Hotel M (The Natgeo Dream eps. 2)

Sunday, 14 October 2012, i finished reading Ayu Utami latest book: Lalita. 

As always, it was a very interesting, exploring spiritualism and at the same time Ayu always gives the readers: mystery, complexity and a hit right after the last word. 

At friday, 12 October 2012, i met my friend K, and we were developing story for out latest documentary. We had meeting with T, who's been appointed as the creative advisor for this project. We interviewed T no. 2, an expert in green building, founder of Green Building Council Indonesia. 

The meeting was held at Hotel M, at Kota. T no. 2 had a workshop there, and we met him there. I came late, at the time when T no.  1 was having interview with him. T no 1 who's been living in Belgium for the last few years is a very punctual person. 

K told me that he was a very high definition person. What's is "high defintion" definition? He said it's a kind of person who is very commit on what he will do once he had deal to do it. And he have a deal with us. Sounds like good signs! ^^

So we interviewed T no. 2 for more than 1 hour in the lobby of Hotel M. He gave us enlightenment of such a very niche topic such as certification, green audit, rating, green building category, etc. 

At this point we discusssed about technical aspect of green building. Next, we are going to elaborate more about the motivation. Those are very important aspect of movie making, because it is human aspect that will make a movie far more interesting, the irony, the power of context and localism, etc.

For my readers ^^, this is second part of my writing The Natgeo Dream. Will our dream come true?

I will keep you posted, in the journey to make our dream come true. 

Have a great life to all of you! 

The Dying Horse

Last week I watched a documentary titled "Buddha's Lost Children" and there was a scene where some child monks helped a dying horse. So I thought, the dying horse would be a very nice title for my writing in this blog after long period of abandonment. 

However, would this writing about the dying horse? I don't think so, because I knew nothing about horses. :)

So, last week I also met my friend K, in Citos. We planned to make a documentary about green building in Indonesia, and K was so motivated to produce and/or broadcast the movie in cooperation with The National Geographic or Discovery Channel. 

I was like, are you kidding me? It's not gonna easy  to do that! But K act like he didn't care, and he encouraged me a lot that we can do this as much as we successfully produced our previous movie. 

He always talked about Natgeo whenever we met. Natgeo this, Natgeo that. When will we could finish this movie? He said at least next year. And I was like Lol! 

This is "A Natgeo Dream". Will we achieve this dream? What should we do to achieve our dream? Was it as simple as believe and make it happens? 


The Meeting - When "shadow of doubts" gradually revealed

I've got contact from someone. She recommended me to contact a person: in this story I will only mention his initial, T.

T is an ex editor in chief of a well known magazine who is now live in Belgium. I got his name and googling it and less than in hour I got my email replied with his phone number. Such a miracle. 
So me and K met him at Citos. But K came late (He is from northern Jakarta, and by the time he reached Pondok Indah, he texted me: I"ll be there in 5 minutes. Me: yeah right)

Luckily, T shared a lot to me. It was one of enlightening moment I love and he could give practical solution of every topic we discussed. 

We discussed about transportation in Jakarta and the unsolved mystery of Jakarta hell of traffic. I liked his logical, and I can't figure why there's nobody think about it before. The solution he offered for Jakarta sounded simple for me. 

After the meeting was over, I told K that our discussion with T is an expensive one. He gave us revelation of the story we were starting to develop. 

He gave us human touch and the power of context which are two important element of documentary. 
Now that the shadow of doubts was gradually revealed. I start to believe that we do have story. :)

Today,  Wednesday 3 October 2012, K and T will meet at the site. I really wish I could join them! 

Will keep you update, readers! *Like I have readers :)

Will I make another milestone with this documentary? 

Asian Film Awards 2012

Pada gelarannya yang ke-6 tahun ini, film "Nader and Simin, A Separation" berhasil meraih gelar film terbaik. Namun  film Iran pemenang Best Foreign Country Oscar 2012 ini juga meraih sederet penghargaan di kategori bergengsi lainnya, termasuk Best Screenwriter.

Sementara itu, Indonesia berhasil menorehkan prestasi setelah aktor Donny Damara dinobatkan sebagai Aktor Terbaik dalam film "Lovely Man" garapan Teddy Soeriaatmadja yang juga dinominasikan sebagai Best Director, namun harus kalah dari Asghar Faradi, sutradara "Nader and Simin, A Separation". 

