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Taipei Film Festival Sets Competition Selection, Wang Xiaoshuai as Jury Head – Global Bulletin


The Taipei Film Festival sets its competition and jury head, Bytedance does U-turn on Moonton sale, Eye Catcher Global sets second edition.

Its other competition titles include: “Beyond the Fog,” by Murase Daichi; “Brief History of a Family,” by Lin Jianjie; “Encounters,” by Dmitry Moiseev; “The Featherweight,” by Robert Kolodny; “Foremost by Night,” by Víctor Iriarte; “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,” by Ariane Louis-Seize; “My Sunshine,” by Okuyama Hiroshi; “Scream,” by Kenzhebek Shaikakov; and “Who Do I Belong To,” by Meryam Joobeur. Bytedance, the Chinese tech firm that owns TikTok and its mainland equivalent Douyin, says that it will not after all be selling its Moonton games unit. The event endevors to incubate and promote more indie films with unique visions, strong personal styles, and hybrid approaches.

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