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CCDF-15 Awards List

2024 / 09 / 29

Taiwanese projects excelled at this year’s forum. Director Paul CHU, along with producers Charlie CHEN and Terris KO, won the “TCCF Award” presented by Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) for their proposal The Martial Artist. Another Taiwanese proposal, Echoes from Beyond, directed by LEE Kang-ling and HSU Huai-min and produced by Lynn CHEN, received a cash award sponsored by the PTS Taiwanese Channel for the first time, with a total prize of NTD 90,000. The proposal Nomads of the Island, a co-production between Hong Kong and Taiwan directed by Hong Kong director Frankie SIN and produced by veteran documentary producers HUANG Hui-chen and Peter YAM, won a NTD 100,000 cash prize, sponsored for the first time by KOKO Entertainment.

“TCCF Award” for The Martial Artist

“TAIGI TV Award” for Echoes from Beyond

“KOKO AWARD” for Nomads of the Island

Sponsored by CNEX, the “Best Pitch Award“, with a cash prize of USD 5,000, was won by the Chinese proposal Restless Farewell. This project also received the “AIDC Award” and the “Tokyo Docs Award”. Likewise sponsored by CNEX, the Best International Potential Award, also with a total cash prize of USD 5,000, was awarded to My Customized Baby, a project exploring contemporary social issues. The documentary tells the story of a mother who conceived through sperm donation and follows the life of a “customized embryo” child as they grow up.

“Best Pitch” for Restless Farewell

“AIDC Award” for Restless Farewell

“Tokyo Docs Award” for Restless Farewell

“Best International Potential Award” for My Customized Baby

This year’s forum introduced the “Ask Jean Anything Award,” personally established by renowned Chinese-American documentary editor Jean Tsien. Ms. Tsien is a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and a key member of the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The winning project team will have the opportunity to engage in a one-on-one in-depth discussion with Ms. Tsien. The award was ultimately won by director Zheng Qingyue and producers Yao Lu and Jiang Ruonan for their project Lady Lion. Lady Lion also received the “IFG Best Impact Potential Second Prize”, with a total cash prize of USD 6,000.

“Ask Jean Anything Award” for Lady Lion

“IFG Best Impact Potential Second Prize” for Lady Lion

The co-production The Yani Tseng Story, involving Taiwan, the U.S., South Korea, and Japan, won the “SSD Award” at this year’s forum. Meanwhile, the Chinese proposals Sixty Thousand Mile of River and Floating House received the “Fresh Pitch Award” and the “IDF Award,” respectively.

“SSD Award” for The Yani Tseng Story

“Fresh Pitch Award” for Sixty Thousand Mile of River

“IDF Award” for Floating House

This year, CCDF collaborated for the first time with the music library platform Audio Network to sponsor CCDF and present an award. The award was won by the Chinese proposal Becoming Mother, granting the winning project access to use music from the Audio Network library for its soundtrack.

“Audio Network Award” for Becoming Mother

Additionally, Malaysian director Beatrice LEONG and Indonesian director Ivonne KANI emerged as the biggest winners at this year’s pitching forum with their proposals The Myth of Monsters and Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey, respectively. The Myth of Monsters won the “Sheffield Doc/Fest Award”, the “Bilibili x CCDF Best Pitch Award” (totaling USD 5,000), and “IFG Best Impact Potential First Prize” (totaling USD 7,000). Meanwhile, Me, My Mom’s Favorite Monkey received a special award generously provided by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Edmund Cheung (totaling USD 1,000) and won the “IFG Best Impact Potential Second Prize” (totaling USD 5,000). It also shared the “Doc Edge Award” with Freedom Lara.

“Sheffield Doc/Fest Award” for The Myth of Monsters

“Bilibili x CCDF Best Pitch Award” for The Myth of Monsters

“IFG Best Impact Potential First Prize” for The Myth of Monsters

Special Award for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey

“IFG Best Impact Potential Third Prize” for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey

“Doc Edge Award” for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey

“Doc Edge Award” for Freedom Lara

The detailed list of award winners is as follows:

