Industry events FILMART, EntertainmentPulse to facilitate deals and partnerships

Film, TV players to converge on Hong Kong in March

FILMART and EntertainmentPulse, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), assembled more than 7,300 leading entertainment figures from 41 countries and regions.

Asia’s largest film and TV entertainment trade platform draws 7,300 industry talents and continues online until mid-April.

Media world converges on FILMART, EntertainmentPulse

The HKTDC Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) ¬– highlight of the month-long citywide Entertainment Expo Hong Kong (EEHK) – drew cheerful crowds as it opened in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on Monday.

Entertainment industry players flock to giant Asian market following three-year hiatus.

Curtain up on physical FILMART

MarketingPulse offers Asia’s marketers, agencies and e-commerce experts a knowledge exchange and partnership building platform. Apart from obtaining latest market intelligence and learning best-practices from industry leaders, participants can build cross-sector connections and discover latest customer experience innovations by joining. Together with eTailingPulse, the 2-in-1 event stages inspirational talks from creative minds of leading brands and agencies, practical know-how workshops on digital strategies, as well as vibrant networking opportunities to connect attendees with experts in Hong Kong and around the world.

A chance to track the global market’s pulse along with the other ‘pulse’ events – e-Tailing and Entertainment / Filmart.

MarketingPulse

This year’s entertainment showcase reflected on the wisdom of working for streaming services and digital portfolios as sources of revenue.

Digital assets take centre stage at FILMART

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are pulling real-world assets into the metaverse and giving them value in the content-owner-driven world of Web 3.0. But since the metaverse is content-only and everyone can create items from scratch, or even virtualise real-world performers and let them live forever, why not go all-virtual?

NFTs help artists, firms and users create, own and trade any form of content online, including true-to-life versions of real people.

Build your own universe

Hong Kong has a long history as an entertainment hub, drawing talents, investors and merchants from all over the world – and providing a bridge to the world’s largest entertainment market in Mainland China. The digitisation of the entertainment world, which moved into overdrive as a result of COVID-19 control measures, is bringing significant change to the industry, and companies need to know how to adapt.

The online version of Asia’s premier film and television marketplace drew 8,000 industry talents from 81 countries and regions.

FILMART gets industry in focus

As Asia’s leading content-trading platform for the entertainment industry, the 26th edition of FILMART will continue to showcase productions from TV, theatres, streaming platforms and mobiles. Production companies, investors and buyers can use the platform to connect and collaborate through online exhibitions and business-matching meetings.

The entertainment world will spotlight on Hong Kong as a wide range of content goes on show.

FILMART Online 2022

Move over cinemas — at least for now. The latest trend in film watching is through the Internet.

A Korean entertainment giant finds viewers are switching to OTT and streaming as the pandemic reshapes the media market.

K-wave surfs stream

As Mainland China’s robust animation industry continues to thrive, many producers are seeking funding to create original works for global markets.

A Canadian filmmaker agrees to fund an original epic by a production house from Mainland China.

Animator wins backing

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to constrain international travel, this year’s HKTDC Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) was, for the second time, held in a virtual‑only format.

The content industry has clearly embraced the refined virtual parameters of Asia’s premier film, TV and streaming market.

Digital FILMART resumes spring slot

The COVID-19 pandemic pulled the entertainment industry in two very different directions – on the one hand live performances and cinema shows were shut down for much of last year (and in many places remain closed or heavily restricted) while the demand for home offerings jumped.

As a flexible content delivery platform, streaming gained great traction in the early stage stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plotting a course for streaming

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” for many lines of business, the COVID-19 pandemic called to mind the second part of the opening quote to Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities, not so much the first.

FILMART attendees hear how entertainment firms, especially those in Mainland China, have turned to streaming, online formats amid the pandemic.

Small screens triumph

Asian economies such as Taiwan and Korea have swiftly grasped the possibilities opening up in the premium television market since the COVID-19 outbreak, and Hong Kong is jumping on the bandwagon.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated uptake of streaming premium TV in Asia and producers in Hong Kong are joining the action.

Streaming stimulates screenplay

Co-productions, AI, Asian animation and more on this year’s agenda

FILMART spotlights the future of film and entertainment

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FILMART 2023 – interview with Hinako Fukuda of TBS Television Inc.

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