Aditya Assarat, from Thailand, is one of the directors on the program. Here he is directing Hi-So. Source: production still
TTB brings together 10 producers from Asia and Europe to participate in 2 workshops on cross-continental co-production during the Busan International Film Festival and the Udine Far East Film Festival. 10 promising projects have been selected to participate.
Several projects with ties to the Busan International Film Festival have been selected. Producer Karim Aitouna is participating with Women of the Weeping River which is being directed by Sheron Dayoc of SATRA, a 2011 ACF Script Development Fund project. Masumi Soga’s project Kodokushi is being directed by Janus Victoria who was invited to the Wide Angle section of the Festival in 2012 with Aurora, My Aurora. Antonin Dedet is again working with director Gyeong Tae Roh on Black Stones. They worked together previously on Land of Scarecrows, a 2008 ACF Post-Production Fund project which won the 2008 New Currents Award.
Weronika Czołnowska is producing Baby with director Kei Ishikawa. The project won the main prize at IT Project Market at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Tarantula, a Belgian company famous for its international co-productions, is taking part via Valérie Bournonville who is producing Walkers by Oliver Meys. Tarantula co-produced Batalla en El Cielo by Carlos Reygadas (in competition in Cannes 2005) with Mexico, Congorama by Philippe Falardeau (Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 2006) with Canada, Le Sel de la Mer by Annemarie Jacir (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2008) with Palestine, La Cantante de Tango by Diego Martinez Vignatti (in competition Locarno 2009) with Argentina, and Visages by Tse Ming-Liang (in competition in Cannes 2009) with Taiwan, among others.
