About the Youth Film Foundation

The Youth Film Foundation educates young people about film making, its art, techniques and basic technologies.

We inform young people about the real value in creating film works; how to protect that value and how to gain from it. We inspire young people to create films with global reach and impact using available and affordable technologies.

The youth of today have more opportunity to speak through images and film and to shape their own futures than any previous generation.

Film is a universal language, clearer than a speech and yet simpler to create than writing a page of words.

A seven year old can get the attention of the world overnight; a film made by a teenager in Hong Kong can have global impact from Los Angeles to London.  Unprecedented technology growth has created not only a chance for young people to make a difference but also to enjoy unprecedented rewards.

Established by a lawyer with a passion for image making and rights protection and an award winning movie maker we really do believe in the future of the medium.

Who's behind the Youth Film Foundation ?

Adrian J Halkes

Adrian has founded a number of highly successful companies since the 1980s including an award winning technology business in Hong Kong, a major ISP in the USA and a law firm in Hong Kong. He picked up his Box Brownie camera at the age of 7 and had his first one man exhibition when he was 17. Passionate about not only creativity but also its protection and the value of rights he is a Barrister at Law in Hong Kong.

Nick Foxall

Nick Foxall is a successful web designer, videographer, and media artist based in Hong Kong. In video and film, Nick has rapidly gained experience as a freelance filmmaker, videographer, Final Cut Pro editor (Apple Certified), and video-to-web specialist. In 2004, his documentary work "Adventure Under Sail" —a profile of sailor and adventurer Marc Cuthbert—was awarded First Prize (Documentary) at the Beijing International Student Film Festival. Nick also develops his own interactive media art projects, and has exhibited work at a number of events and exhibitions.