# 30th Singapore International 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.
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 (opening film) | 热带雨 | Anthony Chen | Singapore, Taiwan |
| The Truth (closing film) | La Vérité | Hirokazu Kore-eda | France, Japan |

### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Africa | Africa | Oren Gerner | |
| Bombay Rose | Bombay 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, China |
| Verdict | Verdict | Raymund Ribay Gutierrez | Philippines |

### Special Presentations

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Downton Abbey | 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 | Accept the Call | Eunice Lau | Singapore, United States |
| I Dream of Singapore | I 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, Japan |
| Unteachable | Unteachable | Yong Shu Ling | Singapore |
| Series ||||
| Invisible Stories (episodes 1–2) | Invisible Stories (episodes 1–2) | 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 States |
| Coming Home Again | Coming Home Again | Wayne Wang | United States, South Korea |
| A Girl Missing | よこがお | Koji Fukada | Japan, France |
| Krabi, 2562 | Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | United Kingdom, Thailand |
| Last Night I Saw You Smiling | យប់មិញបងឃើញអូនញញឹម | Kavich Neang | Cambodia, France |
| Midnight Traveler | Midnight 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, France |
| Babyteeth | Babyteeth | Shannon Murphy | Australia |
| Bacurau | Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles | Brazil, France |
| Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| The Lighthouse | The Lighthouse | Robert Eggers | United States |
| Marriage Story | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | United States |
| Matthias & Maxime | Matthias et Maxime | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| Monos | Monos | 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 | France |
| Swallow | Swallow | Carlo Mirabella-Davis | United States, France |
| Synonyms | Synonymes | Nadav Lapid | France, Germany |
| The Two Popes | The Two Popes | Fernando Meirelles | United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina, United States |
| Vitalina Varela | Vitalina 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 | Japan |
| Roh | Roh | Emir Ezwan | Malaysia |
| Vivarium | Vivarium | 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) | 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