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2002
P R O D UCT)
(
MIPCOM/OCTOBER GU IDE
THE BUSINESS OF FILM
2
0TH CENTURY
FOX
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION
DISTRIBUTION
20th Century Fox International Television
Distribution, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills,
CA, 90213-0900, USA Tel: 310.369.1000.
Fax: 310.369.8877. Website:
www.fox.com. Email: [email protected].
Company Type: Distributor
At MIPCOM: Mark Kaner (President),
Marion Edwards (Exec. VP International
TV), Peter Levinsohn (Exec. VP
Worldwide Pay TV & PPV), Michael
Bessolo (Sr. VP Marketing, Promotion &
Publicity), Mark Rosenbaum (Sr. VP
International TV), Jamie McCabe (Sr. VP
Worldwide Pay Per View).
Acquisition Executive: Mark Rosenbaum
Office: E301
FIREFLY
TV Series/Drama (60 min)
Language: English
Director: Joss Whedon
Producer: Joss Whedon
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan
Tudyk, Sean Maher, Adam Baldwin, Jewel
Staite, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Morena
Baccarin
Delivery Status: In production
Year of Production: 2002, Country of
Origin: USA
400 years in the future, the crew of a small
transport spaceship faces challenges both
adventurous and personal.
JOHN DOE
TV Series/Drama (60 min)
Language: English
Director: Mimi Leder
Producer: Brandon Camp & Mike
Thompson
Cast: Dominic Purcell, John Marshall
Jones
Origin: USA
A man wakes up and realizes that he knows
everything one can possibly know – except
who he is.
GIRLS CLUB
TV series/Drama (60 min)
Language: English
Director: Todd Holland
Producer: David E. Kelley, Co-Production
Partners: Jack Bender
Cast: Gretchen Mol, Kathleen Robertson,
Chyler Lee, Giancarlo Esposito
Origin: USA
Three female attorneys live, laugh and love
in San Francisco.
3DD
ENTERTAINMENT
LTD
3DD Entertainment Ltd, 190 Camden
High Street, London, NW1 8QP, United
Kingdom. Tel: 44.(0).20.7428.1800. Fax:
44.(0)20.7428.1818. [email protected]. www.3ddentertainment.co.uk
At MIPCOM: Dominic Saville (Chief
Executive Officer), Lara Von Ahlefeldt
(Director Of Acquisitions), Charlotte
Parton (Director Of Sales), Stephanie
Gilliard (Sales Manager)
James Anderson (Sales Executive TV &
DVD), Sarah Andersen (Publicity And
Market Coordinator)
Office: 02.42, Tel: 33(0)4.9299.8032
WOODY ALLEN – A LIFE IN FILM
Documentary (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Richard Schickel
Producer: Richard Schickel
Cast: Woody Allen
Delivery Status: Completed
Origin: USA
This first ever documentary about the
legendary director and actor examines his
extensive body of work and explores what
drew him to writing and directing, using
numerous film clips intercut with
interviews.
THE MEN WHO MADE THE
MOVIES
Documentary Series (5 x 60 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Richard Schickel
Producer: Richard Schickel
Cast: Howard Hawks, King Vidor, George
Cukor, Raoul Walsh, Samuel Fuller
Origin: USA
This series explores the careers of five of
Hollywood’s most talented and influential
directors and features interviews and film
clips demonstrating the genius each man
brought to the screen.
RONAN KEATING – DESTINATION
LIVE
Music (1 x 60 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Universal
Origin: UK
Filmed live in front of 12,000 ecstatic fans
at London’s Wembley Arena, Destination
Live ‘02 captures a spectacular Ronan
performance including hits such as ‘Lovin’
Each Day’, Rollercoaster’ and ‘I Love It
When We Do’.
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4KIDS
ENTERTAINMENT
4Kids Entertainment, 1414 Ave of the
Americas, New York, NY 10019 USA.
At MIPCOM: Al Kahn (CEO), Tom
Kenney (Senior VP Marketing), Brian
Lacey (International Television Sales)
Office: R31.21
Tel: (33).4.92.99.88.93
POKÉMON: THE MASTER QUEST
Animation (52 x 30’)
Produced By 4Kids Productions
Status: Available now
The Pokemon entertainment phenomenon
continues with 52 exciting new adventures
-- The Master Quest.
YU-GI-OH!
Produced By: 4Kids Productions
Yu-gi-oh follows the story of Yugi, a
smaller than average high school studentand an easy target for bullies.
KIRBY
Animation (52 X 30’)
Kirby, a Warpstar knight in training, crash
lands on the Planet Popstar and
accidentally ends up as the pink protector
of the villagers.
A
A&E TELEVISION
NETWORKS
A&E Television Networks, 235 East 45th
Street, New York, NY 10017 USA. Tel:
212.210.1400. Fax: 212.907.9470. Web
sites: www.aetninternational.com;
www.HistoryChannel.com;
www.Biography.com; www.AandE.com
At MIPCOM: Maria D. Komodikis
(Senior Vice President & General
Manager, International Division), Jim
Greiner (Executive Vice President, New
Business Development), Michael Katz
(Vice President Programming &
Production, International ), Stephen
Stander (Vice President Legal & Business
Affairs, International), Peter Tarshis
(Director Programming & Production,
International), Simon Pollock (Managing
Director, Europe)
Office: G3-18
Tel: 04.92.99.85.60
MODERN MARVELS
Documentary (26 x 1)
Language: English
Production Company: Actuality
Productions Inc. for The History Channel
Status: Complete
Country of Origin: U.S.
They are the engineering marvels of the
modern world, from the Autobahn to the
Panama Canal. But how were they built,
and who built them?
COLD CASE FILES
Documentary (35 x 1 Hour)
Language: English
Status: Complete
Production Company: Produced by Kurtis
Productions for A&E Network
Investigates the pursuit and resolution of
long-unsolved crime cases, providing a
documentary textbook for the method and
the work of cold case detectives.
THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE
Documentary (1 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Production Company: Produced by Vixpix
for The History Channel
Status: Complete
In December 1914, it was clear that the
“little conflict in the Balkans” would not be
over by Christmas.
ABC CONTENT SALES
ABC Content Sales, 221 Pacific Highway,
Gore Hill, Sydney NSW 2065, Australia.
Tel: 61.2.8333.3177. Fax: 61.2.8333.3169.
Email: [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Robyn Watts (Director,
Content Rights Management), Kaye
Warren (Head, ABC Content Sales), Anne
McGrath (Sales Manager, Europe),
Elizabeth Paterson (Sales Manager, Asia,
Middle East, Africa, Latin America)
Office: 05:33, Tel: 33.4.92.99.80.24
MDA
Drama (22 x 52’)
Language: English
Directors: Various
Producer/Co Creator: Greg Haddrick;
Series Producer: Ric Pellizzeri
Executive Producer: Des Monaghan
Cast: Kerry Armstrong, Jason Donovan,
Shane Bourne, Aaron Pedeson, Angus
Grant,
Alice McConnell & Petra Yared
Year of Production: 2002 Country of
Origin: Australia
When doctors make mistakes, the results
can be shattering. And someone has to pay.
MDA - stories of life and death, guilt and
innocence.
Ninja Boy
Peppermint
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THE NAVIGATORS
Factual (2 x 55’)
Language: English
Director: Klaus Toft
Producer: Klaus Toft
Executive Producer: Dione Gilmour
Origin: Australia
The Navigators tells the remarkable
adventure story of two 19th century rivals,
Englishman Matthew Flinders and
Frenchman Nicholas Baudin, who raced to
be the first to unveil Australia to European
eyes.
ALIEN UNDERWORLD
Factual (1 x 55’)
Language: English
Director: Sonya Pemberton
Producer: Karena Slaninka
Executive Producer: Daryl Karp
Origin: Australia
Living alien organisms found deep beneath
the earth’s crust could be the most convincing
evidence yet of extraterrestrial life.
ABSOLUTELY
INDEPENDENT BV
Absolutely Independent BV,
Nieuwendammerkade 26 M 6, 1022 AB
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel:
31.(0).20.4905.200. Fax: 31.(0).20.
4905.151. Website: www.absolutely.nl.
Email: [email protected].
At MIPCOM: Patty Geneste, (M.D.),
Annelies Noest (VP Sales & Acquisitions),
Helena Jensch (Sales Manager)
Office: Media / The Marketplace / Stand
no. H 4.35
Tel: 31.65.5122621 (Annelies Noest),
31.61.0889281 (Helena Jensch)
BIG BUBBLE
Children’s game show (multi-media
format) (25 min)
Produced by: Susamuru, Finland
An exciting children’s cross-over tv-game
show about comic strips and cartoons.
LITTLE BEAR BONZIBOR
Animation/pre-school format (pilot 5 eps.
+ 50 scripts)
Produced by: Proctor Radio & TV
Productions
A funny and original puppet series about
the mini adventures of a clumsy and
adorable little bear on a fantasy island.
MISSION ANTARCTICA
Light Entertainment / Game show (50
min)
Produced by: NCRV
The coolest new primetime discovery game
show! In this format, eight candidates (four
men and four women) will experience the
ultimate challenge: making their way
across South America.
ACTION TIME
Action Time, 35-38 Portman Square,
London, W1H 6NU UK. Tel:
020.7486.6688. Fax: 020.7612.7524. Web
site: www.action-time.com. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Phil Trelease (Joint
Managing Director), Caroline Beaton
(Joint Managing Director), David
Housham (Executive Producer - Format
Development), Yvonne Pilkington (Senior
Sales Manager)
Office: R37.14
THE PACKAGE
Reality-based
Country of origin: Israel
A means of renewing old ties, relaying
messages, making a confession or giving
thanks.
RANSACKED
Reality-based
Country of origin: US
A hard-hitting reality game show which
spares no-one. Two competing couple’s
homes are raided and their valuables and
car are taken away.
3PLAY
Game Show (Quiz)
Country of origin: US
Already a successful board game, 3Play is
a brain-teasing quiz which requires quick
and lateral-thinking.
ADLER MEDIA, INC.
Adler Media, Inc., 6849 Old Dominion
Drive, Suite 360, McLean, VA 22101 USA.
Tel: 703.556.8880. Fax: 703.556.9288.
Website: www.adlermediatv.com. Email:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Larry Adler (President),
Ingrid Enzelsberger (Director of
International Sales)
Office: 16.16
JOINED FOR LIFE
Documentary (1 x 50 min)
Language: English
Producer: Advanced Medical Productions
Origin: USA
One year in the life of 11-year-old
conjoined twin girls. Sharing two arms and
two legs, they are two people in one body,
each controlling ‘her’ side.
SNIPER SCHOOL
Language: English
Producer: Nineteenth Star LLC
Origin: USA
Follows snipers during training in
marksmanship, stalking and detection,
night operations, camouflage, and survival
skills.
The Business Of Film, Established in 1980,
considers product listings, which it introduced in 1983,
as vital information to serve it’s readership
at the major international TV and Film markets.
WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR LISTINGS.
The unabridged product listings of over 200 companies
COMPLETE NEW PRODUCT SUBMISSIONS ARE AVAILABLE
(downloadable to your Palm) @
OPERATION ANIMAL SHIELD
Language: English
Producer: White Paper Productions
Origin: USA
U.S. stunt pilots train young African bush
pilots to perform aerobatic maneuvers such
as spins, rolls and high-speed dives to
evade the poachers’ bullets.
ADVANTAGE MEDIA
GROUP
Advantage Media Group, 4298 Bright Bay
Way, Ellicott City, MD 21042 USA.
Tel: 410.465.0532. Fax: 410.992.8063. Email: [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Michael P. du Monceau
(President), LaLee D. du Monceau (V.P. of
Sales), Susan Ryan (Director of
Office: 09.10
AVANTE NETWORK COLLECTION
83 hours of technology, aviation,
automobiles, space, history and military
programming available for home video
worldwide.
PRIVATE JETS
Documentary (60’)
From inside the cockpit with John Travolta
to the seat of a high tech simulator, Private
Jets takes us inside the airborne bedrooms
and boardrooms of billionaires.
SPECIAL AGENTS
Documentary (60’)
Uncovers the little known activities of
Customs Agents by looking at their special
training, cutting-edge resources and
attempts to capture smugglers and
terrorists.
ALAIN SIRITZKY
PRODUCTIONS
Alain Siritzky Productions, 23, Rue
Raynouard, 75016 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.42.24.50.50. Fax: 33.1.42.24.66.42.
Email: [email protected]
Website:
www.ClickStudiosHollywood.com.
www.nakedshoppingnetwork.com
Company Type: Producer, distributor
At MIPCOM: Alain Siritzky, George
Pilzer, Robby Amar
Office: 23.14, Tel: 33.4.93.43.97.48, Fax:
33.4.93.43.68.82
EMMANUELLE AROUND THE
WORLD
Erotic Series (7 x 90)
First Episode already shot: Emmanuelle in
Rio
Emmanuelle is back as a photographer of
the sexiest supermodels around the world,
beginning with Rio de Janeiro.
NAKED SHOPPING NETWORK
New TV show, like home shopping
network, where sales are made by naked
hostesses. Hot parody of infomercials.
PRETTY COOL
Comedy
Due to a freak accident on the Internet,
Howard Duckell, a nerdy high school
senior, is about to find out when he gets
zapped with the power to read people’s
minds and mentally control their actions!
ALFRED HABER
DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., 111 Grand
Avenue, Palisades Park, New Jersey
07650 USA. Tel: 201.224.8000. Fax:
201.947.4500. [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Alfred Haber (President),
Robert Kennedy (Executive Vice
President), Andrew Haber (Vice President,
International Sales), Adam Haber
(Director, International Sales), Edward
O’Donnell (Director, International Sales)
Office: #19.02
2003 45TH ANNUAL GRAMMY
AWARDS
(1 x 180 minutes)
The world’s most popular television music
awards show! The 2003 show will be
broadcast from Madison Square Garden in
New York City.
2003 60TH ANNUAL GOLDEN
GLOBE AWARDS
(1 x 240 minutes)
Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association determines the winners of
these prestigious awards, which honor
excellence in both motion pictures and
television.
WHO WANTS TO BE A PLAYBOY
PLAYMATE?
(1 x 120 minutes)
One search. Twelve women make the cut.
But only one woman will become a
Playboy Playmate.
ALICE4TV.COM
alice4tv.com
P.O.Box 2087, Thousand Oaks, CA 913582087 USA. Tel: .805.480.0380. Fax:
805.480.0390. E-mail: [email protected]
www.alice4.tv
At MIPCOM: Alice Donenfeld
Office: Booth 19.14
UFOS AND ALIENS: SEARCH FOR
THE TRUTH
Narrated by Jeri Ryan, Seven of Nine
from “Star Trek: Voyager”
A scientific – yet always visually exciting –
examination
of
UFO
sightings,
intergalactic travel, alien encounter
experiences, and efforts to reach out
beyond our solar system to contact to
communicate with potential extraterrestrial
life.
Tall Blondes
Tremendous! Entertainment
18 T h e B u s i n e s s o f F i l m
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
MIRACLES, ANGELS & AFTERLIFE
Documentary (12 x _ hour and a one hour
special)
A powerful new series exploring the
Heavenly Realm in depth! Each episode
deals with an inspiring selection of true
stories involving miraculous phenomena,
angelic interventions and unforgettable
near death experiences.
WALKER’S CAY CHRONICLES
Outdoor Adventure (104 episodes now
available)
Host Flip Pallot takes the salt water fly
fishing enthusiast on the world’s most
exciting and challenging saltwater fishing
expeditions.
ALLIANCE ATLANTIS
Alliance Atlantis, 121 Bloor Street East,
Suite #1500, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3M5,
Canada. Tel: 416.967.1174. Fax:
416.960.0971. 5, Place Ville Marie, Suite
#1435, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2G2,
Canada. Tel: 514.878.2282. Fax:
514.878.2419. 184 - 192 Drummond St.,
2nd floor, London NW1 3HP England. Tel:
44.207.391.6900. Fax: 44.207.383.0404.
401 Darling Street, Suite 2, Balmain,
Sydney NSW, 2041 Australia. Tel:
612.9810.8922.. Fax: 612.9810.8966. 40
Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel.
353.1.449.8400. Fax: 353.1.449.8470.
808 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Santa
Monica, CA 90401 USA. Tel:
310.899.8000. Fax: 310.899.8100. 372076 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2N9
Canada. Tel: 780.440.2022. Fax:
780.440.3400. 1668 Barrington, Suite 500,
Halifax, Novia Scotia, B3J 2G3, Canada.
Tel: 902.420.1577. Fax: 902.425.8260.
Block 1, Unit C, Shannon Business Park,
Shannon, Co, Clare, Ireland. Tel:
353.61.472.329. Fax: 353.61.472.228.
Type of Company: Seller, Buyer, Coproducer, Broadcaster
Website: www.aactv.com
Status at market: Seller, Buyer, Coproducer, Broadcaster
At MIPCOM: Ted Riley (President,
Distribution, Entertainment Group), Maria
Sanchez (Managing Director, International
Television Drama Distribution,
Entertainment Group), Ken Faier (Vice
President, AAC KIDS?, Entertainment
Group), Peter Worsley (Managing
Director, AAC FACT? International,
Entertainment Group), Irene Read
(Managing Director, Television
Distribution, Australasia and Asia,
Entertainment Group), Rose Marie Vega
(Vice President Television Distribution,
Latin America, Entertainment Group)
Office: G3.14, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8348
THE BATTLE OF MARY KAY
Black Comedy / movie for CBS
Key Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Parker Posey
and Shannen Doherty
The true story of the rivalry between the
reigning queen of the direct beauty sales
business, Mary Kay Ash of Mary Kay
Cosmetics and young and sexy upstart,
Jinger Heath of Beauti-Control Cosmetics.
RIVERWORLD
Fantasy Adventure / Movie for the Sci Fi
Channel
Key Cast: Brad Johnson, Karen Holness,
Emily Lloyd, Jeremy Birchall, Kevin
Smith, Nikita Kearsley and Brian Moore
We travel to RIVERWORLD, a mysterious
and treacherous land where every human
who died between the years 99,000 BC and
2200 AD has been resurrected on the banks
of a colossal river.
NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG
Key Cast: James Lee Williams, Marc
Warren and Mikela J. Mikeal
Young Tim Cornish’s life had begun with
great promise. Blessed with extraordinary
good looks he was always the object of
someone’s affection, and whether he
returned it or not, Tim enjoyed the attention
and cared little of broken hearts.
ALLIED
ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP, INC.
Allied Entertainment Group, Inc., 8899
Beverly Blvd. Suite 911, West Hollywood,
CA 90048, USA Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax:
310.271.0706. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: James R. Moder (President),
Yanet Liu (VP Sales Consultant), Andre
King (VP Sales Consultant)
Office: Booth B-35
Tel: 310.271.0703
Fax: 310.271.0706
LAS VEGAS WARRIOR
Action (97 min)
Language: English
Director/Producer: Nastasha Baron
Starring: Laurie Hanley, Suk Woo Nam
Year of production: 2002 Country of
Origin: Canada
When a martial arts fighter gets killed
during a bare fisted kick-boxing fight, an
investigative journalist decides to pursue
this story and follows Suk into the depth of
the world of illegal underground fighting.
THROTTLE
Action-Thriller (92 min)
Language: English
Director: Atul Sharma,
Producer: Atul Sharma & Cheryl Bedford
Starring: Liam Watson, Jody Booth
Year of production: 2002 Country of
Origin: USA
Jon, a career criminal, gets out of prison
determined to live it up in Baja with
millions that he and his only friend,
George, stole from a Drug Cartel.
HORRORVISION
Horror (85 min)
Director: Danny Draven
Producer: J.R. Bookwalter and Scott
Phillips
Starring: Jake Leonard, James Black as
“Bradbury” (“The Return”, “Out of
Sight”), and Special Appearance by
Scream Queen Brinke Stevens
(“Sideshow”, “Victoria’s Shadow”)
Year of production: 2001
Country of Origin: USA
Dez, a web master, mistakenly logs onto
“horrorvision.com” - a website that kills all
who come across it.
THE BUSINESS
OF FILM
ALPHA FILM GROUP
Alpha Film Group, 216 South Main Street,
Alpharetta, GA 30062 United States. Tel:
770.740.1962. Fax: 770.740.1046.
www.alphafilmgroup.com,
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Ray Guthrie (Cochairman), Andre King (V.P. Acquisitions
and Sales), Susan Harris (Acquisitions and
Sales)
FATE
Thriller (100 min)
Language: English
Director: Ace Cruz
Producer: Andre King, Co-Production
Partners: Ray Guthrie
Key Cast: Michael Pare, Phillip Michael
Thomas, Tom Savini
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Budget: 1.4 million
Origin: United States
A pair of detectives go after a serial killer
whose victims are tied by a mysterious but
very real blood tie.
PARANOID (FRIGHTMARE)
Horror (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Ash Smith
Producer: Susan Harris, Co-Production
Partners: Ray Guthrie
Key Cast: Shanda Besler, Summer Lapan,
Shawn Wright, Brandon O’Dell
Budget: 1.1 Million
Origin: U.S.A.
A killer is on the loose in a small suburban
town making all of the inhabitants
“Paranoid.” The sister of a victim of an
earlier series of killings is convinced the
killer is the same.
VICIOUS
Horror (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Matt Greene
Producer: Tom Savini, Co-Production
Partners: Ken Porter
Key Cast: Tom Savini
Budget: 1 million
Origin: U.S.A.
A group of campers are terrorized by a
mutant creature, the result of a government
experiment gone wrong and the madman
that oversees the project.
AMPERSAND
Ampersand, 13, passage Landrieu, Paris,
France 75002. Tel: 33.1.44.11.12.34. Fax:
33.1.44.11. 12.30. [email protected]
Company Type: producer and distributor
At MIPCOM: Gilles Thion (President),
Jean Dufour (Vice-President), Teremoana
Seguin (International Sales Manager),
Nathalie Giboire Labid (Head of
Office: Booth no 10.16, Tel:
04.92.99.81.94
ON THE ROOFTOPS OF PARIS
Documentary (52 min)
Language: French, English
Director: Olivier Lassu
Producer: Ampersand, Co-production
partners: ARTE France
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: September 2002,
Country of Origin: France
A poetic discovery of an unknown facet: its
Rooftops.
ROLLERS
Director: Xavier Deleu
partners: PLANETE
Country of Origin: France
Slide on the asphalt with our documentary
on this new urban phenomenon “the roller
mania.”
TRAPPED BY STALIN
Director: Xavier Deleu et Nicolas Jallot
partners: France 3 Région et France 5
Year of Production: August 2002, Country
of Origin: France
After World War II, thousands of French
citizens remained prisoners of the Soviet
system for half a century: for the first time
the survivors tell their incredible fate in
front of a camera.
AMERICA VIDEO
FILMS S A
America Video Films S A, Virrey Loreto
2426, Capital Federal, 1426, Rep.
Argentina. Tel: 54.11.4787.9098 / 9101.
Fax: 5411.4787.9094.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Enrique Maya (President),
Freddie Hancock (V.P. Acquisitions),
Claudio Braslavsky (Marketing Director),
Nicholas Bingham (Adviser), Hiroko
Ebisawa (Japan consultant) and Nathalie
Coulon (Secretary)
Acquisition Executives: Freddie Hancock
and Claudio Braslavsky
Office: Palais, Stand number: 14.16
Tel: 33.4.9299.8196
The Source
L.A. Office Tel
(323) 935-8228
Buying
Selling
Marketing
L.A. Office FAX
(323) 935-8229
Magnificent Obsessions
Canamedia Productions, LTD.
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AMSELL
ENTERTAINMENT
Amsell Entertainment, 12001 Ventura
Place #404, Studio City, CA 91604 USA.
Tel: 818.766.8500. Fax: 818.766.7873.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Alan M. Solomon
(President), Tien Liu (Director,
Distribution/ Acquisitions)
Office: 03.10, Tel: 334.9299.8022, Fax:
334.92.193.009
WIND AND CLOUD: A MARTIAL
ARTS SAGA
TV Series (45 x 50 min)
Cast: Sonny Chiba (Immortal Combat”,
“Aces: Iron Eagle Iii”), Chao Wen
Cho (Jet Li’s “The Legend”), Annie Wu
(“Jackie Chan’s First Strike”)
Director: Chin-Liang Hsu (“The Sword Of
Great Silence” - Venice Film
Festival Nomination)
Status: Completed
ALONE IN THE DARK
Suspense Thriller
Cast: Rik Mayle Norman Wisdom,
Marianne Faithful, Jason Donavon, Eileen
Daly, Steven Craine, Robin Askwith,
Jason Donovan, Rik Mayall, Norman
Wisdom, Eileen Day and the voice of
Marianne Faithful
Status: In Post Production
Country Of Origin: UK
Follows the investigations of the ‘Birthday
Club,’ a group of friends who enjoy
investigating paranormal mysteries.
THE CIRCUIT 2
Action Adventure (90 min)
Director: Jalal Merhi
Producer: Jalal Merhi
Cast: Oliver Gruner & Lorenzo Lamas
Delivery Status: Post Production
Dirk Longstreet (Gruner) returns to the ring
when his fiancée, a newspaper reporter, is
killed while covering an underground fight
circuit in a maximum security prison.
ANIMATRIX LTD
Animatrix Ltd, Animatrix Ltd, Gossard
House, 7-8 Savile Row, London W1S 3PE
United Kingdom. Tel:
44.(0).207.292.0800. Fax:
44.207.7287.4289.
Company Type: producer/distributor
At MIPCOM: Jeffrey O’Kelly (Series
Creator), Sean O’Kelly (Producer), Rupert
Lywood (MD)
Office: 05.05
DR. SNUGGLES
Kids Animation (26 x 13)
DR SNUGGLES IS BACK! A brand new
26 part series will be unveiled at MipCom
with Jim Broadbent, Oscar winning actor
and star of blockbusting films such as
Bridget Jones’ Diary, IRIS and Moulin
Rouge stepping into Dr. Snuggle’s shoes.
T HE B USINESS
OF F ILM
The Source
Movies &
Programming
ARTIST VIEW
ENTERTAINMENT
Artist View Entertainment, 12500
Riverside Drive, Ste #201, N. Hollywood,
CA 91607 USA. Tel: 818.752.2480. Fax:
818.752.9339. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Scott J. Jones (President),
Jay E. Joyce, (Vice President ), Thomas C.
Emma, Sr. (Vice President), Casey
Waskiewicz (Director of Sales &
Acquisitions)
Office: La Palais #02.20, Tel.
33.(0).4.92.99.8139
BLACK CADILLAC
Action Thriller (90 Min)
Director: John Murlowski
Producer: John Murlowski. Stephen
Smith, Kenny Burke
Cast: Randy Quaid, Josh Hammond, Jason
Dohring, Kiersten Warren
Year of Production: 2002
Through the darkness of a cold winter
night, three young men must face danger
head on as they are terrorized in a highspeed chase with a mysterious pursuant.
BEHIND THE RED DOOR
Drama (90 Min)
Director: Matia Karrell
Producer: Kjehl Rasmussen
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Kyra Sedgwick,
Stockard Channing
In this powerful heart wrenching journey, a
dying man must reunite with his estranged
sister to face their family’s violent past; for
this is the only way they can find peace in
their tortured lives.
THE BREAD, MY SWEET
Romantic Adventure (90 Min)
Director: Melissa Martin
Producer: Adrienne Wehr
Cast: Scott Baio, Kristin Minter,
Rosemary Prinz, Billy Mott
What kind of man would abandon a
successful career and propose to a woman that
he has only met once, all in the same day?
ASSOCIATED
TELEVISION
INTERNATIONAL
Associated Television International, 4401
Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010
USA. Tel: 323.556.5600. Fax:
323.556.5610
[email protected] www.ati.la
Company Type: Producer/ Distributor
At MIPCOM: James Romanovich (Executive
VP Domestic Television), Glenn Aveni
(Executive VP Int’l Sales), Cathy BerryMozingo (Director Contract Administration)
Office: Booth 18.01
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8276
SHOWGIRLS AFTER MIDNIGHT
Language: English
Director: Jim Golway
Producer: Jim Golway
Delivery Status: Post
Origin: USA
For the first time ever, the public is taken
into the backstage world of the spectacular
Follies Bergere and the topless, MTV style
revue The Crazy Girls, to explore the lives
of today’s Showgirls.
THE HEROES OF WWII
Language: English
Cast: Walter Cronkite
Origin: USA
This 4 part series on WWII gives a true and
accurate account of the sacrifices our Great
American Heroes made during this unique
time in our history.
THUNDERDOME
Live Action (26 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Thomas Nelson
Producer: Thomas Nelson
Cast: Gregg Abbott, Nicholas Wright, Mia Zottoli
Delivery Status: Partially Completed
Budget: $1,500,00.00 episode
It’s “NASCAR with attitude” in this live
action weekly racing series.
ATLAS MEDIA CORP.
Atlas Media Corp., 148 W. 37th St., 10th
floor, New York, NY 10018 USA. Tel:
212.714.0222. Fax: 212.714.0240.
[email protected].
www.atlasmediacorp.com
At MIPCOM: Bruce David Klein
(President & Executive Producer), Maria
Lane (Senior Vice President,
Programming), Karen Hanley (Head of
New Business Development), Emi
Macuaga (Development Executive)
Office: Hotel du Cap
YOUNG, SEXY & ROYAL
(One hour)
From Princess Di’s dashing nephews to the
playboy Prince of Spain, we take a look at
Europe’s upcoming batch of blue bloods who
promise to shake things up in the coming years.
ALIEN ABDUCTION: THE
MYSTERY UNRAVELED
(One hour)
Explores the possibility that another
baffling and terrifying human phenomenon
- sleep paralysis - might offer new clues to
explain alien abduction.
CAUGHT: THE ICE CHEST
MURDER - ONE HOUR
From gruesome murder to riveting
courtroom drama, we will trace one of the
most fascinating forensic and trace
evidence cases ever conducted in the story
of a cunning, powerful murderer who
almost walked away scott-free.
AVA-DATELINE
PRODUCTIONS BV
AVA-Dateline Productions BV, Amsteldijk
Noord 105, 1083 TH Amstelveen, The
Netherlands. Tel: 31.20.5689999. Fax:
31.20.5689995. E-mail: [email protected]
Company Type: AVA-Dateline produces
and co-produces documentaries for the
international market.
At MIPCOM: Bernard Hammelburg
(Executive Producer & Director), Willy
Lindwer (Executive Producer & Director)
Office: n/a
AFTERMATH
Documentary (2x50)
Executive producers: Willy Linder &
Bernard Hammelburg
Reconstructing the Twin Tower disaster as
seen through the eyes of eight directly
involved people from all walks of life,
struggling to overcome their sorrow, and
solve a myriad of personal problems.
TERROR IN THE AIR: SKYJACKED
Documentary
Bernard Hammelburg
Spectacular reconstruction of the 1970
hijacking of an El-Al airplane en route to
New York – the only flight ever to have
been “conquered back” by its crew.
THE TEMPLE MOUNT IS MINE
Documentary (2x50)
Bernard Hammelburg
About the most emotional aspect – many
call it “the core issue” – of the Middle East
controversy.
AVIVA
INTERNATIONAL LLC
Aviva International LLC, 850 Old County
Road, Second Floor, Belmont, CA 94002
USA. Tel: 650.631.3601. Fax:
650.631.3616. Website:
www.avivaintl.com,N/A
E-mail: [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Michael Lopez (President),
Patrick McDonald (Executive Vice
President, Broadcast Sales), Tara Tullar
Dadd (Operations Manager)
Office: R34.01, Tel: (0)4.92.99.88.44
ALANIS MORISSETTE: MUSIC IN
HIGH PLACES
(ALANIS MORISSETTE LIVE IN
THE NAVAJO NATION)
Music/Travel (50 minutes)
Language: English
Year of Production: 2002 ,Country of
Origin: USA
Takes top recording artists to the world’s
most ancient sites.
AN ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO BRIAN
WILSON
Music/Concert (96 minutes)
Language: English
Key Cast: Brian Wilson, Ricky Martin,
Paul Simon, The Go-Go’s, David Crosby,
Carly Simon, Elton John, Aimee Mann,
Michael Penn, Billy Joel, Wilson Phillips
Origin: USA
The award-winning artist is honored in a
phenomenal concert event at New York’s
Radio City Music Hall, by an extraordinary
array of legendary artists.
BEE GEES: LIVE BY REQUEST
Music/Concert (60 minutes, 90 minutes)
Language: English
Key Cast: Bee Gees: Barry, Maurice and
Robin Gibb
Origin: USA
Celebrating 35 years of hitmaking, the Bee
Gees take the stage in New York City with
host Mark McEwen taking the requests as
Barry, Maurice and Robin play your
favorite songs from the last four decades.
Taipei Diaries
Portfolio Entertainment
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
A.V.R.I.O.
FILMWORKS INC.
Avrio Filmworks Inc., 1726 Tatlow Ave.,
North Vancouver, BC V7P 2Z9 Canada.
Tel: 604.298.1976. Fax: 604.298.3664. EMail: [email protected]. Website:
www.avriofilmworks.com
Company Type: Distributor, Producer,
Sales Agent
At MIPCOM: Acquisition Executives:
Michael Derbas (President ), David
Newman (Director of Sales)
[email protected]
Office: Stand 02.07 – Extension 3 (Canada
Pavilion)
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.83.56. Fax:
33.(0).4.92.99.83.14
FALLEN ANGELS
Thriller (95 min)
Language: English
Director: Ian David Diaz
Producers: Michael Derbas & Julian Boote
Cast: Michael Ironside, Jeff Fahey & Kai
Wiesinger
Origin: Canada/UK
Four girls return to their abandoned high
school to film a documentary about the
tragic events that happened during their
senior year.
