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Celluloid hits its stride with festival favourites Bliss dabbles with Destroyer for China Bliss Media has picked up Chinese rights from Rocket Science to upcoming crime thriller Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman.

The deal was concluded on the eve of AFM and is expected to be the first of many on the hot package financed by 30WEST and produced by Automatik.

Director Karyn Kusama will start principal photography this month with Kidman in the lead as troubled LAPD detective Erin Bell.

The story sees Bell forced to confront her tragic past as an undercover cop when the leader of a California desert gang resurfaces. Automatik’s Fred Berger is producing alongside the film’s screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.

Bliss Media’s Wei Han brokered the deal with CAA on behalf of Rocket Science and said: “Destroyer is the kind of filmmaker-driven quality project that Bliss is known for. After reading the script, I knew we had to do it. We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Rocket Science as well as 30WEST and the producers.”

Bliss distributed Hacksaw Ridge in China where the war drama grossed more than $62m.

The roster includes S.M.A.R.T. Chase starring Orlando Bloom.

Bliss produced and financed that film, as it did on Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Kings and Pablo Larrain’s Jackie.

Rocket Science’s AFM sales slate also includes Resistance, which will star Jesse Eisenberg as the French mime artist Marcel Marceau.

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Celluloid Dreams has unveiled a raft of deals on its award-winning autumn festival titles including Custody; Nico, 1988; Outrage Coda and Ravens. The Paris-based company has sold French director Xavier Legrand’s divorce drama Custody to some 20 territories following its Silver Lion win for best director and best first film award at Venice.

It was acquired for Italy (Nomad/ Europictures/PFA), Latin America (Impacto), Australia (Palace Films), French-speaking Canada (A-Z Films), South Korea (Pancinema), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Singapore (Anticipate Pictures), Taiwan (Spotlight), Switzerland (Agora), Portugal (Midas), Czech Republic (Artcam), the Baltics (Kino Pavasaris), former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hungary (Mozinet),

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Romania (Independenta) and Israel (Shoval).

In other Venice-related deals, Susanna Nicchiarelli’s biopic Nico, 1988 sold to France (Kinovista), Canada (Films We Like), Brazil (Supo Mungam) and China (DDDream).

Celluloid also confirmed new sales on Takeshi Kitano’s Outrage Coda — which has grossed $10m in its first two weeks in Japan — to France (E- Cinema), Spain (Mediatres), Italy (One Movie),

the CIS and Baltics (Maywin) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery).

Silvio Soldini’s Italian drama Emma clinched deals to Austria (Polyfilm) and France (E-Cinema).

Fr e n c h d i r e c t o r Ma r i n e Francen’s debut feature The Sower, which won San Sebastian’s new directors competition, has sold to France (ARP), Spain (BTeam), Greece (Filmtrade) and the Baltics (Kino Pasaka).

Jens Assur’s Ravens has sold to North America (Gravitas), France (E-Cinema) and China (DDDream). TriArt has released the film in Assur’s native Sweden.

Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen’s gothic thriller Valley Of Shadows sold to North America (Gravitas), Greece (Weird Wave) and China (DDDream).

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Mike Leigh rallies the troops for Peterloo

BY WENDY MITCHELL

Screen can reveal this exclusive first look of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, now in post-production. Speaker Henry Hunt (Rory Kinnear) addresses the crowd of reformers as they gather at St Peter’s Field ahead of the traumatic events of 1819, when British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manches-

ter, killing at least 15 people.

The large ensemble cast also includes Christopher Eccleston, David Bamber, Maxine Peake, Nico Mirallegro and Eileen Davies.

Cornerstone Films is handling international sales. Amazon Studios is co-financing and handling US distribution on the film, produced by Thin Man Films. Geor-

gina Lowe produces with Gail Egan as executive producer.

Additional financing comes from Film4, which backed development, along with the BFI and Lipsync. The crew features Leigh’s usual collaborators including cinematographer Dick Pope, production designer Suzie Davies and editor Jon Gregory.

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Goldcrest Films boosts team and AFM slate

BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

Goldcrest Films has appointed former Content Media executive Harry White as head of sales, effective immediately. Reporting to Pascal Degove, White will continue to be based in Los Angeles.

Goldcrest has Rebecca Ferguson now in talks to co-star with Hugh Bonneville in director John Hay’s untitled Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal project.

Set in New York, England and Los Angeles in the 1960s, the film charts Dahl’s struggles to write some of his most famous works and Neal’s return to acting with Hud. The film is set to shoot in and around London in early 2018 with Goldcrest handling sales and Degove producing alongside Elliot Jenkins for Atticus Pictures.

Goldcrest’s Joe Dante-directed supernatural thriller Labirintus is also adding cast. Ville Virtanen (Bordertown) and Cristina Flutur (Beyond The Hills) will join Mark Webber and Rachel Hurd-Wood in the film, set in an abandoned research facility.

Goldcrest has also added love story Being Dead from writerdirector John Meyers and Jean Reno hitman thriller The Last Step with Sarah Lind.

Degove said of White’s appointment: “Harry is a significant asset for us. Having someone of his unquestioned experience on board will allow me to cover so much more ground in terms of our drive for more acquisitions.”

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Visit sculpts Vampire Clay Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has bolstered its slate for AFM adding worldwide rights excluding Japan to Toronto Midnight Madness selection Vampire Clay.

Effects and make-up artist Soichi Umezawa makes his feature directorial debut on the King Record Co production about art-school students terrorised by a possessed pile of clay.

The line-up includes Rebecca Daly’s Toronto entry Good Favour, about a Christian community having a crisis of faith; Marleen Jonkman’s Chileset road movie Messi And Maud; and Carlos Marques-Marcet’s Anchor And Hope from Lastor Media, Vennerfilm and La Panda.

Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena and David Verdaguer star.

Meanwhile, Tian Tsering’s Mumbai Film Festival selection Barley Fields On The Other Side Of The Mountain centres on the daughter of an imprisoned political activist who must decide on her future.

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WestEnd’s Butterfly enters ring

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WestEnd Films is launching world sales here on boxing drama Float Like A Butterfly from Irish writer-director Carmel Winters (Snap).

The film stars Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind That Shakes The Barley) and Lalor Roddy (Hunger).

In the movie, an Irish Traveller girl has to fight for the right to pursue her passion of boxing. She is determined to make her idol

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Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has been released from prison. When she tries to

show him how tough she is, she soon comes to realise he has other plans for her.

Martina Niland (Sing Street) and David Collins (A Dark Song) produce, with co-producer Cathleen Dore (Viva).

The film is executive produced

by Lesley McKimm for the Irish Film Board, which financed the film in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and RTE Television. Crew members include editor Julian Ulrichs and DoP Michael Lavelle.

Winters said: “Even more so since his death, Muhammad Ali remains a powerful and timeless symbol of the champion of the underdog. It feels timely that now on our screens we will see a young Irish Traveller girl take on the mantle of his legacy with her own gut-wrenching and ultimately jubilant story.”

The film, which will sit under WestEnd’s female audience brand WeLove, has recently finished shooting in Ireland, and is now in post-production.

IFC signs up 12th Man from TrustNordisk

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IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Harald Zwart’s The 12th Man from TrustNordisk.

The $8.1m (¤7m) war survival tale, based on the true story of a Norwegian resistance fighter who escaped the Nazis, has also sold to Italy (Videa CDE), South Korea (Atnine), China (HGC), Turkey (Sinema), Estonia/Baltics (Estin),

former Yugoslavia (Cinemania) and Czech and Slovak Republics (Cinemart). As previously reported, Constantin Film has acquired rights to German-speaking Europe.

The cast features Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus and Mads Sjogard Pettersen. The film will be released in Norway on Christmas day.

Aage Aaberge produces for Nordisk Film Production Norway in co-operation with Zwart Arbeid, Motion Blur and FilmCamp, with support from the Norwegian Film Institute and Kulturnaeringsstiftelsen SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge.

The 12th Man is inspired by the story of Jan Baalsrud, who evaded the Nazis in frozen wilderness for nine gruelling weeks.

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EXECUTIVE FOCUS THORSTEN SCHUMACHER, ROCKET SCIENCE A year after launch, Rocket Science has made a lot of noise and built a prestige slate that includes the Nicole Kidman crime thriller Destroyer, which is set to start shooting on November 29 in Los Angeles. Founder and CEO Thorsten Schumacher talks about what buyers want, Los Angeles expansion and the value of markets.

‘You start to embrace a whole new way of storytelling. There’s a lot of disruption’ Thorsten Schumacher

talking to Nicole [Kidman] over the summer. She’s having such a great moment in TV and with The Beguiled and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, which I pre-sold in my last year at HanWay.

How has the first year been?

It’s been a whirlwind. We’re going into our 12th title that we’re either selling or selling and financing. It’s more than we expected in the first year, but these were projects we couldn’t say no to. We want to focus on prime projects and build a top brand. It feels good because it’s an eclectic line-up and we’re passionate about every single one of them.

How did Destroyer come to you?

It came to us from Jessica Lacy and Peter Trinh at ICM Partners. They told me about it about a year ago and I thought if anybody writes a screenplay and wants to direct something called Destroyer it must be amazing. They introduced me to

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Karyn [Kusama] and the writers [Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi] and we hit it off.

They’re such a great team and I felt commercially and creatively we were completely on the same page. It’s such a complex role for a female character in a great visual setting. It came together quickly during the summer and Toronto.

I’ve always had a great relationship with Micah [Green of 30WEST]. They started

What is the update on US expansion?

We’re going to expand in Los Angeles. It’s more about a bigger partnership across film and TV.

