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NewsTaiwan’s Zeus set to produce triptych love story Juliet
Taiwanese producer Khan Lee is lining up a portmanteau love story, Juliet (working title), as the second installment in its Pushing Hands initiative, designed to support new talent.
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NewsLike A Dream, No Puedo lead Golden Horse race
Clara Law’s Like A Dream and Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti head the nominations for this year’s Golden Horse Awards with nine and eight nods respectively.
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NewsFlynn takes UK rights to Taiwanese drama
London-based Flynn Entertainment has acquired Ian Lou’s award-winning Taiwanese film A Place Of One’s Own for UK theatrical release in spring 2010.
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Golden Horse fest to open with Warrior and Tears
The 2009 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Nov 5-26) will open with local filmmaker Cheng Wen-tang’s Tears and Tian Zhuangzhuang’s Warrior And The Wolf.
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NewsKaohsiung fest removes controversial doc from line-up
In an attempt to minimise controversy, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Government has decided to separate the screening of documentary 10 Conditions Of Love from the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival in October.
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NewsTaipei Golden Horse reveals 25 projects for third FTPP
Taiwan’s Leon Dai, French filmmaker Lorenzo Recio and Israel’s Micha Kinsbruner are among the filmmakers who have had projects selected for the third edition of the Taipei Golden Horse’s co-production market.
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NewsPrince Of Tears, No Puedo submitted for Oscars
Hong Kong has selected Yonfan’s Prince Of Tears as its entry for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, while Taiwan has chosen Leon Dai’s award-winning No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti.
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NewsTaiwan changes rules for mainland actors
Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a policy change that enables more mainland actors to work on Taiwanese film productions.
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NewsJet Tone, Fortissimo appeal GIO ruling
Jet Tone Films and Fortissimo Films – the production company and sales agent behind Cheng Hsiao-tse’s Miao Miao, which is at the centre of a funding row – have issued a statement saying they will pursue “all available legal recourse” to defend their rights to keep Taiwan government funding for ...
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NewsTaiwan’s GIO orders Jet Tone to return Miao Miao grant
Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) has ordered the Taiwan branch of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s Jet Tone Films to return the $121,600 (NT$4m) grant that it was awarded for the film Miao Miao.
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NewsIMAX strikes deal with VieShow for 6 more theatres in Taiwan
IMAX has struck a deal with leading Taiwanese exhibitor VieShow to add an additional six IMAX cinemas in Taiwan.
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NewsNo Puedo takes top honours at Taipei film festival
Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti was the big winner at the close of the Taipei Film Festival on Saturday night, winning four prizes including best film, best actor and supporting actor and the media choice award.
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NewsTaiwanese film industry looks to China for growth
Taiwan’s major film organisations look set to make an aggressive push into the mainland China market, in a bid to develop a mainstream film industry to complement the country’s current output of low-budget indie fare.
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NewsTaipei film festival opens with Yang Yang
The Taipei Film Festival kicks off today (June 26) with the screening of local filmmaker Cheng Yu-chieh’s Yang Yang and will close on July 12 with Chang Tso-chi’s How Are You, Dad?
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NewsChina, Taiwan to hold cross-straight film exhibition
The inaugural Cross-Straight Film Exhibition will be held in four cities from June 26-July 23, marking the first time that mainland China and Taiwan have collaborated on a film promotion event.
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NewsVanguard picks up US rights to Distant Course and Island Etude
Taipei-based producer-distributor Joint Entertainment International has sold two award-winning Taiwanese titles – The Most Distant Course and Island Etude – to Vanguard International Cinema for the US.
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Taiwan enacts controversial "three strikes" copyright law
Taiwan’s legislature has passed an amendment to the Copyright Act to authorise a controversial”three strikes and you’re out” policy for online intellectual property violations.