Cold Showers Tops the International New Talent Competition 2006/07/01

The 1 Million-dollar Grand Prize winner of the Taipei Film Festival was announced today. After one week of intensive screenings, the jury of the International New Talent Competition, which consists of five world-class directors: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jean-Marc Vallée, director of the opening film C.R.A.Z.Y., Laurent Cantet (Heading South) from France, Zhang Yuan (Little Red Flowers) from mainland and Hong Kong’s Pang Ho-cheung (Isabella) held a meeting to decide the winner, and the award ceremony was held on July 1st in ZhongShan Hall.


Cold Showers, from France, won the appreciation of all jury members and was selected as this year’s best picture. 28-year-old Belgian director Fien Troch won the Special Jury Prize and premium of 350,000 NTD with her film Someone Else’s Happiness. Also from Belgium, Iceberg won the Audience’s Choice Award.

Winner List of the 2nd International New Talent Competition (2006)

Grand Prize
《Cold Showers》France
Dir: Anthony Cordier

Special Jury Prize
《Someone Else's Happiness》Belgium/The Netherlands
Dir:Fien Troch

Audience’s Choice Award
《Iceberg》Belgium
Dir:Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy