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Asian Project Market (APM) 2022 Announces 13 Awards Winners!
Asian Project Market (APM) 2022, which was held for 3 days from Oct 9
(Sun) to Oct 11 (Tues), has announced its award winners on Oct 11 (Tues) 20:00
KST, at the Grand Ballroom of Paradise Hotel Busan.
Celebrating its 25th year, APM 2022 has previously announced
intensive support for Asian projects from this year. 29 projects from 14
countries were selected and a total of 705 official business meetings were held
in the APM Zone during the event, reestablishing its status as Asia’s largest
investment and co-production market.
The
13 APM 2022 award-winning projects were chosen from an evenly dispersed range
of topics, genres, and production countries. Moreover, the ARRI Award drew much
attention by announcing 2 projects as winners after careful consideration among
many outstanding projects.
As exemplified by the numerous projects that have been invited to the world’s
leading film festivals through APM for the past 24 years, it is expected that
prominent Asian directors who have won this year’s award will also go on to
gain global attention.
[Asian Project Market
2022 Award Winners]
APM 2022 Awards
Busan Award Financed by Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan Award commits 15,000USD in cash to one selected project chosen from APM official line-up. Busan Metropolitan City administers additional annual funds, aiming to lend stronger financial support to promising filmmakers participating at APM. CJ ENM Award CJ ENM
Award commits 10,000USD in cash to one selected international project. The
'First Look Option' regarding production, investment, sales and distribution of
the awarded project may be bestowed by CJ ENM through discussions between the
winner and CJ ENM before presenting the award.
TAICCA
Award Taiwan
Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) sponsors TAICCA Award which commits 10,000USD
in cash to one selected project chosen from APM line-up. The selected project
will also be supported by Taiwan's International Co-funding Program (TICP),
which is 30% of the total budget with a cap of 300,000USD, if it meets the
requirements in 3 years.
VIPO
Award VIPO Award is sponsored by Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO). It commits 10,000USD in cash to one selected project chosen from APM official line-up.
LOTTE Award LOTTE Award commits 10,000,000KRW
in cash to one selected Korean project. The 'First Look Option' regarding
production, investment, sales and distribution of the awarded project may be
bestowed by LOTTE CULTUREWORKS through discussions between the winner and LOTTE
CULTUREWORKS before presenting the award.
KB
Award KB Award commits 10,000,000KRW in
cash to one selected project from APM official line-up. It is sponsored by KB
Kookmin Bank in Korea.
NUTRILITE
Award NUTRILITE Award commits
10,000,000KRW in cash to one selected project chosen from APM official line-up.
Sørfond Award Sørfond, the Norwegian South Film
Fund, will invite an eligible project from APM official line-up to the Sørfond
Pitching Forum of the year with a prize package; a round trip ticket and
accommodation for one delegate.
Pop
Up Film Residency Award Pop Up Films and APM collaborate to
offer one selected director of APM official project with an opportunity to take
part in one on one tailor-made 3 week-long residency program in Europe in 2023.
The residency program will be led by Pop Up Films and designed in accordance to
the needs of the selected resident.
ARRI
Award ARRI awards
an earmarked grant of 25,000USD for rental of ARRI equipment of the winning
project or one set of ARRI ALEXA Mini camera with accessories, including four
pieces of Ultra Prime lenses in rental to one official APM project.
Kongchak
Studio Award Kongchak Studio Award represents an
in-kind prize worth 25,000USD in sound post-production services and facilities.
Kongchak Studio will also cover travel and accommodation to Cambodia for the
director of the winning project.
MONEFF
Award MONEFF Award commits 20,000USD in
post-production service and facilities, especially editing or VFX. All APM
projects are eligible to compete for this award.
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Note for APM Award Laureates 1. APM
holds no responsibility for any copyright violation of the award-receiving
project. If such an event occurs, any responsibility, legal or otherwise, shall
lie solely with the award recipient. 2. When a
project wins any of the APM official awards, upon its completion into film, the
project must insert the logo of the sponsoring company / organization, logo of
APM and a line mentioning the winning of the award in its opening credit.
■ The 27th Busan International Film
Festival: Oct 5 (Wed) – Oct 14 (Fri) |
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