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The 13th Hong Kong -‐ Asia Film Financing Forum Features Generational Melting Pot Hong Kong, 3 February 2015 - One of the top film financing platforms in Asia, the
Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum, announced the list of 30 outstanding film
projects – including three finalists for the HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award
– for its 13th edition this week. Selected from over 300 submissions from multiple
countries and regions across Asia, this year’s projects feature a mix of strong upand-coming young talents and renowned filmmaking veterans.
Hong Kong filmmakers shine at the 13th HAF
This year’s HAF project list includes five projects from Hong Kong filmmakers of
different generations. After his award-nominated Doomsday Party (HAF 2013), HO
Hong returns to the HAF this year with the suspense drama Lost in Border. Coming
to the HAF for the first time, Gilitte LEUNG follows her hit indie drama Love Me Not
with inspirational sports drama Breathing.
This year also sees established industry figures nurturing projects from new talents.
Hong Kong Film Award nominated scriptwriter LUK Yee-sum makes her feature film
directorial debut with youth drama Lazy Hazy Crazy, produced by Subi LIANG,
producer of acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker PANG Ho-Cheung. Academy Awardwinning documentary filmmaker Ruby YANG will co-produce Stephen Gurie WOO’s
documentary The Last Stitch.
Award-winning Hong Kong New Wave director YIM Ho tells a tense and touching
story of war and sacrifice from China’s recent history with Nanking Xmas.1937, a
big-budget epic that marks one of biggest projects presented in HAF. Yim has
partnered with veteran producer NG Sze-yuen to bring this important story to the
screen.
Diverse projects from across Asia
The 13th HAF welcomes back familiar names like PENG Tao from China and Jun
Robles LANA from The Philippines. PENG’s project Hell is Other People, is a
provocative romance drama with a catchy title Die Beautiful brings LANA back to
HAF for a third consecutive year with a powerful drama about family and traditional
values. His previous HAF projects Bwakaw (HAF 2012) and Barber’s Tales (HAF
2013) were both successfully completed and exhibited around the world.
1 In collaboration with the Nara International Film Festival, Japanese auteur KAWASE
Naomi serves as a producer on the NARAtive Film 2015-2016 (Title: work-inprogress) film project, to be directed by Cuba’s Carlos Machado QUINTELA.
Terence CHANG, longtime producer of director John Woo, is co-producing comingof-age drama That Summer by young Mainland China director ZHOU Quan.
Philippe BOBER, one of the Europe’s most respected producers and distributors,
teams up with award-winning director LOU Ye, to produce Riddle by ZHOU Hao,
whose debut The Night caught the film world’s attention at the Berlinale 2014.
Returning to filmmaking for the first time in ten years, maverick Japanese director
HARA Kazuo reflects on his long career in The Memory of Okinawa (working title).
After 2009’s The Blue Mansion leading Singaporean film and theater director Glen
GOEI returns with horror romance Pontianak. Also from Singapore is documentary
filmmaker TAN Pin Pin (To Singapore, With Love) with her new project Time
Capsule.
Curator of the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the director of the HAF,
Jacob WONG, member of the 2015 HAF Project Reading Committee said, “We are
thrilled with the quality of this year HAF submissions. The selection is very exciting
and a great balance of newcomers and more established filmmakers from all over
the region. We truly believe Asian cinema is flourishing. “
Three outstanding projects vie for the HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award
Established in 2012 by the Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum and Fox
International Productions (Greater China), the HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development
Award aims to develop feature films with regional appeal by providing support and
nurture for promising scripts. Now in its fourth year, the HAF/Fox Chinese Film
Development Award has chosen three outstanding projects for its final round.
This year’s three finalists are: Biological drama film My Last Wish by Leon SUN,
suspense drama Unexpected and Ambiguous by ZHOU Hongbo and comedy My
Beauty Queen Mom by YU Sen-I. The winner of the Award will receive a cash prize
of HK$100,000 and a Development Contract with Fox. Other finalists may also be
offered a first look agreement.
"The projects reflect diversified efforts from film makers all over the mandarinspeaking world in taking the film industry to a more mature development," praised
2 MA Tien-Tsung, one of the readers for the HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development
Award.
This year, the HAF has teamed up with several new partners for additional prizes.
