The 31st annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 26 November to 6 December 2020 in Singapore. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held hybrid, combining physical and virtual screenings. The festival opened with satirical comedy film Tiong Bahru Social Club by Tan Bee Thiam.
Ivan Ayr's Milestone won the festival's main award Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film.
Official selection Opening film English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Tiong Bahru Social Club Tan Bee Thiam Singapore
In competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) A Balance 由宇子の天秤 Yujiro Harumoto Japan Beginning დასაწყისი Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia, France The Cloud In Her Room 她房间里的云 Zheng Lu Xinyuan China, Hong Kong Geranium Sardunya Çağıl Bocut Turkey Milestone मील पत्थर Ivan Ayr India No Love for the Young Tiada Cinta Selama Muda Ridhwan Saidi MalaysiaTiong Bahru Social Club Tan Bee Thiam Singapore The Wasteland دشت خاموش Ahmad Bahrami Iran
Singapore Panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Citizen Hustler 好公民 Tan Biyun Singapore Faraway My Shadow Wandered 遠く離れた影 Liao Jiekai, Sudhee Liao Singapore, Japan Not My Mother's Baking 不是我妈妈的烘焙 Remi M. Sali SingaporeSementara Chew Chia Shao Min, Joant Úbeda Singapore
Asian Vision English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)100 Times Reproduction of Democracy Chulayarnnon Siriphol ThailandAswang Alyx Ayn Arumpac France, Germany, Norway, Philippines, Qatar, Denmark Days 日子 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan Genus Pan Lahi, Hayop Lav Diaz Philippines Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 Man Lim Chung Hong KongPloy Prapat Jiwarangsan Thailand, Singapore The Salt In Our Waters নোনাজলের কাব্য Rezwan Shahriar Sumit Bangladesh, France The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs Laila aur satt geet Pushpendra Singh India True Mothers 朝が来る Naomi Kawase Japan Veins of the World Die Adern der Welt Byambasuren Davaa Germany, Mongolia Wife of a Spy スパイの妻 Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan The Woman Who Ran 도망친 여자 Hong Sang-soo South Korea Yellow Cat Сары мысық Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan, FranceYou and I Fanny Chotimah Indonesia
Cinema Today English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Ammonite Francis Lee United Kingdom Downstream to Kinshasa En route pour le milliard Dieudo Hamadi Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, BelgiumFirst Cow Kelly Reichardt United StatesGagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh FranceHere We Are Nir Bergman Italy Identifying Features Sin Señas Particulares Fernanda Veladez Mexico, SpainMalmkrog Cristi Puiu Romania New Order Nuevo orden Michel Franco Mexico Night of the Kings La Nuit des rois Philippe Lacôte France, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada, SenegalNomadland Chloé Zhao United States A Perfectly Normal Family En helt almindelig familie Malou Reymann DenmarkSlalom Charlène Favier FranceThe Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw Italy, United States, Greece Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino Alex Piperno Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival:
Asian Film Feature Competition Best Film: Milestone by Ivan Ayr Best Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili for Beginning Best Performance: Suvinder Vicky for Milestone
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition Best Southeast Asian Film Competition: Tellurian Drama by Riar Rizaldi Best Director: Lin Htet Aung for Estate Best Singapore Short Film: Here Is Not There by Nelson Yeo Youth Jury Prize: The Unseen River by Phạm Ngọc Lân Special Mention: Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Audience Choice Award: Sementara by Chew Chia Shao Min and Joant Úbeda
References
External links
31st Singapore International Film Festival guide