The 2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as “the Fair”), will be held in July, with the aim of providing an exchange platform for film producers and investors from the three regions, facilitating pairing services, investment opportunities and the development of film projects. The Fair is now calling for the submission of Macao film projects and all interested parties from the film industry are welcome to submit their works. The call for submissions is open from today until 8 June 2017.
Co-organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the Guangdong Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and the Hong Kong Film Development Council, the Fair has been held in Macao since 2014, with the aim of providing a high quality and convenient communication platform for film producers and investors from the three regions, establishing investment opportunities and pairing services for the film industry, in order to cultivate film professionals and promote the development of the film industry in the three regions.
Applicants of selected film projects will meet up with investors from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao at the Fair. The past editions of Fair attracted 85 film projects from the three regions and approximately 130 representatives of investors. It has successfully played the role of a platform and facilitated successful pairing services for the film industry of the three regions. Some local film industries signed contracts with production companies and received overseas financial support for film production.
Applicants of Macao film projects to the 2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair must be 18 years old or above and must hold a valid Macao S.A.R. Resident Identity Card. Each applicant may submit one unfinished film only; he/she must be the director of the film and must have directed one feature film with a running time of over 20 minutes, which must have been screened to the public. The adjudicating panel, composed by a group of professionals from the film industry invited by IC, will select a maximum of ten film projects for the Fair based on four criteria: creativity of the story, experience and executive capability of the applicant, experience and executive capability of the executive producer and production company, and budget rationality.
Application forms can be downloaded from the Cultural Affairs Bureau website (www.icm.gov.mo) and from the Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website (www.macaucci.com). Applicants should submit the completed application form and all required documents to the Department for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, located at Cultural Affairs Bureau Building, Tap Siac Square, Macao.
For enquiries, please contact Mr. Chong, staff member of IC, through tel. no. (853) 8399 6256 or 8399 6280, during office hours.
Guidelines of Call for Macao Film Projects for the 2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair
Macao Film Projects Application Form for the 2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Film Production Investment and Trade Fair