The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF)

The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF)

The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), supporting program of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is accepting submissions for their Script Development Fund (until April 10, 2023), Post-Production Fund (until April 20, 2023), and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund (until May 15, 2023).

About the program:
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has been an essential partner for Asian cinema with its three supporting categories – Script Development Fund, Post-production Fund and Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund.

Script Development Fund

The Script Development Fund provides cash grant to talented Asian independent filmmakers to complete their first or second feature-length fiction film scripts that are in development. The fund also supports at least one project by a graduate of Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Academy (AFA).

Categories:
1) Asian Project:
– The Writer-director of the project of Asian Nationality
2) AFA Project:
– – The writer-director of the project must be an alumnus/alumna of Busan International Film Festival’s CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy (aka. Asian Film Academy; AFA).
* Script Development Fund is available for Asian projects except Korean.

Benefits:
– Cash grant of 10 million KRW.
– Official invitation for representatives of the project to the Asian Project Market 2023.

Eligibility:
– Project must be the director’s first or second feature film project.
– Project contains Asian elements in its story, theme, characters, and background.
– Director must have experience directing at least one short or feature film.
– Applicant must be a writer-director or a team of a writer and a director who are of Asian nationality. The producer(s) of the project does not have to be of Asian nationality.
– Script must be the applicant’s original work.

Selection:

– Selection results will be individually announced through the applicant’s e-mail in the 3rd week of May.
– Any feedback on the result/project will not be provided.

Deadline: April 10, 2023 (23:59, KST/GMT+9)

Submission Guidelines: https://acf.biff.kr/file/2-5.%20ACF%202023%20Submission%20Guidelines_Script%20Development%20Fund_eng.pdf

To submit please visit: https://acf.biff.kr/eng/addon/10000001/page.asp?page_num=5988

The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF)