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Cannes REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
Cannes 2015 2018

vigilante serial killer. By Claudio Giovannesi. EMBANKMENT INTEGRITY (SMOKE SCREEN) SEN SEN
MONSTER HUNT 2 ROAD OF THE DEAD FILMS LTD Production. Crime. Completed. Drama.
Completed. Family, 110’. Pre-Production. Horror. Westbourne Studios. Unit 20., By Alan Mak with Sean Lau, Nick By An Bon with Nina Paw, Chaster Wu,
By Raman Hui with Tony Chiu Wai By Matt Birman. 242 Acklam Road Cheung, Karena Lam. Yi Wen Yen, Hsuan Yen Tsai.
Leung, Boran Jing, Baihe Bai, Yo Yang. In a near post-apocalyptic time, the W10 5JJ London, United Kingdom FATAL VISIT EUROOBSCURA
This sequel to the mega blockbuster last survivors of humanity have fled Tel: +44 207 183 4739 Post-Production. Drama.
follows monster king Wuba as he faces to an island, cut off from a world now [email protected] By Calvin Poon with Sammi Cheng, 10230 Helendale Avenue
another threat from the dark lord who consumed by zombies. embankmentfilms.com Dawei Tong, Charlene Choi. 91042 Los Angeles, California, USA
plots to seize the throne. Tel: +1 818 468 9796
THE ROOM Tim Haslam (Partner), Hugo Grumbar WHEN SUN MEETS MOON [email protected]
OLD BEAST Pre-Production. Horror. (Partner), Calum Gray (Head of Sales), Post-Production. Romance, 96’.
Completed. First film, 110’. By Christian Volckman with Olga Max Pirkis (Head of Acquisitions and By Benny Lau with Kathy Yuen, Daichi euroobscura.com
By Ziyang Zhou with Men Tu. Kurylenko. Distribution) Harashima. Mickael Abbate (Acquisitions)
A rowdy father steals the money his Kate and Matt are a young New York In 1992, a heavy rainstorm caused LANDING LAKE
family gathers for his wife’s surgery couple in their thirties. He’s a struggling DRIVEN massive power outage in Hong Kong. Completed. Science-fiction, 98’.
and sets himself on a path of self- comic book artist, she’s tired of her job Post-Production. True Story. At that night, two young astrology By Cesare P. Libardi Di K. with Victoire
destruction with no turning back. in a big law firm. By Nick Hamm with Jason Sudeikis, Lee enthusiasts, Moon and Sun, met under Vecchierini, Phil Zimmerman, Aaron
Pace, Corey Stroll, Judy Greer.
WALKING PAST THE FUTURE MR. CASANOVA California ‘77: playground of the rich the starry night by the seaside. Stielstra, Emma Bown.
Completed. Drama, 128’. Production. Drama. and famous, sun-soaked, sex-crazed OPERATION RED SEA Something from another world has
By Ruijun Li with Zishan Yang, Fang Yin. By Benoît Jacquot with Vincent Lindon, and powered by shitloads of Colombian Completed. Action/Adventure, 138’. landed in the ancient lake and it’s
Yaoting, daughter of aging migrant Stacy Martin. snow. By Dante Lam with Yi Zhang, Jingyu waiting to free your mind... and trap
workers living in the city, is coping with GIRLS OF THE SUN Huang, Qing Hai, Jiang Du, Luxia Jiang, you into its mind.
harsh reality whilst their dreams of a Post-Production. Drama, 120’. EMBANKMENT PRIVATE Fang Yin, Yutian Wang, Jiahao Guo, MAD MACBETH
better future are crumbling in an era By Eva Husson with Emmanuelle SCREENING Henry Mak, Hanyu Zhang. Completed. Science-fiction, 90’.
Completed.
of drastic changes in China. Bercot. EMBANKMENT PRIVATE The Chinese Navy’s Jiaolong (“Sea By Domiziano Cristopharo with
ELECTRIC Inspired by true events. 2014, Bahar, SCREENING 1 Dragon”) Assault Team is famed for Hasan Lushi, Halil Budakova, Merita
its skill in getting the job done. After
Budakova.
ENTERTAINMENT a young lawyer, visits her family in a Completed. its success in rescuing a cargo ship
small town of Kurdistan. In a bloody
962 N La Cienega Blvd. attack led by extremists, her husband EMBANKMENT PRIVATE hijacked by pirates off the Somalia PHOBIA
Completed. Horror, 90’.
