Taking place during the International Film Festival & Awards Macao in the framework of its Industry Hub, the IFFAM Project Market (IPM) will once again gather 14 promising feature-film projects under one roof this December.
The historic city of Macao, centuries old and an intersection of European and Asian culture, provides the backdrop for the IPM. The program is designed around collaboration. It exists to bridge the gap between distant lands, bringing filmmakers together with the experienced industry partners and financiers that they will need to bring their projects to life.
With our 14 projects grouped according to type – including Genre projects that represent the very best in genre-oriented fare, high level Auteur projects, Macao local projects, and one each from International Partner – participating in a vigorous program with industry professionals from around the globe.
We were honored at the level of success at IPM – with a number of financial deals advanced and secured as well as projects in production thereafter building on relationships forged at IPM. Despite only entering our third year, myriad selected projects from the past two years have progressed to production stage, that includes, The Long Walk (Dir: Mattie Do), The Price of Tea (Dir: Richie Mehta), River Town (Dir: Lu Chuan), Pintakasi (Dir: Erik Matti), Neon River (Dir: Karim Ainouz), 30K Kicks (Dir: Santiago Alvarado) and The Girl with no Head (Liew Seng Tat& Pete Teo). IFFAM Project Market boasts an impressive history including both festival and audience favorites – such as Nicolas Winding Refn, Im SangSoo, Martin Koolhoven, and the many other aspirant film artists.
IFFAM PROJECT MARKET 2018 SELECTION LIST
Project Title
Director
Producer
Origin
Ajooma
He Shuming
Anthony Chen, Tan Si En
South Korea, Singapore
Amazing Elisa
Sadrac González-Perellón
Diego Rodríguez
Spain
Black Lotus
Roseanne Liang
Timothy White
New Zealand, Mainland China
Dogman
Tamae Garateguy
Silvia Rodríguez
Argentina
Game of Identity
Leon Cheng
Stephan LAM
Mainland China
Hong Kong Sister
Yan Ting Yuen
Maarten Swart
The Netherlands, Hong Kong SAR
Klepto
Hope Dickson Leach
Christopher Granier-Deferre
UK, Mainland China
Lost Paradise
Tracy Choi
Man Man Lai
Macao SAR
Love Song
Il-gon Song
Catherine Fitzgerald, Sebastian Lee
South Korea, New Zealand
Nine Lives
Siri Rodnes
Josephine Rose, Gavin Humphries
UK
Temple
Nguyen-Anh Nguyen
John Christou
Canada
The RIP
Rollo Hollins
Lundi Shackleton, Philippe Palacios
USA
Top Talent
Rachel Han Xu
Zhu Huilong, Wang Haiyun
Mainland China, Canada
Wonderland
Chao Koi Wang
Gao Yitian
Macao SAR
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
AWARDS
The 14 selected projects will be vying for prizes totaling $40,000 USD awarded across 4 Awards. The Awards will be given at the Project Market Awards Ceremony on the 11th.
Best Project Award
$15,000 USD
The prize is awarded to the project with the most profound qualities in all aspects
Best Co-Production Award
$10,000 USD
The prize is to encourage the project with the most promising co-production element.
Creative Excellence Award
$10,000 USD
The prize is awarded to the project with the most creative originality and ingenuity.
Macao Spirit Award
Macao is a centuries old city and an intersection of Asian and Western culture. Macao Spirit Award recognizes the project that best integrates disparate cultures, for the purpose of celebrating the inclusive and glamorous nature of Macao.
$15,000 USD
The prize is awarded to the project with the most profound qualities in all aspects
$10,000 USD
The prize is to encourage the project with the most promising co-production element.
$10,000 USD
The prize is awarded to the project with the most creative originality and ingenuity.
Macao is a centuries old city and an intersection of Asian and Western culture. Macao Spirit Award recognizes the project that best integrates disparate cultures, for the purpose of celebrating the inclusive and glamorous nature of Macao.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
The third edition of IFFAM Project Market has the honor to confirm the partnership with the most significant project market professionals. Each international partner brings us one of their outstanding projects:
Blood Window
(Argentina)
FIRST Financing Forum
(Mainland China)
Frontiéres
(Canada)
SIFF PROJECT
(Mainland China)
