Hong Kong‘s film industry is flexing its muscles at the Cannes Film Festival with a campaign designed to cement the city’s position as Asia’s premier film hub and IP trading center. “Hong Kong Cinema @ Cannes 2025,” which kicked off May 13 and runs through May 24, has brought a significant contingent of Hong Kong…
Hong Kong has been through some well-documented challenges in recent years, but one enduring strength of the city is its food culture, which still ranks amongst the world’s best. Any visit to Filmart is not complete without indulging in the local cuisine, or failing that sampling some of the incredibly diverse food on offer in…
Pioneering Beijing-based distributor Road Pictures has snapped up China theatrical rights to the hit Japanese anime feature Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning. The company plans to release the film in China sometime in April. The news was released Tuesday at Hong Kong’s Filmart content market. Among anime fandom, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning is an…
The 29th edition of Hong Kong Filmart opened Monday and saw the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) thronging with people, in a pleasing throwback to the pre-pandemic days of the event. The Hollywood Reporter was right in the thick of things on the main exhibition floor, mingling with the crowds and scouring the…
The 49th Hong Kong International Film Festival will kick off on April 10 with dual opening features, Japanese drama The Brightest Sun and Malaysia-Hong Kong co-production Pavane for an Infant. Berlin Golden Bear winner Dreams (Sex Love), directed by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud, will then bring the curtain down on the event on April 21 as the…
China’s record-smashing animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has brought a much-needed burst of enthusiasm to Beijing’s beleaguered film industry. An irreverent twist on Chinese mythology and a classic 16th-century novel, the sequel has earned $2.03 billion and smashed virtually every box-office record that exists for an animated feature: It is the highest-grossing animated film of all…
Hong Kong is back! OK, that might be a touch too enthusiastic, but the city is starting to finally recover from the lagging effects of one of the harshest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world, that only fully came to an end in January 2023. Incoming tourism numbers are on the up, events and conferences are…
Off of the back of a film financing program revamp from the Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) in January earlier this year, Hong Kong’s upcoming Filmart will look to build on that momentum to revitalize the Hong Kong film industry. Running from March 17 to 20 and organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council…
Step into the opulence of the 29th edition of FILMART organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. From March 17-20, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre transforms into a haven for industry elites, cinephiles and enthusiasts. The epicenter of Asian film and entertainment, this premier event promises cutting-edge trends, groundbreaking innovations and technologies…
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has rounded out its 2025 HKIFF Industry Project Market with eight new titles, bringing the total to 48 projects, the highest in recent years. The expansion includes six animation features and two Indonesian projects, bolstering the market’s presence in Asian film development. Set to run March 17-19 at…