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Taipei Film Awards
The Taipei Film Awards () are given by the Taipei Film Festival The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998, from September 28 to October 5. Currently chaired by ... to honor achievements in Taiwanese cinema. Winners are selected from Taiwanese films which are presented in the competition section at the festival. Grand Prize winners Film awards Individual awards Outstanding Artistic Contribution awards Outstanding Contribution Award Other prizes Lifetime Achievement Award Best Individual Achievement Special Mention, Actress Special Grand Award of the Year Special Jury Award Special Mention Industry Award for Narrative Feature Non-Narrative Feature, Jury Prize Best Experimental Film Documentary Special Prize Creative Genre Film Award Best Fictional Film-Video Award Best Animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Film Festival
The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998, from September 28 to October 5. Currently chaired by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin, Taipei Film Festival is the only festival in Taiwan that offers a New Talent Competition for aspiring directors from around the world and a Taipei Awards competition for Taiwanese filmmakers. The Festival screens around 200 films from more than 30 countries worldwide. With approximately 100,000 attendants each year, Taipei Film Festival has become one of the most influential film festivals in the Chinese-speaking world. History Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Taipei Film Festival was the first in-person film festival to be held that year worldwide. Competition sections *International New Talent Competition - Films in this section must be a director's first or second feature. **Grand Prize **Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wayward Cloud
''The Wayward Cloud'' is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang and starring Lee Kang-sheng and Chen Shiang-chyi. Plot There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and watermelons are abundant. Television programs teach various water-saving methods and encourage the drinking of watermelon juice instead of water. Hsiao-kang, a pornographic actor, films sex scenes with watermelons and water. Shiang-chyi is a woman who lives nearby. One day, while Shiang-chyi is out collecting water bottles, she sees watermelons in a river and takes a watermelon. She passes Hsiao-kang sleeping on a bench and uses his water bottle to wash her watermelon. She sits down on the bench across from him. He wakes up, and they realize that they know each other from when he was a watch salesman. She does not know that he now works in porn. The two start a relationship. She feeds him watermelon, they cook food together, and he smokes on the floor under her table. They go to a video store and make out in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tenants Downstairs
''The Tenants Downstairs'' is a 2016 Taiwanese black comedy-mystery-drama film based on Taiwanese writer Giddens Ko's novel of the same name. The film is written by Ko and also presented, produced and directed by Adam Tsuei and stars Simon Yam, Lee Kang-sheng, Kaiser Chuang, Ivy Shao and Sophia Li Filming for ''The Tenants Downstairs'' began in October 2015 and ended in November 2015 and was released on 12 August 2016. Plot A police interrogator questions a man inside an interrogation room. The man claims that he inherited a building with studio apartments from a distant relative, so he became the landlord of the building, renting the apartments out to tenants. The Landlord's penthouse apartment is equipped with screens that allow the Landlord to see inside each apartment, which all have hidden cameras. His tenants include divorcee Mr. Wang Ming-kai and his fourth-grade daughter; Ms. Chen Min-hui, an office worker who uses her body for financial gain and advantages in the workpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang In There, Kids!
''Hang in There, Kids!'' (Atayal: ''Lokah Laqi''; ) is a 2016 Taiwanese drama film directed by Laha Mebow. It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Cast * Albee Huang * Sharon Kao Sharon Kao (; born 22 August 1991) is a Taiwanese actress. She is mixed with Bunun descent ( Austronesian) and Chinese. In 2006, she starred in a TV series ''Curly Hair'' produced by Public Television Service Taiwan. She starred in ''Leaving Gra ... * Buya Watan * Watan Silan * Suyan Pito Awards and nominations See also * List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 2016 films 2016 drama films Taiwanese drama films Atayal-language films Indigenous films 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panay (film)
''Panay'' is a 2015 feature film directed by Taiwanese director Cheng Yu-Chieh and Lekal Sumi Cilangasan. It is inspired by a true story. Panay is a very common female name among the Taiwanese Indigenous tribe, it simply stands for the beautiful spike of rice. This is one of the few Taiwanese movies that filmed from an indigenous perspective. Through the cross ethnic cooperation between two directors, Cheng Yu-Chieh (Han) and Lekal Sumi (Pangcah). Actors are mostly new to the stage, they are fresh yet persuasive. The movie was being awarded the Audience Choice Award from the Taipei Film Festival. Panay's theme song "Aka Pisawad "Aka Pisawad" (Mandarin: 不要放棄) is a song written and sung by Suming, an Amis singer, and is the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film "Wawa No Cidal". The song won the Best Original Song for a Movie at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in ..." won the Best Original Film Song of the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. Plot Panay worked in the city as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (film)