MAXIMUM SURGE
Sci-Fi (95 min)
Language: English
Director: Jason Bourque
Producer: Maryvonne Micale
Executive Producers: Kirk Shaw, Orest
Rusnak and James Shavick
Cast: Yasmine Bleeth, Walter Koenig and
Doug Abrahams
Delivery Status: Post-Production
Origin: Canada
Virtual reality is the battleground for world
domination.
RED GREEN’S: DUCT TAPE
FOREVER
Comedy (98 min)
Language: English
Director: Eric Till
Producer: David C. Smith, Sari Friedland
Cast: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob
Bainsborough and Graham Greene
Origin: Canada
Duct Tape Forever follows the hilarious
journey of Red Green and his nephew
Harold as they hit the road to save their
cherished possum lodge.
B
B. WOODING MEDIA
B. Wooding Media, 1919 Pinehurst Road,
Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel:
323.876.4028. Fax: 323.876.4024. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Brenda Wooding
(Managing Director)
Office: n/a
RIDDLES OF THE DEAD
Origin: USA
Language: English
Viewers travel into the world of ‘living
archaeology,’ a place where state-of-the-art
technology and old-fashioned detective
work blend to create a new kind of
investigative science.
FREELANCE IN A WORLD AT RISK:
RON HAVIV
Documentary (1 hour)
Origin: USA
Language: English
Director: Joe Weintraub and Clark
Worswick
Producer: Joe Weintraub and Clark
Worswick
World Press Award photographer Ron
Haviv has photographed war zones of the
past 10 years. Placing himself in dangerous
situations to document atrocities, he has
fallen victim to unimaginable perils.
AFRAID OF PEOPLE
Documentary (1 hour)
Language: English
Director: Randall Productions
Producer: Randall Productions
Key Cast: Narrated by Donny Osmond
Origin: USA
An intimate look at the lives of four people
who are paralyzed by Social Anxiety
Disorder. Never before seen, their struggles
and triumphs to live normal lives are
illuminated.
B & S FILMS
CREATION WORKS
HOUSE.
B & S Films Creation Works House, 7/F.,
Cheong Tai Factory Bldg., 16 Tai Yau St.,
Sanpokong, Kowloon. Tel: 852.2397 0731.
Fax: 852.2397 0013. [email protected], www.bs-818.com.hk
Company Type: Producer
At MIPCOM:
Office:
THE HIDDEN ENFORCERS
Action-Adventure (92.63 min)
Language: Cantonese and Mandarin
Director: Nam Yin
Producer: Nam Yin Co-production
partners:
Cast: Sammo Hung, Chan Chung Ling,
Ken Wong, Monica Lo, David Lee, Tong
Ka Fai
Origin: Hong Kong
The bads always set free because of the
inadequate evidence. Megan, a cop, is
disappointed with the judiciary and he
swears to execute the judge by himself.
TOUGH COP INSIDE
Action-Adventure (88.13 min)
Director: Yip Wai Ying
partners:
Cast: Simon Loui, Ma Tak Chung, Natalie
Ng, Bessie Chan, Cheung Kit Yee, Tong
Ka Fai, Eddie Chan, Marco Lok, Ann Ho,
James, Tsang Yin
Origin: Hong Kong
Chou and Lau have successfully detected a
robbery. However they are all under
internal investigation as there is
discrepancy between the reported loss and
the money they have found.
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CRAZY FOR PIG-BONE IN POT
Drama (86.77 min)
Director: Yip Wai Ying
partners:
Cast: So Chi Wai, Lai Yiu Cheung, Sophie
Ngan, Keung Hon Man, Chung Kit Kee,
Kwan Po Wai Emily, Wong Hok Lam
Holly, Gi Gi Cheung, Chan Yiu Ming,
Lam Wai Yin
Origin: Hong Kong
Lau breaks into a grand villa. While he is
enjoying, the lover of the landlord comes
into the house with her secret boyfriend,
Lau then hides himself in the cabinet...
BANJAX
Banjax, Suite 407, Curtain House, 134147 Curtain Rd, London EC2A 3AR UK.
Tel: 44.(0).20.7739.8118. Fax:
44.(0).20.7739.3890. www.banjax.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Richard Morss (Managing
Director), Roberta Kurtz (Head of Global
Enterprise), Darryl Collins (CEO), Alastair
McIlwain (Director of Animation)
Office: R34.20
GENE-FUSION
Animation Series (26 x 22 minutes)
Language: English
Country of origin: US/England/Ireland
The series is set in a harsh authoritarian
future society where mass entertainment is
a spectacular gladiatorial road show owned
and run by the World Fusing Federation.
SICK AND FAMOUS
Comedy Animation Series: (26 x 26
minutes)
Language: English/French
Hosted by Bianca LaRue
Country of origin: France/England/Ireland
Set in an Exclusive Rehab Clinic which is
also a 24/7 cable channel.
GNARPH
Animation / Mini Toons for Internet (26 x 1)
Language: No speech.
Country of origin: England/Ireland
Gnarph is a basic sort of dog pre-occupied
with eating, sniffing and sleeping. Each
‘mini-toon’ will feature one gag about a
dog’s life.
BARDEL
ENTERTAINMENT
INC.
Bardel Entertainment Inc., 548 Beatty
Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 2L3.
Tel: 604.669.5589. Fax: 604.669.9079.
Website: www.bardelentertainment.com.
Company Type: Animation Producer
At MIPCOM: Delna Bhesania (CEO) ,
Barry Ward (President)
Office: The Canadian Pavillion - Business
Lounge A - Stand 02.10 - 04.11
Tel: 33(0).4.92.99.83.56 ext 2, Fax:
33(0).4.92.99.83.14, Cell:
33.62.27.39.148
SILVERWING: THE SERIES
Animation, Action Adventure (13 X 22
minutes)
Language: English
Director: Keith Ingham
Producer: Cathy Schooch
Delivery Status: In production , available
fall 2003
Origin: Canada
A ground-breaking, high quality, animated
action adventure set against a backdrop of
myth, intrigue and conflict based on the
best-selling novel.
THE CHRISTMAS ORANGE
Animation, Family Prime Time Holiday
Special, 2D and digital hybrid (22
minutes)
Language: English
Director: Ian Freedman
Producer: Cathy Schoch
Executive Producers: Delna Bhesania and
Barry Ward
Delivery Status: In production , available
December 2002
Origin: Canada
When young Anton Stingley awakes on
Christmas morning to find that instead of
the 600 toys he has requested from Santa,
there is one simple orange, he is outraged
and decides to sue Santa!
THE MR. DINK SHOW
Adult Comedy, 2D digital animation (4 X
5 minutes (available now)
(13 X 5 minutes - available as of fall
2002)
Language: English
Director: Ron Crown
Producer: Graham Watts
Country of Origin: Canada
Blissfully unaware that he is missing the
piece of his brain that says ‘wear clothes,’
Mr. Dink approaches life with a
combination of relentless optimism and
extreme enthusiasm, despite the endless
predicaments his nudity provokes.
BBC WORLDWIDE
LTD.
BBC Worldwide Ltd., Woodlands, 80 Wood
Lane, London, W12 0TT, UK. Tel:
44.208.433.2000. Fax: 44.208.7498732.
Website: www.bbcworldwide.com
Company type: Distributor
At MIPCOM: Rupert Gavin (Chief
Executive ), Mike Phillips (Director of
International Television), David Vine
(Managing Director, Asia Pacific), Mark
Young (President & CEO BBC Worldwide
Americas and Managing Director,
EMEIA)
Office: stand G3.40, Tel:
44.(0)7808.182796
FIMBLES
Children’s (130 x 20’)
A brand new pre-school series, full of fun,
exploration and discovery, in an enchanted
world full of entertainment laughter and
surprise.
The Adventures of Tanali
Indigo
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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LITTLE ROBOTS
Children’s (26 x 10’)
Produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for
LEGO Media International and distributed
by BBC Worldwide.
Tiny and his little robot friends are
pioneers, builders and architects of a new
magical world, built through their skills,
vision and imagination.
TRUST
Drama (6 x 50’)
A Box production for the BBC Trust about
a group of commercial lawyers whose lives
revolve around making and living with
deals - at work and at home.
BETA FILM GMBH
Beta Film GmbH, Robert-Buerkle-Str.3,
85737 Ismaning, Germany. Tel.
49.89.9956.2763. Fax 49.89.9956.2703.
Website: www.betafilm.com. E-mail:
[email protected]; [email protected]
Company Type: Sales agent/distributor
At MIPCOM: Fred Kogel (Managing
Director ), Jens Richter (Head of Sales),
Robert Czajkowski (Content Manager),
Dorothee Stoewahse (Head of Press)
Office: Stand-Nr.: R31.01A
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8853
HUNT FOR THE HIDDEN RELIC
Action-Adventure, TV-Miniseries (2 x
90´)
Language: German/English
Director: Sebastian Niemann
Producers: Rat Pack Filmproduktion, GFP
Medien Fonds German Filmproductions,
ProSieben Television
Cast: Naike Rivelli, Matthias Koeberlin
Delivery Status: completed, first Time
offered at MipCom 02
Year of production: 2002, Country of
Origin: Germany
A young archaeologist finds an ancient
skeleton that apparently belongs to a timetraveler who recorded images of Christ.
SASS
Drama, Theatrical (2 hours)
Language: German
Director: Carlo Rola
Producer: Moovie of the art entertainment
GmbH
Co-production partners: Constantin Film,
Taurus Produktion, Roxy Film GmbH
Cast: Juergen Vogel, Ben Becker, Otto
Sander
Delivery Status: Completed, TV-rights
first time offered at MipCom 02
Origin: Germany
Berlin in the Golden Twenties – the world
of the working-class brothers Franz and
Erich Sass, who started out as honest men
and ended up becoming Berlin’s most
notorious gangsters.
JULIETTA
Drama, TV-Movie (90´)
Language: German
Director: Christoph Stark
Producer: teamWorx Produktion für Kino
und Fernsehen GmbH
Co-production partners: ZDF / arte in
cooperation with UFA Babelsberg
Cast: Lavinia Wilson, Matthias Koeberlin,
Barnaby Metschurat
Delivery Status: completed, first time
offered at MipCom 02
origin: Germany
A dramatic teenage love story set against
the backdrop of Europe’s biggest party, the
Berlin’s Love Parade.
BEYOND
DISTRIBUTION
Beyond Distribution, 53-55 Brisbane St,
Surry Hills, NSW 2010 Australia. Tel:
61.2.8217.2000. Fax: 61.2.8217.2035.
[email protected].
www.beyond.com.au
At MIPCOM: Mikael Borglund
(Managing Director), Liliana Lombardero
(G.M of Distribution), Munia Kanna (V.P.
Sales-Asia, Pacific & S. Africa)
Acquisition Executive: Jenny Cornish
Office: H4.09
Tel: 0033.4.9299.8770
Fax: 0033.4.9299.8771
MYTHBUSTERS
How To / Information Doco (3 X 1 Hour)
Language: English
Producer: Beyond Productions
Delivery Status: In Production
Year Of Production: 2002, Country Of
Origin: Australia
An offbeat series investigating the bizarre
claims of urban legends and modern
misconceptions.
HUMAN PREY
Documentary
Producer: Beyond Productions
Origin: Australia
This documentary combines 3-d graphics
and personal accounts to recreate with
forensic detail the method and mechanic of
2 large animal attacks.
INDIAN FOOTPRINTS
Travel Documentary
Producer: Miditech
Origin: India
Indian footprints takes the viewer beyond
the India of clichés. This series visits the
little known destinations of great scenic,
historical & mythological significance.
THE BLUM GROUP
The Blum Group, 494 Tuallitan Road, Los
Angeles, CA 90049 USA. Tel:
310.476.2229.
Fax: 310.471.8659.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Harry Blum (CEO), Jim
Scrivano (Marketing ), Suzanne Blum
(President)
Office: 09.10
THE CHILDREN’S ARK
About a three-year journey of 800 Russian
children stranded in Siberia during the
Russian Revolution.
Delivery Status: Fall 2002
GAMBLING ON THE FUTURE
One of the world’s three largest businesses.
Timely documentary tackles the issues of
gambling in the modern world:
UIM FORMULA ONE POWERBOAT
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The most prestigious, most competitive,
most dangerous venue for extreme
watersports in the world. 10 to 12 Grand
Prix events plus special programs.
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BOSSA
ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
Bossa Entertainment, Inc., 1325 Avenue of
the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY
10019 USA. Tel: 212.261.9112. Fax: 212581-4954. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Regina Dantas (President
and CEO)
Office: H4.12
DAVID BLAINE’S VERTIGO
Special (1 hour)
Language: English
Key Cast: David Blaine
Origin: USA
In the heart of New York City, David Blaine
stood atop an 80-foot pillar, without
safeguard, for approximately 35 hours, after
which he plunged to street level with only a
few cardboard boxes to break his fall.
BROTHER’S KEEPER
Thriller (120 minutes)
Language: English
Director: John Badham
Producer: Justis Green
Key Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Corin
Nemec, Leland Orser, Evan Dexter Parke
Origin: USA
Jeanne Tripplehorn stars in an edge-of-yourseat thriller that adds a tragic twist to the
portrayal of a cop on the trail of a clever killer.
THE PRESIDENT’S MAN: A LINE IN
THE SAND
Action/Thriller (120 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Eric Norris
Key Cast: Chuck Norris, Judson Mills,
Jennifer Tung, Robert Urich
Origin: USA
On the surface, Chuck Norris is a
charismatic professor of Asian studies.
However, he also hides a secret identity.
He’s the “President’s Man,” a top secret
operative charged with only the most
sensitive and dangerous missions.
BUENA VISTA
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION
Buena Vista International Television, 3
Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith,
London, UK, W6 9PE. Tel:
44.208.222.1575. Fax: +44.208.222.1620.
At MIPCOM: David Hulbert (President,
Walt Disney Television International),
Tom Toumazis (Senior Vice President and
Managing Director European Distribution,
Walt Disney Television International),
Steve MacAllister (Vice President and
Regional Head of Sales, Asia Pacific),
Fernando Barbosa (Vice President, Sales,
Latin America)
Office: A0.21
Tel: 00.334.9299.8522
SIGNS
Drama (106 minutes)
Language: English
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: M. Night Shyamalan, Frank
Marshall, Sam Mercer
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory
Culkin
Budget: $62 million
The riveting thriller about Graham Hess,
the family patriarch who is tested to find
the truth when a five-hundred-foot design
of circles mysteriously appears carved into
the family’s crops.
8 SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY
TEENAGE DAUGHTER
Comedy (30 minutes)
Language: English
Produced by Touchstone Television
Productions, LLC.
Cast: John Ritter, Katy Segal
Based on the best-selling book 8 Simple
Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter,
this show finds comedy in real-life
situations when Paul Hennessy’s darling
daughters morph into hormonallychallenged, incomprehensible teenagers.
PUSH, NEVADA
Drama (1 hour)
Language: English
Cast: Derek Cecil, Scarlett Chorval, Jon
Polito
An innovative, provocative and off-beat
mystery series from Ben Affleck (Good
Will Hunting) and Sean Bailey (Project
Greenlight), that is set in a quirky Nevada
desert town.
BULLSEYE
TELEVISION
Bullseye Television, 46-47 Frith Street,
London, W1V 5TE, United Kingdom. Tel:
44.207.851.8801. Fax: 44.207.851.8809.
Company Type: producer/distributor
At MIPCOM: Jorg Roth (Managing
Director), Dee Smith (Commercial
Director),
WORLD OF PAIN
Documentary (15 x 30’)
Light-hearted series examining pain from
the mildly irritating to the agonising.
Employing real-life stories from around the
world you will laugh and wince in equal
measure.
ONE NIGHT STAND
Gameshow (10 x 30’)
Risqué gameshow in which young goodlooking people go on a real one-nightstand, get naked, and go all the way. Will
go further than “Big Brother” and leave
nothing uncovered.
BODYWORLDS - THE MAKING OF
THE US EXHIBITION
Follows Professor Gunther von Hagen as
he attempts to set up the US version of his
controversial Bodyworlds exhibition - an
exploration of human anatomy that blurs
the lines between science, art and madness.
Blue Murder
Alliance Atlantis
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
BUSKIN FILM
Buskin Film, via P.L. Cattolica 3, 00195
Roma Italy. Tel: 39.06.39030435. Fax:
39.06.39038231. [email protected],
www.buskinfilm.com
Company Type: sales agent - production
At MIPCOM: Antonio Guadalupi (Ceo) Vanessa Capurso (sales manager)
Office: R 38.07 Espace Riviera (Focus
Italy - Anica/ICE booth)
L’EAU...LE FEU (NEW FILM)
(L’ACQUA...IL FUOCO)
Comedy
Language: Italian
Director: Luciano Emmer
Producer: Roberto Bessi for Buskin film
Co-production partners:
Cast: Sabrina Ferilli, Giancarlo Giannini;
James Thierree
Delivery Status: In POSTproduction Year
of Production: 2002
Country of Origin: Italy
Three episodes, three women: different
stories with a common element: loneliness...
THE COUNCIL OF EGYPT (NEW
SHORT VERSION)
(IL CONSIGLIO D’EGITTO)
Drama (122 min)
Language: Italian - with English subtitles
Director: Emidio Greco
Producer: Mariella Li Sacchi and Amedeo
Letizia for Factory Co-production
partners: Rai Cinema (Italy) S.D.P. Films
(France) Focus Film (Hungary) supported
by Eurimages
Cast: Silvio Orlando, Tommaso Ragno,
Marine Delterme, Antonio Catania, Yann
Collette
Delivery Status: complete Year of
Production: 2002 Country of Origin: Italy
Sicily 1872. An intense history of
conspiracy interweaved by a monk to
damage aristocracy privileges, thanks to
the falsification of an Arab Codexes, “The
Council of Egypt”…
DAYS
(GIORNI)
Drama (80 min)
Language: Italian - with English subtitles
Director: Laura Muscardin
Producer: Francesco Paolo Montini for
Movie Factory
Cast: Thomas Trabacchi, Riccardo
Salerno, Davide Bechini, Laura Rametta,
Paola Gassman
Delivery Status: completed Year of
Production: 2001 Country of Origin: Italy
Days is a love story between two men; one
of them is Hiv positive. One day he meets
a past love and his equilibrium collapses...
C
CABLEREADY
CABLEready, One Dock Street, Suite 112,
Stamford, CT 06902, USA. Tel:
203.425.2136. Fax: 203.425.2140. E-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Gary Lico (President/CEO),
Sabrina Sanchez (Director of Program
Marketing / Latin Programming
Specialist), Sophie Beaurpere (Associate
Director of Program Marketing)
Acquisition Executives: N/A
Office: Stand #R31.17, Tel:
33.492.9988.46
ENVY TV
Lifestyle (13X60min. or 26X30min.)
Language: English
Producer: Re:Source Media
Delivery Status: In Development
Origin: Canada
A witty and progressive look at the perils
facing today’s male. This weekly series
provides practical and hilarious advice on
love, sex, careers, fashion, gadgets, beer,
cars, and much more.
EXTREME SPACE
Documentary/Reality (13X60min.)
Language: English
Producer: Bosch Media L.L.C.
Origin: USA
EXTREME SPACE is a “backstage pass”
to some of the world’s leading space
agencies, including NASA, the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, the European Space
Agency and Project Universe.
CANAMEDIA
PRODUCTIONS LTD.
Canamedia Productions Ltd., 1670
Bayview Avenue, Ontario, Canada, M4G
3C2. Tel: 416.483.7446. Fax:
416.483.7529. E-mail:
[email protected] Website:
www.canamedia.com
At MIPCOM: Les Harris (President/CEO),
Kate Sanagan (North American Sales
Manager), Paula Hutchinson (International
Sales Executive)
Acquisition Executive: Kate Sanagan
Office: Booth 00.01, Tel:
33.4.92.99.84.06, Fax: 33.4.92.99.84.07
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS
Documentary/Lifestyle (6 x 30’)
Language: English
Origin: Canada
Stories of people whose hobbies become
all-consuming, life-controlling passions.
FINS & SKINS
Sports/travel (34 x 30’)
Language: English
Origin: Canada
A new kind of competition with a celebrity
edge, combining international fishing and
golfing in exotic locations.
FISHING THE FLATS
Sports (13 x 30’)
Language: English
Origin: Canada
The comprehensive How & Where guide to
fishing the warm, shallow waters of the
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
CAPITOL FILMS
Capitol Films, 23 Queensdale Place,
London W11 4SQ, UK. Tel:
44.20.7471.6000. Fax: 44.20.7471.6012.
[email protected].
www.capitolfilms.com
Company Type: Sales Agent
At MIPCOM: Eve Schoukroun
(International Sales), Maya Amsellem
(Legal & Business Affairs)
Office: Stand 08.12
CALLAS FOREVER
Drama (122 min)
Language: English
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Key Cast: Fanny Ardent, Jeremy Irons,
Joan Plowright
Delivery Delivery Status: Completed
Production Country: Italy/UK, Year
Produced: 2002
Set in 1970’s Paris, an emotional and
inspirational fictional account of a rock
band promoter who convinces the opera
diva Maria Callas to revive her career
through the aid of modern technology and
video.
UNTITLED SYLVIA PLATH
PROJECT
Drama
Language: English
Director: Christine Jeffs
Key Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow
Delivery Delivery Status: In PreProduction
This biopic of the acclaimed and tragic
poet Sylvia Plath focuses on her
tumultuous and passionate relationship
with Ted Hughes, Britain’s Poet
Laureate.
THE GATHERING
Supernatural Thriller (101 min)
Language: English
Director: Brian Gilbert
Producer(s): Marc Samuelson, Peter
Samuelson, Pippa Cross
Key Cast: Christina Ricci, Ioan
Gruffudd, Kerry Fox
Year of Production: 2002, Production
Country: UK
A young American back-packer suffering
amnesia after a car accident begins to
have premonitions of terrifying events to
come, and the sinister faces of those who
gather to watch...
CARLTON
INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA LIMITED
Carlton International Media Limited,
35-38 Portman Square, London, W1H
6NU, UK. Tel: 44.020.7224.3339. Fax:
44.020.7486.1707. E-mail:
[email protected]. Website:
www.carltonint.co.uk
At MIPCOM: Rupert Dilnott-Cooper
(Chief Executive Officer), Stephen J.
Davis (President & Chief Executive
Officer, Carlton America), Louise
Sexton (Managing Director,
International Sales), Mark Gray
(Controller of Programme
Development)
Office: Stand No. R36.17
Tel: 33.4.9299.8837
DEAD GORGEOUS
Drama (1 x 2 hours)
Producer: A Co Production of Carlton
Productions and WGBH/Boston
Key Cast: Fay Ripley (Cold Feet) and
Helen McCrory (Anna Karenina)
The story of two women who hatch a
plot to get rid of their husbands, only to
find things don’t quite go according to
plan.
GOODBYE MR CHIPS
Drama (1 x 2 hours)
Producer: An SMG TV Production for
ITV
Key Cast: Martin Clunes (Men
Behaving Badly)
Former headmaster of the private boy’s
school, Brookfield, Mr. Chips takes us
on a touching journey as he recalls his
long career. – a timeless beautiful tale of
love, ambition, war and sadness.
ANIMAL SOS SERIES 5
Factual (16 x half hour (75 x half hour
now available))
Producer: A Bazal Production for
Carlton Television
More behind-the-scenes stories from the
Blue Cross Hospital, one of London’s
oldest and busiest animal hospitals.
CARSEY- WERNER
INTERNATIONAL
Carsey- Werner International, 4024
Radford Avenue, Bldg. 3, Studio City, CA
91604 USA. Tel: 818.655.5492. Fax:
818.655.8548. London: 150 Regent Street.
London W1B 5SJ, U.K. Tel:
44.20.7432.0328. Fax: 44.20.432.0329.
Singapore: 391 A Orchard Road, Tower A,
12-01, Ngee Ann City, Singapore 238873.
Tel: 65.838.5042. Fax: 65.235.6121.
Miami: 10420 SW 77 Avenue, Pinecrest,
FL 33156 USA. Tel: 305.740.9922. Fax:
305.740.9945.
At MIPCOM: Herb Lazarus (President),
Alexandra Taylor (Sr. Vice President ),
Victoria Gregson (Sales Director), Rajiv
Dhawn (Vice President), Sheila Hall
Aguirre (Vice President)
Office:
THAT ‘80S SHOW -- NEW
www.that80sshow.tv
Comedy ( 30 min x 13 through 01/02
season)
Key Cast: Glenn Howerton, Tinsley
Grimes, Eddie Shin, Chyler Leigh,
Brittany Daniel, Geoff Pierson and
Margaret Smith
From the producers of “That ‘70s Show”
comes a series about life in sunny Southern
California during the 1980s.
LIVIN’ LARGE - NEW
Magazine Format (1-hour x 22 episodes
through 02’/’03 season)
The lives and times of the young, rich, hip
and famous are spotlighted in this new
weekly hour from dick clark productions,
inc.
THAT ‘70S SHOW
www.that70sshow.com
Comedy (30 min x 103 episodes through
01/02 season. 128 episodes through
2002/03 season)
Key Cast: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis,
Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura
Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, Debra Jo
Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Tanya Roberts,
Don Stark.
That ‘70s Show follows a group of teenage
friends who are coming of age and come to
terms with hormones, parents, and the
bizarrely changing America of the late
1970s.
Dot’s Bots
Mainframe Entertainment
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
23
CDC UNITED
NETWORK
CHRYSALIS
DISTRIBUTION
CDC United Network 127, rue Marconi
1190 Brussels, Belgium.
At MIPCOM: Alexandre Lippens
(Managing Director), Maximilian Weiner
(Co-Managing Director), Audrey Atlass
(International Sales Executive)
Office: 11.16-13.15.
COLONIA DE DIGNIDAD
A semifinalist in this years “International
Emmy Awards”, is an exclusive look at a
never before
penetrated German community based in the
South of Chile.
HUNT FOR ADOLF EICHMANN
Shows how Eichman lived in Buenos
Aires, his everyday routine among the
Argentines and his connection to the
Penjerek case.
PABLO ESCOBAR: THE BARON OF
MEDELLIN
Is a portrait of Colombia’s most wanted and
dangerous criminals.
Chrysalis Distribution, The Chrysalis
Building, Bramely Road, London, W10
6SP UK. Tel: 020.7465.6274. Fax:
020.7221.6286. E-mail:
[email protected]
Company type: Distributor
At MIPCOM: Christina Willoughby
(Managing Director), Liza Thompson
(Senior Sales Executive), Peter Grant
(Senior Sales and Marketing Executive),
Maartje Horchner (Acquisitions and Sales
Co-ordinator), Gemma Wardle (Materials
and Sales Assistant)
Office: 23.02, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8116.
INQUISITION
Drama (1 x 52’)
Language: English
Director: Betsan Morris Evans
Producer: Drama House
Cast: Sir Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong,
Stephen Billington
Delivery status: completed
origin: UK
A thrilling new drama set in 17th Century
Madrid when The Inquisition was at the
height of its terrifying power.
LIVING FAMOUSLY
Documentary/ 25 x 60’
Language: English
Producer: BBC
Cast: James Dean, Marvin Gaye, Laurel
and Hardy, Peter Sellers, Karen Carpenter
Delivery status: in production
origin: UK
A stunning series of biographical portraits
revealing the true stories of the lives of 25
of the greatest names in international
entertainment.
ULTIMATE FORCE
Drama (1 x 90’ and 5 x 60’ OR 6 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence, Tom Clegg,
Tim Leandro
Producer: Bentley Productions
Cast: Ross Kemp, Jamie Draven
origin: UK
A muscular and unyielding action thriller
focusing on the challenges of a top SAS
troop as they put their lives on the line in
the name of Britain’s most elite fighting
regiment.
SUMMER RAIN
Drama (1 x 90’)
Language: English
Director: Jon Glendening
Producer: Summer Rain Films
Cast: Clea Smith, Lara Clancy, Cath
Sampson
origin: UK
A romantic, sexy, wry comedy set against
the backdrop of Brighton’s vibrant youth
culture, following the lives and exploits of
three twentysomethings girls.
CELLULOID DREAMS
Celluloid Dreams, 2 RUE TURGOT,
75009 Paris, France. Tel:
331.49.70.09.70. Fax: 331.49.70.03.71.
http://www.celluloid-dreams.com
Company Type: Sales agent
At MIPCOM: Hengameh Panahi
(President), Virginie Devesa (TV sales
executive)
Office: TVFI - Stand N° 02/15, Tel:
334.92.99.80.41
MONDAY MORNING
Comedy - Drama (121’)
Language: French
Director: Otar Iosseliani
Producer: Pierre Grise, Co-Production
Partners: Mikado Italia
Cast: Jacques Bidou
Origin: France
Every Monday morning Vincent Begins the
same monotonous routine. One-and-a-half
hours of non-smoking transit to an
uninspiring factory job.
LATE MARRIAGE
Comedy - Drama (90’)
Language: Hebrew / Georgian
Director: Dover Kosashvili
Producer: Transfax / Morgane
Productions:
Cast: Lior Louie Ashkenazi, Ronit
Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov
Origin: Israel
Zaza has run out of time. He is almost 32
and his family wants to see him married.
But tradition dictates that Zaza has to
choose a young virgin.
MARLENE DIETRICH, HER OWN
SONG
Documentary (100 ‘ and 52’)
Language: English / German
Director: J.D. Riva
Producer: Gemini GmbH, Co-Production
Partners: Turner Classics
Origin: Germany / USA
A documentary exploration of the
controversy of a woman_s personal
mission. A roller-coaster-ride of political
intrigue, artistic achievement and
uncompromising emotions.
L.A. Office Tel
(323) 935-8228
L.A. Office FAX
(323) 935-8229
CINAMOUR
ENTERTAINMENT
Cinamour Entertainment, MGM Plaza
Building B, 2425 Colorado Ave., Suite
320, Santa Monica, California 90404
USA. Tel: 310.828.4772. Fax:
310.828.3343. www.cinamour.com
At MIPCOM: Glen Hartford (Chairman /
CEO), Cord Douglas (President,
Distribution)
Office: #09.18, Tel: 334.9299.8200
THE MESSENGER
Reality Comedy Specials (5 x 44 min)
Cheating spouses become the subject of
pranks and jokes when “The Messenger”
catches them on hidden cameras and sends
them a tailor-made message that their
secret affairs are no longer secret.
CHEATERS
Relationship-Reality Series. (38 x 43
minutes)
Investigators conduct covert surveillance
of adulterers and empower victimized
spouses to confront their cheating husbands
and wives on live television.
KSEX RADIO: THE WANKER SHOW
Late Night / Adult Programs. (26 x 22 or
44 minutes)
Year of Production: 2002 - debut product
Each episode follows the campy
adventures of “Wankus”, the host of a U.S.
radio show known as “The Wanker Show.”
CINE CARTOON
FILMPRODUKTION
GMBH
Cine Cartoon Filmproduktion GmbH,
Schottenfeldgasse 14, Vienna, 1070,
Austria. Tel: 43 1.524.06.55. Fax:
43.1.524.93.10.20. www.cinecartoon.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Michael K. Epstein
(General Manager), Mag. Alexander
Wieser (Head of Development)
Office: C1.12, Tel: 8345 (Mr.
Epstein:43.664.308.78.27)
SPIRELLO SONGS
www.spirellosongs.com (under
construction)
Animation/ Songs for children 3-7 age
group (26 x 4´)
Language: German, English, Czech,
Finnish, Swedish
Director: Peter Höhsl
Producer: CINE Cartoon, Mr. Michael K.
Epstein, Co-Production Partners: Epidem
Zot (FIN), Bonton Atéliery (CZ)
Key Cast: Animation
Origin: Austria
“Spirello Songs” is an animated TV-series
utilizing children´songs to deal with topics
of importance to children, which are told
by exotic, loveable animals with funny
spiral spring legs.
TILL EULENSPIEGEL
Animation TV-Special (26 min)
Language: English/ German
Director: Michael Sturminger
Producer: CINE Cartoon, Co-Production
Partners: ProKids
Key Cast: Herbert von Karajan, Richard
Strauss, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
in Animation
Year of Production: 2003/2004, Country
of Origin: Austria
During an concert at the famous Golden
Hall in Vienna Herbert von Karajan is
directing the Vienna Philharmonic but Till,
the legendary rogue and trickster, swaps the
score for that of Richard Strauss.
TOMTOM
www.tomtomworld.com
Animation
Language: German/ English
Director: Thomas Kostron
Producer: Michael K. Epstein
Key Cast: TOMTOM, TOMTOMETTE,
SNAILODEMUS, FLEETWOOD,
TOMTOMINE, THE KOALA BEAR
WITHOUT A NAME
of Origin: Austria
TOMTOM, a tried and true Viennese with
suave charm and a bowler hat, always
dressed to the nines, distinguished but with
an uncanny sense for nonsense will come to
life...
CINEINTERNATIONAL
FILMVERTRIEB
GMBH & CO KG
Cine-International Filmvertrieb GmgH &
CO KG, Leopoldstrasse 18, D-80802
Munich, Germany. Tel: 49.89.39.10.25.
Fax: 49.89.33.10.89. [email protected]. www.cineinternational.de
At MIPCOM: Lilli Tyc-Holm (President),
Susanne Groh (Head of International
Sales), Caroline Tengler (Marketing
Manager)
Office 01.15 c/o Export-Union
Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.02
AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY
ME
Feature Film, Drama (158 min)
Director: Hardy Martins
Producer: Jimmy C. Gerum, Cascadeur
Filmproduktion GmbH
Co-production partners: Bastian Clevé,
B&C Filmproduktion GmbH, Roland
Pellegrino, CP Medien AG
Cast: Bernhard Bettermann, Irina
Pantaeva, Michael Mendl
Production status: complete
Based on the true story of Josef M. Bauer’s
bestselling novel, this powerful epic
captures the incredible journey of German
soldier Clemens Forell in his dramatic
escape from a Siberian labour camp after
World War II.
