Location | Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
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Founded | 7 August 2006 |
Awards | Golden Hanoman Award and others |
Website | jaff-filmfest |
The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) since its inaugural edition in 2006. [1] It aims to introduce Asian cinema to a wider audience and provides a space for arts, culture, and tourism.
The 18th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 25 November to 2 December 2023.
Several Indonesian filmmakers, Garin Nugroho, Ifa Isfansyah, Budi Irawanto, Yosep Anggi Noen, Ajish Dibyo, Dyna Herlina and Ismail Basbeth along with NETPAC curator Philip Cheah, initiated the festival.
The first edition of the festival was held from 7 to 12 August 2006, about three months after the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. [2] Kompas noted that the inaugural edition marked the recovery of Yogyakarta post-earthquake. [3] Meanwhile, Eric Sasono of Tempo noted that the festival created a new film market to develop the Asian cinema even further. [4]
As of 2022, the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival is organized in various sections:
The most prestigious award given at JAFF is the Golden Hanoman Award for best film. As of 2022, the festival has presented the following awards: [5]
Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
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2006 | Men at Work | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
2007 | Crossing the Dust | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq |
2008 | Kantata Takwa | Eros Djarot, Gotot Prakosa | Indonesia |
2009 | Agrarian Utopia | Uruphong Raksasad | Thailand |
2010 | Survival Song | Guangyi Yu | China |
2011 | Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria Kirchbaum | Remton Siega Zuasola | Philippines |
2012 | Bunohan | Dain Iskandar Said | Malaysia |
2013 | Television | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Bangladesh |
2014 | Nagima | Zhanna Issabayeva | Kazakhstan |
2015 | Cambodian Son | Masahiro Sugano | Cambodia |
2016 | Solo, Solitude | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
2017 | The Seen and Unseen | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
2018 | 27 Steps of May | Ravi Bharwani | Indonesia |
2019 | House of Hummingbird | Kim Bora | South Korea |
2021 | Taste | Lê Bảo | Vietnam |
2022 | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia |
2023 | Monisme | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia, Qatar |
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