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LEVELK APS Also buying all rights worldwide Stand/room number: c/o European Union Pavilion, Village International Tel: mobile (45) 3048 3912 Executives attending: managing director Tine Klint, sales director Natja Rosner, junior sales manager Alexandra Burke GI. Kongevej, 137B, 3rd Floor, Frederiksberg C, 1850, Denmark Tel: (45) 4844 3072 E-mail:
freja@levelk.dk Web:
www.levelk.dk
MARKETDEBUTS BLOOD TIES (UK) Thriller. 92mins. Prod co: Not Your Average Company. Dir: Michael Baig Clifford. Prods: Phil Parker. Scr: Joanne Lee. Cast: Emily Watson, John Hannah, Imogen Poots. Pre-production. Jean, a teenager on the edge, sets out to find her estranged mother only to discover a dangerous world where choices are never simple. NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING (UK) Romantic comedy. 90mins. Prod co: Synchronicity Films. Dir: John Mckay. Prods: Claire Mundell. Scr: David Solomons. Cast: Karen Gillan, Emun Elliot, Jessica Brown Findlay. Pre- production. When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is suffering from writer’s block he knows he has to unblock her or he’s finished. With her newfound success, she’s become two damn happy and he thinks she can’t write when she’s happy. RIO 2.0 – A NEW WORLD (Denmark) Documentary. 75mins. Prod co: Ace & Ace. Dir: Eskil Hardt. Prods: Eskil Hardt. English with English subtitles. Post-production. Delivery date: autumn 2012. Unravels the web that intricately disguises the links between new technology consumption and the exacerbation of the global financial crisis, and makes the argument that will define the 21st century. THE TURNING (Australia) Drama. Prod co: Arena Media. Dir: Robert Conolly, Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska. Prods: Robert Conolly. Scr: Tim Winton. Pre-production. Delivery date: July 2013. Seventeen extraordinary Australian directors respond to the hauntingly beautiful collection of short stories by Tim Winton. Spanning 30 years, these stories revolve around the turning points in the lives of the people of the coastal town of Angelus. LIBRARY Sixty titles from around the world including future classics, after dark, chrildren’s and family genres, and TV series and documentaries.
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LIBERTY PRODUCTIONS Executives attending: CEO, writer, producer and director Ann D Fishman, director of videography and editing Gabriel Miller 4400 PGA Boulevard, #900, Palm Beach Gardens, Floor 33410, US Tel: (1) 800 989 0021 Fax: (1) 561 799 0525 E-mail: afishman@liberty-
productions.com
MARKETDEBUTS DEAD SILENCE (US) Documentary. 96mins. Dir: Asher Marnin. Prods: Asher Marnin. Scr: Asher Marnin. Cast: Mark Steyn, Geert Wilders. $800,000. Completed. Delivery date: immediate. The end of freedom of speech in the West. MAXIMUM EXPOSURE (US) Drama. 120mins. Scr: Ann Fishman. $70m. In development. A story about how oil, politics and genocide converge in Sudan. WAVE
(US) Sci-fi. 120mins. Scr: Ann Fishman. $70m. In development. New York City is about to disappear: who will survive? WONDERLUST (US) Documentary. 94mins. Prod co: Thelema Productions. Dir: Gabriel Miller. Prods: Gabriel Miller. $20,000. Post-production. Delivery date: June 2012. In Slab City, US, life on an abandoned military base means personal freedom, even if residents have to navigate an active bombing range to survive.
