Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2025: Full Line-Up

Tokyo Gap Financing Market has selected 23 projects for its sixth edition, which takes place during TIFFCOM (October 29-31). 

The line-up including 15 feature film projects – including new works from Southeast Asian filmmakers such as as Kamila Andini, Diep Nguyen Hoang, Rafael Manuel and Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan – and five animation projects, including a highly-anticipated collaboration between Genco Inc (In This Corner Of The World) and director Ayumu Watanabe, known for his work on numerous Doraemon films.

Following the signing of the Japan-Italy Film Co-production Agreement, the line-up also includes three Italian projects (see full line-up below). TGFM selects projects that have secured at least 60% of their entire budget and contain Asian elements.

6TH TOKYO GAP-FINANCING MARKET (TGFM):
 

FEATURE FILM – FICTION:

1982 (Vietnam)
Dir: Diep Nguyen Hoang
Prod Co: O Kia Hanoi
 
Bunny Fever (Japan)
Dir: Shinji Araki
Prod Co: Cogitoworks
 
The Chain Of Roses (Japan)
Dir: Sakichi Sato
Prod Co: Dub Inc
 
Dinosaur Boy (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia)
Dir: Zhiquan Liu
Prod Co: Kalo Concept Pictures, Yiti Film Production
 
Filipinana (Singapore, UK, Philippines)
Dir: Rafael Manuel
Prod Co: Potocol, Ossian International, Epicmedia
 
Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore)
Dir: Kamila Andini
Prod Co: Forka Films
 
Hare – Before The Verdict (Japan)
Dir: Kentaro Kishi
Prod Co: Oz Co
 
Hum (Philippines, US, Poland, Singapore)
Dir: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Prod Co: Daluyong Studios, Prima Materia Pictures
 
Konbini (Spain, Japan)
Dir: Pedro Collantes
Prod Co: Aquí Y Alli Films
 
Pivot (Turkey, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia)
Dir: Melisa Onel
Prod Co: Vigo Film, Aniden Film
 
Polaris (Japan, Taiwan)
Dir: Natsuki Seta
Prod Co: Twenty First City
 
Rhizome (Thailand, Laos, France, Singapore)
Dir: Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Prod Co: Mit Out Sound Films
 
The Serpent (Brazil)
Dir: Diogo Hayashi
Prod Co: Quarta-Feira Filmes
 
The Sleepless Girl (Taiwan)
Dir: François Chang
Prod Co: Flash Forward Entertainment
 
Staring At Your Back (South Korea, Japan)
Dir: Kun-Jae Jang
Prod Co: Mocushura Inc
 
FEATURE FILM – ANIMATION:
 
Anito (Philippines)
Dir: John Aurthur Mercader
Prod Co: The Puppeteer Animation Studios
 
Freedom In The Sky (Japan)
Dir: Ayumu Watanabe
Prod Co: Genco Inc
 
Garuda: Dare To Dream (Indonesia)
Dir: Ronny Gani
Prod Co: Kawi Animation
 
Killtube (Japan)
Dir: Kazuaki Kuribayashi
Prod Co: Chocolate
 
Onka And The Protectors Of The Amazon (Colombia, Spain, Belgium)
Dir: Vlamyr Vizcaya Sánchez
Prod Co: El Tuerto Pictures
 
ITALIAN PROJECTS:
 
I Have To Fuck Before The World Ends (Italy, Philippines)
Dir: Andrea Benjamin Manenti
Prod Co: Volos Films Italia
 
Tokyo Express (Italy)
Dir: Eros Puglielli
Prod Co: Be Water Film
 
Copperbeak (Italy)
Dir: Adriano Candiago, Giorgio Scorza, Davide Rosio
Prod Co: Movimenti Production