"China Night: a Celebration of 100 Years of Hong Kong Cinema" was staged at Cannes Film Festival on Saturday to celebrate the centenary of Hong Kong cinema.

A short film produced by an American businessman on 1909 is considered to be the start of Hong Kong film industry.

A Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement was signed in 2003 bring new opportunities to the Hong Kong film industry.

Mainland and Hong Kong filmmakers should cooperate closely, said people at the party.