Kid Detectives & The Secret of the White Lady

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1 Coming soon / Estonia Kid Detectives & The Secret of the White Lady In a quiet resort town Haapsalu four kids are spending their summer holidays together. Suddenly they are dragged into events that started in the 15th century in the local bishop s stronghold. The children must solve a difficult mystery of a clock robbery and they have to find a treasure that has been lost for centuries and contains a formula of making gold... René Vilbre has directed different TV shows, commercials, documentaries, short and fiction films. Selected filmography: Another (short, 2006) for ARTE, Grand Prix at the Cinessone Film Festival, France 2006, more than 10 international festivals; Mat The Cat (feature, 2005) Children & Youth Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institutes, 47. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2005), more than 15 international festivals; I Was Here (feature, 2008) international premiere at Karlovy Vary IFF 2008, Moscow International Festival of Detective films, Winner in category Crime and Punishment, The Year s Best Film by The Cultural Endowment of Estonia, more than 15 international festivals all over the world. 85 min, DCP, 5.1 Original title: Väikelinna detektiivid ja Valge Daami saladus Genre: family : Rene Vilbre Screenwriter: Mihkel Ulman Cinematographer: Kristjan-Jaak Nuudi E.S.C. Principal cast: Liisa Koppel, Mikk Kaasik, Mariann Vilbre, Miikael Ainla, Hilje Murel, Lembit Ulfsak, Tambet Tuisk, Jaan Rekkor, Priit Võigemast Producer: Raivo Suviste : Balti Video OÜ BEC, ERR To be completed: December 2013 Production budget: EUR Financing in place: 90% Looking for: sales, festivals Balti Video OÜ BEC is a production company founded in Company is focusing on TV production being one of the main TV production houses in Estonia and it has a long time experience in producing drama series for television. Marje Jurtšenko Estonian Public Broadcasting Gonsiori 27, 10147, Tallinn Estonia Phone: marje.jurtshenko@err.ee 63

2 Cherry Tobacco Coming soon / Estonia Cherry Tobacco is film about a small town girl who is constantly bored. Her mother gets on her nerves, boys her age are stupid and all activities seem childish. One day Laura s energetic friend Merit asks her to join a hike to a bog led by a middle-aged nature-lover Joosep. The beginning of the trip is anything but promising: the relationship between the reserved girl and the outgoing Joosep who tries to impress the hiking party with his hillbilly style and bizarre rituals becomes tense. Much to her own surprise, Laura discovers that as the hike continues she is enchanted by the rugged charm of Joosep. The quest is coming to its irrefutable end and Laura has to decide whether the relationship with an older man is a mere stop in the winding road towards becoming a woman or is it her very first love. s Katrin Maimik, director and scriptwriter, graduated from Tartu University in theatre theory in 2005 and Tallinn University s Baltic Film and Media School in screenwriting (MA). Andres Maimik studied film in the Department of Film of Tallinn Pedagogical University. He has directed more than 80 advertisements and 20 films, and, as a member of FIPRESCI, written a number of film reviews and essays for all the major Estonian publications. 100 min, DCP, 1:2,35, Dolby Digital Original title: Original title: Kirsitubakas Genre: youth drama s: Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik Screenwriters: Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik Cinematographer: Mihkel Soe Principal cast: Maris Nõlvak, Gert Raudsep, Getter Meresmaa, AnneReemann Producer: Anneli Lepp : Kuukulgur Film To be completed: autumn 2014 Production budget: EUR Looking for: sales, festivals Kuukulgur Film is an Estonian production company founded in Company, produces films, TV-programmes and commercials. Recent filmography: Silver Wedding (2012, short) Photo (2012, short), The New World (2011, doc), Farts of Fury (2011, feature), I Will Survive (doc, 2011), A Radical (doc, 2008), 184 Kilometers (feature, 2006). Kuukulgur Film Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: anneli@kuukulgur.ee 64