The World Of Tosh
EM TV & Merchandising AG
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
THE ROOM
Thriller (91 min)
Director: Roland Reber
Producer: Ute Meisenheimer, Petra
Knieper, WTP International GmbH
Cast: Mira Gittner, Marcus Gruesser,
Marina Anna Eich
Productions status: complete
Sophie and Christoph are looking after a
house with one room they must not enter,
but their hidden thoughts concentrate more
and more on this forbidden chamber...
DEMONIUM
Horror (89 min)
Director: Andreas Schnaas
Producer: Andreas and Sonja Schnaas,
Schnaas Film GmbH
Cast: Andrea Bruschi, Claudia Abbate,
Charlotte Roche
Production status: complete
In a secluded castle, an elderly man is
murdered by a maniac; a group of innocent
companions will experience the ultimate
grueling horror as their days in the lonely
estate become a terrifying quest for
survival.
CINEXPORT
Cinexport, 78 avenue des ChampsElysées, 75008 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.45.62.49.45. Fax: 33.1.45.63.85.26.
Company type : sales agent
At MIPCOM: Mrs. Anne-Marie
ROMBOURG-CARACO (General
Manager)
Office: collective stand TV FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
L’ APRES MIDI D’ UN
TORTIONNAIRE (AN AFTERNOON
WITH A TORTURER)
Drama (80 minutes)
Language: Original Romanian Version
With French Or English Subtitles
Directed by Lucian Pintilie
Key Cast: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu
Beligan, Ioana Macaria, Dorina Chiriac,
Frant Tandara
Delivery Status: Opening in the cinemas
in France : April 17th 2002
A former torturer in the prisons of
Communist Romania has agreed to confess
his crimes to a journalist and a former
political prisoner.
SERBIE , ANNEE ZERO (SERBIA
YEAR ZERO)
Fiction documentary (two versions 80 or
52’)
Language: Original Version Serbo Croate
With French Or English Subtitles
Directed By Goran Markovic
Key Cast: Goran Markovic, Rade
Markovic, Dragana Martinov, Sophie
Duez, Bernard Henri Levy
Goran MARKOVIC has always been antiMilosevic. He has never ceased expressing
his disgust at the criminal political
humiliation in which Milosevic and his
wife brought their country to its knees.
LES ALIENES (THE OUTCASTS)
Thriller-film de genre
Language: French version with English
subtitles
Directed by YVAN GAUTHIER
Key Cast: With Christopher Buchholz,
Federic Pellegeay, Virginie Aster, Julien
Reymond, Richard Chevallier, Jean Louis
Tribes, Marthe Mercadier
Damien, young garbage collector,
discovers a decaying dead body with a
knife belonging to him.
COLORLAND
ANIMATION
PRODUCTIONS LTD.
Colorland Animation Productions Ltd.,
909 Austin Tower, 22-26 Austin Avenue,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel:
852.2366.9013. Fax: 852.2367.9087.
[email protected]. www.colorlandanimation.com.
At MIPCOM: Louis Sek (Chairman &
CEO), Bill Kowalchuk (Producer), Sally
Luo (Executive Director)
Office: 12.24
IN SEARCH OF SANTA
Animation (3D CGI) (1 x 76 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
Producers: Louis Sek, Bill Kowalchuk
Production company: Colorland
Animation Productions Ltd / Tundra
Productions, Inc.
Cast: To be advised
Delivery Status: In production for mid
2003 delivery
Country of origin: Hong Kong / USA /
Canada
Pure-hearted Penguin Princess Crystal and
her skeptical sister Princess Lucinda
embark on a daring Pole-to-Pole quest to
find Santa Claus.
OH MAX
Animation 2D and 3D CGI (26 x 25 min)
Language: English
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
Producers: Louis Sek, Bill Kowalchuk
Cast: Jason Michas, Brian Drummond, Ian
Corlett, Tabitha St. Germain
Delivery Status: In production for mid
2004 delivery
Country of origin: Hong Kong / USA /
Canada
Production company: Colorland Animation
Productions Ltd / Tundra Productions, Inc.
Meet Max: an overgrown, accident-prone,
recently adopted puppy with an overactive
imagination.
COLUMBIA TRISTAR
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION
(Pease See Sony Pictures Television)
COMEDY CENTRAL
Comedy Central, 1775 Broadway, New
York, NY 10019 USA. Tel: 212.767.8818.
Fax: 212.767.8610
Company Type: Distributor/Broadcaster
At MIPCOM: Kathryn Mitchell (Senior
Vice President, Programming), Richard De
Croce (Vice President, International
Sales), Suzie Kricena (Head of
Acquisitions), Javiera Balmaceda
(Manager, International Sales), Erin Silber
(Coordinator, International Sales)
Office: #R38.05
CRANK YANKERS
Outrageous Puppet Show (30 x 30’)
From the minds that brought you “The Man
Show” comes “Crank Yankers,” an
outrageous phony phone call show in
which actual crank calls become the basis
for a twisted town inhabited solely by
puppets.
PORN ‘N CHICKEN
Feature (90 min.)
There are some things even the best schools
can’t teach you. That’s what five Ivy
League students discover when plan to film
their own porn movie.
CONTEST SEARCHLIGHT
Entertainment Series (4 x 30’)
In the search for Comedy Central’s next big
hit, Denis Leary is giving one lucky winner
the go-ahead...and everyone else the finger.
CORAL
INTERNATIONAL
Coral International Television Corp., 4380
N.W. 128th Street, Miami, Florida 33054
USA. Tel: 305.688.7475. Fax:
305.685.5697. www.coralintl.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Marcel Granier (President
and CEO), Pedro Carrera (Executive Vice
President), Jose Escalante (Vice President
and General Manager), Guadalupe
D’Agostino (Vice President International
Sales), Jorge Cabal (Director of
International Sales), Vladimir Gessen (VP
Office: Palais Des Festivals,
Cannes/France, Stand # 14.19
TRAPOS INTIMOS
Telenovela (approx 120 hours)
This story places Fernando, Pancho and
Willy; three men in a world of women.
Destiny has sentenced them to understand
women whether they like it or not.
WIFE OF JUDAS (LA MUJER DE
JUDAS)
Telenovela (approx. 120 hours)
Young College student Gloria Leal
(Chantal Baudaux) decides to do a thesis
documentary on the fascinating story that
surrounds a 20-year old murder of a priest,
a crime for which winery heiress.
EXPEDITION
Documentary (39 hours)
Featuring 13 new hours, this extraordinary
nature documentary series takes viewers on
perilous voyages to exotic places where no
man has ventured.
CREATIVE LIGHT
WORLDWIDE
Creative Light Worldwide, 8383 Wilshire
Blvd. Suite #212, Beverly Hills. Ca 90211
Usa. Tel: 323.658.9166. Fax:
323.866.3417
[email protected].
Www.Creativelightworldwide.Com
At Mipcom: Ray Haboush (Head Of
Office: Booth - Afma Stand 01.02, Tel:
33.(0)4.92.99.82.07
INHUMAN
Scifi (1 X 90’)
Language: U.S./English
Director: Michael Burnett
Cast: Chase Masterson (Deep Space 9)
Origin: Usa
About A Weekend Reunion That Becomes
A Confrontation With An Incredible,
Inhuman Creature As A Group Of Young
Adults Are Forced To Face The Terrible
Sins Of Their Past.
COMIC BOOK: THE MOVIE
Comedy (1 X 90’)
Cast: Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Jess
Harnell (Animaniacs), Billy West
(Futurama), Roger Rose (Ski Patrol), Stan
Lee (Comic Book Creator), Donna
D’errico (Baywatch), Chase Masterson
(Deep Space 9), Gary Owens (Laugh In),
Jonathan Winters (Mork & Mindy)
Origin: Usa
Mark hamill will don the mask of a
fictional documentary filmmaker and
plunge into comic-con with his crew of
crazy characters, played by award winning
voice over artists.
WILLIAM SHATNER’S SPPLAT
ATTACK
Sports (1 X 90’)
Cast: William Shatner (Star Trek)
Origin: Usa
Sci-Fi Icon William Shatner Hosts The
Biggest Paintball Game Ever Called Spplat
Attack! William Shatner Will Be Heading
Up The Federation Team Against The
Klingons And The Borgs. See Captain Kirk
Back In Action.
CS ASSOCIATES
CS Associates, 22 Weston Road, Lincoln,
MA 01773 USA. Tel: 781.259.9988. Fax:
781.259.9966.
[email protected].
www.csassociates.com
At MIPCOM: Charles Schuerhoff
(Managing Director), Lisa Carey (Vice
President of Sales)
Office: 04.24
REFRIGERATOR MOTHERS
Documentary/Social (54 min)
Language: English
Director: David E. Simpson
Producer: J.J. Hanley, Kartemquin Films
Origin: USA
How for many decades mothers of autistic
children were blamed for the illness.
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to elspeth @
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State Of Mind
Southern Star
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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FARANG BA (CRAZY WHITE
FOREIGNER)
Documentary/Social (54 min)
Language: English
Director: John Sullivan
Producer: Naked Emperor Productions
Origin: USA
The story of an ex-patriot American in
Thailand who survived cancer and is now a
well-known amateur boxer.
A DREAM IN HANOI
Documentary/Social/Travel (58 min)
Language: English
Director: Tom Weidlinger
Producer: Moira Productions
Origin: USA
Tension mounts on a Shakespeare
production, the first collaboration between
US & Vietnamese theatre groups.
CUMULUS
DISTRIBUTION
Cumulus Distribution, Sanctuary House,
45-53 Sinclair Road, London W14 0NS
United Kingdom. Tel: 44.20.7300.6623.
Fax: 44.20.7300.6529. www.cumulusdistribution.com
At MIPCOM: Aky Najeeb (Managing
Director), Clarissa Alvarez Hoey (Director
of Sales), Rebecca Collis (Sales Manager),
Claire White (Sales Executive), Mareike
Pahl (Sales Co-ordinator)
Office: 05.30
Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.82.64
REVELATIONS; THE INITIAL
JOURNEY
www.theinitialjourney.com
Live Action Children/Family series (26 x
30 min)
Language: English
Origin: New Zealand
A 26 half-hour anthology series of heartwarming tales for all the family inspired by
different moments in history.
ATLANTIS HIGH
www.atlantishigh.com
Live Action Tween Comedy Drama Series
(26 x 30 min)
Language: English
Origin: New Zealand
A spoof-soap set in the idyllic seaside town
of Sunset Cove - a leafy affluent paradise
where the beach is always round the corner.
But nothing is quite what is seems!
THE TRIBE SERIES 5
www.tribeworld.com
Live Action Tween Drama Series 52 x 30
min)
Language: English
Origin: New Zealand
Against all the odds, the Mall Rats defeated
the Techno Tribe’s quest for dominance in
the city of children.
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CURB
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL
CORP.
Curb Entertainment International Corp.,
3907 West Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA
91505 USA. Tel: 818.843.8580. Fax:
818.566.1719
At MIPCOM: Wendy Reeds (Executive
Director, Head of Sales)
Office: 19.20
Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.15
WICKED SEASON
Thriller
Director: Harvey Kahn
Producer: Harvey Kahn, Carole Curb
Nemoy, Mike Curb
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Daniel Baldwin,
Chandra West, Emmanuelle Vaugier
In this tense and riveting tale, a novelist
and his wife uncover a vast web of sex,
murder, and deceit in their quiet hometown.
COASTLINES
Thriller
Writer/Director: Victor Nunez
Producers: Victor Nunez and Sam Gowan
Cast: Josh Brolin, Timothy Olyphant,
Sarah Wynter and William Forsythe
Sonny Mann (Timothy Olyphant), an excon returning home from prison, creates a
new dynamic for both friends and enemies
with his arrival.
ALMOST SALINAS
Mystery
Writer/Director: Terry Green
Producer: Wade Danielson
Cast: John Mahoney, Linda Emond,
Virginia Madsen, Lindsay Crouse
Life takes a strange turn when a group of
outsiders come to a small town, the famed
site of James Dean’s fatal car crash.
CZECH TELEVISION
Czech Television, Kavci Hory, Prague 4,
140 70, Czech Republic. Tel:
42.02.6113.7047. Fax: 42.02.6121.1354.
[email protected] http://www.czechtv.cz/sales
At MIPCOM: Jarmila Svorcova (Chief
Executive), Marie Novakova (Sale
Executive)
Office: 01-09, Tel: 33.492.998.077
THE DAMNED (ZATRACENI)
Feature film (98’)
Language: Czech, English subtitles
Director: Dan Svatek
Producer: Czech Television (Ondrej
Sramek), Whisconti (Pavel Melounek,
David Prudky) and Holiday Films (Dan
Svatek)
Cast: Jan Pluhar, Jan Revai, Isabela
Bencova, Dana Vavrova, John Comer and
others
Delivery Status: completed, available for
sale
Origin: Czech Republic
The film testifies to how the cruel vagaries
of fate can affect anyone who is thinking
about making ‘easy’ money running drugs.
LOVE LOST (O ZTRACENE LASCE)
TV serial (9x 52’)
Language: Czech
Director: Viktor Polesny
Producer: Czech Television
Cast: Danica Jurcova, Zlata Adamovska,
Michal Sieczkowski and others
sale
Though unloved the girl sets out on a
struggle against evil in order to free a
prince held in prison, although her fate puts
the hardest obstacles in her way.
SOLITUDE (SAMOTA)
TV film (79’)
Language: Czech, English subtitles
Director: Jaroslav Brabec
Producer: Czech Television
Cast: Jiri Stepnicka, Vilma Cibulkova,
Vlasta Chramostova
sale
A gripping drama of an unhappy marriage
which fate willed to stand no chance of
survival. People are determined by the
place where they live.
D
DARGAUD MARINA
Dargaud Marina, 15, 27 rue Moussorgsky,
Paris, 75018 France. Tel:
33.1.53.26.31.08. Fax: 33.1.53.26.31.13.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Gaspard De Chavagnac
(CEO), Guillaume Galliot (Deputy
General Manager, Sales & Coproduction),
Michèle Massonnat (Sales & Marketing
Manager), Victoire De Monès (Sales
Executive)
Office: 0808-1009
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF
LUCKY LUKE
(LES NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE
LUCKY LUKE)
Comedy (52 X26’)
Language: English/French
Producer: Xilam, Co-Production Partners:
France Television, Dargaud Marina, Lucky
Comics
Budget: 18 230 000 euros
Origin: France
Lucky Luke is Back! The most mythical
western cowboy who shoots faster than his
own shadow meet again all the legendary
characters.
KITOU THE SIX -EYED MONSTER
(KITOU SCROGNEUGNEU)
Comedy (52 X 13’)
Language: English, French
Producer: Dargaud Marina, Co-Production
Partners: Dargaud Marina, Toonican,
RTBF, TF1, Belvision,Animation
Enterprise
Origin: France
Kitou is too horrible for Lilaville’s folks
and not enough when it comes to its own
family. but its new friend Lucy finds it just
perfect...
JACQUES COUSTEAU’S OCEAN
TALES
Action/adventure (26 X 26’)
Director: Kisler
Producer: Dargaud Marina, Co-Production
Partners: Vivatoon, France 3, Dargaud
Marina
Origin: France
The sea, original, moving, diverse. Who
can lead us into her vastness? Who can
reveal to us the wonders she holds, the
dangers she hides? Who better than Jacques
Cousteau?
DARO FILM
DISTRIBUTION
Daro Film Distribution, Le Patio Palace,
41 avenue Hector Otto - MC 98000
Monaco. Tel: 377.9797.1600. Fax:
377.9797.1590
[email protected]
Company Type : Distributor
At MIPCOM: Pierre-André ROCHAT
(President), Anne-Marie GASKIN (Head
of Acquisitions), Ute CICHOCKI
(International Sales), Adil DAHMANY
(International Sales)
Office:
MARY HIGGINS CLARK MOVIES
Thriller TV Movies (14 x 2 hr)
Six blockbuster TV movies based on the
work of Mary Higgins Clark, the
undisputed queen of suspense.
ADVENTURE INC.
Primetime Action Series (22 x 1 hr)
Details the exploits of legendary explorer
Judson Cross, who enjoys the worldwide
reputation of leading a highly talented team
willing to take extraordinary risks and go to
any length for the sheer pursuit of
adventure.
THE LAST CHAPTER
Primetime Drama Mini Series (6 x 1 hr)
THE LAST CHAPTER, a dramatic miniseries set in the world of outlaw biker
gangs, is a journey into a universe where
violence can either be coolly calculated and
carefully planned or can explode without
warning.
DEA PLANETA
DeA Planeta, 270 Corcega Street, 6th
Floor, Barcelona, 08008 Spain. Tel:
34.93.292.1182. Fax: 34.93.292.1188.
At MIPCOM: Pablo Sagüés (R+D),
Eduardo Escudero (Legal Affairs),
Jonathan South (Planeta D Director).
Ignasi Segura (Managing Director- Planeta
Junior)
Office: RADISSON SAS, Tel:
33.4.9368.8888.
Just A Kiss
Lakeshore International
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
DECODE
ENTERTAINMENT
INC.
DLT
ENTERTAINMENT UK
LTD.
DECODE Entertainment Inc., 512 King
Street East, Suite 104, Toronto, ON M5A
1M1 Canada. Tel: 416.363.8034. Fax:
416.363.8919. [email protected].
www.decode.tv
At MIPCOM: Neil Court Partner
(Executive Producer), Steven DeNure
Partner (Executive Producer), Beth
Stevenson Partner (Executive Producer),
John Delmage (Partner/Executive
Producer), Dominique Bazay (Director,
Sales), Dan Fill (Director, Interactive
Development)
Office:
THE SAVE-UMS!
CGI Animation (pre-school) (52 x 11 “ /26
x _ hours)
The Save ‘ Ums characters are pre-school
action heroes who encourage children to
learn through technology.
GIRL STUFF/ BOY STUFF
Animation (8-14) (26x _ hours)
Produced by: DECODE Entertainment
Inc., Animus Entertainment (UK) Agogo
Entertainment Inc. (Hong Kong)
Is about that exciting, funny, awkward time
when all the rules are suddenly different
and survival depends on having friends
who will be there for you.
OUTWARD BOUND
Reality (8+) (32 x _ hours)
Produced by RCN Entertainment
A reality action adventure series that
follows teens as they leave their families
and the conveniences of the modern world
behind and set out on an extraordinary
wilderness challenge.
DLT Entertainment UK Ltd. 10 Bedford
Square, London WC1B 3RA, United
Kingdom. Tel: 020.7.631.1184. Fax:
020.7.636.4571. enquiries
@dltentertainment.com
Company Type: Producer/Distributor/Sales
Agent
At MIPCOM: Donald Taffner Jr. (Vice
President), Gary Mitchell
(V.P./International Sales), Natalia Saletska
(Director, US Sales).
Acquisition Executive: Donald Taffner Jr.
Office: R33:19
Tel: 33.492.99.88.20
AS TIME GOES BY
Comedy (30:00, 66 episodes available)
Language: English
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Producer: DLT Entertainment UK
Ltd./Theatre of Comedy Production for the
BBC
Cast: Dame Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer
Year of Production:1991, 2002 Country of
Origin:UK
A total of 66 half hours are available of the
ratings winning series which stars Dame
Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as old
flames Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle.
MY FAMILY
Comedy (30:00, 48 episode available by
2003)
Language: English
Director: Dewi Humphreys
Producer: DLT Entertainment UK Ltd. in
associations with Rude Boy Productions for
the BBC
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker
Delivery Status: 35 episodes completed
2002, 13 additional episodes available 2003
Year of Production:1999-2003 Country of
Origin: United Kingdom
The most successful new situation comedy
on BBC One in the last six years is a series
focusing on the life of Ben Harper, a
moderatly successful family man and
dentist.
LITTLE BIG MOUTH
Children’s (30:00, 7 episode available)
Language: English
Producer: Pagoda for CITV
Origin: United Kingdom
A new kids series which combines live
action with CG animation. This series is
about two children, their widower father,
their cat and a fearless humanoid (animated)
creature from somewhere under the sea.
DISTRACTION
FORMATS
Distraction Formats, 261 St-Sacrement,
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3V2 Canada. Tel:
514.844.5800. Fax: 514.844.8210.
www.distraction.com,
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Michel Rodrigue (CEO),
Arabelle Pouliot (VP Sales), Johanne
Brunet (Executive VP and Head of
Acquisitions), John Gough (Director of
PR and Development), Chanelle Routhier
(Director of International Operations),
Fiona Chidell (International Sales
Executive)
Office: C1.05
Tel: 492.99.83.43 / 0492.99.83.46, Fax:
049. 99.83.47
CIAO DARWIN
Primetime (42 x 60 min)
The
Saturday
night,
primetime
extravaganza from RTI Mediaset. 2 teams
of 50 compete in tests of style, stamina and
strength. Will the winners be bald or hairy?
Tall or short? Fat or thin?
JUST LIKE SISTERS
Primetime (60 minutes)
Part celebrity, part talent contest and part
beauty pageant! This glamorous
primetime entertainment format is the
competition that celebrates the relationship
between mothers and daughters.
POLES APART
Reality (1 hour)
The reality format that throws two
characters from different walks of life into
one another’s worlds. They swap lives,
including family, routine, job and friends
with a complete stranger for 3 days.
DO IT YOURSELF
(DIY) NETWORK
Do It Yourself (DIY) Network, 9721
Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN, 37932,
U.S.A. Tel: 865.694.2700. Fax:
865.690.2253. Website: www.diynet.com
Company Type: Producer/Distributor
At Mipcom: Kristen Jordan (Vice
President Of International Development),
Anna Alvord (Manager Of International
Development)
Office: R32.29
BARE WALLS
(13 x 22’)
Join us as we transform bare walls into
beautiful walls. Our host will offer great
tips on everything from color selection and
furniture placement to those perfect final
touches.
CAKE BAKING & DECORATING
(5 x 22’)
With the help of the award-winning pastry
chefs from Walt Disney World, this
program will show viewers how to make
beautiful and delicious cakes, all the way
from the basics of baking to advanced
decorating techniques.
DIY BIRD WATCHING
(5 x 22’)
Are you one of the more than 50 million
people who spend time bird watching? Let
DIY aid in your pursuit of this popular,
enduring hobby.
DORO WIEN FILMUND
FERNSEHPRODUKTI
ON GMBH
DoRo Wien Film- und Fernsehproduktion
GmbH, Winckelmannstrasse 8, A-1150
Wien. Tel: 43.1.892.44.44 . Fax:
43.1.892.44.45 / [email protected].
www.doro.net
Company Type: Production
DUPUIS
Dupuis, 57 Boulevard de la Villette,
75010 Paris, France . Tel:
33.1.44.84.40.80. Fax: 33.1.44.84.40.98.
www.dupuis.com
Company Type: Producer, distributor,
publisher
At MIPCOM: Leon PERAHIA (Head of
Dupuis Audiovisuel ), Jean-Philippe
Doutrelugne (Director of international TV
and licensing rights), Justine
BANNISTER (Head of TV Distribution),
Isabelle DENIS (Head of International
Licensing)
Office: 08.37, Tel: 04.92.99.81.40
PAPYRUS
Animation (52 x 26’ and 1 x 70’)
Language: English
Director: Michel Gauthier
Producer: Dupuis Audiovisuel, Coproduction partners: TF1 International
Origin: France
Set in an ancient Egypt of marvels and
fantasy, the stories of Papyrus conjure the
myths and legends of its gods, in a world of
magic where anything is possible.
JOJO
Animation (1 x 52’, or 2 x 26’)
Language: English
Director: Michel Gauthier, Guy
Quelquejeu
Producer: Dupuis Audiovisuel, Coproduction partners: TF1 Jeunesse
Origin: France
JOJO and Fat Louis are eight years old and
the best of friends - well, most of the time.
CEDRIC
Language: English
Director: Franck Bourgeron
Producer: Dupuis Audiovisuel, Coproduction partners: France 3, Canal J,
RTBF, Neptuno Films
Origin: France
Cedric is quite an individual! Has more
than his fair share of personality and a
rather bad temper to match, but a big heart
to make up for his shortcomings.
E
ECM
ECM, 9(B) Ladbroke Grove, Holland
Park, London W11 3BD, United
Kingdom. Tel: 44.207.727.5752. Fax:
44.207.727.6803.
www.ecminternational.com
At MIPCOM: Bill Wilson (Chief
Executive Officer), Chris Bonney (Chief
Operating Officer), Paul Fraser (Head of
International Production), Tom
McClelland (General Manager - Asia),
Maria Rakhmatullina (General Manager Central & Eastern Europe)
Office: 20.12, Tel: Ext. 3392
THE EXAM
Game Show (13 x 45 min.)
Imagine a test tougher than you’ve ever
taken. Imagine there’s a time limit. Now
imagine a home audience of millions using
their mobile phones to answer the same
questions in real time.
WEAKEST LINK
Game Show (13 x 50 min.)
The reality game show where winning
demands skill, speed and survival.
Contestants work together to build-up
prize money for the team yet only one can
win.
POPSTARS
Reality Series (13 x 1 hr.)
This fly-on-the-wall docu-soap auditions
thousands of hopeful applicants and
discovers the musical talent necessary to
put together a fantastic band and turn them
into stars.
Love Lost
Czech Television
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
35
ECG WORLDWIDE
ECG Worldwide, 280 So. Beverly Drive,
Suite 303, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA.
Tel: 310.205.9324. Fax: 310.205.9325.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Barbara Mudge (President)
Office: AFMA Stand 01.02, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.82.07
THE CLIMB
Action/Adventure – Feature Film
Language: English
Director: John Schmidt
Producer: John Shepard
Cast: Jason George, Ned Vaughn, Clifton
Davis, Kyli Santiago, Todd Bridges,
Dabney Coleman
Delivery Status: Complete
Two hot-shot mountain climbers tackle
their darkest fears in order to survive their
inner pain as well as their upward ascent.
DINNER RUSH
Drama/Comedy –Feature Film
Language: English
Director: Bob Giraldi
Producer: Lou DiGiaimo and Patti
Greaney
Cast: Danny Aiello, Eduardo Ballerini,
Vivian Wu, Mike McGlone, Kirk
Acevedo, John Corbett
The exciting downtown scene of New York
City’s TriBeCa finds Louis, the aging owner
of a neighborhood bistro dealing with its
transition to a trend-setting establishment.
THE SINISTER SAGA OF MAKING
THE STUNT MAN
Documentary – Video Rights
Language: English
Director: Richard Rush
Producer: Richard Rush
Cast: Richard Rush, Peter O’Toole, Steve
Railsback and Barbara Hershey as
themselves
Famed director Richard Rush guides us
through the turbulent making of his classic
1980 award winner feature The Stunt Man.
EGMONT
IMAGINATION UK
Egmont Imagination UK, 239 Kensington
High Street, London, W8 6SA, United
Kingdom. Tel: 0044.20.7761 3693. Fax:
0044.20.7761 3510.
[email protected]
Company Type: Production/Distribution
At MIPCOM: Tom van Waveren
(President), Tatiana Kober (Managing
Director Egmont Imagination UK),
Stephanie Kirchmeyer (Producer),
Caroline Holden (Territory Manager Southern Europe, Latin America), Karen
Hunter (Territory Manager - Scandinavia,
Eastern Europe, Benelux, Middle East &
Africa), Lindy Hassell (Sales Support Coordinator)
Office: R33.05 (Riviera Village), Tel:
33.49.299.8840
THE FAIRYTALER (THE MODERN
CLASSICS OF HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN)
Family/Animation (commercial half hours
x 26)
Language: English
Production company: Co-production with
Magma Film, A.Film, Danmarks Radio,
Super RTL and Egmont Imagination
Producers: Magma Film, Egmont
Imagination
Status: First quarter 2003
Country of origin: Denmark
This definitive collection of Hans Christian
Andersen’s fairy tales recreates, for today’s
audience, the many charming stories and
magical universes that are treasured by
generations worldwide.
PAZ - LITTLE PENGUIN
Children’s pre-school (5’ x 52)
Language: English
Director: Leo Nielsen
Producers: King Rollo Films, Egmont
Imagination, Discovery Kids, Coproduction: Discovery Kids UK, Egmont
Imagination & King Rollo Films:
Status: March 2003
Country of origin: UK and Denmark
Based on the much-loved books by Mary
Murphy, we are creating a fun, colourful
and powerful pre-school series about an
irresistible little penguin, Paz.
LAVA LAVA
Adult/Animation (3’ x 14)
Language: all
Director: Federico Vitali
Producers: Jean-Francois Laguionie,
Production company: Co-production with
La Fabrique and EVA Entertainment
Country of origin: France
Welcome to a volcanically funny collection
of short films. All of the characters in Lava
Lava are bizarre, surreal and unforgettably
recognisable.
EM.TV &
MERCHANDISING AG
EM.TV & Merchandising AG, Betastraße
11, D-85774 Unterföhring, Germany. Tel.:
49.89.99500.0. Fax: 49.89.99500.111.
[email protected] Website: www.em-ag.de
Company Type: Distributor and Producer
At MIPCOM: Werner E. Klatten
(Chairman of the Board), Rainer Hüther
(Member of the Board, Sales &
Marketing), Patrick Elmendorff (President
TV Distribution), Dr. Matthias Schulze
(Managing Director Junior.TV GmbH &
Co. KG)
Office: R 29.01, Tel./Fax:
33.4.92.99.88.76.
F.T.P.D. II - FAIRY TALE POLICE
DEPARTMENT II
Animation (Episodes: I: 13x24´. II:
13x24´)
Produced by: EM.TV & Merchandising
AG, Victory Media Group
Status: In production
The Fairy Tale Police Department F.T.P.D. - is a special unit of the secret
service that fights against crime in the fairy
tale world.
THE WORLD OF TOSH
Animation (26 x 24´)
Produced by: EM.TV & Merchandising
AG, Happy Life Animation AB, Magma
Films
Status: completed
Nine-year-old Tosh´s life is that of a regular
boy his age, with the only difference that he
is a ladies´ man.
TIMM THALER
Animation (Adventure) (26 x 26´)
Produced by: Prime Time TV, CTM
Concept - TV & Merchandising GmbH
and Festival Film
Status: completed
On a quest to find his smile and his friend,
Akiko’s sight, Timm Thaler embarks on an
adventure full of mysticism and magic.
T HE B USINESS
OF F ILM
The Source
Buying & Selling
Films Worldwide
ENOKI FILMS USA,
INC.
Enoki Films USA, Inc. 16430 Ventura
Blvd., Suite 308, Encino, Ca. 91436 USA.
Tel: 818.907.6503. Fax: 818.907.6506.
[email protected].
www.enokifilmsusa.com
At MIPCOM: Yoshi Enoki (President),
Zen Enoki (Chairman), Ricki Ames (VP,
Worldwide
Distribution), Sachiko Kitizawa (VP,
Business Affairs)
Office: Palais – Stand #13.26
Tel: 334.92.99.80.92
FORZA! MARIO
Animation (26 X 25 minute episodes)
Language: Japanese
Director: NAS
Producer: Nobuhiro Takamoto
Delivery: Completed
Year of Prod. 2002
FORZA! MARIO is a n exciting soccer
story of a little boy who dreams of being a
star player in the
major leagues. All the characters are
uniquely illustrated animals.
HELLO KITTY’S PARADISE
Animation (16 X 22 minute episodes)
Language: Japanese, English, French,
Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch
Director: Yuji Katsumato
Producer: Hideaki Ohba
Delivery: Completed
Year of Prod: 1999
SANRIO’S famous HELLO KITTY lives in
London, England with her parents and her
twin sister MIMI. They play and have fun,
learning important lessons along the way.
SUPERGALS!
Animation: 52 X 25 minute episodes
Language: Japanese, English
Director: Tomoko Gushima
Producer: Kazuyoshi Yokota
Delivery: Completed
Year of Prod. 2001
Our pretty GALS! are flourishing youths
full of dreams of excitement and handsome
boyfriends. The superGALS! are rich in
life’s most precious possessions -kindness, friendship, love and trust.
ENTERTAINMENT 7
Entertainment 7, 15030 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 762, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA.
Tel: 818.709.9595. Fax: 818.709.9597.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Emilio Ferrari (Sales
Consultant)
Office: Suite: 19.9
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST
WINTER
Generation X Horror Thriller (90 Minutes)
Language: English
Status: Completed
Cast: David Boyd, Jennie Chester, Debbie
Entin
Country Of Origin: USA
In the tradition of Scream, I Know What
You Did Last Summer follows the
adventures of five teenagers who enter an
extreme snow boarding competition that
goes out of control when a murderer is on
the loose.
ROOMATE WANTED
Erotic Drama (13 x 30 Minutes - 90
Minutes Pilot)
Language: English
Cast: Belinda Gavin, Candice Michelle,
Tammy Sheffeld
Status: Completed
In the tradition of Sex In The City,
Roomate Wanted is an intriguing story
about six young women
who share a posh Beverly Hills home
whose lives become intertwined through
various sexual encounters.
TV FIGHT CLUB
Action (13 x 30 Minutes)
Language: English
Status: Completed
A behind the scenes look at top no-holdsbarred fighters including clips of their
mixed martial arts fights and live
interviews.
