Busan Worldwide Movie Competition (BIFF) has annouced the 30 tasks chosen for this 12 months’s Asian Undertaking Market, together with two tasks produced by high-profile Indian actresses.
The road-up consists of Troublesome Daughters, directed by Soni Razdan, which is being produced by Alia Bhatt and her sister Shaheen Bhatt, together with veteran Indian indie producer Alan McAlex (Santosh).
Kani Kusruti, who starred in Cannes Palme d’Or successful movie All We Think about As Mild, is teaming with the director of that movie, Payal Kapadia, to provide The Final Of Them Plagues, directed by Kunjila Mascillamani. Kusruti attended BIFF final 12 months as a jury member for the New Currents competitors.
Elsewhere, the line-up consists of a number of different filmmakers with ties to BIFF, together with Indian director Pradip Kurbah, recipient of the 2019 Jiseok Award, with new challenge Moon; Bangladeshi filmmaker Biplob Sarkar, beforehand invited to BIFF New Currents and returning with LGBTQ+-themed The Magical Males; and Malaysia’s Lau Kok Rui from the BIFF 2022 Asian Movie Academy, who’s presenting Wake Me up When the Mourning Ends, with Soi Cheang, Stefano Centini and Wong Kew Quickly on board as producers.
The road-up additionally options 5 Chinese language-language tasks, with three from Taiwan specializing in feminine protagonists. Japan is represented by three tasks from established administrators Shiraishi Kazuya, Fujita Naoya and Zhang Yaoyuan, with tales revolving across the realities of international laborers, a reclusive girl’s wrestle for identification, and a multifaceted view of what Japanese youth face immediately.
Seven Korean tasks have additionally been chosen from each rising and mid-career administrators, together with Gilddong from Park Riwoong, who gained the New Currents Award at BIFF 2024 for The Land Of Morning Calm; Arrival Of Water from Jo Heeyoung; Dance Dance Revolution by director Choi Hana (Extra Than Household); and The Descent by director Kim Hyoeun following her BIFF 2024 invitation for Tango At Daybreak.
Asian Undertaking Market (APM) might be held for 4 days from September 20-23 throughout the twentieth version of the Asian Contents & Movie Market at BEXCO.
ASIAN PROJECT MARKET 2025:
*Supported by ACF Script Growth Fund
Arrival Of Water (Korea, Japan)
Dir: Jo Heeyoung
Prod: Park Sejin
Black Star Angel* (Armenia, US)
Dir: Christine Haroutounian
Prod: Maxwell Schwartz, Christine Haroutounian
Bodoi (Japan)
Dir: Shiraishi Kazuya
Prod: Kii Muneyuki
Purchase My Automotive (Japan, China)
Dir: Zhang Yaoyuan
Prod: Ichiyama Shozo, Kunizane Mizue, Mo Zhulin
Churching Of Ladies (Jordan)
Dir: Darin Sallam
Prod: Deema Azar, Ayah Jardaneh
Dance Dance Revolution (Korea)
Dir: Choi Hana
Prod: An Boyoung
The Daughter (Hong Kong, China)
Dir: Guan Tian
Prod: Vivian Bao, Ding Ningyuan
The Descent (Korea)
Dir: Kim Hyoeun
Prod: Park Hyunsuk
Troublesome Daughters (India)
Dir: Soni Razdan
Prod: Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt, Alan Mcalex, Grishma Shah
Dysfunction (Iraq, Germany)
Dir: Shawkat Amin Korki
Prod: Mehmet Aktas, Shohreh Golparian, Shawkat Amin Korki
Flying Cows (Vietnam)
Dir: Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Prod: Nguyen Huu Thi Tuong Vi
The Funeral March (Japan, China)
Dir: Fujita Naoya
Prod: Fujita Kanako, Shiina Yasushi, Zou Aiken, Zou Lin
Gilddong (Korea, China)
Dir: Park Riwoong
Prod: Yoon Minyoung
Gochi (Korea)
Dir: Yoon Eunkyoung
Prod: Stanley Kwak
Heaven Assist Us!* (Philippines)
Dir: Eve Baswel
Prod: John Torres, Jules Katanyag
Lanka (The Fireplace) (India)
Dir: Saurav Rai
Prod: Sudeepta Sadhukhan, Viraj Selot, Ankita Purkayastha
The Final Of Them Plagues (India)
Dir: Kunjila Mascillamani
Prod: Payal Kapadia, Jeo Child, Kani Kusruti
Misplaced And Cow (Thailand)
Dir: Thapanee Loosuwan
Prod: Chonlasit Upanigkit, Somprasong Srikrajang
The Magical Males (Bangladesh, Singapore, France, India)
Dir: Biplob Sarkar
Prod: Biplob Sarkar, Fran Borgia, Francois d’Artemare, Sankhajit Biswas
Moon (India)
Dir: Pradip Kurbah
Prod: Pradip Kurbah
New Life* (China)
Dir: Li Yingtong
Prod: Annie Music
No Nation For Previous Males (Taiwan)
Dir: An Bon
Prod: Chen Pao-Ying
Paradis Karaoke (Korea)
Dir: Byun Sungbin
Prod: Bong Suji
Sama (Canada, Afghanistan)
Dir: Brishkay Ahmed
Prod: Brishkay Ahmed, Bonnie Do
Silence Of The Looms (Bangladesh)
Dir: Mirza Shabnam Ferdousi
Prod: Rajib Mohajan
Silent Cry (Korea)
Dir: Jero Yun
Prod: Jero Yun
The Cranium Oracle (Taiwan)
Dir: Laha Mebow
Prod: Eric Liang Zara Lin, Chen Yi Chen
Snake In The Dreamscapes (Taiwan)
Dir: Lou Yi-An
Prod: Chen Wen Wen, Kao Chun Ting, Hsu Guo-Lun
Caught Like Infants (Kyrgyzstan)
Dir: Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
Prod: Veronica Rhyme, Aktan Ryskeldiev, Fernanda Renno
Wake Me Up When The Mourning Ends (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan)
Dir: Lau Kok Rui
Prod: Soi Cheang, Stefano Centini, Wong Kew Quickly
