Frontieres 2024: Market Announces Line Ups For The Genre Film Lab And Shorts to Features

The Genre Film Lab is an accelerator program designed to support the development of Canadian feature film genre projects by women and gender diverse creators... The Shorts to Features session, which is open to international submissions, will showcase three short filmmakers developing their feature-length adaptations. 

FRONTIÈRES ANNOUNCES THE LINE UPS FOR

THE GENRE FILM LAB & SHORTS TO FEATURES

 

 

Frontières is proud to continue its collaboration with the Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver. The Genre Film Lab is an accelerator program designed to support the development of Canadian feature film genre projects by women and gender diverse creators and with support from Creative BC, Telefilm Canada and Warner Brothers Discovery Access Canada, GEMS will present five projects at an advanced stage of development.

 

The Shorts to Features session, which is open to international submissions, will showcase three short filmmakers developing their feature-length adaptations. This year's selection includes projects from Sweden, Mongolia and Canada.

 

The Frontières International Co-Production Market is funded by Telefilm Canada, SODEC, the Government of Quebec, the City of Montreal, Wallimage and the Netherlands Film Fund.

 

 

 

THE GENRE FILM LAB

 

 

DISCO'S NOT DEAD  (Canada)

Director: Panta Mosleh

Producers: Kay Shioma Metchie, Panta Mosleh

Genre: Horror

Disco’s Not Dead is about a jaded waitress who must battle to survive when the nightclub she works at is overrun with zombies.

 

DORMANT (Canada)

Director: Jenny Lee-Gilmore

Producers: Eloise Cameron-Smith, Mike Johnston

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

A university student’s vivid nightmares and increasingly overwhelming fatigue leaves her exposed to a supernatural presence entangled in a sinister campus secret.

 

LOVE ME THERE  (Canada)

Directors: Sara Caspian & Zehra Nawab

Producer: Zahra Faraji

Genre: Psychological Thriller

After a harrowing incident leads to the loss of custody of her newborn, Ellie, a first-time mother battling postpartum depression, embarks on a grueling fight to regain custody leading her onto a path of self-discovery and healing.

 

TERRIBLE THING (Canada)

Director: Mily Mumford

Producers: Cole Vandale, Nic Altobelli.

Genre: Horror/LGBTQ+

After inheriting a bible camp from their estranged grandfather, Gabe, an idealistic youth counsellor, must battle a supernatural force that has taken over the camp, and feeds on the shame of all who enter it.

 

TO THE SEA (Canada)

Director: Vanessa Magic

Producer: Junitta Brownridge

Genre: Fantasy, Drama

In a coastal town, a determined marine biologist who clings to hope for her missing husband’s return faces a startling revelation when he suddenly reappears six months later, changed by the sea.

 

 

SHORTS TO FEATURES

 

HEADACHE (Sweden)

Director: Björn Schagerström

Producer: Patrik Nylander Nilsson

Genre: Science Fiction

When Frank gets reassigned to the Department of Consumption against his will by Claudia to look after their daughter he didn’t know he had, he instead manages to get them all outside the community of society where he discovers the shocking truth - and now the very future of human existence lies in his hands.

 

THE STOLEN CHILD (Canada, QC)

Director: Sebastian McKinnon

Producer: Sebastian McKinnon

Genre: Fantasy

As war ravages the Human Kingdom, a daring Poet must lead three mystical heroes deep into the Faerie State to find a lost prince, return him to the throne and restore the peace.

 

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN WOMEN SING (Mongolia, Denmark, Taiwan)

Director: Juefang Zhang

Producer: Patrick Huang

Genre: Dark Thriller, Folklore, Fantasy

A filmmaker visits a cyberpunk village in Mongolia to document a shamanic ritual, only to find herself chosen as the next bride to a mythical Mountain God and must fight against oppressive traditions to change her fate.