France and South Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Partnership

As South Korea president visits France, he calls for cooperation among countries 'sharing common values'

As he prepared to travel to France for a trip lasting until Tuesday, Lee Jae Myung spoke with Le Monde about the strengthening political, economic and cultural ties between the two countries. He also reflected on diplomacy and his handling of his country's political crisis.

France and Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Financing Partnership at Lumiere Summit

France and Korea have each pledged €500 million ($581 million) to a joint initiative designed to strengthen the global screen industries, with the first funding instruments deploying from 2027 through 2031. The Lumière Partnership, unveiled Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, is open to additional countries and will prioritize companies with the ambition and […]

By Naman Ramachandran

France & Korea Pledge $1.16B For Global Screen Industries At South Of France Cinema Summit

France and Korea pledged to invest 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) in the global screen industries from 2027 to 2031, in a cornerstone announcement of President Emmanuel Macron’s Lumière Summit devoted to the future of the moving image unfolding in the South of France on Monday. Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who is on a […]

By Melanie Goodfellow

France, South Korea announce billion-euro investment for audiovisual industry

France and South Korea will invest one billion euros to support the audiovisual and entertainment sector, President Emmanuel Macron said as he brought together some of the world's top entertainment bosses for a summit on the future of cinema.

By RFI

Lee, Macron launch global film, audiovisual investment initiative

President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday committed 500 million euros ($581 million) each to support the two countries' film and audiovisual industries as the sector navigates sweeping technological and structural changes. The two leaders unveiled the Global Film and Audiovisual Industry Investment Cooperation Initiative, dubbed the Lumiere Partnership, while co-chairing the inaugural Lumiere Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France. Set to begin in 2027, the p

By The Korea Herald

S. Korean President Lee heads to Paris for summit with Macron

NICE, France, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday...

By Park Boram