Busan International Film Festival has announced the 30 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (APM), including new works from Japan’s Koji Fukada, Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak and India’s Rima Das.
A total of seven Korean projects are among the selections, from filmmakers including Yoon Danbi, whose Moving On won four prizes at BIFF in 2019; and Kim Mi-young, who received the DGK Megabox Award at BIFF in 2021. APM will be held October 7-10 during the Asian Contents & Film Market, while the 28th Busan International Film Festival will be held October 4-13.
Asian Project Market 2023:
Appetite For Desire, dir: Peter Ho, prods: Kao Chun Ting, Hung Hsiu Lin, Patrick Mao Huang (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan)
The Botanist In The White House, dir: Jing Yi, prods: Shan Zuolong, Qi Ai (China)
Chronicles Of A Confession*, dir: Prateek Vats, prods: Prateek Vats (India)
Daughters Of The Sea, dir: Martika Ramirez Escobar, prods: Monster Jimenez, Rajiv Idnani (Philippines)
Filipiñana, dir: Rafael Manuel, prods: Jeremy Chua (Philippines, Singapore, UK)
First Step, dir: Yoon Danbi, prods: Kim Gi-Hyeon (Korea)
For The Girls Of The Tribe, dir: Arsalan Amiri, prods: Ida Panahandeh, Ruth Yoshie Linton (Iraq, Turkey)
Friends Of This Life, dir: Kim Mi-Young, prods: Jenny Yang (Korea)
Full Moon, dir: Song Fang, prods: Ichiyama Shozo (China, Japan)
I’ll Smile In September, dir: Aakash Chhabra, prods: Sanjay Gulati, Fran Borgia (India, Singapore)
The Last Semester, dir: Lee Ranhee, prods: Shin Woonseop (Korea)
Madness And Honey Days, dir: Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, prods: Maytham Jbara (Iraq, Canada)
Malti My Love, dir/prod: Rima Das (India)
Morning Star, dir: Kang Yi Kwan, prods: Park Jooyoung (Korea)
Mr. Tiger, dir: Hsu Chao-Jen, prods: Stefano Centini, Chang Chuti, Choi Kwang-Suk (Taiwan)
Mr. Van, dir: Kim Quy Bui, prods: Nguyen Mai, Nguyen Hong Quan (Vietnam, Germany)
Nagi Notes, dir: Fukada Koji, prods: Osanai Terutaro (Japan, France)
Pay The Bill, dir: Assel Aushakimova, prods: Assel Yerzhanova, Assel Aushakimova (Kazakhstan)
The Road To Elysium, dir: Lim Sun-Ae, prods: Kang Jiyoun (Korea)
Snake & Scorpion, dir: Lee Dongwoo, prods: Cho Young Kag (Korea)
Sol, dir: Hasei Kohki, prods: Ishige Eisuke, Ohno Atsuko (Japan, France)
Son & Sun, dir: Kawawada Emma, prods: Ide Yoko (Japan)
Southern Summer, dir: Lan Tian, prods: Teng Lee Yein, Huo Chuxin, Yu Ru (China, Malaysia)
Suraiya, dir: Robiul Alam Robi, prods: Fazle Hasan Shishir, Shibabrata Barman (Bangladesh)
Tarkam, dir: Teddy Soeriaatmadja, prods: Eric Primasetio (Indonesia)
To Kill A Mongolian Horse*, dir: Jiang Xiaoxuan, prods: Tan Chui Mui, Mo Zhulin (China)
Watch It Burn, dir: Makbul Mubarak, prods: Yulia Evina Bhara (Indonesia)
What’s Love Got To Do With It?, dir: Hirose Nanako, prods: Kitahara Eiji, Koide Daiju (Japan)
Where The Rivers Run South*, dir: Suraj Paudel, prods: Anup Poudel, Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal)
The Women Who Brush Their Teeth Outside, dir: Shin Sun, prods: Kim Soon-Mo (Korea)
*Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) Script Development Fund Selections