The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is an annual film festival held every year in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Besides the competition feature and short film screenings, film industry-related activities such as exhibitions, workshops and seminars are also part of the official SGIFF programme.
The Silver Screen Awards Competition was introduced in 1991 to encourage advances in Asian film-making standards. [1] Every year, a selection of Asian feature and short films take part in the competition. In 2014, the Southeast Asian Short Film category was introduced, replacing the Singapore Short Film category. The first Southeast Asian Film Lab was introduced in 2015. [2]
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
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Feature | Best Asia Feature | Park Kwang-su | Black Republic | South Korea |
Special Jury | Huang Mingchuan | The Man from Island West | Taiwan | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Eric Khoo | August | Singapore |
Special Jury | K. Subramanyam | The Cage |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
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Feature | Best Asia Feature | Chen Kaige | Life on a String | China |
Special Jury | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | The Ferry (Kadavu) | India | |
Best Director | Edward Yang | A Brighter Summer Day | Taiwan | |
Singapore Short Film | Special Jury | Meng Ong | Waves of a Distant Shore | Singapore |
Best Director |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
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Feature | Best Asia Feature | Stan Lai | The Peach Blossom Land | Taiwan |
Special Jury | Wang Tung | Hill of No Return | Taiwan | |
Best Director | Stan Lai | The Peach Blossom Land | Taiwan | |
Best Actress | Yang Kwei-mei | Hill of No Return | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Stan Lai | The Peach Blossom Land | Taiwan | |
Singapore Short Film | Special Jury | Nisar and Nazir Husain | Ragged | Singapore |
Best Director | Meng Ong | Buddha's Garden |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Im Kwon-taek | Sopyonje | South Korea |
Special Jury | Tsai Ming-Liang | Rebels of the Neon God | Taiwan | |
Special Jury | Zhang Yuan | Beijing Bastards | China | |
Special Jury mention | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | The Servile | India | |
Best Director | Tian Zhuangzhuang | The Blue Kite | China | |
Best Actor | Amrish Puri | Seventh Horse of the Sun | India | |
Best Actress | Lü Liping | The Blue Kite | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | The Servile | India | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Dominic Christopher Pereira | Ethos | Singapore |
Chee Kong Cheah (CheeK) | Married | |||
Best Director | Eric Khoo | Pain | ||
Special Achievement | ||||
Special Jury | Hurt Instinct | Nisar and Nazir Husain | ||
Special Jury | Eddy | Dzulkilfi Sungit, Remi Mohamed |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
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Feature | Best Asia Feature | Tsai Ming-Liang | Vive l'Amour | Taiwan |
Special Jury | He Jianjun | Postman | China | |
Best Actor | Xia Yu | In the Heat of the Sun | ||
Best Actress | Yang Kwei-Mei | Vive l'Amour | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Wu Nien-jen | A Borrowed Life | Taiwan | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | Eric Khoo | Mee Pok Man | Singapore | |
Singapore Short Film | Special Jury | K. Rajagopal | I Can't Sleep Tonight | Singapore |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Darezhan Omirbayev | Cardiogram | Kazakhstan |
Special Jury | Ning Ying | On the Beat | China | |
Best Director | Edward Yang | Mahjong | Taiwan | |
Best Actor | Bishnu Kharghoria | It's a Long Way to the Sea (Xagoroloi Bohudoor) | India | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | ||||
Special Achievement | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Good Men, Good Women | Taiwan | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Sandi Tan, Jasmine Ng, Kelvin Tong | A Moveable Feast | Singapore |
Best Director | Lim Suat Yen | Sense of Home | ||
Special Jury | K. Rajagopal | The Glare | ||
Special Achievement | Lim Suat Yen | Sense of Home |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
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Feature | Best Asia Feature | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Gabbeh | Iran |
