HKIFF Industry Project Market has added a new animation section with six projects, along with two projects under a partnership with Jakarta Film Week, to its 2025 line-up.
The animation section includes three titles in development and three works-in-progress, including a new work from Hong Kong filmmaker Toe Yuen, best known for the McDull series of hit films, and a project produced by Liu Jian, whose Have A Nice Day and Art College 1994 both screened at the Berlinale.
Meanwhile, HKIFF Industry Project Market is collaborating with Jakarta Film Week (JFW) to launch a new section, Jakarta Film Week Projects, showcasing the in-development projects of two emerging Indonesian filmmakers.
Organised by The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), HKIFF Industry Project Market now encompasses three section under the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) umbrella – In Develoment, Works-in-Progress and Animation – and two sections with other partners: the biennial HKIFF Industry – CAA China Genre Initiative (HCG) and the new Animation section.
HAF previously announced 40 In Development and Works-in-Progress projects for this year’s edition. HKIFF Industry Project Market is taking place March 17-19, alongside Filmart (March 17-20).
HAF Animation Projects 2025:
*First feature projects
Cloud Of The Unknown (Hong Kong, France) *
Director: Gao Yuan
Producers: Isabelle Glachant, Camille Li
Production Companies: Chinese Shadows, Shasha & Co Production
Light Pillar (China) *
Director: Xu Zao
Producers: Da Peng, Lu Xiaowei
Production Company: Fengduan Film (Shanghai) Co
The Tale Of The Holy Beast (India) *
Director: Triparna Maiti
Producer: Bejon K Vinod
Production Company: FAEM
A Mighty Adventure (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia)
Director: Toe Yuen
Producers: Chen Yi-Ching, Wee Meng Hee
Production Companies: Zero One Film, Flystudio
Min (China) *
Director: Li Jiajia
Producer: Liu Jian
Production Company: School of Animation and Games, China Academy of Art
Wildheart (France, Belgium, Japan) *
Director: Marceau Nakayama
Producers: Matteo Paolini, Justin Ambrosino
Production Companies: Keytales, Forerunner Films
Jakarta Film Week (JFW) Projects:
*First feature projects
First Breath After Coma (Indonesia)
Director: Jason Iskandar
Producers: Florence Giovani Chandra, Shanty Harmayn
Production Companies: Studio Antelope, Base Entertainment
Fly! (Indonesia) *
Director: Pelixiano
Producer: Ellen Xie
Production Company: ArtCodeStory