[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-9044":3},{"festival":4,"years":22,"news":27,"about":28},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":19,"about":20,"isManaged":21},9044,"singapore-international-film-festival-singapore","open","Singapore International Film Festival","",[11],"SGIFF","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fsingapore-international-film-festival-singapore-tkpr6ckk.webp?v=c8da6284",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":17,"crop":18,"og":18},"mono-light","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F7900.jpg?v=c8da6284","The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) dates back to 1987 and focuses on Asian cinema, with particular attention to Southeast Asia. Its competitive Silver Screen Awards, introduced in 1991, comprise the Asian Feature Film Competition and the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition; the Best Southeast Asian Short Film award is an Academy Awards qualifying prize for short films. Singapore Panorama, launched in 2008, presents new work by Singapore filmmakers, while other sections cover world cinema, genre films, restored classics and artists' moving-image work. The festival is organised by the non-profit Singapore International Film Festival Ltd. Its industry platform, SGIFF Pro, runs the Asian Producers Network, a pitching forum and the SGIFF Industry Days conference. The 37th edition takes place from 21 October to 1 November 2026, moving from the festival's traditional late-November slot.",false,[23,25],{"year":24,"hasAwards":21,"hasSelection":16},"2020",{"year":26,"hasAwards":21,"hasSelection":16},"2017",[],{"aboutHtml":29,"countries":30,"focus":32,"categories":33,"nextDates":18,"awardsPrizes":38,"rules":39,"website":40,"contacts":41,"editDate":52},"\u003Cp>The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) dates back to 1987 and focuses on Asian cinema, with particular attention to Southeast Asia. Its competitive Silver Screen Awards, introduced in 1991, comprise the Asian Feature Film Competition and the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition; the Best Southeast Asian Short Film award is an Academy Awards qualifying prize for short films. Singapore Panorama, launched in 2008, presents new work by Singapore filmmakers, while other sections cover world cinema, genre films, restored classics and artists' moving-image work.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The festival is organised by the non-profit Singapore International Film Festival Ltd. Its industry platform, SGIFF Pro, runs the Asian Producers Network, a pitching forum and the SGIFF Industry Days conference. The 37th edition takes place from 21 October to 1 November 2026, moving from the festival's traditional late-November slot.\u003C\u002Fp>",[31],"Singapore",[],[34,35,36,37],"Documentary","Experimental","Feature","Short","Silver Screen Awards (since 1991)\n\nAsian Feature Film Competition: Best Asian Feature Film, Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Performance.\n\nSoutheast Asian Short Film Competition: Best Southeast Asian Short Film, Special Jury Prize, Best Singapore Short Film, Best Director, Best Performance. The winner of Best Southeast Asian Short Film is eligible for Academy Awards consideration in the short film categories.\n\nAudience Choice Award: open to selected Singapore feature films and short film programmes (Singapore must be a country of production).\n\nHonorary awards: Cinema Honorary Award (since 2014) for an exceptional contribution to Asian cinema; Screen Icon Award for Asian actors.\n\nThe winners of Best Asian Feature Film, Best Southeast Asian Short Film, Best Singapore Short Film and the Audience Choice Award are screened again at the end of the festival.","Submissions are open to Asian feature-length and mid-length films and to Southeast Asian short films.\n\nA feature film is a work of fiction or non-fiction of 60 minutes or more, a short film one of 30 minutes or less, including credits.\n\nAsian Feature Film Competition: the film must be directed by a filmmaker of Asian nationality or origin, or list at least one Asian country of production. Southeast Asian Short Film Competition: the film must be directed by a filmmaker of Southeast Asian nationality or origin, or list at least one Southeast Asian country of production. Out of competition, mid-length and feature films must be from Asia and short films from Singapore and Southeast Asia.\n\nFilms must be at least a Singapore premiere: not broadcast on TV, not available online and not screened publicly in Singapore before the festival. For the 2026 edition, films must not have premiered before 1 October 2025. World, international and Asian premieres are given priority.\n\nSubmission is through the online form with a password-protected screener link. Films not in English need English subtitles. Rough cuts close to completion may be submitted; only completed films are screened.\n\nSelected films are classified by Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority; the festival has a no-edit policy, so films that would need cuts to be classified are withdrawn. DCP is the preferred screening format. The festival decides the section, screening time and venue of each selected film.","https:\u002F\u002Fsgiff.com\u002F",[42,46,49],{"type":43,"value":44,"note":45},"Email","programme@sgiff.com","Film submissions and selection",{"type":43,"value":47,"note":48},"industry.2@sgiff.com","SGIFF Pro Pitching Forum",{"type":43,"value":50,"note":51},"enquiries@sgiff.com","General enquiries",1791979660]