Reel Suspects will be in Cannes from the 13th until the 22nd of May.
LERINS R5
Feel free to suggest a time and a date in order to schedule a meeting. We will be pleased to be able to introduce you our newest acquisitions, most recent projects and completed features, screening at the Marché du Film.
Attending Cannes :
Matteo LOVADINA + 33 6 14 45 62 78 // CEO, Sales, Aquisitions
Frederic GENTET + 33 6 84 26 06 73 // Head of Sales, Festivals
Sarah BOUGHEDAOUI + 33 6 52 63 06 21 // Sales Assistant
MARKET PREMIERE : 14/05 - 08:00 PM - PALAIS D
MARKET SCREENING : 19/05 - 01:30 PM - STAR 4
FINLAND, 2015 // 95min // COMEDY - ROMANCE
DIRECTED BY : Teemu Nikki
CAST : Milka Suonpää, Joel Hirvonen, Mari Rantasila, Matti Onnismaa, Rami Rusinen, Pyry Laakso
SYNOPSIS : Aimo and Milla are living together at Milla’s alcoholics-turned-zombiesparents’place. They save money to move out of the house. Due to his lack of self confidence, Aimo wastes their savings to turbo-boost his muscles. As conventional body building is not quite satisfactory, Aimo tunes himself up into a robot. Milla doesn't like the new Aimo-Robot and leaves him. Aimo´s heartache leads him to extreme measures as he also changes his heart into a metal one, one that doesn’t hurt. Milla decides to steal Aimo heart : after all, a man need to have a man´s heart. Lovemilla is an anarchistic comedy trip, a comedy about love, a story about love, robots and bodybuilding.
PRODUCED BY : It’s Alive Films
MARKET SCREENING : 17/05 - 01:30 PM - RIVIERA 4
GERMANY, 2015 // 111min // HORROR
DIRECTED BY : Jörg Buttgereit, Michal Kosakowski, Andreas Marschall
CAST : Milton Welsh, Daniel Faust, Denis Lyons, Annika Strauss, Matthan Harris, Andreas Pape, Desiree Giorgetti
SYNOPSIS : Acclaimed writers and directors Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall, Michal Kosakowski are back behind the camera with a supreme feature film, controversial, mystical and disturbing. With a “fil rouge” of old images of Berlin scariest architecture, the film is built around three tales. The first episode, tells the story of a young girl who lives alone with her guinea pig in a dirty apartment in Berlin… is she alone? In the bedroom lies a man, bound and gagged… The second episode tells about a powerful “if-only” scenario in which a young deaf-mute couple is attacked by a group of hooligans. However, they are in possession of a mysterious talisman that could help them… In the last episode, a man stumbles upon a secret sex club that promises the ultimate sexual experience by using a drug made from the roots of the legendary Mandragora plant. The ecstatic experiences have horrific side effects…
PRODUCED BY : Kosakowski Films
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Rotterdam IFFR 2015 (Signal) // In Competition - Brussels IFFF // Official Selection - Night Visions (Helsinki) // Official Selection - HOFF
MARKET PREMIERE : 18/05 - 02:00 PM - GRAY 5
HUNGARY, 2014 // 90min // ANIMATION
DIRECTED BY : Zoltan Miklosy
CO-DIRECTED BY : Attila Herko
CAST : Andy Hefler, Marc McMenemy, Patrick Mullownay, Alexis Latham, Mark West, Daniel Hamvas, Sebastian Cooper, Peter Linka, Ike Nygaard, Karoly Hamza
SYNOPSIS : The story is about an inmate just released from jail, who spent two weeks in prison for a crime he did not commit and now seek revenge. The movie leads the viewer through lively adventures involving the Chineese Dragon clan, illegal cage fighting, bank robbery and thousands of their exciting moments. But there is a turn at the end the main characters have to face that will keep even the most avid action movie fans on their toes. Instinctly sarcastic, cynical, moving and of course highly entertaining, Manieggs is a movie for those who know what lies behind stereotypes.
