2023 Edition

Frontières returned to Montreal for the 15th edition of its co-production market, which took place July 26-29, 2023.

Official Selection: Market Projects

Frontières returned to the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal for the 15th edition of its co-production market which took place between July 26-29, with the Forum overlapping on July 26-28.

Frontières is pleased to announce the full lineup of projects for this year’s official Market and Forum selection. Notable project helmers include: Peter Hengl (FAMILY DINNER) from Austria, Yannis Veslemes (the upcoming SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE) from Greece, Jean Mach & Nicolas Alberny (8TH WONDERLAND) from France, Ashlea Wessel (the upcoming JUNCTION ROW) from Canada and Nyla Innuksuk (SLASH/BACK) from Canada. Quebec will be represented by filmmakers Jeanne Leblanc (LES NÔTRES), James Watts (DEATH TRIP) and Olivier Godin (IL N'Y A PAS DE FAUX MÉTIER). These projects showcase a wide variety of genres including horror, dark comedy, magical realism, monsters, an aquatic thriller, psychological horror and a new type of vampires. Past Frontières projects include IN FLAMES, HATCHING, LAMB, THE LONG WALK, SEA FEVER, VIVARIUM and RAW.

OFFICIAL MARKET SELECTION 2023

ALICE (The Netherlands)
Director: Jan Verdijk
Producers: Daniel Dow
Genre: Psychological Horror

ANIMAL (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Director: Milada Tesitelova
Producers: Julie Zackova, Unit and Sofa Praha
Genre: Horror Comedy

ANNA NOUS PARLERA (Canada, QC)
Director: Olivier Godin
Producer: Nemesis Films Inc.
Genre: Dark Comedy

CHAMPAGNE LIVING (Canada, QC)
Director: Jeanne Leblanc
Producer: Caramel Films
Genre: Horror

DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL (United Kingdom)
Directors: Coral Amiga, Nicole Hartley
Producer: Federica Omodei
Genre: Psychological Horror, Thriller

DRAWN (USA)
Director: Cosmo Salovaara
Producers: Anne Alexander, Cousins Company
Genre: Horror, Vampire, LGBTQ

FREYA (Canada BC, Australia)
Director: Rhona Rees
Producer: Kristyn Stilling, Athena Russell
Genre: Science Fiction

HALL OF DULLNESS (Colombia)
Director: Ángela Tobón Ospina
Producer: Máquina Espía
Genre: Science Fiction

KRAMPUSNACHT (Austria)
Director: Peter Hengl
Producer: Lola Basara
Genre: Horror

LIGHT OF THE VOID (Canada)
Director: Ashlea Wessel
Producer: Crafthaus Ltd.
Genre: Horror

NORTHPOLE (Greece)
Director: Yannis Veslemes
Producer: Fenia Cossovitsa
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Period Drama

PRISM LAKE (USA)
Director: Carl W. Lucas
Producer: EchoWolf Productions
Genre: Cosmic Horror

PURE SCIENCE FICTION (Canada)
Director: Ryan Ward
Producer: Mackenzie Leigh, Ryan Ward, Memory Pill
Genre: Magic Realism

SUB (Sweden, Denmark)
Director: Peter Modestij
Producer: Nima Yousefi
Genre: Body Horror, Drama

TANIWHA (New Zealand)
Director: TBC
Producer: Libby Hakaraia, Tainui Stephens and Desray Armstrong
Genre: Monster, Thriller

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (The Netherlands)
Director: Michiel ten Horn
Producer: Maarten Swart
Genre: Dark Comedy

THE EYES OF ANOTHER (Brazil)
Director: Maria Arida
Producer: Biônica Filmes
Genre: Psychological Thriller

WORM (Canada, QC)
Director: James Watts
Producer: Type One Films
Genre: Horror

The Genre Film Lab and Shorts to Features

Frontières is proud to continue its collaboration with the Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver (formerly Women in Film and Television Vancouver). The Genre Film Lab is an accelerator program designed to support the development of Canadian genre film creators and along with Creative BC, Telefilm Canada and Warner Brothers Discovery Access Canada, GEMS will present five projects at an advanced stage of development.

The Shorts to Features session, which is now open to international submissions, will showcase three short filmmakers developing their feature-length adaptations. This year's selection includes projects from China, USA and Québec.

The Genre Film Lab

AISHA (Canada)
Director: TBD
Producers: Digital Warriors Productions Inc.
Genre: Speculative Fiction

ALLIGATOR (Canada)
Director: Hayley Gray
Producers: High Deaf Productions
Genre: Thriller

MARRIED TO MURDER (Canada)
Director: Samantha Loney
Producer: Kyra Weston, Win Girl Productions
Genre: Dark Comedy

MT. ASHA (Canada)
Directors: Alex Vance and Stephanie Izsak
Producers: Naltobel Productions Inc.
Genre: Folk Horror, Science-Fiction

OUR BLOOD'S THICKER THAN WATER (Canada)
Director: Michelle Godoy Priske
Producers: Liz Wallace, Michelle Godoy Priske, Maritama Carlson
Genre: Psychological Thriller with Supernatural Elements

SHORTS TO FEATURES

ANIMAL REALM (China)
Director: Caochong Maing
Producers: Kytoon Studio
Genre: Fantasy, Wuxia, Stop Motion Animation

BARRAGE (Canada, QC)
Director: Rémi Fréchette
Producers: Camera Chaos
Genre: Horror Comedy

VARIATIONS ON A THEME (USA)
Director: Peter Campbell
Producers: Moon and America LLC
Genre: Body Horror/Romance