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             SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL   THE EXILE                 WRATH                    Franklin.                 He surprisingly decides to join his
             Post-Production. Drama.  Completed. Thriller, 87’.  Completed. First film, 93’.  On the night of November 13,   former club which has recently been
             By Guillaume De Fontenay with   By Arturo Ruiz with Joan Carles Suau,   By Jota Aronak with Urko Olazabal,   1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. took a high-  promoted to the highest level.
             Niels Schneider, Vincent Rottiers,   Eric Francés, Monika Kowalska.  Erick De León, Roberto Mori, Diana   powered rifle and murdered his
             Ella Rumpf.              Two Spanish soldiers are guarding   Facen.         entire family as they slept. At his   MACADAM BABY
             1992, war is raging in what will   an outpost during wartime and   Iker, a journalist filming a   trial, DeFeo claimed that "voices"   Completed. Comedy, 97’.
             become Ex-Yugoslavia. Paul is   discover a polish woman, hurt   documentary about death penalty   in the house commanded him to kill.  By Patrick Bossard with  Arthur
             covering the siege of Sarajevo.   and unconscious. They nurse her   will record the preparation &     Jugnot,  Arthur Dupont, François
             Flamboyant dandy, loud mouth,   back to health and must decide   execution of a real murder : a father   MAXIMUM IMPACT  Civil, Arsène Mosca, Camille Claris.
             adrenaline junkie, provocative cigar-  if they should turn her in to their   who will kill his son´s assassin   Completed. Action/Adventure, 110’.  A young man Thomas is dreaming
             smoker, Paul Marchand is the war   commanders or keep her hidden.  through a plan designed to avoid   By  Andrzej Bartkowiak with   his life. He wants to become a writrer
             correspondent archetype.                           any legal punishment.    Alexander Nevsky, Tom Arnold, Kelly   but does nos know what to write.
                                      H0US3                                              Hu, Danny Trejo.          He goes to Paris and meets a girl.
             CONVICTION               Completed. Thriller, 105’.       CINEPHIL          Since the days of the Cold War,   He falls in love with her and it is the
             Completed. Drama, 111’.  By Munguia Manolo with Rubèn                       Russian-American relations had   begining of his troubles...
             By Antoine Raimbault with Marina   Serrano,  Roc  Esquius,  Mírimam   18, Levontin St  been  so  strained.  In  order  to  find
             Foïs, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Lucas.  Tortosa,  Anna Bertran, Mariona   6511207 Tel Aviv, Israel  the way out of this situation, the US   THE ONES WHO STAY
             As a juror at Jacques  Viguier’s   Tena, Bernat Mestre, Diana Roig,   Tel: +972 3 566 4129   Secretary of State arrives at a secret   Completed. Comedy, 80’.
             trial, Nora is convinced that he   Victor Gomez, Cristina Raya.  [email protected]  summit meeting in Moscow.  By Loïc Paillard with Benoit Chauvin,
             did not kill his wife. This intuition   A group of former computer   cinephil.com                     Camille Claris, Jean Fornerod, Sylvain
             quickly becomes an obsession. She   University  colleagues  and  their   Riviera: H8 (Doc Corner)  THE TOYBOX  Mossot, Marica Soyer, Zack Zublena.
             persuades the most famous lawyer   partners meet for dinner after   Philippa Kowarsky (Managing   Completed. Thriller, 90’.  Alexandre, a somewhat lost thirty-
             in the country to defend him.  several years only to share one of   Director), Olivier Tournaud    By Tom Nagel with Denise Richards,   something, decides to start out in
                                      the most secret files on the Internet.  (Sales Executive)  Mischa Barton.    the professional world. Loris, his
             INNA DE YARD                                                                A family goes on a cross-country   misanthropic roommate, works on
             Completed. Documentary, 99’.  MENU FOR TWO         ADVOCATE                 trip struggling to survive after   a "universal method to succeed in
             By Peter Webber.         Completed. Second film, 88’.  Completed. Documentary, 108’.  getting stranded in the desert by   life", and Patrick, Alexandre’s father,
             The human adventure of a   By Robert Bellsolá with  Adrià   By Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe   a surnatural force that slowly kills   decides to stop his chemiotherapy.
             renaissance and a visceral trip to   Collado, Andoni Agirregomezkorta,   Bellaiche.  them off.
             planet reggae !          Carolina Bang, Marcel Tomàs, Sergi                                           THE STATESMAN
                                      López.                      CINETEL FILMS, INC.        CINETIC MEDIA         Completed. Drama, 90’.
