# 31st Singapore International Film Festival

The 31st annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 26 November to 6 December 2020 in Singapore. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held hybrid, combining physical and virtual screenings. The festival opened with satirical comedy film Tiong Bahru Social Club by Tan Bee Thiam.
Ivan Ayr's Milestone 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) |
| Tiong Bahru Social Club | Tiong Bahru Social Club | Tan Bee Thiam | Singapore |

### In competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Balance | 由宇子の天秤 | Yujiro Harumoto | Japan |
| Beginning | დასაწყისი | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia, France |
| The Cloud In Her Room | 她房间里的云 | Zheng Lu Xinyuan | China, Hong Kong |
| Geranium | Sardunya | Çağıl Bocut | Turkey |
| Milestone | मील पत्थर | Ivan Ayr | India |
| No Love for the Young | Tiada Cinta Selama Muda | Ridhwan Saidi | Malaysia |
| Tiong Bahru Social Club | Tiong Bahru Social Club | Tan Bee Thiam | Singapore |
| The Wasteland | دشت خاموش‎ | Ahmad Bahrami | Iran |

### Singapore Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Citizen Hustler | 好公民 | Tan Biyun | Singapore |
| Faraway My Shadow Wandered | 遠く離れた影 | Liao Jiekai, Sudhee Liao | Singapore, Japan |
| Not My Mother's Baking | 不是我妈妈的烘焙 | Remi M. Sali | Singapore |
| Sementara | Sementara | Chew Chia Shao Min, Joant Úbeda | Singapore |

### Asian Vision

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 100 Times Reproduction of Democracy | 100 Times Reproduction of Democracy | Chulayarnnon Siriphol | Thailand |
| Aswang | Aswang | Alyx Ayn Arumpac | France, Germany, Norway, Philippines, Qatar, Denmark |
| Days | 日子 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Genus Pan | Lahi, Hayop | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Keep Rolling | 好好拍電影 | Man Lim Chung | Hong Kong |
| Ploy | Ploy | Prapat Jiwarangsan | Thailand, Singapore |
| The Salt In Our Waters | নোনাজলের কাব্য | Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | Bangladesh, France |
| The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs | Laila aur satt geet | Pushpendra Singh | India |
| True Mothers | 朝が来る | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Veins of the World | Die Adern der Welt | Byambasuren Davaa | Germany, Mongolia |
| Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| The Woman Who Ran | 도망친 여자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Yellow Cat | Сары мысық | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, France |
| You and I | You and I | Fanny Chotimah | Indonesia |

### Cinema Today

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Ammonite | Ammonite | Francis Lee | United Kingdom |
| Downstream to Kinshasa | En route pour le milliard | Dieudo Hamadi | Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium |
| First Cow | First Cow | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| Gagarine | Gagarine | Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh | France |
| Here We Are | Here We Are | Nir Bergman | Italy |
| Identifying Features | Sin Señas Particulares | Fernanda Veladez | Mexico, Spain |
| Malmkrog | Malmkrog | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| New Order | Nuevo orden | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Night of the Kings | La Nuit des rois | Philippe Lacôte | France, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada, Senegal |
| Nomadland | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | United States |
| A Perfectly Normal Family | En helt almindelig familie | Malou Reymann | Denmark |
| Slalom | Slalom | Charlène Favier | France |
| The Truffle Hunters | The Truffle Hunters | Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw | Italy, United States, Greece |
| Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine | Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino | Alex Piperno | Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
Asian Film Feature Competition
* Best Film: Milestone by Ivan Ayr
* Best Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili for Beginning
* Best Performance: Suvinder Vicky for Milestone
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
* Best Southeast Asian Film Competition: Tellurian Drama by Riar Rizaldi
* Best Director: Lin Htet Aung for Estate
* Best Singapore Short Film: Here Is Not There by Nelson Yeo
* Youth Jury Prize: The Unseen River by Phạm Ngọc Lân
* Special Mention: Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Audience Choice Award: Sementara by Chew Chia Shao Min and Joant Úbeda