Kai Ko, Chen Bolin Among Taiwanese Stars Selected For Taipei Film Festival’s Top Talents Showcase
deadline.comTaipei Film Festival is aiming to shine an international spotlight on Taiwanese actors through a new initiative, Top Talents, that will showcase nine actors including major stars Kai Ko and Chen Bolin.
Other actors selected for the initiative include Chen Yi-wen, who won a Golden Horse Award for A Sun; Taipei Film Award winners Hsu Wei-ning and Gingle Wang; Caitlin Fang who won best newcomer awards at both Golden Horse and Taipei Film Awards for American Girl; and Golden Bell Award regulars Hsueh Shih-ling, Esther Liu and Tseng Pei-yu.
Collaborating with Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), the festival drew up a longlist from more than one hundred actors who had won prizes at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, Golden Bell Awards, which focus on TV production, and Taipei Film Awards.
The final list was selected by a committee of seven filmmakers including Taipei Film Festival director Li Ya-mei, executive producer Lee Lieh, international co-production experts Michelle Yeh, Aileen Li and Patrick Mao Huang, Sony Pictures Releasing Taiwan managing director Ken Yu and film director Tom Shu-yu Lin. “We aim to introduce more and more outstanding actors to the overseas audiences and production companies, helping them shine on the world stage,” said Taipei Film Festival in a statement.
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