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film 19 good posture z page 12
04 soldier dog 20 james vs his outside page 16
a story of courage, future self
loyalty and the bond that it’s man versus himself.
06 22changed the course of war
exodus 21:24 literally
an eye for an eye
08 huachicolero ana
the gasoline thieves
a story of friendship,
trust and insolvency
24 riot girls
a coming of rage story
i met a girl
anna and the
10 what if the girl of your apocalypse
26dreams...is all in your head?
the weather
z outside is frightful…

12 some friends are more blue iguana
than just imaginary
27balance, not mullets, bullets and
one gem of a heist
14 symmetry
28outside a guide to second
date sex
16 it lies within
18 29pink wall bittersweet
symphony

library 36 documentary
30 film Sunshine Superman, pink wall page 18
People Vs. George Lucas, good posture page 19
Peripheral, Tombiruo, Wild Big River Man, The Workshop, james vs his future self page 20
Honey Pie!, Malicious, The Favela Rising, Futebol (Series)
Endless, Alright Now, Adult
Babies, Walking Out, Fashionista, 37 latin
The Void, Miss You Already, City Of Men, Glue, Lower City,
Northmen - A Viking Saga, Lovesickness, Espectro, Rolling
Montana, Bad Johnson, Welcome Family, Con Game
To The Jungle, Grabbers,
Cleanskin, Dirty Girl, The Infidel,
Cherry Tree Lane, Straightheads,
Donkey Punch, White Lightnin’

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A story of courage, loyalty,
and a bond that changed

the course of war

In 1917, a 14-year-old boy from Lancashire runs
away from his oppressive father and enlists in
the Army to look for his brother on the front
line in France, pitching him and his trusted
messenger dog into a life-changing adventure.
 
COMING SOON

genre family adventure
director edward hall
writer dario poloni
producer christopher simon
cast tbc
country uk
production status development
running time tbc
year tbc

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An eye for an eye

Fresh out of prison, gangland enforcer Finn just
wants to leave town and start again. But the
life isn’t so easy to escape from, and aside from
his Gran, boss Jim Stark and his family are the
closest thing Finn has to blood. It’s all too easy to
fall back into his old ways. But Jim’s errant son
Johnny wants Finn gone so he can take control
– and when he kills Finn’s grandmother in an
attack that spirals out of control, the course is
set. Finn’s focus on revenge is absolute. To save
Johnny, Jim knows he must kill Finn first.

With nothing left to lose, Finn is ready to see it
all burn.

genre action
director marcus harben
writer gabriel robertson
producers nic crum, lauren lamarr,
naysun alae-carew
cast dom watters
country uk
production status pre-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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Huachicolero

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the gasoline thieves

Lalo, a fourteen-year-old farmhand daydreams
about his classmate Ana. In an effort to win her
affection, he is persuaded to buy her the latest
smartphone. His hard work goes down the drain
when his mother takes his savings to help with
hospital expenses. Lalo’s urgency for cash leads
him to local huachicoleros, who siphon gasoline
from government pipelines to sell on the black
market. His plan backfires when he realizes that
one of the gasoline thieves has feelings for Ana
as well.

genre drama
director edgar nito
writer alfredo mendoza, edgar nito
producer josh sobel, annick mahnert,
victor leycegui
cast eduardo banda, fernando becerril,
regina reynoso, pascacio lópez
country mexico, spain, uk, usa
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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What if the girl of your dreams…
is all in your head?

An impulsive, young musician struggling with
schizophrenia who falls for a mysterious woman
who may be all in his head. When she suddenly
vanishes, he takes off on an epic, cross-country
journey across Australia to find her, forcing his
long-suffering brother to try to rescue him.

genre drama
director luke eve
writer glen dolman
producer adam dolman
cast brenton thwaites, tbc nick actor, lily
sullivan
country australia
production status pre-production
running time tbc
year 2019 

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Some friends are more
than just imaginary...

When Beth and Kevin’s eight-year-old son
Joshua develops an imaginary Friend named
Z, they think it’s cute... But they soon realize
just how wrong they are.  Z becomes a terrible
influence on Josh and their innocent son turns
into someone they barely recognize. It’s only
when Beth starts uncovering her own past, that
she learns that Josh’s new friend Z, may not be
so imaginary, after all.

genre horror
director brandon christensen
writers brandon christensen,
colin minihan
producers chris ball, brandon
christensen, kurtis david harder,
colin minihan
cast keegan connor tracy, jett klyne,
sean rogerson, sara canning, chandra
west, stephen mchattie
country canada
production status in post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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balance,
not

symmetry

biffy clyro

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American student, Caitlin (Laura Harrier) is living
a privileged existence at Glasgow School of Art
when she unexpectedly loses her father. Consumed
with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both
her life and her friends including best friend
Hannah (Bria Vinnaite). When a chance encounter
with Rory, (Scott Miller) a local boy with bad
reputation, lights an unexpected spark within her
she finds herself torn between two opposing worlds. 

Balance, Not Symmetry is a collaboration
between UK rock giants Biffy Clyro and director
Jamie Adams, with the band writing all the songs
for the film. The soundtrack of original material,
also titled Balance, Not Symmetry, will be released
as a standalone Biffy Clyro album

director jamie adams
writer jamie adams
producers maggie monteith
cast laura harrier, bria vinnaite,
scott miller
country uk
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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It Lies Within

A young man is brought to a dilapidated house in
order to care for a woman and her elderly, dying
mother. Falling in love with the younger woman,
he begins to suspect she is enslaved to a demon,
and resolves to fight the creature and rescue the
woman he loves…but all is not what it seems.