''Kano'' is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball period film directed by Umin Boya and produced by Jimmy Huang and Wei Te-sheng, based on a true story depicting the multiracial Kano baseball team from Japanese-era Taiwan, overcoming extreme odds to represent the island in the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium (located in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture). Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team advanced to the championship game in the tournament.Kano Yahoo Taiwan. Retrieved 30 January 2014. The film stars as Hyotaro Kondo, who coaches an underdog multi-ethnic high school team comprising |
Ice Poison
''Ice Poison'' (, ''Bing Du'') is a 2014 Taiwanese drama film directed by Midi Z. It was screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, and was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Cast * Wang Shin-hong * Wu Ke-xi See also * List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Republic of China (Taiwan) has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957, and regularly since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... References External links * Berlinale Annual Archive 2014 Film File 2014 films 2014 drama films Taiwanese drama films Films directed by Midi Z 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul (2013 Film)
''Soul'' () is a 2013 Taiwanese horror film written and directed by Chung Mong-hong. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A young man is possessed by the soul of a psychopath, and is helped by his father to exorcise it. Cast * Joseph Chang as A-chuan * Jimmy Wang as Wang * Chen Shiang-chyi as Yun * Leon Dai as Son-in-law * Jag Huang as A-chuan's Workmate * Chen Yu-hsun as Doctor Wu * Chin Shih-chieh as Messenger * Wu Pong-fong * Tou Chung-hua See also * List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Republic of China (Taiwan) has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957, and regularly since 1980. The award is handed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Of The Light
''Touch of the Light'' () is a 2012 Taiwanese drama film directed by Chang Jung-chi. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Plot The story revolves around a blind music student who excels at piano but faces hardships due to his disability, and an aspiring dancer who works at a bubble tea store. Their friendship becomes mutually uplifting as they pursue their dreams. Cast * Sandrine Pinna as Hsiao-chieh * Huang Yu-siang as Huang Yu-siang * Lee Lieh as Yu-siang's mother * Ko Shu-chin as Hsiao-chieh's mother * Ayugo Huang as Yu-siang's father * Na Dou as Hsiao-chieh's boss * Harry Chang as Hsiao-chieh's boyfriend * Sheu Fang-yi as Teacher Hsu * Ivy Yin as Teacher Wang * Hsueh Shih-ling as A-hsien Soundtrack Awards and nominations See also * List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girlfriend, Boyfriend
''Girlfriend, Boyfriend'' (also stylized as ''Gf*Bf'') is a 2012 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Yang Ya-che. The film was released on August 3, 2012. Of the film, director Yang stated that while he did not intentionally set out to make a "gay movie, but a political one, one which happened to include a gay character"., he further stated that homosexuality and politics "both in fact represent the theme of freedom". Synopsis In the 1980s, high school students Aaron, Mabel and Liam are best friends and also caught in a love triangle. As the three friends go through the turbulent times, when social revolution takes hold over martial law, their relationships go through many ups and downs. Cast *Gwei Lun-mei as Mabel *Joseph Chang as Liam *Rhydian Vaughan as Aaron *Bryan Chang as Sean *Serena Fang as Hsiao-bao, Aaron's wife *Russell Tang as John Hsu, Liam's boyfriend *Ding Ning as Hanako, Mabel's mother * Nita Lei as Hsiao Yun *J.C. Lei as Hsiao Shu Reception Critical r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Cha For Twins
''Cha Cha for Twins'' (; ''Bao mi qia qia'') is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed by Yang Yi-chien and Jim Wang. The story involves a pair of identical twin sisters at age 17. Hormones have begun to kick in, and they are starting to have boy A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is described as a man. Definition, etymology, and use According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy is ... troubles. However, one of the boys that they date can't even tell them apart. References External links * Taiwanese romantic comedy films 2012 romantic comedy films 2012 films Films set in Taipei Films set in Kaohsiung Films shot in Taiwan 2010s coming-of-age comedy films Coming-of-age romance films Films about twin sisters 2010s high school films 2010s teen comedy films 2010s teen romance films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Exchanges
''Taipei Exchanges'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese comedy film directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan and starring Gwei Lun-mei. Plot Doris always wanted to have her own coffee-house. With the help of her sister, Joise, she opened "Doris's Cafe". After the first day of business, however, there are few customers for the coffee house and the coffee house becomes cluttered with many useless gifts brought by friends and former colleges. Later, when customers start to ask about purchasing some of the items, Joise suggested a bartering system for the store. Business goes up as people linger to decide what to exchange. Later, customers began to share their personal stories with Doris in the coffee house as well. Cast * Gwei Lun-mei as Doris, the owner of the newly opened cafe. * Zaizai Lin as Joise, sister of Doris who works in the cafe. * Chang Han as Chun-Ching, a soap collector who has collected 35 bars of soap. Each bar of soap has a story behind it. * Kousuke Atari as a Japanese Singer Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |