Ten feature-length projects go before financiers, distributors, programmers and potential co-production partners during the first Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market.

The three-day market will be held in Singapore (2-4 December) at the same time as the Asia TV Forum and ScreenSingapore.

The top 10 projects were chosen from 148 submissions from 23 countries, and include films from Singapore, Laos, Malaysia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and the Philippines. Two of the projects have European partners.

The line-up includes a mix of feature-length documentaries, animation and live-action fiction projects from both established and emerging filmmakers.

Four of the projects involve Singapore companies. Three of these are co-productions, including director Ong Chao Hong’s A Small Place, a co-production between Singapore’s Daoyu Pictures and Malaysia’s HomeGreen Films; and Chaplin in Bali, a France-Singapore co-production directed by Raphael Millet.

Lao Art Media Co’s The Long Walk, directed by Mattie Do, flies the flag for Laos on the list of projects chosen.

Cambodia is represented by Sok Visal’s In the Shade from 802AD Production, and Vietnam by Vo Thach Thao’s Lonely Fish by Vblock Media.

The pitch days will be preceded by the Asia leg of the Ties That Bind co-production workshop (30 November-4 December), which links 10 additional projects from Europe and Asia to the SAFF Project Market. The extra 10 films will also be part of the pitching process.

The event culminates in ScreenSingapore’s film financing conference with speakers from across Asia and Europe talking about media investment trends and the outlook for producers.

The SAFF Project Market is a new part of this year’s ScreenSingapore.

This article first appeared in ContentAsia eNewsletter 221, published on 16 November 2015