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Good Trip, directed by Hong Kong filmmakers Norris Wong and Wong Hoi, and The Sea Speaks His Name, from Indonesia’s Yosep Anggi Noen, were presented pinch nan Works-in Progress (WIP) Awards astatine nan adjacent of this year’s Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF, March 17-19).
Produced by Mabel Cheung, Good Trip is nan communicative of a young female who smuggles her terminally sick begetter retired of a infirmary to reside his unfulfilled wishes. The Sea Speaks His Name, produced by Gita Fara, Budi Setyarso and Leila S. Chudori, is an adjustment of a Chudori’s caller astir a student activistic and his sister’s attempts to lick nan enigma down his disappearance.
HAF In Development Project (IDP) Awards went to Vincci Cheuk’s Hong Kong-Japan co-production 38.83, and Vulnerable Observer, from Jiang Xiaoxuan, a co-production betwixt Hong Kong, China and Malaysia. Each of nan WIP and IDP grant winners person a rate prize of $12,800 (HK$100,000).
The Sky Animation Award, besides worthy $12,800 (HK$100,000), went to The Excreman – On The Road, from Hong Kong’s Brian Tse. The HAF X CNC Award, worthy Euros10,000, was presented to Fishers Of Men, a Malayalam-language task directed by India’s Sanju Surendran.
Among different winners, nan $10,000 Red Sea Fund Award went to A Ghost In The Market, from Taiwan’s Chin Chua-hua, while nan $6,400 (HK$50,000) Taipei Film Commission Award was presented to Cheung Wai-yu’s Mama Mia Let Me Go!, a co-production betwixt Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.
Good Trip, The Sea Speaks His Name and The Excreman – On The Road were besides selected for nan HAF Goes to Cannes Programme, on pinch Zhang Tao’s Farewell My Blue Bird and Lu Po-Shun’s Will You Still Be My Friend. See afloat database of winners below..
HONG KONG ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM 2026 WINNERS:
HAF WIP Award:
Norris Wong Yee-lam, Wong Hoi – Good Trip (Hong Kong)
Yosep Anggi Noen – The Sea Speaks His Name (Indonesia)
HAF IDP Award:
Vincci Cheuk – 38.83 (Hong Kong, Japan)
Jiang Xiaoxuan – Vulnerable Observer (Hong Kong, China, Malaysia)
Sky Animation Award: Brian Tse – The Excreman – On nan Road (Hong Kong)
HAF X CNC Award: Sanju Surendran – Fishers Of Men (India)
Red Sea Fund Award: Chin Chia-Hua – A Ghost In The Market (Taiwan)
Taipei Film Commission Award: Cheung Wai-yu – Mama Mia Let Me Go! (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan)
La Fonte Award: Emma Kawawada – Life Is Yours (Japan)
Kantana Awards:
Virtual Production Award: Vincci Cheuk – 38.83 (Hong Kong, Japan)
Digital Intermediate Award: Chin Chia-Hua – A Ghost In The Market (Taiwan)
Sound Post-production Award: Ken nan – A Vampire, Probably (Taiwan)
White Light Post-Production Awards:
IDP: Fujita Naoya – The Funeral March (Japan, China)
WIP: Shu Hui – A Thousand Stars In The Galactic Night (China)
Aputure Award: Yuan Yuan – Heading South (China)
Phenom Films Award: Chen Xudong – Roxanne (China)
Pica Pica Media Post-Production Award: Tan Ce Ding – Somewhere In The South (Malaysia)
Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) Award: Lam Li Shuen – Strange Root (Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands)
Udine Focus Asia Award: Tan Ce Ding – Somewhere In The South (Malaysia)
HAF Goes to Cannes Programme:
Zhang Tao – Farewell My Blue Bird (China)
Norris Wong Yee-lam, Wong Hoi – Good Trip (Hong Kong)
Yosep Anggi Noen – The Sea Speaks His Name (Indonesia)
Lu Po-Shun – Will You Still Be My Friend (Taiwan, Singapore)
Brian Tse – The Excreman – On The Road (Hong Kong)
Fantastic 7 Award: Gabriel Motta – The Veil (Brazil)
