The 5th edition of TPG (Tokyo Project Gathering) will be held from October 19 (Mon) to 22 (Thu), 2009 at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. For the 5th Anniversary TPG selected promising 25 projects out of over 150 submissions from 31 countries.
From Japan, TPG2009 will include two projects directed by the Japanese masters; “Ship Is Yet To Come” directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu (“Air Doll” and “Nobody Knows”) and “Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero (working title)” directed by HIGASHI Yoichi (“Village of Dreams”). Young talents will also join TPG2009. KUMASAKA Izuru, who received Best First Feature Award at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival with “Asyl: Park and Love Hotel,” will present the project for his second feature film “Family Restaurant (working title).” The selected Documentary project “Undefeated” is directed by NAKAMURA Takayuki, whose amazing documentary “Yokohama Mary” traveled around many international film festivals.
TPG2009 will present projects from renowned producers as well as acclaimed directors. NAKAZAWA Toshiaki (“Departures”: 2009 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Award winner) will present “Jibaku (tentative).” NARAHASHI Yoko, who was involved in “Last Samurai,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Babel,” brings a magnificent project called “Fellers (working title).”
International projects are, of course, intriguing too.
“Six Suspects” is a big project attached with the author Vikas SWARUP (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and the screenwriter John HODGE (“Trainspotting” and “The Beach”). From Asia, PANG Ho-Cheung (“Isabella” and “Exodus”) returns to TPG2009 as a producer. His producing project called “The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name” is directed by Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Director nominee Heiward MAK (“High Noon”). HO Yuhang (“At the End of Daybreak” and “Rain Dogs”) presents Japan/Malaysia co-production project “Dirty Verdict (working title).” CHUNG Mong-Hong, whose feature debut film “Parking” was officially selected for Un Certain Regard of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, brings “The Fourth Portrait” to TPG2009.
**TPG2009 Official Projects**
-Title- -Country- -Producer- -Director-
1 "The Angelus" (Japan) OCHIAI Atsuko / SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
2 "Audrey Hepburn's Neck" (France / USA) David C. BARROT / Alan BROWN
3 "The Boy With Capiz Eyes" (Philippines) Joseph David SANTOS / Paolo Alessandro HERRAS
4 "Clean Love" (Taiwan) WU Nien-Jen FU Tien-Yu
5 "Dirty Verdict (working title)" (Japan / Malaysia) ONO Kousuke / HO Yuhang
6 "Drink More Water" (Malaysia) YEO Joon Han / YEO Joon Han
7 "Family Matters" (Australia) Max MANNIX / Max MANNIX
8 "Family Restaurant (working title)" (Japan) HIRATAI Yuji / KUMASAKA Izuru
9 "Fellers (working title)" (USA) NARAHASHI Yoko, Lucas FOSTER / TBC
10 "The Fourth Portrait" (Taiwan) Rita CHUANG / CHUNG Mong-Hong
11 "Goldfish Go Home!" (Japan) John WILLIAMS / SHIOZAKI Shohei
12 "Good News" (Kyrgyz Republic) Timur CHERIKOV / Mirlan ABDYKALYKOV, Nurbek BERDYBEKOV
13 "Goodbye Leslie" (South Korea) Leslie PARK / TBC
14 "Hush" (South Korea) KIM Hyo-Jung / LEE Cheol-Ha
15 "I Am Dancing, Choe Seung Hui (working title)" (South Korea) LEE Joon-Dong / TBC
16 "Jibaku (tentative)" (Japan) NAKAZAWA Toshiaki / TBC
17 "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" (Hong Kong) PANG Ho-Cheung, Subi LIANG / Heiward MAK
18 "Look At Only Me (working title)" (South Korea) LEE Tae Hun / JANG Hee-Sun
19 "Real Fiction" (Singapore) TAN Fong Cheng, LAU Chee Nien / HAN Yew Kwang
20 "Ship Is Yet To Come" (Japan / Brazil) MIYAKUNI Wakako / KORE-EDA Hirokazu
21 "Six Suspects" (UK / India) Paul RAPHAEL / TBC
22 "This Land Is My Land" (China) Peggy CHIAO / LI Dawei
23 "Undefeated" (Japan) ZHANG Yunhui / NAKAMURA Takayuki
24 "Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero (working title)" (Japan) YAMAGAMI Tetsujiro / HIGASHI Yoichi
25 "Yuki To Pineapple" (Japan) SUGIURA Mikio / O Mipo
From Japan, TPG2009 will include two projects directed by the Japanese masters; “Ship Is Yet To Come” directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu (“Air Doll” and “Nobody Knows”) and “Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero (working title)” directed by HIGASHI Yoichi (“Village of Dreams”). Young talents will also join TPG2009. KUMASAKA Izuru, who received Best First Feature Award at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival with “Asyl: Park and Love Hotel,” will present the project for his second feature film “Family Restaurant (working title).” The selected Documentary project “Undefeated” is directed by NAKAMURA Takayuki, whose amazing documentary “Yokohama Mary” traveled around many international film festivals.
