Audio system together with Recent Off The Boat’s Hudson Yang, Seashore Home Footage’ Donovan Chan and Joonsuh Park from Korean drama producer JTBC-SLL are among the many audio system confirmed for the second version of the East By Northwest (EXNW) Summit in Vancouver (July 26-28).
Organised by Canada’s Racial Fairness Display screen Workplace (RESO) in affiliation with Gold Home, the occasion is designed to foster enterprise and inventive ties between the content material industries in Canada and East Asia.
EXNW organisers mentioned the occasion would additionally handle wider points within the Canadian display business, together with coverage reform, training, financing, distribution and expertise improvement. Additionally they famous that initiatives by the Canadian business to advertise Indigenous storytelling, variety and digital innovation “are gaining momentum”.
The panel line-up features a session on co-production and international audiences, with audio system together with JTBC-SLL’s Joonsuh Park, former Amazon and Netflix Asia content material exec Erika North, Third Tradition Content material’s Janice Chua and AGC Studios’ Aghi Koh; whereas an extra session is drilling down into Canada-Asia co-production with Donovan Chan of Singapore’s Seashore Home, which was just lately acquired by Fremantle, BBC Asia’s Ryan Shiotani, A+E Korea’s Youngson Soh and Inventive BC’s Bob Wong.
Hudson Yang and Jeff Yang of the US’ Huje Productions are talking on a panel about expertise launching their very own manufacturing firms, which additionally options Canadian filmmaker Fawzia Mirza (Queen Of My Desires), producer Briang Yang and Vancouver-based expertise agent Andrew Ooi.
A financing panel options audio system together with Ryan Wang of US-China outfit Outpost Capital, Storyboard Media’s Phil Kim and George Huang and Welly Yang of US and Taiwan-based Formosa Fund.
“From thought-provoking panels to interactive workshops and networking classes, EXNW gives a dynamic platform for creators to alternate concepts, forge significant partnerships, and drive the event of content material tailor-made for worldwide markets,” mentioned Barbara Lee, RESO Founder and EXNW Creator & Government Producer.
Los Angeles-based Gold Home, which is collaborating on the occasion, is non-profit that describes itself because the “main cultural ecosystem builder that unites, invests in, and champions Asian Pacific creators”.
Outdoors of the convention, which held its first version final yr, RESO mentioned it has travelled to South Korea and Singapore’s Asia Tv Discussion board (ATF) over the previous yr in its mission to forge trans-Pacific relationships.
The Korea journey was a part of a Canadian authorities commerce mission, whereas the journey to ATF, which can lead to wider Canadian participation on the Singapore convention and market this yr, was supported by Inventive BC, Telefilm Canada and different Canadian companies.
“Canadian cultural producers have little to no presence within the Asia-Pacific inventive industries. The leisure business has made inroads and investments into European markets, with established pipelines and a recurring presence within the type of pavilions and delegations to movie festivals and different markets–however there was none for Canada inside the Asia-Pacific for the reason that pandemic,” Lee mentioned.