PRODUCED BY : Umatik Entertainment
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Annecy FF // Official Selection - Anim'est Bucharest FF // Official Selection - Cinefest Hungary // Official Selection - Anima Festival Belgium // Official Selection - Monstra Festival (Lisbon)
MARKET PREMIERE : 18/05 - 03:30 PM - RIVIERA 4
CANADA, 2014 // 95min // YOUTH - COMING-OF-AGE
ORIGINAL TITLE : WET BUM
DIRECTED BY : Lindsay MacKay
CAST : Julia Sarah Stone, Craig Arnold, Kenneth Welsh, Diana Leblanc, Leah Pinsent, Jamie Johnston, Jenna Nye
SYNOPSIS : Sam is a self-conscious and stubborn 14-year-old girl, finding it difficult to fit in. She finds strength in the underwater world her lifeguard course provides. But insecurity takes over when her unwillingness to change out of her bathing suit in front of the more developed girls becomes a point of ridicule. It’s this fear that leaves her with a wet bum. Her solace from the bullying is Lucas, her handsome and empathetic lifeguard instructor, who reaches out to help. After a skinny dipping prank goes awry, mom punishes Sam by making her work cleaning the family-run retirement home. As the days pass, Sam develops unexpected friendships with two of the retirement home’s residents, who teach her about growing up...and growing old.
PRODUCED BY : Devonshire Productions Inc. - Clique Pictures - Buck Productions
FESTIVALS : Lead Actress Award - Toronto IFF (Rising Stars) // Nominated for Theatrical Feature Cinematography @ the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards // Official Selection - Santa Barbara IFF // Official Selection - Omaha FF // Official Selection - Stockholm Junior FF // Nominee for Achievement in Visual Effects - Canadian Screen Awards // Official Selection - Beijing IFF
MARKET PREMIERE : 19/05 - 06:00 PM - GRAY 5
UNITED KINGDOM, 2014 // 99min // DRAMA
DIRECTED BY : Simon Blake
CAST : Aidan Gillen (GAME OF THRONES, THE WIRE, DARK NIGHT RISES), Jonathan Slinger, Amanda Mealing, Elodie Yung, Sonny Green, Kate Ashfield
SYNOPSIS : Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroads in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier in a car accident. He is a talented photographer whose career has largely been unfulfilled. A chance and seemingly unimportant confrontation between Tom and a fifteen year old boy brings his life and responsibilities to the fore. A battle of wills between Tom and the gang of kids develops, on the surface trivial and childish altercations begin to take a considerable sinister direction. Tom retreats ever inwards as his life starts to unravel, until at last it reaches its painful and shattering climax.
PRODUCED BY : Blunt Pictures - 011 Productions
FESTIVALS : Best International First Feature Film Award @ Galway Film Feadh // In Competition - Chicago IFF & Nominated @ The Roger Ebert Award // In competition - Bahamas IFF (New Visions) // In Competition - Cleveland IFF // In Competition - Palm Beach IFF
TEASER AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
LATVIA - LITHUANIA, 2015 // TBC // DRAMA - WAR
DIRECTED BY : Dāvis Sīmanis
CAST : Ulrich Matthes, Agnese Cīrule, Dmitrijs Javlovs, Leonīds Lencs, Toms Liepājnieks
SYNOPSIS : The final year of WWI. An exhausted German military surgeon Ulrich is sent to inspect a remote convalescent home for shell-shocked patients. The strange world he encounters where reality appears more like fiction is quite challenging for his cold rational mind. His fruitless efforts to remodel the place and an unexpected attachment to mysterious savage boy from the surrounding woods lead Ulrich to discover his one true self. Very soon this turned-out sanctuary will have to make its last stand against the approaching madness of the war.
PRODUCED BY : Locomotive Productions - Studio Uljana Kim
TEASER AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
INDIA, 2015 // TBC // FANTASY - HORROR
DIRECTED BY : Q and Nikon
CAST : Rii, Joyraj, Ananya Biswas, Subholina Sen, Ronodeep Bose, Soumendra Bhattacharya, Murari Mukhopadhya, Kamalika Banerjee, Tillotama Shome
SYNOPSIS : Four desperate teenagers decide to spend one fateful night in the big city. Horny and broke, they go hide inside a gigantic shopping mall. But they are not alone, an old couple appear from nowhere, and a night of terror begins. It’s a game. Simple but deadly. They call it LUDO. The monsters live within the game, prisoners of their fate. Their curiosity led to disaster. A curse. An immortal couple. Their lust for blood. A dangerously powerful shaman. And a curse that will not die. Beware of the rattle of the dice.
PRODUCED BY : Idyabooster – Overdose Joint – Starfire Movies
THAILAND, 2015 // 96 MINUTES // THRILLER - ROMANCE
DIRECTED BY : Anucha Boonyawatana
CAST : Atthaphan Poonsawas, Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang, Daungjai Hirunsri
SYNOPSIS : The blue hour can mean time between day and night, realm between dream and reality, or point between good and evil. Tam, a loner gay boy, is always bullied by his friends at school. At home, his father who works in the army always beats him. His mother and brother never trust him. One day, Tam gets to know Phum, a mysterious boy on the internet. He goes to meet him at an abandoned swimming pool. They have sex and begin their relationship which will lead Tam to commit the biggest crime of his life.
PRODUCED BY : G Village Co-Creation Hub, Red Bear Camera Rental Service, 185° Equator
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Berlin IFF (Panorama) // Official Selection - Hong Kong IFF
FRANCE, 2015 // 127 MINUTES // DRAMA - ART
DIRECTED BY : Antoine Barraud
CAST : Bertrand Bonello, Jeanne Balibar, Géraldine Pailhas, Joana Preiss, Pascal Greggory, Nicolas Maury, Valérie Dréville, Barbet Schroeder, Isild Le Besco and Charlotte Rampling (voice).
SYNOPSIS : A re-known filmmaker is working on his next feature. He becomes obsessed with the idea of "monstrosity" as the central imagery around which the film will revolve and develop. He starts visiting museums to find the perfect painting that would illustrate this emotion. For that end, he hires an art historian and finds himself engulfed into the masterpieces of Francis Bacon, Léon Spilliaert, Caravaggio, Théodore Chasseriau, Hans Bellmer and many others. As the "monster" starts to take shape into his mind, a, curious "monstrous" red stain starts growing on his back…
PRODUCED BY : House on Fire (Vincent Wang) - The Centre Pompidou
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Berlin IFF (Forum) // Official Selection - Unifrance RDV New York City // Official Selection - Cph Pix
NETHERLANDS - POLAND, 2014 // 78 MINUTES // DRAMA - LGBT
DIRECTED BY : Urszula Antoniak
CAST : Sammy Boonstra, Imaan Hammam
SYNOPSIS : Love doesn’t unfold like a story. Only the first and the last chapter are known. Love starts from Love and ends in letting go. In between there is tenderness and cruelty, waiting and fulfillment, ecstasy and disappointment. If love is a discourse, these are her figures of speech. NUDE AREA presents an adolescent love between two girls. Childish cruelty is mixed with full blown sensuality. Dreams and life reflect and complete each other. The end is known, the story will be told after the love is gone.
PRODUCED BY : Topkapi Films - Apple Film Production
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Black Nights FF (Tallinn) // Official Selection - Gdynia Polish FF // Official Selection - FebioFest Prague IFF
UNITED KINGDOM, 2014 // 88 MINUTES // THRILLER - ROMANCE
DIRECTED BY : Max Sobol
CAST : Hannah Kew, Chris Wilde, Hilary Hodsman
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 neighbors, the police, Edward's overbearing mother and ultimately each other.
PRODUCED BY : Workshop
FESTIVALS : Official Selection - Busan IFF // Official Selection - East End FF
GREECE, 2014 // 73 MINUTES // FANTASY - VAMPIRES
DIRECTED BY : Yiannis Veslemes
CAST : Vangelis Mourikis, Alexia Kaltsiki, Daniel Bolda
SYNOPSIS : It's 1984 and pleasure-seeking vampire Zano —a vampire who must dance to keep his heart beating— arrives in Athens to meet his friend Jimmy. While waiting for Jimmy, Zano ends up at a dive bar called Disco Zardoz. He meets a prostitute and a Norwegian dope dealer named. The party's in full flow and things look promising but, as the evening wears on, Zano finds himself involved in an elaborate plot, that leads them to the bowels of the earth, and ultimately has to make a tough decision: whether to compromise his ideals or risk his life.
PRODUCED BY : Horsefly Productions
FESTIVALS : FIPRESCI Prize @ Thessaloniki FF // East of the West Competition - Karlovy Vary IFF // Official Selection - Sitges IFF // Official Selection - FantasticFest (Austin) // Official Selection Stockholm IFF // Official Selection - Denver Starz IFF // Official Selection - Beyond Fest LA // Official Selection - Dracula FF // Official Selection - Transylvania FF // Official Selection - Fantasporto // In Competition - Imagine FF // Official Selection - Cph Pix
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