are on the rise in South East Asia, but their growth brings tricky choices for producers.
Co-productions in the region are gaining pace with the Singapore Film Commission’s Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant supporting projects with up to S$250,000 per project, and the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ ASEAN Co-production Fund that offers up to $150,000 per project, which is due to go live in January.
Speaking at the ‘Southeast Asian Producers Network: Accessing International Co-production—Why and How?’ panel, Vietnamese producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc said that with the establishment of regional funds, projects have now an option to explore their visions locally rather than just look towards European co-production funds. Tran said that the funds also offer guidance on how best to use resources.
French producer Isabelle Glachant, who has an extensive footprint in Asia, with recent credits including “Aracadabra” and “Chinese Portrait,” pointed towards the benefits that Europe has to offer, especially in the field of training and labs, but said that Asia was fast gaining ground. “It’s a region where you have more and more support and maybe it would need less and less Europe actually,” Glachant said.
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