Asia’s film and content industries stand at a pivotal crossroads, navigating a landscape marked by rapid change and new challenges while seeking broader and deeper paths for collaboration.
It is within this dynamic context that The A Report emerges, conceived from the shared recognition that consolidating and analyzing industrial data across Asia is essential to transparently share market realities and unlock mutual opportunities. Our mission is to rigorously examine key facets of the Asian film industry—including market structures, box office trends, policy and technological developments, and the evolving landscape of international co-productions—and to distill insights that meaningfully inform both industrial practice and policy formulation.

At its heart, The A Report embodies the spirit of information sharing. This inaugural edition integrates nuanced analyses by experts across Asian countries, capturing market conditions, success stories, and the challenges and innovations shaping the industry.
While each nation operates within its own institutional framework, policy environment, and financing ecosystem, we hold a firm conviction that collaboration and growth are founded on learning from, and sharing with, each other. We also anticipate that the insights and data presented herein will assist policymakers and industry stakeholders in driving initiatives such as data standardization, co-production fund structures, and actionable policy development.

More than a statistical compendium, The A Report, together with The A Summit, seeks to foster an inclusive platform where Asia embraces the values of Alliance, Analysis, Agent, and Art—pillars that define the vision of ‘The A.’ By bringing together the knowledge and expertise of ACFM, national film and audiovisual institutions, industry leaders, researchers, and creators, we hope this initiative will guide strategic decision-making and policy design, underpinning Asia’s shared prosperity in the film and content industries.

Finally, I extend my deepest gratitude to Chief Editor Ally Sunhee Han for her unwavering dedication to the planning, curation, and editorial oversight of this report, as well as to the contributing authors across Asia whose insights enrich its pages. May The A Report shine as a lasting beacon of collaboration and solidarity within the Asian film ecosystem.