Tribeny Rai's 'A Chronicle of Minor Things' Selected for Busan's Asian Project Market
The 'Shape of Momo' director develops a drama about two villages disputing jurisdiction over a teenage girl's death site.
Shortfundly Desk · Busan ·
Busan International Film Festival's Asian Project Market has selected Tribeny Rai's new project "A Chronicle of Minor Things" for development. The film centers on a jurisdictional dispute between two villages over the exact location where a 15-year-old girl died, exploring how a tragedy becomes entangled in local boundaries and bureaucracy.
Rai, whose previous film "Shape of Momo" won recognition at Busan, returns to the festival with this working-titled drama. The project examines how communities transform a personal loss into a territorial conflict, using the girl's death as a catalyst to expose deeper tensions between neighboring settlements.
The Asian Project Market runs alongside Busan's Asian Contents & Film Market, providing a platform for Asian filmmakers to connect with international co-producers and distributors. Rai's selection continues her festival trajectory and signals growing industry interest in her distinctive approach to socially grounded storytelling.
This brief draws on reporting from Variety.
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