Dear Sir / Madam,
Further to last year¹s success, the International Forum of Cinema and
Literature has decided to reinforce its economical dimension.
The First International Literary Adaptation Market will take place in Monte
Carlo from October 3rd to October 6th 2002. The Market will benefit from the
experience and the know-how of the Cannes Market and its director Jerome
Paillard.
The International Literary Adaptation Market, unique in the world, offers
you the opportunity to meet with authors, publishers and agents from around
the world. You will also have full access to the networking events of the
Forum as well as debates on literary adaptation, comics and audiovisual
rights.
The first Forum gathered most of the French publishing companies and also
welcomed such celebrities as Mary Higgins Clark, Sydney Pollack, Alain
Corneau and Claude Miller.
This year, the International Literary Adaptation Market will bring together
international publishers, literary agents, authors (novels, plays and
comics) and audiovisual professionals (cinema and television), in particular
from the United States, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany.
Producers attending the Market will receive in advance, a detailed catalogue
with the proposed literary works. With this catalogue you will be able to
select the works that interest you and at your request, we will organize
individual meetings between you and publishers, literary agents and authors
at the Market.
The International Literary Adaptation Market takes place just before Mipcom,
for four days at the prestigious «Sporting d¹Hiver» of Monte Carlo and will
be a unique event, efficient and dynamic, meeting your constant demand for
new film subjects.
Join us in Monte Carlo from October 3rd to 6th!
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Kerem Ayan - kerem(a)forum-cinema-ecriture.com
Alice Kharoubi - alice(a)forum-cinema-ecriture.com
tel : 33 (0)1 46 02 12 05
fax : 33 (0)1 46 02 39 81
site : www.forum-cinema-ecriture.com
At the 55th Cannes Film Festival, which ran from May 15-26, Director
LIM Kwon-taek was awarded Best Director for his recent film,
<Chiwhaseon>. Director LIM Kwon-taek's previous film, <Chunhyang>, was
the first Korean film ever to be selected for official competition at
Cannes in 2000. Now being Korea's first director to win an award from
the prestigious festival, he has become an honored director both at home
and across the world. Following its success at Cannes, <Chiwhaseon> has
been officially invited to premier at Karlov Vary Int'l Film Festival,
New York Int'l Film Festival, and Melbourne Int'l Film Festival.
At the 26th Annecy Animation Festival, which ran from June 3-8,
Director LEE Sung-gang's first feature animation, <My Beautiful Girl,
Mari>, won the Grand Prix Award in the feature film competition. With
history in the making, <My Beautiful Girl, Mari> was Korea's first
animation to be officially selected for the world's most prestigious
animation festival. By winning the Grand Prix award, it provides a
greater momentum for letting the world know about Korean animations.
After being released earlier this year, <My Beautiful Girl, Mari> will
hit local screens once again in late June. Annecy will also screen the
film at the Paris Centre Georges Pompidou theater from June 21-23.
Much-talked about director, BYUN Young-joo, just recently went into
production for her feature debut with actress KIM Yoon-jin to play the
starring role. In <Mil-ae>'s story of "passionate romance," BYUN
Young-joo will depict the secret emotions and desires inherent in one
woman's typical everyday life through the eyes of a female director. The
story is about a typical housewife, who coincidently discovers that her
husband is having an affair, and later releases her angst by fulfilling
her desires through a man named Gyu whom she meets. After KIM Yoon-jin
made her debut in the action thriller <Shiri>, and most recently, the
comedy <Iron Palm> and the SciFi blockbuster <Yesterday>, she goes
through a transformation as an actress after becoming the star of a
romance in which she plays a housewife named Mee-hon. As much as the
makers of <Mil-ae> are a female director, female producer, and female
executive producer, they said they will not make any compromises to the
world as the film will show a woman's justified philander.
