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31 August
" 2019,
Saturday
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NOMINEES P.22
*SCAPE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE P.07
LIVE ACTION
FILMS P.23
SGIFF EXECUTIVE
DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE P.09
FILMS P.31
AWARD & ANIMATION
PRIZES P.10 FILMS P.39
JURY
MEMBERS P.14 OPEN YOUTH
NOMINEES P.47
SPECIAL
THANKS P.68
NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION
LIVE ACTION
AWARD P.20
FILMS P.48
PRESENTERS, SPONSORS
AND PARTNERS P.69
DOCUMENTARY
FILMS P.56
ANIMATION
FILMS P.64
*SCAPE
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S
MESSAGE
2019 has been one of National Youth Film Awards’ (NYFA) best year yet,
with many of our past winners gaining recognition at key international film
festivals, including Cannes Film Festival. We are very proud of our youths
and hope this well-deserved acclaim will continue to grow.
In this 5th edition, we partner with the leading regional film festival in
Southeast Asia, the Singapore International Film Festival, to forge new
networks for our aspiring filmmaking talents domestically and in the
region. This year, we introduce a new special award – the NYFA Youth
Inspiration Award, to recognise and honour young industry professionals
who have made exemplary contributions towards the filmmaking industry
in Singapore.
NYFA has always been warmly received by the film community and it is
most apparent this year. The film schools have come out in full force with
the highest number of entries so far compared to previous editions of
NYFA.
NYFA would not have been possible without the help of our partners, and
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the National Youth Council,
Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth for their continued support,
our mentors and esteemed jury for their commitment to nurturing the
youth, our sponsors for their generous support and our partner, SGIFF for
working tirelessly with our team to make this year’s NYFA possible. Today,
NYFA has grown into a media and film ecosystem where we can help our
young film makers pursue their aspirations and live their dreams.
Goh Kok Wee
Executive Director
*SCAPE Co. Ltd
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SGIFF
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S
MESSAGE
The most meaningful part of being a part of the National Youth Film
Awards is seeing the stories the next generation of our filmmakers
are telling. Behind the films are not only the filmmakers but also their
teachers, mentors, family and friends who have supported them as
they pursue their creative journey. NYFA is a platform that continues to
encourage this pursuit by linking these youths with professionals through
networking opportunities, creating space for knowledge transfer and
sharing the creative journey of others.
Our next generation of storytellers are our future, shaping the way we
want the world to see us. Today, we have the opportunity to shine the
spotlight on our participants and their works. This is just the beginning of
their journey and we wish everyone the best. Most importantly, we hope
that all our youths continue to find the space to be young and find the
resilience to pursue your dreams.
We thank all the partners who have supported NYFA and *SCAPE for
investing in our youths and for themselves being able to think outside the
box to support our creative industries. The number of submissions, while
not always the truest benchmark of success, has encouraged all of us to
want to do more for our youths today.
Yuni Hadi
Executive Director
Singapore International Film Festival
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AWARDS
& PRIZES
AWARDS AND PRIZES
MEDIA BEST SCREENPLAY
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
STUDENT • Script consultations and
complimentary membership worth
CATEGORY
$500 presented by Screenwriters
Association (Singapore)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
BEST SOUND DESIGN
• Sony a7SII worth $4299 presented by
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash Sony
• 2-day Short Film Final Cinema Mix in • An opportunity to be part of the
AWARDS
Dolby-certified dubbing theatre worth filming crew of Sony Singapore’s
$7,000 (including theatrical & online Alpha Creator BTS filming overseas
deliverables) presented by Mocha
& PRIZES
Chai Laboratories • Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and
grip worth S$630 presented by
• One-year complimentary subscription Rotolight
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
S$792 presented by Adobe • $500 Cathay Photo Accessories
Voucher presented by Cathay Photo
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST DIRECTOR
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• One-year complimentary subscription
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth • Super X-Fi Air worth S$219 presented
S$792 presented by Adobe by Creative
• Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
grip worth S$630 presented by • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
Rotolight
• One-year complimentary subscription
• $400 Cathay Photo Accessories of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
Voucher presented by Cathay Photo S$792 presented by Adobe
BEST EDITING BEST DOCUMENTARY
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 12 and • Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 12 and
one year’s subscription of Universe one year’s subscription of Universe
worth $1,379
ARDS
worth $1,379
• One-year complimentary subscription • One-year complimentary subscription
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
RIZES
S$792 presented by Adobe S$792 presented by Adobe
• Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and
grip worth S$630 presented by
AWARDS Rotolight
• $500 Cathay Photo Accessories
& PRIZES
Voucher presented by Cathay Photo
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AWARDS AND PRIZES AWARDS AND PRIZES
BEST ANIMATION
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash OPEN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
BEST LIVE ACTION
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• 50% off scholarship for Dip./Adv.
