HAF picks Fox Awards finalists

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Finance News

The Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) 香港亞洲電影投資會 and Fox International Productions (Greater China) 二十世紀福斯國際製作公司 have announced five film projects that will be considered as finalists and compete for the inaugural edition of the HAF/FOX Chinese Film Development Award.

Among those shortlisted are Lawrence AH MON 劉國昌's Close Protection 保鏢 (pictured), ZHU Minjiang 朱敏江's Crazy Mother 瘋狂歐巴桑 and Coffee Sweet, from the film-makers behind the award-winning Taiwan short Thief 小偷 (2011).

The award is open to all Chinese-language film projects. First prize is a cash prize worth HK$100,000 ($12,500) and a development contract with Fox. The other four finalists may be offered a first look agreement.

The finalists will present their work to the final panel of the reading committee during the 10th HAF (19-21 March 2012). The winners will be selected by leading industry figures, including producers Angie CHAI 柴智屏 from Taiwan, HUANG Jianxin 黃建新 from China and Manfred WONG 文雋 from Hong Kong.

Organisers said that they received over 80 applications from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

 
HAF/FOX CHINESE FILM DEVELOPMENT AWARD FINALISTS

• Close Protection [Hong Kong]
  Dir: Lawrence Ah Mon; Script: James CHAN 陳楚高, Fukazawa Hiroshi (深澤寬)
  Ghostsoup Land

• Coffee Sweet [China/Taiwan]
  Dir/script: WANG Hsi-chieh 王希捷; prod/script: Jay CHERN 陳鈺杰.
  Blue Light Films 藍光電影

• Crazy Mother [China]
  Dir/script: Zhu Minjiang; prod: WU Xiangwei 吳向偉, WU Hao 吳昊.
  Beijing Big Fish Media Co Ltd 北京大魚華澤影視文化有限公司

• Diaoshuiyan Murder Case 吊水岩殺人事件 [China]
  Dir/script: ZHANG Tianhui 張天輝; prod: ZHOU Hao 周浩.
  Ideal Pictures (Beijing) Culture Development Co Ltd 理想映畫（北京）文化發展有限公司

• Two Graves 罪無可恕 [Hong Kong]
  Dir/script/prod: Sammie LAU 劉慧心; prod: Sammi CHAN 陳智芬; script: Thomas LAM 林達恆.
  Basix Production Ltd 六點子製作有限公司

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