曾文珍

TSENG Wen-Chen

Director , Scriptwriter , Producer , Cinematography , Editor

In 2002, Tseng Wen-Chen won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary for “Spring: The Story of Hsu Chin-Yu.” The film was also selected into domestic and international film festivals, including the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland, and was nominated for the Humanitarian Awards for Documentary at Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 2003, she directed the biographical documentary “A Legend Crosses Three Centuries: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek” about the first lady Soong Mei-Ling; the documentary for the Public Television Service (PTS) broke PTS's record for overseas copyright sales and won the Golden Eagle Award in the United States, receiving widespread acclaim both domestically and internationally. In 2005, Tseng's first feature film, “Fishing Luck,” was selected for the "Winds of Asia" section of the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival, the "APEC" section of the 10th Busan International Film Festival, the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, and the 16th Fukuoka International Film Festival, etc.

Tseng excels at shooting documentaries about people and particularly at depicting women of the times, portraying delicate and moving emotions and representing brave and beautiful lives.

In recent years, she has been making documentaries about disadvantaged groups, including "What Makes Love Last” (2015) about caregivers, “Love before Sunset" (2019) about elders living alone, and "The Lucky Woman" (2020) about missing migrant workers, which was selected for the New Asia Currents Competition at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan.

Filmography:

Year Title
2019 Love before Sunset 
2015 What Makes Love Last 
2007 AMOUR-LEGENDE 
2006 Golden Horse Film Festival, Best Sound Effects
2007 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Global Visual Award
2007 San Francisco International Film Festival
2007 44th Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Platinum Award
2007 Bangkok International Film Festival
2005 Fishing Luck 
2002 SPRING: THE STORY OF HSU CHIN-YU 
2002 Best Documentary, Golden Harvest Awards, Documentary Video Category
2002 The 9th Women Make Wave Film and Video Festival, Taiwan
2002 The 39th Golden Horse Awards Best Documentary
2002 Taiwan International Documentary Festival Taiwan Award
2003 The 17th Fribourg International Film Festival, Documentary Film Competition Section
2003 The 8th Pusan International Film Festival, Wide Angle Section
2003 The 27th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Humanitarian Awards For Documentaries Section
2003 Chinese Independent Film and Video Showcase
2000 AFTER CHAMPIONSHIP 
2000 Council for Cultural Affairs, Documentary Award
2000 Golden Harvest Award, Excellent Video Award
2001 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
Posted date:2005/03/16
Update:2025/11/23
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