Special Jury | Tsai Ming-liang | The River | Taiwan | |
Best Director | Wu Tianming | The King of Masks | ||
Best Actor | Miao Tien | The River | Taiwan | |
Best Actress | Machiko Ono | Suzaku | Japan | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Eric Khoo | 12 Storeys | Singapore | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Chee Kong Cheah (CheeK) | Beansprouts and Salted Fish | Singapore |
Special Achievement | ||||
Best Director | Wee Li Lin | Norman on the Air | ||
Special Jury | K. Rajagopal | Absence |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Majid Majidi | Children of the Heaven | Iran |
Special Jury | Jafar Panahi | Ayneh (The Mirror) | Iran | |
Best Director | ||||
UOB Young Cinema | Ho Ping | Wolves Cry Under the Moon | Taiwan | |
Best Actor | Sunny Chan Kam Hung | Hold You Tight | ||
Best Actress | Nita Fernando | Walls Within (Pawuru Walalu) | Sri Lanka | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | In the Navel of the Sea | Philippines | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | Stanley Kwan | Hold You Tight | Hong Kong | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Ong Lay Jinn | By the Dawn's Early Rise | Singapore |
Best Director | Jack Neo | Replacement Killers [3] |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Tsai Ming-Liang | The Hole | Taiwan |
Best Director | ||||
Special Jury | Wan Jen | Connection by Fate | Taiwan | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Special Mention | Aktan Abdykalykov | The Adopted Son (Beshkempir) | Kyrgyzstan/France | |
SFC Young Cinema | ||||
Best Screenplay | Minoru Iizuka | Ikinai | Japan | |
Best Actor | Joe Abeywickrama | Pura Handa Kaluwara | ||
Best Actress | Yang Kwei-Mei | The Hole | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | Hong Sang-soo | The Power of Kangwon Province | South Korea | |
Aktan Abdykalykov | The Adopted Son (Beshkempir) | Kyrgyzstan/France | ||
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Abdul Nizam | Datura | Singapore |
Best Director | Tay Hui Ngi | Pariah's Diary | ||
Special Jury | Shermeen Ng | TMIUS | ||
Special Achievement | Wee Li Lin | Another Guy | ||
Special Mention | Edwin Yeo | Doh laai tin sai | ||
Special Mention | Victric Thng Hui Leong | Please Use Stairs |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Chang Tso-chi | Darkness And Light | Taiwan |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Special Jury | Dev Benegal | Split Wide Open | India | |
Best Director | Zhang Yuan | Seventeen Years | China | |
SFC Young Cinema | Jasmine Ng, Kelvin Tong | Eating Air | Singapore | |
Best Actor | Rahul Bose | Split Wide Open | ||
Best Actress | Liu Lin, Li Bingbing | Seventeen Years | ||
Best Screenplay | Aos Gitai, Eliette Abecassis | Kadosh (Sacred) | Israel | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Wang Xiaoshuai | So Close to Paradise | China | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Royston Tan | Sons | Singapore |
Special Achievement | ||||
Special Jury | Kwong Chee Guan Boi | Wait |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Shinji Aoyama | Eureka | Japan |
Special Jury | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Clouds of May | Turkey | |
SFC Young Cinema | Jia Zhangke | Platform | China | |
SFC Young Cinema | Asoka Handagama | This is My Moon | Sri Lanka | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | ||||
Best Director | Im Kwon-taek | Chunhyang | South Korea | |
Best Actor | Ibrahim Kadir | A Poet | Indonesia | |
Best Actress | Nguyen Lan Huong | The House of Guavas | Vietnam | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Garin Nugroho | A Poet | Indonesia | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | No awards were given. | Singapore | |
Best Director | ||||
Special Achievement | Colin Goh | eAHLONG.COM |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Lav Diaz | Batang West Side | Philippines |
Special Jury | Zhu Wen | Seafood | China/Hong Kong | |
Young Cinema | Riri Riza | Eliana, Eliana | Indonesia | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Best Director | Semih Kaplanoglu | Away From Home | Turkey | |
Best Actor | Jia Hongsheng | Quitting | ||
Best Actress | Dian Sastrowardoyo | Whispering Sands | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI Special Mention | Mingmongkol Sonakul | I-San Special | Thailand | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Han Yew Kwang | The Call Home | Singapore |
