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2003
M I P T V PR ODUCT GUIDE
AFM PRODUCT GUIDE
MIPTTV CELEBRATING ITS 40TH YEAR • MIPTTV
20TH CENTURY FOX
TELEVISION
DISTRIBUTION
The groundbreaking reality series that
invites the viewing audience to be personal
matchmakers for willing candidates ready
to tie the knot.
20th Century Fox Television Distribution,
4 KIDS
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 902130900, USA. Tel: 310.369.1000. Fax:
310.369.8877. www.fox.com
Company Type: Distributor
At MIP-TV: 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:
A.U.S.A.
(TV series)
Comedy (30 min)
Language: English
Producer: Richard Appel
Cast: Scott Foley, Amanda Detmer, Peter
Jacobson, Eddie McClintock, and John
Ross Bowie.
Country of Origin: USA
Details the aspects of life for a new
Assistant U.S. Attorney in Manhattan
who’s a recent university graduate.
JOE MILLIONAIRE
(TV series – format only)
Reality Series (60 min)
Language: English
Year of Production: 2003, Country of
Origin: USA
An ordinary “Joe” masquerades as a
millionaire to court women in this reality
series.
MAN VS. BEAST
(TV series – Format Only)
Reality Series
Language: English
Origin: USA
Humans compete against animals in a
series of astonishing competitions.
STAR DATES
(TV series – Format Only)
Reality Series
Language: English
Origin: USA
“Star Dates” is the new celebrity dating
show that features some of the
entertainment world’s favorite stars who
are single and are set up on blind dates
with prospective singles searching for love.
MARRIED BY AMERICA
(TV series and Format)
Reality Series
Language: English
Origin: USA
4 Kids, 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY 10019 USA. Tel: 212.754.5482.
Fax: 212.754.5481. www.4kidsent.com
At MIP-TV: Al Kahn (Chairman), Tom
Keeney (Exec VP), Brian Lacey
(International Sales)
Office: Stand # R 31.21
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA
TURTLES
Animation (26X 30’)
Cast: animated
Delivery Status: Complete
Country of Origin: US
They’re back...and better than ever with
awesome adventures and irreverent humor.
POKEMON: THE MASTER QUEST
Animation (260 X 30’)
Cast: animated
Delivery Status: Completed
Features a wealth of fantastic new
Pokemon creatures, along with the
ensemble cast of stars and much loved
characters.
YU-GI-OH!
Cast: animated
Yu-gi-oh! follows a story of Yugi, a
smaller than average high school studentand an easy target for bullies.
KIRBY
Kirby, a Warpstar knight in training, crash
lands on Planet Popstar and accidentally
ends up as the pink protector of the
villagers.
ULTRAMAN TIGA
Cast: animated
Ultraman, the classic adventure hero
comes to life bigger and better than ever in
this live action series.
Head Office
41 - 42 Berners St
London W1T 3NB
Tel. 44 207 372 9992
Fax. 44.207 372 9993
www.thebusinessoffilm.com
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Business To Business Portal
Contact
[email protected]
EXHIBITING COMPANIES
A
A&E
A&E, 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY
10017 USA. Tel: 212.210.1400. Fax:
212.907.9476. [email protected].
www.AETNinternational.com;
www.HistoryChannel.com;
www.Biography.com; www.AandE.com;At
MIP-TV: Maria D. Komodokis (Senior
Vice President & General Manager,
International), Division, Michael Katz
(Vice President Programming &
Production, International), Simon Pollok
(Managing Director- Europe), Fabienne
Fourquet (Marketing Manager)
Office: Booth: G3-18, Tel: 04.92.99.85.60
THE TRUE STORY OF KILLING
PABLO
Documentary (1 x 2 hours)
Based upon the critically acclaimed book
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s
Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden.
DEAD RECKONING
Documentary (4 x 1 hour)
Strange marks are discovered on a dead
man’s body...shards of glass are strewn by
the remains of a woman who has been
killed.
BLOOD FROM A STONE
Docu-movie (4 x 1 hour)
A gripping modern-day adventure about
stolen diamonds, death campus, combat
and inconsiderable greed.
BIOGRAPHY: POST
IMPRESSIONISTS: VAN GOGH AND
GAUGIN
Documentary (1 x 2 hours)
Vincent Van Gogh and Pal Gauguin are
two of the world’s best know artists, whose
work has been the subject of countless
major exhibits throughout the world, but
whose personal stories are perhaps even
more compelling.
JFK
November 22,2003 marks the 40th
anniversary of the assassinations of U.S.
President John F. Kennedy, yet the public’s
fascination with this charismatic, but
puzzling leader seems to be insatiable.
ABC CONTENT SALES
ABC Content Sales, 700 Harris Street,
Ultimo NSW 2007, Sydney, Australia. Tel:
61.2.8333.3177. Fax: 61.2.8333.3169.
[email protected].
www.abccontentsales.com.au
At MIP-TV: Kaye Warren (Head ABC
Content Sales), Anne McGrath (Sales
Manager Europe)
Office: 05:33, Tel: 33.4.92.99.80.24
PLATYPUS - WORLD’S STRANGEST
ANIMAL
Natural History (1 x 52’)
Language: English
Producers: David Parer, Elizabeth ParerCook
Co-production partners:Produced by
Australian Broadcasting Corporation and
Discovery Channel in association with
Telcast International GmbH
Delivery Status: completed
Year of Production: 2003 Country of
Origin: Australia
Three years in the making this blue chip
natural history film takes us inside the
nesting chamber of a wild platypus to
uncover new insights into this mysterious
animal.
WELCHER AND WELCHER
Sitcom (8 x 30’)
Language: English
Director: Ted Emery
Producers: Nick Murray, Shaun Micallef;
Co-production partners: ABC TV and
Jigsaw Entertainment
Cast: Shaun Micallef and Robyn Butler
Origin: Australia
He’s pompous and accident-prone. She’s
principled and always saving his briefs.
They’re the legal world’s “odd couple”,
partners in life and crime.
Fimbles
BBC
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GOOD RIDDANCE
Animation (5 x 5’)
Language: English
Producer/Animator: Nick Hilligoss, Coproduction partners: An ABC Natural
History Unit production
Origin: Australia
Good Riddance features Eco, the clean,
green, pest controller with a biological
solution for every pest problem - and
sometimes a solution for his solution!
THE SHADOW OF MARY POPPINS
Documentary (1 x 55’)
Language: English
Director: Lisa Matthews
Producer: Ian Collie
Origin: Australia
Explores the complex life of Australian
writer Pamela Travers and the
extraordinary parallels with her fictional
creation, Mary Poppins.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT’S
POSTCARDS
Documentary (8 x 30’ or 45 x 5’)
Language: English
Producer: Marianne Leitch
Year of Production: 2002/3 Country of
Origin: Australia
From all corners of the world they come –
fascinating snapshots of colourful, exotic,
outlandish and unusual people.
ACTION TIME
Action Time, 35-38 Portman Square,
London, W1H 6NU, UK. Tel:
00.44.207.612.7318. Fax:
00.44.207.612.7524.
[email protected]. www.actiontime.com Company Type: Distributor and
Producer
At MIP-TV: Phil Trelease (Joint MD),
Caroline Beaton (Joint MD), Yvonne
Pilkington (Head of Sales)
Office: MIP booth R36.17. Tel:
00.33.4.9299.8837
THE CLUB
Reality (3 x 60 minutes and 6 x 30
minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Action Time Co-production
partners:
Monsters We Met BBC
Delivery Status: In production
Origin: UK
Three stars, three bars, one competition.
This reality series turns celebrities into
nightclub impresarios, pits them against
each other then stirs things up with the
public get involved.
YOU’RE HISTORY
Comedy (8 x 29 mins)
Language: English
Producer: CHX PRODUCTIONS
Year of Production: Country of Origin: UK
Each week You’re History brings together
the best in comedy-acting, comedy-writing
and historical debate as some of the best
comedians around reincarnated three of
history’s greatest - but dead - famous
figures...for one night only.
ALL TOGETHER NOW
Game Show (13 x 60 mins)
Producer: Keshet Formats
Year of Production: Country of Origin:
Israel
A quick-paced musical gameshow. Turn up
the volume as contestants, celebrities and
viewers all rack their brains to find the
answers to music trivia questions.
BLOKKEN
Quiz Show (25 minutes)
Producer: Woestijnvis Belgium
Belgium
A smart Blokken player combines strategy,
knowledge and tactic... a hit across
Benelux this daily, prime time quiz show
combines elements from a popular
computer game with the excitement of a
quiz show.
ADRIANA CHIESA
ENTERPRISES
Adriana Chiesa Enterprise srl, Via
Barnaba Oriani, 24/A, 00197, Rome, Italy.
Tel: 3906.807.0400. Fax: 3906.8068.7855.
At MIP-TV: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma
(President), Rossella Gori (Head of Sales)
Carlton Hotel
BURNING IN THE WIND (BURCIO
NEL VENTO)
Love Story (118 min)
Language: French/Czech, English subtitles
Director: Silvio Soldini
Production companies: Albachiara, RAI
Cinema, Vega Film
Cast: Ivan Franek, Barbara Lukesová
Delivery Status: First Market Screening
Country of Origin: Italy
…the film is a story of a passion, a great
love. Its nucleus is excessive passion, the
blind love of the hero for a woman who is
first idealized and then becomes reality.
LIGHT OF MY EYES (LUCE DEI
MIEI OCCHI)
Urban Love Story (112 min)
Language: Italian, English subtitles
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni
Production Companies: Albachiara, RAI
Cinema
Cast: Sandra Ceccarelli, Luigi Lo Cascio
Delivery Status: Screening
Venice’s “Best Actress” and “Best Actor”
much applauded film…the powerful
triumph of compassion over the fragilities
of life and the search for love.
BLACK ANGEL (SENSO’45)
Erotica Drama
Director: Tinto Brass
Cast: Anna Galiena, Gabriel Garko
Production Company: Cine 2000
Delivery Status: Post Production
In a languid and decadent Venice the
devastating passion between the sensuous
wife of a high ranking government official
and a young and handsome German
officer.
WOMEN BEHIND BARS
Drama (94 min)
Director: Fabio Conversi
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Angela
Molina, Ana Fernandez
Production Company: Sagittario Film
An actress is sentenced to prison and
discovers an intense unknown world of
friendship, solidarity and love among
women.
THE PRINCE OF DINOSAURS
Family- Animation (87 min)
Language: English
Director: Kim J. OK
Production Company: Mondo TV
An exciting beautiful tale for children told
through the magic of animation. A little
boy becomes the Prince of Dinosaurs and
embarks on a fabulous adventure.
EUGENIO I LOVE YOU (TI VIGLIO
BENE EUGENIO)
Sentimental Drama (95 min)
Director: Francisco J. Fernandez
Production Company: Arcipelago
Cinematografica Srl
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Jacques Perrin,
Giuliana De Sio
Based on a true story, a moving tale of
hope, a very special love story in the face
of the seemingly insurmountable
adversities of life.
ADVANTAGE MEDIA
GROUP
Advantage Media Group, 4298 Bright Bay
Way, Ellicott City, MD 21042 USA. Tel:
410.465.0532. Fax: 410.992.8063.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Michael P. du Monceau
(President), LaLee D. du Monceau (Vice
President of Sales and Acquisitions).
Acquisition executive: LaLee D. du
Monceau
Office:
GREAT CARS
(13 x 30’)
Porsche, Ferrari, Mercedes, Rolls Royce,
The Mini, MG, Volkswagen, Beetle,
Jaguar, BMW, Land Rover, Cobra, Jeep
and Bugatti are highlighted automobiles.
PRO KITEBOARDING
World Adventure (5 x 22’)
The best in the world compete in a variety
of locations in the comparatively new sport
of kiteboarding.
PERRYVILLE: THE FIGHT FOR
THE HEARTLAND
(2 x 60’ or 1 x 120’)
The Battle of Perryville is considered by
many historians to be more important than
Gettysburg.
DESERT STORM: WHAT YOU DID
NOT KNOW
(3 x 60’)
The 43-day action against Iraq left behind
a mountain of information, much of this
information that once was classified is now
revealed for the first time.
ROCK AND ROLL LEGENDS
(12 x 55’ )
An insider’s look into some of the hottest
bands in rock and roll — on stage, behindthe-scenes, and in candid interviews!
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 protected].
www.ClickStudiosHollywood.com.
www.nakedshoppingnetwork.com
Company Type: Producer, distributor
At MIP-TV: Alain Siritzky, George Pilzer,
Robby Amar
Office: Stand at the Palais du Festival:
23.14
EMMANUELLE: LUST IN SPACE
Erotic/Sci Fi
This series is designed to be an erotic
parody of science fiction, Star Trek, Lost
In Space and others.
JACQUELINE HYDE
Erotic Horror
It’s a terrifying and extremely sexy modern
re-telling of the classic tale of “The
Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
by Robert Louis Stevenson, this time
played out from a female point of view. Be
careful, this lady can love you.. to death!
RING OF DESIRE
Erotic
It looks like an ordinary ring but it can
yield complete control over others while
corrupting the soul of the wearer. It’s an
erotic variation of “Lord Of The Rings”
where lust is eternal!
IMAGES OF FEAR
Horror
When Steven Thomas buys a used video
camera at a garage sale and takes it home
to his wife and teen-age daughter, he
quickly discovers he has just let evil into
his life.
ALSO OUR CATALOGUE:
Emmanuelle 2000 7x90’, Emmanuelle,
The New Adventures 7x90’, Justine 7x90’,
The Click 7x90’, Butterscotch 7x90’,
Passion & Romance 7x90’, The Sex Files I
& II 14x90’, Scandal 7x90’, The
Emmanuelle TV Series 7x90’,
Emmanuelle 5, 6 & 7 3x90’, Seducing
Fina 90’ and Wages of Lust 90’
L.A. Office Phone
(323) 935-8228
L.A. Office FAX
(323) 935-8229
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ALFRED HABER
DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., 111 Grand
Avenue, Palisades Park, NJ 07650, USA.
Tel: 201.224.8000. Fax: 201.947.4500.
[email protected] Web Site:
www.alfredhaber.com
At MIP-TV: Alfred Haber (President),
Robert Kennedy (Executive Vice
President), Andrew Haber (Vice President,
International Sales), Adam Haber
(Director, International Sales)
Office: Booth #19.01
2004 46TH ANNUAL GRAMMY
AWARDS
Music Special (1x180 minutes)
The world’s most popular television music
awards show!
2004 61ST ANNUAL GOLDEN
GLOBE AWARDS
Awards Special (1x180 minutes)
Hollywood Foreign Press honors both
motion pictures and television.
POLICE VIDEOS
Reality Series (46x60 minutes)
Real footage captures the thrill of criminal
pursuits.
MISS UNIVERSE
Awards Special (1x120 minutes)
Broadcast in over 125 countries, the Miss
Universe competition has become one of
the most popular annual television event in
the world.
CELINE DION: A NEW DAY BEGINS
Music (1x60 minutes)
Produced by Emmy-Award winning Ken
Ehrlich (The Grammys)
One of the most anticipated Las Vegas
openings ever.
BEYOND BELIEF: FACT OR
FICTION
Prime Time Series (44x60 minutes)
ALLIANCE ATLANTIS
Alliance Communications Corporation,
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. Block 1, Unit C, Shannon
Business Park, Shannon, Co. Clare,
Ireland. Tel: 353.61.472.329. Fax:
353.61.472.228. 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. Website: www.aactv.com.
40 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland, Tel:
353.1.449.8400. Fax: 353.1.449.8470.
1668 Barrington, Suite 500, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, B3J 2G3, Canada. Tel:
902.420.1577. Fax: 902.425.8260.
Company Type: (Status at market) Seller,
Buyer, Co-producer, Broadcaster
At MIP-TV: 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: Stand G3.14, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8348
THE HITLER MINISERIES
(WORKING TITLE)
Miniseries (4 Hour)
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing,
Jena Malone, Julianna Margulies, Matthew
Modine, Liev Schreiber, Peter Stormare
and Peter O’Toole.
This fact-based miniseries explores Adolf
Hitler’s rise to power during the years
prior to World War II and focus closely on
how the embittered, increasingly
xenophobic and militaristic German
society after World War I made that ascent
possible.
THE MAN WHO SAVED
CHRISTMAS
Family Drama (2 Hour)
Cast: Jason Alexander, Kelly Rowan and
Ed Asner
A heartwarming drama, based on the life
of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C.
Gilbert.
THE BATTLE OF MARY KAY
Drama (2 Hour)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Parker Posey and
Shannen Doherty
The true story of the rivalry between the
reigning queen of the direct beauty sales
business, self-made tigress Mary Kay Ash
of Mary Kay Cosmetics and young and
sexy upstart, Jinger Heath of BeautiControl Cosmetics.
RIVERWORLD
Drama (2 Hour)
Cast: Brad Johnson, Karen Holness, Emily
Lloyd, Jeremy Birchall, Kevin Smith,
Nikita Kearsley and Brian Moore
Based on the book series by Philip José
Farmer. In this unique and daring fantasy
adventure we travel to RIVERWORLD, a
mysterious and treacherous land where
every human who died between the years
99,000 BC and 2,200 AD has been
resurrected on the banks of a colossal river.
NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG
Drama (2 Hour)
Co-producers: A Canada/UK co-production
for the BBC and Showcase Canada
Cast: James Lee Williams, Marc Warren
and Mikela J. Mikeal
Based on the novel of the same name by
Ruth Rendell, writing as Barbara Vine, one
of Britain’s leading mystery novelists.
5150 Wilshire Blvd #509
Los Angeles CA. 90036
Tel. (1) 323 935 8228
Fax. (1) 323 935 8229
International
Contact
[email protected]
AMERICA VIDEO
FILM
America Video Film, Virrey Loreto 2426
Buenos Aires – Argentina. Tel:
54114.787.9098. Fax: 54114.7879094.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Enrique Maya (President),
Nicholas Bingham (Adviser), Freddie
Hancock (Sr VP Acquisitions), Natahlie
Coulon (Assistant)
Office: 11.26, Tel: 33.4.92.99.81.16
SAFE
Thriller (120 min)
Language: English
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore
Delivery Status: (completed)
Origin: USA
Before working together in “Far From
Heaven”, Award Winning Actress Julianne
Moore and Acclaimed director Todd
Haynes united their talents for this
gripping, enigmatic film.
AMI GROUP
AMI Group, 34 Salisbury Street, London,
NW8 8QE, England, UK. Tel:
44.(0)207.402.9111. Fax:
44.(0)207.723.3064.
[email protected].
www.amimedia.co.uk. www.ovcmedia.com.
www.soundandvisionmanagement.com
At MIP-TV: Mr. Eliot M. Cohen
(Managing Director), Ms. Joanne
Goldring-Cohen (Director)
MEDIA stand at MIPTV, H4.35
EXTREME BLOOPERS
(60 mins)
Highly entertaining programme of
bloopers including some painful and often
embarrassing mistakes from the world of
extreme sports such as snowboarding,
windsurfing, mountain biking and more.
THE OLYMPICS - THE FIRST 100
YEARS
(75 mins)
A history of the Modern Day Olympic
Games starting with the first games of
modern times in Athens 1896, this
programme tells the story of how the
Olympics have survived World Wars,
boycotts and terrorist attacks and remains
the ultimate goal for every athlete.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CUP: 1904 - 2002
(60 mins)
Cast: narration from Gareth Hunt, features
Maradonna, Pele, Jurgen Klinsmann,
Bobby Robson and more
Follow the progression of the world’s
greatest game from the creation of the FA
in 1863, FIFA in 1904 by Frenchman Jules
Rimet, through to the sporting event that it
is today.
AFRICAN ODYSSEY
(13x30 mins)
Blazing sunsets, vast landscapes, scorching
deserts, great rivers, waterfalls and
mountains; lush deltas, huge dunes, palm
fringed beaches, and shimmering salt pans.
African presents a colourful palette and
broad canvas for noted photographer
Robin Taylor.
AMPERSAND
Ampersand, 13 Passage Landrieu 75007
Paris, France. Tel: 33.1.44.11.12.34. Fax:
33.1.44.11.12.30. [email protected]
Company Type: production & distribution
At MIP-TV: Gilles Thion (President), Jean
Dufour (VP Marketing), Teremoana Seguin
(International Sales Manager). Acquisition
Executive: Jean Dufour (VP Marketing)
Office: Booth 10-14, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.82.16
ROLLERS
Documentary (52’)
Language: French/English
Director: Xavier Deleu
Producer: Ampersand
Origin: France
Since the eighties, fifty million people
around the world have been initiated into
in-line skating. “ROLLERS” shows how
the rollerblades, like mobile phone and
internet, embodies the spirit of the times.
MOULIN ROUGE FOREVER
Documentary (52’)
Director: Yves Riou & Philippe Pouchain
Producer: Ampersand
Origin: France
1889, the Moulin Rouge caused a storm by
presenting its tumultuous – and now
world-famous - French Cancan. In a highly
entertaining way, “MOULIN ROUGE
FOREVER” digs into history to revive the
scandals and rifts, and resurrect a host of
mythical figures.
HOLLYWOOD STARS
Documentary series (130x26’)
Language: English
Director: Various
Year of Production: 2002/2003
A new ongoing series in which Hollywood
superstars talk at length about their careers,
their movies and also their personal lives.
Each half-hour episode provides an
insightful portrait with exclusive
interviews, on-location footage and film
clips.
8 Simple Rules for Dating
my Teenage Daughter Buena Vista Television
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ARTIST VIEW
INTERNATIONAL
Artist View International, 12500 Riverside
Drive, Ste #201, N. Hollywood, CA 91607
USA. Tel: 818.752.2480. Fax:
818.752.9339. [email protected]
www.artistviewent.com
At MIP-TV: Scott J. Jones (President), Jay
E. Joyce (Vice President)
Office: 02.20, Tel: 04.92.99.8139
13TH CHILD: LEGEND OF THE
JERSEY DEVIL
Thriller (95 Minutes)
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Lesley Anne Down,
Christopher Atkins, and Robert Guillaume
Year of Production: 2002
For the first time, a 200 year-old legend
known as the “Jersey Devil” is brought to
life on the big screen. As Investigators
follow up on a series of intense, unusual
murders, they are pointed to the infamous
legend.
UNSPEAKABLE
Action Thriller (90 Minutes)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Dina Meyer, Lance
Henrikson, Jeff Fahey, Pavan Grover
Set in one of the toughest prisons in the
world, this chilling story tells of one
woman’s battle with terror and the
unspeakable evil that lurks within a
bizarre, unexplainable inmate.
BLACK CADILLAC
Cast: Randy Quaid, Josh Hammond, Jason
Dohring, Kiersten Warren
Through the darkness of a cold winter
night, three young men face danger head
on as they are terrorized in a high-speed
chase with a mysterious pursuant.
THE PRIZE FIGHTER
Drama (95 Minutes)
Cast: Gary Busey, Rob Boyd, Diane
Gawey, Tonya Harding, Leon Spinks
Boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at
fulfilling a lifelong dream at a World
Championship with the help of a veteran
promoter and a former world champ.
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS
Family Adventure (95 Minutes)
Cast: David Carradine, Amy Wiegert,
David Naughton
Warrior Queen
Carlton International
A young girl rescues a baby Raven that
causes havoc for the local residents. She
and her family enlist the help of a big city
lawyer to fight to keep the bird.
TRAIL OF MURDER
Cast: David Midthunder, Phil Becker,
Victoria Regina, Kevan Michaels
The Mob meets their match when their
accounting records end up in the hands of
a an innocent bystander named Jimmy.
Chased out of the city and onto an Indian
Reservation, Jimmy must elude the big city
gangsters or be killed.
AUDIOVISUAL
ANDALUSIA
ATLAS MEDIA CORP.
Company Type: Audiovisual production
company for cinema, television and video
At MIP-TV: Mrs. Pilar Tavora
YERMA
Feature film (35 mm 110’)
Language: Spanish, Subtitled in English
and French
Based on the play by Federico García
Lorca. The tragedy of a childless woman
that does not accept her destiny.
BROKEN WOMEN
Creative documentary (2 x 25’)
Language: Spanish, Subtitled in English
About the Girls victims of sexual abuse in
their own family who talk and tell us the
hell they went through.
HITLER’S SLAVES
Project of creative documentary (55’)
Language: In Spanish and English
A historical discover of how Franco paid
with workers his debt to Hitler during the
Second World War.
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 MIP-TV: Bruce David Klein (President
& Executive Producer), Maria Lane-Senior
(Vice President, Programming), Karen
Hanley (Head of New Business
Development), Emi Macuaga
(Development Executive)
Office: at MIPTV Hotel du Cap
DR. G., MEDICAL EXAMINER
Documentary (60 minutes)
Delivery Status: Worldwide excluding
North America (US and Canada)
“Every body has a story.”-One of
America’s top female medical examiners
solves with her team the medical mysteries
of life and death.
YOUNG, SEXY & ROYAL
Delivery Status: Worldwide Excluding
North America
An inside look at the lives of young and
sexy blue bloods, including Princess Di’s
dashing sons, the stunning Swedish
Princess Victoria and the Playboy Prince of
Spain.
CAUGHT: THE ICE CHEST
MURDER
Docudrama (60 minutes)
North America and the Caribbean
Weaving cinematic reenactments with the
compelling verité footage, a gripping
docudrama reveals he crucial mistakes that
helped investigators unravel a high-profile
murderer’s “perfect crime.”
ALIEN ABDUCTION: THE
MYSTERY UNRAVELED
Docudrama (60 minutes)
North America and the Caribbean
Explore the boundaries of human
imagination and reveal the fascinating
phenomena of sleep paralysis- the cuttingedge scientific explanation for the
experience of “alien abductions.”
Audiovisual Andalusia, Comercializadora
de Productos Andaluces, S.A.. Avda.
República Argentina 24, planta 15. 41011
Sevilla, Spain. Tel: 34.954.28.02.27. Fax:
34.954.28.23.52
http://www.cdea.es
At MIP-TV: María Zumárraga (Foreign
Business Promotion Area)
Office: The Marketplace - Stand (Nº
H4.35)
ARTIMAGEN
PRODUCCIONES
ATRIUM DIGITAL
Company Type: TV production
At MIP-TV: Mr. Pablo Duran
AMERICA MÁGICA
Documentary (25’)
Language: Available in English and
Spanish
A three chapter 25’ documentary series
about different beliefs and rites in the
American continent. MEDIARAMA
Documentary series (5x10’ / 3x10’ / 1x10’
/ 4x25’ / 1x25’ / 2x25’ / 2x25’ / 1x25’ /
1x25’ / 1x25’)
About electronic art made by women and
their activities in cyberspace.
ART FUTURA
Documentary series (31x6’ / 15x12’ /
10x20’)
About electronic art, future and new
technologies.
Head Office
41 - 42 Berners St
London W1T 3NB
Tel. 44 207 372 9992
Fax. 44 207 372 9993
International
Contact
[email protected]
FORMA ANIMADA
Company Type: Independent production
company which has specialized in
documentaries and serials, with a wide
offer ranging from adventure, travel,
anthropological, cultural to enviromental
programs.
At MIP TV: Mr. Enrique FERNANDEZ
TRIPPING SOL
Project of documentaries series (5x26’ and
1x60’)
Tripping Sol tells the story of the sailing
trip of three young people along the
Southern Coast of Europe in Spanish
region of Andalusia. In Spanish and
English.
REFLECTED IMPRESIONS
Project of creative documentary (60’)
Antonio has been travelling for many years
with his camera. His main goal is to
portray the various traditions of islotated
villages. In Spanish and English.
SHOESTRING TRAVELS
Project documentaries series (7x26’ and
1x60’)
Davis and Adrian plan to show the
possibility of travelling around the world
on a shoestring budget. In Spanish and
English.
THE FUNDACION
AUDIOVISUAL DE
ANDALUCIA
Company Type: A non-profit-making
institution funded by the public company
Empresa Pública Radio y Televisión de
Andalucía and indeed owned by the group
Grupo Radio y Televisión de Andalucía
(RTVA).
At MIP TV: Mrs. May SILVA.
The Marketplace - Stand no. H4.35
COMMUNICATION
COORDINATION AND STRUCTURING
OF THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR
TRAINING PROMOTION
B
BAMA MEDIA GROUP
BAMA Media Group, Conde de Peñalver
57 - bajo A, Madrid, 28036, Spain. Tel:
34.91.309.6336. Fax: 34.91.309.6335.
www.bamamedia.com,
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Bastian Manintveld
(President/CEO)
Office: Office: H4.35.
COSTA DEL SOL
Travel/reality (32 mins - 9 or 13 episodes)
Language: Multiple languages available
Director: Jorrit van der Kooi
Producer: BAMA Media Group, CoProduction Partners: Stokvis producties
Delivery Status: Pre-Production
Budget: €12000 - €15000 per episode
Origin: Spain/Netherlands
Costa del Sol will be a series about
foreigners who are living/working and
holidaying on the Spanish coast. We’ll
cover all aspects from the upmarket scene
in Marbella to the package holidaymakers
in Torremolinos.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
BBC WORLDWIDE
LTD.
BBC Worldwide Ltd., Woodlands, 80 Wood
Lane, London W12 0TT UK. Tel:
44.(0)20.84332000. Fax:
44.(0)20.87498732.
www.bbc.worldwide.com
At MIP-TV: Rupert Gavin (Chief
Executive), Mike Phillips (Director of
International Television), David Vine
(Managing Director, Asia Pacific), Mark
Young (President & CEO BBC Worldwide
Americas Managing Director, EMEIA &
Managing Director GMBD)
Office: Stand no: G3.40
CAMBRIDGE SPIES
Drama (4 x 50 min)
Director: Tim Fywell
Producer: Mark Shivas
Cast: Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry Jones,
Samuel West
The story of Guy Burgess, Donald
McClean, Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt the most devastatingly effective double
agents in British history.
STATE OF PLAY
Drama (6 x 50 min)
Director: David Yates
Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones
Cast: David Morrissey, John Simm, Kelly
McDonald
From Paul Abbott, the writer of Clocking
Off and Linda Green State of Play is story
of intrigue, deceit, suspicion and murder.
BOSOM PALS
Entertainment (2 x 24 min)
Director: Ginger Gibbons
Producer: Claudia Lloyd
Cast: (voices) Dawn French, Alison
Steadman, Timothy Spall
An all-star voice cast breathes life into the
characters from Beryl Cook’s exuberant
paintings in two new animated comedy
specials.
POPETOWN
Director: Phil Ox
Producer: Heather Hampson
Cast: Featuring the voices of Jerry Hall,
Ruby Wax, Kevin Eldon (Big Train),
Morwenna Banks, Matt Lucas Simon
Greenall and Mackenzie Crook (The
Office)
Animated series about Father Nicholas and
his struggle against the insanity and
bureaucracy of the comical world of
Popetown.
EYES DOWN
Comedy (8 x 30’ min)
Producer: Rosemary McGowan
Cast: Paul O’Grady, Tony Maudsley
Comedy dealing with the loves, hopes and
losses of the staff and punters at a
Liverpool bingo palace.
Tel. (1) 323 935 8228
Fax. (1) 323 935 8229
International
Contact
[email protected]
BECKER
ENTERTAINMENT
Becker Entertainment, Level 1, 11
Waltham Street, Artarmon, N.S.W 2064
Australia. Tel: 61.(0)2.9438.3377. Fax:
61.(0)2.9439.1827. [email protected].
www.beckerentertainment.com.auAt MIPTV: Tim Stuart (Head of Television Sales),
Richard Becker (Managing Director),
Charles Hannah (Head of Television
Business Development), Greg Petherick
(Senior VP of Distribution - Asia)
Office:
JOURNEYS TO THE ENDS OF THE
EARTH
Travel Series (13 x 60’)
In the spirit of Marco Polo, Journeys to the
Ends of the Earth follows photojournalist,
David Adams, as he seeks out ancient
mysteries in some of the remotest regions
on the planet.
DOWNLOAD
Children’s Programming (325 x 30’)
A quiz show that tests children aged
between 9 and 12 on their general
knowledge by downloading letters to
complete words.
THE PATH OF THE DRAGON
Martial Arts/Special (1 x 60’)
Cast: With appearances by Jackie Chan,
Jean Claude Van Damme and Chuck
Norris
A one hour special narrated by Bruce Lee’s
daughter which examines how one man
changed martial arts forever.
