 Two years later she became an observer at the Cannes Film Festival, striking up a working relationship with Pierre Risient, who later assisted her in bringing her films to Cannes.One of these was Eros Djarot's 1988 film "Tjoet Nja' Dhien", in which Hakim was cast as Acehnese guerilla leader Cut Nyak Dhien.It won the 1989 Cannes Film Festival award for Best International Film, being screened in "Le Semaine de Critique".