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Frontières Platform Cannes Projects Announced
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
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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