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Taiwan Creative Content Fest Adds Spotlight Screenings to Court International Buyers
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In Short: The 2026 Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) will introduce Spotlight Screenings for the first time this November, giving international buyers an early look at two high-profile Taiwanese titles ahead of business meetings at TCCF Market.
Taiwan Creative Content Agency chair Sue Wang said the market has long been the bridge between overseas film and television players and Taiwan’s homegrown content, and that this year’s inaugural Spotlight Screenings give buyers and partners a rare early look at finished work before the business meetings get underway.
The Spotlight Screenings mark TCCF’s first tie-up with Vieshow Cinemas, staged at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Nangang, and will let visiting buyers, international press and other industry guests screen two flagship titles before deals are struck, with an eye toward driving overseas sales and rights transactions for Taiwanese content.
One of the titles, “April,” follows a migrant caregiver working in a Hakka community in Pingtung, Taiwan, who returns home to find her family estranged and sets out to mend fractured relationships.
The other title, “See You At 11pm,” is a fantasy romance series spanning Taiwan and Singapore that moves between the realms of the living and the dead.
Popular on Variety, “April” was selected for the 2025 Tokyo International Film Festival and picked up multiple nominations at the 2026 Taipei Film Awards, including best actress.
“See You At 11pm” is co-produced by Taiwan’s Three-Giant Production and Singapore’s Mediacorp, and stars Taiwanese and Singaporean actors.
A total of 38 international companies and organizations will take part in TCCF Market this year, with a number of newcomers spanning television, animation and distribution.
Thailand will mount a national pavilion put together by the Creative Economy Agency (CEA) and the Thai Animation and Computer Graphics Association (TACGA), joined for the first time by the Thai Association of Boys Love Content (TBLC).
What this adds
The Spotlight Screenings are a new addition to TCCF, aiming to enhance the market's role as a platform for Taiwanese content to reach international buyers.
Background
The Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) is an annual Asian entertainment content market organized by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency, which launched in 2020. Its programming includes an exhibition, market, a pitch fest and various awards with cash prizes.
What's still developing
- She said her ambition for TCCF goes beyond running a trade show: she wants it to stand as a dependable ally to Taiwan’s cultural content sector, pulling different disciplines and technologies together to open up fresh cross-border partnerships and cement Taiwan’s standing in international screen production.
- They include Nippon TV, which launched Japan’s original commercial television service; GMA Network, among the biggest commercial broadcasters in the Philippines; Madgic Distribution and Zephyr Animation, two French studios focused on children’s animation; the studio behind South Korea’s “Washz” healing-character franchise, BASH; and Thailand’s Chada Entertainment, led by veteran producer Shee Heng Kuek, who is based in Taiwan.
- Co-produced by Taiwan’s Three-Giant Production and Singapore’s Mediacorp, the series stars Taiwanese actors Liu Hsiu-fu, Chloe Xiang, Wu Nien-hsuan, Peter Ho, Kimi Hsia and Morni Chang, alongside Singaporean actors Mark Kok Huang Lee, Gavin Teo Chong Ze and Hong Ling.
- A handful of South Korean regional government bodies will step into TCCF Market as delegation leads for the first time this year, among them Bucheon City, the Gwangju Information & Content Agency (GICON) and the Daegu Digital Innovation Promotion Agency (DIP).