ER MEDIA
ER Media, Avda. De Navarra, 36-5ºC,
Zaragoza, Spain, 50010. Tel:
34.976.331169. Fax: 34.976.331169.
www.ermedia.com
At MIPCOM: Elena Rodrigo (Managing
Director)
Office: H4.35
Tel: 33.4.92.99.85.96. Fax:
33.4.92.99.85.97
THE WINDOW TO SOUTH
AMERICA
Documentary (27’x5)
Origin: Spain
Language: Spanish With M+E Separated
Director: Miquel Jorda
Producer: Miquel Jorda
From the Atlantic to the Pacific will
discover a serene vision of those magic
lands.
PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WORLD
Year of Production: 2000/01/02, Country
of Origin: Spain
Producer: PLANETA
Top international travel photographers
show us our world through a selection of
their best shots.
SPYCITY
Origin: Spain
Producer: PLANETA
Young and fresh documentary reaching the
last tendencies in art, fashion, music at the
more emergent cities in Spain.
Cramp Twins
TV Loonland
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
EUROCINE
Eurocine, 33, Av. Des Champs Elysees,
33.1.42.25.64.92. Fax: 33.1.42.25.73.38.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Daniel Lesoeur (Chairman),
Ilona Kunesova (Head of
acquisition/development), Michelle
Magnan (sales), A.L Mariaux (production)
Office: Tel: 33.(0).6091.82359
UNKNOWN PARIS
Documentary (2x30’)
30 years ago: Paris known by the tourists
but also the Paris known only by the
insiders.
WHEN SPORT BECOMES STUNTS
Documentary (3x30’)
Achievements are often stunts. A series of
discovery travels which show us the
dangerous world.
MEETING WITH MILOS FORMAN
Documentary (26’)
directed by M.Smidmajer
Country of Origin: Czech
Milos Forman, at home and on the set of
his last picture unveils his sentiments.
EXPLORE
INTERNATIONAL
Explore International, 33 Ovington
Square, London, SW3 ILJ, UK. Tel:
44.20.7581.7100. Fax: 44.20.7581.7200.
[email protected]. www.exploreintl.com
At MIPCOM: Edwina Thring (Sales
Director), Joanna Rowley (Sales
Manager), Cristina Lowe (Senior Sales
Executive), Matt Jeschelnik (Sales
Executive), Paola Cunsolo (Italian
Consultant)
Office:
CLONE
Documentary (1 x 52 mins)
Language: English
Producer: John Rubin
National Geographic takes an in-depth
look at cloning advancements and the
controversy that surrounds how the world
might one day resurrect extinct species,
grow replacement organs, and even make
replicates of ourselves.
THE SKIN WE’RE IN
Language: English
Producer: Ron Bowman & Lisa
Fredrickson
Delivery Status: 4th Qtr 2002
THE SKIN WE’RE IN will break the
taboos to get at the truth about skin: what it
is, how it works and why it matters to us so
much.
NUCLEAR TERRORISM: BLINDING
HORIZONS
Language: English
Producer: Carsten Oblaender & Andreas
Gutzeit
Peter Bergen, author of Holy War Inc.,
investigates the secret world of nuclear
smuggling to answer the ultimate question:
Whether or not al Qaeda is capable of
carrying out a nuclear attack on the United
States of America?
F
MIDEM • MIPTV • CANNES • MIPCOM
FILM
AUSTRALIA
Film Australia, 101 Eton Road, Lindfield
Nsw 2070 Australia. Tel: 61.2.9413.8777.
Fax: 61.2.9416.9401.
www.Filmaust.Com.Au
At MIPCOM: Augustus Dulgaro
(Director, Sales)
Acquisition Executives: Augustus Dulgaro
And Carolyn Johnston
Office: Stand # 04:27
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Documentary (52 Minutes)
Language: English
Director: Leah Purcell (Director), Brendan
Fletcher (Co-Director)
Producer: Bain Stewart
Cast: Leah Purcell, Deborah Mailman,
Kathryn Hay, Rosanna Angus, Tammy
Williams, Cilla Malone
Origin: Australia
The hit of this years’ Tribeca film festival,
black chicks talking takes us into
contemporary aboriginal Australia for a
chic and sophisticated examination of what
it means to be a black woman in Australia
today.
FROM KOREA WITH LOVE
Documentary (55 Minutes)
Language: English
Director: Jennifer Cummins
Producer: Jessica Douglas-Henry,
Christopher Thorburn
Cast: Michael Baldwin, Justine Flynn
Origin: Australia
The path to parenthood is never easy,
especially when adopting from another
country.
HUMAN CONTRAPTIONS
Documentary (10 X 5 Minutes)
Language: English
Director: Bruce Petty
Producer: Deborah Szapiro
Origin: Australia
Academy award winning animator Bruce
Petty takes us on an anarchic journey
through the inner mechanics of the
“contraptions” that shape our lives.
(Tented & Heated)
Lunch on the beach
Whatever the weather
The Restaurant
on the beach
(Between Miramar & Martinez)
Holiday In The Sun
Myriad Pictures
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MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND
Contact Olivier
Tel. (33) 4 93 94 20 68 Fax. (33) 4 93 43 60 91
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FILMAX
INTERNATIONAL
Filmax International, Miguel Hernández
81-87, Polígono Pedrosa 08908
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat -BarcelonaSpain. Tel: 34.93.336.85.55. Fax:
34.93.263.08.24. [email protected].
http://www.filmaxinternational.com
At MIPCOM: Mr. Julio Fernández
(Chairman), Mr. Carlos Fernández
(President), Mrs. Antonia Nava (Sr VP of
Sales & Co-productions), Mr. Vicente
Canales (International Sales Manager),
Mrs. Mar Abadín (International Sales
Executive), Mr. Rafael Cabrera
(International Marketing Manager), Mr.
Jorge Tuca (Head of Acquisitions)
Office: Stand R33.16 Espace Riviera, Tel:
33.(0).492.99.88.56
DAGON
Horror (98 min)
Language: English
Director: Stuart Gordon
Producer: Julio Fernández & Brian Yuzna
Cast: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal,
Raquel Meroño
Production Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Spain
We are introduced to the ghostly town of
Innsmouth where Paul and Barbera are
captured for a hideous ritual in honor of
DAGON, a monstrous God of the sea.
IMPULSE
Thriller (92 min)
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Miguel Alcantud
Producer: Julio Fernández
Cast: Ana Risueño, Daniel Freire, Walter
Moreno
A beautiful young woman; A “charming”
serial Killer. She witnesses one of his
murders. Mobil phones, Internet, web
cams. A perverse and increasingly intimate
relationship at a distance.
BUÑUEL AND KING SOLOMON’S
TABLE
Adventure (105 min)
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Carlos Saura
Producer: José Aª Romero, Ferrán
Llagostera y Julio Fernández.
Cast: El Gran Wyoming, Pere Arquillué,
Ernesto Alterio, Adrià Collado
SAURA’s film is about legendary Spanish
filmmaker LUIS BUÑUEL and the film he
might have made about his student years
with his close friends Salvador Dalí and
Federico García Lorca.
FILM BRIDGE
INTERNATIONAL
Film Bridge International, 1316 Third
Street Promenade, Suite 105, Santa
Monica, CA 90401 USA. Tel:
310.656.8680. Fax: 310.656.8683.
filmbridgeinternational.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Ellen Wander, Incoronata
“Inc” Pagliuca, Lori Mathison
Office:
BIG SPENDER
Starring: Casper Van Dien (Sleepy
Hollow, Starship Trooper) and Graham
Greene (The Green Mile, Snow Dogs)
Delivery: November 2002.
About an ex-con who is assigned to care for
an ailing race horse and, in the process,
learns about love, forgiveness and second
chances.
CLIVE BOOMER’S SUCCESS
Heist Story
Delivery: Winter 2003.
A heist story about a sultry bank teller who,
in order to get what she wants, manipulates
three men and ultimately gets caught up in
a web of intrigue, murder and ... a million
dollar heist.
EMERALD
Romantic comedy
Delivery: Winter 2003.
About a woman searching for “Mr.Right.”
After trying everything from blind dates to
viewing video dating tapes, she heads off
for Emerald, Alaskan for the Great Alaskan
Man Hunt.
FILMOPTION
INTERNATIONAL INC
Filmoption International Inc, 3401, StAntoine, Westmount (QC) H3Z 1X1
Canada. Tel: 514.931.6180. Fax:
www.filmoption.com
Company Type: Distribution
At MIPCOM: Maryse Rouillard
(President), Lizanne Rouillard (VicePresident), Nathalie D’Souza (Director of
International Sales), Muriel Rosilio
(Senior Executive Sales and CoProduction), Carla Bruce (Director of
National Sales & Non-Commercial sales),
Natasha Rybina (Head of Acquisitions and
International Sales, Feature Films)
Office: C1.05 Palais Des Festivals, Cannes
France, 1er étage
Tel: 04.92.99.83.43 & 04.92.99.83.46
Fax: 04.92.99.83.47
SACRED BALANCE
Series / Social & Human Interest (4 x 60
min.)
Language: English
Producer: Sacred Balance Productions
Delivery Status: post-production
Year of Production: November 2002,
This ground-breaking 4-part television
series celebrates a new scientific worldview, an inclusive vision of nature in which
we human beings are intimately connected
to all life processes on Earth.
WAR BABIES
Documentary / Social & Human Interest
(55 min.)
Language: English version and French
version
Producer: Macumba International Inc.
This documentary explores the relationship
of the mother and her child who is born out
of a crime of war: rape.
ODD KID OUT
Documentary / Health & Human Interest
(60 min.)
Language: English version
Producer: Wordshop Productions Inc.
Breaks the code of silence as three families
reveal what it really feels like to live with
Attention Deficit Disorder. The filmmaker
and her 12 year-old son participate as one
of the subject families.
London Office Phone
44 207 372 9992
London Office FAX
44 207 486 1969
FILMS BY JOVE
Films by Jove, 11325 Sunshine Terrace,
Studio City, CA 91604 USA. Tel:
818.506.0550. Fax: 818 752 0387,31 (0) 4
92 99 8240. www.jovefilm.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Oleg Vidov (CEO), Name:
Joan Borsten Vidov (President), Len
Giarraputo (Sales Rep), Igor Kokarev
(Sales Rep), Lucia Hussong (Sales Rep)
Office: 08.23
CHEBURASHKA & FRIENDS
Animated Family Film (70 min)
Year of Production: 1968-1983 (restored
2001-2), Country of Origin: Russia,
restored in USA
Language: English
Director: Roman Kachanov
Producer: Soyuzmultfilm Studio in
association with Films by Jove
Cheburashka is an unimaginably sweet and
innocent creature of unknown origin who is
found one day amidst a crate of oranges.
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV’S
STORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD
Animated Family Entertainment (26 x 22
min)
Language: English, Spanish, French,
Italian
Director: various
Co-production Partners: Solomon
International Entertainment
Producer: Films by Jove in association
with Soyuzmultfilm Studio
Key Cast: Voices: Jessica Lange, Kathleen
Turner, Shirley MacLaine, Sarah Jessica
Parker, BIll Murray, Martin Sheen,
Catherine Deneuve, Maria Conchita
Alonso, Julio Iglesias
Year of Production: 1952-1983, restored in
1996, Country of Origin: USSR, restored
in USA
“A kind and honest heart will find
happiness.” Simple lessons such as this are
embodied in each of the tales which make
up this award-winning critically acclaimed
anthology of European and Russian stories,
each brilliantly animated.
FAIRY TALES FROM FAR OFF
LANDS: THE ANIMATED CLASSIC
SHOWCASE
Animated Family Entertainment (12 x 44
min)
Language: English, French, Spanish,
Italian
Director: various
Co-production Partners: Film Roman Inc
Year of Production: 1951-1982, Country
of Origin: USSR, restored in USA
A rare and wonderful treasured library of
animated films from Moscow’s famous
Soyuzmultfilm Studio.
FILMVERGNUEGEN
GMBH
filmvergnuegen GmbH, Pfuelstr. 5, 10997
Berlin, Germany. Tel: 49.30.31.80.82.82.
Fax: 49.30.31.80.82.85.
[email protected].
www.filmvergnuegen.com
Company Type: producer
At MIPCOM: Ulli Pfau (Managing
Director), Kristin Holst (Project
Management), Sigrid Gairing (Project
Management), Mareike Bader (Sales)
Office: Marketplace Stand H4.35
Tel: 33.4.92.99.85.96, 49.170.82.31.0.31.
Fax: 33.4.92.99.85.97
SEE WHAT HAPPENS - THE STORY
OF DA PENNEBAKER AND CHRIS
HEGEDUS
Documentary (89’ min) (85)
Language: English
Director: Gerold Hofmann
Producer: Sharyn Prentice, Executive
Prod.: Ulli Pfau, Partners: Bayerischer
Rundfunk (BR)/ ARTE BBC YLE
(Finland) NPS (Netherlands)
Cast: John F. Kennedy, Germaine Greer,
Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix,
Norman Mailer, Yoko Ono, James
Carville, Timothy Leary, David Bowie,
Depeche Mode, Bob Neuwirth
Status: completed
Year of prod: 2002, Country of Origin:
Germany
Budget: _ 507.000
See What Happens is an in-depth profile of
Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker
showing their intimate and intense way of
working together and re-visits their
landmark films, including rarely seen
footage.
THE SECRET PASSAGE OF
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
Documentary (60’ min)
Language: English
Director: Gerold Hofmann
Producer: Ulli Pfau, Partners: ZDF/ ARTE
Cast: Evgenij Pasternak, Carlo Feltrinelli,
Sergej Khrushchev, Jacqueline de Proyart
Status: pre-production
Year of prod.: 2002/ 2003, Country of
Origin: Germany
Budget: _ 380.000
Documentary about the clandestine
relationship between the Russian writer
Boris Pasternak and the Italian publisher
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
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Time Of Fear
Keller Entertainment
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
I WAS THE KING OF PORN - THE
ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF LASSE
BRAUN
Documentary (60’ min)
Language: English
Director: Thorsten Schütte
Producer: Ulli Pfau, Partners: ZDF/ ARTE
VPRO Netherlands, Discovery Channel
Germany
Cast: Lasse Braun alias Alberto Ferro,
Guido Vergani, Salvatore Urru, Brigitte
Maier, Tuppy Owens, Dr. Susan Block
Status: completed
Year of prod.: 2000/ 2002, Country of
Origin: Germany
Budget: 210.000 _
Life story of Europe’s once biggest and
most successful porn producer ... as he, his
models and companions remember it.
FINE LIVING
Fine Living, 9721 Sherrill Blvd.,
Knoxville, Tn, 37932, U.S.A., Tel.:
865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253,
Website:
Development)
Office: R32.29
CLASSICS AT ASPEN
(1 X 43’)
One Of The Premier Food And Wine
Events In The World Today, The Food &
Wine Classic At Aspen Has For The Last
20 Years Attracted The Biggest Names In
The Hospitality Industry.
FINE LIVING SWIMSUIT EDITION
(1 X 43’)
Put On Your Swimsuit And Join
Supermodel Kim Alexis For A Tour Of The
World’s Best Sun-Drenched Locales For
Great Tanning, Swimming, Dining, Service
And Adventure.
THE GENUINE ARTICLE
(26 X 21’)
Join Host Gordon Elliott As He Goes
Beyond The Label For An In-Depth Look
At The Quality Behind The Finest Products
And Services In The World And What Sets
Them Apart.
FIREWORKS
INTERNATIONAL
Fireworks International, Corporate
Headquarters, Tennyson House, 159-165
Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA,
UK. Tel: 44.(0)20.7307.6300. Fax:
44.(0)20.7307.6399. [email protected].
www.fireworksentertainment.com
At MIPCOM: Jay Firestone, Adam
Haight, Greg Phillips, Saralo MacGregor,
Kathryn Rice, Marjie Woods
Office: R30.24, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.88.11
ADVENTURE INC.
Action / Adventure (22 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Director: Various
Producer: Wendy Grean
Executive Producers: Jay Firestone, Adam
Haight, Gale Ann Hurd
Status: In Production
Country of Origin: Canada/UK/France
When
adventure
calls,
definitive
adventurer Judson Cross and his team of
young renegades at his base in Beau
Harbor, South Carolina, guarantee to
deliver.
BLACK HOLE HIGH
Kids Live Action (13 x 1/2 hour)
Language: English
Director: Various
Producer: Brewster (BHH) Productions
Inc. in association with Fireworks
Entertainment and Discovery Kids
Producers: Kevin May, Tony Thatcher
Executive Producers: Jay Firestone, Adam
Haight, Bruce Kalish, Jim Raspas
Water that runs up the wall.. spontaneously
combusting desks... teachers getting sucked
into a vortex. These spooky, and sometimes
frightening events, aren’t magic; they are
science run amok.
OCEAN STAR - THE QUEST
Kids Live Action (13 x 1/2 hour)
Language: English
Producers: Bruce Best, Tom Blacket
Country of Origin: Australia
Trent and Dylan Steadman are typical big
city kids so when their mother packs them
off to a small town to live with their father,
life threatens to become pretty grim.
FIRST HAND FILMS
First Hand Films, Friedrichstraße 123
10117 Berlin, Mitte Germany. Tel:
49.30285.29088. Fax: 49.30285.29099.
[email protected].
www.firsthandfilms.com
At MIPCOM: Esther van Messel (EO),
Gitte Hansen (Acquisition & Sales
Manager)
Office: Festival du Palais, The
Marketplace, H4.35, Tel: mobile Esther
van Messel: 41.79.3351572
MY TERRORIST
Language: Hebrew/English
Director: Yulie Cohen Gerstel
Producer: Cohen Gerstel Productions
Year: 2002, Country of Origin: Israel
Fahad Mihyi and Yulie Gerstel first met in
London in August ‘78, when Mihyi pointed
a machine gun at the flight attendant in a
terrorist attack of the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine.
FOOD NETWORK
Food Network, 9721 Sherrill Blvd.,
Knoxville, TN, 37932, U.S.A. Tel:
865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253
At MIPCOM: Kristen Jordan (Vice
President of International Development),
Anna Alvord (Manager of International
Development)
Office: R32.29
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
(13 x 21’)
The Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, knows
how to entertain with simplicity, style and
fun.
COOKING THIN
(27 x 21’)
Cooking Thin teaches viewers how to
prepare healthy foods that taste great and
offers tips on healthy living.
ULTIMATE KITCHENS:
CELEBRITY CHEFS
(1 x 41’)
See how some of the greatest chefs have
made their home kitchens into Ultimate
Kitchens.
FRANCE ANIMATION
France Animation, 14 rue Alexandre
Parodi, 75010 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.53.35.90.90. Fax: 33.1.53.35.90.91.
www.france-anim.com. [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Giovanna Milano
(Executive Producer), Christophe
Goldberger (Directeur Business Affairs),
Maia Tubiana (Head of Development),
Lionel Marty (Head of Sales &
Acquisitions)
Office: R27.18
COSY CORNER
Animation Series (52 x 6 ‘ 30 “)
Cosy Corner is all about getting to know
new friends & relations.
INSECTOSCOPE
Documentary (52x6 minutes)
Wildlife Documentary for kids 6-12.
They’re all around you!!!! They’re multitalented, ultra-sophisticated and organized.
Who can they be? INSECTS!
DR DOG
Animation Series: (52 x 13 ‘)
Status: In development
Based on the irreverent and hugely popular
book by best-selling British author, Babette
Cole. It offers a refreshingly silly approach
to healthy living that will turn Dr. Dog into
the kids ‘ best friend.
THE FREMANTLE
CORPORATION
The Fremantle Corporation, 660 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10021 USA.
Tel: 212.421.4530. Fax: 212.207.8357.
www.fremantlecorp.com. THE
FREMANTLE CORPORATION LTD, Unit
2, Water Lane, Kentish Town Road,
London, England NW1 8NZ. Tel:
44.20.7284.6500. Fax: 44.20.7209.2294.
FREMANTLE OF CANADA LTD, 23
Lesmill Road, Suite 201, Don Mills,
Ontario M3B 3P6 Canada. Tel:
416.443.9204. Fax: 416.443.8685.
At MIPCOM: Diane Tripp (Vice
President, The Fremantle Corporation),
Veronique Heim (Managing Director, The
Fremantle Corporation Ltd), Blanca OcaPertierra (Vice President Latin America,
Home Video), Randy Zalken (Senior Vice
President, Fremantle of Canada Ltd)
Office: R34.03, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8804
GIRLS BEHAVING BADLY
Hidden Camera Show (13 x 30)
Talk about a hidden camera show! “Girl’s
Behaving Badly” is ‘Sex in the City’ from
a hidden camera point-of-view.
HOT POP
Music (13 x30)
Featuring: Britney Spears, N’SYNC Third
Eye Blind, Lil’ Bow Wow, The Corns,
Jewel, 96 Degrees, Charlotte Church,
Collective Soul, Mel C, Nada Surf, Eve 6
and more!
Interviews and concert footage with
today’s biggest stars and new bands just
hitting the charts.
EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS
Documentary (1 x 97)
Co-production Partners: BBC and Trio
Based on the controversial best-selling
book about the turbulent, revolutionary and
outrageous decade that was the 1970’s in
Hollywood.
FRIES FILM GROUP,
INC.
Fries Film Group, Inc., 22817 Ventura
Blvd. #909, Woodland Hills, CA 91364
USA. Tel: 818.888.3052. Fax:
At MIPCOM:Charles M. Fries (President)
Office: Riviera Stand #: R30.27, Tel:
33.04.9299.8828
ALIEN AGENT
Sci-Fi
Language: English
Director: Sidney Furie
Key Cast: Dolph Lundgren
Status: Pre-Production
Country of Origin/CO-Production:
UK/Canada
A lawman from another Galaxy must stop
an invading force from building a gateway
between the two worlds.
RAY BRADBURY’S FROST & FIRE
Sci-Fi Action/Adventure
Language: English
Director: Buz Alexander
Key Cast: Brad Renfro
UK/Canada
Space travelers crash land on a distant
planet where days are consumed in a
curtain of flame and the nights a frozen
wasteland.
HUNT FOR THE DEVIL
Thriller
Language: English
Director: Allan Goldstein
Key Cast: Michael Madsen
UK/Canada
A New York City detective tracks Europe’s
bloodiest serial killer after his fiancé
becomes the latest victim.
Stealing Sinatra
Morris Marketing
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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FUSION
INTERNATIONAL
SALES CORP.
Fusion International Sales Corp., 4370
Tujunga Avenue Suite 140, Studio City, CA
9l604 USA. Tel: 818.761.9834. Fax:
818.761.9835 . [email protected]
At MIPCOM: John Fremes (President)
Office: AFMA Stand
SNAKE ISLAND
Thriller
Director: Wayne Crawford
Producers: Wayne Crawford
Cast: Wayne Crawford, William Katt
Status: Post Production
Stranded on an island, tourists battle to
survive a relentless night of reptilian
savagery where humans are the endangered
species.
SWINDLE
Action
Director: K. C. Bascombe
Producers: Lee Faulkner
Cast: Tom Sizemore, Sherilyn Fenn, Dave
Foley
Year Of Production: 2001
Status: Completed
A smart sexy bank heist where nothing is
what it seems.
CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Action
Director: Tbd
Producers: John Fremes, David Doerksen
Cast: Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin
Year Of Production: 2002
An FBI Agent must overcome hit men and
rogue agents when trying to transport a
murder suspect back for trial.
G
GAUMONT
Gaumont, 30 Avenue Charles de Gaulle,
92200 Neuilly Sur Seine, France. Tel:
33.1.46.43.21.80. Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33.
www.gaumont.fr
At MIPCOM: Philippe ROSTAIN
(President, International Distribution and
French TV Sales), Philippe de
CHAISEMARTIN (Senior Vice-President
International Sales Feature Films), Loïc
TROCME (Director, International Sales
Feature Films), Anne BERNSTEIN
(French TV Sales), Ariane TOSCAN DU
PLANTIER (Junior Vice-President
International Marketing), Manuela
PADOAN (Vice-President of Gaumont
Cinematheque)
Office: No. 2502
Tel: 04.92.99.81.71. Fax: 04.92.99.86.68.
FUREUR (RAGE)
Romantic Drama
Directed by: Karim Dridi
Production Company: GAUMONT / ADR
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan - Yu Nan
Status: French Release: February 2002
Paris chinatown: different people, different
rules, different fights...one love.
LA MENTALE
Thriller
Directed by: Manuel Boursinhac
Production Company: GAUMONT /
LEGENDE Entreprises
Starring: Samy Naceri - Samuel Le Bihan
Status: French Release: October 2002
After doing his time in jail, Dris decides to
put behind his criminal past, but his old
friend will get him busted for one last heist.
I’M WITH LUCY (ORIGINAL
ENGLISH VERSION)
Romantic Comedy
Directed by: Jon Sherman
Production Company: GAUMONT
Starring: Monica Potter, Henry Thomas,
John Hannah
Status: French release: September 4th
2002
Lucy hurls herself into a disastrous series
of blind dates, but does Mr. Perfect exist?
GEMINI FILMS
Gemini Films, 34, boulevard Sebastopol,
75004 Pari, France. Tel: 33.1.44.54.17.17.
Fax: 33.1.44.54.17.25. [email protected]
www.gemini-films.com
At MIPCOM: Laurent Baudens
(Acquisitions & Sales Manager) Audrey
Haber (Acquisitions & Sales)
Office: TVFI booth
GLOBAL
TELEMEDIA, INC.
Global Telemedia , Inc., One Dock Street ,
Stamford , Connecticut 06902 - 5804
U.S.A. Tel. 203. 359.6781. Fax.
At MIPCOM: Greg Kimmelman
(President), Susan Mason (Operations)
Office: #12.08, Tel: 04.92.99.80.99, Greg
Kimmelman: 33.04.93.39.32.20
THE DREAM PIONEERS
(1 Hour)
It’s 1935 and the world is in chaos! The
great depression has left deep scars, and the
winds of war are blowing havoc in Europe
and around the world.
THE PUPPET - AN AMERICAN
HISTORY
Special (1 x 1 hour)
The First Show to Chronicle the Story of
Puppetry, starting with episode #1 America.
RIPCORD / CHEATING GRAVITY THE STORY OF PARACHUTES
(2 x 60 minutes)
The story of parachutes tells the
extraordinary tale of how a piece of cloth
and a few lengths of cord have been
developed over just 200 years from a crowd
pulling circus trick to a vital lifesaver to an
offensive weapon.
GLOBO TV
INTERNATIONAL
Globo TV International, Rua. Pacheco
Leão, 256, Jardim Botânico 22460-030,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tel:
55.21.2540.2285. Fax: 55.21.2540.3083.
[email protected]
http://www.globotvinternational.com (To
be launched on August, 27th, 2002)
At MIPCOM: Mr. Ricardo Scalamandré
(General Director), Mrs. Helena Bernardi
(International Sales Director), Mrs. Marise
Caetano (International Sales Manager),
Mr. Raphael Correa (International Sales
Executive), Mr. Renato Wilmersdorfer
(International Sales Executive), Mrs. Yana
Ponte (International Sales Executive
(News Agency))
Office: A0.01
PORT OF MIRACLES - PUERTO DE
LOS MILAGROS
Telenovela (185 x 45’)
Port of Miracles is a surprising telenovela
based on Jorge Amado’s work starring
Antonio Fagundes (Terra Nostra, The King
of the Cattle, Anything for Love).
THE CLONE - EL CLON
Telenovelas (190 x 45’)
Directed by Jayme Monjardim
Cast: Vera Fischer (Family Ties, The King
of the Cattle).
The Clone tells the ardent love story of Lucas
and Jade, beginning in Morocco, 1980 and
spanning till present day, Rio de Janeiro.
AN ANGEL FALLEN FROM THE
SKY - UN ANGEL CAYÓ DEL CIELO
This sentimental comedy is about an
internationally acclaimed photographer
who survives a murder attempt in Prague,
Czech Republic, after taking the picture of
a Nazi leader.
GOLDCREST FILMS
INTERNATIONAL
Goldcrest Films International, 65-66 Dean
Street, London W1D 4PL, United
Kingdom. Tel: 44.(0).20.7437.8696. Fax:
44.(0).20.7437.4448
At MIPCOM: Stephen Johnston
(President, Goldcrest Inc), Peter McRae
(SVP of Co-Productions), Abigail Walsh
(Sales Co-ordinator)
Office: 09.30
Tel: 00.33.49.299.8213
LIBRARY TITLE LISTINGS:
Goldcrest Films International’s library has
over 80 titles available to license worldwide for Television and DVD rights,
including many award winning features:
TO END ALL WARS (NEW TITLE)
Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán
McMenamin
ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN
With the voices of Burt Reynolds, Dom De
Louise
BUETI
Documentary ethnology (1x52’)
Language: English/Spanish/French
Director: Jose Manuel Novoa
Producer: Javier Linares -Transglobe
Films Co-production partners: Impala
origin: Spain
In the depths of the jungle of Ecuatorial
Guinea the bandjis or those initiated in
bueti invoked protective spirits.
GRANDMA’S STORIES
LTD
Grandma’s Stories Ltd, Brynamlwg,
Myddfai, Llandovery SA20 0NZ. Tel:
44.0.1550. 720994.
[email protected].
www.grannystories.com
At MIPCOM: Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE
Office: The Marketplace
WOOLLY WENDY & THE
SNOWDON LILY
Grandma sits in her rocking chair by the
fire to tell the story of an environmentally
friendly, but clumsy, sheep who climbs
Snowdon, Wales’s highest mountain,
looking for the rare Snowdon.
I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING’
We see grandma’s dog and chickens before
she tells the story of Megan’s visit to
Grandpa, of looking for treasure on the
beach and finding a stranded turtle.
GONDWANA FILMS
Gondwana Films, C/ Bailen 41, Urb. Los
Altos del Burgo. 28230 Las Rozas-Madrid,
Spain. Tel: 0034.91.634.10.66. Fax:
0034.91.634.18.96.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Joaquin Linares (Managing
Director), Marta Carbonell (International
Business Executive), Luisa Romeo
(International Business Executive)
Office: 03.07, Tel: Ext. 8017
THE THIRD PLANET I&II
Documentary wildlife and ethnology
(26x26’)
Language: English/Spanish
Director: Fernando Gonzalez I.-Sitges /
Jose Manuel Novoa
Films Co-production partners: Impala
origin: Spain
Takes us on a journey across the five
continents, showing the most amazing
natural spaces, wild fauna, unknown tribes
and ethnic groups, secret religions and rituals
and the submarine life of seas and oceans.
THE LAST PARADISES I&II
Documentary wildlife (26x26’)
Language: English/Spanish/French
Director: Fernando Gonzalez I.-Sitges /
Jose Manuel Novoa
Films Co-production partners: Via Digital
origin: Spain
This documentary will introduce us to the
last remaining virgin sanctuaries of wild
nature showing the most spectacular
natural manifestations on the planet.
Nature Strikes
Langbein & Skalnik
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
H
HALLMARK
ENTERTAINMENT
Hallmark Entertainment, 1325 Avenue of
the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY
10019 USA. Tel: 212.977.9001. Fax:
212.977.9049. www.hallmarkent.com
At MIPCOM: Peter von Gal (President
and COO, Hallmark Entertainment
Holdings, Inc.), Joel Denton (President of
Production and Distribution, Hallmark
Entertainment Distribution, LLC), Tim
Mudd (EVP, Domestic Sales), Kelly
Coogan Swanson (SVP, Marketing), Erik
Pack (VP, International Sales), Bonnie
Low (VP, International Sales)
Office: R 31.34, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8885,
Fax: 33.4.92.99.8888
MR. ST. NICK
TV Movie ABC - Family (2 Hours)
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Charles Durning,
Brian Bedford and Katherine Helmond
Take one Santa who’s losing his powers, a
Santa-to-be addicted to Miami nightlife,
and a new scheme to revamp Christmas,
and you have the wild new holiday under
the sun with Mr. St. Nick.
STEALING SINATRA
TV Movie Showtime - Comedy (2 Hours)
Cast: William H. Macy, David Arquette,
Ryan Browning and Thomas Ian Nicholas
In 1963 three enterprising, middle class
friends from Southern California planned
the impossible, the kidnapping of Frank
Sinatra Jr.
SCARED SILENT
TV Movie Lifetime - Adult Drama (2
Hours )
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller and Reed
Diamond
Kathy Clifton learns that a new police
officer has joined the force, the same police
officer that raped her when she was
seventeen years old.
HARMONY GOLD
Harmony Gold, 7655 Sunset Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel: 323.
851.4900. Fax: 323. 851.5599.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Frank Agrama (Chairman &
CEO), Colleen Morris (President), Alan
Letz (Executive Vice President, Business
Development), Melissa Wohl (Vice
President, Sales and Acquisitions)
Office: R31.28, Tel: 33 .0.4.92.99.8871
TALES FROM THE BLACK
MUSEUM
True Murder Mystery Series (13 x 30
minutes _ 1st Season)
In 1952, Orson Welles narrated 52 radio
programs for a series on the Mutual
Network called “The Black Museum”
featuring true stories from Old Scotland
Yard.
LANA’S RAIN
Suspense-Thriller (107 Minutes)
Starring: Julia Orlenko, Nickolai Stoilov,
Luoyong Wang, David Darlow
She was looking for the American Dream...
He had other plans for her.
DIRT
Action-Comedy Feature (98 minutes)
Starring: Michael Covert, Trace Fraim,
Patrick Warburton
Dirt is an offbeat action/comedy about two
simple-hearted brothers, Junior and Scooter
who, when abandoned by the death of their
mother, find themselves ill prepared for life
on their own.
HDH
COMMUNICATIONS
HDH Communications, Via Lusardi, 7
Milan, 20122 Italy. Tel: 39.02.5830.5949.
