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             on her as well. Leticia, her mother, is   underground night life in 1980s   On a faraway Colombian   BREEDER  Roberts, Danielle Macdonald,
             seriously ill. Upon having to face her   Mexico City.  mountaintop, what at first glance   Post-Production. Horror, 90’.  Awkwafina _, Jeremy Irvine, Arnaud
             inevitable passing, Silvia embarks on              looks like a hedonistic summer   By Jens Dahl.     Valois, Eiza González, Milla Jovovich.
             a love story for the first time in years.  LE PACTE  camp, is actually the setting of a   H IS FOR HAPPINESS  A young woman is sent to Paradise
             GREENER GRASS                    5 rue Darcet      mission : child soldiers with guns   Post-Production. Children’s, 90’.  Hills to be reformed only to learn
                                                                                                                   that behind the high class facility’s
                                                                and war names must make sure
             Completed. Drama, 93’.         75017 Paris, France  that Doctora, a kidnapped American   By John Sheedy with Richard   beauty is a sinister secret.
             By Jocelyn Deboer, Dawn Luebbe.  Tel: +33 1 44 69 59 59   woman, stays alive.  Roxburgh, Miriam Margolyes, Emma
             Jill  and  Lisa  live  in  their perfect   [email protected]             Booth, Daisy Axon, Joel Jackson.  LITTLE STUDIO FILMS
             homes  in  their  idyllic  suburban   le-pacte.com  PHIL TIPPETT - MAD DREAMS AND   A twelve year old girl with boundless
             community with their happy families.  Lerins: M21  MONSTERS                 optimism and a unique view of the   9903 Santa Monica Blvd. #139
                                            Jean Labadie (CEO),    Completed. Documentary, 80’.  world, is inspired by the strange new   90212 Santa Monica, California, USA
                  LATIDO FILMS               Thomas Pibarot     By Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet.  boy at school and sets out to mend   Tel: +1 310 288 66 40 
             Calle de San Bernando 20 2º office 8  (Head of Acquisitions),    Phil Tippett is the two-time Academy   her broken family - whatever it takes.  [email protected]
                  28015 Madrid, Spain     Camille Neel (Head of Int’L   Award winner who has created   LEVELK SCREENING   littlestudiofilms.com
                                                                                                                          Grand Hotel
                  Tel: +34 915 488 877   Sales), Nathalie Jeung (Senior   unforgettable creatures such as   Completed. Thriller, 110’.  Alexia Melocchi (Distributor),
                                        Sales Manager ), Yasmina Tamer
                 [email protected]  (International Sales), Maxime Perret-  Jabba the Hutt and RoboCop. With     Anne Brauer (Creative Director,
                    latidofilms.com     Cortassa (Festivals & Marketing),   exclusive access to his collections   LIONSGATE  Exec Producer, Screenwriter)
                     Riviera: A5         Ekram Boulegroune (Head of   and archives, Mad Dreams and   2700 Colorado Avenue
              Antonio Saura (Managing Director),   Accountancy), Xavier Hirigoyen   Monsters studies his legacy.   BUSTIN PALERMO
              Juan Torres (Head of International   (Head of French Distribution),        90404 Santa Monica, California, USA  Development. Action/Adventure.
                Sales), Óscar Alonso (Head of                   SANTIAGO, ITALIA              Tel: +1 310 255 37 00   A risk-taking Texas ranger sets off
               Acquisitions), Fabrizia Palazzo   Alice Labadie (Acquisitions)  Completed. Documentary, 81’.  [email protected]  on a quest across the sea to Sicily
                  (International Sales)  ALL ABOUT YVES         By Nanni Moretti.               lionsgate.com      to save his wife, and subsequently
                                      Post-Production. Comedy, 102’.  From September 1973,  after the   Villa d’Estelle, 4th floor   his marriage, after discovering her
             THE WEASELS’ TALE        By Benoît Forgeard with William   military coup led by General   (Tel: +33 0 49 36 84 10)
             Post-Production. Comedy.  Lebghil, Doria Tillier.  Pinochet, the Italian embassy in   Helen Lee Kim (President,   hidden ties to the Italian mob and
             By Juan José Campanella with   Jerem decides to settle at his   Santiago has hosted hundreds and   International, Motion Picture   her recent kidnapping by a feuding
             Graciela Borgés, Oscar Martínez,   grandma’s place to compose his   hundreds of asylum seekers.  Group ), Wendy Reeds (EVP,   family.
