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FFI, Samsung team up for online film workshops
The Indonesian Film Festival will collaborate with Samsung for four episodes of online filmmaking workshops.
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Four celebrated film experts will share their knowledge about filmmaking in online workshops. (Shutterstock/Virrage Images)
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nline filmmaking workshops are set to be held from Nov. 8 to 17 as a collaboration between the Indonesian Film Festival’s (FFI) Cerita Sinema workshop and Samsung’s Galaxy Movie Studio, a platform to learn the ins and outs of filmmaking from the experts.
Each episode will feature a renowned figure in the film industry who will share their knowledge. They are scriptwriter-director Gina S. Noer, producer Sheila Timothy, director Yandy Laurens and scriptwriter-director Ernest Prakasa. All of the episodes will be hosted by actor-director Dennis Adhiswara.
Available to be livestreamed on FFI’s Instagram and YouTube, the workshops will be conducted via Zoom for 10 finalists of Galaxy Movie Studio’s short film competition.
Held until Oct. 23, the short film competition is open to people residing in Greater Jakarta aged 18 to 35, according to Samsung's Facebook page. The submission form is available here.
“Our collaboration with Samsung Electronics Indonesia is [...] to provide training for young, talented Indonesian youths to be filmmakers,” Lukman Sardi, committee head of Indonesian Film Festival, said in a statement.
Initiated in 2019, Galaxy Movie Studio aims to empower aspiring filmmakers. Its inaugural edition featured a number of film experts, including Joko Anwar and Sammaria Simanjuntak.
On Monday, FFI announced its curated shortlists of Indonesian films, namely Faozan Rizal’s Abracadabra, Sammaria Simanjuntak’s Guru-guru Gokil, Riri Riza’s Humba Dreams, Ernest Prakasa’s Imperfect: Karier, Cinta & Timbangan, Dirmawan Hatta’s Istri Orang, Jeihan Angga’s Mekah I’m Coming, Yusuf Radjamuda’s Mountain Song, Adriyanto Dewo’s Mudik, Joko Anwar’s Perempuan Tanah Jahanam, Kimo Stamboel’s Ratu Ilmu Hitam, Sim F’s Susi Susanti Love All and Yosep Anggi Noen’s The Science of Fictions. (wir/wng)
