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Christine Hakim: Actress honored at APSA 2010
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span class="inline inline-left">JP/P.J. Leo Christine Hakim will receive a prestigious award from the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) for outstanding achievement in film.
She will attend the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on Dec. 2 to receive the award.
Hakim starred in Eros Djarot’s Tjoet Nja Dhien in 1988 and was most recently seen in the Hollywood adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling novel, Eat Pray Love. The star of more than 30 films, Hakim has also produced auteur director Garin Nugroho’s Daun di atas Bantal (Leaf on a Pillow) and Pasir Berbisik (Whispering Sands) directed by Nan Achnas. She was Time magazine’s choice for Heroine of the Year in 1999.
In 2002, she was appointed to the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival, and has won a Lifetime Achievement Award at Cinemanila Film Festival.
In March 2008, Hakim was appointed a Unesco Goodwill Ambassador for teacher education in Southeast Asia.
Previous FIAPF Awards announced at APSA went to Australia’s George Miller (2007), India’s Yash Chopra (2008) and Japan’s Isao Matsuoka (2009).
Hakim has worked tirelessly for the underprivileged, and in particular for children’s rights to safety, good health and education, through the Christine Hakim Foundation. Her wish is to raise public awareness about education and the plight of poorly paid teachers in Indonesia.
FIAPF is comprised of film producers from 21 countries. This year’s APSA’s jury will be headed by David Puttnam, who arrived in Australia this week.
His film-producing credits include the Academy Award-winning films Chariots of Fire, The Mission and The Killing Fields.
On Nov. 22, the APSA jury will start assessing 31 films that have been nominated in various categories. Indonesian film producer/director Nan Achnas was a member of the APSA nominations council, which met in Brisbane in October to consider the 239 films submitted.
Achnas, who produced the 2009 APSA-nominated film 3 Doa 3 Cinta (Three Wishes Three Lovers), recently said: “I’m on the other end of it this time! Last year we were excited to have a nomination. But now I know the details of the APSA process — not that I know how high the standard is, I am truly appreciative of having received that nomination.”
Indonesian writer, producer and director, Salman Aristo, is also an APSA jury member. He adapted Andrea Hirata’s novel to write the screenplay for Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors), one of Indonesia’s all-time box office hits. His other scripts include Sang Pemimpi, Catatan Akhir Sekolah and Garuda di Dadaku.
