This year’s Academy Awards may have some Taiwanese moments, building on last year’s big win for the Asian American community as Everything Everywhere All at Once received multiple major awards.
Two Taiwanese American film directors, Leo Chiang and Sean Wang, both with strong ties to the San Francisco Bay Area, are nominated for the best documentary short category at this year’s Academy Awards.
Chiang, who lived in San Francisco for over a decade before moving back to Taipei in 2017, directed the 19-minute “Island in Between.” Co-published with the New York Times, the film focuses on Kinmen Island, which is under Taiwan’s control but is geographically closer to mainland China.