Patrice
 Poujol


 

Born
 and
 raised
 in
 the
 Bordeaux
 region of France Patrice
 Poujol
(also 
known
 as 
心天虎 
in
 China) 
is
 the
 co‐founder
 of
 Box
 Productions
 and
 Box
 Promotions,
 a
 digital
 media
 group
 based
 respectively
 in
 Hong
 Kong
 and
 Ireland
 which
 promotes
 film
 content
 to
 and
 from
 Asia
 as
 well
 as
 co-productions.
  Patrice
 Poujol
is
 the
 Chairman
 for
 Europe
 of
 the
 Hong
 Kong
 International
 Producers
 Film
 Forum.

 

  


He
 was
 the 
in itiator
 and 
Project
 Director
on
‘The
 1st
 Irish Film
 Celebration 
in
 China 
with 
the

Shanghai
 IFF
 and
 Beijing
 IMF
 in
 June‐July
 2010.
 The
 project
 was
 endorsed
 by
 key
 Irish

Production
 companies
 such 
as 
Element
 Pictures,
 Samson
 Films
 and
 New Grange
 Pictures.
  The

event
 was
 supported 
by
 Reel
 Ireland
/IFI, 
the
 Irish 
Film
 Board
 and
f unded
 by 
Culture 
Ireland

and
 Glen
 Dimplex.



Patrice
 also
 contributed 
as 
an
 advisor
 of
 the
 1st
 Chinese
 film
 festival
in 
Ireland
 organized
 by

the
 Chinese
 Embassy 
in
 Dublin,
 the
 Dublin
 City
 Council
 and
 the
 Irish
 Film
 Board.  
In 
March

2011, 
he
 consulted
 in
 Hong
 Kong,
 in
 the
 area
 of
 media,
 for
 Institutional 
and
 Consular
 bodies

such
 as
 the 
Mexican
 Consulate 
and
 Mexcham.


Patrice 
has 
written, 
directed
 and 
produced
 four 
short 
documentaries 
and 
four 
short 
drama

pieces
 between
 2003
 and
 2011,
 some
 of
 which
 were
 screened
 in
 Europe
 and
 Asia
 and

received
 awards.  
His 
latest 
release 
TASTE 
is 
a 
surprising 
mixture 
of 
film 
noir 
and 
musical. He

is
 developing
 ‘Under
 The
 Dancing
 Stars’,
 a
 feature
 film
 project
 on
 the
 theme
 of
 family

reunion 
and 
Irish 
dance
 and
 music, 
between
 China
 and Ireland.




As
 a
 PhD
 researcher
 in
 film,
 Patrice
 Poujol's
 areas
 of
 interest
 include
 film
 and
 new
media

distribution.
 He
 is
 currently
 working
 on
 the
 publication
 of
 his
 book
 :
 'Film
 Finance
 and

Distribution 
in 
the
 Digital
 Era
:
 A
Chinese
 Perspective'.


Patrice 
is
 currently 
involved 
in
 the
 development
 of
 a
 joint
 festival
 initiative
 with
 the
 Digital

Media
 Festival 
and
 Paso
 Digital
 Film
 Festival 
in
 California.