TIES THAT BIND unveils the 2024 selection and kicks off today in Taipei!

For its 16th edition, TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe, announces the selection of 25 participants including directors coming from 20 countries.

TTB takes place over a year through 2 workshops offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian film industries and markets. The participants benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to meet with key decision makers during the edition of TCCF – Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Taipei), and FOCUS ASIA, the Industry Section of the Udine Far East Film Festival (Italy).

The first workshop kicks off on Sunday, November 3, 2024 and the participants will work together in a group led by Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE) and TTB graduate Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia, PH). The two group leaders will guide the participants’ discussion and analysis of each other’s projects from both an Asian and European perspective.

TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR) has put together a team of leading industry professionals. Script consultant Clare Downs (UK) will introduce the main script development tools to strengthen the participants’ understanding of narrative principles, in order to enable them to navigate their writers through the script development process.

Marcin Luczaj (New Europe Film Sales, PL) will present the sales agents’ current perspective while Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma, FR) will share all about ARTE. Sharleen Liu (Mirror Fiction, TW) will elaborate on the potential of the IP.

The producer Marie Dubas (Deuxième Ligne Films, FR) in a joint session with Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), will give detailed advice on the projects’ financing plans. Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia, PH), Marie Dubas (Deuxième Ligne Films, FR), Stefano Centini (Volos Film (IT/TW), Lorna Tee (An Original Picture / Barunson, NL/SK), Weijie Lai (E&W Films, SG) and Thomas Pibarot (sales consultant, FR) will join the co-production case study of the film VIET AND NAM (PH-SG-FR-NL-IT-DE-USA-VN).

Marie Dubas (Deuxième Ligne Films, FR) and Weijie Lai (E&W Films, SG) will moreover present the case study of the film MONGREL (FR-TW-CA-FR).

In addition to these sessions, all selected participants will have individual meetings with

Claire Lajoumard (Acrobates Films, FR), Martin Horyna (Karlovy Vary Film Festival, CZ), Estelle De Araujo (The Party Film Sales, FR), Alex Lo (Cinema Inutile, JP/USA), Mai Meksawan (Diversion, TH), Yasmine Talli (mk2 Films, FR).

The following 10 participants focusing on project development with feature films in development and 5 participants focusing on career development wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia have been selected to participate in TTB 2024:

• Mun Bel Choo, Sixtymac Pictures, Malaysia
  Project: THE PASSPORT by Ananth Subramaniam

• Sam Weishi Chua, Potocol, Singapore
  Project: MIDNIGHT BLUE SPRING by Giselle Lin

• Karolina Davidova, 13ka, Czech Republic
  Project: INBETWEEN WORLDS by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

• Valérie Delpierre, Inicia Films, Spain
  Project: SNOW COUNTRY by Víctor Iriarte

• Vassilis Economou, Asphalt, Greece

• Vincenzo Filippo, Lupin Film srl, Italy

• Soe Arkar Htun, Kefka Film Production, Myanmar
  Project: MANGOES ARE TASTY THERE by Sai Naw Kham

• Olena Yershova, TatoFilm, Turkey/Ukraine
  Project: BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW by Jeffrey Wong

• Dragana Yovovic, Non-Aligned Films, Serbia
  Project: FORGET THE OCEAN, WHY NOT TRY SURFING THESE INSANE RIVER WAVES by Marko Grba Singh

• Agnieszka Pucilo, New Europa Film Sales, Poland

• Maeva Savinien, SWT | Stories We Tell, France

• Avantika Slingh Desbouvries, Salt for Sugar Films, France
  Project: COLD ASHES CAN CAUSE FOREST FIRES by Ashmita Guha Neogi

• Daniel Tenné, 70 STEPS, Germany

• Amanda Manyin Tseng, ENLA Media, Taiwan
  Project: HONEY MILK by Chien-Yu Lin

• Jerry Zhang, Mochi, Japan
  Project: ZOMBIE LOOP by Takafumi Sabake

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA sub-programme of the European. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Taiwan Creative Content Festival – TCCF.

For more information please contact:

TTB Coordinator, Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org