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Mongrel digs up Miike’s Body Mongrel International in partnership with Celluloid Dreams has licensed North American rights for Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body to Shout! Factory. The film will screen at AFM today and AFI Fest on Saturday. It premiered recently in Toronto’s Vanguard strand. Over Your Dead Body is set in a theatre as a troupe of players rehearse a 200-year-old tale of murder, betrayal and phantasmagorical vengeance that begins to intertwine with reality. Shout! Factory plans a strategic roll-out across multiple platforms and in all packaged media in 2015. “We are thrilled to be working with Shout! Factory,” said Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie. “They have a fantastic track record and did a wonderful job with Miike’s Audition.” Jeremy Kay

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Wild Bunch taps Snowden BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW

Wild Bunch has acquired international rights to Oliver Stone’s untitled film about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The deal was negotiated by Wild Bunch sales chief Vincent Maraval and Stone’s long-time producing partner Moritz Borman, who previously collaborated with the director on films such as World

Trade Center, W. and Savages. Paris-based Wild Bunch is launching sales on the film at AFM. The picture is in pre-production in Munich and principal photography will begin in January. Stone’s screenplay is based on Luke Harding’s The Snowden Files: The Inside Story Of The World’s Most Wanted Man and Time Of The Octopus, a novel by Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena.

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LATE BREAKING NEWS Tatum eyes Hateful Eight Channing Tatum is lining up for a small role in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, which The Weinstein Company is launching at AFM. The director will talk to buyers here today. Buyers are only allowed to read the script in TWC’s office and even then are not being given the final chapter.

Shannon, Spacey & Elvis Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey are lined up to star in Bloom’s Elvis & Nixon, to be directed by Liza Johnson. Cassian Elwes represents US rights and will produce alongside Holly Wiersma. » Full stories on ScreenDaily.com

Cedar’s Strategies hits AFM BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

Two-time Oscar nominee Joseph Cedar’s English-language debut Oppenheimer Strategies has buyers buzzing at AFM. Screen has learned The Solution Entertainment Group is handling sales. Richard Gere is attached to star in the drama, also written by Cedar, which will be produced by director Oren Moverman and Law-

rence Inglee (who worked with Moverman on The Messenger and Rampart) alongside Eyal Rimmon and Gideon Tadmor. Gere will play eponymous businessman Norman Oppenheimer, who is on the verge of vanishing into obscurity. However, he charms rising Israeli politician Micha Esher, who ascends to become prime minister three years later.

Once elevated into Esher’s inner circle, however, Oppenheimer is faced with tough decisions when the state of world politics is threatened. Additional casting is under way, with Lior Ashkenazi understood to be on board to play the role of the prime minister. The film is due to shoot in New York and Israel from January 2015. ICM is handling US rights.

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Buyers join SND’s Squad BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW

Paris-based sales company SND has been rounding up sales for The Squad starring Jean Reno, the French remake of the UK’s cult detective tale The Sweeney. The film has sold to Japan (The Klockworx), Germany (SquareOne Entertainment), Spain (Second Gen Picture) and Czech Republic (AQS), while Freeman Distribution has acquired the film for Poland, Romania, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Principal photography began in Paris on October 27 and will continue until mid-December. The Squad is produced by SND, France’s Capture (The Flag) Films and the UK’s Vertigo Films. As well as handling world sales, SND will distribute the film in France. Vertigo has taken UK rights for the title, due for delivery at the end of 2015. Benjamin Rocher (The Horde) directs.

Harding’s non-fiction work recounts Snowden’s journey from Hawaii to Hong Kong, where he leaked the information to journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, before seeking asylum in Moscow. Kucherena’s fictional take is based on the time he spent with Snowden while he waited in limbo in Moscow airport awaiting a decision on his asylum request.

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Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, director JC Chandor and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig at AFM yesterday to present Chandor’s Deepwater Horizon.

Shanghai New Culture Media Group Company (SNC) has come on to co-finance Jackie Chan action comedy Skiptrace, which Bloom sells internationally. SNC joins China’s Talent International and Dasym Media on the financier roster and is in talks to license its North American rights. Renny Harlin commenced production in September in China. Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing also star in the China-US co-production. Talent International, Dasym Media, Chan, Esmond Ren, Charlie Coker, Damien Saccani and David Gerson produce. Jeremy Kay

Relativity will keep Jim Sheridan’s Secret Relativity Studios has acquired US rights from Ferndale Films and Jim Sheridan to The Secret Scripture, which Voltage Pictures has come on to sell internationally at AFM. Sheridan (In The Name Of The

Father) will commence production in December on the film starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor and Theo James. The Secret Scripture centres on a woman wrongly branded a

nymphomaniac who is sent to a mental hospital where — despite not being pregnant — she spends the rest of her life awaiting the birth of a son. Jeremy Kay

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IM Global to establish Free State Of Jones BY JEREMY KAY

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey will star for Gary Ross in the $65m Civil War drama The Free State Of Jones, which has got tongues wagging at AFM. IM Global is co-financing the project with STX Entertainment, the nascent studio from former Adam Sandler producer Robert Simonds, backed by TPG and Shanghai-based Hony Capital. STX will distribute The Free State Of Jones in the US. CAA brokered the deal. Production is set to begin in the first quarter of 2015 with Scott Stuber on board to produce the true story of Newton Knight, a southern unionist who fled the battlefield and rallied Confederate army deserters to his so-called Knight Company against the Confederacy. Knight, who went on to marry the former slave of his grandfather, is a divisive historical figure. Some regard him as a principled man who took a stand against a war he did not believe in while others consider him an outlaw. Ross also wrote the screenplay.

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GFM rides with Blazing Samurai BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

GFM has boarded sales on family animation Blazing Samurai, which is being produced by former vice-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Yair Landau and The Lion King director Rob Minkoff. Ed Stone and Nate Hopper’s script, partially inspired by Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, tells the story of Hank, a scrappy, wideeyed pooch who dreams of becoming a samurai. In order to fulfil his dream, he travels to a small town in ancient Japan, which turns out to be inhabited exclusively by cats. Landau and Minkoff are joined on the production team by Landau’s partner at Mass Animation, Susan Purcell. Guy Collins of GFM said: “We are always looking for high-end animation stories with great characters and Blazing Samurai hits all the go buttons. It’s funny and thrilling with strong underlying family themes.” The film is set to start full animation next year for delivery in 2017 and is budgeted at $40m. GFM’s slate also includes sci-fi thriller Neuromancer, which now has Lucas Foster producing; Severance, to be directed by Asger Leth; recently announced Henry Cavill action thriller Stratton; and Terry Jones comedy Absolutely Anything.

Séville International closes deluge of deals BY JEREMY KAY

S é v i l l e In t e r n a t i o n a l h a s announced a number of sales ahead of AFM on The Dark Horse, Elephant Song and An Eye For Beauty. Rights on writer-director James Napier Robertson’s The Dark Horse have gone to Benelux (Imagine Film), France (Zed), Germany (Koch Media), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Switzerland (Praesens), Turkey (Fabula), UK (Koch Media), Israel (Shoval Film), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Colombia (Babilla Cine)

Malaysia’s Astro Shaw is bringing a slate of productions to AFM, headed by sci-fi road comedy Nova, as it ramps up production with an eye to international markets. Nova, about a film-maker who convinces his friends to chase UFOs across Malaysia, recently received its world premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival. The film is directed by Nik Amir Mustapha, whose debut feature KIL won best film, screenplay and supporting actress prizes at the Malaysian Screen Awards 2013. Nova’s cast includes Bront Palarae and Amerul Affendi, who both had roles in hit action movie Bunohan, and Iedil Putra (KL Zombie).

and China (Blue Media Times). Séville is in negotiations for Benelux and confirmed it will handle Charles Binamé’s film in the UK. Denys Arcand’s An Eye For Beauty has sold to Spain (Golem), Japan (At Entertainment), Russia/ CIS (Russian Report), Turkey (Bir Film), Baltic states (Incognito), South Korea (Mediasoft Film), Taiwan (Joint Entertainment), China (Blue Media Times) and Brazil (Tucuman Distribuidora). Poirier and director of sales Natalie Kampelmacher negotiated the deals.

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The film arm of pay-TV giant Astro Malaysia Holdings, Astro Shaw is also unveiling two films currently in post: action comedy Police Evo and romantic melodrama The Sky Of Love. Directed by Ghaz Abu Bakar, Police Evo stars comedian and TV star Zizan Razak, who has also appeared in hit films such as KL Gangster. The film is scheduled for release in Malaysia in July 2015. The Sky Of Love, directed by Osman Ali, is scheduled for release in May 2015. Astro Shaw’s slate also includes Malaysia’s highest-grossing domestic production, The Journey, which took $5.4m at the local box office earlier this year.

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Lotus catches Criminals Lotus Entertainment will co-finance and co-produce Sacha Gervasi’s November Criminals, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, and Catherine Keener, and has introduced it to AFM buyers. CAA and WME jointly represent US rights.

Cast keys into Unlocked Bloom has confirmed that John Malkovich and Toni Collette are joining Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom in Michael Apted’s Unlocked.

