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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...

On the occasion of “Imperfect Us” winning two awards (Ariel Lin for Best Lead Actor (Female) and Tanya Chua’s “Learn to Live Again” for Best Original Song) in Busan’s Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards 2024, Pei-hua Yu and Daphne Lee talk about their collaboration and how the series came to be, the difficulties they stumbled upon during the production, and the attention they have to the writing of the series and the people who wrote it.

Imperfect Us is co-produced by Pts and Taiwan Mobile. What is the origin of this collaboration?

Pei-hua Yu: Produced by Public Television Service (Pts) and co-funded by MyVideo Ott, “Imperfect Us” is a romantic drama that was created in 2021. Pts engaged the talents of Mag Hsu, a distinguished screenwriter celebrated for her profound impact on the genre and her widespread popularity in Taiwan’s romantic storytelling landscape.

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Organised by the Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo International Film Festivals, and supported by Create HongKong and the Film Development Fund, the Asian Film Awards Academy (Academy or Afaa) has spearheaded efforts to promote Asian cinema around the world year-round. As part of the Asian Film Awards (Afa), its flagship event and the largest celebration of Asian cinema in the world, the Academy appoints an emerging Asian star every year as Youth Ambassador to act as the face of the awards and to take part in outreach activities. For the first time in its history, the Academy has appointed not one, but four celebrated Asian stars as the Youth Ambassadors of the 17th Afa: (in alphabetical order) Liu Kuan-Ting, Mario Maurer, Miyazawa Hio and Will Or.

Embodying numerous countries and cultures, Asia is a region that is rich in diversity, and that diversity has always been reflected in its films,...

Warner Bros Discovery has signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Taiwan Mobile and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) to create and distribute Taiwanese original content locally and across international markets.

While details of specific projects have yet to be announced, Warner Bros Discovery has previously produced several scripted and unscripted Taiwanese shows over the past five years, including The Teenage Psychic, Dream Raider, Trinity Of Shadows, The World Between Us, Adventure Of The Ring and Who’s By Your Side.

The shows are available through regional streaming service HBO Go in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Taiwan Mobile, which is Taiwan’s second largest telco, has previously invested in more than 40 productions including Tears On Fire, Magician On The Skywalk and The Victims’ Game. The company also previously partnered with Warner Bros Discovery on the HBO Asia co-production Workers, which received nine nominations and four awards at...