Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Dutch documentary on poverty in RI gets Oscar nomination

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 09/13/2011

Adocumentary film made by Dutch filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich on poverty inIndonesia has secured a 2011 Academy Award nomination in the long documentarycategory.

The movie,titled Stand van de Sterren (among the stars), documents the life of Sjamsuddinand depicts various issues including poverty, prostitution and the gap betweenrich and poor, kompas.com reported on Tuesday.

Thenomination is an achievement for the Dutch film industry as this is the firsttime a Dutch documentary film has gained a nomination in this category.

The film ispart of a trilogy, with Stand van de Zon (the shape of the sun) and Stand vande Maan (the shape of the Moon) which Leonard finished filming in Indonesia in2001 and 2004.

Both of hisother films also garnered worldwide acclaim.

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