The Guide to Japanese Film Industry & Co -Production - UNIJAPAN

Chapter 2
Co-production System in Japan J-Pitch: Support Program for International Co-production
Pusan International Film Festival,
Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP)
Ono Kousuke Forget-Me-Not (Pusan Award)
Wa Entertainment (2008)
Sugiura Mikio Leaving the Peninsula Behind
Be Wild Co., Ltd. (2008)
Sadai Yuji My Back Page Bitters End, Inc. (2008)
Uemura Maki On Next Sunday d-ritghs Inc. (2007)
Hirasawa Sho Room of Dreams (Cineclick Asia Award)
PaxEterna Limited (2007)
International Film Festival Rotterdam,
CineMart
Sadai Yuji My Back Page Bitters End, Inc. (2008)
Hirasawa Sho Room of Dreams PaxEterna Limited (2007)
Berlin International Film Festival,
Co-Production Market
Kito Yukie Seasons of Tokyo Entertainment Farm, Inc. (2008)
Ochiai Atsuko Eternal Forest Supersaurus (2007)
Hong Kong International Film Festival,
Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)
Iizuka Eiju AMARIKAN NHK Enterprises, Inc. (2008)
Naito Yuko And Protect, Protected (Paris Project Award)
Kumie Inc. (2008)
Kito Yukie DOOR Entertainment Farm Inc. (2008)
Yamagami Tetsujiro Time for Children SIGLO., Ltd. (2008)
Jennifer Fukasawa Gensenkan Hideon Productions (2007)
Mameoka Ryosuke Tsutenkaku IMJ Entertainment Corp. (2007)
Kito Yukie Tokyo Sonata Entertainment Farm Inc. (2006)
2) Organizing Business Meetings and Pitching Trainings
As of year 2009, J-Pitch organizes the training sessions conducted by
pitching advisors to the Japanese producers who may be potential
candidates of J-Pitch. The producers who attend to present their projects
at the overseas project markets are also invited to participate. J-Pitch aims
not only to enhance the realization of their projects but also to provide
global pitching technique to Japanese producers. During fiscal year 2009,
J-Pitch will hold business meetings in cooperation with overseas producer
assigned agencies or organizations.
3) Open Seminars
J-Pitch organizes seminars that provide information necessary for the
realization of the international co-productions. The seminars focus on
topics such as law, finance, production, management including the entry
to project markets, international film festivals and film markets. In 2008,
J-Pitch held a talk session, Japanese Producers on the Move — Three Female
Producers in International Market, with three female producers whose
international co-productions entered the Cannes International Film
Festival 2008 and a roundtable, Project Market in the World — What’s New?,
gathering the representatives of major overseas project markets.
4) J-Pitch Website
As of April 2008, J-Pitch has been managing its official website (http//jpitch.jp)
to announce the releases of the entries to the overseas project
markets and beneficial news on international co-productions. The website
also posts information on overseas support schemes for co-production,
releases data on Japanese film industry and provides access to bilingual
Japanese Film Date Base (JFDB) for overseas producers. In 2008, J-Pitch
succeeded in collecting the information on the state of film industry and
co-production supporting system on three major countries in Europe,
six countries in Asia, and Canada working in cooperation with overseas
organizations which include: European Audiovisual Observatory, CNC
and Film France, UK Film Council, Telefilm Canada, KOFIC, New Zealand
Film Commission, Singapore Film Commission, The Federation of
National Film Associations of Thailand (FNFAT) among others.
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