About Frontières
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. Connecting filmmakers with industry professionals since 2012, Frontières has become the leading industry event entirely focused on genre cinema and produces two annual events:
Frontières Platform in Cannes brings together
financiers, sales agents, distributors and festival
programmers with today’s up-and-coming genre film
talents and their captivating projects. The Frontières
program includes two key presentations: Proof of
Concept, showcasing genre film projects in advanced
financing stages, and Buyers Showcase, highlighting
genre film projects in the post-production stage.
Frontières International Co-production
Market, our flagship event, takes place every July in
Montréal, in conjunction with the Fantasia International
Film Festival. The program includes pitching sessions,
one-to-one meetings, round-table networking sessions
for producers, conferences addressing new trends
in genre cinema and networking cocktails. Sections
include the Official Selection, Genre Film Lab, Shorts
to Features and Music Pitches. Our 4-day in-person
industry event showcases an official selection of
genre projects and facilitates connections between
the selected project teams and attending industry.
Recent Frontières successes include RAW (Julia
Ducournau, 2016), VIVARIUM (Lorcan Finnegan,
2019), THE LONG WALK (Mattie Do, 2019), JUMBO
(Zoe Wittock, 2020), CENSOR (Prano Bailey-Bond,
2021), LAMB (Valdimar Jóhannson, 2021), HATCHIN G
(Hanna Bergholm, 2022), NIGHTSIREN (Tereza Nvotova,
2022), IN FLAMES (Zarrar Khan, 2023), and U ARE
THE UNIVERSE (Pavel Ostrikov, 2024).
The Frontières Co-Production Market is funded by Telefilm Canada, SODEC, the Government of Quebec, the City of Montreal, Wallimage and the Netherlands Film Fund.
FRONTIÈRES SUCCESS STORIES
FRONTIÈRES SUCCESS STORIES INCLUDE
IN FLAMES (dir. Zarrar Kahn, Pakistan/Canada)
HATCHING (dir. Hanna Bergholm, Finland/Sweden)
LAMB (dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson, Iceland/Sweden/Poland)
JUMBO (dir. Zoé Wittock, France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
THE LONG WALK (dir. Mattie Do, Laos)
TURBO KID (dir. RKSS Films, Québec-Canada/New Zealand)
RAW / GRAVE (dir. Julia Ducournau, France/Belgium)
ARE WE NOT CATS (dir. Xander Robin, USA)
THE VOID (dir. Jeremy Gillespie & Steven Kostanski, USA/Canada)
78/52 (dir. Alexandre Philippe, France/USA)
LES AFFAMÉS / THE RAVENOUS (dir. Robin Aubert, Québec-Canada)
CHAINED FOR LIFE (dir. Aaron Schimberg, USA)
THE DARK (dir. Justin P. Lange, Austria/Canada)
THE LODGERS (dir. Brian O’Malley, Ireland)
THE RANGER (dir. Jenn Wexler, USA)
ZOO (dir. Antonio Tublen, Denmark/Sweden)
RÉPERTOIRE DES VILLES DISPARUES / GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY (dir. Denis Côté, Québec-Canada)
EXTRA ORDINARY (dir. Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman, Ireland/Belgium)
VIVARIUM (dir. Lorcan Finnegan, Ireland/Belgium/Denmark)
SELECT FRONTIÈRES PROJECTS COMING SOON
A NIGHTMARE WAKES (dir. Nora Unkel, Canada/USA)
THE WINTER LAKE (dir. Phil Spheerin, Ireland/Canada)
L'ÎLE-AUX-PAONS (Brain Freeze) (dir. Julien Knafo, Québec-Canada)
FRONTIÈRES welcomes an average of 400 industry delegates from 28 countries, including:
Amazon Studios
AMC Networks
Back-Up Media
Bankside Films
Blumhouse Productions
CAA
Canal Plus
Charades
Cinetic Media
The Coven
Creativity Capital
Elle Driver
Epic Pictures
Entertainment One
Fox Searchlight
The Fyzz
Gamechanger Films
Ghost House Pictures
Goodfellas / Wild Bunch
HanWay Films
IFC Films
ICM Partners
Magnolia Pictures
Mongrel Media
Monkeypaw Productions
Netflix
NEON
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Paradigm Talent Agency
Protagonist Pictures
Quiver
Raven Banner Entertainment
Saban Films
Shudder
SpectreVision
StudioCanal
Tubi
Universal Pictures International
UTA
Utopia
Vice Media
Visit Films
Warner Music
William Morris Endeavor
Yellow Veil Pictures
XYZ Films
