MR. STEIN IS ONLINE by Stephane Robelin In Pre-production. The MIDWIFE by Martin Provost In Pre-production. NEON BULL by Gabriel Mascaro

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1 2016 Screening in Berlin new projects Upcoming news from planet mars by Dominik Moll Official Selection Out of Competition ALL OF A SUDDEN by Asli Özge Panorama Special new GIRL ASLEEP by Rosemary Myers Generation 14Plus Opening Film new An Artscope film THE FREE WORLD by Jason Lew Market Screening MR. STEIN IS ONLINE by Stephane Robelin In Pre-production SCRIPT AVAILABLE The MIDWIFE by Martin Provost In Pre-production SCRIPT AVAILABLE ASGHAR FARHADI S UNTITLED PROJECT by Asghar Farhadi In Production SCRIPT AVAILABLE Berlin Syndrome by Cate Shortland In Post-Production New Promoreel Slack Bay by Bruno Dumont In Post-Production New Promoreel The Darkness by Daniel Castro Zimbrón In Post-Production Teaser available Still Available A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS by Rodrigo Plá NEON BULL by Gabriel Mascaro OFFICE IN PARIS MEMENTO FILMS INTERNATIONAL 9 Cité Paradis Paris France Tel: Fax: sales@memento-films.com festival@memento-films.com Follow us on Facebook CONTACTS IN BERLIN - EFM MARTIN GROPIUS BAU BOOTH #33 Emilie GEORGES (February 10 th 18 th ) emilie@memento-films.com / Tanja MEISSNER (February 10 th 18 th ) tanja@memento-films.com / Nicholas KAISER (February 10 th 18 th ) nicholas@memento-films.com / Mathieu Delaunay (February 10 th 18 th ) mathieu@memento-films.com / Sata Cissokho (February 12 th 18 th ) sata@memento-films.com / Naima Abed (February 10 th 16 th ) naima@memento-films.com / Credits non contractual / Graphic design:

2 News From Planet Mars Dominik Moll By the director of Harry, He s Here to Help

3 BERLIN Official Selection Out of Competition News From Planet Mars A film by Dominik Moll By the director of Harry, He s Here to Help With François Damiens (La Famille Bélier César Nomination for Best Actor, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), Vincent Macaigne (Eden, Tristesse Club, Nominated for the César for Best Upcoming Actor in La Fille du 14 juillet), Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown Winner of the César for Best Foreign Language Film & Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film 2013) and Léa Drucker (The Blue Room) Philippe Mars is a reasonable man in an unreasonable world. He s trying to be a good father, a kind ex-husband, a nice colleague, an understanding sibling... But the planets have not been exactly aligned in his favor lately. With his son turning into a hardcore vegan, his daughter into a pathological overachiever and his sister selling oversized paintings of their naked parents, it seems to our ever-so prudent Philippe that everyone around him is starting to behave more and more erratically... When his more than over the top colleague Jerôme accidentally chops off his ear and then moves into Philippe s apartment, things start to go from bad to insane for our hero. Screenings in Berlin Friday, 12 th 2:30 pm > CineStar 3 (Market Screening Buyers Only) Monday, 15 th 11:10 am > CineStar 5 (Market Screening Buyers Only) Wednesday, 17 th 15:30 pm > CinemaxX (Press screening) Wednesday, 17 th 10:00 pm > Berlinale Palast (Official Gala Premiere) Thursday, 18 th 12:15 pm > Haus der Berliner Festspiele (Repetition) Thursday, 18 th 3:00 pm > Friedrichstadt Palast (Repetition) Thursday, 18 th 10:30 pm > International (Repetition) Sunday, 21 st 2:45 pm > Berlinale Palast (Repetition) Watch promo here By the Cinematographer of Joachim Lafosse s Our Children, The White Knights By the Costume Designer of Jacques Audiard s Rust and Bones and A Prophet Produced by Diaphana Films (Harry, He s Here to Help, Playing Dead, Persepolis) France, Belgium min I French

