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The Taipei Film Awards (Chinese: 台北電影獎; pinyin: Táiběi Diànyǐng Jiǎng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Tiān-iáⁿ-chióng) are given by the Taipei Film Festival to honor achievements in Taiwanese cinema. Winners are selected from Taiwanese films which are presented in the competition section at the festival.

Grand Prize winners

Year Film Director Genre
2002 Summers Leon Dai Short Film
2003 Stardust 15749001 Hou Chi-jan Short Film
Exit Chen Lung-wei Animation
2004 Farewell 1999 Wuna Wu Documentary
2005 Let It Be Yen Lan-chuan and Juang Yi-tzeng Documentary
2006 Do Over Cheng Yu-Chieh Narrative Feature
2007 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Tsai Ming-liang Narrative Feature
2008 Cape No. 7 Wei Te-sheng Narrative Feature
2009 Cannot Live Without You Leon Dai Narrative Feature
2010 Let the Wind Carry Me Kwan Pung-leung and Chiang Hsiu-chiung Documentary
2011 Taivalu Huang Hsin-yao Documentary
A Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1 Luo Hsing-chieh Documentary
2012 Hometown Boy Yao Hung-I Documentary
2013 A Rolling Stone Shen Ko-shang Documentary
2014 Unveil the Truth II：State Apparatus Kevin H.J. Lee Documentary
2015 Thanatos, Drunk Chang Tso-chi Narrative Feature
2016 Lokah Laqi Laha Mebow Narrative Feature
2017 The Great Buddha + Huang Hsin-yao Narrative Feature
2018 On Happiness Road Sung Hsin-yin Animation
2019 Last Year When the Train Passed by Huang Pang-Chuan Documentary
2020 Detention John Hsu Narrative Feature
2021 The Catch Hsu Che-chia Documentary Short Film
2022 A Holy Family Elvis Lu A-liang Documentary
2023 Diamond Marine World Huang Hsiu-yi Documentary

Film awards

Year Best Narrative Feature Best Documentary Best Short Film Best Animation Press Award Audience Choice Award
1998[1] Grandma and Her Ghosts — — — — —
1999[2] Darkness and Light — — — — —
2000[3] Mirror Image — — — — —
2001
(not held) 		— — — — — —
2002[4] — Corner's — — — —
2003[5] Badu's Homework Echo — Meteor — —
2004[6] Goodbye, Dragon Inn The Spirit of Eight River — Innocent Life Goodbye, Dragon Inn Ocean Fever
2005[7] The Wayward Cloud Biographies of the Macaques — The Man of the Hour Let It Be: The Last Rice Farmers Jump! Boys
2006[8] The Pain of Others Doctor — Contagion An Encounter with Chungliao Do Over
2007[9] The Secret in the Wind Rock the Boat — Check Mate Island Etude The Soul of Bread
2008[10] — They Are Flying The End of the Tunnel — Winds of September What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!
2009[11] — Yellow Sheep River Panic House — Cannot Live Without You A Place of One's Own
2010[12] The Fourth Portrait Let The Wind Carry Me Dad's Not Home A Piece of Cake A Piece of Cake Taipei Exchanges
2011[13] When Love Comes Taivalu
A Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1 		The Blackout Village The Other Side Jump Ashin!
The Man Behind the Book 		Jump Ashin!
2012[14] Cha Cha for Twins Hometown Boy I Wake Up in a Strange Bed The Present Girlfriend, Boyfriend Touch of the Light
2013[15] Soul A Rolling Stone The Coward On Happiness Road
Breathe 		Together Rock Me to the Moon
2014[16] Exit Unveil the Truth II: State Apparatus The Busy Young Psychic Unknown Memory Ice Poison Kano
2015[17] Thanatos, Drunk A Life That Sings The Death of a Security Guard The Vending Machine Thanatos, Drunk Panay
2016[18] Hang in There, Kids! Hebei Taipei Anchorage Prohibited Crash Testing The Taste of Apple The Tenants Downstairs
2017[19] The Great Buddha + Small Talk True Emotion Behind the Wall Stories About Him The Road to Mandalay Condemned Practice Mode
2018 Dear Ex Our Youth, in Taiwan 02-06 On Happiness Road
Neon 		Dear Ex On Happiness Road
2019 Dad's Suit Your Face Last Year When the Train Passed by Where Am I Going? Turning 18 The Age of Awakening
2020 Detention The Good Daughter In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts Grand Adventure Railroad Whale Island We Are Champions
2021 My Missing Valentine The Catch Piano Lessons Night Bus A Lean Soul The Silent Forest
2022 American Girl A Holy Family Good Day DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins A Holy Family
2023 Gaga Diamond Marine World Big Day The Egret River Be Myself Good Morni MIT

