Best AAYFF film 2022 & Best Experimental Film

Love and Other Drugs

Sarah Field

16 - 18 AGE GROUP (Senior/High School)

Shanghai American School Puxi, China

She loved him. But looking back, she starts to remember small details that were overlooked before. Is this a love letter to him, or to the city of Shanghai?

Best Film (13-15 age group) & Best Special Achievement (Technical)

Being Present

Rex Svensson

16 - 18 AGE GROUP (Senior/High School)

NIST International School, Thailand

This film is about my relationship with time, and how I want to be more present in life by focusing less on the past and future. I used several film techniques to portray this message as long with a personal audio recording of me expression how I feel.

Best Film (13-15 age group) & Best Animation

Emergensea

Sophie Kimberley Lei & Gabrielle Dana Lei

13 - 15 AGE GROUP (Middle/High school)

The Alice Smith School Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The threat to nature as seen through the eyes of a child, likening it to an emergency situation.

Best Film (19-21 age group) & Best Documentary

PoPiah

Liu Im Cheng

19 - 21 AGE GROUP (College/University)

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

A short documentary of how popiah was made and the relationship of popiah with family, culture, history, and cuisine.

Best Film (10-12 age group)

Consequence

Lyn Techakraisri, Prim Chantaraprapab, Marianna Santucci, Krystal Arts, Ryli Ikeda, Freddie Jameson and Pita Saelim

Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside, Thailand

When two sisters come across a magical ring, they are haste to make wishes which bring temporary bliss. No homework? Awesome! All the toys in the world? What more could you want!? However, as time goes on, they soon realize their wishes bring large consequences with them. Consequences too big to handle. With the help of their wise sister, who has yet to make a wish, they must find a way to reverse the ending. Or is it already too late?

Best Narrative Film

VOID

Eve Hartley, Nicole Recalde Torres, Linnea Karlsson, Niki Nazareno

16 - 18 AGE GROUP (Senior/High School)

International School Manila, Philippines

A girl seeks to fill the void, in any way possible…

Best Short Short

Candles

John Yeo

19 - 21 AGE GROUP (College/University)

Independent, Singapore

The fond childhood nostalgia of birthday parties with loved ones.

Best Genre Film

Username: Jean

Derek Xue, Kevin Sherman, Timothy Tang, Sarah Fan, Elena Jiang, Becky Zhong, Phoebe Tseng, Matthew Cline

16 - 18 AGE GROUP (Senior/High School)

Shanghai American School Puxi, China

In the not-so-distant future, it's increasingly difficult for humans to take their eyes off the screen. AIl is becoming more and more like human while humans are becoming more and more distant from each other. Jean, a young girl trying her best to establish a relationship with those around her, inevitability falls into the comfort of the virtual world.