Nearly 20,000 people have contributed over $3.4 million (Nt$100 million) to a crowdfunding campaign to back award-winning filmmaker Wei Te-sheng’s ambitious “Taiwan Trilogy” that retells the history of Taiwan from 400 years ago. The amount publicly raised is a record for a film project on the self-ruled island.
“Taiwan Trilogy,” which is expected to cost $157 million (Nt$4.5 billion) to produce, is also the biggest and most expensive film project originated from Taiwan. To raise funds for the project, the production team led by Wei approached not only corporations for sponsorships but also launched the first phase of the crowdfunding campaign on August 5.
As of mid-day Thursday, some 19,004 people had promised Nt$103 million, reaching the fundraising goal of Nt$100 million two days before the first phase campaign was scheduled to be completed, according to the campaign’s website. Those who contributed this round of fundraising will be given a set of limited edition...
“Taiwan Trilogy,” which is expected to cost $157 million (Nt$4.5 billion) to produce, is also the biggest and most expensive film project originated from Taiwan. To raise funds for the project, the production team led by Wei approached not only corporations for sponsorships but also launched the first phase of the crowdfunding campaign on August 5.
As of mid-day Thursday, some 19,004 people had promised Nt$103 million, reaching the fundraising goal of Nt$100 million two days before the first phase campaign was scheduled to be completed, according to the campaign’s website. Those who contributed this round of fundraising will be given a set of limited edition...
- 10/8/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
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