The fourth annual Jakarta Film Week recently concluded, awarding top honors to Costa Rica’s “Memories of a Burning Body” for best global film and Indonesia’s “Yohanna” as best Indonesian feature. More than 140 films from 50 countries screened over the five-day festival in Jakarta, Indonesia.
“Memories of a Burning Body,” directed by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, explored themes of female sexuality. It had previously won an audience award at the Berlin International Film Festival. “Yohanna,” directed by Razka Robby Ertanto, addressed the challenging issue of child labor and built on momentum from its premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year.
This year’s event showcased emerging Indonesian cinema with its opening film “Goodbye, Farewell,” one of few Indonesian movies entirely filmed in South Korea. It drew notable industry figures like producer Kim Young-min and director Duong Dieu Linh to foster cultural exchange. The festival also expanded its industry programs,...
“Memories of a Burning Body,” directed by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, explored themes of female sexuality. It had previously won an audience award at the Berlin International Film Festival. “Yohanna,” directed by Razka Robby Ertanto, addressed the challenging issue of child labor and built on momentum from its premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year.
This year’s event showcased emerging Indonesian cinema with its opening film “Goodbye, Farewell,” one of few Indonesian movies entirely filmed in South Korea. It drew notable industry figures like producer Kim Young-min and director Duong Dieu Linh to foster cultural exchange. The festival also expanded its industry programs,...
- 10/30/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Sales rights to Ukrainian filmmaker Philip Sotnychenko’s feature debut and Rotterdam 2023 award winner La Palisiada have been acquird by UK outfit Reason8.
La Palisiada won the Fipresci award at last year’s festival, and was nominated in the European Discovery section at the European Film Awards.
The feature shot predominantly in Kyiv in 2021 and is set in 1996, five months before the moratorium on the death penalty. It follows two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, as they investigate a murder of their colleague.
Cast includes Andrii Zhurba, Novruz Hikmet, Valeria Oleinikova and Oleksandr Parkhomenko. Producers are Halyna Kryvorchuk,...
La Palisiada won the Fipresci award at last year’s festival, and was nominated in the European Discovery section at the European Film Awards.
The feature shot predominantly in Kyiv in 2021 and is set in 1996, five months before the moratorium on the death penalty. It follows two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, as they investigate a murder of their colleague.
Cast includes Andrii Zhurba, Novruz Hikmet, Valeria Oleinikova and Oleksandr Parkhomenko. Producers are Halyna Kryvorchuk,...
- 2/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
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