Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous awards at festivals. In 1994, Tsai won the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice International Film Festival for the film Vive L'Amour.
Tsai at the 2013 Tokyo Filmex
Tsai (left) was named Asian Filmmaker of the Year at the 2010 Busan International Film Festival.
The cinema of Taiwan or Taiwan cinema is deeply rooted in the island's unique history. Since its introduction to Taiwan in 1901 under Japanese rule, cinema has developed in Taiwan under ROC rule through several distinct stages, including taiyu pian of the 1950s and 1960s, genre films of the 1960s and 1970s, including jiankang xieshi pian, wuxia pian, aiqing wenyi pian, zhengxuan pian, and shehui xieshi pian, Taiwan New Cinema of the 1980s, and the new wave of the 1990s and afterwards. Starting in the second decade of the new millennium, documentary films also became a representative part of Taiwan cinema.
Mingshen Theater
One of Taiwan's leading filmmakers, Ang Lee, in 2009, at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.
Director, producer, and actress Sylvia Chang has received numerous international awards.
Vivian Sung has starred in several of Taiwan's highest-grossing films, including Our Times and Café. Waiting. Love.