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Garin Nugroho

Garin Nugroho (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1961) graduated from the Film Academy in Jakarta in 1985, the same year of his directorial debut with the documentary Hand Clapping, which won Indonesia’s Film Festival, as did his subsequent feature Land of Challenges (1986). In 1998, Leaf on a Pillow received the Special Jury Prize from the Tokyo Film Festival and an award from the Certain regard section in Cannes. In 2000, he released his documentary A Poet, a reflection on the mass repression perpetrated by the Indonesian government in the 1960s, which then won the Silver Leopard in Locarno. He participated to the Berlinale with Bird-Man Tale in 2004, and to Rotterdam in 2005 with Of Love and Eggs. He achieved his international consecration in 2006, winning Best Film at the Venice Film Festival with his film-opera Requiem from Java.

FILMOGRAFIA

Daun di atas bantal (Foglia su un cuscino, 1998), My Family, My Films and My Nation (doc., 1998), Dongeng kancil untuk kemerdekaan (Kancil’s Tale of Freedom, doc., 1999), Puisi tak terkuburkan (A Poet, doc., 2000), Layar hidup: Tanjang priok/Jakarta (cm, doc., 2001), Rembulan di ujung dahan (tv, 2002), Aku ingin menciummu sekali saja (Bird-Man Tale, 2002), Rindu kami padamu (Of Love and Eggs, 2004), Serambi (doc., 2005), Opera Jawa (Requiem from Java, 2006), Dibawah pohon (Under the Tree, 2008), Teak Leaves and the Temples (doc., 2008), Generasi biru (The Blue Generation, doc., 2009), Mata tertutup (The Blindfold, 2012), Soegija (2012), Guru Bangsa Tjokroaminoto (2012).