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'''Sidi Saleh''' (born April 05, 1979) is an Indonesian film director, a film director, was also a producer of Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, a film that had been presented in Rotterdam Film Festival, Busan, Tokyo and also in several other film festival selections. He was also a cinematographer of Postcard From The Zoo, (Indonesian First Feature Film Competing at The Berlinale Film Festival), cinematographer of D’bijis, Kara Anak Sebatang Pohon (CannesDirector’s Forthnight), Yokudo/Taksu (Japan), This Longing (Malaysia).
'''Sidi Saleh''' (born April 05, 1979) is an Indonesian film director, was also a producer of Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, a film that had been presented in Rotterdam Film Festival, Busan, Tokyo and also in several other film festival selections. He was also a cinematographer of Postcard From The Zoo, (Indonesian First Feature Film Competing at The Berlinale Film Festival), cinematographer of D’bijis, Kara Anak Sebatang Pohon (CannesDirector’s Forthnight), Yokudo/Taksu (Japan), This Longing (Malaysia).


==Biography==
==Biography==

Revision as of 07:04, 22 September 2016

Sidi Saleh (born April 05, 1979) is an Indonesian film director, was also a producer of Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, a film that had been presented in Rotterdam Film Festival, Busan, Tokyo and also in several other film festival selections. He was also a cinematographer of Postcard From The Zoo, (Indonesian First Feature Film Competing at The Berlinale Film Festival), cinematographer of D’bijis, Kara Anak Sebatang Pohon (CannesDirector’s Forthnight), Yokudo/Taksu (Japan), This Longing (Malaysia).

Biography

Sidi Saleh first entered the film industry in the early 2000s, not long after graduating from Indonesian Art Institute, to pursue a career path as a cinematographer, the path he chose since he is already accustomed to working with a camera (his father used to work in the field of wedding video documentation).

Early Career

Cinematographer

In his early days as a cinematographer, Sidi got involved in several film productions, Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon, Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang (also worked as the film producer), and Kebun Binatang (International title: Postcards from the Zoo). Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon won an award as The Best Short Film in the 2005 Indonesian Film Festival. Furthermore, it also became the only Indonesian film passed the Director’s Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) selection at Cannes Film Festival in the same year. In addition to the above achievement, Blind Pig who Wants to Fly also won a prestigious award from FIPRESCI at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2009 while Postcard From The Zoo competed in the main competition at Berlinale Film Festival in 2012.

Film Director

Sidi’s directorial debut began in 2011 with Full Moon, one of the segments in the film titled Belkibolang. Other films he directed, Fitri, included in the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand in 2014. His hard toil wasn’t for nothing as Maryam, a carefully-crafted story of a Muslim stuck in the ritual of another religion with someone who has autism while she is experiencing a difficult inner pressure herself, won Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film in The Venice Film Festival (hyperlink event) or Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale"), founded in 1932 by Giuseppe Volpi. This is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the "Big Three" film festivals alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival and he became the first Indonesian film maker ever winning an award from one of the prestigious and the oldest film festivals in Europe.

Formal and Non-Formal Education

  • Jakarta Institute of Arts, 2012, Bachelor in Film
  • Berlinale Talent Campus Participants, 2013
  • Script pitching forum Torino Film Lab Italy, 2012
  • Animation Course,Digital Studio College, 2007
  • Short Course on Camera Maintenance, Philippines RSVP, 2005
  • Visual Design in Advertising Seminar, 2004

Career

Camera Assistant

  • 2000 – 2004, Camera Assistant for various advertisements and films production

Cinematographer

  • 2005, Short film, Dajang Soembi Wanita Jang Dikawini Andjing (Dajang Soembi, A Woman Who Married A Dog)
  • 2005, Short film, Kara Anak Sebatang Pohon (Kara, The Daughter of A Tree)
  • 2005, Short film, Mengejar Terbit (Chasing Sunrise) (in Kodak Student Film Competition)
  • 2005, Short film, Warna (Colors)
  • 2006, Short film, A very Boring Conversation
  • 2007, D'bijis
  • 2008, Merah Itu Cinta (Red is Love)
  • 2008, Babi Buta Yang Ingin Terbang (Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly)
  • 2010, Belkibolang (Segment “Full Moon”)
  • 2012, Postcards From The Zoo

Film Director

Commercial Work

  • 2008-2010, Directing TV commercials of products (Lifebouy Shampo, PedemuNegri, Baygon, AmildGoahead, Dunia Fantasi, PSA BKKBN)

Teaching Experience

  • 2005 - 2009, Assistant to the Lecturer, Cinematography, Film and TV Department, Jakarta Art Institute
  • 2006 - 2008, Basic Video Production di Digital Studio College and Hello Motion
  • 2012, Internship Advisor, Film and TV Department, Jakarta Art Institute
  • 2015, Cinematography Instructor for 4t FLY with Busan Film Commissions

Awards and honors

  • 2014, Maryam, Best Short Film, Orizonti Award Venice Film Festival
  • 2014, Maryam, Best Short Film, Apresiasi Film Indonesia (Indonesia Film Appreciation)
  • 2014, Fitri, Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival https://www.viddsee.com/video/fitri/iz2r8
  • 2012, Postcards From the Zoo, Special Jury Prize, Cinefan - Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema
  • 2012, Postcards From the Zoo, Golden Berlin Bear, Berlin International Film Festival (Nominated)
  • 2009, FIRESCI Award, International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • 2009, Special Jury Mentioned, Singapore International Film Festival
  • 2009, NETPAC Award, Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival
  • 2009, SILVER Award, Festival 3Continents, Nantes, France
  • 2009, YOUTH Award, Festival 3Continents, Nantes, France

References