1947 Cadet Film Awaken The Spirit Of Nationalism At Jakarta Film Week

1947 Cadet Film Player (Photo: IST)

JAKARTA - The third day of Jakarta Film Week 2021, on Saturday, November 20, 2021, will be filled with the Writing Masterclass which consists of two sessions. In the first session, Mmabatho Kau from Full Circle Lab was present as a resource person for the Screenwriting Masterclass.

Before discussing how to prepare and write a script, you give a little introduction, that there are many things that can affect a series to be considered interesting.

"One of them is raising an interesting theme, whether it's about family, strength, love or revenge," he said. In addition, of course, the plot, characters, the world that was built, to the engine that drives a strong story are also important points before preparing a script.

No less exciting, in the second session, Sahana Kamath, a professional in his field, shared his knowledge on how to make series for online platforms. He has worked in international production in 25 markets and 20 languages. He has held senior development and production positions for studios and networks, production companies and OTT including Sony Pictures Television (International), Discovery Networks (South Asia) and VIU (SoutheastAsia).

On the third day of Jakarta Film Week, a number of Indonesian films and world cinemas were also screened. One of the Indonesian films that was screened was Cadet 1947, which was also the moment when it was screened for the first time in theaters. The screening, which was held at Metropole XXI, received a warm welcome from the audience.

This 1947 Cadet film brought back the spirit of love for the nation and made the audience understand history in an interesting way because this film was inspired by the events of Indonesia's first air attack on the Dutch army during the First Dutch Military Aggression in 1947.

Because of that, Celerina Judisari as the producer, said that this film wants to invite the audience to love the country.

“Judging from the material, the film Cadet 1947 is about love for the nation, but we don't force love for Indonesia. If this is a film according to good friends to be distributed, then when it is distributed, it is the same as spreading love for our homeland,” he said.