Ties that Bind is a project-based yearly training programme including 2-weeks residential workshops and a market module in Asia. Ties that Bind is targeted at 10 European and Asian producers with projects, plus 5 European professionals interested in working with Asia (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives).Ties that Bind reinforces in-depth economic and artistic co-operation between European and Asian countries and facilitates the access of European professionals and their audiovisual works to the booming Asian market. It provides European producers with the necessary skills, knowledge and network to find suitable Asian co-producers and financing, to co-produce with Asia and ultimately to open up new markets and distribution circuits for their works.The participants of Ties that Bind are offered high-level professional development as well as in depth consultancy and project development by top-notch experts from both continents. The workshop is led by two group leaders (one European, one Asian) in order to offer a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the two film industries and markets. The participants have the opportunity to pitch their projects to leading Asian and European decision makers at both sessions including the Southeast Asian Film Financing Forum (SAFF), a new project market set during the Singapore Media Festival.Ties that Bind is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), a new partner from 2015. Ties that Bind also launched a new partnership with the Independent Filmmaker Project in 2015 and plans to forge cooperation with Frontières, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Bridging the Dragon and ACE Co-Production Labs in 2016. In addition we aim to develop TTB ON DEMAND, tailor-made workshops/lectures/case studies to be held within the framework of coproduction markets and festivals interested in developing topics and content related to Asia.