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Industry commentary heading into 2026 has framed the year as a potential breakout moment for Korean animation, pointing to a wave of established, “trusted” Korean directors moving into animated feature …

Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) ran a Korea Pavilion at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Market, held alongside the Annecy …

Twelve Korean animation studios walked into Annecy, France this spring hoping to strike deals with the world’s biggest buyers of animated content — and walked out with nearly $84 million …

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 …

Korean animation has spent years building its presence at Annecy, the industry’s biggest international market, mostly through individual studios. This year, that changed: Gwangju’s Information and Content Agency (GICON) brought …