Cannes Market Dailies

FANTASTIC FILMS INTERNATIONAL brings new titles to Cannes, featuring  action thrillers: ROAR: TIGERS OF THE SUNDARBANS [Premiere Screening: May 15 @ 5:30pm-Lerins 2], KAPTARA and A STOLEN JACKPOT: our animated features: LUGGY, QUEST FOR A MAGICAL FLOWER,  and Z-BAW; fantasy & family films: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and SAM STEELE AND THE CRYSTAL CHALICE; and sci-fi action thrillers: THE PROTOTYPE, OTHER WORLD, and NESHIMA.  >>We will also introduce a number of additional new animated and live action features and TV series at the market.<<

At CANNES 2015, we are located at PALAIS DES FESTIVALS - LERINS, level 1, #R20, mobile # 1-310-560-9577.

To schedule a meeting contact: Roxane Barbat, roxane@ffimail.com or Fred deWysocki, fred@ffimail.com 

FANTASTIC FILMS INTERNATIONAL presents the following theatrical feature films: (more details at: www.fantasticfilmsinternational.com.  Ask for your Password for ONLINE SCREENING of our completed features).

 

ROAR: TIGERS OF THE SUNDARBANS – action thriller - India - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for a NEW TRAILER) 

>>> PREMIERE SCREENING: May 15-Friday @ 17:30 @ Lerins 2 <<<

An award winning, thrilling action adventure, where Uday, a photojournalist rescues a white tiger cub caught in a poacher’s trap. He brings the cub to a local village, causing the villagers to panic until the forest warden takes the cub away. The cub’s mother, a white Tigress, enters the village at night and when she can’t find her lost cub, she unleashes her wrath on Uday and disappears with his dead body. Uday’s brother puts together a commando team and a local tracker on a do-or-die mission to recover his brother’s body and kill the white Tigress. The team's quest leads them deep into the dangerous Sundarbans. An exciting hunt ensues, as the white Tigress not only eludes them every time but also manipulates them into her territory. Adding to their predicament, a villainous poacher schemes a plan to use the remaining group as bait to trap the white Tigress for himself. One after another, the hunters become the hunted. 

>>> FICCI BAF AWARDS: Best VFX in a motion picture and Best VFX shot of the year <<<

 

KAPTARA – animated action thriller - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for NEW TRAILER) 

Crushed by armies of Kaptara, the city of Athens is forced to hand over its children in a yearly blood offering sacrifice of seven youths and seven maidens to a bloodthirsty god.  Only the crown prince, Theseus, dares stand against the empire and he plots revenge against those who would destroy his people.  He ventures into the depths of a dark, mysterious temple with ever-changing halls of the Labryrinth, only to face a monstrosity more terrifying than anything civilized man has ever seen, the Minotaur.

 

LUGGY – animation - Iran - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW preliminary TEASER) 

Luggy is a music bag on her way to a music festival with her bag partner Lily.  At the airport, while waiting for their flight, they get invited to hear a bag band play.  Discovered by a cleaning crew, they are caught and thrown into a lost luggage jail.  Luggy and her new friends must now find a way to escape or they could be trapped and forgotten, never to play music again.

 

A STOLEN JACKPOT – thriller - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for NEW TRAILER) 

A Stolen Jackpot is an award winning, thriller where Tom Bennet is confronted with the two sides of luck. As soon as word gets out that Tom holds a $350 million dollar lottery ticket, his life takes a turn for the worse with the help of his scheming ex-fiancé and a local hustler who both plan a heist of his jackpot. Mix in skullduggery with a stolen investment formula, a childhood sweetheart, and a couple of homicidal pensioners, and Tom learns why winning isn’t everything.

 

QUEST FOR A MAGICAL FLOWER – animated adventure - India - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW preliminary TEASER) 

This is an enchanting tale of adventure and love.  It is the story of a young prince who is on a quest to find a magical flower to restore his father’s eyesight.  He is joined on his odyssey by his sidekicks, an eagle and a rattlesnake.  He must trek over treacherous terrain, outwit a scheming temptress and battle mystical monsters.  Along the way he also meets and falls in love with the beautiful Princess of the Flowers, who with the help of her butterfly fairy, will give the young prince the courage and faith to fulfill his mission. 

