Project recruitment drive begins for the 10 Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) |第 10 屆香港亞洲電影投資會 (HAF)電影計劃招募正式展開 電影計劃招募正式展開

22 August 2011 (Hong Kong) – The Hong Kong–Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)

launches its project recruitment drive today for its 10th edition, which will be held from 19

to 21 March 2012, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. HAF is organised

by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and runs concurrently with the Hong

Kong Trade Development Council's FILMART. The organisers are expecting a continuation

of strong projects from Asia. Previous successes of HAF projects on the international film

festival circuit and the box office have catapulted HAF to become the region’s premier

co-production market. The 10th HAF is accepting project submissions from now until 11

November 2011.

The HAF has been in the forefront of supporting Chinese-speaking talents and Chinese-

language films. This year, the event initiated the HAF Script Development Fund for Chinese

films. The 10th HAF in 2012 will one-up this effort with yet another new initiative: the FOX

Chinese Film Development Award. Applicants need to submit only one application to

participate in all three initiatives: the HAF, the Script Development Fund, and the FOX

Chinese Film Development Award. Cash prizes for the three awards add up to HK$500,000

(approximately US$64,500).

Entering its 10th edition, HAF continues to bring great Asian projects to world cinema. To

date, HAF projects that have made big waves include: BONG Joon-ho’s Mother (South

Korea), Teddy CHEN’s Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong), LU Chuan’s City of Life

and Death (China), KIM Jee-woon’s The Good the Bad the Weird (South Korea), Brillante

MENDOZA’s Kinatay (the Philippines), and WEI Te-Sheng’s Seediq Bale (Taiwan, Official

Selection of Venice Film Festival 2011, to be released in late 2011).

At the 9th HAF, 28 outstanding film projects were selected from 13 territories including China,

Hong Kong, France, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea,

Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Internationally recognised Hong Kong film director Stanley KWAN, whose critically-acclaimed

films include Centre Stage (1992), came out the winner of the 9th HAF with his project To the

End of Love. Based on the novel by young Chinese writer HAN Han, the project has also

been selected by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) No Borders International Co-

Production Market 2011 for presentation to potential financiers in New York.

“I feel extremely happy to be part of HAF as it allows more channels for me to reach a wide

range of financiers and also other project markets. It gives us the chance to do what we do

best and that’s to make good quality movies, which everybody can enjoy,” said KWAN.

The IFP, an international partner of the HAF, recognises the potential of the Asian film

industry and its increasing number of talents that have attracted world attention.

“Asian cinema has taken the world by storm in recent years and the IFP has taken a great

interest in the number of high quality projects that has been produced from Asia. 　We will

continue to support Asian cinema and our partnership with HAF is a further step in that

direction,” said IFP Deputy Director, Amy DOTSON.

HAF is dedicated to expanding the exposure and opportunities for its projects by alliances

with international partners. New partners include the Network of Asian Fantastic Film (NAFF)

from South Korea, which will pick up one project from the 10th HAF to present at its event in

July 2012.

Other HAF International Partners includes:

• Producers Network, Marche du Film

• Asian Project Market, Asian Film Market

• Ateliers du Cinema Europeen (ACE)

• CINEMART, International Film Festival Rotterdam

• Co-FPC, Shanghai International Film Festival

• DOX:LAB, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival

• Hong Kong Film Awards

• Moscow Business Square

• Paris Project, Paris Cinema

• Taipei Golden Horse FTPP

For selection criteria and eligibility for the 10th HAF Project Submission, please visit

www.haf.org.hk, or contact us via email: haf@hkiff.org.hk.

About Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)

Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) is widely recognised as the most important film-financing

platform in Asia. HAF brings Asian filmmakers with upcoming film projects to Hong Kong for co-

production ventures with top film financiers, producers, bankers, distributors and buyers. Attended by

more than 1,000 filmmakers and financiers from at least 35 countries and regions, around 25 projects

are selected annually to participate in the three-day event.

Past participants include Mainland China's JIA Jiangke, JIANG Wen and LOU Ye, Hong Kong's Stanley

KWAN, Ann HUI, Gordon CHAN, PANG Ho-cheung, Taiwan's TSAI Ming-Liang, Japan's SABU,

NAKATA Hideo, OTANI Kentaro, KORE-EDA Hirokazu, MIIKE Takashi and YUKISADA Isao, South

Korea's KIM Jee-woon, PARK Chan-wook, E J-yong and IM Sang-soo as well as Thailand's Ekachai

UEKRONGTHAM, Nonzee NIMIBUTR and Pen-ek RATANARUANG.

HAF is organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and is a core event of Hong

Kong's Entertainment Expo. It is co-organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)

and the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association Ltd. (MPIA), and funded by Create Hong Kong

and Film Development Fund (FDF).

About The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society

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. Through its year-round programmes, the mission of the Society is to strengthen global

appreciation of Chinese film culture and to promote inspiring films from around the world, enriching

the cultural life of Hong Kong. Committed to the development of a vibrant film culture in Hong Kong

and Asia, the Society organises three annual flagship events in March and April: The Hong Kong

International Film Festival (HKIFF), the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum HAF) and the Asian Film

Awards (AFA).

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.

