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 an Rp15,000,000 cash prize and two secondary winners will each receive an 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 a 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.
“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
Final Round National 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
Final Round National 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?
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
Ahmad Fauzi, Azalia Syahputri, Rayhan Dharmawan, Tirza Kanya Bestari
Youth Jury Board 2022
THE WINNER IS:
SIDÉRAL // Carlos Segundo / France, Brazil / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // A couple lives near Brazil’s first space centre, she is a cleaner and he is a mechanic, but she dreams of other horizons.
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 the direction according to the filmmakers), nevertheless, it doesn’t lose its fantasy intention.”
Meiske Taurisia
Final Round National 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.
The Awarding Event atmosphere will be broadcasted live on minikino.org/live at 18:30-20:45 (UTC+8).
THE LIST OF 2022 NOMINEES ARE
MFW NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2022 NOMINEES
Short film production in Indonesia seemed to recover quickly with amazing energy in the post pandemic movement limitation. The enthusiastic and energetic creativity is shown in these nominees.
Below are notes from the first round National Competition Juries 2022 about the nominees this year.
The nominees are:
TEGUH // Riani Singgih / Indonesia / 2021 / Documentary / 14:59 // The other side of a gay police case that was exaggerated by media; a human side, warm, and romantic.
A GRANDPA’S UNIFORM AND THE OTHER THINGS OF FEAR (Pedhut) // Christian Banisrael / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 21:42 // A manifestation of traumatic collective memory by exploring the mythical ghosts of the state.
RIDE TO NOWHERE // Khozy Rizal / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 15:00 // A subtle approach to the gender discrimination issue occurs in modern urban society.
JAMAL // Muhammad Heri Fadli / Indonesia / 2020 / Fiction / 14:30 // The consistent wide shoot offers a wholesome cinematic experience for the audience to understand the reality.
NUSA ANTARA (The archipelago) // Azalia Muchransyah / Indonesia / 2021 / Documentary, Animation / 07:07 // Nusantara cuisine meets with four personal heartwarming stories about family, love, and life itself, in a fun amiable animated short.
MFW BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 2022 NOMINEES
The MFW committee will leave this category without any introduction for the juries. We will keep an open mind and save the ‘introduction’ as the summary of the jury deliberation meeting. How do you define the Best Short Film of the year 2022 at Minikino Film Week?
The nominees are:
LE SABOTEUR // Anssi Kasitonni / Finland / 2022 / 12:00 // An ex-saboteur gets back in the game and every trick will be exposed!
OUR OWN LAND (Nous n’irons plus en haut) // Simon Helloco / France / 2021 / 22:48 // It’s time for silaging in the peaceful countryside. While farmers are harvesting the corn, two brothers, 8 and 12, are left alone.
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 BEST ANIMATION SHORT NOMINEES
Thought-provoking animation films with many possible points of view to talk about. Which one is the most successful one using the power of animation short films?
The nominees are:
ANNAH LA JAVANAISE // Fatimah Tobing Rony / Indonesia / 2020 / 05:59 // In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin in Paris as his maid and model. This is a reimagining of her story.
EYES AND HORNS (아이즈앤혼즈) // Chaerin Im / South Korea / 2021 / 06:15 // Inspired by Picasso’s Vollard Suite: the transformation of the Minotaur leads to the destruction of boundaries of sexes.
SIERRA // Sander Joon / Estonia / 2022 / 15:55 // A boy accidentally turns himself into a car tire.
MFW8 BEST AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT NOMINEES
Re-evaluates how film triggers our senses and gives us space to wander.
The nominees are:
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?”
LO CHIAMAVANO CARGO (His name was Cargo) // Marco Signoretti / Italy / 2021 / 17:29 // Italy, late 1960s. Two strangers arrive in a village in the South: the first one has a movie camera, and the second one has a gun.
MY PAWS ARE SOFT, MY BONES ARE HEAVY / Felix Klee / Germany / 2021 / 04:57 // An artificial intelligence dreams it is an animal: as a cougar, it sleeps at the bottom of the sea until the world changes.
MFW8 BEST CHILDREN SHORT NOMINEES
When under 13 years old children are exposed to many audio-visual works through their television and smartphones, what would a short film festival have to offer? The nominees this year were selected by 8-12 years old children in a group discussion moderated by MFW committees and observed by their parents.
Minikino Film Week 8 would like to offer a fresh point of view about short films that open room for conversations between children and their peer group friends, families, and adults.
The nominees are:
MORA MORA // Jurga Šeduikytė / Lithuania / 2021 / 10:05 // The keys of a shattered piano help a child navigate an eerie emotional world.
PERFECT RESTAURANT (善美餐廳) // Aiken Chau / Canada / 2021 / 03:59 // A family tries to get through their dinner at a restaurant as a fly wreaks havoc on their meal.
POLAR BEAR BEARS BOREDOM (ホッキョクグマすっごくひま) // Koji Yamamura / Japan / 2021 / 07:00 // This film is inspired by a 12th-13th century Japanese scroll: Bird and Beast Character Caricature.
