NEWS Sola falls to Earth with Santa
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB Stuttgart-based sales outfit Sola Media has taken on sales for fam- ily Christmas adventure When Santa Fell To Earth. Based on the novel by Cornelia
Funke and produced by Uschi Reich, the film is directed by Oliver Dieckmann. The cast is led by Alexander Scheer as Santa Claus, with Volker Lechtenbrink, Jessica Schwarz and Noah Kraus. The film is in post-production and Sola is showing a promo here. This marks the first collaboration between Sola and Reich, the German pro- ducer of many hit titles. Also, Twigson Ties The Knot is screening at the market on Sola
When Santa Fell To Earth
Media’s slate. It has been sold to Germany/Switzerland (Polyband), Austria (Einhorn) Belgium (Jekino), Netherlands (TwinFilm), Hungary (Anjou Lafayette), Poland (Filmograf ), Estonia
(Estinfilm), Romania (Cinecorvin) and the Middle East (MIP). The film is director Martin
Lund’s debut, and is produced by Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B Kvae from Paradox.
Five Star takes off with Dark Flight
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Thai production and sales outfit Five Star Production is unleashing four new high-profile titles at Cannes, including 3D horror film Dark Flight. One of the first 3D films to emerge from Thailand, Dark
Flight is being put together by the seven film-makers who co- directed hit horror film Art Of The Devil 2. One of the seven, Kongkiat Khomsiri, wrote the script, while another, Issara Nadee, is directing. The film, scheduled for release in Thailand this autumn, follows a
flight attendant who is haunted by the victims of plane crashes. Kongkiat has also scripted Five
Star’s Tai, a Muay Thai (martial art) action film to be directed by Thai producer Sirisak Koshpa- sharin. In pre-production for a spring 2012 release, the film fol-
UK-based sales company Jinga Films is building its slate by adding projects including Ghett’A Life, directed by Chris Browne, about a young boxer in Jamaica. Jinga’s Rosana Coutinho said: “Despite the urban violence, it has a big heart and delivers a feelgood ending.” Meanwhile, Jinga has also
taken on thriller Rabies, directed by Ahron Keshales and Navot Papushado; and Quinn Saunders’ psycho-sexual thriller Cherry. Another new pick-up is Gandu,
directed by Kaushik Mukherjee, a portrait of a drug-addicted rapper in Kolkata. The soundtrack was
lows a young boy avenging the death of his parents. Also new from Five Star are
omnibus comedy Loving You Loving Me, which opens in Thai- land this week, and action title Edge Of The Empire, produced by Thai studio and facilities company Kantana Group. Loving You Loving Me is co- directed by Pirasak Saksiri,
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Jinga gets extreme with busy slate
composed by the Asian Dub Foundation, who will perform live with the film as it tours the festival circuit. Gandu will be represented by Jinga’s new extreme films UXB label, as will Jinga’s horror thriller The Bunny Game, about a trucker brutalising a prostitute. Jinga’s other titles returning to
the market include A Serbian Film, German erotic thriller Bedways (now sold by the UXB label) and 3D thriller Iron Doors. On the eve of the festival, Jinga
closed a UK deal on futuristic romantic comedy Timer with Lionsgate UK.
Geoffrey Macnab
Putipong Saisrikaew and Sayom- bhu Mukdeeprom (the DoP on Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Palme d’Or winning Uncle Boon- mee Who Can Recall His Past Lives). Released in Thailand last year,
Edge Of The Empire is directed by Nirattisai Kaljaruek. Five Star and Kantana previously co-produced Wisit Sasanatieng’s The Red Eagle, which Five Star is also selling.
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