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Horror in Focus as Korean, Indonesian Producer Guilds Strengthen Ties at JAFF Market (EXCLUSIVE)
The Producers Guild of Korea and the Association of Indonesian Film Producers are deepening their collaboration at the JAFF Market.
“The Indonesian film market has reached 74 million admissions this year with three weeks still to go,” says APROFI chair Edwin Nazir (“The Science of Fictions”). “The Indonesian film industry has become one of the most dynamic in the world, and South Korea has become a mature place, especially in terms of awareness. Moon Sung Joo’s romantic comedy “The Romantic Lucky” (Blue Jeans Pictures) about a man trapped in a time loop after winning the lottery; Yom Dongbok’s adventure-horror “8ight” (Twinkle Star Entertainment) following BMX riders encountering supernatural forces in Java; Lee Eun Kyoung’s occult horror “The Shrine 3” (Mystery Pictures) featuring a Korean shaman battling Indonesian spirits; Kim Hyun Chul’s action-comedy “Husbands” (TPS Company) about two husbands teaming up to rescue their kidnapped family; Yohwan Kim’s black comedy “Nailed” (88 Avenue) about a desperate couple running a roadside car repair shop; and Lim Youngju’s horror-drama “Butterfly of the Equator” (Studio Artemis Korea) about mysterious deaths near a haunted cave.
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