｜Complete list of CCDF-15 award winners｜

Award	Project	Country	Director & Producer
錢老師下午茶獎 Ask Jean Anything Award	獅子夫人 Lady Lion	中國大陸、美國 China / USA	導演 Director｜鄭晴月 ZHENG Qing-yue 製片 Producer｜姚璐 YAO Lu 製片 Producer｜蔣若楠 JIANG Ruo-nan
特別獎 Special Award	我，媽媽最喜歡的猴子 Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey	印尼 Indonesia	導演 Director、製片 Producer｜Ivonne KANI (Vonny KANISIUS)
澳洲紀錄片提案大會推薦獎 AIDC Award	上游 Restless Farewell	中國大陸 China	導演 Directors｜楊楠 YANG Nan、何沛芸 HE Pei-yun 製片 Producer｜謝抒豪 TSE Shu-hao
紐西蘭邊鋒紀錄片節邀請獎 Doc Edge Award	我，媽媽最喜歡的猴子 Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey	印尼 Indonesia	導演 Director、製片 Producer｜Ivonne KANI (Vonny KANISIUS)
紐西蘭邊鋒紀錄片節邀請獎 Doc Edge Award	高樓上的她 Freedom Lara	中國大陸 China	導演 Director｜袁楠茜 YUAN Nan-xi 製片 Producer｜鄧芷瑩 DENG Zhi-ying
新鮮提案邀請獎 Fresh Pitch Award	六萬英里的河 The Sixty Thousand Mile River	中國大陸 China	導演 Director｜孫揚 SUN Yang 製片 Producer｜許小飛 XU Xiao-fei
西湖國際紀錄片大會獎 IDF Award	浮動著的房子 Floating House	中國大陸 China	導演 Director、製片 Producer｜劉舒博 LIU Shu-bo
謝菲爾德紀錄片電影節獎 Sheffield Doc/Fest Award	怪物背後 The Myth of Monsters	馬來西亞 Malaysia	導演 Director｜梁美微 Beatrice LEONG
法國陽光紀錄片提案大會獎 SSD Award	球后重生曾雅妮 The Yani Tseng Story	臺灣、美國、韓國、日本 Taiwan / USA / Korea / Japan	導演 Director｜陳惟揚 Frank W. CHEN 製片 Producer｜顏卉婕 Hui-chieh Danielle YEN
東京提案大會獎 Tokyo Docs Award	上游 Restless Farewell	中國大陸 China	導演 Directors｜楊楠 YANG Nan、何沛芸 HE Pei-yun 製片 Producer｜謝抒豪 TSE Shu-hao
Audio Network 獎 Audio Network Award	成為母親 Becoming Mother	美國、中國大陸 USA / China	導演 Director、製片 Producer｜陳騰 CHEN Teng
文策院投資機會獎 TCCF Award	戴上拳套的藝術家 The Martial Artist	臺灣、澳洲 Taiwan / Australia	導演 Director｜周抱樸 Paul CHU 製片 Producers｜陳查理 Charlie CHEN、柯子怡 Terris KO
公視台語台獎 TAIGI TV Award	乩緣 Echoes from Beyond	臺灣 Taiwan	導演 Directors｜李剛齡 LEE Kang-ling、許懷民 HSU Huai-min 製片 Producer｜陳瑭羚 Lynn CHEN
大慕可可獎 KOKO Award	彼岸之島 Nomads of the Island	香港、臺灣 Hong Kong / Taiwan	導演 Director｜冼澔楊 Frankie SIN 製片 Producer｜黃惠偵 HUANG Hui-chen
嗶哩嗶哩 x CCDF 最佳提案獎 bilibili x CCDF Best Pitch	怪物背後 The Myth of Monsters	馬來西亞 Malaysia	導演 Director｜梁美微 Beatrice LEONG
最具國際潛力獎 Best International Potential Award	定製寶貝 My Customized Baby	中國大陸 China	導演 Director｜劉靜 Eugenia LIU 製片 Producer｜劉翔 LIU Xiang
最佳提案獎 Best Pitch	上遊 Restless Farewell	中國大陸 China	導演 Directors｜楊楠 YANG Nan、何沛芸 HE Pei-yun 製片 Producer｜謝抒豪 TSE Shu-hao
IFG 最具影響力潛力獎首獎 Best Potential on Impact Making First Prize	怪物背後 The Myth of Monsters	馬來西亞 Malaysia	導演 Director｜梁美微 Beatrice LEONG
IFG 最具影響力潛力獎貳獎 Best Potential on Impact Making Second Prize	獅子夫人 Lady Lion	中國大陸、美國 China / USA	導演 Director｜鄭晴月 ZHENG Qing-yue 製片 Producers｜姚璐 YAO Lu、蔣若楠 JIANG Ruo-nan
IFG 最具影響力潛力獎參獎 Best Potential on Impact Making Third Prize	我，媽媽最喜歡的猴子 Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey	印尼 Indonesia	導演 Director、製片 Producer｜Ivonne KANI (Vonny KANISIUS)

Congratulations to the above-winning project teams, and we look forward to seeing more outstanding documentaries join this grand event in the future.

See you all next year

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