Most of these young directors have received academic training in film production workshops in the West and have field experience as producer-directors on television stations. They may differ in the style of their works, but under their efforts, a new production force has been formed to break away from set ideas and commercialism in Hong Kong's movie circles.
七位香港導演都很年輕，大都有很好的學院根底和實務基礎（他們多曾任電視編導），作品的風格雖不盡相同，但經由他們個別的努力，造成香港電影的一股新潮流，在大電影公司多年沿襲成風的製作環境中，醞釀了新的製作空氣。