Taiwan’s movie trade is out in power at Filmart with a slew of latest initiatives, together with upcoming function movies Penguin Woman, That Burning Home and 96 Minutes and ten-episode sequence A Controversial Entertainer.
Taiwan Artistic Content material Company (TAICCA) is presenting these initiatives, together with their key inventive groups and solid members, at a showcase in Filmart as we speak.
Penguin Woman, from first time function director Yuyu Yang, is a fantasy romance starring Charlize Lamb and Hua Chen who will each be attending as we speak’s showcase. The movie, which premiered because the opening movie of final 12 months’s Kaohsiung Movie Competition, follows a younger girl who research the marital lifetime of penguins and believes people can even discover real love. Distribution Workshop is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
That Burning Home, directed by Tsai Yin-chuan, delves into social points surrounding baby safety and juvenile crime. At present in post-production, the movie is produced by the inventive staff behind 2021 Golden Bell-nominated sequence Tears On Fireplace. The solid contains Fandy Fan and Tseng Jing Hua who’re each in Filmart to speak in regards to the movie. Hope Content material Advertising is dealing with gross sales.
Additionally in post-production is motion film 96 Minutes, directed by Hung Tzu-Hsuan, a few bomb disaster on a high-speed prepare working between Taipei and Kaohsiung. Wowing Leisure Group is dealing with worldwide distribution. Forged members Lee-Zen Lee, Yi-Ti Yao and Jacob Wang will all be current on the showcase.
At present in pre-production, black comedy TV sequence A Controversial Entertainer tells the story of an surprising transformation of 5 guys into high male hosts. Producer-actor Chen I, actress Nana Lee and eight different solid members will attend the Filmart showcase.
In the meantime, two Taiwanese initiatives in growth have been chosen for Hong Kong Asia Movie Financing Discussion board (HAF), which runs concurrently with Filmart. Taiwanese music video director Invoice Chia is presenting his debut function movie, Indigo Boy, whereas Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo has Taiwan-Malaysia co-production The Age Of Goodbyes.
HAF’s Works-in-Progress (WIP) part has chosen 5 worldwide co-productions involving Taiwan: Fuxi, Girlfriends, Moonglow, A Girl Builds and animated function A Mighty Journey.
Round 90 Taiwanese corporations are attending the market underneath TAICCA’s Taiwan Pavilion umbrella, with initiatives on provide additionally together with drama sequence and unscripted works resembling actuality present The King Of Nightmarket, drama sequence Tabloid, tailored from a bestselling novel about Taiwan’s leisure trade; and romance sequence Marriage Uncovered. Documentaries on provide embody Expensive Black Sheep, produced and narrated by Bowie Tsang, which sheds gentle on most cancers consciousness.
