Congratulations to Nao Yoshigai @ghiiyonda ! Her film “Masayume” (shortlisted project of ECG2025: Asian New Director Awards) has been selected for the 76th Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale Forum and will have its world premiere.
恭喜ECG2025「亞洲新導演奬」入圍項目,吉開菜央導演的作品《正夢》入選第76屆柏林影展論壇單元,並將舉行世界首映!
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Berlinale Forum 2026: Elective Affinities, Society
Ready to dive in? The Berlinale Forum programme is now yours to explore.
The 56th Berlinale Forum brings together 32 films that confront the political, social and aesthetic questions shaping our present. From powerful debuts and bold genre reinventions to expansive documentaries and hybrid experiments, the programme explores the stories that challenge structures of violence, inequality and colonial legacies – and the ones that search for connection, community and new cinematic forms.
This year’s Forum traces how filmmakers around the world navigate memory, responsibility and the shifting images of our time – from film grain and archive to virtual and AI‑generated worlds.
Check out the full Berlinale Forum line-up via the link in bio.
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【Eye Catcher Global-SGIFF Pitching Forum】
We are thrilled to share that the Eye Catcher Global-SGIFF Pitching Forum successfully took place on 4 December at the Asian TV Forum & Market (ATF) in Singapore!
This year, SGIFF (@sgiffest )’s Asian Producers Network (APN) was led by programme specialist Fran Borgia. Eight feature film projects from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Singapore and South Korea, in the financing and development stage were pitched by talented emerging and established producers from across Asia.
Two awards were presented:
🏆 SGIFF × Eye Catcher Global Award
💰 Prize: SGD 10,000 (sponsored by Eye Catcher Global)
Winner: The Most Fantastic Time of My Life (Singapore)
by Mark Wee & Jerrold Chong
🏆 Cineaste Award
💰 Prize: SGD 3,000
Winner: The Silent Fire (China)
by Clarissa Zhang
A big congratulations to both winning teams and to all participating filmmakers for their inspiring pitches and creativity!
我們非常高興 Eye Catcher Global-SGIFF Pitching Forum 已於 12 月 4 日在新加坡的 Asian TV Forum & Market (ATF) 順利舉行!
今年,SGIFF 的 Asian Producers Network (APN) 由 Programme Specialist Fran Borgia 帶領。來自孟加拉、柬埔寨、中國、香港、伊朗、新加坡及南韓共八個處於融資及發展階段的長片項目,由亞洲各地的新銳及資深製片人進行提案。
當天共頒發了兩個獎項:
🏆 SGIFF × Eye Catcher Global Award
💰 獎金:新幣 10,000(由 Eye Catcher Global 贊助)
得獎作品:The Most Fantastic Time of My Life(新加坡)
得獎者:Mark Wee & Jerrold Chong
🏆 Cineaste Award
💰 獎金:新幣 3,000
得獎作品:The Silent Fire(中國)
得獎者:Clarissa Zhang
恭喜兩組得獎團隊,也感謝所有提案的電影人帶來精彩及充滿創意的提案!
#AsianProducerNetwork #APN #EyeCatcherGlobal #ECG #SingaporeInternationalFilmFestival #SGIFF #PitchingForum #ATF2025 #AsianCinema #FilmFunding
【SGIFF x ECG Short Filmmakers Fellowship】
We are glad to introduce this year's SGIFF x ECG Short Filmmakers Fellowship, where four work-in-progress documentary shorts projects joined the SGIFF (@sgiffest ) for an enriching week of screening, masterclass, mentorship and pitching session.
With the Frontline Fellowship (@frontlinefellowship.io ) as one of ECG’s partners, three of these projects come from the inaugural Frontline Documentary Short Film Fellowship. Our four fellows and their projects are:
✨Grace Hsia — On a Night Like This
✨Li Weixi — The Ballad of Love and Sorrow
✨Mickey Luan — Family Letter
✨Yang Hongjia — Almost Home
A Mentorship x Pitch session was held on 3 December, with mentors Elysa Wendi, Federico Cammarata, Josune Hahnheiser, and Nandita Solomon, who offered constructive feedback and practical guidance to help sharpen each fellow’s project and prepare them for the wider landscape.
