Local delegation goes to Cannes to prepare int’l film festival

Delegations of the Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA) are attending the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is taking place between May 11 and 22.
Participation in the famous event which occurs in the South of France aims to promote the inaugural edition of International Film Festival & Awards Macau (IFFAM), introducing the event to international film and television production companies. The local delegation hopes to entice individuals to join the event which will be held in the territory in December of this year.

Film festival organizers and film distributors attend a luncheon meeting with the Macau delegation

According to the MGTO, this will be the first of several local delegations participating in major film festivals. Other festivals which will be attended include the Shanghai and Busan events, with the hope that delegations will “learn, promote and foster connections between Macau and international movie industry professionals.”
In order to achieve these goals MGTO is hosting several luncheon meetings during the festival period to which it has invited some key people for various international film festivals and film distributors in order to meet them and share with them news of Macau’s developments as well as what it may offer to the film industry in the future.
At the same time, a booth is being run at the Film Market area (“Marché du Film”), a venue that gathers over 10,000 film industry professionals from across the globe.
The first ever IFFAM is set to kick-off on December 8 and run for a period of 5 consecutive days with screening sessions to be held at the Macau Science Center and at the UA Galaxy Cinemas.
The Macau government has invited Marco Mueller, the former director of the Locarno, Venice and Rome festivals to head the inaugural event, which has a budget of approximately MOP80 million. RM