Submissions for this year’s Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) Film Lab close on 17 June. 

Mentors for the 7th edition include Chan Hing-kai, Felix Tsang, Kong Jinlei, Liu Qing, Matthias Delvaux, Tomy Wai and Yang Chao. 

The Film Lab is open to Chinese feature film projects of 60 minutes or longer from a director who has directed no more than two feature films. 

Three Script Services Awards will be given out, and the winners will be granted automatic entry to the HKIFF Industry Project Market in March 2025. 

The 7th Film Lab will take place from 26-30 August 2024. Around 10 Chinese-language projects will be selected.