Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM) selected 20 projects for its fifth edition, held during Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM contents market (Oct 30-Nov 1), which is taking place at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center.
TGFM selects feature-length film projects in the financing stage, which have secured at least 60% of the entire budget and contain Asian elements. TIFFCOM provides one-on-one meeting opportunities with industry professionals in order to support project development and financing of the selected projects.
This year’s TGFM will feature five projects from Italy following the call for entries for co-productions under the Italy-Japan Film Co-Production Agreement, which opened in August, 2024. The five Italian projects have been selected in partnership with Italy’s Cinecittà and the Italian Ministry of Culture’s Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual.
TOKYO GAP FINANCING MARKET 2024:
FEATURE FILM FICTION:
9 Temples To Heaven (Thailand, Singapore, France)
Dir: Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Prod co: Kick the Machine Films
Before Anyone Else (Japan, Taiwan, US)
Dir: Tetsuya Mariko
Prod co: Roji Film
Cold Enough For Snow (UK, Japan, Australia)
Dir: Jemima James
Prod co: Modern Films
Container (Vietnam, Canada)
Dir: Quan Luong
Prod co: Farpoint Films Inc
The Dog Is Barking (Georgia, Japan, Germany)
Dir: Vajiko Chachkhiani
Prod co: Nushi Film, Fuga Films
The Moon Is Watching (Japan)
Dir: Naoko Watanabe
Prod co: Dragonfly Entertainment
Morte Cucina (Thailand, Luxembourg, Singapore, Taiwan, US)
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Prod co: 185 Films Company
Number 4 Killer (Hong Kong)
Dir: Jun Li
Prod co: mm2 Studios Hong Kong
RIA (Philippines, Japan, Singapore)
Dir: Arvin Belarmino
Prod co: WAF Studios
Strangers In Kyoto (Japan)
Dir: Masanori Tominaga
Prod co: Tokyo Theatres Co
Where The Mountain Women Sing (Mongolia, Germany, Taiwan, Denmark)
Dir: Juefang Zhang
Prod co: Flash Forward Entertainment, When Pigs Fly Films
FEATURE FILM ANIMATION:
Batik Girl (Malaysia)
Dir: Irwan Junaidy
Prod co: The R&D Studio
The Drifting Room (China, Singapore)
Dir: Zhang Kang
Prod co: Ahaverse
Nightling (Norway)
Dir: Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Prod co: Qvisten Animation
Wildheart (France, Belgium)
Dir: Marceau Nakayama
Prod co: Keytales
ITALIAN PROJECTS FICTION:
Children Of The River (Japan, Italy)
Dir: Lisa Takeba
Prod co: Antropica
Death Has No Master (Venezuela, Italy, Canada, Luxembourg)
Dir: Jorge Thielen Armand
Prod co: Volos Films Italia
Pompei (Italy)
Dir: Giuseppe Gaudino
Prod co: Minerva Pictures
ITALIAN PROJECTS ANIMATION:
Aida And The Breath Of The Mountain (Italy, France)
Dir: Lorenzo Latrofa
Prod co: La Sarraz Pictures
The State Of Souls (Italy, France)
Dir: Peter Marcias
Prod co: Movimento Film