Worldwide horror, sci-fi, fantasy, motion and animation movies may have a brand new feeding floor this fall.
Frontières, the worldwide style co-production market, organized by Montreal’s Fantasia Worldwide Movie Competition, is partnering with the Tokyo International Film Festival Content Market (TIFFCOM) to stage a brand new style gap-financing program on the Tokyo Hole Financing Market (TGFM) this October.
The announcement lands on the shut of Marché du Movie, the place Japan was this yr’s nation of honor, and caps a busy session for Frontières Platform, which lately has been a key participant in whetting the growing appetite for genre film at each the Cannes’ competition and market.
“Since its inception in 1996, Fantasia has championed Asian cinema, and it feels like a natural evolution to expand our market into Japan,” Fantasia deputy director Tania Morissette advised Selection. “We are beyond proud of this new partnership and the opportunity to further shine a spotlight on international genre co-productions.”
Morissette attended TGFM final yr and was impressed by the standard of the tasks. Reps from the 2 occasions started speaking and finalized the partnership this previous week at Cannes.
TGFM alumni movies screening this yr at Cannes embrace Jorge Thielen Armand’s “Death Has No Master” (Administrators’ Fortnight), Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s “9 Temples to Heaven” (Administrators’ Fortnight), and Konstantina Kotzamani’s “Titanic Ocean” (Un Sure Regard).
“In recent years, Frontières has seen an increase of submissions from Asia,” Morissette stated. “Tasks just like the ‘Funky Forest 2’ and ‘Red Spider Lilies’ had been chosen for the Montreal market final yr, and Norihiro Niwatsukino’s ‘Magai-Gami’ and ‘Queen of Malacca’ had been offered at this yr’s sold-out Frontières at Cannes.
The brand new Tokyo market program will characteristic worldwide tasks in superior financing which can be looking for a most of 40% hole financing. Groups will current their tasks in a curated showcase on the TGFM, which helps characteristic movie tasks by facilitating one-to-one conferences with business professionals (producers, financiers, distributors, broadcasters, and streaming platforms) in addition to each day panels and conferences all through the three-day TIFFCOM, held Oct. 28 to 30.
The market is affiliated with the Tokyo Worldwide Movie Competition, which runs its 39th version Oct. 26 to Nov. 4. Submissions for eligible tasks opened at present (Might 22) and shut on July 21, 2026. Candidates can submit their venture by way of the Frontières Market web site, or by way of the TGFM platform.
Latest Frontières hits soak up “Lamb,” from Valdimar Jóhannson, a 2021 Un Sure Regard prize winner for originality, “In Flames,” directed by Zarrar Khan and chosen for Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight in 2023 and “A Prayer for the Dying,” Dara Van Dusen’s 2026 Berlinale Views participant which drew admiring reviews.
One other previous Frontières title, the upcoming “Hot Spot,” from Agnieszka Smoczynska, is ready to premiere at Fantasia’s thirtieth version this summer time.
The Frontières Worldwide Co-Manufacturing Market is funded by Telefilm Canada, SODEC, the Authorities of Quebec, the Metropolis of Montreal and RDV Canada.
