Dutch-Indonesian Co-Production Treaty Opens New Chapter for Collaboration, Industry Leaders Discuss at JAFF Market
variety.comNaman Ramachandran 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.
The inaugural JAFF Market takes place alongside the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) in Yogyakarta from Dec. 3-5. The panel was moderated by producer Lorna Tee of An Original Picture NL, who also serves as JAFF Market advisor.
Sandra den Hamer, CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund, highlighted that the treaty emerged from grassroots interest rather than top-down policy. “It comes from the filmmakers and producers.
There’s a lot of interest to make films together, or to make films in Indonesia, to retell our history,” she said. The treaty follows successful agreements the Netherlands has established with Canada, China, France, Germany, Norway and South Africa.
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