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Indonesia, one of the most dynamic territories for film in Asia, is set to welcome local and international industry guests to its first ever film market with the inaugural JAFF Market set to kick off on December 3.

The 19th edition of Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) was its most successful one yet and the inaugural JAFF Market proved to be an auspicious debut. Variety was present to report on both.

JAFF Future Project is a space for emerging filmmakers to meet with industry professionals. Designed to find potential and quality feature film projects.  

Indonesian production “The Light of Fire” (Tinju Api), a coming-of-age action drama from director-writer Sesarini, is being presented at the inaugural JAFF Market, running alongside the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival.

A new documentary project, “Me, My Mother’s Favorite Monkey” (Aku, Monyet Kesayangan Ibuku), helmed by director Ivonne Kani, examines Chinese-Indonesian identity through the lens of intergenerational family dynamics at the inaugural JAFF Market in Yogyakarta.

Indonesia’s Base Entertainment and Netherlands-based New Amsterdam have partnered on two projects, the companies revealed at the inaugural JAFF Market that takes place alongside the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) in Yogyakarta (Jogja) from Dec. 3-5.