[Epoch Times, May 16, 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Ma Weifen) The 24th Taipei Film Festival announced today (16th) the list of nominees for the double competition. Among them, “American Girl” directed by Ruan Fengyi leads the list of 12 nominations. In the best actor part, the Golden Horse actor Chen Yiwen faced off against Zhang Xiaoquan and Ke Zhendong; Lin Jiaxin and Fang Yuting, who played the role of mother and daughter in “American Girl”, competed for the best actress again after the Golden Horse Awards.
A total of 268 entries were submitted for this year’s Taipei Film Awards, including 26 feature films, 57 documentaries, 159 short films and 26 animations. Among them, “American Girl” won the most 12 nominations, followed by “Moon Old” with 11 nominations and “Damn Ashura” with 9 nominations, and “American Girl” is also one of the representatives of Taiwan in this year’s international new director competition.
The list of nominees for the Actor Awards, including the Best Actor section, is presented by “Fairy Tale. The World” Zhang Xiaoquan, “Moon Lao” Ke Zhendong, “Cultivation” Chen Yiwen, “Dreamland” Wen Shenghao, “Don’t Want to Be Alone” Fan Shaoxun competed together; the best actress finalists were “Curse” Cai Genyan, “American Girl” Lin Jiaxin and Fang Yuting, “Cultivation” Chen Xiangqi, “Fairy Tale. The World” Jiang Yirong; among them, “American Girl” Fang Yuting was also nominated for Best New Actor.
The shortlisted male supporting part includes Ma Zhixiang of “Moon Old”, Gao Yingxuan of “Curse”, Zhuang Kaixun of “American Girl”, Mo Ziyi and Pan Gangda of “Damn Ashura”; , My Mom Stole the Teacher’s Car” Xie Qiongnuan, “First Love Slowly Paused” Yu Ziyu, “Fairy Tale. The World” Yin Xin, “Damn Asura” Wang Yuxuan.
The nominees for this year’s Best Feature Feature Film include “Old Moon”, “Curse”, “American Girl”, and “Fairy Tale.” The World” and “Damn Ashura”; the finalists for the best director are: “Moon Lao” / Nine Swords (Ke Jing Teng), “The Curse” / Ke Mengrong, “American Girl” / Ruan Fengyi, “Cultivation” / Qian Xiang , and “Damn Asura” / Lou Yian and other 5 people.
Taiwan’s only feature film competition award for international emerging directors “International New Directors Competition” was announced by Taipei Film Festival Chairman Yi Zhiyan this year’s 12 selected films and wonderful previews; the most important Taiwanese film competition of the year with the call for the million-dollar first prize The “Taipei Film Awards” invited Ai Yiliang and Liu Xiufu as guests to announce the shortlisted works and awards.
The 24th Taipei Film Festival will start on June 23. The winners of the International New Directors Competition will be announced on July 8. The Taipei Film Awards will be announced on July 9. The award ceremony will be broadcast live by Dongfeng Satellite TV. , and live online on the Taipei Film Festival, Dongfeng TV, MINT TV’s YouTube and LINE TODAY.
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