President Lee Jae-myung Meets Global Content Executives: "We Must Cultivate a Sustainable Ecosystem"

President Lee Jae-myung, who is making a state visit to France, said on the 7th (local time), "This is an era where the most local uniqueness becomes the most global competitiveness."

Presiding over a roundtable meeting on film and video held at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France, that day, President Lee emphasized, "I hope practical and strategic cooperation measures will be discussed on how local creativity and the global film and video industry can specifically meet to achieve common prosperity."

Attendees at the roundtable included CJ Group Vice Chairwoman Mikyong Lee, Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon, CJ ENM CEO Yoon Sang-hyun, Tving CEO Choi Joo-hee, Nexon Korea Co-CEO Kang Dae-hyun, Korea Creative Content Agency President Kim Yoon-ji, Korean Film Council Chairperson Han Sang-jun, and Busan International Film Festival Chairman Park Kwang-su.

Overseas figures in attendance included Isabelle Hachey, Vice President of Global Public Policy at Netflix; Emily Antonis, Vice President and Head of EMEA at the Motion Picture Association; and Pierre-Antoine Capton, Chairman of the Board of Mediawan in France.

President Lee urged them, saying, "Your roles are crucial in discovering hidden local gems, connecting them with global audiences, and cultivating a sustainable industrial ecosystem."

He added, "Until now, original narratives from various regions such as K-films and K-dramas have delivered deep resonance and empathy to people around the world," proposing that "we must now create a step-further cooperation model." He explained, "The synergy generated when the originality of the local ecosystem meets the scalability of the global network is the most important system that amplifies everyone's achievements. When global capital and distribution networks combine with local potential stories, the local production ecosystem gains vitality, and I hope a virtuous cycle partnership that leads back to the potential of global platforms will be established."

In addition, he promised, "The South Korean government will also spare no policy and institutional support as your most reliable partner so that global co-production, investment, and distribution of films and videos can take place more actively."

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