The Golden Horse Film Festival, which operates the premier awards in the Chinese-language film industry, has teamed up with Cannes’ Marché du Film to showcase a handful of new films and projects under the banner Golden Horse Goes to Cannes.
To be presented May 16, the five films comprise new works from directors Chen Yu-hsun, Yang Ya-che, Huang Xi, Giddens Ko and John Hsu, with such high-profile producers as Lee Lieh, Sylvia Chang, Aileen Li, Jeffrey Chan and Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Yang Ya-che, known for Golden Horse-winning “The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful,” and for shaping the careers of several actors, returns behind the camera with “The Chronicles of Libidoists.”
It was a standout at the Golden Horse project market, while at the production stage, the scandalous nature of its erotic take on “The Little Mermaid” tale meant that the names of the cast had to be kept secret.
They are...
To be presented May 16, the five films comprise new works from directors Chen Yu-hsun, Yang Ya-che, Huang Xi, Giddens Ko and John Hsu, with such high-profile producers as Lee Lieh, Sylvia Chang, Aileen Li, Jeffrey Chan and Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Yang Ya-che, known for Golden Horse-winning “The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful,” and for shaping the careers of several actors, returns behind the camera with “The Chronicles of Libidoists.”
It was a standout at the Golden Horse project market, while at the production stage, the scandalous nature of its erotic take on “The Little Mermaid” tale meant that the names of the cast had to be kept secret.
They are...
- 5/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival is to showcase five upcoming Taiwanese projects at Cannes including features from Chen Yu-hsun, Yang Ya-che, Huang Xi, Giddens Ko and John Hsu with stars such as Wu Kang-ren, Gingle Wang, Kai Ko, Caitlin Fang and Karena Lam.
The new programme, titled Golden Horse Goes To Cannes, comprises works-in-progress projects and will be presented to industry professionals on May 16 at Palais K during the Cannes Film Festival. It marks Golden Horse’s first collaboration with the Marche du Film.
See below for full project list
The collaboration was initiated by Taipei Golden Horse Film...
The new programme, titled Golden Horse Goes To Cannes, comprises works-in-progress projects and will be presented to industry professionals on May 16 at Palais K during the Cannes Film Festival. It marks Golden Horse’s first collaboration with the Marche du Film.
See below for full project list
The collaboration was initiated by Taipei Golden Horse Film...
- 4/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
John Hsu’s long-awaited Dead Talents Society is set for a summer release, with an official opening date scheduled for August 7 in Taiwan.
Starring Chen Bo-lin, Sandrine Pinna and Gingle Wang, the supernatural comedy is backed by Sony Pictures International, which also handles worldwide distribution, and Taiwan’s Activator. Taiwan is the first territory to be dated and will be released through Sony Pictures Releasing Taiwan.
The story follows how veteran ghosts need to train a newcomer to become the next superstar among the dead. “Every ghost is trying to be the best of the best in an over-populated and competitive society,...
Starring Chen Bo-lin, Sandrine Pinna and Gingle Wang, the supernatural comedy is backed by Sony Pictures International, which also handles worldwide distribution, and Taiwan’s Activator. Taiwan is the first territory to be dated and will be released through Sony Pictures Releasing Taiwan.
The story follows how veteran ghosts need to train a newcomer to become the next superstar among the dead. “Every ghost is trying to be the best of the best in an over-populated and competitive society,...
- 4/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Taipei Film Festival is aiming to shine an international spotlight on Taiwanese actors through a new initiative, Top Talents, that will showcase nine actors including major stars Kai Ko and Chen Bolin.
Other actors selected for the initiative include Chen Yi-wen, who won a Golden Horse Award for A Sun; Taipei Film Award winners Hsu Wei-ning and Gingle Wang; Caitlin Fang who won best newcomer awards at both Golden Horse and Taipei Film Awards for American Girl; and Golden Bell Award regulars Hsueh Shih-ling, Esther Liu and Tseng Pei-yu.
Collaborating with Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), the festival drew up a longlist from more than one hundred actors who had won prizes at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, Golden Bell Awards, which focus on TV production, and Taipei Film Awards.
The final list was selected by a committee of seven filmmakers including Taipei Film Festival director Li Ya-mei, executive producer Lee Lieh,...
