Sellers Guide
Smeaton, Ewa Karlstrom. Scr: Peer Klehmet, Sebastian Wehlings. Cast: Valeria Eisenbart, Quirin Oettl, Justus Schlingensiepen. German with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. The adventures of The Famous Five continue on an exotic island. GLOBAL PLAYER (Germany) Drama, comedy. 95mins. Prod cos: Sabotage Films, Stoehrfilm. Dir: Hannes Stoehr. Prod: Karsten Aurich, Annedore v Donop, Hannes Stoehr. Scr: Hannes Stoehr. Cast: Stefan Hallmayer, Monika Anna Wojtyllo, Rita Lengyel. German and Chinese with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. JACK (Germany) Drama. 103mins. Prod cos: Port au Prince Film, Kultur Produktion. Dir: Edward Berger. Prod: Jan Kruger. Scr: Edward Berger, Nele Mueller-Stofen. Cast: Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer. German with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. For 10-year-old Jack, having a family is the most important thing in the world. Then one day his mother disappears and he goes on a journey to find her. STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Germany) Drama. 107mins. Prod cos: UFA Fiction, Cine Plus Filmproduktion. Dir: Dietrich Bruggemann. Prod: Jochen Laube. Scr: Dietrich Bruggemann, Anna Bruggemann. Cast: Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Floria Stetter. German with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. Fourteen-year-old Maria is part of a fundamentalist Catholic community. She lives in a modern world yet her heart belongs to Jesus. STEREO (Germany) Thriller. 95mins. Prod cos: Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film. Dir: Maximilian Erlenwein. Prod: Alexander Bickenbach, Manuel Bickenbach, Khaled Kaissar. Scr: Maximilian Erlenwein. Cast: Jurgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Petra Schmidt-Schaller. German with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. Eric’s life comes to an abrupt end when an eerie stranger forces his way in. OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE THE DEVIL’S VIOLINIST (Germany, Austria, Italy) Drama. 122mins. Prod cos: Summerstorm Entertainment, Dor Film, Consruction Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE. Dir: Bernard Rose. Prod: Rosilyn Heller, Gabriela Bacher, Danny Krausz, Christian Angermayer, Veronica Ferres. Scr: Bernard Rose. Cast: David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson. English. Completed. Screening. LE GRAND CAHIER (Germany, Hungary, Austria, France) Drama. 110mins. Prod cos: Intuit Pictures, Hunnia Filmstudio. Dir:
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Janos Szasz. Prod: Sandor Soth, Pal Sandor. Scr: Andras Szeker, Janos Szasz. Cast: Laszlo Gyemant, Andras Gyemant, Ulrich Thomsen. Hungarian with English subtitles. Completed. Screening. THE PHYSICIAN (Germany) Action/adventure, Romance. 150mins. Prod co: UFA Cinema. Dir: Philipp Stolzl. Prod: Wolf Bauer, Nico Nofmann. Scr: Jan Berger. Cast: Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard. English. Completed. Screening. QUALITY TIME (Germany) Comedy. 101mins. Prod co: Olga Film. Dir: Holger Haase. Prod: Viola Jager, Harry Kugler. Scr: JensFrederik Otto, Florian David Fitz. Cast: Florian David Fitz, Henry Hubchen, Leslie Malton. German with English subtitles. Completed. Screening.
Bilal Jan Productions
Executives attending: producer and director Bilal A Jan Baghi-Sunder-Balla, Chattabal, Srinagar Kashmir, 190010, India Tel: (91) 959 602 6160 E-mail: bilaljanproductions@gmail.com MARKET DEBUTS KASHMIR’S JOAN OF ARC (India) Documentary. 80mins. Prod co: Bilal Jan Productions. Dir: Bilal A Jan. Prod: Bilal A Jan. Scr: Bilal A Jan. Cast: Sana. Kashmiri and English with German and English subtitles. $40,000. In production. Delivery date: July 2014. Case studies looking at various kinds of violence committed against the women of Jammu and Kashmir.
Birch Tree Entertainment
Also buying all rights for US and Canada Stand/room number: Ritz-Carlton #1050 Tel: (49) 30 33 7777 x 1050 Executives attending: president and CEO Art Birzneck, vice-president of acquisitions Lorraine Birzneck 10620 Southern Highlands Parkway, #110-418, Las Vegas, NV 89141, US Tel: (1) 702 858 2782 E-mail: sales@birchtreefilms.com Web: www.birchtreeentertainment.com MARKET DEBUTS JOKER (Kazakhstan) Action, thriller. Dir: Talgad Zhanibekov. Prod: Art Birzneck, Arman Shurayev, Armanzhan Baytasov, Timur Satybaldin, Talgad Zhanybekov. Cast: Denis Lituyev, Vitalij Kischenko, Yerbolat Toguzakov. Russian and English. $5m. Completed. First market screening. A young man avenges his brother’s death with the help of an otherworldly monk.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE APOKALIPS X (Malaysia) Sci-fi, action. Dir: Mamat Khalid. Prod: Astro Shaw, Tayangan Unggul, Nagavxs. Cast: Farid Kamil, Peter Hugh Davis. Malay. $5m. Completed. Screening on promo reel. BLACK WATCH (Sweden) Action, thriller. Dir: Richard Holm. Prod: Art Birzneck, Marcus Ovnell. English. $10m. Pre-production. VIGILANTES (China, Canada) Action, thriller. Dir: Yuen Wo-Ping. Prod: Art Birzneck, Anthony Wong. English. $45m. Pre-production.
