2nd MIFFest

25th February – 3rd March 2018

Film Lineup

OPENING FILM

  • Love Education
    Sylvia Chang | China, Taiwan | 2017

CLOSING FILM

  • Yellow

    Mostafa Taghizadeh | Iran | 2017

SPECIAL SCREENING

  • Super Master and Disciple (China)

    Wallace Feng | China | 2017

SOUTHEAST ASIAN FOCUS

  • Adiwiraku

    Eric Ong | Malaysia | 2017

  • Aqerat
    Edmund Yeo | Malaysia | 2017

  • By The Time It Gets Dark

    Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand | 2016

  • Pop Aye

    Kirsten Tan | Thailand | 2017

  • Shuttle Life

    Tan Seng Kiat | Malaysia | 2017

FEMALE FILMMAKERS IN FOCUS

  • A Letter To the President

    Roya Sadat | Afghanistan | 2017

  • Angels Wear White

    Vivian Qu | China | 2017

  • Glass Garden

    Shin Su-won | Korea | 2017

  • Radiance

    Naomi Kawase | Japan, France | 2017

  • The Seen and Unseen

    Kamila Andini | Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar | 2017

  • Year Without A Summer

    Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia | 2010

WORLD CINEMA

  • Adieu
    Kenneth Lau | Hong Kong | 2017

  • Blockage
    Mohsen Gharaei | Iran | 2017

  • Felicite
    Alain Gomis | France |2017

  • Missing Johnny
    Huang Xi | Taiwan | 2017

  • The White Girl
    Jenny Suen | Hong Kong |2017

  • Old Beast
    Zhou ZiYang | China | 2017

  • Tesnota
    Kantemir Balagov | Russia | 2017

  • The King
    Han Jae-Rim | Korea | 2017

  • The Taste of Rice Flower
    Pengfei | China | 2017

  • Tomorrow is Another Day
    Chan Tai Lee | Hong Kong | 2017

Nomination & Winners

BEST FILM

  • A Letter to The President
    Roya Sadat | Afghanistan | 2017

  • Angels Wear White
    Vivian Qu | China | 2017

  • Blockage
    Mohsen Gharaei | Iran | 2017

  • Pop Aye
    Kirsten Tan | Thailand | 2017

  • The Great Buddha+
    Huang Hsin-yao| Taiwan | 2017

  • Tesnota
    Kantemir Balagov | Russia | 2017

  • Shuttle Life
    Tan Seng Kiat | Malaysia | 2017

  • The Seen and Unseen
    Kamila Andini | Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar | 2017

  • Missing Johnny
    Huang Xi | Taiwan | 2017

  • Glass Garden
    Shin Su-won | Korea | 2017

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Aziz Dildar

    A Letter to The President

  • Huang Hsin-Yao

    The Great Buddha+

  • Kirsten Tan

    Pop Aye

  • Saeed Roustayi

    Blockage

  • Vivian Qu

    Angels Wear White

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Angel Chan

    Shuttle Life

  • Ayu Laksmi

    The Seen and Unseen

  • Olga Dragunova

    Tesnota

  • Gity Ghasemi

    Blockage

  • Zhou Meijun

    Angel Wear White

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Artem Cipin

    Tesnota

  • Sean Huang Yuan

    Missing Johnny

  • Jack Yap

    Shuttle Life

  • Leon Dai

    The Great Buddha+

  • Nader Fallah

    Blockage

BEST ACTRESS

  • Daphne Low
    Aqerat

  • Geunyoung Moon
    Glass Garden

  • Leena Alam

    A Letter to The President

  • Sylvia Chang

    Shuttle Life

  • Vicky Chen

    Angels Wear White

BEST ACTOR

  • Bamboo Chen

    The Great Buddha+

  • Hamed Behdad

    Blockage

  • Zo In Sung

    The King

  • Jack Tan
    Shuttle Life

  • Thaneth Warakulnukroh
    Pop Aye

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Han Jae-Rim
    The King

  • Kamila Andini
    The Seen and Unseen

  • Mohsen Gharaei
    Blockage

  • Su-Won Shin
    Glass Garden

  • Vivian Qu
    Angels Wear White

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Anggi Frisca
    The Seen and Unseen

  • Benoit Dervaux
    Angel Wear White

  • Chen Ko Chin
    Shuttle Life

  • Mong Hong Chung
    The Great Buddha+

  • Yao Hung-I
    Missing Johnny

NEW
HOPE AWARD

  • A Letter to The President
    Roya Sadat | Afghanistan | 2017

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

  • Shuttle Life
    Tan Seng Kiat | Malaysia | 2017

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • Ann Hui

Short Film Competition

TOP 10 SHORT FILMS OF 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