Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival explained

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Awards:	Golden Hanoman Award and others
Location:	Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival is set to be held from 30 November to 7 December 2024.

History

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]

Programs

As of 2022, the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival is organized in various sections:

• Main Competition: feature films compete for Hanoman Awards and NETPAC Award, the most prestigious awards of the festival.
• Light of Asia: short films compete for Blencong Award, screened in compilations
• Indonesian Screen Awards: Indonesian feature films compete for five categories.
• Panorama: selection of feature films screened during the international film festivals previously.
• Asian Perspectives: encapsulates feature films which showcase different Asian perspectives.
• Indonesian Film Showcase: showcases Indonesian feature films out of competition.
• Classic: revisiting the history by showcasing films by certain notable directors
• Emerging: presentation of films by directors whose work shown at JAFF for the first time
• JAFF-Series: showcases series
• Community Screen (Indonesian: Layar Komunitas): screenings and discussions with several film communities
• Whisper Cinema (Indonesian: Bioskop Bisik): film screenings where blind and visually impaired people are guided by volunteers that verbally describe a film sequence.
• JFA Showcase: showcases the work of the Jogja Film Academy students.

Awards

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]

Competition

• Golden Hanoman Award – best film

Golden Hanoman Award! Year! Film! Director! Country/Region

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
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2021	Taste	Lê Bảo	Vietnam
2022	Autobiography	Makbul Mubarak	Indonesia
2023	Monisme	Riar Rizaldi	Indonesia, Qatar

• Silver Hanoman Award – runner-up of best film
• NETPAC Award – rewards to best first or second feature of Asian directors, chosen by Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
• Geber Award – rewards to best first or second feature of Asian directors, chosen by film communities around Indonesia

Indonesian Screen Awards

Rewards to best work on Indonesian feature films

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Storytelling
• Best Cinematography
• Best Performance

Shorts

• Blencong Award – best short film
• Student Award – best short film, chosen by representatives of film students in Yogyakarta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival. Asian Film Festivals. 15 February 2023.
2. Web site: Jaff 2006. 4 August 2006. 15 February 2023. Kapanlagi. Rita. Sugihardiyah.
3. Web site: Kesenian Gugur Gunung Tampil di JAFF. Kompas. 22 December 2010. 16 February 2023.
4. Web site: Pasar Baru Film. Tempo. 17 August 2006. 16 February 2023. Eric. Sasono.
5. Web site: Awards. Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Awards. 16 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230215171654/https://jaff-filmfest.org/awards/. 15 February 2023.