Deddy vows to improve FFI quality

Mon, 09/08/2008 10:52 AM  |  People

DEDDY MIZWAR: (JP/J. Adiguna)

JAKARTA: Actor and director Deddy Mizwar says he will be more selective in appointing the jury members for the upcoming Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) to raise the confidence of the film industry in the competition.

"We have not yet formed the jury for the FFI because we have to select people who have both the capability and the time. We do not want to hire people who are competent but have no time to do their job," Deddy, who heads the organizing committee for the national event, was quoted as saying by detikhot.com.

Organizers of the FFI were criticized in 2006 when a number of filmmakers and artists handed back their Citra Awards after the jury members chose Ekskul as the best movie. The filmmakers and artists claimed the film plagiarized a foreign movie.

The festival's organizer has not yet determined the city where the event will be held, although Manado and Malang have expressed their willingness to host it, Deddy says.

The number of films produced by local filmmakers increase each year despite a decrease in the number of theater-goers. -- JP

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