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AFM sparks business but buyers gulf widens BY JEREMY KAY
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Russo talks up actioner Mosul Filmmaking duo the Russo brothers are juggling The Avengers with ‘The Avengers of Mosul’. Anthony Russo came out to Santa Monica yesterday to talk up Mosul from the brothers’ production outfit AGBO. The feature, which Endeavor Content has been introducing to buyers here with an action-packed promo, is a “healthy budget” Arabic-language war movie featuring a local cast. World War Z screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote and directed the film, which shot under-the-radar in Morocco this year. Based on Luke Mogelson’s ‘The Avengers of Mosul’ series in The New Yorker, it is the story of an elite local police unit that fought to liberate Iraq’s second largest city from Isis. Endeavor reports it “has the option” to close deals here during the market, but that there is some buyer caution around the film being in the Arabic language, which will mean a subtitled release in most major territories. Speaking to Screen, producer Russo said he believes the language factor will make the film stand out. “You’ve never seen an Arab story told with this level of scale, in the local language,” he said. Key to the film’s prospects will be Middle East markets, Russo believes. “I don’t think those markets have ever seen a movie like this — a war film, about them, where they’re not the villains, executed at this level,” said Russo. Russo says the team consulted with partners in the region to make sure the subject matter was handled in a sensitive manner. Tom Grater
After a generally upbeat start to AFM 2018 with deals poised to break out on the market’s most high-profile packages, the widening gulf between the haves and the have-nots remains a talking point. AGC Studios’ dark comedy Breaking News In Yuba Country, Voltage Pictures’ Jessica Chastain action thriller Eve — both involving director Tate Taylor — Mister Smith’s Hilary Swank sci-fi I Am Mother, and Endeavor Content’s Monkey Man, the directorial debut of Dev Patel, are all sparking business. FilmNation and CAA’s George Miller package Three Thousand
Years Of Longing, which at time of writing had reportedly triggered a couple of unconfirmed European deals, and Participant Media’s drama Dry Run through Lionsgate International were proving popular. A deal was also understood to be close on the grey-dollar cheerleader comedy Poms starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier. Patel turned up in Santa Monica to promote Monkey Man while Tate Taylor and Ron Howard also made appearances, the latter talking up his Luciano Pavarotti documentary that HanWay Films has reportedly licensed in at least two major territories.
Elsewhere familiar concerns persist about survival strategies in today’s landscape. Those in the crosshairs include sales agents who do not generate their own content and lack the wherewithal to manage budgets and provide realistic sales estimates, and buyers who cannot afford big-ticket items. Studios and well-capitalised independents can pick and choose whether their purchases launch in theatres or on OTT platforms. Not everybody has the network to do this, however, and the retreat of Netflix and Amazon Studios from the acquisitions arena is making it harder for financiers to recoup on mid-range content.
Producer Nigel Sinclair and director Ron Howard turned up at Shutters on the Beach yesterday with a sizzle reel from their Luciano Pavarotti doc. HanWay Films is selling the picture about the late Italian tenor.
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Tulisa acts Diva in debut lead role BY TOM GRATER
Tulisa Contostavlos, known for being one-third of UK hip-hop group N-Dubz and as a judge on reality TV series The X Factor, has signed up for her first lead role in a feature film. She will play Sista C in Diva, the story of a pop sensation whose sister is murdered in a brutal gangland killing in London. She must put her fame to one side and leave her home in Los Angeles to try to uncover the truth. The project comes from UK finance, production and sales outfit Evolutionary Films, which is funding the production and will handle sales. Producers are Evolutionary’s Diane Shorthouse, with the company’s CEO John Adams directing. Shooting is due to commence in 2019. Contostavlos’s credits include horror film Demons Never Die and crime film Big Fat Gypsy Gangster. For Diva, she will also record new music for the film’s soundtrack.
Tell It To The Bees flies for Film Constellation Annabel Jankel’s romance Tell It To The Bees has continued to score AFM deals for Film Constellation. The film has now gone to Germany (Capelight Entertainment), Spain (Filmax), South Korea (World Cinema Co), Taiwan (Cai Chang) and
airlines (Captive). They join the recent US deal with Good Deed Entertainment. Tell It To The Bees stars Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger in the story of a lesbian romance in 1950s Britain between a single mother and
a doctor. Producers on the project are Daisy Allsop, Nick Hill, Jankel, Nik Bower and Laure Vaysse. Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Fiona Shaw. Tom Grater
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Saban takes Sharon Tate thriller for US BY JEREMY KAY
Saban Films announced at AFM it has picked up US rights from Voltage Pictures to true-crime psychological thriller The Haunting Of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff. Jonathan Bennett and Lydia Hearst also star in the film, which follows the pregnant actress Sharon Tate (Duff ) as she is
plagued by visions of death in the weeks leading up to her murder at the hands of the Manson Family in 1969. Daniel Farrands wrote, directed and produced the film. Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner also produced through Jim Jacobsen’s Skyline Entertainment, which fully financed. “The Tate murders remain a horrify-
ing cultural fascination, even nearly 50 years after they occurred,” said Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley. “Hilary is mesmerising as Sharon Tate.” Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films with Voltage Pictures president and COO Jonathan Deckter on behalf of the filmmakers.
