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MFW9 AWARD WINNERS

MFW BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023

MFW Best Short Film of the Year Award 2023 winner will get Rp. 5.000.000,- (Five Million Rupiahs) cash prize.

MFW9 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2023

The nominees are selected by the MFW9 programming team based on the most outstanding, enthusiastic, and creatively energetic works to showcase Indonesian short films. National Competition Award 2023 winner will get Rp. 2.500.000,- (Two million Rupiahs) cash prize.

BEGADANG FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2023

Begadang Filmmaking Competition challenges participants to develop their ideas, write the script, shoot, edit, and make their own music scoring. Produce and submit a short film all within a tight schedule of 34 hours. There were 67 production groups registered and 56 succeeded in meeting the deadline. Rp. 5.000.000.- (Five million Rupiahs) for the winner of Begadang Filmmaking Competition 2023

THE RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD AT MFW9

Since 2021, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, are giving the RWI Asia Pacific Awards at MFW, to honor short films produced in Asia Pacific focusing on human rights, gender equality, and climate change issues. Three films will be selected by RWI representatives to receive the RWI Asia Pacific Award at MFW9. One main winner will receive Rp 15,000,000 cash prize and two runners-up will each receive Rp7,500,000 cash prize.

RANGKAI AWARD AT MFW9

RANGKAI was invited to preview the MFW9 NATIONAL COMPETITION NOMINEES. One winner will be announced at the MFW9 Awarding event and receive Rp 2,500,000 cash prize. The selected films are not merely an interesting idea of the story or the unique way of expressing it, but it boldly brought up issues that are signified with the problems of today’s Indonesia. Through the symbols carried in the film’s plot, it offers a deep contemplation and leaves us a bitter feeling.

The rest of the MFW9 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.

The programming team and program director recommends these winners, and then given to the 2023 Jury Board members to be previewed. The festival committee has made the final decision based on the recommendations of the 2023 Jury Board deliberation meetings.

THE LIST OF 2023 WINNERS ARE

MFW BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 2023

THE WINNER IS:

YELLOW | [d][w] ELHAM EHSAS / Afghanistan & UK / 2023 / Fiction / 12:49 // Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil from a Talib shopkeeper and face a new future. // [ig] @ zoradzo // Awards/Screenings: Best Film – San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival | Official Selection – Palm Springs Shortfest

MFW9 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2023

THE WINNER IS:

BISING (Chorus of The Wounded Birds) | [d] Amar Haikal / [w] Amar Haikal, Bintang Panglima / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 12:24 // Late night, a desperate young man search for a loud release in a motorbike repair shop. // [ig] @podium.pictures

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MFW9 NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2023 – SPECIAL MENTION

THE SPECIAL MENTION IS:

IYA IYA IYA IYA | [d] Winner Wijaya / [w] Winner Wijaya, Rayner Wijaya, Adit MKM / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 17:32 // Mariana and Callista are talking about their love lives // [ig] @horebesoklibur

I SAW A GHOST, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL | [d][w] Bobby Fernando / Indonesia / 2022 / Animation / 09:06 // A property agent’s spiritless job descends into a surreal confrontation that shrouds the truth behind the vanishing of her client. // [ig] @odnanrefybbob

MFW9 BEST ANIMATION SHORT

THE WINNER IS:

LITTLE SMASHER (Petit cogneur) | [d] Gilles Cuvelier / France / 2022 / Animation / 13:56 // Poetic testimony of a family crossing time and space to the rhythm of the uncontrollable crises of the youngest. // Awards/Screenings: Best Animation Award at the Interfilm Festival 2022 in Berlin | Best Animation Award at the Thai International Film Festival 2022 in Bangkok

MFW9 BEST AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

THE WINNER IS:

THE ALTAR | [d][w] Moe Myat May Zarchi / Myanmar / 2023 / Experimental / 10:10 // A Buddhist fable-like story about the guilt of a childhood incident of killing an ant painted in zen-like photographic sequences. // [ig] @moemyatmz // Awards/Screenings: 69th International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / 20th Vienna Shorts

MFW9 BEST CHILDREN SHORT

THE WINNER IS:

I’M NOT AFRAID! (Ich habe keine Angst!) | [d][w] Marita Mayer / Germany, Norway / 2022 / Animation / 07:02 // Vanja discovers that being brave means to face your own fears, and that everyone is scared now and then – even the big ones. // [ig] @fabianfred // Awards/Screenings: 2022 Critique Prize Germany FBW: Highly valuable | 2022 Big Cartoon Festival: Best Foreign Animated Film for Children.

