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Cannes REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
Cannes 2015 2019

VERS LA BATAILLE BETA CINEMA Pirita Norvanto (Fashion Designer), Alyson Noel’s young adult novel, caught up in a deadly game of cat
Post-Production. Drama. Gruenwalder Weg 28D Teemu Karvonen (Line Producer), following a high school freshman. and mouse.
By Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux 82041 Oberhaching Marika Pekkarinen (Costume Echo is determined to uncover what
with Malik Zidi, Leynar Gomez, Designer), Miika Hakala (Writer- led to her sister’s murder through ECO-TERRORIST : BATTLE FOR
Thomas Chabrol, Sébastien Munich, Germany Director-Producer), Ari Savonen the secret diary Zoe left behind. OUR PLANET
Chassagne, Olivier Chantreau, Tel: +49 89 67 34 69 828 (Director), Tomi Tuuliranta Completed. Documentary, 80’.
Maxence Tual, Cosme Castro, [email protected] STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN By Peter Jay Brown.
Andrew Leland Rogers, Nelson betacinema.com VIRALITY Completed. Follow vigilante conservationist and
Camayo. Grand Hotel: Goeland Entrance Post-Production. Crime, 111’. Whale Wars veteran Peter Jay Brown
Around 1860, Louis, a photographer, (Tel: +4917610312646) By Thomas Laine. BLUE PENGUIN FILM as he battles to save the planet
convinces the general of the French Dirk Schürhoff (CEO), Consequences can’t be chosen. Via A. Martini, 6 and our oceans from the enemy :
army to send him to Mexico to Thorsten Ritter (EVP-Acquisitions A MOTHER 59100 Prato, Italy Humankind.
photograph the colonial war which Sales and Marketing), Completed. Drama, 91’. Tel: +3312635928 EVERYTHING IS FREE
is ravaging the country. Once he is Tassilo Hallbauer (Sales & By Samppa Batal with Jaana [email protected] Completed. Drama, 92’.
there, nothing goes as planned. Acquisitions), Cosima Finkbeiner Saarinen, Matti Pajulahti, Jonathan By Brian Jordan Alvarez with Brian
(Festival Coordinator), Lilian Schiffer bluepenguinfilm.com
WORKING GIRLS (Sales & Marketing), Martina Knabe Hutchings, Matti Onnismaa. Velesjana Rustemi Jordan Alvarez, Judilin Bosita, Peter
Post-Production. Drama. (Inflight, Film Funding) GONE (International Sales Manager) Vack, Morgan Krantz, Bruce Bundy,
By Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Completed. Drama, 91’. Stephanie Koenig.
Paulicevich with Sara Forestier, ALL MY LOVING By Arttu Haglund with Panu MAYBE IT’S JUST SEASICKNESS IS THAT YOU ?
Annabelle Lengronne, Noémie Completed. Drama, 120’. Tuomikko, Eeva Putro, Julia Completed. First film, 93’. Completed. Horror, 107’.
Lvovsky. By Edward Berger with Lars Eidinger, Hemmilä, Seppo-Ilmari Siitonen, By Simona De Simone with Maria By Rudy Riverón Sánchez with
Three women, Axelle, Conso and Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Hans Löw. Tommi Korpela, Minka Kuustonen. Grazia Cucinotta, Francesco Ciampi, Gabriela Ramos, Jorge Enrique
Dominique have nothing in common A family of three siblings. Each of Annamaria Malipiero, Paolo Caballero, Lynn Cruz, Osvaldo
except for the fact that they are them is faced with life challenges SOMEONE SOMEWHERE Bonacelli, Barbara Enrichi, Beatrice Doimeadiós, Eslinda Núñez.
colleagues and cross the France/ and different ideas of solutions. Completed. Drama, 82’. Ripa, Cristian Stelluti, Orfeo Orlando. When her father goes missing, 13
Belgium border together every day FLAWLESS By Hannu Aukia, Jaakko Manninen year old Lili uses a spiritual ritual to
to go to work. Completed. Drama, 97’. with Milla Puolakanaho, Alexis BOB’S YOUR UNCLE find him but she gets it wrong and
THE BEST OF DORIEN B. By Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit with Kerouac, Miska Kajanus, Corsica 3671 Crownridge Drive her life turns into a nightmare.
