1st Singapore Short Film Awards
The 1st Singapore Short Film Awards was held from 25–31 January 2010. Out of 133 films submitted, 33 films were selected as nominees in 10 different categories, highlighting technical achievements, as well as performance. There was participation from both experienced professionals and students from schools such as Tisch School for the Arts (Asia) and Nanyang Technological University. All film entries and nominees were screened at The Substation Theatre. The Awards Ceremony was held on 31 January 2010. With close to 100 invited nominees and guests attending, the ceremony's Guest of Honour was filmmakerAward Categories
There were not more than 5 nominees per category and there were 10 categories in total. ''(winners in bold)'' Best Director Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch Wu Ruojing - Home? Basil Mironer - Rare Fish Kirsten Tan - Cold Noodles Jmin (Benjamin Tan) - The Girl with The Red Balloons Best Animation Tan Wei Keong - Hush Baby Iyvone Khoo & Miguel Guzman - The Mothcatcher Joo Choon Lin - Come out and Play! Best Fiction Kat Goh - Swimming Lesson Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch Basil Mironer - Rare Fish Eric Elofson - Master of His Domain Sulaiman Salamon - Fighting Fit Best Documentary Dana Lam - She Shapes A Nation Wu Ruojing - Home? Vicknesh Varan - Special Pass Ghazi Alqudcy & Ezzam Rahman - Forgotten Merlion Wan (Idzwan Othman) - Black Friday Best Cinematography Chananun Chotrungroj - Sink Tay Yuxian - A Hole In The Bed Isabel Wong Liliing, Lydia - Home? Eugene Koh - Blue Date Lim Teck Siang - Threshold Best Editing Kirsten Tan - Cold Noodles Jack Haycox - 5 Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month Daniel Hidajat - Outing Alicia Yang & Danny Lim - My Underwear My World Chen Junbin - The Girl with The Red Balloons Best Script Martin Hong - Dreaming Kester Christopher Broe - A Perfect Harmony Loo Zihan - Threshold Eric Elofson - Master of His Domain Best Art Direction James Page - H The Happy Robot Eric Lim - Public Phone Rene Pannevis - Rare Fish Jacen Tan - Rudra – Hymns from The Blazing Chariot Eric Lin & Wong Munlai - The Robber Best Soundtrack Dirty Bitch Threshold Newton The Karma of The Tree Sentinel Who Awakes Best Performance (award not given) Ong Xiu Ping – Madam Chan Rebecca Dass – Bright Oliver Mangham – Master of His Domain Damus Lim - Brazil A statement from the jury members reads, “The jury has enjoyed the performances in the nominated films in this category, but we feel that as the Singapore film community, we can push ourselves much further, and would encourage filmmakers and actors to rise to the occasion.” Honorary Award For outstanding contribution to the film community through short films Royston Tan2nd Singapore Short Film Awards
The 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards was held between 28 February- 6 March 2011. Organisers received a total of 126 entries, of which 55 were selected for nomination by a pre-selection committee that included filmmakers Jasmine Ng, Victric Thng and Kat Goh. The award ceremony was held on 6 March 2011 at the Substation Theatre. Filmmaker Jack Neo was the guest of honour. The jury panel consisted of award-winning Thai film producer,Award Categories
A new award category for "Best Experimental" was included. ''(winners in bold)'' Best Director Scot Free – Chia Peizhen Wake – Atsuko Hiranayagi Timeless – K Rajagopal Bani Ibrahim (Children of Abraham) – Raihan Harun Masala Mama – Michael Kam Special Mention: Jow Zhi Wei for Waiting Best Animation The Beat of The City That Freezed Contained ir: Harry Zhuang and Henry Zhuang'' Evie The Fish and The Ring CMYK Best Fiction Checkmate Wake Bani Ibrahim (Children of Abraham) ir: Raihan Harun'' Timeless Scot Free Best Documentary (award not given) Too Far North Post-Love Soi Chang: Elephants on the Streets The Bird That Shakes The Jute Fields Mrs Santha Bhaskar The jury members provided a statement that read, “Documentaries should break new ground