Where Future of Asian Content Is Decided - ACFM 2026 has completed its four-day journey. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us in Busan once again.

This year, ACFM took "Core and Expansion" as its theme: a commitment to holding firm at the center of the Asian film industry while broadening our reach into IP, series, documentary, and technology. That InnoAsia, The A, and Doc Square, all launched last year, have taken root and deepened in just one year is thanks to all of you.

In particular, through the Investor Summit and Cinema by Brand, we created a space where creators could meet new sources of funding. Beyond traditional film investment, we sought to open up possibilities for brands and tech companies to collaborate with creators. We believed that finding new channels for collaboration is a market's role, especially in difficult times, and you answered with remarkable interest and participation.

A market is ultimately completed by the people who fill it. Those who return year after year and those who knocked on ACFM's door for the first time filled the booths, meeting rooms, event halls, and corridors, and that is what turned four days at BEXCO into a living market. It is you who made ACFM complete.

I have long hoped ACFM would be an oasis: a place where travelers on their own paths gather to refill their water and share news, then set out again on their own way. At a time when the boundaries of cinema are blurring and the market is reshaping, this year's oasis also became a place where we pooled our wisdom to find our direction together.

To keep that oasis filled with clear water and ample provisions for every traveler - that is why we are here. I also extend my deep gratitude to the ACFM staff and volunteers who prepared everything behind the scenes throughout the year and held their ground until the very last moment.

Next October, we look forward to welcoming you back to Busan, with a firmer core and a wider horizon.

Ellen Y. D. KIM
Director of the Asian Contents & Film Market