 

THE PROTOTYPE – sci-fi action thriller - USA - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW TRAILER)

Garrett Brown wakes up to a destroyed Earth 300 years into the future. His memory is slowly coming back thanks to drinking a blue liquid provided by human clones that survived the nuclear holocaust. Garrett remembers being part of a United States government agency and leading an investigation, in which terrorist aliens, led by Piak and Reverend Jeremiah C. Hope, plan to take over the planet.  Garrett dies protecting us but is buried and hidden by the agency to later resurrect in the future. Garrett and the clones who saved him must now come together to overthrow Piak, the alien conqueror, and take back Earth. Garrett fulfills his destiny and becomes The Prototype - the only hope for mankind. 

 

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ – family fantasy - USA - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW TRAILER)

Ten year old Dorothy Gale is carried away in a one-room cabin that she shares with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em by a tornado to the undiscovered Land of Oz.  Quite by accident, Dorothy unwittingly frees the short, rugged Munchkins from the cruel Witch of the East.  She is given the witch's Silver Shoes and is told by the Good Witch of the North that her best hope for returning home is to travel to the City of Emeralds to seek out a mysterious wizard, the Great Oz.  Along the way she rescues a forlorn Scarecrow and a brokenhearted Tin Woodman, and is joined by a deeply insecure Lion.  This unlikely band travels a perilous road to the Emerald City, where each of them is charged with first doing a favor for the Great Oz before he will help them.  They are sent to kill the Wicked Witch of the West, Oz's last remaining enemy.  But the Great Oz is a sham, and though these four unusual heroes have risked their lives carrying out his request, he is powerless to keep his promises. - This is not a remake, or a reimagining.  This is the FIRST faithful adaptation of the literary classic that brings Oz to life, in live action, as L. Frank Baum had envisioned it.  

 

Z-BAW – in 3D – animated adventure - Mexico - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER) 

A classic underdog story, set in a far off galaxy where the gods forged five trophies to bring balance the universe. ZAX and his evil Niurax Corporation plan to seize control of planet Mantar by stealing four of these trophies and then winning the Great Intergalactic Z-BAW Tournament to get the fifth and final trophy. Only young KIBIT and his inexperienced team of: MARA, PLUNK and BERDI stand in the way. But, Kibit's team doesn't stand a chance unless they can convince RAH, a legendary Z-BAW player, to coach this young team to victory.  Plenty of action and fun for everyone.

 

OTHER WORLD – sci-fi action thriller - Australia - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW TRAILER)

Two brothers are members of a small resistance group, who are fighting a losing battle to defend their small town from an invading alien species known as the Greys and their assorted alien-tech killing machines.  During one mission on the outskirts of town, to save their commanding officer’s daughter, the brothers uncover a shocking truth that will change their world.  

This alien invasion was created by the Government.  The whole town has been locked away from “the real world” as part of a combat data collection project established after government operatives discovered Grey genetic code decades ago. The Grey are clones, as are the town’s inhabitants.  All are part of a military test case established to prepare the Earth for an upcoming attack by the Greys.  What is real and who will survive? 

 

NESHIMA – fantasy action - USA - POST PRODUCTION (Click poster for NEW TRAILER)

A warrior tribe is waiting for their Goddess Sita to reincarnate and lead them to their home, Neshima. They guard a fragment of the crystal key she will use to open the portal to paradise. When barbarians raid their village and steal the fragment, Princess Lakshmi, her brother and their friends follow the barbarians into the desert. They steal back the fragment and find the missing piece, completing the key. However the barbarians attack the group, capture Lakshmi and kill her companions. The crystal key leads the barbarians to the fabled guardian, who they attack. Lakshmi kills several barbarians and saves the guardian. He takes her to Neshima and shows her that she is the reincarnation of Goddess Sita. She returns to Earth to lead her people home, only to discover the remainder of the barbarian tribe blocks their entrance to Neshima. Knowing what must be done, she leads her people into one final battle.

 

THE LAST BAD NEIGHBORHOOD – action - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER)

When all the dregs of society have been pushed into one corner of the city and corporate greed threatens to take over their last bad neighborhood, the criminals fight back. Mack is the enforcer, collecting money and breaking bones, for the Biker gang leader, Bishop, who rules this ruined corner of the otherwise clean and corporate city called Docklands.  Although Mack is a good soldier, he's starting to believe that things could be better. Alex, his beautiful girlfriend who runs the local clinic, wants them to leave, thinking Docklands is a lost cause. Lacey, Bishop's sly and seductive queen, seems to have plans of her own for both the area and for Mack. On top of all that, Silverstone, the power behind the City, wants the docks for his own, and is willing to use the most lethal of assassins, The Shortman & Still, to achieve his goal... no matter how many bodies need to be cleaned up afterwards.   In the face of the coming conflict, Mack has a choice to make: stand with his friends or run with Alex. And his decision could change Docklands forever.  This dark gritty tale features intense action, beautiful girls, martial arts, motorcycles and mayhem.

