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of Film Production), Zach Glueck   I’M LIVIN’ IT  A deranged masked Santa-Slayer   ALTERED SKIN     is quarantined by the military.
                (Sr. Director, International Sales   Post-Production. Drama.  comes to town for some yuletide-  Completed. Thriller, 80’.  A small group of Swedish and
               & Distribution), Joanna Korshak   By Hing Fan Wong with Aaron Kwok,   terror. He leaves behind a bloody   By Adnan Ahmed with Robin Dunne,   immigrant non-infected persons
                (Agent), Mallory Thomasson   Miriam Yeung.      trail of mutilated bodies as he hunts   Juggan Kazim, Salman Shahid,   take shelter in the old citadel.
                   (Director, Marketing),                       his way to the front steps of the   Nimra Bucha.   While the monsters approach, the
               Emily Thomas (Associate Counsel),   INSANE (WORKING TITLE)  town’s most feared and notorious   Craig, an  American expat living   old conflicts between the Swedish
                Ryan Friscia (Director, Finance),    Post-Production. Drama.  home.       in Karachi is married to Insiya,   natives and the immigrants
                                       By Qi Wu with Pak Ho Chau, Zhener
                Dylan Kelley (Assistant To Alex                                           a  Pakistani doctor  who, during a   escalates to the point of no return.
                 Walton), Christopher Slager   Wang, Robert Knepper, Shao Hong   COMPULSION  routine hospital round, contracts a   The indigenous population has to
               (Senior Associate), Graham Taylor   He.          Completed. Horror, 80’.   virus called the MN-2.   decide who the true monsters are:
               (Co-President), Laurel Charnetsky   PAYME HOLIDAY  By Angel Gonzalez with Marina                    The infected on the outside - or the
                                                                Esteve, Susana  Abaitua, Paco
               (Coordinator, International Sales),   Post-Production. TV Series, 360’.  Manzanedo.  LEGION MAXX    old enemies on the inside?
              Katie Irwin (Sr. Director, International   With Vivian Chan.  A shy young woman suspects that   Completed. Action/Adventure, 91’.
               Sales & Distribution), Chia Chou                 her enigmatic boyfriend is cheating   By Jesse V. Johnson with Dominiquie   PHOENIX
                    (Manager, Sales)   QUAN DAO : THE JOURNEY    on her. When she starts looking for   Vandenberg, Louis Mandylor,   Completed. Drama, 90’.
                                       OF A BOXER               the truth, she will find a sinister   Carmen Argenziano.  By Camilla Strom Henriksen with
              BAD EDUCATION            Post-Production. Action/Adventure.  secret that will turn her life into an   Maria Bonnevie, Sverrir Gudnason,
              Production. Crime.       By William So with Kwok Kwan                       ROOTWOOD                 Ylva Bjorkaas Thedin, Casper Falck-
              By Cory Finley with Hugh Jackman,   Chan, Ka Nin Ngo,  Awayne Liu,   endless nightmare.  Completed. Horror, 83’.  Lovås.
              Allison Janney, Ray Romano,   Dominic Lam, Ashina Kwok, Kwok   MAD MACBETH  By Marcel Walz with Elissa Dowling,   Teenager Jill, act like a responsible
              Geraldine Viswanathan.   Pong Chan.               Completed. Science-fiction, 90’.  Tyler Gallant, Sarah French, Felissa   adult  in  her  family,  caring  for  her
              AMAZING GRACE            Ah Ni, 12-year-old boy, has to take   By Domiziano Cristopharo with   Rose.  mentally ill mother and her younger
              Completed. Musical, 87’.  care of his blinded dad. He is always   Hasan Lushi, Halil Budakova, Merita   TRICK OR TREAT  brother. Tragedy hits and Jill keep it
                                       being bullied by squad when selling   Budakova.    Completed. Black comedy, 85’.  a secret.
              THE OPERATIVE            souvenir fluorescent sticks on the                 By Ed Boase with Craig Kelly, Dean
              Completed. Thriller, 120’.  street for living.    MCBETTER                  Lennox Kelly, Shaun Parkes, Jamie   WEREWOLF
              By Yuval Adler with Diane Kruger,                 Completed. Horror, 80’.   Sives,  Maimie  Mccoy,  Hugo  Speer,   Completed. Thriller, 90’.
