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Entertainment Industry Leaders Discuss Future Strategies

Updated 2026-10-10 09:55 UTC 2 sources Neutral

Ellen Y.D. Kim, director of the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), proposes expanding the market to a year-round platform called ACFM 365 due to stalled public funding. Brad Bird, director of 'Ray Gunn,' discusses portraying characters in utopian settings at Contenders London.

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Variety

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 mat

2026-10-10 09:38 UTC

Deadline

Brad Bird Talks Long-Gestating Passion Project ‘Ray Gunn’ & Portraying “Characters Who Are Desperate” In Utopia — Contenders London

“It seems like the only way to look at the future these days is as dystopia,” said director Brad Bird at Deadline’s Contenders London this weekend. “And that’s fine. I love a lot of movies that take that thing, but there are other ways to look at the future too, and you can.” Bird was […]

2026-10-10 09:46 UTC