Best Feature Film
Kung Fu Hustle (
Best Director
Stephen Chow (
Best Leading Actor
Aaron Kwok (
Best Leading Actress
Shu Qi (
Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Wong (
Best Supporting Actress
Yuen Qiu (
Best New Performer
Jay Chou (
Best Original Screenplay
Yau Nai-hoi (游乃海) and Yip Tin-shing (葉天成) for Election (黑社會)
Best Screenplay Adaptation
Feng Xiao-gang (
Best Visual Effects
Frankie Chung (
Best Film Editing
Yau Chu-wai (
Best Action Choreography
Lau Kar-leung (
Best Original Film Score
Lee Cin-yun (
Best Original Film Song
James Ho (
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Best Sound Effects
May Mok (
Best Cinematography
Anthony Pun (
Best Art Direction
Wong Yi-fei (
Best Make up and Costume Design
Shirley Chan (
Best Documentary
Jump! Boys (
Best Short Film
How's Life (
Best Animation
The Fire Ball (
The Best Taiwan Film Professional of the Year
Hou Hsiao-hsien (
The Best Taiwan Film of the Year
Three Times (
“Why does Taiwan identity decline?”a group of researchers lead by University of Nevada political scientist Austin Wang (王宏恩) asked in a recent paper. After all, it is not difficult to explain the rise in Taiwanese identity after the early 1990s. But no model predicted its decline during the 2016-2018 period, they say. After testing various alternative explanations, Wang et al argue that the fall-off in Taiwanese identity during that period is related to voter hedging based on the performance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Since the DPP is perceived as the guardian of Taiwan identity, when it performs well,
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) on May 18 held a rally in Taichung to mark the anniversary of President William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration on May 20. The title of the rally could be loosely translated to “May 18 recall fraudulent goods” (518退貨ㄌㄨㄚˋ!). Unlike in English, where the terms are the same, “recall” (退貨) in this context refers to product recalls due to damaged, defective or fraudulent merchandise, not the political recalls (罷免) currently dominating the headlines. I attended the rally to determine if the impression was correct that the TPP under party Chairman Huang Kuo-Chang (黃國昌) had little of a
At Computex 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) urged the government to subsidize AI. “All schools in Taiwan must integrate AI into their curricula,” he declared. A few months earlier, he said, “If I were a student today, I’d immediately start using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini Pro and Grok to learn, write and accelerate my thinking.” Huang sees the AI-bullet train leaving the station. And as one of its drivers, he’s worried about youth not getting on board — bad for their careers, and bad for his workforce. As a semiconductor supply-chain powerhouse and AI hub wannabe, Taiwan is seeing
Jade Mountain (玉山) — Taiwan’s highest peak — is the ultimate goal for those attempting a through-hike of the Mountains to Sea National Greenway (山海圳國家綠道), and that’s precisely where we’re headed in this final installment of a quartet of articles covering the Greenway. Picking up the trail at the Tsou tribal villages of Dabang and Tefuye, it’s worth stocking up on provisions before setting off, since — aside from the scant offerings available on the mountain’s Dongpu Lodge (東埔山莊) and Paiyun Lodge’s (排雲山莊) meal service — there’s nowhere to get food from here on out. TEFUYE HISTORIC TRAIL The journey recommences with