Individual awards

Year Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Talent
1998 Hou Hsiao-hsien
for Flowers of Shanghai 		— — Rene Liu
for The Personals 		— — June Tsai
for Jam
1999 — — — Tsai Tsan-te
for Bad Girl Trilogy 		— — Lee Kang-i
for Darkness and Light
2000 Chen Yi-wen
for The Cabbie 		— Alex Fong
for Red Rain 		Lee Kang-i
for Sunny Doll 		Wang Jui
for Forgive and Forget
Cheung Ka-nin
for The Cabbie 		Chao Mei-ling
for Lament of the Sand River 		Leslie Hsiang
for Pure Accidents
2001
(not held) 		— — — — — — —
2002 — — — — — — Jag Huang
for Summer, Dream
2003 — — — — — — —
2004 — — — — — — —
2005 — — — — — — —
2006 — — — — — — —
2007 — — — — — — —
2008 Yang Ya-che
for Orz Boyz 		Henry Tsai and Tom Lin Shu-yu
for Winds of September 		Doze Niu
for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! 		Janine Chang
for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! 		— — Wang Po-chieh
for Winds of September
2009 Chung Mong-hong
for Parking 		Chung Mong-hong
for Parking 		Akira Chen
for Cannot Live Without You 		Sandrine Pinna
for Yang Yang 		Lin Chih-ju
for Cannot Live Without You 		Lu Yi-ching
for A Place of One's Own 		Peggy Tseng
for Parking
2010 Cheng Wen-tang
for Tears 		Essay Liu
for Seven Days in Heaven 		Bi Xiao-hai
for The Fourth Portrait 		Ivy Chen
for Hear Me 		Tsai Chen-nan
for Ending Cut 		Cheung Si-yin
for Seven Days in Heaven 		Amber Kuo
for Au Revoir Taipei
2011 Chen Hung-i
for Honey Pupu 		Chang Tso-chi
for When Love Comes 		Wu Pong-fong
for Ranger 		Nikki Hsieh
for Honey Pupu,
Make Up 		Lawrence Ko
for Jump Ashin! 		He Zi-hua
for When Love Comes 		Li Yi-jie
for When Love Comes
2012 Yao Hung-i
for Hometown Boy 		Yang Yi-chien
for Cha Cha for Twins 		Joseph Chang
for Girlfriend, Boyfriend 		Sandrine Pinna
for Touch of the Light 		Bryan Chang
for Girlfriend, Boyfriend 		Amber Kuo
for Love 		Eric Lin
for Starry Starry Night
2013 Chan Ching-lin
for A Breath from the Bottom 		Lin Chen-hao
for Forever Love 		Jimmy Wang
for Soul 		Lin Yen-Cheng
for My Last Homework 		Tsai Ming-shiou
for A Breath from the Bottom 		Ivy Yin
for The Will To Power 		Huang Shao-yang
for Together
2014 Midi Z
for Ice Poison 		Yee Chin-yen
for Meeting Dr. Sun 		Lee Kang-sheng
for Stray Dogs 		Chen Shiang-chyi
for Exit 		Tsao Yu-ning
for Kano 		Lin Mei-hsiu
for Zone Pro Site 		Yu Pei-jen
for The Busy Young Psychic
2015 Tsai Ming-liang
for No No Sleep 		Doze Niu and Tseng Li-ting
