{"id":23036,"date":"2025-07-26T07:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23036\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:11:11","slug":"frontieres-market-prizes-shallow-hell-holi-womb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23036\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontieres Market Prizes ‘Shallow Hell,’ ‘Holi Womb’\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBrazilian writer-director Rafael Toledo<\/a>\u2019s horror western \u201cShallow Hell<\/a>\u201d has won the PurpleDOG Official Selection Award and the Outpost MTL Award at the Fantasia Festival\u2019s prestigious Fronti\u00e8res Co-Production Market, which handed out seven awards at a closing cocktail July 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the event, Toledo told\u00a0Variety\u00a0the response from industry delegates in his back-to-back one-on-one meetings during the market has been encouraging. \u201cPeople are seeing the universal elements in the story,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my first experience of a genre market, and it\u2019s been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMontreal writer-director Anouk Whissell<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Holi Womb<\/a>\u2019 also picked up two awards, including the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalunya Award, which gives the recipient an opportunity to pitch their project at the prestigious event next October, and an Outpost MTL Special Mention Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 300 delegates from 25 countries attended the market, including team members of projects in its official selection, Genre Lab, Short To Features, and Music strands \u2013 all of whom presented at the day-long pitching event on opening day, July 23.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn her opening remarks, Fronti\u00e8res executive director Annick Mahnert strongly encouraged delegates to attend the full day before breaking off into chats, and they heeded her words. The auditorium was packed with supportive colleagues from morning to late afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOne-on-one meetings and industry seminars conclude on July 26.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere is the full list of Fronti\u00e8res award winners and their prizes:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalunya Award goes to Anouk Whissell\u2019s \u201cHoli Womb.\u201d The recipient wins the opportunity to pitch their project at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival next October.<\/p>\n

\n\tPurpleDOG Official Selection Award: CAD$10,000 in post-production services goes to Rafael Toledo\u2019s \u201cShallow Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPurpleDOG Official Genre Film Lab Award: CAD$ 10,000 in post-production services goes to Elena Sturk-Lussier\u2019s \u201cAfter the End.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOutpost MTL Award: a CAD $1,000 cash award and CAD$15,000 in post-production services for \u201cShallow Hell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOutpost MTL Special Mention Award: CAD$5,000 in post-production services to director Miguel Angel Caballero\u2019s \u201cBallad of Tita and the Machines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOutpost MTL Special Mention Award: CAD$ 5,000 in post-production services to Anouk Whissell\u2019s \u201cHoli Womb.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Film Deck \u2013 Shorts to Features Pitch Deck Award is won by\u00a0Talia Shea Levin\u2019s \u201cMake Me A Pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n

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