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Indonesia's top film projects vying for funding at Akatara 2019
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Hopeful: Approximately 40 investors are to be present at the pitching forum, ranging from production houses to streaming services. (Narabeto Korohama/JP)
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n front of dozens of investors, writer Adin Hadiwidjojo and producer Ryandi Pratama pitched their project: a road trip movie about a Japanese songwriter in pursuit of Javanese dangdut koplo.
The planned movie, Chendol Dhawet, is one of the 20 film projects pitched at Akatara 2019, Indonesia’s largest film financing forum that runs from Thursday until Saturday at Hotel Sultan, Central Jakarta.
The forum was initiated two years ago by the Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf). For this year’s edition, Akatara is showcasing a total of 61 projects selected out of nearly 500 entries.
Of the 61, only 20 projects are to be presented in Akatara’s pitching sessions attended by about 40 local and international investors, ranging from streaming platforms like HOOQ and Viu to studios such as the United Team of Art.
In the past, the forum has paved the way for the production of critically acclaimed movies like family drama Keluarga Cemara (Cemara Family) and 27 Steps of May.
Akatara founder Agung Sentausa said that Keluarga Cemara began with production house Visinema’s bid for investors in 2017. The movie, based on the story by Arswendo Atmowiloto, garnered 1.7 million viewers in 2018 and claimed six trophies at the 2019 Maya Awards.
Mantan Manten (Former Bride), a romance drama starring Atiqah Hasiholan and Arifin Putra, secured funding in Akatara 2018.