EuropaCorp stays Shut In Naomi Watts thriller Shut In, directed by Farren Blackburn, has been swooped on by EuropaCorp, which will co-produce, finance and distribute the Lava Bear project.

Cool business for Vertical Vertical Entertainment has acquired US rights to Justin Reardon’s Playing It Cool. Voltage is selling international rights; Nicolas Chartier produces.

Koch Media has picked up UK rights to Altitude’s thriller Tiger House, starring Kaya Scodelario and Ed Skrein. Theatre director Thomas Daley’s feature debut follows an injured gymnast who must defend her boyfriend’s house from robbers. The deal was negotiated by Koch Media’s Martina Ternstrom and Altitude‘s Mike Runagall. Richard Mansell and Tarquin Glass of Glassman Films produce with South African producer Ronnie Apteker. Andreas Wiseman

Astro blasts with Nova BY LIZ SHACKLETON

and airlines (Jaguar). eOne will directly distribute the true story of a little-known New Zealand hero and chess champion (Cliff Curtis) who struggled to overcome challenges and pass on his gift to children in his community. Séville’s vice-president of international sales Anick Poirier and her team have closed deals on Elephant Song, the psychological thriller starring Xavier Dolan that premiered in Toronto. Deals closed in Japan (UpLink), South Korea (At Nine Film), Turkey (Bir Film), Israel (Shoval Film)

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Radiant has Happy talk Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Stephen Amell are in talks to star in Mandalay Pictures’ mother-son comedy Whatever Makes You Happy. Radiant Films International is introducing it to buyers at AFM. Modern Family writerproducer Cindy Chupack makes her directorial debut. Filming is set to begin in New York in June 2015. Mandalay developed the comedy and Cathy Schulman will produce, with Prescience on board as a financier. David Frankel serves as exec producer with Matt Rhodes and Jason Berman. Jeremy Kay

Myriad takes it on Chin Myriad Pictures has taken on world sales excluding the US to Noah Buschel’s Glass Chin.

Shout! buys the Bee Studio 100 has sold North American rights to Shout! Factory for Maya The Bee.

Electric gets hacked BY JEREMY KAY

Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has secured all worldwide rights to the international thriller Hacker and has started talked with AFM buyers. Akan Satayev directed the film from Sanzhar Sultanov and Timur Zhaksylykov’s screenplay about three young coders who fall foul of the authorities and the shadowy operators behind their criminal paymasters. Hacker shot in New York, Hong Kong, Toronto and Bangkok and stars Callan McAuliffe, Lorraine Nicholson, Daniel Eric Gold and Clifton Collins Jr. Sultanov’s production company Know Rules Media produced with

Satayev’s SataiFilm. Loudon Owen and Jai Khanna from Brillstein Entertainment Partners are the executive producers. “ We w e r e i m m e d i a t e l y intrigued by Hacker because it is very topical and timely,” said Electric’s head of international distribution Sonia Mehandjiyska. “From concept to completion, it took us one year in five different countries,” said Sultanov. “We had a great team along the way, assembled by our managers at Brillstein.” Kendra Dousette from Dousette Wilson and Jai Khanna from Brillstein Entertainment Partners negotiated the deal on behalf of the film-makers with Mehandjiyska for Electric.

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Double Dutch International president Jason Moring has announced an output deal to sell worldwide rights to Awesometown Entertainment’s animations, kicking off here at AFM with $16m Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer. Production is set to begin in January on the underdog

story about a miniature horse that bids to land a spot on Santa’s sleigh. Paul Griffin, who served as lead animator on Happy Feet 2, will direct The slate includes Animal Crackerz, which Vanguard Films (led by Shrek producer John Williams) is co-producing with Awesometown. Double Dutch

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and Awesometown plan to produce two to three animated features annually in the $10m to $15m range. “Double Dutch is extremely excited about this massive partnership deal with Awesometown,” said Moring. “We could not imagine a better filmmaker to kick of the slate of films in Paul Griffin.” Creative England and The Agency kicked off a week of Los Angeles activities with a reception at the British Consul General’s residence on Monday. Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury spoke to guests about initiatives such as the low-budget film scheme iFeatures. Companies in attendance included HBO, Warner Bros TV, BBC Worldwide, Future Film Group and Plan B Entertainment.

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Buyers have flocked to Pure Flix’s $110m worldwide smash God’s Not Dead led by a sale to Signature in the UK. Ron Gell, vice-president of international sales and distribution at the faith and family studio’s new international division Pure Flix/

Quality Flix, has closed deals in Japan (Synca), Latin America (Sun & Canzion) and Brazil (Wonders). Rights have also gone to Australia (Crossroads), the Philippines (Time Horizons) and Poland, former Yugoslavia and Romania (Revolutionary Releasing). The story of a Christian

Heretic launches consultancy BY WENDY MITCHELL

Producers Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Athens-based Heretic Productions are teaming with Ioanna Stais to launch Heretic Outreach, a new initiative to help the global reach of innovative films from south-east Europe. The initiative, something of an alternative sales com-

pany and consultancy, will be headquartered in Athens and will aim to help filmmakers with strategies for festivals, international sales and alternative distribution and exhibition. Stais, who has been working with WIDE Management’s Eye on Films initiative since 2012, will serve as Heretic Outreach’s head of festivals and sales.

boy who sets out to disprove his atheist philosophy professor’s contention that God is dead has sold more than a million DVDs to date in North America. Last week Pure Flix wrapped principal photography on Do You Believe? starring Mira Sorvino, Cybill Shepherd and Sean Astin.

Buyers hike to Xmoor French genre specialist WTF has secured a slew of sales on UK horror Xmoor, about two US students who go panther tracking in a remote corner of Britain. Written and directed by Luke Hyams, it has sold to the UK (Signature Pictures), Scandinavia (Njuta Films) and Greece (Odeon). Melanie Goodfellow

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Clémence Poésy in The Ones Below

High anxiety David Farr’s feature directorial debut, The Ones Below, is a study of contemporary London, the loneliness of motherhood and the anxiety of the modern world. Wendy Mitchell visits the set

heatre veteran David Farr’s first feature came to him in a dream. He was in the midst of directing a Pinter play, and he remembers, “I was thinking about the anxieties of parenthood. I went to bed with a feeling of anxiety and maybe Pinter’s ghost was in the room… I woke up with an idea in its skeletal structure.” Farr, the father of two daughters, says he came up with a film that is essentially “about the loneliness of motherhood and the strange loneliness in big cities”. That early idea evolved into The Ones Below’s story of Kate (Clémence Poésy) and Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore), a disconnected couple expecting their first baby who live on the top floor of a north London house; Jon (David Morrissey) and Teresa (Laura Birn) move in below, and are also expecting a baby. Following a tragic accident, the couples’ lives become intertwined with disastrous consequences. Farr has been working in theatre for 20 years; he also wrote the screenplay for Joe Wright’s Hanna and after that BBC Films told him: “You should think about your first movie.” He first made the short Coolbox with the backing of BBC Films and the BFI Film Fund, and both were so impressed they came on board this first feature. Protagonist handles sales and Icon has already snapped up UK rights. Farr does not speak like a typical first-time film-maker, nor does he sound like a novice. He confesses to knowing more about film than theatre despite his background. “I’m a fan of European arthouse suspense films like

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those by Chabrol, Polanski, Haneke. I sit in that European tradition.” He sees The Ones Below as “dark in some ways” but more as “deeply anxious… It explores certain paranoias”. It’s not a blood-and-guts type of thriller. “It’s a psychological suspense; it deals in terror not horror. Horror is something external like a zombie. Terror is something from within,” he says. It is also showing a side of modern London not often seen on screen. “Other than Nic Roeg, England hasn’t been making genre films set in normal life. In France you have hundreds of them,” he says. “I wanted to do something about the new London; it’s not about class.” The next stage Producer Nikki Parrott, who has most recently been concentrating on documentaries and documentary hybrids at Tigerlily Films, praises Farr’s collaborative nature, his vision for the film and excellent script. “A lot of people wanted to come in and read for it; the script is a real page-turner,” she says. Campbell Moore recalls: “When you read

‘It’s a psychological suspense; it deals in terror not horror’ David Farr, film-maker

THE ONES BELOW Dir/scr David Farr Prod Nikki Parrott for Cuba Pictures in association with Tigerlily Films Exec prods Dixie Linder, Nick Marston and Ben Hall of Cuba Pictures; Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer of BBC Films Cast Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn Shoot September and October 2014 for 36 days; mostly around London Budget $3.7m (£2.3m) Backers BBC Films, BFI Film Fund Sales Protagonist Pictures UK distribution Icon Film Distribution Delivery April 2015

it, it’s a hard, tough subject matter. It’s anxious… It’s a revenge tragedy in a way and deals with very contemporary characters.” The actor also praises Farr’s vision. “What’s great is working with someone who has written this story from his own mind. He’s achieved the film he wanted to achieve, he’s fighting for it.” In working with the cast, Farr had to shake off some of what he learned in two decades of theatre. “I made a conscious decision not to recreate my theatrical approach,” he explains. “Over-rehearsing for a film can be a mistake. With a play you rehearse for weeks and weeks and weeks. Actors can lose the freshness.” There were locations across London but most of the shoot was in a house in Canonbury, north London. “We wanted a London that was non-descript,” Parrott says. “We see Downton Abbey and the films about council estates but these are the people in the middle.” Parrott has a lot of praise for this firsttimer: “He’s a director that has a voice; that’s really important to me. It’s really good to work with someone who has a vision.” Farr might not give up on theatre but he has now “got the taste for film”. He has written John Le Carré TV mini-series Night Manager with the BBC and AMC to star Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. Also, he has adapted Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities for Origin and BBC Films, and has also written hot script HHhH, an adaptation of the novel by Laurent Binet about the attempted assassination of Nazi s official Reinhard Heydrich. ■