Dip. for 3D animation worth $7,500 YOUTH • Sony a6500M camera (body +
SEL18135 lens) worth $2449
• Short Film Online Colourgrading
cum DCP package worth $10,000
CATEGORY
presented by Mages Institute of presented by Sony presented by Mocha Chai Laboratories
Excellence • Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and • One-year complimentary subscription
• One-year complimentary subscription grip worth S$630 presented by of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth Rotolight S$792 presented by Adobe
S$792 presented by Adobe BEST SOUND DESIGN • $500 Cathay Photo Accessories • Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and
BEST LIVE ACTION • Trophy and S$1,000 cash Voucher presented by Cathay Photo grip worth S$630 presented by
• One-year complimentary subscription Rotolight
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash BEST DIRECTOR
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
• One-year complimentary subscription • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
MEDIA
S$792 presented by Adobe
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth • Super X-Fi Air worth S$219 presented
S$792 presented by Adobe BEST ART DIRECTION by Creative
STUDENT
• Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
grip worth S$630 presented by BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
• One-year complimentary subscription
Rotolight • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
& OPEN
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
• $300 Cathay Photo Accessories S$792 presented by Adobe • One-year complimentary subscription
Voucher presented by Cathay Photo of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
YOUTH
• Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and
S$792 presented by Adobe
BEST OVERALL SCHOOL grip worth S$630 presented by
Rotolight BEST DOCUMENTARY
CATEGORY
• Trophy
• $400 Cathay Photo Accessories • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 12 and
BEST EDITING one year’s subscription of Universe
worth $1,379 BEST ACTOR
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• One-year complimentary subscription • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
• Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 12 and
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
one year’s subscription of Universe • Outlier Gold (w/Software Super X-Fi)
S$792 presented by Adobe
worht $1,379 worth S$139 presented by Creative
• Rotolight NEO 2 with batteries and
• One-year complimentary subscription
grip worth S$630 presented by
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
Rotolight BEST ACTRESS
S$792 presented by Adobe
• $300 Cathay Photo Accessories • Trophy and S$1,000 cash
BEST SCREENPLAY Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • Outlier Gold (w/Software Super X-Fi)
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash worth S$139 presented by Creative
BEST ANIMATION
• Script consultations and
• Trophy and S$1,000 cash
complimentary membership (worth
$500) presented by Screenwriters • 50% off scholarship for Dip./Adv.
Association (Singapore) Dip. for 3D animation worth $7,500
presented by Mages Institute of
Excellence
• One-year complimentary subscription
of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ worth
S$792 presented by Adobe
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JURY MEMBERS
MEDIA
STUDENT
PRE-SELECTION
JURY JURY
MEMBERS
Low Ser En is an award- Warren Sin is a film He Shuming is a screenwriter
winning Singaporean producer, programmer at the National and director. He completed
whose live action and animated Museum of Singapore his Master’s in Directing at
short films have been screened Cinematheque between 2008 the American Film Institute
and won awards at over 60 and 2017. He is responsible for Conservatory. He contributed
international film festivals, several retrospective focusing the short Letters From The
including a British Academy on significant film directors Motherland to the omnibus
Film and Television Award for from Federico Fellini to Hou 667, which premiered at Busan
Short Animation, for her film Hsiao-hsien, as well as various Film Festival 2017. He is
Poles Apart. She completed an cinema related programmes. currently working on his debut
MA in Producing at the National He is also the key programmer feature film, Ajoomma, which
JURY
Film and Television School, for the annual Singapore Short recently won the top prize at
with a scholarship from the Cuts programme during his the Southeast Asian Fiction
Infocomm Media Development tenure at the Cinematheque. Film Lab (SEAFIC) and the Best
MEMBERS
Authority of Singapore and He is currently a freelance Co-Production Prize at IFFM
mm2 Entertainment. film programmer and the Macau in 2018.
Film Aggregator from Mocha
Chai Laboratories and A Little
Seed, driving Mocha Chai’s film
restoration and digitisation
team and ensuring that a
range of films are accessible to
rent or buy on iTunes.
JURY
MEMBERS P. 15
JURY MEMBERS JURY MEMBERS
OPEN MEDIA
YOUTH STUDENT Lillian Wang began her career
PRE-SELECTION JURY in 1997 as a writer at Television
Corporation of Singapore &
Mediacorp Studios, writing
JURY MEMBERS sitcoms, sketch comedy shows
and dramas. She later graduated
with an MFA in film directing and
production from the UCLA School
Cynthia Chong currently serves of Theater, Film and Television.
as Deputy Director at the Over the years, Lillian has taken
Singapore Film Commission on various creative roles, including
where she oversees film industry writer, director, producer and
development programmes executive producer, for television,
in nurturing, supporting and independent short films and
promoting home-grown talent in commercial projects. She has
filmmaking as well as showcasing also taught in film programmes
their works to audiences in at Lasalle College of the Arts and
Singapore and beyond. The Nanyang Technological University.
Singapore Film Commission is part
Michael Kam completed a Juan Foo is candidly regarded Ezzam Rahman is an artist and
of the Info-communications Media
post-graduate diploma in as the pioneer independent lecturer based in Singapore. He Tan Chih Chong is the co-founder
Development Authority.
film production at Ngee Ann producer who is ‘still’ around works mainly in installation and of Sitting in Pictures. With 27
Polytechnic and he currently for the past 20 years. He performance art, and is also a years of experience behind him
teaches at his alma mater. His produced Singapore’s first filmmaker, favouring narrative Jeremy Chua is an independent in the local film and television
past short films have travelled digital film, ‘RETURN TO forms for their ability to film producer and screenwriter industry, Chih Chong brings with
to numerous international PONTIANAK’, first HD-feature communicate to the audience. based between Singapore and him experiences gained over a
film festivals and have been ‘DIRTY LAUNDRY’ and indie-cult He was awarded a joint winner Paris. Since 2014, he founded his broad spectrum of works. He
honoured with accolades. He film ‘PERTH’. He began his film of the Grand Prize for the company Potocol and has co- worked with companies as diverse
is currently working on a new journey in script reading and President’s Young Talents produced films as A Yellow Bird by as MediaCorp, CTN, RTM, National
short film “Nursery Rhymes”, distribution for a film finance 2015; the People’s Choice K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics Week Geographic Channel, Discovery
which won the Greek Film company and freelanced Award by the Singapore Art 2016), A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Channel, Fremantle Media, Voom
Centre Best Pitch award at in editing and production. Museum; the Goh Chok Tong Mystery by Lav Diaz (Alfred Bauer Networks, AETN and many others.