Outside will star Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049,
Wetlands), Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country)
and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Pride, Harry
Potter). Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma
films, (who is currently in pre-production on the
Untitled Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis film for
Working Title Films/Universal) is producing.
Damian Jones (The Lady In The Van, The Iron
Lady) is executive producer.

romola garai

(l-r) carla juri, alec secareanu, imelda staunton genre horror
director romola garai
writer romola garai
producers matthew james wilkinson
executive producer damian jones
casting agent anna kennedy
cast carla juri, imelda staunton,
alec secareanu
country uk
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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pinkwall

genre drama Six scenes. Six years. Six moments that shaped
director tom cullen the relationship of Jenna and Leon. Pink
writer tom cullen Wall examines what defines us, the pressures
producers maggie monteith, jamie of gender expectations, and our perpetual
adams, richard elis struggle between life and ambition.
cast tatiana maslany, jay duplass
country uk
production status completed
running time 85mins
year 2019

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good
posture

Set in current day Brooklyn, Good Posture is director dolly wells
the story of Lilian (Grace Van Patten) a lazy writer dolly wells
but charming and beautiful young woman who, producers maggie monteith, jamie
having broken up with her boyfriend has been adams
placed into the care of family friend and famed cast emily mortimer, nat wolff, grace
reclusive author, Julia Price (Emily Mortimer). van patten, ebon-moss bachrach,
To impress her ex-boyfriend, and the other cynics condola rashad, alessandro nivola
around her, Lilian suddenly decides to make a country uk
documentary on Julia - albeit an unauthorized production status completed
one - with surprisingly amusing results. running time 92mins
year 2019
Good Posture is the directorial debut of Dolly
Wells (45 Years, Bridget Jones’ Baby) and stars
Grace Van Patten (The Meyerowitz Stories, Under
the Silver Lake) and Emily Mortimer (Mary
Poppins Returns, The Party).  

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A Coming of
Rage Story

Four years after a mysterious illness killed all the
adults, the town of Potter’s Bluff has been divided
into two rival factions, the East side, made up
of scrappy scavengers living amongst the ruins,
and the West side which hoards its wealth in the
former high school and is ruled by Jeremy, a brutal
dictator. When Jack, an eastsider, is forced to kill
two westsiders while on a scavenging mission, he
is captured and taken back to the West side where
he awaits public execution. Jack’s sister, Nat, and
her best friend, Scratch, must cross into dangerous
territory if they have any hope of saving him.
Their treacherous journey reveals not only the
power of their love, but the depths of their courage.

genre sci-fi
director jovanka vuckovic
writer katherine collins
producer lauren grant
executive producers brian
kavenaugh-jones, phil hunt, compton
ross, chris ferguson, john bain, mark
gringas, john laing, jovanka vuckovic,
katherine collins
co-executive producer sandra yee
ling
cast madison iseman, paloma
kwiatkowski, alexandre bourgeois,
jenny raven
country canada
production status completed
running time 83min

year 2018

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It’s Man vs Himself.
Literally.

A brilliant scientist on the cusp of inventing
time travel finds himself tormented by his
unhinged future self who wants him to give up
his work for a normal life. When he won’t go along
with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man
versus himself - literally. 

Starring Daniel Stern (City Slickers, Home
Alone), Jonas Chernik (My Awkward Sexual
Adventure) & Cleopatra Coleman (The Last
Man On Earth, Step Up 4). Directed by Jeremy
LaLonde (The Go-Getters) produced by Jonathan
Bronfman (The Witch, Patti Cake$, Race), Jordan
Walker (The Go-Getters) and Jonas Chernik.

genre comedy
director jeremy lalonde
writer jonas chernick, jeremy lalonde
producers jonathan bronfman, jonas
chernick, jordan walker
cast daniel stern, jonas chernick,
cleopatra coleman
country canada
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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A story of friendship,
trust and insolvency

With the Puerto Rican recession in full swing,
bankrupt second- hand automobile dealer, Rafa,
can’t imagine life will get much worse… That is
until he discovers nine-year-old Ana sleeping in
the back of one of his cars. Ana’s mother has just
been arrested and imprisoned and with no one
else to turn to she latches on to Rafa at the worst
possible time in his life. In an attempt to both
locate Ana’s father and somehow settle Rafa’s
increasingly pressing debts, the unlikely duo
embark on a colorful journey across the island.

What follows is an expedition of mystery and
danger that pits the fundamentally moral Rafa
and the inherently manipulative Ana against
violent gangsters, moonshine producing mountain
farmers, local superstitions and a hugely crooked
and formidable evangelical church group.

Ana is written by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs) and will
be directed by Charles McDougall whose credits
include House Of Cards for Netflix, The Secret
Agent for BBC, Secrets and Lies for ABC and The
Office for NBC. The film is produced by Luillo
Ruiz¹ Pimienta Company.

genre drama
director charles mcdougall
writer cris cole
producer luillo ruiz
cast dafne keen, andy garcia
country puerto rico
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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Oh, the weather
outside is frightful…

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. Teaming up with her best friend John, Anna
has to fight her way through zombified snowmen,
Santas, elves and Christmas shoppers to get across
town to the high school, where they’ll be safe.
But they soon discover that being a teenager is
just as difficult as staying alive, even at the end
of the world.

FANTASTIC FEST SITGES
AUSTIN

DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

AnnaAndTheApocalypse #AnnaAndTheApocalypse @AATApocalypse /AATApocalypse

genre comedy horror / musical
director john mcphail
writers ryan mchenry, alan mcdonald
producers naysun alae-carew, nicholas
crum
cast ella hunt, sarah swire, marli sui, ben
wiggins, christopher leveaux
country uk
production status completed
running time 109min
year 2018

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Mullets, bullets and
one gem of a heist

starring Academy Award and
Golden Globe winner Sam Rockwell

Ex-jailbirds Eddie (Sam Rockwell) and Paul (Ben
Schwartz) are on parole and working in a New
York diner. They’re best buddies and a team, but
their lives are a dead end. That is, until English
lawyer Katherine Rookwood (Phoebe Fox) walks
into the diner with an offer they can’t refuse.

Her plan takes them to London. The prize they
seek is a fabulous gem called the Blue Iguana.
Up until this point Eddie and Paul’s outrageous
antics have never had serious consequences and
they’ve always wriggled out of danger, with a
wisecrack, a weapon and a smile. But this time,
the man who stands in their way is a psychotic
small-time crime boss (Ferdinando). As the story
plays along with all the black comic blood-letting,
gunplay and danger, the unexpected consequence
of Eddie and Katherine’s quest is True Love.

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genre heist comedy
director hadi hajaig
writer hadi hajaig
producer hadi hajaig & tom lassally
cast sam rockwell, ben schwartz,
phoebe fox, peter ferdinando, al weaver
country uk
production status completed
running time 101min
year 2018

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Laura and Ryan are perfect for each other:
they both love Meryl Streep, have been totally
destroyed by previous relationships, and they
have no idea what they are supposed to do
tonight. They also both know that they’ll have to
pretend to be completely different to how they’ve
ever been previously, in the hope of getting it
right this time.
How bad can a second date really go and what
is there to lose? Ryan and Laura are about to
find out…

genre comedy
director rachel hirons
writer rachel hirons
producer david wade, maggie monteith,
paul raphael
executive producer chris reed, adam
rolston
cast george mackay, alexandra
roach, emma rigby, holli dempsey, kae
alexander, tom bell, michael socha
country uk
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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Iris (Suki Waterhouse) is struggling under
a weight of intense work deadlines, a recent
relationship break up and a gravely ill mother.
 