Other actors selected for the initiative include Chen Yi-wen, who won a Golden Horse Award for A Sun; Taipei Film Award winners Hsu Wei-ning and Gingle Wang; Caitlin Fang who won best newcomer awards at both Golden Horse and Taipei Film Awards for American Girl; and Golden Bell Award regulars Hsueh Shih-ling, Esther Liu and Tseng Pei-yu.
Collaborating with Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca), the festival drew up a longlist from more than one hundred actors who had won prizes at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, Golden Bell Awards, which focus on TV production, and Taipei Film Awards.
The final list was selected by a committee of seven filmmakers including Taipei Film Festival director Li Ya-mei, executive producer Lee Lieh,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Further film and series winners included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Malaysian director Chong Keat-aun’s Amah’s Miseries has claimed the grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) financing market in Taiwan, winning a 32,000 (NT1m) prize.
Further film and series winners at the market, which takes place during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Amah’s Miseries is produced by Wong Kew-soon from Malaysia, Gene Yao from Taiwan and Chow Wai-thong from Singapore, the same team behind Chong...
Malaysian director Chong Keat-aun’s Amah’s Miseries has claimed the grand prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) financing market in Taiwan, winning a 32,000 (NT1m) prize.
Further film and series winners at the market, which takes place during the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, included filmmakers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Amah’s Miseries is produced by Wong Kew-soon from Malaysia, Gene Yao from Taiwan and Chow Wai-thong from Singapore, the same team behind Chong...
- 11/18/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: In yet another of a recent string of intriguing local-language projects, Sony Pictures International Productions is teaming with Taiwan’s Activator to co-produce paranormal comedy Dead Talents Society. Spip has also acquired worldwide distribution rights in addition to closing a deal for global remake rights.
Directed by John Hsu (Detention), the feature is based on his short film which he also wrote (check it out below). The premise centers around ghosts who strive to be the most successful and famous stars in the underworld through their scare tactics and performances amongst the living. The end goal is to become the spookiest of urban legends.
The film is set to start production in 2022 and slated for a theatrical release in Taiwan via Sony Pictures Releasing Taiwan in 2023.
Bolin Chen (In Time With You) and Sandrine Pinna (Yang Yang) are set to star. Award-winning Taiwanese filmmakers Lieh Lee, Aileen Li and...
Directed by John Hsu (Detention), the feature is based on his short film which he also wrote (check it out below). The premise centers around ghosts who strive to be the most successful and famous stars in the underworld through their scare tactics and performances amongst the living. The end goal is to become the spookiest of urban legends.
The film is set to start production in 2022 and slated for a theatrical release in Taiwan via Sony Pictures Releasing Taiwan in 2023.
Bolin Chen (In Time With You) and Sandrine Pinna (Yang Yang) are set to star. Award-winning Taiwanese filmmakers Lieh Lee, Aileen Li and...
- 1/18/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Kai Ko and Vivian Hsu star in romantic drama, which starts shooting later this month in Taipei.
Taipei-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Taiwanese-American filmmaker Arvin Chen’s latest film Mama Boy.
The romantic drama stars Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) as a shy young man who finds himself attracted to a single mother, played by Vivian Hsu (Little Big Women), at a sex hotel. Filming will start at the end of March in Taipei, with a release targeted for November this year.
The key crew include producer Aileen Li, whose credits include...
Taipei-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Taiwanese-American filmmaker Arvin Chen’s latest film Mama Boy.
The romantic drama stars Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) as a shy young man who finds himself attracted to a single mother, played by Vivian Hsu (Little Big Women), at a sex hotel. Filming will start at the end of March in Taipei, with a release targeted for November this year.
The key crew include producer Aileen Li, whose credits include...
- 3/15/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Comedy drama took five prizes including best narrative feature and best director.
Chen Yu-hsun’s comedy drama My Missing Valentine was the biggest winner at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night (November 21), taking five prizes including best narrative feature and best director.
The film, which was produced by leading Taiwanese producers Yeh Jufeng and Lee Lieh, also took best original screenplay (Chen Yu-hsun), best visual effects and best editing.
Best actress went to Little Big Women for the performance of veteran Chen Shu-fang, who also took best supporting actress for her role in Dear Tenant.
Best actor went...
Chen Yu-hsun’s comedy drama My Missing Valentine was the biggest winner at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night (November 21), taking five prizes including best narrative feature and best director.
