Opening film | Stranger Eyes by Yeo Siew Hua |
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Location | Singapore |
No. of films | 105 |
Festival date | 30 November–10 December 2023 |
Website | sgiff |
The 34th annual Singapore International Film Festival was held from 30 November to 10 December 2023 in Singapore. A total of 101 films from 50 countries were screened during the festival. [1] With two co-productions and three feature films, this year broke the record for the highest number of films selected in competition by Singaporean directors since 1997. [2] Amanda Nell Eu's feature directorial debut Tiger Stripes opened the festival. [3] Drama film Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell won the festival's main award Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film. [4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Buddha Mountain (2010) | 观音山 | Li Yu | China |
Double Xposure (2012) | 二次曝光 | Li Yu | China |
Green Night (2023) | Han Shuai | Hong Kong |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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A Journey In Spring | 春行 | Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang | Taiwan |
Critical Zone | منطقه بحرانی | Ali Ahmadzadeh | Iran, Germany |
Dreaming & Dying | 好久不见 | Nelson Yeo | Singapore, Indonesia |
Hesitation Wound | Tereddüt Çizgisi | Selman Nacar | Turkey, France, Romania, Spain |
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
Last Shadow at First Light | Nicole Midori Woodford | Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Slovenia, Indonesia | |
Monisme | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia, Qatar | |
Morrison | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France | |
Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan |
The Tenants | 세입자 | Yoon Eun-kyung | South Korea |
Tomorrow Is a Long Time | 明天比昨天长久 | Jow Zhi Wei | Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal |
Valli | Manoj Shinde | India |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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My Endless Numbered Days | まだまだ | Shaun Neo | Japan, Singapore |
The Road Less Travelled (1997) | 轨道 | Lim Suat Yen | Singapore |
Sunday | Sean Ng | Singapore | |
Wonderland | 乐园 | Chai Yee Wei | Singapore |
A Year of No Significance | 大风吹 | Kelvin Tong | Singapore, Malaysia |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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24 Hours with Gaspar | 24 Jam Bersama Gaspar | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom | |
Art College 1994 | 艺术学院1994 | Liu Jiang | China |
La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland | |
Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |
Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany |
Essential Truths of the Lake | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Singapore | |
Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia | |
The Shadowless Tower | 白塔之光 | Zhang Lü | China |
Youth (Spring) | 青春 | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg |
Drift | Anthony Chen | France, United Kingdom, Greece | |
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States | |
Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
Hours of Ours | รอวัน | Komtouch Napattaloong | Thailand |
In the Blind Spot | Im toten Winkel | Ayşe Polat | Germany |
Nowhere Near | Miko Revereza | Philippines, Mexico | |
Omen | Augure | Baloji | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, South Africa |
Slow | Tu man nieko neprimeni | Marija Kavtaradzė | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden |
Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India | |
Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France | |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Ghosts of Kalantiaw | Chuck Escasa | Philippines | |
Maryam | Maryam Pagi Ke Malam | Badrul Hisham Ismail | Malaysia |
The Mother of All Lies | كذب أبيض | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
Our Body | Notre corps | Claire Simon | France |
Rosinha and Other Wild Animals | Rosinha e Outros Bichos do Mato | Marta Pessoa | Portugal |
Tedious Days and Nights | 混乱与细雨 | Guo Zhenming | China |
Ten Years Myanmar | Thaiddhi, Nay Wunn Ni, Myo Thar Khin, Aung Min, Lamin Oo | Myanmar | |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Ishanou (1991) | Aribam Syam Sharma | India | |
Mandabi (1968) | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal | |
The Stranger and the Fog (1974) | غریبه و مه | Bahram Beyzai | Iran |
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) | David Lynch | United States | |
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) | Werckmeister harmóniák | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Hungary, France, Germany, Italy |
The following awards were presented at the festival: [4]
Asian Feature Film Competition
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