Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world, is proud to announce the official selection of the second edition of its Frontières International Co-Production Market.

Frontières is the first and only international co-production market to connect North America with Europe, in an environment focused specifically on genre film production. It was just announced last week that Frontières will become a circuit in-between Fantasia, in July, and the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, in April. This initiative was made possible by funding from the MEDIA Mundus program of the European Commission. Frontières was the only new initiative to be funded by the program this year.

The projects to be presented in the market feature an exciting array of filmmakers, from gifted newcomers to world-renowned maestros, coupled with numerous established international producers. The selection of the second edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market will consist of the following 12 projects:

CASTING THE RUNES (Canada / Germany / USA)
Director: Joe Dante (The Hole, Gremlins)
Writer: David Tully (Djinn) based on the Short Story by M.R. James
Producers: Rob Heydon (Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy) Ecstasy Film, Daniela Tully (Djinn, Kaifeck Murder) Shivertownroad Films, Suzanne Berger (Rookie Blue) Rossetta Media
Executive Producer: Tim Smythe (Djinn) FilmWorks Group
Cast: Simon Pegg (Star Trek Into Darkness, Paul)

THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (France)
Director: Richard Stanley (Dust Devil, Hardware)
Writers: Richard Stanley & Scarlett Amaris (L’Autre Monde) based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft

DARK MATTER (Poland)
Director / Writer: Andrzej Zulawski (Possession, La Femme publique)
Producer: Marcin Wierzchosławski (The Mole) Metro Films

FROST ISLAND (UK)
Director: Michael Kinirons (first feature)
Writer: Mia Ylönen
Producer: Katie Holly (Citadel, Jump) Blinder Films

HARRY’S BLONDE (UK)
Director / Writer: Caradog James (The Machine)
Producer: Julie Baines (Triangle, Creep) Dan Films

THE LIGHTHOUSE (Spain)
Writers: David Matamoros & Richard Hobley
Producer: David Matamoros (Chrysalis) Zentropa International Spain

LE QUARTIER DES OUBLIÉS (Québec)
Director / Writer: Izabel Grondin (first feature) based on a novel by Madeleine Robitaille

OKTOBERFLESH (Germany / USA)
Director / Writer: Buddy Giovinazzo (Life is Hot in Cracktown, Combat Shock)
Producer: Matthias Georg Nerlich (Manolo) Little Kong Films

SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE (USA)
Director / Writer: Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America, World’s Greatest Dad)
Producer: Andrew Tenenbaum, Creative Management and Productions
Executive Producer: Raymond Douglas Davies
Music and Lyrics by Ray Davies, The Kinks

SOUVENIR (Québec)
Director / Writer: Alex Epstein (writer Bon Cop Bad Cop)
Producer: Anne-Marie Gélinas (Mars et Avril, War Witch) EMA Films

STEALING IS BAD (Canada)
Director / Writer: Jason Lapeyre (I Declare War, Cold Blooded)
Producer: Randall Okita (Fish In Barrel, Portrait As A Random Act Of Violence)

THE VOID (Canada)
Directors / Writers: Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie (Manborg)
Producers: Colin Geddes & Peter Kuplowsky (Manborg)
Director of Photography: Karim Hussain (Antiviral, Hobo with a Shotgun)

Frontières is part of the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, also including the Fantasia Film Market, which supports the sales efforts of the features that will be part of the festival’s 2013 programming. International producers and sales agents, distributors, broadcasters, talent agents and festival programmers will attend the Rendez-Vous from July 25 to the 28, 2013, at the mid-point of the 3-weeks run of the Fantasia Festival. These four days will be packed with pitch sessions, meetings, conferences and cocktails, along with the festival’s regular evening premieres. Accreditations are free of charge and can be applied for starting immediately, until June 14.

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be held in Montreal from July 18 to August 6, 2013. For more information about the festival and the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, or to request accreditation, please visit www.FantasiaFestival.com/Market.

This month, we have prizes to giveaway. Big Air Studios has send us over a DVD of Joe Dante's latest film "The Hole". The film is the first one him, since 2003. "The Hole" is in stores now, but we at Film Arcade.net has a copy to giveaway to one lucky reader.

