Film Production Financing Scheme
Objective:
The Financing Scheme aims to provide Government Finance for small- and medium-budgeted film productions with the objectives of encouraging more commercial investment in film productions, creating a larger mass of film activities, more employment opportunities, and assisting the Hong Kong film industry to revitalise and develop further.
Submission criteria :
• The applicant must be a film production company formed and registered under the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) or the predecessor Ordinance (as defined in section 2 of Cap.622). The applicant, film producer, film director or any combination of them must have produced a total of at least two released films immediately preceding the date of application.
• The film project:
o must be a feature drama or animation film intended for commercial theatrical exhibition in Hong Kong with a production budget of not more than HK $60 million and the length of which must be 80 minutes or above;
o should be shown to be commercially viable and has secured third-party financing to the satisfaction of the Government;
o all film director(s) must be permanent resident of Hong Kong;
o must employ at least one permanent resident of Hong Kong in any two of the following categories of the main film crew and cast : (i) the leading actor; (ii) the leading actress; (iii) the supporting actor; and (iv) the supporting actress;
o must be potentially capable of qualifying for a certificate for public exhibition in Hong Kong under the Film Censorship Ordinance (Cap. 392).
