Norwegian Zombie Comedy ‘Grandmonster’ Wins Big Laughs and Top Outpost Award at Fantasia’s Frontières Market
The project, one of the 20 titles in Frontières official selection, received a boisterous, laugh-inducing response from the packed Frontières audience of fellow pitchers and buyer and industry delegates. 300 delegates from 24 countries attended the market, including team members of projects in its official selection, Genre Lab, Shorts To Features, and Music strands. “Reset” is U.S. directors Celine Tien and Jerry Hsu’s sci-fi drama about a program that resets the elderly into children to remain economically useful; the short is screening in Fantasia’s official international short film competition.
- ▪The project, one of the 20 titles in Frontières official selection, received a boisterous, laugh-inducing response from the packed Frontières audience of fellow pitchers and buyer and industry delegates.
- ▪300 delegates from 24 countries attended the market, including team members of projects in its official selection, Genre Lab, Shorts To Features, and Music strands.
- ▪“Reset” is U.S. directors Celine Tien and Jerry Hsu’s sci-fi drama about a program that resets the elderly into children to remain economically useful; the short is screening in Fantasia’s official international short film competition.
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Home Film Markets & Festivals Jul 24, 2026 4:00pm PT Norwegian Zombie Comedy ‘Grandmonster’ Wins Big Laughs and Top Outpost Award at Fantasia’s Frontières Market Frontières Shorts-to-Features sci-fi drama 'Reset' and Haitian gothic horror 'Sea Spirits' scoop Outpost special mentions, among six prizes handed out at Frontières' closing cocktail July 24 By Jennie Punter Plus Icon Jennie Punter Latest Vanessa Marano to Produce and Star in Frontières Horror Comedy ‘Ring Leader’: ‘It’s ‘Bridesmaids’ Meets ‘Send Help’’ (EXCLUSIVE) 3 days ago Guillermo del Toro, Kim Novak, Ari Aster Lined Up for ‘The Fall,’ Investigating Hitchcock’s ‘Biggest Mystery’ – the Stunning ‘Vertigo’ Finale (EXCLUSIVE) 3 days ago Psychological Horror Feature ‘Ancestral Beasts’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Fantasia World…
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