Late delivering her first major motion picture
score her world is turned further upside down
when Eleanor (Jennifer Grey) arrives from the US
to “help”.
 
At first, Eleanor’s presence helps to generate great
work.  And her encouragement of Iris to truly
express herself in her music also reconnects her
with older sister (Poppy Delevigne).

bitt  ersweet
symphony

.....................The sisters both realise they have to find a way
to figure out how to traverse the tricky terrain of
fulfilling the goodbye wishes of their Mum before
she leaves them. With only weeks left to live, their
Mum needs them to grow up, and fast.
 
coming soonWith pressure mounting to finish the music before
her Mother passes on Iris raises the distraction
stakes ensuring that whatever can go wrong does.
 
Can Eleanor work her magic?  Save the music and
heal the family?  Maybe, but she may be taught a
fair few lessons herself.
 
It certainly is a Bittersweet Symphony, this life.

genre comedy drama
director jamie adams
writer jamie adams
producers jamie adams, richard elis,
maggie monteith
featuring suki waterhouse, poppy
delevingne, jennifer grey, richard elis,
craig roberts and griffin dunne
country uk
production status post-production
running time tbc
year 2019

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library film, documentary and latin
films from 2004 onwards

film wild honey pie! alright now

peripheral Happily married, mid-thirties, and without Sometimes you’ve just
children, Gillian (Jemima Kirke) and Oliver gotta rock n roll with it!
technology has no boundaries may not be moving at the pace of other
couples, but they’re happy. However, parents Joanne (Cobie Smulders), poster girl and lead
A young writer battles the intelligent software and friends have been pestering Gillian to singer of once popular 90s britpop band The
designed to help her write her new book and move past her meandering writing career and Filthy Dukes is now playing to small, half
stumbles upon a conspiracy of social control. get a new more stable job. Despite Oliver’s empty venues. When her boyfriend Larry
initial doubts, their decision to mount a (Noel Clarke) cheats on her, it’s the last straw
Peripheral is a contemporary sci-fi thriller “Shakespeare by the Sea” festival starts to and the band break up in spectacular fashion.
about the war between art and commerce, take shape. It seems like a winning idea, yet Embarking on a wild night out with her best
the brain and the processor, flesh and silicon. it’s not all a midsummer night’s dream, as friend Sara (Jessica Hynes), Joanna wakes to
Blending the claustrophobic intensity of Pi cracks in their organisational skills start to find that she has somehow drunkenly enrolled
with the hallucinatory nature of Videodrome, surface, and reveal the fragile nature of their at university. Convinced that she is going to
Peripheral is a fiercely smart and original relationship. Will this new step in life prove give the youngsters a run for their money in
genre film with a critical eye on today’s fruitful for them, or will it become akin to the partying department Joanne is shocked
corporate controlled culture of entertainment some Shakespearean tragedy? to discover that Millennials have no idea who
and distraction. genre drama comedy she is and are far more into yoga and kale
director jamie adams smoothies than crazy rock & roll parties.
genre thriller writer jamie adams
director paul hyett producers jamie adams, noel clarke, Written and directed by Jamie Adams
writer dan schaffer jason maza, maggie monteith, david (Black Mountain Poets, Benny & Jolene)
producer bill kenwright, craig tuohy, wade and produced by Jason Maza, Noel Clarke of
tim clayton executive producers chris reed, Unstoppable Entertainment (Brotherhood,
cast hannah arterton, rosie day, james norrie, bob portal 10x10) and Maggie Monteith (Searching for
elliot langridge featuring jemima kirke, alice lowe, Sugar Man), Songbird is a feel good comedy
country uk sarah solemani, brett goldstein, about love, life and the search for new
production status completed joanna scanlon, richard elis, dan beginnings.
running time 90min clark, william thomas
year 2018 country uk genre comedy
production status completed writer jamie adams
tombiruo running time 88min director jamie adams
year 2018 producer noel clarke, jason maza,
Asian box office hit Tombiruo is based on maggie monteith
the novels by best-selling Malaysian author the endless cast cobie smulders, noel clarke,
Ramlee Awang Murshid, and tells the story jessica hynes, griffin dunne, daisy
of the title character who, after being cast haggard
out at birth for his horrific facial deformity, country uk
is raised deep in the jungles of Borneo by a production status completed
hermit. Tombiruo manifests supernatural running time 95min
powers, a psychic bond with the jungle itself, year 2018
and grows to be a guardian of the jungle
majesty, as illegal loggers threaten to destroy
his home.

Bringing the first installment of Tombiruo’s
story to the big screen marks the feature
directorial debut for Australian special effects
guru Seth Larney, whose VFX credits include
Wolverine and The Chronicles of Narnia. The
action-adventure film has garnered praise
from critics and audiences alike, and is
tracking to become one of the highest-grossing
Malaysian movies of all time.

genre action
director seth larney
writers yasmin yaacob, chi-ren
choong
producers zurina mohd ramli
cast zul ariffin, farid kamil, nabila
huda, faizal hussein
country malaysia
production status completed
running time 92min
year 2018

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malicious knuckleball housewife

It will take what’s To catch a predator he must There’s only you
most precious to you think like one and your dreams