The film, which was produced by leading Taiwanese producers Yeh Jufeng and Lee Lieh, also took best original screenplay (Chen Yu-hsun), best visual effects and best editing.
Best actress went to Little Big Women for the performance of veteran Chen Shu-fang, who also took best supporting actress for her role in Dear Tenant.
Best actor went...
- 11/23/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has inspired young creators to become more daring and to look for stories that are more relatable on a personal level as a response to global crisis, said one of the guest instructors of the Golden Horse Fpp workshop.
Yeh Jufeng, chief executive producer of Mandarin Vision, said Fpp has been showcasing a great variety of Chinese language projects from all over the world over the years, but because of the pandemic, projects taking part in Fpp this year came mainly from Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong only. However, these creators have demonstrated their passion for filmmaking through their projects, she said. This is the fifth time for the veteran filmmaker to be a guest instructor at the Fpp workshop.
“The connection between the pandemic and human life has inspired creators to look for stories around their real-life situation. They are more daring too. Perhaps it...
Yeh Jufeng, chief executive producer of Mandarin Vision, said Fpp has been showcasing a great variety of Chinese language projects from all over the world over the years, but because of the pandemic, projects taking part in Fpp this year came mainly from Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong only. However, these creators have demonstrated their passion for filmmaking through their projects, she said. This is the fifth time for the veteran filmmaker to be a guest instructor at the Fpp workshop.
“The connection between the pandemic and human life has inspired creators to look for stories around their real-life situation. They are more daring too. Perhaps it...
- 11/19/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Local stories will play an increasingly important role amid the accelerating globalization and exponential growth in Ott platforms, says Aileen Li, winning producer at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion.
“There have been lots of talks about co-production in the past, but I feel that local stories will take on a leading role. Characteristics of local culture have become more distinctive amid globalization. And if you seize the right topic that resonates with the local audience, foreign audiences will be interested,” the Taiwan-based Li told Variety.
Li’s latest project “SARStorm” won the $35,000 (Nt$1 million) grand prize at the Golden Horse Fpp on Wednesday. The project, on which Li serves as executive producer and co-director with Lin Chun-yang, also won the Catchplay Development Award and the Central Picture Corporation Award, making it the biggest winner of this year’s Fpp. “We didn’t expect this. We are very excited,” she said.
“There have been lots of talks about co-production in the past, but I feel that local stories will take on a leading role. Characteristics of local culture have become more distinctive amid globalization. And if you seize the right topic that resonates with the local audience, foreign audiences will be interested,” the Taiwan-based Li told Variety.
Li’s latest project “SARStorm” won the $35,000 (Nt$1 million) grand prize at the Golden Horse Fpp on Wednesday. The project, on which Li serves as executive producer and co-director with Lin Chun-yang, also won the Catchplay Development Award and the Central Picture Corporation Award, making it the biggest winner of this year’s Fpp. “We didn’t expect this. We are very excited,” she said.
- 11/19/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Local film project “SARSTorm” dominated the 2020 edition of the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, winning three prizes including the Nt$1 million Grand Prize. Lee Sinje, a previous winner of the best actress prize at the Golden Horse Awards, picked up two further prizes with her executive producing debut, “ABang ADik,” featuring producer-turned-director Jin Ong.
The project market, which ran Nov. 16-18, focuses on Chinese-language film-making and consists of three parts: one-on-one private meetings between producers and potential financiers, distributors and sales agents; professional workshops; and industry panels. It also includes a work-in-progress section and for the first time this year opened to projects to be made as TV or streaming series.
Organizers claimed to have facilitated 992 meetings between financiers from around the world and representatives of the 40 selected projects across the three sections.
Past winners have included “Nina Wu,” Lina Yang’s “Spring Tide,” ”Heavy Craving,” “Changfeng Town” and ”Back to the Wharf,...
The project market, which ran Nov. 16-18, focuses on Chinese-language film-making and consists of three parts: one-on-one private meetings between producers and potential financiers, distributors and sales agents; professional workshops; and industry panels. It also includes a work-in-progress section and for the first time this year opened to projects to be made as TV or streaming series.
Organizers claimed to have facilitated 992 meetings between financiers from around the world and representatives of the 40 selected projects across the three sections.
