TIES THAT BIND (TTB) is a workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe. During the two workshops, the 15 selected participants benefit from high-level development under the guidance of the programme’s experts and unique access to a network of leading industry players, professional feedback, decision makers and financiers.

TIES THAT BIND combines producer training, project development and co-production meetings, and it focuses on co-operation between European producers and their Asian counterparts. Immersion in the Asian market and co-production rules is one of the crucial assets of TTB. It offers European producers a platform where they can acquire an in-depth knowledge of the Asian audiovisual industries and markets, thus equipping them to enter these markets.

TTB has become the reference for developing European-Asian co-productions. To name just some of the success stories from the last few years, THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini won the Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at the 2018 Berlinale, A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week in 2016, DOG DAYS by Jordan Schiele had its premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama in 2016, INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said was screened on Piazza Grande at the 2016, BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES by Di Phan Dang premiered in Berlinale’s Competition in 2015, and FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by Hoang Diep won Best Film at Venice Critics’ Week in 2014.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), and supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Aurora Media Holdings.

TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore.