Producers Connect

<div style="background-color: #f1f0f8; padding-bottom: 30px;"><p class="desc" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 30px;">首届 Producers Connect 旨在为全球制片人、导演和融资人建立联系和引导国际交流，以探索合作、寻找共同制作的机会、促进创意的分享，并将想法具体化为电影计划。</p><p class="desc">为期四天的活动包括专题讨论会、座谈会、工作坊、小组商业配对及联谊活动。如需查看 Producers Connect 的完整节目表，请按<a href="https://hkfilmart.hktdc.com/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Programme_info_1-4_OP_V2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong style="color: #4e2f91;"><u>此处</u></strong></a>。</p></div>

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Head of Red Sea Fund</div>Red Sea Fund

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Emad_Eskandar-1.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Emad Eskandar</span>Head of Red Sea Fund<br />Red Sea Fund</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Emad Eskander is a Saudi storyteller/filmmaker. A marketing graduate from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals and started his professional career as a creative conceptualizer in ad agencies. He then gained valuable experience in multiple multinational companies such as Unilever and P&amp;G. His passion for films in Saudi and the region prompted him to leave the corporate world for a more creative role in local up-and-coming film agencies. In 2019, he founded his own conceptualizing and writing studio “Blue Bus Entertainment”, in his first year the studio was able to make huge strides in the local and regional film industry. Currently working as The Head of Red Sea Fund.</p>

Emad Eskandar

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">国际内容开发中心总经理</div>阿里巴巴影业集团

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Eric_Lin.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">林明杰</span>国际内容开发中心总经理<br />阿里巴巴影业集团</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">阿里影业国际内容开发中心总经理、电影制片人、编剧，拥有二十余年电影开发及制作经验，曾任职博纳影业、IMAX中国、寰亚电影、梦造者等头部电影公司。电影编剧作品包括《韩城攻略》、《湄公河行动》及《红海行动》，曾获提名第17届中国电影华表奖“优秀编剧”，及提名第34届大众电影百花奖“最佳编剧”。曾参与制片统筹项目包括《龙门飞甲》、《智取威虎山》、《桃姐》、《激战》及《窃听风云》系列等。文字作品包括电影专题书《香港制片 —— 港式电影制作回忆录》。</p>

林明杰

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Executive Producer</div>Gullane

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Gabriela_Tocchio-1.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Gabriela Tocchio</span>Executive Producer<br />Gullane</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Gabriela Tocchio believes in cinema as a transformative force for the economy and society. She has over 20 years of experience in communication and audiovisual production. She is a publicist with a specialization in Executive Production in the USA, an MBA in Marketing from USP and training in Entertainment Financing from UCLA. She began her career at Folha de S. Paulo and worked at Giusti/Loducca, where she honed her expertise in communications. She led strategic projects at Família Schurmann and Repense, combining creativity and social impact. For the last 10 years at Gullane, she has focused on the financing and structuring of feature films and documentaries, supporting national and international co-productions, distribution, pre-sales and fundraising. Her work builds bridges between art, innovation and market and strengthens the global audiovisual industry.</p>

Gabriela Tocchio

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Head of Int'l Film Production</div>CJ ENM

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Justin_Kim-2.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Justin Kim</span>Head of Int'l Film Production<br />CJ ENM</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Justin Kim is currently the Head of Int’l Film Production at CJ ENM and, also the General Director at CJ HK Entertainment Vietnam. He joined CJ ENM in 2010 was responsible for Int’l Sales of CJ ENM’s highly acclaimed films such as Snowpiercer by director Bong Joon-ho and The Handmaiden by director Park Chan-wook.<br /><br />He joined Int’l Film Production from 2017 and has actively produced more than 20 Int’l language films especially from South-East Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand) and Turkiye. In Vietnam, he recently produced consecutive record-breaking local films; MAI and The House of No Man (Nha Ba Nu) which became all-time Box Office No. 1 and No. 2 respectively along with the current Box Office sweeping film The Ancestral Home. In Indonesia, he produced most of CJ ENM’s strong IP based remake films such as Bebas (Sunny), and My Annoying Brother along with multiple horror hits including Dreadout, Impetigore and Jailangkung Sandekala to name a few.<br /><br />He strongly believes in genuine power of the original story from Asian creators and his lifetime mission has been spreading wonderful Asian films to Int’l audiences as far as he could.</p>

Justin Kim

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Producer</div>LES PETITES LUMIERES (FRANCE)<br>China Blue Films

