The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) announced the selected projects for the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) Project Market. The event will allow filmmakers to take part in meetings with producers, investors, and distributors from all over the world.

This year the NAFF Project Market received 217 submissions from 36 countries. After many deliberations the organizers selected 32 projects from 18 countries, including 13 for the It Project, 10 for Project Spotlight Korea, 7 for Work in Progress, and 1 each for Blood Window and Fantastic 7.

The judges that were on hand to evaluate the submissions included KIM Kyungsun (CEO, GOODINSTORY), Bong Mandae (director, Engine Film), SEO Kosuk (professor, Cheongju University), LEE Jiseung (director and professor, Far East University), and CHUNG Younghong (CEO, Paper Barn Studios). The judges from BIFAN included programmers Ellen Y.D. Kim, Jongsuk Thomas NAM, MO Eunyoung, Jin PARK, and team leader Samantha MOON (BIFAN’s Industry Program Team).

Project Spotlight Korea
1 – Heartbreak Blues by Kim Sunghoon | Producer: Seo Janghyun | Korea
2 – Journey to Gyeong-ju by Kim Mijo | Producer: Park Sunhye | Korea
3 – Deepfake by Park Yoochan | Producer: Kim Jongmin | Korea
4 – Reboot by Kim Sooyoung | Producer: Kim Dong H. | Korea
5 – The Trace of Great by Kim Youngki | Producer: Kim Hyunjeong | Korea
6 – The Tenants by Yoon Eunkyoung | Producer: Ahn Mongsik | Korea
7 – ECOLIFE by Park Hyonyong | Producer: Yoon Gigi Nakyong, Jung Euntaek | Korea
8 – Wangja by Chung Sujin | Producer: Han Jin | Korea
9 – The Well by Lim Daewoong | Korea
10 – Last Mankind by Huh Gun | Producer: Baek Siwon | Korea

It Project
1 – Bloody Smart by Hsieh Chun-yi | Producer: Joanne Goh | Taiwan, Malaysia
2 – Carrion by Renata Pinheiro | Producer: Andre Pereira | Brazil
3 – Cucaracha by Jacen Tan | Producer: Andrew Ngin | Singapore
4 – Cursed Circus: Sweet Vengeance of the Tale Teller by Fajar Nugros | Producer: Susanti Dewi | Indonesia
5 – The Cursed Land by Panu Aree, Kong Rithedee | Producer: Nonzee Nimibutr | Thailand
6 – Deliver us from Hell by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate | Producer: Roxana Ramos, Fernando Díaz | Argentina, Colombia
7 – Giant Polka-dotted by Amir Masoud Soheili | Producer: Amir Masoud Soheili, Saeed Soheili | Iran
8 – Last Resort by Tan Chui Miu | Producer: Arieen Cuevas | Philippines
9 – Left Hand of the Devil by Kameyama Mutsumi | Producer: Paul Fitzsimons, Anthony Alleyne Yamada Yurina, Urano Daisuke, Okabayashi Shuhei | Japan, Ireland
10 – A Myth by Maaria Sayed | Producer: Alessandro Alpini, Sushant Shrestha | India, Nepal
11 – Omionna by Shiraishi Koji | Producer: Chris Huang, Shu Eisei | Japan
12 – The Othered by Ham Tran | Producer: Linh Phan, Thanh Tran, Anderson Le | Vietnam, Canada, USA
13 – Posthouse by Nikolas Red | Producer: Iana Celest Bernardez | Philippines

Blood Window
1 – Upiro by Oscar Martin | Producer: Elena Muñoz | Spain

Fantastic 7
1 – Seoul Horror Story by Kim Hyunjin | Producer: Lee Dongha | Korea

Work in Progress
1 – The Comedian by Jeon Seungpyo | Producer: Bae Sijin | Korea
2 – Cinematic Novel by Kim Hyunwoo | Producer: Kim Hyunwoo, Kim Jiyeon, Park Sohye | Korea
3 – Annapurna by Hwang Seungjae | Producer: Jung Philju | Korea
4 – My Missing Aunt by Yang Juyeon | Producer: Ko Duhyun, Kang Sarah | Korea
5 – A Good Boy by Son Kyoungwon | Producer: Jung Jihye | Korea
6 – Oversteer by Derrick Lui | Producer: Derrick Lui | Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong
7 – Jinju of Pearl by Kim Lokkyoung | Producer: Park Jinyong | Korea

For more information, please visit: http://www.bifan.kr/eng/