For media enquiries, please contact:

The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society

Samuel LAM

Tel: +852 2102 7368 E-mail: samuel_lam@hkiff.org.hk

|2011年8月22日（香港）─　 第10屆香港亞洲電影投資會（HAF）將於2012年3月19日

至21日於香港會議展覽中心舉行，主辦者今日公佈正式招募電影計劃，由即日開始

至2011年11月11日接受報名。HAF由香港國際電影節協會主辦，與香港貿易發展局

的「香港國際影視展」同步舉行。過往HAF電影計劃在國際影展及票房取得的成功，

令HAF成為區內最重要的電影融資活動；主辦當局預期出色的亞洲電影項目將繼續湧

現。

HAF一直致力支持華語電影人及華語電影。今年，大會為華語電影成立HAF劇本發

展基金。2012年第10屆HAF再增新猷，開設FOX華語電影開創大獎，加強推動力。

申請者只需遞交一份申請書，便可同時參加三個項目：HAF電影計劃、華語劇本發

展基金和FOX華語電影開創大獎。三個獎項的現金獎合共港幣$500,000（約美金

$64,500）。

過去9屆，HAF成功把不少亞洲傑出的電影計劃引進國際影壇。時至今日，曾經引起

極大迴響，叫好或叫座的HAF項目包括：奉俊昊的《骨肉同謀》（南韓）、陳德森的

《十月圍城》（香港）、陸川的《南京！南京！》（中國）、金知雲的《風塵三俠決

戰地獄門》（南韓）、布里楊文杜沙的《男孩看見血地獄》（菲律賓），和魏德聖的

《賽德克巴萊》（台灣；參展本屆威尼斯影展，並將於2011年下旬公映）。

去年，第9屆HAF精選了28部優秀的電影計劃，分別來自中國、香港、法國、芬蘭、

印度、以色列、日本、馬來西亞、菲律賓、南韓、台灣、泰國及越南等13個地區。而

憑《阮玲玉》（1992）等代表作享譽國際的香港導演關錦鵬，以《他的國》成為第

9屆HAF的大獎電影計劃。《他的國》改編自中國年青作家韓寒的同名小說，最近並

入選紐約Independent Filmmaker Project（IFP）的「No Borders International Co-

Production Market 2011」，與北美的電影投資者會面協商。

關錦鵬說：「我很開心能夠參與HAF，它為我提供更多管道接觸廣泛的投資者，以

及其他電影計劃市場，亦給予了我們盡展所長的機會，就是製作觀眾欣賞的優質電

影。」

IFP 為HAF的國際合作夥伴，近年一直關注亞洲電影業的發展，及業內不斷湧現的世

界級人才。

IFP副總監Amy DOSTON說：「近年亞洲電影席捲全球，IFP看到不少來自亞洲的優質

電影計劃。我們肯定會繼續支持亞洲電影，與HAF的合作正是面向這方向的進一步發

展。」

HAF將會繼續透過與國際夥伴的合作，推動旗下的電影項目，為電影人發掘更多機

會。今年新增的合作夥伴為南韓的「Network of Asian Fantastic Film」（NAFF），

NAFF將於第10屆HAF挑選一個計劃，參與其2012年7月舉行的活動。

HAF其他國際夥伴包括：

法國康城電影節Producers Network

南韓釜山國際電影節Asian Project Market

法國Ateliers du Cinéma Européen（ACE）

荷蘭鹿特丹國際電影節CineMart

中國上海國際電影節合拍片項目洽談

丹麥哥本哈根國際紀錄片電影節DOX:LAB

香港電影金像獎

俄羅斯Moscow Business Square

法國Paris Cinema國際電影節Paris Project

台灣金馬影展臺北金馬創投會議

有關第10屆HAF電影計劃的申請詳情及評選細則，請瀏覽www.haf.org.hk，或透過電

郵haf@hkiff.org.hk. 聯絡。

有關香港亞洲電影投資會（HAF）

香港亞洲電影投資會（HAF）是亞洲最重要的電影融資平台，為具潛質的電影計劃尋

找合作夥伴。透過為期三日的活動，HAF為電影製作人安排與電影投資者、製片人、

銀行家、發行商、買家等會面，洽談最新電影合作計劃，2011年之HAF吸引上千位電

影製作人及電影投資者出席並選出二十八部電影計劃。

曾參與 HAF 的亞洲名導演多不勝數，包括中國的賈樟柯、姜文、婁燁；香港的關錦

鵬、許鞍華、陳嘉上、彭浩翔、林超賢、張婉婷、羅卓瑤及楊采妮；台灣的蔡明亮及

戴立忍；日本的SABU、中田秀夫、大谷健太郎、是枝裕和、三池崇史、行定勳；南韓

的金知雲、朴贊郁、李在容、林常樹；菲律賓的布里楊文杜沙；泰國的呂翼謀、朗斯

尼美畢達及彭力雲旦拿域安等。

由香港國際電影節協會（HKIFFS）主辦、香港貿易發展局（HKTDC）及香港影業協

會有限公司（MPIA）合辦，創意香港（CreateHK）及電影發展基金（FDF）資助，

HAF是香港影視娛樂博覽旗下的核心項目，為亞洲電影創作人才提供與世界各地電影

投資者洽談的機會。

有關香港國際電影節協會

香港國際電影節協會是一個非牟利及非官方的慈善團體，致力發揚電影文化，推廣光

影藝術。

透過全年活動，協會期望加強世界各地對中國電影文化的欣賞，並把各地具啟發性的

電影帶到香港，豐富本地精神文化生活。

為加強香港及亞洲電影的感染力，協會於每年三、四月期間均舉辦三項旗艦活動，

包括：香港國際電影節（HKIFF）、香港亞洲電影投資會（HAF）及亞洲電影大獎

（AFA）。

電影能夠連繫不同的文化和世代，激發無窮創造力。憑此信念，協會不斷為成千上萬

的影迷，帶來世界各地最優秀及具啟發性的電影作品。

傳媒查詢：

香港國際電影節協會

Mr Samuel LAM林演湛

電話：+852 2102 7368

電郵：samuel_lam@hkiff.org.hk