First Feature Film Initiative

The First Feature Film Initiative (Chinese: 首部劇情電影計劃; FFFI) is a scheme of the Hong Kong government, 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 feature films.

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 Council[Note 1] 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 as of 2020 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:

AwardsHEIGPG
1st (2013) 2 million5 million
2nd - 5th (2016-2019) 3.25 million5.5 million
6th (2020- ) 5 million8 million

Winners
Awards Group English Title Chinese Title Director Release Date Box office (HK$)
1st (2013) PG Opus 1[Title 1][1] 藍天白雲 Cheung King-wai 18 January 2018 771,424 [2]
HEIG Mad World[3] 一念無明 Wong Chun 30 March 2017 16,923,985 [4]
Weeds on Fire[5] 點五步 Steve Chan Chi-fat 25 August 2016 4,678,142 [6]
2nd (2016) PG Love@The Square[Title 2][7] 戀@廣埸[Title 3] Chan Chit-man 11 January 2021[Release 1]
HEIG In Your Dream[Title 4][8] 以青春的名義愛你 [Title 5] Tam Wai-ching 11 January 2018 475,274 [6]
3rd (2017) PG The Assassination of G[9] G殺 Lee Cheuk-pan 14 March 2019
HEIG Still Human[10] 淪落人 Oliver Siu-kuen Chan 11 April 2019 19,811,169 [11]
4th (2018) PG Elisa's Day[12] 滄海遺愛[Title 6] Alan Fung 10 June 2021
HEIG Hand-rolled Cigarette[13] 手捲煙 Kelvin Chan Kin-long 17 June 2021
My Prince Edward[14] 金都 Norris Wong 11 June 2020
5th (2019) PG A Light Never Goes Out[15] 燈火闌珊 Anastasia Tsang Hin-Ling In production
HEIG Time Still Turns the Pages[16] 遺書 Nick Cheuk Yik-him In production
The Dinner[17] 過時·過節[Title 7] Eric Tsang Hing-wen 24 November 2022
6th (2020) PG Love Lies[18] 我談的那場戀愛 Ho Miu-kei
Foster Love[19] 流水落花 Ka Sing-fung 1 March 2023
HEIG Fly Me to the Moon[20] 但願人長久 Sasha Chuk
The Wonder[21] 風景線 Yip Yuk-ying
Gamer Girls[22] 電競女孩聯盟 Veronica Bassetto
Sophie Yang
  1. Released as Somewhere Beyond the Mist
  2. Released as Apart
  3. Released as 散後
  4. Released as In Your Dreams
  5. Released as 以青春的名義
  6. Released as 遺愛
  7. Released as 陽
  1. Hong Kong Independent Film Festival

Notes
  1. Each of the following institutions can recommend two teams: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), Hong Kong Design Institute, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chu Hai College of Higher Education. The Savannah College of Art and Design (Hong Kong) was eligible for recommending teams until the 6th award.

References
  1. 1st FFFI Winners: Somewhere Beyond the Mist
  2. "香港電影業資料彙編2018" (PDF) (in Chinese).
  3. 1st FFFI Winnders: Mad World
  4. "香港電影業資料彙編2017" (PDF) (in Chinese).
  5. 1st FFFI Winners: Weeds on Fire
  6. "香港電影業資料彙編2016" (PDF) (in Chinese).
  7. 2nd FFFI Winners: Apart
  8. 2nd FFFI Winners: In Your Dreams
  9. 3rd FFFI Winners: The Assassination of G
  10. 3rd FFFI Winners: Still Human
  11. 2019 年香港電影市道整體情況
  12. 4th FFFI Winners: Elisa's Day
  13. 4th FFFI Winners: Hand-rolled Cigarette
  14. 4th FFFI Winners: My Prince Edward
  15. 5th FFFI Winners: A Light Never Goes Out
  16. 5th FFFI Winners: Time Still Turns the Pages
  17. 5th FFFI Winners: The Dinner
  18. 6th FFFI Winners: Love Lies
  19. 6th FFFI Winners: Foster Love
  20. 6th FFFI Winners: Fly Me to the Moon
  21. 6th FFFI Winners: The Wonder
  22. 6th FFFI Winners: Gamer Girls
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