CRIMEN – MONSTERS OF CRIME (CRIMEN)
Documentary (10 x 30’)
Language: English, Italian
Director: Gabriele Crisanti
Producer: Gabriele Crisanti
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Italy
A documentary series consisting of ten 30 min. episodes, each of them narrating the atrocities committed by the most notorious criminals of all times.
NOAH’S ARK (EL ARCA)
Animation (87’)
Language: Spanish, Italian, English
Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini
Producer: Production Group, Patagonik Film Group
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: Argentina, Italy
A classic animated film that tackles an absolutely universal subject, in a context of adventures and humour, in which the animals are the main characters.
THE BALL (LISCIO)
Family (80’)
Language: Italian, English
Director: Claudio Antonini
Producer: ASP
Co-production partners: Dodici Dicembre
Key Cast: Laura Morante, Umberto Morelli, Antonio Catania
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Italy
Monica, an Italian folk singer, wants to start her own career, while her son would like to help her choosing the right man and the right music for her.
THE NIGHT BEFORE FINALS (NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI)
www.notteprimadegliesami.it
Comedy (100’)
Language: Italian, English
Director: Fausto Brizzi
Producer: Rai Cinema, Italian International Film, Aurora Film
Key Cast: Giorgio Faletti, Cristiana Capotondi, Nicolas Vaporidis
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Italy
This film is a multifaceted generational comedy: the young characters fall in love, become desperate and have a good time… and they grow up.
WRECK MISSION (MISSIONE RELITTI)
Documentary (4 x 25 min and/or 1 special 90’ edition)
Language: English,
Director: Fabio Bove and Damiano Brue’
Producer: Diamonds International Film
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: Italy
A journey to the bottom of the sea to discover the mysteries and causes of some of the most famous shipwrecks abandoned in the depths of the oceans.
FILMS DISTRIBUTION
Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, Paris, 75001, France. Tel: +33.1.53.10.33.99. Fax: +33.1.53.10.33.98. http://www.filmsdistribution.com, email: info@filmsdistribution.com
Sales Agent
At MIP-TV: Pamela Leu (Head of International TV Sales), Sébastien Beffa (Partner)
Office: 02.15 TVFI
ARENA
Documentary (108')
Language: Spanish
Director: Gunter Schwaiger
Producer: Gunter Schwaiger
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin: Austria / Spain
Following the difficult struggle of some young apprentices brings the spectator into contact with all the facets of the bullfighting world, travelling with them through Spain, France, Portugal and Colombia.
FROM ARUSHA TO ARUSHA
Documentary (115')
Language: French
Director: Christophe Gargot
Producer: Atopic
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: France
More than 60 years ago, in the city of Nuremberg, the trial of 22 nazi high dignitaries suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity started Nov. 20th 1945 to end Oct. 1st 1946.
EMPIRE OF MID-SOUTH (L'EMPIRE DU MILIEU DU SUD)
Documentary (85')
Language: French
Director: Jacques Perrin, Eric Deroo
Producer: Galatée Films
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: France
The Empire of mid-South is a remarkable film with rare archive footage of the first steps of the colonisation of French Indochina to the fall of Saigon after the American Army left Vietnam.
PATHS OF MEMORY (LOS CAMINOS DE LA MEMORIA)
Documentary (91')
Director: Jose-Luis Penafuerte
Producer: Man's Film
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Spain/Belgium
Franco's victims, since the recent opening of all archive materials regarding Franco's regime, break the silence at last.
WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK
Documentary (90')
Language: French
Director: Nathalie Borgers
Producer: Entre Chien et Loup, Lotus Film
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Belgium
For the Tubu people, living in the Sahara desert is both harsh and very simple.
STUDENT SERVICES
Feature
Language: French
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot
Producer: Les Films du Kiosque
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin: France
With her second customer, Laura, a young student wounded in her flesh but already a prostitute, wants to stop. Will she be able to?
