Goethe-Institut screens 17 science films from 10 countries in 55 cities in Indonesia during Science Film Festival 2022. 

Science. Some students love it, while others hate it. And yet, science is crucial as it has made our lives much easier and better. Thus, it is necessary to foster interest among young people to learn and master it to create a better world. 

The German cultural center the Goethe-Institut holds the international Science Film Festival (SFF) to encourage children to study and explore science. In the annual program, several science movies are selected by a group of judges to be screened to students in elementary, junior high and senior high schools. These film screenings are also accompanied by scientific experiments relating to the movies. 

Today, the program, first initiated in Thailand in 2005, has expanded to 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. 

The program started in Indonesia in 2010, with film screenings in approximately 20 cities across the archipelago. 

Over the years, the film festival has grown. This year's festival, which opened in Goethe-Institut Jakarta on Oct. 18, will present film screenings in over 100 schools, science centers and communities in 55 cities across Indonesia. 

"The Science Film Festival in Indonesia brings in a selection of 17 inspiring international films from 10 countries," Stefan Dreyer, regional director of Goethe-Institut Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, said during the press conference. "And these films will be accompanied by 13 [scientific] demonstrations or experiments to explain a little bit more in detail what the films are all about."  

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