Line Up Fall 2016 - Urban Distribution International

FALL 2016 LINE UP
ANIMATION
WORLD PREMIERES
COMING SOON
ZOMBILLENIUM
by Arthur de Pins
& Alexis Ducord
HOUNDS OF LOVE
by Ben Young
THAT THING CALLED LOVE
by Carlos César Arbeláez
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
by Midi Z
SAMUI SONG
by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
JOE CINQUE’S CONSOLATION
by Sotiris Dounoukos
TRENDY
by Louis Lagayette
SECOND GENERATION
by Véra Belmont
& Xavier Picard
LONG WAY NORTH
by Rémi Chayé
CAFARD
by Jan Bultheel
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FOREIGN BODY
by Raja Amari
FLEMISH HEAVEN
by Peter Monsaert
ON RELEASE
LIBRARY
TIME WAS ENDLESS
by Sérgio Andrade
& Fábio Baldo
A WORLD OF FILMS - THE UDI LIBRARY
IN
COMING
PRODUCTION
SOON
by Arthur de Pins
& Alexis Ducord
DELIVERY
Second Semester 2017
TEASER AVAILABLE
IMAT
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Zombillenium is an amusement park like no other : only
genuine werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other
citizens of the undead community are employed there…
for eternity. One day, Hector, a young compliance officer,
comes to control the park’s safety and threatens to shut it
down. Francis, the vampire who manages the park, has no
choice but to bite him to protect his business.
And so Hector is hired. He gets to know his co-workers and
Gretchen, a witch who’s interning at the park, teaches him
the workplace culture. Hector could well be Zombillenium’s
last chance : attendance figures are down and the park
needs a new special attraction to avoid bankruptcy. But
deep down Hector longs for his young daughter, Lucy,
who’s waiting for him back in the ‘real’ world...
BUDGET
USD $ 15,000,000
URB
Animation - France, Belgium - 2017
IN PRODUCTION
SECOND
GENERATION
TEASER AVAILABLE
RELEASE SUMMER 2017
WITH THE VOICES OF
EMMA THOMPSON AND ED HARRIS
by Véra Belmont & Xavier Picard
Animation - France, Belgium – 2017
This intimate and poignant story, told in a unique and touching tone, could only be done justice through animation.
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AN
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Famous Israeli author and renowned cartoonist, Michel Kichka is the son of a man who was the sole survivor of
his family, all of whom were exterminated in the concentration camps. At 20 years old, Michel’s father returned
to his native Belgium, fathering four children, two girls and two boys. In response to their father’s life being so
devastating, his children have never stopped wanting to free themselves, each in his or her own way.
URB
Second Generation is not a reckoning with history. It’s a film that retraces the decisive moments of a childhood spent
in the shadow of the Holocaust, from Belgium to the promised land, filled with both nightmares and joyful moments.
ON RELEASE
ON RELEASE
GRAND PRIZE - FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
LONG WAY NORTH
US DISTRIBUTION
Shout! Factory (A MONSTER IN PARIS)
ENGLISH DUB AVAILABLE
“CAFARD impresses with its originality, tone,
atmosphere and humanity. Definitely the most
puzzling and ambitious animated film since
WALTZ WITH BASHIR. A true discovery.”
Animation - France, Denmark – 2015 - 81’
An epic journey across history, from
Saint Petersburg to the Far North
Animation - Belgium, France, The Netherlands – 2015 - 86’
Based on the true story of the prestigious elite group
ACM, the first Armored Car Division in history, which set
out on a dramatic odyssey around the world during WWI.
URB
by Rémi Chayé
by Jan Bultheel
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IMAT
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URB
LA DERNIÈRE HEURE
IN SELECTION
HOUNDS
of
LOVE
by Ben Young
Thriller - Australia - 2016 - 108’
In the mid 1980’s seventeen-year-old Vicki Maloney is randomly
abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she
observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises
she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
WITH IMPECCABLE STYLE, BEN YOUNG
DELIVERS A HARROWING, EDGE OF YOUR
SEAT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.