4 ALL OF A SUDDEN Asli Özge By the director of Lifelong and Men on the Bridge With Sebastian Hülk (The White Ribbon, War Horse), Julia Jentsch (Hannah Arendt, Downfall)

5 BERLIN OFFICIAL SELECTION Panorama Special ALL OF A SUDDEN A film by Asli Özge By the director of Lifelong and Men on the Bridge With Sebastian Hülk (The White Ribbon, War Horse), Julia Jentsch (Hannah Arendt, Downfall) After the party in Karsten s apartment, everybody leaves except Anna. Admiringly, Karsten approaches this mysterious woman. How could he have known, that in a moment of weakness, his well-established life would spiral out of control and turn into a disaster? In this small provincial German town, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds. Screenings in Berlin Friday, 12 th 12:30 pm > CinemaxX 7 (Press & Industry Screening) Saturday, 13 th 2:30 pm > Cubix 9 (Press & Industry Screening) Sunday, 14 th 9:30 am > CinemaxX 8 (Market Screening - Buyers Only) Thursday, 18 th 9:30 pm > Zoo Palast (Official Gala Premiere) Friday, 19 th 12:30 pm > CinemaxX 7 (Repetition) Produced by E.E.E Film (FOUR MINUTES, Atlantic), Haut et Court (The Lobster, The Returned, Elles) and Topkapi Films (The Broken Circle Breakdown, Post Tenebrax Lux) Germany, France, Netherlands min I German

6 GIRL ASLEEP Rosemary Myers With Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman and Matthew Whittet (The Great Gatsby, Sleeping Beauty, Moulin Rouge)

7 Screening in Berlin GENERATION 14PLUS OPENING FILM Adelaide Film Festival Audience Award GIRL ASLEEP A film by Rosemary Myers With Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman and Matthew Whittet (The Great Gatsby, Sleeping Beauty, Moulin Rouge) On the cusp of turning 15, Greta Driscoll is having a hard time fitting in in her new town. Between the blonde brats clique, her too-cool-for-school big sister and her outspoken parents, the only person she seems to be able to talk to is Elliott, her weird yet endearing classmate. When her mom decides to throw her a surprise birthday party and invite literally everyone, her biggest teenage fears take over and Greta is flung into a parallel world; a place that s weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous only there can she find herself. A journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind. Girl Asleep is the stylish, formally exuberant debut of theatre director Rosemary Myers. A funny and imaginative portrait of growing pains. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER A fantastical fable of growing up. The Guardian With the endless production of superhero films and film remakes these days, it is refreshing to see a film with such raw acting and originality from start to finish. It s hard not to fall in love with the characters in Girl Asleep, and be left with the warmth of the film long after the credits have stop rolling. The Upside News Screenings in Berlin Friday, 12 th 7:30 pm > Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Official Gala Premiere) Saturday, 13 th 4:30 pm > CinemaxX 3 (Press & Industry) Monday, 15 th 3:00 pm > CinemaxX Studio 14 (Market Screening Buyers Only) Tuesday, 16 th 1:00 pm > Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Repetition) Sunday, 21 th 8:00 pm > Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Repetition) Australia 2016 I 77 min I English

8 U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION THE FREE WORLD Jason Lew With Boyd Holbrook (Jane Got a Gun, Narcos, Untitled Terrence Malick Project), Elisabeth Moss (Queen Of Earth, Mad Men) and Octavia Spencer (The Help, Fruitvale Station)

9 Market Screening U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION THE FREE WORLD A film by Jason Lew With Boyd Holbrook (Jane Got a Gun, Narcos, Untitled Terrence Malick Project), Elisabeth Moss (Queen Of Earth, Mad Men) and Octavia Spencer (The Help, Fruitvale Station) Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn t commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life. There s a lot to admire in The Free World, particularly in what is sure to be a breakout role for Holbrook. He brings a strong physicality to the role an embodied and magnetic performance. INDIEWIRE Screenings in Berlin Thursday, 11 th 11:45 am > CinemaxX 8 (Private Market Screening Buyers Only) Produced by Untitled Entertainment (Margin Call, Lawless, All is Lost) and Great Point Media USA 2016 I 100 min I English DR

