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]
List of winners
1991 Silver Screen Awards Category Award Name Title Country 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
1992 Silver Screen Awards
1993 Silver Screen Awards
1994 Silver Screen Awards
1995 Silver Screen Awards
1996 Silver Screen Awards
1997 Silver Screen Awards
1998 Silver Screen Awards
1999 Silver Screen Awards
2000 Silver Screen Awards
2001 Silver Screen Awards
2002 Silver Screen Award
2003 Silver Screen Awards
2004 Silver Screen Awards
2005 Silver Screen Awards
2006 Silver Screen Awards
2007 Silver Screen Awards
2008 Silver Screen Awards 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
2009 Silver Screen Awards References:[4]
2010 Silver Screen Awards
2011 Silver Screen Awards 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)
2014 Silver Screen Awards 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
2015 Silver Screen Awards 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
2016 Silver Screen Awards 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
2017 Silver Screen Awards 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
2018 Silver Screen Awards 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
2019 Silver Screen Awards 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
2020 Silver Screen Awards 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,(Checkpoint Theatre)
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
2021 Silver Screen Awards 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
2022 Silver Screen Awards 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
2023 Silver Screen Awards Source:[5]
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
References ^ "Singapore International Film Festival's Silver Screen Award for Best Film (Singapore Short Film)". www.roots.gov.sg . Retrieved 31 July 2023 . ^ Brzeski, Patrick (15 July 2014). "Singapore Film Fest to Launch Southeast Asian Film Lab". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 19 July 2021 . ^ Lee, Shu Hui (28 September 1998). "Hitman No Enough for Neo". The Straits Times ^ "22nd SIFF Silver Screen Awards - Results". Sinema.SG . 24 April 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2023 . ^ Ramachandran, Naman (11 December 2023). "'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell' Wins Asian Feature Film Competition at SGIFF". Variety . Retrieved 21 December 2023 .
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