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Dear friends,
Easternlight Films is proud to announce that we will have the pleasure of attending Cannes for the first time this year. We will be announcing our sensational new slate of films, including The Forest (from Oscar® nominated director, Ashvin Kumar), The Coffin (from Ekachai Uekrongtham, director of the multi award-winning BEAUTIFUL BOXER) and Waiting Alone (nominated for "Best Picture", "Best Actress" and "Best Art Direction" at 2005 Chinese Academy Awards). Our entire screening schedule can be downloaded below.
Note: Arclight and Darclight line-ups / screening schedules will be sent to you seperately.
If you would like to schedule a meeting, contact Mark Padilla at mark@arclightfilms.com.
We will be situated at: Riviera C1 | Telephone number: +33(0)4 92 99 32 20.
- Download our complete screening schedule (Microsoft Word format, 31.5KB):
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We look forward to seeing you there!
With best wishes from,
Gary Hamilton: gary@arclightfilms.com m: +1 917 826 2113
Ying Ye ying@arclightfilms.com m: +1 310 341 8592
Jonathan Deckter jonathan@arclightfilms.com m: +1 310 770 7727
Lina Marrone lina@arclightfilms.com m: +1 416 569 1224
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The Forest POST PRODUCTION [ horror ]
Academy Award nominated director Ashvin Kumar leads us in this tense and gory horror/thriller as a hungry leopard is pitted against self-absorbed city-slickers in a night of terror.
Cast: Javed Jaffrey, Nandana Sen, Ankur Vikal, Tarun Shukla, Salim Ali Zaidi
Writer / Director: Ashvin Kumar
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The Coffin PRE PRODUCTION [ thriller / horror ]
Supernatural terror is unleashed after a young man spends a night in a coffin, in the hopes he will somehow cheat death. Based on the traditional Thai coffin ritual.
Cast: Ananda Everingham
Writer / Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
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Waiting Alone SCREENING [ comedy / romance ]
First time director Dayyan Eng has fashioned a cheeky, sexy and fast paced comedy romance that is reminiscent of Woody Allen. WAITING ALONE shows us a China rarely seen in cinema, a China that is contemporary, hip and vibrant.
Cast: Xia Yu, Gong Beibi, Li Bingbing
Writer / Director: Dayyan Eng
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Jasmine Women SCREENING [ drama / romance ]
Two of Chinese cinema’s hottest stars, Golden Globe® nominee Zhang Zhiyi (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON; HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS ) and the luminous Joan Chen (THE LAST EMPEROR; TWIN PEAKS) feature in the stunning directorial debut from Hou Yong; a sumptuous and intimate epic of three generations of women in one family, unfolding over three chapters.
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen
Director: Hou Yong
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The Road SCREENING [ drama / romance ]
Li Chunfen, a rural bus ticket collector, finds both passion and pain in her pursuit of love. As her life starts to pass her by, she decides to return to her roots and finds a renewed hope for the future.
Cast: Zhang Jingchu, Fan Wei, Nie Yuan
Director: Zhang Jiarui
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