2017-18
Third round awardees (in alphabetical order):
Alfred Sung
The Last Stitch
has been awarded with HK$150,000 production grant
Covin Cheng
Until that Day
has been awarded with HK$80,000 production grant
Sonali Devnani and Jayson Albano
Addicted Innocence
has been awarded with HK$30,000 production grant
Wong Yik Fung and Li Man Chung
Learn to Unlearn Again
(Former working title “Learn to Unlearn“) has been awarded with HK$120,000 production grant
Zeng Wanqiu and Tsui Yuen Tan
Still Silence
has been awarded with HK$80,000 production grant
All awardees have received one-on-one coaching by creative advisors, nine months of residency at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong and free admission to classes with award-winning documentary filmmaking experts.
Picture shows judges after the panel meeting.
From left: Film Director, Jevons Au; CEO and Co-Founder of CNEX Foundation, Ruby Chen; Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong, Nancy Tong; Director of Hong Kong Documentary Initiative, Ruby Yang ; Film Educator and Practitioner, Jimmy Choi.
2016-17
Second round awardees.
Each of the following three awardees has been awarded with HK$150,000 production grant (in alphabetical order):
Tze Woon Chan
Blue Island
(Former working title “14/67″)
Oi Yue Cheng
Dear Daughter
(Former working title “My Home-coming”)
Vincent Du
China’s Forgotten Daughters
Each of the following three awardees has been awarded with HK$70,000 production grant (in alphabetical order):
Wai Shing Lee
Family Family Day
(Former working title “Family Day “)
Jimmy Lo
The Pang Jai Story
Han Yan Yuen
Love in the Kingdom of Daughters
All awardees have received one-on-one coaching by creative advisors, nine months of residency at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong and free admission to classes with award-winning documentary filmmaking experts.
Picture shows judges after the panel meeting.
From left: Chinese independent filmmaker, Zhao Liang; Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong, Nancy Tong; Director of Hong Kong Documentary Initiative, Ruby Yang; CEO and Co-Founder of CNEX Foundation, Ruby Chen; and COO of CNEX Foundation, Leh-Chyun Lin.
2015-16
First round awardees (in alphabetical order):
Fredie Chan
Pingche the Storyteller
Lorraine Ma
Gateless
(Former working title ‘Business as Usual’)
Each awardee has been awarded with a HK$150,000 production grant and one-on-one coaching by creative advisors. Awardees have received nine months of residency at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong and free admission to classes with award-winning documentary filmmaking experts.
Picture shows judges after the panel meeting.
From left: Vice President of Public Television Service of Taiwan, Leh-Chyun Lin; CEO and Co-Founder of CNEX Foundation, Ruby Chen; Director of Hong Kong Documentary Initiative, Ruby Yang; Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong, Nancy Tong; and veteran film critic, Kar Law.