going to come in more SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS is a contemporary romantic comedy set in
handy than ever thought possible. This operation is 100% deniable – if Danny gets London about a couple at breaking point in their relationship. It is a film that broadly
caught they are both royally screwed. Danny is back and won’t rest until he gets examines relationships, and the ups and downs of married life. It?s what happened to
revenge and finally faces up to the demons that have haunted him for the last fourteen Harry AFTER he met Sally. IS THE GRASS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE?
years. TOWER BLOCK
FLYING SOUTH 3D Thriller (86)
3D, animation, action adventure, family, children Language: English
Language: English Director: Ronnie Thompson, James Nunn
Director: Mark Dippe Writer: James Moran
Writer: Paul Aiello, Zach Strauss Key Cast: Sheridan SMITH, Ralph BROWN, Jack O’CONNELL
Producer: Brian Manis, Dan Chuba, Mark Dippe, Ash Shah, Youngki Lee Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: In Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2012/2013 Country of Origin: USA, South Korea One tower block. Twelve tenants. One sniper. Someone is picking off the last
Where birds of a feather party together! The Blooths, a family of Blue Jays from remaining occupants of a tower block, using a high powered, silenced rifle. Nobody
Manhattan, head south for the winter to a magical bird resort hidden deep in The else has heard the shots, and no one is coming to help. If the terrified victims can’t
Everglades where they learn the importance of tradition and what it means to be a figure out how to escape, they’re all going to be killed, one by one. “Serenity House”,
family. or Tower Block 31 as it’s called in the blueprints, has seen better days. It’s scheduled
A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY for demolition as soon as the council can rehouse everyone. Most of the other blocks
PYTHON’S GRAHAM CHAPMAN in the area have already been demolished, and the neighbouring block is already
AKA: A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY empty. This one has been emptied floor by floor, with only the 10th floor occupants
DARK COMEDY, DRAMA (82) to go. But getting rehoused takes time. While they’re waiting to get rehoused, a local
Language: English youth is beaten to death in the stairwell. None of the 10th floor residents saw or heard
Director: Bill Jones, Ben Timlett, Jeff Simpson anything, and it’s just another sad reminder of why the area needs to be redeveloped.
Writer: Graham Chapman, David Sherlock, Douglas Adams, David Yallop and Alex But one weekend their lives are shattered by automatic gunfire from a high calibre,
Martin silenced sniper rifle. Someone is in the opposite, abandoned building, shooting at
Producer: Bill Jones, Ben Timlett them and that person is a very good shot. One by one they are shot at as they try
Key Cast: Graham CHAPMAN, Terry GILLIAM, John CLEESE, Michael PALIN, to escape. Why is he shooting at them? With no internet connection and mobiles
Terry JONES, Carol CLEVELAND, Justin MCDONALD, Cameron DIAZ jammed, they must work together to escape from the crazed gunman.
Delivery Status: Completed RETREAT
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Psychological Thriller (90 minutes)
A Liar’s Autobiography is an animated 3D black comedy movie based on the memoir Language: English
of the late Python member, Graham Chapman, who died in 1989 at the age of 48. Director: Carl Tibbetts
Featuring the voices of Python’s Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Writer: Carl Tibbetts, Janice Hallett
Jones and Michael Palin. The book was first published in 1980 and chronicles the Producer: Gary Sinyor, David Frost, Dominic Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin
extraordinary life of Graham Chapman from childhood in Britain, via medical school to Key Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandie Newton
his life as a Python – it features fame, largesse and Hollywood. The film uses recently Delivery Status: Completed
discovered audio tapes of Chapman to create the narration, alongside other fellow Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.K.
Pythons who play themselves, and other characters. The picture, in true Python style, A psychological, suspense thriller starring Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton as a
is created by fifteen animation companies from the UK and US. The result is a fitting couple trying to repare their marriage on a remote island off the UK coast. When a
homage to Graham Chapman – a Python, womaniser, homosexual, doctor of medicine, bloodied soldier (Jamie Bell) is washed up on shore, he reveals that a deadly airbone
alcoholic, lunatic and comedy legend. virus is heading their way...
THE REEF 2: HIGH TIDE (3D) COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES
AKA: The Reef 2 Horror, Comedy, Action (Approx. 95 minutes)
Animation, 3D, action adventure, family Language: English
Language: English Director: Mathias Hoene
Director: Mark Dippe Writer: James Moran
Writer: Chris DENK Co-Production Partners: Studio Canal UK, SC Films International
Producer: The Animation Pictures Company Producer: James Harris, Mark Lane,
Key Cast: Drake Bell, Jamie Kennedy, Rob Schneider, Frankie Jonas, Busy Phillips, Key Cast: Alan FORD, Harry TREADAWAY, Michelle RYAN, Rasmus HARDIKER
Donal Logue, Andy Dick Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.K.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: U.S.A., South Korea Cockneys Vs Zombies is the story of Andy (Harry Treadaway) and Terry (Rasmus
THE REEF 2 in 3D is the sequel to the highly successful animated feature The Reef Hardiker): two hapless brothers who try to save their grandad?s (Alan Ford) old age
(a.k.a. Shark Bait) released by Warner Bros. in the UK (Feb 2007) and The Weinstein pension home by robbing a bank while unbeknownst to them a virus sweeps across
Co. for North America and many other territories. More adventures from Pi and East London turning all the inhabitants into flesh eating zombies. Faced with hordes
Cordelia as they protect the reef from a shark invasion! of undead cockneys and the challenge of rescuing a home full of tough OAPs in
THE ROMANTICS wheelchairs and crutches. Andy and Terry learn what it really takes to be a Cockney.
Romatic Drama (90 minutes) F
Language: English Horror (86 minutes)
Director: Galt NIEDERHOFFER Language: English
Writer: Galt NIEDERHOFFER Director: Johannes Roberts
Producer: Team Todd, Plum Pictures, Benaroya Pictures, Four of a Kind Productions Writer: Johannes Roberts
Key Cast: Katie HOLMES, Anna PAQUIN, Josh DUHAMEL, Elijah WOOD, Adam Producer: Paul Blacknell, Ernest Riera
BRODY, Malin AKERMAN, Candice BERGEN, Dianna Agron Key Cast: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Juliet Aubrey
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.S.A. Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.K.
THE ROMANTICS is a zeitgeist love story and generational comedy which takes F tells the story of Robert Anderson, a burned-out alcoholic world-weary English
place over the course of one night at a deluxe seaside wedding. Seven close friends teacher, a man who has to face his most terrifying demons. F is set in a huge
reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura is maid of honor to Lila, her sprawling U.K. comprehensive school, after lessons have finished for the day. What
best friend. The two have long rivalled over the groom, Tom. The love triangle comes is a place of learning during the daytime, becomes a vast and deserted labyrinthine
to a head on the eve of the wedding when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf nightmare of endless corridors, empty classrooms, woodwork rooms, gyms, welding
and return to shore without the groom. rooms, motor pool shops, canteens, photographic darkrooms, art studios and sports
SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS halls. The school comes under relentless attack from a group of blood thirsty hoodies,
Romantic Comedy (90 minutes) intent on only one thing, to spread terror. Anderson must battle these brutal killers,
Language: English and his deepest fears, in a desperate battle for the survival of his pupils, fellow
Director: Jonathan Newmann teachers and those he holds most dear.
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AKA: Speak No Evil Writer: Chris DENK, Scott CLEVENGER, Tim PETERNEL
Horror (Approx. 95 minutes) Producer: The Animation Pictures Company
Language: English Key Cast: Alan CUMMING, Jenni PULOS, Rob SCHNEIDER, Tim CURRY
Director: Pat Holden Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Pat Holden Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.S.A., South Korea
Producer: Deepak Nayar, Bil Bungay OUTBACK 3D is a comic adventure tale about Johnny the albino Koala Bear, an
Key Cast: Kate Ashfield, Steve Waddington, Tasha connor, Gary Lewis outcast at home who becomes a freak show hit at the carnival. When a twist of fate
Delivery Status: Completed mistakenly prints Johnny as a real life action hero, Outback creatures turn to him
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: U.K. for help against Bog, a villainous Croccodile bent on taking over their billabong
Based on true events, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (aka SPEAK NO EVIL) is home and Johnny must rise to the occasion and become a TRUE HERO.
set in Yorkshire, 1974. Britain is in recession, the oil crisis and black outs loom large. CHOOSE
The Maynard Family move into their dream house, only to find a PRESENCE already Psychological Thriller (Approx. 90 minutes)
living there. Len (Steve Waddington), Jenny (Kate Ashfield) and their daughter Sally Language: English
(Tasha Connor) must struggle to keep their already-fragile family together as they are Director: Marcus Graves
attacked by poltergeists. Soon it becomes apparent that Sally is their main focus of Writer: Brandon CAMP, Mike THOMPSON
attention. The house becomes a living nightmare. They must exorcise the evil spirits for Producer: The 7th Floor
them to survive. Key Cast: Bruce DERN, Katheryn WINNICK, Kevin POLLAK, Nicholas TUCCI
FIRST NIGHT Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Cosi Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: U.S.A.
Romantic Comedy, Music (approx. 115 mins) Inspired by the look of “SE7EN” and the psychological tone of “The Silence of
Language: English Lambs”. The peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken.
Director: Chris Menaul Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage Sara awakens startled as a
Writer: Chris Menaul rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents’
Producer: Stephen Evans bedroom door lies open. She calls for her parents, no response. She enters their
Key Cast: Richard E. GRANT, Sarah BRIGHTMAN, Mia MAESTRO bedroom and as her eyes adjust to the darkness she sees her parents on the bed
Delivery Status: Completed hog-tied and gagged. Before she can react she is grabbed roughly by the hair and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.K. slammed against the wall. “Do what I say, you live” Scarlip tells her. He turns over
Featuring music from the world’s greatest composer Mozart, and his famous opera an expertly crafted hourglass filled with blood and coolly instructs her, ?I?m going
“COSI FAN TUTTE”. This is a movie which fuses the stately grandeur of Gosford Park to kill your mother or your father. You have sixty seconds to decide which one.?
with the magical music of Amadeus for a unique story of love’s fluctuating fortunes, set She begs and pleads with him, but all Scarlip tells her is that if she doesn?t choose
against a sumptuous backdrop of visual and vocal beauty. As the cast, drama and score then both parents die. As the final drops drip through the hourglass she painfully
all tread the tightrope of tone between humour and pathos, what unfolds is a timeless chooses her father.
romantic comedy. Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. NOT ANOTHER NOT ANOTHER MOVIE
Spurred on by playful jibes that he’s little more than a city suit living the capitalist’s Comedy, Spoof
dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to throw an opera in his lavish Language: English
country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell Director: David MURPHY
the end to their shallow taunts. In fact, it might even help him win the hand of a female Writer: David MURPHY, David SCHULTZ, James PIPER
conductor he’s been pursuing whom, it just so happens, is the first to be recruited for his Producer: David MURPHY, David SCHULTZ, James PIPER
showpiece. Key Cast: Burt REYNOLDS, Chevy CHASE, David SCHULTZ, Ellie GERBER,
FOSTER Michael MADSEN, Vinnie JONES
Drama (91 minutes) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Country of Origin: USA
Director: Jonathan Newmann In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing
Writer: Jonathan Newmann to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running
Producer: Deepak Nayar the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience
Key Cast: Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Richard E. Grant wants from a LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY by taking a no-holds barred attack
Delivery Status: Completed on the Spoof Genre from Blockbuster Action movies to Dramas and Documentaries
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: U.K. to Popular Television shows.
Zooey (Toni Collette) and Alec Morrison (Ioan Gruffudd) are a married couple who
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UNINHABITED 5 SENSES OF FEAR
Horror (Approx. 90 minutes) Horror/Thriller (90mins)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Bill Bennett Director: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, Emily Hagins, Eric England, Miko
Writer: Bill Bennett Hughes
Producer: Bill Bennett Writer: Eric England, Nick Everhart, Emily Hagins, Jesse Holland, Miko Hughes,
Key Cast: Geraldine HAKEWILL, Henry JAMES Andy Mitton, Jack Daniel Stanley
Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: Chiller Films, Synthetic Cinema International
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Australia Key Cast: Hilary Greer, Nicholas Tucci, Symba, Caleb Barwick, Ace Marrero,
Harry and Beth wanted a different kind of holiday. So they chartered a boat to drop Danae Nason
them off on a remote coral island on the Great Barrier Reef ? paradise? The island Delivery Status: Completed
was idyllic ? surrounded by a wide reef, covered in palms and full of birds and other Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
wildlife. It was small ? and totally deserted. Or was it? After snorkelling, making out For its first-ever original anthology film, Chiller Films teamed up with six up-and-
and having fun, the young lovers soon come to believe that there is someone else on coming filmmakers to write and direct five short films based on the human senses:
the island. Things go missing from their camp ? and then they discover someone else?s Hearing: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton (YellowBrickRoad) Touch: Emily Hagins
footprints in the sand. At first amused, this becomes disturbing as they realize the island (My Sucky Teen Romance, featured in Zombie Girl: The Movie documentary)
has a ghost! From paradise, the holiday quickly turns into a nightmare of arguments Taste: Eric England (Madison County, Roadside) Smell: Nick Everhart (2012
and mistrust?? Doomsday) Sight: Miko Hughes (Directorial Debut; Actor: Pet Semetary, New
OUTBACK 3D Nightmare, Steve Niles’ Remains)
Animation, 3D BAD KARMA
Language: English Action/Adventure
Director: Kyungho LEE Language: English
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Writer: Steve Allrich Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Christine Holder, Danny Roth, Mark Holder Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell, Andy McPhee In her Academy Award-winning role, Charlize Theron portrays the true story
Delivery Status: Post Production of Aileen Wuornos, a woman with a tortured past who turns to prostitution for
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US money, and who eventually turned her anger into a motive for murder, becoming
After surviving a horrific car wreck en route to a robbery, career criminal Jack Molloy one of America’s most infamous serial killers.
turns over a new leaf: honest employment and the love of a great girl. But when Yale- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D: RE-ANIMATION
fresh out of prison and bent on vengeance, starts stalking Molloy and frames him for a Horror
brutal robbery/homicide, Molloy finds his new life quickly falling apart, as all he loves Language: English
and cares for is targeted for destruction by his psychopathic former partner-in-crime. Director: Jeff Broadstreet
AKUMA Writer: Jeff Broadstreet
Horror Producer: Thomas S. Byrnes, Lawrence Greenstein
Language: English Key Cast: Andrew Divoff, Jeffrey Combs, Sarah Lieving
Director: Deon Taylor Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Deon Taylor, Joe Bockol, Blayne Weaver Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US
Producer: Deon Taylor, Roxanne Avent After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes
Delivery Status: Pre-Production hundreds of uncremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: US the mortician’s inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectedly shows up,
A troubled young woman travels from Japan to the United States to start a new life, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!
unaware that a demon has followed her. RUNNING SCARED
CHASE THE STARS: THE CAST OF THE HUNGER GAMES Action/Adventure (122 min)
Documentary (60 MINS) Language: English
Language: English Director: Wayne Kramer
Director: Adam Friedman Key Cast: Paul Walker, Vera Farmiga
Key Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 201 Country of Origin: USA Slick, fast-paced and brutally shocking, this gritty action filled movie will jolt your
The Hunger Games has become one of the world’s most popular series in the last senses like nothing else you’ve ever experienced.
few years, with millions of copies of the novels being sold worldwide. Now, the TIM TEBOW: ON A MISSION
series is as big as ever with the film franchise and star power of Jennifer Lawrence, Documentary (90 MIN)
Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. CHASE THE STARS: THE CAST OF THE Language: English
HUNGER GAMES provides an in-depth look at Katniss, Peeta and Gale like you’ve Producer: Adam Friedman
never seen them before. Key Cast: Tim Tebow
HAVOC Delivery Status: Completed
Thriller/Horror (85min) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English An in-depth look at what makes Tim Tebow the popular and polarizing figure
Director: Barbara Kopple today, Tim Tebow: On A Mission chronicles how his hard work and faith have
Key Cast: Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon Levitt guided him to collegiate success and NFL stardom. From being born on a mission
Delivery Status: Completed through his astonishing playoff run and trade to New York, the film explores his
Year of Production: 2005 life through insightful interviews and rare footage few have ever seen.
A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the “gangsta” lifestyle UPSIDE OF ANGER
but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug Romantic Comedy (118min)
dealers. Language: English
I INSIDE, THE Director: Mike Binder
Thriller/Horror (90min) Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Joan Allen
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Roland Suso Richter Year of Production: 2005 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Ryan Phillipe, Sarah Polley When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her
Delivery Status: Completed daughters juggle their mom’s romantic dilemmas and family dynamics.
Year of Production: 2003 UNITED STATES OF LELAND
A man awakens in the hospital with amnesia after a near-fatal accident. Disoriented and Drama (108min)
desperately seeking the truth, he pieces together his past two years. Language: English
MAN ABOUT TOWN Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Romantic Comedy (96 min) Key Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kevin Spacey, Don Cheadle
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Mike Binder Year of Production: 2003 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn Sixteen-year-old Leland Fitzgerald kills a boy and is subsequently arrested and
Delivery Status: Completed imprisoned. His prison teacher, Pearl Madison, builds a relationship with him,
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA leading to revelations of what could have caused a young man to murder.
Successful, hardworking and unscrupulous, Jack (Affleck) is a Hollywood agent at the WILD HORSE, WILD RIDE
top of his game and completely out of kilter with his personal life. Documentary
MEMORIAL DAY Language: English
Action/Adventure (90 min) Director: Alex Dawson, Greg Gricus
Language: English Producer: Alex Dawson, Greg Gricus
Director: Sam Fischer Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Marc Conklin Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Craig Christainsen Each year, through the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, 100 people across
Key Cast: James Cromwell, Jonathan Bennett, Jackson Bond the country attempt to tame a wild mustang in 100 days. Following this dangerous
Delivery Status: Completed and harrowing feat performed by everyday people from every walk of life, is a
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US public showcase that determines whether these horses can be saved from a life in
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Sales Agent many lives.
At Cannes: Masaki Koga, (General Manager of Licensing, Business Division), Shion TOKYO KAZOKU (ORIGINAL JAPANESE TITLE)
Komatsu, (Sales Executive of International Sales & Licensing Division) Drama
Office: RIVIERA Stand E13, Tel: 81 0 90 8038 5 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
WELCOME HOME, HAYABUSA Director: Yoji Yamada
Drama (123min) Writer: Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Director: Katsuhide MOTOKI Country of Origin: Japan
Key Cast: Tatsuya FUJIWARA, Anne, Tomokazu MIURA Yoji YAMADA’s next film will be a Homage to “Tokyo Story” by Yasujiro OZU.
Delivery Status: Completed The film also celebrates Yamada fs 50th anniversary as a director. Yamada’s 82nd
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan film “Tokyo Kazoku” (Japanese original title, meaning “Tokyo Family”) will be
Launched successfully on May 09, 2003. At that time, none of us could have imagined created as homage to “Tokyo Story”, the most widely known film by Yasujiro
that this tiny space probe could give such courage to all of Japan. Let’s travel on this Ozu, Yamada’s mentor at Shochiku’s legendary Ofuna Studio. Filming will start
perilous voyage of HAYABUSA. We’ll go with Kento OHASHI, a rather cool JAXA from March 2012 for a Japanese domestic release aimed for early 2013. Set in the
Engineering Assistant, Naoko NOMURA, a Doctor of Science enchanted by the present-day, the film will offer Yamada fs updated take on this story of Japanese
romance of the cosmos, and Futa, a boy who dreams of space. Also along for the ride family life. The casts are yet to be announced.
will be the countless people swept up in the epic voyage of HAYABUSA. The perilous LIFE BACK THEN
voyage of Hayabusa and humanity, brought to you in 3D! Drama (131)
CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Drama (118 minutes) Director: Takahisa Zeze
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Key Cast: Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura
Director: Masato Harada Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Masato Harada Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Key Cast: Koji Yakusho, Kiki Kilin, Aoi Miyazaki Based on a novel by Masashi SADA, Berlinale prize winning director Takahisa
Delivery Status: Completed ZEZE sets out to picturaize the big hit novel “Antoki No Inochi” starring Masaki
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan OKADA and Nana EIKURA. The story starts when Kyohei Nagashima who has
“The man who was always writing something over there seemed to have died.” my closed his mind after an event at high school happens to start working as a house
mother muttered. ‘Mother, I am still here...’ I want to say, but words do not come out. cleaner for people who passed away alone. Despite his indifference about the job,
Mother could not tell who I was any longer. The “Author” (Koji YAKUSHO) tells his society, or even life itself at the beginning, he gradually learns the meaning of life
experience with his “Mother” (Kiki KIRIN) who has became senile. He senses that through facing life and death while cleaning houses where the dead used to live and
the aging mother will not live for long, but as she tries to embrace and hold on to the where tons of belongings from their lives are left.
fading memories of her son, they reconcile the past of a very complex family history. A SECOND VIRGINITY
true story filled with love and humor, and the “joy and happiness of life” which Yasushi AKA: Second Virgin
Inoue, one of Japan fs most profound author, has wrote about himself and his mother. Drama (98)
LOVE MASAO-KUN GA IKU! (ORIGINAL JAPANESE TITLE) Language: Japanese, English
Drama/Family Director: Second Virgin
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Key Cast: Kyoka SUZUKI, Hiroki HASEGAWA, Kyoko FUKADA
Director: Kentaro Otani Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Shingo Katori, Ryoko Hirosue Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Delivery Status: Post Production Based on the screenplay by Shizuka OISHI, Second Virginity became a sensational
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan social phenomenon is now a film. Rui Nakamura (Kyoka SUZUKI), well-known
A film based on the real adventures of a comedian and a Labrador Retriever now throughout the publishing industry as a shrewd producer, falls madly in love with
delivers laughter and heartfelt emotion! A male Labrador retriever called Masao and Koh Suzuki (Hiroki HASEGAWA), the head of an internet securities company.
a young comedian named Matsumoto traveled throughout Japan. The combination of Despite that Koh is 17 years younger than her and already married to another
the naturally foolish behavior of Masao and the humorous exchanges of the expressive woman, they had managed to overcome various obstacles and the two of them had
Matsumoto gained a nation-wide popularity. That story of a human and a dog will now started living together, but then one day Koh just suddenly disappears from Rui’s
move beyond the confines of the TV screen and becomes a full-fledged movie! Lots of life...
hilarious actual episodes involving Matsumoto’s struggle in career, love and life itself, CROSSROADS
and Masao’s marriage to a black Labrador retriever, the birth of their puppies, will be AKA: Railways: Ai Wo Tsutaerare Nai Otona Tachie
interwoven in the film. You’ll laugh and cry with the the story of this Lab full of Luv! Drama (123min)
KEN AND MARY (WORKING TITLE) Language: Japanese
Drama/Road Movie Director: Masatoshi KURAKATA
Language: Japanese / English Key Cast: Tomokazu MIURA, Kimiko YO
Director: Kenta Fukasaku Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Key Cast: Naoto Takenaka, HuBing, Kie Kitano With whom do you want to share the years after retirement? This emotionally
Delivery Status: Post Production inspiring film is for all those standing at that crossroads of life. Toru Takishima
Year of Production: 2012 is a railway driver who has devoted his whole life to his job, then realizes that he
“Where am I?” Ken Katakura has been in charge of pantyhose for 25 years as a trading has reached the age of 59. His wife Sawako had always been supportive of him in
company employee. He has landed at a tiny airport in a remote part of Malaysia, where her role as housewife, and is now 55. Toru will reach mandatory retirement after
not even one other airplane is in sight. The airplane he was taking to Kuala Lumpur had only one month, and the couple is looking forward to their retirement years. Then
to make an emergency landing here because of a storm. However, there is something one day, Sawako proclaims that she will return to the nursing career that her role
that he must accomplish no matter what. It is to break off the engagement of his as housewife denied her, but Toru is unwilling and unable to understand the depth
daughter, whose marriage ceremony is scheduled to take place in just two days. Then, of her conviction. The two of them have a serious quarrel, and Sawako suddenly
by some freak coincidence, he becomes acquainted with a Chinese truck driver Mary moves out of their home. The rift between them reaches the point where Sawako
who is strangely partial to Japan and speaks nonsensical Japanese. They set out together gives official divorce registration documents to Toru...
towards Kuala Lumpur, where his daughter is, but... They are a rough pair, whose QUARTET!
nationality and culture and character are different. In spite of everything, will they Drama (118min)
arrive there before the wedding ceremony?! Language: Japanese
TENCHI MEISATSU Director: Junichi MIMURA
Drama / Samurai Key Cast: Mahiro TAKASUGI, Ayama GOURIKI
Language: Japanese with Engish subtitles Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Yojiro Takita Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Key Cast: Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki A high school boy who wants to become a violinist, forms a family quartet to try
Delivery Status: Post Production to connect the family back together. Shot during the Great East Japan Earthquake,
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan civilian volunteers supported the completion of the film.
From the Academy Award® winning director Yojiro TAKITA comes a samurai epic SENGOKU BASARA-SAMURAI KINGS:THE MOVIE
who created the Japanese lunar calendar which changed the Japanese culture and Animation (90min)
lifestyle. The time is the Edo period when Tokugawa ruled Japan. Santetsu YASUI Language: Japanese
(Junichi OKADA) was suddenly appointed to create the Japanese lunar calendar. Director: Kazuya NOMURA
Not knowing much about astronomy, he worked closely with En MURASE (Aoi Delivery Status: Completed
MIYAZAKI) to create the calendar which changed not only Japanese lifestyles, but Year of Production: 2011

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The theatrical version of a popular animation series, based on the video game series merge with his own immensely fruitful life as an actor, instilling a unique resonance
produced by CAPCOM (Resident Evil, Devil May Cry). Along with the 1st & 2nd to this bittersweet comedy.
series, Production I.G will be producing this high quality animation. Set on the stage of THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF HUTCH THE HONEYBEE
Sengoku / Warring States Period (around 1467-1573) where great military commanders Animation, Family, Adventure (101 minutes)
all have one goal of conquering Japan and stand as the head of the united kingdom. Language: Japanese with English subtiles
MILOCRORZE - A LOVE STORY Director: Tetsuro AMINO
Fantasy, Samurai, Drama (90min) Writer: Kundo KOYAMA
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Yoshimasa ISHIBASHI Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Japan
Writer: Yoshimasa ISHIBASHI Let’s get set for a spectacular adventure of love and courage! A loving and moving
Key Cast: Takayuki YAMADa adventure animation that revolves around Hutch the Honey Bee and his friends, as he
Delivery Status: Completed searches for his missing Queen Bee Mother whom he parted with through the surprise
Experience the crazy world of multi-dimensioned Love Story!! A childlike man tossed attack by the group of cruel Hornets. Through his travels and adventures, Hutch
about by a mysterious woman who showed up all of a sudden before him. An amative encounters other creatures which befriends him (even those regarded as enemies,
counselor with a sexist attitude who sharply solves young men’s troubles. A one-eyed including human beings) and starts to grow up. He discovers the wonders of nature
ronin who reaches a red light district while searching for a woman he fell in love at and the true meaning of courage.
first sight. Three stories exist independently, and at the same time, connect to each
other in the same time space. Each story is told in different tastes in contents and visual
expression styles, such as picture-book-like fantastic visual, fashionable musical style, SHORELINE ENTERTAINMENT
and artistic samurai drama. It also unfolds swiftly in high tension, with full of humour. Shoreline Entertainment, 1875 Century Park East #600, Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA,
It’s a film with a new feel, constructed as a feature film based on a single theme, Tel: +1 310 551 2060
whereas it looks like an omnibus film. www.shorelineentertainment.com, info@slefilms.com
NINJA KIDS!!! Sales Agent, Producer
Samurai, Family, Action (97min) At Cannes: Sam Eigen (EVP), Brian Sweet (VP Sales), Melody Djavadi (Director of
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Acquistions)
Director: Takashi Miike Office: LERINS Stand R4, Tel: 33 4 92 99 33 27
Key Cast: Seishiro KATO A PERFECT MAN
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (93 min.)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan Language: English
Based on the popular newspaper comic “Ninja Rantaro Flunks Again” by Sobei Director: Kees Van Oostrum
Amako and TV anime series comes a live action directed by Takashi MIIKE. The story Writer: Larry Brand
revolves around the adventures (and misadventures!) of the Ninja Eggs gang, Rantaro, Producer: Kees Van Oostrum
Kirimaru, and Shinbei. They are the first grade students of the Ninja Academy, who Key Cast: Liev Schreiber, Jeanne Tripplehorn
aspire to be elite ninjas, along with their unusual group of Class Ha classmates. Their Delivery Status: Completed
teachers and senior grade ninjas also take part in their adventures as do their mortal Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
enemies from the rival Ninja group of Dokutake - Poison Mushroom Castle. This very After years of marriage, a man is left by his wife because of his numerous affairs. One
first live-action feature film of the Ninja Kids follows Rantaro as he enters the Academy day, he gets a phone call but it’s the wrong number. However, he starts a relationship
and how he meets his best friends, Kirimaru and Shinbei as they study and train hard to over the phone with the stranger and it is the most open and honest relationship he has
become elite ninjas! ever had. Little does he know, the stranger on the phone happens to be his wife.
DENDERA A FAREWELL TO FOOLS
Drama (119min) Drama (90 min.)
Language: Japanese with English subtitles Language: English
Director: Daisuke TENGAN Director: Bogdan Dryer
Executive Producer: Toshiaki NAKAZAWA Writer: Anusavan Salamanian
Key Cast: Ruriko ASAOKA, Mitsuko KUSABUE, Mitsuko BAISHO Producer: Giuliano Dorman, Daniel Zuta
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Laura Morante, Bodgan Iancu,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan Alexandru Bindea
28 years after Shohei Imamura’s Palm D’Or winner “The Ballad of Narayama” his son Delivery Status: Completed
Daisuke Tengan’s new ‘Legend of Old Lady Mountain’ is born. 50 elderly women, Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Romania
abandoned to die on ‘Old Lady Mountain.’ They form a village called “Dendera” with World War II, somewhere in Romania. A German soldier is found dead near a village,
hope to live through. Some wants to finish their lives peacefully, where others vow and the local authorities must finger the culprit or they will all be shot by Nazis the
revenge to the village and the family that had left them to die in the snow covered following morning. There’s no way to identify the guilty party, but there is Ipu, played
mountain. Living is so hard... but still you live. Why do you struggle? by Gérard Depardieu, the madman of the village, who the town leaders, led by Harvey
REBIRTH Keitel, pressure to claim responsibility for the soldier’s death and die in the place of
Drama (147min) the real criminal. Seen through the eyes of a young boy, we witness the comedy and
Language: Japanese with English subtitles horrors of human nature as the villagers manipulate one another—even the ones you’d
Director: Izuru NARUSHIMA least expect...
Key Cast: Mao INOUE, Hiromi NAGASAKU MAN FROM THE FUTURE
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: O Homem do Futuro
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan Science Fiction (106 min.)
From the top actresses of Japan comes a drama of women revealing their love and the Language: Portugese
strength to survive. Kiwako sneaks into the home of Takehiro whom she is having an Director: Claudio Torres
affair with, and kidnaps his new born baby, Erina. Kiwako endlessly moves throughout Writer: Claudio Torres
Japan while raising Erina as if she was her own daughter for the next four years. They Producer: Tatiana Quintella, Ricardo Della Rossa
truly lead happy life until Kiwako is finally arrested. Erina is also havingan affair with Key Cast: Wagner Moura, Alinne Moraes, Maria Luisa Mendonca
a married man and finds that she is pregnant with his baby. She decides to travel to the Delivery Status: Completed
footsteps of the past to find herself. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Brazil
SOMEDAY Zero (Wagner Moura) is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago
Drama (93min) was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena (Alinne Moraes) the love of his
Language: Japanese with English subtitles life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in
Director: Junji SAKAMOTO time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to
Writer: Junji SAKAMOTO this totally changed.
Key Cast: Yoshio HARADA, Michiyo OKUSU, Ittoku KISHIBE IN BLOOM
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (87 mins.)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: JAPAN Language: English
Junji SAKAMOTO, the award-winning Japanese film director, together with one of Director: Chris Michael Birkmeier
Japan’s most charismatic actor Yoshio Harada and a great ensemble casts, creates Writer: Chris Michael Birkmeier
a picturesque story set in one of the most beautiful villages of Japan. In this rural Producer: Kevin Hartmann, C.M. Birkmeier, Robert Puttkammer
mountain village, they have the tradition of acting an amateur Kabuki performance. All Key Cast: Kyle Wigent, Tanner Rittenhouse, Adam Fane, Jake Andrews, Steve
troubles come out as the villagers try to make success with the performance... Tears, Casillas
laughter, and rage all unfold against the backdrop of Japan’s magnificent natural beauty. Delivery Status: Completed
As the film progresses, Harada’s performance as an amateur Kabuki actor begins to Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
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realistic tale of losing first love. During a tumultuous summer in Chicago, a serial killer RABBIT WOMAN
terrorizes boystown while two young men experience the pain of separation and broken AKA: Mujer Conejo
hearts. Horror (80 min.)
GEOGRAPHY CLUB Language: Spanish
Comedy (83 min.) Director: Veronica Chen
Language: English Writer: Veronica Chen
Director: Gary Entin Producer: Raul Bravo, Luis Angel Ramirez
Writer: Edmund Entin (screenplay), Brent Hartinger (novel) Key Cast: Haien Qiu
Producer: Anthony Bretti, Michael Huffington Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Scott Bakula Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Argentina
Delivery Status: Completed When Ana, a state employee, discovers that the police in Argentina are controlled
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States by the Chinese mafia, she fights to reveal the truth. With her life at risk, she flees the
Based on Brent Hartinger’s best-selling critically acclaimed novel, Geography Club country ending up in an abandoned field teeming with genetically-altered carnivorous
is a smart, fast, and funny account of contemporary teenagers as they discover their rabbits. What she finds there may just take down the mafia. That is, if she can make it
own sexual identities, dreams, and values. 16-year old Russell is still going on dates out alive...
with girls while having a secret relationship with football quarterback Kevin, who will OMNIVORES
do anything to prevent his football teammates from finding out. Min and Terese tell AKA: Omnivoros
everyone that they’re just really good friends. And then there’s Ike who can’t figure out Thriller (85 min.)
who he is or who he wants to be. Finding the truth too hard to hide, they all decide to Language: Spanish
form the Geography Club, thinking nobody else in their right mind would ever want Director: Oscar Rojo
to join. However, their secrets may soon be discovered and they could have to face the Writer: Oscar Rojo
choice of revealing who they really are. Producer: Cristina Gallo
SWEET LAND Key Cast: Fernando Albizu, Paco Manzanedo, Mario de la Rosa, Marta Flich, Sara
AKA: Suave Patria Gómez
Comedy (99 min.) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Spanish Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Spain
Director: Francisco Javier Padilla MARCOS VELA, a prestigious gastronomic journalist, accepts writing a review on
Writer: Hubert Barrero (screenplay), Enrique Renteria (storyline) the recent emergence of “clandestine restaurants”. His investigation will lead him to
Producer: Eduardo Flores Torres, Germán Méndez discover that in one of these restaurants furtive gatherings take place in order to taste
Key Cast: Omar Chaparro, Adrian Uribe, Hector Suarez human flesh, in exchange of big sums of money.
Delivery Status: Completed SANTA’S BOOT CAMP
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Mexico Comedy
Oscar and Arturo, two unfortunate actors, survive unemployment with a street routine Language: English
where one plays a thief and the other a cop. Thanks to their performances, they get Director: Ken Feinberg
“hired” by a gangster to perform a kidnapping. Things soon get more complicated when Writer: Ken Feinberg (screenplay/story), Mimi Fontaine (screenplay), Kelly Nettles
they discover that it’s no prank and they’re now being chased by the police and the (screeplay/story), Olufemi Sowemimo (story), Craig Tollis (story)
Mob. The two actors soon find they have no choice but to take matters into their own Producer: Ken Feinberg, Christopher Mills
hands and turn the plan. Key Cast: Kya Haywood, William J. Harrison, Storm Reid
CAPTAIN ORELLANA AND THE POSSESSED VILLAGE Delivery Status: Post Production
AKA: El Capitan Orellana y la Aldea Endemoniada Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
Action/Adventure (98 min.) Willy Wonka meets “It’s a Wonderful Life”. When kids become so bratty and
Language: Spanish self-centered that Santa’s elves go on strike, Santa, in desperation, must bring six
Director: Javier Tessari unscrupulous youths to his boot camp to help save Christmas.
Writer: Javier Tessari SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
Producer: Javier Tessari, Luis Tercero Documentary (87 min.)
Key Cast: Andrea Ayala, Jorge Bac, Yolanda Coronado Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Jonah Tulis
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Guatemala Producer: Jonah Tulis, Philip Frank, Jesse Osher
Captain Orellana, a former police investigator now working on his own solving Key Cast: Jon Fitch, Crazy Bob Cook, Josh Thomson
the most impossible mysteries, has been tapped for the wackiest, most dangerous Delivery Status: Completed
case of his long career. He’s hired by the department of health to examine the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
strange occurrences in a remote village in which many of the villages seem to be … An intimate and gripping journey into the world of mixed martial arts, as Jon Fitch
POSSESSED! With 007-like swagger Orellana takes on the challenge. prepares for the fight of his life against perennial UFC Champ Georges St. Pierre.
THE KNOT While Fitch focuses on his training, the story weaves through the daily triumphs
Comedy (92 min.) and challenges of the other fighters at the American Kickboxing Academy (AKA).
Language: English Fighters battle their inner demons and financial hardship, striving to make it in this
Director: Jesse Lawrence world of blood, sweat and tears. The stakes are high as Fitch prepares for the most
Writer: Geoff Carino, Noel Clarke, Davie Fairbanks climactic moment of his life, which culminates in an epic battle of heart and the
Producer: Noel Clarke, Davie Fairbanks, Jason Maza, Junior Nunoo, Enrico Tessarin human spirit.
Key Cast: Noel Clark, Mena Suvari, and Talulah Riley DAY OF THE COMET
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: Le Jour De La Comète
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Comedy (115min)
Soulmates Alexandra (Talulah Riley) and Jeremy (Matthew McNulty) are getting Language: French
married. At least that’s the plan. Unfortunately for them, nonchalant best man Peter Director: Cédric Hachard, Sébastien Milhou, Hervé Freiburger
(Noel Clarke), bridesmaid Sarah (Mena Suvari) and an army of naysayers haven’t heard Writer: Cédric Hachard, Sébastien Milhou, Hervé Freiburger
they’re meant to be together. Can missing bridesmaids, crashed cars, a trip to A&E, and Co-Production Partners: N/A
a delivery of pigs testicles stand in the way of true love? Executive Producer: N/A
SPAZ Producer: Cédric Hachard
Drama (87 mins.) Key Cast: Drien Kamir, Béatrice De La Boulaye, Aurélien Jegou
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Steve Clark Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
Writer: Steve Clark The summer of 1986. Halley’s comet races around the earth for the first time in 76
Producer: Steve Clark, Carlos Velazquez years.Three losers in a small town, believing that what they are seeing is your run-of-
Key Cast: Spencer List, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Adriana Barraza, Eric Nelsen, Tommy the-mill shooting star, each make a wish for a better life. But when their wishes are
Nelsen, Courtney Baxter, Heather Braverman granted too literally, the neighbourhood plunges into total chaos. For the first time
Delivery Status: Completed they’ll have to believe in themselves if they are to save their town from disaster.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States 7 CAJAS
Oliver Nicholas, thirteen years old, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage AKA: 7 Boxes
world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City. However he becomes Action/Drama (1hr40mins)
traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper whom he considers his true mother. What Language: Guarani
was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage becomes Director: Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori
complicated by intense emotions of loss, fear and guilt. Writer: Juan Carlos Maneglia

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Co-Production Partners: Maneglia - Schémbori Realizadores Hae-joon, YEO Jin-goo
Executive Producer: Estefani Ortiz Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast: Celso Franco, Víctor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita, Manuel Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Korea
Portillo, Mario Toñanez, Nelly Dávalos Hwayi is a boy living in a farm village, who was raised by 5 fathers. His fathers are
Delivery Status: Completed known criminals and the police nicknamed them as “Daytime Monsters”. One day, the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Paraguay group is commissioned to kill a man named Lim and his wife. Apart from the leader
It’s Friday night in Asuncion, Paraguay and the temperature is sweltering. Víctor, Suk-tae, rest of the group feel something odd about this particular contract, but Suk-
a 17-year-old wheelbarrow delivery boy, dreams of becoming famous and covets tae is adamant to carry out this job with Hwayi in tow. This is the first time Hwayi has
a fancy TV set in the infamous Mercado 4. He’s offered a chance to deliver seven ever tagged along for a job and discovers a photograph of a child in Lim’s house. Suk-
boxes with unknown contents in exchange for a quick US$100. But what sounds tae hands his gun to Hwayi and orders the boy to kill Lim. Despite his plea, Hwayi is
like an easy job soon gets complicated. Something in the boxes is highly coveted forced to pull the trigger. He becomes ill after committing his first kill, and realizes
and Víctor and his pursuers quickly find themselves caught up in a crime they know that the boy in the photograph looks uncannily familiar.
nothing about. COMMITMENT
Action, Romance
Language: Korean
SHOWBOX/MEDIAPLEX Director: PARK Hong-su
Showbox/Mediaplex, 3F, 174-15 Dogok-Dong, Gangnam-Gu,, Seoul, 135-504 Writer: KIM Soo-young
Korea, Tel: +82 2 3218 5649 Fax: +82 2 3444 6688. Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun
www.showbox.co.kr/english, sales@showbox.co.kr Producer: PARK Eun-kyung
Sales Agent,Distributor,Financier Key Cast: CHOI Seung-hyun, HAN Ye-ri
At Cannes: Judy AHN (Head of Int’l Business), Soojin JUNG (VP • Int’l Business), Delivery Status: Post Production
Sonya KIM (General Manager • Sales & Festival), Eugene KIM (Assistant Manager Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea
• Marketing & Festival) After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his
Office: Lerins R3-S2, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 43 young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life,
MR.GO Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates to the South as a teenage
Drama, Comedy, Sports defector. While attending high school as an ordinary student in the South, he meets
Language: Korean, Chinese, Japanese another girl named Hye-in, and he comes to rescue her when she comes under attack.
Director: KIM Yong-hwa South Korean Intelligence soon discovers of Myung-hoon’s activities and begins
Writer: KIM Yong-hwa tracking him, all the while his own government sends a vicious assassin to eliminate
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun him.
Key Cast: XU Jiao, SUNG Dong-li THE HUNTRESSES
Delivery Status: Post Production Action, Comedy
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea Language: Korean
Wei Wei grew up in the circus with a bat-swinging gorilla named Ling Ling. In Director: PARK Jae-hyun
order to pay her grandfather¡¯s debt, she has no choice but to accept sports agent Writer: KANG Cheol-gyu, KIM Ga-young
Sung¡¯s proposal to bring Ling Ling to the Korean Baseball League. Despite serious Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun
doubts and ridicule from the league, Ling Ling, now dubbed ¡®MR. GO¡¯, becomes Producer: KANG Cheol-gyu
an instant hit, hitting one home run after another and propelling his floundering Key Cast: HA Ji-won, GANG Ye-won, GAIN
team to the playoffs. However, the rise to stardom is met with unexpected troubles Delivery Status: Post Production
and MR. GO must now face adversaries beyond his control. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea
SECRETLY GREATLY As a child, Jin-ok witnessed the murder of her father and narrowly escaped death.
Action, Comedy,Drama She is taken under the wings of Mu-myeong, the man who saved her life, and
Language: Korean trains in martial arts alongside two other girls. 10 years have passed and the girls
Director: JANG Cheol-soo are now Joseon’s best bounty hunters. One day, Jin-ok is asked to take on a case
Writer: CHOI Jong-hun for a handsome reward. Against their master’s wishes, the trio takes on the job, not
Producer: KIM Bang-hyun knowing it would eventually lead them to the man responsible for the death of Jin-
Key Cast: KIM Soo-hyun, PARK Ki-woong, LEE Hyun-woo ok’s father 10 years ago.
Delivery Status: Pre-Production THE SUSPECT
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Korea Action, Thriller
As a North Korean sleeper cell agent, Ryu-han infiltrates the South and assumes the Language: Korean
role of a village idiot in a rural town. He observes the townsfolk and waits patiently Director: WON Shin-yun
for his mission. One day, after 2 years of playing the role of the village idiot, fellow Writer: LIM Sang-yun
elite spies Hae-rang, posed as a rock star and Hae-jin, posed as an ordinary student, Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun
are dispatched to the same town as Ryu-han. He helps the other two spies settle in Producer: SHIN Chang-hwan
and teach them how to adjust in the South. There is a sudden drastic political power Key Cast: GONG Yoo, PARK Hee-soon, CHO Seong-ha
shift in the North and all three spies receive an urgent mission: commit suicide. Delivery Status: In Production
THE FACE READER Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea
Period,Drama Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his
Language: Korean government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who
Director: HAN Jae-rim were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds out that his
Writer: HAN Jae-rim colleague was behind the killing and defects to the South in search of his nemesis. He
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun looks for him during the day, and works as a temp driver at night and as a personal
Producer: JOO Pil-ho driver for Chairman Park. One night the chairman is attacked and killed by an
Key Cast: SONG Kang-ho, LEE Jung-jae, KIM Hye-soo,BAEK Yun-shick assassin, but not before handing over a pair of glasses to Dong-chul. He is now on the
Delivery Status: Post Production run again, accused of the chairman’s murder by the intelligence service, while trying
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea to uncover the secret contained inside the glasses. Little did he know that depending
Skillful face reader Nae-kyung was living in seclusion when he’s offered a on who ultimately gains control of the secret, it could either become a national threat
lucrative partnership with geisha Yeon-hong. He accepts the proposal to read or treasure.
the faces of Yeon-hong’s clients, only to get involved in a murder case. With his KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT
face-reading skills, Nae-kyung successfully identifies the murderer and his talent Action, Drama
is even acknowledged by King Moonjong. The King brings him to his court to Language: Korean
identify potential traitors who threaten his reign. However, when the King dies Director: YOON Jong-bin
unexpectedly, Nae-kyung is approached by Grand Prince Sooyang, who yearns to Writer: JEON Cheol-hong, YOON Jong-bin
rise to the throne by killing the young heir. Nae-kyung decides not to betray the late Producer: HAN Jae-deok
King and protect the young King, which only gets him closer to his own demise. Key Cast: HA Jung-woo, GANG Dong-won
HWAYI Delivery Status: In Production
Action, Thriller Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Korea
Language: Korean The year is 1859, feudal Joseon is plagued with numerous natural disasters, poor
Director: JANG Joon-hwan harvest, poverty, hunger and death. But the rich nobles are only concerned with
Writer: PARK Joo-seok their own wealth and continue to exploit and persecute the poor. In this dark
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun period, KUNDO was a single shred of hope for the poor, an entity which can be
Producer: LEE Joon-dong the subject of fear to unjust nobles. After killing poor butcher Dolmuchi’s mother
Key Cast: KIM Yun-seok, CHO Jin-woong, JANG Hyun-sung, KIM Sung-kyun, PARK

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and sister, millionaire Jo-yoon commands absolute power over him. Clouded by Year of Production: 2013
vengeance, Dolmuchi is accepted as a member of KUNDO, and unsheathes his “Seven” meets “The Da Vinci Code,” when New York Police Headquarters is
sword for the weak. confronted with the horror of a serial murderer loose on the streets of Manhattan.
MY PAPAROTTI TIO PAPI
Drama, Comedy, Sports (123) Family
Language: Korean Director: Fro Rojas
Director: YOON Jong-chan Writer: Joey Dedio, Brian Herskowitz
Writer: YOO Young-ah Producer: Janet Carrus, Debbie Margolis-Horwitz, Brian Herskowitz, Joey Dedio
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun Key Cast: Joey Dedio, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Kelly McGillis, Frankie Faison
Producer: PARK Moo-seung Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast: HAN Suk-kyu, LEE Je-hoon Year of Production: 2013
Delivery Status: Completed It was a bachelor’s life for hard-working & fun-loving Ray Ray Dominguez until
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: South Korea one day when everything changed & he became a reluctant Tio Papi to his sister’s 6
Sang-jin was a promising young singer who now works as a high school music children ages 6 to 16. An upbeat story of life’s unexpected surprises and ultimately
teacher after suffering from vocal cord tumor. His ordinary life is suddenly rattled what matters the most -- the love of family.
when Jang-ho, a local teen hooligan is transferred to his school. Jang-ho is a GOOD KID BAD KID
constant source of headache, but upon hearing Jang-ho’s singing voice, he realizes Family
the boy’s true talent and decides to help develop it. Just as the two grow their Language: English
special bond, unexpected conflict arises between two rival gangs, which propels Director: Mark McNabb, Kelly Rae Irwin
Jang-ho into a crisis. Will Jang-ho overcome the obstacles and fulfill his destiny as Executive Producer: Rob Freeman
a world-class singer? Producer: Mark McNabb, Kelly Rae Irwin
MAN ON THE EDGE Key Cast: David Huizinga, Hannah Earle, Phil Babcock, Jason Sousa, Dalton
Comedy,Drama (128min) Mugride, Olivier Gruner
Language: Korean Delivery Status: In Production
Director: JO Jin-kyu Year of Production: 2013
Writer: PARK Kyu-tae When 2 boys mistakenly take a duffel bag containing a highly sought after sonic
Executive Producer: YOU Jeong-hun boom gun and head out for a day of paintball action, their world is turned upside
Producer: KIM Woo-jae down.
Key Cast: PARK Shin-yang AGENT E7685
Delivery Status: Completed Thriller
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Korea Language: English
Strange things begin to happen to Kwang-ho, a famous mob in town, after he is Director: James Richards
stabbed in the hand during a fight. He concludes that the path of a shaman is the Writer: James Richards, Bayden Docking, Naomi Karpati
only solution to his problems, and juggles his vocation as a mob by night and his Executive Producer: Alan Connolly, Guy Norris
new role as a shaman by day. He’s now known as “veiled shaman” and even ghosts Producer: James Richards, Bayden Docking
visit him for help. While Kwang-ho leads a dangerous double life, he begins to Key Cast: Naomi Karpati, James Richards, Mirko Grillini
sympathize with a child ghost named Su-min. When Kwang-ho is about to help Delivery Status: Post Production
Su-min, his cover is blown and is attacked by a rival gang. Will Kwang-ho be able Year of Production: 2012
to fulfill Su-min’s wish? After her mother and father are brutally assassinated by an Elite Intelligence Agent,
a 6 yr old girl is placed into the hands of an expert martial arts trainer and mentor for
the intelligence organization that killed her parents. His mission: To develop the child
SHOWCASE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. into a master of the killing arts.
Showcase Entertainment, Inc., 23679 Calabasas Road - Suite 807, Calabasas, CA LITTLE RED WAGON
91302 USA, Tel: 818-876-9617 Fax: 818-876-8501. Family
http://www.showcaseentertainment.com, linda@showcaseentertainment.com Language: English
Distributor Director: David Anspaugh
At Cannes: David A. Jackson (President), Shauna Shapiro-Jackson (Executive Executive Producer: Steve Golin, Barbara Kelly
Vice President), Linda Paolucci (Dir. of Sales Admin & Market Coordinator), Cara Producer: Michael A. Guillen, David Kanter
Shapiro (VP of Acquisitions), Gayle Sherman Hooker (Director of Acquisitions) Key Cast: Anna Gunn, Chandler Canterbury, Frances O’Conner, Daveigh Chase,
Office: Lerins - R15 Dylan Matzke
JOHN WAYNE PARR: BLESSED WITH VENOM Delivery Status: Completed
Documentary Year of Production: 2012
Language: English The inspirational true story of eight-year-old Zach Bonner who is on a quest to
Director: Guy Norris change the world with nothing more than his beat-up red wagon and a blazing spirit to
Writer: James Richards, Guy Norris help those who are less fortunate.
Executive Producer: Alan Connolly RANDOM ENCOUNTERS
Producer: Guy Norris, James Richards Romantic Comedy
Key Cast: John Wayne Parr Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Boris Undorf
Year of Production: 2013 Executive Producer: Robert Shinn
This film chronicles the life & career of 9 TIME WORLD CHAMPION JOHN Producer: Shirley Kim, Diane Clemenhagen
WAYNE ‘THE GUNSLINGER’ PARR and his early years enduring rigorous Key Cast: Meghan Markle, Michael Rady, Sean Young
training in primitive conditions in Thailand. Delivery Status: Post Production
CHASING BEAUTY Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Documentary A he-said, she-said romantic comedy about two 20-somethings’ chance meetings at a
Language: English coffee shop, that takes us on a roller coaster ride as they attempt to find one another
Director: Brent Huff once again and find true love.
Writer: Pete Sepenuk, Brent Huff LIFE’S AN ITCH
Executive Producer: Kevin Iwashina, Ross Dinerstein Romantic Comedy
Producer: Caryn Capotosto Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Kevin Kent
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Kevin Kent
Chasing beauty is a collection of intertwined stories about models’ pursuits Producer: Kevin Kent
of success in the fashion and beauty business and the collateral damage that Key Cast: Al Cobrin, Kathleen Quinlan, Lin Shaye
sometimes occurs. Delivery Status: Post Production
36 SAINTS Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Thriller Roger, a thiry-something father of two, has reached the point in his life when he
Language: English questions everything: his creativity, his career and even love.
Director: Eddy Duran YOU MAY NOT KISS THE BRIDE
Writer: Joey Dedio, Jeffrey De Serrano Action/Romantic Comedy
Producer: Joey Dedio Language: English
Key Cast: Donna McKechnie, Franky G, Jeffrey De Serrano, Britne Oldford Director: Rob Hedden
Delivery Status: Post Production

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Writer: Rob Hedden Action, Thriller
Producer: David Jackson, Rann Watumull, Shauna Shapiro Jackson Language: English
Key Cast: Katharine McPhee, Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari, Kathy Bates, Dave Director: Joseph Guerrieri, Justin Guerrieri
Annable, Ken Davitian, Vinnie Jones, Tia Carrere, Kevin Dunn Writer: Joseph Guerrieri, Justin Guerrieri
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Joe Dante
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Matthew Hsu, Vero Shamo-Garcia
In the spirit of Romancing The Stone, an unassuming pet photographer is thrown into Key Cast: Robert Picardo, Trevor Torseth, Tim Barraco, Kandis Erickson
serious action, adventure and romance when he is forced to marry a Croatian bride Delivery Status: Completed
and then must rescue her after she is kidnapped while on their honeymoon at a remote On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine recruit and his six
tropical resort. friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a vacationing couple. They are mistaken
THE NEWEST PLEDGE for the killers by a deeply-disturbed war veteran who calls himself the “Angel of
Comedy Death.” The veteran is determined to teach them the horrors of war through a series of
Language: English tortuous mind games that leaves Jim and his friends struggling for their lives.
Director: Jason Michael Brescia GEORGE A. ROMERO PRESENTS DEADTIME STORIES,VOLUMES I & II
Writer: Jason Michael Brescia Horror/Thriller
Producer: Bob Burton Director: Matt Walsh, Jeff Monahan, Michael Fischa
Key Cast: Mindy Sterling, Jason Mewes, Rob Steinhauser, Joseph Booton Writer: Jeff Monahan
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Matt Walsh, Jeff Monahan, Michael Fischa
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
Animal House meets Three Men and a Baby when a baby is left on the doorstep of a In the tradition of “Creepshow” and “Tales From the Crypt,” legendary horror director
bunch of college guys! George A. Romero brings you two volumes of horror tales that will chill you to
MONIKA the bone! Each volume has three scary tales and, as a bonus to his millions of fans,
Action/Thriller George Romero, himself, introduces each story and acts as a guide on this scary ride.
Language: English FRAT PARTY
Director: Steven Monroe Sexy Teen Comedy
Writer: Steven Monroe Language: English
Key Cast: Jason Wiles, Cerina Vincent, C. Thomas Howell Key Cast: Randy Wayne, Caroline D’Amore
Year of Production: 2011 Delivery Status: Post Production
A man who is troubled by visions and premonitions is ultimately led to Las Vegas. It’s In the tradition of “Bachelor Party,” a campus stud attempts to make it through his
there that he meets the beautiful and mysterious MoniKa, a young woman who turns bachelor party without giving in to many female temptations in his path.
out to have been killed the night before he even met her. He is then forced to put the WHITE LION
puzzle together of what happened, how she is still present and help MoniKa with her Family Adventure
revenge on the killers of her younger sister. Language: English
ACE WONDER Director: Michael Swan
Adventure/Family/Mystery Producer: Kevin Richardson
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: John Robert Moore In Africa, according to legend of the Shangaan people, the White Lion is considered
Writer: John Robert Moore a messenger of the gods. However, within his own pride, the White Lion is a danger
Producer: Jeff Moreland, Chad Gundersen as his white coat makes him stand out in the dangerous African wilderness. When
Key Cast: Gator Moore, Derek Moreland, Jeff Moreland, Robert Grossman, Jeff Letsatsi, an adorable White Lion is born, he is cast from his pride and is forced upon
Moore, John Robert Moore a perilous journey of survival. Letsatsi not only survives his journey but, with the help
Delivery Status: Post Production of an older lion Nkulu and a young Shangaan warrior, Letsatsi grows up to be an adult
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States lion and creates a pride of his own, thus becoming the REAL Lion King!
Ace Wonder is a boy detective, struggling to find a storyline for his latest novel. When LOCAL COLOR
his path tangles with Derek Morton, a simple family mystery becomes a very real case Drama
of espionage and discovery. “My name’s Ace Wonder, P.I., and I’m about to take on my Director: George Gallo
first real case ... Writer: George Gallo
THE WANNABES Producer: James W. Evangelatos, David Permut, Mark Sennet, Julie Lott Gallo
Teen Comedy Key Cast: Amrin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Charles Durning,
Director: Eric Dean Seaton Samantha Mathis, Ron Perlman, Diana Scarwid
Writer: Doreen Spicer Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Ron Stern, Christine LeMaire “Local Color” is inspired by the true story of a renowned artist who looks back on the
Delivery Status: Completed summer of his defining year, when he befriended an elderly genius painter who turned
Live-action comedy/music series featuring Savvy, a multicultural sing-and-dance his his back not only on art, but life. Over the course of the summer, the student’s
troupe who has been played on Radio Disney, as a group of kids attending an arts prep enthusiasm and innocence rekindles the master’s passion. Together, they give one
school who attempt to achieve their pop star dream. THE WANNABES is now HBO another a priceless gift. The student learns to see the world through the eyes of an
Family Latin America’s NUMBER ONE show and will be premiering in the U.S. on artist, while the master remembers to see and embrace life and its beauty.
Starz next month!! THE LITTLE MATCH MAKERS
EDGAR ALLAN POE’S ‘ANNABEL LEE’ Family
Thriller Director: Agustin Castaneda, Mario Ortiz
Key Cast: Kristen Hagen, Jon Woodward-Kirby Writer: Agustin Castaneda
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Agustin Castaneda, Mario Ortiz
the story of Jack Blythe, an artist who rents a summer house in a quiet beach town to Key Cast: Hannash Frantz, Julian Ortiz, Jacleen Haber, Agustin Castaneda
find creative inspiration. He gets more than he bargained for when he meets a beautiful Delivery Status: Post Production
but hauntingly mysterious woman who offers to be his subject for a painting. When In the tradition of “The Parent Trap,” a ten-year old girl and ten-year old boy conspire
Jack discovers that his seductive stranger resembles a woman presumed dead for 18 to get their divorced parents to meet, fall in love, and get married. Easy, right? Not
years, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. Soon, Jack is caught up in a so fast! When the parents first meet, they hate each other, so the kids have to take
terrifying struggle that will unravel an unsolvable mystery and reveal a horrific secret. extreme measure to make their plan work. As they say, games are for kids, even the
PSYCHIC EXPERIMENT most popular game of all - the game of love!
Thriller GUARDIANS OF THE POWER MASKS
Language: English Animation/Kids/Tweens
Director: Mel House Language: English
Producer: Phil Roy Director: Bob Jacques, Rann Watumull
Key Cast: Denton Blane Everett, Katie Featherston, Reggie Bannister, Adrienne King Producer: Rann Watumull, David A. Jackson, Heung Soo Park, Yan Xiao Qun
A small town is unwittingly subject to a government medical experiment. Some of Delivery Status: Completed
the townspeople develop psychokinetic powers with unexpected, and deadly, results. A 10-year-old American girl, Annie, is forced to spend the summer with her
“Experimental Activity” is a taut thriller which features the most recent feature film grandmother, Nainai & younger cousin, Yong in China. One day a local construction
performance by Katie Featherston since her star-making performance in “Paranormal project opens up a once sealed portal to the twilight realm releasing evil forces! Annie
Activity.” The cast also includes genre favorites including Adrienne King (“Friday the discovers she & Yong come from a long line of warriors who must defeat these evil
13th”), Glenn Morshower (TV’s “24,” “Transformers 2”), and horror legend, Reggie forces. Under Nainai’s guidance, Annie & Yong learn to fight these evil forces as
Bannister (“Phantasm” series). well as get along themselves. By wearing Power Masks, which increase their abilities
JOE DANTE PRESENTS TRAIL OF BLOOD tenfold, they transform into mighty warriors! A clash of cultures & villains leads to

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many exciting adventures for these two young warriors. Director: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
SPACE DOG Writer: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Animation Producer: Tom Rice, Kevin Walsh
Language: English Key Cast: Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia
Delivery Status: In Development Robb, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Zoe Levin and Liam James
A super-smart dog from a distant planet, Sirius (aka Dog Star), crash lands on earth! Delivery Status: Completed
12-year-old Jimmy Patterson convinces Space Dog he has to stay undercover until they Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
are able to repair his ship and get him back home. And what’s the best way to disguise Duncan, an introverted 14 year old, comes into his own over the course of a
a super-smart dog? Pretend to be an earthling dog, of course! Space Dog is completely comedic summer when he forms unlikely friendships with the gregarious manager
offended that he has to “dumb down,” but in order to get back home he has no other of a rundown water park and the misfits who work there.
choice. And thus begins the journey of Space Dog and his new family, the Pattersons. THE TRIALS OF CATE MCCALL
Along the way, Space Dog discovers that while these humans may not be particularly Dramatic Thriller
smart, they are, dare I say it...loveable? Language: English
Director: Karen Moncrieff
Writer: Karen Moncrieff
SIERRA-AFFINITY Producer: Marc Bienstock, Eric Karten, Peter Schafer
Sierra-Affinity, 9378 Wilshire Blvd #210, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA, Tel: 1.424. Key Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, James Cromwell
253.1060 Delivery Status: Post Production
www.sierra-affinity.com, info@sierra-affinity.com Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Sales Agent A former hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and estranged from her family, must
At Cannes: Nick Meyer (President & CEO), Marc Schaberg (CFO & COO), Jonathan take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder in order to be
Kier (EVP, International Sales), Virginia Longmuir (EVP, Business & Legal Affairs), reinstated at the bar and regain custody of her daughter.
Kristen Figeroid (SVP, International Sales), Joey Monteiro (SVP, International THE COUP
Marketing) Intense Thriller
Office: La Lerina 63 La Croisette 2nd fl, Tel: 33 4 93 46 38 12 Language: English
QUEEN OF THE DESERT Director: John Erick Dowdle
Epic Drama Writer: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Director: Werner Herzog Co-Production Partners: Brothers Dowdle Productions
Writer: Werner Herzog Executive Producer:
Co-Production Partners: Palmyra Films, Benaroya Pictures Producer: Steve Alexander, Drew Dowdle
Producer: Nick Raslan, Cassian Elwes and Michael Benaroya Key Cast: Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Monaghan
Key Cast: Naomi Watts, Robert Pattinson, Jude Law Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013 In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught
The film stars Naomi Watts as Gertrude Bell, an explorer, writer, archeologist and in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape while rebels
attaché for the British Empire, who is credited with helping to catalyze the formation of mercilessly attack the city.
the Middle East at the dawn of the 20th century. PLUS ONE
THE KEEPING ROOM Supernatural Thriller
Thriller Language: English
Director: Daniel Barber Director: Dennis Iliadis
Writer: Julia Hart Writer: Bill Gullo (Screenplay), Dennis Iliadis (Story)
Co-Production Partners: Wind Dancer Films, Gilbert Films and Anonymous Content Producer: Tim Perell
Producer: Jordan Horowitz, Matt Williams, David McFadzean, Judd Payne and Dete Key Cast: Rhys Wakefield, Ashley Hinshaw, Logan Miller, Natalie Hall
Meserve Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast: Olivia Wilde, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicole Beharie Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: In Development When the party of the decade is disrupted by a mysterious phenomenon, the
Year of Production: 2013 evening quickly descends into violent chaos. From the director of THE LAST
THE KEEPING ROOM tells the story of three Southern women- two sisters and one HOUSE ON THE LEFT comes an evening like no other.
African American slave- who, left without men in the dying days of the Civil War, are EMPEROR
forced to defend their home from the onslaught of a band of soldiers who have broken Drama
off from the fast approaching Union Army. Language: English, Japanese
WALK OF SHAME Director: Peter Webber
Comedy Writer: Vera Blasi and David Klass
Director: Steven Brill Co-Production Partners: Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment, United Performer’s
Writer: Steven Brill Studio
Co-Production Partners: Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Producer: Yoko Narahashi, Gary Foster, Eugene Nomura, Russ Krasnoff
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Sidney Kimmel Key Cast: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eriko Hatsune
Key Cast: Elizabeth Banks Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: In Production Year of Production: US Release: March 15th, 2013 (Roadside Attractions/
After losing an audition for her dream job, an aspiring Los Angeles TV news anchor Lionsgate) Country of Origin: USA, Japan, New Zealand
goes out for an uncharacteristic night of partying that she will never forget, if she can Inspired by true events, EMPEROR is an epic story of love and understanding
only remember... She wakes in a stranger’s bed with no money, no car and a phone set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the
message from her agent that tells her she actually won the audition. Stranded in an Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.
unknown area and nowhere to turn, she must embark on an epic “Walk of Shame” THE CALL
across hostile neighborhoods of LA on her quest to be in Burbank and on the air by Suspense Thriller
5pm. Director: Brad Anderson
HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER Writer: Rich D’Ovidio (screenplay) Rich D’Ovidio & Nicole D’Ovidio & Jon
Drama Bokenkamp (story)
Language: English Co-Production Partners: Troika Pictures, WWE Studios
Director: Ryan Gosling Producer: Michael Helfant, Robert Stein, Bradley Gallo, Michael Luisi, Jeffrey
Writer: Ryan Gosling Graup
Producer: Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Ryan Gosling, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak Key Cast: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund,
Key Cast: Christina Hendricks Michael Imperioli
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: US Release: March 15th, 2013 (Tristar) Country of Origin:
HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER weaves elements of fantasy noir and suspense into USA
a modern day fairytale. Set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city, Billy, Set against the backdrop of a 911 emergency center, this fast-paced suspense pic
a single mother of two, is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while follows a 911 operator who must face her own fears in order to save a teenage girl
Bones, her teenage son, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both from a disturbed killer.
Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery, if their family is to survive. I, FRANKENSTEIN
THE WAY WAY BACK Sci-Fi Action
Comedic Drama Director: Stuart Beattie
Language: English

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Writer: Kevin Grevioux, Stuart Beattie Key Cast: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent, Imogen
Co-Production Partners: Lakeshore Entertainment, Hopscotch Features Poots, Joanne Froggatt, Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Kate Dickie and Shirley
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andrew Mason, Richard S. Wright Henderson
Key Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Aden Young Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Post Production FILTH is an Edinburgh-set darkly comedic drama; a riotous tale about the abuse
Year of Production: US Release: September 13th, 2013 (Lionsgate) of power through a character who is powerless to halt his own rapid decline into
I, FRANKENSTEIN is a modern-day epic: Victor Frankenstein’s creature, ADAM, oblivion during a trivial police murder investigation. Despite it providing an ideal
has survived to present day due to a genetic quirk in his creation. Making his way opportunity to eliminate his rival colleagues in the race for promotion - a promotion
to a dark, gothic metropolis, he finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war he so desperately craves - Detective Bruce Robertson (McAvoy) has other obstacles
between two immortal clans. to overcome, including: alcohol & drug addiction, a dramatic deterioration in
THE COLONY his mental health, and some increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The
Sci-Fi Action filmmakers describe it as AMERICAN PSYCHO meets BAD SANTA via IN
Director: Jeff Renfroe BRUGES.
Writer: Jeff Renfroe, Patrick Tarr, Pascal Trottier and Svet Rouskov ENDER’S GAME
Co-Production Partners: Alcina Pictures, Item 7, Mad Samurai Productions Epic Adventure
Producer: Paul Barkin, Marie-Claude Poulin, Pierre Even and Matthew Cervi Language: English
Key Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers, Bill Paxton Director: Gavin Hood
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Gavin Hood (Based on the novel by Orson Scott Card)
Year of Production: 2012 Co-Production Partners: OddLot Entertainment, KO Paper Products, Summit
Beneath the icy surface, survivors of Colony Seven struggle as food supplies Entertainment, Chartoff Productions
dwindle and temperatures continue to drop. Plagued by illness and internal conflict, Producer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gigi Pritzker, Linda McDonough, Orson
the colonists mysteriously lose contact with Colony Five - the only other known Scott Card, Lynn Hendee, Robert Chartoff
settlement. After a hellish expedition to find out what happened, they discover a Key Cast: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Sir Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Hailee
threat far worse than imagined, and must win a savage battle to preserve the last of Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin
humanity. Delivery Status: Post Production
HEATSTROKE Year of Production: US Release: November 1st, 2013 (Summit/Lionsgate)
Suspense Thriller Based on the best-selling, award winning novel by visionary author Orson Scott
Director: Evelyn Maude Purcell Card, ENDER’S GAME is a futuristic adventure about a brilliant young strategist,
Writer: Anne Brooksbank and Evelyn Maude Purcell named Ender Wiggin, who is drafted by the International Fleet to save the human
Co-Production Partners: Bold Films race.
Producer: Michel Litvak, David Lancaster EVIDENCE
Key Cast: Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, Maisie Williams Horror Thriller
Delivery Status: Post Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
A resilient search and rescue worker must endure the desolate South African desert Writer: John Swetnam
and the arms dealers who murdered her boyfriend while protecting his teenage Co-Production Partners: Bold Films, Marc Platt Productions
daughter. Producer: Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Anthony
HEAT Rhulen
Action Key Cast: Stephen Moyer, Radha Mitchell, Torrey DeVitto, Caitlin Stasey, Dale
Director: Simon West Dickey, Harry Lennix, Nolan Gerard Funk, Albert Kuo
Writer: William Goldman Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: Martal Productions, Reme Productions Year of Production: 2012
Producer: Steven Chasman, Jason Statham EVIDENCE is a unique “found footage” style story that opens in the middle of
Key Cast: Jason Statham, Michael Angarano the desert outside of Los Angeles, where a massacre has just occurred. The only
Delivery Status: Pre-Production evidence at the crime scene is the victim’s personal electronic devices, including a
Year of Production: 2013 camcorder, camera and two cell phones. With nothing else to go on, two detectives
HEAT tells a story of a merciful ex-gunman who makes his living as a “chaperone”, must analyze the bits of found footage to piece together the identity of the ruthless
helping his clients to be as tough as he once was. When a close friend is brutally killer.
beaten by a high-rolling mobster, he has no choice but to help her get her revenge THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
and ends up in more trouble than he ever imagined. Crime Drama
WER Language: English
Suspense Thriller Director: Derek Cianfrance
Language: English Writer: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder
Director: William Brent Bell Co-Production Partners: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Electric City
Writer: William Brent Bell & Matthew Peterman Entertainment, Hunting Lane Films
Co-Production Partners: Prototype, Room 101 Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof
Producer: Matthew Peterman & Morris Paulson, Steven Schneider Key Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Ben
Delivery Status: Post Production Mendelsohn and Ray Liotta
Year of Production: 2012 Delivery Status: Completed
WER offers a similar style of filmmaking the team brought to THE DEVIL Year of Production: US Release: March 29th, 2013 (Focus Features)
INSIDE, applied to another classic horror mythology. Luke (Gosling) is a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to
EUROPA REPORT support his newborn son, but when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer
Sci-Fi Thriller (Cooper) their violent confrontation spirals into a tense generational feud. THE
Language: English PLACE BEYOND THE PINES is a rich dramatic thriller that traces the intersecting
Director: Sebastian Cordero lives of fathers and sons, cops and robbers, heroes and villains.
Writer: Philip Gelatt STAND UP GUYS
Co-Production Partners: Misher Films, Wayfare Entertainment Action Comedy
Producer: Kevin Misher, Ben Browning Language: English
Key Cast: Sharlto Copley, Daniel Wu, Michael Nyqvist, Anamaria Marinca Director: Fisher Stevens
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Noah Haidle
Year of Production: 2012 Co-Production Partners: Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
A group of astronauts, handpicked from around the world, make the arduous Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Jim Tauber
journey to Jupiter’s frigid, glacial moon Europa in search of extraterrestrial life. The Key Cast: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin
only thing more intimidating and unpredictable than the trip itself is what the team Delivery Status: Completed
will encounter upon arrival… Year of Production: US Release: February 1st, 2013 (Lionsgate)
FILTH STAND UP GUYS stars Academy Award® winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken
Dark Comedy and Alan Arkin in a tough but touching action comedy as retired gangsters who
Director: Jon S. Baird reunite for one epic last night.
Writer: Jon S. Baird (From the novel by Irvine Welsh)
Co-Production Partners: Steel Mill Pictures, Maven Pictures, Egoli Tossell Film
Producer: Ken Marshall, Jon S. Baird, Jens Meurer, Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray, SOLA MEDIA GMBH
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www.sola-media.com, post@sola-media.com Director: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
Sales Agent Writer: Eckhard Vollmar, Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert, Based on the novel by Helmut
At Cannes: Solveig Langeland (Managing Director), Tania Pinto da Cunha (Sales Ballot
Associate), Imke Wulfmeyer (Legal and Finance) Co-Production Partners: Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH
Office: Riviera: Booth E8 Producer: Christian Becker
KNIGHT RUSTY Key Cast: Kristo Ferkic Joanna Ferkic Vijessna Ferkic Gudrun Ritter Christoph Maria
3D Animation (85 minutes) Herbst Waldemar Kobus Uwe Friedrichsen Thomas Ohrner
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Thomas Bodenstein Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany
Co-Production Partners: Caligari Film/ Universum Film Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his gradn-uncle’s
Producer: Gabriele M. Walther somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark
Delivery Status: Completed sekret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, lost her life in the house, and the
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany circumstances of her death still remain obscure. Then Victor finds Cecilias diary. Her
Knight Rusty is in for the adventure of his life: Just as his dream of winning the big drawings send shivers down his spine...
tournament comes true, he is falsely accused of theft. Deprived of his knightly honour MARCO MACACO - LET’S GO BANANAS!
and his castle, he sets out to redeem himself and to win back the heart of his damsel - Family Animation (75min)
and ends up saving the whole kingdom in a giant battle against an evil prince! Language: English
A HORSE ON THE BALCONY Director: Jan Rabeck
Family/Adventure (90 minutes) Co-Production Partners: Nice Ninja
Language: German Producer: Thomas Borch Nielsen, Nynne Selin
Director: Hüseyin Tabak Key Cast: none, Animation
Writer: Milan Dor Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Katja Dor-Helmer Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Denmark
Key Cast: Enzo Gaier, Nora Tschirner, Nataša Paunović, Andreas Kiendl Marco the Monkey, underrated beach officer on a tropical island, can finally prove
Delivery Status: Completed himself a super cool cop by revealing that charming Carlo’s casino is a giant robot
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Austria built for an infamous coup!
10-year-old Mika is different from other kids. He has a mild form of autism which
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JELLY T Acquisitions), Niall Stewart (Head of European Acquisitions & Co-Productions),
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Writer: Michael W. Horsten Sci-Fi (111)
Producer: Nina Crone & Erik Wilstrup Language: English
Key Cast: none, Animtion Director: John Putch
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Brian Patrick O’Toole
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Denmark Producer: John Aglialoro, Harmon Kaslow
Shy and sensitive 10-year old Ivan, chased by the bullies at school and taunted as “Jelly Key Cast: Samantha Mathis, D.B. Sweeney, Ray Wise, Diedrich Bader
Tarzan” by his wannabe macho dad, can hardly believe his luck when a witch mixes a Delivery Status: Completed
magic potion which makes him “The best at everything”- for one single day. But are Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
superpowers the key to happiness? Part two of “Atlas Shrugged” finds our hero, Dagny Taggert (Samantha Mathis,
JOURNEY TO THE CHRISTMAS STAR “Broken Arrow,” “American Psycho”), continuing her fight with the government,
Christmas adventure (90) whose policies have led to a global energy and economic crisis. She is also continuing
Language: Norwegian her search for the mysterious John Galt, who she believes is behind the disappearance
Director: Nils Gaup (Academy Award Nominee for of the world’s most brilliant minds. While Dagny tries to keep her failing railroad line
Writer: Kamilla Krogsveen, Sverre Brandt running, with the help of steel producer Henry Reardon (Jason Beghe, “X-Men: First
Co-Production Partners: Moskus Film AS, Storm Rosenberg AS Class,” TV’s “Californication”), she discovers a mysterious machine in an abandoned
Executive Producer: Lasse Greve Alsos, Jorgen Strom Rosenberg factory. The machine, a motor, actually, could potentially provide enough energy to
Producer: Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen, Jan Eirik Langøen power the world. However, the motor is dead and there may not be enough intelligent
Key Cast: Agnes Kittelsen (Happy Happy), Anders Basmo Christensen (Kontiki, North) people to figure out how to make it work. Frustrated by government incompetence
Delivery Status: Post Production and a new law which makes it almost impossible for her to succeed, Dagny quits
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Norway the railroad, and leaves for the seclusion of her family’s lakeside home. However,
Norway’s most beloved Christmas story is directed by academy award nominee Nils when she hears of a major collision between two of her trains, she realizes she’s the
Gaup and will be released by the Walt Disney Company Nordic in 2012. A courageous only one who can competently run the railroad. Dagny knows that the future of the
girl sets out on a hazardous journey to find the Christmas Star in order to free the world depends on the motor, and she tracks down a scientist who she thinks may be
kingdom from a curse and bring back a long lost princess, but some mighty foes try able to make it run. As she arrives at his mountain lab, she sees a small plane taking
to stop her. A Christmas adventure for the whole family set in a magnificent winter off, and she knows it’s the scientist, probably disappearing like all the other great
wonderland. minds. She hops back in her small plane and follows the scientist in a daring race to
IGOR AND THE CRANES’ JOURNEY save mankind! Dagny is on the scientist’s trail when the scientist’s plane suddenly
Family (90 minutes) disappears. Running low on gas, and losing the will to fight, Dagny crash-lands in a
Language: Hebrew/Russian green meadow. She cuts her head but survives to crash. She looks up from the debris
Director: Evgeny Ruman and sees a man coming towards her. He gives her his hand and introduces himself as
Co-Production Partners: UCM/Ulysses Film Produktion/Yeti Film John Galt.
Producer: Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Piotr Mularuk, Magdalena Napieracz LORDS OF LONDON
Emely Christians Thriller (90)
Key Cast: Itai Shcherback (Igor), Tomasz Sobczak (Peter) and Ola Schur Selektar Language: English
(Tanya) Director: Antonio Simoncini
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Antonio Simoncini
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel/Poland/Germany Producer: Glen Murphy
When Igor’s mother decides for both of them to migrate from Russia to Israel, Igor Key Cast: Ray Winstone, Glen Murphy
must learn to face many new challenges, just as the baby crane he observed hatching Delivery Status: Post Production
must soon set out on his first migration. This is the story of an 11 years old boy and a Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
crane, both on a journey that will change them forever. TONY is a British gangster with a big problem. He has woken up in an abandoned
VICTOR AND THE SECRET OF CROCODILE MANSION farmhouse, with blood on his shirt, and no memory of how he got there and, more
Family Suspense (95min) importantly, no idea whose blood it is. Not that the sight of blood is new to Tony.
Language: German/English After all, he is the son of one of the most notorious gangsters in London. Is it any
wonder that Tony would follow in Terry’s criminal footsteps? Throughout Tony’s

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life, he witnessed the brutal acts Terry committed on others, especially Tony’s Italian- Language: Chinese
born mother. Tony leaves the farmhouse to search for a telephone to call his gang. He Director: Joe CHIEN
still has no idea where he is or how he got there. He stumbles into a small town and Key Cast: Josie HO
discovers he’s in an Italian village that seems to be lost in time. There are no phones Delivery Status: Pre-Production
and, as a stranger, no one will talk to him, except for one kind man, FRANCESCO. As Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Taiwan
Tony tries desperately to put together the pieces of how he ended up in this small Italian At the end of the century, inside a building inhabited by criminals, Madam Wind,
town, Francesco tells Tony of his own troubles. Francesco has a grand-daughter who the lady boss of a gang of kidnappers, is suddenly assaulted by a group of infected
is foregoing a promising career as an artist to travel Europe with a British boy she has zombies who are all originally the building¡¦s residents, even including her men and
fallen in love with. The boy is a hustler and Francesco worries his daughter is making hostage. She struggles to escape but loses her memory from a brain concussion.
a huge mistake. Something in Francesco’s tale strikes a familiar chord with Terry, and After she comes to life, she finds herself and her companions have become some
he realizes he did not end up in this small Italian town by accident. Once Tony puts the imprisoned slaves of the underground dwellers. They must take part in fight contests
pieces together, he has to choose between continuing his life as a gangster or sacrifice with zombies to win the right to live, and the underground fight club is another living
himself so others shall live. hell.
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Thriller (93) Horror (92)
Language: English Language: Chinese
Director: Robert Cuffley Director: David KUAN
Producer: Carolyn McMaster Key Cast: HE Dujuan, ZHAI Wenbin, WANG Yi, CHAI Biyun, WU Ma
Key Cast: Amanda Crew, Kim Coates, Michael Eklund Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Post Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Arts and drama students, Xiao-Wu, Mu Fan, Liu Si-Si and Lin Fei-Er rented a house
Leigh Parrish, a likeable, small-town girl, now famous actress, takes increasingly with a courtyard in the suburds. It¡¦s an old building with an ancient feel in it. It¡¦s an
drastic steps to protect her fame. eerie place. The locals avoided this place. During a quiet night, the electricity stopped.
The four young men and women decided to play a game of Bunshidaba or Bi Xian
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Office: Riviera B8, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 27 Language: Chinese
MONKEY: THE MASKED WARRIOR Director: Zero CHOW
Action Key Cast: Jerry YAN. Joseph CHENG, Michelle CHEN, Lvy CHEN, Simon YAM,
Director: Sirisak Koshpasharin Sandra NG
Producer: Sangar Chatchairungruang Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan
Delivery Status: Pre-Production “The Rippling Sister of Flower Street” - they dazzle customers with their flirtatious
Year of Production: 2013 duests and tantalizing beauty. But older sister Xiao Xue already has someone she’s
Tai, a guy own a small unique Thai restaurant called ‘Hanuman’ selling only ‘Tom Yum very fond of. Her much more practical little sister Xiao Shuang thinks it’s ludicrous
Kung’ in the center city if Shanghai. He was quiet and full of unknown story behind and doesn’t want to see the idealistic Xue jeopardize everything they’re sacrificed so
him. But he was kinf to support any poor people around him. Life goes on as usual much for. Besides, Xue is developing an unspeakable disease that if expposed would
until Pietro, a big gamble mafia, appears and wants more land which is surrounding surely ruin both of their lives. Shuang’s scheme to convince Xue that love is a fool’s
his Maga Hotel project. He forces everyone around to sell the land and no exceptional, game entangles them with unscrupulous pirates, a philandering husband, a vindictive
‘Hanuman’ is included. Moreover, Pietro creates the big fighting event to draw people wife and kidnappings and murders. It’s a tale of treacherous love and erotic desires
to fight in his ‘Pit of Death’ with his fierce fighter. To make his event more interesting, riddled with perverse and unexpected developments.
he creates some dramatic to draw local people to fight in the pit with his fighter. ZOMBIE 108
Then, the rampage begins. Team up with the local ambitious gangster, Afei, the whole Horror/Action (88)
community is in need for help and justice. Lee, a young Chinese guy who was the Director: Joe CHIEN
waiter in the restaurant with help of unrevealed White Monkey, fight to protect the Key Cast: Yvonne YAO, Morris RONG, Tai Bo, Jack KAO, Dennis TO, CHU Mu-yen
dignity of China under the Monkey Masked. Delivery Status: Completed
THE CONSTABLE Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Taiwan
Action Because of a virus incident, Taipei is afflicted in cataclysm. The government orders
Language: Cantonese to evacuate all residents in the vicinity. But the underworld gangs are still dissipated
Director: Dennis S.Y.LAW and haven¡¦t got a clue about that. Meanwhile, SWAT teams break in and prepare to
Key Cast: Simon YAM, Suet LAM, Maggie SHIU, Kenneth LOW bring on the strike so as to disrupt the triads reigning in Ximending. Unexpectedly, the
Delivery Status: Completed gang lackeys suddenly turn into zombies and attack every living person. In no time,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong the whole downtown is with such huge bloodshed. Now the gang bosses, policemen,
Lam Kwok Kuen, nearing retirement and raising a mentally challenged son by himself, SWAT teams and civilians have no choice but to work together to escape for life, in
is a police officer whose sole requirement on the job is oversee the department fleet. seemingly good teamwork, but they have hidden schemes to compete with and will
Despite this, he remains active in the front line of police service, putting his life on the even kill each other. Linda, a stacked, sweet and resolute woman, just breaks away
line for the sake of others, his heroism bettering even the most seasoned professionals. from the hunt of zombies but falls into another predicament. A pervert loots and
He fights the bad guys, putting criminals behind bars, upholding the law at any cost, for detains several women including Linda in his basement for sexual indulgence. As a
as his adage proclaims, to live a day surmounts to pursuing justice relentlessly, whether widow, Linda can only be subjected to him for the sake of her little daughter. What
life or death proceeds in its aftermath. could she do to survive the fatality by the lustful devil and the voracious zombies?
THE INCREDIBLE TRUTH MOON LIGHT: THE VAMPIRES
Horror (90) Horror (88mins)
Language: Chinese Language: Chinese
Director: Sam LEONG Director: Jil Wong
Key Cast: Christy CHUNG, Kunimura JUN, Megumi KAGURAZAKA, LIU Yan, Sam Key Cast: Johnny CHEN, QIN Zihan
LEE Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: China
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong A suspicious death of a military guard happens in a town believed to have unknow
An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but fortune. The new mayor Fu Tianjing starts an investigation with his sister Ziyun, an
eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes and gets accommodated autopsist, on the first day of his assumption. But they are just going around in circles
in a family-run host spring hotel of Shimizu, Jiajia¡¦s Japanese boyfriend, she brings and the case becomes more complicted. Tianjing is framed and cast into the prison by
her endless weird experience as if she¡¦s haunted, and the hotel even sinks into a series the local chief of security whose scheme to rob the grave is discovered by Tianjing.
of horrible homicides, in which the victims are all family members of the Shimizu¡¦s Ziyun decides to work with a young Taoist priest to continue her investigation
without exception. Every clue found is connected to Jiajia. The survived Shimizu¡¦s and tries to rescue her brother. More deaths of military guards foster the rumors of
servant Tadao grasps Wei Ling to entice the murderer. But whether Jiajia is dead or ¡§killing hopping vampires¡¨ known to the public. The town is panic-stricken. And the
alive along with the identity of murder remains a secret until the very end of the story. truth behind the ancient grave is gradually revealed along with the collision of science
ZOMBIE FIGHT CLUB and superstition between the autopsist and the priest.
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THE BOUNTY At Cannes: Gene George (Executive Vice President, Worldwide Distribution),
Action Comedy Alisha Serold (Vice President, Worldwide Distribution), Meggan Kimberley (Sales
Language: Chinese Executive), Todd Bartoo (Senior Manager. Sales & Aquisitions), Kristen Stanisz
Director: FUNG Chin Chiang (Manager, Sales Administration)
Key Cast: Chapman TO, Fiona SIT, Alex MAN Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform
Delivery Status: Completed THE WHITE QUEEN
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong Drama (10 x 60’)
In Hong Kong, when a criminal is captured and put charges on, the person who helped Language: English
with providing tips and information would be awarded with the associated bounty. Director: James Kent, Jamie Payne
Therefore, as long as you have the abilities, this is always a legal and a fair ¡§job¡¨. This Writer: Emma Frost
is an action comedy film about bounty hunting, with a mix of craziness and modern Executive Producer: Gina Cronk, John Griffin, George Faber, Charles Pattinson,
humor. Following the exciting adventure of a bounty hunter and a life-loving young girl Philippa Gregory, Eurydice Gysel, Polly Hill, Colin Callender
as they are chasing after a criminal who is believed to be hiding in their neighborhood, Key Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, James Frain, Max Irons, Janet McTeer, Robert Pugh
the story uncovers the minds of different walks of life that are beyond expectations. Delivery Status: Post Production
After all, we are living in a world of bounties. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom
PASSION ISLAND In England 1464, the two sides of the same family have been at war for nine years to
Drama (93 mins) take the thrown of the kingdom. As The House of York’s Edward IV (Max Irons) is
Language: Chinese crowned the King of England with the help of the master manipulator Lord Warwick
Director: KAM Kwok leung (James Frain), a damaged and highly religious Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale)
Key Cast: Simon YAM, Joan CHEN, Francis WU, CHANG Chen, Janice MAN, SONG from The House of Lancaster would stop at nothing to see her young son Henry Tudor
Jia take the throne. With the help of her mother and a self-proclaimed sorceress Jacquetta
Delivery Status: Completed (Janet McTeer), a captivating and beautiful commoner Elizabeth Woodville (Rebecca
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong Ferguson) falls in love with Edward IV and secretly marries him. As Warwick’s plan
On a magnificent resort in Cagayan, a group of people with different background for control over the King of England crumbles right before his eyes, he will stop at
arrives for their own reasons and beliefs. It is on this island where they will paint three nothing to maintain his grip on the throne.
humorous and passionate stories of love, family and friendship. MAGIC CITY SEASON 2
SUMMER LOVE LOVE Drama (8 x 60’)
Drama Language: English
Language: Chinese Director: Ed Bianchi and others
Director: Wilson CHIN Writer: Mitch Glazer
Key Cast: Alex FONG,Elanne KWONG, Owodog, Terrance CHIU Siu Fay Executive Producer: Mitch Glazer, J. Geyer Kosinski, Ed Bianchi, Dwayne Shattuck
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston, Olga Kurylenko, Steven Strait,
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong Jessica Marais, James Caan, Esai Morales, Sherilyn Fenn, Jamie Harris, Rick Ross
Fong, Ryan and Fatty are three young men, living three different yet ordinary lives in Delivery Status: In Production
Hong Kong. They only have one thing in common. They all have been single for a long Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States
time and desperately seeking love. Ike Evans risks everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of
ABBA the mob and Ben “The Butcher” Diamond. Ike’s dangerous plan to defeat Ben takes
Documentary (90 mins) Ike from Havana’s glamorous casinos to dealings with a new devil: Ben’s boss in the
Language: Chinese Chicago Outfit. Ike’s wife Vera gets a second chance at her former dancing glory,
Director: Hung Jung-Liang while sons Stevie and Danny drift farther from Ike -- Stevie toward the power and
Delivery Status: Completed rewards of Ben’s dark world, Danny into the moral righteousness of State’s Attorney
Abba is a new style musical movie, and the biography movie of the King of Taiwanese Jack Klein. Changes in Castro’s Cuba ripple to the shores of Miami Beach, and a new
songs Hung, Yi-Feng. The story began in 2010 with the beginning of the concert as world order begins to tear the Evans family apart. Even if Ike’s long-shot gamble to
agreed between the three brothers of Hung and their father. take back his hotel succeeds, will the price of victory be too high?
In search of their father, the three brothers found the missing puzzles of their life REVENGE
respectively, and gradually pieced together the life of the legendary music master, their Thriller (1 x 90’)
beloved father. During the search they accidentally discovered that under the ego of Language: English
rebellion and resistance, the only thing that cannot shed apart is their father’s DNA Director: Sean Olson
inside their bloods.They also found that although father was absence from the family, Writer: Bradford Holt
his works and songs were never absence from them. Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz
DRAGON FORCE Key Cast: Christina Cox, Brad Rowe, Taylor Spreitler and Danny Trejo
Animation, (action) (50 epi x 25min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Chinese Year of Production: 2013
Delivery Status: Completed Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her husband, Daniel and
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Chinese daughter, McKenzie. Javier is hired to help with the work until the Chase family finds
Dragon Force takes place in the year 2026. It showcases a comprehensive science out he has other plans, namely revenge against Daniel for wrongly putting his son into
fiction world to audience.The story tells about that Dragon Force investigates jail.
supernatural cases and finally prevents a tremendous conspiracy to maintain the peace HIDDEN AWAY
of the earth. Thriller (1 x 90’)
DIBI-DOGS Language: English
Animation Drama (26 epi x 25 min) Director: Peter Sullivan
Language: English Writer: George Smith
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: China /Finland Key Cast: Emmanuel Vaugnier, Ivan Sergei, Sean Patrick Flannery, Elizabeth Rohm,
These adventurous dogs live on a beautiful planet, travelling with cool space-ships. Allie Gonino and Thomas Calabro
they not only go to school next to the Royal Palace, but also are engaged in numerous Delivery Status: Post Production
adventures with royal dogs and the remarkably cute princess Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States
ROBO WARRIORS Ten years after a wife/mother escapes her estranged and abusive husband with her
Animation, (action) (52 epi x 25mins) 8-yr-old daughter by faking their death, she is now living in Palm Springs with her
Language: Chinese now-17-year-old daughter. When her husband discovers they are alive, he tracks them
Delivery Status: Completed down and spies on them to learn about the new life they created until he can exact
Year of Production: 2008 revenge.
Luoluo is magically transferred to a virtual world which is exactly the same as a video SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED
game that he played. All of a sudden he finds himself involved in a war between the Action, Live Action Series (10 x 60’)
Vehicle Clan and the Beast Clan, the good and the evil. And he’s engaged in a series of Language: English
adventures which bring out his bravery and the sense of justice. Director: Steven S. DeKnight and others
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
Producer: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, Joshua Donen
STARZ WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION Key Cast: Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Dustin Clare
Starz Worldwide Distribution, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Delivery Status: In Production
USA, Tel: (+1) 424-204-4000 Fax: (+1) 424-204-4010 . Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
www.starzglobal.com, info@starz.com Many months have passed since Gaius Claudius Glaber’s defeat and the rebel army,
Distributor

