At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, genre fare will mark its continued rise in main stage prominence as Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” (pictured above) launches in competition with distribution secured in over 11 international territories, while the Marché du Film and Fantasia reteam for the third Frontières Platform event.
Running July 10 – 11, the joint program will spotlight 13 selected projects for proof of concept presentations, buyers showcases and select screenings. The path that led to such auspicious berths is one paved by growing self-determination within the genre demimonde, as festival organizers have moved into sales and production as they’ve looked to remake the playing field.
Two among them are Todd Brown, head of international acquisitions at the production and sales outfit XYZ Films, and Annick Mahnert, executive director ot Frontières. Having both worked as programmers (which Mahnert still does for Fantastic Fest and Sitges), the two witnessed genre fare’s push...
Running July 10 – 11, the joint program will spotlight 13 selected projects for proof of concept presentations, buyers showcases and select screenings. The path that led to such auspicious berths is one paved by growing self-determination within the genre demimonde, as festival organizers have moved into sales and production as they’ve looked to remake the playing field.
Two among them are Todd Brown, head of international acquisitions at the production and sales outfit XYZ Films, and Annick Mahnert, executive director ot Frontières. Having both worked as programmers (which Mahnert still does for Fantastic Fest and Sitges), the two witnessed genre fare’s push...
- 6/30/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
With the horrible specter of Covid still hanging over the world, the folks at the Frontières co-production market were a little concerned that their genre submissions would be heavily virus-centric.
However, they needn’t have worried. The lineup for the 2021 market, organized by the Fantasia International Film Festival in collaboration with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, features a wildly creative array of projects, including one about a telepathic serial killer cat, another about deportation and a deadly virus which kills white people, and yet another which puts a horrifying twist on the often harrowing experience of coming out.
“I am very happy that our lineup is not about Covid,” says Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert. “We did have a couple submissions on that theme, but overall people said no, we don’t have to write about this. It’s happening in real life, but we’ll find something else to talk about.
However, they needn’t have worried. The lineup for the 2021 market, organized by the Fantasia International Film Festival in collaboration with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, features a wildly creative array of projects, including one about a telepathic serial killer cat, another about deportation and a deadly virus which kills white people, and yet another which puts a horrifying twist on the often harrowing experience of coming out.
“I am very happy that our lineup is not about Covid,” says Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert. “We did have a couple submissions on that theme, but overall people said no, we don’t have to write about this. It’s happening in real life, but we’ll find something else to talk about.
- 6/17/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a wild season of shocking reveals, awful judges’ guesses and one historic self-unmasking, but “The Masked Singer” has finally crowned a winner. The fourth season ended on December 16 with either Mushroom, Sun or Crocodile winning the coveted Golden Mask. (See Gold Derby’s finale racetrack odds.) In addition, one of the main panelists — Jenny McCarthy, Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger or Ken Jeong — took home the first-ever Golden Ear trophy. How did the season finale play out on Wednesday night? Did You guess the secret identities of the final three costumed contenders?
See Coronavirus controversy: Why isn’t ‘The Masked Singer’ live audience wearing masks for health reasons?
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of the Season 4 finale, titled “The Last Mask Standing,” to find out what happened Wednesday, December 16 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section...
See Coronavirus controversy: Why isn’t ‘The Masked Singer’ live audience wearing masks for health reasons?
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of the Season 4 finale, titled “The Last Mask Standing,” to find out what happened Wednesday, December 16 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section...
- 12/17/2020
- by Denton Davidson and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After spending some time in Early Access, Torchlight III is finally entering this weird world as a fully-fledged 1.0 experience. However, long-time fans of the Torchlight franchise will immediately notice that something seems a little off about the whole thing. The situation is akin to a filmmaker rebooting an established, successful franchise by another director several years after the first two installments; yes, it takes place in the world you love, but nothing really clicks the way that it should. Torchlight III may carry the Torchlight name, it feels a little too different for it to stake its claim as the third entry of the mainline series. I still rather enjoyed my time with the game, but I have a feeling that hardcore fans of Torchlight and Torchlight II will have more than a few bones to pick with the title when all is said and done.
Torchlight III picks up...
Torchlight III picks up...