What are you doing in TV? We’re putting together a slate of established showrunners and packaging projects and we aim to go out with a full slate. We’re coming across such great talent and material and it will give us more flexibility and reach across platforms.

What do buyers want?

What conversations are you having with the ‘sleeping giants’, YouTube, Facebook, Apple?

We’re living in a period of constant disruption. It’s a wild environment right now. We have so much interaction in between markets with distributors. I might sometimes go to Paris or Munich for a day for lunch, so there’s a lot of interaction throughout the year. [This way] we have a deeper understanding of their needs across different markets. I go to LA every six weeks and have a close relationship with the agencies and producers. It’s about maintaining close relationships on both sides.

These are new formats so it is a bit of a dialogue because you want to get on board early and develop something with them. We’re listening and learning about what their audience viewing habits are.

You start to embrace a whole new way of storytelling. There’s a lot of disruption and it’s an interesting time. We knew we wouldn’t be able to be successful as a traditional sales agent; you have to evolve in all directions.

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Footsoldier 3 hits hard Carnaby International has sold British crime thriller Rise Of The Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story to Open Sesame for Japan; Feature Films for Australia and New Zealand (home entertainment); Sky for New Zealand (broadcast rights); Tanweer for Greece; and One2See for Benelux. Signature Entertainment is on board for the UK. Carnaby hosts a market premiere here.

NonStop deals ride high Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment has been on a buying spree ahead of AFM, confirming 16 new titles added to its slate, including The Death of Stalin, The Rider and Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.

Finecut sends out A Day, The Age Of Shadows South Korean sales company Finecut has done additional sales on time-loop mystery A Day and Kim Jee-woon’s The Age Of Shadows. A Day, which is also spurring remake interest, has sold to France (Kinovista), Germany and Austria (Viz), Indonesia (PT Overseas Korean Television Network), Italy (P.F.A.), Mexico (Just Real), Poland (Mayfly) and Spain (Festival Films). Last year’s period espionage hit The Age Of Shadows also sold to Benelux (Splendid), France (Studiocanal), Italy (Movies Inspired) and Poland (Mayfly).

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Buyers bite for LevelK’s Pear

BY WENDY MITCHELL

LevelK has now sold animation The Incredible Story Of The Giant Pear to more than 100 countries.

Recent deals include to China and Hong Kong (Bravos Pictures), Vietnam (Green Media), Southeast Asia (Astro), Spain and Andorra (Pack Magic) and Russia/CIS (NDPlay/Kinologistika).

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Directed by Philip Einstein Lipski, Amalie Naesby Fick and

Jorgen Lerdam, the family animation follows an elephant and a cat who set out on a great adventure to save their village’s mayor.

The film has had more than 163,000 admissions in two weeks in Denmark.

Thomas Heinesen and Trine Heidegaard produce for Nordisk Film Production.

Previous deals include to France and Benelux (NinetySeven Film Production), South Korea (Yejilim Entertainment), Hungary and Romania (ADS Service), Poland (Vivarto), the Middle East (Empire Networks), Estonia (Estin Film), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Croatia and Slovenia (Radar) and Iran (Century 21).

Showbox hustles for Swindlers, gives extra life to Victims

BY JEAN NOH

Korean sales company Showbox has sealed a raft of deals on crime drama The Swindlers and supernatural drama RV: Resurrected Victims, with both selling to North America (Well Go USA) and the UK (JBG Pictures).

Starring Hyun Bin (Confidential Assignment) and Yoo Ji-tae

(Old Boy), The Swindlers is about a corrupt prosecutor and a man out for revenge, both chasing a conman. The film marks director Jang Chang-won’s feature debut.

The film also sold to Japan (The Klockworx), Australia and New Zealand (JBG Pictures), Hong Kong and Macau (Deltamac), the Philippines (Viva Communica-

M-Line’s The Outlaws and A Special Lady travel the world

BY JEAN NOH

South Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution has sold recent action hit The Outlaws to Japan (Fine Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Singapore and Malaysia (Clover Films), Hong Kong (Edko Films), and Australia and New Zealand (JBG Pictures).

The film stars Don Lee (Train To Busan) as a ruthless detective heading a crime sweep after gangsters (led by The Bacchus Lady’s Yoon Kye-sang) throw

Seoul into bloody chaos. Released October 3, the film clocked up more than 6 million admissions at the local box office. KBS America opened it in North American cinemas last month.

M-Line has also sold crime thriller A Special Lady to Taiwan (AV-Jet), the Philippines (Viva Communications) and in-flight rights (Aero Vision). The film won the Focus Asia best featurelength film award at Sitges in October.

tions), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Vietnam (Lotte Entertainment Vietnam) and world in-flight rights (Emphasis). It is set for local release later this month.

Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, RV: Resurrected Victims stars Kim Rae-won (The Prison) as a prosecutor bent on catching his mother’s killer when she suddenly

comes back to life and tries to kill her son. The mother is played by Kim Hae-sook (The Handmaiden).

The film also sold to Australia and New Zealand (JBG Pictures), China (iQiyi), Japan (New Select), the Philippines (Viva Communications), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Turkey (Associated Euromedia) and world in-flight rights (Emphasis).

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Screen can reveal the first look at Damson Idris in writer-director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s autobiographical feature Farming. Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Cosmo Jarvis co-star in the 1980s-set story about a BritishNigerian boy who becomes a skinhead. Producers are Michael London, Janice Williams, Francois Ivernel, Charles de Rosen, Miranda Ballesteros and AkinnuoyeAgbaje. HanWay Films is handling international sales; WME Global is selling US.

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Viva beams up US deal for Panda Vs Aliens

BY WENDY MITCHELL

Viva Pictures has boarded North American rights for animated family film Panda Vs Aliens, in a deal negotiated with Simon Crowe of SC Films International, which handles all rights outside of China.

The deal includes a multi-city theatrical release and all remaining rights excluding games and merchandising. China Film Group will release in China in July 2018.

Sean Patrick O’Reilly writes and directs the animated feature about aliens who land on an animal planet and assume a panda named Pandy is in charge.

Producers are Xiaoxiang Chen and Steve Chicorel for Los Angeles-Beijing Studios, with POW! Entertainment’s Stan Lee and Gill Champion executive producing.

Octane makes Mayhem

BY JEREMY KAY

Jack Campbell’s Octane Entertainment arrives at AFM with five new sales titles including thriller Midnighters from The Walking Dead director Julius Ramsay.

The story follows a couple who are forced to cover up a crime on New Year’s Eve. IFC Midnight distributes in the US. Noir thriller A Crooked Somebody from director Trevor White stars Ed Harris. Vertical Entertainment holds US rights.

Vampire thriller Corbin Nash, about a rogue policeman who is murdered and reborn, stars Dean S Jagger, Corey Feldman, Malcolm McDowell, Rutger Hauer and Bruce Davison. ICM Partners represents US rights.

The Houses October Built 2 returns to the world of extreme haunts and is produced by Zack Andrews and Insidious series executive producer Steven Schneider. RLJE Films holds US rights.

Campbell represents world-

wide rights to psychological horror St. Agatha from Saw franchise director Darren Lynn Bousman, about an evil force in a convent.

He has closed a raft of sales on Joe Lynch’s action thriller Mayhem, to the UK (AMC Networks’ Shudder), Japan (New Select), France (Program Store), Germanspeaking Europe (Morefilms/Studio Hamburg), Benelux (Premiere TV), pan-Asia (Fox), the Philippines (ABS-CBN) and South Korea (Doki).

Raven counts up 200 Hours Raven Banner Entertainment has secured worldwide sales rights to 200 Hours. Phillip Guzman (Dead Awake) directs the film about graduate students at the centre of a 1986 experiment to eliminate the need for sleep.

Jason Murphy wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Brea Grant, Keli Price, Stephen Ellis, Lukas Gage, Yasmine Aker and Christine Dwyer.

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Jigsaw actresses stay Alive for MPI thriller

BY JEREMY KAY

MPI Media Group has bulked up its AFM slate with thriller What Keeps You Alive, featuring two cast members from current hit — and Saw follow-up — Jigsaw.

Genre specialist Colin Minihan

wrote and directed the story of a female couple who lock horns on their one-year anniversary.

Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen, who both star in Jigsaw, play the leads alongside Martha MacIsaac and Joey Klein.

The project is currently in post.

“Colin Minihan’s It Stains The Sands Red was embraced by audiences across the world and we are thrilled to be working with him again as he brings forth emerging talent to the big screen once

again,” said Nicola Goelzhaeuser, MPI’s vice president of international sales.

MPI’s roster also boasts Ryuhei Kitamura’s Downrange; and Waru, which comprises eight vignettes from female Maori directors.

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Swords and scandals South Korea’s box office is back on track after cinemagoers were distracted by the country’s recent presidential scandal, and a slew of Korean titles are ready to light up AFM. Jean Noh reports

After My Death

After My Death Dir Kim Ui-seok Winner of the New Currents Award at the recent Busan International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere, Kim Ui-seok’s feature directing debut stars Jeon Yeo-bin, Seo Young-hwa and Ko Won-hee in a drama about what happens after a high-school girl apparently jumps to her death from a bridge.

Without a body or suicide note, people begin to suspect Young-hee, the last person to see her. She is filled with guilt, but not necessarily for the reason they think.

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round this time last year, South Korea was beginning to see a drop in box-office admissions tied to a widereaching corruption scandal involving the country’s president Park Geun-hye.

