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Liu Xing’s Hong Kong-China co-production Say My Name and Gong Yiwen’s mainland China production Her First Taste were both presented with WIP Awards in the works-in-progress section of this year’s HKIFF Industry projects market.
Say My Name also won the White Light Post-Production Award and was one of five winners in the HAF Goes to Cannes program.
In HKIFF Industry’s In Development section, the two IDP Awards went to Waves Under The Sea, a co-production between Hong Kong, China and Macau, directed by Chan Sileong and Drive South Pray West, co-directed by Thailand’s Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee.
Both the IDP and WIP sections give out two awards – one to a Hong Kong project, including co-productions with Hong Kong, and the other to a project from outside Hong Kong. All four awards come with a cash prize of $12,800 (HK$100,000).
The IDP Awards and WIP Awards are presented by Hong Kong’s Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA), Hong Kong Film Development Fund and HKIFF Industry.
Among other awards, the AimMedia Potential Award, went to Chinese filmmaker Li Jiajia’s Min, while the Maxtimes Pictures Award went to Innocent Flesh from China’s Lin Yihan. Both awards also come with cash prizes worth $12,800 (HK$100,000).
The HAF X CNC Award, a cash prize of Euros10,000, went to Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s Hong Kong-China co-production A Stranger At My Door, while Pivot, from Turkey’s Melisa Önel, received a Special Mention.
In HKIFF Industry’s first ever animation section, the Sky Animation Award, worth $12,800, went to A Mighty Adventure, a Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia co-production, directed by Hong Kong’s Toe Yuen.
This year’s HKIFF Industry Project Market, which runs concurrently with Hong Kong Filmart, handed out cash and in-kind prizes worth over $250,000 (see full list of award winners below). The event is organised by Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS).
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the festival, HKIFFS and Metamedia are launching the Asian Short Film Fund, a joint effort to provide support to Asian filmmakers. Submissions will open in May.
HKIFF INDUSTRY 2025 FULL LIST OF AWARDS:
IDP Award:
Waves Under the Sea , dir: Chan SiIeong (Macau, Hong Kong, China)
Drive South Pray West, dir: Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee (Thailand)
WIP Award:
Her First Taste, dir: Gong Yiwen (China)
Say My Name, dir: Liu Xing (China, Hong Kong)
AimMedia Potential Award: Min, dir: Li Jiajia (China)
Maxtimes Pictures Award: Innocent Flesh, dir: Lin Yihan (China)
HAF X CNC Award: A Stranger At My Door, dir: Zheng Lu Xinyuan (Hong Kong, China)
Special Mention: Pivot, dir: Melisa Önel (Turkey)
Sky Animation Award: A Mighty Adventure, dir: Toe Yuen (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia)
Taipei Film Commission Award ($6,400): Indigo Boy, dir: Bill Chia (Taiwan)
Red Sea Fund Award ($5,000 for IDP/$10,000 for WIP):
IDP Project: Besik. Homecoming, dir: Iskandar Usmonov (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan)
WIP Project: Name And Hair, dir: Li Jing (China)
La Fonte Award: Dead Tide, Kethsvin Chee (Taiwan)
White Light Post-Production Award:
IDP Project: Yellow, dir: Yamaura Miyoh (Japan)
WIP Project: Say My Name, dir: Liu Xing (China, Hong Kong)
Aputure Award: A Stranger At My Door, dir: Zheng Lu Xinyuan (Hong Kong, China)
HCG Award (presented by CAA China):
Seoulers, dir: Hee Young Pyun, Jiajun Oscar Zhang (Korea, US)
Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) Award: 2181 Overture , dir: Wang Kunlin (China, Canada)
Udine Focus Asia Award: Seoulers, dir: Hee Young Pyun, Jiajun Oscar Zhang (Korea, US)
HAF Goes to Cannes
Gong Yiwen, Her First Taste (China)
Reza Rahadian, Pangku (Indonesia)
Liu Xing, Say My Name (China, Hong Kong)
Tribeny Rai, Shape Of Momo (India)
Sakamoto Yukari, White Flowers And Fruits(Japan)
Pica Pica Media Post-Production Award: A Woman Builds, disr: Huang Ji, Otsuka Ryuji (Japan, Taiwan, Singapore)
