Projects

Projects

Goes to Cannes

Daughter’s Daughter

Category: Golden Horse Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Huang Xi

Produced by: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Sylvia Chang | Sun Lok Productions Ltd.

Country of production: Taiwan

Original title: 女兒的女兒

Genre: Drama

Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English, Cantonese

Runtime: 129'

Completed in: 2024

In her 60s and divorced, Jin learned that her only daughter Zuer and Zuer’s partner Jiayi died in an accident. Knowing Zuer tried out IVF in New York, Jin inherited Zuer’s embryo with its fate in Jin’s hand. Meanwhile, she has to face Emma, the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was 16.

Fantastic 7

Daniela Forever

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo

Produced by: Sayaka Produciones

Country of production: Spain, Belgium

Original title: Daniela Forever

Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Language: English

Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

When Nicolas (Henry Golding) is invited to a clinical trial allowing participants to control their dreams, he takes the plunge in hopes of recovering from the tragic loss of his girlfriend, Daniela (Beatrice Grannò). But as his lucid dreams bring Daniela back to him, Nicolas becomes obsessed with the fantasy world that he’s created and finds that his dreams aren’t as perfect as they seem. 

Fantastic 7

Esper’s Light

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Jung Jae-hoon

Produced by: Ko Yoohee

Country of production: South Korea

Original title: 에스퍼의 빛

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Science-fiction, Teenage

Language: Korean

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Around ten teenagers live in a world where anyone can be whoever they want and create any story they wish. Amidst the pitch-black night of Lisan City, Alstroemeria Forest, and Ashua Island, their imagined stories flow through myriad choices, seeking out faint glimmers of light.

Fantastic 7

A Tale of a Feather and a Fish

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Ahmed EL-Hawarey

Produced by: Hala Lotfy and Dina Farouk

Country of production: Egypt

Original title: حكاية ريشة وسمكة

Genre: Disability Culture, Drama, Magical, Mystery, Realism

Language: Arabic

Cairo International Film Festival

Mahmoud & Laila inherit a rare genetic disease that causes severe paralysis, which has left their family in an endless circle of doubt and fear, desperately seeking salvation, which they find in abundance through Laila & Mahmoud.

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Maleficarum

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Antonio Gäehd

Produced by: Enrique Okusono, Gabriel Guzman and Miguel Ángel Marín

Country of production: Mexico

Original title: Maleficarum

Genre: Drama, Horror

Language: Spanish

Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara

In the depths of the desert, Delia, a vengeful teenager, summons an ancient king who grants her a crown of seven flames, laden with seven curses, to use against the girls who have harassed her and her friend for years.

Fantastic 7

Foreign Body

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Tom Sainsbury

Produced by: Gabe Lunte, Milon Tesiram, Jonathan Potton, Tom Sainsbury

Country of production: New Zealand

Original title: Foreign Body

Genre: Psychological Horror

Language: English

New Zealand International Film Festival

An European gap-year student moves in with a New Zealand family to experience their ‘culture’, but quickly discovers the psychologically damaged and dangerous truth behind their polite smiles and warm hospitality.

Fantastic 7

Mommy’s Home

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: James Morosini

Produced by: Dawn Olmstead and James Morosini

Country of production: USA

Original title: Mommy’s Home

Genre: Comedy, Erotic Thriller, Horror, Science-fiction

Language: English

SXSW Film & TV Festival

Mommy’s Home is a horror comedy about a young dad whose life is upended when his young mom, resurrected as a hot 24 year old, unleashes havoc on his family, marriage, and sanity.

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Dog of God

Category: Fantastic 7

Directed by: Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele

Produced by: Kristele Pudane and Giovanni Labadessa

Country of production: Latvia, USA

Original title: Dieva Suns

Genre: Adult Folk Tale

Language: Latvian

Tallinn Black Nights

In a 17th century Swedish Livonian village, constant rain and drunkenness prevail. When a stolen relic sparks witchcraft accusations, an 80-year-old self-proclaimed werewolf named the Dog of God arrives with a mysterious gift: The Devil’s Balls.

