Indonesia’s 21st Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival will screen 254 films from 34 countries in Yogyakarta between November 28 and December 5. Silenced Nights opens the programme and You Are the Film closes it. Alongside competitions for features and shorts, the festival is introducing awards for people and institutions whose work sustains Asian cinema.
The Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, has announced 254 films from 34 countries for its 21st edition. Running from November 28 to December 5 under the theme Influx, the programme includes competitive and non-competitive screenings. Lawrence Fajardo’s Filipino drama Silenced Nights opens the festival, and Ueda Makoto’s Japanese comedy-drama You Are the Film closes it.[1], [2]
Ten features compete for the Golden and Silver Hanoman Awards, with Dita Gambiro, Riar Rizaldi and Shan Zuolong on the jury. Entries include Zou Jing’s A Girl Unknown and Priscilla Ang Geck Geck’s Ah Girl. The Indonesian Screen Awards consider ten domestic films across ten categories. Eddie Cahyono’s Ibuku and Ravi Bharwani’s Secrets are among them; Secrets has its world premiere in Yogyakarta. Light of Asia gathers 21 shorts competing for the Blencong Awards, with a new audience prize drawn from that selection.[1]
The new JAFF Awards recognise contributions through production, financing, archiving, exhibition and knowledge-sharing. Outside competition, Panorama contains 12 features and five shorts. Rewind includes 15 films, among them three Studio Ghibli classics by Miyazaki Hayao. At the Cinematic Concert, Grrrl Gang performs live against images from five shorts. The industry gathering JAFF Market runs at the Jogja Expo Center from November 28 to 30.[1]