Fax: 39.02.5830.9965. [email protected]
Mr. Francesco Robatto (President), Mrs.
Lucia Robatto (Head of International
Sales), Ms. Francesca Giavotto
(International Sales), Ms. Karla Ramirez
(Sales Executive), Robi Colangelo
(Producer )
Office: G3.11, Tel: 33.49299.8520
JOHN PAUL II HIS LIFE HIS
PONTIFICATE
DVD (100 min)
Language: English, Spanish, Italian,
French, Portuguese
Producer: CTV Vatican Television Center,
Co-production Partners: HDH
Communications
Origin: Italy
Officially produced by the Vatican
Television Center, the most comprehensive
multimedia production ever made on John
Paul II. It includes 2 important
documentaries: His Life His
Pontificate.
JOHN PAUL II MAKING HISTORY
Religion Documentary (14x20 min)
Language: English
Producer: CTV Vatican Television Center
Origin: Italy
How much did Pope John Paul II influence
the major political and religious events in
the nineties? A journal year by year.
AFRICA, STRAIGHT AHEAD
Travel (6x30 min)
Language: English, Italian
Director: Paolo Novelli
Producer: N.W.
Origin: Italy
Two improvised travelers drive to Africa
with an old beat-up off-road car. The goal is
to reach the Ivory Coast in two months.
HEARST
ENTERTAINMENT
Hearst Entertainment, New York Office:
888 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019
USA. Tel: 212.455-4000. Fax: 212.4554310. Los Angeles Office: Hearst
Entertainment Productions, 1640 S.
Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.
Tel: 310.478.1700. Fax: 310.478.2202.
London Office: 136 Sloane Street, London
SW1X 9AY, England. Tel: 207.565.6666.
Fax: 207.565.6675
At MIPCOM: Bruce L. Paisner (President,
Hearst Entertainment, Inc.), Stacey
Valenza (Senior Vice President, Marketing
Services), Tom Devlin (Senior Vice
President, International Sales), Michael
Doury (Vice President, International
Sales), Joey Plager (Senior Vice President,
Co-Productions), Jennifer Berman
(Director, Advertising & Publicity)
Office: 8.02
Tel: 33.4.92.99.8086
THE PACT
Drama Telefilm (92 min)
Language: English
Principal Cast: Emmy Award-winner
Megan Mulally (TV’s “Will and Grace”)
and
Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply,
Drowning By Numbers)
Country of Origin: CANADA/US
Based on the book The Pact, by Jodi
Picoult, a suicide pact between two 17year-old lovers rips apart the lifelong
friendship of their families.
THE INTERROGATION OF
MICHAEL CROWE
Drama Telefilm (92 min)
Language: English
Principal Cast: Ally Sheedy (High Art,
The Breakfast Club)
Status: Completed; available for screening
Based on a true story. After being forced to
endure an excruciating police interrogation,
14-year-old Michael Crowe is manipulated
into making a self-incriminating statement
and is charged for the brutal murder of his
12-year-old sister.
WICKED MINDS
Hearst Entertainment Adventure Thriller
(H.E.A.T.) (92 min)
Language: English
Principal Cast: Angie Everhart (Last
Action Hero), Andrew Walker (TV’s
“Maybe It’s Me”)
Status: Completed; available for screening
Seduced and then blackmailed by his
beautiful, young stepmother, a university
student must prove his innocence in his
father’s murder-a difficult task as twists
and turns abound in this taut, highly
charged thriller.
HERE! FILMS
here! Films, 1401 Ocean Avenue, Suite
300, Santa Monica, California 90401
USA. Tel: 310.260.3333. Fax:
310.260.3343
At MIPCOM: Mark Reinhart (President
here! Films)
Office: 08.24/10.23, Tel:
011.334.9299.8075.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Comedy with a twist
Starring: Greg Lauren and Christopher
Gartin, with Tony Lo Bianco, Tovah
Feldshuh, Beth Fowler, Edward Hibbert,
Meshach Taylor and Anna Maria
Alberghetti.
Producer: Linda Moran (award winning
producer of L.I.E.), Kristen Coury (in her
directorial debut) and Joseph Triebwasser
(author, Variey Ten Screenwriters to
Watch).
An openly gay couple is forced to conceal
their top-level mob enforcement jobs when
their parents arrive for a surprise visit.
SORDID LIVES
Comedy
Director: Del Shores
Produced by Sharyn Lane, Victoria
Alonso, and Max Civon
Starring: Olivia Newton John, Beau
Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke
Examines the wacky lives of an eccentric
Southern Baptist family brought together
by the funeral of the family matriarch.
SPEEDWAYJUNKY
Drama
Executive producer: Gus Van Sant
Written and Directed by Nick Perry (Must
be the Music)
Cast: Jesse Bradford (Presumed Innocent,
My Blue Heaven), Jonathan Taylor
Thomas (Man of the House, Home
Improvement) and Daryl Hannah
(Roxanne, Splash).
About the fast-paced lives of young
hustlers on the Vegas Strip. Traveling
across country toward a career in racing
cars, our hero loses everything he owns in
Vegas.
Press Releases Only —
[email protected]
HIGH POINT FILMS
AND TELEVISION
High Point Films and Television, London
Office: 25 Elizabeth Mews, London NW3
4UH, UK. Tel: 44.20.7586.3686. Fax:
44.20.7586.3117.
[email protected]
www.highpointfilms.co.uk
At MIPCOM: Carey Fitzgerald (Managing
Director), Ronald De Neef (International
Consultant), Julie Murphy-Delaney
(Director ), Sarah Chammartin (Senior
Sales Executive
Maya Alexander Sales Executive), Piers
Nightingale (Development Executive)
Office:18:16, Palais Des Festivals
Tel: 334.92.99.81.36
BOOTLEG
Family (3 x 50’ or feature length)
Language: English
Director: Ian Gilmour
Producers: Diana Kyle & Ewan Burnett
Starring: Martin Jarvis, Steven Geller,
Anthony Hammer.
Delivery Status: Post production
Country of Origin: UK
Two boys decide to fight the system when
an over-protective government puts a total
national ban on chocolate.
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
Family (6 x 30 or feature length)
Language: English
Director: Graeme Harper
Producer: Josephine Ward
Starring: Angelo Andeou, Andrew Lancel,
Angela Downs.
A group of British children decide to help a
young refugee boy, who has fled his wartorn village in Eastern Europe, by hiding
him from the UK authorities.
THE DEBT
Thriller (2 x 60 or feature length)
Language: English
Director: Jon Jones
Producer: Pier Wilkie
Starring: Warren Clarke, Hugo Speer, Lee
Williams
An ex-convict robber reluctantly agrees to
take on one last job for the sake of
protecting his family from a vicious loan
shark.
Hollywood Ending
Capitol Films
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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HILARIUS
PRODUCTIONS LTD
Hilarius Productions ltd, Naissaarentie 4,
Vaajakoski, 40800 , Finland. Tel:
358.14.631933. Mobile: 358.50.5659573.
Fax. +358.14.631344. [email protected]
www.hilarius-hiiri.fi
Company type: Producer, Distributor
At MIPCOM: Mr. Jorma Kihnula
(President, Producer)
Office: MipCom Junior
HILARIUS MOUSE CHRISTMAS
CALENDAR
Drama (24x5 min)
Language: Finnish
Director: Mrs. Marja-Liisa Huhta
Producer: Jorma Kihnula
Cast: Kaarina Leinonen
Year of production: 2002, County of
Origin: Finland
Budget: 0,5 million USD
Live action children programming with
good spirit and a bit of moral values. Exotic
locations from Lappland to snowy northern
forests with the spirit of Christmas season.
HOLLAND FILM
Holland Film, Jan Luykenstraat 2,
Amsterdam, 1071 CM The Netherlands.
Tel: 31.20.5707575. Fax: 31.20.5707570.
[email protected]
www.hollandfilm.nl
Company Type: Marketing & Promotion
Agency For Dutch Films Abroad
At MIPCOM: Claudia Landsberger
(Managing Director)
Office: n/a
FOGBOUND
Drama (97 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Ate de Jong
Producer: Mulholland Pictures - Ate de
Jong, Co-Production Partners: Angela
Roessel
Key Cast: Luke Perry, Ben Daniels, Jeroen
Krabbe, Orla Brady
Year Of Production: 2001/2002, Country
of Origin: United Kingdom/The
Netherlands
Three people - Leo and Ann, a married
couple, and Bob, their best friend - travel
through a mountain landscape.
VALENTIN
Feature (90 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Producer: First Floor Features and De
Productie - The Netherlands, CoProduction Partners: RWA Argentina
Key Cast: Carmen Maura, Rodrigo Noya,
Alejandro Agresti
Delivery Status; completed
of Origin: The Netherlands
Buenos Aires 1960’s. Nine-year old
Valentin lives with his grandmother,
because his mother left him at the age of 3
and his father is always away. He
desperately longs for love and affection.
to betsy @
THE STONERAFT
(LE RADEAU DE PIERRE, LA
BALSA DE PEDRA, HET STENEN
VLOT)
www.stoneraft.nl
Drama/feature (112 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: George Sluizer
Producer: George Sluizer, Co-Production
Partners: Fernando Bovaira, Luis Bordallo
Silva
Key Cast: Pedro Federico Luppi, Maria
Iciar Bollain, Joana Ana Padrao
of Origin: The Netherlands
Following a cataclysm that no seismograph
has registered, a rift opens along the border
between Spain and France: slowly the
Iberian Peninsula floats off westwards
across the Atlantic.
HOLLYWOOD
CLASSICS
Hollywood Classics, 8 Cleveland Gardens,
London, W2 6HA UK. Tel:
44.20.7262.4646. Fax: 44.20.7262.3242.
[email protected].
www.hollywoodclassics.com
At MIPCOM: Joe Dreier, Melanie Tebb
Office: H4.35, Tel: 44.7802.216.353 /
44.7905.104.793
ELVIS: HIS BEST FRIEND
REMEMBERS
(88 min) (additional 41 minutes of DVD
bonus chapters also)
Country of Origin: USA, Year of
Production: 2002
“Diamond Joe” Esposito, one of Elvis
Presley’s closest friends - his road manager,
bodyguard and best man - shares his
collection of stories, photographs, home
movies and interviews for the first time.
SHOESHINE
(93 min)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo
Smordini and Alessandro Cicognini]
Country of Origin: Italy, Year of
Production: 1946
Two shoeshine boys in post-war Italy
dream of buying a horse with money
earned on the black market but end up in
reform school.
CANDY
(124 min)
Director: Christian Marquand
Cast: Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon
Brando
Country of Origin: France/Italy, Year of
Production: 1968
The misadventures of an attractive, naive
teenage girl. An unjustly overlooked
comedy from the sixties which captures
some of the period’s wild excesses.
HOME & GARDEN
TELEVISION
Home & Garden Television, 9721 Sherrill
Blvd., Knoxville, TN, 37932, U.S.A. Tel:
865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253
Website: www.hgtv.com
Development)
Office: R32.29
AT HOME WITH
Series (39 x 22’)
This series takes viewers on exclusive
home tours with celebrities who have put
considerable energy into the design of their
environment.
HISTORIC HOMES OF SALEM
Special (1 x 45’)
The fortunes and misfortunes of this
intriguing city are told through this special.
THE CAROL DUVALL SHOW
(717 x 22’)
Carol Duvall is widely known as the queen
of crafts because of her long career
providing expert how-to advice.
HORIZON
ENTERTAINMENT,
LTD.
Horizon Entertainment, Ltd., Suite 205,
1040 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B.C.
V6B 2R9 Canada. Tel. 604.632.1707. Fax.
604.632.1607. www.filmhorizon.com
At MIPCOM: Michael Taverna (Sales and
Acquisitions Consultant)
Office: with Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
Tel: 39.349.444.5160 (mobile)
MADE IN CHINA
Language: English (Canada)
Written and Directed by Karin L. Lee
Produced by Shan Tam
Delivery Status: Completed 2001
Looks at a handful of the 8,000 babies
adopted from China by Canadian families
since 1989.
LUNCH WITH CHARLES
Romantic Comedy (109 min)
Language: English (Canada)
Directed by Michael Parker
Produced by Shan Tam and Michael
Parker
Starring Lau Ching-Wan (Sean Lau), Bif
Naked, Nicholas Lea, Theresa Lee
Budget $US 2 million
Two couples, struggling between love and
career, confront their woes after being
swapped with each other’s partner on a
fated journey from Hong Kong to the
Canadian Rockies.
MR. ROOKIE
Drama (118 min)
Language: Japanese
Directed by Satoshi Isaka
Produced by Kei Ijichi
Starring Kazushige Nagashima, Mayu
Tsuruta, Jun Kunimura, and Isao
Hashidzume
Budget $US 4.1 million
A regular salary man becomes a struggling
pro baseball team’s newest hero, but a
tiger-striped mask worn during games
keeps his identity hidden from his family,
fans, and co-workers.
BLIND IN MANHATTAN
Documentary (80 min.)
Language: German, English subtitles
Director: Florian Fickel
Producer: floff pictures Co-production
partners:
Cast: Maren Boßmeyer, Kordula
Kohlschmitt
Origin: Germany
Budget: $ 90 000
The blind Maren visits New York for the
first time to meet her pen-pal Kordula and
to explore the city together. A story of
friendship and mutual trust.
TAXI!
Documentary, 90 min.
Language: German,
Director: Rudolf K. Wernickel
Producer: floff pictures Co-production
partners:
Origin: Germany
Budget: $ 90 000
This is a road movie about one of the
centers of life - the taxi. 8 taxi drivers
throughout Germany show us what you can
really call human interest.
I
IBC
INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST
COMMUNICATIONS (I.B.C.), 12718
Short Avenue, LA, CA 90066 USA. Tel:
310.301.9101. Fax: 928.438.2544.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mr. Jon Helmrich, Ms.
Dorothy Crompton, Mr. Jeff Houser
Office: 03.21 (shared with Promark)
Tel: 04.92.99.81.46, IBC mobile numbers
for MIPCOM: Dorothy Crompton:
06.19.11.17.48, Jon Helmrich:
06.22.23.82.86, Jeff Houser:
06.13.97.62.32
Booth Tel: 04.92.99.81.46
STAR TREATMENT
Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Lifestyle (48
x 30 minutes)
New half-hour, fast-paced magazine series
profiling those who pamper, instruct, and
cater in every conceivable way to the stars.
Star Treatment delivers insights, anecdotes
and inside stuff.
HS MEDIA CONSULT
HS Media Consult, Wasenstrasse 29,
Dettenhausen, 72135, Germany. Tel:
0049.7157.620008. Fax:
0049.7157.620008.
At MIPCOM: Heide Schramm (President)
Office: Stand H4.35
Tel: 0049.172.9415939
ASTERIX & CO. - ALBERT
UDERZO`S WORLD OF COMICS
Language: German, French
Director: Jo Müller
Producer: Egmont Ehapa Verlag, Berlin
Co-production partners: ZDF/ARTE
Cast: Albert Uderzo
of Origin: Germany
Budget: $ 80 000
Asterix and his Gallic friends are known
around the world - here their creator Albert
Uderzo tells their story from the beginning up
to their portrayal in the recent real -life movies.
Alternate Love
ECM
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
FAMOUS
Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Biography
(26 X 30 Minutes)
Country of Origin: US
In-depth
Interview
footage
from
throughout the careers of Hollywood’s
hottest stars produced into a career
biography that follows the growth into
superstardom.
ENTERTAINERS
Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Lifestyle
(26X30 Minutes)
Collection of celebrity interviews, hosted
by Hollywood’s talk show host Byron
Allen.
ICON
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL
Icon Entertainment International, The
Quadrangle, 180 Wardour Street, London
W1F 8FX UK. Tel: 44.(0)20.7494.8100.
Fax: 44.(0)20.7494.8101
At MIPCOM: Simon Crowe (Head of
Sales), Anthony Buckner (Sales Manager)
Office: 01.12
Tel: 00.33.4.92.99.81.49
WE WERE SOLDIERS
Action (135 min)
Language: English
Director/Writer: Randall Wallace, from the
book We Were Soldiers Once And Young
by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway
Producers: Bruce Davey, Stephen
McEveety, Randall Wallace
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg
Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri
Russell, Barry Pepper
Status: Completed
This gigantic action film is based on the
true story of Colonel Hal Moore’s
extraordinary military service in the first
days of the Vietnam War and his dynamic
leadership of the 7th Air Cavalry.
FOYLE’S WAR 1, 2, 3, 4
Murder Mystery (108 min)
Language: English
Director: Jeremy Silbertson
Producer: Jill Green
Cast: Michael Kitchen (Proof of Life),
Edward Fox (The Day Of The Jackal),
Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility)
Status: No 1, Completed, No 2,
Completed, No 3, Completed, No 4,
delivery October 2002
ITV has commissioned four films in this
excellent detective murder mystery series
set during World War II.
THE PERFECT YOU
Romantic Comedy
Language: English
Director: Matthew Miller
Producer: Susan B. Landau, Andrew
Karsh
Cast: Jenny McCarthy, Chris Eigeman
Status: Completed
About two New Yorkers on the seemingly
futile search for love.
THE BUSINESS OF
FILM
Los Angeles Office
5150 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
California 90036
IFM WORLD
RELEASING, INC.
IFM World Releasing, Inc., 1328 East
Palmer Avenue, Glendale, California
91205,USA. Tel: 818.243.4976. Fax:
818.550.9728. [email protected]. In
Australia: IFM World Releasing Inc., 2/25
Second Street, Clayton, Victoria 3169,
Australia. Tel: 61.3.9515.9249. Fax:
61.3.9515.9248.
[email protected].
www.ifmfilm.com
At MIPCOM: Antony I. Ginnane
(President) , Ann Lyons (Executive VP),
Anthony J. Lyons (VP International),
David Makhlout (Sales Executive)
Office: 14.07
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8218. Fax:
818.550.9728
IN THE RED – MARKET PREMIERE
Action (87 minutes)
Director: Glenn Ruehland
Producers: Glenn Ruehland, Rina Reiss
Cast: Steve Bisley, Damien Bradford,
Terry Serrio, Allison Cratchley
About a modern day gang with a passion
for fast women and even faster cars. Their
high-octane passion is supported through
wheeling and dealing in a big city’s brutal,
opportunist underworld.
REIGN IN DARKNESS
Action Horror (90 minutes)
Director: Kel Dolen & David Allen
Producers: Kel Dolen & David Allen
Cast: Kel Dolen, Chris Kerrison, David
No
Scientists create a virus in order to rid the
world of AIDS. Unfortunately it has some
bad side effects, turning anyone infected
into a vampire.
OUT OF THE BLUE – MARKET
PREMIERE
Cooking / Travel Series (6 x 26 minutes)
Producers: Greg Parker, Yvonne Merendi
Cast: Michael Keelan and Michael
Angelakis
Two Australian gourmet chefs cooking a
delightful mix of local dishes a with a stepby-step guide to cooking a host of seafood
and other culinary delights while traveling
accross the Southern Coast Of Australia.
INDIGO
Indigo, 116 Great Portland Street, London
W1W 6PJ United Kingdom. Tel:
0044.(0).20.7612.1700.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mr Paul Shields
(Chairman), Mr David Lawley (Managing
Director - Indigo Film), Ms Suzie Giblin
(Head of Kids), Ms Emma Collin (Sales
Manager),
Ms Tanya Peck (Marketing &
Communications Manager)
Office: R34.10, Tel: 0033.4.92.99.88.14
Fax: 0044.(0).20.7612.1707
CALL OF THE WILD
Family (26 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Director: Zale Dalen, Gary Harvey
Producer: Team
Key Cast: Shane Meier, Nick Mancuso,
Rachel Hayward, Kathleen Duborg
Origin: US
A great adventure series inspired by the
Jack London classic novel about a boy and
his dog struggling against the emotional
and physical landscape of the Great White
North during the Gold Rush.
DARK KNIGHT
Action/Adventure (26 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Director: Wayne Vinten
Producer: Portman Entertainment
Key Cast: Ben Pullen, Charlotte Comer,
Peter O’Farrell
Origin: UK
Set in the dark ages, DARK KNIGHT is a
powerful action-packed remake of
the timeless ‘Ivanhoe’ legend Ivanhoe.
AND ALONG CAME A SPIDER
Social Documentary (1 hour)
Director: Maziar Bahari
Producer: Maziar Bahari Productions
Origin: Iran
A social commentary on the position of
women within Islamic culture and
examines the issues of religious fanaticism,
terrorism, discrimination and the many
other contradictions within the Islamic
Republic of Iran.
IONE
COMMUNICATIONS
INTRAMOVIES
ISKRA TELEVISION
Intramovies. Head Office (For Sales): Via
E. Manfredi 15 - 00197 Rome – Italy. Tel.
00.39.06.807.61.57 – 06.807.64.28. Fax:
0039.06.807.61.56.
[email protected].
www.Intramovies.com
At MIPCOM: Micaela Fusco, Tel:
39.335.6043915, Federica Mei
39.333.7544926
[email protected], Samuele
Proietti 39.335.8008491
[email protected]
Office: Palais RivierA Stand: FOCUS
ITALY
FRANCESCA & NUNZIATA
TV Movie (120 min.)
Directed by Lina Wertmüller
Produced by Mediatrade Spa
Cast: Sophia Loren , Giancarlo Giannini
Production: 2001
Campania, Italy, at the end of the 19th
century. Francesca, from a pasta factory
owner’s family, marries Prince Giordano
Montorsi. When one of her nine children
falls ill, she vows to adopt an orphan if the
child will survive.
SCIUSCIA
TV Movie (4 x 100’)
Directed by Fabrizio Costa
Produced by TITANUS - Italy
Cast: Massimo Ranieri, Elena Sofia Ricci
Production: 2001
Italy during the German occupation. Nico,
a thirteen years old boy, leaves his home
town in the south and heads for Rome,
determined to find his parents who had
been taken away by the Germans.
DOGWATCH
TV Movie (93 min)
Directed by Laurie Mc Innes
Producer: A BLACK RAY FILMS and
SMILE PRODUCTIONS
Country of Origin: Australia, Year of
Production: 2001
Just before the advent of hi-tech
seamanship, a tale of adventure and
suspense on the high seas; Seven men on a
doomed vessel, mired in the lawless oceans
of the South China Sea.
Ione Communications, Galerías Itaca.
Calle General Alava, 7 Pl. Baja Ofi. 17.
01005 Vitoria, Spain. Tel: 34.945130817.
[email protected]
Company Type: Sales agent, distributor
At MIPCOM: Jone Aldave (President),
Acquisition Executive: Jone Aldave
Office: H4-35
Tel: 34.655748862
ALEX’S ODYSSEY
Documentary (6x52’ min)
Language: English
Director: Joaquín Hidalgo
Producer: Urbana Co-production
partners:Via Digital
Origin: Spain
Budget: $1,446,000
A young woman’s emotional voyage of a
lifetime through Asia. Alex is a curious and
enthusiastic journalist who becomes
involved in a spontaneous voyage inspired
by classical travel literature and a quest for
the unknown.
Iskra Television, Iskra Centre, 26-28
Wendell Road, London, W12 9RT UK.Tel:
44.208.749.7711. Fax: 44.208.740.7774.
[email protected]
Company Type: distributor
At MIPCOM: Andrew Sparke (MD &
Acquisitions Executive), Ruth Williams
(Sales Director), Richard Jeffes (Business
Affairs Manager)
Office: 04.23
LIOCRACY
Spoof Documentary (26 x 30’)
Mock interviews with ‘celebrities’
combined with stock footage. Leslie
Nielson is the host introducing us to such
luminaries as acting legend Richard Button
and daytime TV’s Opie O’Donnell whose
fans call themselves the ‘Opiates’.
ISKRA SHORTS (EINSTEIN TV)
Internet-based shorts
Structured around four key genres - Space,
Technology, Earth Science and Life
Science - its aim is to not make ‘popular
science’ but make ‘science popular’.
I Saw A Ship Sailing
Grandma’s Stories Ltd
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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ENTERTAINMENT NOW
Entertainment shorts
Easily accessible clips from cutting edge
weekly show. Shorts can be viewed on the
internet and then ordered through Iskra TV.
Behind the scenes banter, location shoots
and interviews with all the top stars.
J
JANSON
MEDIA
Janson Media, 88 Semmens Rd.,
Harrington Park, NJ 07640 USA.
[email protected]. www.janson.com
At MIPCOM: Stephen Janson (President),
Zara Janson (Vice President), Barbara
Weissenbeck (Sales Executive)
Office: 03.17
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE
UNEXPLAINED
Mystery (Season I and II: 26 x 43’ and
Seasons III and IV: 26 x 50’)
Producer: Grizzly Adams Productions
of Origin: USA
A journey through the greatest mysteries
and riddles of the ages. These bold
investigations bring viewers face to face
with unsolved mysteries and reshape the
way we view the world and our place in it.
XTREME MYSTERIES
Mystery (104 x 25’)
Producer: Grizzly Adams Productions
of Origin: USA
Half-hour
formatted
versions
of
Encounters with the Unexplained.
BURT WOLF * WHAT WE EAT
Health (13 x 30’)
Producer: Acorn Productions
Origin: USA
The True Story of Why We Put Sugar in our
Coffee and Ketchup on our Fries.
J.E.P. JÜRGEN
EGENOLF
PRODUCTIONS
J.E.P. Jürgen Egenolf Productions,
Schillerstr. 6, D-50968 Cologne, Germany.
Tel: 49.221.9347450. Fax:
49.221.93474511.
Company Type: 2d animation
At MIPCOM: Jürgen Egenolf (President)
Office:H4-35 with Marketplace, Tel:
49.(0)170.3162210
HÄCK MÄCK
2 D animation (26 x 5 min, children 4 to 8
years)
Language: German
Director: Theo Kerp
Producer: Jürgen Egenolf Co-production
partners: WDR
Delivery Status: 6 episodes complete(pre,
post, in production or completed)
Budget: Euro 13000 min$
Year of Production:2002
Growing up is always exciting - especially
when you live on a planet where
extraordinary things happen every day.
RUSTY KNIGHT
2d animation (1x TV Christmas special,
children´s musical)
Language: English
Director. Jürgen Egenolf
Producer: Jürgen Egenolf, Co-Production
partners: WDR
Delivery Status: in pre-production
Budget: Euro 13500/ min
Year of production: 2002/ 2003
Bö, Young Lady of the Castle, does the
duties of the knight because the knight
doesn’t have the nerve.
K
L
KELLER
ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP
LACEY
ENTERTAINMENT
Keller Entertainment Group, 14225
Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks,
California 91423, USA. Tel:
818.981.4950. Fax: 818.501.6224.
Company Type: Producer, Distributor
At MIPCOM: Max Keller (CEO),
Micheline H. Keller (President), Kirt
Eftekhar (Vice President), Acquisition
Executive: Kirt Eftekhar
Office: 01-02, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8207
TIME OF FEAR
Psychological Thriller (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Alan Swyer
Producer: Baker Film Group
Cast: Nick Mancuso, Cheryl Pollak
Origin: USA
A taut psychological thriller drawing an
FBI agent and a grieving father into the
dark world of a demented killer.
GRAD NIGHT
Comedy (86 min)
Language: English
Director: Amy Snow
Producer: Redwood Shire Productions
Cast: Shiloh Strong, Azura Skye, Rider
Strong, Christine Lakin
Origin: USA
Grad Night tells four differing tales relayed
to the police by four graduating teens
accused of arson.
THE TIFFANY COLLECTION
Drama/Action Adventure (Six 2-Hour
Movies)
Language: English
Swimsuit, Tarzan in Manhattan, The Secret
Life of Kathy McCormick, For Love of a
Child, Women of Valor and Dreams of
Gold comprise The Tiffany Collection,
showcasing powerful adventure stories
with dynamic stars.
KOAN INC.
Koan Inc., 2860 Sackett Drive, Park City,
UT 84098 USA. Tel: 435.645.7244. Fax:
435.645.8644. www.koaninc.com, email:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Gil Aglaure (President),
Tamara Bell (Vice President), Devin
Carter (Director of Sales), Roger Bird
(Acquisitions Manager)
Office: G3.12, Tel: 334.9299.8327
SOMEONE WAS WATCHING
Family Drama (90 min.)
Language: English
Director: Mark Goodman
Producer: Mark Goodman, Lee Groberg
Key Cast: Megan Follows
Origin: USA
Three months after Molly’s presumed
drowning, Chris and his best friend think
they’ve found evidence that Chris’ little
sister might still be alive, leading them on
an emotional journey.
Lacey Entertainment, 1414 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10019 USA. Tel:
212.754.5482. Fax: 212.754.5481.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Brian Lacey (President),
Nancy Aries Koff (Vice President)
Office: R 31.21
POKÉMON: THE MASTER QUEST
Produced By 4Kids Productions
The Pokemon entertainment phenomenon
continues with 52 exciting new adventures
-- The Master Quest.
YU-GI-OH!
(100 x 30’)
Yu-gi-oh follows the story of Yugi, a
smaller than average high school studentand an easy target for bullies.
KIRBY
(52 X 30’)
Kirby, a Warpstar knight in training, crash
lands on the Planet Popstar and
accidentally ends up as the pink protector
of the villagers.
LAKESHORE
INTERNATIONAL
Lakeshore International, 5555 Melrose
Avenue, Gloria Swanson Bldg. 4th Floor,
Hollywood, CA 90038, USA. Tel:
323.956.4222. Fax: 323.862.1456.
At MIPCOM: Stephanie Denton
(President), Julie McLaughlin (Vice
President, Worldwide Television Sales),
Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard (Director,
Office: Stand 07.08 Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.80.96
JUST A KISS
Romantic Comedy (1 x 98 Minutes Color
slides enclosed)
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron
Eldard, Marley Shelton, Taye Diggs
Availability: Now
An innocent kiss is more than best friends
can handle when infidelity becomes a
comic adventure into the dark side of
modern relationships.
PURPOSE
Drama (1 x 120 Minutes Color slides
enclosed)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Paul Reiser, Jeffrey
Donovan, John Light, Peter Coyote, Hal
Holbrook
Availability: Now
John Elias, a brilliant Stanford University
student has developed a software program
that will revolutionize the Internet.
THE TALE OF TILLIE’S DRAGON
Animated feature
Director/Writer: Mike Stribling, Isoa Nago
Producers: Mike Stribling, Isao Nago
Availability: Now
Tillie and her mischievous friend Herman,
the dragon, journey to the Black Forest
where they fend off evil gnomes and the
treacherous witch of the forest.
LANGBEIN &
SKALNIK
Langbein & Skalnik, A-1070 Vienna,
Spittelberggasse 3/13, Austria. Tel:
43.1.535.36.96. Fax: 43.1.535.36.96.9.
www.langbein-skalnik.com.
www.surfmed.de. www.surfmed.at
At MIPCOM: Kurt Langbein (general
manager, mobile: 43.664.320.37.53),
Barbara Weissenbeck (production manager
43.699.1945.27.84)
Office: Marketplace Umbrella booth
H4.35
NEW SERIES ABOUT NATURAL
CATASTROPHES
Documentary Series (6 x 1 hour)
The 6 part Documentary series “Nature
strikes back” will be finished next year. The
recent dramas in Europe and the expected
El Nino give the background.
FREAK WAVES
(1 hour)
There are only few who saw them and are
still alive: eyewitnesses who
escaped the force of the giant waves are
telling their story.
CLEAR VISION - FIGHTING
BLINDNESS
We watch the surgeon, when he lasers the
retina to fix the thin tissue to its underlay.
We see how engineers and physicians bring
retinal cells to grow on various chip
materials. The ambitious aim: To make the
blind see again.
LEGO MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL
LEGO Media International, LEGO House,
33 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 3UF
United Kingdom. Tel:
44.(0).1753.495.000. Fax:
44.(0).1753.495.225.
At MIPCOM: Vanessa Chapman (Global
Controller of Programming and Strategy,
TV, Film & Web), Michael Carrington
(Head of Co-Productions and
Acquisitions, TV & Film), Janice Ross
(Head of US Children’s Programming)
Office: G3
BIONICLE: MASK OF LIGHT
CGI Animation Action-fantasy-adventure
(One x 70 minutes)
Produced by: LEGO Media
International/Creative Capers
Follows the quest of the Matoran villagers
to save their island home of Mata Nui from
the evil Makuta.
Crackerjack
Beyond Films
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
LITTLE ROBOTS
Pre-school Stop-frame/CGI animation (52
x 10 (first block of 13, January 2003))
Produced by: LEGO Media International
& Cosgrove Hall Films
Tiny and his Little Robot friends love
living in the world they have cleverly
created out of junk.
PROJECT X (WORKING TITLE
ONLY)
Children’s Animation/Live
Action/Fantasy-Adventure (26 x 24
minutes)
Produced by: Milestone Productions &
Mainframe Entertainment with Agenda
Television
The story centres around five ordinary
children who become digitized and travel
inside the Internet, 200 years into the
future, where they find a new and utopian
Earth on the brink of extinction.
LIBERTY
INTERNATIONAL
ENTERTAINMENT
INC.
Liberty International Entertainment Inc.,
1990 Westwood Boulevard Penthouse, Los
Angeles, California 90025 USA. Tel:
310.474.4456. Fax: 310.474.7455.
[email protected]
www.libertyinteractive.com
At MIPCOM: Randy Naft (President), Irv
Holender (Chairman), Richard J. Redlich
Jr. Esq. (Vice President, Business & Legal
Affairs), Aida Torres (Secretary Director), Bruno Cavelier (Director International Sales), Noel Gimbel
(Director - Liberty International
Publishing Inc.)
