Over the past 12 years, TWFF has presented more than 100 Taiwanese films and invited many filmmakers and directors to entertain the residents in Metro Vancouver. Each year, there have been record-breaking box-office sales and tremendous increase in media coverage. It not only feeds the multiculturalism in Canada but also builds a bridge connecting the art of Taiwanese films with Canada to create an even more diverse community.

TWFF has had the honor to receive support from the local government in 2009, when the City of Burnaby declared the festival days as "Taiwanese Film Awareness Days". For many years, government officials have been in attendance at TWFF's opening ceremoney, giving out congratulations and praise for TWFF's efforts in promoting Taiwanese culture and cinema. At its 10th year anniversary, we were honored to receive a personal greeting letter from Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, presented by Mr. Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, at the opening ceremony. Beginning from 2015, TWFF started a collaboration with the “100 Film Fest Project from Taiwan”, by Director Mark Ang, and created a platform for Taiwanese short films in Vancouver. The festival now has a wider audience group from various communities with different cultural backgrounds.

From the success and improvement of the past TWFF along with the support from many, great Taiwanese films and the efforts of Taiwanese filmmakers are able to spread beyond its borders to even more people from different cultures. TWFF is definitely one of the iconic cultural-exchange events in Canada.

For further enquiries about the Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival, please email us at twff@twff.ca .