Int ernational
Film Festival for Women, Social Issue and Zero-Discrimination (IFFWOSORO)
2015 which was conducted by The Indonesian Council of Creative
People announces it's winners. A spanish film I've Just Had a
Dream (Acabo de Tener un Sue�o) directed by Javier Navarro
received the Best Film Award. According to the founder dan
director of the festival Damien Dematra, the film deserved an
award as it has shown the high standard in filmmaking.
The International Film Festival for Women, Social Issues, and
Zero Discrimination was established as a means of supporting and
promoting filmmakers all over the world. The main mission is to
raise local and international awareness towards issues relating
to women and social issues in general, and to help the United
Nation promote peace and its humanitarian goals.
The festival celebrates the Women International Day (8 March)
and Zero Discrimination Day (1 March) and The International
Autism Awareness Day (April 2). The award was presented by
Madame Lily Wahid, a well known politician and activist and also
the sister of President Gus Dur. She said the festival conducts
film screenings, film-making workshops and Award Ceremony from
March 26 to April 6, 2015.
During the event IFFWOSORO launched the festival theme song "One
Love for All" performed by a multi-award winner actress and
singer Natasha Dematra. The music video was filmed in 5
continents to strengthen the global mission of the International
Film Festivals Group which dedicate its member festivals
including IFFWOSORO to support the United Nations in promoting
humanity.
This is the list of winners of IFFWOSORO 2015:
Casablanca
Calling (United Kingdom) directed by Rosa Rogers - Documentary
Feature
Election Night (United States) directed by Tessa Blake -
International Short Films
I've just had a dream (Spain) directed by Javi Navarro -
International Short Films
La Monta�a que Llora (The Weeping Mountain) (Argentina)
directed by Santiago Enrique S�nchez Ortega - International
Short Film
Voice of Change (Papua New Guinea) directed by Llane
Munau - Documentary Short
Serender (Turkey) directed by Seyid �olak - International
Short Film
Spilled Water (United States) directed by May May Tchao -
Documentary Short
The Boy (United States, Canada) directed by Cayman Grant
- International Short Films
Zoo (Volkerschau) (by United States) directed by Monda
Raquel Webb - International Short Films
Overall winner
of the International Film Festival for Women, Social Issues, and
Zero Discrimination 2015: I've just had a dream (Spain) directed
by Javier Navarro.
The festival also select
International Women of Change and give special awards to
Debi Steven,
Heather Garden, Sr Lorraine Garasu, and Tessa Blake.
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