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INDONESIAN MOVIE WINS TWO FILM FESTIVAL HONORS IN FRANCE
London, Feb 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian film `"Jamila dan Sang Presiden" (Jamila and the President) written and directed by woman activist Ratna Sarumpaet has won two honors at the Asian Film Festival in Vesoul, France.
The film was rated the best in two competition categories, namely the Prix de Public and the Prix Jury Lyceen, accoding to Gita L Murti, a social-cultural affairs official at the Indonesian embassy in Paris in a statement to Antara in London on Thursday.
Murti said the Indonesian film had also attracted the attention of Art et Essai, a cinema chain in France specializing in the screening of independent films.
An Art et Essai spokesperson had indicated the chain`s intention to show the film in all its theatres in France, Murti said.
Meanwhile, Ratna Sarumpaet who also was in Vesoul for the festival, said she was quite satisfied about the honors her film had won.
The film had cost Rp6 billion to make and although she was pessimistic income from its public screenings so far could cover the expenditure, she was hoping its circulation in France and Taiwan would boost its rating and increase it chances to be shown in other countries.
The annual festival in Vesoul also screened entries from China, India, Korea, Turkey, Iran, Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan. Held for the 16th time, the event attracted some 25,000 people.
The winning entries at the festival would be shown to the French public again at the Musee Guimet of Asian Arts in Paris next April 7-9.
The film was rated the best in two competition categories, namely the Prix de Public and the Prix Jury Lyceen, accoding to Gita L Murti, a social-cultural affairs official at the Indonesian embassy in Paris in a statement to Antara in London on Thursday.
Murti said the Indonesian film had also attracted the attention of Art et Essai, a cinema chain in France specializing in the screening of independent films.
An Art et Essai spokesperson had indicated the chain`s intention to show the film in all its theatres in France, Murti said.
Meanwhile, Ratna Sarumpaet who also was in Vesoul for the festival, said she was quite satisfied about the honors her film had won.
The film had cost Rp6 billion to make and although she was pessimistic income from its public screenings so far could cover the expenditure, she was hoping its circulation in France and Taiwan would boost its rating and increase it chances to be shown in other countries.
The annual festival in Vesoul also screened entries from China, India, Korea, Turkey, Iran, Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan. Held for the 16th time, the event attracted some 25,000 people.
The winning entries at the festival would be shown to the French public again at the Musee Guimet of Asian Arts in Paris next April 7-9.
