First Feature Film Initiative

The '''First Feature Film Initiative''' ({{zh|首部劇情電影計劃}}; '''FFFI''') is a scheme of the Hong Kong government, organised by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and supported by the Film Development Council, to nurture talents for the film industry. It is a competition on screenplay and production proposals, and the winning teams receive funding from the Film Development Fund to make their first feature films.

The competition is divided into Higher Education Institutions Group (HEIG) and Professional Group (PG), the former recommended by higher education institutions or member institutions of the Vocational Training Council<ref group=Note>Each of the following institutions can recommend two teams: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), Hong Kong Design Institute, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chu Hai College of Higher Education. The Savannah College of Art and Design (Hong Kong) was eligible for recommending teams until the 6th award.</ref> and the latter without quota. Each group awards up to three winners; prior to 2020, HEIG awarded up to two winners and PG at most one. For a team to be eligible, the directors must not have shot any commercial film with a running time of 80 minutes or longer as a director, co-director or executive director; the producers must have participated in the production of at least two films publicly exhibited in Hong Kong in the past 20 years in the capacity of a presenter or producer.

Inaugurated in 2013, the initiative has awarded 18 films {{as of|2020|lc=y}} and ten have been released publicly.

== Funding == The winning teams receive full funding from the Film Development Fund in the production of their films. The amounts of the funding are as follows: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! Awards !! {{tooltip|2=Higher Education Institutions Group|HEIG}} !! {{tooltip|2=Professional Group|PG}} |- | style="text-align:center" |''' 1st (2013)''' | style="text-align:center" | 2 million || 5 million |- | style="text-align:center" |''' 2nd - 5th (2016-2019)''' | style="text-align:center" | 3.25 million || 5.5 million |- | style="text-align:center" |''' 6th (2020- )''' | style="text-align:center" | 5 million || 8 million |}