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outh Korean sellers are out in force here at AFM, and CJ Entertainment leads the pack with JK Youn’s Ode To My Father, a sweeping drama starring Hwang Jungmin (The Unjust) and Yunjin Kim (TV’s Lost). Due out in December, it follows the life of a man who was a child refugee in Busan during the Korean War, growing up to work German coal mines and in war-torn Vietnam, while trying to keep together his family. CJ is also selling 20, Once Again, Leste Chen’s Chinese remake of hit Korean comedy romance Miss Granny. The remake stars Yang Zishan (So Young) with Lu Han from K-pop group Exo. CJ also has Yim Pil-sung’s Toronto title Scarlet Innocence starring Jung Woosung in an erotic revenge thriller; Park Jin-pyo’s romantic comedy Love Forecast starring Moon Chae-won (War Of The Arrows) and Lee Seung-gi; and folkmusic romance C’est Si Bon starring Kim Yun-seok (Haemoo) and Jung Woo (TV’s Reply 1994). The company also has a new international cut (20 minutes shorter) of local all-time hit Roaring Currents screening at AFM. Showbox is selling Detective K: Secret Of The Lost Island, the sequel to the 2011 hit. Directed again by Kim Sok-yun, the adventure comedy stars Kim Myungmin. Showbox also has Yoo Ha’s action drama Gangnam Blues in post-production, and political drama Inside Men currently in production. Directed by Woo Min-ho (Man Of Vendetta), the film stars Lee Byung-hun (RED 2), Cho Seungwoo (Tazza: The High Rollers) and Baek Yun-shick (The Face Reader). Finecut is selling Made In China, written and produced by Kim Ki-duk. Kim Dong-hoo’s feature directorial debut stars Park Ki-woong (Mad Bad Sad) as a Chinese farmer who smuggles his eels into Korea to prove they are not contaminated and ends up a hostage-taker. Finecut has The Royal Tailor, directed by Lee Won-suk (How To Use Guys With Secret Tips) in post-production. The

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Buzz titles Korea Some of South Korea’s hottest films are being sold at this year’s AFM, from Im Kwon-taek’s 102nd film to the Detective K sequel. Jean Noh reports period fashion drama stars Han Seokkyu (The Berlin File), Ko Soo (Love 911) and Park Shin-hye (TV’s The Inheritors). Finecut’s slate also includes Venice and Toronto title Revivre, the 102nd film from Korean master Im Kwon-taek; and sophomore director Park Jung-bum’s Alive, which also screened in Toronto and is playing at AFI Fest. M-Line Distribution is selling Fox local-language production My Intimate Enemies directed by Im Sang-soo. The comedy thriller stars Ryoo Seung-bum (The Berlin File) in the story of a group of friends who get mixed up with ruthless criminals after finding a bag of cash. The film is in production, due out next year. Fox also has entrusted M-Line with

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Slow Video, a romantic drama starring Cha Tae-hyun and Nam Sang-mi. M-Line also has Late Spring, a postwar story of a talented sculptor (Park Yong-woo) overcoming despair at a paralysing disorder with the help of his wife and a new intriguing model. M-Line is also handling The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol, the controversial documentary on the botched Sewol ferry rescue mission, which premiered in Busan. Lotte is selling The Con Artists, starring Kim Woo-bin (Friend: The Great Legacy) and Lee Hyun-woo (Secretly, Greatly). Currently in production, the revenge heist film is directed by Kim Hong-sun (Traffickers).

Lotte also has My Dictator, directed by Lee Hae-jun (Castaway On The Moon). Starring Sol Kyung-gu (The Tower) and Park Hae-il (Eungyo), the film is about a two-bit actor who is picked to play North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung in the rehearsal of a NorthSouth summit. 9ers Entertainment has The Deal in post-production. Starring Kim Sangkyung (Montage), Kim Sung-kyun (Hwayi: A Monster Boy) and Park Sungwoong (For The Emperor), the crime thriller features a murder-for-murder trade between the family of a serial killer’s victim and a vengeful inmate. 9ers also has in post family drama How To Steal A Dog, directed by Kim Sung-ho (Into The Mirror) and starring Kim Hye-ja (Mother), Kang Hye-jung (Old Boy) and Lee Re (Hope). United Pictures is selling My Brilliant Life, based on the best-selling Korean novel about a young couple with a son who suffers from an advanced ageing disease. The film stars Song Hye-kyo and Kang Dong-won. More In Group has The Tenor (Lirico Spinto) starring Yoo Ji-tae, which premiered in Busan. It is based on the true story of opera singer Bae Jae-chul, who lost his voice to a cancer cure, then made a recovery and a comeback with s the help of a Japanese music producer. n

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IntervIew the Fyzz FacIlIty

a smart partnership Former UK Film Council executive Jones, exec producer of The Usual Suspects and Gosford Park, initially met former Goldcrest Films exec Godfrey in 2010 through mutual contact David Schwimmer at the after-party for Run, Fat Boy, Run, which Jones produced. “It was Cannes the next summer that we happened to be sitting next to each other and we got chatting and I was telling Robert what I was doing,” says Godfrey. “I was doing very small lending at the time but it felt like we both had an appetite to grow. With Robert’s years of experience and relationships, it felt like we had good synergy and complementary skills to combine what we were doing. The mission was to go out and find good films from good producers and sales agents that required a piece of the financing.” Nimbleness was key for the duo from the outset. “We wanted to create something relatively simple that wouldn’t require a huge number of people or large overheads,” says Jones. “We tried to avoid complex tax mechanisms. You look at the size of the funds that are still going and the size of the funds at that time; they had to have a lot of people and large overheads. “What we wanted to do was have a small company that would be very light on its feet and that could respond quickly to projects it

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Films that Fyzz The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones and Wayne Marc Godfrey open up to Andreas Wiseman about their thriving production and finance company

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ondon and Los Angeles-based production and finance outfit The Fyzz Facility, run by UK producers Robert Jones and Wayne Marc Godfrey, has backed 50 films to the tune of $40m since opening for business four years ago. And despite all those credits, and the duo’s years in the business, they are still motivated by new discoveries. “I like to think you keep learning new things, whether it’s being involved across financing by raising money through an SEIS scheme or being involved in mobile app opportunities,” says Jones. “Both things I wouldn’t have imagined myself doing five to 10 years ago.” He adds: “It’s about working with people you like and keeping things interesting. The business is ever changing. It’d be dangerous to set a course and not divert because the business is a lot bigger than any individual. You have to keep your finger near the pulse and be responsive to trends.” The company invests in diverse films through a range of finance including development, bridging, senior debt, tax credit and gap funding. These films include Toronto 2014 drama Cake, starring Jennifer Aniston; UK comedy The Hooligan Factory from Nick Nevern and Jason Maza; and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming thriller Silence, set to star Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield, which will mark the company’s fourth collaboration with US powerhouse Emmett/ Furla Films.

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received while being flexible and pragmatic.” The duo engaged investors through a series of presentations about the film business and investment. “Of course, film investment is traditionally looked at as high risk and emotionally driven but we showed people where we thought it could work for them,” says Jones. “We grew a pool of investors that understand how we work and that when we bring an opportunity to them it qualifies with the criteria we’ve already set and we live by.” Simplicity and transparency are key to ensuring that trust. “It’s about keeping deals relatively simple

by having a small team and ensuring that once we’re involved we respond quickly and help the films close. We’re very upfront. We don’t sit on a pile of cash; what we have is a pool of educated investors,” adds Godfrey. Recent investments include Robert De Niro heist thriller Bus 657 (on which Fyzz is bringing close to one-third of the film’s finance); Kurt Russell cowboy epic Bone Tomahawk; Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian comedy-horror Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead; and Talulah Riley’s directorial debut Scottish Mussel, currently shooting in Scotland. A growing focus for Fyzz will be the development and backing of in-house UK productions. These include former Screen Star of Tomorrow Stephen Fingleton’s Blacklist thriller The Survivalist, now in post-production; upcoming drama A Patch Of Fog; thriller The Chinaman, David Marconi’s adaptation of Stephen Leather’s wellreceived novel; and Alleycats, a UK thriller set in the world of illegal cycle racing. That said, both execs continue to produce separately: Jones recently produced Danny Boyle’s TV series Babylon and has developments with Film4. Also important to the company’s next stage is Los Angeles expansion. The company now has nine full-time staff but will add at least one body on the ground in Los Angeles. “More than 50% of our product flow is coming from America,” says Godfrey. “We’ve got to have a presence there and we’ve got to have more feet on the ground driving that bit s forward.” n

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Based in Brussels – during the BIFFF – the EGFM ( European Genre Film Market ) with the Frontières International Co-production Market is the one and only market place in Europe bringing together the genre film industry from all over Europe and North America. These events offer companies, both small and large, a unique European market place where they can make deals on projects and films, and exchange information and experiences. The EGFM is of course also open to Asian and Latin American buyers.

