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Cannes REVIEWED BY VINCENT LE LEURCH
Cannes 2015 2019

a 5-ton elephant? Join the three Serkan Kaya. FOUJITA SERGIO MENDES IN THE KEY REMEMBERING :
adventurers in this heart-warming What should have been a fun Completed. Drama, 126’. OF JOY THE MAURITS KIEK STORY
and entertaining 3D animation. evening quickly gets out of hand By Kohei Oguri with Joe Odagiri. Production. Documentary. Completed. Historical, 55’.
Family entertainment at its best! when Thomas announces he and Semi-bio-pic of Tsuguharu Foujita, a By John Scheinfeld. By Cheryl Halpern.
his pregnant girlfriend are planning legendary painter from Japan who A joyful, cinematic celebration of
OOOPS ! THE ADVENTURE to name their son Adolf. became successful in early 20th this singular musical artist, who UNSUNG HERO : THE THEO
CONTINUES (3D) centry in Paris with his original remains as vital and relevant today MITCHELL STORY
Production. Family, 90’. SCARBOROUGH technique, and then the film portrays as when he exploded on the scene Completed. Historical, 40’.
By Toby Genkel, Sean Mccormack. Completed. Drama, 84’. his later days in Japan during WW2. with his group, Brasil’ 66. With By Angelique Monet.
The young Nestrian Finny and his By Barnaby Southcombe with Jodhi a rich, multi-layered approach to
best mate Leah, a Grymp, accidently May, Jessica Barden, Jordan Bolger, storytelling, the film digs deep to HABANERO
fall of the ark and are swept out Edward Hogg, Daniel York. GOLDEN DRAGON reveal the forces that shaped his Al. Beija Flor, Quadra 55 #6, Marina
to sea. Out on their own on a raft, In a once glamorous Scarborough PICTURES LTD incredible journey. 28950-000 Búzios - Rio De Janeiro,
they get separated by a storm. hotel, away from prying eyes, two RM E & F, 25/F Legend Tower, Brazil
While Finny finds a whole colony of couples laugh, quarrel, and make 7 Shing Yip St. Kwun Tong WILDFIRE Tel: +55 229 99 72 84 81
Nestrians under water, Leah lands love as they come to terms with the Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) Production. Drama. [email protected]
on a beautiful island. impossibility of their forbidden love. Tel: +852 2751 18 86 By Cathy Brady with Nika Mcguigan,
At barely 16 years old, two of them [email protected] Nora-Jane Noone. habanerofilmsales.com
FRITZI - A REVOLUTIONARY TALE are still at school... and the others, Riviera: G19 The story of two sisters who grew up Riviera: H6 (Marina Club)
Post-Production. Family. their teachers. on the fractious Irish border. When Alfredo Calvino (CEO-Sales-
(Tel: +852 6848 38 87)
By Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn. Clarence Tang (General Manager), one of them, who has been missing, Acquisitions), Patricia Martin
East Germany, 1989. Twelve-year- SUNSET OVER MULHOLLAND finally returns home, the intense (Int’L Sales & Festivals)
old Fritzi lovingly takes care of DRIVE Lemon Lim (Vice President), bond with her sister is re-ignited.
her best friend Sophie’s little dog Completed. Documentary, 97’. Stephanie Cheung (Director MAPACHO
Post-Production. LGBT, 90’.
of Content Acquisition and
Sputnik, while Sophie’s family is on By Uli Gaulke with Connie Sawyer, GWEN
summer vacation in Hungary. Joel Rogosin, Daniel Selznick. Development), Vivien Tian Completed. Drama, 83’. By Carlos Marin Tello with Valeria
Hollywood : that’s glamour, stars, (Assistant, Content Acquisition and By William Mcgregor with Maxine Ocha, Fernando Cobeñas, Daniela
BAYALA (3D) the silver screen. But not everybody Development), Lizzie Zhang Peake, Richard Harrington, Eleanor Salas.
