20th SIFF Asian New Talent Award
International Jury for 2017 Asian New Talent Award:
President: WANG Xiaoshuai (China, Director)
Juries: Hsiao-chuan Chang (China Taiwan, Actor)
DONG Jinsong (China, Cinematographer)
TAN Chui Mui (Malaysia, Director)
Michael J. Werner (USA, Consultant, Distributor &Producer)
2017 Asian New Talent Award-Winning Films:
Award for Best Film:Shuttle Life(Malaysia)
Award for Best Director:Takumi Saitoh - Blank 13(Japan)
Award for Best Script Writer:WANG Qiang - Sunshine that Can Move Mountains(China)
Award for Best Cinematographer:CHEN Ko-Chin - Shuttle Life (Malaysia)
Award for Best Actor:Jack TAN - Shuttle Life(Malaysia)
Award for Best Actress:Adwa Bolle - Beneath the Silence (Israel)
Nominations for Asian New Talent Award
Best Film
Beneath the Silence(Israel)
Shuttle Life(Malaysia)
Sunshine that Can Move Mountains(China)
Dogs and Fools(Iran)
Stonehead(China)
Best Director
TAN Seng Kiat - Shuttle Life
WANG Qiang - Sunshine that Can Move Mountains
Takumi Saitoh - Blank 13
CHENG Wei-Hao - Who Killed Cock Robin
ZHAO Xiang - Stonehead
Best Script Writer
Pulkit - Maroon
Shingo Matsumura - Love and Goodbye and Hawaii
WANG Qiang - Sunshine that Can Move Mountains
Ali Mohammad Ghasemi & Azam Najafian - Dogs and Fools
ZHAO Xiang & LIU Dan - Stonehead
Best Cinematographer
Tomer Moneta - Beneath the Silence
Soumik Mukherjee - Maroon
Raita Yabushita - Love and Goodbye and Hawaii
CHEN Ko-Chin - Shuttle Life
CHEN Chi-Wen - Who Killed Cock Robin
Best Actress
Oyku Karayel - Dust
Adwa Bolle - Beneath the Silence
Asieh Bakhshizad - Dogs and Fools
XU Lu - Our Shining Days
Best Actor
Amos Tamam - Beneath the Silence
Jack TAN - Shuttle Life
PENG Yuchang - Our Shining Days
LING Man Lung - Tomorrow Is Another Day
LI Ronghao - Duckweed