The Citra Award for Best Director (Indonesian: Piala Citra untuk Sutradara Terbaik) is an award given at the annual Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) to Indonesian film directors in recognition for their achievement in the previous year. The Citra Awards, described by Screen International as "Indonesia's equivalent to the Oscars", are the country's most prestigious film awards and are intended to recognize achievements in films as well as to draw public interest to the film industry.[1][2][3]
Jeremias Nyangoen is the most recent winner with his directorial debut film Women from Rote Island at the 2023 ceremony.
History
The award was first given in 1955 with the winner of that year, Lilik Sudjio for his film Tarmina,[4] being selected from all eligible films a jury panel without shortlisted nominations. Owing to efficiency concerns and widespread disapproval of winners within the Indonesian film industry, beginning in 1979 the FFI instituted a nomination system in which a committee selects the winner from a shortlist that could range between four and six films.[5]
There were no Citra Awards given between 1993 and 2003 due to sharp decline in domestic film production. It was reinstated as an annual event in 2004 after receiving funds from the Indonesian government.[1][6]
With her win for Fiksi. in 2008, Mouly Surya became the first and, as of 2022, the only woman to have won the Best Director award. She won another one for Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts in 2018. Ida Farida holds the distinction as the first woman director to receive a nomination with Semua Sayang Kamu in 1989. Following the revival of Indonesian cinema in the mid-2000s, more women have received nominations for Best Director, including Kamila Andini who have received four nominations, Upi Avianto with three, and Nia Dinata with two.
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