2009 FESTIVAL ARTIST SERIES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SPONSORS ABOUT
Clips of a few finalists:
http://www.vimeo.com/5195108
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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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 festivalÕs 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 yearÕs
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 International R&B/Jazz Artist SHAIRAH and comedy performance
group CB Fresh.
ÒWeÕre thrilled to be on board as a major partner of the I SHOT
HONG KONG Film Festival,Ó remarked the WÕs new General Manager Krister Svensson
who also oversaw the award-winning hotelÕs execution of the Hong Kong
International Film Festival sponsorship. ÒNot only is this innovative cultural
event in line with the W brandÕs global strategy of engaging whatÕs 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.Ó
Awards will be given in four categories: The South China Morning
Post Documentary Category, Short Category, Music Video Category and The PeopleÕs
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 AsiaÕs premier luxury villa
developer, Prism Estates and media sponsors South China Morning Post, Time Out
Hong Kong and Alive not Dead.
僅從3年前開始，重在發展和重獲香港作為世界電影中心地位的「我拍‧香港」電影節已得到香港電影、創作界精英的大力追捧，被譽為香港的
ÓTribeca
電影節Ó。顧問團包括大型電影公司的行政人員，評審團由電影、音樂界的領軍人物組成。一些電影工作者，如
2007 年觀眾選擇獎獲得者
— 來自韓國的Josh
Kim、電影節創始成員之一
—香港著名導演司徒永華（執導了電影《武術》
–
該片執行制片為成龍），認為
ISHK 對他們的事業有所助益。
電影節今年又增加了引領創意和娛樂的合作夥伴。今年電影節的合作夥伴
W Hotel
將作為所有主要活動的舉辦地，其中有7月1日的開幕放映夜
party、VIP 頒獎晚宴及7月3日的閉幕
party。屆時將有特別邀請國際知名的嘉賓和本地
藝術家們激情演出，包括R&B
歌手 Shairah
和喜劇演出團體 CB Fresh。
Ò成為「我拍‧香港」電影節的主要合作夥伴，我們很興奮Ó，負責過香港國際電影節的贊助執行工作、W新任總經理Krister
Svensson
說，Ó這種文化活動不僅與W
品牌酒店制定的，參與電影界最新及即將舉辦活動的全球策略不謀而合，還有益於酒店達到投身更廣闊文化領域的終極目標，但最重要的是，香港是一個整體。Ó
獎項將分為4個類別：《南華早報》紀錄片類、短片類、音樂錄影帶類和公眾選擇獎。獎品將由Creative
iCare、GENUS和數碼媒體中心、負責2009年獎杯設計和廣告由
China Stylus 提供。
其他主要贊助商包括：亞洲著名豪華別墅地產開發商 Prism Estates；媒體贊助包括：《南華早報》、《Time
Out》Hong Kong及 Alive not Dead 網站。