Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)

Showcase details

Key Dates: 16 May 2026 | 16:15-18:05

Access: Marché du Film badge holders

Main Venue: Palais K (Palais des Festivals)

HKIFF Industry offers filmmakers all-around services and windows to the world. From polishing up projects (Film Lab), finding production and post-production assistance (HAF), to showcasing work-in-progress works in international platforms (HAF Goes to Cannes), and on to planning the career of finished films (HKIFF Collection). HKIFF Industry also engages in co-production of films with third parties.

Find out more about the 2026 projects & check out our teaser!

Projects

Goes to Cannes

Good Trip

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Norris Wong Yee-lam & Wong Hoi

Produced by: Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting | Tango For Four Production Limited

Country of Production: Hong Kong

Original Title: 我阿爹想旅行

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Language: Cantonese, Japanese

Runtime: 105'

Completed in: 2026

Shan is asked to pick up a prop when spending time with her father in the hospital. Her father insists on driving Shan, and the two embark on an unexpected road trip filled with imagination.

Goes to Cannes

The Sea Speaks His Name

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Yosep Anggi Noen

Produced by: Gita Fara, Budi Setyarso, Leila S. Chudori | Pal8 Pictures

Country of Production: Indonesia

Original Title: Laut Bercerita

Genre: Drama

Language: Bahasa Indonesia

Runtime: 120'

Completed in: 2026

A young activist’s disappearance leaves behind a family caught between hope, memory, and an unending search for truth.

Goes to Cannes

Will You Still Be My Friend

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Lu Po-Shun

Produced by: Su Yu-Hao | InLight Film Studio, Verdant Peak Films

Country of Production: Taiwan, Singapore

Original Title: 懸日掛月

Genre: Drama

Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Runtime: 95'

Completed in: 2026

Amid an escalating feud in a rural Taiwanese village, a boy struggles to protect his secret friendship with his Singapore-raised best friend as adult tensions threaten to tear them apart.

Goes to Cannes

The Excreman – On the Road

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Brian Tse

Produced by: Brian Tse, Samuel Choy | On The Road Studio Limited

Country of Production: Hong Kong

Original Title: 屎撈人—在路途上

Genre: Animation

Language: Cantonese

Runtime: 90'

Completed in: 2027

Excremen in the sewer lead a relaxed and stable life. As a terrifying crisis approaches, they have no choice but to defeat the opponent, or seek a new beginning.