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What Clients are Saying

“Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito and Film Finders have a unique relationship to the Marché du Film and provide a great service to the international film business and to the filmmakers.”

Jérôme Paillard, Directeur Délégué, Cannes Marché du Film

“Sydney Levine and Peter Belsito have been on the front lines of the American independent film scene before the Sundance Film Festival and any of the current indie companies even existed, and they continue to know what’s going on before anyone else does The web they cast is wide, their contacts are unparalleled, their stature enormous, their services indispensible.”

Todd McCarthy, Senior Film Critic of The Hollywood Reporter

“Sydney and Peter are true industry insiders, always on the scene and in the know International treasures of the film world.”

Rajendra Roy, Head of Museum of Modern Art NYC / MOMA Film Program

“Sydney Levine and Peter Belsito’s service FilmFinders helped me over the years again and again to navigate successfully through the ever-changing jungle of producers and their films” Wieland Speck, Senior Programer of Berlinale / Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama

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Sydney Levine

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ABOUT SYDNEY LEVINE

filmmakers Film sales confirmed to date include: Beauty, Beloved, Elles, Free Men, Generation

P, God Bless America, Goon, Hysteria, The Hunter, Into the Abyss, Killer Joe, Last Days in

Jerusalem, Life Without Principle, Your Sister’s Sister, Sarah Palin –You Betcha!, Shame, Terraferma, The Awakening, The Incident, The Lady, The Raid, This is not a Film, Wuthering

Heights and You’re Next (Courtesy of Mike Fleming, Deadline Hollywood)

AFM 2011, BUSAN 2011, TORONTO 2011, VENICE 2011,TELLURIDE 2011

Buyer registration up 10% with the BRIC countries well represented

50% more buyers from China

Exhibitors fromMongolia and Cambodia attending for the first time

Per Variety and L.A Times, these are the hot titles Many are also Tipped for Cannes We’ll be watching and reporting on them and others daily Bolded titles and sales are new as of AFM

“The Numbers Station”

Sales: Content

"The Raven"

Director: John McTeigue.

Cast: John Cusack.

Summary: Edgar Allan Poe pursues a serial killer who seems to be imitating the writer's own

Director: John Stockwell

Cast: Halle Berry

Summary: Thriller about a diver who returns to the sea after narrowly escaping being killed by a

shark

Sales: IM Global

"Safe"

Director: Boaz Yakin

Cast: Jason Statham

Summary: New York actioner about a former elite agent who uses his safe-cracking skills to

outwit the Chinese Triads, the Russian Mafia and corrupt Gotham officials

Director: Lisa Ohlin

Cast: Bill Skarsgard

Summary: Swedish WWII drama, based on a classic novel about a boy's friendship with a

Jewish refugee

Sales: Non Stop

Clean and Dirty by Salt:

"Cleanskin"

Director: Hadi Hajaig

Cast: Sean Bean

Summary: A secret service agent tracks a suicide bomber who is wrestling with his conscience Sales: Salt

"Dirty Girl"

Director: Abe Sylvia

Cast: Juno Temple

Summary: Road comedy about a high school bad girl, snapped up by Harvey Weinstein at

Toronto in 2010

Sales: Salt

"Casa De Mi Padre" – sold to Panteleon Day 1

Director: Matt Piedmont

Cast: Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal

Summary: Spanish-lingo comedy about Mexican ranchers who stumble into a war with a drug

baron

Sales: Sierra Affinity

"Darling Companion"

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Cast: Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline

Summary: Comedy drama about a man who loses his wife's dog.

