Co-production Films by AFiS Fellows on the World Stage
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Busan Asian Film School (AFiS) alumni and fellows’ films have been selected for prestigious world film festivals.
An AFiS Afghanistan–Bangladesh co-production titled Roqaia has been selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival from August 28 to September 7, 2019. The 11-minute film is directed by Afghan filmmaker Nasrin Jamal and produced by Bangladeshi filmmaker Md Arifur Rahman, fellows of the 2019 International Film Business Academy.
Hana, directed by Nakanishi Mai, 2019 International Film Business Academy fellow, and produced by Eric Khoo, Huang Jun Xiang and Lee Junsang, won a B.I.G. NAFF Korean award at the Network of Asian Fantastic Film IT Project of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2019.
Babylon, produced by Lyndel Gale Tagalog Osorio and Supatcha Thipsena, 2018 International Film Business Academy alumni, was selected as the best Oltrecorto project in the Torino Short Film Market. Gale and Supatcha developed this short film into an international co-production feature film at AFiS. Along with this selection, Babylon was awarded the Experience Sardegna prize, worth €5,000 in services.
The Worm and the Widow, directed by Abdul Zainidi and produced by Lee Jungwoo, won the Bucheon Award of 15 million KRW at NAFF2018.
A great number of other international co-production projects had the opportunity to meet film production investors and film distributors in AFiS project promotion and business meetings at CINE-ASIA LINK during the Busan International Film Festival.
The International Film Business Academy is the main program at the Busan AFiS, which is devoted to nurturing talent who will become future leaders in the film industry in Korea, Asia and the rest of the world.
Since it opened in 2017, the school has offered practical education, with a curriculum including filmmaking courses such as project development and production, as well as courses on financing, distribution and marketing. Every year, AFiS selects about 20 Asian students for the program.
AFiS strives to support its fellows by planning international co-productions and sharing information on the film industry in each student’s country through its annual AFiS Film Industry White Paper.
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