Cannes Docs

Always

Original title: 从来

Directed by: Demin CHEN

Produced by: Hansen LIN (Spring Sunlight Picture LLC, China)

Country of production: China, U.S.A

Runtime: 90'

Expected release: January, 2025

Production stage: Late Production

Budget: €234193.52 (51% in place)

1st feature: No

Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents / Distributors, Buyers, Co-Producers, Gap Financing, Strategic guidance

Synopsis:

“ALWAYS” foucs on an exceptionally talented child, Youbin Gong, tracking his profound psychological evolution through poetry as he transitions from childhood to adolescence. This film explores the society of children, highlighting their unique ways of expressing themselves within an imaginative world and their gradual loss of innocence as they begin to confront the more realistic adult world.

Director’s profile:

Demin Chen, an independent director and photographer currently based in Beijing. He studied at the Li Xianting Film School. His first feature documentary film “SONG OF SHIRATORI”, which was selected into the 43rd NAFA Nordic Ethnographic Documentary Film Festival and won the Silver Award at the 4th Chinese Ethnographic Documentary Exhibition and the Best Newcomer Award at the Chinese Documentary Academy Awards. Among them, Deming had 18mins short drama “Night Tour” was selected for the 13th FIRST Youth Film Exhibition.

Producer’s profile:

Hansen Lin, born and raised in China, working in China and United States as independent documentary director/producer. He graduated with a master’s degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York, majored in social documentary. His directorial and production project ‘Mountain’s Heart’ (in post-production) won the Special Mention Award in the CCDF-12 IFG project and was featured in the Top 20 ‘China Story’ of the pitching forum held by the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival.His collaborative works have been published on platforms such as HBO, Amazon Prime, Tencent, and BOSS Zhipin, and have been shortlisted for multiple international film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Hotdocs.

Cannes Docs

Pony Boys

Original title: Pony Boys

Directed by: Joseph Mangat

Produced by: Alemberg Ang

Country of production: Philippines

Runtime: 100'

Expected release: January, 2025

Production stage: Post-production

Budget: €175 000 (70.62%)

1st feature: No

Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents, Distributors, Buyers, Co-Producers for post, Gap Financing, Impact Campaign, Marketing and Promo

Synopsis:

“Pony Boys” tracks the lives of young horse handlers as they navigate adolescence while earning a living, offering a poignant coming-of-age tale set against the world of horse tourism in Baguio, a city carved in the mountains of the Philippines. The film quietly confronts the enduring effects of U.S. occupation on a local community, offering a fresh perspective on historical legacies and their implications.

Director’s profile:

Joseph Mangat, a Filipino American filmmaker, who directs and edits documentaries and narrative shorts. He is a Uniondocs & Rockefeller Fellow and Talents Tokyo alum. Mangat received numerous awards, including a student Emmy Award, Kathleen Kennedy Fellowship, SGIFF SEA-Doc Award, and just recently, the SDAFF’s Emerging Filmmaker Award. His debut feature, “Divine Factory,” premiered at the 2022 Dok Leipzig Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Dove, FIPRESCI Prize, and Prize for Interreligious Jury. It was also selected for the RIDM-Montreal International Documentary Festival and Singapore International Film Festival. Mangat holds a bachelor’s degree in Visuals Arts at the University of California, San Diego where he was mentored by avant-garde filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin. and a Master of Arts in TV, Film, and New Media from San Diego State where he graduated with honors.

Producer’s profile:

Alemberg Ang was a schoolteacher before stumbling into filmmaking. His filmmaking is shaped by his passion for socio-civic issues while providing a voice to marginalized and underrepresented communities. His filmography includes: Whammy Alcazaren’s Bold Eagle about a gay thirty-something online sex worker’s existential angst (2023, Fantasia and NYFF, 2024 Sundance), Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 about Japan’s social systems and elderly care (2022, Camera D’or Special Mention, Un Certain Regard at Cannes), Joseph Mangat’s Divine Factory about a Catholic factory and its LGBTQ+ employees (2022, Dok Leipzig) and The Rapture of Fe about a battered wife’s journey into freedom (2009, Best Digital Feature at Cairo IFF). Ang participated at Rotterdam Lab, Berlinale Talents, Locarno Open Doors, IDFA Producers Connection, Institut Francais’ La Fabrique Cinema du Monde and EAVE Producers Workshop.