Sales: Sierra Affinity

"Special Forces"

Director: Stephane Ribojad

Cast: Diane Kruger

Summary: A commando unit is sent to rescue a female journalist abducted by the Taliban Sales: Studiocanal

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FIRST PROMOS

"Goddess"

Director: Mark Lamprell

Cast: Laura Michelle Kelly

Summary: Australian musical comedy about a housewife who becomes a singing star on the

Internet

Sales: Ealing Metro

"Outrun"

Directors: Dax Shepard and David Palmer

Summary: Reformed getaway driver flees across America in a variety of souped-up rides Sales: Exclusive Media Group

"Rush"

Director: Ron Howard

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruh

Summary: True story of the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 champs James Hunt and Nikki

Lauda

Sales: Exclusive Media Group

"What Maisie Knew"

Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore

Summary: Adaptation of Henry James novel.

Sales: Fortissimo

"Kon-Tiki"

Directors: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg

Summary: Biopic of Thor Heyerdahl, who crossed the Pacific on a raft in 1947 Sales: HanWay

“Thunder Run”

Computer animated war film

Sales: Hyde Park

“Dead Man Down”

Sales: IM Global

"Storage 24"

Director: Johannes Roberts

Cast: Noel Clarke

Summary: Sci-fi horror.

Sales: Independent

"A Fantastic Fear"

of Everything

Directors: Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell

Cast: Simon Pegg

Summary: Paranoid comedy about a writer obsessed with Victorian serial killers.

Director: Nicholas Jarecki

Cast: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon

Summary: A hedge fund boss finds an unlikely ally in his desperate bid to cover up a fraud Sales: Parlay

"Red Lights"

Director: Rodrigo Cortes

Cast: Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver

Summary: Spanish thriller about a psychologist who tries to expose a world-famous psychic as

a fake

Sales: Parlay

"The Words"

Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana

Summary: A writer pays a high price for stealing someone else's work.

Sales: Parlay

"No One Lives"

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

Cast: Luke Evans

Summary: Highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple but get a nasty surprise.

Sales: Pathe

"StreetDance 2"

Directors: Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini

Summary: Sequel to the 2010 British 3D dance hit.

Sales: Protagonist

"The Dinosaur Project"

Director: Sid Bennett

Cast: Natasha Loring

Summary: A documentary team investigates rumors that dinosaurs have survived in the African

jungle

Sales: Studiocanal

"Twelve Years a Slave"

Director: Steve McQueen

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt

Summary: True story of a New York citizen who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and

rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853

Sales: Summit

“Now You See Me”

Sales: Summit

"Now Is Good"

Director: Ol Parker

Cast: Dakota Fanning

Summary: A dying girl tries to live life to the fullest.

Sales: TF1

"Summer at Dog Dave's"

Director: Rob Reiner

Cast: Morgan Freeman

Summary: Comedy about a wheelchair-bound writer who moves to a small town Sales: Voltage

-Blood Of My Blood by Joao Canijo (Portugal)

ADRIANA CHIESA ENTERPRISES

AKTIS FILM INTERNATIONAL GMBH

ALDAMISA

ALLIANCE FILMS

-Breakaway by Robert Lieberman (Canada) in TIFF Special Presentations

AMERICA VIDEO FILMS S.A

AMERICAN CINEMA INTERNATIONAL

AMERICAN WORLD PICTURES

ARCHSTONE

-D&E will handle U.S theatrical on Archstone’s Hammer, formerly known as Hammill ARC Entertainment will handle VOD/DVD/BluRay distribution

ARCLIGHT FILMS/ DARCLIGHT FILMS/ EASTERNLIGHT

-Bunohan by Dain Said (Malaysia) in Discovery

ARIZONA FILMS

-Future Last Forever by Ozcan Alper (Turkey)

ARRI MEDIA WORLDSALES

-Porfirio by Alejandro Landes (Columbia/Spain/Uruguay/Argentina/France)

ARROW ENTERTAINMENT

ARTIST VIEW ENTERTAINMENT INC

ATLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM GMBH

cinema icons: Chiara Mastroianni (Persepolis, Carnage), the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni, and Geraldine Chaplin (Doctor Zhivago, Talk to Her), the daughter of Charlie Chaplin MPI plans a spring theatrical release for the film, to be followed by release on DVD and VOD Americano was acquired after it’s world premiere in Toronto by Film

