JAKARTA - The Balinale surprised the day before the opening of the festival on June 1. The film festival will feature director Oliver Stone's film Nuclear Now as Asian Premiere.
This powerful message documentary tells the story of climate change and explores the possibility for the global community to leave fossil fuels. Including overcoming the energy crisis by using nuclear energy.
"I am very happy to see our film, Nuclear Now, broadcast at the Bali International Film Festival. We hope that this film can be watched by a wide audience throughout Indonesia, one of the most important countries in energy transfer and they must compete against time," Oliver Stone told Balinale in a release received by VOI, Wednesday, May 31.
The 2023 Balinale will take place at the Park23 Creative Hub Cinema XXI, Bali on Thursday-Sunday, June 1-4. This year's festival will continue its traditions, featuring narrative feature films, independent documentaries and short films. Some of the films include award-winning films from around the world in various genres, styles, and languages.
Rows of impressive and theme-rich films, narrations, visuals and all their uniqueness, are present in the four-day screening program. A total of 44 film titles represent 12 countries, four of which are Premiere International films. This year's festival opens with a film entitled A Guilty Conscience by Jack Ng (Hong Kong), played by actor Dee Ho.
There is also a list of films with achievements on the world festival stage, such as Clondike by Maryna Er Gorbach. Klondike won in Sundance and Berlinale, and became the film representative of Ukraine at the Oscar 2023. The crime drama by Philip Yung (Hong Kong), Where the Wind Blows.
Sisu representing from Finland, directed by Jalmari Helander. Woman Talking by Sarah Polley (United States), she is also the winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscar 2023 event and the winner of Best Picture at the 2023 Critics Choice Award.
Rows of short story films, documentaries and other class of dramas in Balinale 2023 include: Crows are White by Irish director Ahsen Nadeem. Last Visitantes by Spanish director Enrique Buleo, Playground by Yaxing Lin (American). Two directors of the country, Yuda Kurniawan with short films entitled The Tone Wheels and Azalia Muchransyah through the film Lolitha.
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