Festival Film Dokumenter 2006

This is the fifth time this festival has been held. Still at the end of the year and with the same enthusiasm, stubborn to keep the festival going. In its fifth year, FFD 2006 held 6 days of national and international documentary film screenings, 3 workshops, 3 discussions, 2 presentations from the Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival (YUNFEST), Appalshop, Ragam Media Network and Indonesian Community Video Network, as well as 1 full day of participatory videos.

This year Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) Competition program invited an Australian documentary film maker and activist, Curtis Levy, to sit as a jury and help assess the competition films. Not just inviting, but also hoping that the films participating in the competition can be exposed to a broad perspective, in addition to expanding the network and increasing appreciation for the films participating in the competition. As was our initial commitment to open a space for appreciation to all levels of society, not just film people, we continue to hold special communal judging sessions with special communal jury awards which are appreciated by teenagers and high school students from several schools in Yogyakarta.

54 films have participated in the selection and resulted in 20 nominated films from both categories, beginners and general. The breadth of film subjects and themes raised by the competition participants and the better the techniques for making competition films, it can be concluded that documentary films are on the right track. With support from the community and film activists, we can imagine a wide road for Indonesian documentary films. In essence, FFD 2006 is still trying to improve the quality of film makers and the packaging of themes in a film. This strengthening will differentiate filmmakers from the general public who both hold cameras. In this digital era, opportunities are open for everyone to become an information agent with the help of digital technology.

The welcome and participation from various parties and institutions have made this festival once again alive and can become a forum for everyone. Thank you for the full support of all parties at this festival. Welcome to Yogyakarta! Enjoy the fifth edition of Festival Film Dokumenter.

*Automatically translated via Google Translate with minor edits.