MFW8 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINEES
When everything feels broken, these documentaries offer a personal approach to vulnerable topics and shed light to hope.
The nominees are:
BELLE RIVER // Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin / Canada, USA / 2022 / Documentary / 11:18 // Belle River is about Louisiana and its peaceful inhabitants, both threatened with the emergence of the climate crisis.
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.
THE SWIRL (Pyörre) // Helka Heinonen / Finland / 2021 / 22:59 // If nothing happens, why is it better not to tell about it?
MFW8 BEST FICTION SHORT NOMINEES
Sometimes we would like to be transported into a different universe, really we might see a familiar reality. The three nominees for MFW8 Best Fiction Short Award explore personal struggles that would allow the audience to better understand human vulnerability.
The nominees are:
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.
POSTERITY (代) // Audrie Yeo / Malaysia / 2021 / 10:06 // Ah Ger discovers a dead bird and decides to bury it. Her good intentions lead her to be terribly misunderstood by her mother.
TROUBLED WATERS (L’eau à la bouche) // Emmanuelle Huynh / Belgium / 2021 / 14:00 // Bruno, a loser, works at a municipal pool. He has to take care of his partner’s daughter and will face up to unspeakable impulses.
MFW8 PROGRAMMER’S CHOICE
Everyone in the MFW8 pre-selection and programming team has their own choice. Yet, we all agree that these three films should be highlighted because of the wide range of ‘after taste’ that the audience will get after watching these films.
The nominees are:
DE DAG DIE WIT WAS (The day that was white) // Wannes Vanspauwen / Belgium / 2021 / 15:02 // A diverse group of people are stuck in a traffic jam on a foggy highway. The mist persists and becomes a cloak of uncertainty.
INVERSION (Inverze) // Lucia Kajánková / Czech Republic / 2021 / 21:49 // A film about the complicated friendship of three adolescent girls, two swimming pools, and one malicious act
of revenge.
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 NOMINEES
From the eyes of the youths, what kind of films ignites their mind? What do they think is important, significant, yet rarely highlighted? Three films chosen by this year’s Minikino Film Week Youth Juries bring their own challenging stories that seem distinct at first, yet resemblant in their spirits.
The nominees are:
STORE POLICY (L’effort commercial) // Sarah Arnold / France, Switzerland / 2021 / Fiction / 16:58 // You’ll feel puzzled within 17 minutes. This film shows us the cruelty of capitalism with a glimpse of absurdity. It is a reminder that the number of employment offered in today’s world makes humans seem meaningless.
MONA & PARVIZ // Kevin Biele / Germany / 2021 / Fiction / 17:01 // This film tries to reveal the hidden and internalized racism and intimidation in the power relations between immigrant citizens in Germany and the state apparatus. Those who have no power are forced to pretend, using a double mask, to cater to those with power. The strength of this film is its simplicity and effectiveness in building tensions about power inequality.
SIDÉRAL // Carlos Segundo / France, Brazil / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // A unique and captivating film. Highlights the problems of third world countries such as worker rights, developmental issues, welfare, and even gender roles in families. All the while utilizing an absurd, fictitious event as a center point of its story: a rocket launch in Brazil. Sideral’s strength lies in its many layers, allowing different ways to interpret and appreciate the story.
BEGADANG FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2022 NOMINEES
The Begadang Filmmaking Competition is a National Short Filmmaking Competition that challenges participants to develop their idea, write the script, shoot, edit, and make their own music scoring. All within a tight schedule of 34 hours.
There were 44 production groups registered and 32 short films meeting the deadlines. And here are the four nominees:
The nominees are:
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?
UUHH, CKCK, BOOM // Kelompok 2 Production / Cimahi, Jawa Barat / 2022 / Fiction / 05:51 // It looks like the production team was heavily inspired by one of this year’s cinematic element. A comical and hilarious film with human body sound composition.
THE LEMONY SNIPPETS OF A LOOPY REVERIE // CATastrophe Productions / Bogor, Jawa Barat / 2022 / Animation / 03:17 // A vivid dream told with a stop motion animation.
DI BALIK MALAM // Hore Besok Libur! / Tangerang, Banten / 2022 / Fiction / 05:20 // A witty storytelling in a single image with all the elements of filmmaking.
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.
Here are the nominees:
RIDE TO NOWHERE // Khozy Rizal / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 15:00 It’s her first day as a motor taxi driver yet she got lots of cancellation of orders but then she sees the fact that the male drivers didn’t experience what she’s going through.
THE PARTIAN // Hadafi Raihan Karim / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 08:40 //On a planet where big vehicles and rocky mountains are a common view, a mysterious astronaut lands and discovers things that seem familiar.
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.
WHILE MY GOATEE GENTLY BLEATS // Pahurak Kong / Thailand / 2021 / Fiction / 06:00 // After having the last supper, a scapegoat is brought to the gallows.
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.
CANDLELIGHT // Polen LY / Cambodia / 2022 / Fiction / 03:05 // In the darkness, a group of people depend on dim candle lights to read books.
