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Taiwan’s film industry is out in force at Filmart with a slew of new projects, including upcoming feature films Penguin Girl, That Burning House and 96 Minutes and ten-episode series A Controversial Entertainer.

Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) is presenting these projects, along with their key creative teams and cast members, at a showcase in Filmart today.

Penguin Girl, from first time feature director Yuyu Yang, is a fantasy romance starring Charlize Lamb and Hua Chen who will both be attending today’s showcase. The film, which premiered as the opening film of last year’s Kaohsiung Film Festival, follows a young woman who studies the marital life of penguins and believes humans can also find true love. Distribution Workshop is handling international sales.

That Burning House, directed by Tsai Yin-chuan, delves into social issues surrounding child protection and juvenile crime. Currently in post-production, the film is produced by...

Mickey Chen was a multi awarded Taiwanese documentary director, writer, and LGBTQ rights activist. He was known for his works that focused on marginalized issues, especially the life stories of LGBTQ individuals. He was also a significant figure in the history of the LGBTQ movement in Taiwan. Golden Bell Award Best Actor Blue Lan's second directorial effort is an autobiographical tribute to the friends he grew up with and Mickey Chen, who was his cram school tutor.

After School is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema

Although the film starts on a somewhat dramatic note, with two men and a woman visiting another man in a wheelchair in his last moments, the story quickly moves back in time, in 1994, where in fast, colorful, and comedic fashion, we are introduced to the main protagonists. Cheng Heng is the main narrator, an only child who aspires to be a filmmaker, although...