Top 100 Pirated Movies of the Festival Report Unveiled by CEG TEK International

CEG TEK International (CEG TEK) measured activity occurring on the BitTorrent peer-to- peer (P2P) file sharing network leading up to this year’s festival, taking place in Santa Monica, CA from November 6 to November 13. CEG TEK reported that daily P2P download demand by BitTorrent users of the Top 100 Pirated Movies of the Festival approached 1 Million globally.

In the days leading up to the Festival, taking place in Santa Monica, CA from November 6 to November 13, the download demand on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing network of the Top 100 Pirated Movies approached 1 Million daily, according to a new report issued by CEG TEK International (CEG TEK). The report, Top 100 Pirated Movies of the Festival, “provides a glimpse of the impact piracy has on filmmakers, distributors, and the industry as a whole, while also highlighting the overwhelming demand for quality films and story-lines,” commented Co-Founder & COO, Kyle Reed. The films monitored were based on a cross-section of filmmakers and distributors attending the Festival this year.

CEG TEK’s proprietary detection software was designed with several unique abilities including tracking without actively participating in peer-to-peer networks. “The tracking solution we’ve developed is an outstanding complement to our suite of services,” said Jon Nicolini, Co-Founder & CTO, “as it empowers our clients by providing valuable intelligence regarding their creative works and how they stack up worldwide.”

To see the full Top 100 Report, including an expanded list highlighting the Top 400 Pirated Movies of the Festival please visit http://www.cegtek.com/AFM.