the 5th Drama Pitching Lab Additionally, Juan trained in Youth Promise Award 2016 Silver Bear, Berlinale 2016), Apart from television, Chih Chong
in Greece and was selected traditional cel animation and by Yayasan Mendaki; and the Brotherhood by Pepe Diokno also dabbled in feature films and
for development at the 2019 worked in Japanese anime. He prestigious Young Artist Award (Karlovy Vary IFF 2016) and A was a producer on the highly
Aotearoa Short Film Lab in New also worked in WDA, MDA and U by the National Arts Council, Family Tour by Ying Liang (Opening successful Singapore film, Forever
Zealand. Creative in talent development, Singapore. film of International Competition, Fever.
quality assessment and Locarno IFF 2018). A Yellow Bird
outreach He is now attached was his first screenplay. He is a
to Taipan Films developing graduate of the EAVE Ties That Sharon Loh has been in the
and producing motion picture Bind 2013, Bangkok Produire industry for almost 10 years as a
content. au Sud 2015, SEAFIC X Produire Cinematographer, her accolades
au Sud 2017 and alumni of dated back to when she first
Berlinale Talents 2017. He is also won the best cinematography
programming for the Pingyao for a short film, “Keluar Baris’
International Film Festival. in Singapore International Film
Festival in 2008. Since 2009,
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JURY MEMBERS
OPEN
Sharon has been involved in Yeow Kai Chai is a poet, prose featuring the cinematography of
various genres of projects such writer, editor and former journalist. Christopher Doyle.
as commercials, narrative films, A Master of Arts graduate in
trailer promos, reality programs
and TV dramas. Currently, she YOUTH English Literature from the
National University of Singapore,
Yim Mun Chong is the Chief
Editor of Iceberg Design Pte Ltd.
JURY
is shooting for a long form Ch5 he has been working in the media
A veteran in the film industry,
drama, “Kin”. for more two decades in various
Mun Chong has collaborated with
roles as writer and editor as well
prolific Singaporean directors
MEMBERS
as film and music reviewer for 8
Carlene Tan is currently managing such as Wee Li Lin, Jack Neo,
Days, The Straits Times and My
Animation Development for The Meng Ong and many more. His
Paper. A co-editor of Quarterly
Walt Disney Company (Southeast editorial credits includes Ah Boys
Literary review Singapore, he
Asia) based in Singapore. With to Men, The Lion Men, A Fantastic
David Chua was appointed served the National Arts Council
nearly 2 decades of animation Ghost Wedding, Forever and Men
Chief Executive Officer of the as Festival Director of Singapore
experience, she has worked with in White.
National Youth Council in July Writers festival from 2015 to
various animation studios across
2015, becoming the autonomous 2018.
the globe. As the Studio Head with
agency’s first CEO. NYC was Ervin Han is the co-founder of
One Animation she produced the
restructured into an autonomous Robot Playground Media, an
International Emmy nominated Christine Sham is a film and TV
agency under the Ministry of award-winning animation studio
TV series, Oddbods as well as the composer and a sought-after
well rated Insectibles. Prior to that, Culture, Community and Youth in keyboardist. She graduated from based in Singapore. A seasoned
with the founder of Dreamworks January 2015, and operates as the prestigious Berklee College animation producer and director
Animation, she managed the the national body coordinating of Music with Bachelor of Music, who has worked on shows
Asian arm of Cloudpic Global and holistic youth development. It also majoring in Professional Music, for Disney and Cartoon Network,
produced various digital projects houses Outward Bound Singapore she has toured and performed Ervin is a passionate storyteller
for mobile apps launched across and Youth Corps Singapore. David with some of the biggest names with a desire to see more
Asia. Coupled with half a decade of is also concurrently the Chairman in the industry including A*Mei, JJ
of *SCAPE. David graduated Asian stories brought to life
nurturing media start-ups at the Lin, F.I.R, Sally Yeh, Francis Yip and
from Imperial College, University through animation. He created
Singapore government, Carlene Stefanie Sun. Based in Singapore,
of London with a Master of Singapore’s first prime-time
puts her strategic business Christine has established a name
Engineering, and subsequently a animated series ‘Heartland Hubby’
experience together with her love for herself as a composer for film
Master of Business Administration and the animated short ‘The Violin’
of storytelling, to connect with and TV, scoring the music for Eric
from Massachusetts Institute of which won an Asian Television
audiences and bring products to Khoo’s 2005 film “Be With Me” and
Technology. Award in 2017. His animated
life. animation “Tatsumi” in 2011, not
anthology ‘Timescapes’ has been
to mention a string of television
screened at over a dozen festivals
Sharifah Amani is a storyteller. commercials. In her free time,
and was in competition at the
As a young actress, she was she gigs with R&B group Fuze
Seoul International Animated
fortunate to meet and work with Collective and the Asian Fusion
Film Festival and Asia Pacific
a master storyteller, the late band Szinc.
Screen Awards in 2018. His studio
director Yasmin Ahmad. Apart is currently developing its first
from helping to weave other Lei Yuan Bin is a founding animated feature which is slated
people’s tales, she enjoys telling member of the film collective 13 to begin production next year.
her own. She directed three short Little Pictures. He was conferred
films: Sangkar (2010), Kampung the Young Artist Award in 2012
Bangsar (2012) and Hawa by the National Arts Council.
(2013). All three were screened 03-FLATS, his sophomore feature
at Roppongi Malaysian Film Week was selected for documentary
in Tokyo in 2015. Apart from competition at Busan International
writing and directing, she takes on Film Festival. FUNDAMENTALLY
festival jury duties, acts in various HAPPY, his third feature, was
productions, and is waiting to co-directed with Tan Bee Thiam,
release five of her new films.