Acquisition Executive: Randy Naft
Office: Booth # 13.30, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.8142
TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT
Language: English
Director: Various
Producer: Five Star Productions
Cast: Hosted by Ed Begley Jr.
A series on environmental issues and topics
like: Recycling, pollution protection, work
environments...And many other topics that
affect the earth.
TODAY’S HEALTH
Language: English
Director: Various
Cast: Hosted by -Robert Ulrich
A half-hour magazine-style. Informational
series, exploring a full range of health and
lifestyle issues, as well as human interest
stories right to the heart of the matterhosted by Robert Ulrich.
PARENTING AND BEYOND
Language: English
Director: Various
Cast: Hosted by - Kim Alexis
From health and medicine to nutrition,
education, and toys, every week,
“Parenting and Beyond” captures
audiences with informational and
entertaining topics like: Financial Fitness,
Child Development, Back to School Tips
and much more.
LIFESIZE
ENTERTAINMENT &
RELEASING
Lifesize Entertainment & Releasing, 194
Elmwood Drive, Suite 2, Parsippany, NJ
07054 USA. Tel: 973.884.4884. Fax:
973.428.9550.
At MIPCOM: Bruce Frigeri (President),
Jim McNally (V.P. Acqs)
Office:
ZUS & ZO
Comedy-Drama
Director: Paula Van Der Oest,
Producer; Jacqueline de Goeij
Cast: Monic Hendrickxs, Anneke Blok,
Sylvia Poorta, Jacob Derwig. Rising
Auteur Paula Availability: all except
Benelux.
Country of Origin: Netherlands, Year of
Production: 2001
A very funny film about three wacky sisters
trying to save their family inheritance from
their supposedly Gay brother, who
suddenly appears with fiancée in tow.
GHOST OF A CHANCE
Drama
Director: Vangelis Seitanidis,
Cast: Emilios Heilakis, Maria Solomou,
Stellios Christoforidis, Spyros Stavrinidis.
Available; All except Greece and Australia
TV.
Country of Origin: Greece, Year of
Production: 2001
Two lovers seek revenge on the casino that
has bankrupted the woman’s father by
robbing it. Their plans go astray however
when the woman falls in love
with the casino manager.
ROMANCE & REJECTION
Romantic Comedy
Director; Kevin Smith.
Producer; Jonathan English
Cast: Reece Dinsdale, John Hannah,
Victoria Smurfit.
Available; Inquire with LSE.
Country of Origin: UK, Year of
Production: 2000
Mike, a broke but talented composer,
searches for love in a modern world full of
flakes and neurotics.
LOLAFILMS
INTERNACIONAL
Lolafilms Internacional, Spanish office:
Velazquez 12, 7pl. 28001 Madrid, Spain.
Tel.: 00.34.914.367.400. Fax:
00.34.914.355.994 UK office: 15 Tilton
St., London SW6 7LP U.K. Tel.:
00.44.207.381.0665. Fax:
00.44.207.681.1204.
At MIPCOM: Marina Fuentes, Will
Machin
Office: H4.32 (Endemol / Admira)
LA VOZ DE SU AMO (HIS
MASTER’S VOICE)
Language: Spanish
Director: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
(Backroads)
Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez
Cast: Eduard Fernández (Washington
Wolves, Sound of the Sea), Joaquim de
Almeida (Behind the Enemy Lines,
Desperado), Silvia Abascal (La Source
Jaune), Imanol Arias (The Flower of My
Secret)
Budget: $ 4 million
Charlie, the bodyguard of a corrupt
businessman is asked to look after his boss’
teenage daughter. Before he knows it, they
are involved in a passionate love affair.
JUEGO DE LUNA (LUNA’S GAME)
Drama (96 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Mónica Laguna
Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez /
Enrique Cerezo
Cast: Ana Torrent (Thesis, Yoyes, Vacas),
Ernesto Alterio (Yoyes, Washington
Wolves)
Budget: $ 2 million
Luna, a 30 year-old professional card
player, is obsessed by her father’s death
some twenty years earlier.
GAUDI AFTERNOON
Dramatic Comedy (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Susan Seidelman (Sex and the
City -TV series-, Seeking Susan
Desperately)
Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez
Cast: Judy Davis (Life With Judy Garland
-Emmy Award winner, Best Actress 2001,
Deconstructing Harry , Celebrity), Marcia
Gay Harden (Pollock- Academy Award
winner, Best Supporting Actress 2001-,
Desperate Measures), Lili Taylor (The
Haunting, The Imposters, Ransom),
Juliette Lewis (From Dusk Till Dawn,
Natural Born Killers)
Budget: $ 6 million
A flamboyant and funny mystery set in
Barcelona. Cassandra, an ex-pat American,
is too broke to refuse a glamorous
stranger’s cry for help.
M6 DROITS
AUDIOVISUELS
M6 Droits Audiovisuels, 89-91 avenue
Charles-de-Gaulle, 92 575 Neuilly-surSeine cedex, France. Tel:
33.1.41.92.68.66. Fax: 33.1.41.92.68.69
At MIPCOM: Bernard Majani (directeur),
Isabelle Drouart (chargée des ventes)
Office: #M6 24.02
IRENE
Romantic Comedy (98 min)
Language: French
Director: Yvan Calbérac
Producer: TNVO
Cast: Cécile de France, Bruno Putzuhu,
Olivier Sitruk, Patrick Chesnais
Very charming, Irène has all she needs to
be happy. But, every time she meets a guy,
it’s a disaster…So, Irène is still single in
her thirties…Now surely things must
change!
ANYTHING YOU SAY
(100 min)
A TV show entitled “It is tissue time”
created by Jean-Louis Broustal and hosted
by Philippe Metzger has a big success.
MONIQUE
Comedy (90 min)
Language: French
Director: Valèrie Guignabodet
Cast: Albert Dupontel (Sach’s disease Bernie - The Creator)
He could have left his wife for another
woman…but that’s much better: he left her
for a …silicon doll! An unusual love story
between Albert and Monique.
M
MAINFRAME
ENTERTAINMENT
Mainframe Entertainment, 2025 W.
Broadway # 500, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Z6
Canada. Tel: 604.714.2600. Fax:
604.714.2641. www.mainframe.ca,
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mark Fleischer (President,
Mainframe USA), Joy Tashjian (Vice
President, Global Sales, Broadcast and
Distribution), Helen Chapman (Executive
Director, Licensing and Distribution)
Office: Canada Pavilion, Annex 3 Stand
02.12-04.11
TONY HAWK
Animation (30 minutes)
Language: English
A 3-D animated series, based on
professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, that
features a
“Fat Albert” type of feel while staying true
to the essence of action sports and
incorporating elements from Hawk’s
personality.
BETTY BOOP
Language: English
Betty Boop, the original animated diva,
returns to the screen to take the music
world by storm in an all-new prime time
comedy series.
FILM DOT’S BOT’S
Language: English
Dorothy Dill (Dot to her friends), a
determined 12 year old girl and mechanical
genius, creates a zany collection of robots
assembled from scraps found in her
grandfather’s junkyard that mysteriously
come to life.
London Office Phone
44 207 372 9992
London Office FAX
44 207 486 1969
Oh Max
Colorland Animation Prod. LTD
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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MAINLINE
RELEASING
MARCO POLO FILM
AG
Mainline Releasing, 1801 Avenue Of The
Stars, Suite 1035 Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA. Tel: 310.286.1001. Fax:
310.286.0530 .
[email protected]
www.mainlinereleasing.com
At MIPCOM: Marc Greenberg
(President), Rich Goldberg (President),
Tannaz Anisi (Vice President, International
Sales), Helen Lee Kim (Director,
Office: 03.02. Tel: 33.04.92.99.82.25
DESCENDANT ** NEW
Thriller (90 min)
Cast: Katherine Heigl (Valentine,
Roswell), Jeremy London (Gods And
Generals, Party Of Five)
The modern day descendant of Edgar Allen
Poe lives the tormented life of his infamous
ancestor as he struggles to complete his
newest bestseller before the fall of the
House of Usher.
WHAT MATTERS MOST ** NEW**
Modern Day Love Story (90 min)
Cast: Chad Allen (Downtown: A Street
Tale, Paris), Polly Cusumano (Undressed
(MTV) Gun), Marshall Teague
(Armageddon, The Rock), Tamara
Clatterbuck (Mind Rage, Set It Off)
A modern day love story with the
sensibilities of “Romeo and Juliet”. A
wealthy businessman’s son falls for the
love of a waitress’ daughter. Love conquers
all.
ISLAND PREY ** NEW **
Romantic Thriller (90 min)
Cast: Olivia Hussey (Saving Grace,
Tortilla Heaven), Don Murray (Mr.
Headmistress, Hearts Adrift), Anthony
Dennison (Rocket’s Red Glare, Skelton
Woman), Ed Asner
A momentary indiscretion results in a
nightmarish obsession as a woman fights
for her marriage and her life.
Marco Polo Film AG, Robert-Koch-Str. 11,
55129 Mainz, Germany. Tel:
49.6131.210.332. Fax: 49.6131.210.336.
[email protected]. www.marcopolo-film.de
Company Type: producer
At MIPCOM: Annette Scheurich (CEO
Acquisition Executive)
Office: The Marketplace, Tel (mobile):
46.160.15.236.15
CANOPY - A PILOT PROJECT
Nature, Adventure and Science (53 min.)
Language: English and German
Delivery Status: Pre-production
Origin: UK and Germany
Budget: 500.000 $
A passion for adventure, nature and science
is the driving force to create innovative
flying devices for individual access to a
fascinating but rather inaccessible world.
IN THE MIRROR OF THE LAKE
Nature, History and Human Touch (53
min)
Language: German and English
Director: Bruno Moll
Producer: Marco Polo Film AG and
tcfilm, Co-production partners: SFDRS
(1/3rd)
Delivery Status: pre-production
Origin: Switzerland
Budget: 300.000 $
Emotional portrait of a spectacular
landscape and the activities of its natural
inhabitants (humans animals and plants).
FOOD, LOVE AND SCIENCE
Science; Humour Cookery (53 min. or
series of short films (10 x 5 min.))
Language: French, German English
Producer: Marco Polo Film AG
Origin: Germany
Budget: 250.000 $
Scientifically, but in a slightly devilish
mood, we take a close look at the high art
of cooking and simultaneously take a
gentle swing at some of the tripe and
applesauce that is served up.
MANIFESTO FILMS
Manifesto Films, 1 Irving Place – Suite
P24B, New York, NY 10003 USA. Tel:
212.966.7686. Fax 212.966.4512.
[email protected].
www.manifestofilms.com
At MIPCOM: Nadia Leonelli (CEO),
Fredrik Sundwall (CEO), Rob Feld
(Director of Production)
Office:
ACTS OF WORSHIP
Drama (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez
Producer: Nadia Leonelli, Fredrik
Sundwall, Rosemary Rodriguez
Cast: Ana Reeder
Origin: USA
A.O.W. is a story of addiction, friendship,
loss and redemption, focusing on the
relationship between Alix, a young
homeless addict, and Digna, a successful
photographer, in Manhattan’s Lower East
side.
[email protected]
MARFILMES LDA.
Marfilmes LDA., Av. Duque de Loulé 79
r/c dto A, Lisboa, 1050-088 Portugal. Tel:
3512.1314.0339. Fax: 3512.1353.3075.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Renée Gagnon (Manager)
Office: Market Place H4.35
Tel: (mobile) 351.9640.10631
T HE B USINESS
OF F ILM
The Source
Buying
Selling
Marketing
Programming
worldwide
MEDIA LUNA
ENTERTAINMENT
GMBH & CO. KG
Media Luna Entertainment GmbH & Co.
KG, Hochstadenstrasse 1-3, 50674
Cologne, Germany. Tel: 49.221.139.22.22.
Fax: 49.221.139.22.24. [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Ms. Andrea Breitkreuz
(Sales Manager), Mrs. Ida Martins (CEO)
Acquisition Executive: Mrs. Ida Martins
(CEO)
Office: Booth No. 08.30, Tel:
04.92.99.8226. Fax: 04.92.99.8226
ABSOLUT WARHOLA
Documentary-Portrait (80 min) (TV
Version 60 min.)
Language: Subtitles: Ruth. / Slowa.
Director/Editor: Stanislaw Mucha,
Production Company: strandfilm Produktions GmbH (Dieter Reifarth) in coproduction with Pandora Film Produktion
GmbH
Key Cast: Maria Warhola, Michal Warhola,
Helena Bezeková, Ingrid Bosnovicova
Country of origin: Germany, Year of
Production: 2001
Located somewhere in the middle of
nowhere, in the “Ruthenian Bermuda
Triangle” between Slovakia, Poland and the
Ukraine, is Europe’s only Pop Art Museum.
JIYAN
Drama (94 min)
Language (original): Kurdish, Subtitles:
English
Director/Writer/Editor: Jano Rosebiani
Produced: Evini Films
Key Cast: Kurdo Galalî, Pîsheng Berzincî,
Çoman Hawramî, Enwer Shêxanî
Country of origin: Kurdistan 2002
Five years following the infamous chemical
and biological bombing of the town of
Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdish
American Diyari, returns to his homeland.
INNOWHERELAND
Drama (105 min)
Language: Turkish
Director/Screenplay: Tayfun Pirselimoglu
Key Cast: Zuhal Olcay, Michael Mendl
Country of origin: Turkey
Years after the death of her political active
Kurdish husband, Demet devotes herself to
bring up her only son Veysel, trying to keep
him away from any danger and political
activities. One day Veysel disappears.
CHILDREN ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS
Drama
Director: Mark Medoff
Producers: Ginger T. Perkins, William J.
Immerman
Principal Cast: Sheryl Lee, Christopher
MacDonald, Joe Pichler, Tania
Raymonde, Jesse Plemons, and Tom
Arnold
Status: Screening
Cntry of Origin: USA
Sometimes extraordinary things happen in
the most ordinary places: A precocious 13year-old girl steps off the five o’clock bus
and a small sleepy town is startled into a
new awareness.
DORIAN
Thriller
Director: Allan Goldstein
Producers: Allan Goldstein, Luciano Lisi,
Charmaine Carvalho, Christine
Cavana, Harry Alan Towers
Principal Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Ethan
Ericson
Status: Screening
Cntry of Origin: Canada / United
Kingdom Co-Production
A modern day update of the Oscar Wilde
novel, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray”.
MTV
INTERNATIONAL
MTV International, Vermundsgade 40,
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel:
45.39.16.99.00. Fax: 45.39.16.99.99.
[email protected].
www.international.mtv.dk
Company Type: Producer and Distributor
At MIPCOM: Jacob Houlind (Director of
Sales & Legal Affairs), Carina Simons
(Senior Sales Executive), Karoline Briand
Spodsberg (Sales Executive), Cecilie
Bergsøe (Sales and Marketing Assistant)
Office: R32.21
SENSING MURDER
Entertainment, game show (40 min)
Independently of each other, two
clairvoyants search for new leads in an
unsolved murder case.
WONDERWORLD
Wonderworld is a show where charity
meets reality and in this case charity means
reality.
MOONSTONE
ENTERTAINMENT
Moonstone Entertainment, Los Angeles
Office, P.O. Box 7400, Studio City, CA
91614 USA. Tel: 818.985.3003. Fax:
818.985.3009.
At MIPCOM: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh,
Ms. Yael Stroh
Office: 01.02 (AFMA Stand), Tel:
(0)4.92.99.8207
JOSHUA
Drama
Director: Jon Purdy
Producers: Howard Baldwin, Karen
Baldwin, Paul Pompian
Principal Cast: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray
Abraham, Kurt Fuller and Giancarlo
Giannini
Status: Screening
Cntry of Origin: USA
A mysterious stranger has a profound
impact on a small town, bringing the
community together in unforeseen ways.
But there are always those who fear that no
one in today’s world is interested in doing
good without a promise of personal gain.
Rusty Knight
J.E.P. Jürgen Egenolf Prod.
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
BINGLE
If you understand binGO, you’ll
understand binGLE. It is all about
knowledge and recognition of music.
GUILLOTINE
The first show in the world you can win
without knowing anything.
Guillotine is a daily quiz show with a
difference.
MYRIAD PICTURES
Myriad Pictures, 421 S. Beverly Drive, 5th
Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA. Tel:
310.789.4500. Fax: 310 789-4545
At MIPCOM: Kirk D’Amico (CoPresident), Philip von Alvensleben (CoPresident), Eric Christenson (Executive
Vice President, Sales & Distribution),
Sandra Keser (Senior Vice President,
International Television), Tony Lytle
(Senior Vice President, Television), Alex
Walton (Sales Executive)
Office: 20.02 Palais Des Festivals
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8298
GOLDWYN
Director: Peter Jones and Mark Catalena
Cast: Narrated by Dustin Hoffman
Status: Completed
A fascinating account of Goldwyn’s
triumph over his poor immigrant
beginnings and a chronicle of his
unfaltering determination to succeed.
HOLIDAY IN THE SUN
Teen Adventure (88 minutes)
Director: Steve Purcell
Cast: Mary Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Status: Completed
Mary Kate and Ashley stumble across an
antiquities smuggling ring on their trip to
the Bahamas, leading them to unleash a
tropical hurricane of off-the-hook action
and head-over-heels tropical romance.
HILDEGARDE
Family Adventure (88 minutes)
Director: Di Drew
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Tom Long, Tara
Morice, Sam Geer, Dayne Hudson,
Gezelle Byrnes
Status: Completed
When bird smugglers abduct their beloved
pet duck Hildegarde, it is up to Christopher,
Isabel and Jeremy to save the day.
N
NATURE
CONSERVATION
FILMS WW
Nature Conservation Films WW,
Prinsengracht 735, 1017 JX Amsterdam,
the Netherlands. Tel. 31.20.4200111. Fax
www.ncf-nl.com
Company Type: Producer, distributor
At MIPCOM: Evert van den Bos
(President), Robin Brinster (Sales]
Office: Stand H4.35
Tel: 33.4.92.99.85.96
Fax: 33.4.92.99.85.97
ADDO THE AFRICAN KING
Natural History (76 minutes & 52
minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Caroline Brett
Co-production partners: AVRO
Origin: the Netherlands
Budget: $1,200,000
Addo, the African King tells of the
hardships and battles facing a young lion as
he struggles for supremacy.
NDRLEIGA
NDRLEiga, 998, av des caroubiers 06230
Villefranche sur mer, France.
Tel: 33.(0).4.93.0196.55. Fax: (US)
At MIPCOM: Renaud Lombart (Managing
Director), Nathalie Delin (Sales and
Acquisition)
Office: Media Umbrella # H4-35
Tel: 33.(0).6.1335.8463. Fax: (US)
240.331.7196
WHITE SNAKE
Feature Film (95 min)
Language: Chinese
Director: Chi Yin
Principal Cast /host: Joan Chen
Country of Origin: Taiwan, France
An extraordinary story between a
celebrated white snake stage dancer and her
enigmatic lover.
MAY I FALL IN LOVE
Feature Film (95 min)
Language: Japanese
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Principal Cast: Koizumi Kyoko
Country of Origin: Japan/France
A poetic and passionate love story between
a man and a woman.
AMAZING JAPAN
(16 x 3-4 Min)
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
The amazing world of Japanese!
NELVANA
INTERNATIONAL
Nelvana International. 32 Atlantic Avenue.
Toronto, Ontario. CANADA M6K 1X8.
Tel: 416.588.5571. Fax: 416.588.5588.
At MIPCOM: Michael Hirsh (Chief
Executive Officer, Nelvana International
(Toronto)), Toper Taylor (President,
Nelvana Communications (Los Angeles) ),
Emmanuele Petry (Vice-President of
Europe, Nelvana International (Paris)),
Tracy Ewing (Vice President Marketing,
Nelvana International (Toronto)), Jim
Weatherford (Director, Sales, Far East
(Tokyo)), Marie-Laure Marchand
(Director, International Marketing,
Merchandising, Nelvana International
(Paris))
Office: L5-05
LITTLE CRITTER (NEW)
Children’s animated television series (40 x
10 minutes)
Status: Completed
Executive Producers: Michael Hirsh, Scott
Dyer, Supervising Producers Cynthia
Taylor
Country of origin: Canada
From Mercer Mayer’s popular classic
books series, Little Critter, comes the new
animated series for preschoolers, featuring
the quintessential 6 year-old little kid
named “Little Critter.”
JACOB TWO TWO (NEW)
Children’s Animated Television Series (26
x 1/2 hrs.)
Director: Laura Shepherd
Production Company: Nelvana Limited
Executive Producers: Michael Hirsh, Scott
Dyer, Supervising Producers Michelle
Melanson
Status: In production, Premiere Date: May
2003
Countries of Origin: Canada
Among the most endearing - and enduring
- of Canada’s home-grown children’s
properties, renowned author Mordecai
Richler’s multi award-winning book series
comes to animated life for the first time.
BEYBLADE
Anime kids 7-11 (30 x 51 1/2 hours)
Director: Toshifumi Kawase
Production Company: TV Tokyo/
YOMIKO Advertising Inc./ d-rights, Inc.
Producers: Keisuke Iwata (TV Tokyo),
Shinichi Kobayashi, Mamiko Aoki,
Associate Producer: Masao Maruyama,
Kim Byung Heon, Executive Producers:
Michael Hirsh, Toper Taylor Scott Dyer,
Supervising Producing: Jocelyn Hamilton,
Marianne Culbert
Status: English language version in
production
Countries of origin: Japan
Tells the story of a boy who learns to
harness the power of his ancestors to
perfect his technique in the sport of
Beyblade.
NONSTOP SALES
NonStop Sales, Dobelnsgatan 24, SE-113
52 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: 46.8.6739999.
Fax: 46.8.6739988.
[email protected].
www.nonstopsales.net
At MIPCOM: C.G.Anderson (CEO),
Michael Werner (Sales Director), Judith
Toth (International Marketing)
Office: H4.35 The Marketplace
Tel: 46.70.7332855
SEAGULL’S LAUGHTER
Drama (105 Min)
Language: Icelandic
Director: Augúst Gudmundsson
Producer: Kristín Atlasdóttir, Coproduction partners: Isfilm ehf, Archer
Street
Cast: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla
Egilsdóttir
Delivery Status: completed)
Origin: Iceland
11-year old Agga lives with her
grandparents in a household filled with
women. Much to Agga’s annoyance yet
another woman joins the household: the
beautiful and mysterious Freya.
OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR
Romantic drama (91 min)
Language: Swedish
Director: Martin Soder, Eric Donell
Producer: Eric Donell, New Entertainment
Film
Cast: Lina Englund, Eric Donelll, Lennart
Jähkel, Bjorn Gustafson
Origin: Sweden
André works as an illustrator, and his life is
pretty okay. But he has a secret - and it
makes him shy, very shy, especially with
girls.
ALL HELL LET LOOSE
Drama Comedy (feature length)
Language: Swedish
Director: Susan Taslimi
Producer: Anita Oxburgh, Migma Film,
Co-production partners: Film i Väst
Cast: Melinda Kinnaman, Hassan Brijany,
Caroline Rauf
Origin: Sweden
NORDISK FILM
INTERNATIONAL
SALES
Nordisk Film International Sales,
Halmtorvet 29, 1700 Copenhagen V –
Denmark. Tel: 45.33.26.68.80. Fax:
45.33.26.68.89. [email protected]
www.nordisk.dk
At MIPCOM: Acquisition Executive:
Sanne Arlø - (Sales Executive), Klaus
Rasmusses (Sales Executive), Susan
Wendt (Sales Executive)
Office: R33.05
Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.40
LITTLE BIG GIRL
Family (92 minutes)
Language: Danish
Director: Morten Køhlert
Producer: Henrik Møller Sørensen, Coproduction partners: Filmpeople
Cast: Lisbet Dahl, Erik Wedersøe, Sarah
Juel-Werner
Origin: Denmark
OLD MEN IN NEW CARS
Action (93 minutes)
Language: Danish
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen
Producer: Michael Obel, Co-production
partners: Rikke Thomsen
Cast: Kim Bodnia, Iben Hjejle, Nikolaj
Lie Kaas, Thomas Villum Jensen
Origin: Denmark
HOLD MY HEART
Family (92 minutes)
Language: Norwegian
Director: Trygve Allister Diesen
Producer: Hilde Berg & Bengt Rognlien
Cast: Jørgen Langhelle, Vera Rudi, Andrea
Bræin Hovig
Origin:Norway
THE BUSINESS OF FILM
Los Angeles Office
5150 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
California 90036
Don’t Forget Your Passport
Canamedia Productions Ltd
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
47
NU IMAGE /
MILLENNIUM FILMS
Nu Image / Millennium Films, 6423
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
90048 USA. Tel: 310.388.69900. Fax:
At MIPCOM: Danny Dimbort (CoChairman & CEO), Carole DeLosSantos
(Vice President, International)
Office: Palais des Festivals, Booth 20.15,
Tel: 011.33.(0).492.99.82.70
HELL
Director: Ringo Lam
Producer: John Thompson, Danny Lerner,
Boaz Davidson
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Delivery Status: Post-production
Sent to jail for killing the man who raped
and murdered his wife, a man must survive
the SHU, where hardened criminals battle
to their death for the entertainment of the
warden and his wealthy clients.
OUT FOR A KILL
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Producer: Danny Lerner, Randy Emmett
& George Furla
Cast: Steven Seagal
Delivery Status: Principal photography
starts 22 Sept. 2002
An unsuspecting university professor is an
unwitting accomplice in a foiled Mexican
cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he
escapes to take his revenge and prove his
innocence.
BELLY OF THE BEAST
Producer: Steven Seagal
Cast: Steven Seagal
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
An ex-CIA agent’s quest to find his
kidnapped daughter leads him on a trail of
political intrigue, corruption, danger and
betrayal, he will stop at nothing to save her.
O
OASIS
INTERNATIONAL
Oasis International, 6 Pardee Ave, Suite
104, Toronto, Canada. M6K 3H5. Tel:
416.588.6821. Fax: 416.588.7276.
[email protected].
www.oasisinternational.com
Company Type: Distribution
At MIPCOM: Peter Emerson (President),
Valerie Cabrera (Executive VP), Steve
Murphy (VP, Sales), Prentiss Holman
(Sales Executive), Brian Barrett (VP,
Finance and Operations)
Office: 26.02
LONG LIFE, HAPPINESS AND
PROSPERITY
Drama (90 min)
Language: English
Producer: Shaftesbury Films
Cast: Sandra Oh (ARLI$$, Judging Amy,
Princess Diaries)
In hopes of finding fortune and romance for
her mother, Mindy’s sets on a magical
adventure and learns the importance of
keeping faith in this sometimes difficult
world.
TOM STONE
(26 episodes x 1hr)
Language: English
Producer: Alberta Film Works
Cast: Janet Kidder(Century Hotel, Bride
of Chuckie, Earths Final Conflict), Chris
Martin (Madison, Felicity), Stewart
Margolin (Rockdort Files)
Tom Stone is an ex-con with a past who’s
been hired by a secret police unit. His job is
to go where the police won’t to root out
crime, in both the urban and rural corners
of Alberta.
BLACK SWAN
Drama (90 min)
Language: English
Producer: Black Swan Entertainment Inc.
Cast: Melanie Doan, Michael Riley
A tale of misconception and murder is a
small town; Black Swan is a dark comedy
that weaves the innocent world of
childhood, against the adult world of love,
betrayal and death.
OVERSEAS
FILMGROUP
Overseas Filmgroup/ First Look Media,
International Sales office Rome: Via E.
Jenner, 45 00151 Rome, Italy (Tel/Fax:
39.06.5327.5511.
[email protected].
www.firstlookmedia.com
At MIPCOM: Robert Little (CoChairman, First Look Media), Liz
Mackiewicz (Sr. VP, International Sales,
Overseas Filmgroup), Brian O’Shea (Sr.
VP, International Sales, Overseas
Filmgroup), Bryan Hambleton
(Consultant)
Office: Brian: 011.44.7801.634.194. Liz:
011.44.7801.341.685. Bryan Hambleton:
011.44.77.1014.7312
BALL IN THE HOUSE
Comedy
Director: Tanya Wexler
Producer: Ira Deutchman, Stephen Dyer,
John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer
Principal Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer
Tilly, David Strathairn and Ethan Embry
Status: Completed
A newly sober 17-year old comes home to
his troubled and dysfunctional family in
this cautionary tale about youth and the AllAmerican pastimes of baseball, alcohol,
rehabilitation, and tough love.
BARK!
Comedy (94 mins)
Director: Kasia Adamik
Producer: Alicia Allain, Tom Reed
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Hank Azaria, Vincent
D’Onofrio, Lee Tergesen, Heather Morgan
Status: Completed
Peter and Lucy are happily married, until
Lucy starts behaving like a dog and ceases
human behavior entirely.
LOCAL BOYS
Adventure (105 mins)
Director: Ron Moler
Producer: Ron Moler
Principal Cast: Mark Harmon, Stacey
Edwards, Eric Olsen
Status: Completed
An authentic Southern California surf
movie, directed and produced by veteran
surfer Ron Moler. Local boys, brings
together the sexy world of surfing and a
teenage boy’s rite of passage out of
childhood.
London Office
Tel
44 207 372 9992
London Office
Fax
44 207 486 1969
P
PARK
ENTERTAINMENT
LTD
Park Entertainment Ltd, 4th Floor, 50-51
Conduit Street, London W1S 2YT, UK. Tel:
44.(0).20.7434.4176. Fax:
44.(0)20.7434.4179.
www.parkentertainment.com
At MIPCOM: Jim Howell (Chief
Executive Officer), Simon Barnes (Head
of production and creative affairs), Patricia
Kershaw (Television Sales Director),
David Llewellyn-Jones
(Television Sales Executive)
Office: Stand R31.11 Palais des Festivals,
Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.88.30
BEG! (NEW)
Thriller/Horror (110 mins)
Director: Robert Golden
Starring: Peta Lily, Philip Pellew, Julian
Bleach, Oleg Federov.
Set in the decaying world of the near
future, a series of gruesome murders at
St.Caninus Hospital leave staff and patients
in terror.
THE LAKE (NEW)
Drama (103 minutes)
Director: Robert Golden
Anne, incorrectly diagnosed with terminal
cancer, attempts to reconcile herself with
her past by journeying to Italy to find a lost
love.
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’S
‘THE LOST WORLD’
Action-Adventure (66 x 1 hour episodes
available in total)
(Season no. 3 newly on offer Seasons 1 &
2 returning)
Principal Cast: Peter McCauley, William
Snow, Jennifer O’Dell, Rachel Blakely,
David Orth.
One-line At the dawn of the 20th Century
the survivors of a daring scientific
expedition are marooned on a mysterious
plateau..
PEPPERMINT GMBH
Peppermint gmbh, Corporate
Headquarters, Rauchstr. 9-11, 81679
Munich, Germany. Tel: 49.89.982470.830.
Fax: 49.89.982470.811.
[email protected].
www.seepeppermint.com
At MIPCOM: Eckelkamp Joris
(International Sales), Keller Patrick
(International Sales Asia), Knobloch
Michael (Managing Director), Knobloch
Stefan (International Sales), Knobloch
Helga (Marketing), Kusser Caroline
(International Sales)
Office: 11.10-13.09
Tel: 33.4.92.99.83.21
BLACKWOODS
Feature (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Uwe Boll
Producer: Shawn Williamson
Cast: Patrick Muldoon, Michael Pare,
Clint Howard, Matthew Walker, Keegan
Connor Tracy, Janet Wright
Status: Completed
The young and successful promotional film
writer Matt Sullivan and his girlfriend,
Dawn Banks, spend a weekend in the
Blackwoods, where she intends to
introduce Matt to her parents at their home.
THE GUYS
Feature (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Jim Simpson
Producer: Jason Kliot and Joana Vicente
in association with Content Film, the new
digital studio of Edward R. Pressman and
John Schmidt
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Anthony
LaPaglia
Status: Completed
The first film ever on the September 11
tragedy.
THE TUSCAN CAROUSEL
TV Movie (90 minutes)
Language: German with English subtitles
Director: Peter Patzak
Producer: ndF
Cast: Franco Nero, Maria Furtwängler
Country of Origin: Germany
An action-packed thriller set against the
sunny backdrop of northern Italy.
PLAYBOY TV
INTERNATIONAL LLC
Playboy TV International LLC, 404
Washington Ave, Suite 620, Miami Beach,
FL 33139 USA. Tel: 305.894.2500. Fax:
305.894.2507.
At MIPCOM: Marc Zand (Senior Vice
President of Business Affairs &
Development), Douglas H. Lindquist
(Executive Vice President of Networks),
Andrea McBurnett Eisen (Vice President
of Programming and Sales), Isabelle
Mitsch (Director of Sales and International
Development)
Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 755, Tel:
33.04.92.98.77.00. Fax: 33.04.93.38.97.90
WOMEN OF ENRON
Adult Special (1 x 54 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Playboy
Cast: Shari Daugherty, Taria Reed, Janine
H. Howard, Maya Arthur, Christine
Nielsen, Lori Hodges, Carry M. Lorenzo
and Vanessa Schulte
Production Year: 2002 USA
Nine gorgeous ex-Enron employees make
history as Playboy’s Women of Enron and
as one photographer remarked, “This is one
thing that’s coming out of Enron that’s not
gonna be shredded!”
Swimming Upstream
RGH/Lions Share Pictures
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
PLAYBOY’S SIZZLING SEX STARS
Adult (Special 1 x 73 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Playboy
Cast: Janine, Taylor Hayes, Jenna
Jameson, Asia Carrera, Chasey Lain, Julia
Ann, Dasha, Lacey, Brittany Andrews, Juli
Ashton and Tera Patrick
Production Year: 2002 USA
It’s the dream of a lifetime and now, twelve
erotic superstars drop everything for a
chance to do it for the Playboy cameras.
