[BIFF Press Release] Busan International Film Festival (51)_(2019.10.7)

Asian Film Market 2019 Announces E-IP Market Award Winners!

Celebrating its 5^th year, E-IP (Entertainment Intellectual Property) Market announced a total of 10 winners for the E-IP Award held on Monday, October 7^th, the third day of the Asian Film Market 2019.

New award sponsors have joined: Showbox, a leading financing and distribution company along with Union Investment Partners, a venture capital company focused on content investment. Returning for another year, global web comic platform Tory Comics rejoins as a corporate sponsor. This year, a total of KRW 70 million in grants will be given to winners selected from among all official selections. Winners will be announced at the E-IP Awards Ceremony after business meetings wrap up.

2019 E-IP Market Award Winners *(Title / Company / Author)

<Showbox Choice Award)

(Book To Film)

A Killer Lives Next Door / CABINET (ALL THAT STORY) / KIM Seonghui

Makrye Park– I Can’t Go Just Yet / WISDOMHOUSE MEDIAGROUP INC. / PARK Makrye, KIM Yura

(E-IP Pitching)

Designer / JAEDAM MEDIA / Hatchling

A Christmas with Jam / WISDOMHOUSE MEDIAGROUP INC. / Lucid

<Tory Comics Award>

The Flower Bloomed by the Cloud / DAEWON C.I. INC. / Bionwho

Press Jump to End the World / SAFEHOUSE / SHIM Neoul

Mr. 2 / STORYCOMPANY / PARK Bum Soo (Story) & CHEON Jin Hui (Art)

A Christmas with Jam / WISDOMHOUSE MEDIAGROUP INC. / Lucid

<Union SuperIP Award>

It’s Mine / YJ COMICS / Lucks

<E-IP Audience Award>

A Killer Lives Next Door / CABINET (ALL THAT STORY) / KIM Seonghui

The 24^th Busan International Film Festival will be held from Thursday, Oct 3 to Saturday, Oct 12

Asian Film Market 2019 will be held from October 5 to October 8, 2019