FRONTIÈRES MARKET 2018 - FIRST WAVE OF PROJECTS

FRONTIÈRES MARKET AT CANNES ANNOUNCES FRIST WAVE OF PROJECTS

After February’s Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum in Amsterdam, and the upcoming Frontières Platform in Cannes on Saturday May 12 & Sunday May 13, Frontières returns to the Fantasia International Film Festival for the 10th edition of its co-production market. The market will take place July 19-22 in Montreal.

Frontières is pleased to announce a first wave of projects for this year’s official market selection. Notable project helmers include: Scythia Films (THE WITCH) from Canada, Fantastic Films (the upcoming SEA FEVER & VIVARIUM) from Ireland and DOR Films (THE DARK) from Austria. Of these projects, the line-up features 50% women directors and Frontières' first project from Ukraine. The full project line-up will be announced in early June. Past Frontières projects include RAW, LES AFFAMÉS, 78/52, TURBO KID, THE RANGER and the upcoming EXTRA ORDINARY, SLAXX and GEORGE A. ROMERO’S ROAD OF THE DEAD.

Frontières Market : First Wave Projects

AZTEC HONEYMOON (Canada)
Director/Writer: Nate Estabrooks
Producers: Michael Leclair & Nate Estabrooks (Space Tigers Inc)

BEDTIME (Spain - Basque)
Director: Roberto San Sebastiàn
Writers: Guillermo Guerrero, Roberto San Sebastiàn
Producer: Kevin Iglesias (Platanobolígrafo)

CREATURE HE (Canada)
Director/Writer: Leah Johnston
Producers: Kristy Neville & Matt Code (Wildling Pictures), Leah Johnston (The World Beneath Productions)

INSIDE (USA/Ireland)
Director: Elise Salomon
Writer: Screenplay by Elise Salomon, Story by Elise Salomon & Sandra Murillo
Producers: Jay Thames (77 Films), Deirdre Levins, John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy (Fantastic Films)

MEET JIMMY (Netherlands)
Director: David-Jan Bronsgeest
Writer/Producer: Tim Koomen
Presented in partnership with the Imagine Film Festival

MONSTER (UK)
Director/Writer: Laura Smith
Producer: Jenny Walker (FoR Films)

PERMANENT ADDRESS (USA)
Director: Jill Gevargizian
Writer: Eric Stolze
Producers: Morgan Peter Brown & Joe Wicker (FallBack Plan Productions)

SLASH/BACK (Canada)
Director: Nyla Innuksuk
Writers: Nyla Innuksuk & Nate Wilson
Producers: Nyla Innuksuk (Mixtape VR), Daniel Bekerman (Scythia Films), Christopher Yurkovich (Stellar Citizens)

THERESA (Austria)
Director/Writer: Justin P. Lange
Producers: Danny Krausz, Florian Kruegel (DOR FILM Productions Ltd.)

U ARE THE UNIVERSE (TY KOSMOS) (Ukraine)
Director/Writer: Pavlo Ostrikov
Producers: Vladimir Yatsenko, Aleksandra Kostina (LIMELITE)

FRONTIÈRES is organised by the Fantasia International Film Festival, in partnership with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, and is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union. Frontières 2018 is made possible thanks to our partners: Telefilm Canada, Wallimage, the Netherlands Film Fund, CinemaChile, DigitalCube-Avanpost and SODEC.