P. 18 P. 19YOUTH
INSPIRATION
NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION AWARD
AWARD AWARD
TH YOUTH
ABOUT THE NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION AWARD RECIPIENT
The National Youth Film Awards is a beacon for aspiring youth
PIRATION INSPIRATION
filmmakers since its inception in 2015. For the last four years,
NYFA has provided our youths with recognition, validation, and
MESSAGE
RD AWARD
industry network, in addition to being the key national platform
to showcase their talents in film.
I am incredibly honoured to be given the NYFA Youth
In the 5th edition of the NYFA, the NYFA Youth Inspiration Award Inspiration Award in its inaugural year, thank you *SCAPE
is introduced as a new special award. This is to recognise and and SGIFF for this wonderful recognition. Guiding others
honour young industry professionals who have made exemplary on this fulfilling yet sometimes treacherous path of
contributions towards the filmmaking industry in Singapore. filmmaking has evolved into a very natural progression for
Nicole Midori Woodford, an independent filmmaker, is presented me and I love both making films as well as teaching. As
this inaugural award in recognition for her work in film and both a filmmaker and a film lecturer, it can be challenging
her contributions as a role model towards growing the next straddling both roles but ultimately doubly rewarding.
generation of filmmakers. She has been an inspiration to many
The creation of this award is also illustrative of this
young filmmakers and provided them with invaluable industry
new era of filmmaking in Singapore and our SEA region.
advice in their creative journey.
YOUTH
Not only does it signify the bridging of the different
generations of filmmakers in Singapore but also an
NICOLE’S ACCOLADES AND ACHIEVEMENTS impetus towards a wave of stories waiting in the wings.
Nicole is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, Asian Film Academy,
INSPIRATION
Torino Film Lab and Talents Tokyo. Having directed a few shorts,
These stories that will shape our future of Singaporean
cinema; I look to the other established filmmakers to help
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of which, Permanent Resident, was selected in many festivals nurture and guide our younger filmmaking peers.
including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and NYFA is an invaluable platform for young filmmaking talent
Busan International Film Festival. Nicole had directed notable to spark their filmmaking journeys. To all the nominees
commercial and narrative works for Zhao Wei Films including of this year’s National Youth Film Awards, I would like to
Ordinary (2015), a short film for the 28th SEA Games. Her debut congratulate each of you, for making a film is no mean
feature film project, You Are There, was selected in the inaugural feat. Use this platform to get feedback, to watch other
edition of SEAFIC lab clinching two awards, You Are There was films. Then write more, experiment more, collaborate more
also selected at the FeatureLab program at Torino Film Lab in — try, fail and try again. We learn from each other and
2018 and awarded the Co-Production award. embrace the lessons learnt along the way. I hope all of you
In addition to making her mark in Singapore’s film industry, will celebrate this by making your next film and continue
Nicole is grooming our next generation of filmmakers as a to challenge yourself in your growth as a storyteller as I
lecturer at her alma mater, NTU School of Art, Design and Media, challenge myself to make my next one.
where she has taught for the last eight years. She believes
so strongly in young talent that after six years of part-time
lecturing, she converted to a full-time role, while still remaining Nicole Midori Woodford
committed to her film projects. Recipient
NYFA Youth Inspiration Award 2019
YOUTH P. 21MEDIA
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ADAM AVE MARIA
by Junxian Shoki Lin by Andrea Flavia William
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Tired of his turbulent family life and caught between NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL An Indian woman seeks help from a Catholic family
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF identities, Adam seeks out an alternative arrangement UNIVERSITY, WEE in the middle of the night. She goes through a rite of
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA in hopes of finding his place. KIM WEE SCHOOL OF passage with the hope of self-redemption. Over the
COMMUNICATION AND course of that night, she slowly starts to reveal herself.
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Lead Actor: Ayden Liow Jiaxian
Producer/Representative:
Director: Junxian Shoki Lin
Andrea Flavia William
Sound Designer: Natasha Jumari
Director: Andrea Flavia William
Art Director: Jun Ying Beaunice Toh
Editor: Al-Azmir Ibrahim Art Director: Corin Too
Scriptwriter: Junxian Shoki Lin Editor: Zi Ling Kuang
Cinematographer: Ibrahim Zubir Scriptwriter: Andrea Flavia William
Composer: Sulwyn Lok Composer: Jonathan Martin Lim
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PROGRESS FARAH
by Alistair Quak by Pavithran Nathan
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Far into the future, in a dystopic, totalitarian state, we LASALLE COLLEGE OF ARTS A semi-retired seamstress attempts to mend
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF follow a regular day in the life of Sergeant Major Lam, PUTTNAM SCHOOL OF FILM the relationship with her daughter when strange
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA as he oversees his troops on a mission to take down & ANIMATION phenomena starts to occur in her house.
a rebel building. However, as the film unravels he is
24 MINS 8 MINS
forced to come to terms with himself, as we explore the
2019 true extents of his relationship between work life and 2019
family...
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Producer/Representative: Jia Min Tan Oh and also, a heck of a lot of intense violent action. Producer/Representative:
Lead Actress: Jia Yi Liew Fong Sue May
Director: Alistair Quak Director:Pavithran Nathan
Sound Designer: Nicolas Ow Sound Designer:
Art Director: Gracie Koh Muhammad Syamim Ameen
Editor: Leon Tai Art Director: Praveena Ravin
Scriptwriter: Alistair Quak Editor: Jan Jerusalem
Cinematographer: Zhen Yu Png Scriptwriter:
Muhammad Syamim Ameen &
Composer: Sulwyn Lok
Timothy Bryan Koh
Cinematographer: Timothy Bryan Koh
Composer: Ernest Foo Mao Ern
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BODHI / 提 FOUL BALL
by Zhen Yu Png by Kayue Li
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL The film follows a single mum, Li Ping, who is NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL A determined boy attempts numerous rounds of base-
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF affected by her Son, Jun Hao’s decision to ordain UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF running at a dilapidated baseball pitch, striving for a
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA as a monk. When reality kicks in the day before her ART DESIGN AND MEDIA desired timing.
son’s ordination, Li Ping’s fear for loneliness becomes
18 MINS 16 MINS Despite progressive improvement, different obstacles
prominent as her son prepares to embark on a new
journey as a monastic. She begins to cast doubts on came his way - the weather, an injury, his fatigue,
2019 2018
her faith and struggles to choose between her faith and and finally the unthinkable happened, leaving him in
NOMINEES her only son. NOMINEES hopeless disposition where the purpose of his pursuit is
Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative: Kayue Li questioned.
