1st MIFFest

28th February – 4th March 2017

Screening Films
(Competition & Non-Competition)

OPENING FILM

  • Timm Thaler (Germany)
    by Andreas Dresen, 2017

CLOSING FILM

  • Harmonium (Japan)

    by Koji Fukada, 2016

SPECIAL
SCREENING

  • After This Our Exile (Hong Kong)

    by Patrick Tam, 2006

  • Redha (Malaysia)

    by Tunku Mona Riza, 2016

  • Blind Way (China)

    by Li Yang, 2016

Nomination & Winners

BEST FILM

  • Apprentice (Singapore)

    by Boo Junfeng, 2016

  • Happiness (Hong Kong)

    by Lo Yiu Fai, 2016

  • Hema Hema : Sing Me A Song While I Wait (Hong Kong, Bhutan)

    by Khyentse Norbu, 2016

  • I Am Not Madame Bovary (China)

    by Feng Xiao Guang, 2016

  • I, Daniel Blake (France, United Kingdom)

    by Ken Loach, 2016

  • Interchange (Malaysia, Indonesia)

    by Dain Said, 2016

  • Mad World (Hong Kong)

    by Wong Chun, 2016

  • Perfect Strangers (Italy)

    by Paolo Genovese, 2016

  • One Night Only (China)

    by Matt Wu Chung-tien, 2016

  • The Wailing (South Korea)

    by Na Hong-jin, 2016

  • White Ant (Taiwan)

    by Chu Hsien-che, 2016

  • Ma’ Rosa (Philippines)

    by Brillante Mendoza, 2016

  • The Road to Mandalay (Taiwan)

    by Midi Z, 2016

  • Singing in Graveyards (Malaysia, Philippines)

    by Bradley Liew, 2016

  • The Salesman (Iran, France)

    by Asghar Farhadi, 2016

  • The Summer Is Gone (China)

    by Zhang Dalei, 2016

  • Toni Erdmann (Germany)

    by Maren Ade, 2016

  • Soulmate (Hong Kong)

    by Tsang Kwok Cheung, 2016

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Apprentice

    Boo Junfeng

  • Happiness

    Lo Yiu Fai

  • Hema Hema : Sing Me A Song While I Wait

    Khyentse Norbu

  • I Am Not Madame Bovary

    Liu Zhen Yun

  • I, Daniel Blake

    Paul Laverty

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

  • Mad World (Hong Kong)

    Florence Chan Cho Hang

  • Perfect Strangers (Italy)

    Paolo Genovese, Flippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Mammini, Rolando Ravello

  • One Night Only (China)

    Ren Peng, Lee Yu Yu

  • The Wailing (South Korea)

    Na Hong-Jin

  • White Ant (Taiwan)

    Chu Hsien-Che

  • Ma’ Rosa (Philippines)

    Troy Espiritu

  • The Road to Mandalay (Taiwan)

    Midi Z

  • Singing in Graveyards (Malaysia, Philippines)

    Bradley Liew, Bianca Balbuena

  • The Salesman (Iran, France)

    Asghar Farhadi

  • The Summer Is Gone (China)

    Zhang Dalei

  • Toni Erdmann (Germany)

    Maren Ade

  • Soulmate (Hong Kong)

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

BEST ACTRESS

  • Soulmate

    Zhou DongYu

  • Happiness

    Kara Wai

  • The Road To Mandalay

    Wu Ke-Xi

  • Toni Erdmann

    Sandra Huller

  • Ma’ Rosa

    Jaclyn Jose

BEST ACTOR

  • Mad World

    Eric Tsang

  • One Night Only

    Aaron Kwok

  • The Wailing

    Kwak Do Won

  • The Road To Mandalay

    Kai Ko

  • The Salesman

    Shahab Hosseini

BEST DIRECTOR

  • The Wailing

    Na Hong-Jin

  • I Am Not Madame Bovary

    Feng Xiao Gang

  • The Road To Madalay

    Midi Z

  • Ma’ Rosa

    Brillante Mendoza

  • Toni Erdmann

    Maren Ade

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

  • The Summer Is Gone

    Zhang Dalei

  • One Night Only

    Wu Chung Tien

  • Singing In Graveyards

    Bradley Liew

  • Apprentice

    Boo Jun Feng

  • White Ant

    Chu Hsien-Che

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Hema Hema : Sing Me A Song While I Want

    Jigme Ten Zing

  • The Summer Is Gone

    Lu Songye

  • Soulmate

    Yu Jing-Ping, Jake Pollock

  • The Road To Mandalay

    Tom Fan

  • White Ant

    Lei Heng

  • Mad World

    Zhang Ying

  • Toni Erdmann

    Patrick Orth

  • The Salesman

    Hossein Jafarian

  • The Wailing

    Hong Kyung-Pyo

  • I Am Not Madame Bovary

    Pan Luo

  • Perfect Stranger

    Fabrizio Lucci

  • Apprentice

    Benoit Soler

  • I, Daniel Blake

    Paul Laverty

  • Singing In Graveyards

    Larry Manda

  • Ma’ Rosa

    Odyssey Flores

  • Happiness

    Kenny Tse

  • One Night Only

    Charlie Lam

  • Interchange

    Jordan Chiam

AUDIENCE
CHOICE
AWARD

  • Hema Hema : Sing Me A Song While I Wait

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • Dato Lai Meng

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

TOP 10 SHORT FILMS OF MIFFEST 2017

  • Memory Hospital

    by Pedro Paulo de Andrade

  • Swimming in the Dessert

    by Alvaro Ron

  • A Girl and Her Gun

    by Paul Holbrook, Sam Dawe

  • A Place

    by Ivan Fernandez de Cordoba

  • A Special Guest

    by Kae Bahar

  • Billion Walk

    by Adrian Goiginger

  • He’s Mine

    by Daniel Daigle

  • Countdown

    by Aitor Elorriaga

  • Bluey

    by Darlene Johnson

  • Retirement Day

    by Fisnik Muji

SHORT FILM
JURY PANEL

  • Leong Yew Sen

  • Gloria Yip

  • Charlotte Lim

  • Soo Mun Thye

JURY
PANEL

  • Kim Dong-Ho (Jury President)

  • Professor Xie Fei

  • Garin Nugroho

  • Yeh Jy-Feng

  • Yeo Yann Yann

  • Andreas Dresen

Forums & Masterclasses

FORUM

The Power of Cinema in Digital Age

  • Kim Dong-Ho

  • Professor Xie Fei

  • Garin Nugroho

  • Yeh Jy-Feng

  • Yeo Yann Yann

  • Andreas Dresen