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THE FAR SHORE BLACKKKLANSMAN Jiang, Philip Keung, Jia Song, Ron Ng. VERSATILE Maggiani (Vice President Digital Services)
Post-Production. First film. Completed. 128’. A criminal specializing in bombs is back 65, rue de Dunkerque
By David Uloth with Mélissa By Spike Lee. for severe bomb attacks in the busiest 75009 Paris, France THE COOLEST GUY MOVIE EVER [S]
Completed. Documentary, 57’.
Désormeaux-Poulin, Maèva Tremblay, cross-harbor tunnel in Hong Kong, a Tel: +33 1 76 21 61 68 By Christophe Espenan with Lawrence
Éléonore Loiselle. UNIVERSE FILMS crucial bomb disposal operation has [email protected] Montaigne.
Andre has died under mysterious DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD to be carried out by the EODB elites. versatile-films.com The return to the scene of ‘THE GREAT
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learn to grow together or risk being Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 33, quai de Dion-Bouton (Co-Founder), Guillaume Kervern (Festival VISION FILMS
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THE GUEST [email protected] Tel: +33 1 58 47 80 00 JESSICA 90292 Marina Del Rey, California, USA
Pre-Production. Drama.
Post-Production. Second film. u333.com [email protected] Tel: +1 818 784 1702
By Duccio Chiarini. Riviera: G11 upsidedistribution.com By Ninja Thyberg. [email protected]
Ambitious 20-year-old Jessica moves
Dumped by his girlfriend and stranded Alvin Lam (General Manager), Mia Sin Riviera: H8 (Tel: +06 37 95 36 04) from a small town in Sweden to Los visionfilms.net
on different friends’ couches, 38-year- (Assistant Distribution Manager), April Johan De Faria (Acquisitions), Antoine Angeles for a shot at a career in the 5 Blvd de la Croisette suite 002
old Guido tries to transform his wacky Chan (Distribution Executive) Bertrand-Hardy (Sales Executive), Estelle adult industry. (Tel: +8182359909)
urban drift into a chance for a new FATE OF LOVE (WORKING TITLE) De Araujo (Marketing & Festivals) Lise Romanoff (Managing Director-CEO
beginning. Pre-Production. Romance, 90’. A MODERN SHEPHERDESS THE SOUND OF ANIMALS Worldwide Distribution), Adam Wright
FIGHTING
THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE By James Yuen with Ekin Cheng, Completed. Documentary, 87’. Pre-Production. Crime. (Exec. VP-Sales & Acquisitions)
Post-Production. Drama. Charlene Choi. By Detrie Delphine. By Sibs Shongwe-La Mer with Emile 5 WEDDINGS
By Joel Karekezi. SHOCK WAVE 2 (WORKING TITLE) A portrait of a 30 years old woman Hirsch, Alice Braga. Completed. Comedy, 90’.
At the outbreak of the Second Congo Pre-Production. Action/Adventure, who left Paris to restart in Normandy LIL’BUCK RENAISSANCE By Namrata Singh Gujral with Candy
War, Sergeant Xavier and young private 90’. working as a shepherdess. Post-Production. Documentary, Clark, Bo Derek, Nargis Fakhri,
Faustin, are accidentally left behind in By Herman Yau with Andy Lau. CANNES 68: WHEN THE FESTIVAL 100’. Rajkummar Rao, Anneliese Van Der
the jungle. Former bomb disposal officer, Poon WAS CANCELLED By Louis Wallecan. Pol, Mariana Paola Vicente, Robert
ONCE AGAIN Shing-Fung, left the police service after Completed. Documentary, 52’. In the ghetto where Lil’Buck grew up, Palmer Watkins.
