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Kore-Eda, Sengupta & Pialat Among Producers Of HAF Development Projects At HKIFF Industry
Hong Kong co-production event, which runs alongside Filmart, has selected 25 projects in development from across Asia.
Sengupta ( Jonaki, Labour Of Love) is producing Niladri Mukherjee’s debut Republic Of Mahalaxmi Apartment, which examines India’s majority rule issues through a single-mother tenant who becomes her housing estate’s public enemy when she flags a malfunctioning elevator. Taiwanese producer Yeh Ju-Feng ( A Sun, Trouble Girl) is working with music video and TVC director Bill Chia on Indigo Boy, a fantasy drama revolving around two close friends who struggle with their mental illness. Other projects from Southeast Asia include Jun Robles Lana’s The Circumciser from the Philippines, Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee’s Drive South Pray West from Thailand and Edmund Yeo’s Taiwan-Malaysia collaboration The Age Of Goodbyes.
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