The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association is bringing in something new this year again. To recognise the increasing number of documentary videos in the city, the HKPPA is holding “Video at the Frontline” documentary video competition for the first time.
The competition accepts documentary entries ranging from 5 minutes to 20 minutes. Entries can be submitted by individual or group and each entry may submit no more than 3 works. The publishing time and main production period must lie within 2023 to May 2024.
HKPPA holds the annual “Focus at the Frontline” news photography competition to select the photos best representing Hong Kong photojournalism of the year. As news documentary increasingly spreads from the medium of photo to video, we expect the “Video at the Frontline” competition to showcase and honour the hard work of video journalists and documentary filmmakers in marking the key moments of the year. The jury will be comprised of veteran documentary filmmakers and video journalists and will be announced in due course.
The competition is comprised of Open Category and Student Category.
The entry fee for the Open Category is $380 (free for HKPPA members) and the fee for the Student Category is $150.
For the first time, HKPPA is opening the annual “Focus at the Frontline” competition to student entries, introducing two new student categories photo essays and “return to normalcy” themed singles . The entries will go through the same rigorous judging process by professionals in the industry. With this new development, we hope to recognise the work of students’ and their potential in delivering images with news and artistic values.
Open for entries: February 16, 2024 Deadline: March 15, 2024 23:59
Singles theme: “Return to normalcy” • Up to five photos under the theme of “Return to Normalcy” can be submitted. Photos submitted can include portraits, features, breaking news, environment and other work. • All photos must be taken within 2023.
Photo essays: open to all themes • A collection of photographs that highlights a theme. Any theme can be submitted in this category. • The majority of the pictures should be taken in 2023, however, it’s at the jury’s discretion to allow pictures taken before 2023 to be a part of the submission.
The annual “Focus at the Frontline 2023” news photography competition opens today. Categories receiving applications include Breaking News, General News, Portrait, Sports, Feature, Nature and Environment, and Photo Essay. The jury will be composed of professionals in the news photography, media and artistic industries and will be announced in due course.
Taiwan’s polls last week raised the curtain of the 2024 election year around the world and attracted many Hong Kong press photographers to observe and document its colourful rallies. HKPPA visited Taiwan Press Photographer Association in Taipei on the occasion, exchanging our publications and discussing journalism work across the strait. We very much appreciate the opportunity to connect with our Taiwanese friends and hope for more collaboration in the future.