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PIRATE’S CODE: THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MATSON

SHELBY: THE DOG WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS

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BLEIBERG’S AFM SLATE ■ Fear

Paris Horror anthology from Insidious producer Steven Schneider to shoot in February 2015 with five directors. ■ Posthumous Jack Huston — the lead in MGM-Paramount’s upcoming Ben Hur — stars opposite Brit Marling in the romance. First market screening. ■ Club Life The Orchard has a spring 2015 US release on the story from Radar Pictures (Spring Breakers) about a Manhattan club promoter. ■ Close Range Action star Scott Adkins takes the lead in the cartel thriller. In preproduction. ■ Strange Blood XLrator to release the horror tale in the US. First market screening.

The band leader Ehud Bleiberg looks back on his 30-year career, telling Jeremy Kay about his AFM slate and how he is adapting to new distribution models

hud Bleiberg fears complacency, even after 30 years in the business and more than 40 producer and executive producer credits under his belt, including Un Certain Regard Fipresci winner The Band’s Visit and Berlinale selection Adam Resurrected. “You realise that in one second everything can disappear and that gives you the strength to take risks,” says the Jerusalem-born producer and sales agent. He has just spoken about his service in two wars in the Israel Defense Forces in the 1970s. “It’s only film. It’s only money.” Bleiberg got into film after leaving Hebrew University and working in advertising and real estate. “I loved Italian cinema and one night after seeing [Paolo Taviani’s] The Night Of San Lorenzo I told a friend I was going to make films.” He went to film school in Jerusalem, put money into Chozeh Ahavah and Himmo, King Of Jerusalem, through which he met his lifelong friend Yoram Kaniuk, the author of Adam Resurrected. When Bleiberg met Yitzhak Ginsberg he had just tried his hand at licensing. “[Himmo] sold to 40 countries and I understood there was a global market.” Under the Dream Entertainment banner, Bleiberg and Ginsberg made the local hit Tel Aviv Stories and moved to Los Angeles to make English-language films. After 15 years together the partners engineered a complicated separation. Bleiberg

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launched his self-titled venture later that year, in 2005. Since then, films have not been in short supply and so far Bleiberg cites Adam Resurrected as his crowning achievement as a producer. “I love the film. It will stay forever.” The $10m Holocaust story bears great personal significance — the family of Bleiberg’s father suffered terrible losses at Treblinka extermination camp, while the source material was the novel by his late, great friend Kaniuk. He chased the rights for the best part of a decade, partnering with German producer Werner Wirsing and hiring Paul Schrader to direct from Noah Stollman’s screenplay. Some time later he would watch with pride as the film played Telluride, Toronto, Berlin and other festivals. Cultivating freedom Bleiberg likes to keep things fresh. “I do a film in Israel once every two years. I do genre films, I do arthouse films and occasionally big films. I don’t want to be a slave to my operation, I want to be free to create.” Enabling Bleiberg to create is a small team that includes Nick Donnermeyer, operations and deliveries head Melanie Kollar and sales and development executive Tahira Martemucci. Donnermeyer runs Compound B — the genre label set up by Bleiberg in 2007 — and the acquisi-

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tions, development and marketing specialist and former office assistant has rewarded his employer’s faith. “Now he’s running that side of the company and is heavily involved in all of our productions. I greatly value his opinion.” Bleiberg produced The Iceman and is reuniting with Millennium Films on a remake of Hunting Elephants, the Jewish comedy smash Bleiberg produced and sold that starred Patrick Stewart and Bleiberg’s friend Sasson Gabai from The Band’s Visit. Nu Image will start sales on the remake at AFM. Red Granite’s new Blue Box International label will be selling The Curse Of Sleeping Beauty and Bleiberg represents US rights. He is adapting to a changing industry. “If you want to survive, you have to think out of the box. The buyers need to feed the pipeline and the pipeline today is VoD. “The Netflix and DIRECTVs of this world changed habits — they have become broadcasters,” he says. “They’re making series, so I got the idea of how I could get into this world.” The sales roster in Santa Monica is diverse (see box, above) and includes the second screen app-based thriller iLived. “Everybody’s telling you to turn off your mobile in the theatre. I am going to have the first US film to tell you to turn it on.” Bleiberg narrows his eyes. “People can sit in front of their computer and watch anything they want — you need to compete with that. It’s not easy but you need to create s opportunities.” ■

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Drama/biography/ musical. 118 mins. Dir: Michael Sturminger. Scr: Michael Sturminger. Cast: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Florian Boesch, Miah Persson. Alfama Films. “Viva la liberta!” Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out… then collapses. When the mysterious

and beautiful writer Elisa von der Recke comes to visit, it breathes new life into the old man. The myth of the greatest seducer of all times, Giacomo Casanova. His story is told both through fiction and on-stage opera performances that unravel the tale of his adventures, his passions and, ultimately, his fear of death.

Cast: Alexander Fehling, Andre Szymanski, Friederike Becht, Johannes Krisch, Hansi Jochmann, Johann von Bulow, Robert HungerBuhler, Lukas Miko, and Gert Voss. Beta Cinema. A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during the Second World War. broadway 1

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Phurbu & Tenzin 8:45am The AbsenT One

Thriller. 125 mins. Dir: Mikkel Norgaard. Scr: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg. Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk. TrustNordisk. In 1994, two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues point in the direction of a group of young upperclass students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and is convicted of the murders. When the case ends up on Carls Morck’s desk 20 years later, he soon realises that something is terribly wrong. As Carl and Assad start investigating the case, they are led on

to an old emergency call from a desperate girl who seems to know the secrets of the murders. Soon they are plunged into an intense search for the girl, Kimmie, who has been missing since the murders happened. But Carl and Assad are not the only ones trying to track her down as the girl’s testimonial is of great danger to a group of influential men at the top of society who will do all they can to keep her silent. AMC santa Monica 1

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LAbyrinTh Of Lies

Drama. 121 mins. Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli. Scr: Elisabeth Bartel, Giulio Ricciarelli.

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Drama. 118 mins. Dir: Dongyu Fu. Scr: Lai A. Cast: Lop Lawang, Bu Phur. China Film Promotion International. Tenzin is a hereditary nobleman, while Phurbu is a household slave on the lowest rung of serfdom. The two boys get along well. However, the misunderstandings and huge disparities in their identities force the two into changes during a turbulent period. Loews 2

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Black comedy/thriller. 122 mins. Dir: Ken Kwek. Scr: Ken Kwek. Cast: Jeffrey Quizon, Adrian Pang, Judee Tan. Media Luna New Films. Sky is an affluent and arrogant motivational speaker with a Porsche, a valuable art collection and a luxury home. He

also has a crushing debt to the Chinese mafia, and hopes to pay them off by convincing his wife to liquidate an apartment she inherited from her parents. But his wife, Michelle, has plans of her own. Unhappy with her life, and with Sky most of all, she seems to have no clean way out of her situation… until she meets Onassis, a Filipino single father in dire straits. Michelle offers to rent him the family apartment at half its market value, and it seems like she’s doing Onassis a favour. In actual fact, she’s setting into motion a series of events that will spell disaster for all of them Loews 1

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Thriller/comedy. 121 mins. Dir: Damian Szifron. Scr: Damian Szifron. Cast: Ricardo Darin, Oscar Martinez. Film Factory Entertainment. fairmont 4

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Drama. 95 mins. Dir: Stephane Demoustier. Scr: Stephane Demoustier. Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Charles Merienne. Films Distribution. Jerome, a senior executive, has just left his company.

Determined to never work for anybody else again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring his wife’s reluctance. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis player and budding champion. To reach his goal, he must make it into the Roland Garros national training centre. Just like his dad, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Together, Ugo and Jerome will come to realise that all rules can’t be bent in the quest for success. doubletree 2

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Drama/thriller. 97 mins. Dir: Paula van der Oest. Scr: Moniek Kramer, Tijs van Marle. Cast: Ariane Schluter, Sallie Harmsen, Fedja van Huet, Barry Atsma, Annet Malherbe. Fortissimo Films. Based on a true story. Nurse Lucia has been present at one inexplicable death too many, and the hospital alerts the police. Assistant District Attorney Judith, driven by ambition and genuinely outraged, gets stuck in and Lucia is sentenced to life in prison. But something keeps troubling Judith, and she discovers inconsistencies in witness statements, and even the suppression of lab evidence. Ignored by her superiors, Judith teams

up with Lucia’s lawyer, but at every appeal the original guilty verdict is confirmed. Things look bleak until they get the media involved and the biggest miscarriage of justice in Dutch history is finally reversed. AMC santa Monica 5

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Martial Arts. 110 mins. Dir: Lu Yang. Scr: Lu Yang, Chen Su. Cast: Chang Chen, Liu Shishi, Nie Yuan, Wang Qianyuan, Li Dongxue. IM Global. Narrates the fate of three Jinyiwei (secret service agents in the emperor’s court) involved in the party struggle of the late Ming Dynasty, when they each have to protect their loved ones and their own life from the top power. AMC santa Monica 3

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Horror. 100 mins. Dir: Eddie Tse. Scr: Eddie Tse. Cast: Archie Kao, Anita Yuen. Arclight Films. About a woman, Helen , who wakes up in a cold and unfamiliar operating room with no memory of how she ended up there, before being transported to an interrogation room and then to underground caves in a mystical US city with no explanation. fairmont 3

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Tseng. Bravos Pictures. Deals with a disturbing world of treachery, and the unpleasant secrets of human nature.

Horror/supernatural thriller/suspense. 85 mins. Dir: L Gustavo Cooper. Scr: Sharon Y Cobb, L Gustavo Cooper. Cast: Kennedy Brice. Raven Banner Entertainment. The story of a nineyear-old orphan who has become the vessel of a supernatural being called Aer. June struggles, holding Aer back from lashing out when other kids tease and bully her. Aer leaves a trail of damaged and destroyed foster homes in her wake. June quickly bonds with her new adoptive parents Lily and Dave. But she must discover her true identity to overcome this inner demon in order to save herself, her new family and to find love and acceptance in a chaotic world.

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market 9:00am The sevenTh Lie

Drama. 94 mins. Dir: James Hung. Scr: James Hung. Cast: Ronald Cheung, Josie Ho, Him Law, Peggy

Miss Meadows

Black comedy/thriller. 94 mins. Dir: Karen Leigh Hopkins. Scr: Karen Leigh Hopkins. Cast: Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale. Myriad Pictures. Beneath the perfect manners and petticoats,

Miss Meadows harbours a dark secret. When she’s not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she’s moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante. The local sheriff falls in love with her — but soon realises that his true love may be much more complicated than she seems on the surface. Fairmont 1

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Animation. 80 mins. Dir: Xavier Picard. Scr: Leslie Steward. Cast: Russell Tovey. Indie Sales. Features the entire Moomins clan as they embark on a hilarious adventure on the glamorous Riviera.

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Action/adventure/ thriller. 89 mins. Dir: Jon Hewitt. Scr: Antony Ginnane. Cast: Dominic Purcell, Robert Taylor, Viva Bianca. Lightning Entertainment Group. Disgraced Navy SEAL Rick Tyler – contestant #777 – can rot in a military prison for the rest of his life, or he can put that life on the line to clear his name and win his freedom. Loews 3

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Action/adventure/ comedy. 98 mins. Dir: Kyle Newman. Scr: John D’Arco. Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba, Samuel L Jackson. Highland Film Group. Yearning for a “normal” adolescence, Megan, a 16-year-old international assassin trained at the Prescott School for Girls, fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. When her training master Maxwell Hardman and a dangerous arms dealer Victoria Knox track her down, Megan finds herself with more extracurriculars than any teenager could handle.

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Thriller/drama/true story. 110 mins. Dir: Cedric Anger. Scr: Cedric Anger. Cast: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot. Kinology. Broadway 3

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Animation/family. 79 mins. Dir: Ernesto Padron Blanco, Bruno Lopez. Scr: Ernesto Padron Blanco. Cast: Nanette Iglesias, Ada Cruz, Omar Proenza. Sola Media. Poor farmer’s son Tom Little may be small, but what he lacks in brawn he more than makes up for in brains and bravery. When a magic mirror shows

him the love of his life is no less than the beautiful princess, he is determined to win her heart. Meanwhile, a vengeful witch has conjured up a giant tree covering the royal palace and destroying the court’s water supply. Having heard that the king is offering his daughter’s hand in marriage and half of the kingdom to the hero who can release the palace from this spell, Tom tries his luck against all odds. aMc santa Monica 4

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Thriller/horror. 96 mins. Dir: Patricio Valladares. Scr: Patricio Valladares. Cast: Michael Biehn, William Forsythe,

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Romantic comedy. 86 mins. Dir: Zackary Adler. Scr: Sebastian J Michael. Cast: Brooklyn Decker, Taran Killam, David Krumholtz, David Arquette. Carnaby International. When Justin’s girlfriend of five years leaves him heartbroken and embarrassed after a public break-up, his helpful but somewhat misguided friends talk him into the strange world of online dating. Navigating through the trials and tribulations of dating in the 21st century, Justin’s search for Miss Right leads him through some wild, crazy and hilarious experiences. But sometimes Mrs Right is not even a click away. Tpost 1

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Drama. 110 mins. Dir: Daniel Petrie Jr. Scr: Rachel Long, Brian Pittman. Cast: Scott Eastwood, Rita Wilson. Red Sea Media. John and Ben live the ultimate beach life — they surf, party, fight and always find hot new

Electra Avellan. WTFilms. After their father is jailed, two sisters have to answer to a ruthless drug-dealing gang hellbent on revenge. Fairmont 2

girls. They’re brothers and while hungry for adventure, this locals-only scene suits them just fine. When Ben is killed, John’s choices lead him down a dangerous path of revenge. Fairmont 1

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Horror. 100 mins. Dir: Chukiat Sakweerakul. Scr: Chukiat Sakweerakul. Cast: Kittisak Patomburana, Chonnikarn Netjui, Prama Imanothai, Focus Jirakul. Sahamongkolfilm International. doubletree 2

Fiona Dourif, Cleopatra Coleman. Vision Films. Five people, each with an incurable phobia, venture to the Fear Clinic for treatment. Unbeknown to them the machine the doctor is using to animate their fears has been infected with a supernatural entity that grows stronger with each fear. Fairmont 3

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Sci-fi/romance. 105 mins. Dir: Darren Paul Fisher. Scr: Darren Paul Fisher. Cast: Daniel Fraser, Eleanor Wyld, Dylan Llewellyn. MonteCristo International Entertainment. A boy and girl are destined to never be together because their individual frequencies are so totally incompatible that their encounters always end in disaster.

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Thriller. 90 mins. Dir: Daniel Alfredson. Scr: William Brookfield. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten. Embankment Films. In 1984, four childhood friends decided to pull off what would later be called “the crime of the century”. Freddy Heineken is heir and driving force of the Heineken empire and one of the richest men in the world. Cor van Hout, the enigmatic leader and strategist of the gang of four, unknown to police at the time, leads an audacious plan to kidnap Heineken, resulting in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual.

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Comedy. 115 mins. Dir: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache. Scr: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache. Cast: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izia Higelin. Gaumont. Samba came to France 10 years ago from Senegal. He plugs away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to get work papers, while she is trying to get her life back together by doing volunteer work in an association. Both struggle to get out of the dead-ends of their lives… until fate draws them together. broadway 4

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Thriller/suspense/ psycho-drama. 96 mins. Dir: Franck Khalfoun. Scr: Franck Khalfoun. Cast: Jeremiah Watkins, Sarah Power, Chris Mena. Bleiberg Entertainment. A young online app reviewer’s latest assignment mysteriously

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Comedy. 95 mins. Dir: Richard Loncraine. Scr: Charlie Peters. Cast: Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon. Myriad Pictures. The story of one long weekend in the life of an elderly New York couple

Animation/Family. 80 mins. Dir: Alexey Tsitsilin. Scr: Alexey Zamyslov, Roman Nepomnishii. Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman. Wizart Animation. After their victory over the Snow Queen, the trolls have developed a taste for

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Comedy. 92 mins. Dir: Meera Menon. Scr: Meera Menon, Laura Goode. Cast: Nikohl Boosheri, Kandis Erickson, Kiran Deol. Angel Grace Productions. A heartwarming comedy of friendship, humour and sexuality. loews 3

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Horror. 9o mins. Dir: Robert Hall. Cast: Thomas Dekker, Robert Englund, Kevin Gage,

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Action/adventure/ martial arts/thriller. 92 mins. Dir: Helfi Kardit. Scr: Helfi Kardit. Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo. Birch Tree Entertainment. After the mysterious death of her undercover cop husband, a female martial artist must protect her daughter from assassins and corrupt politicians who will do anything to conceal the truth.

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Romantic comedy. 115 mins. Dir: Tom Vaughan. Scr: Matthew Newman. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Salma

Hayek, Jessica Alba. The Solution Entertainment Group. A Cambridge University professor meets his match and is forced to re-evaluate his life of hedonistic excess. AMC Santa Monica 1

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Garcia, Amanda Key, Rosmel Bustamante. Jinga Films. A mother, imprisoned for 30 years for the murder of her husband, is released on house arrest, but when she returns to her family home the tragic twists of her life begin to haunt her again and slowly reveal a dark secret about the building in which she lives.

