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 Hoang
Prod Co: O Kia Hanoi
Bunny Fever (Japan)
Dir: Shinji Araki
Prod Co: Cogitoworks
The Chain Of Roses (Japan)
Dir: Sakichi Sato
Prod Co: Dub Inc.
Dinosaur Boy (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia)
Dir: Zhiquan Liu
Prod Co: Kalo Concept Pictures, Yiti Film Production
Filipinana (Singapore, UK, Philippines)
Dir: Rafael Manuel
Prod Co: Potocol, Ossian International, Epicmedia
Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore)
Dir: Kamila Andini
Prod Co: Forka Films
Hare – Before The Verdict (Japan)
Dir: Kentaro Kishi
Prod Co: Oz Co
Hum (Philippines, US, Poland, Singapore)
Dir: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Prod Co: Daluyong Studios, Prima Materia Pictures
Konbini (Spain, Japan)
Dir: Pedro Collantes
Prod Co: Aquí Y Alli Films
Pivot (Turkey, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia)
Dir: Melisa Onel
Prod Co: Vigo Film, Aniden Film
Polaris (Japan, Taiwan)
Dir: Natsuki Seta
Prod Co: Twenty First City
Rhizome (Thailand, Laos, France, Singapore)
Dir: Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Prod Co: Mit Out Sound Films
The Serpent (Brazil)
Dir: Diogo Hayashi
Prod Co: Quarta-Feira Filmes
The Sleepless Girl (Taiwan)
Dir: François Chang
Prod Co: Flash Forward Entertainment
Staring At Your Back (South Korea, Japan)
Dir: Kun-Jae Jang
Prod Co: Mocushura Inc
Feature Film – Animation:
Anito (Philippines)
Dir: John Aurthur Mercader
Prod Co: The Puppeteer Animation Studios
Freedom In The Sky (Japan)
Dir: Ayumu Watanabe
Prod Co: Genco Inc
Garuda: Dare To Dream (Indonesia)
Dir: Ronny Gani
Prod Co: Kawi Animation
Killtube (Japan)
Dir: Kazuaki Kuribayashi
Prod Co: Chocolate
Onka And The Protectors Of The Amazon (Colombia, Spain, Belgium)
Dir: Vlamyr Vizcaya Sánchez
Prod Co: El Tuerto Pictures
Italian Projects:
I Have To Fuck Before The World Ends (Italy, Philippines)
Dir: Andrea Benjamin Manenti
Prod Co: Volos Films Italia
Tokyo Express (Italy)
Dir: Eros Puglielli
Prod Co: Be Water Film
Copperbeak (Italy)
Dir: Adriano Candiago, Giorgio Scorza, Davide Rosio
Prod Co: Movimenti Production
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