The Busan International Film Festival’s industry sidebar, the Asian Contents & Film Market, wrapped on Tuesday night and showed how the local indie film industry has survived despite the economic slowdown and a theatrical business that still hasn’t fully recovered from the pandemic. The expanded, four-day market brought together 2,644 participants from 1,031 companies across […]

Philippines-based Fire and Ice Media has sold Asia Pacific rights for Donie Ordiales’ “Crosspoint” to Netflix. The deal was struck at the recently-concluded Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), adjacent to the Busan International Film Festival. The film stars award-winning Philippines actor Carlo Aquino (“Whispers in the Wind”) and Japan’s Hira Takehiro, Emmy nominated for […]

Top film executives from Europe and Asia convened at the Busan Asian Contents & Film Market to dissect the evolving landscape of cross-continental film distribution and sales, highlighting the growing importance of social media, the enduring significance of film festival awards and the delicate balance between established auteurs and emerging voices. The panel, moderated by […]

In the job for five months, Ellen Kim, the new head of Busan’s market has started to put her imprint on the industry component of the Busan International Film Festival. The four-day market kicks off on Saturday and is expected to welcome slightly higher numbers of executives, booths and conference speakers. Kim says that uptrend […]