Cast: Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Xue- gi Wang. Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. $18m. In development. Delivery date: end 2013. LOVE LIFTING (Hong Kong, China) 92mins. Dir: Herman Yau. Prods: Herman Yau. Cast: Chapman To, Elanne Kwong. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. $1.8m. Completed. Screening on DVD/mpeg/video cassette. Delivery date: immediate. MY SASSY HUBBY (WORKING TITLE) (Hong Kong) Dir: James Yuen. Cast: Ekin Cheng, Charlene Choi, Zhang Xinyi. Cantonese with English subtitles. $2.5m. Post-production. Delivery date: September 2012.
URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL Also buying all rights worldwide Stand/room number: Riviera H1 Executives attending: managing director Frederic Corvez, head of sales and acquisitions Eric Schnedecker, business affairs Claire Charles-Gervais, festivals and marketing Arnaud Belangeon- Bouaziz, production and servicing Clement Duboin 14 rue du 18 aout, Montreuil-sous- Bois, 93100, France Tel: (33) 1 48 70 73 76 Fax: (33) 1 49 72 04 21 E-mail:
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MARKETDEBUTS LA BANDE DES JOTAS (WORKING TITLE) (France) Comedy. 80mins. Prod co: Taj Films. Dir: Marjane Satrapi. Prods: Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Stephane Roche. Scr: Marjane Satrapi. Cast: Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Stephane Roche. French with English subtitles. Post- production. Nils and Didier arrive in Spain to compete in a badminton event. They meet a strange woman at the airport who will change their journey. EPILOGUE (Israel) Drama. 96mins. Prod co: Norma Productions. Dir: Amir Manor. Prods: Assaf Amir. Scr: Amir Manor. Cast: Yosef Carmon, Rivka Gur, Efrat Ben Zur. Hebrew with English subtitles. Completed. An elderly couple, retired pioneers and devout romanticists, find it hard to adjust to today’s Israel and to the social changes. GIMME THE LOOT (US) Comedy. 81mins. Prod co: Seven For Ten. Dir: Adam Leon. Prods: Natalie Difford, Dominic Buchanan. Scr: Adam Leon. Cast: Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko Gattuso. Completed. First market screening.
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When Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti is painted over by a rival gang, they must hustle, steal and scheme to get triumphant revenge. THE LEBANESE ROCKET SOCIETY (France, Lebanon, UAE) Documentary. 100mins. Prod cos: About Productions, Mille et Une Productions. Dir: Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas. Prods: Georges Schoucair. Scr: Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas. Cast: Manoug Manougian, John Markarian, Youssef Wehbe. Arabic, English and French with English subtitles. Post-production. In the early 1960s during the Cold War and before the Six-Day War, a group of utopian researchers enter the race to space. MOBILE HOME (France, Belgium, Luxembourg) 100mins. Prod cos: Urban Factory, Tarantula. Prods: Joseph Rouschop, Valerie Bournonville, Donato Rotunno, Elise Andre, Clement Duboin, Frederic Corvez. Scr: Francois Pirot, Jean-Benoit Ugueux, Marteen Loix. Cast: Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Paul Bonnaire. French with English subtitles. Post- production. After a carefree summer in their hometown, two friends decide to grab onto an old teenage dream: travelling the world in a van. THE MOVING CREATURES (Brazil) Drama. 97mins. Prod co: Dezenove Som e Imagens. Dir: Caetano Gotardo. Prods: Sara Silveira, Maria Ionescu. Scr: Caetano Gotardo. Cast: Wandre Gouveia, Cida Moreira, Romulo Braga. Portuguese with English subtitles. Completed. Three families deal with the loss of a son. Three monthers sing their love for their son expressing feelings that can’t be told otherwise. ONCE UPON A TIME VERONICA (Brazil, France) Drama. 100mins. Prod cos: Dezenove, REC. Dir: Marcelo Gomes. Prods: Sara Silveira. Scr: Marcelo Gomes. Cast: Hermila Guedes, Joao Miguel, W J Solha. Portuguese with English subtitles. Post-production. As Veronica’s father feels his death approaching, he asks a favour: that she find true love before he passes away. SADHU (Switzerland) 85mins. Prod co: Tipi’mages Productions. Dir: Gael Metroz. Prods: Francine Lusser. Scr: Gael Metroz. Cast: Suraj Baba. English and Hindi with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. Suraj is a holy man of Hinduism who starts to wonder if he still wants to be one, since his medications no longer satisfy him.
