Taiwan is mounting a significant presence at Hong Kong FilMart, where the Taiwan Pavilion is hosting 106 companies showcasing 243 titles spanning film, television and cross-platform projects, underscoring the territory’s expanding ambitions in international co-production and global distribution.
The pavilion highlights a mix of festival-driven features, commercial genre projects and international television collaborations, reflecting the diversity of Taiwan’s screen sector as producers seek buyers and partners across Asia and beyond.
Among the companies presenting new work is Hope Content Marketing, which is promoting three titles. The lineup includes “Haru and Tae” and “That Burning House,” which premiered in the Critics’ Picks competition at the 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and will hold a private market screening at FilMart; it will be released in Taiwan on May 29.
Hope Content is also spotlighting “Poetries From Bookstore: Somewhere I Belong,” which had its European premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year, where all screenings sold out. The company is also developing “Snake in the Dreamscapes,” the latest project from director Lou Yi-An, whose previous feature, “Goddamned Asura,” was Taiwan’s 2021 entry in the international feature Oscar race.
Taiwan’s Studio76 is presenting a multi-genre slate spanning youth fantasy, family drama, horror franchise development and international series co-production.
Among the projects is “Points Up,” a youth fantasy feature adapted from a popular novel about a teenager who gains the supernatural ability to see numerical “social credit scores” above people’s heads. The studio is also presenting “A Promise to Keep,” the feature debut of filmmaker Lee Chuan-yang, a family drama set in an orphanage that explores childhood bonds and memory.
Studio76 is additionally developing “Demon of the East,” a regional horror franchise inspired by Asian folklore and urban legends. The first installment, “The Black Condo,” is a Thai-language co-production with Thailand’s Transformation Films, with production scheduled to begin in May 2026. On the television side, the studio is also developing “Good Job,” a Mandarin-language adaptation of a Korean series originally produced by KT StudioGenie, in collaboration with Singapore’s Wawa Pictures.
Elsewhere at the pavilion, Koko Entertainment is showcasing a slate built around global IP adaptations and cross-border collaborations. Projects include “The Empty Stomach Dinner,” a live-action series adapted from a popular LINE Webtoon, as well as “Believe in You,” a drama set within Taiwan’s temple culture.
Ksana Films Co. has the upcoming series “The Great Tipsy 1980s,” adapted from Taiwan’s first immersive theater production to surpass NT$100 million ($3.1 million) in box office revenue. Set inside a five-star hotel in 1980s Kaohsiung, the time-travel mystery follows a Gen Z woman who encounters her grandfather in his youth and becomes entangled in a long-buried family secret.
Other projects drawing attention at the market include “June,” a China–Hong Kong co-production from 66cc Company, “Dead End,” a crime thriller directed by Chan Chun-hao, and upcoming titles “Dangling” and “Guides to the World Below” from GrX Studio.
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