Taipei, Nov. 27 (CNA) Director Fiona Feng-i Roan won the prize for best new director at the 58th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday for her debut feature-length film "American Girl," depicting a teenage girl who grew up in Los Angeles and her adjustment to life in Taiwan.
The third edition of the California-based Taiwan Biennial Film Festival started this week with the theatrical premiere of one of this year’s most successful Taiwanese films, leading the lineup of more than 20 feature films and shorts to be shown until Friday.
Headlining the festival is director Yin Chen-hao’s (殷振豪) <i>Man in Love</i> (當男人戀愛時), which debuted in the US at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater on Wednesday, attended by film critics, the festival’s organizers and sponsors, as well as film enthusiasts.
The 10-day festival, themed “Breadth of Life,” also showcases the feature-length and short films on the Watchbeem online platform, which sponsors the
Los Angeles, Nov. 4 (CNA) The third Taiwan Biennial Film Festival (TBFF) in the United States kicked off this week with a theatrical premiere in Hollywood, leading a lineup of 19 Taiwanese films and shorts that will be shown until Nov. 12.
Taiwan Falls For ‘Man In Love’; Sony-Distributed Drama Is Top Local Release Of Pandemic Era Deadline 2 hrs ago
$11.3M through Sunday, and remaining No. 1 for three weeks in a row, despite holdover competition from
Godzilla Vs Kong and
Mortal Kombat. The debut feature from Yin Chen-Hao is coming out of its fourth frame and is currently the top local title of the pandemic era as well as moving up on the all-time chart for Taiwanese films at home.
Taiwan’s movie theaters were affected by Covid, but were never forced to close, and as capacity restrictions eased, a project titled Local Films Taking Off saw a number of Taiwanese titles hit theaters every month until April this year. That included a rewards system incentivizing moviegoers out to cinemas, the
2021/04/25 21:12 (Calendar Studios photo) (Calendar Studios photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) One month after its release, Taiwanese blockbuster Man In Love reached NT$300,000,000 (US$10.7 million) at the box office Sunday (April 25). First screened on April 1, the box office of Man In Love in Taiwan has surpassed South Korean sci-fi film Seobok and Godzilla vs. Kong. Additionally, this is director Yin Chen-hao s (殷振豪) first feature film. Starring Taiwanese actors Roy Chiu (邱澤) and Ann Hsu (許瑋甯), Man In Love was adapted from the South Korean film of the same name released in 2014. Set in typical Taiwanese settings, the movie tries to capture the struggles of ordinary people.