Fadli Zon Soroti 4.000 Koleksi Film di Museum Bioskop Jambi

Fadli Zon highlighting thousands of old film collections stored at the Jambi Film Museum. (IST)

JAKARTA - Minister of Culture Fadli Zon highlighted thousands of old film collections stored at the Jambi Film Museum. The museum has more than 4,000 posters, banners, flyers, old projectors, to examples of celluloid from the journey of Indonesian cinema.

Fadli reviewed the Cinema Museum in Jambi, Friday, July 31. The visit was part of the Ministry of Culture's work agenda to strengthen the archives and ecosystem of Indonesian films.

Fadli appreciated the museum's management for successfully collecting and caring for the film collection. According to Fadli, not many communities or families are able to maintain a large number of film artifacts.

"I am very happy to be able to visit here because it is very rare for communities from the community to collect artifacts related to objects that are assets of our film industry," said Fadli.

The Jambi Cinema Museum occupies a former old cinema building that operated in the 1990s. After the cinema closed, the building was converted into a storage space for film collections.

Fadli said the museum's collection includes film posters in the form of canvas, paper, one sheet, and flyers. Some of the collection comes from films from the 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, to the 1990s.

One sheet is a one-sheet movie poster that is usually used for promotion in the cinema.

"The number is more than 4,000, from films in the 80s, 90s, 70s, even the 50s," said Fadli.

In addition to posters and promotional materials, the museum also stores old projectors from the 1950s. The collection includes three generations of projectors, including examples of celluloid that were once used in film screenings.

Seluloid is an old film material that was used before digital technology developed as it is now.

Fadli considers the collection to be important because it is part of the journey of Indonesian film. He said that the condition of the collection managed by the family was relatively well maintained.

According to Fadli, a small portion of the collection has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture. Digitization is needed so that old collections are not only stored physically, but can also be studied more broadly.

"A small part of the collection has been digitized and supported by the Ministry of Culture," said Fadli.

He opened the opportunity for continued support, including cooperation with the film museum that is being pioneered in Jakarta.

"Later, maybe we will support it back so that posters or canvas banners that used to be advertisements, we hope that it can also be collaborated with the film museum that we are pioneering in Jakarta," he said.

Fadli said the Jambi Film Museum showed the role of the community and cinema enthusiasts in taking care of Indonesian film stories. The physical and digital collections that have been collected can be educational material for current and future generations.

During the visit, Fadli was accompanied by the Governor of Jambi Al Haris, Deputy Mayor of Jambi Diza Aljosha, Chairman of the Indonesian Museum Association Putu Supadma Rudana, as well as a number of officials from the Ministry of Culture.