(Jakarta, 06/15) Losing someone we love because of death
leaves a trench of sorrow, and what remain are the living
memories that never die.
The
overall winner film in the International Film Festival for
Family, Public Service, Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking (IFFADAT),
Ryan directed by Holly Dorff Long from the United States,
portrays a sister�s love for his belated brother. The film,
which was screened at the Cannes Short Corner May 2015, spans
the innocence of a childhood growing up high in the Los Angeles
hills until the tragic incident in relates to drug addiction
took place.
IFFADAT�s mission is to raise local and international
awareness towards issues relating to family, public service,
drug abuse and trafficking, and to help the United Nation
promote its humanitarian goals.
The Awards Day of the festival is held in the grand
Auditorium of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and inaugurated
by the Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports himself. The gala
ceremony is attended by more than 50 international filmmakers
from all over the world.
On this year event, the organizer of the festival, Dewan
Kreatif Rakyat (DKR/the Indonesian Council of Creative People)
proudly work together with the Indonesian Ministry of Youth and
Sports to conduct the festival events. The collaboration is also
supported by the Russian Culture Center in Jakarta and the World
Film Council. The fruitful results of this collaboration are a
series of international workshops, press conferences, film
screenings, and grandeur ceremonies; all aimed to the benefit of
Indonesian talented and enthusiastic young generations,
especially the filmmakers, promote Indonesian culture and
tradition, as well as to maintain good relationship between
Indonesian and other countries. (FR/Ln)
BEST FILM 2015:
Ryan,
directed by Holly Dorff Long
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DIAMOND AWARDS
I Loved You So Much,
directed by Orhan
Tekeoglu -
International feature film
Reset,
directed by Arun
K. Vir -
International short film
Ryan,
directed by Holly
Dorff Long -
International short film
The 13th Step,
directed by Monica Richardson
- Documentary feature
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Becky's Journey,
directed by Sine
Plambech -
Documentary short
Bounce,
directed by Rory
Lowe, DC Barclay -
International short film
First Do No Harm,
directed by Mark
Cochran -
International short film
Fragmentation (Traffic),
directed by Eric
Beltran -
International short film
Summer's End,
directed by
Stefanie Klemm -
International short film
Trafficked,
directed by Sara
Pang -
Documentary short
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