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View all search resultsJAFF closes with pledge for special event next year
The 2014 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) was officially closed on Saturday at the Empire XXI Cineplex Yogyakarta with a pledge to return the annual festival next year with a very special event
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he 2014 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) was officially closed on Saturday at the Empire XXI Cineplex Yogyakarta with a pledge to return the annual festival next year with a very special event.
Festival director Budi Irawanto said next year JAFF would be a decade old, while the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) would be entering its 25th year. 'We want JAFF to be part of the public that will continue providing a window of understanding about the culture and the people in Asia both in Yogyakarta and Indonesia,' Budi said.
The closing of the ninth festival was marked with the announcement of the winning films of the festival and the screening of Korean Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer,
In total, this year's festival screened 75 films from 18 participating countries, almost 70 of which focused on women's issues or were made by women.
The festival's managing director, Ajish Dibyo, said women were given a special place in JAFF 2014, which took 'Re-gazing at Asia' as its central theme.
The festival presented six awards: the Golden Hanoman, Silver Hanoman, Blencong, Student, Community and NETPAC awards.
The Golden Hanoman Award went to Kazakhstan director Zhanna Issabayeva's Nagima, while the Silver Hanoman Award went to Indonesian Ariani Djalal's Layu Sebelum Berkembang (Die before Blossom).
The Blencong Award went to Indonesian Tunggul Banjaransari's Udhar (Loose), the Student Award to Iranian Amir Masoud Soheili's Blue Eyed Boy, the Community Award to Thai Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy, while the NETPAC Award went to Singaporean Kan Lume's The Naked DJ.
Co-juror in the Golden and Silver Hanoman awards, Makbul Mubarak, said Nagima and Layu Sebelum Berkembang were selected as winners for the awards because they highlighted a long-lasting issue.
Another co-juror in the category, Hanung Bramantyo, said they chose Layu Sebelum Berkembang as the winner of the Silver Hanoman Award with the hope the film could represent
the education system, which puts human beings including women into boxes.
' JP/Sri Wahyuni