BEYOND
DISTRIBUTION
Beyond Distribution, 53-55 Brisbane St,
Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia. Tel:
612.8217.2000. Fax: 612.8217.2035.
[email protected].
www.beyond.com.au
At MIP-TV: Liliana Lombardero (General
Manager Distribution), Munia Kanna (VP
International Sales Asia/Pacific), Mikael
Borglund (Managing Director), Veronique
Verges (VP Sales Western Europe).
Acquisition Executive: Yvonne Body
Office: H4.09, Tel: 334.9299.8770, Fax:
334.9299.8771
IN SURGERY AND AWAKE: WHEN
ANAESTHESIA FAILS
Factual (Medical) (1 hour)
Language: English
Producer: John Luscombe
Origin: Australia
This hour tells the story of one of
medicine’s modern miracles going horribly
wrong. We relive the nightmarish
experiences of patients who’ve regained
consciousness and pain perception while
under anaesthetic.
BRAVE MEDICINE: TRUE STORIES
OF HUMAN TESTING
Language: English
Origin: Australia
This documentary explores the
phenomenon of human guinea pigs people who undergo drug trials and
experimental surgery before they’ve been
FDA approved.
THE ANCIENT ER
Factual (History/Science) (1 hour)
Language: English
Origin: Australia
Juxtaposing modern medical scenes with
evocations of ancient medical practices we
explore plastic, prosthetic and emergency
surgery over the millennia.
SAVING FACE: LIVES RESTORED
Language: English
Origin: Australia
For those born with facial abnormalities,
plastic surgery represents a chance at life.
Here we follow surgeons taking on the role
of sculptors, and the story of the patients.
DESTINATIONS REVEALED 2
Travel (8 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Origin: Australia
This quirky travel show takes you far away
from conventional holidays to exciting and
new destinations including: Safari
Stopovers, Walt Disney Studios Paris,
Warner Bros Gold Coast, and Secrets of
Ancient China.
THE BLUM GROUP
INC.
The Blum Group Inc., 494 Tuallitan Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA. Tel:
310.476.2229. Fax: 310 471 8659.
www.theblumgroup.net.
[email protected].
Company Type: Distributor / Sales Agent
At MIP-TV: Harry Blum (CEO), Jim
Scrivano (Director of Marketing),
Suzanne Blum (President)
Office: Stand 09.16, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.8014
THEATRICAL MOVIES
TV and HV. Over 50 star-studded movies.
Newly digitized classics: Brian De Palma’s
Obsession, Dennis Hopper’s Out of the
Blue, Robert Shaw in Diamonds, Tony
Alva in Skateboard from Universal,and
Matt Dillon’s debut in Over the Edge.
Also, soft erotic movies, programs, series.
THE BLUE BIRD
Maeterlinck’s masterpiece brought to life
in George Cukor’s epic musical family
adventure. Big production! Distributed til
now by Fox. Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda,
Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, the Kirov
ballet.
HAVOC ON THE WATER
For DVD: 1x52. For TV: 1x26
The mind-boggling crashes of the fiercest
competitors in the UIM F1 Powerboat
World Championships, the gravity-defying
flips, and more of the best drivers in the
world.
THE CHILDREN’S ARK
(1 x 57)
Important documentary about three-year
journey of 800 Russian children stranded
in Siberia during the Russian Revolution.
Begins with their heroic rescue by
American journalist, follows their quest
home through Japan, New York, San
Francisco, and Finland. Rare footage.
New!
COMPAQ 50K OF CORONET PEAK
16 teams, comprised of ex-World Cup stars
from the US, Canada, Austria, Norway,
Germany, Japan, Australia, and New
Zealand, compete in downhill skiing race
from Queenstown. Similar to 24 hrs
Downhill of Aspen.
BUENA VISTA
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION
Buena Vista International Television, 3
Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith,
London, UK, W6 9PE. Tel:
44.208.222.1860. Fax: 44.208.222.1620.
At MIP-TV: Tom Toumazis (Senior Vice
President and Managing Director EMEA),
Steve Copestake (Vice President,
Marketing, EMEA), 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
Produced by Touchstone Pictures
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory
Culkin
Budget: $62 million
Gibson portrays 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
Biological Warfare
CDC United Network
MARCH/APRIL 2003
25
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.
POWER RANGERS: NINJA STORM
Children/Teen (30 mins)
Language: English
Produced by Village Roadshow KP
Productions
Cast: Pua Magasiva, Sally Martin, Glenn
McMillan
The most successful kids television
franchise in history, Power Rangers,
returns for its 11 series - Power Rangers:
Ninja Storm. Five teenagers with
extraordinary powers defend the world
when intergalactic evil threatens the earth.
BULLSEYE
TELEVISION
Bullseye Television, 1st Floor, 21 Warple
Way, London, W3 0RX United Kingdom.
Tel: 44.20.8600.3700. Fax:
44.20.8600.3709.
Company Type: producer/distributor
At MIP-TV: Jorg Roth (Managing
Director), Dee Smith (Commercial
Director), David Cornwall (Account
Manager)
Office: H4.35 - the MarketPlace
WORLD OF PAIN
Mankind is no stranger to pain - even if
most people would like to be - it is
unavoidable, uncontrollable and
unpredictable - it invades every aspect of
our lives.
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
Documentary (2 x 60)
An in-depth world wide examination of all
forms of miracles judged against specific
scientific and spiritual criteria to determine
their validity - includes a ground breaking
study in the US where scientists believe
they have found the place in the brain
where “miracles” occur.
BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD
A truly unique ‘behind the scenes’ insight
into the recent Miss Net World beauty
contest held in the surreal location of
Tripoli, Libya, hosted by Colonel Gadaffi.
Another Person
Czech Television
C
CABLEREADY
CABLEready, One Dock Street, Suite 112,
City: Stamford, State: CT 06902 USA. Tel:
203.425.2136. Fax: 203.425.2140.
At MIP-TV: Acquisition Executives: Gary
Lico (President/CEO – Tel: 203.425.2136
x365), Sabrina Sanchez (Director of
Program Marketing / Latin Programming
Specialist – Tel: 203.425.2136 x366),
Kerry Novick (V.P. of International Sales),
Lou Occhicone (V.P. of Program
Operations), Tel: 203.425.2136 x363
Office: #R31.17, Tel: 33.492998846
OFF THE WALL
Lifestyle (13 x 30min)
Language: English
Producer: Hidden Treasures Productions
Delivery Status: In Development
Origin: USA
A design series where you don’t just covet
other people’s possessions, you buy them!
We turn a scavenger hunt into a fully
decorated room.
COSMODROME
Documentary/Reality (1 x 120)
Language: English
Producer: Bosch Media LLC
Origin: USA
We uncover the full story of the legendary
accomplishments, yet deadly and
monumental failures of the Russians
attempts to dominate space missions in the
eighties.
PILTDOWN MAN
Documentary/Reality (13 x 30)
Language: English
Producer: Bosch Media LLC
Origin: USA
The story of archaeology’s greatest hoax faked remains of the “missing link”
between ape and man. And you won’t
believe who did it!
THE ELECTRIC LOUNGE
Entertainment/Arts/Music (13 x 30)
Language: English
Producer: Planet Productions and Cheetah
Lounge Mediaworks
Delivery Status: In Production
Origin: USA
Showcasing electronic music through
interviews with both leading and emerging
artists, and samples of the hottest music to
make people dance!
WINNERS
Lifestyle (26 x 30)
Language: English
Producer: PONDr Productions
Origin: USA
Meet the people who win contests and
lotteries, learn the twists of fate from
winning, and find out what people do
when they become rich overnight.
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 MIP-TV: Eve Schoukroun
(International Sales), Maya Amsellem
(Legal & Business Affairs)
Office: Stand 08.12, Tel:
33.(0).492.99.8230
SYLVIA (PROVISIONAL TITLE)
Language: English
Director: Christine Jeffs
Producer: Alison Owen
Leading Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel
Craig, Michael Gambon, Blythe Danner,
Jared Harris
Status: Post Production (Screening Promo
Reel)
Production Country: UK
A passionate love story between two
brilliant minds, the American poet Sylvia
Plath and Ted Hughes, Britain’s Poet
Laureate.
THE COMPANY
Drama
Language: English
Director: Robert Altman
Leading Cast: Neve Campbell, James
Franco, Malcolm McDowell
Status: In Production
Production Country: USA
Robert Altman follows up the success of
the Academy Award winning GOSFORD
PARK with THE COMPANY, a look
behind the scenes at the world of a ballet
company as only Altman could envision it.
I’M NOT SCARED (IO NON HO
PAURA)
Thriller (108 Mins)
Language: Italian
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Leading Cast: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon,
Diego Abatantuono
Status: Premiere Screening
Production Country: Italy
During the hottest summer of the century,
a nine year-old boy discovers a terrible
secret: his village’s “grown-ups” have
kidnapped a child and are keeping him in a
hole beneath an abandoned house.
CALLAS FOREVER
Drama (122 min)
Language: English
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Leading Cast: Fanny Ardent, Jeremy Irons
, Joan Plowright
Status: Completed
Year Produced: 2002, Production Country:
Italy / UK
Set in 1970’s Paris, CALLAS FOREVER
is 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.
THE GATHERING
Supernatural Thriller (101 Mins)
Language: English
Producers: Marc Samuelson, Peter
Samuelson, Pippa Cross
Director: Brian Gilbert
Leading Cast: Christina Ricci, Ioan
Gruffudd, Kerry Fox
Status: Completed
Year Produced: 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, 3538 Portman Square, London, W1H 6NU
UK. Tel: 00.44.20.7224.3339. Fax:
00.44.20.7486.1707.
[email protected].
www.carltonint.co.uk
Company Type: International TV & Film
Distributor
At MIP-TV: Rupert Dilnott-Cooper (Chief
Executive Officer), Louise Pedersen
(Managing Director, International Sales,
Stephen J. Davis (President & Chief
Executive Officer, Carlton America), Mark
Gray (Controller of Programme
Development)
Office: No. R36.17, Tel:
00.33.4.9299.8837
WARRIOR QUEEN
Drama (1 x 2 hours)
A Co-production of Box TV and
WGBH/Boston in association with Carlton
International for ITV1
Alex Kingston stars as the Celtic queen
who took on the might of Nero’s Roman
Empire, in this action-packed, full-blooded
TV movie epic from Andrew Davies.
BIG SPENDER
TV Movie (1 x 2 hours)
A Big Horse Production in association
with Carlton America for Animal Planet
When a young prisoner is assigned on
prison work detail to care for the ailing
racehorse, Big Spender, they both find
themselves given a new lease on life.
THE ANCIENT GREEK OLYMPICS
Factual (2 x 1 hour)
A Carlton Production for PBS and Channel
4
Produced by award-winning film-maker
Antony Thomas (“Fat”, “Miracles”)
To mark the Olympics returning to Athens
in 2004, this compelling and powerful
documentary tells the real story of the
ancient games aimed at both lovers of
sport and lovers of history.
THE WAR DETECTIVES
A Concordia production for TV3 Eire,
VRT Belgium and Teleac Holland
We follow the men and women who are
leading the crusade to seek out the world’s
most notorious war criminals,
WATERGATE PLUS 30
Factual (1 x 2 hours)
A Carlton Productions LLC production for
PBS in association with The Washington
Post.
It is 30 years since the Washington Post
first broke an obscure story of burglary at
the Democratic National Committee HQ,
which went on to become the scandal
simply known as Watergate.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
CARSEY- WERNER
INTERNATIONAL
CDC UNITED
NETWORK
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 MIP-TV: Herb Lazarus (President),
Debra Cherney Fischoff (Executive
Assistant), London: Alexandra Taylor (Sr.
Vice President), Victoria Gregson (Sales
Director), Singapore: Rajiv Dhawn (Vice
President), Miami: Mr. Jose R. “Pepe”
Echegaray (Vice President)
Office: Booth # 24.01, Tel:
33.4.92.99.8015
THAT ‘80S SHOW — NEW
Light Entertainment: Comedy (13 x 30
minutes)
Language: English
A series about life in California during the
1980s, as a group of twentysomethings
attempt to make their way through the
decade that was defined by excess and
varied styles of music.
LIVIN’ LARGE - NEW
minutes)
Language: English
Produced By: dick clark produtions, inc.
The lives and times of the young, rich and
famous are spotlighted in each episode,
taking viewers behind the scenes to
discover how good the “good life” can
really be.
THAT ‘70S SHOW
minutes)
Language: English
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.
COMBAT MISSIONS
(15 x 60 minutes)
Language: English
A group of six-person teams made up of
former members of elite combat units live
on a secret military base and compete
against each other.
X-CHROMOSOME
Animated: Adult (26 x 30 minutes)
The only animated program created
expressly for women, each episode of this
new series includes a number of animated
shorts, each dealing with the trials and
CDC United Network, 127, rue Marconi,
1190 Brussels, Belgium. Tel:
32.2.502.66.40. Fax: 32.2.502.66.56
At MIP-TV: Alexandre Lippens (Managing
Director), Maximilian Weiner (CoManaging Director), Sebastian Lami Dozo
(International Sales Manager), Audrey
Atlass (International Sales Executive),
Barbara Iweins (Acquisitions Executive),
Barbara Rodriguez (Marketing and Sales
Support Manager)
Office: 11.16-13.15
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
“Biological Warfare” is an investigation
with elusive interviews of witnesses and
experts who carried out investigation of
dangerous biological weapons like anthrax
and smallpox.
TERRORISM IN WASHINGTON
In September, it will be the 30th
anniversary of the death of the former
Chilean President Salvador Allende and
“Terrorism in Washington” is an exclusive
investigation of the murder in the USA of
one of his most closer collaborators.
NORIEGA
The program examines the way in which
the General Manuel Antonio Noriega has
controlled Panama during years.
PABLO ESCOBAR: THE BARON OF
MEDELLIN
A portrait of Colombia’s most wanted and
dangerous criminals .
triumphs of everyday women.
Head Office
41 - 42 Berners St
London W1T 3NB
Tel. 44 207 372 9992
Fax. 44 207 372 9993
International Business To Business Portal
Contact
[email protected]
CHRYSALIS
DISTRIBUTION
Chrysalis Distribution, The Chrysalis
Building, Bramley Road, London W10 6SP
UK. Tel: 020.7465.6274. Fax:
020.7221.6286.
[email protected]
Company type: Distributor
At MIP-TV: 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 (Sales
Executive)
Office: 23.02
SECRETS OF...
WORLD’S BEST...
Documentary Series (5 x 60’)
Language: English
Delivery status: In production
Producer: BBC
Year of production: 2002/03, Country of
origin: UK
An informative and entertaining series of 5
separate programmes from the BBC, where
the viewers have a behind the scenes look
at fascinating people and places.
UNIT 8
Fly on the Wall Documentary (5 x 30’’)
Language: English
Delivery status: In productions
Producer: Mint Productions for RTE
Year of production: 2002, Country of
origin: Eire. A series filmed within the
heart of Europe’s busiest maternity
hospital. UNIT 8 is an intensive care unit
for critically ill babies where emotional
dilemmas face the families and staff every
day.
SERIOUS JUNGLE
Childrens’ Reality (6 x 30’)
Language: English
Delivery status: Completed
Producer: BBC
Year of production: 2002. Country of
origin: UK
A groundbreaking reality children’s TV
series from the BBC, 8 children learn how
to survive in the dark rainforests of
Borneo, as they help build a refuge to
return Orang-utans back to the wild.
ULTIMATE FORCE SERIES 2
Action Drama / 6 x 60’ (12 x 60’ in total)
Language: English
Producer: Bentley Productions for ITV1
Cast: Ross Kemp, Jamie Draven
Delivery status: in production
origin: UK
A second series of the action thriller
focusing on the challenges of a top SAS
troop, from the makers of Midsomer
Murders.
5TH GEAR SERIES 3
Factual / 8 x 30’ (24 x 30’ in total)
Language: English
Director: Richard Pearson
Producer: Chrysalis for Channel 5
Cast: Vicki Butler-Henderson, Tiff
Needell, Quentin Willson, Adrian Simpson
Delivery status: in production
origin: UK
A third series of the exciting and
informative motoring magazine starring
the same team who appeared in the BBC’s
hugely popular Top Gear.
CINAMOUR
ENTERTAINMENT
Cinamour Entertainment, 2425 Colorado
Ave., Suite 320, Santa Monica, CA 90404
USA. Tel: 310.828.4772. Fax:
310.828.3343.
At MIP-TV: Glen Hartford (Chairman and
CEO), Cord Douglas (President,
Distribution)
Office: Stand # 09.09
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH
RAY CHARLES
Music Special (1 X 60 min.)
Cast: Ray Charles
In his first prime-time television Christmas
special appearance, the legendary Ray
Charles performs everyone’s favorite
holiday classics with the rhythm and blues
style that made him famous.
SEX LIVES
Documentary/ Reality (1 X 60 min.)
Delivery Status: 2003
Documentary/ Reality series of titillating
investigations into the sexual health and
habits of a broad cross-section of people.
CHEATERS
Reality (60 X 43 min.)
Delivery Status: 2003
Join Investigators for an all-new season
three as they conduct convert surveillance
of adulterers an empower victimized
spouses to confront their cheating
husbands and wives on live television.
ALIEN GODS
Documentary (1 X 60 min.)
This one-hour special presents a chilling
investigation into the rising prominence of
“Alien God” cults, including then
“Raelians” and their recent claims of
producing the first cloned human baby.
WORDS THAT SHOCK THE WORLD
Documentary (10 X 60 min.)
Based on the best-selling book of the same
title by Richard Greene, is a documentary
series chronicling the greatest speeches and
speakers of the 20th Century, as well as the
historical events and stories that inspired
them.
CINE CARTOON
FILMPRODUKTION
GMBH
CINE Cartoon Filmproduktion GmbH,
Schottenfeldgasse 14,Vienna, A-1070,
Austria. Tel: 431.524.06.55. Fax:
431.524.93.10.20.
[email protected].
www.cinecartoon.com
Company Type: Production Company
At MIP-TV: Michael K. Epstein (General
Manager), Mag. Alexander Wieser (Head
of Development)
Office: Mobile Mr. Epstein:
43.664.308.78.27. Mobile Mr. Wieser:
43.664.233.84.11
SPIRELLO SONGS
Animated Cartoon TV-Series (Songs for
children, age group 2-7) (26 x 4´)
Languages: English, German, Swedish,
Finnish, Czech, Slovak
Director: Peter Höhsl
Producer: Michael K. Epstein
Co-Production Partners: Epidem Zot
(FIN), Bonton Ateliéry (CZ)
Cast: Animation
Year Of Production: 2003, Country Of
Origin: Austria
Big Spender
Filmbridge International
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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
Classical music animation TV-Series (4x
26´ and approx. 60min. DVD)
Languages: English, German
Director: Michael Sturminger
Co-Production Partners: Prokids
Cast: The Vienna Philharmonic, Richard
Strauss, Herbert Von Karajan
Year Of Production: 2003/2004, Country
Of Origin: Austria
Herbert von Karajan is directing Richard
Strauss´”Till Eulenspiegel” played by the
Vienna Philharmonic in the famous Golden
Hall in Vienna but Till, the legendary
rogue and trickster, swaps the score for
that of Richard Strauss.
TOMTOM
Animation TV-Series (26 x 25´)
Languages: English, German
Director: Thomas Kostron
Co-Production Partners: Open
Cast: Tomtom, Tomtomette, Snailodemus,
Tomtomine, The Koala Bear Without A
Name
Year Of Production: 2003-2005, Country
Of Origin: Austria
TOMTOM, the master of subtle jokes and
witty lines, is the epitome of amiable
craziness, a gentleman of the old school
and usually sporting a bow tie and a
bowler hat...
CINEFLIX
INTERNATIONAL
Cineflix International, 26 - 28 Wendell
Road, London W12 9RT UK. Tel: 44. 208
746 0574. Fax: 44.208 749 2232.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Paul Heaney, Dorrit Levy
Office: 04.23, Tel: 049.299.8043
MAYDAY
Language: English Delivery Status:
completed. Mayday, a popular science and
investigative series documents recent air
crashes, delving into aerospace technology,
air traffic organization, and overall air
safety.
ELOVE
Historical game show (39 x 30)
Language: English
elove follows on-line couples as they meet
in person for the first time. elove airs on W
Network in Canada and on Oxygen in the
U.S.
DOGS WITH JOBS
Language: English
The hit show on working dogs has just
wrapped production on it its fourth season
of 13 episodes.
CINEXPORT
Cinexport, 78 avenue des ChampsElysées, 75008 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.45.62.49.45. Fax: 33.1.45.63.85.26.
cinexport@wanadoo. http://www.tvfi.com
Company type : distributor
At MIP-TV: Mrs. Anne-Marie
ROMBOURG-Caraco (President), Mrs.
Ingrid LOISE (assistant), Acquisitions
executive: Mrs. Anne-Marie
ROMBOURG-CARACO
Office: C/O TV France
INTERNATIONAL stand,
Tel: 06.07.54.33.33
EL KOUTBIA ( LE COTE OBSCUR
DE L’AMOUR )
(103 minutes)
Director: Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba
Producer: Yvon Crenn
Cast: Henri Sabri, Ahmed El Haffiene,
Martine Gafsi, Yadh Beji
Year of production: 2002
Jamil comes back home in a book shop in
Tunis for a temporary job as a clerk. He is
attracted to Aicha, 15 years older than him
and mother of the book shop owner Tarak.
L’ETE DE CHLOE (CHLOE’S
SUMMER) 2002
(90 minutes)
Language: French version with english
subtitles
Directed by Heikki AREKALLIO
Cast: Elisabeth Vitali, Jean-Yves Berteloot,
Valentina Vargas, Stephane Caillard
Chloé, 14 years old, will never forget this
summer. During her holidays she falls in
love with a young teenager she considers
as her prince, Kevin, and trains on a
beautiful horse to win a local
championship.
LA CLIENTE ( SEARCHING THE
TRUTH) (TEMPORARY TITLE)
Directed By Pierre Boutron
Cast: Francis Huster, Micheline Presle,
Francois Marthouret, Sylvie Ferro, Michel
Robin Valentin Merlet
Delivery date: July 2003 france 2
A biographer enquires about a famous
writer and discovers he has been given
away by an anonymous letter during the
Occupation.
MADEMOISELLE ELSE (MISS
ELSE’S SHAME) 2002
Directed By Pierre Boutron
Cast: Julie Delarme Francois Marthouret
Beatrice Agenin
A young woman shatters against an
unsolvable moral dilemm
LETTRE D’UNE INCONNUE
(LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN
WOMAN) 2001
(90 minutes)
Language: French Version Based On
Stefan Zweig
Directed By Jacques Deray
Cast: Irene Jacob Christopher Thompson
Karlheinz Hackl Joachim Bissmeier
HE IS ABOUT TO READ THE WORDS
OF LOVE SHE NEVER SPOKE...A
woman has been desperately in love with a
writer who lived next door and has never
been aware of it.
CINEINTERNATIONAL
Cine-International, Leopoldstr. 18, D80802 Munich, Germany. Tel:
49.89.391025. Fax: 49.89.331089.
[email protected], www.cineinternational.de
Company type: Distributor
At MIP-TV: Lilli Tyc-Holm, President;
Susanne Groh, Head of Sales &
Acquisitions; Caroline Tengler, Marketing
Manager.
Office: 01.15 c/o Export-Union of German
Film, Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.02, Fax:
33.4.92.99.86.10
BOOMERANG
Dark Comedy (88 min)
Language: Yugoslavian, English subtitles
Director: Dragan Marinkovic
Producers: Film Link, Vans, Zillion
Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Paulina Manov,
Nebojsa Glogovac
Delivery status: complete
origin: Yugoslavia - Canada coproduction
A high-speed dark comedy and a slice of
life served with plenty of laughs and a
dash of bite.
CROP CIRCLES - THE COSMIC
CONNECTION
Documentary (85 min)
Language: German, English
Director: Peterjürgen Heppa
Producer: CLIP, Munich, Germany
Origin: Germany
Documentary with scientific and
journalistic explanations of
electromagnetic, radioactive,
morphogenetic resonance and
polyembryotical aspects of the
phenomenon of CROP CIRCLES as well
as the genetic changes of the plants
concerned.
LES ENFANTS DE L’AMOUR
Family Drama (87 min)
Language: French with English subtitles
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Producer: Fobic Films, Gent, Belgium
Cast: Fauve De Loof, Michael Philpott,
Winnifred Vigilante
Delivery Status: complete
origin: Belgium
A family drama featuring a “patchwork
family”, i.e. a husband and wife who both
used to have other partners in life and their
kids’ worries and problems.
VIVA AFRICA (A FOUNTAIN FOR
SUSAN)
Comedy (105 min)
Language: English, German
Director: Dusan Rapos
Producer: Jiri Fojtik A.S.K.
Cast: Eva Vejmelkova, Alessandro Coari,
Ibrahim Maiga
Year of production:1999, Countries of
Origin: Slovak Republic, Czech Republic,
Zimbabwe
A family film and a romantic musical
comedy set against the background of the
African wilderness and the beauty of
Victoria Falls.
PENTAMAGICA
Comedy (95 min)
Language: German, English subtitles
Director: Roland Reber
Producer: wtp international GmbH
Cast: Mira Gittner, Marina Anna Eich,
Claire Plaut
Origin: Germany
Five women work together on a book
about the “world of magic” each of them
specializing in a certain area: shamanism,
witchcraft, ritual magic, chaos magic and
other geomancy practices.
CLASSIC MEDIA
Classic Media, 860 Broadway, 6th Floor,
New York NY 10003 USA. Tel:
212.659.3011. Fax 212.659.1958.
At MIP-TV: Doug Schwalbe (Head of
International), Jeremy Drosin
(Intermational Sales)
Office: R36.08 in Espace Riviera, Tel:
4.92.99.88.28
WHAT’S NEW MR. MAGOO?
(16 x 30 min.)
Can you believe it? Magoo is more than 50
years old, and he’s still as funny as he was
in his 1950 debut. Where Magoo goes,
comedic chaos follows.
LASSIE
(236 x 30min.)
Year of Production: 1963-1972
Lassie joins the U.S. Forest Service as the
pet and partner of Ranger Cory Stuart.
Together, they fight forest fires, rescue
trapped animals and protect America’s
wilderness.
ADVENTURES OF THE LONE
RANGER
(39 x 30 min.)
The action continues in full color as The
Masked Man and Tonto fight crime and
injustice with their dedication to justice
and fair play. These episodes can be
programmed as 13 features or 39 halfhours, complete with cliffhanger ending!
DICK TRACY
(26 x 30 min.)
“Calling all Crimestoppers! This is Dick
Tracy, inviting you to join me and my
crime-busting pals.
ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
(163 x 30 min.)
Jay Ward’s irreverent and intelligent
approach to comedy has provided
sophisticated humor for adults and
excitement for kids for over 40 years.
Camera Cafe
Distraction
MARCH/APRIL 2003
COLORLAND
Colorland, 909 Austin Tower, 22-26 Austin
Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong
Kong. Tel: 852.23669013. Fax:
852.23679087. [email protected].
www.colorland-animation.com
At MIP-TV: Louis Sek (Chairman &
CEO), Bill Kowalchuk (Producer), Sally
Luo (Executive Director)
Office:
OH MAX
Animation 2D and 3D CGI (25 min)
Language: English
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
Producer: Louis Sek, Bill Kowalchuk
Cast: Jason Michas, Brian Drummond, Ian
Corlett, Tabitha St. Germain
Delivery Status: In production for mid
2004 delivery
Meet Max: an overgrown, accident-prone,
recently adopted puppy with an overactive
imagination.
IN SEARCH OF SANTA
Animation (3D CGI)
Language: English
Director: Bill Kowalchuk
Producer: Louis Sek, Bill Kowalchuk
Cast: To be advised
Delivery Status: In production for mid
2003 delivery
Pure-hearted Penguin Princess Crystal and
her skeptical sister Princess Lucinda
embark on a daring Pole-to-Pole quest to
find Santa Claus.
COMEDY CENTRAL
Comedy Central, 1775 Broadway, New
York, NY 10019 USA. Tel: 212.767.8818.
Fax: 212.767.8610.
Company Type: Distributor/Broadcaster
At MIP-TV: Richard De Croce (Vice
President, International Sales), Javiera
Balmaceda (Manager, International Sale),
Erin Silber (Coordinator, International
Sales)
Office: Stand at MIPTV 2003, #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.
THE MAN SHOW
Entertainment Series
(46 x 30’ and 3 x 60’)
THE MAN SHOW, a brazenly
chauvinistic celebration of all things male,
combines sketch comedy, man-on-thestreet interviews, celebrity drop-ins plus
reoccurring segments.
CHAPPELLE’S SHOW
Sketch Series (12 x 30’)
This provocative sketch comedy series
takes Dave Chappelle’s own personal joke
book and brings it to life, with episodes
consisting of sketches, man-on-the-street
pieces and pop culture parodies.
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON
STEWART
Talk Series (4 x 30’ or 1 x 30’)
If you’re tired of the stodginess of the
evening newscasts, if you can’t bear to sit
through the spinmeisters and schills on the
24-hour cable news networks, check out
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON
STEWART.
TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN
QUINN
Talk Series (92 x 30’)
TV funnyman Colin Quinn brings a group
of his top-notch stand-up friends including,
Denis Leary and Janeane Garofalo
together for a knockdown, no-holds-barred
current events roundtable tackling
political, social and pop culture issues.
MIDEM • MIPTV • CANNES • MIPCOM
OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND
(Tented & Heated)
Lunch on the beach
Whatever the weather
CRAWFORD
PRODUCTIONS PTY
LTD
Crawford Productions Pty Ltd, 259
Middleborough Road, Box Hill Victoria
Australia 3128. Tel: 61.3.9895.2211. Fax:
61.3.9890. 5732.
[email protected].
www.crawfords.com.au
Company Type: Production Company,
Studio Facilities
At MIP-TV: Nick McMahon (Chief
Executive Officer)
Office: Eaton Films
THE SADDLE CLUB SERIES 1, THE
SADDLE CLUB SERIES 2
Adventure, Family (52 x 22 mins)
Language: English
Director: Arnie Custo, Mark De Friest
Producer: Lynn Bayonas Co-production
partners: Protocol Entertainment Inc
Cast: Keenan MacWilliam (Canadian),
Sophie Bennett (Canadian) & Lara
Marshall (Australian)
Delivery Status: Post . Series 1 completed,
Series 2 Post
Year of Production: Series 1 2000 & Series
2 2002 Country of Origin:
Australia/Canada
The Saddle Club is a children’s drama
series about young girls and their
adventures with horses. The stories are
based on the novels written by
popularchildren’s author Bonnie Bryant.
The Restaurant
on the beach
(Between Miramar & Martinez)
Contact Olivier
Tel. (33) 4 93 94 20 68 Fax. (33) 4 93 43 60 91
Wild Journeys
AB International Distribution
site address: http://www.rado-plage.fr
notre e-mail: [email protected]
Available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
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CREATIVE LIGHT
WORLDWIDE
Creative Light Worldwide, 8383 Wilshire
Blvd. Suite #212, Beverly Hills CA 90211
USA. Tel: 323.658.9166. Fax:
www.creativelightworldwide.com
At MIP-TV: Ray Haboush (Head of
International Sales)
Office: AFMA Stand #01.02, Tel:
33.(0).4.92.99.8207
MADE UP (2002) USA
Romantic Comedy
Language: English
Cast: Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest), Gary
Sinise (Forest Gump), Brooke Adams
(Invasion Of The Body Snatchers)
An older woman undergoes an elaborate
makeover fooling her boyfriend into
thinking she is two different women!
TEQUILA EXPRESS (2003) USA
Action Thriller
Language: English
Cast: Christopher Atkins (Blue Lagoon)
A deep cover DEA agent must rescue the
daughter of the California Governor from
drug terrorists.
WOULD I LIE TO YOU (2003) USA
Comedy
Language: U.S./English
Cast: Brad Rowe (Body Shot), Susan Ward
(The In-Crowd)
A wealthy man hides his identity in order
to find true love.
THE ITEM (1999) USA
Thriller
Cast: Dawn Marie Velasquez, Dan Clark
Four felons are paid to protect a telepathic
worm and one by one they are killed in
grisly fashion. STIGES Festival Sundance Film Festival - Dramatic
Competition.
