Taipei_Film_Festival

Taipei Film Festival

Taipei Film Festival

Taiwanese cultural event

The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; Chinese: 台北電影節; pinyin: Táiběi Diànyǐng Jié) 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.[1] 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.

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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.[citation needed]

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.[2]

Competition sections

  • International New Talent Competition - Films in this section must be a director's first or second feature.
    • Grand Prize
    • Special Jury Prize
    • Audience’s Choice Award
  • Taipei Film Awards - Competition for Taiwanese filmmakers.
    • Grand Prize
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Best Documentary
    • Best Short Film
    • Best Animation
    • Best Director
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Best New Talent
    • Best Screenplay
    • Award for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Outstanding Contribution Award

International New Talent Competition

Grand Prize winners

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Taipei Film Awards

Main article: Taipei Film Awards

Grand Prize winners

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See also

Women Make Waves is a longer-established film festival, in Taiwan since 1993, and the largest women's film festival in Asia. Since 2005, there is also an annual Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival in Taipei City,[3] and since 2014, the annual Taiwan International Queer Film Festival in Taipei City and two other major cities, founded and directed by Jay Lin.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Palmer, Augusta (October 14, 1998). "Don't Get Your Mooncake Wet: First Taipei Film Festival Celebrates Global Independents Despite Delug". Indiewire - Festivals. SnagFilms. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  2. [2]
    Lin, Charlene. "Taipei Hosts The World's First Film Festival Of 2020". thetaiwantimes.com. The Taiwan Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. [3]
    Peter W. Daniels; Kong-Chong Ho; Thomas A. Hutton (2012). New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From Industrial Restructuring to the Cultural Turn. Routledge. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-0-415-56773-2.
  4. [4]
    "Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) - Foreword". TIQFF. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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