(Jakarta, 20/1/16) World Documentary Awards ( WDA) akhirnya
mengumumkan Film Terbaiknya di Auditorium Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI)
pada hari Senin lalu bertepatan dengan Hari Martin Luther King Jr.
World Documentary Awards (WDA) adalah sebuah festival berskala
international yang berfokus untuk film-film dokumenter terbaik dari
seluruh dunia. Adalah film The Last Tear karya sutradara Hollywood
Christopher H.K. Lee yang akhirnya meraih predikat Film Terbaik
diajang kompetisi ini. Film dokumenter panjang ini menceritakan
tentang kekerasan seksual kepada wanita yang korbannya tak berani
untuk membuka mulut. Para wanita tersebut di rekrut secara paksa
oleh pemerintah Jepang pada perang dunia ke-2 untuk melayani nafsu
para prajurit perang.
Sutradara muda Natasha Dematra selaku salah satu juri dari festival
ini mengatakan “Film ini patut mendapatkan gelar Terbaik dikarenakan
bukan hanya karena temanya yang sangat kaya namun juga film ini di
eksekusi dengan baik dan dapat menginspirasi generasi mendatang.
Daftar pemenang Platinum Award:
All in Her Stride, directed by Fiona Cochrane - Documentary Short
A Kick to Heaven, directed by Zviki Eshet - Documentary Newcomer
Elephants in Motion: Tales of Thai Elephants' Life Transformation,
directed by Narumol Sriyanond Bartone - Documentary Feature
Krusing America, directed by Linda Kruse - Documentary Short,
Director
Out Of a Jam, directed by Shalini Harshwal - Documentary Short
Silhouette Secrets, directed by Andi Reiss - Documentary Feature
The Last Tear, directed by Christopher H.K. Lee - Humanitarian
Daftar pemenang Golden Award:
Black Sheep, directed by Reshel Shah - Documentary Feature,
Humanitarian
Every Two Minutes, directed by Kirk Mason - Social Issue
Everybody Falls Down, directed by Chris Hale - Documentary Short
For My Children, directed by Stathis Plotas - Documentary Feature
God Has Arrived, directed by John Urich-Sass - Social Issue,
Humanitarian Award
Gods in Shackles, directed by Sangita Iyer - Documentary Feature
Hot Men Cold Dictatorships, directed by Mária Takács - Documentary
Feature
Hush, directed by Punam Kumar Gill - Documentary Feature
If There is a Reason to Study, directed by Adler Yang - Documentary
Feature, Humanitarian Award
One World - Different People, directed by Oliver Langewitz -
Documentary Feature
"La Liberacion de AlEXIS / The Discovery of Santos", directed by
Ralph Isenberg - Humanitarian, Social Issue, Documentary Newcomer,
Humanitarian Award
The Forgotten Ones of Karaganda, directed by M. Enrique Gaspar -
Documentary Short
The Sex Temple, directed by Johan Palmgren - Documentary Feature
Ukraine. Paralipomenon. A Chronicle of Omissions, directed by Yulia
Matsiy - Documentary Feature
Unsurrendered 2 The Hunters ROTC Guerrillas, directed by Bani
Logroño - Documentary Short
Uri In The Sky, directed by Amir Har-Gil - Documentary Feature,
Director
Welcome to Jarbo State, directed by Annelie Olsson - Documentary
Feature
While They Watched, directed by Jake Smith - Documentary Feature,
Director, Producer, Editor
Women are the Answer, directed by Fiona Cochrane - Social Issue
Festival ini bekerja sama dengan partner festival international
lainnya International Film and Photography Festival (IFPF), World
Animation Awards (WAA) dan World Human Rights Award (WHRA).
Festival ini diselenggarakan bersama Dewan Kreatif Rakyat (DKR),
iHebat International Volunteers, Yayasan Peduli Anak Indonesia
(PENA), World Film Council, Russian Culture Centre dan Radio
Republik Indonesia (RRI) sebagai media partner dan penyelenggara.
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