The Taipei Film Awards () are given by the Taipei Film Festival to honor achievements in Taiwanese cinema. Winners are selected from Taiwanese films which are presented in the competition section at the festival.
Grand Prize winners Year Film Director Genre2002SummersLeon DaiShort Film2003Stardust 15749001Hou Chi-janShort FilmExitChen Lung-weiAnimation2004Farewell 1999Wuna WuDocumentary2005Let It BeYen Lan-chuan and Juang Yi-tzengDocumentary2006Do OverCheng Yu-Chieh Narrative Feature2007I Don't Want to Sleep AloneTsai Ming-liang Narrative Feature2008Cape No. 7Wei Te-sheng Narrative Feature2009Cannot Live Without YouLeon Dai Narrative Feature2010Let the Wind Carry MeKwan Pung-leung and Chiang Hsiu-chiung Documentary2011TaivaluHuang Hsin-yaoDocumentaryA Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1Luo Hsing-chiehDocumentary2012Hometown BoyYao Hung-IDocumentary2013A Rolling StoneShen Ko-shangDocumentary2014Unveil the Truth II：State ApparatusKevin H.J. LeeDocumentary2015Thanatos, DrunkChang Tso-chiNarrative Feature2016Lokah LaqiLaha MebowNarrative Feature2017The Great Buddha + Huang Hsin-yaoNarrative Feature2018On Happiness Road Sung Hsin-yinAnimation2019Last Year When the Train Passed by Huang Pang-ChuanDocumentary2020Detention John HsuNarrative Feature2021The Catch Hsu Che-chiaDocumentary Short Film2022A Holy Family Elvis Lu A-liangDocumentary2023Diamond Marine World Huang Hsiu-yiDocumentary
Film awards Year Best Narrative Feature Best Documentary Best Short Film Best Animation Press Award Audience Choice Award 1998 Grandma and Her Ghosts 1999 Darkness and Light 2000 Mirror Image 2001 (not held) 2002 Corner's 2003 Badu's Homework Echo Meteor 2004 Goodbye, Dragon Inn The Spirit of Eight River Innocent Life Goodbye, Dragon Inn Ocean Fever 2005 The Wayward Cloud Biographies of the Macaques The Man of the Hour Let It Be: The Last Rice Farmers Jump! Boys 2006 The Pain of Others Doctor Contagion An Encounter with Chungliao Do Over 2007 The Secret in the Wind Rock the Boat Check Mate Island Etude The Soul of Bread 2008 They Are Flying The End of the Tunnel Winds of September What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! 2009 Yellow Sheep River Panic House Cannot Live Without You A Place of One's Own 2010 The Fourth Portrait Let The Wind Carry Me Dad's Not Home A Piece of Cake A Piece of Cake Taipei Exchanges 2011 When Love Comes TaivaluA Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1 The Blackout Village The Other Side Jump Ashin!The Man Behind the Book Jump Ashin! 2012 Cha Cha for Twins Hometown Boy I Wake Up in a Strange Bed The Present Girlfriend, Boyfriend Touch of the Light 2013 Soul A Rolling Stone The Coward On Happiness RoadBreathe Together Rock Me to the Moon 2014 Exit Unveil the Truth II: State Apparatus The Busy Young Psychic Unknown Memory Ice Poison Kano 2015 Thanatos, Drunk A Life That Sings The Death of a Security Guard The Vending Machine Thanatos, Drunk Panay 2016 Hang in There, Kids! Hebei Taipei Anchorage Prohibited Crash Testing The Taste of Apple The Tenants Downstairs 2017 The Great Buddha + Small Talk True Emotion Behind the Wall Stories About Him The Road to Mandalay Condemned Practice Mode 2018 Dear Ex Our Youth, in Taiwan 02-06 On Happiness RoadNeon Dear Ex On Happiness Road 2019 Dad's Suit Your Face Last Year When the Train Passed by Where Am I Going? Turning 18 The Age of Awakening 2020 Detention The Good Daughter In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts Grand Adventure Railroad Whale Island We Are Champions 2021 My Missing Valentine The Catch Piano Lessons Night Bus A Lean Soul The Silent Forest 2022 American Girl A Holy Family Good Day DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins A Holy Family 2023 Gaga Diamond Marine World Big Day The Egret River Be Myself Good Morni MIT
