Four projects have been selected as the first recipients of Indonesia‘s debut government-funded film grant, Film Matchfund.
The $13M annual fund was announced at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and draws from the country’s Cultural Endowment Fund.
The selected projects are director Mouly Surya’s This City is a Battlefield, director Tumpal Tampubolon’s Crocodile Tears (produced by Talamedia), director Garin Nugroho’s Samsara and director Loeloe Hendra’s Tale of The Land (produced by Kawankawan Media).
These four projects have also received international support from other international grants such as the Hubert-Bals Fund, CNC Cinema du Monde, World Cinema Fund and Sørfond, totalling around $1.5M.
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