The 2nd Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 20 projects are selected 

This year, TGFM received 97 submissions (a 11% increase from the previous year) from 53 countries and regions (a 47% increase from the previous year).

TGFM will set one-to-one meetings between these projects and potential and pertinent international professionals (producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, broadcasters, funds, etc.) during TIFFCOM for financing and development.


■20 projects(title(Country/Region), Director, Main Production Company)

Feature Film – Fiction

1.ADABANA(JAPAN), by.Sayaka Kai, ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS INC.

2.BEAUTY IS THE MESSAGE(SWEDEN, JAPAN, INDIA, LITHUANIA), by.Robin Ehlde, Crisp Film AB

3.ELECTRIC CHILD(SWITZERLAND, GERMANY ), by.Simon Jaquemet, 8horses

4.GRAND CIEL(FRANCE, BELGIUM), by.Akihiro Hata, Good Fortune Films

5.HUNGRY GHOST DINER(MALAYSIA), by.We Jun Cho, KINOVISUALS

6.IN THE MORNING OF LA PETITE MORT(TAIWAN), by.Yu-Lin Wang, Flash Forward Entertainment, Magnifique Creative Media Production

7.MOVING BANGLADESH(BANGLADESH, TAIWAN, FRANCE), by.Nuhash Humayun, Goopy Bagha Productions Ltd

8.SIDONIE IN JAPAN(JAPAN, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND), by.Elise Girard, 10:15! Productions (FR)

9. TO BE ANNOUNCED. (JAPAN), by.Atsushi Funahashi, THE DIRECTORS ALLIANCE, INC. BIG RIVER FILMS, Inc.

10.THE SHAMELESS(SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, BULGARIA), by.Konstantin Bojanov, Akka Films

11.TITANIC OCEAN(GREECE, FRANCE, SPAIN, ROMANIA, SINGAPORE), by.Konstantina Kotzamani, Homemade Films (Greece)

12.TODAY… TOMORROW…(HONG KONG), by.Ray Yeung, New Voice Film Productions Ltd

13.TURTLE STONE(MALAYSIA), by.Woo Ming Jin, Greenlight Pictures

14.THE VISIT(UK, IRAN), by.Mehdi Norowzian, JOY FILMS UK

Feature Film – Animation

15.ANOTHER WORLD(HONG KONG, SINGAPORE), by.Kai Chung Ng, Point Five Creations Limited

16.SCHIRKOA(INDIA, FRANCE, GERMANY), by.Ishan Shukla, DISSIDENZ FILMS, RED CIGARETTE MEDIA

17.ZSAH ZSAH ZATURNA VS THE AMAZONISTAS OF PLANET X(PHILIPPINES, FRANCE), by.Avid Liongoren, Ghosts City Films (FR)

TV series – Fiction

18.PAPA AND DADDY(TAIWAN), by.Nancy Chen, Portico Media

TV series – Animation

19.RAINBOW HUNTERS(CHILE, BRAZIL), by.Santiago O´Ryan, LUNES Animation Studio (Chile)

20.SEX SYMBOLS(SPAIN, BELGIUM), by.Paloma Mora, ADMIRABLE FILMS S.L., TV ON, S.L.


 * TGFM is a part of ”Tokyo Project & Pitching Forum (TPPF)” during TIFFCOM. TPPF represents these three pitching projects below.

1. Tokyo Gap-Financing Market 2021 (TGFM)

2. Japanese Movie & Animation Pitching

3. MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Master Class Seminar & Pitching Contest

Click here to read the press release on this matter.