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Drama/action/ adventure. 100 mins. Dir: Naji Abu Nowar. Scr: Bassel Ghandour, Naji Abu Nowar. Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Jack Fox, Marji Audeh. Fortissimo Films. freedom. Having played a major role in the triumph, the troll Orm has become a hero to all. This is not enough for him, however. By comically exaggerating his exploits and achievements, he creates a web of lies, claiming that he personally defeated the Snow Queen, and that he is destined to marry the princess and inherit great power and riches. But where will Orm’s stories lead him? In this lively and perilous adventure, Orm learns that friends, happiness and true love cannot be won through deceit. AMC Santa Monica 7

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Thriller. 90 mins. Dir: Peter Askin. Scr: Will Battersby. Cast: Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, Stephen Lang. Screen Media. When her husband of more than 20 years is away on one of his

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during the First World War, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination. broadway 2

business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Instead she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It’s a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends a good marriage. Fairmont 5

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Drama.86 mins. Dir: Chris Messina. Scr: Jamie Patricof. Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson. Screen Media. Workaholic attorney, Alex Winstead is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves. Now faced with the humdrum and sometimes catastrophic events that permeate the fabric of our lives, Alex discovers both a vulnerability and inner strength she had not yet tapped all while trying to

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Comedy/action/ adventure. 97 mins. Dir: Po Cheung Lee. Scr: Po Cheung Lee, Lily He. Cast: Anthony Wong, Charlene Choi, You Nam Wong. Star Alliance Movies (HK) Co.

FAR FRoM Men

Drama. 101 mins. Dir: David Oelhoffen. Scr: David Oelhoffen. Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb. Pathe International. Algeria, 1954. While the rebellion rumbles in the valley, two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee together across the Atlas Mountains. In the midst of an icy winter, Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder. Pursued by horsemen seeking summary justice and vengeful settlers, the two men decide to confront the unknown. Together they fight to gain their freedom.

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Supernatural Thriller. 101 mins. Dir: Alejandro Hidalgo. Scr: Alejandro Hidalgo. Cast: Ruddy Rodriguez, Guillermo

Keeping RoSy

Romantic Comedy. 90 mins. Dir: Juan Feldman. Scr: Juan Feldman. Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Oscar Jaenada. Red Sea Media. A teacher travels to Costa Rica looking for a new experience. There she meets a younger man who takes her on a wild ride filled with adventure and romance. Fairmont 2

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Romance/drama. 97 mins. Dir: Ami Canaan Mann. Scr: Ami Canaan Mann. Cast: Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall, Ryan Bingham. Highland Film Group. A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a recently single mom battling to hold onto her daughter defy their circumstances and come together in a relationship

Documentary. 90 mins. Dir: Sascha Kollnreitner. Cast: Guillaume Nery, Gerhard Gulewicz, Halvor Angvik. Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. Diving 125m beneath the ocean surface without oxygen, cycling across America with less than 10 hours of sleep, and flying with nothing but a webbed nylon suit from cliff tops. A look at what drives three extraordinary athletes.

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Thriller/drama. 93 mins. Dir: Steve Reeves. Scr: Mike Oughton. Cast: Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison, Christine Bottomley. Parkland Pictures. Charlotte is a woman completely defined by her career. All she wants from life is a share of the media agency she has devoted herself to building. When she is betrayed by her partners, the fragility of her perfect existence is exposed and her frustration boils over with devastating consequences. As Charlotte’s life disintegrates, we follow her on a heart-racing journey of danger, selfdiscovery, and atonement.

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Documentary. 105 mins. Dir: Paul Goodwin. Scr: Its aDoc. Cast: Neil Gaiman, Alex Garland, Pat Mills, Grant Morrison. Metrodome International. Charts the comprehensive story of how the multiaward-winning comic came to be, how it has survived for 37 years, and how it continues to be an innovator and gamechanger in both comics

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Musical/romance/comedy. 100 mins. Dir: Chus Gutierrez. Scr: Chus Gutierrez, Elena Manrique. Cast: Carolina Ramirez, Julian Villagran. Media Luna New Films. Javier, a shy Spanish doctor, meets

Angie, a beautiful Colombian Salsa dancer. They will live an impossible romance between two different cultures, full of obstacles and misunderstandings, immersed in the world of salsa dancers in the town where dancing is the goal, the dream and life. Loews 2

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more than just work at the local bookstore and smoke weed with her boyfriend all year. Instead she plans to seduce Dan, a 32-yearold film professor at the local community college. Drawn into a dangerous new relationship, Katie begins to chronicle her sexual adventures in an anonymous blog, allowing strangers a window into her innermost desires, shames and secrets. When her alcoholic father suffers a terrible fall and Dan stops taking her calls, Katie’s fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.

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Suspense/thriller. 104 mins. Dir: Alberto Rodriguez. Scr: Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodriguez. Cast: Raul Arevalo, Javier Gutierrez. Film Factory Entertainment. The Spanish deep south, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town brings together two disparate characters — both detectives in the homicide division — to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ideology, detectives Juan and Pedro must put aside their differences if they are to successfully hunt down a killer who for years has terrorised a community in the shadow of a general disregard for women rooted in a misogynistic past. Doubletree 1

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Comedy/drama. 90 mins. Dir: Stephen Belber. Scr: Stephen Belber. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, Matthew Lillard. Premiere Entertainment Group. A Seattle couple travels to New York to interview an eccentric former choreographer. fairmont 4

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Drama/true story/action adventure. 115 mins. Dir: Phillip Penza. Scr: Phillip Penza. Cast: Jeff Holder, Robert Cordero, Salhaddin Keskin. Little Books Little Films. The story of a boy becoming a man in 1970s New York. He struggles with racial prejudice, true love and loss, and finding out what it takes to survive life from the streets of New York to the military at a very young age. ocean

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Drama. 107 mins. Dir: François Ozon. Scr: François Ozon. Cast: Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphael Personnaz, Isild Le Besco. Films Distribution. After the death of her best friend, Claire falls into a deep depression, but a

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Drama. 114 mins. Dir: Cedric Kahn. Scr: Cedric Kahn. Cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, Celine Sallette. Le Pacte. Philippe Fournier, aka Paco, lives with his two sons, having decided not to give them back to their mother after she won custody of them. As children and then adolescents, Okyesa and Tsali Fournier must live their lives in the shadows, assuming

surprising discovery about her friend’s husband gives her a new taste for life. AMC Santa Monica 5

over your DeAD boDy

Horror. 94 mins. Dir: Takashi Miike. Scr: Kikumi Yamagishi. Cast: Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito. Mongrel International. Unfolds within the walls of a theatre where a troupe of players are in rehearsals for a production of Yotsuya Kaidan, a 200-year-old tale of murder, betrayal, and phantasmagorical vengeance — and where life comes to imitate art in spooky and ultimately shocking ways. broadway 3

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Erotic/drama. 110 mins.

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different identities, hunted by the police but always free and on the move. From attics to farmhouses, caravans to communes, they live in harmony with nature and their animals. They live with constant danger and fear, but also with the solidarity and bonds formed with friends met on the road, and the joys of living life off the grid. Eleven years spent on the run all across France: a journey that would define their identity. AMC Santa Monica 2

Dir: Jean Louis Daniel. Scr: Jean Louis Daniel. Cast: Marine Renoir, Johanna Capliez, Marie Fevrier, Benjamin Feitelson, David Atrakchi, Akim Ben Ben Hafsia. Wide. Two young women’s destinies parallel each other as they go from Paris to Cambodia, hell to redemption. They will finally meet at the seventh wonder of the world: the Angkor Temples, lost in the deep jungle. Loews 3

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Action/adventure. 60 mins. Dir: Soi Cheang. Cast: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang. Bravos Pictures. After busting a local gangster Hong in an

undercover operation, hard-boiled cop Kit is captured by Hong’s men and wakes up in jail in Thailand facing a life sentence. While in police custody, Hong strikes a deal with Kit’s supervisor, Wah, to trade his freedom for Kit’s. Wah traces Kit to Thailand and manages to convince the new prison guard Chai to help save Kit because Kit is one of the few eligible bone marrow donors who can save Chai’s daughter, who’s suffering from leukemia. Hong breaks out of jail and flees to Thailand. When Kit learns of Hong’s jailbreak, he’s determined to bring him to justice. broadway 4

SuPerbob

Comedy/romance. 82 mins. Dir: Jon Drever. Scr: Jon Drever, Brett Goldstein, William Bridges. Cast: Brett Goldstein, Natalia Tena, Laura Haddock, Catherine Tate, David Harewood. Genesis Film Sales. After a freak meteor storm turns postman Bob into a superhero, he must face his greatest challenge: going on his first date in six years. AMC Santa Monica 4

the SurfACe

Suspense/drama/thriller. 86 mins. Dir: Gil Cates Jr. Scr: Jeff Gendelman. Cast: Sean Astin, Chris

Mulkey. Shoreline Entertainment. Two strangers, both at the end of their rope, suddenly meet in the middle of the unpredictable waters of Lake Michigan. tPost 1

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True story/drama. 90 mins. Dir: Fabrizio Conte. Scr: Danny A Abeckaser, Ryan O’Nan, Ryan Vallan. Cast: Jerry Ferrara, Jessica Szohr, Danny A Abeckaser. Bleiberg Entertainment. Based on true events, a night club promoter tries to make a name for himself in New York City. AMC Santa Monica 3

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Drama. 112 mins. Dir: Ramin Bahrani. Scr: Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi. Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Noah Lomax. Hyde Park International. Desperate to save his family home, an unemployed construction worker joins an unscrupulous realtor in the dirty business of foreclosing on the disenfranchised, in this enthralling and timely film.

Comedy/family. 90 mins. Dir: Gabriel Sabloff. Scr: Tommy Blaze. Cast: Billy Gardell, Eva LaRue, David A.R. White, James Denton, Michael Badalucco. Pure Flix Entertainment/Quality Flix. Rick Dancer teams up with a police dog to solve a long-running case.

