Global InformationCinema of Indonesia information
| Cinema of Indonesia | |
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| No. of screens | 2088 (2022)[1] |
| Produced feature films (2022)[2] | |
| Total | 126  |
| Number of admissions (2018)[3] | |
| Total | 51,100,000 |
| Gross box office (2017)[4] | |
| Total | $345 million |
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The cinema of Indonesia refers to films produced domestically in Indonesia. The statutory Indonesian Film Board, or BPI, defines Indonesian films as "movies that are made by or using Indonesian resources whose Intellectual Property Right is owned either entirely or partly by Indonesian citizen or Indonesian legal entity".[5]
Cinema in Indonesia dates back to the early 1900s.[6] Until the 1920s, most cinemas in Indonesia were created by foreign studios, mostly from Europe and the United States, whose films would then be imported to the country. Most of these films were silent documentaries and feature films from France and the United States. Many documentaries about the nature and life of Indonesia were sponsored by the Dutch East Indies government, and were usually made by Dutch or Western European studios. The first domestically produced documentaries in Indonesia were produced in 1911.[7] However, the first domestically produced film in the Dutch East Indies was in 1926: Loetoeng Kasaroeng, a silent film and adaptation of the Sundanese legend of the same name.[8] During 1926, there were two movie theatres, the Oriental and the Elita, in Bandung.[9][10] The first movie theatre in Jakarta was the Alhamra Theatre, which opened in 1931.[11]
Indonesian cinema began dominating most movie theaters in big cities in the 1980s and started to compete in international film festivals. Around this era, young stars like Onky Alexander, Meriam Bellina, Lydia Kandou, Nike Ardilla, Paramitha Rusady, and Desy Ratnasari dominated the silver screen with films like Catatan si Boy (Boy's Diary) and Blok M.
Indonesian film slowly lost its place and popularity due to the domination of Hollywood and foreign films in movie theaters throughout the 1990s. In the wake of the Indonesian financial crisis and political movements, the industry struggled to raise public interest in attending movie theaters, and most films stuck to teenage dramas, horror, and adult genres. After the Reform in the beginning of 2000, the Indonesian film industry was strengthened by a growing number of young filmmakers. While the industry was still adjusting to the new constitutions, Indonesian cinema started to reconstruct its identity and regain its former popularity.
The film industry is currently the fastest-growing subsector of Indonesia's creative economy.[12] The number of moviegoers in the country were more than 52 million in 2019. The Indonesian film industry released 230 films in 2019.[13][14] As of 2019, there were about 2,000 screens in Indonesia, which was expected to reach 3,000 by 2020.[needs update] 21 Cineplex (which owns PT Omega Film, which monopolizes distribution of films distributed by the American major film studios), CGV Cinemas (previously Blitzmegaplex), and Cinépolis (previously Cinemaxx) currently dominate the movie theatre industry in Indonesia.[13][1]
- ^ a b "Penonton di Bioskop Membludak, GPBSI Yakin Industri Perfilman Indonesia Akan Membaik". Kontan. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Daftar film berdasarkan tahun "2022"".
- ^ "Table 11: Exhibition – Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Indonesia the next biggest box office market". Film Journal. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "BPI – About". Badan Perfilman Indonesia. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Biran 2009, p. 2.
- ^ Biran 2009, p. 53.
- ^ Robertson, Patrick (September 1993). The Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats. Abbeville Press. ISBN 978-1-55859-697-9.
- ^ "Loetoeng Kasaroeng". filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ Biran 2009, pp. 66–68.
- ^ "Potret Bioskop di Jakarta dari Masa ke Masa". Liputan 6. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Rising from a century of lost hopes". Southeast Asia Globe. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Indonesian film industry in stasis, but for the better". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Coming soon in 2019, a year to watch in Indonesian cinema". Retrieved 18 August 2019.