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Published by Horror Calling
Feb 09, 2018
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The Frontières Buyers Showcase & Frontières@Fantasia are calling

The Frontières Buyers Showcase  is part of Frontières Platform in Cannes, a dedicated section of industry programming & networking events for the genre film industry organised in Cannes with the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes. To be eligible for this presentation of work-in-progress films, submissions must be in post-production, of European or North American origin, and in search of a sales agent or distribution. Producers will have until March 1 to submit their projects.



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Frontières@Fantasia will take place July 19-22 during the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. 20 genre film projects in the late development or early financing stage from across Europe and North America will be selected. Projects are invited to partake in a 4-day networking event with the leaders of the international genre film industry. Events include a live pitch session that will open the market and one-on-one meeting sessions, panels, workshops and networking sessions. Producers will have until March 16 to submit their projects.





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Previous Frontières success stories include RAW (Julia Ducournau, Festival de Cannes 2016 – Critics Week, FIPRESCI Prize Winner), 78/52 (Alexandre Philippe, Official Selection Sundance 2017), ARE WE NOT CATS (Xander Robin, Official Selection Venice Critics’ Week 2016), TURBO KID (RKSS Films, world premiere Sundance 2015), and LES AFFAMÉS (Robin Aubert, Winner of Best Canadian Film, TIFF 17).

 

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, Frontières programming also includes a Finance & Packaging Forum (February 22-24, Amsterdam) and the Frontières Platform (May, Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes).



Frontières  is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Major partners include the Netherlands Film Fund, Wallimage, Telefilm Canada and SODEC.