“As an animator, visiting Annecy International Animated Film Festival & Market (Mifa) has always been my dream as it is the largest one of its kind with the most diverse films and the most amazing atmosphere! I am more than grateful for this opportunity from NAE!

Although it was a short stay, I grasped the opportunities of meeting people from the world’s leading animation corporates and talked with professional animators. Also, I participated in different talks and seminars to learn about animation techniques and script-writing. This helped me understand more about financing, the difficulties in producing feature films, as well as gaining inspirations for my future works.

In addition, it was a precious experience to go on this festival trip with a group of Hong Kong animators representing our works in a Hong Kong short film screening. During which We had quite some meaningful exchange of our experience on making animation in Hong Kong and I can feel that our relations and interaction had been strengthened and enhanced.

This trip was very fruitful and truly widened my horizons on animation. Local directors taking part in Mifa will surely bring more dynamics and enlightenment to the animation industry in Hong Kong.”

— Shared by Step Cheung, director of Toxic Relationship, after attending Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market 2019 in France, under the sponsorship of NAE.

“The Bridges International Film Festival was a wonderful experience for me. I am grateful and honored to have my short animation - toxic relationship selected. And the town of Nafplio is beautiful and very friendly to the visit. Great atmosphere and very cool venue with enthusiastic audiences. I have made some useful professional contacts with various filmmakers and artists from around the world. Everyone was super nice and very welcoming. I enjoyed the variation in film genres that were screened and really liked that there was a Q and A session after each film with the filmmakers and audiences. It was a wonderful artistic and cultural experience. AS an international guest in Greek, I was warmly welcomed. Festival Director Petra Terzi is very passionate, encouraging and super friendly, she shows us around in the city before the screening. Many thanks to the Bridges International Film Festival and NAE for the great experience.”


— Shared by Step Cheung, director of Toxic Relationship, after attending 10th BRIDGES - Peloponnesian Corinthian International Film Festival in Greece, under the sponsorship of NAE.