The 2021 Asian Project Market (APM) is part of the Busan International Film Festival in Korea. It was originally created to provide potential filmmakers in the region with the opportunity to meet leading international film professionals. It has now grown into the largest and most prestigious Project Market in Asia.
Previously, APM announced 25 participating projects from 15 countries, including 2 works from Vietnam: "Memento Mori: Water" by director Marcus Manh Cuong Vu and "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" by director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan. On October 14, the Organizing Committee announced that "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" won the ArteKino International Award, worth 6,000 EUR (nearly 158 million VND). The award is given by Arte France - the leading and prestigious brand of cinema in France, to potential projects.
The film is adapted from the novel Knife-throwing Board (Photo: Tre Publishing House)
According to information from APM, "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" is a film adapted from the autobiographical novel "The Knife-throwing Board" - authored by Vietnamese writer and comedian Mac Can.
The trailer and images of the film are still kept secret. "If wood could cry, it would cry blood" is the debut film of young director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan. She was the director of photography for "Secret of the Wind" (2020) - a film directed by her father, director Nguyen Phan Quang Binh. She majored in Film and Television Production at New York University - Tisch School of the Arts.
Director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan
List of Asian Project Market Awards - Asian Project Market
- Busan Prize: Secret of My Father - Korea
- CJ ENM Awards: Before, Now & Then - Indonesia
- KB Award: Fixed Love, Fixed Girl - Korea
- Nutrilite Award: Lives of Crime - Taiwan
- ArteKino International Award: If Wood Could Cry, It Would Cry Blood - Vietnam
- Pop Up Film Residency Award: Elephants in the Fog - Nepal
- Moneff Prize: Spectrum - Korea
