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The 22nd Asian Project Market Selects 29 Official Projects
The Asian Project
Market (APM), the biggest investment and co-production market in Asia, selects
29 official projects for 2019.
APM, which marks
its 22nd edition this year, is a business platform offering opportunities for
investment and co-production by introducing promising film projects from around
the world to film industry professionals. Since its inception in 1998, APM has
presented 556 projects and represents a center of creativity that has kick-started
numerous noteworthy and exceptional films.
Diverse Projects
Seek Co-production Opportunities at APM 2019
APM received 384
projects from 60 countries, among which 29 projects were finally selected after
a fierce competition. This year, numerous projects were submitted from India,
the Philippines, and Japan. APM has also seen a continuous increase in the
number of co-produced projects between diverse countries such as France, the
United States, Nepal, and Malaysia.
Projects to note
include the following: Silah and the Man
with Two Names, the new project by director Yosep Anggi Noen whose latest
film The Science of Fiction
(Indonesia / APM 2014) is invited to the competition section of the Locarno
Film Festival 2019; Black and White Photo
(Nepal, Hong Kong (China), France) by director Rajesh Prasad Khatri, which was
selected to receive the Script Development Fund of Asian Cinema Fund this year;
The Rain Bride (Kurdistan (Iraq)) by
Hussein Hassan, the director of the closing film The Dark Wind at Busan International Film Festival 2016; and Mother Tongue (Kazakhstan) by director
Zhannat Alshanova who received recognition in many international film festivals
such as the Cannes Film Festival for her short film.
Many projects
submitted from the Chinese-speaking regions dealt with today’s ongoing societal
issues. Among them, The Courier Always
Knocks Twice by director Hu Jia, Black
Sheep by director Luo Bin, and Coo-Coo
by director Chan Ching Lin were selected for their great potential to attract the
film industry professionals’ interest to talk about the possibility of a
co-production deal.
Numerous Vietnamese
projects were submitted this year, reflecting the vibrantly growing film
industry in Vietnam. This year’s projects from Vietnam include Skin of Youth by director Ash Mayfair,
who won the NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 for
her previous work The Third Wife, and
Picturehouse by director Nguyen-Vo
Minh.
From Commercial to
Independent, Finest Selection of Korean Projects
Eight Korean
projects of diverse genres were chosen for the APM this year. Cart (2014) director Boo Jiyoung’s About Daughter is a project based on a
novel of the same title and written by Kim Hyejin. A regular at multiple
international film festivals, director Jang Kunjae will present A House with Ghosts, the script of which
will be worked on by the renowned Japanese writer Yoshimoto Banana. Root Story by director Cho Minjae, who
is known for his outstanding creativity, is expected to attract much attention.
Projects by the
rising stars in the Korean commercial film scene include The Scarecrow by director Han Junhee, Moon Chasers by director Kim Jinhwang, and The Child by director Kang Donghun. Winter Worm, Summer Grass by director Kang Sangwoo, and Good Day by director Kim Mooyoung will
represent the projects by the future leaders of the Korean independent film
scene.
The APM 2019 will
present these 29 new projects for 3 days starting Sunday, October 6th to
Tuesday, October 8th at BEXCO, Busan.
Asian Project
Market 2019 Selections
(In Alphabetical Order by project title)
The Asian Project Market (APM) will be held from Sunday, Oct 6th to Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2019. The Asian Film
Market will be held from Saturday, Oct 5th to Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2019. The 24th Busan International Film Festival will be held from Thursday, Oct 3rd to Saturday, Oct 12th. |
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