Hollywood Executives See Growing Market for Asian Stories, but ‘Every Movie Is Still a Fight’
Hollywood’s appetite for Asian stories has broadened, but for Lionsgate’s Helen Lee-Kim, “every movie is still a fight.”
Variety reports: Hollywood’s appetite for Asian stories has broadened, but for Lionsgate’s Helen Lee-Kim, “every movie is still a fight.”
Lee-Kim, the studio’s president of international, made the remark at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market during the panel “UTA × Gold House: Hollywood & The Asian Diaspora,” moderated by Variety‘s Asia Editor.
This entertainment story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Market for Asian Stories, Hollywood Executives See Growing and Every Movie Is Still.
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