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a competition on screenplay and production proposals to make their first feature films. The World Design Summer Camp Programme enabled 124 local and overseas design students to join a 15-day summer camp in Hong Kong. CreateHK also provided sponsorship to awardees of the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award to undertake overseas work attachments.

International Awards

CreateHK supports the participation of local creative talent and creative works in international competitions and promotional events to help them gain exposure and recognition overseas, and to raise the profile of Hong Kong and its creative industries internationally. As at 31 December 2013, 106 awards had been won by Hong Kong's creative talents and companies sponsored by CreateHK.

To recognise design excellence, CreateHK funds design awards, such as the Hong Kong Design Centre Awards, the Hong Kong Designers Association's Global Design Awards and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators' Greater China Illustration Awards.

New Creative Clusters

The Comix Home Base (CHB) at Mallory Street and Burrows Street in Wan Chai, dedicated to Hong Kong's comics and animation sector, was opened in July. Managed by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the CHB provides exhibition and retail spaces, multi-function rooms, artist studios, 'Comix Salon' resource centre, and food and beverage outlets.

The former Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road is being revitalised as PMQ to provide studio shops for young designers to display and retail their creative products. The PMQ will be opened in 2014.

Film Development Fund

The Film Development Fund (FDF) finances small-to-medium budget film productions and funds projects conducive to the long-term development of the local film industry. In 2013, four film production financing projects and 10 other film-related projects beneficial to the healthy and long-term development of the film industry, involving a total funding of $27 million, were approved. A review of the FDF began in 2013 to chart the way forward for the scheme.

Film Development Council

The Film Development Council (FDC) advises the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development on the policy, strategy and institutional arrangements for the promotion and development of the film industry; the use of public funds to support the film industry; the planning, co-ordination and implementation of film-related activities; the industry's manpower and training needs; and the promotion of film literacy in Hong Kong. The FDC is chaired by a non-official member and is comprised mainly of members of the film industry.

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