Distribution – Benelux, California Filmes – Brazil, Babilla Cine - Colombia

-Memories Corner by Audrey Fouche ♀ (France,Canada)

BANKSIDE FILMS

-Trishna by Michael Winterbottom (U.K., India) Sold to Sundance Selects (No America), A Film (Benelux), Madman (Australia and New Zealand), Bac Films (France), Shooting Stars (Middle East) Videovision Entertainment (South Africa)

BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL

-Death of A Superhero by Ian Fitzgibbon (Germany, Ireland) in TIFF Special Presentations Tribeca acquired No American rights October 2011

-Hotel Lux sold to Archibald for Italy after its gala premiere at Rome FF.

-Paula van der Oest’s Black Butterflies – U.S./Canada deal with Tribeca Film, France

(Zootrope), Middle East (Shooting Stars), CIS (Carmen), Brazil (Imovision), Latin America (HBO), Hong Kong (Edko), Colombia (Babilla), Mexico (Cinemas Nueva Era), Switzerland

(Frenetic), Scandinavian (Future Film), Taiwan (Swallow Wings) There is also buyer interest from Germany, the UK and other territories The film recently won three Dutch Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress.

-Lena – Christophe Van Rompaey (Netherlands, Belgium)

-Dreileben by Christian Petzold, DOminik Graf and Christoph Hochhausler (Germany)

B

ETA CINEMA

-In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland ♀ (Germany, Poland, Canada) Presold to Sony Pictures Releasing - U.S

BIGFOOT ENTERTAINMENT, INC (LA)

BIRCH TREE ENTERTAINMENT

-Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico) – TIFF Contemporary World Cinema Twentieth Century Fox has U.S., Mexico, Mongrel has Canada, Ad Vitam has France

CAT & DOCS

CELLULOID NIGHTMARES

-Raid, Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness premiere at TIFF, sold out all remaining territories for the Indonesian action movie Russia and other Slavic territories,

Scandinavia, Benelux, Iceland, and Italy were the European zone deals closed since the

screening, which occurred on the opening night of TIFF last week Deals were also made for all

of Latin America and as well as East Asia, Korea and India Sony Pictures Worldwide

Acquisitions smartly preemptively picked up the domestic rights to the movie, and other

territories were presold

CELSIUS ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC

-Zambezia 3D sold to E1 for Benelux, Paris Filmes for Brazil, Asia A for China, Hollywood Classic Entertainment for Czech Republic and Slovakia, Blitz for Ex-Yugo, Sena for Iceland, Global TV for Indonesia, Videx for Latin America, Film House for Israel, Videocine for Mexico, Front Row for Middle East, Maamund II Productions for Poland, VC Multimedia for Portugal, ITV for Romania, Ukranian Rights Management Group for Russia, Nu Metro for So Africa, Bloomage for So Korea, Praesens for Switzerland, Film Pop for Turkey, Blanco & Travieso for Venezuela,

-Loosies sold to IFC for U.S at TIFF

-Deadheads sold to Freestyle Digital Media for U.S at AFM

-Quick by Bum-Gu Jo (So Korea)

-Hindsight (Blue Salt) by Hyeon-Seung Lee (So Korea)

-My Way by Je-Kyu Kang (So Korea) sold to Well Go for No America at TIFF 11

-Tarbosaurus sold to Well Go for No America at TIFF 11

COACH 14

-Carre Blanc by Jean Baptiste Leonetti (France) in TIFF Vanguard

CONQUISTADOR WORLDWIDE MEDIA, INC

CONTENT MEDIA CORPORATION PLC

-The Numbers Station – Sold to Queen for Indonesia, Content for U.K

-The Day by Douglas Aarniokoski - Entertainment One has bought rights for the U.K., France, Scandinavia and So Africa, Nettai Museum has acquired Japanese rights Previously it was sold

to Splendid for Germany and Benelux In a deal that just reaches seven-figures, WWE Studios has acquired U.S distribution rights from Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content

-Sarah Palin – You Betcha! by Nick Broomfield (U.K.) in Reel To Reel Freestyle Releasing will handle U.S distribution

-Hick by Derick Martini (U.S.) in TIFF Special Presentations Cassien Elwes reps U.S

-Lovely Molly was acquired by Image Entertainment for U.S

DELPHIS FILMS INC.

-Hotel Swooni by Kaat Beels (Belgium)

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EALING STUDIOS

-Goddess

-Fast Girls was picked up for worldwide sales at TIFF Optimum has U.K

EASTWEST FILM DISTRIBUTION GMBH

-Mushrooms by Vimukthi Jayasundara (India, France)

EBS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT

ECHELON STUDIOS

ECHO BRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT

-Pearl Jam Twenty by Cameron Crowe (U.S.) In TIFF Special Presentations Sold to Films We Like - Canada

ELEMENT FILMS INTERNATIONAL

ELEVEN ARTS, INC

ELLE DRIVER

-Among Us by Marco Van Geffen (Netherlands) TIFF Discovery

-Omar Killed Me by Roschody Zem (France) TIFF Contemporary World Cinema Sold to: Mongrel – Canada, NBC Universal – France

-Hysteria by Tanya Wexler♀ (U.K.) SPC acquired U.S and selected territories from Producer Rep Cassian Elwes Sold to Hopscotch – Australia/ N.Z., Paradiso – Benelux, Conquest –

Brazil, Cinemania – Croatia, Haut Et Court (France), Senator – Germany, Feel Good – Greece, United King – Israel, Bim – Italy, Hagi- Poland, VC Multimedia – Portugal, Scanbox –

Scandinavia, MiMedia (So Korea), Vertigo – Spain, Praesens-Film AG - Switzerland, Catchplay – Taiwan, M Pictures – Thailand, Aurora - Ukraine

-Terra Ferma by Emanuele Crialese♀ (Italy) in TIFF Special Presentations Cinemien has Benelux, Conquest – Brazil, United King – Israel, 01 – Italy, Phars – Middle East, Non-Stop - Scandinavia English speaking territories, Russia and Spain in discussion

ELLIPSIS

-Islands by Stefano Chiantini (Italy)

ELO AUDIOVISUAL

EMPEROR MOTION PICTURES

EMPRESS ROAD PICTURES

ENTERTAINMENT 7

ENTERTAINMENT ONE FILMS INTERNATIONAL

-Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh ♀ (Australia) TIFF Special Presentations Sold to IFC - U.S., Entertainment One – Canada, ARP - France

-Keyhole by Guy Maddin (Canada) TIFF Special Presentations Entertainment One has

Canada Monterey Media has U.S

-Starbuck by Ken Scott (Canada) TIFF Gala Entertainment One has Canada

-The Hunter by Daniel Nettheim (Australia) TIFF Special Presentations Entertainment One has Canada TIFF 2011 Magnolia acquired U.S rights with UTA brokering the deal for the producers

EPIC PICTURES GROUP

-11-11-11 was sold to Rocket Releasing for U.S

EROS INTERNATIONAL

-Mausam by Pankaj Kapur (India) TIFF Special Presentations Eros has U.S.

