# Cannes, Annecy-Winning ‘Iron Boy’ Producer Eddy Cinema Backs Memory-Erasure Animation ‘Wilderness of the Greenriver’ at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cannes-annecy-winning-iron-boy-producer-eddy-cinema-backs-memory-erasure-animation-wilderness-of-the-greenriver-at-taiwan-creative-content-fest/
- Published: 2026-11-06T23:59:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:23:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/iron-boy-producer-memory-animation-taiwan-creative-content-fest-1236941811/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Ellis Kayin Chan’s animated feature explores memory erasure and family.
- The project won awards at Golden Horse and Annecy.
- Producers are seeking Asian partners ahead of a planned 2030 release.

## Summary

Animated feature *Wilderness of the Greenriver*, directed by Ellis Kayin Chan, is seeking partners at Taiwan Creative Content Fest. Its story follows a man who discovers that a patient is his estranged sister in a society where people can erase painful memories, and asks what people lose when they try to remove grief.

Chan drew on his own experience of losing his sister, saying that pain can reflect the love a person has known. The project won the top award at the 2025 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion and three feature-pitch awards at Annecy this year. Paris-based Eddy Cinéma is producing; the team is seeking Asian co-producers, animation studios and distributors, with a theatrical release planned for 2030.

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