Wilson.
91403 Sherman Oaks,
Completed. Comedy, 106’. Stav Straschko, Netsanet Zenaneh Millions of dreamers. 2612 stars LOST CHILD
By Anke Blondé with Kim Snauwaert, Mekonnen, Noam Lugasy, Micha on the Hollywood Blvd. Alexis is California, USA Completed. Thriller, 101’.
Jelle De Beule, Katelijne Verbeke, Selektar, Arad Triffon Reshef, Niv homeless, but wants to redefine Tel: +1 818 528 32 02 By Ramaa Mosley with Leven
Dirk Van Dijck. Sultan, Asi Levy. what the transsexual experience is [email protected] Rambin, Jim Parrack, Taylor John
Dorien has everything to be happy : Three 17-year-old girls navigate through her script. bobsyourunclellc.com Smith, Toni Chritton Johnson,
a successful husband, two adorable the daily indignities of high school Riviera: D7b (Tel: +18182576758) Landon Edwards.
children and a booming veterinary using razor-sharp wit to shield their BLUE FOX Ken Dubow (President) An army veteran who returns home
practice. One day, everything falls vulnerabilities. to the Ozarks finds an abandoned
apart. ENTERTAINMENT ROMANTIC REUNION
ROCCA CHANGES THE WORLD 1801 Century Park E, Suite 460 Completed. Comedy, 120’. young boy in the woods, and as
ESCAPADA Completed. Family, 101’. 90067 Century City, California, USA By Gregg Coolidge with Alan she searches for clues to the boy’s
Completed. Drama, 89’. By Katja Benrath with Luna Tel: +1 424 354 86 62 Ritchson, Matt Jones, Ryan Hansen, identity, discovers the local folklore
By Sarah Hirtt with François Maxeiner, Fahri Yardim, Barbara [email protected] Kristen Hager. about a spirit, which comes in the
Neycken, Raphaëlle Corbisier, Yohan Sukowa, Mina Tander, Michael bluefoxentertainment.com form of a child.
Manca, Maria Leon, Marta Durruti, Maertens. BREAKING GLASS SEX WEATHER
Ivan Altimira, Rafael Espinosa, Sergi With never-ending optimism Rocca James Huntsman (Co-Founder), PICTURES Completed. Romance, 90’.
Lopez. proves together with her friends, Andreas Olavarria (Co-Founder), 133 North 4th St. By Jon Garcia with Al’Jaleel Mcghee,
Siblings torn apart by the hazards that even a child has the power to Lisa Gutberlet (EVP, International 19106 Philadelphia, Amber Stonebraker.
of life meet in Spain to settle change the world. Sales & Acquisitions), Michaela Pennsylvania, USA Sydney and Darrel met while
the family’s modest inheritance. SYSTEM CRASHER Johnson-Carroll (International Sales working through the trenches of
Gustave, the mover, on the brink Completed. Drama, 118’. Coordinator), Edrianne Wenger Tel: +1 267 324 3934 chaos of low budget independent
of bankruptcy, Jules the anarchistic By Nora Fingscheidt with Helena (International Sales Consultant), [email protected] filmmaking.
activist, and Lou, the youngest, lost Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Stacy Glassgold (International Sales) bgpics.com
between her brothers, yearning for Maria Schmeide. A SIMPLE WEDDING Riviera: H6 (Marina Club) SHE’S JUST A SHADOW
(Tel: +1 267 355 32 86)
the unknown. On her wild quest for love, 9-year- Completed. Romance. Richard Wolff (CEO-President), Completed. Action/Adventure, 118’.
MY NAME IS CLITORIS old Benni’s untamed energy drives ABE Richard Ross (Co-President), By Adam Sherman.
A beautiful Japanese madam and
Completed. First film, 88’. everyone around her to despair. Completed. Children’s, 86’. Susan Helfrich (Coo), Marc Helfrich her stable, a deranged, drug-addled
By Daphné Leblond, Lisa Billuart By Fernando Grostein Andrade. (International Sales Agent) Tokyo gangster and his crew and a
Monet. BKE PRODUCTIONS Abe is a 12-year-old boy from sadistic serial killer on the loose.
