Ah Girl wins best film at Silver Screen Awards; Sadat takes director
Ang Geck Geck Priscilla's debut feature topped the Asian Feature Film Competition at the 37th Singapore International Film Festival's awards.
Ang Geck Geck Priscilla's debut feature Ah Girl won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competition at the Silver Screen Awards, held at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre on the penultimate day of the 37th Singapore International Film Festival, according to Variety. The festival runs through Nov. 1.
Shahrbanoo Sadat took best director for No Good Men, while Pushpa Thing Lama and Putri Marino shared the best performance prize. The Special Jury Prize went to Nagahisa Makoto's Burn.
In the short film categories, Arief Budiman's Golden Island was named best Southeast Asian short film.
Ang developed Ah Girl at the festival's Southeast Asian Film Lab in 2015, and the film later took the Youth Jury Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Her 2012 short Broken Crayon won the best short film prize at the Singapore Short Film Awards.
The Silver Screen Awards was launched in 1991 as the first international film competition with a dedicated Asian cinema section.
Quick answers
Which film won best film at the 2026 Silver Screen Awards?
Ah Girl, the debut feature by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competition.
Who won best director at the Silver Screen Awards?
Shahrbanoo Sadat won best director for No Good Men.