Post-Production. Romance, 102’. he lost one of his legs in a mission. By Jérôme Wybon. what goes around comes around. Now, An American journalist travels to India
By Kanwal Sethi with Shefali Shah, THE WHITE STORM 2- DRUG EX SHAMAN bringing his experience in the ballet to cover Punjabi weddings, but winds
Neeraj Kabi, Bhagwan Tiwari. LORDS (WORKING TITLE) Completed. Documentary, 82’. world with him, Lil’ Buck is heading up in the middle of a colorful mosaic
Amar is an ageing film star. A famous Pre-Production. Crime, 90’. By Luiz Bolognesi. back to South Memphis to teach dance of transgender dancers and cultural
and wealthy man, he lives alone in By Herman Yau with Andy Lau, Louis In Paiter Suruí, an indigenous to the youth, offering them the chance clashes, and falls in love with the man
Mumbai lives alone in Mumbai, a city Koo, Michael Miu, Karena Lam, Cherrie community, an ex-shaman forced into of a better future. seeking to keep her story censored.
of 15 million souls, the city of dreams. Ying. evangelical Christianity struggles to L’ENKAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL
In the quadripartite drug market in Completed. Thriller, 97’.
TERRITORY OF LOVE Hong Kong, Jizo gradually expands in cure the sufferings of his village and Completed. Drama, 100’.
Post-Production. Romance. collaboration with some Mexican drug faces the spirits of the forest. By Sarah Marx with Sandrine Bonnaire, By Stephen C Sepher with Billy Flynn.
Vaccines dont kill, people do!
By Romain Cogitore with Déborah lords across the border, followed by I’M NEW HERE Sandor Funtek, Alexis Manenti.
François, Paul Hamy. a chain of dog-eat-dog events which Completed. Documentary, 90’. Fresh out of jail, Ulysse has only THE HEALER
Maria, 30, is impatient, restless and shock and bring the whole trade on By Bram Van Paesschen. one idea in mind: making money. Completed. Family, 108’.
speaks 5 languages. In Taipei she meets high alert. China is the new Eldorado for African Confronted by his depressed mother, By Paco Arango with Jonathan
Olivier. He is shy, slow and can speak migrants, between dreams of a better the bills that never stop piling up and Pryce, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Camilla
15 languages. IN TURMOIL (WORKING TITLE) life and harsh reality. his desire to live his life to the full, he Luddington, Jorge Garcia.
Production. Drama, 90’. makes a plan. Alec’s life in England is falling apart. His
VILLE NEUVE By Ronald Cheng, Mark Wu with LOURDES (WT) store that fixes electrical components
Post-Production. First film. Ronald Cheng, Chrissie Chau, Shun Completed. Documentary, 90’. VIACOM18 MOTION called "The Healer" is going out of
By Félix Dufour-Lapperière. Ying Fu. By Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai. PICTURES business.
Determined to stop drinking, Lung and his daughter Ying are each After Rocco (Venice) and Reset (Tribeca), Shiv, 139/140 B, Sahar Road,
Joseph moves into a friend’s house other’s only dependence. Unfortunately, they are back with a new feature Vile Parle East LIVING IN THE FUTURE’S PAST
and convinces his ex-wife Emma to join Ying is taken by the kidnap gang during length doc about one the most famous 400057 Mumbai, India Completed. Action/Adventure, 85’.
By Susan Kucera with Peter Russel, Ugo
him. In the troubled times of Quebec their first trip to Thailand. Christian holy sites that attracts millions Tel: +91 22 4258 1818
independence referendum, this is the CALL HEAVEN TO HEAVEN of pilgrims and tourists each year: [email protected] Bardi, Kari Norgaard, Clive Hamilton,
account of their stormy reunion. (WORKING TITLE) Lourdes. viacom18movies.com Jeff Bridges.
CASSANDRO THE EXOTICO! Post-Production. Thriller, 90’. OUT Gayatri Gulati (Vice President) TO THE BEAT!
Completed. Family, 96’.
Completed. Art-Culture, 73’. By Oxide Pang with Kabby Hui, Joyin Completed. Documentary, 70’. CONFIDANTE By Jillian Clare with Brisa Lalich,
By Marie Losier. Cai, Yomi. By Denis Parrot. Completed. Family, 138’. Laura Krystine, Alyson Sotner, Devon
CHRIS THE SWISS Three young girls are mysteriously The first documentary to address By Satish Rajwade with Nana Patekar, Werkheiser, Eric Martsolf, Trevor
Completed. Documentary, 90’. captured and detained on an remote lgbtq+ coming out stories exclusively Nana Patekar, Iravati Harshe. Larcom, Dexter Darden, Martha
through social media footage.
island. Scared and helpless, they’re
By Anja Kofmel with Joël Basman, forced to become matching mates CYCLE Madison.
