ScreenSingapore have announced finalists for the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market 2020. Ten projects from China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand were selected based on the project's co-production viabilities and the strength of the filmmaking team. This year's SAFF Project Market sees entries coming in from 14 countries and regions across Asia, Europe and North America, including first-timers from Finland, France, and Iran.
Taking Asian Storytelling to the World
Since its launch in 2015, the SAFF Project Market has emerged as a recognised regional platform for established and upcoming content creators to come together and present their projects to the international marketplace.
Finalists will be able to meet with financiers, commissioners, and investors – albeit virtually this year – who will be able to bridge them with the resources needed to take their projects to a global audience.
Selected projects will join the ranks of SAFF Project Market alumni who have seen their projects produced, undergo production, or acquire financing.
Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market 2020 Finalists:
A Million Ways To Return Home | Singapore | by Stanley Soh
Chasing A Dream | Thailand | by Paul Spurrier
Discovered | Malaysia | by Mai Fernandez
Father's Office | Myanmar | by Radha Chowdhuri
First Light | Netherlands / Singapore / China | by Valerie van Zuijlen
Hungry Ghost Diner | Malaysia | by Cho We Jun
Kathoey | Philippines / Thailand | by Joris Fernandez / Paolo Martin Valconcha
Sugar Sugar | Singapore / Thailand | by Phutsachi Pipat “Koo”
Swan River | Philippines | by Will Fredo C Manalang
Zsazsa Zaturnnah | Philippines | by Avid Liongoren
Bridging Asian and European Producers
TIES THAT BIND (TTB), a workshop programme which combines producer training, project development and co-production meetings focusing on co-operation between European and Asian producers, returns this year as part of the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore's line-up of events. Five Asian and five European producers with their projects under development, have been selected to be part of the workshop which will take place online from 16 to 30 November 2020. The selected producers will also have the opportunity to meet decision-makers at the ATF Online+ platform from 1 to 4 December 2020.
TIES THAT BIND (TTB) 2020 Selected Projects:
Dancing the Tides | Philippines | by Xeph Suarez
Fruit Gathering | Myanmar | by Aung Phyoe
Lost and Found | Taiwan | by Natasha K.H. Sung
Lost Daughter | Denmark | by Sun Hee Engelstof
Mrs Raffles | Singapore | Historical Drama Series
Purple Sun | Singapore / Japan | by Carlo Enciso Catu
The Greenhouse | Germany | by Luise Donschen
The Rope | Italy | by Alberto Fasulo
Uk Kei | Portugal | by Leonor Teles
Youthfully Yours | Vietnam | by Trinh Dinh Le Minh
