Asian Producers Network

A platform to deepen dialogue and discover opportunities for collaboration, the Asian Producers Network invites emerging producers from the region to share their wealth of knowledge and ideas with one another.

The week-long programme comprises closed-door roundtable discussions, masterclasses, case studies and individual meetings. Participants will address a range of pertinent topics relating to project development, content production within the region, and support within the international film festival circuit and granting bodies.

If you have any enquiries, please write in to film.academy@sgiff.com.

Programme Specialist 2023

Fran BORGIA

Spain / Singapore

Fran Borgia is the founder and producer of Akanga Film Asia. Born in Spain, he has been based in Singapore since 2004 and has produced critically acclaimed films such as A Land Imagined (2018), which won the Golden Leopard at Locarno. His recent producing credits include Tomorrow Is a Long Time and Tiger Stripes, both of which were released this year and are screening at the festival.

Guest Instructors 2023

Lorna TEE

Malaysia

Lorna Tee is a film producer and curator who works with Malaysian producing house Paperheart and Amsterdam-based An Original Picture, focusing on films made for an international audience. She currently curates film incubation lab, mylab, and is the consultant for Barunson E&A (South Korea). She also works with various Asian film agencies to foster greater collaboration through the Asian Film Alliance Network.

PARK Heeseong

South Korea

Park Heeseong is the manager of International Relations at the Korean Film Council, an adjunct professor in the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University and an academic director of the Korean Cinema Association. Based in South Korea, Park studied Chinese language and literature at Pusan National University and received her master’s and doctoral degrees in film from Dongguk University.