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Twelve days of Asian cinema.

37th Singapore International Film Festival

Founded in 1987, the Singapore International Film Festival is Singapore’s largest and longest-running film event, with a focus on Asian cinema. The 37th edition runs from 21 October to 1 November across the Asian Feature Film Competition, the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition, Singapore Panorama, Standpoint, Undercurrent, Horizon, Foreground, the restorations of Landmark and the children’s section Junior Explorers. Hur Jin-ho’s Korean political thriller The Assassin(s) opens the festival and Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Vintage Violence closes it. This year’s Cinema Honorary Award goes to Hirokazu Koreeda, whose live-action Look Back, adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga, screens at the festival, and the Screen Icon Award goes to Aamir Khan, whose Lagaan screens as a special presentation. The Silver Screen Awards are on 31 October.

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Singapore’s longest-running film festival: 12 days of new Asian cinema, honouring Hirokazu Koreeda and Aamir Khan.

Film lovers wanting a concentrated dose of new Asian cinema

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sgiff.com ticketing page (read 15 October, SGD): opening and closing 25, special presentations 20, Junior Explorers combo 20 (one adult and one child under 16), Undercurrent performances 20, general films 15 and In Conversation With forums 10; the Undercurrent Pass is 50 (one ticket to each Undercurrent programme, still to be booked). Students, NSFs and seniors 55 and over get 2 dollars off, SGIFFriends who donate 10 dollars or more get 15% off, and Kinokuniya and Catch members 10% off; discounts apply only to general films and forums, one per transaction. Online sales close 5 minutes before each screening and there are no door sales apart from the Rush Queue; no refunds or exchanges unless a screening is cancelled or rescheduled.

Tickets are sold only on sgiff.com, which needs an account; show the e-ticket on your phone. Regular screenings are free seating, while the opening, closing and special presentations have reserved seats. Tickets not checked in 10 minutes after the start are forfeited to the Rush Queue, and doors close 20 minutes after the start. Films carry different ratings, and ID may be checked.

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Michelle Yeoh at an In Conversation session of the Singapore International Film Festival, 2015; a file photo, not this edition. · Report image rights

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Cinemas across Singapore (Sands Theatre, Capitol Theatre, GV VivoCity, National Museum and more)2026.10.21 — 2026.11.01Film festivalsTicket required

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What draws you to this experience?

Koreeda’s live-action Look Back

This year’s honoree Hirokazu Koreeda turns Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga into live action, filming two girls who draw manga as they grow up, on 35mm.

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Opening night: a 1974 shooting

Hur Jin-ho’s The Assassin(s) follows a detective, a reporter and an editor chasing the truth behind a shooting on Korea’s Liberation Day in 1974.

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Aamir Khan and Lagaan

Screen Icon Award winner Aamir Khan’s cricket epic Lagaan screens as a restored special presentation, 224 minutes, with a Q&A.

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Film lovers wanting a concentrated dose of new Asian cinema
Anyone who enjoys post-screening Q&As

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The opening night is marked selling fast, and Look Back and Ah Girl are sold out.

Tickets are sold only on sgiff.com; at the door there is only the Rush Queue.

Tickets are forfeited 10 minutes after the start, and doors close at 20 minutes.

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Dates & times

2026.10.21 — 2026.11.01

Wednesday 21 October to Sunday 1 November 2026, 12 days (Singapore time). Opening: 21 October, 8:30pm, Sands Theatre; closing: 1 November, 5pm, Capitol Theatre; Silver Screen Awards on 31 October. See each film page for screenings.

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Koreeda’s live-action Look Back
Opening night: a 1974 shooting
Aamir Khan and Lagaan

Venue & travel

Cinemas across Singapore (Sands Theatre, Capitol Theatre, GV VivoCity, National Museum and more)

Main venues include the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands, Capitol Theatre (17 Stamford Road), GV VivoCity and the National Museum of Singapore; the Festival Lounge is at LASALLE College of the Arts, Block D, Level 1, 1 McNally Street.

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SGD 10–25

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Ticket reference · per person · SGD

Opening and closingReserved seating; no discounts: SGD 25
Special presentationReserved seating; no discounts: SGD 20
General film ticketSGD 2 off for students, NSFs and 55+: SGD 15
Undercurrent PassOne ticket to each Undercurrent programme; limited: SGD 50

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Dates and entry details refer to this edition; individual sessions may differ.

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Michelle Yeoh at an In Conversation session of the Singapore International Film Festival, 2015; a file photo, not this edition.

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Twelve days of Asian cinema.

What draws you to this experience?

Koreeda’s live-action Look Back

Opening night: a 1974 shooting

Aamir Khan and Lagaan

A closer look.

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This could be for you if you are…

Before you decide

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