A young college professor Adam (Josh After his Grandfather unexpectedly dies in Holly suffers a terrible childhood trauma
Stewart), and his pregnant wife Lisa (Bojana the night, 12 year old Henry finds himself cut where her father and sister are murdered
Novakovic) find and open an antique box off and alone on an isolated farm. When his unexplainably at the hands of her mother.
when moving into their new home. After an nearest neighbour, Dixon realises that the boy Years later, Holly is living in a distant new
unexpected tragedy befalls them Lisa starts has no one to protect him, Henry becomes a country, with a husband chasing fame on the
being plagued by visions and hauntings that target for reasons he cannot understand. With back of the book that he wrote about her. The
convince her there is something evil in the his parents at least 24 hours from returning, trauma of her past is brought hurtling into
house. Adam, though sympathetic is convinced and a massive snow storm brewing Henry the present when she is persuaded to attend a
she must be having a nervous breakdown. retreats into the house and prepares for a meeting of a secretive cult with a charismatic
It is only when Adam calls upon Dr Clark siege. What follows is a desperate battle for leader known as the “dream surfer”.
(Delroy Lindo) a professor of parapsychology survival that will also unlock the terrifying
at the university that the true horror of what connection between his family and the killer Written and directed by Evrenol and co-
they have let out becomes clear. The opening next door. written by Cem Özuduru, Housewife stars
of the box has unleashed a malevolent entity Clémentine Poidatz (Mars) as Holly, and
that will stop at nothing until it satisfies its Best described as an R rated version of David Sakurai (Liza The Fox Fairy) as the
murderous intentions. Home Alone, Knuckleball stars Luca Villacis leader of the secretive cult. Producers are
(Channel Zero), Munro Chambers (Turbo Müge Büyüktalas of MO Film Produksiyon,
genre horror Kid) and Michael Ironside (Scanners, Total Erhan Özogul of Anka Film and Metin Anter
writer/director michael winnick Recall). Directed by Mike Peterson (Lloyd The of Chantier Films.
producer brett forbes, patrick rizzotti Conqueror), written by Kevin Cockle and Mike
executive producer shaun redick, ray Peterson and produced by Mike Peterson, genre horror
mansfield Kurtis David Harder and Lars Lehmann. director can evrenol
cast josh stewart, bojana novakovic, Knuckleball is currently in production in writer cem özüduru, can evrenol
melissa bolona, delroy lindo, yvette Canada. producer müge büyüktalas, metin
yates anter, erhan özogul
country us genre thriller cast clémentine poidatz, david
production status completed writer kevin cockle, michael peterson sakurai, alicia kapudag

running time 95min director michael peterson country us
year 2018 producers julian black antelope, production status completed
lars lehmann, kurtis david harder, running time 82min
the endless michael peterson year 2017
cast michael ironside, munro
Two brothers return to the death cult, from chambers, luca villacis SITGES L’ETRANGE
which they fled a decade ago, to find that country canada
there might be some truth to the group’s production status completed
otherworldly beliefs. running time 87min
year 2018
genre sci-fi/horror
director justin benson & aaron
moorhead
writer justin benson
producer justin benson, aaron
moorhead, thomas r. burke, david
lawson jr., leal naim
cast justin benson, aaron moorhead,
tate ellington, callie hernandez, lew
temple
country us
production status completed
running time 111min

year 2017

VANCOUVER TRIBECA FANTASTIC FEST SITGES
FILM FESTIVAL AUSTIN

LONDON FILM NEUCHATEL MOTEL X
FESTIVAL IFFF

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lowlife walking out fashionista

A crime anthology in five parts Sometimes the greatest journey Feed your desire
is the distance between two people
When a simple organ harvesting caper goes April co-owns a Vintage shop in Austin with
awry, a twist of fate unites three of society’s A typical teenage urbanite travels to rural her husband Eric. When she discovers Eric
forgotten and ignored: El Monstruo, a disgraced Montana to go hunting with his estranged “off- is having an affair, she hooks up with and
Mexican Wrestler working as hired muscle for the-grid” father. As they ascend deep into the starts to fall for a mysterious pick-up from a
a local crime boss. Crystal, a recovering addict wilderness, father and son struggle to connect bar, Randall, but he turns out to be way more
desperate enough to arrange a black market on any level. When an unexpected encounter dangerous than she bargained for - and as her
kidney transplant to save her husband’s life. with a grizzly bear leaves them both with life spirals out of control, so does her addictive
And Randy, a loveable two-strike convict fresh serious injuries, the boy must carry his father to reliance on clothes to support her.
out of prison, cursed with a full-face swastika safety if they are to survive.
tattoo and a best friend guilting him into some genre horror
hair-brained kidnapping scheme. Starring Matt Bomer (The Nice Guys, Suits, director dominic brunt
Magic Mike, The Last Tycoon), Bill Pullman writer paul shrimpton    
As the sordid lives of these small-time criminals (Independence Day, Independence Day: original story joanne mitchell
collide, they must fight tooth and nail to save a Resurgence) and Josh Wiggins (Mean Dreams, producer karl hall, joanne mitchell,
pregnant woman from a very certain, and surely Max, Hellion). Written and directed by Alex dominic brunt
gruesome death. & Andrew Smith (The Slaughter Rule, Winter executive producer james ogden, linzi
genre crime in the Blood) and produced by Brunson Green ogden
director ryan prows (A United Kingdom, The Help) and Laura Ivey cast joanne mitchell, kate
writer tim cairo, jake gibson, shaye (Ithaca). coogan, charlie chuck, laurence r
ogbonna, ryan prows, maxwell towson harvey, andrew dunn, sally dexter,
producer narineh hacopian, derek “Part bonding story, part kurtis lowe, mica proctor
bishé, tim cairo survival story, part coming- country uk
cast nicki micheaux, ricardo adam of-age; deep & profound, Matt production status completed
zarate, jon oswald, shaye ogbonna, Bomer & Josh Wiggins are running time 84min
santana dempsey and mark burnham great!” Access Hollywood year 2017
country us
production status completed “Classical filmmaking at its the void
running time 98min most persuasive and moving.”
year 2017 Los Angeles Times There is a hell, this is worse

FANTASIA L’ ETRANGE MOTEL X VANCOUVER genre survival drama When a mysterious and violent cult threatens
FILM FESTIVAL writers/directors alex & andrew smith to breach an isolated hospital, a lone police
producers brunson green & laura ivey officer and a group of staff band together to
CALGARY FILM ATFOTERRODNATORK STOCKHOLM executive producers rodrigo garcia, fortify themselves within its walls. But as they
FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL bonnie curtis, julie lynn, jim burba, bob prepare for the fight of their lives, they will
hayes, katherine ann mcgregor, carole discover the real terror is already inside.
adult babies meiselman, charlsey adkins, marc
simon Combining the aesthetic attitude of modern
Time for a change cast matt bomer, josh wiggins, horror cinema as it emerged in the 1970’s with
bill pullman, alex neustaeder the sophisticated practical effects that ruled the
From Dominic Brunt, director of Before Dawn country us creature features of the 1980’s and early 90’s,
production status completed directors Kostanski and Gillespie will conjure
and Bait, a satirical and sexy shocker unlike running time 96min up a terrifying tale with all the nightmarish
year 2017 tension and intense claustrophobia of John
anything you’ve ever seen before. Carpenter’s The Thing.
genre drama/thriller CAMERAIMAGE SXSW
writer simon rumley genre horror
director simon rumley writers/directors steven kostanski and
producer bob portal, simon rumley jeremy gillespie
cast amanda fuller, ethan embry, eric producers casey walker, jonathan
balfour, alex essoe bronfman
country us executive producers todd brown,
production status completed ross dinerstein, jeremy platt, james
running time 109 min norrie
year 2016 cast aaron poole, natalie brown,
kenneth welsh, ellen wong, art hindle
country canada
production status completed
running time 90min
year 2016

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the neighbor miss you already naovritkhimngensa-ga

Sometimes it’s better not to know baskin There’s no time to bleed

A nail biting horror/thriller from genre maestro Enter a world full of suffering A gang of Viking marauders, shipwrecked and
Marcus Dunstan. Written by Patrick Melton and and madness trapped deep in enemy territory cut a bloody
Dunstan who honed their craft on the Saw and swath through Scotland to reach a Viking
The Collector franchises as well as co-writing A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a stronghold, while relentlessly pursued by the
Pacific Rim. trapdoor to hell when they stumble upon a black King’s most feared mercenaries, the Wolf Pack.
mass in an abandoned building, in the tour-de- However the hunters become the hunted when
John is living in Cutter, Mississippi with his force feature debut from ferociously talented the Vikings, eager for battle, set deadly traps
girlfriend Rosie. They have one neighbour Troy, director Can Evrenol. and mercilessly decimate their pursuers one
who is creepy as hell. One day Rosie is shocked to by one...
spy Troy chasing an injured man who he brutally “Fulci on crack.” Eli Roth genre action-adventure
clubs to the ground. She is even more shocked genre horror director claudio fäh
when Troy turns and appears to look straight at director can evrenol writers bastian zach, matthias bauer
her. writer can evrenol, ercin sadikoglu, cem producers ralph s. dietrich, karin g.
ozuduru, ogulcan eren akay dietrich, daniel höltschi, frank kaminski,
Later that evening John returns home to find producers can evrenol, mete evrenol, ulrich stiehm, marco del bianco, rolf
that Rosie is gone. Seeing that no bags have mehpare evrenol wappenschmitt, giselher venzke, bertha
been packed nor money taken John senses that executive producers müge buyuktalas spieker
something is wrong. But when he spots the cast gorkem kasal, ergun kuyucu, cast ryan kwanten, ed skrein, tom
telescope pointing at Troy’s house he puts two and mehmet cerrahoglu, sabahattin yakut, hopper, charlie murphy, ken duken,
two together, and resolves to break in next door mehmet fatih dokgoz, muharrem james norton, johan hegg
to see if he can find her. But John could never bayrak country switzerland/germany/south
prepare for what he finds in Troy’s basement. And country turkey africa
just when it couldn’t get any worse he finds Rosie - production status completed running time 97min
who has become Troy’s running time 97min year 2014
latest captive… year 2015
US distribution ifc
genre horror/thriller UK distribution vertigo
director marcus dunstan
writers marcus dunstan, patrick melton
producers brett forbes, patrick rizzotti
cast josh stewart, alex essoe, bill engvall
country us
production status completed
running time 86min
year 2016

miss you already

Your best friend knows everything
about you... and loves you anyway

Milly and Jess have been best friends forever.
They’ve shared everything since they were kids –
secrets, clothes, laughs, substances, boyfriends…
now they are trying to be grown-ups. Milly has a
high-flying job and lives in a beautiful townhouse
with husband kit and their two kids. Jess is a
town planner and she and her boyfriend jago live
on a bohemian houseboat on a London canal.
Their friendship is as rock solid as ever. That is
until Jess struggles to have a much longed-for
baby and Milly finds out she has breast cancer.
How do you share that?

genre comedy drama
director catherine hardwicke
writer morwenna banks
producer christopher simon
executive producers morwenna banks,
catherine hardwicke, samantha horley,
james norrie, barnaby southcombe, nicki
hattingh, anne sheehan, sheryl crown,
lisa lambert, celine rattray, trudie styler,
jerome booth
cast drew barrymore, toni collette,
dominic cooper, paddy considine,
jacqueline bisset, tyson ritter
country uk
running time 113min
year 2015

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film wild cougar, Phil assumes leadership, and chaos cleanskin
quickly follows. It’s up to Chris to man up and
montana release his inner beast… or they may be stuck They’re not going to stop…
there forever. and neither will he.
Revenge has a new name
In the spirit of “lost in the wilderness” comedies Sean Bean plays Ewan, a secret service
Dimitrije is a Balkan ex-special forces soldier such as Tropic Thunder and Without a Paddle, agent, deep undercover in London’s criminal
who has come to London hellbent on bloody and workplace comedies like Employee of the underbelly, on the heels of a terrorist cell. His
vengeance for the murder of his family. In a Month and Waiting… Throw in the warm wit mission: to terminate with extreme prejudice.
chance encounter, Dimitrije saves Montana – a of Apatow and Welcome to the Jungle is a rare Also starring James Fox and Charlotte
street smart kid – from a gangland execution; beast in today’s market. A comedy that delivers Rampling as his operators and Abhin Galeya as
eliminating his would-be murderers with on the laughs – both the high and the lowbrow. Ash, the eponymous “cleanskin”, an extremist
ruthless detachment. Bound together by a with no previous convictions so therefore
shared need for revenge, the boy is mentored genre comedy unknown to national security…and every agent’s
by Dimitrije in the dark arts of assassination director rob meltzer
and in so doing, learns the true meaning of producers justin kanew, luillo ruiz worst nightmare.
friendship, honour and respect...it transpires executive producers stephen hays,
that Montana is a natural. And he’s very, very peter graham, mark feldstein, brad genre thriller
angry. roth, alex goldstone, robert bevan, director/writer/producer hadi hajaig
samantha horley, cyril mégret co-producers harry f. rushton, david
genre action cast adam brody, jean-claude van sumnall
director mo ali damme, rob huebel, kristen schaal, cast sean bean, charlotte rampling,
writer jeremy sheldon and peter lowe megan boone, eric edelstein, dennis abhin galeya, tuppence middleton,
based on an idea by mo ali haysbert james fox, peter polycarpou,
and peter lowe country us/puerto rico michelle ryan
producers gareth roberts, running time 93min country uk
mark foligno, iain richardson year 2012 running time 107min
cast lars mikkelsen, mckell david, year 2011
adam deacon, ashley walters grabbers
country uk
running time 103min Erin Island is under attack…and
year 2013 the locals are get ting pissed.

