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“17 Khz,” (Mediacrest)

Cut off in a border region, five people from different generations and countries confront Tiamat, a conspiracy of young teens who have ermined that the inly way to stop climate change is to eliminate all adults. That, for Tiamat, however, is not the end of their plan, just a beginning. A three-season fantasy thriller from Mediacrest, a fast-growing production-distribution outfit, multi-prized at September’s Conecta Fiction, partnered in Spain by A Contracorriente Films. ID: Mediacrest.

“The Age of Anger,” (“La edad de la ira,” Atresmedia Televisión, Big Bang Media, Masficción)

Penned by renowned young Spanish playwright Lucía Carballal, a writer on “Locked Up,” a high-school thriller plumbing the social angst assailing today’s youth. Produced by Atresmedia TV and The Mediapro Studio – a fertile production axis – through Tms’s Big Bang Media (“Caronte”) as well as by Masficción (“Hospital Central”). ID: Atresmedia TV International Sales, The Mediapro Studio Distribution

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Spain’s fast-growing TV production company Mediacrest is joining forces with Wanda Vision, one of the country’s top arthouse distributors-producers, on docu-filmmaker Gerardo Olivares’ project “Lonely Man.”

The Mediacrest-Wanda deal will see Wanda Vision’s partners José María and Miguel Morales assuming co-producers roles, handling an undisclosed part of project distribution rights.

“Lonely Man” represents Olivares’ return to the docu-fiction genre, a territory he already visited in two previous Wanda-produced projects, international sales hit “La Gran Final” and multi-prized feature “14 kilómetros.”

Both titles allowed Olivares to introduce fictional elements that helped the stories to progress within a real environment and characters.

In the case of “Lonely Man,” located in the Río Negro province in Argentina’s Patagonia, Olivares tells the story of Cándido Sandoval, a 70-year-old gaucho who lives alone in a cabin isolated from the world.

“This is a very personal project that arose after my travels...

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Bryce Dallas Howard costars as a dinosaur expert tasked with rescuing the animals from their island. Also costarring Daniella Pineda, Geraldine Chaplin, and Isabella Sermon. (male writers and director)

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Boundaries

Shana Feste writes and directs this family dramedy about a woman (Vera Farmiga) and her teen son who take a road trip with her criminal father.

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Never Steady, Never Still [pictured]

Shirley Henderson costars in this domestic drama about a woman suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Written and directed by Kathleen Hepburn.

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Spiral

Laura Fairrie directs this documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in contemporary France.

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Lobster Cop

Xinyun Li writes and directs this Chinese crime comedy about cops who open a restaurant to entrap bad guys.

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Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

Mouly Surya cowrites and directs this Indonesian dramatic...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, FandangoNOW, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Pacific Rim: Uprising Paul, Apostle of Christ Brothers of the Wind (family drama; Jean Reno, Manuel Camacho, Tobias Moretti, Eva Kuen; not...

"Once upon a time, up on the wind, there was a bird..." Epic Pictures Group has released a new Us trailer for a film titled Brothers of the Wind, an Austrian production in English about a boy who finds an eagle that has fallen out of its nest and raises it himself. This actually opened in Europe way back in 2015, and has already been available there for a few years. But they're just now planning a Us release sometime in 2018, since it has never been released in the Us. Brothers of the Wind stars Manuel Camacho as the boy, Lukas, with a cast including Jean Reno, Tobias Moretti, and Eva Kuen. This looks pretty much like it sounds, an inspiring family/kids movie about a boy who raises an eagle. To be honest, the footage looks good, I just wish I could go back and watch this as a kid...

Sam Neill and Melia Kreiling [pictured] will star in the thriller, directed by Andrew Goth.

Here in Cannes, Red Bull Media’s film production label CineMater has confirmed casting on its $15m quantum theory-based thriller DxM, directed by Andrew Goth.

Sam Neill will star in the thriller alongside a cast of emerging talents, among them Tom Payne (The Physician), Melia Kreiling (Guardians Of The Galaxy), Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dominique Tipper and Oliver Stark. The film will also mark the first film for world champion free runner, Ryan Doyle.

DxM is now in pre-production with principal photography to start in June. CineMater is selling the production at the Cannes Market.

Here in Cannes, CineMater is also continuing sales on its natural history themed $10m drama The Way Of The Eagle starring Jean Reno.

CineMater has three “brands”: Terra Magna (feature docs for the big screen), Wild Drama (movies where nature take a role) and Real Fear (dramatic films based on...