ACFM - Busan, South Korea
Monday, September 22nd | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Winston Baker is thrilled to bring their Entertainment Finance Forum to Busan for the first time! Covering a range of timely and relevant topics such as attracting third-party investment back, saving Korean movie theatres, achievements in Asian animation, and a Fireside Chat with Simon Cornwell (The Night Manager) on IP development, international adaptations, and producing drama content in Asia. 
Join them as they blend local insight with their signature global and financial perspective.

2025 Agenda Coming Soon!

Speaking Faculty

Christopher Chen - Executive Producer, Reno Studios

Christopher Chen is an executive producer at Reno Studios, specializing in animation, visual effects, and AI-driven production pipelines, currently based in Taipei. Reno is the premier digital effects and post studio in Taiwan, with the most Golden Horse Awards in the VFX category, responsible for the most recent IP titles in Taiwanese Cinema such as The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon, Detention, Dead Talents Society, as one of key service providers for Sony Columbia Taiwan and Netflix Taiwan. Christopher oversees the international co-productions and cross-border collaborations on behalf of

Reno. He was one of the executive producers of Ne. Zha. 8 (2024) and recently served as VFX supervisor on Mu"awiyah (2025), the most expensive streaming series ever produced in the Middle East. Other credits include ICK (2024), starring Brandon Routh, which premiered at TIFF’s Midnight Madness, and Fight.or.Flight?.starring Josh Harnett, for Sky Cinema. Also, he previously co-produced Iron.Road (2007), the Chinese-Canadian miniseries for the CBC, and the indie feature ❶‗8❶‗❸❸ , working alongside legendary producer Gary Kurtz (Star.Wars?.The.Empire.Strikes.Back, American.Graffiti), with whom he also served as a development executive in London. Drawing on experience across North America, China, Europe and the Gulf States, Christopher focuses on co-production strategies, international deal structures, and building financially sustainable pipelines for high-end content.

Mia Santosa - Co-Producer, Visinema

Mia Santosa is a dedicated co-producer at Visinema, Indonesia's leading storytelling company, celebrated for its acclaimed multi-genre theatrical releases. Since 2019, Mia has played a key role in most of Visinema’s projects. Currently, she oversees securing funding for both production and distribution across the company’s releases. Her portfolio includes notable films such as "24 Hours with Gaspar" (2023), which competed in the Jiseok Competition at the Busan Film Festival 2023, "Ali Topan" (2023), which had its World Premiere at the Busan Film Festival 2023, and "13 Bombs"(2023), which served as the closing film at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2023. Mia’s most recent projects include "Home Sweet Loan" (2024), produced by Cristian Immanuel, known for the box office hit "Stealing Raden Saleh" (2022); and "JUMBO" (2025), which now sitting at the top of the Indonesian Box Office of all time, and further set a new benchmark by becoming the highest-grossing animated film in Southeast Asia. Moving forward, Mia aims to elevate Visinema’s releases on the global stage and expand collaborations with international producers to reach wider audiences.

Michael Favelle – Founder, Odin’s Eye Entertainment & Odin’s Eye Animation 

With over 25 years of Film and Television experience, Michael Favelle founded Sydney based Odin’s Eye Entertainment in 2006 and sister company Odin’s Eye Animation in 2012. With stints at Southern Star, Beyond International and Arclight films, Michael has amassed a depth and variety of skills in both live action and animation from development, through to financing, post/production, marketing, legal and international sales and distribution, giving him a unique insight into the industry at a macro level.

Michael has Executive Produced over twenty five live-action and animated feature films, including Netflix’s Animal Crackers starring Emily Blunt and Ian McKellen; and the recent The Infernal Machine starring Guy Pearce and Alice Eve for Paramount Pictures.

Odin's Eye Entertainment (OEE) is an integrated Production, Distribution and International Sales Agency that specializes in working with emerging and established filmmakers across a wide variety of genres. As a Sales Agency, OEE represents Feature Length Motion Pictures and Television content worldwide. Commencing in 2012, sister company Odin’s Eye Animation (OEA) creates and sources original and existing IP for developing and producing theatrical quality animation content for international sale. With strategic initiatives with a network of international content development and animation studios, OEA is uniquely placed to work with some of the best independent studios and talent worldwide including Academy Award Winning Producer Aron Warner; and Director Barry Cook: Mulan.

Odin’s Eye Entertainment and Animation are actively seeking original stories with unique, diverse, and compelling characters, and universal themes.

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