‘Squid Game’ Producer Reads Founding Declaration as Asian Independent Producers Form Cross-Border Alliance at Busan

By Lin Ying-Hsuan

Lin Ying-Hsuan

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Independent producers from five Asian territories joined forces on Sunday, launching the Asian Producers Alliance (APA) at the Busan International Film Festival‘s Asian Contents & Film Market to push for cross-border co-production and stronger protection of creators’ rights.

“Squid Game” producer Kim Ji-yeon, a board member of the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK), read the founding declaration as representatives of the five organizations took the stage. “For years, we have faced the same changes alone – in our own markets, in our own languages. Today we choose to face them together,” the declaration read. “We will advance co-production across Asia, so that our stories can be made together and travel further.”

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