Toronto, Canada – Kidscreen has announced that the location of the 2013 Asian Animation Summit is the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand. The event will once again be held right after Asia Television Forum (ATF) from December 9-11, in a five-star resort & spa venue on Karon Beach that will be announced shortly. Designed to stimulate co-production and co-financing, AAS 2013 will feature 24 projects from the Asian region seeking financing and market feedback, carefully selected by the organizing partners based on global-market potential and quality.

An initiative of Australia’s ABC TV & Screen Australia, Korea’s KOCCA and Malaysia’s MDeC, the Asian Animation Summit is produced and owned by Kidscreen, and supported by Singapore’s MDA. Its aim is to showcase the best new animated projects from Australia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and other Asian countries to potential co-producers, broadcasters, distributors and investors. This year’s event will take place over three days with an expanded programme featuring concurrent project presentation.