Berikut ini daftar lengkapnya. (Pemenang dalam highlite hijau)

Best Film

・The Flowers of War [China]

・The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・Post Card [Japan]

・A Separation [Iran] 

・Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

・Zindagi na milegi dobara [India]

Best Director

・Asghar FARHADI for A Separation [Iran]

・Teddy SOERIAATMADJA for Lovely Man [Indonesia]

・SONO Sion 園子温 for Guilty of Romance 恋の罪 [Japan]

・TSUI Hark 徐克 for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・WEI Te-sheng 魏德聖 for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

Best Actor

・Aloys CHEN 陳坤 for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・Donny DAMARA for Lovely Man [Indonesia]

・Andy LAU 劉德華 for A Simple Life [Hong Kong/China]

・PARK Hae-il 박해일 | 朴海日 for War of the Arrows 최종병기 활 [South Korea]

・YAKUSHO Koji 役所広司 for Chronicle of My Mother わが母の記 [Japan]

Best Actress

・Vidya BALAN for The Dirty Picture [India]

・Michelle CHEN 陳妍希 for You Are the Apple of My Eye 那些年，我們一起追的女孩。 [Taiwan]

・Eugene DOMINGO for The Woman in the Septic Tank [Philippines]

・Leila HATAMI for A Separation [Iran]

・Deanie IP 葉德嫻 for A Simple Life [Hong Kong/China]

Best Newcomer

・KO Chen-tung 柯震東 for You Are the Apple of My Eye [Taiwan]

・Eric LIN 林暉閔 for Starry Starry Night 星空 [Taiwan/China/Hong Kong]

・MAEDA Oshiro 前田旺志郎 for I Wish 奇跡 [Japan]

・NI Ni 倪妮 for The Flowers of War [China]

・Gita NOVALISTA for The Mirror Never Lies Laut bercermin [Indonesia]

Best Supporting Actor

・Mark MA 馬志翔 (aka "Umin Boya") for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

・Lawrence KO 柯宇綸 for Jump Ashin! 翻滾吧！阿信 [Taiwan]

・LEE Je-hun 이제훈 for The Front Line [South Korea]

・Mario MAURER มาริโอ้ เมาเร่อ for The Outrage อุโมงค์ผาเมือง [Thailand]

Best Supporting Actress

・Sharmaine BUENCAMINO for Niño [Philippines]

・GWEI Lun-mei 桂綸鎂 for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・Sirin "Cris" HORWANG ศิริน หอวัง for Headshot ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า [Thailand]

・YAN Ni 閆妮 for 11 Flowers 我１１ [China/France/Hong Kong]

Best Screenwriter

・Asghar FARHADI for A Separation [Iran]

・SHINDO Kaneto 新藤兼人 for Post Card [Japan]

・LIU Heng 劉恆 & YAN Geling 嚴歌苓 for The Flowers of War [China]

・Alan MAK 麥兆輝 & Felix CHONG 莊文強 for Overheard 2 竊聽風雲２ [Hong Kong/China]

・Chris MARTINEZ for The Woman in the Septic Tank [Philippines]

Best Cinematographer

・CHIN Ting-chang 秦鼎昌 for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

・Vishvajith KARUNARATHNA for Flying Fish [Sri Lanka]

・KIM Wu-hyung 김우형 for The Front Line [South Korea]

・Jake POLLOCK & LAI Yiu-fai 黎耀輝 for Wu Xia [China]

・Rahmat SYAIFUL for The Mirror Never Lies [Indonesia]

Best Production Designer

・Suzanne CAPLAN MERWANJI for Zindagi na milegi dobara [India]

・RYU Seong-hee 류성희 for The Front Line (South Korea)

・TANEDA Yohei 種田陽平 for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

・YEE Chung-man 奚仲文 & Ben LAU 劉敏雄 for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・YEE Chung-man & SUN Li 孫立 for Wu Xia [China]

Best Composer

・Comfort CHAN 陳光榮, Peter KAM 金培達 & Chatchai PONGPRAPAPHAN ชาติชาย พงษ์ประภาพันธ์ for Wu Xia [China]・CHEN Qigang 陳其鋼 for The Flowers of War [China]

・Ricky HO 何國杰 for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale [Taiwan]

・Rahat Fateh Ali KHAN, A.R. RAHMAN & Neeraj SHRIDHAR for Rockstar [India]

・SAKAMOTO Ryuichi 坂本龍一 for Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai 一命 [Japan]

Best Editor

・Curran PANG 彭正熙 for Overheard 2 [Hong Kong/China]

・Nelly QUETTIER for 11 Flowers [China/France/Hong Kong]

・Hayedeh SAFIYARI for A Separation [Iran]

・Anand SUBAYA for Zindagi na milegi dobara [India]

・TANG Man-to 鄧文滔 for White Vengeance 鴻門宴傳奇 [Hong Kong/China]

Best Visual Effects

・Ritesh AGGARWAL for Ra.One [India]

・KAMIYA Makoto 神谷誠 for Gantz ＧＡＮＴＺ (2010) [Japan]

・Wook KIM, Josh COLE & Frankie CHUNG 鍾健強 for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]

・XIAO Yang, CHANG Song, A LAW, LEE Ming-hsung & LI Jinhui for Starry Starry Night [Taiwan/China/Hong Kong]

・YUNG Kwok-yin & Andy KANG for Wu Xia [Hong Kong/China]

Best Costume Designer

・AMANO Kyoko & EMURA Kouichi for Milocrorze: A Love Story ミロクローゼ [Japan]

・William CHANG 張叔平 for The Flowers of War [China]

・MOK Kwan-kit 莫君傑 for White Vengeance [Hong Kong/China]

・Noppadol TECHO for The Outrage [Thailand]

・YEE Chung-man for The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate [Hong Kong/China]