Louder Than BomBs The ProPaganda game James WhiTe Body

2015
by Joachim Trier
In Competiton
The Propaganda
Game
by Alvaro Longoria
World Market Premiere
NEW
Slack Bay
by Bruno Dumont
In Pre-Production
The Darkness
by Daniel Castro Zimbrón
In Production
UPCOMING
STILL AVAILABLE
Berlin
Syndrome
Body
by Cate Shortland
In Pre-Production
Cop Car
news from
planet mars
by Dominik Moll
In Production
James White
Marguerite
by Josh Mond
World Market Premiere
by Xavier Giannoli
In Post-Production
by Malgorzata Szumowska
by Jon Watts
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IN CANNES
Louder
Than Bombs
Louder
Than Bombs
Joachim Trier
By the director of Oslo, August 31st (Cannes 2011 – Un Certain Regard) and Reprise
in Cannes
Louder Than Bombs
A film by Joachim Trier
By the director of Oslo, August 31st (Cannes 2011 – Un Certain Regard)
and Reprise
With Isabelle Huppert (Amour, The Piano Teacher, 8 Women),
Academy Award Nominee Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment, The Usual Suspects,
The End of Violence), Academy Award Nominee Jesse Eisenberg
(Batman v Superman, Now You See Me, The Social Network),
Academy Award Nominee Amy Ryan (The Wire, Birdman, Bridge of Spies,
Gone Baby Gone), Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn
(Lincoln, Good Night) and Devin Druid
Three years after her unexpected death, the preparation of an exhibition celebrating the famous war
photographer Isabel Reed brings her husband and their two sons together for the first time in years.
When an unsettling secret resurfaces, the three men are forced to look at each other and themselves in a new light, redefining their innermost needs and desires.
SCREENINg in cannes
TBA
Watch promo here
Produced by Motlys (Oslo, August 31st, North, Turn me on Dammit)
Co-produced by Animal Kingdom, BIG BEACH FILMS, Bona Fide, Memento Films Production and Nimbus Film
Norway, France, USA | 2015 I 103 Min I English | Budget 11 MILLIONS USD
in Cannes – WORLD MARKET PREMIERE
THE PROPAGANDA
GAME
Alvaro Longoria
By the director of Sons of the Clouds
By the editor of Oliver Stone’s The Untold History of The United States
in Cannes – WORLD MARKET PREMIERE
THE PROPAGANDA GAME
a documentary by Alvaro Longoria
By the director of Sons of the Clouds
North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating.
Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is
one of the largest sources of instability as regards to world peace. It also has the most militarized
border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically
non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.
SCREENINg in cannes
TBA
Watch promo here
By the editor of Oliver Stone’s The Untold History of The United States, Comandante, Alexandre
By the cinematographer of 7 Days in La Havana, La Plaga
By the composer of Mama, The Impossible, The Orphanage
Produced by Morena Films (Cell 211, Even The Rain, Ma Ma) and Mare Nostrum Productions
in association with B Media 13 – Backup Media
Spain, France | 2015 | 90 min I English
Audience Award
NEW
in Cannes – WORLD MARKET PREMIERE
James White
Josh Mond
“Knockout performances!” Variety
“Devastating!” Robert Ebert.com
“An arresting feature debut. Viscerally acted.” The Hollywood Reporter
“A must-see!” The Huffington Post
“One of the standouts in this year’s Sundance selection.” THE GUARDIAN
“Bracingly authentic and unique.” LITTLE WHITE LIES
“Incredibly powerful, emotionally crippling.” EXAMINER.COM
“Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon triumph in devastating ‘James White’” INDIEWIRE
in Cannes – WORLD MARKET PREMIERE
Audience Award
NEW
James White
A film by Josh Mond
By the Producers of Afterschool and Martha Marcy May Marlene
With Christopher Abbott (Girls, A Most Violent Year), Golden Globe Nominee
Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City), Scott ‘KiD CuDi’ Mescudi (Entourage)
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he
retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother’s battle with a serious illness faces a series of
setbacks that force him to assume more responsibility. With the pressure on him mounting, James
must find new reserves of strength or risk imploding completely
“Knockout performances by Cynthia Nixon and ‘Girls’ alumnus Christopher Abbott.
