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• Graduate programmes which offer internships at digital advertising and digital entertainment companies for graduates of relevant creative disciplines admitted 49 interns.
• The Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2017 selected 11 winners, who will receive funding to pursue work attachment or further study overseas.
• Creative talent participated in advertising and short film events, such as the Busan International Short Film Festival.
Design competitions, including the Hong Kong Smart Design Awards, EcoChic Design. Award and DFA Awards, were held.
• The Animation Support Programme funded 14 start-ups and small companies to produce original animation.
• The Mobile Game Start-ups Support Programme subsidised 10 start-up companies to produce original mobile game content.
• The Support Programme for Advertising and Music Talents (Microfilm Production) offered funding and mentorship to 18 advertising production companies and directors.
• The Ear Up Record Label Creation and Incubation Programme funds the music sector to provide training on the development of independent and SME labels. The programme supported 12 singers and bands.
Exploring Markets
Through the CSI, CreateHK supports the non-film creative sectors to bring high-value customers to Hong Kong, and takes local talent and products to the Mainland and overseas markets. Activities in 2017 included the Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong); the '20.....43 Business of Hong Kong Design' exhibition in Suzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Wuhan; and the Business of Design Week.
Promoting Hong Kong as Asia's Creative Capital
In 2017, Hong Kong strengthened cross-sectoral collaboration with the Mainland and overseas businesses through regional business platforms such as Filmart, the Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum and the Business of Design Week.
The CSI provided in total $10 million for six cross-sectoral, cross-territorial projects. The '20 Years of Hong Kong Game x Music Exhibition' showed Taiwanese audiences the development and uniqueness of Hong Kong's digital games and their classic songs, while the 'SmartHK, Fuzhou' exhibition was a platform for 15 of Hong Kong's creative SMEs to establish business ties with the manufacturing and service sectors in Fujian. These efforts have helped raise the profile of Hong Kong's creative industries locally and overseas.
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