It’s getting closer to the 71st Cannes Film Festival.  While all eyes are on the red carpet glitz and glamour of the prestigious French event, more excitement for genre cinema developments are bustling behind the public spectacle in the Marche du Film. Frontières Platform will help connect filmmakers and their projects with industry professionals to help push them forward to the final future movies we are going to love.  Take a look below at the list of Proof of Concept Presentations as well as titles that are part of the Buyers Showcase.

Major FRONTIÈRES success stories include TURBO KID (2015, dir. RKSS Films, Canada-New Zealand ; World Premiere Sundance 2015 & Winner of the SXSW Midnighters Audience Award, 2015) RAW (GRAVE) (2016, dir. Julia Ducournau, France-Belgium ; World Premiere Festival de Cannes, Critics’ Week, Winner of the FIPRESCI prize), ARE WE NOT CATS (2016 dir. Xander Robin, USA ; World Premiere Venice Film Festival), LES AFFAMÉS (2017, dir. Robin Aubert, Quebec, Canada – Premiere at TIFF & winner of the Best Canadian Movie at TIFF, release in October 2017), 78/52 (2017, dir. Alexandre Philippe, France/USA – Premiere at Sundance, release October 2017).

PROOF OF CONCEPT PRESENTATION

CENSOR (UK)
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
Writers: Prano Bailey-Bond  & Anthony Fletcher
Producer:  Helen Jones (Silver Salt Films), Kim Newman (Executive Producer)

GIRL WITHOUT A MOUTH (Turkey)
Director/Writer: Can Evrenol
Producer: MO Film – Müge Büyüktalaş

JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY (Spain/Estonia/Ethiopia)
Director/Writer: Miguel Llansó
Producers: Sergio Uguet de Resayre (Lanzadera Films), Alasti Kino

THE MONSTER WITHIN (Chile/Denmark)
Director: Rodrigo Susarte
Writer: Valeria Hofmann
Producers: Florencia Larrea & Gregorio González (Forastero), Lene Borglum (Space Rocket Nation)

THE PAPER TIGERS (USA)
Director/Writer: Tran Quoc Bao
Producers: Michael Velasquez, Al’n Duong, Yuji Okumoto, Dan Gildark (Beimo Films LLC)

REUNION (USA/Germany)
Director: Norbert Keil
Writers: Richard Stanley & Norbert Keil
Producers: Gudrun Giddings (G4C Innovation), Sam Sarkar, Daisy Hamilton, Norbert Keil (Wunderbar Film)

TIN & TINA (TIN Y TINA) (Spain)
Director/Writer: Rubin Stein
Producer: Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo (La Claqueta PC)

WHITAKER (Canada/UK)
Director: Casey Walker
Writers: David Suridge & George Perry
Producers: Andy Starke, Pete Tombs, Ben Wheatley (Executive Producer) (Rook Films), Casey Walker (Cave Painting Pictures), Jonathan Bronfman (JoBro Productions)

BUYERS SHOWCASE 

PATRICK CONDON’S INCREDIBLE VIOLENCE (Canada)
Director: Patrick Condon
Producers: Patrick Condon, Ian Vatcher, Walter Lawlor (The Hunting Party)

GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY (RÉPERTOIRE DES VILLES DISPARUES)(Canada)
Director: Denis Côté
Producer: Ziad Touma (Couzin Films)

HOUSE  OF SWEAT AND TEARS (CASA DE SUDOR Y LÀGRIMAS) (Spain)
Director: Sonia Escolano
Producers: Sonia Escolano, Francisco Javier González (Sudo y lágrimas Films)
Sales Agent: TriCoast Worldwide

LADYWORLD (USA)
Director: Amanda Kramer
Producers: Thomas R. Burke & Leal Naim (Love and Death Productions), Jamie Dolan, Amanda Kramer (Looks Alone)

RIOT GIRLS (Canada)
Director: Jovanka Vuckovic
Producer: Lauren Grant (Clique Pictures)
Sales Agent: Alliance Media Partners (Worldwide), XYZ Films (USA)

ZOO (Denmark/Sweden)
Director: Antonio Tublen
Producer: Alexander Brondsted (PingPong Film)
Sales Agent: Seville International