Genre cinema gets its own spotlight at TIFF: The Market this September, as Fantasia’s Frontières unveils seven in-development projects for its inaugural showcase.
Two standout projects include:
Two Gun Cohen
Dir: Johnnie To (Election)
Prod: XYZ Films former int. Acqs head Todd Brown (Timecrimes)
Synopsis:
Con man, swindler, and general gadabout, Morris Cohen is in a bind. Sitting in a jail cell after being caught cheating on cards, Cohen’s luck appears to have run out until a mysterious Chinese man makes him an offer: “Ask no questions, join our service and we will bail you out.”
Fin
Dir/Wri: Lowell Dean (Die Alone)
Prod: Lolofilm Productions (Lamb of Love)
Synopsis:
Revolves around three estranged siblings who reunite at their father’s deathbed and learn their wheelchair-bound, catatonic mother is actually a mermaid.
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