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...

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...

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) 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...

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...

"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...

(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...

(This article is a translation and not available in english) Kepentingan historis filem Paisa Rossellini telah sepenuhnya diperbandingkan dengan sejumlah mahakarya filem klasik. Tanpa ragu, George Sadoul menyebutnya sejajar Nosferatu, Die...

(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...

(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...

(available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan menampilkan seri wawancara antara Eric Rohmer dan Barbert Schoeder mengenai Isu Filem dan Kisah-kisah Moral. Terjemahan wawancara dalam bahasa Indonesia ini akan dirangkai menjadi tiga bagian,...

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...

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...

(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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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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...

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) 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...

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...

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...

This year, Yayasan Konfiden (Independent Film Community Foundation)—a foundation focusing on the development and distribution of audio visual media knowledge and usage to sustain empowerment as well as to gain appreciation and support—by public...

Ishak Pahing dies amid a gunfire volley during an air raid of the plane he was on with his friends. This scene opens the film Ruma Maida (Maida’s House), directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja, and as scriptwriter, Ayu Utami—the writer who shook...

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...

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 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,...