Twelve Korean animation companies attending the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Market in France, held June 23-26, closed roughly $84.09 million in export consultation deals across 209 individual meetings, according to a June 30 report from Etoday reporter Hwang Min-ju, citing Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), which ran the Korea Pavilion. Companies including Acoms, Alimoli Studio, Climax Studio, Devsisters, Kids Castle, OCON, Pixel Planet, Pixtrend, Studio Acon, Studio Animal, Studio Shelter, and Studio T&T met with buyers from Germany, the US, Spain, the UK, Italy, Canada, and France to discuss co-production, licensing, and distribution.
KOCCA also ran a dedicated pitching showcase, presenting five IPs to roughly 100 global investors: Climax Studio’s “Yomang,” Devsisters’ Cookie Run animated feature, Pixtrend’s “Virus No. N,” Studio Animal’s “Isekai Gukbap Master,” and Studio Shelter’s “Maru Is a Puppy.” The standout result belonged to Studio Acon’s “Korean Souls,” a France co-production invited into Annecy’s official “Documentary Pitches” program and awarded both the Christal Publishing Prize and the DOK Leipzig Prize on-site — recognition specifically for the project’s creative direction and production capability.
Studio Acon CEO Kim Seon-gu called the official MIFA invitation “an encouraging result showing that Korean animation’s creative capacity holds up globally,” while KOCCA’s content-IP bureau head Lee Do-hyung said the showcase reaffirmed Korean animation IP’s global competitiveness and commercial potential, adding that the agency plans to keep expanding support across the full production pipeline, from early development through overseas distribution. KOCCA is now recruiting participants for its Korea Pavilion at MIPCOM 2026 this October.
Source: Hwang Min-ju, Etoday, June 30, 2026.