             Luis Brandoni, Marcos Mundstock,   first album. There, he meets So, a        International Sales), Jennifer Fattell
             Clara Lago, Nicolas Francella.                                               (VP, International Sales), Ella Field   TIRAMISU
                                      mysterious investigator working on   SYSTEM K                                Development. Romance.
                                                                                            (Director, International Sales),
             4X4                      behalf of the startup Digital Cool.  Completed. Documentary, 94’.  Michael Meyer (Coo, International,   Don Ciccio, the man of the hour in
             Completed. Thriller, 88’.                          By Renaud Barret.                                  Rome, returns to his village in Sicily
             By Mariano Cohn with Peter Lanzani,   CITIZENS OF THE WORLD  Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of   Lionsgate Motion Picture Sales),   with too much confidence only
                                                                                           Amy Wood (EVP, International
                                      Post-Production. Comedy, 90’.
             Dady Brieva.                                       Congo, nowadays. In a city of 13                   to  discover happiness is found  in
                                                                                            Distribution), Brent Jack (EVP,
             A high-end 4x4 is parked on a   By Gianni Di Gregorio.  million, amid social and political chaos,   International Marketing & Publicity ),   simplicity.
                                      Three Italians in their seventies, all
             street of a typical neighbourhood                  a new generation of underground
             in Buenos Aires. A young kid breaks   dealing with their own problems,   performers and musicians uses street   Christine Jourdan (EVP, International   THE TRADE
                                      decide all of a sudden to quit their
             into it to steal whatever he can                   art to give a voice to the people and   Business & Legal Affairs), Michelle Ta   Development. Action/Adventure.
             find, but when he tries to get out   community life to settle abroad.  bring hope...  (Manager, International Marketing   The son of a rich British merchant is
             he discovers that he can’t.   LA DARONNE                                       & Publicity), Veronica Idoate   stripped of his wealth and embarks
                                                                                            (Coordinator, International),
             BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF   Post-Production. Drama, 104’.  LES FILMS          Sofia Eleftheriades (Assistant,   on a journey to Canada, to run a fur
             THE TURTLES              By Jean-Paul Salomé with Isabelle   DU LOSANGE           International Sales),    trade business with his uncle and
                                                                              er
             Completed. Animation, 77’.  Huppert, Hippolyte Girardot.  22 Avenue Pierre 1  de Serbie  Jason Constantine (President,   falls for a Native woman.
             By Salvador Simó with Jorge Usón,   Patience is a police translator   75116 Paris, France  Acquisitions & Co-Productions),
             Fernando Ramos, Luis Enrique De   specialized in phone tappings for the   Tel: +33 1 44 43 87 10   Ron Schwartz (President, Ww Home   WRECKAGE
             Tomás.                   anti-narcotics unit. Brought in the   [email protected]  Entertainment), Eda Kowan (EVP,   Pre-Production. Thriller.
             Paris,  1930.  Salvador  Dalí  and   middle of a drug network, she gets   filmsdulosange.fr  Acquisitions & Co-Productions),    By Marco Ristori, Luca Boni with
             Luis Buñuel are already the   her hands on a huge load of hash.  Riviera: G1       Paul Presburger    Cam Gigandet.
             main  figures  of  the  Surrealist                    Alice Lesort (Head of Sales),    (CEO, Pantelion)  After  a  terrorist attack  a  man
             movement. Unexpectedly, Buñuel   HEROES DON’T DIE   Lise Zipci (Festivals & Servicing),               is trapped in the basement of a
                                      Post-Production. Drama, 90’.
             is left moneyless after the scandal   By  Aude Léa Rapin with  Adèle   Jean-Benoit Henry (Sales & Finance),   LET THERE BE ROCK  collapsed building and fights for
             surrounding his film "The Golden   Haenel, Jonathan Couzinié.  Régine Vial (Head of Distribution)  Pre-Production. Musical.  his life with no memory of how he
             Age".                                                                       By Philip John with Anthony Hopkins.  ended up there.
                                      After being violently called out by   BURNING GHOST   Old school meets new school when
             HOLY BEASTS              a stranger, Joachim believes he   Completed. Romance, 104’.  a group of unlikely mates band   LONE WOLF
             Completed. Drama, 90’.   is the reincarnation of a Serbian   By Stephane Batut with Thimotée   together  to  put  their  differences   Completed. Social issues, 89’.
             By Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel   soldier who died on the very day   Robard, Judith Chemla.  aside for their love of music.  By Balakrishna Subbiah with Kalki
             Cárdenas with Geraldine Chaplin,   he was born.    Juste wanders the streets of Paris                 Subramaniam, Deepak Sharma.
             Udo Kier, Luis Ospina, Jaime Piña.                                          DRY RUN (TEMP TITLE)
                                      MADRE                     looking for people only he can see.   Post-Production. Drama.  MIDNIGHT SUN
             LITUS                    Post-Production. Drama.   He collects their last memory before   By Todd Haynes with Mark Ruffalo,   Completed. First film, 90’.
             Completed. Drama, 85’.   By Rodrigo Sorogoyen with Marta   helping them into the afterlife.  Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins.
             By Dani De La Orden with Quim   Nieto, Jules Porier, Alex Brendemühl.  PARTICLES                       LITTLEBIG PICTURES
             Gutierrez,  Belén  Cuesta,  Miquel   Ten years have gone by since Elena’s   Completed. Drama, 98’.  KNIVES OUT  6F, Shindong Bldg,150,
             Fernández, Alex García.  six-year old son has disappeared.   By Blaise Harrison with Thomas   Post-Production. Thriller.  hannam-daero, Yongsan-gu
             After his brother Litus dies, Toni   The last thing she heard of him was    By Rian Johnson with Daniel Craig,
             gathers together his close friends,   a phone call he gave her, saying that   Daloz, Néa Lueders, Salvatore Ferro,   Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis.  04417 Seoul, Korea (South)
                                                                Emma Josserand, Léo Couilfort,
             who haven’t seen each other for a   he was lost on a beach in France and   Nicolas Marcant.               Tel: +82 70 4266 23 70 
             long time.               couldn’t find his father.                          RUN                            [email protected]
                                                                At the foot of the Jura Mountains,   Post-Production. Thriller.  facebook.com/littlebigcinema
             SOUTH                    FATHER AND SONS           PA, aged 17, and his gang of friends   By Aneesh Chaganty with Sarah   Vicky Lim (Assistant Manager),
             Completed. TV Series, 100’.  Completed. Comedy, 90’.  are in their last year at high school.  Paulson, Kiera Allen.  Jully Park (General Manager)
             By Ivo Ferreira.         By Moati Félix with  Vincent
             July 2013.  The heat blankets   Lacoste, Benoit Poelvoorde, Anais   LEVELK  SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT   MR.ZOO
             Lisbon, thick and paralyzing.   Demoustier.          Gammel Kongevej 137B, 3rd Fl.  Post-Production. Thriller.  Post-Production. Action/Adventure.
             Humberto, a nihilistic and socially   Joseph and his sons are losing   1850 Frederiksberg, Denmark  By Andy Goddard with Eddie Izzard,   By Tae-Yun Kim with Sung-Min Lee,
             awkward Inspector of the Criminal   control of their lives. While the father   Tel: +45 48 44 30 72   Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent.  Jeong-Nam Bae, Se-Hyung Kim.
             Investigation  Police,  inquiries  the   has secretly quit his job to become   In this edge-of-the-seat spy thriller
             appearance of a woman’s corpse at   a writer, the boys are behaving   [email protected]  inspired by real events, a teacher at   LOCO FILMS
             a dock on the River Tagus.  erratically, daydreaming, drinking   levelk.dk  an exclusive English finishing school   42 rue Sedaine, RDC
                                      and neglecting school.        Scandinavian Terrace  is caught up in a Nazi conspiracy   75011 Paris, France
             THIS IS NOT BERLIN                                      (Tel: +45 20 10 85 80)  that could defeat Britain before the
             Completed. Drama, 105’.  MONOS                       Tine Klint (Managing Director),   war even starts.   Tel: +33 6 15 90 18 19 
             By Hari Sama with Xabiani Ponce   Completed. Drama, 102’.  Lauren Valmadre (Sales &                        [email protected]
             De  León,  José Antonio Toledano,   By Alejandro Landes with Julianne   Acquisition Manager), Debra Liang    PARADISE HILLS  loco-films.com
             Ximena Romo.             Nicholson, Moises  Arias, Julian   (Sales & Acquisitions Manager),   Completed. Thriller, 95’.  Laurent Danielou
             A teenager finds himself in the   Giraldo.           Niklas Teng (Media Manager)  By Alice Waddington  with  Emma   (Sales & Acquisitions)
                Screening
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