Berlin projects add sales reps:
Where To?
Int. Sales Rep: Lucky Number (Palestine 36)
Dir: Assaf Machnes (Debut)
Cast: Ehab Salami (Let It Be Morning), Ido Tako (Tell Me Everything)
Premiere: Berlin (Perspectives section)
Synopsis:
A Palestinian Uber driver and a lost young Israeli cross paths during multiple taxi rides through Berlin, leading to unexpected moments that blend humor and heartache as their journeys unfold.
Westend Girl
Int. Sales Rep: Beta Film (Couture)
Cast: Helena Zengel (News of the World)
Premiere: Berlin (series market)
Wolfgang
Dir: Filmsaaz (short film She Who Wasn’t Tamed)
Premiere: Rotterdam (Bright Future section)
Synopsis:
1778, exiled in Paris, in hopes of a better life, after the sudden death of his mother, the depressed 22-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, spends his days crying in his room stuck in the past and spends his nights getting drunk, writing scatological pieces of music, to escape the past.
EFM:
Play Dead
Int. Sales Rep: WME Independent (Nuremberg)
Dir: Jaume Collett-Serra (Carry On)
Cast: Noah Jupe (Hamnet), Matthias Schweighöfer (Oppenheimer)
Prod. Co: Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures (Don’t Breathe)
Synopsis:
Follows an Allied soldier who, after an ambush, must play dead to survive the night while surrounded by Nazis
Wildcard
Int. Sales Rep: Mavryk. (Broken Bird)
Dir: Greg Bekkers (Debut)
Cast: Andrea Londo (Narcos), David Arquette (Scream), James Le Gros (Drugstore Cowboy)
Going to EFM
Synopsis:
Follows Isabel Collins, a former tennis prodigy newly out of rehab, who returns to her childhood home near the U.S.-Mexico border to rebuild her identity amid fractured family relationships and addiction.
Mano Negra Documentary
Int. Sales Rep: Goodfellas (A Private Life)
Dir: David Dufresne (The Monopoly of Violence)
Unholy Night
Int. Sales Rep: Blue Finch Films (Dolly)
Dir: Michael Gabriele (Debut)
Cast: Marc Bendavid (Dark Matter)
Synopsis:
A family’s Christmas Eve dinner becomes a nightmare as Gino must protect his loved ones from his reanimated grandmother who crashes the celebration with murderous intent.
Soon You Will Be Gone And Possibly Eaten
Int. Sales Rep: Anton (Fuze)
Dir: Egor Abramenko (Sputnik)
Cast: Sophie Wilde (Babygirl)
Going to EFM
Synopsis:
Follows Rob and Sabile, a young engaged couple who head to a secluded mountain resort to take their vows. Their joyous wedding takes a different turn when unexpected guests crash the ceremony.
Rotterdam projects pick up sales reps:
Visit Films handles sales:
The Gymnast
Int. Sales Rep: Visit Films (Mouse)
Dir: Charlotte Glynn (Rachel Is)
Cast: Margarita Levieva (The Lincoln Lawyer), Cotter Smith (Mindhunter)
Going to Rotterdam (Tiger Competition)
Synopsis:
1993. In a former mill-town devastated by loss of industry, a 16 year-old elite gymnast and her single father, a die hard “gym dad”, fight to reinvent themselves after a potentially career ending injury.
Festival Trailers:
Berlin:
London
Dir: Sebastian Brameshuber (Movements of a Nearby Mountain)
Premiere: Berlin
First all-Pakistani film Lali
Trailer
Dir: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat (Oscar-nominated Circus of Life)
Premiere: Berlin (Panorama)
My Name
Dir: Chung Ji-young (Debut)
Cast: Yeom Hye-ran (No Other Choice)
Premiere: Berlin
The Day She Returns
Dir: Hong Sang-soo (Right Now, Wrong Then)
Premiere: Berlin (Panorama)
EFM:
A Woman Asleep
Cinematic AI slop Trailer
Dir: Vikki Bardot (prod. Post Truth)
Prod. Comp: Spongeworthy Studio (AI-generated doc Post Truth)