QCinema Project Market 2025: Full Line-Up

QCinema Project Market (QPM), the industry arm of QCinema International Film Festival, has selected 20 projects for the second edition of the event, including 12 Philippine projects and eight from the rest of Southeast Asia.

Several previous QPM projects have already made their festival debuts - Dương Diệu Linh’s Don’t Cry, Butterfly won the Grand Prize at last year’s Venice Critics’ Week, while Loeloe Hendra Komara’s Tale Of The Land earned the FIPRESCI Prize at Busan. Woo Ming Jin’s The Fox King is set to receive its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

“QPM is not just a platform – it’s a bridge,” said QCinema Industry head Liza Diño. “By connecting Southeast Asian stories to the wider world, we are giving filmmakers the visibility and access they need to secure funding, partners, and distribution.”

QPM is taking place during QCinema International Film Festival (November 14-23) in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

QPM 2025 PHILIPPINE PROJECTS:

Amateur
Dir: Dan Villegas
Prod: Antoinette Jadaone
 
Daddy Cool
Dir: Dominic Bekaert
Prod: Clémentine Comoy & Sarge Lacuesta
 
Dear Wormwood
Dir: Dodo Dayao
Prod: Patti Lapus
 
Komixxx
Dir: Jopy Arnaldo
Prod: KC Contrevida
 
Jaguar
Dir: Dean Colin Marcial
Prod: Braden Friedman & Bam Manlongat
 
Jollywood
Dir: Khavn De La Cruz
Prod: Achinette Villamor
 
Luzonensis And Floresiensis
Dir: Glenn Barit
Prod: Kristine De Leon
 
Ozzy And Onie
Dir: Jaime Pacena II
Prod: Dan Villegas & Angel Tomas
 
Sentinel
Dir: Carl Joseph E. Papa
Prod: Geo Lomuntad
 
There Is, There Isn’t (Meron, Wala)
Dir: Arjanmar H. Rebeta
Prod: Khaye Medina
 
The Void Is Immense In Idle Hours
Dir: Sam Manacsa
Prod: Chad Cabigon & Carlo Francisco Manatad
 
What's Left Of Us
Dir: Tyrone Acierto
Prod: Wilfredo Manalang

QPM 2025 SOUTHEAST ASIAN PROJECTS:

Ghost Of The Currents (Thailand)
Dir: Patiparn Boontarig
Prod: Napakarn Boontarig

Penumbra (Singapore)
Dir: Russell Morton
Prod: Sophia Sim & Jeremy Chua

Ray Of Light (Thailand)
Dir: Nontawat Numbenchapol
Prod: Awat Ratanapintha

The River Knows Our Names (Vietnam)
Dir: Mai Huyền Chi
Prod: Thy Trang

Romdoul, The Evening Fragrance (Cambodia)
Dir: Lomorpich Rithy
Prod: Laura Tevary Mam

Strange Root (Singapore)
Dir: Lam Li Shuen & Mark Chua
Prod: Tan Bee Thiam, Looi Wan Ping, Meiske Taurisia, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad & Anouk Sluizer

When The World Is Paused (Myanmar)
Dir: Han Thit Htoo Aung
Prod: Pyae Zaw Phyo

The Willing (Malaysia)
Dir: Joon Goh
Prod: Zarul Albakri