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Company President, Rob Straight, and Sales & Acquisitions Executive, Michael Taverna, will be attending Mipcom to present Horizon’s line-up of new and exciting features, documentary, and mini-series. For an appointment, please contact Sales & Marketing Assistant, Shay Wilson at swilson@filmhorizon.com or call 604.632.1707 with suggested dates and times.
Visit us at our shared stand with Kadokawa Pictures 33.06. Tel. 33.(0)4.92.99.88.33. |
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Do not miss the Day 1 screening of Craig and Damon Foster’s, COSMIC AFRICA, an intensely visual exploration of Astronomy that draws on science, history, and culture to shed new light on the skies above. Details below. |
Horizon will also be attending the WAEA In-flight Entertainment market with Kadokawa Pictures this September 21st to 24th. Please contact Shay Wilson for appointments.
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BUSY MARKET SEASON
Horizon confirms attendance at 6 markets this fall, including Toronto Film Festival, WAEA Inflight Rights Conference and Market, Mipcom, Mifed, Tifcom (Tokyo), and AFM. Premiere announcements to accompany Mifed and AFM newsletters.
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SUMMER BOX OFFICE 
This was a very busy summer at the box office for Japanese Horror title, “One Missed Call” with theatrical releases in Hong Kong, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Norway, and Russia. Remaining, European, N. American, and Latin American releases will hit screens this fall and winter. |
| MIFED PREMIERE GRABS ATTENTION AT HOME: |
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“Ambitious in scope and intent…fascinating and studded with sumptuous Imagery”
Variety, USA
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“A most sterling accomplishment... you will want to cheer, or cry, or maybe both!”
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times |
“Cosmic Africa, the best documentary that I have seen in years.”
Executive Producer of the International Documentary Association: Sandra Ruch |
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Documentary (72 minutes)
Directors Craig and Damon Foster.
The extraordinary personal odyssey of African astronomer, Thebe Medupe, who journeys into this ancient continent's astronomical past, unveiling the deep connection humans have with the cosmos. |
Cosmic Africa will screen in the market’s HDTV section:
Monday, October 4th
10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Auditorium K |
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| “Eternal”, a new thriller based on the legend of the Countess of Bathory, was selected to close Montreal’s Fantasia, North America’s premiere genre film festival, which sold a record-breaking 78,000 tickets this year. TVA will release the film on 50+ screens in Quebec this month. Horizon is currently in negotiations with Distributors for US theatrical rights and will give the film its international market premiere at Mifed in October. View the trailer on www.filmhorizon.com. |
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MPD-PSYCHO
Horror (6x56 min episodes)
Japan
Dir. Takashi Miike
When police fail to a catch serial killer who is targeting high-school girls, retired policeman Kazuhiko Amemiya is called in to use his strange but unique skill – his multiple-personality. |
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A PROBLEM WITH FEAR
Drama (94 min)
Canada
Dir. Gary Burns
Laurie Harding is afraid of everything, but things become more alarming when he finds his worst fears are becoming a reality and catastrophe is spreading city-wide. |
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INSTALL
Drama (94 min)
Japan
Dir. Kataoka K
Based on the sensational best-selling and award-winning novel by Risa Wataya chronicling a teenage girl’s erotic journey of self-discovery through the liberating anonymity of internet erotica. |
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KISARAZU CAT'S EYE
Comedy/Drama (123 min)
Japan
Dir. Fuminori Kaneko
From Kankuro Kudo, writer of the internationally acclaimed “PING PONG” and “GO”comes a hilar-ious small town comedy about a group of 5 unemployed beer-loving baseball-obsessed friends. |
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FIREFLIES: RIVER OF LIGHT
Drama (110 min)
Japan
Dir. Hiroshi Sugawara
A school teacher inspires a quiet student with an unusual project but finds his job on the line when he realizes that her ultimate goal is to meet her deceased mother. |
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MUSUMEDOJOJI
Drama (112 min)
Japan
Dir. Yukiko Takayama
Searching for answers to her twin’s suicide, Haruki is drawn into the fascinating world of Kabuki theater and falls for its mysterious and seductive leading star. |
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PROTEUS
Drama (100 min)
South Africa / Canada
Dir. John Greyson & Jack Lewis
Based on a true story, a young man is sentenced to hard labor on Robben Island, Cape Town’s harsh penal colony, and begins a love affair that transgresses vast cultural taboos. |
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Rob Straight, President
Michael Taverna, Sales and Acquisitions Executive
Caroline Stern, Director of Distribution & Marketing
Shay Wilson, Sales & Marketing Assistant
1040 Hamilton Street, Suite 207 Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2R9 Canada Tel. 604.632.1707 Fax. 604.632.1711
film@filmhorizon.com www.filmhorizon.com
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