             SHINY SHRIMPS            Oscar, a smart stockbroker from the   8484 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 850C        By Pierre Courrege with Pierre
             Completed. Comedy, 105’.  big city, and Dan, a goofy slacker   90211 Beverly Hills, California, USA  555 w 25th St, 4th floor  Santini,  Patrick  Braoude,  Bruno
             By Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare   from hicksville, get some big news :      10001 New York, New York, USA  Solo, Samia Dahmane, François
             with  Gob  Nicolas,  Alban  Lenoir,   they’re brothers. Now they’re stuck   Tel: +1 323 654 40 00   Tel: +1 212 204 7979   Begaudeau, Jean Benguigui, Nicole
             Michael Abiteboul, Geoffrey Couet,   sharing  their  deceased  father’s   [email protected]  [email protected]  Valberg, François Daubigny.
             Romain Brau, David Baiot, Felix   estate, Can Pitu, a failing country-  cinetelfilms.com  cineticmedia.com  Just a few weeks before elections
             Martinez, Pierre Samuel, Romain   style restaurant in the middle of   Riviera: A3   John Sloss (Partner),    the outgoing President of the
             Lancry, Roland Menou.    nowhere                      (Tel: +1 323 243 82 07)  Dana O’Keefe (Sales), Ross Fremer   Republic, Jean-François Vanier is at
             Matthias, an Olympic champion                         Paul Hertzberg (President),   (Senior Executive), Jason Ishikawa   the lowest in the polls.
             at the end of his career, makes a   MORENITA, THE SCANDAL  Eric Bernstein (Vice President   (International Sales)
             homophobic statement on TV.  Completed. Thriller, 92’.  International Sales), Jon Mack                      CITE FILMS
                                      By Alan Jonsson Gavica with Horacio   (Consultant), Natalia Guslistaya   MARADONA          er
             SHOOTING THE MAFIA       Garcia Rojas, Ignacio López Tarso,   (Producer), Almira Ravil (Sales,   Post-Production. Documentary,   56 rue Perronet, 1  étage -
             Completed. Documentary, 94’.  Maya Zapata, Everardo  Arzate,   International Sales)  125’.                 Bureau de gauche
             By Kim Longinotto.       Dagoberto Gama.                                    By Asif Kapadia.           92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
             Sicilian photographer Letizia   Desperate to save his family from   2ND CHANCE FOR CHRISTMAS  On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona   Tel: +33 1 82 64 52 98 
             Battaglia  spends  her  career   death threats by a notorious drug   Post-Production. Family, 100’.  arrived in Naples for a world-  [email protected]
             documenting the life and crimes of   dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the   By Christopher Ray with Tara Reid,   record fee and for seven years all   citefilms.com
             the Mafia.               venerated image of the Virgin of   Jim O’Heir, Vivica A. Fox, Brittany   hell broke loose. The world’s most   Riviera: H6 (Marina Club)
                                                                Underwood, Jonathan Lipnicki, Mark
                                      Guadalupe causing pandemonium   Mcgrath.           celebrated football genius and the   Raphael Berdugo (President)
                 CINEMA LIBRE         throughout Mexico.                                 most dysfunctional city in Europe
                 INTERNATIONAL                                  ACCELERATION             were a perfect match for each other.  AESOP
                                                                                                                   Development. Comedy, 90’.
                 120 South Victory Blvd.  NORTHLESS             Post-Production. Thriller, 100’.                   By Atiq Rahimi with Thomas N’Gijol,
                                      Completed. Drama, 94’.
               91502 Burbank, California, USA  By Rigoberto Perezcano with Harold   By Michael Merino, Daniel Zirili   CINEXPORT  John Malkovich (Tbc).
                  Tel: +1 818 588 3033   Torres, Alicia Laguna, Sonia Couoh,   with Sean Patrick Flanery, Dolph   49, Av. Paul Doumer  Inspired by the story of Aesop, the
                [email protected]  Luis Cárdenas.      Lundgren, Chuck Liddell, Natalie   75116 Paris, France  slave with a deformed physique
                  cinemalibrestudio.com  After numerous attempts, Andres   Burn, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson,   Tel: +33 1 45 62 49 45   who, thanks to  his brilliant  mind,
                                                                Danny Trejo.
