The 37th annual Singapore International Film Festival will take place from 21 October to 1 November 2026 in Singapore. It will open with 2026 South Korean crime political thriller film The Assassin(s) by Hur Jin-ho. Yim Soon-rye, South Korean film director and screenwriter, will serve as Jury President of the Asian Feature Film Competition.
Rebecca Lim, Singaporean actress and host will be the Festival Ambassador for this edition.
Festival overview This section sums up the main things taking place during the festival:
Hirokazu Kore-eda will also attend a special presentation of his 2026 coming-of-age drama film Look Back, an adaptation of the 2021 one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto on 24 October. He will be presented with Cinema Honorary Award after his In Conversation With dialogue session.
In this edition Screen Icon Award will be presented to Indian actor, director and producer Aamir Khan with a 25th-anniversary special presentation screening of Lagaan accompanied by director Ashutosh Gowariker. The festival’s talk series will feature South Korean actress Shim Eun-kyung, director Peter Chan, and actor Anthony Wong, who will join a post-screening discussion about his first film role in My Name Ain't Suzie. Several other filmmakers and cinematographers: including Koji Fukada, Akiko Ashizawa, Tom Harari, and Jacob Cheung, will attend the festival.
Juries Asian Feature Film Competition
Yim Soon-rye, South Korean film director and screenwriter, Jury President Anthony Wong, Hong Kong film actor, film director and singer Sabiha Sumar, Pakistani filmmaker and producer William Phuan, Chairman, Asian Film Archive, Singapore
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
Cattleya Paosrijaroen, Thai producer Chiang Wei Liang, director, Taiwan, Singapore Patrick Campos, Film Scholar, Curator, Academic from Philippines
Official selection Opening film English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Assassin(s) 암살자(들) Hur Jin-ho South Korea
Asian Feature Film Competition It features 10 films, which capture the evolving stories of Asia's cultural landscape. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)9 Temples to HeavenSompot ChidgasornpongseThailand, Norway, France Ah Girl 泡泡糖女孩 Ang Geck Geck Priscilla Singapore Burn 炎上 Makoto Nagahisa JapanThe Burning Giantsยักษ์ไหม้Phuttiphong AroonphengThailand, France, Singapore, Taipei, NetherlandsElephants in the Fog Abinash Bikram ShahNepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway Four Seasons in Java Empat Musim Pertiwi Kamila Andini Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, SingaporeThe Ink-Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb Yashasvi Juyal India, Saudi Arabia, United States No Good Men Kabul JanShahrbanoo SadatGermany, France, Norway, Denmark, AfghanistanWe Are Aliens Kohei KadowakiJapan, FranceZoom In, Zoom Out 发现之旅 Dong Jie China
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Programme 1: Rage AgainstSingapore God Exyl Singapore Singapore Panorama
This section presents the latest films from Singapore filmmakers. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Everything’s Peachy Nah Yee Chern SingaporeIt’s Not Sweet Cheryl Wong Singapore
Junior Explorers English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Brave Cat Gabriel Osorio Vargas Chile
Standpoint
The seven films debates. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)32 Meters Morteza Atabaki Türkiye, Iran, QatarAmazomania Nathan Grossman Sweden, France, Denmark Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava Nông Nhật Quang Vietnam, South Korea Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me Mohammed Sawwaf Palestine, Qatar, The Netherlands Mariinka Μαρίνκα Pieter-Jan De Pue Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden Prosecution Faraz Shariat Germany Rehearsals for a Revolution Pegah AhangaraniIran, Czech Republic, Spain
Undercurrent English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Corporeal Forms: Four Stories Chen Wan-Yin, Hsu Che-Yu Germany, TaiwanFire FlowerHanabiAna VazFrance, Brazil On Memories of Countless Days Away Elysa Wendi, Liao Jiekai Singapore, Japan, Hong KongYou Dreamt You Saw Yourself But Couldn’t See Your Shireen Seno Philippines, United States September Afternoon Nicolaas Schmidt Germany
Horizon English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)All of a Sudden / Ryusuke HamaguchiFrance, Japan, Germany, BelgiumThe Days OffLos días libresLucila MarianiArgentina, Brazil, Mexico, FranceThe Diary of a ChambermaidRadu JudeFrance, RomaniaEverytimeSandra WollnerAustria, Germany Filipiñana Rafael Manuel Singapore, United Kingdom, Philippines, France, NetherlandsHouse of the WindLa maison du ventBernard Auguste Kouemo YanghuCameroon, France, Belgium, Benin, Saudi Arabia, QatarJosephine Beth de Araújo United States Look Back ルックバック Kiyotaka Oshiyama JapanMayilaa Semmalar Annam India MinotaurAndrey ZvyagintsevFrance, Latvia, GermanyNagi Notes Koji FukadaJapan, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, FranceNowhere to Lay My Eyes눈둘데가 없네Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea Possible Love 가능한 사랑 Lee Chang-dong South Korea Rose Markus Schleinzer Austria, Germany Shame and Money Visar Morina Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, BelgiumSix Months in a Pink and Blue Building Bruno Santamaría RazoMexico, Brazil, DenmarkTangles Leah NelsonCanada, United States
Foreground English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)The End of It Maria Martínez BayonaUnited Kingdom, Norway, Spain The House on the Moon 明月共此時 Nelson Yeo Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Indonesia Javier Calvo and Javier AmbrossiSpain, France Paper TigerJames GrayUnited States, Brazil Sleep No More Monster Pabrik Rambut Edwin Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, France The Spiral L'estranea Paolo Strippoli Italy, France, BelgiumTeenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaJane SchoenbrunUnited States The Unknown L'Inconnue Arthur Harari France Vertiginous Le Vertige Quentin Dupieux France
Landmark English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) (2000) Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico Cageman (1992)籠民 Jacob Cheung Hong KongLagaan (2001) Ashutosh Gowariker India Macho Dancer (1988) Lino Brocka PhilippinesMy Name Ain't Suzie (1985) Angela Chan Hong Kong Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1979) Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste Věra Chytilová Czech
Awards Cinema Honorary Award Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japanese filmmaker
Screen Icon Award Aamir Khan, Indian actor, filmmaker, and television personality
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