Midnight Madness

Afflicted (Can-US)

Dirs Derek Lee, Clif Prowse

Afflicted (previously known as Ends Of The Earth) follows two friends whose round-the-world trip takes a turn for the surreal. IM Global has closed a range of deals including CBS Films for the US; eOne for the UK, Canada and Spain; and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for German-speaking Europe, Australia, Latin America and Italy, among others.

Contact IM Global, jonathan_deckter@imglobalfilm.com

All Cheerleaders Die (US)

Dirs Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson

A remake of a project that McKee and Sivertson first made in 1999, All Cheerleaders Die is a supernatural thriller about a high-school outsider seeking vengeance on the captain of the football team. Modernciné produced.

Contact Andrew van den Houten, andrew@moderndistrib.com

Almost Human (US)

Dir Joe Begos

Set in a quiet Maine town, the debut feature from Begos follows a spate of grisly murders that may be linked to alien abduction. Channel 83 Films and Ambrosino/Delmenico produce. The film is unrelated to the JJ Abrams television project of the same name.

International contact WT Films, wtfilms.tumblr.com; US contact ICM, icmtalent.com

The Green Inferno (US)

Dir Eli Roth

The anticipated first feature from Roth since 2007’s Hostel: Part II, The Green Inferno tells the story of a group of college students who take their humanitarian protest from New York to the Amazon jungle, only to be kidnapped by the tribe of cannibals they came to save. Worldview Entertainment produced.

International contact Exclusive Media, awalton@exclusivemedia.com; US contact CAA, caa.com

Oculus (US)

Dir Mike Flanagan

Brenton Thwaites and Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan star in this film about a brother and sister who, years after the deaths of their parents, find the cause of their family tragedy: a cursed mirror. Intrepid Pictures produced.

International contact Focus Features International, emil.elmer@focusfeatures.com; US contact Paradigm, paradigmagency.com

R100 (Jap)

Dir Hitoshi Matsumoto

Japanese director and comedian Matsumoto premiered Symbol in Toronto’s Midnight Madness in 2009 and returns to the section with this fantasy about a mild-mannered man who finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless dominatrixes. Yoshimoto Creative Agency produced the film, which is released in Japan in October through Warner Bros Japan.

Contact Free Stone Productions, info@freestone.main.jp

The Station (Aust)

Dir Marvin Kren

From the director of Rammbock, horror film The Station (Blutgletscher) is set at a climate research station in the Alps as a melting glacier begins to have unexpected genetic effects on wildlife. Allegro Film produced.

Contact Rezo, infosrezo@rezofilms.com

Witching & Bitching (Sp-Fr)

Dir Alex de la Iglesia

This horror comedy from the hit Spanish director is about a group of desperate men, and one of their young sons, who rob a jewellery shop but then encounter a coven of crazed flesh-eating women.

Contact Film Factory Entertainment, v.canales@filmfactory.es

Masters

Abuse Of Weakness (Fr-Bel-Ger)

Dir Catherine Breillat

The provocative French director’s 14th feature is adapted from her own novel, Abus De Faiblesse, about her experiences with Hollywood hustler Christopher Rocancourt. Isabelle Huppert stars.

Contact Rezo, festival@rezofilms.com

Concrete Night (Fin-Swe-Den)

Dir Pirjo Honkasalo

Acclaimed Finnish director Honkasalo adapts Pirkko Saisio’s novel about two young brothers during a pivotal weekend in their lives. The film is shot in black and white.

Contact Bufo, mark@bufo.fi

Wavelengths

I’m The Same, I’m An Other (Bel)

Dir Caroline Strubbe

The director of Cannes Critics’ Week 2009 selection Lost Persons Area presents this Belgian drama about a thirtysomething man on the run with a nine-year-old girl who shares with him a common past.

Contact Minds Meet, mindsmeet.be

La Ultima Pelicula (Can-Den-Mex-Phil)

Dirs Raya Martin, Mark Peranson

The story follows a film-maker who goes to the Yucatan to scout locations but encounters the Mayan Apocalypse. Martin and Peranson co-directed and wrote the screenplay. Alex Ross Perry, Gabino Rodriguez and Iazua Larios star. Backers include DOX:LAB and Canana. Films We Like has Canadian rights.

Contact Mark Peranson, info@cinema-scope.com

Kids

Antboy (Den)

Dir Ask Hasselbalch

Oscar Dietz and Nicolas Bro lead the cast in this adaptation of Kenneth Bogh Andersen’s bestselling children’s books about a boy who develops super powers after he is bitten by an ant. Nimbus Film produces and SF will release in Denmark.