90069 Los Angeles, California, USA is killed and she’s taken prisoner with SCREENING 2 coast, the team is assigned an even By Domiziano Cristopharo, Poison
Tel: +1 323 817 1300 her son and thousands of other women Completed. 110’. more perilous mission. Rouge, Davide Pesca, Alessandro
[email protected] and children. GALVESTON ENTERTAINING POWER Redaelli, Sam Mason Bell, Michael J.
electricentertainment.com THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY Completed. Crime, 6’. CO. LTD Epstein, Dustin Ferguson with Roberta
Sonia Mehandjiyska (Head of Int’l Post-Production. Documentary. By Melanie Laurent with Ben Foster, Gemma, Michael J. Epstein.
Distribution), Nolan Pielak (SVP By Marco Proserpio. Elle Fanning. Room 501, 5/F, Fullerton Centre, Fourteen directors delve into the
Int’l Distribution & Co-Production), A new adventure about street art, No past. No future. Nothing to lose. 19 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon terrifying truths and horrors of phobias.
Jeff Gonzalez (Cfo), Andrew Neel donkeys and capitalism. MALEVOLENT 852 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) RESORT PARAISO
(International Distribution Assistant), Completed. Horror. [email protected] Completed. Crime, 85’.
Hannah Keogh (Sales Assistant-Cannes) SAVAGE By Olaf De Fleur with Celia Imrie, Ben entertainingpower.com By Enrique Garcia with Virginia
Post-Production. Thriller.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Vincent Mariette with Lily-Rose Lloyd-Hughes. Riviera: E13-04 (HK Pavilion) Demorata, Hector Medina, Rafa Castillo
Completed. Family, 75’. Depp, Laurent Lafitte, Camille Cottin. The dead will not be silenced. Angus Chan (Director), Kinnie Cheung Romero.
By Izatt David with Bonnie Wright, Summertime. Somewhere in the South MCQUEEN-FEATURE (General Manager), Grace Chan Dragged by a difficult personal
Sarina Taylor, Stuart Brennan, Rebecca of France, teenagers are disappearing. DOCUMENTARY (Distribution Manager), Daisy Wong situation Eva and Paul are forced to
Hanssen. The craziest rumors are spreading Completed. Documentary. (Distribution Executive) live in hiding in a seaside hotel closed
AN ORDINARY MAN out, some people even talk about a By Ian Bonhote. ASSASSINS AND THE MISSING in winter. The plan seemed simple, until
Completed. Thriller, 90’. wandering wild beast. EMPEROR MOTION GOLD a psychopatic guard shows up.
By Brad Silberling with Ben Kingsley, VISION PICTURES Post-Production. Action/Adventure. TUFTLAND
By Jeffrey Lau with Max Zhang, Ada
Hera Hilmar, Peter Serafinowicz. Post-Production. Drama. Completed. Thriller, 90’.
A war criminal in hiding forms a By Naomi Kawase with Juliette 20/F, Emperor Group Centre, Choi, Andy On, Yan Yan Hung. By Roope Olenius with Veera W. Vilo.
relationship with his maid-the only Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori 288 Hennessy Rd., Wanchai BINDING SOULS Off the beaten path. Welcome to
person he can trust while the search Iwata, Mari Natsuki. 040 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) Post-Production. Horror. Tuftland!.
