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