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 热带雨 Anthony Chen Singapore, Taiwan The Truth La Vérité Hirokazu Kore-eda France, Japan
In competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Africa Oren GernerBombay 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, ChinaVerdict 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 StatesI 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, JapanUnteachable Yong Shu Ling SingaporeSeriesInvisible Stories 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 StatesComing Home Again Wayne Wang United States, South Korea A Girl Missing よこがお Koji Fukada Japan, FranceKrabi, 2562 Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong United Kingdom, Thailand Last Night I Saw You Smiling យប់មិញបងឃើញអូនញញឹម Kavich Neang Cambodia, FranceMidnight 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, FranceBabyteeth Shannon Murphy AustraliaBacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles Brazil, FranceLes Misérables Ladj Ly FranceThe Lighthouse Robert Eggers United StatesMarriage Story Noah Baumbach United States Matthias & Maxime Matthias et Maxime Xavier Dolan CanadaMonos 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 FranceSwallow Carlo Mirabella-Davis United States, France Synonyms Synonymes Nadav Lapid France, GermanyThe Two Popes Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina, United StatesVitalina 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 JapanRoh Emir Ezwan MalaysiaVivarium 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 Takashi Miike'
Cinema Icon Award Yao Chen
Inspiring Woman In Film Award Yeo Yann Yann
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