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Film Links

Cinemas

21 Cineplex
Information on films released and coming soon at 21 Cineplex cinemas nationwide.

Blitz Megaplex
Information on films released and coming soon at Blitx Megaplex cinemas nationwide.

MPX
Information on film schedule at MPX Pasaraya Grande, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Cultural Centers

AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN EMBASSIES

British Council
Cultural events, competitions and other information from the British Embassy in Indonesia.

Centre Culturel Français (CCF) Jakarta
Anything French happenings in Jakarta.

Erasmus Huis
Cultural events from the Netherlands and any other countries.

Goethe-Institut
Information on language course and cultural events staged on Goethe Haus.

Istituto Italiano Di Cultura
Information on Italian film screenings held every month.

The Japan Foundation
Japanese film screenings, arts performance, educational workshop and many other information.

LOCAL BASED

Bentara Budaya
The Jogja-born cultural venue is located in Jogjakarta and Jakarta, and amusing its regular patrons every month with discussions, film screenings and many other cultural activities.

Dewan Kesenian Jakarta/Jakarta Arts Council (Taman Ismail Marzuki)
The complete one-stop information on all venues in Ismail Marzuki Arts Centre, including Kineforum, Jakarta’s art-house cinema.

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
One of the famous landmarks in Jakarta has entertained the town’s residents with international-scale performances each month. Should the website inaccessible, contact the following address for information:

Jalan Gedung Kesenian No.1, Jakarta 10710
T. (021) 3808283, 3441892 – F. (021) 3810924
E-mail: gkj@pacific.net.id

Pusat Perfilman Haji Usmar Ismail (PPHUI)
The newly renovated film centre has also been used for other cultural activities, such as orchestra concerts and theatrical acts.

Foundations

FOREIGN BASED

The Ford Foundation
The foundation's goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement.

HIVOS
The foundation focuses on the following sectors of NGO activity: culture and art, women, sustainable development, human rights, and AIDs awareness.

Movies that Matter
The main objective of the foundation is to promote the observance of the universal Declaration of Human Rights by showing and promoting high-quality human rights cinema, by stimulating the screening of films about human rights issues and by sharing knowledge and information about it.

Stichting Doen
The foundation fund strives to make the world a livable place. To this end, it provides funding to organizations and projects in the fields of Sustainable Development, Welfare and Culture.

LOCAL BASED

Bali Film Comission
Bali Film Comission (BFC) was originally established in April 2002 by the Bali Government Tourism Authority as "The Gateaway-Bali Film Promotion Board" to professionally assist foreign production.

Putra Jethmal
Putra Jethmal is a film foundation that aims to support Indonesian film industry by providing grants to increase the quality of Indonesian filmmakers.

Organizations

FOREIGN BASED

Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
The Asia- Europe Foundation (ASEF) was established in February 1997 by the members of ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting). It is a not-for-profit foundation based in Singapore and seeks to promote better mutual understanding between peoples of Asia & Europe through greater intellectual, cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

LOCAL BASED

Enjoy Jakarta!
"Enjoy Jakarta" is a tourism campaign of Jakarta. The government works with PT Infomedia Nusantara to provide tourism informations in the form of brochures, flyers, and multimedia access.

Select Media

NEWSPAPER

The Jakarta Post
Indonesia’s premier English-language newspaper.

Kompas
Indonesia’s most widely circulated newspaper.

Tempo
Originally started as a magazine, the nation’s legendary media icon has recently branched out to daily newspaper.

Seputar Indonesia
One of the young newspapers to arrive in Indonesia recently.

Media Indonesia
Led by Surya Paloh, the newspaper is affiliated with the nation’s Metro TV.

MAGAZINE

Tempo
Since its inception in 1970s, the magazine has weathered numerous threats that once prompted the company to close its business, before it was being relaunched in 1990s.

Gatra
During the above magazine’s brief closure, a new magazine with similar concept called Gatra emerged, yet it has managed to escape the comparison since Tempo was launched again.

Femina Group
The oldest chain of women magazine that also expands to teen and kids magazine in recent years.

ONLINE PORTAL

Detik.com
The most updated news portal in Indonesia.

Indosinema
Launched in 2006, the portal has champed as one of the upfront movie news portals in Indonesia.

Ruang Film
An alternative source of the latest happenings in Indonesian film industry.

Layar Perak
Worth to read is the collection of essays and reviews on the past and present films released in Indonesian cinema.

Television

FREE-TO-AIR NETWORK

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI)
Indonesia’s first television station, established in 1962.

Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI)
The first private television station in Indonesia that came in 1989.

Surya Citra Televisi Indonesia (SCTV)
Originally a Surabaya-branch of RCTI, this television company gained its independence in the late 1990s.

Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI)
When it was initially launched in 1991, the station used TVRI channel to air its programs in the morning. Now the station stands strong with dangdut image written all over it.

Indosiar
Owned by Salim Group, the station started Asian-series craze in the early 2000s.

Trans TV
One of its programs, “Extravaganza”, cemented the status of film stars such as Tora Sudiro, Indra Birowo, Aming and Ronal Surapraja as comedians.

Trans 7
Originally named as TV 7 when it was under Gramedia Group, now the station is renamed as Trans 7 when it merged with the above Trans TV in 2006.

ANTV
Since late 2005, the television station has been under the management of Star TV, owned by media giant Rupert Murdoch.

Global TV
This is the latest addition of television station under MNC Group, which also serves as a parent company for RCTI and TPI.

Metro TV
Indonesia’s premier news television station.

Jak-TV
Jakarta’s latest addition of television station, which programs some of Mandarin and Spanish-language serials, in their original languages.

O Channel
Affiliated with Hard Rock radio, the television station focuses on depicting urban lifestyle in Jakarta.

CABLE TV

Indovision
Indonesia’s first cable TV service provider.

Kabelvision
The first cable TV service provider that combines its service with cable internet in Indonesia.

Astro
Indonesian branch of Malaysian cable TV provider.

Miscellaneous

BOOK STORE

Aksara
Presently serving customers in three main locations in Jakarta: Plaza Indonesia, Kemang, and Cilandak Town Square (Citos). Should the website inaccessible, contact the following address:
Jl. Kemang Raya 8B Jakarta 12730, (021 – 7199 288). Email: info@aksara.com.

QB
The founder of this bookstore, Richard Oh, is the director of Koper, Indonesian film released in 2006.

SELECT VENUES

Balai Kartini
Located in Plaza Semanggi, Jakarta, the venue is widely known to host TV-hit series “Indonesian Idol”.

Jakarta Convention Center (JCC)
Strategically located at the heart of Jakarta in Senayan area, the venue comprises of several small halls and two big halls, often used to host big concerts and events, including the annual Java Jazz Fest.

Galeri Nasional
Opened in 1999, the gallery is directly under the management of the Ministry of Cultural and Tourism, Republic of Indonesia.

Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara
Owned by ANTARA, Indonesia’s official news agency, the gallery mostly serves as a host for photography exhibition.

Galeri Cipta Taman Ismail Marzuki
See Dewan Kesenian Jakarta/Jakarta Arts Council above.

Oktagon
One of premier galleries in Jakarta that focuses on the development of photography in Indonesia.