As one of Asia’s oldest project markets, entering its 24th edition this year, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has a whole lot of history, but isn’t afraid to keep innovating. After introducing an animation section last year, due to a huge increase in submissions of animation projects, HAF is introducing a dedicated genre section this year.
The genre selection of six projects ranges from crime thriller The Power Plant from Turkey’s Tayfun Pirselimoglu to Lam Li Shuen’s mythological body horror Strange Root, set in 11th-century Singapore, and Park Kiyong’s Korea-Mongolian co-production Searchers: Blood In The Grass, an action drama that delves into international fentanyl trafficking (see full line-up here).
HAF attempted to embrace genre projects back in 2024 through a joint venture with CAA China – the HKIFF Industry-CAA China Genre Initiative – which was only held for one edition as the initiative lost
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