New talent film competition begins at Taipei Film Festival

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/26/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, June 26 (CNA) A dozen full-length feature films by new and emerging filmmakers around the world began screening Friday in a competition for new talent at the annual Taipei Film Festival.

A total of 12 films by filmmakers from Japan, China, Brazil, Kosovo, Portugal, Taiwan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Lesotho, Denmark and Uruguay have been accepted in the festival's International New Talent Competition this year.

One of the movies in the competition that was screened that day was a drama titled "Song Without a Name" by Peruvian filmmaker Melina León. The film is León's debut feature and was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2019.

The Painting of Evil / Photo courtesy of Taipei Film Festival

The 97-minute black and white feature is based on the true story about a young woman's desperate search for her newborn daughter, who was stolen at a fake health clinic. The woman's search for her child takes her to a newspaper publisher where a journalist takes on the investigation.    [FULL  STORY]