2025 Edition

Frontières returns to Montreal for the 14th edition of its co-production market, which takes place July 23-26, 2025.

Official Selection: Market Projects

Frontières will return to the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal for the 14th edition of its co-production market which will take place between July 23-26.

Frontières is pleased to announce the first wave of ten projects for this year’s official Market selection. Notable project helmers include: Anouk Whissell (WAKE UP) from Québec, Elizabeth Crummett (THE UNDERSTUDY) from New Zealand, Brad Abrahams (LOVE AND SAUCERS) from the United States and Hannes Baumgartner (MIDNIGHT RUNNER) from Switzerland. These projects showcase a wide variety of genres including science-fiction, horror, psychological thriller and dark comedy. Past Frontières projects include IN FLAMES, HATCHING, LAMB, THE LONG WALK, SEA FEVER, VIVARIUM and RAW.

OFFICIAL MARKET SELECTION 2025

DELIA'S GHOST (New Zealand)
Director: Elizabeth Crummett
Writer: Hamish Brown and Elizabeth Crummett
Producer: Belindalee Hope
Genre: Supernatural Drama, Thriller

FEED (USA)
Director/Writer: Jenny Leigh Reed
Producers: Peter Phok, Daisy Risher, Jenny Leigh Reed
Genre: Psychological Body Horror

FIEBRE CARIBE (USA, Venezuela)
Director/Writer: Diego Andrés Murillo
Producers: Eduardo Andrés Díaz, Diego Andrés Murillo
Genre: Horror Thriller

FUNKY FOREST: THE SECOND CONTACT (Japan, UK)
Directors/Writers: Katsuhito Ishii, Shunichiro Miki, Hajime Ishimine
Producer: Adam Torel
Genre: Fantasy Comedy

FUR (Canada, USA)
Director: Brad Abrahams
Writer: Joslyn Jensen
Producers: Matt Ralston, Frank Mosley
Genre: Horror, Dark Comedy, Fantasy

GREY MOUNTAIN (USA)
Director: Jeremy Holm
Writer: Christopher Kelly
Producers: Jeremy Holm, Christopher Kelly, Sarah Sharp
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror

HOLI WOMB (Canada, QC)
Director/Writer: Anouk Whissell
Producers: Maja Jacob, Yoann-Karl Whissell, Benoit Beaulieu
Genre: Psychological Horror

HOW DARE YOU (Canada)
Directors/Writers: Kit & Arran
Producer: Madeleine Davis
Genre: Horror

INSECT EMPIRE (Switzerland)
Director/Writer: Hannes Baumgartner
Producers: Michela Pini, Simon Jaquemet
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

IS THIS YOU (Canada, USA)
Director/Writer: Kaitlin Fontana
Producers: Michael Lazarovitch, Zachary Halley, Steven Tylor O'Connor, Christina Campagnola
Genre: Horror, Dark Comedy

LA DORMANTE (Canada, Tunisia)
Director/Writer: Kays Mejri
Producers: Bahija Essoussi, Samuel Gagnon, Yasmine Dhoukar
Genre: Horror, Drama

LE MAJESTIC (Canada, QC)
Director/Writer: Karl Lemieux
Producer: Sylvain Corbeil
Genre: Supernatural horror, Paranormal Romance

LE REFUGE (Morocco, Belgium)
Director: Talal Selhami
Writers: Talal Selhami, Jawad Lahlou, Vincent Julé
Producers: Sophia Menni, Lamia Chraibi, Pierre Foulon
Genre: Psychological Horror

LIMINAL (UK)
Director/Writer: Noomi Yates
Producer: Ioanna Karavela
Genre: Dystopian Analogue Horror

MYSTERY OF THE MOTHMAN (Canada)
Director: Austin Birtch
Writers: Austin Birtch and Mario Cacioppo Jr.
Producers: Sydney Lloyd, Lauren Andrews
Genre: Horror, Creature Feature

OSTRICH BOY (Canada)
Director: Ricardo Bonisoli
Writer: Holly Pavlik
Producers: Holly Pavlik, Ricardo Bonisoli
Genre: Magical Realism

REAL BLOOD (The Netherlands)
Director/Writer: Joeri Pruys
Producers: Ewoud Bon, Joeri Pruys
Genre: Horror, Thriller

SHALLOW HELL (Brazil)
Director/Writer: Rafael Toledo
Producer: Evandro Caixeta
Genre: Horror, Western

THE BALLAD OF TITA AND THE MACHINES (USA, Mexico, Brazil)
Director: Miguel Angel Caballero
Writers: Luis Antonio Aldana and Miguel Angel Caballero
Producers: Helena Sardinha, Luis Antonio Aldana, Rafael Thomaseto
Genre: Science-Fiction

THE HALFWAY HOUSE (Australia)
Director/Writer: Mia'Kate Russell
Producer: Andre Lima
Genre: Horror, Supernatural

WILD HUNT (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia)
Director: Marek Najbrt
Writer: Petr Koubek
Producers: Jakub Koštál, Vratislav Šlajer, Jan Komasa
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Supernatural Horror

The Genre Film Lab

AFTER THE END (Canada MN)
Director/Writer: Elena Sturk-Lussier
Producer: Jessica Landry
Genre: Thriller, Survival, Revenge

DEEPFAKE (Canada BC)
Director: Miranda MacDougall
Writer: Ariel Bond
Producers: Lucy McNulty, Ariel Bond, Magda Shenher
Genre: Thriller

PEACHY (Canada BC)
Director/Writer: Sasha Duncan
Producers: Eloise Cameron-Smith, Athena Russell
Genre: Coming-of-age, Horror

THE EVERMORE (Canada BC)
Director/Writer: Mia Martinez
Producers: Mia Martinez, Jonnathan George, Nic Altobelli
Genre: Folk Horror

THEY ECHO (Canada ON)
Director/Writer: Lu Asfaha
Producers: Fonna Seidu, Jay Wu, Andrew Ferguson, Matt King
Genre: Horror

SHORTS TO FEATURES

CHILD, UNINVITED (Japan, South Korea, Singapore)
Director/Writer: Mai Nakanishi
Producers: Eun-Kyoung Lee, Tan Ai Leng
Genre: Psychological Thriller

GET AWAY (Canada)
Director: Michael Gabriele
Writers: Michael Gabriele and Anthony Jefferson
Producers: Jason Levangie, Marc Tetreault
Genre: Horror, Thriller

MAKE ME A PIZZA (USA)
Director/Writer: Talia Shea Levin
Producers: Kara Grace Miller, Jonathan Olson, Talia Shea Levin
Genre: Fantasy, Satire, Horror

RED SPIDER LILIES (Japan)
Director/Writer: Koji Shiraishi
Producer: Tomomi Furuyama
Genre: Horror

THE SLEEPLESS GIRL (Taiwan)
Director/Writer: François Chang
Producer: Patrick Mao Huang
Genre: Thriller, Sci-fi, Mockumentary

Music Pitches

The Music Pitches is the newest section of Frontières aiming to facilitate opportunities to discover and connect with music composers and music editors working in the field of film and television.

MUSIC PITCHES

COMPOSERS

Brigitte Dajczer (Canada)
Jon Hegel (USA)
Michel Duprez & Gwenaël Mario Grisi (Belgium)

EDITORS

Rosemarie Records (Canada)