During the six months spent in planning, the GIO decided to sponsor a festival of distinguished foreign films and a seminar on moviemaking given by the "new wave" of directors in Hong Kong.
今年第十七屆金馬獎，主辦單位早在半年前便已著手籌劃，並立意要在去年星光燦爛的華麗外衣下，更添加一些實質的內涵。因此特別在頒獎典禮之前，舉辦了外片觀摩及香港新銳導演座談會，希望藉著觀摩與座談，取人之長，補己之短，提昇中國電影的水準。