The Busan Story Market (BSM), an official marketplace component of the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), has revealed its 2026 slate of 25 selections drawn from original intellectual property across Asia. The selections include work from prominent authors such as Hwang Bo-reum, known for the international bestseller “Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop,” and Lee Geum-yi, a multi-award finalist whose extensive catalog of children’s and young-adult literature has achieved significant international recognition.
The 2026 lineup comprises 15 titles originating from Korea, alongside four selections each from Taiwan and Japan and two from Indonesia. The Korean selections emerged from 138 submissions fielded from 83 companies, with the final choices spanning nine books, two webtoons, two web novels, and two stories from 13 companies. The broader slate encompasses a diverse range of narrative styles and genres, including romance, mystery, fantasy, family drama, historical fiction, and science fiction, with thematic material addressing generational communication, family relationships, bereavement, and identity. Specific Korean titles include “My Upstairs Neighbors” by Hwang Bo-reum and “Chasm of Sorrow” by Lee Geum-yi.
Taiwan’s four selections, curated in partnership with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), each represent a different format: one book, one webtoon, one web novel, and one comic. Japan contributed four titles chosen through the Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), comprising one book and three comics. Indonesia’s two selections, both comics, were chosen from a shortlist of entries presented at the 2025 JAFF Content Market and subsequently awarded the JAFF Content Market Award for ACFM 2026.
The selections will participate in pitching sessions and one-on-one business meetings designed to facilitate secondary rights deals and adaptation collaborations between IP holders and content platforms. The marketplace functions to connect original intellectual property across multiple formats—books, webtoons, web novels, video games, and others—with industry professionals seeking adaptation opportunities for film and audiovisual projects. The 2026 ACFM market runs October 10-13 at BEXCO in Busan, coinciding with the 31st Busan International Film Festival. The 2025 ACFM drew approximately 3,024 industry professionals from 55 countries, generating an estimated $71.1 million in transactions across 8,438 business meetings.
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