MFW9 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

THE WINNER IS:

PONTO FINAL | [d] Miguel López Beraza / [w] Miguel Lopez Beraza, Mireia Graell Vivancos / Spain, Portugal / 2022 / Documentary / 22:40 // Through an acting game, the director’s parents become movie stars to talk about cancer they both overcame and the fear of loss. // Awards/Screenings: VIFF – Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) | Warsaw Film Festival (Poland) / Short Grand Prix.

MFW9 BEST FICTION SHORT

THE WINNER IS:

THE GOOD FATHER (El padre bueno) | [d][w] Jorge Cañada Escorihuela / Spain / 2022 / Fiction / 14:59 // The good father is a dance of life and death, of ghosts and presences. // [ig] @agenciafreak // Awards/Screenings: 14º Kerala International Documentary and Short Film Festival. India | 51º ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (C. de Madrid) Spain

MFW9 PROGRAMMER’S CHOICE

THE WINNER IS:

INTRO | [d] Anne Isensee / Germany / 2022 / Animation / 07:09 // An animated audio film about an audio descriptor who can’t make sense of this very film until the film starts making sense of her. // [ig] @intro_animationsfilm // Awards/Screenings: DOK Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und AnimaGonsûlm 2022 VIS Vienna Shorts 2023

YOUTH JURY AWARD 2023

THE WINNER IS:

FAIRPLAY | [d] Zoel Aeschbacher / [w] Zoel Aeschbacher, Gania Latroche / Switzeland, France / 2022 / Fiction / 17:00 // A teenager in search of recognition, a worker ready to do anything to hit the jackpot, a senior executive at the end of his career who wants to prove to himself that he is still alive. // Awards/Screenings: Locarno Film Festival 2022

BEGADANG FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2023 WINNER

THE WINNER IS:

PISANG ROBOT SATU KATA // [d] Fauzan Al Habibie / [w] Fauzan Al Habibie, Mukhlis Hafidz / Produksi Dari Hati / Banten, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 04:59 // A group of people discussing and debating how to make a film in just 34 hours.

THE RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD AT MFW9

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law through Minikino Film Week 8 pays attention to short films deal with an array of equality, diversity, and environmental concerns.

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 2023 – FIRST WINNER

THE MAIN PRIZE WINNER IS:

BLUE POETRY | [d][w] Muhammad Heri Fadli / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 18:28 // Fisherman who works hard by catching fish in the sea. He often eats fish containing plastic waste, and makes a change in his physique.

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RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD 2023 – SECOND WINNER

THE SECOND WINNER IS:

THE WEDDING RING | [d][w] Robin Narciso / Cambodia / 2022 / Fiction / 12:56 // Leakhena, a pregnant woman, is fired in the midst of the pandemic. She will need to find a way to sustain her growing family.

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RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD 2023 – HONORABLE MENTION

THE HONORABLE MENTION IS:

ACUNG MEMILIH BERSUARA (Acung Decides To Speak Up) // [d] Amelia Hapsari / Indonesia / 2023 / Documentary / 10:27 // Acung never thought of becoming an activist. However, he grew up witnessing the hatred that his ethnic Chinese descent continues to receive.

RANGKAI AWARD AT MFW9

RANGKAI was invited to preview the MFW9 NATIONAL COMPETITION NOMINEES. One winner will be announced at the MFW9 Awarding event and receive Rp 2,500,000 cash prize. The selected films are not merely an interesting idea of the story or the unique way of expressing it, but it boldly brought up issues that are signified with the problems of today’s Indonesia. Through the symbols carried in the film’s plot, it offers a deep contemplation and leaves us a bitter feeling.
THE WINNER IS:

BLUE POETRY | [d][w] Muhammad Heri Fadli / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 18:28 // Fisherman who works hard by catching fish in the sea. He often eats fish containing plastic waste, and makes a change in his physique.

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