13th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

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13th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Opening filmThe Man from the Sea
by Koji Fukada
Closing film Her. Him. The Other.
by Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, and Prasanna Vithanage
Location Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Festival date27 November–4 December 2018
Website jaff-filmfest.org
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

The 13th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 27 November to 4 December 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. [1] A total of 137 films from 27 countries were screened during the festival. [2] Drama film The Man from the Sea opened the festival and it closed with Sri Lankan anthology film Her. Him. The Other. [3] The festival's most prestigious award was presented to drama film 27 Steps of May . [4]

Contents

Official selection

Opening and closing films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
The Man from the Sea(opening film)Laut Koji Fukada Japan, Indonesia, France
Her. Him. The Other (closing film)තුන්දෙනෙක් Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Prasanna Vithanage Sri Lanka

Asian Features

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Golden Hanoman Award
27 Steps of May Ravi BharwaniIndonesia
A Land Imagined 幻土 Yeo Siew Hua Singapore, France, Netherlands
Die Tomorrow Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand
Grit Cynthia Wade, Sasha FriedlanderUnited States, Indonesia
In the Claws of a Century WantingSa Palad ng Dantaong KulangJewel MarananPhilippines, Germany, Qatar
Nervous TranslationShireen SenoPhilippines
Night GodТүнгі ҚұдайAdilkhan YerzhanovKazakhstan
One Cut of the Dead カメラを止めるな!Shinichiro UedaJapan
The Widowed Witch北方一片苍茫Cai ChengjieChina
NETPAC Award and Geber Award
Ave Maryam Ertanto Robby SoediskamIndonesia
Goodnight & GoodbyeYao-tung WuTaiwan
Looking for Lucky 寻狗启事Jiang JiachenChina
Passage of Life僕の帰る場所Akio FujimotoJapan, Myanmar
Person Being/in the Nature of a HumanEma Nudar UmanuJonas Rusumalay Diaz, Thomas HenningTimor Leste
The Red Phallus Tashi GyeltshenBhutan
The Song of GrassrootsNyanyian Akar RumputYuda KurniawanIndonesia
Strange Colours Alena LodkinaAustralia
War CrimeGopal ShivakotiNepal

Asian Perspectives

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
An Engineered DreamHemant GabaIndia
Asian Three - Fold Mirror 2018: Journeyアジア三面鏡2018 JourneyDegena Yun, Daishi Matsunaga, Edwin Japan
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness Khavn Philippines
Dukun Dain SaidMalaysia
Father to Son 范保德 Hsiao Ya-chuan Taiwan
Fly by Night 非常盜Zahir OmarMalaysia
Golden MemoriesMahardhika Yudha, Afrian Purnama, Syaiful AnwarIndonesia
Istri OrangDirmawan HattaIndonesia
Malila: The Farewell Flower มะลิลาAnucha BoonyawatanaThailand
Old Love재회Park Ki-yongSouth Korea, Japan
Painting Life Bijukumar Damodaran India, United States
SayakbayСаякбайErnest AbdyjaparovKyrgyzstan
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা
Various
  • Tanvir Ahsan
  • Abdullah Al Noor
  • Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem
  • Krishnendu Chattopadhyay
  • Golam Kibria Farooki
  • Mir Mukarram Hossain
  • Nuhash Humayun
  • Mahmudul Islam
  • Rahat Rahman
  • Robiul Alam Robi
  • Syed Ahmed Shawki
Bangladesh
Temporary VisaGhazi AlqudcySingapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Indonesian Screen Awards

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
Aruna & Her Palate Aruna & Lidahnya Edwin
Cemara's Family Keluarga Cemara Yandy Laurens
If This Is My Story Djenar Maesa Ayu, Kan Lumé
Love for Sale Andibachtiar Yusuf
Petualangan Menangkap PetirKuntz Agus
Sultan Agung Mataram 1628 Sultan Agung: Tahta, Perjuangan, Cinta Hanung Bramantyo
Ten Seconds Before SunriseMenunggu Pagi Teddy Soeriaatmadja
Wage John de Rantau

Focus on Garin Nugroho

Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival: [5]

References

  1. Damaledo, Yandri Daniel (14 November 2018). "JAFF 2018: Menonton Sinema Asia Demi Meretas Perubahan". Tirto. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. "124 Film dari 27 Negara akan Tayang di JAFF 2018". Kompas . 28 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  3. Wirastama, Purba (13 November 2018). "Usung Tema Disruption, JAFF 2018 Tayangkan 137 Film Asia Pasifik". Medcom. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. Muryanto, Bambang (6 December 2018). "'27 Steps of May' grabs top prize at JAFF". The Jakarta Post . Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. Wirastama, Prabu (6 December 2018). "JAFF 2018 Berakhir, 27 Steps of May Menang Film Asia Terbaik". Medcom. Retrieved 8 December 2024.