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2023 AWARD WINNERS & NOMINEES LIST

All category winners are also offered a two-week artist accommodation at MASH Denpasar as an additional award.

Accommodation must be booked between 1 October 2023 and 1 September 2024. Winners (max. 2 people) fare eligible to claim accommodation if they occupy the following positions:

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
  • Sound Artist

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 were 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 gets Rp. 2.500.000,- (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Rupiahs) cash prize and 1 (one) unit LUMIX G90 KIT by Lumix Indonesia.

This year’s National Competition Award special mentions  will be awarded a two-week artist accommodation at MASH Denpasar. Accommodation must be booked between 1 October 2023 and 1 September 2024. Winners (max. 2 people) fare eligible to claim accommodation if they occupy the following positions

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
  • Sound Artist

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 special mention for this category also gets 1 (one) unit LUMIX G90 KIT by Lumix Indonesia.

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

“Strong ideas and portrayal of the social and cultural conflict, with a hint of drama. A strong storytelling, simple premise but the filmmaker brilliantly unfolding the story to bigger issue and a strong critics”
Gita Fara
International Jury Board 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

“A powerful and aesthetic exploration of masculinity and its problems in managing emotions such as anger and grief through the idiosyncratically masculine world.”
Kelly Lui
National Jury Board 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 MENTIONS

“Technically impeccable, beautiful designs, between naturalism and mystical world, kind of high level animation, and a simple but beautiful script.”
Pedro Toro
National Jury Board 2023
THE SPECIAL MENTIONS ARE:

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

“Film pendek ini dengan durasi cukup panjang, tapi sungguh-sungguh tidak membosankan. Alur cerita hanya dibangun lewat dialog, tapi memang dialog itulah kekuatan film ini. Dialog dalam film ini barangkali tak akan pernah didengar dalam keseharian, tapi dengan alur dialog yang bernas.”
Made Adnyana Ole
National Jury Board 2023

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

MFW9 BEST ANIMATION SHORT

“Very a unique exploration of family dynamics, with often striking visuals. A poetic visualization of a family’s journey. A technically well-made animation.”

Sébastien Simon
International Jury Board 2023
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

“Beautiful visualisation, beautiful and intriguing feelings. Mixed with subtly trippy and multi-layered animated visuals. Very deep into the soul of the filmmakers.”
Gita Fara
International Jury Board 2023
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

“Nice moral and message for children. Super cute and adorable funny moments good story.”
Gita Fara
International Jury Board 2023
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

“Deep subject matter, wonderful framing captures reality and imaginative universe, play it along to be a somewhat fiction feeling. A smart personal piece on the issues of life, dream sickness, and memories, that told effectively to the audience.”
Clarissa Jacobson
International Jury Board 2023
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

“Beautiful cinematography, An interesting exploration of fatherhood and its depth of feelings. Unpredictable plot, intriguing to watch.”
Sébastien Simon
International Jury Board 2023
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

An innovative film that breaks free from the formalities of films that have ever existed. This fresh and fun short film perfectly aligns with Minikino Film Week’s commitment to spread the awareness of inclusive cinema.
Fransiska Prihadi, Rayhan Dharmawan, Ahmad Fauzi, Saffira Nusa Dewi, Joelle Bavoux
MFW9 Programming Team

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

“This film skillfully juggles on the youth’s pressure to compete, through the three different stages of our path into adulthood, it reminds us that the pains of growing up is a never ending journey.”
Andika Wahyu, Bintang Panglima, Shara Octaviani, Vira Feysa
Youth Jury Board 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

“With an extraordinary filmmaking spirit that resonates how cinema should be celebrated.”
Pedro Toro
National Jury Board 2023
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.