Special Jury | Leonard Yip | Eve of Adha | ||
Best Director | Sun Koh Boon Luang | The Secret Heaven | ||
Special Achievement | Royston Tan | 15 | ||
Asian Digital Film | Critics Prize | Amir Muhammad | Lost | Malaysia |
Audience Prize | Melvinder Kanth, Ismail bin Ishak | In Search of Afghanistan | Singapore |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Chang Tso-chi | The Best of Times | Taiwan |
Special Jury | Asoka Handagama | Flying With One Wing | Sri Lanka | |
Special Mention | Jia Zhangke | Unknown Pleasures | China/Japan/France | |
Best Director | Djamshed Usmonov | Angel On The Right | Tajikistan | |
Best Actor | Wing Fan | The Best of Times | ||
Best Actress | Anoma Janadari | Flying With One Wing | ||
Young Cinema | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Blissfully Yours | Thailand | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Royston Tan | 15 - The Movie | Singapore | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | No awards were given. | Singapore | |
Special Jury | ||||
Best Director | ||||
Special Achievement | Wee Li Lin | Autograph Book |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Uzak | Turkey |
Best Director | ||||
Special Jury | Ryūichi Hiroki | Vibrator | Japan | |
Young Cinema | Samira Makhmalbaf | At Five In The Afternoon (Panj é asr) | Iran | |
Best Actor | Mehmet Emin Toprak | Uzak | ||
Best Actress | Terashima Shinobu | Vibrator | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Prasanna Vithanage | August Sun (Ira Madiyama) | Sri Lanka | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | No award was given. | Singapore | |
Best Director | Students of CHIJ (Toa Payoh) under Mr Tan Wil-Kie | Conflict and Crisis | ||
Special Jury | Gek Li San, Ho Choon Hiong | Innocent | ||
Special Achievement |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Oday Rasheed | Underexposure | Iraq/Germany |
Special Jury | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Tropical Malady | Thailand/France/Italy | |
Best Director | Lee Yoon-ki | This Charming Girl | South Korea | |
Young Cinema | Liu Fendou | Green Hat | China | |
Best Actor | Liao Fan and Li Congxi | Green Hat | ||
Best Actress | Kim Ji-soo | This Charming Girl | ||
Ho Phuong Dung | A Time Far Past | |||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Marziyeh Meshkini | Stray Dogs | Iran | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Boo Junfeng | A Family Portrait | Singapore |
Special Achievement | ||||
Best Director | Gavin Lim | Subtitle | ||
Special Jury | Srinivas Bhakta | Elephant: OK |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Ryūichi Hiroki | It's Only Talk | Japan |
Special Jury | Riri Riza | Gie | Indonesia | |
Best Director | Kelvin Tong | Love Story | Singapore | |
Best Actor | Elijah Castillo | Pepot Superstar | ||
Best Actress | Hanan Tork | Kiss Me Not on the Eyes | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | John Torres | Todo todo teros | Philippines | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Ying Liang | Taking Father Home | China | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Oon Jit Fong | Quietly | Singapore |
Best Director | Kam Leong Huat | Di (Little Brother) | ||
Special Jury | Kirsten Tan | 10 Minutes Later | ||
Special Achievement | Kelly Ling | Where Is Singapore? |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Garin Nugroho | Opera Jawa | Indonesia |
Special Jury | Ying Liang | The Other Half | China | |
Best Director | Shawkat Amin Korki | Crossing the Dust | Iraq | |
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Best Actor | Carlos Chahine | The Last Man | ||
Best Actress | Han Hyo-joo | Ad-lib Night | ||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | Lee Hae-young, Lee Hae-jun | Like a Virgin | South Korea | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Tia Quah | Conversations | Singapore |
Best Director | Kirsten Tan | Fonzi | ||
Special Jury | Boo Junfeng | Katong Fugue | ||
Special Achievement | Tan Wei Keong | White |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Brillante Mendoza | Slingshot (Tirador) | Philippines |
Best Director | ||||
NETPAC-FIPRESCI | ||||
Special Jury | Abellatif Abdelhamid | Out of Coverage | Syria | |
Best Performance | Inessa Kislova | Swift | ||
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Boo Junfeng | Keluar Baris | Singapore |
Best Director | ||||
Special Jury | Michael Tay | Wet Seasons | ||
Special Achievement | Muhammad Eysham Ali | My Home, My Heaven | ||
