How it Took Seven Years for ‘Ajoomma,’ Korea-Singapore Co-Produced Film to Get from Script to Screen – Busan Case Study
variety.comRebecca Souw TITLE: Behind The Scenes For Singapore-Korea Co-Production “Ajoomma” And Its Journey Ahead Post-Busan The past few weeks have gone by in a blur for Singapore-Korean co-produced comedy film “Ajoomma.” In a short span, it had a world premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, earned four Golden Horse nominations including best actress, best new director, best original screenplay and best supporting actor.
And Singapore has selected the film as itOscars contender. But it took seven years to get his far. At a Busan workshop on Saturday, first-time director He Shuming, co-founder of Giraffe Pictures and the film’s executive producer Anthony Chen and co-producer Lee Joon-han discussed the how the film came to life. “Ajoomma: The Curious Case Study of a Singaporean-Korean Co-production” was presented by mylab at the Asian Contents & Film Market.
The script took long to develop after the story was first shared with Chen in 2015. Chen said, “I believe the script is the ‘Bible.’ It needs no fat if there’s no money and I’m a firm believer of that.” The duo brought Kris Ong, creative director at Singapore-based Momo Film, into the writing process and became instrumental in cracking the script.
Chen also joked about assigning He a research trip with middle-aged women visiting Seoul from a touristic perspective to tighten the script further.
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