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On 22nd March 2014, FilmAid Asia and Moët & Chandon co-hosted the 3rd annual Power of Film Gala at the Clearwater Bay Film Studios in Hong Kong. This coincides
with the 15th Anniversary of FilmAid International, with A-list celebrities joining the celebration: Tilda Swinton, Fan Bing Bing, Donnie Yen, and Jamie Campbell Bower.
Since its presence in Hong Kong in 2011, FilmAid has been exploring partnership with local NGOs. ChickenSoup was chosen to be their first partner with FilmAid, of which the partnership was officially announced at the Gala Dinner with a dedicated fund raising effort.
After a successful trial screening held in Kowloon City in early March, we shall be hosting regular screening events at all five ChickenSoup centers for 360 underprivileged children in the coming months. Our short term goal is to give much needed psychological relief to a population, whose development is seriously impacted by their restrictive living conditions.
Our medium term goal is to provide film production training as a career option to students, who can ultimately produce films about their childhood with themselves as the story-teller to improve awareness in the media and donors community.
The Associates is pleased to receive this endorsement by FilmAid of the 7-month old charity model of ChickenSoup. Through the power of film, we will be working closely together to raise international awareness on the plight of the local deprived community and projecting hope and saving lives of those in need.
About FilmAid
Founded in 1999 by award winning producer Caroline Baron, FilmAid uses the power of media to raise awareness on global social issues, and to provide life-saving information via films to refugees and illiterate communities. They developed projects in East Africa, Haiti, Thailand, Vietnam, in reaction to international major crises. FilmAid has over 80 institutional partners and donors, including Google, American Express, Louis Vuitton, Warners Brothers, 20th Fox Film, Walt Disney, Sony Pictures and Blackstone Group. The 18-member Global Artist Council includes Robert De Niro, Rory Kennedy, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Daniel Wu and Donnie Yen.
