The Taipei Film Awards are given by the Taipei Film Festival to honor achievements in Taiwanese cinema. Winners are selected from Taiwanese films which are presented in the competition section at the festival.
| Year | Film | Director | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Summers | Leon Dai | Short Film | |
| 2003 | Stardust 15749001 | Hou Chi-jan | Short Film | |
| Exit | Chen Lung-wei | Animation | ||
| 2004 | Farewell 1999 | Wuna Wu | Documentary | |
| 2005 | Let It Be | Yen Lan-chuan and Juang Yi-tzeng | Documentary | |
| 2006 | Do Over | Cheng Yu-Chieh | Narrative Feature | |
| 2007 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Narrative Feature | ||
| 2008 | Cape No. 7 | Narrative Feature | ||
| 2009 | Cannot Live Without You | Narrative Feature | ||
| 2010 | Let the Wind Carry Me | Kwan Pung-leung and Chiang Hsiu-chiung | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Taivalu | Huang Hsin-yao | Documentary | |
| A Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1 | Luo Hsing-chieh | Documentary | ||
| 2012 | Hometown Boy | Yao Hung-I | Documentary | |
| 2013 | A Rolling Stone | Shen Ko-shang | Documentary | |
| 2014 | Unveil the Truth II：State Apparatus | Kevin H.J. Lee | Documentary | |
| 2015 | Thanatos, Drunk | Chang Tso-chi | Narrative Feature | |
| 2016 | Lokah Laqi | Laha Mebow | Narrative Feature | |
| 2017 | The Great Buddha + | Huang Hsin-yao | Narrative Feature | |
| 2018 | On Happiness Road | Sung Hsin-yin | Animation | |
| 2019 | Last Year When the Train Passed by | Huang Pang-Chuan | Documentary | |
| 2020 | Detention | John Hsu | Narrative Feature | |
| 2021 | The Catch | Hsu Che-chia | Documentary Short Film | |
| 2022 | A Holy Family | Elvis Lu A-liang | Documentary | |
| 2023 | Diamond Marine World | Huang Hsiu-yi | Documentary |
| Year | Best Narrative Feature | Best Documentary | Best Short Film | Best Animation | Press Award | Audience Choice Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998[1] | Grandma and Her Ghosts | ||||||
| 1999[2] | Darkness and Light | ||||||
| 2000[3] | Mirror Image | ||||||
| 2001 (not held) | |||||||
| 2002[4] | Corner's | ||||||
| 2003[5] | Badu's Homework | Echo | Meteor | ||||
| 2004[6] | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | The Spirit of Eight River | Innocent Life | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Ocean Fever | ||
| 2005[7] | The Wayward Cloud | Biographies of the Macaques | The Man of the Hour | Let It Be: The Last Rice Farmers | Jump! Boys | ||
| 2006[8] | The Pain of Others | Doctor | Contagion | An Encounter with Chungliao | Do Over | ||
| 2007[9] | The Secret in the Wind | Rock the Boat | Check Mate | Island Etude | The Soul of Bread | ||
| 2008[10] | They Are Flying | The End of the Tunnel | Winds of September | What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! | |||
| 2009[11] | Yellow Sheep River | Panic House | Cannot Live Without You | A Place of One's Own | |||
| 2010[12] | The Fourth Portrait | Let The Wind Carry Me | Dad's Not Home | A Piece of Cake | A Piece of Cake | Taipei Exchanges | |
| 2011[13] | When Love Comes | Taivalu A Gift for Father's Day-The Tragedy of Hsiaolin Village Part 1 | The Blackout Village | The Other Side | Jump Ashin! The Man Behind the Book | Jump Ashin! | |
| 2012[14] | Cha Cha for Twins | Hometown Boy | I Wake Up in a Strange Bed | The Present | Girlfriend, Boyfriend | Touch of the Light | |
| 2013[15] | Soul | A Rolling Stone | The Coward | On Happiness Road Breathe | Together | Rock Me to the Moon | |
| 2014[16] | Exit | Unveil the Truth II: State Apparatus | The Busy Young Psychic | Unknown Memory | Ice Poison | Kano | |