Best Cinematography | Sharon Loh | Keluar Baris | ||
Best Performance | Magdalene Tan | Silent Girls |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature | Best Asia Feature | Rashid Masharawi | Laila’s Birthday | Palestine |
Best Director | Rasoul Sadr Ameli | Every Night, Loneliness | Iran | |
Best Performance | Yang Ik-june | Breathless | ||
Best Cinematography | Zhang Yi | Jalainur | China | |
NETPAC Critics | Zhao Ye | |||
Special Mention | Edwin | Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Indonesia | |
Singapore Feature | Best Film | Kelvin Tong | Rule #1 | Singapore |
Best Director | Royston Tan | 12 Lotus | ||
Best Screenplay | Sherman Ong | Hashi | ||
Best Performance | Mark Lee | Money No Enough 2 | ||
Best Cinematography | Roszali Samad, Brian Gothong Tan, Sharon Loh, Jaye Neo, Cain Chui, Andrew Mark Sobrielo, Chris Yeo and Adrian Lo | Lucky 7 | ||
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Kat Goh | Swimming Lesson | |
Best Director | ||||
Best Performance | Cheong Soon Foon | Madam Chan | ||
Best Cinematography | Simon Walsh and David Shiyang Liu | 5 Films in an Anthology of A Film A Month | ||
Special Mention | Tan Wei Keong | Hush Baby |
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Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Cho Kyeong-Duk | Sex Volunteer | South Korea |
Best Director | ||||
Best Cinematography | Mahsun Kirmizigul | I Saw the Sun (Gunesi Gordum) | Turkey | |
Best Performance | Cast | |||
NETPAC Critics | Riri Riza | The Dreamer (Sang Pemimpi) | Indonesia | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | Elgin Ho | Promises in December | Singapore |
Best Director | ||||
Best Cinematography | Lincoln Chia | Mu Dan | ||
Best Performance | Li Xie | |||
Special Mention | Tanya Lai | Life With Uhmu |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Yu Li | Buddha Mountain | China |
Special Jury | Heiward Mak | Beside(s,) happiness | Hong Kong | |
Best Cinematography | Kim Young-Pil | Rolling Home with a Bull | South Korea | |
People's Choice | Sam Voutas | Red Light Revolution | China/Australia | |
Singapore Short Film | Best Film | James Khoo | Hentak Kaki | Singapore |
Best Director | Kenneth Lee | Band of Mischief | ||
Best Cinematography | Luo Min | Blue Tide | ||
Best Performance | Marc Gabriel Loh | First Breath After Coma | ||
Special Mention | Nooraini Shah Sikkander | Window of Dreams | ||
Special Achievement | Edmund Chen | Echoing Love (爱情六重奏) |
Honorary Award | Im Kwon-taek | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Chaitanya Tamhane | Court | India |
Best Director | ||||
Special Mention | Park Jung-bum | Alive | South Korea | |
Best Performance | Sekar Sari | Siti | Indonesia | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Kirsten Tan | Dahdi (Granny) | Singapore |
Best Singapore Short Film | Shijie Tan | Not Working Today | ||
Best Director | Aditya Ahmad | On Stopping the Rain | Indonesia | |
Special Mention | Chulayarnnon Siriphol | Vanishing Horizon of the Sea | Thailand |
Honorary Award | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | |||
Cinema Legend Award | Michelle Yeoh | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Gurvinder Singh | The Fourth Direction | India |
Special Mention | Avishai Sivan | Tikkun | Israel | |
Best Director | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Happy Hour | Japan | |
Best Performance | Taha Tegin Özdemir, Yakup Özgür Kurtaal and Ömer Uluç | Snow Pirates | Turkey | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Lucky Kuswandi | The Fox Exploits the Tiger's Might | Indonesia |
Best Director | ||||
Best Singapore Short Film | Gladys Ng | My Father After Dinner | Singapore | |
Special Mention | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Ferris Wheel | Thailand | |
Youth Jury Prize | Kavich Neang | Three Wheels | Cambodia/France | |
Feature | Audience Choice | Olivia Wyatt | Sailing a Sinking Sea | Myanmar/Thailand |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | He Shuming | A-joom-ma | Singapore |
Honorary Award | Fruit Chan | |||
Cinema Legend Award | Simon Yam | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Deepak Rauniyar | White Sun | Nepal/USA |
Special Mention | Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo | Leftovers | Indonesia | |
Best Director | Abdullah Mohammad Saad | Live From Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
Best Performance | Mostafa Monwar | |||