Major Chinese internet video platform iQIYI, who is also the Premium Sponsor of
HAF this year, will present HK$100,000 for the iQIYI Special Award, presented to a
project from the Greater China region. SCM (formerly STAR Chinese Movies), FOX
International Channels’ flagship Chinese-language channel and the leading Chinese
movies channel in Asia, will present a cash prize of US$10,000 to the winner of the
HAF Script Development Fund.
In addition, G2D Co. Ltd. will present the G2D Post-production Award to two HAF
projects, giving them each US$10,000 worth of post-production services at the
company’s offices in Thailand. White Light Studio will present the White Light PostProduction Award, which rewards one HAF project with US$15,000 towards postproduction services at White Light Studio. Editing and VFX production company
MONEFF from South Korea will present the MONEFF Award, which offers an in-kind
prize of US$10,000 to the winning project. Finally, the Paris Coproduction Village of
Champs-Elysées Film Festival will offer ticket and accommodation package to one
project among the HAF projects to participate in the 2015 edition of Paris
Coproduction Village.
As a leading financing platform for filmmakers, HAF has nurtured many projects that
have been successfully completed and earned widespread recognition around the
world. Naomi KAWASE’s Still the Water (HAF 2013) was selected in competition at
the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Jun Robles LANA’s Barber’s Tales (HAF 2013
project) received international acclaim in various film festivals. KUNDO: Age of the
Rampant (HAF 2013) broke box office records in South Korea during its opening
weekend. Last but not least, X+Y (HAF 2013) was selected in Toronto International
Film Festival 2014 and BFI London Film Festival 2014. The film will be commercially
released in the UK later this year.
Film financiers, investors and participants can now register and schedule
appointments with all film projects at http://www.haf.org.hk/guestregistration. A
complete list of the selected projects for the 13th HAF is in Appendix 1. Finalists for
the 2015 HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award are listed in Appendix 2.
For more information about HAF, please visit HAF’s official website at
http://www.haf.org.hk/.
3 Appendix 1
The 13 HAF Project List
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1. The A Women
Australia 澳洲
Director 導演：Hannah MOON
Producer 監製：Joanna BENCE
Production Company 製作公司：Curb Denizen Australia
2. American Serial Killer in Manila
The Philippines 菲律賓
Director 導演：Mikhail RED
Producer 監製：Pamela L. REYES
Production Company 製作公司：Pelikula RED
3. The Bicycle Girl
India 印度
Director 導演：Shivajee CHANDRABHUSHAN
Producers 監製：Shivajee CHANDRABHUSHAN & Triparna BANERJEE
Production Company 製作公司：Shivajee Chandrabhushan Films
4. Breathing 缺了氧
Hong Kong 香港
Director 導演：Gilitte LEUNG 梁碧芝
Producer 監製：Richard GEDDES
Production Company 製作公司：Terracotta Media
5. Die Beautiful
The Philippines 菲律賓
Director 導演：Jun Robles LANA
Producers 監製：Ferdinand LAPUZ & Perci INTALAN
Production Company 製作公司：Octobertrain Films
6. The Foolish Bird 笨鳥
China 中國
Director 導演：HUANG Ji 黃驥
Producer 監製：OTSUKA Ryuji 大冢龍治
Production Company 製作公司：Yellow-Green Pi 龍驥映畫北京文化有限公司
7. Ghost in Mountain 山鬼
China 中國
Director 導演：YANG Heng 楊恒
Producer 監製：YANG Cheng 楊城
Production Company 製作公司：Xiang Xi Yang Heng Film Studio 湘西楊恆影視工作坊
4 8. Hell is Other People 他人即地獄
China 中國
Director 導演：PENG Tao 彭韜
Producers 監製：WANG Shaofeng 王韶楓 & Lilly AUSTIN
Production Companies 製作公司：Light and Magic of China 北京東方光魔影視文化有限責任公司 &
Heaven Pictures Co. Ltd 北京天畫畫天影業有限公司
9. A Jade Journey
Indonesia 印尼
Director 導演：Teddy SOERIAATMADJA
Producer 監製：Edwin NAZIR