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Black comedy/drama. 98 mins. Dir: Allison Burnett. Scr: Allison Burnett. Cast: Britt Robertson, Christian Slater, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick, Max Carver. Lightning Entertainment Group. Beautiful, wild, young and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to discover herself. But Katie intends to do

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Action/adventure/sci-fi/ martial arts. 96 mins. Dir: Shusuke Kaneko. Scr: Hirotoshi Kobayashi. Cast: Rina Takeda, Nana Seino. Birch Tree Entertainment. Four female assassins travel between parallel universes to protect the citizens of both worlds from evil invaders. Loews 3

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Thriller/drama. 100 mins. Dir: Michael Winterbottom. Scr: Revolution Films. Cast: Daniel Bruhl, Kate Beckinsale, Cara

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series of unexpected events leaves Helen suddenly completely cut off from civilisation. A small boat washes up on her shore carrying William, unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound. Helen pulls him in and saves him, but now finds herself stranded alone with this unknown and potentially dangerous man. AMC Santa Monica 4

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Sci-fi/thriller/action/ adventure. 95 mins. Dir: Thomas S. Hammock. Scr: Thomas S Hammock, Jacob Forman. Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Max Delevingne. WestEnd Films. Why are we fascinated by murder? Inspired by the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, ‘The Face Of An Angel’ looks beyond the salacious headlines to explore both the media and the public’s obsession with violent stories, whether fictional or real. doubletree 1

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Documentary. 94 mins. Dir: Thomas Jackson, Charlotte Landelius, Henrik Stockare. Cast: Aiste Miseviciute, Perm Paitayawat, Andy Hayler, Katie Keiko, Steven Plotnicki. Fortissimo Films. A new power player on the food scene is the so-called foodie. This subculture consists of people from all over the world with a mission to visit the best restaurants around the globe. We follow some of the most influential international food fanatics on their world tours to Michelin restaurants.

Charles, Nicole Fox. Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. It’s been a decade since the last rainfall. Seventeen-year-old Kendal fights to protect the last working well from a violent land baron. Fairmont 4

The film will bring us unique insight into the world of the fascinating characters who both create and consume the best food on the planet. Join this culinary elite on a world tour and discover a delicious but slightly absurd food universe. Broadway 2

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Drama/fantasy/ sci-fi. 103 mins. Dir: Philip Heinrich, Aaron Youngblood. Scr: Philip Heinrich. Cast: Steven Pounders, Devin Perry, Fletcher Inzer, Stan Denman. Sandbox Productions. A high school science teacher’s fascination with alternate universes and the metaphysical drive him to a dangerous obsession. His niece must race against time to unravel his mysterious past and save him from himself. Fairmont 1

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Romance/drama. 97 mins. Dir: Ami Canaan Mann. Scr: Ami Canaan

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Mann. Cast: Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall, Ryan Bingham. Highland Film Group. doubletree 2

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Action/adventure/family/ animation. 87 mins. Dir: Zhixing Zhong. All Rights Entertainment. In the small village of Baihua lives Ma Liang, a cute boy who loves to paint. One day, he is given a brush with magical powers that transforms whatever he paints into reality. With his new magic brush Ma starts to help everyone in his village. This information reaches a cruel and greedy general who holds hostage the young Emperor and threatens to invade the village. He manages to steal the brush, which in his hands loses all its powers. Fighting to get the brush back with the help of his friends, Ma is forced by the general to draw a golden mountain. Ma agrees but has another plan to prevent the general becoming the richest and most powerful man. Fairmont 3

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Thriller. 90 mins. Dir: Rubba Nada. Scr: Rubba Nada. Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Tim Roth, Scott Speedman, Callum Keith Rennie. Myriad Pictures.

Helen is a doctor who is mourning the recent sudden passing of her beloved husband, James. She’s retreated to her beautiful island cabin home to put her husband’s things in order. Helen decides that she can’t yet bring herself to return to her job, so she stays alone at the remote cabin. A

Drama. 109 mins. Dir: Vicente Ferraz. Scr: Vicente Ferraz. Cast: Sergio Rubini, Daniel de Oliveira, Ivo Canelas. MonteCristo International Entertainment. The unusual meeting between three deserters from different nationalities during the Second World War. Loews 1

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Drama. 90 mins. Dir:

Andy Goddard. Scr: Andy Goddard, Kelly Reilly, Celyn Jones. Cast: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones. The Works. Based on John Brinnin’s account of his hell-raising hero Dylan Thomas’ first visit to New York in 1950. AMC Santa Monica 1

White tiger

Martial arts/action/ adventure. 87 mins. Dir: Toby Russell. Scr: Lawrence Riggins. Cast: Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock. Gorilla Pictures. A young American with a bounty on his head turns to an angry ex-military drunk with nothing to live for. They team up to take on the deadliest of adversaries within the depths of the Thailand jungle. Fairmont 5

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Animation/family/action/ adventure. 76 mins. Dir: Yunfei Wang. Scr: Yunfei Wang. Golden Network Asia. Yugo, an adventurous

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Animation/black comedy/horror. 81 mins. Dir: SAM. Scr: SAM. Cast: Santiago Segura, Alex Angulo. FilmSharks International. Trini is the most famous flamenco dancer in the world and she has an enviable life. Her husband Gregorio is the greatest bullfighter in all the land and their son Damien has a wonderful future. Everyone loves her dancing, but when a seemingly innocuous domestic accident takes Gregorio’s life, a deep

depression falls over Trini forcing her to quit the stage. Damien’s behaviour becomes uncontrollably rebellious forcing Trini to call upon doctor after doctor to provide relief. When no answers can be found, there is left only one possible explanation — Damien has been possessed by a dark spirit! Trini begins a desperate quest to repair her shattered family. This search eventually leads to a defrocked priest called Father Lenin, whose own severe spiritual crisis may not bode well for what lies ahead. tPost 1

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Evil wreaks pure havoc and bloody murder upon Leslie Van Hooten, a beautiful young girl, and her unsuspecting fellow grad students as they make their way to her family's extravagant and yet isolated estate.

North American and French Theatrical Releases A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.

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and brave young girl, runs away from home after being scolded by her father. She returns to the fantastical kingdom in the clouds to find her friends Lala and Uncle Bear. Just as they’re celebrating their reunion, a crisis breaks out: all living creatures in the kingdom are shrinking.

up in a mental asylum with no memory of what happened, and half of their team dead. Fed a new PTSD medication to help trigger their memories, a secret comes to light, that threatens their lives if they tell. Loews 3

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Animation. 100 mins. Dir: Pascal Morelli. Scr: Pascal Morelli, Jean Pecheux. EuropaCorp.

Thriller/supernatural thriller. Dir: Phillip Penza. Cast: Roberto Cordero, Mark Laursen. Little Books Little Films. A vampire thriller that pits good versus evil.

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Black comedy. 82 mins. Dir: Florian Mischa Boder. Scr: Florian Mischa Boder. Cast: Benno Furmann, Mavie Horbiger. Picture Tree International. The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU programme. But eight years after his training he still hasn’t had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the programme’s strict rules — withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover. One day, the shy Rosa crashes into his car and life. Before he knows it, Koralnik is having dinner with her. For the first time, he can flee his everyday misery for an evening of company. But then the telephone rings. It’s Koralnik’s first job. With Rosa alongside, Koralnik sets off on a chaotic odyssey through a night in which nothing goes according to plan. doubletree 2

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Drama. 95 mins. Dir: Anahi Berneri. Scr: Leonardo Sbaraglia. Cast: Celeste Cid, Fabiana Cantilo, Natacha Cervi. Media Luna New Films. A couple of thirtysomethings struggling with life, marriage, work, a kid and a new house outside the city. Loews 1

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Horror. 90 mins. Dir: Simon Rumley. Scr: Ben Ketai. Cast: Mike Doyle, Erin Cummings, Sean Patrick Flanery. Altitude Film Sales. After a man is wrongly

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Action/adventure/drama/ urban. 105 mins. Dir: Ray Gallardo. Scr: Martin Derbyshire. Cast: Martin Santander, Nataly Pena, Jossara Jinaro. 525 Films. When an underground boxer is forced to retire, he struggles to find new purpose in his life but cannot hide from his past. amC Santa monica 5

ChaSing TaSTe

Comedy/romantic comedy/family. 89 mins. Dir: Sean Gannet. Scr: Lori Fischer. Cast: Lynn Cohen, Phil Vassar, Lloyd Kaufman, Joseph Gannascoli, Kevin Brown, Kirk McGee, Bill Dawes, Ty Jones, Jeff Hiller, April Wilkner, Uma Incrocci, Ryan McDonough, Jabari Grey. Aspire. Down-and-out writer Chase Guidry is transformed overnight into NYC’s next big food critic before a freak accident robs him of his senses of taste and smell. In order to keep his newfound fame and pursue the love of his life, he

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convicted and executed for murder, the people responsible for his fate begin dying unexpectedly. Can juror Adam Redman put an end to the curse before it’s too late? amC Santa monica 4

relies on a team of super “smellers” and tasters to fake his reviews. Riding his lie for as long as it will carry him, Chase is bound for a collapse of epic proportion. fairmont 3

