TIFFCOM 2026
Tokyo's content market runs for three days beside the city's film festival at the end of October.
starts in 8 days
Screenwriting events in Asia
Project markets, labs and talent programs from Korea and Japan to Southeast Asia, most of them working in English.
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Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)
Held each March alongside FILMART, this Hong Kong forum brings 25 to 30 feature projects to three days of meetings with investors and film companies, with cash and in-kind awards at stake.
closes in 10 days
第4回【ライチャレ】TBS NEXT WRITERS CHALLENGE 2026
This year the TBS project asks for one standalone 60-minute drama instead of a series pitch, written in Japanese by writers living in Japan.
closes in 11 days
令和8年度 橋田賞新人脚本賞 (Hashida Award for New Screenwriters, 2026)
Japanese-language writers can enter either a one-hour drama or a 15 to 20 minute short on the theme of family or something mysterious.
closes in 12 days
JAFF Market 2026
The market arm of the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival fills the Jogja Expo Center for three days in late November.
starts in 39 days
第3回StellaJeanコンテスト 青春小説・シナリオ・プロット大賞 (3rd StellaJean Contest: youth novel, screenplay and plot)
Run on BookLive's StellaJean writing platform, this Japanese contest takes youth stories as a screenplay, a novel or only a plot, looking for material to adapt.
closes in 41 days
Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2026
Singapore hosts this TV and streaming content market in early December, pairing a sales floor with a conference and pitch sessions for projects still in development.
starts in 42 days
Tan Ean Kiam Foundation-SGIFF Southeast Asian Short Film Grant (SEA-SHORTS) 2026
Singapore's festival funds six new Southeast Asian short films in this round, at SGD 10,000 each. It suits writer-directors from the region with a short film project.
closes in 46 days
JEONJU Cinema Project: Next Edition (19th JEONJU Project)
Jeonju's festival invests its own money in low-budget features through the JEONJU Cinema Project, and this call looks for the next ones.
closes in 57 days
Jeonju Lab (19th JEONJU Project)
Aimed at new filmmakers, this development lab from the Jeonju festival takes six feature projects and up to two shorts, pays development or production money, and pairs each with mentors.
closes in 87 days