Exclusive: Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event run by Fantasia and Cannes’ Marche du Film, returns to the French fest for another edition this year, with 13 projects selected to take part in the showcase, running July 10-11. Scroll down for the full list.
The event is technically taking place physically, as per Cannes’ commitment to staging an in-person industry event in July, but Frontières has informed participants that it does not encourage them to travel during a pandemic and that all pitches will be screened online. If participants do wish to travel to Cannes, however, the event will allow them to do so, and a representative of Frontières will be in attendance, restrictions allowing.
Activities will include the Proof of Concept presentations for projects in the advanced stages of financing, and the Buyers Showcase for films that are in post-production or have recently been completed. Footage will be screened from seven projects,...
The event is technically taking place physically, as per Cannes’ commitment to staging an in-person industry event in July, but Frontières has informed participants that it does not encourage them to travel during a pandemic and that all pitches will be screened online. If participants do wish to travel to Cannes, however, the event will allow them to do so, and a representative of Frontières will be in attendance, restrictions allowing.
Activities will include the Proof of Concept presentations for projects in the advanced stages of financing, and the Buyers Showcase for films that are in post-production or have recently been completed. Footage will be screened from seven projects,...
- 4/28/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Marko Mäkilaakso directs.
Raven Banner has picked up world sales on creature feature The Creeps starring Christopher Lambert, which is set to start production in Finland this month.
Marko Mäkilaakso directs and Miika J. Norvanto of Black Lion Pictures and Timo Puustinen of Frozen Flame Pictures are producing.
The Creeps tells the story of two American youngsters who prepare to celebrate Monsterfest in a Finnish ski resort that gets overrun by small creatures. Chris Cavalier (Hidden Figures) and Iiro Panula (Bordertown) star alongside Lambert.
Disney veteran Barry Atkinson is designing the creatures.
“The Creeps will be a straight-down-the-pipe fun popcorn...
Raven Banner has picked up world sales on creature feature The Creeps starring Christopher Lambert, which is set to start production in Finland this month.
Marko Mäkilaakso directs and Miika J. Norvanto of Black Lion Pictures and Timo Puustinen of Frozen Flame Pictures are producing.
The Creeps tells the story of two American youngsters who prepare to celebrate Monsterfest in a Finnish ski resort that gets overrun by small creatures. Chris Cavalier (Hidden Figures) and Iiro Panula (Bordertown) star alongside Lambert.
Disney veteran Barry Atkinson is designing the creatures.
“The Creeps will be a straight-down-the-pipe fun popcorn...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Shooting on masked avenger saga underway in Finland.
Toronto-based genre specialists Raven Banner are in Tiff talking to buyers on the sequel to their hot seller and Finnish superhero film Rendel.
Jesse Haaja return to the director’s chair on Rendel 2: Cycle Of Revenge, and the action picks up as the masked avenger sets his sights on bringing down a bellicose mega-corporation.
Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flame Pictures are producing the sequel and shooting has begun in Finland.
Raven Banner licensed Rendel in more than 60 territories and handles worldwide sales on the sequel. Miika J. Norvanto, Trevor Doyle...
Toronto-based genre specialists Raven Banner are in Tiff talking to buyers on the sequel to their hot seller and Finnish superhero film Rendel.
Jesse Haaja return to the director’s chair on Rendel 2: Cycle Of Revenge, and the action picks up as the masked avenger sets his sights on bringing down a bellicose mega-corporation.
Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flame Pictures are producing the sequel and shooting has begun in Finland.
Raven Banner licensed Rendel in more than 60 territories and handles worldwide sales on the sequel. Miika J. Norvanto, Trevor Doyle...
- 9/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Kristofer Gummerus, Rami Rusinen, Renne Korppila, Matti Onnismaa, Johnny Vivash, Bianca Bradey, Sheila Shah, Michael Majalahti, Michael Hall, Alina Tomnikov, Aake Kalliala, Reino Nordin, Tero Salenius, Sami Huhtala | Written by Pekka Lehtosaari, Miika J. Norvanto, Timo Puustinen | Directed by Jesse Haaja
Hans(el) und (G)rendel
There is something uniquely American in the unashamed virtues and patriotism wrapped up in traditional Superhero films. It is this un-ironic earnestness that I admire but find impossible to emulate personally. Superman, with his endlessly positivity is too vanilla for me. Probably more importantly I am, deep down too sneering, too cynical to fully embrace or relate to the struggles of the invincible man with the shopping list of powers.
