MARCHÉ DU FILM ANNOUNCES 13 GENRE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM

The Frontières Platform in Cannes returns to the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes for a sixth year, presenting 13 genre projects to the industry on May 18th and 19th, 2024. As a co-presentation between the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, the Frontières Platform activities will include Proof of Concept presentations for projects in the advanced stages of financing, and the Buyers Showcase for films that are in post-production or have recently been completed.

We are thrilled to announce that the selection for the Proof of Concept presentation will showcase seven projects from Canadian, Spanish, English, American and Dutch filmmakers who will present their completed teaser trailers to prospective partners.

The Buyers Showcase will screen footage for potential buyers, sales agents, and festival programmers. We are proud to offer Marché du Film participants a first look at a variety of projects from around the world such as a slasher from Poland, a story about a bounty hunter battling a vampire as well as a creature feature from Canada.

Both pitching session events will be held at the Marché du Film in Cannes (and available for view on the Marché du Film Online platform).

In a new collaboration with Studio Beep in Prag, Frontières Platform will offer two Postproduction Awards to a project, from both the Proof of Concept and the Buyers’ Showcase.

The Frontières Platform in Cannes is funded by Telefilm Canada, SODEC, the Government of Quebec, the City of Montreal, Wallimage and the Netherlands Film Fund.

Frontières Platform in Cannes: Complete List of Projects

BUYERS SHOWCASE

ABOVE THE KNEE (Norway)

Director: Viljar Bøe
Producers: Karl Oskar Åsli, Marie Waade Grønning, Anders Fløysand, Evrim Ersoy

DEAD BY DAWN (Poland)

Director: Dawid Torrone
Producers: Kinga Tasarek, Katarzyna Kostecka

DELIVERY RUN (Finland)

Director: Joey Palmroos
Producers: Joey Palmroos, Pekka Ollula, Aleksi Hyvärinen

LANDLORD (USA)

Director: Remington Smith
Producers: Remington Smith, Madeline Weiner, Abi Van Andel

NESTING (Canada, Switzerland)

Director: Chloé Cinq-Mars
Producers: Nicolas Comeau, Jean-Mars Fröhle

SCARED SHITLESS (Canada)

Director: Vivieno Caldinelli
Producer: Lewis Spring

PROOF OF CONCEPT

BUG BOY (Austria)

Director: Peter Hengl
Producer: Lola Basara

COUGAR (United Kingdom)

Director: Jennifer Handorf
Producer: Grace Sargeant

MY STALKER (Spain, Mexico, USA)

Director: Xavier Rull
Producers: Xavier Rull, Jack Zagha, Juan Sola

OSTRICH BOY (USA, Canada)

Director: Ricardo Bonisoli
Producers: Holly Pavlik, Ricardo Bonisoli, Kira Vykhodtseva

SENTINEL (Canada, USA)

Director: Phil Tippett
Producers: Colin Geddes, Katarina Gligorijevic, Gary Mundell

SISTER INCONNUE (Canada)

Director: Anouk Whissell
Producers: Maja Jacob, Tina Pehme

THE GIRL WITH THE GREEN EYES (The Netherlands, Italy)

Director: Yfke van Berckelaer
Producer: Monique Van Kessel

FRONTIÈRES is an international co-production market and networking platform specifically focused on genre film financing and co-production between Europe and North America. It is organised by the Fantasia International Film Festival, in partnership with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes. In addition to its annual co-production market at Fantasia (July 24-27 2024), Frontières programming also includes the Frontières Platform (May 18-19 2024, Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes).