Indonesia is a country that is rich in ideas and broad. A region of various tribes, nature, animals and a long history.
ISMAIL FAHMI LUBIS,
CEO
Film Director
Producer
Cinematographer
Born in 1974, Resides in Jakarta and Thailand, Education in Indonesia, and graduated in 1999 from Jakarta Arts Institute, majoring in directing. He worked several years on Indonesian TV soap operas before deciding to focus on International documentary making. He also works as a Cinematographer, for example for Leonard Retel Helmrich's award-winning documentary trilogy on Indonesia: The Eye of the Day, Shape of the Moon and Position Among the Stars. Flight From Heaven and Promised Paradise. And more for International documentary film as cinematographer. With Australian Film Director Cathy Hankel with Burning Season, Show Me a Magic and The Rise of Eco Warriors.
He's film be a film Director : Masked Monkey, Tarling is Darling, Help is on the Way, Homebound.
He was a tutor for Documentary Master Class in Jakarta International Film Festival (JIFFEST) 2006 and 2007.
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2001 Eye of the Day (Stand van de Zon)
Award:
o Audience Award Visions du Réel Nyon 2002
o Award Prix SRG SSR Idée Suisse 2002
o Grand Prix of the Jury Maremma Doc Festival Pal Mares 2002
o Audience Award 7th International Film Festival Split 2002
o Gouden Beeld (Golden Image) for best TV-documentary 2003
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2003 Flight from Heaven
Award:
Nomination Gouden Kalf (Golden Calf) for best documentary 2004
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·2004 'Shape of the Moon (Stand van de Maan)
Award:
o Opening film IDFA, Amsterdam 2004
o Grand Joris Ivens Award IDFA, Amsterdam 2004
o Grand World Documentary Award Sundance Film festival 2005, USA
o Best Cinematography Award International Documentary Film festival Chicago 2005, USA
o Opening film International Film Festival Bermuda 2005
o Grand Jury Award Full Frame USA
o Crystal Film Award the Netherlands
o Asja.biz Prize – Best Documentary 2005 Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival Turin, Italy
o Audience Award Rencontres Documentary Film festival Montréal 2005, Canada'
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2006 Promised Paradise
Award:
Grand Golden Dhow Best Documentary award at the Zanzibar International Film festival 2006
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2010 Awards Position Among the Stars (Stand van de Sterren)
Award:
o Opening film IDFA, Amsterdam 2010
o Grand VPRO/IDFA Award, Amsterdam 2010
o Award Best Dutch Documentary, Amsterdam 2010
o Award Sundance Special Jury Award 2011
o Grand Big Stamp Award ZagrebDocs Croatia.
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·2008 The Burning Season
Award:
o Brisbane International Film Festival Audience Choice Award 2008
o Inside Film Award for Best Documentary
o nominated for an EMMY Award (Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic)
· 2010 Show Me The Magic
o ACS Award.
o a Gold Panda Award at Sichuan Festival, China
o Audience Choice Awards at London Australia Film Festival
o Brisbane International Film Festival
o Numerous AFI
o ATOM awards and nominations.
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2014. Award Masked Monkey, The Evolution of Darwin's Theory
Award:
o World Premiere & Bright Features Rotterdam International Film Festival 2014
o Asian Premiere Taipei Film Festival 2014
o Nominasi Dokumenter Festival Film Indonesia FFI 2014
o Hanoi International film Festival 2014
o Horizon Film Art Festival, Polandia 2014
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2017 Tarling is Darling
Award:
o World Premiere & Nomination Wide Angle Busan International Film Festival 2017
o Nominasi Dokumenter Panjang Terbaik FFI 2017
o Nominasi Asian Features & Gober Award JAFF 2017
o Special program, Cinemasia Amsterdam 2018
o Special Jury Mention Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival 2018
o Nominasi Best Documentery Balinale 2018
o PRIX BARTOX Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris 2018
o DOCPOINT, NORDIC, Helenski Finland 2019
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2019 Help is on the way
Award:
o Piala Citra FFI 2019, Film Dokumenter terbaik.
o In competition Taiwan International Documentary Festival TIDF2020.
o Asian Academy Creative Awards 2020, Best documentary and Editor.
o Voice of Women in EIDF2020, EBSTV Korea.
o International Competition Hongkong International Documentary Festival 2020
o International Competition Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2020
o In Competition Festival Film Dokumenter 2020
o Asian Perspectives, JAFF 2020
o Dili International Film Festival 2020
o Voice of Women, EIDF 2020, EBS TV Korea.
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2022 Home Bound
Award:
o Nomination Short Film Competition Taiwan Film Festival in Australia 2022
o Nomination Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival – South Korea 2022
o Nomination Shahr Film Festval – Iran 2022.
o Winner Best Short Documenter Balinale 2022
o Winner International Competition Television World Premiere Prize, 26th AVANCA Film Festival – Portugal 2022.
o Hanoi International film Festival 2014
AZHAR KINOI LUBIS,
Commissioner
Film Director
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Graduate from Jakarta Institut of Arts, Film Directing, 2004. Hes working often fiction, series, film.
Jokowi (2013), Surat untuk Kartini (2016), Blusukan Jakarta (2016), Demi Cinta (2017),Kafir, Bersekutu dengan Setan (2016), Kuambil lagi Hatiku (2019), Ikut Aku Ke Neraka (2019), Makujiwo (2020), Pulang (2022), Tuhan Minta Duit (2022), Ritual the Series (2022), My First (2022). Makujio 2 (2022), Diambang Kematian (2023).
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AWARDS
FFB 2017 (FESTIVAL FILM BANDUNG)
Sutradara Terpuji Film Televisi:
Azhar Kinoi Lubis (Dangdut Is My Dream)