MANDALAY
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
RETURN TO BURMA
Rotterdam Tiger Awards Competition 2012
ICE POISON
Berlin Panorama 2014
by Midi Z
Drama - Taiwan, France, Germany, Myanmar - 2016 - 108’
The human traffickers have a well-established route: from Burma into Thailand across the Mekong River at Tchilek, along
quiet country roads, passing bribed police checkpoints and into Bangkok, where the illegal migrants are on their own.
Lianqing is one of five illegals who travels this route one summer night in 2013; along the way a fellow migrant called Guo
is kind to her, and their fates later become entwined. Once in Thailand, Lianqing finds ‘underground’ jobs, saves money
and finds out where to buy fake identity papers with the hope of making it to Taiwan. But Guo has different ambitions…
IN SELECTION
THE ROAD TO
CONSOLATION
by Sotiris Dounoukos
Crime Drama - Australia - 2016 - 102’
In late 1997 Anu Singh, a beautiful law student in Canberra killed her boyfriend Joe Cinque after months of telling
friends and colleagues she planned to kill herself and take him with her. Despite the warnings, no one stopped
her. Joe Cinque’s Consolation is the screen adaptation of Helen Garner’s celebrated account of those events – a
psychological crime drama that examines Joe and Anu’s relationship and the circumstances that led to tragedy.
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
IN SELECTION
JOE CINQUE’S
HIAM ABBASS (THE VISITOR, LEMON TREE, DÉGRADÉ)
FOREIGN
BODY
by Raja Amari
Drama - France, Tunisia - 2016 - 92’
Like hundreds of illegal immigrants, Samia lands on European shores. Haunted
by the fear of being followed by her Islamist brother whom she had denounced to
the authorities, Samia first finds refuge at Imed’s home, a former acquaintance
from her village, before ending up working for the rich widow Leila. These new
meetings mingle with her headlong flight where desire enhances tensions.
IN SELECTION
STARRING
by Peter Monsaert
Drama - Belgium - 2016 - 112’
A look at the lives of three generations of women. Monique and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders
and France. Eline, Sylvie’s six-year-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious workplace of her mother and grandmother,
but she is never allowed inside. A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and the family ties are put under pressure.
IN SELECTION
FLEMISH
HEAVEN
LOVE
by Carlos César Arbeláez
Drama - Colombia - 2016
The Box, Prepaid and The Happy Girl are three stories that all begin at the La Polonesa coffee shop in
Medellín, Colombia on Mother’s Day Sunday. In each of the stories, the characters seem to be guided
by an inescapable destiny.
In The Box, Camila is forced to bring her son’s disinterred ashes home when the cemetery is set to be
demolished. The event stirs up old memories and grudges that Camila and her husband thought had
been buried along with the boy.
In Prepaid, Erika gets ready to start a new life with her young daughter in Spain. Before she goes, she
decides to meet one last time with a Japanese client , who turns out to have an unexpected surprise
for her.
In The Happy Girl, Marlon and The Happy Girl both earn money performing on the streets as living
statues. But when they remove their make-up and costumes together in a flophouse, they discover
each other’s faces and true identities, which abruptly brings their relationship to an end.
COMING SOON
THAT THING CALLED
by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Thriller - Thailand, Germany, Norway - 2016
Viyada, a soap opera actress in her mid-30s, is married to Jerome, a rich
foreign national. But Jerome’s growing obsession with a cult-like group known
as Buddhakaya and its charismatic leader The Holy One puts Viyada, an
unbeliever, in an increasingly compromised situation. Just when there seems
to be no escape for her, she encounters Guy Spencer, a mysterious man who
claims that he can rid her of her problems permanently – for a high price. But
things do not go as planned, and Viyada must take drastic measures in order to
escape the influence of The Holy One once and for all.
