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...

(Temporarily Available Only in Bahasa Indonesia) Berawal dari mengejar "ketertinggalan", Globalappleworks dan Surabaya New Media Art Center, membuat sebuah festival video bertajuk VIDEO:WRK – Surabaya International Video Festival 2009. Festival...

We May Not Accomplish Anything After a Decade of Political Reform   To commemorate the ten years of political reform, Proyek Payung held a screening event of the ten short films from ten young directors at Kineforum Jakarta, May 12 to 20th 2008....

Attending Malang Film Video Festival (Mafvie) 2010 during June 8-10, 2010, the first question that popped in me was: what essentially distinguishes this festival from the rest alike? Until the last day, after seeing the works screened in the...

Pada tanggal 11 januari 2010, dunia sinema telah kehilangan seorang sutradara, yang karya-karyanya cukup memiliki siginifikansi terhadap sejarah bentuk dalam estetika film. Adalah Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer atau Jean Marie Maurice Schérer dan...

Michael Haneke is probably the most interesting director in the contemporary cinema history. Born in Munich, 1942, Haneke grew in suburb Austria, Weiner Nestadt. Having learned pschycology, philoshophy and theater at the Vienna University and make...

Jurnal Footage will publish articles about the video "Tepian Sungai Ciujung" in three parts, written by Akbar Yumni. This is the second part of the articles. The mind is yet to be free if the medium is not liberating. It’s probably in line with...

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...

ANEKA, No. 20 Tahun VI 10 September 1955   (available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Di tahun 1926, Dimitri Kirsanoff [1899 – 1957], seorang avantgarde berkebangsaan Rusia yang bekerja di Prancis memperkenalkan diri ke masyarakat melalui filem...

On August 19, 2009, Indonesia Visual Arts Archive launched the first visual arts archives website in Indonesia, iclick.IVAA. On the occasion, Jurnal Footage interviewed Farah Wardani, Executive Director of IVAA. The following is our interview. Can...

Matahi, a native man of an island in South Pacific called Bora-bora, falls in love with a girl named Reri. One day, Hitu, a tribe leader sent by leaders of each island of the archipelago, comes to take Reri as a replacement for their late sacred...

(This article only available in Bahasa Indonesia) J.I.F SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION 1940"RENTJONG ATJEH"Serombongan bajak laut telah menyerang sebuah kapal layar, yang sedang berlayar di Selat Malaka. Dengan dikepalakan oleh Bintara (Bisoe), kawanan...

(only available in Bahasa Indonesia) Film Nyai Siti Atau De Stem Des Bloeds (Suaranya Darah)1Keluaran The Cosmes Film Corporation di BandungPanorama2, No. 175, 10 Juni 1930, Tahun ke 4Pada malam Minggu tanggal 22 Maret telah kita saksikan film...

There’s so much one can do upon reflecting history. In the Western world, interpretation of cultural history continues to roll until today. It’s the essence of cultural history: to be reinterpreted continuously by consecutive generations. The...

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...

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...

Haxan, a work of a Swedish director, Christensen, is a horror film full of strong social political issue. Haxan does not only picture human apprehension to all things supernatural. More than that, Haxan is a historical documentary portraying social...

Alam memang memiliki cara tersendiri untuk menyampaikan pesan. Dalam satu bulan terakhir terjadi sebanyak 30 gempa kecil maupun besar di bumi Indonesia. Tiga gempa di antaranya termasuk besar. Pertama Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat, lalu Yogyakarta, dan...

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...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia)   Pengantar   Filem Melati van Agam diadaptasi dari novel yang ditulis oleh Swan Pen yang bernama sebenarnya  Parada Harahap (1899-1959), salah satu tokoh pers nasional yang telah bekerja di Pewarta Deli,...

(available only in bahasa Indonesia) ANEKA, No. 13 Tahun VI 1 Juli 1955 (V) Di tahun-tahun sebelum 1914, di wilayah Eropa, dengan susah payah pelaku filem berusaha membuat filem, sedang di Amerika, Hollywood yang berciri industri besar-besaran pun...

Los Olvidados is a work of one of the surrealist movement figures, Luis Bunuel. Born in Spain, 22 February 1900, grow in Mexico. Luis Bunuel finish Los Olvidados in 1950. This picture become one important work that inspire many pictures around the...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) ANEKA, No. 17 Tahun VI 10 Agustus 1955 (VI) Sutradara Fritz Lang yang termasyhur. Filemnya, Die Nibelungen: Kriemhelds Rache, disebut orang sebagai filem jenius dan citra pictural-nya dianggap sebagai mahakarya...

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...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Di blog pribadinya, Hanung Bramantyo menyebut filem Doa yang Mengancam memiliki pesan untuk bercermin diri. Menurutnya, filem ini bertema keikhlasan. Manusia menjadi bersahaja karena dirinya ikhlas....

“Through many years, at great expenses, journeying through many countries, I went to see high mountains, I went to see oceans. Only I had not seen at my very doorstep, the dew drop glistening on the ear of the corn.” –Visva Bharati.On the...

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