| 2015[17] | Thanatos, Drunk | A Life That Sings | The Death of a Security Guard | The Vending Machine | Thanatos, Drunk | Panay | |
| 2016[18] | Hang in There, Kids! | Hebei Taipei | Anchorage Prohibited | Crash Testing | The Taste of Apple | The Tenants Downstairs | |
| 2017[19] | The Great Buddha + | Small Talk | True Emotion Behind the Wall | Stories About Him | The Road to Mandalay | Condemned Practice Mode | |
| 2018 | Dear Ex | Our Youth, in Taiwan | 02-06 | On Happiness Road Neon | Dear Ex | On Happiness Road | |
| 2019 | Dad's Suit | Your Face | Last Year When the Train Passed by | Where Am I Going? | Turning 18 | The Age of Awakening | |
| 2020 | Detention | The Good Daughter | In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts | Grand Adventure Railroad | Whale Island | We Are Champions | |
| 2021 | My Missing Valentine | The Catch | Piano Lessons | Night Bus | A Lean Soul | The Silent Forest | |
| 2022 | American Girl | A Holy Family | Good Day | DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins | DEMIGOD：The Legend Begins | A Holy Family | |
| 2023 | Gaga | Diamond Marine World | Big Day | The Egret River | Be Myself | Good Morni MIT |
| Year | Best Director | Best Screenplay | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best New Talent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Hou Hsiao-hsien for Flowers of Shanghai | Rene Liu for The Personals | June Tsai for Jam | |||||
| 1999 | Tsai Tsan-te for Bad Girl Trilogy | Lee Kang-i for Darkness and Light | ||||||
| 2000 | Chen Yi-wen for The Cabbie | Alex Fong for Red Rain | Lee Kang-i for Sunny Doll | Wang Jui for Forgive and Forget Cheung Ka-nin for The Cabbie | Chao Mei-ling for Lament of the Sand River | Leslie Hsiang for Pure Accidents | ||
| 2001 (not held) | ||||||||
| 2002 | Jag Huang for Summer, Dream | |||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
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| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | Yang Ya-che for Orz Boyz | Henry Tsai and Tom Lin Shu-yu for Winds of September | Doze Niu for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! | Janine Chang for What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! | Wang Po-chieh for Winds of September | |||
| 2009 | Chung Mong-hong for Parking | Chung Mong-hong for Parking | Akira Chen for Cannot Live Without You | Sandrine Pinna for Yang Yang | Lin Chih-ju for Cannot Live Without You | Lu Yi-ching for A Place of One's Own | Peggy Tseng for Parking | |
| 2010 | Cheng Wen-tang for Tears | Essay Liu for Seven Days in Heaven | Bi Xiao-hai for The Fourth Portrait | Ivy Chen for Hear Me | Tsai Chen-nan for Ending Cut | Cheung Si-yin for Seven Days in Heaven | Amber Kuo for Au Revoir Taipei | |
| 2011 | Chen Hung-i for Honey Pupu | Chang Tso-chi for When Love Comes | Wu Pong-fong for Ranger | Nikki Hsieh for Honey Pupu, Make Up | Lawrence Ko for Jump Ashin! | He Zi-hua for When Love Comes | Li Yi-jie for When Love Comes | |
| 2012 | Yao Hung-i for Hometown Boy | Yang Yi-chien for Cha Cha for Twins | Joseph Chang for Girlfriend, Boyfriend | Sandrine Pinna for Touch of the Light | Bryan Chang for Girlfriend, Boyfriend | Amber Kuo for Love | Eric Lin for Starry Starry Night | |
| 2013 | Chan Ching-lin for A Breath from the Bottom | Lin Chen-hao for Forever Love | Jimmy Wang for Soul | Lin Yen-Cheng for My Last Homework | Tsai Ming-shiou for A Breath from the Bottom | Ivy Yin for The Will To Power | Huang Shao-yang for Together | |
| 2014 | Midi Z for Ice Poison | Yee Chin-yen for Meeting Dr. Sun | Lee Kang-sheng for Stray Dogs | Chen Shiang-chyi for Exit | Tsao Yu-ning for Kano | Lin Mei-hsiu for Zone Pro Site | Yu Pei-jen for The Busy Young Psychic | |
| 2015 | Tsai Ming-liang for No No Sleep | Doze Niu and Tseng Li-ting for Paradise in Service | Lee Hong-chi for Thanatos, Drunk | Hiromi Nagasaku for The Furthest End Awaits | Cheng Jen-shuo for Thanatos, Drunk | Lü Hsueh-feng for Thanatos, Drunk | Wilson Hsu for Spring Awakening | |
| 2016 | Laha Mebow for Hang in There, Kids! | Huang Ya-li for Le Moulin | River Huang for The Tag-Along | Hsu Wei-ning for The Tag-Along, White Lies, Black Lies, End of A Century: Miea's Story | Kaiser Chuang for Maverick | Jian Man-shu for Maverick | Ensemble cast of Hang in There, Kids! | |
| 2017 | Lu Po-shun for Wild Tides | Huang Xi for Missing Johnny | Chris Wu for White Ant | Ivy Yin for The Island That All Flow By | Sean Huang for Missing Johnny | Liu Yin-shan for Cloudy | Rima Zeidan for Missing Johnny | |
| 2018 | Hsiao Ya-Chuan for Father to Son | Gilles Yang for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | Roy Chiu for Dear Ex | Hsieh Ying-hsuan for Dear Ex | Cheng Jen-Shuo for GATAO 2-The New Leader Rising | Wen Qi for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | Utjung Tjakivalid for Alifu, the Prince/ss | |
| 2019 | Tsai Ming-liang for Your Face | Lin Hao-pu for 3 Days 2 Nights | Hou Tao-hsiao for Dad's Suit | Lee Yi-chieh for Wild Sparrow Liu Yin-shang for A Trip with Mom | Da-her Lin for Secrets in The Hot Spring | Phoebe Huang for Dad's Suit | Tsai Jia-yin for Heavy Craving | |
| 2020 | Chang Jung-chi for We Are Champions | Kao Pin-Chuan, Birdy Fong and Tsai Yi-ho for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead | Morning Mo Zi-yi for Dear Tenant | Gingle Wang for Detention | Li Ying-chuan for Synapses | Eleven Yao for The Gangs, the Oscars, and the Walking Dead | Li Li-jung for See You, Sir | |
| 2021 | Chen Yu-hsun for My Missing Valentine | Mag Hsu for I Missed You | Roy Chiu for Man in Love | Peace Yang for Wrath of Desire | Liu Kuan-ting for Treat or Trick | Bai Bai for Treat or Trick | Buffy Chen for The Silent Forest | |
| 2022 | Giddens Ko for Till We Meet Again | Lou Yi-an, Singing Chen for Goddamned ASURA | Kai Ko for Till We Meet Again | Chen Shiang-chyi for Increasing Echo | Kao Ying-hsuan for Incantation | Wang Yu-xuan for Goddamned ASURA | Caitlin Fang for American Girl | |
| 2023 | Lin Chun-yang for Eye of the Storm | Cheng Wei-hao, Sharon Wu Chin-jung for Marry My Dead Body | Wang Po-chieh for Eye of the Storm | Lu Hsiao-fen for Day Off | Fu Meng-po for Day Off | Yang Li-yin for Coo-Coo 043 | Wilang Lalin for Gaga Yeh Hsiao-fei for Who'll Stop the Rain |
| Year | Music | Editing | Cinematography | Sound Design | Art Direction | Visual Effects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Huang Wen-ying for Flowers of Shanghai | ||||||
| 1999 | |||||||
| 2000 | |||||||
| 2001 (not held) | |||||||
| 2002 | Tang Shu-fen, Jyu Zih and Jiang Wun-cih for A Garden in the Sky | ||||||
| 2003 | Nail | Dreams Are Floating | |||||
| 2004 | |||||||
| 2005 | |||||||
| 2006 | |||||||
| 2007 | |||||||
| 2008 | Lu Sheng-fei and Luo Chii for Cape No. 7 | Chin Ding-Chang for Cape No.7 | Weng Kuei-pang for Orz Boyz | ||||
| 2009 | Lim Giong for Yang Yang | William Chang for Miao Miao | Kwan Pun Leung for Miao Miao | Huang Mei-chin for A Place of One's Own | |||
| 2010 | Summer Lei and Ho Zhi-jian for Taipei Exchanges | Kwan Pun-leung and Hsu Hung-yuan for Let The Wind Carry Me | Liao Peng-jung for Face | Huang Mei-chin and Chen Po-jen for Monga | |||
| 2011 | Chang Wu-wu for Honey Pupu | Lin Wei-chih and Ko Meng-rong for My Buddies | Fisher Yu for Honey Pupu | Tseng Chia-chi for Libangbang | |||
| 2012 | Soler for Young Dudes | Adong Chen for Cha Cha for Twins | Patrick Chow for Young Dudes | Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law, Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui for Starry Starry Night | |||
