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Jakarta World Cinema Festival Brings Global Mix to Indonesia’s Wide-Eyed Audiences
In its third edition, the youthful Jakarta World Cinema festival is expanding the horizons of Indonesia’s theatrical audiences.
In addition to providing the event with logistical support, the company uses the festival as a testing ground that helps it decide which films might merit a theatrical release and which should upload straight-to-streaming. The JWC festival’s lineup includes Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides,” Guan Hu’s “Black Dog,” Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour,” Payal Kapadia’s “All That We Imagine as Light,” Magnus von Horn’s “The Girl With the Needle,” Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Above the Dust” and French Oscar contender “Emilia Perez.” “In addition to expanding the variety of segments, it’s always important to introduce different stories and social commentary to our local audience, who actually have a strong interest and broad market for global cinema,” said program director Daniel Irawan.
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