After three editions that were canceled due to a combination of Covid and bad timing, Hong Kong’s FilMart film rights market may have finally had some things go its way. It opens March 13 with many factors now moving in its favor.
Not least of these are the moves by the Hong Kong government to end its previously harsh and persistent disease-control measures. The city wound down its disruptive quarantine and tracking measures at the end of 2022, opened its borders in January and finally dropped its mask mandate in the last 10 days.
“We saw an immediate jump in interest from buyers and sellers after Chinese New Year’s border opening and there were no more restrictions on the food and beverage sector,” says Gloria Chan, section head for the entertainment industry at FilMart organizer, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
The market organizer had been working behind the scenes for many months,...
Not least of these are the moves by the Hong Kong government to end its previously harsh and persistent disease-control measures. The city wound down its disruptive quarantine and tracking measures at the end of 2022, opened its borders in January and finally dropped its mask mandate in the last 10 days.
“We saw an immediate jump in interest from buyers and sellers after Chinese New Year’s border opening and there were no more restrictions on the food and beverage sector,” says Gloria Chan, section head for the entertainment industry at FilMart organizer, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
The market organizer had been working behind the scenes for many months,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hong Kong’s Filmart content market has for 27 years positioned itself as both the largest of its kind in Asia and the most influential, what with its hundreds of exhibitors from the far reaches of the region and its seminars which seek to chart the course of the industry’s future.
But for three years — like most of the pandemic-hit world — Filmart lay mostly dormant, in a physical sense at least, forced online due to circumstance and safety almost at the very moment in 2020 that Bong Joon-ho’s phenomenal Oscars success with the dark, dystopian comedy Parasitehad fixed the global industry’s focus on Asian storytelling, and Asian talent.
But this week – from March 13-16– Filmart returns to its home at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and its 27th edition is again appearing in physical form, with guests converging over the past few days, and (almost) all signs...
But for three years — like most of the pandemic-hit world — Filmart lay mostly dormant, in a physical sense at least, forced online due to circumstance and safety almost at the very moment in 2020 that Bong Joon-ho’s phenomenal Oscars success with the dark, dystopian comedy Parasitehad fixed the global industry’s focus on Asian storytelling, and Asian talent.
But this week – from March 13-16– Filmart returns to its home at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and its 27th edition is again appearing in physical form, with guests converging over the past few days, and (almost) all signs...
- 3/12/2023
- by Mathew Scott
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Once Asia’s largest annual gathering for film and television professionals in Asia, Hong Kong Filmart spent the last three years, like most events of its kind the world over, as a purely virtual event.
It’s making a post-pandemic comeback a little later than its counterparts in the U.S. and Europe, but Filmart is throwing open its doors in 2023 as a fully physical convention again. Running March 12-15, the confab will resume its place at Hong Kong’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, overlooking the city’s iconic Victoria Harbour.
To get a full overview of what content buyers and exhibitors should expect from a revitalized Filmart in 2023, The Hollywood Reporter spoke to Gloria Chan, section head for the entertainment industry team at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, which organizes the event.
This will be the first in-person Filmart since 2019. After learning what it takes to be a fully virtual event,...
It’s making a post-pandemic comeback a little later than its counterparts in the U.S. and Europe, but Filmart is throwing open its doors in 2023 as a fully physical convention again. Running March 12-15, the confab will resume its place at Hong Kong’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, overlooking the city’s iconic Victoria Harbour.
To get a full overview of what content buyers and exhibitors should expect from a revitalized Filmart in 2023, The Hollywood Reporter spoke to Gloria Chan, section head for the entertainment industry team at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, which organizes the event.
This will be the first in-person Filmart since 2019. After learning what it takes to be a fully virtual event,...
- 2/18/2023
- by Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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