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Cannes                                     REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
              Cannes 2015  2018






              Tomas Fonzi, Liz Solari.  THE WITCH FILES         Completed. Action/Adventure, 85’.  bankside-films.com  CLEO
              Twin brothers born in the Impenetrable   Post-Production. Thriller, 84’.  By Hank Braxtan.  Grand Hotel: IBIS Entrance,  Post-Production. Drama.
              Forest, express a war of interests.  By Kyle Rankin with Paget Brewster,   A young rap group suddenly finds   5th Floor/A  By Eva Cools with Anna Franziska Jäger,
                                       Holly Taylor, Britt Flatmo, Alice Ziolkoski.  themselves up against a giant, mutated   Stephen Kelliher (Director), Yana   Yolande Moreau, Roy Aernouts, Martha
              GOOD BYE DEAR PEP        A group of marginalized young women                                         Canga Antonio, Natali Broods, Lucie
              Completed. Romance, 89’.                          snake that threatens to destroy their   Georgieva (Head of Sales), Sophie
              By Karina Zarfiro.       form a powerful coven and find they   search for stardom!  Green (Head of Acquisitions and   Debay, Ishaq El Akel.
                                       have the ability to grant their every                Development), Jake Riley-Hunte   17-year-old Cleo survives a tragic car
              MOTHER                   wish. Though they soon realize the   AYAT MEDIA    (International Sales Executive), Krisztina   accident in which both her parents
              Completed. Drama, 80’.   danger of messing with powerful forces   178, B-Block, Nishistanbul, Bahcelievler  Laszlo (International Sales Executive)  lose their lives. Her grandmother tries
              By Pablo D’Alo Abba with Lautaro   beyond their control.  34196 Istanbul, Turkey                     to offer Cleo and her brother a home,
              Perotti, Tamara Kiper, Inda Lavalle.                    Tel: +90 2126036160  DALÍ LAND               but ends up bearing the brunt of a
              At the age of thirty-two Dario continues   ALIEN EXPEDITION  [email protected]  Pre-Production. Biography.  rebellious teenager, who searches for
              to live with his mother Mecha, an   Completed. Science-fiction, 86’.  ayatmedia.net  By Mary Harron with Ben Kingsley.  comfort with the 12-year older and
              unscrupulous and controlling lawyer.   By Wallace Brothers.  Riviera: G17   The later years of the strange and   mysterious Leos.
              Lena and Celeste, a lesbian couple,   After a deep space exploration vessel   fascinating marriage between the
              stubborn to fulfill their desire to be   discovers a potentially habitable planet,   Mohsen Barmahani (President-  genius Salvador Dali and his tyrannical   GENESIS
              mothers go out one night in the   a scouting team composed of human   CEO), Hossein Panahi Dorcheh   wife Gala as their seemingly unshakable   Post-Production. Drama.
              desperate search for a donor. T  and biorobotic individuals is dispatched   (Vice President), Saeed Maleki   bond begins to stress and fracture.  By Philippe Lesage with Noée Abita,
                                       to investigate the planet’s resources.  (Sales & Acquisition Executive),    Theodore Pellerin, Jules Roy-Sicotte,
              TERRIFIED [S]                                       Mohammadhossein Abbasmohsen   ETERNAL BEAUTY     Maxime Dumontier, Edouard Tremblay-
              Completed. Horror, 85’.  AVENGERS OF JUSTICE: FARCE      (Sales Executive)  Pre-Production. Drama.   Grenier, Emilie Bierre, Pierre-Luc Funk,
                                       WARS
              By Demian Rugna with Maxi Ghione,   Completed. Family, 90’.  DAMASCUS TIME  By Craig Roberts with Sally Hawkins.  Vassili Schneider, Mylène Mackay.
              Norberto  Amadeo Gonzalo, Elvira   By Jarret Tarnol with Amy Smart, Simon   Completed. Drama, 108’.  June, aged 17, is on track for small-  In a all-male private school, Guillaume,
              Onetto.                  Rex, Steve Rannazzisi, Shawn Michaels.  By Ebrahim Hatamikia.  town greatness-happily engaged to   16, is secretly in love with his best
              People who disappears. Dead returning             ISIS have surrounded an airport in Syria   her heart-throb boyfriend Johnny and   friend. His step sister Charlotte, 18, is
                                                                                          with a promising career as a model on
              from their graves. Voices in the drains of   BEHIND THE WALLS  where many people await emergency     startled  as  her boyfriend suggest to
              water. Commissioner Maza, will try to   Completed. Horror, 92’.  evacuation. A young pilot has to risk   the horizon.  have an open relationship.
              give an explanation to these facts that   By Jon Kondelik, James Kondelik with   his life and reach the airport to help   HOW TO SELL A WAR
              hit a neighborhood in Buenos Aires.  Vanessa Angel, Reggie Lee.             Pre-Production. Comedy.London   STARS BY THE POUND
                                       Years it has waited, now someone’s   evacuate these people while they are   2017-In a few days time, the Piece Of   Post-Production. Comedy, 88’.
