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BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2025

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Compiled in April 2025, the list below highlights noteworthy upcoming Southeast Asian film projects, ranging from projects in the early stages of development to those in post-production, completed and premiering at festivals in 2025. Nationality of the director is in brackets after their names, but nationality of the projects is harder to determine as most are multi-territory co-productions. This list will be updated throughout the year, so please contact Streamlined if you have news. 


9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN
Dir: Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Thailand)
Prods: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Kissada Kamyoung
Co-prod: Lai Weijie, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
Prod Cos: Kick the Machine (Thailand), E&W Films (Singapore), Petit Chaos (France)
Synopsis: A family of nine takes their grandmother on a merit-making trip to nine temples in one day, hoping to prolong her life. But the trip takes an unexpected turn.
Status: In Production
Contact: Kissada Kamyoung, kissadakamyoung@gmail.com

Amoeba

AMOEBA
Dir: Siyou Tan (Singapore)
Cast: Ranice Tay, Nicole Lee, Lim Shi-an, Genevieve Tan, Jack Kao
Prods: Fran Borgia, Denis Vaslin, Antoine Simkine, Luisa Romeo
Prod Cos: Akanga Film Asia (Singapore), Volya Films (Netherlands), Les Films D’Antoine (France), Mariari Films (Spain)
Synopsis: 16-year-old Choo befriends 3 rebellious classmates in their elite all-girls Chinese school. Their urge to resist authoritarian teachers and school doctrines drives them to discover the erased stories of mythical gangsters that ruled the streets of colonial Singapore. They decide to form their own gang. But how do you form a gang in modern Singapore, where even chewing gum is illegal?
Status: Post-Production
Contact: Fran Borgia, franborgia@akangafilm.com

BEER GIRL IN YANGON
Dir: Sein Lyan Tu (Myanmar)
Prods: Yulia Evina Bhara
Prod Cos: Kawankawan Media (Indonesia)
Synopsis: When her father is arrested for political activism, Lily has to work in the beer station in Yangon, where she falls in love with a karaoke singer and a mysterious older man while dealing with her swinging menstruation hallucination mood.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: Yulia Evina Bhara, nfo@kawankawan.media

THIS CITY IS A BATTLEFIELD
Dir: Mouly Surya (Indonesia)
Prods: Rama Adi, Anthony Chen, Tan Si En
Prod cos: Cinesurya (Indonesia), Giraffe Pictures (Singapore), Epicmedia Productions (Philippines)
Synopsis: Adapted from Mochtar Lubis’ novel A Road With No End about a war hero and a school teacher in Jakarta after the country has claimed independence from the Dutch and Japanese.
Status: Completed, premiered as closing film at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025

CUBS (AMUK HARIMAU)
Dir: Riri Riza (Indonesia)
Prods: Ifa Isfansyah, Mira Lesmana
Prod Cos: Forka Films (Indonesia), Miles Films (Indonesia)
Synopsis: An innocent teenager, who lives in a corrupt and harsh gold mining town, finds himself caught in the whirlwind of greedy and violent people who stop at nothing for money and power. To get out of it, the tiger within him needs to be unleashed.
Status: Development
Contact: info@forkafilms.com

THE DIARY
Dir: Nonzee Nimibutr (Thailand)
Cast: ‘Oab’ Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, Bront Palarae
Prods: Kanyanan Worasan, Natchapon Purikananond
Int’l Sales: Mokster Films
Synopsis: An explosion shatters the lives of a Muay Thai fighter who is imprisoned for his role in the tragedy and a pianist who is blinded. When they cross paths after the former’s release from jail, their shared pain sparks a connection that may lead to redemption.
Status: In Production
Contact: Mokster Films, hello@moksterfilms.com

THE DROUGHT
Dir: Nelson Yeo (Singapore)
Prods: Tan Si En, Sophia Sim
Prod Cos: Momo Film Co (Singapore)
Synopsis: In the time of an uninhabitable drought, Kai struggles with his retracting genital syndrome and his wife, Ling demeans him with this impotency. Their widowed neighbour, Daming, grieves over the death of the last of his three sons, while his mother devises a secret plan for another grandson.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: Momo Film Co, hello@momofilm.co

