The Indonesian Film Festival (Indonesian: Festival Film Indonesia, FFI) is an annual awards ceremony organized by the Indonesian Film Board to celebrate cinematic achievements in the Indonesian film industry. During the festival, the Piala Citra winners are announced and the best Indonesian films of the year are presented.
The awards ceremony was first held in 1955 as the Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional. It changed to Festival Film Indonesia in 1973. In 1986, the festival included awards for television movies with an award called Piala Vidia.
This awards ceremony includes numerous similarities when compared to the Academy Awards in the United States.
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History
- 1955, 1960, and 1967: The Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional (English: National Film Appreciation Week) was held in Jakarta.
- 1973-1992: The ceremony was renamed Festival Film Indonesia and became an annual event. The trophy/award was named Piala Citra (Citra Award). The All-Indonesia Cinema Owners' Association (Gabungan Pengusaha Bioskop Seluruh Indonesia, or GPBSI) grants the Antemas Award, named for the producer Antemas.
- 1993-2003 (dormant): The festival discontinued because the quantity of good Indonesian movies had dropped significantly since the early 1990s. In the 1990s, most Indonesian movie producers created low budget, B-class movies. The movie producers had suffered a great loss of revenue because of growing piracy in Indonesia. Since 1992, most high class and mid-range cinemas prefer to show American, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese movies. Low budget Indonesian movies are shown only in low-class cinemas, open theatre cinemas, portable cinemas, direct to video, or through TV stations.
- 2004-2013: The Indonesian Film Festival committee has been formed and FFI being held annually since 2004.
- 2014: Indonesian Film Board has been formed and FFI changed the award statuette with the original one that used firstly in 1966, designed by (Dead) Sidharta. The award also held with the spirit of reformation and a new era of Indonesian film supremacy.
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Citra Awards
Citra Awards are accolades by the Committee to recognize excellence of professionals in the Indonesian film industry, including directors, actors, and writers.
Starting from 2009, the Indonesian Film Festival Committee replaced the National Body of Motion Picture as the official event organizer of the Indonesian Film Festival. The Committee has been authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia to organize the operational process of Citra Awards' ceremony and the selection (voting) of nominations and winners.
Since 2014, the Indonesian Film Board has replaced the Indonesian Film Festival Committee as the organizer of Indonesian Film Festival. The festival organizer is supervised by Deloitte as the auditing firm and the Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia.
Citra Award, often mistakenly called the FFI Award (Indonesian Film Festival), is the title of the event where the Citra Award and Vidia Award winners are announced.
Current awards
The categories of Citra Awards are:
- Best Film (in Indonesian: Film Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Director (Sutradara Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Leading Actor (Pemeran Utama Pria Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Leading Actress (Pemeran Utama Wanita Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Supporting Actor (Pemeran Pendukung Pria Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Supporting Actress (Pemeran Pendukung Wanita Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Writing - Original Screenplay (Skenario Asli Terbaik): 2009 to present
- Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay (Skenario Adaptasi Terbaik): 2009 to present
- Best Cinematography (Penata Sinematografi Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Art Direction (Penata Artistik Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Film Editing (Penyunting Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Sound Editing & Mixing (Penata Suara Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Original Score (Penata Musik Terbaik): 1955 to present
- Best Documentary Feature (Film Dokumenter Panjang Terbaik): 2004 to present
- Best Short Film (Film Pendek Terbaik): 2004 to present
Retired awards
- Best Screenplay (Skenario Terbaik): 1955 to 2008
Special awards
- Best Documentary Short Subject (Film Dokumenter Pendek Terbaik): 2009
- Best Director in Short Film (Penghargaan Khusus Sutradara Film Pendek Terbaik): 2009
- Best New Director (Penghargaan Khusus Sutradara Baru Terbaik): 2009
- Best Film for Children (Penghargaan Khusus Film Anak-anak Terbaik): 2009
- Best Animated Feature (Penghargaan Khusus Film Animasi Terbaik): 2008
- Lifetime Achievement Award (Penghargaan Pengabdian dan Dedikasi Seumur Hidup): 2006, 2009 & 2010
Vidia Awards
Vidia Awards are accolades by the committee to recognize excellence of professionals in the Indonesian television movie industry, including directors, actors, and writers. Vidia Awards first presented in 1986 and held together in one event with Citra Award recipient announcement.
In 1992 until 1998, the award was presented separately in one specific event called Festival Sinetron Indonesia (Indonesian Soap-Opera Festival). In 1998 until 2003, the awards discontinued for unknown reasons. In 2004, the award was presented again until 2006. In 2007 till 2007 the awards discontinued again and since 2011 onwards, the awards are presented annually.
See also
- Cinema of Indonesia
- Jakarta International Film Festival
References
External links
- (in Indonesian) Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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