== Winners ==

{|class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:3%"| Awards ! style="width:3%"| Group ! style="width:8%"| English Title ! style="width:8%"; class="unsortable"| Chinese Title ! style="width:8%"| Director ! style="width:5%"| Release Date ! style="width:7%; data-sort-type:number"| Box office (HK$) |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" |''' 1st (2013)''' | style="text-align:center" | PG | ''Opus 1''<Ref group="Title">Released as ''Somewhere Beyond the Mist''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_opus.html#detail |title=1st FFFI Winners: Somewhere Beyond the Mist |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032529/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_opus.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 藍天白雲 | Cheung King-wai |{{Date table sorting|18 January 2018}} |style="text-align:right"|771,424 <ref name="a2018">{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.hk/doc/tc/HK_Film_Industry_Info2018_Preview.pdf|title=香港電影業資料彙編2018|language=Chinese|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302155646/https://www.fdc.gov.hk/doc/tc/HK_Film_Industry_Info2018_Preview.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | HEIG | ''Mad World''<ref>[https://www.fdc.gov.hk/en/fffiwinners.php?edition=1 1st FFFI Winners]</ref> | 一念無明 | Wong Chun | {{Date table sorting|30 March 2017}} |style="text-align:right"|16,923,985 <ref name="a2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.hk/doc/tc/HK_Film_Industry_Info2017_Preview.pdf|title=香港電影業資料彙編2017| language = Chinese }}</ref> |- | ''Weeds on Fire''<ref>[https://www.fdc.gov.hk/en/fffiwinners.php?edition=1 The 1st First Feature Film Initiative Winners: Weeds on Fire]</ref> | 點五步 | data-sort-value="Chan, Chi-fat Steve "| Steve Chan Chi-fat |{{Date table sorting|25 August 2016}} |style="text-align:right"|4,678,142 <ref name="a2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.hk/doc/tc/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf|title=香港電影業資料彙編2016|language=Chinese|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085417/http://www.fdc.gov.hk/doc/tc/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |''' 2nd (2016)''' | style="text-align:center" | PG | ''Love@The Square''<Ref group="Title">Released as ''Apart''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_love.html#detail |title=2nd FFFI Winners: Apart |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032535/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_love.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 戀@廣埸<Ref group="Title">Released as 散後</ref> |Chan Chit-man |{{Date table sorting|11 January 2021}}<Ref group="Release">Hong Kong Independent Film Festival</ref> |style="text-align:right"| |- | style="text-align:center" | HEIG | ''In Your Dream''<Ref group="Title">Released as ''In Your Dreams''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_dream.html#detail |title=2nd FFFI Winners: In Your Dreams |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032540/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_dream.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 以青春的名義愛你 <Ref group="Title">Released as 以青春的名義 </ref> |Tam Wai-ching |{{Date table sorting|11 January 2018}} |style="text-align:right"|475,274 <ref name="a2016"/> |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |'''3rd (2017)''' | style="text-align:center" | PG | data-sort-value="G Affairs"| ''G Affairs''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_G.html#detail |title=3rd FFFI Winners: G Affairs |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915050855/http://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_G.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | G殺 | Lee Cheuk-pan |{{Date table sorting|14 March 2019}} |style="text-align:right"| |- | style="text-align:center" | HEIG | ''Still Human''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_human.html#detail |title=3rd FFFI Winners: Still Human |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719153830/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_human.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 淪落人 | data-sort-value="Chan, Oliver Siu-kuen "| Oliver Siu-kuen Chan |{{Date table sorting|11 April 2019}} |style="text-align:right"|19,811,169 <ref>[http://www.mpia.org.hk/upload/file/00276/2019%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E5%8D%81%E5%A4%A7%E7%A5%A8%E6%88%BF.pdf 2019 年香港電影市道整體情況]</ref> |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" |'''4th (2018)''' | style="text-align:center" | PG |''Elisa's Day''<ref>[https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_elisa.html#detail 4th FFFI Winners: Elisa's Day]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |滄海遺愛<Ref group="Title">Released as 遺愛</ref> | data-sort-value="Fung, Alan"|Alan Fung |{{Date table sorting|10 June 2021}} |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | HEIG |''Hand-rolled Cigarette''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_cigarette.html#detail |title=4th FFFI Winners: Hand-rolled Cigarette |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032608/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_cigarette.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |手捲煙 | data-sort-value="Chan, Kin-long Kelvin"| Chan Kin-long |{{Date table sorting|17 June 2021}} |style="text-align:right"| |- |''My Prince Edward''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_edward.html#detail |title=4th FFFI Winners: My Prince Edward |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032603/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_edward.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 金都 | data-sort-value="Wong, Norris"| Norris Wong |{{Date table sorting|11 June 2020}} |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" |'''5th (2019)''' | style="text-align:center" | PG | data-sort-value="Light Never Goes Out, A"| ''A Light Never Goes Out''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_light.html#detail |title=5th FFFI Winners: A Light Never Goes Out |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719153854/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_light.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 燈火闌珊 |data-sort-value="Tsang, Hin-Ling Anastasia"|Anastasia Tsang Hin-Ling |In production |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | HEIG |''Time Still Turns the Pages''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_time.html#detail |title=5th FFFI Winners: Time Still Turns the Pages |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719153859/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_time.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |年少日記 | data-sort-value="Cheuk, Yik-him Nick"|Nick Cheuk |In production |style="text-align:right"| |- | data-sort-value="Dinner, The"| ''The Dinner''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_dinner.html#detail |title=5th FFFI Winners: The Dinner |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719153904/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi_dinner.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |過時·過節<Ref group="Title">Released as 陽</ref> | data-sort-value="Tsang, Hing-weng Eric"|Eric Tsang Hing-wen | 24 November 2022 |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" |'''6th (2020)''' | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | PG |''Love Lies''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_love_lies.html#detail |title=6th FFFI Winners: Love Lies |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719054614/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_love_lies.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |我談的那場戀愛 | data-sort-value="Ho, Miu-kei"|Ho Miu-kei | |style="text-align:right"| |- |''Lost Love''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_foster_love.html#detail |title=6th FFFI Winners: Foster Love |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719065406/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_foster_love.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |流水落花 | data-sort-value="Ka, Sing-fung"|Ka Sing-fung | 1 March 2023 |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | HEIG |''Fly Me to the Moon''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_fly_me_to_the_moon.html#detail |title=6th FFFI Winners: Fly Me to the Moon |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719054616/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_fly_me_to_the_moon.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |但願人長久 | data-sort-value="Chuk, Sasha"|Sasha Chuk | |style="text-align:right"| |- | data-sort-value="Blossoms Under Somewhere"|''Blossoms Under Somewhere''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_the_wonder.html#detail |title=6th FFFI Winners: Blossoms Under Somewhere |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719065352/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_the_wonder.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> |寄了一整個春天 | data-sort-value="Yip, Yuk-ying"|Riley Yip | |style="text-align:right"| |- | rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Gamer Girls"|''Gamer Girls''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_gamer_girls.html#detail |title=6th FFFI Winners: Gamer Girls |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151654/https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/fffi6_gamer_girls.html#detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rowspan=2|電競女孩聯盟 | data-sort-value="Bassetto, Veronica "|Veronica Bassetto | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right"| |- | data-sort-value="Yang, Sophie"|Sophie Yang |} {{reflist|group=Title}} {{reflist|group=Release}}

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== External links == * [https://www.createhk.gov.hk/fffi/en/ First Feature Film Initiative]

Category:Cinema of Hong Kong * Category:Directorial debut film awards

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