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MOC announces 28th Taiwan-France Cultural Award recipients

  • Date:2024-12-12
MOC announces 28th Taiwan-France Cultural Award recipients

The Ministry of Culture (MOC), in collaboration with the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences under the Institut de France, has announced the recipients of the 28th Taiwan-France Cultural Award. This year’s laureates are Jean-Marc Therouanne, co-founder and artistic director of the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (FICA), and Benson Tsai (蔡博丞), artistic director of the dance company B.DANCE.

 

In 1995, Jean-Marc Therouanne and his wife founded FICA, which has since become the longest-running film festival in Europe dedicated to Asian cinema. Throughout his 30 years as the general manager and artistic director of FICA, Therouanne has handpicked 80 Taiwanese films and spotlighted significant cultural figures at the festival.

 

Benson Tsai established B.DANCE in 2014 and has since served as the group’s artistic director. His works have received international acclaim, including “Floating Flowers (浮花),” which won the Audience Award at the International Competition for Choreographers Hanover 2014, and “Rage (怒),” which earned him the title of “Best Emerging Choreographer of the Year” from the France National Board of Performance Arts in 2020.

 

The 28th Taiwan-France Cultural Award committee was chaired by Culture Minister Li Yuan and Perpetual Secretary Jean-Robert Pitte of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.