Commemorating National Film Day, Joko Anwar Hopes A Healthy Ecosystem Can Give Birth To New Filmmakers

Joko Anwar (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - National Film Day is celebrated every March 30. Joko Anwar from the Association of Indonesian Film Directors (IFDC) said that the film ecosystem in Indonesia must be able to continue to grow new filmmakers so that the film industry in the country can continue to develop optimally.

According to him, currently Indonesia has a large market potential from films, but unfortunately the human resources (HR) or quality talent owners are still very lacking so that strong encouragement is needed from all stakeholders in the Indonesian film ecosystem so that these problems can be resolved.

"So the action is now, there are industry players, producers, there are educational institutions, there is the government, all of which must create synergy to produce quality human resources. Is it a long education, so that we can encourage the private sector to make film incubation, for example. Or establish a faculty Even PH itself can make incubation workshops to be able to print at least human resources who can work on their projects," said Joko as quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, March 30.

Joko Anwar said that currently, the method in the Indonesian film industry for professionally producing audio-visual content is still somewhat unsatisfactory.

There are still many filmmakers, especially those who target the online market, seem to have chosen arbitrarily to choose human resources to then be involved in content creation so that in the end the results are feared to be less than optimal.

Even though the Indonesian film market itself is included in the top ten in the world with revenues of US$500 million in 2019. Of course, the momentum and potential of the film market, especially from films made by the nation's children, should be maintained and improved in quality.

"To maintain the trust of the Indonesian public, which is already good now, don't destroy it. Films are selling well, there are also many series, but there are not enough human resources. Now anyone can be invited, so the results will not be satisfactory. The market is going down again, so this is why HR is very crucial, " he said.

Of course, he took steps to regenerate a new generation of filmmakers to take an active part as a film ecosystem in Indonesia, dealing with the current lack of qualified film talent.

Joko Anwar also said that since 2014 together with Tia Hasibuan through his film company Come and See Pictures, they have created a special class for film screenwriters.

He has even held the scriptwriting training in five waves and has helped the talents he trains to immediately enter the film industry, including his project in Bumi Langit Cinematic Universe (BLCU).

"Even now we are looking for new writers to join the 'writing' team because those who previously worked professionally, we created new writers. We are also planning to make an incubation this year to find human resources to become directors. create human resources. The government through its ministries, SOEs such as PFN, even PH rather than hiring any human resources, it is better to just create human resources," he concluded.