Hush Baby was awarded the Special Mention award at the award ceremony of 22nd Singapore International Film Festival last night. I was so over the cloud that, even though I had my ‘thank-you’ speech memorised (which the audience must be aware of), I forgot the entire list of names whom I am thankful for, and would like to extend this award to them. Zihan, Vanessa, Henry, Harry, Thomas, Lincoln and Bernard. I think I am fortunate to have met friends and loved ones who believed in me enough to spend time, effort and money on Hush Baby, so thank you all.

Pictures from the night!

With David

From left: Kester, Martin, me and David

Happy people!

 
With 2 superb hosts, Juan, Royston and Kristin

There is a commendation letter that was passed to me by the presenters, and on it printed, “an original animation piece that reflected a good sense of humour within the framework of a short film”. I am assuming the jury members gave this comment, or the SIFF festival directors. Thank you, that is a very great encouragement for me.

Entire list of winners:

Singapore Film Awards
Best Film: Rule#1
Best Director: Royston Tan, 12 Lotus
Best Screenplay: Sherman Ong, Hashi
Best Performance: Mark Lee, Money No Enough 2
Best Cinematography: Roszali Samad, Brian Gothong Tan, Sharon Loh, Jaye Neo, Cain Chui, Andrew Mark Sobrielo, Chris Yeo and Adrian Lo, Lucky 7

Singapore Film Awards Jury: Ong Keng Sen, Russell Wong, Kong Rithdee

Asian Feature Film Competition
Best Film: Laila’s Birthday
Best Director: Rasoul Sadr Ameli, Every Night, Loneliness
Best Performance: Yang Ik-june, Breathless
Best Cinematography: Zhang Yi, Jalainur
NETPAC Award – Critic’s Prize: Jalainur
Special Mention: Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

Singapore Short Film Competition
Best Film: Swimming Lesson 
Best Director: Kat Goh, Swimming Lesson 
Special Mention: Hush Baby
Best Performance: Cheong Soon Foon, Madam Chan 
Best Cinematography: Simon Walsh and David Shiyang Liu, 5 Films in an Anthology of A Film A Month

Asian Feature Film & Singapore Short Film Competitions Jury: Zhang Yuan, Ananda Everingham & CheeK

Network for The Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Jury: Gulnara Abikeyeva, Sun Shaoyi, John Lui