High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Singapore International Film Festival was launched in 1987. The festival is an annual film event, held around April/May each year, and screens about 300 films from over 45 countries. Besides screening award-winning and critically-acclaimed films, the festival also features workshops, seminars and exhibitions on film-making for film students and the film industry. The festival accepts formats in 16mm, 35mm, VHS, U-matic (PAL). The festival is directed by Philip Cheah and Teo Swee Leng.