bad johnson On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the
coast of Ireland, charming but somewhat work-
It’s a schlong story. shy Ciaran O’Shea, is tasked with greeting Lisa
Nolan, a straightlaced young officer who has
Rich Johnson (Cam Gigandet) is a charismatic, arrived from the mainland.
serial womanizer. Young, arrogant, handsome,
cocky, and in great physical shape – he’s the Not that there is much for them to do, aside
kind of jerk you hate but secretly wish you from dealing with the occasional drunk, and
were. Women practically throw themselves at that’s usually O’Shea himself. But strange
him, and Rich simply cannot control his penis, doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat
which seems to have a mind of its own. After disappears, whales start appearing dead
being caught cheating and ruining yet another on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a
promising relationship, Rich, in a chastened strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it
moment of regret, wishes his penis would just becomes clear to O’Shea and Nolan that there’s
leave him alone. something big out there, and that it’s hungry.
It’s time to rally the villagers, arm the troops…
Sometimes you need to be careful about what and head to the pub.
you wish for... for when Rich wakes the next
morning he finds that his penis has gone. “As a piece of entertainment,
Decamped. Exited the building. It has literally it’s just about faultless. It seems
vamoosed! like a weird thing to say about
a horror movie, but this is a film
genre comedy to cherish. We defy you not to
director huck botko fall at least a little bit in love
writer jeff tetreault with it.” Den Of Geek
producers reid brody, danny roman,
bill ryan genre comedy horror
cast cam gigandet, nick thune, director jon wright
katherine cunningham, jamie chung writer kevin lehane
country us producers tracy brimm, kate myers,
running time 87min martina niland, eduardo levy, james
year 2013 martin, piers tempest
executive producers david collins,
twheelcjuonmgeleto robert bevan, samantha horley, cyril
mégret
Not your typical day at the office. cast richard coyle, ruth bradley, russell
tovey
Adam Brody plays Chris, an ex-boy scout who country uk/ireland
is a weakling in his workplace and regularly running time 93min
bullied by Phil (Rob Huebel). When the whole year 2011
office is sent on a wilderness retreat in an
excruciating team building exercise headed up
by unhinged ex marine “Storm” (Jean-Claude
van Damme), Storm is promptly attacked by a

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dirty girl cherry tree lane straightheads

Some girls are born dirty. A disturbing and shocking Let the revenge fit the crime
cautionary tale that will make
Dirty Girl is the story of Danielle (Juno Temple), you think twice about opening When Adam is invited by Alice, a beautiful older
the dirty girl of Norman High School in your front door to strangers. woman, to accompany her to a lavish party in
Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. When Danielle’s the country he knows he is going to have the best
misbehaviour gets her banished to a remedial A provocative film from writer/director night of his life. Exhilarated by highly charged
class, she is paired on a parenting project with Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton) sex, Alice and Adam speed away from the party
Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), an innocent closet-case Christine and Mike are an ordinary middle-class down a wooded and desolate road but a moment of
with no friends. Danielle is to get to California couple, living in what could be any house on any distraction catapults them into the path of a vicious
to find the father she’s never met, and Clarke street. It’s an average evening as they prepare and random attack. Settling the score seems the
is desperate to escape being sent to military dinner, open a bottle of wine and bicker as they only way out of this self destructive spiral.
school by his homophobic dad. Together, the wait for their teenage son Sebastian to come home
mismatched misfits light out for California, and from football. A ring at the door is answered by “First-rate cult thriller”
discover each other and themselves through a Christine. A terrible scream and she reappears, The Times
funny and serendipitous friendship. a knife at her throat, a gang of teenagers at her
back, who tie them both up. It seems Sebastian has genre thriller
genre comedy snitched on one of them and they are here to exact director dan reed
writer/director abe sylvia the worst revenge imaginable to a parent, but in cast gillian anderson, danny dyer
producers rob paris, jana edelbaum, the sincere belief they hold the moral high ground producers damian jones,
rachel cohen – that this is the right thing to do. They settle in to kevin loader
executive producers ed hart, joan wait for Sebastian to come home. country uk
huang, robert bevan, samantha horley, running time 79min
cyril mégret, christine vachon, daniel “An intense, very slyly comic year 2007
crown, bob weinstein, harvey weinstein thriller” ****Empire
cast juno temple, milla jovovich, william the infidel
h. macy, mary steenburgen, dwight “Extraordinary, masterful
yoakam, tim mcgraw, jeremy dozier filmaking” Eye For Film Is it a Muslim? Is it a Jew? No! It’s...
country us
running time 89min genre drama The Infidel, a comedy of “ethnic proportions”
year 2011 writer/director paul andrew williams starring Omid Djalili as a London Muslim cab
cast rachael blake, tom butcher driver who discovers he’s adopted, and Jewish.
white lightnin’ producer ken marshall A UK box office hit written by one of the UK’s
country uk foremost writers and comedians, David Baddiel.
From international cult running time 78min
magazine Vice, the tale of Jesco year 2010 “Sharp, wise and very funny”
“The Dancing Outlaw” White - Time Out
part angel, part devil, part elvis donkey punch “Comic brilliance… the summer’s
funniest film”
Jesco White’s drugs of choice are gasoline This party is going overboard The Evening Standard
and lighter fluid, plus the high he gets from genre comedy
performing his wild mountain dancing. But it’s On holiday in the Med, a group of lads offer director josh appignanesi
reform school and a lunatic asylum that teach some like-minded girls a party on their luxury writer david baddiel
Jesco how to fight, and fight he does. Redneck yacht, and it’s just the glamorous adventure the cast omid djalili, richard schiff producers
exploitation is gorgeously reinvented as Jesco girls are up for. But the night takes a vicious arvind ethan david, uzma hasan,
explodes from one burst of trailer-trashing rage turn... Some lose their inhibitions, others lose stewart le marechal, david baddiel
to the next in this brutal and demented hillbilly their lives as a sex game gone wrong erupts country uk
saga. into savage violence, gruesome murder and a running time 105min
ruthless fight for survival. year 2010
“A rollicking terrifying trip”
LA Times “The sexiest most shocking JERUSALEM
thriller of the year” **** Empire
“A demented slice of genius”
The Guardian “Fans of horror and thriller
films should put Donkey Punch on
genre midnight madness/cult their must-see list” Toronto Star
director dominic murphy
writers shane smith, eddy moretti genre thriller
cast edward hogg, carrie fisher producers director olly blackburn
mike downey, sam taylor cast robert boulter, julian morris,
country uk jay taylor, jaime winstone
running time 90min producers angus lamont, robin gutch,
year 2008 mark herbert
country uk
running time 95min
year 2008