Something Else
TV Loonland
THE HUNGRY BACHELORS CLUB
(2002) USA
Family Drama (1 x 93’)
Cast: Jorja Fox (Csi, Er, Memento), Bill
Nunn (Do The Right Thing), Michael Des
Barres (Mulholland Dr.)
(PG-13) A woman dreams of leaving her
law practice to open a restaurant and seizes
an opportunity to fulfill it by having the
baby of a wealthy businessman and his
wife.
CS ASSOCIATES
CS Associates, 200 Dexter Avenue,
Watertown, MA 02472 USA. Tel:
617.923.0077 Fax: 617.923.0025.
[email protected].
http://www.csassociates.com.
At MIP-TV: Charles Schuerhoff
(Managing Director), Christine Hrul (Sales
Assistant)
Office: 16.23, Tel: (33).(0).4.92.99.81.48
TURNED OUT: SEXUAL ASSAULT
BEHIND BARS
Documentary/Current Affairs, Political &
Social, 56 min.
Language: English
Director: Jonathan Schwartz
Origin: USA
Predators and victims, that’s the paradigm
through which the public views sex behind
bars. But after two years of dedicated
research and investigation, we learn that
the picture is hardly so black and white.
BOY WITH NO FACE
Documentary/Culture and Society, 55 min.
Language: English
Director: Folke Ryden
USA
A young Vietnamese boy’s face was badly
disfigured when his neighbor cut open an
American phosphorus grenade in order to
sell the metal for scrap.
LANCE LOUD! A DEATH IN AN
AMERICAN FAMILY
Documentary/Culture and Society, 56
minutes
Language: English
Director: Alan and Susan Raymond
Producer: Alan and Susan Raymond
Origin: USA
Lance Loud was the first openly gay
person on television, and his life was a
comic tragedy that spoke volumes about
pop culture, sexuality, fame, performance
art and family life.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Documentary/Culture and Society, 1 hour
or 75 min.
Language: English
Director: Mark Shepherd
Producer: Mark Shepherd
USA
This film is a look at the fanatical circus
atmosphere at the Santa Monica County
Courthouse during the O.J. Simpson civil
trial.
FARANG BA (CRAZY WHITE
FOREIGNER)
Documentary/Culture and Society, 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 is now a
well-known amateur boxer.
CUMULUS
DISTRIBUTION LTD.
Cumulus Distribution Ltd., Sanctuary
House, 45-53 Sinclair Road, London W14
0NS United Kingdom. Tel:
44.20.7300.6623. Fax: 44.20.7300.6529.
http://www.entercloud9.com
At MIP-TV: Aky Najeeb (Managing
Director), Clarissa Alvarez Hoey (Director
of Sales), Rebecca Collis (Sales Manager),
Mareike Pahl (Sales Co-ordinator)
Office: 05.30, Tel: 33.(0)4.92.99.8030
THE TRIBE SERIES 5
www.tribeworld.com
Live Action Tween Drama Series (52 x
30’) or (26 x 48’)
Language: English
Key Cast: Beth Allen – “Amber”, Caleb
Ross – “Lex”, Meryl Cassie – “Ebony”
Origin: New Zealand
Against all the odds, the Mall Rats
defeated the Techno Tribe’s quest for
dominance in the city of children.
REVELATIONS – THE INITIAL
JOURNEY
www.theinitialjourney.com
Live Action Children/Family series (26 x
30’)
Language: English
Key Cast: Tom Hern – “Jess”
Origin: New Zealand
A 26 half-hour anthology series of heartwarming tales for all the family inspired by
different moments in history. We are taken
on a spiritual journey by our young
narrator Jess who helps us discover many
of life’s lessons.
ATLANTIS HIGH
www.atlantishigh.com
Live Action Tween Comedy Drama Series
(26 x 30’)
Director: English
Key Cast: Mr Dorsey - Ken Blackburn,
Dorothy Gordon - Joanne Mildenhall,
Sabrina Georgia - Loren Horsley,
Antonia/Antony - Victoria Spence, Richard
Lambeth - Coach Shane, Sophie May Lucy Gamble, Octavia Vermont - Elizabeth
McGlinn, Jet Marigold - Laura Wilson,
Josh Montana - Lee Donaghue, Giles
Gordon - Michael Wesley Smith
Origin: New Zealand
A spoof-soap set in the idyllic seaside town
of Sunset Cove.
THE TRIBE SERIES 4
www.tribeworld.com
Live Action Tween Drama Series
(52 x 30’) or (26 x 48’)
Language: English
Key Cast: James Napier - “Jay”, Tom
Hern - “RAM”, Dan Weekes - “VED”,
Beth Allen – “Amber”, Caleb Ross –
“Lex”, Meryl Cassie – “Ebony”
Origin: New Zealand
Our heroes, The Mall Rats were more than
a match for The Chosen, but there are still
dark forces lurking, eager for them to fail.
CURB
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL
CORP.
Curb Entertainment International Corp.,
3907 West Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA
91505 USA. Tel: 818.843.8580. Fax:
818.566.1719.
www.curbentertainment.com
At MIP-TV: Wendy Reeds (Head of Sales)
Office: Stand 19.20, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8215
TOUGH LUCK
USA-Thriller
Director: Richard Shepard (OXYGEN)
Producer: Ram Bergman, Brian Etting,
Josh Etting, Carole Curb Nemoy, Mike
Curb
Cast: Armand Assante, Norman Reedus,
Dagmara Dominczyk
Delivery Status: In Post-Production
An intricate net of deceit and betrayal
entangles a wandering grifter (Norman
Reedus) who is hired by a traveling
carnival owner (Armand Assante) to
murder his beautiful wife (Dagmara
Dominczyk).
100 MILE RULE
USA-Thriller
Director: Brent Huff
Producer: Eric Gustavson, John Nelson
Cast: Jake Weber, Maria Bello, David
Thornton, Michael McKean
After his one-night affair is caught on tape,
a married salesman (Jake Weber) must
outwit a beautifully dangerous woman
(Maria Bello).
MAN’S BEST FRIEND
USA-Romantic Comedy
Director: Rob Lundsgaard
Producers: Scott J. Sloan & Rob
Lundsgaard
Cast: Alexander Chaplin, Lindsay Sloane,
Richard Kind
Steven’s (Alexander Chaplin) new
romantic relationship with Rebecca
(Lindsay Sloane) is going great: they both
like dogs, good books, and shopping. The
only problem is that Rebecca thinks he’s
gay.
WATER’S EDGE
Canada-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 lies in their quiet hometown.
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COASTLINES
USA-Thriller
Producer(s): Victor Nunez and Sam Gowan
Writer/Director: Victor Nunez
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.
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
Company Type: Sales agent, Producer
At MIP-TV: Jarmila Svorcova (Chief
Executive), Milena Jaresova (Sale
Executive)
Office: 01-09, Tel: 33.492.998.277
SEDUCER (MUSIM TE SVEST)
Feature film (90’)
Language: Czech, English subtitles
Director: Andrea Sedlácková
Producer: Czech Television (Jan Stern),
Vision Production (Daniel Zavorka)
Cast: Ivana Chylkova, Jan Kraus, Ivan
Trojan and others
Delivery Status: completed, available for
saleYear of Production: 2002, Country of
Origin: Czech Republic
A merciless game of emotions inspired by
true life events. This satirical comedy
focuses on an unusual love triangle as it
unfolds in the highest political circles.
WILD FLOWERS (KYTICE)
Feature film (85’)
Director: F.A. Brabec
Producer: J&J Jakubisko Film (Deana
Jakubiskova), Czech Television
Cast: Boleslav Polívka, Karel Roden,
Linda Rybova, Jana Svandova, Anna
Geislerova, Stella Zazvorkova, Vera
Galatikova and others
sale
Seven dramatic human life stories that may
play anywhere and in any century. They
tell the everlasting story of passion, love,
desire, obsession and selfishness.
ALFONS MUCHA IN MUNICIPAL
HOUSE (ALFONS MUCHA V
OBECNIM DOME)
Documentary (15’)
Director: Aleny Hynkova
Producer: The Municipal House
sale
The Municipal House is one of the most
important buildings of the Prague
Secession and the author of its decoration
was the renowned Czech painter Alfons
Mucha.
PRETTY TOWNS (SUMNA MESTA)
Documentary series (34x23’)
Language: Czech
Director: Radovan Lipus
Producer: Czech Television
Cast: David Vavra as guide of programme
sale
Year of Production: 2000-2002, Country of
The stylized cycle of documentaries on the
architecture of Czech towns shows the
viewer lesser known but no less significant
architectural gems in a selected series of
Czech towns.
THE OTTER BABY (VYDRYSEK)
Series for Children (13x8’)
Language: Czech
Director: Vaclav Chaloupek
Producer: Czech Television and
Zapadoceska energetika
sale
A thirteen-part serial about the first year of
a young otter, a story about the yearning
for freedom and life in the natural world.
BREATHLESS CITY (MESTO BEZ
DECHU)
TV film (98’)
Director: Ivan Pokorny
Cast: Tatiana Vilhelmova, Jan Bidlas,
Roman Zach, Natalie Drabiscakova, Pavel
Zednicek, Hynek Cermak, Marie Durnova,
Jiri Kodes, Vladimir Dlouhy and others
sale
A dramatic story set in present days,
something of a political thriller. In a
perfectly prepared operation an
Environment Protection group kidnaps a
Prague city bus with five passengers.
THE BRIDE WITH BIG FEET
(NEVESTA S VELKYMA NOHAMA)
Fairy-tale (75’)
Director: Viktor Polesny
Cast: Filip Capka, Kamila Sprachalova,
Lenka Krobotova, Jiri Stepnicka, Vilem
Udatny, Jitka Jezkova and others
sale
An adventure tale of chivalric romance,
based on the legend about King Pippin the
Short and Bertha, Princess of
Hungary.
D
DARGAUD MARINA
Dargaud Marina, 15-27 rue Moussorgski,
75018 Paris France. Tel:
33.1.53.26.31.01. Fax: 33.1.53.26.31.13.
[email protected].
www.dargaudmarina.fr
Company Type: Producer, distributor
At MIP-TV: Vincent Montagne
(President), Gaspard de Chavagnac (CEO),
Patrick Dedieu, Guillaume Galliot (Deputy
General Manager Sales & Co-production),
Michele Massonnat (Sales & Marketing
Manager), Victoire de Mones (Sales
Executive)
Office at MIP-TV: 08.08-10.07
DECODE
ENTERTAINMENT
INC
DECODE Entertainment Inc, 512 King
Street East, Suite 104, Toronto, M5A 1M1,
Canada. Tel: 416.363.8034. Fax:
www.decode-ent.com
Company Type: Producer and Distributor
At MIP-TV: Steven DeNure
(Partner/Executive Producer), Neil Court
(Partner/Executive Producer), Beth
Stevenson (Partner/Executive Producer),
John Delmage (Partner/Executive
Producer), Dominique Bazay (Director,
Sales)
Office: Yacht Le Don Juan, Jetée AlbertEdouard, Tel: 04929871240, Fax:
0492987125
BE THE CREATURE
Factual (13 x 60 mins)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE Entertainment Inc
Cast: The Kratt Brothers
Origin: Canada
With only minimalist survival gear and
their camera equipment, Chris and Martin
travel to remote wilderness areas to
experience the world as the animals do.
FRANNY’S FEET
Animation (13 x 22 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE Entertainment Inc
Delivery Status: In pre -production
Origin: Canada
My Name is Franny and I’m five-and-ahalf years old. Shoes take me on amazing
adventures where I meet new friends and
discover new places. Frantastic!
THE SAVE-UMS
Animation (26 x 22 minutes or 52 x 11
minutes)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE Entertainment Inc Coproduction partners: Discovery UK
Year of Production: 2002-2003 Country of
Origin: Canada
Small is powerful, believe it! The SaveUms are preschool heroes, who race to the
rescue to solve emergencies through
collaborative problem solving, critical
thinking and the creative use of
technology.
BLOBHEADS
Animation/Live Action (26 x 22 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE Entertainment Inc Coproduction partners: Wark Clements
Delivery Status: In Post-production
Origin: Canada/UK
As if Billy Barnes’ life wasn’t complicated
enough, things only get weirder when
mess-making Zerek, Kerek and Derek
arrive from Planet Blob through a portal in
Billy’s toilet!
KING
Animation (52 x 11 mins)
Language: English
Producer: DECODE Entertainment Inc Coproduction partners: Funbag Delivery
Status: In production Year of Production:
2002-2003 Country of Origin: Canada
Shortly after moving to a new house, 12
year old Russell discovers something
under his bed most kids only dream of..... a
trap door to a fantastical place!
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS,
INC.
Discovery Communications, Inc., One
Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD
20910-3354 USA. www.discoveryprogram-sales.com
(Director International Program Sales)
Office: #G3.13
END OF EXTINCTION: CLONING
THE TASMANIAN TIGER
(1x60)
End of Extinction follows an Australian
scientist as he plans to clone a Tasmanian
Tiger and make an extraordinary attempt to
reverse extinction.
JORDAN: THE ROYAL TOUR
(1x60)
Meet King Abdullah II, who has invited us
on a Royal Tour of this ancient land with
some of the greatest archaeological
treasures and surreal landscapes known to
man.
PET PSYCHIC
(13x60)
Pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick uses her
remarkable extra-sensory gifts to put us
into the hearts and minds of our animal
friends to find out what they are thinking
and feeling.
SEXPIONAGE
(1x60)
Sexpionage, the combustible combination
of spying and seduction. From prostitutes
to professional spies, they are sometimes
sleeping with the enemy.
SECRET LIFE OF FORMULA ONE
(3X60)
Each year, 11 teams compete in 17 races
across five continents. Formula One cars
are designed to the limits of technology
and as secret as the most advanced military
projects.
The Cramp Twins
TV LoonLand
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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 MIP-TV: Michel Rodrigue (President
and CEO), Arabelle Pouliot (VP Sales),
John Gough (Director of PR and
Development), Alex Elliot (Head of
Acquisitions), Beata Hegedus (Sales
Director, Eastern Europe, Spain &
Portugal), Jean Huang (Sales Director, US
and Asia)
Office: Stand number: C1.05, Tel:
0492.99.83.43 / 0492.99.83.46. Fax:
0492.99.83.47
THE FAME GAME
Gameshow Format Primetime Weekly or
Bi-Weekly (30-45 minutes)
Original Producer - RTE International
The studio-based gameshow format which
examines contestants’ knowledge of their
celebrity heroes to the limit. The
triumphant contestant hunts down their
idol, fulfills a challenge and records the
journey for the following week’s show!
STRIP SEARCH...THE REAL FULL
MONTY
Entertainment reality format (12 episodes)
Primetime Weekly (30 minutes)
Original Producer – Screentime
The most revealing format on television,
premiering in 5 countries, gets up close
and personal with a troupe of ordinary
guys who compete to win one of only six
spots in a world class male revue.
CAMERA CAFÉ
Modular scripted comedy format (500 x 7
or 30 minutes) Daily Primetime
Original producer – CALT
Your coffee break will never be the same
again! This cult modular comedy is set in
an office that everyone will recognise with
a small cast of characters whom everyone
will identify with.
URBAN RACE
Adventure gameshow format (60 minutes
x 13 episodes) Primetime Weekly
Original Producer - Zone 3
A game of speed, cunning and
determination!
CIAO DARWIN
Entertainment Format Primetime (60
minutes x 42 episodes)
Original Producer - RTI/ Mediaset
The Saturday night, primetime
extravaganza from RTI /Mediaset. Two
teams of 50 compete in tests of style,
stamina and strength. Will the winners be
bald or hairy? Tall or short? Fat or thin?
DO IT YOURSELF
(DIY) NETWORK
David Morse &Ryan Gosling.
Millennium Group
Do It Yourself (DIY) Network, 9721
Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37932 USA.
Tel: 865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253.
Company Type: Network
At MIP-TV: Kristen Jordan (Vice
President, International Development),
Paulette Bensussen (Director, International
Development), Anna Alvord (Manager,
International Development)
Office: R35.06, Tel: 33.04.92.99.89.09
WEEKEND ENTERTAINING
(13 x 20’)
Our host throws real parties while DIY
documents her process, from deciding on
the theme to selecting the invitations,
menus, party favors and decorations.
CELEBRITY HOBBIES
(13 x 20’)
We spotlight some of our favorite
celebrities at home, in the studio or
workshop as they demonstrate their
gardening, crafting, painting, cooking,
modeling or collecting interest or hobby.
BUILD YOUR WINE CELLAR
(5 x 20’)
This five-part workshop shows how to
plan, build and stock a new wine cellar and
even includes information on maintaining
the proper temperature and humidity for
your favorite wines.
CLASSIC CAR RESTORATION
(5 x 20’)
Building upon entry-level projects
designed to educate and motivate, we
introduce the basics of this popular pastime
and offer tips on maintenance as well as
construction.
RADIO CONTROL HOBBIES CRASH COURSE
(1 x 45’)
Take a look at one of the hottest hobbies
around - radio-control vehicles! Learn how
to build and operate your own model
plane, car, truck or boat.
E
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 MIP-TV: Barbara Mudge (President)
Office: 01.02, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.82.07
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE: THE SEARCH
FOR THE TRUE MT. SINAI
Language: English
Director: John Schmidt
Producer: Jim Schmidt, John Shepherd
The remarkable true story of renowned
adventurers who set out to find the true
Biblical Mt. Sinai within the forbidden
desert of Saudi Arabia.
THE MOMENT AFTER
Thriller - TV Movie
Language: English
Director: Wes Llewellyn
Producer: Kevin Downes, Wes Llewellyn,
David Whire, Brad Heller
Cast: David White, Kevin Downes, D.
David Morin
The post-rapture mass disappearance of
millions world-wide results in turmoil and
confusion. Two FBI agents must determine
if it’s a religious phenomenon or the
working of para-military terrorists.
TIME CHANGER
Time Travel - TV Movie
Language: English
Director: Rich Christiano
Producer: Rich Christiano, Kevin Downes
Cast: D. David Morin, Gavin MacLeod,
Hal Linden, Jennifer O’Neill, Paul
Rodriguez
For research, a scholar in 1890 uses a
colleague’s secret time travel machine to
journey to present day and is shocked at
his discoveries.
FAMILY FILM LIBRARY
Family Films
Extensive library of new, feature length
family valued storylines featuring
recognizable name stars including Ben
Kingsley, Barbara Babcock, Ken Howard,
Pat Hingle, Leo Rossi, Michael Beihn,
Jennifer O’Neill, John Amos, Ed Asner,
Patrick Duffy and more!
THE BUSINESS OF
FILM
Head Office
41-42 Berners St.
London WIT 3NB
ECHELON
ENTERTAINMENT
Echelon Entertainment and RGH/Lions
Share Pictures, 8831 Sunset Boulevard,
Suite 300, West Hollywood, California,
USA 90069. Tel: 310.652.2893 Ext.11 Office. Fax: 310.652.6237.
www.echelonent.com.
[email protected]
Company Type: Sales Agent
At MIP-TV: Eric Louzil (President & CoCEO), Billy Blake (Co-CEO), Geoff Jarvis
(VP Of International Sales), Stacey Parks
(VP Of International Sales), Travis King
(Sales Associate), John Howard (VP Of
Press Relations/Marketing). Acquisition
Executive: Gloria Morrison (President Of
Acquisitions/Development)
Office: 09.38, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8126
A LIGHT IN THE FOREST
Fantasy/Family (96 minutes)
Language: English
Director: John Carl Beuchler
Producer: Holly Boy Productions and Blue
Horizon International in association with
RGH/Lions Share Pictures
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Christopher
Khayman Lee, Danielle Nicolet
Origin: USA
Britta, the new kid at Highland High, has
reason to rejoice this Christmas: her
sadness has summoned Holly Boy, the
very spirit of the season.
BLUE FIRE
Sexual Angst Drama
Language: English
Director: Chia Hui Gao
Producer: Chia Hui Gao, Olivier Janin,
Michael A. Wong
Cast: Johnny Kwon, Victoria Linchon,
Jackson Ning
Delivery Status: (pre, post, in production
or completed)
Origin: USA
Jack can’t help but to be drawn to his
lively, but ill-reputed, roommate, Lana Lin.
After passing judgment on Lana’s loose
lifestyle, Jack finds himself desiring her.
CONFESSION OF A FLORIST
Black comedy (103 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Frank Patterson
Producer: Karchi Perlmann
Cast: Leslie France, Wayne Dehart, Marco
Perella
Origin: USA
“A perfectly scaled tale of small town
murder, alienation and floral arrangement.”
Variety, when film was known as “Rose’s.”
DONALD AND DOT CLOCK FOUND
DEAD IN THEIR HOME
Quirky Romantic Comedy
(82 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Michael Kowalski
Producer: J. Edmund Parcher
Cast: John E. Parcher,
Eugenie Bondurant, Joe Ochman
Year of Production:
2001 Country of Origin: USA
MARCH/APRIL 2003
In this match made for the Afterlife, he’s a
dancer who can’t keep a job while she’s a
psychic hot-line counselor obsessed with
the “Rodent Harmonic Balance.”
FATAL DESIRE
Thriller
Language: English
Director: Roberto Schlosser
Producer: Ron Lavery
Cast: Wendy Guess, Pierre Perea, Jordan
Willams
Origin: USA
While a movie director faces negligence
charges after a stuntman is killed
accidentally, his beautiful wife is having an
affair, spurring him to fatal actions with
fatal consequences.
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], www.em-ag.de
Company Type: Distributor and Producer
At MIP-TV: Werner E. Klatten (Chairman
of the Management Board), Rainer Hüther
(Member of the Management 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.
BAMBALOO
Puppetry with live presentation (65x24’ )
Produced by: Jim Henson Television,
Yoram Gross-EM.TV, Seven Network
Production Status: In production,
Available: October 2003
Both human and Muppet-style animal
puppets, helps children explore the world
through storytelling, music and games,
while singing and dancing to the latest
Bambaloo hits.
TABALUGA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Animation (1x70’)
Produced by: EM.TV & Merchandising
AG, Yoram Gross-EM.TV
Available: Winter 2003
The little dragon Tabaluga’s world is
thrown into chaos and peril when an
orphan human boy from the real world,
accidentally finds himself in Tabaluga’s
homeland of Greenland.
CREEPSCHOOL
Animation (26x24’ )
AG, Happy Life, Alphanim, CINAR
Available: Autumn 2004
A spooky comedy series set in a remote
and sinister-looking boarding school - the
Creepschool.
NORMAN NORMAL II
Animation (26x24’ )
AG, Magma Films, Télé Images
Available: December 2003
Norman is normal. He missed out when a
microwave glow gave the rest of his family
superpowers.
TIMM THALER
Animation (Adventure) (26x24´)
Produced by: Prime Time TV, CTM
Concept - TV & Merchandising GmbH
and Festival Film
Production Status: Completed
Timm Thaler helps his friend Akiko to see
again by selling his laugh to the evil Baron
Lived.
ESPRESSO TV
Espresso TV, 7 Heathfield Road, London,
UK W3 8EH. Tel: 44(0)208.960.5525.
Fax: 44(0)208.960.4054.
www.espressotv.com.
At MIP-TV: David Hooper (Managing
Director)
Office: H4.35, Media Stand, Tel:
33.4.9299.8596. Fax: 33.4.9299.8597
THE TEMPLE MOUNT IS MINE
AKA: THE DRAMATIC STORY OF
RULERS, RELIGIONS AND
CONFLICT
Documentary (52’ x 2)
Origin: The Netherlands
Language: English
Director: Willy Lindwer
Co-Production Partners: AVA
PRODUCTIONS, NCRV-TV Netherlands,
Noga Communications
CoBo Fund Netherlands
Producer: AVA Productions
This documentary answers the question
why the Temple Mount remains a source
of conflict as well as undercovering the
most sacred place in history, a flash-point
for a contemporary conflict that some
believe could engulf the entire world.
AFTERMATH
Documentary/ Social (49’ x 2)
Language: English
Director: David & Bernard Hammelburg
Co-Production Partners: VRT-TV
& KRO-TV
Producer: Ava-Dateline Produkties BV
Aftermath profiles some of the survivors
experiences horror , sorrow but also
resilience and willpower towards the
September 11th disaster.
ESSENGERS WITHOUT AN
AUDIENCE
Documentary/ History (52’ x 1)
Director: Willy Lindwer
Co-Production Partners: EO-TV, VRT-TV
Producer: Ava-Dateline Produkties BV
Documentary that narrates how a few
people went on to report to the Media and
other Allied Governments, the actions and
suspictions of the genocide of the
European Jews carried out by Nazis during
the WAR.
WAS THE KING OF PORN
AKA: THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF
LASSE BRAUN
Documentary (60’)
Language: English
Director: Thorsten Schutte
Co-Production Partners: ZDF, Germany
Producer: Filmvergnuegen GmbH
Origin: Germany
Profile of most successful and influential
filmmaker in the porn industry , Thorsten
Schutte. The arguments put forward reveal
how porn movies contributed to the sexual
revolution and to the liberation from the
petty morals of the fifties.
FIGHTING THE BLUE
www.fightingtheblue.com
Documentary Series (60’ x 4)
Language: English
Director: Stephen Saunderst
Producer: ASA Productions, Hugh Thomas
Origin: UK
A drams-documentary series featuring
stories of human interest during the Battle
of Britain. Contains unseen footage of the
Battle of Britain
EXCEPTION
PRODUCTION &
DISTRIBUTION
Exception Production & Distribution, 9
rue Joubert, 75009 Paris, France. Tel:
33.1.42.81.11.11. Fax: 33.1.42.81.11.55.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Rita Zalejski-Torndahl
(President)
Office: Marketplace H4.35, Mobile Tel:
33.6.62.86.52.22
CROSSWIND
Documentary (1 x 52’) (Europe ONLY)
Producer: © 2001 Dans le Sud Productions
& Patrick Passe
Skydiving as you’ve never experienced
before!
CATS AND DOGS - THE FUR TRADE
SCANDAL
A unique undercover documentary
revealing the cruel commerce of domestic
animals’ fur!
LOVE IS TO BE REINVENTED
(L’@MOUR EST À RÉINVENTER)
A collection of short films (1 x 58’)
A unique collection of ten short films
directed by some of the most promising
French feature film directors (François
Dupeyron, Anne Fontaine, Nils Tavernier,
EXPLORE
INTERNATIONAL
Explore International, 33 Ovington
Square, Knightsbridge, London SW3 1LJ
Country: UK. Tel: 44.20.7581.7100. Fax:
44.20.7581.7200. www.explore-intl.com,
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Edwina Thring (Sales
Directore), Joanna Rowley (Sales
Manager), Paola Cunsulo (Italian
Consultant), Cristina Lowe (Senior Sales
Executive), Matt Jeschelnik (Sales
Executive)
Office:
SURVIVING EVEREST
Adventure & Travel (52” or 104”)
Language: English
Director: Liesel Clark
Producer: National Geographic
Key Cast: Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing
Norgay
Origin: US
May 29th 1953, two men reached the
summit of Everest and became part of it’s
history - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing
Norgay. Relive the adventure, emotion and
sheer courage through the eyes of their
sons and local Sherpas
TRANSPLANTING MEMORY
Science & Technology (50”)
Language: English
CoProductionPartners : Discovery Health
Producer: Natural History New Zealand
Origin: New Zealand
Is it possible to transplant memory? Reliable evidence suggests some organ
transplant recipients receive more - they
can also receive a little of the donor’s
memory, tastes and even their personality.
BUG ATTACK
Natural History (52”)
Director: English
Language: Nick Stringer and Mike
Cunliffe
Origin: US
Marion Vernoux…).
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on-line at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
© T HE B USINESS OF F ILM ’ S
home on the internet.
Dominick Dunne's Power
Privilege & Justice
Myriad Pictures
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Journey to the dark side of the Bug
Kingdom where creepy crawlies have
developed weapons and attack strategies
straight out of a horror movie.
the Humboldt squid.
TABOO
People & Places/Lifestyle (13 X 52”)
Language: English
Director: Various
Origin: US
Exotic culture lures and engages our
imagination. But the mysteries within each
culture often seem too dangerous, too
cursed, too outlaw or too sacred for our
everyday sensibilities - the hidden world of
TABOO
TRUTH FILES
Biography (13 X 52”)
Language: English
Director: Various
Origin: US
The series will deliver a uniquely intimate
perspective on these gifted visionaries at
the peaks of their careers - these talented
photographers, filmmakers, scientists and
explorers are each making their distinctive
mark in our world.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE FOX
Documentary (52’)
Directed by Stéphane Chopard. Produced
for France 3
Country of Origin: France
Admired, feared or hated, the fox never
leaves people indifferent.
DONDE ESTAN?
Documentary (52’)
Directed by Aurine Crémieux
On September 11th 1973, the military
putch led by General Augusto Pinochet
overthrew the Salvador Allende Populary
Union government. A repressive
government took place and the political
opposition was exterminated.
WE ARE NOT CHEAP BRANDS
Documentary (90’ & 52’)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Thorn. Produced
for Arte
An intimate portrait of 30 year old Bouda,
a Hip-Hop dancer who, at three months of
age, settled in France with his family.
TRANSCIENT JUSTICE
Documentary (76’ & 52’)
Directed by Jean-Luc Leon. Produced for
Arte
During criminal trials, usually off-limits to
cameras, judges from France come to the
Polynesian Islands.
F
FESTIVAL DE
MÁLAGA-CINE
ESPAÑOL
F FOR FILM
f for film, 16 rue de l’ancienne forge, 27
120 fontaine sous jouy – France. Tel:
33.2.32.26.25.39. Fax: 33.2.32.36.86.49.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Margarita SEGUY
Stand H4.35 Media Umbrella, Tel: (cell)
33.6.08.43.89.43
PURITY (50’ / ISRAEL)
Directed by Anat Zuria
The Tahara, the set of ancient laws that
painstakingly dictate the rites of women’s
purity, lie at the heart of orthodox Jewish
family life. According to these laws, a
woman may not have sexual intercourse
with her husband during a period
extending two weeks after her menstrual
cycle.
Blind Horizon
Nu Image
Company Type: Festival
At MIP-TV: Mr. Carmelo Romero
FILM AUSTRALIA
Film Australia, 101 Eton Road, Lindfield
NSW 2070 Australia. Tel: 61.2.9413.8777.
Fax: 61.2.9416.9401.
[email protected].
www.filmaust.com.au
At MIP-TV: Augustus Dulgaro (Director,
Sales); Carolyn Johnston (international
Sales Executive)
Office: Stand # 04:27
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Language: English
Director: Leah Purcell (Director), Brendan
Fletcher (Co-Director)
Producer: Bain Stewart
Co-production partners: Produced by
Bungabura Productions with the assistance
of SBS Independent. Developed with the
assistance of the Indigenous Branch,
Australian Film Commission. Financed by
the Australian Film Finance Corporation.
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.
DIVERTED TO DEHLI
Language: English
Director: Greg Stitt
Producer: Greg Stitt (Producer), Paul Roy
(Associate Producer)
Co-production partners: A Greg Stitt
Production. Developed in association with
the Australian Film Commission. Financed
with the assistance of the Australian Film
Finance Corporation. Produced with the
assistance of the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation.
Origin: Australia
Customer queries in the US, UK and
Australia are often secretly diverted to
Delhi call centres where Indians have been
taught to speak and think like their
American, British and Australian callers.
FEARLESS – STORIES FROM ASIAN
WOMEN
Documentary (4 x 26 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Peter Du Cane, Mathew Kelley
Producer: Samantha Kelley, Peter Du Cane
Co-production partners: Produced by Film
Australia and Mask Productions. Produced
and developed with the assistance of
ScreenWest and the Lotteries Commission
of Western Australia. In association with
SBS Independent.
Cast: Doris Nuval, Taslima Nasrin,
Fathima Burnad and Hien Tran
Origin: Australia
Four women from four different cultures
fight for social justice.
FROM KOREA WITH LOVE
Language: English
Director: Jennifer Cummins
Producer: Jessica Douglas-Henry,
Christopher Thorburn
Co-production partners: An Iris Pictures
and Heiress Films Production. Produced
with the assistance of SBS Independent.
Financed by the Australian Film Finance
Corporation.