3 I m Not Coming Back Coming soon / Estonia A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage helps her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in a orphanage without arousing any suspicion. There, she meets a 13 years old homeless person like herself, Kristina, and together they set out on a long journey to a small town in Kazakhstan, where Kristina s grandmother lives... llmar Raag is the writer and director of the most successful film from Estonia The Class (Amrion 2007), which was sold to 91 countries, won 25 awards from 70 festivals.. His next feauture Une Estonienne á Paris (Amrion/Estonia, TS Production/France, La Parti Production/ Belgium) with Jeanne Moreau in a lead role, premiered at Locarno IFF competition in 2012, particapated in numerous festivals. Ilmar has an MA in screenwriting from Ohio University and he studied also film theory in University of Paris III. Ilmar is also an acclaimed columnist in the biggest dailies, lecturer. This year, Ilmar premiered is latest feature Kertu, which had its international premier in Varsaw IFF and went on to win the Audience Award at 55. Lübeck Nordic Film Days. 109 min, DCP, 1:2,35, Dolby Digital Original title: Я не вернусь Genre: drama : Ilmar Raag Screenwriter: Jaroslava Pulinovich revisions by Oleg Gaze Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri Main cast: Polina Pushkartchuk, Viktoria Lobatsheva Producers: Natalia Drozd, Sergey Selyanov Co-producers: Riina Sildos, Alesi Bardy, Oleg Silvanovich Production companies: Amrion Productions (Estonia), CTB Film Company (Russia), Helsinki Filmi (Finland), Belarusfilm (Belarussia), Kazakhfilm (Kazakhstan) To be completed: January 2014 Production budget: EUR Looking for: festivals Amrion. is a production company founded by Riina Sildos in 2003 to produce high quality feature films and documentaries for local and international cinema and TV markets. The main aim is to make international co-productions with young promising talents and already acclaimed directors. Amrion has produced four documentary films and seven feature films, Mat the Cat (2005), The Class (2007), I Was Here (2008), The Poll Diaries (2010), Hella W (2011) A Lady in Paris (2012), Kertu (2013). Amrion Nurme 45, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: info@amrion.ee Sales The Yellow Affair Phone/fax: , miira@yellowaffair.com, karoliina@yellowaffair.com 65

4 Coming soon / Estonia Landscape with Many Moons Landscape with Many Moons is a story of a Man who has come to a complicated phase in his life. He cannot handle his obligations and keeps failing in the roles he has taken for himself. Conflicting situations and relationships with women put him in a schizophrenic dream-like state where boundaries between reality and fantasies cease to exist. When things start getting out of control, the Man has to discover the hidden facets he never knew he had. His life now seems to depend on unpredictable events that lead the film to a paradoxical denouement. The movie ends with an unexpected turn of events that offers a fresh angle to the preceding story. It gives the viewer an opportunity of an ambivalent interpretation, one more illusory and questionable. Jaan Toomik is an Estonian video artist, painter and award-winning filmmaker, often described as the most widely acknowledged Estonian contemporary artist on the international scene. He has director two short features - Communion (2007) and Oleg (2011). Landscape with Many Moons is his first full-length feature 85 min, DCP, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital Original title: Maastik mitme kuuga Genre: drama : Jaan Toomik Screenwriter: Jaan Toomik Cinematographer: Mart Taniel E.S.C. Main cast: Hendrik Toompere Producer: Ivo Felt Co-Producers: Kaarle Aho, Indrek Kasela Production companies: Allfilm (Estonia), Making Movies OY (Finland) To be completed: spring 2014 Production budget: EUR Looking for: festivals, sales Looking for: world sales, distribution Producer Ivo Felt started his film career in the sound department of Tallinnfilm studios in In 1995, he co-founded the production company Allfilm. Ivo has been working as a sound designer on several feature and documentary films, television productions and television advertisements. In 2006, Ivo also started focusing on film production and currently is working as a film producer in Allfilm. Filmography, features: Georg (2007, dir. Peeter Simm), Rat King (2012, dir. Petri Kotwica),Tangerines (2013, dir. Zaza Urushadze) Allfilm Saue 11 Tallinn 10612, Estonia Phone: ivo@allfilm.ee 66

