HONG KONG – The Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, known affectionately across Asia simply as Filmart ended Thursday after four days of brisk trade indicating growth in the regional movie industry.
A survey from Filmart sponsors the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) showed that stated 70% of respondents attending the show said that business was satisfactory over the past 12 months, with 82% seeing the digital entertainment arena as offering the greatest opportunities.
A main topic of discussion at Filmart's conferences and in its aisles was co-productions, especially in China. More than 90% of survey respondents said this was the latest trend, with 55% believing that co-productions between China and Hong Kong would be the strongest in the region.
Sixty percent of respondents saw Filmart as the region’s most important film market in Asia, the HKTDC said.
One attendee from Japan saw it as a particularly productive market.
"I have not been to the market for the last couple of years, but this has been the busiest for us that I have ever attended," said Shinji Sakoda, general manager of the Licensing and International Business Affairs Division of Pony Canyon Inc.
"We have had a very warm welcome for the Japanese films that we have presented here and there have been more serious buyers come to talk to us then I have ever seen before," Sakoda said.
A survey from Filmart sponsors the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) showed that stated 70% of respondents attending the show said that business was satisfactory over the past 12 months, with 82% seeing the digital entertainment arena as offering the greatest opportunities.
A main topic of discussion at Filmart's conferences and in its aisles was co-productions, especially in China. More than 90% of survey respondents said this was the latest trend, with 55% believing that co-productions between China and Hong Kong would be the strongest in the region.
Sixty percent of respondents saw Filmart as the region’s most important film market in Asia, the HKTDC said.
One attendee from Japan saw it as a particularly productive market.
"I have not been to the market for the last couple of years, but this has been the busiest for us that I have ever attended," said Shinji Sakoda, general manager of the Licensing and International Business Affairs Division of Pony Canyon Inc.
"We have had a very warm welcome for the Japanese films that we have presented here and there have been more serious buyers come to talk to us then I have ever seen before," Sakoda said.
- 3/20/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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