ACF Asian Cinema Fund

2025 Guidelines

2025 Asian Network of Documentary (AND) Fund
SUBMISSION DATES 10 March – 10 April 2025, 23:59 (KST/GMT+9)
CATEGORIES Asian Project
  • - Director of the project must be of Asian nationality.
  • - Project contains Asian elements in its story, theme, characters, and background.
Korean Project
  • - Director of the project must be of Korean nationality.
ELIGIBILITY Feature-length documentary film project that aims for theatrical release.
Director of Korean or Asian nationality
Expected running time of the project should be 60 minutes or more.
Project may be in any stages of production. (In development, pre-production, production, or post-production stage)
BENEFITS Cash grant of up to 20 million KRW
Official invitation for one representative of a selected project to the Asian Contents & Film Market
  • - Market Badge
  • - Round-trip flight ticket(economy) and accommodation(4 nights)
HOW TO APPLY Fill in the online application form and submit the application properly.
Submission will be open from 10 March 10:00(GMT+9) until 10 April 23:59(GMT+9)
※ The online application form will be closed automatically after the deadline.
※ After completing your submission, you will receive an automated confirmation e-mail from us with a link for modification of your application. You can modify it until the deadline.
REQUIRED MATERIALS Online Application Form
  • - Project Information (title, budget, production plan, etc.)
  • - Logline (300 characters including spaces)
  • - Synopsis (1200 characters)
  • - Director’s Intention (2000 characters)
  • - Director’s Profile (1000 characters)
  • - Director’s Filmography

Required Materials
  • - Project Proposal (research materials, investigative contents, and the editing script, etc.)
  • - Director’s previous work (up to 2 films / online link(s) / Credits and burnt-in English Subtitles (for non-English works) are MANDATORY / Trailers, music videos, or commercials are NOT acceptable)
  • - Demo reel (max. 20 min. / burnt-in English subtitles for non-English work/ online link)

Optional Materials
  • - Rough cut (for projects with completed filming or ongoing post-production / online link)

※ Online link(s) must be accessible until the end of June in 2025.
※ DVDs are not acceptable.
※ Attachments must be in PDF format and may not exceed 5 MB per file.
SELECTION Around 7 projects will be selected. Selection results will be individually announced through the applicant’s e-mail in early June. The funding will be provided after the 30th Busan International Film Festival
OBLIGATIONS OF SELECTED PROJECTS The recipient must sign a Fund Agreement. Representative of selected project must attend documentary programs organized by Asian Contents & Film Market The completed film must include the opening title card provided by ACF in the opening sequence and BIFF, ACFM, and ACF logos in the end credits BIFF, ACFM, and ACF logos must be included in the promotional materials. Project achievements must be regularly shared after participation; updates may be used for promotional purposes.
NOTES FOR SUBMISSION All notifications will be made exclusively through e-mail. Please make sure that the e- mail addresses provided in the application form are correct.
Applicant can submit only one project per fund.
Resubmission for the project that was not selected in previous years is acceptable for one time only IF there is a significant change. In this case, applicant must provide a full explanation of the changes in the project within the online application form.
The online application form will be closed automatically after the deadline. Only submissions arriving on time will be taken into consideration.
Incomplete applications that do not meet the listed eligibility criteria, do not follow the stated rules or contain false information may be excluded from consideration without any prior notice.
Any feedback on the result/project will not be provided.
CONTACT E-mail: acf@acfm.kr
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