RKSS, Simon Jaquemet, Nina Kiri Feature at Ever More Prominent Cannes Frontieres Platform (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comFrontières Platform, organized with the Fantasia Film Festival. Focusing on genre, the Frontières showcase is emerging as one of the Marché du Film’s biggest market plays, supercharged by this year’s milestone Oscar triumph of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” smart genre’s popularity among an emerging generation of filmmakers and its rising tide as one of the most resilient of independent movie market propositions.
For RKSS, it’s a return, having had great success with their previous “Turbo Kid,” which went on to Sundance, and won a bunch including at SXSW and Fright Fest. “U Are the Universe,” deserves a special mention, given the sheer challenge of completing a project under the pressures of the military action taking place in Ukraine.
Frontieres’ second section, its Proof of Concept project showcase, features “Quest of the Gods,” which even at this early stage looks a hugely ambitious film visually, plus – a rarity among genre – the animated feature “Pesta.” “The Handmaid Tale’s” star Nina Kiri is attached to star in “Absolution,” another notable swing in Proof of Concept.
These potential standouts join a total of 16 titles showcased this year. There is a notably strong sci-fi contingent among psychological horror, and more classic genre. “Science fiction is just something that fascinates because it’s open.
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