Two films have won five of the prizes at the Busan Asian Project Market (APM). Indonesian director Aditya Ahmad’s “Goldfish” took three and Indian filmmaker Tribeny Rai’s “A Chronicle of Minor Things” (working title) took two. The awards were part of the Asian Contents & Film Market’s (ACFM) first combined ceremony.
Ahmad’s first feature is set in South Sulawesi, where he grew up, and centers on a boy who flees his father. Muhammad Zaidy and Meiske Taurisia are producing. The project also received money from this year’s ACF Script Development Fund.
It was selected for APM, where it took part in business meetings. Rai’s project is produced by Kislay and took the Sørfond Award and the APM Busan Award. The APM Busan Award recognized its original story and structure, and the way Rai works a social issue quietly into the narrative.
The citation also said its setting and themes could appeal to audiences outside India. Six other projects also won APM awards. Actor-director Reza Rahadian’s “Casparina” is a family drama built from a personal story.
Kim Jinyeong’s “Red Hunger” won the Kantana Picture Award, and Panu Aree’s “Fātimah” won the Kantana Virtual Production Award. Yen Hao-hsuan’s “Uncle” draws on the director’s own life to look at family, shame and belonging as Taiwan changes fast. It took the CathayPlay Award and was praised for giving a character with an intellectual disability full depth and dignity.
Park Syeyoung’s “Satellite of Love” won the Songwon Award, and E Del Mundo’s “Once Upon a Time in the Philippines” won the ArteKino International Award. APM’s submissions hit a record 604 this year, from 48 countries. Its official selection had 30 projects from 17 countries, and eight of them shared prizes across 11 categories.
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