Frontieres Prizes: ’Freya,’ ‘Alligator,’ ‘In the Heart of the South,’ ’Animal Realm’ Take Awards
variety.comMarta Balaga Montreal’s Frontières, the industry arm of Canada’s Fantasia Film Festival, has announced its winners. In the official selection, “Freya” proved unbeatable, taking home the Post-Production Award by PurpleDOG Post worth CAD$10,000 ($7,576).
The same award – and CAD$5,000 ($3,788) – was also given to Forum’s “In the Heart of the South” and Genre Film Lab’s “Alligator.” The Pitch Deck Award, offered by The Film Deck, went to “Animal Realm,” presented in the Shorts to Features section. “We are extremely grateful to PurpleDOG Post and The Film Deck for supporting us with the awards this year.
Our plan is to continue doing it and hopefully grow, by partnering up with the companies that can support filmmakers in their production process,” Annick Mahnert, Frontières executive director, told Variety. “Each of these projects has a specific identity and they are all extremely original.
I know they didn’t have an easy job selecting the awardees.” Rhona Rees’ “Freya” – currently in development – is set in the future when abortion is completely illegal.
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