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Indonesia Intel: Takeaways From the Jogja Festival and Market

Indonesia Intel: Takeaways From the Jogja Festival and Market

April 12, 2025
Source By Variety

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.

List of JAFF Future Project Winners at JAFF Market 2024

List of JAFF Future Project Winners at JAFF Market 2024

February 24, 2025
Source By Media Indonesia

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

Boxing Drama ‘Light of Fire’ Takes Shape at JAFF Market

Boxing Drama ‘Light of Fire’ Takes Shape at JAFF Market

February 19, 2025
Source By Variety

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.

Chinese-Indonesian Documentary Explores Identity Through Family Rituals at JAFF Market

Chinese-Indonesian Documentary Explores Identity Through Family Rituals at JAFF Market

February 17, 2025
Source By Variety

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.

‘The East’ Outfits Base Entertainment, New Amsterdam Reunite on Series ‘Hemelrijk,’ Film ‘Pulang’ – JAFF Market

‘The East’ Outfits Base Entertainment, New Amsterdam Reunite on Series ‘Hemelrijk,’ Film ‘Pulang’ – JAFF Market

February 14, 2025
Source By Variety 

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.

Dutch-Indonesian Co-Production Treaty Opens New Chapter for Collaboration, Industry Leaders Discuss at JAFF Market

Dutch-Indonesian Co-Production Treaty Opens New Chapter for Collaboration, Industry Leaders Discuss at JAFF Market

February 12, 2025
Source By Variety

The newly signed co-production treaty between the Netherlands and Indonesia aims to strengthen bilateral film collaboration, providing filmmakers from both countries access to national funding schemes and production incentives, industry leaders revealed at the inaugural JAFF Market in Jogja, Indonesia during a panel.