Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching take top award.
The Bucheon Award at this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) in South Korea went to two projects from countries not so often touted in cinema – Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow from Brunei and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching from Cambodia.
The 22nd Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan)’s industry programme Naff runs until today (July 18) with the awards presented last night. According to organisers, the selection of 26 projects saw a total of 495 meetings with 67 companies and institutions over three days.
The Bucheon Award at this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) in South Korea went to two projects from countries not so often touted in cinema – Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow from Brunei and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching from Cambodia.
The 22nd Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan)’s industry programme Naff runs until today (July 18) with the awards presented last night. According to organisers, the selection of 26 projects saw a total of 495 meetings with 67 companies and institutions over three days.
- 7/18/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching take top two awards.
The Bucheon Awards at this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) in South Korea went to two projects from countries not so often touted in cinema – Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow from Brunei and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching from Cambodia.
The 22nd Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan)’s industry programme Naff runs until today (July 18) with the awards presented last night. According to organisers, the selection of 26 projects saw a total of 495 meetings with 67 companies and institutions over three days.
The Bucheon Awards at this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) in South Korea went to two projects from countries not so often touted in cinema – Abdul Zainidi’s Worm And The Widow from Brunei and Sokyou Chea’s Soul Searching from Cambodia.
The 22nd Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan)’s industry programme Naff runs until today (July 18) with the awards presented last night. According to organisers, the selection of 26 projects saw a total of 495 meetings with 67 companies and institutions over three days.
- 7/18/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The Naff genre film project market closed its latest edition on Tuesday with a top prize, worth $13,300 (Krw 15 million) for Abdul Zainidi’s “Worm and the Widow” from Brunei, and Sokyou Chea’s “Soul Searching” from Cambodia.
The three-day Naff market is part of the B.I.G. industry sidebar to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), held in Bucheon, on the outskirts of Seoul. Organizers brokered 495 one-to-one meetings between the 26 projects and some 67 distribution, finance and production companies.
Visahl Furia’s “Bogie No. S4,” a ghostly story set on a train, took the B.I.G Naff Award with a cash prize of $8,900, as well as the new Blood Window Award. The B.I.G Naff Korean Award was presented to “Remember, Spring” by Jeon In-hwan with a cash prize of $5,300 (Krw 6 million).
Prizewinners were selected by a jury of veteran producers including Lee Dong-ha, producer of 2016 hit “Train to Busan,...
The three-day Naff market is part of the B.I.G. industry sidebar to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), held in Bucheon, on the outskirts of Seoul. Organizers brokered 495 one-to-one meetings between the 26 projects and some 67 distribution, finance and production companies.
Visahl Furia’s “Bogie No. S4,” a ghostly story set on a train, took the B.I.G Naff Award with a cash prize of $8,900, as well as the new Blood Window Award. The B.I.G Naff Korean Award was presented to “Remember, Spring” by Jeon In-hwan with a cash prize of $5,300 (Krw 6 million).
Prizewinners were selected by a jury of veteran producers including Lee Dong-ha, producer of 2016 hit “Train to Busan,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
The event received 243 submissions from 43 countries.
In South Korea, the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has announced their selection for the 11th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market - including works from Ong Bak producer Prachya Pinkaew and former Cannes and Venice director Woo Ming Jin (The Tiger Factory).
Naff organizers reported a total of 243 submissions from 43 countries this year, out of which they selected a final 26 projects from 19 countries, sorted into four sections – It Project, a Spotlight on India, Blood Window and Nordic Genre Invasion.
It Project has 17 titles including Woo’s Malaysian project Siri...
In South Korea, the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has announced their selection for the 11th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market - including works from Ong Bak producer Prachya Pinkaew and former Cannes and Venice director Woo Ming Jin (The Tiger Factory).
Naff organizers reported a total of 243 submissions from 43 countries this year, out of which they selected a final 26 projects from 19 countries, sorted into four sections – It Project, a Spotlight on India, Blood Window and Nordic Genre Invasion.
It Project has 17 titles including Woo’s Malaysian project Siri...
- 5/30/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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