— The monthly recap post will present you a summary of all our activities and projects during the past month as well as most relevant campaigns from film/ad/TV/web. —
The new year started with finalizing a number of productions for running projects that we started way back in 2012 and visits to major film festival in Europe and the US.
Staff activities:
january 10 – 1st anniversary of our company. On January 1, 2012 we opened our production office while prepping for the shoot of “Haexagon”
january 19 – CEO Marco joins the Google Hangouts panel discussion at Sundance Festival. Topic: The New Frontier of Storytelling – Transmedia Disruptors
february 8-14 – CEO Marco visits the Berlinale Talent Campus as one of the selected 2013 Talents. He was the only representative from HK this year.
february 28 – the HK Webfest gets launched on https://www.facebook.com/HKWebfest and http://www.webfest.hk/
EAST SCREEN WEST SCREEN shows this month:
#140 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-140-chinese-new-year-2013
#139 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-139-atlas-scorched
#138 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-138-last-django-in-paris
#137 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-137-too-young-to-be-number-one
#136 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-136-as-years-go-by
#135 http://kong-cast.com/east-screen-west-screen-135-making-it-and-breaking-it
Project radar:
-The Grave Bandits
We have been analyzing the MMFF screenings and the audience building process before and during the event in Manila and compiled a first preliminary report that was published in the 2nd edition of our Asian Screen publication.
– HK Webfest
We started organizing the first HK Webfest (festival for branded entertainment, webseries and transmedia) as associated project with Le French May. The event will be held from June 5-7, 2013 at HK Polytechnic University and feature screenings and conferences with industry experts and content creators. All details here webfest.hk, and a press release here https://haexagon.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/first-hk-webfest-explores-future-of-transmedia-storytelling-in-asia/
