Comedy-horror series project “Pontianaks in Taiwan,” and education-themed “The Top Percentile” emerged as major winners at the 2024 Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) pitching sessions, securing three awards each. “Pontianaks in Taiwan,” from the creative team of Goh Ming Siu, Karl Gan and Holly Chan, won the MyVideo Initiative Award, the Taigi TV Award and […]

Taiwan’s submission for the 97th Academy Awards international feature race, “Old Fox,” emerged from director Hsiao Ya-Chuan’s own parental challenges in explaining fairness and justice to his children. “About 10 years ago, when my kids were around the same age as the children in the film, they started asking me difficult questions, such as whether […]

Taiwan’s Calendar Studios is advancing its production slate with two new projects: “Call of Lobster,” a cross-border action-comedy, and crime series “The Scammers,” both unveiled at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). “Call of Lobster,” helmed by “Man in Love” director Yin Chen-Hao, draws inspiration from a real-life story about a Taiwanese lobster farmer who […]

Southeast Asian folklore meets Taiwanese culture in “Pontianaks in Taiwan,” a mini-series that follows two undead supernatural beings on a road trip across Taiwan. The project, currently in development, is being presented at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The series centers on two Pontianaks – bloodthirsty female vampires from Malay folklore – who leave […]

Taiwan-based production companies Luckysparks and AGE Creative have unveiled “Dogmaverse,” an ambitious, animated anthology series exploring the intersection of technology and faith in a dystopian future. The series examines how advanced technology impacts religious beliefs and human spirituality, with each episode featuring distinct characters and settings while maintaining thematic connections. Production of the pilot episode […]

Officials and filmmakers were on hand Tuesday in Taipei to hail the Taiwan Creative Content Fest as a stepping stone for local and Asian creators to mount the world stage. “We have great ambitions for TCCF in the years going forward,” said Sue Wang, deputy minister at Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. She was speaking at […]