It arguably beat all fictional creations in outrageousness and compelled viewers to stay glued to their TVs and other devices to keep up with developments. After several months that saw 10 million Koreans protesting on the streets, before Park was impeached and

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1987: When The Day Comes Dir Jang Joon-hwan A historical drama from Jang Joon-hwan, known for Hwayi: A Monster Boy and Save The Green Planet!, 1987: When The Day Comes is set around circumstances

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sent to jail in spring 2017, South Korean cinemas returned to business as usual.

By the half-year mark in 2017, box office had hit an all-time high for the first six months of any year on record with $695m.

To date, seven of the top 10 hits of 2017 are local films, led by historical drama A Taxi Driver, which clocked up more than 12 million admissions and $85m. It is one of many features inspired directly and indirectly by reallife events and situations — historical,

that eventually toppled South Korea’s military dictatorship. When a student dissident is tortured to death during an interrogation, ordinary citizens decide they have had enough and start to fight for truth and democratisation. The film, which stars Kim Yoon-seok (The Priests), Ha Jung-woo (The Handmaiden), Yoo Hae-jin (Confidential Assignment) and Kim Tae-ri (The Handmaiden), is scheduled for local release in December.

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criminal, social and personal — in South Korea’s often dramatic landscape. This is also reflected in the newer films on offer at AFM, ranging from fact-based historical drama 1987: When The Day Comes to personal and social conflict in After My Death and martial-arts film The Swordsmen.

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The Age Of Blood Dir Kim Hong-sun The feature debut of TV director Kim Hong-sun is a period martial-arts film following Kim Ho, the Joseon Dynasty’s best swordsman and the king’s guard, who is suddenly demoted to prison keeper. When five martial-arts masters break into the jail to free a treasonous conspirator, Kim must battle them through professional duty and to save his family. Starring Jung Hae-in, Kim Jihoon and Hong Soo-ah, The Age Of Blood is set for local release on November 23.

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town where people go missing, later to turn up dead. Sung Dong-il plays a former detective on the trail of a 30-yearold unsolved crime who shows up to ask for the landlord’s help. The film was produced by AD406, the company behind Cannes hit A Hard Day, and CineZoo, and is set for local release this month.

Murderer, on which Lee was assistant director. He makes his feature debut with The Legend, which shot in Indonesia and Korea and will be released locally in summer 2018.

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O Muel, who won the 2013 Sundance grand jury prize for the world cinema — dramatic competition with Jiseul, turns his hand to lighter-hearted drama with Mermaid Unlimited. The film is set on Jeju Island, known for its ‘haenyeo’ or ‘sea women’ who deep-dive without using any breathing equipment to gather seafood. The story focuses on Youngju, a former champion swimmer with an alcohol problem hired by the local authorities to put together a synchronised swimming team to promote haenyeo culture. Starring Jeon Hye-bin, Moon Hee-kyung, Lee Kyoung-jun, Ha Seok-min and Kang Rae-yeon, the film had its world premiere in Busan.

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Dir Noh Dong-seok Based on Isaka Kotaro’s bestselling Japanese novel of the same name, Noh Dong-seok’s thriller stars Gang Dongwon (A Violent Prosecutor) as a kindhearted deliveryman who happens to be meeting up with an old friend when a car explodes nearby. Suddenly, he finds himself the prime suspect in the assassination of a presidential candidate and trapped in a wide-reaching political conspiracy. The film also stars Kim Euisung (Train To Busan) and Han Hyo-joo (Cold Eyes).

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Keys To The Heart Dir Choi Sung-hyun Starring Lee Byung-hun as a washed-up boxer and Park Jung-min as his younger brother with savant syndrome and exceptional piano-playing skills, Keys To The Heart is the feature directorial debut of Choi Sunghyun. Comedy and strife ensue as the brothers start living under one roof. Youn Yuh-jung (The Bacchus Lady)) and Han Ji-min (The Age Of Shadows)) also star. The film is currently in post-production.

The Swordsman

Last Child Dir Shin Dong-seok Winner of the Fipresci prize at the recent Busan International Film Festival, Shin Dong-seok’s debut feature follows a couple who lost their son Eunchan six months ago when he drowned saving one of his friends, Kihyun. As the bereaved parents slowly make Kihyun a part of their lives, he confesses the shocking truth behind Eunchan’s death. The film stars Choi Mooseong, Kim Yeojin and Seong Yu-bin.

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The Legend

The Legend Dir Seung-one Lee Lee’s action film is set in a near future where capital punishment is banned but the most vicious criminals from the Asia Pacific are permanently exiled to AP101, a remote island where they live alone.

A former top Interpol agent gets himself sentenced to the island in order to seek vengeance against the drug lord who had his family murdered. Starring Bruce Khan, Park Hee-soon and Yoon Jin-seo, the film is produced by Greenfish, who also made The Suspect and Memoir Of A

The Swordsman Dir Choi Jae-hoon This period action film stars Jang Hyuk (Volcano High), Jeong Man-sik (Asura — The City Of Madness) and Indonesian actor Joe Taslim (The Raid) as three swordsmen who cross each other’s paths. One is searching for his only daughter after losing one of his eyes, another is the Joseon Dynasty’s best swordsman who now chooses to live a simple life, and the last is the finest swordsman of the Qing Dynasty aspiring to become the best in Joseon too. The film is in post-production.

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Driving on the right side Director Jang Hoon faced a political blacklist making A Taxi Driver. Now, the film is a huge hit in South Korea and his country’s Oscar submission. Jean Noh reports ‘Mansu is neither a perpetrator nor a victim — he’s just an ordinary person from Seoul.

You can relate to that’ Jang Hoon

A Taxi Driver

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ith more than 12 million admissions, director Jang Hoon’s A Taxi Driver is South Korea’s biggest hit of 2017 and has also been selected as the country’s submission for the Oscars’ foreign-language film category. The feature is based on the true story of a Seoul cab driver who managed to smuggle a German journalist in and out of the southern city of Gwangju in May 1980, after the country’s military junta had shut down roads and communications while violently suppressing pro-democracy protests.

When Jang first got the script in winter 2015, South Korea was still in the grip of then-president Park Geun-hye’s blacklisting of cultural figures deemed unfriendly to her regime, and it was obvious such a story would not find favour with the conservative government. “I knew we might face disadvantages, that perhaps I wouldn’t be able to continue making films,” says the director, who was moved by the script into making the film despite the potential ramifications. “Everyone who participated made their own decisions, from actor Song Kang-ho to production company The Lamp. I think investor-distrib-

utor Showbox was brave, too. We wanted to show it to a lot of people, but proceeded quietly.”

At the time, no one could have guessed that Park would be removed from power in March 2017 on a wave of protests against corruption.

Lead actor Song (The Attorney), conscious of being blacklisted already, initially declined the role of taxi driver Mansu. “But later on, he contacted us saying he couldn’t get the script out of his mind,” says Jang. “The character of Mansu is neither a perpetrator nor a victim — he’s just an ordinary person from Seoul. You can relate to that. The emotion that these characters brought up stayed with me a lot. It’s thanks to the citizens of Gwangju that South Korea has the democratic society it does now, and they deserve to have their stories told and the truth uncovered.”

Released on August 2 in South Korea, A Taxi Driver has become a cat(Right) Jang Hoon

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alyst for reopening investigations into the Gwangju massacre.

Student of life Jang says he started in films to figure out “what life is about, and people and the world”. He was on Seoul National University’s college of fine arts student council when he asked Kim Ki-duk to give a lecture. Later, Kim invited him to join his crew and Jang climbed the production ladder on films including Samaritan Girl (2004), 3-Iron (2004), The Bow (2005) and Time (2006). “I learned a lot watching director Kim Ki-duk, but our inclinations are different,” he notes.

Jang found his own style with his 2008 directorial debut Rough Cut. The action film, which was written and produced by Kim, maintains some of the older director’s emotional grittiness, but Jang brought a

stylish edge that proved commercially successful. Made for $577,000, the film took nearly $8m locally, and Jang was promptly offered espionage thriller Secret Reunion (2010) by Showbox. Featuring two A-list Korean stars, Song and Gang Dong-won, the fast-paced film was made for $3.4m and grossed more than $35.5m in South Korea.

As soon as he finished Secret Reunion, production company TPS offered Jang The Front Line, a Korean War drama that had a $9.6m budget and was a modest success with a $19.4m gross. But the filmmaker was exhausted having made three films in three-and-a-half years, and ended up taking a five-year sabbatical from directing, using the time away to “write scripts and study other films”, he says, before making his triumphant return this year with A Taxi Driver.

Alongside Song Kang-ho as the taxi driver, Jang cast Thomas Kretschmann as the foreign correspondent smuggled into Gwangju, after seeing the German actor’s performance in The Pianist. “It wasn’t a big role, but it left a big impression on me,” says Jang. “When we met in LA, I was prepared to convince him to take the role, but he was already talking about the importance of this story in modern Korean history and how he wanted to do it.” Although the director needed an interpreter on set, he formed a “bond of sympathy” with Kretschmann, which made it easy to work together.

Jang is currently working on the script for a project, which he also intends to d i re c t , w i t h t h e w o r k i n g t i t l e Deliberation, based on a play about the relationship between Sejong the Great, the 15th-century monarch who created the Korean alphabet, and his ingenious court scientist Jang Yeong-sil.

As to the possibility of working abroad, Jang leaves the door wide open: “I’m so happy just being able to make films in Korea. But if there’s a project s that will motivate me, I’ll take it.” ■

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Charles D King

Voice of America In less than three years, Charles D King has put MACRO on the map with films championing the voices of people of colour.

