Don’t miss the LAST OPPORTUNITY to reserve your booth at the Hong Kong International Film & TV market (FILMART) with 5% discount. Only exhibitors applying on or before 19 November 2008 are eligible to such Early Bird Discount. One page FREE advertisement in FILMART Fair Directory will also be offered as a bonus! ACT NOW for the space is limited!

Voting their confidence for FILMART, Telefilm & ICEX have already confirmed to respectively set up a Canadian Pavilion and Spanish Pavilion at FILMART 09! More national pavilions are yet to come. Kindly download the Application Form now to be part of this International Film market!

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Karen Chan at filmart@tdc.org.hk.

The user-friendly FILMART Visitor Application System is now available online. All you have to do is click here to fill in your personal details, and then you are on the way to the region’s most diversified cross-media, cross-industry event!

The deadline for HAF 2009 project entry is extended to November 15, 2008, in view of the overwhelming response from filmmakers. Enjoy this valuable opportunity to present your ideas to people who can help to make them real!

To read about the accomplishment highlights of previous HAF projects, please click here.

For more information on HAF project entry, please click here.

The user-friendly HAF Guest Registration System is now available online. All you have to do is click here to fill in your personal details, and then you are on the way to the most important film-financing platform in Asia!

“The Coffin” (Winner of Hubert Bals Fund Award in HAF 2005), directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham and featuring Karen Mok and Ananda Everingham, was just launched in Thailand, and became Thailand box office No. 1 in the first week.

Bong Joon-ho’s “Mother” (HAF 2008), starring Won Bin and Kim Hae-ja, is bought by Japanese distributor Bitters End. The film is currently in production, and is scheduled to be released in 2009.

Ann Hui’s “Night and Fog” (previously titled “At the World’s End”, HAF 2005) and Ho Yuhang’s “At The End of Daybreak”(HAF 2007) has wrapped its shooting earlier and is currently in post-production.

Hong Kong and Japan have long been close partners on the film and entertainment industry. Taking the opportunity of CoFesta, the comprehensive content festival held in Tokyo in October, HKTDC has organised a 4-day delegation to further promote co-production and co-venture opportunities between the two economies.

Over 30 film professionals joined the HKTDC delegation, attending a variety of activities such as market visit to TIFFCOM, company visit to Sony & NHK lab, official networking events of TIFFCOM and many more.

HKTDC also organised a seminar on "Collaboration Opportunities between Hong Kong and Japan" on 22nd October, 2008 attended by around 180 industry people, followed by a networking reception at which business matching between Hong Kong and Japanese attendees was facilitated by HKTDC staff onsite.

MIPCOM, the world’s largest content market for all media forms, took place at Cannes from 13th to 17th October, 2008! Eight Hong Kong companies showcased their latest products at the Hong Kong Pavilion. Over 13,500 MIPCOM participants visited the show which represents an 1.6% increase from the previous year. The Hong Kong Pavilion was conveniently located in the exhibition hall and the delegation comprised of the following companies:

• Second Imax screen for Hong Kong
• New share placement for HK's Imagi
• "Sparrow" to be Johnnie TO's Highest Box Office Movie in Mainland
• MCL Telford Cinema Strengthens Digital Screening

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