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'Pengabdi Setan' among most nominated films at the Indonesian Film Festival 2017
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A still from 'Pengabdi Setan.' (Rapi Film/File)
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ndonesian latest horror film Pengabdi Setan (Satan’s Slave) reportedly has attracted more than 1 million audiences in the first week of its release.
Directed by Joko Anwar, it recently has also been nominated in 13 out of 22 categories at the annual Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) 2017, making the reboot of the 1980s' horror classic one of the most nominated films at the event.
The FFI 2017 ceremony is slated on Nov. 11 in Manado, North Sulawesi.
Riri Riza, the head of FFI 2017 panel judges, said the judging system began with group discussions involving Indonesia’s film industry communities that proposed their best choices to get nominated.
“The nominees tonight are films that can adequately illustrate the achievement on the idea of aesthetics and also the highest professionalism in the film industry,” Riri told a press conference in Jakarta on Thursday.
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Among the categories that have included Pengabdi Setan are Best Fashion Stylist (Isabelle Patriece), Best Makeup Stylist (Darwyn Tse), Best Artistic Stylist (Allan Sebastian), Best Visual Effects Stylist (Finalize Studio, Heru Kuntoro, Abby Eldipie), Best Musical Stylist (Aghi Narottama, Bemby Gusti, Tony Merle), Best Music Theme ("The Spouse: Kelam Malam"), Best Sound Organizer (Khikmawan Santosa, Anhar Moha), Best Picture Editor (Arifin Cuunk), Best Screenplay Author (Joko Anwar), Best Cinematographer (Ical Tanjung), Best Child Actor (M. Adhyat), Best Director (Joko Anwar) and Best Movie (Pengabdi Setan).
“We are extremely happy for this happy news. I've just told all the crew and their reaction were priceless. This is such an incredible pride for us. We all have given our best effort and it finally paid off,” Sunil Samtani, the film's executive producer, told The Jakarta Post.
Sunil and the rest of the film crew are said to fly to Manado to join the award ceremony.
“We really hope we can bring the awards home, but again it all depends on the panel of judges to choose which one deserves to be the winner.” he added. (adh/kes)
