Singapore International Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival
LocationSingapore
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
AwardsSilver Screen Awards
Festival date28 November to 8 December 2024
Websitesgiff.com

The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore, founded in 1987.[1][2]

The 35th edition of SGIFF will take place from 28 November to 8 December 2024.

History

Originally launched to give local audiences an opportunity to watch independent and non-commercial films, the festival is now recognized worldwide by film critics[citation needed] for its focus on Asian filmmakers and promotion of Southeast Asian films.

Edition Year Opening film Closing film Ref(s)
1st 1987 The Name of the Rose
by Jean-Jacques Annaud		 The Mission
by Roland Joffé		 [3]
2nd 1989 The Glass Menagerie
by Paul Newman		 Testimony
by Tony Palmer		 [4]
3rd 1990 The Children
by Tony Palmer		 Blue Steel
by Kathryn Bigelow		 [5]
4th 1991 Cyrano de Bergerac
by Jean-Paul Rappeneau		 Dreams
by Akira Kurosawa		 [6]
5th 1992 Raise the Red Lantern
by Zhang Yimou		 A Brighter Summer Day
by Edward Yang		 [7]
6th 1993 The Trial
by David Jones		 Strictly Ballroom
by Baz Luhrmann		 [8]
7th 1994 The Blue Kite
by Tian Zhuangzhuang		 The Scent of Green Papaya
by Tran Anh Hung		 [9]
8th 1995 The Red Lotus Society
by Stan Lai		 Amateur
by Hal Hartley		 [10]
9th 1996 The Confessional
by Robert Lepage		 Memories
by Kōji Morimoto,
Tensai Okamura
and Katsuhiro Otomo		 [11]
10th 1997 Gabbeh
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf		 Breaking the Waves
by Lars von Trier		 [12]
11th 1998 Hana-bi
by Takeshi Kitano		 Happy Together
by Wong Kar-wai		 [13]
12th 1999 Ordinary Heroes
by Ann Hui		 The Hole
by Tsai Ming-liang		 [14]
13th 2000 Monday
by Sabu		 The Wind Will Carry Us
by Abbas Kiarostami		 [15]
14th 2001 Yi Yi
by Edward Yang		 Eureka
by Shinji Aoyama		 [16]
15th 2002 Kandahar
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf		 What Time Is It There?
by Tsai Ming-liang		 [17]
16th 2003 Chi-hwa-seon
by Im Kwon-taek		 Divine Intervention
by Elia Suleiman		 [18]
17th 2004 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
by Kim Ki-duk		 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
by Tsai Ming-liang		 [19]
18th 2005 Steamboy
by Katsuhiro Otomo		 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
by Mamoru Oshii		 [20]
19th 2006 Dunia
by Jocelyne Saab		 4:30
by Royston Tan		 [21]
20th 2007 Sankara
by Prasanna Jayakody		 Opera Jawa
by Garin Nugroho		 [22]
21st 2008 The Princess of Nebraska
by Wayne Wang		 Road to Dawn
by Derek Chiu		 [23]
22nd 2009 Sincerely Yours
by Rich Lee		 Milk
by Semih Kaplanoğlu		 [24]
23rd 2010 Mao's Last Dancer
by Bruce Beresford		 Dear Doctor
by Miwa Nishikawa		 [25]
24th 2011 Red Light Revolution
by Sam Voutas		 Senna
by Asif Kapadia		 [26]
25th 2014 Unlucky Plaza
by Ken Kwek		 In the Absence of the Sun
by Lucky Kuswandi		 [27]
26th 2015 Panay
by Cheng Yu-chieh		 — [28]
27th 2016 Interchange
by Dain Iskandar Said		 — [29]
28th 2017 Angels Wear White
by Vivian Qu		 — [30]
29th 2018 Cities of Last Things
by Ho Wi Ding		 — [31]
30th 2019 Wet Season
by Anthony Chen		 The Truth
by Hirokazu Kore-eda		 [32]
31st 2020 Tiong Bahru Social Club
by Tan Bee Thiam		 — [33]
32nd 2021 Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
by Edwin		 — [34]
33rd 2022 Assault
by Adilkhan Yerzhanov		 — [35]
34th 2023 Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu — [36]

Awards

Main article: List of Singapore International Film Festival awards

The Silver Screen Awards Competition was introduced in 1991 to encourage advances in Asian film-making standards.[37] 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.[38]

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