“22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” Presentation Ceremony
Acknowledgement of Hong Kong’s Regional Winners with Screening of Awarded Works Recognition of HK Contestants who also Won and awardees of the DigiCon6 ASIA Grand Prize & Silver Award
(Hong Kong．16th April 2021, Friday) The Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association (HKDEA) has been co-organising Hong Kong’s regional contest of the “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” (“DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong”) with Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (? – “Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.”?) (TBS) for years, with a view to identifying and supporting potential creative talent in Hong Kong by promoting and giving recognition to their creative digital contents. Sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government), HKDEA organised the Awards Presentation Ceremony of the “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards - Hong Kong” on 16th April 2021 (Friday) in Premiere Elements, to give recognition to the excellent digital content created by Hong Kong talent.
HKDEA was honoured to have Dr. Bernard CHAN, JP, Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the HKSAR Government to be the Guest of Honour to present the Regional Gold Award. Mr. Gabriel PANG, Chairman of HKDEA, Ms. Jersey YUEN, Assistant Head of CreateHK, Mr. Adam WONG Sau Ping, Film Director and Mr. Lo Che Ying, Animation Veteran, also joined the ceremony. On the same occasion, Mr. Raman HUI, “the Father of Sherk”, delivered a video message to encourage Hong Kong animators.
As Asia's foremost animation short film competition, the “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” is a prestigious annual digital content competition participated by various Asian regions. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic started since last year, the 22nd edition of the “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” still attracted more than 1,200 applications, which signified its popularity and importance within the industry in Asia. In this edition, 16 Asian countries/regions participated and the entries of each first competed for their own Regional Gold Award, Silver Awards and Next Generation Awards. The Regional Gold Award Winners of all participating countries/regions were then nominated to further compete for the highest awards in the Grand Final, in which Hong Kong contestants won the Gold Award - Grand Prize and a Silver Award again. This is two years in a row for Hong Kong to win the Grand Prize since the last edition.
The “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” has a strong participation of 16 Asian countries/ regions in this edition, namely Cambodia, the Mainland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and the first-time participants, Laos and Mongolia. The “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” Presentation Ceremony was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan through a live webcast in November last year.
Hong Kong representative, “Penguin Lab” with its “Dragon's Delusion – Preface” first won the “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” Gold Award, and then the “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” Gold Award – Grand Prize in Tokyo’s Awards Presentation Ceremony last year. Another Hong Kong contestant, Intoxic Studio Limited’s “Mountain And Seas - Village of Muds”, also received the Silver – Asian Perspective Award in the Grand Final, in addition to the “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” Silver Award.
The remaining Hong Kong Silver Award goes to Pop Culture Studies & Artistry Discovery Lab Limited and its " Afternoon Tea Symphony". Other awards presented at Hong Kong’s Award Presentation Ceremony were a Next-Generation Award and nine Digital Creativity Awards.
Speaking at the Award Presentation Ceremony, Dr. Bernard CHAN JP, Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the HKSAR Government congratulated HKDEA and TBS for successfully co-organising the "22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” and the related activities in Hong Kong. He also congratulated all Hong Kong winners.
Mr. Gabriel PANG, Chairman of HKDEA commented, "HKDEA is committed to the promotion and development of Hong Kong's digital entertainment industry. We are honoured to identify and support many potential creative talent through co-organising the ‘DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong’ with TBS and promoting their creative digital contents overseas. It is very heartening to see Hong Kong representatives attaining excellent results and clinching the awards again both in Hong Kong’s regional contest and Asia’s Grand Final. We look forward to more remarkable works created by Hong Kong digital content producers in the future.”
The winner list of the “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” is as follows:
To give Hong Kong digital content producers more chances to exchange ideas with their counterparts from other countries and regions, a series of events were held in Hong Kong on 15th April 2021, in addition to the Award Presentation Ceremony. They were: the “Asian Master Summit” with three Asian masters namely Mr. LIM Kah Wai, film director from Malaysia, Mr. Fish WANG, awardee of the Best Animated Short Film of the Golden Horse Awards, and Mr. KONG Kee, film director of “Dragon’s Delusion”, as speakers to share their creative experiences; and a screening session which showcased the works of the Gold Award winners of Hong Kong and other regional contests, followed by an experience sharing by the winners. Highlights of various events can be found on the project website.
More details of the “22nd DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong” are available at: https://www.digicon6asia.hk
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About Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association (HKDEA)
Established in 1999, HKDEA is a non-profit organization aiming to promote digital entertainment development in Hong Kong. Its mission points toward the achievement of the following goals - boosting prosperity of the digital entertainment industry by fostering cooperation among local developers; opening up and developing digital market; enhancement of local technology so as to enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong’s production; promoting communication between the digital entertainment industry and other related industries such as toys, entertainment and visual games; building a favourable image for digital entertainment; and protection of intellectual property right and scrapping counterfeit products.
About Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBS) with its headquarter in Tokyo, Japan, is the key station of a national television and radio network. TBS’s 28-affiliate station TV and news network JNN (Japan News Network), and 34-affiliate station radio network, JRN (Japan Radio Network) span the country domestically, in addition to its overseas news bureaus located around the world. Other business activities include: General broadcasting (television broadcasting) in accordance with broadcast law and other broadcasting related regulation/production and distribution of TV programs, DVDs, videos, etc. Telecommunication services TV broadcasting: JORX-TV/JORX-DTV.
About Create Hong Kong
Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a dedicated agency set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in June 2009. It is under the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and dedicated to spearheading the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community. CreateHK sponsors HKDEA to organise various editions of the “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards - Hong Kong” and other projects to promote the development of Hong Kong’s digital entertainment industry. CreateHK’s website: www.createhk.gov.hk