FilmSharks lands China deals BY JEREMY KAY
FilmSharks has closed key deals with Chinese buyers on its AFM slate, led by a sale on thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas De Jara) to Lemon Tree Media. The Argentina-Spain co-production has also gone to HBO Europe, and Caribbean Cinemas for Central America. Oscar Martinez stars in Dark Buildings, based on the Argentinian crime novel
Banner flies 30 Miles Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired international sales rights to 30 Miles From Nowhere, which 4Digital Media has picked up for the US and UK. Caitlin Koller directed the film about a college reunion that becomes a fight for survival. Kelly Demaret and Seana Kofoed produced the film, which carries a stamp of approval from ReFrame, a coalition established by Women In Film and the Sundance Institute, for its 50-50 gender split across cast and crew. 4Digital Media plans a March US release. Jeremy Kay
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by Claudia Piñeiro. FilmSharks chief Guido Rud previously struck deals with Buena Vista for Latin America and HBO for the US. Ricardo Darin thriller Koblic, Roberto Sneider’s Mexico-Canada comedy You’re Killing Me Susana starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Alessandro Siani’s Italian comedy hit Mister Felicita have gone to Hualu Media for China. You’re
International Film Festival & Awards Macao Project Market (IPM) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during its event (December 9-11). They include the latest feature from UK director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling), who will introduce her family drama Klepto, which is being produced by Christopher Granier-Deferre at Poisson Rouge Pictures. Also on the list are South Korean director Song IIgon’s romantic drama Love Song, South Korea-Singapore co-production Ajooma from director He Shuming and producer Anthony Chen (Ilo Ilo) and the debut fiction
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Killing Me Susana also sold to Film Rouge for Italy, Mares Filmes for Brazil and HBO Europe. Ariel Winograd comedy Ten Days Without Mom and Marcos Carnevale’s comedy My Love Or My Passion have gone to Royal Seal Group China, while Rud is in discussions with Chinese companies to remake The Noble Family, Without Filter and Ten Days Without Mom.
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feature from documentary director Yan Ting Yuen, Hong Kong Sister. The event will run during the industry activity of the third International Film Festival & Awards, Macao, which takes place December 8-14. Frontieres (Canada), Sitges Film Festival (Spain) and Blood Window (Argentina) are partners on the event, joined this year by Shanghai International Film Festival and First International Film Festival Xining. The genre-oriented line-up also includes Roseanne Liang’s revenge thriller Black Lotus and UK filmmaker Siri Rodnes’s Nine Lives. Half of this year’s projects are by female directors.
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SPOTLIGHT BALTASAR KORMAKUR
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altasar Kormakur is beaming as he clambers around a gritty industrial complex in Reykjavik. He is enthusing about the future — the empty lot where apartments and a hotel will be built, the factory space that will become restaurants and art galleries, the rocky shoreline where a seawater pool and ferry dock will be added. The Icelandic filmmaker is at the site of Reykjavik Studios, a longtime ambition he officially opened this year, starting with the basics — the shell of a former fertiliser factory is now an open studio with a 16-metre-high ceiling. The floor is heated by geothermal water pipes. Next to be built will be production offices, dressing and wardrobe rooms, meeting areas and the offices of RVK Studios, the production company he set up in 2013 with producer Agnes Johansen. “The dream is that in five to 10 years a new neighbourhood is up and running,” he says. “I don’t want to go too fast, too rushed.” And other investors will need to come on for other parts of the development. Building a creative hub Iceland has long been a filmmaking hotbed and has attracted high-profile international shoots ranging from Flags Of Our Fathers to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, thanks to an attractive 25% incentive, hearty crews and amazing landscapes. But the lack of a studio space has been an issue for decades, and various sites had been proposed. In 2016, Kormakur purchased four buildings and 36,900 square metres of land for about $2.4m in the Gufunes neighbourhood. Kormakur chose this particular site because it is just a 15-min-
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The proposed studio and surrounding facilities in Gufunes, Reykjavik
ute drive to downtown. “It was the most beautiful and valuable area in Reykjavik ‘We’re not building the that’s underdeveloped,” he says. studios in the hope In addition to the studio space, he Hollywood sends us hopes it will become a hub for film companies and other creative outlets. The endless projects. We Kukl and Exton equipment rental comhave to make it work panies are already based at the site along with Irma props firm. Musician for ourselves’ and filmmaker Dagur Kari has a Baltasar Kormakur, RVK Studios recording studio nearby. Getting Icelandic projects in the door — and not just his second season of hit TV show Trapped. own productions — will be cruThis new 10-episode season starts airing cial. “We’re not building on Iceland’s RUV on December 26, it in the hope that with international territories Hollywood sends us soon to follow. endless projects. Kormakur, who also proWe have to make duces the series alongside it work for ourMagnus Vidar Sigurdss e l v e s ,” Ko rson, oversaw the second makur explains. season as well as directThe first proing two episodes. Borkur duction to shoot in Sigthorsson, Oskar Thor RVK Studios is Axelsson and newcomer another of Kormakur’s Ugla Hauksdottir helm the Trapped, season two passion projects, the r e m a i n d e r. Ko r m a k u r