‘James White’ could be considered Mond’s ‘Amour’, albeit seen through the eyes
of a child rather than a spouse.” VARIETY
“No film at Sundance this year hit me with more force emotionally than Josh Mond’s
‘James White’. Devastating. Abbott is simply phenomenal here.” Robert Ebert.com
“This extraordinarily intimate drama marks an arresting feature debut for writer-director
Josh Mond. A viscerally acted drama whose rich visual and sonic textures intensify
the plunge into the title character’s messy life.” The Hollywood Reporter
“Standing high above the rest of the films at Sundance this year, Mond’s directorial
debut is a must-see. Cynthia Nixon is stunning in the role of James’ mother, generous,
unselfconscious and heartbreaking.” THE HUFFINGTON POST
“One of the standouts in this year’s Sundance selection.” THE GUARDIAN
SCREENINg in cannes
TBA
Produced by Borderline Films (Afterschool, Martha Marcy May Marlene)
USA | 2015 | 86 min | English
NEW
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
SLACK BAY
Bruno Dumont
By the director of Li’l Quinquin (Cannes 2014 – Directors’ Fortnight),
Camille Claudel 1915 (Berlin 2013 – Official Competition),
Flanders (Cannes 2006 – Winner Grand Prize),
Humanity (Cannes 1999 – Winner Grand Prize, best Actor and best Actress)
and The Life of Jesus (Cannes 1997 – Winner Caméra d’Or)
IN PRE-PRODUCTION
NEW
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
SLACK BAY
©DR
A film by Bruno Dumont
By the director of Li’l Quinquin (Cannes 2014 – Directors’ Fortnight), Camille
Claudel 1915 (Berlin 2013 – Official Competition), Flanders (Cannes 2006 –
Winner Grand Prize), Humanity (Cannes 1999 – Winner Grand Prize, best Actor
and best Actress) and The Life of Jesus (Cannes 1997 – Winner Caméra d’Or)
With Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, Three Colors Blue),
Fabrice Luchini (Gemma Bovary, In the House, The Women on the 6th
Floor) and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Munich, Human Capital, 5x2)
©DR
Summer 1910.
Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast.
Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide.
There lives a small community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a
curious family, the Bréfort, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father nick-named
“The Eternal”, who rules as best as he can on his prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute, aged 18.
Towering high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems’ mansion. Every summer, this bourgeois
family ­­– all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding – stagnates in the villa, not without mingling
during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute
and the other Bréforts.
Over the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the young
and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem, confusion and mystification will descend on both families,
shaking their convictions, foundations and way of life.
Produced by 3B Productions (Camille Claudel 1915, The Attack, Hors Satan)
©DR
France | Delivery Spring 2016 | Budget 6,9 Million Euros
NEW
SCRIPT & TEASER AVAILABLE
THE DARKNESS
Daniel Castro Zimbrón
IN PRODUCTION
NEW
SCRIPT & TEASER AVAILABLE
THE DARKNESS
A film by Daniel Castro Zimbrón
With Brontis Jodorowsky (La Danza de la Realidad)
The Earth has stopped spinning and days have stopped passing by. One toxic, dense fog covers
the forest immersed in eternal twilight.
Argel has spent his life, with his two siblings, locked inside the basement of an old cabin. They
believe that a wild beast wanders in the forest’s depths. When his older brother mysteriously
disappears, Argel undertakes a quest which will cause him to break the order and the rules with
which he has grown up.
Little by little he will discover the darkest secrets and mysteries that both his father and the
forest hide.
By the production designer of Babel and Amores Perros
By the editor of POST TENEBRAS LUX AND HELI
By the VFX Supervisor of Millenium
Produced by Varios Lobos | Co-produced by Les films de l’étranger
Mexico, France | Delivery Spring 2016
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
BERLIN
SYNDROME
Cate Shortland
©DR
By the director of Lore (Locarno 2012 – Audience Award)
and Somersault (Cannes 2004 – Un Certain Regard)
©DR
IN PRE-PRODUCTION
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
BERLIN SYNDROME
A film by Cate Shortland
By the director of Lore (Locarno 2012 – Audience Award)
and Somersault (Cannes 2004 – Un Certain Regard)
With Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, Warm Bodies, Warner’s Point Break,
Lionsgate’s The Choice) and Max Riemelt (Amnesia, The Wave, Free Fall)
By the scriptwriter of Snowtown
©DR
Adapted from Melanie Joosten’s novel
While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare meets Andi, a charismatic local man
and there is an instant attraction between them. A night of passion ensues.
But what initially appears to be the start of a romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister
turn when Clare wakes the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her
in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, except Andi has no intention of letting
her go again. Ever.
Produced by Aquarius Films (Wish You Were Here)
Australia, Germany | Budget : 6 MILLION USD | Delivery Spring 2016
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
News From
Planet Mars
Dominik Moll
By the director of Harry, He’s Here to Help
©DR
©DR
Upcoming
SCRIPT AVAILABLE
News From Planet Mars
A film by Dominik Moll
By the director of Harry, He’s Here to Help
©DR
©DR
With François Damiens (Nominated for the César for Best Actor
in La Famille Bélier, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), Vincent Macaigne
(Eden, Tristesse Club, Nominated for the César for Best Upcoming Actor
in La Fille du 14 juillet), Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown –
Winner of the César for Best Foreign Language Film & Oscar Nominated
for Best Foreign Language Film 2013) and Léa Drucker (The Blue Room)
Philippe Mars is a reasonable man in an unreasonable world.