for Paradise in Service 		Lee Hong-chi
for Thanatos, Drunk 		Hiromi Nagasaku
for The Furthest End Awaits 		Cheng Jen-shuo
for Thanatos, Drunk 		Lü Hsueh-feng
for Thanatos, Drunk 		Wilson Hsu
for Spring Awakening
2016 Laha Mebow
for Hang in There, Kids! 		Huang Ya-li
for Le Moulin 		River Huang
for The Tag-Along 		Hsu Wei-ning
for The Tag-Along,
White Lies, Black Lies,
End of A Century: Miea's Story 		Kaiser Chuang
for Maverick 		Jian Man-shu
for Maverick 		Ensemble cast of Hang in There, Kids!
2017 Lu Po-shun
for Wild Tides 		Huang Xi
for Missing Johnny 		Chris Wu
for White Ant 		Ivy Yin
for The Island That All Flow By 		Sean Huang
for Missing Johnny 		Liu Yin-shan
for Cloudy 		Rima Zeidan
for Missing Johnny
2018 Hsiao Ya-Chuan
for Father to Son 		Gilles Yang
for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 		Roy Chiu
for Dear Ex 		Hsieh Ying-hsuan
for Dear Ex 		Cheng Jen-Shuo
for GATAO 2-The New Leader Rising 		Wen Qi
for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 		Utjung Tjakivalid
for Alifu, the Prince/ss
2019 Tsai Ming-liang
for Your Face 		Lin Hao-pu
for 3 Days 2 Nights 		Hou Tao-hsiao
for Dad's Suit 		Lee Yi-chieh
for Wild Sparrow
Liu Yin-shang
for A Trip with Mom 		Lin Da-her
for Secrets in The Hot Spring 		Phoebe Huang
for Dad's Suit 		Tsai Jia-yin
for Heavy Craving
2020 Chang Jung-chi
for We Are Champions 		Kao Pin-Chuan, Birdy Fong and Tsai Yi-ho
for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead 		Morning Mo Zi-yi
for Dear Tenant 		Gingle Wang
for Detention 		Li Ying-chuan
for Synapses 		Eleven Yao
for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead 		Li Li-jung
for See You, Sir
2021 Chen Yu-hsun
for My Missing Valentine 		Mag Hsu
for I Missed You 		Roy Chiu
for Man in Love 		Peace Yang
for Wrath of Desire 		Liu Kuan-ting
for Treat or Trick 		Pai Ching-I
for Treat or Trick 		Buffy Chen
for The Silent Forest
2022 Giddens Ko
for Till We Meet Again 		Lou Yi-an, Singing Chen
for Goddamned ASURA 		Kai Ko
for Till We Meet Again 		Chen Shiang-chyi
for Increasing Echo 		Kao Ying-hsuan
for Incantation 		Wang Yu-xuan
for Goddamned ASURA 		Caitlin Fang
for American Girl
2023 Lin Chun-yang
for Eye of the Storm 		Cheng Wei-hao, Sharon Wu Chin-jung
for Marry My Dead Body 		Wang Po-chieh
for Eye of the Storm 		Lu Hsiao-fen
for Day Off 		Fu Meng-po
for Day Off 		Yang Li-yin
for Coo-Coo 043 		Wilang Lalin
for Gaga
Yeh Hsiao-fei
for Who'll Stop the Rain

