2025 Jakarta Film Week
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The 2025 Jakarta Film Week, the fifth edition of the film festival Jakarta Film Week, took place from 22 to 26 October 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] The festival opened with Woo Ming Jin's drama film The Fox King and closed with crime romance film Dopamine by Teddy Soeria Atmadja.[2][3]
The most prestigious award of the festival, Global Feature Award, was presented to drama film The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio.
Juries
The following juries were named at the festival:[4]
Global Feature Award
- Dương Diệu Linh, Vietnamese film director
- Eiko Mizuno-Gray, Japanese film producer
- Srikanth Srinivasan, Indian film critic
Global Short Award
- Della Dartyan, Indonesian actress
- Leong Puiyee, Singaporean film programmer
- Rayit Hashmat Qazi, Kashmiri film director
Global Animation Award
- Reda Gaudiamo, Indonesian author and musician
- Agil Prakoso, Indonesian animator
- The Popo, Indonesian visual artist
Direction Award
- Paolo Bertolin, Italian film programmer
- Amanda Nell Eu, Malaysian film director
- Keiko Funato, co-CEO of Alpha Violet
Jakarta Film Fund Award
- Cristian Imanuell, Indonesian film producer
- Andhika Permata, Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Department of Jakarta
- Fransiska Prihadi, program director of Minikino Film Week
Official selection
Opening and closing films
In competition
Global Feature
Global Short
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| Anatomy of a Call | 通訊默示錄 | Arnold Tam | Hong Kong |
| The Cascade | La cascada | Pablo Delgado | Mexico |
| Coyotes | ذئاب البراري | Said Zagha | France, Palestine, Jordan, United Kingdom |
| Dancing in the Corner | Taniec w narożniku | Jan Bujnowski | Poland |
| Healthy Cure | Cura sana | Lucía G. Romero | Spain |
| Somewhere in Between | بتتذكري | Dahlia Nemlich | France, Lebanon, Egypt |
| This Is Budi's Mother | Ini Ibu Budi | Abimana Aryasatya | Indonesia |
| There Will Come Soft Rains | Elham Ehsas | United Kingdom |
| A Very Straight Neck | Neo Sora | Japan, China |
| What If They Bomb Here Tonight? | Samir Syriani | Lebanon |
| Workers' Wings | Krahët e punëtorëve | Ilir Hasanaj | Kosovo, Switzerland |
Global Animation Award
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| And Granny Would Dance | Maryam Mohajer | United Kingdom |
| The Bleacher | Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder | United States |
| Find Me | 私を見つけて | Akari Maru | Japan |
| I Am a Flower | Ariel Victor Arthanto | Germany |
| Magic Candies | あめだま | Daisuke Nishio | Japan |
| Mama Micra | Rebecca Blöcher | Germany |
| The Salami Sandwich | El Sanguche de Salame | Clarisa Lea Place | Argentina |
| Sea Angels | Cissi Efraimsson | Sweden, United States |
Direction Award
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| Crocodile Tears | Air Mata Buaya | Tumpal Tampubolon | Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany |
| Pesugihan Sate Gagak | Etienne Caesar, Dono Pradana | Indonesia |
| Planet of Love | Ika Wulandari |
| Tale of the Land | Loeloe Hendra | Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Qatar |
| The Ultimate Actor | Si Paling Aktor | Ody Harahap | Indonesia |
Global Feature – Official Selection
Currents
Fantasea
Herstory
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| Fantasy | Kukla | Slovenia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia |
| The Last Woman on Earth | 지구 최후의 여자 | Yeum Moon-kyoung, Lee Jong-min | South Korea |
| Pavane for an Infant | 搖籃凡世 | Chong Keat Aun | Malaysia, Hong Kong |
Family Time
Classique
Bioscoop Belanda
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| Happy Palace | Nicole van Kilsdonk | Netherlands |
| Straight Outta Space | Straatcoaches vs Aliens | Michael Middelkoop |
Made in Hong Kong
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| Another World | 世外 | Tommy Kai Chung Ng | Hong Kong |
| Band Four | 4拍4家族 | Lai Yan Chi |
| Possession Street | 邪Mall | Jack Lai |
| Stuntman | 武替道 | Albert and Herbert Leung |
Awards
The following awards were presented at the festival:[5]
References
- ^ Lestari, Ayu Puji (1 October 2025). "Jakarta Film Week 2025: Mengobarkan Semangat Baru Sinema Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Fimela. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ Ghifari, Muhammad (22 October 2025). "The Fox King Jadi Film Pembuka JFW 2025, Angkat Kisah Kembar dan Kolaborasi Malaysia-Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Media Indonesia. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ "JFW 2025: Dopamin Jadi Penutup dan Dua Film Raih Penghargaan" (in Indonesian). Tirto. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ Rahmah, Silvia Alya (23 October 2025). "Deretan Juri Jakarta Film Week 2025" (in Indonesian). Tempo. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (28 October 2025). "Jakarta Film Week 2025 Concludes with Dopamin, Major Awards for The Devil Smokes and Crocodile Tears". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
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