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Updated: 15 May 2012繁體

HKBU's Academy of Film and Government Youth Portal to co-host film appreciation seminar this Saturday

The "Youth Inno-Action! Academy of Film Seeds Project", co-organised by the Academy of Film of the School of Communication of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Government Youth Portal (Youth.gov.hk), is now at the harvest stage. The "Youth Inno-Action! Awards Gala cum Film Appreciation Seminar" will be held this Saturday. All secondary and tertiary students are welcome to join. Details of the event are as below:

Date:	19 May (Saturday)
Time:	3:30pm
Venue:	Academic Community Hall, Ho Sin Hang Campus (old campus), HKBU, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong.
Programme:
Film Screening (excerpts): "Echoes of the Rainbow" Student Film Screening: "Leng Leng"; "Twenty Dollars" (The Ninth Global Chinese Universities Student Film and Television Festival award-winning films) Sharing by renowned film critic and creative media workers Awards Gala for the Digital Short Video Competition 2012 Guests include Alex Law, Eric Kot, Liu Kai-chi, Raymond Wong, John Chong, Vincent Chui, Poon Hung-yiu, Dominic Yip, Yip Chee-tim, Dominica Siu, Tong Kay-ming, Freddie Wong, Sobel Chan, Jerry Liu
Enrolment:	http://www.youth.gov.hk/en/survey/innoaction.htm

In addition, all the 54 entries to the Digital Short Video Competition produced by secondary students are available for viewing on the Internet. Public can vote for their favorite digital video via http://www.youth.gov.hk/en/special/innoaction/index.htm. The public polling will end at noon on May 18 (this Friday).

"Youth Inno-Action! HKBU Academy of Film Seeds Project" is co-organised by HKBU's Academy of Film and Youth.gov.hk, and sponsored by Create Hong Kong. The project commenced in November 2011 with the mission of providing local youth with professional training and a platform for exchange. Under this project, 19 sessions of creative seminars and technical workshops were conducted, attracting the participation of over 100 secondary schools.

Enquiries: Miss Chan, Academy of Film of the School of Communication of HKBU (3411 8103).

Disclaimer:

Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communication and Technology Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.