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View all search resultsProject Market Indonesiana Film returns in search for stories worth telling
The festival’s third edition selects nine works and rewards filmmakers with mentorships from the University of Southern California’s professors.
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Quality films: Project Market Indonesiana Film is back for its third edition at Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta on Nov. 25, aiming to attract investors to support Indonesian talents and movies. (JP/Yohana Belinda)
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he festival’s third edition selects nine works and rewards filmmakers with mentorships from the University of Southern California's professors.
After two years of hiatus due to the pandemic, the Project Market Indonesiana Film Festival is back for the third time with an offline event at Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta on Nov. 25.
Ahmad Mahendra, the festival’s director of the music, film and media division (he also represents the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry), stressed that this year’s event hopes to encourage filmmakers to continue creating great quality films.
The festival showcased nine selected works. Each offered a different genre of films, from comedy, drama, horror and more.
Rumah Boneka (The Doll House) by Hesti Puwaningsih and Ilya Aktop tells a story of children fighting sexual violence inflicted on them and other children. Hesti and Ilya are survivors who hope to raise awareness regarding the growing dangers of pedophilia.
Santri Fahri follows the life of Fahri, a 13-year-old boy who suffers from bullying as he is enrolled at an Islamic boarding school. Filmmaker Reza Fahriyansyah wrote and directed the film.
Other selected films included The Storyteller by Fajar Martha Santosa and Suryo Wiyogo; Karabbo by Bayu Maitra and Anindhita Bunga Ayodhya; Robot with Heart by Irin Junirman, Ivan Makhsara and Rifki Ardisha; Galeo Anak Segara (Galeo Child of the Sea) by Ryandi Pratama, Melarissa Sjarief and Andara Fembriarto; Sides of a Coin by Susanti Dewi and Grace Stefany; Sugih (Rich) by Niken Prawiranauli and Nara Nugroho; and Jampi-Jampi Jompo (Spells of Old Man) by Sofyana Ali Bindiar and Sally Anom Sari.
Creators of selected works were rewarded with workshop sessions by Tom Ambrams and Sean Hood—both are professors of screenplay writing at the University of Southern California, the United States.
“We hope that the selected projects will gather support from potential investors and related parties so that in the future they can be produced and appreciated by a wider community,” Ahmad said.
