• Source: Singapore Short Film Awards

      • The Singapore Short Film Awards (SSFA) is an annual event which promotes and recognises excellence in short films in Singapore. It began in 2010 and was jointly organised by The Substation and Objectifs, presented by The Substation's Moving Images. Created by filmmaker Chai Yee Wei, former Programme Manager of The Substation's Moving Images Low Beng Kheng and current Co-Founder of Objectifs Yuni Hadi, the Singapore Short Film Awards highlights quality work done annually in the short film genre in Singapore - by seeking out new talent, reflecting current standards of the short film genre and to bring together both the veterans and the young talents as a community to create a space for networking and sharing.

      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. The competition accepts films that have been made within the two years before the competition, but screened publicly only the year before the competition. There is a submission fee of $10. Screenings for SSFA are held at The Substation Theatre, with the exception of 2015, where screenings were shifted to The Projector. All screenings are entry by donation.
      Each year, an Honorary Award is given to an individual or organisation whom had made significant contributions to the Singapore film community through their work in short films. The Awards Ceremony is held following the end of the week-long schedule of screenings, in attendance of a Guest-of-Honour who will typically present the Honorary Award.
      During the first few editions, SSFA was the only platform that recognised excellence in short films in Singapore.
      For its 6th edition in 2015, The Substation's Moving Images became the sole organiser of the Singapore Short Film Awards.


      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 filmmaker Eric Khoo and the emcee was Singapore-based actress Yeo Yann Yann.
      The jury panel comprised Malaysian independent filmmaker Liew Seng Tat, former board member of the Singapore International Film Festival Jasmine Ng, experimental filmmaker Victric Thng, National Museum's Cinematheque programme curator Warren Sin and TODAY newspaper journalist, Mayo Martin.
      The event was supported by The Shooting Gallery, Infinite Frameworks and Face to Face.


      = Award Categories

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      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 Tan


      2nd 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, 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.
      The event was supported by The Singapore Film Commission, The Shooting Gallery, Infinite Frameworks Face to Face, The Hong Leong Foundation Handburger and Sakae Sushi.


      = Award Categories

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      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 [Dir: Harry Zhuang and Henry Zhuang]
      Evie
      The Fish and The Ring
      CMYK
      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. 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 [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.
      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 Lin


      = MISE EN SIN

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      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

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      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


      4th 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

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      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 Rajagopal


      5th 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

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      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


      6th 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

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      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


      External links


      Official site of The Substation
      Wikipedia page for The Substation
      Official site of The 1st Singapore Short Film Awards
      Official site of The 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards
      Official site of The 6th Singapore Short Film Awards

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