Outstanding Artistic Contribution awards

Year Music Editing Cinematography Sound Design Art Direction Visual Effects
1998 — — — — Huang Wen-ying
for Flowers of Shanghai 		—
1999 — — — — — —
2000 — — — — — —
2001
(not held) 		— — — — — —
2002 — — — — Tang Shu-fen, Jyu Zih and Jiang Wun-cih
for A Garden in the Sky 		—
2003 — — — Nail — Dreams Are Floating
2004 — — — — — —
2005 — — — — — —
2006 — — — — — —
2007 — — — — — —
2008 Lu Sheng-fei and Luo Chii
for Cape No. 7 		— Chin Ding-Chang
for Cape No.7 		— Weng Kuei-pang
for Orz Boyz 		—
2009 Lim Giong
for Yang Yang 		William Chang
for Miao Miao 		Kwan Pun Leung
for Miao Miao 		— Huang Mei-chin
for A Place of One's Own 		—
2010 Summer Lei and Ho Zhi-jian
for Taipei Exchanges 		Kwan Pun-leung and Hsu Hung-yuan
for Let The Wind Carry Me 		Liao Peng-jung
for Face 		— Huang Mei-chin and Chen Po-jen
for Monga 		—
2011 Chang Wu-wu
for Honey Pupu 		Lin Wei-chih and Ko Meng-rong
for My Buddies 		Fisher Yu
for Honey Pupu 		— Tseng Chia-chi
for Libangbang 		—
2012 Soler
for Young Dudes 		Adong Chen
for Cha Cha for Twins 		Patrick Chow
for Young Dudes 		— — Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law,
Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui for Starry Starry Night
2013 Tseng Si-ming
for Soul 		Huang Kuan-Chun
for A Rolling Stone 		Nagao Nakashima
for Soul 		— — —
2014 — Hung Chun-hsiu
for The Lost Sea 		Yao Hung-i
for Pusu Qhuni 		— Huang Mei-ching
for Zone Pro Site 		Chen Ming-ho
for Rock Rabbit
2015 — Xu Wei-yao
for A Life That Sings 		Chen Hyin-gen and Chang Hao-jan
for A Life That Sings 		— Huang Mei-ching
for Paradise in Service 		—
2016 Lim Giong
for City of Jade 		Kenji Chen
for Hang in There, Kids! 		Zhao Fei
for The Left Ear 		Huang Ya-li and Yannick Dauby
for Le Moulin 		— —
2017 Lin Sheng-xiang
for The Great Buddha + 		Lai Hsiu-hsiung
for The Great Buddha + 		Yao Hung-i
for Missing Johnny 		— Chao Shih-hao
for The Great Buddha + 		—
2018 Chris Ho, Summer Lei
for Father to Son 		Chen Chun-hong
for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful 		Chung Mong-Hong
for Xiao Mei 		— Hwang Wen-ying, Wang Chih-cheng
for Father to Son 		—

Outstanding Contribution Award

Year Recipient
2010 —
2011 Alphonse Perroquet / Parrot Caille / Quail Youth-Leigh
2012 Tsao Yuan-feng
Fun Screen
2013 Peggy Chiao
2014 Jiing Yng-ruey
2015 Ko I-chen
2016 Taipei Documentary Filmmakers' Union
2017 Jan Hung-tze
2018 Chen Kuo-fu

Other prizes

Lifetime Achievement Award

Year Recipient
2009 Li Hsing
Ming Chi
2010 Ko Hsiang-ting
Wen Ying

Best Individual Achievement

Year Recipient
2003 Li Jing-huei
for The Ballads of Grandmothers

Special Mention, Actress

Year Recipient
2008 Mei Fang
for Orz Boyz and Summer of Magic

Special Grand Award of the Year

Year Recipient
1999 Mickey Chen
for Boys for Beauty

Special Jury Award

Year Recipient
1998 Tsai Ming-liang
for The Hole
1999 Darkness and Light (cast of non-professional actors)
2000 The Cabbie
2008 Tom Lin Shu-yu
for Winds of September
2009 Cheng Yu-Chieh
for Yang Yang
2015 Huang Da-wang
for TPE-Tics

