[BIFF Press Release] Busan International Film Festival (53)_(2019.10.8)
Award
Winners of the 22nd Asian Project Market Announced
The 22nd
Asian Project Market (APM), the largest investment and co-production market in
Asia, successfully closed with the APM Award Ceremony, held at Paradise Hotel
Busan on October 8th. A total of 8 projects received awards out of
29 creative and original projects, ranging from commercial to low-budget
amateur films, with the potential to be completed into films.
As well as numerous advanced meeting reservations, a great number of the
on-site meetings were made. During the APM period, a record number of 796
meetings were successfully held between project participants and key industry
players, firmly establishing itself as the largest co-production market in
Asia.
This year’s award-winning films are from young Asian directors with high
quality from diverse countries including Korea. Also, new projects by female
directors representing their countries such as Boo Jiyoung from Korean and
Antoinette Jadaone from the Philippines won the award.
[Asian Project Market 2019 Award Winners]
(*Project / Director / Country)
[Busan Award] Topography
of Solitude / NAKAI Noemie / Japan
Supported by Busan
Metropolitan City, the Busan Award is awarded to Topography of Solitude, receiving 15,000 USD for project funding.
[MAS Award] The Courier
Always Knocks Twice / HU Jia / Daniel YU / China
Committing 20,000 USD,
the MAS Award is awarded to Hu Jia of The
Courier Always Knocks Twice.
[CJ Entertainment
Award] Boldstar / Antoinette JADAONE / Philippines
Awarded to an
international project from the official APM line-up, the CJ Entertainment Award
is awarded to Boldstar by Antoinette
Jadaone (Philippines)
[LOTTE Award]
Committing to a Korean
project from the official APM line-up, LOTTE Award is awarded to director Boo
Jiyoung’s About Daughter.
[KOCCA Award] Winter
Worm, Summer Grass / KANG Sang-woo / Korea
Korea Creative Content
Agency selected Winter Worm, Summer Grass
among Korean projects from the official APM list with 10 million KRW.
[ArteKino Award] Mother
Tongue / Zhannat ALSHANOVA / Kazakhstan
Arte France selects a
project from official APM projects and underwrites with 6,000 Euros. The
completed film will screen in ArteKino Festival, an online film festival.
[Sørfond Award] Skin of Youth / Ash MAYFAIR / Vietnam
The winner of Sørfond
Award is invited to Sørfond Pitching Forum in Oslo, Norway.
[Moneff Award] The
Child / KANG Donghun / Korea
Moneff selects a
project from official APM projects and provides 20,000 USD worth of editing or
VFX service.
The 24th 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