Past winners have included “Nina Wu,” Lina Yang’s “Spring Tide,” ”Heavy Craving,” “Changfeng Town” and ”Back to the Wharf,...
- 11/18/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The producing debuts of two actors are among the 27 film projects selected for the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion. The project market is attached to the Golden Horse Film Festival, held annually in Taiwan.
The selections comprise 22 efforts still at project stage and five which are works in progress. They include Taiwanese productions and co-productions with the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. They were whittled down from more than 200 applications.
Former Golden Horse Award-winning actress Lee Sinje (“The Eye”) is set as the executive producer of the Malaysian title “ABang ADik” directed by Jin Ong, a previous winner of the Golden Horse Fpp Grand Prize. Ariel Lin (“A Choo”), two-time winner of Golden Bell best actress, is the producer of Chou Mei-yu’s “The Blind Love,” a Taiwan project.
Other Taiwan projects include “Detention” producer Aileen Li teaming up with Lin Chun-yang, Golden Bell best director winner, to co-direct “SARStorm”; “Call of Lobster,...
The selections comprise 22 efforts still at project stage and five which are works in progress. They include Taiwanese productions and co-productions with the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. They were whittled down from more than 200 applications.
Former Golden Horse Award-winning actress Lee Sinje (“The Eye”) is set as the executive producer of the Malaysian title “ABang ADik” directed by Jin Ong, a previous winner of the Golden Horse Fpp Grand Prize. Ariel Lin (“A Choo”), two-time winner of Golden Bell best actress, is the producer of Chou Mei-yu’s “The Blind Love,” a Taiwan project.
Other Taiwan projects include “Detention” producer Aileen Li teaming up with Lin Chun-yang, Golden Bell best director winner, to co-direct “SARStorm”; “Call of Lobster,...
- 9/28/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
After an extremely successful five days, the 13th edition of CinemAsia Film Festival has come to a close. The festival had its highest seat occupancy ever and the program also enjoyed great public acclaim. As is tradition, during the Closing Ceremony of the 13th edition of CinemAsia Film Festival, the Competition Jury Award and the new Tao Kae Noi Young Critics Award were presented last night. The winners received an award specially designed by Megan Carapezza (artist and designer). The Taiwanese film Heavy Craving, which represents a strong female narrative of body shaming for international women’s day and was screened as Closing Film, was particularly well received by the audience.
Competition Jury Award
The Competition Jury, consisting of Aileen Li (Producer Detention), Inge de Leeuw (Programmer Iffr), Julian Ross (Programmer Iffr / Locarno), Floortje Smit (Film Journalist De Volkskrant) and Pete Wu (Writer and journalist), unanimously chose the Chinese “Balloon“, directed by Pema Tseden.
Competition Jury Award
The Competition Jury, consisting of Aileen Li (Producer Detention), Inge de Leeuw (Programmer Iffr), Julian Ross (Programmer Iffr / Locarno), Floortje Smit (Film Journalist De Volkskrant) and Pete Wu (Writer and journalist), unanimously chose the Chinese “Balloon“, directed by Pema Tseden.
- 3/10/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
The full programme and tickets for the 13th edition of CinemAsia is now available online. This year, CinemAsia will introduce films from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, Bhutan, Thailand and The Philippines. Enjoy the biggest box office hits, like “Exit”, “Gundala”, and “The Wild Goose Lake”, and check out the work by upcoming and young directors from Asia, like “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”, “Moonlit Winter” and “Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars”. There is something for every Asian cinema lover!
Online ticket sales start today. Explore the complete programme below or check out their website for more details about their complete film selection.
Special Focus Diaspora: “Neither Burned, nor Banished”
CinemAsia Film Festival traditionally screens a wide variety of Asian diaspora films. This year we’ve asked veteran film programmer and critic Léo Soesanto to guest curate a special selection of five films that represent...
Online ticket sales start today. Explore the complete programme below or check out their website for more details about their complete film selection.
Special Focus Diaspora: “Neither Burned, nor Banished”
CinemAsia Film Festival traditionally screens a wide variety of Asian diaspora films. This year we’ve asked veteran film programmer and critic Léo Soesanto to guest curate a special selection of five films that represent...
- 2/10/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
June 20–22, 2017‘The heart of Paris beats for film industry’
Industry Week is the professional part of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.
