Singapore Short Film Awards

The Singapore Short Film Awards 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 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.

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, filmmaker and last year's winner for Best Director and Best Fiction, Sun Koh, filmmaker Leonard Lai 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.

MISE EN SIN

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.

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. SSFA and HKIMFA selected a nominated film to represent Singapore to compete with 10 other festivals around the world.

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

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 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.

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