ESCAPE ARTIST MOTION PICTURES

-Azhagarsamy’s Horse by Suseendran (India)

ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT

EUROPACORP

-The Lady by Luc Besson (France) TIFF Gala Sold to Cohen Media Group for U.S., Pathe Films AG (Switzerland) EuropaCorp has France

-Monster in Paris by Bibo Bergeron (France) TIFF Kids EuropaCorps has France

EXCLUSIVE FILMS INTERNATIONAL

-Outrun

-Rush – Front Row has the Middle East

-Undefeated by Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin (U.S.) TIFF Real to Reel The Weinstein Co has U.S., Alliance has Canada

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FANDANGO PORTOBELLO

-The Forgivness Of Blood by Joshua Martson (Albania, Denmark, Italy, U.S.) TIFF

Contemporary World Cinema, Venice FF Sundance Select has U.S., Mongrel has Canada.-Habemus Papam by Nanni Moretti (France, Italy) TIFF Special Presentations, Cannes FF IFC has U.S Entertainment One has Canada Other rights were sold to: Cineart – Belgium, Mares Filmes – Brazil, Camera Film – Denmark, Le Pacte – France, Prokino – Germany, Midas Filmes – Portugal, Independenta Film – Romania, Frenetic Films – Switzerland, Soda Pictures – U.K., Blanco &Travieso - Venezuela

FANTASTIC FILMS INTERNATIONAL, LLC

FARABI CINEMA FOUNDATION

FIGA FILMS

-Zoo (Zoológico) by Rodrigo Marin (Chile)

-Till Sunday (De jueves a domingo) by Dominga Sotomayor (Chile)

-Look At Me Again (Olhe Pra Mim de Novo) from Brazil by Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman, winner Audience Award Rio FF

-The Sky Above (O Céu Sobre os Ombros) by Sergio Borges winner Best Documentary Uruguay

FF

-Gisela a short from Brazil by Felipe Sholl (Cinefondation Cannes’ Residence)

-The Last Christeros (Los ultimos cristeros) by Matias Meyer (Mexico, The Netherlands) TIFF Visions

-The Parents (Los viejos) (Bolivia) World premiere 2011 Busan International Film Festival

-Blood of My Blood (Sangue do Meu Sangue) (Portugal) FIPRESCI Award winner 2011 San

Sebastian FF

-Absent (Ausente) by Marco Berger Teddy Award at the 2011 Berlinale

FILM BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL

-Winnie by Darrell Roodt (South Africa) TIFF Gala CAA is repping U.S D Films has Canada

FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT

FILM SALES COMPANY

-Wish Me Away was acquired by First Run Features for U.S

FILMAX

FILMBEAT

FILMBOX

-Burning Man by Jonathan Teplitzky (Australia) TIFF Special Presentations CAA is repping

No America

FILMEXPORT GROUP

FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT LLC

-The Raven – Sold to Ascot Elite, Top for Ukraine, UPI for U.K

-Gambit - CBS Films holds U.S rights to the Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz caper, while

FilmNation has virtually sold out all international territories Pre-sales in Berlin for deals with Metropolitan in France, Telemunchen in Germany, Roadshow Films in Australia and New Zealand, Medusa in Italy, West in Russia, Svensk in Scandinavia and Pardiso in Benelux the Alliance distribution network will put the film through Momentum in the U.K., Aurum in Spain and Alliance in Canada Revolutionary Releasing will release in Eastern Europe, Odeon in Greece and Cyprus, Sam Films in Iceland, LEV Cinemas in Israel, Italia in the Middle East, Lusomundo in Portugal, Ascot-Elite in Switzerland and Fida Film in Turkey Deals have also closed with Sun in Latin America, HGC in China, Lark Films in Hong Kong, WEG

Entertainment in India and Pakistan, PT Amero in Indonesia, Multivision in Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, SSG in Taiwan, Sahamongkol in Thailand, Star TV for pan-Asian PTV, Ster Kinekor in South Africa and Entertainment In Motion for airlines

-The Skin I Live In by Pedro Almodovar (Spain) TIFF Special Presentations Sony Pictures Classics has U.S Mongrel has Canada All rights sold

-Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols (U.S.) TIFF Special Presentations Sony Pictures Classics has U.S Mongrel has Canada

-The Oranges by Julian Farino (U.S.) TIFF Special Presentations CAA brokered No America deal with ATO Other rights were sold to: SND - France, ATO (Art Takes Over) – North