BEGADANG FILMMAKING COMPETITION 2023 – SPECIAL MENTION

“Selama program Begadang diputar di Minikino Film Week 9. Tim Programming mengamati bagaimana respons penonton terhadap film-film Begadang. Film ini mendapat banyak apresiasi dari penonton selama festival. Sebagai bentuk apresiasi atas cara penceritaan dan semangat ekspolorasi medium film.”
Tim Posko Begadang
Begadang Programming Team

TRASHTALK // [d][w] Rizqullah Ramadhan Panggabean + (alias: Rizzcool) / Acah Acah Films / Jawa Tengah, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 05:59

THE RWI ASIA PACIFIC AWARD AT MFW9

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law through Minikino Film Week 9 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 MFW9

“This short film depicts a serious global environmental issue with a witty and bitter satire at the same time. But it opens our eyes to the criticality of this issue. And the RWI Asia-Pacific award is proud to announce Blue Poetry as our main winner.”
Jason Squire
RWI Director of Regional Asia Pacific Office

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

“Describe the economic reality of the pandemic in Southeast Asia well in a perspective that is intimate with daily life.”
Jason Squire
RWI Director of Regional Asia Pacific Office
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

“Raising issues of identity and old wounds of humanity in Indonesia that are still an issue today with a unique animation style.”
Jason Squire
RWI Director of Regional Asia Pacific Office
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.
“Film ini berhasil menyajikan cerita dengan menarik namun satir, sekaligus memberikan pertanyaan kepada kita tentang masa depan hidup kita bersama.”
Dewan Kurasi Rangkai
Dewan Kurasi Rangkai
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.

MFW NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD 2023 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

ACCIDENTALLY INTENTIONAL | [d][w] Kevin Rahardjo / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 14:07 // A religious teenager is watching porn for the first time when accidentally the audio is connected to his mother’s car Bluetooth. // [ig] @kevin_rahardjo // Awards/Screenings: World Premiere, Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023

AKEDAH (THE BINDING) | [d][w] Alessandro Manuel Rustanto / Indonesia, Czech Republic / 2022 / Fiction / 13:33 // During the 1965 Indonesian anti-communist purge, a pastor promises to secretly baptize a pregnant woman seeking for protection.

AKHIRNYA (By and By) | [d][w] Adi Dwianto / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 15:30 // In a remote village, a couple’s tragic loss drives them apart, but a chance reunion forces them to confront their grief.

ALKISAH SI DEWA (The Myth of Dewa) | [d][w] Brahmma Putra Wijaya / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 10:56 // A curious tale of a timid boy who visits a daunting shaman to find a sense of home. // [ig] @utuh.studio @sinemalima Crew @brahmma99 @annisaadjam @lottalemetti

ALMIGHTY (Mahakuasa) | [d] Kenneth Lisungan, Itqon Askary / [w] Itqon Askary, Kenneth Lisungan / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 08:05 // A police officer involved in the Kanjuruhan tragedy is questioned by his neighbor, as to why he didn’t attend her son’s funeral. // [ig] @kennethlisungan // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions by Lift-Off Global Network

ATTACK ON CHOLESTEROL | [d][w] Anjas Artha Putra / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 09:24 // Tommy’s life is at stake when his good & bad cholesterol are in for an all-out anime battle of the century!

BERDOA, MULAI // [d][w] Tanzilal Azizie / Indonesia, Cirebon / 2022 / Fiksi / 10:05 // As a minority in her school, Ruth has to adapt to the habits of her Muslim friends. // Awards/Screenings: Nominee Madani International Film Festival 2022 | Official Selection Jakarta Film Week 2022 | Shortlisted 30 Besar Festival Film Indonesia 2022.

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

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.

BURNING BLUE | [d] Ezra Cecio / [w] Ezra Cecio, Garry Christian / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 13:58 // Gita, a distraught teenager forced to be a badminton player by her authoritarian father, finds a way out through a strange request she proposed to her boyfriend. // [ig] @agterplaasproduction

HOW DOES IT SOUND? | [d][w] Medy Mahasena / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 13:45 // Arya is a composer who wants to score music for Edy’s film but he is hindered by his trauma of the Bali bombings // [ig] @satufrekuensi.films

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

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

MEMORI DIA | [d][w] Asarela Orchidia Dewi / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 19:00 // While revisiting these long-forgotten memories, Azka discovers unresolved pains they never knew existed. // [ig] @qunfilms @asarela.dewi @chloeclau // Awards/Screenings: Won Jury Award, Divine Queer Film Festival 2023 – Italy | Screened at Asian Perspective – Short Compilation Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival, 2022 – Indonesia

