Taipei, Paris sign deal to cooperate in making of films

During the signing ceremony, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin said the cooperation between the Taipei Film Commission and the Ile de France Film Commission (IDF) aims to highlight the distinguishing images of each city, going beyond just Taipei 101 and the Eiffel Tower, and to introduce the creativity of artists without borders.

Hau said that Paris accounts for 90 percent of the French film industry's resources and he added his hope that “by working and learning from Paris, Taipei will become a cultural hub among China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.”

Taipei is the first non-European collaborator with the IDF, which has also established a partnership with Berlin-Brandenberg, Madrid and Rome.

“We have long admired the creativity of Taiwanese film-makers,” said IDF Director Olivier-Rene Veillon at the signing ceremony.

Referring to the Louvre museum-commissioned “Face” from Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang and Hou Hsiao-hsien's “Flight of the Red Balloon,” which capture the ambiance of living in Paris, Veillon said the beauty of art films is embraced by both French and Taiwanese people.

“Although there is a superpower in the film industry across the Atlantic Ocean called Hollywood,” said Veillon, “we recognize there are brilliant ideas from other continents that are worth cherishing, which is why we look forward to working with Taipei.”

Besides cultural exchanges, the two commissions will also share their know how in state-of-the-art 3D technology and promote “green shooting” in an effort to increase environmental awareness in the industry.

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