Taipei Film Festival

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2013 Taipei Film Festival

The Taipei Film Festival (Chinese: 台北電影節; pinyin: Táiběi Diànyǐng Jié) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, the Republic of China, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998.^[1] Chaired by director, actress, film and stage producer Sylvia Chang, Taipei Film Festival is the only festival in Taiwan that offers a New Talent Competition for aspiring directors from around the world and a Taipei Award competition for Taiwanese filmmakers. The Festival screens around 200 films from more than 30 countries worldwide. With approximately 100,000 attendants each year, Taipei Film Festival has become one of the most influential film festivals in the Chinese-speaking world.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, the Taipei Film Festival celebrated its 12th edition, which ran from June 25 to July 15.

Women Make Waves is a longer-established film festival, in Taiwan since 1993, and the largest women's film festival in Asia. Since 2005, there is also an annual Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival in Taipei.^[2]

Competition Programmes

International New Talent Competition - Films in this section must be a director's first or second feature.
Taipei Film Awards - Competition for Taiwanese filmmakers.

Awards

International New Talent Competition
- Grand Prize
- Special Jury Prize
- Audience’s Choice Award
Taipei Film Awards
- Grand Prize
- Best Narrative Feature
- Best Documentary
- Best Short Film
- Best Animation
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best New Talent
- Best Screenplay
- Award for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution
- Audience Choice Award
- Outstanding Contribution Award

List of winners of Grand Prize in the International New Talent Competition

Year	Film	Director	Nationality of director
2005	Vremya zhatvy	Marina Razbezhkina	Russia
2006	Douches froides	Antony Cordier（French：-{Antony Cordier}-）	France
2007	Emmas Glück	Sven Taddicken（German：-{Sven Taddicken}-）	Germany
2008	Le Ring	Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette	Australia
2009	Disgrace	Steve Jacobs	Australia
2010	Kick Off	Shawkat Amin Korki	Iraq
2011	En terrains connus	Stéphane Lafleur	Canada
2012	Hanaan	Ruslan Pak	Uzbekistan
2013	Youth	Tom Shoval	Israel
2014	10 Minutes	Lee Yong-seung	South Korea
2015	Haganenet	Nadav Lapid	Israel