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• Shortlisted Films Announced

  Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 1:42PM / Standard Entry

  See www.ishothongkong.com for ticket information
  
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  I SHOT HONG KONG 2009 Finalists.
  We are pleased to announce that the following films have been shortlisted by our judges to be screened at the upcoming festival, July 1 - July 5, 2009, The Grand Cinema.
  
  Short Film: (in no particular order)
  "Sail of Life" Ringo Tan
  "Gong Neui" Lawrence Gray
  "Isle be Damned" Josh Evans
  "The Dream of the Butterfly" Lilla Ban
  "Kowloon Story" Juliane Block
  "Stream of Hong Kong" Poul Kristiansen
  
  Music Video (in no particular order)
  "TV Dream" Edwin Lee
  "Where do we go (where is home)" Simon Yin
  "Love Song - Sing It" Anton C Wong
  
  Documentary (in no particular order)
  "Save the Human! Don't Eat the Planet!" Bobsy
  "Bamboo" Ho Sin Chung
  "Fin" Claire Garner, Josefina Bergsten, Andy Limond
  
  Due to the number of quality entries we will be screening another selection of films later in the year with details of this to be announced shortly.
  
  Congratulations to our 12 finalists!
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  I SHOT HONG KONG 2009 IS HERE!
  
  PUBLIC SCREENINGS:
  July 1 - July 5 at The Grand Cinema, Elements.
  
  SPECIAL EVENTS:
  July 1
  Opening Night Red Carpet Screenings at The Grand and After Party at W Hotel.
  
  July 3
  VIP Fundraising Dinner followed by
  Wrap Party and Awards Presentation at W Hotel
  
  For ticket information visit www.ishothongkong.com
  
  Selected films will be announced on Monday 15th June.
  
  See you at the cinema!
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• ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCREENINGS AND ARTIST SERIES

  Saturday, Jun 13, 2009 3:06PM / Standard Entry

  Hong Kong, June 9, 2009 – The iconic I SHOT HONG KONG (ISHK) Independent Short Film Festival 2009 has invited leading Hong Kong-based artists and directors to create short films shot in Hong Kong to showcase the talent and diversity of style within this city’s creative pool of globally recognized visual artists.
  
  Contemporary artist Simon Birch,  actor / director Eugenia Yuan and a collaboration between actress and artist, Josie Ho, and director/actor Jason Tobin, will launch the inaugural Ocean Vista Films Artist Series, which will be screened with the short-listed finalist films to be shown over five days from Wednesday, July 1, to Sunday, July 5, at Grand Cinema at Elements.
  
  The artists will be given the latest professional High Definition Red One cameras and Creative iCare Apple edit suites and just 48 hours to make a film.
  
  “With a level playing field, it will be up to their artistic skill to interpret the creative, which is titled “Determination,” says Craig Leeson, CEO of Ocean Vista Films, the festival’s organizer.  “It’s a unique concept for Hong Kong and we plan to take the exhibition internationally to showcase the talent that exists in Hong Kong and to help restore Hong Kong’s reputation as a global filmmaking centre.”
  
  Since it launched just three years ago, I SHOT HONG KONG has gained a strong cult following among Hong Kong's film and creative industry elites, who have coined it the Tribeca Film festival of Hong Kong, specifically on its focus to promote and renew Hong Kong as a major filmmaking center. Its board of advisors includes executives from the major studios and its lineup of judges includes leaders from the film and music industries. Several filmmakers, such as 2007 Audience Choice winner, Korean Josh Kim, and one of the festival’s original members, Hong Kong director, Antony Szeto (director of WuShu - executive produced by Jackie Chan), credit ISHK with furthering their careers.
  
  This year, the festival has upped the ante on its red carpet parties with overwhelming support from the creative and entertainment industries.  W Hotel, this year’s festival partner, will be hosting all major events including the opening night screening party on July 1, the VIP awards dinner  and the July 3 wrap party, which will feature international guest performers and local rap artists including R&B singer Shairah and comedy performance group CB Fresh.
  
  “We’re thrilled to be on board as a major partner of the I SHOT HONG KONG Film Festival,” remarked the W’s new General Manager Krister Svensson who also oversaw the award-winning hotel’s execution of the Hong Kong International Film Festival sponsorship. “Not only is this innovative cultural event in line with the W brand’s global strategy of engaging what’s new and next in the film industry, it also reflects our commitment to contributing to a greater landscape of cultural development benefiting our hotel destination, but more importantly Hong Kong as a whole.”
  
  Awards will be given in five categories: The South China Morning Post Documentary Category, Short Category, Music Video, Animation Category and The People’s Choice Award. Prizes will be presented by Creative iCare, GENUS, and Digital Media Center.  China Stylus is designing the 2009 ad campaign and the statuette award.
  
