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GudMuvie to honor local short movie filmmakers
In line with an increase of film schools, workshops and competitions, a collective of industry stakeholders has developed a new program called GudMuvie.
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Selected works: The Dessert is one of the movies to be featured in the Gudmuvie program. (Indonesia Sinema Persada/-)
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he Indonesian film industry has been on the rise in recent years with new releases each month and some of them have even managed to sell millions of tickets.
The movies come in various genres – horror, romantic comedy, drama, thriller and teen flicks, among others – proving the immense creativity of Indonesian filmmakers.
In line with an increase of film schools, workshops and competitions, a collective of industry stakeholders has developed a new program called GudMuvie.
Initiated by music and lifestyle promoter Gudlive, GudMuvie aims to be an ideal platform for short movie filmmakers, especially rising ones, to exhibit their fictional works. The program is also to be a main highlight of the 2019 Gudfest festival, which runs on Nov. 2 and 3.
Gudlive CEO Rully PM told The Jakarta Post that the reason for the program was that short movies were not as appreciated or as popular as the feature films of big production houses.
“So far, most of them [short movies] end up in YouTube […] but it’s only limited to [viewers from short film communities] and with no appreciation [from a wider audience],” Rully said.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Film Forum (FFI) founder Ichwan Persada said there was no better time than now to promote local short movies with the rise of streaming services from other providers.