Individual awards Year Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Talent 1998Hou Hsiao-hsien for Flowers of Shanghai Rene Liu for The Personals June Tsai for Jam 1999 Tsai Tsan-te for Bad Girl Trilogy Lee Kang-i for Darkness and Light 2000 Chen Yi-wen for The Cabbie Alex Fong for Red Rain Lee Kang-i for Sunny Doll Wang Jui for Forgive and ForgetCheung Ka-nin for The Cabbie Chao Mei-ling for Lament of the Sand River Leslie Hsiang for Pure Accidents 2001(not held) 2002 Jag Huang for Summer, Dream 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Yang Ya-che for Orz Boyz Henry Tsai and Tom Lin Shu-yufor Winds of September Doze Niu for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! Janine Chang for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! Wang Po-chieh for Winds of September 2009 Chung Mong-hong for Parking Chung Mong-hongfor Parking Akira Chen for Cannot Live Without You Sandrine Pinna for Yang Yang Lin Chih-ju for Cannot Live Without You Lu Yi-ching for A Place of One's Own Peggy Tseng for Parking 2010 Cheng Wen-tang for Tears Essay Liufor Seven Days in Heaven Bi Xiao-hai for The Fourth Portrait Ivy Chen for Hear Me Tsai Chen-nan for Ending Cut Cheung Si-yin for Seven Days in Heaven Amber Kuo for Au Revoir Taipei 2011 Chen Hung-i for Honey Pupu Chang Tso-chifor When Love Comes Wu Pong-fong for Ranger Nikki Hsieh for Honey Pupu,Make Up Lawrence Ko for Jump Ashin! He Zi-hua for When Love Comes Li Yi-jie for When Love Comes 2012 Yao Hung-i for Hometown Boy Yang Yi-chienfor Cha Cha for Twins Joseph Chang for Girlfriend, Boyfriend Sandrine Pinna for Touch of the Light Bryan Chang for Girlfriend, Boyfriend Amber Kuo for Love Eric Lin for Starry Starry Night 2013 Chan Ching-lin for A Breath from the Bottom Lin Chen-haofor Forever Love Jimmy Wang for Soul Lin Yen-Cheng for My Last Homework Tsai Ming-shiou for A Breath from the Bottom Ivy Yin for The Will To Power Huang Shao-yang for Together 2014 Midi Z for Ice Poison Yee Chin-yenfor Meeting Dr. Sun Lee Kang-sheng for Stray Dogs Chen Shiang-chyi for Exit Tsao Yu-ning for Kano Lin Mei-hsiu for Zone Pro Site Yu Pei-jen for The Busy Young Psychic 2015 Tsai Ming-liang for No No Sleep Doze Niu and Tseng Li-tingfor Paradise in Service Lee Hong-chi for Thanatos, Drunk Hiromi Nagasaku for The Furthest End Awaits Cheng Jen-shuo for Thanatos, Drunk Lü Hsueh-feng for Thanatos, Drunk Wilson Hsu for Spring Awakening 2016 Laha Mebow for Hang in There, Kids! Huang Ya-li for Le Moulin River Huang for The Tag-Along Hsu Wei-ning for The Tag-Along, White Lies, Black Lies,End of A Century: Miea's Story Kaiser Chuang for Maverick Jian Man-shu for Maverick Ensemble cast of Hang in There, Kids! 2017 Lu Po-shunfor Wild Tides Huang Xifor Missing Johnny Chris Wu for White Ant Ivy Yin for The Island That All Flow By Sean Huang for Missing Johnny Liu Yin-shan for Cloudy Rima Zeidanfor Missing Johnny 2018 Hsiao Ya-Chuanfor Father to Son Gilles Yangfor The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Roy Chiu for Dear Ex Hsieh Ying-hsuan for Dear Ex Cheng Jen-Shuo for GATAO 2-The New Leader Rising Wen Qi for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Utjung Tjakivalidfor Alifu, the Prince/ss 2019 Tsai Ming-liangfor Your Face Lin Hao-pufor 3 Days 2 Nights Hou Tao-hsiao for Dad's Suit Lee Yi-chieh for Wild Sparrow Liu Yin-shang for A Trip with Mom Da-her Lin for Secrets in The Hot Spring Phoebe Huang for Dad's Suit Tsai Jia-yinfor Heavy Craving 2020 Chang Jung-chifor We Are Champions Kao Pin-Chuan, Birdy Fong and Tsai Yi-ho for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead Mo Tzu-yi for Dear Tenant Gingle Wang for Detention Li Ying-chuan for Synapses Eleven Yao for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead Li Li-jungfor See You, Sir 2021 Chen Yu-hsunfor My Missing Valentine Mag Hsu for I Missed You Roy Chiu for Man in Love Peace Yang for Wrath of Desire Liu Kuan-ting for Treat or Trick Bai Bai for Treat or Trick Buffy Chenfor The Silent