Yeon Sang-ho and Other Animation Directors Urge Continued Support for KOFIC Funding Program
Full Budget Cut in Next Year's Deliberations
"Hasty Decision Draining Creative Seeds" Puts Abolition at Risk
Calls for Discussion Table to Promote Industry Development
Directors of feature-length animations such as Yeon Sang-ho, Kim Cheong-gi, Han Ji-won, and Hong Jun-pyo have called for the continuation of the Animation Comprehensive Support Project by the Korea Film Council. Twenty-seven animation directors issued a statement on the 8th, saying, "The Animation Comprehensive Support Project is at risk of being completely cut and abolished during next year's budget review process," criticizing it as "a hasty decision that will dry up the seeds of animation creation."
They pointed out, "The Animation Comprehensive Support Project is the only support pillar for feature-length animations," adding, "Its abolition is an administrative convenience-driven idea that could seriously damage the precious creative potential based on diversity." They spoke in unison, saying, "Unless it is to cut off the sprouts of Korea's animation leap and development and negatively affect the related industry's growth, the support project should be maintained as originally intended."
The Animation Comprehensive Support Project has been consistently designed from planning to production, significantly contributing to enhancing the status of domestic animation and the development of the industry. However, in June, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism pointed out the Korea Film Council's lax management, raising issues such as overlapping support, putting the project at risk of abolition.
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In response, animation directors along with related associations and organizations such as the Korea Independent Animation Association, the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies, and the Korea Animation Industry Association demanded, "This is a typical desk administration ignoring the potential and scalability of animation and an administrative convenience-driven idea," and called for "restoring the production support system to its original form and establishing a discussion table for the development of the animation industry."
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