Twelve young women aged 20 to 2 Pierce Cove Brooklyn who cooks to unite his BEYOND THE NIGHT
25 tell the journey of their sexuality 39211 Jackson, USA half Israeli and half Palestinian Completed. Drama, 98’. THE SKIN OF THE TEETH
since childhood. In their own Tel: +1 11601 366 4788 family, but everything goes wrong. By Jason Noto with Tammy Blanchard, Completed. Comedy, 80’.
bedroom, facing the camera, they [email protected] Zane Holtz, Azhy Robertson, Chance By Matthew Wollin with Pascal
discuss openly with the two women Jaclyn Bethany, Hal Brotherton- FEEDBACK Kelly. Arquimedes, Donal Brophy, Tom
directors who are facing the same Ratcliffe (Executive Producer), Completed. Thriller, 97’. When a soldier’s son reveals Rizzuto, Chuja Seo, David Cruz.
interrogations. By Pedro C. Alonso. damning information about a local After his date takes a shocking turn,
Greta Bellamacina (Director), Jarvis is the star of a successful radio gangster’s missing daughter, a war a man is plunged into a surreal
STARS BY THE POUND Robert Montgomery show. But one night two masked of attrition wreaks havoc on their interrogation of just who and what
Completed. Comedy, 88’. (Producer Hurt By Paradise) armed men burst into the studio forgotten coal mining town. he is.
By Marie-Sophie Chambon with HURT BY PARADISE and take him hostage, forcing Jarvis
Laure Duchene, Angèle Metzger, Completed. Comedy, 85’. to read from a script, exposing a CANARY BROADMEDIA STUDIOS
Pauline Serieys, Zoé De Tarle, Philippe By Bellamacina Greta. scandal that could destroy Jarvis’ Completed. LGBT, 120’. CORPORATION
Rebbot, Isabelle De Hertogh. life and career. By Christiaan Olwagen with Hannes
Lois, 16, has only one dream: INDIGO VALLEY Otto, Schalk Bezuidenhout. Kohkaido Bldg., 4-2-45 Roppongi,
becoming an astronaut. However, Completed. Drama, 75’. THE PARTS YOU LOSE A coming-of-age war musical about Minato-ku
although she’s gifted in physics, By Bethany Jaclyn. Completed. Thriller, 94’. a small town boy who gets chosen 106-0032 Tokyo, Japan
she has a big problem : Lois weighs By Christopher Cantwell. to serve his compulsory two year Tel: +81 3 5413 5487
over 200 pounds - a family trait she’s THE REHEARSAL An unlikely friendship unfolds military training in the South African [email protected]
inescapably stuck with. Completed. Drama, 45’. between a young deaf boy and a Defence Force Choir and Concert bmstd.com
fugitive who takes refuge in an group - known as the "Canaries"- Palais -1: 23,01
VICTOR & CELIA BLACK LION abandoned barn on the family’s during the height of the Apartheid Rie Hatano (Acquisitionq
Completed. Comedy, 90’. PICTURES OY rural farm. After forming a deep regime. & Development Manager)
By Pierre Jolivet with Arthur Dupont, bond with the man, the boy must
Alice Belaïdi, Adrien Jolivet, Bruno Salmelantie 6 decide where to place his allegiance. DEVIL’S PATH GYOZA ROMANCE
Benabar, Bérengère Krief. 88600 Sotkamo, Finland Completed. Thriller, 87’. Post-Production. Comedy, 100’.
Victor and Ben are thirty-somethings Tel: +358 505 397 399 SAVING ZOË By Matthew Montgomery. By Takehiko Hata with Rika Adachi.
planning to open their own hair [email protected] Completed. Thriller, 95’. Two men encounter each other Recently separated from her
salon. But very quickly their dream blacklionpictures.fi By Jeffrey G. Hunt. on a dangerous gay cruising park husband, Yoko decides to start her
is dramatically thwarted. Miika J. Norvanto (CEO-Producer), Based on NYT bestselling author trail, and quickly find themselves life over by moving back to her
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