This year, Yayasan Konfiden (Independent Film Community Foundation)—a foundation focusing on the development and distribution of audio visual media knowledge and usage to sustain empowerment as well as to gain appreciation and support—by public...

Part-time Work of a Domestic Slave (Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin, 1973) tells the story of Roswitha Bronski who works to support the family while her husband, Franz Bronski, busies himself with chemistry researches in order to fulfill his...

The opening of OK. Video—4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2009 held in the National Gallery, Jakarta on July 28, 2009, was jam-packed. That night, Hafiz, Festival Director, along with Tubagus “Andre” Sukmana (Director of Indonesia...

Having trauma to the pressure of two fascist states, Germany and Italia, at the selection of Venice Film Festival in the last 1930’s, Jean Zay, French Minister of Education, decided to held a festival in France. By then, precisely in 1939, Luis...

(Only available in Bahasa Indonesia) Selasa, 7 Juli 2009 program screenDocs! Regular kembali diputar di Goethe Institut, Jakarta. Program ini diselenggarakan oleh In-Docs, sebuah organisasi di bawah Yayasan Masyarakat Mandiri Film Indonesia....

(This article is only in Bahasa Indonesia) Dimuat di MINGGUAN SIASAT edisi Minggu-12 Nopember 1950, Minggu-19 Nopember 1950, Minggu-26 Nopember 1950, dan Minggu-3 Desember 19501927 adalah tahun yang sangat berarti bagi dunia filem. Tahun itu menutup...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) “Television has been attacking us all our lives, now we can attack it back”. - Nam June Paik (1932-2006)   Pada tahun 1948 penulis Inggris George Orwell menulis “1984”, sebuah novel...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage menampilkan seri wawancara antara Eric Rohmer dan Barbert Schoeder mengenai Isu Filem dan Kisah-kisah Moral. Ini adalah bagian terakhir dari seri wawancara Eric Rohmer dan Barbert Schoeder. Ciri...

Perempuan Punya Cerita. Sebuah Filem garapan empat sutradara perempuan muda Indonesia. Satu ulasan mengatakan bahwa filem ini lebih pantas berjudul "Perempuan Punya Derita” karena penderitaan tanpa-akhir yang dialami hampir semua tokoh perempuan...

How do we summarize violence derived from day-to-day reality? Blood! It’s the easiest language to frame the violence and sadism of an occurrence. Adding to it, gory utensils such as knife, screwdriver, hammer, and razor. Then, how do we envelop...

A machine from modern civilization, consists of modern men crossing the winding cracking hills road to find hard location and no sure direction except for the signs of nature. The location to find is somehow remote. Color gradation on the sun...

Watching Free and Great Movie in Almost Everyday   It get bore sometime to watch movies in the common bioscopes. Mostly because of the standard plots. And also with same players. To face this condition, the emergence of an alternative bioscope...

Upon seeing the people as depicted in Pixar/Disney’s WALL-E, I was instantly reminded of a day in anthropology class back in my university days. That day, the professor elaborated human physical evolution which is only predictable to...

Few times ago, I was shown a video from YouTube. It was a music video Metallica Tribute to Rhoma Irama1. It may sound impossible, but all my expectations turned upside down and inside out watching this video. It’s originally a video of...

Exhibition7-13 August 2010, 10am-5pm (Sunday closed) VenueGoethehausJl. Sam Ratulangi No. 9-15 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat OpeningFriday, 6 August 2010, 7pm Videotalk with Anggun Priambodo (music video maker) and Indra Ameng (curator)Friday, 6 August...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan menampilkan seri wawancara antara Eric Rohmer dan Barbert Schoeder mengenai Isu Filem dan Kisah-kisah Moral. Terjemahan wawancara dalam bahasa Indonesia ini akan dirangkai menjadi tiga bagian,...

Originally, silent film was simply tracked by a single pianist as its sound theme. Then, in its development, silent film follow by an orchestra. Newest compositions are then, perform. Last wednesday, May 14th 2008, an ensemble from Vietnam...

Labors all around the world come down to the street in May Day, celebrating The International Labor Day in the first of May. They sounding their rights to the rulers. All governments aware and increasing the security level. Even in Indonesia, the...

Bilal (2006) is a first and important work of Bagasworo Aryaningtyas. The work also appeared to be a confirmation of Bagasworo identity as a true punker. His next works such as Memanjakan Tubuh/Spoiling the Body (2006) and Lingkaran X/The X Circle...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Apa yang menarik dari sebuah videoklip? Seperti yang kita kenal selama ini, industri hiburan (musik) selalu menempatkan videoklip sebagai pelengkap untuk mempresentasikan penyanyi/grup musik yang...

Fritz Lang is regarded as one of the main directors in the early history of film. As a representative of expressionism in the 1920’s, he has made some of the most important German silent film. During the repression of German Nazi party, he left to...

Pada penyelenggaraan Festival Film Purbalingga (FFP) keempat ini, FFP menghadirkan tema “Melihat Kita”. Melihat Kita adalah sebuah ajakan untuk melihat dan menilai kembali kejadian-kejadian di sekitar kita dalam aspek sosial dan budaya....

Resensi Buku Judul Buku: Sejarah Film 1900-1950: Bikin Film di JawaPenulis : H. Misbach Yusa BiranPenerbit : Komunitas Bambu & Dewan Kesenian JakartaTahun Penerbitan : Cetakan ke II, Agustus 2009Tebal Buku : xxxiv + 446 hlmPenulisan peta...

A. Documentary Film100 Années Lumière. Retrospéctive de l’oeuvre documentaire des grands cinéastes français de Louis Lumière jusqu’à nos jours. Paris: Ministère des affaires étrangères, 1991.Barnouw, Eric. Documentary: A History of the...

Read original article   Pada 1944-45 saat perang dunia kedua hampir berakhir, debut dua artistik yang sangat sedikit berdampak pada situasi politik internasional tapi akan menjadi penentu utama wilayah kebudayaan Swedia terjadi. Pertama adalah...

In a scene, a doorman attends to the entrance of a luxurious hotel; dignified in gesture, alert and ready to serve every guest. A very friendly figure among the hustling hotel guests. At one time, two ladies are exiting. It’s a little rainy when...

A young man rides in a bajaj with his pregnant lover, passing through Jakarta’s slums in the 1970s. Child beggars in the city’s labyrinths become a syntagmatic connection to bajaj. The young man is a university student named Sony (W. S. Rendra)1...