AFF x JAFF 2024

In 2024, Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has partnered with Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) Indonesia and Mylab with the aim of nurturing the development of two projects. We are focussed on establishing relationships, networks and collaborations to result in a co-production between both countries.

AFF and JAFF are also working with MyLab, who will assist in relationship building between the selected Australian filmmakers and the Indonesian participating filmmakers at the newly established JAFF Market (3-5 December) at the 2024 JOGJA NETPAC Asian Film Festival (30 Nov – 7 Dec).

The initiative offers two Australian project teams with existing feature film or feature length documentary projects containing suitable Indonesian story or production elements the opportunity to engage in the inaugural JAFF Market with structured support from Mylab.

The two Australian projects selected collectively by AFF, JAFF Market and mylab are:

Sampai Mati (working title)

Director: Ben Golotta
Writer: Juli Sastrawan
Company: Repeater Productions (Australia)
Genre: Documentary

Sampai Mati follows the intertwined journeys of Australian survivors mourning lost loved ones and Balinese locals committed to community healing, revealing how love and resilience transform trauma into hope and renewal in the aftermath of the 2002 Bali bombings.

Raesita Grey

Director/ Writer: Katrina Irawati Graham
Producer: Ana Tiwary
Genre: Horror Drama

Raesita Grey is a feminist horror story, exploring the relationship between two women, one who is dead and secretly longs for life, and one who is alive and secretly longs for death. Haunted by guilt over her husband’s death, pregnant Raesita Grey develops a deadly connection with a Kuntilanak, the most famous of Indonesian ghosts.

The JAFF Festival will take place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from 30 November to 7 December 2024. The JAFF Market will take from 3 - 5 December.

Read more in Variety, IF, and Screen Daily.

Find out more about the purpose and background of the initiative below.