TIES THAT BIND workshop 2 in Busan
Press release
The second TIES THAT BIND workshop will take place during the Busan International Film Festival/Asian Project Market from October 10 – 13, 2011.
TIES THAT BIND brings together five producers with feature projects from Asia and five from Europe. During the two workshops they work together with ‘state of the art’ experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, financing in the two regions, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching and promotion, and meet with decision makers during both sessions.
The following 10 producers from Asia and Europe will meet again after attending the first workshop from May 3-8 in Udine during the Udine Far East Film Festival:
- Rina Harahap, Rasy Production, Indonesia; project: The Real Champion
- Diep Hoang Nguyen, VBlock Media, Vietnam; project: Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
- David Linder, Filmallee - David Lindner Filmproduktion, Germany; project: Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere
- Chris Jing Liu, East Light Film, China; project: Repeat After Me
- Flavia Oertwig, Intrigo Internazionale, Italy; project: 8 Pairs
- Michael Pritchett, De Warrenne Pictures, United Kingdom, project: Killer Karma
- Hyunwoo Shim, Generation Blue Films, South Korea; project: The Shadow
- Pran Tadaveerawat, Trois Film, Thailand; project: Suriya
- Arry Voorsmit, Riba Film International, The Netherlands; project: Small Birds
- Flaminio Zadra, Dorje Film, Italy; project: Sunnyboy
The 10 selected producers will work on the development and financing of their projects under the guidance of top industry professionals from both continents, such as:
- Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Films Distribution, France
- Christophe Bruncher, Ties that Bind Head of Studies, France
- Clare Downs, Forever Films, United Kingdom
- Alan Fountain, EAVE Head of Studies, United Kingdom
- Isabelle Glachant, Chinese Shadows, Hong Kong
- Elise Jalladeau, Charivari Films, France
- Sangyong Lee, CJ Entertainment, South Korea
- Peter Loehr, Creative Artists Agency, China
- Guillaume de Seille, Arizona Films, France
- Youngjoo Suh, Finecut, South Korea
- Lorna Tee, Asian Financing Experts, Hong Kong
- Meinolf Zurhorst, ZDF/ARTE, Germany
In collaboration with Ties that Bind, Asian Project Market and Asian Cinema Fund, Asian Film Market will present FILM FUND TALK during which the following representatives of funding institutions will offer advice on seeking funds for financing films:
- Iwana Chronis, Hubert Bals Fund, The Netherlands
- Santhosh Daniel, Global Film Initiative, USA
- Ryan Harrington, Tribeca Film Institute, USA
- Hong Hyosook, Asian Cinema Fund, South Korea
- Laurien ten Houten, Jan Vrijman Fund, The Netherlands
- Thierry Jobin, Visions Sud Est, Switzerland
- Ivar Køhn, Norwegian Film Institute/SØRFOND, Sweden
- Irina Orssich, MEDIA Mundus, EU
- Ulf Sigvardson, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden
- Nathalie Streiff, INSTITUT FRANCAIS/Fonds Sud Cinéma, France
The second TIES THAT BIND workshop in Busan will offer in-depth insight into audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices in Asia and Europe, it will provide opportunities for networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term co-financing and co-production relationships and it will enable the access to a network of producers, markets, festivals and decision makers during the Asian Project Market meetings.
TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Asian Film Market and Asian Project Market, and supported by MEDIA Mundus.
For more information please contact: EAVE - Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
FVG Audiovisual Fund – Alessandro Gropplero, International Relations: alessandro@audiovisivofvg.it
Asian Film Market – Ran Kim, Workshop Coordinator: seminar@asianfilmmarket.org
www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu, www.asianfilmmarket.org
Page published 29 September 2011. Updated 19 October 2011.
