The two films are intended to market Taipei and explain the planning and implementation of the city's resource recycling, wireless broadband communications, and other important programs.
由侯孝賢監製的《台北．生活．微笑》及《未來台北》兩部影片，則擔負著行銷台北形象，以及宣傳台北市在「無線寬頻」和「資源回收」等領域規劃應用的重要任務。