ForaSustainableDevelopmentoftheHongKong-CentralPolicyUnit.ppt

Top ten box office movies in China 1994-2006 Policy Recommendation 4 For a Steady Supply of Talent The power of the Beijing Film Institute The rise of the South Korean film industry The need for a film academy with an emphasis on the key areas of scriptwriting, directing and producing The film academy and other film programs should take the measures needed to make Hong Kong a place of exchange in film culture Policies for a Sustainable Development of the Hong Kong Film Industry Joseph M. Chan Anthony Y.H. Fung Chun Hung Ng Introduction Strategic importance of the film industry to Hong Kong The decline of the Hong Kong film industry Key question: What is to be done to reinvigorate and establish the Hong Kong City Cinema? Decline of HK Film Indusry 831 million 406 million Box office of foreign films HK$ 181 NA Number of foreign films released 220 million 1,133 million Box office of local films HK$ 50 242 Number of local films released 2007 1993 Methods Multiple methods: documentation analysis case studies: UK, SK, China in-depth interviews with movie practitioners, experts and government officials Approaches Historical overview of the Hong Kong film industry and film policy Assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of HK film industry Learning from the experiences of UK and South Assessment of the China market Setting out the policy recommendations for the Hong Kong Government, the film industry and other parties Policy Recommendations 1 For the geo-linguistic, geo-cultural and global markets Greater China East Asia Southeast Asia, the United States and other parts of the world China， HK 2004 102 A World Without Thieves (天下無賊) 10 China，HK 2006 103 Fearless （霍元甲） 9 US 2001 105 Pearl Harbor 8 China 2006 130 Banquet (夜宴) 7 China, HK, Japan, SK 2005 135 The Promise 無極 6 China HK 2004 136 Kung Fu Hustle (功夫) 5 China, HK 2004 141 House of the Flying Dagger (十面埋伏) 4 China， HK 2006 230 Curse of the Golden Flowers (满城尽带黄金甲） 3 China, HK 2002 242 Hero (英雄)