The 10th festival is scaled down to become a five-day event, instead of the usual ten-day festivity. During these five days movie goers may enjoy various genre of films from European countries, South East Asia region, and Indonesia as well. Here’s the list of film section:
Human Section:
The Day After Peace (Jeremy Gilley)
Donkey in Lahore (Faramarz K Rahber)
Eve and the Fire Horse (Julia Kwan)
Up the Yangtze (Yung Chang)
Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? (Morgan Spurlock)
Selami (Islamic Film Festival):
Captain Abu Raed (Amin Matalqa)
The Convert (Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit)
Laskar Pelangi (Riri Riza)
The Song of Sparrows (Majid Majidi)
Women Section :
At Stake (Ani Ema Susanti, Iwan Setiawan, M.Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin)
Drupadi (Riri Riza)
Dunya and Desie (Shekhar Kapur)
Happy Go Lucky (Mike Leigh)
May (Viva Westi)
Audiences can also enjoy A Selection of Dutch Shorts, International Shorts, Asian Shorts, Documentary, and Variety of Animation.
Similar to previous years, JIFFEST 2008 applies a membership system. Therefore, audiences can easily secure seats to see films of their choice.
To watch World Cinema, audiences can get one ticket for Rp. 20,000. Audiences can enjoy World cinema in
FX Platinum XXI (Senayan)
Blitz Megaplex
JIFFEST 2008 also provides Free Screening in :
GoetheHaus (Sam Ratulangi, Menteng)
Erasmus Huis (Kuningan)
Instituto Italiano di Cultura (Hos Cokro, Menteng)
