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International Virtual Conference: “Women in Indonesian Film and Cinema”
31 July, 2020
About the Conference
This virtual conference is part of stakeholder dissemination and consultation in the Gender-Disaggregated Data Collection Project in the Indonesian Film Industry. This data collection involves KAFEIN (Association of the Indonesian Film Scholars) to conduct research and UNESCO – Japanese Funds-in-Trust as part of efforts to support the diversity of cultural expressions in the Southeast Asian film industry, assisted by the Indonesian Film Agency (BPI) in coordinating with film stakeholders. The conference papers will be presented in a video format, which will be open until August 31, 2020. The papers will be published in the journal Women’s Arm.
The theme “Women in Film and Indonesian Cinema” was chosen to see the balance of opportunity for women filmmakers and the effect of that balance on the resulting film works. At first glance, Indonesian film looks gender-friendly: female producers fly and become people who influence public opinion, but in statistics, the number of female filmmakers and their work is not comparable to male filmmakers and their films. Another thing is the confidence of women-friendly film content formed by female film creators showing a better trend of gender equality. Is it really like that on the ground? How strong is the authority of female filmmakers? How big is the chance for women to hold important positions such as director, producer, scriptwriter, camera person, sound person, art director, or editor? What are the opportunities for women to get support in the form of awards, investments and funding, or film scholarships? What are the possibilities and opportunities that are open in film school? What is the difference in opportunities at school and in the world of work? Are opportunities for film professors equal for all genders? This project focuses on understanding the development of films and films involving women in Indonesia.
There are several goals to be achieved at this virtual conference, including:
- Compiling existing findings and thoughts related to Indonesian films and films and their relationship with gender.
- Creating dissemination through a long-term documented discussion room and virtually integrated among researchers about women in film and film.
- Forming the initial database related to gender-disaggregated data from the Indonesian film industry.
- Compiling recommendations for developing policies, data, data collection strategies and further analysis for this project.
This conference is still open for new abstracts until the end of July 2020.
Sazkia Noor Anggraini M.Sn.
Tito Imanda PhD
