With the cooperation of IMAGICA GROUP, Tokyo IP Market (TIPM) and Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM) pitch events will be held at the IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services, Inc. Screening Room #2 in Takeshiba.

TGFM will host its first-ever open pitch, where 10 producers and directors will present and promote their respective projects.

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 28  PART1: 16:00-16:50 / PART2: 17:00-17:50　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Venue: IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services, Inc. Screening Room #2

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PART1: TGFM Open Pitch Powered by IMAGICA GROUP

Join us for open pitches from five of the 24 projects selected for TGFM: three WIPs and two Japanese animation projects, presented in IMAGICA GROUP’s premium state-of-the-art facilities.

[Pitching Projects / Speakers]

“MAHORA” (Japan) / Ayumi Moriyama, Director (OLM, Inc.)
“PRINCESS ZONOF” (Japan) / Yae Doi, Producer (P.I.C.S.)
“SHIRJARA: SONG OF GRANDMOTHER” (Nepal) / Subash Bhusal, Producer (Kingdom Network Pvt. Ltd.)
“THE LAND OF JINN” (Indonesia, Kazakhstan) / Yulia Evina Bhara, Producer (KawanKawan Media)
“TRINITY” (Taiwan, France, Singapore, Poland, Greece, Japan, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines) / Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Producer (Peanut Pictures)

[Moderator] Pascal Diot (Advisor, Tokyo Gap-Financing Market)

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PART2: TGFM x Frontières Showcase Powered by IMAGICA GROUP

This year, TGFM is partnering with Frontières, the international co-production market organized by the Fantasia International Film Festival, North America’s leading genre film festival, to present the first-ever Frontières Showcase in Asia. Watch the video pitches of the five selected projects in the state-of-the-art facilities of IMAGICA GROUP.

[Pitching Projects / Speakers]

“THE SADDEST STORIES ON EARTH” (Vietnam) / Nguyen Hoang Diep, Director (OKIA Hanoi film production)
“SHE, CROCODILE” (Brazil, Spain) / Yana Chang, Producer (SOUTH)
“VAMPIRE AND COP” (Kazakhstan) / Kuat Sadykov, Producer (NIET Distribution）
“WILD ZERO OVERDRIVE” (Japan, Canada) / Tetsuro Takeuchi, Director, Writer and Producer (Takegei Company Limited)
“A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS” (Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Ireland) / Ervin Han, Producer (Robot Playground Media）

[Moderator]　Tania Morissette (Deputy Director, Frontières International Co-Production Market, Fantasia International Film Festival