               AUTLOOK FILMSALES       moved in. Through the eyes of the evil   under ISIS direct fire.  Peace global charity concert is due to   By Marie-Sophie Chambon with Laure
                   Spittelberggasse 3/14  within, we witness a broken family   THE LOST STRAIT  take place led by the vein and arrogant   Duchene, Angèle Metzger, Pauline
                                                                                                                   Serieys, Zoé De Tarle, Philippe Rebbot,
                   1070 Vienna, Austria  desperately seeking a new beginning,   Completed. Drama, 92’.  Irish rock star, Harry Hope and his over-  Isabelle De Hertogh.
                   Tel: +43 7 203 469 34  in a new home, but this house lives,   By Bahram Tavakoli.  confident PR consultant, Kate.  Lois, 16, has only one dream: becoming
                  [email protected]  watches and wants them to stay-  A group of soldiers of 3 generations are   I SEE YOU  an astronaut. However, although she’s
                                                                returning to their homes, but the news
                                       FOREVER.
                    autlookfilms.com                            of a new attack to a strategic border   Pre-Production. Horror.  gifted in physics, she has a big problem:
                   Riviera: Stand Nr. J5  DEL PLAYA             area causes a tough dilemma. Should   By Adam Randall with Helen Hunt.  Lois weighs over 200 pounds-a family
              Salma Abdalla (CEO), Stephanie Fuchs   Completed. Thriller, 101’.  they return home for family reunion or   Infidelity has put great strain on the   trait she’s inescapably stuck with.
                                       By Shaun Hart with Devon Barnes, Ryan
                     (Festival Sales)                           head to the battlefields?  Harper  household as  Greg,  the  lead
                                       Ochoa, Brett Johnson.                              investigator in a child abduction case   THOSE WHO WORK
              BAUHAUS SPIRIT           Struggling with a horrific past, Claire            which has brought into the spotlight a   Post-Production. Drama.
              Completed. Documentary, 90’.  Rhodes must confront a stalker turned   BAC FILMS  similar case from years past, struggles   By Antoine Russbach with Olivier
              HEARTBOUND               murderer of her youth in order to win   9, rue Pierre Dupont  to find a way to forgive his well-heeled   Gourmet, Adèle Bochatay, Michel Voïta,
                                                                      75010 Paris, France
              Completed. Documentary, 90’.  her life back-but will her own demons         wife, Jackie.            Delphine Bibet.
                                       help the killer exact his vengeance?  Tel: +33 1 80 49 10 00                Frank, 45 years old, runs a maritime
              ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS                              [email protected]  PAPI CHULO               freight company in Geneva. Work and
              Completed. Documentary, 94’.  HEYDAY OF THE INSENSITIVE   bacfilms.com      Post-Production. Comedy.  the entrepreneurial spirit are the core
              By Brady Gabrielle.      BASTARDS                 David Grumbach (Chairman), Mathieu   By John Butler with Matt Bomer.  of his existence. One day, a stowaway
              MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN    Completed. Drama, 97’.   Robinet (CEO), Gilles Sousa (Head of   Cast adrift in Los Angeles, Sean-a   is found aboard one of the cargo ships
                                       By Mark Columbus, Lauren Hoekstra,
              Completed. 79’.          Sarah Kruchowski, Ryan Moody, Simon   Sales), Marie Garrett (VP of International   lonely TV  weatherman-drives  past  a   he’s responsible for.
                                                                                          middle-aged Latino  migrant  worker
                   AUTOMATIC           Savelyev, Vanita Shastry, Shadae Lamar   Sales), Juliette Béchu (International Sales   standing outside a hardware store   UNE JEUNESSE DOREE
                                                                &  Festivals), Aleksandr  Fomin  (Sales
                 ENTERTAINMENT         Smith, Jeremy David White, Jonathan   COOrdinator), Philippe Lux (French   looking for work.  Post-Production. Drama.
                                                                                                                   By Eva Ionesco with Isabelle Huppert,
                                       King with Natalie Portman, Kristen
                    3975 Landmark St.  Wiig, James Franco, Abigail Spencer,   Distribution  Programming),  Alexis   STRANGE BUT TRUE  Galatea Bellugi, Lukas Ionesco, Alain
               90232 Los Angeles, California, USA  Kate  Mara, Amber Tamblyn,  Jimmy   Hofmann (Head of Acquisitions)  Post-Production. Thriller.  Fabien Delon.