Forest 2022 Giddens Kofor Till We Meet Again Lou Yi-an, Singing Chen for Goddamned ASURA Kai Ko for Till We Meet Again Chen Shiang-chyi for Increasing Echo Kao Ying-hsuan for Incantation Wang Yu-xuan for Goddamned Asura Caitlin Fangfor American Girl 2023 Lin Chun-yangfor Eye of the Storm Cheng Wei-hao, Sharon Wu Chin-jung for Marry My Dead Body Wang Po-chieh for Eye of the Storm Lu Hsiao-fen for Day Off Fu Meng-po for Day Off Yang Li-yin for Coo-Coo 043 Wilang Lalinfor GagaYeh Hsiao-feifor Who'll Stop the Rain 2024 Hsiao Ya-chuanfor Old Fox Hsiao Ya-chuan, Chan I-wen for Old Fox Ethan Juan for The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon Audrey Lin for Trouble Girl Lee Lee-zen for The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon Ivy Chen for Trouble Girl Zheng Fei-feifor BIG 2025 John Hsufor Dead Talents Society Tom Lin Shu-yu for Yen and Ai-Lee Wanlop Rungkumjad for Mongrel Alexia Kao for Family Matters Lee Kang-sheng for Stranger Eyes Yang Kuei-mei for Yen and Ai-Lee Alisia Liangfor The Chronicles of Libidoists
Outstanding Artistic Contribution awards Year Music Editing Cinematography Sound Design Art Direction Visual Effects 1998 Huang Wen-ying for Flowers of Shanghai 1999 2000 2001(not held) 2002 Tang Shu-fen, Jyu Zih and Jiang Wun-cih for A Garden in the Sky 2003 Nail Dreams Are Floating 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Lu Sheng-fei and Luo Chii for Cape No. 7 Chin Ding-Chang for Cape No.7 Weng Kuei-pang for Orz Boyz 2009 Lim Giong for Yang Yang William Changfor Miao Miao Kwan Pun Leung for Miao Miao Huang Mei-chin for A Place of One's Own 2010 Summer Lei and Ho Zhi-jian for Taipei Exchanges Kwan Pun-leung and Hsu Hung-yuanfor Let The Wind Carry Me Liao Peng-jung for Face Huang Mei-chin and Chen Po-jen for Monga 2011 Chang Wu-wu for Honey Pupu Lin Wei-chih and Ko Meng-rongfor My Buddies Fisher Yu for Honey Pupu Tseng Chia-chi for Libangbang 2012 Soler for Young Dudes Adong Chen and Chiang Yi-ningfor Cha Cha for Twins Patrick Chow for Young Dudes Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law, Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui for Starry Starry Night 2013 Tseng Si-ming for Soul Huang Kuan-Chunfor A Rolling Stone Nagao Nakashima for Soul 2014 Hung Chun-hsiu for The Lost Sea Yao Hung-i for Pusu Qhuni Huang Mei-ching for Zone Pro Site Chen Ming-ho for Rock Rabbit 2015 Xu Wei-yao for A Life That Sings Chen Hyin-gen and Chang Hao-jan for A Life That Sings Huang Mei-ching for Paradise in Service 2016 Lim Giongfor City of Jade Kenji Chen for Hang in There, Kids! Zhao Fei for The Left Ear Huang Ya-li and Yannick Dauby for Le Moulin 2017 Lin Sheng-xiangfor The Great Buddha + Lai Hsiu-hsiung for The Great Buddha + Yao Hung-i for Missing Johnny Chao Shih-hao for The Great Buddha + 2018 Chris Ho, Summer Leifor Father to Son Chen Chun-hong for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Chung Mong-Hong for Xiao Mei Hwang Wen-ying, Wang Chih-chengfor Father to Son
Outstanding Contribution Award Year Recipient 2010 2011 Alphonse Perroquet / Parrot Caille / Quail Youth-Leigh2012 Tsao Yuan-feng Funscreen Weekly 2013 Peggy Chiao 2014 Jiing Yng-ruey 2015 Ko I-chen 2016 Taipei Documentary Filmmakers' Union 2017 Jan Hung-tze 2018 Chen Kuo-fu
Other prizes Lifetime Achievement Award Year Recipient2009 Li Hsing Ming Chi2010 Ko Hsiang-ting Wen Ying
Best Individual Achievement Year Recipient 2003 Li Jing-huei for The Ballads of Grandmothers
Special Mention, Actress Year Recipient 2008 Mei Fang for Orz Boyz and Summer of Magic
Special Grand Award of the Year Year Recipient 1999 Mickey Chen for Boys for Beauty
Special Jury Award Year Recipient 1998 Tsai Ming-liang for The Hole 1999 Darkness and Light (cast of non-professional actors) 2000 The Cabbie 2008 Tom Lin Shu-yu for Winds of September 2009 Cheng Yu-Chieh for Yang Yang 2015 Huang Da-wang for TPE-Tics
Special Mention