America

FILMS BOUTIQUE

-Faust by Alexander Sokurov (Russia) Winner of the 68th Venice Film Festival' s Golden Lion.TIFF Masters Financing comes from 38 countries Sold to Archibald – Italy, Clap Filmes – Portugal Offers in from U.K., Spain, France and Japan

-The Turin Horse by Bela Tarr (Hungary) TIFF Masters The Cinema Guild has U.S Also sold

to Movies Inspired – Italy, Bitter End – Japan, Eye – Film Institute Netherlands – Netherlands, Era New Horizons – Poland, Midas Filmes – Portugal, Artificial Eye – U.K

-Come As You Are by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium) was picked up by Les Films 13 (of Claude Lelouch – France, K Film Amerique – Canada

Belgium, plus Switzerland, Israel, Greece, Turkey and Austria.

-Goodbye First Love by Mia Hansen♀ (France, Germany) TIFF Contemporary World

Cinema Sundance Selects / IFC has U.S Also sold to Palace Films – Australia, Imovision – Brazil, Les Filmes du Losagne – France, Teodora Film – Italy, Frenetic Films – Switzerland, Artificial Eye – U.K

-Guilty by Vincent Gareno (France) Winner of Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in the Venice Days section The films will now get additional promotion and extended playing time across the Europa Cinemas Network TIFF Contemporary World Cinema Sold to Agora Films – Switzerland

-Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau (Canada) TIFF Special Presentations City of Toronto and Astral Media’s The Movie Network Award Award For Best Canadian Feature Film

Entertainment One has Canada Music Box has U.S It also sold to Germany (Arsenal

Filmverleih), Australia (Palace Films), Spain (A Contra Corriente), France (TF1/UGC) and Brazil (Conquest) Deals for Belgium and the U.K were also close to be being concluded

-Sons Of Norway by Jans Lien (Norway) TIFF Contemporary World Cinema

-The Snows Of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guediguian (France) TIFF Masters Sold to Thimlif GMBH – Austria, Mongel – Canada, Camera Film – Denmark, Films Distribution – France, Sacher Distribuzione – Italy, Agora Films – Switzerland

-House Of Tolerance (L’Apollonide) by Bertrand Bonello (France) TIFF Visions IFC has U.S.-Twiggy by Emanuelle Millet ♀ (France) TIFF Discovery

-Duch, Master of The Forges Of Hell by Rithy Panh (France,Cambodia) in Reel To Reel

-Skylab by Julie Delpy was sold to: Thimfilm – Austria, Bir Film – Turkey, Alta Films – Spain, Alfa Films – Argentina, Alambique – Portugal, NFP – Germany, Cinema Mondo – Scandinavia, Megacom – Czech Republic, 7 Films - Greece

FILMS TRANSIT

FILMBOX

-Burning Man TIFF CAA reps U.S rights

FILMSHARKS INT'L

-Chinese animation Piercing 1 sold to Portuguese TV’s RTP Portugal, Tren Distribution,

launched this July by Manuel Garcia, former manager of Argentine distrib 791 Cine, for

Argentina, Uruguay and Chile

-Snowman’s Land and Rotterdam Tiger winner Finisterrae sold to Tren for Argentina, Uruguay and Chile

-Evil in the Time of Heroes A U.S deal is pending It sold to Japan's Zazie Films, to Germany and Austria with Anolis Films

-Letters to Father Jacob sold to Australia's Rialto Distribution and Katholisches Filmwerk for Germany and Austria France is now under negotiation

-A Boyfriend for my Wife, produced by Argentina's Disney-backed Patogonik, has sealed Russia with Dalmatian Film

-American Venus, starring Rebecca De Mornay, sold to U.K.'s High Fliers Films

-Tear This Heart Out sold to So Korea

-Rain sold to So Korea’s Kim Media

-Untitled sold to Spain's Canal Plus It has already sold to more than 30 territories

-Hello Ghost sold to Twin Co Ltd for Japan.

-Hansel and Gretel sold to Asia Films for Japan.

-Blind , The Cat and Unstoppable Family (aka Marrying The Mafia 4) sold to Taiwan's Eagle

International Communication Co Ltd

-Children's animation film Leafie at MIPCOM TV market in Cannes, a hit in South Korea in

summer and a recent release (through Dadi Century Film Distribution (Beijing) Ltd in China, the film was sold to Lanterna de Pedra Filmes Unipessoal for Portugal, to CP Digital for the ex-USSR territories excluding the Baltic states, and to Pratama Film for Indonesia

-Arirang by Kim Ki-Duk (So Korea) TIFF Real to Reel Arirang is has sold to Italy (Punto Zero), German-speaking Europe (Rapid Eye Movies), and Poland (New Horizons) in addition Japan and Taiwan

-The Day He Arrives has sold to France (Les Acacias) and Israel (Nachoshon) in addition to

territories previously confirmed - U.S (The Cinema Guild), Japan (Bitters End), and Taiwan (Catchplay)

-Berlinale shorts Golden Bear winner Night Fishing, directed by brothers Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong under the moniker PARKing CHANce, also sold to Italy (Tucker Film) and German-speaking Europe (Rapid Eye Movies) after its sales for North America (Magnolia), Taiwan (Catchplay), and Hong Kong (Sundream)

FIRST HAND FILMS

FOCUS FEATURES INTERNATIONAL

-Pariah by Dee Rees ♀ (U.S.) TIFF Discovery, Sundance FF Focus has U.S Alliance has Canada

FORESIGHT UNLIMITED

FORTISSIMO FILMS

-What Maisie Knew – Falcon has Middle East

-Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediqbale by Wei Te-Sheng (Taiwan) TIFF Special Presentations Well Go USA acquired all North American rights Optimum has U.K

-Norwegian Wood sold to Soda for U.K and U.S in Pusan The film will be Soda's first move into the U.S market And the film will be released in association with new indie distributor Red Flag Releasing, which will handle theatrical and cable/satellite VOD distribution Soda will separately tie up with Flatiron Films for the DVD and digital releases Mongrel has Canada.-Good Bye by Mohamad Rasoulof (Iran) TIFF Contemporary World Cinema

-Wetlands by Guy Edoin (Canada) In TIFF Canada First

-White Frog by Quentin Lee picked up at TIFF

-Michael by Ribhu Dasgupta (India) was picked up by Fortissimo during TIFF where it played in Contemporary World Cinema

FORTUNE STAR MEDIA LIMITED

FORWARD ENTERTAINMENT

FORWARD MOTION

FRANCE TELEVISIONS DISTRIBUTION

FRIES FILMS, INC

-Himizu by Sion Sono (Japan) TIFF Contemporary World Cinema

-I Wish by Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)

GAUMONT

-A Happy Event by Rémi Bezancon (France) TIFF Gala Sold to Entertainment One (Canada), Atlas Film + Medien GMBH (Germany), Double & Joy Pictures (So Korea), Pathe Films AG (Switzerland), Filma Ltd (Turkey), Aurora Distribution (Ukraine)

GEMINI FILMS

GK FILMS

GLOBAL CINEMA GROUP LLC

GOALPOST FILM

GOLD VIEW CO LTD.

-Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan) TIFF Visions

GOLDCREST FILMS

-Dark Horse by Todd Solondz (U.S.) TIFF Special Presentations Was sold to Prime Pictures - UAE

GOLDEN NETWORK ASIA LTD

-The Sword Identity by Haofeng Xu (China) TIFF Discovery

GREEN COMMUNICATIONS

GRUPO NOVO DE CINEMA E TV / BRAZILIAN CINEMA PROMOTION

GUARDIAN ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC

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H2O MOTION PICTURES (U.K.)

