Jakarta World Cinema will open its 2026 festival with Fjord, Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Thai filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun’s Inherit will close the event.
The 207-film lineup represents 69 countries, including 120 titles that have won major festival awards. It features 96 Asian films, 41 directed by women and 20 submitted for the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.
Other selections include May el-Toukhy’s Venice Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown, Venice Special Jury Prize winner NAZA by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, Berlinale Golden Bear winner Yellow Letters and Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial film The Debut. The program also includes Cannes Grand Prix winner Minotaur and Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s All of a Sudden.
The festival will expand beyond Jakarta for the first time. Its main eight-day run is scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 7 at CGV Grand Indonesia. Parallel editions will run in Bandung and Malang from Nov. 14 to 21, at CGV Paris Van Java and Cinepolis Malang Town Square, respectively.
A national online selection will stream through KlikFilm from Oct. 31 to Nov. 21. Cinematographer Tudor Vladimir Panduru, who worked on Fjord, will also lead a masterclass for Indonesian filmmakers and audiences.
Festival director Shandy Gasella called the inclusion of the Palme d’Or, Golden Bear and Golden Lion winners in one program a major milestone. Executive director Frederica said the expansion is intended to connect international cinema with audiences across Indonesia.
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