Fantasia 2017: Second Wave Of Programming Announced For Frontières Market

Earlier this week, Fantasia Film Festival revealed its first wave of programming for the 2017 edition of the annual event, which takes place this summer from July 13th through August 2nd in Montreal.

Now we are extremely happy to share its second wave of programming that will appear in the Frontières Market with additional focus on female-driven development projects, the Directed by Women Pitch & Networking Session. The Frontières Market goes down between July 20th and 23rd.

This year Fantasia features numerous world premieres, Cannes sensations, and North American debuts. Jung Byung-gil’s The Villainess, Takashi Miike’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, and Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets have all been announced on Tuesday, so genre fans won’t want to miss those screenings next month.

The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5.

BITTER (Canada/USA)

Director: Craig Goodwill
Writer: Stephen Susco
Producers: Taylor Hackford, Mike Macari, Craig Goodwill

BLACK BATS (USA)

Director/Writer: Rick Spears
Producers: Adam Hendricks, John Lang, Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer)

THE CLEANER (Netherlands)

Director/Writer: Jan van Gorkum
Producers: Jan Doense, Herman Slagter (House of Netherhorror)
Co-Presented with the Imagine Film Festival

THE HOME (USA)

Director: L. Gustavo Cooper
Writer: Peter Cillela
Producer: Alix Taylor

LOVE, SEX & KILLING (UK)

Director: Henry Scriven
Writer: Raymond Friel
Producers: Sara Huxley, April Kelley (Mini Productions), Colin Day (Rickshaw
Entertainment), Eddie Dick (Makar Productions)

LE MEILLEUR DES DEUX MONDES (Canada)

Director: Yves Simoneau
Writer: Pierre Revelin
Producer: Yves Simoneau

MEMORY OF WATER (Finland)

Director: Saara Saarela
Writer: Ilja Rautsi
Producers: Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff (Bufo)

POCHINOK (Spain)

Director/Writer: Daniel M. Caneiro
Producers: Pedro Palacios, Luis Ferrón (LaCima Producciones)

THE SAVIOURS (UK)

Director: Rosie Toner
Writers: Rosie Toner & Jonathan Barraclough
Producer: Kathy Speirs (Up Helly AA LTD)

VFC (Canada)

Director/Writer: C.S. Roy
Producer: Stéphanie Morissette, C.S. Roy (La Maison de prod)

Directed by Women: Pitch & Networking Session

Presented by Telefilm Canada & Women in Film + Television Vancouver

THE LOT

Director/Writer: Mariel Scammell

MARRIED TO MURDER

Writer: Samantha Loney

SLAXXX

Director: Elza Kephart
Writers: Patricia Gomez Zlatar & Elza Kephart
Producers: Patricia Gomez Zlatar (Head on the Door Productions) & Elza Kephart
(Midnight Kingdom Films)

STRANGE THINGS DONE

Writer: Elle Wild (based on her novel)

SWITCHBACK

Director/Writer: Melanie Jones

TRICKS

Director/Writer: Gada Jane
Producers: John Orpheus, Atlin Mitchell (Velvet Icons Productions)

WATER FROM STONES

Writer: Bridget Canning