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led by Spartacus and his generals Crixus, Gannicus, and Agron, continues to amass THE DOG WHO SAVED THE HOLIDAYS
victories over Rome. Spartacus is more determined than ever to bring down the entire Holiday, Family (Feature, 1 x 90’)
Roman Republic. As Spartacus becomes more of a threat, the Roman Senate turns to its Language: English
wealthiest citizen, Marcus Crassus, for aid. A powerful, strategic politician and fierce Director: Michael Feifer
warrior, Crassus respects the skills of the rebels and refuses to underestimate them as Writer: Richard Gnolfo, Michael Ciminera
Glaber and his predecessors did. With a young and battle hardened Julius Ceaser as an Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz
ally, Crassus is determined to crush Spartacus and his rebellion. The epic conclusion Key Cast: Dean Cain, Elisa Donovan, Gary Valentine, Shelley Long, Michael Gross,
of a legendary journey, Spartacus: War of the Damned will unleash a battle unlike Joey Lawrence as “Zeus” and Peyton List as “Eve”
anything ever seen before. Delivery Status: Completed
SUMMONED The fourth film in the highly successful “The Dog Who Saved…” franchise. The
Thriller (1 x 90’) Bannister family leaves town for Christmas again. This time, to Aunt Barbara’s
Language: English beautiful beach mansion in California. Family fun ensues as Zeus, the lovable lab,
Director: Peter Sullivan must contend with a new puppy named Eve and frenemies Ted and Stewey!
Writer: Peter Sullivan HATFIELDS & MCCOYS: BAD BLOOD
Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz Western, Action, Drama (Feature, 1 x 90’)
Key Cast: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ashley Scott, Bailey Chase Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: Fred Olen Ray
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States Writer: Fred Olen Ray
Five years ago, Laura Alcott and eleven other jurors found the notorious serial killer Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz
Simon Bourdias guilty of capital murder, and he was sentenced to death by lethal Key Cast: Jeff Fahey, Perry King, Christian Slater
injection. Plagued with guilt after the sentencing, Laura moved away from the life she Delivery Status: Completed
had led to escape. But now, strange things are beginning to happen to the other jury Year of Production: 2012
members. Tragedies claim the lives of one after the other until Laura realizes these The Hatfields and the McCoys fight for justice and vengeance in a feud that spans
deaths are not a coincidence. As she begins to investigate the murders, she senses a decades and costs many lives. As the Civil War rages on, Asa McCoy, a Union soldier,
presence; someone or something, is watching her. With the help of Detective Fletcher, heads home to West Virginia after a horrific battle. On the way, he runs into his
Laura will uncover a dangerous truth- like each juror before her Laura is also being neighbors, the Hatfields, who are Confederate sympathizers. Furious with the idea that
SUMMONED. one of their neighbors is fighting for the Union, the Hatfields gun down Asa and begin
DESTRUCTION: LAS VEGAS a decades-long feud between the families. As the familial battle rages on and more
Action (1 x 90’) people are killed, things become complicated as two young adults from each side fall
Language: English in love – and one family is brought to justice.
Director: Jack Perez THE 12 WISHES OF CHRISTMAS
Writer: Joe D’Ambrosia, Tom Teves, Story by Meyer Shwarzstein Holiday/Family, Feature (1 x 90’)
Executive Producer: Keith Melton, Meyer Shwarzstein Language: English
Key Cast: Frankie Muniz, Maggie Castle, Michael Steger, Andrew Lawrence, Summer Director: Peter Sullivan
Bishil, Jillian Nelson, Brooke Anne Smith, Adam Walker, Barry Bostwick Writer: Jeffrey Schenck, Peter Sullivan, Richard Gnolfo, Michael Ciminera
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Barry Barnholtz, Michael Ciminera, Richard Gnolfo, Diane Healey,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: United States Kimberly A. Ray, Jeffrey Schenck, Peter Sullivan
Frankie Muniz, Maggie Castle, Michael Steger, Andrew Lawrence, Summer Bishil, Key Cast: Eliza Donovan, Gabrielle Carteris, David O’Donnell, Fred Willard,
Jillian Nelson, Brooke Anne Smith, Adam Walker, Barry Bostwick Michael Bergin, Michael Gross, Sarah Thompson, Chonda Pierce, Mo Gaffney
MAGIC CITY Delivery Status: Completed
Drama, Live Action Series (8 x 60’) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States of America
Language: English Laura Lindsey’s life is falling apart- and it’s all happening right before Christmas!
Director: Ed Bianchi With nothing left to lose, Laura visits life coach Noel Nightingale to gain some
Writer: Mitch Glazer direction, but the only advice Noel gives her is to go home, log on to her website, and
Producer: Mitch Glazer, J. Geyer Kosinski, Ed Bianchi, Dwayne Shattuck start making wishes. One by one-the wishes come true! Trying to pick up the pieces of
Key Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Jessica Marais, Steven Strait, her life is tricky business though and it seems all her wishes are doing more harm than
Christian Cooke, Elena Satine, Kelly Lynch, Danny Huston good. With Christmas quickly approaching, Laura must undo her wishes and learn the
Delivery Status: Completed true meaning of Christmas- with the help of a little Holiday Magic of course!
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States CHRISTMAS MAGIC
Miami Beach, New Year’s Eve, 1958-1959. Castro’s rebels seize Havana, while the Holiday, Family (Feature, 1 x 90’)
Kennedys, the mob and the CIA all hold court at the luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel. Language: English
This is Ike Evans’ place, and he used mob boss Ben “The Butcher” Diamond to finance Director: John Bradshaw
it. With diving clowns by day, and escorts at night, nothing’s what it seems in the Writer: Joany Kane, Rickie Castaneda, Kevin Commins
Magic City. Producer: Marek Posival, Marci McCurlie, Dominique Telson, Robert Vaughn, Lewis
F6: TWISTER Chesler, David Perlmutter
Action, Disaster (Feature 1 x 90’) Key Cast: Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Peter Sullivan Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
Writer: Hanz Wasserburger With a simple act of fate, Carrie Bishop’s life comes to a tumbling end and she is
Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz suddenly face to face with Dudley the angel. Thankfully, Dudley gives Carrie a
Key Cast: Casper Van Dien, Victoria Pratt, Richard Burgi chance to make a difference in the life of struggling businessman, Scott Alister, and
Delivery Status: Post Production thus earn entrance to heaven. But when Scott finds out she’s an angel, her plans go
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States awry! It’s up to Carrie and her new magic to convince Scott to take a chance and
When a massive storm system sneaks up on Texas, weather scientist ETHAN make this Christmas special – not just for him, but for those around him. A story of
WALKER is hard-pressed to convince skeptics, including his TV Reporter wife, discovery and the true spirit of Christmas – Christmas Magic will leave even the
ADDISON, of the danger that is fast approaching. A dedicated weather expert whose biggest skeptic believing in the magic of the Holiday Season.
passionate theories about global warming have put him on the fringe of the scientific UNSTABLE
establishment, Ethan must convince his wife and save his kids from the impending Thriller, Feature (1 x 86’)
disaster about to hit. Language: English
ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS EVE Director: Michael Feifer
Holiday, Family (Feature, 1 x 90’) Writer: Michael de la Torre
Language: English Producer: Michael Feifer, Jeffrey Schenck, Zelma Kiwi, Barry Barnholtz
Director: Peter Sullivan Key Cast: Ashely Scott, Ivan Sergei, George Newbern
Writer: Hanz Wasserburger Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States of America
Key Cast: Haylie Duff, Chris Carmack, Connie Selleca Kristen and her son Oliver have just moved into a gorgeous new neighborhood.
Delivery Status: Post Production Recently divorced, Kristen is anxious to help Oliver adjust to the new life and
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States environment. They meet Justin, a handsome and intriguing ex-soccer star who wows
A young executive must leave NYC and her fiancé during Christmas time. At one point Kristen with his good looks and fun-loving spirit. Despite warnings from her ex-
she misses her plane and finds her boyfriend is with another woman. In a concurrent husband JASON, she hires Justin as a caretaker for Oliver and offers to let him live
storyline, she makes the flight and does not know the truth. Christmas magic intervenes in her guest house. But Kristen is being stalked by someone who knows she is new to
and shows her the right path. the neighborhood. Strange and dangerous things begin happening and no one can be

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trusted. Did Kristen make a big mistake letting Justin into their lives? As an intricate Producer: Marc Ferrero, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley, Peter Fruchtman, Jerry
web of lies and deceit unfolds, it’s up to Kristen to protect herself and her family. Fruchtman,
JERSEY SHORE SHARK ATTACK Key Cast: Dean Cain, Gary Valentine, Elisa Donovan, Lance Henriksen
Thriller, Feature (1 x 90’) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
Director: John Shepphird One night, just before Halloween, George (Gary Valentine) is walking his dog Zeus
Writer: Michael Ciminera, Richard Gnolfo, Jeffrey Schenck, Peter Sullivan and notices something strange coming from the home next door. George enlists not-
Producer: G.E Furst, Kimberly A. Ray, Fred Olen Ray, Peter Sullivan, Barry Barnholtz, quite reformed burglars Ted and Stewey (Dean Cain and Joey “Coco” Diaz) to find
Michael Ciminera, Richard Gnolfo, Diane Healey, Jeffrey Schenck out what’s going on in there. Typically, it all goes awry for everyone, and only Zeus
Key Cast: Jeremy Luke, Melissa Molinaro, Jack Scalia, Vinny Guadagnino, Joey can save Halloween.
Fatone, Tony Sirico, William Atherton, Joey Russo, Daniel Booko, Paul Sorvino ONION NEWS NETWORK
Delivery Status: Completed Comedy, Live Action Series (20 x 30’)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States of America Language: English
Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating Director: Will Graham, J.J. Adler
sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that’s just a legend... or is it? Writer: Carol Kolb, Daniel Mirk, Alex Blechman, Lang Fisher, John Harris, Peter
It’s a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater Koechley, Michael Pielocik, Will Tracy
drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, Producer: Will Graham, Julie Smith and Jim Biederman, and Debbie DeMontreux,
TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police Christine Lubrano, Jennifer Caserta and Evan Shapiro
chief to close down the beach. It isn’t until a famous singer is eaten alive during a Key Cast: Brooke Alvarez, Todd Alan Crain, Jill Dobson, Brian Huskey, Suzanne
performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work Sena
together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from Delivery Status: Completed
another vicious slaughter. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
METHOD TO THE MADNESS OF JERRY LEWIS After years as America’s most trusted news source, The Onion brings its unparalleled
Comedy, Documentary (1 x 112’) brand of hard-hitting, merciless journalism to the globe’s television-watching masses.
Language: English “Onion News Network” is the United States’- and soon to be the world’s- number-
Director: Gregg Barson one source for breaking news, screaming political arguments, and vital information.
Producer: Julie Ashton, Gregg Barson, Jerry Lewis Hosted by the world’s most respected news-reader, Brooke Alvarez.
Key Cast: Jerry Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Alec Baldwin, Jerry Seinfeld, Chevy Chase, Carl WAITING FOR FOREVER
Reiner, Quentin Tarantino, Carol Burnett, Richard Belzer, John Landis, Richard Lewis Romantic, Comedy Feature (1 x 94’)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States of America Director: James Keach
Kings aren’t born; they’re made. Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis takes a Writer: Steve Adams
contemporary look at the “King of Comedy” through never-before-seen footage, Producer: Trevor Albert & James Keach
and interviews with stars like Jerry Seinfeld, Alec Baldwin, Quentin Tarantino and Key Cast: Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, Scott Mechlowicz, Richard Jenkins, Nikki
more. Plus, travel the world with the ever-vibrant entertainer and philanthropist as he Blonsky, Matthew Davis, Jamie King, Blythe Danner
continues his comedic reign at the ripe, young age of 85. Delivery Status: Completed
DAN VS. Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Comedy, Animated Series (53 x 30’) Best friends while children, Emma and Will lost touch a long time ago when Will
Language: English was forced to move away. But to him, Emma never stopped being the most important
Director: Bill Kopp, Brian Sheesley person in his life. Now, years later, Will returns to his hometown to profess his love
Writer: Kirill Baru, Dan Mandel, Chris Pearson, Eric Zimmerman for a now grown-up Emma- a girl he’s never forgotten.
Producer: Dan Angel, Matt Danner, Lizbeth Velasco, Jay Fukuto THE CHATEAU MEROUX
Key Cast: Curtis Armstrong, Dave Foley and Paget Brewster Romantic, Comedy Feature (1 x90’)
Delivery Status: In Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2011-2012 Country of Origin: United States Director: Bob Fugger
Dan is a loveable cynic who, along with his reluctant sidekick Chris, haphazardly Writer: Adam Morrison, Tim Carter
seeks revenge against the frustrations of modern life that -- whether in reality or in his Producer: John Orlando, Thomas Harlan, Tim Carter
imagination -- conspire against him. Key Cast: Marla Sokoloff, Barry Watson, Amanda Righetti, Daniel Bastreghi, Taylor
CHRISTMAS WEDDING TAIL Negron, Jeffrey Weissman, Christopher Lloyd
Holiday/Family, Feature (1 x 90’) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Director: Mike Feifer Wendy discovers that her estranged father has recently passed away, leaving her the
Writer: Peter Sullivan Chateau Meroux- a beautiful but struggling winery in Northern California’s Napa
Producer: Michael Feifer, Jeff Schenck, Barry Barnholtz Valley. Sparks fly quickly when she meets Chris, a charming local who agrees to
Key Cast: Jennie Garth, Michael Gross, Brad Rowe, Tom Arnold, Nikki Cox, Jay Mohr mentor her on wine making. As Wendy works to keep the Chateau afloat, everyone,
Delivery Status: Completed especially her cunning competitor Nathan, seems determined to drive it into the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States ground. When it turns out that Chris is actually Nathan’s son, Wendy must question
It’s puppy love at first sight when Rusty the Labrador and Cheri the Poodle meet one her true feelings for Chris and follow her heart to save her father’s winery.
day while jogging in the park. Even better- their owners fall in love too! But love is A VALENTINE’S DATE
more complicated for the people, Susan (Jennie Garth) and Jake (Brad Rowe), who Romantic, Comedy Feature (1 x 85’)
marry and attempt to join together their large family of FIVE children. With kids Language: English
fighting and a household in complete chaos, it’s up to the dogs to keep the family Director: Michael Feifer
together and perform a Christmas Day miracle! Writer: Peter Sullivan, Michael Feifer
STOLEN CHILD Producer: Barry Barnholtz, Michael Feifer, Diane Healey, Jeffrey Schenck, Peter
Suspense, Feature (1 x 85’) Sullivan, Monte Zwirn
Language: English Key Cast: Elisa Donovan, Brad Rowe, John Schneider, Fred Willard, Tom Skerritt,
Director: Mike Feifer John Schneider, Tom Skerritt, Catherine Hicks
Writer: Peter Sullivan, Jodi Ticknor Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Michael Feifer, Barry Barnholtz, Bonnie Comley, Zelma Kiwi, Stewart Lane, Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
Jeffrey Schenck Laura is a big city executive with a big deal pending. Dylan is a small town man who
Key Cast: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Scott Elrod, Corbin Bernsen lives the simple life. The only thing the two have in common is the one thing that can
Delivery Status: Completed bring them back together- their daughter. When Laura is forced to return to her home
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States town, old flames will be rekindled, a family will be brought together, and love will
Amanda and Jason have just adopted a beautiful baby girl from Eastern Europe. After reign supreme on this Valentine’s Date.
years of frustration, they finally have the child they always wanted. But something’s not THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS VACATION
right and before long they uncover shocking and dangerous secrets about how the baby Family/Holiday, Feature (1 x 90 min.)
came to them. Language: English
THE DOG WHO SAVED HALLOWEEN Director: Michael Feifer
Family/Holiday, Feature (1 x 90 min.) Writer: Michael Ciminera, Richard Gnolfo and Peter Sullivan
Language: English Producer: Michael Feifer, Peter Sullivan, Jerry Fruchtman, Peter Fruchtman, Barry
Director: Peter Sullivan Barnholtz,
Writer: Michael Ciminera, Richard Gnolfo and Peter Sullivan Key Cast: Gary Valentine, Dean Cain, Elisa Donovan, with the voices of Mario Lopez

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and Paris Hilton AMERICAN BANDITS: FRANK AND JESSE JAMES
Delivery Status: Completed Western, Feature (1 x 89 min.)
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States Language: English
The Bannister Family decides to pack it up for Christmas and go to the mountains on Director: Fred Olen Ray
a fun ski vacation. What they don’t know is Ted and Stewey, the same burglars who Writer: Fred Olen Ray
broke into their house, are at the same resort with eyes on a prize, a diamond necklace Producer: Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz
worth millions. They almost succeed with their plan until the prized jewelry is mistaken Key Cast: Peter Fonda, George Stults, Jeffrey Combs
for a dog collar and Zeus saves Christmas Vacation for the Bannisters. Delivery Status: Completed
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC: CREATING THE IMPOSSIBLE Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Documentary (1 x 60 min.) Legendary outlaws, Frank and Jessie James, are put to the test with fellow members
Language: English of their gang after a robbery goes wrong forcing them to split up with the money.
Director: Leslie Iwerks JERICHO
Writer: Leslie Iwerks, Jeff Stephenson Western, Feature (1 x 101 min.)
Producer: Leslie Iwerks, Jane Kelley Kosek, Diana E. Williams Language: English
Key Cast: George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Robin Williams, John Director: Merlin Miller
Lasseter, Samuel L. Jackson Writer: Frank Dana Frankolino, George Leonard Briggs, Robert Avard Miller
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: John Draper
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States Key Cast: Mark Valley, Leon Coffee, R. Lee Ermey, Lisa Stewart
The documentary covers the events, history, evolution, pioneering breakthroughs, Delivery Status: Completed
challenges, and visionaries who have made Industrial Light and Magic what it is Year of Production: 2000 Country of Origin: United States
today. Animation, graphics, still photos, archival footage, film clips and interviews Amnesiac gunman Jericho is rescued and befriended by a charismatic, itinerant
with artists, technicians, visual effects producers within ILM tell the inside stories of cowboy-preacher named Joshua. Together they survive certain danger, while
Hollywood’s greatest visual effects studio. the gunman searches to find the answer to his lost identity. After seven years of
THE PERFECT STUDENT wandering, Jericho unravels the mystery of his past and finds his destiny in the town
Suspense, Feature (1 x 90 min.) of Jericho.
Language: English THE LEGEND OF SECRET PASS
Director: Michael Feifer Animation/Adventure, Feature (1 x 92 min.)
Writer: Peter Sullivan Language: English
Producer: Michael Feifer, Wood Dickinson, Zelma Kiwi, Barry Barnholtz, Jeffrey Director: Steve Trenbirth
Schenck Writer: Karl Geurs, James Costello
Key Cast: Natasha Hentsridge, Brea Grant, Josie Davis Producer: Billy Jones, Chris Henderson, James Costello, Erik Stoops
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Frankie Muniz, Joe Pantoliano, Graham Greene, Christie Carlson Romano,
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States Michael Chiklis, Ron Pearlman, David Cross, Cheryl Hines, Shelley Berman, Debbi
Nicole Johnson is a well-respected criminology professor who defends her star student Deeryberry, Kim Mai Guest and Billy Jones
from charges that she brutally murdered her roommate. But soon after Professor Delivery Status: Completed
Johnson wins her student’s release, doubts begin to emerge about the crime, and Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: United States
Professor Johnson finds herself in danger. CGI animated fantasy adventure feature film that revolves around a teenager, Manu,
A NANNY FOR CHRISTMAS who must embrace his remarkable destiny and take on an awesome responsibility if
Holiday, Feature (1 x 90 min.) he and his family are to thrive and survive.
Language: English MEGAFAULT
Director: Michael Feifer Action/Disaster, Feature (1 x 89’)
Writer: Michael Ciminera and Richard Gnolfo Language: English
Producer: Michael Feifer, Peter Sullivan, Bonnie Comley, Stewart Lane, Barry Director: David Michael Latt
Barnholtz, Jeffrey Schenck Writer: Paul Bales
Key Cast: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Dean Cain, Richard Ruccolo, Cynthia Gibb Producer: David Garber
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Brittany Murphy, Eriq LaSalle, Bruce Davison, Justin Hartley
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States Delivery Status: Completed
When a young advertising executive loses her high-powered job right before the Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: United States
holidays, she finds another job with the rival firm’s boss, as a Nanny. Chaos ensues as Dr. Amy Lane and Charley “Boomer” Baxter together with the top government
she balances the corporate world with kids, and a love interest who has no idea who she agencies, must race to develop a plan to stop the crack that could potentially tear the
really is! world in half.
TURBULENT SKIES HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED
Disaster, Feature (1 x 87 min.) Animated Series (26 x 2’ (lengths vary))
Language: English Language: English
Director: Fred Olen Ray Producer: Tina Alexander, Daniel Baxter
Writer: Fred Olen Ray and Peter Sullivan Key Cast: Daniel Baxter, others
Producer: Fred Olen Ray, Kimberly A. Ray, Peter Sullivan, Jerry Fruchtman, Peter Delivery Status: Completed
Fruchtman, Year of Production: 2010 - 2011 Country of Origin: United States
Key Cast: Casper Van Dien, Nicole Eggert, Patrick Muldoon, Brad Dourif Sometimes, movies don’t finish the way we’d like. These shorts, a hit on numerous
Delivery Status: Completed internet sites, provide humorous alternatives. New episodes come each month.
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States PARTY DOWN
Devair Industries takes advantage of a fatal air crash by unveiling their newest creation Comedy, TV Series (20 x 30’)
- the CD70 - a revolutionary automated piloting system. Devair Industries has installed Language: English
the first CD70 in a 747 on a transcontinental flight. Everything is fine, until the plane Director: Fred Savage
veers off course... directly into the path of a huge storm! When the plane heads for a Writer: Rob Thomas (“Veronica Mars,” Cupid)
large city, the Secretary of Defense authorizes the military to shoot it down. There’s Producer: Paul Rudd (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up)
only one other solution: Tom Woodward, the inventor of the CD70, must get on board Key Cast: Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Ryan Hansen, Martin
the plane - in midair - to dismantle his system personally. Starr, and Jennifer Coolidge
TURN THE BEAT AROUND Delivery Status: Completed
Musical Feature (1 x 88 min.) Year of Production: 2009 -2010 Country of Origin: United States
Language: English This quirky, half-hour, scripted comedy series features a sextet of Los Angeles cater-
Director: Bradley Walsh waiters, stuck working for tips while hoping for their “big break”.
Writer: Jessica Sharzer GRAVITY
Producer: Tony Krantz, Steve Levitan Comedy, TV Series (13 x 30’)
Key Cast: Romina D’Ugo, Adam Taylor Brooks, David Giuntoli, Brooklyn Sudano, Language: English
Jason Derulo Director: Eric Schaeffer
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Jill Franklyn, Eric Schaeffer & Dan Pasternack
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States Producer: Eric Schaeffer, Jill Franklyn, Dan Pasternack & Dan Hank
An ambitious young dancer convinces a wealthy financer to open a disco-themed LA Key Cast: Krysten Ritter, Ivan Sergei, Eric Schaeffer, Rachel Hunter, Ving Rhames
nightclub, only to find her dreams of success threatened by her jealous boyfriend and Delivery Status: Completed
her scheming nemesis. Zoe’s got the moves to make it big, and Michael is the man who Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
can make it all happen for her. “Gravity” is an offbeat series about a support group for people who have attempted

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suicide. Unlikely relationships are forged when the colorful cast faces the challenges the city that gave birth to it all. 
and opportunities that come along with a second shot at life. Robert and Lily, two star- THE KNIFE THAT KILLED ME
crossed lovers from very different worlds, are particularly tested when the mysterious Thriller 
Detective Miller takes an unusual interest in them. The couple joins the likes of Language: English
an aging supermodel, construction worker, hormonal teenager and picture-perfect Director: Marcus Romer, Kit Monkman
housewife as the group learns to live and love again in New York City. Writer: Marcus Romer, Kit Monkman
BOLLYWOOD HERO Key Cast: Jack McMullen
Comedy/Musical, TV Series (3 x 53 min., 1 x 160 min., or 2 x 80 min.) Delivery Status: Post Production
Language: English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
Director: Bill Bennett Paul Vaderman is your average teenager trying to stay under the radar at a new school
Writer: Benjamin Brand, Laurie Parres so as not to be picked upon by the school bully, Roth. When Paul stands up to Roth,
Producer: Belisa Balaban, Ted Skillman Roth asks him to join his gang. At the same time Paul becomes friendly with the
Key Cast: Chris Kattan school ‘freaks’ led by the charismatic Shane who exhibits a positive influence on Paul.
Delivery Status: Completed Torn between the violent Roth and the too-cool Shane, Paul finds himself sucked into
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: United States a rivalry where there are friends and there are enemies, where there are gangs you do
Tired of being rejected as a leading-man in Hollywood, Chris Kattan (playing himself) belong to and gangs you don’t, and it’s up to Paul to make a choice. ‘The Knife That
burns his professional bridges in L.A. and accepts a starring role in the Bollywood film Killed Me’ is a gripping and topical story about peer pressure and bullying, and the
Peculiar Dancing Boy. tragic consequences that can occur as a result. A graphic novel featuring hard-hitting,
WOW! WOW! WUBBZY! gritty drama; the movie is targeted a modern teenage audience. The production brings
Children’s Comedy, Animation Series (Season 1: 52 x 11 minutes (26 x 26), Season 2: together an extraordinary mix of new and established talent, providing the necessary
52 x 11 minutes (26 x 26)) ingredients for the film to create a major impact, and appeal to a global audience. The
Language: English film was shot and created entirely in a ‘green screen’ studio using the same techniques
Director: James Burks, Ron Crown, Steve Daye, Larry Hall as films such as ‘Sin City’, ‘300’ and ‘The Adventures of Tin Tin’. 
Writer: Frederick J. Stroppel, Jill Cozza-Turner, Suzanne Collins, Steve Daye DEMENTAMANIA
Producer: Fred Seibert, John Hyde Horror, Thriller 
Key Cast: Grey DeLisle, Tara Strong, Carlos Alazarqui, Lara Jill Miller Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Kit Ryan
Year of Production: 2007 - 2009 Country of Origin: United States Key Cast: Sam Robertson, Vincent Regan, Kal Penn, Geoff Bell
Wubbzy and his best friends, Widget, Walden and Daizy, discover the importance of Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
honesty, friendship and teamwork. Frustrated with the social injustice he must face every day and the bureaucratic
THE WHITEST KIDS YOU KNOW culture of the office he works in EDWARD ARKHAM is at boiling point. Although
Sketch, Comedy Series (50 x 30’) successful in his job, working for a leading IT consultancy, years of routine have
Language: English taken their toll, his work now seeming so unbearably monotonous, fuelling his
Director: Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger frustration and bitterness. When Edward is stung by a mysterious bug, it results in a
Writer: Trevor Moore painful and aggressive rash. It also unlocks the door to a secret world inside his head
Producer: Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger causing nightmarish fantasies to manifest themselves within vivid hallucinations. As
Key Cast: Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Darren Trumeter, Timmy the rash spreads and threatens to envelop his entire body, his visions become more
Williams real and reality begins to drift further and further away. Are these apparitions solely
Delivery Status: Completed bound to the confines of his mind or are their other unknown forces at work and is he
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States part of something more sinister than he could possibly imagine? 
Hailed by Rolling Stones as the “the funniest sketch-comedy show we know,” the show CRAVE
features “The Whitest Kids” fresh take on politics, gender relations and pop-culture Psychological Thriller 
with jaw dropping, raunchy skits, and music video skits that are reminiscent of comedy Language: English
classics “The Kids in the Hall” and “Monty Python.” Director: Charles de Lauzirika
Writer: Charles de Lauzirika
Key Cast: Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Edward Furlong, Ron Perlman 
STEALTH MEDIA GROUP Delivery Status: Completed
Stealth Media Group, 14 Regent Hill, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3ED ENGLAND,  Country of Origin: Canada 
Tel: +44.1273.739182 Fax: +44.1273.749122. Aiden craves a better life. A life away from his gruesome job as a crime scene
www.stealthmediagroup.com , info@stealthmediagroup.com  photographer where he can escape the hard streets of Detroit and save the world from
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor, Financier  evil. As Aiden’s dark imagination starts to leak into reality he becomes increasingly
At Cannes: Michael Cowan (Joint CEO), Sean O’Kelly (Joint CEO), Tania Sarra emboldened to live out his vigilante fantasies. But, as the lines between reality
(Senior Manager - International Sales) become increasingly blurred, Aiden learns that he will pay a terrible price for his
Office: Riviera B4, Tel: +44 7958 66 9393 or +44 7502 224 577 twisted imagination. CRAVE marks the feature directing debut of award-winning film
SADOURNI’S BUTTERFLIES documentarian Charles de Lauzirika (Blade Runner, Twin Peaks, Alien Anthology) 
AKA: Las Mariposas de Sadourní DEAD SAND
Art House, Drama  Action Adventure, Horror 
Language: Spanish (English subtitles) Language: English
Director: Dario Nardi Director: Toby Wilkins
Producer: Donald K. Ranvaud, Enrica De Biasi, Pierluigi Navoni Writer: Max Adams
Key Cast: Cristián Medrano, Alejandro Sergi, Antonella Costa Producer: Jay Thames, Bernie Stern, Jay Thames
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Amber Heard
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Argentina  Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Sadourni is a dwarf. Having served half of his twelve-year prison sentence, he Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA 
subscribes to a transitional system that allows him to leave the prison daily to go to Two humvees tear across a desert. Soldiers escort a captured terrorist leader, GABIR.
work, and so progressively reinsert himself into society. To keep this privilege, he needs During a “pit stop,” Gabir escapes into a nearby abandoned industrial complex.
to find employment quickly, but all the jobs advertised in the newspapers require a good The soldiers chase, but before they find Gabir... an inhuman creature finds them. A
appearance, and he is nothing but. He is confronted with a dilemma: to escape from the frightful radio transmission is all that remains of their final mission...
prison and endure the life as a fugitive, or to adjust to society’s expectations through WILD OATS
a physical metamorphosis. Both options involve a removal (the first is a breakout, the Comedy 
second is an evasion). Language: English
THE CITY THAT ROCKED THE WORLD Director: Howard Deutch 
Documentary  Writer: Writers: Gary Kanew, Claudia Myers
Language: English Key Cast: ack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello, Jon
Director: Roger Appleton Voight  
Key Cast: Famous past and present artists or bands include:  The Beatles, Sir Paul Delivery Status: Pre-Production
McCartney, The Merseybeats, The LA’s, The Farm, The Scaffold and many more... Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA 
Delivery Status: Completed Everything changes for EVA (Maclaine) when she receives a Social Security check
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK  accidentally made out for $900,000 instead of her usual $900. At the not-so-gentle
The untold story of a music revolution that changed the world forever. The pop music urging of her best friend MADDIE, EVA deposits the money and takes the chance it
revolution that went on to rock the world and change society forever, didn’t begin - or offers them to escape from small town life. Their destination is Las Vegas and they
end - with the Beatles alone! Despite the many popular myths and the attempts to have every intention of living it up. But their fantasy is short-lived when they awake
airbrush the truth from music history, the best is live and kicking, stronger than ever on

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to discover that they have become media sensations overnight and fugitives from the Censorship Bureau loves Teresa too and there’s a war on the way.
justice, forced to outwit a trio of conmen, outmaneuver a dogged social security agent VEPIC
VESPUCCI who has teamed up with EVA’s daughter, CRYSTAL, and outrun the law. Comedy 
What they don’t expect is to be good at it.... Language: English
THE CHILD Director: Ben Hopkins
Psychological Thriller (100) Producer: Stephen Daldry, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor 
Language: English Key Cast: Matthew MacFadyen, Noah Taylor, Myanna Buring 
Director: Zsolt Bács  Delivery Status: In Production
Writer: Sebastian Fitzek, Brian Cordray, Zsolt Bács Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK, Germany, Russia and Georgia. 
Producer: Zsolt Bács EPIC is a gentle black comedy about a confused, washed up British film director,
Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Ben Becke, Peter Greene, Sunny Mabrey, Christian Traeumer, Emil, who is invited by a nascent state to make a national Epic in an obscure
Dieter Hallervorden Caucasus Republic ruled by an eccentric and corrupt dictator. When down and out
Delivery Status: Completed Academy award winning British film director Emil Miller receives an invitation to the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany  Embassy of the Autonomous Republic of Karastan, little does he know that he will be
When Robert Stern agreed to this unusual meeting, he didn’t know that he was making embarking on one of the wildest journeys of his already diverse and colourful career.
a date with death. Even less did he know that death would come into his life on a SPARKS AND EMBERS
godforsaken industrial estate, measuring about 4ft 5ins, wearing trainers and smiling. Romantic Drama 
It is as though someone hit defence lawyer Robert Stern over the head when he sees Language: English
who the mysterious client is whom he is to meet on this remote and derelict industrial Director: Gavin Boyter 
estate: Simon, a ten-year old boy, fragile, terminally ill - and firmly convinced that in Key Cast: Kris Marshall, Annelise Hesme
a former life he was a murderer. But Robert Stern’s mystification turns into horror and Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
bewilderment, when in the cellar Simon has described he actually finds human remains: Tom Sanger, 33, (Kris Marshall) has just been made redundant from what he thought
a skeleton, its skull split with an axe. And this is only the beginning. For not only was a dream job in a record company marketing department. But before he can
does Simon tell him about other victims from years ago, but the present soon becomes leave, fate intervenes and Tom finds himself trpped in a lift with none other than the
murderous, too...  consultant Eloise (Annelise Hesme), who lost him his job. Tom would really love to
CONSEQUENCES hate her... The trouble is the consultant is female, French, and beautiful. Four years
Drama  later, after their relationship has broken down, they meet to say a final farewell on a
Language: English Christmas evening, only to discover that they still have feelings for each other. The
Director: Terence Ryan  film is set against the backdrop of London’s iconic Southbank. 
Writer: Susan Morrall  FANGS OF WAR
Producer: Terence Ryan, Carol Rodger Horror, Action 
Key Cast: Andrea Risborough, Robert Sheehan, Gabriel Byrne, Benedict Cumberbatch Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Jim Donovan  
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  Writer: Geoffrey Gunn
Anne Marie saw herself as a single mother living in rural West Ireland. Everything in Producer: Ken Nakamura 
her life seemed ordinary. That was until the day Brendan O’Donnell came to her flat Key Cast: Tom Felton, Christopher Walken, Sean Clement, Rin Takanashi, Gabriel
and threatened her and her baby with a knife. Before leaving he threatens to cut her face Freilich, Gia Skova 
so that every time she looked in a mirror she would see him. He was her brother. Anne Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Marie has Brendan sectioned. He is arrested and committed to the psychiatric hospital. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada 
But within a week the doctors release Brendan, and within the year he has killed three FANGS OF WAR is an explosive cocktails of Quentin Tarantino’s CAMP, Takashi
people. Anne Marie became the sister of a murderer, a man described in the press as the Milke’s PERVERSION, and Sergio Leone’s COOLNESS. The Nazis have Count
most evil man in Ireland. Her ordinary life was over. She had not committed any crime Dracula in their possession and are experiementing on him at the castle. A team
and yet she was guilty by association... of Special Forces soldiers is sent to retrieve Dracula without knowing what they
PARIS-DAKAR are looking for or what horrors they will discover in the castle. The premise soon
Action Adventure,  becomes clear - The Nazis want to examine Dracula in order to extract the secret of
Language: English immortality; and the Allies want to stop the Nazis from achieving everlasting life.
Writer: Douglas Scott Hessler  The soldiers simply want to survive and escape the castle. 
Producer: Hannes M. Schalle, Harald Reichebner THE KING’S MEN
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Action/Crime/Thriller 
Year of Production: 2013  Language: English
Paris-Dakar is the true story of KTM, an Austrian motorcycle manufacturer on the Director: Schuman Hoque
brink of insolvency. The banks are ready to gut the company and sell the assets to the Writer: Steven Farah 
highest bidders. Paige Bryant, a young brilliant Harvard lawyer, is sent to the small Executive Producer: Arvind Ethan David, Ward Trowman, Chris Wheeldon
Austrian town of Mattighofen to start proceedings. Paige meets Tony Berger, the Producer: Steven Farah, Claire Daly, Enrico Falzetti
technical mastermind of KTM and former Motocross world champion Heinz “Kini” Key Cast: Robert Sheehan, Katarina Cass, Steven Farah, Jason Flemyng, Ben
Kinigadner, who convince Paige that their new prototype bike is ready to race in the Kingsley, Lena Heaydey, Elizabeth McGoven, Huang Xiaoming, Ziyi Zhang, Jessica
toughest off-road adventure in the world. They want to win the “Paris-Dakar” to make Haynes
KTM the market-leading brand for off-road motorbikes, as well as save hundreds of Delivery Status: Pre-Production
jobs in Mattighofen. Backed by the whole village and against all the odds, the rag-tag In a game of cards, how much of winning is based on luck, chance, talent... or theft?
KTM team barely makes it on time to start the race in Paris, where “Kini” is pegged as The first introduction to our lead, Ace Macbeth, is at Scotland Yard where he is
the underdog and considered a laughing stock by the top teams competing in the rally, covered in blood. He is a man forced to make life changing decisions in order to
but he soon becomes a top contender to win in Dakar. protect those he loves. With a prodigious talent for cards, Ace turns to poker in a
GERNIKA desperate attempt to raise money to save his dying mother. But with time against him
War Drama  Ace is drawn to Dexter, the enigmatic character who introduces Ace to ‘The Game’
Language: English where the stakes are so high that life and limb are at risk - literally. This leads Ace
Director: Koldo Serra into a decadent, violent underworld populated with malevolent characters where no
Writer: Carlos Clavijo, Barney Cohen one is sure who is pulling the strings. The more Ace and Dexter win, the more there is
Producer: Ivan Cohen, Jose Alba, Carlos Clavijo, Enriqua Garcia to lose. Natalia, the woman Ace falls for is bad news. He tries to save her, but Natalia
Key Cast: Barbara Goenaga, Virginie Ledoyen  has sinister motives that Ace is unaware of. Will Ace’s winning streak extend to his
Delivery Status: Pre-Production hopes for his life with Natalia? Will he be able to save his loved ones? Can he buy
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK, Spain  happiness? The King’s Men strips back the gold from the gutter. It is a world where
Bilbao, April 1937. Henry is an American correspondent. Famous for his talent and the line between good and bad is blurred, and dark secrets and violence are rife. 
a commitment to the truth that blazed in him years ago, he has become a boozy and THE HATCHING
cynical opportunist obsessed only with his newspaper image and what is left of his Black Comedy/Horror 
fading fame. While delivering his last column and preparing to leave the Basque front Language: English
to return to the fleshpots of Madrid, Henry encounters a fiery censor of the international Director: Michael Anderson
press office of the Republican front. Teresa is a young idealist who has read and Writer: Nick Squire, Michael Anderson
admired Henry’s earlier work, but now she strongly criticizes his latest story because Producer: Nigel Wooll, Chantelle de Carvalho
she considers it inaccurate, self serving, and even cowardly. Challenged by her spirit, Key Cast: Greg Davies, Thomas Turgoose, Sylvia Syms
and smitten with her beauty, Henry decides to stay and, with Teresa’s help, tell the story Delivery Status: Pre-Production
of what is happening in Spain, a prelude to love and war, in a world that is quickly Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK 
collapsing around the lovers. The odds are stacked against them. The jealous head of TIM WEBBER, a teenager at boarding school, and his friends BAGGY and NICK,

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take a dare to sneak out of the dormitory one night and steal crocodile eggs from a demand.
nearby zoo. But the prank ends in tragedy when Nick is killed by a crocodile. The OUTPOST 11
police on the scene catch Tim and he is expelled from school while taking the rap for Sci-Fi 
Baggy. Fifteen years later, on the death of his father, Tim returns home to Somerset, Language: English
accompanied by his girlfriend LUCY to run the family stone masonry. But there is a Director: Anthony Woodley
sinister undercurrent to the idyllic village setting that seems to harbour a dark secret. Writer: Anthony Woodley
People have been disappearing, and it all seems to be centred around the old WEBBER Key Cast: Bernard Hill, Luke Healy, Joshua Mayes-Cooper, Billy Clarke 
STONE QUARRY. Tim reunites with his old friend Baggy and when, to their dismay, Delivery Status: Completed
tragedy strikes, the villagers are quick to lay the blame on them. Dear MRS DUNSTAN Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
is killed and … incredible as it seems … the evidence points towards a horrific death- Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the
by-crocodile. In the villagers’ eyes, it can only be Tim and Baggy’s fault and it appears story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day
that the time has come for both of them to pay for their actions of years ago. Those the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged in to chaos. Albert,
crocodile eggs that came home with Tim hatched. When they got too big, UNCLE Mason and Graham must fight the isolation, madness and arctic spiders to survive.
STAN, an aggressive loner was supposed to give them to the zoo. But Uncle Stan Think ‘The Thing’ plus ‘How I Ended this Summer’ mixed with ‘Videodrome.’ 
had other ideas. Secretly, he took them to an isolated lake to live naturally. The only THE RAPTURE
snag though, was that as his “beauties’ grew much bigger, the offal from the village Thriller 
butchers was just never quite enough for the croc’s appetites. That’s when locals and Language: English
farm animals began to disappear and the villagers started to think something evil was Director: William Steel 
afoot. There ensues a massive hunt for the beast that surely killed dear Mrs Dunstan. A Writer: William Steel 
crocodile is heroically captured and the villagers rejoice, happy to have safety restored Key Cast: Steven Berkoff, Jamie Murray, Danny Dyer, Philip Davis, Martin Kemp,
to their sleepy village. But Tim and Baggy know there is more to the horrors in the Gary Kemp, Geoff Bell, Colin Salmon, Billy Murray, Charles Vern
village and by the time they are able to investigate the evidence and guess, to their Delivery Status: Post Production
horror, what (or who) is behind the disappearances, it is almost too late. Uncle Stan Country of Origin: UK 
and his partner in crime, CAESAR (butcher’s son and social misfit), abduct a local girl, DNA is traced to The Sword of Destiny which is under threat from an organised heist
followed by two of the masonry workforce and finally Tim’s girlfriend, Lucy. Now, led by Victor Walker (Martin Kemp). Arcangels are sent to earth by The Controller
with Tim at the helm, the whole village is incited to action and they take on Uncle Stan, (Steven Berkoff) to foil the plan. However the heist and the direct blood line of Christ
Caesar and the crocodile. An almighty fracas ensues with Uncle Stan meeting a snappy is revealed which genetically enables the Second coming. A fast paced and slick
end and Caesar being captured and sectioned. Tim and Baggy right the wrongs that they Gangster Da Vinci where the race against time threatens to uncover the truth behind
set in motion all those years ago. The villagers happily return to their lives. Peace again the Knights Templar and The Holy Grail bringing about the end of days. 
settles over the community….Or does it? Could that be the cute chirp of croc babies FLY COLT FLY
hatching we hear?  Documentary 
BEYOND APOLLO Language: English
Sci-Fi  Director: Adam Gray, Andrew Gray
Language: English Writer: Adam Gray, Andrew Gray
Director: Michael Grodner  Key Cast: Colton-Harris Moore
Producer: Matt Reeves, Aaron Ockman  Delivery Status: Post Production
Key Cast:  Ali Larter, Bill Pullman  Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada 
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Brilliant and troubled serial burglar Colton Harris-Moore escaped a juvenile detention
Year of Production: 2013  facility in 2008, beginning a chase with authorities unlike any other in history.
Adapted from the classic and controversial novel of award-winning author Barry Colt has become an icon for youth rebellion and left in his wake over 100 crimes,
Malzberg. Beyond Apollo was published in the USA and 12 European countries and including a half dozen stolen boats, at least 10 cars, and 5 airplanes. 90 000 “fans”
has been in print for 30 years. Suspected of murder, the surviving astronaut of a failed around the world cheered the teenager on through Facebook. Ten original ballads
two-man mission to Venus must explain why the voyage was aborted and how his about Colt have been immortalized on Youtube and book/movie deals were made
Captain went missing. while he was still on the run. Colt is a new breed of outlaw folk hero - a pure fugitive,
MARBLE CITY a runner. Though non-violent, his name will go down in history with the likes of John
Action Thriller  Dillinger and Billy The Kid. Combining documentary elements, dramatic recreations
Language: English and graphic-novel style animation, Fly Colt Fly contrasts the story of a real kid
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura who fell into burglary to keep from starving, and his mass media doppelganger, The
Writer: Ryuhei Kitamura Barefoot Bandit. Colt’s story will be told by those who have known him, his family
Key Cast: Bill Pullman, Melissa George   and friends, his ex-partner stuck in prison, the social service workers that tried to
Delivery Status: Pre-Production help him, the journalists that followed the story, the people he stole from, the law
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA  enforcement officers and bounty hunters that chased him, and the fans that still idolize
Rune enters Marble City after serving ten years for armed robbery. With an eye patch him.
covering his scarred and mangled eye, he’s full of hate and vengeance and soon defies BLISS!
the rules of his parole. Rune steals a car, picks up two nickel-plated .45s, and goes Rites of passage drama 
on a violent search for the man who wronged him, Lucky, the owner of a seedy night Language: English
club. His quest for revenge leads to encounters with strippers, mob enforcers, and the Director: Adrian Vitoria
very worst of the crime underworld. But Rune is also seeking personal redemption, Key Cast: Freya Parks, Montserrat Lombard, Christian Rubeck, Gitte Witt, South
praying for forgiveness for his sinful ways and a reunion with his daughter. His journey Shields, Lars Arentz-Hansen  
into darkness culminates in an epic gun battle that will only leave one man standing. Delivery Status: Pre-Production
THE ELEPHANT WARRIOR Country of Origin: UK 
Documentary  A modern day rites-of-passage adventure set in the North East of England and the
Language: English magical landscape of Norway. The film contains notes of August Rush and Magical
Director: Inna Sahakyan, Vardan Hovhannisyan realism, combining them with Ken Loach’s take on the people of the North of
Writer: Jasper Graham England. It will resonate with fans of East Is East, Billy Elliot and the like and its
Delivery Status: Pre-Production teenage protagonist opens it up to a wide audience while it’s complex themes and
Country of Origin: UK  content make it meaty enough for adult viewers.
Dr. Max Graham is one of the world’s leading elephant conservationists. A scientist MERCENARIES
from Cambridge University, Dr. Graham has been working in Africa’s Great Rift Valley War Documentary 
for the last ten years to keep the peace between roaming herds and local tribes and Language: English
farmers. However, despite his best efforts, more and more of the elephants he has been Producer: Sean O’Kelly, Duncan Napier-Bell, Nick Napier-Bell, Gerry Easter
trying to protect are turning up dead – not because of local conflict, but because of a Key Cast: Sean Bean (narrated by)
much greater international problem: poaching. With China’s rapid economic growth, Delivery Status: In Production
the demand for ivory has increased exponentially. The number of elephants being Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK 
killed illegally is rising by 150% a year. At this rate, the African elephant will become Introduced and narrated by Sean Bean, this explosive series provides an adrenaline
extinct within five years. THE ELEPHANT WARRIOR takes us on a tour of one of fuelled ride into the world of The Real Expendables. An unprecedented access to
the world’s most ancient and beautiful environments to better understand the habits today’s soldiers; they explain their motivations, fears and hopes. 6 x 60 mins episodes
and movements of the African elephant while exposing the exploitation and corruption WARRIORESS
surrounding their population. Driven by passion, we follow Dr. Graham on his journey Action Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts 
to stop the exponential rise of poaching in Africa. Utilizing sophisticated GPS tracking Language: English
devices planted in the tusks of elephants, THE ELEPHANT WARRIOR will reveal the Director: Ross Boyask
underbellies of the world’s black market and follow the illegal ivory to the source of the Key Cast: Cecily Fay, Joelle Simpson, Helen Steinway Bailey, Christian Howard,