10 new In pre-production SCRIPT AVAILABLE MR. STEIN IS ONLINE Stephane Robelin By the director of And if We all Lived Together (Locarno 2011 Piazza Grande)

11 in pre-production new SCRIPT AVAILABLE MR. STEIN IS ONLINE A film by Stephane Robelin By the director of And if We all Lived Together (Locarno 2011 Piazza Grande) More than 10 Million international Box Office, released in more than 31 countries. Original Music by Michel Legrand (Winner 3 Academy Awards) With Pierre Richard (All Together, Paris 36, The Goat, Les Compères), Oona Chaplin (Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, 007 Quantum Of Solace) and Yaniss Lespert (Le Prénom, Those Happy Days) Pierre, a 75 year old widower, has lived as a pretty solitary life since his wife s passing. His daughter gets him a computer, hoping it will stimulate his curiosity and maybe who knows? meet new people. With the help of Alex, a young computer teacher, Pierre begins browsing and surfing, and soon stumbles upon an online dating website. Under Alex s identity, Pierre meets Flora63, a young physiotherapist and rapidly falls under her spell. She in turn is charmed by this elegant yet rather unusual profile and asks him on a date. A real one, face to face. Feeling trapped and excited by this adventure, Pierre accepts and has no other choice but to convince Alex to go in his place. Produced by Ici & La Productions (All Together, L Intouchable) France I Budget: 4,5 M I Delivery: February 2017 DR

12 In pre-production SCRIPT AVAILABLE The MIDWIFE Martin Provost By the director of Violette and Séraphine (César for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume and Best Music) With Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot

13 in pre-production SCRIPT AVAILABLE The MIDWIFE A film by Martin Provost By the director of Violette and Séraphine (César for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume and Best Music) With Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet (Two Days, One Night, The Kid with the Bike) DR DR Claire is a wonderfully gifted midwife, with a natural talent to deliver babies with the most gentle touch. But over the years, her delicate ways, her sense of pride and responsibility are clashing with the more efficiency-driven methods of modern hospitals. Closer to the end of her career than to its beginning, she s starting to question her place and her skills. One day she receives a strange phone call, a voice from the past. Béatrice, the extravagant and frivolous ex-wife of her deceased father, has important and pressing news and wants to see her again, 30 years after having disappeared without a trace. Opposed in every way, the over-conscientious Claire bordering inhibition and the free-spirit, life-loving Béatrice, will learn to accept one another and by revealing old secrets will start to make up for the lost years. By the cinematographer of Holy MotoRs, The Nun and Chronic By the editor of The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Two Days, One Night and L Enfant (The Child) By the sound designer of To The Wonder, Young & Beautiful and A Prophet By the production designer of Bird People, Violette and Séraphine Produced by FIDELITE / CURIOSA FILMS (MARGUERITE, LITTLE NICHOLAS) CO-PRODUCED BY VERSUS (THE NUN, OUR CHILDREN) AND FRANCE 3 CINEMA France I Budget: 7 MILLION EUROS I Delivery: February 2017

14 In Production SCRIPT AVAILABLE ASGHAR FARHADI S UNTITLED PROJECT Asghar Farhadi By the Academy Award winning director of A Separation (25 million USD in worldwide box-office) and The Past (Best Actress Cannes 2013, Golden Globe Nomination) With Taraneh Alidoosti (About Elly) and Shahab Hosseini (A Separation)

15 in production SCRIPT AVAILABLE ASGHAR FARHADI S UNTITLED PROJECT A film by Asghar Farhadi By the Academy Award winning director of A Separation (25 million USD in worldwide box-office) and The Past (Best Actress Cannes 2013, Golden Globe Nomination) With Taraneh Alidoosti (About Elly) and Shahab Hosseini (A Separation) DR PRODUCED BY FARHADI FILMS PRODUCTION (A SEPARATION, ABOUT ELLY) CO-PRODUCED BY MEMENTO FILMS PRODUCTION (LOUDER THAN BOMBS, WINTER SLEEP, THE PAST) Iran Delivery Spring 2016 DR

