
International
Film Festival for Family, Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking (IFFADAT)
chose For My Children directed by Stathis Plotas as its Best Film.
IFFADAT itself is an international film festival that based in
Jakarta, Indonesia. This festival has open its first submission
since last year and has received thousand films.
Damien Dematra as the founder and director of the festival said
that “This film is really touching and honest. All the juries and I
chose this film because of its good take and strong story that are
still taboo in their own country,” said the man with the long hair.
For My Children is a documentary film from Sweden that took its
main theme about the government system of Sweden that took children
forcedly if they think that the children are tortured. This
documentary film tells the story of Jerzy Donus and his children
which were taken forcedly from him. His anxiety and deep depression
of losing his children made cause him to get cancer. This
documentary tells the portrait of parents whom children are taken
away from them by the state.
This festival held its Awards Ceremony on 30th of June in Planet
Hollywood, Indonesia and attended by international filmmaker,
artists, Indonesian filmmakers, journalists, singers, government
officials, etc. This festival is being supported by People's
Creative Council, this festival are being held by People’s Creative
Council, i-Hebat International Volunteers, Russian Culture Centre,
Care for Children Foundation, World Film Council. |