Cast: Michael Baldwin, Justine Flynn
Origin: Australia
The path to parenthood is never easy,
especially when adopting from another
country. It is a nerve-wracking, frustrating
and often lonely affair, marked by a
mountain of red tape. This is a warm and
intimate portrait about the reality of racism
and the power of love.
HUMAN CONTRAPTIONS
Language: English
Director: Bruce Petty
Producer: Deborah Szapiro
Co-production partners: A Film Australia
National Interest Program. Produced with
the assistance of the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation.
Cast: Andrew Denton (Narrator), Lee Perry
(Character Voices), Sally Patience
(Character Voices), Lucie Blinco
(Character Voices)
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.
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
At MIP-TV: Ellen Wander, Incoronata
“Inc” Pagliuca, Lori Mathison
Office:
DOLAN’S CADILLAC
Producer: Jonathan Sanger (“Vanilla Sky,”
“Mission Impossible 2”) and Trevor Macy
(“Auto Focus”)
Production: May 2003
A story by Stephen King, about a young
man who seeks revenge on the mobster
who killed his wife after she accidentally
witnesses a murder.
HEADHUNTER
Psychological thriller
Directed by Bill Duke
Delivery Status: Start date: April 2003.
About the pursuit of a serial killer who
decapitates his victims. This chilling story
travels from the Canadian Rockies to the
voodoo dens of New Orleans.
DISASTER AT SEA
Delivery: Late summer 2003
Inspired by a true story. A US submarine,
while carrying a full crew and civilian
passengers, including a US Senator, his
daughter and the President of United
States, sinks off the coast of
Newfoundland.
BIG SPENDER
Cast: Casper van Dien and Graham Greene
Delivery: Completed and ready for
delivery
US: Animal Planet / Discovery Networks
The story of a prisoner who finally finds a
way out of the prison walls by getting
himself assigned to a farm to care for an
ailing racehorse.
SAY NOTHING
Director: Allan Moyle (“Pump Up the
Volume”) Cast: William Baldwin and
Nastassja Kinski
Delivery Status: Completed and ready for
delivery
Den of Lions
Nu Image
MARCH/APRIL 2003
FILMOPTION
INTERNATIONAL INC
Filmoption International Inc, 3401, StAntoine, Westmount (QC) H3Z 1X1
Canada. Tel: 514.931.6180. Fax:
514.939.2034. [email protected],
www.filmoption.com
Company Type: Distribution
At MIP-TV: Maryse Rouillard (President),
Lizanne Rouillard (Vice-President), Muriel
Rosilio (Senior Executive Sales and CoProduction), Natasha Rybina (Head of
Acquisitions & International Sales, Feature
Films), Carla Bruce (Director of sales for
French-speaking Canada & Educational
Sales)
Office: Tel: 04.92.99.83.43, Fax:
04.92.99.83.47
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Feature film & Documentary (48 min.)
Language: English version and French
versions
Producer: Pascal Blais Productions Inc.
Origin: Canada
The Old Man and the Sea is an animated
(hand-painted) adaptation of Ernest
Hemingway’s famous novella and tells the
story of an aging Cuban fisherman.
HEALING WITH ANIMALS
Documentary / Science / Health &
Medicine (13 x 30 min.)
Language: English version
Producer: MYSTIQUE FILMS Inc.
Delivery Status: now completed
Origin: Canada
Each program features two heartwarming
stories about how someone’s relationship
with an animal has helped them to cope
with or recover from health concerns.
THE CROCOPHILES
Documentary (52 min.)
Producer: FORCE FOUR
ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Delivery Status: Post-production (will be
completed for MIPDOC 03)
Origin: Canada
One-hour documentary that adventures to
the most remote and exotic parts of Africa,
Cuba and Australia, exploring the wonders
of the crocodile world and the work of the
people who have spent their lives studying
them.
THE SEASONS OF THE FOX
Documentary / wildlife (26 or 52 min.)
Language: English & French versions
Producer: LES PRODUCTIONS BORD
DE MER INC.
Origin: Canada
Throughout the four seasons, in the midst
of all the wild creatures that inhabit the
boreal forest, we invite you to discover
THE SEASONS OF THE FOX
STONES OF FATE AND FORTUNE
Documentary / science (7 X 47 min.)
Producer: CONNECTIONS
PRODUCTIONS INC.
Origin: Canada
Explore the whole scope of precious stones
- from the miners who dig the stones to the
pistol-packing raiders who buy and sell
them.
FILMS BY JOVE INC
Films by Jove Inc, 11325 Sunshine
Terrace, Studio City, CA 91604 USA. Tel:
818.506.0550. Fax: 818 752.0387.
[email protected]
Company Type: Producer/distributor
At MIP-TV: Oleg Vidov (CEO), Joan
Borsten (President), Sales: Lucia
Hussong, Len Giarraputo, I. Kokarev
Office: 16.25, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.998296
GREEK MYTHS
(6 x 22 min) NEW NEW NEW NEW
MASTERS OF RUSSIAN ANIMATION
(26 X 22 MIN)
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV’S
STORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD
(26 X 22 min)
Cast: celebrity voices
RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE
BOOK
(1 x 90 min)
Cast: celebrity voices
FAIRY TALES FROM FAR OFF LANDS:
THE ANIMATED CLASSIC SHOWCASE
(12 x 44 min)
FINE LIVING
Fine Living, 9721 Sherrill Blvd.,
Knoxville, TN 37932 USA. Tel:
865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253.
Office: R35.06, Tel: 33.04.92.99.89.09
TRICKS OF THE TRADE
(13 x 22’)
This series offers an “inside connection” to
the business world from experts revealing
their best-kept secrets and explaining the
questions that will make you an educated
consumer.
SHEILA BRIDGES: DESIGNER
LIVING
(13 x 22’)
Encouraging viewers to “design their
lives,” our host goes room to room, out on
the town and into stores to help others
identify and express their own individual
styles.
WORLD BY DESIGN
(13 x 22’)
This series emphasizes the best in
contemporary international design, from
the little things that make up a home to the
design trends of tomorrow.
NAPA MAVERICKS
(1 x 45’)
Take a special holiday trip to Napa with
famed chef Michael Chiarello, where
you’ll meet entrepreneurs and mavericks in
photography, art, food and wine.
CHINA: RIDING THE IRON
DRAGON
(1 x 45’)
Follow the first group of Westerners
permitted to charter China’s most
luxurious train on a history-making
journey where locals have rarely ever seen
outsiders.
FIREWORKS
INTERNATIONAL
Fireworks International, 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 MIP-TV: Jay Firestone, Adam Haight,
Greg Phillips, Saralo MacGregor, Kathryn
Rice, Marjie Woods
Office : R30.24, Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.11
A WRINKLE IN TIME
Event Mini-Series (4 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Director: John Kent Harrison
Produced by: BLT Productions Ltd in
association with Fireworks Entertainment
and Dimension Television
Producer: Fitch Cady
Executive Producers: Jay Firestone, Adam
Haight, Josanne B. Lovick, Jordan Kerner,
Catherine Hand O’Dell
Status: Completed
When physicist Jack Murry and his partner
Hank disappear without a trace, his
children Meg & Charles Wallace and
neighbour Calvin O’Keefe take it upon
themselves to find him.
TRINITY
Feature (82 Minutes)
Language: English
Writer / Director: Gary Boulton-Brown
Producer: David Wooster, Robert Carter,
Tony Thatcher
Haight
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Canada/UK Coproduction
In a near future ‘Gene Camp’ an
investigator Brach and his executive
officer Shiller are charged with the
recovery of Doctor Clerval the creator of a
Government Endorsed ‘Genetic
Purification’ project.
LONELY PLANET SIX DEGREES
Language: English
Writer / Director: Various
Producer: VHQ TV for Lonely Planet
Television; Discovery Networks;
Fireworks International; Voyage and the
Economic Development Board of
Singapore.
Executive Producer: Peter Beilby
Status: In production
Lonely Planet is the world’s most
successful independent travel information
company and Lonely Planet Six Degrees is
a compelling new way to explore the
world’s most interesting cities.
ADVENTURE INC.
Action / Adventure (22 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Director: Various
Producers: Wendy Grean, Tony Thatcher,
Simon MacCorkindale, Gerard Croce
Haight, Gale Ann Hurd, Christian Charret
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 (26 x 1/2 hour)
Language: English
Director: Various
Produced by: Brewster (BHH) Productions
Inc. in association with Fireworks
Entertainment and Discovery Kids
Producers: Kevin May, Tony Thatcher
Haight, Bruce Kalish, Jim Rapsas
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Canada
Water that runs up the walls...
spontaneously combusting desks... teachers
getting sucked into a vortex. These spooky,
and sometimes frightening events, aren’t
magic; they are science run amok.
FOOD NETWORK
Food Network, 9721 Sherrill Blvd.,
Knoxville, TN 37932 USA. Tel:
865.694.2700. Fax: 865.690.2253.
[email protected]
Office:R35.06 Tel: 33.04.92.99.89.09
PAULA’S HOME COOKING
(26 x 21’)
Paula Deen brings uncomplicated and
delicious home cooking in this series
dedicated to harvests, celebrations and
traditions.
KEITH FAMIE’S ADVENTURES
(28 x 21’)
Travel with Chef Keith Famie as he
journeys in search of the hottest AND the
coolest in global cuisine, experiencing the
food and the cultures of his exotic
destinations.
COOKING SCHOOL STORIES
(19 x 22’)
A documentary style reality series
following six people from diverse
backgrounds as they complete their studies
at one of America’s leading culinary
schools.
Try Seventeen
Nu Image
MARCH/APRIL 2003
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ICE CREAM UNWRAPPED
(1 x 45’)
Take a look at the sweet and creamy facts
about ice cream from inventing a flavor
and learning to scoop the perfect cone!
THE COWBOY’S KITCHEN
(1 x 45’)
Learn how real cowboys ride the open
range and cook on an open stove;
culminating with a traditional cowboy
meal served under the stars, around an
open campfire.
FRANCE ANIMATION
France Animation, 14 Rue Alexandrew
Parodi, 75010 Paris, France. Tel:
00.33.1.53.35.90.90. Fax:
00.33.1.53.35.90.91. www.franceanim.com
At MIP-TV: Maia Tubiana (General
Manager), Lionel Marty (Head of
Distribution and Acquisitions), Christophe
Goldberger (Head of Business),
Dominique Merine (Sales Executive)
Office: R27.18
COSY CORNER
Animation (52 x 6 minutes 30 seconds)
Language: French, English
Director: Eric CAZES
Producer: Odile LIMOUSIN
Co-production partners: Storimage, France
5 and Teletoon France
Delivery Status: Completed March 2003
Origin: France
Budget: 2.5 million Euros
All about getting to know new friends &
relations. It tells the story of a bunch of
animals with strong characters - including
Stella, Margot, Arthur, Jacky - who have
been thrown together by chance.
WHEEL SQUAD 1 AND 2
Animation (39 x 26 minutes)
Language: French, English
Director: Jean-François GALATAUD
Producer: France Animation
Co-production partners: M6, Praxinos,
Colorland, Rai and for series one only
Canal+ Belgique
Delivery Status: Completed March 2003
Origin: France
Budget: 7.7 million Euros (series one and
two)
Skates, skateboards, roller blades and
mountain bikes, with a soundtrack of rap,
hip-hop and techno makes this a
trulymodern series for older children.
Signs
Buena Vista Television
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GLOBAL TELEMEDIA
INC.
Global Telemedia Inc., One Dock Street
Suite 112, Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Tel:
203.359.6781. Fax: 203.425.2140.
www.globaltelemedia.com
At MIP-TV: Greg Kimmelman (President
& CEO)
Office: 03.03, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8118
2003 PROGRAM CATALOG
Available for Telecast, VOD, Home Video,
DVD, and Direct Marketing
HAUNTED CASTLES
Documentary (1 x 50 minutes with 26
episodes planned)
Country of Origin: Germany
This intriguing program takes the audience
on a mysterious journey, inviting them into
the most infamous haunted castles around
the world.
HOT POP!
Hot music! This series debuts on WAM!
Network here in the U.S. and we are
offering music segments for producers
internationally to use within their shows.
URBAN FITNESS TV
Lifestyle (26 x 30 min)
Get Ready for the most cutting-edge
fitness program of the new millennium!
Urban Fitness TV is a stylish
fitness/lifestyle magazine show for hip
urbanites.
A GIFT FOR GRANNY - A
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Children (2 x 30 min)
Your children will earn the true meaning of
the word “giving” as our hero Sonny
spends an action packed Christmas Eve
night searching for the perfect gift for his
Grandma.
ALPHABET ZOO
Children (1 x 30 min)
Children love animals, and what better
way for them to learn the alphabet than
Alphabet Zoo!
GLOBO TV
Globo TV, Rua. Pacheco Leão, 256,
Jardim Botânico 22460-030, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Tel: 55.21.2540-2285.
Fax: 55.21.2540-3083.
international.marketing @tvglobo.com.br.
www.globotvinternational.com
At MIP-TV: Mr. Ricardo Scalamandre
(Head of International Business), Mrs.
Helena Bernardi- (Director of Marketing
Sales), Mr. Raphael Correa (Sales
Manager), Mrs. Yana Ponte (Sales
Manager), Mrs. Patricia Hockensmith
(Marketing Manager)
Office: A0.01
TERRA SPERANZA
Telenovela (approximately 200 x 1 hour)
Origin: US
When the world is still suffering the
consequences of the 1929 crash of the
New York Stock Exchange, immigrants
arrive in Brazil with hopes to build a better
life.
PORT OF MIRACLES- PUERTO DE
LOS MILAGROS
Telenovela (185 x 45’)
Origin: US
Port of Miracles is a surprising telenovela
based on Jorge Amado’s work that counts
on the brilliant participation of Antonio
Fagundes (Terra Nostra/ The King of the
Cattle/ Anything for Love).
THE CLONE- EL CLON
Telenovela (190 x 45’)
Year of Production:2003, Country of
Origin: US
The Clone tells the ardent love story of
Lucas and Jade, beginning in Morocco,
1980 and spanning till present day, Rio de
Janeiro.
YOUNG HEARTS - CORAZONES
REBELDES
Series (125 x 30’)
Origin: US
A contemporary series that faithfully
depicts adolescence at the beginnings of
this new century.
THE PRESENCE OF ANITAPRESENCIA DE ANITA
Mini Series (16 x 45’)
Origin: US
The Presence of Anitais a miniseries about
love, passion and the traps of destiny,
written by Manoel Carlos (Anything for
Love/ Family Ties).
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.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Stephen Johnston (President Goldcrest Films Inc.), Peter McRae (SVP
of Production), Abigail Walsh (Sales
Executive)
Office: 09.30, Tel: 33.49.299.8213
GONDWANA FILMS
Gondwana Films, Calle 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],
gondwanafilms.com
At MIP-TV: Javier Linares (President),
Joaquin Linares (Managing Director),
Luisa Romeo (International Business
Executive), Marta Carbonell (International
Business Executive), Beatriz Diez
(Executive Assistant)
Office: 03.05, Tel: 33.4.9299.8151
THE THIRD PLANET I&II
Documentary wildlife and ethnology
(26x26´)
Language: English/Spanish
Director: Fernando Gonzalez I. Sitges
Producer: Javier Linares-Transglobe Films
Origin: Spain
This documentary will take 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
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.
BUETI
Documentary Ethnology (1x52’)
Director: Jose Manuel Novoa
Origin: Spain
In the depths of the jungle of Ecuatorial
Guinea the Bandjis or those initiated in
Bueti invoked protective spirits.
THE HIMALAYAN DWELLERS
Documentary ethnology (1x52’)
Director: Gerardo Olivares
Origin: Spain
Some people have managed to survive in a
hostile world, and have made the most of
what nature offers them.
ADAPTATION
Documentary wildlife (3x52’)
Origin: Spain
Oceans and seas had been conquered by
plants and animals, but beyond this,outside
the sheltering sea, the world of surface
stretched out, a different world full of
promises but also full of countless
obstacles and restrictions.
GRB
ENTERTAINMENT
GRB Entertainment, 13400 Riverside Dr.
Ste. 300, Sherman Oaks CA 91423 USA.
Tel: 818.728.7600. Fax: 818.728.7676.
[email protected]. www.grbtv.com
At MIP-TV: Gary R. Benz
(President/CEO), Michael Branton
(Executive Senior Vice -President,
Creative Affairs), Gavin Reardon (Senior
Vice -President, International Distribution),
Carrie Lyons-Reardon (Vice -President,
International Distribution), Gary
MacKinney (Manager, International
Distribution)
Office: #R35.11, Tel: 33.04.92.99.88.73
THE NEXT ACTION STAR
Reality (10 x 60 minutes & 1 x 120
minutes)
Currently in production for NBC, this coproduction with Silver Pictures will search
the country for America’s next male and
female action stars.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS
GAME
Reality (13 x 60 minutes)
A futuristic ‘cat and mouse’ competition
where the Prey has no choice but to
survive the violent world of the Vortex, a
three-level, ten-thousand-foot tubular
maze.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
Sends four friends on an extraordinary
adventure where they face challenges and
obstacles that will either bring them closer
together or break them apart.
GRAVESIDE GROUPIES
Produced for the MTV networks in the
U.S., this one-hour documentary takes a
close look at what happens when
musicians break on through to the other
side and why some obsessive fans won’t
let them rest in peace.
GREAT CHEFS
TELEVISION
Great Chefs Television, PO Box 56757,
New Orleans LA 70156-6757 USA. Tel:
504.581.5000. Fax: 504.581.1188.
[email protected]. www.greatchefs.com
At MIP-TV: John Shoup (President), Mark
Cosnard de Closets (Director- International
Sales)
Office: 24.13
GREAT CHEFS OF THE WORLD
Lifestyles (165 X 30)
An international feast follows Great Chefs
around the world show how they create
their distinctive cuisine in their kitchens in
celebrated restaurants.
GREAT CHEFS OF AMERICA
Lifestyles (125 x 30)
America’s celebrated chefs open their
kitchens and show how they prepare their
famous signature dishes; each program
includes an appetizer, an entrée, and
dessert.
GREAT CHEFS, GREAT CITIES
The renowned chefs working in America’s
cities create their justly-famous dishes
before cameras in their own restaurant
kitchens.
GREAT CHEFS OF AUSTRIA
From the famed Hotel Sacher, to
countryside inns, a look at Austria’s hearty
cuisine as prepared by her finest chefs.
GREAT CHEFS OF FRANCE
Celebrated chefs in France reveal how they
create their famous dishes.
L.A. Office FAX
(323) 935-8229
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 MIP-TV: Robert Halmi Jr. (Chairman
and CEO, Hallmark Entertainment
Holdings, Inc.), Peter von Gal (President
and COO, Hallmark Entertainment
Holdings, Inc.), Joel Denton (President of
Production and Distribution, Hallmark
Entertainment Distribution, LLC), Kelly
Coogan Swanson (SVP, Marketing), Beth
Nussbaum (VP, Public Relations), Torquil
Macneal (Senior VP, International Sales)
Office: R 31.34, Tel: 334.9299.88.85, Fax:
334.9299.88.88
LA FEMME MUSKETEER
Action-Adventure (4 Hours)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Michael York,
Nastassja Kinski, Christopher Cazenove,
John Rhys-Davies, and Susie Amy
The sons of the Musketeers are hired by
King Louis XIV of France to protect his
young soon-to-be bride princess.
NATALIE WOOD: HOLLYWOOD’S LAST
CHILD
Drama (ABC / 4 Hours)
Cast: Justine Waddell, Alice Krige,
Michael Weatherly
Directed by Oscar and Golden Globe
nominee Peter Bogdanovich, this is the
dramatic true story of actress Natalie
Wood.
DREAMKEEPER
Fantasy-Adventure (ABC / 4 Hours)
Executive produced by Robert Halmi, Sr.
(Dinotopia) and directed by Steve Barron
(Merlin)
Cast: August Schellenberg and Eddie
Spears
The legends of the Native American
nations come to life in this epic miniseries
in which two generations — a century-old
storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 16year-old boy—embark on a cross-country
journey toward self-discovery.
THE LION IN WINTER
Drama (Showtime / 4 Hours)
Cast: Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart,
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
King Henry II who, in the waning years of
his life, has brought together his
imprisoned wife, Eleanor of Acquitaine,
and their three sons to announce the
successor to his throne.
THE CROOKED E: THE
UNSHREDDED TRUTH ABOUT
ENRON
Drama (CBS / 2 Hours)
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth,
Mike Farrell
The rise and fall of Enron as seen through
the eyes of one its employees. This is
Brian Cruver’s own eyewitness account of
his tenure at the world-renowned company
once poised to reach number one in the
Fortune 500.
HARMONY GOLD
Harmony Gold, 7655 Sunset Blvd., Los
Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel:
323.851.4900. Fax: 323.851.5599.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Frank Agrama (Chairman &
CEO), Colleen Morris (President), Alan
Letz (Executive Vice President, Business
Development), Melissa Wohl (Vice
President, Sales and Acquisitions)
Office: R31.28
WELCOME TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD
Suspense-Comedy Feature (89 minutes)
Starring: Anthony Michael Jones, Alicia
Coppola, Michael Cudlitz, Ian Kahn, Tim
Dekay, Brian Palermo, Nicholas Cascone,
Tia Texada, and Kathleen Wilhoite
An edgy film that consists of four skillfully
interwoven stories revolving around the
inherent challenges of sharing the planet
(or the neighborhood) with people you
wouldn’t choose as friends.
THE DOGWALKER
Drama Feature (98 Minutes)
Starring: Diane Gaidry and Pamela Gordon
A poignant, award-winning film that
focuses on Ellie (Diane Gaidry), who flees
an abusive relationship in search of
healing, and Betsy (Pamela Gordon), a
misanthropic dogwalker struggling with
her own dark past.
CRAZY JONES
Comedy-Drama Feature (94 Minutes)
Starring: Joe Aaron, Francesca Catalano,
Elizabeth Ince, Tess Borden
A story about a 40-year-old cemetery
worker, Finnegan Jones, hampered by his
troubled childhood, and a girl wise beyond
her years, Syd, who teaches him how to
embrace life.
LANA’S RAIN
Suspense-Thriller (107 Minutes)
Starring: Oksana Orlenko, Nickolai
Stoilov, Luoyong Wang, David Darlow
Escaping the war was only her first step
towards survival....
ROBOTECH: THE SERIES
Animated Series (85 Half-Hours)
The year is 2009 AD and the earth has
been invaded by a fleet of alien spaceships
capable of destroying the entire planet in a
split second.
Origin: Italy
When Joseph and Mary took refuge in the
barn to give birth to baby Jesus, two little
mice happened to be there.
THE VENICE ISLES
Documentary (30 mins)
Language: Italian, French, English,
German
Producer: Videolab
Origin: Italy
Do you need one more excuse to visit
Venice one more time? Well, the many
little isles surrounding Venice like a
handcrafted lace expose a tightly knitted
reality and a common cultural continuity
between each isle and Venice itself.
NEW ZEALAND’S CURIOUS
WILDLIFE
Fillers (4x10 mins)
Language: Italian, English
Producer: SGI
Origin: Italy
Four short stories about New Zealand’s
nature. In a continent that has maintained
intact its ecosystem, aided by prominent
scientists, we get close to some of the most
curious animals.
NEW ZEALAND, THE LAST EDEN
Producer: SGI
Origin: Italy
New Zealand is often called “the last
Eden”. Geographical distance has kept this
land uncontaminated throughout
millenniums. This documentary crosses
New Zealand’s regions exposing a natural
beauty that seems a concentrate of Mother
Nature.
VATICAN CITY
Special Interest (50 mins)
Language: English
Director: Josip Duiella
Producer: HDH Communications and CTV
- Vatican Television Center
Delivery Status: post-production
HDH
COMMUNICATIONS
HDH Communications, Via Lusardi 7,
Milan, 20122, Italy. Tel: 39.02.5830.5949.
Fax: 39.02.5830.9965. [email protected]
Company Type: Distributor and producer
At MIP-TV: Francesco Robatto
(President), Lucia Robatto ( Head of Intl.
Sales), Francesca Giavotto (Intl. Sales)
Robi Colangelo (Producer)
Office: Booth n° G3.11, Tel:
33.49299.8520
A CHRISTMAS’ TALE
Children Animation (30 mins)
Director: Alessandro Trettenero
Producer: IMO
Astroboy
Sony
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Origin: Italy
Uunprecedented access to the places and
the people that make one of the smallest
state in the world a catalyst for more than
2,000,000 visitors per year.
HEARST
Hearst, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York,
NY 10019 USA. Tel: 212.455.4000. Fax:
212.455.4310
At MIP-TV: Bruce L. Paisner President,
Glenda Grant -President Hearst
Entertainment Productions), Tom DevlinSenior (Vice President International Sales),
Stacey Valenza (Senior Vice President
Marketing Services)
Office: # 12.02), Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.23
DEADLY BETRAYAL
Adventure Thriller (H.E.A.T.- Hearst
Entertainment Adventure Thriller) (92
minutes)
Producer: Hearst Entertainment in
association with JB Media/Incendo Media
Cast: Nicolette Sheridan (“Knots
Landing”)
Delivery Status: Completed 2003
Donna Randal (Sheridan) is a young
mother whose husband often travels for is
job as news cameraman.
DECOY
Entertainment Adventure Thriller) Approx.
92 min.
Cast: Dina Meyer (Star Trek: Nemesis,
Starship Troopers, “Birds of Prey”)
Delivery Status: In Post-production
Erin Gray (Meyer), a struggling young
actress, works as a decoy for a private
investigator who specializes in framing
rich husbands who cheat on their wives.
HIVE
min.)
Cast: TBD
Delivery Status: In-Production
Head Office
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Contact
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When Paige Emerson, a young housewife,
moves into a luxurious new apartment with
her architect husband, everything seems to
be perfect, until she begins hearing voices.
NIGHTWAVES
min.)
Cast: Sherilyn Fenn (“Rude Awakening,”
“Twin Peaks,” Boxing Helena)
Delivery Status: Completed 2003
Recuperating from a car accident that took
her husband’s life, Shelby Naylor (Fenn)
finds distraction in listening to broadcasts
on his old police scanner.
HGTV
HGTV, 9721 Sherrill Blvd., Knoxville, TN
37932 USA. Tel: 865.694.2700. Fax:
865.690.2253.
Development), Anna Alvord
Office: R35.06 Tel: 33.04.92.99.89.09
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
(26 x 22’)
This program explores how architecture,
gardens and community lifestyles add to
the personality of medium-sized cities.
EXTREME HOMES OF EXOTIC
ISLANDS
(1 x 45’)
Travel to Hawaii and the Caribbean to tour
extreme homes of exotic islands and meet
the interesting people who live in them.
LANDSCAPERS’ CHALLENGE
(13 x 22’)
Three professional landscapers face off to
find out whose plan will best meet the
outdoor design challenge and win the
homeowner’s vote.
MODERN MASTERS: WOMEN
ARTISANS
(1 x 45’)
This special profiles seven top women
artisans who make functional pieces for the
home. These personal profiles follow each
artist as she makes a signature piece from
start to finish.
SMART DESIGN
(26 x 22’)
Discover what’s new in great design, from
finding one’s own comfort zone, to
learning who has the inside story about
trends and products, to mixing and
matching styles.
THE DEBT
(UK) Thriller (1 x 90’ approx.)
Language: English
Director: Jon Jones
Producer: Pier Wilkie
Production Companies: Strand Productions
& BBC
Starring: Warren Clarke, Hugo Speer, Lee
Williams
For cracking safes, Geoff Dresner is the
best, only now he wants to go straight. But
first he has to finish one last job...
BOOTLEG
(UK) Family (90’ Approx.)
Language: English
Director: Ian Gilmour
Producers: Diana Kyle & Ewan Burnett
& BBC
Starring: Martin Jarvis, Steven Geller,
Anthony Hammer.
It’s the near future, and chocolate is
illegal! Can Smudger and Huntley stand up
to the system?
FACE AT THE WINDOW
(UK) Family (1 x 90’ approx.)
Language: English
Director: Graeme Harper
Producer: Josephine Ward
& BBC
Starring: Angelo Andreou, Andrew Lancel,
Angela Downs.
Afraid for his life, 10 year old refugee,
Erri, has fled to England. His only hope
now lies with three schoolchildren.
HIT Entertainment Plc, 5th Floor, Maple
House, 149 Tottenham Court Road,
London W1T 7NF UK. Tel:
44207.554.2500. Fax: 44207.388.9321.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Adam Selly (VP Asia Pacific,
Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand),
Marie Chappelow (Head of Television &
Video Sales, Europe, Middle East &
Africa), Daniela Tose (Director of Latin
American Sales), Joanna Fairclough (Sales
Executive, South East Asia), Sheetal
Merchant (Sales Executive
Eastern/Southern Europe India/Pakistan,
Airlines), Leila Ouledcheikh (Sales
Executive, Middle East)
Office: R34.11, Tel: 33.(0).492.99.88.03
RUBBADUBBERS(TM)
Animation (26 X 10’ )
Rubbadubbers is a high-spirited new preschool animated series which turns an
everyday bathroom into a world of
imagination and fantastic adventure.
THOMAS & FRIENDS(TM)
Animation (156 X 5 1/2 minutes)
Since his 1984 debut on UK television,
Thomas the Tank Engine has enthralled
pre-school children worldwide with his fun
and adventures.
YOKO! JAKAMOKO! TOTO!(TM)
Animation 52 X 5’
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! Is a simple, loud,
colourful and highly visual music-led show
for 2 - 6 year olds.
I
ICON
ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL
HIGH POINT FILMS
AND TELEVISION
High Point Films And Television, 25
Elizabeth Mews, London NW3 4UH, UK.
Tel: 44.20.7586.3686. Fax:
44.20.7586.3117.
[email protected].
www.highpointfilms.co.uk
At MIP-TV: Carey Fitzgerald (Managing
Director), Ronald de Neef (CEO), Julie
Murphy-Delaney (Director), Sital Haria
(Head of Sales)
Office: 18:16 - Palais des Festivals,
Cannes
HIT
ENTERTAINMENT
PLC
Dragnet
Universal International Television
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 MIP-TV: Nick Hill (Chief Executive of
UK Icon Group), Simon Crowe (Head of
Sales), Anthony Buckner (Sales Manager)
Office: 05.01, Tel: 04.92.99.82.78
THE RECKONING
Medieval thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Producer: Caroline Wood
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Brian
Cox, Gina McKee
Status: Completed
In 14th century England a serial killer is
brutally murdering young children. Only a
disgraced priest and his travelling
companions hold the key to solving these
horrific crimes.
THE LUZHIN DEFENCE
Drama
Director: Marleen Gorris
Producer: Caroline Wood, Stephen Evans,
Louis Becker, Philippe Guez
Cast: John Turturro, Emily Watson,
Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson
Status: Completed
Based on the classic novel by Vladimir
MARCH/APRIL 2003
Nabokov - an eccentric chess Grand
master travels to the Italian lakes to play
the game of his life and unexpectedly finds
the love of his life.
FOYLE’S WAR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Murder Mystery
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, 2, 3 & 4 Completed, 5, 6, 7
& 8 to be delivered October 2003
ITV has re-commissioned another four
episodes in this excellent detective murder
mystery series set during World War II
starring Michael Kitchen.
THE INTERVENTION
Comedy
Director: Glen Freyer
Producer: Farzin Toussi
Cast: Jamie Harris, Alison Eastwood
Status: Completed, Delivery May 1st 2003
In this dark and hilarious comedy, a
struggling writer contemplates life, love
and suicide. Can a return to his past
rekindle his desire to live again?
WE WERE SOLDIERS
Action
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.
INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCERS GROUP
International Producers Group, 18201
Erwin St., Reseda, CA 91335 USA. Tel:
818.705.6375. Fax: 818.705.0174.
Company Type: Sales agent, producer,
distributor
At MIP-TV: Richard Ellman (President) ,
JP Ellman (VP Corporate Affairs), Ron
Small (VP Productions). Acquisition
Executive: Ron Small
Office: Martinez Hotel
INTRAMOVIES
Intramovies, via e. Manfredi 15 - 00197
Rome, Italy. Tel: 39.06.807.61.57 –
06.807.64.28 , Fax: 39.06.807.61.56.