  Other major sponsors include Asia’s premier luxury villa developer, Prism Estates and media sponsors South China Morning Post, Time Out Hong Kong and Alive not Dead.
  
  
  

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• Twitter Iz Us

  Saturday, Jun 13, 2009 1:57PM / Standard Entry

  We have reached the Twitter age.
  
  For constant updates on the latest information, add us to your Twitter following list.
  
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/ISHOTHONGKONG
  
  
  
  
  

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• ISHK Networking Event

  Friday, Apr 24, 2009 11:54AM / Standard Entry

  FINDS, April 22: More than 80 people crowded the outside deck at Finds, in LKF Hotel, on Wyndham St, on Wednesday night to network with other filmmakers taking part in the I Shot Hong Kong Film Festival.
  
  The crowd vocalised its approval when told the organisers had bent to considerable pressure to extend the deadline for submissions. The new deadline is now May 14.
  
  Many filmmakers have met the original deadline and the pile of submissions is growing increasingly large. Several filmmakers have gone as far as to enter their entries in more than two categories in a bid to cover their bases and increase their chances of winning one of the four categories of Short Film, Documentary, Music Video and Animation.
  
  The networking event also provided a chance to focus on the work of several filmmakers who are currently in production, as well as those whose projects are now in the public domain.
  
  Simon Yin, one of the CB Fresh loonies, gave a talk on one of the first skits the group guerilla shot on the streets of Hong Kong.
  
  Patrice Pajoul screened a trailor for his new film The Other End Of The Gun, starring Kate Sullivan. The premiere will be held next week at 7..30pm on Thursday, April 30th at The Hong Kong Arts Centre (Agnes b. cinema) before Patrice takes it to Cannes. We wish him and his team the best of luck.
  
  Jen Thym, director of new upcoming web series, Lumina, screened her trailor and explained how the new Red One cameras gave the series such a high-end look. You can view the trailor on Youtube or on Alive Not Dead.
  
  And KC Wong, director of last year's winner, Sister, told the crowd how I Shot Hong Kong had launched his film career and given him the impetus to make a new film. We just hope he gets it in on time for this year's judging!
  
  Thanks to Colette Koo for providing FINDS as our venue for this year's networking event. Stay tuned for more news and upcoming ISHK events.  If anyone has pictures from this year's networking event, pls let me know as we like to include as many as we can on this website.
  
  Now get back to editing and get those films in on time!
  
  Craig Leeson
  
  
  

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• Amazing Crowd, Great Panel

  Monday, Mar 16, 2009 11:44AM / Standard Entry

  The issue of funding raised more questions than any other subject at the I Shot Hong Kong film panel discussion at California in Lan Kwai Fong.
  
  More than 80 people turned out for the panel discussion to hear three of the industry's biggest players give their views on the trials confronting HK's movie sector and to answer questions from the audience.
  
  The issue of funding and how the government chooses which projects to fund drew the greatest interest from the audience.
  
  Members of the FIlm Development Council were invited to attend the evening but declined. The FDC last week was given $300 million by the government to spend on revitalising the industry by funding film related projects.
  
  One member of the audience, Matthew Scott, explained that his project - a festival celebrating and recognising 100 years of film in Hong Kong - had just been turned down because, according to the FDC, "It would attract too much attention."
  
  Mr Scott had managed to convince 5 major global cities to take the festival, which would have resulted in free and international exposure of the industry and Hong Kong to the world.
  
  Wushu director, Antony Szeto, said he firmly believed the FDC was too much of a "club" and criticised the organisation for only distributing funding to people its Board knew within a tight film circle.
  
  The issue of what constitutes an Independent film was also addressed. General Manager of Irrestistible Films, Lorna Tee, told the audience Hong Kong's industry was now solely an independent film industry. However, there was disagreement over what actually constitutes an "indie" film.
  
  Bey Logan, from Weinstein Co., explained that films were business and young filmmakers tend to get carried away with the idea of their film rather than the business of it. He advised that in order to make a film pitch sound attractive, filmmakers need to first of all look at the pitch in all its components and honestly answer questions to themselves about its value to a studio or production company.
  
  Mr Logan offered to listen to and accept any pitch from any member in the audience and to give their pitches a proper critique. Needless to say, he was inundated by people after the talk.
  
  Antony Szeto took the audience through the career path of making a short film to his first non-animated feature. He explained the reason behind his short film and the difficulty in tackling a major feature in terms of running the operation as a business rather than as an artistic project.
  
  Questions from the audience ranged from topics on ethnic filmmaking in Hong Kong to shooting formats and the changes brought on by High Definition.
  
  Among the audience were many of the industry's top producers and script writers, including William Pfeiffer, from Tiger Gate, and John Raczka.
  
  Another event is now in the pipeline.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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