Motion Pictures

• General Introduction
  • Motion Pictures in Taiwan (Updated 2007)

• Year 2006
  • The "Ang Lee Phenomenon"
    • Hollywood still difficult for Asian directors, industry says (March 8)
    • China gushes praise on Lee, cuts Taiwan mention (March 8)
    • Lee's Oscar win lauded as triumph for Taiwan (March 7)
    • Once an average student, Lee shines in Hollywood (March 6)
    • Sitting down for a few words with director Ang Lee (February 10)
  • Other Major News
    • Movie industry "not industrialized", experts tell film promotion forum (December 1)
    • Filmmakers show off their works at Cannes (May 26)
    • Film aims to boost epilepsy awareness (April 14)
    • "Shoe Fairy" makes you laugh, cry... and feel great (March 10)

• Year 2005
  • 2005 Taiwan International Film and TV Expo
    • Movie and TV producers network with potential backers at event (November 18)
    • Taiwan finds its voice -- documentaries go mainstream (November 4)
    • Taiwanese films get noticed overseas (November 4)
    • GIO starts fantabulous new promotion scheme (November 4)
    • Convergence of the film and television industries (November 4)
  • 2005 Kaohsiung Film Festival
    • Founder of 3 continents film fest offers take on Taiwanese movies (October 7)
    • Festival opens with period piece examining lost page of history (October 7)
  • Animation
    • Animated Mind (October 1)
    • The boy in red (September 2)
  • Other Major News
    • Exhibition brings art designers out from behind the film screen (December 30)
    • Taiwan's second city ponders relationship with film industry (December 23)
    • Bringing back film's golden age (December 9)
    • Filmmaker delivers one century of love with new anthology (November 25)
    • Making waves in Kaohsiung through film (November 18)
    • Looking for love and flying fish in new film by Tseng Wen-chen (October 28)
    • Old art, young people merge in new film (October 14)
    • From a Magic Lantern (October 1)
    • Short film about small station makes big splash at film fest (September 30)

• Year 2004
  • Women directors at film fest make reel progress (November 5)