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Festival Film Dokumenter 2024 presented a Short Competition program with 5 selected films. The five films competing in this year’s Short Competition brought out recent issues and offered a multi-directional…

Festival Film Dokumenter 2024 presents the Student Competition program with 5 selected films. This year’s Student Competition shows the efforts of the younger generation in exploring issues around them through…

After seven days–full of exploration–the DOC Talk series finally came to an end on November 9, 2024. The last session of DOC Talk brought funding as the main topic, where…

The screening of The Silent Path (Soebertono Mote) (2024) on November 8, 2024 at 21.00, was followed by a discussion session with Director Yonri Revolt and Producer Rendy Rizal. Moderated…

The landscape of Indonesian documentary film development has moved beyond the traditional aesthetic approaches. In the midst of an ever-evolving digital era, the history of Indonesian cinema needs to be…

Film festivals are not only a celebration but also a way to change the perspective towards films and genres. To what extent can a film festival challenge itself by crossing…

Pitching is one—but not the only—essential moment in the development stage of a documentary project. Like a part of the whole body, pitching plays a functional role in driving and…

A human being’s relationship with their small world is one that is constantly being born: the ties intertwine, becoming a relationship worth listening to. Mother-child love at odds, humanity’s need…

In the afternoon, in Ruang Seminar Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, the light of the screen merged with the thunderous applause of the youth in attendance, praising and appreciating. They came to…

As a visual medium, photographs are powerful and can always capture a moment through the photographer’s unique perspective. Photography is significant not only as a way to document events, but…

Through a layered exploration of human experiences, the Indonesian Feature-Length Competition at Festival Film Dokumenter 2024 aims to be a window to the different perspectives surrounding the complexity of existence…

Paul Pauwels, President Director of Congoo BV Belgium, was present in IDOCLAB 2024 to provide insights on documentary project pitching. With over 40 years of experience in the audiovisual production…

This year’s International Feature-Length Competition at Festival Film Dokumenter has a heightened focus on current developments in documentary filmmaking, both in form and function. Considering its constantly evolving nature, documentary…

The distribution circuit is not a confined space that discourages activism before it begins to grow. Instead, it is a space that continues to evolve and can be established. However,…

On Monday afternoon, at exactly 13.00 WIB, the seats of Militaire Societeit, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, were filled with the audience who were ready to watch the first session of film…