Jeremy Kay asks what’s next for the Mudbound producer

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ven before he became a trailblazing talent rep at what was then William Morris, MACRO founder and Mudbound producer Charles D King knew where he wanted to end up.

King, who grew up in Georgia, became the first African-American employee to graduate from mailroom to partner in the agency’s 119-year history, and built a career representing the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Jennifer Lopez, LinManuel Miranda and Dee Rees.

Yet he never let go of a vision from his Howard University School of Law days.

Inspired by former agents David Geffen and Barry Diller, King wanted to branch out as an entrepreneur and create a multiplatform media company, in this case to champion the voice and perspective of people of colour.

He launched MACRO in January 2015 with that goal in mind. “First and foremost, we love universally themed stories that have people of colour at the centre of them as leads and co-leads, not as supporting characters,” King says. “We look for brilliant storytellers and filmmakers at the helm. We also look for a unique

voice, having projects that have something to say.”

King and his wife Stacey self-funded the first six months of MACRO until he secured eight-figure anchor investment led by Emerson Collective, the organisation run by Steve Jobs’ widow, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs.

The first feature out of the gate was Fences, the story of a flawed patriarch based on the late August Wilson’s play.

MACRO joined Paramount as co-financier and executive producer on the $25m production. It grossed close to $60m in the US with Denzel Washington and eventual Oscar winner Viola Davis reprising their Broadway roles.

“It was the perfect first studio movie for us to get involved in,” King says. By the time Fences came out in December 2016, MACRO was already in post on Mudbound, (Right) Mudbound

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‘We love universally themed stories that have people of colour at the centre of them as leads and co-leads’ Charles D King, MACRO

a Mississippi-set post-war racism drama that is expected to make waves this season. It debuts in select theatres and on Netflix on November 17.

King had come on board that project in Toronto 2015 at the behest of former William Morris colleague Cassian Elwes. He agreed to produce and cofinance with Armory Films when Dee Rees, who had broken out at Sundance 2011 with Pariah, signed on to direct.

“That was a game-changer,” King says. “I was one of Dee Rees’s agents and knew how brilliant she was as a filmmaker.” Good Universe handled international sales and Black Bear cashflowed the sales estimates.

Mudbound premiered earlier this year at Sundance, where a passionate pitch by Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos persuaded the filmmakers to resist the advances of more traditional theatrical buyers and sell to Netflix for $12.5m.

King believes the film and its awards prospects are in safe hands.

“They’ve taken it to festivals and it’s been seen on big screens around the world before it gets theatrically released and [debuts] day-and-date in 150 countries around the world,” he says.

Opening one week prior is Roman J Israel Esq Esq, MACRO’s third film and Dan Gilroy’s follow-up to Nightcrawler. The drama premiered in Toronto and earned Denzel Washington strong notices as a driven, idealistic defence lawyer. MACRO went out to market with the package in late 2016 and Sony agreed to co-finance.

Smart and provocative Next up is Sorry To Bother You from feature debutant Boots Riley. The story centres on a black telemarketer who finds a magical key to success and uncovers a macabre corporate secret. Tessa Thompson, Lakeith Stanfield, Omari Hardwick and Armie Hammer star.

“It’s a really provocative comedy that has something very smart to say,” King notes, adding that he has targeted a 2018 festival launch. Given his pedigree, Sundance would seem a good bet.

Shanghai and Hong Kong-based MNM Creative is also an investor in MACRO, alongside Raymond J McGuire of Citigroup and Anré D Williams of American Express. King is eager to expand and recently closed a second round of financing to the tune of $150m in equity and debt, when Emerson Collective renewed its commitment alongside a group of strategic investors.

“We have the capacity now to fund and produce four to six film and television properties per year,” says King, who has numerous projects in the works such as TV series Minors with Ryan Coogler.

On top of this there is MACRO’s digital incubator, which birthed Sundance 2017 short-form selection Gente-fied.

Comprising seven 10-minute episodes, the web series is set in the Los Angeles Latino neighbourhood of Boyle Heights, stars America Ferrera and is close to a distribution deal.

“My two boys are eight and 10 and they watch everything online and on their phones,” King says. “It would be absurd for us to start a forward-facing, disruptive media company and not be heavily invested in this space. As we all s know, that’s where things are headed.” ■

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Oleg Ivenko as Rudolf Nureyev in The White Crow

As the Crow flies Ralph Fiennes’ latest film as director spotlights Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West in 1961. Louise Tutt reports from the set of buzz AFM title The White Crow

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he tiny roof terrace of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris holds just five people. On a late-August day earlier this year, Oleg Ivenko, the Ukrainian ballet dancer making his acting debut as Rudolf Nureyev, is one of them. He is joined by Raphael Personnaz, as French dancer Pierre Lacotte, and their director Ralph Fiennes. It is the second day of shooting on The White Crow, a thriller about Nureyev’s dramatic defection to the West in 1961. Paris, in all its glittering glory, is at their feet.

“I want [an audience] to be completely fascinated by this boy’s desire, ambition, about his love of art, his hunger to live, to express himself in his dancing,” says Fiennes of Nureyev. “I want them to want to watch an extraordinary creature, Rudi, in his uncompromising determination to get where he wants to be.”

The White Crow marks Fiennes’ third

feature as director, following Coriolanus and The Invisible Woman, all made with UK-based producer Gabrielle Tana.

They are in Paris for six days to capture exteriors depicting the five weeks Nureyev spent in the city dancing with the Kirov Ballet of Leningrad (later St Petersburg) in 1961. It was the 23-yearold Nureyev’s first trip to the West and he yearned to absorb all the art and culture the city had to offer, much to the annoyance of the KGB officials who dogged his every step. Nureyev’s Parisian idyll is interspersed with scenes from his dirtpoor childhood in the early 1940s and, later, his colourful life in Leningrad as a member of the prestigious Kirov company, a life he abruptly leaves behind.

The White Crow — the title comes from the nickname Nureyev was given as a skinny young boy — is based on the 2007 biography Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh. The author knew

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‘It was the force of his personality that came off the page’ Ralph Fiennes

Fiennes socially and had given him an early draft of the book.

“It was the force of his personality that came off the page,” says Fiennes. “This boy, with this intense hunger, not only to dance but to teach himself, to absorb all art as a way of fuelling his own dancing.

That really moved me, the force of him.

“I didn’t have much interest in ballet at all,” he continues. “He was this dynamic, provocative character from a Greek myth or something. It got under my skin and this particular story never really left me.”

Tana optioned the film rights to the biography through her London-based company Magnolia Mae Productions. It is a story full of resonance for her — beyond her lifelong love of ballet, beyond the years she lived in Paris, beyond even her own handful of encounters with Nureyev himself.

“My father defected as a young soccer player from the former Yugoslavia to Helsinki, and then Belgium,” she explains. (Dan Tana later went on to live first in Canada and then help co-found the National Professional Soccer League in the US before becoming a successful restaurateur in Los Angeles. But that is a whole other story.)

“I had grown up being very moved by that story of leaving an authoritarian regime and being free to go and make your dreams come true in the West.”

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with which Fiennes and Tana were toying. “He is so instinctively insightful into character, into drama, how scenes work,” says Fiennes of Hare’s pacy adaptation of Kavanagh’s book.

BBC Films, which had developed Fiennes’ two previously directed features, came on board the $15m project, with HanWay Films joining as international sales company. Francois Ivernel is coproducing through his France-based Montebello Productions, and further finance has come from producer-financer Andrew Levitas of Metalwork Pictures and Rogue Black, and The Fyzz Facility.

The award-winning French actress Adele Exarchopoulos co-stars as Clara Saint, the young French-Chilean heiress who befriends Nureyev, while Fiennes plays ballet master Alexander Pushkin, Nureyev’s mentor at the Leningrad Choreographic School, a role for which the director has chosen to speak Russian.

Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova plays Xenia, Pushkin’s wife. Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin, who was the youngest ever principal at the Royal Ballet and an enfant terrible in his own right, has a pivotal role as Nureyev’s roommate Yuri Soloviev. (Tana and Fiennes had met Polunin while researching The White Crow, and Tana went on to produce the acclaimed 2016 documentary Dancer about Polunin’s shock departure from the Royal Ballet.)

It took 18 months and two Russian casting directors to find Oleg Ivenko, a soloist with the Tatar State Ballet company in Russia. Thanks to a stint shooting Onegin for his director sister Martha Fiennes in St Petersburg in 1998, Fiennes was friendly with Natalya Smirnova’s Russian production services company Globus Film, which made the introductions. The casting directors scoured every dance school and company in Russia, recording the good ones.

Four were asked to screen test.

“He has what I call a proximity to Rudolf,” says Fiennes of Ivenko. “He doesn’t look like him. But at certain angles and when he starts to inhabit the part, there are moments and angles, a tilt of the head, a lift of the chin. He’s not trying to do an imitation.

Oleg Ivenko makes his acting debut as Nureyev

“I have worked with him as an actor for many months now and he’s really grown. What’s interesting is that he has not had any ambition to be an actor. He’s not cluttered with an actor’s self-awareness or an actor’s ambitions.” Fiennes chuckles at this. “My experience [as an actor] does help. I’m sensitive to what it’s like, what fires your ambition as an actor, how someone talks to you, how they lead you and suggest the right way to go.”

After Paris, the ambitious period production moved to St Petersburg for a week of exteriors, capturing both the Hermitage Museum (the first film allowed in the building since Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark in 2002) and the Kirov’s iconic Mariinsky Theatre. The interiors of the Mariinsky and the Palais Garnier were then recreated at a theatre

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in the Croatian seaside city of Rijeka for a week.

Five weeks of shooting at Belgrade’s PFI Studios plus location work in the Serbian capital followed, before the production returned to the UK for its post work in late October.

Balkan incentives In addition to the TRIP tax rebate in France, the production was able to access financial incentives in Croatia and Serbia, as well as a one-off discretionary grant of $580,000 (¤500,000) from the Serbian government. The latter was thanks to the prestige of the project (Coriolanus had put Serbia on the map as a shooting destination) and the training opportunities for local crew and crafts-people it provided in departments headed by French

production designer Anne Seibel, costume designer Madeline Fontaine, cinematographer Mike Eley and composer Ilan Eshkeri, among others.

Danish choreographer Johan Kobborg is working with the production to accurately reproduce Nureyev’s famous dances from the period and is also crafting an original piece for the film. The production worked with several Russian ‘eyes’ to ensure authenticity at every turn. As well as Ivenko and Polunin, the principal dancers in the film include the Bolshoi’s Anastasia Meskova and Russia’s Anna Polikarpova, with the corps de ballet danced by a company from Belgrade.

For Fiennes, the challenges of directing, and of acting in a film in which he is also directing, are eased by his close working relationship with script supervisor Susanna Lenton.

“She’s brilliant at identifying the strengths and weaknesses in a shot, in a performance, and telling me, ‘Are you sure you’ve got that? I’m not sure,’” Fiennes explains. “We’re in sync often, but sometimes when the pressure gets to me and I think, ‘I must just get this scene,’ she’ll be the one to say, and often it’s frustrating, ‘I think you should get one more, Ralph. I think it’s good but I still think you haven’t quite got there.’”

From her vantage point firmly inside the Palais Garnier, Lenton closely observes the tight rooftop scene with Ivenko and Personnaz, takes off her s headphones and signals: it’s all good. ■

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Biography. 114mins.

Dir: Michael Radford.

Scr: Michael Radford, Andrea Bocelli.

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Jordi Molla, Toby Sebastian, Andrea Bocelli.

AMBI Distribution.

Based on the extraordinary true story of Andrea Bocelli, a blind boy who, against all odds, becomes one of the world’s most renowned opera singers.

FURIOUS

Action/adventure, historical. 122mins.

Dir: Ivan Shurkhovetsky.

Scr: Sergey Yudakov.

Cast: Ilya Malakov, Polina Chernyshova.

Central Partnership Sales House.

In the 13th-century, Mongol warrior hordes and their leader Batu Khan control most of the known world. As the Mongols move towards Europe they invade the last Russian principality standing in their way.

Little do they know, their plans are about to be ruined by a small detachment of heroic strong men led by a mysterious brave warrior.

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GANGSTER LAND

Action/adventure.

88mins. Dir: Timothy Woodward Jr. Scr: Ian Patrick Williams.

Cast: Milo Gibson, Sean Faris, Jason Patric, Jamie Siegler. Film Mode Entertainment.

The never-before-told true story of Al Capone and his right-hand man “Machine Gun” Jack McMurray, battling the Irish Mob led

Ocean

MUSIC OF SILENCE

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OCCUPATION

Action/adventure, sci-fi. 120mins. Dir: Luke Sparke. Scr: Luke Sparke. Cast: Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Rhiannon Fish, Bruce Spence. Film Mode Entertainment.

A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating intergalactic ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realise they must stay one step ahead of their attackers and work together for a chance to strike back.

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Drama, thriller. 95mins.

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Scr: Tom Cudworth.

Cast: Adrian Grenier, Mimi Rogers, Thora Birch, David Corenswet, Grace Victoria Cox, David James Elliot. 13 Films.

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail that leaves him fighting not only for his career but also his life.

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THE SOWER

Drama. 98mins.

Dir: Marine Francen.

Scr: Marine Francen, Jacqueline Surchat, Jacques Fieschi. Cast: Pauline Burlet, Geraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir.

Celluloid Dreams.

Violette is old enough to marry in 1852 when her mountain village is brutally deprived of all its men following the repression of

the Republicans, ordered by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte.

The women spend months in total isolation. Desperate to one day see their men again, they take an oath: if a man comes, he will be for everyone. Life must continue in the belly of each and every one of them.

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TRUSTNORDISK PROMO REEL

Action/adventure, drama.

25mins. TrustNordisk.

Sneak preview of selected 2018 titles from TrustNordisk. Runs in a loop for 90 minutes.

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WESTEND PROMO SCREENING

WestEnd. 115mins.

Promo reel screening (on a loop).

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THE WIFE

Drama. 100mins.

Dir: Bjorn Runge. Scr:

Jane Anderson.

Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke, Christian Slater. Embankment Films.

Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman… Joan Castleman is a stillstriking beauty with impeccable credentials, the perfect alpha wife.

She has spent 40 years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband, Joe, and his skyrocketing literary career, ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his “art” with grace and humour. On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan’s coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career — she has written every word.

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09:30 ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

Thriller. 98mins.

Dir: Herman Yau. Scr: Herman Yau. Cast: Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh, Charlene Choi, Ka Tung Lam, Lan Law. China 3D Digital Distribution.

David, a taxi driver with terminal cancer, kills hotel owner Patrick in car accident. Patrick’s girlfriend takes over his hotel by a lake in Hong Kong, which later becomes the scene for serial suicidal accidents.

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MAYA THE BEE — THE HONEY GAMES

Animation, children’s, family. 77mins. Dir: Alexs Stadermann, Noel Cleary.

Scr: Christopher Weekes, Fin Edquist, Adrian Bickenbach. Cast: Coco Gillies. Studio 100 Film.

When the overenthusiastic

Maya accidentally embarrasses the Empress of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite with a team of misfit bugs and compete in the Honey Games for a chance to save her hive.

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MR MOLL & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Children’s. 96mins.

Dir: Manuel Flurin Hendry. Scr: Matthias Pacht. Cast: Stefan Kurt, Isabella Schmid, Maxwell Mare, Yven Hess, Luna Paiano. ARRI Media International.

The one weekend when Mr Moll is home alone with the kids, absolute chaos ensues. While working overtime in the chocolate factory, Mr Moll’s kids get into a fight with the neighbour’s kids — a fight surrounding sweets, homework and the most famous circus dog. English dubbed version available.

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THE PEPPERCORNS AND THE CURSE OF THE BLACK KING

Family. 97mins.

Dir: Christian Theede.

Scr: Dirk Ahner.

Cast: Marleen Quentin.

Global Screen.

Twelve-year-old Mia and her classmate Benny take a class trip to the Gruber family’s mountain ranch, where they begin to suspect something fishy: mysterious witching symbols appear, cattle fall sick, the well water turns black and the barn burns down. What the heck is going on here? Are they being haunted by an evil mountain spirit? Or is someone trying to put the Grubers out of business?

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TRUE COLOURS PROMO REEL

Action/adventure, comedy, drama, horror.

60mins. True Colours Glorious Films.

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Promos of True Colours’ upcoming titles.

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MARKET 11:00 IT CAME FROM THE DESERT

Action/adventure, horror, sci-fi. 90mins. Dir: Marko Makilaakso. Scr: Trent Haaga.

Cast: Vanessa Grasse.

Raven Banner Entertainment.

After a meteorite falls in the outskirts of town, an army of mutant ants appears and there is only one person who can stop them.

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Suspense, thriller.

95mins. Dir: David Pulbrook. Scr: David Pulbrook. Cast: Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin.

Little Film Company.

When Carrie accepts an invitation from Vincent to spend a long weekend at his mountain resort, she realises something is terribly wrong. In fear for her life, she escapes into the surrounding forest. What she now discovers about Vincent turns everything on its head and hurls her into a one-sided battle against a psychopathic killer.

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DOUBLE DATE

Comedy, horror.

90mins. Dir: Benjamin Barfoot. Scr: Danny

Morgan. Cast: Danny Morgan, Michael Socha, Kelly Wenham, Georgia Groome. Film Constellation.

Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for anything on a wild partyfuelled night. But little do they know the femme fatales want to make Jim lose more than just his virginity… Getting laid has never been so difficult.

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resentment, an older lady decides to climb a mountain in Scotland.

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HYDE PARK

Thriller, true story, Western. 92mins.

Dir: Nicholas Barton.

Scr: Nicholas Barton.

Cast: C Thomas Howell, Luke Arnold, MC Gainey.

Spotlight Pictures.

The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and the madam of a local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen.

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EDIE

Drama. 102mins.

Dir: Simon Hunter. Scr: Elizabeth O’Halloran.

Cast: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie.

Truffle Pictures.

To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and

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KIKORIKI: DEJA VU

Action/adventure, comedy, family. 85mins.

Dir: Denis Chernov.

Scr: Denis Chernov,

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Dmitry Yakovenko.

Cast: Vadim Bochanov. Odin’s Eye Entertainment.

The third instalment in the adventure-packed franchise focuses on loveable furball Krash, who decides to throw his best buddy Barry an unforgettable birthday party. He contacts the Deja Vu Agency, which organises exciting time-travel adventures. A cataclysmic accident occurs after the Kikoriki crew fail to follow the rules, scattering the group across time. Krash has to find and retrieve his friends through the ages.

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THE LAST WITNESS

Action/adventure, historical, thriller.

93mins. Dir: Piotr Szkopiak. Scr: Piotr Szkopiak, Paul Szambowski. Cast: Alex Pettyfer. GFM Films.

A journalist uncovers the horrific murder of 22,000

Poles under Stalin’s instructions, which for many years was blamed on the Nazis.

