2nd MIFFest

25th February – 3rd March 2018

Screening Films
(Competition & Non-Competition)

OPENING FILM

  • Love Education
    by Sylvia Chang, 2017

CLOSING FILM

  • Yellow

    by Mostafa Taghizadeh, 2017

SPECIAL
SCREENING

  • Super Master and Disciple (China)

    by Wallace Feng, 2017

SOUTHEAST
ASIAN
FOCUS

  • Adiwiraku (Malaysia)

    by Eric Ong, 2017

  • Aqerat (Malaysia)

    by Edmund Yeo, 2017

  • By The Time It Gets Dark (Thailand)

    by Anocha Suwichakornpong

  • Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand)

    by Kirsten Tan, 2017

  • Shuttle Life (Malaysia)

    by Tan Seng Kiat, 2017

FEMALE FILMMAKERS IN FOCUS

  • A Letter To the President (Afghanistan)

    by Roya Sadat, 2017

  • Angels Wear White (China)

    by Vivian Qu, 2017

  • Glass Garden (Korea)

    by Shin Su-won, 2017

  • Radiance (Japan, France)

    by Naomi Kawase, 2017

  • The Seen and Unseen (Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar)

    by Kamila Andini, 2017

  • Year Without A Summer (Malaysia)

    by Tan Chui Mui, 2010

WORLD CINEMA

  • Adieu (Hong Kong)
    by     Kenneth Lau, 2017

  • Blockage (Iran)
    by Mohsen Gharaei, 2017

  • Felicite (France)
    by     Alain Gomis, 2017

  • Missing Johnny (Taiwan)
    by Huang Xi, 2017

  • The White Girl (Hong Kong)
    by Jenny Suen, 2017

  • Old Beast (China)
    by Zhou ZiYang, 2017

  • Tesnota (Russia)
    by Kantemir Balagov, 2017

  • The King (Korea)
    by Han Jae-Rim, 2017

  • The Taste of Rice Flower (China)
    by Pengfei, 2017

  • Tomorrow is Another Day (Hong Kong)
    by Chan Tai Lee, 2017

Nomination & Winners

BEST FILM

  • A Letter to The President (Afghanistan)

  • Angels Wear White (China, France)

  • Blockage (Iran)

  • Pop Aye (Singapore, Thailand)

  • The Great Buddha+ (Taiwan)

  • Tesnota (Russia)

  • Shuttle Life (Malaysia)

  • The Seen and Unseen (Indonesia)

  • Missing Johnny (Taiwan)

  • Glass Garden (South Korea)

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • A Letter to The President

    Aziz Dildar

  • The Great Buddha+

    Huang Hsin-Yao

  • Pop Aye

    Kirsten Tan

  • Blockage

    Saeed Roustayi

  • Angels Wear White

    Vivian Qu

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Shuttle Life

    Angel Chan

  • The Seen and Unseen

    Ayu Laksmi

  • Tesnota

    Olga Dragunova

  • Blockage

    Gity Ghasemi

  • Angel Wear White

    Zhou Meijun

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Tesnota

    Artem Cipin

  • Missing Johnny

    Sean Huang Yuan

  • Shuttle Life

    Jack Yap

  • The Great Buddha+

    Leon Dai

  • Blockage

    Nader Fallah

BEST ACTRESS

  • Aqerat

    Daphne Low

  • Glass Garden

    Geunyoung Moon

  • A Letter to The President

    Leena Alam

  • Shuttle Life

    Sylvia Chang

  • Angels Wear White

    Vicky Chen

BEST ACTOR

  • The Great Buddha+

    Bamboo Chen

  • Blockage

    Hamed Behdad

  • The King

    Zo In Sung

  • Shuttle Life

    Jack Tan

  • Pop Aye

    Thaneth Warakulnukroh

BEST DIRECTOR

  • The King

    Han Jae-Rim

  • The Seen and Unseen

    Kamila Andini

  • Blockage

    Mohsen Gharaei

  • Glass Garden

    Su-Won Shin

  • Angels Wear White

    Vivian Qu

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • The Seen and Unseen

    Anggi Frisca

  • Angel Wear White

    Benoit Dervaux

  • Shuttle Life

    Chen Ko Chin

  • The Great Buddha+

    Mong Hong Chung

  • Missing Johnny

    Yao Hung-I

NEW
HOPE AWARD

  • A Letter to The President (Afghanistan)

AUDIENCE
CHOICE
AWARD

  • Shuttle Life (Malaysia)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • Ann Hui

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

TOP 10 SHORT FILMS OF MIFFEST 2018

  • Samudera

    by Aiman Ariffin

  • 光的旅程 (Act.1 Journey to Guang)
    by Kyo Chen

  • X + Y
    by Chen Pui Yu

  • Desakan Dewasa (Hope & Despair)
    by Johanna Johan

  • Never Was the Shade
    by Lim Kean Hian

  • Suraya

    by Zulaikha Zakaria

  • Aman Nak Besar? (When It’s Time to Grow Up)
    by Affendi Azizan

  • It’s Easier to Raise Cattle
    by Amanda Nell Eu

  • Hawa
    by Tan Ce Ding

  • Salary (迷路的杜鹃鸟)
    by Cheng Thim Kian

SHORT FILM JURY PANEL

  • Dick Chua

  • Gloria Yip

  • Kaze Ng

JURY
PANEL

  • Brillante Mendoza (Philippines – Jury President)

  • Patrick Tam (Hong Kong)

  • Naomi Kawase (Japan)

  • Lee Lieh (Taiwan)

  • Tran Anh Hung (Vietnam)

  • Dain Said (Malaysia)

  • Suhasini Maniratnam (India)

SELECTION COMMITTEE

  • Saw Tiong Guan

  • Dennis Lai

  • Samad Hassan

  • Gayatri Su-lin Pillai

  • Bernard Chauly

  • Bradley Liew

  • Bront Palarae

  • Leonard Tee

Forums & Masterclasses

FORUM

Taiwan Cinema Forum: New Era of Taiwan Cinema

  • Yeh Ju Feng

  • Lai Kou-An

  • Yao Hung-I

Jury Forum: The Future of Personal Filmmakers

  • Brillante Mendoza

  • Lee Lieh

  • Patrick Tam

  • Dain Said

  • Tran Anh Hung

Female Filmmakers in Focus Forum

  • Shin Su Won

  • Roya Sadat

  • Tan Chui Mui

  • Kamila Andini