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Natacha-2.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Natacha Devillers</span>Producer<br />LES PETITES LUMIERES (FRANCE)<br />China Blue Films</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Natacha Devillers is a seasoned French film producer with over 25 years’ experience, including almost 20 years with China and 5 in Indonesia as well as several with Turkey, who has overseen over 30 feature films as producer or executive producer, focusing mainly on coproductions between Asia and Europe. Recently she produced “Pekingman: The Last Secrets of Humankind” for 10.7/France Television and CCTV, as well as a France-China coproduction “Moon the Panda” with Gaumont &amp; Mai Juin.</p>

Natacha Devillers

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Managing Director, Producer</div>Momo Film Co

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/TAN_SI_EN.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">陈思恩</span>Managing Director, Producer<br />Momo Film Co</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Tan Si En is a film and television producer and the founder of Momo Film Co.<br /><br />A distinguished alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, Si En has produced a number of acclaimed films. Notably, Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dương Diệu Linh won both the Grand Prix and the Most Innovative Film Award at the Venice Critics Week in 2024. Dreaming &amp; Dying by Nelson Yeo claimed two prestigious Golden Leopards at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023, while Wet Season by Anthony Chen premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, where it was part of the Platform Competition. Wet Season was later selected as Singapore’s official submission for the Academy Awards in 2021, earning 12 international awards, including the prestigious Golden Horse Awards.<br /><br />Si En’s latest co-productions include The Year of the Everlasting Storm (Cannes 2021), Arnold Is a Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan (Locarno 2022), Andragogy by Wregas Bhanuteja (Toronto 2023), Some Nights I Feel Like Walking by Petersen Vargas (Tallinn Black Nights 2024), and This City Is A Battlefield by Mouly Surya (Rotterdam 2025).<br /><br />Si En was the assistant producer of POP AYE by Kirsten Tan, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2017 and the VPRO Big Screen Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam.<br /><br />Currently, Si En is developing and producing a slate of award-winning projects, including Red Butterfly alongside Studiocanal, Levitating by Wregas Bhanuteja and A Useful Ghost by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, among others.<br /><br />In addition to their production work, Si En has led initiatives such as the Objectifs Short Film Incubator and the Momo Distribution Grant.<br /><br />Si En’s contributions to the industry have been featured in major publications including Screendaily, Variety, Tatler, and Channel News Asia. In 2020, they were named one of The Straits Times' 30 Under 30 – The Arts. In 2021, they received the Youth Inspiration Award from the National Youth Council and Scape. In 2023, Si En was recognized by Tatler's GenT as one of the Leaders of Tomorrow, and in 2024, they were honored with the Young Artist Award, Singapore's highest accolade for art practitioners aged 35 and under.</p>

陈思恩

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Producer / Curator</div>mylab

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Lorna_Tee.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Lorna Tee</span>Producer / Curator<br />mylab</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Lorna Tee is a film producer &amp; curator, dividing her time between Asia &amp; Europe. She has over 20 years of experience in the media &amp; entertainment industry with key positions in Focus Films, Variety, Irresistible Films, Berlinale, CinemAsia FIlm Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival &amp; Awards Macao plus has served as jury and advisors at major international film festivals &amp; film markets globally. She is producing with her Malaysian company Paperheart, and with Amsterdam-based company, An Original Picture, focusing on director driven films made for an international audience. She is the founder/ curator of mylab, (a development &amp; training programme), the international acquisitions advisor for Barunson E&amp;A (South Korea), the Market Advisor for JAFF Market and the secretary-general of the Asian Film Alliance Network (AFAN).</p>

(Moderator) Lorna Tee

International Coproduction: Balancing Risks and Rewards

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Head of International Relations</div>British Film Institute

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Agnieszka_Moody-2.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Agnieszka Moody</span>Head of International Relations<br />British Film Institute</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Agnieszka Moody is the Head of International Relations at the British Film Institute. She looks after international and industrial policy, strategy and engagement, developing and nurturing international relationships and opening opportunities for UK-based screen professionals in the international marketplace. With nearly 30 years’ experience, Agnieszka has extensive international network and in-depth understanding of international screen business and culture. She is currently working on the implementation of the international segment of the BFI’s new ten-year strategy (2023-2033), and revisions of UK’s co-production treaties with Australia and Canada. <br /><br />Previously, Agnieszka was the Director of Creative Europe Desk UK, a promotion and information office of the European Union’s funding programme Creative Europe, where she helped hundreds of British companies secure funding for their projects from the EU and organised a range of industry events and conferences promoting co-production and wider international cooperation. <br /><br />In 2018, Agnieszka was seconded from the BFI to Creative Scotland where, as Interim Director of Screen, she supported the launch and the first six-months roll out of Screen Scotland, a partnership of several public agencies to promote the development of screen sector in Scotland. A graduate of the Film Production Department of the renowned Polish National Film and Television School in Lodz, she has worked on several feature films including Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List.</p>

