Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is an international organization established in 1990 to promote Asian cinema. It has collaborated with over thirty international film festivals to present NETPAC Award in recognition of best Asian film. Starting from 2007, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has added NETPAC Award to encourage emerging Asian director; selected feature films by Asian new talent are eligible for this award.

SELECTED ENTRY

By The Time It Gets Dark  /  White Ant  /  Mad World  /  White Sun  /  Twisted Justice

The Receptionist  /  The Truth Beneath  /  The Summer Is Gone  /  Mr. No Problem  / Apprentice

JURY

LEI Chin-Pang

A film and cultural critic, earned his PhD in Media and Cultural Studies in the University of Sussex in England. He is now lecturing at the Department of Communication in the University of Macau. A few collections of his articles about films and culture have been published.

KUO Ming-Jung

Program Director, Taipei Film Festival，Kuo holds a BA in Journalism from National Chengchi University, and an MA in European Cinema Studies, from the University of Bath, UK.

She has worked in both film distribution and production, for the Golden Horse International Film Festival, Taiwan International Animation Festival, and Encounters Short Film Festival, UK. 

She joined Taipei Film Festival in 2011, selecting films and co-programming the City in Focus and Filmmaker in Focus strands. She became Program Director in 2014. In her term she has introduced Denis Côté, Pedro Costa, João Pedro Rodrigues, Khavn and Hamaguchi Ryusuke to audiences. She also edited the publication Portuguese Cinema (2015). 

Freddie WONG

Studied filmmaking in France, he was programmer of Hong Kong International Film Festival, and former president of Hong Kong Film Critics Society. In 1999, he co-produced Yu Lik Wai’s debut film Love Will Tear Us Apart, which was in competition in Cannes. In 2009, the French Ministry of Culture awarded him the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2010, he produced The Drunkard, which he scripted and directed. Currently preparing his new film The Gambler.