BaliMakãrya Film Festival Will Take Place October 16 – 21.
1. South-East Asia Main Competition
South-East Asia Main Competition, a competition for the best films from Southeast Asia which are selected and then screened to public. This program will become a prestigious
arena for awards to film workers in Southeast Asia.
2. South-East Asia Documentary Competition
South-East Asia Documentary Competition, will feature five strong films within the region bringing important regional issues to open dialogues.
3. Short Film Screening
Short Film Screening will showcase strong visions of emerging filmmakers from Southeast Asia.
4. Cinema by the Sea
Cinema by the Sea or Sunset Cinema. Emphasizing film screenings that are widely accessible to the public so that they can participate in celebrating this festival by screening films in open air spots (“layar tancap”) by the sea. Cinema by the Sea or Sunset Cinema will screen popular/commercial films that are more accessible to the wide public audience.
5. Beyond Cinema
Exhibitions titled IMAGI (NATIVE) CONNECTION: South East Asian Visual Culture Connections of cinema, comics, illustrations, graphics, and traditional visual arts traces of the Yeh Pulu inscription, lontar prasi, sculpture and others. Apart from exhibitions, there will be discussions in collaboration with Univesitas Bina Nusantara titled “Round table/academic panel: Fan Culture Studies in SEA.”
The exhibition will be centered at Rumah Komik (near the Yeh Pulu inscription) as well as in the form of a virtual exhibition via the placement of 50 QR Code distributed in strategic places in Denpasar.
There is also a Poetry Stage: Universe of Forms, Universe of Words. Responding to Screens, Interpreting Images, taking place at Jatijagat Life of Poetry (JKP) Renon, Denpasar.
Another exhibition is the Southeast Asian Special Edition Dance Image. In collaboration with the Dance Committee of the Jakarta Arts Council, the exhibition will screen film winners of the Imaji Tari festival from Southeast Asia with dance performances responding to the films shown, and discussions.