TOP 100 PIRATED MOVIES OF THE FESTIVAL

Film Title – Daily Average Global Demand

1) Elysium – 161,891

2) Side Effects – 48,576

3) 2Guns – 47,538

4) The World’s End – 44,328

5) Red 2 – 33,331

6) Safe Haven – 32,576

7) Empire State – 32,048

8) 21 And Over – 31,043

9) Escape Plan – 30,035

10) Blood Of Redemption – 25,483

11) Movie 43 – 24,782

12) Bullet To The Head – 24,419

13) Sharknado – 23,256

14) Scary Movie V – 22,011

15) The Place Beyond The Pines – 21,689

16) The Grandmaster – 20,257

17) Kings Of Summer – 15,493

18) Paranorman – 12,812

19) Anna Karenina – 12,404

20) Moonrise Kingdom – 10,785

21) Alex Cross – 10,107

22) I Spit On Your Grave – 9,142

23) Gallowwalkers – 8,400

24) Zombie Hunter – 8,131

25) Scenic Route – 8,074

26) Vikingdom – 7,532

27) Good Vibrations – 7,134

28) Law Abiding Citizen – 6,319

29) Passion – 6,187

30) Seeking Justice – 6,180

31) Frozen Ground – 6,022

32) One For The Money – 5,724

33) Apartment 1303 3D – 5,677

34) Kon-Tiki – 5,451

35) Pawn – 5,246

36) The Lincoln Lawyer – 5,220

37) The Legend Of Sarila – 4,779

38) Imaginaerum – 4,662

39) Branded – 4,637

40) Gone – 4,587

41) Let Me In – 4,566

42) The Canyons – 4,515

43) Casa De Mi Padre – 4,434

44) Dark Circles – 4,317

45) Aftershock – 4,188

46) The Sapphires – 4,101

47) You’re Next – 3,975

48) Pandorum – 3,909

49) The Collection – 3,788

50) Allegiance – 3,725

51) Eden – 3,590

52) My Awkward Sexual Adventure – 3,480

53) Liberal Arts – 3,480

54) Dream House – 3,468

55) Battledogs – 3,466

56) Fruitvale Station – 3,257

57) El Gringo – 3,195

58) We Are What We Are – 3,181

59) Bernie – 3,089

60) Officer Down – 3,083

61) Instructions Not Included – 3,006

62) Ass Backwards – 2,993

63) Mirror Mirror – 2,980

64) Crank: High Voltage – 2,927

65) The Black Waters Of Echo’s Pond – 2,862

66) Compulsion – 2,830

67) Brooklyn’s Finest – 2,651

68) Tekken – 2,609

69) The Crazies – 2,604

70) Delhi Safari – 2,599

71) Rushlights – 2,532

72) Promised Land – 2,494

73) Saving General Yang – 2,484

74) Traitor – 2,409

75) The Ugly Truth – 2,385

76) Saga – Curse Of The Shadow – 2,363

77) American Virgins – 2,293

78) Populaire – 2,290

79) High School – 2,270

80) Battle Royale – 2,243

81) Gamer – 2,241

82) Revelation Road 2: The Sea Of Glass And Fire – 2,213

83) Mac And Devin Go To High School – 2,200

84) Stash House – 2,192

85) Rush – 2,178

86) Kill The Irishman – 2,167

87) Absolute Deception – 2,146

88) Knight Of The Dead – 2,106

89) The Men Who Stare At Goats – 2,077

90) Bad Kids Go To Hell – 2,072

91) Celeste And Jesse Forever – 2,062

92) Assassins Tale – 2,013

93) The Devils Double – 2,009

94) The Package – 1,938

95) 100 Bloody Acres – 1,929

96) Twice Born – 1,891

97) Being Flynn – 1,838

98) Tasmanian Devils – 1,832

99) Maximum Conviction – 1,832

100) Machete Kills – 1,819

Visit http://www.cegtek.com/AFM to see the full Top 100 Report, including an expanded list highlighting the Top 400 Pirated Movies of the Festival. To learn more about CEG TEK’s services or to schedule a free consultation during the Festival, please call 877 526 7974 ext 175, email salesteam(at)cegtek(dot)com, or visit http://www.cegtek.com.

CEG TEK offers comprehensive anti-piracy solutions and in-depth business intelligence services to combat digital piracy. Customized to suit the specific needs of all content creators of film, audio, video, image, text, video games and software, CEG TEK’s automated process continuously monitors valuable features, detects and validates infringements, and responds immediately to minimize loss. CEG TEK’s proprietary system provides multiple anti-piracy solutions including a service solution that is available at no cost to the content owner.

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CEG TEK understands the extensive lengths, sacrifices, and risks filmmakers and content owners take to reach audiences worldwide. CEG TEK’s in-house team of technology, intellectual property, and legal experts work together to ensure that owners’ valuable creative works are protected from digital piracy. To learn more about CEG TEK’s services, please visit http://www.cegtek.com. To schedule a free consultation during the Festival please call 877 526 7974 ext 175 or email salesteam(at)cegtek(dot)com.

About CEG TEK International

CEG TEK International provides first-in-class copyright, trademark and brand protection, offering in-depth business intelligence and comprehensive anti-piracy solutions to rights & content owners worldwide. Cutting edge technology enables us to track, analyze, and protect all types of content & assets including Movies, Music, Video Games, Software, Books, Images, Logos, Brands, Trademarks, Products, and Text across multiple Peer-to-Peer protocols (P2P) and websites globally. To learn more about CEG TEK’s services, please visit http://www.cegtek.com.

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Posted On: Beverly Hills, CA November 04, 2013

Top 100 Pirated Movies of the Festival Report Unveiled by CEG TEK International

ITN Distribution, Inc. Unveils Film Selection for Eight Days of Deal-Making at the 2013 American Film Market

ITN at AFM – The World’s Largest Motion Picture Tradeshow in Los Angeles, CA

The Acquisitions team at ITN Distribution Inc. (ITN) are gearing up to sell their slate of films during the American Film Market (AFM), set for Nov. 6-13 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. This year’s films are a mix of high-concept independents in all popular genres, including, horror, thriller, drama, romance, comedy, action, family and Sci-fi.

For the 12th consecutive year, ITN will be conducting sales for territories worldwide in Loews office 705. Specializing in high quality, star driven independent films, ITN Distribution, Inc. has established itself as a leading independent film distribution company for selling and licensing films for the international and domestic TV, VOD, DVD and theatrical markets.

“We are thrilled to have a presence at AFM. It is one of the industry’s top global events and an extraordinary experience for all who attend. At ITN, we are on a mission to sell an unprecedented number of titles,” said CEO Stuart Alson. “We have independent films and potential buyers galore and look forward to exploring all opportunities.”

ITN/AFM HIGHLIGHTS:

THE SUSPECT: 90min. Multi award-winning Action/Thriller. Complete. A bank robbery takes an unplanned deadly turn.

Cast: Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile, Dawn of the Dead), William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption), James McCaffrey (Rescue Me), Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives) and Rebecca Creskoff (Curb Your Enthusiasm).

BETRAYAL: 92 min. Action/Thriller. Complete. When the Russian mob came after his family…it became personal. Cast: Jack Topalian (Argo, NCIS: Los Angeles), Eric Roberts, Oleg Taktarov (Predators, National Treasure, We Own the Night).

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS: 115min. Family. Complete. Eighteen-year-old Ashley lives life in the fast lane. After a chance encounter with the handyman, she finds herself writing and directing a Christmas play for over sixty underprivileged kids. At the same time she runs headlong into her ultimate soul mate.

Cast: Eric Roberts, Vivica A. Fox and Lexi Ainsworth

THE BATES HAUNTING: 76min. Thriller. Complete. When her best friend Lily is killed in a terrible accident at the Bates Motel’s Haunted Hayride, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt to confront her trauma. As death strikes again, Agnes must find out what is causing the accidents before more people die.

