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Claflin leads Journey’s End

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Seville swings into action on Dolan project

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Seville International arrives at AFM with worldwide rights to Xavier Dolan’s first English-language project The Death And Life Of John F Donovan. The producers have earmarked a spring 2016 start on the satire, which will star Jessica Chastain, Kit Harington, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates.

Dolan wrote the original screenplay, which examines identity and fame in the movie business and centres on a young actor recalling a penpal relationship with his American TV idol who died 10 years earlier. The French- Canadian wunderkind will produce with his Sons of Manual partner Nancy Grant and Lyse Lafontaine of Lyla Films. Joe Iacono is the executive producer.

Seville International jointly handles US rights with CAA and will co-represent French rights with the producers. eOne and Les Films Seville will distribute in Canada.

“It’s about a man trying to make it, trying to live his dream and his life all at once, and being told that he basically can’t,” said Dolan. “It also is about a kid dreaming of having this man’s life for all the wrong reasons, not realising how painful it actually is. I was that kid, writing love letters to actors.”

The Death And Life Of John F Donovan marks the latest collaboration between Dolan and Seville International senior vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier and president of Entertainment One Features Xavier Marchand.

Seville kicked off sales two years ago at AFM on eventual Cannes 2014 selection Mommy and earlier this year introduced Croisette buyers to It’s Only The End Of The World.

The Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin is attached to star as Captain Stanhope in the screen adaptation of RC Sherriff ’s classic First World War play Journey’s End. Freddie Highmore is due to co-star as Raleigh, while Paul Bettany and Toby Jones are also attached.

Set in the trenches over four days in 1918, Journey’s End follows a small group of soldiers as they prepare for an enemy attack. New recruit Raleigh joins the company commanded by Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, who has changed almost beyond recognition following harrowing service at the front.

The film will be produced by Guy de Beaujeu and Simon Reade, whose credits include Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful; Reade has also written the adaptation.

UK sales outfit Metro International will be selling the project here at

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AFM and talks are believed to be underway with an A-list director to shoot the film next year in the UK. The anticipated project has been mooted for a number of years but faced delays due to complications surrounding rights ownership.

Last year, UK royal Prince Andrew reportedly sent a letter to Warner

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D-Day landings and the relationship between Churchill and his wife, Clementine. Exhausted by years of war and plagued by

Bros asking the studio not to stand in the way of a new adaptation when it was understood Warner owned certain screen rights to the film. Laurence Olivier played Captain Stanhope in the original 1928 production of Sheriff ’s play, while James Whale directed a 1930 screen version starring Colin Clive.

depression, the script depicts the British statesman as a shadow of the national hero who successfully resisted Adolf Hitler’s relentless bombing campaigns.

Hubbard Casting is close to attaching an actress to the role of Clementine opposite Cox, with the shoot pencilled for spring 2016.

Gascoigne and Ill Manors producer Taussig told Screen: “Alex von Tunzelmann’s script is fresh and steeped in accurate history, Brian Welsh is a young, dynamic director and we are thrilled to have Brian Cox as Churchill.”

TFI picks up Philippe de Chauveron’s Last Call TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014. Two distributors that enjoyed success with that film have already jumped on board Last Call. Neue Visionen has acquired it for Germany, where

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Brian Cox elects to play Churchill Brian Cox is newly attached to star in Churchill, a drama about the British wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill. Brian Welsh, director of BIFA-winning feature In Our Name, will direct historian Alex von Tunzelmann’s script, which is being sold at AFM by Embankment Films.

UK producers Nick Taussig and Paul Van Carter of Salon Pictures will produce the film, which will focus on the tense build-up to the

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Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9 million admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.

Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun.

Abittan plays a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s

Akim, a man wrongly accused of terrorist offences. A wild chase ensues when the latter escapes.

Serial (Bad) Weddings producer Romain Rojtman is producing Last Call, under the Les Films du 24 and Les Films du Premier banners. UGC Distribution will release the film in October 2016.

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Heavy hitters line up for AFM

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As the market kicks off today, several new titles have dropped into the market alongside heavyweights such as Insiders’ Enzo Ferrari, IM Global’s In Sand And Blood and sci-fi romance The Discovery from Protagonist.

A trio of Liam Neeson projects is sure to entice buyers. The market’s go-to tough guy will play whistleblower Mark Felt in Sierra/Affinity’s Felt. Neeson will also star as General Douglas MacArthur in Finecut’s Korean War drama Operation Chromite and plays a businessman caught up in a conspiracy in Studiocanal’s The Commuter.

Lionsgate International launches sales on Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life, CBS Films and Participant Media’s teen comedy starring a TV-heavy cast led by Griffin Gluck.

Lotus Entertainment arrives with Duncan Jones’ sci-fi passion project Mute starring Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgard, while Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has come on board to finance Adrian Lyne’s Nicole Kidman-starrer The Silent Wife from FilmNation.

Meanwhile, anticipation surrounded market screenings of Spike Lee’s provocative Chiraq starring Nick Cannon and Wesley Snipes, and Mel Brooks is scheduled to turn up for a buyer presentation of GFM Films’ animation Blazing Samurai.

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Seoul-based sales agent M-Line Distribution has picked up new titles from Lee Joon-ik and Lee Sung-gang and sealed a Japanese deal on Kang Hyo-jin’s Wonderful Nightmare.

Lee Joon-ik’s Dongju: The Portrait Of A Poet is a biopic of Korean poet Yun Dong-ju, who wrote his work during the Japanese colonial era. Kang Ha-neul and Park Jung-min head the cast of the film, which is currently in post-production.

Lee Sung-gang’s Kai is an animated feature about a young warrior in Central Asia who attempts to rescue his sister from an evil Snow Queen. An acclaimed animation director, Lee’s credits include My Beautiful Girl and Mari And Yobi.

Wonderful Nightmare has been sold to Klockworx in Japan, following a string of sales to North America and Asian territories in Cannes. Starring Uhm Jeong-hwa and Song Seung-heon, the film tells the story of a high-flying female lawyer who dies, but is returned to earth to live as a housewife with two children.

M-Line’s AFM slate also includes Kim Dong-myung’s drama The Liar, which is screening at this year’s AFI Fest.

Gaumont has been pulling in sales on Michel Boujenah’s touching drama Heartstrings, starring French violin prodigy Alix Vaillot as a young musician battling blindness, ahead of its official rollout at AFM. Other cast include Charles Berling and Pascal Elbé.

The film has sold to Japan (Kino Films), Canada (AZ Films) and Korea (Woo Sung). A deal to Germany and Switzerland (Ascot Elite) was unveiled over the summer. “It’s rare to get a Japanese presale on a script for a French film,” says Gaumont’s deputy head of international sales Yohann Comte.

Works targets Prime Minister

Beta courts buzz for Hitler comedy hit

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The Works International has picked up director Erik Van Looy’s action thriller The Prime Minister, about terrorists who kidnap Belgium’s prime minister and agree to release him on one condition: he kills the US president later that day. Casting is underway.

Van Looy is best known for his 2008 crime drama Loft, also sold

by The Works, which he remade last year starring Karl Urban. The Works has also picked up documentary The Climber, following six women as they free-climb to the top of London’s Shard skyscraper to protest Arctic oil drilling.

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The comedy drama — based on Pascal Ruter’s bestseller Le Coeur En Braille — is in the vein of this year’s French box-office hit La Famille Bélier, added Comte. Vaillot plays a young girl with musical aspirations, battling her parents’ plans to put her in an institution for the blind. Such a move would scupper her ambition to pursue

her violin studies at a prestigious music school. She discovers an unlikely ally in the class dunce, who agrees to act as her eyes.

Gaumont’s slate features a number of youthful stories this AFM including Canadian director Christian Duguay’s Second World War drama A Bag Of Marbles, an adaptation of Joseph Joffo’s semiautobiographical novel about fleeing Nazi-occupied Paris with his brother.

The company will also show 20 minutes of Eric Summer and Eric Warin’s 19th century-set 3D animation Ballerina, about a girl with aspirations to become a dancer.

Pan star moves into Safe Neighborhood Pan star Levi Miller is joining Olivia DeJonge in Chris Peckover’s Sydney-set home-invasion thriller Safe Neighborhood. The film is due to shoot in Australia early next year.

“It is Home Alone meets Scream; smart and stylish, scary and tense,” said producer Brett Thornquest of Storm Vision Entertainment, which is producing alongside Best Medicine Productions. XYZ Films is repping North American rights and Versatile handles international sales.

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German sales outfit Beta is reporting huge buyer interest in Look Who’s Back. The brash and controversial Hitler comedy by David Wnendt is already proving a runaway box-office success in Germany. Beta’s Thorsten Ritter has confirmed that the film is “being chased” by UK distributors and several foreign buyers travelled to Germany in advance of AFM to make offers before the market began.

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being mistaken for a comedian. At AFM, Beta is also launching its new Nordic noir Revenge (Hevn) from director Kjersti G Steinsbo.

Based on the bestselling crime novel by Ingvar Ambjornsen (Elling), the film is produced by Kristine Knudsen of Norway’s Den Siste Skilling and Paul Barkin of Canada’s Alcina Pictures.

“It’s a high-quality, femaledriven revenge drama,” Ritter told Screen. “It’s in the vein of Nordic crime that’s really popular.” The first screening is on Friday, with all territories available excluding Canada and Scandinavia.

Top Cat Begins slinks into AFM

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Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD) is to premiere family animation Top Cat Begins at the AFM. A follow-up to Top Cat: The Movie, which took $4.5m at the UK box office, the film tells how the eponymous hero pulled together his band of Manhattan alley cats.

The Anima Estudios production is produced by Fernando de Fuentes and Jose C Garcia de Letona, with voice talent including Jason Harris (Rio 2), Chris Edgerly (Happy Feet) and Hope Levy (Penguins Of Madagascar). KFD is representing all rights, excluding Latin America and India.

Breaking Glass enters Fight Valley Breaking Glass has secured worldwide rights heading into AFM on Fight Valley, starring a bevy of UFC superstars. Miesha ‘Cupcake’ Tate, Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino and ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ Holly Holm make their debuts in the MMA action thriller from writer-director Rob Hawk.

Fight Valley stars Tate, the frequent nemesis of UFC champion Ronda Rousey, as an ex-fighter mentoring a woman who arrives in town to investigate her sister’s murder. Sal Franciosa served as producer. Breaking Glass plans a theatrical and VoD release in spring 2016.

“This is an authentic fight film with an amazing plot,” said Breaking Glass Pictures CEO Rich Wolff, who brokered the deal with Hawk of Fame Tank Productions and Franciosa of Sal Franciosa Productions.

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AFM BRIEFS FilmNation sails with The Modern Ocean Glen Basner’s FilmNation has added prestige title The Modern Ocean to its AFM slate. Shane Carruth will direct Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe and Chloë Grace Moretz in a story set against the backdrop of the global shipping industry.

Simmons heads Bachelors Oscar-winning Whiplash star JK Simmons will star as a widower who moves to the big city with his teenage son in writer-director Kurt Voelker’s comedic drama The Bachelors. Fortitude International is introducing the film to buyers this week.

Jackson, Cera, Brooks voice Blazing Samurai GFM Films is showing early footage of animated feature Blazing Samurai to buyers today.

Samuel L Jackson has joined Michael Cera and Mel Brooks in the voice cast. Sony Pictures International has the film in several major territories.

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Golden Network dials up Chan trio

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Golden Network will be at AFM with a trio of Jackie Chan films, including action comedy Railroad Tigers and adventure comedy Kung Fu Yoga.

Directed by Stanley Tong, big-budget ChineseIndian action adventure Kung Fu Yoga has begun shooting in China and Dubai with a cast that includes Chan, Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Aarif Rahman, K-pop star Lay, Zhang Yi Xing and Miya Muqi.

The film is financed by Sparkle Roll Media Corpo-

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Dan Stevens, Michael Pitt, Christopher Abbott, Edi Gathegi and Rob Brown round out the cast. Tiberius plans a 2016 German release for the film.

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Lightning Entertainment has begun talks with international buyers here on the thriller Black Rose.

Alexander Nevsky directed, produced and stars opposite Kristanna Loken as a Russian police major working with the LAPD to track down a serial killer in Hollywood. Brent Huff and George Saunders wrote the screenplay. Black Rose screens today, Friday and Saturday.

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ration and Beijing Taihe Entertainment, with the shoot due to move to India next year.

Chan next shoots actioncomedy Railroad Tigers for director Ding Sheng, who previously collaborated

with the actor on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier. Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Going Zoom Media are on board to finance.

Golden Network is also handling completed martial-arts film The Master from director Xu Haofeng, screenwriter on The Grandmaster, critical hit Saving Mr. Wu starring Andy Lau, and Who Am I 2015. Executive produced by Chan, the latter is an homage to action comedies and is directed by rising talent Song Yinxi.

