HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS – Local Short Film Highlights
HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS (NAE) aims at broadening the horizons of Hong Kong creative talent and helping them gain exposure abroad. This August, NAE is bringing back selected award-winning titles that have been screened at various festivals overseas to the online platform for Hong Kong audience to revisit the stories that we take pride in.
Dedicated to more than 20 short films, NAE provides a diversity of international-respected selections. After-screening discussion sessions, underlining outreaches of Hong Kong short films to international state through film festivals, their prospects and future work, are offered to movie enthusiasts and professionals for a grasp of insight in Hong Kong film industry. The screenings are open for FREE registration on a first-come-first-served basis. Discover more about overseas film festivals and status quo of local film industry and directors with us!
*followed by ONLINE after-screening discussion (conducted in Cantonese)
Prog 1 – Local Short Film hightlights@Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market 2019 (Duration: 60’)
Prog 2 – Local Short Film Highlights@Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market 2020 (Duration: 151’)
Prog 3 – Awarded Short Film Highlights (Duration: 80’)
- Special Award, Jahorina Film Festival 2019
- Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival 2020
- 42th Asian American International Film Festival**
- Bali International Film Festival MINIKINO Film Week 2019
- Edward Snowden Award, 17th Festival International Signes de Nuit – Paris
- Fresh Wave Award, 12th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
- Winner (Audio-Visual Production – Drama), 6th Chang Kuo-sin Award for Aspiring Young Communicators
- Open Category - Special Mention, 24th ifva Awards
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market 2020**
- Bali International Film Festival MINIKINO Film Week 2019**
- 15th Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival
- 17th Catacumba Film Festival
- Silver Award – Best Technique, 21st DigiCon6 ASIA Awards
- Gold Award (Animation Start-ups), 6th Animation Support Program
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market 2019**
- International Strasburg Film Festival 2019
- interfilm Berlin 2019
- Best Live Action Short Film, 56th Golden Horse Awards**
- Best Fiction Short Award, South Taiwan Film Festival 2019
- Best Short Film (Fiction), 14th Chinese Youth Film Week
- Fresh Wave Award and Best Director, 13th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
- 26th Woman Makes Waves Film Festival**
- Short Animated Film: 3D - Second Place, Teen Animation Festival International 2019, United States**
- Best 3D Computer Animation Award, International Youth Media Summit 2019, Nepal**
- Special Animation Award, International Youth Media Summit 2019, Nepal**
- Best Conservative Animation Award, International Youth Media Summit 2019, Nepal**
Sponsored by: Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Special thanks: Fresh Wave Film Festival Limited, KONGKEE (Kong Khong-chang), Lee Kwok-wai, Tsui Ka-hei Haze, Mak Siu-fung, Step Cheung, Chan Kwun-chung, Wong Tsz-yin, Chang See-wan, Wong Ping, Mok Chun-hei, Nicolas Lesaffre, Tommy Ng Kai-chung, Lam Siu-ling, Chen Wenyan, Yeung Mei Yuk, Yim Sheung-man, Ng Ka-kit, Law Chi-wai, Cheng Wai-lun, Lee Wai-shing, Choi Trevor, Mak Ka-ho, Lee Ka-yin, Tsang Hing-weng Eric, Lau Kok-rui, Chu Hoi-ying, Wong Wun-yin, Lee Kam-hung, Wong Chak-ting and Lau Weng-i
Organised by the Hong Kong Arts Centre and sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the HONG KONG SHORT FILM: NEW ACTION EXPRESS (NAE) provides subsidies for Hong Kong short film and animation filmmakers to participate in international film festivals and competitions. NAE aims at broadening the horizons of local creative talent and helping them gain exposure abroad. Successful applicants will receive subsidies to cover the costs of a round trip air-ticket, hotel accommodation and festival/competition event pass with an expenditure ceiling of HK$50,000#.
For further details, please visit: www.naehk.com
#Applicants should comply with the terms and conditions set out under “On Application”.
Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.