FILIPIÑANA
Dir: Rafael Manuel (Philippines)
Cast: Jorybell Agoto, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Teroy De Guzman, Carmen Castellanos
Prods: Jeremy Chua, Bradley Liew, Bianca Balbuena, Alex Polunin, Rafael Manuel
Prod Cos: Potocol (Singapore), Epicmedia Productions Inc (Philipines), Film4 (UK), Deivós (UK)
Int’l Sales: Magnify
Synopsis: A golf club’s newly appointed ‘tee-girl’ feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. But as she starts to piece together a more violent picture of what lies behind the country club’s pristine facade, she comes to realize that what began as an innocent infatuation with Dr. Palanca is rooted in a more sinister, shared history.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Magnify, international@magpictures.com

FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA (EMPAT MUSIM PERTIWI)
Dir: Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
Prods: Ifa Isfansyah, Anthony Chen, Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Christophe Bruncher, Fred Burle, Erik Glijnis, Verona Meier
Prod Cos: Forka Films (Indonesia), Giraffe Pictures (Singapore), Epicmedia (Philippines), One Two Films (Germany), Lemming Film (Netherland), Ici èt La Productions (France), Storm Films (Norway)
Synopsis: Released from prison, a woman returns to her village and tries to face the four seasons of her past. The lack of welcome from the villagers, and even her family, lead her into a power that is hidden underneath the fog. Aiming to heal, a sexual assault survivor takes a journey to redefine her own meaning of home, family and peace.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: info@forkafilms.com

THE FOX KING
Dir: Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia)
Cast: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Idan Aedan, Amerul Affendi, Chew Kin Wah, Hadi Putra
Prods: Woo Ming Jin, Edmund Yeo, Chua Jin Xuan, Yulia Evina Bhara
Prod Cos: Sunstrong Entertainment (Malaysia), Greenlight Pictures (Malaysia), Da Huang Pictures (Malaysia), KawanKawan Media (Indonesia)
Synopsis: In a coastal Malaysian town in the early 2000s, two inseparable fraternal twins share a telepathic bond. They are forced to fend for themselves when their father abandons them after remarrying a younger bride, while the arrival of a new teacher tests their brotherly bond.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Yulia Evina Bhara, nfo@kawankawan.media

Halabala

HALABALA
Dir: Eakasit Thairaat (Thailand)
Cast: Chantavit ‘Ter’ Dhanasevi, Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich, Anon Saisangchan
Prods: Ekalak Klunson, Anucha Boonyawatana
Prod Cos: BrandThink Cinema (Thailand)
Int’l Sales: Mokster Films
Synopsis: Inspector Dan leads a team of infirm police officers to hunt down a brutal escaped prisoner in the Halabala forest down south, only to discover that the dark secret inside the forest is turning against them.
Status: Completed
Contact: Mokster Films, hello@moksterfilms.com

HOLD MY GAZE
Dir: Carlo Catu (Philippines)
Prods: Bradley Liew, April Batican, Ping-Yu Chiu, Stefano Centini, Huang Junxiang
Prod Cos: Epicmedia Productions Inc (Philippines), Volos Films (Taiwan), Dropkick (Singapore)
Synopsis: In Taipei City, a young Filipino man is reunited with his long lost brother when he moves in with a wealthy Taiwanese dancer caught in a murder scandal. But they soon discover that this unlikely family of three may only come with the promise of vengeance, jealousy and murder.
Status: Financing
Contact: Bradley Liew, Delegate Producer, brad@epicmedia.ph

HUM
Dir: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (Philippines, US)
Prods: Hannah Schierbeek, Alemberg Ang
Prod Cos: Daluyong Studios (Philippines), Prima Materia Pictures (US)
Synopsis: An earthquake unravels the lives of two runaway land defenders turned rodeo stars in this rugged tale of nature’s retribution.
Status: Development
Contact: Alemberg Ang, alem@daluyong.ph

I WILL SMILE IN SEPTEMBER
Dir: Aakash Chhabra (India)
Prods: Sanjay Gulati, Fran Borgia
Prod Cos: Crawling Angel Films (India), Akanga Film Asia (Singapore)
Synopsis: After a heart-wrenching separation from the love of his life and a brutal altercation in the aftermath in which he loses his front teeth, a young brass band player in Old Delhi attempts to move on in life by finding his smile back.
Status: Development
Contact: info@akangafilm.com

KAALI: DEPTH OF DARKNESS
Dir: Gogularaajan Rajendran (Malaysia)
Prods: Kumanavannan Rajendran, Lai Weijie
Co-prod: Elizabeth Wijaya
Prod Cos: Fourth Frame Studios (Malaysia), E&W Films (Singapore)
Synopsis: 1966, a plantation bordering a lush Malayan forest. Kali, once claimed and saved by the forest as a child, grows up to be a young wife and plantation worker. Initially struggling with her mother-in-law’s impatience for an heir, she finally feels accepted when she gets pregnant. Yet, things take a dark turn when Kali decides to ignore the forest’s plea for help in return.
Status: Development
Contact: Lai Weijie, weijie@ewfilms.com.sg, Kumanavannan Rajendran, kumanavannan@gmail.com

KAWALAN
Dir: Lav Diaz (Philippines)
Cast: Nanding Josef, Janine Gutierrez, Hazel Orencio
Prod: Hazel Orencio
Prod Co: Sine Olivia Pilipinas
Synopsis: The old venerable mayor of the remote town of Kawalan learns that the invading Japanese will set up a garrison. He organises willing members in his community to set up a hidden settlement in the middle of the forest, where they can live unaffected by the horrors of the war.
Status: Post-production [HAF 2024 Works-in-Progress]

LAND OF EVANESCENCE [Hybrid Documentary]
Dir: Trang Thi Xuan Nguyen (Vietnam)
Prods: Wilfredo Manalang, Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang, Charlotte Lelong
Prod Cos: Lagi Limited (Vietnam), Fusee (Philippines), Trance Films (France)
Synopsis: The intertwined stories of a post-war generation, a Vietnamese propagandist and a haunted Vietnam War veteran reveal how the echoes of past conflict shape the present and future, urging a collective reckoning with the enduring scars of battle and a quest for peace.
Status: In Production
Contact: create@fusee.biz

LEVITATING [PICTURED ABOVE]
Dir: Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia)
Cast: Angga Yunanda, Anggun C. Sasmi, Maudy Ayunda, Bryan Domani, Chicco Kurniawan, Indra Birowo, Ganindra Bimo
Prods: Wregas Bhanuteja, Tan Si En, Siera Tamihardja, Iman Usman, Amalia Fitriani Rusdi, Tan Si En
Prod Cos: Rekata Studio, Momo Film Co
Synopsis: In a small suburban area where pleasure comes from being possessed by spiritual beings, 20-year-old Bayu aspires to be a shaman and later emerges as a critical figure to solve the area’s crisis in the face of an impending eviction.
Status: Post-production
Contact: siera@rekata.co

MAD OF MADNESS (ANGKARA MURKA)
Dir: Eden Junjung (Indonesia)
Cast: Raihaanun
Prod: Ifa Isfansyah
Prod Cos: Forka Films (Indonesia)
Synopsis: In a remote village ruled by a greedy and ruthless sand mine owner, workers are forced to labor under unjust conditions while the owner turns to dark magic and keeps demons to increase his wealth. When a woman arrives in search of her missing husband, she uncovers a sinister truth that fuels her fury. Together with the oppressed workers, she rises up to demand justice and exact vengeance against the evil that has stolen their lives and hopes.
Status: Post-production
Contact: info@forkafilms.com

MOLDER
Dir: Kenneth Dagatan (Philippines)
Prods: Bradley Liew, Stefano Centini, Huang Junxiang
Prod Cos: Epicmedia Productions Inc (Philippines), Volos Films Italia (Italy), Dropkick (Singapore)
Synopsis: Set in a sleepy, rainy town in rural Italy. Cesar, a Filipino immigrant lives with his local Italian wife, Agnes. When they meet a mysterious young Filipino man named Anthony who places a curse on them with the help of a Filipino Duwende (demonic forest imp), Agnes’ life turns into a nightmare of physical decay, marked by mold-infested necrotic skin patches and terrifying body transformations. Cesar must race against time to reverse the curse before completely consumes them.
Status: Financing
Contact: Bradley Liew, Delegate Producer, brad@epicmedia.ph

