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Organised by CreateHK, the roving exhibtions on Hong Kong’s creative industries are held in Mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) until 26 December 2021 to showcase the work and strengths of Hong Kong’s creative industries. FREE admission with schedule as below -

• 26 to 28 November: Huafa Mall, Zhuhai;
• 10 to 12 December: Nanhai Vanke Mall, Foshan; and
• 24 to 26 December: Minying DG Mall, Dongguan.

More details are available at the offical account of theHong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong (GDETO) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on WeChat.

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GDETO@ WeChat (in Chinese only)

Organised by CreateHK, the Film Production Financing Scheme (Relaxation Plan) (FPFS) is open for applications. The application forms and details are available on the website of the Hong Kong Film Development Council (FDC). DEADLINE is extended to: 14 January 2022.

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Application period for Film Production Financing Scheme relaxation measures further extended

DFA Awards 2021 – Awards Presentation Ceremony and Forums on 1 and 4 December   

Sponsored by CreateHK, the DFA Awards 2021 organises the following events –

• 1 December: Awards Presentation Ceremony; and
• 4 December: Design for Asia Forums at Business of Design Week 2021.

Both events are available for watching via FREE live streaming on bodw+ platform.

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Design for Asia Forum 1

Design for Asia Forum 2

FASHION FORWARD GBA 2022 – Calls for designers’ online applications until 15 December   

Sponsored by CreateHK, FASHION FORWARD GBA 2022 promotes Hong Kong fashion industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with fashion show, music party, exhibition and sharing. The project is calling for online applications from local designers. Application DEADLINE: 15 December 2021.

More details are available on the application webpage.

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Online Applications

The 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition (Hong Kong Exhibition and Response Exhibition) (The Hong Kong Collateral Event at the 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition) – FREE online and offline participation in 10 December’s closing symposium   

Sponsored by CreateHK, the Hong Kong Collateral Event at the 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition organises a closing symposium for the Hong Kong Response Exhibition on 10 December 2021 under the title “How Will We Live Together? Redistribution: Land, People& Environment”. The symposium is open for FREE participation in person or via zoom with prior registration not required. Further details are available on the project’s Facebook page.

An extended activity of the Hong Kong Collateral Event at the 17th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, the Hong Kong Response Exhibition is open for FREE admission until 17 December 2021.

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Project’s Facebook page

Yesterday’s Future, Invent Tomorrow! (“ReMIX Yesterday’s Future, Invent Tomorrow!”) – FREE product exhibitions in December and January   

Sponsored by CreateHK, the ReMIX‧Yesterday’s Future, Invent Tomorrow! organises the following ReMIX Product Launch Exhibitions, which are open for FREE admission, to showcase the new cross-over products developed by classic Hong Kong brands with local design teams under the project –

• 13 to 17 December 2021: at Times Square; and
• 17 to 23 January 2022: at D2 Place TWO.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the 9th Animation Support Programme organises online training programme on animation production on 4 December 2021. Opens for FREE online registration on a first-come-first-served basis.

The 9th Animation Support Programme supports local animation start-ups and small animation companies to produce their original animations.

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Registration for 4 December’s Online Animation Production Training Programme (in Chinese only)

Sponsored by CreateHK, the 8th Seeds Project organises the Digital Short Video Competition which invites the public to vote for the “Most Popular Online Video”. Voting DEADLINE: 30 November 2021.

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Online Public Voting for Digital Short Video Competition

Sponsored by CreateHK, the POSsible! Public Open Space Action Laborganises workshops until 5 December 2021 for the Government to understand the views and vision of people from different sectors on Hong Kong’s public open spaces. The workshops are open for FREE online registration on a first-come-first-served basis.

The POSsible! Public Open Space Action Lab is a cross-sectoral design empowerment initiative, enquiring into the innovation opportunities for reinventing Public Open Space (POS) in Hong Kong through design thinking.

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Registration for November and December’s workshops

Sponsored by CreateHK, the deTour 2021 organises the design festival under the theme “Use(fu)less” with exhibitions, workshops, design dialogues and other activitiess at PMQ until 12 December 2021 to promote design.

The exhibition is open for FREE admission while the workshops, design dialogues and other activities are open for FREE online registration. A virtual design festival is also available concurrently. More details are available on the project website.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Asia Smart App Awards 2021 which recognises outstanding smart apps in Asia calls for applications from main creators of smart apps mainly developed in Asia. Application DEADLINE: 31 January 2022 .