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Wregas Bhanuteja | In The Year of Monkey | Indonesia |
Best Singapore Short Film | Chiang Wei Liang | Anchorage Prohibited | Singapore | |
Best Director | Liao Jiekai | The Mist | ||
Special Mention | Bayu Prihantoro Filemon | On The Origin of Fear | Indonesia | |
Youth Jury Prize | P.R. Patindol | Still | Philippines | |
Feature | Audience Choice | Lau Kek-huat | Absent Without Leave | Taiwan/Malaysia |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Dong Phuong Thao | Taste | Vietnam/Singapore |
Special Mention | Puangsoi Aksornsawang | Rahula | Thailand |
Honorary Award | Garin Nugruho | |||
Cinema Legend Award | Koji Yakusho | |||
Inspiring Woman in Film Award | Ana Urushadze | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Ali Asgari | Disappearance | Iran/Qatar |
Best Performance | Sadaf Asgari | |||
Special Mention | Matan Yair | Scaffolding | Israel/Poland | |
Best Director | Anucha Boonyawatana | Malila: The Farewell Flower | Thailand | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Employee of the Month (Jodilerks Dela Cruz) | Philippines |
Best Singapore Short Film | Tan Wei Keong | Between Us Two | Singapore | |
Best Director | Sorayos Prapapan | Death of the Sound Man | Thailand | |
Special Mention | Makbul Mubarak | The Malediction | Indonesia | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Youth Jury Prize | Sorayos Prapapan | Death of the Sound Man | Thailand |
Young Critic Award | Joshua Ng Jun Hao, Nanyang Technological University | |||
Feature | Audience Choice | Luca Guadagnino | Call Me by Your Name | Italy/France |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | A Useful Ghost | Thailand |
Honorary Award | Rithy Panh | |||
Cinema Legend Award | Joan Chen | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Yeo Siew Hua | A Land Imagined | Singapore |
Best Director | Pham Thu Hang | The Future Cries Beneath Our Soil | Philippines/ Vietnam | |
Best Performance | Manoranjoan Das | Bulbul Can Sing | India | |
Special Mention | Behrouz Nooranipour | Dayan | Iran | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Danech San | A Million Years | Cambodia |
Best Singapore Short Film | Chiang Wei Liang | Luzon | Singapore | |
Best Director | Aditya Ahmad | A Gift | Indonesia | |
Special Mention | Korakrit Arunanondchai | With History In A Room Filled With People With Funny Names 4 | Thailand | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Youth Jury Prize | Aditya Ahmad | A Gift | Indonesia |
Young Critic Award | Ryan Lim, Nanyang Technological University | |||
Feature | Audience Choice | Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead | Japan |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Dao Thi Minh Trang | Never Been Kissed | Vietnam |
Honorary Award | Takashi Miike | |||
Cinema Legend Award | Yao Chen | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Shahad Ameen | Scales | Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates/Iraq |
Best Director | Oren Gerner | Africa | Israel | |
Best Performance | Kristoffer King | Verdict | ||
Special Mention | Serhat Karaaslan | Passed by Censor | Turkey/Germany/France | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Hesome Chemamah | I’m Not Your F***ing Stereotype | Thailand |
Best Singapore Short Film | Shoki Lin | Adam | Singapore | |
Best Director | Zaw Bo Bo Hein | Sick | Myanmar | |
Special Mention | Sreylin Meas | California Dreaming | Cambodia | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Youth Jury Prize | Duong Dieu Linh | Sweet, Salty (Ngot, Man) | Vietnam/Singapore |
Feature | Audience Choice | Yong Shu Ling | Unteachable | Singapore |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Tan Siyou | Amoeba | Singapore |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Ivan Ayr | Milestone | India |
Best Director | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Beginning | Georgia/France | |
Best Performance | Suvinder Vicky | Milestone | ||
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Riar Rizaldi | Tellurian Drama | Indonesia |
Best Singapore Short Film | Nelson Yeo | Here Is Not There | Singapore | |
Best Director | Lin Htet Aung | Estate | Myanmar | |
Special Mention | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing On The Still Trembling Berlin Wall | Thailand | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Youth Jury Prize | Phạm Ngọc Lân | The Unseen River | Vietnam/Laos |
Young Critic Award | Nicole Wong Kar Mun, | |||