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with guest appearances from Brendan Carr, Zara Phythian  Office: Res du Grand Hotel, Albatross, Apt 4S, Tel: 33 (0)4 93 38 73 29
Delivery Status: Completed THE STRANGER
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK  Thriller
Warrioress is a story of blood and dust; of test and triumph. “They’ll falsify your Language: English
creed and, laughing as they plant the seed of doubt, they’ll starve the flame, to watch it Director: Joseph Ruben
wane and flicker out.” In the tradition of “Xena, Warrior Princess”, and influenced by Writer: Alanna Belak
seminal fantasy films such as “Excalibur” and “Flesh & Blood”, Warrioress combines Producer: Jack Nasser
a unique, mystically-infused atmosphere with blistering martial arts action sequences. Key Cast: tba
The story features a wide array of vibrantly attractive and powerful female characters Delivery Status: Pre-Production
pitted against each other in mortal combat. Filmed on location in Guernsey, Surrey and Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
Exeter, the production crew went to extraordinary lengths to find the right locations and A serial killer reinvents himself as a small town professor but his idyllic new life is
settings for this ambitious, action-packed production. Warrioress is the first Western shattered when his former partner shows up and wants them to start killing together
action film to showcase the explosive Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat, and also stars again.
real life martial arts and gymnastics champions, weapons experts, and the very best INVINCIBLE
British stunt women. Thriller
REPERCUSSION Language: English
Thriller  Director: Daniel Zirilli
Language: English Writer: Daniel Zirilli
Director: John Langridge Producer: Rich Salvatore
Writer: David Hartshorn, John Langridge  Key Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Ving Rhames
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK  Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
Two lost souls meet on the road: He’s just killed someone in a bungled petrol station A soldier brought back to life goes rogue and only his genetic equal can stop him.
hold up. She’s just killed her husband and put him in the boot of her car - which he DISTANT SHORE
just flagged down. He’s armed and making her drive him to the coast. Who’s the bad Thriller
guy? You decide. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia meets The Hitcher in a deadly Language: English
game of cat-and-mouse. Casing a petrol station are Joe and Dick, old friends. We can Director: Dominic James
tell they’ve been forced into this by circumstance. Someone by the name of ‘Big Sean‘ Writer: Ben Dalmer, Evan Jacobs
is owed money. Donning balaclavas, they charge inside. Meanwhile, young petite Producer: Jack Nasser
Charlotte packs three leather suitcases into the back of her husband’s car, cleans the Key Cast: Scott Adkins, Randy Couture
house for the last time and leaves. She stops to fill up at the same petrol station where Delivery Status: Pre-Production
the robbery is taking place. Joe suddenly appears, bloody, injured and afraid. He has a Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
bag over his shoulder. There is no sign of Dick. Something has gone horribly wrong. A couple sails into the ocean to commit suicide but are interrupted by the arrival of
With an injured hand now preventing him from driving, Joe takes Charlotte hostage another vessel – before long these 2 people who were ready to die are fighting to stay
with the purpose of having her drive him where he needs to go. A small fishing village alive.
on the Scottish coast. Doug, Charlotte’s brother-in-law, pays a visit to the house and, THE MAGIC OF HEINEKEN
finding it empty and silent, gains entry through a window with the aid of a brick. He’s Documentary (79)
big, brooding and violent. He’s also a police officer. And he’s searching for his missing Language: English
brother... ...The hunt is on. Director: Michael John Warren
THE YOUNG WASHINGTON CHRONICLES Producer: Michele Clarke, Gary Shapiro
Action/adventure Key Cast: n/a
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Daniel E.Catullo Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Gustavo Sainz With a brand loved by millions, THE MAGIC OF HEINEKEN is a film that will
Key Cast: Alexander Ludwig, William Hurt, Kiowa Gordon, Luis Garrel, Kiowa inform, enlighten, inspire and absolutely entertain. This documentary gives you a rare
Gordon behind the scenes look at how this iconic company started and the exciting future
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA  ahead.
WOLVERINE HOTEL FINAL GIRL
Dark/Edgy Thriller  Thriller
Language: English Language: English
Director: Patricia Chica Director: Tyler Shields
Writer: Andrew Lynch Writer: Adam Prince
Producer: Jasper Graham, Byron A. Martin Producer: Jack Nasser, Rob Carliner, Marco Torres
Key Cast: Riley Keough, Ben Foster, Kevin Durand, Liev Schreiber  Key Cast: Abigail Breslin, Wes Bentley, Andrew Ludwig, Logan Huffman, Michael
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Trevino, Connor Paolo, Francesca Eastwood
Year of Production: 2013  Delivery Status: Post Production
 In the course of seven hours, an ex-stripper, her hustler boyfriend and his misogynistic Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
buddy who just got out of jail share a dingy hotel room and get caught in a never ending FINAL GIRL is psychological thriller about a beautiful teenage girl new to town
succession of drama involving junkies, cops, a baby and a sadistic gangsta drug dealer. who is lured out to the woods by a group of senior boys to be the victim in their
IRON SKY final “initiation”. Taught by her trainer, William, to be a lethal weapon, she turns the
Sci-Fi, Dark Comedy (100) hunters into the hunted with a level of perversity far beyond anything they could have
Language: English ever imagined.
Director: Timo Vuorensola  5 MINUTES TO LIVE
Writer: Johanna Sinisalo, Michael Kalasniko  Thriller
Producer: Tero Kaukomaa Language: English
Key Cast: Christopher Kirby, Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Udo Kier, Tilo Prückner Director: Jan de Bont
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Raul Sanchez-Inglis
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Finland  Producer: Jack Nasser, Joseph Nasser
Towards the end of World War II the Nazi scientists made a significant breakthrough Key Cast: John Cusack,Jason Isaacs, Julia Stiles
in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were Delivery Status: Pre-Production
launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to Two men rob a bank in tandem – one holding the bank manger’s wife hostage,
take over the Earth once the time was right. Now it’s 2018, and it’s the time for the first the other telling the bank manager his wife will be killed in five minutes unless he
American Moon landing since the 70’s. Meanwhile the Nazi invasion, that has been transfers ten million to an account of their choosing.
over 70 years in the making, is on its way, and the world is goose-stepping towards its MISSION PARK
doom.  Thriller (100)
Director: Bryan Ramirez
Writer: Bryan Ramirez
STUDIO CITY PICTURES Producer: Douglas Spain
Studio City Pictures, 11350 Ventura Blvd., Suite 101, Studio City, CA 91604 USA, Tel: Key Cast: Jeremy Ray Valdez, Walter Perez, Fernanda Romero, Sean Patrick Flanery
1.818.505.8030 Fax: 1.818.505.1102. Delivery Status: Completed
, info@studiocitypictures.com Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
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Four friends from the rough side of town grow apart when two are consumed by a life At Cannes: Christene Browne (Producer - Owner)
of crime, and the other two become FBI agents sent deep undercover - to bring down Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 1. 416.531.0857 Fax:
those childhood friends. 1.416.531.0857
THE VIRGINIAN SENA
Western Drama
Language: English Language: English
Director: Terry Miles Director: Christene Browne
Writer: Bob Thielke Writer: Christene Browne
Producer: Jack Nasser Co-Production Partners: Seeking International Partners
Key Cast: Trace Adkins, Ron Perlman Producer: Christene Browne
Delivery Status: In Production Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada Year of Production: TBA Country of Origin: Canada
After his parents are killed a boy is raised by a powerful cattle baron to uphold the Sena is an innocent little girl in rural Ghana who one day dreams of becoming a nun.
“code of the west”, but in doing so discovers his mentor may have ulterior motives for This dream is shattered when she is secretly sent off to a shire to atone for a crime that
taking him in. she did not commit and becomes a Trokosi. (Trokosi is a traditional religious practice
in Ghana and neighbouring countries whereby young virgin girls are made slaves to
shrines for offenses allegedly committed by a member of their family. To appease
SYNCHRONICITY ENTERTAINMENT local gods, young virgin girls are bonded to the priest of the shrine for life and
Synchronicity Entertainment, 6063 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA, Tel: 310- become their domestic and sexual servants. The bondage dates back to the 17 century.
272-9002 It is a form of modern day slavery and is believed to be Ghana’s most fundamental
Sales Agent human rights problem today.)
At Cannes: Ruzanna Kegeyan (President of International Distribution) THE CLOSED GATE
Office: Apartment 4 Flamant, Grand Hotel, 45 La Croisette Psychological Drama
GOD ONLY KNOWS Language: English
Mob Thriller Director: Christene Browne
Language: English Writer: Christene Browne
Director: James Mottern Co-Production Partners: Seeking International Partners
Writer: Emilio Mauro Producer: Christene Browne
Producer: Bob Salerno, Matthew Chausse, Naomi Despres Key Cast: TBA
Key Cast: Ben Barnes, Toby Jones, Leighton Meester, Harvey Keitel Delivery Status: In Development
Delivery Status: Post Production Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA This drama explores the journey of one man’s decent into hell and what happens when
When Nick a smooth-talking, ambitious young man begins running with an old-school, he reaches there.
no-nonsense Boston crime syndicate, he soon realizes that making his own rules puts ANOTHER PLANET
those around him in danger and ultimately may cost him everything. Drama (90 minutes)
GRAVY Language: English
Horror Comedy Director: Christene Browne
Language: English Writer: Christene Browne
Director: James Roday Producer: Christene Browne
Writer: James Roday Key Cast: Sandy Daley,Daniel Levesque, Monique Macdonald, Marcia Brown,Kevin
Executive Producer: Myles Nestel, Larry Taube, Todd Harthan White Panchetta Barnett as God
Producer: Kerry Rock, Craig Chapman Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Lily Cole, Gabourey Sidibe, Paul Rodriguez, Michael Weston, Sarah Country of Origin: Canada
Silverman and Gabriel Luna Cassandra Jones is a young woman from Toronto with a very active imagination and
Delivery Status: Post Production a unique view of the world. Feeling trapped by life in her low-income community,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA and unable to relate to her brother Patrick, a petty criminal, or her overly pious
It’s Halloween night. A trio of costumed misfits with very special dietary requirements mother, Mary, Cassandra decides to leave Toronto. She applies and is accepted into an
seize a Mexican cantina and force the staff to engage in a late night of gaming, food exchange program between Quebec and West Africa. When she reaches her Quebec
and drink. The only caveat is what’s on the menu...and who will survive till morning! destination, a pig farm, she encounters Sylvie Leblanc, a woman in need of change,
COOTIES her husband Luc Leblanc, a man afraid of change, and Abdoulaye Diallo, her African
Horror exchange counterpart and a man who regrets his decision to seek change. Because
Language: English none of her expectations are met, Cassandra quickly becomes unhappy on the farm.
Director: Ace Norton Her presence creates plenty of tension, much of it humorous. A surprising conclusion
Writer: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan comes about after a roller-coaster series of events.
Executive Producer: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan SPEAKING IN TONGUES: THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE
Producer: Steven Schneider, Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller Documentary Series (5 X 48 mintues)
Key Cast: Elijah Wood Language: English
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Director: Christene Browne
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Christene Browne
When a mysterious virus borne from chicken nuggets hits an isolated elementary school Co-Production Partners: Omni TV
transforming the pre-adolescent children into a feral swarm of mindless cannibals, an Producer: Christene Browne
unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives against Key Cast: Noam Chomsky, Peter Ladeforged,John McWhorter, Philip Lieberman,
them. Who is this hero? The Substitute teacher. Johanna Nichols, Merritt Ruhlen, Richard Klein, Murray Gell-Mann. Michel Degraff,
SMILEY Delivery Status: Completed
Horror Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-
Director: Michael Gallagher part series traces the history and evolution of language and attendant theories and
Writer: Glasgow Phillips, Michael J. Gallagher controversies while evaluating the scope of linguistic diversity, the dissemination of
Executive Producer: Cindy Cowan, Michael Gallagher, Glasgow Phillips language, the expansion of language into written form, and the life cycle of language.
Producer: Michael Wormser Prominent figures in the field of linguistics—Noam Chomsky, John McWhorter, and
Key Cast: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson Peter Ladefoged, to name only three—are featured.
Delivery Status: Completed A WAY OUT
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Documentary (53 minutes)
After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a Language: English
carved ‘smiley’ on his face, a mentally fragile teen must decide whether she is going Director: Christene Browne
insane – or will be the next victim. Writer: Christene Browne
Co-Production Partners: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
SYNCOPATED PRODUCTIONS INC Producer: Christene Browne
Syncopated Productions Inc, 441 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ontario M6H 2V1 Canada, Key Cast: Clement Virgo, Matthew Brown
Tel: 1. 416.531.0857 Fax: 1.416.531.0857. Delivery Status: Completed
www.syncopatedprod.com, syncopatedprod@rogers.com Country of Origin: Canada
Producer A Way Out is a documentary about breaking the cycle of poverty in Canadian’s oldest

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and largest “ghetto,” Regent Park. In addition to talking about what it is like to grow Director: Christopher Garnier-Deferre
up poor in North America, it explores the reasons behind one person finding a way out Writer: Geoffrey Gunn
of poverty and others remaining. As a former resident of a low-income community, Producer: Catherine Vetere
Christene Browne went back to find out what had happened to some of her old friends. Key Cast: Kirsty Oswald, Jamie Parker, Pierre Perrier
Formal and impromptu interviews are conducted and the community is revealed Delivery Status: Completed
through footage and stills. A young man who currently lives in the community is also Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK, France
followed and interviewed. Through in-depth interviews with three people who made Two reckless lovers leave for a romantic weekend in France but find themselves
it out (Tony Lewis- Manger at Toronto Hydro, Lorie Stubbs - Artist/ Entrepreneur, sharing their love nest with a dangerous, fugitive killer who has a bag full of cash and
Clement Virgo- Filmmaker) we get an insightful look into the minds of people is determined to kill them both to protect it. It’s going to be a long weekend...
growing up in poverty. They share their hopes, dreams, anguish and fears with us. SCAR TISSUE
The community as an additional main character is revealed through everyday footage, Thriller (100)
landscape shots and still photographs. Language: English
Director: Scott Michell
Writer: Scott Michell
TF1 INTERNATIONAL Producer: Michael Riley
TF1 International, 1 Quai du Point du Jour, Boulogne Billancourt, 92100 France, Tel: Key Cast: Danny Horn, Charity Wakefield
00.33.1.41.41.21.68 Delivery Status: Completed
www.tf1international.com, sales@tf1.fr Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Sales Agent A young man is stalked by a serial killer who supposedly died decades ago.
At Cannes: Daniel Preljocaj (Managing Director), Sabine Chemaly (EVP International FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, THE
Distribution), Gregory Chambet (VP International Sales & Acquisitions), Cristina Romance, Drama (98)
Batlle (VP International Sales & Acquisitions), Marion Lebre (International Sales Language: Sesotho
Manager), Géraldine Lepicard (International Sales Manager) Director: Andrew Mudge
Office: Relais de la Reine - La Croisette, Tel: 00.33.4.93.06.70 Writer: Andrew Mudge
SUITE FRANCAISE Executive Producer: Timothy R. Boyce Jr.
Romance - Drama Producer: Andrew Mudge
Language: English Key Cast: Jerry MOFOKENG, Lebohang NTSANE, Nozipho NKELEMBA, Zenzo
Director: Sul Dibb NGQOBE
Writer: Saul Dibb and Matt Charman Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: Qwerty Films Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: South Africa
Producer: Michael Kuhn Atang leaves the slums of the big city to bury his estranged father in the remote,
Key Cast: Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas mountainous village where he was born. Befriended by an orphan herd-boy and
Delivery Status: In Production stirred by memories of his youth, he falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo,
Country of Origin: France/ Uk/ Belgium now a radiant young teacher. Through her, Atang is drawn to the mystical beauty and
A passionate story of impossible love, set against the tragic backdrop of World War II. hardships of the people, and faces his own bittersweet reckoning.
Based on the international best-seller. BETWEEN, THE
WOLVES Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller (89)
Action Adventure, Fantasy Language: English
Language: English Director: Giorgio Serafini
Director: David Hayter Writer: Giorgio Serafini
Writer: David Hayter Producer: Giuseppe Pedersoli
Producer: Jason Hoban, Lucas Till Key Cast: Isabelle FUHRMAN, James LEGROS, Joel COURTNEY, Peter
Key Cast: Jason Momoa, Lucas Till, Merrit Patterson BOGDANOVICH
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Canada Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Twilight with a bit more bite to it, and without abstinence.” David Hayter A divorced father takes his teenage kids on a camping trip to recapture their early
JOSEPHINE, SINGLE AND FABULOUS closeness. But all three are swept into a supernatural adventure, lost in a haunted
AKA: Josephine forest from which there seems no escape except death.
Comedy, Romance BLACK LIMOUSINE
Language: French Thriller, Drama
Director: Agnes Obadia Language: English
Producer: Les films du 24- Romain Rojtman Director: Carl Colpaert
Key Cast: Marilou Berry, Bruno Podalydes, Berengere Krief Writer: Carl Colpaert
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Randi Acton, Lee Caplin, Jordan Yale Levine
Country of Origin: France Key Cast: David Arquette, Bijou Phillips, Vivica A. Fox, Nicholas Bishop
Thirty and single, Josephine is sexy, stylish and confident... at least she’s working on Delivery Status: Completed
it. Based on the character created by Penelope Bagieu published by Editions Delcourt Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
and on the author’s successful blog (30.000 visits per day) “My life is absolutely Jack MacKenzie has fallen on hard times. To make ends meet, he starts driving a limo
fascinating” and meets Thomas Bower, an A-list actor, and a sexually charged model, Erica Long,
SERIAL TEACHERS who both seem ready to help him. However, in the city of dreams…life isn’t always
AKA: Les Profs at it seems.
Comedy THIRD HALF, THE
Language: French Romance (113)
Director: Pierre François MARTIN LAVAL Language: Malayalam / German / Bulgarian / Ladino / English
Producer: Les films du 24 - Romain Rojtman Director: Darko Mitrevski
Key Cast: Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Kev Adams Writer: Darko Mitrevski
Delivery Status: Screening Producer: Robert Naskov
Year of Production: 2012 Key Cast: Katarina Ivanovska, Sasko Kocev, Richard Sammel, Rade Serbedzija
For the worst students, the worst teachers Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Macedonia
Determined to build the best football club in the country, Dimitry hires the German
THE LITTLE FILM COMPANY coach, Rudolph Spitz, to galvanize his rag tag team but when the first Nazi tanks roll
The Little Film Company, 12930 Ventura Blvd. Suite 822, Studio City, CA 91604 USA,
through the city and Rebecca, the beautiful daughter of a local banker, elopes with his
Tel: 1.818.762.6999 Fax: 1.818.301.2186.
star player, all Dimitry’s plans must change.
www.thelittlefilmcompany.com, info@thelittlefilmcompany.com
ALIEN TRESPASS
Sales Agent, Producer, Financier
Comedy, Sci-fi (84)
At Cannes: Robbie Little (President & CEO)
Language: English
Office: LERINS: R1, Tel: UK Cell - 44 7710 305 326
Director: R.W. Goodwin
USA Cell - 310 567 8356
Writer: Steven Fisher, James Swift
DIRTY WEEKEND
Producer: James Swift, R.W. Goodwin
AKA: Le Weekend
Key Cast: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Dan Lauria, Jody Thompson
Comedy
Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English, French

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Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Western
Set in 1957, Alien Trespass chronicles a fiery object from outer space that crashes into a Language: English
mountaintop in the California desert, bringing the threat of disaster to Earth. Out of the Director: Ferdinando Baldi
flying saucer escapes a murderous creature – the Ghota, which is bent on destroying all Writer: Wolf Lowenthal Lloyd Battista and Gene Quintano
life forms on the planet. A benevolent alien from the spaceship, Urp, inhabits the body Key Cast: Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril, Gene Quintano
of Ted Lewis (Eric McCormack) – a local astronomer – and with the help of Tammy Delivery Status: Completed
(Jenni Baird), a waitress from the local diner, sets out to save mankind. Country of Origin: 1981
AMERIQUA The only Spaghetti Western shot in 3D is now completely restored with the latest in
Comedy Romance 3D technology and stars Tony Anthony as H.H. Hart, an avenging hero out to retrieve
Language: English his kidnapped bride, played by Victoria Abril. Gene Quintana plays the slave trader
Director: Giovanni Consonni and Marco Bellone who is holding her hostage in this extremely memorable cult favorite.
Writer: Matteo Bortolotti, Bobby Kennedy III, Caterina Mazzuccato CLINIC, THE
Co-Production Partners: Adolfo Vannucci Thriller (94)
Executive Producer: Minnie Ferrara, Francesco Melzi D’Eril Language: English
Producer: Marco Gualtieri, Anthony Mancilla, Alessandro Penazzi Director: James Ribbitts
Key Cast: Alec Baldwin, Bobby Kennedy III, Alessandra Mastronardi, Eva Amurri, Writer: James Ribbitts
Giancarlo Gianni Producer: Samuel Pinczewski
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Andy Whitfield, Tabrett Bethell, Freya Stafford
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US, Italy Delivery Status: Completed
Fresh from college and eager to explore Europe, Charlie takes a leap of faith and Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Australia
arrives in Italy without plans, friends or a place to stay. He’s ready to experience the While traveling across country with her Fiance, Beth wakes alone in an isolated clinic
world, meet new people and at all costs, postpone adulthood. It doesn’t take long before to a mother’s worst nightmare. Her child has been abducted. Trapped and facing an
he’s running from the Mafia, falling for a beautiful Italian free-spirit, Valentina, and unknown enemy, Beth struggles to piece together the clinic’s deadly secret. Just how
partying a little too much with the self proclaimed king of Bolognia, Lele. Charlie may far will a mother go to save her child? Inspired by true events.
have graduated college but he’s about to fail in the real world; that is until he finds a CHERRYBOMB
way to afford his new lifestyle. Romance, Thriller (86)
BENEATH THE DARKNESS Language: English
Thriller Director: Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D’Sa
Language: English Writer: Daragh Carville
Director: Martin Guigui Producer: Simon Bosanquet, Michael Casey
Writer: Bruce Wilkinson Key Cast: Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan, Kimberley Nixon
Key Cast: Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden, Tony Oller, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Delivery Status: Completed
Werkheiser Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: UK
Delivery Status: Completed Best friends Luke, and Malachy are finally ready to enjoy their summer. Yet, when the
After the death of his best friend, a 16-year-old boy struggles to expose the grim secrets stunning Michelle moves to town unexpectedly, these two best friends soon become
surrounding a “haunted” house. worst enemies. With a resistance to boredom, Michelle seductively encourages
BLINDSIGHT a dirty competition for her heart. What was supposed to have been a relaxing
Documentary (104) vacation transforms into a wild ride of drinking, drugs, sex and a deadly end to the
Language: Tibetan, German, English competition.
Director: Lucy Walker CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST
Producer: Sybil Robson Documentary
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: UK Director: Peter Jay Brown
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping Writer: Tim Huntley
adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up the northside of Mount Producer: Peter Brown, Martin Kistler, Ron Moler, Goktug Sarioz
Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all Key Cast: Captain Paul Watson
the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Believed to be possessed Delivery Status: Completed
by demons because of their blindness, the children are feared by their parents, scorned Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken - a blind The only true 30-year odyssey of the most wanted environmentalist today, Captain
educator and adventuress - the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Paul Watson, the cult hero of Animal Planet’s critically acclaimed “Whale Wars”. The
Weihenmayer to visit their school. Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her founder of Greenpeace, Watson was eventually ousted from the organization for his
students Kyila, Sonam Bhumtso, Tashi, Gyenshen, Dachung and Tenzin to let him lead uncompromising passion to protect the planet and his unconventional methodology.
them higher than they have ever been before. Free of bureaucracy and politics, Watson forges his own personal Armada, The Sea
CUT OFF Shepherd Society, a small vigilante organization dedicated to protect the aquatic life
Action/Adventure, Fantasy (85) of the planet at all costs.
Language: English SEXY EVIL GENIUS
Director: Gino Cabanas Thriller (90)
Writer: Brian Mazo, Myer Grovic Language: English
Producer: Gino Cabanas Director: Shawn Piller
Key Cast: Amanda Brooks, Ann Archer, Faye Dunaway, Malcolm McDowell, Thomas Writer: Scott Lew
Nicholas Producer: Mark Amin
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Seth Green, Katee Sackhoff, Anthony Michael Hall,
Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA William Baldwin, Harold Perrineau
When Daddy cuts her allowance off, it’s up to a desperate Patricia to find a way to keep Delivery Status: Completed
her lavish lifestyle. When the perfect plan becomes her worst nightmare, she’s not only Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
lost her money but she’s closing to losing her life. DRACULA 3D
COMING & GOING Horror, Roman, Thriller
Comedy Language: English
Language: English Director: Dario Argento
Director: Edoardo Ponti Writer: Dario Argento, Enrique Cerezo, Bram Stoker (book)
Writer: Dewayne Darian, Edoardo Ponti Producer: Roberto Di Girolamo, Sergio Gobbi, Giovanni Paolucci
Key Cast: Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander, Fionnula Flanagan Key Cast: Asia Argento, Marta Gastini, Rutger Hauer, Thomas Kretschmann, Unax
Delivery Status: Completed Ugalde
Year of Production: 2010 Delivery Status: Completed
Coming & Going is an irreverent romantic comedy that poses the question: How far Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
would you go to capture the heart of the one you love? Lee is a young, skilled OBGYN Based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of
who lacks confidence when it comes to talking to women outside his successful twentieth century culture.
medical practice. A freak injury temporarily lands him in a wheelchair and it is at that EYE OF THE STORM, THE
precise time that he meets his dream girl. Convinced she’s only paid attention to him Drama
because he’s in that chair, he stays in it to win her affections well after his injury has Language: English
healed. Coming & Going is about love and the extreme things people do for it. Director: Fred Schepisi
COMIN’ AT YA! 3D Writer: Judy Morris (screenplay), Patrick White (novel)

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Key Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis Producer: Jonathan Sagall, Guy Allon
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya, Daniel Caltagirone, Moran Rosenblatt, Ziv
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia Weiner, Gal Lev, Ofer Hayoun, Taliesin Knight
When Elizabeth Hunter has a stroke, her son and daughter fly across the world to be at Delivery Status: Completed
her bedside, which raises all the family’s old frictions and resentments as they struggle Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Israel
to come to terms with who they are and what they mean to each other and how they can Two Palestinian teenage girls break the curfew imposed by the Israeli military. They
best survive one another. sneak into the Jewish part of Jerusalem to see a movie but their youthful prank
HOW TO BE suddenly goes all wrong.
Comedy (85) LAST STATION, THE
Language: English Romance (112)
Director: Oliver Irving Language: English
Producer: Justin Kelly Director: Michael Hoffman
Key Cast: Robert Pattinson, Jeremy Hardy, Rebecca Pidgeon Writer: Michael Hoffman, Jay Parini (based on the novel by)
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meurer
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: UK Key Cast: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff,
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come Kerry Condon and James McAvoy
to London and become his personal life coach. Delivery Status: Completed
I KNOW YOU KNOW Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Germany, Russia, UK
Drama, Family (83) The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction
Language: English on her husband’s loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for
Director: Justin Kerrigan Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
Writer: Justin Kerrigan PATAGONIA
Producer: Sally Hibbin, Michael Reuter Adventure, Drama (119)
Key Cast: Robert Carlyle, Aaron Fuller, David Bradley Language: Welsh, Spanish, English, Polish
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Marc Evans
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: UK Writer: Laurence Coriat, Marc Evans
Charlie is highly charged and on the edge.—an undercover agent, always on an Producer: Flora Fernandez-Marengo, Rebekah Gilbertson
important mission, always on the move. Jamie, his son, is fascinated by his father’s Key Cast: Matthew Rhys, Marta Lubos, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Nia Roberts,
espionage work until the world of spies becomes all too real. Charlie is unpredictable, Matthew Gravelle, Grammy Award winner Duffy
explosive, yet kind hearted and fiercely protective of his Jamie who hero-worships his Delivery Status: Completed
father…that is until he slowly begins to understand that his father is occupying a quite Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Argentina, UK
different reality. Two women embark on their own personal journeys – one searching for her past
IT MIGHT GET LOUD in the Welsh springtime, and the other looking toward her future in an Argentine
Documentary (98) autumn.
Language: English SPUD
Director: Davis Guggenheim Comedy, Family (103)
Producer: Davis Guggenheim, Peter Afterman, Lesley Chilcott Language: English
Key Cast: Jimmy Page (from Led Zeppelin), The Edge (from U2) and Jack White (from Director: Donovan Marsh
The White Stripes) Writer: Donovan Marsh (screenplay), John Van De Ruit (novel)
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Ross Garland - Producer, Brad Logan
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: John Cleese, Troye Sivan
Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. From Academy Delivery Status: Completed
Award winning director, Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth), It Might Get Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa
Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric It’s John “Spud” Milton’s first year at a Wealthy boys only school. Surrounded by his
guitar virtuosos - The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The dorm mates The Crazy 8, Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud takes his
White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing first steps along the path to manhood. Spud invites us into the mind of a boy anxious
favorite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist’s to fit into his strange new world; a boy whose eyes are being opened to romance,
musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion friendship and complete insanity!
as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
and hear new music from each artist. The movie revolves around a singular day when Romance, Drama (111)
Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge first met and sat down together to share their Language: English
stories, teach and play. Director: Andrew Wagner
L.A. I HATE YOU Writer: Andrew Wagner, Fred Parnes, Brian Morton (novel)
Thriller Producer: Jake Abraham, Nancy Israel
Language: English Key Cast: Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, Lauren Ambrose
Director: Yvan Gauthier Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Paul Conway, Yvan Gauthier Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Warren Ostergard Heather Wolf, a sharp and ambitious graduate student idolizes the aging writer
Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, William Forsythe, Warren Ostergard, Paul Sloan Leonard Schiller. She convinces him that she can bring him back into the spotlight
Delivery Status: Completed he so desperately misses. Initially he resists, but her compelling and seductive ways
Year of Production: 2011 reawaken his long submerged need for artistic recognition and romantic love.
A desperate husband regrets the hit he ordered on his handicapped wife but when he SWANSONG
attempts to stop the murder, a series of events far greater than he can control begin to Drama
take over. Inspired by true Los Angeles stories. Language: English
LITTLE GLORY Director: Conor McDermottroe
Family Writer: Conor McDermottroe
Language: English Producer: Hermann Florin, Edwina Forkin, Tom Maguire
Director: Vincent Lannoo Key Cast: Martin McCann, Gerard McSorely, Jodie Whittaker
Writer: John Engel Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: John Engel Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Ireland
Key Cast: Cameron Bright, Hannah Murray, Isabella Blake-Thomas Teased and bullied as a child because he has no father, Austin Byrne grows up
Delivery Status: Completed plagued by anger, confusion and pain. In the hopes of unlocking his own identity and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Belgium overcoming the past that haunts him, Austin sets out to find his father and discover
Against all odds and everyone’s advice, a selfish twenty-year-old drop-out tries to raise the secret of his birth. Remaining fiercely loyal to his mother, Austin is consistently
his little sister. But taking care of a nine-year-old alone proves harder than anyone tested on his journey, but eventually learns the true power that comes with love,
could have imaged. Cameron Bright (Alec from the Twilight Franchise) stars in this friendship and most of all, a sense of belonging.
heart-warming and touching story of what it takes to be a big brother. COMING & GOING
LIPSTIKKA Comedy
Drama, Romance, Thriller (90) Language: English
Language: English, Arabic, Hebrew Director: Edoardo Ponti
Director: Jonathan Sagall Writer: Dewayne Darian, Edoardo Ponti
Writer: Jonathan Sagall Delivery Status: Completed

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Year of Production: 2010 Language: ENGLISH
URBAN EXPLORER Director: Mary Crawford
Thriller (94) Executive Producer:
Language: English Producer: Marco Colombo
Director: Andy Fetscher Key Cast: Jason Faunt (Power Rangers’) Kristine De Bell and introducing Jenny
Writer: Martin Thau Cipolla.
Producer: Oliver Thau Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Nathalie Kelley, Nick Eversman, Klaus Stigimeier, Max Riemelt Year of Production: 2012
Delivery Status: Completed 16 year old JULIET BELLO lives on a ranch with her stepmother KIM and two
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Germany irritating stepbrothers, CRAIG and PETE. Since her father died the ranch has been
Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an going downhill, until in desperation Kim has to entertain the offer from businessman
international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them MONTGOMERY BEETLE or else face foreclosure. But Juliet thinks she has a secret
into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When that could keep the ranch open: her horse, HORATIO, can talk!...
their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help AN EASTER BUNNY PUPPY
while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border Family (90 min.)
guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin Language: English
to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis Director: Mary Crawford
realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life! Producer: Marco Colombo
COMIN’ AT YA! 3D Delivery Status: Completed
Western Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English Mystery writer JENNIFER DIAMOND is not thrilled when she’s assigned to write a
Director: Ferdinando Baldi children’s book, “An Easter Bunny Puppy.” Out of ideas, Jennifer asks her daughter,
Writer: Wolf Lowenthal Lloyd Battista and Gene Quintano LUCY, for help in her research and dresses her in a fluffy bunny costume, hoping
Delivery Status: Completed it will inspire her. Humiliated when handsome new boy-next-door JAKE sees her
Year of Production: 1981 “bunny” togs, Lucy pretends that she has a geeky twin sister who was wearing
The only Spaghetti Western shot in 3D is now completely restored with the latest in the outfit. The problems really start when Jake invites her and her mom up to a
3D technology and stars Tony Anthony as H.H. Hart, an avenging hero out to retrieve mountain cabin for a traditional Easter egg hunt, where Lucy must divide her time
his kidnapped bride, played by Victoria Abril. Gene Quintana plays the slave trader acting like herself and like her “twin,” Marion. When her ruse is finally revealed,
who is holding her hostage in this extremely memorable cult favorite. she’s humiliated, and Jake is so angered by the deception it looks as if their fledgling
WAR OF THE DEAD romance is over. Meanwhile, Lucy’s dog, RUSS, the narrator of the story, digs up a
Action/Adventure, Horror, Sci Fi, Thriller (86) priceless Faberge egg buried in the woods and takes it home with him, unaware that
Language: English he’s trailing armed bad guy, COURTNEY SCAMEN, the thief who stole the egg and
Director: Marko Makilaakso let Jake’s father take the rap, right behind him...
Writer: Barr B. Potter, Marko Makilaakso A TALKING CAT!?!
Producer: Ramunas Skikas, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen Family (85 min.)
Key Cast: Andrew Tiernan Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Mary Crawford
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA, Lithuania, Italy Writer: Andrew Helm
Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of American and Finnish Producer: Marco Colombo
soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy’s strength, Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Johnny Whitaker, Kristine DeBell
they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly Delivery Status: Completed
attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war’s most terrifying secrets and Sometimes it takes a little help from a special cat to get people back on course. In this
realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy. case DUFFY sets about to help two families enjoy each others’ gifts...
WHITE WEDDING SANTA’S SUMMER HOUSE
Comedy, Romance (93) Family (90 min.)
Language: Zulu, Afrikaans, Xhosa, English Language: English
Director: Jann Turner Director: Mary Crawford
Writer: Jann Turner, Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi Writer: Andrew Helm
Producer: Jann Turner, Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi Producer: Marco Colombo
Key Cast: Kenneth Nkosi, Rapulana Seiphemo, Jodie Whittaker, Zandile Msutwana, Key Cast: Cynthia Rothrock, Gary Daniels, Daniel Bernhardt, Chris Mitchum, Kathy
Marcel Van Heerden Long
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: South Africa Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Ayanda is just days away from achieving her lifelong dream: a white wedding Six tourists vacationing in the Florida everglades become lost in a mysterious fog
complete with meringue dress, dozens of bridesmaids, a flamboyant wedding planner and find themselves stranded at the home of a friendly older couple -- and POP and
and a reception for 130 invited guests at an exclusive seafront hotel. The weekend NANNA have a Christmas surprise in store for the strangers, all of whom have an
promises to be a glamorous bash. The only problem is that her husband-to-be, the loyal, unanswered wish only Santa himself can fulfill...
committed Elvis is still 1000 miles away with his childhood friend and best-man, Tumi! A MAGIC PUPPY
Family (90 minutes)
Language: English
THE MARCO COLOMBO COMPANY Director: Mary Crawford
The Marco Colombo Company, Monaco, Tel: +33-6-7863-6745 Fax: +33-1-5301- Writer: Andrew Helm
3740. interstar@me.com Executive Producer: Marco Colombo
Producer Producer: Marco Colombo
At Cannes: Marco Colombo (President) Delivery Status: Completed
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: +33-6-7863-6745 Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
MY STEPBROTHER IS A VAMPIRE!?! Horror movie buff ADAM WILDER’s favorite holiday is Halloween, but this year
Family (90m min) promises to be different from usual when his best friend MOLLY (who’d like to be
Language: English something more than that) accidentally turns his mom LINDA’s boyfriend TED into a
Director: Mary Crawford puppy when she attempts to cast a spell....
Producer: Marco Colombo A CHRISTMAS PUPPY
Key Cast: Judson Birza, Shae Landers, William McNamara, Lynn Lowry, Seth Austin Family (86 minutes)
Lauren Greg, Joseph Rich, Conner Sorensen, Alexia Quinn, The Voice of Dee Wallace. Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: David DeCoteau
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Andrew Helm
Nancy Monroe’s mother Denise just got married -- and Nancy has a new stepbrother, Producer: David DeCoteau, John Schouweiler
Victor, a Goth guy who dresses in black, wears lots of sunscreen, apparently talks to Key Cast: Alexandra Paul, Vanessa Angel, Maureen McCormick, Judy Landers
his cat, and has the ability to cloud women’s minds. So Nancy is convinced that he’s a Baywatch’s Jason Brooks
vampire -- but is she a paranoid wingnut, or is she the only person who sees Victor’s Delivery Status: Completed
true nature?... Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
A TALKING PONY!?! How can you get into “the Christmas spirit” when your single mom is about to lose
Family Entertainment

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her job? How can you revel in the joy of the holidays when your teenaged son has Writer: Mike Finch, Karl Gajdusek
turned into a cynical Grinch? This charming made-for-TV movie dramatizes what Producer: Beau St Clair, Pierce Brosnan, Sriram Das
happens when a struggling family receives a visit from a special being that inspires new Key Cast: Pierce Brosnan
hope and seasonal happiness. Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Europe
An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself
THE SOLUTION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and
The Solution Entertainment Group, 6063 W. Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA, the Russian president-elect.
Tel: (310) 272-9002 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
Sales Agent, Producer, Financier Drama/Comedy
At Cannes: Lisa Wilson (Founder and Partner) Language: 2013
Office: Apartment 4 Flamant, Grand Hotel, 45 La Croisette, Tel: Lisa Wilson’s mobile: Director: Peter Chelsom
818.516.4746 Writer: Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay
GRAND PIANO Producer: Egoli Tossell / Screen Siren
Thriller Key Cast: Simon Pegg, Christopher Plummer, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgard
Language: English Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Director: Eugenio Mira Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Germany/Canada
Writer: Damien Chazelle Hector is an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just
Producer: Adrian Guerra, Rodrigo Cortes not getting any happier! He’s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of
Key Cast: Elijah Wood, John Cusack courage and an almost child-like curiosity, Hector breaks out of his sheltered vacuum
Delivery Status: Screening of a life into a global quest to find out if happiness exists. More importantly, if it
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Spain exists for Hector. And so begins a colourful, exotic, dangerous and hysterical journey!
Performing in front of an audience for the first time after freezing up on stage five years
earlier, a piano prodigy must literally play as if his life depends on it when a mysterious
man threatens to kill him, and his wife who is in the audience. THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
WRITERS The Weinstein Company, 99 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, Tel:
Bittersweet comedy (96 minutes) 212.941.3800 Fax: 212.941.3949.
Language: English www.weinsteinco.com, international@weinsteinco.com
Director: Josh Boone Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor
Writer: Josh Boone At Cannes: Harvey Weinstein (CO-CHAIRMAN), Bob Weinstein (CO-
Executive Producer: Michael A. Simpson, Eric Brenner, Myles Nestel, Lisa Wilson CHAIRMAN), David C. Glasser (COO), Michael Rothstein (President, International),
Producer: Judy Cairo Ennis Hensley (EVP, International Sales & Distribution), Mark Gooder (President,
Key Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Acquisitions)
Liana Liberato, Kristen Bell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and the voice of Stephen King Office: Residence Gray D’Albion, Apartment 6G2
as himself. ST. VINCENT
Delivery Status: Completed Drama
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
An acclaimed novelist’s relationship with his ex-wife, collegiate daughter, and teenage Director: Ted Melfi
son are examined in this funny, tough, and touching drama/comedy that spans a single, Writer: Ted Melfi
tumultuous year in their lives. Producer: Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Ted Melfi, Fred Roos and Don Cheadle
TWO NIGHT STAND Key Cast: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts
Romantic comedy Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Language: English Country of Origin: USA
Director: Max Nichols From Producer Peter Chernin (Rise of The Planet of the Apes) and starring the
Writer: Mark Hammer legendary, Academy Award® Nominated Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, Moonrise
Executive Producer: Adam Yoelin, Mark Hammer Kingdom), Academy Award® Nominated Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, Identity
Producer: Sam Englebart, William D. Johnson, Beau Flynn, Ruben Fleischer Thief), Academy Award® Nominated Naomi Watts (The Impossible, King Kong) and
Key Cast: Miles Teller, Analeigh Tipton, Jessica Szohr acclaimed actor Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, The Sapphires) comes a new film about
Delivery Status: Post Production familyand all the unorthodox forms it can take. Coming from a broken, single-parent
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA household, 12-year old Oliver has little going for him when he befriends his neighbor,
A pair of twenty something strangers awake after an ill-advised one-night stand to find Vincent (Bill Murray), a hard-living man who fills his days with drinking, gambling
themselves snowed in by a blizzard that’s put Manhattan on ice. Trapped together in a and his prostitute girlfriend, Daka (Naomi Watts). Though separated by over forty
downtown apartment, they’re forced to actually get to know each other. years of age, the two form a strong, if idiosyncratic, bond, with Vincent taking the
FELONY young boy under his wing and showing him how to be a man something that his
Police Thriller absentee, philandering father was never able to do. However, these life lessons come
Language: English to an abrupt end when Oliver’s mother (McCarthy) discovers the truth behind their
Director: Matthew Saville extracurricular activities- learning that Vincent has made her son privy to the various
Writer: Joel Edgerton aspects of his hedonistic lifestyle. Eventually, in an ending that is both sincere and
Producer: Rosemary Blight, Joel Edgerton uplifting, Oliver is reunited with Vincent, even going so far as to make him the
Key Cast: Joel Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson, Jai Courtney subject of his school project on modern-day saints.
Delivery Status: Post Production BIG EYES
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Australia Drama
Driving home from a celebratory drink with his team after the long awaited bust of a Language: English
major crime gang, a police officer runs a young cyclist off the road. After he pulls over Director: Tim Burton
to give aid to the child fellow officers arrive at the scene and ask for details about the Writer: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
accident. In a split second decision he tells them a lie which will change all their lives. Key Cast: Christoph Waltz, Amy Adams
5 TO 7 Delivery Status: In Production
Romantic comedy From legendary, Academy Award® Nominated filmmaker Tim Burton (Alice
Language: English In Wonderland) and Golden Globe winning writers Scott Alexander and Larry
Director: Victor Levin Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt) and starring Academy Award® Winning
Writer: Victor Levin Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds) and Academy Award®
Executive Producer: Lisa Wilson, Myles Nestel Nominee Amy Adams (The Master, The Fighter) comes the incredible true story of
Producer: Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Margaret and Walter Keane, two artists who shared a secret so extraordinary that
Key Cast: Anton Yelchin it would threaten to destroy their marriage and change the very way we look at art.
Delivery Status: Pre-Production When a newly-divorced Margaret (Amy Adams) arrives in the thriving San Francisco
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA of the 1960’s, she quickly meets extroverted and gregarious fellow painter, Walter
In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a Keane (Christoph Waltz). Seduced by his out-going personality and libertine lifestyle,
French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash the two soon fall in love and get married, though they continue to struggle in relative
as love deepens, with remarkable results in this romantic comedy. obscurity as artists. That is until the phenomenal success of the Big Eye paintings, the
NOVEMBER MAN famous canvases of large doe-eyed children that became a sensation around the globe
Action/Spy Thriller in the 1960s and 1970s. Beloved by the public but derided by critics as disposable
Language: English pieces of kitsch, the paintings would come to signal a new era in instant celebrity...
Director: Roger Donaldson and the commercialization of art. But at the center of the Keane’s success lay a