This label includes the Us in Progress and Paris Coproduction Village. Together they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed
Paris Coproduction Village Unveils Its Selection
Organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival within the frame of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival Industry Week, Paris Coproduction Village is made up of professional meetings and is also a financing platform for feature projects selected worldwide.
For its fourth edition, which will take place June 20–22, 2017 in Paris, the following projects have been selected:
“Amparo” by Simón Mesa Soto; 2016 — short film
“Madre” Official Competition Cannes, AFI Iff, Chicago Iff; 2014 — short film
“Leidi” Golden Palm Cannes, Best UK Short Award London Short Ff, Chicago Iff, Edinburgh Iff) produced...
Industry Week is the professional part of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.
This label includes the Us in Progress and Paris Coproduction Village. Together they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed
Paris Coproduction Village Unveils Its Selection
Organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival within the frame of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival Industry Week, Paris Coproduction Village is made up of professional meetings and is also a financing platform for feature projects selected worldwide.
For its fourth edition, which will take place June 20–22, 2017 in Paris, the following projects have been selected:
“Amparo” by Simón Mesa Soto; 2016 — short film
“Madre” Official Competition Cannes, AFI Iff, Chicago Iff; 2014 — short film
“Leidi” Golden Palm Cannes, Best UK Short Award London Short Ff, Chicago Iff, Edinburgh Iff) produced...
- 6/14/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cash prizes handed out at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Netpac award and Fpp awards.
The 2013 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival held its traditional Night Market Party awards ceremony with Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Thai film Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy taking the best Asian film prize awarded by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) last night (Nov 21).
Based on around 400 tweets from a high school girl in Thailand, Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy won the award “for its freshness, originality and clarity in molding a structural concept into a cinematic portrait of youth and transcending it with poetry and humor.”
Project market awards
The Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) also handed out a raft of awards with Sung Hsin-Yin’s debut animation project On Happiness Road taking the Grand Prize of $33,800 or Nt$1m in cash (pictured).
Sung was also named the 2013 Taipei Film Festival’s Best Animation award winner...
The 2013 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival held its traditional Night Market Party awards ceremony with Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Thai film Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy taking the best Asian film prize awarded by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) last night (Nov 21).
Based on around 400 tweets from a high school girl in Thailand, Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy won the award “for its freshness, originality and clarity in molding a structural concept into a cinematic portrait of youth and transcending it with poetry and humor.”
Project market awards
The Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) also handed out a raft of awards with Sung Hsin-Yin’s debut animation project On Happiness Road taking the Grand Prize of $33,800 or Nt$1m in cash (pictured).
Sung was also named the 2013 Taipei Film Festival’s Best Animation award winner...
- 11/22/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Fpp) has unveiled this year’s selection of 25 films chosen from a record 117 submissions.
The organization stated “these projects reflect the active and engaged state of Chinese-language film industry in all corners of the world, including: Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, UK, France, Us, Australia, and New Zealand.”
Nine sponsoring companies offer post-production service awards and this year, a number of them will be increasing their awards to equal the symbolic amount of Nt$500,000 (Us$16,900) to celebrate the Golden Horse Film Festival’s 50th anniversary.
The Fpp’s Grand Prize is a cash award of Nt$1m (Us$33,800). France’s Centre National du Cinéma (Cnc) also offers the €10,000 Cnc Award to support projects with high potential for international co-production.
The 2013 Golden Horse Fpp runs Nov 19-21 with meetings and workshops. They will announce the winners of the various prizes on the last day’s closing ceremony...
The organization stated “these projects reflect the active and engaged state of Chinese-language film industry in all corners of the world, including: Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, UK, France, Us, Australia, and New Zealand.”
Nine sponsoring companies offer post-production service awards and this year, a number of them will be increasing their awards to equal the symbolic amount of Nt$500,000 (Us$16,900) to celebrate the Golden Horse Film Festival’s 50th anniversary.
The Fpp’s Grand Prize is a cash award of Nt$1m (Us$33,800). France’s Centre National du Cinéma (Cnc) also offers the €10,000 Cnc Award to support projects with high potential for international co-production.
The 2013 Golden Horse Fpp runs Nov 19-21 with meetings and workshops. They will announce the winners of the various prizes on the last day’s closing ceremony...
- 9/26/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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