Taiwanese cinematic literary promotion

       Focus Taiwan reports that 10 Taiwanese literary works to be made into short films, as:

Ten Taiwanese works of contemporary literature are being made into short films as part of a Ministry of Culture-backed project to promote local literature.

       An interesting aspect of the films:

Wang said the end of each film will feature a page number for the corresponding literary work where the film's story leaves off, an encouragement for viewers to go out and read the original composition.

       I'm not quite sure how that will work out (won't the films be kind of ... open-ended if they just cut off mid-action ?).
       One more thing to note that calls the whole idea a bit into question:

The 10 films are scheduled to be completed in the first half of next year, after which they will be aired on the National Geographic Channel (Taiwan)

       No doubt the National Geographic Channel (Taiwan) is a ... fine TV channel -- but the literary connections seems a bit ... far-fetched.

       See also the Ministry of Culture (Chinese) press release.