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MALEIKA

Action/adventure, family.

104mins. Dir: Matto Barfuss. Scr: Matto Barfuss. Cast: Max Moor.

Moonrise Pictures.

The incredible story of a cheetah mother and her six cubs. Set in the magnificent landscape of the Masai Mara natural reserve, the cheetah family experiences adventurous, difficulties and funny moments in their fight for survival.

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MAXIMUM IMPACT

Action/adventure.

110mins. Dir: Andrzej Bartkowiak. Scr: Ross LaManna. Cast: Alexander Nevsky, Danny Trejo, Tom Arnold, Kelly Hu. CineTel Films.

Since the days of the Cold War, Russian-American relations have been strained.In order to find a way out of this situation, the US Secretary of State arrives at a secret summit meeting in Moscow.

However, the operation is in jeopardy. The leader of an international gang makes an attempt on the life of the US guest and kidnaps his granddaughter. Only the joint forces of the Russian FSB and US CIA special agents are able to prevent World War Three and save millions of citizens’ lives.

in search of some clarity on the situation they’ll face when they return. But the couple get more than they bargained for when they ignore the advice of Park Rangers and venture off the trail, coming face to face with The Redwood’s legendary wildlife.

veteran turned mountain guide. Scott knows that this is the encounter that could take him to the top.

PLANETA INFORM PROMO REEL

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DOUBLE ECHO

Action/adventure, historical, horror, sci-fi, thriller. 100mins. Planeta Inform Film Distribution.

Includes new material for ‘The Coma’ (sci-fi) and ‘The Envelope’ (thriller).

TO THE TOP

An eclectic band of misfits become an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive… preferably dead.

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MONUMENTAL

REDWOOD

Road movie, romance.

92mins. Dir: Brett Simon. Scr: Annie Burgestede, Chad Faust.

Cast: Jeremy Irons, Alex Sharp, Analeigh Tipton, Maria Bello, Edi Gathegi, Karan Soni, Jane Seymour. Kathy Morgan International (KMI).

Horror. 81mins. Dir: Tom Paton. Scr: Tom Paton.

Cast: Mike Beckingham, Tatjana Nardone, Nicholas Brendon.

Carnaby International.

After some bad news back at home, musician Josh and his girlfriend Beth head out to a secluded national park

Action/adventure.

98mins. Dir: Serge Hazanavicius. Scr: Serge Hazanavicius, Stephane Dan, Mary-Noelle Dana, Alexis Galmot. Cast: Kev Adams, Vincent Elbaz, Berenice Bejo. Gaumont.

Scott, a gifted young snowboarder, has one dream: to be number one.

He wants to do what no one has ever done: climb Mount Everest and ride the ultimate descent down the Hornbein Couloir. Once in Chamonix, the riders’ Mecca, he crosses paths with Pierrick, a free-ride

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11:30 BAD SAMARITAN See box, right

Thriller. 89mins.

Dir: William Collinson.

Scr: Francois Bloemhof.

Cast: Brandon Auret, Amalia Uys. Princ Films.

Paul Mullan left the police force and became a drifter after mistakenly killing his partner. He lands a job as a chauffeur after meeting a mysterious wealthy gentleman named Bernhard. Soon he begins a passionate love affair with Bernhard’s lover Michelle.

Things get complicated for everybody when Bernhard’s daughter, Lindsey, is kidnapped. Trying to not involve the police, Bernhard asks Paul and Michelle to

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help rescue Lindsey. They manage to do so but they also discover that Lindsey isn’t so innocent after all.

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FINDING MOM

Comedy. 90mins.

Dir: Vincent Lobelle, Sebastien Thiery.

Scr: Sebastien Thiery, Pacale Arbillot.

Cast: Christian Clavier, Catherine Frot, Sebastien Thiery, Pascale Arbillot.

TF1 Studio.

What if you came home one day to find some weirdo called Patrick living in your house? What if that weirdo, in a barely understandable language, explained that he was your son? But you knew for a fact you had no children.

This is what happened to Andre and Laurence Prioux, a bourgeois couple, living stylishly in a quiet upscale suburb. Convinced they are victims of an error or a con man, Andre wants

nothing to do with Patrick.

But Laurence, faced with the inexplicable, suddenly becomes the mother she never was and welcomes with open arms this longlost son, sprung out of nowhere with his pregnant fiancée in tow.

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THE FORGIVEN

Drama, thriller. 114mins.

Dir: Roland Joffe.

Scr: Roland Joffe, Michael Ashton.

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Eric Bana. 13 Films.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu finds himself morally and intellectually challenged by Piet Blomfield, a murderer serving a life sentence in prison and seeking redemption for the atrocities he committed. Tutu must fight to hold together a country threatening to tear itself apart once again, without losing himself in the process.

MARKET 11:30 BAD SAMARITAN

Suspense, thriller. 107mins. Dir: Dean Devlin. Scr: Brandon Boyce.

Cast: David Tennant, Robert

Sheehan, Kerry Condon. Electric Entertainment.

Two young car valets use their business as a front to burgle the homes of their unsuspecting

patrons. Life is good for the petty thieves until they target the wrong house and their lives are changed forever.

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results in Junior being kidnapped, Speckles embarks on an adventure to the ends of earth to find Junior. Encountering friend and foe, ally and enemy, Speckles will stop at nothing and will take on all comers to save his offspring.

JEALOUS

Comedy, drama. 102mins.

Dir: David Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos.

Scr: David Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos.

Cast: Karin Viard, Anne Dorval, Anais Demoustier. Studiocanal.

A divorced Professor of Classics suddenly develops a twisted jealousy of those around her, including her own daughter.

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DOG YEARS

Comedy, drama. 103mins.

Dir: Adam Rifkin.

Scr: Adam Rifkin.

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Chevy Chase, Clark Duke.

TriCoast Worldwide.

An ageing former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him.

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LOOKING GLASS

Thriller. 102mins.

Dir: Tim Hunter.

Scr: Jerry Rapp, Matthew Wilder. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Robin Tunney.

Highland Film Group.

A psycho-sexual thriller following a couple who buy an old motel in the desert looking for a new beginning. What seemed at first an escape is soon a thrilling ride through a mysterious world when Ray discovers a two-way mirror and witnesses a horrifying murder in a twisted game of cat and mouse.

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MINUSCULE: MANDIBLES FROM FAR AWAY — PROMO REEL

Animation, children’s, family. 90mins.

Dir: Helene Giraud, Thomas Szabo.

Scr: Helene Giraud.

Futurikon.

In the conditioning unit of a small chestnut can factory in a quiet little country village, as winter slowly settles, a young ladybug gets trapped by accident in a cardboard box and is shipped to the Caribbean. His parent sets off for the paradise archipelago to find his little kid and free him. Once he finally makes it there, our hero finds himself entrusted with a double mission: find his offspring and save his new Caribbean ladybug friends’ home threatened by a human construction site.

Thankfully our hero will be able to count on his friend the black ant, who flies to the rescue from the other side of the world.

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OPERATION GOLDENSHELL See box, above

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MARKET 11:30 OPERATION GOLDENSHELL

Comedy. 101mins.

Dir: Antonio Cuadri.

Scr: Patxo Telleria.

Cast: Jordi Molla, Karra Elejalde, Barbara Goenaga, Unax Ugalde.

Filmax International.

Marcos Ruiz de Aldazabal is a ruthless businessman and owner

LA QUETE DALAIN DUCASSE

Documentary. 110mins.

Dir: Gilles de Maistre.

Scr: Gilles de Maistre.

Pathe International.

Twenty three restaurants worldwide, 18 Michelin stars, Alain Ducasse fearlessly continues creating trendy new places, building schools, writing books and launching major projects. To him, cooking is an endless universe and a vision of the world. This public yet very private man agreed to be followed for nearly two years, opening the doors of his ever-changing world up to us.

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RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 3: THE PAT TATE STORY

Thriller. 100mins.

Dir: Zachary Adler.

Scr: Michael Loveday.

Cast: Craig Fairbass, Terry Stone, Jamie Foreman, Shaun Ryder.

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FINDING YOUR FEET

of a bankrupt production company, Urumea Productions. Using San Sebastian Film Festival to his advantage, Marcos plans to fool a millionairess to invest in his business by hiring a double of Ray Silvela, a prestigious American/ Cuban actor, who Pamela greatly admires.

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Carnaby International.

The Pat Tate story is a hard-hitting, fast-moving tale with furious action and visceral violence. The third instalment focuses on Pat Tate’s inexorable rise to notoriety through the ranks of the Essex gangland.

13:00 ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE

Comedy, horror, musical. 110mins.

Dir: John McPhail.

Scr: Ryan McHenry, Alan McDonald.

Cast: Ella Hunt, Sarah Swire, Marli Sui. AMP International.

When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven — at Christmas — teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive, with the undead horde all around them.

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THE BBQ

Drama. 93mins.

Dir: Michael Mayer.

Scr: Stephen Karam.

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss. Hyde Park International.

While set in 1903 Russia, ‘The Seagull’ is as fresh, modern and relevant now as when it was first produced. It is the story of eight people, all of whom are fatally in love with the wrong person. Funny and heartbreaking, it also touches on the dangerously seductive nature of narcissism.

Comedy. 90mins.

Dir: Stephen Amis.

Scr: Stephen Amis, David Richardson, Serge DeNardo, Angelo Salamanca, Tim Ferguson.

Cast: Shane Jacobson, Magda Szubanski, Manu Feildel, Julia Zemiro, Jim Knobeloch, Frederick Simpson, Nicholas Hammond. Cinema Management Group.

