Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) is returning this year after a two-year hiatus, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a selection of 13 projects from a total of 521 submissions across three production support categories; the Script Development Fund, the Post-Production Fund, and the Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund.
ACF recently moved under the umbrella of Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), with the aim of strengthening business ties and cooperation between selected films and industry programmes. As part of this effort, the three Script Development Fund selections will be invited to the Asian Project Market (APM, October 9-11) and provided with business meeting opportunities.
Script Development Fund (3 Asian projects)
In The Land Of Brothers, dir: Raha Amirfazli (France, Iran)
Life I Stole, dir: Putri Purnama Sugua* (Malaysia)
Smart City, dir: Rohin Raveendran (India)
*AFA 2017 Alumnus
Post-production Fund (2 Korean projects, 1 Asian project)
Birth, dir: Yoo Jiyoung (South Korea)
Juhee From 5 To 7 (working title), dir: Jang Kunjae (South Korea)
Mariam, dir: Arvind Pratap (India)
Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund (4 Korean projects, 3 Asian projects)
1997, dir: Tae Junsik (South Korea)
Colors Of White Rock, dir: Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig (France, Mongolia)
Devi, dir: Subina Shrestha (Nepal, UK, South Korea)
E.S.P., dir: Jung Jae-hoon (South Korea)
My Class, dir: Kim Jeong-keun (South Korea)
Shark – A Story Of Growing Old, dir: Kyung Soon (South Korea)
Tens Across The Borders, dir: Chan Sze-wei (Singapore, Philippines)