Production Companies 製作公司：Karuna Pictures & Angka Fortuna Sinema
10. Last Days 告別
China 中國
Director 導演：Degena Yun 德格娜
Producer 監製：XIE Fei 謝飛
Production Companies 製作公司：Youth Film Studio 青年電影製片廠 &
Mailisi Film Ltd., Co. 麥麗絲影視文化責任有限公司
Hong Kong, Canada
香港、加拿大
11. The Last Stitch 廿雙巧手
Director 導演：Stephen Gurie WOO 胡斯翰
Producers 監製：Ruby YANG 楊紫燁 & Alfred SUNG 宋軒麟
Production Company 製作公司：Repulse Bay Tailors Limited
12. Lazy Hazy Crazy 同班同學
Hong Kong 香港
Director 導演：LUK Yee-sum 陸以心
Producer 監製：Subi LIANG 梁啓緣
Production Company 製作公司：Making Film Productions Limited 正在電影製作有限公司
France, China
法國、中國
13. Les Célestes 天朝之子
Director 導演：Gabriel LE BOMIN
Producers 監製： WANG Fanghui 王方輝 & Didier DENISE 迪迪埃.德尼斯
Production Company 製作公司：Bayoo Productions SAS 百友影業
14. Lost in Border 迷惘夜車
Hong Kong 香港
Director 導演：HO Hong 何康
Producers 監製：Gilbert PO 布嘉駿 & HO Hong 何康
Production Company 製作公司：Film Plus Productions Limited 拾月影视制作公司
5 15. The Man from the Sea
Japan 日本
Director 導演：FUKADA Koji 深田晃司
Producers 監製：KOMURO Naoko 小室直子 & KINO Yoshi 紀嘉久
Production Company 製作公司：Nikkatsu Corporation 日活株式會社
16. The Memory of Okinawa (working title)
Japan 日本
Director 導演：HARA Kazuo 原一男
Producers 監製：HIRASAWA Daisuke 平澤大輔 & YOKOI Maki 横井真紀
Production Company 製作公司：Shisso Production
17. My Beauty Queen Mom 台北夢幻媽媽
Taiwan 台灣
Director 導演：YU Sen-I 俞聖儀
Producer 監製：Rachel CHEN 陳寶旭
Production Companies 製作公司：We Share Entertainment 有享娛樂有限公司,
Spring Bear Productions 春天的熊製作
18. Nanking Xmas.1937 南京聖誕 .1937
China 中國
Director 導演：YIM Ho 嚴浩
Producers 監製：NG See-yuen 吳思遠 & YIM Ho 嚴浩
Production Company 製作公司：Pineast Pictures Ltd 東熙影業有限公司
19. NARAtive Film 2015-2016 (Title: work-in-progress)
Japan 日本
Director 導演：Carlos M. QUINTELA
Producer 監製：KAWASE Naomi 河瀨直美
Production Company 製作公司：Nara International Film Festival Organizing Committee
20. Pontianak
Singapore, Malaysia
新加坡、馬來西亞
Director 導演：Glen GOEI
Producer 監製：TAN Bee Thiam 陳美添
Production Company 製作公司：13 Little Pictures 十三小品
China, France
中國、法國
21. Riddle 謎
Director 導演：ZHOU Hao 周豪
Producers 監製：Philippe BOBER & LOU Ye 婁燁
Production Companies 製作公司：Next Way Film Studios 來路影視工作室,
Coproduction Office & Dream Factory 夢工作
6 22. A Shade of Paradise
Vietnam 越南
Director 導演：PHAM Siu
Producer 監製：NGUYEN Hoang Diep
Production Company 製作公司：VBLOCK Media
23. Silence in the Courts
Sri Lanka 斯里蘭卡
Director 導演：Prasanna VITHANAGE
Producer 監製：Prasanna VITHANAGE
Production Company 製作公司：Prasanna Vithanage Productions
24. That Summer 那年夏天
China 中國
Director 導演：ZHOU Quan 周全
Producers 監製：Terence CHANG 張家振 & Jacqueline LIU Wan-Ling 劉宛玲
Production Company 製作公司：Each Other Films, Inc. 彼此影業
25. Time Capsule
Singapore 新加坡
Director 導演：TAN Pin Pin 陳彬彬
Producer 監製：TAN Pin Pin 陳彬彬
Production Company 製作公司：BFG Media
26. What's the Next? 聽天由命
China 中國
Director 導演：LI Rui 李蕊
Producer 監製：Pema Tseden 萬馬才旦
Production Company 製作公司：Beijing Himalaya Audio & Visual Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
北京喜瑪拉雅影視文化傳播有限公司
27. Wolf and Sheep
Denmark, Afghanistan
丹麥、阿富汗
Director 導演：Shahrbanoo SADAT
Producer 監製：Katja ADOMEIT
Production Company 製作公司：Adomeit Film
28. Zhang Chu's Novel 張楚的小說
China 中國
Director 導演：LU Yulai 呂聿來
Producer 監製：CAI Shangjun 蔡尚君
Production Company 製作公司：Digital Jungle Production Ltd. 數碼森林製作有限公司
7 Appendix 2
2015 HAF/Fox Chinese Film Development Award Finalists
1. My Beauty Queen Mom 台北夢幻媽媽
Taiwan 台灣
Director 導演：YU Sen-I 俞聖儀
Producer 監製：Rachel CHEN 陳寶旭
Production Companies 製作公司：We Share Entertainment 有享娛樂有限公司,
Spring Bear Productions 春天的熊製作
2. My Last Wish 我最後的希望
China 中國
Director 導演：Leon SUN 孫良
Producer 監製：LI Feng 李豐
Production Company 製作公司：ICN International TV ICN國際衛視
3. Unexpected and Ambiguous 意外而暧昧的旅程
China 中國
Director 導演：ZHOU Hongbo 周洪波
Producers 監製：FENG Mei 梅峰 & WU Dan 吳丹
Production Company 製作公司：Shanghai Tanshang Film Works 上海坦上影視製作有限公司
8 About The Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)
The Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) is widely recognized as an established
film financing platform in Asia. The HAF brings Asian filmmakers with upcoming film projects
to Hong Kong for co-production ventures with top film financiers, producers, bankers,
distributors and buyers. Attracting more than 1,000 filmmakers and financiers from at least
35 countries and regions, around 25 to 30 projects are selected annually to participate in the
three-day event.
Past participants include China's JIA Jiangke, JIANG Wen, LU Chuan and NING Hao; Hong
Kong's Peter CHAN, Stanley KWAN, Ann HUI, Fruit CHAN and PANG Ho-cheung; Taiwan's
TSAI Ming-Liang, WEI Te-Sheng, CHUNG Mong-Hong and Leon DAI; Japan's KORE-EDA
Hirokazu, KUROSAWA Kiyoshi, KAWASE Naomi and IWAI Shunji; South Korea's PARK
Chan-wook, KIM Jee-woon, BONG Joon-ho and IM Sang-soo; as well as Thailand's
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, Ekachai UEKRONGTHAM, Nonzee NIMIBUTR and Penek RATANARUANG.
About The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited (HKIFFS)
Uniting the World through Film
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) is a charitable, non-profit and
non-governmental organisation dedicated to the discovery and promotion of creativity in the
art and culture of film.
Committed to the development of a vibrant film culture in Hong Kong and Asia, the Society
organises two annual flagship events in March and April: “Hong Kong International Film
Festival (HKIFF)” and “Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).” “HKIFF Cine Fan”,
a monthly screening programme features a variety of curated contemporary, retrospective
and thematic showcases was also launched in April 2013.
Through its year-round programmes, the mission of the Society is to strengthen global
appreciation of Asian and Chinese film culture and to promote inspiring films from around
the world, enriching the cultural life of Hong Kong.
Passionately believing in the power of films to unite cultures and generations, the HKIFFS is
devoted to giving thousands of film lovers around the region direct access to the world’s
most inspired films all year round.
About 20th Century Fox Film
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, 20th Century Fox
Film produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion
pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of 20th Century Fox Film: Twentieth
Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions,
Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
9 About SCM
SCM (formerly STAR Chinese Movies), part of the FOX International Channels network, is
the no. 1 Chinese movies channel in Asia and is the premier destination for lovers of
blockbuster Chinese cinema, with more than 1,000 titles in its film inventory. SCM is
dedicated to providing first-run, premium content as well as cutting-edge advanced services.
Premiering box-office hits from Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan, SCM guarantees
exclusives from top Chinese and Asian producers and major studios such as Emperor
Motion Pictures, Media Asia, Pegasus and Fortune Star. In addition to hit movies, SCM also
offers a powerful combination of live events, major concerts and acclaimed Asian
documentaries in Cantonese or Mandarin with Chinese and English as well as Bahasa
Indonesia and Thai subtitles. This unrivalled content together with HD viewing, a VOD
service and a market-leading online catch-up service called SCM Play, the channel provides
an unmatched entertainment experience.
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