Special Mention

Year Recipient
2004 Chen Shang-po
for Flyway
Chen Lung-nan
for Ocean Fever
Wu Mi-sen
for Experimental Taiwanese
Tsai Yi-feng
for To See or Not to See
2005 Chou I-wen
for Go Out to Sea
Wang Hsiu-ling and Lo Shin-chieh
for Plan of Regeneration
Pan Hsin-ping
for Small and Deep, Love Stories
Chen Po-wen
for Grandpa's Mountain Ballad
Lin Yu-hsien
for Jump! Boys
2006 Huang Shu-mei
for An Encounter with Chungliao
Ho Wi-ding
for Respire
Kuo Liang-yin
for SHONENKO: The Untold Stories of Taiwanese Child Laborers in WWII
Jake Pollock (photographer)
2007 Lin Ching-chieh
for The Most Distant Course and Street Survivor
Tang Wei-hsuan and Chang Keng-hua (art designers)
for The Wall-Passer
En Chen (photographer)
for Island Etude
Sean Kao
for A Starry Silent Night and The Soul of Bread
Lin Shih-yung
for Woodman 2: BBS Fighting

Industry Award for Narrative Feature

Year Recipient
2010 Ho Wi Ding
for Pinoy Sunday

Non-Narrative Feature, Jury Prize

Year Recipient
2009 Chiang Hsiu-chiung
for Hopscotch

Best Experimental Film

Year Recipient
2003 Wu Jyun-huei and Sin Jian-zong
for Sentimental Journey
Siao Li-siou
for Copy : Copy
2004 Wu Chun-hui
for Noah Noah
2006 Tzou Nien-tsu
for One Less American
2007 Chang Hao-chuan
for Follow Me, Please

Documentary Special Prize

Year Recipient
2002 Chen Lung-nan
for The Lost Two Years
2007 Huang Shu-mei
for Formosa Dream, Disrupted
2008 Ho Chao-ti
for El Salvador Journal
2009 Chou Yu-hsin, Han Chung-han, Wang Chen-yu
for Teen Patron

Creative Genre Film Award

Year Recipient
2003 PaPa Blue

Best Fictional Film-Video Award

Year Recipient
2002 Summer, Dream

Best Animated Film-Video Award

Year Recipient
2002 The Toilet Republic

Industry Award for Short

Year Recipient
2010 Cheng Wei-hao
for Real Sniper

Narrative Short – Jury Special Award

Year Recipient
2008 DJ Chen
for My Superpower Girl

Best Animation Short

Year Recipient
2008 Jack Shih
for Fly Out Blue
2009 Lu Wen-chung
for Ketchup

Animation Short – Special Mention

Year Recipient
2008 Christy Chang
for Fuji Shogun

Audience's Choice Award (2nd and 3rd place)

Year Recipient
2007 Eternal Summer (2nd)
Formosa Dream, Disrupted (3rd)

Best Animation Directors Award

Year Recipient
2002 Chiou Yu-feng
for Travel
Jimmy Feng
for Mystery Series

Pro-Film Industry Award, Promising Talent Award

Year Recipient
2009 Doze Niu
for Monga

Most Promising Director of the Year

Year Recipient
1999 Lin Jing-jie
for Bad Girl Trilogy
2002 Hsiao Ya-chuan
for Mirror Image
Chen Yi-hsiung
for Sunny Doll

Dedicative Independent Documentary Filmmaker Award

Year Recipient
2002 Lo Shin-chieh
for Love It More Than I Can Say

Independent Spirit Award of the Year

Year Recipient
2000 Lament of the Sand River

Best Technical Achievements

Year Recipient
2013 Patrick Chou, Tu Dun-chih, Wenders Li, Chiang Yi-ning, Owen Wwang,
Penny Tsai, Wei Hsiang-jung, Chau Chi-shing, Chas, Chan Chi-ho, Johnny Lin, Shaun Su
for When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep

Award of Outstanding Technique of the Year

Year Recipient
2000 Legend of the Sacred Stone

Best Documentary Photography

Year Recipient
2003 Carry the Paramount of Jade Mountain on My Back

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