TAICCA unveils new series ‘Addicted,’ film ‘Haru And Tae’ amid Taiwan’s Q1 2026 box office boom

Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) is hosting an exhibition of Taiwanese talent and projects at Filmart today, as local productions are set to achieve a groundbreaking first quarter at the Taiwanese box office.

The stars of two upcoming Taiwanese productions will attend the TAICCA event in Hong Kong – Ivy Yi-han Chen, who stars in the TV series Addicted and recently appeared in the blockbuster hit Sunshine Women’s Choir, and Liu Kuan-Ting, featured in the upcoming film Haru And Tae, with recent appearances in A Foggy Tale and Double Happiness.

Addicted, directed by Cheng Fen-fen and featuring Joseph Chang (The Victim’s Game) and Tien Hsin (Women In Taipei), revolves around two women with unresolved personal issues who fall into addiction together, while an anti-drug officer grapples with a relationship that mirrors substance dependence.

The series is produced by Taiwan’s Strong Productions for broadcaster PTS.

Haru And Tae, directed by Akira Ikeda and featuring Yo Kimiko, Joe Ikeda, and Sun Ke-Fang (Little Big Women), follows the tale of an elderly woman who causes a stir among the villagers when she takes in a mysterious creature found in the mountains.

Now in the final stages of production, the film is a collaboration between Taiwan’s Oxygen Films and Japan’s Shimensoka Co, with Hope Content Marketing managing international distribution.

These two projects are part of 243 Taiwanese film and TV titles being presented to international buyers at Filmart this week.

The market is currently experiencing a surge with a series of local films performing exceptionally at the box office over the past six months.

Sunshine Women’s Choir, a poignant prison drama released late last year, has become the top-grossing local film in Taiwan’s history, grossing over $22M (TWD700M).

Other successful local films include the historical drama A Foggy Tale, the action-packed 96 Minutes, the horror film Mudborn, and the gangster movie Gatao: Big Brothers.

As reported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, local productions have accumulated $30M (TWD971M) in earnings for the first quarter of 2026, exceeding the total earnings for Taiwanese films in all of 2025, and achieving the highest first-quarter box office earnings for local films on record.

Consequently, Taiwanese films currently command over 58% of the total box office share this quarter, compared to a mere 4% during the same period last year.