ACFM 2024 Extends Sincerest Gratitude!

Thank you all for visiting Asian Contents & Film Market 2024! We enjoyed an exceptionally vibrant market this year, featuring 26 conferences under very timely themes, 19 pitches and showcases, and 5 networking events that attracted participants from across the market and the film festival. The exhibitors hosted by 275 companies from 30 countries well demonstrated a dynamic content market, as it drew 563 buyers from 383 companies. We’re deeply thankful for our partner organizations from around the world for their wonderful support. Directors and producers, both new and experienced, came together to network and share valuable information on projects and the film industries in their own countries. ACFM 2024 came as a much-needed rain for the Asian film and content industry, since our industry has been parched more than ever, seeking for new opportunities. ACFM will continue to listen to the feedback from our valued participants and welcome the contribution and support from every member of the Asian film and content industry and its ecosystem. We look forward to welcoming you again at the 20th edition of the ACFM in 2025, with even more exciting and innovative developments.

ACFM 2024 Final Report

◆ Total Visitors: 26,335 (Exhibition Visitors:20,586, Event Visitors: 5,849) ◆ Market Badge: 52 countries, 1,031 companies, 2,644 participants ◆ Exhibitor: 30 countries, 275 companies ◆ Online Screening     - Market Screening: 16 countries, 51 companies, 138 films (Market Premier 17 films)     - BIFF Selections: 97 films ◆ Asian Contents & Film Market Conference     - 28 Sessions ◆ Asian Project Market     - Business Meetings: 706     - APM Awards: 12 categories, 11 winners ◆ Busan Story Market Business Meetings: 970 ◆ Asian Cinema Fund     - 3 Funds, 13 Works ◆ Platform BUSAN: 28 countries, 174 participants     - 6 countries, 7 partners     - 10 sessions ◆ Producer Hub: 19 countries, 123 participants     - 7 countries, 8 Institutional Partners     - 9 sessions, Luncheon and Happy Hour

Asian Project Market Announced Award Winners!

The 2024 Asian Project Market (APM) has announced 11 award recipients, marking the end of its four-day journey. The 2024 APM selection included 30 projects from 17 regions. During the four days in which the market took place, a total of 706 business meetings took place, proving the keen interest of industry professionals from around the world in the selected projects. This year, two new award categories were added: the Red Sea Film Fund Award, which offers a development fund of USD 10,000 to a single selected project, and the Songwon Award sponsored by Songwon Foundation, which commits KRW 10,000,000 to a single selected project. In total, 11 projects received awards in 12 sections. The 11 APM award recipients prove the capabilities of up-and-coming directors and producers whose works have been recognized previously. In particular, several CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy alumni have successfully demonstrated progress, showing the fruit of the academy as it continues to aid the journeys of burgeoning filmmakers. The balance between genre experimentation and popular appeal was notable in Korean independent film projects. In overseas projects, collaboration between established producers and up-and-coming directors led to a high level of filmmaking, combining expertise with young passion. Presenting new possibilities of collaborative filmmaking through crossing various borders, the APM 2024 has ended in a great success. It looks forward to the tomorrow of the award-winning filmmakers this year.

APM 2024 Award Winners Award Title Project Title Director Producer Country/Region Busan Award Kingdom of the Insomniacs KANG Bo XIE Meng China ONE COOL Award Life Redo List SOTOYAMA Bunji IDE Yoko Japan CJ ENM Award Levitating Wregas BHANUTEJA Siera TAMIHARDJA TAN Si En Patrice NEZAN Indonesia / Singapore / France TAICCA Award Until That Day MATSUNAGA Daishi OGAWA Shinji NISHIKAWA Asako CHANG Sanling Japan / Taiwan VIPO Award Crocodile Rock Kirsten TAN TAN Si En Singapore / United States Red Sea Film Fund Award Making a Sea Lin Htet AUNG Mai MEKSAWAN Myanmar / Thailand ArteKino International Award Hum Don Josephus Raphael EBLAHAN Hannah SCHIERBEEK Alemberg ANG Philippines / United States Songwon Award The Birds SOHN Hyun-lok JO Su-jin Korea KB Award Hellfire Academy SHIN Aga PARK Doohee CHOI Chan Korea ARRI Award 90 Meters NAKAGAWA Shun TSUJIMOTO Tamako UTAGAWA Yasushi Japan Kongchak Studio Award Leg Shokir KHOLIKOV Aigerim SATYBALDY Paolo Maria SPINA Silvana SANTAMARIA Johann CHAPELAN Kazakhstan / Italy / Germany / France Sørfond Award Hum Don Josephus Raphael EBLAHAN Hannah SCHIERBEEK Alemberg ANG Philippines / United States

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