By Variety | Created at 2026-08-18 12:40:43 | Updated at 2026-08-18 14:54:26
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“A Foggy Tale,” directed by Chen Yu-hsun, has been selected to represent Taiwan in the best international feature film category at the 99th Academy Awards, Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture has revealed.
The film was chosen from seven domestic submissions by majority vote. The selection committee praised the film for its “vivid characters, smooth narrative and portrayal of the era through a lively, diverse perspective of ordinary people, reflecting Taiwan’s unique character while maintaining universal humanistic care,” the ministry said.
“A Foggy Tale” is set in 1953 and follows a teenage girl from Chiayi City who travels to Taipei to retrieve the body of her brother, who has been executed by the Kuomintang government during the White Terror era.
Chen, a multiple Golden Horse Award winner previously behind “My Missing Valentine,” opened the 2025 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival with the world premiere of “A Foggy Tale.” The film stars Caitlin Fang, Will Or, 9m88 and Tseng Jing-hua, and was produced under Mandarin Vision by Yeh Jufeng and Lee Lieh.
“A Foggy Tale” led last year’s Golden Horse field with 11 nominations and went on to win four prizes at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards, including best narrative feature, best original screenplay for Chen, best art direction and best makeup and costume design. It also took five awards at the 28th Taipei Film Awards. Beyond Taiwan, the drama competed at Italy’s Udine Far East Film Festival and had further outings at film festivals in Hong Kong, San Diego and Singapore.
Taiwan has submitted films to the category since 1957 and has been nominated three times, all directed by Ang Lee: “The Wedding Banquet” (1993), “Eat Drink Man Woman” (1994) and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” which won the award in 2000. Three other Taiwanese entries have reached the Academy’s shortlist without going on to a nomination: “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale” (2011), “A Sun” (2020) and last year’s “Left-Handed Girl.”
The 99th Academy Awards are scheduled for March 14, 2027.