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Baltasar Kormakur tells Wendy Mitchell about his ambitious new Reykjavik Studios, season two of Trapped and his next films in Hollywood and at home scouted the latter based on her graduation film from Columbia University. The writers are Kormakur, Sigurjon Kjartansson, Clive Bradley, Margret Ornolfsdottir and Holly Phillips. The first season of the atmospheric crime drama became a ratings hit in Iceland, reminding people that linear TV still works, and also worked well abroad (Trapped garnered more than 6 million viewers in France). Kormakur notes the second season is “bigger in scope, a little bigger in budget. In some way more current, it’s a bit more about world politics.” The second season kicks off with the attempted assassination of the minister of industry, opening in Reykjavik and then returning to the northern village of Siglufjordur, the setting of the first season, and home to Andri, the small-town cop played Olafur Darri Olafsson. The next production to come in will be Kormakur’s upcoming studio project, which is still being finalised. He is not committing to shoot all of his future films at the studio, but “I can do it here, if it fits”, he adds, saying his Hollywood partners are happy with that “as long as it’s financially comparable”. He likes working with his favoured crews at home, while bringing in international casts who like working in Iceland. “It’s a destination that people really want to [visit].” Kormakur, whose recent international credits include Adrift and Everest, is also planning his next Icelandic feature. Independent People, which he is co-writing with Lilja Sigurdardottir, is adapted from the acclaimed 1930s Icelandic novel, and follows a struggling farmer and his family. In what is very much a sign of the 21st-century times, Kormakur plans to s make it as both a feature and TV series. ■
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What does it mean to ‘kill America’? Author Dinesh D’Souza shows how the left today is killing America by attacking its history, its culture and its constitutional order to create a new nation based on progressive, centralised control and mass dependency. ArcLight 6
teenage daughters, a husband and a house in the suburbs. She and her family are members of an evangelical Christian community. In her basement is a box full of pictures of the man and her. Long ago, she loved him. He has spent 20 years in prison for a murder he claims he did not commit. ArcLight 1
DEEP MURDER
Comedy, mystery. 90mins. Dir: Nick Corirossi. Scr: Quinn Beswick, Josh Margolin, Benjamin Smolen, Nikolai Von Keller. Cast: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Jerry O’Connell. Red Sea Media. A murder mystery unlike any other.
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Drama. 135mins. Dir: Isaki Lacuesta. Scr: Isaki Lacuesta. Cast: Isra Gomez, Francisco Jose Gomez. Filmax. Isra and Cheito are two Roma brothers: Isra was sent to prison for drug dealing and Cheito signed up for the Marines. When Isra is released from prison and Cheito returns from a long
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Comedy. 115mins. Dir: Markus Goller. Scr: Oliver Ziegenbalg. Cast: Bjarne Madel, Lars Eidinger, Sandra Huller, Franka Potente, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jella Haase, Jordis Triebelg. Beta Cinema. Two very different brothers reunite and start a special journey — a road trip on their motorbikes, which they imagined in their childhood. ArcLight 5
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Horror, mystery, thriller. 82mins. Dir: Mitzi Peirone. Scr: Mitzi Peirone. Cast: Madeline
mission to San Fernando, the reunion between the siblings brings memories of their father’s violent death when they were only boys. Isra returns to San Fernando to recover his wife and kids. But will he manage to go straight? Their search for redemption, their need to sort out their lives and to find reconciliation between them unites Isra and Cheito once more. ArcLight 4
Brewer, Sarah Hay, Scott Cohen. Blue Fox Entertainment. Two wanted women decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children. To take the money they must take part in a deadly perverse game of make believe. Broadway Cineplex 3
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Drama. 93mins. Dir: Hanro Smitsman. Scr: Marc Linssen. Cast: Achmed Akkabi. Dutch Features Global Entertainment. Two brothers, Hassan and Mourad, go to war-torn Syria in search of their younger brother Yasin, an alleged extremist. As they try to follow Yasin’s trail through Jordan and Syria,
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Hassan and Mourad are involuntarily involved in the Syrian conflict. Will the brothers, despite the confrontation with the atrocities of the war, be brought closer and the disintegrated family be reunited, or has the war caused irreparable wounds?
