Singapore– The spotlight shone on a new generation of film auteurs this afternoon, as a total of 20 awards were presented to 22 unique youth filmmakers from local Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) at the 2nd National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) Ceremony.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) bagged the Best Overall School Award for the second consecutive year, with 13 wins including the Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Direction, and the DBS Best Picture awards. Seven new award categories were introduced this year to highlight NYFA’s emphasis on technical filmmaking crafts.
They included awards for Best Colour Grading, won by Lee Kian Ping (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts) for his film No Regret; Best Editing in Documentary Film, won by Yonas Ngaturi (Ngee Ann Polytechnic) for the documentary, Part and Parcel; and Bert Lighting House Best Lighting, awarded to Zachary Ian Tessensohn (Republic Polytechnic) for the drama DISPATCH.