[email protected],
www.intramovies.com
At MIP-TV: Micaela Fusco (TV Sales
Director 39.335.6043915), Federica Mei
(TV Sales Manager 39.333.7544926),
Paola Mantovani (Sales Coordinator
39.347.4549446)
Office: Palais Des Festivals Stand: 10.23
Level 01, Tel/Fax: 33.(4).92.99.81.72. Villa
Royale, Rue Commandant Andrè 29, 1st
floor, Tel / Fax: 33.4.93.68.42.53
THE CITADEL
4 Episodes of 100’
Directed by Fabrizio Costa
Produced by Titanus
Starring: Massimo Ghini, Barbora
Bobulova, Anna Galiena
When newly-qualified doctor Andrew
Manson takes up his first post with a
Welsh mining community he is full of
idealism and enthusiasm.
FRANCESCA & NUNZIATA
TV Movie 120 min. Italy 2001
Directed by Lina Wertmuller
Produced by Mediatrade Spa
Starring: Sofia Loren, Giancarlo Giannini
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.
TALES OF WAR & FRIENDSHIP
Tv Movie (4 x 100’)
Directed by Fabrizio Costa
Produced by TITANUS - Italy
Starring: Massimo Ranieri and Elena Sofia
Ricci
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.
THE LIEUTENANT
Tv Series (8 x 100)
Directed by Alessandro Capone
A TITANUS production
Starring: Massimo Dapporto and Caterina
Vertova
Inspector Cruciani (Italian actor Massimo
Dapporto) is a typical italian policeman.
The criminal cases he must face range
from clandestine immigration to jewellery
robbery to kidnapping, and put to taste his
humanity.
ISKRA TELEVISION
Terrorism in Washington
CDC United Network
Iskra Television, Iskra Centre, 26-28
Wendell Road, London, W12 9RT. Tel:
44.208.749.7711. Fax: 44.208.740. 7774.
[email protected]
Company Type: distributor
At MIP-TV: Andrew Sparke (MD &
Acquisitions Executive), Ruth Williams
(Sales Director), Richard Jeffes (Business
Affairs Manager)
Office: none
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
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’.
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.
3,000 NEW HOME VIDEO CLIPS
Clips
Ladder climbing dogs, spectacular car
crashes and crazy citizens doing their best
to amuse & confuse - the latest batch of
Home Video clips expand the ISKRA
collection again!
J
JAMAICA FILM
COMMISSION/
JAMPRO
Jamaica Film Commission/JAMPRO, 18
Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica
W.I. Tel: 876.978.5122. Fax:
www.investjamaica.com
At MIP-TV: Del Crooks (Film
Commissioner)
Office: Cristal Hotel
JOOST & JOOST
GMBH
Joost & Joost GmbH / programport, a
division of Joost & Joost GmbH,
Theodorstr. 42-90, Hs. 1a, 22761
Hamburg, Germany. Tel: 49.40.870840.57.
Fax: 49.40.870840.55. www.joostjoost.de.
www.programport.tv.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Mr. Christian Joost
(Managing Director), Ms. Petra
Schoenfelder (Sales Executive)
Office: H4.35 (Media Umbrella Stand)
SOUL OF A CENTURY
(2 x 58’)
Director: Michael Kuball.
Produced by La Camera Stylo
Co-produced with NDR/ARTE
A filmed view behind the soul, the joy and
the hardships of the 20th century.
HOURS OF THE PARTISANS
Historical trilogy (3 x 43’)
Director: Rolf Hosfeld/ Johannes Eglau
Produced by Tele Factory for NDR 2002
Three authentic documentaries about the
almost unknown civil wars in the Ukraine,
the Baltic area and in Greece from 1944 1955.
SUPER HUMAN
Music documentary (53’)
Featuring Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot
Roduced by intervista digital media, coproduced with ZDF/ARTE for music
planet
Director: Christoph Dreher
Enthralling and entertaining documentary
about virtual, yet barely “human”
appearing audio-visual
worlds.
K
KEYSTONE
ENTERTAINMENT
INC.
Keystone Entertainment Inc., 23410 Civic
Center Way, Suite E-9, Malibu, CA 90265
USA. Tel: 310.317.4883. Fax:
www.keypics.com
At MIP-TV: Romana Danicova (VP
Worldwide Distribution)
Office: 01.02 (under the AFMA umbrella),
Tel: 33.0.4.92.99.82.07. Cell:
310.980.2027
AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK
Family (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Robert Vince
Producers: Robert Vince & Anna
McRoberts
Cast: Katija Pevec, Jake Smith, Tyler
Boissonnault, Cynthia Stevenson, Edie
McClurg
Delivery Status: International Release Date
– July 2003
Country of Origin: Canada, Year of
Production: 2002
The fifth in this highly successful
franchise! Buddy and Andrea hit the beach
for some volleyball!
MXP: MOST EXTREME PRIMATE
Family (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Robert Vince
Producers: Robert Vince & Anna
McRoberts
Cast: Devin Drewitz, Gwynth Walsh, Rob
Tinkler, Ian Bagg
Delivery Status: International Release Date
– July 2003
Country of Origin: Canada, Year of
Production: 2002
He was the Most Valuable Primate on the
ice in MVP1. He brought skateboarding to
new heights as the Most Vertical Primate
in MVP2 and now Jack’s off to the slopes
in Utah for his most eXtreme adventure
yet!
ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR
Comedy/Drama (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Don Scardino
Producers: Jana Edelbaum, Edgar
Lansbury
Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Andy Dick, Jon
Tenney, Timothy Olyphant
Delivery Status: Available for Delivery
Can a Soho video artist find happiness
with a bisexual Harley riding actor from
New Jersey? Only in New York!
MARCH/APRIL 2003
39
SPYMATES
Family Comedy
Language: English
Director: TBD
Producer: Robert Vince, Anna McRoberts
Cast: TBD
Delivery status: In pre-production
Year of Production: March 2003!
Minkey, the highly trained super spy
chimp, must team up with his ex partner
Mike in this high action comedy to rescue
Mike’s daughter from the clutches of the
evil Dr. Farley whose greedy plans to
dominate the world’s energy supply
threaten to destroy all of Japan.
L
LACEY
ENTERTAINMENT
Lacey Entertainment, 1414 Avenue of the
Americas, Tel: 212.754.5482. Fax:
www.laceyent.com
At MIP-TV: Brian Lacey (President),
Nancy Aries Koff (Vice President)
Office: R 31.21
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA
TURTLES
They’re back...and better than ever with
awesome adventures and irreverent humor.
POKEMON: THE MASTER QUEST
Features a wealth of fantastic new
Pokemon creatures, along with the
ensemble cast of stars and much loved
characters.
YU-GI-OH!
Yu-gi-oh! follows a story of Yugi, a
smaller than average high school studentand an easy target for bullies.
KIRBY
Kirby, a Warpstar knightin training, crash
lands on Planet Popstar and accidentally
ends up as the pink protector of the
villagers.
ULTRAMAN TIGA
Ultraman, the classic adventure hero
comes to life bigger and better than ever in
this live action series.
LAKESHORE
INTERNATIONAL
Micheal Jackson Interview: The
Footage You Were Never Meant to See
Alfred Haber Inc
Lakeshore International, 5555 Melrose
Avenue, Gloria Swanson Bldg. 4th Floor,
Hollywood, California 90038, USA. Tel:
323.956.4222. Fax: 323.862.1456.
[email protected].
www.lakeshoreentertainment.com
At MIP-TV: Peter Rogers (CEO), Julie
McLaughlin (Vice President, Worldwide
Television Sales), Elisabeth Costa de
Beauregard (Director, International Sales)
Office: 07.08, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8301
JUST A KISS
Romantic Comedy (1 x 98 Minutes)
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron
Eldard, Marley Shelton, Taye Diggs
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)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Paul Reiser, Jeffrey
Donovan, John Light, Peter Coyote, Hal
Holbrook
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
Producers: Mike Stribling, Isao Nago
Director/Writer: Mike Stribling, Isoa Nago
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.
DELIVERING MILO
Comedy (91 Minutes)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Albert Finney, Lesley
Ann Warren, Campbell Scott, Alison
Lohman
A comedy about Milo, a soul who is next
in line to be born, but refuses to leave
Heaven. A reluctant guardian angel
assigned to Milo has only 24 hours to
convince him that life on Earth is worth
the effort.
STEAL THIS MOVIE !
Biopic (107 Minutes)
Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Janeane
Garofalo, Kevin Pollak, Jeanne
Tripplehorn, Kevin Corrigan
The film charts the rise and fall of Abbie
Hoffman-activist, radical, fugitive, loverand leads us through the maze of music,
politics and personal struggle of the late
Sixties and Seventies in America.
LATINO PUBLIC
BROADCASTING
Latino Public Broadcasting, 6777
Hollywood Blvd, Suite 512, Los Angeles,
CA 90028 USA. www.lpbp.org.
[email protected] and
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Luca Bentivoglio
Office: US Independents, R30.18,
Tel:33.4.92.998806
BEYOND THE BORDER
Documentary (56:40)
Producer: Eren McGinnis & Ari Luis Palos
Status: Aired in PBS April 2002
A migrant family from Mexico works at a
Kentucky thoroughbred horseracing farm
where they experience the racism and
discrimination known to many who have
left their country in search of a better life.
LIMON: A LIFE BEYOND WORDS
Documentary (56:40)
Producer: Ann Vachon
Status: Available for distribution
Limon: A Life Beyond Words is the life
story of dancer José Limón, whose
Mexican heritage and the challenges of
adapting to a new culture inspired much of
his choreography.
STEALING HOME
Documentary (56:40)
Producers: Robert Anderson Clift, Salome,
Aguilera Skvirsky
Status: Aired in PBS Summer 2001
Stealing Home explores contemporary
Cuban baseball at the close of the
millennium.
During MIPTV
Elspeth Tavares
Can Be Contacted On
Tel. 06 11 45 23 95
Messages & Packages
Can Be Left At
The Riviera Eden Palace
04 92 59 16 12
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 MIP-TV: Randy Naft (President), Irv
Holender (Chairman), Aida Torres
(Secretary - Director), Marty Barab
(Director - Liberty International
Productions Inc.), Noel Gimbel (Director Liberty International Publishing Inc.),
Acquisition Executive: Randy Naft
Office: 1330
THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
Animated Feature (90 min.)
Language: English/Spanish
Brilliant animation and imagination story
telling breathe life into the timeless tale of
Pinocchio, created by Geppetto, the lonely
toy-maker who always longed for a son.
THAT’S BLACK ENTERTAINMENT
Four 60 min. Specials
Language: English
Cast: Paul Robeson, Stepin Fetchit, Herb
Jeffries and many more. Hosted by: Mario
Van Peebles & William Greaves
These four part original documentary
specials “Actors”, “Comedians”,
“Westerns” and “Heritage Legends”
specials are a moving and inspirational
account of the numerous contributions of
Black Americans to early American
Cinema.
PARTNERS IN ACTION
Language: English
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Producer: Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown
and Richard Rionda Del Castro
Cast: Armand Assante, Sidney J. Furie,
Doug Smith, and Larry Day.
An action adventure story about two
unlikely partners; 40 year old ex-cop, now
a security guard who witnesses a drug deal
go bad and is accused of killing a cop and
a 16 year old boy who needs a dad. This
Unlikely pair teams up to solve the crime.
BEYOND TOUGH
Language: English
Cast: Hosted by: Ice-T
Take a thrill ride with Ice-T as he
examines the real world of intense, tough
and often dangerous professions, hobbies
and lifestyles. This is the tough stuff that
both heroes and thrill seekers are made of!
MAGIC OF THE DANCE
Special Event (90 min.)
Language: English
Cast: Michael Donnellan
Magic of the Dance has been
choreographed by two times world
champion Michael Donnellan has
performed the lead in “Lord of the Dance”
and “Riverdance” before joining this new
dance sensation.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
LIGHTNING
ENTERTAINMENT
M
Lightning Entertainment, 1801 Avenue of
the Stars, Suite 1035, Los Angeles, CA
90067 USA. Tel: 310.201.0980 Fax:
distributor
At MIP-TV: Richard S. Guardian
(President), Rich Goldberg (Vice
President), Tannaz Anisi (VP, International
Sales), Helen Lee Kim (Director,
International Sales). Acquisition Exec:
Joseph Dickstein
Office: 03.02, Tel: 04.92.99.82.25
AMERICAN GUN
Drama / 2002 (USA)
Director: Alan Jacobs
Producer: Brent Morris
Cast: James Coburn, Barbara Bain,
Virginia Madsen
Guns are have no conscience – they don’t
have to live with what they’ve done.
People do.”
ANAZAPTA
Supernatural Thriller / 2001 (UK)
Director: Alberto Sciamma
Producer: Jason Piette, Michael Cowan,
David Ball
Cast: Lena Heady, Jason Flemyng and
David La Haye
“It Will Destroy Everything That Protects
You”
THE JOB
Action Thriller / 2003 (USA)
Director: Kenny Golde
Producer: Daniel Levin, Marc Levin, Larry
Gabriel
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro,
Dominique Swain, Eric Mabius
“Sometimes the best hitman, is a woman”
LUGARES COMUNES
Drama / 2002 (Spain / Argentina)
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Adolfo
Aristarain, Javier Lopez Blanco, Mariela
Besuievsky, Carlos Andrada
Cast: Federico Luppi, Mercedes Sampietro
and Arturo Puig
A timely story about love in an unsettled
world.
ON LINE
Comedy Drama / 2002 (USA)
Director: Jed Weintrob
Producer: Tanya Selvaratnam, Adam
Brightman
Cast: Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau,
Vanessa Ferlito
“Sex, lies and the internet – Reality is the
ultimate fantasy”
M6 DA
Head Office
41 - 42 Berners St
London W1T 3NB
Tel. 44 207 372 9992
Fax. 44 307 372 9993
International Business To Business Portal
Contact
[email protected]
M6 Droits Audiovisuels, 89 avenue
Charles de Gaulle, 92575 Neuilly sur
Seine cedex, France. Tél:
33.1.41.92.68.66. Fax: 33.1.41.92.68.69.
www.m6da.com
At MIP-TV: Bernard Majani (Director),
Laetitia de la Gravière (Deputy Manager),
Caroline Mougey (Sales Executive)
Office: M6 24.02
A/ PART OF THE COLLECTION
REBEL YEARS
(13 X 90’)
YOU’LL GET OVER IT
Language: French
Director: Fabrice Cazeneuve
Producers: Hervé Chabalier, Claude Chelli,
Christophe Chevalier
Cast: Julien Baumgartner, Julia Maraval,
Jérémie Elkaïm, François Comar
Vincent is a quiet, handsome, no-problem
16-year old boy who lives with his parents.
His homosexuality has come out in the
open. This is going to upset his life
considerably...
BIG DEAL
Language: French
Director: Didier Bivel
Producers: Elizabeth Arnac, Paul Saadoun
Cast: Raphaël Burroni, Clémentine
Sambuc, Anthony Lesme, Guillaume Perez
Ben is 16 and he is fat. He is secretly in
love with Claire, the pretty girl in the class.
In the school play, Ben and Claire will
give a very convincing performance of
Romeo and Juliet...
LIFE AFTER ALL
Language: French
Director: Olivier Peray
Producers: Florence Dormoy, Joëy Fare,
Jean Labib
Cast: Maxime Monsimier, Mathieu Tribes,
Marianne Basler, Clémence Poesy
Completed
Two brothers find their lives brutally
disrupted by the sudden death of their
parents. Vincent, the oldest, immediately
applies for guardianship of this younger
brother, taking his role seriously as as
surrogate parent.
B/ PART OF THE COLLECTION
THRILLERS
(50 x 90’) :
JARRING NOTES
Language: French
Director: Benoît d’Aubert
Producers: Denis Karvil and Pierre
Roitfeld
Cast: Astrid Veillon, Christian Vadim,
Grégory Fitoussi, Gilles Dao
Dr Anne Versois lives in fear: for her own
life and the lives of people around her.
For some reason, death has been
repeatedly striking at her entourage.
MAINFRAME
ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
Mainframe Entertainment, Inc., 2025 W.
Broadway #500, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Z6
Canada. Tel: 604.714.2600. Fax: (604)
714-264. www.mainframe.ca,
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Joy Tashjianh (Vice
President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing)
Office: Canada Pavilion, Annex 3 Stand
02.12-04.11
TONY HAWK’S FEASTERS
Animated Series (30 minutes)
Language: English
Year Of Production: 2003, Country of
Origin: Canada
A 3-D animated series based on
professional skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Hawk has risen to fame over the last
decade with his astonishing skateboarding
abilities, top-selling pro-skater video
games and countless television
commercials.
SCARY GODMOTHER
Animated Special (1 Hour)
Language: English
Delivery Status: March 2003
Origin: Canada
A little girl named Hannah Marie is
surprised to discover that she has her very
own Scary Godmother, who’s not all fairy,
not all witch, but is definitely all fun!
MAXINE 5
Director: English
CoProductionPartners: Yoram Gross
Maxine 5 is set in a future where the
hottest young video-game car racers
become the talent pool for the real thing teenagers in powerful machines, competing
against each other for their
chance to become World Champion.
ALIEN LEGION
Language: English
A 3D animated series, Alien Legion
follows the futuristic exploits of the
Legion’s Force Nomad and its multispecies ranks of alien footsloggers, soldiers
of fortune, priests, poets and cads.
MAINLINE
RELEASING
Mainline Releasing, 1801 Avenue of the
Stars, Suite 1035, Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA. Tel: 310.286.1001. Fax:
310.286.0530.
[email protected]
distributor
At MIP-TV: Marc Greenberg (President),
Rich Goldberg (President), Tannaz Anisi
(VP, International Sales), Helen Lee Kim
(Director, International Sales). Acquisition
Exec: Joseph Dickstein
Office: 03.02, Tel: 04.92.99.82.25
JACK THE DOG
Romantic Dramedy
Language: English
Director: Bobby Roth
Producer: Margie Glick, Jack Baran,
Jeffrey White, Bobby Roth
Cast: Nestor Carbonell, Barbara Williams,
Andrew F. Ferchland, Peter Coyote,
Anthony Paglia, Jurgen Prochnow
Origin: USA
A love story about a womanizer who
discovers true love. Unfortunately, that
often ends in pain, but the child of that
union can sometimes be the most perfect
love of all.
CHOOSING MATTHIAS
Family/Drama (90mins)
Language: English
Director: Caia Coley
Producer: Michael Feiffer
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Caia Coley, Dylan Kasch,
Bo Hopkins
Origin: USA
A young couple struggle to keep their lives
intact after tragically losing their son.
ISLAND PREY
Romantic Thriller (90mins)
Language: English
Director: Richard Riead
Producer: William Riead, Lisa L. Riead
Cast: Olivia Hussey (Saving Grace, Tortilla
Heaven), Don Murray (Mr. Headmistress,
Hearts Adrift), Anthony Dennison
(Rocket’s Red Glare, Skelton Woman), Ed
Asner
Origin: USA
A momentary indiscretion results in a
nightmarish obsession as a woman fights
for her marriage and her life.
BIKE SQUAD
Children’s Adventure (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Richard Gabai
Producer: Marc Bienstock
Cast: Braden Parks, Callie Waterman,
Graham Pillman, Wolf Bradley
Origin: USA
An evil dogcatcher is snatching pets and
selling them to a local lab for scientific
testing. With the help of the Bike Squad,
Ryan must save his best friend and dog,
Jupiter, before it’s too late.
WHAT MATTERS MOST
Modern Day Love Story (90 min)
Language: English
Director: Jane Cusumano
Producer: Charla Driver
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)
Origin: USA
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.
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41
MALAKA
PRODUCCIONES
Company Type: Audiovisual and
multimedia production, mostly in the field
of creative documentary.
At MIP TV: Mr. Jose Antonio
HERGUETA
SEA, CITY, THEATRE (ANCIENT
THEATRES IN PRESENT TOWNS)
Project of 90’ min and 52’ creative
documentary
Roman Theatres are probably the most
impressive remnants of the Past. In
Spanish, English and French.
LUISITO SANJUÁN, A LITERARY
CHARACTER
Project of 52’ creative documentaryLuis
Sanjuan, an ordinary person leading an
ordinary life, proves to have several
personalities in his literary life. In Spanish
with English subtitles.
OPERATION ÚRSULA: THE
SINKING OF THE C-3
Project of 90’ creative documentary
In December 1936, a Spanish Republican
submarine was sunk by a torpedo shot
from another submarine, the German U-34,
in the first foreign war action in Spanish
Civil War (previous to the bombing of
Guernika). In Spanish, English and
German.
MARCO POLO
FILM AG
Marco Polo Film AG, Robert-Koch-Str.11,
55129 Mainz, Germany. Tel:
49.6131.210332. Fax: 49.6131.210336.
[email protected]
Website:www.marco-polo-film.de
Company Type: Producer
At MIP-TV: Annette Scheurich (CEO),
Rudolph Herzog (Creative Director).
Acquisition Executive: Annette Scheurich
Office: Media umbrella stand, Tel:
33.492.998596. Fax: 33.492.998597
THE VOYAGE OF THE JUNGLE
AIRSHIP
Nature, Adventure and Science (53 min.)
Language: English and German
Dir. Gert Steinheimer
Prod. Marco Polo Film Aktiengesellschaft
Delivery Status: Pre-production
Origin: UK and Germany
Budget: 500.000 $
A film about the daring adventure of
exploring the jungle canopy by floating
freely inside and above the treetops with
an innovative flying device.
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
Delivery Status: pre-production
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 in that
context.
FRUIT BATS - ON THE WINGS OF
THE NIGHT.
Nature, Human Touch (53 min.)
Director: Ruth Berry
Producer: Marco Polo Film AG and Big
Island Pictures
Co production partners: ZDF
Cast: Wiruungga
Delivery Status: in production
(commenced Feb. 2003)
Origin: Australia/Germany
Budget: 350.000 $
Exploring the astounding similarities
between one of the worlds biggest bat
colonies and the surrounding human
suburbs.
FANTASTIC SEA CREATURES
Nature, Kids series (24 episodes, 5 min.
each)
Producer: Marco Polo Film AG and
Sunburnt Pictures
Origin: Australia/Germany
Budget: 200.000 $
High Class Under Water Short Films
telling astonishing stories of the dangerous,
bizarre and wonderful sea creatures.
WINSTON AND THE WIZARD
Kids Series, presenter led. Nature and
Science (25 episodes 7 min. each)
Director: Rudolph Herzog
Producer: Marco Polo Film AG
Cast: Rudolph Herzog and the Raven
Rudolph
Origin: Germany
300.000 $
Presenter-led kids’ series for nature and
science - a new format to present the
MEDIA LUNA
ENTERTAINMENT
MINOTAUR
INTERNATIONAL
Media Luna Entertainment Gmbh & Co.
Kg, Hochstadenstrasse 1-3, 50674
Cologne, Germany. [email protected]. Tel: 49.221.139.22.22.
Fax: 49.221.139.22.24
At MIP-TV: Mrs. Ida Martins (CEO) And
Ms. Andrea Breitkreuz (Sales Manager)
Office: 01 – 15, Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.02. Fax:
33.4.92.99.86.48
THE TENTH SUMMER (DER
ZEHNTE SOMMER)
Children And Youth, Family (98 Min.)
Language: German
Director: Jörg Gruenler
Producer: Elke Ried, Imogen Nabel
Cast: Martin Stührk, Pino Servino-Geysen,
David Kötter, Michelle Barthel
Country Of Origin: Germany 2002
“The Tenth Summer” Is A Film For
Children And Adults. Its About Love,
Moral And Friendship Seen With The Eyes
Of The 9-Years-Old Boy Kalli.
GIRL (MEISJE )
Drama (94 Min.)
Languages: Dutch And French Dub
Director: Dorothee Van Den Berghe
Producer: Jan De Clercq & Dominique
Janne
Cast: Charlotte Vanden Eynde, Els
Dottermans, Frieda Pittoors, Matthias
Schoenaerts
Country Of Origin: Belgium
MINE ALONE (SOLO MIA)
Drama (100 Min.)
Languages: Spanish
Director: Javier Balaguer
Producer: Juan Alexander
Cast: Sergi Lopez Paz Vega Elvira
Mínguez
Country Of Origin: Spain
It was love at first sight, and destiny, too.
NANCY & FRANK- A MANHATTAN
LOVE STORY
Drama (100 Min)
Languages: English
Director: Wolf Gremm
Cast: Hardy Krüger Jr., Frances Anderson,
Robert Wagner
Country Of Origin: Germany 2001
A romantic urban love story between the
Hungarian student Nancy and the German
businessman Frank taking place in the
melting pot of today’s New York.
ECLIPSE
Drama (86 Min.)
Languages: Portugese
Director: Herbert Brödl
Producer: Herbert Brödl, Peter Stockhaus
Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Betty
Gofman, Paulo Vespúcio
Country Of Origin: Germany
Eclipse is a love story set against the
background of a crime: compelling, poetic,
Minotaur International, 160 Great
Portland Street, London W1W 5QA, UK.
Tel: 44.0207.299.5000. Fax:
44.0207.299.5777.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Robyn Hurd (Senior Sales
Exec), Debbie Deas (Acquisitions Exec),
Tracey Andrews (Press and Marketing
Exec), Jamie Martin (Sales Exec), Matt
Creasey (Sales Exec).
Office: Stand 25:01, Tel: 8104
THE COMMANDER
Drama (2 x 90min)
Language: English
Produced by La Plante International
Cast: Amanda Burton and Hugh
Bonneville
Delivery Status: Post-Production
2003, UK
There are only four female Commanders
inside the Metropolitan Police. Only one of
them specialises in Murder.
LOVE AGAIN
TV Movie (1 x 100min)
Language: English
Produced by World for BBC Television
Cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Hugh Bonneville,
Dame Eileen Aitkens
2003, UK
The story of the fraught, turbulent, lifelong
affair between poet Philip Larkin and his
companion/lover/partner, Monica Jones.
THE STRIP
Drama (40 x 60min)
Language: English
Produced by The Gibson Group for TV3
New Zealand
2003, New Zealand
The series revolves around Melissa who,
after the bizarre events of the “worst day
of her life” decides to leave her job as a
corporate lawyer to set up a women-only
male strip club!
ALL SAINTS
Drama (220 x 60min)
Language: English
Produced by Seven Network Australia
2003, Australia
More episodes available of the heartstopping medical drama which beats ER in
the Australian ratings.
fascinating world of nature and science.
and delicately told.
T HE B USINESS
OF
F ILM - Los Angeles Office
5150 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90036
L.A. Office Phone (323) 935-8228
The Otter Baby
Czech Television
MOONSTONE
ENTERTAINMENT
Moonstone Entertainment, P.O. Box 7400,
Studio City, CA 91614 USA. Tel:
818.985.3003. Fax: 818.985.3009.
At MIP-TV: Mr. Ernst “Etchie” Stroh
Office: 01.02 (AFMA Stand), Tel:
04.92.99.8207
EXTREME CLOSE UP
Thriller
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Producers: Geoff Garrett, Sean S.
Cunningham
Principal Cast: Sarah Chalke, C. Thomas
Howell, Jay Michael Ferguson
Status: Completed
Cntry of Origin: U.S.A.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
A reality TV show gets a boost in ratings
when a mysterious “accident” claims one
of the cast. As one member after another is
murdered, the show takes reality to an
EXTREME.
THE REAL DEAL
Comedy/Thriller
Director: Tom Burruss
Producers: Michael C. Cuddy, Jai Stefan
Principal Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Angie
Everhart, Michael Madsen, Lillio
Brancato, Costas Mandylor
Status: Completed
When an assistant to a high powered
Hollywood Producer is cut out of a deal he
orchestrates . . . he decides to head his
bosses advice and find his “killer instinct”!
TRUE VINYL
Drama
Director: Scott Hatley and Scott Falconer
Executive Prod: Alec Constandinos
Principal Cast: Eric Szmanda, Bree Turne,
Romany Malko, Sticky Fingaz, Mac Davis
Status: Completed
A struggling DJ from Nebraska travels to
Los Angeles to enter the World DJ Contest.
Along the way, he falls in love with a
beautiful dancer and struggles with
competitors who will stop at nothing to
win.
THE STREET KING
Action/Drama
Director: James Gavin Bedford
Executive Prod: Alec Constandinos
Principal Cast: Jon Seda, Mario Lopez,
Tonantzin Carmelo, Vincent Castellanos,
David Labios, Sam Sarpong
Status: Completed
A modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s
“Richard III”, set against the gang turf
wars of Los Angeles.
MOVER SHAKER
INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
Mover Shaker International Ltd., 47
Uxbridge Road, Stanmore, Middlesex.
HA7 3LH United Kingdom. Tel:
44.20.8621.3463. Fax: 44.20.8931.4744.
www.mover-shaker.com. [email protected]
At MIP-TV: Dawn Morton (Joint
Managing Director), Mandy Payne (Joint
Managing Director)
Office: 33.(0).6.19.02.46.89,
33.(0).4.94.39.22.81. 33.(0).4.94.39.22.82
WATCH MY LIPS (SOPHIE ELLIS
BEXTOR)
Music Documentary (50 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Robin Bextor
Producer: REB
DeliveryStatus: Completed
Origin: British
Features live performances from her
double platinum album ‘Read My Lips’
and behind the scenes footage and
interview.
ONE LOVE LIVE (BLUE)
Music Concert (52 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Mat Askem
Producer: Mark Hurry
Origin: British
A blistering live show at the Sheffield
Arena - featuring all their hits, including
international chart topping duet with Elton
John ‘Sorry Seems to be the Hardest
word’.
SEXUAL SECRETS OF THE GREAT
EASTERN CULTURES
Animation (4 x 52 min)
Director: English
CoProduction Partners: Lifetime Vision
Ltd.
Producer: Robert Page & Daniel Slight
Origin: England/India
A four part groundbreaking series
exploring the sexual traditions of the great
cultures of the Eastern world, Japan,
China, Arabia and India
ARABESQUE (JANE BIRKIN)
Music Concert (52 minutes)
Origin: France
Director: David Barnard
Producer: Gabrielle Crawford
Key Cast: Jane Birkin
Concert performed at the Odeon National
Theatre in Paris - this year Jane
commences her world tour of the same
repertoire.
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
At MIP-TV: Jacob Houlind (Managing
Director), Carina Simons (Senior Sales
Executive), Karoline Briand Spodsberg
(Sales Executive), Christina Hill (Sales
Executive), Cecilie Bergsøe (Sales and
Marketing Assistant)
Office: R32.21
FLIRT
Entertainment, reality dating show (30
min)
Flirt is billed as “the best dating service in
the land”.
SENSING MURDER
Entertainment, game show (40 min)
Independently of each other, two
clairvoyants search for new leads in an
unsolved murder case.
IF
Entertainment, talk show (48 min)
‘IF’ is a studio-based talk show that
focuses on dilemmas. A celebrity is
confronted with a number of dilemmas
loosely based on true stories.
GUILLOTINE
Guillotine is a daily quiz show with a
difference. It is the first show in the world
you can win without knowing anything.
SUPER SELLERS
2 super salesmen in direct sales
competition - all tricks count!
MYRIAD PICTURES
Myriad Pictures, 421 S. Beverly Drive, 5th
Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA. Tel:
310.789.4500. Fax: 310.789.4545
At MIP-TV: Kirk D’Amico (Co-President,
Myriad Pictures), Philip von Alvensleben
(Co-President, Myriad Pictures), Mary
Herne (Senior Vice President, Worldwide
Television, Myriad Pictures)
Office: Stand 20.02, Palais Des Festivals,
Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8298
GUILTY PLEASURE: THE
EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF
DOMINICK DUNNE
Director: Barry Avrich
Cast: Narrated by Neil Shee
Status: Completed
Dominick Dunne is known the world-over
for his reportages on the facts and gossip
surrounding murder trials of the
international jet set.
GOLDWYN: THE MAN AND HIS
MOVIES
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 as one
of Hollywood’s true founding fathers.
HOME ROOM
Drama (129 minutes)
Director: Paul F. Ryan
Cast: Erika Christensen, Busy Philipps,
Victor Garber
Status: Completed
Two girls form an unlikely friendship in
the aftermath of a high school shooting; a
friendship tested by grief, fear and
ultimately, doubt.
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.
DEEPLY
Modern-day Fairytale (101 minutes)
Director: Sheri Elwood
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Lynne Redgrave, Julia
Brender, Trent Ford
Status: Completed
A poignant tale of a young girl is brought
to a remote island to recover from a tragic
accident in which her boyfriend was killed.
N
NELVANA
INTERNATIONAL
Nelvana International, 32 Atlantic Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario Canada M6K 1X8. Tel:
416.588.5571. Fax: 416.588.5588.
At MIP-TV: Paul Robertson (President
Corus Television and Nelvana), Doug
Murphy (Executive Vice President,
Business Development), Scott Dyer
(Executive Vice President Production,
Nelvana International (Toronto),
Emmanuele Petry (Vice-President, Europe
Nelvana International – Paris), Patricia
Burns (Vice-President, International
Production – Toronto), Lynn Chadwick
(Director Sales, Northern Europe –
London)
Office: L5-01
NOVA’S ARK
(26x1/2 hours) 2-5 yrs
Based on a book by best-selling children’s
author David Kirk, Nova’s Ark stars the
only little robot boy on Roton who has to
work double duty: as a boy and a parent.
WAYSIDE SCHOOL
(26x1/2 hours) 6-11 yrs
A quirky grammar school that was
accidentally built 30-stories high.
WHAT’S BUGGIN’ BECKY
(26x1/2 hours) 8-14 yrs
Becky has an intense case of the hiccups.
OSCAR’S ATLAS
(26X1/2 hours) 6-11 yrs
Oscar is a map-loving nine-year old boy
who travels the world in a hot air balloon
he received for his birthday.
LOUDNESS OF SAM
(26x1/2 hours) 6-11 yrs
Everything Sam does, Sam does LOUD.
But don’t be mislead by the “L” word. The
volume of Sam’s vocal chords is only a
small part of the equation - everything
about Sam is larger than life, not just his
voice.
Send Only
Press Releases to:
[email protected]
The Bride With Big Feet
Czech Television
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LITTLE MISS SPIDER AND HER
SUNNY PATCH FRIENDS
(26X1/2 hours) 2-5 yrs
A new series from the partnership that
produced the animated special Miss
Spider’s Sunny Patch Kids, Little Miss
Spider and Her Sunny Patch Friends goes
back in time to trace the adventures of a
spunky, lovable, freckle-faced arachnid.
NON STOP SALES
Non Stop Sales, Döbelnsgatan 24,
Stockholm, 113 52 Sweden. Tel:
46.8.673.9981. Fax: 46.8.673.99.88.
www.nonstopsales.net
At MIP-TV: CG Anderson (CEO), Michael
Werner (Sales Director), Karin Thun (Sales
Assistant), Office: H435, Tel:
46.70.7332855 (M.Werner mobile),
46.704.1699.89 (K Thun mobile)
HAYFLOWER & QUILTSHOE
Children (72 min)
Language: Finnish/ eng. Sub
Director: Kaisa Rastimo
Co-Production Partners: Kinotaurus oy
Producer: Marko Rauhala
Key Cast: Katriina Tavi, Tilda Kiianlehto,
Minna Suuronen, Antti Virmavirta, Merja
Larivaara, Päivi Akonpelto, Robert
Enckell, Heikki Sankari
Budget: € 2 million
Origin: Finland
Hayflower and Quiltshoe are sisters and
spend all their time together. A change is
about to happen: In a week, Hayflower is
going to start school...
WE CAN BE HEROES!
Children/Family (89 min)
Language: Swedish/ eng. Sub
Director: Ulf Malmrosh
CoProductionPartners : Götafilm/ Sandrew
Metronome International
Producer: Christer Nilson
Key Cast: Ariel Petsonk, Zamand Hägg,
Michael Nyqvist, Anna Pettersson
Budget: € 1,8 million
Origin: Sweden
A family film about two best friends;
Marcello who is afraid of everything,
especially heights, and Fatima, who is an
unafraid soccer player. It’s them against
the world... or at least the idiots.
ONE-WAY TICKET TO MOMBASA
Teenage drama (88 min)
Director: Finnish/ Eng. Sub
Language: Hannu Tuomainen
Co-Production Partners: Cinemaker
Producer: Hannu Tuomainen
Key Cast: Antti Tarvainen, Joonas
Saartamo, Johanna Rönnlöf
Origin: Finland
A story about two young men and their
odyssey of love and friendship. Meeting
in a hospital, they learn that their future is
threatened, so they decide to seize the day.
THE SLAUGHTER RULE
www.theslaughterrule.com
Drama (112)
Language: English
Director: Alex Smith and Andrew Smith
Co-Production Partners: Solaris/
Barnstrom Entertainment
Producer: Michael Robinson/Barnstorm
Entertainment and Gregory
O’Connor/Solaris
Key Cast: Ryan Gosling, David Morse,
Clea Duvall, David Cale, Eddie Spears,
Kelly Lynch
Budget: 1,3 mil USD
Origin: USA
Just days after his estranged father dies,
Roy Chutney gets cut from his high
school football team, and Roy drowns his
frustration in a mixture of tequila and selfpity.
ROLLI
Children/family (92)
Language: Finnish/ eng. Sub
Director: Olli Saarela
Co-Production Partners: MRP Matila Röhr
Producer: Ilkka Y.L. Matila, Marko Röhr
Key Cast: Allu Tuppurainen, Maria
Järvenhelmi, Peter Franzén
Budget: €2,2 million
Origin: Finland
A wonderful story about the rowdy Rolli
tribe, led by their Old Chief, and elves,
trolls, deep forests, good and evil and
above all - friendship and the art of living
side by side in peace.
NU IMAGE /
MILLENNIUM FILMS
Helen of Troy
Universal International Television
Nu Image / Millennium Films, 6423
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles,
California 90048 USA. [email protected].
Tel: 310.388.6900. Fax: 310.388.6901
At MIP-TV: Avi Lerner (Co-Chairman &
CEO), Danny Dimbort (Co-Chairman &
CEO), Carole DeLosSantos (Vice
President, International)
Office: # 01-02, Booth 1
NINE LIVES
Starring: Wesley Snipes
Status: Pre Production
Mistaken for a government agent, Dean
Klein is injected with a hallucinogenic
truth serum that gives his captors the
ability to alter his reality with simple
suggestions.
BLIND HORIZON
Starring: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam
Shepard, Faye Dunaway, and Amy Smart
Status: Post Production
A man’s mysterious identity unravels as he
struggles to uncover a plot to assassinate
the president.
BELLY OF THE BEAST
Starring: Steven Seagal
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.
TRY SEVENTEEN
Starring: Elijah Wood (“Lord of the
Rings”), Mandy Moore (“A Walk To
Remember”), Franka Potente (“Run Lola,
Run”), and Elizabeth Perkins
Status: Ready
A college freshman in his first apartment
meets his first love, a pretty photographer
across the hall. She’s had her heart broken
before, but the freshman learns to let go
and move on when she returns to the exboyfriend.
DEN OF LIONS
Starring Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins
Status: Ready
A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian
mobster jeopardizes his position when he
becomes a double agent for the FBI - who
are trying to help Hungary nail the
Russian.
O2C
o2c, 12718 Short Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90066 USA. Tel: 310.301.9101. Fax:
928.438.2544. [email protected], www.o2c.us
At MIP-TV: Dorothy Crompton (CEO),
Jeff Houser (Managing Director)
Office: #03.21, Tel: 33.04.92.99.81.46,
Mobile for Dorothy: 33.06.19.11.17.48,
Mobile for Jeff: 33.06.13.97.62.32
AUTOGRAPH
Non-Fiction/ Entertainment Biography (22
x 30 Minutes)
AUTOGRAPH features in-depth, personal
interviews with top Hollywood and
celebrity stars. Host Agata Gotova
intimately digs into the lives and careers of
superstars like Robert Duvall, Ben
Kingsley, Bo Derek, and more.
STAR TREATMENT
Non-Fiction / Entertainment Lifestyle (48
x 30 Minutes)
A fast-paced magazine series profiling
those who pamper, instruct, and cater in
every conceivable way to the stars. It goes
behind the scenes to get the real
Hollywood story and delivers insights,
anecdotes and inside stuff.
IN SHAPE
Non-Fiction / Sports Lifestyle (65 x 30
Minutes)
An exercise program that blends the most
contemporary, cutting edge techniques
with classic exercises. Host Sharon Mann
gives participants and viewers fitness
information for the
beginner, intermediate, and expert.
ROMANTIC TRAVELOGUE
Non-Fiction / Historic Lifestyle (70 x 30
Minutes)
Join in a timeless quest for precious places
and people. See the world’s hidden
sanctuaries where century-old traditions
are still practiced today.
JUST AROUND THE BEND
Non-Fiction / Sports Lifestyle (5 x 45
Minutes)
Photographer Koji Nakamura takes you to
the finest diving sights in all of Japan;
from the ice-capped bays of Hokkaido to
the tropical coral of Okinawa.
O
OASIS
INTERNATIONAL
Oasis International, 6 Pardee Ave, Suite
103, Toronto, Canada. M6K 3H5. Tel:
416.588.6821. Fax: 416.588.7276.
[email protected].
www.oasisinternational.com
Company Type: International and
Domestic Distribution Company
At MIP-TV: Peter Emerson (President),
Valerie Cabrera Executive (VP), Steve
Murphy (VP, Sales), Prentiss Holman
(Sales Executive)
Office: 04.36, Tel: 8154
BURN: THE ROBERT WRAIGHT
STORY
Language: English
Producer: Tapestry Pictures Ltd.
Cast: Jonathan Scarfe (Slap Shot 2:
Breaking the Ice), Alan Scarfe (AKA
Albert Walker) and Kristin Booth (Two
Against Time)
When justice fails a family whose land has
been contaminated they turn to a local
environmentalist with a reputation of
taking the law into his own hands.
HEMINGWAY VS. CALLAGHAN
mini-series (2 x 90 min)
Language: English
Producer: Shaftesbury Productions
Cast: Vincent Walsh (Random Passage)
Robin Dunne (American Psycho 2)
Gordon Pinsent (Shipping News) Maury
Chaykin (Nero Wolfe) and Ada Turturro
(The Sopranos)
Based on “That Summer in Paris” this
exciting new mini-series explores the early
career of Ernest Hemingway from his first
job as a writer in the backwater of Toronto
to his now famous life in Paris in the early
30s.
GAVIN CRAWFORD
(26 x 30 min)
Language: English
Cast: Gavin Crawford
The series combines sketch comedy with
situation comedy and comes out with a
winning combination. “Gavin Crawford” is
a hilarious half hour series you don’t want
to miss!!
TOM STONE
(26episodes x 1hr)
Language: English
Producer: Alberta Film Works
Cast: Janet Kidder(Century Hotel, Bride of
Chuckie, Earths Final Conflict), Chris
Martin (Madison, Felicity), Stewart
MARCH/APRIL 2003
Margolin (Rockdort Files)
Tom Stone is an ex-con, ex-cop with a past
who’s been hired by a secret police unit.
His job is to go where the police won’t to
catch the criminals above the law!
THE BAREFOOT DANCER WITH
SARINA
Lifestyle series (65 x 30 min )
Language: English
Producer: Dance with Sarina Inc.
Status: Completed
The Barefoot Dancer is a spiritual lifestyle
program that uses global dance movements
to reconnect the mind body and soul.
OMNIBUS PICTURES
Company Type: An independent
production and distribution company with
a great international vocation
At MIP TV: Mr. Eduardo BENITEZ
KILL, MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU
100’ 35 mm documentary (in production)
Waking up to the life of young Julio,
madly in love with his cousin Angela. This
love drags this young man to an inferno. In
Spanish
OVERSEAS
FILMGROUP/FIRST
LOOK MEDIA
Overseas Filmgroup/First Look Media,
8000 Sunset Blvd., East Penthouse, Los
Angeles, CA 90046 USA. Tel:
323.337.1000. Fax: 323.337.1078. Rome:
Via E. Jenner, 45 00151 Rome, Italy.
Tel/Fax: 39.06.5327.5511.
[email protected],
www.firstlookmedia.com
At MIP-TV: Robert Little (President, CoChairman, First Look Media), Liz
Mackiewicz (Sr. VP, Worldwide Sales &
Distribution, Overseas Filmgroup), Brian
O’Shea (Sr. VP, Worldwide Sales &
Distribution, Overseas Filmgroup), Bryan
Hambleton (Sales Consultant, Overseas
Filmgroup)
Office: Hotel Majestic, Suites 142 & 143
BONE SNATCHER
Action / Horror
Director: Jason Wulfsohn
Producer: David Pupkewitz, Malcolm
Kohll, Chris Roland, Koa Padolsky
Principal Cast: Rachel Shelley, Scott
Bairstow, Warrick Grier
A rebellious systems analyst is being sent
to a South African desert community on a
mission and discovers the supernatural
terror known as the Bone Snatcher.
JULIE WALKING HOME
Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Karel Dirka, Paul Stephens and
Iwona Ziulkowska
Principal Cast: Miranda Otto, Lothaire
Bluteau and William Fichtner
Julie, mother of ten year-old Nick, falls in
love with her son’s savior, Alexis, a
Russian healer.
BETWEEN STRANGERS
Star-Studded Drama
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Producer: Gabriella Martinelli, Elda Ferri
and Roberto Pace
Principal Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira
Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete
Postlewaite, Malcolm McDowell, and
Gerard Depardieu
Mira Sorvino as a guilt-ridden
photojournalist; and Debra Kara Unger as
a musician seeking revenge. Three women
are brought together to pursue their
creative dreams. Sophia Loren’s 100th
film.
THE JIMMY SHOW
Drama
Director: Frank Whaley
Producer: Beni Atoori and Mary Jane
Skalski
Principal Cast: Ethan Hawke, Carla
Gugino and Frank Whaley
A bittersweet love story about suburban
America-what it’s like to yearn to get out,
only to find that what you’re dreaming of
is right in front of you.
THE NUGGET
Comedy
Director: Bill Bennett
Producer: Richard Sheffield
Principal Cast: Eric Bana, Belinda
Emmett, and Stephen Curry
Three road-workers stumble upon the
world’s biggest nugget and become instant
millionaires. THE NUGGET looks at how
instant wealth suddenly changes their lives
- not necessarily for the better, but always
with hilarious consequences.
P
PEPPERMINT
INTERNATIONAL
GMBH
peppermint international gmbh, Corporate
Headquarters: Gormannstrasse 22, 10119
Berlin Germany. Tel: 49.30.726200.0.
Fax: 49.30.726200.333.
[email protected].
www.seepeppermint.com
At MIPTV: Knobloch Michael (Managing
Director), Knobloch Stefan (International
Sales), Patrick Keller (International Sales Asia), Merkl Angelika (Acquisition,
peppermint international gmbh)
Office: #11.10-13.09, Tel: 33.4.92.99.80.87
SECRETS OF POWER
Language: English
Producer: stroebelcommunications
Host: Mikhail Gorbachev
Status: finished
In frank, exclusive conversations, Mikhail
Gorbachev talks candidly to George Bush,
Helmut Kohl, Shimon Peres and HansDietrich Genscher, revealing unknown
stories about political conflicts they
encountered.GUINEVERE JONES
(26 x 30 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Original Pictures Inc./Ibis
Entertainment/Crawford Prod. Pty. Ltd.
Cast: Tamara Hope, Ted Hamilton
Status: finished
Country of Origin: Canada/Australia
Magic, Mystery, Merlin, Morgana and
Mordred - you will experience them all,
along with Gwen Jones and her friends in
these modern tales of the supernatural and
super cool.
YANOMAMI - PAINTED SPIRITS
Language: German with English subtitles
Producer: Pro omnia Film & Video
promotion gmbh
Director: Andreas Sulzer
Status: finished
Country of Origin: Austria
A fascinating and unique tribute to the last
native Indian tribe, who live isolated in the
rainforest of South America.
CORNUCOPIA
Documentary – Series (52 x 30 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: JAGUAR FILM AS
Status: finished
Country of Origin: Sweden
Created by some of the world’s most
accomplished chefs, this series offers a rich
and colourful tapestry of cooking culture
from Spain, Korea, California, Iceland,
Italy and the Artic.
PLAYBOY TV
INTERNATIONAL LLC
Playboy TV International LLC, 2706
Media Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA
90065 USA. Tel: 323.276.4000. Fax:
323.276.4500.
At MIP-TV: Jim English (President,
Playboy Entertainment Group Inc.), Mark
Rudolph
(Managing Director, Playboy TV
International), William Campbell
(Managing Director Europe, Playboy TV
International), Isabelle Mitsch (Director of
Sales and International Development,
Playboy TV International), David Porter
(European Affiliate Sales Manager,
Playboy TV International)
Office: Majestic Hotel, Suite 755, Tel:
33.04.92.98.77.00, Fax: 33.04.93.38.97.90
MAKING IT BIG
Adult Reality Show (10 x 30 min.)
Language: English
Producer: Playboy TV UK
Production Year: 2003 UK
“Double Entry takes reality TV right to the
edge. What will happen when a team of
boys and a team of girls try to make their
first pornographic movie?
WEEKEND FLASH
Adult News Magazine (84 x 30 min)
Language: English
Producer: Playboy Entertainment Group
Cast: Kitt Pomodoro, News Anchor;
Michelle Mc Andrews, weather; and Carla
Harvey, entertainment reporter
Delivery Status: On going
Production Year: 2002/2003 USA
Covering the most important stories of the
day, a sexy, uncovered staff headlines
Playboy TV’s naughtiest news show.
EROS COLLECTION 2002
Adult Movies (90 min)
Language: English
Production Year: 2002 USA
This great 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.
7 LIVES XPOSED II
Adult Reality (13 x 60 min)
Language: English
Host: Devinn Lane
Production Year: 2002 USA
It’s a new season and now adult star
Devinn Lane really knows what to look for
in a roommate. She’s invited 15 finalists
to her extravagant Los Angeles mansion so
she can decide who will live in her house
this season on 7 Lives Xposed.
SEXCETERA INTERNATIONAL
Adult Magazine (41 x 60 min)
Language: English
Cast: Kira Reed, Lauren Hayes and
Susannah Breslin
Production year: 2002 USA
SEXCETERA is hot... revealing...and fun!
. It’s your window on the exciting,
explosive Playboy world - your world.
From S&M clubs to toy designers... from
sexy websites to nasty inventions...
PORCHLIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT
PorchLight Entertainment, 11777
Mississippi Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025
USA. Tel: 310.477.8400. Fax:
310.477.5555. www.porchlight.com
Company Type: Distributor / Producer
At MIP-TV: 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), Fred
Schafer (VP & Producer Children’s
Programming)
Office: # R34.03, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.8804
LIGHTNING: BOLTS OF
DESTRUCTION
Action Adventure
Language: English
When the earth is enveloped by a deadly
global lightning storm, a family of unlikely
heroes have to pull together and heal
themselves in the process.
Dangerous Liaisons
MARCH/APRIL 2003
45
A FIGHTING CHANCE
Drama
Language: English
Directed by: Alan Vint
Produced by: Jimi Petulla
Based on a true story, A FIGHTING
CHANCE is a coming-of-age story about
the drive for excellence and sacrifice.
KILLER FLOOD: THE DAY THE
DAM BROKE
Action-adventure
Language: English
Directed by: Doug Campbell
Produced by: Peter Beckwith and David
Peters
An entire town is in jeopardy when
torrential rains and rising reservoirs create
pressure which may rip through the Rankin
Dam.
FROZEN IMPACT
Action adventure
Language: English
Directed by: Neil Kinsella
Produced by: Peter Beckwith
When an unexpected violent hailstorm
blows through Rutland, Vermont, it causes
a plane to crash into a near-by
mountainside.
HOMETOWN LEGEND
Drama
Language: English
Directed by: James Anderson
Produced by: Dallas Jenkins
Stars Lacey Chabert (Daddy Day Care,
Party of Five, Lost in Space, Not Another
Teen Movie,), Terry O’Quinn (The X Files,
JAG, Primal Fear) and Kirk Woller (A.I.,
Minority Report).
A rebellious teenage drifter, Elvis Jackson,
finds an opportunity to turn his life around
when he joins a high-school football
program with a hard-nosed coach.
The Negotiator
TF1
PORTFOLIO
ENTERTAINMENT
Portfolio Entertainment, 110 Eglinton Ave.
E. #602, Toronto, ON M4P 2Y1 Canada.
Tel: 416.483.9773. Fax: 416.483.6537.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Ms. Joy Rosen (President and
Founder), Ms. Lisa Olfman (President and
Founder)
Office: 00-01, 33 4 92 99 83 56, Fax: 33 4
92 99 83 57
TOAD PATROL
www.toadpatrol.com
Children’s Animation (14-26 x 30 min)
Language: English
Producer: Toadbag in assoc Edward
Sarson, Funbag Animation Studios, Vision
Entertainment, and Akom Production
Origin: Canada
Eight Toadlets miss the great migration
and set out on a treacherous journey
through the forest to find the mystical
Fairy Ring and the safety of Toad Hollow.
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 MIP-TV: Jonathan Kramer (President),
Eric Brenstein (Vice President of
International Sales), Annouchka Leoseur
(Vice President of International Sales)
Office: 03.21
I WITNESS
Action (90 min)
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia de
Rossi, Clifton Collins Jr.
James Rhodes knows that there is a cover
up of the 27 bodies that were discovered in
a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana. He must
unravel the mystery before he becomes a
victim.
DOG GONE
Family (90 min)
Director: Worth Keeter
Cast: Jack Wagner, Daphne Zuniga, Zach
Ward
Faithful police dog comes back to life
inhabiting the body of a harmless petty
criminal. The dog-in-man’s-body teams up
with his old partner to track down a felon.
THE CLUBHOUSE DETECTIVES:
SCAVENGER HUNT, IN SEARCH OF
A LOST PRINCESS, AND BIG
TROUBLE
Family Films (3 x 90 min)
Director: Erica Hendershot
Series of misadventures and hilarious
hijinks as the kids get into one escapade
after another.
OCEAN AVE.
Mystery Serial Drama (130 x 60 min)
Director: Adele Bertei, Jason Sklaver,
Jonathan Wyche, Connie Maverick
Cast: Timothy Adams, Jean Carol, Antoni
Carnacchine, Steve Dumochel, Leigh
Lombardi, Victoria Jackson
The seductive story of two family
dynasties, the Devons and the Rendons,
modern-day warring clans locked in the
deadly and passionate battle from which
only one can survive.
PROBABLE CAUSE
Non-Fiction (4 x 60 min.)
An investigative series that looks into
world’s biggest airline crashes, leading up
to the NTSB’s final determination,
“probable cause.”
R
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 MIP-TV: 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)
Office: R 30.03
IMPERIUM
AUGUSTUS - THE FIRST EMPEROR
Historical Drama (2 x 100 min)
Director: Roger Young
Producer: Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Rai
Trade, EOS Entertainment for ZDF,
Telecinco and Quinta Communication for
France 2.
Cast: Peter O’Toole, Benjamin Sadler,
Charlotte Rampling
Augustus is the first title in the
IMPERIUM series, centered around
Ancient Rome at the peak of its power and
the stories of the five emperors who ruled
this immense empire.
MARCINELLE
Mini Series (2 x 100 min)
Version: Italian with English subtitles
Directors: Andrea and Antonio Frazzi
Producer: A Rai production, Rizzoli
Audiovisivi
Cast: Claudio Amendola, Maria Grazia
Cucinotta, Omero Antonutti
Taken from the true story of a terrible
mining tragedy in 1956 in the Belgium
mine of Marcinelle, the miniseries traces
the lives of some of the Italian families and
personalities involved in the disaster.
UN PAPÀ QUASI PERFETTO
Series (6 x 100 min)
Version: Italian with English subtitles
Director: Maurizio dell’ Orso
Producer: A Rai Fiction and Clemi
Cinematografica production
Cast: Michele Placido, Elena Sofia Ricci,
Barbara Rizzo
Michele is the father of 6 children (from 9
to 30 years old), and manager of a
supermarket.
LA MEGLIO GIOVENTÙ
Drama - Miniseries (4 x 100 min)
Version: Italian with English sub-titles
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Producer: A Rai Fiction Production and
BiBi Film Tv production, produced by
Angelo Barbagallo
Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni,
Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Maya
Sansa, Andrea Tidona, Fabrizio Gifuni
Set in the 1960s the story is about an
Italian family and centred around the lives
of two brothers and their dreams, hopes
and experiences. It is the first television
drama by Marco Tullio Giordana, one of
Italy’s most important film directors.
SALVO D’ACQUISTO
Drama - Miniseries (2 x 100)
Version: Italian with English sub-titles
Director: Alberto Sironi
Co -production with Rai Fiction, Sacha
Film, produced by Sergio Giussani
Cast: Beppe Fiorello, Giovanni Esposito,
Eugenia Costantini
From the director of the successful
Detective Montalbano series, this is based
on the courage and life of a young police
officer who during the second world war
takes on the blame for the death of two
German soldiers.
REGENT
ENTERTAINMENT
Regent Entertainment, 1401 Ocean
Avenue, Suite 300, Santa Monica,
California 90401 USA. Tel: 310.260.3333.
Fax: 310.260.3343
Company type: Producer and distributor
Web: www.regententertainment.com
At MIP-TV: Gene George (President,
Regent Entertainment), Meggan Kimberley
(Senior VP, Sales)
Office: #03.24-05.23 in the Palais, Tel:
33.4.9299.8206. Mobile: USA
310.804.9360
CAVE IN
Action Disaster (90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Rex Piano
Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul
Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck
Cast: Mimi Rogers, Ted Shackleford
A tough woman in charge of a large
mining operation learns that a massive
cave-in has trapped her husband and son
miles underground....in a tunnel that is
rapidly filling with water.
PARADISE VIRUS
Language: English
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow, Paul
Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck, Brian
Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Ralf Moeller,
Melody Thomas-Scott
A virologist and her son, vacationing on an
island, race against time to prevent a
deadly virus from reaching the mainland.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
TERROR PEAK
Language: English
Director: Dale G. Bradley
Executive Producers: Stephen P. Jarchow,
Paul Colichman, Jeffrey Schenck
Producers: Grant Bradley, Jozsef Fityus
Cast: Parker Stevenson, Lynda Carter,
Antony Starr
While on tour in New Zealand, a thrillseeking family confronts the forces of
nature when the volcano they are exploring
becomes active. Battling earthquakes,
rockslides, and hot lava, they race to save
themselves and the village below.
KILLER BEES
Language: English
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis
Producers: Kirk Shaw, James Shavick
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Tracy Nelson,
Fiona Loewi, Noel Fisher
A local sheriff is faced with saving a small
town and his family from devastation
when a swarm of killer bees takes over the
town.
TORNADO WARNING
Language: English
Director: Tibor Takacs
Producers: Jeffrey Schenck, Stephen P.
Jarchow, Paul Colichman
Cast: Gerald McRaney, Thea Gill, Joan
Van Ark, David Millbern, Steve Braun
A renowned scientist invents a system that
predicts the deadliest of twisters. He is
humiliated by a very public failure of his
system.
ROAD SALES USA
Road Sales USA, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd.
West, Los Angeles, CA 90068 USA. Tel:
323.878.0404. Fax: 323.878.0486.
At MIP-TV: Jonathon Kramer (President),
Eric Bernstein (Vice President of
International Sales), Annouchka Lesoeur
Office: 03.21
THE BLUES
Special Events (7 x 90 min)
Director: Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood,
Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce,
Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders
THE BLUES is a series of impressionistic
and iconoclastic films- each director
exploring the music through his own
personal connections.
TEN MINUTES OLDER
Art House (2 x 85 min)
Director: Victor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim
Jarmusch, Chen Kaige, Aki Kaurimaki,
Spike Lee, Wm Wenders, Bernardo
Bertolucci, Mike Figgis, Claire Denis, Jiri
Menzel Istvan Szabo, Volker Scholondorff,
Michael Radford, Jean-Luc Godard
Each of the distinguished directors bring
their own unique interpretation of “time”
to the screen. Using several locations and
human experience they present an
intriguing experience to all film-goers.
MALUNDE
Drama (97 min)
Director: Stefanie Sycholt
Producer: Jurden Biefang, Dieter Horres
Cast: Ian Roberts, Kagison Mtewa
Delivery Status: (completed)
Malunde is a story about hope and triumph
during the turbulent times of Apartheid. A
black street kid and white soldier strike up
an unlikely friendship in South Africa and
help each other heal.
S
SALSA
ENTERTAINMENT
Salsa Entertainment, 2828 Coral Way,
Suite 306, Miami, FL 33145 USA. Tel:
305.461.9858. Fax: 305.461.5374.
[email protected]. http://www.salsaentertainment.com
At MIP-TV: Jerry Diaz (Executive Vice
President, Salsa Entertainment), Ximena
Rubio (Sales Assistant)
Office: 09.19, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8162
THE CRAMP TWINS, SERIES II
Animation (26 x 30 min (or 52 x 30 min
for Series I & II) Language: English
Director: Frank Gresham Producer: TVLoonland Co-producer: Cartoon Network
Europe Status: In production
Country of Origin: UKWayne and Lucien
Cramp are back at each other’s throat in a
brand new series of bug-saving, trikeriding, junk-bashing mayhem.
SOMETHING ELSE
Language: English
Director: Brad Neave
Producer: TV-Loonland/Studio B
Productions
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: UK/Canada
‘Something Else’ follows the unpredictable
adventures of two loveable misfits - the
small, blue and furry Something Else and
the long-nosed, orange and furry
Something.
BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE,
SERIES IV
Puppetry (26 x 30 min (or 117 x 30 min
for Series I - IV)
Language: Spanish, Portugese
Producer: The Jim Henson Company
Status: Complete
Country of Origin: UK
‘Bear in the Big Blue House’ features a
charming cast of Muppets - and a group of
new characters - who educate and entertain
through childhood exploration.
THE ZACK FILES, SERIES II
Live Action (26 x 30 min (or 52 x 30 min
for Series I & II)
Language: Spanish, Portugese
Producer: DECODE Entertainment
Status: Complete
Off-kilter and full of humor, “The Zack
Files” is all about young Zack Greenburg
and the odd things that keep happening to
him. Not that he goes looking for them he doesn’t - they just show up anyway.
FARSCAPE, SERIES IV
Action Adventure Drama (22 x 60 min (or
88 x 60 min for Series I - IV)
Language: Spanish
Producer: The Jim Henson Company in
association with Hallmark Entertainment
Status: Complete
‘Farscape’ is a futuristic saga that follows
the story of American astronaut John
Crichton.
SANDRA CARTER
PRODUCTIONS
Sandra Carter Productions, 230 W. 79th
St. Suite 102N, New York, NY, 10024,
USA. Tel: 212.875.18.11. Fax:
212.875.00.88. [email protected].
www.sandra-carter.com
Office: 14.23, Tel: 33.492.99.8288
At MIP-TV: Sandra Carter (President),
Christa Joubert (Producer)
SHOP THE WORLD
Women & Lifestyle (39 Half hour
episodes)
Language: English
We will hunt for glamorous bargains
across the globe with our host, a first name
in international fashion, the designer of
Princess Diana’s world-renown wedding
dress and TV personality, David Emanuel.
Prepare for a shopping
CLASSIC CARS OF CUBA
Documentary (1 Hour, Filmed entirely in
High Definition)
Language: English
Cars, romance and nostalgia in old Havana
This is the story of two days and a night in
Cuba’s ongoing love affair with American
cars, a celebration of Detroit’s Golden Age.
THE HISTORY OF ART IN CUBA
Documentary (3 x 1Hour)
Language: English
For the first time the rich History of Cuban
Art will be available in this program with
its never before seen footage.
SOUNDS OF CUBA
Music
With Stars of Buena Vista Social Club
HOT IN HAVANA / CALIENTE
Music (3 x 1 Hour Specials)
A Swiss-Cuban Co-Production available
for TV Video DVD (32 Track Stereo)
1-Roots of Cuban Music
2- The Rhythm of Cuba
3- Hot in Havana
Spectacular Musical Christmas from the
Vatican (Music) 6 Hours of original
material. Editing rights available. TV
Video DVD Audio.
Todd Jackson (Vice President), Mr.
Michael Dwyer (Director, International
Sales), Mr. Robert Baruc (resident, Screen
Media Films)
Office: R 36.02
THINGS BEHIND THE SUN
Drama (117 minutes)
Director: Allison Anders
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Don Cheadle,
Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Patsy
Kensit,, Eric Stoltz
Year Of Production: 2001
Sherry (Dickens) and Owen (Mann) share
a terrible secret that both have been
running from for most of their lives. 2002
Oscar Nominee.
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.
MOJAVE MOON
Dark Comedy (95 Minutes)
Director: Kevin Dowling
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Danny Aiello
An ordinary guy gets extraordinary trouble
when he agrees to drive a beautiful young
woman to her mother’s trailer in the
Mojave Desert.
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
Comedy (97 Minutes)
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, And
Denise Richards
SCREEN MEDIA
VENTURES, LLC
Screen Media Ventures, LLC, 757 Third
Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
USA. Tel: 212.308.1790. Fax:
212.308.1791. www.screenmedia.net
At MIP-TV: Mr. Joseph Kovacs
(President), Mr. Steve Nurkin (Executive
Vice President), Ms. Almira Malyshev
(Vice President, International Sales), Mr.
The Legend of the Christmas Tree
TF1
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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.
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM
Drama (104 Minutes)
Director: Charlie Peters
Cast: Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen
Mol, Brenda Blethyn
Tells the story about a young man whose
destiny leads him back to his true love.
SCREENTIME
PTY LTD
Screentime Pty Ltd, 108 Alexander Street,
Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia. Tel:
02.9439.4911. Fax: 02.9439.4922.
Screentime-ShinAwiL, The Coach House,
Marlborough Lane, Donnybrook, Dublin
4, Ireland. Tel: 353.1412.5200. Fax:
353.1.412.5290. www.screentime.tv
Company Type: Television Production
Company
At MIP-TV: Des Monaghan (Executive
Director - Screentime Pty Ltd, Australia),
Bob Campbell (Executive Director Screentime Pty Ltd, Australia), Larry Bass
(Executive Director - ScreentimeShinAwiL, Ireland). Acquisition Executive:
Des Monaghan, Bob Campbell & Larry
Bass
Office: Mobiles: Des Monaghan
61.410.300.456. Bob Campbell
61.419.989.837. Larry Bass
353.86.381.2044
MDA
Drama (22 x 1 hours : Series I & 22 x 1
hours: Series II)
Language: English
Directors: Various
Producer: Denny Lawrence
Cast: Kerry Armstrong, Jason Donovan,
Shane Bourne, Alice McConnell, Angus
Grant, Petra Yared
Delivery status: Series II currently in preproduction for the ABC
Years of Production: 2002/2003
Budget: AUD$7.8million per annum
Country of Origin: Australia
The cases, the personalities, the issues
involved in medical litigation.
JESSICA
Period drama (2 x 2 hours)
Language: English
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Producer: Anthony Buckley
Cast: Sam Neill, Leanna Walsman, Lisa
Harrow, John Howard, Tony Martin
Delivery Status: In pre-production for
Network TEN - for delivery in 2003.
Budget: AUD$7.5 million
Origin: Australia
It is based on the real life of a remarkable
young Australian who defied the
conventions of her time.
MY HUSBAND MY KILLER
Drama (2 hours)
Language: English
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Producer: David Gould
Cast: Colin Friels, Martin Sacks, Lucy
Bell, Linda Cropper
Delivery Status: completed and telecast on
Network TEN
Origin: Australia
This is the dramatisation of the true story
that has been described as Sydney’s
murder-of-the-decade (à la Helter Skelter).
THE POTATO FACTORY
Period Drama (2 x 2 hours)
Language: English
Director: Rob Marchant
Producer: Anthony Buckley
Cast: Ben Cross, Lisa McCune, Sonia
Todd
The Seven Network
The story of Ikey Solomon (the inspiration
for Charles Dickens’ Fagin in Oliver
Twist), his mistress Mary Abacus and
Ikey’s wife Hannah. Set in London and
Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania) in the mid
Nineteenth Century.
CLOSE CONTACT
Drama (2 hours)
Language: English
Director: Scott Hartford Davis
Producer: Ian Bradley
Cast: Grant Bowler, Amanda Douge,
Kimberley Davies
The Seven Network
An affair between two business partners
leaves one partner dead and the other in
need of protection from the killers. The
business fails, the underworld faces the
loss of a large amount of money, and Liz,
the surviving partner goes into the body
guard business
SHOWCASE
ENTERTAINMENT
The True Story of Killing Pablo
A&E
Showcase Entertainment, Inc. Warner
Center, 21800 Oxnard Street, Suite 150,
Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA. Tel:
818.715.7005. Fax: 818.715.7009.
www.showcaseentertainment.com
At MIP-TV: David Jackson (President),
Bruce Livingston (Chief Financial
Officer), Monica Vespe (Vice President,
International Sales), Shauna Shapiro
Jackson (Executive Vice President), Leslee
Jones-Allmon (Director Worldwide
Distribution Services), Linda Paolucci
(Sales Administration)
Office:
SUPER SUCKER
Comedy
Director: Jeff Daniels
Producer: Tom Spiroff
Cast: Jeff Daniels
A couple of door-to-door vacuum cleaner
salesmen compete for territory, when one
of them discovers new uses for his vacuum
cleaner attachments, thrilling housewives
beyond their wildest imaginations!
SHELTER ISLAND
Erotic Thriller
Cast: Patsy Kensit, Ally Sheedy, Stephen
Baldwin, Chris Penn
Director: Geoffrey Schaat
Producer: Paul Corvino, Allen Bain, David
Michaels III, Jesse Scolaro
After being mugged, a wealthy New York
woman retreats to her country estate with
her girlfriend.
AMY’S ORGASM
Romantic Comedy
Cast: Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Caroline
Aaron, Mitchell Whitfield
A 29 year old Ivy League educated selfhelp author grudgingly falls in love with
the ultimate womaniser, a radio shock-jock
who has a reputation for hitting on his
bimbo guests.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE COBRA
Action Thriller
Director: Ted Nicolaou
Producer: Frank DeMartini and Marisa
Johnston
Cast: Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, James
Acheson
Delivery Status: Post-production
In the vein of “Raiders of the Los Ark,”
this action packed thriller takes you on an
exhilarating ride, as 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.
DEAD OF NIGHT
Horror
Director: Serge Rodnunsky
Producer: Serge Rodnunsky
Creatures from the dead lurking in the
shadows of a cemetery torment a group of
innocent teenagers and begin to take them
over one by one, devouring them and
turning them into ghouls.
SKARAMOOSH
LIMITED
Skaramoosh Limited, 9-15 Neal Street,
Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9PW UK.
Tel: 44(0)20.7379.9966. Fax:
44(0).20.7240.7111.
www.skaramoosh.co.uk
Company Type: Producer
At MIP-TV: Daniel Slight (Managing
Director), Alison Warner (Commercial
Director), Will Stern (Sales Manager).
Acquisition Executive: Alison Warner
(Commercial Director)
Office: Tel: 44.7968.128833
MR MOON
Children’s Animation (52x 5 min)
Language: English
Delivery Status: preproduction
Origin: England
An original concept of the moon, sun, stars
and planets, telling the adventures of Mr.
Moon and his friend Sunny.
MOJO SWOPTOPS
Childrens Animation (26 x 10 min)
Language: British
Delivery Status: preproduction
Origin: England
Tells the story of a courageous little truck
and his ability to take on the identity of
almost any kind of car, an or lorry in order
to have the most amazing adventures.
SUPERFOOD
(104 x 2.5 mins)
Language: English
Origin: England
Beautifully shot, with a soothing,
informative voiceover of celebrity Chef
and personality Mark Wogan, the key
points of a food’s biology, history and
nutritional value are explained.
SOFA
ENTERTAINMENT
SOFA Entertainment, 9121 Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA. Tel:
310.276.9522. Fax: 310.276.1238.
www.popclick.com, www.edsullivan.com,
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Andrew Solt (President),
Claudia Falkenburg (Vice-President), Greg
Vines
(Vice-President, Production), Beatrice
McMillan (Vice-President, Int’l Sales)
Office: R32.27, Tel: 33.4.92.99.88.49
THE HUNT FOR AMAZING
TREASURES, SERIES 4
Documentary (4 x 60’ or 2 x 120’)
Language: English
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Co-Production Partners: Andrew Solt
Productions
Producer: Greg Vines
Key Cast: Narrated by Eric Close
(“Without a Trace”)
Origin: USA
Our most popular series continues with
astounding discoveries including a Rubens
painting that set a record at auction, never
before seen photos of Hollywood’s biggest
stars, Andy Warhol’s personal belongings
and much more!
USS PELELIU: UNDERWAY
Language: English
Director: Ken Wiederhornh
CoProductionPartners: Andrew Solt
Productions
Producer: Greg Vines
Key Cast: Narrated by Mark Feuerstein
(“Good Morning Miami”)
Origin: USA
Experience life aboard one of the U.S.
Navy’s largest fighting ships as
her crew of over 2,500 sailors and Marines
find themselves on a peacetime voyage
that quickly turns into a wartime mission.
THE BEST OF THE ED SULLIVAN
SHOW
www.popclick.com
Variety (130 x 30’)
Director: English
Language: Various
MARCH/APRIL 2003
Co-Production Partners: SOFA
Entertainment
Producer: Andrew Solt Productions
Key Cast: Ed Sullivan
Origin: USA
The longest-running variety show in TV
history showcased the biggest stars of
movies, music, television, theatre, comedy
and dance. Hundreds of showbiz careers
were launched when Ed recognized great
talent and gave performers their “big
break.”
SONY PICTURES
TELEVISION
INTERNATIONAL
Sony Pictures Television International,
10202 W Washington Blvd., Culver City,
CA 90232-3195 USA.
At MIP-TV: Michael Grindon (President,
Sony Pictures Television International),
John McMahon (Senior Executive Vice
President and Managing Director, Europe),
Peter Iacono (Executive Vice President,
Sales), Steve Kent (Executive Vice
President, International Productions), Ross
Pollack (Senior Vice President, Sales
Planning), Keith LeGoy (Senior Vice
President, European Distribution)
Office: # M5.01
MY BIG FAT GREEK LIFE
Comedy (7 x 30 min)
Based on the most successful romantic
comedy of all time, Nia Vardalos stars as
Nia Portokalos, a Chicago woman from a
loving, but smothering, old fashioned
Greek Family.
ASTRO BOY
Animated (52 x 30 min)
Astro Boy is a Japanese animated series
which tells the tale of a permanently
youthful robot boy modeled after the
deceased son of a research scientist.
SPIDER-MAN
Voices: Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie
Howser, Starship Troopers), Lisa Loeb
(Serial Killing 4 Dummys, House On
Haunted Hill), Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills,
90210, Batman Beyond: The Movie)
Spider-Man follows the adventures of
superhuman crime fighter Peter Parker and
his friends during their first year of
college. The series has been picked up by
MTV in the U.S. and is slated to debut in
2003.
Volpone
TF1
STUART LITTLE
Stuart Little tracks the escapades of two
brothers, Stuart and George, one of whom
happens to be a 3-inch-tall mouse.
BLACKJACK
Telefilm
BlackJack focuses on Sergeant Jack
Kempson, played by Colin Friels (The
Farm, Child Star: The Shirley Temple
Story), who is banished to the police
archive department after blowing the
whistle on a drug-dealing colleague.
SOUTHERN STAR
SALES
Southern Star Sales, 8 West St, Nth
Sydney, NSW 2060 Australia. Tel:
61.2.9202.8555. Fax: 61.2.9956.6918.
www.southernstargroup.com.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Cathy Payne (Chief
Executive), Victoria Baldock (Head of
Sales), Alison Baker (Head of European
Sales), Gisela Minnbergh (Senior Sales
Executive)
Office: H4.12, Tel: 33.4.92.99.87.72, Fax:
33.4.92.99.87.73
HI-5 (AKA: HI-5 AMERICAN
VERSION)
Children’s (45 x half hour)
Language: English
Co-Production Partners: Kids Like
Us/Nine Network Australia
Producer: Helena Harris
Key Cast: Curtis, Jen, Kimee, Shaun,
Karla
Origin: Australia
An American cast version of one of
Australia’s most successful pre-school
programs. Hi-5 is vibrant, interactive and
accessible television for pre-schoolers,
offering a world of learning based on
music, movement and laughter.
HI-5 (AKA: HI-5 AUSTRALIAN
VERSION)
http://ninemsn.com.au/kids/hi5/default.asp
Children’s (180 x half hour)
Language: English
CoProduction Partners: Kids Like Us/Nine
Network Australia
Producer: Helena Harris
Key Cast: Nathan, Charli, Kathleen,
Kellie and Tim
Year of Production: 1999-2003, Country
of Origin: Australia
Hi-5 is vibrant, interactive and accessible
television for pre-schoolers, offering a
world of learning based on music,
movement and laughter.
POSTCARD BANDIT
Drama (90 minutes)
Director: English
Language: Tony Tilse
Co-Production Partners: Nine Network
Australia
Key Cast: Tom Long, Tasma Walton,
Helen Dallimore, Simon Burke
Origin: Australia
Dubbed by the media as the ‘Postcard
Bandit’, Brenden Abbott - once Australia’s
most wanted man - was rumoured to send
postcards of his travels to the police
chasing him.
MARSHALL LAW
Drama (17 x 1 hour)
Language: English
Producer: Seven Network Australia
Key Cast: Lisa McCune, Alison Whyte,
William McInnes
Origin: Australia
When two sisters juggle the personal with
the professional in the fascinating and
often humorous world of a city
Magistrate’s Court, the result is Marshall
Law.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR (AKA:
FIRST WORLD WAR)
Origin: England
Language: English
Co-Production Partners: A Wark Clements
Proudction in association with Southern
Star Circle for Channe 4 UK.
Producer: Jonathan Summers
Blending fresh archive footage and
specially filmed material from locations in
22 countries, The First World War is a
definite series.
T
TECHTV
TechTV, 650 Townsend Street, San
Francisco, CA 94103 USA. Tel:
415.355.4000. Fax: 415-355-4055.
www.techtv.com, [email protected]
At MIP-TV: Peter Gochis (VP, Worldwide
Distribution), Nancy Juliber (VP,
International Programming and
Production), Karen Kaufman Perlman (VP,
Asia and Europe), Susan Hewitt
(Head of Sales, Europe), Hud Woodle
(International Sales Executive)
Office: 22.14 - 24.11, Tel:
33.(0).92.99.8178
WIRED FOR SEX
www.techtv.com/wiredforsex
(13 x 30 min.)
Series that explores sexuality in the 21st
century.
FRESH GEAR
www.techtv.com/freshgear
(40 x 30 min.)
Delivery Status : Completed
Spotlights and reviews of new gadgets.
TESSAUR (International Sales Manager),
Cecile GAGET (International Sales
Manager), Marie Carmen RAMI
SANCHEZ (TV Marketing)
Office: Stand R 36.18, Tel: 04.99.99.88.39
VOLPONE
TV Movie (96’)
Language: French, subtitled in English
Director: Frédéric AUBURTIN
Producer: GMT Productions
Co-production partners: DD Productions,
RTP, TF1
Cast: Gérard DEPARDIEU , Ines
SASTRE, Daniel Prevost
origin: France
Budget: 3 542 322 €
A new version of the great 17th century
satire of greed and lust which takes place
in Naples.
DEEP SECRETS
Mini Series (5 x 96’ or 10 x 48’)
Director: Didier ALBERT
Producer: DEMD Productions
Co-production partners: TF1
Cast: Claire BOROTRA, Alexandra
VANDERNOOT, Mireille DARC
origin: France
Budget: 9,2 Million € (source Film
Français)
After Winds of Passion, The Edge of
Truth, comes the new TF1’s summer
saga...Love, hate, jealousy, remorse and
vengeance unfold against the splendid
backdrop of the Basque country, from the
majestic heights of the Pyrenees to the
deep blue of the Atlantic.
THE NEGOTIATOR, ALEX
SANTANA
Pilot of Series (96’)
Director: José PINHEIRO
Producer: Aubes Productions
Co-production partners: TSR, TF1
Cast: Georges CORRAFACE, Sophie
MICHAUD, Michel ALBERTINI
origin: France
Alex Santana is a high-level negotiator in
an elite police unit. He utilizes state-of-the-
TF1 INTERNATIONAL
TF1 International. 1, Quai du Point du
Jour- 92656 Boulogne Cedex, France. Tel:
33.(0).1.41.41.21.68. 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 MIP-TV: Patrick BINET, Nicolas
ESCHBACH (Senior VP International
Sales), Sabine CHEMALY (VP
International Sales), Adeline FONTAN
Kirby
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art technical equipment and his
perspicacious skills at human analysis keep
him one step ahead of the law breakers. He
has one goal: tracking criminals.
MALONE
Pilot of Series (96’)
Director: Franck APPREDERIS
Producer: Serial Producteurs
Cast: Bernard VERLEY, Ann Gisel
GLASS, Niels DUBOST
origin: France
Captain Malone, alias The Bear, a shrewd,
honest cop, forms a shock duo with his
criminologist wife!
USHUAIA NATURE
NEW VERSION: Reediting Discovery of
10 x 52’ ENGLISH VERSION!
Documentary 3rd season 10 x 96’ + (20 x
96’ or 40 x 48’)
AND English version
Director: Diverse
Producer: Studio 107
Year of production: 1998-2003, Country of
origin: France
A unique passport to discovery and
dream...
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 MIP-TV: Cassie M. Yde (President),
Robert E. Yde (Director of Marketing).
Acquisition Executive: Barbara Ohnsman
Office: Hotel Abrial, Tel:33.4.92.59.44.44,
Fax: 33.4.92.59.44.45
CHILD DEVELOPMENT: STEPPING
STONES
Family Series (26 x 30 min)
Language: English
Origin: USA
Budget: $50,000
An up-to-date look at child development
and psychology from birth through
adolescence, exploring the field of
developmental study as a science.
HAVING A BEER WITH MIKE
Reality (26 x 30 min)
Language: English
Origin: USA
Budget: $25,000
He’s not your regular type of guy and you
learn to expect the unexpected from this
off-the-wall series.
LE MANS CLASSIC
Sports Special (1 x 120 min)
Language: English
Delivery Status: October of Each Year
Year of Production: Current, Country of
Origin: France
Budget: $500,000
Exciting auto racing as classic cars and
drivers from all over the world compete at
the world famous Le Mans raceway.
LIFELINES
Language: English
Origin: USA
Budget: $50,000
Real-life documentaries about families
from different backgrounds who overcame
difficulty in learning.
MADISON HEIGHTS
Language: English
Origin: USA
Budget: $50,000
Powerful dramas about “hot button” issues
and stories of hope and nobility revolve
around a small-town school.
THOMPSON STARR
ORGANIZATION
The Doubt
Comarex
Thompson Starr Organization, 270 N.
Canon Drive Ste. l705, Beverly Hills , CA
902l0 USA. Tel: 8l8.998. 8l26. Fax:
8l8.773.8962. [email protected]
Company Type: Distributor & Sales
Agents
At MIP-TV: Joey Thompson (President),
Jen Starr (Sales), Chaya Finton
(Marketing), George Thompson
(Acquisitions)
Office: Hotel Bleu Rivage - 6l La
Croisette, 06400 Cannes. Tel:
4.93.94.24.25 - at
Palais: 93.39.0l.0l, Fax: 4.93.43.74.92
BUCK ROGERS
Psi-Fi action/adventure (80 mins)
Language: English
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Ming Merciless
Status: Completed
Star Wars owes it all to the original interplanetary adventures of BUCK ROGERS.
BRANDO, JAMES DEAN, CLIFT TRILOGY
3 Documentaries Features -(82 min )
Language: English
Cast: Brando, James Dean, Montgomery
Clift
Status: Completed
Three intimate biographies of Hollywood’s
most famous stars.
SHOLOM ALEICHEM
Comedy (95 mins)
Language: English
Cast: Zero Mostel, Nancy Walker
Status: Completed
Beautifully acted & directed theatre of
gentle compassion, protest and comedy.
THE BLACK FOX
Language: English
Cast: Marlene Dietrich narrates
Status: Completed
Academy Award best documentary is
Goethe’s fable of grim war, etchings,
engravings, portraying Hitler’s fall.
FUTZ
Comedy (82 mins)
Language: English
Cast: The La Mama Performing Troupe
Status: Completed
Director Tom Horgan’s, witty, and weird
love story about a man and his pig.
TOMWIL, INC.
Tomwil, Inc., 4905 Gentry Avenue, Valley
Village, CA 91607 USA. Tel:
818.769.0883. Fax: 818.768.0887.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: James Rokos (President),
Wilda Rokos (Exec. V.P.), Acquisition
Executive: James Rokos
Office: 09.20, Tel: 04.92.99.81.61
NASCAR’S THUNDER ROAD
Documentary (2x60 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Wilda A. Rokos
Producer: Wilda A. Rokos Co-production
partners:Travel Channel U.S.
Origin: USA
A behind-the-scenes look at what it is like
to attend a NASCAR race weekend
including visits to the garages, pits, VIP
suites and fans that all make NASCAR the
hottest ticket on TV.
FEAR AT FIRST BITE
Nature (60 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Wilda A. Rokos
Producer: Wilda A. Rokos Co-Production
Partner: Discovery Channel U.S.
Origin: USA
Living in the desert brings danger into the
home as people encounter rattlesnakes,
scorpions, and venomous spiders when
they least expect it.
JEWS & CHRISTIANS: A JOURNEY
OF FAITH
Language: English
Director: Gerald Krell
Producer: Gerald Krell
Origin: USA
The award winning documentary that
examins the commonality of the two
religions allowing an interfaith dialogue
that is often impressive and always
instructive.
2003 NASCAR WINSTON CUP &
BUSCH SERIES
Sports (71 x 180 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Various
Producer: Various
Delivery Status: Completed as events take
place
The premier motorsports events in the U.S.
are starting another year of incredible
racing.
BEST OF OURAY ICE FESTIVAL
Sports (60 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Tom Tatum
Producer: Tom Tatum
The best action of the only extreme ice
climbing event in North America.
TREMENDOUS!
ENTERTAINMENT
Tremendous! Entertainment, 17113
Minnetonka Blvd., Ste 200, Minnetonka,
MN 55345 USA. Tel: 952.258.0220. Fax:
952.258.0155.
At MIP-TV: Colleen Needles (President),
Chris Valentini (VP of Productions), Jane
Durkee (Program Sales Executive)
Office: R31.34, Tel: 0492.99.88.41
THE RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW
History (4 x 60)
Language: English
A landmark four-hour series exploring
racial oppression and segregation in the
United States from the end of the Civil
War to the dawn of the modern civil rights
movement.
ACROSS ANTARTICA
Travel/ Adventure (1X 60 min.)
Language: English
Producer: Tremendous! Entertainment
Delivery Status: September 2003
Across Antarctica is the inspiring story of
two extraordinary and courageous women
who make history by skiing across the
coldest and most remote continent on
Earth.
MYSTERY OF DAKAR
History (1 X 60 min.)
Language: English
Mystery of Dakar explores the recent
discovery of an Israeli submarine which
mysteriously disappeared in 1968.
THE BUSINESS OF
FILM
Head Office
41-42 Berners St.
London
WIT 3NB
MARCH/APRIL 2003
SEXUAL SWITCH
Science (1 X 60 min.)
Language: English
This compelling one hour will take
viewers through the mysterious process of
sexual reassignment surgery to make two
individuals who feel that they have been
trapped in the wrong body their entire
lives whole again.
VANISHING GIANTS
Natural History (1 X 60 min.)
Language: English
Jennifer Hile, a writer and explorer, travels
to Thailand where she explores a place
called Elephant Heaven where she
examines the relationship between humans
and elephants.
TRIDENT RELEASING
Trident Releasing, 8401 Melrose Place,
2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069 USA.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Jean Ovrum (Co-President),
Victoria Plummer (Co-President)
Office: c/o AFMA Stand 01.22, Tel:
334.92.99.82.07 or 44.7789.350.659
SCREAMING METAL
Action (90 min)
Director: James Archer
Cast: Mike Valetta, Blythe Metz, Scott
Dillon
Outlaw Riders against Asian Gangs.
Harley’s, guns, and a curvy temptress.
THE PEARL
Drama (115 min)
Director: Alfred Zacharias
Cast: Richard Harris (his final film
performance), Lukas Haas
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize
Winning author, John Steinbeck. A poor
fisherman finds a precious pearl that
brings no happiness-only misfortune.
HUGHES & HARLOW
Drama (90 min)
Director: Larry Buchanan
A story of two amazing people in the
Hollywood of the roaring twenties.
TRUE STORIES
True Stories, Gollierstraße 28, Munich,
80339 Germany. Tel: 49.89.159.50.11.
Fax: 49.89.159.51. 15. www.truestories.de
At MIP-TV: Christine von Preyss
(Managing Director)
Office: The Marketplace, stand H4.35,
booth #6
THE GULF WAR SYNDROME
Investigative Stories / Current Affairs (60
minutes)
Language: English
Director: Alberto D’Onofrio
Producer: Alberto D’Onofrio
Year of Production: 1995/2002, Country of
Origin: Italy
After the Gulf War in 1990, American
Send only press releases to
[email protected]
Veterans had to fight against strange
diseases and the number of their children
born with deformities increased.But what
is the reason?
RUSSIA’S NIGHTMARE - THE
SINKING OF THE KURSK
Current Affairs / Investigative Stories (52
minutes)
Producer: L.E.Vision
Origin: Germany
A detailed examination of the most
disastrous accident in the history of the
Russian navy, ever. Including exclusive
interviews and exceptional footage.
GENERAL ROMMEL
History (3 x 52 minutes)
Director: English
Language: Maurice Philip Remy
Producer: MPR
Origin: Germany
The rise and fall of an exemplary general.
The learning process that turned Hitler’s
most loyal paladin into a declared
opponent.
THE REAL STAR WARS
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 time of the Cold War.
IN LOVE WITH ROSES
Lifestyle (52 minutes)
Language: English
Producer: Vidicom
Origin: Germany
No other flower compares - people and
their addiction to roses, including an
exclusive portrait of David Austin, the
most famous rose-breeder in the world.
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 MIP-TV: 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,
Columbia & Puerto Rico), Martha
Contreras (Director of International Sales
– Asia, Middle East & Africa), Ernesto
Ramirez (Operations Manager)
Office: # 05.19
ENAMORATE- SWEET LOVE
Telenovela (120 X 60’)
This telenovela tells the story of two
young lovers from opposite backgrounds
who become united by their passion for
performing arts.
Available online at www.thebusinessoffilm.com
MARCH/APRIL 2003
Searching for a rare book
as a unique gift
for a business colleague
or a friend?
• SPECIALIZED ESOTERIC FIELDS
• FINE ART BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY
• EGYPTOLOGY • ARCHEOLOGY • SCIENCE
• PHILOSOPHY • OCCULT • ANCIENT RELIGION
• FRENCH LITERATURE • ALL SUBJECT MATTER CAN BE
FOUND IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH
Are you a collector seeking a
special edition?
Are you building a collection
of your favorite author or
subject matter?
Are you seeking a rare book
as a special gift for a business
colleague or a loved one?
Paris-based antiquarian book dealer Olivier Krasker-Rosen
will search & find rare books for you at a fair market price.
“A library of beautifully-bound, antique books
in leather, is a discreet mark of culture.
The gift of a rare book to a friend or
business colleague is a gift that
signifies a cultural statement.
A good library is a portrait of our lives.”
- Olivier Krasker-Rosen
Contact Olivier Krasker-Rosen 336 07 11 70 71
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SEXOS EN GUERRA- SEX WAR
Game Show (40 X 90’)
Sex Wars is amusing program that shows
the true rivalry between men and women
as they compete against each other in a
series of different games.
LA NEGREADA DE NAOLINCO NAOLINCO’S NEGREADA
Documentary (1 X 30’)
Naolinco’s Negreada is an artistic
documentary depicting the color and
richness of a regional dance that stands out
by the “controlled violence” and
symbolism that compounds it.
CAMPEONATO MEXICANO DE
RALLIES - MEXICAN RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP
Extreme Sports (12 X 60’) plus (2 X 30’)
Men and engines, compete against
themselves, time, weather, and nature.
VIVIR ASI - LIVING LIKE THIS
Series (43 X 60’)
VIVIR ASI is a way of experiencing life
on television; a daily experience, a first
and encounter with the bittersweet
moments of life.
TV FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
TV France International, 5 rue Cernuschi,
75017 Paris France. Tel:
33.1.40.53.23.00. Fax: 33.1.40.53.23.01.
[email protected]. www.tvfi.com
Company Type: French organisation for
promoting TV programming
At MIP-TV: Jean Louis
GUILLAUD(President), Mathieu BEJOT (
Managing Director), Catherine
CHARMET (Market Manager), Xavier
CHEVREAU (P.R. Manager), Renaud
HAMARD (Market Manager assistant)
Office:
Nomads
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 MIP TV: Peter Völkle (President &
CEO), David Ferguson (COO), Marion
Edwards (MD, Telemagination), Suzanne
Berman (VP, Creative Affairs, North
America, Sunbow Entertainment), Jerry
Diaz (Executive VP, Salsa Entertainment),
Natalie Gordon (Sales Manager)
Office: #09.19, Tel: 33.4.92.99.8162
THE CRAMP TWINS, SERIES II
Animation (26 x 30 min or 52 x 30 min
for Series I & II)
Language: English
Director: Frank Gresham
Producer: TV-Loonland
Co-producer: Cartoon Network Europe
Status: In production
Wayne and Lucien Cramp are back at each
other’s throat in a brand new series of bugsaving, trike-riding, junk-bashing mayhem.
Some twins are identical. Some twins
aren’t.
SOMETHING ELSE
Language: English
Director: Brad Neave
Producer: TV-Loonland/Studio B
Productions
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: UK/Canada
‘Something Else’ follows the unpredictable
adventures of two loveable misfits – the
small, blue and furry Something Else and
the long-nosed, orange and furry
Something.
PONGWIFFY
Language: English
Director: Alan Simpson
Producer: TV-Loonland/Telemagination
Status: Completed
‘Pongwiffy’ focuses on the lazy exploits of
one rather smelly and untidy witch named
Pongwiffy and her obsessively vain best
friend Sharkadder.
PETTSON & FINDUS
Animation (13 x 13 min, 2 x 75 min)
Director: Hanan Kaminski
Producer: TV-Loonland/Happy Life
Productions
Status: Completed
Country of Origin:Germany/Sweden
The series features the kindly Pettson and
his highly imaginative and playful cat
Findus. Findus has lots of ideas about what
the two of them should be doing which
always leads to great adventure.
LITTLE GHOSTS
Director: Vincent Woodcock
Producer: TV-Loonland/Telemagination
Status: Completed
Country of Origin: Germany/UK
‘Little Ghosts’ focuses on the nightly
escapades of Henry, Lucy, George and
Edward – four friendly ghosts who reside
in an ancient castle where parents, teachers
and other adults don’t exist.
TWI
TWI, McCormack House, Burlington
Lane,London,W4 2TH, Tel:
44.208.233.5300. Fax: 44.208.233.5301.
www.imgworld.com
Company Type: TV Interactive, Producer
and Distributor
At MIP-TV: Michael Mellor (International
VP - UK&Europe), Lucy Binns
(International VP-Video), Bob Massie
(Head of Entertainment), Alastair
Waddington (Senior International VPDevelopment), Chris Bergstresser (CEO
TWI), Bridget Robertson (International VP
-Factual and Entertainment). Acquisition
Executive: Michael Mellor
Office: Stand No:07:02/09:01, Tel:
0033.492.998.238
CHRISTOPHER REEVE: HOPE IN
MOTION
Factual (3 x 50’)
Language: English
Director: Matthew Reeve
Producer: Stuart Watts
Cast: Christopher Reeve
Delivery Status: 1st programme completed,
2nd and 3rd in production
Year of Production: 1st programme -2002
Country of Origin:UK/US
Reeve, known throughout the world for his
role as Superman, was paralysed from the
neck down in a riding accident. Honest,
raw and moving, this remarkable
documentary charts the highs and lows of
Christopher Reeve’s life.
I’D DO ANYTHING
Format (1 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Derek Wheeler
Producer: Martyn Redman
Cast: Ian Wright - Presenter
Year of Production: 2002/2003 Country of
Origin: UK
A feel-good family show where you get the
chance to ‘win’ a dream money-can’t-buy
prize for a friend or relative. The catch?
You have to take on a secret challenge
that’s scary, embarrassing.... or just plain
tough!
LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS
Factual Entertainment (2 x 50’)
Language: English
Director: Stephen Hunter
Producer: Janet Russo Co-production
partners: Bellevue Entertainment
Origin: USA
This documentary celebrates the
shimmering swirl of spectacular
performers and performances that
collectively make Las Vegas the world’s
greatest stage.
