# 33rd Singapore International Film Festival

The 33rd annual Singapore International Film Festival was held from 24 November to 4 December 2022 in Singapore. A total of 101 films from 55 countries were screened during the festival. Adilkhan Yerzhanov's thriller film Assault opened the festival. Two new program sections, Altitude and Horizon, were introduced during the festival. Singaporean film #LookAtMe and Portuguese-French film Will-o'-the-Wisp were refused classification by the Infocomm Media Development Authority and were therefore banned from screening at the festival.
Thriller film Autobiography 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) |
| Assault | Штурм | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |

### Asian Feature Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Archaeology of Love | 사랑의 고고학 | Lee Wan-min | South Korea |
| Arnold Is a Model Student | อานนเป็นนักเรยนตัวอ ี ย่าง | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines |
| Autobiography | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, France, Germany, Poland, Singapore, Philippines, Qatar |
| The Cloud Messenger | Meghdoot | Rahat Mahajan | India |
| Convenience Store | Продукты 24 | Michael Borodin | Russia, Slovenia, Turkey |
| Gaga | 哈勇家 | Laha Mebow | Taiwan |
| Joyland | Joyland | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan |
| Leonor Will Never Die | Ang Pagbabalik ng Kwago | Martika Ramirez Escobar | Philippines |
| Summer with Hope | Tabestan Ba Omid | Sadaf Foroughi | Canada, Iran |

### Singapore Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| #LookAtMe | #LookAtMe | Ken Kwek | Singapore |
| Absent Smile | Absent Smile | John Clang, Lavender Chang | Singapore |
| Baby Queen | Baby Queen | Lei Yuan Bin | Singapore |
| Before Life After Death | Before Life After Death | Anshul Tiwari | Singapore |
| Boom | Boom | Derrick Chew | Singapore |
| Geylang | 芽籠 | Boi Kwong | Singapore |

### Foreground

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Abandoned | 查無此心 | Tseng Ying-ting | Taiwan |
| The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra | 다섯 번째 흉추 | Park Sye-young | South Korea |
| Nocebo | Nocebo | Lorcan Finnegan | Ireland, Philippines |
| Smoking Causes Coughing | Fumer fait tousser | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | Fogo-Fátuo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France |
| World War III | جنگ جهانی سوم | Houman Seyyedi | Iran |

### Altitude

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Alcarràs | Alcarràs | Carla Simón | Spain, Italy |
| Goliath | Goliath | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |
| No Bears | خرس نیست | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| The Novelist's Film | 소설가의 영화 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| R.M.N. | R.M.N. | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France |
| A Tale of Filipino Violence | Isang Salaysay ng Karahasang Pilipino | Lav Diaz | Philippines |

### Horizon

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Aftersun | Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, United States |
| Divine Factory | Divine Factory | Joseph Mangat | Philippines, United States, Taiwan |
| Dry Ground Burning | Mato seco em chamas | Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós | Brazil, Portugal |
| La Jauría | La Jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France, Colombia |
| Leila's Brothers | برادران لیلا | Saeed Roustayi | Iran |
| A Long Journey Home | 五口之家 | Zhang Wenqian | China |
| Nayola | Nayola | José Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | France, Germany, Belgium, Cambodia, South Korea, Qatar |
| Small, Slow But Steady | ケイコ 目を澄ませて | Shô Miyake | Japan, France |
| Stone Turtle | Stone Turtle | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia, Indonesia |

### Standpoint

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Eclipse | Formørkelsen | Nataša Urban | Norway |
| Geographies of Solitude | Geographies of Solitude | Jacquelyn Mills | Canada |
| A House Made of Splinters | Будинок із трісок | Simon Lereng Wilmont | Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine |
| How to Save a Dead Friend | How to Save a Dead Friend | Marusya Syroechkovskaya | Sweden, Norway, France, Germany |
| I Didn't See You There | I Didn't See You There | Reid Davenport | United States |
| Jiseok | Jiseok | Kim Young-jo | South Korea |
| Myanmar Diaries | မြန်မာဒိုင်ယာရီ | Myanmar Film Collective | Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway |
| We Don't Dance for Nothing | We Don't Dance for Nothing | Stefanos Tai | Hong Kong, Philippines |

### Domain

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Dam | السد | Ali Cherri | France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar |
| Foragers | اليد الخضراء | Jumana Manna | Palestine |
| Hanging Gardens | الحدائق المعلقة | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji | Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Kingdom |
| Nezouh | نزوح | Soudade Kaadan | United Kingdom, Syria, France |
| Under the Fig Trees | تحت شجر التين | Erige Sehiri | Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
Asian Feature Film Competition
* Best Asian Feature Film: Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak
* Special Mention: Arnold Is a Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan
* Best Director: Laha Mebow for Gaga
* Best Performance: Zukhara Sanzysbay for Convenience Store
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
* Best Southeast Asian Short Film: Vania on Lima Street by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon
* Special Mention: Dikit by Gabriela Serrano
* Best Singapore Short Film: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Alvin Lee
* Best Director: Le Lam Vien for Fix Anything
* Best Performance: Bopha Oul for Further and Further Away
Audience Choice Award: How to Save a Dead Friend by Marusya Syroechkovskaya

### Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema Award

* In-Docs