BIFAN NAFF Project Market 2023: Full Line-Up

BIFAN has selected 29 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) project market.

NAFF Project Market

South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), Asia’s largest genre festival, has selected 29 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) project market.

NAFF is expanding its support for international projects by teaming with overseas film festivals and institutions including Spain’s Sitges Film Festival and Argentina’s Blood Window, as well as Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and the Taipei Film Commission. Japan has been selected for this year’s Project Spotlight section.

NAFF will take place June 30-July 3 during BIFAN, which runs from June 29 to July 9.

NAFF PROJECT MARKET 2023:

IT PROJECT:

Angel Number (Korea)
Dir: Kim Taekyung
Prod: Andy Yoon

Biraa (India)
Dir: Bhaskar Hazarika
Prod: Shyam Bora

Booked (Thailand)
Dirs: Vutichai Wongnophadol, Lertsiri Boonmee
Prod: Sathanapong Limwongthong

Forte (Korea)
Dir: Son Heuisong
Prods: Kim Kimbo, Lee Dajeong

The Grotesque Train (Korea)
Dir: Tak Sewoong
Prod: Kwon Jiyong

Idiot Girls And School Ghost (Korea)
Dir: Kim Minha
Prod: Park Sejoon

Lake Of Stars (Cambodia)
Dir: Jake Wachtel
Prods: Visal Sok, Mary Olsen

Maiden Home (Korea-Indonesia)
Dir: Sinn Kirin
Prods: Thim Kian Cheng, Saurav Ghimire, Grégoire Graesslin

Operation Undead (Thailand-Singapore)
Dir: Kongkiat Ng
Prods: Charlyn Ng, Piyaluck Mahatahasab

Out Of Nowhere (Taiwan)
Dir: Li Yuchiao
Prod: Chiang Hui Lan

Parasomnia (Indonesia)
Dir: Rafki Hidayat
Prod: Kevin Rahardjo

The Passport (Malaysia)
Dir: Ananth Subramaniam
Prod: Bel Choo Mun

Please Bear With Me (Philippines)
Dir: Gabriela Serrano
Prods: Gale Osorio, Keith Deligero

The Poison Cat (Hong Kong)
Dir: Guan Tian
Prods: Vivian Bao, Ding Ningyuan

Sesame Has Its Soul (Vietnam-Korea)
Dir: Oscar Duong
Prod: Hang Trinh

The Shadows (Taiwan, US)
Dir: Lingo Hsieh
Prod: Jackol Kao

Show Me The Liver (Korea)
Dir: Kim Jeongho
Prod: Son Seunghyeon

NAFF PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: JAPAN

The Demon
Dir: Watanabe Hirobumi
Prod: Watanabe Yuji

Dulia
Dir: Sakuma Keisuke
Prod: Hayashi Kentaro

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Dir: Takahasi Hiroshi
Prod: Furuyama Tomomi

The Shadows In Tokyo
Dir: Kumakiri Kazuyoshi
Prod: Matsuda Hiroko

A Woman In Flames
Dir: Nakagawa Natsuki
Prod: Ogawa Shinji

NORDIC GENRE INVASION

Highway Of Death (Norway-Finland)
Dir: Pål Øie
Prod: Einar Loftesnes

Kraken (Norway)
Dir: Pål Øie
Prods: John Einar Hagen, Einar Loftesnes

Mourning Time (Norway)
Dir: Saara Saarela
Prods: Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari

Planet (Norway)
Dir: Fredrik S. Hana
Prod: Julia Joner

BLOOD WINDOW

Plasma (Chile)
Dir: Daniel Aspillaga
Prod: Paulina Ferreti

SITGES FANPITCH

Rain Catcher (Belgium)
Dir: Michele Fiascaris
Prod: Filippo Polesel

CANNES FANTASTIC 7

The Fin (Korea)
Dir: Park Syeyoung
Prod: Oh Heejung