to find him intensifies. Jeanne, a French journalist, comes Tel: +852 2969 7888 By Pang Chun Chan with Kara Wai, Yu EVOLUTIONARY FILMS
BAD SAMARITAN [S] to Japan in search of Vision, a rare [email protected] Ning Tsao, Carlos Chan, Esther Huang,
Cheung Ya Yuen, Angie Shum, Janelle
Completed. Thriller, 107’. medicinal herb said to strip away all emp.hk Sing, Keeva Mak. Bridge House 101, 3 Mills Studios,
By Dean Devlin with David Tennant, spiritual anguish and weakness in Palais -1: E13 & Pav. 128 To reminisce about the old-school Three Mill Lane
Robert Sheehan. human beings. Raymond Liu (Asst. General Manager- life, Ho Tsz Fung and his university E3 3DU London, United Kingdom
Two young car valets use their business CANIBA Sales & Distribution), Miriam Cheung classmates go back to his high school Tel: +44 208 215 3340
as a front to burglarize the houses of their Completed. 95’. (Senior Manager, Sales & Distribution) together. Over the years, there are a [email protected]
unsuspecting patrons. Life is good for the By Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing- COLD DETECTIVE lot of mysterious rumours spreading evolutionaryfilms.com
petty thieves until they target the wrong Taylor. Pre-Production. Drama. among the students, due to the Riviera: F14
house, changing their lives forever. By Ka-Fai Wai with Sean Lau, Charlene John Adams (CEO), Diane Shorthouse
CARNIVORES occupation by Japanese army as a
LBJ Completed. Drama, 87’. Choi, Raymond Lam. military laboratory during the World (Managing Director), Ross Boyask
Completed. Drama, 98’. By Yannick Renier, Jérémie Rénier. After executing the perpetrator of a War II. (Creative Director)
By Rob Reiner with Woody Harrelson, Mona is struggling with her acting murder case unsolved for thirty years, MIBOTS
Bill Pullman, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer career. Her sister Sam is her opposite: the assassin nicknamed "Super Sleuth" QUAN DAO: THE JOURNEY OF A Pre-Production. Animation, 95’.
BOXER
Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Donovan. a shining star of French cinema, living announces he’ll continue to bring his Post-Production. Action/Adventure. Young prodigy Mi Anderson is
The political upheaval that Vice with boyfriend and son. personal brand of justice to other By William So with Kwok Kwan Chan, enamored with robots. She designs,
President Lyndon Johnson faced when elusive killers. Ka Nin Ngo, Awayne Liu, Dominic Lam, builds and-most of all-loves her
thrust into the presidency after the LOVE ME NOT CROSSFIRE Ashina Kwok, Kwok Pong Chan. creations. But they’re not real, they’re
Completed. Thriller, 102’.
assassination of President John F. Pre-Production. Crime. Ah Ni, 12-year-old boy, has to take not… alive.
Kennedy. By Alexandros Avranas with Eleni By Benny Chan with Donnie Yen.
Roussinou, Christos Loulis. care of his blinded dad. He is always MOTORSPORT SLATE
ELLE DRIVER A couple hires a young migrant to be Former high-ranking Hong Kong police being bullied by squad when selling Pre-Production. Biography, 90’.
66, rue de Miromesnil their surrogate mother and moves her inspector Eugene Lai, His wife is on a souvenir fluorescent sticks on the street By Hannes Schalle.
clandestine mission overseas when Lai
A slate of exciting motorsport
for living.
to their beautiful villa.
75008 Paris, France receives news her squad was attacked documentaries, created with cutting
Tel: +33 1 56 43 48 70 THE MISEDUCATION OF by unidentified assailants leaving all FREAKY JOURNEY TO THE WEST edge production techniques and unique
Completed. Comedy.
[email protected] CAMERON POST dead except for his spouse, whose fate By Wing Shan Sandy Wong with Ka access to to the celebrity titans of this
Completed. Comedy, 90’.
elledriver.fr is unknown. Ying Law, Yiu Sing Lam, Michelle Wai, worldwide phenomenon.
7 LA CROISETTE, 7th floor By Desiree Akhavan with Chloe Grace THE LADY IMPROPER Cheung Ching Mak. PERSEPHONE
Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck,
Adeline Fontan Tessaur (Managing John Gallagher Jr, Jennifer Ehle. Pre-Production. Romance. In Tang Dynasty, Monk Sha is following Pre-Production. Action/Adventure,
Director-Sales & Acquisition), Alexis When Cameron Post (Chloë Grace By Tsui Shan Tsang with Charlene Choi, the Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang. By 100’.
Reybet-Degat (Sales & Acquisitions Moretz) loses her parents in a car Kang-Jen Wu. accident, Monk Sha has opened an inn By Jeffrey Morris.
Manager) accident she’s left with a sense of guilt Ann is a repressed young lady whose door which connected to thousands On a desperate journey to the nearest
LA PARANZA DEI BAMBINI and relief because their deaths mean psychological inability to consummate of years later of a local restaurant in star, the cost of survival may be
Pre-Production. Drama. they’ll never learn that she’s gay. her marriage leads to divorce. Portland Street of Hong Kong. extinction.
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