We are proud to support emerging documentary voices and look forward to seeing these stories continue to grow and evolve. 💪🏻
我們很高興今年組成 SGIFF x ECG Short Filmmakers Fellowship,把四部製作中的紀錄片短片項目帶到 SGIFF 進行一周的觀摩,包括電影放映、大師班、導師指導及提案活動。
「在場」作為 ECG 的合作夥伴之一,其中三部入選作品是來自第一季「在場 · 紀錄短片獎學金」。四位 fellows 及其作品如下:
✨ 夏夢怡《這樣的,同一個夜晚》
✨ 李維熙《愛與憂愁的悲歌》
✨ 欒誠偉《家書》
✨ 楊弘佳《Almost Home》
在 12 月 3 日舉行了一場「Mentorship x Pitch」,由 Elysa Wendi、Federico Cammarata、Josune Hahnheiser 及 Nandita Solomon 擔任導師,為四位 fellows 提供具體而寶貴的的意見,協助他們進一步打磨項目,為項目的未來方向作準備。
支持新一代紀錄片創作力量,並期待這些作品繼續發展及成長! 💪🏻
#EyeCatcherGlobal #ECG #SingaporeInternationalFilmFestival #SGIFF #FrontlineFellowship #ShortFilmmakersFellowship
【Eye Catcher x SGIFF Pop Up Video Library】
The Eye Catcher x SGIFF Pop Up Video Library was set up at the Festival Lounge of SGIFF (@sgiffest ) throughout the festival period, featuring 12 award-winning short films from the Eye Catcher Short Awards. We were thrilled to share these powerful stories with all of you.
We were also delighted to have the support of HKETO (Singapore) this year, and co-hosted a wonderful luncheon together, creating more opportunities for exchange and connection within the film festival community.
A special sharing session was held on 1 December with:
✨ Seun Yee [Boundaries] – Eye Catcher Grand Award Winner
✨ Kiarash Dadgar [The Steak] – Eye Catcher Best Short Award (Asia) Winner
as guest speakers, and moderated by Eric Tsang, the Artistic Director of Eye Catcher Global.
A huge thank you to everyone who visited, watched, and participated. Your support keeps these stories alive. ❤️
我們在 SGIFF 的影展期間,於 Festival Lounge 設置了 Eye Catcher x SGIFF Pop Up Video Library,展映 12 部 Eye Catcher Short Awards 的得獎作品,很高興能與大家分享這些精彩的創作。今年我們亦得到新加坡 HKETO 的支持,共同舉辦了一場午餐會,促進更多業界的交流與連繫。
我們在 12 月 1 日 舉辦了一場特別分享會,邀請了:
✨Seun Yee [Boundaries] — 奪目短片大獎得主
✨Kiarash Dadgar [The Steak] — 奪目最佳短片獎(亞洲)得主
作嘉賓講者,並由 Eye Catcher Global 藝術總監曾慶宏擔任主持。
衷心感謝所有觀眾及參加者,你們的熱情讓這些故事持續發光。❤️
#EyeCatcherGlobal #ECG #SingaporeInternationalFilmFestival #SGIFF #EyeCatcherShortAwards #VideoLibrary
Announcing the 2025 participants of Asian Producers Network.
Selected from more than 160 applicants, this year's participants draw from diverse filmmaking backgrounds across Asia. Five participants will join the APN track for career development in a closed-door setting, while eight participants will be part of the APN+ECG track, which includes a high-level curated pitching forum for feature film projects in the financing stage.
