By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Frontières, the genre-focused industry initiative, has named Annick Mahnert as its new executive director, following the recent departure of former chief Lindsay Peters.
Mahnert will steer the org through its upcoming event, the International Co-Production Market, which will still take place July 23-26 but in a virtual form due to the global coronavirus disruption.
The market usually coincides with the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal but the fest announced last week that it was looking to push to new dates later in the summer due to regulations imposed by the government of Québec calling for the cancelation of cultural events until August 31.
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