The pre-Cannes market is approaching and we are excited to share some of our titles with you.
CHECKERED NINJA 2 is the follow up to the highly successful animation CHECKERED NINJA, which broke box office records and sold to more than 50 territories. In this sequel Alex and the Checkered Ninja is yet again getting up to mischief and adventures, but this time far from home in exotic Thailand.
MARTYRS LANE is a British horror thriller, which ticks all the boxes in creepiness and intense drama. Being somewhat overlooked by her stressed mother and her father, the local pastor, Leah is left to her own company and imagination, but when she befriends a sweet but strange girl, her world is turned upside down, especially as Leah only gets visited during at night.
KARMALINK is a Cambodian sci-fi which follows a 13-year-old boy and his detective friend searching for a gold statue from the boy’s past lives, while navigating a high-tech, near-future Cambodia. The film deals with reincarnation, artificial consciousness, development and displacement of poor communities, and augmented reality.
HIVE(Sundance winner) centres on Fahrije who's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo and therefore is not just saddened with grief, but is also struggling financially. In order to provide for her family she launches a small agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are not seen as positive things.
Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realise that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.
In Checkered Ninja 2, we again follow Alex and the Checkered Ninja on a frantic hunt for the villain Phillip Eppermint. When Eppermint manages to evade a prison sentence in Thailand, Checkered Ninja comes back to life to team up with Alex. On their hunt for revenge and justice Alex and Checkered Ninja are swooped into a dangerous mission, where their friendship at times will be intensely challenged.
Drama / 83 min / Kosovo,Switzerland,Macedonia,Albania / 2021
Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo, and along with their grief, her family is struggling financially. In order to provide for them she launches a small agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are not seen as positive things. She struggles not only to keep her family afloat but also against a hostile community who is rooting for her to fail.
In near-future Phnom Penh a teenage boy and his scavenger friend attempt to untangle the mystery of his past-life dreams. What begins as a hunt for Buddhist treasure soon leads to greater discoveries that will either end in digital enlightenment or a total loss of identity.
