The Jakarta World Cinema Festival will be opened and closed with Cannes winner’s equipment. Joachimtrier’s “Sentimental Value” and Jafarpanah’s “It was just an accident.”
In a move to support local filmmaking, JWC 2025 presents its first Klikfilm Short Movie Competition. 30 Indonesian short films compete, and the winners will receive grants from Falcon Pictures and Klikfilm to create their first feature. The competition judges feature director Djoko Anwar, director Aditya Ahmad, screenwriter Alim Sudio and actor Asmara Abigail.
The first feature competition will feature 11 directorial debuts, competing for Best Director and Best Film Awards. The ju judge consists of actor Farradina Mufti, director Tupal Tampolon and director Camilla Andoni. The lineup includes Danzuka Yuiga’s “Brand New Landscape,” Sven Bresser’s “Reedland,” Sarah Miro Fischer’s “The Good Sister,” Valentine Cadic’s “That Summer in Paris,” Mehrnoush Alia’s “1001 Frame,” Lloyd Leey Cowey’s “Lucky Shear” Gerald Hommes’s “Away,” Pauline Roquez’s “Nino,” and Fanny Ovesen’s “Live a Little.”
The Spotlight Asia section includes Miyakeshé’s “Two Seasons, Two Strangers”, Sakamoto Yukihiro’s “White Flowers and Fruits”, Nava Portamuron Tatanarit’s “Human Resources”, Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s “Once Upon Ansu Gaza”, Amiafak Hereridin’s “Yunan”, Rachchan’s “Ratcha Moobanhan”, “Ratcha Moobanhan”, “Ishikawa and Kay’s “Blue View of the Hill” and Fukudenen’s “Just Trial Love”.
The focus section celebrates Japanese director ryusuke with screenings of “Drive My Car,” “Evil Doesn’t Exist,” “Fortune and the Wheel of Fantasy,” “Happy Hour,” and “Passion.”
The festival’s icon section features films from the cinemas, the most famous Auer movies. Highlights include Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Wauge,” Julia Ducluenau’s “Alpha,” and Kristen Stewart’s directorial efforts, “The Water Chronology.” Festival darling includes the “revival” of the vegan, who won the Jue’s special award at Cannes this year, and the “dream” of Berlin Golden Bear winner Doug Johann Haugeloud. Other icon selections include Oliver Lux’s “Silat,” Masca Sirinsinky’s “Falling Sound,” and Lynn Ramsay’s “Die, My Love.”
The Discovery section features newcomers in Cannes, including Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut, Sea Urchin, along with Cannes’ Wild Fox, Simon Mesasoto’s “Poet” and Laura Wander’s “Adam Southern” in Adam Pean, and Cannes’ newcomers include the United Nations’ Sea Urchin. “Paternal leave.”
The World Cinema section presents narrative films by established directors such as Eligesehiri’s “The Promised Sky,” Robin Campillo’s “Enzo,” Thomas Sungillo’s “Enzo,” Thomas Sungillo’s “Peak Everything” (premiered in Cannes Director’s “Firtnight,” and Enze, “Enze,” “The Great Arab,” “Nedub.” “If I have a leg, I’ll kick you,” Cherien Davis said, “Everything you are left.”
The Night Screamer section caters to genre enthusiasts such as John MacLean’s “Tornado,” Alilezakatami’s “The Things You Kill” (winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition’s Best Director’s Award), RT Thorne’s “40 Acres,” and Johanna Modern’s “Mother Baby” and “Mother” by Johanna Modern’s “Mother” by Mother. Republic” and Miike Takashi’s “Blue Battle: The Collapse of the Young Blue Warrior.”
The Weekender section presents animation features such as Felix Dufour Lapeliere’s “Death Doesn’t Exist,” Zaven Najar’s “Allah Is Not Obligated,” Patrick Pas Jr., Jean-Claude Roseck, and David Scoop’s “The Story from the Magic Garden,” and Set Moma’s “Odieman Rias of Dandelion.”
The Luminary Lens section focuses on films celebrating individuals, featuring Diego Céspedes’ “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” (Cannes Mysterious Viewer) and Hafsia Herzi’s “The Litter Sister” (Cannequa Palm winner and Best Actress Award winner). (Premiere), Anton Barrexian, Leo Couture, Matteo Eustocon’s “Drifting Laurent,” and Marcelo Caetano’s “Baby” Carmen Emi’s “Plain Cross” showed “Lilies for Me.”
Real To Reel highlights acclaimed documentaries such as Sepideh Parsi’s “Stomp Your Soul in Your Hands and Walk.” Tony Benna’s “André is a fool” Mstyslav Chernov’s “Andriivka in the 2000m”
Overall, the 2025 program features 185 films from 66 countries.
The festival is powered by Klikfilm, supported by CGV Cinema and hosted by Yayasan Abhiseka. Executive Director Frederica said: “From famous masters to groundbreaking new talent, our 2025 lineup reflects our commitment to presenting a cinema that challenges, inspires and connects us.
The Hybrid Festival will be screening online from Octo starting September 4th. Exclusively on Klikfilm, in-person screenings will be held from September 27th to October. Over four dedicated screens at CGV Grand Indonesia.
