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Talent Spotlight: Ten Filmmakers Leading The Charge For Hong Kong’s New Wave
Despite the challenges currently faced by the Hong Kong film industry, a wave of new filmmakers has emerged in recent years.
In addition, the HKFDC manages the First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI), which fully finances the directorial debuts of promising new directors and recently launched a co-production scheme to encourage Hong Kong talent to work with international filmmakers. Many projects financed under the FFFI are mentored by experienced filmmakers and producers such as Fruit Chan, Derek Yee and Stanley Kwan, while major Hong Kong production companies such as Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP), One Cool Group and Golden Scene are also working with new talent. From a background working as a journalist and obtaining a Masters in gender studies at the UK’s Cambridge University, Jun Li made his feature debut with Tracey(2018), starring Philip Keung as a trans woman transitioning in her fifties, which screened at Tokyo film festival.
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