Awards

For its balanced approach to sociopolitical aspirations among the peoples of Indonesian Papua.

For its inventive and emotionally effective use of a musical counterpoint of solo and choral voices to relate the story of an immense social tragedy from an intimate and individual point of view.

Tied with The Dove's Bell-Ringer (1994).

Garin Nugroho dedicated his award to the street children of his (Indonesia) and other countries in Asia. Asked how he would give them the news, he replied that he had been thinking of this constantly and felt that this was an important duty he still had to fulfill.