Jakarta, 18 November 2021. The Jakarta Film Week 2021 presented by the Jakarta Provincial
Tourism and Creative Economy Office was officially opened on Thursday, 18 November 2021 at
CGV Grand Indonesia, Jakarta.

The opening night of this international film festival was attended
by the Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, who gave an enthusiastic welcome at the opening
of the festival that will be held on 18-21 November 2021.

“Thank God, the Jakarta Film Week festival will be held today until 21 November. It’s time for
the film industry to adapt to the new normal.

We hope that Jakarta Film Week will convey that
Jakarta has a prominent festival that supports the revival of the film industry post-pandemic. To
encourage the Indonesian film industry to host in their own country and enchant the
international world,” said Governor Anies Baswedan.

In the same light as what was conveyed by Anies Baswedan, the Festival Director Rina
Damayanti also expressed her excitement about the Jakarta Film Week being held during a
pandemic. This festival is anticipated to create momentum for the revival of the film industry
after the pandemic in the last two years.

“We hope with the variety of events offered at this festival, filmmakers and film lovers can enjoy
and can be part of the momentum for the revival of the film industry post-pandemic,” added Rina
Shenina Cinnamon, the Festival
Ambassador, also participated in the official opening of the
Jakarta Film Week.

The opening night was followed by the screening of Ranah 3 Warna by
director Guntur Soeharjanto as the opening film at 19.00 WIB. In addition to the invited guests,
the film screening studio produced by MNC Pictures was also packed with the general audience.

The offline events of the Jakarta Film Week will be held at CGV Grand Indonesia, Metropole
Cinema XXI, and Ashley Wahid Hasyim Hotel from 18-21 November 2021, while all online film
screenings can be watched exclusively on Vidio.com. All ticket reservations can be made through LOKET.

Programs
The film program includes the Global Feature that contains feature-length films, the Global
Short that features screenings of short films, from Indonesia and abroad. The selected feature
films and short films will compete to win the Global Feature Award and the Global Short Award.

There is also the Direction Award, a competition for Indonesian films that are screened during
the festival.
Another program that focuses on funding is the Jakarta Film Fund. The Jakarta Film Week
program team has selected five short film story ideas that have undergone mentoring, movielab
directing, scriptwriting, and image editing processes. These films are all screened during the
festival, at CGV Grand Indonesia.

The Jakarta Film Week also includes other programs such as Masterclass for film professionals,
which will be held online on 20 November 2021, featuring Mmabatho Kau and Sahana Kamath
as speakers, and Talks and Community, each of which will be held in two sessions.

The first Talks session will be held on Saturday, 20 November 2021, at 15.00 WIB, both online
and offline at Ashley Hotel, Jakarta on the topic of Trends in Film Investing and Post-Pandemic
Audience Enthusiasm.

The second session will be held on Sunday, 21 November, at 16.00 WIB,
both online and offline at Ashley Hotel, revolving around Creative Strategy Post-Pandemic in the
Film Industry.
The first Community session will be held online, streamed from Ashley Hotel, Jakarta on Friday,
19 November 2021, at 15.30 WIB, on the topic of Audience-Based Film Festivals. The second
session on Film Critics vs Film Reviews will be held on Sunday, 21 November 2021.

The event
will be held both online and offline at Ashley Hotel, Jakarta.
All events at the Jakarta Film Week are free of charge and tickets can be ordered through LOKET.
For more information, please visit www.jakartafilmweek.