Central Partnership new projects in Cannes 2019
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SILVER SKATES
Adventure/Romance | February 13th, 2020
Production
The year 1900 is just around the corner. In winter, St. Petersburg transforms into a fairytale-like wonderland where frozen rivers and canals bustle with activity. The city is home to 18-year-old Matvey who works as a delivery boy at a famous local bakery. The son of a poor lamplighter, his only treasure is a pair of silver-plated skates he inherited from his father. Meanwhile, a high-ranking official’s daughter Alisa is feeling like a prisoner in her father’s mansion. One day their paths begin to converge...
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Baba Yaga: Terror of the dark forest
Horror/Mystery | October 31st, 2019
Post-Production
A young family hire a nanny to look after their newborn daughter. After gaining the trust of the young parents, the nanny begins scaring their daughter and older son, Egor, at night. Egor tells it to his parents but they don’t believe him. One day Egor comes home to find that his little sister has disappeared along with the nanny. His parents are in a strange trance-like state and don’t remember ever having a daughter. Egor sets out with his friends to look for his sister. They are convinced that the nanny is actually an ancient Slavic demon that once went by the name Baba Yaga.
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THE NINTH
Thriller| TBC 2019
Post-Production
St. Petersburg, late XIX century. Nobility and middle class citizens are enamored by a new fashion – spiritualism and the study of the occult. British clairvoyant Olivia Reed is in the capital of the Russian Empire with a tour of spiritual séances. Her shows are sold out. At the same time the city is shocked by a string of violent murders. Their dismembered bodies are found all over the city and the manner in which they have been killed suggests that some dark ritual is involved.
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Young police officer Rostov and his deputy Ganin head the official investigation, but with each new victim they feel more powerless – they have no clue how to find the mysterious murderer. When the investigation brings them to Olivia, they decide to ask for her help: maybe she will be able to use her “power” to help them solve the case?
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SEE YOU SOON
Drama/Romance | July 26th, 2019
Completed
SEE YOU SOON is a modern-day “Cinderella” and an epic love story. A US soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup and during his recovery embarks on a romance with a Russian single mom. The film carries a positive message about love building bridges between the unlikeliest of places, and the power of soccer to unite the world.
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Full movie screener available upon request
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THE WIDOW
Horror | January 2nd, 2020
In Production
In a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades.The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others. They call it the Limping Widow.
Based on real events.
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FIXIES VS. CRABOTS
Animation | December 26th, 2019
Production
Professor Eugenius finds both his career and secret friendship with the Fixies in danger when his college sweetheart, Erica, threatens to reveal that Eugenius only beat her out of the University’s Grand Prize in 3D Printing because Fixies were secretly helping him. Erica challenges Eugenius to a rematch to show the world who the better inventor really is! Eugenius will employ his Fixie friends while Erica has little helpers of her own – crabbots, miniature robotic crabs that are faster and stronger than the Fixies.
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Our office address in Cannes:
3 Square Mérimée, 2nd floor
Facing Café Roma and La Californie, enter on the right from La Californie Café
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