London (Antara Bali) - An Indonesian film entitled "Maryam" directed by Sidi Saleh won Horizons Prize for the Best Short Film in the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
"Maryam" won the award after being selected into one of the 12 nominees, out of 2,500 films participating in the festival, the Indonesian embassy in Rome said in a press statement on Sunday.
Saleh, 35, hoped that "Maryam" could be nominated in the Ozu Film Festival to be held in Italy next November.
In 2013, Sidi Saleh's film entitled "Fitri" was nominated in Clermon-fd International Film Festival in Paris, Nindarsari Utomo, diplomat in the embassy, said.
Swedish director Roy Andersson's "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" an absurdist pic consisting of intersecting beautifully composed vignettes won the 71st Venice Golden Lion.
Adam Driver took the best actor award for his role as a young father in New York worried about his young child¿s nutritional regime in Italian director Saverio Costanzo¿s dark and topical "Hungry Hearts."
The Silver Lion went to Russian maestro Andrei Konchalovsky's "The Postman¿s White Nights," a drama rooted in the reality of a remote lakeside Russian village about a charismatic postman who is the locals' sole connection to the outside world, feauturing a largely non-pro cast.
The Venice festival is an international competition dedicated to films that represent the latest aesthetic and expressive trends. (WDY)
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