Moonglow

MOONGLOW
Dir: Isabel Sandoval (US, Philippines)
Cast: Arjo Atayde, Isabel Sandoval
Prods: Alemberg Ang, Isabel Sandoval, Josette C. Atayde, Maria Sophia Atayde-Marudo, Jackol Kao, Takahiro Yamashita, Bobo
Co-Prods: C.K. Hugo Chung, Carlo Velayo
Prod Cos: Daluyong Studios (Philippines), Momo Film Co (Singapore), Yaman Films (Japan), Nathan Studios (Philippines), Dasun Pictures (Taiwan)
Synopsis: In corruption-ridden 1970s Manila, a jaded female police detective, unknowingly the mastermind behind a successful heist, teams up with an obsessively truth-seeking detective partner to crack the very crime she orchestrated.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Alemberg Ang, alem@daluyong.ph

MORTE CUCINA
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
DoP: Christopher Doyle
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Nopachai Chaiyanam, Bella Boonsang, Kris Srepoomseth
Prods: Soros Sukhum, Conor Zorn, Manuel Chiche, Alexandra Hoesdorff, Freddie Yeo Soo Teck, Darryl Yeo, Stefano Centini
Prod Cos: 185 Films (Thailand), Little River Entertainment (US), The Jokers Films (France), Deal Productions (Luxembourg), Gorylah (Singapore), Volos Films (Taiwan)
Int’l Sales: Goodfellas, CAA
Synopsis: A talented young female chef has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. Using her talents in the kitchen, she sets her plan of revenge in motion.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Eva Diederix, Goodfellas

MOTHER BHUMI
Dir: Chong Keat Aun (Malaysia)
Cast: Fan Bingbing
Prods: Wong Kew Soon, Stefano Centini
Prod Cos: Janji Pictures (Malaysia), Volos Films Italia (Italy)
Synopsis: In the late 1990s, in a northern Malaysian village where Chinese, Malay, and Siamese communities coexist, a widowed farmer, Hong Im, lives a minimalist yet tranquil life with her children after the death of her husband. By day, she works in the paddy fields; by night, she heals the villagers from illness and misfortunes as a ritual healer. Amid intensified land disputes and consecutive strange events, the mystery surrounding her husband’s death resurfaces. Confronted with the emerging truth, Hong Im must resist inner turmoil to find solace and resolution for herself and her children.
Status: Post-production
Contact: contact@volosfilms.com

MOTHER MAYBE
Dir: Sonny Calvento (Philippines)
Cast: Anthony Jennings
Prods: Sheron Dayoc, Arden Rod Condez, Jo Andrew Torlao
Co-Prods: Weijie Lai, Elizabeth Wijaya, Stefano Centini
Prod Cos: Southern Lantern Studios (Philippines), E&W Films (Singapore), Volos Films (Taiwan)
Synopsis: A son is reunited with his mother in Tokyo as he joins a high-stakes Japanese game show, but his joy turns to horror as he discovers that at night, his mother becomes a monster.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: hello@southernlantern.com, sherondayoc@southernlantern.com

My Neighbor The Gangster

MY NEIGHBOR THE GANGSTER
Dir: Mario Cornejo (Philippines)
Cast: JM Garcia, Althea Ruedas, Kate Alejandrino, Jane Oineza, Sid Lucero, Michael de Mesa
Prod: Monster Jimenez
Exec Prod: Jon Romulo
Prod Cos: This Side Up (Philippines), Nathan Studios (Philippines)
Synopsis: In 1980, a young boy’s life is changed when the Philippines’ most notorious gangster moves in next door.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Monster Jimenez, monster@thissideupmanila.com

OTHER PEOPLE’S DREAMS
Dir: Daniel Hui (Singapore)
Prods: Tan Si En, Joel Neo
Prod Cos: Momo Film Co (Singapore)
Synopsis: Two runaway souls escaping a dark past meet in the chaos of Singapore. They find a way to survive by stealing, unseen from the public, melding themselves with the rhythms of the dreaming city.
Status: Development
Contact: Momo Film Co, hello@momofilm.co

Our Son

OUR SON
Dir: Luhki Herwanayogi (Indonesia)
Prods: Iqbal M. Hamdan, Giovanni Rahmadeva
Co-prods: Siera Tamihardja, Kuek Shee Heng
Prod Cos: Catchlight Pictures (Indonesia), Qun Films (Indonesia), Aview Images (Taiwan)
Synopsis: Two childless married couples raise an unexpected son from an illicit affair between the two households. Amidst the chaos that follows a paternity reveal, the two wives take parenting into their own hands.
Status: Post-production
Contact: Giovanni Rahmadeva, deva@qunfilms.com

