This year is the fourth edition of the “Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair”. The previous editions have facilitated several meetings between producers and investors, some of the film productions have been successfully paired, letters of intent have been signed and the films have been started shooting.
Co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, the Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of Guangdong Province and the Create Hong Kong, the “2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair” (hereinafter referred to as “the Investment Fair”) is held on 25 and 26 July at the Regency Art Hotel Macau. The Investment Fair provides a platform for exchange and cooperation for film producers and investors from the three regions, facilitating pairing services, investment, shooting and development opportunities of the small and medium-sized film projects.
The opening ceremony of the Investment Fair was held on 25 July (Tuesday), at 10am, and was officiated by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam Chon Weng; the Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Xue Xiaofeng; the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Leung Hio Ming; the Assistant Head of Create Hong Kong, Wellington Fung; the Representative and Deputy Chief of the Film Management Office of the Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of Guangdong Province, Han Rui; the President of the Administrative Committee of the Cultural Industries Fund of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Leong Heng Teng; and the President of the Guangdong Motion Picture Industry Association, Chen Chang Bing.
The two-day Fair is exclusively held for industry members. It includes 26 film projects and counts with the participation of over 70 investors from the three regions. During the Investment Fair, the film producers will present their projects and meet the investors, so as to explore pairing services, investment and development opportunities for the film projects. In order to recognize projects with potential, three awards will be presented at the end of the Investment Fair, namely the “Film Project—Grand Award”, the “Film Project—Award of Excellence” and the “Film Project—Award of Merit”, which will be voted individually by each investor after the interview. The three projects with most votes will then be awarded. During the Investment Fair, the seminar themed “New Trend in Online and Theater Film Distribution” will be held concurrently and is open to the public. Vice President of Program Syndication and Distribution Department of the Hong Kong Fortune Star Media Limited, Ng Man Leong, and Vice President of the China TMENG Holding Company and Chief Executive Officer of the China TMENG Pictures, Wu Jing, were invited to share their insight on the new trend in online and theatre film distribution.
To enable Macao film producers to have best performances in the Investment Fair, the Cultural Affairs Bureau conducted a meeting earlier with local film producers in preparation for the event, in which the schedule and content of the Investment Fair have been introduced in detail so that the producers could organize their project presentation and approaches to negotiation in advance.
The “Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair” has been held since 2014 in Macao, aimed at offering a quality platform for convenient exchange and pairing services between film producers and investors from the three regions, creating a film investment and cooperation channel among the regions, focusing on supporting small and medium-sized film production and on training professionals, as well as promoting the development of the film industry in the three regions. For more information about the Investment Fair, please contact Mr. Chong, staff member of IC, through tel. no. (853) 8399 6256 during office hours.