REMEMBERING THE SERENADE | [d] Muhammad Exsell Rabbani / [w] Muhammad Exsell Rabbani, Agnes Monica Hernadi, Ernest Lesmana // Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 18:23 // A lonely middle-aged woman has to decide whether to go on a date with her ex-lover or take care of her Alzheimer’s mother. // [ig] @serojafilm

SENANDUNG SENYAP (A SONOROUS MELODY) | [d] Riani Singgih / Indonesia / 2022 / Documentary / 24:26 // Growing up as a Deaf, Mufi carves her music career to inspire others to express themselves through sign language. // [ig] @inteamates.id @storiesofus Team @jejakria @annisaadjam @trezola // Awards/Screenings: Selected Project Yamagata Doc Dojo 2021 | Selected Project IF/Then Southeast Asia Doc Lab 2020.

MFW BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR 2023 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

OUR MALES AND FEMALES | [d] Ahmad Alyaseer / [w] Rana Alyaseer & Ahmad Alyaseer / Jordan / 2023 / Fiction / 11:04 // A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. // [ig] @ourmalesandfemales @aialyaseer // Awards/Screenings: Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival | Cleveland Film Festival

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE! (Merci pour votre patience!) | [d][w] Simon van der Zande / Belgium, The Netherlands / 2022 / Fiction / 17:10 // A tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel 3 a Congolese immigrant 3 gets on to voice his discontent with Europe. // Awards/Screenings: Film Fest Gent 2022 – audience award & special mention | Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2023 – audience award & youth jury award

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 BEST ANIMATION SHORT NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

ALL MY SCARS VANISH IN THE WIND (Todas mis cicatrices se desvanecen en el viento) | [d][w] Angélica Restrepo, Carlos Velandia / Colombia / 2022 / Animation / 14:18 // Among intrusive and sought-after memories, a woman hears a disconcerting call from the depths of her being. // [ig] @carlosvelandiav @marian_rsg // Awards/Screenings: ZINEBI Grand Award (Oscar-Qualifying) – ZINEBI Bilbao International Documentary & Short Film Festival | Annecy International Animation Festival

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

THE SUNSET SPECIAL | [d] Nicolas Gebbe / Germany / 2021 / Animation / 17:30 // A secluded beach location, the perfect partner, the most exclusive Hotel: Find a place of unfulfilled desire and endless longing. // [ig] @nicolasgebbe @thesunsetspecial // Awards/Screenings: Locarno Film Festival | Hessian film award Germany 2022

MFW9 BEST AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

EVERY FLOOR LOOKS THE SAME | [d] Gladys Ng / Singapore / 2022 / Experimental / 20:00 / A young girl’s feelings of inertia leads her to wander the urban city in search of a lost bird. // [ig] @gldysng // Awards/Screenings: International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Busan International Short Film Festival

RECORDINGS OF A WEATHER CAMERA (Aufnahmen einer Wetterkamera) | [d] Bernhard Wenger / [w] Alexandra Brodski, Bernhard Wenger / Austria / 2023 / Fiction / 18:30 // A weather camera installed to display majestic mountain panoramas, casually captures a panorama of human abominations.

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 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

COLOR-IDO (Color-less) | [d][w] Estefanía Piñeres / Colombia / 2022 / Animation / 12:41 // In a world divided into Us and Others, Violet inadvertently summons a mysterious being who takes her on a thrilling journey. // [ig] @estefaniapidu @letrarioco

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.

LUCE AND THE ROCK | [d][w] Britt RAES / Belgium, France, The Netherlands / 2022 / Animation / 13:00 // One day, out of nowhere, a giant Rock lays in the middle of the peaceful little village where Luce lives.

MFW9 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

DEMON BOX | [d] Sean Wainsteim / [w] Aurora de Peña, Sean Wainsteim / Canada / 2023 / Documentary / 14:00 // A director transforms his personal film about trauma, suicide, and the Holocaust into a raw/ painful/funny dissection of his life. Ten years in the making. // Awards/Screenings: Toronto Jewish Film Festival: NextGen Award | Salem Horror Fest: Wicked Shorts Jury Award

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.

