UK FILM CANNES 2015 www.weareukfilm.com www.britishcouncil.org/film CONTENTS 3 Introduction 4 UK Film Cannes 2015 Features 9 UK Film Cannes 2015 Shorts 13 On Release 2015 63 Coming Soon in 2015/16 91 Index of Films 1st Directorial debuts are indicated with this symbol All inclusive images remain the copyright of their respective owners and may not be reproduced without the expressed permission of the rights holders. 2 INTRODUCTION The 68th Cannes Festival presents a selection of UK films and film talent in its 2015 edition. This Catalogue includes details of all UK productions and official co-productions screening across the various Cannes sections. It also highlights some of the other titles screening which are not official co-productions but which have significant British elements. It is divided into the following sections: 1. UK Film - Cannes Features and Shorts screening in the Official Selection including Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Special Screenings, Short Films Competition, Cinéfondation Shorts Selection and the parallel sections Cannes Classics, Directors Fortnight and Critics Week. 2. UK Film On Release - an overview of UK feature films which have premiered at international film festivals or been on UK release over the past year but which are still available for international Festival selection. This catalogue has been compiled by the British Council, one of a number of key UK Film organisations represented in Cannes under the single umbrella of WE ARE UK FILM. A grouping of UK film commissions, national and regional agencies and sales companies, together we provide clear information about our outstanding locations, services, films and talent, and we represent the UK Film industry enabling connections with both national and international partners. The British Council, whose film team acts as a link between UK films and filmmakers and new international audiences, works with a range of programme selector teams from the world’s premier international film festivals, including the teams from Cannes, to arrange preview screenings of the best new British films. Find out more about the UK industry at www.WEAREUKFILM.com 3. UK Film Coming Soon - a short selection of films designed to give a flavour of some of the titles that will be available for Festival selection over the coming 12 months. You can view a more complete list of titles currently in production, as well as full details of all completed shorts and features in the British Films Directory, compiled by the British Council, as well as further directories listing both UK filmmakers and international film festivals, at www.britishcouncil.org/film 3 UK FILM CANNES 2015 FEATURES 4 Amy Carol Synopsis From BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna), ‘Amy’ tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Employing extensive unseen archive footage, this modern and moving film shines a light on the world we live in. Synopsis Set in 1950s New York, two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in the throes of love in ‘Carol’. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse instantly captured the world’s attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense - she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyse her own problems. The combination of her raw honesty and supreme talent resulted in some of the most unique and adored songs of modern era. Tragically, relentless media attention coupled with Amy’s troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle saw her life fall apart. As a society, we celebrated her huge successes but were quick to judge her failings when it suited us. The talent that was initially her salvation eventually became the trigger for her disintegration. Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Midnight Screenings Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 125 mins Director: Asif Kapadia Producer: James Gay-Rees Co-Producer: George Pank Executive Producer: David Joseph, Adam Barker Editor: Chris King Music: Antonio Pinto (original music) Principal Cast: Amy Winehouse, Janis Winehouse, Mitchel Winehouse, Andrew Morris, Blake Fielder Archive Producer: Paul Bell Production Company Globe Productions presents an Onthe Corner film © 2015 Universal Music Operations Limited On The Corner Films 8-9 Greville Street London EC1N 8SB +44 (0)20 7148 2025 [email protected] Sales Agent Cornerstone Films 12 Sunray Avenue London SE24 9PY +44 (0)7580 337581 [email protected] Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 118 mins Director: Todd Haynes Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon Editor: Affonso Gonçalves Screenwriter: Phyllis Nagy based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith Directory of Photography: Ed Lachman ASC Production Designer: Judy Becker Music: Carter Burwell Principal Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy Costume Designer: Sandy Powell Production Company Number 9 Films (UK), Killer Films (US) Number 9 Films Linton House 24 Wells Street London W1T 3PH +44 (0)20 7323 4060 [email protected] www.number9films.co.uk/ Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com FEATURES 5 Cemetery of Splendour (Rak Ti Khon Kaen) The Lobster Synopsis Synopsis In Khon Kaen a lonesome middle-aged housewife tends a soldier with sleeping sickness and falls into a hallucination that triggers strangedreams, phantoms, and romance. A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules. “I write this film as a rumination on Thailand, a feverish nation. It will be the first film that takes place entirely in my hometown, Khon Kaen. It’s also a very personal portrait of the places that have latched onto me like parasites - the elementary school, the hospital, the library, the lake. Like the sleepers in this film, I shun the malady of reality, and together we take refuge in dreams of forever.” Apichatpong Weerasethakul Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Un Certain Regard Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 122 mins Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Producer: Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans Geissendoerfer Editor: Lee Chatametikool Screenwriter: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Directory of Photography: Diego García Principal Cast: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi Production Company UK, Thailand, France, Germany, Malaysia production Kick the Machine (TH), Illuminations Films (Past Lives) (UK), Anna Sanders Films (FR), Match Factory Productions (DE), GFF Geissendoerfer Film-und Fernsehnproduktion KG (DE), Astro Shaw (MY) 6 FEATURES Illuminations Films (Past Lives) 187 Beach Street Deal, Kent CT14 6LY +44 (0)1304 371625 [email protected] www.illuminationsfilms.co.uk Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstr. 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 7090 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 118 mins Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Producer: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey, Yorgos Lanthimos Co-Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Leontine Petit, Carole Scotta, Joost de Vries, Derk-Jan Warrink Executive Producer: Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Sam Lavender Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis Screenwriter: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou Directory of Photography: Thimios Bakatakis Production Designer: Jacqueline Abrahams Sound: Johnnie Burn Principal Cast: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw Production Company Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands coproduction Element Pictures (IE), Scarlet Films (UK), Limp (UK), Faliro House Productions SA (GR), Haut et Court (FR), Lemming Film (NL), British Film Institute (UK), Channel Four Television Corporation (UK) Element Pictures UK Lee Magiday 14 Newburgh Street London W1F 7RT +44 (0)20 7287 5420 [email protected] www.elementpictures.ie Scarlet Films - Ceci Dempsey +44 (0)7973 861543 [email protected] Limp - Yorgos Lanthimos c/o Element Pictures 14 Newburgh Street London W1F 7RT +44 (0)20 7287 5420 [email protected] Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com Macbeth Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans Synopsis ‘Macbeth’ is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of Shakespeare’s most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition, set in a war torn Scottish landscape. Synopsis By 1970, Steve McQueen ruled Hollywood. Hot off the back of classics like ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bullitt’ he could now make the movie that was his life’s passion: McQueen’s experience on ‘Le Mans’ changed his life forever. Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 113 mins Director: Justin Kurzel Producer: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura HastingsSmith Co-Producer: Andrew Warren Editor: Chris Dickens Screenwriter: Todd Louiso & Jacob Koskoff and Michael Lesslie (based on the play by William Shakespeare) Directory of Photography: Adam Arkapaw Production Designer: Fiona Crombie Sound: Steve Single (supervising sound editor), Markus Stemler (sound designer), Al Sirkett (sound designer) Music: Jed Kurzel Principal Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki and David Thewlis Production Company See-Saw Films 2nd Floor 74 Rivington Street London EC2A 3AY +44 (0)20 3301 6268 [email protected] see-saw-films.com/ Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) 1, Place du Spectacle 92130 Issy les Moulineaux France +33 1 71 35 35 35 pascale.hornus@ studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com Interweaving stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews, this is the true story of how one of cinema’s legends would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream. Cannes 2015 - Cannes Classics Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 112 mins Director: Gabriel Clarke, John McKenna Producer: John McKenna Executive Producer: Andrew Marriott, Bonamy Grimes, Barry Smith, Chad McQueen, David Green, David Reeder, Jamie Carmichael Editor: Matt Wyllie Screenwriter: Gabriel Clarke Directory of Photography: Matt Smith Music: Jim Copperthwaite Principal Cast: Neile Adams McQueen, Chad McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Derek Bell, David Piper, Jonathan Williams, Louise Edlind, Alan Trustman, Bob Rosen, Mario Iscovich Archive Producer: Richard Wiseman Production Company USA, UK coproduction Noah Films (UK), Pitlane Productions (UK), McQueen Racing (US) Noah Films +44 (0)7957 402091 www.noahfilms.co.uk Sales Agent Content Film 19 Heddon Street London W1B 4BG +44 (0)20 7851 6500 london@contentmediacorp. com www.contentmediacorp.com FEATURES 7 Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) Youth (La giovinezza) Synopsis Synopsis Based on an early 17th century collection of fairy tales by Neopolitan author Giambattista Basile, the film weaves realistic and fantastical elements together in a dark exploration of classic tales. Springtime. Fred and Mick, two old friends now approaching eighty, are on vacation together in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. The two friends know that their time is quickly running out, and they decide to face their future together. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children’s confused lives, Mick’s enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests, all of whom, it seems, have all the time that they lack. And while Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred, who gave up his musical career long ago, has no intention of returning to it. But someone wants at all costs to hear his compositions and to see him conduct again. From the bitter quest of a jealous Queen, to an Ogre thwarting the love of a young princess, to a mysterious woman provoking the passion of a King, these stories weave the beautiful with the grotesque, creating a stunning and unique work of gothic imagination. Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 125 mins Director: Matteo Garrone Producer: Matteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Jean and Anne-Laure Labadie Executive Producer: Alessio Lazzareschi, Peter Watson, Nicki Hattingh, Anne Sheehan, Sheryl Crown Editor: Marco Spoletini Screenwriter: Matteo Garrone (screenplay), Edoardo Albinati (screenplay), Ugo Chiti (screenplay), Massimo Gaudioso (screenplay), Giambattista Basile (original story collection) Directory of Photography: Peter Suschitzky Production Designer: Dimitri Capuani Music: Alexandre Desplat Principal Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson Production Company Italy, France, UK coproduction Archimede (IT), Le Pacte (FR), Recorded Picture Company (UK), Rai Cinema (IT) Recorded Picture Company 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7636 2251 [email protected] www.recordedpicture.com 8 FEATURES Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 118 mins Director: Paolo Sorrentino Producer: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli Screenwriter: Paolo Sorrentino Directory of Photography: Luca Bigazzi Production Designer: Ludovica Ferrario Music: David Lang Principal Cast: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda Production Company Italy, France, UK, Switzerland coproduction Indigo Film (IT), Medusa Film (IT), Barbary Films (FR), Pathé (FR), Number 9 Films (UK), France 2 Cinéma (FR), C-Films (CH) Number 9 Films Linton House 1st Floor 24 Wells Street London W1T 3PH +44 (0)20 7323 4060 [email protected] www.number9films.co.uk/ Sales Agent Pathé International (FR) 2, rue Lemennais Paris 75008 France +33 1 71 72 33 05 sales@patheinternational. com www.patheinternational.com UK FILM CANNES 2015 SHORTS 9 Love is Blind MANOMAN Synopsis Alice is in the passionate embrace of her young lover as she finally succumbs to temptation. But when her husband James unexpectedly returns home early, Alice finds herself in an emotional minefield. Wracked with guilt for being unfaithful just as James offers an olive branch, while simultaneously negotiating her lover’s escape. Synopsis Glen is barely a man. In a desperate attempt to tap into his masculinity he attends a primal scream therapy session. Surrounded by wailing men he cannot even make a sound. When another member of the class pushes Glen too far he finally lets something out - a miniature version of himself which does whatever it wants, regardless of the consequences. Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Shorts Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 6 mins Director: Dan Hodgson Producer: Elizabeth Brown Executive Producer: Lady Best, Suzy Brown, Bill Nicholson, Magapanthus Smith, Bob Hodgson Editor: Dan Hodgson Screenwriter: Dan Hodgson Directory of Photography: Adrian Marciate Production Designer: Hannah Purdy Foggin Sound: Richard Chesebrough Music: Pete and the Pirates Principal Cast: Will Best, Sophie Allen, Ace Mahbaz Production Company Bird Flight Films [email protected] www.birdflightfilms.com Sales Agent Premium Films 6 rue Desargues 75011 Paris FRANCE +33 1 42 77 06 31 [email protected] www.premium-films.com (UK Sales) Coffee & Cigarettes 3rd Floor 121 - 125 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EW edo@coffeeandcigarettes. co.uk +44 (0)20 7434 1524 +44 (0)7779 227 770 www.coffeeandcigarettes.co.uk/ 10 SHORTS Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Cinéfondation Selection Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 11 mins Director: Simon Cartwright Producer: Kamilla Kristiane Hodol Editor: Paco Sweetman Screenwriter: Simon Cartwright Directory of Photography: Steven Cameron Ferguson Production Designer: Sara Taddei Sound: Dayo James Music: Terence Dunn Principal Cast: Gordon Pearson Production Company The National Film and Television School Beaconsfield Studios Station Road Beaconsfield HP9 1LG [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk Simon Cartwright +44 (0)7946292790 [email protected] http://simon-cartwright.com Sales Agent The National Film and Television School Beaconsfield Studios Station Road Beaconsfield HP9 1LG [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk Patriot Rate Me Synopsis Synopsis Against the backdrop of simmering racial tensions within her rural English community, the life of eleven year old Hannah changes forever when she meets a boy from a forbidden part of town. A portrait of teenage escort, Coco. Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Shorts Competition Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 15 mins Director: Eva Riley Producer: Michelangelo Fano Editor: Abolfazl Talooni Screenwriter: Eva Riley Directory of Photography: David Pimm Production Designer: Irene Dimarca Sound: Robert Malone Music: Antonio Nardi Principal Cast: Halle Kidd, Rafael Constantin, Michael Elkin, Ray James Production Company The National Film and Television School Beaconsfield Studios Station Road Beaconsfield HP9 1LG [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk Sales Agent The National Film and Television School Beaconsfield Studios Station Road Beaconsfield HP9 1LG [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk Cannes 2015 - Directors’ Fortnight Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 17 mins Director: Fyzal Boulifa Producer: Taina Galis, Fyzal Boulifa Executive Producer: Nik Holltum, Yoni Magid, Scott Sullivan, Alisa Pomeroy Editor: Taina Galis, Fyzal Boulifa Screenwriter: Fyzal Boulifa Directory of Photography: Taina Galis Production Designer: Tilly Shiner Sound: Anna Bertmark Music: Felicita Principal Cast: Zehra Zorba, Leo Hatton Production Company Too True Films Ltd 141 Wellesley Court London W9 1RH [email protected] [email protected] SHORTS 11 12 ON RELEASE 2015 13 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia 45 Years Synopsis Documentary filmmaker Mark Cousins follows in the footsteps of DH Lawrence in a road-trip through Sardinia. Synopsis There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 85 mins Director: Mark Cousins Producer: Samm Haillay, Laura Marcellino, Don Boyd Screenwriter: Mark Cousins, Laura Marcellino Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 93 mins Director: Andrew Haigh Producer: Tristan Goligher Executive Producer: Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Sam Lavender, Tessa Ross, Richard Holmes, Vincent Gadelle, Louisa Dent, Philip Knatchbull Editor: Jonathan Alberts Screenwriter: Andrew Haigh (screenplay), David Constantine (short story) Directory of Photography: Lol Crawley Production Designer: Sarah Finlay Sound: Joakim Sundström Music: Connie Farr Principal Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James Production Company Third Films Kingsland Church Studios Priory Green Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2DW [email protected] www.thirdfilms.co.uk 14 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Third Films Kingsland Church Studios Priory Green Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2DW [email protected] www.thirdfilms.co.uk Production Company The Bureau 18 Phipp Street London EC2A 4NU +44 (0)207 033 0555 [email protected] www.thebureau.co.uk Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstr. 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 7090 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com 808 Attacking The Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime Synopsis Synopsis 808 is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It’s the tale of the birth of electronic music, and how one small machine changed the musical landscape forever... by accident. It’s the story of a sound that has been embraced by the world’s top producers and performers, and has been name-checked on a whole host of hit records. Associated with numerous musical styles crossing both time and genre, its defining sounds are as relevant now as they ever have been. It defined hip hop and modern dance culture and its sound continues to deliver dancefloor-smashing beats today. As editor of The Sunday Times for fourteen years, Sir Harold Evans proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time. In an investigative climate all too rare by today’s standards, Evans had the freedom and resources to allow teams of journalists to work on long-term projects, including the exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet spy. Evans’ longest and most hard fought campaign was for the victims of Thalidomide. Originally developed by the Germans in World War II to counter effect sarin gas, post-war the drug was blithely prescribed by British doctors as an antidote to morning sickness, unwittingly leading to tens of thousands of children being born with serious defects. The Sunday Times’ fight to win compensation for their struggling families would take more than a decade, as Evans tenaciously pursued the drug companies through the English courts and beyond. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 94 mins Director: Alex Dunn Producer: Arthur Baker, Alex Dunn, Craig Kallman, Alex Noyer Co-Producer: Matthew Jarman Executive Producer: Alex Noyer Editor: Stuart Birchall, Alex Dunn, Matthew Jarman Screenwriter: Luke Bainbridge, Alex Dunn Directory of Photography: Stuart Birchall, Claudio Rietti Sound: Matthew Jarman Principal Cast: Damon Albarn, Arthu Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Jellybean Benítez Production Company UK, USA, Japan, Finland, Belgium coproduction Sales Agent Abramorama Richard Abramowitz You Know Films (US), Atlantic +1 914 273 9545 Films (US), You Know Ltd. (UK) [email protected] You Know Ltd. 14 Baltic Street East London EC1Y 0UJ +44 (0)20 7253 8788 [email protected] http://youknow.co.uk/ Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 100 mins Director: Jacqui Morris, David Morris Producer: Jacqui Morris Executive Producer: Steve Milne, Rankin Editor: David Fairhead Directory of Photography: Clive Booth Music: Alex Baronowski Principal Cast: Harold Evans Production Company Frith Street Films 50 Frith Street London W1D 4SQ +44 (0)7989852672 [email protected] Sales Agent Frith Street Films 50 Frith Street London W1D 4SQ +44 (0)7989852672 [email protected] ON RELEASE 15 The Beat Beneath My Feet 1st 1st Synopsis A teenage boy discovers his unruly neighbour is really a disgraced rock god who “died” eight years ago owing a fortune in unpaid tax. The boy agrees not to reveal his secret on condition that he teaches him the dark arts of rock guitar. Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 91 mins Director: John Williams Producer: Fiona Gillies, Michael Mueller, Raj Sharma Executive Producer: Puneet Gupta Editor: Thomas Goldser Screenwriter: Michael Mueller Directory of Photography: Sara Deane Production Designer: Alison Butler Sound: Nigel Albermaniche Music: Paul Cartledge, Geoff Jackson, Phil Jewson Principal Cast: Nicholas Galitzine, Luke Perry, Lisa Dillon Production Company Scoop Films 10 Soho Square London W1D 3NT [email protected] www.scoopfilms.com 16 Bone in the Throat ON RELEASE Sales Agent Spotlight Pictures (US) 6671 W. Sunset Blvd., # 1591 Hollywood CA 90028 USA +1 323 871 2551 [email protected] www.spotlight-pictures.com Synopsis Based on celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s novel ‘Bone in the Throat’, with the action re-located from Manhattan to London. A gritty fast paced story about a young ambitious chef who, while trying to focus on getting ahead in his career, gets pulled into the East End London mob by his uncle, who expects him to step up and join him. He now has to work quickly to undo his uncle’s mess, while staying alive and out of jail. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 96 mins Director: Graham Henman Producer: Nick Thurlow, Lenny Beckerman, Maggie Monteith Executive Producer: Anthony Bourdain, Josh Crook, Jamie Donaldson Editor: Gabriel Wrye Screenwriter: Anthony Bourdain (novel), Graham Henman, Mark Townend (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Felix Weidemann Production Designer: Miren Marañón Music: Lorne Balfe Principal Cast: Ed Westwick, Tom Wilkinson, Rupert Graves, Vanessa Kirby, John Hannah, Steve Mackintosh, Andy Nyman website http://boneinthethroatmovie.com/ Sales Agent Hyde Park International (US) 14958 Ventura Blvd., #100 Dignity Film Finance (US), Sherman Oaks Hello and Company (US), Upload Films (US), Wing and CA 91403 USA a Prayer Films (US) +1 818 783 6060 +1 818 783 6319 [email protected] www.hydeparkentertainment.com Production Company UK, USA coproduction Brand: A Second Coming Brooklyn Synopsis Synopsis ‘Brand: A Second Coming’ follows comedian/ author/activist Russell Brand as he dives headlong into drugs, sex and fame in an attempt to find happiness, only to realize we have all been nurtured on bad ideas and empty celebrity idols. Brand leaves Los Angeles to embark on a stand-up comedy tour about his own true icons - Gandhi, Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus Christ - and transforms from addict and Hollywood star into an unexpected political disruptor and new found hero to the undeserved. All Nora has to look forward to if she stays in 1950s Ireland are slick-haired rugby players, selling cigarettes one at a time at the local shop, and bad weather. So when a kindly priest, Father Flood, sponsors her to go to America, she packs her meagre belongings and heads to Brooklyn. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 105 mins Director: Ondi Timoner Producer: Ondi Timoner Editor: Tim Rush, David Timoner, Ondi Timoner, Clay Zimmerman Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner Directory of Photography: Svetlana Cvetko, Paul Marchand, Mark Schwartzbard Principal Cast: Russell Brand, Ron Brand, Barbara Brand, Noel Gallagher, David Lynch, Stephen Merchant Production Company UK, USA coproduction Mayfair Film Partnership (UK), Interloper Films (US) Mayfair Film Partnership 3-5 College Street Burnham On Sea Somerset TA8 1AR Sales Agent Myriad Pictures (US) 3015 Main St., # 400 Santa Monica CA 90405 USA +1 310 279 4000 [email protected] www.myriadpictures.com Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 105 mins Director: John Crowley Producer: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Alan Moloney Editor: Jake Roberts Screenwriter: Colm Tóibin (Novel), Nick Hornby (Screenplay) Directory of Photography: Yves Bélanger Production Designer: François Séguin Principal Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters Production Company Ireland, UK, Canada coproduction Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street Wildgaze Films (UK), Parallel London W1T 1UH Films (IE), Irish Film Board +44 (0)20 7290 0750 (IE), Item 7 (CA) [email protected] Wildgaze Films www.hanwayfilms.com +44 (0)20 7734 7065 [email protected] ON RELEASE 17 Bypass Castles in the Sky Synopsis Tim is a good kid. Tim is a criminal. Tim has been lucky enough to be taught the cornerstones of basic human decency. He cares for those close to him and is aware of his responsibilities towards them. But unfortunately he has to compete with people who are not complicated by such morality. Synopsis From multi-award-winning director Gillies Mackinnon this is the fascinating story of visionary Scottish engineer and developer of radar, Robert Watson-Watt (Eddie Izzard). Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 105 mins Director: Duane Hopkins Producer: Samm Haillay Editor: Christopher Barwell Directory of Photography: David Procter Production Designer: Stéphane Collonge Music: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans Principal Cast: George MacKay, Donald Sumpter, Charlotte Spencer, Chanel Cresswell, Felicity Gilbert The film is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI), Film Agency Wales and Film i Väs Production Company Third Films Kingsland Church Studios Priory Green, Byker Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 2DW [email protected] www.thirdfilms.co.uk 18 ON RELEASE Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstr 79-81 Cologne 50670 Germany +49 22 15 39 70 90 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Gillies Mackinnon Producer: Simon Wheeler, Arabella Page Croft, Kieran Parker Editor: Anne Sopel Screenwriter: Ian Kershaw Directory of Photography: Alasdair Walker Production Designer: Andy Harris Music: Mark Russell Principal Cast: Eddie Izzard, Karl Davies, Laura Fraser, Julian Rhind-Tutt, David Hayman Production partners: Open University, BBC, Creative Scotland, Glasgow Film Office, Robert Watson Watt Trust, Brechin Civic Trust Production Company Black Camel Pictures 55 Partickhill Road Glasgow G11 5AB +44 (0)141 339 2059 www.blackcamel.co.uk Chuck Norris vs Communism Cinderella Synopsis Synopsis In 1980s Romania, thousands of Western films smashed through the Iron Curtain opening a window into the free world for those who dared to look. A black market VHS racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the masses and sowed the seeds of a revolution. The story of Cinderella follows the fortunes of young Ella whose father remarries following the tragic death of her mother. When Ella’s father suddenly and unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel stepmother and stepsisters... But, when the Palace sends out an open invitation for all maidens to attend a royal ball, might her fortunes begin to change? Will she go to the ball? Well, as in all good fairy tales, help is at hand as a kindly beggar woman steps forward, armed with a pumpkin and a few mice, and changes her life forever. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 78 mins Director: Ilinca Calugareanu Producer: Mara Adina Executive Producer: John Battsek, Dan Cogan, James Packer, Jenny Raskin, Brett Ratner, Nicole Stott Screenwriter: Ilinca Calugareanu Production Company UK, Romania, Germany coproduction Vernon Films, Passion Pictures, Impact Partners (US), RatPac Documentary Films (US), 4 Proof Films (RO), OpenVizor (UK) Vernon Films [email protected] www.vernonfilms.co.uk Sales Agent United Talent Agency (US) 9336 Civic Center Drive Beverly Hills CA 90210 USA +1 310 273 6700 SchwartzWrightM@ unitedtalent.com Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 105 mins Director: Kenneth Branagh Producer: Simon Kinberg, Allison Shearmur, David Barron Executive Producer: Tim Lewis, Barry H. Waldman Editor: Martin Walsh Screenwriter: Chris Weitz Directory of Photography: Haris Zambarloukos Production Designer: Dante Ferretti Sound: Stuart Wilson Music: Patrick Doyle Principal Cast: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger Production Company USA, UK coproduction Walt Disney Studios UK +44 1753 785529 Sales Agent Walt Disney Studios (US) Burbank, USA +1 818 56051150 Walt Disney Pictures (US) +1 818 560 1000 / +1 818 5605 1150 www.disney.com/ ON RELEASE 19 The Closer We Get A Dangerous Game Synopsis Karen’s mother Ann suffers a devastating stroke that brings her daughter back home when she least expects it. But Karen isn’t the only one who returns to help care for Ann in the crisis: Her prodigal father Ian - endearing and unfathomable and who’s been separated from Ann for years, also reappears. Armed with her camera, Karen seizes this last chance to go under the skin of the family story before it’s too late, to come to terms with the aftermath of the secret her father had tried - and failed - to keep from them all, and to find that Ann’s stroke has in fact thrown them all a life raft. Synopsis A follow-up to ‘You’ve Been Trumped’, which takes up where the previous film left off. American billionaire property developer Donald Trump and other rapacious developers battle local heroes in Scotland in their effort to build luxury golf resorts that end up costing the earth. Hot Docs 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 87 minutes Director: Karen Guthrie Producer: Karen Guthrie, Nina Pope Editor: Alice Powell Screenwriter: Karen Guthrie Directory of Photography: Nina Pope Sound: Doug Haywood Music: Malcolm Middleton Principal Cast: Ann Guthrie, Ian Guthrie, Karen Guthrie Production Company Somewhere [email protected] www.somewhere.org.uk 20 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Somewhere [email protected] www.somewhere.org.uk Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Anthony Baxter Producer: Richard Phinney Screenwriter: Richard Phinney Music: Dominic Glynn, Karine Polwart Principal Cast: Donald Trump Production Company Monstrose Pictures Bridge Street Montrose Scotland DD10 8AB +44 (0)1674 677 233 [email protected] www.montrosepictures.co.uk/ Dark Horse Disaster Playground Synopsis Synopsis An inspirational and occasionally heart-stopping true story of a group of friends from a working men’s club in Wales who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse. Against all the odds, their young foal, raised on nearby waste-land, goes on to become a champion. Until one day disaster strikes… Hollywood relies on Bruce Willis to save the world in Armageddon, but who are the real-life heroes seeking to save our civilization from the next major asteroid impact? Disaster Playground investigates future outer space catastrophes and the procedures to manage and assess the risks. The film follows the scientists planning the monitoring and deflection of hazardous Near Earth Objects and the real-life procedures in place in the event of an asteroid collision with the earth. Follow the chain of command that runs from the SETI Institute and NASA to the White House and United Nations and meet the people who are responsible from protecting us from a potentially devastating asteroid impact. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 78 mins Director: Ilinca Calugareanu Producer: Mara Adina Executive Producer: John Battsek, Dan Cogan, James Packer, Jenny Raskin, Brett Ratner, Nicole Stott Screenwriter: Ilinca Calugareanu Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, cocommissioned through Broadway’s Near Now programme. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 67 mins Director: Nelly Ben Hayoun Producer: Lisa James Executive Producer: John Tobin, Mathew Trivett Editor: Alice Powell Screenwriter: Nelly Ben Hayoun Directory of Photography: Catherine Goldschmidt Production Company World’s End Productions 10 Denmark Street London WC2H 8TD +44 (0)20 7240 3439 info@worldsendproductions. com www.worldsendproductions. com/ Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 info@protagonistpictures. com www.protagonistpictures. com/ Production Company Co-commissioned by Broadway Media Centre and the Arts Council through Broadway’s ‘Near Now’ programme Disaster Playground Nelly Ben Hayoun Studio +44 (0)7969534911 [email protected] http://nellyben.com/ ON RELEASE 21 Dreamcatcher The Duke of Burgundy Synopsis The Dreamcatchers, Brenda Myers-Powell and Stephanie Daniels-Wilson, are two former prostitutes who use their inside knowledge to help women who are selling sex on the streets of Chicago, and to prevent very young girls from doing the same. Longinotto’s film reveals the true devastation of sexual exploitation; how it affects the women, their families and the communities where they live. Through the intervention of the Dreamcatchers, we see how Brenda and Stephanie turn hopeless lives around. Synopsis A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lover. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 98 mins Director: Kim Longinotto Producer: Teddy Leifer, Lisa Stevens Editor: Oliver Huddleston Production Company Rise Films 46 Berwick Street London W1F 8SG +44 (0)20 3214 6072 [email protected] www.risefilms.com 22 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Dogwoof Ground Floor, 19-23 Ironmonger Row London EC1V 3QN +44 (0)20 7253 6244 [email protected] www.dogwoof.com Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 104 mins Director: Peter Strickland Producer: Andy Starke Executive Producer: Ben Wheatley, Lizzie Francke, Anna Higgs, Amy Jump, Ildiko Kemeny Editor: Matyas Fekete Screenwriter: Peter Strickland Directory of Photography: Nicholas D. Knowland Production Designer: Pater Sparrow Sound: Martin Pavey Music: Cat’s Eyes Principal Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna Production Company Rook Films P.O. Box 6465 Bridport DT6 9AS [email protected] www.rookfilms.co.uk/ Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 info@protagonistpictures. com www.protagonistpictures.com The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson Electricity Synopsis Synopsis ‘The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson’ confronts our worst nightmares of impending death and turns them upside down. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, accepted his fate with uplifting positivity and embarked on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went. But like every good story Wilko’s has a damn fine twist in its tail. Two years later and confounding the odds, Wilko wakes up in a hospital bed, unexpectedly sentenced to live, having now to integrate those enlightened lessons learnt under sentence of death into the unexpected and ongoing future of his life. When Lily O’Connor, a witty, sexy, searingly defiant Northerner with temporal lobe epilepsy and a traumatic past finds out that the brother she’s long thought dead could still be alive, she risks her life to go in search of him. An extraordinary hallucinatory journey, an “Alice In Wonderland” story for the modern day. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 91 mins Director: Julien Temple Producer: Richard Conway, Andrew J. Curtis Co-Producer: Jim Gottlieb Executive Producer: Grace Carley, Victoria CadoganRawlinson Editor: Caroline Richards Screenwriter: Julien Temple Directory of Photography: Steve Organ Principal Cast: Wilko Johnson Archive Producer Miriam Walsh Production Company Essential Arts +44 (0)7973 875893 richardconway.producer@ yahoo.co.uk Sales Agent Moviehouse Entertainment 4th Floor, 11 Denmark Street London WC2H 8LS +44 (0)20 7836 5536 [email protected] www.moviehouseent.com London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 96 mins Director: Bryn Higgins Producer: Clare Duggan, Bryn Higgins Executive Producer: Alison Morgan Editor: Ben Yeates Screenwriter: Ray Robinson (novel), Joe Fisher (screenwriter) Directory of Photography: Si Bell Production Designer: Beck Rainford Music: John Lunn Principal Cast: Agyness Deyn, Lenora Crichlow, Christian Cooke, Paul Anderson, Tom Georgeson, Alice Lowe Production Company Stone City Films 37 John’s Mews London WC1N 2NS +44 (0)20 7405 9111 [email protected] www.stonecity.co.uk Sales Agent 4Square Films Matrix Studios Next Level Films 91 Peterborough Road London SW6 3BU +44 (0)795 657 8093 [email protected] ON RELEASE 23 The Emperor’s New Clothes The Face of an Angel Synopsis A look at the growing disparity between different economic classes. Comedian, provocateur and aspiring revolutionary Russell Brand leads a polemical documentary about the financial crisis from international banking centres in London and New York. Combining documentary style, archive footage and comedy routines to explore how the crisis has affected the working and lower classes while the famed “one percent” has benefited. Synopsis Based on Barbie Latza Nadeau’s book, the film follows the story of a troubled filmmaker trying to uncover the truth behind a sensational murder in Italy. Swept up in the media feeding frenzy around the enigmatic lead suspect, he sees that the victim has been forgotten, and realises that his own salvation lies in returning to the daughter he has left behind. Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Michael Winterbottom Producer: Melissa Parmenter, Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom Executive Producer: Nik Linnen, Andrew Eaton Editor: Marc Richardson Screenwriter: Michael Winterbottom Directory of Photography: James Clarke Music: Joel Cadbury Principal Cast: Russell Brand, Bill de Blasio, Richard Brooks, Paul Mason, Michael Heseltine, Richard Murphy, Geraint Anderson Production Company Revolution Films 9A Dallington Street London EC1V 0BQ +44 (0)20 7566 0700 [email protected] www.revolution-films.com/ 24 Sales Agent StudioCanal 50 Marshall Street London W1F 9BQ +44 (0)20 7534 2700 [email protected] www.studiocanal.com Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 100 mins Director: Michael Winterbottom Producer: Melissa Parmenter Co-Producer: Josh Hyams, Anthony Wilcox Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Eric Anidjar, Leon Benarroch, Roberto Mitrani, Norman Merry, Andrew Eaton, Anthony Jabre, Reza Safinia, Susana Hornil Editor: Marc Richardson Screenwriter: Barbie Latza Nadeau (novel), Paul Viragh (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Hubert Taczanowski Production Designer: Carly Reddin Sound: Matteo Olivari Music: Harry Escott Principal Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Daniel Brühl, Cara Delevingne Production Company UK, Italy coproduction Revolution Films (UK), BBC Films (UK), Cattleya (IT) Revolution Films 9A Dallington Street London EC1V 0BQ +44 (0)20 7566 0700 [email protected] www.revolution-films.com BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place ON RELEASE London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms Sales Agent WestEnd Films 2nd Floor 15 Greek Street London W1D 4DP +44 (0)20 7494 8300 [email protected] www.westendfilms.com The Falling Far from the Madding Crowd Synopsis Synopsis Inspired by a true story about an outbreak of mass hysteria in a girls’ high school in England in the 1960s, ‘The Falling’ tells the story of Louise, the troubled girl at the centre of a mysterious fainting epidemic, who is determined to find out the cause of the illness spreading through her school. The story of independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 102 mins Director: Carol Morley Producer: Cairo Cannon, Luc Roeg Editor: Chris Wyatt Screenwriter: Carol Morley Directory of Photography: Agnès Godard Production Designer: Jane Levick Principal Cast: Maisie Williams, Ellie Bamber, Maxine Peake, Joe Cole, Greta Scacchi Production Company An Independent, Cannon and Morley, BBC Films, BFI production in association with Head Gear Films Independent 6 Hatton Place London EC1N 8RU +44 (0)207 257 8734 mail@independentfilmcompany. com www.independentfilmcompany. com Cannon and Morley Productions 53 Parfett Street London E1 1JR +44 (0)20 7247 0664 [email protected] www.campfilms.co.uk Sales Agent Independent 6 Hatton Place London EC1N 8RU +44 (0)207 257 8734 mail@independentfilmcompany. com www.independentfilmcompany. com UK Release April 2015 Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 119 mins Director: Thomas Vinterberg Producer: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich Co-Producer: Anita Overland Executive Producer: Christine Langan Editor: Claire Simpson Screenwriter: David Nicholls (screenwriter), Thomas Hardy (novel) Directory of Photography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen Production Designer: Kave Quinn Music: Craig Armstrong Principal Cast: Carey Mulligan, Juno Temple, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jessica Barden Production Company USA, UK coproduction Fox Searchlight Pictures (US), DNA Films (UK), BBC Films (UK) DNA Films 10 Amwell Street London EC1R 1UQ +44 (0)20 7843 4410 [email protected] www.dnafilms.com ON RELEASE 25 Get Santa The Goob Synopsis A father and son team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus is sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police. Synopsis We’re in the middle of a heatwave in fenland England. Goob Taylor’s spent each of his 16 summers helping mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When mum shacks up with swarthy stock car supremo and lady’s man Gene Womack, Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob’s world turns when exotic beet picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things. But as the temperatures soar and the beet crop swells, the tension escalates when Womack wants a piece of Eva too. UK release December 2014 Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 102 mins Director: Christopher Smith Producer: Liza Marshall Editor: Stuart Gazzard Screenwriter: Christopher Smith Directory of Photography: Christopher Ross Principal Cast: Jim Broadbent, Warwick Davies, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham, Rafe Spall, Ewen Bremner, Joanna Scanlan Production Company UK, USA coproduction Scott Free Productions 42-44 Beak Street London W1F 9RH +44 (0)207 437 3163 [email protected] www.scottfree.com 26 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Altitutude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)20 7478 7612 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 86 mins Director: Guy Myhill Producer: Lee Groombridge, Mike Elliott Editor: Adam Biskupski Screenwriter: Guy Myhill Directory of Photography: Simon Tindall Production Designer: Ben Myhill Principal Cast: Sean Harris, Sienna Guillory, Hannah Spearritt, Liam Springs Part of iFeatures, Creative England’s low budget filmmaking initiative supported by the BBC, The BFI and Creative Skillset Production Company Emu Films Ltd 111a Wardour Street London W1F 0UJ +44 (0)20 7183 0925 [email protected] www.emufilms.com BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ Sales Agent The Bureau Sales/ Le Bureau (FR) 29, rue Etienne Dolet 75020 Paris France +33 1 40 33 33 80 [email protected] www.lebureaufilms.com Greyhawk The Guvnors 1st Synopsis Synopsis Mal Walker, a reclusive, disillusioned Army veteran, is prompted into action when his only mate mysteriously disappears on a down-at-heel council estate. But as he journeys on his urban quest encountering a succession of the estate’s oddball characters - Mal begins to learn it is not just his friend he’s looking for. It is his own humanity. Set among the gangland clans and firms of South East London, and centring on Mitch, a devoted husband and father who puts his gang back together after his old friend and mentor is beaten up and left to die. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Guy Pitt Producer: Tina Galovic Editor: Lois Bygrave Screenwriter: Matt Pitt Directory of Photography: Eben Bolter Production Designer: Chris Barber Music: Nina Humphreys Principal Cast: Zoe Telford, Alec Newman, Juliet Oldfield, Jack Shepherd Production Company Bold Turtle Productions +44 (0)20 3632 3378 [email protected] www.boldturtleproductions.co.uk Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 91 mins Director: Gabe Turner Producer: Cass Pennant, Leo Pearlman, Danny Potts Co-Producer: Cass Pennant Executive Producer: Patrick Fischer, Jezz Vernon Screenwriter: Gabe Turner Directory of Photography: James Friend Production Designer: Paul Burns Principal Cast: Harley Alexander Sule, Doug Allen, David Essex, Vas Blackwood Production Company Fulwell 73 1 Belsize Crescent London NW3 5QY Tel: +44 (0)20 3230 0051 www.fulwell73.co.uk/ [email protected] Metrodome Production Suite 31, Beaufort Court Admirals Way London E14 9XL +44 (0)20 7517 7550 info@metrodomeinternational. com www.metrodomeinternational. com Sales Agent Metrodome International Suite 31, Beaufort Court Admirals Way London E14 9XL +44 (0)20 7517 7550 info@metrodomeinternational. com www.metrodomeinternational. com ON RELEASE 27 Hadwin’s Judgement The Hallow 1st Synopsis The film chronicles the tormented transformation of Grant Hadwin from expert logger to environmental terrorist, a man who dared to challenge the destruction of the world’s last great temperate rainforest. Hadwin’s one-man crusade culminated in a perverse and outrageous act of protest that was, in itself, a crime against nature. Hot Docs 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 87 mins Director: Sasha Snow Producer: Dave Allen, David Christensen, Yves Ma, Elizabeth Yake Executive Producer: David CHristensen, Tracey Freisen, Andrew Ruhemann Editor: Gareth Scales, Ben Stark Screenwriter: Sasha Snow Directory of Photography: Simon Schneider, Sasha Snow Music: Jack Ketch Production Company UK, Canada coproduction Passion Pictures (UK), True West Films (CA), National Film Board of Canada (CA) Passion Pictures County House 33-34 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JN +44 (0)20 7323 9933 [email protected] www.passion-pictures.com 28 ON RELEASE Sales Agent National Film Board of Canada (CA) 3155 Côte de Liesse Road H4N 2N4 Montreal Quebec Canada +1 514 496 0693 [email protected] www.nfb.ca Synopsis A family who move into a remote milllhouse in Ireland find themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 92 mins Director: Corin Hardy Producer: Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter Screenwriter: Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino (as Olga Barreneche) Principal Cast: Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Joseph Mawle, Michael Smiley, Charlotte Williams Production Company Altitude Film Entertainment 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX + 44 (0)20 7478 7612 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com/ Sales Agent Altitude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX + 44 (0)20 7478 7612 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com Hide and Seek Hockney 1st Synopsis Synopsis Four young people flee from London and set up a polyamorous commune in the country- choosing total isolation as an opportunity for an emotional, intellectual, and political hiding place. Strange rules and rituals help to loosen their inhibitions as, fighting cynicism and ghosts from the past, they move towards a deeply unconventional joy. A portrait of one of Britain’s most beloved artists, David Hockney, with revealing contributions from Hockney himself and his friends and colleagues. “It’s been said that there was something of the holiday about David Hockney, that, despite personal loss, he sees the world with holiday eyes, as if for the first time. I wanted to capture this attitude without taking away the mystery and magic of a great artist.” Randall Wright Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 81 mins Director: Joanna Coates Producer: Daniel Metz Co-Producer: Claire Griffith Executive Producer: Matt Holt, David Grant Editor: Maya Maffioli Screenwriter: Daniel Metz, Joanna Coates Directory of Photography: Ben Hecking Sound: Gunnar Óskarsson Music: Paul Wallfisch Principal Cast: Josh O’Connor, Hannah Arterton, Rea Mole, Daniel Metz Production Company Show Business Film Ltd +44 (0)7779 103489 [email protected] Sales Agent Daniel Metz +44 (0)7806 887030 [email protected] London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 113 mins Director: Randall Wright Producer: Kate Ogborn, Randall Wright Principal Cast: David Hockney, Arthur Lambert Production Company Blakeway Productions Blakeway Productions Ltd 6 Anglers Lane London NW5 3DG +44 (0)20 7428 3100 www.blakeway.co.uk Fly Film Company 1st Floor 53 Greek Street London W1D 3DR [email protected] www.flyfilm.co.uk Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com ON RELEASE 29 Honeytrap How to Change the World 1st Synopsis ‘Honeytrap’ is a tragic teen romance, set in South London and inspired by true events. It tells the story of 15-year-old Layla, who sets up the boy in love with her to be killed. Fresh off the boat from Trinidad and full of fairytale fantasies, Layla is swept off her feet by self-styled gang leader/ rapper Troy. But in this dog-eat-dog world where being Troy’s girl buys her envy as well as status, social outsider Shaun becomes her only true friend. When Troy discards her, Layla is left in ruins. She vows to rebuild herself as a hardened player in order to win him back and Shaun becomes a pawn in her game. Soon the forces she has set in motion are escalating out of control. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 93 mins Director: Rebecca Johnson Producer: Sarah Sulick, Amy Ricker Executive Producer: Esther Douglas, Laurie Holden, Patrick Fischer, Rebecca Johnson, Roger Goldby, Stanley Myint, Will Wood Editor: John Dwelly Screenwriter: Rebecca Johnson Directory of Photography: Annemarie Lean-Vercoe Production Designer: Ana Viana Sound: Keith Tunney Music: Francis Binns Principal Cast: Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, Naomi Ryan Production Company Bright Pictures 52 Talbot Road London N6 4QP +44 (0)20 8341 4268 [email protected] www.brightpictures.co.uk Finite Films 82 Princedale Road LondonW11 4NL +44 (0)20 77274628 [email protected] 30 ON RELEASE www.finitefilmsandtv.com www.finitefilms.co.uk Fierce Productions www.fierceproductions.co.uk Sales Agent Bright Pictures 52 Talbot Road London N6 4QP +44 (0)20 8341 4268 [email protected] www.brightpictures.co.uk Synopsis In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world’s imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life, ‘How To Change The World’ is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 110 mins Director: Jerry Rothwell Producer: Al Morrow, Bous De Jong Co-Producer: Sarah James, Al Morrow, Ulla Streib Executive Producer: Barbara Bowlby, John Brunton, Lorraine Charker-Phillips, Dan Cogan, Chris Collins, Ian Darling, Lizzie Francke, Stewart Le Marechal, Jonny Persey, David Wilkinson Editor: James Scott Directory of Photography: Ben Lichty Music: Lesley Barber Production Company Canada, UK coproduction Insight Production Company (CA), Daniel Film (NL), Met Film Production (UK), BFI (UK) Met Film Production Ealing Studios London W5 5EP +44 (0)20 8280 9124 [email protected] www.metfilm.co.uk Sales Agent Submarine Entertainment (US) 197 Grand Street, Suite 6W 10013 New York New York USA +1 212 625 1410 [email protected] www.submarine.com Hyena I Am Belfast Synopsis Synopsis Michael Doyle is an anti-hero for our times: a natural predator and a complex mix of highfunctioning addict and corrupt police officer, always one step ahead of the law. As an influx of ruthless, power-hungry Albanian gangsters makes its bloody mark on London’s criminal landscape, Michael’s once assured grip starts to fail and his self-destructive behaviour begins to consume him. “Belfast, it’s a city that is changing, changing because the people are leaving? But one came back, a 10,000 year old woman who claims that she is the city itself.” A unique film about an infamous place, with this 10,000 year old woman as our free spirited walking tour guide. Starting in the here and now, with the everyday, we move on to the dream life of the city, mapping the voices of women and the liminal spaces, the unnoticed and the unloved things about this place. But she also looks back and she sees the tragedy and the horror of what went before. She remembers everything… Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 112 mins Director: Gerard Johnson Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen, Joanna Laurie, Stephen Woolley Editor: Ian Davies Directory of Photography: Benjamin Kracun Production Designer: Marie Lanna Music: Matt Johnson Principal Cast: Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell, Elisa Lasowski, MyAnna Buring Production Company Number 9 Films 1st Floor, Linton House 24 Wells Street London W1T 3PH +44 (0)20 7323 4060 [email protected] www.number9films.co.uk Sales Agent Independent 32 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB +44 (0)20 7257 8734 mail@independentfilmcompany. com www.independentfilmcompany. com ‘I Am Belfast’ highlights Mark Cousins’ influences, inherently cinematic, but all the while underscored by the influence of the grandparents, the mothers, the brothers and the women of the city he comes from. Belfast Film Festival 2015 - World Premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 84 mins Director: Mark Cousins Producer: John Archer, Chris Martin Executive Producer: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Editor: Timo Langer Screenwriter: Mark Cousins Directory of Photography: Christopher Doyle Music: David Holmes Principal Cast: Helena Breen, Felicity McKee, Richard Buick, Shane McCaffrey Production Company Hopscotch Films Caledonian Arthouse 752-756 Argyle Street Glasgow G3 8UJ +44 (0)141 221 2828 [email protected] www.hopscotchfilms.co.uk ON RELEASE 31 The Imitation Game Just Jim 1st Synopsis English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Telluride Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 113 mins Director: Morten Tyldum Producer: Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman Co-Producer: Peter Heslop Executive Producer: Graham Moore Editor: William Goldenberg Screenwriter: Graham Moore Directory of Photography: Óscar Faura Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic Music: Alexandre Desplat Principal Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode Production Company USA, UK coproduction Black Bear Pictures 4th Floor, 185 Franklin Street New York NY 10013 USA +1 212 931 5714 [email protected] 32 ON RELEASE Sales Agent FilmNation Entertainment LLC (US) 150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor New York NY 10011 USA +1 917 484 8900 [email protected] www.filmnation.com Synopsis Jim is sixteen, lives in a small Welsh town, is mediocre looking and frankly quite boring. Things change dramatically when Dean moves in next door. They quickly become friends and set on a journey together to help Jim come of age. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 84 mins Director: Craig Roberts Producer: Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton Executive Producer: Adam Partridge Editor: Stephen Haren Screenwriter: Craig Roberts Directory of Photography: Richard Stoddard Production Designer: Arwel Jones Music: Michael Price Principal Cast: Craig Roberts, Emile Hirsch, Sai Bennett, Richard Harrington Sales Agent Visit Films (US) 173 Richardson Street Brooklyn NY 11222 Vox Pictures 3rd Floor, Riverside Building USA +1 718 312 8210 County Hall [email protected] Westminster Bridge Road www.visitfilms.com London Production Company A Vox Pictures production in association with BFI, BBC Films, SAW, S4C, OTM SE1 7PB [email protected] +44 (0)20 7202 2400 K Kajaki Synopsis Synopsis A stranger claiming to be a land surveyor arrives at a remote frontier village governed by a nearby castle, and fights to gain the acceptance of the villagers. This riveting suspense thriller tells the true story of the bravery and brotherhood that took place on the Kajaki Dam. Young British soldiers find themselves courageously fighting for each other’s lives in a minefield where the next step could be their last. Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 86 mins Director: Emyr ap Richard, Darhad Erdenibulag Producer: Jia Zhangke, Emyr ap Richard, Justine O, Zhang Dong, Tao Li, Tsiring, Zhao Siyuan Co-Producer: Zhang Dong, Tao Li, Tsiring, Siyuan Zhao Editor: Matthieu Laclau Screenwriter: Emyr ap Richard (screenplay), inspired by Franz Kafka’s ‘The Castle’ Directory of Photography: Matthieu Laclau Production Designer: Emyr ap Richard, Darhad Erdenibula Sound: Yang Zhang Principal Cast: Bayin, Jula, Yirgui, Zandaraa, Altanochir Production Company China, UK coproduction Xstream Pictures (CN), East Light Film Limited (CN), Beijing Y & Y Film Development (CN) Xstream Pictures (CN) +86 10 82350984 [email protected] UK release November 2014 Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 108 mins Director: Paul Katis Producer: Andrew de Lotbiniere, Paul Katis, Gareth Unwin Executive Producer: Phil Hunt, Alexa Jago, Alec Mackenzie, Compton Ross, Gareth Unwin, Lee Vandermolen Editor: Brin Screenwriter: Tom Williams Directory of Photography: Chris Goodger Production Designer: Erik Rehl Principal Cast: Mark Stanley, David Elliot, Jon-Paul Bell, Malachi Kirby Production Company Head Gear Films Douglas House 3 Richmond Buildings London W1D 3HE +44 (0)20 3230 1054 Sales Agent Metro International Entertainment 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields Holborn London WC2A 3ED +44 (0)20 7396 5301 [email protected] www.metro-films.com ON RELEASE 33 The Knife That Killed Me 1st 1st Synopsis The tragic tale of sixteen-year-old Paul Varderman’s downward spiral into knife crime. We learn of Paul’s untimely death at the beginning of the film and are then taken on a journey through Paul’s memories as he tries to make sense of how he came to be involved with Roth and his gang, and how he came to be in possession of the knife, the knife that killed him. Fear is the overriding emotion in the coarse, graffiti littered playground for Paul and his peers; fear of not fitting in, fear of being misunderstood and worst of all, fear of appearing afraid. This compelling story is brought to life in a truly original fashion - 100% CGI, with a unique and innovative visual style. Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 101 mins Director: Kit Monkman, Marcus Romer Producer: Thomas Mattinson, Alan Latham Executive Producer: Peter Bates, John Mateeer, Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls, Michael Lionello Boscardi Cowan, Sean O’Kelly, Jason Garrett, David Rogers, Cormac A Crawford, Stephen Evans, Ian Foxley Screenwriter: Kit Monkman, Marcus Romer Music: Tom Adams Principal Cast: Jack McMullen, Reece Dinsdale Production Company Green Screen Productions Ltd [email protected] www.greenscreen.co.uk 34 Let Us Prey ON RELEASE Sales Agent Stealth Media Group 14 Regent Hill Brighton BN1 3ED +44 (0)1273 739182 [email protected] Synopsis Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Brian O’Malley Producer: Eddie Dick, Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell Executive Producer: Lee Brazier, James Daly, Chris Hainsworth, Nick Munday Editor: Tony Kearns Screenwriter: David Cairns, Fiona Watson Directory of Photography: Piers McGrail Production Designer: James Lapsley Music: Steve Lynch Principal Cast: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin Production Company Makar Productions 23 Parkhead Avenue Edinburgh EH11 4SF Scotland +44 (0)131 443 8056 [email protected] Sales Agent Metrodome International Suite 31, Beaufort Court Admirals Way London E14 9XL +44 (0)20 7517 7550 info@metrodomeinternational. com www.metrodomeinternational. com Life May Be A Little Chaos Synopsis Synopsis An epistolary feature film: a cinematic discourse between a British director Mark Cousins (the celebrated film maker and historian) and an Iranian actress and director Mania Akbari (famed for her work with Abbas Kiarostami and in her own right as a director) which extends the concept of “essay film” with startling confrontations in the arenas of cultural issues, gender politics and differing artistic sensibilities. A female landscape gardener is awarded the esteemed assignment to construct the grand gardens at Versailles, a gilt-edged position which thrusts her to the very centre of the court of King Louis XIV. Can she overcome the challenges of this new and complex world, and the ghosts of her own past tragedy, to secure a future with the man she loves? A unique journey into the minds of two exceptional filmmakers which becomes a love affair on film. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 85 mins Director: Mania Akbari, Mark Cousins Producer: Don Boyd Editor: Paria Kamyab, Timo Langer Screenwriter: Mania Akbari, Mark Cousins Directory of Photography: Mania Akbari, Mark Cousins Principal Cast: Mania Akbari, Mark Cousins Production Company UK, Iran coproduction Hibrow Productions [email protected] www.hibrow.tv Sales Agent Hibrow Productions [email protected] www.hibrow.tv Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 116 mins Director: Alan Rickman Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan, Bertrand Faivre Co-Producer: Richard Hewitt Executive Producer: Zygi Kamasa, Guy Avshalom, Patrick Wachsberger, Christine Langan, Norman Merry, Richard Wolfe, Ray Cooper Editor: Nicolas Gaster Screenwriter: Alison Deegan, Alan Rickman, Jeremy Brock Directory of Photography: Ellen Kuras Production Designer: James Merifield Sound: Gareth John Music: Peter Gregson Principal Cast: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory Production Company Potboiler Productions 9 Greek Street London W1D 4DQ +44 (0)20 7734 7372 www.potboiler.co.uk/ Artemis Films Ltd Suite 3, Berkeley Sq House Berkeley Square London W1J 6BY +44 (0)20 3675 0499 www.artemisfilms.org/ BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms Lionsgate UK Ariel House 74A Charlotte Street London E1T 4QJ +44 (0)20 7299 8800 www.lionsgate.com/ Sales Agent Lionsgate International Lionsgate, Ariel House 74A Charlotte Street London E1T 4QJ +44 (0)20 7299 8800 www.lionsgate.com/ ON RELEASE 35 Listen To Me Marlon The Look of Silence Synopsis With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive, including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is a definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. With Brando himself as your guide, the film charts his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen. Exploring the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon’s perspective, entirely in his own voice... just Brando on Brando and life. Synopsis A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 102 mins Director: Stevan Riley Producer: John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler Co-Producer: Nicole Stott Executive Producer: Jeffrey I. Abrams, Avra Douglas, Andrew Ruhemann Editor: Stevan Riley Screenwriter: Stevan Riley, Peter Ettedgui (co-writer) Directory of Photography: Ole Bratt Birkeland Production Company Passion Pictures County House 33-34 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JN +44 (0)20 7323 9933 [email protected] www.passion-pictures.com 36 ON RELEASE Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 99 mins Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen Co-Producer: Torstein Grude, Kaarle Aho, Anonymous, Bjarte Mørner Tveit Executive Producer: Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, André Singer Editor: Nils Pagh Andersen Directory of Photography: Lars Skree Sound: Henrik Garnov Music: Seri Banang, Mana Tahan Principal Cast: Adi Rukun Sales Agent Cinephil (IL) Levontin Street 18 Tel Aviv 6511207 Israel Final Cut for Real (DK), Making Movies Oy (FI), Piraya +972 3 566 4129 [email protected] Film (NO), Anonymous, www.cinephil.co.il Spring Films (UK) Production Company Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK coproduction Spring Films 47 Conduit Street Second Floor London W1S 2YP +44 (0)20 3327 4930 [email protected] www.springfilms.tv Lost In Karastan Love Hotel Synopsis Synopsis A gentle black comedy about a confused, washed up film director, Emil, who is invited by a nascent state to make a national epic in an obscure Caucasus Republic ruled by an eccentric and corrupt dictator. When down and out Academy award-winning British film director Emil Miller receives an invitation to the Embassy of the Autonomous Republic of Karastan, little does he know that he will be embarking on one of the wildest journeys of his already diverse and colourful career. The Angel, in central Osaka, is one of the 30,000 love hotels to be found across Japan today. Love Hotels like The Angel can be rented by the hour or for days – they are used by all members of Japanese society including married couples and pensioners. Yet the special Fantasy or ‘concept’ love hotels like The Angel, that once boomed from the 1970s until a few years ago are now facing pressures from conservative lobby groups and rival chains, and many hotels are being forced out of business from a love hotel market that makes two times as much as Toyota Motors each year. Sofia