Netflix and the Busan Worldwide Movie Competition (BIFF) are bringing again Inventive Asia for a 3rd consecutive yr, with this system set for October 10 at Dongseo College’s Centum Campus.
BIFF, the Asian Movie Commissions Community (AFCNet) and the Movement Image Affiliation (MPA) have all helped form this yr’s programming.
Inventive Asia is Netflix’s flagship initiative to assist rising Asian creators develop their concepts for movie. This yr is the primary time this system will embody workshops, giving aspiring writers direct entry to Netflix’s content material executives.
Netflix and MPA are co-hosting “AI in Filmmaking: New Instruments, New Potentialities,” a panel on how AI is being adopted within the APAC movie trade. Moderated by movie critic Youn Sung-eun, the panel options Sung Q Lee, senior director of APAC manufacturing at Netflix; Kimball Thurston, chief expertise officer at Weta FX, the visible results studio co-founded by Peter Jackson; and director Kang Yun-sung (“Run to the West,” “The Outlaws”).
Cinematographer Kim Ji-yong will give a masterclass in shaping the visible world of the Venice-winning movie “Attainable Love,” reviewing the alternatives he made with director Lee Chang-dong, together with changing synthetic lighting with pure gentle, with scenes from the movie used as an example his factors. The movie is screened on the BIFF.
The masterclass lineup opens with “Location and Storytelling,” hosted by Busan Asian Movie Faculty professor James Bang, with contributions from Lauren Cooper of Location Managers Guild Worldwide, “Good Days” producer Reiko Kunieda and Sung Q Lee. Director Han Jun-hee, recognized for “DP 1 & 2,” “Weak Hero Class 1 & 2” and “The Blue Street,” follows with a session on reworking sudden supplies into resonant tales.
Trade panels additionally embody “New Voices in Filmmaking: What’s Forward,” moderated by BIFF programmer Jeong Jihye, that includes Namkoong Solar (“Love Untangled,” “Time to Be Sturdy”) alongside “My Aunt” co-directors Wi Eun-kyoung and Son Gwang-min, whose brief movie received the grand prize on the 2026 Korea Staging Quick Movie Competition. An invite-only dialogue on the inventive economic system solely will even be organized.
Each new workshops are led by Netflix content material executives. Christopher Mack, the streamer’s director of content material acquisition, leads “The Artwork and Archetypes of Cinematic Storytelling,” whereas Keo Lee, Netflix’s director of inventive technique, leads “Understanding the Purchaser’s Perspective,” explaining how initiatives get greenlit and financed.
The occasion builds on two earlier editions with BIFF and a cease final yr in Indonesia at JAFF Market, persevering with Netflix’s need to deepen ties with regional inventive communities.