COMING SOON
SAMUI
SONG
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
HEADSHOT
Berlin Panorama 2012
NANG MAI
Cannes Un Certain Regard 2009
PLOY
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2007
by Louis Lagayette
Thriller - UK - 2016
Richard is a secondary school teacher in his 30’s. He moves from the countryside to Dalston, the heart of East London, to start
a new job in a comprehensive school in Hackney.
He is a singular man, socially different, and quickly, he faces the violent gentrification occurring in the trendy areas of London.
He meets Chloe, a gallery manager who introduces him to the night life of the East End, but also Hassan, who owns a Turkish
restaurant in his street, and Matthew, his neighbour, an old Cockney who hates the yuppies.
Richard’s unclear past combined with his growing psychiatric instability make him an easy target for all communities and he
experiences rejection and humiliation. After an ultimate persecution, his violent behaviour erupts and unleashes his darkest
impulses, turning him into an uncontrollable murderer...
COMING SOON
TRENDY
Drama - Brazil, Germany - 2015 - 85’
Anderson is a native young man in conflict with the leaders of his community, located on the outskirts
of Manaus. In this huge city in the heart of the Amazon, the traditions that indigenous people struggle to
keep alive seem out of time in the face of the contemporary life they live. In search of self-affirmation,
Anderson leaves for the city center, experiencing new feelings and facing other challenges while
living on his own. However, the old shaman plans to bring him back for one more ritual.
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
JONATHAS’ FOREST
ON RELEASE
by Sérgio Andrade & Fábio Baldo
A WORLD OF FILMS
EUROPE
BURN BURN BURN by Chanya Button – United Kingdom (2015)
HECTOR by JAKE GAVIN – United Kingdom (2015)
CENTRO HISTORICO by MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA, AKI KAURISMAKI,
VICTOR ERICE & PEDRO COSTA – Portugal (2012)
INSECURE by MARIANNE TARDIEU – France (2014)
MY LITTLE PRINCESS by EVA IONESCO – France (2011)
THESE ARE THE RULES by OGNJEN SVILICIC – Croatia (2014)
EASTERN DRIFT (2010) by SHARUNAS BARTAS – Lithuania (2010)
LIKE THE WIND by MARCO S. PUCCIONI – Italy (2013)
RACHEL by SIMONE BITTON – France (2009)
AFTER THE NIGHT by BASIL DA CUNHA – Portugal (2013)
SWEET EVIL by OLIVIER COUSSEMACQ – France (2009)
VIRAMUNDO by PIERRE-YVES BORGEAUD – Switzerland (2013)
DOCUMENTARY
LATIN AMERICA
INCIDENT LIGHT by ARIEL ROTTER – Argentina (2015)
THE MOVING CREATURES by CAETANO GOTARDO – Brazil (2012)
ALIAS MARIA by JOSE LUIS RUGELES – Colombia (2015)
HARD LABOR by JULIANA ROJAS & MARCO DUTRA – Brazil (2011)
NATURAL SCIENCES by MATIAS LUCCHESI – Argentina (2014)
THE EMPTY HOURS by AARON FERNANDEZ – Mexico (2013)
GIRIMUNHO by HELVECIO MARINS JR & CLARISSA CAMPOLINA
– Brazil (2011)
EL MUDO by DANIEL & DIEGO VEGA – Peru (2013)
UN AMOR by PAULA HERNANDEZ – Argentina (2011)
ALL ABOUT THE FEATHERS by NETO VILLALOBOS – Costa Rica (2013)
108 (CUCHILLO DE PALO) by RENATE COSTA – Paraguay (2010)
