Christine Hallow Tounian Black Star Angel On the evening of the Asian Content & Film Market (ACFM), it won the highest award in Busan’s Asian Project Market on Tuesday (September 23).
The Armenia-US Project received the APM Busan Award, which includes a $15,000 prize.
Additional winners included Yoon Eun Kyung Action is taken From Korea and Eve Baswell Heaven will help us! Both are from the Philippines, where they won two awards.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Black Star Angel Debuting the US-American filmmaker Haroutonian marks the second feature After dreaming It premiered at Berlin Le this year. The executive was produced by Cannes Award-winning Carlos Reigadas.
The story between Jerusalem, Armenia and Paris follows a woman who joins the war after her life begins to fall apart. The producers are Elevan and Halooutunian and Maxwell Schwartz of Mancasar Films, a Los Angeles-based production company. Filming is scheduled to begin by spring 2027.
Haroutonian said screen In Busan: “Right now, (Carlos) is willing to support whatever it is for the film… It’s very grounded to have the real artist’s recognition and respect, as creative risks are more responsible than recent payoffs.”
Baswell Heaven will help us! It won both the Conchuk Studio Award, worth $25,000 for Sound Post Production Services, and the Sorfund Award for inviting the project to the Norwegian Solfund Pitching Forum.
The Philippine director’s third film revisits the 1981 tragedy of the Manila Film Centre. This saw at least 169 workers fell into rapidly dry cement on the foundations during construction. Baswell short Homeless It premiered last year in two weeks as director Cannes, and debuted in 2019. Auntie Mother It was acquired by Netflix Philippines.
“I don’t want to tell this story because of fear,” she said. screen of future features. “I want to see these workers in that moment — eating lunch, joking to kill time, and unconsciously navigate their lives to becoming their last day.”
Yuns Action is taken He won the $10,000 and the CJ ENM Award at the Kantana Awards. The project is a mysterious occult horror in which a travel blogging couple visits a village on the lakeside, eats gochi fish and discovers strange truths in the village.
Produced by Stanley Kwak of Indiestory. Yun is known tenantHe won two awards at the 2023 Singapore International Film Festival. Her latest features Sisters It was announced at this year’s Cannes Market Genre Showcase Fantastic 7 and screenings at Bifan.
The winners were selected from 30 projects, and the filmmakers joined the co-production and fundraising platform from September 20-23, meeting with potential partners through pitching sessions and one-on-one meetings. Organizers said 726 meetings consisting of 138 experts from 127 companies were held.
The awards include Christian Jung, vice-commander of Cannes, Choi Yoon-hee of Barunsung E&A in Korea, and independent film producer Shen Yang.
The industry platform is set to hold its own closing ceremony at the awards on Friday (September 26th).
Asian Project Market 2025 Winner
APM Busan Award
Black Star Angel (ARM-US)
director. Christine Hallowtunian
One cool award
Funeral march (Japan – China)
director. Fujita oya
CJ ENM Award
Action is taken (S Kor)
director. Yoon Eunkyoung
award
Wake me up when mourning is over (Malay-HH-It-Or)
director. Laukokurui
Red Sea Film Fund Award
Buy my car (China – Sunday)
director. Zhang Yaoyuan
Altequino Award
Women’s Church (Jordan)
you. Among them sallam
Sebrands Award
Dance Dance Revolution (S Kor)
director. Choi Ha-na
KB Award
The arrival of water (Japan-S Col)
you. Yes, heyyoung
Kantana Award (Photo)
Flying cow (Beto)
director. slang pham thanh dat
Kantana Awards (sound)
Action is taken (S Kor)
director. Yoon Eunkyoung
Kongchak Studio Award
Heaven will help us! (fill)
you. Eve Baswell
Taika Prize
Gildon (S Kor)
director. Park Li-Won
Solphon Award
Heaven will help us! (fill)
you. Eve Baswell
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