Singapore Short Film Awards

The SSFA programme traditionally includes a week-long schedule of film screenings and presents all Singapore shorts submitted during an open call for entries starting September to November of every year.

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?

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 jury panel consisted of award-winning Thai film producer, Soros Sukhum (‘Eternity’, ‘Mundane History’), filmmaker and last year's winner for Best Director and Best Fiction, Sun Koh (‘Dirty Bitch’), filmmaker Leonard Lai (‘The High Cost of Living’) and former Singapore International Film Festival director & programmer, Lesley Ho.

(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 [Dir: Harry Zhuang and Henry Zhuang] Evie The Fish and The Ring

Best Fiction Checkmate Wake Bani Ibrahim (Children of Abraham) [Dir: 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.

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 [Dir: 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 [Dir: K Rajagopal] Mrs Santha Bhaskar – Alan Yap Checkmate – M Senthil Nathan Flux – Hanafi Mohd.

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 Ho The 4th Singapore Short Film Awards was held from 25 February to 3 March 2013.

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.

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!

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.

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 Abang Maxi Lim for Dill Doe Michael Chua, Presley Lim and Yolby Low for Detour Michelle Lo for Bird Nadiah M. Din and Nafisah Anwar for Tudung Wang Lu Ying and Ren Xing for Tightrope Best Script Kristen Ong for Bird Lauren Teo for The Lying Theory Michael Kam for Detour Nadiyah Rahmat for Tudung Wu Linfeng for Tightrope *Special Mention* Best Editing Adam Choong for Bird Ho Wei Joey for The Kings Nelson Yeo for The Story I Forgot To Tell Song Ying for Tightrope Teo Qi Yu and Natalie Khoo for On Such and Such A Day, At Such and Such A Time Best Sound Burtt See and Inch Chua for Sunshine Joshua Conceicao and Nicholas Chia (Original Music) for Giselle Kristen Ong and Lincoln Yeo for Every Single Night Shawn Wang for Bird Teo Wei Yong and Nelson Yeo for The Story I Forgot To Tell Best Art Direction Adam Choong, Kristen Ong and Thilagan Narayansamy for Every Single Night Martin Hong for Giselle Tang Hui Huan for Tadpoles Martin Hong, Shane Lim and Ian Kong for Orbits Tracy Marie Lee for Pinch Best Cinematography Kelvin Chew for Giselle Lincoln Yeo for Bird Nelson Yeo for The Story I Forgot To Tell Teo Qi Yu for On Such and Such A Day, At Such and Such A Time Wong Xing Jie for Dill Doe Honorary Award Shooting Gallery Asia The 6th Singapore Short Film Awards was held between 2–8 March 2015.

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 Hadi