# 32nd Singapore International Film Festival

The 32nd annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 25 November to 5 December 2021 in Singapore. The festival returned to cinema-only events after an online edition a year prior, due to COVID-19 pandemic. Five new sections were introduced during the festival: Foreground, Milestone, Standpoint, Undercurrent, and Domain. Edwin's Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash served as the opening film of the festival.
Road comedy film Hit the Road 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) |
| Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash | Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas | Edwin | Indonesia, Singapore, Germany |

### Asian Feature Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Amira | Amira | Mohamed Diab | Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia |
| Anatomy of Time | เวลา | Jakrawal Nilthamrong | Thailand, France, Netherlands, Singapore |
| Fire | Ot | Aizhan Kassymbek | Kazakhstan |
| Hit the Road | جاده خاکی | Panah Panahi | Iran |
| A New Old Play | 椒麻堂会 | Qiu Jiongjiong | Hong Kong, France |
| Pebbles | கூழாங்கல் | PS Vinothraj | India |
| Rehana Maryam Noor | রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর | Abdullah Mohammad Saad | Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar |
| Whether the Weather Is Fine | Kun Maupay Man It Panahon | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Qatar |
| White Building | ប៊ូឌីញ ស | Kavich Neang | Cambodia, France, China, Qatar |
| Yuni | Yuni | Kamila Andini | Indonesia, Singapore, France, Australia |

### Singapore Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 24 | 24 | Royston Tan | Singapore, Thailand |
| Mat Magic (1971) | Mat Magic (1971) | Mat Sentol, John Calvert | Singapore |
| Scene Unseen | Scene Unseen | Abdul Nizam Abdul Hamid | Singapore |

### Milestone

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Barbarian Invasion | 野蛮人入侵 | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia, Hong Kong |
| Center Stage (1991) | 阮玲玉 | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong |
| Happening | L'Événement | Audrey Diwan | France |
| Karmalink | Karmalink | Jake Wachtel | Cambodia, United States |
| Memoria | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Germany, Qatar |
| Those Left Waiting | Those Left Waiting | Michael Beets | Australia |

### Foreground

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet | El perro que no calla | Ana Katz | Argentina |
| The French Dispatch | The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | United States |
| Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | Sebastian Meise | Austria, Germany |
| A Hero | قهرمان | Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France |
| History of Ha | Historya ni Ha | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| I'm Your Man | Ich bin dein Mensch | Maria Schrader | Germany |
| In Front of Your Face | 당신 얼굴 앞에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Inu-Oh | 犬王 | Masaaki Yuasa | Japan, China |
| Moon, 66 Questions | Selini, 66 erotiseis | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece, France |
| Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Arthur Harari | France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia |
| Petite Maman | Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | France |
| The Sacred Spirit | Espíritu sagrado | Chema García Ibarra | Spain, France, Turkey |
| Saloum | Saloum | Jean Luc Herbulot | Senegal |
| Yanagawa | 漫长的告白 | Zhang Lü | China |

### Standpoint

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Children of the Enemy | Children of the Enemy | Gorki Glaser-Müller | Sweden, Denmark |
| The Flame | Bara | Arfan Sabran | Indonesia, Qatar |
| Mr. Bachmann and His Class | Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse | Maria Speth | Germany |
| My Sunny Maad | Moje slunce Mad | Michaela Pavlátová | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia |
| On the Other Side | Del otro lado | Iván Guarnizo | Colombia, Spain |
| Some Women | Some Women | Quen Wong | Singapore |
| Ushiku | 牛久 | Thomas Ash | Japan |
| Worship | บูชา | Uruphong Raksasad | Thailand |

### Undercurrent

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Edge of Daybreak | พญาโศกพิโยคค่ำ | Taiki Sakpisit | Thailand, Switzerland |
| The Tsugua Diaries | Diários de Otsoga | Miguel Gomes, Maureen Fazendeiro | Portugal |

### Domain

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Inside the Red Brick Wall | 理大圍城 | Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers | Hong Kong |
| Nightcleaners (1975) | Nightcleaners (1975) | Berwick Street Film Collective | United Kingdom |
| Tongpan (1977) | ทองปาน | Isan Film Collective | Thailand |
| Yama – Attack to Attack (1985) | 山谷─やられたらやりかえせ | Mitsuo Sato, Kyochi Yamaoka | Japan |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
Asian Feature Film Competition
* Best Asian Feature Film: Hit the Road by Panah Panahi
* Best Director: PS Vinothraj for Pebbles
* Best Performance: Tolepbergen Baissakalov for Fire
Southeast Asian Short Film
* Best Southeast Asian Short Film: The Men Who Wait by Trương Minh Quý
* Best Singapore Short Film: {if your bait can sing the wild one will come} Like Shadows Through Leaves by Lucy Davis
* Best Director: Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen for A Man Trembles
* Youth Jury Prize: Grandma's Broken Leg by Huỳnh Công Nhớ
* Special Mention: February 1st by Mo Mo & Leïla Macaire
Audience Choice Award: Some Women by Quen Wong

### Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema Award

* Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC)