Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

The Golden Horse Film Festival is an annual film festival in Taiwan. It is considered one of the most important film festivals in the Chinese speaking world and to him the Golden Horse Awards are presented, which are among the most important Chinese film awards.

The Golden Horse Awards were set up in 1957 by the Taiwanese film industry. In 1962, the organization and award ceremony were then taken over by the Taiwanese government, and combined with the film festival in Taipei. In 1990, the government transferred the organization of the festival and the price range governmental bodies which particular from now on the jury members. 2002 is no longer began to invoke Chinese filmmakers in the jury, but they also open for international well-known personalities from the film world. Contributions from the People's Republic of China be allowed only since the mid-1990s, but only if their production company in Hong Kong is registered.

Since 1980, the festival consists of two parts, a purely Chinese part, in which the Golden Horse Awards are awarded for the best Chinese-language films, and an international part, will be presented at the films from around the world the Taiwanese audience.