SIMON KONIANSKI
Feature (94')
Language: French/Dutch
Director: Micha Wald
Producer: Jaques-Henri Bronckart Olivier Bronckart
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Belgium
Simon Konianski, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other.
THE WEDDING CAKE (PIèCE MONTéE)
Comedy (89’)
Language: French
Director: Denys Granier-Deferre
Producer: 247 Films
Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: France
The distorting prism of wedding guests' points of view -cynical or funny, strained or moving - will reveal throughout the day everyone's shortcomings and the hypocrisy of the event: masks will fall and family secrets will erupt.
HAPPY EVER AFTERS
Comedy
Language: English
Director: Stephen Burke
Producer: Newgrange Pictures
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Ireland
Freddie and Maura are getting married - but not to each other. Maura to Wilson, a Nigerian immigrant, and Freddie to the uptight Sophie for the second time. Both weddings collide when they arrive at the same hotel for their receptions!
ELEANOR'S SECRET (KERITY, LA MAISON DES CONTES)
Children
Language: French
Director: Dominique Monféry
Producer: Alphanim, La fabrique, Lanterna Magica
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: France
Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunty bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's literature.
FIREWORKS INTERNATIONAL
Fireworks International, 19 Heddon Street, London, W1B 4BG, UK. Tel: +44(0)207.851.6500. Fax: +44(0)207.851.6504. www.contentfilm.com, email: info@contentfilm.com
Distributor
At MIP-TV: Fireworks International: Greg Phillips (President), Saralo MacGregor (EVP Worldwide Distribution), Bob Kennedy (EVP Non-Fiction Programming), Jonathan Ford (EVP of Digital Acquisitions and Distribution), Kathryn Rice (SVP European Sales and Acquisitions), Melissa Wohl (SVP Worldwide Distribution)
Office: Stand RB.44, Tel: +33(0)4.9299.8811
Republic of Doyle
Drama Series (12 x one hour)
Language: English
Production Company: Take the Shot Productions
Creator: Allan Hawco, Perry Chafe, Malcolm Macrury
Producers: Take The Shot Productions Inc.: Rob Blackie, Ray Sager
Executive Producers: Allan Hawco, John Vatcher, Michael A. Levine
Key Cast: Allan Hawco, Sean McGinley, Lynda Boyd, Rachel Wilson, Krystin Pellerin, Marthe Bernard, Mark O’Brien, Nicholas Campbell
Delivery Status: 2010
Year of Production: 2009/2010, Country of Origin Canada
Contemporary comedic drama Republic of Doyle produces a blend of intriguing episodic mysteries woven with the always evolving (and sometimes regressing!) relationship turmoil and dynamics of the fiery Doyle clan.
SHADOW ISLAND MYSTERIES
TV Movies (2 x two hours HD)
Language: English
Creators: Alex Galatis and Paula J. Smith
Key Cast: Jennifer Finnigan (The Bold and the Beautiful, Close to Home, Crossing Jordan)
Delivery Status: Post Production
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin: Canada
Property Manager of the idyllic Shadow Island Resort, Claire La Foret takes care of her guests with great efficiency, whether it’s serving refreshments or solving a shocking crime…
HEARTLAND SEASON 4
Drama (69 x one hour HD)
Language: English
Production Company: SEVEN24 Films and Dynamo Films
Director: Dean Bennett, Ron Murphy, Don McBrearty, Steve DiMarco
Writer: Heather Conkie, Leila Basen, David Preston
Producer: Tina Grewal
Executive Producers: Heather Conkie, Jordy Randall, Tom Cox, Michael Weinberg
Key Cast: Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Chris Potter, Graham Wardle, Jessica Amlee, Nathaniel Arcand
Delivery Status: In Production
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin Canada
Set against the stunning vistas of the Rocky Mountains, family drama Heartland follows the Fleming sisters Amy and Lou through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch.