Zhen Yu Png Director: Kayue Li
Lead Actor: Matthias Choo Sound Designer: Cliff Choy
Director: Zhen Yu Png Editor: Cliff Choy
Sound Designer: Nicolas Ow Scriptwriter: Kayue Li
Art Director: Jia Min Tan Cinematographer: Cliff Choy
Editor: Alistair Quak Composer: Yichao Guan
Scriptwriter: Zhen Yu Png
Cinematographer:
Rusyaidee Rasdeen
Composer: Sulwyn Lok
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BOYS WILL BE BOYS
by Shannen Mok
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NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Sixteen-year-old schoolboy Thomas gets a call one
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF night from his ex-best friend Chanel, who hasn’t
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA spoken to him properly since getting attached.
His initial defenses fade as she tells him about her
21 MINS
break-up. Their camaraderie rekindles his previously-
2019 suppressed feelings for her. When she rejects his
confession, he pretends he is joking and advises her to
NOMINEES block her ex-boyfriend on social media. This aggravates
Producer/Representative: Ho Ann Li the ex-boyfriend, who starts spreading rumours about
Lead Actor: Michael Ryan Andrew
Chanel. Thomas confronts him to defend Chanel,
Lead Actress: Tan Tze Kia
complicating the situation.
Director: Shannen Mok
Sound Designer: Daniel Siew Jihan
Art Director: Liu Zhang Teng
Editor: Gary Chia Yew Hong
Scriptwriter: Shannen Mok
Cinematographer: Daniel Siew Jihan
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BARE LIFE IS LIVE
by Martin Loh by Keziah Wei
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL In a surreal take on the documentary form, the film NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Life is Live follows the journey of a live-streaming
UNIVERSITY, WEE questions our treatment of naked bodies. Richard, UNIVERSITY celebrity in China, Danny, whose life is built on today’s
KIM WEE SCHOOL OF curious about naturism, chances upon a YouTube video WEE KIM WEE SCHOOL digital entertainment culture of instantaneous user-
COMMUNICATIONS & discussing public nudity in Singapore. With his interest OF COMMUNICATIONS & generated content. We dive deeper into his relationship
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piqued, Richard manages to contact two Singaporean with his fan, uncovering the impact of technological
12 MINS naturists, Lim and B, and they decide to meet up in 16 MINS advancements on human interactions in this new age.
real life. As they begin sharing their reasons for being
2019 naturists, Richard imagination comes alive. Eventually, 2019
he grows to understand what it means to bare it all.
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Producer/Representative: Yi Jia Lee Producer/Representative: Jia Lin Foo
Director: Martin Loh Director: Keziah Wei
Sound Designer: Lucas Kang Editor: Keziah Wei & Matilda Chia
Art Director: Yi Jia Lee Cinematographer: Matilda Chia
Editor: Martin Loh Composer: Ernie Goh
Scriptwriter: Ignatius Koh
Cinematographer: Martin Loh
Composer: Ernie Goh
P. 32 P. 33MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / DOCUMENTARY FILMS MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / DOCUMENTARY FILMS
CHINA MAN A JIE /
by Jerrell Zhi Hong Chow by Lian Ying
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL At the age of five, Ek Kiat left his family and village in NANYANG ACADEMY OF This documentary records the daily routines of
UNIVERSITY, WEE China to be adopted by new parents in Singapore. This FINE ARTS , DESIGN AND grandparents and interview changes that the family
KIM WEE SCHOOL OF drastic transition led to a troubled childhood, as he MEDIA made for her in the last days of the grandmother.
COMMUNICATIONS & grew up with the self-inflicted pressure to suppress And the attitude towards the family of death. At the
INFORMATION 21 MINS
his past. China Man, a 24-minute documentary short, beginning of 2019, the grandmother, who was nearly
24 MINS follows Ek Kiat as he confronts the deep-seated 2019 80 years old, was given a notice of critical illness by
insecurities that have plagued him the past 20 years. the hospital. After the day and night rescuing, my
2019 NOMINEES grandmother was rescued. But she suffered from
Producer/Representative: Lian Ying Alzheimer’s disease since then. The video delivers love
NOMINEES Director: Lian Ying
and response. Shows positive attitude toward life and
Producer/Representative: Ng An Ning Sound Designer: Lian Ying
Director: Jerell Chow Zhi Hong
accepting death.