Dazza has a passion for barbecuing. To make amends for accidentally giving his neighbours food poisoning, he seeks tutelage from a tyrannical Scottish chef and together they enter an international barbecue competition.

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THE SEAGULL

CHRISTMAS & CO

Comedy, family. 115mins.

Dir: Alain Chabat.

Scr: Alain Chabat.

Cast: Alain Chabat, Pio Marmai, Golshifteh Farahani, Audrey Tautou.

Gaumont.

Christmas Eve is just around the corner when everything goes haywire.

Santa’s 92,000 elves all keel over, sick as dogs simultaneously. That’s a harsh blow to jolly old St Nick. Now who’ll make the toys for all the kids all around the world? He’s got no choice: Santa and his reindeer must go to Earth in search of a cure.

But once he gets there, Mr Claus will need some help to save the magic of Christmas.

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DINO KING: JOURNEY TO FIRE MOUNTAIN

Action/adventure.

92mins. Dir: Han SangHo. Scr: Han Sang-Ho, Yoon Mi-Jang. Cast: Park Hee Soon. Odin’s Eye Entertainment.

Speckles, a ferocious tarbosaurus, and his young son Junior, mourning the loss of their family in an epic battle, roam the lands in search of food, adventure and peace.

Under the watchful eye of his dad, Junior is growing up healthy and strong, but with an overconfidence thanks to his young age.

After one such encounter

Comedy, romance.

111mins. Dir: Richard Loncraine. Scr: Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft.

Cast: Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman.

Protagonist Pictures.

When ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif. The two could not be more different — Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial-dating, free-spirited sibling. But different is just what Sandra needs at the moment, and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her along to her dance class, where gradually she starts finding her feet and romance.

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I KILL GIANTS

Action/adventure, fantasy. 104mins. Dir: Anders Walter. Scr: Joe Kelly. Cast: Zoe Saldana, Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots. XYZ Films.

Barbara Thorson is your new hero — a quick-witted, sharp-tongued middleschooler who isn’t afraid of anything. As the only girl in school carrying an ancient Norse warhammer in her purse and killing giants for a living, why wouldn’t she be?

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Fahri Yardim, Emilia Schule, Anna Maria Muhe, Katharina Muller Elmau, Iris Berben. Beta Cinema.

In a not-to-distant future, the body of a schoolgirl is found in the woods during the graduates’ assessment camp. Known for his upstanding morals, a teacher breaks with his own values on a quest for the truth — and is entangled in a net of his own lies.

IN LOVE AND IN HATE

Romance, suspense.

102mins. Dir: Alejandro Maci. Scr: Alejandro Maci. Cast: Luisana Lopilato, Guillermo Francella. Film Factory Entertainment.

Bad luck follows a tormented doctor to an isolated beach: there to escape heartbreak, he comes upon the very woman he was trying to leave behind. Mary is an outgoing 20-something who seduced him only to end their torrid affair when she had tired of the doctor.

But Mary isn’t travelling alone. Her sister is there with her husband, who happens to be another one of Mary’s recent ex-lovers.

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INVINCIBLE DRAGON PROMO REEL

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MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER

Animation. 103mins.

Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Scr: Riko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Cast: Sugisaki Hana, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Amami Yuki, Kohinohata Fumiyo.

Altitude Film Sales.

The forbidden “Witch’s Flower” turns Mary into a witch for one night, bringing surprises and joy, mistakes and destiny… and a bit of courage.

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MARKET 13:00 LUNA’S REVENGE

Thriller. 92mins.

Dir: Khaled Kaissar.

Scr: Ulrike Scholles.

Cast: Lisa Vicari.

Global Screen.

Luna, a smart, selfpossessed and carefree 17-year-old, is spending her summer vacation in an idyllic mountain chalet with her family when their holiday harmony suddenly becomes a nightmare: foreign men take the family hostage, then kill her parents and little sister. Luna manages

to escape, chased by the killers. Soon she finds out they all were living a lie: her father was a Russian secret agent. When he was uncovered by the German BND and had to betray his comrades, it was a death sentence for Luna’s family. She finds refuge with quiet loner Hamid, an Afghan who was a Russian agent like her dad, and his best friend. Hamid wants to smuggle Luna out of the country, but she can’t leave without avenging her family’s deaths.

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THE NINTH PASSENGER

Horror, thriller. 93mins.

Dir: Ian Pfaff. Scr: Steve Albert, Richard Janes, Chad Krowchuk, Corey Large, Nicolas Maggio.

Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Tom Maden, Alexia Fast, Timothy Murphy. Film Mode Entertainment.

A group of salacious students party aboard a luxury yacht only to turn on each other as a predatorial mutant creature picks them off one by one.

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REPLACE

Horror, sci-fi. 101mins.

Dir: Norbert Keil. Scr: Richard Stanley, Norbert Keil. Cast: Barbara Crampton, Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, Sean Knopp, Adnan

Maral. Jinga Films.

Afflicted with a dermatological disease, young and beautiful Kira discovers that she can replace her skin with that of other girls. Helped by her lover, she plots a murder and the victim becomes her donor.

When the disease returns she is forced to find more victims.

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Horror, sci-fi, supernatural thriller.

90mins. Dir: Leo Scherman. Scr: Matt Booi. Cast: Rossif Sutherland. Raven Banner Entertainment.

In the final days of the First World War, a shell-

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shocked tunneller must lead an Allied team into a hidden German base... 100 feet below the trenches. The Germans have lost control of a highly contagious biological weapon that turns its victims into deranged killers. The Allies find themselves trapped underground with hordes of the infected, a rapidly spreading disease and a team of German Stormtroopers dispatched to clean up the mess. The only thing more terrifying than the Western Front… is what lies beneath it.

Dir: Graciela Rodriguez Gilio, Charlie Mainardi.

Scr: Graciela Rodriguez.

Cast: Kyle Breitkopf, Emma Duke, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Aiden Cumming-Teicher.

AMBI Distribution.

This is a modern-day tale of hope, faith and courage based on stories from the Bible. Featuring an appearance by Pope Francis, ‘Beyond The Sun’ is a children’s adventure story where a group of kids overcome obstacles in the wilderness while searching for God in the world around them. This uplifting story is intended to spiritually engage and encourage audiences of all ages to live their best life, make good choices and help others.

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BRAVE STORM

BEYOND THE SUN

Sci-fi. 81mins. Dir: Junya Okabe. Scr: Junya Okabe. Cast: Shunsuke Daito, Shu Watanabe, Chihiro Yamamoto, Soran Tamoto, Kouichi Kasuga, Danmitsu, Yuki Matsuzaki, Tom Fujita, Shigeru Izumiya, Yasufumi Terawaki, Hisashi Yoshizawa. Blast.

Pits two families (one with an armored bionic superhero, the other a red giant robot) against evil aliens to save Earth and prevent the extinction of mankind.

Family. 90mins.

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BREATH

Drama. 115mins.

Dir: Simon Baker. Scr: Gerard Lee. Cast: Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki.

Embankment Films.

The epic and exhilarating coming-of-age story of Bruce Pike, a young man trying to find excitement and escape from his small town in 1970s coastal Australia.

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Action/adventure.

20mins. Dir: Fruit Chan.

Scr: Fruit Chan, Jason Lam. Cast: Max Zhang, Anderson Silva, Stephy Tang, Kevin Cheng, Annie Liu. Pegasus Motion Pictures.

Once upon a time Kowloon, the undercover agent with a dragon tattoo, continually helped the police to solve mysterious cases, which made him a rising star.

However, his impulsive personality dragged him into endless troubles, getting him into fights with a Macau detective as well as an American Army veteran who has a secret.

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THE CONFESSION

Drama. 89mins.

Dir: Zaza Urushadze.

Scr: Zaza Urushadze.

Cast: Joseph Khvedelidze, Sophia Sebiskveradze.

Picture Tree International.

Priest Giorgi, a former film director, is sent to serve a small parish in a mountain village. To bring villagers closer to church he starts showing films. After the screening of the first picture — ‘Some Like It Hot’ — the audience implies that the local music teacher Lili looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. After meeting Lili, Father Giorgi’s balance between cleric and secular world starts to quiver — the woman is extremely sexy and the temptation is difficult to resist.

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LICENSING BRANDS ANIMATION STUDIO PROMO REEL

Animation. 90mins.

Licensing Brands.

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LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE

Documentary. 115mins.

Dir: Gustavo Salmeron.

Scr: Gustavo Salmeron, Raul de Torres, Beatriz Montanez. Cast: Garcia Cabanes Salmeron Family. Dogwoof.

Spanish actor Gustavo Salmeron steps behind the camera to capture the winsome eccentricities of his extraordinary mother Julita, who had three dreams: having lots of kids, owning a monkey and living in a castle.

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GODLESS YOUTH

Drama. 113mins.

Dir: Alain Gsponer.

Scr: Alexander Buresch, Matthias Pacht.

Cast: Jannis Niewohner,

OPERATION WOLF: THE DOCUMENTARY

Documentary. 90mins.

Dir: Michael Helsley.

Scr: Michael Helsley.

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Cast: Q’orianka Kilcher. Steel Shavings Productions.

A secret look into the controversial world of wildlife conservation.

Follow actress and activist Q’orianka Kilcher as she unveils the myth and legend surrounding the gray wolf.

Justin Rain. Blue Fox Entertainment.

Blows the lid off Bigfoot mythology, offering up an intelligent, cunning and primitive being cloaked in ancient Native American mystique.

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Drama, historical.

