The Frontières Platform, presented by the Marché du Film and the Fantasia International Film Festival, will celebrate its 2024 activities on May 18 and 19 in Cannes.
13 genre projects have been selected in total. Six of them are part of the Buyers Showcase, dedicated to movies in post-production or recently completed. On the other hand, seven projects that are in the advanced stages of financing comprise the Proof Concept.
The Buyers Showcase will take place on May 19 (16 hrs. at Palais K, Palais des Festivals) and the Proof of Concept on May 18 (10 hrs. at the aforementioned location).
Check out the full selection here:
Buyers Showcase
Above the Knee (Viljar Bøe)
Amir, plagued with visions of a rotting leg which he feels does not belong to him, finds himself setting off on a dark path to redemption which promises to engulf all that he knows on his quest.
Dead by Dawn (Dawid Torrone)
A game of survival is played between a group of young actors and a masked murderer as he plans to summon the antichrist using an ancient ritual.
Delivery Run (Joey Palmroos)
A food delivery guy, Lee, faces a chilling pursuit during a routine job in the icy Minnesota backcountry. Chased by a menacing snowplow truck, he must outsmart the pursuer in a series of perilous situations, leading to a high-stakes standoff.
Landlord (Remington Smith)
When a black bounty hunter moves into a rundown apartment complex, she finds herself forced to protect an orphaned boy from the white vampire landlord.
Nesting (Chloé Cinq-Mars)
Following a harrowing hold-up, a new mother neglects her baby and pursues an affair with an ex-lover, stirring up traumatic memories and weakening her grip on reality.
Scared Shitless (Vivieno Caldinelli)
A plumber and his germaphobic son are forced to get their hands dirty to save the residents of an apartment building, when a genetically engineered blood-thirsty creature escapes into the plumbing system.
Proof of Concept
Bug Boy (Peter Hengl)
Puberty is a particularly difficult time for 14-year-old Samy: not only because he’s an outsider at school, girls don’t care about him, and his parents can’t help him, but also because he’s apparently in the process of turning into an insect.
Cougar (Jennifer Handorf)
When Ollie accepts his boss’s invitation to use her holiday cabin for his friend groups holiday, he never expected her to be there… or that asking her to leave would be deadly.
My Stalker (Xavier Rull)
A rising young singer in the music industry is stalked by a mysterious and dangerous man who can possess people astrally. As she struggles to compose a new album, deal with the pressures of fame, and evade her stalker, she descends into a dark world where music, nightmares, and the supernatural collide.
Ostrich Boy (Ricardo Bonisoli)
Marked by a rare facial condition called Ostrich Syndrome, a unique looking lonely teen seeks acceptance by joining a speed walking group.
Sentinel (Phil Tippett)
The Sentinel is plucked from a post-apocalyptic battleground by the god Anubis, launching an epic journey.
Sister Inconnue (Anouk Whissell)
In the cursed woods of French Cove, New Brunswick, two sisters fiercely battle against the malevolent spirit of the Headless Nun, intent on their demise.
The Girl with the Green Eyes (Yfke van Berckelaer)
When eight-year-old Mara finds a mysterious young woman in the lake behind her house, she believes her to be the Boezehappert, a mythical Dutch water spirit who has come to save her and her siblings from the terrifying monster that lives behind the red door in their house.