LIBRA FILM PRODUCTIONS Stand/room number: c/o Romanian Film Promotion, Village International, Riviera Pavilion 139 Executives attending: producer Tudor Giurgiu, producer Oana Giurgiu 52 Popa Soare Street, Bucharest, 023984, Romania. Tel: (40) 213 266 480 Fax: (40) 213 266 480 E-mail:
office@librafilm.net Web:
www.librafilm.net
LIFE ENTERTAINMENT Executives attending: managing partner Stephan Ottenbruch Kurfurstendamm 62, Berlin, 10707, Germany Tel: (49) 30 32 909 250 Fax: (49) 30 32 909 329 E-mail:
info@life-enter.de Web:
www.life-enter.de
MARKETDEBUTS GO FOR GOLD (Germany) Documentary. Prod cos: Life Entertainment, TrueJokx. Dir: Rudolf Bergmann. Prods: Stephan
Ottenbruch, Eric Studtfeld. German. In production. Young athletes are shown in their daily life, the hardships they encounter while growing up, and on their way to becoming sports stars. HUNTING FOR LOVE (EINE BARENSTARKE LIEBE) (Germany) Romantic comedy. 90mins. Prod cos: Life Entertainment, Dschoint Ventschr. Dir: Mike Eschmann. Prods: Stephan Ottenbruch, Karin Koch. Scr: Regine Bielefeldt, Hans G Raeth. Cast: Pasquale Aleardi, Muriel Baumeister. German and French. Completed. Biologist Paula is called to determine the dangerousness of a bear. She falls in love with hunter Beat, who wants to shoot the bear. MUMBAI COMPANY (India) Comedy. 120mins. Prod cos: Life Entertainment, Malabar Hill Films. Prods: Stephan Ottenbruch, Rita R Ahuja, Bhargavi C Mandava. Scr: Rita R Ahuja. English and Hindi. In development. Two poor maids decide to change their life and start their own maid company, but encounter all kinds of obstacles. SAVE OUR SOULS (COSMIC KARMA) (Germany, India) Romantic drama. 120mins. Prod co: Life Entertainment. Prods: Stephan Ottenbruch. In development. Sarup, an old and wise guru from India, believes his wife Aditi is reborn in Angela Merkel. With his niece he goes to Europe to see her.
LIFE TO LIVE FILMS Executives attending: producer Ohna Falby Newlands House, 40 Berners Street, London, W1T 3NA, UK Tel: (44) 7768 512 689 E-mail:
ohnafalby@gmail.com Web:
www.lifetolivefilms.com
MARKETDEBUTS RESERVOIR (UK, France) Drama. 95mins. Prod co: Life To Live Films. Dir: Andrew Steggall. Prods: Ohna Falby. Scr: Andrew Steggall. English and French. $650,000. In development. Delivery date: summer 2013. First comes love, then comes marriage.
LIGHTNING ENTERTAINMENT Stand/room number: Lerins R7/S10 Tel: 04 92 99 33 19 Executives attending: president Robert Beaumont, vice-president of international sales Mathilde Epstein, vice-president of international sales Alexandra Cocean, vice-president of acquisitions and business development Audrey Delaney, senior vice-president of acquisitions and
marketing Joe Dickstein, consultant Richard Guardian 301 Arizona Avenue, #400, Santa Monica, CA 90401, US Tel: (1) 310 255 7999 Fax: (1) 310 255 7998 E-mail:
info@lightning-ent.com Web:
www.lightning-ent.com
MARKETDEBUTS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING (US) Comedy. 95mins. Dir: Brian Dannelly. Prods: Rob Aguire. Scr: Chris Colfer. Cast: Chris Colfer, Christina Hendricks, Rebel Wilson. Completed. First market screening. Delivery date: immediate. After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE 25TH REICH (US) Sci-fi. 88mins. Dir: Stephen Amis. Prods: Stephen Amis. Scr: Stephen Amis. Cast: Jim Knobeloch, Dan Balcaban, Jak Wyld. Completed. Delivery date: immediate. THE HOT FLASHES (US) Comedy. Dir: Susan Seidelman. Prods: Susan Seidelman. Scr: Brad Henning. Cast: Brooke Shield, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen. Post- production. SERVITUTE (US) Comedy. 90mins. Dir: Warren P Sonoda. Prods: Michael Sparaga, Sean Buckley. Scr: Michael Sparaga. Cast: Joe Dinicol, John Bregar, Dave Foley. Completed. First market screening.
LIONSGATE Stand/room number: Penthouse, 2 La Croisette Tel: 04 97 06 90 23 2700 Colorado Avenue, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90404, US Tel: (1) 310 449 9200 Fax: (1) 310 255 3770 E-mail:
atamaki@lionsgate.com Web:
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MARKETDEBUTS BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (US) Romantic drama. Dir: Richard LaGravenese. Prods: Erwin Stoff, Andrew A Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Molly Smith. Scr: Richard LaGravenese. Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Viola Davis. In production. After falling for the mysterious new girl in town, a young man discovers she bears a terrible secret that will either join them forever or tear them apart. THE TOMB (US) Action. Dir: Mikael Hafstrom. Prods: Mark Canton, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Robbie
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