The First Feature Film Initiative (; FFFI) is a scheme of the

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, organised by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and supported by the Film Development Council, to nurture talents for the film industry. It is a competition on screenplay and production proposals, and the winning teams receive funding from the Film Development Fund to make their first

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. The competition is divided into Higher Education Institutions Group (HEIG) and Professional Group (PG), the former recommended by higher education institutions or member institutions of the Vocational Training CouncilEach of the following institutions can recommend two teams: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, the

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, the City University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee),

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, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the

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. The Savannah College of Art and Design (Hong Kong) was eligible for recommending teams until the 6th award. and the latter without quota. Each group awards up to three winners; prior to 2020, HEIG awarded up to two winners and PG at most one. For a team to be eligible, the directors must not have shot any commercial film with a running time of 80 minutes or longer as a director, co-director or executive director; the producers must have participated in the production of at least two films publicly exhibited in Hong Kong in the past 20 years in the capacity of a presenter or producer. Inaugurated in 2013, the initiative has awarded 18 films and ten have been released publicly.

Funding

The winning teams receive full funding from the Film Development Fund in the production of their films. The amounts of the funding are as follows:

Winners

Notes

References

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External links

First Feature Film Initiative
Cinema of Hong Kong * Directorial debut film awards