Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) will open the door of its content industry business tomorrow!
ACFM 2022, which has been registered by 1,059 companies and 2,185 industry officials from 48
countries, is boasting the largest attendance rate since its launch in 2006. It has seen an increase
of 15% in the number of onsite participants compared to 2019, which represents a substantial
escalated interest in the content industry and market since the start of COVID-19.
ACFM 2022 has returned as a venue for comprehensive content trading, which includes the trading of
books, webtoons, web novels, and story treatments. 196 companies from 17 countries will establish 72
sales booths that will gather various content industry professionals in one place. This includes 8
large-scale country pavilions of Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, European, along
with the new additions this year of the United Kingdom and Mongolia. In addition, the participation
of 14 major Korean publishers, including EUNHAENG NAMU PUBLISHING CO., LTD., MUNHAKDONGNE PUBLISHING
CORP., CHANGBI PUBLISHERS, INC., MINUMSA PUBLISHING GROUP, and MOONJI PUBLISHING CO., LTD., at the
Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF), which is in partnership with ACFM this year, is also garnering
a lot of attention.
CJ ENM, LOTTE CULTUREWORKS, SHOWBOX CORP., CONTENTS PANDA, M-LINE DISTRIBUTION, and FINECUT CO.,
LTD. have registered their booths as Korean sales companies, and NAVER WEBTOON, JAKGA COMPANY INC.,
and ALL THAT STORY CO., LTD., will establish their booths in order to trade sales rights for
original stories. Also, global and local streaming platforms, including DISNEY+, NETFLIX, WAVVE,
TVING, WATCHA, and three major global management companies, UNITED TALENT AGENCY (UTA), CREATIVE
ARTISTS AGENCY (CAA), and WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR (WME), will be present as the main participants,
which is expected to turbo-charge the content industry business. 216 companies and 318 buyers from
23 countries are expected to take part in the purchase of film and video copyrights.
Additionally, Platform BUSAN, a networking platform for Asian and Korean independent filmmakers that
promotes co-development and networking, and the Asian Project Market (APM), a first launched
co-production platform in Asia, will be held along with ACFM.
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