![]() The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) signed in 2003 laid a policy foundation for movie collaborations between mainland China and Hong Kong. But recently, with the ongoing development of the film market, Hong Kong filmmakers are heading north to seek opportunities for cooperation. Now, Hong Kong filmmakers are looking for opportunities in mainland China. Liu Jiajia, general manager of Guangdong Zhuying Film & Television Production Co., Ltd., and vice-chairman of Guangdong Film Association, pointed out that there was a period of time when Hong Kong-made movies were not well received in the mainland market and had a limited audience. In 2013, it reached a record low point, producing only 42 movies in an entire year. However, Hong Kong cinema slowly declined entering the 21st century. ![]() ![]() Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hong Kong maintained the record of producing over 200 films every year and was once the third largest movie producer in the world, after India and the US. It was even known as the Hollywood of the East and produced numerous renowned celebrities. In the second half of the last century, Hong Kong cinema was in its heyday. The integration of Hong Kong movies with the Greater Bay Area has led to the taking off of the “Greater Bay Area movies” concept. A man takes photos at a red carpet ceremony of the Beijing International Film Festival, in Beijing, China, 20 September 2021. Hong Kong’s film and television industry is specifically mentioned, with the plan encouraging leveraging the “strengths and expertise of Hong Kong talents”, promoting “cooperation among the film and television industries in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau”, strengthening “film investment and cooperation and exchanges among talents”, and supporting Hong Kong to become “an exposition hub for television and film”.īetween the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hong Kong maintained the record of producing over 200 films every year and was once the third largest movie producer in the world, after India and the US. Deeper cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong The 2019 Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area proposed developing a “cultured Bay Area” to “promote the development of the media, publishing, radio, film and television industries in the Greater Bay Area” and “the fine traditions of Chinese culture”. Shenzhen organised a Mid-Autumn Festival concert in the Greater Bay Area on 21 September, where over 100 renowned filmmakers and musicians from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan gathered together to present Greater Bay Area movies to the public.Ĭulture is seen as one of the drivers in developing the Greater Bay Area. Over the past two years, the term “Greater Bay Area movies” has increasingly caught people's attention.
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