Megan Gay. of the three islander brothers who’re SCAM(S) Completed. Family, 102’. 14 year old twins Mia and Mackie
Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the raised by their grandmother on the Completed. Documentary, 133’. By Prakash Kunte with Hrishikesh Joshi, have grown up dancing. From the
middle of the Yugoslav Wars, a young island in isolation from the outside By Oliver Megaton. Bhau Kadam, Priyadarshan Jadhav. time they were 3 years old, that’s been
journalist is found dead, dressed in the world. A gripping psychological approach A heartwarming story based in 1960s their passion.
uniform of an international mercenary of a master manipulator: Christophe about a Cycle, a fortune teller, two
group. Twenty years later, his cousin LOVE SONG TO THE DAYS Rocancourt, the "Con Man" of the thieves and the power of goodness. VISIT FILMS
Anja Kofmel investigates his story. (WORKING TITLE) stars. DUH 173 Richardson St.
Post-Production. Action/Adventure,
MY FAVORITE FABRIC 90’. SPEAK UP Completed. Children’s, 128’. 11222 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Completed. First film, 95’. By Ergou Kong with Yu Xia, Jingchu Completed. Documentary, 99’. By Manish Saini with Naseeruddin Tel: +1 718 312 8210
By Gaya Jiji with Manal Issa, Ula Tabari, Zhang, Jun Hu, Xinyi Zhang. By Stéphane De Freitas, Ladj Ly. Shah, Brijendra Kala. [email protected]
Souraya Baghdadi. Back in the old days in 1996, Mei San VARIETY PADMAAVAT visitfilms.com
Damascus, Spring 2011. It’s the early who worked as a security guard of a COMMUNICATIONS Completed. Drama, 168’. Lerins: M4
stages of the revolution. 25-year-old Night Club, happened to have a dispute S.R.L. By Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Deepika Ryan Kampe (Decision Maker), Lydia
Nahla is torn between her desire for with the local scoundrel Tiger Gao. Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Rodman (Director of Sales), Joseph
freedom and the hope of leaving THE BIG CALL (AKA FRAUD Corso Trieste 42 Kapoor. Yanick (Festivals and Non-Theatrical),
the country thanks to her arranged SQUAD) 00198 Rome, Italy An epic tale of Obsession and Power Jerry Li (Director of Marketing and
marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate Completed. Crime, 121’. Tel: +39 06 3600 1409 versus Loyalty and Honour. Publicity), Tarek Shoukri (Sales
in the USA. By Oxide Pang with Cheney Chen, [email protected] Coordinator)
Hsiaochuan Chang, Lunmei Gwei, Reve varietycommunications.it VIRGIL FILMS AND
UNIVERSAL PICTURES Jiang, Eddie Cheung. Riviera: C1 ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL With telecom fraud cases going Maria Rita Tuccio (President), Chiara 237 Centre St, Second Floor
100 Universal City Plaza, increasingly rampant, it’s a war in the Peritore (Sales Executive), Elisabetta 10013 New York, New York, USA For Full
Building 2160, 8th Floor air against invisible enemy in digital Volpe (Sales Executive), Giovanna Tel: +1 646 723 7060 details, go to
91608-1002 Burbank, USA network era. Stornaiuolo (Sales Executive) [email protected]
Tel: +1 818 777 0645 SHOCK WAVE THE BIG JUMP virgilfilmsent.com
[email protected] Completed. Action/Adventure, 119’. Completed. Drama, 94’. Joseph Amodei (President-CEO), Michael
universalpictures.com By Herman Yau with Andy Lau, Wu By Tirabassi Giorgio. Meister (Director of Acquisitions), Tim

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