- 10/13/2020
- by Todd Rigney
- We Got This Covered
With cinemas closed in much of the world and viewers watching films via streaming platforms, genre filmmakers at this week’s Frontières could be forgiven for primarily looking to Ott services to distribute their projects.
Genre films, of course, have increasingly found a home in recent years on SVODs. Mainstream platforms like Netflix have enjoyed success with the likes of sci-fi thriller “Bird Box,” while specialist platforms like AMC Networks-owned streamer Shudder, which features horror, thriller and supernatural fiction titles, have emerged as significant buyers at festivals and markets.
Yet, despite the inexorable rise of streaming platforms and the struggles of theaters amid Covid-19 cinema shutdowns, many of the producers and directors pitching projects on June 25 at Frontières – the annual Cannes Film Market dedicated to genre film – say they remain keen on a theatrical release alongside streamer distribution.
“We’re keen to find the best home for our film,...
Genre films, of course, have increasingly found a home in recent years on SVODs. Mainstream platforms like Netflix have enjoyed success with the likes of sci-fi thriller “Bird Box,” while specialist platforms like AMC Networks-owned streamer Shudder, which features horror, thriller and supernatural fiction titles, have emerged as significant buyers at festivals and markets.
Yet, despite the inexorable rise of streaming platforms and the struggles of theaters amid Covid-19 cinema shutdowns, many of the producers and directors pitching projects on June 25 at Frontières – the annual Cannes Film Market dedicated to genre film – say they remain keen on a theatrical release alongside streamer distribution.
“We’re keen to find the best home for our film,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Projects about biohacking, werewolves, Kung-Fu and even killer fingernails and the menopause are among those being presented at this week’sFrontières Platform Cannes for genre films.
A co-presentation between the Cannes Film Market and Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, this year’s Frontières selection is also notable for featuring a large number of genre projects by female filmmakers and centered on female characters. The projects also come from as far afield as Argentina, Israel and Russia, well as the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
Taking place online on June 25, the 4th Frontières has two distinct strands. The Buyers Showcase will present six projects that have recently been completed or are in post-production, and screens footage for buyers, sales agents and festival programmers. The Proof of Concept Presentation, meanwhile, will screen teaser trailers for seven projects looking for financing partners.
Surveying the 13 projects, newly appointed Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert...
A co-presentation between the Cannes Film Market and Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, this year’s Frontières selection is also notable for featuring a large number of genre projects by female filmmakers and centered on female characters. The projects also come from as far afield as Argentina, Israel and Russia, well as the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
Taking place online on June 25, the 4th Frontières has two distinct strands. The Buyers Showcase will present six projects that have recently been completed or are in post-production, and screens footage for buyers, sales agents and festival programmers. The Proof of Concept Presentation, meanwhile, will screen teaser trailers for seven projects looking for financing partners.
Surveying the 13 projects, newly appointed Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert...
- 6/24/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
The genre-focused co-production platform is returning to the Cannes Marché du Film Online with 13 projects at different stages of production. As every year, the Frontières Platform is set to return to Cannes’ Marché du Film, bringing a selection of genre projects to be showcased to the industry. Given that this year’s edition of the Marché du Film is going online (unspooling from 22-26 June), the Frontières Platform will also tread the same path and will take place on 25 June in digital form. The platform will present 13 genre projects, divided into two different sections, to industry professionals. As at previous editions, the 2020 slate is quite diverse, with projects hailing from over 15 countries set to be presented by emerging new voices. This is also the first initiative to be organised under the management of new Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert (see the news), who stated: “We are...
In today's horror highlights, we have a short film for you to watch, the reveal of a new poster, and details on Frontières' project selections for their Cannes online event:
Watch the Short Film Bill: "Bill tells the story of a grieving widow who employs the dark arts to see her husband once more.
The film is a Diy Self Funded short film inspired by the Ghost our two young sons would talk to in the ceiling called ‘Bill’. We were chilled to the bone and the events inspired this 3 minute film which premiered at the prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival 2019. The film was partially conceived as a challenge to shoot a short film in our own house, with our own props in just 1 day."
The film was written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. You can watch the film below and learn more about the film making team at: www.
Watch the Short Film Bill: "Bill tells the story of a grieving widow who employs the dark arts to see her husband once more.