PLATINUM EROS COLLECTION
Movies (90 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Playboy
Production Year: 2001/2002 USA
Movie collection brings you 12 high
quality sexually charged productions that
are sure to awaken all your senses. The
collection features a variety of themes:
Passion, witchcraft, corporate intrigue,
sexual rivalry, glamour and satire.
POINT DU JOUR
INTERNATIONAL
Point Du Jour International, 38, rue Croix
des Petits Champs, Paris, 75001 France.
Tel: 33.1 47 03 17 11. Fax: 33.1 47 03 39
48. www.pointdujour-international.fr
At MIPCOM: Luc Martin-Gousset
(Managing Director & Producer), Doris
Weitzel (Head of Sales & Development)
Office: G3.16 (umbrella “Studioexpand”)
MARILYN MALGRE ELLE
(MARILYN VS. MARILYN)
Director: Patrick Jeudy
Production company / producer: POINT
DU JOUR / Luc Martin-Gousset
Delivery Status: editing (available May
2002)
origin: France
Marking the 40th anniversary of the death
of Marilyn Monroe. The film takes a totally
new angle, concentrating on a little known
period in her life: her New York years and
her relationship with photographer Milton
Greene.
OPERATION LUNE (DARK SIDE OF
THE MOON)
Director: William Karel
Year produced: 2002, Country of origin:
France
When opening Stanley Kubrick’s archives,
the extent of his contribution - and that of
other Hollywood producers - to the success
of the US space programme came to light.
ETRE FEMME AU KOSOVO
(TO BE A WOMAN IN KOSOVO)
Current Affairs (1 x 26 min)
Director: Victoria Schultz
June 200: three years after the end of the
war in Kosovo, we go back to see how the
Year produced: 2002, Country of origin:
France
Women have fared in the post war era.
Time-old traditions such as arranged
marriages have resurfaced...
PORCHLIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT
PORTFOLIO
ENTERTAINMENT
PorchLight Entertainment, 11777
Mississippi Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025
USA. Tel: 310.477.8400. Fax:
310.477.5555. www.porchlight.com
At MIPCOM: Bruce D. Johnson (
president & ceo), William T. Baumann
(executive vice president, coo & cfo),
Michael D. Jacobs (sr vp, worldwide
sales), Stephanie Slack (vp, worldwide
sales), Adam Wright (vp, worldwide
sales), Zac Reeder (head of acquisitions)
Office: 02.25, Tel: 011.331.492.99.8285
INHABITED
Thriller
Language: English
Directed by: Kelly Sandefur
Produced by: Kenneth Burke
Stars Megan Gallagher (Van Wilder, Blind
Obsession, LA Law), Eric Lutes (So Little
Time, Legend of the Mummy, Caroline in
the City), Malcolm McDowell (Tempo, I
Spy, Fantasy Island).
When the Russels move into an old house,
they have no idea of the evil lurking in the
woods just outside their door...an evil that
wraps the family in a web of fear and terror.
FROZEN IMPACT
Action adventure
Language: English
Directed by: Neil Kinsella
Produced by: Peter Beckwith
Stars Linda Purl (Port Charles, Mighty Joe
Young, Matlock), Stacy Keach (Rods!,
Sunstorm,
Titus), Ted McGinley (Pearl Harbor,
Revenge of the Nerds, Married with
Children) and Myles Jeffery (Hoodlum &
Son, Face Off, Mom’s Got a Date with a
Vampire).
When an unexpected violent hailstorm
blows through Rutland, Vermont, it causes
a plane to crash into a near-by
mountainside. Only, this plane is carrying
the liver of Dr. Christy Blanchard’s son,
Jason, who is in need of a liver transplant.
FAMILY UNDER SIEGE
Action-adventure
Language: English
Directed by: John Murlowski
Produced by: Kenneth Burke
Stars Mel Harris (Out of Time, The
Retrievers, Thirtysomething) and Daniel
Baldwin (Net Worth, Irish Eyes, The Real
Deal).
Fay Baxter’ suburban life is turned upside
down when three well-armed robbers
invade her home, holding her and her
children hostage while they use her
husband to gain access to a set of rare
coins.
Portfolio Entertainment, 110 Eglinton
Avenue East, Suite 602, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M4P 2Y1. Tel: 416.483.9773.
Fax: 416.483.6537
At MIPCOM: Joy Rosen (Partner and
Founder), Lisa Olfman (Partner and
Founder), Tanya Kelen (Head of Sales and
Acquisitions)
Office: Canada Umbrella Stand 00.01
IGLOO-GLOO
Children (45 x 30 min)
Language: no dialogue
Director: various
Producer: Andre Lauzon - Zone 3
Productions
Status: Completed
This groundbreaking series features the
coolest baby white seals on the planet.
TAIPEI DIARIES
Unscripted drama (8 x 30 min)
Language: English
Director: David Hansen
Producer: Stephen Onda - Westwind
Pictures
Status: Completed
Rights Available: Television, Internet
Unprepared, inexperienced and many miles
from home -- Taipei Diaries is an unscripted
adventure ride that appeals perfectly to
teens or adults in search of self-discovery.
ROBOROACH
Tween Animation (52 x 30 min)
Language: English and French
Director: Drew Edwards
Producer: Julie Stall
Status: 28 episodes completed
A high-concept, stylish, character-driven
animated comedy about two bug brothers one half’s computer, his brother’s all pest!
T HE B USINESS
OF F ILM
• Product Guides
1983 - 2002
2001 - 2002
• Editorial Comments
POWERSPORTS
POWERDOCS
PROMARK
ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP
Promark Entertainment Group, 3599
Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, CA
90068 U.S.A. Tel: 323.878.0404. Fax:
323.878.0486.
At MIPCOM: Mr. Conny Lernhag (Chief
Operating Officer), Mr. Jonathan Kramer
(President), Mr. Eric Bernstein (Vice
President, International Sales), Ms.
Annouchka Lesoeur (Vice President,
International Sales), Mr. Jim Marrinan
(Consultant ), Ms. Dorothy Crompton
(Non-Fiction Acquisition & Sales)
Office:
OCEAN AVE.
Soap Opera (130 Episodes x 60 minutes)
Directors: Jonathan Wyche, Adele Bertei,
Jason Sklauer
Cast: Victoria Jackson, Steve Dumochel,
Antoni Cornacchine, Leigh Lombardi,
Jean Carol, Timothy Adams
Set against the throbbing beat of night
clubs and the art deco scene along the
silver-white sands of South Beach, Florida,
OCEAN AVENUE is the seductive story of
two family dynasties.
3 NEW CLUBHOUSE DETECTIVES
FILMS:
SCAVENGER HUNT, LOST
PRINCESS, & BIG TROUBLE
Family (90 min each)
Director: Eric Hendershot
Join the Clubhouse Detectives gang in an
all-new series of misadventures and
hilarious hijinks as the kids fall into one
escapade after another!
I WITNESS
Action (1 x 90 minutes)
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia di
Rossi, Clifton Collins Jr.
When 27 bodies are discovered in a
collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, James Rhodes
decides to investigate for himself.
Powersports Powerdocs, 18226 Ventura
Blvd., Suite #102, Tarzana, CA 91356,
USA. Tel: 818.708.9995. Fax:
818.708.0598. [email protected]. www.psmill.com
Company Type: Distributor/Producer
At MIPCOM: William Mc Abian
(William), Tal Dean Mc Abian (Executive
VP), Adi Mc Abian (Sales
Representative), Micky Mc Abian
(Contract Coordinator), Joel Bailey (Sr VP
Marketing & Sales)
Office: 21.12 & 23.09
WARREN MILLER
ENTERTAINMENT’S FEATURE
FILMS
Extreme Sports, 95-100 min. each
Language: English
Director: Warren Miller
BAR LIFE
Lifestyle documentary, 6 eps. x 26 min.
Language: English
VELVET LOUNGE- THE ULTIMATE
CHILL-OUT EXPERIENCE
Music chill-out, 70 min.
Language: English
to betsy @
Horse Jumper
Pyramedia TV
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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PYRAMEDIA ITV
Pyramedia ITV, Canalot Production
Studios, 222 Kensal Road, London, W10
5BN United Kingdom. Tel:
44.208.968.4005. Fax: 44.208.968.4007.
ksa@pyramedia-itv. www.pyramediaitv.com
At MIPCOM: Mr Tsur Moshe (CEO), Ms
Ingrid Velleine (VP Business Development
& International Marketing), Mr Karl
Sinclaire-Anderson (International
Commercial Director)
Office: H4.35
Tel: In Cannes - the Marketplace:
31.35.6950196
30 SQUARE
Interactive Gameshow Format (8min./12
min./24 min.)
Producer: Pyramedia itv
Status: Completed - New for Mipcom.
Engaging interactive quiz, which is played
in real time by 29 viewers from home using
a touchtone telephone.
ONE OUT OF FIVE
Interactive Gameshow Format (24 min
episodes)
Status: complete, new for mipcom
Viewers call into this quiz show and the
first five who give the correct answer to a
qualifying question go through to the first
round and have to answer another question.
HORSE JUMPER
Interactive Gameshow Format (1 episode,
running time 3-5 min)
Status: complete and new for mipcom.
Animated interactive gameshow which
allows viewers to enter a steeple-chase
using their touch tone telephone which
controls the horses movement.
R
RADIO TELEVISIÓN
ESPAÑOLA
Radio Televisión Española, C/ Joaquín
Costa Nº43, 28002 Madrid, Spain. Tel:
34.91.581.7924. Fax: 34.91.581.7757.
www.rtve.es. [email protected]
Company type: Producer, Distributor And
Broadcaster
At MIPCOM: Eva Zalve (director of sales
and bussiness affairs), Milagros García
Mayi (sales executive), Mar Lucero (sales
executive), Teresa García (sales
executive), Paz Jiménez (sales executive),
Maite López-Jamar (head of logistic).
Office: R36. 07
RITA’S LIFE
Drama, Tv serie (13 x 70 min)
Director: Manuel Iborra
Producer: Grupo Tesauro
Cast: Verónica Forqué, Juan Echanove ,
Pepón Nieto , María Vázquez, Macarena
Gómez, Y la participación de... , Aguatín
Gonzalez , Sandra Blázquez.
Delivery status: In production
Alicante, in the sixties. Television comedy
which tells the story of a family throughout
the 60s, a decade full of concerns,
surprising discoveries and great attempts
aimed at social changes in Spain.
THE GREAT BIG CONCERT
Music (90 x 30 min)
Director: Fernando Argenta
Producer: T.V.E, S.A.
Delivery status: Completed
Music program designed to give viewing
children a familiarity with classical music
through an original televised take on the
subject.
ES ESPAÑOL
Education (39 x 15 min)
Producer: Espasa Calpe
Delivery status: Completed
Conceived in TV series format, this course
addresses students of all age groups and
allows the student to get identified with the
characters and stories of the daily life.
RAGDOLL
Ragdoll, 120 Wooster Street, 5th fl. New
York, NY 10012 USA. Tel: 212.966.4477.
Fax: 212.966.6193.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Nick Kirkpatrick (Head of
International Sales), David Levine (VP
Corporate & Business Affairs), Mark
Hollingsworth (Commercial Director),
Pam Truman (Business Development
Director)
Office: Stand 11.19
Tel: 00.33.4.92.99.8003
BRUM
Comedy Series (20 episodes x 22 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Ragdoll
Brum is a live-action comedy about a brave
little car who is a big hero, foiling baddies
in the Big Town. Brum always saves the
day!
TELETUBBIES EVERYWHERE
Series (52 episodes x 10 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Ragdoll
All-new series featuring Teletubbies
focuses on early-learning concepts like
counting, shapes, and colors.
RAI TRADE
Rai Trade (Sales), Via Umberto Novaro
18, 00195 Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06. 374
981. Fax: 39.06. 370 1343.
[email protected]. www.raitrade.it.
At MIPCOM: Roberto di Russo (President
and Ceo), Andrea Portante (Marketing and
Sales Director), Anna Cammarano
(Classical Music, Performing Arts and
Cultural Heritage
Director), Sesto Cifola (Head of Cinema
and Fiction International Sales), Giovanna
Maccagno (Formats International Sales
Executive), Giulia Filippelli (Cinema and
Fiction International Sales Executive),
Sabrina Eleuteri (Fiction International
Sales Executive)
Office: N0: R 30.03
ENCHANTMENT 5
Long Series (26 x 100’ or 52 x 50’)
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Directors: Alessandro Cane, Leandro
Castellani
A Rai Fiction production, produced by
Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De
Angelis for TPI- Victory MultimediaFonds
Cast: Lorenzo Flaherty, Barbara Livi,
Vanessa Gravina, Giorgio Borghetti,
Giuseppe Pambieri, Paola Pitagora, Delia
Boccardo, Lorenzo Majnomi, Linda
Batista, Marco Quaglia, Micaela Esdra
When Doctor Martina returns to the Life
Clinic to take part in a critical operation she
meets her ex-lover Andrea whose wife is
dying in the hospital.
[email protected]
DETECTIVE MONTALBANO
New 4 TV Movies (4 x 90 min)
The Sense of Touch, Montalbano’s
Croquettes, The Scent of the Night, The
Goldfinch and the Cat
Police dramas, TV movies
Language: Italian version with English
sub-titles
Director: Alberto Sironi
Co-production with RAI and Palomar
Cast: Luca Zingaretti as Detective
Montalbano
These four tv movies are the last ones of
the series of ten began four years ago with
the successful _The Snack Thief_.
DON MATTEO 3
Comedy drama Long Series (3 series
16x50’ each)
Language: Italian version with English
sub-titles
Directors: Enrico Oldoini , Andrea
Barzini, Leone Pompucci
A Lux Vide production in collaboration
with Rai Fiction
Cast: Terence Hill, Nino Frassica, Flavia
Insinnia, Nathalie Guetta, Claudio Ricci,
Francesco Scali, Evelina Gori , Pietro
Pulcini
When Don Matteo returns to a small Italian
village after being a missionary abroad he
is faced with both troubling and comical
situations.
REGENT
ENTERTAINMENT
Regent Entertainment Inc., 1401 Ocean
Ave Suite 300. Santa Monica, CA 90401
USA. Tel: 310.260.3333. Fax
310.260.3343.
www.regententertainment.com
At MIPCOM: Gene George (President
Regent International)
Office: 08.24/10.23.
Telephone: 011.334.9299.8075, Cell:
310.804.9360 (Gene George)
TORNADO WARNING
Action Disaster
Starring Gerald McRaney, Thea Gill, Joan
Van Ark and Steve Braun.
Delivery Date: October 2002.
A renowned scientist invents a system that
predicts the deadliest of twisters. He is
humiliated by a very public failure of his
system.
HOPE RANCH
Family Adventure
Starring Bruce Boxleitner, Lorenzo Lamas
and Gail O’Grady
Delivery Status: Completed.
Three troubled youths in Juvenile Hall get
a chance to rehabilitate their lives when a
rancher convinces the hall’s psychologist to
bring the teens to the working cattle ranch
he owns.
CUPID’S PREY
Thriller
Starring: Jack Wagner, Joanna Pacula, and
Katrina Brown
Delivery Status: Completed.
A brainy and beautiful young woman tutors
her wealthy boyfriend at his lavish home
and is immediately attracted to his father.
RGH/LIONS SHARE
PICTURES
RGH/Lions Share Pictures, 8831 Sunset
Blvd., Suite 300, West Hollywood, CA
90069 USA. Tel: 310.652.2893. Fax: 310652-6237. www.lionssharepictures.com.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Eric Louzil (Co-CEO),
Billy Blake (Co-CEO), Gloria Morrison
(VP Development/Acquisitions), Travis
King (Sales Associate), John Howard
(Head of Press Relations), Geoff Jarvis
(Sales Associate)
Office: 00132
5 CARD STUD
Romantic-Dramady (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Hank Saroyan
Producer: Chantel Sausedo
Key Cast: Khrystyne Haje, Lawrence H.
Toffler, Kevin McClatchy, Steven Houska,
Jeff Parise, Brian Everett, Chantel
Sausedo, and Landon Wine
Origin: USA
When Greg, the risk-averse leader of the
weekly poker game unexpectedly falls for
Aly, a girl with a reputation and a
boyfriend, he is forced to battle his
neuroses.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Gay Romantic Comedy (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Helen Lesnick
Producer: Valerie B. Pichney
Key Cast: Helen Lesnick, Michele Greene,
Suzanne Westenhoefer
Origin: USA
Rachel’s parents, Leah and Sam Rosen, are
adamant to see their wayward daughter
settle down with a nice girl.
ASYLUM DAYS
Language: English
Director: Thomas Elliott
Producer: Thomas Elliott
Key Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Deborah
Zoe, Jason Widener
Origin: USA
Tied up inside the St. Claire Orphanage,
famous actress Laurie Claudell plays the
most important role of her career: herself at
a tender, impressionable age before the
orphanage was burned down.
T HE B USINESS
OF F ILM
The Source
Buying, Selling &
Marketing Films
Worldwide
Joined For Life
Adler Media, Inc.
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
ROAD SALES USA
Road Sales USA, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd.
West, Los Angeles, CA 90068 U.S.A. Tel:
323.878.0404. Fax: 323.878.0486.
At MIPCOM: Mr. Conny Lernhag (Chief
Operating Officer), Mr. Jonathan Kramer
(President), Mr. Eric Bernstein (Vice
President, International Sales), Ms.
Annouchka Lesoeur (Vice President,
International Sales), Mr. Jim Marrinan
(Consultant ), Ms. Dorothy Crompton
(Non-Fiction Acquisition & Sales)
TEN MINUTES OLDER: THE
TRUMPET & THE CELLO
Specialized Drama (2 x 85 Minutes)
Directors: Victor Erice, Werner Herzog,
Jim Jarmusch, Chen Kaige, Aki
Kaurismaki, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders,
Bernardo Bertolucci, Mike Figgis, Jiri
Menzel, Istvan Szabo, Claire Denis,
Volker Schlondorff, Michael Radford,
Jean-Luc Godard
Country of Origin: Germany
Each of the distinguished directors has been
given exactly ten minutes on the screen for
their vision. With complete creative
freedom, the directors bring their own
unique interpretation of “time” to the screen.
THE BLUES
Specialized Drama (7 x 90 minutes)
Directors: Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood,
Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce,
Martin Scorcese, Wim Wenders
Under the guiding hand of Executive
Producer Martin Scorsese, THE BLUES will
be a series of impressionistic and iconoclastic
films- each director exploring the music
through his own personal connections.
RTÉ INTERNATIONAL
RTÉ International, Mount Errol,
Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland. Tel:
353.1.208.2030. Fax: 353.1.208.3428.
www.rte.ie
At MIPCOM: Mary Malone (Manager
Programme Sales), Edel Edwards
(Programme Sales Executive), Emer
Conroy (Programme Sales Assistant)
Office:
NYPD
Documentary
A day in the life of Irish-American
members of the NYPD, the world’s most
recognizable police force. Drama and
action are guaranteed.
BRAM STOKER
The lives of Bram Stoker and his most
famous literary creation, Count Dracula,
drew many bizarre parallels.
ON HOME GROUND SERIES 2
Drama (6 x 52 min)
Second series following the fortunes of the
fictional Kildoran football club.
• Product Guides
1983 - 2002
• Films On Release
• Auctions
• 2002 Issue
• Media Kit
• Established Partners
Worldwide
RWI ENTERPRISES
RWI Enterprises, 21900 Burbank Blvd.,
Suite #115, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
USA. Tel: 818.593.2130. Fax:
At MIPCOM: Russell Watkins
(President), Maura Schwartz (Vice
President), Margie Zrehigian
(Administration )
Office: Tel: 33.(0)4.93.06.60.08. Fax:
33.(0)4.93.06.60.28
STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS
“TAKEN”
Drama/Miniseries (10 x 2 hours)
Language: English
Co-Production Partners: DreamWorks
Producer: Richard Heus
Origin: USA
Epic sage weaving together extraordinary
stories of alien abduction as experienced by
3 families over 4 generations.
YOUNG, SEXY & ROYAL
Reality-based (50 min)
Language: English
Producer: Atlas Media
Origin: USA
There’s a new generation of Royals coming
of age in Europe who are anything but stuffy
- and they all have three things in common:
they’re young, sexy and very royal!
ALIEN ABDUCTION: THEY
MYSTERY UNRAVELED
Reality-based (50 min)
Language: English
Producer: Atlas Media
Origin: USA
Millions claim to have been abducted by
aliens, many taken from their beds as they
sleep. This docudrama explores the
boundaries of human imagination to reveal
the roots of this modern-day mythology.
S
SALSA
ENTERTAINMENT
Salsa Entertainment, 2828 Coral Way,
Suite 306, Miami, FL 33145 USA. Tel:
305.461.9858. Fax:. 305.461.5374.
[email protected]. www.salsaentertainment.com
At MIPCOM: Jerry Diaz (Executive
Vice President), Luis Sourdis (Sales
Coordinator & Operations Manager),
Cathy Leclère (Marketing Manager)
Office: Stand #: 09.19
Tel: 00.33.4.92.99.8162
OLLIVER’S ADVENTURES
Animation (22 x 13 min)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE
Status: Complete
In traditional cartoon fashion, Olliver is a
romp of stretch and squash animation. A
hyper-kinetic six-year-old day-dream
believer, Olliver takes on bullies and big
sisters to save the world.
BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE
Puppetry (117 x 30 min)
Language: English, Spanish
Producer: Jim Henson
Status: Complete
Bear in the Big Blue House features a
charming cast of Muppets that educate
and entertain through childhood
exploration.
ANGELA ANACONDA
Producer: DECODE
Status: Complete
The stories told completely from the very
unique point of view of eight-year old
Angela Anaconda.
SANDRA CARTER
PRODUCTIONS
Sandra Carter Productions, 230 W, 79th
St. Suite 102N, New York, NY, 10024,
USA. Tel: 212.875 1811. Fax:
212.8750088. [email protected].
www.sandra-carter.com
At MIPCOM: Sandra Carter (president),
Suzanne Phillips (internal affairs) , Janet
Eden (director of sales)
Office: 1609
Tel: 33.492.998.301
INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF
BRAZIL SOCCER
Documentary (8X30 min)
These series about the people involved in
the most popular sport on the planet.
Produced entirely in Brazil, the biggest
soccer force in the world, the show analyze
the sport from 8 different perspectives…
SHAPE UP AROUND THE WORLD
Magazine TV (52x30 minutes)
A weekly magazine tv show about health,
sports and fitness. Travels around the
world interviewing celebrities and experts
on their health and fitness routines.
ZEN ZONE
Magazine TV (13X30 minutes)
A weekly magazine-format TV show about
the newest alternatives in health and
fitness.
SAV! THE WORLD
PRODUCTIONS
SAV! The World Productions, 9, rue
Beethoven – 75016 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.42.30.72.27. Fax: 33.1.42.30.72.27.
[email protected].
www.savtheworld.com
At MIPCOM: Savin Yeatman-Eiffel
(CEO)
Office: booth H4.35, Tel: 06.61.81.72.27
MOLLY, STAR-RACER
Animation (26x26’)
Director: Thomas Romain & Savin
Yeatman-Eiffel
Year of Production: set for release in mid
2004, Country of Origin: France
Budget: $ 8,000,000
Mixing Western and Eastern influences,
MOLLY, STAR-RACER’s an explosive
mix of comedy and epic racing scenes in
3D animation.
THOMAS & CO.
Animation (26x13’)
Year of Production: set for release in fall
2003, Country of Origin: France
Budget: $ 3,000,000
THOMAS
&
CO.
follows
the
misadventures of a close group of 11-yearold suburban kids as they navigate the
shallow and treacherous waters of early
adolescence.
SANDY FRANK
ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
Sandy Frank Entertainment, Inc., 954
Lexington Avenue, Suite #255, New York,
New York 10021 USA. Tel: 212.772.1889.
Fax: 212.772.2297. [email protected]
At MIPCOM: Sandy Frank (Chairman), J.
Phillip Oldham (Executive Vice President,
Marketing/Sales), Maury Shields (Senior
Vice President, Business Affairs), Barbara
Kalicinska (Eastern European Sales
Consultant), Sophia Evans (Asian Sales
Representative), Mary Byrne (Director of
European Operations)
Office: 09.09
Tel: 33.4.92.99
BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
Animated (85 1/2 hours - 6 features)
NAME THAT TUNE
Music/Game Format licenses
FACE THE MUSIC
Music/Game Format licenses
E-mail Press Releases
to elspeth @
thebusinessoffilm.com,
Product Listings
to betsy @
The Damned
Czech Television
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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SCREEN MEDIA
VENTURES, LLC
Screen Media Ventures, LLC, 757 Third
Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY
10017 USA. Tel: 212.308.1790. Fax:
212.308.1791. www.screenmedia.net
At MIPCOM: Mr. Joseph Kovacs
(President), Mr. Steven Nurkin (Executive
Vice President), Ms. Almira Malyshev
(Vice President, International Sales), Mr.
Michael Dwyer (Director of International
Sales)
Office: R 36.02, Tel: 33.4.92.99.89.09.
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN
Drama (117 Minutes)
Director: Allison Anders
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Don Cheadle,
Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Patsy
Kensit,, Eric Stoltz
Sherry and Owen share a terrible secret that
both have been running from for most of
their lives.
AUSTIN POWERS:
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF
MYSTERY
Comedy (90 Minutes)
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Mike Myers And Elizabeth Hurley
Austin Powers is a hip, 1960’s British
secret agent who is revived from a
cryogenic deep freeze to oppose his arch
enemy Dr. Evil in 1990’s in this spoof spy
movie.
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
Comedy (97 Minutes)
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, And
Denise Richards
An offbeat and wickedly funny comedy
centered on a small town’s obsession with
the nation’s oldest beauty contest, the
Junior Miss Beauty Pageant.
SCREENTIME PTY
LTD
Screentime Pty Ltd, 108 Alexander Street,
Crows Nest, NSW, 2065, Australia. Tel:
61.2.9439.4911. Fax: 61.2.9439.4922.
www.screentime.tv
Company Type: Television Production
Company
At MIPCOM: Des Monaghan (Executive
Director - Screentime Pty Ltd, Australia),
Bob Campbell (Executive Director Screentime Pty Ltd, Australia), Robin
Scholes (Executive Director Development & New Business Screentime-Communicado, New Zealand),
Acquisition Executive: Des Monaghan,
Bob Campbell & Robin Scholes
Office: Mobiles: Des Monaghan
61.410.300.456. Bob Campbell
61.419.989.837. Robin Scholes
64.21.926.604
MDA
Drama (22 x 1 hours)
Language: English
Directors: Various
Producer: Ric Pellizzeri
Cast: Kerry Armstrong, Jason Donovan &
Shane Bourne
Delivery status: In production for the ABC
- currently on air: Tuesday 9.30pm
The cases, the personalities, the issues
involved in medical litigation.
Product Listings Only —
[email protected]
BREAKERS
Soap (430 x 1/2 hours)
Language: English
Director: Various
Producer: Andrew Howie / David Gould
Cast: Louise Crawford, Helen O’Connor,
Julie Hassler, Hearth Bergesen, Ada
Nicodemou
Delivery Status: completed and telecast on
Network TEN
Set in Sydney’s famous Bondi, it tells the
story of the extended family who live and
operate a variety of businesses in a grand
old building overlooking the beach.
INFOTAINMENT POPSTARS I, II &
III
Reality (13 x 1/2 hours & 2 x 1 hours for
Series I and 10 x 1/2 hours plus 3 x 1
hours for Series II)
Language: English
Executive Producer: Des Monaghan
Delivery Status: Popstars I & II delivered
and telecast on The Seven Network
Popstars II currently on air for The Seven
Network
It all started with 2,500 girls from all over
Australia. The Judges were faced with the
task of selecting only five who would
succeed as pop stars.
SFM
ENTERTAINMENT
LLC
SFM Entertainment LLC, 1180 Avenue of
the Americas, Suite 2010, New York, NY
10036 USA. Tel: 212.398.4496. Fax:
212.398.5738
At MIPCOM: Stanley H. Moger
(President & CEO), Jordan Ringel (Exec.
VP/Business Affairs), Michael Maizes
(Senior Vice President) Dewey Wigod
(VP/Production), Cindy Nowak
(Executive Assistant)
Office:
INSTANT LOVE
2-hour movie.
THE MADE-FOR-TV ELECTION
Documentary (2 hrs)
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLAS
Children (90 min)
SHORELINE
ENTERTAINMENT
Shoreline Entertainment, Inc., 1875
Century Park East, Suite 600, Los
Angeles, CA 90067 USA. Tel:
310.551.2060. Fax: 310.201.0729.
www.shorelineentertainment.com.
At MIPCOM: Vicky Pike (Co-Principal),
Morris Ruskin (Co-Principal), Shani Tuch
(Director of International Operations)
Office: AFMA Stand. Executives will be
staying at Citidine Cannes, Carnot Apts.
Tel: 33.497.06.92.00
JUDGE DREDD: POSSESSION
Action
Director and Cast to be announced.
Crushing crime in Mega-City One is Judge
Dredd’s mission. As Judge, jury and
executioner, the people of the city have no fear.
JUDGE DREDD: DREDD
RECKONING
Action
Director and Cast to be announced.
Mega City One is spiraling out of control
and drowning in corruption. After a
lifetime on the streets, Judge Dredd, the
grand man of the Justice Department has
lost faith in the system, which created him.
MOVING AUGUST
Romantic Comedy
Directed by Christopher Fink
Starring Eddie McClintock (“Full
Frontal”), Sarah Wynter (“Bride Of The
Wind”)
Delivery Status: Ready for Delivery
A photographer, moving out to live with his
girlfriend, meets the girl of his dreams
moving in.
SHOWCASE
ENTERTAINMENT
Showcase Entertainment, 21800 Oxnard
Street, Suite 150, Woodland Hills, CA
91367 USA. Tel: 818.715.7005. Fax:
818.715.7009.
www.showcaseentertainment.com
At MIPCOM: David A. Jackson
(President), Shauna Shapiro Jackson
(Executive Vice President), Bruce
Livingtston (Chief Financial Officer),
Renae Black (Vice President, US Sales
and International Distribution), Leslee
Jones-Allmon (Director Worldwide
Distribution Services), Cara Shapiro (Vice
President, Acquisitions)
Office: Palais de Festival, Suite 09.02
IN THE SHADOW OF THE COBRA
Action Thriller
Director: Ted Nicolau
Producer: Frank DeMartini and Marisa
Johnston
Cast: Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, James
Acheson
Delivery Status: In Post Production
One woman embarks on the chase of her
lifetime in the pursuit of a rare and ancient
artifact that caused the death of her
archeologist husband.
FOURPLAY
Romantic Comedy
Director: Mike Binder
Producer: Mike Binder
Cast: Colin Firth, Mariel Hemingway,
Mike Binder, Stephen Fry, Irene Jacob,
Jack Dee, Stephen Marcus
An American in London meets the woman
of his dreams until she falls in love with his
best friend and his best friend’s wife falls in
love with him.
TABLE ONE
Director: Michael Scott Gregman
Producer: Martin Bregman and Bo Dietl
Cast: Steven Baldwin, Michael Rooker
Four guys pushing 40, who have careers
and money but no women, decide to open
the next NY hot spot.
USS PELELIU: UNDERWAY
Language: English
Producer: Andrew Solt Productions
Origin: USA
Embark on one of the U.S. Navy’s largest
fighting ships and experience life on board
as her crew of over 2500 sailors and
marines find themselves on a peacetime
voyage that quickly turns into a wartime
mission.
THE HUNT FOR AMAZING
TREASURES - SERIES 4
Reality (4 x 60 min.)
Language: English
Origin: USA
The hunt continues for the Earth’s hidden
riches as Eric Close joins treasure seekers
who uncover priceless artifacts, great
works of art and rare gems often found by
accident!
SONY PICTURES
TELEVISION
Sony Pictures Television, 10202
Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
USA. Tel: 310.244.4000. Fax:
310.244.1874. www.ctit.com,
At MIPCOM: Michael Grindon
(President, Columbia TriStar International
Television), John McMahon (Executive
Vice President and Managing Director,
Europe), Peter Iacono (Executive Vice
President, Sales), Steve Kent (Executive
Vice President, International Productions)
Office: Top Of The Palais, M5.01
ODYSSEY 5
Drama (60 minutes)
Language: English
Key Cast: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roche
Christopher Gorham
ODYSSEY 5 is an action-packed sci-fi
adventure series that follows astronauts
who, aware of an apocalypse on Earth, go
back in time to change the future.
SOFA
ENTERTAINMENT
Sofa Entertainment, 9121 Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA, 90069, USA. Tel:
310.276.9522. Fax: 310.276.1238.
[email protected].
www.popclick.com
At MIPCOM: Andrew Solt (President),
Claudia Falkenburg (Vice President), Greg
Vines (Sr. VP, Production), Beatrice
McMillan (VP, International Sales &
Distribution)
Office: R32.27, Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.49
LAS VEGAS: THEN & NOW
Documentary (3 x 60 min.)
Language: English
of Origin: USA
Explore Las Vegas from its humble
beginnings, through a period of gangsters,
moguls and movie stars, to the amazing
new attractions that make it the world’s
greatest resort destination.
Nowhere
Surf Film
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
SUE THOMAS: F.B.EYE.
Drama (60 minutes)
Language: English
Key Cast: Principal Cast: Deane Bray,
Yannick Bisson, Rick Peters, Enuka
Okuma, Ted Atherton, Tara Samuel and
Marc Gomes.
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is the story of a
young deaf woman who breaks out of the
ranks of the Fingerprint Division to help
bring down some of the country’s most
wanted criminals.
