After three days of one-on-one conferences inside the Asian Project Market, winners have been introduced at a ceremony in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday night.
The mission market is held as a part of the Asian Contents & Movie Market, which is carefully aligned with the Busan International Film Festival. Some 30 movie initiatives have been pitched by their administrators and producers, looking for finance, co-production companions and worldwide distribution. Market organizers reported that they facilitated 706 conferences.
“Kingdom of the Insomniacs” was the winner of the distinguished Busan Award. “Hum” from The Philippines was the one mission to win a number of prizes.
Singapore-based producer Tan Si En, who beforehand produced Venice award winner “Don’t Cry Butterfly,” Sundance award winner “Pop Aye” and Anthony Chen’s “Moist Season,” notably picked up prizes for each her APM entries, “Levitating” and “Crocodile Rock.”
“Kingdom of the Insomniacs” is a drama thriller set in an outdated forest farm, “the place mushroom farmers are plagued with insomnia and an ageing illness. After his father dies, a juvenile tries to extricate himself from this depraved kingdom.”
Kang’s debut function “Household at Giant,” starring Hu Ge (“The Wild Goose Lake”) and Wen Qi (“Angels Put on White”), is at present in post-production.
“Hum” is pitched as a Western, through which “a rodeo couple straddling the demons of their previous are haunted when mysterious ecological adjustments threaten to destroy the stadium they dwell in.”
“We’re very excited to be right here on the APM. The previous couple of days have been full of actually fruitful conferences. With this win we’re intent on pushing our mission ahead and getting it made,” Tan instructed Selection.
Asian Venture Market 2024 Awards Winners
Busan Award
“Kingdom of the Insomniacs,” dir. Kang Bo, prod. Xie Meng (China)
One Cool Award
“Life Redo Checklist,” dir. Sotoyama Bunji, prod. Ide Yoko (Japan)
CJ ENM Award
“Levitating,” dir. Wregas Bhanuteja, prods. Siera Tamihardja, Tan Si En, Patrics Nezan (Indonesia, Singapore, France)
TAICCA Award
“Till That Day,” dir. Matsunaga Daishi, prods. Ogawa Shinji, Nishikawa Asako, Chang Sanling (Japan, Taiwan)
VIPO Award
“Crocodile Rock,” dir. Kirsten Tan, prod. Tan Si En (Singapore, U.S.)
Purple Sea Movie Fund Award
“Making a Sea” dir. Lin Htet Aung, prod. Mai Meksawan (Thailand)
ArteKino Worldwide Award
“Hum,” dir. Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, prods. Hannah Schierbeek, Alemberg Ang (Philippines, U.S.)
Songwon Award
“The Birds,” dir. Sohn Hyun-lok, prod. Jo Su-jin (South Korea)
KB Award
“Hellfire Academy,” dir. Shin Aga, prods. Park Doohee, Choi Chan (South Korea)
ARRI Award
“90 Meters,” dir. Nakagawa Shun, prods. Tsujimoto Tamako, Utagawa Yasushi (Japan)
Kongchak Studio Award
“Leg,” dir. Shokir Kholikov, prods. Algerim Satybaldy, Paolo Maria Spina, Silvana Santamaria, Johann Chapelan (Kazakhstan, Italy, Germany, Greece)
Sorfond Award
“Hum,” dir. Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, prods. Hannah Schierbeek, Alemberg Ang (Philippines, U.S.)