WILDLIFE RESCUE AFRICA
Non-Fiction Series (12 x one hour HD)
Language: English
Production Company: A Renegade 83 Production
Key Cast: Doctor Douw Grobler, JJ Van Altena
Delivery Status: In Production
Year of Production: 2009/2010, Country of Origin: USA
Wildlife Rescue Africa documents the intense and dramatic experiences of two of Africa’s most respected vets, as they risk their lives to save Africa’s most dangerous animals.
STATE PAROLE
Non-Fiction Reality Series (26 x half hours HD)
Language: English
Production Company: A Genesis International and Malibu Communications production
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: USA
State Parole follows real-life heroes and true stories of dramatic conflict and resolution from California’s Department of Corrections Parole Division.
FLY GIRLS
Docu-series (8 x half hours HD)
Language: English
Production Company: Collins Avenue
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009/2010, Country of Origin: USA
Fly Girls follows five beautiful flight attendants as they jet from one glamorous location to the next, including Las Vegas, South Beach and New York City, while pursuing the high life.
GUYS CHOICE AWARDS
Awards Show (1 x two hours HD)
Language: English
Production Company: Spike TV
Delivery Status: 2010
Year of Production: Ongoing, Country of Origin: USA
Spike’s highest rated awards show makes headlines around the world, with the world's biggest film stars paying homage to all things male in this unique extravaganza.
4TH AND LONG
Reality Series (10 x one hour HD)
Language: English
Production Company: 3 Ball Productions
Key Cast: Michael Irvin
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: USA
Hall of Famer Michael Irvin gives one amateur athlete a chance of a lifetime to earn a spot in the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
SPLATTER
Multi-platform Series (10 x 10 minutes HD)
Language: English
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Richard Christian Matheson
Producer(s): Roger Corman, Julie Corman
Key Cast: Corey Feldman (The Goonies, Stand By Me, Lost Boys), Tony Todd (Candyman, Platoon, 24, Star Trek), Stuart Pankin (Babylon 5, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal), Erin Way (Private Practice, Day One) Tara Leigh (The Screwfly Solution), Mark Allan (NYCDA)
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: USA
Produced by Roger Corman & Directed by Joe Dante, Splatter is the haunting tale of rock-and-roll singer, Jonny Splatter, following his rise to fame.
RIESE
Sci-fi fantasy series (5 x 9 minutes and 5 x 14 minutes HD)
Language: English
Creators: Kaleena Kiff, Ryan Copple
Director: Kaleena Kiff
Producers: Galen Fletcher, Nicholas Humphries
Executive Producer: Ryan Copple
Key Cast: Christine Chatelain (The Collector), Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica), Allison Mack (Smallville) and Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island)
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009/2010, Country of Origin: Canada
Critically acclaimed sci-fi fantasy series Riese follows a reluctant heroine as she travels with her wolf through a hauntingly familiar dystopian world, outrunning a dangerous religious cult.
DIMENSIONS
Sci-fi thriller (11 x 5 minutes, additional video materials including a prologue and behind the scenes available HD)
Language: English language with some Malay (subtitled)
Director: Tinge Krishnan (Shadowscan)
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: Malaysia
In a world of mythical villains, spirits and energy beings, amidst the bustling streets of Kuala Lumpur, Dr Lakshmi must discover her own unique powers to save the city from destruction.
GIRL NUMBER 9
Thriller/Drama Series (6 x 5 minutes)
Language: English
Creators: Dan Turner, James Moran (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Spooks, Severance)
Directors: Dan Turner, James Moran
Writer: James Moran
Producers: Martin Baker and Pete Coogan
Key Cast: Joe Absolom (Doc Martin, Personal Affairs), Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Doctor Who, Eastenders)
Delivery Status: Complete
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: UK
Vincent Boylan has been arrested, suspected of being behind the brutal murder of seven girls. However, if the investigative team can't make him talk, he could slip through their fingers.
