Asian Cinema Fund 2018
[Press Release] Asian Cinema Fund 2018 Selection Announced - 16 Asian Projects, 8 Korean Projects
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Asian Cinema Fund 2018
Selection Announced
- 16 Asian Projects, 8
Korean Projects -
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), a funding initiative that
discovers and supports creative and talented Asian filmmakers to vitalize the
production of Asian independent films, announces its 2018 selection. ACF has
selected 24 projects from among 365 submitted projects in four funding
categories: Production Support Fund, Script Development Fund, Post-Production
Fund, and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund.
ACF 2018 Production Support
Fund
(1
Korean project)
Project Title |
Director |
Snow
Moon |
LIM Daehyung |
Production
Support Fund was newly installed last year to help create a stable production
environment for independent film productions in South Korea. This year, the
Production Support Fund selected LIM Daehyung’s
feature film Snow Moon. It is
recognized for its high quality script and detailed portrayals of characters
that softly touch the heart. Snow Moon
is about a Korean high school girl who finds a love letter sent from Japan
addressed to her recently divorced mother and the daughter’s subsequent decision
to visit Japan to find the sender. Provided with a cash grant of KRW
200,000,000 and in-kind post-production support, Snow Moon will have its world premiere at the 24th Busan
International Film Festival, held in 2019.
ACF 2018 Script Development
Fund
(5 Asian projects, projects in alphabetical
order)
Project Title |
Director |
Country |
De
Facto* |
Rakan MAYASI |
Palestine,
Lebanon |
The
Idiots |
CHEUNG King Wai |
Hong
Kong, China |
In
the Belly of a Tiger* |
Siddartha JATLA |
India |
Moon
Night Diver |
OTA Shingo |
Japan,
Taiwan, South
Korea |
The
Palace |
Anil Ranjan BARAL |
Nepal,
Netherlands, USA |
*AFA
(Asian Film Academy) Project
The
Script Development Fund selected five Asian projects for script development
support. This year, filmmakers from Nepal, Bhutan,
Mongolia, and the Middle East – regions where Busan International Film Festival
provides continuous interest, submitted high quality projects. This indicates the growth in Asian cinema as well as
an increase in the number of talented filmmakers in these regions. Another
notable factor in this year’s submissions is the large increase in the number
of co-production projects. The selected projects are noted for their creativity
and originality in portraying social and political issues. In particular, the projects
submitted by the graduates of Asian Film Academy (AFA) were of exceptional
quality that provided a glimpse of how these young filmmakers will become
leading directors representing their countries.
ACF 2018 Post-Production Fund
(3
Asian projects and 3 Korean projects, projects in alphabetical order)
Project Title |
Director |
Country |
Fly By Night |
Zahir OMAR |
Malaysia |
House of Hummingbird |
KIM Bora |
South Korea |
Maggie |
YI Okseop |
South Korea |
My Dear Friend |
YANG Pingdao |
China |
Nakorn-Sawan |
Puangsoi AKSORNSAWANG |
Thailand, Germany |
Sub-zero Wind |
KIM Yuri |
South Korea |
Post-Production
Fund selected six feature film projects that are diverse in style. The selected
projects are all feature debut films by the directors and will have their world
premieres at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival.
There
are 3 Asian projects. The Chinese project My
Dear Friend (Director YANG Pingdao) tells a story about a journey taken by
two friends of 60 years who wish to discover their roots. The Thai project Nakorn-Sawan (Director Puangsoi
AKSORNSAWANG) shows the power of authenticity in film through a story of a
woman who travels from Germany to scatter her mother’s remains at Nakorn-Sawan,
a place that Thai people believe is the gateway to heaven. Fly By Night from Malaysia (Director Zahir OMAR) is a crime drama set in modern Kuala Lumpur that
tells the story of four criminals who perfect
their small but profitable con game, but make the too simple human error of wanting more.
Three
Korean projects are featured. Sub-zero Wind
(Director KIM Yuri) is a coming-of-age film about two girls who find themselves
in the midst of broken relationships and family. House of Hummingbird (Director KIM Bora) portrays the life of a
teenage girl who lives in Daechi-dong Gangnam, an affluent neighborhood of
Seoul in 1994, the year of the tragic collapse of Seongsu Bridge. Maggie (Director YI Okseop) is an eccentric and realistic film that tells a story about a nurse
in the orthopedics department who wants to believe in everything.
The
Post-Production Fund will provide in-kind support that includes Digital
Intermediate (DI), Sound Mixing, English Subtitles Spotting, and Digital Cinema
Package (DCP) from quality post-production studios in South Korea. Partner
companies are Korean Film Council (KOFIC), CJ POWERCAST, 2L Imageworks, Wavelab
STD., Studio SH, Plus Gain, Pluto Sound Group, and KUMTLE.
ACF 2018 Asian Network of
Documentary (AND) Fund
(8
Asian projects and 4 Korean projects, projects in alphabetical order)
Project Title |
Director |
Country |
206 – A Fragmented Past Unearthed |
HEO
Chulnyung |
South Korea |
absence |
Ekta M |
India |
Blue Island |
CHAN Tze
Woon |
Hong Kong |
Castle |
Hamed
ZOLFAGHARI |
Iran |
Kabul Dystopian Symphony |
Aboozar
AMINI |
Afghanistan, Japan, Netherlands |
Last Night I Saw You Smiling |
NEANG Kavich |
Cambodia |
Odoriko |
OKUTANI
Yoichiro |
Japan |
Pomelo |
Phuong Thao
TRAN |
Vietnam |
The Primate Citizen |
Sinae HA |
South Korea |
The Silhouettes |
Afsaneh
SALARI |
Iran, Philippines |
To Name |
Hyunsook JOO |
South Korea |
The Way to You |
BYUN Gyuri |
South Korea |
AND
Fund has selected 12 projects this year, to support feature-length
documentaries that aim for theatrical release.
The
increase in the number of co-productions for this year’s Asian project
submissions is a welcoming trend since it shows that Asian documentary
filmmakers are currently building networks and striving to reach outside of
Asia.
This
year’s selected Asian projects portray the lives of ordinary people in a simple
and poetic manner, who are in the midst of extreme circumstances such as war,
displacement, urban development, and changing times with great cinematography.
Korean
projects show diverse and vast viewpoints while upholding a critical awareness
of the issues dealt with. Among them, the selected projects offer a new
approach and perspective to much-talked-about issues by focusing on the bone
fragments of massacre victims, the parents of queer children, ordinary people
traumatized by the Sewol Ferry Disaster, and the dilemma of being a ‘subject of
rights’ in regards to the orangutan named Sandra in Argentina.
Selected
projects will be invited to participate in the AND Program held at the 23rd
Busan International Film Festival. The program will provide mentoring and
networking opportunities to assist in the completion of documentary projects.
BIFF Mecenat and BNK Busan Bank have provided sponsorship for the AND fund.
23rd Busan International Film Festival
will be held from Thursday, October 4, 2018 to Saturday, October 13, 2018.
Asian Film Market will be held from Saturday, October 6, 2018 to Tuesday,
October 9, 2018.
Asian Project Market will be held from Sunday, October 7, 2018 to Tuesday,
October 9, 2018.