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shocking secret about the true artist behind the paintings; a secret that continuous the community crying out for justice, as well as a lack of physical evidence that led police
worldwide fascination with the Big Eye portraits and the couple behind their creation to believe the murders were carried out as part of a satanic occult ritual. Colin Firth
to this day. Was Walter in fact the artist and showman responsible for the bulk of the stars as Ron Lax in the film, a local private investigator and one of the first people to
Keane’s accomplishments, or was it Margaret’s brushstrokes that struggled to reveal support the teens in their defense. Reese Witherspoon plays Pam Hobbs, the mother of
themselves from beneath the shadow of her husband’s handy-work. In the end, the film one of the murdered boys. Together, they allow an uncompromising look at both sides
is a colorful and engrossing cautionary tale that touches on many of Burton’s familiar of a town torn apart, and that will probably never be the same again.
themes, including two fascinating central characters who have more to their story than FRUITVALE STATION
initially meets the eye. Drama
KITE Language: English
Thriller Director: Ryan Coogler
Language: English Writer: Ryan Coogler
Director: Ralph Ziman Producer: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker
Writer: Brian Cox Key Cast: Michael B Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz
Producer: Anant Singh, Brian Cox, Moisés Cosio Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Pre-Production On the morning of December 31st 2008, Oscar, a 22 year old Bay Area resident
Based on the acclaimed anime film from creator Yasuomi Umetsu, KITE stars wakes up and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to
legendary, Academy Award® Nominated Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), India get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday
Eisley (Underworld: Awakening) and CallanMcAuliffe (I Am Number Four, The Great falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn’t been
Gatsby) in a bold, terrifying vision of the future and the storyof one woman’s mission completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4
to change it. Set in the wake of the global financial crisis, one that has rendered the year- old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change
government an ineffective, corrupt puppet state, the real power now lies in a massive is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each
organized crime ring, one that maintains absolute control through intimidation, bribery exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it
and murder. Fueling the new global economy is an extensive international prostitution would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale subway
ring, where the majority of young women are sold into sexual slavery and leaving most station that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to
citizens too terrified to resist. Taking a stand against this is Sawa (India Eisley), a young be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant.
woman who, after the murder of her parents by Mafia hitmen, has sworn revenge on HOUSE OF HORROR
those who left her orphaned. Guiding her in this mission is Aker (Samuel L. Jackson), Horror
an aging police detective who raised Sawa and trained her to be a ruthless assassin, Language: English
all while providing her with “Amp,” a powerful narcotic that allows her to forget the Director: Will Canon
traumatic memory of her parents’ death. But, the closer she gets to the head of the Writer: Max La Bella Story by James Wan and Max La Bella
crime syndicate, an elusive man known as The Emir, the more carless she becomes- Producer: Lee Clay, James Wan
leaving a trail of evidence and witnesses in her wake making it harder for Aker to Key Cast: Maria Bello
conceal her identity from his corrupt peers. Despite this recklessness, she excels at her Delivery Status: Post Production
mission until she teams up with a fellow vigilante, a mysterious man with a connection Country of Origin: USA
to her parents, who forces her to confront her most feared enemy: the past and those From producer James Wan (Saw, Insidious) and starring Golden Globe® nominee
very memories she had hoped to forget. Maria Bello (A History Of Violence), Frank Grillo (End Of Watch, The Grey) and
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Dustin Milligan (Slither, TV’s 90210) comes a startling new film that combines found
Drama footage with classic genre filmmaking to take you behind-thescenes into a modern
Language: English day murder investigation with evil ties to a crime that is decades old. Local legend
Director: John Wells holds that an old abandoned house in the bowels of Louisiana is haunted-and for
Writer: Tracy Letts and John Wells Based on the Stage Play by Tracey Letts good reason. Decades ago a girl invited her friends over for an innocent séance. But
Producer: Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jeffery Richards, Jerry Frankel something horrific happened in that house that nobody can explain. Nobody knows
Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper what happened that left four friends murdered and one dead by her own doing.
Delivery Status: Post Production Now, years have passed; the house has been abandoned, boarded and left for rot.
Country of Origin: USA But a group of amateur ghost hunters set out one night to document the house for
Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep and Academy Award® winner Julia supernatural remnants lingering from years past. They round up their gear, and set
Roberts star in the fiercely funny and bitingly sad€big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts out together for an evening of paranormal documentation. Hours later, police receive
Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize® winning play, August: Osage County. Coming on a possible homicide call and arrive at the house to a grizzly scene. The ghost hunters
the heels of her latest Academy Award® win for The Iron Lady, Streep stars as Violet murdered in cold blood. The only survivor is visibly and emotionally shaken, unable
Weston, the sharp-tongued matriarch of the South’s most dysfunctional family since to convey what he’s witnessed. The police interview him for his testimony but he
Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor tore up the screen (and each other) in that other cannot remember a thing. It is only until the unit’s psychologist shows up and pries
Pulitzer Prize-winning classic - Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Directed with the right questions that it all starts coming back…with terrifying results!
by John Wells, August begins on the night that Violet’s husband of 30 years, Beverly, ONE CHANCE
mysteriously vanishes without a trace. Beverly’s disappearance draws the couple’s Drama
three daughters, including eldest Barbara (Julia Roberts), back to the family home, each Language: English
returning with husbands and boyfriends in tow to comfort their mother and help solve Director: David Frankel
the mystery of what happened to their father. As with all families, home brings out the Writer: Justin Zackham
best and the worst in everyone, as each of the children settles back into their place in Producer: Simon Cowell, Michael Menchel, Brad Weston, Kris Thykier
the unforgiving hierarchy of the family all amid the palpable heat of summer. Letts’ Key Cast: James Corden
work borrows its name from the famous Howard Starks poem, describing a month of Delivery Status: Post Production
August heavy with heat-thickened airâ and no real breeze all day. And it’s that stifling Country of Origin: USA
climate that will slowly force Violet and her family to face truths about themselves and From famed producer Simon Cowell (American Idol), director David Frankel (The
each other until the secret of what happened that fateful night is revealed. Devil Wears Prada, Marley and Me and Hope Springs) and writer Justin Zackham
DEVIL’S KNOT (The Bucket List, The Big Wedding), comes the amazing true story of Britain’s Got
Thriller Talent winner and future opera star, Paul Potts. The film stars BAFTA and Tony
Language: English Award winning actor and comedian, James Corden (TV’s Gavin & Stacey theater’s
Director: Atom Egoyan One Man, Two Guvnors), as the unlikely English tenor who stepped out of total
Writer: Atom Egoyan and Paul Boardman obscurity to become an overnight sensation; his audition for Britain’s Got Talent has
Producer: Richard Saperstein, Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Christopher Woodrow received close to 100 million hits on YouTube, while the titular album - One Chance
Key Cast: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon - reached #1 in over 13 countries and has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. But
Delivery Status: Post Production like most great underdog stories, Potts’ road to success was not an easy one. Bullied
Country of Origin: USA most of his life and always struggling to find an audience as much as to make ends
From Academy Award® nominated director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter), meet, Potts was working as a mobile phone salesman and practicing his passion for
and starring Academy Award® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Academy Pavarotti in relative secrecy before going on to win the crown at Cowell’s inaugural
Award® winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line) comes the true story of a crime talent contest. Things start to change when he meets the love of his life in Julie-Ann,
that would grip a nation for almost two decades, and that continues to be one of the and their love story is the true heart of his amazing life and staggering rise to fame.
most high-profile trials of all time. Based on the bestseller by Mara Leveritt, Devil’s But even with her devotion and support, Potts continued to struggle to be heard and
Knot recounts the trial and conviction of teenagers Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley his big break remained just out of reach. Until finally, with nothing left to lose, on
Jr., and Jason Baldwin in the savage murder of three 8 year-old boys in the small town the eve of his lowest moment, Potts will get one chance to turn it all around in an
of West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Dubbed the so-called West Memphis Three, emotional landmark television moment that still continues to inspire. Joining the
the defendants, each of them a social outsider, quickly found themselves up against a rarified ranks of other triumphant stories of those who struggle to find their own

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voices – like Academy Award® winners The King’s Speech and The Artist – ONE ARTIFACT
CHANCE proves to ultimately be a story of the indomitable human spirit – and love. Documentary (105min)
RANDOM Language: English
Thriller Director: Bartholomew Cubbins
Language: English Producer: Jared Leto and Emma Ludbrook
Director: Oliver Blackburn Key Cast: Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Milicevic.
Writer: Anthony Jaswinski, Phil Rosenberg Delivery Status: Screening
Producer: David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Haley Bennett, Ashley Greene, Lucas Till Artifact tells the harsh truths about the modern music business and gives intimate
Delivery Status: Post Production access to singer/actor Jared Leto and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars, as they
Country of Origin: USA battle their label in a brutal lawsuit and record their third album.
AIN’T THEM BODY SAINTS 100 BLOODY ACRES
Drama Comedy Horror
Language: English Language: English
Director: David Lowery Director: Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes
Writer: David Lowery Writer: Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes
Producer: Toby Halbrooks, James Johnston, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Producer: Julie Ryan (Cyan Films), Kate Croser (Cyan Films) and Chris Wyatt
Kaufman, Cassian Elwes Key Cast: Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan, Oliver Ackland
Key Cast: Rooney Mara, Casey Afflect, Ben Foster Delivery Status: Screening
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Australia
Starring Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), James is heading to a music festival in the bush with girlfriend Sophie and best
Oscar-nominee Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward mate Wes. He plans to propose to her this weekend, unaware (for the moment) that
Robert Ford) and acclaimed actor Ben Foster (The Messenger, 3:10 To Yuma), she and Wes have been screwing on the sly. When their car breaks down, friendly
SAINTS is written and directed by David Lowery, winner of the Grand Jury Award local and co-owner of a struggling blood and bone fertilizer business, Reg Morgan,
at SXSW 2011. The film is an atmospheric and gripping drama whose story and stops to offer a lift. But Reg is eyeing off a business opportunity here: he and his
landscape nod gracefully to gritty film classics like Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands. partner, big brother Lindsay, have recently discovered a rich new ingredient to their
Mara and Affleck star as Ruth and Bob, two young lovers who go on a passion- organic blend – human corpses! James, Sophie and Wes are about to discover that
fueled crime spree one summer that ends in a violent shootout with police. Several relationships can be bloody hard work, especially when someone’s trying to turn
years later, we find Bob in prison, longing to be reunited with Ruth and the couple’s you into liquid fertiliser.
new baby girl, Sylvie, who he has never seen. Meanwhile, Ruth works at a small job GOOD VIBRATIONS
in town, and cares for Sylvie while seemingly trying to put her life with Bob behind Comedy Drama (97mins)
her – all under the watchful eye of a young cop (Foster) who survived the original Language: English
shootout. But Bob’s restlessness proves too strong, and after four years behind bars Director: Glen Leybrun and Lisa Barros D’Sa
he escapes with the singular purpose of trying to get back to his wife and daughter. Writer: Glenn Patterson and Colin Carberry
Now, Ruth must deal with the possibility of her lover’s return, while Bob finds Producer: Chris Martin and Andrew Eaton
himself pursued by the law and old partners looking for payback. In the end, the Key Cast: Richard Dormer, Dylan Moran Jodie Whittaker
couple must risk everything to start over as a tense, third act collision course with Delivery Status: Completed
fate pulls them irreversibly towards each other. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Ireland
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast, when the bloody
Animation conflict known as the Troubles shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides
Language: English and take up arms, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in
Director: Cal Brunker Europe and calls it Good Vibrations. Through it he discovers a compelling voice
Writer: Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen based on an original screenplay by Tony Leech of resistance in the city’s nascent underground punk scene. Galvanising the young
and Cory Edwards musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and
Producer: Catherine Winder, Luke Carroll, Gregory R. Little punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an alternative ulster,
Key Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Jane Lynch, Craig to bring his city back to life.
Robinson, William Shatner, George Lopez, Ricky Gervais And Rob Corddry OF CORSET’S MINE
Delivery Status: Completed Period Comedy
Country of Origin: USA Language: English
The 3D animated family comedy ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH catapults Director: Jason Connery
movie goers to planet Baab where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Writer: Sharon Soboil
Fraser) is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Producer: Kelley Reynolds and Jasper Graham
Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Key Cast: Sir Derek Jacobi Christine Baranski John Cleese
Gary (Rob Corddry), head of mission control at BASA. When BASA’s no-nonsense Delivery Status: Pre-Production
chief Lena (Jessica Alba) informs the brothers of an SOS from a notoriously Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
dangerous planet, Scorch rejects Gary’s warnings and bounds off for yet another A womanizing aristocrat is forced to disguise himself as a woman to save the
exciting mission. But when Scorch finds himself caught in a fiendish trap set by the family’s inheritance at the expense of losing the love of his life.
evil Shanker (William Shatner), it’s up to scrawny, risk-adverse Gary to do the real THE CATASTROPHIST
rescuing. As the interplanetary stakes rise to new heights, Gary is left to save his Romantic Thriller
brother, his planet, his beloved wife Kira (Sarah Jessica Parker) and their adventure Language: English
hungry son Kip! Director: Nick Broomfield
Writer: Nick Broomfield & Marc Hoeferlin
Producer: Sarah Curtis
THE WORKS Key Cast: Freida Pinto, Dan Stevens, Matt Dillon,
The Works, 5th Floor, Fairgate House. 78 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A Delivery Status: Pre-Production
1HB UK, Tel: +44 (0) 207 612 1080 Fax: +44 (0) 207 612 1081. www. Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
theworksfilmgroup.com, sales.international@theworksfilmgroup.com An epic love story set against the backdrop of civil war.
Sales Agent, Distributor ASHES
At Cannes: Clare Crean (Head of Sales), Laurence Gornall (CEO), Julia Short (Head Dramatic Thriller
of Acquisitions), Beatrice Neumann (Acquisitions Manager), Naomi Weiner (Sales Language: English
and Marketing Executive), Steve Bestwick (Sales and Acquisitions Executive) Director: Mat Whitecross
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform Writer: Paul Viragh & Mat Whitecross
KELLY AND VICTOR Producer: Fiona Neilson and Esther Douglas
Drama (90) Key Cast: Ray Winstone, Jim Sturgess, Lesley Manville, Jodie Whittaker, Luke
Language: English Evans.
Director: Kieran Evans Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Kieran Evans and Niall Griffiths Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Producer: Janine Marmot Frank Barron (Ray Winstone) wakes to find himself locked in a hospital secure
Key Cast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris unit, confused by memory loss, and plagued by visions of a woman (Lesley
Delivery Status: Screening Manville). He is tracked down and visited by his estranged son James (Jim
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Sturgess), anxious to take his father back home to be with his family. The doctor
Kelly and Victor is a raw depiction of a young couples harrowing love affair that explains to him that Frank is suffering from Alzheimer’s, and has been confined
soon becomes both transgressive and tragic.

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to the hospital for his own good – he is prone to violence as a result of the disease. destruction not only at sea but also on land. As a devastating tropical storm
In a moment of madness, James breaks his father out of the ward, and the two men descends upon the island, Jackson and the surviving members of the island
go on the run. The journey proves difficult for James, who has to cope with Frank’s community must try to stay alive long enough for help to arrive. When they
hallucinations and mood swings, while hiding from the police. As they travel, realize the military intends to bomb the creature and the island into the next
glimpses of the old Frank emerge, and gradually the two begin to bond. But both century, they realize their only hope is to make it to the mainland... even if that
men are weighed down by the past, and neither is quite who they seem… means going back in the water.
DEMON LEGACY
TIMELESS FILMS Horror
Timeless Films, 20A The Ridgeway, Cuffley, Hertfordshire EN6 4AR United Language: English
Kingdom, Tel: 0044 1707 879723 Director: Rand Vossler
www.timelessfilms.co.uk, info@timelessfilms.co.uk Writer: Tracy Morse
Sales Agent, Producer Producer: Bob Gill, Albee Patnesky
At Cannes: Ralph Kamp (CEO & Chairman), Rebecca Kamp (Marketing Key Cast: Grant Alan Matthew Currie Holmes Anna Marie Demara
Manager), Gareth Kamp (Sales Executive) Delivery Status: Completed
Office: VIEUX PORT, Tel: 44 7760 7866 25 Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
THE LEGEND OF THE UNDERZOO (3D) Five sorority sisters unleash an unholy entity.
Animation (TBC) AVALANCHE SHARK ATTACK
Language: English Sci-fi
Director: Warren Coleman Language: English
Writer: Warren Coleman, Stephen Abbott, Jeff Treppel, Kevin Almeida Director: Scott Wheeler
Co-Production Partners: Arc Productions Writer: Keith Shaw
Executive Producer: Ralph Kamp Producer: Jacob Silver, Devi Singh, Stan Spry, Eric Scott Woods
Producer: Kallan Kagan Key Cast: Kate Navta Erika Jordan Emily Addison
Key Cast: TBC Delivery Status: Post Production
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013-2015 Country of Origin: Canada After an horrific avalanche, the staff members at Twin Pines Ski Resort start to
In THE LEGEND OF THE UNDERZOO, four adventurous animals unite in search receive reports of missing people and creatures that move beneath the snow. As the
of a mythical treasure to save their devastated zoo. This is a fun roller-coaster ride body count piles up, the management tries to cover up the situation, which leads to
of laughter and adventure with friendship, courage and empathy at its heart. disaster on their busiest day of the year: Bikini Snow Day.
JUSTIN AND THE KNIGHTS OF VALOUR (3D) JURASSIC ATTACK
Animation (90minutes) Sci-Fi (86 min.)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Manuel Sicilia Director: Anthony Fankhauser
Writer: Manuel Sicilia & Matthew Jacobs Writer: Rafael Jordan
Co-Production Partners: Kandor Graphics Executive Producer: Mark L. Lester, Jeffrey Goldman
Producer: Antonio Banderas, Kerry Fulton, Marcelino Almansa & Ralph Kamp Producer: Anthony Fankhauser
Key Cast: Freddie Highmore, Antonio Banderas, James Cosmo, Charles Dance, Key Cast: Gary Stretch, Michael Worth, Alicia Ziegler, Natasha Berg
Tamsin Egerton, Rupert Everett, Barry Humphries, Alfred Molina, Mark Strong, Delivery Status: Completed
David Walliams, Julie Walters, Olivia Williams and Saoirse Ronan. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Screening A raid on a terrorist stronghold becomes a fight for survival when a group of soldiers
Year of Production: 2011-2013 Country of Origin: Spain encounters a land filled with bloodthirsty dinosaurs! Captain John Steakley leads an
Set in a magical world that children still dream of, Justin and the Knights of Valour elite special forces team into the South American jungle to rescue Angeles Ibanez, a
is a story about the determination of a kid to reach his dream. It is a tale about beautiful scientist, from the clutches of terrorist guerrillas and take out their heinous
friendship, honour and courage. A heart-warming stroy filled with adventure, action leader, Marquez. But the team’s helicopter goes down under enemy fire and Steakley
and fun. and his team find themselves in a prehistoric crater where dinosaurs still exist! On the
POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (3D) run from a vicious T-Rex, ferocious velociraptors, a stampeding triceratops, crazed
Animation (TBC) rebels, and a scheming professor who has lived amongst the dinosaurs for years,
Language: English Steakley and his team must save the girl and hope they have enough ammo to make it
Director: Mike Disa out of the jungle alive!
Writer: Kim Fuller, Annika Bluhm & Nicole Dubuc CHRISTMAS ANGEL
Co-Production Partners: RGH Entertainment & Classic Media Family (87 min.)
Producer: Robert Anich Language: English
Key Cast: Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, David Tennant Director: Stephen Cookson
Delivery Status: In Production Writer: Stephen Cookson
Year of Production: 2011-2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Executive Producer: Peter Keegan
Everyone’s favourite postie, Postman Pat, comes face-to-face with the dark side of Producer: Stephen Cookson
fame when he enters a national TV talent show. This children?s TV icon hits the Key Cast: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Celia Imrie, Mel Smith, Joseph Phillips
big screen for the first time and in 3D. Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: England
TITAN GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT When his mother is seriously injured in a car accident, 15-year-old Eddie, together
Titan Global Entertainment, 21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 1770, Woodland Hills, CA with his brother Stewart, faces an uncertain Christmas. Without their mother, the two
91367 USA, Tel: 818-340-9004 Fax: 818-340-9011. boys must look after themselves. One night, when they’ve run out of food, and the
www.titanglobal-ent.com, jeff@titanglobal-ent.com electricity goes out, Eddie’s mother visits him in a dream asking him to bring her
Sales Agent, Distributor an angel’s halo in order to save her. Convinced it was more than just a dream, Eddie
At Cannes: Mark L. Lester (President), Jeffrey Goldman (President of Worldwide sets out to find an angel, but can he save his mother before Christmas? This touching
Distribution) family film also stars Timothy Spall (The King’s Speech, the Harry Potter series,
Office: Riviera C8 Vanilla Sky) and Academy Award ® nominated Brenda Blethyn (Atonement, Pride &
POSEIDON REX Prejudice).
Sci-fi HIGH ROAD
Language: English Comedy (87 min.)
Director: Mark L. Lester Language: English
Writer: Rafael Jordan Director: Matt Walsh
Producer: Mark L. Lester, Anthony Fankhauser Writer: Matt Walsh, Josh Weiner
Key Cast: Brian Krause Anne McDaniels Steven Helmkamp Executive Producer: Erik Rommesmo, Jeff Schlossman
Delivery Status: Post Production Producer: Kirk Roos, Matt Walsh, Inman Young
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: James F. Pumphrey, Abby Elliott, Lizzy Caplan, Ed Helms, Horatio Sanz,
A small, secluded island in the Caribbean suddenly finds itself terrorized by a Rob Riggle, Matt L. Jones, Joe Lo Truglio
deadly predator from the planet’s distant past when deep sea divers accidentally Delivery Status: Screening
awaken an ancient evil. Jackson Slate and his team of underwater cave explorers Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
unearth much more than long-lost Mayan treasure while plumbing the depths A hilarious teenage road trip movie with Ed Helms (The Hangover), Lizzy Caplan
of a world famous blue hole. They disturb a creature that’s been hibernating for (Trueblood, Hot Tub Time Machine) Rob Riggle (Saturday Night Live), and Horatio
over 100,000 years -- POSEIDON REX -- a rampaging behemoth of death and Sanz (Saturday Night Live). Young slacker Glenn “Fitz” Fitzgerald (James Pumphrey)

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splits his time between his girlfriend Monica (Abby Elliott), playing in his band, and his Delivery Status: Completed
“business” – selling contraband. When his band breaks up, Fitz starts dealing out of his Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
garage and hanging with his 16-year-old sidekick, Jimmy (Dylan O’Brien). Then, just In a remote place, strangely similar to Japan, an island is afloat on a lake. Humans
as his former band mates (Zach Woods, Matt L. Jones, Lizzy Caplan) achieve success, dare not go there for from ancient times it was believed that monsters inhabited
and Monica finds out she’s pregnant, one of Fitz’s deals goes awry and he and Jimmy the island, infamously calling it ‘The Monster Island’. One day, an unsuspecting
go on the lam. On the run from the cops, amid guns, broken bones, sassy cabbies and child, Kotake, wanders off to the island and finds that the island, indeed were filled
rude hookers, Fitz must find his way to safety. with monsters but most were harmless and feared anything from the outside world,
BAD PARENTS including humans. There, he encounters Naki. Naki, a red ogre, who was misanthropic
Comedy by nature, had lived a secluded life up until then, but from this happenstance, is forced
Language: English to take care of Kotake with a blue ogre, his only friend Gunjo. Through a new life
Director: Caytha Jentis with the innocent Kotake and gentle Gunjo, Naki gradually opens up his heart. Yet,
Writer: Caytha Jentis even with the two caring ogres, Kotake eventually misses his own village. And when
Producer: Caytha Jentis, Dorothy Fucito Kotake’s return goes terribly wrong, the two ogres’ friendship is put to the test.
Key Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Titus, Michael Boatman, Cheri Oteri, Bill ISLANDS OF JAPAN (WORKING TITLE)
Sage, Reiko Aylesworth, Rebecca Budig, Kristen Johnston AKA: Nihonrettou
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (TBA)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Language: Japanese
In the witty satire Bad Parents, suburban mother Kathy (Janeane Garofalo) signs up her Director: Keizo Ideta
seven-year-old daughter for the local club soccer team. Not realizing what she’s gotten Producer: Takashige Ichise
into, Kathy finds herself at the center of the hyper-competitive, dog-eat-dog world of Key Cast: Masaki Aiba, Masami Nagasawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Gori
soccer moms obsessed with their children’s success. Every game is “win at all costs” Delivery Status: In Production
for these women, and the march towards the State Cup quickly spirals out of control… Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Featuring an all-star cast of some of today’s funniest comics and comediennes including The Japanese Islands an archipelago spanning 3,500 km from north to south, bridging
Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live), Michael Boatman (Spin City, Arliss), Kristen both subarctic and subtropical climate zones. A unique country surrounded by water,
Johnston (3rd Rock From the Sun, Bride Wars), Reiko Aylseworth (24, Hawaii 5-0) and blessed with abundant greenery, the beauty of its four seasons and an ocean teeming
Christopher Titus (Titus). Writer/Director Caytha Jentis, with insider authenticity and with sea life. This fascinating program, filmed over a span of two years, captures
specificity, shares the absurd yet very real world of the dark side of youth sports and the hidden lives of a variety of species that inhabit the islands of Japan. Highlights
with humor and heart exposes the void in her parents’ lives that youth soccer fills. include: the dramatic birth and subsequent separation of a mother monkey from her
ALL’S FAIRE IN LOVE child in Shimokita Peninsula; the unique friendship that bonds the monkeys and deer
Comedy (108 min.) of Yakushima; the fascinating lives of wild boars of Mt. Rokkou; the brown bears of
Language: English Shiretoko Peninsula; the earless seals of the Northern Sea; and the red foxes of the
Director: Scott Marshall Kushiro wetlands� From this extensive footage emerges an emotional tale of life
Writer: Scott Marshal, Jeffrey Wine, R. A. White and maternal love from the miracle of birth to childhood, and the eventual, inevitable
Executive Producer: Michael Mendelsohn, Randy Mendelsohn, Adrian Ward, Joseph moment of separation -- The film is replete with previously unseen images depicting
Woolf the brilliance of life. The Japanese Islands is the stage for the most beautiful and
Producer: Scott Reed, Ron Singer emotional drama in the world!
Key Cast: Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Ann-Margret, Matthew Lillard, Cedric the WE WERE THERE (WORKING TITLE)
Entertainer, Nadine Velazquez, Bill Engvall AKA: Bokura ga Ita
Delivery Status: Completed Romance (TBA)
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
In this outrageous romantic comedy Kate (Christina Ricci) abandons a career in Director: Takahiro Miki
business for her love of acting. Star college quarterback Will (Owen Benjamin) Key Cast: Toma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya
must appease Professor Shockworthy (Cedric the Entertainer) after missing class all Delivery Status: In Production
semester. And so both find themselves spending their summer as employees at Ye Olde Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Times Renaissance Faire. Ruled by the Queen of the Faire (Ann-Margret), Will and High school life is a time for girls’ true love to begin. That was also the case for the
Kate join as peasants, subject to the whims of the Faire’s nobles. But despite the Faire’s junior student, Nanami Takahashi. Her target is classmate Motoharu Yano whom
rigid hiearchy Will and Kate forge a connection. Can true love prosper amidst furious two thirds of the girls in the class had fallen or will inevitably fall in love with. His
rivalry and Elizabethan costume? Can a man who’s never ridden a horse win a joust? charming looks were inescapable. But the heartthrob also had a darker side that
May the best knight triumph. Also starring Matthew Lillard (SLC Punk) and Nadine he hides away. Nanami wishes that she could outdo all his past loves and help him
Velazquez (My Name is Earl). forget perhaps the one who causes him pain even now. Overcoming many difficulties
together, Nanami and Yano closes their distance. Meanwhile, Yano’s best friend
Masafumi Takeuchi cares for Nanami with more than a friendly concern Yano’s ex-
TOHO COMPANY LTD. girl friend (who has already passed away)’s younger sister Yuri Yamamoto’s hidden
Toho Company Ltd., 2029 Century Park East, Suite 433, Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA, feeling crosses over with the twoA touching love story from high school and after
Tel: 310-277-1081 their graduation. What are the destinies of these four hearts?
www.toho.co.jp, info@tohousa.com SPACE BROTHERS
Sales Agent AKA: Uchu Kyodai
At Cannes: Ms. Yoshiko Fukuda (Sales Manager, LA office) Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
LOVE STRIKES! Director: Yoshitaka Mori
AKA: Moteki Key Cast: Shun Oguri, Masaki Okada
Romance, Comedy, Drama (118 minutes) Delivery Status: In Production
Language: Japanese wtih English Subtitles Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan
Director: Hitoshi One The movie is based on Space Brothers, the mega-hit manga series that is still running
Writer: Mitsuro Kubo in Morning Comics (Kodansha). It is a story of two brothers who aspire to be the first
Producer: Genki Kawamura Japanese astronauts to set foot in outer space. The outrageous scale of the storyline
Key Cast: Morai Moriyama, Masami Nagasawa, Kumiko Aso, Riisa Naka, Yoko Maki and hilariously endearing characters have made Space Brothers an enduring hit,
Delivery Status: Completed earning 2nd place in the Manga Grand Prix for two years in a row. The bestselling
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Japan series, currently in its 11th volume, has sold over 2.2 million copies with a broad
Yukiyo Fujimoto, 31, has no money, no aspirations and no girlfriend. Leaving his temp fan base that includes actors and producers both inside and outside the industry. The
job, he decided to finally get a life and lands a job as a write for an Internet news site. movie rights for the immensely popular space Brothers was the focus of a heated
But love eludes him. At the height of his loneliness and social isolation, out of nowhere bidding war between film production companies, television networks and major
springs his season of irresistibility- the arrival of ‘Moteki’. Between four very different entertainment firms with Toho Studios finally winning out. Scale-meets-drama-
women, Yukiyo gets pushed and pulled in all directions. Will Yukiyo reach the elusive meets-comedy. The most talked about manga of our time will finally come to the big
promised land of true love (sex included)? screen. The film deftly blends the emotional, human story of two brothers with the
FRIENDS NAKI ON THE MONSTER ISLAND spectacular theme of man’s eternal quest to explore space. The main attractions of
AKA: Friends Mononokeshima no Naki the original work are the charming and endearing characters the two brothers which
Animation, Family (88 minutes) will bring a comedic touch to the film. We live in an age of harsh reality recession,
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles suicides, alienation where people have forgotten how to look up at the sky and dream.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki, Ryuichi Yagi Through the brothers who aspire to reach for the moon, the film aims to bring hopes
Writer: Takashi Yamazaki and dreams back into our lives. Space Brothers will be the first full-scale space
Producer: Genki Kawamura (brothers) film that Japan will be proud to promote around the world!
Key Cast: Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera, Sadao Abe

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TOMCAT FILMS LLC great masters artists like Picasso and Monet. Daniel is quickly pulled into a world of
TomCat Films LLC, 10645 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 200-130, Phoenix, AZ 85028 USA, organized crime run by Irish crime boss Seamus White. When he gets in too deep,
Tel: 1-480-535-8713 Fax: 1-480-535-8712. with no way out, there is only one person who can track him down: his ex-fiancée, an
www.tomcatfilmsllc.com, info@tomcatfilmsllc.com authenticator from famed auction house Sotheby s. Can she find him before the FBI
Sales Agent, Distributor does, or will double-crossing the mob bring his world crashing down? In the end, if
At Cannes: Ted Chalmers (President/CEO) no one knows, is it really Fake?
Office: Riviera- Marina Show Room G17 (Aisle G), Tel: +33 4 92 99 3349 THE CARETAKER
SKYPOCALYPSE: THE PHOENIX RISES Horror (98mins)
AKA: The Phoenix Rises Language: English
Sci-Fi (86) Director: Tom Conyers
Language: English Writer: Tom Conyers
Director: Drew Hall Co-Production Partners: Little Man Screaming Productions
Writer: Denny Wilkins Producer: Mark White
Producer: Drew Hall, D. Scott Lumpkin Key Cast: Anna Kate Burgess, Clint Dowdell, Colin MacPherson, Lee Mason, Mark
Key Cast: James Black Adam Cardon Catalina Soto-Aguilar White.
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 20112 Country of Origin: USA Country of Origin: Australia
Worlds collide in this psychological, sci fi thriller when a team of brilliant scientists are As a wave of vampirism sweeps the world, a small but discordant group hole up
recruited to work with a secretive government run project called the Phoenix Program in a country mansion in Victoria, Australia. A vampire, who has also occupied the
to develop counter measures for climate based weaponry. Special Agents Bob Smith mansion, offers them a deal: if they protect him from humans during the day, he’ll
and Tom Jones hand picked the team after observing their success with building the protect them from other vampires at night. So begins an uneasy alliance which soon
world’s first space elevator for the Bonner Prize – a secret recruitment project purposed threatens to fall apart.
to find the worlds best and brightest. A newly formed terrorist group is using climate AMERICAN MASSACRE
based weapons to hold the US and its allies hostage. Using extremely low frequency AKA: Victorville Massacre
delivery methods the terrorists can cause earthquakes, alter rain patterns, cause Horror (90mins)
droughts, and create deadly storms out of thin air; but the terrorist threat is not the only Language: English
challenge for the team. A deadly, vindictive mercenary from their past, Jamal Duegro, Director: Riley Wood
has launched a revenge operation to reacquire technologies his clients want returned to Writer: Riley Wood
them and will stop at nothing in order to protect his interests. Co-Production Partners: Not a Camel Productions & Red Talent and Literary Agency
DISASTER WARS: EARTHQUAKE VS TSUNAMI Producer: Riley Wood
Sci-Fi Key Cast: Patrick Atherton, Chris Bailey, Briana Baker, Kevin Brown, Tony Cavalero,
Language: English Landen Celano, Sofia Fatale, Jennie Floyd, Hiram Xavier Gonzalez, Susannah Hart
Director: David Palmieri Jones.
Writer: Keith Parker Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Jon Bonnell, Ted Chalmers, David S. Sterling Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Reggie Bannister Priscilla Barnes Joe Estevez A group of nine friends decide to spend Labor Day in the desert town of Victorville.
Delivery Status: In Production Meanwhile, for the first time in it’s less than illustrious history, Victorville finds itself
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA terrorized by an uncatchable serial killer. Unknowingly, the nine friends are about
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami to embark on a haunting journey in a night full of heart pounding terror where dirty
that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Lives and secrets within the group will be revealed and blood will be shed. Who will survive?
loves are lost even as a brash young grad student comes up with a solution: start the BLOOD RITES
mother of all earthquakes to counter the rushing torrent and raise the continental shelf Horror (90mins)
off the coast of the United States. Language: English
DOSE OF REALITY Director: Dorothy Booraem
Drama (90 min) Writer: Dorothy Booraem & Chad Haufschild
Language: English Co-Production Partners: Unfiltered Entertainment & Saint James Films
Director: Christopher Glatis Executive Producer: Dorothy Booraem
Writer: Christopher Glatis Producer: Dorothy Booraem, Chad Haufschild, Andrew Johnson
Producer: Mark Castaldo & Ted Collins Key Cast: Katrina Adams, Colby Coash, Britany Dailey, Mark Dews, Jeanne Kern,
Key Cast: Fairuza Balk, Rick Ravanello & Ryan Merriman Christina Marie Leonard,
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
2AM, closing time: A cocky bar manager with a shady past and a young handsome Blood will flow. Hell is coming...
bartender discover a beautiful woman bloodied and unconscious in the bathroom of a ALL HALLOW’S EVE
late night lounge. When she awakens, Tony, Matt and the mysterious Rose are plunged AKA: HalloweeNight
into a stirring evening of dangerous role playing in an ever-escalating game of cat Horror (85)
and mouse that forces them to face the dark shadows of themselves. As we begin to Language: English
piece together the elaborate puzzle, nothing is what it seems. However, one thing is for Director: Mark Polonia
certain: this Rose is full of thorns. Writer: Mark Polonia, John Polonia
LIZZIE BORDEN`S REVENGE Producer: Matthew Satterly
Horror (90mins) Key Cast: Cindy Wheeler, Steve Diasparra, Brian Berry, Todd Carpenter, Bob Dennis
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Dennis Devine Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Dave Sterling A college party is the stage for bloodshed and murder on Halloween Night, as a
Co-Production Partners: Saint James Films mistreated student exacts his revenge on those who wronged him. Using the effigy
Producer: Dave Sterling of a living scarecrow, his Frankenstein like creation carries out his heinous plans.
Key Cast: Veronica Ricci, Jenny Alford & Mindy Robinson One female student, Trix, is the only thing that stands between him and the bloodiest
Delivery Status: Completed massacre to ever take place on the night of All Hallows’ Eve.
Country of Origin: USA AMERICAN MONSTER
The famous axe murderer returns to terrorize a modern day sorority AKA: Monster Movie
FAKE Horror (75)
Crime (93) Language: English
Language: English Director: John Polonia, Mark Polonia
Director: Gregory W. Friedle Writer: John Polonia
Writer: Gregory W. Friedle Key Cast: Brian Berry, John Polonia, Todd Carpenter
Executive Producer: Gary Friedle Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Ken Del Vecchio Year of Production: 2007
Key Cast: Gabriel Mann Jill Flint Fisher Stevens Robert Loggia Eight rolls of badly damaged 16mm film reveal one of the most bizarre cover-ups
Delivery Status: Completed in the annals of true-life events. Suppressed from the public, the contents of the film
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA cans unspool, telling the simple documentation of four buddies and their weekend
Daniel Jakor is one of the most prolific and successful artists the world has never heard outdoors, but quickly turning into a terrifying menace in the form of strange reptilian
of. Struggling to sell his own art, he finds his true genius lies in the forgery of the lizards. Did they rise from the lake? What was left of the town they trampled

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underfoot? Could they be tied in to all the disappearances? Don t believe everything Producer: Dan Forgues
you see...experience it! Key Cast: Caroline Redekopp, Xavier Sotelo, Adam Beach, Pat Fry, Gabriel Aranda,
THE VISITANT Bryce Delaney, Kaelan Forgues, Allison Graham.
Horror (90) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Country of Origin: USA
Director: Jon Binkowski Drowning in her fear of water, a women is forced to face her fate.
Writer: Jon Binkowski, Stephen DeWoody APEX-PREDATOR
Producer: Ben KUPFER, Jon BINKOWSKI AKA: Night Claws
Key Cast: Michele Feren, Tracy Wui, Patty Bender, Stephen DeWoody, Lauren Horror (90mins)
O’Quinn Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: David A. Prior
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Writer: David A. Prior & Fabio Soldani
Samantha plays the role of “Fortune Teller,” but she is a thorough skeptic about Co-Production Partners: Night Claws LLC.
“paranormal activities” and all things supernatural - she certainly doesn’t believe in Executive Producer: David A. Prior
ghosts. But one night alone in her house, she is about to learn that there are dark forces Producer: Tara Kleinpeter, A. Wade Miller, David A. Prior and Allison Moss
that don’t care whether she believes or not; they are REAL. Or are they? Key Cast: Frank Stallone, Leilani Sarelle, Sherrie Rose, Reb Brown, Ted Prior, Ryan
SCARE ZONE Patrick Williams, Garrett Hines.
Horror Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Country of Origin: USA
Director: Jon Binkowski A small town is being terrorized by a killer Bigfoot. One that is blood thirsty, vicious
Writer: Jon Binkowski and kills without warning and without discrimination.
Producer: Ben Kupfer, Matt Durfee DEADLY WEEKEND
Key Cast: Arian Waring Ash, Simon Needham, Chris Burns, Neil Brown Jr. AKA: Zellwood
Delivery Status: Completed Horror (90mins)
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
Scare Zone is Oliver’s pride and joy. Sure, it’s just another strip-mall Halloween Director: Jason Sutton
Horror House, but as always, he’s put his heart and soul into it. The attraction is open Writer: Jason Sutton
for three nights only, and Oliver has brought back his old staff, including ex-con Co-Production Partners: 6th Plague Productions, Abyssmal Entertainment & Last Trip
Spider, eager bride-to-be Summer, and the enigmatic Goth princess Claire. A bunch Producer: Philip P. Moran
of newbies are also on board, including earnest young Darryl, who immediately finds Key Cast: Sara Jean Underwood, Bruster Phoenix Sampson, Patricia Rosales, Amani
himself bewitched by the creepy Claire. The dysfunctional ‘scream team’ learns to work Atkinson, Haley Boyle.
together while someone or some-thing is out to make the horror REAL. Delivery Status: Completed
THE CORRUPTED Country of Origin: USA
Horror (75) You wont make it to Monday...
Language: English MOTHER’S DAY EVIL
Director: John Klappstein AKA: Curio
Writer: John Klappstein, Knighten Richman Supernatural Thriller (90)
Producer: Jason Thompson Language: English
Key Cast: Samantha Barone, Don Chartrand, Caleb Ian Morley Fischer Director: Steven Nisbet
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Steven Nisbet
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Canada Producer: Ben Foottit
A man quietly strums his guitar at the edge of a lake. Through the darkness we see a Key Cast: Sydney Wade, Jennifer Bryer, Wayne Russell, Joel Jackson, Richard Wood,
woman emerge, silent and mysterious. She approaches and whispers something into Christine Howe
his ear. When she beckons, he has no choice but to follow.When his friends arrive, its Delivery Status: Completed
obvious...something in him has changed. What did the woman tell him? Why does he Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
seem so distant? Where did she take him? What started out as a bonding holiday between an American mother recently reunited
UNCUT with her daughter, quickly turns into a tense, desperate nightmare.
Horror, Thriller DARK MEDICINE
Language: English AKA: The Eugenist
Director: Phillip West Horror (90 min)
Writer: Philip West Language: English
Producer: Philip West Director: Tariq Nasheed
Key Cast: Jason Allen, Gabrielle Amies, Safron Beck Writer: Aaron Strongoni, Tariq Nasheed
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Thaddeus A. Blue, Lyndon Chichester, Rod Teddy Jones, Tariq
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Nasheed
When a small group of actors and stage workers retreat to the basement of an old Producer: Tariq Nasheed
Victorian theatre for a secret party they think that the misery of their failed pantomime Key Cast: Ramona McGowan, Tariq Nasheed, Alexander Isaiah Thomas, Rachelle
has finally come to an end. But, the show is not yet over... One of them is found lying Neal, Emily Brooks.
on the basement floor in a pool of blood. Dead. They rush for the exit. Every door is Delivery Status: Completed
locked. They’ve been trapped inside the basement as human bait, and the murderer is Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
locked in with them. There’s only one way to get out alive. Find the killer. Their time is A middle school in a small college town was recently shut down because of
almost up... mysterious toxins found on the premise. These toxins were cause by a secret eugenics
THE DARK SLEEP program gone wrong. Tonight, a group of college friends discover the abandoned
AKA: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dark Sleep school, and decide to explore it just for fun. Once inside, they soon realize that that
Horror (80) school is not so abandoned.
Language: English TEXAS ROADSIDE MASSACRE
Director: Brett Piper AKA: Roadside Massacre
Writer: Brett Piper Horror (90 min)
Producer: Mark Polonia Language: English
Key Cast: Taylor Nicole Adams, Bob Dennis, Steve Diasparra Director: Scott Kirkpatrick
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Scott Kirkpatrick
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Marques Kemp, Scott Kirkpatrick, Soha Saleh, Angela Villalobos
In this adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, it depicts Key Cast: Marina Resa, Elio Mardini, Dusty Probert.
a nightmarish journey into another dimension when a young woman discovers the Delivery Status: Completed
remnants of an ancient cult beneath her house. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
AQUAPHOBIA Five teens struggle for their lives after becoming stranded in a cannibal infested
AKA: September Runs Red mountain town.
Horror (90mins) ANOTHER CHANCE
Language: English AKA: Jake`s Corner
Director: Dan Forgues Drama, Family (80 Mins)
Writer: Dan Forgues Language: English
Co-Production Partners: Black House Pictures Inc. Director: Jeff Santo

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Writer: Jeff Santo Director: Adis Bakrac
Co-Production Partners: Jake`s Corner Writer: Zlatko Topcic
Executive Producer: Jeff Santo Producer: Almir Sahinovic
Producer: Jeff Santo Key Cast: Tony Grga, Mirsad Tuka, Mira Furlan
Key Cast: B.J. Thomas, Danny Trejo, Diane Ladd, Richard Tyson Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Bosnia
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: USA A young boy born in the middle of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina lives in an
The fictional story of an ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, who moves far from the orphanage while for his mother to contact him.
spotlight after a family tragedy to a small, desert town he owns called Jake’s Corner. BABY BROTHER
Set in the real town of Jake’s Corner, Arizona, it is a rest stop for travelers, but for the AKA: Some Dogs Bite
people who live there, it’s a rest stop for life. Through the years, this town of misfits Drama (90)
have become closer than most families - they are kin. The dynamic of the town is Language: English
changed forever when Johnny’s young nephew comes to live with him. Director: Marc Munden
ISIS RISING: CURSE OF THE LADY MUMMY Writer: Lin Coghlan
Horror (90 min) Producer: Sara Feilden
Language: English Key Cast: Thomas Brodie Sangster, Aaron Taylor, Michelle Asante
Director: Lisa Palenica Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Lisa Palenica Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Executive Producer: Randy Oppenhimer Three brothers are split-up after their mother’s death. They steal their baby
Producer: Ted Chalmers & Lisa Palenica brother from the foster parents and set off to find their estranged father.
Key Cast: Priya Rai, James Bartholet, Seth Gandrud, William ‘Bill’ Connor. SHADOWLAND
Delivery Status: Completed Horror (99)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
In ancient Egypt, Isis and Osiris ruled the land. All were happy for the couple except Director: Wyatt Weed
one, Set, a jealous man who killed Osiris in order to take over his kingdom. Isis snuck Writer: Wyatt Weed
into Osiris’ tomb and tried to raise him from the dead using her black magic. Set caught Producer: Gayle Gallagher
Isis in the act and had Osiris cut to pieces, with each piece buried in a different part Key Cast: Caitlin McIntosh, Jason Contini, Carlos Antonio León
of the land. Isis vowed to avenge Osiris’ death and return with him to rule over all the Delivery Status: Completed
worlds. Now, six college students take their last course in archaeology in anticipation Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
for graduation. Their last assignment is to uncover and document the museum’s new A taut reinvention of vampire lore, Shadowland opens in modern day North
acquisitions with their teacher, Professor Shields and world-renowned Egyptologist Dr. America, where construction workers uncover a slumbering vampire.
Nasir. During the night they haphazardly awaken the ancient spirit of Isis’ lost soul and JURASSIC SHARK
her wrath is unleashed on the group. As students start to disappear one by one, they Horror (75 Mins)
must band together to stop Isis from rising her dead lover Osiris and his evil army Language: English
of the dead, and exacting their revenge upon the world. Director: Brett Kelly
EMPRESS OF THE EVIL DEAD Writer: David A Lloyd
AKA: Empress Vampire Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers
Horror (90 min) Producer: Annie-Marie Frigon
Language: English & Chinese Key Cast: Emanuelle Carriere, Christine Emes, Celine Filion
Director: Phil Condit Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Phil Condit & Ange Maya Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada
Executive Producer: Phil Condit, Michael Hollins, Ange Maya When an oil company has unwittingly unleashed a prehistoric shark from its icy
Producer: Phil Condit prison, the Jurassic killer maroons a group of art thieves and a group of beautiful
Key Cast: Ange Maya, Tom Cochran, Beau Nelson, Laura Cotenescu. young college students on an abandoned piece of land. The two opposing groups are
Delivery Status: Completed forced to do what they can to survive or become food for the not-quite-extinct shark!
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA TROUBLE
Take a journey into darkness- the darkness of ancient evil, the darkness of human AKA: Trim
greed, and the darkness of perversion of Empress Vampire. Drama (95)
THE BIG HEIST Language: English
AKA: Small Timers Director: Ryan Bottiglieri
Comedy (79) Writer: Ryan Bottiglieri
Language: English Producer: Britt George
Director: Jonny Cruz Key Cast: Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Ryan Bottiglieri, Bruce Dern Carriere
Writer: Robby Storey, Jonny Cruz, Cortez Davis Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Ron Day Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Producer: Jonny Cruz, Tim Grace A misguided personal-trainer struggles to clean up his life after he is sued by a client,
Key Cast: Jordan Spradley, David Conard, Jonny Cruz, Frank Ford, Lela Bell, knocks up two women and suffers a heart attack.
Nicole Leigh, Johanna Goldsmith, Alcides Dias KINGDOM OF DUST
Delivery Status: Completed Drama, War (90 min)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
Three small-time crooks with dreams of hitting a big score just can’t seem to Director: Heath Jones
get anything right. But when they accidentally stumble across a priceless erotic Writer: Heath Jones
statuette known as Caesar’s Phallus they find themselves on a whole new level of Producer: Ian Dray
high-jinks and danger as they are pursued by a ruthless art collector and his hired Key Cast: Elyes Gabel, Dhaffer L’Abidine, Stephen Hogan, Alyy Khan, Christopher
hitman. Simon
AMERICAN WEAPON Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Blood Shed Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Horror (90 min) In a basement, somewhere in war torn Baghdad, hostage Adam Smith (Stephen
Language: English Hogan, THE TUDORS), imprisoned by Ahmed, (Elyes Gabel, GAME OF
Director: Cliff Vasko THRONES) is waiting to die. With no time, no chance, and no hope, he must look
Writer: Cliff Vasko into the abyss of his own personal hell and it is here, ‘in the valley of the shadow of
Producer: Molly Durand & Cliff Vasko death’ that something divine is awaiting him.
Key Cast: Amin Joseph, Maria-Elena Laas, Benjamin Mouton,Nika Williams. BLOODY MARY 3D
Delivery Status: Completed Horror (90 min)
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
American Weapon is the story of six beautiful travelers who head to the mountains Director: Charlie Vaughn
for a getaway weekend, only to be terrorized by a homicidal war veteran, who has Writer: Keith Parker
been programmed to kill without remorse. Key Cast: Veronica Ricci, Alena Savostikova, Ron Jeremy
THE ABANDONED Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: Ostavljeni Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Drama (85) While making a music video, a group of filmmakers accidentally awaken the curse
Language: Bosnian with subtitles of Mary Worth, a young woman who was brutally murdered a hundred years before.