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documentary

sunshine superman big river man the workshop

A film about falling Complex times require Enlightenment guaranteed
complex heroes Clothing optional
Sunshine Superman is a love story about what
it feels like to fall, first uncontrollably, then In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane In a wooded glade somewhere near San
willingly, and then finally ecstatically. The film attempt to be the first person to swim the entire Francisco, the workshop challenges the
traces the genesis of base jumping (the act of length ofthe world’s most dangerous river, rules of modern society by pushing all the
leaping from buildings, antennas, bridges and the mighty Amazon. Martin is an endurance boundaries of normal convention – especially
cliffs before saving your life with a parachute) swimmer from Slovenia, who swims rivers – the the sexual ones. A group of people agree to
an act that many people would consider suicide. Mississippi, the Danube and the Yangtze to take part in a 10-day ‘workshop’ led by spiritual
Yet it is not at all a film about death. It is about date - to highlight their pollution to the world. leader Paul Lowe in their search for a higher
the essence of life, of freedom, of what it feels Martin is also a rather overweight, horseburger- personal truth. On day one they are told to
like, for a moment, to defy gravity, and to fly. loving Slovenian in his fifties who drinks two introduce themselves and meet everyone…
bottles of red wine a day...even when swimming. completely naked. Searing honesty, nudity, alien
“It’s a thrill, and one that visitations, sexuality and the exorcising of inner
seriously rewards big-screen “A close cousin to demons are the hallmarks of this original and
viewing” Hollywood Reporter Werner Herzog” Variety provocative documentary by photographer and
genre documentary “A Supersize Me of sport” film director Jamie Morgan.
director marah strauch Screen International
producers eric bruggemann, “The pivotal figure in “One of the most talked about
marah strauch, lars løge this excellent American films at the Tribeca Film
executive producers alex gibney, documentary...has so much Festival” Screen International
josh braun, dan braun, samantha personality it’s a wonder he
horley, phil hunt, compton ross fits on the screen” NY Times genre feature documentary
country us/norway genre feature documentary director jamie morgan
running time 100min director john maringouin producer peter martin
year 2014 cast martin strel, borut strel, country uk
matthew mohlke running time 93min
the people vs. producers john maringouin, maria year 2007
george lucas florio, molly lynch, kevin ragsdale,
roger m. mayer, molly hassell
They gave him their love, their country us
money and their obsessive online awards sundance world cinema
parodies. He gave them… the cinematography award
prequels. running time 100min
year 2008
We all love Star Wars…until George Lucas went
and ruined it! The passion the original Star the people vs george lucas
Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled,
but when it comes to George Lucas himself,
many have found their ardour has cooled into a
complicated love-hate relationship.
This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves
deep into Lucas’ cultural legacy asking all
the tough questions: has Lucas betrayed his
masterwork? Should he just have left the
original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace
so bad it should carry a health warning?
Using interviews taken from over 700 hours
of footage and peppered with extraordinary
Star Wars recreations lovingly immortalised
in needlepoint, lego, claymation and puppets,
above all this film asks the question: who truly
owns that galaxy far, far away? The man who
created it or the fans who love it?

“hugely entertaining....
a must-see” View London

genre feature documentary
director alexandre o. philippe
producers vanessa philippe, 
kerry deignan roy,
robert muratore, anna higgs,
alexandre o. philippe
co-producer gavin humphries
running time 93min
year 2010

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latin

futebol (series) favela rising city of men
(cidade dos homens)
One country, one game Their music fuelled a movement
His message fought a war An unforgettable tale of friendship
A fascinating, enthralling, and and survival in a city where the
profoundly moving social commentary on A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the greatest challenge is growing up
Brazil and the national obsession with Afro-Reggae cultural movement in this award-
the beautiful game and its stars. Since winning doc, released by Thinkfilm in North Producer Fernando Meirelles (The Constant
1958, Brazil has dominated world football America. Anderson Sá grew up in the worst of Gardener) returns to the Brazilian favelas
through a style based on outrageous skill and Rio’s favelas ruled over by drug lords whose of his Oscar®-nominated film, City of God.
amazing ball control. They have won the World average age of death was 14 to 25. In 1993, after Released by Miramax in North America and
Cup a record five times, and with legendary a cop killing, the military police retaliated by the UK. Growing up in a culture dictated by
players such as Didi, Zizinho, Garrincha, Pelé, brutally, and randomly, murdering 21 innocent violence and run by street gangs, teenagers
Tostão, Romario, Zico, Ronaldo and Ronaldhino, people, one of whom was Sá’s younger brother. Acerola and Laranjinha have become as close as
have taken international football to unequalled Rather than let anger defeat him, he made a brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast
heights. When asked why, Pelé explains that decision to try and stop the cycle of violence. approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the
after learning to play football barefoot on the Mobilising friends, Sá started a band, Afro- father he never met, while Acerola struggles to
rocky slopes of the favelas with an orange as a Reggae, to perform his upbeat, yet courageously raise his own young son.
honest music, which featured lyrics about police But when they suddenly find themselves on
ball, playing on a proper pitch is easy. brutality. Before long Afro-Reggae was a whole opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends
movement, crossing favelas previously at war are forced to confront a shocking secret from
genre documentary series and luring kids away from guns and drugs and their shared past.
directors joao moreira,
arthur fontes towards music and self-respect. “Gritty and suspenseful.
cast afonsinho, barbosa, bellini, A bracing jolt of energy”
julio botelho, ademir da guia, genre feature documentary Film Journal
domingos da guia, didi, dadá directors matt mochary, jeff
maravilha, joel martins, aymoré zimbalist “Powerful. breathtaking”
moreira, zezé moreira, carlos cast anderson sá, jose junior LA Times
alberto parreira, pelé, pompéia, country us, brazil (portuguese)
telê santana, nilton santos, running time 80min genre drama
tostão, vavá, zico, zizinho year 2005 director paulo morelli
producers gnt globosat, cast douglas silva, darlan cunha
videofilmes producers fernando meirelles,
country brazil andrea barata ribeiro, bel berlinck,
running time 3 episodes x 80 min paulo morelli for o2, in co-
+ bonus disc production with globo filmes and
fox films do brazil
country brazil (portuguese)
running time 106min
year 2008

