A number of sales companies have acquired new titles ahead of their respective festival premieres:
At the Sea
Int. Sales Rep: mk2 Films (Sentimental Value)
Dir: Kornél Mundruczó (Cannes-winning White God)
Cast: Amy Adams (Arrival)
Premiere: Berlinale
Synopsis:
After rehab, a woman returns to her family’s beach home, readjusting to her old life without her career that gave her identity. She faces her next chapter, forced to move on.
Light Pillar
Int. Sales Rep: Cercamon (The New Year That Never Came)
Dir: Xu Zao (debut)
Premiere: Berlinale
Synopsis:
A solitary janitor becomes absorbed in a virtual romance while working in a deteriorating film studio.
The upcoming EFM is filling up:
ULU
Int. Sales Rep: Alliance Media Partners (Dead Eyes)
Dir/Wri: Andrew Traucki (The Reef)
Synopsis:
A group of outsiders are drawn into a remote river basin, where a series of violent incidents reveal that a massive, highly territorial crocodile is in deadly proximity.
The Method
Int. Sales Rep: Beta Cinema (Downfall)
Dir/Wri: Lena Stahl (My Son)
Cast: Alexander Fehling (Inglorious Basterds), Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest)
Synopsis:
Follows scientist Mia Holl whose life is turned upside down when her brother Moritz is accused of murder. Convinced of his innocence despite overwhelming evidence, she fights against a system that allows no room for doubt.
Reach
Int. Sales Rep: Capstone Global and Signature Entertainment’s Capture (Rise of the Conqueror)
Dir/Wri: Mukunda Michael Dewil (Vehicle 19)
Cast: Ryan Phillippe
Synopsis:
Best friends and fearless climbers find themselves dangling perilously off a mountain edge leading them to confront a life-or-death decision.