Finecut goes to war with Neeson

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Korea’s Finecut has picked up John H Lee’s upcoming war movie Operation Chromite, starring Liam Neeson as General Douglas MacArthur. Inspired by true events during the Korean War, the film tells the story of soldiers who carried out covert operations that turned the conflict in favour of South Korean and UN allied forces.

Produced by Korea’s Tae-

won Entertainment, the $16m film is scheduled to start shooting this month.

The cast also includes Lee Jung-jae (Assassination), Lee Beom-soo (The Divine Movie) and Jin Seyun. Taewon founder Chung Taewon previously produced blockbusters such as 71: Into The Fire, also directed by John H Lee. CJ Entertainment will release Operation Chromite in Korea in late 2016.

Keitel fights to become Premiere’s Chosen

BY JEREMY KAY

Premiere Entertainment Group arrives at the market with worldwide rights to UK-based Sterling Pictures’ Second World War action film Chosen starring Harvey Keitel. Jasmin Dizdar directed from a screenplay

by Gabriel de Mercur.

The film tells the story of a young lawyer who fights the Nazis to save thousands

of lives. Keitel plays the lawyer in present day.

Luke Mably and Ana Ularu also star and Michael Riley produced the drama, which shot in Bucharest and New York.

“We’re eager to get this powerful film in front of buyers,” said Premiere Entertainment senior vicepresident of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell.

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As international sellers arrive in Santa Monica, Screen correspondents profile a selection of the hottest projects, at various stages of production, on offer at this year’s American Film Market North American sellers

By Jeremy Kay FilmNation is sure to get tongues wagging when it starts talks on Adrian Lyne’s comeback film The Silent Wife, a thriller to star Nicole Kidman as a woman who engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with her philandering husband.

Wild Bunch’s Los Angeles-based offshoot Insiders will be talking up those territories that Paramount did not acquire last week on Enzo Ferrari, Michael Mann’s upcoming biopic to star Christian Bale.

Patrick Wachsberger and his Lionsgate International team won’t have to try too hard to entice buyers with The Divergent Series: Ascendant, starring ‘It Girl’ Shailene Woodley. However there is expected to be fierce bidding in several

available non-output markets including Japan, China and South Korea. The final chapter of the YA franchise also stars Theo James, Miles Teller and Ansel Elgort. Robert Schwentke directs.

Stuart Ford’s president of international sales Michael Rothstein launches negotiations on IM Global’s In Sand And Blood. Russell Crowe stars in the $45m adventure as a 19th-century merchantship captain who leads his crew 1,000 miles to safety across the Sahara after their capture by Bedouin slave traders.

Production is scheduled for Morocco and South Africa in February.

Voltage Pictures arrives with Sand Castle, which will see Brazilian wunderkind Fernando Coimbra (A Wolf At The Door, Narcos) direct Nicholas Hoult as a US soldier trapped with his comrades by a Sunni insurgency during the 2003 Iraq War. Henry Cavill also stars and production is set for this month.

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Route One Entertainment has been dropping a number of projects into the market and its latest, Tallulah, takes pride of place on the Good Universe slate. Ellen Page and Allison Janney are the leads in the story of three women and a baby. Sian Heder of Orange Is The New Black fame directs and Route One’s Russell Levine and Chris Columbus are among the producers. In post.

Fortitude International has added Backstabbing For Beginners to its roster and will be talking up Ben Kingsley and Josh Hutcherson from The Hunger Games in the political thriller. The young actor plays an idealistic UN programme co-ordinator who uncovers corruption.

Parts & Labor, Creative Alliance and Scythia Films produce.

The XYZ Films team is hoping for a strong response to the market premiere of Emergence. Andre Ovredal, the man behind Norwegian cult horror-comedy

Trollhunter, returns with another tale of ill-fated explorers, this time involving a mining crew on a distant moon. XYZ Films and StarStream serve as executive producers and the project is out to cast.

Content Media will be touting the sci-fi Higher Power from DEFY Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The team will show first footage on the story, described as X-Men meets Chronicle, about an everyman who develops powers after he risks his life to save his daughter. Ron Eldard stars.

Montreal-based Mongrel International is in town to talk up several new titles including The Fits, a completed film about an 11-year-old tomboy who assimilates into a dance team in Cincinnati’s West End. Things take a turn for the weird when the group becomes afflicted by an outbreak of fainting spells. Royalty Hightower and Alexis Neblett star alongside the Q-Kidz Dance Team. »

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Bleiberg Entertainment will hope buyers exhibit plenty of goodwill towards Christmas Eve. The film follows a group of people whose lives are transformed when they are stuck in various elevators during a power outage. Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, Cheryl Hines and James Roday star.

Epic Pictures will be talking up Nina Forever, Ben and Chris Blaine’s buzzy UK horror that made waves at SXSW. The story centres on a woman killed in a car crash who returns to torment her boyfriend when he has sex with a co-worker.

Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham and Cian Barry star.

Cinema Management Group has boarded international rights to Broken Vows starring Jaimie Alexander, currently enjoying a hot streak with a starring role in Mipcom hit Blindspot. Wes Bentley also stars in the psychological thriller from Bullet Entertainment about a seductive man who shows his psychotic side when a woman rejects him.

Radiant Films International will start talks on the action thriller Juveniles. The action takes place in a small town where a promising student awakens an old blood feud between two families. Beau Knapp, Stephen Moyer, Martin Henderson, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Nick Eversman star. In post.

Buyers will get their first chance to see Geezer starring Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong at the market. Armstrong plays an ex-rocker who throws an extravagant 40th birthday party. Hyde Park International sells international and Gersh represents US rights. Selma Blair, Judy Greer, Fred Armisen and Chris Messina round out the key cast.

Soccer-mad Visit Films chief Ryan Kampe will tempt buyers with Black And White Stripes: The Juventus Story. The documentary looks at the highs and lows of the storied club and its owners, the Agnelli family. Visit will show a fine cut at the market.

Myriad Pictures makes the quick hop across Santa Monica to talk up comedy drama The Last Word from director Mark Pellington. Amanda Seyfried and Shirley MacLaine star in the story of a retired businesswoman who summons a headstrong reporter to write her obituary.

The Exchange has boarded Street Cat Named Bob, based on the feelgood book about a busker and recovering drug addict whose life is transformed when he meets a stray cat. A change of pace for director Roger Spottiswoode, whose credits include Tomorrow Never Dies and The 6th Day. Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas and a cat star.

Pure Flix International will target the faith-based audiences with God’s Not Dead II, the sequel to the 2014 breakout

Concourse Film Trade’s The Man Who Was Thursday

that will screen at the market. Harold Cronk directs Melissa Joan Hart and Jesse Metcalfe.

Spotlight Pictures introduces Andamar Entertainment’s $21m Bitter Harvest to star Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Samantha Barks and Tamer Hassan. The inter-war tale centres on the Holodomor, the 1932-33 famine engineered by Joseph Stalin that is believed to have killed more than 2.5 million Ukrainians.

Toronto’s Raven Banner will be handling international sales on recent Sitges world premiere The Dead Room. The New Zealand-set story follows a team into a haunted house. According to the

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Visit Films’ Black And White Stripes: The Juventus Story

sellers, this is the first film to use Acoustic Science’s Rumble sound technology designed to heighten fear in audiences.

Green Light International, the new sales company led by former IFT sales chief Christian de Gallegos and backed

by Jeff Elliott and Chad Moore’s The Green-Light Group, arrives with Daniel Radcliffe thriller Imperium. Currently in post, the film continues the UK star’s quest to put Hogwarts behind him as he plays an FBI agent infiltrating a white hate group. Toni Collette, Tracy Letts and Sam Trammell also star.

Shoreline Entertainment has Orion, a completed film starring David Arquette and Lily Cole that takes place in a dark

future after the collapse of civilisation as a hunter searches for what is believed to be the world’s last city.

Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts of Concourse Film Trade will be talking up The Man Who Was Thursday.

Hungary’s Balazs Juszt directed the film, inspired by GK Chesterton’s 1908 metaphysical thriller about a disgraced priest who is summoned to Rome and told to find the leader of an anarchist group.

The Solution Entertainment Group is in final talks with Ryan Reynolds to head up Truth In Advertising, a comedic drama about an overworked executive during holiday season who takes stock of his life.

Roger Michell is scheduled to direct in the second quarter of 2016.

A hellish stretch of highway creates a nightmare for a group of people in MPI’s Southbound. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Maria Olsen, Matt Peters and Dana Gould star and The Orchard will distribute in the US. Double Dutch International, busy at AFM 2014 closing deals on The Littlest Reindeer, arrives with the latest title in its push into elevated animation. Lost Amazon boasts Roland Emmerich as executive producer alongside Kirstin Winkler.

Mary McGuckian’s The Price Of Desire will be on the radar of The Little Film Company’s buyers and screens in the market. Orla Brady and Vincent Perez star as Irish architect/designer Eileen Gray and her nemesis Le Corbusier in the tale of love and rivalry.

Lightning Entertainment has boarded the crime thriller Black Rose with Alexander Nevsky and Kristanna Loken. The Hollywood Storm production follows two tough LAPD detectives on the trail of a psychopath.

Expression Entertainment will be showing buyers an extended promo for Albion: The Enchanted Stallion. The fantasy family film stars Stephen Dorff, Debra Messing and John Cleese and tells of a 12-year-old girl transported by a magical black stallion to a mystical realm. »

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By Andreas Wiseman Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult are set to topline sci-fi romance The Discovery, which Protagonist will introduce to buyers in Santa Monica ahead of a scheduled January 2016 shoot. Endgame will cofinance the film, which is set in a world where the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven. Charlie McDowell (The One I Love) will direct with ICM handling US rights.

David Garrett’s Mister Smith will introduce buyers to Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger YA romantic drama Midnight Sun — currently in production — that sees Thorne play a teenager with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution) is directing the script by debut screenwriter Eric Kirsten.

HanWay’s busy slate includes Thai kickboxing thriller A Prayer Before Dawn, with Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as a man incarcerated in one of Thailand’s most barbaric prisons where he must learn martial arts to survive.

Embankment will hope to entice buy-

WestEnd’s Shepherds And Butchers, and (below) Bankside Films’ War On Everyone

ers with intriguing English-language remake Inside, from [REC] writers Jaume Balaguero and Manu Diaz, Kidnapped director Miguel Angel Vivas and Buried producer Adrian Guerra.

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with some select territories still to sell on John Michael McDonagh’s corrupt cop comedy War On Everyone, starring Theo James, Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Peña. The film is in postproduction and key available territories include France, Germany, Italy and the US. Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder’s Cornerstone Films will be talking to distributors about new script Hampstead, set to star Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson. Ecosse Films is producing the story of an American in London who becomes involved with an unkempt man living in a nearby hut. Production is due to begin in early 2016. eOne International will continue to sell Chadwick Boseman thriller Message From The King, in which a mysterious outsider named Jacob King arrives in Los Angeles from South Africa to avenge his younger sister’s death.

Altitude Film Sales is newly on board dystopian sci-fi Gateway 6, starring Rhys Ifans and Ed Skrein. Malachi Smyth’s Brit List script is about soldiers manning an outpost on a sea-covered continent, awaiting a relief crew or the enemy… whichever comes first. The film is due to shoot in Estonia in spring 2016.

WestEnd will look to ink further deals on Oliver Schmitz drama Shep herds And Butchers, starring Steve Coogan as a lawyer taking on the case of a prison

guard in South Africa who is traumatised by the executions he has witnessed. Andrea Riseborough and Deon Lotz co-star in the film, which is in postproduction.

Independent is launching UK actorwriter Johnny Harris’s untitled boxing drama, which will co-star Ray Winstone and be scored by The Jam frontman Paul Weller. Shooting is due to commence early next year on the project, which is produced by Emu Films and backed by BBC Films.

Salt will seek to scare up more deals on horror title The Void, which is produced

by The Witch executive producer Jonathan Bronfman. A Canada shoot is due to get underway on November 17 on the film, which is about a lone police officer and a group of medical staff who fortify themselves within the walls of an isolated hospital after it comes under threat from a violent cult.

Goldcrest International has recently boarded international sales on Joe Dante’s Labirintus, a supernatural thriller set in the catacombs beneath Buda Castle in Hungary. Production is due to begin next spring and casting is underway on the story of a paranormal investigator and psychiatric researcher who join forces to explore an abandoned subterranean Soviet research facility.

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artistic clashes at a country estate is in postproduction.

Metro International has taken on a revised version of Isabel Coixet’s Berlinale opener Nobody Wants The Night, starring Juliette Binoche as a woman who travels to the hostile north to look for her lost husband and finds companionship with an Inuit woman who may have ulterior motives.

