1st MIFFest

28th February – 4th March 2017

Film Lineup

OPENING FILM

  • Timm Thaler
    Andreas Dresen | Germany | 2017

CLOSING FILM

  • Harmonium

    Koji Fukada | Japan | 2016

SPECIAL SCREENING

  • After This Our Exile

    Patrick Tam | Hong Kong | 2006

  • Redha

    Tunku Mona Riza | Malaysia | 2016

  • Blind Way

    Li Yang | China | 2016

Nominees & Winners

BEST FILM

  • Apprentice

    Boo Junfeng | Singapore | 2016

  • Happiness

    Lo Yiu Fai | Hong Kong | 2016

  • Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

    Khyentse Norbu | Hong Kong, Bhutan | 2016

  • I Am Not Madame Bovary

    Feng Xiao Guang | China | 2016

  • I, Daniel Blake

    Ken Loach | France, United Kingdom | 2016

  • Interchange

    Dain Said | Malaysia, Indonesia | 2016

  • Mad World

    Wong Chun | Hong Kong | 2016

  • Perfect Strangers

    Paolo Genovese | Italy | 2016

  • One Night Only

    Matt Wu Chung-tien | China | 2016

  • The Wailing

    Na Hong-jin | South Korea | 2016

  • White Ant

    Chu Hsien-che | Taiwan | 2016

  • Ma’ Rosa

    Brillante Mendoza | Philippines | 2016

  • The Road to Mandalay

    Midi Z | Taiwan | 2016

  • Singing in Graveyards

    Bradley Liew | Malaysia, Philippines | 2016

  • The Salesman

    Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France | 2016

  • The Summer is Gone

    Zhang Dalei | China | 2016

  • Toni Erdmann

    Maren Ade | Germany | 2016

  • Soulmate

    Tsang Kwok Cheung | Hong Kong | 2016

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Boo Junfeng
    Apprentice

  • Lo Yiu Fai
    Happiness

  • Khyentse Norbu
    Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait

  • Liu Zhen Yun
    I Am Not Madame Bovary

  • Paul Laverty
    I, Daniel Blake

  • Redza Minhat, Dain Said, Nandita Solomon, June Tan
    Interchange

  • Florence Chan Cho Hang
    Mad World

  • Paolo Genovese, Flippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Mammini, Rolando Ravello
    Perfect Strangers

  • Ren Peng, Lee Yu Yu
    One Night Only

  • Na Hong-Jin
    The Wailing

  • Chu Hsien-Che
    White Ant

  • Troy Espiritu
    Ma’ Rosa

  • Midi Z
    The Road to Mandalay

  • Bradley Liew, Bianca Balbuena
    Singing in Graveyards

  • Asghar Farhadi
    The Salesman

  • Zhang Dalei
    The Summer is Gone

  • Maren Ade
    Toni Erdmann

  • Lam Wing-Sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yi Meng, Wu Nan
    Soulmate

BEST ACTRESS

  • Zhou DongYu
    Soulmate

  • Kara Wai
    Happiness

  • Wu Ke-Xi
    The Road To Mandalay

  • Sandra Huller
    Toni Erdmann

  • Jaclyn Jose
    Ma’ Rosa

BEST ACTOR

  • Eric Tsang
    Mad World

  • Aaron Kwok
    One Night Only

  • Kwak Do Won
    The Wailing

  • Kai Ko
    The Road to Mandalay

  • Shahab Hosseini
    The Salesman

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Na Hong-Jin

    The Wailing

  • Feng Xiao Gang

    I Am Not Madame Bovary

  • Midi Z

    The Road to Madalay

  • Brillante Mendoza

    Ma’ Rosa

  • Maren Ade

    Toni Erdmann

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

  • Zhang Dalei
    The Summer is Gone

  • Wu Chung Tien
    One Night Only

  • Bradley Liew
    Singing in Graveyards

  • Boo Jun Feng
    Apprentice

  • Chu Hsien-Che
    White Ant

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Jigme Ten Zing
    Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Want

  • Lu Songye
    The SummeriIs Gone

  • Yu Jing-Ping, Jake Pollock
    Soulmate

  • Tom Fan
    The Road to Mandalay

  • Lei Heng
    White Ant

  • Zhang Ying
    Mad World

  • Patrick Orth
    Toni Erdmann

  • Hossein Jafarian
    The Salesman

  • Hong Kyung-Pyo
    The Wailing

  • Pan Luo
    I Am Not Madame Bovary

  • Fabrizio Lucci
    Perfect Stranger

  • Benoit Soler
    Apprentice

  • Paul Laverty
    I, Daniel Blake

  • Larry Manda
    Singing in Graveyards

  • Odyssey Flores
    Ma’ Rosa

  • Kenny Tse
    Happiness

  • Charlie Lam
    One Night Only

  • Jordan Chiam
    Interchange

AUDIENCE
CHOICE
AWARD

  • Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
    Khyentse Norbu | Bhutan, Hong Kong | 2016

LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD

  • Dato Lai Meng

Short Film Competition

TOP 10 SHORT FILMS OF 2017

  • Memory Hospital

    Pedro Paulo de Andrade

  • Swimming in the Dessert

    Alvaro Ron

  • A Girl and Her Gun

    Paul Holbrook, Sam Dawe

  • A Place

    Ivan Fernandez de Cordoba

  • A Special Guest

    Kae Bahar

  • Billion Walk

    Adrian Goiginger

  • He’s Mine

    Daniel Daigle

  • Countdown

    Aitor Elorriaga

  • Bluey

    Darlene Johnson

  • Retirement Day

    Fisnik Muji

SHORT FILM
JURY PANEL

  • Leong Yew Sen

  • Gloria Yip

  • Charlotte Lim

  • Soo Mun Thye

JURY
PANEL

  • Kim Dong-Ho (Jury President)

  • Xie Fei

  • Garin Nugroho

  • Yeh Jufeng

  • Yeo Yann Yann

  • Andreas Dresen

Forums & Masterclasses

Forum: The Power of Cinema in Digital Age

  • Kim Dong-Ho

  • Xie Fei

  • Garin Nugroho

  • Yeh Jufeng

  • Yeo Yann Yann

  • Andreas Dresen