HALCYON INTERNATIONAL

HAN MEDIA CULTURE ( HK ) CO LTD

HANNIBAL PICTURES / HANNIBAL CLASSICS

-Things Fall Apart acquired by Image for No America at TIFF

HANWAY FILMS

-Kon-Tiki – Nordisk has Scandinavia, Front Row has Middle East, Delphi has Germany

-Woody Allen: A Documentary is being introduced to international buyers here at the AFM Submarine has already sold U.S DVD/digital rights to New Video, Canadian rights to Films We Like, and airline rights to Jaguar distribution PBS’ American Masters will air the film in the US

in two parts on Nov 20 and 21

-Quartet, Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut has presold to Transmission for Australia/ N.Z., A Film for Benelux, MG for the former Yugoslavia, Delphi for Germany, Odeon for Greece, Front Row for the Middle East, Lusomundo for Portugal, Ster-Kinekor for So Africa, Vertice for Spain, Elite for Switzerland, Atom Cinema for Taiwan

-A Dangerous Method by David Cronenberg (Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, U.K.) TIFF Gala Entertainment One has Canada Other rights: Australia-Transmission Films, Czech

Republic-Bontonfilm A.S., Denmark-Scanbox Entertainment (Denmark), France-Indie Circle, Hunary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Sweden-Maywin Media Ab, Switzerland-Millbrook

Pictures Ag, Turkey-Calinos Entertainment

-Pina by Wim Wenders (Germany) Official German submission for Oscar Best Picture TIFF Masters Sundance Select/ IFC has U.S Also sold to Imovision – Brazil, Sofia International Film festival – Bulgaria, Cine Colombia – Colombia, Mongrel – Canada, MTVA – Hungary, Bim Distribuzione – Italy, Era New Horizons – Poland, Midas Filmes – Portugal, Avalon

Distribucion – Spain, Filmcoopi Zurich – Switzerland, Bir Film – Turkey, Artificial Eye – U.K.-Shame by Steve McQueen (U.K.) TIFF Special Presentation, Venice, Telluride Fox

Searchlight picked up U.S after Venice and Telluride Alliance has Canada Other right went to: Prokino – Germany, Non-Stop – Scandinavia, Frenetic Films – Switzerland, Front Row Filmed Entertainment – UAE

-You’re Next by Adam Wingard (U.S.) TIFF Midnight Madness CAA repping No America sold to Lionsgate for North America

-The Story Of Film: An Odyssey by Mark Cousins (U.K.) in Reel To Reel

-Wuthering Heights by Andrea Arnold ♀ (U.K.) in TIFF Special Presentations Sold to

Oscilloscope Films - No America, Transmission Films – Australia, Diaphana Distribution – France, Prokino – Germany, Alta Classics – Spain, Maywin Media – Sweden, Artificial Eye – U.K., Jaguar Distribution - U.S

HIRSCH WALLERSTEIN

Twixt by Francis Ford Coppola (U.S.) TIFF TIFF Special Presentation Sold to Pathe - France

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL

HYDE PARK INTERNATIONAL

-Thunder Run - Computer animated war film

-Bernie – Millenium has U.S

-Liberal Arts – Tanweer has India

-The Bleeder – Tanweer has India Will have marketing support from ESPN including a special documentary to be aired prior to the film’s release

-Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance – Columbia has U.S and Canada Germany sold to Prorom, Croatia sold to Pa-Dora, Pimena has Turkey, Noori has So Korea, Deltamac has Hong Kong, Audio Visual has Greece

-Leonie – Kadokawa has Japan

-Lost Christmas – BBC broadcast December

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ICON ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL

Coriolanus by Ralph Fiennes (U.K.) TIFF Special Presentations The Weinstein Co has U.S D Films has Canada Other right were sold to: Tandem Film – Bulgaria, KSM – Germany, Mokep-Pannonia – Hungary, Star Media Entertainment – Norway, Savor Ediciones – Spain, Top Film Distribution – Spain, Prime Pictures – UAE, Lionsgate UK – U.K