30th Singapore International Film Festival

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30th Singapore International Film Festival
Opening film Wet Season
by Anthony Chen
Closing film The Truth
by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Location Singapore
Festival date21 November–1 December 2019
Website sgiff.com
Singapore International Film Festival

The 30th annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 21 November to 1 December 2019 in Singapore. The festival opened with Anthony Chen's drama film Wet Season and closed with Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama film The Truth . [1]

Contents

Mystery drama film Scales won the festival's main award Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film. [2]

Official selection

Opening and closing films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Wet Season (opening film)热带雨 Anthony Chen Singapore, Taiwan
The Truth (closing film)La Vérité Hirokazu Kore-eda France, Japan

In competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Africa Oren Gerner
Bombay Rose Gitanjali Rao India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains 春江水暖 Gu Xiaogang China
The Kamagasaki Cauldron War月夜釜合戦Leo SatoJapan
Passed by CensorGörülmüştürSerhat KaraaslanTurkey, Germany, France
Scales سيدة البحر Shahad Ameen United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
The Science of Fictions Hiruk-Pikuk Si Al-Kisah Yosep Anggi Noen Indonesia, Malaysia, France
The Tree HouseNhà Cây Minh Quý Trương Vietnam, Singapore, Germany, France, China
Verdict Raymund Ribay GutierrezPhilippines

Special Presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Downton Abbey Michael Engler United Kingdom
Nina Wu 灼人秘密 Midi Z Taiwan, Malaysia, Myanmar

Singapore Panorama

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Accept the CallEunice LauSingapore, United States
I Dream of SingaporeLei Yuan BinSingapore
Revolution Launderette信念のメリーゴーランドMark Chua, Lam Li ShuenSingapore, Japan
UnteachableYong Shu LingSingapore
Series
Invisible Stories(episodes 1–2)Ler JiyuanSingapore

Asian Vision

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Balloon 气球 Pema Tseden China
Breathless Animals动物方言Lei LeiUnited States
Coming Home Again Wayne Wang United States, South Korea
A Girl Missing よこがお Koji Fukada Japan, France
Krabi, 2562 Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong United Kingdom, Thailand
Last Night I Saw You Smilingយប់មិញបងឃើញអូនញញឹមKavich NeangCambodia, France
Midnight Traveler Hassan FaziliUnited States, Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada
No.7 Cherry Lane 繼園臺七號 Yonfan Hong Kong, China
Ride Your Wave きみと、波にのれたら Masaaki Yuasa Japan
Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院 Lou Ye China
A Sun 陽光普照 Chung Mong-hong Taiwan
The Tree Remembers還有一些樹Lau Kek-HuatTaiwan
The Wild Goose Lake 南方车站的聚会 Diao Yinan China, France

Cinema Today

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
And Then We Danced და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ Levan Akin Sweden, Georgia, France
Babyteeth Shannon Murphy Australia
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano DornellesBrazil, France
Les Misérables Ladj Ly France
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers United States
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach United States
Matthias & Maxime Matthias et Maxime Xavier Dolan Canada
Monos Alejandro Landes Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay, United States
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma France
Swallow Carlo Mirabella-Davis United States, France
Synonyms Synonymes Nadav Lapid France, Germany
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina, United States
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal

Midnight Mayhem

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Deerskin Le daim Quentin Dupieux France
First Love 初恋 Takashi Miike Japan
Roh Emir EzwanMalaysia
Vivarium Lorcan Finnegan Ireland, Belgium, Denmark

Focus – Stories We Tell: Myth, Dreamscape, and Memory in Southeast Asian Cinema

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
LUCKY7 (2008)Sun Koh, K. Rajagopal, Boo Junfeng, Brian Gothong Tan, Chew Tze Chuan, Ho Tzu Nyen, Tania SngSingapore
The Missing Picture (2013)L'Image manquante Rithy Panh Cambodia, France
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005)Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional Raya Martin Philippines

Classics

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)海上花 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan, Japan
Memories of Murder (2003)살인의 추억 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [3]

Asian Film Feature Competition

Southeast Asian Short Film Competition

Audience Choice Award: Unteachable by Yong Shu Ling

Honorary Award

Cinema Icon Award

Inspiring Woman In Film Award

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