Completed. Fantasy, 85’. becomes famous or wealthy. (Senior Sales and Marketing Worthington-Cox. In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon,
By Aina Järvine, Federico Milella. Executive ) A gothic thriller set in rural Wales a transsexual stylist goes out of
As the dragons have almost TABALUGA during the industrial revolution. her way to keep a young lover by
disappeared from the kingdom Completed. Animation, 85’. VANGUARD her side.
of Bayala, the magic powers of By Sven Unterwaldt. Production. Action/Adventure. THE LAST TREE
the elves are weakening. The elf When the brave fire dragon Tabaluga By Stanley Tong with Jackie Chan, Completed. Drama, 100’. BEFORE THE FERRY ARRIVES
princesses Sera and Surah are meets beautiful ice princess Lilli, it’s Yang Yang, Lun Ai, Qimiya Mu. By Shola Amoo with Sam Adewunmi, Completed. Science-fiction, 84’.
thrilled when they discover they love at first sight. To save their world Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tai Golding. By Juan Caunedo Domínguez,
have the key to save the world in from a tyrannical snowman, they A BETTER TOMORROW 2018 Fem is a British boy of Nigerian Vladimir García, Raúl Escobar
their hands : a dragon egg! have to stick together and embark Completed. Drama, 114’. heritage who, after a happy Delgado with Enrique Molina,
on their biggest adventure. By Sheng Ding with Kai Wang, Ray childhood in rural Lincolnshire, Yordanka Ariosa, Luis Alberto
CLEO - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Ma, Talu Wang. moves to inner London to live García, Elsa Camp, Félix Beatón,
Completed. Romance, 99’. GOALPOST FILM with his mum. Struggling with the Yessika Borroto, Linnet Hernandez,
By Erik Schmitt with Marleen Lohse, 54 Lynette Ave, Clapham South GOLDEN JOB unfamiliar culture and values of his Jazz Vilá, Milton García, Amauri
Jeremy Mockridge, Heiko Pinkowski, SW4 9HD London, United Kingdom Completed. Action/Adventure, 99’. new environment, teenage Femi Millán.
Maximilian Mauff, Andrea Sawatzki, Tel: +44 207 585 3230 By Ka-Lok Chin with Ekin Cheng, has to figure out which path to Stories that are impossible in any
Anna Böttcher, Fabian Busch, Ben [email protected] Jordan Chan, Michael Tse, Ka-Lok adulthood he wants to take. place or time, but are our daily
Münchow, Max Befort, Jean Pütz. Chin, Jerry Lamb, Eric Tsang, Phil bread in Absurdistan (The Surrealist
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THE COLLINI CASE Res. Du Grand Hotel: Chang. GRETA JOANNE Republic of Cuba).
Completed. Drama, 123’. Bengali Entrance, 5th floor HOTEL SOUL GOOD ENTERTAINMENT THE GOALKEEPER
By Marco Kreuzpaintner with Elyas (Tel: +44 777 196 61 90) Completed. Romance, 98’. Post Office Box 502 Completed. Thriller, 99’.
M´Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Tristan Whalley (Managing Director), By Anthony Yan with Chrissie Chau, 11937 East Hampton, New York, USA By Gory Patiño with Fernando Arze,
Franco Nero, Heiner Lauterbach, Jessie Mangum (Production Exec.), Louis Cheung, Eric Kot, Maggie Shiu, Tel: +1 631 604 5368 Pablo Echarri, Cristian Mercado.
Pia Stutzenstein, Jannis Niewohner, Nicki Parfitt (Exec. Director) [email protected]
Rainer Bock, Peter Prager. THE TRIP TO GREECE Richard Ng. LONESOME COLLECTORS
For over 30 years, Fabrizio Collini Pre-Production. Comedy, 100’. One day, hotel executive Katie loses gretajoanneentertainment.com Completed. Drama, 77’.
has worked diligently for a German her boss, gets fired and is struck by Angelique Monet (President-Owner) By Axel Muñoz Barba with Hoze
carmaker before going and killing a HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN meteor shower debris that stops her MY SOUL TO KEEP Melendez, Florencia Ríos, Laura De
man, seemingly on a whim. BURSTEAD heart for seven minutes. Development. Children’s, 90’. Ita, Johanna Murillo.
Completed. Drama, 95’. A social dysfunctional young man in
CUT OFF By Ben Wheatley with Neil Maskell, THE KNIGHT OF SHADOWS : The Darkness are the hands of down his 30s, discovers one day, a young
Completed. Thriller, 131’. Sura Dohnke, Hayle Squiers, Peter BETWEEN YIN AND YANG below....