Bitters End
Also buying theatrical, ideogram, VOD and TV rights Executives attending: president of sales and acquisition Yuji Sadai 3rd Floor, 13-3 Nanpeidai, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150 0036, Japan Tel: (81) 3 3462 0345 E-mail: info@bitters.co.jp Web: www.bitters.co.jp MARKET DEBUTS HOMELAND (Japan) 118mins. Prod cos: WOWOW, Solid Jam, Bitters End, Pony Canyon. Dir: Nao Kubota. Prod: Takeshi Kitano, Yuji Sadai, Tadashi Mori. Scr: Kenji Aoki. Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Seiyo Uchino, Yuko Tanaka. Japanese with English subtitles. Delivery date: spring 2014. Jiro decides to go back to his hometown in Fukushima after 20 years.
Blairwood Entertainment
Also buying all rights worldwide Stand/room number: Mondrian Suites Hotel Tel: mobile (1) 216 702 8815 Executives attending: director of sales and marketing Ryan Keller 2505 Anthem Village Drive, Henderson, NV 89052, US Tel: (1) 323 319 3978 E-mail: info@blairwoodentertainment. com Web: www.blairwoodentertainment.com MARKET DEBUTS HOW TO BEAT A BULLY (US) Family. 90mins. Prod co: Dream Factory. Dir: Stephan Langford. Prod: Robert Dudelson, Trish Cook. Scr: Stephan Langford. Pre-production. Delivery date: summer 2014. When Cory and his family move to a new town, Cory is bullied. Soon Cory becomes a junior Don Corleone on the playground but things spiral out of control. IN THE DOG HOUSE (US) Family. 90mins. Prod co: Dream Factory. Dir: Paul Rocha. Prod: Robert Dudelson, Brian Hemenway, Stephan Langford. Scr: Stephan
Langford. Cast: Kim Hamilton, Matt Masella, Alana Baer. $1m. In production. Delivery date: May 2014. When Amanda and Justine’s mom starts dating again, they conspire with the family dog to sabotage the dates. OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE DUDE WHERE’S MY DOG? (US) Family. 90mins. Prod cos: Dream Factory, Blairwood Entertainment. Dir: Stephan Langford. Prod: Robert Dudelson, Trish Cook. Scr: Stephan Langford. Cast: Kevin Farley, Alexander Eckert, Charlotte Dean. Delivery date: immediate. EXTRACTION DAY (US) 90mins. Prod co: High Rise Studio. Dir: Matthew Ninaber. Scr: Matthew Ninaber, Jennifer Lloyd, Alex Briere. Cast: Jeremy Ninaber, Allison Busner. Post-production. Delivery date: April 2014. PARANORMAL CROSSINGS (ENTRECRUZADOS) (Puerto Rico) Horror. 92mins. Prod cos: Entrecruzados, Kinetika. Dir: Ana Clavell. Prod: Ana Clavell, Maritza Tirado, Marie Toucet. Scr: Ana Clavell, Maritza Tirado. Cast: Iker Elorduy, Mili Guzman, Victor Oppenheimer. Spanish with English subtitles. Screening on promo reel. Delivery date: March 2014. SHE’S WITH ME (US) Romantic comedy. 90mins. Prod co: Dream Factory Entertainment. Dir: Stephan Langford. Prod: Sophia Monroe, Paul Rocha. Scr: Stephan Langford. Cast: Monti Washington, Taisha Monique Clark, Brandon Middleton. Screening on promo reel. Delivery date: immediate.
Bleiberg Entertainment
Stand/room number: Martin-GropiusBau #123 Executives attending: producer and CEO Ehud Bleiberg, vice-president of international sales and development Tristan Weisgal 225 South Clark Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, US Tel: (1) 310 273 1039 E-mail: sales@bleibergent.com Web: www.bleibergent.com OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE DELIVERY (US) Horror. 85mins. Prod co: Type AB. Dir: Brian Netto. Prod: Adam Schindler, Marc Manus. Scr: Adam Schindler, Brian Netto. Cast: Laurel Vail, Danny Barclay, Rob Cobuzio. Completed. Screening on promo reel. FEED THE GODS (Canada) Horror. Prod co: Random Bench. Dir: Braden Croft. Prod: Liz Levine, Adrian Salpeter. Scr: Braden Croft. Cast: Shawn Roberts, Tyler Johnston, Emily Tennant. English. Post-production. Screening on promo reel. www.screendaily.com