Mouly Surya, Reza Rehadian & Prasanna Vithanage Among Filmmakers Selected For Busan’s Asian Project Market

Asian Project Market, the investment and co-production platform of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has selected 30 projects from 20 countries for this year’s edition. The line-up features three projects from Japan, which is currently experiencing a cinematic renaissance, including 13 from Mori Tatsuya, winner of BIFF’s New Currents Award in 2023 for September 1923, as well projects from Hirose Nanako and Igarashi Kohei. Projects from Central and South Asia also stand out with new works from Kyrgyzstan’s Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi; Sri Lanka’s Prasanna Vithanage, who won the Jiseok Award in 2023 for Paradise; Pakistan’s Eshah Shakeeland; and India’s Dominic Sangma, Tribeny Rai Stenzin Tankyong and Payal Sethi (see full list of projects below). China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are represented by projects and filmmakers including Tibetan female director Kangdrun with Orlo In The House; Wang Zhiyi’s Unripe; Uncle, a feature debut by Taiwan’s Yen Hao-hsuan; and Whisper Of The Silence from Hong Kong emerging director So Chak Long. Watch on Deadline Several projects from Southeast Asia have also been selected, including from leading Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya (Trigger Warning, This City Is A Battlefield); Reza Rehadian, who won four prizes at BIFF’s Vision Awards last year for On Your Lap; and Aditya Ahmad, who is presenting his feature debut after winning Best Short Film at Venice film festival’s Orizzonti section in 2018. The selection also includes projects from Thailand’s Panu Aree, Cambodia’s Chheangkea, Malaysia’s Tan Seng Kiat and the Philippines’ E Del Mundo. The line-up of seven Korean projects includes Park Deul-bi from Lee Sangcheol, whose previous films Jesus Hospital, The Snob and Blesser were presented at BIFF; All’s Well That Ends Well by Choi Hyunyoung, whose Memories Of A Dead End was presented in Korean Cinema Today – Panorama; and The Family Table from Lee Hanju, whose first feature The Waves Of Winter was invited to Korean Cinema Today – Vision. Asian Project Market is taking place during the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), with both events running October 10-13 at the BEXCO convention centre. BIFF is taking place October 6 to 15 at the Busan Cinema Centre and multiple other venues across the city. Asian Project Market 2026: 13 (Japan)Dir: Mori TatsuyaProds: Lee Bongwoo, Nagaki Mahiro All’s Well That Ends Well (Korea)Dir: Choi HyunyoungProds: Jeon Jiseong, Kwon Mizy Babak (Germany, India)*Dir: Payal SethiProd: Khaled Homsi Bon Voyage (Iran, US, France)*Dir: Mehrnoush AliaProds: Mohammad Aghebati, Behrooz Hashemian Bosogo (Kyrgyzstan)Dir: Dastan Zhapar RyskeldiProds: Nurzhan Idrisova, Suium Sulaimanova, Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi Casparina (Indonesia)Dir: Reza Rahadian MatulessyProds: Arya Ibrahim, Gita Fara A Chronicle Of Minor Things (working title) (India)Dir: Tribeny RaiProd: Kislay Kislay Dancers (Pakistan)Dir: Eshah ShakeelProds: Iram Bilal, Haris Khan Dog Fight (Korea)Dir: Ryu HyunkyungProd: Kim Sehun The Family Table (Korea)Dir: Lee HanjuProd: Kang Jeongwon Fātimah (Thailand)Dir: Panu AreeProd: Panu Aree Goldfish (Indonesia)*Dir: Aditya AhmadProds: Muhammad Zaidy Amiruddin, Meiske Taurisia Idiot (India, France)Dir: Stenzin TankyongProds: Ritu Sarin, Rajesh Thanickan Islands (Sri Lanka, Singapore, India)Dir: Prasanna VithanageProds: Fran Borgia, Anto Chittilappilly Kuroshio (Korea, Taiwan, Japan)Dir: Park JoonhoProd: Byun Sungbin Little Phnom Penh (Cambodia, US, France)Dir: ChheangkeaProds: Daniel Mattes, Karen Madar Once Upon A Time In The Philippines (Philippines, France, Norway)Dir: E Del MundoProds: Kyle Nieva, Gian Carlo Librojo, Pamela L. Reyes, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, LindaBolstad Strønen, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Idris Lettifi One Fine Day (Malaysia, Taiwan)Dir: Tan Seng KiatProds: Sylvia Chang, Elyce Chin, Lim Shu Jia, E.N. Lee Orlo In The House (China)Dir: KangdrunProd: Ma Shuang, Sonam Tsering, Zhang Qianqian Park Deul-bi (Korea)Dir: Lee SangcheolProd: Shin Aga Red Hunger (Korea)Dir: Kim JinyeongProd: Eden Lee Satellite Of Love (Korea, Germany)Dir: Park SyeyoungProd: Philippe Bober Talk To Me When You Are Dead (Singapore, China)Dir: Alvin LeeProds: Anthony Chen, Gina Tan Uncle (Taiwan)Dir: Yen Hao-hsuanProds: Patrick Mao Huang, Sung Chin-hsuan Unripe (China, France)Dir: Wang ZhiyiProd: Emmanuel Chaumet Veil Of Dust (India, China)Dir: Dominic SangmaProd: Xu Jianshang Whisper Of The Silence (Hong Kong, China)Dir: So Chak LongProd: San Zuolong The Wife Who Can See Dead People (Or Jinn) (Indonesia)Dir: Mouly SuryaProds: Rama Adi, Gita Fara Wings Of Return (working title) (Japan)Dir: Hirose NanakoProd: Ohinata Jun Yours (Japan)Dir: Igarashi KoheiProd: Yagi Yusuke *Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) Script Development Fund Recipients