ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Competition and Festival

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Established in 2016, ReelOzInd! is a pioneering short film competition and festival, bringing Australians and Indonesians together through shared stories. Open to young and old alike, and judged by an impressive array of figures from the film industry and academia, the competition helps tell the stories of close neighbours, in an effort to build understanding.

The ReelOzInd! Short Film Competition and Festival seeks to raise awareness and improve understanding between the peoples of both countries. It offers a platform for Australians and Indonesians to share their own stories by way of this most compelling and creative medium, short film.

Now in its third year, ReelOzInd! enriches the already significant range of cultural exchange programs, events and activities that bring Indonesians and Australians together.

Short film is increasingly popular and accessible for both the creation of stories and for viewing them. Internet and mobile technology means literally anyone with a mobile phone or tablet can be a filmmaker and view film anytime and anywhere.

ReelOzInd! engages people from a wide range of backgrounds – from students to more established filmmakers – in a competition that showcases their talents before audiences in Australia and Indonesia and also to a worldwide online audience.

This festival is unique. There is no other festival that brings Australian and Indonesian filmmakers together to share their work and stories in the same forum.
Year-on-year the festival has attracted more and better quality submissions from Indonesian and Australian filmmakers, and audience sizes have expanded with our pop-up screening program. The number of screening venues has more than doubled from 15 in 2016 to 32 in 2018. This program is largely facilitated on an in-kind basis by festival and screening partners, translating to a ROI of up to 300% for the festival as a whole.

In both Indonesia and Australia and the ReelOzInd! brand is known widely among filmmakers, in the broader film communities and relevant educational sectors.

Festival Data 2016-2018

2016

  • Theme: Neighbour/ Tetangga
  • 100 submissions (40 Australia | 60 Indonesia)
  • Touring Festival (27 September – 30 November)
  • 15 total screenings
    • 9 venues in Indonesia
    • 6 venues in Australia
  • Premieres held in Melbourne, ACMI (160+ audience) and in Yogyakarta, IFI/LIP in collaboration with Klub DIY Menonton (200+ audience)
  • Additional pop-up festival screenings held in schools and other locations
  • Estimated live audience 1000+
  • Estimated online viewer audience est 4000+

Category Award Winners

  • (Best Fiction/ Best Film) Amelis, Dery Prananda (producer/director/ screenwriter), Indonesia 2016
  • (Best Young Filmmaker) Finding Home, Radheya Jegatheva (producer/director/ screenwriter), Australia, 2015
  • (Best Documentary) The Eagles’ Eyes, Wisnu Dewa Broto (director/ screenwriter), Stephanie Pascalita Gunawan (producer), Indonesia, 2016
  • (Best Animation) Dog and Robot, Blair Harris (producer/director/screenwriter), Australia, 2016
  • (Best Collaboration) Miner’s Walk: Supeno, Josephine Lie (director), Niken Pamikatsih (producer), Indonesia/Australia, 2016

2017

  • Theme: Water / Air
  • 146 submissions (64 Australia | 82 Indonesia)
  • Touring Festival (27 September – 30 November)
  • Screenings, 21 total
    • 14 venues in Indonesia
    • 8 venues in Australia
  • Premieres held in Melbourne, ACMI (160+ audience) and in Yogyakarta, IFI/LIP in collaboration with Klub DIY Menonton (200+ audience)
  • Additional pop-up festival screenings held in schools and other locations
  • Estimated live audience 1400+
  • Estimated online viewer audience est 5000+

Category Award Winners

  • Best Animation, Co-Best Film: Aquiescence | Indonesia
  • Best Documentary, Co-best Film, Best Collaboration: Arohuai | Indonesia, Australia
  • Best Fiction: Lost/ Hilang | Australia, Indonesia
  • Best Young Filmmaker (aged 13-18 years): Water for Grandpa Jan | Indonesia

2018

  • Theme: Youth / (Pe)Muda
  • 170 submissions (Australia 65| Indonesia 105)
  • Touring Festival (27 September – 31 December)
  • Screenings (as of 30 November), 32 total
    • 17 venues in Indonesia
    • 14 venues in Australia
    • 1 venue in USA
  • Premieres held in Melbourne, ACMI (160+ audience) and in Yogyakarta, IFI/LIP in collaboration with Klub DIY Menonton (200+ audience)
  • Additional pop-up festival screenings held in schools and other locations
  • 19 ultra shorts submissions (30 second films submitted and voted on social media)
  • Estimated live audience 1500+
  • Estimated online viewer audience est 5000+

Category Award Winners

  • Best Fiction, Best Film: Daily Bread | Australia
  • Best Documentary: Starting from Scratch | Australia
  • Best Animation: iRony | Australia
  • Best Collaboration: Muslimah | Indonesia, Australia
  • Best Young Filmmaker (aged 13-18 years): Unbalanced Corner | Indonesia

2019

  •     Theme: Change / Berubah
  • Submissions still open at time of writing.

