Focus Asia 2023 Unveils All Selected Projects & Works In Progress   After the successful last edition, FOCUS ASIA 2023, the industry section of the Far East Film Festival, is happy to announce the complete selection of the All Genres Project Market, the market for projects with an Asian and European co-production potential, and Far East in Progress, the first (and only) European platform completely dedicated to Asian films in post-production seeking international distribution and festival premiere.   Out of the almost 100 submissions received in the past months, the Focus Asia selection committee formed by Thomas Jongsuk Nam of the NAFF - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea), Sten-Kristian Saluveer of the Black Nights Film Festival - Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (Estonia), Mike Hostench (Spain) and Valeria Richter of Nordic Factory (Denmark), has selected 11 projects from 9 territories, offering once again to more than 150 international industry guests the opportunity to discover a unique line up that comprises an incredible diversity of projects, from drama, coming of age, art-house, surreal, to sci-fi, thriller and horror. Besides the variety of genres, the final selection includes again a fine blend of upcoming directors and established filmmakers, backed-up by talented emerging producers and renowned multi-awarded companies. The projects selected for the All Genres Project Market 2023 are:   Ama, by Yuki Kawamura, produced by Les Films Fauves | Luxembourg Amoeba, by Siyou Tan, produced by Akanga Film Asia Pte Ltd | Singapore, Netherlands Cold, by Dicky Chalmers, produced by JHT Entertainment | Taiwan Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw, by Mervin Malonzo, produced by Twenty Manila | Philippines, Rocketsheep Studio | Philippines Lake of Stars, by Jake Wachtel, produced by 802 Films Production | Cambodia, Human Eyes Media | United States Monsoon, by Arfan Sabran, produced by Cineria Films | Indonesia Penumbra, by Russell Morton, produced by Pōtocol | Singapore Picturehouse, by Minh Nguyen-Vo, produced by Girelle | France, Vietnam, Philippines Shotoku Taishi Under the Lens, by Tatsuo Kohayashi, produced by cogitoworks Ltd. | Japan The Poison Cat, by Tian Guan , produced by Guanyu film | China, uluka productions | Hong Kong Wandering Taxi, by Mayu Nakamura, produced by Dub | Japan Great expectations also for Far East in Progress, a perfect example of the virtuous system that the Far East Film Festival has managed to create over the years, where international projects are first incubated and developed within the Ties That Bind workshop or the All Genres Project Market, for being then presented to many festival programmers and sales agents attending the rich Focus Asia programme. Success stories like ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ by Martika Ramirez Escobar (Sundance Film Festival 2022), ‘Karmalink’ by Jake Wachtel (Venice Critics’ Week 2021) or ‘Plan 75’ by Chie Hayakawa (Un Certain Regard - Cannes 2022, Italian premiere as part of this year festival's official programme), clearly show the potential of this industry section targeting Asian films in post-production. The titles selected at Far East in Progress 2023 by the selection committee headed by Marie-Pierre Vallé are:   Blue Imagine by Urara Matsubayashi, produced by Cobalt Pictures Co., Ltd., Wa Entertainment, Inc. | Japan, Philippines  Doi Boy by Nontawat Numbenchapol, produced by Mobile Lab Project | Thailand, Anti-Archive | Cambodia, Neramitnung Film | Thailand Fruitcake by Joel Ferrer, produced by Create Cinema, CS Studios | Philippines    Last Shadow at First Light by Nicole Woodford, produced by Potocol | Singapore, Japan, Slovenia Pierce by Nelicia Low, produced by Pōtocol | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland Salli by Chien-Hung Lien, produced by Bole Film, ENLA Media Limited, The Graduate Co. Ltd | Taiwan, France  The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose, produced by Studio Ponoc, Inc. | Japan    The Prize! by Paul Fauzan Agusta, produced by Gandheng Ceneng Films | Indonesia   In addition to the project market and works in progress section, Focus Asia has managed to shape an ambitious programme with lectures, case studies, labs, one to one meetings, networking activities, all thanks to an extremely solid network of international partners.   For the first time, Focus Asia and Ties That Bind, the historic workshop that has been bringing together producers from Asia and Europe in Udine for over 14 years, are launching a partnership with a series of international funding institutions in order to offer around twenty producers who have been selected and supported by the British Film Institute, Canada Media Fund, Ciclic - Centre-Val de Loire, Norwegian Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund and Polish Film Institute, a bespoke programme designed to highlight the real opportunities offered by the Asian market and thus stimulate new f