5 Korso Coming soon / Finland Young Markus dreams of becoming a street ball star in New York. In reality he lives in the god-forsaken suburb called Korso and spends his days playing basketball with his friends in a run-down warehouse. Markus, a trade school drop-out, is not really interested in applying for jobs, but prefers to drink beer and play ball instead. When little sister Heta introduces Markus to her new boyfriend, a black and self-assured college boy, Jojo, Markus dream is finally put to test. Jojo laughs at Markus ridiculous dream and questions his true ambitions. In order to save his face, Markus sets out to prove that his dream can really come true. And soon enough his trip to New York becomes a question of honour for his friends too. He borrows money for the trip from a local small-time hustler and ends up getting everybody in to trouble. Now Markus has to face the truth he has feared. Can even a ridiculous dream help him find his own way? Akseli Tuomivaara has directed short films Wakizashi (2002), Pure Life (2004) as well as several award-winning music videos. During recent years he has directed promotional films as his main work. Korso is his first feature film. 80 min, DCP Original title: Original title: Korso Genre: drama : Akseli Tuomivaara Screenwriters: Kirsikka Saari, Jenni Toivoniemi Cinematographer: Juice Huhtala Main cast: Mikko Neuvonen, Niko Vakkuri, Iiro Panula, Richmond Ghansah, Iida Lampela, Petri Manninen Producers: Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari (Bufo), Elli Toivoniemi (Tuffi Films) Production companies: Bufo, Tuffi Films To be completed: January 2014 Production budget: EUR Looking for: sales Production companies Founded in 2007 Bufo has produced a number of fiction and documentary films of which many have received international recognition. Bufo s films all sharethe elements of clear artistic vision, innovation and high quality. Tuffi Films Ltd. was founded in 2010 by producer Elli Toivoniemi, writer-directors Selma Vilhunen, Jenni Toivoniemi and screenwriter Kirsikka Saari. Tuffi Films produces both fiction and documentary films of various lengths. Bufo Phone: mark@bufo.fi, Tuffi Films Phone: elli@tuffifilms.com 67

6 No, Thank You Coming soon / Finland Heli Valkonen (42) loves her husband. But Matti (43) doesn t want to have sex. Never. He just likes to play computer games in his shabby gray home pants. Massaging shoulders is the best way for intimacy to him. When delicate hints, sweet talk or sexy dresses won t help, Heli goes into more and more direct action. But all of this is in vain. Honey, you are sweet but it is not a good time now. In amicable but humiliating way Matti rejects his wife s advances. Heli meets Jarno, a young producer. In no time Heli and Jarno are having an affair. To hit the sack just a little bit. Just a few, quick pushes. That doesn t count. To get my marriage last I need to cheat. After that I know what I want and what I don t want. No Thank you is a drama-comedy about marriage, long relationships and sex. Is there any other way to feel closeness to somebody except pushing it in and out all the time? Samuli Valkama, studied in University of Arts and Design in Helsinki, from where he graduated His short films Alright Love and Feelings and Stuff, have won several awards in different festivals, most notably Berlin Today Award, in the Berlin International Film Festival. Love and Other Troubles (2012) was Valkama s feature film debut. 95 min, DCP, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital Original title: Ei kiitos Genre: drama comedy : Samuli Valkama Screenwriter: Samuli Valkama Cinematographer: Anssi Leino Main cast: Anu Sinisalo, Ville Virtanen, Kai Vaine Producers: Rimbo Salomaa, Lasse Saarinen : Kinotar OY To be completed: December 2013 Production budget: EUR Looking for: sales agent Looking for: Distribution - theatrical, TV Kinotar Oy was founded in 1994 and during last 19 years it has produced over 70 feature films, documentaries and short fiction. Number of feature films is 14 and numerous new films are in pre-production right now. Lately our films have been big successes on a national level and our latest feature Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy have reached admissions and was the most popular film in Finland in Kinotar is one of the five largest production companies in Finland and its aim is to produce quality films for large domestic and international audience. Kinotar Phone: rimbo@kinotar.fi 68

7 Summertime Coming soon / Finland Summertime is a story about three 25-year old girls having the best summer of their lives. Best as in the hardest, most surprising and totally different from what they had expected Inari Niemi studied in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Science, graduating in She has directed several short films and last year finished her first feature length documentary Robin, about a finnish teenage pop sensation Robin Packalen. Summertime is her first fiction feature film. Producers Jesse Fryckman and Oskari Huttu have been working together since 2007 producing commercials and feature films, most recently romantic comedy Love and Other Trouble starring Emilie De Ravin, and comedy Fanatics. They have also produces Reindeerspotting one of the most discussed documentary fims made in Finland, depicting everyday life of drug abuser Jani. Filmography: Fanatics (2012), Love and Other Troubles (2012), Ella & Aleksi (2011), August (2011), Hustlers (2010), Reindeerspotting (2010), Temptation of St. Tony (2009), Sauna (2008) 90 min, DCP, 1:2,35, Dolby Digital Original title: Kesäkaverit Genre: comedy / drama : Inari Niemi Screenwriter: Inari Niemi Cinematographer: Daniel Lindholm Main cast: Anna Paavilainen, Iina Kuustonen, Minka Kuustonen Producers: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, Jesse Fryckman, Oskari Huttu : Solar Films To be released: August 2014 Production budget: EUR Looking for: sales agent, distribuutors, broadcasters Markus Selin: The most successful producer in the recent re-birth of popular Finnish cinema, Markus Selin is the founder of Solar Films Inc. Oy and co-owner of the company, with Egmont Media Corporation. He has produced 40 feature films and thousands of hours of television drama and entertainment. Selin was chosen The Producer of the Year in Finland in His movies have won tens of Finnish Film Awards (Jussi awards) and been elected Winner of the Audience Poll several times. His films have been the Finnish Entry for the Academy Awards (Oscars) 3 times. Solar Films Veneentekijäntie Helsinki, Finland Phone: jesse@bronson.fi 69