16 in post-production new promoreel BERLIN SYNDROME Cate Shortland By the director of Lore (Locarno 2012 Audience Award) and Somersault (Cannes 2004 Un Certain Regard)

17 in post-production new promoreel BERLIN SYNDROME A film by Cate Shortland By the director of Lore (Locarno 2012 Audience Award) and Somersault (Cannes 2004 Un Certain Regard) With Teresa Palmer (Lionsgate s The Choice, Point Break, I Am Number Four, Warm Bodies) and Max Riemelt (Sense8, The Wave, Free Fall) By the scriptwriter of Snowtown Adapted from Melanie Joosten s novel While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare meets Andi, a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. A night of passion ensues. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes up the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, except Andi has no intention of letting her go again. Ever. WATCH PROMO HERE Produced by Aquarius Films (Wish You Were Here) Australia, Germany Budget: 6 MILLION USD Delivery Spring 2016

18 in post-production new promoreel SLACK BAY Bruno Dumont By the director of Li l Quinquin (Cannes 2014 Directors Fortnight), Camille Claudel 1915 (Berlin 2013 Official Competition), Flanders (Cannes 2006 Winner Grand Prize), Humanity (Cannes 1999 Winner Grand Prize, best Actor and best Actress) and The Life of Jesus (Cannes 1997 Winner Caméra d Or)

19 in post-production new promoreel SLACK BAY A film by Bruno Dumont By the director of Li l Quinquin (Cannes 2014 Directors Fortnight), Camille Claudel 1915 (Berlin 2013 Official Competition), Flanders (Cannes 2006 Winner Grand Prize), Humanity (Cannes 1999 Winner Grand Prize, best Actor and best Actress) and The Life of Jesus (Cannes 1997 Winner Caméra d Or) With Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, Three Colors: Blue), Fabrice Luchini (Best Actor Award for Courted Venice 2015, Gemma Bovary, In The House, The Women on the 6 th Floor) and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Munich, Human Capital, 5x2). Summer Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river and the sea join only at high tide. There lives a small community of fishermen and other oyster farmers. Among them evolves a curious family, the Bréfort, renowned ferrymen of the Slack Bay, lead by the father nick-named The Eternal, who rules as best as he can on his prankster bunch of sons, especially the impetuous Ma Loute, aged 18. Towering high above the bay stands the Van Peteghems mansion. Every summer, this bourgeois family all degenerate and decadent from inbreeding stagnates in the villa, not without mingling during their leisure hours of walking, sailing or bathing, with the ordinary local people, Ma Loute and the other Bréforts. Over the course of five days, as starts a peculiar love story between Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem, confusion and mystification will descend on both families, shaking their convictions, foundations and way of life. WATCH PROMO HERE Produced by 3B Productions (Camille Claudel 1915, The Attack, Hors Satan) France Budget 6,9 Million Euros Delivery Spring 2016

20 in post-production SCRIPT & TEASER AVAILABLE THE DARKNESS Daniel Castro Zimbrón

21 in post-production SCRIPT & TEASER AVAILABLE THE DARKNESS A film by Daniel Castro Zimbrón With Brontis Jodorowsky (La Danza de la Realidad) The Earth has stopped spinning and days have stopped passing by. One toxic, dense fog covers the forest immersed in eternal twilight. Argel has spent his life, with his two siblings, locked inside the basement of an old cabin. They believe that a wild beast wanders in the forest s depths. When his older brother mysteriously disappears, Argel undertakes a quest which will cause him to break the order and the rules with which he has grown up. Little by little he will discover the darkest secrets and mysteries that both his father and the forest hide. Watch Teaser here By the production designer of Babel and Amores Perros By the editor of POST TENEBRAS LUX AND HELI By the VFX Supervisor of Millenium Produced by Varios Lobos Co-produced by Les films de l étranger Mexico, France Delivery Spring 2016

22 Biarritz Latin American FF Jury Prize Warsaw Film Festival Best Director Warsaw Film Festival Best Actress A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS Rodrigo Plá By the director of La Zona (Venice 2007 Lion of the Future) and La Demora (Berlin 2012 Winner Ecumenical Jury)

23 Still Available Tokyo international film festival Morelia Film Festival Official Selection Biarritz Latin American FF Jury Prize Los Cabos In Competition BFI LONDON Film Festival Official Selection Warsaw Film Festival Best Director A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS A film by Rodrigo Plá By the director of La Zona (Venice 2007 Lion of the Future) and La Demora (Berlin 2012 Winner Ecumenical Jury) With Jana Raluy, Sebastián Aguirre (Güeros), Emilio Echevarría (Amores Perros, Y tu mamá también) Warsaw Film Festival Best Actress In a desperate attempt to save her husband s life by accessing the medical treatment that he needs to survive, Sonia embarks on a chase against her corrupt and negligent insurance company and its complicit representatives leading her son and herself into a vertiginous spiral of violence. A wounded animal doesn t cry, it bites. Rodrigo Plá is back with the most commercially viable film, a tense, sometimes bleakly comic drama of exasperation that once again dips into genre conventions to explore the us against them social fault lines of contemporary Mexico... SCREEN A lean, mean thriller. At a nervily compact 74 minutes, A Monster With a Thousand Heads often feels as if it s unfolding in real time. Such is the considerable achievement of Uruguayan Mexican helmer Rodrigo Plá s agitated, on-the-move hostage thriller. VARIETY A lean and efficient mix of thriller, drama and socio-political commentary... Shot through with dark irony and containing several genre elements. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Watch trailer here By the art director of Desierto and Somos Lo Que Hay By the composers of Jaula de Oro and Maria Full of Grace By the editor of Cesar Chavez and The Headless Woman Produced by Buenaventura Cine I Mexico I 2015 I 75 min I Spanish

24 SPECIAL JURY AWARD Platform Competition Special Mention NEON BULL Gabriel Mascaro

25 Still Available SPECIAL JURY AWARD hamburg film festival Critics Prize Platform Competition Special Mention Rio international Film Festival Best Film NEON BULL A film by Gabriel Mascaro Marrakech International Film Festival Best Director Rio international Film Festival Best Screenplay BFI London Film Festival Official Selection Rio international Film Festival Best Cinematography By the director of August Winds (Locarno 2014 Special Mention) Warsaw Grand Jury Prize With Juliano Cazarré (360, Tropa de Elite), Maeve Jinkings (Neighboring Sounds), Carlos Pessoa Iremar works at the Vaquejadas, a rodeo in the north east of Brazil where two men on horseback try to bring down a bull by grabbing its tail. It s dusty and back-breaking work, but Iremar is a natural Vaqueiro, feeding, prepping and taking care of the bulls. Home is the truck used to transport the animals from show to show, which he shares with his co-workers; Galega, an exotic dancer, the truck driver and mother to the young & spirited Cacá, and Zé, his rotund compadre in the bullpen. Together they form a makeshift but close-knit family. But Brazil and the Northeast are changing and the region s booming clothing industry has stirred new ambitions in Iremar. Swinging in his hammock in the back of the truck, his head is filled with dreams of pattern cutting, sequins and exquisite fabrics as he mentally assembles elaborate new fashion designs Neon Bull is the great discovery of this year s TIFF A unique gem INDIEWIRE When I watched it I had the same feeling that I had the first time I saw a David Lynch film. TIFF Artistic Director Cameron Bailey Mascaro and Mexican d.p. Diego Garcia (who lensed Apichatpong Weerasethakul s Cemetery of Splendor ) demonstrate a masterful eye for composition. VARIETY An unexpected delight, at times as carnal, sweaty and instinctive as its main characters but also playfully original and thought-provoking A dreamlike mise en scene. SCREEN By the cinematographer of Cemetery Of Splendour Produced by DESVIA Co-produced by Malbicho Cine and Viking Film Brazil, URUGUAY, NETHERLANDS min PORTUGUESE