The 13th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 27 November to 4 December 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A total of 137 films from 27 countries were screened during the festival. Drama film The Man from the Sea opened the festival and it closed with Sri Lankan anthology film Her. Him. The Other. The festival's most prestigious award was presented to drama film 27 Steps of May.
Official selection Opening and closing films English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Man from the Sea Laut Koji Fukada Japan, Indonesia, France Her. Him. The Other තුන්දෙනෙක් Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Prasanna Vithanage Sri Lanka
Asian Features English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)Golden Hanoman Award27 Steps of May Ravi Bharwani Indonesia A Land Imagined 幻土 Yeo Siew Hua Singapore, France, NetherlandsDie Tomorrow Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit ThailandGrit Cynthia Wade, Sasha Friedlander United States, Indonesia In the Claws of a Century Wanting Sa Palad ng Dantaong Kulang Jewel Maranan Philippines, Germany, QatarNervous Translation Shireen Seno Philippines Night God Түнгі Құдай Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan One Cut of the Dead カメラを止めるな！ Shinichiro Ueda Japan The Widowed Witch 北方一片苍茫 Cai Chengjie ChinaNETPAC Award and Geber AwardAve Maryam Ertanto Robby Soediskam IndonesiaGoodnight & Goodbye Yao-tung Wu Taiwan Looking for Lucky 寻狗启事 Jiang Jiachen China Passage of Life 僕の帰る場所 Akio Fujimoto Japan, Myanmar Person Being/in the Nature of a Human Ema Nudar Umanu Jonas Rusumalay Diaz, Thomas Henning Timor LesteThe Red Phallus Tashi Gyeltshen Bhutan The Song of Grassroots Nyanyian Akar Rumput Yuda Kurniawan IndonesiaStrange Colours Alena Lodkina AustraliaWar Crime Gopal Shivakoti Nepal
Asian Perspectives English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)An Engineered Dream Hemant Gaba India Asian Three - Fold Mirror 2018: Journey アジア三面鏡2018 Journey Degena Yun, Daishi Matsunaga, Edwin JapanBalangiga: Howling Wilderness Khavn PhilippinesDukun Dain Said Malaysia Father to Son 范保德 Hsiao Ya-chuan Taiwan Fly by Night 非常盜 Zahir Omar MalaysiaGolden Memories Mahardhika Yudha, Afrian Purnama, Syaiful Anwar IndonesiaIstri Orang Dirmawan Hatta Indonesia Malila: The Farewell Flower มะลิลา Anucha Boonyawatana Thailand Old Love 재회 Park Ki-yong South Korea, JapanPainting Life Bijukumar Damodaran India, United States Sayakbay Саякбай Ernest Abdyjaparov Kyrgyzstan Sincerely Yours, Dhaka ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা BangladeshTemporary Visa Ghazi Alqudcy Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Indonesian Screen Awards English title Original title Director(s) Aruna & Her Palate Aruna & Lidahnya Edwin Cemara's Family Keluarga Cemara Yandy LaurensIf This Is My Story Djenar Maesa Ayu, Kan LuméLove for Sale Andibachtiar YusufPetualangan Menangkap Petir Kuntz Agus Sultan Agung Mataram 1628 Sultan Agung: Tahta, Perjuangan, Cinta Hanung Bramantyo Ten Seconds Before Sunrise Menunggu Pagi Teddy SoeriaatmadjaWage John de Rantau
Focus on Garin Nugroho Aku Ingin Menciummu Sekali Saja (2002) Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti (1990) Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto (2015) Mata Tertutup (2011) Memories of My Body (2018) Opera Jawa (2006) Puisi Tak Terkuburkan (1999) Surat untuk Bidadari (1994)
Awards The following awards were presented at the festival: Golden Hanoman Award: 27 Steps of May by Ravi Bharwani Silver Hanoman Award: Nervous Translation by Shireen Seno NETPAC Award: The Song of Grassroots by Yuda Kurniawan Geber Award: Passage of Life by Akio Fujimoto Blencong Award: Facing Death with Wirecutter by Sarwar Abdullah JAFF Indonesian Screen Awards Best Film: Petualangan Menangkap Petir by Kuntz Agus Best Directing: Hanung Bramantyo for Sultan Agung Mataram 1628 Best Cinematography: Amalia T.S. for Aruna & Her Palate Best Performance: Reza Rahadian – If This Is My Story Best Storytelling: Andibachtiar Yusuf and M. Irfan Ramli for Love for Sale
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