AICEF Prize for Cross Cultural Filmmaking
2024 Winners

​Directed Elizabeth Ai
Documentary

New Wave: celebrates the rebellion, reinvention, and rebirth of joy in this young generation in cultural limbo. New Wave explores how music, fashion, and rebellion can be a force for healing. New Wave is a love letter to the first generation of Vietnamese punks and rebels who came of age in the 1980s.

​ Directed by Reza Wiguna
Written and Produced by Maulana Aziz
 Documentary

Sculpting the Giant tells the story of Balinese sculptor Nyoman Nuarta and his 1990 promise to build one of the largest statues on Earth. The 121 meter-tall Garuda Wisnu Kencana would potrey the Hindu god Vishnu mounted on the mythical bird Garuda.
This would be his ultimate tribute to the island he came from, Bali.In his quest to realize his dream, Nuarta and his family endured almost three decades of trials and tribulations; from a devastating fire, a world-wide financial crisis, to death threats.After 28 years of struggle and sacrifices, Garuda Wisnu Kencana was built, standing tall to be a testament of sheer determination.