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30th Singapore International Film Festival
Opening filmWet Season
by Anthony Chen
Closing filmThe Truth
by Hirokazu Kore-eda
LocationSingapore
Festival date21 November–1 December 2019
Websitesgiff.com
Singapore International Film Festival
31st 29th

The 30th annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 21 November to 1 December 2019 in Singapore. The festival opened with Anthony Chen's drama film Wet Season and closed with Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama film The Truth.

Mystery drama film Scales won the festival's main award Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film.

Official selection

Opening and closing films

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Wet Season (opening film) 热带雨 Anthony Chen Singapore, Taiwan
The Truth (closing film) La Vérité Hirokazu Kore-eda France, Japan

In competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Africa Oren Gerner
Bombay Rose Gitanjali Rao India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains 春江水暖 Gu Xiaogang China
The Kamagasaki Cauldron War 月夜釜合戦 Leo Sato Japan
Passed by Censor Görülmüştür Serhat Karaaslan Turkey, Germany, France
Scales سيدة البحر Shahad Ameen United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
The Science of Fictions Hiruk-Pikuk Si Al-Kisah Yosep Anggi Noen Indonesia, Malaysia, France
The Tree House Nhà Cây Minh Quý Trương Vietnam, Singapore, Germany, France, China
Verdict Raymund Ribay Gutierrez Philippines

Special Presentations

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Downton Abbey Michael Engler United Kingdom
Nina Wu 灼人秘密 Midi Z Taiwan, Malaysia, Myanmar

Singapore Panorama

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Accept the Call Eunice Lau Singapore, United States
I Dream of Singapore Lei Yuan Bin Singapore
Revolution Launderette 信念のメリーゴーランド Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen Singapore, Japan
Unteachable Yong Shu Ling Singapore
Series
Invisible Stories (episodes 1–2) Ler Jiyuan Singapore

Asian Vision

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Balloon 气球 Pema Tseden China
Breathless Animals 动物方言 Lei Lei United States
Coming Home Again Wayne Wang United States, South Korea
A Girl Missing よこがお Koji Fukada Japan, France
Krabi, 2562 Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong United Kingdom, Thailand
Last Night I Saw You Smiling យប់មិញបងឃើញអូនញញឹម Kavich Neang Cambodia, France
Midnight Traveler Hassan Fazili United States, Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada
No.7 Cherry Lane 繼園臺七號 Yonfan Hong Kong, China
Ride Your Wave きみと、波にのれたら Masaaki Yuasa Japan
Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院 Lou Ye China
A Sun 陽光普照 Chung Mong-hong Taiwan
The Tree Remembers 還有一些樹 Lau Kek-Huat Taiwan
The Wild Goose Lake 南方车站的聚会 Diao Yinan China, France

Cinema Today

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
And Then We Danced და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ Levan Akin Sweden, Georgia, France
Babyteeth Shannon Murphy Australia
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles Brazil, France
Les Misérables Ladj Ly France
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers United States
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach United States
Matthias & Maxime Matthias et Maxime Xavier Dolan Canada
Monos Alejandro Landes Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay, United States
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma France
Swallow Carlo Mirabella-Davis United States, France
Synonyms Synonymes Nadav Lapid France, Germany
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina, United States
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal

Midnight Mayhem

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Deerskin Le daim Quentin Dupieux France
First Love 初恋 Takashi Miike Japan
Roh Emir Ezwan Malaysia
Vivarium Lorcan Finnegan Ireland, Belgium, Denmark

Focus – Stories We Tell: Myth, Dreamscape, and Memory in Southeast Asian Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
LUCKY7 (2008) Sun Koh, K. Rajagopal, Boo Junfeng, Brian Gothong Tan, Chew Tze Chuan, Ho Tzu Nyen, Tania Sng Singapore
The Missing Picture (2013) L'Image manquante Rithy Panh Cambodia, France
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005) Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional Raya Martin Philippines

Classics

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Flowers of Shanghai (1998) 海上花 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan, Japan
Memories of Murder (2003) 살인의 추억 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:

Asian Film Feature Competition

  • Best Film: Scales by Shahad Ameen
  • Special Mention: Passed by Censor by Serhat Karaaslan
  • Best Director: Oren Gerner for Africa
  • Best Performance: Kristoffer King for Verdict

Southeast Asian Short Film Competition

  • Best Southeast Asian Short Film: I'm Not Your F***ing Stereotype by Hesome Chemamah
  • Special Mention: California Dreaming by Sreylin Meas
  • Best Singapore Short Film: Adam by Shoki Lin
  • Best Director: Zaw Bo Bo Hein for Sick
  • Youth Jury Prize: Sweet, Salty by Duong Dieu Linh

Audience Choice Award: Unteachable by Yong Shu Ling

Honorary Award

Cinema Icon Award

Inspiring Woman In Film Award

References

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