Rinko Kikuchi and Gabriel Byrne also star in the film previously with Elle Driver.

The Works International will commence sales on The Prime Minister, an action thriller from Erik Van Looy. Karl Urban, James Marsden and Matthias Schoenaerts were among the cast of Van Looy’s 2014 thriller The Loft, a remake of his own 2008 Dutch original.

Simon Crowe’s SC Films will be launching 3D family animation Sherlock Hound from Monty Python icon Terry Jones. Production is planned for next spring on the Victorianset story of a canine sleuth on the hunt for a missing Santa Claus.

Celsius will be in town with animation Bling, featuring the voices of Taylor Kitsch, James Woods, Carla Gugino, Jon Heder and Tom Green.

Metrodome’s sales team is here with UK comedy The Hippopotamus, based on the Stephen Fry bestseller about a disgraced poet who is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings. Sam Neill and Roger Allam star.

Kaleidoscope is set to premiere completed family animation Top Cat Begins, the followup to Top Cat: The Movie. Top Cat Begins tells how the eponymous hero pulled together his

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famous band of Manhattan alley cats. Voice talent includes Jason Harris (Rio 2), Chris ), Hope Levy (PenEdgerly (The Simpsons), guins Of Madagascar)) and David Hoffman (Bridesmaids).

GFM will have a first 15-minute promo of action film Stratton,, starring Dominic Cooper, Gemma Chan and Thomas Kretschmann. Con Air director Simon West directs the story of a British Special Boat Service commando who tracks down an international terrorist cell.

Carnaby will hit Santa Monica Winter in with a promo of drama Winter, which a once charismatic and loving husband must find a way to come to terms with grief and save his relationship with his sons.

Tommy Flanagan, Tom Payne, Stacy Martin and Judith Godreche star.

Julian Richards of genre specialist Jinga Films will be looking to book deals on horror title Worry Dolls,, in

( which Christopher Wiehl (Jericho) stars as a detective pitted against the clock to save his daughter while investigating a series of voodoo murders. Jinga previously repped Padraig Reynolds’ debut feature Rites Of Spring, which IFC released in North America.

Dogwoof is in town with US documentary 13 directed by David Sington, in The Fear Of 13, which a convicted murderer who has spent 23 years on Death Row tells his story. The film debuted at the BFI London Film Festival and next heads to Doc NYC. Andrew Brown and Billy Hurman of 4Square Films will be talking to buyers about horror comedy Halloweed, from Italian horror directors Marco Ristori and Luca Boni. The Little Studio Films feature is about high schoolers who occupy an abandoned suburban house on Halloween only to discover a cursed stash of weed.

Genre outfit Devilworks’ slate includes supernatural horror Some Kind Of Hate, about a teenager who accidentally summons the spirit of a young, bullied girl after being sent to a reform school. »

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By Melanie Goodfellow Wild Bunch will begin sales on Alejandro Brugués’ Antonio Banderas-starrer New Faith, about a US couple whose romantic trip to Cuba takes a violent turn, as well as New Zealand director Lee Tamahori’s homecoming picture The Patriarch, about two rival Maori sheep-sheering clans in the 1960s. The company also has road-trip comedy The First, The Last by Belgium’s Bouli Lanners, following two bounty hunters in search of a compromising lost phone, and Sylvie Verheyde’s Sex Doll, about high-class call girls in London.

Studiocanal will kick off sales on Liam Neeson-starrer The Commuter, about a man whose journey home to the suburbs takes an action-packed turn, and Vincent Garenq’s French-language drama Kalinka, inspired by the true-life French story of André Bamberski’s 30-year battle to bring the step-father killer of his daughter to justice.

TF1 International will kick off sales on action caper Last Call For Nowhere (Embarquement Immédiat) from Philippe de Chauveron, director of comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings. Also on offer will be Marilou Berry’s Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous, starring the director as a woman who has an unorthodox reaction to falling pregnant by the man of her dreams. A first promo for French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama Polina will round out TF1’s slate.

Gaumont will launch Heartstrings, which features teenage violin prodigy Alix Vaillot as a musician battling blindness, unveil first

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images of Christian Duguay’s Second World War drama A Bag Of Marbles, and show 20 minutes of Eric Summer and Eric Warin’s feature-length 3D animation Ballerina.

Elle Driver will launch sales on Audrey Dana’s If I Were A Boy, starring the director as a woman who wakes up with a penis, Jorge Michel Grau’s suspense drama 7:19AM, set against the destruction of Mexico City’s 1985 earthquake, and Rachid Bouchareb’s timely Road To Istanbul, the story of a Belgian woman who travels to Syria in search of her daughter who has joined the Islamic State.

Wide Management will screen Greg Sneddon’s Bhutan-set drama Arrows Of The Thunder Dragon, Australia’s foreign-language Oscar submission. It will also be pushing Pseudonym, the tale of an internet-arranged blind date that takes a sinister turn.

Fledgling sales outfit Stray Dogs will continue sales on Jake Mahaffy’s anti-faith group feature Free In Deed, which won best film in Venice’s Horizons section.

Alfama Films’ slate include Benoit Jacquot’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s The Body Son Corps), starring Mathieu Amalric, Artist (Son which begins shooting this month.

SND will market premiere Julien Leclercq’s armoured-truck hijack thriller The Crew and Benjamin Rocher’s French-language The Sweeney remake The Squad starring Jean Reno. It will also launch sales on comedy Roommates Wanted,, starring André Dussollier as a lonely pen-

(Clockwise from top left) Gaumont’s A Bag Of Marbles, TF1 International’s Polina, Elle Driver’s Road To Istanbul, Stray Dogs’ Free In Deed, Bac Films’ Like Crazy. (Below) SND’s The Squad

sioner with a spacious flat who takes in a group of younger lodgers.

Memento Films International will show first images of Cate Shortland’s eagerly awaited abduction thriller Berlin Syndrome, starring rising Australian star Teresa Palmer.

At the AFM with one of its biggest slates to date, Kinology will launch sales on Marc Fitoussi’s Trainee Day, the story of a young girl who discovers another side to her mother when she does work experience at the insurance company where her mother is employed.

It will also show first footage of Rebecca Zlotowski’s 1930s-set thriller Planetarium, starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp, Géla Babluani’s thriller Money’s Money and a demo reel for action picture Overdrive.

Versatile will kick off sales on Australian director Chris Peckover’s home-invasion horror thriller Safe Neighborhood, starring Olivia DeJonge as a babysitter opposite Pan star Levi Miller as her subversive charge, and Laurent Teyssier’s debut feature Toril, a timely noir set in rural France starring Vincent Rottiers as man who deals cannabis to save his family farm.

Bac Films will launch Nadege Loiseau’s Oven starring Karin A Bun In The Oven, Viard as a 50-year-old woman with an unwanted pregnancy, and show first images of Paolo Virzi’s Like Crazy Crazy, in which Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti play two women who set off on a madcap trip across Italy.

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and Irreplaceable, starring Francois Cluzet as a country doctor opposite Marianne Denicourt.

It is the latest medical-themed work from Thomas Lilti, director of Hippocrates.

EuropaCorp will focus on John Madden’s thriller Ms. Sloane, which stars Jessica Chastain as an anti-gun campaigner, as well as Martin Zandvliet’s submarine drama Kursk.

Films Distribution will kick off sales on Hubert Woroniecki’s documentary Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women, the story of John Casablancas, founder of the Elite Model Management agency, which launched the careers of top models including Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bundchen and Linda Evangelista. It will also screen recent acquisition Scare Campaign, the latest feature from Australian brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes after 100 Bloody Acres.

MK2 will show first images of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon’s Lost In Paris, the story of a Canadian librarian who heads to Paris to help an elderly aunt (played by Amour’s Emmanuelle Riva). Other upcoming titles on its slate include Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper (starring Kristen Stewart), Stéphane Brizé’s A Woman’s Life and Sara Forestier’s M — although the big push on these titles will be at Berlin.

Indie Sales will market premiere Frédéric Schoendoerffer’s action thriller Fast Convoy starring Benoit Magimel, and show a first promo for Lola Doillon’s Second World War drama Fanny’s Journey, about a group of Jewish children trying to escape to Switzerland.

WTFilms launches sales on Sébastien Marnier’s thriller Irréprochable, starring Marina Foïs, Jérémie Elkaïm and Joséphine Japy.

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Germany’s Global Screen is holding a market premiere for I’m Off Then: Losing And Finding Myself On The Camino De Santiago. Based on the bestselling book by Hape Kerkeling, the film tells the tale of a modern-day pilgrimage and stars Devid Striesow (The Counterfeiters) and Martina Gedeck (The Baader Meinhof Complex). Warner Bros is releasing in Germany on December 24. Global Screen is also giving a full AFM market premiere to The Memory Of Water, a Spanish-speaking drama starring Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) which showed in official selection at Venice Days. Another new title screening for the first time is Trenk, The Little Knight, an animation from the producers of Lilly The Witch.

The company will also have a market screening for family comedy Oddball, a runaway hit at the Australian box office, and will screen footage of Sum1, its sci-fi thriller starring Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones).

Following its private buyers’ screening in Toronto, The Match Factory will be showcasing Wolfgang Becker’s eagerly awaited Me And Kaminski, about a sleazy journalist (Dan-

(Clockwise from top) Global Screen’s Sum1, The Match Factory’s Me And Kaminski, ARRI’s One Breath and Beta Cinema’s Revenge (Hevn)

iel Brühl) on an eventful road trip with a venerable painter (Jesper Christensen).

Beta Cinema is giving a market debut to Norwegian psychodrama Revenge (Hevn) by Kjersti G Steinsbo, based on Ingvar Ambjornsen’s bestselling crime novel. The producer is Kristine Knudsen (behind Berlinale competition entry Mercy). Beta will also hold a private screening of German box-office smash Look Who’s Back, the Hitler comedy directed by David Wnendt. Another Beta title having a market screening is Florian Gallenberger’s Colonia, starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl and Mikael Nyqvist. Watson and Brühl play a couple who are entangled with a cult during the Chilean military coup of 1973. Also on the Beta slate are Coconut Hero by Florian Cossen, autumn festival favourite The People vs Fritz Bauer starring Burghart Klaussner and Ronald Zehrfeld, and The Kind Words by Shemi Zarhin.

Fellow German seller ARRI is handling German-Greek drama One Breath fresh from opening Hof International Film Festival.

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the tensions and cultural misunderstandings between the two countries in the wake of the financial crisis. ARRI, with Julia Pahl now on board as sales and acquisition manager, is giving a world premiere at AFM to family comedy Honey I Shrunk The Teacher, which will be released in German cinemas by Sony Pictures in time for Christmas.

Austrian outfit EastWest Filmdistribution has high hopes for its new country-and-western comedy Keep It Country, which will be introduced to buyers at AFM. James Denton will star and Danny DeVito is in talks to join the cast. Other titles on the EastWest slate include genre pic Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies and The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father And His Son, a drama about lawyers in the trial of Milorad Krstic, who is accused of war crimes in the Bosnian war.

Ida Martins’ Media Luna is heading south of the border, with market premieres of two Mexican features: comedy Eddie Reynolds And The Iron Angels, about a long forgotten

band reuniting after Bono covers one of their songs, and period drama Epitaph.

Ambitious Russian outfit Antipode has a host of projects including dramatic space fantasy Space Mowgli, the new feature from Aleksey Fedorchenko (Silent Souls) and romantic drama Little Bird from Vladimir Beck. The company will screen Pyotr Buslov’s epic Motherland, filmed in India.

Dutch Features Global Entertainment will introduce buyers to new feature documentary I Am Hardwell — Living The Dream, about the young electro-house DJ voted the world’s best for two consecutive years. The company will give a first market screening to Murdered Memory, the latest feature from Dutch writerdirector Menno Meyjes (writer of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade). Also on its slate is Antoinette Beumer’s feature Rendez-Vous.

Scandinavian outfit TrustNordisk is beginning pre-sales on Vibeke Idsoe’s The Lion Woman. Based on an international bestseller by Erik Fosnes Hansen, the 1920s-set drama is about a woman born with hair covering her entire body. TrustNordisk aims to have a promo/teaser for the film, which is in post-production, and will be handling the Scandinavian release; all other rights excluding Germany are available. Also in post-production is Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s Pyromaniac, again due to be released in Scandinavia but

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available almost everywhere else. One TrustNordisk feature doc that looks bound to cause a stir at festivals in early 2016 is Benjamin Ree’s Magnus, about charismatic Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen.

Other titles TrustNordisk is presenting to buyers include Saara Cantell’s period witchhunt drama Devil’s Bride and Pernilla August’s romantic drama A Serious Game.

Another Scandinavian seller, The Yellow Affair, will have footage of Janos Edelenyi’s drama The Carer, conceived and co-scripted by the late Gilbert Adair (who wrote Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers). The intriguing cast features Brian Cox, Anna Chancellor, Emilia Fox, Roger Moore and newcomer Coco König. Other titles on The Yellow Affair’s slate include Australian romantic comedy UnIndian from director Anupam Sharma, and Mika Kaurismaki’s comedy drama Homecoming.

Some Spanish sellers are staying away from AFM, but one with strong expectations in Santa Monica is Vicente Canales’ Film FacMirrors, tory. Headlining the slate is Smoke & Mirrors a suspense thriller from Alberto Rodriguez, director of critical and box-office hit Marshland. Smoke & Mirrors is in post-production.

Other new films on the Film Factory assembly line include Zip & Zap And The Captain’s Island (the latest in the kids’ adventure series),

(Clockwise from top left) The Yellow Affair’s The Carer, Filmax’s Our Lovers, TrustNordisk’s Magnus, DeAPlaneta’s Playing Lecuona, and Antipode’s Motherland.

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the in-production suspense thriller The Invisible Guest from Oriol Paulo (Julia’s Eyes), epic love story Palm Trees In The Snow from Fernando Gonzalez Molina (I Want You) and Spanish Affair 2. During AFM, Film Factory will screen Argentina’s Oscar entry The Clan from Pablo Trapero and My Big Night from Alex de la Iglesia (Witching & Bitching).

Meanwhile, DeAPlaneta is giving market premieres to Playing Lecuona, a doc about Latin American musical maestro Ernesto Lecuona, mind-bending drama Second Origin (scripted by the late Bigas Luna) and 13. Miguel Poveda, which tells the story of one of the greatest flamenco singers in contemporary Spain.

Filmax is presenting Marcel Barrera’s drama 100 Meters Meters, based on the life of Ramon Arroyo, who attempted to cope with multiple sclerosis by taking part in extreme sports. On a more sedate note, the company is also handling romantic comedy Our Lovers, starring Eduardo Noriega and Michelle Jenner.

6 Sales is giving a market debut to animated feature Ozzy (formerly Run Ozzy Run), billed by company boss Marina “ Fuentes as “Chicken Run with dogs.” The company is also introducing buyers to Barney Elliott’s The Debt, starring Stephen Dorff. Both The Debt and Ozzy are s Dreamcatchers projects. ■

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Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe Dir Lu Chuan Marking City Of Life And Death director Lu Chuan’s first foray into the fantasy genre, Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe is based on Zhang Muye’s bestselling internet novel Ghost Blows Out The Light. Mark Chao, Yao Chen and Rhydian Vaughan head the cast of this film about a soldier working in China’s snowcapped mountains, who unearths the fossils of what appears to be an unknown civilisation.

Produced by Le Vision Pictures, the film was released in China on September 30 and grossed more than $100m in 12 days.

Contact Rosemarie Xie, Le Vision Pictures xieman@letvpicture.com

Out to conquer High-rolling sequels, a Wong Kar Wai-produced rom-com and Johnnie To’s latest crime thriller: Liz Shackleton previews the top titles marching out of China and Hong Kong

Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Productions is producing this romantic comedy based on Zhang Jiajia’s bestselling 2014 novel, I Belonged To You. Zhang has also been brought on board to direct the film, which stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Angelababy and Eason Chan.

The $25m film is one of the first projects to be backed by Alibaba’s new production arm, Alibaba Pictures. Mei Ah Entertainment is handling Hong Kong and several Southeast Asian territories.

Contact Sarah Law, Mei Ah Entertainment sara@meiah.com

Dir Wong Jing Chow Yun Fat, Nick Cheung and Carina Lau return for the third instalment of Wong Jing’s popular From Vegas To Macau franchise, produced by Andrew Lau, which is in post. While the first instalment in the gambling caper grossed $85m in 2014, the second doubled that with more than $160m this year. Both films were released over Chinese New Year, a traditional time for tales of high rollers, and the third instalment will be released over the holiday period in 2016.

Dir Benny Chan Sean Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo and Eddie Peng star in the latest epic action film from Benny Chan (Shaolin), which is in post-production for delivery in the second quarter of 2016. Set during the warlord era after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the story revolves around plucky villagers standing up to a cruel general. Universe Entertainment is producing the $32m film, which has Sammo Hung on board as action choreographer.

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From Vegas To Macau III

Deadly Reclaim

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shooting schedule. Filmko Entertainment is again producing with mainland partners. The film is scheduled for release over Chinese New Year 2016.

Dir Gary Wing-lun Mak Scheduled for an early November release, this $10m mystery thriller stars Korea’s Jang Hyuk as a businessman who teams up with a detective (Simon Yam) when he suspects his wife of having an affair.

Wallace Huo plays the wife’s cunning hitman lover who then targets them both.

Directed by Gary Wing-lun Mak, whose credits include comedy SDU: Sex Duties Unit, the film is produced and partfinanced by start-up production and sales outfit Turbo Films. Release is tentatively scheduled for early December.

Contact Jackie Poon, Filmko Entertainment jackie.cl.poon@gmail. com

Monster Hunt Dir Raman Hui The highest-grossing film ever in China ($390m), Edko Films’ live action/CGI fantasy adventure has also sold widely to international territories including North America, where FilmRise is planning a release across all media in early 2016. Jing Boran, Bai Baihe and Tang Wei head the cast of the film about a baby monster king who attempts to bridge the world of monsters and humans. Director Raman Hui worked on the Shrek franchise and behind-the-scenes talent includes production designer Yohei Taneda (Kill Bill: Vol 1) and costume designer Yee Chung Man (Curse Of The Golden Flower).

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Ip Man 3 Dir Wilson Yip Mike Tyson is taking on martial artist Donnie Yen in the third instalment of Pegasus Motion Pictures’ hit franchise about Bruce Lee’s Wing Chun master. Initially scheduled for 2016, the 3D kung-fu biopic has been brought forward to December 2015. Directed by Wilson Yip from Edmond Wong’s script, the film also stars Lynn Hung, Max Zhang and Patrick Tam. Well Go USA has rights for North America and a slew of other territories.

Contact Kat Yeung, Pegasus Motion Pictures kathy.yeung@ pegasusmovie.com

Kill Time Dir Fruit Chan Following his critical and commercial success with The Midnight After, Hong Kong maverick Fruit Chan has directed a thriller starring Angelababy and Ethan Juan for Emperor Motion Pictures. The story follows a girl who goes online to the ‘Witch’s Zone’ to find her late father’s favourite song and ends up unleashing a torrent of memories and clues to an unsolved murder. Produced

by Li Rui, the film is in post-production.

Contact May Yip, Emperor Motion Pictures mayyip@emperorgroup.com

Lazy Hazy Crazy Dir Luk Yee-sum Produced by Pang Ho-chueng and Subi Liang’s Making Film Productions, Luk Yee-sum’s drama follows three teenage school friends who find their friendship tested when they enter the dubious world of compensated dating. The film has been selected for the Asian Future competition of Tokyo International Film Festival and will also play at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film

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Festival. Luk previously worked with Pang as a writer on hits such as Love In The Buff, Vulgaria and Women Who Flirt.

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Also based on internet novel Ghost Blows Out The Light, this 3D fantasy adventure revolves around three grave robbers who come out of semi-retirement in New York to raid the treasures of China’s ancient tombs. Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Shu Qi and Angelababy head the cast of the film, which is co-produced by Wanda Pictures, Huayi Brothers and Enlight Media. Release has been scheduled for December 18 in both 3D and Imax versions. Wu Er Shan’s credits include Painted Skin: The Resurrection and The Butcher, The Chef And The Swordsman.

Lost In Hong Kong Dir Xu Zheng Released on September 25, the sequel to Xu Zheng’s 2012 hit Lost In Thailand has already out-scored the original and become the second highest-grossing local film of all time with box office of $252m after 24 days. Xu also stars as a man who takes his family to Hong Kong on holiday where he arranges a secret rendezvous with an old flame. The cast includes Vicky Zhao Wei, Bao Bei’er and Du Juan, along with cameos from veteran Hong Kong actors such as Sam Lee, Eric Kot and Lawrence Cheng, as the film tips its cap to the legacy of Hong Kong action cinema.

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The feature debut of young mainland Chinese film-maker Larry Yang, Mountain Cry premiered to strong reviews as the closing film of this year’s Busan International Film Festival, where it was also sold to Japan’s Hark & Company.

Based on Ge Shuiping’s novel set in a remote mountain village, the story follows a young mute widow and her relationship with the man charged with her care after he is involved in her husband’s death. Co-produced by Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, the film stars Lang Yueting and Wang Ziyi.

Contact Will Lin, Fortissimo Films will@fortissimo-hk.com

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Guan Hu’s Venice closing title stars filmmaker Feng Xiaogang as an old-school gangster who is dragged back into battle to protect his wayward son. Produced by Huayi Brothers, the film contrasts the values of ‘lao Beijing’ (the old Beijing of hutong alleyways) with today’s rich, brash youth. The cast also includes Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing and younger actors Li Yifeng and Kris Wu. Guan Hu made his name with rural comedy dramas such as Design Of Death, before graduating to period action comedy The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel in 2013.

Dir Soi Cheang Aaron Kwok, Gong Li and Feng Shaofeng star in the $70m sequel to Soi Cheang’s 3D fantasy epic The Monkey King (based on Chinese classic Journey To The West West) which grossed more than $170m over Chinese New Year 2014. Kwok is replacing Donnie Yen, who starred in the original but couldn’t reprise the role due to a busy

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The Third Way of Love

My New Sassy Girl

Canola

Director | John H. Lee < A Moment to Remember > Cast | Seung-heon Song, Crystal Liu( 刘亦菲 )

Director | Keun-sik Cho < Conduct Zero > Cast | Tae-hyun Cha< My Sassy Girl >, Victoria( 宋茜)

Director | Chang < The Target > Cast | Yeo-jung Yoon < Housemaid >, < The Taste of Money >, Ko-eun Kim, Min-ho Choi

Based on the Chinese best-seller novel "Di San Zhong Ai Qing"

An official sequel of <My Sassy Girl>

Her love never asks for the truth

Malice

Bad Man

Sunshine

Amor

Director | Hoe-geun Kim Cast | Byeong-eun Park

Director | Jin-soon Park Cast | Dana, Eun-tak Kang

Director | Cheol-soo Han Cast | Gyeong-ho Jung, Yun-seon Jung, Fujii Mina

How far would you go to become someone else?

Second crime thriller of director Hoe-geun Kim’s Bad Man trilogy

A North Korean defector girl tries to find herself through graffiti

A speechless girl came to me when love of my life fades away

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Sandrine Pinna also star in the Mandarin-language production, which is screening in the market at AFM. Contact Fred Tsui, Media Asia frederick_tsui@mediaasia.com

Three Dir Johnnie To Produced by Media Asia Films and Milkyway Image, the latest crime thriller from Johnnie To revolves around a showdown in a hospital involving a criminal with a bullet in his head, a policeman about to turn rogue and a surgeon from mainland China. Vicky Zhao Wei, Louis Koo and Wallace Chung head the cast of the film, which is in post-production.

Office Dir Johnnie To Johnnie To garnered rave reviews at Toronto International Film Festival for his 3D adaptation of Sylvia Chang’s musical Design For Living. Chang, who co-scripted with To’s long-time writing partner Wai Ka-fai, reprises her stage role as an aggressive boss steering a company towards an IPO. Also starring Chow Yun Fat, Tang Wei and Eason Chan, the film was produced by To’s Milkyway Image, Edko Films and Hairun Pictures.

Contact Fred Tsui, Media Asia frederick_tsui@mediaasia.com

To The Fore Dir Dante Lam

(Clockwise from top left) Saving Mr Wu, Office, The Vanished Murderer and The Promised Land

Contact Julian Chiu, Edko Films chiujulian@edkofilm.com.hk

Operation Mekong Dir Dante Lam Following sports drama To The Fore, Dante Lam is returning to crime action drama with Operation Mekong, inspired by the true story of a merchant vessel operating in the Mekong River Delta that was attacked by bandits in 2011, leaving 13 people dead. Chinese authorities teamed up with police forces from Thailand, Laos and Burma to launch an investigation into the incident when a massive stash of drugs was found on board. In production for a late 2016 release, the film reunites Lam with Eddie Peng and also stars mainland actor Zhang Hanyu (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain).

Contact Virginia Leung, Distribution Workshop virginia@ distributionworkshop.com

The Promised Land Dir He Ping He Ping’s first contemporary drama explores China’s massive internal migration through the story of a dance instructor who returns to her home town after losing her fiancé in Beijing. Wang Jiajia, who starred in He’s 2009 film Wheat, heads the cast of the film, which also stars Zhang Yi (Dearest) and Wang Zhiwen (The Golden Era). Produced by Classics Media Co and Beijing Junfei Century Cul-

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ture, the film was the only Asian entry in Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section this year and was released in China on October 27. It was executive produced by former Sony China production chief Barbara Robinson, who worked with He on his 2003 period drama Warriors Of Heaven And Earth.

