Back to All News
Netflix Deepens Partnership with Taiwan's 62nd Golden Horse Film Festival, Launches New Talent and Storytelling Initiatives
Entertainment
26 November 2025
GlobalTaiwan
Link copied to clipboard
Download all assets
This year, Netflix is deepening its engagement with Taipei's prestigious Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards - Taiwan's largest and longest-running celebration of cinema - marking its biggest collaboration with the festival to date.
To celebrate the best of creative storytelling in the region and beyond, Netflix and Golden Horse introduced exciting initiatives, including an exclusive masterclass with award-winning K-drama director Kim Won-suk (When Life Gives You Tangerines) and a new NT$500,000 inclusive storytelling award in partnership with the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP).
The festival also hosted the premiere of Netflix's upcoming Taiwanese series Had I Not Seen The Sun: Part 1, where the cast and creators took part in a post-screening Q&A, along with a special screening of Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler.
Notably, Ma Shih-Yuan won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer for her role in the highly acclaimed Left-Handed Girl, directed by Shih-Ching Tsou and co-written and produced by Sean Baker. The film will release on Netflix outside Taiwan (in select countries)on November 28.
Maya Huang, Netflix's Director of Chinese Language Content, shared: At Netflix, we believe great stories can come from anywhere. Chinese-language entertainment is gaining global popularity, and we are confident that this momentum will continue. Taiwan is home to some of the most talented creatives and authentic stories, and we remain deeply committed to being a long-term partner to Taiwan's creative industry. We are thrilled to deepen our collaboration with Golden Horse this year, and look forward to continuing to work closely with Taiwan's creative community to bring more diverse and compelling Chinese-language content to audiences around the world.
Nurturing Local Talent Through Masterclasses
As part of our talent development efforts, Netflix invited director Kim Won-suk, whose When Life Gives You Tangerines was a hit with Taiwanese viewers, to lead an exclusive Golden Horse Masterclass in Taipei for over 200 participants from Taiwan's film and television industry.
Held on November 21, Director Kim shared his experience and insights on crafting strong stories and complex characters: With the rise of streaming platforms, we see increasingly global and diverse storytelling across films and television dramas. A great story takes the audience on an emotional journey - it entertains, strikes an emotional chord, and leans into reality. Fantasy without reality is hollow, and reality without fantasy is bitter. Striking a balance between the two is crucial when it comes to storytelling. It is the skill of the director to be able to take inspiration from familiar everyday elements and craft something new.
Director Kim also offered words of encouragement to creators, Even if something appears to be a failure on the surface, as long as you learn from the journey and find the motivation to keep going and to do better, that is a successful failure.
Among the attendees was Wave Makers director Lin Chun-yang, who reflected on Kim's insights, I've always believed that allowing audiences to suspend disbelief is the highest standard of storytelling. My approach has long been to pursue realistic details as closely as possible. What struck me today was Director Kim's concept that reality without fantasy is too heavy.' The masterclass inspired me to expand beyond my pursuit of realism to explore the realm of fantasy', and see what comes out of it.
Tsai Chia-yin, who starred in The Cleaner, added, Even in a masterclass setting, Director Kim knew exactly when we needed to laugh, and when we needed words of motivation. His work spans many styles, and his willingness to repeatedly step out of his comfort zone over the years reminds us to return to the essence of storytelling and stay true to our creative core.
Championing Inclusive Storytelling
Behind every great film and series lies not only incredible talent but also immense creativity. To support a broader range of Chinese-language voices, Netflix established the NT$500,000 Netflix Diverse & Inclusive Storytelling Award in the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion's series category.
The inaugural winner, Unseen Film Studio, was recognized for Human Era Animal Affairs Bureau, a story about animals and humans coexisting in a modern city. Producer-director Sun Chieh-heng said, We're thrilled to receive Netflix's recognition and encouragement at this early stage of development of the project. It gives us even more confidence to tell this story that crosses cultures, languages, and even species.
Netflix is one of 12 leading regional and international partners for the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (FPP) this year, which offered emerging filmmakers a total prize money of approximately TWD 7 million to support and inspire more storytelling talents.
Through these continued collaborations, Netflix reaffirms its commitment to supporting Taiwan's creative ecosystem - empowering storytellers, celebrating diversity, and bringing authentic Chinese-language stories to audiences worldwide.
Most recent headlines
05/01/2027
Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be ...
06/09/2026
June 9 2026, 23:00 (PDT) Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA Worl...
04/08/2026
Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, t...
04/07/2026
April 7 2026, 19:00 (PDT) Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Opens in...
15/06/2026
Detach from Direct-Attached: How Remote Editing with EVO Keeps Creative Teams Mo...
14/06/2026
Library captures 1960s R&B/pop drum sound
Following on from their recent wave of plug-in effects, Iconic Instruments have just launched an all-new virtual d...
