‘Chewing Gum’ Wins Grand Prize At Taiwan’s Golden Horse Project Market
23.11.2023 - 03:59
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Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) has wrapped with Lee Yi-shan’s debut feature Chewing Gum winning the Grand Prize, which comes with a cash award of $32,000 (TWD1M).
The project is about a young boxer from the lower rungs of society who redefines herself through the struggles of her spiritual journey.
The prize was presented by a three-person jury comprising Taiwanese actor and director Chen Yi-wen; Taipei-based, Hong Kong-born producer Jeffrey Chan (Eye Of The Storm, The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon) and Hong Kong producer and distributor Winnie Tsang (The Way We Dance, Far Far Away).
The three judges praised Chewing Gum for its “wonderful character depictions, including their relationships, attitudes, and various aspects of their lives, which feel absurd but also very real.”
Golden Horse FPP has separate sections for in development features, works-in-progress and in development series. In the series section, Netflix presented its Emerging Storyteller Award to Calendar Studios’ It’s Showtime!, produced by Jin Pai-lunn and scripted by Wu Yi-chien (see full list of award winners below).
Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) winners:
Grand Prize [TWD1M in cash]:
Chewing Gum – Director: LEE Yi-shan, Screenwriter: LEE Yi-shan
Executive Producer: HO Ping, Producer: LIN Yu-yeh, KUO Ming-jung
Production Company: The Handyman, Island X Pictures Co
CNC Cash Award [EUR8,000]:
Endless Tenderness – Director & Screenwriter: Rita HUI Nga-shu
Producer: Peter YAM
Production Company: 70 Plus Production Company
Taipei Golden Creativity Award [TWD 600,000]:
That Burning House – Director & Screenwriter: TSAI Yin-chuan
Executive Producer: Isaac LI, LEE Yi-fang, Producer: Eric YEH
Production Company: The Movie Bird Films
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