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Hollywood Executives See Growing Market for Asian Stories, but ‘Every Movie Is Still a Fight’

Variety · October 10, 2026 at 7:06 AM

Hollywood Executives See Growing Market for Asian Stories, but ‘Every Movie Is Still a Fight’

Hollywood’s appetite for Asian stories has broadened, but for Lionsgate’s Helen Lee-Kim, “every movie is still a fight.” Lee-Kim, the studio’s president of international, made the remark at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market during the panel “UTA × Gold House: Hollywood & The Asian Diaspora,” moderated by Variety‘s Asia Editor […]

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Hollywood Executives See Growing Market for Asian Stories, but ‘Every Movie Is Still a Fight’

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