Contact Annie Fung, Turbo Films annie@turbofilmcorp.com

Saving Mr Wu Dir Ding Sheng The latest crime thriller from Ding Sheng (Police Story 2013, Little Big Soldier) stars four award-winning actors — Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wang Qianyuan and Wu Ruofu — in a story based on a true incident about the kidnapping of a Hong Kong star in Beijing. The film is the first production of Ding’s Beijing Going Zoom Media Co and is cofinanced by Shanghai New Culture Media Group and Beijing Skywheel Entertainment. Released over China’s recent National Day holidays, the film has grossed more than $30m.

Contact Clarence Tang, Golden Network Asia clarence@goldnetasia.com

Scandal Makers Dir Ahn Byeong-ki Ahn Byeong-ki, producer of original Korean blockbuster Scandal Makers, is

directing this Chinese-language remake starring Michelle Chen (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Tong Dawei (American Dreams In China). Produced

by Gosh Pictures Entertainment, the film follows a radio DJ in his 30s who learns that he may be a grandfather when a young girl blackmails him into sheltering her and her baby son. Ahn Byeong-ki’s directing credits also include the Bunshinsaba horror series. Scandal Makers is in post-production.

Contact Sarah Law, Mei Ah Entertainment sara@meiah.com

The Secret Dir Barbara Wong Chun-chun Leon Lai and Wang Luodan star in this supernatural romance from Hong Kong film-maker Barbara Wong Chun-chun (The Allure Of Tears, Perfect Wedding), who is known for sassy comedy dramas that often delve into issues of female sexuality and gender identity. When a man’s dead wife comes back to life, he realises he must never let her know she is a spirit or she will disappear forever.

Taiwan-based actor JJ Lin and actress

Lam’s first sports action drama grossed $23m in China this summer and has been selected as Hong Kong’s entry for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. Produced by Emperor Motion Pictures, the film revolves around two cycling support riders, played by Eddie Peng and Shawn Dou, who become disillusioned after helping a champion sprinter, Korea’s Choi Siwon, to win his race. They leave the sport but years later are inspired to form an amateur cycling team.

Contact May Yip, Emperor Motion Pictures mayyip@emperorgroup.com

The Vanished Murderer Dir Lo Chi Leung A continuation of Lo Chi Leung’s The Bullet Vanishes, The Vanished Murderer tells the story of a police inspector who follows an escaped female convict to a city struggling with corruption and an apparent wave of suicides. Sean Lau Ching-wan reprises his role as the police inspector; Gordon Lam, Li Xiaolu and Jiang Yiyan also star. Produced by Derek Yee and Mandy Law for Beijing-based Le Vision Pictures, the film is scheduled for release in mid-November.

Contact Virginia Leung, Distribution Workshop virginia@ s distributionworkshop.com ■

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IN FOCUS AFM

Talk at this year’s AFM will likely surround Netflix’s impact on the market

Catch and release The major digital players such as Netflix and Amazon will be much discussed here at the American Film Market, as will shifts in the independent financing model and the decreasing number of hot titles. Jeremy Kay reports

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he abiding memory of AFM 2014 is the big tease that amounted to nothing. Netflix and The Weinstein Company had flirted aggressively over The Hateful Eight but in the end decided not to consummate the union.

Regardless of the outcome, buyers were scandalised and the dalliance over SVoD rights — far briefer than many were led to believe at the time — served to focus minds on who else might make suitable bedfellows for the streaming giant. After months of unexpected moves, a headline-grabbing appearance by chief content officer Ted Sarandos in Cannes and splashy announcements outside the markets, the answer might well be: anybody and everybody.

Financiers, producers and sales agents talk all the time with Netflix — as they do with Amazon Studios, Hulu and other digital players — viewing the newish kids on the block as value-adds in the distribution chain, especially when content skews adult.

Buyers are another story. They remain unhappy, threatened by the prospect of rivals with impossibly deep pockets that can, if they wish, swipe desirable properties off the table in a flash.

One year on from the Quentin Tarantino saga, Netflix is sure to remain a talking point in the corridors of the Loews and market hangouts such as Le Merigot, Shutters on the Beach and Casa Del Mar. The theatrical misfortunes of Beasts Of No Nation will be on the agenda. Cary Fukunaga’s acclaimed African child soldier drama earned a paltry $51,000 when it opened on October 16 in 31 Landmark Theatres sites via distributor-for-hire Bleecker Street. The same day, Netflix began streaming the film to its global subscribers and declared itself happy with the results, claiming more than 3 million views in North America in its first week.

Netflix needs strong original content to grow its subscriber base and is also pushing hard on awards recognition for Beasts Of No Nation. To this end, some people, such as Route One Entertainment CEO Russell Levine (whose Ellen Page comedic drama Tallulah is being sold in the market by Good Universe), believe the theatrical play may have been tactical. Levine declines to expand but seems to be in sync with several others who were canvassed on the subject.

Tiny as the theatrical numbers may have been, they will have served to raise the profile of a challenging film and remind people to tune in on their TV screens, laptops or tablets. Awareness is likely to translate into awards recognition and in two months, when Beasts Of No Nation’s miniscule theatrical box office is a murky blip, people’s primary association with the film may well be Idris Elba’s best supporting actor nominations.

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see how aggressive [Netflix] are in making all-rights offers,” says one prominent sales agent with Beasts Of No Nation in mind. “It’s only one film, but it might become a less desirable destination for your movie.”

These companies are, however, standardbearers for a far more complex digital force that could modify or completely transform the distribution landscape. “Their [Netflix] impact by and large up to this point has been to fragment the marketplace,” says Jean Prewitt, CEO and president of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA). “We don’t see Netflix stepping up as an all-rights buyer in the way they’re announcing they might do. There are a few examples of them coming in and taking out worldwide, but in most cases they’re angling for [specific rights].”

What the presence of Netflix also does is to highlight core differences between financiers and producers on one hand and international distributors on the other. Levine says while his goal is always to make films that have a chance of wide theatrical release, the streaming giant adds a strategic dimension. “[To] protect the investors, if there’s an opportunity the film deserves, we have the flexibility to do that. So it’s a great time to be a producer-financier if you can choose your films carefully.”

In other words, a company with the wherewithal to do so can fully finance a project and take it to Netflix, bypassing the pre-sales mechanism that is bread and butter to international buyers and indeed the independent space as a whole.

Sales agents talk of financiers doing precisely this. But the digital titan will also buy select

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rights. “We know these guys very well and absolutely they’re part of the discussion,” says Michael Rothstein, president of international sales and distribution at IM Global, whose sales titles include Andrew Garfield starrer Hacksaw Ridge and In Sand And Blood headlined by Russell Crowe. “We see them as a regular buyer. We’re sending them everything and keeping them in the loop.”

A changing landscape Netflix’s experiment on Beasts Of No Nation is representative of broader efforts by US distributors to tinker with distribution patterns and see what works. Increasingly, the move away from a theatrical release seems like an attractive option for US buyers who have been burned on ambitious releases.

This explains partly why there were fewer marquee US acquisitions in Toronto than there had been in the previous year: a high price and high p&a commitment in the frantic festival environment can cause problems down the line when a film is clearly not geared towards a wide theatrical audience.

“We’re not seeing a disappearance of traditional release patterns and there’s going to be a mix,” says Levine. “Word is still out on day-and-date and we don’t know what kind of films work just yet.”

“It’s a judgment call for the producer and distributor as to which platform is going to be most suitable and, by definition, one will become a means of promoting the other,” says Prewitt, who predicts distributors will be experimenting on the margins for some time to come.

While the US tinkers and the industry watches, the digital (Left) Netflix’s Ted Sarandos stole headlines at Cannes

‘Word is still out on day-and-date and we don’t know what kind of films work just yet’ Russell Levine, Route One Entertainment

‘There are more competitors and people are doing TV’ Nadine de Barros, Fortitude International

infrastructure in Europe and further afield is playing catch-up. “What we’re noticing on the macro level is for our international guys the parameter is still US box office,” says Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer. “For the US guys, the theatrical release is getting so expensive this kind of day-and-date makes great sense on the distribution side. But international guys have not caught up because their output deals and TV stations are looking at US box office in a model that worked until about three years ago.”

Steinbauer continues: “It’s getting better internationally in every market but [we are] at that weird phase where something that works in the US doesn’t trigger revenue streams yet internationally.”

Besides that there is the looming storm of the digital single market (DSM). Steinbauer says while the activities of Netflix and Amazon Studios will shift the independent financing model but in a way that still leaves it workable, the implications of European Commission proposals to end geoblocking could result in an “implosion”.

Or as another industry insider puts it: “I don’t think the person who has put this [DSM proposal] together has an effing clue how films are financed.”

“We don’t know if government is going to let us figure this out or at the Commission level they’re going to jump in with both feet and make rules,” says Prewitt. “Localised platforms have been doing a fabulous job to bring local content to their consumer base.

We continue to create the air space for the industry to do what it needs to do to see what works.”

At ground level, of more immediate concern is the increasingly familiar cry from buyers of lack of available product heading into the AFM. Once again, packages are coming together late in the day and buyers expect to be reading scripts on the flight to Los Angeles.

“Hollywood doesn’t work in the same way the international sales business does,” says Fortitude International partner and cofounder Nadine de Barros. “Actors will read scripts when they’re ready and it’s not necessarily in time for a market deadline.”

De Barros continues: “There are more competitors and people are doing TV; Jason Statham is doing a TV series. There’s a lot of competition. The buyers reps are freaking out because there’s not a lot of content out there.”

Rothstein notes the cyclical nature of the business. Whereas it can be easier for a sales agent with a big title to make an impact in Berlin or Toronto, with its is-it-or-isn’t-it market ambitions, Santa Monica is key.

“AFM makes sense and it’s a very important market for us,” he says. “If you’re in the business of trying to have a bunch of titles every market, it’s tough. The way the sales cycle is s these days, we hustle all year round.” ■

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Market 08:45 21 nights with Pattie

Drama, comedy. 116mins.

Dir: Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu.

Scr: Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu.

Cast: Isabelle Carre, Karin Viard, Andre Dussollier. Pathe International.

In high summer, Caroline, a Parisian wife and mother, arrives in a small village in southern France. There, she has to organise the funeral of her mother, a flighty lawyer whom she hardly knew. She is greeted by Pattie, who likes nothing better than telling anyone who will listen about her sexual adventures with the local men. As the whole valley is preparing for the much-awaited August 15 annual ball, the body of the deceased mysteriously disappears.

Broadway 2

Last Cab To Darwin

Drama. 123mins.

Dir: Jeremy Sims.

Scr: Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims. Cast: Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Ningali Lawford-Wolf, Emma Hamilton, Mark Coles Smith.

Films Distribution.

Rex drives a cab and has never left Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn’t have long to live, he decides to drive

across the heart of the country to Darwin, where he’s heard he will be able to die on his own terms, but along the way he discovers that before you can end your life you’ve got to live it, and to live it you’ve got to learn to share it.

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Motherland

Drama, action/adventure.

124mins. Dir: Pyotr Buslov. Scr: Andrey Migachev, Aleksey Shipenko, Pyotr Buslov.

Cast: Andrey Smolyakov, Lubov Aksenova, Pyotr Fyodorov, Yekaterina Volkova.

Russian Cinema Stand.

Eva, the daughter of a rich Russian, did not come to Goa of her own free will: her father, in a fit of rage, put her on a private jet in the middle of the night. When he came to his senses, the girl was already carried away by a labyrinth of human destinies. Here there are different destinies.

Different people as well.

But they all have just one Motherland.

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Thriller. 102mins.

Dir: Gee Malik Linton. Scr: Gee Malik Linton. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas.

Fortitude International.

After Isabel watches a man step into thin air on the subway platform, she is certain that she has witnessed a miracle. The next day, Harry Herbeck.

Cast: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Thomas Bair.

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After their regular babysitter can’t make it, the Thompson family turn to her friend Anna to supervise the children while they go out to celebrate their anniversary.

At first Anna seems like a dream come true for the kids, as she allows them to play with things that are usually off limits. But, as her behaviour becomes increasingly odd, the kids soon find out that her intentions are dark and twisted, and that she is not Anna at all.

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Emelie

Black comedy. 82mins.

Dir: Michael Thelin.

Scr: Richard Raymond,

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Gaumont Promo Reels

Comedy, Thriller. 40mins.

Dir: various artists. Scr: various artists. Cast: various artists. Gaumont.

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Detective Joey Harper is found dead in her neighbourhood with one of her shoes nearby.

