The International Film Festival (IFFR), wrapped during the weekend, after highlighting the highlight of the Indonesian cinema and cinema industry.
This focus came on the background of the joint production agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands in the opening Jaff market in December of last year, and highlights the increasing importance of the country's films on the world stage, according to the Indonesian film makers with whom we talked recently a week.
The festival boasted with a strong Indonesian unit, with the Indonesian director and the visual artist Timoteus Anggawan Kusno as the first “Focus”, with a show of nine of his projects in IFFR. Yuki Aditya was part of the jury in the TIGER competition, while the abundant production director Kamila andi – behind him was Uniand Before, now and then And Netflix Tentpole Series Cigarette – She brought her last project, Four seasons in JavaTo IFFR Film. The project won the Japanese VIPO Award in the IFFR participating market. Molly Molly Independence Epic This city is a battlefield He also worked as an IFFR closure, with actress Ariel Tatum and actor Jerome Korea at the festival.
Andine said: “There is a large group of Indonesian cinema in Rotterdam this year, which was very exciting for me.” “With or without the context of the past and colonial history, Indonesian cinema is very interesting for everyone to look at it, and cinematic festivals are one of the best places to see it. We had an Indonesian focus in many other cinemas before, and it appears that the Indonesian industry rises.”
Kusno, whose works are like Wells and Dream of fever Often it comprehensively deals with the Dutch colonialism of Indonesia and its legacies: “It is important to hold this conversation, and this conversation takes place through art, culture, films and cinema because this is a complex history that we are talking about. Not only the date that has been distinguished, but also the personal history that grows with people .
Aditya, who has been aware of discussions to give the official nature of the participating production agreement for the Netherlands-Indionis since 2023, on films like The hypothesis of the rocking pictures of Jakarta and Countless faces of competitors in the future.
Aditya said: “One of the programmers came to our place last year and said they believed that the festival should present Indonesian films because it is part of the long history between the two countries.” “If you are considering the population composition itself, like 10 % of the Dutch population have an Indonesian origin.”
Other Indonesian films that appeared in IFFR programming include this year Gokuk: Gawis Kamasutraand Midnight in Baliand Bachtiarand Future formationand Torangand Until death, and Whispers in Dabas.
Kosno mixes between Amsterdam and Yugakerra, lives and works in both cities. He highlighted how access to the video in the Netherlands about the past of Indonesia was very important to its research and craft.
Complex dialogUe
In reference to the dialogues about colonialism, Koseno said: “It is a very multi -layer and is very complicated. This type of discussion through the artistic language is very important and important. I really appreciate the festival to have an space to build this type of discussion, especially in peaceful times, Looking back, but also to look in the future.
Aditya said that Indonesian artists have become more open to talking about the country's history in their work since the reform in 1998, when authoritarian President Soharto resigned from his role. Aditya said: “Before that, it may have been Indonesia fog and in the Shafa area,” Aditya said. “After reform, there are more writings and books that talk about the history of both countries more explicitly – many topics that were previously taboo are now more explicit.”
Aditya, Film Collem Lenteng, is planning to prepare meetings with Dutch companies and find ways to benefit from the new joint production agreement. In the future, he also wants to talk about the 1955 Bandung Conference and some circumstances surrounding the event in his next work.
Think about his work offers like Countless faces of competitors in the future In the Netherlands, Aditya said: “The excitement comes from an interview with people who did not live or grow up in Indonesia as well, and how they interact with my films, although the fans at that time were Dutch historians, and their focus was on Indonesia.”
On the other hand, Andyini said she rarely thinking about the colonial past in Indonesia while making films. Andine said: “colonialism is not part of my creative thinking, because we have been independent since 1945.” “Of course, the more I cooperate with the Netherlands or come to it, the more similarities have been realized, since we met in the past. For me, it is more related to the existence of more viewing destinations through what happened. We learn and respect history, but we are moving forward by trying to create a world Better.