EVOLVER
1 x 25’ weekly
Language: English
Director: Richard Wilcox
Producer: Laurence Akers Co-production
partners:Gamer.TV/TWI
Delivery Status: Ongoing Production
Origin: UK
Evolver is a unique, weekly series that
showcases the cutting edge of
entertainment, where the worlds of hi-tech
and showbiz collide.
GAME ADDICTS
(1 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Richard Wilcox
Producer: Patrick Sturgeon, Co-production
partners: Gamer.TV/TWI
Origin: UK
Game Addicts provides a fascinating, and
ultimately shocking insight into the
extraordinary appeal of videogames.
Celebrities, pro-gamers, fanatics and their
families, reveal the sometimes positive,
sometimes disastrous, effects videogames
have had on their lives.
U
UNIVERSAL
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION
Universal International Television, 100
Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 1440, Ste.
3030, Universal City, CA 91608 USA. Tel:
818.777.1300. Fax: 818.866.1554.
www.universalstudios.com
At MIP-TV: Belinda Menendez
(President, Universal International
Television)
Office: H4.05
HELEN OF TROY
Four-hour Miniseries
Executive Producer: Adam Shapiro
Cast: Sienna Guillory, Matthew Marsden,
Stellan Skarsgard, Rufus Sewell
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere: April 2003
An action-packed special television event
about the greatest love story ever told, and
the greatest battle ever fought.
DRAGNET
Drama (13 x one hour)
Executive Producer: Dick Wolf
Cast: Ed O’Neill, Ethan Embry
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere: February
2003
His updated version of Dragnet will feature
two Los Angeles police detectives - Joe
Friday (O’Neill) and Frank Smith (Embry)
- investigating crimes in the City of
Angels. Filmed on location all over Los
Angeles, Dragnet’s stories will be drawn
from the city’s rich crime history.
TREMORS
Action / Adventure (13 x one hour)
Executive Producer: David Israel, Nancy
Roberts, Brent Maddock, Steve Wilson
Cast: Michael Gross, Victor Browne,
Gladise Jimenez, Lela Lee, Marcia
Strassman, Dean Norris
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere: March
2003
Reprising his role from all three Tremors
films, Michael Gross stars as “Burt
Gummer,” a no-nonsense survivalist living
in the sleepy desert town of Perfection,
Nevada.
MARCH/APRIL 2003
THE DREAM TEAM WITH
ANNABELLE AND MICHAEL
Dream Analysis Strip (65 x 30 min)
Executive Producer: David G. Stanley,
Scott A. Stone
Hosts: Annabelle Gurwitch, Michael
Lennox
Delivery Status: U.S. Premiere: January
2003
Michael Lennox, a specialist in dream
interpretation, and writer/actor Annabelle
Gurwitch explore the true nature of our
dreams in The Dream Team, a unique and
highly entertaining half-hour strip.
V
VISION FILMS
Vision Films, 4626 Lemona Avenue,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA. Tel:
818.784.1702. Fax: 818.788.3715.
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Lise Romanoff (Managing
Director Worldwide Sales), Andre Relis
(Director of International Sales), Lauren
Proctor (Distribution Coordinator)
Office: R29.33 (Riviera Pavilion)
THE SECRETS OF...
Documentary Travel (4 x 1 hr)
Language: English
Producers: Janet Russo & Lynne Shore
Shot in Hi-definition, 4 incredible hours of
the best of New Orlean’s Big Easy, the
Secrets of the Southwest, the Secrets of
Hawaii’s National Parks, and the secrets of
Glacier National Park.
SPANISH JUDGES
Action Thriller (90 min.)
Language: English
Director: Oz Scott
Producer: Prosperity Pictures
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.
SANDSTORM
Drama - True Story (90 min.)
Language: Hindi/English
Director: Jagmohan Mundhra
Producer: Jag Mundhra, Gaurang Doshi
Cast: Nandita Das (Fire & Earth),
Raghuvir Yadav, Gulshan Grover
From rape victim, to social rights activist,
a low-caste women in a small village in
India speaks out against child marriages
and for her own human rights.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
Drama/ Thriller (90 min.)
Language: English
Director: Menahem Golan
Producer: Evgeny Afineevsky & Menahem
Golan
Cast: Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Vanessa
Redgrave, Margo Kidder
In this modern day adaptation of the
Dostoyevsky novel, a struggling law
student confesses a gruesome crime in an
attempt to free his tormented soul.
TRAIN TO HELL AKA NIGHT
TRAIN TO VENICE
Thriller Mystery (80 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Carlo Quinterio
Producer: Toni Hirtreiter
Cast: Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell,
Tahnee Welch
A journalist (Hugh Grant), an actress
(Tahnee Welch) and her daughter fall under
the spell of a strange man (Malcolm
McDowell) while enroute to Venice and
must face their deepest fears or die.
VITAGRAPH
Vitagraph, Via Schiavonia 1 I-40121
Bologna Italy. Tel: 39.051.267150. Fax:
39.051.267310. [email protected] www.vitagraph.it
Company Type: Sales agent, distributor
At MIP-TV: Mr. Filippo D’Angelo
(Managing Director), Acquisition
Executive: Mr. Filippo D’Angelo
(Managing Director)
Office: MEDIA Stand
SOMETHING REMAINS
Language: Spanish (Nicaragua) / English /
Italian
Director: Luciano Capelli & Andrea
Ruggeri
Producer: Rio Nevado Producciones
(Costa Rica) / Roberto Calanca (Italy)
Origin: Costa Rica / Italy
Budget: $75.000,00
Nicaragua, 22 years later the people’s
revolution: this is the story about what
remains.
MIRRORED BORDERS
Language: Italian / English
Director: Stefano Savona
Producer: Tipota Movie Company / Maat
Produzioni
Origin: Italy
Budget: $50.000,00
Sicily and Tunisia: where the border
between the Islamic world and the Western
one is both evanescent and
insurmountable.
SPECTRUM DIAMOND - THE MYTH
AND LEGEND OF MATTHEW
SMITH
Language: Finnish and English with
English subtitles
Director: Opificio Ciclope
Producer: Opificio Ciclope Co-production
partners: YLE / Tele+
Origin: Italy
Budget: $50.000,00
The Myth and Legend of Matthew Smith:
the programmer of the best-selling
videogame for ZX Spectrum, Jet Set Willy.
W
WAVE
ENTERTAINMENT
PTY LTD
Wave Entertainment Pty Ltd, P.O. Box
805, Artarmon, NS 1570 Australia. Tel:
612.9966.8839. Fax: 612.9966.8841.
www.wave-entertainment.com.au,
[email protected]
At MIP-TV: Matthew Gee (Director),
David Gee (Director), Melva Gee
(Director), Bob Gee (Director)
Office:
ZIRKOS KIDS
www.zirkoskids.com
pre-school costume character – 24’ or 30’
(26 eps completed, textless versions
available)
Language: English
Director: Tibor Komlos
Producer: Matthew and David Gee
Budget: $2m
Origin: Australia
Zirkos Kids is a pre-school, costume
character show featuring four characters:
Zubba, Jinka, Zol and Mei Mei who have
come down from Planet Zirkos to learn the
ways of humans.
DIZZIDINOS
Pre-school costume character (325 x 5’ or
65 x 24’)
Language: English
Director: various
Producer: Wave Entertainment Pty Ltd
Budget: $2.5m
Origin: Australia
DiZZiDiNOS is a preschool, costume
character show featuring 12 different
DiZZiDiNOS who have crash landed on
different parts of Earth.
WINE TELEVISION
Life Style, Travel, Leisure And Food
(52*30)
Language: English
Producer: Canoe Productions
Year Of Production: 2000-2003 Country
Of Origin: Canada
a polished series about all there is to know
about a fine glass of wine. Tourism; wine
estates, world renowned chefs and vintners
as well as “ask the expert” segments.
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Animation Feature (1*60)
Language: English
Producer: Burbank Animation Studios
Year Of Production: 2001 Country Of
Origin: Australia
the marvelous story of Michael, a little
drummer boy and three wise men who
share the birth of baby Jesus.
FLUTEMASTER
Animation Series (26*30)
Language: English, Spanish
Producer: Omni Culture Exchange Co.,
Ltd (Beijing)
Origin: China/USA
A teenage boy in Venice beach in
California becomes an heir to an awesome
legacy - the power to command a fleet of
magical, mythical creatures.
WHAMO
ENTERTAINMENT
Whamo Entertainment, 1850 S. Sepulveda
Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90025, USA. Tel:
310.477.0338. Fax: 310.477.8116.
[email protected].
www.whamoentertainment.com
Company Type: Distribution
At MIP-TV: Joseph Szew (President),
Fernando Szew (VP), George Port
(Business Affairs), Mar Gaya (Managing
Director Whamo Europe)
Acquisition Executive: Fernando Szew
Office: Booth 09.06
THE SIVANANDA YOGA VIDEO
Life Style-Well Being (1*63)
Language: English
Producer: Nagle/Francis Productions
Year Of Production: 1988-2001 Country
Of Origin: USA
This video presents all the fundamental
aspects of yoga including expert
instruction of the twelve basic yoga
postures, breathing and relaxation
techniques.
Yu - Gi - Oh
4Kids
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THE LAST CHAPTER
Feature Drama Mini Series (2*90)
Language: English, French
Producer: Cine Tele Action
Cast: Michael Ironside, Roy Dupuis
Origin: Canada
set in the world of outlaw biker gangs, a
journey into a universe where violence can
be calculated or can explode without
warning.
WORLD WRESTLING
ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., 2628 Hammersmith Grove, London W6 7BA
United Kingdom. Tel: 44.20.8834.1016.
Fax: 44.20.8834.1119. www.wwe.com
At MIP-TV: Andrew Whitaker (Senior
Vice President & Managing Director,
International TV), Jennifer Tacujan
(Director, International TV & Affiliate
Relations), Alex Romer (Director,
International Licensing), Dominic Hayes
(Director, International TV), Thomas Sitrin
(Sales Representative, International
Television)
Office: 12.18 -14.15
RAW
52 x 1 hour episodes / Live Action (also
available in a 2-hour version)
This live action telenovela is the most
exciting and unpredictable action-packed
show on television, featuring the immense
talent and appeal of World Wrestling
Entertainment’s finest.
SMACKDOWN!
52 x 1 hour episodes / Live Action (also
WWE Superstars The Rock, Kurt Angle,
Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, among
others, star in this action-adventure
telenovela featuring continuing storylines
of WWE Superstars and their long-running
rivalries.
SPECIALS
12 x 2.5 hour episodes / Live Action (also
With monthly storylines culminating in an
all out battle, WWE’s 12 SPECIALS
deliver its own distinctive theme, featuring
the larger-than-life Superstars of WWE.
VELOCITY
52 x 1 hour episodes / Live Action
This brand new show features the
Superstars of “Smackdown!” which
showcases original matches and
entertaining storylines with The Rock,
Kurt Angle, and the rest of the
“Smackdown!” roster.
AFTERBURN
52 x 1 hour episodes / Live Action
AFTERBURN features scorching
highlights and exclusive interviews of
“Smackdown!” and “Velocity” Superstars.
Z
ZENPIX
Zenpix, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los
Angeles, CA 90068 U.S.A. Tel:
323.878.0404. Fax: 323.878.0486.
At MIP-TV: Jonathan Kramer (CoPresident), Susan Jackson (Co-President),
Erica Bernstein (Vice President of
International Sales), Annouchka Lesoeur
Office: 03.21
BRIAR PATCH
Thriller (102 minutes)
Director: Zen Berman
Producer: Lauren Moews , Sam Froelich
Cast: Dominique Swain, Hnry Thomas,
Arie Verveen, James Urbiniak, Debra
Monk, Karen Allen
Delivery Status: completed 2002
Unhappily married, Inez feels her life is
hopeless until a mystic reveals her true
love is close by. Desperate to escape her
husband, she concocts a scheme involving
murder, betrayal, and freedom.
THE RISING PLACE
Drama (93 minutes)
Director: Tom Rice
Producer: Tom Rice, Tracy A. Ford,
Marshall Peck
Cast: Laurel Hollomon, Elise Neal, Mark
Webber
“The Rising Place” follows the close
friendship of two young women, one whit
and the other black. Despite the
disapproval of society, Emily follows her
heart to overcome the prejudices of her
time.
VENUS AND MARS
Romantic Comedy (93 minutes)
Director: Harry Mastrogeorge
Producer: Bernd F. Lunkewitz, Emmo
Lempert, Uwe Scott
Cast: Daniela Lunkewitz, Ryan Hurst,
Lynn Redgrave, Michael Weatherly, Julie
Bowen
Delivery Status: (completed 2001)
Kay Vogel returns to a small town she
escaped years before, and reunites with
high school friends that are all having the
same love life problems. After taking a
prediction to heart, hilarity and confusion
sets in.
HUNTING OF MAN
Thriller (95 minutes)
Director: Joe Menendez
Producer: Roni Eguia, Susan Jackson, Jon
Kramer
Cast: Douglas Spain, JoJo Henrickson,
Ruben Garfias, Jill-Michele Melean,
Manolo Travieso
“Hunting Of Man” is an edgy film noir
thriller about a young Latino man who
must stop his hotheaded younger brother
from carrying out revenge.
GABRIELA
Drama (103 min.)
Director: Vincent Jay Miller
Producer: Vincent Jay Miller Vincent J.
Francillon
Cast: JaimeP. Gomez, Seidy Lopez, Zach
Galligan, Troy Winbush
Mike dreams of finding his soul mate- one
day he meets Gabriela, a sensitive and
beautiful therapist who seems to be his
dream girl.
ZIP FILE
INTERNATIONAL
www.techtv.com
(50 x 30 min.)
Informative magazine-style show.
LOOKING FOR LOVE
www.techtv.com/techlive
(1 x 30 min.)
Dating in the digital age.
EXTENDED PLAY
www.techtv.com/extendedplay
(40 X 30 min.)
Review of new video games, as well as
tips and tricks for players.
ZZJ, S.A.
Company Type: Television producer and
multimedia programmes developer for
local, national and international markets.
At MIP-TV: Mr. Guillermo
JIMENO NÚMEROS ROJOS
A very original and popular quiz that has
reached historical levels of audience in the
channels that have programmed it.
T HE B USINESS
Married with Children - Sony
OF
FLASH BACK
Language: Available in Spanish.
FlashBack is the first TV program that
uses the tool of the Hypnosis to travel to
the past looking for episodes that were lost
in our memory.
LATE LISTINGS
AB INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION
132 ave du Pdt Wilson 93213 la Plaine St
Denis Cedex
Tel : (33-1) 492 . 222 .01
Fax : (33-1) 492 .222 .16
Frederik Range - Deputy Managing
Director - email : [email protected]
Valerie Vleeschhouwer - International
Sales Manager - email :
[email protected]
Jérôme Reygner-Kalfon - International
Sales Manager - email :
[email protected]
Nathalie Hadjadj– Marketing Manager –
email : nathalie. [email protected]
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (2X100’)
FIRST TIME IN A MARKET
Genre : Mini Series
Running Time : 100’
Language : French, Subtitled English
Director : Josée Dayan
Producer : A JLA Productions - Remstar Future Film co-production in association
with TF1
Cast : Catherine Deneuve, Ruppert Everett,
Nastassja Kinski, Leelee Sobieski
Delivery Status : Completed
Year of Production : 2002
Country of origin : France
Budget : 18 millions d’euros
SOON on TF1
Synopsys : In 1963, Madame de Merteuil
and Valmont, two infernal lovers have
experienced every sort of feelings.
Debauched accomplices, wrapped in a
somber glamour, they make love as others
fight a war to take or to keep the power.
Predators whose hobby is destroy that they
enjoy.. Those characters are living traps
until the day.. where they themselves will
be trapped.
WILD JOURNEYS ( 10X26’) FIRST
TIME IN A MARKET
Genre : DOCUMENTARY
Language : French
Director : Jehanne Fahmy and Didier
Lacoste
Producer : AB SAT
Delivery Status : in production
Year of Production : 2002
Synopsys : On earth and under the oceans,
this series offers us an original journey
around the planet, leading us to discover
the treasures of animals' life as well as the
wealth of our natural resources. A series of
logbook like episodes, enlightened by
strong and stylish images, "wild Journeys",
is an ode to Nature, a delightful jaunt
across persevered territories, and an
incursion in the ultimate green paradises…
F ILM - Head Office
41-42 Berners St., London, WIT 3NB
MARCH/APRIL 2003
NOMADS : SHEPERDS OF IRAN’S
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS (1X52’)
first time in a market
Genre : DOCUMENTARY
Language : French
Director : Eric Bacos
Producer : Ananda Productions/AB SAT
Delivery Status : completed
Year Of Production : 2002
Synopsys : Zagros Mountain ranges, 2500
meters high, IRAN.
Satar Nassiri watches nostalgically those
immense, beautiful valleys known only by
the members of his tribe. Satar wears the
Kola, and the traditional black and white
sheep coat: he is a Bahktiar nomad, more
accurately he used to be one, since he's
now become sedentary…
BETA FILM
Beta Film, Robert-Buerkle-Str. 3, 85737
Ismaning, Germany. Tel: 49.89.9956.2422.
At MIP-TV: 1. Jens Richter (Managing
Director), Oliver Bachert (Sales Manager),
Claudia Schmidt (Sales Manager), Robert
Czajkowski (International Acquisition),
Dorothee Stoewahse (Press). Distributor:
Beta Film GmbH, Robert-Buerkle-Str. 3,
85737 Ismaning
Office: R 31.01 A,
Tel: 0033.(0).492.99.88.53,
Fax: 0033.(0).492.99.32.10
MANITOU'S SHOE
Comedy (1 x 2 hours)
Language: English dubbed version
Principal Cast: Michael Bully Herbig,
Christian Tramitz, Marie B‰umer
The true story of how the West was
won...or, actually, almost lost - Manitou's
Shoe, the most successful German
blockbuster ever.
PASSAGE THROUGH HELL
Drama/TV miniseries (2 x 2 hours)
Language: English subtitles
Principal Cast: Veronica Ferres, Walter
Sittler, Erol Sander
After being imprisoned because of carrying
1,6 kilo of heroin, despair or defiance are
her only choices...
ROBINSON CRUSOE
Adventure/TV miniseries (2 x 2 hours)
Principal Cast: Pierre Richard, Nicolas
CazalÈ, Jean-Claude Leguay
Daniel Defoe's timeless adventure classic
interpreted for our time.
CUBA, MI AMOR
Romantic Comedy/TV movie (1 x 2 hours)
Principal Cast: Andrea Cleven, Christian
Kahrmann, Julio Quesada
She's got to choose between kids, kitchen
and a comfy life - or sun, salsa and sex.
UNFORGIVEN
Thriller/TV movie (1 x 2 hours)
Principal Cast: Esther Zimmering, Filip
Peeters, Nina Kronj‰ger
Country of Origin/Language: Germany,
English subtitles
The only thing she knows for sure is that
he's coming to get her.
BUSKIN FILM
Buskin Film, Via P.L. Cattolica 3, Rome,
Italy 00195. Tel: 39.06.39030435. Fax:
Office: c/o Anica/ICE "Focus Italy" Riviera
Pavillion - R38.08, Tel: 33.4.92998823,
Fax: 33.4. 92998823
IT'S NOT ME (NON SONO IO)
Thriller - psychological drama (92 min)
Language: Italian, Subtitles: english
Production company (companies): Carisma
Cinematografica
Director: Gabriele Iacovone
Producer: Carlo Broglio and Raimondo
Crociani
Key cast: Antonio Berardinelli, Andrea
Cambi,Agnieszka Duleba-Kasza
Delivery date: ready
Country of origin: Italy
Trying to escape his shady past in Sicily,
Matteo goes to Polland, but he finds out
that it's not the Promised Land.
THE COUNCIL OF EGYPT (IL
CONSIGLIO D'EGITTO)
Historical drama (132 min)
Language: Italian, Subtitles: English
Director: Emidio Greco
Production company (companies): Factory,
Rai Cinema (Italy) S D P Films (France)
Focus Film Production and Distribution
(Hungary) - supported by Eurimages Council of Europe
Producer: Mariella Li Sacchi and Amedeo
Letizia
Key cast Silvio Orlando, Tommaso Ragno,
Marine Delterme
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, Subtitles: english
Director: Laura Muscardin
Production company (companies): Movie
Factory with the participation of Telepiù
Producer: Francesco Paolo Montini
Key cast: Thomas Trabacchi, Riccardo
Salerno, Davide Bechini
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.
CINEMAVAULT
RELEASING
Cinemavault Releasing, 434 Queen St. E.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 1T5. Tel:
416.363.6060. Fax: 416.363.2305.
www.cinemavault.com,
[email protected]
At MIP: Amy Beecroft (VP International
Sales),
Office: R34.14
Tel: 33(0) 4 92 99 8821
PEACHES
Drama
Producer: Don Reynolds
Director: Craig Monahan
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Jacqueline McKensie
Country of origin: Australia
A fiery young woman becomes the catalyst
for change in the lives of her adopted
family.
MISSING TOM
Drama
Director: Alkinos Tsilmidos & D.Scharf
Producers: Joel B. Michaels, Sandy Pearl
Cast: Colin Friels,Bill Hunter,
Daniel Speilman
Country of origin: Austrailia
On the Verge of a nervous breakdown, Tom
takes an odyssey through a contemporary
underworld
THE LIMIT
Thriller
Director: Lewin Webb
Producers: Gary Howsam, Jamie Bown
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Claire Forlani, Pete
Postlethwaite
Country of origin: Canada / UK
May Markam is trying to protect her
money, her dignity and her life.
HUMAN TOUCH
Drama
Director: Paul Cox
Producer: Mark Patterson
Cast: TBA
Anna is emotionally awakened when she is
seduced by a much older man.
DOPE
Thriller
Director: J. Harkness
Producer: Mark Patterson, J. Harkness
Cast: Anastasia Seis, Nathan Ramsey,
Travis MacMahon
Laura is fighting to save what’s left of her
world.
GAUMONT
Gaumont, 30, avenue Charles de Gaulle,
92 200 Neuilly Sur Seine, France. Tel:
33.1.46.43.21.80.
www.gaumont.com
At MIP-TV: Philippe ROSTAIN (President
International Sales), Philippe de
CHAISEMARTIN (Senior Vice-President
International Sales Feature Films), LoÔc
TROCM… (Director International Sales
Feature Films), Anne BERNSTEIN
(French TV Sales), Virginie ROYER
(Teledis, Sales Executive), Manuela
PADOAN (Vice-President Sales Gaumont
Cinematheque)
Office: 2502, Fax: 33.1.46.43.20.33.
FUREUR (AKA RAGE)
Selected for Panorama section
at Berlinale 2003
Drama
Director: Karim Dridi
Production: GAUMONT / ADR
Status: French Release April 16th 2003
Casting: Samuel Le Bihan - Yu Nan
Paris chinatown: different people, different
rules, different fights...one love.
MAIS QUI A TUE PAMELA ROSE?
(BULLIT & RIPER)
Spoof Comedy
Director: Eric Lartigau
Production: GAUMONT / KL
Casting: Kad, Olivier, Jean-Paul Rouve,
Gerard Darmon, Benedicte Loyen
Status: French Release June 2003
Who killed Pamela Rose? Bullit and Riper,
two clumsy FBI agents, investigate... ZAZ
and the Farelly Brothers french-style.
PERE ET FILS
(AKA FATHER AND SONS)
Comedy
Director: Michel Boujenah
Production: GAUMONT / AJOZ / LITTLE
BEAR
Co-Producer: MAX FILMS
Casting: Philippe Noiret, Charles Berling,
Bruno Putzulu, Pascal ElbÈ
Status: French Release August 20th 2003
Leo fakes illness and organizes one " last "
trip to Canada to recapture his three adult
sons before he "dies".
LOVELY-RITA.COM
Dark Comedy / Thriller
Director: Stephane Clavier
Production: GAUMONT
Co-Producer: OUILLE PRODUCTIONS
Casting: Christian Clavier, Julie Gayet,
Eddy Mitchell, Arielle Dombasle
Status: French Release September 2003
Edgar wanted to see sexy Rita, met on the
web, but the night of delights will turn into
a nightmare...
SUPER RIPOUX
Detective Comedy
Director: Claude Zidi
Production: CPZ/GAUMONT/PLAZZA
PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL
Casting: Philippe Noiret, Thierry
Lhermitte, Lorant Deutsch
Status: French Release December 2003
Ten years after, our two scam artists from
the crooked days as cops, meet again... but
pitted against each other!
GOLDEN NETWORK
ASIA LIMITED
Golden Network Asia Limited, Unit 1803A,
Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Road, Kwun
Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel:
852.2751.1886. Fax: 852.2750.4862.
[email protected]
Company Type: Sales Agent / Producer/
Distributor
At MIP-TV: Carrie WONG (Managing
Director), Clarence TANG (Head of Sales
and Acquisitions), Joanne CHAN (Sales
and Distribution Executive), Lammi LI
(Marketing Assistant). Acquisition
Executive: Clarence TANG (Head of Sales
& Acquisitions)
Office: A0.08, Tel: 33.(0).4.92.99.85.17.
Fax: 33.(0).4.92.99.85.17.
Cell: 33.(0).6.17.61.3044
Living in Sin
Czech Television
MARCH/APRIL 2003
55
HAUNTED ASIA SERIES
Horror & Thriller (18 tele-movie x
90mins)
Language: Thai / Chinese
Origin: Thailand / Hong Kong
The most scaring stories from Asia.
MY LIFE AS MCDULL
Animation (1 Epi x 75 mins)
Language: Chinese
Director: Toe YUEN
Producer: TSE Lap-Man Brian
Cast: McDull
Origin: Hong Kong
After the runaway success of "Spirited
Away" here comes "My Life as
McDull"...a substantive leap of the
imagination...an uncategorizable
charmer...a tone of childlike wonder that's
captivating without being overly cute.
MCDULL AND MCMUG ANIMATION
TV SERIES
Animation (13 Epi x 30 mins)
Language: Chinese
Producer: TSE Lap-Man Brian
Cast: McDull
Origin: Hong Kong
TV series with same character of "My Life
As MCDull."
THE LEGEND OF EMPERORS
Puppet Animation (Part 1 - No. of Episode:
36 Length: 58min)
(Part 2 - No. of Episode:
32 Length: 58min)
(Part 3 - No. of Episode:
32 Length: 58min)
Language: Chinese
Cast: Puppet
Origin: Taiwan
"The legend of Emperors" is adopted from
the popular comic book "The Imperial Son"
by Mr. Wong Yuk-long of the HK Jade
Dynasty Publication Ltd., into a Muppet
show series for screening on television.
FIGHTING FOR GLOBE
Puppet Animation (Part 1 - 10 Epi x 60
mins)
(Part 2 - 7 Epi x 60 mins)
Language: Chinese
Cast: Action Puppets
Origin: Taiwan
Soccer and baseball game held in outerspace. Stunning Action as good as
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
ASIAN TITLES LIBRARY
Features
Language: Chinese / Korean / Thai
Country of Origin: Hong Kong / China /
Taiwan / Korea / Thailand
Over a hundred of titles, including many
winning titles, horror and action genres.
LOLAFILMS
Lolafilms, Spain: Velazquez 12, 7pl., 28001
Madrid. Tel: 34.91.436.7400. Fax: 34.91.
435.5994. UK: 15 Tilton Street, London,
SW6 7LP. Tel: 44.20.7381.0665. Fax:
44.20.7681.1204
www.lolafilms.com
Company Type: Production & Sales
Company
At MIP-TV: Marina Fuentes (Cell:
34.63.001.1329), Will Machin (Cell:
44.78.9979.6263)
Office: H4.32 Endemol/Telefonica
STORMY WHEATHER (TIEMPO DE
TORMENTA)
Drama (87 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Pedro Olea
Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez
Cast: Maribel Verdu, Jorge Sanz, Dario
Grandinetti, Maria Barranco
Delivery Status: Completed, Year of
Production: 2002
Country of origin: Spain
Two couples with one destiny. Misplaced
hope leads to passion and betrayal in this
story of self-destruction. Their search for
resolution brings both hope and sadness
with stormy weather on the horizon.
SHANGHAI SPELL (EL EMBRUJO
DE SHANGHAI)
Drama (121 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Fernando Trueba
Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez, Cristina
Huete
Cast: Fernando Tielve, Aida Folch, Ariadna
Gil, Eduard Fernandez
origin: Spain
A heart-warming coming of age story set
between 1940´s Barcelona and the
glamorous backdrop of the Shanghai
underworld.
OFF KEY (DIRECTOR´S CUT)
Comedy (100 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Manuel Gomez Pereira
Producer: Andrés Vicente Gomez
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Danny Aiello, George
Hamilton
Deliver Status: Completed
origin: Spain
Ten years after their acrimonious split, the
world-famous three tenors are reunited for
what promises to be the messiest wedding
of the year. As old hatreds surface, the
world press gathers to witness the chaos.
THE GREATEST ROBBERY EVER
TOLD (EL ROBO MÁS GRANDE
JAMÁS CONTADO)
Comedy (113 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Daniel Monzón
Cast: Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi,
Manuel Manquiña, Javier Aller, Jaime
Barnatán
origin: Spain
Five of the world´s "finest" criminal minds
team up to plan the greatest, most daring
and most ridiculous robbery of all time.
Their "Mission Impossible" is to steal one
of the biggest paintings in the history of
modern art!!
BEYOND DESIRE (DESEO)
Drama (106 minutes)
Language: Spanish
Director: Gerardo Vera
Cast: Leonor Watling, Leonardo Sbaraglia,
Cecilia Roth
origin: Spain
Madrid 1945. After her father is shot and
her husband is jailed for fighting with the
Republican army, a young woman is
forced to serve in the house of a wealthy
Argentinian.
ODYSSEY
ENTERTAINMENT
LTD
Odyssey Entertainment Ltd, 1 Berkeley
Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8DJ UK. Tel:
44(0)207.016.8847. Fax:
44(0)207.016.9134. [email protected]
Company Type: Film & TV: international
sales and finance.
At MIP-TV: Ralph Kamp (Chairman &
CEO), Amanda Evans (VP Worldwide TV
Sales), Pascal Degove (Sales Executive),
Tamzin Denny (Assistant To CEO).
Acquisition Executive: Sarah Arnott (VP
Acquisitions) Not attending.
Office: Palais Des Festivals, 04.20 (Level
01). Tel: 33.4.92.99.82.26
VEGGIETALES
Kids Animation (22x30 minutes. Kids
feature 1x82 minutes)
Language: English
Origin: USA
One of the most popular kids video series,
VeggieTales has sold over 30 million units
in the US alone.
BOMBO SPORTS
Documentary features
Language: EnglishDelivery Status: 5
completed, 1 in production
USA
Six gripping behind-the-scenes
documentaries take a uniquely human look
at the top teams and athletes in the
differing worlds of Soccer, NASCAR,
Rugby and Rodeo.
THE CROOKED MAN
Crime Thriller (1x90 minutes)
Language: English
Director: David Drury
Producer: Elli Jason
Cast: Ross Kemp, Liam Cunningham,
Natasha Little
Origin: UK
A pulsating action thriller that takes us into
a world of violence, betrayal, kidnap,
blackmail and surprisingly...love. A
television film premiere for the ITV
Network in the UK.
DEATHWATCH
Horror (92 minutes)
Language: English
Director: Michael J Bassett
Producer: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor,
Frank Hubner Co-production partners:
Cast: Jamie Bell, Hugo Speer, Andy Serkis
Origin: UK
In the chaos of WW1, a small company of
British soldiers seek refuge in a complex
network of haunted trenches.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Musical Feature Film
Language: English
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Year of Production: 2003/04,
Country of Origin: UKThe world's biggest
musical tells the classic and highly emotive
story of the love triangle between a
beautiful young opera singer, her
childhood sweetheart and a tormented,
disfigured musical genius.
VALIANT
CGI animated feature
Language: English
Director: Gary Chapman
Producer: John H. Williams, Barnaby
Thompson
Cast: Key talent will be assembled
Origin: UK
From John H. Williams, the Oscar winning
producer of the billion-dollar box office
hit, SHREK, comes a new unlikely
animated hero.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Sony
MARCH/APRIL 2003

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