city of men

sunshine superman glue

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glue writer karim aïnouz producers alejandro arango,
cast lázaro ramos, wagner moura, juan felipe orozco
Things can get sticky when alice braga country colombia (spanish)
you’re a teenager producers walter salles, maurício running time 92min
andrade ramos year 2006
The charming, funny and much lauded country brazil (portuguese)
debut from Alexis Dos Santos (Unmade running time 98min rolling family
Beds) premiered Toronto 2006 and was year 2005 (familia rodante)
released in North America by Picture This!
A small town in vast, empty Patagonia – the lovesickness Life is an adventure, roll with it
gawky Lucas, a 15 year old timebomb of (maldeamores)
hormones, boredom and family alienation, Festival favourite from Pablo Trapero, the
hangs out with his hunky and horny best friend Whatever your age semi-autobiographical Rolling Family stars
Nacho and bespectacled mouse Andrea. The Love’s a pain in the ass Trapero’s own grandmother, who won awards
threesome cope with the trials of burgeoning for her
adolescence by getting high and getting From Executive Producer Benicio Del Toro, performance as the family matriarch.
off, mostly, in variations, with each other. Puerto Rican gem Maldeamores has become the Octogenarian grandmother Emilia
Featuring music by Violent Femmes. biggest local hit in the island’s history and was (Graciana Chironi) squeezes her extended
released in North America by Maya Releasing. family into a dilapidated motor home for a
“Exceptional” NY Times An all-you-can-eat buffet of love of all kinds cross-country road trip teeming with domestic
and at all ages set in the backyards of Puerto discord in this Argentinean comedy. As they
“Captures the adolescent Rico. A child’s first kiss. A man who can’t accept travel toward the Brazilian border to attend
experience with rare and rejection. An unfaithful husband. A geriatric a family wedding, relationships blossom and
bracing veracity” love affair. Passion defeats reason again and fall apart, old feuds reignite, and other thorny
Hollywood Reporter again in this film about the eternal masochistic issues crop up in the camper’s stifling close
search for love. quarters.
genre drama comedy
director alexis dos santos “Warm-hearted and witty. genre comedy drama
cast nahuel pérez biscayart, Winning over audiences director pablo trapero
nahuel viale, inés efron wherever it screens” cast liliana capurro, graciana
producer sol gatti pascual Screen International chironi, ruth dobel, federico
country argentina (spanish) esquerro
running time 109min “Lovesickness is a producer martina gusman
year 2006 charming, bittersweet look country argentina, brazil, france,
at the vicissitudes of the germany, spain, uk (spanish)
lower city heart, with broad running time 103min
(cidade baixa) crossgenerational appeal” year 2004
Variety
Love to live, live to love con game
genre comedy (doble juego)
Produced by Walter Salles and starring directors carlitos ruiz ruiz,
Alice Braga (I Am Legend), a startlingly mariem pérez If something seems too good to
intimate debut from director Sérgio Machado, cast luis guzmán, teresa be true…
Cannes award-winning Lower City bursts with hernández, silvia brito Smart, fast-paced and engaging, Con
sensuality and energy. Released in the US by executive producer Game explores the depths of deception
Palm Pictures. Karinna, a travelling prostitute, benicio del toro and blind trust. An intricate web of lies
trades her favours to lifelong friends Deco and producer luillo ruiz perpetrated by a Spaniard posing as a
Naldinho for a ride back to Salvador on their country puerto rico (spanish) major executive of a telephone company
boat. After Deco is almost killed at a cockfight, running time 83min in Peru brings together a motley group
the trauma brings the three of them close and year 2007 of struggling Peruvians of every social
into an uneasy ménage-à-trois. But the intense level and moral standing including a
love each man feels for Karinna is threatening espectro con artist, a real estate broker and a
to destroy their once unbreakable friendship. film-maker. Each will be deceived and
Are you sure you’re living alone? one by one will sell each other out for the
“Braga’s overwhelming, promise of a lucrative reward.
titillating performance could An atmospheric, claustrophobic horror
make a eunuch bang the Pope thriller from Colombia. Traumatised “Crisply written and staged
on a Sunday. At mass. It’s that by an incident which left her boyfriend ensembler” Variety
hot. And so is Lower City” dead, agoraphobic Vega becomes a prisoner in
**** Austin Chronicle her own apartment. Starting to sense she is not genre comedy thriller
alone or else fearing she is going insane, she director alberto durant
“Steaminess and sexiness sets up cameras to film the apartment while cast fabrizio aguilar,
abound. Unapologetically she’s sleeping, and discovers indeed that there carlos alcántara
passionate...” is an unwelcome guest sharing her confinement. producer donald ranvaud
The Guardian country peru, argentina, cuba,
genre thriller spain (spanish)
genre drama director juan felipe orozco running time 90min
director sérgio machado cast noëlle schonwald, year 2004
julieth restrepo

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Marketing

Every film should be branded and correctly positioned in the

international marketplace. This can only be achieved by engaging

with audiences and distributors as early as possible. From global co-

ordination of marketing assets to the management of digital and

social media platforms, looks to add value at each stage of the

campaign.

Packaging
are a creative and experienced team of people who can

help package your film. We can ensure that the key elements of the
project - script, cast, director and budget - are aligned to maximise its
commercial prospects.

Financing
can work with you at an early stage to pull together finance

from diverse sources, including our own equity and gap funds,
tax breaks, US equity funds, funding from public bodies or a sales
advance from us directly. We can help you put your film’s financing
together in the most cost effective and efficient manner.

Selling
With over 20 years’ sales experience on films ranging from What
Women Want, Apocalypto to Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
our team has the know-how to get the deals done.

Production
understands the nuts and bolts of production. Our team

produces smart, commercial projects from established and new
filmmakers,selecting projects on quality and talent, making budgets
commensurate with revenue projections. We are committed to

strategic alliance-building, and working with multi-picture partners.