UTA and Gold House team up to link Korea and Hollywood
Hollywood talent agency UTA has joined forces with Gold House to connect Asian writers, directors, performers and investors with Hollywood, according to Variety.
The partnership starts in Korea. It is Gold House's first official foray into the country, after a formal footprint in Asia limited to Singapore and Taiwan, Variety reported.
The timing is tied to the Busan International Film Festival. The festival runs from Oct. 6 to 15, 2026, and is celebrating 30 years as a centre for Asian cinema.
UTA already has a fixture there. The agency holds an annual UTA Night to kick off the festival. This year the wider push adds three new dates on the calendar.
It begins with the UTA x Gold House x Variety Industry Night at the Park Hyatt on Oct. 9. Then comes a panel titled 'Hollywood & the Asian Diaspora' at the Asian Contents & Film Market on Oct. 10. The run closes with a speakeasy party in Seoul on Oct. 13 for cross-cultural creatives, funders and founders.
The market, known as ACFM, is the industry section attached to Busan where finished films, scripts and projects are bought and sold. This year's edition lists 64 programmes across seven categories, according to its organisers.
Three names sit at the centre of the effort. David Park is a senior partner and agent at UTA, where he works in television. Christine Yi is executive vice president and president of Gold House Studios, the group's in-house production arm. Daniel Suh runs Gold House's venture capital fund, which backs companies as well as creative work.
Park has travelled to Asia multiple times a year for years, Variety previously reported. That earlier report linked UTA's Asian expansion strategy to the success of 'KPop Demon Hunters'.
What makes this stand out for general viewers is the plumbing. Films do not simply appear on screens. Agents package talent, producers raise money territory by territory, and festivals such as Busan provide a meeting point. A formal link between a Hollywood agency and a group focused on Asian and Pacific Islander creatives shortens that chain.
For fans, this means more introductions made in Busan and Seoul could turn into casting announcements, production deals and release dates in Los Angeles a year or two later.