 

DOGS OF CHINATOWN – action - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER)

Dogs of Chinatown is a modern Romeo and Juliet tale with amazing martial arts action by cult superstars The Stunt People, all set in a world filled with gangsters, strippers and assassins. Utterly lonely, Jack sinks into deep depression as he bites down on a gun, but before he can pull the trigger, he's interupted by Mafia thugs kidnapping a beautiful Chinese girl. With nothing to lose, Jack thwarts the kidnapping, which changes his life forever. The victim he saves is the mistress of a Triad boss, who soon employs Jack and grooms him to be a hitman. As Jack rises to become the Triad's top assassin, he also falls for Boss Wu's favorite mistress, Jin, who he originally saved, putting both their lives at risk.  As Jack battles his way through the Mafia and the Triad, he must decide if his loyalty is with the Boss who gave him a new life, or the girl he loves.

 

RAPTURE – apocalypse sci-fi thriller - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER)

It happens without warning. All electrical devices are abruptly shut down. Dark, unearthly clouds form over cities and towns from which lightning strikes and vaporizes its victims. Food and water is suddenly contaminated, causing bacterial infection that kills within the hour, Ominous robed figures sweep the cities and landscapes, vaporizing everyone in sight. Caught on the outside of civilization are four people, confronted with the unexplainable dangers surrounding them at every turn. In their perilous journey to find refuge, the burning questions arise: is this an alien attack on mankind? God’s biblical wrath? Biological warfare from an earthbound enemy? As the nightmarish events continue to unfold, the grim reality becomes clear to them, that by day’s end mankind will be extinct. 

 

 SAM STEELE AND THE CRYSTAL CHALICE - family adventure - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER)

Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Dee Wallace, Jacob Hays, Katherine McNamara

When Sam Steele Jr. (Jacob Hays) decides to do an 8th grade history book report on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Des Moines in 1959, he learns from his teacher (Dee Wallace) of the legend of the Crystal Chalice, a priceless Russian treasure that may have been smuggled into Des Moines by Khrushchev's valet. Sam and the Junior Detective Agency go on a treasure hunt to find the Crystal Chalice, with the help of a Russian operative with a mysterious past and murky motives. Can he be trusted when an international treasure hunter and thief named Cash (Kevin Sorbo) comes to Des Moines with his gang of thieves? Will Sam, Emma and Doug the Dog find the Crystal Chalice before it disappears in the clutches of the greedy Cash?

>> Click here for the trailer of the prequel: SAM STEELE AND THE JUNIOR DETECTIVE AGENCY <<

 

 

THE LAST KUNG FU MONK – martial arts action - USA - READY FOR DELIVERY (Click poster for TRAILER)

Li Long is a Shaolin monk and a master at Kung Fu. He receives word that his long lost brother had died in a car crash and as the only relative, he must travel to New York to care for his young nephew. Li Long meets up with an old friend, Dave, who helps Li to open a Kung Fu school, only Li does not know that the funding for their venture was borrowed from the Russian mafia. The Russian mafia then kidnap Dave and some of the students to force Li Long to fight in an underground fighting club in order to pay back the loan and save the lives of his friends. No longer a peaceful warrior, Li will have to defeat every fighter in the club in order to even the score with the mafia and free his friends. But it won’t be easy. From a wild female team in high heels to a crazed and dangerous mixed martial arts champ, Li must fight to the bitter end…

Also AVAILABLE and READY FOR DELIVERY:

>> Click TITLE for Poster, Synopsis & Trailer <<

AGENT CRUSH - animatronics action/family - UK

BATTLE OF THE KINGS – animated action - Iran 

MATCHMAKER MARY - family - USA

MAX MAGICIAN and the LEGEND OF THE RINGS - fantasy adventure - USA

SAM STEELE and the JUNIOR DETECTIVE AGENCY - family adventure - USA

SHE WOLF RISING – horror - USA