Tokyo Gap Financing Market, an event that takes places during TIFFCOM (October 29-31) to help feature-length film projects complete their financing, has selected 23 projects for this year’s edition.
The line-up includes several projects from Southeast Asian filmmakers, including Four Seasons In Java from Indonesia’s Kamila Andini; 1982 from Vietnam’s Diep Nguyen Hoang; and two projects from the Philippines – Filipinana directed by Rafael Manuel and Hum, directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan and produced by Alemberg Ang.
Several projects are being set up as co-productions with Japan, including a Japan-Korea manga adaptation directed by Korea’s Jang Kun-jae; a Japan-Taiwan project from Natsuki Seta (Diary Of A Strange Land); and a Spain-Japan co-production directed by Pedro Collantes and set in Tokyo.
Five animation projects have also been selected, including two that are being produced in the rapidly growing Southeast Asian animation industry – from the Philippines’ John Aurthur Mercader and Indonesian director Ronny Gani – and a highly-anticipated collaboration between Genco Inc (In This Corner Of The World) and director Ayumu Watanabe, who is known for his work on numerous Doraemon films.
Following the signing of the Japan-Italy Film Co-production Agreement, the line-up also includes three Italian projects specially selected through the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of Italy’s Ministry of Culture and Cinecitta (see full list below).
TGFM selects projects that have secured at least 60% of their entire budget and contain Asian elements. During the three-day TIFFCOM contents market, they are provided with one-on-one meeting opportunities with industry professionals to enable them to close their financing and pursue distribution opportunities.
6th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM):
Feature Film – Fiction:
1982 (Vietnam)Dir: Diep Nguyen HoangProd Co: O Kia Hanoi
Bunny Fever (Japan)Dir: Shinji ArakiProd Co: Cogitoworks
The Chain Of Roses (Japan)Dir: Sakichi SatoProd Co: Dub Inc.
Dinosaur Boy (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia)Dir: Zhiquan LiuProd Co: Kalo Concept Pictures, Yiti Film Production
Filipinana (Singapore, UK, Philippines)Dir: Rafael ManuelProd Co: Potocol, Ossian International, Epicmedia
Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore)Dir: Kamila AndiniProd Co: Forka Films
Hare – Before The Verdict (Japan)Dir: Kentaro KishiProd Co: Oz Co
Hum (Philippines, US, Poland, Singapore)Dir: Don Josephus Raphael EblahanProd Co: Daluyong Studios, Prima Materia Pictures
Konbini (Spain, Japan)Dir: Pedro CollantesProd Co: Aquí Y Alli Films
Pivot (Turkey, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia)Dir: Melisa OnelProd Co: Vigo Film, Aniden Film
Polaris (Japan, Taiwan)Dir: Natsuki SetaProd Co: Twenty First City
Rhizome (Thailand, Laos, France, Singapore)Dir: Jakrawal NilthamrongProd Co: Mit Out Sound Films
The Serpent (Brazil)Dir: Diogo HayashiProd Co: Quarta-Feira Filmes
The Sleepless Girl (Taiwan)Dir: François ChangProd Co: Flash Forward Entertainment
Staring At Your Back (South Korea, Japan)Dir: Kun-Jae JangProd Co: Mocushura Inc
Feature Film – Animation:
Anito (Philippines)Dir: John Aurthur MercaderProd Co: The Puppeteer Animation Studios
Freedom In The Sky (Japan)Dir: Ayumu WatanabeProd Co: Genco Inc
Garuda: Dare To Dream (Indonesia)Dir: Ronny GaniProd Co: Kawi Animation
Killtube (Japan)Dir: Kazuaki KuribayashiProd Co: Chocolate
Onka And The Protectors Of The Amazon (Colombia, Spain, Belgium)Dir: Vlamyr Vizcaya SánchezProd Co: El Tuerto Pictures
Italian Projects:
I Have To Fuck Before The World Ends (Italy, Philippines)Dir: Andrea Benjamin ManentiProd Co: Volos Films Italia
Tokyo Express (Italy)Dir: Eros PuglielliProd Co: Be Water Film
Copperbeak (Italy)Dir: Adriano Candiago, Giorgio Scorza, Davide RosioProd Co: Movimenti Production
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