VILLEGAS (Argentina, France, Netherlands) Drama. 97mins. Prod co: Rei Cine. Dir: Gonzalo Tobal. Prods: Benjamin Domenech, Santiago M Gallelli. Scr: Gonzalo Tobal. Cast: Esteban Lamothe, Esteban Bigliardi, Mauricio Minetti. Spanish with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. After a long time without seeing each other, two cousins have to drive together to their grandfather’s funeral in Villegas. VIRAMUNDO (Switzerland, France) 100mins. Prod cos: Dreampixies, Urban Factory. Dir: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud. Prods: Emmanuel Getaz, Frederic Corvez, Clement Duboin. Scr: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud. Cast: Gilberto Gil, Vusi Mahlasela, Gustavo Di Dalva. Portuguese and English with English subtitles. Post-production. In a small Amazonian village, Gilberto Gil performs a concert that addresses questions of cultural diversity.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS (Macedonia, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium) Drama. 103mins. Prod cos: Sister And Brother Mitevski, Ostlicht Filmproduktion, Vertigo, Emotionfilm, Entre Chien et Loup. Dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Prods: Labina Mitevska. Scr: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Cast: Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Arben Bajraktaraj. French, Turkish and Macedonian with English subtitles. Completed. UN AMOR (Argentina) Drama. 99mins. Prod co: Utopica Cine. Dir: Paula Hernandez. Prods: Veronica Cura, Alex Zito. Scr: Paula Hernandez, Leonel D’Agostino. Cast: Diego Peretti, Elena Roger, Luis Ziembrowski. Spanish with English subtitles. Completed. Delivery date: immediate. LIBRARY One hundred arthouse titles.
VISION FILMS Stand/room number: Riviera F3 Executives attending: managing director and CEO of worldwide distribution Lise Romanoff, executive vice-president of international sales and acquisitions Adam Wright, international sales and acquisitions Vincent Tola 14945 Ventura Boulevard, #306, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, US Tel: (1) 818 784 1702 Fax: (1) 818 788 3715 E-mail:
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MARKETDEBUTS THE AGENT (US) 87mins. Dir: Eric Jacobus. Prods: Eric Jacobus. Cast: Tyler Wang, Ed Kahana Jr, Eric Jacobus. Completed. After being forced out of the CIA and back in San Francisco working as a tour guide when two customers are kidnapped, the agent must find the customers alive and defeat an entire crime syndicate.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS II (US) Family. 90mins. Dir: Kieth Merrill. Prods: Ken Kragen. Scr: Kieth Merrill. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, B D Sweeney, Danielle Chuchran. In production. Delivery date: September 2012. BEAUTIFUL WAVE (US) Drama. 98mins. Dir: David Mueller. Prods: Stuart Cameron, Laura Shapiro. Scr: Lynn Salt, David Mueller. Cast: Aimee Teegarden, Lance Henriksen, Patricia Richardson. Completed. DIVISION III: FOOTBALL’S FINEST (US) Comedy. 98mins. Prod co: Convoy Entertainment. Dir: Marshall Cook. Cast: Andy Dick, Mo Collins, Will Sasso. Completed. THE ILLUSIONAUTS (Peru) Family. 82mins. Dir: Eduardo Schuldt. Prods: Hugo Rose, Abraham Vurnbrand. Scr: Kathy Borland, Abraham Vurnbrand. English and Spanish. Completed. LAKE EFFECTS (US) Family. 90mins. Prod co: Life Out Loud Films. Dir: Michael McKay. Prods: Sara Elizabeth Timmins. Scr: Sara Elizabeth Timmins, Scott Winters. Cast: Scottie Thompson, Jane Seymour, Madeline Zima. Completed. SNOW WHITE (US) 90mins. Cast: Shanley Caswell, Eric Roberts, Maureen McCormick. Completed.
VISIT FILMS Also buying all rights for all territories Stand/room number: Lerins S8 Tel: 06 62 02 06 75 Executives attending: president Ryan Kampe, director of acquisitions Aida Lipera, manager of sales and marketing Lorna-Lee Sagebiel 173 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11222, US Tel: (1) 718 312 8210 Fax: (1) 718 362 4865 E-mail:
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MARKETDEBUTS DINOTASIA (US) Animation. 83mins. Prod co: Creative Differences. Dir: David Krentz, Erik Nelson. Prods: Erik
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