List of Singapore International Film Festival awards explained
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
| Category | Award | Name | Title | Country |
|---|
| Feature | Best Asia Feature | Rashid Masharawi | Laila’s Birthday | Palestine |
| Best Director | | 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 | |
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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 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[4]
| 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 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Award for Best Film (Singapore Short Film) . 31 July 2023 . www.roots.gov.sg.
- Web site: Brzeski. Patrick. 15 July 2014. Singapore Film Fest to Launch Southeast Asian Film Lab. 19 July 2021. The Hollywood Reporter. en-US.
- News: Lee . Shu Hui . 28 September 1998 . Hitman No Enough for Neo . L3 . The Straits Times.
- Web site: Ramachandran . Naman . 11 December 2023 . ‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Wins Asian Feature Film Competition at SGIFF . 21 December 2023 . Variety . en-US.
