Martin Dale ContributorRising interest amongst the world’s leading film festivals to create genre sidebars for horror, thriller, sci-fi and fantasy films, inspired the Cannes Festival, the Sitges Fantastic Film Fest and Bernardo Bergeret, creator of Ventana Sur’s genre market, Blood Window, to create a special pitching event, that aims to showcase upcoming trends in fantastic cinema production worldwide.The initiative involves seven top fests – Sitges, Bucheon, Cairo, Guadalajara (FICG), Macao, SXSW and Toronto (TIFF).Each festival has endorsed a project that was presented during the digital pitching session held on June 24 at Cannes Marché du Film Online.Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Film Market executive director and Fantastic 7 co-founder,.
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