Singapore Youth Film Festival

Awards

The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) evolved into the Singapore Youth Film Festival (SYFF) in 2024. Organised by *SCAPE, in partnership with Singapore International Film Festival, SYFF presents awards across Student and Open Youth categories.

See entries below

Singapore Youth Film Festival

2024

Best Short Film

Wo Chee Yin Susan, Andre Chong
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2024

Entry: Trilingual Education Programme

Best Short Film (Open Youth Category)

Wong Xiao Xuan
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022

Entry: Today’s Sunlight Falls Weakly On You

Best Cinematography (Student Category)

Zhakyra Binte Zulkiflee
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2025

Entry: Sacred Cow (திட்டமிடப்பட்ட விபத்து)

Best Director (Open Youth Category)

Lim Yuzheng
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022

Entry: Today’s Sunlight Falls Weakly On You

Best Cinematography (Open Youth Category)

Song Zhi Yi, Dan
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022

Entry: Today’s Sunlight Falls Weakly On You

Special Mention (Open Youth Category)

Lim Yen
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2016

Entry: Exits / Entrances

National Youth Film Awards

2023

Best Director (Student Category)

Hein Htut
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2024

Entry: Pho Tha (Grandfather’s Son)

Best Sound (Student Category)

Niranjan Bennet
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2023

Entry: Dragonflies 蜻蜓

Best Cinematography (Student Category)

Winston Hong
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2023

Entry: Dragonflies 蜻蜓

Best Art Direction (Student Category)

Tan Kee Wei
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2023

Entry: The World I Live In Doesn’t Exist

Best Art Direction (Open Category)

Aeryn Chong Jia Wei
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022

Entry: Duka Lara

Best Cinematography (Open Category)

Clyde Kam
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2021

Entry: 波罗蜜 (Beyond the Other Shore)

Youth Inspiration Award

Jeremy Chua
BA (Hons) Film

National Youth Film Awards

2022

Best Cinematography

Clyde Kam
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2021

Entry: Yi yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays)

Special Mention Award

Chayanid Siripaiboolpong and Jessieca Junesha
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2023

Entry: Loose Threads

National Youth Film Awards

2020

Best Cinematography Award

Kayson Lau
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020

Entry: Elephant In The Room
Directed by Hariz Zulkifli
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020

Elephant In The Room

Best Original Music

Ridz Razali
BA(Hons) Music, Class of 2021

Entry: ਵਿਛੋੜਾ Vichora
Directed by GurJeevaan Balrose Singh
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020

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Best Art Direction

Calleen Koh Yee Lin
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2021

Entry: セクシーな寿司 (Sexy Sushi)

Best Sound Design

Johan Rashid Jesmee
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2020

Entry: GUNKWORLD
Directed by Mark Chee, Johan Jesmee and Liu Yan Xin
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2020

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OPEN YOUTH CATEGORY

Best Animation

Jamin Wu (LASALLE part-time staff)

Entry: 看瞴 (Kua Bo)
Written and directed by Ang Qing Sheng, Animation lecturer
Co-funded by IMDA & Research Project Funding (RPF) scheme

Kua-Bo-Poster-lowres

MEDIA STUDENT & OPEN YOUTH CATEGORY

Best Actor

Aric Hidir Amin

Entry: What We May Be
Directed by Ashwind Menon
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020

National Youth Film Awards

2019

Best Documentary Award

Lim Mei Fong
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2019

Entry: Pigeonhole

Pigeonhole is a documentary that casts the spotlight on issues faced by two elderly women co-living in a one-room rental flat.

pigeonhole

Best Sound Design

Syamim Ameen
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2019

Entry: Farah

In this psychological drama, a semi-retired seamstress attempts to mend her relationship with her daughter as she is haunted by strange phenomena in her home.

farah

Best Art Direction

Zhen Ying Jie
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2019

Entry: To Be Apart

To Be Apart is a cautionary tale about the dangers of wanting to conform.

