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2019 film festival
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.[1]
Mystery drama film Scales won the festival's main award Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film.[2]
Opening and closing films
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production countrie(s)
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| Africa
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Oren Gerner
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| Bombay Rose
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Gitanjali Rao
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India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar
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| Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
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春江水暖
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Gu Xiaogang
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China
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| The Kamagasaki Cauldron War
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月夜釜合戦
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Leo Sato
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Japan
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| Passed by Censor
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Görülmüştür
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Serhat Karaaslan
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Turkey, Germany, France
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| Scales
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سيدة البحر
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Shahad Ameen
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United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
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| The Science of Fictions
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Hiruk-Pikuk Si Al-Kisah
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Yosep Anggi Noen
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Indonesia, Malaysia, France
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| The Tree House
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Nhà Cây
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Minh Quý Trương
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Vietnam, Singapore, Germany, France, China
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| Verdict
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Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
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Philippines
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Special Presentations
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production countrie(s)
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| Accept the Call
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Eunice Lau
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Singapore, United States
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| I Dream of Singapore
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Lei Yuan Bin
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Singapore
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| Revolution Launderette
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信念のメリーゴーランド
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Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen
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Singapore, Japan
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| Unteachable
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Yong Shu Ling
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Singapore
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| Series
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| Invisible Stories (episodes 1–2)
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Ler Jiyuan
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Singapore
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production countrie(s)
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| Balloon
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气球
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Pema Tseden
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China
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| Breathless Animals
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动物方言
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Lei Lei
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United States
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| Coming Home Again
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Wayne Wang
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United States, South Korea
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| A Girl Missing
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よこがお
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Koji Fukada
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Japan, France
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| Krabi, 2562
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Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong
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United Kingdom, Thailand
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| Last Night I Saw You Smiling
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យប់មិញបងឃើញអូនញញឹម
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Kavich Neang
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Cambodia, France
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| Midnight Traveler
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Hassan Fazili
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United States, Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada
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| No.7 Cherry Lane
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繼園臺七號
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Yonfan
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Hong Kong, China
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| Ride Your Wave
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きみと、波にのれたら
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Masaaki Yuasa
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Japan
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| Saturday Fiction
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兰心大剧院
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Lou Ye
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China
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| A Sun
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陽光普照
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Chung Mong-hong
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Taiwan
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| The Tree Remembers
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還有一些樹
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Lau Kek-Huat
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Taiwan
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| The Wild Goose Lake
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南方车站的聚会
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Diao Yinan
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China, France
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production countrie(s)
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| And Then We Danced
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და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ
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Levan Akin
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Sweden, Georgia, France
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| Babyteeth
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Shannon Murphy
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Australia
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| Bacurau
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Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
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Brazil, France
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| Les Misérables
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Ladj Ly
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France
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| The Lighthouse
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Robert Eggers
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United States
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| Marriage Story
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Noah Baumbach
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United States
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| Matthias & Maxime
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Matthias et Maxime
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Xavier Dolan
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Canada
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| Monos
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Alejandro Landes
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Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay, United States
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| Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
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Céline Sciamma
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France
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| Swallow
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Carlo Mirabella-Davis
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United States, France
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| Synonyms
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Synonymes
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Nadav Lapid
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France, Germany
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| The Two Popes
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Fernando Meirelles
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United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina, United States
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| Vitalina Varela
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Pedro Costa
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Portugal
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Focus – Stories We Tell: Myth, Dreamscape, and Memory in Southeast Asian Cinema
[edit]The following awards were presented at the festival:[3]
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
Inspiring Woman In Film Award
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