Asia's most influential film and television content and copyright trading platform - Busan's Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) made its grand debut on the 10th. The Academy of Cultural Content Planning (CAFA) has cooperated with ACFM in 2020. This year, it will make a strong debut with the "Taiwan Pavilion" for the seventh time. It has joined hands with more than 50 entities to select more than 100 entities and 200 outstanding Taiwanese works covering movies, TV series, publishing IP, and documentary planning. This exhibition and series of promotion activities are supported by the Film, Television and Popular Music Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, fully demonstrating the abundant energy and transnational cooperation potential of Taiwan's original film and television.
This year, Taiwanese works have received frequent successes at the Busan International Film Festival and Market, spanning film festival sections, venture capital planning, and cross-border IP translation. In the film festival, "Useful Man" represents Taiwan to compete for the grand prize in the competition section; in the Icons section, director Tsai Ming-liang's latest work "Mote" makes a strong debut; "Asian Film Window" brings together "Daylight", "Happy Days" and the multinational co-production "Hearing"; "When the Wind Rises" and "Animal Party" both advance to the "Wide Angle Lens" short film competition section. Genre films performed equally well, with "The Colorful Cat: The Path of Asura" and "Welcome to Dolly's House" entering the "Midnight Passion" section; the classic martial arts masterpiece "Sword Rain" was even selected to be screened in Michelle Yeoh's special theme section.
In terms of connecting market exhibitions and venture capital, two film projects have entered the "Asia Venture Market" (APM), including "Uncle" directed by Yan Haoxuan, produced by Song Qinxuan and Huang Maochang, and "The Wind and the Sun" which won the "APM Next Award" at the 2025 TCCF. The documentary special "Doc Square" will promote three autumnal equinox films "Thunder and Sunset", "THE TREE BEHIND THE ZIGZAG SIGN" and Ruyi Pictures' "66 Underground Residence" to enter the international market. In addition, the "Busan Story Market" section selects four cross-border IPs including the game "The Love Game with Forced Heartbeat" by Orange, "The Last Magic Family: Prequel Comic" by Mirror Literature, "Cat Rental Co., Ltd." by Caiyi Color Paper Products, and "First Love Lost in the Summer" by Taiwan Kadokawa, and actively explores business opportunities for adaptation.
In addition, the School of Liberal Arts has entered into its third year of cooperation with "AFiS Busan Asian Film School". This year, for the first time, "Rising Stories - Taiwan Feature Film" will be held live at ACFM. Pitch" Taiwan feature film proposal special session, showcasing 6 groups of outstanding projects selected from the Taipei workshop, including "Goose in Summer" (written and directed by Wu Yuying, produced by Su Yihua), "Smart Frequency" (written by Ye Zhiwei, produced by You Shunwen), "Grass" "Original" (written and directed by Huang Luoyao, produced by Chen Pinjia), "My Dear Gecko" (written and directed by Cai Yifan, produced by Wang Yihua), "The Night Sun Shines High" (written and directed by Chen Yanhong, produced by Chen Houting) and "Thunder God in the World" (written and directed by Zeng Jingting, produced by Guo Ruoqi). In the end, the international industry will review and select one project that will be eligible to apply for the "Preliminary Content Development Support Program (CCDP)" of the Academy of Cultural Studies, demonstrating the solid results of cultivating new filmmakers and integrating with the international industry chain.
Wang Shisi, chairman of the Academy of Cultural Studies, said that the number of Taiwanese businesses and works participating in the exhibition this year exceeded 100, highlighting Taiwan’s key position as Asia’s content creation hub. In addition to deepening international ties during the exhibition this year, the Academy of Cultural Studies has also taken the initiative to develop new buyers and partners around the world, actively strive for overseas distribution, co-production and investment opportunities, and comprehensively expand the international footprint of Taiwan's film and television culture.
