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Hong Kong Film Fest Industry Director Talks Asian Animation Boom & Support For Sophomore Features
This year's projects include Yellow, which will be produced by top Japanese fillmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda for new director Miyoh Yamaura.
According to HKIFF Industry Director Jacob Wong, HAF received 276 in-development project submissions from 45 countries and regions this year, including Hong Kong, Thailand, Turkey, Kazakhstan and South Korea. “Geographically, Hong Kong is at the southernmost of East Asian and northernmost of Southeast Asia, and seems like an ideal place to bring together people from both regions,” Wong tells Deadline. Although two domestic productions — The Last Dance and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In surged past the HK$100M (US$12.9M) mark at the box office in a single year, total annual revenue dropped and fewer films are being produced in Hong Kong.
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