To enter: send us an email to facontest@gmail.com with your name and address.

Please put "The Hole" in the subject line of the email.

Contest Ends: October 10th, 2012 and is open to US residents only.

Plot Synopsis:

From director Joe Dante comes a 3D thriller that explores the fears and secrets buried deep within the human mind. After moving into a new neighborhood, brothers Dane and Lucas, along with their neighbor Julie, discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.

"The Hole": Official Trailer

Joe Dante has been a favorite director of mine. Whether it’s the original “Piranha” to the crazy horror film “Gremlins” to the insane “Small Soldiers”, all those films had a campy and fun tone to them. His latest film in ten year “The Hole” is a departure from those films.

The film is about a family, who moves into a new home in the suburbs. Dane and his little brother along with a young neighbor discover a trap door in the basement of the home. Once opening it, they discover a mysterious hole. What they didn’t realize, they’ve opened long buried secrets that sets to haunt them. Now, to stop all this mysterious activity, they have confront their darkest secerts.
I was very surprised that I liked “The Hole, considering it doesn’t feature the crazy action that usually happens during Joe Dante’s films. I was going into the film thinking this was going to be a trainwreck, instead this felt like a very good episode of “Are You Afraid of the Dark” or “Goosebumps”.

This might not be one Dante’s most memorable films, but I liked how he approaches this film. He does a very good job keeping the film’s tone and images very dark. This film feels more like a film for young adults, but he does a very good job keeping your interest through the various dark images. It helped give the film its creepy tone, which was very needed for a film of this caliber to grab me interest. The other thing that I liked was the way that Dante handles his mostly young cast. He does a very good job making their performances interesting and not annoying. Dante works well with his lead young actors to make the performances engaging enough to make it work. By doing that, the film works for the average horror fan and you’re not feeling like you sat through a boring children’s horror film.

The screenplay written by Mark L. Smith does a very good building tension in some of the film’s scarier moments. Those scenes developed very well and had a creepy feeling to the scenes. It adds to the film story and makes you forget that you watching a film that caters to young adults. The other thing Smith does well, he develops the characters. I liked the fact that there is back story to each of the main characters that develops during the course of the film. It makes the characters interesting and allowed me to be interested in both the characters and the story. That’s what you want with a film like this. I’m surprised that more films of this nature don’t do it.

Don’t expect any crazy action here, as the “The Hole” is very effective horror film that brings scares and features solid direction from Joe Dante. A must see for those young adults this Halloween season.

Review Rating: 3.5 Stars

Big Air Studios send us information on the theatrical date for their upcoming release of "The Hole 3D". The film is latest film by director Joe Dante(Gremlins). "The Hole 3D" is will playing in 4 Atlanta Cinemas and Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theater starting tommorow.

If you can make it those cities, "The Hole" will be available this tuesday on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Press Release:

From director Joe Dante comes a 3D thriller that explores the fears and secrets buried deep within the human mind. After moving into a new neighborhood, brothers Dane and Lucas, along with their neighbor Julie, discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.

Complete Theatrical Listings:

Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

AMC Southlake 24
7065 Mount Zion Circle
Morrow, GA 30260

AMC Barrett Commons
2600 Cobb Place Lane Northwest
Kennesaw, GA 30144

AMC Colonial 18
825 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30043

AMC North Dekalb
2042 Lawrenceville Highway
Decatur, GA 30033

"The Hole": Official Trailer

Big Air Studios has send us over stills and official trailer for Joe Dante's 3D film "The Hole". The film stars Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, with Bruce Dern and Teri Polo. Joe Dante's THE HOLE will be in theaters on September 28, 2012 and will also be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on October 2, 2012.

For more information on this film. you can visit the film's website at: http://theholein3d.com/

Plot Synopsis:

From director Joe Dante (Gremlins) comes a 3D thriller that explores the fears and secrets buried deep within the human mind. After moving into a new neighborhood, brothers Dane and Lucas, along with their neighbor Julie, discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.

"The Hole": Official Trailer