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Taiwan content agency partners with 'The Roundup' producer at Busan film festival

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TAICCA signed a memorandum of understanding with B.A. Entertainment in Busan on Oct. 12 to expand Taiwan-Korea film and television cooperation. The agreement covers co-planning and co-production, talent development, financing and international distribution. B.A. Entertainment said it plans to use more filming locations in Taiwan and collaborate from the planning and development stages.

Key Facts

  • TAICCA was established in 2019 under Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture to support Taiwanese films, series, music, comics and games.
  • B.A. Entertainment produced The King’s Warden, which drew 16.9 million moviegoers this year, as well as The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil.
  • A Taiwan pavilion at the Asian Contents & Film Market presented 235 projects from more than 100 companies.
  • The Taiwanese project Uncle won the CathayPlay Award at the Asian Project Market, while imCore won the InnoAsia Most Promising Startup Award.
  • The director of the TAICCA-backed drama To Be Ordinary won best director in the Busan Awards competition section.
By Jhoo Dong-chan
  • Published KST
Taiwan Creative Content Agency Chairperson Sue Wang, left, and Jang Won-seok, CEO of B.A. Entertainment, pose after signing a memorandum of understanding at the Paradise Hotel Busan in Busan, Oct. 12. Courtesy of Taiwan Creative Content Agency

Taiwan Creative Content Agency Chairperson Sue Wang, left, and Jang Won-seok, CEO of B.A. Entertainment, pose after signing a memorandum of understanding at the Paradise Hotel Busan in Busan, Oct. 12. Courtesy of Taiwan Creative Content Agency

Taiwan’s state content agency signed a partnership with the Korean production house behind “The Roundup” crime-action franchise during the 31st Busan International Film Festival, as part of a push to expand film and TV cooperation between the two sides.

The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), established in 2019 under Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture to support the production, financing and overseas expansion of Taiwanese films, series, music, comics and games, signed a memorandum of understanding with B.A. Entertainment on Oct. 12 at the Paradise Hotel Busan, the agency said.

B.A. Entertainment also produced “The King’s Warden,” which drew 16.9 million moviegoers this year, and “The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil.”

Under the agreement, the two will cooperate on co-planning and co-producing content, talent development, financing and international distribution.

“Building international partnerships and connecting resources is essential for Taiwanese content to reach the global market,” TAICCA Chairperson Sue Wang said.

The agreement will help Taiwan’s original stories reach a wider global audience, she added.

The CEO of B.A. Entertainment said the company plans to make greater use of filming locations in Taiwan and to work with TAICCA from the planning and development stages of projects.

Taiwanese producer 1 Production Film Co., known for the horror film “Detention” and the gangster drama “Monga,” and Money Entertainment Investment Co. also attended the signing.

At the Asian Contents & Film Market, held alongside the festival, a Taiwan pavilion presented 235 projects from more than 100 companies. The Taiwanese project “Uncle” won the CathayPlay Award at the Asian Project Market, while film technology startup imCore won the InnoAsia Most Promising Startup Award.

At the festival, which ended Thursday, the director of the TAICCA-backed Taiwanese drama “To Be Ordinary” won the best director prize in the Busan Awards competition section, where the film had its world premiere.

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.

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