PROJECT PROFILES
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Chi-S Kor) Dir Hur Jin-ho (pictured) Prod Weiming Chen Synopsis Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liaisons Dangereuses adapted to a 1930s Shanghai setting. A sophisticated and
calculating woman wagers a young playboy that he cannot seduce a virtuous married woman, with tragic consequences. Budget $15m Financing to date TBA The lowdown Korean director Hur, who has previously worked in China with A Good Rain Knows, is known for the subtle romance and sadness in films such as Christmas In August. Contact Cara Yuan
yuan234567@126.com
DISTORTION (Thai) Dir Nonzee Nimibutr (pictured) Prods Nonzee Nimibutr, Namon Phongvilai Synopsis A horror story set in Bangkok where a serial killer is on the
loose and four people, including a psychiatrist and a forensic scientist, are haunted by repressed memories and a dark past. Budget $800,000 Financing to date $600,000 (approx) from Sahamongkolfilm International The lowdown “My new project has a different theme to all my previous movies — it’s a psychological film that will change your perspective about yourself and the world completely,” says Nimibutr. Contact Namon Phongvilai
aom_namon@hotmail.com
THE DOG SHOW (Phil) Dir Ralston Jover (pictured) Prod Bessie Badilla Synopsis A father makes a living from two pet dogs who perform tricks around Manila. While trying to find his youngest
son, who has been taken away by his wife, the father is forced to make a great sacrifice. Budget $40,000 Financing to date $18,000 from Badilla The lowdown “Many films from the Philippines
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focus on the mother-child relationship, but this is about a father who gives up everything to get back his child when his wife abandons the family,” says Jover. He has previously directed docudrama Children Metal Divers and scripted films for Jeffrey Jeturian and Brillante Mendoza. Contact Ralston Jover
rals_jover@yahoo.com
DU, ZOOEY AND MA (Chi) Dir Robin Weng Shouming (pictured) Prods Natacha Devillers, Robin Weng Shouming Synopsis A painter and his writer wife live happily by the seaside until one
day a stranger visits their home, bringing back the couple’s unpleasant past and resulting in a series of mysterious deaths. Budget $1m Financing to date $200,000 from Beijing Taoyuan Pictures The lowdown “The film will be my first attempt to make a suspense thriller, which is quite a departure from my last work, Fujian Blues, a realistic, almost documentary-like narrative,” says the director. “The idea is to make a darker version of [Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s] Amélie, about a talented woman with a dark past. As she tries to cover up her past, she embarks on an quirky journey of violence.” Contact Robin Weng Shouming
robinweng@126.com
EASTWIND, RAIN (Jap-US) Dir Masato Harada (pictured) Prods Tomoko Fushimi, Jesse Blanco, Richard Jeffery Synopsis A Japanese fighter plane crash-lands
on a Hawaiian island after the attack on Pearl Harbour. This triggers an intense chain of events involving a Japanese-American couple, a Hawaiian family and the US military. Budget $5m Financing to date TBA The lowdown “East Wind, Rain is a fascinating true story from the Second World War,” says Distant Horizon’s Richard Jeffery. Veteran director Harada recently won the special jury award for Chronicle Of My Mother in Montreal. Contact Richard Jeffery
richard.jeffery@
gmail.com
THE GLASS TRINKET (Arm) Dirs/prods Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan (pictured) Synopsis A man leaves military service without permission when he learns his girlfriend is pregnant.
But fate intervenes before the young couple can deal with the situation. Budget $608,000 Financing to date $435,000 from Armenian public and private sources. The lowdown The fourth feature from festival regulars Mkrtchyan and Azatyan is about valuing love and life and explores the concept of irrefutability. The directors say: “Unfortunately it is not always that we become the masters of the situation, and it is not always that we make the right decision, but we almost always answer for every step we make.” Contact Arsen Azatyan
aysor-plus@web.am
THE HANGMAN’S BREAKFAST (Sing) Dir Glen Goei (pictured) Prod Bee Thiam Tan Synopsis A taboo- confronting story of three Singaporean families who clash when a devout Christian mother is
sentenced to death after becoming a drugs mule to pay for her son’s HIV medication. A Muslim reporter fights for her to be spared and the Hindu executioner at Changi Prison finally takes account of his actions. Budget $450,000 Financing to date None The lowdown “People talk about the Asian economic miracle but forget the sacrifices in terms of human rights and the people who get left behind. This will be a companion piece to Blue Mansion, my film about the elite. This one is about the underclass who don’t have a voice,” says Goei. Contact Bee Thiam Tan
bthiam@gmail.com
KILLERS (Jap-Indo) Dirs The Mo Brothers (Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel) Prod Takuji Ushiyama Synopsis A disgraced Indonesian journalist becomes a vigilante killer, taking his cue from
a Japanese serial murderer. Their mutual infamy leads to a rivalry and eventual face-off.
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