Arthur Kananack



Office at Cannes: Palais d'Orsay
Tel: 04 93 43 58 38
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Executives attending
Arthur Kananack, president
Claude Kananack, director of sales
Juan Carlos Zapata, president, modern classics
First market attended: AFM 93
Most films budgeted $3-5 million
Also buying films in Cannes
Featured product
Looking for an Echo (US) Music/light drama. In production. Dir: Marty
Davidson. Cast: Armand Assante, Bruno Kirby. Thirty years after Vince
Pirelli was a star, his career is washed up and he is forced to confront
his troubled past.
Gut Feeling (US) Comedy. Completed. First introduced at AFM 98. Dir: Ian
Sears. Cast: Julie Haggerty, Susan Blakely, George Lazenby. A young ad
executive has just created the hottest campaign for LA's top agencyÉ
only to be fired. 95 mins.
Ricky Six (US) Drama. Pre-production. Dir: Peter Filardi. Cast: Vincent
Kartheiser, Chad Christ, Katie Hudson. A group of "Gen-X" teenagers are
involved in drugs, sex and satanism.
Return to Savage Beach (US) Action. Completed. First introduced at AFM
98. Dir: Andy Sidaris. Cast: Julie Strain, Shae Marks. A top secret
government agency needs to recover two computer disks which hold the
secret of the location of a great treasure. 98 mins.
Expelled for Murder (US) Thriller. Pre-production. Dir: David
Saperstein. Cast: Michael Madsen, Keith Carradine, Charles Durning. A
tightly wound ghost thriller draws a Hollywood writer into a vortex of
mystery and revenge.
The Girl from Ipanema (US) Comedy. Pre-production. Dir: Christopher
Gambale. Cast: Sonia Braga, Giancarlo Gianinni. Fate brings a "hot shot"
TV director into the arms of an exotic Brazilian girl, Rio Carnival,
black magic and a seasoned witch.
Kingdom (US) Action. Pre-production. First introduced at AFM 98. Dir:
Koichi Sakamoto. Cast: Mark Dascascos. A super hero fights against his
evil stepbrother in order to save the life of an infant with magical
powers.
The Calling (US) Comedy. Pre-production. Dir: Kenneth A Carlson. Cast:
Sean Young. A woman has been chosen to bring forth into the world a
child of God.
Angelito Mio (US) Family. Pre-production. Dir: Erique Pinead Barnet.
Cast: Daniela Lujan, Leticia Calderon, Carlos Banavides. A musical about
a little girl angel who comes to earth in search of God.
Dream Parlor (US) Sci-fi. Post-production. First introduced at AFM 98.
Dir: Jonathan Lawrence. Cast: Christopher Andrews, Akison Storry, Harold
Cannon. In the not-too-distant future, when machines rule men's
thoughts, a man discovers that the beautiful woman who haunts his dreams
is real. 92 mins.
Temple of the Hawk (US) Action. Pre-production. First introduced at AFM
98. Dir: Toby Russell. Cast: Kurt McKinney, Joe Lewis. A young American
travels to China to find his missing father and confronts many
adventures.
Fakin' Da Funk (US) Comedy. Completed. First introduced at AFM 97. Dir:
Tim Chey. Cast: Pam Grier, Dante Basco, Chris Spencer. An accidental
switch at an adoption agency sends a Chinese baby to an African American
family.
92 mins.
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