'Mencari Pelangi' sweeps awards at Festival Sinetron
'Mencari Pelangi' sweeps awards at Festival Sinetron
JAKARTA (JP): The television drama Mencari Pelangi
surprisingly swept seven awards, beating comedy serial Mat Angin,
which only managed to grab six awards at the Festival Sinetron
Indonesia on Sunday.
Mencari Pelangi, a drama produced by PT Iguana Imagi Media and
aired on ANteve, won the Vidia Utama trophy -- presented by the
Ministry of Information's Director General for Radio, Television
and Film Aziz Hussein -- given to the best teleseries (miniseries
and melodramas) of the year.
In his speech, Aziz urged those in the teleseries industry to
improve quality in the face of stiff competition from foreign
productions.
Mencari Pelangi won awards in the drama category for best
teleseries, director, sound, artistic arrangement, scriptwriter,
editing and cinematography.
Mat Angin, a comedy series about a poor Betawi man, his
panicky wife and their neighbors, collected six awards, second
most on the night. It had received 12 nominations. The series
received awards in the comedy serial category for best director,
teleseries, supporting actor, editing, playwright and
cinematography; the comedy won 11 awards last year.
Comedy series Angkot Haji Imron came third with five awards,
for best actress, sound, music arrangement, artistic arrangement
and scriptwriter.
51 awards
Fifty-one awards were given out in the star-studded festival
held at TVRI's auditorium, a location selected to avoid any show
of extravagance during the crisis.
Attendants of the festival, in which the masters of ceremony
were comedy actress Debby Sahertian and fashion designer Robby
Tumewu, were entertained among others by singers AB Three, Yuni
Shara, Puput Novel and others.
Renny Djayusman and Roy Marten were named as best actor and
actress in a drama series for their roles in Cermin and Kupu-Kupu
Kertas respectively.
In the category for dramatic films, rock singer Bangun Sugito
won the award for best actor for his role in RCTI's Buku
Catatanku, and Ninik L. Karim won the award for best actress in
the same category, for her role as a mother-in-law in Dalam
Bayangan Ibu.
In the comedy series, Nona Alkhar, star of SCTV's Angkot Haji
Imron II, won the award for best actress, while Jaja Miharja won
for best actor for his role in Satu Atap Seribu Wajah.
Best supporting actor in a comedy series was won by Yadi Timo
for his role in Mat Angin and best supporting actress in the same
category was won by Yurike Prastica for her role in Fatima.
Best supporting actor in a drama series was grabbed by Chairil
JM from Tutur Tinular and the best supporting actress was Cini
Gunawan for her role in Serpihan Mutiara Retak.
Industry veteran Eeng Saptohadi won best supporting actor in a
dramatic film for his role in Kado Istimewa, while Dian Fahrina
won best supporting actress in the same category for her role in
Senja Kesaksian.
The festival also selected Tersanjung as viewers' favorite
drama series. The Chaidir Rahman trophy was awarded to
teleseries critic Christantiowati for her review of TV dramas in
Citra tabloid.
In the non-documentary category, ANteve's Family 100 won the
award in the quiz show category, and Debat Terbuka for talk
shows. Aikon received the award for best educative/informative
show and RCTI's Profil Taman Nasional Wasur won the
culture/tourism show category. SCTV's Dunia Bintang was named as
the best infotainment show. The Vidia special award for
television stations airing the most Indonesian teleseries was
given to private TV station ANteve. (ste)