Cast: Ryan Dunn (Jackass), Jean Louise O’Sullivan (Pary Like the Queen of France)

THE LIBRARY: 90min. Thriller. Complete. In 1860 small pox takes the life of a little girl. She enters the library to get her ready for her next life.The evil darkness takes the girl into lower earth. All the corners of hell are fighting to keep her from reaching the next level. Three guardians are sent to rescue her but they only have 30 minutes.

THE SURVIVAL GAMES: 95min. Action. Complete. A group of friends camping trip turns into kidnapping, guns, and fighting for their lives.

Cast: Konrad Case, Robin Zamora, Mischa McCortney, Stephanie Rubin, Christos G. Vass and Heather Gornall

THE HOSPITAL: 90min. Horror. Complete. Old St. Leopold’s Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls.

Cast: John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International), Jim O’Rear (The Dead Matter), and Daniel Emery Taylor (Return of The Swamp Thing).

PASTOR SHEPHERD: 90min. Family. Complete. The tale of a down-on-his-luck freeze-dried-pet-salesman and his journey to become the first-ever-cyber-evangelist.

Cast: Danny Trejo, Maria-Elena Laas and Pastor Shepherd.

NARX: 90min. Action. Complete. A veteran New York City undercover cop gets his biggest mission ever – taking down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City.

Cast: Fat Joe, Chris Mulkey (Boardwalk Empire, The Purge), Rocky Passafaro, Alex Maisonette and Jason Rodriguez.

THE HOUSE OF LIZZIE BORDEN: In-Production. Five college students move into off-campus housing in Fall River, MA. Unknowingly, they move into the former Lizzie Borden house. An ITN original production. Starts shooting November 11th, 2013.

EXIT TO HELL: 81min. Action/Horror/Thriller. Complete. A local gang rob a mafia run strip club, shooting up the place and killing anyone in sight. They head south for the border, but when they enter the town of Redstone and begin terrorizing the locals, they find that crime is a dish best served cold!

Cast: Kane Hodder (Jason X, Ed Gein, BTK), Tiffany Shepis (Cyrus), Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.) and Jason Spisak (Piranha 3D)

THE BACKPACKER: 91min. Action/Thriller. Complete. Returned soldier Ben Cross is a man who will stop at nothing to find his missing sister and save her from a serial killer in the Outback.

Cast: Vincent Stone and Laura Andersen

VIRGIN ALEXANDER: 90min. Comedy. Complete. Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel – even though he has never had sex before.

Cast: Rick Faugno, Paige Howard (Adventureland), Bronson Pinchot (True Romance, Risky Business), Elizabeth Masucci (Shame, Theo), Mika Boorem (Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Blue Crush), Joe D’Onofrio (Goodfellas, Spider Man, We Own the Night).

KILLER ANTS: 80min. Thriller. Complete. There are more than 100 billion fire ants on earth. They swarm in seconds. Attack in the thousands. And kill within minutes. And now, they are coming to wreak havoc in Texas.

THE BLACKOUT: 90 min. Comedy. It was the best night of their lives, if they could only remember. Cast: Michael Graziadei (American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, 90210), Shanelle Workman (The Bold and the Beautiful, Grey’s Anatomy, One Life to Live), Autumn Federici (616: Paranormal Incident), David Barry Gray (Game Change), Shane Lynch (90210).

THE OUIJA EXPERIMENT: 90min. Horror. Complete. A group of friends play with a Ouija board and record it. The footage they captured cannot be explained.

Cast: Justin Armstrong, Dave Clark, Miranda Martinez, Carson Underwood and Eric Window (Jason X, Friday the 13th VII and VIII), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and Angie Savage.

SINS (aka Sins Expiation): 90min. Action/Thriller. Complete. Two ex-gangsters meet on a high-speed train to Sicily.

Cast: Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Primal Fear), Michael Madsen, John Savage (The Godfather: III, The Deer Hunter), Anne Jeffreys (General Hospital), Hal Yamanouchi (Push) and Giovanni Martorana.

THE SECRET VILLAGE: 90min. Thriller. Complete. Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.

Cast: Jonathan Bennett (Pawn, Van Wilder, Mean Girls), Ali Faulkner (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Stelio Savante (Starship Troopers 3) and Richard Riehle (Office Space, The Man From Earth).

THE LEGENDS OF NETHIAH: 93min. Sci-Fi/Action/Fantasy. Complete. A grandfather introduces his grandson to a fantasy world of creatures and science-fiction.

Cast: John Heard (Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Prison Break), Theresa Russell (Spider Man 3, Eureka, The Last Tycoon), Robert Picardo (Star Trek, Total Recall, Stargate: Atlantis) and Julie Michaels (Titanic, Batman Forever).

ALCATRAZ STORAGE: 90min. Thriller. Complete. Seven strangers, trapped in a haunted underground storage facility struggle to survive while fighting a supernatural beast. Together, the strangers must team up and fight the supernatural beast in order to survive.

AMY: 90min. Thriller. Complete. Amy is blessed with clairvoyance (ESP). She witnesses her village fall into demonic possession. As Amy tries to stop the fall, the Devil takes over her soul-forcing the priest to perform a dangerous exorcism.

Cast: Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon), Jessica DiGiovanni, Kurt Peterson, Kris Smith and Clayton Meyers.

THE FAMILY: 90min. Thriller. Complete. It’s hard for a family to stay together when killing is in their blood.

Cast: Tony Todd (Candyman, The Man From Earth, Final Destination) and Kane Hodder (Jason X, Friday the 13th VII and VIII), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and Angie Savage.

DO NOT DISTURB: 98min. Thriller/Horror. Complete. After the murder of his fiancée, Katherin, floundering screenwriter Don Malek is hell bent on revenge. Plagued with personal demons, Don checks into a seedy motel room to enact a bloody rampage. When he checks in, no one checks out.

Cast: Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night, 976-Evil, Mr. Hush), Tiffany Shepis (Abominable, Night of the Demons, Cyrus), Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes, The Artist, The Prestige, Bad-Ass), Corey Haim (The Lost Boys, Crank: High Voltage, License to Drive).

SILENCE: 90min. Thriller. Complete. An ailing former scuba diver begins experiencing otherworldly incidents.

Cast: Matthew Lawrence (The Hot Chick, Mrs. Doubtfire), Masiela Lusha (The George Lopez Show, Kill Katie Malone), Muse Watson (I Know What You Did Last Summer series, The Last Exorcism II).

GOD DON’T MAKE THE LAWS: 100min. Drama. Complete. Does time exist when nothing changes? That is the question for the picturesque Village of Rockwell, where time has frozen. Nobody gets sick; nobody ages, and nobody dies due to a tragic bus crash that took the lives of the 1977 undefeated Rockwell High School Basketball Team.

Cast: Ella Rae Peck (Gossip Girl, Deception, upcoming Sony Pictures ‘The Call’ with Halle Berry), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon), Robert Prescott (Burn After Reading, Michael Clayton), Peter Vack (CBGB) and Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Winner Bruce Davison (Short Cuts, Longtime Champion, X-Men and X2

KNOCKDOWN: 90min. Action/Thriller. Complete. A former American boxer now exiled in Bangkok is forced to confront his violent past after meeting a mysterious fight fan from his hometown.

Cast: Tom Arnold (True Lies, Hit and Run), Bai Ling (Red Corner, The Crow) and Casey Evans

DRIVING BY BRAILLE: 89min. Drama. Complete. Sarah Corso is deeply afraid of turning out like her mother who had the progression of love, marriage, kids, etc. right up until the day she suffered a psychotic break down.

Cast: Daytime Emmy Award Nominee Tammin Sursok (Pretty Little Liars, The Young and the Restless, Aquamarine), Finola Hughes (General Hospital, Like Crazy, Daytime Emmy Award Winner), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Golden Globe Nominee), Ryan Eggold (upcoming film: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby w/ Jessica Chastain, I Will Follow You in the Dark), Golden Globe Nominee Andrea Marcovicci (The Front) and Manu Intiraymi (Go, J. Edgar).

ASHES: 90min. Thriller. Complete. The story of two brothers whose lives are unraveling. As one brother plummets deeper into mental illness, the other, Ashes, copes by throwing himself into the world of crime.

Cast: Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs, Looper, The Prestige), Ajay Naidu (NBC’s Lateline, Office Space, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler), Heather Burns (HBO’s Bored to Death, NBC’s Twenty Good Years, Miss Congeniality) and Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek, Elysium)

To schedule an appointment during AFM, please email VP Nicole Holland at meetings@ itndistribution.com. A full catalog of ITN titles and trailers can be viewed at itndistribution.com. For all media requests, please email Briege McGarrity at bmcgarritypr(at)gmail(dot)com. For updates on AFM, please visit http://www.AmericanFilmMarket.com.

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About ITN Distribution Inc. – Founded by entertainment impresario Stuart Alson in 2001, ITN distribution has become a leading independent film distribution company, known to buyers worldwide. Over the past 12 years, it has established itself as a major player in the world of distribution and specializes in negotiating the best deal possible for their clients. ITN’s objective is to become a top source for attracting, acquiring, understanding and selling product. Their international presence at AFM, CANNES, MIPCOM, MIPTV, Berlin (EFM), NATPE Miami, NATPE Budapest, Hong Kong FILMART and Toronto has shaped a realistic approach to distributing independent movies.

Posted On: Beverly Hills, CA November 08, 2013

ITN Distribution, Inc. Unveils Film Selection for Eight Days of Deal-Making at the 2013 American Film Market