Jinga @ Cannes 2017
RIVIERA G7 - Palais des Festivals
REPLACE
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / 101 min / 2017
Screening:
Wed 17/05 @ 15:30 - Palais H
Friday 18/05 @ 19:30 - Lerins 4
Writer: Richard Stanley (Hardware).
Cast: Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).
Story: Afflicted with a skin disease, young and beautiful Kira discovers she can replace her skin with that of other girls. Accompanied by her lover, she embarks on a murder spree and the victims become her donors.
Distribution: Wild Bunch (Germany), Njuta (Scandinavia), VCinema (China).
Festivals: Brussels Fantasic (Belgium), Fantaspoa (Brasil), Fantasia (Canada), FrightFest (UK).
STILL / BORN
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Screening:
Thursday 18/05 @ 12:00 - PalaisG
Saturday 20/05 @ 13:30 - Palais F
Writer: Colin Minihan (Extraterrestial, Grave Encounters, It Stains The Sands Red).
Cast: Christie Burke (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Jesse Moss (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil), Rebecca Olson (Kindergarten Cop 2) and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers).
Story: When Mary loses one of her twins in childbirth, she spirals into madness thinking her other child is in danger from an evil spirit.
Festivals: FrightFest (UK).
SEQUENCE BREAK
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Romance
Screening:
Monday 22/05 @ 13:30 - Palais H
Director: Graham Skipper (Beyond The Gates).
Cast: Fabianne Therese (Starry Eyes), Chase Williamson (The Guest).
Story: A beautiful young woman threatens the reality of a reclusive video arcade technician, resulting in a bizarre bio-mechanical mutation.
Awards: Best Film - Chatanooga Film Festival (USA).
Review: "VIDEODROME meets ALTERED STATES...a sci-fi/horror/romance that amalgamates love and electronics".
OUR EVIL
Genre: Supernatural Thriller / 92 min / 2017
Screenings:
Thurs 18/05 @ 13:30 - Palais F
Mon 22/05 @ 16:00 - Olympia 4
Story: An exorcist employs a serial killer to protect his daughter from demonic possession.
Distribution: Njuta (Scandinavia), Matchbox (UK).
Festivals: FrightFest (UK), Sitges (Spain).
Review: “A hitman/serial killer thriller that evokes THE SIXTH SENSE and THE EXORCIST” - Projected Figures.
TONIGHT SHE COMES
Genre: Horror / 85 min / 2017
Screening:
Friday 19/05 @ 11:30 - Palais F
Cast: Adam Hartley, Frankie Ray
Jenna MacDonald.
Story: The search for a missing girl leads four friends to a cabin in the woods inhabited by an insane family of rednecks.
Awards: Best Film - Eerie (USA), Best Film - Buffalo Dreams (USA) - Best Film - A Night Of Horror (Australia).
Distribution: Njuta (Scandinavia), Just Film (Benelux).
Review: "Horny teens, hillbillies and an unstoppable killing machine...the movie CABIN FEVER tried to be" - UK Horror Scene.
FREDDY EDDY
Genre: Thriller / 94 min / 2017
Screening:
Sunday 21/05 @ 9:30 - Lerins 4
Story: After being accused of beating his wife, Freddy discovers that his twin brother Eddy, who supposedly died at birth, has now re-appeared and is intent on destroying his life.
Awards: Best Film - Lunen Kinofest (Germany), Best Newcomer - HOF (Germany), Best Feature , Snowdance (Germany).
Distribution: Efida (China), HBO (East Europe Pay TV).
INCARNATION
Genre: Action Thriller / 82 min / 2016
Screenings:
Sunday 21/05 @ 11:30 - Palais H
Story: A man wakes up on a bench without any idea who he is until he is shot by four assassins. The man wakes up on the same bench thinking his death was a dream until the assassins return and kill him again. Stuck in a hellish loop, he tries to unravel the mystery and with each death he gets closer to the truth.
Festivals: Screamfest (USA), Night Vision (Finland), Raindance (UK), Cottbus (Germany), Fantasporto (Portugal), Fantaspoa (Brasil).
Distribution: New Select (Japan), Njuta (Scandinavia), Moviecloud (Taiwan), Spark Future (China), Cinema Novo (Portugal), Renaissance (Mexico).
Review: Like SOURCE CODE and LOOPER...maintains edge-of-your-seat thrills" - The Edge.
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THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN
Genre: Horror / 112 min / 2017
Story: At a new years eve party a young man is determined to lose his virginity, but by midnight he finds himself alone and rejected until a middle aged woman invites him back to her apartment. What promises to be an epic sexual adventure turns into a nightmare when he discovers that the woman has a mysterious agenda.
