Project Market
The directors and producers of the selected projects of NAFF will have 15-minute business meetings with domestic and foreign professionals in investment, production, distribution, and film organizations. This year, the meetings are held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, B.I.G introduces b.square, a standard platform used by distinguished international film festivals such as Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival for the first time in Korea to promote the convenience of participants and this will provide more meeting opportunities.
2020 NAFF Compeleted Project
It Project
Launched in 2008, NAFF It Project is the world’s first fantastic film project market. NAFF It Project, which discovers projects that will lead a new trend in the world’s fantastic film industry and offers production support, has established itself as a global hub for filmmakers and film industry professionals.
The selected projects of NAFF It Project will have one-on-one business meetings with film industry professionals from all over the world and look for investment, co-production, and distribution opportunities. In addition, the jury that consists of domestic and foreign film industry professionals conducts individual meetings with directors of selected projects in order to choose the outstanding projects that will receive cash awards and post-production support awards.
A total of 57 films, including the 7 new films completed through NAFF Project Market in 2020, were completed. For the past 13 years, NAFF Project Market has grown into a dynamic and influential project market by discovering imaginative Asian fantastic film projects and providing investment and co-production opportunities.
Meanwhile, B.I.G NAFF welcomes the participants in a more expanded phase. NAFF has signed a business agreement with SBA and launched ‘Work in Progress’ as part of a join effort to discover excellent content and expand the genre film base. In addition, a new business agreement signed with C-47 will support post-production and continue to support post-production with Mocha Chai Laboratories in Singapore.
Project Spotlight Korea
BIFAN NAFF is Asia’s first genre film project market and plays a central role in Asia. ‘NAFF Project Spotlight Korea’ is an extension of this, and every year, one of the Asian countries is selected to focus on the genre film projects and directors of the selected countries for stronger networking between Asian countries and unique theme selection.
BIFAN NAFF is the world’s first genre film project market and has played a central role in the Asian genre film market. As an extension of this, every year, ‘NAFF Project Spotlight’ selects one Asian country to focus on and conducts in-depth networking. It is a program that introduces the genre film projects in production in selected countries, as well as understanding the status of project production in Asian countries and the film production environment. The genre film project of the selected country will be given the opportunity to have one-on-one business meetings with domestic and foreign film industry professionals during the NAFF period and will be nominated for the NAFF cash awards and post-production support awards.
‘NAFF Project Spotlight’, which celebrates its 13th anniversary this year, will have the first time to shed light on Korean projects. 11 projects selected through rigorous evaluation will be presented in front of film industry professionals around the world.