Song. VMI Worldwide. While visiting Thailand, two estranged friends realise there’s no rule book for finding purpose and meaning in life.
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Documentary. 108mins. Dir: Dinesh D’Souza. Scr: Dinesh D’Souza. Cast: Dinesh D’Souza. Pure Flix/Quality Flix.
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Action/adventure. 133mins. Dir: Alexey Sidorov. Scr: Alexey Sidorov. Cast: Alexander Petrov, Vinzenz Kiefer, Irina Starshenbaum. Mars Media Entertainment. Every war has a legend. In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a halfdestroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love and legendary miracles. (Post-production version with temporary VFX.) AMC Santa Monica 4
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Drama, thriller. 114mins. Dir: Simon Jaquemet. Scr: Simon Jaquemet. Cast: Judith Hofmann, Thomas Schupbach, Christian Kaiser. Kinology. Something changes when Ruth, a veterinarian at a medical-research company, sees a man she seems to recognise. Ruth has two
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Romantic comedy. 88mins. Dir: Josh F Huber. Scr: Josh F Huber. Cast: Eliza Coupe, Steve Howey, Ed Begley Jr, Glenne Headly, Elizabeth Rodriguez. Vision Films. After years of trying to conceive the romantic way, a young couple put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments with surprising results. Laemmle Monica Film Center 1
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Thriller. 85mins. Dir: John Safyurtlu. Scr: John Safyurtlu. Cast: Michael Shaffrey. Aegean Entertainment.
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Comedy. 90mins. Dir: Christophe Duthuron. Scr: Wilfrid Lupano. Cast: Pierre Richard, Eddy Mitchell, Alice Pol. Gaumont. Friends since childhood, Pierrot, Mimile and Antoine are all rather distinctive and obstinate. Before Antoine’s wife
died, she left him a farewell letter full of revelations. Mad with rage, Antoine grabs his rifle and heads for Tuscany: its never too late to avenge an infidelity! Determined to stop him from making a huge blunder, Pierrot and Mimile follow in hot pursuit, assisted by Antoine’s heavily pregnant granddaughter. ArcLight 9
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Drama, historical, thriller. 92mins. Dir: Victor Cabaco. Scr: Juan Ibarriondo, Hector Amado. Cast: Mikel Iglesias, Amaia Aberasturi, Alberto Berzal. Filmax. When confronted with the certainty of impeachment, an unstable president orders a nuclear first strike in a desperate attempt to retain power. As zero hour counts down, the walls of the Oval Office close in and top-secret security cameras capture the final, absurd moments of a man caught in a trap of his own creation… with the fate of the world at his fingertips. Laemmle Monica Film Center 3
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Drama. 90mins. Dir: Carl Hunter. Scr: Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Cast: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Jenny Agutter, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny. DDI (Double Dutch International). Alan, a tailor with moves as sharp as his suits., has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son, Michael, who stormed out over a game of
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Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can move on and reunite his family. Laemmle Monica Film Center 5
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Documentary. 97mins. Dir: Uli Gaulke. Scr: Uli Gaulke, Marc Pitzke. Cast: Connie Sawyer, Joel Rogosin, Daniel Selznick, Jerry S. Kaufmann. Global Screen. Not everybody becomes famous or wealthy in Hollywood. Most workers — behind and in front of the lens — toil without recognition and riches, and when get older, they often have little means to support themselves. This is where the Motion Picture & Television Fund comes
in, an old folks’ home, where retired film pros can spend their twilight years. Here they can also continue to pursue their talents. Some produce short films or pursue other projects. ‘Sunset Over Mulholland Drive’ follows one such project and its creators, from the brainstorming session all the way to the premiere. Throughout, the residents share their Hollywood memories.
Lia Marie Johnson, Gregg Bello, Katharine McPhee. Gravitas Ventures. A former boxing champion and his companions are caught up with Russian mobsters after he witnesses a crime.
arts, thriller. 94mins. Dir: Julien Leclercq. Scr: Jeremie Guez. Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme. Other Angle Pictures. Lukas is a single father who works by night at a disco to support his daughter. By accident he loses his job and ends up working as a bouncer at a strip club. When he is then forced by dirty cops to infiltrate a gang who owns the place, he has to make the right choices to survive and save his daughter.
