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Hong Kong Selects First Projects for Streaming Development Funding


Hong Kong selects the first ten projects for its recently-launched streaming development fund.

It named them as “Bus Lightyear”; “Champion Turns Up”; “Kowloon Grand Hotel”; “Underworld”; “Today Will Never Return”; “Spirited Away”; “Eyes of Sparrow” “Balikbayan Box Club”; “Once There Were Jackals”; and “Las Mulas” but it divulged no other details such as producer, distributor, project genre or anticipated production budget. The Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council, Dr Wilfred Wong, said, “This new Scheme launched under the FDF has received enthusiastic responses from the industry. I look forward to seeing the full scripts developed by shortlisted teams successfully obtaining support from investors to finance the completion of the entire project, a mini-series, thereby bringing quality streaming content with distinctive Hong Kong elements to audiences from all over the world.”

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