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...

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...

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...

On December 17, 2009, I had the opportunity to watch Paul Agusta’s second film, Di Dasar Segalanya (At the Very Bottom of Everything) at Kineforum, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. Unlike his first film, Kado Hari Jadi (The Anniversary Gift),...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Sejak munculnya filem di Indonesia tahun 1900, banyak artikel-artikel di media massa cetak yang kritis membahas kehadiran filem di masyarakat. Penerbitan kembali artikel sejarah filem oleh Jurnal Footage adalah...

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,...

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...

‘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...

(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...

*(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...

Tracing the Genealogy of World’s Video Art The development of Indonesian video art in the last decade has been satisfactory. Several visual art events have included video art as part of contemporary art exhibition. Video art has even invaded...

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...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) ANEKA, No. 17 Tahun VI 10 Agustus 1955 (VI) Dalam perkataan filem mutlak terselit sesuatu yang 100%. Obyeknya sendiri menjadi gejala tulen atas kenyataan sebenarnya yang menjadi citra sederhana dan kenyataan yang...

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...

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...

Percakapan antara Jussi Parikka dan Garnet Hertz Artikel asli berbahasa Inggris bisa dibaca di www.ctheory.netOriginal text in English on www.ctheory.net   Pendahuluan Arkeologi media merupakan suatu pendekatan studi media yang mengemuka sejak...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

In a number of video and media art exhibitions that I attended, video works emerge as a vital part in the presentation of media art. But how do we define video “works”? From the classic perspective, video is defined as non-narrative audio visual...

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...

“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...

Geometer: I only came to hear of Häxan through your soundtrack - it’s a great film and I was surprised I’d not heard of it. How did you first hear of the film? Guy: We were first approached to perform a live soundtrack to the film at...

Happy 7th Anniversary Forum Lenteng * * * 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...