Vivienne Chow The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, operating for the first time this year as part of TIFFCOM, has given hope to some filmmakers who are struggling to fund their projects.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many normal financing channels.The TGFM enables producers to meet potential investors, sales agents and post-production outfits over a three-day period (Nov.
4-6). Some 20 projects were selected to participate, from 87 applications received. They include 14 feature- projects (ten live action, four animation) and six TV series projects (three fiction, three animation).
They hail from 14 territories and already have an average of 66% of their budget in place, according to TIFCOM.Royston Tan’s “24,” is the Singaporean director’s.
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