The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; Chinese: 台北電影節; pinyin: Táiběi Diànyǐng Jié) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government.
[1] Currently chaired by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin, Taipei Film Festival is the only festival in Taiwan that offers a New Talent Competition for aspiring directors from around the world and a Taipei Awards competition for Taiwanese filmmakers.
[citation needed] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Taipei Film Festival was the first in-person film festival to be held that year worldwide.
[2] Women Make Waves is a longer-established film festival, in Taiwan since 1993, and the largest women's film festival in Asia.
Since 2005, there is also an annual Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival in Taipei City,[3] and since 2014, the annual Taiwan International Queer Film Festival in Taipei City and two other major cities, founded and directed by Jay Lin.