Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/13
By: Chiang Pei-ling and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Eight companies from Taiwan are participating in the 2018
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Annecy International Animation Film Festival (AIAFF), which opened Tuesday in Annecy, France.
It is the fourth time that the Ministry of Culture’s Department of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development is leading the effort to highlight Taiwan’s animation industry at the festival.
The Taiwanese animation films entered in the festival include “Baryon,” “Yameme and the Five Colored Stones” and “On Happiness Road,” according to a statement issued Wednesday by an animation company responsible for promoting exchanges during the event.
“On Happiness Road,” which won the top prize at the 2018 Tokyo Anime Award Festival in March, has been selected for screening in the out-of-competition feature film category, the statement said.
The movie was directed by Taiwanese journalist and photographer Sung Hsin-yin (宋欣穎). [FULL STORY]
