The 2019 edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) closed its industry program last night (December 8), with the event’s Best Project Award going to Dear Wormwood,…
Dear WormwoodThe project is in advanced development and has secured $85,000 of its planned $525,000 budget to date. It comes from director Dodo Dayao, whose debut featurescreened at Karlovy Vary in 2014. The producers are Patti Lapus and Bradley Liew of Manila-based Epicmedia Productions.
The first film to graduate through the market, complete production and play at international festivals, Mattie Do’s Laos featureElsewhere, the $10,000 Creative Excellence Award was presented to director-producer Sheetal Magan for the South African feature, while the $10,000 Best Co-Production Award went to director Natalie Erika James and producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw for their Australian project, from AGBO and starring Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote, announced as premiering at...
“[Out of the major Asian territories] South Korea has come closest [to improving backing female-focused content] to the US and Europe, but not to the degree we hope for yet,” Lau said. “The female audience is a powerful, driving commercial force that can demand what its wants to see on screen. Why wouldn’t we address those demands eventually?”
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