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Market In Focus: HKIFF Industry, CAA China Talk Building An Ecosystem For Emerging Filmmakers
HKIFF Industry-CAA China Genre Initiative (HCG) is designed to support emerging filmmakers, not just in the mainland China market, but also overseas.
Recent HAF successes include Mongolian drama If Only I Could Hibernate, which was selected for last year’s Cannes Un Certain Regard, and Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka’s Stonewalling, which won best film at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards and was sold to KimStim for North America. “HKIFF has long been a source of discovery and with HCG, our shared objective is to provide the next generation of filmmakers in the region with a network of support to help them launch their careers, both locally and in the international marketplace,” she explains. During the late summer, HKIFF also hosts a five-day Film Lab where a group of selected filmmakers take part in training workshops, among which two or three are given mentors to help them prepare for entrance into HAF the following year.
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