HAF Animation & Genre 2026: Full Line-Up

Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has finalised the line-up for this year’s Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) with a selection of seven animation and six genre projects.

The 13 animation and genre projects joint the 17 In Development projects and 12 Works-in-Progress already announced. The full line-up of 42 projects will be showcased at HAF, part of the HKIFF Industry Project Market, from March 17-19, alongside Filmart.

Three of the projects are already in production or post-production: animations The Excreman - On the Road, from Hong Kong’s Brian Tse, and Zsazsa Zaturnnah, from the Philippines’ Avid Liongoren; as well as suspense thriller What My Bones Know, from China’s Qin Yuqi. They will be presented at HAF’s WIP Open Pitch alongside the previously announced Works-in-Progress (WIP) projects.

HAF ANIMATION 2026:

*First narrative feature projects

Fish Ball (South Korea)
Director: Jhun Yong-Duk
Producers: Rhee Han-Dae, Chen Xiayan
Production Company: CocoaVision & AIOI Studios

Rainy Dreams (France, Iran)
Director: Alireza Ghasemi
Producers: Mojean Aria, Reza Baastani, Constance Le Scouarnec
Production Company: Mystic Makers

Roxanne (China)*
Director: Chen Xudong
Producers: Lu Xiaowei, Chen Xiaoran
Production Company: Fengduan Pictures (Shanghai) Co

Sentinel (Philippines)
Director: Carl Joseph E. Papa
Producer: Geo Lomuntad
Production Company: Super!

Tooth And Tales (China, Hong Kong)
Director: Lei Lei
Producers: Isabelle Glachant, Pi San
Production Company: Chinese Shadows

The Excreman - On the Road (Hong Kong)
Director: Brian Tse
Producers: Brian Tse, Samuel Choy
Production Company: On The Road Studio

Zsazsa Zaturnnah (Philippines, France)
Director: Avid Liongoren
Producers: Avid Liongoren, Franck Priot
Production Companies: Rocketsheep, Ghosts City Films

 HAF GENRE 2026:

*First narrative feature projects

In The Name Of Right (China)
Director: Zhou Jinghao
Producers: Leste Chen, Emma Duan, Wang Yang
Production Company: Guliguo Pictures

The Power Plant (Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria)
Director: Tayfun Pirselimoglu
Producers: Vildan Ersen, Radu Stancu, Vanya Rainova
Production Company: Gataki Films

Searchers: Blood In The Grass (Mongolia, South Korea)
Director: Park Kiyong
Producers: Park Kiyong, Nomuunzul Turmunkh
Production Company: Hulegu Pictures LLC

Strange Root (Keinginan) (Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands)
Director: Lam Li Shuen
Producers: Tan Bee Thiam, Looi Wan Ping, Mark Chua
Production Company: 13 Little Pictures

The Veil (Brazil)*
Director: Gabriel Motta
Producer: Aletéia Selonk
Production Company: Okna Produções

What My Bones Know (China)*
Director: Qin Yuqi
Producer: Cui Zidong
Production Companies: Eternal Growth Stream Film