NEWS
2024 / 09 / 30
The 15th CNEX Chinese Documentary Forum successfully concluded on September 29, with a grand award ceremony. After three days of pitching competitions, forums, and lectures, a total of 20 proposals competed for 19 awards.

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.

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“TCCF Award” for The Martial Artist
 
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“TAIGI TV Award” for Echoes from Beyond
 
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“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.
 
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“Best Pitch” for Restless Farewell
 
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“AIDC Award” for Restless Farewell

Tokyo Docs

“Tokyo Docs Award” for Restless Farewell
 
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“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.
 
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“Ask Jean Anything Award” for Lady Lion
 
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“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.
 
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“SSD Award” for The Yani Tseng Story
 
Fresh Pitch
“Fresh Pitch Award” for Sixty Thousand Mile of River
 
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“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
“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.

 
G“Sheffield Doc/Fest Award” for The Myth of Monsters
 
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“Bilibili x CCDF Best Pitch Award” for The Myth of Monsters
 
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“IFG Best Impact Potential First Prize” for The Myth of Monsters
 

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Special Award for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey
 
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“IFG Best Impact Potential Third Prize” for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey
 
Doc Edge Monkey
“Doc Edge Award” for Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey
 
Doc Edge Lara
“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)

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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