Contact Attraction Distribution, info@attractiondistribution.ca

The World Of Goopi And Bagha (India)

Dir Shilpa Ranade

Two exiled musicians take a journey thanks to powers bestowed by the king of ghosts. This Hindi-language animation is backed by the Children’s Film Society of India and was made at Mumbai’s Paperboat Animation Studios.

Contact Children’s Film Society of India, cfsindia.org

Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang (Sp)

Dir Oskar Santos

Comic books featuring the naughty twins, Zip & Zap, have sold millions of copies since debuting in 1946. This live-action film will see them form a children’s resistance to defy an evil headmaster.

Contact Film Factory, filmfactoryentertainment.com

Vanguard

Asphalt Watches (Can)

Dirs Seth Scriver, Shayne Ehman

A feature-length animation about friends hitchhiking across Canada.

Contact Seth Scriver, peanutbreath.com

The Fake (Kor)

Dir Yeon Sang-ho

A swindler tries to deceive poor villagers as their homes are about to be submerged, in this animated feature from the director of The King Of Pigs.

Contact Finecut, finecut.co.kr

Horns (US)

Dir Alexandre Aja

Horror maestro Aja returns with this supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple.

International contact Red Granite Pictures, redgranitepictures.com; US contact WME, wma.com

People In Places (Sp)

Dir Juan Cavestany

A kaleidoscopic film of 20 scenarios reflecting contemporary Spain.

Contact Apaches Entertainment, +33 915 773 185

Proxy (US)

Dir Zack Parker

A young woman seeks help at a support group after a vicious attack. Parker previously directed Scalene.

Contact XYZ Films, info@xyzfilms.com

Sapi (Phil)

Dir Brillante Mendoza

In this satire, festival veteran Mendoza tells the story of a news team trying to save their station by documenting a spiritual possession.

Contact Solar Entertainment, anthony.rulloda@solar-entertainment.com

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (US)

Dir Simon Hawkins, Zeke Hawkins

A Texas man commits a robbery just before his friends leave for college.

Contact Rough & Tumble Films, email@randtfilms.com

CWC

A Journey (Une Jeune Fille) (Can)
Dir Catherine Martin

A Wolf At The Door (Bra)
Dir Fernando Coimbra

The Animal Project (Can)
Dir Ingrid Veninger

Bad Hair (Ven)
Dir Mariana Rondon

Bastardo (Tun-Fr-Qat)
Dir Nejib Belkadhi

Blind Dates (Georgia)
Dir Levan Koguashvili

Break Loose (Rus)
Dir Alexey Uchitel

Cinemanovels (Can)
Dir Terry Miles 

Club Sandwich (Mex)
Dir Fernando Eimbcke

Cristo Rey (Dom Rep-Fr-Hai)
Dir Leticia Tonos Paniagua

The Dick Knost Show (Can)
Dir Bruce Sweeney

The Dinner (Neth)
Dir Menno Meyjes

Empire Of Dirt (Can)
Dir Peter Stebbings

Friends From France (Fr-Ger-Can-Rus)
Dirs Anne Weil, Philippe Kotlarski

Heart Of A Lion (Fin-Swe)
Dir Dome Karukoski

Hotel (Swe-Den)
Dir Lisa Langseth

The Immoral (Nor)
Dir Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen

Intruders (S Kor)
Dir Noh Young-seok

iNumber Number (S Afr)
Dir Donovan Marsh

Ladder To Damascus (Syr-Leb-Qat)
Dir Mohamad Malas

Little Feet (US)
Dir Alexandre Rockwell

McCanick (US)
Dir Josh C Waller

Metalhead (Ice)
Dir Ragnar Bragason

Ningen (Jap-Turk)
Dirs Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci

Noye’s Fludde (S Afr)
Dir Mark Dornford-May

October November (Aust)
Dir Götz Spielmann

Palestine Stereo (Pal-Tun-Fr-Nor-UAE-It-Switz)
Dir Rashid Masharawi

Qissa (Ger-India-Neth-Fr)
Dir Anup Singh

Rags And Tatters (Egypt)
Dir Ahmad Abdalla

Stay (Can-Ire)
Dir Wiebke von Carolsfeld

This Is Sanlitun (Ch-Ice-Ire)
Dir Robert I Douglas

Under The Starry Sky (Fr-Senegal)
Dir Dyana Gaye