Taiwanese cinema has high global ambitions, as evidenced by the deployment of the country’s major stars and the presentation of international co -production plans to Hong Kong Filmart this week.
Taiwanese talent Lee Lee-Zen, Yao Yi-Ti and Jacob Wang brought their highly awaited big budget actuator 96 minutes – Take up a bomb crisis on a high -speed railway train between Taipei and Kaohsiung – to a special showcase of the spotlight on Tuesday which featured three new Taiwanese films and a television series. Meanwhile, solo production and six co -productions involving filmmakers from the island were part of the Hong Kong event funding.
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Fresh on the heels of a promotional thrust similar to the Berlinale and Sxsw, the signal that the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) wants to share with the world of cinema is that the island seeks to conclude agreements.
“At Taicca, we are committed to promoting industrialization and globalization of the Taiwan cultural content industry,” said Tsai man president The Hollywood Reporter in Filmart. “We work at all stages of industry development – to feed talent and develop ideas for market production focused on the market, financial investments and international expansion.”
96 minutes (Wowing Entertainment Group) is praised as a film that innovates in Taiwan, both in terms of subject, and in cash to finance the production led by Tzu-Hsuan.
The CEO of Wowing Entertainment Group, Jeff Tsou, brought the film – and these stars – in Hong Kong with the assertion that his budget is the most spent for Taiwanese production in the last decade, and an impressive lateral history on the lengths that his business has gone to obtain production.
’96 minutes’
“The budget is $ 4.5 million, which is quite important for Taiwan,” said Tsou. “And it is only a genre that is different for us. We want people to watch this film and say” which simply does not look like a Taiwanese movement “. When I met the director and heard his story, I just knew we had to make this film.
The other productions presented in the window were the romance led by Yan Yuyu Pingouin girl (Each other) and the thriller against juvenile crime led by Tsai Yin-Chuan This burning boxE (The Movie Bird Films), while the public met inside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center also had a glimpse of the TV series of black comedy A controversial artist (Eric Ace).
‘This burning house’
Among the Taiwanese productions and co -productions in the range of the side bar of Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), this year is the first feature of the director of Clip Bill Chia, Bill Chia, Indigo BoyOne fantasy on two children fighting against mental problems.
Taicca was founded in 2019 with the mission of playing the role of an “accelerator of the cultural content industry at national level”. High -level recent initiatives have included the Taiwan 2.0 international co -financing program (TICP 2.0) – which is delivered with an investment ceiling of 49% – while the organization points to the famous Rural Epic of Tsuta Tetsuichiro of the 19th century Black beef (co-produced with Japan, France and the United States) and the award-winning documentary Busan Award Our second house (co -produced with France and Hong Kong) as recent successes.
“By working with national and international partners, we help industry to remain competitive in an evolving market. Our mission is to advance the Taiwan content industry and improve its international presence, “said Tsai.
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