The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, is joining forces with public and private sector partners to drive forward the 12th edition of the Bangkok International Digital Content Festival 2025 (BIDC 2025), elevating the event to an international trade platform.
The event will comprehensively showcase Thailand’s capabilities in the digital content industry and reaffirm its leadership role in the Asian region. With a vision to upgrade the festival into “Thailand: Asia’s Digital Content Destination,” BIDC 2025 aims to create business opportunities and open the floor for trade negotiations with global partners—moving Thailand toward becoming Asia’s digital content hub in line with the government’s Soft Power policy.
This year, more than 150 companies from Thailand and abroad have confirmed their participation, reflecting strong confidence in the international potential of Thailand’s digital content industry.
Ms. Sunanta Kangvalkulkij, Director-General of the Department of International Trade Promotion, stated “The Bangkok International Digital Content Festival 2025 (BIDC 2025) is a key initiative continuously organized by the DITP, with the goal of establishing Thailand as Asia’s digital content hub. The event is aimed at supporting Thai entrepreneurs in the animation, game, character, and e-learning sectors by providing a platform for business negotiations, networking, and expanding business opportunities in global markets. The main activities include Business Matching and Business Networking.”
This year, BIDC 2025 returns bigger than ever with a major transformation into “Thailand: Asia’s Digital Content Destination”. The event has been dramatically expanded in terms of venue space, activities, and participation from both local and international stakeholders. BIDC 2025 aims to be a more comprehensive platform, designed to concretely propel the Thai digital content industry onto the global stage. Operating under the theme “Connect – Create – Complete”, the festival reflects Thailand’s role as a digital content hub for Asia. This is achieved by connecting markets, creating compelling content, and scaling up to international success. The event is scheduled to be held from August 25 to 28, 2025, at Samyan Mitrtown Hall and House Samyan Cinema, 5th floor.
This year, the DITP is partnering with five Thai digital content associations to bring in more than 60 international companies from 12 key markets to participate in business matching sessions. These markets include Japan, China, Singapore, Taiwan, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom—to engage in trade negotiations with 87 Thai companies. The goal is to conduct over 550 business matching sessions, with projected economic value of no less than 30 million US dollars.
The event has also attracted attention from numerous world-class companies, including: IMG Licensing (Singapore), Kenelephant (Japan), Kotobuki Solution (Japan), Light (France), Marza Animation Planet (Japan), OLM Digital (Japan), Sacrebleu Productions (France), The Pinkfong Company (South Korea), Virtuos (Singapore), Warner Bros. Discovery (Singapore), and Wildbrain CPLG (United Kingdom).
The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce is also working closely with major partners from both the public and private sectors, including:
- Thailand Creative Content Agency (THACCA)
- Department of Cultural Promotion, Ministry of Culture
With key supporting agencies from the public sector including:
- Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
- Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
- Creative Economy Agency (CEA)
As well as private sector organizations:
- Digital Content Association of Thailand (DCAT)
- Thai e-Learning Association (e-LAT)
- Thai Game Software Industry Association (TGA)
- Bangkok ACM SIGGRAPH Association (BASA)
- Thai Animation and Computer Graphics Association (TACGA)
These partnerships will help make BIDC 2025 an event full of diverse experiences, with activities that elevate the capabilities of Thailand’s digital content industry across all dimensions.
In addition to Business Matching and Business Networking sessions across two full days, the event will also feature a variety of highlights such as:
- Showcase exhibitions, where Thai studios can present their work and services to both domestic and international buyers and partners
- Seminars by world-class experts
- The BIDC Awards 2025, recognizing outstanding creative achievements by Thai digital content entrepreneurs over the past year
- Pitching sessions and animation screenings
The event also includes activities open to the general public and interested individuals, aiming to provide immersive experiences and broaden perspectives on Thailand’s digital content industry.
This year also marks the expansion of international cooperation, with participation from international public and private sector agencies that play significant roles in supporting the digital content industry, such as:
- TAICCA (Taiwan Creative Content Agency)
- Embassy of France in Bangkok
- Institut Français du Vietnam
- FranceVFX
“BIDC 2025 also serves as a key platform in driving the government’s Soft Power policy, which aims to promote the creative economy by leveraging Thailand’s digital content industry as a major tool to elevate the country into a tangible ‘Asian Digital Content Hub,'” Ms. Sunanta concluded.
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