and inform the audience. They should deliver a strong message and a point of view.” Best Editing Epiphany – Lim Chee Harn Flux – Nigel Heng Void Decked – Zahra Shukor Timeless – Shantha Kumar Peep – Wesley Leon Aroozoo Best Sound (award not given) You Disappear – Reizuan Rosli Nobody's Home – Teo Wei Yong Sehari Sendiri – Jason Foster The Beat of The City That Freezed – Joo Chon Lin The Forest Spirits – Studio.MB Special Mention: Contained for Sound Design The jury released a statement that read, “Sound design is more than just putting music into a film. It involves a sound scape. Knowing when you need sound or music, when you do not need it, when it is enough is all sound design. All in service of the film. The jury regrets that they did not see this application of sound design in the nominated films” The jury gave a Special Mention for animated film, ‘Contained’, for Sound Design. Jury member Leonard Lai said," ‘Contained’ has created a sound scape that the jury felt placed them in the same time and space as the character. We can feel the wind and waves through the sound design. We are pleased to have a special mention for sound design for ‘Contained’" Best Art Direction Mickey – Wesley Leon Aroozoo, Michelle Cheong Wake – Atsuko Hirayanagi, Shirlyn Jennifer Wong ir: Atsuko Hirayanagi'' A Light In The Darkness – Yang Shuhui Aemaer – Loo Zihan Timeless – Yeo Ke Liang, Ellijay Sim, Cho Yeijin Best Cinematography Wake – Corey Kupfer Timeless – Michael Zaw, Joel San Juan ir: K Rajagopal'' Mrs Santha Bhaskar – Alan Yap Checkmate – M Senthil Nathan Flux – Hanafi Mohd. Best Performance Checkmate – Paneeirselvam Wake – Michael Lee Masala Mama – Mohan Vellayan Timeless – Sivakumar Palakrishnan Kitchen Quartet – Sally Poh Special Mention: Zheng Wei He for Waiting The jury released a statement that said, "He does not appear to be acting, he does not act." The jury members gave a Special Mention for the film, ‘Waiting’, under the Best Performance category and Best Director category. They felt that ‘Waiting’ was under nominated and it deserved to be nominated in these categories, commending the director for being bold in doing less rather than more. Best Script Scot Free – Jonathan Choo, Chia Peizhen Masala Mama – Michael Kam Summer and Its Rain – Joshua Simon, Marjorie Teo Waiting – Jow Zhi Wei Bani Ibrahim (Children of Abraham) – Raihan Harun Best Experimental (award not given) Peep Mickey Void Decked Flux Aemaer The jury released a statement that read, “Experimental films should be experiments in the cinematic form and unfortunately the jury did not see any bold experimentation and breakthrough in the cinematic form.” Honorary Award for outstanding contribution to the film community through short films Wee Li LinMISE EN SIN
In conjunction with the awards, MIS EN SIN, the first-ever film poster exhibition of Singapore films, took place in the Foyer area and Random Room of The Substation. It was organised by SINdie, the only website in Singapore fully dedicated to Singapore independent films and filmmakers, and sponsored by Samuel Seow Law Corporation. The exhibition featured over 100 film posters from about 60 Singapore filmmakers, from the established to the up-and-coming. The exhibition aimed to educate the public about some of the lesser-known filmmakers producing quality work as most Singaporeans were familiar with only a handful of practising filmmakers, and to open up a new branch of film appreciation in Singapore, that of poster art. Visitors could own copies of the various posters for a small contribution to the filmmakers.3rd Singapore Short Film Awards
The 3rd Singapore Short Film Awards was held from 5–11 March 2012. The awards ceremony was held on 10 March at The Substation Theatre. There were 113 entries with 20 of the films nominated across 10 categories. All film entries and nominees were screened at The Substation Theatre. The Awards Ceremony was held on 10 March 2012 with filmmaker Kelvin Tong as the event's Guest-of-Honour.Award Categories
Winner in bold Best Director Godaizer – Hillary Yeo Hentak Kaki – James Khoo Bliss – Liang Xuan The Hole – Tan Shijie Lighthouse – Anthony Chen Best Animation Godaizer Libertas A Cloudy Conundrum Burger Burger Tales of the Chugawagas Best Fiction Sisters Bliss Thin Air The Hole Lighthouse Best Documentary Peace Be Upon You Wild Dogs Existence Unheard Best Editing Wild Dogs – Saravanan Sambasivam Bliss – Liang Xuan Existence – Jeanette Lim, Audrey Woon, Yap Jun Hua, Wallace Woon Sanzaru – Nurul Ain Muslan Sisters – Chen Junbin Best Sound Bliss – Jones Roma (Audio post, scoring and ending song ‘Mind Theater’) Burger Burger – Huang Shicong, Gavin Tan Jun Jie Sanzaru – Josephine Ng (Sound Editor), Calvin Phua, Jean Goh, Roy Ng Wee Kiat (Music) The Hole – Fabrizio Paterlini (Music), Marc Wiltshire (Sound Recordist) Best Art Direction Godaizer – Hilary Yeo, Ray Toh Love in Every Genre – Kartini Saat Mandy's 8 Theories of Sleep – Roseane Kalavathi Sanzaru – Ng Mun, Haslina Ismail Best Cinematography Bliss – Liang Xuan Cut Adrift – Erwin Chua Existence –Yap Jun Hua, Wallace Woon Lighthouse – Benoit Soler The Hole –Nathaniel Carton Best Performance First Breath After Coma – Marc Gabriel Loh (Fie) Love in Every Genre – Yazid Jalil (Yazid) Sisters – Molly Jan (Auntie) Hentak Kaki – Michael Chua (Teck) Bliss – Yobel Nathaniel (Nixon / Nick) Best Script Godaizer – Hillary Yeo Sisters – Michael Tay Hentak Kaki – James Khoo Bliss – Sondy Crawfurd The Hole – Tan Shijie Lighthouse – Anthony Chen Honorary Award For outstanding contribution to the film community through short films Lesley Ho4th Singapore Short Film Awards
The 4th Singapore Short Film Awards was held from 25 February to 3 March 2013. The Awards Ceremony was held on 2 March 2013, with Guest-of-Honour Janice Koh, Nominated Member of Parliament for the Arts. There were 103 submissions with 22 films nominated over 10 categories. For the first time, a fringe event was organised with nuSTUDIOS, a student filmmaking society at National University of Singapore, where films of past SSFA nominees and award winners were screened. There was also a partnership with the Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards 2012 (HKIMFA). SSFA and HKIMFA selected a nominated film to represent Singapore to compete with 10 other festivals around the world.Award Categories
Winner In Bold Best Fiction Broken Crayon by Ang Geck Geck Last One Standing by Naresh Subhash All The Lines Flow Out by Charles Lim Ying & Summer by Gladys Ng Best Director Ang Geck Geck for Broken Crayon Liao Jiekai for Before the Wedlock House Anthony Chen for Karang Guni Charles Lim for All The Lines Flow Out Gladys Ng for Ying & Summer Best Sound Justin Seah for Black and White and Silence Zai Kuning, Zai Tang for Jalan Jati Teo Wei Yong (Music Composer), Kevin Teoh (Sound Designer) for Seeya in Elektrik Dreamz Evan Tan for All The Lines Flow Out Teo Wei Yong for Wormhole Best Cinematography Liao Jiekai for Before the Wedlock House Benoit Soler for Karang Guni Feng Kexin for Seeya in Elektrik Dreamz John Maloney for Ying & Summer Charles Lim for All The Lines Flow Out Best Script Ric Aw for Villain Karankuni for Last One Standing Anthony Chen for Karang Guni Ang Geck Geck for Broken Crayon Nigel Soh for Girlphobia Best Documentary Before the Wedlock House That's Wicked! Durga It's Not Worth It John Clang Best Animation No winner selected A judge's statement provided a Special Mention for animated short Jalan Jati. Drunken Moon Family Dinner The Hunt Best Performance No winner selected A judge's statement provided a Special Mention for 12 year old actress Brittany Low, for "...holding her own against veteran actor Vincent Tee in her role as Ying in VILLAIN. Denise Goh for Ah Girl in Broken Crayon Jenny Zhou for Ying in Ying & Summer Lee Yew Kang and Kong Kee Wee for Coach and Kong Kee Wee in Last One Standing Oon Shu An for Alexis / Natalie in Daffodil Best Art Direction Eileen Loh for Karang Guni Ang Geck Geck (Production Designer) for Janaki Cindy Khoo (Production Designer), Nigel Heng, Wyna Yow (Assistant Art Director) for Seeya in Elektrik Dreamz Chermin Teo and Yang Ke Liang for The Fountains Koh Kim Joo for Soap Best Editing Aisya Rila for Janaki Joycelyn Lee for That's Wicked! Charles Lim for All The Lines Flow Out Fran Borgia, Diana Tang for Black and White and Silence Juliana Tan, Wang Jingyu for Durga Honorary Award K Rajagopal5th Singapore Short Film Awards
The 5th Singapore Short Film Awards was held from 24 February to 2 March 2014 at The Substation Theatre. The Awards Ceremony was held on 1 March 2014, with Ms Angeline Poh, Assistant Chief Executive of the Media Development Authority, as the evening's Guest-of-Honour. There were 111 submissions, of which there were 21 nominees over 10 categories. SSFA continued its relationship with nuSTUDIOS in holding a fringe SSFA screening of selected past year's nominees, as well as its partnership with Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards in curating 1 Singapore film from its nominees to compete against 10 other countries.Award Categories
Winners in bold Best Fiction Abang Bird Detour Dill Doe Tightrope Best Director Daniel Hui for Animal Spirits Dzafirul Haniff for Abang *Special Mention* Kristen Ong for Bird Michael Kam for Detour Wu Linfeng for Tightrope Best Documentary Animal Spirits The Kings On Such and Such A Day, At Such and Such A Time Best Animation The Ant and The Frog Fly With Me Milk Best Performance Jaden A. Zander and Muhammad Zulkifli Bin Mohammed Salleh for Abang6th Singapore Short Film Awards
The 6th Singapore Short Film Awards was held between 2–8 March 2015. Due to construction work on the SMU Law Building directly behind The Substation, the screening venue was shifted to The Projector. However, the Awards Ceremony was still held at The Substation Theatre, on 8 March 2015. Royston Tan and Tan Pin Pin were Guests-of-Honour at the event, presenting an Honorary Award to Yuni Hadi. A special screening of the winning films was held at The Projector, on Saturday 14 March 2015, with most directors present for a Q&A following the screening. There were 145 submissions - the highest ever for SSFA - with 27 nominees over 11 categories.Award Categories
Winners in bold Best Fiction Bon Voyage Last Trip Home Stranger By Night Chamber of Ox Best Director Alvin Lee / Bon Voyage Grace Chew Hui Min / Destiny Han Fengyu / Last Trip Home Clare Chong / Stranger By Night Tan Wei Keong / Pifuskin Special Mention: He Shuming / And The Wind Falls Best Documentary The Longest Distance Relationship Destiny Chinese Housemaker Family Recipe Jia AKA Home Best Animation Afterline Nascent Cap’n Shmelly Pifuskin Best Performance Juliette Yu-Ming / Dancer in Rite of Passage Lim Poh Huat; Yulia Valerio, Russell Tan and Ram Rengachari / Stranger By Night S. Sithira Thevi / Grandma in At Your Doorstep Zhang Zheng Yang / Son in Last Trip Home Teo Jun Jie and Lau Xiang Ying / Passenger Best Script Chen Yingxuan / Move Out Notice Clare Chong / Stranger by Night Kenny Gee / The Body Shane Lim and Angelica Ho / November Tan Seong / The Elephant Cannot Fly Best Editing Mads K Baekkevold / Chamber of Ox Lau Xiang Ying / The Longest-Distance Relationship Shelley Chan / Glitch Ng Xi Jie and Julie Zhu / The Swan of Tuonela Best Sound Juliette Yu-Ming and Alexandre Brasil / Rite of Passage Teo Wei Yong / Cap’n Shmelly Avery Shen of Home Studio and Jesmen Tan / Bon Voyage Ben Huff and Veronica Mullins / Nascent Nick Talbot; Russell Adam Morton and Mads K. Baekkevold / Chamber of Ox Best Art Direction Michelle Cheong and Wendy Chee / At Your Doorstep Keith Chong / Anchovies Jerrold Chong and Ilana Kirschbaum / Nascent Yi-Jun Ian / Graduation Best Experimental Pifuskin Rite of Passage You're Dead To Me The Swan of Tuonela Best Cinematography Lim Beng Huat / Anchovies Michael Zaw / At Your Doorstep Jolinna Ang Sok Kun / Farewell Summer Tang Hui Huan / Destiny Seongbin Baek / And The Wind Falls Special Jury Prize Tang Kang Sheng / Passenger Honorary Award Yuni HadiExternal links