8 Pianoplayer Coming soon / Latvia Oscar Strok. Musician and composer had gained a world fame with his tango music. He is the author of 300 compositions for violin and orchestra 1920/30 played for in Europe. His jewish background makes him take many extraordinary decisions. He is a pianist, restaurant musician, publisher, owner of cafes and restaurants, a knife trader in a flee market, father and a passionate lover, who incessantly changes his place of residence and who never has money. Strok in his creative research meets the composer Max Weber, oper singer Fjodor Shalapin, film director Sergey Eisenstein, balet dancer Galina Ulanova, composer Sergei Prokofjev. In the sixties his tangos are beeing played by Armstrong and great argentinien tango interpreteur Astor Piazzolla. The life of the King of Tango is full of surprises, significant experiences and adventures, but the rules of this game are not defined by the composer himself. It is a scenario offered by the first world s economic crisis with enormously high rate of unemployment and the big depression Strok plays tango in Riga, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Vienna and Tokyo. Strok s tango is personal and rich in emotions like the story of his life that captivates by its faith in himself and his music. 90 min, HD, 16:9, black&white Original title: Tapieris Genre: documentary play : Ilona Bruver Screenwriter: Ilona Bruver Cinematographer: Elina Bandena Main cast: Jakov Rafalsson, Marija Berzina, Andris Bulis, Gints Gravelis Producer: Ilona Bruver : To be completed: 2014 Production budget: EUR Financing in place: partly financed Looking for: festivals, sales Looking for: post-production partners, producer Ilona Bruver worked in Filmhaus Hamburg, FRG, Ilona Bruver Rigahh Filmproduktion, The first feature film by Ilona Bruver, V20, Eine ungenaue Erinnerung an eine Urkunde (1984) was shown at Berlinale, in the programme Perspectives. During 1980s and 1990s films by Ilona Bruver regularly took part at international. Since 1990 she works for Filmstudio in Riga and Latvian Television, her own production Kinolats was founded in Founded in 1997, Kinolats specializes in producing of creative documentaries, feature films and auteur-shorts as well as cultural and art programmes for television. The company was founded author, film director and producer Ilona Bruver. Kinolats art.is@apollo.lv 70

9 Sanatorium of Ashes Coming soon / Latvia In 1917, the last year of World War I, a retired German military surgeon, Ulrich, is sent to run a mysterious sanatorium with war traumatized mental patients in a distant place in Latvia. Coming from a different culture, he finds this new world where reality reminds a fiction quite challenging and starts to introduce a strict rule. Davis Simanis works as film director, scriptwriter and editor, as well as frequently reads lectures on film theory. He has received Award for Best Debut (Version. LNO, 2007) and FIPRESCI Award (Valkyrie Limited, 2009) at the Latvian National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps. Contributing writer for the magazines Rigas Laiks and Studija among others. Locomotive Productions was founded in It is one of the oldest film studios in Latvia and amongst the most productive film studios in the Baltic Region. It s main objective is the production of innovative and creative cinema in all its forms - feature films, documentary and animated films. 100 min, DCP, 1:2,35, Dolby Digital Original title: Pelnu Sanatorija Genre: drama : Davis Simanis Screenwriters: Davis Simanis, Tabita Simane Cinematographer: Andrejs Rudzats Main cast: Ulrich Matthes, Agnese Cirule, Leonids Lencs Producer: Roberts Vinovskis Production companies: Locomotive Productions (Latvia), Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania) To be completed: end of 2014 Production budget: EUR Financing in place: partly funded Project status: in production Looking for: sales agent Producer Roberts Vinovskis was born in Riga Studied art and later philosophy at the University of Latvia. Began work in 1991 in the Soviet British creative association. Later worked in the Juris Podnieks studio and since 1999 in the Locomotive Productions film studio. As a director and producer has made a number of award winning films. Member of Latvian Filmmakers Union and Latvian Association of Film Producers Locomotive Productions Phone: rv@locomotive.lv 71

10 Adventures of Gustav Coming soon / Lithuania The Adventures of Gustav invites you to set out on a fun and unforgettable journey, where you will get to know the world and experience priceless adventures on land, in the depths of the ocean, and even in outer space! When the insatiable discoverer Gustav catches the travel bug, he decides to set out on a trip around the world to search for his uncle who had disappeared while flying his plane. Little does he know what adventures await him, and what incredible characters he is destined to meet Have you ever wondered what Baron Munchausen is up to these days? Where Captain Nemo is knocking about and how Robinson Crusoe is doing? What happened to Carlson s propeller and why he now resides on top of a giant sequoia? This story is your chance to meet these and other well-loved characters - to travel with them, to visit the mysterious forest where Tiny Ben has his secret radio station, to dive to the depths of the sea, where mermaids provide entertainment in the restaurant of the Titanic, and to travel on planes, windmills, boats and trains through northern seas and America s Wild West - across the world, and even to space! The world is full of mysteries and adventures. The Adventures of Gustav is for those who want to plunge right into them! s Audrius Rakauskas is a journalist, he works as a scriptwriter, director and an actor of TV show for children Gustavo enciklopedija already for 14 years, on which the movie Adventures of Gustav is based 85 min, DCP, 1:1,85, Dolby Stereo SR Original title: Gustavo enciklopedija Genre: 3D animation / live action s: Vaidas Lekavicius, Augustinas Gricius Screenwriters: Vaidas Lekavicius, Augustinas Gricius Cinematographer: Vytautas Vysniauskas Main cast: Audrius Rakauskas, Andrius Zebrauskas, Arunas Sakalauskas, Dalius Skamarakas Producer: Zilvinas Naujokas Production companies: Tauras Films, Litl Baz Pictures, OKTA World sales: ACME Film To be completed: December 2013 Production budget: EUR Financing in place: 90% Augustinas Gricius is a director of TV shows, movies and theater performanes. He directed a famous TV show Dviracio sou for more than 20 years. Tauras films is a film production company based in Lithuania. Main object is to produce high quality feature films for the wide audience, targeting local, CIS and worldwide markets as it s main goal. Tauras Kino Namai Phone: , znaujokas@gmail.com 72

11 Redirected Coming soon / Lithuania Redirected is an outrageous hangover-meets-guy-ritchie type criminal action-drama-thriller comedy with a distinctive flavor of Eastern European exotic. It tells a story of four friends turned first-time robbers John, Ben, Tim and Michael who accidentally get stranded in a middle-of-nowhere Eastern European country and have to fight their way back home through the land of whores, smugglers, dirty cops, cheap beer and sick fantasies. In order to save their asses, friends must not only overcome an ultimate culture shock experience, but also rediscover their friendship. The plan seemed 100% bulletproof they take over an illegal casino in London, get the money, catch a plane to Malaysia and get lost in mind-blowing exotics of emerald jungle, golden beaches, cheap alcohol and teenage sex. The plan was a genius, and it worked. Almost. They took over a casino and they got the money around one million pounds in cash. But the bad guys started shooting. Michael freaked-out and tried to back away. Tim had no chance but to beat sense into him with a fire extinguisher, which resulted in Michael boarding a plane senseless. The plane took off and And then a volcano in Iceland started spewing ash like crazy and all the flights had to be grounded. This is how John, Ben, Tim and Michael got stranded in some post-soviet Eastern European country with an unpronounceable name and sick attitude towards everything. That s where all the fun starts. 106 min, DCP, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital Original title: Redirected / Už Lietuva! Genre: action comedy : Emilis Velyvis Screenwriters: Jonas Banys, Lewis Britnell, Emilis Velyvis Cinematographer: Feliksas Abrukauskas Main cast: Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams, Gil Darnell, Oliver Jackson, Anthony Strachan Producers: Asta Liukaityte, Donatas Simukauskas, Daiva Jovaisiene, Norbertas Pranckus : Kino Kultas To be completed: December 2013 Looking for: sales agent Emilis Velyvis one of the most popular and controversial Lithuanian directors, especially known for movies ZERO and ZERO II, both of which were huge domestic hits. Kino Kultas Phone: asta@redirectedmovie.com 73