香港影壇年度盛事《第三十三屆香港電影金像奬頒奬典禮》已訂於二零一四年四月十三日 (星期日) 假座香港文化中心隆重舉行。大會於今天記者招待會上公佈十九項入圍名單及本年度頒奬典禮的各大直播媒體。
記者會上，香港電影金像獎協會主席陳嘉上先生首先宣佈《第三十三屆香港電影金像奬頒奬典禮》，為了讓香港觀眾可透過多個不同的電子平台觀賞及收聽頒獎典禮當晚盛況，電視廣播有限公司(TVB)、now TV、香港電台第二台、騰訊網、CCTV6及多個其他海外電視台將轉播頒獎典禮。陳嘉上先生表示，本年度首輪投票反應理想，經會計師核實票數後，統計得出投票率達66.69%，並為六年來最高。香港電影金像獎協會特別多謝電影發展基金資助本屆頒獎典禮，而其中將有港幣十萬元撥款贈予「新晉導演獎」得主，予其作為開拍新作品之資料搜集經費。此外，大會亦衷心感謝康樂及文化事務署提供多項場地贊助。同時香港電影金像獎協會亦十分榮幸宣佈，著名瑞士腕錶及珠寶品牌—伯爵將會連續第四年成為頒奬典禮的「主題贊助」，繼續為香港電影金像獎平添閃爍光華。
記者招待會司儀楊崢其後宣佈每年一度的頒獎典禮海報設計比賽結果，經香港設計師協會(Hong Kong Designers Association)評審組 ─ 李躍華先生評審各入圍作品後，選出來自CO1設計學校魏嘉寶同學的作品為冠軍，香港能仁書院鄭丹娜同學為亞軍，明愛白英奇專業學校歐昇弦同學為季軍，而魏嘉寶同學的作品將會被正式印製成大會的宣傳海報。
招待會尾聲，主席陳嘉上先生恭喜眾位入圍候選者及電影，並感謝Rastignac Cognac威利來干邑對香港電影金像獎的支持，成為本屆頒獎典禮的「大會指定干邑」，同時請所有到場嘉賓一起上台拍攝大合照留念。
One of the prestigious events in the film industry – The 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 13th April 2014 (Sunday). The Hong Kong Film Awards Association announced this year’s nomination list of 19 categories and the list of live broadcast media at the press conference today.
Mr. Gordon Chan - the Chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association, announced that TVB, now TV, RTHK Channel 2, Tencent, CCTV6 and some overseas TV channels would provide broadcast for this year’s event. Hong Kong audiences will be able to enjoy the grand event through different electronic media. According to Mr. Chan, the first round poll had received positive responses; verified by certified public accountants, the voter turnout rate reached a 6-year high point of 66.69%. Hong Kong Film Awards Association is also grateful to The Film Development Fund for subsidizing to the event this year. Of which, HKD 100,000 will be presented to the winner of the “Best New Director新晉導演獎”, as a subsidy of the fund for the research work of his/ her next film. We would also like to show our sincerest thanks to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department for providing us venue sponsorship. We are also delighted to announce that, the association gains the renowned Swiss watchmaker and jeweller – Piaget’s generous supports, to be the Major Sponsor of the association this year. With Piaget at the 4th consecutive year, the ceremony evening will definitely be dazzlingly accentuated.
Theme Poster Competition and the best entry were announced by the MC of the press conference, Miss Vanessa Yeung-Tsang today. With the help of judging team from the Hong Kong Designers Association: Mr. Francis Lee had evaluated the finalists, and nominated the best entry of the work of Miss Ngai Ka Po from CO1 School of Visual Arts, the 1st runner-up as Cheng Tan Na from Hong Kong Buddhist College and the 2nd runner-up as Au Sing In from The Caritas Bianchi College of Careers. The winning design shall be printed as the official promotion poster for the event.
At the end of the press conference, Mr Gordon Chan sent his congratulations to all nominees and thanks for the support of Rastignac Cognac as the Official Cognac of this year event. All guests were invited to take a group photo on stage as a prefect roundup of the press conference.