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Mary crawls through the mirror and begins killing them off one by one! Shot in True Dr. Kantlove, who threatens to blow up the moon with his arsenal of weapons.
3D with no conversion needed. ROBIN HOOD: GHOSTS OF SHERWOOD
ALIENS VS AVATARS Action, Adventure (110 Mins)
Sci-Fi (90 min) Language: English
Language: English Director: Oliver Krekel
Director: Lewis Schoenbrun Writer: Sean Lee
Writer: Keith Parker and Kenny White Co-Production Partners: Ralf Buxa, Nadine Krekel,
Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers, Erik Lundmark
Producer: David S. Sterling Producer: Oliver Krekel
Key Cast: Cassie Fliegel, Jason Lockhart, Dylan Vox Key Cast: Martin Thon, Ramona Kuen, Kai Borchardt, Dennis Zachmann, Kane
Delivery Status: Completed Hodder
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
Six college friends blowing off steam on a camping trip, find themselves caught up Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany/US
in a cat and mouse hunt with an Alien monster. Not knowing what to do or who to The Sherwood Forest is haunted, or so the story goes. Even the bravest of men are not
trust, they struggle to protect themselves. Reluctantly, they join forces with another, fearless when the sun sets here. This is the fictitious tale of a cursed Robin Hood who
seemingly friendly, alien, Ava, who orbits the Earth and appears to them in the form of has sold his soul to a witch to stay alive. But death never sleeps and soon Robin dies
an avatar. Having only one chance at stopping the monster, they must race to locate and in a battle. When Marian and Little John try to bring Robin and his Merry Men back
repair the Ava’s earth sent robot, before it slaughters them one by one. to life by using the witch‘s potions that unfortunately turn the dead to the living dead.
THUNDERSTORM: THE RETURN OF THOR With the use of the potions that Marian took from the witch’s cave her and Little
Action (90 min) John are forced to fight for their lives against their former friends and the accuracy of
Language: English Robin’s bow. The pair is able to fight their way out of Sherwood Forest, and find that
Director: Brett Kelly what’s left of the Zombie Robin Hood and his remaining Zombie Merry Men cannot
Writer: Brett Kelly & Trevor Payer leave the forest. Marian and Little John, decide they will scour the Earth to see if they
Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers can find a potion to save their friends, but until then will leave their friends where
Producer: Annie-Marie Frigon they are as the’Ghosts of Sherwood’.
Key Cast: Ray Farrel, Lenard A. Blackburn, Emanuelle Carriere, Matthew Champ BAIT
Delivery Status: Completed Suspense Thriller
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Language: English
When religious zealots attempt to bring about RAGNAROK, the Norse end-of-days, Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
The God of Thunder, THOR, uses his divine will to empower his descendant Grant BAIT, a survival-suspense-thriller set in the deep woods of the Southern
Farrel, with the ability to harness the power of the heavens. It now falls to this new hero Appalachians, follows four men who must survive this relentless force of nature to get
to keep the peace and keep Hell from coming to Earth! back to their families. Soon they are being hunted by a ruthless killer. Keeping vigil
AGENT BEETLE over them, the killer plots a game of “Three Little Indians”. He guns one down, the
AKA: Codename: Beetle others manage to escape. But the killer knows the land, knows the open spaces, and
Action (90 min) has it all planned out. They can’t see him. They can’t hear him. The only sign he’s
Language: English still watching is his bright ‘Red Dot’. And if you see that, it could be the last thing
Director: Brett Kelly you’ll ever see.
Writer: Carlos Perez THE ANTI-BIN LADEN
Co-Production Partners: Saint James Films Documentary (35:45)
Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers Language: English and Arabic, with subtitles
Key Cast: Emanuelle Carriere, Paul Finnigan, Daniel Lavigne, Kyle Martellacci, Director: Mick Csaky
Kenneth McDavitt, Duncan Milloy. Writer: Eugenia Harvey
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Eugenia Harvey
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Delivery Status: Completed
When soldier Dan Garcia learns of his policeman Father’s death at the brutal hands of Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: Egypt
Neo-Nazis, he returns home to face what seems like an unstoppable force. Little do they As Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled travels throughout the Middle East, Europe,
know that he is not your average soldier and using genetic superpowers supplied by the and the United States preaching his controversial message of Islamic renaissance,
military he sets out to take vengeance on those who killed his father. British filmmaker Mick Csí¡ky examines the enigmatic phenomenon of the man Time
CAPTAIN BATTLE: LEGACY WAR Magazne named one of the “100 Most Influential People of the Year” in 2007. Over
Action (90 min) 40 million viewers watch Khaled’s sermons every week as it’s broadcast around the
Language: English world via Arab satellite channels. Yet despite being hailed as everything from “The
Director: David Palmieri Anti-Bin Laden” to “The Rock Star Preacher” by Western journalists, Khaled still
Writer: Keith Parker and Kenny White remains an enigmatic phenomenon to a large portion of the non-Arabic speaking
Executive Producer: Ted Chalmers world. Exactly what is Khaled’s message, and why has his preaching polarized the
Producer: David S. Sterling Muslim world? As Khaled’s popularity continues to skyrocket across the globe,
Key Cast: Cuyle Carvin, Andrew J McGuinness and Marlene Mc’Cohen director Csí¡ky works to ensure that his subject’s true philosophy comes through in no
Delivery Status: In Production uncertain terms.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Sam Battle follows in the footsteps of his great grandfather, a WWII super hero known
as CAPTAIN BATTLE, by accepting an experimental drug while in the military. TRICOAST WORLDWIDE
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Director: Lewis Schoenbrun Animation/Action
Writer: Jeremiah Campbell and Keith Schaffner Language: English
Producer: David S. Sterling Director: Gun Ho Jang
Key Cast: Jordan Lawson, Shevaun Kastl, Terence Lording, Randal Malone Writer: Tom Farmer
Delivery Status: Completed Co-Production Partners: Sony Computer Entertainment, AZ Works, Blockade
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Entertainment
Henry Howard an ambitious young scientist struggles to develop a super human Producer: Kevin Munroe
serum designed to improve muscle mass and prolong life expectancy. His boss, the Key Cast: Anna Torv, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina
grumpy General Darwin, will not allow Hank to marry his daughter, Hannah, until the Delivery Status: Post Production
experiment is a success. Against Darwin’s wishes Hank proposes to Hannah anyway, Year of Production: 2013
but his life is shattered by a mugger who steals his engagement ring. Dejected, Hank A film based on the popular game “Heavenly Sword” developed by Sony
injects himself with the experimental serum and is transformed into the Amazing Bulk. Entertainment for PS3. Nariko’s clan has long protected the “Heavenly Sword”, a
The Bulk goes on a rampage through the city destroying everything in his path. Hank is god’s blade of immense power that drains its wielder of their life force. A power-
caught by a relentless detective, imprisoned by Darwin and forced to battle the sadistic hungry ruler known as the evil King Bohan seeks to obtain the sword to gain its
devastating power. As the impending apocalypse nears, how long can Nariko resist

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the sword’s deadly curse? INUK
LITTLE RED Adventure (88)
Fantast Thriller Language: Greenlandic(English Subtitles)
Director: Tate Bunker Director: Mike Magidson
Writer: Tate Bunker, Susan Kantha Kerns Writer: Jean-Michel Huctin, Mike Magidson
Producer: Tate Bunker, Heidi Mains, Miles O’Neil Co-Production Partners: C’est La Vie Films, Docside Production
Key Cast: Mark Metcalf, Hannah Obst, Paige Bunker Producer: Sylvie Barbe, Mike Magidson, Thom Mount
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Gabe Petersen, Ole Jorgen Hammeken, Rebekka Jorgensen, Sara Lyberth,
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Elisabeth Skade
The age old fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood breathes new life in this modern-day Delivery Status: Completed
adaptation. Escape into the journey of a young runaway, traveling cross-country to seek Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Greenland/France
refuge at her grandmother’s house. She soon realizes that she is fleeing from more than A young Inuit native boy sees his father die hunting seals. 10 years later he has
just her past as something dark and beastly follows close behind. The lines between to make a choice between living in an urban world of rap music, and violence or
illusion and reality blur in this visually enchanting film. returning to the old tribal ways of his ancestors, hunting and living off the land.
TOOLBOX MURDERS NOOBZ
Thriller/Supernatural Comedy (99mins)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Dean C Jones Director: Blake Freeman
Writer: Dean C Jones Writer: Blake Freeman, Marvin Willson
Key Cast: Bruce Dern, Brian Krause, Chauntal Lewis Co-Production Partners: Wunderkind Pictures
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Danielle R. Crane, Shane Duffy, Blake Freeman, Kip Konwiser, Jason Vu
Country of Origin: USA Key Cast: Jason Mewes, Casper Van Dien, Moises Arias, Jon Gries, Matt
An attractive young woman is kidnapped, held captive and forced to endure the evils Shively,Blake Freeman, Mindy Sterling, Lin Shaye, Bill Bellamy, Zelda Williams
of one of the most violent homicidal maniacs in the city’s history. Unfortunately her Delivery Status: Completed
situation worsens when she must contend with outside supernatural forces along with Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
her kidnapper. Four friends: Andy (Jason Mewes) Hollywood (Moises Arias), Olive (Matt
THE BUNKER Shively) and Cody (Blake Freeman) travel cross country to win the Gears of War
Action/Adventure (91 Mins.) Championship at Cyber Bowl. With One closeted, another asthmatic, and two well
Language: English past their prime, this unlikely band of gamers find themselves in one outlandish
Director: Joe Black situation after another.
Writer: Joe Black AT THE SINATRA CLUB
Producer: Joe Black Drama (87)
Key Cast: Ken Shamrock, Mike Brown Language: English
Delivery Status: Post Production Director: James Quattrochi
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Salvatore Polisi
A rogue American special forces team goes undercover in a North Vietnamese bunker Co-Production Partners: Ubatz Productions, San Pietro Productions, United Pacific
while trying to find a young female Vietnamese traitor. The U.S. Army discovers too Studios
late that this team has gone pyscho and many American soldiers get killed along the Executive Producer: Mark Belasco, Roberta Mariani
way. They plot to extract the team without any collateral damage. Producer: Brooke Lewis, Warren Ostergard, Debrah Polisi, Salvatore Polisi, James
ABSOLUTE KILLERS Quattrochi
Thriller (97) Key Cast: Jason Gedrick, Danny Nucci, Michael Nouri, Joey Lawrence, Ellen
Language: English Hollman
Director: Joe Di Maio Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Eric Troyer Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Co-Production Partners: Cascade Pictures, Witness Insecuriy It’s 1972. The mafia crime families are at war, but that isn’t enough to stop a young,
Executive Producer: Eric Troyer unknown, John Gotti, who has big ideas and even bigger ambitions. Gotti pulls
Producer: Joe Di Maio, Eric Troyer together an unlikely crew made up of one member from each crime family to pull off
Key Cast: Edward Furlong, Edward Asner, Brain Krause, Elaine Hendrix, P.J. Byrne, a silver bullion heist. The Sinatra Club is where they plan the heist and John Gotti
Meat Loaf, Grace Johnston starts his rise to fame.
Delivery Status: Completed CENTRE PLACE
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Drama (84 minutes)
Raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, Johnny Graham is Language: English
repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. Director: Ben Shackleford
#ACTORSWANTED Writer: Krista Dalby, Max Dann
AKA: Opus Producer: Charelle Kelly
Horror (87 minutes) Key Cast: Julia Markovski, Sullivan Stapleton
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Micah Levin Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Australia
Writer: Andrew Bird & Micah Levin Lizzie Baxter, a 28 year old sales assistant in a trendy Melbourne fashion boutique, is
Co-Production Partners: Movie Magic Media Productions, Megatrend Media living in denial. She plans to marry Simon and move with him to Paris to follow her
Producer: Andrew Bird, Mark Cramer dream of becoming an artist. Unfortunately, Simon dumps her and, to make matters
Key Cast: Demarkes Dogan, Carolyn Jania, Kandice Melonakos worse, her apartment burns down. Lizzie’s whole world is tumbling and she realizes
Delivery Status: Completed that she hasn’t made anything of herself. Can James, an old flame, and her estranged
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA father help her grow up and take on a real life of her own?
From the producer who brought you ‘Virtuosity’,’The Lawnmower Man’ and the ALMOST SHARKPROOF
IMAX smash hit ‘T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous’, we present to you our newest thriller Action/Comedy (95)
#ActorsWanted. We follow eight actors who submit videos to be cast in a horror film, Language: English
only to discover that the action is all too real. As they are picked off one by one, minds Director: Simon Chan & Joe Rubalcaba
start to wonder if the elusive director is creating his greatest masterpiece yet. Writer: Cameron Van Hoy
5 HOUR FRIENDS Co-Production Partners: Ardor Pictures, Kinkier
Comedy (97 minutes) Executive Producer: Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Strathford Hamilton, Samir Srivastava
Language: English Producer: Cameron Van Hoy
Director: Theo Davies Key Cast: Jon Lovitz, Joan Severance, Dennis Haskins, Ken Davitian, Cameron Van
Writer: Ron Jackson Hoy, Michael Drayer
Co-Production Partners: 905 Productions Delivery Status: Post Production
Producer: Ron Jackson, Wayne Jackson Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Kimberlin Brown, Musetta Vander Broke, busted, and living in a tent outside their parents’ backyard, Vince and
Delivery Status: Completed Freddy have hit rock bottom. That is, until they come up with the idea of a lifetime:
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA sharkproof wetsuits! They are determined to strike it rich and seek the help of a local
A life long womanizer gets a taste of his own medicine. Timothy Bonner played by loan shark (Jon Lovitz) who owns a club in downtown LA. At the club they both fall
Tom Sizemore is devoted primarily to golf, secondarily to sex and finally to drinking. in love with the Isabella, a beautiful performer of death-defying acts. After several
In the end he discovers cheating hurts and he finds what he really wants - love. Ferrai fueled car chases,shoot outs, and mob mayhem, two heros save the girl and

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take down the loan shark’s mob. ‘Almost Shark Proof’ is a buddy comedy in the vein of story begins as they undertake a transformational trip to Venance’s homeland.
‘Wedding Crashers’ and ‘Cop Out’. THE DEAD
BAD ACTRESS Horror (105)
Comedy (85) Language: English
Language: English Director: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford
Director: Robert Lee King Writer: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford
Writer: David Michael Barrett Co-Production Partners: Indelible Productions
Co-Production Partners: HMO Nurse Pictures Executive Producer: Amir S. Moallemi
Executive Producer: Jon Gerrans, Marcus Hu Producer: Howard J. Ford, Amir S. Moallemi
Producer: Lisa Schahet Key Cast: Rob Freeman, Prince David Oseia
Key Cast: Beth Broderick, Chris Mulkey, Ryan Hansen, Vincent Ventresca, Keri Lynn Delivery Status: Completed
Pratt, Corbin Bernsen, Dee Wallace Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Delivery Status: Completed The Dead takes place in the near future, where most of the world has succumbed to
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA the virus of the living dead. After crashing off the coast of Africa, Lt. Brian Murphy
Alyssa Rampart-Pillage is a washed up TV queen whose career has been reduced battles for survival across the terrible terrian of Africa in search of a way to get
to starring in commercials for her husband Bernie’s appliance empire. When their back to his beloved family in the USA. He is saved by a local military man who is
tree-hugging daughter Topanga dies in a tragic golf ball incident, Bernie goes off the also searching for his son. Both men join forces in their journey home, all the while
spiritual deep end and tries to give away their fortune…with disastrous results. But battling against the ever-present threat of the living dead.
what starts off as tragedy quickly turns into career re-invention for Alyssa. And as the SMITTY
body count rises, so does her star. Family (93)
TWO JACKS Language: English
Romantic Drama (91 Mins.) Director: David Mickey Evans
Language: English Writer: Michael Baumgarten
Director: Bernard Rose Co-Production Partners: TriCoast Studios
Writer: Bernard Rose Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath Hamilton, Tory Weisz
Co-Production Partners: Rough Diamond Productions Producer: Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Michael Baumgarten
Producer: Julia Verdin Key Cast: Mira Sorvino, Peter Fonda, Louis Gossett Jr., Booboo Stewart, Jason
Key Cast: Danny Huston, Sienna Miller, Jack Huston, Jacqueline Bisset, Izabella Miko London, Lolita Davidovitch, Brandon Tyler Russell
Delivery Status: Post Production Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA
Based on an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s short story ‘The Two Hussars’ and produced A heartwarming family story about how a young boy’s life is turned around by the
by Julia Verdin of Rough Diamond Productions, ‘Two Jacks’ is a fast-paced, glamorous love of a dog.
and romantic vision of Hollywood now and then. The story is of legendary film director APRIL SHOWERS
Jack Hussar, a notorious gambler and womanizer, returning to Los Angeles to raise Drama (94)
financing for his next film. Years later, Jack Hussar Jr. arrives in Hollywood for his Language: English
directorial debut. At the core of this film we see the struggle of a son trying to step out Director: Andrew Robinson
of the shadow of his famous father. Writer: Andrew Robinson
SCIENCE OF SPIRIT: EXPLORING AGELESS WISDOM THROUGH Co-Production Partners: April Showers
MODERN SCIENCE Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath Hamilton, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Jerry Del
Documentary/Mystery TV series Colliano, Jol Eisenberg, Eugene Mandelcorn,Timothy Owens
Language: English Producer: Jenna Edwards, April Wade
Co-Production Partners: TriCoast Studios Key Cast: Kelly Blatz, Daryl Sabara, Janel Parrish, Ellen Woglom, Illeana Douglas,
Executive Producer: Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Strath Hamilton, Daisy Hamilton Justin Tom Arnold
Wilkinson, Jeff Georgevich Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: In Development Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
Country of Origin: USA A dramatized retelling of what it was like to be a survivor in the midst of the nation’s
In the vein of Through The Wormhole, Science of Spirit: Exploring Ageless Wisdom largest school shooting.
Through Modern Science is a 13 part, one-hour TV series. The series applies innovative ALIENATION
scientific technique to ancient spiritual beliefs and shows the astounding correlations, Documentary (90 minutes)
with a celebrity host. Language: English
TREASURE OF THE BLACK JAGUAR Director: Blake Freeman
Action/Adventure (102) Writer: Blake Freeman, Josh H. Etting
Language: English Co-Production Partners: Wunderkind Pictures
Director: Mike Bruce Producer: Danielle R. Crane, Blake Freeman, Alwyn Kushner
Writer: Mike Bruce, Cameron Van Hoy Key Cast: Blake Freeman, Leroy Tessina
Co-Production Partners: Ardor Pictures Delivery Status: Completed
Executive Producer: Strath Hamilton, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Priscilla Ross, Samir Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Srivastava In the Vein of Borat, the movie “Alienation” is a hilarious, heartfelt TRUE story
Producer: Cameron Van Hoy of two unlikely partners: Our Host Blake Freeman has made it his life mission to
Key Cast: Timothy V. Murphy, Michael Drayer, Cameron Van Hoy, Hidetoshi Imura, help a delivery man he just met from becoming just another victim of paranormal
Masayuki Imai propaganda. Leroy’s life-long devoted beliefs in everything from alien abductions
Delivery Status: Completed to psychic abilities have left him emotionally and financially bankrupt. Comedy and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA truth unfold as Blake takes Leroy across the U.S.A. putting the beliefs to the test by
Two boys with a get rich quick scheme end up in prison, but when they meet a famed any means possible. And By “any” we mean “pretty darn funny”…
treasure hunter named Blake West with a plan to break out, they agree to journey out THE GLAMOROUS LIE
into THE DEVIL’S DESERT to uncover a mysteriously cursed artifact. Blake West’s Documentary (95 minutes)
former employer, a japanese industrialist, is determined to beat our heroes to the Language: English
treasure and stop the boys by any means necessary. Director: Mark Alamares
TANZANIA: A FRIENDSHIP JOURNEY Producer: Mark Alamares
Documentary (104) Key Cast: YaVaughnie Wilkins
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Sylvia Caminer Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Sylvia Caminer Eight years into her relationship with a Fortune 500 president of one of the biggest
Co-Production Partners: Dolger Films, IndiGenius Films tech companies in the world, Oracle Corp., Yavaughnie Wilkins thought she had it
Executive Producer: Doug DeLuca, Michael Hinds, Joseph Perez made. But when she finds out her lover is married and has been leading a double life,
Producer: Sylvia Caminer her world begins to crumble. Beneath the glitz and glamour, she starts to uncover lie
Key Cast: Kristen Kenney,Venance Ndibalema after lie, woman after woman. When her boyfriend wakes up to find his face plastered
Delivery Status: Completed on the side of NYC’s biggest skyscraper, he learns first hand that hell hath no fury like
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA a woman scorned. This is not only a story about revenge, but how one woman who
The story follows Venance Ndibalema, a man who was born into poverty in Africa but refused to be silenced came to find herself again.
found a way out through a college education in the United States. Kristen Kenny is an THE GRAND
American raised by an upper/middle class family. The two met while in college and our Comedy (104)

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Language: English Hong Kong embarks on the shooting of its first film; a Tunisian director anxiously
Director: Zak Penn anticipates the premiere of his controversial film at a major festival. These stories are
Writer: Zak Penn, Matt Bierman woven together with scenes from video stores, projection booths, studios, cinemas,
Co-Production Partners: Insomnia Media Group, Eleven Eleven Films, IMG Film 7 and slums into a vivid meditation on the power of cinema to shape our world.
Executive Producer: Matt Bierman, Kirkwood Drew, Ayman Kandeel, Ari Palitz, CORKED!
Jordan Udko Comedy (90)
Producer: Jeff Bowler, Ross M. Dinerstein, Gary Marcus, Zak Penn, Bret Saxon, Bobby Language: English
Schwartz Director: Ross Clenenden, Paul Hawley
Key Cast: Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, David Cross, Cheryl Hines, Chris Parnell, Writer: Ross Clenenden, Paul Hawley
Werner Herzog, Ray Romano, Mike Epps, Dennis Farina, Jason Alexander Co-Production Partners: 28 Entertainment
Delivery Status: Completed Executive Producer: Jay Hoffman
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Brian A. Hoffman
Set in the world of professional poker, we follow six players as they reach the final Key Cast: Ross Clenenden, Brian A. Hoffman, Rob Reinis, Jeffrey Weissman
table of the Grand Championship. One of the players (Woody Harrelson) has a lot Delivery Status: Completed
at stake. He plans to buy back his dead grandfather’s hotel-casino from the real Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA
estate developer who stole it by winning the world’s most famous high stakes poker A hilarious tale told by documentary filmmakers of four distinctly different wineries
tournament. and their intertwined fate in Northern California wine country. A prestigious celebrity
THE SPEAK wine critic is coming to the area and everyone is trying to make sure their wine ends
Horror (85) up on his golden palate. A diverse group of characters inhabits this region, ranging
Language: English from a fiercely independent “one man show” to an established ‘family’ winery where
Director: Anthony Pierce the word family is a registered trademark. An eccentric “rich kid” attempts to make
Writer: Brett Donowho, Lamont Magee, Anthony Pierce, Martin Wiley his mark in his fathers newly acquired vineyard and “two marketing” executives
Co-Production Partners: Quorum Entertainment, Tony-Seven Films, The Speak are determined to tap into new markets with an edgy high-concept label. We follow
Productions this group through the toils of harvest, and their quest for recognition leading to the
Executive Producer: Rick Dugdale, Paul Hudson, Arni Johannson, Tia Campbell Golden Harvest Gala!
Peterson UNDERGROUND
Producer: Brett Donowho, Anthony Pierce, Martin Wiley Sci-FI (87)
Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Kristina Anapau, Steven Nelson, Tina Casciani, Brett Language: English
Donowho Director: Rafael Eisenman
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Charles Morris Jr.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Tax Credit Finance
We follow a young film crew as they attempt to create a paranormal web series in the Executive Producer: Van Burrows, Robert Folk
most haunted hotel in the U.S. After performing a ritual called THE SPEAK, the crew Producer: Anthony Gudas
unleashes spirits that they are simply not prepared for. Key Cast: Ross Thomas, Sofia Pernas, Adrian R’Mante, Christine Evangelista, Jack
THE CURSED Donner, Inbar Lavi
Horror (88) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Joel Bender A group of friends fight for their lives against the lethal and ravenous creatures
Writer: Martin Watson lurking beneath the Earth’s surface. The group finds themselves at the mercy of
Co-Production Partners: Chain Gang Films, Proton Entertainment, Melfi &Associates, creatures genetically engineered by the military to be expendable in battle. Though
Krakatau Films they fought countless battles in Iraq, these friends never knew real fear until they went
Executive Producer: Ami Artzi, Strath Hamilton, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, Mark L. underground.
Harrison ONE MORE NIGHT
Producer: Louis Mandylor, Phil Melfi, Brad Thornton, Devin Watson Comedy (95)
Key Cast: Costas Mandylor, Louis Mandylor, Brad Thornton, James Marshall, Josie Language: English
Davis Director: Sarah Kelly
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Sarah Kelly, Tim Talbott
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Co-Production Partners: Lather Films, Rachel Rothman Films, Tycoon
A supernatural thriller set in a cozy Tennessee town where Sheriff Jimmy Muldoon Entertainment_
and younger brother, Deputy Lloyd Muldoon have a firm grasp of law and order Executive Producer: David Grasso
until a handsome stranger, Denny White comes to town. As soon as White arrives, Producer: Gary Bryman, Mike Jackson, Rachel Rothman
supernatural events begin to occur. Key Cast: Connie Britton, Peter Facinelli, Eric Stoltz, Sarah Clarke, Ione Skye, David
THE DEBT Herman, William Mapother
Thriller (100) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: German/Hebrew Year of Production: 2006 Country of Origin: USA
Director: Assaf Bernstein When Valinda’s parents decide to sell their Pacific Palisades home, she reunites
Writer: Assaf Bernstein, Ido Rosenblum with her high school friends for a wild and hilarious bash of bashes in one last effort
Co-Production Partners: Evanstone Films Ltd., Pronto Film to relive their carefree days at the site where so many of their fondest memories
Producer: Eitan Evan occurred.
Key Cast: Gila Almagor, Neta Garty, Itay Tiran, Edgar Selge MY BROTHER
Delivery Status: Completed Drama (100)
Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: Israel Language: English
In 1965, Rachel Brenner is one of three Mossad agents who capture “The Surgeon Director: Anthony Lover
of Birkenau”, a Nazi war criminal. “The Surgeon” manages to escape so the agents Writer: Anthony Lover
fabricate “The Surgeon’s” death and return home as heroes. More than thirty years Co-Production Partners: Angel Baby Entertainment, Liberty Artist, My Brother
later, “The Surgeon” returns to confess his crimes. The three agents now need to Productions LLC
terminate him to protect the lie. Executive Producer: Michael Malagiero, Steven Rock
CINEMA IS EVERYWHERE Producer: Gingi Rochelle, John Sawyer, Gregory Segal
Documentary (98) Key Cast: Vanessa Williams, Tatum O’Neal, Nashawn Kearse, Christopher Scott,
Language: English, Cantonese, French, Hindi, Arabic Fredro Starr
Director: Teal Greyhavens Delivery Status: Completed
Writer: Teal Greyhavens Year of Production: 2007 Country of Origin: USA
Co-Production Partners: Spiral Pictures An inner city story of two impoverished boys, Isaiah and James. James is
Producer: Jason E. Gordon developmentally disabled. Their mother, L’Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation.
Key Cast: Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins, Javed Akhtar, Shyam Benegal, Fruit Chan, Dying of tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her two boys, eight and eleven at
Sudhir Mishra, Stanley Kwan the time, adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah can be adopted. L’Tisha makes the
Delivery Status: Completed only choice she feels she can make; creating an unbreakable bond of love between the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA boys, and hoping that bond will get them through life. Her prayers are answered as the
A documentary feature film that ties four narratives - from China, India, Scotland, boys overcome impossible odds on their way to adulthood, staying as close as ever as
and Tunisia- together with countless insights from venerable filmmakers and ordinary young men dealing with life’s obstacles.
moviegoers. An aspiring actress in Mumbai battles to break into Bollywood; two HUMBLE PIE
friends in Scotland take a mobile film festival across the highlands; a young crew in Comedy (84)

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Language: English takes you on a thrilling expedition to solve the mystery of RAGNAROK.
Director: Chris Bowman THE HIDDEN CHILD / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS
Writer: Hubbel Palmer AKA: TYSKUNGEN
Co-Production Partners: Alkaline Industries, American Fork Productions, Bratt Studios, Thriller (109 min)
Framework Pictures, Jeremy Coon Productions Language: Swedish
Executive Producer: Derek Ferguson Director: Per Hanefjord
Producer: Derek Beumer, Maya Browne, Jeremy Coon, Shannon B. Gardner Writer: Maria Karlsson
Key Cast: William Baldwin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Hubbel Palmer, Kathleen Quinlan, Co-Production Partners: SVT, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film, ZDF, ZDF ENTERPRISES
Bruce McGill Executive Producer: Michael Hjorth, Jonas Fors, Peter Nadermann, Klaus Bassiner,
Delivery Status: Completed Wolfgang Feindt, Jessica Ask, Mette Friberg, Lone Korslund
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Pontus Sjöman, Helena Danielsson
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his Key Cast: Claudia Galli Concha, Richard Ulfsäter, Lennart Jähkel, Ann Westin
dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his Delivery Status: Post Production
dreams: his acting coach, who has designs on his sister Peggy; his juvenile-delinquent Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Sweden
friends, who suck him into their petty crimes; and his God-fearing, self-loathing Published in more than 50 countries and selling more than 12 million books, crime-
mother. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he’s destined for novelist Camilla Läckberg has been placed no. 1 on seven bestseller lists worldwide.
something big. Now her fictional universe is brought to the screen. Directed by feature film debutant
Per Hanefjord, who earned an Academy Award® for his graduation film ELKLAND
(2009) and who has more than 10 award-winning short films and 50 commercials
TRUSTNORDISK under his belt and based on one of Läckberg’s most successful novels, THE HIDDEN
TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 22, Hvidovre, Copenhagen 2650 Denmark, Tel: +45 36 86 87 CHILD is the feature film of THE FJÄLLBACKA MURDERS project, which also
66 includes 5 TV-movies of 90min’s each.
http://trustnordisk.com/, info@trustnordisk.com LIFE DELUXE / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS
Sales Agent AKA: SNABBA CASH III – LIVET DELUXE
At Cannes: Rikke Ennis (CEO), Susan Wendt (Head of Sales), Silje Glimsdal (Sales Thriller (120 min)
Manager), Nicolai Korsgaard (Sales Manager), Lena Juhl Seidelin (PR & Marketing Language: Swedish, Spanish, Serbic, English
Manager), Alexandra Emlia Kida (PR & Marketing Manager), Sara Shafika Otten Director: Jens Jonsson
(Head of Legal Affairs), Sophie Frandsen (Head of New Business and Project Writer: Maria Karlsson and Jens Jonsson
Coordinator TV-sales), Lissy Bellaiche (Festival Consultant) Producer: Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
Office: Scandinavian Stand - La Croisette 55 Key Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dejan Cukic, Madeleine Martin, Malin
THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS Buska, Martin Wallström
AKA: KVINDEN I BURET Delivery Status: Post Production
Thriller (102 min) Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Sweden
Language: Danish Based on the third book in the bestselling series by Jens Lapidus which introduced
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard the international audience to the Stockholm noir-genre, LIFE DELUXE is directed
Writer: Nikolaj Arcel by Jens Jonsson whose debut feature THE KING OF PING PONG (2008) won the
Producer: Louise Vesth Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Featuring an ensemble
Key Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, cast lead by Joel Kinnaman (THE KILLING, 2011 and ROBOCOP, 2013) LIFE
Delivery Status: Post Production DELUXE is the action packed conclusion to the hugely popular Easy Money -trilogy.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Denmark LOVE AND LEMONS / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS
Starring Fares Fares (SAFE HOUSE, 2012) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (ANGELS AND AKA: SMÅ CITRONER GULA
DEMONS, 2009) and based on the first book of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestseilling Romantic Comedy (94 min)
thriller-series about Department Q. The first instalment is brought to the big screen by Language: Swedish
awardwinning scriptwriter Nikolaj Arcel (A ROYAL AFFAIR, 2012; THE GIRL WITH Director: Teresa Fabik
THE DRAGON TATTOO, 2009) and director Mikkel Nørgaard (CLOWN – THE Writer: Lars V Johansson
MOVIE, 2010; BORGEN, 2010-2011). Executive Producer: Mickael Hjorth, Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
PIONEER / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS Producer: Pontus Sjöman
AKA: PIONEER Key Cast: Rakel Wärmländer, Josephine Bornebusch, Sverrir Gudnasson, Dan
Thriller (110 min) Ekborg, Tomas von Brömssen,
Language: English and Norwegian Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Sweden
Writer: Hans Gunnarsson, Nikolaj Frobenius, Erik Skjoldbjærg et.al.; Based on a Following the comedies THE KETCHUP EFFECT (2004) and STARRING MAJA
narrative by Kathrine Valen Zeiner and Cathinka Nicolaysen A.K.A PRINCESS (2009) director Teresa Fabik’s third feature LOVE AND
Executive Producer: Asle Vatn LEMONS is based on the successful novel by author Kajsa Ingemarsson and tells a
Producer: Christian Fredrik Martin romantic love story about the joy of cooking and the courage it takes to follow your
Key Cast: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephanie Sigman, Stephen Lang, Eirik Stubø, dreams.
David A. Jørgensen NYMPHOMANIAC / PRESALES
Delivery Status: Post Production AKA: NYMPHOMANIAC
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Norway Drama (2x120 min)
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg (INSOMNIA, 1997, PROZAC NATION,2002 and Language: English
NOKAS, 2010), produced by Christian Fredrik Martin from Friland Film, which latest Director: Lars Von Trier
film was the Norwegian thriller-hit HEADHUNTERS (2011) and starring Aksel Hennie Writer: Lars Von Trier
(HEADHUNTERS), Wes Bentley (THE HUNGER GAMES, 2012), Stephanie Sigman Producer: Louise Vesth
(MISS BALA, 2011) and Stephen Lang (AVATAR, 2009), PIONEER takes you 500 Key Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf,
meters below the North Sea to explore how your greatest adventure becomes your Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia
worst nightmare. Goth
RAGNAROK / BY INVITATION ONLY / NO PRESS Delivery Status: Post Production
AKA: GÅTEN RAGNAROK Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Denmark
Action/Adventure (97 min) NYMPHOMANIAC is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s journey from birth
Language: Norwegian to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac,
Director: Mikkel Sandemose Joe (Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman
Writer: John Kåre Raake (Skarsgård), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he
Executive Producer: Martin Sundland, Are Heidenstrøm, Hugo Hagemann Føsker, cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over
Audun Lyngholm Wittenberg, Elle-Beth Lønnestad the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multifaceted story of her
Producer: Martin Sundland, Are Heidenstrøm life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
Key Cast: Pål Sverre Hagen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjørn Sundquist, Sofia Helin, Maria THE SALVATION / PRESALES
Annette Tanderø Berglyd, Julian Podolski AKA: THE SALVATION
Delivery Status: Post Production Western (Approx. 110 Min)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Norway Language: English, Danish
From the producers of the COLD PREY – trilogy (2006, 2008, 2010) and ESCAPE Director: Kristian Levring
(2012) comes an epic action-adventure starring Pål Sverre Hagen (KON-TIKI, 2012). Writer: Kristian Levring, Anders Thomas Jensen
Combining Norse mythology with the actual finding of the world’s most important Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Viking tomb, director Mikkel Sandemose (COLD PREY – THE BEGINNING, 2010)

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Key Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
Persbrandt, Douglas Henshall, Michael Raymond-James, Jonathan Pryce In the not-too-distant future, former enemies must work together when a hybrid
Delivery Status: In Production species starts hunting down both human and vampire alike.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Denmark JET STREAM
THE SALVATION is a tribute to the classic western with inspiration from the Nordic Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller
sagas. An epic tale of revenge, lost love and greed.Directed by multiple award-winning Language: English
director and fourth signatory of the Dogme95 movement Kristian Levring (THE KING Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
IS ALIVE, 2000), written by Academy Award®-winner Anders Thomas Jensen (IN Delivery Status: In Production
A BETTER WORLD, 2010; LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED, 2012)and starring Mads Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, A meteorologist witnesses a deadly weather phenomenon as jet streams lower down to
Douglas Henshall, Michael Raymond-James and Jonathan Pryce. THE SALVATION is ground level, with 500 mph winds that threaten to destroy us all.
currently shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa. SUPERCOLLIDER
WE ARE THE BEST! / PRESALES Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller
AKA: VI ÄR BÄST Language: English
Drama (105 min) Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
Language: Swedish Delivery Status: In Production
Director: Lukas Moodysson Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States
Writer: Lukas Moodysson When a malfunctioning super collider creates a temporal shift, a lone scientist must
Producer: Lars Jönsson restore the natural order before our world tears itself apart.
Key Cast: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, David Dencik, DEADLY DESCENT
Delivery Status: Post Production Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Sweden Language: English
From Lukas Moodysson comes a humorous and honest tale about three outsiders in Director: Marko Makilaakso
1980’s Stockholm Writer: Nathan Atkins
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
Key Cast: Adrian Paul Nicholas Boulton Chuck Campbell
UBU PRODUCTIONS Delivery Status: Post Production
UBU Productions, P.O.Box 40 19 65, Munich, 80719 Germany, Tel: ++49(0)160 928 Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: United States
150 21 When a group of skiers and snowboarders mount a search along a remote
UBU.Productions@web.de mountaintop, what they find instead is a legendary predator waiting for them.
Sales Agent, Producer, Distributor ROBOCROC
At Cannes: Mr. Jean Uliczay (President, Producer,Exec. Prod., Director), Monika Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Woltering (Film Marketing), Karl Cik (Filmaquisitions) Language: English
Office: European MEDIA Pavilion, Tel: 49(0)160 928 150 21 Director: Arthur Sinclair
WEB PIRATES Writer: Berkeley Anderson
Fantasy / Sci-Fi (90´min) Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
Language: English, Rumanian Key Cast: Corin Nemec, Dee Wallace Stone
Director: Jean Kail Delivery Status: In Production
Co-Production Partners: UBU Productions / Temesvar CinemaFilm Productions Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Executive Producer: Jean Uliczay SUPER TANKER
Producer: Jean Uliczay Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Language: English
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Rumania / Germany Director: Jeffery Scott Lando
Pirates search their victims in the cyber world... Writer: Nathan Atkins, Jeffery Scott Lando
BELZEBUB Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
Black Comedy (90´min) Key Cast: Ben Cross Callum Blue David Schofield
Language: English, French, Rumanian Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Jean Uliczay Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Co-Production Partners: UBU Productions / Transsylvania Film Productions A team of specialists must find a way to contain the world’s deadliest biological
Executive Producer: Jean Uliczay weapon after a super tanker is overturned by a rogue wave.
Producer: Jean Uliczay THE ONE WARRIOR
Delivery Status: In Production Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Rumania, France, Germany Language: English
Belzebub, the son of vampires,is looking for a new place to stay... Director: Tom Stout
MASTER OF THE WORLD / MAITRE DU MONDE Writer: David A. Prior
Feature Film (72´min) Key Cast: Jason David Frank James Russo Dominic Keating
Language: French / sub-titles: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Enrico Alexander Giordano Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Writer: Enrico Alexander Giordano Born of myth and ancient legend, there is but one man who possesses the strength
Co-Production Partners: MOB PRODUCTIONS necessary to overcome the tyranny of the dread lord Shoukata.
Producer: Elodie Franques HUMANS VS. ZOMBIES
Key Cast: Boris Beynet Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller (93 minutes)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France Director: Brian T. Jaynes
Richard, a man in his forties, is trying to escape a society whose ideals and codes have Writer: Brian T. Jaynes, Devan Sagliani
become strange to him. Key Cast: Dora Madison Burge, Frederic Doss and Melissa Carnell
Delivery Status: Completed
COLD FUSION
UFO INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller
UFO International Productions, 13412 Ventura Boulevard, Ste 250, Sherman Oaks,
Language: English
California 91423 United States, Tel: (818) 501-1500 Fax: (818) 501-1595.
Director: Ivan Mitov
www.ufofilm.com, info@ufofilm.com
Writer: Nathan Atkins
Producer, Distributor
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
At Cannes: Jeffery Beach (CEO - Sales), Phillip Roth (CEO - Production)
Key Cast: William Hope Adrian Paul Michelle Lee
Office: Lerins R15
Delivery Status: Completed
VAMPYRE NATION
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: United States
Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller
When alien technology is stolen by a rogue military unit, the top female operatives
Language: English
from both America and Russia are assigned to neutralize the threat.
Director: Todor Chapkanov
PATIENT ZERO
Writer: Rafael Jordan
Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth
Language: Engish
Key Cast: Andrew Lee Potts Neil Jackson Roark Critchlow
Director: Brian T. Jaynes
Delivery Status: Completed

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Writer: Brian T. Jaynes Key Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Peter
Key Cast: Brandon Slagle, Amanda Phillips and Van Quattro Stormare (The Big Lebowski, Fargo), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos), Wendie
Delivery Status: Completed Malick (Just Shoot Me), Nicollette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives), Tom Arnold
Country of Origin: USA (True Lies), Rita Wilson (Sleepless in Seattle), Jon Lovitz (Big, A League of Their
Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a Own), Camryn Manheim (The Practice, Happiness), Joel David Moore (Avatar)
biological disaster at a genetic research facility. Delivery Status: Completed
STORM Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller A one-of-a-kind love story about a young man who pretends to be Jewish in order to
Language: English find the perfect wife.
Director: Harris Done GRIEF TOURIST
Writer: Harris Done, Diane Fine, Patrick Phillips Thriller/ Drama (93 Min)
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth Language: English
Key Cast: Martin Sheen Luke Perry Renee Estevez Director: Suri Krishnamma
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Zachery Ty Bryan, Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Frank John Hughes
Year of Production: 1999 Country of Origin: United States Key Cast: Melanie Griffith (Lolita, Working Girl), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Wild at
After a black-ops research program in weather control unleashes a super-hurricane, a Heart, Constantine), Michael Cudlitz (Running Scared), Eddie J. Fernandez (Batman
meteorologist must find a way to shut down their device. Begins)
DRACANO Delivery Status: Completed
Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English A lonely man’s obsession takes him to horrific murder scenes, but on this journey he
Director: Kevin O’Neill is not able to control his rancid sexual impulses, and his grip on reality deteriorates
Writer: Keith Shaw into a violent despair.
Key Cast: Corin Nemec, Gina Holden and Victoria Pratt CRAZY KIND OF LOVE
Delivery Status: Post Production Drama (90 Min)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Language: English
VELOCITY TRAP Director: Sarah Siegel-Magness
Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller Writer: Karen McCullah Lutz
Language: English Producer: Bobbi Sue Luther, Gary Magness, Karen McCullah Lutz
Director: Phillip Roth Key Cast: Sam Trammell (True Blood), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Amanda Crew
Writer: Patrick Phillips, Phillip Roth (Sex Drive), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Anthony LaPaglia (Without A
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth Trace), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights)
Key Cast: Jorja Fox Alicia Coppola Oliver Gruner Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997 Country of Origin: United States While re-evaluating her life as a newly single mother, a woman relies on her carefree
In the outer reaches of space, one soldier must defend his ship against a group of son and his awkward brother to keep their lives interesting. When an unlikely
intergalactic mercenaries intent on stealing its cargo. romance blossoms between the youngest son and the new girl in town, she realizes
TOTAL REALITY the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it, and there’s only one
Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, Thriller kind of love worth living for - the crazy kind.
Language: English DARK HEARTS
Director: Phillip Roth Drama (90 Min)
Writer: Phillip Roth, Robert Tossberg Language: English
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth Director: Rudolf Buitendach
Key Cast: Thomas Kretschmann Ken Olandt David Bradley Producer: Alex Varouxakis, Kees Van Oostrum, Jack Bowyer
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Kyle Schmid (A History of Violence), Lucas Till (X-Men First Class),
Year of Production: 1997 Country of Origin: United States Goran Visnjic (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, ER), Rachel Blanchard (Snakes on
In the future, a lone soldier must follow a ruthless general back through time in a last a Plane, Road Trip), Sonja Kinski (Somewhere), Juliet Landau (Ed Wood)
ditch attempt to save the universe. Delivery Status: Completed
APOLLO: THE SECRET MISSIONS Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Language: English A talented, but struggling artist takes his brother to an underground nightclub where
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth they meet a sexy and alluring singer, a new “muse” for the painter. A fierce romance
Delivery Status: In Production erupts between them, but despite their passion, nothing can prepare them for the
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: United States betrayal, obsession and destruction that this union will unleash.
When a top secret mission to the moon uncovers a doomsday device, the only way to EMPLOYER, THE
save Earth is to solve this intergalactic mystery. Thriller/ Action (87 Min)
ELIMINATION Language: English
Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller (90 minutes) Director: Frank Merle
Language: English Producer: Hyrax Entertainment, Crafted Films
Director: Juan Carlos Vargas Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist), Billy Zane
Writer: John Azpilicueta, Juan Carlos Vargas (Titanic), Paige Howard (Adventureland)
Producer: Jeffery Beach, Phillip Roth, John Azpilicueta Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Danny Vasquez, Nicole Warner, Meredith Grau Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed Five candidates must fight for a top position with a mysterious corporation, but only
Year of Production: 2010 one will survive.
When a group of actors are cast in a reality series, none of them realize the competition RUSHLIGHTS
has deadly consequences until it’s already too late. Action/ Thriller/ Crime (100 Min)
Language: English
Director: Antoni Stutz
VISION FILMS INC. Producer: Jeffrey Coulter, Antoni Stutz
Vision Films Inc., 14945 Ventura Blvd., Suite 306, Los Angeles, CA 91403 USA, Tel: Key Cast: Beau Bridges (The Descendants), Josh Henderson (Dallas), Aidan Quinn
1.818.784.1702 Fax: 1.818.788.3715. (Unknown, Legends of the Fall), Haley Webb (Final Destination)
www.visionfilms.net, sales@visionfilms.net Delivery Status: Completed
Distributor Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
At Cannes: Lise Romanoff (Managing Director/ CEO, Worldwide Distribution), Two delinquent young lovers travel from Los Angeles to a small town in Texas to
Adam Wright (Executive VP, International Sales & Acquisitions), Terese Linden Kohn falsely claim a dead friend’s inheritance, and wind up in a nightmare of greed and
(Consultant & Int. Sales Executive), Jennifer Schultz (Sales & Marketing Coordinator), betrayal.
Nathan Ross (Servicing Director), Jasmine Abrams (Contracts Manager) ASTRONAUT THE LAST PUSH
Office: Riviera: F3 Sci Fi (90 Min)
FINDING MS. RIGHT Language: English
Romantic Comedy (90 Min) Director: Eric Hayden
Language: English Producer: AJ Raitano, Khary Payton, Kimberly Hayden
Director: Bryan Fogel Key Cast: Lance Henriksen (Aliens, The Terminator), Khary Payton, Brian
Producer: Courtney Mizel, Pavlina Hatoupis, Tucker Tooley Baumgartner (Four Christmases), James Madio (The Basketball Diaries, Shark Tale)

