Payal Sethi's 'Babak' Selected for Busan Asian Project Market
The drama about an Afghan asylum seeker displaced for Ukrainian refugees heads to the Busan International Film Festival's co-production forum.
Shortfundly Desk · Busan ·
Director Payal Sethi will present her next feature project, "Babak," at the Asian Project Market running alongside the Busan International Film Festival. The film follows an Afghan asylum seeker in Germany who loses his temporary housing to accommodate arriving Ukrainian refugees, exploring intersecting displacement narratives.
Sethi previously directed "Kurinji," which is currently in post-production. The Asian Project Market serves as a key co-production and financing platform for projects from across Asia and beyond, connecting filmmakers with international producers and distributors.
The selection highlights Busan's role in developing socially engaged cinema that addresses contemporary migration crises through personal stories.
This brief draws on reporting from Variety.
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