TPG2009 will present projects from renowned producers as well as acclaimed directors. NAKAZAWA Toshiaki (“Departures”: 2009 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Award winner) will present “Jibaku (tentative).” NARAHASHI Yoko, who was involved in “Last Samurai,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Babel,” brings a magnificent project called “Fellers (working title).”
International projects are, of course, intriguing too.
“Six Suspects” is a big project attached with the author Vikas SWARUP (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and the screenwriter John HODGE (“Trainspotting” and “The Beach”). From Asia, PANG Ho-Cheung (“Isabella” and “Exodus”) returns to TPG2009 as a producer. His producing project called “The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name” is directed by Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Director nominee Heiward MAK (“High Noon”). HO Yuhang (“At the End of Daybreak” and “Rain Dogs”) presents Japan/Malaysia co-production project “Dirty Verdict (working title).” CHUNG Mong-Hong, whose feature debut film “Parking” was officially selected for Un Certain Regard of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, brings “The Fourth Portrait” to TPG2009.
**TPG2009 Official Projects**
-Title- -Country- -Producer- -Director-
1 "The Angelus" (Japan) OCHIAI Atsuko / SAKAGUCHI Katsumi
2 "Audrey Hepburn's Neck" (France / USA) David C. BARROT / Alan BROWN
3 "The Boy With Capiz Eyes" (Philippines) Joseph David SANTOS / Paolo Alessandro HERRAS
4 "Clean Love" (Taiwan) WU Nien-Jen FU Tien-Yu
5 "Dirty Verdict (working title)" (Japan / Malaysia) ONO Kousuke / HO Yuhang
6 "Drink More Water" (Malaysia) YEO Joon Han / YEO Joon Han
7 "Family Matters" (Australia) Max MANNIX / Max MANNIX
8 "Family Restaurant (working title)" (Japan) HIRATAI Yuji / KUMASAKA Izuru
9 "Fellers (working title)" (USA) NARAHASHI Yoko, Lucas FOSTER / TBC
10 "The Fourth Portrait" (Taiwan) Rita CHUANG / CHUNG Mong-Hong
11 "Goldfish Go Home!" (Japan) John WILLIAMS / SHIOZAKI Shohei
12 "Good News" (Kyrgyz Republic) Timur CHERIKOV / Mirlan ABDYKALYKOV, Nurbek BERDYBEKOV
13 "Goodbye Leslie" (South Korea) Leslie PARK / TBC
14 "Hush" (South Korea) KIM Hyo-Jung / LEE Cheol-Ha
15 "I Am Dancing, Choe Seung Hui (working title)" (South Korea) LEE Joon-Dong / TBC
16 "Jibaku (tentative)" (Japan) NAKAZAWA Toshiaki / TBC
17 "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" (Hong Kong) PANG Ho-Cheung, Subi LIANG / Heiward MAK
18 "Look At Only Me (working title)" (South Korea) LEE Tae Hun / JANG Hee-Sun
19 "Real Fiction" (Singapore) TAN Fong Cheng, LAU Chee Nien / HAN Yew Kwang
20 "Ship Is Yet To Come" (Japan / Brazil) MIYAKUNI Wakako / KORE-EDA Hirokazu
21 "Six Suspects" (UK / India) Paul RAPHAEL / TBC
22 "This Land Is My Land" (China) Peggy CHIAO / LI Dawei
23 "Undefeated" (Japan) ZHANG Yunhui / NAKAMURA Takayuki
24 "Yoi Ga Sametara, Uchi Ni Kaero (working title)" (Japan) YAMAGAMI Tetsujiro / HIGASHI Yoichi
25 "Yuki To Pineapple" (Japan) SUGIURA Mikio / O Mipo