ONCE UPON A TIME WAS I, VERONICA by MARCELO GOMES – Brazil (2013)
OCTUBRE by DANIEL & DIEGO VEGA – Peru (2010)
A PELADA by DAMIEN CHEMIN – Brazil (2013)
THE COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN by CARLOS CESAR ARBELAEZ
– Colombia (2010)
ROA by ANDRES BAIZ – Colombia (2013)
LAS ACACIAS by PABLO GIORGELLI – Argentina (2010)
VILLEGAS by GONZALO TOBAL – Argentina (2012)
THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY by JAVIER REBOLLO – Argentina (2012)
THE PRIZE by PAULA MARKOVITCH – Mexico (2011)
THE FAMOUS AND THE DEAD by ESMIR FILHO – Brazil (2009)
SUNSTROKE by DANIELA THOMAS & FELIPE HIRSCH – Brazil (2009)
DOCUMENTARY
DOUBLE TAKE by JOHAN GRIMONPREZ – Belgium (2009)
AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
DOCUMENTARY
3X3D by JEAN-LUC GODARD, PETER GREENAWAY
& EDGAR PERA – Portugal (2013)
LOST PERSONS AREA by CAROLINE STRUBBE – Belgium (2009)
CHICKS – LIFE AT THE RANCH by SOPHIE LETOURNEUR – France (2009)
THE ENDLESS RIVER by OLIVER HERMANUS – South Africa (2015)
DEATH FOR SALE by FAOUZI BENSAIDI – Morocco (2011)
I’M A STANDARD SUPPORTER by RITON LIEBMAN – Belgium (2013)
MONA LISA HAS VANISHED by FRANÇOIS LUNEL – France (2008)
RED ROSE by SEPIDEH FARSI – Iran (2014)
THE RIF LOVER by NARJISS NEJJAR – Morocco (2011)
GANG OF THE JOTAS by MARJANE SATRAPI – France (2012)
THE LEARNER by SAMUEL COLLARDEY – France (2008)
FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS by MITRA FARAHANI – Iran (2013)
MOBILE HOME by FRANÇOIS PIROT – France (2012)
O ESTADO DO MUNDO (Shorts Collection) – Portugal (2007)
WHISPER WITH THE WIND by SHAHRAM ALIDI – Iraq (2009)
THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS
by TEONA STRUGAR MITEVSKA – Macedonia (2012)
MEDEA MIRACLE by TONINO DE BERNARDI – Italy (2007)
THE LEBANESE ROCKET SOCIETY by JOANA HADJITHOMAS & KHALIL JOREIGE
– Lebanon (2012) DOCUMENTARY
EPILOGUE by AMIR MANOR – Israel (2012)
MASQUERADES by LYES SALEM – Algeria (2008)
SADHU by GAEL METROZ – SWITZERLAND (2012)
DOCUMENTARY
CHILDHOODS (Shorts Collection) – France (2007)
THE CUTOFF MAN by IDAN HUBEL – Israel (2012)
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY by DIMA EL HORR – Lebanon (2009)
BASSIDJI by MEHRAN TAMADON – Iran (2009)
DOCUMENTARY
ASIA & PACIFIC
NORTH AMERICA
UNDERGROUND FRAGRANCE by PENGFEI – China (2015)
FELIX & MEIRA by MAXIME GIROUX – Canada (2014)
BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES
by PHAN DANG DI – Vietnam (2015)
GIMME THE LOOT by ADAM LEON – USA (2012)
LUCKY LIFE by ISAAC LEE CHUNG – USA (2010)
THE OWNERS by ADILKHAN YERZHANOV
– Kazakhstan (2014)
DREAM BOY by JAMES BOLTON – USA (2008)
KURAI KURAI : TALES ON THE WIND
by MARJOLEINE BOONSTRA – Kyrgyzstan (2014)
MUNYURANGABO by ISAAC LEE CHUNG – USA (2007)
JOURNEY TO THE WEST by TSAI MING LIANG
– Taiwan (2014)
SAVE ME by ROBERT CARY – USA (2007)
ONE OF MANY by DORIS BUTTIGNOL & JO BERANGER
– Canada (2005) DOCUMENTARY
STRAY DOGS by TSAI MING LIANG – Taiwan (2013)
LITTLE SPARROWS by CAMILLE CHEN – Australia (2010)
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