Minister of People’s Empowerment, Ir. H. Azwar Abu Bakar, after handed a trophy to the winner of the best
film IFFPIE 2013, Chambaili of Pakistan, said that film
festival for peace plays significant role in the midst of global
conflict. He hopes that the films in the festivals will inspire
world peace and the people of Indonesia on the importance of
peace. Despite the poor fit and a hoarse voice, he forced
himself to attend, as a form of support for peace filmmakers.
Damien Dematra (founder and director IFFPIE), says that
Chambaili (Jasmine - in English), a film directed by
Ismail Jilani, is a fictional film that portrays the state of
political parties which pursue their respective agendas.
Chambaili tells a story about courage, sacrifice, love, and
hope of young people in a town called Falakabad. Caught in a
situation, a few best friends found themselves at the crossroads
of their destiny. This eventually led them to change the future
of a country. They form a political party, without experience,
resources or political background, and keep pursuing their
dreams despite threats and public cynicism, until one day, the
elected president gave the famous and historic speeches. ‘A
Freedom Speech’. The film is so spectacular that it has
significantly reduced the number abstentions to 18 percent in
Pakistan elections recently.
Damien Dematra then continued that The Other Side of the
Mountain, a North Korean film, written and produced by Joon
Bai, has also won as the Best Film winners, beside Chambaili.
The Other Side of the Mountain used a setting during the Korean
War. A young nurse in a small town in North Korea rescued a
South Korean soldier who was left alone during the battle. His
identity remains hidden until before he had to return to South
Korea. The nurse waited for her lover all her life because he
had promised to return. Being separated between two countries
which kept on fighting, the man tried every way to go back to
his lover, but the relationship between their countries made it
impossible. When the opportunity finally came, it brought him
not only love, but also an irony…. The film production took
eight years. It was shot in North Korea and has to do some of
the post-production in China due to some political issue.
Celebrating the World Peace Day on the 21 September 2013, IFFPIE
held an Awards Night at Planet Hollywood Cinema XXI, Jakarta on
4th September 2013. The festival will run until 30th
October 2013. IFFPIE is an international film festival promoting
peace, inspiration, and equality which its vision is to spread
messages of peace across differences in culture, religion,
ethnicity, race, and nation, to give encouragement and
inspiration, and rekindle the spirit of equal rights through
films.
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