Shillong, Sep 22: Khasi filmmaker Pradip Kurbah is representing Meghalaya at the Asian Project Market (APM) 2025, held alongside the 30th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea.
His latest project, Moon, has been selected as one of 30 in-development films from across 15 countries, chosen from a record-breaking 455 submissions this year.
The APM is Asia’s leading co-production and financing platform for filmmakers, bringing together directors with films in development and connecting them with international producers, financiers, distributors and festival programmers. With only around 30 projects selected each year, this is a highly competitive process.
Many films first introduced at APM have gone on to premiere at top global film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin and Venice.
Moon explores themes of memory, guilt and redemption, set in a Khasi town in the hills of Meghalaya. The film is poetic in tone, rooted in the monsoon-soaked landscape of the Khasi Hills, with rain serving as a metaphor for cleansing and renewal.
Earlier this year, Kurbah’s film The Elysian Field won Best Film and Best Director at the Moscow International Film Festival. In 2019, he also bagged the Jiseok Award at BIFF for Market, establishing him as one of India’s most compelling independent voices.
Moon is being produced under Kurbah Films in collaboration with Hello Meghalaya and Shiven Arts, with around 30 percent of its budget already secured.