His partner, Detective Scott Galban, is assigned to the case.

As he investigates further, he begins to unravel secrets about Joey that the police force would rather remain hidden.

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i Am Hardwell — Living the Dream

Biography, documentary.

85mins. Dir: Robin Piree.

Scr: Robin Piree. Cast: dj Hardwell. Dutch Features Global Entertainment.

This music extravaganza follows DJ Hardwell — the world’s number one DJ — as he kicks off his world tour during Amsterdam Dance Event.

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Le Mans 3D Promo Loop Documentary.

120mins. Dir: James Erskine. Cast: Mark Webber, Andre Lotterer, Sebastien Buemi, Jann Mardenborough, Darren Turner, David Cheng, Ho-Pin Tung.

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution.

The inside story of Le Mans 2015 — the drama, the adrenalin, the tears and the tragedy — as iconic names and famous

marks contest the most famous of motor races.

Ocean

Samurai Cop: Deadly Vengeance

Action/adventure.

95mins. Dir: Gregory Hatanaka. Scr: Rich Mallery. Cast: Mathew Karedas, Mark Frazer, Bai Ling, Kayden Kross, Tommy Wiseau, Laurene Landon, Mel Novak, Joe Estevez. Cinema Epoch.

When the Yakuza gang takes over Los Angeles, it’s up to veteran cops Joe Marshall and Frank Washington to take them down.

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Stranded

Black comedy. 100mins.

Dir: Juan Cruz, Jose Corbacho. Scr: Jaime Bartolome. Cast: Ernesto Alterio, Lola Duenas.

Filmax International.

It’s New Year’s Eve and in one of Madrid’s main train stations several passengers are taking their seats on the last high speed train of the year. The few passengers who are on board are eager to get to their destinations to celebrate with their loved ones, but as the weather begins to take a turn for the worse, their anticipation begins to fade. Halfway through the journey the train comes to an abrupt halt. As darkness sets in,

impatience quickly gives way to a general feeling of unease as it is discovered that a fellow passenger has died in his seat.

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Trespass Against Us

Thriller, drama.

110mins. Dir: Adam Smith. Scr: Alastair Siddons. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson. Protagonist Pictures.

Set across three generations of the rowdy Cutler family, who live as outlaws in some of Britain’s richest countryside — hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad Cutler is caught between his father’s archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, while the full force of the law is finally catching up with him.

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The White Knights

Drama, action/adventure.

112mins. Dir: Joachim Lafosse. Scr: Joachim Lafosse. Cast: Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valerie Donzelli. Indie Sales.

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Writers: Denis Higgins, adapted by Stephen Meier

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his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphans victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Francoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation.

Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.

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Family, historical. 97mins. Dir: Dennis Bots.

Scr: Tijs van Marle, Karen van Holst Pellekaan.

Cast: Derek de Lint, Nina Wyss.

Sola Media.

The strong-willed Isabel, aged 12, takes over her ill grandfather’s search for the long-lost sword of the famed musketeer d’Artagnan,

following a secret code that leads her and her friends through caves and castles. But who can Isabel trust and who has a hidden agenda?

AMC Santa Monica 3

Documentary. 85mins.

Dir: Leanne Pooley.

Scr: Leanne Pooley.

K5 International.

The story of six strangers thrown together by history and the country that would be changed forever.

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Beast

Drama. 94mins. Dir: Sam McKeith, Tom McKeith.

Scr: Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith, Will Jaymes.

Cast: Will Jaymes, Mercedes Cabral, Garret Dillahunt. Arclight Films.

Deep in the slums of Manila, a young boxer’s life is changed forever when his father pressures him to cheat in a fight.

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Brothers of the Wind

Family, drama, action/ adventure. 95mins. Dir: Gerardo Olivares, Otmar Penker. Scr: Joanne Reay.

Cast: Manuel Camacho, Jean Reno, Tobias Moretti.

Terra Mater Film Studios.

The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn

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since the loss of his wife.

Killed while rescuing the infant Lukas, the boy now carries the burden of her death. Our eagle’s story begins in the nest. The first-born chick pushes his weaker brother to a certain death on the forest floor. But fate intervenes and the chick is found

by Lukas. Naming him Abel, Lukas cares for the creature in secret. When the day comes to release Abel back to the wild, will Lukas find his own release into a new life?

Broadway 4

Christmas Eve

Romantic comedy, drama. 95mins.

Dir: Mitch Davis.

Scr: Mitch Davis.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, James Roday, Cheryl Hines, Gary Cole.

Bleiberg Entertainment.

Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six

different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve. Loews 1

Marked for death and caught in a maddening puzzle, he must race for survival.

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Code M Go Away, Mr Tumor

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Damascus Cover

Thriller. 105mins.

Dir: Daniel Berk.

Scr: Daniel Berk.

Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt. Carnaby International Sales and Distribution.

A veteran spy is sent undercover in Syria to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist and his family out of Damascus.

Within days of his arrival he realises he’s being followed, his partner doesn’t show, his local contact disappears and a group of men are trying to kill him. It is not long before his routine mission unravels to reveal a string of murderous conspirators.

Comedy, drama. 85mins.

Dir: Yan Han. Scr: Yuan Yuan, Weizhong Zhang.

Cast: Danie Wu, Baihe Bai. Wanda Media Co. Based on the famous Chinese comic series created by online cartoonist Xiong Dun, chronicling the darkest hours of her life in a lighter and more amusing way. While fighting a malignant tumour, she wrote what became an explosively popular story and inspired millions of people with her optimism and courage.

Ainscought, Hape Kerkeling, Christoph Silber. Cast: Devid Striesow, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Schuch, Katharina Thalbach, Annette Frier. Global Screen.

Overweight, overworked, and disenchanted, German comedian and TV star Hape realises he can’t keep on this way. He takes a six-month sabbatical and embarks on a pilgrimage on St James’ Way, the famed path to Santiago de Compostela. He sets out in search of... what, exactly? God? Truth?

Peace? Himself ? A film about finding and seeking — sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes moving and emotional.

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Jack of the Red Hearts I’m Off Then

Drama, biography.

90mins. Dir: Julia von Heinz. Scr: Jane

Drama, family. 100mins.

Dir: Janet Grillo.

Scr: Jennifer Deaton.

Cast: AnnaSophia Robb,

Israel Broussard.

Mission Pictures International.

A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.

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Landmine Goes Click

Thriller, suspense.

110mins. Dir: Levan Bakhia. Scr: Adrian Colussi. Cast: Spencer Locke, Sterling Knight.

Moonrise Pictures.

Three American tourists are crossing a desolated landscape in a rural part of Georgia. The area was known to be strewn with land mines during the war. But that seems to be a minor threat compared with the nightmarish happenings that the afternoon will bring on.

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Minutes to Midnight

Horror, suspense, thriller.

90mins. Dir: Christopher Ray. Scr: Christopher M. Don, Victoria Dadi.

Cast: William Baldwin, Richard Grieco, Bill Moseley, Viva Bianca, John Hennigan, Dominique Swain, Christopher Judge.

DeInstitutionalized.

On the cusp of New Year’s Eve, seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains when they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a cryptic agenda.

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Redistributors

Thriller, sci-fi. 85mins.

Dir: Adrian Tanner.

Scr: Adrian Tanner.

Cast: Alexandra Evans, Alastair Mackenzie. Princ Films.

In the near future, a few years from now, society is sharply divided — on one side are the rich,

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on the other are the people whose only goal is to spread the wealth.

Liz, a public relations expert, goes on the run after she is accused of leaking information from the military supply company where she works.

Chased by ex-soldiers and in desperate need to completely disappear she asks her younger brother, Ben, for help. Ben is a member of a shadowy hacker group living in an illegal underground camp. The group call themselves Redistributors and their main goal is to hack into mainframe computers inside major multinational corporations, create chaos and steal their money so they can send it where it is needed. It seems like a perfect hiding place for Liz. But the information she possesses becomes the weapon Redistributors are looking for.

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Star Raiders

Sci-fi, action/adventure.

85mins. Dir: Mark Grove.

Scr: Mark Grove. Cast: Casper Van Dien, Cynthia Rothrock. Uptown 6.

Saber Raine, an intergalactic gun for hire, must guide three elite soldiers on a rescue mission to find the Aresian prince and princess, kidnapped from their home planet. Saber and his allies travel deep into uncharted space and battle leech-like desert marauders, renegade mercenaries and alien outcasts. All the while, Sinjin, a sinister overlord freed from a cryogenic chamber, plots his revenge.

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Unlisted Owner

Supernatural thriller, horror, drama. 74mins.

Dir: Jed Brian. Scr: Jed Brian, Tyler Landers.

Cast: Gavin Groves, Andrea Potts, Levi Atkins, Hadiee Carona. Lawford County Productions.

The ‘Owner House’ has been vacant for several years because of its very dark history but with the recent series of murders it has been taken to the next level. A family who just moved in have been

Decommissioned

Action/adventure, suspense, thriller.

90mins. Dir: Timothy Woodward Jr. Scr: Lauren de Normandie.

Cast: Vinnie Jones, Johnny Messner, James Remar, Estella Warren, Michael Pare.

Cardinal XD. A retired agent’s life is turned upside down when he discovers he’s the patsy for an impending CIA-planned presidential assassination. He must use his advanced skills to outwit the men involved and prevent the assassination before the clock runs out for his family.

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Inside The Cell Market 13:00 A Patch of Fog

Thriller, psycho-drama.

92mins. Dir: Michael Lennox. Scr: Michael McCartney, John Cairns. Cast: Stephen Graham, Conleth Hill, murdered causing the curiosity of a group of friends to get the better of them. Deciding to break in and investigate with handheld cameras would be the worst decision of their fun-filled night. The terrifying and suspenseful footage has been edited for the film ‘Unlisted Owner’.

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Wedding Doll

Drama. 82mins.

Dir: Nitzan Gilady.

Scr: Nitzan Gilady.

Cast: Asi Levi, Moran Rosenblatt, Roy Assaf, Arie Tcherner. 6 Sales.

Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. She lives with her mother Sarah, a divorcee who gave up her life for her daughter. Hagit strives for independence and Sarah is torn between her desire to protect her and her own will to live. When a relationship develops between her and the son of the factory owner, Hagit hides it from her mother.

The announcement of the closing of the factory

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Lara Pulver. 13 Films.

A celebrated novelist and TV personality finds his reputation on the line when he is caught shoplifting by a lonely security guard.

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shakes Hagit and Sarah’s life and jeopardises Hagit’s love story.

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13:00 A Patch of Fog See box, above

American Secrets

Documentary. 115mins.

Dir: Claire Ragge.

Scr: Claire Ragge.

Cast: Kevin Phillips.

Gaslight Productions.

A riveting, real-life behind-the-scenes tale of international espionage, corporate treason and manipulation of the electoral process by the privileged few. This unsettling journey through time, revealed through mesmerizing images and insightful interviews, effectively unravels the events of our past we have blindly accepted as reality and lays bare the actual truth behind the rise of American corporate and political power.

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Born To Be Blue

Drama. 97mins.

Dir: Robert Budreau.

Scr: Robert Budreau.

Cast: Ethan Hawke.

K5 International.

A reimagining of jazz legend Chet Baker’s life in the 1960s. When Chet (with talent to burn and movie-star looks that have him dubbed the “James Dean of Jazz”) stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with the African American female lead, the enigmatic Jane.

Production is shelved though when a vicious beating means he may never play music again.

Jane challenges Chet to avoid self-destruction, stay clean, and mount a musical comeback against all the odds.

Follows comedian/author/ activist Russell Brand as he dives headlong into drugs, sex and fame in an attempt to find happiness, only to realise we have all been nurtured on bad ideas and empty celebrity idols. Brand leaves Los Angeles to embark on a stand-up comedy tour about his own true icons — Gandhi, Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus Christ — and transforms from addict and Hollywood star into an unexpected political disruptor and newfound hero to those without a voice.

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Camino Black Rose

Action/adventure.

85mins. Dir: Alexander Nevsky. Scr: Brent Huff, George Saunders.

Cast: Alexander Nevsky, Kristianna Loken.

Lightning Entertainment Group.

A Russian police major is enlisted by the LAPD to solve a series of gruesome murders perpetrated against young women by a sadistic sociopathic.

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Brand: A Second Coming

Documentary. 90mins.

Dir: Ondi Timoner.

Scr: Ondi Timoner.

Cast: Russell Brand.

Myriad Pictures.

Action/adventure, suspense, thriller.

102mins. Dir: Josh C. Waller. Scr: Daniel Noah.

Cast: Zoe Bell, Nacho Vigalondo. Bleiberg Entertainment.

