FRONTIÈRES AND MARCHÉ DU FILM ANNOUNCE 13 GENRE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM

The Frontières Platform in Cannes returns to the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes for a seventh year, presenting 13 genre projects to the industry on May 17th and 18th, 2025. 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, held Saturday May 17th, 2025 at 10am at Palais K, will showcase seven projects from Canadian, Malaysian, Danish, Cypriot and American filmmakers who will present their completed teaser trailers to prospective partners.

The Buyers Showcase will take place on Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at 4.15pm at Palais K. Producers 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 which include a demented groom from Australia, a German culinary horror tale about the pursuit of perfection and a breastfeeding mother facing a folkloric curse from Canada.

Frontières is delighted to renew its collaboration with Outpost MTL, which will be offering two post-production awards for one project, from both the Proof of Concept and the Buyer 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

BARAN (INHERITANCE) (Malaysia)
Director: Joel Soh
Producer: Joel Soh
Genre: Horror

BLOODSUCKER (Denmark)
Director: Kasper Juhl
Producers: Kasper Juhl, Lene Børglum
Genre: Horror, Vampire

HENRY'S EBB (USA)
Director: Thomas Mendolia
Producers: Lucas Ford, Joey LePage
Genre: Action, Horror

MOTHERWITCH (Cyprus, North Macedonia, USA)
Director: Minos Papas
Producers: Constantinos Nikiforou, Darko Popov, Minos Papas
Genre: Folk Horror

THE STOLEN CHILD (Canada)
Director: Sebastian McKinnon
Producers: Catherine Boily, Tara Cowell-Plain, Sebastian McKinnon
Genre: Fantasy

TURN IT UP! (Canada)
Director: Samuel Scott
Producer: Jesse Thomas Cook, Liv Collins, Mike Gillespie
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Indie Rock

PROOF OF CONCEPT

ANCESTRAL BEASTS(Canada)
Director: Tim Riedel
Producers: Tina Keeper, Phyllis Laing, Edmon Rotea, Fawnda Neckoway, Tim Riedel
Genre: Horror, Thriller

CHILDREN OF THE MOOR (Netherlands, UK)
Director: Richard Raaphorst
Producers: Marijn van der Ploeg, Adam Park
Genre: Horror Comedy

FEED (Canada)
Director: Nancy Urich
Producer: Nancy Urich
Genre: Horror

LIGHT YEARS (Norway)
Director: Vegard Dahle
Producers: Bente Maalen, Håvard Wettland Gossé
Genre: Science-Fiction

SKIN SIDE UP (Australia)
Director: Robert Ten Eyck
Producers: Lauren Simpson, Annie Thiele
Genre: Horror

TASTE OF HEAVEN (Germany)
Director: Marc Schießer
Producers: Tobias Lohf, Melina Pelc, Marc Schießer
Genre: Horror, Psychological Thriller

WHO KNOWS? (Spain)
Director: Carlo Padial
Producers: Juan Solá, Maria Rocher, Oriol Maymó, Joseph Díaz
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller

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 23-26 2025), Frontières programming also includes the Frontières Platform (May 17-18 2025, Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes).