The 32nd edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) concluded its proceedings this year with the winner announcements for the Silver Screen Awards, including the Audience Choice Award. Introduced in 1991, the Silver Screen Awards is the first international competition with a category dedicated to Asian cinema. It spotlights filmmaking talents from across Asia, with a focus on Southeast Asia. Many of its awardees and nominees have since established themselves among the region's most prominent filmmakers.
This year's award winners for both the Asian Feature Film Competition and the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition were selected by jury members, including internationally renowned Taiwanese/Chinese filmmaker and producer Peggy Chiao (Like a Dream, Buddha Mountain), Filipina actress Angeli BAYANI (Ilo Ilo), film editor Nose CHAN (Suk Suk) and Singaporean filmmaker YEO Siew Hua (A Land Imagined).
Asian Feature Film Competition
Best Film
Hit the Road by Panah PANAHI
Best Director
P.S VINOTHRAJ for Pebbles
Best Performance
Tolepbergen BAISSAKALOV for Fire
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
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 & LAM Li Shuen for A Man Trembles
Special Mention
February 1st by Mo Mo & Leïla MACAIRE
Youth Jury Prize
Grandma's Broken Leg by HUỲNH Công Nhớ
Southeast Asian Film Lab
Most Promising Project
The Itinerant by Ukrit SA-NGUANHAI
Fellowship Prize
Rafael by Paul Rembert PATINDOL
Fellowship Prize
Daughter of the Mountain God by PHAM HOANG Minh Thy
Youth Jury & Critics Programme
Young Critic Award
TOH Xiu Si Tracey
Outstanding Contribution to Southeast Asian Cinema
Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC)
Audience Choice Award
Some Women by Quen WONG
