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HAF Works-in-Progress 2026: Full Line-Up
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 12 projects for the Works-in-Progress section of this year’s HAF.
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Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 12 projects for the Works-in-Progress section of this year’s HAF.
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Imported films had a market share of around 20% at the China box office in 2025, with Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire And Ash the highest-grossing foreign films. Below is a list of imported films and co-productions (excluding Hong Kong-China co-productions) that have been dated for China release in 2026,
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Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has selected 17 In-Development projects for this year’s HAF.
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Hong Kong and Macau’s box office continued their downwards slide in 2025, with ticket sales coming in at a combined $155m (HK$1.21bn), a decrease of 15% compared to the previous year, according to figures from Hong Kong Box Office. In 2024, Hong Kong’s total box office
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China’s box office increased by 22% to reach $7.4bn (RMB51.83bn) in 2025, compared to $5.8bn the previous year, according to figures from China Film Administration. Two animated titles topped the year-end top ten, raking in $2.8bn between them – Lunar New Year hit Ne Zha 2,
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Zootopia 2 was the highest-grossing import at the China box office in 2025, grossing $627m (as of Feb 2, 2026) and ranking second in the year-end chart.
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Lucky Lu and Mother Bhumi were also multiple award winners, taking three prizes apiece, including acting honours for Chang Chen and Fan Bingbing.
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Shen Ko-shang’s Deep Quiet Room was awarded Best Film and Best Actor for Joseph Chang’s performance in the Fei Mu Awards of this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF, September 24-30). The President’s Cake, directed by Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi, took best film in the festival’