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Instrum Virtual Cannes Lineup 2020
VIRTUAL CANNES 2020
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PROXIMITY
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller Year: 2020
Synopsis: A young scientist working for NASA is abducted by extra terrestrials and captures it all on video. When no one believes him or the authenticity of the footage he becomes obsessed with finding proof. Digging too far leads him on a journey of discovery far bigger than he and a trailing government agency could have imagined.
USA Release: May 15, 2020
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PERFECT
Genre: Sci-fi / Horror Year: 2018
Scored by Flying Lotus and executive-produced by Steven Soderbergh.
Synopsis: An emotionally-troubled young man is sent to a clinic where modernist serenity whispers soothing promises of perfection. By planting plug-and-play characteristics directly into his own body, he is relieved of his dark, twisted visions, but his body pays the price for purity of mind.
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Courtney Eaton (Mad Max Fury Road), Tao Okamoto (The Wolverine), Flying Lotus, Garrett Wareing
Director: Eddie Acazar
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SWITCHED
Genre: Family Year: 2020
Synopsis: Ultra-popular high schooler Katie Sharp torments Cassandra Evans until a nighttime wish switches their bodies. As the complexity of their lives play out, each girl learns a lesson in empathy and love, while addressing issues of cyber-bullying and peer pressure.
Cast: Denise Richards, John Schneider, Madeleine Byrne, Miya Horcher, Vanessa Merrill
Status: Post-Production. Deliverable March 2020.
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THEN CAME YOU
Genre: Romance / Comedy Year: 2020
Synopsis: A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband’s ashes to visit the places they loved in movies. The first stop on the journey changes her life forever.
Cast: Kathie Lee Gifford, Craig Ferguson, Elizabeth Hurley, Ford Kiernan, Phyllida Law
*Screener available upon request*
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THE NOMADS
Genre: Sport / Drama Year: 2020
Synopsis: Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a newly appointed teacher creates the first rugby team at an inner-city high school out of its most vocal and troubled students. Without any resources and against all odds, the team becomes a beacon of hope within the community.
Cast: Tika Sumpter (Sonic The Hedgehog, Ride Along), Tate Donovan (Argo, Rocketman)
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BIT
Genre: Horror Year: 2020
Synopsis: While on summer vacation in Los Angeles, Laurel fights to survive after she falls in with four queer feminist vampires, who try to rid the city's streets of predatory men.
Cast: Nicole Maines (Supergirl), Diana Hopper (“Goliath”) Zolee Griggs (“Wu-‐Tang: An American Saga”)
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THE HOST
Genre: Crime / Thriller Year: 2020
Synopsis: Robert Atkinson is tired of the everyday London banking grind until a chance opportunity arises, risking the bank’s money for personal gains to leave the mundane behind. Instead, he unwittingly signs up for a dark trip to a world masked by a beautiful faced woman with shady secrets. Fueled by power players, drugs, seduction and violence Robert awaits his turn in a deadly game of choice and consequence.
Cast: Nigel Barber (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Spectre) Derek Jaconi (Gladiator, The King’s Speech) Jeroen Krabbe (The Fugitive, Transporter 3), Maryam Hassouni
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TRESPASSERS
Genre: Horror Year: 2019
Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun night, a neighbor turns up at their front door with car troubles. And that's when the murderous trouble really starts. Because without knowing it, the four friends have landed slap-bang in the wrong violent place at precisely the wrong bloody time.
Cast: Janel Parrish (“Pretty Little Liars”), Fairuza Balk (“Ray Donovan”), Angela Trimbur (Trash Fire), Jonathan Howard (“Kingdom”), Zach Avery (You’re Not Alone)
Director: Orson Oblowitz
USA Theatrical Release: July 2019
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ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
Genre: Horror Year: 2019
Synopsis: Serial killer Peter “the doll maker” Harris is considered cured and released from a hospital for the criminally insane. He returns to his family home where he is haunted childhood memories and ghostly visitations from his past victims. When the beautiful Ashley enters his life, it rekindles old desires.
Cast: Michael Madsen, Luke Macfarlane, Maureen McCormick, Tatum O’Neal
Director: Tom Holland (Friday the 13th, Child’s Play)
USA Release: July 2019 by Lionsgate
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SPEED OF LIFE
Genre: Sci-fi / Romance Year: 2019
Synopsis: The sudden death of David Bowie rocks the lives of young couple, June (Alison Tolman) and Edward, in a fittingly otherworldly way: the superstar’s passing rips a literal hole in the universe, sucking Edward in. Fast forward to an undefined future, a much older June (Ann Dowd) is shocked to find her once-beloved shot back out of this inter-dimensional portal, unchanged from his disappearance in 2016.
Cast: Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hereditary), Alison Tolman (Fargo), Ray Santiago (Meet the Fockers), Jeff Perry (Scandal), Vella Lovell (Crazy Ex Girlfriend)
Director: Liz Manashil
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