JAFF Future Project 2025: Full Line-Up

JAFF Market 2025 has selected ten fiction and documentary projects from across the Asia Pacific region for the second edition of JAFF Future Project, which has also renewed its partnership with Malaysia’s mylab and Adelaide Film Festival (AFF).

The projects include acclaimed Korean director Park Kiyong’s return to filmmaking with Ghost Island, produced by Ho Yuhang; Eddie Cahyono’s new project My Mother, following the success of his 2014 drama Siti, which screened at Telluride and won multiple awards in Indonesia and overseas; and Under The Banyan Moon from Australian director Aaron Wilson, known for Canopy and Little Tornadoes.

The curation process was carried out by a committee comprising filmmaker and comedian Ernest Prakasa, and producers Fauzan Zidni and Tia Hasibuan, who evaluated submissions based on storytelling strength, creative vision, feasibility and market readiness.

Selected projects will be competing for a range of industry awards and support packages presented by JAFF Market’s official partners, including The United Team of Arts, Visinema, White Light, Kongchak, Brandlink and Prodigihouse Ecosystem.

“Our selection process goes beyond curating stories,” said JAFF Market director Linda Gozali. “It’s about identifying creators who can inspire new partnerships and push their projects toward realisation. Through JAFF Future Project, we see this as a long-term investment in creative infrastructure, one that connects filmmakers to international networks, development labs, and co-production partners, ensuring that promising ideas don’t remain on paper but evolve into impactful works.”

Commenting on the partnership with JAFF Market, Adelaide Film Festival chief executive and creative director Mat Kesting said: “In this second-year partnership, we continue to open pathways for filmmakers across Asia and Australia to engage in meaningful exchange in sustaining the region’s independent film ecosystem.”

Last year’s JAFF Future Project selections included Reza Rahadian’s On Your Lap, which recently scooped four awards at Busan International Film Festival.

Meanwhile, JAFF Content Market has selected ten pieces of IP that will be presented to producers, investors and distributors during the market, which runs concurrently with JAFF Future Project. See below for details of the ten selections, spanning games, comics, digital content, animation and novels.

JAFF Market is taking place November 29 to December 1 at the Jogja Expo Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, during the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF, November 29-December 6), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

JAFF FUTURE PROJECT 2025:

Aluk (Australia, Indonesia)
Genre: Observational, Experimental
Status: Work In Progress
Producer: Sam Hewison, Wahyu Al Mardhani
Director: Chris C.F

Evil Underground (Indonesia)
Genre: Horror, Urban, Teen
Status: Development
Producer: Perlita Desiani
Director: Adriyanto Dewo

Ghost Island (Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia)
Genre: Thriller
Status: Development
Producer: Park Kiyong, Ho Yuhang
Director: Park Kiyong

Ibu (Indonesia, US)
Genre: Drama
Status: Development
Producer: Zack Rice
Director: Kanya Iwana

A Life Full Of Holes (Indonesia)
Genre: Family Drama
Status: Development
Producer: Indra Yudhitya, Dewi Umaya, Loeloe Hendra Komara
Director: Loeloe Hendra Komara

My Mother (Indonesia)
Genre: Drama
Status: Work In Progress
Producer: Tika Bravani, Eddie Cahyono, Isabelle Glachant
Director: Eddie Cahyono

Our Son (Indonesia)
Genre: Drama
Status: Work In Progress
Producer: Iqbal Mohammad Hamdan
Director: Luhki Herwanayogi

Rose Pandanwangi (Indonesia, Philippines)
Genre: Drama, Biopic
Status: Development
Producer: Razka Robby Ertanto, Kristine de Leon, Chelsea Islan
Director: Razka Robby Ertanto

To My Dearest, My Dear... (Indonesia)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Status: Development
Producer: Bela Nabila, Bayu Arief
Director: Netanya Yemima

Under The Banyan Moon (Australia, Indonesia)
Genre: Romance Drama
Status: Development
Producer & Director: Aaron Wilson

JAFF CONTENT MARKET 2025 SELECTED IP:

Amurva, creator: Ninoi Kiling (Games) 

Elang Hitam, creator: Edwin Fernando Tranggono (Comic)

Gloomy Sunday, creator: Fanky Landerson (Digital Content)

Jemawa Yangti, creator: M. Shahriza Rijadi (Comic)

Journal Of Terror, creator: Sweta Kartika (Comic)

Meng, creator: Monoma Films (Animation)

Sangkakala di Langit Andalusia, creator: Hanum Salsabiela Rais (Novel, Literature, Story)

Tabi, creator: Marchella FP (Novel, Literature, Story)

The Summoning, creator: Iskandar Salim (Comic)

World Without Sleep, creator: Ferdian Feisal (Comic)