The film is a Diy Self Funded short film inspired by the Ghost our two young sons would talk to in the ceiling called ‘Bill’. We were chilled to the bone and the events inspired this 3 minute film which premiered at the prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival 2019. The film was partially conceived as a challenge to shoot a short film in our own house, with our own props in just 1 day."
The film was written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. You can watch the film below and learn more about the film making team at: www.
- 5/14/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Swiss-born industry veteran replaces Lindsay Peters.
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival programmer Annick Mahnert has been named executive director of the Canadian genre industry platform Frontières as the market said it was taking its July event online.
Swiss-born Mahnert replaces Lindsay Peters, who has departed after six years, and brings vast experience to the role, having served in distribution, sales, acquisitions, production, and festivals. Besides Sitges, she is director of international programming at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and
Meanwhile Frontières has reconfigured its upcoming co-production market, which will take place as planned from July 23-26 in a new digital format.
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival programmer Annick Mahnert has been named executive director of the Canadian genre industry platform Frontières as the market said it was taking its July event online.
Swiss-born Mahnert replaces Lindsay Peters, who has departed after six years, and brings vast experience to the role, having served in distribution, sales, acquisitions, production, and festivals. Besides Sitges, she is director of international programming at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and
Meanwhile Frontières has reconfigured its upcoming co-production market, which will take place as planned from July 23-26 in a new digital format.
- 4/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Renowned films from the market include Raw, Vivarium, Extra Ordinary, Turbo Kid.
Lindsay Peters, executive director of the Canadian genre industry platform Frontières whose successes in recent years have included Raw, Vivarium and Turbo Kid, is departing after six years at the helm, effective April.
Peters took over in 2014 and working with market organisers at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal to build the international profile of Frontières, forging a critical partnership with the Marché du Film in Cannes in collaboration with Julie Bergeron that launched in 2016.
Since 2017 Frontières produced three annual events: the co-production market at Fantasia, the Cannes platform,...
Lindsay Peters, executive director of the Canadian genre industry platform Frontières whose successes in recent years have included Raw, Vivarium and Turbo Kid, is departing after six years at the helm, effective April.
Peters took over in 2014 and working with market organisers at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal to build the international profile of Frontières, forging a critical partnership with the Marché du Film in Cannes in collaboration with Julie Bergeron that launched in 2016.
Since 2017 Frontières produced three annual events: the co-production market at Fantasia, the Cannes platform,...
- 4/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Well. This is not how we expected to start our weekend. Lindsay Peters, the executive director of Frontières, has decided to step down from leading the genre industry platform that has helped over five dozen genre films get the resources they need to get made and distributed. We will let the press release speak for her, I can only say that I am deeply grateful to Lindsay for allowing myself and ScreenAnarchy to participate in Frontières during her tenure. No other co-production market has opened their doors as wide to myself and the other Anarchists, Izzy and Josh, who have covered the market and its programs in recent years. I often felt like an outsider while there, the monkey with a...
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- 3/27/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Now that Winter is in full swing up here in the Northern hemisphere our hearts and minds have swiftly turned to yearning for Spring and Summer. Our friends at Frontières always have a good way to recover from these Winter blues, starting with their Frontières Platform in Cannes during the Marché du Film in May. Then deep into the Summer heat there is the always popular Frontières International Co-Production Market which will take place from July 23rd through 26th during the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. Both events are now open for submissions. Find links below. FRONTIÈRES is an international co-production market and networking platform specifically focused on genre film financing and co-production between Europe and North America. It is organised...
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- 1/23/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Festival midnight slates are always teeming with Z-grade splatter comedies like “Girls with Balls,” which offer the uncomplicated pleasure of attractive young people fighting for their lives in the great outdoors. But first-time director Olivier Afonso, a skilled makeup-effects artist on such films as “Raw” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” could have complicated his hillbillies-versus-athletes scenario a little more than he has. Is there a scene where members of a women’s volleyball team spike balls into the faces of their adversaries? Of course. Yet that’s about as far as the conceit takes this chaotic, toothless, unfunny Gallic twist on “The Most Dangerous Game,” and it’s not even enough to reach 80 minutes. Netflix has served it up for less discriminate genre fans, however, who are advised to bypass the default dubbed version and watch it in French with subtitles.
