Frontières Platform, the genre-focused initiative, co-organized by the Fantasia Film Festival and the Marché du Film, unveils its 2026 selection, set to be presented in Cannes on 16–17 May.
Seven projects in advanced stages of financing will be featured during the Proof of Concept pitching session on 16 May, in front of potential financiers, sales agents, and distributors, while seven works-in-progress in post-production will be presented in the Buyers Showcase on 17 May, targeting international distributors, festival programmers, and sales agents.
The projects to be presented at this year’s 2026 Frontières Platform are:
PROOF OF CONCEPT
- AULKEN (Netherlands)
Director: Didier Konings
Producer: Monique van Kessel - BALDOON (Canada)
Directors: Gwynne Phillips, Briana Templeton
Producer: Nancy Morski - DUPPY (UK, Jamaica)
Director: Ajuan Isaac-George
Producers: Dorottya Szekely, Aleksandra Bilic, Jamie Clark, Rob Maylor - MAGAI-GAMI (Japan)
Director: Norihiro Niwatsukino
Producer: Yasushi Miyamae - READ THE BONES (Spain)
Director: Oan Hostench
Producers: Edurne San Jose, Coque Serrano, Juan Malcom - SPIRAL (Canada, France, Belgium)
Director: Kourtney Roy
Producer: Amber Ripley - YOU’VE BEEN CHOSEN (Norway)
Director: Viljar Bøe
Producers: Arne Dahr, Anders Fløysand
BUYERS SHOWCASE
- ASTROLATRY (USA)
Director: David Gordon
Producers: David Gordon, Cole Paxton - GRIND (USA)
Director: Peter Collins Campbell
Producer: Bethany McHugh - QUEEN OF MALACCA (Indonesia)
Director: Angga Dwimas Sasongko
Producers: Kori Andyaning, Janice Angelica, Michael Rainheart - THE GLORIOUS DEAD (USA)
Directors: John Adams, Toby Poser
Producer: Toby Poser - THE WRATH (Canada)
Director: Shayne Putzlocher
Producers: Shayne Putzlocher, Jessica Watch, Paul Cadieux, Isabelle Legault, Martin Cadieux-Rouillard - TRACKING: THE CYPRUS TIGERS (Cyprus, Croatia)
Director: Andreas Kyriakou
Producers: Stavros Papageorgiou, Stjepan Hundic
The Frontières Platform in Cannes is presented by the Fantasia International Film Festival in collaboration with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, and is funded by Telefilm Canada and SODEC with the major support of Wallimage and the Netherlands Film Fund.