Feature | Audience Choice | Chew Chia Shao Min and Joant Úbeda | Sementara | Singapore |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Nong Nhat Quang | Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava | Vietnam |
Fellowship Prize | Charlotte Hong Bee Her | Tropical Rain, Death-Scented Kiss | Singapore |
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Panah Panahi | Hit the Road | Iran |
Best Director | P.S Vinothraj | Pebbles | India | |
Best Performance | Tolepbergen Baissakalov | Fire | ||
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Trương Minh Quý | The Men Who Wait | France/Singapore |
Best Singapore Short Film | Lucy Davis | {if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves | Singapore | |
Best Director | Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen, | A Man Trembles | Singapore | |
Special Mention | Mo Mo, Leila Macaire | 1 February | France/Myanmar | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Youth Jury Prize | Huỳnh Công Nhớ | Grandma's Broken Leg | Vietnam |
Young Critic Award | Tracey Toh Xiu Si | |||
Feature | Audience Choice | Quen Wong | Some Women | Singapore |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Ukrit Sa-Nguanhai | The Itinerant | Thailand |
Fellowship Prize | Paul Rembert | Rafael | Philippines | |
Pham Hoang Minh Thy | Daughter Of The Mountain God | Vietnam |
Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema Award | In-Docs (Indonesia) | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Makbul Mubarak | Autobiography | Indonesia/France/ Germany/Poland/ Singapore/Philippines/Qatar |
Best Director | Laha Mebow | Gaga | Taiwan | |
Best Performance | Zukhara Sanzysbay | Convenience Store | ||
Special Mention | Sorayos Prapapan | Arnold Is a Model Student | Thailand/Singapore/France/ Netherlands/Philippines | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | Bayu Prihantoro Filemon | Vania on Lima Street | Indonesia |
Best Singapore Short Film | Alvin Lee | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Singapore | |
Best Director | Le Lam Vien | FIX ANYTHING | Vietnam | |
Best Performance | Bopha Oul | Further and Further Away | ||
Special Mention | Gabriela Serrano | Dikit | Philippines | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Young Critic Award | Benjamin Yap Kee Siang | ||
Feature | Audience Choice | Marusya Syroechkovskaya | How to Save a Dead Friend | Sweden/Norway/ France/Germany |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Giovanni Rustanto | A Ballad of Long Hair | Indonesia |
Fellowship Prize | Gabriela Serrano | Please Bear with Me | Philippines | |
Rein Maychaelson | The Burning Land | Philippines | ||
Special Mention | Gladys Ng | Every Mall Burns the Same | Singapore |
Cinema Icon Award | Fan Bingbing | |||
Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema Award | White Light Post | |||
Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Feature | Best Film | Pham Thien An | Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Vietnam/Singapore/ France/Spain |
Best Director | Yoon Eun-kyung | The Tenants | South Korea | |
FIPRESCI | ||||
Best Screenplay | Yu Yi-Hsun | A Journey in Spring | Taiwan | |
Best Performance | Yang Kuei-Mei | |||
Special Mention | Nelson Yeo | Dreaming & Dying | Singapore | |
Southeast Asian Short Film | Best Southeast Asian Short Film | J.T. Trinidad | The River That Never Ends | Philippines |
Special Mention | Emerald Romero | |||
Best Singapore Short Film | Giselle Lin | I Look Into the Mirror and Repeat to Myself | Singapore | |
Best Director | Sam Manacsa | Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Philippines | |
Best Performance | Fredy Sreudeman Wowor | Of Other Tomorrows Never Known | Indonesia/Germany | |
Best Screenplay | Lin Htet Aung | Once Upon a Time There Was a Mom | Myanmar | |
Youth Jury & Critics | Young Critic Award | Saksham Mehrotra | ||
Feature | Audience Choice | Mohamed Kordofani | Goodbye Julia | Sudan/Egypt/ Germany/France/ Saudi Arabia/ Sweden |
Southeast Asian Film Lab | Most Promising Project | Shelby Kho | Terbakar | Indonesia/Singapore |
Fellowship Prize | Lin Htet Aung | Making a Sea | Myanmar | |
Special Mention | Caloy Limjap Soliongco | Day Tripper | Philippines | |
Seth Cheong | Blue Buildings | Singapore |
Fantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on niche, B-rated and low budget movies in various genres, from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival.
