Hong Kong will supply greater than $1 million per venture to movie coproductions with Europe underneath a brand new grant scheme to be launched this week on the European Movie Market in Berlin.

The territory’s authorities can also be sponsoring a go to to Berlin by a choose group of producers and administrators.

The Hong Kong-Europe-Asian Movie Collaboration Funding Scheme is an extension of the Hong Kong-Asian program that was launched in January final yr. Each elements are meant to supply further assist towards the difficult present developments within the movie trade.

The brand new scheme invitations filmmakers from Hong Kong, European and/or Asian nations to develop widespread concepts, foster new talent-partnerships and apply for a single spherical of assist in 2024. The scheme is operated by the Hong Kong Movie Improvement Council and promoted by CreateHK.

Every profitable movie venture will obtain a grant of as much as HK$9 million ($1.1 million), relying on the scale of the movie’s manufacturing finances. Tasks with budgets under that ceiling could possibly be fully-funded by the grant, whereas these costing extra can be anticipated to supply the stability from different public or personal sources.

“Driving on the success of the primary section, we’re so glad that we’re additional extending our collaboration footprint into Europe and announce the launch of “Hong Kong-Europe-Asian Movie Collaboration Funding Scheme” on the Berlinale,” mentioned Dr. Wilfred Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Movie Improvement Council. “This scheme goals to offer funding for movie initiatives co-produced with filmmakers from European and Asian nations, enhancing their publicity in worldwide markets and fostering in-depth exchanges and mutual studying.”

The FDC obtained software for grants underneath final yr’s Hong Kong-Europe-Asian Movie Collaboration Funding Scheme and is anticipated to announce the profitable recipients inside just a few weeks.

The delegation in Berlin contains: producers Debbie Lam, Jacqueline Liu and Saville Chan; and writer-directors Sasha Chuk and Chan Tai Lee.