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Balinale bridges Indonesian filmmakers to better platform
The longest-running international film festival in Indonesia shapes up for the growth of the local film industry.
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Seeing eye-to-eye: Actors Cornelius Sunny and Sha Ine Febriyanti star in Djenar Maesa Ayu's latest offering titled 'If This Is My Story'. The film will be showcased in Balinale. (Courtesy of Rumah Karya Sjuman/-)
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fter 12 years of bringing in the gist and the influential people of the world film industry, the Bali International Film Festival – Balinale – returns this year, shaping up to become the most important of film event in the country.
It is now a meetup place for the key people of both the Indonesia film industry and their international counterparts where they can pitch projects and scout talents or locations within an established network, not only view films and take part in competitions.
“Active participants in the creative economic sector of film making come to Bali from far and near to talk about film, to network with their international colleagues and to participate in the workshops and seminars that are an important part of our event,” said Deborah Gabinetti, executive director of the Bali Film Center and founder of Balinale.
“A lot of filmmakers, either producers, directors or actors, wish to expand their path. Balinale, of course, is here to help bridgr the filmmakers to a better platform for their work in the future,” she said at a media briefing at Cinemaxx Plaza Semanggi, Central Jakarta, on Sept. 12.
For its 13th iteration to be held on Sept. 24 to 29 in Cinemaxx Sidewalk Jimbaran in Badung, Bali, the organizing committee will host distinguished speakers and guests, including Natan Bogin from the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) whose agenda was to discuss developing a partnership with Balinale and strategies to grow CAA representation in Indonesia.
The Los Angeles-based leading entertainment and sports agency currently manages Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Spike Jonze, Terrence Malick and Jerry Bruckheimer, to name a few.
