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539 proposals for Taiwan’s int’l pitch, 53 projects picked for four-day TCCF pitch in November
25 September 2023
Award-winning Japanese director Koji Fukada’s new film is among the 53 projects selected to participate in this year’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) pitch in Taipei in November.
Organised by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), the pitch is part of the TCCF festival.
A record-breaking 539 entries from 29 countries/regions were received for this year’s pitching sessions, which will be held from 7-10 November.
Submissions included international projects for the first time.
The combined prize money, supported by TCCF partners such as France’s Series Mania, tops US$150,000, with additional access to separate funding initiatives.
This year’s submissions came from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Iran, France and the U.S., among others, festival organisers said.
November’s pitching event is divided into two – Project to Screen (film and TV proposals) and Story to Screen (Taiwanese IP with adaptability potential).
Each of the Project to Screen winners will receive US$30,000.
The four sessions in the Project to Screen section are feature films and series, with animation features/Series and documentary features/series added for the first time.
Film projects that are part of the final pitches include "The Shadows" by Japanese horror producer Takashige Ichise, and a new feature from Taiwanese director, Lingo Hsieh ("The Bride", "Green Door"), in his first foray into the English-speaking market.
In the series section, Malaysian director Edmund Yeo presents an adaptation of Yoko Tawada’s dystopian novel, "The Last Children of Tokyo", an international co-production between Betula Films and Flash Forward Entertainment (Taiwan) and NHK (Japan).
Director Teng I-Hang, creator of Taiwanese drama, "Fragrance of the First Flower", presents her new project, "So May We Start", a coming of age story set against the backdrop of the Taiwanese indie rock music scene.
Animated projects include French director Denis Do’s "Sorya", which follows a young Cambodian wo...
Award-winning Japanese director Koji Fukada’s new film is among the 53 projects selected to participate in this year’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) pitch in Taipei in November.
Organised by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), the pitch is part of the TCCF festival.
A record-breaking 539 entries from 29 countries/regions were received for this year’s pitching sessions, which will be held from 7-10 November.
Submissions included international projects for the first time.
The combined prize money, supported by TCCF partners such as France’s Series Mania, tops US$150,000, with additional access to separate funding initiatives.
This year’s submissions came from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Iran, France and the U.S., among others, festival organisers said.
November’s pitching event is divided into two – Project to Screen (film and TV proposals) and Story to Screen (Taiwanese IP with adaptability potential).
Each of the Project to Screen winners will receive US$30,000.
The four sessions in the Project to Screen section are feature films and series, with animation features/Series and documentary features/series added for the first time.
Film projects that are part of the final pitches include "The Shadows" by Japanese horror producer Takashige Ichise, and a new feature from Taiwanese director, Lingo Hsieh ("The Bride", "Green Door"), in his first foray into the English-speaking market.
In the series section, Malaysian director Edmund Yeo presents an adaptation of Yoko Tawada’s dystopian novel, "The Last Children of Tokyo", an international co-production between Betula Films and Flash Forward Entertainment (Taiwan) and NHK (Japan).
Director Teng I-Hang, creator of Taiwanese drama, "Fragrance of the First Flower", presents her new project, "So May We Start", a coming of age story set against the backdrop of the Taiwanese indie rock music scene.
Animated projects include French director Denis Do’s "Sorya", which follows a young Cambodian woman seeking freedom in the city.
Documentary projects include "Island of the Winds", documenting 20 years of history of the Losheng Sanatorium, and Mary Stephen’s "Palimpsest: Traces of a Name".
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