Frontières@Fantasia 2015: First Wave Projects Announced

With Montreal’s Fantasia Fest ready to launch July 23rd, the Frontières co-production market returns with new in development projects from a number of talented filmmakers including John McNaughton, RKSS, the team behind Turbo Kid, and A Serbian Film director Srdjan Spasojevic.

Frontières is the first and only co-production market to connect North America with Europe focusing on genre film production and financing. Take a look below for the first wave of films featured this year and stay tuned for further announcements and check out the Frontières website here for more information.

MONTREAL, Thursday May 14, 2015 – After a highly successful second European edition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in April, Frontières returns to the Fantasia International Film Festival for its sixth edition, which will take place July 23-26 in Montreal.

Frontières is the first and only co-production market to connect North America with Europe in an environment specifically focused on genre film production and financing. Frontières marks its return to Fantasia with an expanded Frontières line-up that will allow more projects to participate in live pitch sessions. The complete project line-up will be announced at the end of May.

Frontières is thrilled to announce a first wave of projects selected to participate in its 4th North American edition. The line-up includes projects in development from  director John McNaughton (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, WILD THINGS), producers Michael Roiff (WAITRESS, IN YOUR EYES) and Ritesh Batra (THE LUNCHBOX), director Srdjan Spasojevic (A SERBIAN FILM), producer Rob Cotterill (HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN), and producer Colin Geddes (MANBORG).

Frontières is also pleased to include in its line-up the winner of the Imagine Film Festival Pitch Contest, KILL MODE, awarded to the top Dutch genre project. KILL MODE is a co-presentation with the Imagine Film Festival, with support from the Netherlands Film Fund.

And fresh off the recent international success of  TURBO KID (Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival and Winner of the 2015 SXSW Midnighters Audience Award) Frontières is pleased to announce the selection of ELORA, the next project from RKSS Films and EMAfilms.TURBO KID began as a Frontières project in 2012 and will make its return to Montreal for its Canadian premiere at Fantasia.

Maverick filmmaker John McNaughton, whose past credits include HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, MAD DOG AND GLORY, WILD THINGS and THE HARVEST (a Fantasia 2014 international premiere), states: “I attended Fantasia  last year for the first time and had a fantastic time. I can’t wait to get back to Montreal to participate in the Frontières Co-Production Market and see some of the many friends I made last year.”

Frontières@Fantasia 2015: First Wave Projects

3 1/2 (USA – India)

Director: Sooni Taraporevala

Writer: Sooni Taraporevala

Producer: Michael Roiff (Night & Day Pictures)

Executive Producer: Ritesh Batra

CARNY KILL (USA)

Director: John McNaughton

Writer: John McNaughton & Ted Mann (Screenplay) / Robert Edmond Alter (Novel)

Producer: Steven A. Jones

ELORA (Québec)

Directors: Anouk Whissell, François Simard & Yoann-Karl Whissell (RKSS FILMS)

Writers: Anouk Whissell, François Simard & Yoann-Karl Whissell

Producer: Anne-Marie Gélinas (EMAfilms Inc.)

KILL MODE (Netherlands)

Director: Thijs Meuwese

Co-Director: Colinda Bongers

Writer: Thijs Meuwese

Producers: Colinda Bongers & Thijs Meuwese

‘LUDE BEHAVIOR (Québec)

Director: Renaud Gauthier

Writer: Renaud Gauthier & Mary Elizabeth Hickey

Producer: Mathieu Gauthier (GoBROS Pictures)

SINGER (Canada)

Director: Seth Smith

Writer: Darcy Spidle, Seth Smith

Producer: Rob Cotterill (Yer Dead Productions)

SYNCRETIZE (USA / Canada / Haiti)

Director: Matt Swinsky

Writer: Bryan Strickland

Producers: Katarina Gligorijevic, Tim Reis, Matt Swinsky (Ultra 8 Pictures & Vrille Film)

Executive Producer: Colin Geddes (Ultra 8 Pictures)

WHEREOUT (Serbia)

Director: Srdjan Spasojevic

Writers: Aleksandar Radivojevic, Srdjan Spasojevic