Vanguard
CARRÉ BLANC (Fr-Lux-Bel-Switz)
Dir Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
The first feature from acclaimed French commercials director Léonetti, Carré Blanc is a futuristic drama set in a dark dystopian world, about a suicide survivor who works for a nameless corporation. Produced by Tarantula, Solair Films and CJSC CTC Network, the film’s cast includes Sami Bouajila and Julie Gayet.
Sales Coach 14 - sales@coach14.com
Doppelganger Paul (Can)
Dirs Dylan Akio Smith, Kris Elgstrand
This meditation on loneliness and alienation is about a writer, played by Tygh Runyan, and his troubled friendship with a man he is convinced is his double. Brad Dryborough co-stars. The film is produced by the Vancouver film-making collective, Doghouse Films.
Contact Doghouse Films - (1) 604 418 0796; oliverlinsley@gmail.com
HEADSHOT (Thai-Fr)
Dir Pen-ek Ratanaruang
The latest from Thai director Ratanaruang (Last Life In The Universe) is a noirish thriller about a Bangkok hitman who is shot in the head. He wakes up after three months in a coma to find that he sees everything upside down. The film was produced Local Color Films and Memento Films.
Sales Memento Films International - sales@memento-films.com
I Am A Good Person/I Am A Bad Person (Can)
Dir Ingrid Veninger
Veninger’s Modra was selected as one of the 10 best Canadian features of TIFF 2010. Her follow-up is a mother-daughter story about a Canadian film-maker who travels to support her new movie on its European festival tour and takes her teenage daughter along as her assistant.
Contact Punkfilms - www.punkfilms.ca
Midnight Madness
The Day (US)
Dir Douglas Aarniokoski
Shawn Ashmore, Dominic Monaghan, Ashley Bell and Shannyn Sossamon star as post-apocalyptic survivors fighting to preserve the human race.
Sales Preferred Content - (1) 323 782 9193
God Bless America (US)
Dir Bobcat Goldthwait
Black comedy about a middle-aged man and a teenage girl who “do a Bonnie and Clyde” and go on a killing spree. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr and Larry Miller star.
Contact Darko Entertainment - info@darko-entertainment.com
The INCIDENT (Fr)
Dir Alexandre Courtes
English-language thriller about three cooks working in a high-security mental hospital as a power cut lets loose the inmates. The feature debut of music-video director Courtes, pick-ups have included Showbox for the UK, Koch Media for German-speaking Europe and Gulf for the Middle East.
Sales SND Groupe M6 - www.snd-films.com
LIVID (Fr)
Dirs Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo
A group of friends break into a mansion in search of treasure, only to find a dark secret. This horror project was a hit at the Cannes market this year for sales agency SND, selling to Dimension Films for North America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia, among others.
Sales SND Groupe M6 - www.snd-films.com
Lovely Molly (US)
Dir Eduardo Sanchez
The co-director of The Blair Witch Project returns with a supernatural tale about a newlywed who moves into her dead father’s house. Gretchen Lodge, Alexandra Holden and Johnny Lewis star.
Sales WME - (1) 310 285 9000
The Raid (Indo-US)
Dir Gareth Huw Evans
Indonesian martial-arts star Iko Uwais reteams with Wales-born director Evans, following their local hit Merantau, on this action thriller about an elite police squad trapped inside a Jakartan crime den. The Raid is executive produced by Los Angeles-based XYZ Films.
Sales Celluloid Nightmares sarah@celluloid-nightmares.com
Sleepless Night (Fr-Bel-Lux)
Dir Frédéric Jardin
French genre film following a policeman’s frantic chase through one night in Paris to find his kidnapped son. Tomer Sisley and Joey Starr head the cast. The producers are Paul Thiltges Distributions and Saga Film.
Sales Bac Films
SMUGGLER (Jap)
Dir Katsuhito Ishii
Japanese director Ishii (The Taste Of Tea) returns with an adaptation of a manga by Shohei Manabe about a failed actor who disposes of corpses. The comedy-horror is produced by Grasshoppa! and Django Film.
Sales SDP Inc - www.stardustpictures.co.jp
You’re Next (US)
Dir Adam Wingard
Intruders wearing animal masks terrorise a family reunion. Anchor Bay swooped on Wingard’s A Horrible Way To Die last year after its Toronto premiere. You’re Next reunites three stars of the earlier film — AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg and Amy Seimetz.
Int’l sales Hanway Films - (44) 20 7290 0750
North American sales CAA - (1) 424 288 2000
Visions
THE LAST CHRISTEROS (Mex-Neth)
Dir Matias Meyer
The story of the Christian peasants who fought against religious persecution by the Mexican government in the 1920s and 1930s, The Last Christeros focuses on a colonel and his men who hide in the mountains in the north of the country while being pursued by the army.
Sales FiGa Films - Contact@figafilms.com
MONSTERS CLUB (Jap)
Dir Toshiaki Toyoda
From Japanese director Toyoda (Blue Spring, Nine Souls), Monsters Club tells the story of a man who lives in a secluded cabin, from which he sends bombs to corporate CEOs. Produced by Geek Pictures.
Contact Geek Pictures - (81) 3 5879 2360; geekinfo_tokyo@geekpictures.com
THIS SIDE OF RESURRECTION (Port)
Dir Joaquim Sapinho
Produced by Sapinho’s Rosa Filmes, This Side Of Resurrection explores family and faith in a story about a girl disquieted to learn her brother has been living as a monk.
Contact Rosa Filmes - rosafilmes@rosafilmes.pt
TIFF Kids
First Position (US)
Dir Bess Kargman
A documentary following six aspiring ballet dancers as they prepare for a prestigious competition.
Contact bess@kargman.com; www.firstpositionfilms.com
A Letter To Momo (Jap)
Dir Hiroyuki Okiura
A Japanese animation in the Miyazaki tradition which features a strong heroine in a supernatural coming of age story, A Letter To Momo is about a young girl’s quest to discover the fate of her dead father when she finds an unfinished letter he wrote to her.
Sales Production IG - www.productionig.com
A Monster In Paris (Fr)
Dir Bibo Bergeron
EuropaCorp’s ambitious animated feature is an adventure story set in Paris in 1910 following a movie projectionist, an inventor, a cabaret star and an eccentric scientist as they attempt to track down a monster. The voice cast includes Vanessa Paradis, Adam Goldberg and Danny Huston. Bergeron’s credits include 2004’s Shark Tale.
Sales EuropaCorp - cfouche@europacorp.com
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