Makbul Mubarak, Fukada Koji and Rima Das to Pitch New Films at Busan’s Asian Project Market

The Busan film festivals Asian Project Market is set to welcome several of the regions top auteurs either as producers or prospective directors at its next edition in October.

APM organizers Thursday unveiled 30 projects to be presented during a four-day round of one-on-one meetings and pitching sessions.

Indias Rima Das (Toras Husband) will pitch Malti My Love. Japans Fukada Koji (Love Life, Harmonium) will pitch Nagi Notes. Indonesias Makbul Mubarak (Autobiography) will pitch Watch It Burn.

Among the successful producers adding their weight to APM contenders are: Patrick Mao Huang (Moneyboys, Tiger Stripes) selling Peter Hos project Appetite for Desire Jeremy Chua (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Autobiography), pitching Rafael Manuels Filipinana Ichiyama Shozo (Ash Is Puirest White) pitching Song Fangs Japan-China collaboration Full Moon Fran Borgia (A Land Imagined, Tiger Stripes) pitching Aakash Chhabras Ill Smile in September and Tan Chui Mui (Barbarian Invasion) pitching Jian Xiaoshuans To Kill A Mongolian Horse.

The project market and the Asian Contents Film Market are both scheduled to operate Oct. 7-10. The Busan International Film Festival will run Oct. 4-13.

Asian Project Market selections 2023 (alphabetical order by English title)

1 Appetite for Desire dir. Peter HO prods. KAO Chun Ting, HUNG Hsiu Lin, Patrick Mao HUANG (Hong Kong Taiwan)

2 The Botanist in the White House dir. JING Yi prods. SHAN Zuolong, QI Ai (China)

3 Chronicles of a Confession dir. Prateek VATS prod. Prateek VATS (India)

4 Daughters of the Sea dir. Martika RAMIREZ ESCOBAR prods. Monster JIMENEZ, Rajiv IDNANI (Philippines)

5 Filipiana dir. Rafael MANUEL prod. Jeremy CHUA (Philippines Singapore U.K.)

6 First Step dir. YOON Danbi prod. KIM Gi-hyeon (Korea)

7 For the Girls of the Tribe dir. Arsalan AMIRI prods. Ida PANAHANDEH, Ruth Yoshie LINTON (Iraq Turkey)

8 Friends of This Life dir. KIM Mi-young prod. Jenny YANG (Korea)

9 Full Moon dir. SONG Fang prod. ICHIYAMA Shozo (China Japan)

10 Ill Smile in September dir. Aakash CHHABRA prods. Sanjay GULATI, Fran BORGIA (India Singapore)

11 The Last Semester dir. LEE Ranhee prod. SHIN Woonseop (Korea)

12 Madness and Honey Days dir. Ahmed Yassin prods. AL DARADJI, Maytham JBARA (Iraq Canada)

13 Malti My Love dir. Rima DAS prods. Rima DAS (India)

14 Morning Star dir. KANG Yi Kwan prod. PARK Jooyoung (Korea)

15 Mr. Tiger dir. HSU Chao-Jen prods. Stefano CENTINI, CHANG Chuti, CHOI Kwang-suk (Taiwan)

16 Mr. Van dir. Kim Quy BUI prods. NGUYEN Mai, NGUYEN Hong Quan (Vietnam Germany)

17 Nagi Notes dir. FUKADA Koji prod. OSANAI Terutaro (Japan- France)

18 Pay the Bill Assel AUSHAKIMOVA prods. Assel YERZHANOVA, Assel AUSHAKIMOVA (Kazakhstan)

19 The Road to Elysium dir. LIM Sun-ae prod. KANG Jiyoun (Korea)

20 Snake Scorpion dir. LEE Dongwoo prod. CHO Young Kag (Korea)

21 SOL dir. HASEI Kohki prods. ISHIGE Eisuke, OHNO Atsuko (Japan -France)

22 Son Sun dir. KAWAWADA Emma prod. IDE Yoko (Japan)

23 Southern Summer dir. LAN Tian prods. TENG Lee Yein, HUO Chuxin, YU Ru (China Malaysia)

24 Suraiya dir. Robiul Alam ROBI prods. Fazle Hasan SHISHIR, Shibabrata BARMAN (Bangladesh)

25 Tarkam dir. Teddy SOERIAATMADJA prod. Eric PRIMASETIO (Indonesia)

26 To Kill a Mongolian Horse dir. JIANG Xiaoxuan prods. TAN Chui Mui, MO Zhulin (China)

27 Watch It Burn dir. Makbul MUBARAK prod. Yulia Evina BHARA (Indonesia)

28 Whats Love Got to Do With It? HIROSE Nanako prods. KITAHARA Eiji, KOIDE Daiju (Japan)

29 Where the Rivers Run South dir. Suraj PAUDEL prods. Anup POUDEL, Abinash Bikram SHAH (Nepal)

30 The Women Who Brush Their Teeth Outside dir. SHIN Sun prod. KIM Soon-mo (Korea)