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[[File:Ying e Chi logo.png|thumb|'''Ying e Chi logo''']]
'''Ying e Chi''' (Chinese: 影意志) is a non-profit organization formed in 1997 by a group of independent filmmakers in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=崔允信專訪｜移台辦獨立短片獎「離開後做甚麼才是最重要」 - 記者梁嘉麗 - 光傳媒 Photon Media |url=https://photonmedia.net/vincentchui/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |language=zh-TW}}</ref> Ying e Chi Limited is incorporated on 7 May 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YING E CHI LIMITED {{!}} Hong Kong Companies Directory |url=https://www.ltddir.com/companies/ying-e-chi-limited/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.ltddir.com}}</ref> Independent film makers of Ying e Chi include [[Vincent Chui]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Vincent Chui |url=https://offscreen.com/view/Interview_with_Vincent_Chui |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=offscreen.com |language=en}}</ref> Kwok Wai-lun, [[Simon Chung]],<ref name=":2" /> Charlie Lam and Lawrence Wong.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} Ying e Chi co-founded the [[Hong Kong Asian Film Festival]] (Chinese: 香港亞洲電影節). Later, they parted ways with [[HKAFF Society Limited]], and self-organized [[Hong Kong Independent Film Festival]] since 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.timeout.com.hk/film/features/15201/reel-life-the-more-things-change.html | title=Reel life: The more things change… | work=Time Out Hong Kong | date=6 October 2008 | access-date=8 July 2012 | author=Lee, Edmund}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=關於 – Ying E Chi |url=https://yingechi.com/about/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |language=zh-HK}}</ref>

During the years, several independent films are distributed by Ying e Chi, including ''[[Yellowing (film)|Yellowing]]'' (2016), ''[[Lost in the Fumes]]'' (2017), ''[[Last Exit to Kai Tak]]'' (2018), ''[[Taking Back the Legislature]]'' (2020), ''[[Inside the Red Brick Wall]]'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-14 |title=【訪問】訪問崔允信——香港獨立電影導演、影意志藝術總監 |url=https://typesetter.hk/2021/04/14/1185/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=手民出版社 |language=zh-HK}}</ref> These films are politically sensitive and mostly about the Hong Kong protests, and other cinema would not air them.<ref name=":2" /> Because of its stance in the political landscape of Hong Kong, Ying e Chi is often attacked by [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing]] media, namely ''[[Wen Wei Po]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=【特稿】「影意志」涉借製作電影煽暴播「獨」 |url=https://www.wenweipo.com/a/202106/12/AP60c3a908e4b08d3407c5b70d.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=香港文匯網 |language=zh-Hans-HK}}</ref> and ''[[Ta Kung Pao]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=禁黑暴电影发行商攞公帑艺发局停止资助影意志 _大公网 |url=https://www.takungpao.com/news/232109/2021/0703/604661.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.takungpao.com}}</ref> This is especially true during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|anti-extradition bill movement]].

Ying e Chi lost funding from [[Hong Kong Arts Development Council]] (Hong Kong Government) in 2021, and also unable to renewed its contract with [[Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre]] for its studio.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=淳 |first=音 |date=2024-11-04 |title=崔允信移台後辦短片比賽　為香港獨立電影重建平台 |url=https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/taiwan-vincent-chui-ying-e-chi-independent-movie-11042024050852.html |website=Radio Free Asia}}</ref> Ying e Chi later officially disbanded in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-25 |title=獨立電影發行商影意志解散前總監崔允信離港開設同名專頁辦「獨立短片獎」 {{!}} 獨媒報導 |url=https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%96%87%E8%97%9D/%E7%8D%A8%E7%AB%8B%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%8C%E5%95%86%E5%BD%B1%E6%84%8F%E5%BF%97%E8%A7%A3%E6%95%A3-%E5%89%8D%E7%B8%BD%E7%9B%A3%E5%B4%94%E5%85%81%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%A2%E6%B8%AF-%E9%96%8B%E8%A8%AD%E5%90%8C%E5%90%8D%E5%B0%88%E9%A0%81%E8%BE%A6%E3%80%8C%E7%8D%A8%E7%AB%8B%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E7%8D%8E%E3%80%8D |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=獨立媒體}}</ref> One of its original founders, [[Vincent Chui]], appears to be restarting the organization in Taiwan by organizing HK Indie Short Film Award 2025 under the name of Ying e Chi.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://yingechi.org/ Official website]

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