The Eye Catcher Global-SGIFF Pitching Forum is conducted in partnership with Eye Catcher Global. (@eyecatcher.images )
#SGIFF36
🏆 Eye Catcher Global 2025: Short Awards Winners Highlight 奪目短片獎2025:得獎作品巡禮
The Hong Kong Asian Film Festival collaborates with Eye Catcher Short Awards to present 8 award-winning films. Highlights include a long take of a "birthday party," the senior Singaporean same-sex couple embracing van life, local band KOWLOON.K challenging people’s seriousness, a soldier burying his stone-faced father and Iranian traditions, a dance revealing colonial-era rubber plantation secrets, a Sci-Fi take on corporate life through AI technology, reflections on interpersonal and social boundaries from a bus conflict, and the co-dependency of a mute wanderer and a blind cat lover. These films explore cultural, temporal, technological, and emotional dimensions of storytelling.
香港亞洲電影節聯手奪目影像,選映首屆「奪目短片獎」八部得獎短片:一鏡到底的「生日派對」;新加坡年長同志戀人四處自由旅居;本地樂隊 KOWLOON.K 挑戰認真L;軍人返鄉安葬石化的父親和伊朗文明;述說殖民時代割膠勞工秘密的舞蹈;運用AI技術打造Sci-Fi 中的社畜日常;從旅遊巴上的衝突反思人際與社會邊界;探索啞巴與愛貓盲人間互相需要的關係⋯⋯穿越文化、時空、科技與情感的敘事,展現香港及亞洲影像創作者的無限可能。
🟡 Duration 片長: 104 min
🟡 Screenings 放映:
*29/10 3:00pm Premiere Elements
*3/11 9:35pm Broadway Cinematheque
🟡 Ticketing Dates 開售日期:
3/10: bcinephile / MOViE MOViE members
4/10: Public Sale
1️⃣ The Steak 一塊燒焦的牛扒
2023 | 8’12” | 沒有對白及字幕 No Dialogues, No Subtitles
Dir. 導演 : Kiarash Dadgar
2️⃣ Two Travelling Aunties 一路有你
2025 | 21’48” | In English with English Subtitles 英語對白,英文字幕
Dir. 導演 : Christine Seow 蕭韻心
3️⃣ Do We Live Too Seriously 活得太認真了吧
2023 | 4’47” | In Cantonese with English Subtitles 粵語演唱,英文字幕
Dir. 導演 : Ven Yang 楊志遠
4️⃣ The Tortoise 背負石化龜
2025 | 13’28” | In Persian with English Subtitles 波斯語對白,英文字幕
Dir. 導演 : Amirreza Jalalian
5️⃣ 膠林密語 Latex Labyrinth
2025 | 12’38” | In Hakka Chinese with Chinese & English Subtitles 客家語對白,中英文字幕
Dir. 導演 : Wey Yinn Teo 張蔚韻
6️⃣ Nine Awaken 九宵
2025 | 16’33” | In Cantonese with Chinese & English subtitles 粵語對白,中英文字幕
Dir. 導演 : Kwai Bun 桂濱、WHY Amos 黃浩然
7️⃣ Boundaries 邊界感
2025 | 11’33” | No Dialogues & No Subtitles 沒有對白,沒有字幕
Dir. 導演 : Seun Yee 李世恩
#EyeCatcherShortAwards #ECG2025 #EyeCatcherGlobal2025 #香港亞洲電影節2025 #HKAFF2025
【Words from Jury - Major Awards】
ECG2025 is very delighted to have Ash Cook [Hoyle], the features Programmer at the Sundance Film Festival, as our Jury Panel for Major Awards, including the 3 major Eye Catcher Short Awards, as well as the Asian New Director Grand Award. Ash has participated online in ECG2025, and he has recorded a few words to us~
很榮幸ECG2025再一次邀請到阿什.庫克【霍伊爾】作為我們主要獎項的評審團成員,評選「奪目短片獎」中的三大獎項,以及亞洲新導演大獎。這次線上參與的Ash,特地為大家錄了一段片段,即刻去片!
#EyeCatcherGlobal2025 #ECG2025 #EyeCatcherShortAwards #AsianNewDirectorAwards #奪目短片獎 #亞洲新導演獎