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Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
When a tragic accident cuts the mission to explore life on Europa short, the multi When Santa leaves an Elf behind on Christmas Eve, the Harper kids find out his
year journey home to Earth is riddled with obstacles, solitude and a life changing true identity as a super-hero “ELF-MAN”. Together they must save their Dad’s new
decision facing the survivors. invention from a bumbling gang of thieves, and enjoy the best Christmas, ever.
SOX THE AMAZING DOG 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS II
Family Adventure (85 Min) Family (Approx 90 min)
Language: English Language: English
Director: Jason Horton Director: Kieth Merrill
Producer: Ashley Noel, Veronica Rodriguez Writer: Kieth Merrill
Key Cast: David Deluise (Wizards of Waverly Place, Vampires Suck), Aidan Potter Key Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints, Dead Zone), Danielle
(Playing For Keeps), Jamison Haase (Sugar & Spice) Chuchran (Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat, A Christmas Wish), D.B. Sweeney (The
Delivery Status: Completed Event, Memphis Belle), Alli Simpson
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: In Production
The Levy family is new in town and are having a hard time adjusting, when Sox, a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
small, adorable dog comes into their life. But Sox is not your typical pooch, he has Neighborhood teenagers find themselves in a race against time and impossible odds to
special powers, and the local dog catcher and the (F.B.D.I) Federal Bureau of Dog rescue a dog orphanage from an unscrupulous tycoon.
Investigation will stop at nothing to get their hands on him. ILLUSIONAUTS, THE
LEAST AMONG SAINTS 3D Animation, Family (82 min)
Drama (107 Min) Language: English, Spanish
Language: English Director: Eduardo Schuldt
Director: Martin Papazian Writer: Kathy Borland, Abraham Vurnbrand
Producer: James G. Hirsch, Robert A. Papazian Executive Producer: Hugo Rose, Abraham Vurnbrand
Key Cast: Martin Papazian (Jarhead, 24), Tristan Lake Leabu (Superman Returns), A.J. Delivery Status: Completed
Cook (Criminal Minds, Final Destination 2) Taylor Kinney (Zero Dark Thirty). with Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Peru
Charles S. Dutton (Rudy, Roc), and Laura San Giacomo (Pretty Woman, Just Shoot A group of kids with special powers and their trusted dog are sent back in time on a
Me) mission to restore the famous stories and their place in history as the mad President
Delivery Status: Completed and Minister of Cultural Affairs are trying to change them. They face many obstacles
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA setting the history straight and not mixing up anything as they go.
Coming home to a broken marriage and uncertain future, a veteran has given up hope. ICONS
But when his troubled ten year-old neighbor, calls out for help, he can’t seem to turn Documentary/ Music/ Biography (Approx 70+ Min each)
away. In the midst of this new mission - he comes to grips with both the costs of war Language: English
and the universal power of human connection. Key Cast: One Direction, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Steve Jobs,
ALLEGIANCE Betty White, Tupac & More.
Thriller/ War (91 Min) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: English Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK
Director: Michael Conners In-depth profiles of the people who shaped the culture of our 21st century: ONE
Producer: Daryl Freimark, Sean Mullin DIRECTION, GAGA, BIEBER, BEYONCE, QUEEN, HENDRIX, STEVE JOBS,
Key Cast: Bow Wow (Like Mike, The Fast and the Furious), Seth Gabel (Da Vinci BETTY WHITE & MORE.
Code), Aidan Quinn (Unknown, Legend of the Fall), Malik Yoba (Cool Runnings) OUR WORLD LEADERS
Delivery Status: Completed (Approx 60 Min)
Year of Production: 2012 Language: English
A Lieutenant just released from duty as his National Guard unit deploys for Iraq, Key Cast: BARACK OBAMA, JFK, THE CLINTONS, RONALD REGAN, QUEEN
becomes tangled in a last minute AWOL attempt by one of his soldiers -- forcing him to ELIZABETH II, MARGARET THATCHER, KING GEORGE VI, and WILL &
choose between his loyalties to the fleeing soldier, his duty to his unit and his love for CATHERINE
his fiancé. Delivery Status: Completed
FOREVERLAND Year of Production: 2011-2013
Drama (93 Min) Biographies on world leaders: BARACK OBAMA, JFK, THE CLINTONS,
Language: English RONALD REGAN, QUEEN ELIZABETH II, MARGARET THATCHER, KING
Director: Max McGuire GEORGE VI, and WILL & CATHERINE.
Producer: Aaron L. Gilbert, Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman NATURAL HISTORY IN 3D
Key Cast: Max Thieriot (Jumper, Chloe), Laurence LeBoeuf (Durham County), Demián Nature & Wildlife (60 Min)
Bichir (A Better Life), Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead, Prison Break), Juliette Language: English
Lewis (Cape Fear, Whip-It), Matt Frewer (Watchmen) Experience the world in spectacular 3D! Visit MADAGASCAR and EGYPT and get
Delivery Status: Completed an up-close view of SHARKS, and migrate with the MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
A young man with cystic fibrosis is struggling to live life to the fullest but after a close
friend dies, he must deliver the ashes to a healing shrine with his friends sister. Along VMI WORLDWIDE
the way the pair must overcome a few obstacles and survive the journey to discover the VMI Worldwide, 1419 N Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028 USA, Tel:
true meaning behind the seemingly ludicrous request. 1.323.703.1115 Fax: 13232078024.
IT’S SO EASY AND OTHER LIES www.vmiworldwide.com, sales@vmiworldwide.com
Biography (Approx 90 Min) Sales Agent
Language: English At Cannes: Andre Relis (President), Brittany Bowen (Vice President), Howard
Director: Christopher Duddy Brodsky (Director of Acquisitions & Development), JD Beaufils (Consultant)
Producer: Duff McKagan, Steven G. Kaplan Office: Riviera G19
Key Cast: Slash, Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin, Gilby Clarke, Matt Sorum, Elton John, MICKEY MATSON AND THE COPPERHEAD CONSPIRACY
Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Perry Farrell (Jane’s Family (93 minutes)
Addiction), Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction), James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Language: English
Ben Shepard (Soundgarden), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), and Director: Harold Cronk
Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) Writer: Harold Cronk
Delivery Status: In Production Executive Producer: Stephen Afendoulis
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Edgar Struble, Harold Cronk, Matthew Tailford
Follow Guns N’ Roses bassist from his time with the multi-platinum and iconic “Most Key Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Ernie Hudson, Lee Arenberg, Derek Brandon,
Dangerous Band in the World,” through his success with Velvet Revolver, to his newest Francesca Derosa, Patrika Darbo
endeavor as a New York Times best-selling author. Delivery Status: Completed
ELF-MAN Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Family, Comedy, Fantasy (86 min) When a mythical device from ancient times is rebuilt by a group of criminals, Mickey
Language: English Matson and his newfound friend, Sully, must follow a series of clues left by his dead
Director: Ethan Wiley grandfather to keep the evil men away from the three mystical objects that power the
Writer: Ethan Wiley, Richard Jefferies device. If he fails, it could mean not only the loss of his family’s home, but maybe the
Producer: Richard Jefferies, Ethan Wiley demise of our country as we know it.
Key Cast: Jason “Wee Man” ACUÑA, Jeffrey COMBS, Mackenzie ASTIN THE LAST KEEPERS
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Language: English It is one of the highest profile criminal court cases in US history.
Director: Maggie Greenwald ZOMBEX
Writer: Peter Hutchings, Christina Mengert, Claude Dal Farra Horror (90 minutes)
Executive Producer: Jonathan Burkhart, Peter Hutchings Language: English
Producer: Lauren Munsch, Matthew Parker, Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Carly Director: Jesse Dayton
Hugo Writer: Jesse Dayton
Key Cast: Virginia Madsen, Aidan Quinn, Olympia Dukakis, Zosia Mamet Producer: Karma Cloud Montagne
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Corey Feldman, Sid Haig, Lew Temple
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Post Production
When the teenage daughter of a reclusive family of artists falls in love with an unusual Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
boy at school, she awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that In a post-Katrina New Orleans, the residents are no longer experiencing the
will change her life forever. depression and post-traumatic stress from the hurricane and the flood, thanks to the
THE TROJAN HORSE revolutionary new anti-depressant, Zombex. Just as things are turning for the better,
Political Drama, TV Mini-Series (2 episodes x 90 min) the side effect of the drug is revealed, and turns the patients into the walking dead.
Language: English DEAD BEFORE DAWN 3D
Director: Charles Binamé Adventure, Comedy, Horror (88 minutes)
Writer: Paul Gross, John Krizanc Language: English
Executive Producer: Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa Director: April Mullen
Key Cast: Tom Skerritt, Paul Gross, Greta Scacchi, Rachel Crawford, Saul Rubinek, Writer: Tim Doiron
Clark Johson, Kenneth Welsh, Heino Ferch Producer: April Mullen, Tim Doiron
Year of Production: 2008 Country of Origin: Canada Key Cast: Devon Bostick, Christopher Lloyd, Martha MacIsaac, Kevin McDonald
A political thriller, the Trojan Horse stars Paul Gross (H2O) as Tom McLaughlin, a Delivery Status: Completed
politician who watches from the sidelines as Canada relinquishes sovereignty and Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Canada
joins the United States. He refuses to lose his country without a fight, whether it’s fair CASPER GALLOWAY’S future is one giant question mark. With only two weeks
or not Two years pass, at which point the film resumes. Canada has been split into six until College graduation he still lives with his mother, is indecisive to a fault and
states (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Terra Nova), each is one credit away from failing. But just when Casper thinks things couldn’t get
with electoral votes, and representation in Congress. The story proceeds to focus on any worse, he and his friends accidentally unleash a curse that causes people to kill
three major storylines: Tom McLaughlin attempting to reshape his political career and themselves and turn into Zombie Demons, aka Zemons.
ascend to the presidency; reporter Helen Madigan (Greta Scacchi) uncovering elements THE CLOTH
of political intrigue as she follows leads into the murder of her estranged son; and U.S. Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
President Stanfield (Tom Skerritt) using any means necessary to justify an invasion of Language: English
Saudi Arabia in order to halt China’s oil supply. Director: Justin Price
MOTOR CITY Writer: Justin Price
Music, Mini-Series (6 x 24 minutes) Producer: Harold Hardamon
Language: English Key Cast: Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, Rachele Brooke Smith
Director: Darren Mann Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Darren Mann Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Executive Producer: Michael Bolton, Christian Johnston The Cloth is a horror action-sci-fi thriller centered on a secret organization formed by
Key Cast: Michael Bolton the Catholic Church to counteract the rising cases of demonic possessions across
Delivery Status: Post Production the country. With the arrival of the Devil’s General Kasdeya on earth, the members
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA of the Cloth have only seven days to stop the crossover of the ultimate evil into
Follow Michael Bolton as he reignites the passion of Motown with his new album. our realm. To stop Beelzebub’s arrival, their mission depends on Jason, a young
AMAZING RACER godless man, to lead the next generation of Cloth members before the Devil and
Family (93 minutes) his armies walk the earth.
Language: English BATTLE OF WARSAW 1920 3D
Director: Frank E. Johnson Historical, War, Drama (110 minutes)
Writer: John Mowod Language: Polish
Producer: Frank E. Johnson Director: Jerzy Hoffman
Key Cast: Claire Forlani, Daryl Hannah, Louis Gossett Jr, Eric Roberts, Julianne Writer: Jerzy Hoffman, Jaroslaw Sokól
Michelle Producer: Jerzy R. Michaluk
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Borys Szyc, Natasza Urbanska, Daniel Olbrychski
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Poland
lost in her own anger and sadness. When she eventually meets the mother she never From Oscar nominated director, Jerzy Hoffman, and Oscar nominated
knew and the horse she was always meant to know, she overcomes her hardship and cinematographer, Slawomir Idziak, comes an epic tale of bravery and love that
emotional trauma and learns to find her way to happiness. depicts the Polish battle for independence against the Bolsheviks after World War
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID I.
Comedy (85 minutes) BELOW ZERO
Language: English Horror (98 minutes)
Director: Carrie Preston Language: English
Writer: Kellie Overbey Director: Justin Thomas Ostensen
Producer: Mona Panchal Writer: Signe Olynyk
Key Cast: Anne Heche, Alia Shawkat, Marcia DeBonis Producer: Bob Schultz, Signe Olynyk
Delivery Status: Screening Key Cast: Edward Furlong, Michael Berryman, Kristin Booth
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
Bebe is getting ready for the most romantic date of her life, and she needs her best Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
friend, Dee Dee there to cheer her on. Too bad she didn’t plan on Dee Dee being bitter Based on true events, BELOW ZERO is the story of ‘Jack the Hack’, a less than
and jaded. Too bad she didn’t plan on the clingy stranger with the bad habit. And the average, but once successful screenwriter who now faces writer’s block. Desperate
rain. And the barf. Friendship. It’s amazing how hard it can get, that’s what she said. to meet a career-saving deadline and lock out the distractions of his troubled life,
THE CHICAGO 8 Jack arranges to be left alone and locked inside a meat cooler, with only vegetarian
Historical, War, Drama (90 minutes) meals and his imagination to inspire him. As the temperature drops, the lines
Language: English between reality and fiction blur, and Jack’s script comes dangerously to life. Will
Director: Pinchas Perry he make the most important deadline of his career? Or is Jack ‘just a hack’?
Writer: Pinchas Perry
Producer: Pinchas Perry
Key Cast: Gary Cole, Philip Baker Hall, Orlando Jones, Mayim Bialik, Danny W2 MEDIA INC.
Masterson, Thomas Ian Nicholas W2 Media Inc., 2951 28th Street, Suite 2001, Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA, Tel:
Delivery Status: Completed 310.392.0088 Fax: 310.392.3226.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA www.W2Media.com, sales@w2media.com
The true story of the explosive trial of the seven leaders of the Vietnam antiwar Sales Agent,Distributor,Financier
movement, and the Chairman of the Black Panthers, who were charged with conspiracy At Cannes: Warren Nimchuk (Co-Chairman), Warren Fergus (Co-Chairman), John
to incite the devastating riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Flock (CEO), Julie Sultan (President of International Distribution), Terese Linden

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Kohn (Senior Vice President of International Sales), Leilani Forby (Vice President Language: Mandarin
of Production and Acquisitions) Director: Aubrey Lam
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform Writer: Aubrey Lam
THE KILLING HOUSE Producer: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Action / Thriller Key Cast: Bai Baihe, Ronald Cheng
Language: English Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: Jonathan English Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Writer: Jonathan English, Stephen McDool An ordinary girl embarks on her incredible cosmetic surgical journey towards beauty,
Producer: Andrew Curtis, Jonathan English, Rick Benattar self-discovery, and most importantly, finding her Mr. Right.
Key Cast: TBA THE GUILLOTINES
Delivery Status: Pre-Production Action
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany / UK Language: Mandarin
An elite SAS soldier and an MI-6 intelligence agent team up to uncover a Director: Andrew LAU
clandestine government murder conspiracy in this action-packed international spy Writer: Aubrey LAM, Joyce CHAN
thriller. Co-Production Partners: We Pictures Limited, Media Asia Film Production Limited,
Stellar Mega Films Limited
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, Jojo HUI
WE DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Key Cast: HUANG Xiaoming, Ethan JUAN, Shawn YUE
We Distribution Limited, Unit F, 17/F, MG Tower, 133 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Delivery Status: Post Production
Hong Kong Hong Kong, Tel: 852.2366.1622 Fax: 852.2366.0661. www.wepictures. Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
com, sales@wedistribution.com An elite squad of young imperial bodyguards, trained to use the deadly guillotines,
Sales Agent is the last line of defense to the Emperor’s Court. But little do they realize the
At Cannes: Katherine LEE (Executive VP), Andree Sham (Distribution Manager) conspiracy behind their mission.
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform WU XIA
AMERICAN DREAMS IN CHINA Action (115 min)
Drama (110) Language: Mandarin
Language: Mandarin Director: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan Writer: Aubrey LAM
Writer: Zhou Zhi Yong, Zhang Ji Co-Production Partners: We Pictures Limited, Stellar Mega Films Limited
Producer: Jojo Hui Yuet-chun, Peter Ho-Sun Chan Executive Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, QIN Hong
Key Cast: Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Tong Dawei, Du Juan Producer: Jojo HUI Yuet-chun, Peter Ho-Sun CHAN
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Donnie YEN, Takeshi KANESHIRO, TANG Wei, Jimmy WANG Yu, WAI
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: China Ying Hung
During the era of Economic Reform in China, 3 young hot-blooded idealists Delivery Status: Completed
struggle to make a difference in life while striving to keep their dream alive. Their Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
unconquered spirit transforms them from nobodies to the tutorial giants of a multi- A sinful martial arts expert (Donnie YEN) wants to start a new tranquil life, only to
billion dollar empire. be hunted by a determined detective (Takeshi KANESHIRO) and his former master
THE TRUTH ABOUT BEAUTY (Jimmy WANG Yu).
Drama MR. AND MRS. INCREDIBLE

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Action (100 mins) Producer: Lisa Muskat, David Gordon Green, Christopher Woodrow, Derrick Tseng
Language: Cantonese Key Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan
Director: Vincent KOK Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: Vincent KOK, FUNG Min-hang Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Co-Production Partners: We Pictures Limited, Stellar Mega Films Limited Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old
Executive Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, QIN Hong Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, David CHAN, Peter TSI, Jojo HUI to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of
Key Cast: Louis KOO, Sandra NG a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it
Delivery Status: Completed was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
Imagine what Mr. and Mrs. Smith would do if they possess the power of The Drama
Incredibles? In this hilarious action fantasy, a superhero couple decides to come out Language: English
of retirement to save the world when a new villain threatens to destroy their peaceful Director: Ralph Fiennes
hometown. Writer: Abi Morgan
BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS Co-Production Partners: Headline Pictures, Magnolia Mae Films, BBC Films, BFI
Action (138 mins) Producer: Gabrielle Tana, Stewart MacKinnon, Christian Baute
Language: Mandarin Key Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Felicity Jones, Tom Hollander
Director: Teddy CHEN Delivery Status: Post Production
Writer: GUO Junli, QIN Tiannan, Joyce CHAN Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: UK
Co-Production Partners: Cinema Popular Limited A passionate and moving look at the love affair between Charles Dickens and
Executive Producer: YU Dong, HAN Sanping his mistress Nelly Ternan. For both secrecy was the price, and for Nelly a life of
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun CHAN, HUANG Jianxin, Jojo HUI “invisibility”.
Key Cast: Donnie YEN, WANG Xueqi, Tony Ka-fai LEUNG, Nicholas TSE, HU Jun, SIBERIAN EDUCATION
Eric TSANG Drama
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China Director: Gabriele Salvatores
This award-winning blockbuster tells the story of a failed assassination attempt of a Writer: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Gabriele Salvatores
future leader and 8 bodyguards who would die to protect him. Co-Production Partners: Cattleya
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
Key Cast: John Malkovich, Peter Stormare, Eleanor Tomlinson
WESTEND FILMS Delivery Status: Post Production
WestEnd Films, 15 Greek Street, 2nd Floor, London, W1D 4DP UK, Tel: +44 207 494 Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy
8300 Fax: +44 207 494 8301. In a community of banished criminals, two best friends become fierce enemies when
www.westendfilms.com, info@westendfilms.com they find themselves on opposite sides of a strict code of honour.
Sales Agent BETHLEHEM
At Cannes: Eve Schoukroun (Managing Director), Maya Amsellem (Managing Political Thriller
Director), Mercy Liao (Sales Executive), Ann Phillips (Acquisitions Executive), Nadine Language: Hebrew / Arabic
Rothschild (Marketing Executive) Director: Yval Adler
Office: Residences du Gray d’Albion, 28 Bis Rue des Serbes, Entrance C, 1st Floor, Writer: Yuval Adler, Ali Waked
Tel: +33 (0) 4 93 99 34 30 Co-Production Partners: Pie Films
MIDNIGHT SUN Producer: Talia Kleinhendler
Political Drama Key Cast: Tsahi Halevi, Sahdi Marei, Haitham Omari
Language: English Delivery Status: Post Production
Director: Chris Eigeman Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel, Belgium, Germany
Producer: BEN SMITH, JEFFREY WEINER, ERIC MORRIS Razi works for the Israeli secret service, Sanfur is his asset - a young Palestinian
Key Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger, Emile Hirsch informer. When both face an impossible dilemma, will they protect each other or
Delivery Status: Pre-Production choose sides?
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: US THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG
When two young post grads are recruited by the US Government, they trade in their Romantic Comedy
jazz-filled lives in New York for one of secrets and lies as they begin work on a top- Language: English
secret project: the atomic bomb. Director: Jeremiah Chechik
THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS Writer: Tim Sandlin (novel), Megan Martin (screenplay)
Comedy Drama Co-Production Partners: Serendipity Point Films
Language: English Producer: Robert Lantos
Director: Stephen Herek Key Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara
Writer: Katherine Paterson and David Paterson Delivery Status: Post Production
Executive Producer: Bill Kay Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada
Producer: William Teitler, David Paterson, John Paterson The Right Kind of Wrong tells the story of Leo Palamino, a writer forced to wash
Key Cast: Kathy Bates, Danny Glover dishes to make ends meet, and whose ex-wife makes his many flaws public in a
Delivery Status: Pre-Production blog called WHY YOU SUCK. When Leo meets Colette, the girl of his dreams at a
Year of Production: 2014 Country of Origin: US wedding - HER wedding – he will do anything to win her over. And so the ultimate
Adapted from a multi-award-winning novel published in more than 20 territories by underdog love story begins… in which Leo, a fearless dreamer, risks all to show
Katherine Paterson (The Bridge To Terabithia, the adaptation of which grossed over Colette and the whole world all that is right with a man famous for being wrong.
$200 million theatrically), The Great Gilly Hopkins is the hilarious and big-hearted
story about a headstrong girl who wants to find a place to call home.
RIO I LOVE YOU WIDE
Anthology Wide, 9, rue Bleue, Paris, 75009 France, Tel: +33.1.53.95.04.64 Fax:
Language: English/Portuguese +33.1.53.95.04.65.
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Guillermo Arriaga, Jose Padilha, Andrucha Waddington www.widemanagement.com, lm@widemanagement.com
Producer: Joshua Skurla, Pedro Buarque, Dan Klabin, Denise Gomes Sales Agent
Delivery Status: Pre-Production At Cannes: Loïc Magneron (President), Katia Khazak (International Sales)
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Brazil Office: RIVIERA Stand E6, Tel: 0033.6.83.22.18.06 Fax: 0033.1.53.95.04.65
After Paris je t’aime and New York I Love You which grossed over $25 million THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN
worldwide, the Cities of Love franchise is back with Rio. Rio I Love You will bring 7 AKA: SVECENIKOVA DJECA
international and 3 local A-list directors to the “Marvelous City” known for its natural Drama (97’)
beauty, sensuality and warmth. Rio I Love You has already gathered nearly 1 million Language: Croatian
online followers: www.facebook.com/riodejaneiroeuteamo rioeuteamo.net Director: Vinko BRESAN
JOE Producer: Interfilm, Zillion film
Drama Key Cast: Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Marija Škaričić, Dražen Kühn
Language: English Delivery Status: Completed
Director: David Gordon Green Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Croatia, Serbia
Writer: Larry Brown (novel), Gary Hawkins (screenplay) Convinced that he is behaving in a righteous manner, because „even the Pope is
Co-Production Partners: Worldview Entertainment against the use of condoms“, don Fabijan, a Catholic priest in a small town on

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a Dalmatian island, starts puncturing condoms which the god-fearing newsstand Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
salesman Peter then sells on his kiosk. Don Fabijan and Peter are soon joined by Marin, SHANGHAI BELLE portrays Xin, a beautiful and quiet Chinese girl, propelled
a local pharmacist, who starts secretly planting vitamin pills instead of contraceptives from the slums of Shanghaï to the glittering world of Paris, discovering the wild and
in his pharmacy. Thus, controlling the sexual lives of men and women, they practically carefree lifestyle of a photographic model. Her life is a whirlwind of drugs, money,
abolish contraception on the island. As the unwanted pregnancies start occuring, don sex and love. Paris, the famous “City of Light,” is also a giant meat market, producing
Fabijan does all he can to marry such couples in a proper Christian way, even against and discarding young hopefuls at a terrifying speed.
their will. But soon, the trios action starts influencing the lives of local people who stop ONLY IN NEW YORK
being the masters of their own faith. Comedy (95’)
THE FILM TO COME Language: English
AKA: LE PROCHAIN FILM Director: Ghazi ALBULIWI
Drama (83) Producer: GOODLAP PRODUCTIONS, PAM-LLC
Language: French Key Cast: Assaf COHEN, Einat TUBI, Ghazi ALBULIWI
Director: René FERET Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: FILMS ALYNE Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA, France
Key Cast: Antoine CHAPPEY, Frédéric PIERROT, Maryline CANTO Arafat, a thirty year old Arab New Yorker, lives at home with his parents who are
Delivery Status: Completed desperate to find him a Muslim bride. Horny and lonely, he tries the New York dating
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France scene with zero luck. Then he meets Kenny, a smooth talking single New Yorker who
SNAILS IN THE RAIN becomes his wingman. Kenny helps Arafat score a beautiful woman on their first
Drama night out, but he is caught by his parents having sex with her. According to Kenny the
Language: Hebrew only solution for Arafat is to move out of his parents house. With no money or job,
Director: Yariv MOZER Arafat can’t afford to move out. Then Kenny proposes an idea: a Green Card marriage
Producer: MOZER FILMS, REGAL ENTERTAINEMENT, FIG TREE STUDIOS for money! But with an Israeli girl...
Key Cast: Yoav Reuveni, Moran Rosenblatt, Yehuda Nahari, Ori Yaniv THE HOUSE WITH A TURRET
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: DOM S BASHENKOY
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Israel World Cinema Drama (79’)
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives Language: Russian
anonymous, male written love letters,that undermines his sexual identity and interfere Director: Eva NEYMANN
his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend. Based on a short story from the book “The Writer: Eva NEYMANN
Garden of Dead Trees” (Zmorah Bitan 1995), by author Yossi Avni Levy. Co-Production Partners: Natalia Stribuk
LEFT OVER Executive Producer: STANISLAV ZURAHOV
AKA: DOUTES: CHRONIQUE DU SENTIMENT POLITIQUE Producer: Aleksander Tkachenko (1+1 Production)
Drama (82) Key Cast: NATALIA YAVORSKAYA, ZINAIDA MAMONTOVA
Language: French Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Yamini Lila Kuma Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Ukraine
Producer: TOLODA, SPRITS, GOOD LAP PRODUCTIONS A 8-year-old boy is traveling with his mother towards his grandfather, but their
Key Cast: Benjamin Biolay, Lara Guirao, Christophe Barbier journey is stopped when the young woman dies of typhus in an unknown town, just
Delivery Status: Completed as poor and in ruins as any other on the way. However, the boy is determined to go
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France on. Eva Neymann’s film is a visual journey into a country covered in snow and left
SHANGHAI BELLE poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome
Erotic, Drama (100’) by both need and greed. The tranquil black-and-white images created by Lithuanian
Language: English cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the Second
Director: Jean-Louis DANIEL World War’s penultimate year in the Soviet Union. The picture was based on motifs
Producer: L’ATALANTE (Gérard Vaugeois), SHIJOKINGO Entertainment (Jean-Louis drawn from the autobiographical story of the same name by writer and screenwriter
Daniel) Friedrich Gorenstein, who also penned the script for Tarkovsky’s Solaris.
Key Cast: Xin Wang, Marie Février, Elena Kuletskaya, Kate Rozz, David Atrakchi, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DIRTY
Benjamin Feitelson Drama (89’)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English

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Director: Timothy L. ANDERSON Risto Proosa, Kirke Algma, Martin Algus, Sten Karpov, Katri Kitsing
Producer: LOOP DI LOOP PRODUCTIONS Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Mark Greenfield, Coolio, Rocío Verdejo, C. Clayton Blackwell Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Estonia
Delivery Status: Completed At an ever-accelerating pace, this feature lenght tells the story of 8 very different
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA groups whose paths cross in the space of 24 hours.In the best traditions of Commedia
Welcome to the monotonous, oppresive modern American byproduct of suburban dell’arte, the characters each have easily recognizable roles. The story revolves
sprawl: the urban strip mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop around a few odd coincidences and bad decisions, which all result in a really messed-
culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and up Friday. It starts out innocently enough with jokes, fun and a bit of alcohol, but
uncout sales force behind Affordable Mattress. When new employee Isabelle (Rocío given the level of intellectual capacity in our leading characters, you can see the train
Verdejo) is hired in hopes of improving dismal sales, some things do change and after wreck coming. And when some drugged out punks go all Clockwork Orange on an
recruiting fellow strip mall burnout Martin (C. Clayton Blackwell), she’s got everyone opera loving cankerous old man, it can only end up in tears (and blood, guts and bit of
working together to split a common goal - 200.000 dollars. rather literal toilet humour as well).
LETTERS OF A PORTUGUESE NUN COLD BLOOM
Drama (75’) AKA: SAKURA NAMIKI NO MANKAI NO SHITANI
Language: French Drama (119)
Director: Bruno François BOUCHER Language: Japanese
Producer: KAP FILMS Director: Atsushi Funahashi
Key Cast: Nicolas HERMAN, Ségolène POINT Producer: OFFICE KITANO INC: Shozo ICHIYAMA, A BANDAI VISUAL, EISEI
Delivery Status: Post Production GEKIJO
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France Key Cast: Asami Usuda, Takahiro Miura, YO Takahashi, Marika Matsumoto
An actress is about to play the part of Marianna Alcoforado, a young nun from the Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan
convent of BEJA who was writing fiery letters to her French lover, the officer Chamilly. Shiori, a young woman who is working in a small pressing factory in Hitachi City, a
The actress, being the perfect embodiement of Marianna, will drive us to a journey local industrial town, just started to recover from the Tsunami. She has been living a
beyond time and imagination. Adapted from the book “Letters of a Portuguese nun” by happy life with Kenji, her coworker but also husband. One day, she is told by people
Mariana Alcoforado. from the factory that Kenji has been killed in a temporary workplace. Supposedly, the
HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES accident was caused by Takumi, a young coworker, tormented by sudden loneliness
Drama (81) and hatred towards Kenji. However, knowing the truth about Takumi’s innocence,
Director: Daniel Patrick CARBONE Shiori gradually accepts Takumi while his efforts allow the factory to regain financial
Producer: MATTHEW PETOCK, ZACHARY SHEDD, DANIEL PATRICK stability. When Shiori heards about Takumi’s intention to leave the city, she confronts
CARBONE, JORDAN BAILEY-HOOVER him and finds out he is falling for her. Cold Bloom is a story of forgiveness and
Key Cast: Nathan Varnson, Ryan Jones, Colm O’Leary acceptance.
Delivery Status: Completed ARROWS OF THE THUNDER DRAGONS
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Drama (91’)
Hide Your Smiling Faces vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they Language: Dzongka/English
abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend’s mysterious death. The event Director: Greg SNEDDON
ripples under the surface of their town, unsettling the brothers and their friends in a Producer: FLYING SQUAD SERVICES PTY LTD & TSHERING DORJI
way that they can’t fully understand. Once familiar interactions begin to take on a Key Cast: Orsi Toth, Fatih Dervisoglu, Roland Raba
macabre tone in light of the tragic accident, leading Eric, 14, and Tommy, 9, to retreat Delivery Status: Completed
into their wild surroundings. As the two brothers vocally face the questions they have Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Australia
about mortality, they simultaneously hold their own silent debates within their minds Set in the 1970s, the story follows brother & sister Kuenphen and Jamyang
that build into seemingly insurmountable moral peaks. Hide Your Smiling Faces is a learning traditional archery from their old strict warrior grandfather. Kuenphen has
true, headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth, as well as the calluses that one often opportunities to further his interests while sister Jamyang must stay home to weave,
develops as a result of an unfiltered past. cook and get married; a fate the young woman is not willing to accept without a fight.
SILENT ONES Filmed entirely on location in the breathtaking Himalaya mountains, the actors are
AKA: A CSENDESEK made up of local highland village people among with are featuring current members
Drama (97’) of the famous Bhutanese Olympic women’s archery team.
Language: Hungarian PEOPLE OUT THERE
Director: Ricky Rijneke AKA: CILVEKI TUR
Writer: Ricky Rijneke Drama (90’)
Producer: Rotterdam Films: Dirk Rijneke, Mildred van Leuwaarden Language: Russian
Key Cast: Orsi Toth, Fatih Dervisoglu, Roland Raba Director: Aik KARAPETIAN
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCTION
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: The Netherlands Key Cast: Ilya Scerbakov, Semen Serzin,Mikhail Razumovsky, Eduard Murashov,
The young Eastern European woman Csilla and her little brother Isti are travelling Viktoria Kondratenko
together without a clear destination, looking for a better life. One day Csilla wakes Delivery Status: Completed
up inside a crashed car, in the middle of nowhere, not knowing where her brother Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Latvia
Isti is. He is vanished without a trace. Upset and alone, without saying a word, Csilla Jan, a guy in his twenties, and his friend Cracker are involved in several crimes in
leaves aboard a cargo ship heading to Western Europe. At sea Gábor, a self-proclaimed their neglected suburb of the city. After meeting the “golden youth” beauty Sabina,
business man who convinced her to work for him on the ship, turns out to be a brute he looks for a fresh start in downtown circles, but only finds contempt. His hopes for
and a drunk. love, compassion and opportunity are dashed by the even more ruthless rules of the
ACRID bourgeois, and he comes to realize that the only one he can count on is himself.
AKA: GASS MORNING STAR
Drama (94’) AKA: L’ETOILE DU JOUR
Language: Farsi Drama (100’)
Director: Kiarash ASADIZADEH Language: French
Producer: KIARASH ASADIZADEH Director: Sophie BLONDY
Key Cast: Saber Abar, Ehsan Amani, Pantea Panahiha Producer: SOPHIE BLONDY
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Denis Lavant, Tchéky Karyo, Béatrice Dalle, Iggy Pop
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Iran Delivery Status: Completed
Acrid depicts the inner feelings of different couples suffering from discordances to Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
infidelity. We travel from one character to another, young lovers or married ones, that Set in the dunes near the North sea, a small circus company is suffering from a serious
turn out to be all linked, creating a close circle between them where trust is at stake. lack of audience for their shows. The most to be worried of is the two love triangle
BAD HAIR FRIDAY among the troupe leading the desperate ones to call on magic and spells. Angele
AKA: VASAKU JALA REEDE (Natacha Regnier), the diaphanous ballerina, her clown lover Elliot (Denis Lavant)
Black Comedy/Crime Thriller (100’) and the circus ringmaster (Tcheky Karyo), full of cruelty and disturbed by fits of
Language: Estonian schizophrenia on one side, and Zohra (Béatrice Dalle) in love with Elliot, haunted
Director: Andres Kopper, Arun Tamm by an uncanny conscience (Iggy pop). Secrets, jealousy, envy will progressively take
Writer: Andres Poom, Martin Algus, Liisi Rohumäe, Birk Rohelend hold of them and trigger some irreversible acts.
Co-Production Partners: Esko Rips JO’S NEIGHBORHOOD
Executive Producer: Andres Poom AKA: UN P’TIT GARS DE MENILMONTANT
Producer: Andres Poom, Tallin Skyline Productions Drama (92’)
Key Cast: Priit Voigemast, Eva Pajus, Raivo Trass, Hendrik Toompere jnr, Lana Vatsel, Language: French

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Director: Alain MINIER is caught masturbating and filming himself with his mobile phone in his biology class
Producer: DJINN PRODUCTIONS & BAD COMPANY at school. Suspension from school is at stake…All comes from a challenge that boys
Key Cast: Olivier Marchal, Smaïn Smaïn Fairouze, Catherine Marchal, Nassim and girls do between them “for fun”. And unfortunately he got caught. From then,
Boutélis sex that used to be a family taboo will become the main interest and we get into the
Delivery Status: Completed intimacy of each of them, discovering the sex life of the parents, the children aged
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France from 18 to 22 but also the grand father’s sex life.
After 15 years in prison, Jo returns to his former neighborhood - Menilmontant, a BEAST PARADISE
collection of high rise estates on the gritty outskirts of Paris. What used to be his patch, AKA: LE PARADIS DES BÊTES
has completely changed; new gangs and new codes now rule this place. Jo finds it Drama (104’)
difficult to settle back into life on the outside, especially when he discovers that the Language: French, English subtitles available
woman he used to love is the mother of a 14 year old boy. Ultimately Jo must come to Director: Estelle LARRIVAZ
terms with his shady past and the endless settling of scores. Writer: Estelle Larrivaz/ Guillaume Daporta
ARTIFICIAL PARADISES Executive Producer: Mezzanine Films
AKA: PARAISOS ARTIFICIAIS Producer: Mathieu Bompoint
Drama (96’) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: Portuguese Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
Director: Marcos Prado The fight of a battered woman to get her children back.
Writer: Cristiano Gualda, Pablo Padilla, Marcos Prado CRULIC - THE PATH BEYOND
Producer: José Padilla, Marcos Prado AKA: CRULIC - DRUMUL SPRE DINCOLO
Key Cast: Nathalia Dill, Lunca Bianchi, Livia de Bueno, Bernardo Melo Barreto, César Animated Documentary (73’)
Cardadeiro Language: Romanian & English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Anca Damian
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Brazil Writer: Anca Damian
Artificial Paradises tells the love story of Nando and Erika, two young people in their Executive Producer: Aparte Film
early 20s, who meet and miss one another over the years. Having as background the Producer: Anca Damian
universe of mega raves and electronic music festivals, the film portrays the maturation Delivery Status: Completed
of its protagonists from their experiences with family and friends. Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France
NIGHT # 1 “Crulic - The Path to Beyond” tells the story of the life of Crulic, the 33 years old
AKA: NUIT # 1 Romanian who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike.
Drama (81’) APPROVED FOR ADOPTION
Language: French AKA: COULEUR DE PEAU : MIEL
Director: Anne Emond Hybrid Animation Film (75’)
Producer: Nancy GRANT, Sylvain CORBEIL (METAFILMS) Language: French
Key Cast: Catherine De Léan, Dimitri Storoge Director: Jung & Laurent Boileau
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Jung
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Co-Production Partners: France 3 Cinéma
Anne Émond’s dazzling debut feature is a bold and intimate study of a one-night stand. Executive Producer: France Télévisions Signature, Filière Production, La Station
Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. The Animation, 2 Minutes Animation, Dreamwall, Nadasdy Film, Amopix
first part of the film is an erotic and candid portrait of their lovemaking, When Clara Producer: MOSAÏQUE FILMS, ARTEMIS PRODUCTIONS
tries to sneak out without saying goodbye, this typical hookup takes an unexpected Key Cast: William Coryn, Christelle Cornil, Jean-Luc Couchard, Arthur Dubois,
turn. David Macaluso, Maxym Anciaux, David Murgia, Alayin Dubois, Aaricia Dubois,
GULF STREAM UNDER THE ICEBERG Cathy Boquet
AKA: GOLFSTRIM POD AYSBERGOM Delivery Status: Completed
Sexy Drama (125’) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France, Belgium
Language: Russian 42 years old according to his civil status, Jung prefers to place his birth at the age of
Director: Yevgeny PASHKEVICH 5, when a policeman found him wandering alone on the streets of Seoul. He is one of
Producer: NIDA FILMA & HOROSHO Production those 200 000 adopted Koreans spread around the world. Jung decided to return, for
Key Cast: Ville Haapasalo, Danila Kozlovskiy, Aleksey Serebryakov, Olga Shepitskaya the first time, in South Korea, in order to breathe the air of his home country, tread
Delivery Status: Completed the land of his ancestors, and maybe find traces of his biological mother. This trip of
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Russia reconciliation with his roots and with himself – shot as a documentary — leads our
This film is a philosophical parable based on novels of French writer Anatole France. It character to recall – in animation – the child he once was and the winding path that
tells about the demonic mission of Lilith, Adamřs first wife, striding through time and made him grow up, until the encounter with his wife, an adopted Korean herself. This
space. About the people who met her on their way, about life and death, about love, travel in time – the present of the trip and the memory of the past – will push him
hatred and madness. Film events occur in the XVII, XIX and XXth centuries... little by little towards a peaceful cohabitation between his inner diversities.
CLIP CALM AT SEA
AKA: KLIP AKA: LA MER A L’AUBE
Drama (102’) Drama (90’)
Language: Serbian Language: French, English Subtitles available
Director: Maja Milos Director: Volker SCHOLNDORFF
Writer: Maja Milos Writer: Volker SCHLONDORFF
Producer: Jelena Mitrovic, Srdan Golubovic (Bas Celik) Executive Producer: Les Canards Sauvages
Key Cast: Isidora Simijonović, Vukašin Jasnić, Sanja Mikitišin, Jovo Makisć, Monja Producer: Bruno Petit & Olivier Poubelle
Savić Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France, Germany
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Serbia This authentic story recounts the events which led up to the early death of the 17-year-
Jasna is a beautiful girl in her mid-teens, leading a crude life of the postwar generation old French resistant, Guy Mquet.
in Serbia. With a terminally ill father and dispirited mother, she is disillusioned and AS IF WE WERE CATCHING A COBRA
angry with everyone and everything, including herself. Having a huge crush on a boy AKA: COMME SI NOUS ATTRAPIONS UN COBRA
from school, she goes on a spree of sex, drugs and partying, constantly filming with her Documentary (120’)
mobile phone. Still, in that very harsh environment love and tenderness emerge. Language: Syrian
SEXUAL CHRONICLES OF A FRENCH FAMILY Director: Hala ALABDALLA
AKA: CHRONIQUES SEXUELLES D’UNE FAMILLE D’AUJOURD’HUI Writer: Hala ALABDALLA
Sexy Drama (82’) Producer: Ramad Films, Les productions de l’Œil Sauvage
Language: French Key Cast: Samar Yazbek, Hazem Alhamwi, Ali Farzat, Walid Taher, Mohieddine
Director: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr Ellabbad, Makhlouf, Amro Selim, Doaa Eladl
Producer: Toloda, Monkey Pack Films, Super Sonic Production Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Mathias Melloul, Valérie Maes, Stephan Hersoen, Leïla Denio, Nathan Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Syria
Duval, Adeline Rebeillard, Gregory Annoni, Yan Brian, Laetitia Favart, Philippe During the two years of the production of the film – from the beginning of the summer
Duquesne of 2010 to that of 2012 – major upheavals occurred in the Middle East, especially
Delivery Status: Completed in the two countries the film focuses on, Egypt and Syria. It was hardly surprising
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France that a film on the freedom of expression and its repression in these countries should
The daily life of a today’s family is suddenly shaken when the youngest child, Romain, be drawn into the wake of the turbulent events of the revolutions under way there...