Art Director: Lian Ying
Editor: Sophia Huang Hui Editor: Lian Ying
Cinematographer: Tan Ek Kiat Scriptwriter: Lian Ying
Cinematographer: Lian Ying
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PIGEONHOLE BLAQ
by Mei Fong Lim by Damien Eu
LASALLE COLLEGE OF Mdm Chua and Ah Hong live together in a one-room NANYANG ACADEMY OF This documentary explores how a young man named
ARTS, PUTTNAM SCHOOL rental flat. Despite getting along well initially, their FINE ARTS, DESIGN AND Chiang, also known as “Blaqfaez”, learn about the harsh
OF FILM & ANIMATION relationship turns sour when Mdm Chua confronted MEDIA reality of living in a discriminating society, the pains of
Ah Hong one night as she assumed that Ah Hong has integrating himself into his environment growing up
16 MINS meddled with the television. As the pair becomes more 7 MINS and finds his identity in this world as well as who he
2019 open about the issues they have with each other behind 2019 wants to be in his life.
the other’s back, Ah Hong eventually finds another flat
NOMINEES to move into with the help of a cleaner, leaving Mdm NOMINEES
Producer/Representative: Chua alone in the end. Producer/Representative:
Shu Yun Chiam Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
Director: Mei Fong Lim Director: Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
Sound Designer: Samantha Chuan Art Director: Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
Editor: Samuel Li Editor: Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
Scriptwriter: Mei Fong Lim Scriptwriter: Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
Cinematographer: Haakon Teo Cinematographer:
Damien Eu Zhen Cheng
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SWEET LIKE SUGAR
by Yun Ru Chin
MEDIA
STUDENT
NOMINEES
Sugar dating platforms are growing and gaining more ANIMA-
TION
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY, WEE traction with Singaporeans but society views it as
KIM WEE SCHOOL OF glorified prostitution, where girls provide sexual favours
COMMUNICATIONS & in exchange for a glamorous life. However, the reality
INFORMATION
is not always as it seems and these sugar babies have
FILMS
12 MINS to hide their identities in fear of the shame. We delve
deeper into the psyche and circumstances of those in
2019 this lifestyle to understand why they took part in it and
to challenge society’s perception of sex.
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Producer/Representative: Zi Lei Hung
Director: Yun Ru Chin
Editor: Yun Ru Chin
Cinematographer: Janice Lim
Composer: Chris Tan Guan Yi
P. 38 P. 39MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS
FOR LORN DANDELION IN THE WIND
by Yan Han Hoo by Do Thi Ngan Giang
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Stationed on a satellite orbiting the moon, Naut NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL The main character, through the journey, discovers
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF finds herself trying to reach Earth to no avail. As her UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF himself and his unwavering determination to be united
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA circumstances become dire, her reality begins to merge ART DESIGN AND MEDIA with his beloved pet. The film pays homage to Renee
with her memories. Magritte, the master of illusions, dreams and the
5 MINS 4 MINS
uncanny.
Taking cues from films like THE RED TURTLE and
2018 2018
SOLARIS, For Lorn is an atmospheric film hoping to
NOMINEES convey a sense of melancholy, solitude and longing. NOMINEES
Producer/Representative: It hopes to reassure people that, despite everything, Producer/Representative:
Hoo Yan Han Do Thi Ngan Giang
happiness is possible.
Director: Hoo Yan Han & Im Eun Sue Director: Do Thi Ngan Giang
Sound Designer: Floris Demandt Sound Designer: Oliver Tab Bellmann
Composer: Floris Demandt Art Director: Do Thi Ngan Giang
Editor: Do Thi Ngan Giang
Scriptwriter: Do Thi Ngan Giang
P. 40 P. 41MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS
BALANCE THE GROWTH
by Raymond Limantara Sutisna by Sarah Cheok Ling Fay
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Both refusing to give in until the mess they create goes LASALLE COLLEGE OF An ambitious young boy is eager to grow up so he can
UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF out of control. They then realise the only way out is to ARTS, PUTTNAM SCHOOL experience the world outside of his kelong house in the
ART DESIGN AND MEDIA work together and strive for coexistence. OF FILM & ANIMATION middle of the ocean. Eventually he musters up courage
to persude the old man, but was faced with disapproval.
4 MINS 8 MINS
Being young and ambitious, the boy decides to go
2018 2019 anyway.
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Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative:
Raymond Limantara Sutisna Sarah Cheok Ling Fay
Director: Raymond Limantara Sutisna Director: Sarah Cheok Ling Fay
Art Director: Art Director: Morrie Tan Shu Zhen
Raymond Limantara Sutisna, Liao Editor: Loh Ke Hua
Zhibin & Tracy Quek Kai Ning
Scriptwriter: Sarah Cheok Ling Fay
Editor: Raymond Limantara Sutisna,
Cinematographer:
Liao Zhibin & Tracy Quek Kai Ning
Sarah Cheok Ling Fay
P. 42 P. 43MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS
TO BE APART REVERSION
by Jamie Goh by Yu Sichao
LASALLE COLLEGE OF Having just moved into a town inhabited by Myanhs, LASALLE COLLEGE OF A creative young girl who fights to pursue her dreams.
ARTS, PUTTNAM SCHOOL Fluzzard struggles to fit in due to his appearance. In a ARTS, PUTTNAM SCHOOL
OF FILM & ANIMATION desperate attempt, Fluzzard changes his appearance OF FILM & ANIMATION
completely to be a part of them, despite his friend,
6 MINS 5 MINS
Johnny’s, vehement attempts to stop him. This leads
2019 to disastrous results, revealing a starting truth about 2019
identity.
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Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative: Chong
Jeraldine Ong Wen Yu Jia En
Director: Jamie Goh Director: Yu Sichao
Sound Designer: Gracia Wong Art Director: Chong Jia En
Art Director: Zhen Ying Jie Cinematographer: Chong Jia En
Editor: Jeraldine Ong Wen Yu
Scriptwriter: Jamie Goh
Cinematographer: Zhen Ying Jie
Composer: Gracia Wong
P. 44 P. 45MEDIA STUDENT NOMINEES / ANIMATION FILMS
NOW OR LATER
by Muhammad Yusri Bin Muhammad Yusof
OPEN
YOUTH
NOMINEES
LASALLE COLLEGE OF Two train crew members need to deliver an ice
ARTS, PUTTNAM SCHOOL sculpture but they notice some distractions and end
OF FILM & ANIMATION up procrastinating too much. The next morning, they
realise that they wasted hours of productivity. So
5 MINS
they try to make up for lost time by rushing to their
2019 destination. Although they managed to arrive on time,
they discover that the end result of their efforts is not
NOMINEES what they, and their client, expect.
