Sandiaga Amazed At The Resilience Of Indonesian Film People

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno at the 2021 Indiskop Festival press conference, Saturday (7/8/2021) doc. (AMONG)

JAKARTA - The process of making the film "Tjoet Nya' Dhien" in 1988, which was full of twists and turns, impressed the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. Sandi was also amazed by the resilience of Indonesian filmmakers after learning how difficult the process of making the film was.

Sandiaga said director Eros Djarot said that the process of making the film was not easy because of funding difficulties. Even the crew and cast didn't get paid right away.

"Until the last moment, Uncle Eros said that due to funding difficulties, it was delayed, finally it was only paid after that and it shows the resilience and resilience of our film people," Sandiaga said at the Indiskop 2021 online press conference, Saturday.

The film "Tjoet Nya' Dhien" has been restored in the Netherlands and will premiere in May 2021 in a number of Indonesian cinemas. After restoration, the image in the film is cleaner and the color details are sharper. The duration of the film, which was originally 130 minutes, was reduced to 106 minutes due to various technical considerations.

Sandiaga said he watched the restoration film some time ago with actress Christine Hakim, who played the main role in "Tjoet Nya' Dhien".

Sandiaga said Kemenparekraf appreciates and supports the implementation of the 2021 Indiskop Festival which is an initiative to remain productive during the pandemic.

Indiskop Festival or IndisFest is an annual program from Indiskop which has been initiated since 2020 in an online format. In 2021, this festival has the theme “My Film, My Struggle!” where the format of the activity is a hybrid with optimization of online and digital channels combined with limited on-ground activities by implementing strict health protocols.

By presenting edutainment programs that are produced and distributed online through the website www.indiskop.id and the Indiskop application, IndisFest 2021 will be held from August to October 2021.

"We will attend and take an approach that is hopefully more innovative, in addition to what has been done by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Communications and Information Technology which has already partnered with Indiskop," he said.

The Indiskop Festival is held in collaboration with Indiskop and is supported by the Ministry of Communication and Information, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. This event was also supported by KADIN, PARFI '56, and the National Movement for Digital Literacy Cybercreation.