| 2013 | Tseng Si-ming for Soul | Huang Kuan-Chun for A Rolling Stone | Nagao Nakashima for Soul | ||||
| 2014 | Hung Chun-hsiu for The Lost Sea | Yao Hung-i for Pusu Qhuni | Huang Mei-ching for Zone Pro Site | Chen Ming-ho for Rock Rabbit | |||
| 2015 | Xu Wei-yao for A Life That Sings | Chen Hyin-gen and Chang Hao-jan for A Life That Sings | Huang Mei-ching for Paradise in Service | ||||
| 2016 | Lim Giong for City of Jade | Kenji Chen for Hang in There, Kids! | Zhao Fei for The Left Ear | Huang Ya-li and Yannick Dauby for Le Moulin | |||
| 2017 | Lin Sheng-xiang for The Great Buddha + | Lai Hsiu-hsiung for The Great Buddha + | Yao Hung-i for Missing Johnny | Chao Shih-hao for The Great Buddha + | |||
| 2018 | Chris Ho, Summer Lei for Father to Son | Chen Chun-hong for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | Chung Mong-Hong for Xiao Mei | Hwang Wen-ying, Wang Chih-cheng for Father to Son |
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | Alphonse Perroquet / Parrot Caille / Quail Youth-Leigh | |
| 2012 | Tsao Yuan-feng | |
| Fun Screen | ||
| 2013 | Peggy Chiao | |
| 2014 | Jiing Yng-ruey | |
| 2015 | Ko I-chen | |
| 2016 | Taipei Documentary Filmmakers' Union | |
| 2017 | Jan Hung-tze | |
| 2018 | Chen Kuo-fu |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Li Hsing |
| Ming Chi | |
| 2010 | |
| Wen Ying |
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tsai Ming-liang for The Hole | |
| 1999 | Darkness and Light (cast of non-professional actors) | |
| 2000 | The Cabbie | |
| 2008 | Tom Lin Shu-yu for Winds of September | |
| 2009 | Cheng Yu-Chieh for Yang Yang | |
| 2015 | Huang Da-wang for TPE-Tics |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Chen Shang-po for Flyway |
| Chen Lung-nan for Ocean Fever | |
| Wu Mi-sen for Experimental Taiwanese | |
| Tsai Yi-feng for To See or Not to See | |
| 2005 | Chou I-wen for Go Out to Sea |
| Wang Hsiu-ling and Lo Shin-chieh for Plan of Regeneration | |
| Pan Hsin-ping for Small and Deep, Love Stories | |
| Chen Po-wen for Grandpa's Mountain Ballad | |
| Lin Yu-hsien for Jump! Boys | |
| 2006 | Huang Shu-mei for An Encounter with Chungliao |
| Ho Wi-ding for Respire | |
| Kuo Liang-yin for SHONENKO: The Untold Stories of Taiwanese Child Laborers in WWII | |
| Jake Pollock (photographer) | |
| 2007 | Lin Ching-chieh for The Most Distant Course and Street Survivor |
| Tang Wei-hsuan and Chang Keng-hua (art designers) for The Wall-Passer | |
| En Chen (photographer) for Island Etude | |
| Sean Kao for A Starry Silent Night and The Soul of Bread | |
| Lin Shih-yung for Woodman 2: BBS Fighting |
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Wu Jyun-huei and Sin Jian-zong for Sentimental Journey | |
| Siao Li-siou for Copy : Copy | ||
| 2004 | Wu Chun-hui for Noah Noah | |
| 2006 | Tzou Nien-tsu for One Less American | |
| 2007 | Chang Hao-chuan for Follow Me, Please |
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Chen Lung-nan for The Lost Two Years | |
| 2007 | Huang Shu-mei for Formosa Dream, Disrupted | |
| 2008 | Ho Chao-ti for El Salvador Journal | |
| 2009 | Chou Yu-hsin, Han Chung-han, Wang Chen-yu for Teen Patron |
| Year | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Jack Shih for Fly Out Blue | |
| 2009 | Lu Wen-chung for Ketchup |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Eternal Summer (2nd) |
| Formosa Dream, Disrupted (3rd) |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Chiou Yu-feng for Travel |
| Jimmy Feng for Mystery Series |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Lin Jing-jie for Bad Girl Trilogy |
| 2002 | Hsiao Ya-chuan for Mirror Image |
| Chen Yi-hsiung for Sunny Doll |