He’s trying to be a good father, a kind ex-husband, a nice colleague, an understanding sibling… But
the planets have not been exactly aligned in his favor lately. With his son turning into a hardcore
vegan, his daughter into a pathological overachiever and his sister selling oversized paintings of
their naked parents, it seems to our ever-so prudent Philippe that everyone around him is starting
to behave more and more erratically…
When his colleague (who also accidentally tried to chop off his ear in a fit of misplaced anger)
moves into Philippe’s apartment, things start to go from bad to insane for our hero.
By the Cinematographer of Joachim Lafosse’s Our Children, The White Knights
By the Costume Designer of Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bones and A Prophet
Produced by Diaphana Films (Harry, He’s Here to Help, Playing Dead, Persepolis)
FRANCE | Budget : 5 million Euros | Delivery Spring 2016
Marguerite
Xavier Giannoli
By the director of The Singer (Cannes 2006 – In Competition)
and In the Beginning (Cannes 2009 – In Competition)
Upcoming
Marguerite
A film by Xavier Giannoli
By the director of The Singer (Cannes 2006 – In Competition)
and In the Beginning (Cannes 2009 – In Competition)
With Catherine Frot (Haute Cuisine, The Page Turner), André Marcon
(Me, Myself and Mum, On the Other Side of the Tracks), Michel Fau
(Cyrano de Bergerac, Harry, He’s Here to Help, Swimming Pool)
and Christa Théret (The Man who Laughs, Renoir)
1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris.
It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around
a great cause at the owner’s place. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich
and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings. She sings wholeheartedly,
but she sings terribly out of tune. In ways quite similar to the Castafiore, Marguerite has been living
her passion in her own bubble, and the hypocrite audience, always coming in for a good laugh, acts
as if she was the diva she believes she is.
When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance,
Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow
her dream. Despite her husband’s reluctance, and with the help of a has-been divo, both funny and
mean, she decides to train for her first recital in front of a crowd of complete strangers.
Watch promo here
Produced by FIDÉLITÉ FILMS (Little Nicholas, ON MY WAY)
CO-PRODUCED BY France 3 Cinéma, SIRENA FILM (THE BEST OFFER, A ROYAL AFFAIR) AND SCOPE PICTURES
FRANCE, CZECH REPUBLIC, BELGIUM | DELIVERY SUMMER 2015 | BUDGET 7,5 MILLION EUROS
BODY
Malgorzata Szumowska
By the director of Elles (Toronto 2011, Berlin 2012 – Panorama)
and In The Name Of (Berlin 2013 – In Competition)
Still Available
BODY
A film by Malgorzata Szumowska
By the director of Elles (Toronto 2011, Berlin 2012 – Panorama)
and In The Name Of (Berlin 2013 – In Competition)
With Janusz Gajos (Three Colors: White), Maja Ostaszewska
(In the Name of, The Pianist) and Justyna Suwała Poland, nowadays.
The intertwined stories of a criminal prosecutor, his anorexic daughter and her therapist who claims
she can communicate with the dead loved ones.
Three radically different approaches to the body and soul.
“A quirky, intriguing drama with supernatural overtones sees Polish
director Malgorzata Szumowska shift into an unexpected, and refreshing,
darkly comic mode. ‘Body’ is fresh and original.” SCREENDAILY
“A darkly comic rumination on what it means to be alive.” VARIETY
“Szumowska employs her clever writing and camera work in a new intense
human subject: the body as a link between the soul and the world.” CINEUROPA
“Performances are strong from all three principals, and promising newcomer
Suwala is especially memorable.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
watch TRAILER here
Produced by Nowhere Sp. z o.o. | Poland | 2015 | 90 min | Polish
Still Available
Cop Car
Jon Watts
Still Available
Cop Car
A film by Jon Watts
By the director of Clown
With Kevin Bacon and Shea Whingham (The Wolf of Wall Street,
American Hustle)
A pair of ten-year-olds discover an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride
they don’t know that a small town sheriff will soon be on their trail to recover his car — and what’s
inside its trunk…
The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse and the only way out is
to go as fast as their stolen cop car can take them.
“A tight, easily marketable genre exercise that pushes its lean premise
and all-around disrespect for authority to entertaining extremes.” VARIETY
“The brisk 86 minutes fly by, keeping the story as lean and efficient
as possible. The premise delivers on its entertaining potential with plenty
of thrilling and often very funny surprises.” INDIEWIRE
“Kevin Bacon, sporting a creepy moustache, is great,
and both boys give strong, naturalistic performances.
‘Cop Car’ also marks Watts as a director to watch.” THE GUARDIAN
“This film stands with the best of Americana independent genre films
like ‘Mud’, ‘Shotgun Stories’, ‘Badlands’ and ‘Blue Ruin’ as well as the best of
early Spielberg. An instant Americana genre film classic.” SOUND ON SIGHT
“A cult classic waiting to happen. ‘Cop Car’ is a damn awesome movie.” TWITCH
Produced by AUDAX FILMS, PARK PICTURES (INFINITELY POLAR BEAR, ROBOT & FRANK) AND DARK ARTS FILMS
USA | 2015 | 85 min | English