Selective Filmography 2013

SUCK (Feature Film)

A rock’n’roll vampire comedy about a group of musical wannabees in search of immortality and a record deal. The Winners have sunk so low, they will do anything to make it big. After a life-changing encounter with a vampire, they rocket to stardom only to discover that fame and fortune is not all it’s cracked up to be.

DIRECTOR: Rob Stefaniuk
PRODUCERS: Robin Crumley, Jeff Rogers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
CAST: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessic Paré, Dave Foley, Iggy Pop, Dimitri Coats, Moby, Henry Rollins, Alex Lifeson, Calico Cooper, Carole Pope with Malcolm McDowell and Alice Cooper
WEB SITE: www.suckthemovie.com

Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames (Documentary)

A renowned Jungian analyst, author and teacher, Marion is best known for her groundbreaking work on feminine psychology and addiction. Her books include Addiction to Perfection, The Owl was a Baker’s Daughter, Bone: Dying into Life, The Pregnant Virgin and Dancing in the Flames.
Dancing in the Flames chronicles a unique life through conversation with renowned scholar and mystic, Andrew Harvey (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) and featuring the animation of Academy Award winning, Faith Hubley.

DIRECTOR: Adam C. Reid
PRODUCER: Robin Crumley
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
ANIMATION: Faith & Emily Hubley
WEBSITE: www.dancingintheflames.com

TIDELAND (Feature Film)

In the great tradition of child fantasy stories such as The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, Terry Gilliam takes us on a wild adventure with his adaptation of Mitch Cullin’s cult classic novel. Welcome to the world of Jeliza-Rose, the young heroine and narrator of TIDELAND. What has brought Jeliza-Rose from the big city to the prairies? And why is her former rockabilly guitarist father not talking to her anymore? TIDELAND is as optimistic as it is surreal, as humorous as it is suspenseful.

DIRECTOR: Terry Gilliam
PRODUCERS: Jeremy Thomas, Gabriella Martinelli
Key CAST: Jeff Bridges, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher

GETTING GILLIAM (Documentary)

GETTING GILLIAM explores Terry Gilliam’s methodology as a director, incorporating animation, clips from his previous films, and extensive interviews. An in-depth exploration of Gilliam’s process in order to understand the incredible creative mind of one of film’s greatest auteurs.

DIRECTOR: Vincenzo Natali
PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jeremy Thomas

LIVES OF THE SAINTS (Mini Series)

The story of Vittorio Innocente and his mother Christina, whose affair with a blue-eyed stranger shatters the innocence of Vittorio’s childhood. The tiny Italian village of Valle del Sole harbors century-old superstitions, fears, maliciousness, hypocrisy and a pagan past. The closer Vittorio comes to the truth about his mother, the more his discoveries threaten to tear apart his own world.

DIRECTOR: Jerry Ciccoritti
KEY CAST: Sophia Loren, Sabrina Ferilli, Fabrizio Filippo, Jessica Pare, Nick Mancuso and Kris Kristofferson
NOVEL: Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci
WRITER: Malcolm MacRury
PARTNERS: Capri Films, CTV Television and RTI S.p.A.

BETWEEN STRANGERS (Feature Film)

The emotional mysteries of three women gradually unfold, shedding light on their relationships and providing insight into long-buried secrets.

PRODUCERS: Gabriella Martinelli, Elda Ferri
DIRECTOR: Edoardo Ponti
KEY CAST: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Pete Postlethwaite,
Malcolm McDowell, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Deborah Kara Ung

ROMEO + JULIET (Feature Film)

William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy reinterpreted by director Baz Luhrmann, set in modern day Verona Beach.

PRODUCERS: Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann
DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann
WRITER: William Shakespeare, Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, Paul Sorvino, John Leguizamo, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Postlethwaite

THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE (Feature Film)

A young boy travels to China to visit his father who is working to preserve the endangered pandas. When poachers steal a baby panda, the boy and his Chinese friend Ling take off through the jungle to save their furry friend.