Producer/Representative:
Muhammad Yusri Bin
Muhammad Yusof
Director:
Muhammad Yusri Bin
Muhammad Yusof
Art Director: Nurulhazira Binti Jasni
Editor: Nurulhazira Binti Jasni
Scriptwriter:
Muhammad Yusri Bin
Muhammad Yusof
Cinematographer:
Muhammad Yusri Bin
Muhammad Yusof
P. 46 P. 47OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS
A TIME FOR US / 水
by Alvin Lee
OPEN
YOUTH
NOMINEES
LIVE
ACTION
30 MINS A pregnant woman from the countryside travels to
Beijing to purchase a Beijing Hukou (Residency Permit)
2019 for her unborn child through the black market. There,
she was arranged into a sham marriage with a man
FILMS
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who can’t express himself vocally.
Producer/Representative: Alvin Lee
Director: Alvin Lee
Editor: Alvin Lee
Scriptwriter: Alvin Lee
P. 48 P. 49OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS
ENLISTMENT SARAH
by Kang Sheng Tang by Andre Chong
14 MINS Ron, Jacky and Navin hang out for one last night before 19 MINS ‘Sarah’ is a short film on a newly inducted Singapore
enlisting into two years of military service. Through Airlines (SIA) flight attendant who faces difficulty
2018 the night they reflect on their time together only to 2019 adjusting to her job. Together with her Filipino domestic
discover that the cracks in their friendship were deeper helper, the two form an unusual bond over their
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than they thought. This leads to an escalation and they conscious sacrifices of being away from home.
Producer/Representative: Zhi Qi Yeo Producer/Representative: Lim Zeharn
Director: Kang Sheng Tang will never be able to return to how they were before. Lead Actress:
Sound Designer: Wong Hui Grace Numhon Techalapanarasme
Editor: Eugene Seah Director: Andre Chong
Scriptwriter: Kang Sheng Tang Sound Designer: Teh Matthias
Cinematographer: Art Director: Lim Zeherng
Fiona Wong Wan Yu Editor: Lim Zeherng
Scriptwriter: Wai Zi Ying
Cinematographer: Lim Zeharn
P. 50 P. 51OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS
A SPECTACULAR SIGHT STILL
by Rifyal Giffari by Lee Jing Wei
15 MINS A young woman, Lynn, is getting dressed as her family 4 MINS STILL is an audio and visual journey centered on an old
hounds her to hasten. There’s excitement outside her lady whom is forgotten by the people she loves.
2018 room and as she goes out she sees her family dressed 2019
and their faces are painted. Excitement builds as
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they listen to National Day songs in the car. However,
Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative:
Angelina Bok Hui Wen & Lynn’s father suddenly clutches the wheel and begins Lee Jing Wei
Engku M. Iqbal
sweating profusely. The National Day parade plays Director: Lee Jing Wei
Lead Actress: Sound Designer: Lee Jing Wei
Yuslina Binte Muhamad Yussof out on the hospital TV. A sliver of the fireworks is seen
Art Director: Lee Jing Wei
Director: Rifyal Giffari bursting outside the window. Editor: Lee Jing Wei
Sound Designer: Grace Wong
Cinematographer: Lee Jing Wei
Art Director: Julie Liew
Editor: Derwin Tan
Scriptwriter: Rifyal Giffari
Cinematographer: Jolinna Ang
P. 52 P. 53OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / LIVE ACTION FILMS
YOU IDIOT SIN-SFO
by Kris Ong by Leon Cheo
12 MINS ‘You Idiot’ follows Darren and Matt, two Singaporean 12 MINS As they drive to San Francisco, married couple Angie
teenagers at a crossroads of their life. On a night spent and Danny debate a decision which will change their
2018 wandering around the city-state, the pair write a song 2018 lives forever.
about what is to come in their happy-go-lucky world.
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‘You Idiot’ is an observation of a gentle and playful
Producer/Representative: Kris Ong Producer/Representative: Leon Cheo
Lead Actor: Adam Jared Lee friendship between two young men, set against the Director: Leon Cheo
Director: Kris Ong backdrop of a relentlessly developing country that Sound Designer: Wei Yong Teo
Editor: Malcolm Chen demands more from them than they can give. ra Montenegro
Art Director: Sandara
Scriptwriter: Kris Ong Editor: Huda Azzis
Cinematographer: Lincoln Yeo Scriptwriter: Leon Cheo
Composer: Cinematographer: Jon Keng
Darren Cheng & Adam Jared Lee Composer: Wei Yong Teo
P. 54 P. 55OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / DOCUMENTARY FILMS
TRAILER BOYS
by Yusri Sapari
OPEN
YOUTH
NOMINEES
23 MINS Trailer Boys follows the journey of Muhammad Irfan
Rafieh, a key member of Abam2 Trailer Singapura,
2018 which is a community of heavy vehicle drivers from
Singapore. Truck drivers are mostly seen as uneducated
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and unskilled compared to the rest of society,
Producer/Representative:
Yusri Sapari especially in fast-paced competitive Singapore. This
Director: Yusri Sapari film explores how young truck drivers in Singapore such
Editor: Yusri Sapari
as Irfan find ways to break stereotypes and improve
Scriptwriter: Yusri Sapari
how society perceives them through their day to day
DOCU-
Cinematographer: Yusri Sapari
work and their trailer club.
