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Hong Kong FilMart’s Expansion Is Built on Hopes of China’s Entertainment Engagement
The Hong Kong entertainment rights market is back at full-scale and represents one of the best opportunities for trade with Mainland China.
Mainland Chinese companies including Linmon (which claims that English is its internal working language), Alibaba and iQiyi are expected to make cross-border announcements this week. Hits include sci-fi blockbusters (“The Wandering Earth” parts I and II), muscular patriotic movies (“Wolf Warrior,” “Battle at Lake Changjin”) and crime stories with Chinese characteristics (“No More Bets”). Jacob Wong, who heads the Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) and is an advisor to the HKIFF and Berlin festivals, spent several months in China during the pandemic years and watched literally hundreds of new, indie Chinese movies.
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