DIRECTOR: Christopher Cain
PRODUCERS: Lee Rich, Gary Foster
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
WRITERS: John Wilcox, Steven Alldredge, Jeff Rothberg, Laurice Elehwany
KEY CAST: Stephen Lang, Ryan Slater

THE SPIRIT OF TIBET:
JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT (Documentary)

An intimate glimpse into the life and world of Dilgo Khyentse, writer, poet and meditation master and primary teacher to the Dalai Lama. This unique portrait tells Khyentse’s story from birth to death… to rebirth – from his escape following China’s invasion of Tibet to his determination to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings far and wide.

PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: Matthieu Ricard
KEY CAST: Dalai Lama, Norbu Samphell, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
NARRATION: Richard Gere
Music: Philip Glass

M BUTTERFLY

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera “Madame Butterfly”, a story of love and betrayal unfolds.

PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
WRITER: David Henry Hwang
CAST: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Ian Richardson
MUSIC: Howard Shore

NAKED LUNCH (Feature Film)

An exterminator and occasional writer kills his wife by accident and soon after turns to drugs. He then descends into a surreal land called “Interzone,” which abounds with huge talking bugs who tell him of a conspiracy.

PRODUCER: Jeremy Thomas
CO-PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
NOVEL: William S. Burroughs
WRITER: David Cronenberg
KEY CAST: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy heider

DEAD RINGERS (Feature Film)

The Mantle brothers are both doctors – both gynecologists – and identical twins. Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets. When he’s tired of his current partner, she is passed on to the other brother – without her knowing. Everything runs smoothly, until an actress visits their clinic, and the shy brother falls in love.

PRODUCERS: Marc Boyman, David Cronenberg
PRODUCTION MANAGER/POST-SUPERVISOR: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
WRITERS: David Cronenberg, Norman Snider
KEY CAST : Jeremy Iron, Genevieve Bujold

NIGHTBREED (Feature Film)

When a man is falsely accused of a string of murders, he flees to an underground city filled with shapeshifting monsters. He is pursued by the real culprit.

PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: Clive Barker
WRITER: Clive Barker
Key CAST: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg

RENEGADES (Feature Film)

A young, urban policeman and a Lakota Indian reluctantly join forces to take revenge on a band of criminals.

PRODUCERS: J. Rickley Dumm, David Madden
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: Jack Sholder
WRITER: David Rich
KEY CAST: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips

JOHN AND THE MISSUS (Feature Film)

A small Canadian town is devastated when a local mine, the town’s only source of income, is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.

PRODUCER: Peter O’Brian
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
DIRECTOR: Gordon Pinsent
WRITER: Gordon Pinsent
KEY CAST: Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs

MILK & HONEY (Feature Film)

A young Jamaican woman leaves her son and family for a chance at a better life in Canada.

PRODUCER: Peter O’Brian
DIRECTORS: Glen Salzman & Rebecca Yates
LINE PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli
KEY CAST : Josette Simons, Lyman Ward

 MY AMERICAN COUSIN (Feature Film)

On the verge of becoming a teenager, Sandy yearns to not be treated like a child. The arrival of her 17 year old American cousin to her sleepy ranch town changes everything.

PRODUCER: Peter O’Brian
DIRECTOR : Sandy Wilson
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR: Gabriella Martinelli
KEY CAST: Margaret Langrick, John Wildman

DISCOVERY (large Format Pavilion Exhibit Film)

A young girl joins a space creature named Zargon and together they soar over British Columbia’s majestic beauty. Shot in 70 mm “Showscan Format at 60 fromes/sec for the BC Pavilion at Expo ’86

PRODUCER: Gabriella Martinelli, Peter O’Brian
DIRECTOR : Rob Turner
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Douglas Trumball & Ralph McQuarre
KEY CAST : Faruza Balk