14/06/2026
HBO Comedy Rooster Shot with URSA Cine 17K 65
Brie Clayton June 14, 2026
0 Comments
Large format brings viewers intimately close to characters.
Black...
13/06/2026
Latest expansion pack includes 252 presets
Devious Machines have recently introduced another expansion for their powerful multi-effects plug-in, Infiltrator...
13/06/2026
Create custom DAW/plug-in controllers using prompts
MetaGrid have recently introduced an all-new AI Builder function to their touchscreen-based control surf...
13/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
13/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
YES Network and The Gotham Sports App will air seven Athletes Unlimited Softball...
12/06/2026
The United Football League will host its FAST Innovation Suite at the 2026 United Bowl presented by Credit One Bank on Saturday, June 13 at 3:00 p.m. ET at Audi...
12/06/2026
PTZOptics and LayerJot will present live demonstrations at InfoComm 2026 showing how natural-language AI prompting, robotic camera control, and on-device comput...
12/06/2026
MultiDyne Video and Fiber Optic Systems will exhibit at InfoComm 2026, featuring...
12/06/2026
Ateme has announced that Eurovision Services is using Ateme's software-based frame-rate conversion technology for international live event workflows. The de...
12/06/2026
Bitmovin and Simplestream have announced a partnership with Xperi to simplify the launch of OTT streaming services on TiVo OS smart TVs and devices. The collabo...
12/06/2026
Net Insight has announced that a multinational technology company is deploying a...
12/06/2026
MLB Players Inc., the business arm of the MLB Players Association, has announced a partnership with Athletes First to develop and sell brand partnerships across...
12/06/2026
Guntermann and Drunck (G&D) and VuWall have announced the CommandKeyboard-Advanc...
12/06/2026
Comcast Smart Solutions announces a new smart technology deployment with Major L...
12/06/2026
Elevation Worship completed the initial leg of its Elevation Nights 2026 tour ...
12/06/2026
AJA Video Systems has announced KONA IP25 support for Colorfront Transkoder and ...
12/06/2026
Audinate Group Limited (ASX: AD8) will exhibit at InfoComm 2026 (Booth C7321, Ce...
12/06/2026
Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould has announced the appointment of Scott Adametz as Chief Technology Officer. The Pac-12 describes the hire as the first CTO appo...
12/06/2026
Grass Valley has announced AMPP Edge Live, a production system combining Grass Valley hardware, NVIDIA Blackwell GPU acceleration, and AMPP OS in a single platf...
12/06/2026
At one time a trailblazer with the launch of the Longhorn Network, the Universit...
12/06/2026
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press rel...
12/06/2026
Chyron has announced PAINT 10.4, an update to its illustrated replay and sports ...
12/06/2026
SVP, Production, Mark Gross: With the new schedule, with not having every Sunday night, it has given us an opportunity to take a step back and reimagine what o...
12/06/2026
For Televisa Technical Engineering Manager Roberto N nez Ibarra and the small team of 12 technicians and two production personnel at the IBC things are already ...
12/06/2026
Simple Steps to Better Acoustics - Taming The Small Room
Most of us mix in spare rooms and small spaces, where the acoustics fight us at every turn. At Gear...
12/06/2026
Latest addition expands vintage-inspired effects palette
Meris' Ottobit pedal range draws its inspiration from vintage gaming consoles, and the latest a...
12/06/2026
Soundbox-based chamber strings series expanded
Sonora Cinematic have just announced the launch of the second instalment in their Soundbox-based chamber stri...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
AJA Announces KONA IP25 Integration with Colorfront Software
Brie Clayton June 12, 2026
0 Comments
Collaboration enables uncompressed SMPTE ST 2110 I/O ...
12/06/2026
URSA Cine 12K LF Used to Create Visuals for STUTS' K-Arena Concert
Brie Clayton June 12, 2026
0 Comments
Organic visuals projected on a giant scre...
12/06/2026
MTI FILM Acquires Mango New Edit, Expanding its Global Post-Production Services ...
12/06/2026
AI Point Tracking Speeds Up Complex VFX Tracks in Mocha Pro
Jessie Electa Petrov June 12, 2026
0 Comments
The 2026.5 release adds automatic point trac...
12/06/2026
Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has partnered with Simplestream, a provider of OTT and broadcast solutions, and technology provider Xperi, to...
12/06/2026
Leostream Corporation, creator of the world-leading Leostream Remote Desktop Access Platform, today announced Jigsaw24, a leading B2B IT solutions provider wit...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
Share
Copy link
Facebook
X
Linkedin
Bluesky
Email...
12/06/2026
How Aussie indie games and screen are levelling up with IP 11 June 2026
Ari Harrison, Pro Jank Footy
Head of Games Joey Egger and Ari Harrison of Umbrella sha...
12/06/2026
AgentPerf from Artificial Analysis, the industry's first agentic AI benchmark, gives developers, enterprises and infrastructure providers a clear way to com...
Back to All News
