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29th Singapore International Film Festival

The 29th annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 28 November to 9 December 2018 in Singapore. The festival opened with Ho Wi-ding's drama film Cities of Last Things.

Opening film
Singapore
28 November–9 December 2018
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The 29th annual Singapore International Film Festival took place from 28 November to 9 December 2018 in Singapore. The festival opened with Ho Wi-ding's drama film Cities of Last Things.

Cambodian director Rithy Panh was presented with Honorary Award. Actress Joan Chen received the Cinema Legend Award.

Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong film director – Jury Head
Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
Akiko Ashizawa, Japanese cinematographer
Sylvain Corbeil, Canadian film producer
Trần Nữ Yên Khê, French-Vietnamese actress
Maike Mia Höhne, German filmmaker and curator – Jury Head
Shireen Seno – Filipino filmmaker
Kirsten Tan – Singaporean filmmaker

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Cities of Last Things	幸福城市	Ho Wi-ding	Taiwan, China, United States, France
Dear Ex	谁先爱上他的	Mag Hsu, Hsu Chih-yen	Taiwan
Eerie	Mikhail Red	Philippines, Singapore

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Bulbul Can Sing	Rima Das	India
The Day I Lost My Shadow	يوم أضعت ظلي‎	Soudade Kaadan	Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar
Dayan	Behrouz Nooranipour	Iran
The Future Cries Beneath Our Soils	Pham Thu Hang	Vietnam, Philippines
House of My Fathers	නොමියෙන මතකය	Suba Sivakumaran	Sri Lanka
A Land Imagined	幻土	Yeo Siew Hua	Singapore, France, The Netherlands
Long Day's Journey into Night	地球最后的夜晚	Bi Gan	China, France
The River	Ozen	Emir Baigazin	Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
A Gift	Kado	Aditya Ahmad	Indonesia
A Million Years	Danech San	Cambodia
A Time for Us	萍水相逢	Alvin Lee	Singapore, China
The Ant-Man	Việt Vũ	Vietnam
Bo Hai	Duzan Duong	Vietnam, Czech Republic
Elinah	Ninndi Raras	Indonesia
Gold	Lee Yong Chao	Myanmar
The Imminent Immanent	Baga't Diri Tuhay Ta't Pamahungpahung	Carlo Francisco Manatad	Philippines, Singapore, Italy
Judgement	Raymund Ribay Gutierrez	Philippines
Luzon	海中网	Chiang Wei Liang	Singapore, Taiwan
My Lady M	Tingerine Liu	Singapore, United States
Please Stop Talking	'Wag Mo 'kong Kausapin	Josef Gacutan	Philippines
The Sea Recalls	Aekaphong Saransate	Thailand
Weeping Birds	鸟儿为你来	Chan Teik Quan	Malaysia
With History In A Room Filled With People With Funny Names 4	Korakrit Arunanondchai	Thailand, United States

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Asako I & II	寝ても覚めても	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Japan
Ash Is Purest White	江湖儿女	Jia Zhangke	China, France
The Ashes and Ghosts of Tayug 1931	Dapol Tan Payawar Na Tayug 1931	Christopher Gozum	Philippines
Crossroads: One Two Jaga	Nam Ron	Malaysia
An Elephant Sitting Still	大象席地而坐	Hu Bo	China
A Family Tour	自由行	Ying Liang	Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
First Night Nerves	八个女人一台戏	Stanley Kwan	Hong Kong, China
Graves Without a Name	Les tombeaux sans noms	Rithy Panh	France, Cambodia
Hotel by the River	Gangbyun Hotel	Hong Sang-soo	South Korea
Killing	斬、	Shinya Tsukamoto	Japan
Manta Ray	กระเบนราหู	Phuttiphong Aroonpheng	Thailand, France, China
Memories of My Body	Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku	Garin Nugroho	Indonesia
Nervous Translation	Shireen Seno	Philippines
Of Fathers and Sons	Talal Derki	Germany, Syria, Lebanon
Screwdriver	Mafak	Bassam Jarbawi	Palestine, United States, Qatar
Season of the Devil	Ang Panahon ng Halimaw	Lav Diaz	Philippines
Ten Years Thailand	Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul	Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan
The Third Wife	Ash Mayfair	Vietnam
Three Adventures of Brooke	星稀的3次奇遇	Yuan Qing	China, Malaysia

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Angelo	Markus Schleinzer	Austria, Luxembourg
Another Day of Life	Jeszcze dzień życia	Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow	Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Hungary
Border	Gräns	Ali Abbasi	Sweden, Denmark
The Chambermaid	La camarista	Lila Avilés	Mexico
Girl	Lukas Dhont	Belgium
The Gospel According to André	Kate Novack	United States
The Guilty	Den skyldige	Gustav Möller	Denmark
Happy as Lazzaro	Lazzaro felice	Alice Rohrwacher	Italy
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians	Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari	Radu Jude	Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany
The Image Book	Le livre d'image	Jean-Luc Godard	Switzerland
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection	L'empire de la perfection	Julien Faraut	France
Non-Fiction	Doubles vies	Olivier Assayas	France
Our Time	Nuestro tiempo	Carlos Reygadas	Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden
Ray & Liz	Richard Billingham	United Kingdom
Sorry to Bother You	Boots Riley	United States
Transit	Christian Petzold	Germany, France
Vox Lux	Brady Corbet	United States
Winter Flies	Všechno bude	Olmo Omerzu	Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia
The Wolf House	La casa lobo	Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña	Chile

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
15 (2003)	Royston Tan	Singapore
Cannonball	Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen	Singapore, Australia
The Last Artisan	Craig McTurk	Singapore
2200 Volts	Tan Siyou	Singapore, United States
A Dance for Ren Hang	Lei Yuan Bin	Singapore, Macau
Distance	空间	Grace Swee	Singapore, United States
Let Me Kill My Mother First	弒母日记	Mei Ann Teo	Singapore
May and June	Chew Chia Shao Min	Singapore, United States
Salted Egg	Nikki Koh	Singapore
Sin-Sfo	Leon Cheo	Singapore, United States
Songs of Our Memories	Canciones de memorias	Carin Leong	Singapore, Cuba, United States
You Idiot	Kris Ong	Singapore

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
A Broad Bellflower (1987)	도라지꽃	Jo Kyung Sun	North Korea
The Iron Ladies (2001)	สตรีเหล็ก	Yongyoot Thongkongtoon	Thailand
Midnight Express (1978)	Alan Parker	United Kingdom
Sepet (2004)	Yasmin Ahmad	Malaysia

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Alpha, the Right to Kill	Brillante Mendoza	Philippines
In Fabric	Peter Strickland	United Kingdom
Luz	Tilman Singer	Germany
One Cut of the Dead	カメラを止めるな！	Shinichiro Ueda	Japan

The following awards were presented at the festival:

Best Film: A Land Imagined by Yeo Siew Hua
Best Director: Pham Thu Hang for The Future Cries Beneath Our Soils
Special Mention: Dayan by Behrouz Nooranipour
Best Performance: Manoranjan Das for Bulbul Can Sing
Best Film: A Million Years by Danech San
Best Singapore Short Film: Luzon by Chiang Wei Liang
Special Mention: With History In A Room Filled With People With Funny Names 4 by Korakrit Arunanondchai
Best Director: Aditya Ahmad for A Gift
Youth Jury Prize: A Gift by Aditya Ahmad
Rithy Panh
Joan Chen
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