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By questioning Egyptian and Syrian cartoonists about their experiences before and FREDERICK WISEMAN PAUL HAMANN
after these major historic movements against despotism, the film attempts to gauge the Delivery Status: Completed
new-found freedom that will also guarantee our future and our right of expression, and Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France
preserve us from censorship. The Syrian writer and journalist Samar Yazbek provides Eighteen years after his last film (The Troubles We’ve Seen: A History of Journalism
us with her insight and impressions from Damascus in the months preceding the Syrian in Wartime), Marcel Ophuls comes back as one of the last cinema master and more
revolution up until her exile in France five months later. especially, the most caustic and the funniest. The director of The Sorrow and the
3 Pity, shares his memories with us, stories incredibly rich and fascinating, making
AKA: 3 of AIN’T MISBEHAVIN a cheerful and bittersweet trip in Cinema history. Son of
Familiar Comedy (115) the great Max Ophuls, Marcel can be a generous man and an admirer. Marcel talks
Language: Spanish with and about personalities like Jeanne Moreau, Bertold Brecht, Ernst Lubitsch,
Director: Pablo STOLL WARD Otto Preminger, Woody Allen, Stanlely Kubrick and, of course, his friend François
Writer: Gonzalo Delgado Galiana, Pablo Stoll Ward Truffaut. A filmmaker without memory doesn’t exist, here is Marcel Ophuls’s
Co-Production Partners: KINE, PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA, ICAU, MVD SOCIO “memorabilia store”.
AUDIOVISUAL, FONA, INCAA, ARTE- ZDF, FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG WORLDTURNER CIRCUS THE INCREDIBLE SPACE JOURNEY
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, FILM UND MEDIEN STIFTUNG NRW, MEDIA AKA: Garoto Cosmico
PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, WORLD CINEMA FUND Animation (75 min)
Executive Producer: Fernando Epstein, Agustina Chiarino Language: Portuguese
Producer: CONTROL Z films, PANDORA Film Produktion, RIZOMA Films Director: Alê Abeu
Key Cast: Humberto de Vargas, Anaclara Ferreyra Palfy, Sara Bessio Producer: Lia Nunes
Delivery Status: Completed Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Uruguay, Argentina, Germany Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Brazil
For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold, as if he doesn’t Three children are living in a futuristic world where life is completely programmed.
belong there. Meanwhile, his first wife Graciela (Sara Bessio) and their teenage One night, looking for more reward points for school, they get lost in space and find
daughter, Ana (Anaclara Ferreyra Palfy), are going through defining moments in their out an infinite universe, forgotten in a small circus. After lots of playing and trying
lives. Subtly, Rodolfo will try to slip back into the place he once had next to them and new experiences, the programmed world sends someone special to get them back. It’s
walked away from ten years ago. 3 is a comedy about three people condemned to the time for them to choose their own path...
same, absurd fate: being a family. ELENA
ZABANA ! Documentary (80)
AKA: ZABANA ! Language: Portuguese & English
Wolrd Cinema Drama (107) Director: Petra Costa
Language: French, Algerian Writer: Petra Costa
Director: Saïd OULD-KHELIFA Producer: Busca Vida Filmes
Writer: Azzedine Mihoubi Delivery Status: Completed
Co-Production Partners: Agence Algerienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (Algérie), Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Brazil
CNERHMN Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with the same dream as her
Producer: Yacine LALOUI mother, to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding
Key Cast: Imad BENCHNNI, Nicolas PIGNON, Khaled BENAISSA, Laurent during the years of the military dictatorship. She also leaves Petra, her seven year
GERNIGON, Abdelkader DJERIOU old sister. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to New York
Delivery Status: Completed in search of Elena. She only has a few clues about her: home movies, newspaper
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Algeria clippings, a diary and letters. At any moment Petra hopes to find Elena walking in
February 15, 1956. The French government approves use of the guillotine for Algerian the streets in a silk blouse. Gradually, the features of the two sisters are confused; we
nationalists who have been sentenced to death. François Mitterrand is minister of no longer know one from the other. When Petra finally finds Elena in an unexpected
justice. June 19, 1956. Ahmed Zabana, thirty year-old is executed at dawn in Algiers, place, she has to learn to let her go.
making him the first person to be guillotined in the Algerian War. The blade catches EXPOSED
twice before finally decapitating him on the third attempt. Six months later, the “Battle Documentary (78’)
of Algiers” begins. Language: English
NAKED HARBOUR Director: Beth B
AKA: VUOSAARI Co-Production Partners: Schulberg Productions, Inc.
World Cinema Drama (123’) Producer: B Productions, Inc.
Language: Finnish Delivery Status: Completed
Director: Aku Louhimies Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
Writer: Aku Louhimies, Mikko Kouki, Niina Repo It’s satire. It’s parody. It’s a populist blend of art and entertainment that gives
Co-Production Partners: Sergei Seljanov, Natalia Drozd, Christopher Thoke, S. Wieser new meaning to the word “transgression.” This performance art is powerful and
Producer: Pauli Pentti (First Floor Productions), Liisa Penttilä (Edith Film) enlightening, and it challenges traditional notions of body, gender, and sexuality. The
Key Cast: Laura Birn, Mikko Kouki, Lenna Kuurmaa, Matleena Kuusniemi, body types of the performers range from statuesque to transgender to disabled, and
Deogracias Masomi, Amanda Pilke, Jasper Pääkkönen, Alma Pöysti, Sean Pertwee, their personalities from sensational to scintillating.
Pekka Strang DEATH METAL ANGOLA
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (83)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Finland Language: Portuguese
Naked Harbour is a film about Finnish love : it follows several parallel stories of Director: Jeremy Xido
characters facing something irreversible, on a one grey and cold winter week, in a Writer: Jeremy Xido
quest to find love and acceptance. In a world where societies expectations are high, and Producer: COALITION FILMS, CABULA6
the pressures of everyday life create a shroud of secrecy. This mosaic of characters is Delivery Status: Completed
portraying people that are imperfect, weak and lost, but they are driven by the same Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
need to be loved, seen and touched. People don’t see eye to eye and may hurt each Following nearly 40 years of unrelenting war – with every attendant horror – peace
other, but in the background, hope resides. and reconstruction are slowly arriving to Angola. Damaged first by the war for
independence from Portugal, Angola was then ripped apart by a devastating civil war
that orphaned thousands of children. Huambo, Angola’s second largest city, finds 55
WIDE HOUSE of these children in the Okutiuka orphanage under the care of Sonia Ferreira. Sonia’s
Wide House, 9, rue Bleue, Paris, 75009 France, Tel: 0033.1.53.95.04.64 Fax: boyfriend, Wilker Flores, is a death metal guitarist who uses the brutal sounds and
0033.1.53.95.04.65. rhythms of this hardcore music as a path to healing, or, as Sonia says, “to clear out
http://widehouse.org/, infos@widehouse.org the debris from all these years of war.” DEATH METAL ANGOLA tracks Wilker
Sales Agent and Sonia’s dream – to stage Angola’s first-ever national rock concert, bringing
At Cannes: Patrizia Mancini (Sales and servicing), Anaïs Clanet (General Manager) together members from different strands of the Angolan hardcore scene from different
Office: Stand Riviera E6, Tel: 0033.6.83.22.18.06 Fax: 0033.1.53.95.04.65 provinces – as it unfolds in fits and starts against the bombed out and mined backdrop
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN A MARCEL OPHULS JOURNEY of the formerly stately Huambo. Rubble and deconstructed spaces provide scenic
AKA: Un Voyageur reminders of why hardcore music has gained a foothold. What initially looks like
Documentary (106 min) a Quixotic undertaking gains momentum, aided by social media and propelled by
Language: French/English members of the various branches of the death metal hardcore underground, who join
Director: Marcel OPHULS together to stage the event. Raucous and righteous, DMA’s look at a rock show off the
Producer: Frank ESKENAZI / THE FACTORY grid is fulfilling, haunting, and real.
Key Cast: ELLIOTT ERWITT HAMILTON FISH COSTA GAVRAS JEANNE MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK
MOREAU MADELEINE MORGENSTERN-TRUFFAUT JOHN SIMPSON

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Documentary (90’) AKA: LES NOUVEAUX CHIENS DE GARDE
Language: English Documentary (104’)
Director: Jonathan Holiff Language: French
Producer: New Chapter Production Director: Gilles BALBASTRE, Yannik KERGOAT
Delivery Status: Screening Writer: SERGE HALIMI, PIERRE RIMBERT, RENAUD LAMBERT, GILLES
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: Canada BALBASTRE, YANNICK KERGOAT
MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK is the unauthorized look at Johnny Cash in Producer: JEM Productions
the 1960s, as seen through the eyes of his manager, the late Saul Holiff. But this is no Delivery Status: Completed
ordinary music documentary. Shot on film, this one-of-a-kind movie directed by Saul’s Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
son, Jonathan Holiff, is driven by Johnny’s and Saul’s own voices. After his father’s In 1932, writer Paul Nizan published “The Watchdogs”, a book denouncing the
suicide in 2005, Jonathan discovered a storage locker full of never-before-published philosophers and writers of his era for imposing themselves as guardians of the
material on Johnny Cash--including 60 hours of audio diaries and telephone calls establishment behind a pretense of intellectual neutrality. The new watchdogs of
recorded in the ‘60 and ‘70s. A very personal journey of discovery that just happens to today are the journalists, editorial writers and media-friendly experts who openly
feature one of 20th century’s greatest music icons comes to market in time for the 10th crusade for free markets and the maintenance of social order. With sardonic humor,
anniversary of Cash’s death on September 1 The New Watchdogs lambastes these pundits posing as independent, unbiased,
ALL OF US GUINEA-PIGS NOW pluralistic forces of democratic opposition. The film convincingly and accurately
AKA: TOUS COBAYES ? exposes the growing threat of news being manufactured and deformed into a
Documentary (118 MIN) commodity by big business.
Language: French/Japanese/English GRANDMA LO-FI
Director: Jean-Paul JAUD (62 min)
Producer: Béatrice Jaud, J+B Séquences Language: Icelandic
Key Cast: “Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini”, “Corinne Lepage”, “José Bové”, “Jean Director: Orri Jónsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
Ziegler”, “Olivier de Schutter” Executive Producer: Republik Productions in association with Killit Films
Delivery Status: Completed Producer: Republik Productions in association with Killit Films
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Delivery Status: Completed
From 2009 to 2011, under a total secrecy, Professor Séralini and the *CRIIGEN led an Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Iceland
experience on a *GMO and the herbicide Roundup. The conclusions are appalling… At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music straight
After Chernobyl’s disaster, the invisible radioactivity reappeared in March 2011 with from the living room. 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name with more than
the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. GMO’s, NUCLEAR POWER: we use and 600 songs – an eccentric myriad of catchy compositions mixing in her pets, found
accept those technologies without medical or environmental independent tests. Are we toys, kitchen percussions and Casio keyboards. Sigrídur Níelsdóttir is her name,
all of us guinea-pigs now? *Committee for Research and Independent Information on and before long the Icelandic/Danish musician became an adored cult figure in the
Genetic Engineering *The Monsanto corn NK 603 Icelandic music scene. Shot mostly on Super-8 and 16mm ‘Grandma Lo-fi’ is a
SONS OF THE WIND cinematic tribute to her boundless creativity, created by three musicians and artists
AKA: LES FILS DU VENT whom she inspired.
Documentary: Human Stories and Social issues (96’) NEW LIFE
Language: French AKA: Nový život rodinného alba
Director: Bruno Le Jean Documentary (80)
Producer: Les Films du Veyrier, Supersonic Language: Slovak & English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Adam Ol’ha
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Co-Production Partners: Artileria Marko Skop
They are Angelo Debarre, Moreno, Ninine Garcia and Tchavolo Schmitt. They are Producer: Evolution Films
guitarists. They are gypsis. They play and perpetuate the music of Django Reinhardt. Delivery Status: Completed
They have also a certain sense of humor, of friendship and a personal way to live their Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Slovak
life standing. Penetrating in tiptoe in their camps, their caravans or their apartments, The big Slovak family. Seven women and just one man left. Father couldn’t managed
we discover between notes and words, a community that preserves an authentic and them and found another woman. Son, “the only man standing” is trying to understand
particular way of life, a taste for difference, where in spite of difficulties, the important father’s act and women’s world. Takes the tools of his father - camera and many
thing is the pleasure of playing guitar. photos left to find men’s role in “such a family”. How he can learn from parent’s
TROPICALIA divorce and how can he teach his sisters to divorce well in the future?
Documentary (87 minute) O GRINGO
Language: Portuguese & English AKA: O GRINGO
Director: Marcelo Machado Human stories and social issues documentary (90’)
Producer: Bossa Nova Films Language: Portuguese and Serbian
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Darko Bajic
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Brazil Producer: Petkovic 10
The documentary “Tropicália” tells the story of the cultural movement with the same Key Cast: Dejan Petkovic
name that roused in the late 60’s in Brazil. Headed by the musicians Caetano Veloso Delivery Status: Completed
and Gilberto Gil, the Tropicalist movement had its apogee in the popular music scene, Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Serbia, Brazil
with intense presence in Brazilian television, press and radio. The “Tropicalistas” Brazilian footballer usually becomes famous playing for greatest European clubs.
confronted the cultural and political establishment with pop songs, mixing traditional This film is a story about European player who became a football star in Brazil.
Brazilian folk and the north-hemisphere’s rock. Their controversial thoughts, music and Dejan Petkovic, born in Serbia, is considered the greatest player of all time by many
behaviour resulted into prison and exile (in swinging London!) for its leaders. Through experts. When he was 37, he won the championship title with Flamengo club and
a rich research of archival material, inedited footage and the testimony of the group’s was voted the best footballer in Brazil. In the Maracana Walk of Fame he left his
protagonists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Arnaldo and Sérgio Dias footprints, next to football legends like Pele, Zico, Zagalo, Ronaldo, Ronaldino,
(from the band Os Mutantes) and others, “Tropicália” shows their artistic and musical Kaka, Adriano and other football legends.
evolution and the contra cultural aspects of the creative tourbillion it created in Brazil. LULLABY TO MY FATHER
AN AFRICAN AWAKENING AKA: LULLABY TO MY FATHER
AKA: UNE REVOLUTION AFRICAINE Filmatic poem (90’)
Documentary (93’) Language: Hebrew, German, French
Language: French Director: Amos Gitai
Director: Samir BENCHIKH Writer: Amos Gitai
Writer: Samir BENCHIKH Co-Production Partners: Alexandre Iordachescu, Michael Tapuach
Producer: DOCKER FILMS Producer: Laurent Truchot, AmosGitai
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: YAEL ABECASSIS, THEO BALLMER, KEREN GITAI, ASTRID
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France LEUTWYLER, PAULA HEDVALL, TORSTEN RANFT, AHMAD MESGHARA,
It is the story of 4 people struggling in Africa in order to change their life … Each WERNER MOLLER, BEN GITAI, RAN DANKER
one on his level, they set up ambitious projects. There is Tiken Jah Fakoly who tries Delivery Status: Completed
to convince that positive Africa exists. Singer recognized worldwide, he mobilizes Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Israel-France-Switzerland
politicians on peace actions and tries to support and represent the voice of all these We follow the journey of Munio, Amos Gitai’s father, born in 1909 in Silesia. At
unknown persons who act in everyday life. Among these unknown persons, there are 18, Munio leaves for Berlin and Dessau to study the Bauhaus of Walter Gropius,
Rosine, Michel and Diabson who have the same purpose... fighting for education, Kandisky and Paul Klee. In 1933 the Bauhaus is closed and soon after the Nazis
justice and culture. accuse Munio of betraying the German people. Munio is jailed, then deported to
THE NEW WATCHDOGS Basel. From there he leaves for Palestine. Once in Haifa, he starts his career as an

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architect, adapting the European modernist principles for the Middle East. The movie retracing her steps in France and Italy and discover a character much more complex
is a voyage searching for the relationships between a father and his son, architecture and interesting than what has been written about her by previous historians. Having
and movies, the history of a journey and intimate memories. Like in the movie survived a devastating hurricane, a death sentence, firing cannons and a bombing,
CARMEL, based on director’s mother, there is no chronological sequence of events. Josephine continues to fascinate millions of people worldwide, not only because she
The story comes together piece by piece, as a poetical association of pictures, faces, was wife to one of the most well-known characters in history, but also because the
voyages, real architecture and snippets of fiction. life she led – full of drama and grandeur – was greater than any role ever imagined
CARMEL in fiction.
Filmatic poem (93’) HIGH PARISIAN JEWELRY
Language: Hebrew, English, Arabic, French AKA: JOYAUX DU LUXE
Director: Amos Gitai Documentary (52’)
Writer: Amos Gitai Language: French
Co-Production Partners: THE RABINOVICH FOUNDATION, INTEREUROPE, Director: Eric Le Seney
RAI3, GLOBAL MEDIA, ARTE, UNITE DE FICTION, CNC Co-Production Partners: Miss Luna Films, Stylia
Producer: AMOS GITAI, LAURENT TRUCHOT (AGAV FILMS), MICHAEL Producer: Injam Production
TAPUACH (HAMON HAFAKOT), ALESSANDRO AND AUGUSTUS PELLICCIA Delivery Status: Completed
(AUGUSTUS COLOR) Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
Key Cast: KEREN MOR, EFRATIA GITAI, KEREN GITAI, BEN GITAI, MAKRAM Diamonds, ruby, sapphires, and emeralds …Three of the most important Parisian
KHOURY, TOMER RUSSO, AMOS GITAI, ASSI DAYANV, AMOS LAVIE, RIVKA jewelries opened their doors of their studios to tell the secrets of their knowhow:
GITAI, HILLEL LUSKI Lorenz Baumer, the youngest, Mellerio also named Meller the elder and Chaumet,
Delivery Status: Completed the most emblematic.
Year of Production: 2009 Country of Origin: Israel, France, Italy THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA
Amos Gitai creates a kaleidoscope of images from the distant Jewish past and the Urban and Pop Culture Documentary (90’)
immediate Israeli present and brings us a deeply personal and resonant meditation on Language: German
Jewish and Israeli identity. Through exquisitely composed long takes, he begins the Director: Marten Persiel
film with his country’s biography, especially during the Roman siege of Masada, and Co-Production Partners: Arte, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
contrasts them to the young soldiers enlisting in Israel’s army today making the film “a Producer: Wildfremd Production GmbH
passionate expression of Mr. Gitai’s anguish at living in a country in a continual state Delivery Status: Completed
of war” (Stephen Holden, The NY Times). The cycles of violence are never-ending, but Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Germany
so are the bonds of family. With Jeanne Moreau narrating poems, letters, and journal A hymn to the subversive power of vitality, this fast-paced documentary takes us on
entries, we are taken into a dreamlike state of overlapping images from different a trip through the strange unknown world of the ‘Rollbrettfahrer’ as skateboarders
periods of Gitai’s life and that of his mother Efratia, linking generations of Jews and were known in the GDR, a country where besides those loyal to the regime, there
Israelis within the warm embrace of memory. was also an avowed political resistance. Apart from this, there was also a movement
213 THE GANG PROJECT of young rebels whose only raison d’être was the illusion of staying young, immortal
AKA: 213 THE GANG PROJECT and non-committal. In THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA three kids discover their love
Human stories and social issues documentary (90’) of skateboarding on the cracked asphalt of the GDR – a madcap, even unacceptable
Language: English sport that was perhaps so incredibly exciting because of its nuttiness. This punk
Director: Robert E. Ball, Jr. fairytale created by a bunch of kids who luckily possessed sufficiently manic levels
Producer: CID Productions of energy to record their lives on Super-8mm film, shows us life in the GDR life as it
Delivery Status: Completed has never been seen before.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA RISING SUN
“213 THE GANG PROJECT” is a powerful, moving and highly stylized feature length Urban and Pop Culture Documentary (75’)
documentary that dramatically captures the highs and horrors of Los Angeles’ infamous Language: German, Swiss Dialect, English, Japanese
Gang culture - Black, White and Brown - behind prison bars and in the streets of L.A Director: Fabiane Kimoto
but also follows gang members’ wives. The documentary introduces Zone, Chako, Co-Production Partners: Schweizer Fernsehen SF
Grumpy and Mr. Cholo with Devil Face, The Aryan Princess, Puppet, Bandit, Tanjareen Producer: Santiago Production GmbH
and Jim Runion. Music is by Dirty Daniel and Otto of Never Dead, Bill Wandel, Zone, Key Cast: Dergin Tokmak, Navid Mengis, Massimo Aspirante, Julia Kimoto, Benny
Rick Hard, Final War and Jose Reyes. Kimoto
MATTHIEU RICARD, ON THE PATH TO COMPASSION Delivery Status: Completed
AKA: MATTHIEU RICARD, SUR LE CHEMIN DE LA COMPASSION Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Switzerland
Human stories and social issues documentary (52’) “You have to give up your old life before you can begin a new one” is the motto
Language: French of the eight members of the Roc Kidz Crew, one of the most authentic hip-hop
Director: Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis formations currently on the circuit. The dancers leave their middle-class lives and
Co-Production Partners: Arte high material expectations behind them and make their way as a multicultural
Producer: Damia Films break-dancing crew to the South, on a tour that promises neither profit nor fame. A
Delivery Status: Completed journey full of surprises and positive encounters: with their love of dance, music and
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France freedom, the Roc Kidz Crew radiates a pure zest for life that crosses all social and
40 years devoted to the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism have made Matthieu ethnic borders. Produced by Fabian Kimoto, Sascha Landis
Ricard an essential intermediary between East and West. Scientific, Buddhist Monk, LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES OF FRENCH CINEMA
French Interpreter of the Dalai Lama, photographer and author of many texts about Cinema History Documentary (52’)
Buddhism and meditation, Matthieu Ricard is today one the world’s expert about this Language: French
subject. This film allows us to find out his thoughts, research and humanitarian, through Director: Ezéquiel Fernandez
its association KARUNA-SHECHEN. He is a man of his time, putting his knowledge Writer: Ezéquiel Fernandez, Djamel Zaoui
and humanist philosophy in favor of wellbeing and vitality of many. Co-Production Partners: France Télévisions
IN THE NAME OF DIGNITY Producer: Amo Films
Documentary (90 & 52 ‘) Key Cast: Edouard MOLINARO, Charles BITSCH, Claude Pinoteau, Philippe
Language: English D’HUGUES, Jean DOUCHET, Alexandre ASTRUC
Director: Loic Jourdain Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Idée Originale, Lugh Films and South Wind Blows Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
Delivery Status: In Production How did a generation of post-war cinephiles manage to change the course of
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: France cinematic history? In 1948, a handful of cinema enthusiast founded “Objectif 49”,
IN SEARCH FOR JOSEPHINE a “Cine-Club” in Paris whose existence would be as dazzling as it would be brief.
AKA: A LA RECHERCHE DE JOSEPHINE A few months later, they came up with the idea of a showcase demonstration for
Docu-Drama Series / History (2 x 52’) art house films, thus giving birth, in the summer of 1949, to the “Festival du Film
Language: English and French versions Maudit”. Jean Cocteau played the leading role in this effort with support from
Director: Eric Elléna Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, Jean Charles Tacchella, Alexandre Astruc, Jacques
Co-Production Partners: Quasar Multimedia, Vosges Television Doniol-Valcroze and Pierre Kast… Ten years before the official birth of the New
Producer: FRENCH CONNECTION FILMS Wave movement, these young filmmakers, inspired by a fresh, new artistic vision,
Delivery Status: Completed laid the foundation for today’s cinema.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France OUT OF FRAME
This two-part documentary series revisits the life of an incredibly modern woman AKA: HORS-CHAMP
from her childhood spent in Martinique, to her coronation as an Empress, and finally Cinema History Documentary (52’)
to her death – from a simple cold – ten years later in her palace. We find ourselves Language: French

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Director: Jean Barat Thanks to their help you will discover the history, the unique characteristics, the flavor
Producer: LES FILMS INGENUS, LES CANARDS SAUVAGES and the path of these products from the fields to your dish!
Key Cast: Volker Schlöndorff, Franck Liaigre, Pierre-Louis Basse and the French TONY CURTIS: DRIVEN TO STARDOM
resistant Odette Nilès AKA: TONY CURTIS: LE GAMIN DU BRONX
Delivery Status: Completed Documentary (96’ & 55’)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Language: English
Jean Barat has followed Volker Schlönasorff during the shooting of CALM AT SEA to Director: Ian Ayres
deliver us a wonderful documentary that exceeds the simple making-of and becomes Writer: Ian Ayres
an overwhelming documentary digging into the history of French Resistance. Among Executive Producer: FRENCH CONNECTION FILMS
Volker Schlöndorff’s interviews and working scenes on the set, the historian Franck Producer: Eric Ellena
Liaigre and Pierre-Louis Basse, author of “Guy Môquet, a childhood cut short”, bring Key Cast: Tony Curtis
to light the casualties of war and dig into Guy Moquet’s intimacy. Guy Moquet, a Delivery Status: Completed
seventeen year old hero against his will. Beyond the film, the spectator encounters Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
Odette Nilès, also resistant and Guy Môquet’s love that escaped from Choisel camp. A feature documentary that takes a closer look at the troubled life of Bernie Schwartz,
SCRATCH MUSIC a rebel from the Bronx, and his ascent to celebrity in Hollywood.
Urban and Pop Culture Documentary (52’) MILOS FORMAN: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU...
Language: French and English AKA: Miloš Forman: Co tě nezabije…
Director: Denis Ramos et Jérôme Decol Cinema History Documentary (100’ & 4 x 56’)
Producer: Idée Originale Language: Czech and English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Miloslav SMIDMAJER
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Writer: Miloslav SMIDMAJER
“Scratch Music” is an esthetic and engaged documentary about a fringe artistic Producer: Bio Illusion, Pluto Film & Vidéo
expression: turntablism, or the art of manipulating sounds to create music using Key Cast: Milos Forman
turntables. The film catches the creative energy of these performers, all along their Delivery Status: Completed
individual or collective shows. We discover their different visual and sound universes; Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Czech Republic
where the technicality and creativity have no limits. Scratch Music is a tribute to all In the last fifteen years Milos Forman’s life has gone through a lot of big changes and
these singular artists. he has even had certain reversals in his professional career. Filming over the course
BERGMAN AND MAGNANI: THE WAR OF VOLCANOES of five years, he has even managed to shed light on a few of the intimate corners of
AKA: LA GUERRA DEI VULCANI Forman’s life which continue to give him inspiration for creating films with unusual
Cinema History Documentary (52’) depth unexpected coherence. In addition to meeting Milos Forman, his friends and
Language: Italian with English Subtitles family, this documentary offers up insiders’ points of view from a host of famous
Director: Francesco Patierno personalities.
Writer: Chiara Laudani, Francesco Patierno THE DIVINE JOE SARNO
Executive Producer: TODOS CONTENTOS Y YO TAMBIEN AKA: LA MAGNIFIQUE OBSESSION DE JOE SARNO
Key Cast: Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani Cinema History Documentary (55’)
Delivery Status: Completed Language: English and French
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Italy Director: Virgile Iscan
The story of the biggest jet-set love scandal of all times. Starring Roberto Rossellini, Writer: Emmanuel Bonn
Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani and and nature of the Aeolian Islands. Co-Production Partners: L’Amercia
LUXE FACTORY Producer: Les Films du Tamarin
Documentary series (9 x 23’) Delivery Status: Completed
Language: French and English Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France
Director: Eric Le Seney Joe Sarno has observed and filmed sexuality and fantasies of women without
Co-Production Partners: Miss Luna Films, Stylia deviating from its course for 40 years. This observation has led to more than 70 films.
Producer: Injam Production A case in point. Joe Sarno is a filmmaker monomaniacal in his case, one might even
Delivery Status: Completed say obsessed, like a Russ Meyer that it could represent for the east coast, with all the
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: France differences that the location embraces. Throughout his life, he has dug a question: that
Trade secrets, unexpected anecdotes, moving portraits, small and big histories: Luxe of female desire. Our desire is to invite him to share his observations and to tell us his
Factory regroups an exceptional circle of creators, artists and craftsmen who maintain stories.
the flame of the excellence and transmit the breath of Luxury, also called the art of the JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE
detail. Ballet Documentary (82’)
MARVEL 14 : SUPER HEROES VS. CENSORSHIP Language: English
AKA: MARVEL 14 : LES SUPER-HEROS CONTRE LA CENSURE Director: Bob Hercules
Urban and Pop Culture Documentary (26’ & 52’) Writer: Bob Hercules
Language: French Executive Producer: Jay Alix, Harold Ramis
Director: Jean Depelley, Philippe Roure Producer: Una Jackman, Erica Mann Ramis
Producer: Metaluna Productions Key Cast: Mandy Patinkin, Kevin McKenzie, Helgi Tomasson Iceland, Ashley C.
Delivery Status: Completed Wheater, Gary Chryst, Bob Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, Trinette Singleton, Lar Lubovitch
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France Delivery Status: Completed
“Marvel 14: super heroes vs. censorship” is a documentary that tells the tale of issue Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
14 of French comic book Marvel, who was censored and banned before publication. Mavericks of American Dance tells the story of this groundbreaking cultural treasure,
The Marvel comic books were at the time censored in France, being largely redrawn known as the first truly American dance company. Narrated by Tony and Emmy
and cut for content. Both the left wing (American comics supposedly were symbols Award winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Bob Hercules (Bill T. Jones-A Good
of the American imperialism) and the right wing (for the violent and immoral content) Man), the film documents how The Joffrey Ballet revolutionized American ballet by
put pressure on the editors, even with death threats, to stop the mag. Issue 14 was not daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique, combining art
never released, but a few copy may have survived and it became an urban legend. with social statement, and setting ballets to pop and rock music scores.
The documentary also establishes the history of Marvel comics and widens to the NUCLEAR NATION
censorship situation in the late 60s in France. AKA: NYUKURIA NEISYON
FRENCH DELICATESSEN Documentary (96’ & 52’)
AKA: EPICERIE FINE Language: Japanese, Fukushima dialects
Documentary series (35 x 26’) Director: Atsushi Funahashi
Language: French Co-Production Partners: Big River Films
Director: Lionel Boisseau Producer: Documentary Japan
Co-Production Partners: Miss Luna Film, TV5 Monde Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Injam Production Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Japan
Key Cast: Chef Guy Martin A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s residents, the region housing the crippled
Delivery Status: Completed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The day after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: France on March 11, 2011, Futaba locals heard the hydrogen explosion at Reactor Number
This is the history of a meeting between a 3-star chef, Guy Martin, and the best 1 and were showered with nuclear fallout. In response, the Japanese government
products of French Gastronomy. During his search of truffle from Périgord, « Beaufort designated the whole town as an “exclusion zone” and 1,400 of the town’s residents
» from Savoy, or the Landes aspargus, Guy Martin will discuss the products with the fled to an abandoned high school 250 kilometers away. The entire community,
best specialists of the sector: men and women that produce, cultivate and collect them. including the Town Hall office, was moved into the four-story building, making the

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residents nuclear refugees. the boy has a secret dark past and he begins to destroy this perfect family.
NIGHTS AND DAYS
drama (171 minutes)
WONDERPHIL PRODUCTIONS Language: Polish (with English subtitles)
Wonderphil Productions, 4712 Admiralty Way #324, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 USA, Director: Jerzy Antczak
Tel: 1.310.482.1324 Fax: 1.925.755.0131. Delivery Status: Completed
www.Wonderphil.biz, phil@Wonderphil.biz Year of Production: 1975 Country of Origin: Poland
Sales Agent Polish director Jerzy Antczak’s masterpiece is a sweepingly emotional epic of five
At Cannes: Phil Gorn (CEO) decades in the life of an often-selfish but strong willed woman who is caught up in
Office: Year Round Exhibitor on The Platform, Tel: 310.482.1324 the terrible conflicts of 19th century Europe. 1977 Academy Awards: Nominee, Best
RICHARD: THE LIONHEART Foreign Language Film
Action/Adventure/Fantasy (100 min) FOR LOVERS ONLY
Language: English Drama (90 minutes)
Director: Stefano Milla Language: English
Co-Production Partners: Wonderphil Productions, Claang Entertainment & Doma Director: Danny Green
Entertainment Producer: Jon E. Edwards, Albena Dodeva, Danny Green
Producer: Phil Gorn, Stefano Milla, Blinov Oleg Adrianovich Key Cast: Tatum O’Neal, Harry Lennix, Robert Patrick
Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Chandler Maness, Burton Anthony Perez Delivery Status: Completed
Delivery Status: Completed Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Ron Waters is a veteran comedian trying to make a comeback in Hollywood. His
On the brink of war with France, King Henry II decides to test the loyalty and honor of troubled marriage and career focus are put to the test as he falls for a much younger
his son, Richard, by imprisoning in a hellish castle in which Richard must use all of his woman.
courage and strength to be set free. TRATTORIA
THE ESSENTIALS Drama (85 minutes)
Spy-Action-Comedy (87 Mins) Language: English
Language: English Director: Jason Wolos
Director: Brendan Nagle Producer: Jason Wolos & Dawn Rich
Writer: Brendan Nagle Key Cast: John Patrick Amedori
Executive Producer: Jim Toepper Delivery Status: Completed
Producer: Brendan Nagle and Aaron Gordon Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Key Cast: Jim Toepper, Chris Barbis, Jeff Moon, Kayleen Wilkinson & Brendan Nagle A drama/comedy set in the exciting San Francisco restaurant scene about a chef and
Delivery Status: Completed his estranged son who reconnect and heal their past through cooking.
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA DEATH GRIP
Jim is a down-on-his-luck, burned-out, ex-spy at the end of an illustrious career. After Action/Martial Arts (90 minutes)
he goes rogue and screws up yet again, his former Agency must bail him out – for the Language: English
last time. But in a refusal to accept old age and a forced retirement, Jim takes on a Delivery Status: Post Production
young, wiseass protége to help him crack one last case: an international drug-smuggling Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
ring. Festivals: Audience Choice, Best Director, Best Cinematography, & Best Editing: Kenny is in for the fight of his life. He must save his brother who has been kidnapped
Hollywood & Vine Film Festival 2012 (Dec 2012) Honorable Mention: New York Int’l by a mysterious religious group in this action-packed fight against evil.
Film Festival (L.A. Edition, Jan 2013) Award of Merit: Accolade Competition (Dec CROSSHAIRS
2012) Buffalo Niagara Film Festival (Buffalo, New York, April 2013) Thriller (120 minutes)
THE AVIATION COCKTAIL Language: English
Drama (96 minutes) Director: Nick Lentz
Language: English Producer: Darren Warren
Director: David Higgins Key Cast: Tom Sizemore, Mark Rolston, Luke Edwards
Producer: Robert Deline Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Michael Haskins, Brandon Eaton, Beau Kiger Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed Jack Verlaine, a hitman, is hired by a mobster to enact revenge on a porn film director
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA but little is what it seems as Jack gets deeper & deeper involved.
For three World War Two veterans, war was nothing compared to the personal battles SOLID STATE
they would face back home. Sci-fi (87 minutes)
AMERICA’S MOST HAUNTED Language: English
Horror (85 minutes) Director: Stefano Milla
Language: English Co-Production Partners: Claang Entertainment & Wonderphil Productions
Director: Chris Randall Executive Producer: Phil Gorn & Enrico De Palo
Key Cast: James Karen Producer: Stefano Milla & Riccardo De Palo
Delivery Status: Completed Key Cast: Debbie Rochon, Suzi Lorraine, Ava Brunini, and Vivica A. Fox
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Delivery Status: Completed
A horror/comedy that’s scarier than “Ghostbusters” and funnier than “Poltergeist” as a Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
ghost-hunting TV crew investigates a house that is actually haunted. An American rock band is touring through Europe when a meteor falls nearby. Soon,
BADASS SHOWDOWN nearly everyone in the area is mysteriously infected. Sickness leads to death. The
Action (75 minutes) band tries to escape the area before they, too, become infected. But the only way to
Language: english escape is to defeat this alien outbreak.
Director: David Decoteau AMERICAN SLICE
Executive Producer: Martin Hellman Comedy (90 minutes)
Key Cast: Cynthia Rothrock Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed Director: Boris Wexler
Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA Producer: Julian Grant & Boris Wexler
Uber MMA fighter manager Ivy Reed (Rothrock) is unique as a woman in a male- Key Cast: Edouard Giard, Patrick Zielinski, Tory Adkins
dominated field. Her determination to win leads her to use a special formula to find her Delivery Status: Completed
champion fighters. Though her trainer Jimmy (Josh Griego) doesn’t see eye to eye with Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA
her, he nevertheless works with her current crop of auditioning fighters to see if any of A young French chef pushes the limits of the American Dream by converting a
them are worthy of being managed by the Kickboxing world’s most decorated female Chicago pizza shop into an escort service for the super-rich.
warrior. EMPTY ROOMS
THE BOARDER Horror (92 minutes)
Psychological Thriller (100 minutes) Language: English
Language: English Director: Adam Lamas
Director: Jolene Adams Producer: Michael J. Zampino
Executive Producer: Jane Elizabeth Ryan Delivery Status: Completed
Key Cast: Dee Wallace, Carlton Wilborn, Leslie Stevens Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Delivery Status: Completed “The Shining” meets “Insidious” in this film about a single mother and her autistic
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA son moving into a house with a horrible past.
An eleven-year-old boy is adopted into a loving family. But all is not what it seems as

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FIGHT LIFE The world’s first successful human cloning project brings Kimberly a son named
documentary (80 minutes) David. Seven years after David’s birth, wars, famine and natural disasters of every
Language: English kinds have plagued the Earth. As Kimberly struggles to survive her biggest challenge
Director: James Feng is raising her son. Strange occurrences surrounding the young boy are only becoming
Key Cast: Jake Shields, Nick Diaz, Chuck Liddell worse and more mysterious.
Delivery Status: Completed RANCID
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Sci-fi/Horror (92 minutes)
This raw documentary brings to light the dark side of MMA – the blood, sweat, and Language: English
tears these modern day warriors endure to pursue their passion. Director: Alastair Orr
HUSH HUSH Delivery Status: Completed
Drama (80 minutes) Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: South Africa
Language: English Four applicants, with their own hidden agendas, are accepted by a mysterious
Director: Byron Gatt corporation to participate in a medical experiment at an isolated testing facility.
Delivery Status: Completed FORBIDDEN LOVE
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA AKA: Wantu River
Told entirely without dialogue, Hush Hush follows a conservative newlywed couple Drama (83 minutes)
whose failed attempts at intimacy lead them down separate paths of sexual self- Language: Mandarin
discovery. Delivery Status: Completed
KINGDOM OF GLADIATORS Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: China
Action/Adventure/Fantasy (82 min) JASMIN, an “Urban Youth” from Beijing, witnesses her parents accidentally breaking
Language: English a Mao statue. She reports them to the Red Guard. Her parents are beaten to death and
Director: Stefano Milla Jasmin is sent to a remote village in Mongolia. SHANHUA, a simple, warm-hearted
Co-Production Partners: Claang Entertainment & Wonderphil Productions village girl, takes Jasmin under her protection. They become intimate friends. Despite
Producer: Stefano Milla, Riccardo De Palo, Phil Gorn opposition from the men in their village, the two girls vow to be together forever.
Delivery Status: Completed NIGHTBEASTS
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: USA & Italy Sci-fi/Action (80 minutes)
A king makes a pact with an ancient demon and after many years of ruling his kingdom Language: English
in peace, the demon has come to collect. Now a group of rival gladiators must fight for Delivery Status: Completed
the survival of the kingdom. And the duel they never expected is about to begin. Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
BROADWAY’S FINEST In this 35mm film, Charles tries to reunite with his estranged son, Tim, by taking him
Action/Drama (87 minutes) on a weekend hunting trip. In the mountain community, the legend of the Sasquatch
Language: English surfaces from the darkness of the woods. Now Charles and Tim must fight for their
Director: Stephen Morro lives or become victims to this horrific native curse.
Key Cast: Adam Storke, Nick Cornish, John Lavelle, Thomas G. Waites, Larry Pine HERCULES SAVES CHRISTMAS
Delivery Status: Completed Family (90 minutes)
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: UK Language: English
“Midnight Run” meets “The Hangover” as three struggling actors impersonate New Producer: Shorty Rossi, Derek Zemrek & Leonard Pirkle
York City undercover cops. They chase down a notorious drug dealer in order to get Key Cast: Shorty Rossi, Hercules, Mackenzie Phillips, Danny Arroyo, Mark McClure,
the authentic material needed to create their own cutting edge police drama. Things are Kathy Garver
rarely what they seem in this gritty action-comedy. Delivery Status: Completed
THE LAST ACT Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: US
Action/Drama (89 minutes) Santa has given Hercules the duty to try and save one child on the Naughty List.
Language: English Hercules choses an orphan boy named Max Moogle, an adorable twelve-year-old boy
Director: Ronald Quigley with a knack for getting into mischief who dreams of being part of a loving family.
Key Cast: Ronald Quigley MOB RULES
Delivery Status: Completed AKA: TIC
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA Crime/Action (97 min)
Mike Malone gets involved in a drug scheme with a young boxer and a petty thief. Language: English
They manage to pull off a heist and Mike makes a clean getaway. But things get Director: Keith Parmer
complicated when Mike’s young cohorts deviate from the plan and don’t cover their Key Cast: Lennie James, Gary McDonald, Treva Etienne, Daniele Favilli
tracks properly – bringing Mike back into the game. Delivery Status: Completed
THE SUPPRESSOR Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA
Action/Martial Arts (90 minutes) Fate meets fortune when small-time hoods shoot for the big score by holding a club
Language: English owner hostage for ransom. But time is running out, as the past catches up with all of
Director: Ara Paiaya them and the clock tics slowly toward the moment of truth.
Key Cast: Ara Paiaya
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: UK WORLDWIDE FILM ENTERTAINMENT
A modern day “Death Wish”, this action-packed thriller is set amongst the seedy Worldwide Film Entertainment, 6363 W. 83rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA, Tel:
underbelly of Scottish organized crime. When his wife is killed by a burglar, Blake (310) 641-5360 Fax: (310) 641-5693.
Bradley takes the law into his own hands and begins defending innocent victims. But www.wfewfe.com, info@wfewfe.com
all is not what it seems and soon Blake finds himself going from the hunter to the Sales Agent
hunted. At Cannes: Barbara Mudge (President), Richard DeLong (EVP Marketing &
THE HOUSE Acquisitions), Sean Hutchison (Director of Sales and Acquisitions)
Drama (109) Office: Lerins S7, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 33 10
Language: English SHOCK ATTACK
Director: Desiree Lim Creature Thriller (88 mins.)
Key Cast: Natalie Skye, Zak Santiago, Alex Zahara, Emile Ullerup, Zahf Paroo, David Language: English
Richmond-Peck, Olivia Cheng Director: Jaclyn Chessen
Delivery Status: Completed Writer: Nicole Lopatin
Year of Production: 2011 Country of Origin: Canada Producer: Kimberly Hooper
Jean Kaneko moves into an empty home. She discovers she’s not the only occupant Key Cast: Anya Prinz, Andrew Pedroza, Ashley Allen
in the house. A cynical college professor, his bitter sister, her devoted husband, a Delivery Status: Post Production
disgruntled cab driver and a washed-up drifter are all squatting. They are not supposed Year of Production: 2013 Country of Origin: USA
to be there because they’re actually dead. As Jean confronts these souls as tormented as A well-meaning scientist’s attempt to develop a green source of energy unleashes a
herself, they inevitably end up in an entangled mass of secrets and lies. frankenstein of the sea. Visual effects by Marcelino Newquist (THE AVENGERS,
MAN MADE Men in Black III)
AKA: I’m Not Jesus Mommy TRADE OF INNOCENTS
Thriller/Sci-fi (89 minutes) Crime Thriller (91 mins.)
Language: English Language: English, Cambodian, Vietnamese
Director: Vaughn Smith Director: Christopher Bessette
Year of Production: 2010 Country of Origin: USA Writer: Christopher Bessette
Co-Production Partners: Dean River Production

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Producer: Jim Schmidt, William Bolthouse, Laurie Bolthouse stage with 500 wasps buzzing all around you? Is it possible to get a choir to sing
Key Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran in unison while its members are standing on an electrified floor? Do you love
Delivery Status: Completed singing? You really need to come on this show. Twist and Shout is an hour of
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: Thailand amazing, never seen before studio entertainment, where the contestants give their
An American couple becomes an advocate for an Asian American girl who all to sing beautiful tunes, regardless of the circumstances! We deliver four battles
becomes prey to a Cambodian brothel. each week to test individuals, with varying degrees of talent and experience, to
COURAGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE perform the biggest hits around while under extreme pressure!
Historical, Romance, Drama (240 mins) GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: ACCESS ALL AREAS
Language: English Factual Entertainment (1 x 60’)
Director: James Patrick Riley From the tallest to the shortest, the fastest to the slowest and the widest to the
Writer: James Patrick Riley deepest, Guinness World Records covers it all. The database of records has
Co-Production Partners: Colony Bay Productions over 40,000 entries but what lies behind the mysterious doors of the world’s
Producer: Jonathan Lee Wilson, James Patrick Riley best-selling copyrighted book? This one-off show was given exclusive access
Key Cast: Basil Hoffman, Jim Tavare, Nathan Kershaw, Alex Oliver behind the scenes to see just what goes into the gathering of the most superlative
Delivery Status: Completed information from all four corners of the globe.
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA TOTALLY INSANE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
A tavern keeper and a British deserter lead a band of rebel underground soldiers in Factual Entertainment (8 x 30’)
acts of midnight justice against royal officials attempting to enforce unpopular law, With a back catalogue of 750 hours of programming spanning the whole globe,
in the pre-revolutionary township of Courage, New Hampshire. Guinness World Records sure know what makes record breaking TV. From
STEALING ROSES Australia, India, Japan and China to the UK, France, Spain, Germany and many
Romantic Comedy (96 mins.) more, this clip show brings these record attempts together at breakneck speed.
Language: English REPO GAMES
Director: Megan Clare Johnson Factual Entertainment (20 x 30’ + format)
Writer: Megan Clare Johnson Repo Games is a hit reality series for Spike TV, produced by 495 Productions
Co-Production Partners: Little Studio Films (the company behind MTV’s Jersey Shore), and is available as a finished
Producer: Megan Clare Johnson, Alexia Melocchi programme and a format. Repo Games takes the adrenalin-fuelled actuality of
Key Cast: John Heard, Cindy Williams, Bruce Davison, Josie Davis, Mark car re-possession and fuses it with an on-the-spot gameshow dynamic. In the
Famiglietti, Jude Ciccolella series for Spike TV, ordinary Joe’s who have defaulted on their car payments
Delivery Status: Completed get the opportunity to clear their debts on the spot, or watch helplessly as
Year of Production: 2012 Country of Origin: USA their precious ‘wheels’ are towed to the impound yard. Armed with five trivia
A touching romantic comedy born from the tragic circumstances of a husband, questions, professional repo-men Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone literally doorstep
terrified at the prospect of losing his seriously ill wife, who plans a bank robbery to unsuspecting debtors with the chance to win back their cars. Answer incorrectly
pay for her medical treatments. It’s his only way of beating the high cost of dying. however, and the vehicles are towed instantly.
WIFE SWAP AUSTRALIA
Factual Entertainment (10 x 60’)
ZODIAK RIGHTS Talented amateur singers attempt to deliver a winning performance despite a
Zodiak Rights, Avon House | Kensington Village | Avonmore Road, London, W14 range of scary and occasionally painful distractions. How easy is it to sing -
8TS UK, Tel: +44(0)20.7013.4400 Fax: +44(0)20.7013.4401. www.zodiakrights. when it’s minus 60 degrees? What about performing on stage with 500 wasps
com buzzing all around you? Is it possible to get a choir to sing in unison while its
Distributor members are standing on an electrified floor? Do you love singing? You really
At Cannes: Matthew Frank (CEO, Zodiak Rights), Jane Millichip (Managing need to come on this show. Twist and Shout is an hour of amazing, never seen
Director, Zodiak Rights, London), Anne-Marie Pardoe (Head of Sales, Zodiak before studio entertainment, where the contestants give their all to sing beautiful
Rights), Barnaby Shingleton (Head of Entertainment, Zodiak Rights) tunes, regardless of the circumstances! We deliver four battles each week to test
Office: Stand:LR4.02, Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 8933 individuals, with varying degrees of talent and experience, to perform the biggest
THE FABULOUS BAKER BROTHERS hits around while under extreme pressure!
Lifestyle (6 x 30’ (HD)) DESPERATE SCOUSEWIVES
Two brothers - one a baker, the other a chef and butcher - unlock the trade secrets Factual Entertainment (8 x 60’)
of baking, and without a cupcake in sight! With five generations of baking tradition This jawing-dropping access documentary series lifts the lid on the world
behind them, Tom and Henry take viewers into the heart of the artisan kitchen and of wannabees. In the fierce and competitive world of footballers’ wives and
unlock the trade secrets of baking. In each episode, the boys roll up their sleeves, girlfriends, nightclubs and limos, it’s all about having a ‘boss’ night out on the
get out the flour and take viewers through their delicious recipes. But it’s not just town. ‘Scouse’ is a term to describe people from Liverpool, but the notion of a
about bread and pastry: each dish will have hearty fillings, tempting toppings and Scousewife breathes a whole new lease of 21st Century life and lipstick into this
tasty accompaniments that bring in stacks of delicious flavours. Tom and Henry traditional nickname. Looking good is a 24/7 job as the ladies dress to impress to
also go head to head in a pie-making competition, with each of them coming up bag themselves the man of their dreams, or at least a man with the bank-balance
with their own version of a themed pie to serve to a group of hungry judges. of their dreams. The series, produced by Splash Media for E4, received rave
SECRET LOCATION reviews, left viewers slack-jawed, and earned E4 audience figures of 21% above
Lifestyle (20 x 60’) the channel’s weekday slot average (June - October 2011) with an average of
Secret Location seeks to solve the problems of frustrated house hunters by showing 445,000 viewers and a 2.16% share across the series when it aired in the UK last
them the house before the location is revealed. We all want our dream home in November.
our dream location but with budgets never matching wish lists, for most of us, that INSIDE THE SYRIAN INSURRECTION
remains a dream. Using the blacked out Secret Location car, property finder Sunita Popular Factual - Current Affairs (1 x 60’ (HD))
Shroff takes would-be home buyers in secret to the locations they can afford, even Cutting edge documentary with rare access to the Free Syrian Army. On 5
if that’s areas they’d never take themselves. If they like the house the location is November 2011, journalist Paul Moreira slipped into Syria and spent 10 days
revealed - and then it’s up to Sunita to show them that area really can work for with men who fight the Syrian regime. He is the only journalist to have met the
them. Free Syrian Army - a force made up of poorly armed and ill equipped deserters
BEING HUMAN US and resistance fighters. The film gains a rare insight into their lives and witnesses
Drama Series 2 (13 x 60’ (HD)) them in combat. While the world wonders why the international community has
Being Human: nobody ever said it was easy. But when you’re a ghost, a vampire, abandoned the Syrian people to their fate, this film offers an astonishing journey
and a werewolf, like the three twenty-something roommates of Being Human, it into what may be the twilight days of the Assad clan.
may be completely impossible. The second season of Being Human picks up as EMILIE JOLIE
Sally, Aidan, and Josh continue to struggle with their supernatural double lives. Children’s Animation (1x72’)
By turns frightening, witty, and romantic, Being Human continues to explore Based on an acclaimed musical (1.5 million viewers) and record (2.3 million
what it means to be human through the eyes of these outsiders. Sally must face albums sold), Emilie Jolie is a modern fairy tale filled with magic. When
the consequences of missing her door, while figuring out how to navigate life on eight-year old Emilie Jolie enters the fantasy world of her picture book, her
earth as a ghost. Aidan tries to steer a leaderless Boston while resisting his deadlier life becomes a fairy tale! With the help of the Little Stone, the Hedgehog and
vampire instincts, as he finds himself tempted and tormented by a figure from his the Great Bird, Emilie saves little blue rabbit Gilbert and the fantasy world.
past. Josh searches for a cure for his condition while struggling to maintain his Throughout her adventure, she discovers the value of courage, friendship and
relationship with Nora and, like the rest of his roommates, trying to build a future generosity. The film features original songs performed by some of the biggest
for himself beyond simply being a monster. French-language artists, Georges Brassens, Henry Salvador, Sylvie Vartan,
SING IF YOU CAN Francoise Hardy and Julien Clerc. Theatrical sales have already been secured in
Entertainment (60’ format) France, Switzerland, Brazil, The Middle East, Russia and CIS. This MIPTV sees
How easy is it to sing - when it’s minus 60 degrees? What about performing on its launch to the international television market.

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