Indonesia Intel: Takeaways From the Jogja Festival and Market
variety.comNaman Ramachandran 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. To put matters in context, films from Indonesia now routinely get selected and win prizes at major international festivals.
The local market in Indonesia, which has the fourth-largest population in the world with 283 million, is rapidly expanding with homegrown productions accounting for a significant share.
Indonesia is also bolstering its cultural policies that include an annual $13 million international co-production grant. Here are some key takeaways from the festival and market: An energetic and buzzing festival and market “Energy” and “buzzing” were the two words most bandied about during the festival and market and with good reason too.
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