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             David (Tequan Richmond) is fleeing   journey to save the imprisoned King   Grant, Graham Skipper, Stephanie   By Abiel Bruhn, John Rocco with   birthdays. On his last tour he will
             from a murder, a pair of deadly con-  Basil, and gain the love of a lonely   Drake.  Elyse Dufour, Jack Champion,   find the success he always hoped
             men, and is inadvertently toting a   princess.     An  awkward  date  on  Christmas   Jermaine Rivers, Amber Neukum,   to see again which his son. (Tribute
             bag  full  of  crystal  meth  and  cash            Eve leads a couple into a strange   J. Benedict Larmore, Ben Barlow,   to Sandro)
             with him. On the run, he ends up   TRUST NO 1      theater where they are treated to a   Bailey Campbell, Joe Walz.
                                      Completed. Action/Adventure, 90’.
             in a small, frozen, nowhere town                   bizarre and frightening collection of   A con artist poses as a child minder   MARISA IN THE WOODS
             in the heart of the Upper Peninsula   By Daron Niemerow with Douglas   Christmas stories.  in order to rob the house of a   Completed. Comedy, 83’.
                                      Rouillard, Britton Purvis, Charles
             of Michigan.                                                                wealthy occultist and his reclusive   By Antonio Morales with Patricia
                                      Justo, Paul Black.        ANTRUM                   young son. But as her accomplices   Jordá, Aida  De  La Cruz,  Carmen
             OPPOSITE OF BLOOD        Officer Bradley (Douglas Rouillard)   Completed. Horror, 94’.  arrive, the boy summons a trio of   Mayordomo, Mauricio Bautista.
             Completed. Action/Adventure, 125’.  investigates murders believed to be   By Michael Laicini, David Amito with   witches  who treat  the  villains  to   Marisa feels that she is taking a
             Dmitri and James, two powerful   part of a serial killing and quickly   Nicole Tomkins, Rowan Smythe, Dan   night of black magic and mayhem.  backseat role in her own life. With
             government contract elite killers   learns it’s much bigger. With the   Istrate, Shu Sakimoto.        nothing in the pipeline, no job or
             reconnect after  their  last  job  In   body count rising, and nothing      REBORN                    future, she puts herself to one side
             Southeast Asia.          adding up, he turns to his last resort   THE CLEANING LADY  Completed. Horror, 80’.  to focus on supporting her best
                                      for help, his brother.    Completed. Horror, 90’.  By Julian Richards with Kayleigh   friend, Mina, who’s inconsolable
             OUIJA HOUSE                                        By Jon Knautz with Alexis Kendra, Stelio   Gilbert, Barbara Crampton, Michael   after breaking up with her boyfriend,
             Completed. Horror, 95’.  ULYSSES : A DARK ODYSSEY  Savante, Rachel Alig, Elizabeth Sandy,   Pare, Chaz Bono, Rae Dawn   Salvador.
             By Ben Demaree with Mischa   Completed. Crime, 115’.  Joanne Mcgrath, Mykayla Sohn.  Chong, Monte Markham, Peter
             Barton, Tara  Reid,  Dee Wallace,   By Federico  Alotto with Danny   A beautiful but lonely women finds   Bogdanovich.  MISS HANOI
             Chris Mulkey, Tiffany Shepis, Carly   Glover, Udo Kier, Anamaria Marinca.  companionship with her cleaning   A stillborn baby girl is abducted from   Completed. Thriller, 90’.
             Schroeder, Mark Grossman, Derrick   Taurus City, The United States of   lady whose face was disfigured in   a morgue and brought back to life   By Zdenek Viktora with Ha Thanh
             A. King, Grace Demarco.  Europe, 2023. Uly, a disillusioned   a childhood  accident.  But  as  the   by electrokinetic power.  Spetlikova,  David Novotny,  Jan
             To help her down-on-her-luck   soldier riddled with amnesia, returns   relationship develops she discovers   Jackuliak.
             mother, a graduate student brings   home from a war in the Middle   the tragic truth behind the scars and   JOUR2FETE SALES
             her friends to a mysterious house   East, knowing only that he must   becomes embroiled in a horrific act   9 rue Ambroise Thomas  ROSITA
             where they plan to do research for a   desperately comb the city to find   of revenge.  75009 Paris, France  Completed. Drama, 96’.
             book project. But they inadvertently   his beloved wife, Penelope.               Tel: +33 1 40 22 92 15   By Veronica Chen with Sofia Brito,
             summon an evil entity with plans   THE VIKING WAR  THE DAMNED                                         Marcos Montes, Joaquín Rapalini,
             of its own.              Completed. Action/Adventure, 103’.  Completed. Horror, 81’.  [email protected]  Luciano Cáceres.