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108mins. Dir: Justin Kelly. Scr: Justin Kelly. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess. Fortitude International. This captivating true story goes behind the scenes of the hoax of JT LeRoy — a girl pretending to be a boy who identifies as transgender — duping the rich and famous in Hollywood, the fashion world, and elite literary circles. AMC Santa Monica 2
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Comedy. 90mins. Dir: Andrew Bujalski. Scr: Andrew Bujalski. Cast: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Zoe Graham. Myriad Pictures. Lisa, the general manager at a ‘sports bar with curves’, has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day. AMC Santa Monica 1
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THE CAKE GENERAL
Drama. 111mins. Dir: Cuba Gooding Jr. Scr: Cuba Gooding Jr, Eitan Gorlin. Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr, Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss,
Comedy. 101mins. Dir: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson. Scr: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson. Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Agnes Lindstrom Bolmgren, Helena Bergstrom, Tomas
von Bromssen. Media Luna New Films. An eccentric resident of “the most boring town in Sweden” decides to put his sleepy hamlet on the map by assembling the world’s longest layer cake. Laemmle Monica Film Center 4
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Brazil to tell him that he’s dying and that he need his help to collect his father’s inheritance. Laemmle Monica Film Center 6
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL
MARKET 13:00 LITTLE WOMEN
Family. 111mins. Dir: Clare Niederpruem. Scr: Clare Niederpruem. Cast: Lea Thompson, Ian Bohen, Lucas Grabeel, Sarah Davenport. Pure Flix/ Quality Flix. A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. We follow the lives of four sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Langley Kirkwood, Daniah de Villers. Studiocanal. Ten-year-old Mia has her life turned upside down when her family decides to leave their home in London to manage a lion farm in South Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia finds happiness again as she develops a close attachment to the wild cub. After three years, Mia’s life is rocked once again when she uncovers an upsetting secret kept hidden by her father. Distraught by the thought that Charlie could be harmed, Mia decides to run away leaving the farm and her family behind.
Amy March — detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism and, as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters. Laemmle Monica Film Center 1
Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Haim Znati, Alon Dahan. Dutch Features Global Entertainment. Ovadia is the strongest doorman at the Tel Aviv night clubs. His biggest dream is to become a father. His wife Rachel has been trying to get pregnant for almost five years. A small-time gangster named Shalom, offers Ovadia a job. Ovadia sees this as great opportunity to start an expensive private treatment for his wife. As soon as Rachel, gets pregnant, he decides to stop working for Shalom. But it is not that easy. Laemmle Monica Film Center 5
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13:00 THE BOUNCER
Drama. 105mins. Dir: Meni Yaesh. Scr: Meni Yaesh. Cast: Moris Cohen,
KISS & TELL
Comedy. 88mins. Dir: Michel Blanc. Scr: Michel Blanc. Cast: Karin Viard, Carole Bouquet, Charlotte
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Rampling. Gaumont. A dark comedy about love, family and friendship. AMC Santa Monica 1
LITTLE WOMEN See box, left
Action/adventure, thriller. 95mins. Dir: Jason Cabell. Scr: Jason Cabell. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Leslie Bibb, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Cole Hauser, Clifton Collins, Peter Facinelli. Moonstone Entertainment. Draws on Jason Cabell’s real-life US Navy Seal experiences assigned to work with the DEA in Colombia’s coca drug fields. An international drug kingpin sends two of his most highly regarded assassins to investigate why shipments are being hijacked and over cut. Laemmle Monica Film Center 4
15:00 BIKES See box, below
SOMETIMES, ALWAYS, NEVER
Drama. 90mins. Dir: Carl Hunter. Scr: Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Cast: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Jenny Agutter, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny. DDI (Double Dutch International). A stylish tailor has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son, Michael, who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
CUT OFF
Drama, thriller. 131mins. Dir: Christian Alvart. Scr: Christian Alvart. Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars
Eidinger, Fahri Yardim. Global Screen. Performing an autopsy, coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a note in the skull of a corpse with a phone number on it. The clue leads him into a life-and-death game — the life and death of his daughter. ArcLight 1
FORSAKEN