PICTUREHOUSE
Dir: Minh Nguyen-Vo (Vietnam)
Prods: Linh Phan Gia, Silvia Wong, Johann Chapelan, Alemberg Ang, Anderson Le, Bao Nguyen
Prod Cos: East Films (Vietnam), Girelle Production (France), Add Oil Films (Singapore), Daluyong Studios (Philippines)
Synopsis: In 1960s Vietnam, an eight-year-old boy finds a haven in a family-run cinema in a country that is being torn apart by war.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: Johann Chapelan, chapelan.johann@gmail.com

RENOIR
Dir: Chie Hayakawa (Japan)
Cast: Yui Suzuki, Hikari Ishida, Lily Franky
Prods: Eiko Mizuno-Gray & Jason Gray, Keisuke Konishi, Christophe Bruncher, Fran Borgia
Prod Cos: Loaded Films (Japan), Happinet Phantom Studios (Japan), Ici et La Productions (France), Akanga Film Asia (Singapore)
Int’l Sales: Goodfellas
Synopsis: A quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl deals with her terminally ill father and stressed out working mother over one summer in Tokyo in 1987, while each of them thirsts for human connections.
Status: Post-Production

THE RETURNING
Dir: Atsuko Hirayanagi (Japan, US)
Prods: Wilfredo Manalang, Eiko Mizuno-Gray
Prod Cos: FUSEE (Philippines), Kinofaction (Japan), Matchgirl Pictures (US)
Synopsis: A homeless Japanese man in Manila joins an environmental charity offering a chance to rebuild his life by planting trees in deforested areas of the Philippines, only to discover that it is a sinister cult serving an ancient forest spirit.
Status: Development
Contact: create@fusee.biz

RIA
Dir: Arvin Belarmino (Philippines)
Prods: Kristine De Leon, Isabelle Glachant, Dominique Welinski, Takahiro Yamashita, Yoshi, Josette C. Atayde, Maria Sophia Atayde-Marudo, Alemberg Ang, Fernanda Renno, Si En Tan
Prod Cos: WAF Studios (Philippines), Daluyong Studios (Philippines), Momo Film Co (Singapore), Yaman Films (Japan), Sasha & Co (France)
Synopsis: A folk-punk woman aids her chronically ill foster mother while defending their punk commune – the sole surviving home amidst the ruins of a land-grabbed neighborhood.
Status: Pre-Production
Contact: Kristine De Leon, tin@daluyong.ph

THE SEA IS CALM TONIGHT
Dir: Lê Bảo (Vietnam)
Prods: Lai Weijie
Co-prods: Marie Dubas, Sheron Dayoc, Elizabeth Wijaya
Prod Cos: E&W Films (Singapore), Deuxième Ligne Films (France), Southern Lantern Studios (Philippines)
Synopsis: At sea, Vietnamese boat people of 40 years past have a miraculous meeting with Rohingya refugees of the present in their extraordinary parallel journeys to find peace.
Status: Development, Fundraising
Contact: Lai Weijie, weijie@ewfilms.com.sg

SKIN COAT [Animation]
Dir: Tan Wei Keong (Singapore)
Prods: Anthony Chen, Teoh Yi Peng
Prod co: Giraffe Pictures (Singapore)
Synopsis: Singapore animator Tan Wei Keong’s debut feature follows a son returning to his village to see his aging parents and his male lover, who has to put on a woman’s skin coat to accompany him back home.
Status: In Production

SKIN OF YOUTH
Dir: Ash Mayfair (Vietnam)
Cast: Tran Quan, Vo Dien Gia Huy, Pham Thi Kim Ngan, Inoue Hajime
Prods: Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, Ash Mayfair, Fran Borgia, Yuji Sadai, Kayo Yoshida
Prod Cos: An Nam Productions (Vietnam), Dong A Films (Vietnam), Akanga Film Asia (Singapore), Bitter Ends (Japan), Mayfair Pictures
Synopsis: In 1990s Saigon, San wants to have enough money for a sex-change operation that will fulfil her dream of living in a woman’s body. San’s lover, Nam, must work as an underground dog-cage fighter to support this dream.
Status: Completed

