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Citra Award For Best Director
The Citra Award for Best Director (Indonesian: ) is an award given at the annual Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) to Indonesian film directors in recognition for their achievement in the previous year. The Citra Awards, described by ''Screen International'' as "Indonesia's equivalent to the Academy Awards, Oscars", are the country's most prestigious film awards and are intended to recognize achievements in films as well as to draw public interest to the film industry. Garin Nugroho is the most recent winner with his film ''Samsara (2024 film), Samsara'' at the 2024 ceremony. History The award was first given in 1955 with the winner of that year, Lilik Sudjio for his film ''Tarmina'', being selected from all eligible films a jury panel without shortlisted nominations. Owing to efficiency concerns and widespread disapproval of winners within the Cinema of Indonesia, Indonesian film industry, beginning in 1979 the FFI instituted a nomination system in which a committee selects the ...
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Garin Nugroho
Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961) is an Indonesian film director. Biography Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually had seven children. As a child, he attended an Islamic elementary school, later attending Catholic secondary schools. His father owned a lending library and enjoyed writing, leading Nugroho to start writing from a young age; he later quit writing because he felt his father to be too critical. He also enjoyed exploring, and would bathe in the Code River fed by the cold lahar runoffs from Mount Merapi; he notes that the sulfur, which was brought to the river by the lava, was good for his skin. After graduating from Kolese Loyola high school in 1981, Nugroho went to Jakarta to study filmmaking at the Jakarta Institute of Arts (''Institut Kesenian Jakarta'', or IKJ), as well as law and politics at the University of Indonesia (UI). After stud ...
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Mouly Surya
Mouly Surya (born 10 September 1980) is an Indonesian film Film director, director and screenwriter. Beginning her career as assistant director and screenwriter in local film productions, Surya rose to prominence in 2008 for her List of directorial debuts, directorial debut the psychological thriller ''Fiksi.'' which won her the Citra Award for Citra Award for Best Director, Best Director. She won a second Best Director award at the Citra Award, 38th Citra Award for ''Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts'' ten years after winning her first. She is the first woman director to win the award and, as of 2022, remains the only one to do so. Early life Surya studied Media studies, Media and Literature in Australia and earned a Bachelor of Arts, B. A. from Swinburne University and an Master of Arts, M. A. from Bond University. While in Australia, she ran a blog and became online friends with then-unknown Raditya Dika who was studying in Adelaide and later became a collaborator in the f ...
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Eros Djarot
Erros Djarot (born 22 July 1950) is an Indonesian songwriter, Film director, director and politician of Bantenese people, Bantenese descent. Beginning his music career with the soundtrack of ''Kawin Lari'' in 1976, Djarot became famous with the success of ''Badai Pasti Berlalu (film), Badai Pasti Berlalu'' and Badai Pasti Berlalu (album), its soundtrack album. In 1988, he directed ''Tjoet Nja' Dhien'' which received nine Citra Awards and was Indonesia's submission to the 62nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In the late 1990s, Djarot entered politics, later forming the Freedom Bull National Party, Bung Karno National Party in 2002. Biography Djarot was born in Rangkasbitung, Banten on 22 July 1950. He attended elementary and junior high school in Yogyakarta, where he became active with the student organization Gerakan Siswa Nasional Indonesia. He then attended senior high school in Belitung, South Sumatra. In 1969, he went to Cologne, West German ...
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Munich (2005 Film)
''Munich'' is a 2005 epic films, epic historical drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. It is based on the 1984 book ''Vengeance (Jonas book), Vengeance'' by George Jonas, an account of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre. ''Munich'' was released by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures on December 23, 2005, and received five Academy Awards, Oscar nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Editing, and Academy Award for Best Original Score, Best Score. The film made $131 million worldwide but just $47 million in the United States, making it one of Spielberg's lowest-grossing films domestically. In 2017, the film was named the 16th "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by ''The New Y ...
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Gladiator (2000 Film)
''Gladiator'' is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor. The screenplay, initially written by Franzoni, was inspired by the 1958 Daniel P. Mannix novel '' Those About to Die''. The script was acquired by DreamWorks Pictures, and Scott signed on to direct the film. Principal photography began in January 1999 and wrapped in May of that year. Production was complicated by the script being rewritten multiple times and by the d ...
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Copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subject to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States and fair dealings doctrine in the United Kingdom. Some jurisdictions require "fixing" copyrighted works in a tangible form. It is often shared among multiple authors, each of whom holds a set of rights to use or license the work, and who are commonly referred to as rights holders. These rights normally include reproduction, control over derivative works, distribution, public performance, and moral rights such as attribution. Copyrights can be granted by ...