Speaking of heroes… lots of people like to root for John McClane in the original Die Hard as the consummate underdog. Even watching as a kid, I rooted for the actual underdogs of the movie,...
Hans(el) und (G)rendel
There is something uniquely American in the unashamed virtues and patriotism wrapped up in traditional Superhero films. It is this un-ironic earnestness that I admire but find impossible to emulate personally. Superman, with his endlessly positivity is too vanilla for me. Probably more importantly I am, deep down too sneering, too cynical to fully embrace or relate to the struggles of the invincible man with the shopping list of powers.
Speaking of heroes… lots of people like to root for John McClane in the original Die Hard as the consummate underdog. Even watching as a kid, I rooted for the actual underdogs of the movie,...
- 3/1/2019
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
Shooting will start in early 2019, with Jesse Haja returning to direct.
Toronto-based genre sales specialist Raven Banner has launched worldwide sales in Cannes on a sequel to its Finnish superhero film Rendel.
Producers Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flame Pictures are planning an early 2019 shoot on Rendel 2, which sees Jesse Haaja return to directing duties. Raven Banner licensed Rendel in more than 60 countries.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am for this,” Haaja said of the ongoing saga of the masked avenger who fights a criminal organisation. “It was my lifelong dream to get Rendel to the big screens.
Toronto-based genre sales specialist Raven Banner has launched worldwide sales in Cannes on a sequel to its Finnish superhero film Rendel.
Producers Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flame Pictures are planning an early 2019 shoot on Rendel 2, which sees Jesse Haaja return to directing duties. Raven Banner licensed Rendel in more than 60 countries.
“I can’t even describe how excited I am for this,” Haaja said of the ongoing saga of the masked avenger who fights a criminal organisation. “It was my lifelong dream to get Rendel to the big screens.
- 5/12/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Raven Banner Entertainment recently released a limited edition version of Bunny the Killer Thing. Titled the "Limited X-rated P*&sy Edition," this release offers lots of extras. The film itself is a horror comedy. In the story, a group of holidayers are trapped in a cabin, by a vicious three-legged killer. Shot in Finland, this latest release offers multiple versions, including Blu-ray, DVD and CD. More details on this limited release are available here. There only a thousand of these units being sold. Each unit has been hand labelled. As well, the release has five collectible postcards included. There is more footage in this outing. And, fans of the film should pick up this very un-politically correct feature film outing, from Raven Banner Entertainment! Release Date: November, 2016. Director: Joonas Makkonen. Writers: Joonas Makkonen and Miika J. Norvanto. Cast: Enni Ojutkangas, Gareth Lawrence and Veera W. Vilo. A trailer for the...
- 12/10/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Talk at the event was dominated by the looming introduction of the Finnish tax incentive; Beta boards The Unknown Soldier.
The works-in-progress jury at this year’s Finnish Film Affair (Sept 20-22) has split the $3,300 (€3000) Best Pitch prize between two films, Dome Karukoski’s Tom Of Finland, about the gay artist Touko Laaksonen, and documentary Post Punk Disorder, co-directors Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-p Passi’s sequel to their 2012 SXSW audience award winner The Punk Syndrome.
The event was dominated by discussions on two forthcoming landmarks - the films comprising part of the Finland 100 celebrations, marking the centenary since Finland declared itself independent, and the proposed film incentive, due to be rubber-stamped by parliament in December, which will deliver a 20-25% cash rebate to films in production in Finland.
The rebate would apply to productions with a budget of more than $2.2m (€2m) euros. The current average budget in Finland is close to $1.7m (€1.5m). It will apply...
The works-in-progress jury at this year’s Finnish Film Affair (Sept 20-22) has split the $3,300 (€3000) Best Pitch prize between two films, Dome Karukoski’s Tom Of Finland, about the gay artist Touko Laaksonen, and documentary Post Punk Disorder, co-directors Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-p Passi’s sequel to their 2012 SXSW audience award winner The Punk Syndrome.
The event was dominated by discussions on two forthcoming landmarks - the films comprising part of the Finland 100 celebrations, marking the centenary since Finland declared itself independent, and the proposed film incentive, due to be rubber-stamped by parliament in December, which will deliver a 20-25% cash rebate to films in production in Finland.
The rebate would apply to productions with a budget of more than $2.2m (€2m) euros. The current average budget in Finland is close to $1.7m (€1.5m). It will apply...
- 9/23/2016
- ScreenDaily
Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Scandinavia to Finland’s first superhero film.
Rendel is styled as being in the vein of The Punisher and Spawn as a vigilante targets a criminal organisation known as Vala.
Producer, Miika J. Norvanto said: “We’re thrilled to be continuing our relationship with Raven Banner.
“Their marketing strategy on our previous film, Bunny The Killer Thing was spot-on and we knew they’d be a perfect fit for Rendel.”
Raven Banner co-managing partners Michael Paszt and James Fler brokered the deal with producers, Norvanto of Black Lion Pictures, Timo Puustinen and Trevor Morgan Doyle of Frozen Flame Pictures and Rendel creator/director, Haaja...
Rendel is styled as being in the vein of The Punisher and Spawn as a vigilante targets a criminal organisation known as Vala.
Producer, Miika J. Norvanto said: “We’re thrilled to be continuing our relationship with Raven Banner.
“Their marketing strategy on our previous film, Bunny The Killer Thing was spot-on and we knew they’d be a perfect fit for Rendel.”
Raven Banner co-managing partners Michael Paszt and James Fler brokered the deal with producers, Norvanto of Black Lion Pictures, Timo Puustinen and Trevor Morgan Doyle of Frozen Flame Pictures and Rendel creator/director, Haaja...
- 5/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Marshmallow fluff, ladies stitched together from corpses, and sex-crazed rabbit/human hybrids… this can only mean one thing: it’s family game night in the Crypt o’ Xiii! Or it’s time for another batch of revoltin’ reviews… I always get those mixed up, often with hilarious (and litigious) results…
Rows
• Release Date: Available Now on DVD
• Written By: David W. Warfield
• Directed By: David W. Warfield
• Starring: Hannah Schick, Lauren Lakis, Kenneth Hughes
What’s this? A new fright flick that advertises itself as a Gothic horror/psychological thriller inspired by the works of The Brothers Grimm (and just so happens to be set in a cornfield)? This is either going to end up mind-blowing, or just plain blowing (or it could just be mediocre, I suppose). Well, let’s see how corny ol’ Rows gets!
Tasked with delivering an eviction notice to a reclusive woman in a s...
Rows
• Release Date: Available Now on DVD
• Written By: David W. Warfield
• Directed By: David W. Warfield
• Starring: Hannah Schick, Lauren Lakis, Kenneth Hughes
What’s this? A new fright flick that advertises itself as a Gothic horror/psychological thriller inspired by the works of The Brothers Grimm (and just so happens to be set in a cornfield)? This is either going to end up mind-blowing, or just plain blowing (or it could just be mediocre, I suppose). Well, let’s see how corny ol’ Rows gets!
Tasked with delivering an eviction notice to a reclusive woman in a s...
- 3/31/2016
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The first trailer for Bunny the Killer Thing is here. The film's first trailer almost made this viewer blow coffee all over his computer screen. A second viewing was equally hilarious. Sometimes, horror can still be funny, if campy or over-the-top. That is the case here, with Finland's first bunny killer film. The film's punchline will not be revealed here; instead, readers can see all of the absurdity below. From the story, a strange furry killer lays waste to the Finnish countryside. His motivations are obvious. And, a group of friends are soon to meet this lustful party-crasher. As well, Raven Banner Entertainment is repping this picture. Raven Banner will sell world wide rights for the film. The film will also be released in Europe, this year. Release Date: Tba. Director: Joonas Makkonen. Writers: Joonas Makkonen and Miika J. Norvanto. Cast: Enni Ojutkangas, Gareth Lawrence and Veera W. Vilo. The...
- 5/22/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
There are times when you simply do not know what to say about a trailer. For instance, what can I say about the Nsfw trailer for Finnish horror flick Bunny the Killer Thing? For chrissakes man! Don't watch this at work, in front of your mom, your priest, small children, dogs in heat or the elderly! A group of Finns and Brits get stuck in the Finnish countryside where a half human, half rabbit named Bunny the Killer Thing attacks them and virtually anything resembling pussy."Normally we'd have a quote here but I'm at a loss for words." says Managing Partner, Michael Paszt. Raven Banner's Managing Partner, James Fler also added "Wtf!"Producer, Miika J. Norvanto of Black Lion Pictures said, "We couldn't be happier. Raven Banner totally...
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- 5/20/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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