In The Second Year, Jakarta Film Week 2022 Will Be Screened By 70 Various Genre Films

JAKARTA - Jakarta Film Week (JFW) is entering its second year of implementation. He, who is still around for a long time, did not stop the committee from presenting international-format festivals.

This year, Jakarta Film Week 2022 will be held on October 13-16 2022 online via Vidio and offline at CGV Grand Indonesia and Kineforum.

Jakarta as the capital city gave birth to many directors, producers, and filmmakers of the film itself. Therefore, Jakarta Film Week is expected to be an event that is always eagerly awaited in the midst of the rise of film.

Jakarta must have its own film festival. Incidentally in the field of the creative economy, this film is one of the sub-sectors, so this is our obligation to bring JFW to large to the world," said Gumilar Ekalaya as Head of Creative Economy at the DKI Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency at a press conference today, Friday, September 16.

Emerge was chosen as the theme of JFW 2022 which means something that appears or bounces back.

Emerge is something that moves forward, bounces back. The world of cinema has succeeded in overcoming various challenges," said Rina Damayanti as Festival Director of JFW 2022.

Jakarta Film Week 2022 appointed actor Jourdy Pranata as a festival ambassador. Having a career since 2014, Jourdy is determined to spread himself to watch films at festivals to young people.

It is an honor to join a very happy film festival. When we talk about JFW, we continue to travel during our careers, it turns out that we have the same vision," explained Jourdy Pranata.

Through film festivals, we can see various works from various countries, the voices they bring. As an actor, seeing JFW is an advantage to seeing the process and learning from it," continued Jourdy.

Novi Hanabi as Program Manager said there are several programs at JFW 2022 that can be followed by the public. Later this festival will be opened by the film Ballad Si Roy by Fajar Nugros under IDN Pictures.

Programs at JFW are Jakarta Film Fund, Awards, Road to, Producer's Lab, and Exhibition. A total of 461 films from 28 countries have registered for Jakarta Film Week 2022.

However, only 70 selected films were screened exclusively at Jakarta Film Week 2022.

World Premiere Jakarta Film Week 2022 also presents three films from well-known filmmakers. The three films are Ballad Si Roy from Fajar Nugros, Galang by Adriyanto Dewo, and The Conquest of Carstenz by follow Mandra.

For those of you who want to take part in the Jakarta Film Week 2022, the entire schedule can be seen through www.jakartafilmweek.com. Tickets can be purchased through the TIX ID application.