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the 23^rd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong will organise online training, stop motion animation workshop, screening of winning entries and award presentation ceremony in January toFebruary 2022. More details will be announced on the project website in due course.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Fashion Asia Hong Kong 2021 organises the following activities in November to December 2021 –

• 30 November: Fashion Challenges Forum in both physical and virtual formats for global fashion community to discuss the current issues faced by the industry. Admission by tickets;
• 30 November to 7 December: “10 Asian Designers to Watch” Exhibition to showcase the capsule collections of 10 Asian emerging fashion designers. FREE admission;
• 30 November to 7 December: Hong Kong Showroom to provide a platform for new generation of Hong Kong fashion designers to display their best work. FREE admission; and
• 30 November to 7 December: Pop-up Spaces which partners with Hong Kong design and educational institutions to showcase handiworks by fashion design graduates. FREE admission.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Business of Design Week (BODW) 2021 promotes design with a series of actitivies.

The following BODW 2021 and concurrent activities are sponsored by CreateHK –

• 27 November to 5 December:BODW CityProg;
• 30 November to 7 December: Fashion Asia Hong Kong;
• 1 to 4 December: BODW Summit;
• 1 and 4 December: Award Presentation Ceremony and Design for Asia Forums of DFA Awards;
• Until 5 December: Streets & Stories exhibition of DesignInspire – Hong Kong Creative Force, and a separate online “DesignInspire - Hong Kong Creative Force” Pavilion (with no end date); and
• Until 12 December: deTour.

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BODW website

deTour website

BODW CityProg website

Fashion Asia Hong Kong website

DFA Awards website

“DesignInspire - Hong Kong Creative Force” Pavilion website

Sponsored by CreateHK, the Redress Design Award 2021 organises a digital fashion exhibition to showcase the works of the Award’s 10 finalists. Opens for online watching with prior registration not required.

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Supported by CreateHK, the Red Dot Exhibition: The Essence of Design– Creating Value is held until 10 April 2022 to showcase a wide range of game-changing products and brands which won the Red Dot Design Awards. The exhibition is open for FREE admission.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Design Spectrum organises an exhibition themed on “Delightful Design” from 6 December 2021 to 28 February 2022 at 7 Mallory Street. Opens for FREE admission.

The Design Spectrum features year-round exhibitions, exchanges, design appreciation events and other promotion programmes to cultivate a creative atmosphere, while nurturing local creative capital.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Designing Central organises the following activities at the revitalised Central Market to promote design – 

• 9 to 12 December 2021: Urban Market / Less is More which is a market for selling creative products. FREE admission; and
• until 12 December 2021: Central Classroom / STE(A)M which offers social design workshops. FREE online registration on a first-come-first-served basis; and
• until 9 January 2022: Tangible Stories / Form follows Innovation exhibition which showcases 20 industrial and commercial projects applying creative designs. FREE admission.

Further details are available on Central Market’s website.

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Central Market’s website

Sponsored by CreateHK, the HKFG Paris SS22 promotes the three participating Hong Kong fashin labels with online sale of their latestcollections until 30 November 2021. More details available on the project’s website.

HKFG Paris SS22 brought three Hong Kong fashion labels to the Paris Fashion Week SS22

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Sponsored by CreateHK,the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival scheduled for 31 March to 11 April 2022 is calling for submissions of features, documentaries, shorts and animated works by global filmmakers. Submission DEADLINE: 31 December 2021.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the 5thHong Kong Digital Advertising Industry Fresh Graduate Support Scheme organises the Portfolio Presentation Night for Digital Advertisting Industry on 15 September 2021 for employing companies to conduct on-the-spot interviews for their jobs offered under the 2021 Programme Year of the Support Scheme. Opens to fresh graduates and tertiary students of related disciplines for FREE online prior registration on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Registration for 15 September’s Portfolio Presentation Night (in Chinese only)

Sponsored by CreateHK, the Design x Tech (DXT) stages a DXT POD exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Park to showcase the 16 awarded projects of the DXT Startup Challenge until 15 January 2022. Opens for FREE admission.

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Sponsored by CreateHK, the Sample Development Centre organises the following workshops with the scheudule and further details available on the project website –

• 3D Virtual Garment Workshop;
• Men's Suit Tailoring Workshop;
• Realising Fashion Idea Workshop; and
• Sustainable Fashion Skill: Style Alteration Workshop.

The Sample Development Centre is established to provide an effective design-to-production communication system and service to transform fashion designers’ ideas into prototypes.

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