By Christian Alvart with Moritz Ferdinando, Charles Dance, Joe Cole. Completed. Fantasy, 109’. MORNING STAR woman who, the same as him, likes
Bleibtreu, Lars Eidinger, Jasna Fritzi Colin Burstead rents a lavish country By Vash Yan with Jackie Chan, Ethan Pre-Production. Thriller, 90’. to sneak into other people’s homes
Bauer. manor for his extended family to Juan, Elaine Zhong, Austin Lin. Pure innocence can be the curse of and steal their intimate objects. They
Trapped on a lonely island with a celebrate New Year’s Eve. the beast. will soon find out wether they are
killer, artist Linda has to perform THE LADYBUG truly made for each other.
an autopsy : only if she finds the THE TRIP TO SPAIN Completed. Animation, 76’. CHARLESTON MASSACRE N 9 PERRO BOMBA
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clue hidden inside the dead body, Completed. Comedy, 110’. By Shi Ding. Post-Production. Documentary, 50’. Completed. Drama, 80’.
the kidnapped daughter of coroner By Michael Winterbottom with Steve By Angelique Monet. By Juan Caceres with Steevens
Herzfeld can possibly be saved. Coogan, Rob Brydon. GREAT POINT MEDIA
Rob and Steve are back. Six meals HUMANITARIAN SHORTS Benjamin, Alfredo Castro, Blanca
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD in six different places on a road 14 Floral Street, 3rd Floor & CELL PHONE CINEMA Lewin, Gaston Salgado, Junior
Completed. Comedy, 97’. trip through Spain from the North WC2E 9DH London, United Kingdom Completed. Social issues, 90’. Valcin, Erto Pantoja, Daniel Antivilo.
By Petra Lueschow with Anna Atlantic to the Mediterranean Tel: +44 203 873 00 33 AFI World Peace Initiative’s Films A Haitian immigrant living in Chile
Florkowski, Florian Stetter, Christina coast- visiting Cantabria, the Basque [email protected] of Purpose that touch upon has his precariously balanced life
Große, Thorsten Merten. region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile La https://great-point.com environmental, social justice disrupted in a series of unexpected
In 1980s Germany, 17-year-old Mancha and ending in Andalucia. Res. Du Grand Hotel: and world peace short thematic events that stoke a large anti-
Ursula falls for her charismatic Bengali Entrance, #2D program. In addition to the cell immigration sentiment in the city.
teacher Siegfried and thus gets GOLD VIEW CO. LTD (Tel: +44 756 821 50 11) phone cinema humanitarian from
involved with the peace movement. 3-50-5 Entopia Ogikubo - Nada Cirjanic (Head of Sales), around the globe. SUFFOCATION
Siegfried‘s believe in free love, #1201 Asagaya, Minami, Jordan Allwood (Sales Manager), Completed. Second film, 88’.
however, turns the entire village SuginamiI-Ku Lucas Meurin (Sales Assistant) NOW WHO’S THE PUPPET NOW? By Kenya Marquez with Enrique
upside down… Completed. TV Series, 90’. Arreola, Johana Fragoso Blendi,
166-0004 Tokyo, Japan ROSE Milk the Cow and Cow Duck have Monica Del Carmen, Raul Briones,
HOW ABOUT ADOLF ? Tel: +81 353 47 25 01 Production. Horror. had enough. The two ventriloquist Azul Magaña Muñiz, Martha
Completed. Comedy, 91’. [email protected] Gripped by a violent, terrifying figure examine world peace, Claudia Moreno, Mauricio Isaac.
By Sönke Wortmann with Florian goldview.co.jp illness, Rose lives in seclusion with environmental and animal rights As she gets out of jail, Alma is
David Fitz, Christoph Maria Palais -1: 23,01 her husband, but the arrival of a concerns in the United States, United determine to recover at any cost
Herbst, Caroline Peters, Justus Von (Tel: +81 902 430 69 32) stranger shatters the fragile refuge Kingdom, and France. It seems they something much more important
Dohnányi, Janina Uhse, Iris Berben, Kiyo Joo (Managing Director) they have built. will get the people to have a voice. than her own freedom.
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