Taiwan showcase

Date
10/14 (SUN) 14：00 －15：00

Venue
Kbro Cinemas  Cinemas 10 

Grasp the chance to learn more about the latest Taiwanese animation projects and information!

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LAQI

Legend has it that in the heart of the forest, there once was a giant Tree of Life that safeguarded the ecological balance of the entire world. But the tree was destroyed thanks to human greed, creating a worldwide catastrophe that devastated the land.
A century later, a botanist doing research on how to revive the tree goes missing in the forest. His ten-year-old daughter Laqi enters the legendary forest in search of her father. She meets the monster Mosina, who has been wandering homeless for the hundred years since the tree was destroyed.
And so begins the tale of a girl seeking the return of her father and a monster seeking the restoration of its home, as the unlikely pair embraces their hopes and embarks on a fantastical journey into the Forest of the Monsters.

Vick Wang
He is an animation director, CG artist, and an Assistant Professor at the Communications Design Department of Shih Chien University. 
Acclaimed in the field of computer animation, Wang has been involved in original animation production for years, and in 2004, he co-founded the SOFA Studios, the largest animation content development group in Taiwan. 

Yi-Feng Kao
Born in 1977, graduated from the United States Full Sail University with a bachelor's degree in Computer Animation, and had worked as a game designer. With over ten year experience of making animation films and as an animation director and screenwriter now, works full of remarkable humor and educational entertainment are Yi-Feng Kao's style.

Night Bus

Taiwanese independent animation film director, his work often explores the dark side of human nature, filled with thrilling suspense and styled with an oriental flair.
His films were critically acclaimed - Meat Days won Best Animation in the 2008 San Diego Asian Film Festival and The Present in the 2012 Taipei Film Festival. His works were also nominated in the 2012 Taipei Golden Horse Awards and the 2014 

Joe Hsieh
His work often explores the dark side of human nature, filled with thrilling suspense and styled with an oriental flair.
His films were critically acclaimed - Meat Days won Best Animation in the 2008 San Diego Asian Film Festival and The Present in the 2012 Taipei Film Festival. His works were also nominated in the 2012 Taipei Golden Horse Awards and the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

 

A Blissful Moment
The day Yuan loses his job is also his daughter Lily’s birthday. On his way home, carrying Lily’s present and wondering about his own future. Yuan is so concentrated in thinking of his past and his missing wife that he doesn’t realize that he is still wearing the monster’s costume.

Liao Shih-Han

Shih-Han Liao has served as an assistant director, deputy director, screenwriter, and producer. 
The 2017 TV series "House of Toy Bricks" has been well appreciated. The new released horror film "The Rope Curse" gained a bright performance in box office performance. "A Blissful Moment" is the first attempt for cross-domain.