Dalam penyelenggaraan tahun ke-sepuluhnya, festival ReelOzInd! 2025 telah memilih 24 film pendek dari Australia dan Indonesia. Pemenang tahun ini akan diumumkan dalam penayangan perdana di Melbourne dan Yogyakarta pada 23 Oktober mendatang.
Terdapat empat kategori karya dalam festival kali ini; fiksi, dokumenter, animasi dan sineas belia usia 13-18 tahun.
“Festival kali ini menandai sepuluh tahun terselenggaranya ReelOzInd! dan karya-karya yang dikirimkan begitu luar biasa. Banyaknya film yang diikutsertakan menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi dewan juri dalam proses penilaiannya. Juga selaras dengan tema tahun ini, yaitu ‘Imajinasi’ dengan banyaknya inovasi dan kisah yang dibagikan,” ungkap Direktur Festival, Jemma Purdey.
Penayangan perdana ReelOzInd! 2025 pada 23 Oktober mendatang akan dilangsungkan di ACMI, Melbourne dan Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII), Yogyakarta bekerja sama dengan Kaliurang Festival Hub.
“Pada tahun pertamanya, ReelOzInd! Festival dilangsungkan di Yogyakarta. Kita selalu mampir ke Yogyakarta dalam setiap penyelenggaraan, termasuk di tahun ini. Terasa seperti pulang kampung ke kota berbudaya ini,” tambah Jemma.
Kegiatan di Melbourne maupun Yogyakarta bisa diikuti secara terbuka dan tanpa biaya dengan mendaftarkan diri, disusul dengan serangkaian penayangan film-film festival di berbagai kota Indonesia maupun secara daring.
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10th ReelOzInd! Festival to Premiere in Yogyakarta and Melbourne
The shortlist for ReelOzInd! 2025 features 24 short films from filmmakers from across Australia and Indonesia. Winners will be announced at festival premieres in Melbourne and Yogyakarta on 23 October.
The shortlisted films include finalists representing the genres of fiction, documentary, animation and for young filmmakers aged 13-18 years.
Festival director Jemma Purdey praised the quality and range of talent on display, “This year marks the 10th ReelOzInd! Festival, and yet again we were blown away by the films. We received a near record number of submissions, which made the jury’s job as hard as ever. The theme ‘imajinasi’ has seen filmmakers go to the next level in terms of innovation and exciting storytelling”.
The pop-up festival will premiere on 23 October in Melbourne at ACMI and in Yogyakarta at UII Yogyakarta, in collaboration with the Kaliurang Festival Hub. Purdey remarked that it was a fitting way to kick off this milestone year, “The first ReelOzInd! Festival premiere was held in Yogyakarta, and we have returned several times since to this amazing cultural city, so it feels like coming home.”
The Australian leg of the festival will once again launch at the premiere centre for film, ACMI. Both premieres will be held on 23 October and are free events. The pop-up festival of screenings will then roll out across the two countries in collaboration with our festival screening partners and online.
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