A veteran war photojournalist is embedded in the Colombian jungle with a group of missionaries led by a charismatic Spaniard known as “El Guero”. When she catches El Guero committing a vicious atrocity on film, she flees into the rainforest with only her camera, evading missionaries who have been turned into violent guerrillas by their unhinged leader.

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Thriller. 89mins.

Dir: Nicolas Boukhrief.

Scr: Eric Besnard, Nicolas Boukhrief.

Cast: Malik Zidi, Dimitri Storoge. WTFilms.

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Looking for Grace

Family, drama. 97mins.

Dir: Sue Brooks. Scr: Sue Brooks. Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young.

Fortissimo Films.

Grace, 16, runs away from home. Her parents, Dan and Denise, head off on the road to Ceduna with a retired detective, Norris, to try and get her back.

But life unravels faster than they can put it back together. Grace, Dan and Denise learn that life is confusing and arbitrary, but wonderful.

Looking For Grace is about how we make sense of the mess of our lives and what it all means. It is a wry drama about lies, secrets, small and large griefs and love.

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Maggie’s Plan

Romantic comedy.

92mins. Dir: Rebecca Miller. Scr: Rebecca Miller. Cast: Greta Gerwig, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke.

Protagonist Pictures.

A romantic comedy of manners which will touch a nerve with male and female audiences around the world.

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hermetically sealed houses.

Isolated from the rest of the world, teen Gustav spies out and realises that the situation is getting out of control. He breaks out, but soon the family of four comes under attack from the riotous, bloodthirsty mob who force them to the extreme to escape alive.

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Market 13:00 Neon

Documentary. 83mins.

Dir: Lawrence Johnston. Scr: Lawrence Johnston.

Cast: David Ablon, Nancy Deaner.

Mongrel International.

Celebrates the beauty, colour and vibrant history of the neon sign from an international perspective as we face a

Mercury Plains

Thriller. 102mins.

Dir: Charles Burmeister.

Scr: Charles Burmeister.

Cast: Scott Eastwood, Angela Sarafyan. Carnaby International Sales and Distribution.

Mitch, a troubled young man from Texas, leaves his dead-end life to run away to Mexico where he is recruited by a mysterious captain to join a paramilitary group of teens who fight drug cartels. At their desert camp, The Captain grooms Mitch to be the top soldier in his ‘army’, which he uses to launch attacks on Mexican drug lords in the name of the FBI, all the while keeping the spoils of the raids to himself. As the raids become bloodier and the Mexican police are closing in, Mitch realises that his only way out is to escape back to America. But can he take the suitcase full of money? Maybe even

world where it will soon be lost and superceded

by LED signage. Neon is 100 years old and the craft and construction has changed very little, making neon one the greenest forms of light ever produced and an amazing and enduring force of colour and light in the visual landscapes of our lives.

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The Captain’s beautiful girlfriend? First, he must outwit The Captain.

to go after the girl of his dreams in Mexico. To Logan’s surprise, Lina rejects his romantic overtures but in a moment of depression he meets Gaby, a sensual and sexy Mexican girl, with whom he shares “The best night of his life”. That is, until he discovers she’s an escort and when he can’t pay her, she takes Logan’s father’s Rolex as a guarantee.

What was supposed to be a simple trip becomes a great adventure that will change their lives forever, if they can survive.

Dir: Bo Mikkelsen.

Scr: Bo Mikkelsen.

Cast: Mille Dinesen, Troels Lyby, Mikael Birkkjaer. Indie Sales.

The Johansson family’s idyllic summer is brought to an abrupt halt as deaths stack up from a virulent strand of the flu. The authorities start off by cordoningoff the neighbourhood, but soon panic and force the inhabitants into quarantine in their

Horror. 90mins.

Dir: Rob Zombie. Scr: Rob Zombie. Cast: Sheri Moon-Zombie, Richard Brake, Torsten Voges, Malcolm McDowell.

Protagonist Pictures.

Five carnival workers are kidnapped the night before Halloween and held hostage in a large secret compound. There, while trapped in this man-made hell, they have 12 hours to survive in the most terrifying game known to man: a game called 31.

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Atomic Falafel

Comedy, drama. 93mins.

Dir: Dror Shaul. Scr: Dror Shaul. Cast: Michelle Treves, Mali Levi Gershon. 6 Sales.

Two girls from nuclear towns in Israel and Iran spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to prevent a nuclear crisis.

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Day out of Days

Comedy, drama. 93mins.

Dir: Zoe Cassavetes.

Scr: Alixia Landeau.

Cast: Melanie Griffith, Alessandre Nivola.

Other Angle Pictures.

Once-well-known actress Mia Roarke struggles to maintain her sanity and dignity in the obstacle course known as Hollywood. At 40, she already had her moment of fame and now struggles to get back to where she once was. Or anywhere. A strange and humiliating turn of events gives her the chance to come back into the spotlight. But what will it cost her?

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Dummie The Mummie and the Sphinx of Shakabah

Family, action/adventure, fantasy. 80mins. Dir: Pim van Hoeve. Scr: Tijs van Marle. Cast: Roeland Fernhout, Julian Ras. Dutch Features Global Entertainment.

Ocean

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Sundown

Comedy, romance, action/adventure.

100mins. Dir: Fernando Lebrija. Scr: Fernando Lebrija. Cast: Camilla Belle, Sara Paxton, Teri Hatcher, Devon Werkheiser. Green Films.

When Logan, an insecure high school senior, steals his dad’s car in an attempt to impress the girl of his dreams named Lina, he’s grounded for Spring Break. But when his crazed best friend Blake discovers Lina is going to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for Spring Break, Blake convinces Logan, who’s supposed to be grounded,

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Black comedy. 75mins.

Dir: Lionel Baier.

Scr: Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux.

Cast: Patrick Lapp, Carmen Maura, Ivan Georgiev. Wide Management.

David Miller is ill and has decided to end it all.

Despite his best efforts to choose the perfect place, date and method, nothing works out as planned. All of those who said they would be at his side, back out.

David has no choice but to rely on the help of total strangers, Esperenza, from the euthanasia and assisted suicide association, and Treplev, the male prostitute next door, to embark on this final journey.

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What We Become

Market 13:00 Saving Mr Wu

Thriller. 106mins. Dir: Sheng Ding.

Scr: Sheng Ding. Cast: Andy Lau, Ye Liu, Ruofu Wu, Qianyuan Wang.

Golden Network Asia.

Ruthless criminal Zhang Hua and his gang impersonate police officers to abduct wealthy businessmen. Setting a trap outside a Beijing karaoke club, they hit the jackpot with Hong Kong

superstar Wu, forcing him into their car on the pretext of being investigated for a hit-and-run. In the Beijing suburbs, Wu is bound, gagged and beaten into compliance by Zhang’s men. Then Wu is made to witness the execution of Dou, Zhang’s last kidnap victim, who failed to have his ransom paid within 24 hours. But Wu steps in to save him, promising to pay both men’s ransoms.

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Benetone (Thailand) Co. It was supposed to be an adventure of a lifetime as three young girls spend the summer in Thailand. But their adventure quickly becomes a nightmare when the trio unleash the spirit of a murdered child with only one thing on her mind — revenge.

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Promo-Reel

Drama. 32mins.

Dir: Various.

Scr: Various.

Cast: Various. Films Distribution.

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Sheep and Wolves Market 15:00 La Novia

Drama. 95mins.

Dir: Paula Ortiz. Scr: Paula Ortiz. Cast: Imma Cuesta, Alex Garcia, Asier Etxeandia.

Fortissimo Films.

The story of a multi-family, multigenerational blood feud that is about to be settled by the wedding of the daughter from one of the families to a son from the other. But fate and death have other plans as the girl is in love

The sequel to the successful film ‘Dummie the Mummy’, takes you on a gripping new adventure.

When Dummie, the little living mummy, realises he will never grow up to become a real Pharaoh, he decides to become as famous as his father the great Pharaoh, 4000 years ago. His best friend Gus and his dad are keen to help. Together they will think of something to make Dummie famous.

When they hear of an ancient statuette that can make Dummie a human being again, Gus can finally stop worrying.

If they can find this Sphinx of Shakaba before Dummie becomes famous, no one will ever find out he’s a living mummy. Will Gus be able to find the Sphinx, which has been lost at sea for more 50

with another man. On the evening of the postwedding party, the bride cannot help herself as she and her lover gallop away on horseback leaving the husband behind distraught and fuming. The two lovers are carried away by their passion and, defying all social rules and their own better judgement, they set a chain of events in motion that will have devastating consequences.

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years and help his best friend?

Scr: Martin Zandvliet.

Cast: Roland Moller, Louis Hofmann. K5 International.

As the Second World War comes to an end, a group of German POWs, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task — to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. With little or no training, the boys soon discover that the war is far from over. Inspired by real events, ‘Land Of Mine’ exposes the untold story of one tragic moment in Denmark’s history.

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Pernicious

Horror, thriller. 90mins.

Dir: James Cullen Bressack. Scr: James Cullen Bressack. Cast: Ciara Hanna, Emily O’Brien, Jackie Moore.

Animation, family.

80mins. Dir: Maxim Volkov. Scr: Neil Landau.

Cast: Maxim Volkov.

Wizart Animation.

In a magical faraway land, in a picturesque little village nestled among green meadows and rolling hills, lives a flock of carefree sheep. But their pastoral and stress-

free life is interrupted when a pack of wolves set up camp in the nearby ravine. In accordance with ancient traditions, the retiring pack leader Magra announces that his future successor must prove his right to lead by vanquishing his rivals.

When the powerful and blood-thirsty Ragear steps forward, the only wolf brave enough to challenge him is Grey, the pack’s favourite, but a hopeless goofball. To become a leader and win back Bianca’s love, Grey goes off into the woods, where he discovers a camp of Gypsy rabbits. The fortune-teller rabbit Mami gives him a magical “transmutation potion”.

Grey drinks the potion and goes back to the wolves’ den, but finds out upon arrival that he has been transformed… into a ram!

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Spirits War See box, below

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Love is Not Blind Joe Hua Tangmo

Comedy, action/ adventure. 86mins. Dir: Kittikron Liawsirikun.

Scr: Kittikron Liawsirikun. Cast: Jirayu La-ongmanee, Ariigantha Mahaplearkpong. M Thirty Nine Co. Joe, a teenage social networking spy, creates the avatar “Hua Tang Mo” to expose the real name of his target, The Magician.

His first clue is “Medfah”, a girl who is a friend but is also somehow related to The Magician. How will he find out who The Magician really is?

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Land Of Mine

Drama. 100mins.

Dir: Martin Zandvliet.

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Comedy, romance.

110mins. Dir: Huatao Teng. Scr: Jingjing Bao. Cast: Zhang Wen, Baihe BAI. Beijing Itime Production Co. Huang Xiaoxian broke up with her boyfriend after seven years. She is too arrogant to accept this ending of her love. In the meantime, Huang had troubles in her work, too.

Without love, she finally noticed things that she never gave attention to before. The best example was her best friend Wang Xiaojian, a man who has a sharp tongue, but who cares about her. After 33 days of Huang’s break-up, she finally found her true love by her side.

Market 15:00 Spirits War

Sci-fi, fantasy.

85mins. Dir: Pakpoomsuwatpanich, Monnasich Tadaamnuaychai. Scr: Pisut Praesaengeium.

Cast: Akara Amatayakul, Pimlada Chaipreechawit.

Klongchai Picture Co. In this story of magic and adventure existed a frontier country called

Siam. It was filled with happiness, until Lord Panwa decided to mine a mountain located in the forest of darkness.

Without knowing that the mine was an ancient burial ground they continued to mine, until expected death occurred.

As miners died one by one an old ancient dark spirit was awakened and arose from the ground to

spread death and evil in the nearby villages. Prai, a spirit hunter coming from his homeland of Praddas to Siam, decided to take a rest near this evil mine. Will Prai kill the thousand-year-old ancient spirit of evil and fulfil the prophecy his grandfather told him about being the next King of Siam?

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to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it is a dream come true and impossible to resist.

Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting-edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister.

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fullest, gladly sharing it with her all her Facebook friends. But when Laura accepts a friend request from a loner in her class, Marina, she unwittingly sets a terrible curse in motion. Marina suddenly dies but her Facebook page continues to harass Laura and her friends.

And eventually the online harassment becomes real life danger. Laura’s friends start suffering gruesome accidents or worse. Laura must solve the mystery of the curse before the evil haunting her kills everyone around her.

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Market 17:00 Colonia

Thriller, drama.

110mins. Dir: Florian Gallenberger. Scr: Torsten Wenzel, Florian Gallenberger. Cast: Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl, Michael Nyqvist.

Beta Cinema.

The Chilean coup of 1973. The masses are out on the street, protesting against General Pinochet.

Among them, Daniel and Lena, a young couple who, like many others, get arrested by Pinochet’s secret police.

Shortly thereafter,

Thirst

Thriller, sci-fi. 90mins.

Dir: Greg Kiefer.

Scr: Elizabeth Hansen.

Cast: John Redlinger, Jes Macallan. Highland Film Group.

At a rich-kid camp in the desert wilderness, Roth, the free-spirited guidecounsellor, programme director Claire, and rugged ex-cop Burt are hunted and attacked by a chameleonlike alien that feeds on the fluid of its victims.

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Top Cat Begins

Animation. 91mins.

Dir: Andres Couturier.

Cast: Jason Harris, David

Daniel finds himself trapped in a secret interrogation camp located underground, beneath the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a German sect following the leadership of the notorious Paul Schafer.

The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission but, in fact, it is a place nobody ever escaped from.

Desperate to rescue her boyfriend, Lena joins the mysterious cult, hoping to find Daniel there and making their way out.

Based on true events.

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Hoffman, Chris Edgerly.

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution.

Everyone’s favourite feline star is back, as Top Cat, or TC to his furry friends, embarks on a brand new feature-length, animated adventure.

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Worry Dolls

Horror, supernatural thriller. 85mins.

Dir: Padraig Reynolds.

Scr: Danny Kolker, Christopher Wiehl. Cast: Christopher Wiehl, Brea Grant, Samantha Smith, Kennedy Brice, Kym Jackson. Jinga Films.

The Guatemalan Indians

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teach their children an old story. If you have worries, you share them with your worry dolls at bedtime. You put the dolls in a box and come dawn, the worries have been taken away. In the aftermath of the hunt for notorious serial killer, Henry Leonard Bale, a peaceful town erupts in a chain of random, brutal murders. What Detective Matt Williams discovers is as unbelievable as it is undeniable — these killings all stem from an ancient set of worry dolls that was gifted to Bale when he was a boy. Now, with his young daughter’s life hanging in the balance, Matt is pitted against the clock to find the dolls and break their curse.

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17:00 Anti-Social

Action/adventure, thriller. 116mins. Dir: Reg Traviss. Scr: Reg Traviss. Cast: Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers, Christian Berkel, Richie Campbell, James Devlin. Jinga Films.

When Dee, an anarchic street-artist, suddenly finds acceptance among London’s art-elite, his brother Marcus, an armed-robber, gets him involved in a daring smash-and-grab raid. But

when a savage gangland war erupts, Dee is forced to flee the country as Marcus’s gang engage in a defiant stand off with the police.

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Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)

Romance. 98mins.

Dir: Eva Husson. Scr: Eva Husson. Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Marilyn Lima, Daisy Broom, Lorenzo Lefebvre, Fred Hotier. Films Distribution.

George, a pretty teen girl, falls in love with Alex.

To get his attention, she initiates a game with their friends, discovering, testing and pushing the limits of their sexuality. When the nature of their activities is revealed, each of them deals with the scandal in radically different ways.

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The Call Up

Action/adventure, sci-fi.

93mins. Dir: Charles Barker. Scr: Charles Barker. Cast: Max Deacon, Morfydd Clark, Ali Cook, Parker Sawyers, Tom Benedict Knight, Boris Ler, Douggie McMeekin, Adriana Randall. Altitude Film Sales.

When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation

Thriller. 108mins.

Dir: Eric Cherriere.

Scr: Eric Cherriere.

Cast: Jean-Jacques Lelte, Magali Moreau, Maurice Poli, Hans Meyer. Wide Management.

Pierre Tardieu is a parttime worker living in an old house with his sick father. No one is aware of his existence. Pierre is a serial killer. His victims are ordinary people with ordinary lives. Men and women living, working and suffering side by side yet apart, forming together a crowd lost in a big city.

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Escape Artist

Drama. 145mins.

Dir: James Garrett.

Scr: James Garrett.

Cast: Alex Miller, Grant Liffmann, Brianna Kellum.

Vision Productions.

A socially and politically frustrated young man with a troubled past vents his frustrations through a social networking website and unwittingly sparks a revolutionary social movement.

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Friend Request

Horror. 100mins.

Dir: Simon Verhoeven.

Scr: Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch, Simon Verhoeven. Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan. The Exchange.

Laura is a popular college student who lives her collegiate life to the

Comedy, thriller. 40mins.

Dir: various artists.

Scr: various artists.

Cast: various artists.

Gaumont.

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The Girl in the Book

Drama. 90mins.

Dir: Marya Cohn.

Scr: Marya Cohn. Cast: Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist. Myriad Pictures.

Assistant editor and aspiring writer Alice Harvey is funny, smart and emotionally selfdestructive. Climbing the ranks at a notable publishing company, she struggles to write her own story, forever stymied by memories of her youthful relationship with her dad’s best friend, Milan. After 15 years Milan and Alice’s paths cross once again.

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Ithaca

Drama. 100mins. Dir: Meg Ryan. Scr: Erik Jendresen. Cast: Sam Shepard, Jack Quaid, Hamish Linklater, Tom Hanks. The Exchange.

Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger ever. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his four-year-old brother.

And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain — and death — to the good people of Ithaca.

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Rise of the Footsoldier 2

107mins. Dir: Ricci Harnet. Scr: Ricci Harnet. Cast: Ricci Harnet, Steven Berkoff, Luke Malby. Carnaby International Sales and Distribution.

On December 6, 1995, three Essex gang members were brutally murdered in cold blood. It’s now early 1997 and whoever killed the three men has yet to be brought to justice. An associate of the men, still mourning the loss of his friends, is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before he’s next. For him, the only way out is to go back in and work his way back up the criminal ladder. The higher he gets, the more violent the jobs become, his quest for power turning into an obsession. With life and family on the line can he hold his nerve together one last time in order to get out alive?

Action/adventure.

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grapple with one message that will change him forever.

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The Phenom

Market 17:00 The Ones Below

Suspense, thriller. 87mins. Dir: David Farr. Scr: David Farr.

Cast: David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Clemence Posey,

Laura Birn. Protagonist Pictures.

Kate is pregnant. So is new neighbour Theresa, who moves into the apartment below with her partner. When the two women meet one spring morning, a special bond

forms, developing into an intimate friendship as they move closer to the births. And then tragedy strikes and everything changes in the most violent and shocking way.

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Drama. 100mins.

Dir: Noah Buschel.

Scr: Noah Buschel.

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Johnny Simmons. Conquistador Entertainment.

The story of a very talented young athlete who is so tortured by his past that he suddenly can’t perform during games. Through the help of his therapist he is guided thru the healing process and learns to deal with his demons and especially with his abusive father.

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internal wrath. Terrified of being alone, Mara refuses to let her victims leave, sadistically murdering them and keeping their corpses as living dolls.

When she’s hired by Kat, a fledgling producer, the two instantly hit it off. As their relationship grows more intense, Mara begins to lose her already fragile grip on reality. When her “dolls” begin demanding all of her attention, and Kat threatens to break her heart, Mara spirals into psychosis, leaving her no choice but to kill again.

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Market 17:00 The Wannabe

Drama, mystery.

90mins. Dir: Nick Sandow. Scr: Nick Sandow. Cast: Patricia Arquette, Vincent Piazza, Michael Imperioli. Electric Entertainment.

Set in New York City

Stonewall

Drama. 127mins.

Dir: Roland Emmerich.

Scr: Jon Robin Baitz.

Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Goldcrest Films International.

About a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

Danny Winters is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole, the Stonewall Inn. However, this shady, Mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven.

As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and

You Will Kill

during the 1990s, the film follows a man obsessed with mob culture who attempts to fix the trial of John Gotti. But as the plot begins to unravel, and he is rejected by the ones he idolises most, he sets off on a ride worthy of mob lore.

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erupts in a storm of anger.

With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.

Scr: Tianyu Zhao. Cast: Kun Chen, Bingbing Li. Desen International Media Co. Legendary Chinese anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.

AMC Santa Monica 2

19:00 Sociopathia

Horror. 86mins.

Dir: Rich Mallery.

Scr: Rich Mallery.

Cast: Tammy Jean, Asta Paredes, Nicola Fiore, Tabetha Ray, Ruby Larocca, Nicolette Le Faye. Cinema Epoch.

Introverted and peculiar, Mara spends her days fabricating props for movies. But her reclusive persona conceals an

Horror, drama. 90mins.

Dir: Marwan Mokbel.

Scr: Marwan Mokbel.

Cast: Tara Shayne, Thomas Garner.

Egywood.

After a game with a spirit board goes horribly wrong, a vengeful spirit forces Sara to either watch her loved ones die one after the other, or give in to the spirit by killing only one of them with her own hands.

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AMC Santa Monica 5

Urfin and His Wooden Soldiers

Animation. 82mins.

Dir: Vladimir Toropchin.

Scr: Alexandr Boyarsky.

Cast: Vladimir Toropchin.

Wizart Animation.

Urfin, a troubled carpenter, discovers a magical powder that brings his creations to life.

With an army of wooden soldiers, he captures the Emerald City. Ellie and her friends — the Scarecrow, Tin Man and the now-brave Lion — come to the rescue of the city dwellers.

AMC Santa Monica 4

The Wannabe See box, above

Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Crystal

Action/adventure, Romance. 118mins. Dir: Peter Pau, Tianyu Zhao.

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Market 19:00 Sunset Song

Drama. 135mins.

Dir: Terence Davies.

Scr: Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Cast: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan.

Fortissimo Films.

An intimate, epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the First World War. A young woman’s endurance against the hardships of

rural Scottish life, based on the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, told with gritty poetic realism

by Britain’s greatest living auteur.

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HOLLYWOOD STORM PRESENTS

ALEXANDER NEVSKY

BLACK ROSE KRISTANNA LOKEN

ADRIAN PAUL

ROBERT DAVI

MATTHIAS HUES

Two Tough Cops. One Impossible Mission.

HOLLYWOOD STORM PRESENTS A HOLLYWOOD STORM / CZAR PICTURES PRODUCTION ALEXANDER NEVSKY KRISTANNA LOKEN "BLACK ROSE" ROBERT DAVI ADRIAN PAUL ROBERT MADRID MATTHIAS HUES POLINA BUTORINA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY RUDY HARBON EDITOR STEPHEN ADRIANSON MUSIC BY SEAN MURRAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SHELDON LETTICH EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS BRYAN GOERES ALEXANDER IZOTOV ROBERT MADRID STORY BY ALEXANDER NEVSKY WRITTEN BY BRENT HUFF AND GEORGE SAUNDERS PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER NEVSKY © 2015, HOLLYWOOD STORM, LLC.

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BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES:

Directors: Marco and Mauro La Villa (Hang the DJ) Cast: Juventus F.C., the Agnelli family

THE JUVENTUS STORY

The epic story of Juventus F.C., Italy’s legendary soccer team, and the Agnelli family, their passionate owners and managers since 1923.

Owned by Italy’s famous Agnelli family, Juventus boasts over 250 million fans globally. The documentary follows Juventus and the Agnellis as they fight to become the best team in Italy and the world.

It’s a journey to hell and back, filled with ruthless competition, family tragedy, and the greatest sports scandal in history.

FINE CUT - MARKET SCREENING: Sat. November 7 / 5:00 PM / Doubletree 1

LACE CRATER

Director: Harrison Atkins Producer: Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Digging for Fire) Cast: Lindsay Burdge (A Teacher), Keith Poulson (Somebody Up There Likes Me), Peter Vack (6 Years) During a drug-fueled weekend with friends, Ruth has a one-night stand with a ghost. Soon after, she begins to feel a bit... strange. “[A] quirky tale of paranormal contact.” – The Hollywood Reporter “A real breath of fresh air in a genre that can sometimes feel stale.”

– Modern Horrors

MARKET SCREENING: Thur. November 5 / 11:00 AM / Doubletree 1

MOM AND ME

Director: Ken Wardrop (His & Hers) Cast: The men and mothers of Oklahoma, USA In this compelling portrait of the love between tough guys and their mothers, the only people stronger than the men are the women who raised them.

“Deeply affecting (...) each portrait melds to create a heartrending whole.” – The Guardian “Veers very close to Errol Morris, if not John Waters, territory.”

– The Hollywood Reporter

MARKET SCREENING: Sun. November 8 / 1:00 PM / Doubletree 1

HOW HE FELL IN LOVE

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LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2015

Director: Marc Meyers (Harvest) Cast: Matt McGorry (Orange is the New Black, How to Get Away with Murder), Amy Hargreaves (Homeland, Blue Ruin) A casual affair between a young musician and a married woman turns into an intimate and profound connection that threatens to derail their lives.

“The type of mature drama that’s rarely seen in American movies.”

– LA Daily News “Absorbing and complex.” – The Huffington Post

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I SMILE BACK

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MY NAME IS EMILY

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