# 34th Singapore International Film Festival

The 34th annual Singapore International Film Festival was held from 30 November to 10 December 2023 in Singapore. A total of 101 films from 50 countries were screened during the festival. With two co-productions and three feature films, this year broke the record for the highest number of films selected in competition by Singaporean directors since 1997. Amanda Nell Eu's feature directorial debut Tiger Stripes opened the festival. Drama film Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell 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) |
| Tiger Stripes | Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell Eu | Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar |

### Icon In Focus: Fan Bingbing

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Buddha Mountain (2010) | 观音山 | Li Yu | China |
| Double Xposure (2012) | 二次曝光 | Li Yu | China |
| Green Night (2023) | Green Night (2023) | Han Shuai | Hong Kong |

### Asian Feature Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Journey In Spring | 春行 | Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang | Taiwan |
| Critical Zone | منطقه بحرانی | Ali Ahmadzadeh | Iran, Germany |
| Dreaming & Dying | 好久不见 | Nelson Yeo | Singapore, Indonesia |
| Hesitation Wound | Tereddüt Çizgisi | Selman Nacar | Turkey, France, Romania, Spain |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| Last Shadow at First Light | Last Shadow at First Light | Nicole Midori Woodford | Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Slovenia, Indonesia |
| Monisme | Monisme | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia, Qatar |
| Morrison | Morrison | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France |
| Snow in Midsummer | 五月雪 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan |
| The Tenants | 세입자 | Yoon Eun-kyung | South Korea |
| Tomorrow Is a Long Time | 明天比昨天长久 | Jow Zhi Wei | Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal |
| Valli | Valli | Manoj Shinde | India |

### Singapore Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| My Endless Numbered Days | まだまだ | Shaun Neo | Japan, Singapore |
| The Road Less Travelled (1997) | 轨道 | Lim Suat Yen | Singapore |
| Sunday | Sunday | Sean Ng | Singapore |
| Wonderland | 乐园 | Chai Yee Wei | Singapore |
| A Year of No Significance | 大风吹 | Kelvin Tong | Singapore, Malaysia |

### Foreground

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 24 Hours with Gaspar | 24 Jam Bersama Gaspar | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| A Normal Family | 보통의 가족 | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea |
| All of Us Strangers | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| Art College 1994 | 艺术学院1994 | Liu Jiang | China |
| La chimera | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Poor Things | Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |

### Altitude

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |
| Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| Essential Truths of the Lake | Essential Truths of the Lake | Lav Diaz | Philippines, France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Singapore |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Music | Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia |
| The Shadowless Tower | 白塔之光 | Zhang Lü | China |
| Youth (Spring) | 青春 | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |

### Horizon

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg |
| Drift | Drift | Anthony Chen | France, United Kingdom, Greece |
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States |
| Goodbye Julia | وداعا جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden |
| Hours of Ours | รอวัน | Komtouch Napattaloong | Thailand |
| In the Blind Spot | Im toten Winkel | Ayşe Polat | Germany |
| Nowhere Near | Nowhere Near | Miko Revereza | Philippines, Mexico |
| Omen | Augure | Baloji | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, South Africa |
| Slow | Tu man nieko neprimeni | Marija Kavtaradzė | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden |
| Stolen | Stolen | Karan Tejpal | India |
| Tótem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico, Denmark, France |

### Standpoint

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Ghosts of Kalantiaw | Ghosts of Kalantiaw | Chuck Escasa | Philippines |
| Maryam | Maryam Pagi Ke Malam | Badrul Hisham Ismail | Malaysia |
| The Mother of All Lies | كذب أبيض | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
| Our Body | Notre corps | Claire Simon | France |
| Rosinha and Other Wild Animals | Rosinha e Outros Bichos do Mato | Marta Pessoa | Portugal |
| Tedious Days and Nights | 混乱与细雨 | Guo Zhenming | China |
| Ten Years Myanmar | Ten Years Myanmar | Thaiddhi, Nay Wunn Ni, Myo Thar Khin, Aung Min, Lamin Oo | Myanmar |

### Landmark

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Ishanou (1991) | Ishanou (1991) | Aribam Syam Sharma | India |
| Mandabi (1968) | Mandabi (1968) | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
| The Stranger and the Fog (1974) | غریبه و مه | Bahram Beyzai | Iran |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) | David Lynch | United States |
| Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) | Werckmeister harmóniák | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Hungary, France, Germany, Italy |

## Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival:
Asian Feature Film Competition
* Best Asian Feature: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell by Phạm Thiên Ân
** Special Mention: Dreaming & Dying by Nelson Yeo
* Best Performance: Yang Kuei-mei for A Journey In Spring
* Best Director: Yoon Eun-kyung for The Tenants
* Best Screenplay: Yu Yi-hsun for A Journey In Spring
* FIPRESCI Award: The Tenants

### Cinema Icon Award

* Fan Bingbing

### Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema Award

* White Light Post