Five independent producer organizations from Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan launched a coalition, the Asian Producers Alliance (APA), at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).
The five bodies include the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK), Indonesian Film Producers Association (APROFI), Philippine Independent Producers Group (PIPG), Hong Kong Movie Production Executives Association (HKMPEA) and the Taiwan Producers Association (TPA).
In the initial stages, the alliance aims to support regional and international co-production and protect creators’ intellectual property, while evolving into a consensus body with a formal decision-making structure.
Its founding declaration reads: “We, independent film
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