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“HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS” Local Short Film Highlights and Seminar on Pitching Strategies for Film Festivals and Markets

Production fund raising and project collaboration seeking may be a few of vital challenges that most young filmmakers struggle with. “HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS” hereby invited filmmakers and professionals to share in the seminar their experiences on pitching strategies and further network expansion at international festivals and markets. By sharing individual foresights to industry fellows, the seminar brought together young filmmakers and professionals in the industries to examine potential addresses for filmmakers’ further development and creation.

Screenings on local-awarded short film titles were held along with the seminar. Over 20 local short films that had been exposed to various festivals overseas were brought back to offer the audience special online film screenings. Directors also shared their experience and inspiration gained from the overseas festivals at the after-screening discussions.

Seminar: Pitching Strategies for Film Festivals and Markets
Date: 30 August 2020
Time: 8pm
Venue: Online (open for FREE registration on a first-come-first-served basis)

Speakers:

Felix Tsang
Sales and Acquisition Manager of Golden Scene Company Limited
Wong Fei Pang
Independent director and producer
Peng Shan
Independent producer and scriptwriter

Moderator:

Jacqueline Liu
Production Director of One Cool Film Production Limited

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Screening: Local Short Film Highlights
HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS (NAE) aims at broadening the horizons of Hong Kong creative talent and helping them gain exposure abroad. This August, NAE brought back selected award-winning titles that had been screened at various festivals overseas to the online platform for Hong Kong audience to revisit the stories that we take pride in. The screenings were open for FREE registration on a first-come-first-served basis.

Prog 1 – Local Short Film hightlights@Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market 2019
A selection of 8 short films that have been screened at the oldest and the most prestigious animated Film Festival and Market in the world – Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market 2019.

Date:	29 August 2020
Time:	29 August 2020 \| 12noon* 29 August 2020 \| 8pm
Duration:	60’
Venue:	Online for a limited time

*followed by after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese)

	Dragon’s Delusion – Assassination Kongkee (Kong Khong-chang), Lee Kwok-wai, Tsui Ka-hei Haze 2018 \| Colour \| 10’ 00” \| No dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles
	Infidelity Mak Siu-fung 2019 \| Colour \| 6’ 17” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Toxic Relationship Step Cheung 2018 \| Colour \| 3’ 36” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Kin’s Hair Chan Kwun-chung, Wong Tsz-yin, Chang See-wan 2018 \| Colour \| 5’ 51” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Wong Ping’s Fables 2 Wong Ping 2019 \| Colour \| 3’24” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Lionverse Mok Chun-hei 2019 \| Colour \| 13’31” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Wear Your Beautiful Life Nicolas Lesaffre 2018 \| Colour \| 3’ 40” \| No dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles
	Another World Ng Kai-chung 2019 \| Colour \| 14’ 01” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles

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Prog 2 – Local Short Film Highlights@Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market 2020
A Selection of 10 short films that have screened at the largest international short film festival - Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market 2020.

Date:	29 August 2020
Time:	29 August 2020 \| 3pm* 29 August 2020 \| 10pm
Duration:	151’
Venue:	Online for a limited-time

*followed by after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese)

	Granny Lam Siu-ling, Chen Wenyan, Yeung Mei-yuk 2018 \| Colour \| 10’ 10” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English Subtitles
	Dear, Can I Give You a Hand? Wong Ping 2019 \| Colour \| 13’ 00” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	I Come Empty-Handed Yim Sheung-man 2019 \| Colour \| 27’ 43” \| In Indian, English and Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Invasion Ng Ka-kit, Law Chi-wai 2018 \| Colour \| 7’ 20” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	The Future Past Cheng Wai-lun 2019 \| Colour \| 18’ 20” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Turn Off_Turn On Lee Wai-shing 2018 \| B&W \| 13’ 09” \| No dialogue with Chinese and English subtitles
	Ouroboros Choi Trevor 2018 \| Colour \| 25’ 32” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Soul Printing Mak Ka-ho 2018 \| Colour \| 3’ 17” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Balance Breakers Lee Ka-yin 2019 \| Colour \| 10’ 30” \| No dialogue with English subtitles
	The Umbrella Tsang Hing-weng Eric 2018 \| Colour \| 21’ 59” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles

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Prog 3 – Awarded Short Film Highlights
A selection of 8 short films that have been awarded in international film festivals.

Date:	30 August 2020
Time:	30 August 2020 \| 2pm* 30 August 2020 \| 10pm
Duration:	80’
Venue:	Online for a limited-time

*followed by after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese)

	Have a Nice Day Lau Kok-rui 2018 \| Colour \| 25’ 00” \| In Urdu, Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles
	The Umbrella Tsang Hing-weng Eric 2018 \| Colour \| 21’ 59” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Lionverse Mok Chun-hei 2019 \| Colour \| 3’ 28” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	3 Generations 3 Days Chu Hoi-ying 2019 \| Colour \| 20’ 08” \| In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
	Stain Wong Wun-yin 2019 \| Colour \| 1’ 15” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Worm Lee Kam-hung 2019 \| Colour \| 2’ 28” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Over the Fence Wong Chak-ting 2019 \| Colour \| 2’ 46” \| No dialogue and subtitles
	Panda Lau Weng-i 2019 \| Colour \| 1’ 34” \| No dialogue and subtitles

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Special thanks: Fresh Wave Film Festival Limited, KONGKEE (Kong Khong-chang), Lee Kwok-wai, Tsui Ka-hei Haze, Mak Siu-fung, Step Cheung, Chan Kwun-chung, Wong Tsz-yin, Chang See-wan, Wong Ping, Mok Chun-hei, Nicolas Lesaffre, Tommy Ng Kai-chung, Lam Siu-ling, Chen Wenyan, Yeung Mei Yuk, Yim Sheung-man, Ng Ka-kit, Law Chi-wai, Cheng Wai-lun, Lee Wai-shing, Choi Trevor, Mak Ka-ho, Lee Ka-yin, Tsang Hing-weng Eric, Lau Kok-rui, Chu Hoi-ying, Wong Wun-yin, Lee Kam-hung, Wong Chak-ting and Lau Weng-i

Online application for NAE is now closed. Details of the next round of application will be announced in due course.
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