<Take care of my cat>
<Asako in Ruby Shoes>,<Kick the Moon>,<Last Present>,<Public Enemy>,<The
Last Witness>
<Road Movie><Running Blue>
<Take care of my cat>
<Take care of my cat>
<My beautiful girl, Mari>
<My beautiful girl, Mari>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/mari/default.asp> France
(Editions M)
<Take Care of My Cat>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/cat/default.asp> UK
(Millennium Film Distribution),
Singapore (Media Corp),US (Kino International)
<Elysium> <http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/movie/elysium/default.asp>
Russia (Ruscico),Thailand (Nontanund Ent)
<Say Yes> <http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/sayyes/default.asp>
Germany (Anolis)
<Volcano High> <http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/high/default.asp>
France (CTV International),Israel (Dream Ent),
Singapore (Media Corp),Brazil (China Video)
<Chiwhaseon> France (Pathe),Europe (Wild Bunch)
<Ducky the Perky>
<http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/movie/elvis/default.asp>
Thailand (MJC Ent)
<Lexa> <http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/movie/lexa/default.asp>
Thailand (MJC Ent)
<Public Enemy> <http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/enemy/default.asp>
Thailand (Tiga), Singapore (Media Corp)
<Surprise Party> Thailand (Tiga)
<No Blood No Tears>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/noblood/default.asp>
Thailand (Tiga)
<Marriage is a Crazy Thing>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/Crazy/default.asp> Thailand
(Tiga)
<Turning Gate>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/discovery/default.asp>
Thailand (Tiga), Japan (Bitters End)
<My Beautiful Days>
<http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/movie/24/default.asp>
Thailand (Tiga)
<Jungle Juice> <http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/juice/default.asp>
Thailand (Tiga)
<The Last Witness>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/witness/default.asp>
Singapore (Media Corp),
Thailand (Nontanund Ent)
<Funny Movie> <http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/funmovie/default.asp>
Thailand (Nontanund Ent)
<Bichunmoo>
<http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/movie/bichunmoo/default.asp>
Brazil (China Video)
<Glass Shoes(TV Drama)>
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/glass/default.asp> Indonesia (PT
Warna Picture Boxindo)
<Golden Age(TV Drama)> China (Nuvo Film)
On a morning of her boyfriend Jung-woo's arrival from abroad, Mi-ryung
tries to prepare a little surprise party for his return. When faced with
her father's disapproval to throw the party, she calls on her best
friend Ha-young for help. She asks Ha-young to spend 12 hours with her
boyfriend while she prepares the act and persuades her father to approve
of her boyfriend. As Ha-young is forced into spending time with her best
friend's boyfriend out of nowhere, she begins to sense growing affection
toward him amidst a dozen happenings. A romantic comedy based on
innocent affection for a friend's boyfriend.
<http://www.wix.co.kr/cinema/movie/mari/default.asp>
An unemployed 30-year old loser HU Bong-goo (KIM Seung-woo) still
reaches into his parents' pockets for money. One day, he is left with
just 300 won ( 3 cents) when he is utterly exhausted from his army
reserves training, with which Bong-goo decides to buys a cheap lighter.
Whether by coincidence or by fortune, he leaves the only thing he owns
in this world, the precious lighter, at the bathroom of Seoul Station
and leaves.
Later, when Bong-goo goes back to retrieve it, he finds the lighter in
the hand of a gang boss named YANG Chul-goon (CHA Seung-won). Bong-goo
tries to take back his lighter, but ends up getting beaten up in the
act. Determined to get his lighter back, Bong-goo hops on the train
headed for Busan after Chul-goon. It was just one request that he made,
"If it's okay with you, I'd like my lighter back." From this moment on,
HU Bong-goo and YANG Chul-goon get involved in a grueling fight over
their macho self-esteem.
----- Original Message -----
From: Zokalo Entertainment
To: info(a)zokalo.com
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:29 AM
Subject: NO TURNING BACK for sale!
Dear friends:
We are finally ready to send out to a group of selected buyers such as yourself screening-cassettes of our award winning and critically acclaimed feature NO TURNING BACK. (We'll give preference to buyers that give us a FedEx or another shipping account number)
NO TURNING BACK written and directed by Jesus Nebot and Julia Montejo, starring new Latin star Jesus Nebot, Beverly Hills 90210 star Lindsay Price and Emmy winners Vernee Watson-Johnson and Susan Haskell, has just received the ALMA award (considered as the Oscars for Latino Productions throughout the world) as Outstanding Independent Motion Picture. This is our 10th International Best picture award, an incredible record, especially if we consider that our film was completed less than a year ago.
NO TURNING BACK will have its Premiere Theatrical release in Spain through Lauren Films this coming June 21st. It will be a wide release in both Original version in English as well as in dubbed version in Spanish that will cover over 40 different locations.
Other theatrical releases are currently in negotiations in countries such as Mexico (Columbia-TriStar) and The United States (Universal). All rights for your territory are currently available.
GRUPO PI, Spain's largest distribution company with more than
6.000 films in its catalog, has recently acquired NO TURNING BACK for international
distribution.
Nevertheless, until the end of June, we remain in control of the movie and therefore we can offer it to you at a very special rate since we can avoid the middle-man commission
NO TURNING BACK is an English-language, 35mm, dramatic thriller based on
actual events. It tells the story of Pablo, an illegal immigrant in the US,
who is forced by tragic events into eluding the police and racing against time in order to protect his six-year-old daughter from a harsh and uncertain future.
THIS IS WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT "NO TURNING BACK"!
a.. "Impressive!" - The Hollywood Reporter
b.. "Mesmerizing!" - Mundo LA
c.. "Riveting!" - Worldview Press
d.. "Stunning!" - Imagine News
To view our trailer, find out details about our download a full press kit or for further information, please visit the film's website at
www.noturningback.com
We look forward to your prompt response. We will only attend screening cassettes requests from this office until June 14th and offers to buy until the end of June. Other inquiries afterwards will be forwarded to our new international sales agent GRUPO PI.
Warmest regards,
Gilbert Orozco
Head of Marketing
www.noturningback.com
ZOKALO ENTERTAINMENT
2118 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1105
Santa Monica, California 90403
Phone: 310-4780770
Fax: 310-4962772
info(a)zokalo.com
www.zokalo.com
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