Singapore Youth Film Festival
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.
2024
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2016
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2025
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2024
2023
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2024
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2023
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2023
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2022
BA (Hons) Film, Class of 2021
2022
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2021
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2023
2021
Best Original Music
To Kill the Birds and the Bees
BA(Hons) Acting, Class of 2023
2020
Best Cinematography Award
Elephant In The Room
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Directed by Hariz Zulkifli
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Best Original Music
ਵਿਛੋੜਾ Vichora
BA(Hons) Music, Class of 2021
Directed by GurJeevaan Balrose Singh
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2020
Best Sound Design
GUNKWORLD
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2020
Directed by Mark Chee, Johan Jesmee and Liu Yan Xin
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2020
Best Animation
看瞴 (Kua Bo)
LASALLE part-time staff
Written and directed by Ang Qing Sheng, Animation lecturer
Co-funded by IMDA & Research Project Funding (RPF) scheme
2019
Best Documentary Award
Pigeonhole
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2019
Pigeonhole is a documentary that casts the spotlight on issues faced by two elderly women co-living in a one-room rental flat.
Best Sound Design
Farah
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2019
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.
Best Art Direction
To Be Apart
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2019
2018
Best Direction
Joyride
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2018
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.
Best Lighting
The Parchment
BA(Hons) Film, Class of 2018
Best Camerawork in a Documentary Film
Nguyen Gia Phong’s Balance
Diploma in Broadcast Media, Class of 2018
Best Animated Film
Big Top Dreams
BA(Hons) Animation Art
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
Kalli
Best Art Direction
My World
BA(Hons) Animation Art, Class of 2018
2017
Best Direction Award
Best Screenplay Award
WARD 77
BA(Hons) Film
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.
2015
Best Performance
Chasing Tomorrow
Diploma in Drama, Class of 2014
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
Di Sana
BA(Hons) Film
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.
