The National Youth Film Awards aims to establish a benchmark of national excellence in filmmaking and recognise youths who are highly adept in their respective fields within the film industry.
See entries belowClyde Kam
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2021
Entry: Yi yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays)
Chayanid Siripaiboolpong and Jessieca Junesha
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2023
Entry: Loose Threads
Kayson Lau
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Entry: Elephant In The Room
Directed by Hariz Zulkifli
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Ridz Razali
BA(Hons) Music, Class of 2021
Entry: ਵਿਛੋੜਾ Vichora
Directed by GurJeevaan Balrose Singh
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Calleen Koh Yee Lin
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2021
Entry: セクシーな寿司 (Sexy Sushi)
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
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
Aric Hidir Amin
Entry: What We May Be
Directed by Ashwind Menon
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
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.
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.
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.
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.
Timothy Koh
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2018
Entry: The Parchment
David The
Diploma in Broadcast Media, Class of 2018
Entry: Nguyen Gia Phong’s Balance
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.
Ansh Sirohi
Entry: Kalli
Miyako Makio, Nguyen Hong Ngoc Mai and Geraldine Toh Yih Jia
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2018
Entry: My World
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.
Amber Lin
Diploma in Drama, Class of 2014
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.”
Muhammad Faisal
BA(Hons) Film
Entry: 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.
Edwin Choy
BA(Hons) Film
Entry: Di Sana
