FFWI XI's Choice Of Films Getting Constricted

JAKARTA - The judging process of the XI Indonesian Journalist Film Festival (FFWI) is getting more and more narrow. Of the 92 Indonesian films circulating from September 2020 to September 2021 (30 films showing in theaters, and 62 films on OTT, including on Netflix, Disney+Hotstar, Klik Film, Online Cinema, and others), now 35 have been filtered. film.

Wina Armada Sukardi, Chair of the Committee for FFWI XI, said that the assessment of FFWI XI is very independent, without having to pretend, by only assessing nine elements.

Previously, four categories were assessed, namely Drama, Horror, Comedy and Action (Action). However, because the Action category has few films, in the end only three categories were judged from the 27 elements. Plus three special trophies.

Yan Widjaya, Head of the Judging Division of FFWI XI, explained that so far, seven (7) Comedy films, seven (7) Horror films and 21 Drama films have been selected, and they are still undergoing excellent curation.

"The seed will be announced on October 18, 2021. Which will then produce nine seeds that we will assess. Which consists of nine elements, namely Film, Director, Screenwriter, DOP (Camera Arranger), Main Actor, Main Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, and Editor (Editor)," said Yan Widjaya in Bekasi, Sunday, September 19, 2021.

Yan Widjaja added, the FFWI XI seed will be announced on October 18, and the winner will be announced on October 28, 2021.

Edy Suwardi, Head of the Working Group (Kapokja) for Film Appreciation and Literacy (Alif) of the Directorate of Film and Media, Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology, said that the Alif Pokja was only a companion, and facilitated FFWI XI activities.

The Alif Working Group, according to Edy Suwardi, is very confident that the results of the judging carried out and obtained by the FFWI XI Jury will be good.

"Essentially, we support the activities of FFWI XI, as part of the Indonesian film ecosystem. With the ultimate goal of being able to participate in making films to host in our own country," he said when opening a discussion on the judging activities of FFWI XI at the Amaroossa Grande hotel, Bekasi, Sunday, September 19, 2021.