The extreme French horror movement of the...
The extreme French horror movement of the...
- 7/25/2019
- by Scott Tobias
- Variety Film + TV
Shudder is looking to warm the hearts of horror fans in the Us this February with a wide range of titles, including the new documentary Horror Noire, Eli Roth's History of Horror TV series (for those that missed it on its initial AMC run), 1981's Bloody Birthday, Frank Henenlotter's Brain Damage, and Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones.
Below, check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this February, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
"Horror’s past comes to life this month on Shudder, first in the new Shudder Original documentary Horror Noire: A History Of Black Horror, and then in the seven-part series Eli Roth’S History Of Horror. After that, step into horror’s future with the Shudder Exclusive films The Crucifixion, offering a new take on the demonic possession genre from the director of Frontier(s),...
Below, check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this February, and visit Shudder online to learn more about the streaming service.
"Horror’s past comes to life this month on Shudder, first in the new Shudder Original documentary Horror Noire: A History Of Black Horror, and then in the seven-part series Eli Roth’S History Of Horror. After that, step into horror’s future with the Shudder Exclusive films The Crucifixion, offering a new take on the demonic possession genre from the director of Frontier(s),...
- 1/23/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The horror thriller Cold Skin is releasing this week. From French director Xavier Gens (Frontier(s)), this title is set in the early 1900s. On a remote island, two men discover a strange species in the nearby water. They attack them, at their final refuge, an isolated lighthouse. Cold Skin centrally stars Ray Stevenson ("Black Sails"), David Oakes ("The Living and the Dead") and Aura Garrido. As well, a new clip is available for Cold Skin, entitled "Midnight Attack;" this clip can be found here, along with other release details. The "Midnight Attack" clip shows Gruner (Stevenson) and a weather observer (Oakes). They notice something on the shoreline, a horde of sea creatures. One man fights back, while the other runs away. Who will survive and who will perish in the swirling seas? Horror fans can find out this September 7th. On this date, Cold Skin will show in several theatres and on Digital platforms.
- 9/4/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Breaking norms and defying convention, producer Xavier Gens (The Divide, Frontier(s)) and director Mathieu Turi deliver what is said to be “an intriguing divergence on the horror genre in a post-apocalyptic tale of survival” with Hostile, which is arriving on DVD, VOD and Digital HD September 4, 2018. In the film, “A worldwide epidemic has killed most of the planet’s population. The few […]...
- 8/28/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
We've been keeping an eye on Mathieu Turi's much anticipated post-apocalyptic thriller Hostile for some time.
The project, produced by Xavier Gens[/link]), unfolds in the aftermath of an epidemic which has wiped out most of the world's population.
As if surviving after the apocalypse isn't difficult enough, those who are left find themselves scavenging for food and shelter while hiding out from strange creatures that hunt for them at night.
Hostile made quite the splash as it made its way through the genre festival circles last year and now it's about to land in North America.
Hostile will be available...
The project, produced by Xavier Gens[/link]), unfolds in the aftermath of an epidemic which has wiped out most of the world's population.
As if surviving after the apocalypse isn't difficult enough, those who are left find themselves scavenging for food and shelter while hiding out from strange creatures that hunt for them at night.
Hostile made quite the splash as it made its way through the genre festival circles last year and now it's about to land in North America.
Hostile will be available...
- 8/28/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Breaking norms and defying convention, producer Xavier Gens (The Divide, Frontier(s)) and director Mathieu Turi deliver what is said to be “an intriguing divergence on the horror genre in a post-apocalyptic tale of survival” with Hostile, which is arriving on DVD, VOD and Digital HD September 4, 2018. In the film, “A worldwide epidemic has killed most of the planet’s population. The […]...
- 8/23/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
by Jason Adams
The only child in me always dreams about and delights in films about people who've run away from the world of man to make a go of it by their lonesomes. They're duking it out with their own personal demons in the wilderness, of whatever sort, mano a mano. There's no greater fantasy of this sort than the Lighthouse Keeper. They wear thick-knit sweaters and write in their diaries and stare sadly into the distance at hella stormy seas - it's my fetish writ ten-fold. The old-timier the better - give me strange instruments and dials, knickers and elaborate mustaches, tweed piled to heaven, please and thank you.
