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Taiwan Uses Democracy, Diversity as Film Industry Calling Card
Intervention by the Taiwanese government has encouraged co-production.
Regarding soft power as a means of projecting a larger version of itself on the world stage, the Taiwan government over the past four years has substantially changed the way it interacts with the entertainment industry — moving from a ministry-led bureaucracy to more of a funding and promotional role. Taiwanese companies are minority co-producers on four new films at the festival, including two in competition, with originating countries as diverse as Mauritania (“Black Tea”), Nepal (“Shambhala”), India (“In the Belly of a Tiger”) and Brazil (“Sleep With Your Eyes Open”), which plays in Berlin’s Encounters section. Now, just as the arthouse crowd is finding new partnerships in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, beyond its traditional allies in Europe, producers of the bigger-budget, more mainstream pictures are quietly being urged to co-produce with their near neighbors.
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