Focus Asia, the industry arm of the Far East Film Festival, has unveiled its full 2025 lineup featuring Indonesian star Reza Rahadian‘s directorial debut “On Your Lap” and Canadian-Pakistani “In Flames” filmmaker Zarrar Kahn‘s “Suffering is Optional” among its selections.

The industry platform, running April 28-30 in Udine, Italy, has selected 11 projects for its All Genres Project Market and seven films for the Far East in Progress section from over 120 submissions spanning 31 countries.

The projects selected for the All Genres Project Market, spotlighting productions with Asian-European co-production potential, include “Cubs,” directed by Riri Riza and produced by Forka Films (Indonesia); “Delight Delight,” directed by Sunny Yu and produced by In Bloom Films (Taiwan) in partnership with E&W Films (Singapore); “Dinosaur Boy,” directed by Zhiquan Liu and produced by Dinosaur Studio (China); and “Green Valley and the Amber Marbles,” directed by Nguyen Nam Vu and produced through a five-country collaboration between An Nam Productions (Vietnam), Purple Tree Content (Singapore), Scarlet Visions (Germany), Flash Forward Entertainment (Taiwan) and Storm Films (Norway).

Additional All Genres selections are “Left Turn,” directed by Mami Sunada and produced by Ear Films (Japan); “Mr Korea,” directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft and produced by Beo Starling (Denmark); “Seoulers,” co-directed by Hee Young Pyun and Jiajun ‘Oscar’ Zhang, produced by Seesaw Pictures (South Korea); “Suffering is Optional,” directed by Zarrar Kahn and produced by LBG Films Inc (Canada); “The House On The Moon,” directed by Nelson Yeo and produced by Momo Film Co. (Singapore) and Aview Images (Taiwan); “What’s Left Of Us,” directed by Tyrone Acierto and co-produced by Fusee and Cine Bandits (both Philippines); and “Yellow,” directed by Miyoh Yamaura and produced by BUNBUKU (Japan).

Far East in Progress, the only European platform dedicated to Asian films in post-production seeking international distribution and festival premieres, presents “Ah Girl,” directed by Priscilla Ang Geck Geck and produced by Aggregate Films (Singapore) and IFA Media (Singapore, China, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand); “Akashi,” directed by Mayumi Yoshida and produced by Musubi Arts Inc. and Experimental Forest Films (both Canada); “Big Little Things,” written and directed by Tong Zhou and produced by Snow Island Pictures (Hong Kong) and Three Dots Films (U.S.); and “Ghost of Ueno,” directed by Qi Wang and produced through a pan-Asian collaboration between SS Kobo, W Field, Chuo Eigaboeki, and Odessa Entertainment (all Japan), La Fonte (China), and Seven Plus (South Korea).

Rounding out the Far East in Progress section are “My Neighbor the Gangster,” directed by Mario Cornejo and co-produced by This Side Up and Nathan Studios (both Philippines); “On Your Lap” (Pangku), directed by Reza Rahadian and produced by Gambar Gerak (Indonesia); and “That Burning House,” directed by Tsai Yin-chuan and produced by The Movie Bird Films Limited Company (Taiwan).

Focus Asia’s selection committee, which includes Martin Horyna (Czech Republic), Mike Hostench (Spain), Young-woo Kim (South Korea), Ming-Jung Kuo (Taiwan), Eiko Mizuno-Grey (Japan), and Valeria Richter (Denmark), has assembled a genre-spanning lineup featuring first-time directors alongside experienced filmmakers. The Far East in Progress section is curated by a committee headed by Marie-Pierre Vallé.

The industry event expects approximately 200 participants from Europe, Asia, Canada, and Latin America, offering a comprehensive program of lectures, case studies, labs, one-on-one meetings, and networking events.

Previous Focus Asia selections have achieved significant festival success, including Antoinette Jadaone’s “Sunshine” (Toronto 2024, Berlinale 2025) and Nicole Woodford’s “Last Shadow at First Light” (San Sebastian 2023).

For the third consecutive year, Focus Asia continues its partnership with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, creating a two-stage program that begins in Udine and continues at Cannes as part of the Spotlight Asia initiative. Italy’s Ministry of Culture remains the main supporter of Focus Asia, with additional support from TAICCA – Taiwan Creative Content Agency, which is renewing its €10,000 ($11,040) Co-production Award for the project demonstrating the greatest potential for Europe-Asia collaboration.

The Far East Film Festival runs April 24 to May 2.