Partnerships and Engagement

Educational Institutions (2016-2018)

Indonesia Australia
Pondok Pesantren Darussalam, Ciamis University of Melbourne
Universitas Brawijaya, Malang Sydney University
Universitas Atma Jaya, Jakarta University of Tasmania
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta LaTrobe University
Celebes Global School, Makassar Monash University
Universitas Indonesia, Depok Flinders University
Universitas Kristen Petra, Surabaya University of Western Australia
SMK Negeri 3, Jember Griffith University (Griffith Film School)
Universitas Parahyangan, Bandung Lyneham High School, ACT
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang Queensland University of Technology
Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinagor
Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Tangerang
Universitas Jember
Universitas Udayana, Denpasar

Other Partners in Indonesia and Australia

Festival partners/*Sponsors (2018 only)

  • Creative Victoria (Platinum $10,000)
  • International Internships (Silver $2,500)
  • Project 11 (Bronze $1,000)

Screening Partners

  • Association of Indonesian Film Producers
  • Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne
  • Australian Mediatheque, ACMI, Melbourne
  • Corethics, Newcastle
  • Deckchair Cinema, Darwin
  • Festival Pelajar Kota, Probolinggo
  • FFD School Docs Program, DKI Yogyakarta (3 schools)
  • IndoFest, Adelaide
  • Indonesian Film Festival (IFF), Melbourne
  • Indonesian Program, Cairns FM 89.1 FM Community Radio
  • Institut Francais Indonesia, Yogyakarta
  • Kampus Kedua, Makassar
  • Kineforum Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta
  • Kinetic Collective, Brisbane
  • Kinotika Film Society, Makassar
  • Klub DIY Menonton, Yogyakarta
  • Miles Films
  • Minihall Irama Indah, Denpasar
  • Minikino, Bali
  • National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), Canberra
  • Petra Little Theatre, Surabaya
  • Ranu Wellam Foundation, Palangka Raya
  • Rumata ArtSpace, Makassar
  • Sleman Creative Space, Yogyakarta
  • St Ali, Jakarta
  • You Space, Samarinda

Educational Peak Bodies

  • Asia Education Foundation (AEF) & BRIDGE Program Indonesia
  • Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS)
  • Dinas Pendidikan, Kota Probolinggo, East Java
  • Indonesian Studies and Language Association (ISLA), University of Melbourne
  • Indonesian Teachers Association of South Australia (INTAN)
  • Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers Association (VILTA)

Community Partners

  • ACICIS
  • ACMI X, Melbourne
  • Asia Education Foundation (AEF)
  • Australia Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA)
  • iPitch.tv
  • Kinosaurus, Jakarta
  • Viddsee

Media Partners

  • Australia Plus (ABC)
  • Buset Magazine
  • Inside Indonesia
  • OZIP Magazine
  • SBS Indonesian

Jury Members

  • Andrew Mason (Aus)
  • Fransiska Prihadi (Ind)
  • Krishna Sen (Aus)
  • Mira Lesmana (Ind)
  • Novi Kurnia (Ind)
  • Riri Riza (Ind)
  • Sonia von Bibra (Aus)
  • Tom Gleisner (Aus)
  • Yosep Anggi Noen (Ind)

Voluntary Advisory Committee Members

  • Arsisto Ambyo
  • Clarice Campbell
  • Deryn Mansell
  • Gaston Soehadi
  • Lily Yulianti Farid

Sample of Media coverage

Social media reach

Instagram

  • 980+ Followers
  • Top locations (Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Melbourne)
  • Age range (18-35 years, 74%)

Facebook

  • 1,283 Followers
  • 70,000+ Reach (1 Sept-20 Nov 2018)

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