                     Riviera: F3      remains determined to enter the                         [email protected]  managed to  win his  freedom  and
                 Philippe Diaz (Chairman),    United States at the Tijuana border   Vladik Zorich, crime lord whose   cinexport-paris.com  become an advisor to the greatest
                                                                tentacles permeate the underbelly
                Beth Portello (VP-Marketing    in search of a better life.  of a seedy Los Angeles as he deals   Grand Hotel  rulers in the sixth century BC.
                 & Business Develoment),                        in guns, gambling, drugs and skin   Anne-Marie Rombourg-Caraco
               Cristian Bettler (VP-Acquisitions    ROAD TO MARS  trafficking, finds himself double-  (President)  THE LAWYER
                  & Int’L Distribution)  Completed. Road movie, 94’.                                               Development. Comedy, 90’.
                                      By Humberto Hinojosa Oscáriz with   crossed by his most trusted operative   BERNARDA  By Zinedine Soualem with Zinedine
             IMPRISONED               Tessa Ia Gonzalez, Camila Sodi, Luis   Rhona Zyocki.  Completed. Drama, 100’.  Soualem, Medi Sadoun, Charles
             Completed. Drama, 104’.  Gerardo Mendez.           THE BOY, THE DOG,        By Emilio Ruiz Barrachina with   Berling (Tbc), Simon Abkarian (Tbc),
                                      Emilia escapes from a hospital to   AND THE CLOWN  Victoria Abril, Assumpta Serna, Will   Dany Boon (Tbc).
                CINEMA REPUBLIC       travel through Baja California with   Post-Production. Family, 100’.  Shephard, Elisa Mouliaa, Miriam   In  the  wake  of  his  divorce, Alain
                Av. Rosario Manzaneque 25,   her friend Violeta. On their way, they   A young boy, Adrien, grieving over   Diaz Aroca, Trisha Fernandez, Maria   Berriba, a brilliant French lawyer of
                    Torrelodones      will meet a man claiming to have   the loss of his father, befriends   Ivanova, Cristina Pascual.  Algerian origin, decides to return to
                  28250 Madrid, Spain  come from another planet in order   a down-on-his-luck clown who   Five women are kidnapped and   France after a spell in Canada.
                                                                                         locked in a strange factory and
                  Tel: +34 918 565 501   to destroy humanity.   performs incredible feats of magic.  forced to work as prostitutes.  THE DESERT BRIDE
                 [email protected]  TILT                   A LITTLE SOMETHING                                 Completed. First film, 78’.
                   cinemarepublic.es  Completed. Drama, 94’.    FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY        HIDE AND SEEK             By Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato with
                     Riviera: A5      By Viktor  Chouchkov  with Yavor   Completed. Comedy, 90’.  Completed. Transmedia, 77’.  Paulina García, Claudio Rissi.
                 (Tel: +34 647 78 68 12)  Baharov, Radina Kardjilova, Ovanes   By Susan Walter with Sharon Stone,   By Guillaume Chemouili.  Teresa’s life is turned upside down
                   David Castellanos    Torosian, Alexander Sano.  Tony Goldwyn, Ellen Burstyn, Famke              when she is forced to accept a job
                  (Managing Director)  During the 90’s in Bulgaria daredevil   Janssen, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Liza Lapira,    THE LEGEND  far away. On her way, she loses her
                                      Stash and the rebellious Becky fall   Ryan Lochte.  Completed. Drama, 83’.   bag, causing her to cross paths with
             CARMINA OR BLOW UP       in love with each other.  A fashion designer tries to find love   By Florian Hessique with Florian   El Gringo, a traveling salesman.
             Completed. Comedy, 71’.                            and success all while attempting   Hessique, Géraldine Lapalus, Patrick
             By Paco León with Carmina Barrios.  WEED           to shake her co-dependent mother.  Préjean, Olivier Pages, Frédéric   FRENCH TOUR
             Carmina is a 58 year old lady who   Completed. Comedy, 85’.                 Radepont, Fedele Papalia, Olivier   Completed. Road movie, 94’.
             runs a grocery store in Seville. The   By Enrique Perez with Milko Delgado,   THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS  Raynal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet.  By Rachid Djaïdani with Gérard
             store gets robbed several times, but   Erick De León, María Elena Mena.  Completed. Horror, 98’.  25 years old, Jean-Christophe   Depardieu, Sadek, Louise Grinberg.
             the insurance company refuses to   A film about family, weed and   By Daniel Farrands with Paul   Markovic is at the top of his career   Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper.
             cover the damages.       double morality.          Ben-Victor, John Robinson, Diane   as a professional basketball player.   Following a violent dispute with a
                Screening
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