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Copyright Infringement
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Ekskul
''Ekskul'' is an Indonesian thriller film released in 2006, starring Ramon Y Tungka, Sheila Marcia, Indra Brasco, written by Eka D. Sitorus and directed by Nayato Fio Nuala. The movie is about a highschool student who is constantly bullied at school and abused by parents at home, had enough and took several other students hostage. Reception The movie received generally negative reviews, mainly due to its many plot holes, unrealistic settings and characterizations, overly-flashy editing and style. However, it won the 2006 Indonesian Film Festival's Citra Award for Best Picture, which prompted waves of protests from the Indonesian film community, particularly the younger generations. Several winners of previous Citra awards even returned their trophy to the IFF committee in protest. Plot The pre-title scene shows Joshua (Ramon), the main character, in a psychiatrist's office. Joshua is clearly refusing to cooperate with the shrink, who seems to favor repressive in place of pe ...
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Nia Dinata
Nurkurniati Aisyah Dewi (born 4 March 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia), better known as Nia Dinata, is an Indonesian film director. Her movies are known for tackling subjects controversial or "risky" in Indonesia such as homosexuality, migrant workers, and polygamy. Dinata began her film career directing video clips and commercials in the mid-1990s until directing the made-for-television ''Mencari Pelangi'' in 1998. Three years later, she directed her first feature film, '' Ca-bau-kan'', after founding her own production house. The next film she directed, 2003's '' Arisan!'', was critically acclaimed and one of her most successful works. Her third directorial effort, 2006's '' Berbagi Suami'', was controversial yet successful. Dinata has faced heavy censorship and controversy in Indonesia because of the subjects she covers. However, she has also won critical acclaim internationally, being called Indonesia's "most talented new filmmaker" in 2006. Two of the films she direct have been s ...
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Upi Avianto
Upi Avianto is an Indonesian screenwriter and film director who has worked on several of Indonesia's most popular films in the 2000s. She directed the 2004 film '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (''30 Days Looking for Love'') which founded the film career of actress Nirina Zubir. In 2007 she directed, wrote and produced the hit ''Coklat Stroberi''. Filmography As screenwriter * ''Tusuk Jelangkung'' (2003) (screenplay) * ''Lovely Luna'' (2004) * '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (2004) * ''Realita, Cinta dan Rock'n Roll'' (2006) * ''Coklat Stroberi'' (2007) * '' Shackled'' (2012) * '' Sweet 20'' (2017) As director * '' 30 Hari Mencari Cinta'' (2004) * ''Realita, Cinta dan Rock'n Roll'' (2006) * '' Serigala Terakhir'' (2009) * ''Ada Apa Dengan Monyet'' (2010) * ''Mbah Marijan Ahli G Merapi'' (2011) * '' Shackled'' (2012) * ''My Stupid Boss'' (2016) * ''My Stupid Boss 2'' (2019) * '' Sri Asih'' (2022) * '' Till Death Do Us Part'' (2024) As producer * ''Coklat Stroberi ''Coklat Stroberi'' ...
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Kamila Andini
Kamila Andini (born 6 May 1986) is an Indonesian film director known for her critically acclaimed debut, '' The Mirror Never Lies''. Biography Andini was born on 6 May 1986 and is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Although uninterested in cinematography for fear that she would be "work ngin her father's shadow", she began studying photography while still in junior high school, hoping to "capture people's life and behavior". While in senior high school her classmates often asked her father about film making, questions which Andini later said "ashamed" her because she knew nothing of her father's oeuvre. She later began to become involved with several film committees. Andini completed a degree in sociology at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Career Upon her return to Indonesia, Andini began to work as a director. She handled music videos for groups such as Ungu and Slank, as well as documentaries on music and the ocean. One of these, ''Lagu untuk Tukik'' (' ...
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Ida Farida
Ida Farida (born 5 May 1939) is an Indonesian director, screenwriter, and journalist. She is the sister of director Misbach Yusa Biran, and is the last surviving of the six Indonesian women directors before 1998. Early life Farida was born on 5 May 1939 in Rangkasbitung, Lebak Regency, as the second daughter and youngest child of Jusa Biran. Her father was a journalist of Minangkabau descent who faced exile during the Dutch colonial period, while her mother was from Rangkasbitung. Her brother, Misbach Yusa Biran, was a director who often gave her a novel from a foreign country. Farida spent her childhood in Rangkasbitung, and has had completed middle high school education. She then moved to Bogor, Bandung, and Jakarta, and later began to publish a short story for make money. Personal life Farida had three children. Career Farida started her career by working as a story writer from 1953, where she published her first short story, ''Surat Terakhir'', in ''Pusparagam'' maga ...
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