CooTieS

Horror. 105 mins. Dir: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion. Scr: Ian Brennan, Leigh Whannell. Cast: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill. The Solution Entertainment Group. A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives. fairmont 5

CuB

Horror/fantasy. 87 mins. Dir: Jonas Govaerts. Scr: Jonas Govaerts. Cast: Maurice Luijten, Titus de Voogdt. Kinology. amC Santa monica 3

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The LiTTLe mediC — The SeCReT miSSion of The BodynauTS

Animation/family. 78 mins. Dir: Peter Claridge. Scr: Elfie Donnelly, Paul Arato. Cast: Steve Hudson, Jan Klingemann, Paul Bendelow, Julie Ann Dean, Alison Paule Rippier, Ellen Wagner, Lizzie Waterworth-Santo, Mark Britton, Mike McAlpine. Beta Cinema. Twelve-year-old Nano witnesses a sinister act: evil Professor Schlotter injects Nano’s Grandpa with a Gobot, a tiny robot that makes it possible to remotely control its victim. Nano goes to their family doctor, Dr X, for help. But incredible things are happening in Dr X’s practice as well: together with genius scientist Micro Minitec, the doctor has developed a miniaturisation procedure with which he shrinks a submarine and sends it through the human body on a journey of medical discovery. Nano and his friend Lilly are miniaturised and embark on the risky journey into his Grandpa’s body to defeat the Gobot. But Professor Schlotter and his henchman Serge will not surrender easily.TPost 1 LuCky STiff

Musical/comedy. 100 mins. Dir: Christopher Ashley. Scr: Lynn Ahrens. Cast: Dominic Marsh,

Nikki M James. Arclight Films. Centres on an unassuming English bachelor who stands to inherit a fortune from his recently deceased uncle. Unfortunately, this involves escorting his uncle’s embalmed body on a whirlwind vacation to Monte Carlo, where several other parties follow who also have their eyes on the same inheritance. Loews 2

maRia monTez

Drama/biography/ romance. 95 mins. Dir: Vicente Penarrocha. Scr: Alejandro Andujar. Cast: Celines Toribio, Cuquin Victoria, Gines Garcia Milan, Paula Ferry, Maridalia Hernandez, Isabella Wall, Adrian Mas, Ben Temple, Mariela Encarnacion, Lizbeth Santos, Dominic Fuentes. Esencia Films. Story of the Dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as the queen of technicolor. amC Santa monica 1

PainkiLLeRS

Thriller/psycho-drama. 100 mins. Dir: Peter Winther. Scr: Jason Groce, Kirk Roos, Peter Winther. Cast: Colm Feore, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Tahmoh Penikett. Darclight Films. A mercenary group is sent into Afghanistan for a highly secretive mission, only to wake

Animation. 115 mins. Dir: Maxim Fadeev. Scr: Gregory Poirier. Cast: Milla Jovovich, Whoopi Goldberg, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Wil Chase. Glukoza Production/Art Pictures Studio. A colourful fairytale about caring for your loved ones, meeting true friends, growing strong and believing in a dream with all of your heart. The story of a 10-year-old boy who lives in a small village in the forest. Once protected by regal white wolves, Savva’s village is now easy prey for a gang of ruthless hyenas. He manages to escape into the woods where he is rescued by Anggee, a white wolf, the only one anyone has seen since their mass disappearance. Anggee tells Savva that a powerful magician will have a warrior that can free Savva’s village. Unfortunately, the magician lives on a mountain completely surrounded by the forces of Mom Jozee, the evil threeheaded monkey queen. Facing insurmountable odds, Savva and Anggee begin the long and dangerous trek to the mountain. doubletree 1

SoLdieRS of The damned

Horror/action/adventure. 94 mins. Dir: Mark Nutall. Scr: Nigel Horne. Cast: Gil Darnell. VMI Worldwide. It’s the Eastern Front, 1944. The Russians are »

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pushing the German Army back through Romania. Major Kurt Fleischer, war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, is ordered to escort a female scientist into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic. As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of Himmler’s occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

her younger brother move from New York to live with their great grandmother on a Virginia farm. There she comes closer to understanding the land and roots that inspired her father’s writings, while discovering herself, her family and the power of true belief. Fairmont 4

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the Silent Storm

Drama. 102 mins. Dir: Corinna VillariMcFarlane. Scr: Corinna McFarlane. Cast: Damian Lewis, Andrea Riseborough. WestEnd Films. On a wild and remote Scottish island, the respected local minister, Balor, fights to keep his disappearing community together. His beautiful, enigmatic wife Aislin is more in tune with nature than she is with her husband or the villagers. It’s clear she doesn’t belong here and is treated as a total outsider. A storm is raging inside their marriage. They inhabit a strange, troubled relationship, which is reaching breaking point. A violent fight erupts between them. Suddenly amidst the chaos and confusion there is a knock at the door: a rugged 17-year-old delinquent has been sent to live with them — his last chance at rehabilitation. Aislin is drawn to this kindred spirit, another outcast. Broadway 1

tWo Step

Thriller. 93 mins. Dir: Alex R Johnson. Scr: Alex R Johnson. Cast: James Landry Hebert, Skyy Moore. Films Distribution. Austin, Texas. After the death of his grandmother, college student James finds consolation in the company of Dot, a dance teacher. While settling Grams’ affairs,

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market 7:00pm ron Jeremy: liFe aFter the BuFFet

Documentary. 84 mins. Dir: Hedda Muskat. Scr: Hedda Muskat. Cast: Ron Jeremy, Dennis Hof, Bill Kinison. Shoreline Entertainment. Ron Jeremy is a cultural icon, known as the King of Porn. With his eccentric features that are not your typical chiseled look, somehow he is a sex guru to millions of fans, who feel if Ron can get laid, there’s hope for them.

James discovers she has been the victim of the “grandparent scam” in which someone posing as James has been stealing thousands of dollars from her. But before James can go looking for the culprit, he shows up at the front door, desperate for money. Fairmont 2

uncle Victory

Drama. 100 mins. Dir: Meng Zhang. Scr: Ya

Now aged 60, ‘Ron Jeremy, Life After The Buffet’ is an explosive film that exposes Ron in a surprising and very real way. In 2013, Ron made a different kind of headline. Death came knocking at his door when like a bolt of lightning he started experiencing pains in his chest. In this film Ron takes us on a journey of his own spiritual awakening to understand that there is a greater power than what is here on Earth. Fairmont 1

Liu, Meng Zhang. Cast: Haibo Huang, Xinyi Zhang, Xue Guo, Yu TIAN. Star Alliance Movies (HK) Co. amc Santa monica 6

WiSh you Well

Family. 108 mins. Dir: Darnell Martin. Scr: David Baldacci. Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas. American Cinema International. Following a family tragedy, a young girl and

Comedy. 83 mins. Dir: Matthew Hammett Knott. Scr: Joanna Benecke, Matthew Hammett Knott. Cast: James Norton, Tessa Peak-Jones, Will Tudor, Eleanor Wyld. MonteCristo International Entertainment. Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie-misfits who live according to the behavioural principles of the bonobo monkey, a species famous for its “make love, not war” philosophy. Anita, the eccentric group leader, claims that she can resolve the conflict between mother and daughter if Judith will spend a day among the commune and submit to its principles. But with mother and daughter both hell-bent on proving each other wrong, Anita’s methods must now be put to the test as never before

Dream Flight

Romance/drama/true story. 140 mins. Dir: Khan Lee. Scr: Khan Lee. Cast: Rui-Jia Chang, Wei-Ning Hsu. Encore Film Co. Doubletree 2

encounter

Horror/drama/ supernatural thriller. 82 mins. Dir: Susannah O’Brien. Scr: Susannah O’Brien. Cast: Justin Arnold, Andrea Nelson. Sahara Vision Productions. A pair of newlyweds set up cameras in and around an old farm house for husband Ted’s grad school film thesis on orbs. It’s not long before they discover a dark and terrible secret that threatens their sanity and their lives. loews 1

hellion

Drama. 94 mins. Dir: Kat Candler. Scr: Kat Candler. Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins. VMI Worldwide. When 13-year-old motocross and heavy metal obsessed Jacob’s increasing delinquent behaviour forces CPS to place his little brother, Wes, with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father, Hollis, must finally take responsibility for their actions and for each other in order to bring Wes home.

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Mystery/suspense/ thriller. 86 mins. Dir: Mike Criscione. Scr: Mike Criscione. Cast: Kaila Amariah, Traci Dinwiddie, Chris Trousdale, Keith David, Raymond Barry. Goliath Film & Media Holdings. Eighteen-year-old Rachel Jones is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who is trying to make a new life for herself. But when she is framed for a series of vicious murders by a cunning serial killer, Detective Tischler is slow to accept the fact that she is a victim and not a predator. Fairmont 4

Horror/thriller/comedy. 90 mins. Dir: Vladimir Uglichin. Scr: Vladimir Uglichin. Cast: Casper Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg, Victoria Summer. Uglichin & Co. A respected middle-aged American Senator starts a deadly game: some mysterious forces made him denounce the international evil — corruption. All his predictions come true. This raises panic worldwide. The police and secret service are after him and after the girl he loves. Fairmont 2

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