"When I curate the programs, I think of how the festival can be of help to the industry. By bringing in foreign experience and examples, local film professionals and industry experts may benefit from the model of success set by others."
When asked how the cinematic environment had changed over the years, Huang said that a decade ago the Golden Horse had no competitors to vie for resources.
But now, the dominant position of the Golden Horse Film Festival has been eroded. Small- to medium-size film festivals have mushroomed and cater to audiences of different interests. The era of democracy for film festivals has begun, while new problems gradually emerge along the way.
"Now we face a new set of problems, such as the unbalanced distribution of resources, or festivals with similar orientations that overlap and therefore compete for limited resources," Huang said, setting out some of the issues for the next stage of growth in local film festivals.
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