              Martin Freeman.          A LIFETIME TREASURE      By Mattia Depascali with Nik   Kris Marshall, Jason Flemyng,   By  Adrian Panek  with Kamil
              Rachel, a highly effective but rogue   Completed. Comedy, 95’.  Manzi, Donatella Reverchon, Andrea   Polnisiak, Nicolas Przygoda, Sonia
              spy from Israel’s feared national   By Man Chung Andrew Lam with   Cananiello, Serena Toma.  Frances Barber.  Mietielica.
              intelligence force Mossad, vanishes   Sammo Hung, Louis Cheung, Ivana   A modern-day tragedy loosely   Taking place over the course of a   Summer, 1945. Eight children from
              without a trace while attending her   Wong, Teddy Robin, Man Chung   based on Macbeth where the main   single psychedelic Halloween night   Gross Rosen concentration camp
              father’s funeral in London.  Andrew Lam, Suet Lam, Bob Lam,   character wants to take control of a   in  a  ghostly  Blackpool,  depressed   find a provisional hiding place in
                                       Siu Lung Leung.          fast-food restaurant chain instead of   Greg  Kielty’s life is turned upside   a nearby abandoned orphanage,
                                                                the Kingdom of Scotland.
                  ENTERTAINING                                                            down when his estranged brother   hidden deep within the forest.
                  POWER CO. LTD        THE TASTE OF BETEL NUT        EUROPACORP           Dan turns up, claiming to have
                                       (BING LANG XUE)
                                                                                          drunkenly run someone over.
               Room 803, 8/F, Fullerton Centre,   Completed. Drama, 85’.  La Cité du Cinéma, 20 rue Ampère           FABRICATION FILMS
                19 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong  By Wu Jia with Zhao Bing Rui, Shen                 EYEWELL AB             1968 S. Coast Hwy, Suite 250
              852 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)  Shi Yu, Yue Ye.     93200 Saint-Denis, France   Upplandsgatan 69    92651 Laguna Beach, California, USA
                                                                     Tel: +33 1 55 99 50 00 
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                [email protected]  vigorous,  that  broke  the  peaceful   [email protected]  11328 Stockholm, Sweden  [email protected]
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                  entertainingpower.com  fishing village life.                                                          fabricationfilms.com
                     Riviera: E13                                   Kevin Deysson (Chief Sales   [email protected]      Riviera: H6 (Marina Club)
                 (Tel: +33 7 61 16 69 44)  EPIC PICTURES GROUP    officer), Ludovica Stoppa (Head   eyewell.se         (Tel: +2 144 54 03 10)
               Angus Chan (Managing Director),   6725 Sunset Blvd., Suite 330  of International Sales/Adjointe du   Riviera: H6 (Marina Club)  Miriam Elchanan (Senior Vice
              Kinnie Cheung (General Manager),   90028 Hollywood, California, USA  Directeur des ventes), Emel Laks   Michael Werner (CEO)  President-Sales and Acquisitions)
              Grace Chan (Distribution Manager),   Tel: +1 323 207 41 70   (International Sales Executive )  THE BIRDCATCHERS SON
              Daisy Wong (Distribution Executive)                                                                  APARTMENT 212
                                           [email protected]  LITTLE WHITE LIES 2   Completed. Epic, 107’.   Completed. Thriller.
              UNLEASHED                      epic-pictures.com  Production. Drama.        By Richard Hobert with Livia   By Haylar Garcia with Penelope
              Production. Action/Adventure.  Patrick Ewald (CEO), Maju Iudice   By Guillaume Canet with Marion   Millhagen, Rudi Köhnke, Sebastien   Mitchell, Sally Kirkland.
              By Ka Hei Kwok, Ambrose Kwok   (International Sales Coordinator),   Cotillard, François Cluzet, Gilles   Courivaud,  Vigdis Hentze Björk,
              with Ken Lo, Zhen Feng Sun, Zi Ping   Michele Wilson-Edell (International   Lellouche,  Laurent Lafitte,  Benoit   Jörgen Langhelle, Hedda Rehnberg.  CHANGING SADDLES
              Zheng, Venus Wong, Sam Lee.  Sales), Kalani Dreimanis    Magimel, Pascale Arbillot, Esther   THE ETERNAL ROAD  Completed. Family, 90’.
                                          (Director, International Sales)  Clementine Baert, Valérie Bonneton,   Completed. Historical, 104’.  By Teddy Smith with Lou Diamond
              ASSASSINS AND THE MISSING                         José Garcia.                                       Philips, Brighton Sharbino, Jason
              GOLD                     EXTRA ORDINARY                                     By  Aj  Annila  with  Sidse  Babett   London, C. Thomas Howell.
              Post-Production. Action/Adventure.  Completed. Comedy.  EVOLUTIONARY FILMS  Knudsen,  Tommi Korpela, Irina
              By Jeffrey Lau with Max Zhang, Ada   By Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman with      Bjorklund, Ville Virtanen.  THE CHRISTMAS CABIN
              Choi, Andy On, Yan Yan Hung.  Will Forte, Maeve Higgins, Claudia   Bridge House G03, 3 Mills Studios,   An untold story about the American   Completed. Romance, 98’.
                                       O’Doherty, Barry Ward.          Three Mill Lane    immigrants  in  the  1930’s  Soviet   By Dustin J. Robinson with Peyton
              BINDING SOULS            A supernatural comedy in the tone   E3 3DU London, United Kingdom  Union - Based on a true story   Mcdavitt, Chad Michael Collins.
              Post-Production. Horror.                               Tel: +44 208 215 33 40   "Freedom is beyond heaven and   When Seth unknowingly interrupts
              By Pang Chun Chan with Kara Wai,   of "What we do in the shadows",   [email protected]  hell".  Sammi’s quiet holiday getaway
                                       the film tells the story of a driving
              Yu Ning Tsao, Carlos Chan, Esther                      evolutionaryfilms.com                         at her family cabin, their hearts
              Huang,  Cheung  Ya Yuen, Angie   instructor who must use her other-  Riviera: F14  THE LITTLE COMRADE  get more than they bargain for;
                                       wordly gifts to save a lonely man’s
              Shum, Janelle Sing, Keeva Mak.  daughter from a rock star looking to   John Adams (CEO), Diane Shorthouse   Completed. Epic, 98’.  The Christmas Cabin is a romantic
              To reminisce about the old-school   use her for Satanic purposes.  (Managing Director), Michael John   By Moonika Siimets with Helena   comedy about finding unexpected
              life, Ho Tsz Fung and his university                     (Sales Manager)    Maria  Reisner, Tambet Tuisk, Yulia   love with a  little help  from  the
              classmates go back to his high                                              Aug.                     Christmas season.
              school together. Over the years,   EUROOBSCURA    VENGEANCE 2               In the midst of Stalinist tyranny,
              there are a lot of mysterious rumours   10230 Helendale Avenue  Post-Production. Action/Adventure,   six-year-old Leelo’s mother is sent   CHRISTMAS HARMONY
              spreading among the students, due   91042 Los Angeles, California, USA  79’.  to a prison camp. Haunted by her   Completed. Family, 98’.
              to the occupation by Japanese army   Tel: +1 818 468 9796   By Ross Boyask with Stu Bennett,   mother’s last words telling her to   By Nanea Miyata with Kelley Jakle,
              as a military laboratory during the   [email protected]  Vinnie Jones, Katrina Durden,   be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on   Adam Mayfield, Sally Struthers.
              World War II.                  euroobscura.com    Phoebe  Robinson-Galvin,  Mark   her best behavior in the confusing
                                         Mickael Abbate (Acquisitions)  Griffin, Sam Benjamin, Jessica-Jane   grown-up world in the hope that it   KILLERS ANONYMOUS
              FREAKY JIANG HU                                   Stafford.                 will bring her mother back.  Completed. Thriller, 98’.
              Post-Production. Comedy.  ABRAKADABRA                                                                By Martin Owen.
              By Wing Shan Sandy Wong with Ka   Completed. Thriller, 80’.  13 GRAVES      OPERATION RAGNAROK       A support group of killers is held
              Ying Law, Yiu Sing Lam, Michelle   By Luciano Onetti, Nicolas Onetti   Completed. Horror, 85’.  Completed. Action/Adventure, 88’.
              Wai, Cheung Ching Mak.   with Germán Baudino, María   By John Langridge with Kevin Leslie,   By Fredrik Hiller with Jonas Malmsjö,
              In  Tang Dynasty, Monk Sha is   Eugenia Rigon, Clara Kovacic, Ivi   Morgan James, Jacob Anderton, Terri   Per Ragnar, Bahar Pars, Haf ór Júlíus   FOR FULL
              following the Buddhist pilgrim   Brickell, Gustavo D´Alessandro.  Dwyer, Michael Mckell.  Björnsson, Björn Bengtsson, Malin
              Xuanzang. By accident, Monk Sha                   On the orders  of their boss,  two   Arvidsson.      DETAILS, GO TO
              has opened an inn door which   ALL THROUGH THE HOUSES  seasoned contract killers are   In Zone 261 a midsize city is infected
              connected to thousands of years   Completed. Comedy, 88’.  marching their latest victim to the   by a virus that turns people into
              later of a local restaurant in Portland   By  Todd Nunes with Jessica   "mob graveyard" they have used   monsters. In order to  prevent  the
              Street of Hong Kong.     Cameron, Ashley Nunes.   for several years.        infection from spreading, the town

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