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to build a wall to stop white locals By Fedor Lyass, Aleksandr Chernyaev Marketing), Toby Hill (Head of blocked by the sport’s traditionally by sectarian violence. Haifa Street
from stealing their highly precious with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Acquisitions & Development), sexist culture. is the epicentre of the conflict,with
well water. Francesca Eastwood, William Jonathan Walik (Sales Executive) masked gunmen and snipers
Forsythe, Malik Yoba. MR. JONES reigning down terror for reasons and
VMI WORLDWIDE On a quiet North Dakota evening, THE COW Completed. Drama, 119’. political allegiances that are unclear.
1427 N La Brea Ave. a shabby beige sedan speeds down Pre-Production. Comedy. By Agnieszka Holland with James MY LITTLE ONE
90028 Los Angeles, California, USA a country highway. Dust and gravel By Marc Forster with Ewan Mcgregor. Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Completed. Drama, 101’.
Tel: +1 323 703 11 15 fly through the air when suddenly THE BANISHING Sarsgaard. By Frédéric Choffat, Julie Gilbert.
[email protected] the car slides our of control into Post-Production. Horror. 1933. Gareth Jones is a young An urgent plea from Jade brings
ambitious Welsh journalist who
vmiworldwide.com a ravine... By Chris Smith with Jessica Brown gained fame after writing about Alex and Bernardo to the Arizona
Andre Relis (President), Findlay, Sean Harris, John Heffernan. meeting Hitler, and is now looking desert in Navajo Nation. They are
J.D. Beaufils (President of Sales), VOLTAGE PICTURES An evil spirit possesses the young for his next big story. introduced to Jade’s life by her
Jessica Bennett (Director of 116 N Robertson Blvd., Suite 200 daughter of a reverend, who must free-spirited daughter Frida. Their
Acquisitions, Development & 90048 Los Angeles, California, USA seek the help of an occultist to THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING views on life, love and even death
Marketing), Julie Paquit Tel: +1 323 606 76 30 banish the spirit once and for all. Completed. Documentary, 97’. are about to change.
(Vice President of Sales) [email protected] By Tom Donahue with Meryl Streep, NEGATIVE NUMBERS
voltagepictures.com I AM WOMAN Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett,
DEAD WATER Riviera: L5 Post-Production. Biography. Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Completed. Drama, 93’.
Completed. Thriller, 89’. Nicolas Chartier (CEO-President), By Unjoo Moon with Tilda Cobham- Geena Davis. By Uta Beria.
By Chris Helton with Judd Nelson, Jonathan Deckter Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan The true story of a juvenile detention
Casper Van Dien, Brianne Davis. (President-Coo), Boris Isaac Peters. WIDE centre in Tbilisi, Georgia in the early
When a relaxing getaway turns (International Sales Manager), 1966. Helen Reddy arrives in 2000’s.
deadly, a former Marine must risk Dene Anderberg (Consultant) New York with her three-year-old 17 rue Cadet VERSUS
his life once again to save his wife daughter, a suitcase and $230 in 75009 Paris, France Completed. Drama, 92’.
and best friend from a modern day APPARITION her pocket. Tel: +33 1 53 95 04 64 By François Valla with Jérémie
pirate; all the while trying to hold Post-Production. Horror, 110’. [email protected] Duvall, Jules Pélissier, Lola Le
widemanagement.com
himself together as he faces the By Waymon Boone with Mena MUSCLE Riviera: G2/Palais -1 16.04 Lann, Karidja Touré, Matilda Marty,
ghosts of the war he left behind. Suvari, Kevin Pollak. Post-Production. Thriller.
A group of young people, guided By Gerard Johnson with Cavan (Cannes XR) Benjamin Baffie.
DO NOT REPLY by an APP that connects living with Clerkin, Craig Fairbrass. Loïc Magneron Achile, a Parisian teenager from
Completed. Horror. the dead, find themselves at an Simon isn’t living the life he wants. (President-Acquisitions Director), a rich family, becomes victim of a
By Walter Woltosz, Daniel Woltosz abandoned castle. A place with a He’s tired of his dead-end job at a Marco Urizzi, Maxime Montagne violent attack. Sent on the sea-side
with Jackson Rathbone, Courtney horrific history tied to each of them, call centre - and he isn’t even any (Business Affairs, to recuperate he meets Brian, a
Henggeler, Kerri Medders. for reasons they’ll soon discover. good at it. Acquisitions, Vr Project), young man angry with the world.
Chelsea, a high school introvert, is Clémentine Arfi (International Sales) The encounter of the two will bring
abducted through a social media DISTURBING THE PEACE RAMS out their true nature.
app and is forced to look like other Completed. Action/Adventure, 110’. Post-Production. Drama. BLOODY MARIE
girls Brad holds captive. Chelsea By Shackleton York Alec. By Jeremy Sims with Sam Neill, Completed. Drama, 84’. WHERE WE GO FROM HERE
desperately attempts to persuade Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson. By Guido Van Driel, Lennert Hillege. Completed. Drama, 90’.
them to escape before they all THE MURDER OF NICOLE BROWN In a remote Australian sheep Graphic novelist Marie lives in the By Anthony Meindl with Olivia Taylor
become victims in his virtual reality SIMPSON farming town, Colin and Les are Amsterdam Red Light District where Dudley, Camille De Pazzis, Lorenza
filmed murders. Completed. Thriller, 90’. two brothers working side by side she spends her time at home, in the Izzo, Matt Pascua, Anthony Meindl.
By Farrands Daniel. pub and in the liquor store. Horrific
THE FANATIC but who haven’t spoken to each events in her next door neighbours’ WIDE HOUSE
Completed. Thriller, 89’. VRISION FILM other in 40 years. house stir Marie into action. 17 rue Cadet
By Fred Durst with John Travolta, 2F,25-1,Ronghuiyuan,Shunyi
Devon Sawa. 100102 Beijing, China SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD BY A SHARP KNIFE 75009 Paris, France
A rabid film fan stalks his favorite Tel: +86 10 8416 4160 Post-Production. Drama. Completed. Drama, 90’. Tel: +33 1 53 95 24 41
action hero and destroys the star’s By Stephen Kijak with Joe By Teodor Kuhn. [email protected]
life. [email protected] Manganiello, Ellar Coltrane, Helena widehouse.org
vrisionfilm.com Howard, Elena Kampouris, Nick A father whose son has been killed Riviera: G2
THE GREAT WAR Alfred Aihui Dong (Producer), Krause, James Bloor. in a neo-Nazi attack struggles with Anaïs Clanet (General Manager)
Completed. Action/Adventure. Shuwen Pan (Producer), Yinghui Li Denver, summer 1987. A group of his guilt and the injustice of the
By Steven Luke with Ron Perlman, (Producer), Tian Chu (Director), quirky and confused teenagers are judiciary system. His relationship 16 SUNRISES
Billy Zane. Yu Guo (Producer), Li Zhang about to have their lives changed with his family falls apart as he Completed. Documentary, 110’.
During the last days of the Great (Director), Siyao Zhang (Director), forever over the course of one night blames himself and tries to influence By Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff with
Thomas Pesquet, Peggy Whitson,
War, A group of U.S. soldiers are Zhenyu Qi (Producer) when the news hits them that their the investigation. Oleg Novitskiy.
sent behind enemy lines to rescue heroes, iconic British band The In November 2016, the French
a lost platoon. UNFILIAL SON Smiths, are splitting. EASY LOVE astronaut Thomas Pesquet set off
Post-Production. Drama, 90’. Completed. Drama, 88’. on his first mission to space. Six
NIGHT WALK By Zhang Li. By Tamer Jandali.
Completed. Romance, 97’. DENMARK Seven women and men between weightless months in orbit about
450 kilometres from Earth, together
Completed. Drama, 91’.
By Aziz Tazi with Mickey Rourke, HEAR YOUR LOVE the ages of 25 and 45 in search of with an international team and
Eric Roberts, Richard Tyson, Tommy Completed. Children’s, 40’. By Adrian Shergold with Rafe Spall, sensual fulfilment and emotional a copy of Saint-Exupéry’s space
"Tiny" Lister. By Lei Song. Simone Lykke, Thomas Gabrielsson, security. Being the architect of one’s adventure "The Little Prince".
When an American atheist is Lei lei is a six-year-old girl with Benedikte Hansen, Joel Fry, Steve Speirs. own destiny can be a pleasure and
wrongfully imprisoned by corrupt sensorineural deafness. Because of Rafe Spall stars as Herb, a down on a burden at the same time. BORN2DRIVE
police for the murder of his Arab her father’s early death and her his luck Welshman with no job, bad Completed. Documentary, 89’.
wife, his quest for justice turns into mother’s busy work, lei lei was raised neighbours and and even worse F20 By Daniel Fahre.
a spiritual journey lead by Muslim prospects. Completed. Thriller, 90’. Every child is growing up having a
inmates, from the moderate convert by her grandpa. By Arsen Anton Ostoji dream. Oliver is at first glimpse like
to terror-linked fundamentalists. FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY any normal 15-year-old teenager,
WESTEND FILMS Completed. Drama, 101’. Martina starts a relationship with hung up on his favorite thing : cars.
RADIOFLASH Shepherds Building Central, By Carmel Winters with Hazel Filip, a young man who spends most
Completed. Thriller. Charecroft Way Doupe, Dara Devaney, Aidan O’Hare, of his time playing video games. THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS
Completed. Biography, 90’.
By Ben Mcpherson with Will Patton, W14 0EE London, Lalor Roddy, Hilda Fay. After Martina convinces Filip to By Peter Medak with Peter Sellers,
Dominic Monaghan, Brighton United Kingdom Teenage Irish Traveller Frances lost steal her father’s money to go to the Spike Milligan, Peter Boyle, Anthony
Sharbino, Fionnula Flanagan. Tel: +44 207 494 83 00 her mother in a fight. The same fight Party Beach, everything turns into a Franciosa.
When a nuclear device causes an [email protected] which led to her father being locked bloody nightmare.
electromagnetic pulse that kills westendfilms.com up in jail for the last ten years. THE FATHER
power to more than 200 million Res. Du Gray D’Albion: Completed. Black comedy, 85’. FOR FULL
people, a teenage girl must help Entrance C, 1st floor KATIE By Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov.
lead her family to survival in a dark (Tel: +33 7 54 59 51 89) Completed. Documentary, 90’. DETAILS, GO TO
new world. Sharon Harel-Cohen (Chairman), By Ross Whitaker with Katie Taylor. HAIFA STREET
Maya Amsellem (Managing Director), Katie Taylor fell in love with boxing Completed. Drama, 77’.
WAKE UP Sofia Neves (Director of Sales), at the age of six but quickly found By Mohanad Hayal.
Completed. Action/Adventure, 92’. Lucie Braverman (Head of that her avenues into the ring were It’s 2006 and Baghdad is ravaged

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