Agnieszka Moody

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">International Co-production Fund Manager - UK Global Screen Fund</div>British Film Institute

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Attica_DAKHIL.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Attica Dakhil</span>International Co-production Fund Manager - UK Global Screen Fund<br />British Film Institute</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Attica currently works at the British Film Institute for the UK Global Screen Fund managing the International Co-production strand. She joined the BFI International team in October 2017 and has worked and coordinated the activities across co-production, export and the international funds. She previously worked in the International and UK Acquisitions and Production departments at StudioCanal in London and in Paris. She is bilingual in German and Italian and fluent in English and French. She has a BA from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and an MA in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Cologne, Germany.</p>

Attica Dakhil

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Director</div>S11 Partners Limited

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Cora_Yim.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">严嘉念</span>Director<br />S11 Partners Limited</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">S11 Partners 联合创办人。Cora曾任职于美国福斯传媒集团，寰亚综艺集团和嘉禾娱乐 集团，负责华语内容采购、发行及市场推广和电影频道营运；期间制作和监制多部作品，包括电影《雏妓》《29+1》《心冤》《比悲伤更悲伤的故事》及FOX迷你剧集《东方华尔街》剧集《爱的广义相对论》等；最新监制影集《台湾犯罪故事》与美国Imagine及犊影制作合制，已于2023年在Disney+推出。现为香港电影发展基金委员会之一及HKDI 香港知专设计学院顾问委员会之一，2023年获香港政府文化体育及旅游局局长嘉许奖。<br /><br />2018年在台湾推出首届福斯原创坊，致力培养台湾新一代优秀的华语创作制作人才，提供培训和平台创作出卓越的华语影视作品。2022年连手好莱坞制作公司Imagine Entertainment及台湾文策院举办EMERGE华语原创内容开发计划，孵育具有商业潜力的原创华语内容及编剧人才；2024年再度推出Emerge2.0,于台湾及新加坡两地征选6组影视团队，在戛纳电影市场展（Marché du Film）面向国际买家开展专场提案会。开发中香港电开发中香港电影《红绵路》获2023年HAF发展中项目大奖；监制项目《黑白清道夫》获金马60创投会议catchplay国际注目奖。</p>

严嘉念

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Vice President</div>International Short Drama Association

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Jin_Wang.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">王金</span>Vice President<br />International Short Drama Association</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">曾任国际艾美奖中国区评委，中国电视剧制作产业协会兼任短工委秘书，曾担任中国广播音像出版社影视中心主任，同时参与策划多伦多电影节中国单元。作为策划人策划了电视剧《咱家那些事》《要过好日子》《大家庭》《我的极品老妈》《幸福向前走》《警犬来啦》 《下一站，别离》等，联合制片电影《失而复得》 《喀斯特》</p>

王金

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">业务创办人董事会主席兼行政总裁、执行董事</div>羚邦集团

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Lovinia_Chiu.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">赵小燕</span>业务创办人董事会主席兼行政总裁、执行董事<br />羚邦集团</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">赵小燕女士为羚邦集团业务创办人董事会主席兼行政总裁、执行董事。她是一位富有创造力、充满活力、睿智且富有远见的企业家，拥有36年的媒体娱乐产业经验。<br /><br />赵女士于1988年8月开始从事内容发行事业。凭借她的远见和强大的创业精神，她于1994年成立了羚邦。业务以内容发行和品牌授权为主，亦涉足内容制作、发行安排及动漫商品开发。羚邦是同类公司中首家于2019年5月21日在香港联交所主板上市的第三方知识产权管理的公司。</p>

赵小燕

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Producer</div>KawanKawan Media

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Yulia_Evina_Bhara-1.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Yulia Evina Bhara</span>Producer<br />KawanKawan Media</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Yulia Evina Bhara is a producer and the founder of KawanKawan Media, a production company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She has produced among others: Solo, Solitude (2016) by Yosep Anggi Noen, The Science of Fictions (2019) by Yosep Anggi Noen, You and I (2020) by Fanny Chotimah, Whether The Weather Is Fine by Carlo Francisco Manatad (2021), Stone Turtle by Woo Ming Jin (2022), Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak (2022), Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu (2023), Dreaming &amp; Dying by Nelson Yeo (2023), Last Shadow At The First Light by Nicole Midori Woodford (2023), 24 Hours With Gaspar by Yosep Anggi Noen (2023), Don’t Cry, Butterfly by Linh Duong Dieu (2024), and Tale of the Land by Loeloe Hendra (2024). She was chosen as one of Variety Internationals’s Impactful Women in 2023.</p>

Yulia Evina Bhara

Fireside Chats

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">Executive Director &amp; Co-founder</div>Trinity Film CineAsia

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Cedric_Behrel.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Cedric Berhel</span>Executive Director &amp; Co-founder<br />Trinity Film CineAsia</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">塞德里克是Trinity 公司的共同创始人并但任该公司的总经理；Trinity 是一家版权电影发行商，致力于为英国观众创造最优的影院观影体验并为他们带去最好的中欧电影。在建立Trinity 公司之前，塞德里克在巴黎第一大学获得哲学荣誉学位，并在伦敦电影学院修完了电影制作方面的硕士课程。Trinity 公司是一家独立发行商，在2006 年成立以来已经成功的发型了多部标志性的影片，如丹尼斯.维伦纽瓦执导的奥斯卡提名影片《焦土之城》的海外首映，菲利普.赛默.霍夫指导的《杰克去划船》，保罗.索伦蒂诺执导、西恩.潘出演的《为父寻仇》，尤里西.塞德尔指导的《寂寞边界》，格雷厄姆.查普曼的动画传记片《撒谎精自传》，以及加斯帕.诺执导的《遁入虚无》。
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2015 年纳入旗下的Cine Asia 是中国电影业在英国最大的发行品牌。CineAsia 发行过著名的《叶问》系列电影， 并发行了一系列由成龙、甄子丹、周润发主演的电影。Trinity 在发行中国电影上取得了巨大的成果，如《芳华》、《唐人街探案2》、《战狼2》这些票房成绩极佳的电影。</p>

Cedric Berhel

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">CEO</div>Orisa produzioni

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Cristiano_Bortone-1.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">Cristiano Bortone</span>CEO<br />Orisa produzioni</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">Bortone is known in the industry as a director, writer, producer and animator of several film initiatives. After attending the University of Southern California (USC), in 1991 he graduated from New York University in film and television. Among the films he directed, RED LIKE THE SKY (2006) Italian film award and Best film at more than 25 int. film festivals; COFFEE (2016) first official co-pro between Italy, Belgium and China, Special event at Venice days and nominated at the China Media awards; MY PLACE IS HERE (2024) Best director and Best female actress at the Bif&amp;st and Italian Film Critics Award.<br /><br />Bortone is also an appreciated producer. In 1998 he founded the Italian company Orisa Produzioni and in 2010 the Chinese one Yiyi Pictures. He produced both art house and more commercial movies. He was nominated twice as Best Italian producer. Among his productions the Sino-Italian-German romantic comedy THE ITALIAN RECIPE 遇见你之后 (2022) co-produced with Kaixin Mahua. He has been consultant of Creative Europe and has taught at different institutions including the Beijing Film Academy. He is co-founder and Managing director of the Euro-Asian producers association Bridging Visions.</p>

Cristiano Bortone

<div class="text-level-caption text-font-bold line-limit-2 mt-1">制片人</div>翊翊（上海）文化传播有限公司

<div style="display: inline-block;"><img style="max-width: 200px; width: 90%; border-radius: 100px;" src="/conference/hkfilmart/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/03/Fan_Zhang-1.jpg" /></div><div style="display: inline-block;"><span class="text-level-body theme-text text-font-bold line-limit-2 StandLogo_title__1142i">张凡</span>制片人<br />翊翊（上海）文化传播有限公司</div><p style="padding-top: 20px;">2018年，张凡加入龙跃中欧制片人协会，并开始作为独立制片人制作影视项目。她最新的电影项目《生息之地》于2025年2月入选第75届柏林国际电影节主竞赛，并获银熊奖“最佳导演奖”（导演霍猛）。她还曾担任首部中国大陆、意大利、德国联合制片电影《遇见你之后》(2022)的制片人。该片由开心麻花影业、奥瑞萨影业、意大利国家电视台等公司共同出品。此外，她与联瑞影业合作、由著名导演陈正道监制的长片电影《欢迎再次登录》也计划于2025年与观众见面。。</p>

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