Nobody tossed these fantasies into the abyss better than Hp Lovecraft and Cold Skin, the new Lovecrafitan tale of terror from Frontier(s) and Hitman director Xavier Gens (it's actually based on a 2002 book by Albert Sanchez Pinol), is made of that same slippery stuff.
The only child in me always dreams about and delights in films about people who've run away from the world of man to make a go of it by their lonesomes. They're duking it out with their own personal demons in the wilderness, of whatever sort, mano a mano. There's no greater fantasy of this sort than the Lighthouse Keeper. They wear thick-knit sweaters and write in their diaries and stare sadly into the distance at hella stormy seas - it's my fetish writ ten-fold. The old-timier the better - give me strange instruments and dials, knickers and elaborate mustaches, tweed piled to heaven, please and thank you.
Nobody tossed these fantasies into the abyss better than Hp Lovecraft and Cold Skin, the new Lovecrafitan tale of terror from Frontier(s) and Hitman director Xavier Gens (it's actually based on a 2002 book by Albert Sanchez Pinol), is made of that same slippery stuff.
- 7/24/2018
- by JA
- FilmExperience
"We are the invaders... which makes us the enemy." Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted another official Us trailer for the film Cold Skin, a creature feature set in the Antarctic, which has been delayed and buried after opening in Spain in 2017. This is the latest film by French filmmaker Xavier Gens (of Frontier(s) and The Divide) and it already opened in Europe last year, but has been waiting for a Us release ever since. Most likely because it just looks so weird. Set on a desolate island in the Antarctic Circle, the film is about a man living for a year there as a weather observer who discovers that at night the island is overrun by mysterious creatures. He falls in love with one of them, which complicates things even further. The cast includes David Oakes, Ray Stevenson, and Aura Garrido as Aneris, who plays the creature who gets close to the main character.
- 7/5/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Oftentimes, the best way to make movie recommendations is to base them on movies that the person you’re pitching them to already loves. After all, if you already liked Hellraiser (1987), chances are that you’ll like The Void (2016). If you already liked The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), chances are that you’ll love Frontier(s) (2007). And if you already liked The Strangers (2008), chances are that you’ll love Hush (2016). Whether it’s the story, the aesthetic or the filmmakers, it’s only natural to link one great movie to another, especially when attempting the uphill battle that is recommending movies to
If You Liked ‘Hereditary,’ Then You’ll Love ‘The Witch’...
If You Liked ‘Hereditary,’ Then You’ll Love ‘The Witch’...
- 6/21/2018
- by Brian Hadsell
- TVovermind.com
In the early 2000’s horror fans were blessed with a bevy of bleak, bloody, and bad ass horror films from the land of the baguette. The French Extreme movement brought us modern classics such as Martyrs, Inside, and Frontier(s), then laid in wait until American audiences began to feel safe, before once again dumping buckets of blood onto […]
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- 6/5/2018
- by Matt Smith
- DreadCentral.com
After Dark Films has picked up Mark Young's cannibal tale Tooth and Nail for its After Dark Horrorfest 2007 film series.
Rachel Miner, Rider Strong, Robert Carradine, Vinnie Jones and Michael Madsen star as survivors in a post-apocalyptic world who fight a legion of hungry cannibals. The feature, produced by Jonathan Sachar and Patrick Durham, will be released nationwide Nov. 9-18.
Other films in the series include Borderland, The Deaths of Ian Stone, Frontiers, Nightmare Man and Unearthed.
Steve Break of Break Thru Media negotiated the deal on behalf of Durham/Sachar Prods.
Rachel Miner, Rider Strong, Robert Carradine, Vinnie Jones and Michael Madsen star as survivors in a post-apocalyptic world who fight a legion of hungry cannibals. The feature, produced by Jonathan Sachar and Patrick Durham, will be released nationwide Nov. 9-18.
Other films in the series include Borderland, The Deaths of Ian Stone, Frontiers, Nightmare Man and Unearthed.
Steve Break of Break Thru Media negotiated the deal on behalf of Durham/Sachar Prods.
- 10/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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