Action/adventure, sci-fi. 103mins. Dir: Alexander Kulikov. Scr: Alexander Kulikov, Michael Raskhodnikov, Olga Raskhodnikova, Aleksey Petrukhin. Cast: Andrey Smolyakov, Anna Banshchikova. LAStudio. As the result of tragic coincidences, an astronaut remains alone on the distant planet. His life is in constant jeopardy. Something inexplicable reaches out to him, and it will change him forever. From this moment on he is lost both for himself and other people. How many times must he die to prove that he is alive? He has discovered the whole world. Broadway Cineplex 3
SHADOW
Action/adventure, drama. 116mins. Dir: Yimou Zhang. Scr: Yimou Zhang,
Wei Li. Cast: Chao Deng, Li Sun. CMC Pictures. Set during China’s Three Kingdom’s era (220280ad). The story of a great king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it. The king, violent and ambitious, of mysterious methods and motives; his general, a visionary who yearns to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret; the women of the palace, who struggle to find redemption in a world where they have no place; and a commoner called ‘Lord of all the world’, will be the characters around who turn the inexorable forces of this story. Laemmle Monica Film Center 3
THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE
Drama. 111mins. Dir: Don McKellar. Scr: Barbara Samuels. Cast: Tanaya Beatty. Myriad Pictures. In a story told from two different perspectives, Will Bird recounts the events that led to him being in a coma, while his niece Annie recounts her attempt to help to revive him from his coma. AMC Santa Monica 1
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13:30 FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
Comedy, Heist. 80mins. Dir: Antonello Grimaldi. Scr: Marco Martani, Raffaello Fusaro. Cast: Libero Di Rienzo, Michele Riondino, Violante Placido. Minerva Pictures. Alessandro’s life is forever changed when his old friend Gigi calls him from
MARKET 15:00 BIKES
Animation. 86mins. Dir: Manuel J Garcia. Scr: Michael Maurer, Joel Jessup, Henrique Vera. Filmax. Nestled among beautiful mountains, forests and streams, Spokesville is a very special little town, mainly because it is inhabited entirely by adorable bikes. Life
for the bike citizens is idyllic, until one day, a new and surprising gizmo, the gas engine, comes to town. What follows is a thrilling, hilarious adventure that will see Speedy become the unwitting leader of a group of environmental activists, who are determined to stop the gas engine from polluting their unspoilt haven Broadway Cineplex 1
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ALL OR NOTHIN’
Drama, historical, suspense, true story. 88mins. Dir: Charles K Campbell, Charles K Campbell. Cast: Carl G Herrick, Brendan Alpiner. Michigan Pride. In 1853, 28 slaves escaped from Boone County, Kentucky. Unwilling to accept their departure, wealthy plantation owners set out to find them. MARKET 15:00 THE TOBACCONIST
Drama. 113mins. Dir: Nikolaus Leytner. Scr: Klaus Richter, Nikolaus Leytner. Cast: Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch, Simon Morze, Emma Drogunova, Regina Fritsch. Beta Cinema. Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to be an apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When
THE TOBACCONIST See box, above
WHAT LIES AHEAD
Thriller. 88mins. Dir: Rob Gardner. Scr: William J Viglione. Cast: Rumer Willis, Emma Dumont, Kelly Blatz, Katie Keene. Vision Films. When two young women are thrown together on an unexpected road trip, a surprising and aggressive peril emerges between them that grows stronger with each passing mile. Laemmle Monica Film Center 5
15:30 ABDUCTION
Action/adventure. 87mins. Dir: Ernie Barbarash. Scr: Michael Maclean. Cast: Scott Adkins, Andy On. Red Sea Media. A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho
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ANY ONE OF US
Franz falls desperately in love with the musichall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria worsen dramatically with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee? AMC Santa Monica 5
Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures. Laemmle Monica Film Center 6
ALONE WE FIGHT
Action/adventure. 90mins. Dir: Justin Lee. Scr: Justin Lee. Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Johnny Messner. VMI Worldwide. A small but determined band of American soldiers venture into dangerous enemy territory on a mission to stop an advancing German unit from breaking through the Allied line. Laemmle Monica Film Center 4
HOW I BECAME RUSSIAN
Comedy. 100mins. Dir: Akaki Sakhelashvili,
Xia Hao. Scr: Andrey Zolotarev, Maria Trubnikova, Alexander Noskov. Cast: Dong Chang, Elizaveta Kononova. Central Partnership Sales House. AMC Santa Monica 6
IN LIKE FLYNN
Action/adventure. 90mins. Dir: Russell Mulcahy. Scr: Errol Flynn. Cast: Thomas Cocquerel, Cory Large, William Moseley. Blue Fox Entertainment. Depicts Errol Flynn’s early life in Australia, before he became an internationally famed celebrity. In those days he was an adventurer, opium smuggler, gambler, street fighter, womaniser and gold prospector.
