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‘Fjord’ wins Jakarta World Cinema audience award; three shorts earn feature funding
Cristian Mungiu’s film ‘Fjord’ won the audience award at Jakarta World Cinema in Indonesia.
The festival’s closing film was Thai horror movie ‘Inherit’, whose director Banjong Pisanthanakun and star Davika Hoorne attended its Indonesian premiere.
The festival’s only feature-film prize went to ‘Fjord’, which also opened the event.
A short-film competition run by Indonesian streaming platform KlikFilm drew more than 300 submissions from across Indonesia.
The top prize went to Jusuf Witjaksono’s ‘Karim’, while Adam Hasyim Al Raschid’s ‘Air Pangea’ and Ali Yafie Muzaki’s ‘The Grave of Dreams’ were runners-up.
All three directors received full funding for debut features, from Falcon Pictures for Witjaksono and KlikFilm for the other two.
Organizers said more than 25,000 people attended screenings during the festival’s eight days.
Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” won the audience award at Jakarta World Cinema.
The festival closed with a screening of Banjong Pisanthanakun’s Thai horror film “Inherit.”
Three Indonesian short filmmakers received full funding for their debut features.
Jusuf Witjaksono’s “Karim” won the top prize in the KlikFilm Short Movie Competition.
More than 25,000 people attended screenings during the festival’s eight days, according to executive director Frederica.
- Who
- Fjord,” directed by Cristian Mungiu, won the audience award. Three Indonesian filmmakers also received debut-feature funding.
- What
- Jakarta World Cinema presented its audience award and announced the winners of the KlikFilm Short Movie Competition.
- When
- The festival wrapped on the date reported as 2026-11-08.
- Where
- CGV Grand Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why
- The festival recognized audience choice and awarded funding to support three short filmmakers’ debut features.
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The KlikFilm Short Movie Competition accepted submissions and drew more than 300 shorts from across Indonesia.
Fjord” opened Jakarta World Cinema.
The festival wrapped with a screening of “Inherit” and announced the competition winners.
- Audience award
- Fjord,” directed by Cristian Mungiu
- Top short-film prize
- Karim,” directed by Jusuf Witjaksono
- First runner-up
- Air Pangea,” directed by Adam Hasyim Al Raschid
- Second runner-up
- The Grave of Dreams,” directed by Ali Yafie Muzaki
- Festival attendance
- More than 25,000 people over eight days
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more than 25,000 people attended screenings at CGV Grand Indonesia over the festival’s eight days