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
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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2010 Silver Screen Awards
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
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
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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