International horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action and animation films will have a new feeding ground this fall.
Frontières, the international genre co-production market, organized by Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, is partnering with the Tokyo International Film Festival Content Market (TIFFCOM) to stage a new genre gap-financing program at the Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) this October.
The announcement lands at the close of Marché du Film, where Japan was this year’s country of honor, and caps a busy session for Frontières Platform, which in recent years has been a key player in whetting the growing appetite for genre film at both the Cannes’ festival 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 told Variety. “We are beyond proud of this new partnership and the opportunity to further shine a spotlight on international genre co-productions.”
Morissette attended TGFM last year and was impressed by the quality of the projects. Reps from the two events began talking and finalized the partnership this past week at Cannes.
