Fantasia International Film Festival Announces Frontières, the Fantasia International Co-Production Market

Steve Barton   |  

Dec 10, 2011

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Gearing up for its 16th edition in 2012, the Fantasia International Film Festival is embarking on a new venture that will contribute to the future of cutting-edge genre filmmaking worldwide: Frontières, the Fantasia International Co-Production Market, the very first market in the world to concentrate on these countries in an environment focused specifically on genre films.

The event will be part of the Fantasia Film Market, which will make its official debut in 2012 to support the sales efforts for the features that will be part of Fantasia’s programming.

Frontières will curate 12 standout projects by filmmakers hailing from Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and the United States. These projects will be presented to international producers, sales agents, and distributors with the objective of creating working relationships that will allow these projects to see the light of day.

Frontières will be held from July 26th to the 29th 2012, within the three-week body of the Fantasia Festival. Over the course of these four days, a pitch session, meeting sessions, conferences, networking lunches, and cocktails will be held, coupled with the regular Fantasia schedule of public screenings and parties.

To participate in Frontières, the selected projects would have to be market premieres with a completed script and would need to be applicable to an international co-production environment where there would be a Canadian production element (either in terms of production, cast or crew, or post-production). It would ideally have a domestic producer attached. The projects would either need to be generated by the directors themselves, or a team of director and writer.

The early-bird application deadline is January 9, 2012. The late deadline is March 5, 2012. The selected projects will be announced in early May 2012. Directors/writers wishing to apply to the market should consult the application guidelines (click here).

Good luck to those who enter!

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