International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 94 mins Director: Ben Hopkins Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor Co-Producer: Vladimer Katcharava, Artem Vassiliev, Daniel Zuta, Andreas Eicher Executive Producer: Stephen Daldry, Michael Cowan Editor: Alan Levy Screenwriter: Ben Hopkins, Pawel Pawlikowski Directory of Photography: Jörg Gruber Production Designer: Mamuka Esadze, Kote Japaridze Sound: Paata Godziashvili Music: Andreas Lucas Principal Cast: Matthew MacFadyen, Myanna Buring, Noah Taylor, Richard van Weyden Production Company UK, Georgia, Russia, Germany coproduction F&ME (UK), 20 Steps Production (GE), Brandstorm Entertainment (DE), Metra Films (RU) Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) 2nd Floor 138 Portobello Road London W11 2DZ + 44 (0)203 713 0028 [email protected] www.fame.uk.com Sales Agent Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment 14 Regent Hill Brighton BN1 3ED +44 (0)1273 329200 www.phoenixworldent.com Sofia International Film Festival 2015 - International premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 80 mins Director: Philip Cox Producer: Giovanna Stopponi Editor: Bert Hunger Screenwriter: Philip Cox, Hikaru Toda Directory of Photography: Philip Cox, Hikaru Toda Music: Florencia Di Concilio Production Company Native Voice Films 71 Regents Studios 8 Andrews Road London E8 4QN +44 (0)20 7241 6650 [email protected] www.nativevoicefilms.com ON RELEASE 37 Love Is All Love, Rosie Synopsis ‘Love Is All’ is a creative collaboration between director Kim Longinotto and musician Richard Hawley, taking us on a romantic journey from the first screen kiss to the present day using spellbinding archive to explore how we made love in a century of unprecedented social upheaval. Synopsis Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were five years old, so they couldn’t possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies. aka ‘Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship’ Göteborg Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 73 mins Director: Kim Longinotto Producer: Mark Atkin, Heather Croall, Matin Rosenbaum Editor: Ollie Huddleston Music: Richard Hawley Production Company A Lone Star Productions, Crossover Labs, BFI production in association with BBC Lone Star 19 Hopefield Avenue London NW6 6LJ +44 (0)783 164 7253 martin@lonestarproductions. co.uk Crossover Labs Dean Street Atelier 91/92 Dean Street London W1D 3SY +44 (0)7884 001962 [email protected] 38 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Dogwoof International Ground Floor 19-23 Ironmonger Row London EC1V 3QN +44 (0)20 7253 6244 [email protected] www.dogwoof.com Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 102 mins Director: Christian Ditter Producer: Simon Brooks, Robert Kulzer Screenwriter: Juliette Towhidi (screenplay), Cecelia Ahern (novel) Principal Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Clafin Production Company UK, Germany coproduction Canyon Creek Films 4-7 Manchester Street London W1 4AE +44 (0)1753 880424 simon@canyoncreekfilms. com Sales Agent Mister Smith Entertainment 77 Dean Street London W1D 3SH +44 (0)20 7494 1724 [email protected] www.mistersmithent.com Luna Man Up Synopsis Synopsis Two years after losing their baby, Grant and Christine visit college friend Dean, and his new love Freya, in their isolated house on the Devon coast. Over a long weekend, old resentments boil over, secrets are revealed, and the life of the dead child is lived out in a series of fantastical dreams. A single woman is mistaken for a stranger’s blind date. Might they just be perfect for one another? Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 104 mins Director: Dave McKean Producer: Keith Evans, Keith Griffiths, Simon Moorhead Executive Producer: Clive Banks, Keith Griffiths Editor: Dave McKean, Emily Rosen Rawlings Screenwriter: Allen Spiegel, Dave McKean Directory of Photography: Antony Shearn, Luke Bryant Production Designer: Dave McKean Sound: Ian Sands, Ben Baird, John Crossland, Shaula Walker, Anna Sulley, Joe Watts Music: Iain Ballamy, Ashley Slater, Dhafer Youssef Principal Cast: Ben Daniels, Dervla Kirwan, Michael Maloney, Stephanie Loenidas Production Company Baker Street 25 Weymouth Street London W1G 7BP +44 (0)20 7637 0272 www.bakerstreet.uk.com Sales Agent Media Luna New Films UG (DE) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 38, 6th Floor 50672 Cologne Germany +49 221 510 918 91 [email protected] http://www.medialuna.biz Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 88 mins Director: Ben Palmer Producer: Nira Park, James Biddle, Rachael Prior Executive Producer: Jenny Borgars, Dan Cheesbrough, Matthew Justice, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Simon Pegg, Danny Perkins Editor: Paul Machliss Screenwriter: Tess Morris Directory of Photography: Andrew Dunn Production Designer: Dick Lunn Music: Dickon Hinchcliffe Principal Cast: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Ophelia Lovibond, Harriet Walter, Ken Stott Production Company Big Talk Pictures 26 Nassau Street London W1W 7AQ +44 (0)20 7255 1131 [email protected] www.bigtalkproductions.com BBC Films BBC Broadcasting House 7th Floor, Zone A Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)203 614 4445 [email protected] www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) 1, Place du Spectacle 92130 Issy les Moulineaux France +33 1 71 35 35 35 pascale.hornus@ studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com ON RELEASE 39 Marc Quinn – Making Waves Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions Synopsis A film which gives an informal, inside look at what it takes to be successful in the contemporary art world, through the eyes of one of its leading exponents, the British YBA artist Marc Quinn. The film follows him over a full year in his life as he creates, exhibits and sells new work across the world from New York to Venice to Hong Kong and Istanbul where he comes into contact with celebrities including Elton John, the Queen and Ai Wei Wei. Synopsis A behind-the-scenes look at Mary J. Blige recording her 13th studio album in London. The film chronicles the singer’s creative process as she writes, records and curates one of her most experimental albums to date. Teaming up with some of the most successful British singer/ songwriters including Sam Smith, Disclosure and Emeli Sande (all of whom appear in the documentary), Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions offers unparalleled access to one of the worlds most successful singers. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 83 mins Director: Gerry Fox Producer: Gerry Fox Editor: John Street Directory of Photography: Gerry Fox Principal Cast: Marc Quinn, Georgie Byng, Gerry Fox, Ai Wei Wei, Elton John Production Company Foxy Film Ltd 60 Elgin Crescent London W11 2JJ +44 (0)7798 844761 [email protected] 40 ON RELEASE Sales Agent High Point Films and TV Studio 2.26 The Old Town Hall 213 Haverstock Hill London NW3 4QP +44 (0)20 7998 6270 [email protected] Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 45 mins Director: Sam Wrench Producer: Ore Okonedo Executive Producer: Mary J. Blige Isaacs, Kendu Isaacs, Steve Barnett, Zak Ravi Editor: Hamish Lyons Principal Cast: Mary J Blige, Sam Smith, Steve Barnett, Disclosure, Jimmy Napes, Rodney Jerkins Production Company USA, UK coproduction Matriarch Entertainment (US), Pulse Films (UK) Pulse Films 17 Hanbury Street London E1 6QR +44 (0)20 7426 5700 [email protected] www.pulsefilms.co.uk Sales Agent Capitol Records Martha Braithwaite +1 323 871 5736 martha.braithwaite@ umusic.com Miss Julie Monsters: Dark Continent 1st Synopsis Synopsis Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father’s valet to seduce her. Seven years on from the events of ‘Monsters’, the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide and two soldiers have to embark on a life-changing mission through the dark heart of monster territory. An adaptation and relocation of August Strindberg’s play ‘Miss Julie’. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 129 mins Director: Liv Ullmann Producer: Oliver Dungey, Teun Hilte, Synnøve Hørsdal Co-Producer: Rita Dagher, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan Executive Producer: Christian Baumard, Aaron L. Gilbert, Marco Gilles, Bastian Griese, Margot Hand, Lutz Heineking, Alain Kappauf, Patrick Murray, Julia Balaeskoul, John Raymonds, Paul Zischler Editor: Michal Leszczylowski Screenwriter: Liv Ullmann (screenwriter), August Strindberg (play) Directory of Photography: Mikhail Krichman Production Designer: Caroline Amies Sound: Stefan Henrix, Ronan Hill Music: Arve Tellefsen, Håvard Gimse, Truls Mørk Principal Cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton Production Company Norway, UK, Canada, USA, France, Ireland coproduction Maipo Film (NO), Subotica Entertainment (IE), Senorita Films (FR), The Apocalypse Films Company (UK) The Apoclaypse Films 10 Heathcroft Hampstead Way London NW11 7HH contact@ theapocalypsefilms.com Sales Agent Wild Bunch 25 Powis Terrace London W11 1JJ +44 (0)20 7792 9791 www.wildbunch.biz Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 123 mins Director: Tom Green Producer: Rory Aitken, Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, Ben Pugh Editor: Richard Graham Screenwriter: Jay Basu Directory of Photography: Christopher Ross Production Designer: Kristian Milsted Music: Neil Davidge Principal Cast: Joe Dempsie, Sofia Boutella, Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Parker Sawyers, Nicolas Pinnock, Kyle Soller, Uriel Emil Pollack Production Company 42 8 Flitcroft Street London WC2H 8DL +(44) 20 7292 0554 Between the Eyes 1 Book Mews Flitcroft Street London WC2H 8DJ +(44) 207 292 0554 [email protected] Vertigo Films Big Room Studios 77 Fortess Road London NW5 1AG +44 (0)20 7428 7555 [email protected] Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com/ ON RELEASE 41 Mr. Holmes My Accomplice 1st Synopsis In 1947, Sherlock Holmes, long-retired, lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and her amateur-sleuthing son. But far from living out a peaceful retirement, he is haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years ago. He remembers only fragments: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife. With his legendary mental powers on the wane, and without his old sidekick Watson, Holmes is faced with the toughest case of his life - a case that might finally reveal to him the mysteries of the human heart. Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 103 mins Director: Bill Condon Producer: Anne Carey, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman Co-Producer: Paul Ritchie, Jack Morrissey, Greg Yolen Executive Producer: Aviv Giladi, Vince Holden, Len Blavatnik, Christine Langan, Zanne Devine, Amy Nauiokas Editor: Virginia Katz Screenwriter: Jeffrey Hatcher, Mitch Cullin (novel) Directory of Photography: Tobias A. Schliessler Production Designer: Martin Childs Sound: Dave McMillan Music: Carter Burwell Principal Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan Production Company Archer Gray Productions (USA), AI Film (UK), See-Saw Films (UK), BBC Films (UK) www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor, New York NY 10011 USA +1 917 484 8900 [email protected] www.filmnation.com AI Film 85 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 4TQ +44 (0)20 7268 3639 See-Saw Films [email protected] 74 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor, London EC2A 3AY www.ai-film.com +44 (0)20 3301 6268 Sales Agent [email protected] FilmNation Entertainment www.see-saw-films.com LLC (US) 42 ON RELEASE Synopsis ‘My Accomplice’ is an off-beat comedy about falling in love, set in Brighton, featuring songs and live performances from local bands Transformer, Bob Wants His Head Back and The Mountain Firework Company. An ill-starred search for the village of Wivelsfield, the personal politics of perestroika in the wider context of David Hasselhoff, apricot flapjacks, abruptly unpredictable weather, gathering evidence of a seagull conspiracy, and a small cast of everyday eccentrics that usually don’t make it into films: Bulgarians, adults with learning disabilities, very tall women and elective mutes. In a city of this many vulnerable adults, Frank and Ilse might never have met. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 92 mins Director: Charlie Weaver Rolfe Producer: Martyn Holmes Executive Producer: Marlene Rolfe, Julie Christie Editor: Charlie Behrens, Martyn Holmes, Tom Sands Screenwriter: Charlie Weaver Rolfe Directory of Photography: Barbara Nicholls, Agata Bogacka Production Designer: Lorna Copp Sound: Pietro Giordano, Kirstie Howell, Music: Sally Magee Principal Cast: Dimitrina Elliott, John Fitzmaurice, Alan Gilchrist Production Company John Said Productions 35A Inwood Crescent Brighton BN1 5AP [email protected] The Narrow Frame of Midnight (Itar el-Layl) A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did Synopsis Synopsis A man in search of his brother and a young girl in search of a home, both running toward an unknown future. One finds freedom, the other death. Can you imagine what it means to grow up as the child of a mass murderer? While studying the Nuremberg trials, a lawyer becomes fascinated with two men: both sons of famous Nazi Governors, and both with polar opposite views of their fathers’ hand in the war. A forthright dive into individual perception, ‘A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did’ adds new meaning to the ties that bind us. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 93 mins Director: Tala Hadid Producer: Khadija Alami, Joslyn Barnes, Cat Villiers Co-Producer: Tala Hadid, Cedomir Kolar Executive Producer: Diloy Gulun, Soren Kloch Editor: Joelle Hache Screenwriter: Tala Hadid Directory of Photography: Alexander Burov Production Designer: Dominique Lacloche Sound: Simou Si Mohamed Principal Cast: Marie Josee Croze, Khalid Abdalla, Fadwa Boujouane Production Company Morocco, UK, USA, Qatar, France coproduction Autonomous (UK), Louverture Films (US), K Films (MA), Asap Films (FR) Autonomous Cat Villiers [email protected] Sales Agent Wide (FR) 9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France +33 1 53 95 04 64 infos@widemanagement. com www.widemanagement.com Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 92 mins Director: David Evans Producer: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey Executive Producer: Philippe Sands, Nick Fraser, David Evans Editor: David Charap Screenwriter: Philippe Sands Directory of Photography: Sam Hardy, Philipp Blaubach Music: Malcolm Lindsay Principal Cast: Philippe Sands, Niklas Frank, Horst von Wächter Production Company Wildgaze Films Ltd 53 Greek Street London W1D 3DR +44 (0)20 77 34 70 65 [email protected] Sales Agent The Film Sales Company (US) 165 Madison Ave., # 601 New York NY 10016 USA +1 212 481 5020 andrew.herwitz@ filmsalescorp.com [email protected] www.filmsalescorp.com ON RELEASE 43 Night Bus Nina Forever 1st 1st Synopsis A double-decker bus weaves through London’s rainglistened, near-deserted night streets. Gradually we meet the people onboard, of all different ages and nationalities: competitive work colleagues and jaded partners; loud drunks and cheeky fare dodgers; a long-suffering driver and random strangers who strike up the unlikeliest of conversations. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Simon Baker Producer: Tamsin Herbert Editor: Simon Baker Screenwriter: Simon Baker Directory of Photography: Dominic Bartels Principal Cast: Matthew Jure, Debra Baker, Waleed Akhtar Production Company 19 Salisbury Road London W13 9TU [email protected] Sales Agent El Capitan Ltd. [email protected] Synopsis Holly has a crush. She’s fallen for Rob, who carries a black cloud of death and despair with him wherever he goes. She is warned off by her friends - he is a walking tragedy ever since his girlfriend Nina died in a car crash a year and a half ago. However Holly is undeterred: she wants him, she can fix him, she can make him happy again. They start a relationship, and the first time they’re in bed together, so is Nina. A bloody and tangled mess of broken limbs, she is dead, very much so, but still here, still talking, all too real. Holly doesn’t freak out and run - she can deal with the dead girl sharing their bed, their lives, their minds. If it’s what Rob needs, it’s what she’ll do… SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 98 mins Director: Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine Producer: Cassandra Sigsgaard Co-Producer: Bruce Webb Editor: Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine Screenwriter: Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine Directory of Photography: Oliver Russell Production Designer: Damien Creagh Sound: Charlie Weisfeld Principal Cast: Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, David Troughton Production Company A Jeva Films Limited, Charlie Productions and The Casualties Bureau Limited production Jeva Films [email protected] 44 ON RELEASE Norfolk Orion: The Man Who Would Be King Synopsis Synopsis A father and son live a reclusive lifestyle in the middle of nowhere. The man, a disillusioned mercenary, has his final target in sight - a gang of foreign revolutionaries who lay low in a nearby derelict compound. As the man closes in on his target the boy falls for the revolutionaries’ serving girl. Having spent his whole life in isolation the boy now discovers the warmth of friendship and the pleasures of something more. As father and son collide the boy is sent running, running in pain and full of betrayal, straight into the twisted embittered arms of the boy’s maternal grandparents, who have come to snatch and save the boy. Figuring out what is right and wrong, what is good and bad is a task for both the man and the audience. Millions of Americans clung to the hope that Elvis Presley faked his death. For the executives at Sun Records that fantasy became an opportunity in the form of Orion, a mysterious masked performer with the voice of The King. But who was the man behind the mask? Jimmy Ellis, a singer was plucked from obscurity in 1978 and given a fictional identity, signed to Sun Records and thrust into the spotlight as part of the crazy scheme that had him masquerade as Elvis back from the grave. With an outlandish fictional identity torn from the pages of a pulp novel, the backing of the legendary birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll, Sun Records, and a voice that seemed to be the very twin of Presley’s himself, the scheme – concocted in the months after Presley’s death, exploded into a cult success – and the “Elvis is alive” myth began. This is the story behind that story. Who was that masked man? International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 87 minutes Director: Martin Radich Producer: Finlay Pretsell, Rachel Dargavel Editor: Mark Trend Screenwriter: Martin Radich Directory of Photography: Tim Sidell Production Designer: Beck Rainford Principal Cast: Denis Menochet, Barry Keoghan Production Company BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ Sales Agent Scottish Documentary Institute ECA 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF +44 (0)131 651 5873 [email protected] www.scottishdocinstitute.com Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 89 mins Director: Jeanie Finlay Producer: Jeanie Finlay, Dewi Gregory Executive Producer: Suzanne Alizart, Andy Copping, Al Morrow, Alexander Preston, Kate Townsend Editor: Lucas Roche Screenwriter: Jeanie Finlay Directory of Photography: Mark Bushnell, Stewart Copeland, Roger Knott-Fayle, Steven Sheil Principal Cast: Jimmy Ellis Production Company Creative England presents in association with Ffilm Cymru Wales, BBC Storyville and Broadway A Glimmer Films production in association with Truth Department and Met Film Production Glimmer Films 14 - 18 Broad Street Nottingham NG1 3AL [email protected] www.glimmerfilms.com/ Met Film Production Ealing Studios, Ealing Green London W5 5EP +44 (0)20 8280 9125 [email protected] www.metfilmproduction.co.uk Sales Agent Film Sales Company (US) 165 Madison Ave., # 601 New York NY 10016 USA +1 212 481 5020 [email protected], jason.ishikawa@ filmsalescorp.com www.filmsalescorp.com ON RELEASE 45 Paddington Palio Synopsis The comic misadventures of a young marmaladeloving Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British, who travels to London in search of a home. He is discovered at Paddington Station by the kindly Brown family, who read the label around his neck “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” Synopsis The Palio horserace in Siena isn’t a matter of life or death... It’s much more important than that. Twice a year the Italian city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Not your average race: strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders. Sofia International Film Festival 2015 - International premiere ‘Palio’ explores the thrilling story of a rivalry between a young ‘outsider’ keen to break in to a dangerous but lucrative game and the corrupt ‘insider’ who has manipulated the city of Siena for a decade. Their passionate and dramatic battle is an epic and cinematic tale of Italian life in microcosm. Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Paul King Producer: David Heyman Editor: Mark Everson Screenwriter: Michael Bond (story), Paul King (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Erik Wilson Production Designer: Gary Williamson Sound: Glenn Freemantle Music: Nick Urata Principal Cast: Ben Whishaw (voice cast), Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Cosima Spender Producer: James Gay-Rees, John Hunt Executive Producer: Francesco Melzi d’Eril Editor: Valerio Bonelli Screenwriter: John Hunt, Cosima Spender Directory of Photography: Stuart Bentley Sound: Giancarlo Dellapina Music: Alex Heffes aka King of the Square Production Company Heyday Films 5 Denmark Street London WC2H 8LP +44 (0)20 7836 6333 Sales Agent StudioCanal 50 Marshall Street London W1F 9BQ +44 (0)20 7534 2700 [email protected] www.studiocanal.com Sales Agent Production Company Palio Pictures in association Altitude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place with On the Corner Films London Palio Pictures Ltd W1F 7PX c/o Archimedia +44 (0)207 478 7612 Edison House [email protected] 223-231 Old Marylebone www.altitudefilment.com Road, London NW1 5QT [email protected] 46 ON RELEASE Planetary A Practical Guide to a Spectacular Suicide 1st Synopsis Synopsis The planet is in crisis. The problems we are facing at this crucial moment are deeper than climate change or social inequality – the fundamental cause lies in the way we see the world. ‘Planetary’ presents a stunning visual portrait of our Earth, taking us on a journey across continents: from the African savannah to the Himalayas, and from the heart of Tokyo to the view of our fragile planet from orbit. Through intimate interviews with a diversity of people, from NASA astronauts and environmentalists to philosophers and Tibetan lamas, the film shows that the solution to transforming our civilisation lies in an understanding that all life is inseparably interconnected, and that we cannot change the world unless we change the way we see ourselves, the world, and the wider cosmos we are embedded within. A feel-good film about suicide! After many failed attempts at suicide, twenty-something Tom comes to the conclusion that he needs to think outside the box. He plans out the spectacular suicide. We follow Tom as he comes to grips with his reasons for his self-destructive nature, develops relationships with those around him and struggles to come up with the Spectacular Suicide. SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 92 mins Director: Guy Reid Producer: Steve Kennedy Executive Producer: Christoph Ferstad, Paul Hawken, Guy Reid Editor: Steve Kennedy Screenwriter: Steve Kennedy Directory of Photography: Christoph Ferstad Sound: Steve Cookman, Robin Green Music: Jerome Alexander, Maximilian Fyfe, Justin Radford Production Company UK, Canada, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Tanzania, USA, Vietnam coproduction Planetary Collective [email protected] Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 85 mins Director: Graham Hughes Producer: Kirsty Hutton, Graeme McGeagh Co-Producer: Keith Grantham, Graham Hughes Executive Producer: Willie Hughes, Dave Hutton Editor: Graham Hughes Screenwriter: Keith Grantham, Graham Hughes, Graeme McGeagh Directory of Photography: Steven Donnelly Production Designer: Kirsty Hutton Music: Pete MacDonald Principal Cast: Graeme McGeagh, Ray Crofter, Patrick O’Brien, Annabel Logan, Amanda Marment, Mandy Bhari, Alan Robertson Sr Production Company Enlightened Monster Productions 50 Woodstock Avenue Kirkintilloch Glasgow G66 3RT graham.r.hughes@ googlemail.com ON RELEASE 47 Radiator The Riot Club 1st Synopsis Retired couple Leonard (Richard Johnson) and Maria (Gemma Jones) still live in the rambling Cumbrian cottage where they’ve spent much of their 40-year marriage. But this family home has turned into a mausoleum to their loving but eccentric relationship, crammed full of junk and overrun with mice. Confined to the living-room couch, Leonard is growing irascible, while the long-suffering Maria struggles with his increasingly wayward demands. Their middle-aged son Daniel (Daniel Cerqueira) arrives from London determined to take charge, but the old family patterns are soon reasserting themselves as Leonard and Marie resist his efforts to help. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 93 mins Director: Tom Browne Producer: Genevieve Stevens Editor: Joe Randall-Cutler Screenwriter: Tom Browne, Daniel Cerqueira Directory of Photography: David Johnson Music: Simon Allen Principal Cast: Richard Johnson, Gemma Jones, Daniel Cerqueira Production Company Turnchapel Films 87 St. Stephens Avenue London W12 8JA 48 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Turnchapel Films 87 St. Stephens Avenue London W12 8JA Synopsis The dreaming spires of Oxford University, where Bentleys are driven into rivers and champagne is guzzled like water. The hottest invitation is to the Riot Club; a world where the bright, privileged and wealthy take their first steps in becoming the future masters of the universe. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 106 mins Director: Lone Scherfig Producer: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin Co-Producer: Ben Knight Executive Producer: Steve Norris Editor: Jake Roberts Screenwriter: Laura Wade Directory of Photography: Sebastian Blenkov Production Designer: Alice Normington Sound: Ray Beckett Music: Kasper Winding Principal Cast: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Holliday Grainger, Jessica Brown Findlay Production Company Blueprint Pictures 43-45 Charlotte Street London W1T 1RS +44 (0)20 7580 6915 enquiries@ blueprintpictures.com www.blueprintpictures.com Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com Robot Overlords A Royal Night Out Synopsis Synopsis Earth has been conquered by Robots from a distant Galaxy, survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by Robot Sentries if they venture outside. VE Day, 1945. Across the world, people are celebrating the end of the war. London overflows with celebration and excess. Two teenage sisters are allowed out at night for the first time to join the party. They have an amazing adventure; it’s like a first date. Our two teenagers are Princess Margaret and the future queen of England, Elizabeth II. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 88 mins Director: Jon Wright Producer: Piers Tempest, Ian Flooks, Justin Garak, Steve Milne Editor: Matt Platts-Mills Screenwriter: Jon Wright, Ian Flooks Directory of Photography: Fraser Taggart Production Designer: Tom McCullagh Music: Christian Henson Principal Cast: Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, Callan McAuliffe Production Company Tempo Productions Limited Lower Scarcliffe Off Carleton Lane Carleton Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 3HS +44 (0)1756 797485 [email protected] www.tempoproductions.net/ Sales Agent Embankment Films 3 Bourlet Close London W1W 7BQ +44 (0)20 7183 4739 [email protected] www.embankmentfilms.com UK release May 2015 Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 97 mins Director: Julian Jarrold Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae Co-Producer: Genevieve Lemal, Nick O’Hagan Executive Producer: Hugo Heppell, Zygi Kamasa, Mark Woolley Editor: Luke Dunkley Screenwriter: Trevor De Silva, Kevin Hood Directory of Photography: Christophe Beaucarne Production Designer: Laurence Dorman Music: Paul Englishby Principal Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett, Jack Reynor Production Company Ecosse Films Brigade House 8 Parsons Green London SW6 4TN +44 (0)20 7371 0290 [email protected] www.ecossefilms.com Sales Agent HanWay Films +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com ON RELEASE 49 The Russian Woodpecker Scintilla (aka The Hybrid) Synopsis A Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life by revealing it, amid growing clouds of revolution and war. Synopsis An elite team of mercenaries is hired for a covert operation, deep inside a former Soviet state. Arriving at an underground laboratory, their mission is to secure specimens of genetically engineered human and alien hybrids. Battling with a ferocious armed militia as well as dark, menacing creatures, the odds of survival are stacked against them. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 72 mins Director: Chad Gracia Producer: Ram Devinen, Mike Lerner Editor: Chad Gracia, Devin Tanchum Screenwriter: Chad Gracia Production Company Ukraine, UK, USA coproduction Roast Beef Productions (UK), Ratapallax (US) Roast Beef Productions 22 Denmark Street London WCTH 8NG +44 (0)20 7240 2885 50 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Cinetic Media (US) 555 W 25th Street, 4th Floor New York NY 10001 USA +1 212 204 7979 www.cineticmedia.com Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 94 mins Director: Billy O’Brien Producer: Lionel Hicks Co-Producer: Doug Abbott, John Wolstenholme Executive Producer: Mark Brooke, Laurence Brown, Alexandre Piot, Fumiko Thomas Editor: Steve Mercer Screenwriter: Rob Green, Billy O’Brien, G.P. Taylor Directory of Photography: Magni Ágústsson Production Designer: Paul Inglis Music: Adrian Johnston Principal Cast: John Lynch, Morjana Alaoui, Craig Conway Production Company Liquid Noise Films State House 607 176 Station Road Harrow Middlesex HA1 2TA +44 (0)7939 665188 [email protected] http://liquidnoisefilms.com Sales Agent AV Pictures Caparo House 103 Baker Street London W1U 6LN +44 (0)20 7317 0140 [email protected] www.avpictures.co.uk The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Second Coming 1st Synopsis Synopsis Two hopeful new arrivals at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful quickly learn that there is only a single room left to rent. Jackie is expecting her second child but the math doesn’t quite add up. It’s been months since she last slept with her husband Mark, so she knows it can’t be his. But, perplexingly, she also knows she hasn’t been with anyone else. UK release February 2015 Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 122 mins Director: John Madden Producer: Jeff Skoll, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin Screenwriter: Ol Parker Directory of Photography: Ben Smithard Principal Cast: Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Tasmin Greig, David Strithairn, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Penelope Wilton, Diana Hardcastle, Tena Desae, Lillete Dubey Production Company Blueprint Pictures 43-45 Charlotte Street London W1T 1RS +44 (0)20 7580 6915 www.blueprintpictures.com/ enquiries@ blueprintpictures.com Sales Agent Fox Searchlight (US) 10201 W Pico Blvd Bldg 38 Los Angeles, CA 90035 USA +1 310 369 1000 www.foxsearchlight.com/ Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 105 mins Director: Debbie Tucker Green Producer: Kate Norrish, Polly Leys Executive Producer: Katherine Butler Editor: Mark Eckersley Screenwriter: Debbie Tucker Green Directory of Photography: Urszula Pontikos Production Designer: Lisa Hall Sound: Kieron Wolfson Music: Luke Sutherland Principal Cast: Idris Elba, Nicola Walker, Lee Nicholas Harris Supported by: Film4, BFI Film Fund, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Production Company Hillbilly Films and Television 15 Adeline Place London WC1B 3AJ +44 (0)20 7907 3499 www.hillbillyfilmsbf.com Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com British Film Institute (BFI) 21 Stephen Street London W1T 1LN +44 (0)20 7255 1444 www.bfi.org.uk ON RELEASE 51 Selma Set Fire to the Stars Synopsis A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights for African Americans – a dangerous and terrifying three-month campaign that culminated in the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Synopsis An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas. Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - International premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 128 mins Director: Ava DuVernay Producer: Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey Executive Producer: Brad Pitt, Diarmuid McKeown, Ava DuVernay, Cameron McCracken, Nik Bower, Paul Garnes, Nan Morales Editor: Spencer Averick Screenwriter: Paul Webb Directory of Photography: Bradford Young Production Designer: Mark Friedberg Sound: Willie D. Burton Principal Cast: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey Sales Agent Pathé International (Fr) 2, rue Lamennais Cloud Eight Films, Celador 75008 Paris Films, Harpo Films (US), Pathé, Plan B Entertainment FRANCE +33 1 71 72 33 05 (US) [email protected] Cloud Eight Films www.patheinternational.com Green Park House 15 Stratton Street London W1J 8LQ +44 (0)203 036 0081 Production Company UK, USA coproduction Celador Films 39 Long Acre London WC2E 9LG +44 (0)20 7845 6800 www.celadorfilms.com 52 ON RELEASE Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Andy Goddard Producer: Andy Evans, Andrew Riach Executive Producer: Steve Clark-Hall, Simon Laub, Samuel Potter Editor: Mike Jones Screenwriter: Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones Directory of Photography: Chris Seager Production Designer: Edward Thomas Music: Gruff Rhys Principal Cast: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly Production Company Mad As Birds 2 Brocket View Acaster Malbis York YO23 2PY [email protected] Masnomis 10 Park Crescent London W1B 1PQ +44 (0)20 7266 3922 [email protected] www.masnomis.com Sales Agent The Works International 5th Floor Fairgate House 78 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1HB +44 (0)20 7612 1080 www.theworksfilmgroup.com Shaun the Sheep Movie The Silent Storm 1st Synopsis Synopsis Based on Aardman Animations’s claymation character Shaun the Sheep, first seen alongside Wallace and Gromit in the Oscar-winning ‘A Close Shave’. An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them. Shaun’s mischief inadvertently leads to the farmer having to leave the farm. Shaun, the rest of the flock and Bitzer the dog then have to go into the big city to rescue him in an epic adventure. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 85 mins Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak Producer: Paul Kewley, Julie Lockhart, Peter Lord, David Sproxton Executive Producer: Olivier Courson, Ron Halpern, Peter Lord, Nick Park, David Sproxton Editor: Sim Evan-Jones Screenwriter: Mark Burton (screenplay), Richard Starzak (screenplay), Richard Goleszowski Directory of Photography: Charles Copping, Dave Alex Riddett Production Designer: Matt Perry Music: Ilan Eshkeri Principal Cast: Voice cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili, Richard Webber, Kate Harbour Production Company Aardman Animations Gas Ferry Road Bristol BS1 6UN +44 (0)117 984 8485 [email protected] www.aardman.com Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) +33 1 71 35 35 35 www.studiocanal.com Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 98 mins Director: Corinna Villari McFarlane Producer: Nicky Bentham Co-Producer: John Giwa-Amu, Julia Valentine Editor: Kate Baird Screenwriter: Corinna McFarlane Directory of Photography: Ed Rutherford Production Designer: Matthew Button Music: Alastair Caplin Principal Cast: Damian Lewis, Andrea Riseborough, John Sessions, Kate Dickie, Ross Anderson Production Company Neon Films +44 (0)141 553 5406 [email protected] Sales Agent West End Films 5-7 Hillgate Street London W8 7SP +44 (0)207 494 8300 [email protected] www.westendfilms.com ON RELEASE 53 Slow West Soul Boys of the Western World 1st Synopsis Set at the end of the 19th Century, the story of 17-year-old Jay Cavendish as he journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves, accompanied by a mysterious traveler named Silas. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 84 mins Director: John Maclean Producer: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Conor McCaughan, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Gardner Editor: Roland Gallois, Jon Gregory Screenwriter: John Maclean Directory of Photography: Robbie Ryan Music: Jed Kurzel Principal Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn Production Company UK, New Zealand coproduction See-Saw Films (UK), DMC Film (UK), Film4 (UK), New Zealand Film Commission (NZ) See-Saw Films 2nd Floor 16 Manette Street London W1D 4AR +44 (0)20 3301 6268 [email protected] http://see-saw-films.com/ DMC Film 25 Atlantic Avenue Ballycastle Antrim BT54 6AL Northern Ireland Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com 54 ON RELEASE Synopsis Set against the backdrop of the 80s music scene, this documentary charts the meteoric rise, fall and ultimate reunion of pop sensation, Spandau Ballet. Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 110 mins Director: George Hencken Producer: Scott Milaney, Steve Dagger Editor: Chris Duveen Principal Cast: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com Production Company Wellingmax Steve Dagger +44 (0)20 7792 1040 [email protected] Sales Agent Metro International Entertainment 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3ED +44 (0)207 396 5301 [email protected] www.metro-films.com Spooks: The Greater Good Stand By For Tape Back-Up 1st Synopsis Synopsis When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Crombie must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London. Following the death of his grandfather, poet Ross Sutherland discovered an old videotape in his loft. On the tape were all the things they’d watched together: one-and-a-half films, a quiz show segment, and two sitcoms. Somehow they became the story of his life. UK release May 2015 Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 104 mins Director: Bharat Nalluri Producer: Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett, Ollie Madden Co-Producer: Jane Hooks Editor: Jamie Pearson Screenwriter: Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent Directory of Photography: Hubert Taczanowski Production Designer: Simon Bowles Music: Dominic Lewis Principal Cast: Peter Firth, Kit Harington, Jennifer Ehle Inspired by the 1980s stoner mainstay of matching up ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon, Ross draws out a series of stories from his life, synchronising them with the images on the tape. In the process, fragments of old films and TV shows are looped, destroyed, and re-built into an audiovisual meditation on memory, death and re-runs. Production Company Kudos Film and Television 12-14 Amwell Street London EC1R 1UQ +44 (0)20 7812 3270 [email protected] www.kudosproductions.co.uk Production Company Ross Sutherland +44 (0)7719 446025 RossGSutherland@Yahoo. com www.rosssutherland.co.uk/ Shine Pictures Productions Primrose Studios 109 Regent’s Park Road London NW1 8UR +44 (0)20 7985 7000 [email protected] www.shinegroup.tv Sales Agent Altitude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)20 7478 7612 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 63 mins Director: Ross Sutherland Producer: Ross Sutherland, Charlie Lyne Editor: Ross Sutherland, Charlie Lyne Screenwriter: Ross Sutherland ON RELEASE 55 The Survivalist Tales of the Grim Sleeper 1st Synopsis Set in a dystopian future, in a world where the grid has gone down and humanity is starving. A loner in a forest meets a woman and her teenage daughter, who must work together to survive. Tribeca Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 104 mins Director: Stephen Fingleton Producer: David Gilbery, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones Executive Producer: Arnaud Lannic, Simon Lewis, Nick Quested Editor: Mark Towns Screenwriter: Stephen Fingleton Directory of Photography: Damien Elliiott Production Designer: Dick Lunn Principal Cast: Martin McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouere, Barry Ward Production Company The Fyzz Ltd 4 Cleveland Street London W1T 6NW +44 (0)20 7388 7868 [email protected] www.thefyzz.com 56 ON RELEASE Sales Agent K5 International 56 Tavistock Place, Suite 30 London WC1H 9RG +44 (0)20 3286 5575 [email protected] www.k5international.com Synopsis Perennially provocative documentarian Nick Broomfield (Aileen Wuornos: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Biggie and Tupac) digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the ‘Grim Sleeper’, who terrorised South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years. Telluride Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 105 mins Director: Nick Broomfield Producer: Marc Hoeferlin Editor: Marc Hoeferlin, Joe Bini Directory of Photography: Barney Broomfield Sound: Nick Broomfield Music: H Scott Salinas Production Company South Central Films Ltd Sales Agent Submarine Entertainment (US) 525 Broadway, Suite 601 New York NY 10012 USA +1 212 625 1410 [email protected] www.submarine.com Testament of Youth Theeb 1st Synopsis Synopsis A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - Vera, irrepressible, intelligent and freeminded, overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live for, she falls in love with her brother’s brilliant friend Roland Leighton. But the First World War is looming and as the boys leave for the front Vera realises she cannot sit idly by, so she volunteers as a nurse and sets off for France. Arabia, 1916. Theeb lives with his Bedouin tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Empire. Having recently lost his father, it falls to Theeb’s brother, Hussein, to raise him. Hussein tries to teach Theeb the Bedouin way of life, but the young boy is more interested in mischief than mentorship. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 129 mins Director: James Kent Producer: David Heyman, Rosie Alison Co-Producer: Celia Duval Executive Producer: Hugo Heppell, Zygi Kamasa, Christine Langan, Richard Mansell, Joe Oppenheimer, Henrik Zein Editor: Lucia Zucchetti Screenwriter: Vera Brittain (autobiography), Juliette Towhidi (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Rob Hardy Production Designer: Jon Henson Music: Max Richter Principal Cast: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Dominic West Production Company Heyday Films 5 Denmark Street London WC2H 8LP +44 (0)20 7836 6333 BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com/ Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 100 mins Director: Naji Abu Nowar Producer: Rupert Lloyd, Bassel Ghandour Co-Producer: Nasser Kalaji, Laith Majali Executive Producer: Nadine Toukan Editor: Rupert Lloyd Screenwriter: Naji Abu Nowar Directory of Photography: Wolfgang Thaler Production Designer: Anna Lavelle Sound: Dario Swade Music: Jerry Lane Principal Cast: Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Jack Fox, Hussein Salameh Production Company Sales Agent United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Fortissimo Films (NL) Jordan, UK coproduction Van Diemenstraat 100 Bayt Al Shawareb (JO), Noor Amsterdam 1013 CN The Netherlands Pictures (UK), Immortal +31 20 627 32 15 Entertainment (JO) [email protected] Noor Pictures www.fortissimofilms.com Rupert Lloyd +44 (0)77918 02792 [email protected] ON RELEASE 57 The Theory of Everything They Will Have To Kill Us First Synopsis The story of the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his first wife Jane. Synopsis In 2012, jihadists took control of northern Mali. They imposed one of the strictest interpretations of sharia law in history. On 12 August they banned music – radio stations destroyed, instruments burned and Mali’s musicians faced torture, even death. This film follows Mali’s musicians as they fight to keep music alive in their country. Through personal stories we draw the audience into the human side of this ongoing conflict and ask the burning question: what does the future hold for Mali? The film culminates with the first public concert in Timbuktu post jihadist takeover and music ban. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 123 mins Director: James Marsh Producer: Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten Co-Producer: Richard Hewitt Executive Producer: Amelia Granger, Liza Chasin, David Kosse Editor: Jinx Godfrey Screenwriter: Anthony McCarten Directory of Photography: Benoît Delhomme Production Designer: John Paul Kelly Sound: Glenn Freemantle Music: Jóhann Jóhansson Principal Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis Production Company Working Title Films 26 Aybrook Street London W1U 4AN +44 (0)20 7307 3000 www.workingtitlefilms.com 58 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Universal Pictures UK 1 Central Saint Giles St Giles High Street London WC2H 8NU www.universalpictures.co.uk SXSW 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 105 minutes Director: Johanna Schwartz Producer: Sarah Mosses, Johanna Schwartz, Kat Amara Korba Executive Producer: Andre Singer Editor: Andrea Carnevali, Guy Creasey Directory of Photography: Karelle Walker Production Designer: Devan Vimal Sound: Phitz Hearne Music: Nick Zinner Principal Cast: Songhoy Blues, Khaira Arby, Moussa Sidi Production Company Mojo Musique Ltd +44 (0)7790 027247 [email protected] Sales Agent Mojo Musique Ltd +44 (0)7790 027247 [email protected] To the Editor of Amateur Photographer Tony Benn: Will and Testament Synopsis Synopsis An impressionist journey through the archive of the Leeds Pavilion, which in the 1980s started out as a feminist photo studio. Former members, male and female, give their vision of the studio’s artistic and activist past, the reasons for which are as current as ever. A vivid portrait of a man whose career transcended politics. Tony Benn reviews the triumphs and the upsets of his personal and his private life. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Skip Kite Producer: Skip Kite Executive Producer: Jacqueline Jean-Louis Editor: Liza Ryan-Carter Screenwriter: Skip Kite Directory of Photography: Michael Miles Production Designer: Kay Brown Music: Michel Duvoisin Principal Cast: Tony Benn Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 68 mins Director: Luke Fowler, Mark Fell Producer: William Rose, Pavilion Principal Cast: Sue Ball, Deborah Best, Sutupa Biswas, Dinah Clark, Al Garthwaite, Angela Kingston, Rosie Martin Production Company Lux 18 Shacklewell Lane London E8 2EZ +44 (0)20 7503 3980 [email protected] Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Production Company Praslin Pictures 21 Berners Street London W1T 3LP +1 310 925 8434 [email protected] http://praslinpictures.com/ ON RELEASE 59 Trash War Book Synopsis Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong. Based on the novel by Andy Mulligan. Synopsis War Book is a chilling chamber-piece set in the political back-rooms of London, depicting the government’s struggle to decide an appropriate course of action in light of a devastating nuclear attack… Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 114 mins Director: Stephen Daldry Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Felipe Braga Principal Cast: Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello Production Company UK, Brazil coproduction PeaPie Films (UK), Working Title Films (UK), O2 Filmes (Brazil) PeaPie Films 27-32 Poultry Old Midland Bank LondonEC2R 8AJ +44 (0)7872 026500 [email protected] 60 ON RELEASE London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Tom Harper Producer: Lauren Dark, Tom Harper Executive Producer: Jack Thorne Editor: Mark Eckersley Directory of Photography: Zac Nicholson Production Designer: Jacqueline Abrahams Music: Jack C. Arnold Principal Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Ben Chaplin, Shaun Evans, Phoebe Fox, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Production Company Archer’s Mark First Floor 120-124 Curtain Road London EC2A 3SQ +44 (0)20 7426 5160 [email protected] www.archersmark.co.uk Sixteen Films 2nd Floor 187 Wardour Street LondonW1F 8ZB +44 (0)20 7734 0168 www.sixteenfilms.co.uk Sales Agent K5 International Limited Suite 30, 56 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RG +44 (0)20 3286 5575 [email protected] We Are Monster Woman in Gold Synopsis Synopsis On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist, was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, eventually leading to Mubarek’s murder 6 weeks later. The story of Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who, with Randol Schoenberg, her young lawyer, took on the Austrian government to reclaim a haul of prized Gustav Klimt paintings that were stolen from her Austrian family by the Nazis during the Second World War. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 85 mins Director: Antony Petrou Producer: Leeshon Alexander, Noel Clarke, Phil Dore, Jean Pierre Magro, Jason Maza, Dean O’Toole, Antony Petrou Executive Producer: John Smith Editor: James Norris Screenwriter: Leeshon Alexander Directory of Photography: Simon Richards Production Designer: Simon Rogers Music: Fred Portelli Principal Cast: Aymen Hamdouchi, Leeshon Alexander, Gethin Anthony Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 107 mins Director: Simon Curtis Producer: David M. Thompson, Kris Thykier Co-Producer: Peter Heslop, Joanie Blaikie Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Harvey Weinstein, Len Blavatnik, Bob Weinstein, Negeen Yazdi, Robert Walak, Ed Wethered, Alan Yentob, Ed Rubin, Simon Curtis, Tim Jackson Editor: Peter Lambert Screenwriter: Alexi Kaye Campbell Directory of Photography: Ross Emery Production Designer: Jim Clay Sound: Richard Dyer (sound), Ian Wilson (sound design) Music: Martin Phipps, Hans Zimmer Principal Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Daniel Brühl Production Company UK, USA coproduction Production Company Unstoppable Entertainment [email protected] www.unstoppableentertainmentuk.com Terra Rossa Films Entertainment [email protected] www.terrarossafilms.com/ Immortal Transmedia +44 (0)7951 639 901 [email protected] 11littlefilms www.11littlefilms.com Origin Pictures (UK), BBC Films (UK), The Weinstein Company (US) Origin Pictures 23 Denmark Street London WC2H 8NH +44 (0)207 836 6818 [email protected] www.originpictures.co.uk Sales Agent The Weinstein Company (US) 99 Hudson Street, 4th Floor NY 10013 New York USA +1 212 941 3800 [email protected] www.weinsteinco.com BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ ON RELEASE 61 X+Y You (Us) Me 1st Synopsis A young maths genius has his logic thwarted by the one thing he can’t make sense of - love. Teenage maths prodigy Nathan struggles with people, not least his mother, Julie, but finds comfort in numbers. Mentored by unconventional and anarchic teacher Mr Humphreys, Nathan’s talents win him a place representing Great Britain at the International Mathematics Olympiad. When the team go to train in Taiwan Nathan is faced with unexpected challenges - not least his new and unfamiliar feelings for his Chinese counterpart, the beautiful Zhang Mei. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 111 mins Director: Morgan Matthews Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith, David M. Thompson Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Lizzie Francke Editor: Peter Lambert Screenwriter: James Graham Directory of Photography: Danny Cohen Production Designer: Richard Bullock Principal Cast: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Jo Yang USA theatrical release title - A Brilliant Young Mind Production Company Origin Pictures 23 Denmark Street, 3rd Floor London WC2H 8NH +44 (0)20 7836 6818 [email protected] www.originpictures.co.uk 62 ON RELEASE Sales Agent Bankside Films Douglas House 3 Richmond Buildings London W1D 3HE +44 (0) 20 7734 3566 [email protected] www.bankside-films.com Synopsis Edward is addicted to murder; after struggling to suppress his desires he stumbles on Vivian, a young woman who has given up on life and wants nothing more than to kill herself, the problem is, she just can’t seem to get it right. Although this seems like a match made in heaven things get complicated when Edward starts to fall in love with Vivian. Always in conflict yet somehow drawn together the pair embark on a whirlwind relationship that pits them against nosy neighbours, the police, Edward’s overbearing mother, and ultimately each other. Busan International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere Details Year: 2014 Running Time: 87 mins Director: Max Sobol Producer: Max Sobol Editor: Max Downey Screenwriter: Max Sobol Directory of Photography: Maeve O’Connell Sound: Benjamin Osborn, Benjamin Hudson Music: Baconhead Principal Cast: Chris Wilde, Hannah Kew Production Company Workshop Max Sobol +44 (0)7584 668923 [email protected] Coming Soon in 2015/16 63 Absolutely Anything American Honey In Pre-production Synopsis Neil Clarke, a schoolteacher, suddenly discovers he has magical powers. In fact, with the wave of his hand, he can make absolutely anything happen. From wiping out a particularly disruptive class (and then bringing them back to life), to turning his best mate into the kind of man women would not only die for, but would worship to the ends of the earth and back. The only snag is getting the words right and, of course, knowing what he really wants. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Terry Jones Producer: Bill Jones, Mike Medavoy, Ben Timlett, Douglas McKay Editor: Julian Rodd Screenwriter: Gavin Scott, Terry Jones Directory of Photography: Peter Hannan Production Designer: James Acheson Principal Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Robin Williams (voice) Synopsis A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits. Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: Andrea Arnold Producer: Thomas Benski, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy, Paul Grindey Executive Producer: Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, Charlotte Ubben Screenwriter: Andrea Arnold Directory of Photography: Robbie Ryan Principal Cast: Shia LaBeouf Production Company UK, USA coproduction BFI (UK), Film4 (UK), Maven Pictures (US), Parts and Labor (US), Protagonist Pictures (UK), Pulse Films (UK) Production Company Production Company Bill and Ben Productions 20 Great Chapel Street London W1F 8FW +44 (0)20 7734 4933 [email protected] 64 COMING SOON Sales Agent GFM Films Unit 10 Coda Centre 189 Munster Road London SW6 6AW +44 (0)20 7186 6300 [email protected] www.gfmfilms.co.uk Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com Pulse Films 17 Hanbury Street London E1 6QR +44 (0)20 7426 5700 [email protected] Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com Bill The Boombox Project Synopsis Synopsis Bill tells the story of how hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dream. It’s a tale of murderous kings, spies, lost loves, and a plot to blow up Queen Elizabeth. Can one man prove the quill is mightier than the sword? Drawing inspiration from Lyle Owerko’s 2010 book ‘The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground’ the documentary explores how an iconic piece of machinery helped shape music and society on both sides of the Atlantic in the ’70s and ’80s, and examines its place in the rise of hip-hop and punk. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 94 mins Director: Richard Bracewell Producer: Charles Steel, Richard Bracewell, Tony Bracewell, Alasdair Flind Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Natascha Wharton, Thomas Hedman, Nik Hedman, Hugo Heppell, Norman Merry and Peter Hampden Screenwriter: Laurence Rickard, Ben Willabond Music: Andrew Hewitt Principal Cast: Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha-Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willabond Production Company A Cowboy Films, Punk Cinema production for BBC Films Cowboy Films 40 Langham Street London W1W 7AS +44 (0) 20 7580 5708 [email protected] www.cowboyfilms.co.uk/ Sales Agent Independent Film Sales 32 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB +44 (0)20 7257 8734 mail@independentfilmcompany. com www.independentfilmcompany. com Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Rohan Blair-Mangat Producer: Dominic Buchanan Executive Producer: Daniel Bergmann, Martin Forbes, Robert Herman, Lyle Owerko Editor: Sam Ostrove Screenwriter: Rohan Blair-Mangat, Lyle Owerko Directory of Photography: Benjamin Thomas Production Company Stink Films 1 Alfred Mews London W1T 7AA +44 (0)20 7462 4000 [email protected] www.stink.tv BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ COMING SOON 65 Brand New-U Burn Burn Burn 1st Synopsis The film follows 33-year-old Slater, who obsessively chases Nadia, the love of his life. When she suddenly disappears Slater wants to report her missing, but realizes he knows nothing about her. The only clue he has is Brand New-U, a strange organization that deals in new personalities. In an attempt to find Nadia, Slater makes a deal with the organization and takes on a new identity. But when the borders between his identities start to blur, Slater will have to confront himself. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 100 mins Director: Simon Pummell Producer: Janine Marmot Co-Producer: Conor Barry, John Keville, Reinier Selen Executive Producer: Keith Griffiths, Stephanie Bollag, Amy Gardner Editor: Tim Roza Screenwriter: Simon Pummell Directory of Photography: Reinier van Brummelen Production Designer: Greg Shaw Music: Roger Goula Sarda Principal Cast: Lachlan Nieboer, Nora-Jane Noone, Nick Blood Production Company Hot Property Films 47 Saint Charles Square London W10 6EN +44 (0)20 8969 7997 [email protected] www.hotpropertyfilms.com Finite Films 138 Portobello Road London W11 2DZ +44 (0)20 7727 6094 [email protected] Illuminations Films 187 Beach Street Deal, Kent CT14 6LY +44 (0)1304 371625 [email protected] www.illuminationsfilms.co.uk 66 COMING SOON Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstr. 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 7090 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Synopsis A dark comedy with warmth at its heart. Dan is dead. He was only 29. Alex and Seph loved him like a sibling. And now he’s left them his ashes to scatter across the UK, along with elaborate video instructions for doing so. London, Stonehenge, Cardiff, York, Ben Lomond: road trip! Alex and Seph are in the eye of a storm, with decisions to make in every corner of their lives; and the one helping them make those decisions… is dead. It’s just like Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’. In a Volvo. With a dead friend’s ashes in some tupperware in the glove compartment. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 99 mins Director: Chanya Button Producer: Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Tim Phillips Editor: Mark Trend Screenwriter: Charlie Covell Directory of Photography: Carlos de Carvalho Production Designer: Noam Piper Principal Cast: Laura Carmichael, Chloe Pirrie, Joe Dempsie, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jack Farthing, Allison Steadman Production Company A Burn Productions Ltd, Gobby & Specs, Rather Good Films Ltd production Rather Good Films Ltd [email protected] Sales Agent UDI Urban Distribution International (FR) 14, rue du 18 Août 93100 Montreuil France +33 1 48 70 46 56 [email protected] www.urbandistrib.com Captain Webb: The Greatest Englishman City of Tiny Lights Synopsis Synopsis The true story of Captain Matthew Webb, the first-ever person to successfully swim the English Channel - which he did in splendid form in 1875, equipped only with his moustache, doses of Brandy and a wire wool swimsuit. ‘City of Tiny Lights’ is a contemporary detective thriller adapted for the screen by Patrick Neate from his novel. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 92 mins Director: Justin Hardy Producer: Jack Fishburn, Muireann Price Executive Producer: James Salter Editor: Adam Green, Damian Knight Screenwriter: Jemma Kennedy Directory of Photography: Matthew Wicks Production Designer: Jo Manser Music: British Sea Power Principal Cast: Warren Brown, Steve Oram, Georgia Maguire, Terry Mynott, Tom Stourton, Hannah Tointon Production Company Marathon Films c/o Multitude Media +44 (0)20 7299 4241 will.wood@multitudemedia. co.uk Sales Agent Manifest Film Sales Intandem 131-151 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 5BB +44 (0)20 7851 3800 [email protected] [email protected] www.manifestfilmsales.com Tommy Akhtar is hired to find a missing prostitute, but the search draws him into a web of murder and political intrigue, while at the same time unlocking secrets from his own youth when he, his best friend Lovely and the beautiful Shelley were torn apart by a tragic accident. Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: Pete Travis Producer: Rebecca O’Brien, Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto, Charles Steel Executive Producer: Marc Samuelson, Michiyo Yoshizaki Editor: David Charap Screenwriter: Patrick Neate Directory of Photography: Felix Wiedemann Production Designer: Víctor Molero Principal Cast: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, Cush Jumbo, Roshan Seth, James Floyd Production Company NDF International 67A Belsize Park London NW3 4EH +44 (0)20 7586 5785 [email protected] www.ndfinternational.com Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42-48 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com BBC Films BBC Broadcasting House 7th Floor, Zone A Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 [email protected] www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms COMING SOON 67 Couple in a Hole The Creative Life In Post-production Synopsis A British couple end up living like savages in a hole in the middle of a vast forest somewhere in Eastern Europe. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Tom Geens Producer: Zorana Piggott Co-Producer: Aurélie Bordier, Dries Phlypo Executive Producer: Cavan Ash, Colette Delaney-Smith Editor: Alain Dessauvage Screenwriter: Tom Geens Directory of Photography: Sam Care Production Designer: Richard Campling Sound: Christophe Penchenat Principal Cast: Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jérôme Kircher, Corinne Masiero Synopsis What started as a home movie became a committed project when Josh and Devorah found themselves unable to conceive. An endearing if ironic journey gets serious when life-threatening complications emerge. Their relationship is tested to the brink as they confront birth, death, love and loss all at once. A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of becoming parents in the era of man-children and assisted reproduction. Faced with fatherhood, Josh spirals comically into an envious career funk. But lifethreatening complications emerge - the couple are tested to the brink, confronting shattering losses. It’s a portrait of our generation going through a revolution in reproduction - forced to find new ways to think about ourselves as creative beings. We hear from Slavoj Zizek, John Berger, Darian Leader (20,000 Days) and Zadie Smith. Universal yet still taboo, it’s a film for everyone who has children, wants them, or still feels like a child themselves. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 80 mins Director: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum Producer: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum, Mia Bays Executive Producer: Mia Bays Editor: Josh Appignanesi Screenwriter: Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum Directory of Photography: Josh Appignanesi Principal Cast: Sophie Fiennes, Zadie Smith, Simon McBurney, David Schneider Production Company An 011 Productions, Chicken Factory, A Private View production 011 Productions +44 (0)20 7193 6768 [email protected] 68 COMING SOON Production Company Missing in Action Films 40 Langham Street London W1W 7AS +44 (0)7770 594682 [email protected] www.miafilms.co.uk Dad’s Army Departure 1st Synopsis Synopsis A cinema remake of the classic British television sitcom ‘Dad’s Army’. An English family prepare the sale of their holiday home in the South of France. Over one week, the teenage son, Elliot, wrestles with his burgeoning sexuality while his mother, Beatrice, confronts the end of her marriage to his father, who harbours a secret of his own. Haunted by a figure on the landscape and stirred by an enigmatic local boy who quietly enters their lives, mother and son are led to confront each other and their awakening desires. The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: Oliver Parker Producer: Damian Jones Co-Producer: Phil Robertson Executive Producer: Ann Croft, Penny Croft, Christian Eisenbeiss, Hugo Heppell, Miles Ketley, Steve Milne, Jimmy Perry, Josephine Rose Screenwriter: Hamish McColl (screenplay), David Croft (original series), Jimmy Perry (original series) Directory of Photography: Christopher Ross Production Designer: Simon Bowles Principal Cast: Toby Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison, Mark Gatiss Touched by myth and landscape, ‘Departure’ narrates the story of the end of a marriage, the end of childhood and the end of an otherwise nuclear middle class family. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 110 mins Director: Andrew Steggall Producer: Pietro Greppi, Cora Palfrey, Guillaume Tobo Executive Producer: Stephanie Keelan, Georgia Oetker, Daniel Pavoncelli, Karine Riahi Editor: Dounia Sichov Screenwriter: Andrew Steggall Directory of Photography: Brian Fawcett Principal Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Niamh Cusack Production Company France, UK coproduction Connectic Studio (FR), Motion Group Pictures (UK), Amaro Films (UK), BFI (UK) Production Company DJ Films 10 Orange Street London WC2H 7DQ www.djfilms.co.uk Sales Agent Universal Pictures International (UK, US) www.universalpictures international.com Motion Group Pictures 293 Westbourne Park Road London W11 1EE [email protected] www.motiongrouppictures.com Sales Agent Mongrel International (CA) 1028 Queen Street West M6J 1H6 Toronto Ontario Canada +1 416 516 9775 [email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com Amaro Films 18 Broadwick Street London W1F 8HS [email protected] www.amarofilms.com COMING SOON 69 Despite the Falling Snow Ethel and Ernest Synopsis Moscow, 1959: Katya is young, beautiful – and a spy for the Americans. When she begins spying on Alexander, an idealistic Communist politician, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Her choice between love and duty leads to a nail-biting conclusion that Alexander can only unravel decades later in New York. His journey back to the snowbound streets of Moscow uncovers an unexpected love triangle and betrayals from those he trusted most. Synopsis Based on Raymond Briggs’s award-winning graphic novel ‘Ethel and Ernest’, a funny and touching tribute to his parents. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 113 mins Director: Shamim Sarif Producer: Hanan Kattan Co-Producer: Shamim Sarif Executive Producer: Hanan Kattan, Lisa Tchenguiz, Katherine Priestley, Ben White Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo Screenwriter: Shamim Sarif Directory of Photography: David Johnson Production Designer: Bill Crutcher, Mina Buric Music: Rachel Portman Principal Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Sam Reid, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Anthony Head, Antje Traue, Trudie Styler Production Company Enlightenment Productions Ltd [email protected] 70 COMING SOON ‘Ethel & Ernest’ is an entertaining and heart-warming story about two people who fall in love against the background of the immense social change in the mid 20th Century, experiencing the Depression, World War II, postwar prosperity and cultural upheaval. One love, forty years, and always a cup of tea. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Roger Mainwood Producer: John Coates, Camilla Deakin Executive Producer: Robbie Little, Raymond Briggs Screenwriter: Raymond Briggs Music: Gary Welch Principal Cast: Voice cast: Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Harry Collet, Alex Jordan Animation Director: Peter Dodd Production Company Lupus Films 339 Upper Street London N1 0PB +44 (0)20 3227 0490 [email protected] www.lupusfilms.com/ Sales Agent The Little Films Company (US) 3940 Laurel Canyon Boulevard #807 Studio City CA 91604 USA +1 818 762 6999 [email protected] www.thelittlefilmcompany.com Everest Gozo 1st Synopsis Synopsis Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, ‘Everest’ documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival. Lucille and Joe have moved to Gozo, a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Malta. They have a nice car, a steady income, a beautiful farmhouse with breathtaking views and a swimming pool. They seem to have it all. But when a young tourist goes missing on the island, Joe’s disquieted conscience begins to get the better of him. As the buried horrors of Lucille and Joe’s past resurface, the cracks begin to show in their homespun paradise. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 150 mins Director: Baltasar Kormákur Producer: Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin, Eric Fellner, Evan Hayes, Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson Co-Producer: David Nichols Executive Producer: Brandt Andersen, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Mark Mallouk, Peter Mallouk, Lauren Selig, Birgir Sigfusson, Thomas Tull Editor: Mick Audsley Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy (writer), Lem Dobbs (writer), Justin Isbell (screenplay), Mark Medoff (writer), William Nicholson (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Salvatore Totino Production Designer: Gary Freeman Music: Dario Marianelli Principal Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Michael Kelly, Thomas M. Wright Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 80 mins Director: Miranda Bowen Producer: Henry Scholfield, Leo Scott Executive Producer: Mark Pybus, Sam Sneade Screenwriter: Miranda Bowen, Steven Sheil Directory of Photography: George Steel Production Designer: Daniel Maclagan Music: Tom Bootle, Solomon Grey Principal Cast: Ophelia Lovibond, Joe Kennedy, Daniel Lapaine, Nicky Henson, Lin Blakely Production Company USA, UK coproduction Production Company Bishop Films 38 Stourhead House 79 Tachbrook Street London SW1V 2QE +44 (0)7931 784930 [email protected] Cross Creek Pictures (US), Working Title Films (UK), Free State Pictures (US), Universal Pictures (US), Walden Media (US) Working Title Films 26 Aybrook Street London W1U 4AN +44 (0)20 7307 3000 www.workingtitlefilms.com Cross Creek Pictures (US) 9220 West Sunset Blvd Ste 100 West Hollywood, CA 90069 +1 310 248 4061 [email protected] www.crosscreekpictures.com Sales Agent c/o Emily Morgan +44 (0)7985 199 566 [email protected] COMING SOON 71 The Hard Stop (aka Down by Law) Hec McAdam (aka Hector) Synopsis In August 2011, 29-year-old Mark Duggan was shot and killed whilst being arrested by armed police in Tottenham, London. This incident ignited a riot that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest in recent British history. Synopsis Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food passed the sell-by date. He journeys south from Scotland, on his annual pilgrimage to a temporary Christmas shelter in London where he finds comfort, friendship and warmth. Over the course of his homeric journey, Hector decides to reconnect with his long estranged past. As his previous life catches up with him, the story of how he came to be leading a marginal life begins to emerge. ‘The Hard Stop’ features Mark Duggan’s childhood friends, Marcus and Kurtis, as they struggle to come to terms with the death of their friend whilst waiting to see if the inquest into his shooting will provide them with a satisfactory version of the truth. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: George Amponsah Producer: Dionne Walker Executive Producer: Joe Bini Editor: Michael Aaglund, James Devlin, Liam Leeson, Josh Levinsky and Colin Nasbaum Screenwriter: George Amponsah, Dionne Walker Directory of Photography: Colin Elves, Mathias Pilz Principal Cast: Marcus Knox, Kurtis Henville Produced in association with Sundance Institute, British Film Institute (BFI) and Bertha Foundation. Production Company Ga Films Ltd [email protected] 72 COMING SOON Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 98 mins Director: Jake Gavin Producer: Stephen Malit, Simon Malinson Principal Cast: Peter Mullan, Gina McKee, Stephen Tompkinson Production Company Stephen Malit Smash Up 22a Stable Way London W10 6QX [email protected] Sales Agent Urban Distribution International (FR) Delphyne Besse Arnaud Bélangeon-Bouaziz +33 1 48 70 46 55 +33 1 48 70 73 76 [email protected] [email protected] www.urbandistrib.com/ High-Rise A Hundred Streets 1st In Post-production Synopsis Synopsis Based on the novel by J. G. Ballard - London, 1975. A slick apartment tower rises above the Thames, the beginnings of what will soon become the world’s biggest financial hub. Dominating the landscape, it is simply called the HIGH-RISE... its address a mark of exclusivity. Four people, four extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets. Its newest resident is Robert Laing, an ambitious young doctor utterly seduced by the lifestyle and cutting-edge technology the high-rise has to offer. He is introduced to the seedy underbelly of the highrise by Wilder, a charismatic provocateur. The cracks in this apparently flawless society grow rapidly, and Laing is shocked at the depravity he sees. Life in the high-rise quickly descends into madness and violence, and Laing finds himself amongst the marauding hordes of bloodthirsty tenants who take over the building, floor by floor. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Jim O’Hanlon Producer: Leon F. Butler, Pippa Cross, Idris Elba, Ros Hubbard, Executive Producer: Xavier Alcan, Thomas R. Atherton, Justin Bache, John Caudwell, Janette Day, Mark Denney, Natasha Dwyer, Phil Hunt, Joe Hutchinson, Compton Ross Editor: Mark Eckersley Screenwriter: Leon Butler Directory of Photography: Philipp Blaubach Production Designer: Ricky Eyres Principal Cast: Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Tom Cullen, Ryan Gage Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Ben Wheatley Producer: Jeremy Thomas Executive Producer: Anna Higgs, Sam Lavender, Genevieve Lemal, Thorsten Schumacher, Christopher Simon, Peter Watson Screenwriter: Amy Jump (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel) Directory of Photography: Laurie Rose Production Designer: Mark Tildesley Music: Clint Mansell Principal Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes Production Company Recorded Picture Company 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7636 2251 [email protected] www.recordedpicture.com Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH + 44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com Production Company CrossDay Productions +44 (0)20 7637 0182 [email protected] www.crossdayproductions.com Sales Agent Umedia International +44 (0)20 3475 3232 [email protected] www.umedia.eu COMING SOON 73 Icon The Incident Synopsis An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong. Synopsis Metropolitan couple Annabel and Joe cross paths with Lily, a troubled, vulnerable teen. Annabel and Joe’s decision to ignore Lily provokes an unsettling incident that disrupts the couple’s comfortable lives, forcing them to confront their shared guilt. Based on David Walsh’s book ‘Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong’. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Stephen Frears Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tracey Seaward, Kate Solomon Editor: Valerio Bonelli Screenwriter: John Hodge Directory of Photography: Danny Cohen Production Designer: Alan MacDonald Music: Alex Heffes Principal Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Dustin Hoffman, Guillame Canet, Jesse Plemons Production Company UK, France coproduction Working Title Films (UK), StudioCanal (FR) Working Title Films 26 Aybrook Street London W1U 4AN +44 (0)20 7307 3000 www.workingtitlefilms.com 74 COMING SOON Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) 1, Place du Spectacle 92130 Issy les Moulineaux France +33 1 71 35 35 35 pascale.hornus@ studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Jane Linfoot Producer: Caroline Cooper Charles, Sarada McDermott Executive Producer: Caroline Cooper Charles, Sarada McDermott Editor: Matthew McKinnon Screenwriter: Jane Linfoot Directory of Photography: Pau Castejón Úbeda Production Designer: Byron Broadbent Principal Cast: Tom Hughes, Ruta Gedmintas, Tasha Connor Production Company A Square Circle Films and Universal Spirits production Square Circle Films 31 Sandhurst Street Liverpool L17 7BT +44 (0)7974 070 670 [email protected] www.squarecirclefilms.co.uk Iona Kill Command 1st In Post-production Synopsis Synopsis Iona and her teenage son seek refuge from a violent crime among a religious community on the island where she was born. Iona’s return exposes her tormented son Bull to a way of life she rejected when she left the island as a teenager and sends a shock wave through the family she left behind. ‘Kill Command’ is a sci-fi action thriller set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Scott Graham’s follow up to his award-winning first feature ‘Shell’ Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 110 mins Director: Scott Graham Producer: Margaret Matheson Co-Producer: Gunter Hanfgarn Executive Producer: Christopher Collins, Lizzie Francke, Ian Davies, Rebecca Long Editor: Florian Nonnenmacher Screenwriter: Scott Graham Directory of Photography: Yoliswa von Dallwitz Production Designer: Stephen Mason Sound: Chris Campion, Douglas MacDougall Principal Cast: Ruth Negga, Ben Gallagher, Douglas Henshall, Tom Brooke, Michelle Duncan, Sorcha Groundsell Production Company Bard Entertainments Ltd 57 Walnut Tree Walk London SE11 6DN +44 (0)20 7043 9749 [email protected] www.bardentertainments.co.uk Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil. Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: Steve Gomez Producer: Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, James Richardson, Jim Spencer Editor: Alex Mackie Screenwriter: Steve Gomez Directory of Photography: Simon Dennis Production Designer: James Lapsley Music: Stephen Hilton Principal Cast: Vanessa Kirby, David Ajala, Thure Lindhardt, Bentley Kalu Production Company Vertigo Films Big Room Studios 77 Fortess Road London NW5 1AG +44 (0)20 7428 7555 [email protected] Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street, London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 www.protagonistpictures.com/ [email protected] COMING SOON 75 Kill Your Friends The Lady in the Van 1st Synopsis When the road to success is littered with losers and even your closest colleagues are desperate for you to fail, what would you do to make it to the top? London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. 27-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox takes the concept of “killer tunes” to a murderous new level in a desperate attempt to salvage his career. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 100 mins Director: Owen Harris Producer: Will Clarke, Gregor Cameron Executive Producer: Will Clarke, Danny Perkins, Mike Runagall, Ivan Dunleavy, Steve Norris, Andy Mayson, Len Blavatnik, Aviv Giladi Editor: Bill Smedley Screenwriter: John Niven Directory of Photography: Gustav Danielsson Music: Junkie XL Principal Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Jim Piddock, James Corden, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Georgia King, Jim Piddock, Joseph Mawle, Edward Hogg Production Company Altitutude Film Entertainment 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)20 7478 7612 www.altitudefilment.com [email protected] AI-Film 85 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 4TQ 76 COMING SOON +44 (0)20 7268 3639 www.ai-film.com Sales Agent Altitude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)20 7612 0662 www.altitudefilment.com/ [email protected] Synopsis The true story of the relationship between renowned writer Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Nicholas Hytner Producer: Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader Executive Producer: Miles Ketley, Charles Moore, Christine Langan, Ed Wethered Editor: Tariq Anwar Screenwriter: Alan Bennett Directory of Photography: Andrew Dunn Principal Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Roger Allam, Gwen Taylor Production Company BBC Films (UK), TriStar Productions (USA) BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ Legend The Legend of Barney Thomson 1st Synopsis Synopsis The story of the tortured and unique relationship between gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, the identical twin brothers infamous for their criminal exploits in London during the 1950s and 1960s. Barney Thomson, an awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. His uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he accidentally enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Brian Helgeland Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis Co-Producer: Jane Robertson Editor: Peter McNulty Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland Directory of Photography: Dick Pope Production Designer: Tom Conroy Music: Carter Burwell Principal Cast: Tom Hardy, Taron Egerton, Emily Browning, Tara Fitzgerald, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston Production Company Working Title Films 26 Aybrook Street London W1U 4AN Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3000 www.workingtitlefilms.com Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) 1, Place du Spectacle 92130 Issy les Moulineaux France +33 1 71 35 35 35 pascale.hornus@ studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com Barney’s mother Cemolina isn’t much help either, she has a dark secret of her own to keep hidden. And what about police inspector Holdall who’s started to sniff around the case? Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Robert Carlyle Producer: John G Lenic, Kaleena Kiff, Brian Coffey, Holly Brydson, Richard Cowan Executive Producer: Doug Apatow, Kirk D’Amico Editor: Mike Banas Screenwriter: Colin McLaren (screenwriter), Richard Cowan (screenwriter), Douglas Lindsay (novel) Directory of Photography: Fabian Wagner Production Designer: Ross Dempster Principal Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, James Cosmo Production Company Sigma Films Film City Glasgow Summertown Road Glasgow G51 2QJ +44 (0)141 445 0400 [email protected] www.sigmafilms.com Sales Agent Myriad Pictures (US) +1 310 279 4000 [email protected] www.myriadpictures.com COMING SOON 77 Light Years London Road 1st Synopsis Eight year old Rose challenges a family in denial by setting out to find her mythical dying mother. A road movie taken on foot. An intimate portrait of a family struggling to come to terms with their future, dramatizing an epic human dilemma. When time is running out for us, the environment and future generations what choices of the heart must we make? What values do we cultivate? Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Esther May Campbell Producer: Wendy Bevan-Mogg, Samm Haillay Executive Producer: Amy Gardner Directory of Photography: Zac Nicholson, Will Pugh Production Designer: Jane Morton Principal Cast: James Stuckey Production Company Finite Films 82 Princedale Road London W11 4NL +44 (0)20 7727 4628 [email protected] www.finitefilmsandtv.com Third Films Kingsland Church Studios Priory Green Byker Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 2DW +44 (0)7866 559541 [email protected] www.thirdfilms.co.uk 78 COMING SOON Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstr. 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 7090 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Synopsis The residents of London Road, Ipswich, had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerbcrawling on their street. In 2006 the bodies of five prostitutes were discovered in their quiet rural home town. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy. Rufus Norris directs this film version of the hit National Theatre musical. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 92 mins Director: Rufus Norris Producer: Dixie Linder Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Nick Marston, Tally Garner, Ben Roberts, David Sabel Editor: John Wilson Screenwriter: Alecky Blythe Directory of Photography: Danny Cohen Music: Adam Cork Principal Cast: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson, Calvin Demba, Kate Fleetwood, Eloise Laurence, Janet Henfrey Production Company BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ Cuba Pictures +44 (0)20 7393 4494 [email protected] http://cubapictures.co.uk/ Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42-48 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com The Lovers and the Despot Miss You Already In Post-production Synopsis Synopsis In the aftermath of the Korean War, ambitious young film director Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee enter into a glamorous romance. They rise to the top of the South Korean film industry and are drawn into the inner circle of dictatorial President Park. Their groundbreaking films become instant sensations. But their movie-world idyll is shattered after Shin has a scandalous affair with another actress and confronts the President over censorship, who retaliates by shutting down his studio. Unable to reconcile, Choi and Shin divorce. Milly and Jess have been best friends forever. They’ve shared everything since they were kids – secrets, clothes, laughs, substances, boyfriends… now they are trying to be grown-ups. Milly has a high-flying job and lives in a beautiful townhouse with husband Kit and their two kids. Jess is a town planner and she and her boyfriend Jago live on a bohemian houseboat on a london canal. Their friendship is as rock solid as ever. That is until Jess struggles to have a much longed-for baby and Milly finds out she has breast cancer. How do you share that? Then their lives take a bizarre turn. Choi is lured to Hong-Kong by the promise of work, but is bundled onto a boat and sedated. After a grueling sea voyage to North Korea she is welcomed ashore by whimsical dictator’s son and movie-obsessive, Kim Jong-il, who imprisons her in his summerhouse. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Robert Cannan, Ross Adam Producer: Natasha Dack Principal Cast: Shin Sang-ok, Choi Eun-hee Production Company 23 Blandford Court St Peters Way London N1 4SA +44 (0)20 7923 1001 http://tigerlilyfilms.com/ Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Catherine Hardwicke Producer: Christopher Simon Screenwriter: Morwenna Banks Principal Cast: Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine Production Company S Films 3rd Floor Tylers Court 111A Wardour Street London W1F 0UJ +44 (0)20 7494 4049 [email protected] www.sfilms.com Sales Agent The Salt Company International 3rd Floor 1A Adpar Street London W2 1DE +44 (0)20 7535 6714 [email protected] www.salt-co.com COMING SOON 79 Museum of Innocence The Ones Below 1st Synopsis Based upon Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The Museum of Innocence’. A film about Istanbul, love, memory and loss. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Grant Gee Producer: Janine Marmot, Keith Griffiths Synopsis Kate is pregnant. Theresa is pregnant and moving in to the apartment below, with her partner. When the two women meet one spring morning, a special bond forms, developing into an intimate friendship as they move closer to the births of their babies. Until tragedy strikes. And changes everything. In the most violent and shocking way. With echoes of Hitchcock and Polanski, a terrifying psychological thriller of love, betrayal and revenge, bringing one woman’s personal nightmares vividly to life, amidst the affluent loneliness of the modern city. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: David Farr Producer: Ben Hall, Christine Langan, Dixie Linder, Nick Marston, Joe Oppenheimer, Nikki Parrott Executive Producer: Phil Hunt, Compton Ross Editor: Chris Wyatt Screenwriter: David Farr Directory of Photography: Ed Rutherford Production Designer: Francesca Balestra Di Mottola Principal Cast: Clemence Poesy, Laura Birn, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Morrissey Production Company UK, Ireland, Turkey coproduction Hot Property Films 47 Saint Charles Square London W10 6EN +44 (0)20 8969 7997 janine.hotpropertyfilms.com www.hotpropertyfilms.com/ 80 Sales Agent The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstrasse 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 70 90 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Production Company BBC Films Zone A, 7th Floor BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)20 3614 4445 www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/ Cuba Pictures +44 (0)20 7393 4494 [email protected] http://cubapictures.co.uk/ Tigerlily Films 23 Blandford Court St Peters Way London N1 4SA +44 (0)20 7923 1001 http://tigerlilyfilms.com/ COMING SOON Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com/ Our Kind of Traitor A Patch of Fog 1st Synopsis Synopsis A young English couple bond with an enigmatic Russian businessman after a chance encounter on holiday. What they don’t know is that he is a gangster, seeking to defect to the British secret service before his rivals have a chance to murder him, and he has chosen them as his lifeline. The couple’s recruitment is followed by a deadly chase, which takes them from the souks of Marrakech to London, to the French Open Final in Paris and finally to a thrilling climax in the Swiss Alps. Sandy, a celebrated novelist and TV personality finds his reputation on the line and his life invaded when he is caught shoplifting by Robert, a lonely security guard. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Susanna White Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan Screenwriter: Hossein Amini (screenplay), John le Carré (novel) Principal Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris, Alicia von Rittberg, Stellan Skarsgård Production Company The Ink Factory 73 Wells Street London W1T 3QG +44 (0)20 7096 1698 [email protected] www.inkfactoryfilms.com Potboiler Productions 9 Greek Street London W1D 4DQ +44 (0)20 7734 7372 [email protected] www.potboiler.co.uk Sales Agent StudioCanal (FR) 1, Place du Spectacle 92130 Issy les Moulineaux France +33 1 71 35 35 35 pascale.hornus@ studiocanal.com www.studiocanal.com Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Michael Lennox Producer: David Gilbery, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones Executive Producer: Nick Quested, Simon Lewis, Arnaud Lannic, Natascha Wharton Editor: Lívia Serpa Screenwriter: Michael McCartney, John Cairns Directory of Photography: Matthias Pilz Principal Cast: Conleth Hill, Stephen Graham, Lara Pulver, Arsher Ali Production Company Northern Ireland Screen, the BFI Film Fund, The Fyzz Facility The Fyzz Ltd 4 Cleveland Street London W1T 6NW +44 (0)20 7388 7868 www.thefyzz.com COMING SOON 81 Remainder Spaceship 1st 1st In Post-production Synopsis Based on the bestselling cult novel by Tom McCarthy, the plot follows a young man who tries to reconstruct his past out of fragmented memories. His obsessive efforts are funded by a large financial settlement for an accident he cannot remember, but neither his friends nor he can anticipate the extremes he will go to in realising his quest. Synopsis When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel’s search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends. But the further he goes inside their computer game and fantasy-obsessed world, the more he realises that he must confront his own difficult memories if he is to get his daughter back. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 120 mins Director: Omer Fast Producer: Natasha Dack, Malte Grunert Executive Producer: Eve Gabereau, Markus Hannebauer, Etan Ilfeld Editor: Andrew Bird Screenwriter: Omer Fast (screenplay), Tom McCarthy (novel) Production Designer: Adrian Smith Principal Cast: Tom Sturridge, Ed Speleers, Cush Jumbo, Adrian Schiller, Arsher Ali Produced in association with British Film Institute (BFI), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Soda Film + Art Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Alex Taylor Producer: Nicola Bowen, Olivier Kaempfer Editor: Carmela Iandoli Screenwriter: Alex Taylor Directory of Photography: Liam Iandoli Production Designer: Francesca Massariol Principal Cast: Antti Reini, Alexa Davies, Steven Elder, Harry Pellow-Jarvis, Lara Peake Production Company UK, German coproduction Tigerlily Films (UK), Amusement Park Film GmbH (DE) Tigerlily Films 23 Blandford Court St Peters Way London N1 4SA +44 (0)20 7923 1001 http://tigerlilyfilms.com/ 82 COMING SOON Sales Agent The Match Factory GmbH (International sales excluding UK and Ireland) The Match Factory (DE) Balthasarstrasse 79-81 50670 Cologne Germany +49 221 539 70 90 [email protected] www.the-match-factory.com Soda Pictures (UK and Ireland sales) 17 Blossom Street London E1 6PL +44 (0)20 7377 1407 [email protected] www.sodapictures.com/ Production Company Belly Films, Parkville Pictures, iFeatures, Creative England, BFI, BBC Films, Seaweed Films Parkville Pictures 4A Parkville Road London SW6 7BX +44 (0)7891 220219 [email protected] www.parkvillepictures.com Suffragette Sunset Song Synopsis Synopsis The story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement - women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state. Set in the early 20th century, ‘Sunset Song’ begins with the suicide attempt of a poverty stricken woman in Scotland, broken by repeated childbirths, who kills herself and poisons her twin babies. The story follows one of the woman’s surviving daughters, Chris Guthrie, who must manage the farm after her mother’s death, and, after her father, who has had a stroke, becomes bedridden. But when love comes to Chris she must send her man off to the Great War and manage the farm in a land about to be changed forever by the onset of technology and war. How can we bear time, or subdue nature? We cannot. We can only endure... Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 106 mins Director: Sarah Gavron Producer: Alison Owen, Faye Ward Editor: Barney Pilling Screenwriter: Abi Morgan Directory of Photography: Eduard Grau Production Designer: Alice Normington Principal Cast: Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham-Carter, Carey Mulligan, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, Samuel West, Anne-Marie Duff Production Company Ruby Films 26 Lloyd Baker Street London WC1X 9AW +44 (0)20 7833 9990 [email protected] www.rubyfilms.co.uk Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com Sales Agent Pathé International (FR) 2, rue Lamennais 75008 PARIS France +33 1 71 72 33 05 [email protected] www.patheinternational.com Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Terence Davies Producer: Roy Boulter, Sol Papadopoulos, Nicolas Steil Executive Producer: Bob Last, Alice De Sousa Editor: David Charap Screenwriter: Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Novel) Directory of Photography: Michael McDonough Production Designer: Andy Harris Principal Cast: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie, Stuart Martin, Ian Pirie, Jamie Michie, Douglas Rankine, Jim Sweeney Production Company Hurricane Films 1st Floor, 13 Hope Street Liverpool L1 9BQ +44 (0)151 707 9700 [email protected] www.hurricanefilms.net Holdings Ecosse 12/196 Rose Street Edinburgh Scotland EH2 4AT [email protected] Sales Agent Fortissimo Films (NL) Van Diemenstraat 100 Amsterdam 1013 CN The Netherlands +31 20 627 32 15 [email protected] www.fortissimofilms.com Iris Productions UK 50 Openshaw Road London SE2 0TE +44 (0)7957 548010 [email protected] http://theirisgroup.eu COMING SOON 83 Swung A Syrian Love Story 1st Synopsis When an encounter with the swinging scene has an unexpected impact on David’s impotence, Alice thinks she might have found the solution to all their problems, but the poly-amorous world is a difficult place for a love story to flourish. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Colin Kennedy Producer: Brian Coffey Editor: David Arthur Screenwriter: Ewan Morrison Directory of Photography: Jean-François Hensgens Production Designer: Tom Sayer Music: Tom Sayer Principal Cast: Elena Anaya, Owen McDonnell, Elizabeth McGovern Production Company Sigma Films Film City Glasgow 4 Summertown Road Glasgow G51 2LY +44 (0)141 445 0400 [email protected] www.sigmafilms.com 84 COMING SOON Sales Agent The Works International 5th Floor, Fairgate House 78 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1HB +44 (0)20 7612 1080 international@ theworksfilmgroup.com www.theworksfilmgroup.com Synopsis Amer and Ragda were political activists who met and fell in love in a Syrian prison. When Ragda is imprisoned again for publically condemning the Assad regime Amer must bring up their children alone. The film follows the family as they are reunited and are forced to flee to Lebanon and finally find safety in France, but in their new found ‘freedom’ they find themselves at now war with each other. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 90 mins Director: Sean McAllister Producer: Sean McAllister, Elhum Shakerifar Production Company Tenfoot (10Ft) Films [email protected] www.tenfootfilms.co.uk Their Finest Hour and a Half Tiger House In Pre-production Synopsis Synopsis A British film crew attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. A screwball and yet moving portrait of the topsy turvy world of wartime London. One fateful night, troubled teenager Kelly sneaks into her boyfriend Mark’s house to deliver some sobering news: she’s pregnant. With the skills she’s learnt as a gymnast, Kelly deftly creeps across the garden and clambers up the drainpipes without waking his disapproving parents. But tonight, she’s not the only unwelcome visitor: an armed gang breaks in. Mark’s father Doug manages a bank and the gang plan on using Doug’s help to carry out a daring heist using his captive family as leverage. Based on the novel by Lissa Evans. Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: Lone Scherfig Producer: Amanda Posey, Stephen Woolley Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Ed Wethered Screenwriter: Gaby Chiappe (screenplay), Lissa Evans (novel) Principal Cast: Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Sam Clafin Production Company Wildgaze Films 53 Greek Street London W1D 3DR +44 (0)20 7734 7065 [email protected] www.wildgazefilms.co.uk Number 9 Films Linton House, 1st Floor 24 Wells Street London W1T 3PH +44 (0)20 7323 4060 [email protected] http://number9films.co.uk/ BBC Films BBC Broadcasting House 7th Floor, Zone A Portland Place London W1A 1AA +44 (0)203 614 4445 [email protected] www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms Sales Agent HanWay Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH +44 (0)20 7290 0750 [email protected] www.hanwayfilms.com Kelly overhears everything, and now knows too much... But she can’t hide forever. As the situation spirals out of control, the suburban house becomes a terrifying arena for violence. Faced with no alternative Kelly must turn and fight back. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 80 mins Director: Thomas Daley Producer: Ronnie Apteker, Tarquin Glass, Richard Mansell Editor: Gary Forrester Screenwriter: Simon Lewis Directory of Photography: Willie Nel Production Designer: Tom Gubb Principal Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Dougray Scott, Brandon Auret, Langley Kirkwood, Julie Summers, Andrew Brent Production Company Altitutude Film Entertainment 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)20 7478 7612 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com Sales Agent Altitude Film Sales 34 Fouberts Place London W1F 7PX +44 (0)207 612 0662 [email protected] www.altitudefilment.com/ COMING SOON 85 Trespass Against Us Tulip Fever 1st In Post-production Synopsis An original gangster movie set across three generations of the rowdy Cutler family. They live as outlaws in some of Britain’s richest countryside - hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad ends up caught between his father’s archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, whilst the full force of the law is finally catching up with him. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Adam Smith Producer: Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood, Alastair Siddons Executive Producer: Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Frederick W. Green Screenwriter: Alastair Siddons Directory of Photography: Eduard Grau Music: The Chemical Brothers Principal Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal, Sean Harris, Rory Kinnear Production Company Potboiler Productions, Film4, Albert Granville, in association with DMC Film Potboiler Productions 9 Greek Street London W1D 4DQ +44 (0)20 7734 7372 [email protected] www.potboiler.co.uk Film4 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX +44 (0)20 7396 4444 www.film4.com DMC Film 25 Atlantic Avenue Ballycastle Antrim BT54 6AL Northern Ireland 86 COMING SOON Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures 42 - 48 Great Portand Street London W1W 7NB +44 (0)20 7734 9000 [email protected] www.protagonistpictures.com/ Synopsis An artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. Based on Deborah Moggach’s best-selling novel ‘Tulip Fever’. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Justin Chadwick Producer: Alison Owen, Tom Prince, Faye Ward Co-Producer: Adriana Randall, Richard Hewitt, Sherin Shaker Executive Producer: Molly Conners, Harvey Weinstein Screenwriter: Deborah Moggach (novel), Tom Stoppard (screenplay) Directory of Photography: Eigil Bryld Music: Danny Elfman Principal Cast: Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz, Judi Dench, Holliday Grainger, Jack O’Connell, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hollander, Cara Delvingne, Zach Galifianakis, Matthew Morrison, Cressida Bonas Production Company UK, USA coproduction Ruby Films (UK), Worldview Entertainment (US), The Weinstein Company (US) Ruby Films 26 Lloyd Baker Street London WC1X 9AW +44 (0)20 7833 9990 [email protected] www.rubyfilms.co.uk Sales Agent The Weinstein Company (US) 99 Hudson Street, 4th Floor NY 10013 New York USA +1 212 941 3800 international@weinsteinco. com www.weinsteinco.com Under Milk Wood The Violators 1st In Post-production Synopsis Synopsis Residents of a fictional Welsh community share stories and poems of their life in their seaside town. When Shelly meets Rachel, two dysfunctional girls from radically opposed backgrounds set off on a collision course that will leave one of them shattered, the other re-born. An adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ much loved classic of modern British poetry. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Kevin Allen Producer: Stephen Malit, Rhys Ifans, Kevin Allen Editor: Sara Jones Screenwriter: Rhys Ifans, Murray Lachlan Young, Kevin Allen, Michael Breen (based on the play by Dylan Thomas) Directory of Photography: Andy Hollis Production Designer: Marie Lanna Principal Cast: Rhys Ifans, Charlotte Church, Llyr Ifans Production Company Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C) Pac Ty Glas Llanishen Cardiff Wales CF14 5DU +44 (0)2920 741473 fFatti fFilms Tinopolis Stryd Y Parc Llanelli Wales SA15 3YE +44 (0)1554 880874 Sales Agent Metro International Entertainment 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3ED +44 (0)20 7396 5301 [email protected] www.metro-films.com Set in the forsaken wastelands of Cheshire’s littleseen urban overspill, ‘The Violators’ is a meditation on the meaning of home, and the potency and fragility of young girls’ sexuality. Details Year: 2015 Running Time: 95 mins Director: Helen Walsh Producer: David A Hughes, David Moores Executive Producer: Kevin Sampson Editor: Kyle Ogden, David A Hughes Screenwriter: Helen Walsh Directory of Photography: Tobin Jones Sound: James Mulhearn, Stefan Kazassoglou Music: David A Hughes Principal Cast: Lauren McQueen, Brogan Ellis, Stephen Lord, Liam Ainsworth, Derek Barr, Callum King Chadwick Production Company Red Union Films 18 Hill Road Prenton Merseyside CH43 8TL +44 (0)151 203 5815 [email protected] www.redunionfilms.com COMING SOON 87 War on Everyone Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? Synopsis A jet-black comedy about two corrupt cops in New Mexico who set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he? Synopsis Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? (Working title) Details Year: 2016 Running Time: Director: John Michael McDonagh Producer: Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez-Marengo, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross Co-Producer: Elizabeth Eves Executive Producer: Stephen Kelliher Editor: Chris Gill Screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh Directory of Photography: Bobby Bukowski Principal Cast: Michael Peña, Alexander Skarsgård, Theo James, Tessa Thompson, Caleb Landry Jones, Paul Reiser, Stephanie Sigman, David Wilmot Production Company Reprisal Films [email protected] www.reprisalfilms.com Head Gear Films +44 (0)20 7734 3566 [email protected] 88 Sales Agent Bankside Films Ashley House, 5th Floor 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN +44 (0)20 7636 6085 [email protected] www.bankside-films.com Nineteen years ago Saar finally admitted to his conservative and religious family in Israel that he was gay and worse still – no longer believed in God. Expelled from the kibbutz he had grown up in, and rejected by his family, Saar fled to London where he attempted to build a new life. But when he is diagnosed with HIV his world falls apart and he decides to fulfil a lifelong ambition and joins the London Gay Mens Chorus. With the support of his new found brothers-in-arms he starts a reconciliation process with his family back in Israel. But he soon finds himself having to choose between his London family and the family he left behind. Image courtesy of Todor Krastev Details Year: 2015 Running Time: Director: Tomer Heymann (Director), Barak Heymann (Director), Alexander Bodin Saphir (Co-Director) Producer: Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann, Alexander Bodin Saphir Executive Producer: Ashley Luke Production Company UK, Israel coproduction Heymann Brothers Film (IL), Breaking Productions (UK) Heymann Brothers Films Tel Aviv Israel Barak Heymann +972 35602701 [email protected] Breaking Productions 11 Johns Mews London WC1N 2PA +44 (0)7854 925544 [email protected] COMING SOON UK SHORTS PORTAL Watch the best new work from across the UK 89 Welcome to the British Council UK Shorts Portal Whether you are looking for exciting graduate shorts from our film schools, breakthrough talent developed through our national and regional agencies, pioneering animations or inspiring documentaries, you can find the best new work the UK has to offer right here. To register and start viewing visit UKShortsportal.picturepipe.net To find out more about shorts in the UK visit Weareukfilm.com/shorts For more information about British Council Film visit britishcouncil.org/film L @British_Film Partners RFP 90 ON RELEASE Dazed & Confused The Bureau Nokia Index of Films UK Film Cannes 2015 - Features 5 Amy 5 Carol 6 Cemetery of Splendour (Rak Ti Khon Kaen) 6 The Lobster 7 Macbeth 7 Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans 8 Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) 8 Youth (La giovinezza) UK Film Cannes 2015 - Shorts 10 Love is Blind 10 MANOMAN 11 Patriot 11 Rate Me On Release 2015 14 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia 14 45 Years 15 808 15 Attacking The Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime 16 The Beat Beneath My Feet 16 Bone in the Throat 17 Brand: A Second Coming 17 Brooklyn 18 Bypass 18 Castles in the Sky 19 Chuck Norris vs Communism 19 Cinderella 20 The Closer We Get 20 A Dangerous Game 21 Dark Horse 21 Disaster Playground 22 Dreamcatcher 22 The Duke of Burgundy 23 The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson 23 Electricity 24 The Emperor’s New Clothes 24 The Face of an Angel 25 The Falling 25 Far from the Madding Crowd 26 Get Santa 26 The Goob 27 Greyhawk 27 The Guvnors 28 Hadwin’s Judgement 28 The Hallow 29 Hide and Seek 29 Hockney 30 Honeytrap 30 How to Change the World 31 Hyena 31 I Am Belfast 32 The Imitation Game 32 Just Jim 33 K 33 Kajaki 34 The Knife That Killed Me 34 Let Us Prey 35 Life May Be 35 A Little Chaos 36 Listen To Me Marlon 36 The Look of Silence 37 Lost In Karastan 37 Love Hotel 38 Love Is All 38 Love, Rosie 39 Luna 39 Man Up 40 Marc Quinn – Making Waves 40 Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions 41 Miss Julie 41 Monsters: Dark Continent 42 Mr. Holmes 42 My Accomplice 43 The Narrow Frame of Midnight (Itar el-Layl) 43 A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did 44 Night Bus 44 Nina Forever 45 Norfolk 45 Orion: The Man Who Would Be King 46 Paddington 46 Palio 47 Planetary 47 A Practical Guide to a Spectacular Suicide 48 Radiator 48 The Riot Club 49 Robot Overlords 49 A Royal Night Out 50 The Russian Woodpecker 50 Scintilla (aka The Hybrid) 51 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 51 Second Coming 52 Selma 52 Set Fire to the Stars 53 Shaun the Sheep Movie 53 The Silent Storm 54 Slow West 54 Soul Boys of the Western World 55 Spooks: The Greater Good 55 Stand By For Tape Back-Up 56 The Survivalist 56 Tales of the Grim Sleeper 57 Testament of Youth 57 Theeb 58 The Theory of Everything 58 They Will Have To Kill Us First 59 To the Editor of Amateur Photographer 59 Tony Benn: Will and Testament 60 60 61 61 62 62 Trash War Book We Are Monster Woman in Gold X+Y You (Us) Me Coming Soon in 2015/16 64 Absolutely Anything 64 American Honey 65 Bill 65 The Boombox Project 66 Brand New-U 66 Burn Burn Burn 67 Captain Webb: The Greatest Englishman 67 City of Tiny Lights 68 Couple in a Hole 68 The Creative Life 69 Dad’s Army 69 Departure 70 Despite the Falling Snow 70 Ethel and Ernest 71 Everest 71 Gozo 72 The Hard Stop (aka Down by Law) 72 Hec McAdam (aka Hector) 73 High-Rise 73 A Hundred Streets 74 Icon 74 The Incident 75 Iona 75 Kill Command 76 Kill Your Friends 76 The Lady in the Van 77 Legend 77 The Legend of Barney Thomson 78 Light Years 78 London Road 79 The Lovers and the Despot 79 Miss You Already 80 Museum of Innocence 80 The Ones Below 81 Our Kind of Traitor 81 A Patch of Fog 82 Remainder 82 Spaceship 83 Suffragette 83 Sunset Song 84 Swung 84 A Syrian Love Story 85 Their Finest Hour and a Half 85 Tiger House 86 Trespass Against Us 86 Tulip Fever 87 Under Milk Wood 87 The Violators 88 War on Everyone 88 Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? 91 www.weareukfilm.com www.britishcouncil.org/film
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