                                                                By Evgeny Ruman with Amit Rahav,
                                                                                                jour2fete.com
                                      By Louisa Warren, Suzy Spade with                                            SWING
             PARANORMAL DEMONS                                  Daniel Gad, Nimrod Hochenberg.   Riviera: D8
             Completed. Horror, 96’.  Darcie Lincoln, Peter Cosgrove,   Cursed by a Bedouin woman, three   Sarah Chazelle (Co-Owner),    Completed. Drama, 105’.
             By David Bruckner with Michael   Victor Toth, Georgia Wood, Michelle   young soldiers on a training exercise   et ienne Ollagnier (Co-Owner),   By Lucho Smok with Héctor Morales,
                                      Archer.
             Krug, Kristina Kostiv, David Bruckner.             in the desert slowly descend into   Samuel Blanc    Elisa Zulueta, Tiago Correa, Daniela
             An international group of film   WAKE UP           madness and turn on each other   (Sales-Acquisitions),    Ramírez, Alejandro Tejo,  Coca
             students finds a disturbing video   Completed. Thriller, 77’.  as the unforgiving landscape plays   Clémence Michalon  Guazzini, Silvina Dell’Occhio, Koke
             clip on the dark web which seems   By Joe W Nowland with Kelly Frances   tricks with their minds.     Santa Ana, Josefina Velasco.
             to contain poltergeist phenomena.   Fischer,  Scott  Broughton, Traci  L.   ECHOES OF FEAR   PAPICHA   The marriage between Gustavo and
                                      Newman.                                            Post-Production. Drama, 105’.  Dolores, and the liberal relationship
             QUEST FOR THE UNICORN    When a psychiatric doctor researches   Completed. Horror, 90’.  By Mounia Meddour with Lyna   of Pedro and Camila. Friends for
             Completed. Fantasy, 90’.  a young girl’s diary to find out why   By Brian Avenet-Bradley, Laurence   Khoudry, Shirine Boutella, Hilda   years both couples decided to live
             By Jadzia Perez, Leia Perez with   she murdered her entire family, he   Avenet-Bradley with Trista Robinson,   Daouada, Yasin Houicha, Nadia Kaci.  together, until a night with high
             Karin Brauns, Robert  Amstler,   begins to fall into the same state of   Hannah Race, Marshal Hilton, Elif   Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18   alcohol consumption, ends up with
             Samuel Story.            insomnia and confusion that led her   Savas, Paul Chrico.  year-old student passionate about   the exchange partners.
                                                                After inheriting her grandfather’s
             RED SUMMER               to lose her mind.         house,  Alysa must confront the   fashion design refuses to let the   VERGEL
                                                                                         tragic events of the Algerian Civil
             Completed. Horror, 89’.  WEST OF HELL              mystery of his sudden death and the                Completed. Erotic, 86’.
             By Carles Jofre with Simón Andreu,   Completed. Western, 90’.  evil that hides inside.  War to keep her from experiencing   By Kris Niklison with Camila
             Carlos Poyal, Guiem Juaneda.  By Michael Steves with Lance                  a normal life and going out at night   Morgado, Maricel Álvarez, Daniel
             Four young people come to Mallorca   Henriksen, Tony Todd,  Michael   FINALE   with her friend Wassila.  Fanego, Daniel Aráoz.
             to enjoy idyllic summer holidays, but   Eklund.    Completed. Horror, 99’.  J’VEUX DU SOLEIL
             delving into the most inhospitable   A gunslinger, a vengeful ex-slave,   By Soren Juul Petersen with Anne   Completed.  WATER LOLA
             places on the island will begin a   and a runaway board a midnight   Bergfeld, Karin Michelsen, Damon   By Gilles Perret.  Completed. Erotic, 83’.
             hellish journey.         train to Atlanta. They discover that   Younger.                              By Miguel Catalán with Miquel
                                                                                                                   Insúa, Olaf Masmoudi, Ricardo
                                      the train is haunted by a sinister   Two gas station attendants   KAFILMS
             SANCTUARY POPULATION ONE                           unwittingly become the stars of a                  Reynaud, Yuriria Del Valle.
             Completed. Science-fiction, 77’.  force, and must fight to survive   terrifying show streamed live on the   Avenue du Chateau 5, San Isidro  Eduardo is a shy and frustrated
             By  Terry Marriott with Reanna   the night.        dark web. Held captive by a sadistic   1008 Prilly, Switzerland  writer who travels to a retirement
             Cameron, Sean Millington, Ely   WHITEBLOOD         ringmaster their survival instincts   Tel: +1 914 314 21 46   villa in Acapulco. He has been hired
             Jackson.                 Completed. Crime, 81’.    are stretched to the limit as an   [email protected]  to write Douglas´s memories, a
             A young idealist; Ethan, is left   By Ben Butler with Scotty Tovar,   unseen audience decide their fate.  kafilms.tv  mysterious therapist who needs
             searching for his family while   Jearnest Corchado, Tim Abell.                  Javier Krause (Co-Founder    a cane to walk and live together
             fighting the infected, Med-Ex militia   Rico  illegally  immigrated  with  his   FRAMED  & Acquisitions Manager)  with his patients and friends in this
             and bloodthirsty marauders, and the   mom to escape the dangerous drug   Completed. Horror, 80’.      healing center.
             ghosts of his past.      world, but when his mom contracts   By Marc Martinez Jordan with Alex   ALL INCLUSIVE
                                      cancer, he must dive back into that   Maruny, Joe Manjon, Claudia Pons,   Completed. Comedy, 90’.  WHEN THE STARS SHINE
             THE STREET WHERE WE LIVE  world to help pay for her treatment.  Julia Molins, Daniel Horvath, Biel   By Diego Levy, Pablo Levy with Alan   Completed. Comedy, 81’.
             Completed. Drama, 100’.                            Montoro.                 Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Mike   By  Natalia  Hernandez  with  Maria
             By John Whitney with Kristina Kopf,                A group of friends at a farewell   Amigorena, Marina Bellati, Mariana   Canale, Silvina Ganger, Ezequiel
             Dino Tripodis, Katie Stottlemire.  JINGA FILMS     party are attacked by three unknown   Chaud.       Gelbaum, Clarisa Hernandez, Pablo
             A  woman  struggles  to  hold  her   90 Salusbury Road  home invaders and are subjected to            Sigal.
             family together and maintain her   NW6 6PA London, United Kingdom  a terrifying ordeal.  AMATEUR      What is love? This is what a group of
             dignity in the aftermath of the   Tel: +44 20 89 60 76 79                   Completed. Thriller, 100’.  friends ask themselves in their 30’s.
             national financial crisis.     [email protected]  THE ICE CREAM TRUCK     By Sebastián Perillo with Alejandro
                                             jingafilms.com     Completed. Horror, 90’.  Awada, Estebán Lamothe, Jazmín   KALEIDOSCOPE FILM
             TOOTH FAIRY                      Riviera: G7       By Megan Freels Johnston with   Stuart, Eleonora  Wexler, Daniel    DISTRIBUTION LTD
             Completed. Horror, 85’.      (Tel: +44 797 184 55 46)  Deanna Russo, Emil Johnsen, John   Kargieman.
             By Louisa Warren with Claire-Maria   Rosana Coutinho (Md-Head    Redlinger.                                6 Newman Passage
             Fox, Claudine Helene-Armord,   of Sales & Acquisitions),    A young mother moves back to her   MARIO ON TOUR  W1T 1EH London, United Kingdom
             Manny Jai Montana, Shawn C.   Julian Richards (CEO-Head    home town where she becomes the   Completed. Road movie, 100’.  Tel: +02 033 97 44 10 
             Phillips.                   of Production & Acquisitions),    focus of her neighbours teenage   By Pablo Stigliani with Mike   sales@kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.
             Tooth Fairy follows Carla who has   Kevin Law (Sales)  son. The temptation to re-discover   Amigorena, Iair Said, Román   com
             recently taken care of her sister’s                her youth and become an adulteress   Almaraz, Leonora Balcarce, Rafael   kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com
             son Corey after her death.  ALL THE CREATURES WERE   manifests itself in the ice cream   Spregelburd, Ale Sergi.  Grand Hotel:
                                      STIRRING                  man, an evil slasher that stalks the   Mario had everything to succeed in   Cormoran Entrance, 3rd floor
             TROLLED                  Completed. Horror, 80’.   suburbs.                 music but failed. Today he makes his   Spencer Pollard (CEO)
             Completed. Family, 92’.  By David Ian Mckendry, Rebekah                     living singing Sandro’s (Argentine
             A troll named Leaf and his sidekick,   Mckendry with Constance  Wu,   THE NIGHT SITTER   Music legend-Elvis style) songs   SPYCIES
             Bellyrumble, set out on an epic   Jonathan Kite, Amanda Fuller, Brea   Completed. Horror, 88’.  in bridal showers, weddings and   Post-Production. Animation.
                Screening
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