118mins. Dir: Albert Dupontel. Scr: Albert Dupontel, Pierre Lemaitre. Cast: Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Albert Dupontel, Laurent Lafitte, Emilie Dequenne, Melanie Thierry. Gaumont.

November 1919: two survivors of the trenches set up a scam based on war memorials. One is a brilliant illustrator, the other an unassuming accountant. In the France of the “Roaring 20s”, their operation becomes as dangerous as it is spectacular.

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THE STOLEN PRINCESS (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Animation, comedy, family. 85mins.

Dir: Oleg Malamuzh.

Scr: Yaroslav Voytseshek.

FILMUA Group.

Ruslan, a wandering artist who dreams of becoming a knight, meets Mila and falls in love with her; he doesn’t suspect she is the King’s daughter. However, the lovers’ happiness doesn’t last long. Chernomor, the evil sorcerer, appears in a magic vortex and steals Mila. Ruslan sets out on a chase after the stolen princess to overcome all obstacles and to prove that real love is stronger than magic.

MARKET 13:30 SPACE CHICKEN

Animation, comedy, family. 88mins.

Dir: Alex Orrelle, Eduardo Schuldt. Scr: Ishai Ravid, Alfonso Santistevan. Sola Media.

Condorito jokingly accepts an alien’s offer to find an amulet of

unlimited power in return for the abduction of his future mother-in-law.

When he discovers the alien plans to destroy Earth using the amulet, he must embark on an adventure through space to rescue his mother-inlaw, recover the amulet and save the world.

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15:00 BLOOD BOUND

Horror. 96mins.

Dir: Richard LeMay. Scr: Richard LeMay. Cast: Joseph Melendez, Eden Brolin, Rosa Arredondo. Film Mode Entertainment.

Bound to an ancient pact, a family of unlimited power descend upon a small rural town to sacrifice four human lives, one being a member of their own family.

Ocean

THE CASE FOR CHRIST

Drama. 123mins.

Dir: Jonathan M Gunn.

Scr: Brian Bird.

Cast: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway, Robert Forster, Frankie Faison. Pure Flix/Quality Flix.

When an atheist reporter for the ‘Chicago Tribune’ learns his wife has become born again, he sets out to prove Christianity is a cult by interviewing leading

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apologists, only to discover the truth for himself.

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Action/adventure, fantasy, historical.

40mins. Central Partnership Sales House.

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and co-operation, Holdon and homicide Detective Captain Rezes are both desperately trying to find the killers. Racing against time and fighting their way through motor clubs, universities and secret fight clubs, they slowly start realising who they are risking their lives for.

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COP HUNT

Action/adventure.

110mins. Dir: Jozsef Kovalik. Scr: Jozsef Kovalik. Cast: Ivan Kamaras, Zsolt Anger.

Princ Films.

Budapest police are investigating a series of ritual murders. The cops are both the hunters and the game — the victims of the gruesome murders are all police officers. In such a stressed situation they are not entirely happy to be joined on the case by John Holdon, the newly arrived Interpol agent and expert in serial murders. Through rivalry

DARK RIVER

Drama. 89mins. Dir: Clio Barnard. Scr: Clio Barnard. Cast: Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean. Protagonist Pictures.

A moving tale of familial secrets.

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EMMA

Romance. 116mins.

Dir: Silvio Soldini.

Scr: Davide Lantieri, Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini. Cast: Valeria Golino, Adriano Giannini. Celluloid Dreams.

Teo is a creative in a trendy ad agency. Nice and charming, he enjoys life as an elusive womaniser.

Emma has been blind since the age of 16 but that has not stopped her from becoming an osteopath.

She is pretty, vibrant and has great friends. When they first meet, Teo is mesmerised by her sexy voice. Intrigued to date a blind woman, he takes her out. Emma is too smart and sharp to give into the illusion but against all odds it’s Teo who is hooked.

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THE GIRL IN THE FOG

Thriller. 128mins.

Dir: Donato Carrisi.

Scr: Donato Carrisi. Cast: Toni Servillo, Alessio Boni, Jean Reno, Lorenzo Richelmy, Greta Scacchi.

Studiocanal.

A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel is investigating the sudden disappearance of 15-year-old Anna Lou. But with the case at the heart of a media storm, the fine line between the police and criminals begins to blur and soon everyone becomes a suspect.

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LEGEND OF THE NAGA PEARLS

Fantasy, martial arts.

108mins. Dir: Lei Yang.

Scr: Tan Cheung.

Cast: Ta Lu Wang, Tianai Zhang, Simon Yam. Media Asia Distribution.

Once upon a time, in the city of Uranopolis, lived the Winged People, a race capable of flying.

But after losing a battle to the humans, they gradually lost their ability to fly Xuelie, a royal descendant of the Winged People, begins a search for the magical Naga Pearls in order to destroy the humans and avenge his people.

When Ni the street punk, Gali the human prince and Heiyu the Winged detective lay hands on a mysterious box containing the Naga Pearls, they find themselves hunted down

by Xuelie.

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PLONGER

Drama. 102mins.

Dir: Melanie Laurent.

Scr: Melanie Laurent.

Cast: Gilles Lellouche, Maria Valverde.

WTFilms.

A restless photographer leaves her family to “find herself ” and takes up deep-sea diving.

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PRIMAL RAGE

Horror, supernatural thriller. 104mins. Dir: Patrick Magee. Scr: Jay Lee, Patrick Magee.

Cast: Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Casey Gagliardi, Eloy Casados,

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VERONICA

Horror. 105mins.

Dir: Paco Plaza. Scr: Paco Plaza. Cast: Sandra Escacena, Ana Torrent. Film Factory Entertainment.

Madrid, 1991: a teen finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she plays Ouija with two classmates.

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15:30 DUCK DUCK GOOSE

Animation, family.

90mins. Dir: Christopher Jenkins. Scr: Robert Muir. Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Lance Lim. GFM Films.

A bachelor goose must form a bond with two lost ducklings.

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THE JOURNEY

Drama. 82mins.

Dir: Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji. Scr: Isabelle Stead. Cast: Zahraa Gandour, Ameer Ali Jabarah. Picture Tree International.

Sara enters Baghdad station for its reopening ceremony with sinister intentions. As she prepares to commit an unthinkable act, her plans are drastically altered »

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Action/adventure, martial arts. 100mins.

Dir: Wilson Yip. Scr: Jill Leung. Cast: Louis Koo, Yue Wu, Ka Tung Lam. Bravos Pictures.

Hong Kong cop Lee searches in Thailand for his missing daughter Chi. Thai Chinese police officer Chui Kit lets Lee join the investigation, having no idea that Lee is going to use the mass media to hunt for clues. As they get closer to the truth, they realise the case is more complicated than expected.

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115mins. Playtime.

MARKET 15:30 PLOEY — 30 MINUTES FINAL FOOTAGE

Animation, children’s.

30mins. Dir: Arni Olafur Asgeirsson. Scr: Fridrik Erlingsson. ARRI Media International.

The story of a young golden plover who has

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trouble learning to fly and fails to migrate to warmer climates with his family. With the help of friends he is able to survive in a world full of natural enemies and is, by the end, celebrated as a hero.

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manhunt of cold-blooded murder and criminal ruthlessness.

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OFF THE MENU

Romantic comedy.

96mins. Dir: Jay Silverman. Scr: Jennifer Goldson. Cast: Dania Ramirez, Santino Fontana, Makenzie Moss,

Maria Conchita Alonso, Jen Lilleys. Vision Films.

An unlikely heir to a Mexican fast-food franchise goes cuisine hunting for the next culinary big thing, and finds himself in a small, dusty New Mexican town where foodies come from all over to salivate over the gastronomic treats of a

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TF1 PROMO REEL

Comedy. 60mins.

TF1 Studio.

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by an unwanted and awkward encounter with Salam, a self-assured and flirtatious salesman.

With Salam now hostage to Sara’s confused and deluded plan, he battles desperately to appeal to her humanity and sway her decision. In a moment of consideration and with her convictions crumbling before her, Sara is given the opportunity to witness the life and innocence she was so willing to destroy.

But is this a second chance or an admission of guilt?

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KILLER MOSQUITOS

Printer

Comedy, horror. 90mins.

Dir: Riccardo Paoletti.

Scr: Andrea Garello.

Cast: Giulio Greco.

Minerva Pictures.

A group of friends decide to spend a weekend in an isolated country house away from stress and phones. But when a swarm of killer horseflies comes by, not only their holiday but their lives are

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put in danger. The only antidote against these killer horseflies is the smell of marijuana. In order to not be attacked and eaten alive, they have to smoke joints. Pity that the effect lasts only a few minutes and then they are exposed to danger again. They will have to do anything they can to save their lives, but they will have to do it being totally stoned.

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LAST RAMPAGE: THE ESCAPE OF GARY TISON

Thriller, true story.

100mins. Dir: Dwight Little. Scr: Alvaro Rodriguez. Cast: Robert Patrick, Heather Graham, Bruce Davison, John Heard. Little Film Company.

The nightmare begins when convicted murderer Gary Tison’s three sons break him out of an Arizona prison. Tison and his gang murder six people before finally being stopped near the Mexican border following a

MARKET 15:30 SHELTER

Drama, psycho-drama, thriller. 93mins.

Dir: Eran Riklis.

Scr: Eran Riklis.

Cast: Neta Riskin, Golshifteh Farahani, Lior Ashkenazi, Haluk Bilginer. Beta Cinema.

A thriller set in Germany involving a Lebanese

woman and an Israeli Mossad agent sent to protect her in a place where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.

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