STREET TIME
Drama (60 minutes )
Language: English
Key Cast: Rob Morrow, Scott Cohen,
Erika Alexander, Kate Greenhouse,
Michelle Nolden, Christopher Bolton and
Allegra Fulton.
The one-hour crime drama, STREET TIME,
follows the intertwined lives of parole
officers and the former convicts they’re
struggling to keep on the straight and narrow.
WORST-CASE SCENARIO
Reality (60 minutes )
Language: English
Key Cast: Principal Cast: Hosted by Mike
Rowe and Danielle Burgio.
Based on Josh Piven and David Borgenicht’s
book, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival
Handbook, WORST-CASE SCENARIO
will illustrate how people escape seemingly
inescapable situations, such as jumping off a
burning roof.
SOUTHERN STAR
Southern Star, Level 9, 8 West St, North
Sydney, NSW, 2060, Australia. Tel:
61.2.9202.8555. Fax: 61.2.9956.6918.
[email protected].
www.southernstargroup.com
Company Type: Television production and
distribution company
At MIPCOM: Catherine Payne (Chief
Executive, Southern Star Sales), Victoria
Baldock (Head of Sales), Alison Baker
(Head of European Sales), Gisela
Minnbergh (Senior Sales Executive Benelux, Scandinavia, Spain & Italy),
Joanne Azzopardi (Sales Executive - Latin
America and Middle East)
Acquisition Executive: Catherine Payne
(Chief Executive, Southern Star Sales)
Office: Stand H4.12, Tel: 33.492.99.8772,
Fax: 33.492.99.8773
YOUNG LIONS
Drama (22 x 1 hours)
Language: English
Producer: Southern Star/Michael Jenkins
Production in Association with Nine Films
& Television.
Cast: Alex Dimitriades, Tom Long,
Alexandra Davies, Anna Lise Phillips,
Katherine Slattery and Penny Cook.
Meet a new breed of detectives - the Young
Lions. Their coming of age is a baptism of
fire on the streets.
STATE OF MIND
Drama (3 x 1 hour or telemovie, pilot for
ongoing crime franchise)
Language: English
Producer: A Monogram Production for
ITV
Cast: Niamh Cusack, Andrew Lincoln
From award winning writer Paula Milne, a
major new drama featuring Grace Hazlett criminal psychologist and woman of today.
DON’T BLAME THE KOALAS
Comedy Drama (26 x 1/2 hours)
Language: English
Producer: Southern Star Entertainment
Production for the Nine Network Australia
and Channel 5 UK.
Life is turned on its head when the King
family of England inherits an unusual
property in Australia.
SPECTRA
INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION
Spectra International Distribution, 822
Sherbrook St East ,Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2L 1K4. Tel: 514.286.2500, ext
248. Fax: 514.525.8033. www.spectrainternational.com
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mr Luc Châtelain (VP
Finance and TV), Ms Marie-Sylvie
Lefebvre (Senior Director, International
Distribution), Ms Mélanie Meurehg
(Senior Sales Representative), Ms Nachida
Kara Slimane (Sales Representative)
Office: C1.05
CIRQUE ORCHESTRA
Music (1x60/1x90)
A 70-minute performance combines the
beauty of the circus and the splendor of a
symphony orchestra, empowering an
unforgettable experience of visual and
musical sensation.
DANCE!
(1x60)
World-class choreographers and dancers in
an enthralling program recorded live.
OPERA’GREAT ARIAS
(1x60)
A gala production with international
appeal, this program presents a selection of
great arias performed by fine world-class
talents, elegantly staged and taped before
an enthusiastic live audience.
SPLENDID
TELEVISION
Splendid Television, Corporate
Headquarters, 292 Fifth Avenue, Suite
501, New York, NY 10001 USA. Tel:
212.714.3563. Fax: 212.714.6894.
At MIPCOM: Andreas Klein (Chairman),
Douglas Schwalbe (CEO), Lisa Wilson,
Oliver Fay, Hans Henseleit, Swetlana
Winkel, Geir Maeland, Alexandra Pizot
(Marketing)
Office: R36.06 in Espace Riviera, Tel:
33.4.92.99.88.77
RENT CONTROL
TV Movie (90 min.)
Language: English
Director: David Eric Brenner
Producer: Holly Wiersma, Joseph P.
Gennier, Mike Elliott
Status: Completed
An attractive young couple in their early
20’s, Holly and Calvin (Melissa Joan Hart,
Sabrina, the teenage witch; Ryan
Browning, Extreme Days), arrive in the Big
Apple fresh from Iowa. eager to succeed as
actors.
E-mail Press Releases to
elspeth @
STORYTELLER
PRODUCTIONS
Storyteller Productions, Suite 7, 23
Richardson Road South Perth 6151WA
Australia. Tel: 61.8.9367.9425. Fax:
61.8.9474.6658. [email protected]
www.storyteller.com.au
Company Type: Production Company
At MIPCOM: Mike Searle (CEO), Stuart
Scowcroft (Executive Producer), Tony
White (Producer)
DOGS OF PEACE
Documentary (1 x 1hr)
Language: English
Director: Mike Searle Producer: Rebecca
Kelsall
Co-production partners: Discovery
Communications Inc
Origin: Australia
Budget: $ 520,000
This is the story of the Dogs of Peace, the
dogs whose job it is to seek out these
weapons of individual destruction, so the
land can be made safe again.
SULLIVAN
ENTERTAINMENT
Sullivan Entertainment, Savant House, 6365 Camden High Street, London, UK NW1
7JL.:
Tel: 00.44.207.383.5192. www.sullivanent.com
At MIPCOM: Kevin Sullivan (President),
Muriel Thomas (SVP Sales), Tracey
Belson (Sales Manager), Eliza Milbank
(Video Co-ordinator)
Office: 02.24, Fax: 00.44.207.383.0627
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE
ANIMATED SERIES
www.annetoon.com
Animation (26 x 26 mins)
Language: English
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Producer: Kevin Sullivan
Key Cast: Anne Shirley
Origin: Canada
Sullivan is now bringing Anne to a whole
new generation of children, through
animation with the Animated Series as seen
on PBS in the US.
THE PIANO MAN’S DAUGHTER
www.sullivan-ent.com
movie (120 mins)
Language: English
Key Cast: Wendy Crewson, Christian
Campbell, Stockard Channing
Origin: Canada
Set in 1930’s, follows story of a
charismatic musician who leads a
promiscous life playing piano for a swing
band. Mini Series Also Available for TV.
WIND AT MY BACK
Drama Series (65 x 1 hr)
Origin: Canada
Language: English
Key Cast: Kathryn Greenwood, Shirley
Douglas
Charming family drama chronicles
heartwarming struggles of a family in
1930’s - a Christmas movie is also available.
SURF FILM
Surf Film, Via Padre Giovanni Antonio
Filippini 130, Rome, Italy, 00144. Tel:
0039.06.52.62.101. Fax:
0039.06.52.93.816. [email protected].
www.surfFilm.com
Company Type: Producer and Distributor
At MIPCOM: Mr. Massimo Vigliar
(President); Mrs. Stefania Carnevale
(foreign sales manager); Mrs. Elena
Francot (Italian sales manager), Mrs.
Agnes Trincal (foreign sales executive)
Office: R31.04
Tel.: 0033 4 92 99 88 32
LA LUZ PRODIGIOSA
Art movie (95’)
Language: Spanish, Italian
Director: Miguel Hermoso
Producer: Azalea Producciones
Cinematografica S.A. - Surf Film S.R.L.
Key Cast: Nino Manfredi, Alfredo Landa,
Kity Manver
Federico Garcia Lorca did not die from his
wounds in August 1936. Disfigured from
the shot which also made him amnesiac and
mentally disturbed, he lived many long
years.
NOWHERE
Art movie (107’)
Language: Italian, Spanish, English
Director: Luis Sepúlveda
Producer: Surf Film (Italy)- Patagonik
Film Group (Argentina)- Castelao
Productions S.A. (Spain)
Key Cast: Harvey Keitel, Angela Molina,
Jorge Perugorria, Luigi Maria Burruano
Status: Completed
The secret services of a 1980s Latin
American dictatorship round up a group of
opponents. The prisoners are taken to an
old abandoned railway station in the desert,
called “Nowhere”.
Skinwalkers
Carlton International Media Ltd
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
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SYNC2.TV
ENTERTAINMENT
SYNC2.TV Entertainment, P.O. Box 4172,
PV Peninsula, CA 90274. Tel:
310.897.2707. www.webchoice.com
At MIPCOM: Ivan Solvason
Office:
HOLLYWOOD ACTION
Entertainment Magazine Format (22-26’)
An entertaining weekly show with all the
latest movie pre-views, exclusive
interviews both on TV and on the web
content with the celebrities with special online features.
CATCH A KILLER
Reality show (22-26’)
Produced by Sync2.TV Entertainment and
Paul Wright, LAPD, Executive Producer.
A weekly show where we will feature 3
murder cases.
ALADDIN’S MUSICBOX
Game show, music (22-26’)
Produced by Sync2.TV Entertainment and
Tom Winther, Executive Producer.
This new, entertaining musical game show
has been designed to attract 3 different
audiences: TV, TV+SMS and TV+Internet.
Viewers can play along via numbers sent as
SMS messages to a central computer.
T
TECHTV
TechTV, 650 Townsend Street, San
Francisco, CA 94103 USA. Tel:
415.355.4054. Fax: 415.355.4055.
[email protected].
www.techtv.com/international
At MIPCOM: Tom Grams (vice president
and general manager, TechTV
International), Karen Kaufman Perlman
(vice president, Asia/Europe, TechTV
International ), Nancy Juliber (vice
president, international production), Laura
Civiello (director of program
development)
Office: 14.01
Tel: 33.0.4.92.99.8111
THE TECH OF...
Language: English
Origin: USA
The Tech Of... is an engaging series of
single subject half-hours that goes behind
the scenes of modern life to shows you the
tech that makes things tick.
TELEFE
INTERNATIONAL
Telefe International An Admira Co. (Canal
9, Telefe & Antena 3), Av. Jujuy 1593 4th
floor (1247) Cap. Fed., Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Tel: 5411.4308.4496/4505
Sales ext. 1803/1703. Fax:
5411.4308.4547.
At MIPCOM: Ms. Silvana D´Angelo
(Sales Manager), Ms. Michelle
Wasserman (Sales Executives), Mr.
Alejandro Parra (Director, International
Sales), Mr. Roberto Gracia Barros (Co
producer Manager)
Office: Booth # H4.32
MAXIMO CORAZON (MAXIMO IN
MY HEART)
Telenovela (Aprox. 120 x 60´)
Key Cast: Gabriel Corrado, Valeria
Bertucceli and Cecilia Dopazo
Delivery Status: in production
It tells the story of Máximo, a man who
falls in love with Luján, the woman who
has been transplanted the heart of his
recently dead wife.
KACHORRA (RUNAWAY LADY)
Telenovela (Aprox. 120 x 60´)
Key Cast: Natalia Oreiro & Pablo Rago
She is a small town girl who lives with her
grandfather and has a boyfriend with a
dubious reputation.
1000 MILLONES (ONE BILLION
DOLLARS)
Telenovela (120 x 60´)
Key Cast: Araceli Gonzalez & Gustavo
Bermudez
TELEFILMS
Telefilms, Avda. Del Libertador 1068, 11th
floor (C1112 ABN), Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Tel: 5411.5032.6000. Fax:
5411.5032.6099.
[email protected].
www.telefilms.com.ar
At MIPCOM: Sebastian Darcyl
(Principal), Tomas Darcyl (Principal),
Alfredo Andreotti (VP), Humberto Delmas
(Sales Manager), Acquisition Executive:
Sebastian Darcyl and Tomas Darcyl.
Office: 13.12
Tel: 33(0).492998297
CONFIDENCE
Feature film/Thriller
Language: english
Director: James Foley
Producer: Lion´s Gate
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia,
Rachel Weisz, Edward Burns.
Ensemble cast: Robert Loggia, Paul
Giamatti, Brain Van Holt and Luis
Guzman
Is the story of a master con man who
inadvertently swindles the accountant of a
mob kingpin and sets up an elaborate scam
in order to repay the money.
CATALOGUE
A catalogue of more than 2000 titles.
THE TELEVISION
SYNDICATION
COMPANY, INC.
The Television Syndication Company, Inc.,
501 Sabal Lake Drive, Suite 105,
Longwood, Florida 32779, USA. Tel:
407.788.6407. Fax: 407.788-4397.
[email protected]. www.tvsco.com
Company Type: Producer / Distributor
At MIPCOM: Cassie M. Yde (President),
Robert E. Yde (Director of Marketing),
Barbara Ohnsman (Production
Coordinator)
Acquisition Executive: Robert E. Yde
Office: Sunset Marquis VIP Lounge, Tel:
33.4.92.59.44.44, Fax: 33.4.92.59.44.45
THE MICKEY FINN SHOW
Musical Variety (13 x 30 min)
Language: English
Director: Bob Yde
Producer: White Mountain Entertainment,
Co-Production Partners: Mickey Finn
Productions
Cast: Mickey Finn Band and International
Guest Stars
Origin: USA
Budget: $250,000
The world’s favorite music fills each program,
which features The Mickey Finn Band and
guest stars from throughout the world.
EMPRESS OF CARNIVAL
Documentary (56 or 100 min)
Language: English, Portuguese
Origin: Brazil
Budget: $500,000
35mm film and Dolby digital audio capture
the excitement of Carnival in Rio de
Janeiro as Samba Schools parade and
compete for top prizes.
FAULT
Drama (30 min)
Language: English
Director: Rob Lewbel
Producer: Filian / Lewbel Entertainment
Cast: Amy Perry, Randy Ross, Joe Fria
Origin: USA
Budget: $500,000
Drama and intrigue as distrust and fear
brings murder to a family destined to live in
the shadow of regret.
TF1 INTERNATIONAL
TF1 international, 1, Quai du Point du
Jour- 92656 Boulogne Cedex, France. Tel:
33.(0).1.41.41.21 27. Fax:
33.(0).1.41.41.21.33.
www.tf1international.com
Company Description: TF1 International
is the worldwide distribution arm of the
TF1 group which also acquires programs
and films for international distribution.
At MIPCOM: Annabel BIGHETTI,
(Senior Executive VP International Sales),
Sabine CHEMALY (Senior VP TV Sales),
Adeline FONTAN TESSAUR (VP TV
Sales) ,Nicolas PASCAULT (VP TV
Sales), Charles VINTROU (VP TV Sales),
Marie -Carmen RAMI-SANCHEZ
(Marketing Manager)
Office: Riviera Village - Stand n° R36.18,
Tel: 04.92.99.33.04
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Mini-series (3 x 90’ or 2 x 100’)
Starring: Catherine DENEUVE, Rupert
EVERETT and Nastassja KINSKI.
Co-Production Partners: JLA
PRODUCTIONS / REMSTAR / FUTURE
FILM COPRODUCTION An adaptation
of the famous novel by Choderlos de
Laclos which takes place in the 60’s.
DENG XIAOPING
Documentary (52’)
Co-Production Partners:
TRANSPARENCES PRODUCTIONS /
ODYSSEE / TF1 / 2002
In the Red Masters collection - already
featuring Lenin, Castro, Pol Pot,
Gorbatchev and Tito - comes now the new
portrait “DENG XIAOPING”.
TOBORNOC
Animated series (13 x 13’)
Co-Production Partners: UNE GROSSE
BOITE AMERICAINE / TF1 /
TELETOON / 2002
Our latex marionette heroes live through a
series of 13 stop-action, live-action and
digital animation adventures.
SCHOOL OF LIFE
Series (52 x 52’)
Co-Production Partners: ADELAIDE
PRODUCTIONS / TF1 / 2002
Meet Stan, Constant, Barthe,Chloé, Ines
and Alize - six friends attending the same
high school - in an affluent quarter of Paris
: a series about being young today, shot
through with humour, emotion and realism.
• Established Partners Worldwide
THOMPSON/STARR
ORGANIZATION
Thompson/Starr Organization, 270 N.
Canon Dr. #1705, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
USA. Tel: 818.998.8126. Fax:
At MIPCOM: Joey Thompson (President),
Jen Starr (Marketing), Chaya Finton
(Production)
Acquisition Executive: George Thompson
(Acquisitions)
Office: Hotel Dr. Dautheville (Juan Les
Pins 06160, Tel: 4.93.61.31.34., Fax:
4.93.61.56.51
STORYBOOK ENTERTAINMENT &
FAIRY TALES
Classic Children’s Series (13 x 1/2 hr)
Language: English
Cast/Host: Famous star voice overs
From Bosustow Entertainments Library of
Academy Award and Emmy Fame as
earlier released by Little Golden Books
Classic collection.
SAGARD THE YOUNG BARBARIAN
Animation Series
Language: English
Delivery Status: Preproduction
Can you meet the challenge of a full
blooded
warrior
encountering
unimaginable horrors.
ENTER IVY’S WILD WILDERNESS
WORLD
Action Adventure Series (13 x 30-60 min)
Language: English
Cast: Peter Graves, Marjorie Douglas
Alligators battle for territory and you
journey into wilderness adventures.
Ace Lightning
Alliance Atlantis
MIPCOM OCTOBER 2002
TOMWIL, INC.
Tomwil, Inc., 4905 Gentry Avenue, Valley
Village, CA 91607 USA. Tel:
818.769.0883. Fax: 818.769.0887.
[email protected]
Company type: Producer/Distributor
At MIPCOM: James Rokos (President),
Wilda Rokos (Executive VP)
Office: 09.20, Tel: 04.92.99.81.61
2003 NASCAR WINSTON CUP
Sports (37x4 hours)
Language: English
America’s premier motorsport series
returns for another season of high speed
excitement.
NASCAR’S THUNDER ROAD
Documentary (1x60 minutes)
Language: English
A behind the scenes look at what it is like
to attend a NASCAR race weekend--fan
parties, VIP suites, access to the
garages/pits and lots of fun.
NASCAR’S TOP TEN
Travel (1x60 minutes)
Language: English
A countdown of the ten best things about
going to a NASCAR race--from the fans,
the cars, the drivers, to the race.
EARTH TREK
Travel (13x30 minutes)
Language: English
A unique travel series that combines exotic
locales with new age experiences.
TRANSFAX FILMS
Transfax Films, 22 Nachmani Street, TLV,
65201 Israel. Tel: 972.3.566.1484,A0.09.
Fax: 972.3.566.1450.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Yael Yomtov (VP of Sales)
Office: Tel: 334.92.99.85.03
CHANGES IN WEATHER
Drama (92’)
Language: Hebrew
Director: Udi Caspi
Key Cast: Moscu Alcalay, Smadar
Kachinski
Origin: Israel
The story of 2 old men who are torn
between the temptation to sink into a
depression, and the ability to live a second
childhood.
SHERMAN IN WINTER
Drama (75’)
Language: Hebrew
Director: Ori Inbar
Key Cast: Alon Aboutbul, Nathan Datner
Origin: Israel
The Police’s investigation on the
disappearance of the Mayor’s daughter and
her school teacher develops into a case of
incest.
YELLOW ASPHALT
Drama (87’)
Language: Hebrew/Arabic
Director: Danny Verete
Origin: Israel
Based on true events, 3 stories of dramatic
encounters between East and West unfold
depicting the way in which the Western
culture pushes it’s way into the desert once
the domain of the Bedouins.
TREMENDOUS!
ENTERTAINMENT
TRUE STORIES INT.
GMBH
Tremendous! Entertainment, Tremendous!
Entertainment, 17113 Minnetonka Blvd.
Suite 200, Minnetonka, MN 55345 USA.
Tel: 952.258.0220. Fax: 952.258.0155
At MIPCOM: Colleen Needles Steward
(President and CEO), Germaine Deagan
Sweet (VP Sales & Co Productions),
Kathrine Anderson Cicala (Director
Program Sales & Business Affairs)
Office: #31.24, Tel: 33.(0)492.99.89.08
GARFIELD AND FRIENDS
Animated family entertainment (133 x 30
mins)
Language: English
Production Company: Paws Inc and Lee
Mendelson Film Productions
Status Complete and available now
Garfield, the lasagna-loving, Mondayhating, dog-punting, mailman-mauling car
will be reintroduced to worldwide
audiences at MIPCOM Junior 2002.
GARFIELD’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL
Animated family entertainment (1 x 60
minutes)
Language: English
Production Company: Paws Inc and
Tremendous! Entertainment
Status: In pre production
In dog years he’d be dead! Garfield, the
lasagna-loving, dog-punting cat is turning
25 next year and Tremendous!
Entertainment will be celebrating with a
birthday special.
BEING HUMAN
Documentary (8 x 60 minutes)
Language: English
Production Company: Tremendous!
Entertainment
Status: In pre production
An epic television series celebrating the
universal passages in life as experienced by
people all over the world.
True Stories Int. GmbH, Gollierstrasse 28,
80339 München, Germany. Tel:
0049.89.1595011. Fax: 0049.89.1595118.
www.truestories.de
At MIPCOM: Christine von Preyss
(Managing Director)
Office: H 4.35 Booth #6
AIRBUS A 380 - THE CHALLENGE
Documentary, Technology (45 minutes)
Producer: ECO Media
Origin: Germany
A 380 - Europe’s ambition to create the
biggest and most modern and comfortable
large-capacity aircraft in the world for over
800 passengers.
CONNECTING MASTERPIECES BRIDGES OF THE WORLD
Documentary, Technology (8 x 26
minutes)
Producer: emotion pictures
Origin: Germany
An eight part documentary series about the
world’s most famous, beautiful and
technical advanced bridges - each one an
architectural masterpiece.
THE REAL STAR WARS
Documentary, History (55 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Vidicom
Origin: Germany
The bitter fight between Russia and the
USA about the supremacy in the space at
the times of the Cold war.
TRIDENT
RELEASING, INC
Trident Releasing, Inc, 8401 Melrose
Place, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA. Tel: 323.655.8818. Fax:
323.655.0515. Mobile: UK
44.7789.350.659. e-mail:
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Jean Ovrum (President)
Office: c/o AFMA Booth # 01.02, Tel:
334.92.99.82.07, Fax: 334.92.99.86.16
YOU_RE DEAD
Cast: John Hurt, Rhys Ifans
A stylish bank robbery goes very wrong
Thriller (96 mins)
TWO NINAS
Romantic Comedy (89 mins)
Cast: Amanda Peet, Ron Livingston
When two beautiful girls, both called Nina,
fall for him, his life becomes deliciously
complicated.
LOSER LOVE
Thriller (88 mins)
Cast: Lauren Hutton, Burt Young, Laurel
Holloman
An abused young woman gets revenge on
both her boyfriend and her father.
THE UNKNOWN CYLIST
Drama (96 mins)
Cast: Lea Thompson, Vincent Spano,
Danny Nucci
A mismatched foursome go on a marathon
bicycle ride for Charity, and discover some
truths about themselves.
TV
AZTECA/COMAREX
TV Azteca/Comarex, Bosque de Duraznos
69.905, Bosque de las Lomas, 11700
Mexico DF. Tel: 52.55.5251.1380. Fax:
52.55.5251.1385. www.comarex.tv
At MIPCOM: Marcel Vinay Jr. (Director
General/CEO), Rene Lee (Director of
International Sales Latin America (Central
America, Ecuador, Peru Bolivia, &
Caribbean)), Carmen Pizano (Director of
International Sales (Europe, Venezuela,
Colombia & Puerto Rico)), Martha
Contreras (Director International Sales
(Asia, Middle East & Africa)), Ernesto
Ramirez (Operations Director)
Office: 07.19, Palais des Festivals, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.82.36
SUBETE A MI MOTO - WHEELS OF
LOVE
This is the story of four young modern
and romantic girls, each of them trying to
find true love. POR TI - FOR YOU
María is a young, brave and noble woman.
Among the cultivators of “La Rosaleda”,
the beautiful hacienda of the Cortés family,
she has distinguished herself for being a
natural leader.
S.P.P
Tells real stories of teenagers at a moment
in their life where they start to make their
own decisions.
THRILL SEEKERS
Feature Film (1 x 90’)
Tom, an award-winning journalist makes a
startling discovery: in the world’s most
devastating disasters, the same exact man
appears, a thrill seeker, who travels through
time to witness the catastrophes.
TV FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
TV France International, 5 rue Cernuschi,
331.40.52.23.00, Fax: 331.40.53.23.01.
www.tvfi.com
Company type: non profit organization for
promotion of French TV programs
exportations
At MIPCOM: Jean-Louis Guillaud
(Président), Mathieu Bejot (Managing
Director), Catherine Charmet (Markets
Manager), Xavier Chevreau (PR
Manager), Valérie Decoux (Webmaster)
Office:
TV-LOONLAND
TV-Loonland, TV Distribution and
Production Divisions: Loonland U.K.,
Royalty House, 72 - 74 , Dean Street,
London W1V 6AE U.K. Tel:
44.(0)20.7434.2377. Fax:
44.(0)20.7434.1578. [email protected]. www.loonland.com.
Corporate Headquarters: TV-Loonland
AG, Munchner Strasse 16, D-85774
Munich, Germany. Tel: 49.89.20.50.8.100.
Fax: 49.89.20.50.8.199.
[email protected]. www.loonland.com
At MIPCOM: Peter Völkle (President and
CEO), David Ferguson (COO and
President, Core Activities), Marion
Edwards (MD, Telemagination), Suzanne
Berman (Director, Creative Affairs,
Sunbow Entertainment), David Brower
(VP of Marketing, Television), Morgann
Favennec (Director of Sales and
Acquisitions)
Office: 09.19 and the ‘Jim Morgan’ yacht,
Tel: 00.33.4.92.99.8162
SOMETHING ELSE
Language: English
Director: Brad Neave
Producer: TV-Loonland/Studio B
Productions
Country of Origin: Canada/UK
Something Else looks, thinks and acts
differently to the other inhabitants of the
Land of Elsewhere, where anything can
happen.
CuandoSeasMia
TV Azteca/Comarex
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THE CRAMP TWINS
Language: English
Director: Becky Bristow
Producer: TV-Loonland
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: UK/USA
Created by Brian Wood, The Cramp Twins
is the story of Wayne and Lucien Cramp,
10 year old twins who are not at ALL alike.
PONGWIFFY
Language: English
Director: Alan Simpson
Producer: TV-Loonland/Telemagination
Status: 13 eps delivered
An animated sitcom about a group of
dysfunctional witches, which focuses on
the lazy exploits of one rather smelly and
untidy witch named Pongwiffy and her
obsessively vain best friend Sharkadder.
TWI
TWI, McCormack House, Burlington Lane,
London, W4 2TH, UK. Tel:
44.208.233.5000. Fax: 44.208.233.5301.
www.imgworld.com
At MIPCOM: Michael Mellor (Senior
International VP, UK and Europe),
Gabrielle Guedj (International VP, Europe,
Middle East and North Africa), Bob
Massie (Head of Entertainment), Lucy
Binns (International Sales Manager Video),
Alistair Waddington (Senior International
VP, Development), Felix Alvarez Garmon
(International VP, Latin America)
Office: 0207/0901. Helen Curtis:
33.492.998.238.
GAME SAUCE
Factual Entertainment (2 x 25’ weekly)
Language: English
Producer: Tom Lenham, Co-production
partners: TWI
Delivery Status: Ongoing production
Origin: UK
Show dedicated to the very best of games
reviews, tips and cheats for the gamer.
END ZONE
Factual Entertainment (10 x 25’)
Language: English
Producer: Diana Elkins, Co-production
partners: TWI
Delivery Status: Delivered
Origin: UK
Staggering
technology,
celebrity
endorsement and million-dollar investment
offer gamers an unprecedented virtual
experience of sports and computer games.
CHRISTOPHER REEVE : HOPE IN
MOTION
Language: English
Director: Stuart Watts
Producer: Stuart Watts, Co-production
partners: ABC
Delivery Status: Episode 1 delivered
of Origin: UK
TWI have exclusive access to Reeve and
his family - we document his recovery and
his plans for revolutionary stem cell
surgery.
London Office
41-42 Berners St.
London, WIT 3NB
UBU PRODUCTIONS
UBU Productions, P.O. Box 40 19 65, D80719 Munich, Germany. Tel:
49.8171.72126. Fax: 49.8171.72126.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mr. Jean Uliczay
(President), Mr. Nikolaus von Halem
(Manager), Miss Alice Kanterian
(Manager)
Office: Media Umbrella
MERRY CHRISTMAS, SANTA
CLAUS!
Family (90 min)
Language: English, German, French
Director: Jean Uliczay
Producer: UBU Productions
Origin: USA/Germany
Budget: $2,500,000 US$
A Christmas Eve in the mountains of
“Erzgebirge” and the “Alpes” with
Christmas songs etc…
LET’S DANCE, KIDS!
Children/Teen (90 min)
Director: J. Kail
Producer: UBU Productions
Budget: 1,500,000 US$
Music and dance with kids from over the
world..
KING LUDWIG II FROM BAVARIA
Drama (90 min)
Language: English/French/German
Director: J. Kail, Ludwig Kirzinger
Producer: UBU Productions, Ludwig
Kirzinger
Budget: 4,000,000 US$
The life and death, the mysterious death of
King Ludwig II from Bavaria…
U
UNIVERSAL
TELEVISION
DISTRIBUTION
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City,
CA 91608 USA. Tel: 818.777.1300. Fax:
818.866.1554.
At MIPCOM: Belinda Menendez (CoPresident, Universal Television
Distribution)
Office: H4.05
MONK
One-hour Drama/Comedy (1 two-hour +
11 one-hour ) USA Network
Exec Producer: Andy Breckman, David
Hoberman, Rob Thompson
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Ted
Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford
Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is a highly
gifted detective whose career is
jeopardized by his overwhelming fear of
germs, crowds, small places, and almost
everything else...(although he’s making
progress on milk).
ROBBERY HOMICIDE DIVISION
Drama (13 x 1 hour) CBS
Executive Producer: Michael Mann, Frank
Spotnitz
Cast: Tom Sizemore, Barry Shabaka
Henley, Klea Scott, Michael Paul Chan,
David Cubitt
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere Date:
September 27, 2002
From executive producer Michael Mann
(The Insider, Heat ) comes a high-octane
police drama set in the gritty mean streets
of Los Angeles.
THE GRUBBS
Comedy (13 x 1 hour) FOX
Exec Producer: Josh Sternin, Jeff
Ventimilia, Ann Johnson
Cast: Randy Quaid, Carol Kane, Michael
Cera, Brian Sites, Lori Rom
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere Date:
November 3, 2002
Randy Quaid and Carol Cane star as the
parents of a blue-collar, underachieving
family whose teenage son falls in love with
his beautiful new teacher and dares to
dream of a better life.
V
VIDEO UNLIMITED
(N.Z.) LIMITED
Video Unlimited (N.Z.) Limited, 8 Montel
Avenue, Henderson, Auckland, 8 New
Zealand. Tel: 64.9.837.3998. Fax:
64.9.837.3995
At MIPCOM: Jamie MacKinnon
(Managing Director)
Office: Tel: 0064.21.380.588
VISION FILMS
Vision Films, 4626 Lemona Avenue,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel:
818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Lise Romanoff (Managing
Director Worldwide Sales), Andre Relis
(Director of International Sales)
Office: R29.33 (Riviera Pavilion)
SPANISH JUDGES
Action Thriller (90 min.)
Language: English
Cast: Mathew Lillard, Vincent D_Onofrio,
Valeria Golina
Mayhem breaks loose when a young
ruthless con man talks his way into a scam
involving stolen antique guns. Only one
person will walk out alive.
VICIOUS CIRCLE
Action Thriller (90 min.)
Language: English
Cast: Bradley Gregg, Susan K. Brigham,
David Akin
After a violent television show based on
one of a novel results in the death of the
writer_s sister, Rane becomes a suspect in a
gangland murder investigation.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
Drama/ Thriller (90 min.)
Language: English
Cast: Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Vanessa
Redgrave, Margo Kidder
Based on the novel by Dostoyevsky,
Raskolnikove is driven to commit a
gruesome murder. With the help of a police
detective and a beautiful young girl, he
confesses his crime, attempting to purify
his tormented soul.
W
WORLD WIDE
ENTERTAINMENT
World Wide Entertainment, 16 James
Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Tel:
61.3.5223.1644. Fax: 61.3.5221.3701.
www.wwent.net
Company Type: TV Series Producer and
Distributor
Office: 12.13, Tel: 33.(0).492.998.131,
Fax: 61.3.5221.3701
SHOWBIZ
New Release Entertainment (Weekly
Ongoing x 30 min)
Language: English
Director: World Wide Entertainment
As one of Australia’s largest producers,
World Wide Entertainment is proud to
deliver programmes of excellence to every
corner of the globe. We are leaders in
sport and infotainment production
TECHNOLOGY TODAY
New Release Infotainment Technology
(Weekly Ongoing x 30 min)
Language: English
WEIRD TV
New Release (26 x 30 min)
Language: English
ZDF ENTERPRISES
GMBH
ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Lise MeitnerStraße 9, 55129 Mainz. Tel:
0049.6131.991312. 0049.6131.991259.
[email protected]
At MIPCOM: Mr. Fred Burcksen (Vice
President Distribution & Investments),
Mrs. Veronika Gracher (Director Sales),
Mrs. Christine Denilauler (Director Sales),
Mr. Tim Werner (Director Sales), Mrs.
Anne Fremery (Director fictional CoProduction)
Office: 21.02/23.01
KITZBÜHEL HOMICIDE
(6 x 45’)
THE WAR OF THE CENTURY
(22 x 50’)
SONS OF THE DESERTS
(3 x 52’ )
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