MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution promised to revive the film ecosystem at the local level in the capital city of North Sumatra Province.
"The government is also working together to make the film industry in this city an ecosystem that we can live on. This is my promise," said Mayor Bobby in Medan as reported by Antara, Tuesday, May 10.
Medan City Government will arouse the passion of filmmakers, especially at the local level who will be able to produce works that can be enjoyed by the community.
For people who enjoy it not only at the local level, he continued, but also at the national level, and if possible Indonesian films from Medan City will be global in the international arena.
"This ecosystem can work, of course, not only from the city government, but from the community and we walk together. I promise for filmmakers who want to work in Medan City, we will fully support it," he explained.
"So that the work of these young local filmmakers together, we want that there are films from Medan City filmmakers who can enter the big screen and film festivals," Bobby explained.
The mayor plans to hold a Medan City film festival regularly for local filmmakers, and hopes that there will be an annual calendar that drives the economy, especially the creative economy.
"So it should not be informed a month earlier, but a year earlier. So that the work of these filmmakers can really be judged from their efforts with a very free period of time," he said.
For information, Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution together with local filmmakers had the opportunity to watch several short films, including the title Pelipur Lara at the Mini Movieresto Prime Cinema, Tegal Sari II Village, Medan, Tuesday (9/5) night.
"We hope that the filmmakers of Medan City will not only be a spectacle, but also revive the economy here," Mayor Bobby explained.
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