Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) selected 15 projects for its fourth edition, held during Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM contents market (October 25-27), hosted at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center.
This year, the event is focusing entirely on feature films and is being held in person for the first time, as the first three editions were held online during the pandemic. The line-up includes four projects from Japan, including new works from Yukihiko Tsutsumi, whose credits include 20th Century Boys and Trick, Kazuya Shiraishi (The Blood Of Wolves), Daigo Matsui and Junya Okabe.
TOKYO GAP FINANCING MARKET 2023:
FEATURE FILM FICTION:
Eleven Rebels (Japan)
Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi
Prod co: Toei Company
The Fox King (Malaysia, Indonesia)
Dir: Woo Ming Jin
Prod co: Greenlight Pictures
Home A Loan (South Korea)
Dir: Kim Tae-kyeong
Prod co: Hive Filmworks
Kade: Land Of The Rising Sun (Canada)
Dir: Sean O’Reilly
Prod co: Arcana Studio
The Killer Goldfish (Japan)
Dir: Yukihiko
Prod co: Tsutsumi Atmovie
Live Action Film “Getter Robo” (Japan)
Dir: Junya Okabe
Prod co: Bigone
Lynx (Kazakhstan)
Dir: Sharipa Urazbayeva
Prod co: Filmstar.kz
Meets The World (Japan)
Dir: Daigo Matsui
Prod co: The Klockworx
Najwa (Turkey, Iran, Romania, Bulgaria)
Dir: Gozde Kural
Prod co: Toz Film, Seven Springs Pictures
Solo (India, France, Taiwan, Norway)
Dir: Suman Sen
Prod co: Flash Forward Entertainment, Suitable Pictures
The Thonglor Kids (Thailand, Singapore)
Dir: Aditya Assarat
Prod co: Akanga Film Asia
FEATURE FILM ANIMATION:
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain (France)
Dir: Liane-Cho Han
Prod co: Ma.lys Vallade, Maybe movies, Ikki Films
Papa: Game On (Malaysia)
Dir: Nizam Abd Razak
Prod co: Monsta
Shriek (Greece, US, Singapore)
Dir: Jerrold Chong
Prod co: Addart Productions, Ike Aka Funny Tales
The Violinist (Singapore, Spain, Malaysia)
Dir: Ervin Han
Prod co: Robot Playground Media