Busan Market Chief Ellen Y.D. Kim Plots Year-Round ACFM 365 Platform, Warns Public Funding Has Stalled
Ellen Y.D. Kim, director of the Asian Contents & Film Market, is advocating for a year-round platform called ACFM 365 to replace the current four-day event model. She warns that stagnant public funding is hindering the growth and infrastructure development of the market.
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The film industry relies on market infrastructure for financing and distribution; funding gaps can stifle creative and economic growth in the sector.
Busan Market Chief Ellen Y.D. Kim Plots Year-Round ACFM 365 Platform, Warns Public Funding Has Stalled The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) should grow beyond its four days in Busan into a platform that runs all year, director Ellen Y.D. Kim tells Variety . She adds that public money for the market has not grown alongside it.
Kim calls the idea ACFM 365. It would be a permanent database and matchmaking service that joins the market data in The A Report with the matching work now done by the Asian Project Market (APM) and the Busan Story Market.
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