FIRST HAND FILMS
First Hand Films, Main Office: Fritz Heeb, Weg 5, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel: 41.44.312.2060. Fax: 41.44.312.2080. Berlin Office: Mehringdamm 33, 10961 Berlin, Germany. Tel: 49.30.285.290.88. Fax: 49.30.285.290.99. http://www.firsthandfilms.com
At MIPTV: Esther van Messel, Gitte Hansen
Office: C1.05, Tel: +41.79.335.1572
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000328
Current Affairs & Politics
Oscar and Emmy awarded director Jon Blair offers us an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth.
STATE OF MIND – HEALING TRAUMA
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000330
Current Affairs (52'')
A layered, engrossing and intriguing look at a national collective trauma and the ambitious initiative to try and heal wounds.
OLAFUR ELIASSON: SPACE IS PROCESS BRAND NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000324
Culture & Arts
We follow the artist from Iceland to Manhattan and discover a world of visuality and sensuality where space indeed becomes process.
MICHAEL HANEKE – MY LIFE BRAND NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000326
Culture & Arts
Michael Haneke, 67, is certainly one of the most important directors of our time. His films about violence and existential human fears are a continuous and almost scientific research about western civilization.
THE DEVILLES BRAND NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000329
Family & Friends
A burlesque stripper and her punk rock husband living in their own fascinating universe of a time that have passed. Still in love after 25 years, The DeVilles is a modern tale of love and living in a stylized world without compromise.
Austin
WAR GAMES AND THE MAN WHO STOPPED THEM
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000311
Current Affairs & Politics
This is a story about a man whom historians consider as the most important spy of the Cold War.
BEYOND THE TV NEWS: ARABS IN ISRAEL NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000314
Current Affairs & Politics
Chaim Yavin, the main anchorman of Israel's public TV for more than 40 years, gets out of the studio, and meets the Arab citizens of Israel.
MODERN SLAVERY NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000315
Current Affairs & Politics
Slavery exists despite the fact that it is illegal everywhere. Today, there are more slaves in the world than at any given point before in history.
PIRATE HUNTING NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000318
Current Affairs & Politics
How much do we really want to get rid of Somali piracy? Different interwoven stories from the world of piracy give a new and unique perspective on this issue.
A SLUM SYMPHONY NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000319
People & Society
A quarter of a million kids from Venezuela’s most violent and poor neighbourhoods spend six afternoons a week intensively studying classical music.
WINNEBAGO MAN - THE ANGRIEST MAN IN THE WORLD NEW
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000320
People & Society
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of—after cursing his way through a recreation vehicle sales video, Rebney’s outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation first on VHS and then made him an internet superstar.
BURMA VJ - REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/index.php?film=1000285
Current Affairs & Politics
Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to Burma’s video journalists who insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail.
FOOTHILL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Foothill Entertainment, Inc., 1129 State Street, Suite 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA. Tel: +1.805.965.4488. Fax: +1.805.965.1168. www.foothillentertainment.com, email: info@foothillentertainment.com
Distributor and Executive Producer
At MIP-TV: Jo Kavanagh-Payne (President), Gregory Payne (Chairman)
Acquisition Executive: Jo Kavanagh-Payne
Office: VIP Club, Tel: +1.805.637.6054
SAMSON & NEON
Animation Series (78 x 7’/26 x 26’ eps)
Language: English
Director: Christelle Marienneau
Writer: Based on the eponymous comic book by Tébo
Producer: Toon Factory
Key Cast: Nathalie Bienaimé, Olivia Dutron, Emmanuel Fouquet, Martial Le Minoux and Philippe Roullier
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: France
Take a tiny, candy-pink, impertinent, extraterrestrial named Neon and a smallish hyperactive Earthling called Samson. Put them together and you get an invasion in a dirty clothes bin!