Festivals: Nightmare (Italy), A Night Of Horror (Australia), Morbido (Mexico), Zinema Zombie (Colombia), South African Horror Festival, Atlanta Horror Film Festival (USA), Buffalo Dreams Film Festival (USA)
Review: "Horror nuts, gore fiends and seasoned devotees of extreme cinema, drop everything: we might have found your new favorite movie." - Flickering Myth.
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LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER
Genre: Romantic Comedy / 105 min / 2016
Cast: Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond), Henry Goodman (Notting Hill), Juliet Stevenson (Bend It Like Beckham) and Johnny Flynn (Clouds Of Sils Maria).
Story: Opposites attract when a middle class cellist falls in love with a working class dispatch rider, but their relationship is soon put to the test when they meet each others families and confront a class and cultural divide.
Festivals: Chicago (USA), Mill Valley (USA), Sao Paulo (Brasil), Dinard (France), Utrecht (Netherlands), Chichester (UK), Cambridge (UK), East End (UK), Fantasporto (Portugal), Washington (USA), Toronto (Canada).
Distribution: Cleopatra (North America), HY Media (China), Just (Benelux).
Review: "A joyful, funny, rich, rewarding and utterly compelling picture." - Stephen Fry.
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BEYOND THE GATES
Genre: Horror / 86 min / 2016
Cast: Graham Skipper (Almost Human), Chase Williamson (The Guest), Brea Grant (Halloween 2), Barbara Crampton (We Are Still Here).
Story: Two estranged brothers are re-united by the mysterious disappearance of their father. As they search his vintage video store they find an old board game that holds a key to his whereabouts and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
Festivals: Los Angeles (USA), FrightFest (UK), Sitges (Spain), Fantasy Film Fest (Germany), Cambridge (UK), Dublin (Ireland), Calgary (Canada), Pancevo (Serbia), Grossmann (Slovenia), Grimmfest (UK), Brussels FFF (Belgium).
Awards: Nightfall Award - Best Film (LA Film Festival), Best Film (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival).
Distribution: IFC (North America), Signature (UK), Umbrella (ANZ), VCinema (China), Njuta (Scandinavia), MovieCloud (Taiwan), Suraya Filem (Malaysia & Brunei), Tema (Spain).
Review: "A horror JUMANJI". - Nerd Report.
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THE RIFT
Genre: Sci-Fi / 90 min / 2016
Cast: Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Monte Markham (The Six Million Dollar Man), Katarina Kas (The Wolf Of Wall Street).
Story: The CIA receives a signal that one of their spy satellites has crashed in Serbia. A team of US agents are dispatched to retrieve the flight data and unlock the terrifying truth behind the ill-fated mission.
Festivals: Cinestrange (Germany), Grimmfest (UK), Science + Fiction (Italy), Horrothon (Ireland), Dracula (Romania), Celludroid (South Africa), Fantasporto (Portugal), Moscow Fantastic (Russia).
Distribution: Cleopatra (North America), Kaleidoscope (UK), More In Film (Korea), Cinema Novo (Portugal).
Review: "An X-FILES sci-fi thriller, which explores themes around god and our place in the wider universe" - Nerdly
THROUGH THE SHADOW
Genre: Supernatural Thriller / 106 min / 2016
Story: Laura is hired to look after two orphaned children who live on their Uncle's coffee plantation. As she investigates the history of the building she discovers she has become the victim of a diabolical plot.
Festivals: Rio (Brasil), Sao Paulo (Brasil), Shanghai (China), FrightFest (UK), Rojo Sangre (Argentina), Fantasporto (Portugal).
Awards: Best Actress (Fantaspoa).
Distribution: Kaleidoscope (UK), VCinema (China), Catchplay (Taiwan), Njuta (Scandinavia).
Review: "Based on the classic novel THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James...An effective chiller that explores some very dark places" - Eye For Film.
LOST SOLACE
Genre: Thriller / 106 min / 2016
Cast: Andrew Jenkins (Supernatural), Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond), Leah Gibson (Watchmen), Charlie Kerr (Grave Encounters), Michael Kopsa (Fantastic Four).
Story: A psychopath who has never felt empathy or guilt is forced to confront his immorality after taking a new drug.
Festivals: Cinequest (USA), FrightFest (UK), Whistler (Canada), Horrorthon (Ireland), Fantasporto (Portugal).
Awards: Best Director (Auckland International Film Festival).
Distribution: Kaleidoscope (UK), Raven Banner (Canada), Cinema Republic (Korea), VCinema (China), Cinema Novo (Portugal).
Review: "AMERICAN PSYCHO meets LIMITLESS, a surreal, surprising and astonishing head trip of a genre-buster" - Alan Jones, FrightFest.
