A Taiwanese romantic comedy, “Au Revoir Taipei, ” won the Jury Award Sunday at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France.

It was director Arvin Chen’s second award for the film that features Taipei City. It won the Best Asian Film Award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival last month and subsequently drew great interest among foreign audiences.

After it won at the Berlin festival, the film gained attention in Europe and was nominated in the Feature Film category at the Deauville festival.

The Jury Award was won jointly by “Au Revoir Taipei” and a South Korean film “Paju,” directed by Park Chan-ok.

The Best Film Award went to “Judge” directed by Liu Jie of China.

Malaysian director Charlotte Lim’s “My Daughter” won the International Critic’s Award.

A total of nine films produced in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and India were nominated for awards at the festival.

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