The 2nd Jakarta World Cinema Week Film Festival Presents 90 Films Out Of 54 Countries

JAKARTA - Jakarta World Cinema Week (JWCW) is back to greet film fans and festivals in Indonesia. In its second year, JWCW presents 90 Films from 54 countries. The films that are present this time can be watched offline in the CGV Grand Indonesia Jakarta cinema, and online via the video streaming service KlikFilm from 11 to 18 November.

Inshallah a Boy directed by Jordanian director Amjad Al-Rasheed, was chosen as the opening film. Raising the issue surrounding the legal rights of inheritance in Islam that befell a widow with one child (female), a film that received warm praise after Cannes 2023, also as the official Jordanian representative film for the 2024 Oscars, has a strong close issue and relevance with the Indonesian audience. These two film players, Eslam Al-Awadi and M. Jezawi, are scheduled to attend the opening of the Jakarta World Cinema Week, to directly greet the audience and form a joint festival.

Meanwhile, Shayda directed by Noora Niasari, an Iranian-born director who now lives in Australia, was chosen to be the closing film. The film itself is a dramatic of Noora's life story with her mother who has experienced the bitterness of living in an immigrant shelter when seeking freedom, both free from domestic violence, as well as freedom from national tyranny.

This film stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, the best actress of Cannes 2022 through the film Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi, 2022) which last year became one of the most popular JWCW films. Director Noora Niasari and Associate Producer Keliran Watson-Bonnie will be present to interact directly with the audience.

Monster (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2023), The Pot au Feu (Anh Hung Tran, 2023), Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, 2023), Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki, 2023), Badrun & Loundri (Garin Nugroho, 2023), A Brighter Tomorrow (Nanni Moretti, 2023), is part of the total 90 best films from 54 countries that are ready to quench the thirst of cinema and festivalgoers in November. There are 35 films that air on CGV, and 55 films that air on KlikFilm with their respective lineups.

Not only that, JWCW this time also presents Indonesian films such as Melukis Luka, directed by Prisia Nasution and starring Bio One and Rachel Amanda, Corridor directed by Indra Gunawan and starring Prisia Nasution and Iedil Dzuhri Alaudin, and Angel Without Wings by Danial Rifki, starring Mawar Eva De Jongh and Ciccio Manasero. In addition to film screenings, JWCW will also present Masterclass on Filmmaking with speakers including Ifa Isfansyah, Yosep Anggi Noen, Makbul Mubarak, Alim Sudio, Kamila Andini, and others.

The JWCW Steering Committee, Garin Nugroho stated, in the midst of the diversity of film festival events in Indonesia, JWCW is able to present an international film festival. Indeed, it must be praised, in the midst of various film festivals, an institution that provides film streaming services, develops an international film festival, namely the Jakarta World Cinema Week (JWCW). An interesting note from JWCW is on the diversity of types to film genres as well as artistic achievements to industry. On the other hand, diversity manages industry professionals, communities, as well as filmmaker films that have been established to new ones," he explained.

Meanwhile, JWCW Executive Director, Frederica revealed, this second year, JWCW is very concerned about the credibility of the films that will be shown. The films that air in this event are mostly films that enter prestigious world festivals. "I hope JWCW is able to give the best for the world of Indonesian films, and consistently to be present every year," he explained.

Meanwhile, Shandy Gasella's Festival Director hopes that JWCW can better place itself in the national film festival scene, and can be more accepted by all people, because this film festival is actually made for everyone.

The JWCW film lineup, which is mostly the most prestigious film festival dropout in the world, is a unique feature that will continue to be attached to JWCW. I want people to remember JWCW as a film festival that is friendly to public audiences, that the films that air on JWCW, through careful curation, can make the impression that s festival film always makes you sleepy. And that in this second year there will be many guests from directors and cast abroad is concrete evidence of the seriousness of festival programming," he concluded.

In addition, in the presscon, Vivian Idris (Indonesian Film Agency), Rommy Fibri Hardyanto (Chairman of the Film Censorship Institute), and Marlina representing the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.