Six new Chinese-language genre movie projects – two each from Korea, Thailand and Indonesia – are part of a multi-country development programme under way in an initiative backed by Taiwanese government agency Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and organised by AR Asia and MyStory.

The three production houses participating in the programme are Bound Entertainment ("Newtopia"), which operates out of Korea and Los Angeles; Thailand’s Transformation Films ("Monk Konnichiwa"); and David Suwarto’s Sinemart Production ("Pocong 2") out of Indonesia. 

The programme is operated by AR Asia Production, founded by Jonathan Spink, Anne Chan and Ronan Wong,  and MyStory Entertainment, a joint venture by the CBF Group and TAICCA. 

The programme emerges in an environment more open than it has ever been to cross border opportunities and collaborations.

Submissions for the Rocket Programme close on 31 March. 

Selected projects must be either romance, horror or action shows with budgets of no more than NT$50 million/US$1.5 million. Organisers said the three genres were selected because they had the most international appeal. 

Each team selected will receive NT$600,000/US$18,000 in development funding.  

The six selected projects will be announced on 30 April, with a series of workshops and development seminars from May culminating in a formal pitching session at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei in November.