Proof of Concept

La présentation Proof of Concept est une sélection de projets de genre en phase avancée de financement. Les producteurs et les réalisateurs présentent leurs teasers originaux de proof of concept aux financeurs, agents de vente et distributeurs potentiels.

📆 La présentation Proof of Concept Frontières se tiendra le samedi 20 mai de 9h30 à 11h00 (Palais K, Palais des Festivals).

Projects

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Absolution

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Filip Kovacevic

Produced by: Filip Kovacevic, Djordje Stankovic & Vukota Antunovic (Void Pictures)

Country of production: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro

Genre: Adventure, Dystopian, Science-fiction

Language: English

In a barren wasteland far removed from the mythical city of the gods, there is one human settlement left. They are dying out under the leadership of a zealous priest who started conducting human sacrifice rituals after experiencing a religious vision.

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Dark Tide

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Peter Ricq

Produced by: Hangar 18 Media, GoodBye Productions, League Productions

Country of production: Canada

Genre: Horror

Language: English

A young Fisherman, along with his dead comrades, washes up on a mysterious island where a deranged Captain is hunted by a dark-hungry-beast.

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Paws

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Lukas Rinker

Produced by: Neopol Film

Country of production: Germany

Genre: Creature Horror

Language: English

Young climate-researcher Nook is in grave danger. Her science-vessel has broken down way deep in the Arctic ice and her team is about to betray her and her cause – and dig for oil! When a hungry polarbear-mother then attacks the estranged crew, chances for survival decline rapidly.

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Pesta

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Hanne Berkaak

Produced by: Tonje Skar Reiersen & Lise Fearnley (Mikrofilm)

Country of production: Norway

Genre: Folk Horror

Language: Norwegian

Set in Norway during the Black Plague (1349), PESTA is a romantic folk horror film about four teenagers fighting to survive as the world as they know it is coming to an end.

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Quest of the Gods

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: George Moïse

Produced by: Terraform Pictures

Country of production: USA

Genre: Science-fiction

Language: English

A 9 to 5 space station worker mysteriously loses his most prized possession: the phone containing his dead mother’s memories. He goes on a quest across the galaxy, digging for clues in strange worlds and meeting a bizarre cast of characters to uncover the mystery.

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The Second Woman

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Zach Gayne

Produced by: Precious Chong (Party Hunks Inc.)

Country of production: Canada

Genre: Dark Thriller, Horror

Language: English

A Canadian literary legend tucked away in an Algonquin Park cabin writing her final memoirs fights for her life and her sanity when a stalker attacks her perception of reality.

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Upiro

Category: Proof of Concept

Directed by: Óscar Martín

Produced by: Elena Muñoz (El Ojo Mecanico)

Country of production: Spain

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Language: Spanish

A rebel young woman struggles to survive in a cloistered monastery where novices mysteriously bleed to death.