SLEEP NO MORE
Dir: Edwin (Indonesia)
Cast: Rachel Amanda, Lutesha, Iqbaal Ramadhan, Sal Priadi, Kev Luqman
Prods: Meiske Taurisia & Muhammad Zaidy
Prod Cos: Palari Films (Indonesia), Hassaku Labs (Japan), Giraffe Pictures (Singapore), In Good Company (Germany)
Synopsis: A satirical dark fantasy centred on two sisters who are forced to work at a hair factory to repay their late mother’s debt, only to start seeing strange and dangerous things around them.
Status: Post-production
Contact: meisketaurisia@gmail.com

THE SPLENDOUR OF LIFE
Dir: Marianne Metivier (Canada, Philippines)
Cast: Camille Rutherford, Garance Marillier, Amaryllis Tremblay, Kyrie Samodio, Victor Trelles Turgeon, Émile Schneider, Sue Prado, Enchong Dee
Prods: Geneviève Gosselin-G, Wilfredo Manalang, Alexa Rivero
Prod Cos: Le Foyer Films (Canada), Fusee (Philippines), Altamar Films (France)
Int’l Sales: H264
Synopsis: Four women’s lives are transformed by an encounter and choose to close or open a new chapter in their lives.
Status: Post-production
Contact: info@lefoyerfilms.ca

THE THONGLOR KIDS
Dir: Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
Prods: Fran Borgia, Aditya Assarat, Tanwarat Sombatwattana
Prod Cos: Akanga Film Asia (Singapore), Pop Pictures (Thailand)
Synopsis: A drama-comedy about a divorced middle-aged professor who plans to spend the long weekend with his 10 year old daughter but gets sidetracked when he unexpectedly falls in love with a new woman.
Status: Pre-production
Contact: info@akangafilm.com

TO LEAVE, TO STAY
Dir: Danech San (Cambodia)
Prods: Daniel Mattes, Marine Arrighi de Casanova, Tan Si En
Prod Cos: Anti-Archive (Cambodia), Apsara Films (France), Momo Film Co (Singapore)
Synopsis: Bored of her island life, Mera travels with her friend Bopha to visit a soldier she met online. Weeks later, Mera goes missing. Bopha’s search begins.
Status: Development
Contact: info@antiarchive.com

TROPICAL RAIN, DEATH-SCENTED KISS [Hybrid Animation & Live Action]
Dir: Charlotte Hong Bee Her (Singapore, US)
Prods: Tan Si En, Giuliana Foulkes
Prod Cos: Momo Film Co (Singapore), Total Blur Productions (US), Dayulong Studios (Philippines)
Synopsis: In a vision of Singapore slowly falling into a wilderness populated by spirits, the ghost of a girl’s best friend follows her home [hybrid animation].
Status: Post-production
Contact: hello@momofilm.co

A Useful Ghost

A USEFUL GHOST
Dir: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Thailand)
Prods: Cattleya Paosrijaroen, Soros Sukhum
Co-prods: Karim Aitauna, Tan Si En
Prod Cos: 185 Films (Thailand), Haut Les Mains (France), Momo Film Co (Singapore)
Synopsis: March, mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away, discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. Though happy to reunite, March’s family rejects their unconventional human-ghost relationship. As they try to win over his family, Nat offers to help rid the factory of an unpleasant ghost. To prove her worth as a useful spirit, she must first get rid of the useless ones.
Status: Completed
Contact: info@185films.co

WE ARE ALL STRANGERS
Dir: Anthony Chen (Singapore)
Cast: Yeo Yann Yann, Koh Jia Ler
Prods: Anthony Chen, Teoh Yi Peng
Prod Cos: Giraffe Pictures (Singapore)
Synopsis: After Ilo Ilo and Wet Season, the third and final film of Anthony Chen’s ‘Growing Up’ trilogy will once again reunite frequent collaborators Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler as they play strangers made to become family.
Status: In Production
Contact: Giraffe Pictures, contact@giraffepictures.asia

A WOMAN BUILDS
Dirs: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka (China, Japan)
Prods: Ryuji Otsuka, Ming-Jung Kuo, Fran Borgia, Alex C. Lo
Prod Cos: Yellow-Green Pi (Japan), Island X Pictures (Taiwan), Akanga Film Asia (Singapore), Cinema Inutile (Japan-US)
Synopsis: Lynn enjoys working in China, apart from her husband and child in Japan. In her pseudo-single life she has her colleague Long for company, VR for sexual satisfaction, and the determination to build her own house.
Status: In Production

BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2024

BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2023