august, 2018
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Speakers: Findo Bramata Sandi (filmmaker, Relair Cinema, Indonesia) Dini Adanurani (filmmaker & writer, Sinematografi UI, Indonesia) Rachmat Hidayat (filmmaker & writer, Makassar, Indonesia) Moderator: Dhuha Ramadhani (filmmaker, Forum Lenteng, Indonesia) Space for film activism
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Speakers:
Findo Bramata Sandi (filmmaker, Relair Cinema, Indonesia)
Dini Adanurani (filmmaker & writer, Sinematografi UI, Indonesia)
Rachmat Hidayat (filmmaker & writer, Makassar, Indonesia)
Moderator:
Dhuha Ramadhani (filmmaker, Forum Lenteng, Indonesia)
Space for film activism such as film community grows continuously in various locations. This increasing number of communities echoes the possibility of new patterns in our cinematic discourse. The community needs to consistently develop its knowledge of visual languages, film theories, and film histories that are often overlooked in a number of community forums to strengthen its bargaining power. The topics jump, let’s say, more focused on professional production management or promotional management and one-way publications: the film community is threatened to shift its position as just a pre-industrial space.
The community activism actually has a strong potential and a very significant role in determining our language of cinema, indeed the language of cinema in a more global context. Various initiatives such as film production, distribution, exhibition, and education by communities have taken a strategic role. Strategic in the framework which shows that the action of the community of its activists is inseparable from the context of its position in society, based on the passion of sharing and education-oriented. Thus they strengthen its demarcation of industrial culture. Based on its members’ needs and capabilities, community moves with “its own way” in criticising the dominant culture. Then through its activities, community becomes a facilitator in attempting to meet the wider public interest, using the cinematic culture. Consistency in such community actions enables us to imagine the future of our cinema.
Ruang aktivisme filem dalam bentuk komunitas/kolektif tumbuh berlantasan di beragam lokasi. Tanjakan kuantitas komunitas ini menggaungkan peluang adanya pola-pola baru dalam pertukaran wacana sinema kita. Untuk menguatkan daya tawarnya, komunitas perlu secara konsisten mengembangkan pengetahuannya tentang bahasa visual, teori, dan sejarah filem yang justru kerap terabaikan di sejumlah forum pertemuan komunitas. Topiknya melompat, katakanlah, lebih berfokus pada manajemen produksi profesional atau manajemen promosi dan publikasi satu arah: komunitas filem terancam bergeser posisinya sebagai hanya ruang pra-industri.
Dalam penentuan bahasa sinema kita, atau bahasa sinema secara lebih global, aktivisme komunitas sesungguhnya memiliki potensi kuat dan peran yang teramat penting. Ragam inisiatif mulai dari aksi produksi, distribusi, eksebisi, hingga edukasi filem yang digagas sejumlah komunitas telah mengambil peran strategis. Strategis dalam bingkaian yang memperlihatkan bahwa aksi berkomunitas para pegiatnya tidak terlepas dari konteks posisinya dalam masyarakat, berlandaskan hasrat berbagi dan berorientasi pendidikan. Dengan demikian mereka semakin memantapkan demarkasinya dari kultur industri. Mengkritisi kultur dominan, komunitas bergerak dengan “cara tersendiri” sesuai kebutuhan dan kemampuan anggotanya. Kemudian melalui aktivitasnya itu komunitas menjadi fasilitator dalam upaya mempertemukan kepentingan publik yang lebih luas, menggunakan kultur bersinema. Konsistensi dalam aksi-aksi berkomunitas yang demikian membuat kita dapat membayangkan masa depan sinema kita: sinema yang lebih bersifat emansipatif dan empatik.
Time
(Thursday) 11:00 - 12:30 UTC+7
Location
GoetheHaus
Sam Ratulangi 9-15, Jakarta - 10350
Organizer
ARKIPEL homoludens – 6th International Documentary and Experimental Film Festivalinfo@arkipel.org