Eric Khoo Kim Hai is a Singaporean film director and producer who is often credited for the revival of the Singapore modern film industry.
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore, founded in 1987.
The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is an annual film festival hosted in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is the largest film festival in England outside of London. Founded in 1987, it is held in November in various venues throughout Leeds, including Hyde Park Picture House and Cottage Road Cinema. In 2022, the festival showed 140 films from 78 different countries, shorts and features, both commercial and independent.
The International Film Festival of Kerala is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. The festival is held in November or December every year and is acknowledged as one of the leading cultural events in India.
Kelvin Sng is a Singaporean filmmaker and lyricist, known for directing the comedy films Taxi! Taxi! (2013) and The Fortune Handbook (2017).
The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris.
Tan Pin Pin is a Singapore-based film director. She is best known for the documentary film Singapore GaGa (2005). It was the first Singaporean documentary to have a theatrical run. In 2014, her documentary To Singapore, With Love (2013) was denied for all ratings by the Media Development Authority, effectively banning it in Singapore.
The Shanghai International Film Festival is the largest film festival in Asia and China's longest-running international cinema event. The first festival was established in October 1993. It is the only Chinese festival accredited by the FIAPF.
The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's "Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the "Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Ken Kwek is a Singaporean screenwriter, director, playwright and author. His short film compendium, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues, was banned by the Singapore and Malaysian governments in 2012. His first feature film Unlucky Plaza premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. His second feature #LookAtMe premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2022, to critical acclaim. He has written several full-length plays, including the #MeToo drama, This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls, which premiered in Singapore in 2019. He is also the author of several best-selling children’s books including Kelly and the Krumps, which won the Hedwig Anuar Book Award in 2020.
Anthony Chen is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films Ilo Ilo (2013) and Wet Season (2019).
Chaitanya Tamhane is an Indian filmmaker, known for the 2014 Marathi courtroom drama Court. It was announced as India's official submission for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an aging folk singer in a lower court in Mumbai.
A Land Imagined is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production, the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.
The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venues for the festival are Trinoma, Gateway Mall, Robinsons Galleria, and U.P. Town Center.
Leon Cheo is a Singaporean film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for being the creator, writer and director of the short-form series People Like Us. Its second season was nominated for Best Short-Form Series at the 48th International Emmy Awards, the first Emmy nomination in the category in Singapore’s history.
Petersen Vargas is a Filipino filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Cinema One Originals Best Picture winner 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten (2016) and the web series Hello Stranger (2020).
Carlo Francisco Manatad is a Filipino filmmaker and editor. He is one of the most prolific editors in the Philippines and has edited the films Ruined Heart (2014), A Gentle Night (2017), Balangiga (2017) and Women of the Weeping River (2018) to name a few. As a director, his films have screened in a number of international film festivals, such as in Locarno, Toronto, Busan, and Cannes.
Autobiography is a 2022 thriller drama film written and directed by Makbul Mubarak in his directorial debut. It stars Kevin Ardilova and Arswendy Bening Swara. The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival during the Horizons program on September 2, 2022, where it won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in sections other than the main competition. Autobiography won the sole award in Best Original Screenplay category among other seven nominations at the 2022 Indonesian Film Festival. The film was selected as the Indonesian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.