{"id":12234,"date":"2024-08-19T12:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T05:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/?page_id=12234"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:29:03","slug":"foreword-by-the-festival-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/about\/foreword-by-the-festival-director","title":{"rendered":"Foreword by the Festival Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Each year, Jakarta Film Week becomes a space where filmmakers, audiences, and film enthusiasts come together to meet, share, and grow.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in its fifth edition, we celebrate this journey with a spirit that continues to shine brightly \u2014 to create, to experiment, and to strengthen the cinematic network in Jakarta and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian cinema continues to thrive. Our filmmakers are gaining international recognition, forging new collaborations, and sharing stories that reflect the richness and diversity of our culture. With this year\u2019s theme, \u201cReignite,\u201d we invite everyone to renew the collective spirit of the festival \u2014 to dream boldly, experiment freely, and spark meaningful change. It is also a reminder to open more doors for emerging voices and to affirm Jakarta\u2019s place as a vibrant, inspiring city of cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Our 2025 lineup features competition programs including Global Feature, Global Short, Global Animation, Direction Award, and Jakarta Film Fund. Beyond competition, we present a range of thematic programs \u2014 Emergency Broadcast, Herstory, Fantasea, Classique, and Family Time \u2014 along with special awards recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the JFW NET \u2013 Industry Program, supported by MTN, continues to serve as a bridge between creativity and opportunity. Through initiatives such as the Producer Lab, Festival Meeting, Pitching Forum, Business Forum, Masterclass, and Talents Hub, we aim to empower young filmmakers and connect them with professionals across the industry.<br \/>\nMay Jakarta Film Week 2025 be more than just a celebration of cinema \u2014 may it be a spark that ignites creativity, empowers new voices, and strengthens Jakarta\u2019s place as a dynamic hub of world cinema.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, Jakarta Film Week becomes a space where filmmakers, audiences, and film enthusiasts come together to meet, share, and grow. Now, in its fifth edition, we celebrate this journey with a spirit that continues to shine brightly \u2014 to create, to experiment, and to strengthen the cinematic network in Jakarta and beyond. Indonesian cinema [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20841,"parent":12220,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-forewords-2.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12234","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12234"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21300,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12234\/revisions\/21300"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakartafilmweek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}