France’s Centre National du cinéma et de l’picture animée (CNC) and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) have signed a cooperation settlement, aimed toward growing collaboration and exchanges between the movie and TV industries of Taiwan and France.
The settlement was signed by CNC President Dominique Boutonnat and TAICCA Chairperson Homme Tsai on the on-going Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) as we speak. At the TCCF closing ceremony tomorrow, TAICCA and CNC will even current the TAICCA X CNC AWARD with a $30,000 money prize.
Speaking at as we speak’s signing ceremony, each side careworn their widespread values, akin to cultural exception and variety, and stated the settlement focuses on supporting rising expertise, encouraging artistic freedom, digital content material creation and worldwide co-production.
Boutonnat stated France and Taiwan would turn into key companions in “the work undertaken by all countries seeking a strong independent sector in the face of American or Chinese giants and streaming platforms.”
He added that CNC and TAICCA are working in direction of two progress updates on their collaborative actions – one in March in France and the second in the course of the Cannes movie pageant.
“France and Taiwan have our own narratives and uniqueness, and it is through an independent voice, enabled by the preservation of intellectual property, that our works must convey this,” Boutonnat stated.
While France and Taiwan share widespread values, the signing of a completely fledged co-production treaty is difficult by the truth that mainland China claims Taiwan as a part of its sovereign territory, and only a few nations on the planet acknowledge it as an impartial nation. However, Taiwan is quick changing into probably the most proactive movie and TV funders and co-producers in East Asia.
Following the ceremony, Chilean director Felipe Gálvez Haberle and Filipino American filmmaker Joseph Mangat mentioned their experiences in co-producing with Taiwan.
Haberle’s The Settlers, which received a Fipresci prize at this yr’s Cannes movie pageant, and Mangat’s documentary Divine Factory, which is at present on launch in Taiwan, each acquired funding from Taiwan’s International Co-funding Program (TICP), managed by TAICCA.
Both movies did their sound post-production in Taipei with legendary sound designer Tu Duu-Chih.
Japanese director Koji Fukada, who has a mission in TCCF’s Pitching part, Nagi Note, additionally spoke on the panel about how he hopes to work with Taiwan sooner or later. Fukada repeatedly co-produces with France and has additionally labored with Indonesian companions.
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