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ARKIPEL Film Festival postponed until next year
The 2020 Arkipel International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival will still hold its online Forum Festival symposium from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8.
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The 2020 Arkipel International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival will be postponed until August 2021. (Shutterstock/ Fer Gregory)
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he 2020 Arkipel International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival in Jakarta, which was scheduled to be held from Nov. 22 to Nov. 28, has been postponed until August 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the theme of "Twilight Zone”, Arkipel will screen films in an offline format next year. The films were selected in this year’s International Competition Program.
The festival will still hold its online symposium, Forum Festival, from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8. The symposium will feature speakers from diverse backgrounds, namely Butet Manurung, founder of Indonesian education nonprofit organization Sokola; author Martin Suryajaya; researcher Hizkia Yosias Polimpung; curator-writer Alia Swastika; researcher-artist Cecil Mariani; filmmaker Tonny Trimarsanto; author Intan Paramaditha; writer-filmmaker Dhuha Ramadhani; and writer-journalist Seno Gumira Ajidarma.
Hilmar Farid, general director of the Education and Culture Ministry, will deliver a keynote speech on the first day of the symposium.
Those who are interested in joining the symposium can register online for free until Nov. 1.
Initiated in 2013 by non-profit organization Forum Lenteng, Arkipel aims to offer quality documentaries and the accomplishments of experimentation in cinema to audiences both in Indonesia and around the world. (wir/wng)
