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...

Video Community Should Attain Their Independency   It was started from the catastrophic Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006, Kampung Halaman came and offered society empowerment trough video. They aim at youngsters. The unique methods made Kampung...

Compiled by Jurnal Footage It was a great shock, having heard the news about the tragic murder of one of the best Southeast Asia Film Critics, Alexis A. Tioseco. He was so young. So passionate. When it come to talk about film, he will eagerly...

The distribution of video in the world and Indonesia in particular, is extra rapid. According to a research, one out of ten Indonesian using video for various purposes. The development of cameraphone technology making the access easier for the...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia) ANEKA, No. 12 Tahun VI 20 Juni 1955 Dengan mata apapun melihat filem pada waktu itu; sebagai gambar yang bergerak di pasar malam, sebagai reproduksi foto dari lakon-lakonan lucu atau sebagai “teknik foto”...

(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...

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...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia)   PENDAHULUAN Bayangkan diri kita berada dalam situasi standar kecemburuan khas chauvinisme pria: tiba-tiba saja, saya mendapati pacar saya berhubungan seks dengan pria lain. Oke, tak masalah, saya seorang pria...

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...

According to Teshome Gabriel, the first period of third world cinema is Hollywood films. The second is by mimicking Hollywood films, i.e. identifying themselves to Hollywood films. We can see traces of mimicry in the early production of Dutch Indies...

1. An Awkward MemoryI remember discussing Chris Marker’s most recent feature film, Level Five (1996), with a friend of mine when it first came out. She was generally impressed with the film, but irritated by what she described as “an old man’s...

“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...

V Film Festival or the International Women Film Festival was first held in 2009 with the theme “Girl Power in Action”. This year, V Film Festival 2010 carries the theme “Identity and Youth”. V Film Festival 2010 was held by the collaboration...

(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...

Read original article   Lars von Trier adalah sutradara filem menggairahkan yang terkadang memojokkan penontonnya sampai ke sudut memalukan. Ia juga seorang maestro teologi visual. Antichrist (2009) garapannya merupakan antitesis filem gempita tak...

Why do you pick the theme ‘Comedy’ for the fourth OK. Video?We believe the theme comedy correlates to the socio-political state our country is now in. It’s an attempt to look for collective ways of catharsis, not to burden ourselves with...

“Demi masa depan, aku harus tinggalkan. Ah…abang, demi cita-cita…” Ini adalah salah satu potongan lirik lagu dangdut yang dinyanyikan Dian Sastrowardoyo saat berperan sebagai Dona Satelit di filem 3 Doa 3 Cinta. Goyang pinggul dan riasan...

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...

‘Is there any sign?’This question asked four times by a caller in the video The Endless Steps from Maulana Adel Pasha. Question which is so important for the caller to find the house. The transaction of sign thus occur. A bargain of subjective...

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 film Tarzan goes to City (Tarzan ke Kota) is labeled as a remake of City Tarzan (Tarzan Kota) starred by Indonesia legendary actor, Benyamin Sueb and directed by L. Sudjio. This film has its first run on 4 December 2008.The Indonesian...

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....

Faculty of film and television of the Jakarta Arts Institute (JAI) is re-hosting the 10th ‘Directional Film Festival’. What’s make it different?  Aside from emphasizing social matters theme, the title of each category taste really sloppy.The...

(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...

The 2009 Jakarta International Film Festival (Jiffest) is adorned with Indonesia Feature Film Competition (IFFC) that proved the quality of our national films in the international level. Films screened in IFFC are selected based on theme, narration,...

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...

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...

(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,...