Youth Critics Programme

The Youth Critics Programme provides mentorship and encourages writing in response to the festival programme. It aims to nurture a new generation of film writers who can contribute to Asian and Southeast Asian film discourse. Invited industry experts will also share what it means to think and write about cinema.

Participants will be tasked to contribute to writings in the course of the programme and work towards the release of SGIFF’s post-festival publication, Atlas. One of the participants will receive the Young Critic Award for originality of writing and for contributing to cinematic discussions in the region.

Read the publication: ATLAS Volume 1.

If you have any enquiries, please write in to film.academy@sgiff.com.

Mentor 2023

Phoebe PUA

Singapore

Phoebe Pua is a recovering academic and an independent film programmer specialising in Southeast Asia. Her academic writing has been published in journals such as Feminist Media Studies, Language in Society, and Discourse, Context, and Media. She recently worked, and has forthcoming collaborations, with the Museum of Contemporary Art Busan in South Korea and the Objectifs Centre for Film and Photography in Singapore. She served as Mentor of the Youth Critics Programme at the 2022 Singapore International Film Festival and Editor of its inaugural post-festival publication, Atlas.