SGIFilmFeud
Ticket Price: Free with Registration
29 Nov 2025, Sat / 11:00AM / 90 min
National Gallery Singapore, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium
Events will be free seating and on a first come, first served basis. Kindly arrive 10 minutes before your event starts.
This interactive showdown invites industry insiders to put their knowledge of local audiences to the test and guess what Singaporeans really think about the state of moviegoing today. Has the rise of streaming truly reshaped our habits, or does the magic of the big screen still endure? From the recent slew of cinema closures to the communal support to support local, this discussion reveals how emotions, economics, and technology intertwine in shaping our viewing culture today.
Watch as teams go head-to-head, second-guessing public opinion while uncovering unexpected insights about what keeps audiences away or brings them back to the hallowed halls of cinema. Through a mix of humour, competition and debate, the session turns on the ground feedback into a lively game of discovery.
Come for the entertainment but stay for the honest revelations about what’s been lost, what remains and what could reignite Singapore’s shared love for the silver screen.
Host
Fauzi Azzhar
Actor and Internet Personality
Fauzi Azzhar is an Actor and Internet Personality represented by FLY Entertainment. His debut film credits include We Can Save The World, by Cheng Chai Hong and The Sandbox, by James Thoo (premiering at SGIFF 2025). Discovering his passion for storytelling during the early days of Facebook and Instagram, Fauzi first rose to fame with the hit online series Average Guys SG in 2017, and later on as an internet personality on TikTok. Today, he continues to entertain and inspire audiences across platforms.
Photo Credit: @houseofscene
Speakers
Benjamin Yap
Writer and Podcaster
Benjamin Yap is a film writer, and podcaster. He co-hosts and produces Deep Cut: A Film Podcast, a director-focused film podcast featuring deep-dive discussions about films, interviews, and film festival coverage. He writes about film in his film newsletter, The Kinetoscope.
He also built and runs filmbulletin.sg, which aggregates film screenings in Singapore outside the mainstream cinema circuit.
Cheng Chai Hong
Writer and Director
Chai Hong is a Singaporean screenwriter and film director. Alongside his short films and commercial work, he’s also the creator/writer/director of cult favourite indie comedy web series Average Guys & Neighbourhood Watch Task Force. His first feature film, We Can Save the World!!!, premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival.
Sam Chua Weishi
Producer
Sam Chua Weishi is a film producer from Singapore. Her recent works include Pierce by Nelicia Low (Best Director Crystal Globe – Karlovy Vary 2024), At February’s End by Mickey Lai (Locarno 2025) and Children’s Day by Giselle Lin (Competition, Berlinale 2025). She has trained at EAVE’s Ties That Bind, Rotterdam Lab, Full Circle Lab Philippines and Busan Asian Film School, and is currently developing a slate of films at Singapore-based production company Pōtocol.
Tan Siyou
Writer and Director
Tan Siyou is a Singaporean filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her debut feature film, Amoeba, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Her short films have traveled to festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto, Locarno, among others. She studied Film Studies at Wesleyan University before going on to the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women.
Photo Credit: Danielle Krudy
Tysha Khan
Actor and Malay Translator
Tysha Khan is an artistic force whose practice centres around distilling truth and finding simple ways to present it in order to facilitate understanding. Known for her versatile acting and powerful writing, her career defies easy categorisation, spanning across multiple disciplines, languages, and creative media. Currently, she would like to be known as the lead actor and Malay dialogue translator in Buah, a short film by Jen Nee Lim.
Photo Credit: Renny Nadira
Vincent Quek
Founder, Anticipate Pictures
Vincent Quek is the founder of Anticipate Pictures, a film distribution company that focuses on bringing feature-length arthouse, independent films, feature documentaries and classic film restorations from around the world into Singapore for meaningful distribution. Before Anticipate, he worked at The Substation for the Moving Images program. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude) in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Photo Credit: Beijing Film Festival