{"id":653522,"date":"2026-11-07T05:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/653522\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T05:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:06:10","slug":"silenced-nights-you-are-the-film-to-bookend-jogja-netpac-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/653522\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Silenced Nights,’ ‘You Are the Film’ to Bookend Jogja-Netpac Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 21st Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival<\/a> (JAFF) will open with Lawrence Fajardo\u2019s Filipino drama \u201cSilenced Nights<\/a>\u201d and close with Ueda Makoto\u2019s Japanese comedy-drama \u201cYou Are the Film<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival will screen 254 films from 34 countries across its competitive and non-competitive sections.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival runs Nov. 28\u2013Dec. 5 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, under the theme \u201cInflux.\u201d \u201cSilenced Nights,\u201d which bowed at Toronto, will receive its Indonesian premiere on opening night. \u201cYou Are the Film\u201d picked up the White Raven Award at this year\u2019s Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn line with the theme \u2018Influx,\u2019 this year JAFF wants to look at how currents of change affect our lives and the way we understand one another. Amid a social climate full of uncertainty and instability, cinema gives us the chance to listen to different experiences and see issues from other perspectives,\u201d said Budi Irawanto, festival president of JAFF.<\/p>\n

\n\tTen features will vie for the Golden and Silver Hanoman Awards in the main competition, with Dita Gambiro, Riar Rizaldi and Shan Zuolong on the jury. Two of the contenders are first features from women filmmakers. China\u2019s \u201cA Girl Unknown,\u201d directed by Zou Jing, won the Fipresci Prize in Cannes\u2019 Critics\u2019 Week this year. Singapore\u2019s \u201cAh Girl,\u201d from Priscilla Ang Geck Geck, took the Youth Jury Award at Rotterdam, and its lead actress won the Firebird Award for best actress at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in the main competition are Sompot Chidgasornpongse\u2019s \u201c9 Temples to Heaven,\u201d Jeremias Nyangoen\u2019s \u201cBlack Coffee,\u201d Kawajiri Masanao\u2019s \u201cCherry and Virgin,\u201d Aung Phyoe\u2019s \u201cFruit Gathering,\u201d L\u00ea B\u1ea3o\u2019s \u201cHearing,\u201d Arvin Belarmino\u2019s \u201cRia\u201d and Mejbaur Rahman Sumon\u2019s \u201cRoid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the local front, 10 Indonesian films will compete in the Indonesian Screen Awards across 10 categories, from best film and director through to original music and poster design. The field includes Eddie Cahyono\u2019s \u201cIbuku,\u201d which claimed the Busan Award Special Jury Prize at the 31st Busan International Film Festival, and Ravi Bharwani\u2019s \u201cSecrets,\u201d which will world premiere in Yogyakarta. Ferdinand Almi\u2019s \u201cShattered Vows,\u201d Ariani Darmawan\u2019s \u201cJani Be Good\u201d and Andrew Kose\u2019s \u201cMate\u2019s Rate\u201d are also in the running. Sharifah Amani, Tanigaki Kenji and Yoon Ga-eun make up the jury.<\/p>\n

\n\tShorts are the focus of Light of Asia, where 21 titles compete for the Blencong Awards, while the Netpac Awards consider only debut and sophomore features. Viewers will get a vote of their own through the new Amar Bank Audience Choice Award, which picks a favorite from the Light of Asia selection.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso new this year are the JAFF Awards, which will recognize individuals, communities and institutions that sustain Asian cinema through work ranging from production and financing to archiving, exhibition and knowledge-sharing.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJAFF was born from a community spirit, and over two decades we have seen how a single encounter can open the way for a film\u2019s or a filmmaker\u2019s journey. The JAFF Awards come from the same belief: that Asian cinema grows through the work of many connected people,\u201d said festival director Ifa Isfansyah.<\/p>\n

\n\tGelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas (GIK) UGM serves as venue partner for the awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tOutside competition, the Panorama section gathers 12 features and five shorts from leading Asian directors. They include Hamaguchi Ryusuke\u2019s \u201cAll of a Sudden,\u201d Lav Diaz\u2019s \u201cLet Us Through, Dear Ancestors,\u201d Hur Jin-ho\u2019s \u201cThe Assassin(s),\u201d Yoon Dan-bi\u2019s \u201cThe World Before,\u201d Edmund Yeo\u2019s \u201cThe Age of Goodbyes\u201d and John Torres\u2019 \u201cThe Remotes.\u201d Asian Perspectives offers 26 features and 28 shorts, and the Indonesian Film Showcase has five local features.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 15-title Rewind strand revisits three Studio Ghibli classics from Miyazaki Hayao: \u201cSpirited Away,\u201d \u201cMy Neighbor Totoro\u201d and \u201cHowl\u2019s Moving Castle.\u201d Kurosawa Kiyoshi\u2019s \u201cCure,\u201d Yeon Sang-ho\u2019s \u201cTrain to Busan\u201d and Yasmin Ahmad\u2019s \u201cMukhsin\u201d are also on the slate, as are a pair of 2000s Indonesian teen romances, Nasri Cheppy\u2019s \u201cEiffel\u2026I\u2019m in Love\u201d (2003) and Hanny R. Saputra\u2019s \u201cHeart\u201d (2006).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAsian cinema keeps moving forward through new voices, a willingness to experiment with form, and stories that stay close to people\u2019s lives. We put together this year\u2019s program to bring that diversity to audiences, including opening new conversations through films we already know,\u201d said program director Alexander Matius.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Cinematic Concert, back after four previous editions, will see Grrrl Gang perform live against scenes from five shorts screening at the festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tSponsor partnerships shape several strands. Amar Bank presents Undercurrent, a special screening program of Rafael Manuel\u2019s \u201cFilipi\u00f1ana\u201d and Kimura Taichi\u2019s \u201cFujiko,\u201d the latter a winner of Udine\u2019s Golden Mulberry Award and the New York Asian Film Festival\u2019s Uncaged Award for best feature. Cinema XXI returns as main venue partner at Empire XXI Yogyakarta and is backing JAFF Kids and the festival\u2019s Inclusive Screening strand.<\/p>\n

\n\tTikTok Film Circle will pair TikTok creators chosen from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam with professional film critics in a film analysis workshop. The Asian Film Awards Academy, meanwhile, is co-presenting five Hong Kong titles in the Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the industry side, JAFF Market<\/a> runs Nov. 28\u201330 at the Jogja Expo Center, with six programs: JAFF Future Project, JAFF IP Connection, Talent Day, the Film & Market Conference, Market Screening and Film Lab.<\/p>\n

\n\tJAFF21 is backed by Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Culture through its Dana Indonesia Raya program. Tickets go on sale via TipTip from Nov. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 21st Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) will open with Lawrence Fajardo\u2019s Filipino drama \u201cSilenced Nights\u201d and close…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,105752,105753,409,111,139,69,320215,320216],"class_list":["post-653522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-jaff-market","tag-jogja-netpac-asian-film-festival","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-silenced-nights","tag-you-are-the-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}