# Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) since its inaugural edition in 2006. It aims to introduce Asian cinema to a wider audience and provides a space for arts, culture, and tourism.
The most recent edition, 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 30 November to 7 December 2024.

## History

Several Indonesian filmmakers, Garin Nugroho, Ifa Isfansyah, Budi Irawanto, Yosep Anggi Noen, Ajish Dibyo, Dyna Herlina and Ismail Basbeth along with NETPAC curator Philip Cheah, initiated the festival.
The first edition of the festival was held from 7 to 12 August 2006, about three months after the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. Kompas noted that the inaugural edition marked the recovery of Yogyakarta post-earthquake. Meanwhile, Eric Sasono of Tempo noted that the festival created a new film market to develop the Asian cinema even further.

## Programs

As of 2022, the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival is organized in various sections:
* Main Competition: feature films compete for Hanoman Awards and NETPAC Award, the most prestigious awards of the festival.
* Light of Asia: short films compete for Blencong Award, screened in compilations
* Indonesian Screen Awards: Indonesian feature films compete for six categories.
* Panorama: selection of feature films screened during the international film festivals previously.
* Asian Perspectives: encapsulates feature films which showcase different Asian perspectives.
* Indonesian Film Showcase: showcases Indonesian feature films out of competition.
* Classic: revisiting the history by showcasing films by certain notable directors
* Emerging: presentation of films by directors whose work shown at JAFF for the first time
* JAFF-Series: showcases series
* Community Screen (Layar Komunitas): screenings and discussions with several film communities
* Whisper Cinema (Bioskop Bisik): film screenings where blind and visually impaired people are guided by volunteers that verbally describe a film sequence.
* JFA Showcase: showcases the work of the Jogja Film Academy students.
In 2024, the festival debuted a new program, JAFF Market, an initiative aimed at reshaping the Indonesian film industry by fostering networking and collaboration among various sectors.

## Awards

The most prestigious award given at JAFF is the Golden Hanoman Award for best film. As of 2022, the festival has presented the following awards:

### Competition

* Golden Hanoman Award – best film
Golden Hanoman Award :
| Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
| 2006 | Men at Work | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
| 2007 | Crossing the Dust | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq |
| 2008 | Kantata Takwa | Eros Djarot, Gotot Prakosa | Indonesia |
| 2009 | Agrarian Utopia | Uruphong Raksasad | Thailand |
| 2010 | Survival Song | Guangyi Yu | China |
| 2011 | Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria Kirchbaum | Remton Siega Zuasola | Philippines |
| 2012 | Bunohan | Dain Iskandar Said | Malaysia |
| 2013 | Television | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | Nagima | Zhanna Issabayeva | Kazakhstan |
| 2015 | Cambodian Son | Masahiro Sugano | Cambodia |
| 2016 | Solo, Solitude | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| 2017 | The Seen and Unseen | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
| 2018 | 27 Steps of May | Ravi Bharwani | Indonesia |
| 2019 | House of Hummingbird | Kim Bora | South Korea |
| 2020 | No awards given | No awards given | No awards given |
| 2021 | Taste | Lê Bảo | Vietnam |
| 2022 | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia |
| 2023 | Monisme | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia, Qatar |
| 2024 | Happyend | Neo Sora | Japan, United States |
* Silver Hanoman Award – runner-up of best film
* NETPAC Award – rewards to best first or second feature of Asian directors, chosen by Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
* Geber Award – rewards to best first or second feature of Asian directors, chosen by film communities around Indonesia

### Indonesian Screen Awards

Rewards to best work on Indonesian feature films
* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Storytelling
* Best Cinematography
* Best Performance
* Best Editing

### Shorts

* Blencong Award – best short film
* Student Award – best short film, chosen by representatives of film students in Yogyakarta