The national competition is only for nominated Indonesian directors/producers. One winner of the National Competition Award 2022 shall win Rp2.000.000,- (Two Million Rupiahs) (US$130)
THE RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD AT MFW8 Three films produced in the Asia Pacific region will be selected by RWI representatives to receive The RWI Asia Pacific Award at MFW8. One main winner will receive a Rp15,000,000 cash prize and two secondary winners will each receive a Rp7,500,000 cash prize.
The rest of the MFW8 AWARDS is a NON-MONETARY REWARD in the form of a Certificate Of Achievement signed by the Committee, and dedicated online announcements as a PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXCELLENCE.
These winners are recommended by the programming team and program director, and then given to the 2022 Jury Board members to be previewed. The festival committee has made the final decision based on the recommendations of the 2022 Jury Board deliberation meetings.
THE LIST OF 2022 WINNERS ARE
MFW BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 2022
“It is beautifully visceral cinematic portrayal of a delicate and large inner world”
Hawa Essuman
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
WARSHA // Dania Bdeir / Lebanon / 2021 / 15:42 // A crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able
to find his freedom.
MFW8 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2022
“This short film has an overwhelming strength in the performance of the protagonist. Her face and sweat let us feel her anguish in the midst of a macho society. The camera strives to capture a unique realism and succeeds. A very powerful short film.”
Jaime E. Manrique
International Jury Board 2022
“A very strong and important story of discrimination against women in an already precarious job market. This short film succinctly depicts the entanglement of great capitalism and patriarchy to launch its criticism against the widely praised platform economy. The last character’s gaze of the camera put moral questions to the audience on this rather big dead end. This is also a well-crafted film whose elements support each other quite well. The editing brings rhythm to the story for the audience to contemplate. The casting is superb, and the gender code transformation is more than convincing.”
Eric Sasono
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
RIDE TO NOWHERE // Khozy Rizal / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 15:00 // A subtle approach to the gender discrimination issue occurs in modern urban society.
MFW8 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2022 – SPECIAL MENTION
“A film that brings the ugly and cruel reality of living as a homosexual in Indonesia. All conviction toward them is completely constructed. At the same time this film was also presented in a very raw and straightforward way. It deserves a larger national audience to show the same way of living as we are all after all human”
“Alternatives uses of still images. It is revisiting what animation used to be. The old school and fun way making animation and adapting that to show forbidden human aspect”
Hawa Essuman
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
EYES AND HORNS (아이즈앤혼즈) // Chaerin Im / South Korea / 2021 / 06:15 // Thought-provoking animation films with many possible points of views to talk about. Which one is the most successful one using the power of animation short films?
MFW8 BEST AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
“Angle Mort touches on important issues. It is a powerful story about the principles of being a human. For this, Angle Mort is the winner “
Leong Puiyee
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
ANGLE MORT (Blind spot) // Lotfi Achour / France / 2021 / 13:13 // A man is tortured and killed under Ben Ali’s dictatorship. His mother is still asking: “Where did you abandon my son’s body?”
MFW8 BEST CHILDREN SHORT
“Delicately navigates a world of uncertainty to understanding very charmingly”
Hawa Essuman
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
MORA MORA // Jurga Šeduikytė / Lithuania / 2021 / 10:05 // The keys of a shattered piano help a child navigate an eerie emotional world.
MFW8 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“For its cinematic uses of sound to tell a universal human relatable story”
Hawa Essuman
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
THE SOUND OF THE TIME (I suoni del tempo) // Jeissy Trompiz / Colombia / 2021 / 15:00 // Nico is a sound man who records conversations of war soldiers from the past.
MFW8 BEST FICTION SHORT
“For showing the sad relevant horror from the eyes of a usually ignored generation, this years best Fiction short is HANTU by Kim Kokosky Deforchaux”
Hawa Essuman
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
HANTU // Kim Kokosky Deforchaux / The Netherlands / 2021 / Fiction / 19:00 // An elderly widow from the former Dutch East Indies has been living in the Netherlands for decades, but is haunted by traumas of post-colonial turmoil and does not want to burden her son with her past.
MFW8 PROGRAMMER’S CHOICE
“A hilarious innovative celebration of how short films, filmmaker, and the audience meet at festivals”
WORK IT CLASS! // Pol Diggler / Spain / 2021 / 08:00 // During a fancy New Year’s Eve party, two dancers try to mock the upper class audience by changing the song
of their performance.
YOUTH JURY AWARD 2022
“Sidéral in its underlying absurdity within a life-altering situation brings us the possibilities to imagine beyond one’s wildest dreams. We are shocked and inspired by Mère, dare enough to chase her dream, plummeting into the unimaginable horizon.”
Youth Jury 2022
THE WINNER IS:
SIDÉRAL // Carlos Segundo / France, Brazil / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00
BEGADANG FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2022 WINNER
“The film manages to intrigue our imagination within a very limited source of production, as seen in the film. The talent & dialogues can be stronger and more relevant (in direction according to the filmmakers), nevertheless it doesn’t lose its fantasy intention.”
Meiske Taurisia
International Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
CHICKEN AWAKEN // Nol Derajat Film / Kota Malang, Jawa Timur / 2022 / Fiction / 05:27 // Who would have thought that a giant chicken would be so much fun to watch?
One best film produced in the Asia Pacific region will be selected to receive The RWI Asia Pacific Award at MFW8
RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD 2022 – MAIN PRIZE
“Bagan embodies the reality of most Southeast Asian countries where social classes, citizen rights, and land eviction collide.”
Jason Squire
Director of RWI Jakarta Office
THE MAIN PRIZE WINNER IS:
BAGAN (Sudden Uncertainty) // Firdaus Balam / Malaysia / 2021 / Fiction / 24:35 // Frankie lives at home with his grandma while his peers go off to school. When a government notice arrives one day announcing land reform in his village, Frankie is unable to read it.
RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD 2022 – SECOND WINNER
“It portrays the irony of a Laotian migrant worker family and simply puts rights violations of workers’ perspective very well”
Jason Squire
Director of RWI Jakarta Office
THE SECOND WINNER IS:
PHA HOM (The Blanket) // Mitpasa SITTHIHAKPANYA / Laos / 2021 / Fiction / 18:17 // A seven-year-old boy from a rural Lao village becomes responsible for his younger siblings and mother, when his father goes off to the city in search of work.
RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD 2022 – HONORABLE MENTION
“This film portrays the irony of a Laotian migrant worker family and simply puts the rights violations of workers’ perspective very well. Human rights for all is RWI’s main concern, including migrant worker rights.“
Jason Squire
Director of RWI Jakarta Office
THE SECOND WINNER IS:
THE PARTIAN // Hadafi Raihan Karim / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 08:40 // In a planet where big vehicles and rocky mountains are a common view, a mysterious astronaut lands and discover things that seems familiar.
