World Film Carnival Singapore

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World Film Carnival Singapore
Location Singapore
Founded2019
LanguageInternational
Website https://worldfilmcarnival.com/wfc-singapore/

World Film Carnival Singapore (WFCS) is an IMDb monthly live screening International Film Festival. [1] It is an annual award screening event that takes place in Singapore. [2] [3] [4] It was started in the year 2019 by Shailik Bhaumik. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The majority of monthly award winners are screened in Singapore each month and evaluated by Cult Critic before competing for the Golden Merlion Awards (Best film of the year). [8] The champions of each year receive a trophy, certificate, and honors. [9] [5]

Awardees

The award is given each year for significant movies and people in a variety of categories. [9]

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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