Cheng’s viewpoint is supported by the Documentary Media Worker Union (台北市紀錄片從業人員職業工會), which issued a statement condemning what it says were arbitrary changes made without public explanation and calling for the restoration of the original award categories.
“These changes can only make the Taipei Awards a smaller Golden Horse Awards (金馬獎) at best,” said Tsai Tsung-lung (蔡崇隆), an executive board member of the union and a filmmaker whose documentary Surviving Evil (油症—與毒共存) has been selected for this year’s Taipei Awards.
Yu believes a film festival should adapt to changing times, and says the Taipei Film Festival now favors feature films in keeping with the revival of Taiwanese cinema.
The award ceremony will be broadcast live online, and more attention will be given to stars and actors.
“The event is having a definite change of direction after 10 years ... the Taipei Awards is becoming the only major platform for local feature films,” Yu said, “because we hardly see [any] Taiwanese films at the Golden Horse Awards now.”
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