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...

(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan memuat kembali tiga artikel tentang sejarah filem yang ditulis oleh tiga penulis berbeda: Herman Pratikto dan H. Asby (Indonesia) dan B.J. Bertina (Belanda) yang sudah diterjemahkan oleh...

‘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...

  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...

Jurnal Footage will publish articles about the video "Tepian Sungai Ciujung" in three parts, written by Akbar Yumni. This is the first part of the articles.   "I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers" - Mahatma...

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...

Aneka No. 21 THN VI, 20 september 1955   (Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Tahun 1927 pertama kali dipertunjukkan filem-filem Rusia di Eropa. Filem-filem seperti The Battleship Potemkin (1925) buatan Sergei Eisenstein, Mother (Ibunda, 1926)...

(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....

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...

Negotiate The Discourse of Audio Visual at The Alternative Bioscope   Public demand on alternative bioscopes are numerous. Unfortunately, this huge exigency is not supported by the aspirant management of the movie place. The activity of screening...

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),...

(This article is a translation and not available in English)Mimpi akan filem bersuara sudah nyata. Dengan ditemukannya teknik filem bersuara, Amerika sudah lebih mendahului dengan mementingkan dan mempercepat pemanfaatannya. Dengan tujuan sama pula,...

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...

The political reform of 1998 is an important history in the life of Indonesian. The current of changes occurs everywhere. But, after ten years, what can we achieve? The film screenings of ten years political reform has trying to open the space...

(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...

"The film your about to see, represence a significant breakthrough of the advancing science of the motion picture. For years, the industrial film has been pledge by the always-difficult sometime impossible-to-explain cost of the original creative...

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,...

(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...

(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,...

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...

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...

Nicolás Echevarría is a director, producer and cinematographer who has worked in both film and television, making documentaries and fiction films. One of Mexico’s prominent filmmakers. He began to make films following the massacre at Tlatelolco,...

(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Pengantar (Buku Digital: "Menyibak Rahasia" Video) [ ] Di dunia sekarang ini hidup kita dikelilingi oleh video. [ ] Jika dalam kehidupan kita sehari-hari kita menggunakan televisi, pita video serta...

(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...

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...