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WHITE GORILLA ROJAK ROMANCE
by Charles Packer by Christine Seow
18 MINS Filmmaker chronicles his grandfather’s life using old 22 MINS In this documentary film, a young mixed-race couple
photographs, home videos, interviews, letters, and (a Malaysian Ceylonese Tamil male and a Chinese
2019 footage taken while following in his grandfather’s 2018 American female) interrogate differing religious
footsteps, exploring how we remember our departed backgrounds, expectations on children, and meeting
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loved ones. each others’ families, as they speculate on how to exist
Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative: Jeremy Oh
Charles Packer Director: Christine Seow as a mixed-race couple in multiracial, yet CMIO-centric
Director: Charles Packer Editor: Danfeng Zhang Singapore. Through Tinesh and Jane’s personal journey,
Sound Designer: Audrey Lee Cinematographer: Meng Chee Chia Rojak Romance examines the history and identity of
Editor: Shui Min Ko
Scriptwriter: Charles Packer the Ceylonese Tamil community.
Cinematographer: Beaumont Loy
P. 58 P. 59OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / DOCUMENTARY FILMS OPEN YOUTH NOMINEES / DOCUMENTARY FILMS
CORRIDORS OF DIVERSITY RELIGIOUS PROCESSION
by Kevin Siyuan Ma by Dave Lim
3 MINS Filmed in Singapore, “Corridors of Diversity” is a multi- 17 MINS Religious Procession is an experimental documentary
layered showcase of urban planning, architectural film of public religious processions undertaken
2019 and day-to-day elements that characterised the 2019 Hinduism and Taoism. In heavily contested and
urban image of this high density city state. This regulated space, syncretic religions intermix with each
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short film is a montage of communal corridors along other, forming a curious mixture of religious harmony.
Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative: Dave Lim
Kevin Siyuan Ma various HDB blocks of different regions, subzones and Director: Dave Lim Shot over the period of 2 years, the 17-minute two
Director: Kevin Siyuan Ma neighbourhoods, of different designs, each offering Sound Designer: Dave Lim channels film compares trance, acts of penance and
Cinematographer: Kevin Siyuan Ma
a unique view that forms an integral piece of the Editor: Dave Lim rituals. Weaving between histories and contrasting
Cinematographer: Dave Lim
Singapore built environment. understandings of religious processions, the film
throws a question at the audience: How do we
build religious harmony in increasingly fragmented
societies?
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TRESPASS: STORIES MOVING ON
FROM SINGAPORE’S by Vanessa Tan
THIEVES MARKET
by OKJ
19 MINS Moving on is a documentary short film telling of Madam
Hsueh’s return to her last home in Pingtung, Taiwan.
2019 The house built by her late father stands preserved
in time, its items fading yellow under a thick layer of
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dust. As Madam Hsueh sieves through the belongings,
30 MINS In 2017, the infamous Sungei Road Thieves Market, Producer/Representative:
Vanessa Tan sweet and painful memories bubble to the surface. She
which predates the founding of Singapore by over 30 Director: Vanessa Tan recalls her experiences decades later, scrubbing the
2018 years, was forced to close and make way for the future. Sound Designer: Tina He Xiao
house clean before the next owner calls it their new
Its impending closure ignited dialogues about the Art Director: Ying Jia Chua
NOMINEES Editor: Bernice Ho home.
value of heritage, heart for the disenfranchised, and
Producer/Representative: OKJ Cinematographer: Ying Jia Chua
Director: OKJ sentimentality for history.
Sound Designer: Cheng Lijie
Editor: Eugene Seah In documenting its final days, this documentary also
Cinematographer: OKJ serves as a one-of-a-kind time capsule for future
generations to experience the sun-baked streets of the
Thieves Market, its characters and items galore.
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KINGDOM
by Wei Keong Tan
OPEN
YOUTH
NOMINEES
ANIMA-
TION 6 MINS A lost man falls apart in a forest. The quiet,
atmospheric terrain of the forest is undisturbed until
2018 a man comes along. Seemingly lost, he enters the
FILMS
unknown space, observing and exploring the area,
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before he starts to fall apart. Beneath the deceptively
Producer/Representative:
Wei Keong Tan simple actions of the character lies a layered approach
Director: Wei Keong Tan to his psyche, which hinges on isolation and a sense of
Art Director: Wei Keong Tan
belonging.
Editor: Zihan Loo
Scriptwriter: Wei Keong Tan
Cinematographer: Wei Keong Tan
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THE WAY HOME AUTOMATONOMY
by Kai Lun Pang by Jerrold Chong
12 MINS Ana crash lands on a dangerous planet and meets a 7 MINS In a dystopian scifi society amidst social unrest
curious creature while waiting for rescue. When it ruins between Humans and Automatons, an orphan rescues
2019 her one-way ticket back, Ana must learn to trust her 2018 an injured girl from the rumble of violence. As they hide
newfound friend to find the way home. out together in a bunkerlike room, their burgeoning
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friendship gets tested as external forces threaten to
Producer/Representative: Producer/Representative: Andre Quek
Joshua Ang Qian Yong Director: fracture how one sees the Other.
Director: Kai Lun Pang Jerrold Chong & Mark Wee
Sound Designer: Sound Designer: Lim Ting Li
Joshua Ang Qian Yong Art Director: Yanyun Chen
Art Director: Liew Yu Liang John Editor: Jiaying Lee
Editor: Joshua Ang Qian Yong Scriptwriter:
Scriptwriter: Georgia Low May Ling Jerrold Chong & Mark Wee
Composer: Georgia Low May Ling Cinematographer: Andre Quek,
Jerrold Chong & Mark Wee
P. 66 P. 67SPECIAL THANKS PRESENTERS, PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
SPECIAL
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their contribution and continuous support in making the
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