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has committed suicide. It’s a story of two lonely individuals, looking for happiness, and finding comfort in the strangeness of cultural differences,” says Liu. Budget $4.8m (€3.5m) Financing to date $1.4m (€1m) private investment The lowdown “A romance between east and west, two fragile hearts desperate for love. In addition to being a love story, it’s also an adventure of self- identification,” says Liu. Contact Chris Jing Liu
chrisdudu@vip.sina.com
SHADOW (S Kor) Dir Eunkyung Joe Prod Hyunwoo Shim (S Kor, pictured) Synopsis “Young girls’ aspirations, jealousy and catastrophe set against the background of a boarding school in the
1930s, during the Japanese colonisation of Korea,” says the producer. Budget $2m
Financing to date None The lowdown “A beautiful and lyrical horror film with stunning costumes, props, locations, fantasy-like atmosphere — enough core elements to appeal to the target audience,” says Shim. Contact Hyunwoo Shim
hwooshim@gmail.com
SMALL BIRDS (HK-Chi-Neth) Dir Wing-Yee Wu Prods Arry Voorsmit (Neth, pictured), Chris Jing Liu (Chi) Synopsis “Their father brings Ying and Ong to Hong Kong after the death
of their mother. Family conflicts escalate when Ingrid is introduced as his new partner,” say the producers. Budget $1.6m (€1.2m) Financing to date $680,000 (€500,000) private investment The lowdown “I want to show how subtle moments slip under your skin as you grow up, and shape you — it’s also emotionally bittersweet,” says Wu. Contact Arry Voorsmit
a.voorsmit@ribafilm.nl
SUNNYBOY (Jap-It-Ger) Dir Kohki Hasei Prods Flaminio Zadra (pictured), Dorje Film (It), Pandora Film (Ger) Synopsis “A girl who lives in a cemetery is invited to live at a huge garbage dump in the outskirts of
Manila, below a fierce sun that always shines on the people who live there,” say the producers. Budget $625,000 (€460,000)
Financing to date $156,000 (€115,000) from investors including Dorje Film (equity) and Pandora Film (equity and pre-sales) The lowdown “The story I want to film lies in the filth of the unwanted scrap from society and in the graveyards where human beings and their bodies are resting. It is a presentation of the pure love and innocent way of life lived by the little children in these environments,” says director Hasei. Contact Flaminio Zadra
flaminio.zadra@
dorjefilm.it
SURIYA (Thai) Dir Wisit Sasanatieng Prod Pran Tadaveerawat (Thai, pictured) Synopsis “Suriya is a famous Thai boxer. He lives on booze and the attention of prostitutes. He dies with the mystery of a great
fighter yet to be discovered,” says the producer. Budget $811,000 (€597,000) Financing to date $76,000 (€56,000) from the producer and the Asian Cinema Fund. The lowdown “In addition to telling an untold story through the main character’s point of view, I would like to express Suriya’s life through third-party perspectives… it is a film with the heart of a Thai boxer,” says director Sasanatieng. Contact Pran Tadaveerawat
pran86@gmail.com
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