SUMMER WITHOUT YOU | [d] Milou Gevers / the Netherlands / 2023 / Documentary / 14:40 // At the one-parent campground in France, Julie’s new vacation friends help her look at her parents divorce through new glasses. // Awards/Screenings: Children’s jury award @ JEF (Belgium)

MFW9 BEST FICTION SHORT AWARD NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

FILE (Parvandeh) | [d][w] Sonia K. Hadad / Iran / 2022 / Fiction / 20:00 // A 6-year-old mute boy attends a preschool health screening with his mother. He makes a decision that changes everything. // [ig] @sonia_k_hadad // Awards/Screenings: Tirana Film Festival 2022, Albania | BFI London Film Festival 2022, UK.

FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY (Chhngai Dach Alai) | [d][w] Polen Ly / Cambodia / 2022 / Fiction / 24:00 // A young indigenous Bunong woman and her older brother spend one last day in their rural village in northeastern Cambodia // Awards/Screenings: Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival 2022, Germany

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 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

BERGIE | [d][w] Dian Weys / South Africa / 2022 / Fiction / 07:00 // A law enforcement officer has to remove people that are homeless in order to make way for a 10km fun run. // [ig] @dianweys // Awards/Screenings: Clermont Ferrand Film Festival

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

SOUP IS GOOD FOOD (Soup Is Good Food) | [d][w] Alexandre Thériault / Canada / 2023 / Fiction / 07:23 // After getting evicted from his apartment, a man has 3 minutes to pack his belongings and leave. // Awards/Screenings: REGARD – Short Film Festival, Saguenay, Canada, March 2023 | Durban International Film Festival, Durban, South Africa, June 2023

BEGADANG7TAHUN NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

MIRA SUDAH TIDUR // [d] Haris Yuliyanto / [w] Gleinda Stefany / Kura-kura Terbang / Jawa Tengah, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 05:13

PAPO // [d][w] Muhammad Ibrahim Ramadhany Caesariko / GURU / Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 04:50

PISANG ROBOT SATU KATA // E Fauzan Al Habibie / Z Fauzan Al Habibie, Mukhlis Hafidz / Produksi Dari Hati / Banten, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 04:59

TRASHTALK // [d][w] Rizqullah Ramadhan Panggabean + (alias: Rizzcool) / Acah Acah Films / Jawa Tengah, Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 05:59

MFW9 YOUTH JURY AWARD NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

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.

MEMOIR OF A VEERING STORM // [d][w] Sofia Georgovassili / Greece / 2022 / Fiction / 14:00 // Anna, a fifteen-year-old girl sneaks out of school. She has to face an event that will jolt her into adulthood. // [ig] @sofiageorgovassili // Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Generation – Berlin International Film Festival 2022, Germany.

THE GHOST FROM MARIUPOL (Le Fantôme de Marioupol) | [d][w] Marie Chemin / Switzerland / 2022 / Documentary / 10:40 // As we walk through the streets of a past Mariupol through a computer screen, the recurring presence of a bicycle intrigues. // Awards/Screenings: Premiers Plans Film Festival, Vienna Shorts.

RANGKAI AWARD AT MFW9 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

AKEDAH (THE BINDING) | [d][w] Alessandro Manuel Rustanto / Indonesia, Czech Republic / 2022 / Fiction / 13:33 // During the 1965 Indonesian anti-communist purge, a pastor promises to secretly baptize a pregnant woman seeking for protection.

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

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.

RAOUL WALLENBERG INSTITUTE AWARD AT MFW9 NOMINEES

FILM LISTS

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.

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.

ONE DAY IN LIM CHU KANG | [d] Michael Kam / Singapore / 2022 / Documentary / 04:28 // A filmmaker recalls an outing with his parents. A contemplation on life, death, and the ever-changing landscape in Singapore. // Awards/Screenings: 50th Athen International Film & Video Festival (USA), 1st Prize Documentary | 64th ZINEBI 3 International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain)

SENANDUNG SENYAP (A SONOROUS MELODY) | [d] Riani Singgih / Indonesia / 2022 / Documentary / 24:26 // Growing up as a Deaf, Mufi carves her music career to inspire others to express themselves through sign language. // [ig] @inteamates.id @storiesofus Team @jejakria @annisaadjam @trezola // Awards/Screenings: Selected Project Yamagata Doc Dojo 2021 | Selected Project IF/Then Southeast Asia Doc Lab 2020.

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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