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...

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...

(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...

Jean Epstein (1897-1953) One of the foremost directors of the French silent cinema, Epstein is also remembered as a cinematic theorist whose writings such as Ecrits sur le cinema examined the philosophical impact of film. Epstein's works, considered...

Time will keep an eye on them (Konfiden, Independent Film Community—ed.), their consistency and persistence will be tested, how they can stay true with their current vision. As well as how far—should there be developments—the activists remain...

A film firstly released as an opening to the 2009 Jakarta International Film Festival (Jiffest) was already attracting crowd even before the week of its release ended. Audience seemed to be very enthusiastic to kill their curiosity over this sequel...

(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...

QueriesLast night was my numerous silenced on one of the Italian neorealism, Ladri di Biciclette (1948), a film by Vittorio de Sica from the script of Cesare Zavattini. I was stunned in the film exposes on the reality of post-war Italian society....

Some time ago I was browsing new media arts networking site www.rhizome.org. Surfing the site, I stumbled upon a video uploaded by John Michael Boling entitled Time Piece (1964) by Jim Henson. This eight-minute video is one of the experimental works...

The independent bioscope emerges as a form of struggle from majority of bioscopes. But what fight it is exactly? Probably none, because speaking about struggle in films which calls independent in Indonesia might be complicated and end up to nowhere....

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

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...

The camping ground was taste very humid. Every afternoon and night, rain just won’t stop dropping. But the end of May approaching, the month that should be entering dry season. Sometime, a school of bats flying. One or two of them inflowing the...

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....

  Bruno dies, unexpectedly, after a shoot-out with the police. Almost no destruction caused by the firing, not even bloodshed. Plot moves flat, without any pretention of emotional violence. It constructs and is a violent climax in a gangster film...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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*(Or rather, are declared as often):Amidst a State of Dependence, A New Philippine Cinema is Born.The term independent once meant something in Philippine Cinema. It was reserved for such luminaries as Rox Lee (the great animator), Raymond Red (the...

(This article temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) La Chinoise bisa dianggap semacam pamflet politik sekaligus pamflet artistik dalam bahasa sinema Jean-Luc Godard. Melalui adaptasi lepas dari novel Fyodor Dostoevsky tahun 1872, The...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Filem Jermal meneguhkan kembali kaidah-kaidah neorealisme. Filem cerita panjang kedua yang disutradarai Ravi Bharwani bersama Rayya Makarim, Utawa Tresno dan diproduseri oleh Orlow Suenke ini...

The name was took from a community which founded in the 1920’s Russia by Dziga Vertov. The mere meaning was Eye of a Camera. According to its name, Kinoki focusing their activities by making film with documentary method, which is recording all...

(Only in Bahasa Indonesia) Selama 55 tahun festival filem pendek Oberhausen telah menjadi ajang bertemunya sutradara, distributor, pembeli dan peminat filem pendek dari seluruh dunia. Sebagai bekas kota industri, dengan tingkat pengangguran yang...