Documentary. 86mins. Dir: Fernando Villena. Cast: Paul Basagoitia, Nichole Munk. Red Bull Media House. After a devastating spinalcord injury, a driven champion chronicles his life as he battles body and mind in an inspiring story of resilience. ASESINATO EN LA ISLA
Drama, suspense, thriller. 90mins. Dir: Alyn Darnay. Cast: Jordi Vilasuso, Barbie Castro, Brian Gross. Concord Films (US); Reel One Entertainment (international). ASTRAL
Horror, thriller. 84mins.
Dir: Chris Mul. Scr: Chris Mul. Cast: Frank Dillane, Vanessa Grasse, Damson Idris. Film Seekers. A student coming to terms with the death of his mother turns to astral projection to reconnect with her. BETRAYED
Sweeney, Chris Mulkey. Vision Films. A sales rep visits a small town in Louisiana on business and finds himself caught up in a dark world of corruption and murder with 24 hours to live, running from the police, the mob and a sheriff who wants him dead.
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DIRTY DEAD CON MEN BILLY GRAHAM: AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY
Documentary. 72mins. Dir: Vonda Harrell, Daniel Camenisch. Scr: Vonda Harrell, Daniel Camenisch. Cast: Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, George Bush. Mission Pictures International. Explores key moments in Billy Graham’s journey from dairy farmer’s son to evangelist. BUCKSHOT
Road movie. 80mins. Dir: Joshua J Smith. Scr: Joshua J Smith. Cast: Frank Collison, Tim DeZarn, Allan Wasserman. Princ Films. A struggling country singer journeys to Nashville in his father’s footsteps. DEAD ON ARRIVAL
Thriller. 97mins. Dir: Stephen C Stepher. Scr: Stephen C Stepher. Cast: Billy Flynn, Christa B Allen, Scottie Thompson, Lillo Brancato, DB
Action/adventure. 85mins. Dir: MarieGrete Heinemann. Scr: Kevin Interdonato. Cast: Claudia Christian, Louis Mandylor, Peter Dobson, Kristen Dalton. Princ Films. Mickey Rady, a rogue undercover cop, and Kook Packard, a smooth and charismatic con-man, together rip off those operating outside of the law for their own gain. But things go awry when a heist sucks them deep into a city-wide conspiracy. DORMITORYO: ENDLESS ROOM
Comedy, drama. 80mins. Dir: Emerson Reyes. Scr: Emerson Reyes. Cast: Ces Quesada, Charles Aaron Salazar, Vandolph Quizon. TBA Studios. Set one rainy evening in a dorm where the varied occupants are at some pivotal point in their lives, all tucked away in solitary rooms, talking
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TROLL: A TALE OF A TAIL
Action/adventure, animation. 88mins. Dir: Kevin Munroe. Scr: Daxing Zhang, Suzanne Bolch, John May. Cast: Sonja Ball. Global Genesis Group. The troll prince Trym has only two days to save his father, King Grom, who has turned to stone and had his tail stolen by the evil presence in the forest. Trym and his companions must go on a wild and dangerous journey across the troll kingdom of Ervod to retrieve Grom’s tail, save his father’s life and return the kingdom to its rightful ruler.
AFM SCREENINGS ON DEMAND BETRAYED
Action/adventure. 98mins. Dir: Harley Wallen. Scr: Harley Wallen. Cast: John Savage, Richard Tyson, Blanca Blanco. Vision Films. The mayor of Detroit ends his business
with the Russian mob when young women are abducted and turn up drugged and dead. When the Russians abduct the mayor’s adult daughter as leverage, he must do whatever it takes to get her back. Loews Hotel, Room 334
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Scr: Tom O’Dell. Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Hugh Jackman, Chris Claremont. Vision Films. Story of how superheroes have conquered the world.
about collective experiences, sharing a similar fate. DREAM KILLER
Drama, musical, suspense, thriller. 90mins. Dir: Barbie Castro. Cast: Christy Carlson Romano. Concord Films. When a rising teen singer is accused of murdering her producer, her supportive mother must save her.
THE STOP HIT
Action/adventure, martial arts, thriller. 100mins. Dir: Dr Z. Scr: Dr Z. Cast: Dr Z, Carter Wong, John Ng-Long Cheung. Reel Asian Films. Story of an international drug ring between Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS
Romance. 90mins. Dir: Terry Cunningham. Scr: Rick Garman, Catherine Fridey. Cast: Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega. Mission Pictures International. Returning to her hometown in Utah to restore a derelict hotel in time for Christmas, Laura Trudeau discovers old passions and true love can never be fully forgotten.
AFM SCREENINGS ON DEMAND NEOMANILA
Drama, thriller. 101mins. Dir: Mikhail Red. Scr: Mikhail Red, Rae Red, Zig Madamba Dulay. Cast: Eula Valdez, Timothy Castillo, Rocky Salumbides.
TBA Studios. An orphan teenager is recruited by a notorious death squad. The group’s leader becomes a maternal figure to the young boy but their loyalties will be tested. Loews Hotel, Room 334
FIDEL UP CLOSE
Documentary, historical. 90mins. Dir: Gabriel Beristain, Roberto Chile, Eduardo ‘Tato’ Flores. Cast: Fidel Castro. Vedado Films. Reveals the man behind the myth. HAVANA KYRIE
Drama, family, musical. 105mins. Dir: Paolo Confsorti. Scr: Alfredo Mazzara. Cast: Franco Nero. Vedado Films. A lost man finds passion again in Cuba, aided by music and the son he never met. HEAVY WATER
Documentary. 85mins. Dir: Michael Oblowitz. Scr: Michael Oblowitz. Cast: Nathan Fletcher, Makua Rothman. Red Bull Media House. A close look at Nathan Fletcher’s relationship with big-wave surfing. I’LL BE NEXT DOOR FOR CHRISTMAS
Comedy, family. 100mins. Dir: David Jay Willis. Scr: David Jay Willis, Jenna Park. Cast: Juliette Angelo, Atticus Shaffer. Vision Films. When 16-year-old Nickey’s long-distance boyfriend decides to visit for the holidays, she is determined to spare him her family’s over-the-top Christmas
obsession by staging a fake Christmas. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
Drama, family. 150mins. Dir: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin. Scr: Alex Cramer, Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman, J Michael Finley. Mission Pictures International. The true story of Bart Millard, lead singer of the band MercyMe. KILLER ISLAND
Drama, suspense, thriller. 90mins. Dir: Alyn Darnay. Scr: Christine Conradt. Cast: Barbie Castro, Jordi Vilasuso, Jackie Moore, Jacy King. Concord Films. While on a dream vacation, a woman becomes a target when she suspects one of the locals may have committed multiple murders. LIVING AMONG US
Horror. 82mins. Dir: Brian A Metcalf. Cast: Esme Bianco, John Heard, Thomas Ian Nicholas. Vision Films. When vampires make themselves public, a group of documentarians granted access soon realise they are in for more than they bargained. MAKING BABIES
Romantic comedy. 88mins. Dir: Josh F
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Huber. Scr: Josh F Huber. Cast: Eliza Coupe, Steve Howey, Ed Begley Jr. Vision Films. A couple put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments. MARRIAGE KILLER
Drama, suspense, thriller. 90mins. Dir: Bernard Salzman. Scr: Doug Campbell, David Chester. Cast: Jason London, Barbie Castro, Kristen Renton. Concord Films. A married couple decide to explore a “member’s only night club” but soon realise the deadly consequences. MY FOOLISH HEART
Drama. 83mins. Dir: Rolf van Eijk. Scr: Rolf van Eijk. Cast: Steve Wall, Gijs Naber, Raymond Thiry. Media Luna New Films. The last day of legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. NEOMANILA See box, above
OCTAV
Drama, romance. 102mins. Dir: Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Scr: James Olivier, Serge Loan Celebidachi. Cast: Marcel Iures, Victor Rebengiuc, Eric Aradits. Little Film Company. Octav returns home to sell
his childhood house. As he wanders through the estate he relives joyful scenes from his childhood, eventually finding answers to the questions that have cast a shadow over his adult life. THE OTHER STORY
Drama. 112mins. Dir: Avi Nesher. Scr: Avi Nesher, Noam Schpancer. Cast: Joy Rieger, Sasson Gabai. Foresight Unlimited. Two rebellious young women cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, with startling consequences. THE OVAL
Thriller. 85mins. Dir: John Safyurtlu. Scr: John Safyurtlu. Cast: Michael Shaffrey. Aegean Entertainment. An unstable president orders a nuclear strike in an attempt to retain power. PERSECUTED
Thriller. 100mins. Dir: Yesid Leone. Scr: Yesid Leone. Cast: Maria Gaviria, Roberto Escobar. Media Luna New Films. A journey through crime, corruption and the psychology of the human being. POINT MAN
Action/adventure, drama. 97mins. Dir: Phil Blattenberger. Scr: Phil Blattenberger. Cast: Christopher Long, Jacob Keohane, Chase Gutzmore. Vision Films. A trio of soldiers vow revenge on their platoon when they are left behind enemy lines. RISE OF THE SUPERHEROES
Documentary. 115mins. Dir: Tom O’Dell.
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WE DIE YOUNG
Action/adventure. 96mins. Dir: Lior Geller. Scr: Lior Geller. Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme. Foresight Unlimited. A 14-year-old boy inducted into gang life is determined his 10-year-old brother will not follow the same path. WHAT LIES AHEAD
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