Bangkok · Edition 01 · 18–22 November 2025
Where
Stories Rise.
Asia's new home for cinema. Five days where producers, financiers, festival programmers and the next wave of Asian and Pacific storytellers meet, deal, screen and stay up too late arguing about the work.
— QSNCC · Bangkok · 18–22 Nov 2025
Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★ Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★ Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★ Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★ Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★ Project Market ★ Hosted Buyer Programme ★ Master the Craft ★ AsiaCinemaCon ★ Market Screenings ★ Co-Production Forum ★
Days · One City
Countries Represented
Projects in Market
Hosted Buyers & Programmers
Million Dollar Co-Production Pledged
A Letter from the Director
Bangkok was always going to be the answer.
Look at the geography. Look at the talent. Look at the audiences within a four-hour flight. Asia makes the most cinema in the world, and until now, we've been the only continent without a single industry-grade market we can call our own. So we built one.
Siamese is not a festival. It is a market — for IP, finance, distribution, talent, and the long, slow business of moving a script to a screen. The party comes after the work.
Five Programmes · One Market
Where the work gets done.
From first-look pitches to packaged production deals, from masterclasses with two-time Cannes laureates to the Pan-Asian buyer table — every Siamese programme is built around one question: does this move the project forward?
Programme 01
Project Market
60 selected projects from across the region, pitching for development funding, co-production partners and distribution. The room where it happens.
Programme 02
Conferences
Five days of panels with the people actually running studios, streamers and sales agencies. No fireside chats with venture capitalists who watched Parasite once.
Programme 03
Hosted Buyer
A by-invitation programme bringing 200 qualified buyers, programmers and acquisitions executives to Bangkok with flights, hotels and a curated meeting slate.
Programme 04
Master the Craft
Working sessions with cinematographers, editors, sound designers and showrunners. Not lectures. Bring a project, leave with notes.
Programme 05
AsiaCinemaCon
Exhibitors meet distributors. The trade show floor where the people who actually run cinemas in Manila, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City decide what their audiences see next year.
Screening 14 · Hall 3
Market Screenings
Forty-eight market screenings across five venues. Curated for buyers, programmed for export. Submit your film for a slot.
Tuesday · 18 November 2025 · Day One
The Opening
day.
9:30
Opening Address — A New Market for Asia
Keynote Official Programme
Main Stage · Hall A
Festival Director Pailin Tantikulanoi opens the programme with a keynote on Asia’s emerging market opportunities.
10:30
State of Asian Cinema 2025: Buyers Roundtable
Conference Conferences Industry
Stage B
A focused discussion with buyers on the state, demand, and direction of Asian cinema in 2025.
11:30
Inaugural Project Market Slate Reveal
Pitching Project Market
Hall A · Main
The first reveal of selected projects and opportunities within the Project Market programme.
13:00
Hosted Buyer Welcome Lunch
Networking Hosted Programme
Riverside
A hosted lunch welcoming buyers and invited guests, designed for informal networking and introductions.
14:30
Cinematography Masterclass — Diao Yinan
Workshop CINEMATOGRAPHY Master the craft
Studio 2
A craft-focused session exploring cinematography, visual storytelling, and creative process.
14:30
Streaming Window Forum: SEA Edition
Conference Industry
Stage B
A regional forum on streaming windows, release strategy, and distribution across Southeast Asia.
16:00
Project Market — Pitch Block 01
Pitching Project Market
Room 401
Selected projects are pitched to buyers, producers, investors, and potential partners.
17:30
Buyers Tea — Pavilion Walk
Networking AsiaCinemaCon
Hall A Floor
A casual networking session connecting buyers with exhibitors and participants on the pavilion floor.
19:30
Opening Night Gala & Reception
Networking Hosted Programme
Riverside Terrace
An opening evening reception for guests, partners, and industry participants.
Voices · Edition 01
The room you've been
trying to get into.
A first look at the directors, producers, sales heads and platform leads taking the stage. The full list — 220 speakers across 80 sessions — drops in October.
Kenji Watanabe
VFX Supervisor & Virtual Production Consultant
Kyoto Motion Lab · Japan
Anong Limwattana
Founder & Managing Director
Riverlight Productions · Thailand
Daniel Richter
Head of Acquisitions
Northstar Global Pictures · Germany
Maya Tan
Creative Producer & Festival Strategist
Borderless Frame Studio · Singapore
KIM PONGSAK
Producer · Director
GDH 559 · Bangkok · Thailand
AYAKO YANO
Head of Acquisitions
Toho Studios · Tokyo · Japan
ROHAN MEHTA
Director · Writer
RSVP Movies · Mumbai · India
Lee Joon-ah
SVP, Film & Series
CJ ENM · Seoul · Korea
"This is the festival market our generation has been waiting for. Bangkok at last makes sense as the centre, not the in-between."
Phakphum Romsaithong — Producer, Five-Star Production · Cannes Jury 2024
Dispatches
Latest from the market floor.
14 October 2025
• Announcement
First 80 Projects Announced for the Inaugural Project Market
Twelve countries, 4 first features, 18 series — the slate for Edition 01 is here. Read the full lineup.
02 October 2025
• Industry
CJ ENM AND FIVE-STAR SIGN FIRST MEMO OF CO-PRODUCTION
A bilateral pact ahead of the market signals what the next twelve months of Korean–Thai cinema may look like.
28 September 2025
• Talent
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Confirmed for Keynote
“Make the slow cinema louder.” The Cannes Palme d’Or laureate opens our second day.