                   Tel: +1 310 402 2829  Kimmel, Tony Cox, Jim Parrack, Thomas   FUNAN    By  Rowan  Athale  with  Margaret   Paris 1979. At the height of the Palace
                  [email protected]  Mann.                  Production. Animation.    Qualley, Nick Robinson, Greg Kinnear.  disco years. Rose, a 16-year-old girl
                    automaticent.com   A-list talent  leads a  series  of   By Denis Do.  Ronnie  Chase  tragically  dies  on  the   raised in foster care, and her fiancé
               Riviera: J4 (Tel: +17865565272)  interconnected stories that explore   The survival and the struggle of a   night of the school prom while his   Michel, 22, are passionately and
               Michael Lurie (Managing Partner),   ambition, love, loss, and memory. Based   young mother during the Khmer Rouge   girlfriend Melissa survives.  unguardedly in love for the first time.
               Jacoby Bancroft (Sales and Delivery   on Robert Boswell’s critically-acclaimed   revolution, to find her 4-year-old son,   A KID LIKE JAKE  THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
              Coordinator), Alexis Kendra (Producer),   stories.  torn from his family by the regime.  Completed. Drama, 89’.  Completed. First film, 90’.
                Jim Nelson (Executive Producer)  JURASSIC GALAXY  WE NEED YOUR VOTE       By Silas Howard with Claire Danes, Jim   By Samuel  Tilman with Fabrizio
              ROBIN HOOD               Completed. Action/Adventure, 90’.  Post-Production. Comedy.  Parsons, Octavia Spencer.  Rongione, Natacha Regnier, Baptiste
                                                                                          On the eve of the admissions cycle
              Production. Action/Adventure, 90’.  By James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik.  By Mathieu Sapin with Alexandra Lamy,   Lalieu, Myriem Akkhediou, Christophe
              By Nicholas Winter.      In the near future, a ship of space   Finnegan Oldfield, Gilles Cohen.  for New York City kindergartens, Alex   Paou, Yoann Blanc, Erika Sainte, Steve
              With his true love captured by the   explorers travel through a distant solar   As Arnaud learns the tactics and twists   and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for   Driessen, Naima Ostrowski.
              villainous Sheriff of Nottingham,   system and crash land on an unknown,   of a presidential campaign, he develops   their son Jake, a bright and precocious   David is a happy young father. He has
              legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his   mysterious planet.  a fascination for the world of politics,   four-year-old who happens to prefer   a wife he loves, two adorable young
                                                                                          Cinderella to GI Joe.
              crew of Merry Men must plan a daring   KING COHEN  and for his powerful boss.                        children, and a tight-knit tribe of friends
              rescue to save her.      Completed. Documentary, 110’.  LAND                THE HOLE IN THE GROUND   he and his family always go away on
              DON’T LEAVE HOME         By Steve Mitchell.       Completed. Drama.         Completed. Horror, 90’.  holiday with.
                                                                                          By Cronin Lee.
              Post-Production. Horror, 90’.  THE MAD WHALE      By Babak Jalali.                                   HOLY TOUR
              By Michael Tully.        Completed. Drama, 90’.   A Native American family stuggles   JELLYFISH [S]  Completed. Documentary, 70’.
              An American artist’s obsession with a   By Sonia A. Guggenheim with Camilla   with violence and alcohol, when news   Completed. Drama, 97’.  By Valéry Rosier, Méryl Fortunat-Rossi.
              disturbing urban legend leads her to   Belle, James Franco.  reaches the Reservation that one of   By Gardner James.  The Tour de France. Faithful followers
              an investigation of the story’s origins   Inmates at a women’s mental asylum   them has died during military service   converging on a mountaintop, A stage
              at the crumbling estate of a reclusive   stage a theatrical production of Herman   in Afghanistan.  BE FOR FILMS  of the legendary bicycle race is coming,
              painter in Ireland.      Melville’s ‘Moby Dick.’  PROMO REEL BAC FILMS           Avenue des Villas, 28A  Throngs of RVs ‘round the bend: The
              PAWS P.I.                MATTHEWS                 Completed. 3’.                 1060 Brussels, Belgium  ritual gathering has begun.
              Post-Production. Family, 90’.  Completed. Documentary, 80’.  BANKSIDE FILMS      Tel: +32 4 898 02 123  OUR STRUGGLES
              By Danny Buday with Jon Lovitz, Jim   By Ryan Scott.                             [email protected]  Completed. Second film, 98’.
              Tavare, Neal Genys.                                    Ashley House, 5th Floor,    beforfilms.com    By Senez Guillaume with Romain Duris,
              A boy determined to save his father’s   ROUND OF YOUR LIFE  12 Great Portland Street  Riviera: A6 (Tel: +33 6 14 34 37 55)  Laure Calamy, Lucie Debay, Laetitia
              failing private detective business enlists   Completed. Family, 90’.  W1W 8QN London, United Kingdom  Pamela Leu (CEO), Karlijn Copman   Dosch, Léna Girard, Basile Grunberger.
              the help of his pet dog and parrot...   By Dyland Thomas.  Tel: +44 207 636 6085  (Sales Manager), Claire Battistoni   Olivier does the best he can to fight
              who talk!.               SNAKE OUTTA COMPTON          [email protected]    (Festival Manager)  injustice at work. But from one day to
              [S] Screening
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