GUNK ALIENS
Animation (26 x 25’ eps)
Language: English
Writer: Jonny Moon
Co-production partners: Foothill Entertainment, Inc./HarperCollins Children’s Books
Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2009, Country of Origin: United Kingdom
A long time ago, on a planet far away, a bunch of slimy aliens discovered the secret to clean, renewable energy – snot! Now the Earth must be saved from an alien invasion!
MY MOMTOURAGE AND ME
Live-Action (26 x 25’ eps)
Language: English
Producer: Foothill Entertainment, Inc./Kyla May Pty., Ltd.
Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin: Australia
The daughter of the world's most famous female pop star strives to live a life of "normalcy" amidst all the glitz, glamour and fanfare – along with her mom's seemingly-endless entourage - in this live-action, music-filled, half-hour comedy series.
TEST THE TEACHERS
Live-Action/Game Show Series (20 x 25’ eps)
Language: English
Director: John Daly
Writer: Debbie Thornton
Producer: Screentime Shinawil
Key Cast: Hosted by Paddy McKenna
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2009/2010, Country of Origin: Ireland
What could be more exciting for a school kid than passing a test? Well, being able to test the Teacher, of course!
GODODO
CGI Animation, 26 x 25’ (4 x 5’ + 2 x 1’) eps
Language: English
Writer: Ian Ellery and Guy Hallifax
Producer: Phew!! Entertainment
Co-production partners: Title Entertainment and Neptuno Films with Foothill Entertainment, Inc
Delivery Status: In Development
Country of Origin: Canada, Spain
Following strange arrows throughout the flat landscape of a bizarre world, trouble always seems to find happy-go-lucky Gododo and his companion Ducky as make their way through each hilarious and surreal adventure.
RAZ & BENNY
www.razandbenny.com
CGI Animation (78 x 7’ eps)
Language: English
Director: TBA
Writer: TBA
Producer: SPHdigital, Ltd.
Co-production partners: Foothill Entertainment, Inc.
Delivery Status: In Development
Year of Production: 2010, Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Raz & Benny is the ultimate buddy comedy with a healthy dose of dazzling hijinks and death-defying stunts! Consistently beating the odds, Raz and Benny always come out on top.
BIKER MICE FROM MARS
Animation Series (28 x 22’ eps)
Language: English
Director: Tom Tataranowicz
Writer: Rick Ungar
Producer: Criterion Limited
Key Cast: Clancy Brown, Dorian Harewood, Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Ian Ziering and Lisa Zane
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: United States
A 2009 Daytime Emmy Award winner, this series was created by Rick Ungar and assisted by Avi Arad and Stan Lee, the team responsible for the Spiderman and X-Men franchises.
FRANKY SNOW
Animation Series (52 x 13’/26 x 26’ eps)
Language: English
Director: Gilles Deyriès
Writer: Based on the Comics by Buche
Producer: Claude Berthier and Thierry Berthier of Toon Factory
Co-production partners: Agogo Media Ltd.
Key Cast: Stepehen Croce, Jodi Forrest, David Gasman, Matthew Geczy, Sharon Vallet Mann and Barbara Weber Scaff
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: France
Franky Snow is a major extreme sports maniac! Surfing, snowboarding, hang gliding, windsurfing, biking, skating! Anything that slides, glides, or rides!
BRADY’S BEASTS
(52 x 13’/26 x 26’ eps)
Language: English
Director: Gilles Deyriès
Writer: Based on the book, “How To Care For Your Monster”, written by Norman Bridwell
Producer: Claude Berthier, Thierry Berthier, Maureen Sery, Phil Littler, Louie Porco, Jean-Pierre Morin and Christine Côté of Toon Factory
Key Cast: Candida Gubbins, Felicity Duncan Smith, Samantha Shaw, David Kitchen, Matt Devereaux, Stephen Bent and Steve Edwin
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003, Country of Origin: France
Twelve-year-old Brady has a unique way of communicating with monsters. A regular "Doctor Dolittle" for ghouls!
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