This year's "New Taipei City Student Image Rising Star Award" takes "One More" as its theme, symbolizing the continued discovery of the next shining image star.
[Reporter Lai Xiaotong/New Taipei Report] The "2026 New Taipei City Student Video Rising Star Award" entered its 11th year. The award ceremony was held today, attracting a total of 301 works to participate. Among them, the highest honor "Super Rising Star Award" was won by Shi Hsin University's experimental film "Evening Diary", which took home a bonus of 400,000 yuan; the National Taipei University of the Arts drama "Hair Tie" won the "New Taipei Spirit Award".
New Taipei City Cultural Director Zhang Yiyu said that since its inception, the "New Taipei City Student Image Rising Star Award" has set up a stage for young image creators to showcase their talents, encouraging students to observe life through the lens, respond to society, and transform unique perspectives into image works. This year's theme is "One More Star", which symbolizes After crossing the 10th anniversary milestone, the film continues to discover the next shining star of photography. In addition to competitions and awards, Golden Horse Best Actress Lin Pintong is invited to serve as the festival ambassador this year, and a series of activities such as director lectures and video creation workshops are planned to give students the opportunity to communicate with industry professionals and expand their creative horizons.
The jury pointed out that this year, a total of 301 works were submitted, with a wide range of themes, including campus life, family relationships and social issues, presenting the young generation's detailed observations of their own situation and surrounding environment. After discussion by the judges, the feature film "Climb" directed by Shih Hsin University alumnus Guo Peiqi won the Best Feature Film Award.
The "Super Rising Star Award" of the "New Taipei City Student Video Rising Star Award" was recognized by the judges for the experimental film "Evening Diary" directed by Zhu Xiangsheng of Shih Hsin University.
In addition, the "Super Rising Star Award" was awarded to the experimental film "Evening Diary" directed by Zhu Xiangsheng of Shih Hsin University. The work uses diary films as a creative form, integrating different image media such as 8cm, DV and mobile phones to transform the movement of trains and ships into drifting images. It records the life of students going to an outlying island alone before graduation. The film delicately captures daily emotions, creative anxiety and loneliness, and is recognized by the judges through the image language that interweaves reality and experiment.
The feature film "Hair Tie" directed by Zhang Shanchun of the National Taipei University of the Arts won the "2026 New Taipei City Student Video Rising Star Award" New Taipei Spirit Award.
The "New Taipei Spirit Award" was won by the National Taipei University of the Arts feature film "Hair Tie". The film is set against the backdrop of New Taipei's diverse culture and urban life. The entire film was shot in the Three Gorges. It depicts a delicate emotional relationship through the daily interactions of a pair of sisters. The film invited children from the shooting school to participate in the performance, gazing at the adult world from a child's perspective. It cleverly used symbols and image language to capture the subtle flowing emotions between girls, showing humanistic care and making local life in New Taipei an important element of the video narrative.