To-Be-Apart

National Youth Film Awards

2018

Best Direction

Alexis Terese
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2018

Entry: Joyride

In Joyride, a single mother brings her daughter and ailing mother on a trip to the beach, only to have it cut short when her mother’s condition inadvertently worsens.

joyride

Best Lighting

Timothy Koh
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2018

Entry: The Parchment

Best Camerawork in a Documentary Film

David The
Diploma in Broadcast Media, Class of 2018

Entry: Nguyen Gia Phong’s Balance

Best Animated Film

Mirza Jaafar, Chee Sumin Amanda and Soh Fia
BA(Hons) Animation Art

Entry: Big Top Dreams

Big Top Dreams is an animated short about overcoming the obstacles in one’s path to pursue one’s dream.

Best Writing in an Animated Film

Ansh Sirohi

Entry: Kalli

Best Art Direction

Miyako Makio, Nguyen Hong Ngoc Mai and Geraldine Toh Yih Jia
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2018

Entry: My World

National Youth Film Awards (NYFA)

2017

Best Direction Award
Best Screenplay Award

Angelina Bok, Engku M. Iqbal, Ho Say Peng, Vance Lam, Tan Hong Ren, Derwin Tan, Nur Bibiyana Binte Hussain
BA(Hons) Film

Entry: WARD 77

WARD 77 is an evocative short film that raises questions about how well one knows family, and if the ties that bind them are strong enough to withstand hidden secrets. It is inspired by Professor Edwin Thumboo’s poem of the same name.

National Youth Film Awards (NYFA)

2015

Best Performance

Amber Lin
Diploma in Drama, Class of 2014

Amber Lin

Entry: Chasing Tomorrow

Graduated from LASALLE in 2014, Amber Lin is a freelance actor, drama educator, director and spoken work artist. She is also a self-proclaimed workaholic with a packed schedule. Her “free” time is spent going for casting calls and rehearsing.

Amber was led to acting because of her desire to “want to be anyone and do anything”. As an actor, it was easy to get lost in the attention, but more than that, Amber wanted to make a social impact through the arts by influencing audiences to think differently.

Her acting for the main lead in a short film, Chasing Tomorrow, caught the attention of the judges at the National Youth Film Awards 2015. It won her the coveted Best Performance Award. Since then, she has worked on various film, theatre and television projects.

“Acting doesn’t mean pretending.” Amber said, “It means being present in the moment. We don’t judge the best actors on how good they can pretend, but we judge them on how real and truthful they are showing their emotions.”

Best Sound Editing

Muhammad Faisal
BA(Hons) Film

Entry: Di Sana

Di Sana

Di Sana tells the story of Malay teen Ryan, a stranger in his own country, sent to live with his grandmother after his parents’ divorce. Through his journey of adaptation to the culture and life of the kampung, he develops an inseparable bond with his grandmother.

Best Sound Mixing

Edwin Choy
BA(Hons) Film

Entry: Di Sana

Singapore Youth Film Festival

Best Short Film

Best Short Film (Open Youth Category)

Best Cinematography (Student Category)

Best Director (Open Youth Category)

Best Cinematography (Open Youth Category)

Special Mention (Open Youth Category)

Best Director (Student Category)

Best Sound (Student Category)

Best Cinematography (Student Category)

Best Art Direction (Student Category)

Best Art Direction (Open Category)

Best Cinematography (Open Category)

Youth Inspiration Award

Best Cinematography

Special Mention Award

Best Cinematography Award

Best Original Music

Best Art Direction

Best Sound Design

OPEN YOUTH CATEGORY

Best Animation

MEDIA STUDENT & OPEN YOUTH CATEGORY

Best Actor

Best Documentary Award

Best Sound Design

Best Art Direction

Best Direction

Best Lighting

Best Camerawork in a Documentary Film

Best Animated Film

Best Writing in an Animated Film

Best Art Direction

Best Direction Award Best Screenplay Award

Best Performance

Best Sound Editing

Best Sound Mixing

Other Awards

Best Direction Award
Best Screenplay Award