Asian Project Market 2025: Full Line-Up

Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has selected 30 projects for this year’s Asian Project Market, including several from filmmakers with strong ties to the festival returning with new projects.

Indian director Pradip Kurbah, recipient of the 2019 Jiseok Award for Market, is presenting his new project Moon, while The Last Of Them Plagues, from emerging Indian filmmaker Kunjila Mascillamani, is produced by Indian actress Kani Kusruti (All We Imagine As Light), who served on the New Currents jury at BIFF last year. Payal Kapadia, the director of Cannes Palme d’Or winner All We Imagine As Light, is also producing the project.

Another Indian actress, Alia Bhatt, and her sister Shaheen Bhatt are producing Soni Razdan’s Difficult Daughters, along with with Santosh producer Alex McAlex.

This year’s APM line-up also includes an Armenian project, Black Star Angel, directed by Christine Haroutounian (After Dreaming), five Chinese-language projects, three from Japan and seven from emerging and mid-career Korean directors. Southeast Asia is represented by projects from Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam (see full line-up below).

Asian Project Market (APM) will be held for four days from September 20-23 during the 20th edition of the Asian Contents & Film Market at BEXCO.

ASIAN PROJECT MARKET 2025 FULL LINE-UP:

*Supported by ACF Script Development Fund

Arrival Of Water (Korea, Japan)
Dir: Jo Heeyoung
Prod: Park Sejin

Black Star Angel* (Armenia, US)
Dir: Christine Haroutounian
Prod: Maxwell Schwartz, Christine Haroutounian

Bodoi (Japan)
Dir: Shiraishi Kazuya
Prod: Kii Muneyuki

Buy My Car (Japan, China)
Dir: Zhang Yaoyuan
Prod: Ichiyama Shozo, Kunizane Mizue, Mo Zhulin

Churching Of Women (Jordan)
Dir: Darin Sallam
Prod: Deema Azar, Ayah Jardaneh

Dance Dance Revolution (Korea)
Dir: Choi Hana
Prod: An Boyoung

The Daughter (Hong Kong, China)
Dir: Guan Tian
Prod: Vivian Bao, Ding Ningyuan

The Descent (Korea)
Dir: Kim Hyoeun
Prod: Park Hyunsuk

Difficult Daughters (India)
Dir: Soni Razdan
Prod: Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt, Alan McAlex, Grishma Shah

Disorder (Iraq, Germany)
Dir: Shawkat Amin Korki
Prod: Mehmet Aktas, Shohreh Golparian, Shawkat Amin Korki

Flying Cows (Vietnam)
Dir: Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Prod: Nguyen Huu Thi Tuong Vi

The Funeral March (Japan, China)
Dir: Fujita Naoya
Prod: Fujita Kanako, Shiina Yasushi, Zou Aiken, Zou Lin

Gilddong (Korea, China)
Dir: Park Riwoong
Prod: Yoon Minyoung

Gochi (Korea)
Dir: Yoon Eunkyoung
Prod: Stanley Kwak

Heaven Help Us!* (Philippines)
Dir: Eve Baswel
Prod: John Torres, Jules Katanyag

Lanka (The Fire) (India)
Dir: Saurav Rai
Prod: Sudeepta Sadhukhan, Viraj Selot, Ankita Purkayastha

The Last Of Them Plagues (India)
Dir: Kunjila Mascillamani
Prod: Payal Kapadia, Jeo Baby, Kani Kusruti

Lost And Cow (Thailand)
Dir: Thapanee Loosuwan
Prod: Chonlasit Upanigkit, Somprasong Srikrajang

The Magical Men (Bangladesh, Singapore, France, India)
Dir: Biplob Sarkar
Prod: Biplob Sarkar, Fran Borgia, Francois d'Artemare, Sankhajit Biswas

Moon (India)
Dir: Pradip Kurbah
Prod: Pradip Kurbah

New Life* (China)
Dir: Li Yingtong
Prod: Annie Song

No Country For Old Men (Taiwan)
Dir: An Bon
Prod: Chen Pao-Ying

Paradis Karaoke (Korea)
Dir: Byun Sungbin
Prod: Bong Suji

Sama (Canada, Afghanistan)
Dir: Brishkay Ahmed
Prod: Brishkay Ahmed, Bonnie Do

Silence Of The Looms (Bangladesh)
Dir: Mirza Shabnam Ferdousi
Prod: Rajib Mohajan

Silent Cry (Korea)
Dir: Jero Yun
Prod: Jero Yun

The Skull Oracle (Taiwan)
Dir: Laha Mebow
Prod: Eric Liang Zara Lin, Chen Yi Chen

Snake In The Dreamscapes (Taiwan)
Dir: Lou Yi-An
Prod: Chen Wen Wen, Kao Chun Ting, Hsu Guo-Lun

Stuck Like Babies (Kyrgyzstan)
Dir: Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
Prod: Veronica Rhyme, Aktan Ryskeldiev, Fernanda Renno

Wake Me Up When The Mourning Ends (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan)
Dir: Lau Kok Rui
Prod: Soi Cheang, Stefano Centini, Wong Kew Soon