TIFFCOM(Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) Contents Market) will hold the 6th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM) , which will open at Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba, PORT STUDIO from October 29 to October 31, 2025. TGFM serves as a platform for selected feature-length film projects in the financing stage; TIFFCOM provides one-on-one meeting opportunities with industry professionals in order to support project development and financing. TGFM features film projects which have secured at least 60% of the entire budget and contain Asian elements.

This year’s TGFM selected numerous projects from Southeast Asian cinema, featuring a diverse array of live-action and animated projects from directors who have won significant international acclaim. Further enriching the lineup, and the last year the Japan-Italy Film Co-production Agreement came into effect, including three specially selected thanks to the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Italian Ministry of Culture and Cinecittà, 23 projects (17 live-action and 6 animation) in total will participate.

An Impressive Lineup from 26 Countries and Regions

Projects from Southeast Asia Showcasing Exceptional Talent Active Globally

• Director DIEP Nguyen Hoang, whose debut feature Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize.
• Director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan & Producer Alemberg ANG: A project by director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for The Headhunter’s Daughter, and producer Alemberg ANG, co-producer of Cannes Film Festival entries Renoir (Official Competition) and PLAN75 (Un Certain Regard).
• Director Rafael MANUEL, who won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for his short film Filipiñana and will now present his feature project.

Two projects selected from the rapidly growing Southeast Asian animation industry

• Philippine director John Arthur MERCADER (founder of leading 3D studio Puppeteer Animation Studios) with his poignant debut feature rooted in cultural storytelling.
• A project from Indonesian director Ronny GANI, a veteran of international collaborations with studios like Lucasfilm on franchises such as The Avengers.

First-ever Japanese feature-length animation project selected

• A highly anticipated collaboration between GENCO Inc. (producer of In This Corner of the World and Mobile Police Patlabor EZY) and director WATANABE Ayumu (known for his work on numerous Doraemon films).
• A battle anime set in Edo-period Japan directed by KURIBAYASHI Kazuaki, whose pilot film has already amassed over 5 million views online.

International Co-Productions with Japan

• A Japan-Korea project adapting a Japanese manga, directed by rising Korean talent JANG Kun-jae.
• A Spain-Japan co-production by director Pedro COLLANTES, set in Tokyo.
• A Japan-Taiwan project from director SETA Natsuki, whose latest work, Ikoku Nikki, also known as Diary of a Strange Land, has been praised at festivals worldwide.

The lineup is further diversified by projects such as an Asia-Europe co-production from acclaimed Turkish director Melisa ÖNEL; a supernatural horror film by Japanese-Brazilian director Diogo HAYASHI; and a fantastical project from multi-talented Taiwanese director François CHANG.

6th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market（TGFM）

Selected 23 projects  English Title（Country・Region of Production）Director, Production Company

• Feature Film – Fiction 15 projects
  1982 (Viet Nam) by Nguyen Hoang Diep, O KIA HANOI
  A SACRED LIE (Japan) by Kentaro Kishi, K-zone.llcBUNNY FEVER (Japan) by Shinji Araki, cogitoworks LTD.
  THE CHAIN OF ROSES (Japan) by Sakichi Sato, dub inc. 
  DINOSAUR BOY (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia) by Zhiquan Liu, Kalo Concept Pictures, Yiti Film Production
  FILIPINANA (Singapore, United Kingdom, Philippines) by Rafael Manueli, Potocol, Ossian International, Epicmedia
  FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore) by Kamila Andini, Forka Films
  HARE -BEFORE THE VERDICT (Japan) by Kentaro Kishi, Oz Co., Ltd.
  HUM (Philippines, United States, Poland, Singapore) by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Daluyong Studios, Prima Materia Pictures
  KONBINI (Spain, Japan) by Pedro Collantes, Aquí y Allí Films
  PIVOT (Turkey, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia) by Melisa Onel, Vigo Film,Aniden Film
  POLARIS (Japan, Taiwan) by Natsuki Seta, Twenty First City
  RHIZOME (Thailand, Laos, French, Singapore) by Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Mit Out Sound Films
  THE SERPENT (Brazil) by Diogo Hayashi, Quarta-feira Filmes
  THE SLEEPLESS GIRL (Taiwan) by François Chang, Flash Forward Entertainment
  STARING AT YOUR BACK (South Korea, Japan) by Kun-jae Jang, Mocushura Inc.
• Feature Film – Animation 5 projects
  ANITO (Philippines) by John Aurthur Mercader, The Puppeteer Animation Studios, Inc.
  FREEDOM IN THE SKY (Japan) by Ayumu Watanabe, GENCO Inc.
  GARUDA: DARE TO DREAM (Indonesia) by Ronny Gani, KAWI Animation
  KILLTUBE (Japan) by Kazuaki Kuribayashi, CHOCOLATE Inc.
  ONKA AND THE PROTECTORS OF THE AMAZON (Colombia, Spain, Belgium) by Vlamyr Vizcaya Sánchez, EL TUERTO PICTURES SAS
• Italian Projects – Fiction 2 projects
  I HAVE TO FUCK BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS (Italy, Philippines) by Andrea Benjamin Manenti, Volos Films Italia SRL
  TOKYO EXPRESS (Italy) by Eros Puglielli, Be Water Film S.r.l.
• Italian Projects – Animation 1 project
  COPPERBEAK (Italy) by Adriano Candiago, Giorgio Scorza and Davide Rosio, Movimenti Production srl