Sound & Image Challenge International Festival 2018 – Screenings, Master Classes, Award Ceremony

Event Date: 4th — 9th December, 2018
In the spirit of fostering Macau’s Creative Industries, bringing Macau’s creative people in the fields of sound design and moving image design together and encouraging exchange between sound and moving image designers in Macau and the rest of the world, CREATIVE MACAU, together with Institute of European Studies of Macau, is proud to announce the annual SOUND & IMAGE CHALLENGE International Festival.

The submission period of SHORTS, the short film competition of the 9th edition of Sound & Image Challenge, ended with 4143 films submitted. Geographically, the top ten countries of submission are USA, Spain, India, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Iran, Italy, Germany and Turkey.

72 films, in the categories of Fiction, Animation and Documentary, were shortlisted and in which 11 films are produced in Macau. They will all be screened from 4 to 9 December during the SOUND & IMAGE CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2018 at the emblematic Dom Pedro V. Theatre.

Program booklet:  https://issuu.com/soundandimagechallenge/docs/sic2018_booklet_web


Winner List

BEST FILM IN THE FESTIVAL

A Drowning Man | Director  Mahdi Fleifel| Denmark | 2017

    

 

BEST FICTION

Silent Campine | Director  Steffen Geypens | Belgium | 2017

    

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Anderson | Director  Rodrigo Meireles | Brazil | 2017

    

 

BEST ANIMATION

Flood | Director  Malte Stein | Germany | 2018

    

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE

Who am I? | Director  Mark Justine Aguillon| Philippines/Macao | 2018

    

 

HONOURABLE MENTION FOR MACAU CULTURAL IDENTITY

Live Streaming | Director – Chao Ut Ieng | Macao | 2017

    

 Siu representing the winner 

 

BEST LOCAL ENTRY | MACAU CULTURAL IDENTITY | PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST DIRECTOR

Illegalist | Director  Lam Kin-Kuan | Macao | 2018

         

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Patricia Lopes | Crackled Skulls | Director  Kris Verdonck | Belgium | 2018

     

Award presented by Lúcia Lemos (organiser, representing the winner, and Jury)

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST SOUND DESIGN

Thomas Vertongen /Aleksandra Stojanovic |Silent Campine | Director – Steffen Geypens | Belgium | 2017

    

Director Steffen Geypens representing the winner

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST MUSIC

Ginés Carrión | Mothers of Luna | Director  Alicia Albares | Spain | 2017


    

Salem Salavati representing the winner

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST EDITING

Héloise Pelloquet | Acid | Director  Just Philippot | France | 2018

    

Pascal Forney representing the winner

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Etienne Grandou / Frederic Jupin | Acid | Director  Just Philippot | France | 2018

 

    

Detsky Graffam representing the winner

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Starting Line of Life | Directors – Sam Lei, Tiago Lei | Macau

    

 

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Transparent People | Director – Peeko Wong Sio Nga | Macao | 2018

    

 

BEST SONG

Band – WhyOceans | Transparent People | Director – Peeko Wong Sio Nga  | Macau | 2018