2024 CCDF-15 & IFG-4 Program Highlights

Taiwanese projects excelled at this year’s forum. Director Paul CHU, along with producers Charlie CHEN and Terris KO, won the “TCCF Award” presented by Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) for their proposal The Martial Artist. Another Taiwanese proposal, Echoes from Beyond, directed by LEE Kang-ling and HSU Huai-min and produced by Lynn CHEN, received a cash award sponsored by the PTS Taiwanese Channel for the first time, with a total prize of NTD 90,000. The proposal Nomads of the Island, a co-production between Hong Kong and Taiwan directed by Hong Kong director Frankie SIN and produced by veteran documentary producers HUANG Hui-chen and Peter YAM, won a NTD 100,000 cash prize, sponsored for the first time by KOKO Entertainment.

Additionally, Malaysian director Beatrice LEONG and Indonesian director Ivonne KANI emerged as the biggest winners at this year’s pitching forum with their proposals The Myth of Monsters and Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey, respectively. The Myth of Monsters won the “Sheffield Doc/Fest Award”, the “Bilibili x CCDF Best Pitch Award” (totaling USD 5,000), and “IFG Best Impact Potential First Prize” (totaling USD 7,000). Meanwhile, Me, My Mom’s Favorite Monkey received a special award generously provided by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Edmund Cheung (totaling USD 1,000) and won the “IFG Best Impact Potential Second Prize” (totaling USD 5,000). It also shared the “Doc Edge Award” with Freedom Lara.