In 2007, new mayor Chen Chu set a new precedent by establishing a project aimed specifically at fostering documentary filmmaking in the city and looking for scripts set against a Kaohsiung backdrop, offering to foot up to NT $ 1.5 million in production expenses.
2007 年陳菊市長更首開先例，推動「高雄城市紀事影片拍攝案」，公開徵求以高雄為背景的劇本及拍片企畫，挹注每部影片 150 萬元的製作費。